PONE Ee > a Shee rs tS Gf Oe a aw Ss 2s ; ae a nore a - : ALLEL I EL IIS LT Le EO SIRS Sheet FOREST AND STREAWN.IL. INDEX---VOLUME 8. ANSWERS TO CORRESPON- PaGe.| ; PAGE, Page. Damascus Double Barrels—Where to Get.. 83 | Snipe—Best Size Shot for................... 19 | Notes of the U. 8. Geological Survey......... 407 DENTS. Gun Used by Bogardus..............sseeee 425 | Soft Shell Crabs..............0.8 «0: 3 | Notes from PF. G, oe AE Cr rou a coe 4, 387 Piew Guns With Two Sets of Barrels............ 195 | Sportsman’s Kit; Price, ete Obituary Notes.... 52, 117, 165, 182, 184, 367 287 Pye Wonbrronit towSheliny «se, cgavarcsaxteoree: 5 163 | Spor.ing Books; Price, etc............. d Onthe War Path..........ccseees sees ecu 212 A Good Drawing Book.............0..00.05 SB) Magazine Rifles. (ei... resnserspseeee bee 445 | Spring Shooting Around Calais, Me.......... 163 | Oteego and Oswego Bass,....... sie reas Alligator Hides—Their Value....... 0... 845 Size of Shot for Pigeon Matches........... BL MtGokine bona yee eeeue te roses bao eues Origin of the Percheron Horse Seana A Pleasant Pedestrian Tour,.......,... : ate Various Guns..... 5, 19, 35, 67, 88, 115, 181, Summer Ronté to Indian River ey Our Kennel Department.........4...... 0c. oe 448 Army Pattern Brogans—Where to Get 163, 179, 245, 265, 285, 305, 325.345, 445 | Summer Duck Eggs—Where to Get... nate OUR WASHINGTON LETTERS: Artificial Byes of Birds, Etc.—Where to Get. 419 What Became of the Centennial Exhibits... 5 age ats), Sein esis a cee 19, 51, Birds of the District of Columbia...... 183, 267 Angnst Shooting—Where to Go For......... 147 | KENNEL: Taxidermists and Works on Taxidermy... Commercial Fisheries of the Potomac...... 101 Best Hunting and Fishing Port in Maine.... 35| Are Dogs Property ?..........2-eeeee e080 19 131, 211, ’a85| Dr. Cowes’ Lesture......-0+0-.02.-. chee, 827 Best Light for Floating for Deer........ 2E bY Beagles—Where to Get Telescopes for Rifles—Makers of,............ os Wels as Destroyers of Gold Fish........ . 82 Bird Skins and Begs Salclafa' ate a »» GS) Best Book ott Doge... ee yas ceseceeeeee css Trapping in Mississippi Mt. Vernon Ducking Clnb.... ....0,. iy cee “2 Beach Shooting...... Stee beset ere reees --285} Beat Dog for Florida Hunting............. 445 | Tente—-Where to Get........2...2..0ee eee es 297 Poizoned by Eating Partridzes............ 21 Best Oatfish Bait........-...26.-- sesso -115| Best Dog for Hares and Foxes............. 99 | The Lawyer Fish—Amia calva Potomac Perch Fishing ot ' Best Jumping on Record.......++.+.+++ -- 99) Best Duck Dor ..........5 phe ey Sat »4285 | "Phe Gaga Hen... lee cae nee ge eect The Great Falls Fishing Club............ 263-4 Black Bass for Stocking Streams............. 83| Best Food for Pups.......---..escee eee 245 | Three-Pound Pull for Off-Hand Shooting.....115| The Inter-Qeeanie Ship Canal............. 69 “6 Bogardus Glass Balls—Oost, Htc, . ..147, 168, 2G Best Imported Setters—Where to Get. .67, ie Mureyeyettal edt e790: Rone Ade eta res keen rbson 67, 245 | Wild Ducks on the Potomac ...- ~- 10 Birds Eggs and Skins—Where to Buy Be rection Cheapest and Best Dog Food.............. PUTS APACE to cele sielNetaist fio cramels otaly x 131, 365 | Peru and its Future....,....... 2. 246 Bleaching Sponges! /... 0. ie... eeee evs e eee 45 Clumber Spaniels—Where to Get.......... 308 Trout Leaders—Best Colors for.. .,.405 | Portable Shooting DORE) okie Gils ee cree ee is 3 Blooming Grove Park asa Summer Resort...245/ olor and Marking in Dogs.....- - 5| Unsual Gait of the Deer’.... ..- 51 | Prof. Coues’ Work on Mammals,............ 148 Brant and Goose Shooting.......,.-.... Wee ee 19| Cost of a Setter Pup of Good Pedigree. 99 | Value of Live Caribou...............ceneeees 5| Protection of Small Birds in Europe... ..... 63 BOATS AND BOATING: Do Dogs of Different Species Hunt Well Various .22 Calibre Rifles....... perverts ates 35 | Quack Scoundreligm.,..............-,.000 0% 247 Adirondack Boats—Where to Get......163, 211 pester Cate che aa dae keaey Sue uneae be 19 | Value of Land in Tennessee.........,.., ... 179 | Raquette for Ladies... 20.0... ..cbo sabe av eee 6 Best Model for a Boat......... .. .... 67} Do Female Dogs Have Hedtop pout: -315, 4265.) Wading Boota. 200,00... cee sa cee rew etc eerees 179 | Recent Discoveries in Ea ey Fs ee 306 Birch Bark Canoes—Where to Get.. Dog Breaking............+. 5, 83, 115, 163, 365 | ‘Warwick Woodlands"—Where to Get..... 83 | Rockaway Beach..........-..... < Boat Builders.............. terete ai Gurersiceves and Gordons—Difference. . a AGH Thy fem bem dati nie. ous teh an ee 115 | Roller Skating in Europe Bt Boats and Cances....... Seen eevenneereeece 320 | Gildersleeye’s Tip........sescteeeeeeeeees Water-proofing Fish Lines,...-... .........- 67 | Ship, Yacht and Boat Models—Exhibitions of 366 Boating Resorts.... **Gyp” as a Designation for Female Dogs. “983 Weight of Ballin Springfield Rifle, ete........ 315) Bluvess in Florida. . lps. seks ccce. le odee cue 8 Oanyas Canoes....... , tees Improper Crosses..................... 211, 245 | Weight of the ‘‘ Drachm” or ‘' Grain” Powder SPORTING NOTES FROM ABROAD: Cat ys. Sloop-Rigged Boats......... thee Is a Dog, Born Soon After as Mother's Ar- Weasitoyss. bea ct ld tee pteckie es peceees-. 83| Alexandra Palace and Park Duty on a Boat from Canada.... 67 rival, Classed as Imported ?,............. 5 | What is a Needle Gun?.......essscereee reece 405| American Beef.............4.. Gigs, Shells and Open Boats—Difference...405] Origin of Various Strains of Dogs....... a 72) When Perch Take the Minnow in Tennessee.. 19] Bicycling.............. 00. eevee ceueeesees Most Suitable Cloth for Cat-sail...... oy Bei) MEINE THe US ou cies anlar Sano When Squirrels Breed... .. 22. ,..0eese eee e es 181} Coursing Eyents..........0.0.0..cceev eee Rowing for Money Bars from Amateur Points of a Good Pointer... Where to Get Skins Dressed,........ Damage to Farmers from Coursing.. ..... 118 ROWING... 0s ee eee eee e een ee eee snes 131| Pride of the Border and Fairy—Owner of.. Where to Sell Rare Birds............ 5| First American Salmon ever in England. . ..150 Yarnish for Paper Boats. ...-.......20..-.5 51) Regimen for Puppies...............0..0005 “431 Where Grizzlies are Most Plenty Was Hla fh iad ge, Bree EASES PORE 7 California Salmon Fry—Where to Get....;:..245| Setters Bext for Fiorida Sport............. ae Whitefish of the St. Lawrence....... Sa.) shox Rerkist: Siow. uiese tue edye oe, 118 Camping Tents—Where to Get.... . -. 67| Slow vs. Fast Dogs for Foxes............., Who is Stonehenge?.............. Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race... ........ 150 Cane Growing in Florida..... vm 2) SDBYIIRS. -o4 ns vanes paay se 19, 35, 211, 246, 325 Wihonwas: Nesmuagtr. cee. iyels assed ns Pigeon Shooting.........:..cecee cee eee 56, 150 Can Steam be Seen ?....... ee. .seeee sees eee 147 | Spratt’s Biecuit—Cost.. 2... ete ee 67 | Why No. 10 Gauge is Best for Duck Shooting.405| Pedestriauism...................-..-. 7, 118 Capt. Borgardus and the Cea oD Badge....885] Steele’s Flake..... 00... cee ceseceeceeeneees 83) Wild Rice——Culture of, ete... .67, 88, 147, 227, 865] Railway Accidents. ...........:,.........5 Oare of Pets—-Works on.......+---+++ toeeeee 445| The Feather as @ Mark of Blood........... 35 | Winnipissiogee Trout—How to Take 285| Stonehenge on the Dog .......... Catfish—Different Varieties........... ----329| he Pointers Teal and Ti......,. Eocene 5 | Woodcock Shooting....... .... ea is. eke The Langham Hotel,.... Oatskills for Camping... -....+.eeeseeee ees Water Spaniela—Where to Gét............. 163 | When Woodcock Depart................... State Rights in Oyster Ged... Cause of Fish Dying in Ponds E When Dogs Run Mad................0...5 305 | Woodpeckers —Do ‘They Destroy Birds’ State Spurtsman's Convention Caviare—How Prepared....- ss eseeseyeee Webster's Rake and Rachel................ 131 Neets?........20. 195 | Stuffd Whitefish in Ica .........0..00 00a) CISCO... eee eee ee CE SE I ta 173 | Kinney Lro.'s Cigarettes. .........-..-., -. 99 | Works on Dogs .. Summer Resorts of Long Island...,.....- 3.806 SN for Farming, Trapping and Hunt- Law as to Partition Fences... 265| Imported Dogs The Aquarium (See Fish Culture)... 6 UDB er ee eee ence eee ee teen ee eee , 195 | Taw as to Wishvays in New York...,........ 131 | Works on Yachting..,. The Bie Glass Excitement................., Conditions of Salmon and Shad Rising to ‘a Longest Base Ball Throw............... 885, 426 The Castellani Collection.. .. . Sly hho \nopdas ataa enn ncaa ern eee D tap of Mane ctl eo TMC ey oe ae By 67 EDITORIAL. The Guide Controyersy..........- . 39 reedmoor HKules, targets, — re to arine Glue—Where to Get..............-.. AO ee a en) Bee OMe Rraninasimn Central Barkan Misawhares 1) Py AE ee we ee 29S) A hon 345, 385 | Market for Brook Trout:......--e.c+eceeeees nie A Chinese Reminiscence....... ne Ro ed ao el LG rites Sh ct capone sarin Mes and Elsewhere. 306 ‘Dead Shot’ Powder—Where to Get........ 885 | Mayne Reid and the Conestogas........... , 285 | Acknowledgments .......+sssssseeeeeeneeeers ha-Wila "Mieht 0s .ckl ce, JCal Ae ae Duck Shooting Resorts...5, 19, 35, 51, 67, 99, ed Metal Decoys—Where to Get.....-. cess 0-45 985 | A Contemptible Action Tropical Wandevines of Fred. Beverly ae Do Frogs Eat Trout SPAWIL Tia Maeete ne Lea: Minttawsitor Bait. 8: betel tale 131 | A Gigantic Star Fish.......... Seek! Pp a 5k ‘Boa 1230 Do Perch Rise to the Fly?.,........ Mortons for Hunting and Trapping—Cost of A Glance at the Insects Virginia as a Sporting Ground BReTH ab RO PAR ALO. Mee ee teehee teste eed EE TINe as een teins, Ski e ee fOr 5 | Angling Waters of Norway........csesscesees 247 Voides'of the Woods and Hielda-ctarn Sate ae 2 Elk—Hasternmost Range of...... mpacKclena Lake—Where to Get Map of..... 163 | Animal Life in the Isthmus of Darien War on the Grasshopper ae SRE Sa ia English Shot—Where to Get........ Mooted Points Settled. ..,35, 51, 131, 179, 265, AUINGW BBM Teese ue secse vee pensery eters Weather Fifty Years Ago....... 101. 116 English Snipe on Delaware Marshes. 05, 425, 445 Blooming Grove Park,.........-..-- 6 | Wild Rice—Where to Get See east eee aeey, 1 English Sparrows—Where to Get..... Palas 285 | Nassau—Fare to .....s2-secsecccccstsarecese USES Gena oe bis DL CHAAVE NC ATIVGe et isles platele. one Brees a lcre 31 ees) msnnn amie eae te Coal sa minial n aia dat Seas OSS Edam te Wy English Sparrows—Do they Migrate?........ 115 | National Amateur Oarsmen—Rules, etc...... Ae Burial Place of Neolithic Age..... tas FISH CULTURE. Fastest Running Time............. ,-.-825 | + Naturalists’ Library’—Where to Get....... 35 | Capturing Moths by Sugaring,,..... : ; Fish Culture—Best Work on,,.., --131 | Obstructing Streams for Trout Ponds........ 18] | CHeBB. eee eset vennes About Aquaria........-....., 8, 82, 228, 144, 176 Fish of the Hudson River....... vay «195 | Origin of the Word Sy SpiatannD Tp Laas 35 | Carriages and Carriage Build ez AnbBAD AZ Omar 406} New York aquarium Notes. ...32, 47, 81, 95, FISHING RESORTS.....: 8, 67, 99, 131, 147, Ornithology—Works on....19, 83, 99, 131, 147, ** Comanche George”. ,........¢s20 sess ewes 2 i ‘ a 242, 360 211, 265, 285, 345, 385, "425, 445 , 179, 227, "265, 885 | Deer of California.............+..0005- ith American Fish Culturiste’ Asso....,....... 31 “Bass and Weak UE UTLC Teena ae ern 168, 179 | Oswego Bass Fishing........ 0.0.00... .s0s5 885 | Delta Kappa Epsilon Association............. A New I'oe For BAS cote eee, Black Bass Fishing Resorts... +83, 131, 18, Overland to. Culifornia—Cost, etc............ 986 | Discoveries Respecting Eels................. Assault on Fish Commissioners , 32 2, 425 Oysters—Gulf aud Chesapeake Compared.... 35 | Dr. Helmbold and his New Store, any Black Bass—Propagation of,.... 83, 240, 260, 350 SEPSIS ER SEUREI LTA Fe wea ore tra Ne elu orasade wot pak mgr Seeeap sot Parlorrsketines oe tc ehe sess sedate kesnes 179 HIRT ACIOAEA Oye Pee ese ees Bass in the Busquehanna,................... 240 Striped Bass Fishing............. 211, 285, Ls Penalty for Slaughtering Deer in New Satie a) HOUCRtON et close aces ne os 21, 32, 116, 148, 212, 366 | Beet Liver For Bish Food...........0....0.5 Tront Fishing Resorte...... 149, 179, 211, Pike Co. (Pa.) for Large Game.......... "* 35 | Fate of the Boffalo.............0e0000- . 84| Breeding Gold Pish,.......-.......... . 227, 245. 285, 325, 345, 365, 385, 405, "495 Places Exempt from Hay Fever. _.,.285 | Bete Champetre at Swiss Valley............. | /212| California Salmon in the James Fishing ‘‘ Up Stream” and *‘Down"......... 227 | Powder, Best, otG......+...ee0e .. 115, 285 | Fishing Right on Non~Tidal Rivers........... 148 | California Salmon in Lake Ontario Biies and Fly-Tying---Fly ERE. teense 5, 19, Putting the Shot—Rules for................. 395| Forest aND Sraram Advertiser's Compli- California Salmon Spawn For Shipment......191 8, Lol, 179; “ise ‘25 Quails Cannot be Shot out of Season for Stuf- (GHEE AP eek peels phat 117, 287, 381, 386 | Canned Salmon,.,... roinvininin'e:sceidlolnaiteite ope ee 32 Florida—Climate, Map of, etc.. SSD Ly Neu RNY tel ho Meals © Git WeNe WD Cashu, Uaioe ta Sie cpg artists fle § See 116 ) Care of Young Trout in the Hatchlng House Food for Orioles............065 -.- 045 Quail Raising ae? e Union of Forfar AND STREAM AND Rop AND ; : 16, 48, 191 Food for Red Cross-Billa,,.......--seeeeeees 147 | Quail Shooting GUNG aa stein Seas tal Seas ptiare|es ie 106.) Carp in: Amerion......4. pace cveeneeyece Tood for Young Mocking Birds Rangeley Lakes—Ronte to; Game, etc..../,.345| What is Thought of.,,.......--. be eteeecees 16£) Carp Por Pountiins,.........0..seeeeeee eee, 67 Foreign Sporting Papers....... ~ Regulations for Selling Game out of the State Forest Fires in Florida... re Catfish and SPAWN... 00... yeee sees ees ae Game in Plorida.. 21... 22... ee eee eee eee WhsreBhote asics. loee P Bed poe oR 445 | Going to California........-.....20200e Confidences of Brook Trout,............ Game Lays and Close Seasons (See also Game Reel for Trout Fishing.............2.-+0+. 28% | Game Birds and Their Destruction 86 | Destruction of Fish by Polluted Water. . « Protection). ...265, 286, 345, 365, 425, 445 | Rifle and Shot Gun Shooting ... Horses Standing Ereot After Killed by Light- _| Directions Tor Stocking Fouds.....,..,..... Game Shipment to Europe SPA BAS ORS He) oe 179 | Rifles for Short Range Galleries............. 985 PA ee Serene Fee oe ee en Ries p eee 386 | Do Frogs Hat Fish Spawn ?.....2+. 00s. .4 0055 365 Gold Fish Breeding.......... wre ee foes 131 | Routes to Black Hills........ .. 99 | Hunter's Camp »PISH CULTURE in California. . 16, 81, 207, 224 Golden Pheasants—Cost of. .........., 200: 19 | Bonte to Brazil.......... 599 | Tea Nawieabions of) foyer base st saeco gts 2s Fish Cultwe in Oanada,......... 176, 299, 419 Grackle—Different Species.... ....... «-+++ 39 | Ruffed Grouse for Braedingyy sets) sacastetene 131 | Imported Birds for our Woods and Parks... Fish Culture in Connecticnt .........., 64, 207 Hazard’s Ducking and Electric Powder...... 35 | Salmo Fontinalis in Salt Water.......-....... 163 | International Rifie Team Selection....... Fish Cnlture in Georgia. Pac et... Ja8 SLArhprheaNvOLseyeeei pu epee lcs. - 115, 195 | Salt Water trout Fishing................ cp DGRH ET RMIAGI gees sha ele ce esarsstire WT een .. 20) Fish Culture in Lilinois,... os GUNS—As to Loading, Ammunition, éto...5, Shad Roe for Bass Bait..............0.5 .....195 | Ladies’ Out-Door Costumes,.,...... ....... (326| Fish Culture tn Kentucky. .... 0.0... 652.5 240 19, 3b, 51, 67, 83, 145, 130, 163, 179, 811, Shooting Allowed fur Scientific Purposes..,. ‘1997 | Danman's Home..........2. sss sane her ee 181} Fish Culture in Maine...........,,.4. yt) cA oe 345, 365, 386. "405, 425, 445 Shooting Resorts... ..5, 19, 45, 51, 67, 99, 181, Legitimate Sporting Literature...........-.. 100| Fish Culture in Maryland.......,. Poet ie 859 Altering: Gune.. 5, 19, 85, &, ee. 147, 163, 163, 927, “345, 260, 285, 345, 865, "985 Letter from Dublin, .. 0.2.0... cc esc cece 328; Fish Culture in Michigan....... 31, 95, 128, 4 5, 211, 245, 340 Shortening Gun SCN a en dtm tik mbes 885 | Meerschaum and Amber,............+0.--505 427 ) cr 260, 279 ; Length and Weight i rte for Of- _| Silk Worms—Where to Get........,....,....445| National and Stato Association for Protection . Fish Culture in Minnesota. ..........2.-.., 48 ‘Shooting. Series a oo ane ee 245, 445 | Snakes—Do They go Over Snow......-.....- 195 PEC UEDA chy tht Be RAM BABS He oe 266] Tish Culture at Morsemere,.........-..... 32 tin for General Shooting. ee 365 | Snipe Shooting pebrte 3 ..D, 67, 99, 181, 26a, National Sportsmen’s Conyention.......... ..806| Fish Culture in Nebraska....... ores ieee). 540 B GUNS... .sceee eve eee edy 19, 20 845,405 New York Bench Show..........:..10+s shee .246 «© Tish Culture in Neyada.,........- Oe Sibel 12 « 4 — SHAD CULTURE in California 2 INDEX. Pace. Fish Culture in New Ae £299, 318, 40, 359, 379, 426, 440 Fish Culture in New Jersey etialte 144, 191, 207. Fish Culture in New York....260, 359, 379, 490,'440 Wish Culture in North Carolina. ..;- -. 160, 318 Fish Gultura in Ohio..........-.--. +4 128, 299 Fish Culture in Pennsylvania, ..16, 112, 240 260, 379 Fish Culture in Tennesses.,.....- 49, 279, 340 Finh Gulture in Virginia........ outie 112, 338 Fiah Culture in Wisconsin. pice 184 299 Tish Commissioners’ Reports 3, 16, 4 64, 112, 144, 69, 419 Fish Under Blue Glasa.........; eg Bel Pha 260 WASH WAYS... eee ee ete erin e eta ne 279, 318, 400 Fish Mortality in New Jorssy.....-.++--. +--+ 818 Blood Gate For Hatching Trongh. ...+.-.--. 112 Fresh Water Salmon in Penusylvania........ 16 Growth of Salmon and Tronut..........---.-- 144 Hatching Apparatus,.-.....-+--seeeseeees 8, 318 Hoy to Baise Minnows.......2--¢++ssseeeess 131 Impragnation of Salmon Hggs....--.-v.se-s- 159 Lake Trout and Whitefish Hatching Sik cera 280 Thobaters. ... 2s 1 eee eee ee eee 49, 191, 240 Management ef a McCloud River haps es Oregon Fisheries... ‘ Oyster Culture........- bP Epon Hele Unease Pollution of Rivers..........eereeeer ween eee Planting Fry Ps eo cute Uetee bak: Serer ee eae Progress in Fish Hest 8 Pe, dys tere palit 33 Propagation of Oysters....-+-.++ «++-rsreres 359 Propagating Hela...... 21s. .esesee reer eters 339 Protection Por Bay Fishing.....-..--..++0+- 379 Raritan Frost Fish.. ota Rebel Shad.......-----+-++-+- 207 Restocked Streams in New York.......... 260 RaLMON : How Long They Liye From the Sea..,..--. 3 Hatching on, the Columbia......----4s+++- 420 Zand-Locked Salmon in New Hampshire... 340 Sulmon in Connecticut Riyer...........-- 207 a'mon in Presh Water..... Beers ach slyfereentede 81 Salmon in the Delaware.....-.-.++-++-++-> 318 Salmon in the Hudson........--.-+.» +359, 420 Salmon in the Merrimac. ......0:eesese eres 359 Salmon in Michigan Waters..,.....-..--.- 260 Salmon in New Jersey.....-~ Ceaiots 191, 207 Salmo Salar in Land-Locked Waters....... at Shad For Southern Rivers.. Shad in the Hudson.......- 379 Shad in Kentucky. ,........-- . 240 —— Shad in the Sacramento..... dak Shad in the Susquehanna.......-++.-+..0++ 240 Shad in the Tennesse6...-....-.-+ e+e +++ 279 Shad in the Upper Mississippl....... wore 440 Shad in Western Waters 440 Shad va. Bass...,.-s..0--++ Spratt’s Biscuit For Fish Stocking the Waters of the Great Divide. .400 aking of Food by iGhGR cscs tana neers 207 The Gorrezoni—Their Habits, etc............ 439 Ths Fish Hpidemic.......- oa oe eet 301 The asec eh “Them Hela”... ..-..eseersetesesererrenees Treatment of Trout During First Year.. 4 os Trout Culture in Michigan...-..-..+- sadtition 11428 White Shad in the OW10,.....++s0rsessseceres 200 Who Tntroduced Bags Into the Potomac?.,..112 Work!of the U. 8, Fish Commission in the he Potomac aehiee

aaa po in High Places... --+-5- Ae r ‘nt Mational Agsaviation for Protection of Game. ae pen Heasou for Chickens and Quail........- =i Pot Hunting...-6-+--*-" uy iProtection fur Coots. . ee @pzail in Sete ee vA yqjontifie PurpOBeS.----+b+-s2- 2 Se ents foe Preventing Cruelty to Animals. . ae “AEE. ee vaeaha sere! hie @ammer Hhooting .- »-- mate tims ve os ‘Qaopei! of Game Liws—Pall Shooting in ae Prospay rercbLyyest rivals enesiMest hha !S s 7 PAGE. | Temperanee in Hunting and Drinki 5 Vindication of Guides. _ ay eos f ah ia FF eatues GAME BAG AND GUN. (See also Answers to Corraspondents.) ‘Antanas Sports in Michigan and Wisconsin, 40 Bear Shooting. ..78, 110, 123, 126, 141, 228, : BOGHEaLORDUG Ae Oe Be wi? r me = Ss a Brant Shooting. ...........-.-..+-- 13, ia, 438 brrer Reronts rrom ConasaronpEnts. CATERER Vi tedeien bila: ceo kee ee Connecticut ........ Dist. of Columbia Fiorida...-.. Georgia Lilinois. . Indiana. Towa.. Kansas. A SoS n es HBG TR eS tA pk hes aS Kentucky Maryland d Massachusetts... ... 28, 57, 71, 80, 86, 119, 7 130, 143, 213, 404 MISHIPATT Tree oat o ene aea ee He 80, 384, 402 WHOTEROLA TS. ehh e ee ee te val, 80 New Jersey..... 40, 80, 119, 166, 182, 2068) 384, 449 NB MGXiGOL 22 tached Acero ane in “ = rash aba COLE Nels 57, 71, 166, 310, 384, ae 424 eae eee SPs fare etek 424 Pennsylyania........ 40, 60, 119, 130, ato ghons Tele e s tafe et ate weit pe sesh chee mae oie es i ae WSBT chu ofa daca eias Cec 23, 119, 167 Tennessee HE = tin Mehan a creraes Syee Rade svehe lee 81 re z..s L VEEN U8 Po tg oe secs 23, 119, 130, 167, 424 Washinton Territory..............-....... Ar Wisconsin’ 222552 oes es ee 23, 143, 213 Cartridge Loaders. . perp eleGiadmen t <5 p 220) FAEU, Capt. Bogardus’ Matches............. 57, 80, 103 Te One en ety espe ieee sisels hie ace oe 447 His Glass Balls................. 130 His Indictment......... 348 Capture of a Liye Moose 332 Chamois Hunting....... 103 “Chickens” in Minnesota . B1 Chilled and Soft Shot................. . ADB Cincinnati Shooting and Fishing Olub..-.-.. 384 Decoying Ducks by Wholesale 1 New Decoys....... Prog esra sas be aos ue Hee Deer Shooting. .... 30. 71, 86, 111, 142, 259, Duck Shooting.....13, 23, 40, 46, 108, 111, 119, 142, 183, 346, Ditintar eo Woelen «rc. F ees sow rete nese 424 Elk and Black-Tailed Deer in Colorado....... 407 AGS Shel ays pbe eke neg nici Gh terete 22! English Snipe.........2......2-..0. Hox Himting- 2-2: ( Shp. ¢aes esse ets Game in Dakota Geese Shooling...... 249) 438 . 72, 183, 213, 259, 380, B48, 384, 404, 448 450 Glass Ball Shooting... 305, Glass Ball Shooting Illuatrated...........- Grouse Shooting...........-.-....-.. 2, 40, 278 Gunning Accident...............0.ueseeeeeee 71 Guns. Breech ys. Muzzle-Loader.:.-...--1+*--+-» ah Choke-Bored Guns—D. Kirkwood. , * Foreign and American Guns........... ~ 40, mt Large ys Small Bores............ 289, 384, 424 Joseph Braddell & Son's Guns..........4.. 148 Light v8. Heavy Guns........... 226, 249, 364 Mr. Lane’s-Gun.......-. 5.000 te pene: ,--.-182 The Nichols and Le Feyer Gun.,..-.,-,--, 13 Guna That Burst—Faulty Inspection... ....226 Gun Implements. .. 022... eee eee 883 Golden Plover Shooting. ...+.,-.--.-1--.0.05 330 Great Shooting in Wpritiad h dese, eee aan 181 Hints for Wing Shooting Humors of the Field. . -3b4 Hunting in Scandinavia. . 278, Iowa Shooting....-....+.. 40, 520 Killing Birds Humanoly.....,..+.+.+++--+--+ Sa Loading a Choke Bore..-......-.- SOY USirin 40 Loads for Shot Gung........-.-..-0+.s+ eee 23 Low Priced Guns.,..,-.--.-. Bee 64 Bde Bo © 102 Lend Owner's Rights.........- shit eb ok otens 40 March Mosquitoes....-.--+~-s Act venir 130 Moose Hunting......-.....----+.-.-++4-> 80, 93 Miu ttiplenotdeny 22. aes cee deue crete nen 0c 449 Old Wife and Coot Shooting,............... 1 23 Partridge Shooting... ....-.:.-sess.s-.uss 86, 193 Pigeon Shooting... .23, 40, 65, 57, 71, 119, 1438, 150, 167, 193, 218, "270, 305, 330, 848, 349) 364, 354, "404, "425, 450 a8! PiptolMPractitent. 2s sap pepe b 2 ells lele hee pere som chs Positive ys. Snap Actions..-...-.--.s+++.e.-e 364 Powder—Fiue vs. Coaras......-,.)-+-..- 240, 285 Quail Shooting... .15, 40, 77, 86, 143, 157, a Recoil Theories.....-.--.---+-- 963, 384, 434) 49 Shells—Paper and Metal....::. 187, 2 249, 404, 424 Snipe Shooting, -......--++++1-+:: 57, 99, 119, 142 Sand-Hill Crane Shooting. ....-.--.++-2+00 4: 2 Btate Sportsmen’s Association.....-.-».\...- 380 Taxation of Guns....,.- IS ee 143, 183, ras The Forester OlUb....-...--:-4---eeee tenes The Shenandoah Region. ..------..+--+-++-++ 98 Tha State Badge. ..-.-..-.,.----+++++ oa eee 193 Value of the Compusa in Traveling -. 103 Wantou Slaughter of Deer...........-,------ 830 Wet Weather Birds in Texas.........-.-..-.- Wild Turkey Shooting 0, 207, 258, 208, £03 Woodcock Shooting. ..-...-..- Chale 193, 278, 325 HINTS AND RECIPES FOR SPORTSMEN. Cantharides For Producing Heat....:..:.-.. 115 | Gement For Glass in Salt or Fresh Water. 12, ne | Gement For Iron and Stone,,..+-.-+.+-+-.-> C@horea—Its Symptoms and Cure-....10, 35, 163 Cleaning Brass Shells bb, 57, 211 Fireproofing Rope....... --+-+++++-+++ ie * 265 Flea Exterminators......6.5 sas ecee eee 79, 195 ood For a Bitch Before and alter Waele fae , 345 Food Por annie: TU ween fare ts he 285 Food Por Quail........ 4 the fect . 67 Food For Squirrels. . Sus 805 Causing Dog's Hair ‘to Grow. Sateen - 1 How to Administer Castor Oil..-...: 35 Tok Stains Removed.. oe to ilag5 Humane Way to Killa “Wounded Bird. lana ob Tnsect-Proot Lots yey syscreetgeerei rr ereye ys | To Stop a Dog from Gnawing His Feet... Page, Kennel Disinfectant... ........--0+..0200--0se 147 Oil For Cleaning Gnu. .:, ent eee ales Preparation to Stop Leaks in Boats..........425 Preserying Fish Sking.........-.. -eeesare . 065: Regimen For an Invalid nod intents vicet igs 67 Remedy For Ganker in Dogs... ys 174 Remedy For Fits.......+.+-.++:- eso reps) Remedy For Lmamatnria in Dogs........,---.-. “147 Regimen For Dore Sick or out of Conditiun, 67, 99, 147, 163, 265, 285, 305, "385 Regimen For Quails in Confinement......... 19 Relief For Sanded Animals.........--... ro he) Remedy For Skin Disease in Dogs......... 245 Hints to Cure Coativeness in Dog: Bae ees BLL To Cure Cough in Doge....... SL 83, 115, 147, ‘945, '985, 405 To Curea Dog Frem Sucking eit Syated ee rye OL To Cure Bottsin Horses. ....-. wes. eeeee rete 5 To Cure Caked Udders......., «...... aa: 3456 365 To Oure Dogs of Cold.....,.... en eee 67, 131 To Cure Hernia in Dogs..........- Secanar st To Cure Disease of Nose in Dogs......... -- 345 To Cure Distemper...... 5, 89, 83, 163, 245, $45, 365, 385 ‘To Gure Ivy Poiaon............ 2341, 381 To Cure Mange. ......19, 99, 147, “Sil, 3B, 405, 445 To. Cure Piles in Dogs... ....0.,.++.0-e0-5.-- 385 ..385, 405 425, 195, 245, 265 bemeee To Gure Sore Ears in Dogs. To Cure Sore Eyes in Dogs To Cure Sores on Dogs. To Cure Staggers........ To Destroy Lice on Birds....,....... To Destray Lice on Dogs and Cattle. “ise To Drive.off Rate... ccc. es ee oeees nee 405 To Expedite the Shedding of a Dog’s Goat. To Expel Worms....... 24, 83, 89, 147, 19, To Fasten Rubber on Boots.....-.+.... 1+ To Keep off Insect Pests........-.- Tonic for Dogs.......-....... ees) To Make a Dog Shed its Coat To Make Rubber Cement. ... To Prevent a Gun from Leading. . To Prevent Bitches from Coming in Heat. ... To Prevent Sunburn..........-..4-.- sad nennt To Remoyse Puppy pacer Da eh So too ty 163 To Remove Ticks... 2.6.1 -0-s-seeope es To Remove Warts. --.-.0.-- 1052 reeen sins "365, 405 To Restore a Consumptive Dog. Seanphatedtesah te bors sie 83 To Stop Hair from Shedding a Sopiay eyabas aoe! Treatment for a Weak-Kneed D 147 Waterproofing Recipes......19, isa “O45, “285, 365 KENNEL, (See Answers to Correspo ndents.) Anecdotes of Dogs....... 28, 87, 89, 342, oe A Pittsburgh Kennel A Poet and His Dog............ hss : Areca Nut ys. Bacon ine, Sosa ste Hera oom, 38 A Visit to Sniper........ ev aesh assy aerator 362 Beagles—Where to Get.. +265 BENCH SHOWS AND FIELD TRIALS. — Bench Show at Cedar Rapids...........-. Bench Show of the Westminster Kennel Club...... 87, 103, 119, 185, 150, 161, 183, 195, 197, 198, 211, 214, 230, 253 Bench Show at Edinburgh. . Tiere 250 Bench Show at Providence Bench Show at Sagioaw Bench Show at Syracuse Bench Show at Toronto, Boston Dog Show,...-.---- se Dublin Dog Show. .-..--- traree Iowa Dog Show.........+--++ omit stale Frenp Terars—Origin OF leet Be Fastern Viel@ Trials, y Towa Field Trigls.. .e..vs..2 nee seneree rs Shrewsbury Field Trials......... firwrskb re Tennessee Field Trials......+...+..- Bennett's Dog's at Auction..... ‘ Best Book on Training Dogs............ Breeding Dogs at Puberty.........-.s.seerss Canine Medical Anthorities............. ni Ganine Traité...... 055-00 eee eset see teen ee Canine Therapeutics and Pathology. Sh eter ae eeee Cantharides—Use of,......-....+--- beiena ge low Carpenter's Kennel........--+++++-+s oe 263 Challenge of L. H, Smith............ .- -199 Classification of Dogs—Want of Skill in... . .823 Glumber, Spaniels... ..... 2+. - es ees see eres 322 Gocker Spaniels—McKoon! 's und Hoe's.,..87, 423 Oolburn’s Dash,........--.++- thay 55, 136, 184 Continental Dogs.......----6 cece ee eeees 422 Cuttiog a Bone From a Dog's Throat...... Dog a aa aud Express Churges............. 9 Doe Laws ..-..--ses-neeee coos Paes » 196, 214 Darhshunda at the N. Y. Show....-... ett 263 Dog Murder........-.- Pea es) ea) Bi Dogs us Property.....--..+:-+--+++5- 56, 382, 402 Dogs in a Wild State.....-2- secs eee eseeeee 151 Dogs i in New York City... 104 Dogs of Margerum......+-...eee reer esr e ns os 343 Dog Poisoners....~..- Dr. Webb on Distemper. . Til Cazador on Ketrieving.... English Sportmg and Kennel Notes Dverett Smith's Native Setters 4 Gordon Setter Bitch Lonu.. Gun Shynass,......-.-+2++ Home For Dogs.......-..+ How Philadelyhis Kills Dogs. is ap ae coe n= Hydrophobia.......:-...+- 301, 363, 388, 403, 443 Tmported Dogs ures peer ty 56, 88, 184, 443, 445 Improper Crosses....--+- aie aim teins tds awe 211 Instinct or Reason..... seer sees eee eee sere 63 Kennel Notes.,....9, 38, ‘66, 87, 120, 135, 162, 195, 250, 263, 282, 303, "323, Bt, 443 Kennel Register... .9, 55, 56, 31, 88, 103, 992) 393 Rilling the Dog Faithful. bh ACMA i of 382 Macdona and His Dogs........--87, 198, 229, vee Maine Dog Law... .-..-sss ese sest ners ences National American Renee Ulub,.,....+-250, 333 Newfoundland Dogs...,-....+.-.-+.eteereee 863 Non-Sporting Dogs.......-.+..++.+r-esberes ST Old Sank, and Shooting at Colt’s ack ao ry 403 Pombters—Arnold Bara OU) deeuvee Venere Pointer Belle rene es ed).. Pointer Tom.......+-¢ese esse ees ee we hewaee Pedigrees. Se teete eer ae Linnket and His efotteres : «a ee Dae Pn ee 181 Pneumonia in Poppies.......-.--+«++ pecan ade Professional Dog Stealers........+ gape wha, 103 Russian Setters. -.... Sanstacin tee inten eens 362, an Railway Fares For Dogs. - Setter English Scotch aud Lrish. 119, ‘135, a Settera aud Pointers of Ungland,:...:-..+.0 +283 Sire of Hob Roy. -~..everevs-s-teeseeer sarees: ry Bpaylgeeereypry rere seetee ire ereenre reset PAGH, ror tecaarie 8 cazelest on the Dog........-..263 ratt’s Biscuit.......... ale iatele ole che “AAA OP 120 eh Bevnanter.: Wee, Veet Nee cater ere picts St Louis Kennel Club...... aioe ene 120 AMrda Bln NICD sass secre teen an 3g TaSson DORE s Vek br) ks ale tee a heir Coeds) The Dog Qnestion.............. S.A oR ~~ -282 Wanmaker's Kennel... Prueba at bedep sey. 2408) Wobster Satters,......-...,.2052 05-8 214, 302 Was it Worme Medicina, or Distemper Poe Bt Worms and Hydrophobia............ joteee 120 MINOR MISCELLANY. Det as Baby AUOW ssa. +e soclinss.o- 5.05 eke mn Useful Cement. .-.......... 2.2.00 Seeds te Chas. Kingsley’s Love of Animals...........200 Classification of Clomds............. PU, Tiss Cleaning Chromos. ... Tore hah cal hres ee eins See Continental Rapid Transit...-.+.++.. bass cygu, Fees Given to Jookeys,........--....- ee es Ford dn LLenlac ae te eee ale Oh toa pale tee ett 165 Hints to Taxidermists.............. eb vigt one Huntingin Bermtda..... ci. ....¢.00c4se0nes LT Magione 0° .. FAG ree navewie fers BEL Natural Besuty......... Ate oe a Bee ee 227 Plain Chicken Soup -.... 4-+2,-sseeeess:- val Man Wing SRA sce) aos) Nee eee ast ae 35, 111 Terrapins a8 Food............2---+... Aor at The Great Suspension Bridge..............-.159 Ths Hermit of Mt. Desert... org }s.408 To Remove Odor from Perspiration. .. ss ebae teak What is an Inch of Rain..................0- S TRAPPING. Trapping io Arkangas..,..,...+...+:.0:-.- 3D Trapping in Mississippi....-....-......... 5 MISCELLANEOUS SKETCHES, A California Deer Hunt. . 80 Adirondack Sketchies....,.....+,.- 19, 127, a A Coon Fight in Kentucky........-....2.0008 A Day’s Fishing off Nantuckot.......s...., es 3 A Day of Sport in wets A Good Bear Story A Good Wolf Story.......... Among ths Pines Around Boot Lake 158 Andrew Jackson Foster, the phoweriiig Guide.158 ~ A Quail Hont in Virginia. 143 A Snow Shoe Tramp.,...- A Tale of Two Flats.-... de ate termed asian 13 A Tripto, Birleigh 2 6s.esesseae | alias » 439 A Trouting Picnio! in Lowisiama,............. 358 s Aeon Stream in Canada, . rypHooy oif the Japanese Coast...........257 win's Ranch, California,...........+...- 175 rea in San Gabriel ‘‘Narrers”............ 13 Bass Fishing in Virginia.................. & 15 Bay Bird Shooting.......-....0:+.-.ecey ae +018 Bear Hunt from the Rock Camp...... eine eveliel! Bear Hunting in Mississippi........-...2.).,136 Bird Shooting in Mississippl.....,.......... é 17 Bog Shooting. ... 1 1 +r sere sse seve en eene 387 Christmas in a Life Boat off Fire Island, .. 1B Diving For Guns......-.............-2., 175 Dusky Litigation........ 127 Experiences in Missouri.....,.........-.....41T Fishing on the San Ji ASIBOE iy AEs oa eM 438 Fox Haunting in Ohio..........-......-. sentry 0 FLopTDA: Across Country Notes..-......,..,.......- 239 Hunting on the Clattahooche........,....388 Sporting at Homossassa..........-..-....- 15 Turkey Shooting. .....--+0.-+4 wees Hees U2) West Florida Notes.........-........ ny 0 Grizzly-Bear Shooting........ ........- y=: 110 Habits aud Peculiarities of the Moose....... 30 Historic Scenes aud Places at Niapara.......289 How I Didn't Shoot my First Deer...........458 Hounding Deer in Mississippi....... ciel apie wae Hunting on the Blue Grass Country... . 1 Hunting and Fishing on the Pee Deo... Pp pe ato Hunting the Bighorn............ t+ aeeews BOT HOG, MAVGO = 2. doce se + dae sae on Lassoing a einaly Letter from Guyon-. Louisiana Duck Hunting. Michigan Sport we My First Bull Moose..........-.- Shep Mee Ree My First Debro. (3.1.00... 2.22. -n. cee ded dt Noosing a Grizzly in California.............. 338 North Fork of Navarro River...........297, 317 Notes from the Coast Range, Calais 110 Old Cazador’s Pearl.......-...-- Pigeon Shooting in New Jersey Pine Forests of Pennsylvania. . Quail Shooting Extraordinary Rambles in Pike County aero Chale Rangeley Sporting Not “123; 174, 190, 208 Reminiscences of the Dorchester Marslies.. 142 Roughing it in Canada... f 258 Salmon Fishing on the Jacques Cartier. “ar a) 78 Beweae Scenea ata Franch Race Gourse.............377 Scandinayian Sport. . Howe Weleda. 3 Pov AT Sealing in the Pasion tans a National Rifle Association. 22, 184 BACARY ype y oe se ce 6 ; ey 248 A Short Spa on Fishes....... Pe ssdesean a Poor tee ses Introduction m Eng— os Tera heeeceniiocen Seth 1992 A Strange Bird..... sane, mee wae BD eR ere el dbus dtepty aditd 5 ha toteaaae ce y STOIC eye coe eed 264 _ A Tala of a Gaahi, Ty Aceatiocuen ite figaeot Wild Geese in Confinement,...............,. 808 Senate cadets Thy Ne ARR 9 Pred: “A Three-Thousaud pee Fish.cce. 6... 65 | Woodeoek in Florida... 2... ieee: +----.120 | Rifle Association of Hrance,,.....--.-.-+- 166 Andacity in Hawks...... s.s.+++ 224, 300 | | Where They Brood....... afte RBG A TN peg Sores Paws Stes Aha pre wanlaisnks 213, 249 ‘A White Deer. . ats . Wy Betts At ete: 25s Yellow Pool Wood Warbler.................- 129-1 Ramineton_yvs. “Whitney PAE ss om Ate 70 A Woodpecker at Fort Sanders ; Rirce Matowus. Barn Owle-. Se ane . 300 NEW PUBLICATIONS. International Match. oon , 89, 102, 118, Basking and Bone Sharks. Abroad Again,.......... SooiL boa At FaAReapta’ 865 0, 363, 408, 428 Bay of Fundy Notes.............-- Adirondack Tales : Inter-State Matches............-+-. «BLO, 428 Birds of Clark’s Island, Maes. A Mad World and ita Inhabitants Matches at Creedmoor. ..... 166, 182, 296, 248, 263, 264, 265, 288, 389, 310, 829, 347, 369, 385, 339, 403, 423, 448 Matches in California 150, atehes in Californi Be 380, wee Matehes in Canada........-+- 71, 86, 166, ms Canada ys. New York Matches inConnecticne. -... 213, 949, 264, 329, 347, 369, gia) Fie Matches io ee ees a ats. Heroes an . 449 Match rogmoor, La,......- N10, 929, 348, 360, a io, 425, 449 Match: iia lp tated By 4, ; sept 829, 369, 389, Bu ane 449 tohes i Jersey.--.. 213, 6 Matches in New Jorsey ai0t ne Matches at other New York Ranges....57, 71, 86, 166, 192, 213, 249, 264, 288, 309, 810, 827, 329, 348, 368, oe 408, 449 Miscellaneous Rifle Notes A sew't 22, 56, 71, 87, 102, 118, 134, 189, 193, $08 249, 264, 289, 308, 330, 347, 869, 389, 409 Matches in Rhode Island. . 193, 213, 829, 369 Long Island ys. Naw Jersey ra: sitet cueat Bey SHoormna GARLERIES. Conlin’s...,....71, 84, 102, 184, 150, 166, Py "913, 236, 248, 264, 310, 829 Creedmoor, Jr... .. ce seer sees reece es 2, 86 , 289, 310, 329 Helwig’s.... Miley's. | 150, 166, 182 Hentz & Carson’ 8 Gallery.” SU ieafieho Note neitals Swiss Match.... Target Rifles The Dittmar Powder. .. . 388 Russians at the Target.........0-s+snesseers 87 The Remington Rifle.... 213, 330 The Rifle in Canada..... ou 38 The Sanford Protest........ 428 The Science of Shooting ......- ..+-+++.-5- 247 Unaccountable Misses........ Ae 86, 135, 166 Willowbrook Match..... ..+.-+.+esser-es ¢- BAT What the Riflemen are Doing.........---- . 39 ee Shooting that Rey. Mt Murray AG Walnut t Hil Range Shoots....+eee...sse ees 438 118, “213, 248, 261, 310, 329, 308. 408 Positions in Shooting. . 118 SEA AND RIVER “FISHING. Alligator Gar Wish... 2. .ecceee cre caer ees or 82 Angling for Trout with Worms. Pawavranitecrints 410 Artificial Angle Worms......... Bo eases 82, 136 Battle with a Salmion..........ssecseeeevees 185 Alabama......... CP die operat haduase donne (C)UTOMINTEL AER i esaps ts) eaten tephels ead sepals slomieleatea stele Connecticut..,.209, 269, 284, 303, 325, aae Tilinois Maino,..-.............. . Mass,......162, 167, 193, AE) 231, pea 208, 871, 409, 429) 444 Michigan.........-.cecsseeee 284, 324, 344, 388 Minnesots...... » A29 New Hampshire New Jorsey....167, 231, 243, 284, rt 395, . 18 , 429 New York....... 60, 73, 198, 209, 243, "269, 484, 303, 325, 344, 429, 444 WOR EO cos i enkaw onthe aawae arses eee es 325 Peunayivyania.. ..209, 243, 269, “O78, 303, 324, 825, 410, 444 Vermont....-...+- -73, 152, 429 VAPRINIA ohn de basie saat “Adi, 167, 269, 303, 444 Wiscongin...........+.-- 18, 243, 344, 499. 444 Gape Fear Notes. ...,....2.0-.2. cece pene ene 24 Catching Sharks........ “Chumming” for Sharks. Coney Island Notes.............4 Wott chase 388 Curious Fishing Incident........ Spee a Deep Trolling in Lake George... yrajer Dats ES AG Lo ele ee Heed eh bale reine re Do Ohio Salmon and Perch Take the Bly ?.. 147 Bastern Townships of Oanada.............+. 235 Wagle's Claw....is.--.0- Paths eee’ nets SLL LOS USER MOT oe aia Sinltelb, o> sins SOAs bo ars.e8 oF pe oot 152 Fenton's Number Pour... .......c. seen eee 102 IAG MARS c atrectds tse hion oes oy ae ees 136 Ply-Books and Moths, ....,.-..5.--..2+-.00y .#1, 50,82, 99, 120, 152, 163, 181, 194, 268, 844, 325, B71, 444 Fish in Market... .9, 18, 40, 50, 78, 82,98, 121, 136, 453, 167, 184, 193, 209, "231, 243, 268, aps, B03, 3234, Bat, 370, 387, 409, 429, s44 ey. Pace FISHING RES 3, a, 2 41, 99, 152, 167, 185, 190, 193, 211, 282, 259, ‘268, 269, 270) a 284" 385) 324) 379 rondask Notes 136, 153, 2 Ashland, Lake Superior, Route to pia Anglingin Oyster Bay....-...-...,. . wie Black Bass Fishing, .....98, 136, 175, 179, 194, 232, 34 Basa Nishing in Lake George.....,, # 38 360 Bass Fishing at Halifax Tolet, Pla......_.167 Black Baas of the Potomaoyay... hie rics 194 Black Bass Fishing in Southern ae Black Basa Season in: the Schuylkill. , £7, ue Black Bass, the Fish of the Futura. . is ie Brook trout Hee at Lake George. . Paty eae “2168 Bluse ishing > sie F. im 8 SEES he tees Sera Chub Fishing in Virginia. ......0..5. Fa ey fi Fishing in Alabama.-.................4... 185 Fishing in California..............., Ly 270 Fishing i in Central Park. 1... .. ie... Fishing in Flovida,..... bY. y Vishing i in Maing.......,,..... Tishing i in Sonthéern Palen Oat es * "418, ; Salmon Fishing in Nova Saotia.........._ a Salmon from Round nee rated: Ae y Salt-water Trout Wishing..,...,........... “ait Abad sighing: 25210. 6) Jesh. ik t's sot el rv ve triped Bass. of tha MITSELSSID DL bol Beauty Trout ae OA EF 15, 83, 122, ae Keeping seh WOrka....-.s-- see, : King of Lobsters........-.,.. Landlocked Salmon........ My First Reel............. Norway Coast Fisheries.... Notes from the Maine Lake: On Sharks and other Matters... Opening of the Trouting Seagon............. 98 Oquossoc Angling Assoc..,......,.. +... 167, 268 Orvis Reel,........3.. ses OS lose ea ope be eae 4 Pasque Foland jOlos5 oetva esd an eee 18, 325 Piseco’s Big Trout............ pads ins eben nde Playing a Snapping-Turtle,................. 162 Rio Grande Tront,.,..........--..406 Neda 429 Rattlesnakes as Fish Bait SA Cee Aner 68 Seth Green’s Needle Points,..........., 152, 168 Steele's Fish Plotures............000cec0 eee "162 Steamboat on the Upper Saranac..,..... pe peat: asm ania Drop: “Senators hes Mee eee a Tests of Hooks and ena Tiaddtaare ers The Fisheries....9, 18, 41, 51, 73, 32, 131, 136, 152, 167, as Jos "2097 248, 284, 324, 388, 409, 429, Three Trout at One Bnet See ite nce oe Water Bailiffa and Salmon Poachers...) 4t Webater’s ‘Beautifully Good” Trout...,..... 40 Yellow Perch of Owasco Lake.....,......... 99 WOODLAND, FARM AND GARDEN, A Cossack and His Horse... Analysis of the Onion,............ A Card from Mrs. Bridge A Keen Old Farmer,....,...... Beauty in Architecture (illustrated)... Beet Root Crop of France Belgian Peara..........-..0.05, Bermuda as a Winter Resort... Bulbous Roots............... Chlospetann Pamovidi Carat afd ot gestae Common Insects of April........ Cyperus Hsculentus......... matty Destruction of Woods. ,.,.......... Didn't Rob Birds’ Nest....... Effect of Climate on Plants... English Salads..............+ Essex Breed of Swine,............ Huphorlia Jacquinwflors, . " Farmers Abandoning California, Farming in Oglorado.,.......... Ferneries. Water. ....... 8G 33 Lath eee €81 Florida Lands.............. Wignteons set, Flower Shows.............0..005 Porestry Circular Fragrance in Hyacinths..........--.........178 LNA Aa SS OA vos veh ess bedn ok isis agieeramie + 65 Giant rose a wishin cosh ean avele Aorta 243 Goose Fight with @ Bull........,.........006 381 Gratting to Test New Varieties... 161 ETEEIDE Waki eta: ees ae uel eee 130 Grape HIG wee side bx ak berries mie poutine eH Grass—Its Value...........,. tus tx eet dhe 381 Grasses For Bouquets,....-..e0:e rere eecees 361 Grasshoppers and Wild Fowl...........- 192, 249 Hint to Peach Growerg............... Seas weet Trrigation in California Tyy on Walla) 2... ees ces Lily of the Valley. . Leading « Colt......... Lawn Mowing..........4.. Matider Plant......-.; Masnolias..........,. 5. Mate or Paraguay Tea.,..,. Mosses aud Lichens.,.... Sa SE ges : . ame of Rare Weeds Ne ¥Y. Horticultural Society... .18, $0, 146, sa 4 INDEX. Pacer. Page. PaGE,. New Zealand Flax. ..2....0.-0.seesceacsewces The Japan Judas Tree.......... eas Fear (Cereal wear Py lee iby 4) Bi{ Boating Around New York... .89, 121, 158, Orange Culture....... 5, 84, 80, 114, 130, 178, 201 | The SipannbooPenchie a 2 Bb oe tee Seer? sia) cea eng 210, 831, 851, $70, 411 Orchids of Central Ameries......0..-.......5 281 | The Lover's Garden................ aieeeeeoe Ret - h Y INalintiuk Lui wk. eb Boating at San Francisco...-....2...+2...411 Ornamental Planting........,.......c000.00. 114 | The Proposed Sahara Sea, . 42 feok las x oht Club. gq| Boating at Silver Lake..... secewsoenses es ABS PTET ieee fo eC hg 1 Seas 08h. 60) The; Verbena Disesdon uke iccuse ee 17%, 295 | Rochester Yacht Olub otc ses, 481 Boating in Rhode Island...........2.0....391 Panama Hats............ ear a a AH 282 ee Verveeneana 841 he Yo ht cnt t a Me iota s,. aeted Onti7G) Boating in Michigan..............0+..e... 10 Plants as Weather Guides............,...-.. 114 ane 4 ils. eas of Dufferin............. 194| Boating in Virginia... 0.2.00... ...c000+0+ + BOL Plants For Indoor Decoration......... aah 8) 341 d vane eet Hage mena te a ‘*439 Boating on Jamaica Pond...........2-++. oe Preserving: Timbers ..042 eros a ciesdiee ess oo » 295: | Trees in|Mowns... 03226, beivasct le ee Cs} Yachti es cs ‘ aB tee “110, 41, 66, 89, Boating on the Passaic..._, Prices of Nursery Products Abroad and at VALUABLE HIN(S: ae 121. 152, err 163, 194. 900, ‘ 910, 239, O44 Boating on the Potomac.......... MVOMO actuate tnt verre NMI Une ciuteaaucieue 301 | To Destroy Lice on Cattle 3 290, 304, 350, 370, 390, 410, 439| Boating on the Raritan............0....44+ eit PIMnIng epi atom dyiore « ria il er Scrat es 242 To Disinfect Rooms AE ed ae Yachting A a@Now Vouk -10, 41, 89, 104, Boating on North gaa Quaile in Confinement..... ......2....2000- 114 piety” neta, 136, 179, 194, 200, 344, 989, 303) 330 The Rob Roy Canoe....... Rainfall at Santiago...........-..--ccceueees 225. 350, 370, 390. 410, ” 430, 451 Single Scull Contests.....--«- "131, 891, 411, 451 Rafis on the Rhine... soi otc s ee eens «.. 402 Yachti £St. A ti 34, 51, 104, BL 350 The Beaverwycks....cs-ccserseccceceee Hegine: yd Reogtafting Old Trees...........00. 22-0000. 146 Yach Bat Cs AaRee he “Hi, 870, 3007 4517 431 International Barge Racing. .......css0+00+-451 Rhyncospermum Jasminoides ........:..... 381 ieee ae a Lak Ch eae 391 | Fifty Mile Scull Race at Chicago..........~..244 Roses and Rose Culture....192, 242, 320, 321, 361 2 | Eachting on No: th Tiger ain eos 391, 400 | Lustory and Character of Paper Boats........ 25 Select Succulent Plants........... cee. eceees 161 Yachting Ne t ee Be Helspepricace 166 198 451 Nereid Boat Club. 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The Cinnamon Tree.,,.......-..-..4 f be Satan Guiisie 137, 210, 232 | B Sand EOMBabae Gee ee 451 | Columbia vs. Harvard The Gladiolus cle Abt gharg Fee ate ee ae Boe Oa ing pee ce ee ee Harvard Boaling. : “oie ee ThroiGloxiniar qe asters eee lass te AL BON ha eens Ret ete Fc iee vipa Wt ateagrars aac ai Pt ord and Cambridge on the Thames. 121, The ‘‘Goat’s Beard”—S Arunous.. z Peat a Ve ata Soundings. . Boating Around Boston. .....179, 304, pls 451| ‘Zhe Yale Stroke...... Beenie 430 ALHO Hen Garden veascceccess. vee sd eeuet Lge Cee conn 0 a eh irae ia ae tT Boati . . ie ti Yale vs. Harvard Race........+. BBG B AN, occtie lates AH oating Around Philadelphia..... 251, 304, 381) Yale and Cornell... ap es CR K 5 eRe Devoted To Ont-door Recreation and Study. Qame Provection, Biss Corturn, Narvran History, Preservation or Fornsrs, Riri Practice, Yacuting, Boarina, Ti KENNEL, AND SPORTS OF ALL Kryps, Porius, Pour Bollarh « Year, ‘Nan Unnte s Copy. mm i = Tie mT pr NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1877. : ull Way { Volume $, Number 1. 17 Chatham wi, (City Hall Sqr.) Far Forest ani Stream, Hip of Sport in Gexas. ee al cy N Saturday, the 6th inst, T received an invitation from Mi, J. G. Tracy, Secretary of the Houston & Texas Wastern Railway, to accompany a party of officials of the road to its present terminus ou the following Mon- dry. ‘his road is intended to run to the Rio Grande, but as yet only thirty-one miles have been builf from Houston, 1 knew that the prairies through which it passes are at this sousqy of the year swarming with wild fowl, and T knew that we might have a merry time of ib with the dog and gun, dT, therefoye, accepted the invitation with alacrity, aud forthwith called upon a young gentleman of Touston, Who has two as fine bird-dows as ever followed a sports- Wan, to induce him Lo join in the exeursion, Unfortun- aticly 1 fond him sick with w cold, and unable 10 go, which was a Diller disappointment to me, as I was utterly dégless mysell, My friend offered me his dogs, Wit ie rascals could nof he persdaded to accompany me. They looked at me and wagwad their tails, na if they ment to say: ‘You are very good looking, but you aan’t vome in,” snd with all the evaxing I eduld do, refused to udge an neh. At ten o'clock Monday morning Twas at the depot, armed wilh ilouble-Darrel wun, aod considerably weighed down willLammunition. (The splendid sportin® costumes adverlised in your columns diaven't found tieir way to Texas yet.) 1b ‘ig beet winging morning, as clear as. ah 7) ” i “a A FRIENDLY SERVICE. a gilver bell, not a cloud in the sky, and one of those singular ‘“Texas Northers” piping away at a lYemenduous rate. The temperature was a point or two below freezing, fn unnsual thing for this latitude. Soon Iwas joined by Maj. J. W. Goodwin, Chief Engineer, and shortly after him came a company of about a dozen, nearly all bearing shot-funs or rifles, but not one with a dog. LIasked Mr. Peter Flocck, s Houston banker, and Vice-President of the road: “Why is it that you bring no dogs?” Said he, '' we need nodogs, Tors would only bein the way, We spall have plenty of fun without them.” Presently cane Mr. J. G. Tracy, in charge of o large box, over the edges of which a great many bottles were seen poking their inter- esting heads. A lige demijohn also accomy anied the |} box. « The object of this trip was to give the State Railroad Tn- apector a chance to examine and report upon the lust teu miles completed on this road, If his report should be favornble, it entitles the eampany to donation from ihe State of sixteen sections, or ten thousand two hundred and forty nerves of land for each mile of road, and also allows them.to sell bonds to the amount of $10,000 per mile. A- number, like myself, took adyantage of the trip fur pleas- tire and Observation. At 10-16 the whistle blew, atid all jumped on board. This road hus 2 guage of only Whree feet, and the coach provided {or us seemed so small, that ET thought we should lave a jam of it, bnt affer all were seated (bore was plenty of room for more, The litle couch bad capa- - i a? al city for about thirty-six, and our party did not reach twenty. The train moyed off slowiy, not more than ten or twelve miles an hour, in order to giye 3 number of a{rungers an opportunity to observe THM QOUNTRY throngh which we were passing. I tooka stand outside, in spite of the chilling norther, to take notes of the same, After clearing the outskirts of Houston, it seemed an in- lermibable ocean of prairie, except that afew males to the north and south of us were two great lines of timber, ex- tending westward us for as the eye could reach. ‘That to the right of us was tle forests of Bullalo Bayou; that to the left, the forests of Brao’s Bayou, The road passed nearly equidistant between the two, over a plain utterly treeless, smooth as a billiard table, and covered over at (hig season with a densa matting of grass. There were, however, no cattle upon this vreat natural pasture. The furious norther had driven them all tu svek the shelter of the forests. Neither were there any farms at all iipon this great prairie, after passing three oy four miles from Mourton; but the land lay virgin and untouched, just as God made it, The soil] is almost jet black, and evidently very strong. Give it drainage in ihe direction of the bayous to the ript and Jeft, and putu thrifty population upon it, aud this ereat virgin ficld would soon blos+om like a garden, Ani the day will not he long delayed befcre a great garden it will be. Fertile soil, genial climate, producing almost anything, Oasy access to market—a thtiving city almost io - they, and so steady their flight, 2 in GE Patt--hby canto abecninar Tied Haiabuecs| BERL FE ESE Seplie EME cho canit be otherwise? I asked at what these lands ¢ould be purchased now, and was told ‘from fifty cents to a dollar an acre.” But then where are you going to get your fnel irom, and your timber for fencing? When this road reaches the great Brazos ‘‘Bottoms,” only a few miles from its present terminus, it will deliver you splendid oak from two and a half to three dollars a cord, and the vast pineries just east of Houston will furnish illimitable resources for plank fences, cheaper perhaps thanin any prairie country in the world, And then before ihe plank fence decays, the pyracanth and osage orange hedges will be ready to takeits place, lasting till the crack of doom. When that thrifty population comes, this prairie may well say: ‘Match me, ye gods!” AQ THE THRMINUS. Anout 1 p.m. we reached ‘'Wimberly,” where the road now stops, I thought that as this place has a local habi- tation and & name, I should find it also a village or some- thing of that sort; but there was not even a house, or the sign of one! The road stopped short in the midst of a solitary prairie, and Withberly existed only in name, J felt severely disappointed at this dreary prospect, as visions of a snug saloon and hot punches had for some time been tempting my appetite; and, moreover, I was hungry, and chilled to the bone. However, Mr, Secretary Tracy soon announced good cheer, Standing i in the door of the apait- ment of the coach intended for baggage, he announced in a loud voice: “Gentlemen, walk up, roll up, tumble up— any way so you get up—and let us have something that is good. AsI knew that Wimberly was as yet unprovided with hotels and saloons, and ever mindful of the comforts of the wayfarer, 1 have brought both hotel and saloon along with us. If any man cannot here find good cheer, let him charge it to the fault of his own stomach, which doves not know how to appreciate things that are good. kd In sooth it was so. Going forward I found both hotel and saloon. There were wines, whiskies, brandies, of which all partook amply; there were meats, breads, con- diments and fruits, of which allstored away a heavy cargo. After this it was arranged that the party, or all who choose, should break into groups and spend three hours in hunting, but that we must not go beyond the sound of the whistle, for fear some of us might be lost or not get back in time. THE HUN. As [had chatted much with Major Goodwin on the way, we naturally consorted together when the parties were made up. He is physically a splendid specimen of a man, and I found him as sparkling as a bowl of champagne punen. He was all sprightliness and aes He ws, as Lam told, a favorite engineer of the great southern general, Lee, and is responsible for many of the fortifica- lions aronnd Richmond and Petersburg, against which the Union army battled so long. He, too, was armed with a dowble-barrel shot gun, We struck out alone in a direc- tion which none others had taken. By this time clouds liad covered the whole heavens, aud there was a heavy driving mist, scudding rapidly before the norther--be- hooved us now all our stores of viands and fluid stimu- lants to keep us warm. We had walled only nbout two hundred yards, when suddenly a flock of PRAIRIE HENS OR GROUSE rose almost from beneath our fect. We were not expect- ing them, and no shot was fired, They flew but a little distance and we pursued. When they rose again each of us fired two shots, Major Goodwin getting two birds, whilelI got but one. They were noble fellows, about three pounds “weight, and as fat as butter balls. So large wera that it seemed almost Impossible 10 miss them on the wing, and yet I had failed with one barrel, Never mind, it faa long time since I have played the sportsman. [have not got my hand im yet, Major Goodwin kept his eye on the living, while 1 picked up the dead birds. Again they rose, somewhat sealtered, and each of us got one apiece, firing one barre! each. “Now,” said Major Goodwin, as we bagged the ame, “‘we will let ihese fellows alone, We must have some of that flock forseed.” We had bagzed but five, and it seemed to me there were at least a dozen left; and as they lad again gone but a little distance I objected, and proposed that we renew the attack, remarking that 1 feared that if we gaye them up we should find no more. The Major said, “Oh, we cannot go amiss fur them. The country is full of them. Weshall find plenty.” He then stuted that this bird is rapidly increasmg in Texas; that they are more numerous this year than ever, and that he supposed that it was on account of the increasing farms. His opinion was that the grains of the farmers encouraged them toinecrease and multiply, and that they are a bird that loves proximity to human habitation. ‘I guess,” added he, ‘they are nothing but stray chickens after all, and haye had their characteristics permanently fixed by. long in-and-in breeding.” BAND ILL CRANES, Passing to the southwest some fifteen minutes more, carrying our guns nearly at ‘‘present arms,” I observed, some three or four hundred yards off, through the driving mist, an assemblage of moving objects, which I at first took to be a herd of deer. A more careful examination soon reyolyed them into birds, and my companion cried out: “Sind-hill cranes! Now to get a shot at them we ‘will have to be sharp.” He proposed that we separate and march upon them from opposite quarters, the idea being that if one of us could get ashot at them while they were on the ground, they might give the other a chanco by flying over his FOREST AND A head, We withdrew the grouse charges from our guns and loaded with heavier metal. He struck off obliquely to the northwest, while I obliqued to the southwest. After getting directly opposite to the cranes, both began to move slowly directly upon them, They had not yel no- liced us, or had not appeared to do so, though we were now within two hundred yards of them, They were feed- ing leisurely towards wie, but gradually tending to the west, At last they perceived Major Goodwin, aud began moving in a course which, if continued, would bring them within fifty yards to the west of my position, TI concealed myself behind a small thicket of briars, which gave just screen enough to hide me. I cocked both barrels, und watched the tail birds as they were marching gracefully towards destruction. As they drew nearer and nearer, I was seized with a regular ‘‘buck-ague,” and shook at a terrible rate. Idrew from my pocket a flask of brandy, and emptied almost the entire contents down my throat. By this time the birds were easily within fifty yards, and I raised my gun, still having the ague, and fired quite at random into the array. Without noticing the elfect of my shot, I gave them the second barrel as they rose into the air, and saw one big fellow tumble fluttering to the ground. Instead of going towards Major Goodwin, the flock flew to the southwest, doubiless seeking the advant- age of the wind to get away as quick as possible fram such dangerous quarters. My friend had not gota shot at all, at which I felt somewhat chsagrined. My first shot had also been effective, and I had two sand-hill cranes. These birds are majestic to look at. They stand about three feet high, and move with a stately motion, much re- sembling at a distance that of a deer. ‘They are, also, about the color of a deer, Their weight docs not come up to expectations, They are mainly feathers, legs, neck and tail. Seven to nine pounds is about the best of their weight. They are excellent for the table when well cooked, but if the cook be not skillful they are apt to be too dry, They are extremely numerous on the prairies of Texas in the winter, and are not at all addicted to water, so far as I have been alle toobserve. They migrate noryh- ward on the approach of spring. These birds were too big to thrust in our game bags. The best that we could do was to sling them around our necks with a string tied to each of their feet, and let them dangle down our backs. ENCAUNTER WITH WILD GEESE. The timber of Buifalo Bayou was now close at aha: We had crossed this stream 2 few miies east of Wimberly, so that it wxs low south of us instead of north, as it had been most of the way. We moved to the stream, expect- ing to way-lay a colony of ducks, but just as we reached the edge af the timber, a large flock of geese crossed the bayou a few hundred yards above us, and appeared to lighs on the prairie just beyond. We now abandoned all idea of ducks in our eagerness to altack the larger game. Crossing the narrow channel on a fallen tree, we crept stealthily to the edge of the timber on the south bank, and saw the geese feeding about two hundred paces above us, They were waddling along slowly towards us. Leaving the edge of the timbers, we walked cautiously up the bank of the stream until we thought we were about opposite the geese, then turned short off tothe left. When we got to the edge of the forest aguin there were the geese, still unsuspicious, not more than sixty yards off, and drawiog closer and closer tous. We arranged that Major Goodwin should sheot into them on the ground, and that I should deliver fire as they rose into the air, The Major fired both barrels almost simultaneously, and 1 turned loose with both of mine just as the birds were flopping their wings in the air. There was a fluttering and a flopping for you! The Major had killed three, and I had brought down too. Now, thought I, hereisamess! How are we going 10 transport this game? The best we could do was to tie their feet toa string, then fling them over our backs with the cranes, and then abandon the chase, We had as much game as we could well get along with. Said the Major: “The next time we go gunning we will take an ambulance.” We tradged back to **Wimberly,” treating with the utmost indifference several flocks of prairie-hens that we flushed on the way. They were se- cure, because we were already gorged. Shortly after our return to Wimberly the other hunting parlies dropped in, one by one, all more or Jess laden with game, ‘The tast that came up, but one, was Floeck, who came staggering under the weight of an enormous bik, which he bore on his shoulder. Hehad disembowelled the animal where he had fallen; and so saturated with the buck’s blo6d was his clothing, that he might have been easily mistaken for a butcher just ont of the slaughter pen. As he threw the buck down heremarked: “‘T might have got another the easiest im the world, but I had in this fellow about as much as I could well stand under, and my compadre would not consent to shoulder the responsibility.” He had shot the buck with a splendid Winchesterrite, which he had had manufactured to order at a cost of $150, After Mr. Floeck came the last of the party—a boy who had confined himself to blackbirds, and who had stuffed his game-bag and pockets full, THE GRAND RESULT. When all were in, a census of the day’s slaughter was taken with this result; Deer, 1; Prairie Hens, 23; Ducks, 9; Geese, 10; Cranes, 4; Blackbirds, 59; Quail, 7; Hawke, 1; Owls, 2; Hares, 1. The thirteen-year old boy who had shot the blackbirds was declared champion of the day, Said he: “IT could have killed a million if I’d had a wagon to pack ’em.” I asked what would he the money value of I: mis le i om our gameé inthe Houston market? Mr, Tracy said the grouse and ducks would readily bring twenty-five cents each; the cranes fifty cents: the geese seventy-five cents, and the quail teh. A gentleman from Ohio, who was of the Barly, said: ‘‘Whata grand country is this, where even men’s sports will make them money |" On the return trip to Houston we found the prairies so filled with feese and grouse that several were shot down from the cars while in motion. These, by common con- sent, were given to Conductor Davis, and 1 believe his share obtained in ihis way was larger thun that of any other single individual, “WET-WEATHRR BIRDS," While on the return trip I noticed hundreds of flocks of very diminutive birds, much resembling the summer sparrow, but of a lighter color. They seemed to go in thousands, so that scores of them might be taken at ashot. Mr. Tracy said they were the sweetest and fattest little birds in the world, but that it took “just two dozen to make a breakfast for one.” Another said that he called them “‘wet-weather birds,” “for,” said he, ‘in wet or damp weather the prairies are filled with them, and in dry weather they are never seen. What becomes of them is past finding out. I think they disband and take to the forests,”” AT HOME. We reached Houston just after dark, the norther giving us a stern welcome as we leaped from the coach, We all parted happier, heartier, and I hope better than when we met in the morning, I hope to tell you, Mr. Editor, of many another day’s sport around Wimberly. In the meantime, you can say to Dr. Dio Lewis, that what he says about poose-meat not being good, is all pure fiction. Give me lots of fat, tender goose meat, ys, Assi Houston, Texas, Jan. 14th, 1877. For Forest and Stream, FOX HUNTING IN OHIO. —_—+—- HINKING a detail of how we hunt foxesin Ohio may interest some of your readers, I will give you a brief description. The sportsmen get together and decide upon a day and place for a hunt, elect their chief officer and a captain for each side, then advertise the day: agreed upon, the territory they propose surrounding (whic. h is generally about four square mites), and the hour for starting iu towards the cen- ue. The centre is designated by a tall flag staif and the stars and stripes floating therefrom. A small brush tent is also put up for the foxes to hide in and rest when cornered. After closing in on a space about ten rods square and al- lowing the foxes a few minntes’ rest, the sport then begins. If a band is along they step in the enclosure and serenade what of the Reynard family: may be housed there. Each side is then allowed lo send in one person, generally @ boy about 16 years of age; the strife then is to see which side will have the honor of catching the first or most foxes, They must catch them by the wil and lift them up clear from the ground at arm’s length. No dogs, firearms, or clubs, are allowed on the ground, whereby ile foxes may be injured, until after all Lue sport is hud with them that is wanted. ‘They are then sold to the highest bidder, the proceeds going towards paying the advertising. Sometimes when there is an old sly fox cornered, he makes the attempt to break through the ranks, bul is caught and thrown back in the enclosure, and sneaks Off as though he wag ashamed of the trick. We hud seven or eight of those hunts last winter, and on come Occasions a thonsand or more persons would participate i in the sport. One night in December there fell about four inches of SUOW, and in the morning my brother Will says, ‘‘ Buck, this is a good day to hunt foxes; won't you go?” I minst confess a did not need much coaxing, as J am a lover of sport, So 1 put my breech-loader together and took a few cartridges of F. F. shot, called the dog, and started for the woods where we thought we would be most likely to find afox, We had not got ten rods in the woods before we found where one had been along. We followed up the trail and soon the tracks became so plenty we could not keep one particular track, for sometimes three or four would be going along together, and when they diverged we eould not tell one trom another. We concluded we would skirt around on the outer edge of the woods, and perhaps we might lind where one had left for some other piece of timber. We soon struck a track that seemed to be leading off, and after following about half a mile we found where he had gone down inside of a large poplar stimp and into a hole under a root. Weran a pole down some dis- tance, but could net feel him. Will then started fora spade and pick to dig him ont. Abont the time he got to the honse, which wus about 80 rods off, the fox came to the conclusion that he had better try leg bail for it, and se jumped out, knocking my dog off the ‘stump backwards, 1 undertook to give him aload of shot as he started off, but the cartridge failed to explode, and before I could get the second bariel ready the dog was between me and the fox. There was a nice race then for about half a mile be- fore my dog overhauled him, There was somie tall fight- ing done there by the looks of the snow aud the noise they made, We took his hide and started for home, having had sport enough for one day. Wehad not gone more than lualf « mile before we struck another track and followed it about ten rods and found a fox curled up in the hollow of atree. When we came up he went up in the hollow. We got an ax and soon had him out. They were both very large gray foxes. Buck Snor, Wat is AN INCH or Raty ?—An English acre consists of 6,272,640 Bquane inches ; and an inch deep of rain on an acre yields 6,272,640 cubic inches of water, which at 277 274 cubic inches to the gallon makes 22° 623: 5 gallons ; and, as a gallon of distilled water weighs 10 ibs., the ratn- fall On ap acre is 226,225 Ibs, avoirdupols; as 2, 240 Ibs. are a ton, an inch deep of rain weighs 100-993 ‘tons, or nearly 101'tons per are. For every 100th of an inch a ton of water falls per acre, ' i —Kigh! thousand nine hundred and ninety quail haye been shipped from Salisbury, N.C., this season, FOREST AND STREAM. a SSSSSS SSS SSS essesssscsy / fish Cultuge. Fish Harcuine ArParatus.—Mr. Samuel Wilmot, of the establishment at Newcastle, Canada, sends us the dia- gram of a patent that he has secured for a white fish hatching apparatus, and which we think so well of that we present 1f herewith. Mr. Wilmot tells us that he has had it going this winter and it answers beautifully. The can, or hatching apparatus, is just eleven inches in diame- ter, and about five or six inches deep, into which are put 100,000 white fish ova when first taken from the fish, It is then set a going by turning a small tap, which lets in say a4 inch stream of water, depending much upon the head. The eggs are put in motion by the action of the water, all sediment and bad eggs are carried away, and the sound ones are left as clean as when taken from the fish. Hand picking is, therefore, almost done away with. Mr. Wil- mot says:— ‘“Phese self pickers and cleaners, with say five or six millions of white fish eggs, will save the labor of four or five lands daily, and will, at the same time, keep them cleaner than it is possible to do with any amount uf hand washing, 1 have had some of these pickers going since ist Nov. last; many of the young fry are now hatching out. ‘Therefore, the practical working of them is all that could be needed.” — ABSTRACT OF THE SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE COMMIS- SIONERS AND SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MICHIGAN STATE FISH- ERIES. —_+——_ FE are indebted to Mr. Geo. Hi. Jerome, Superintend- ent of State Fisheries, of a copy of the above valuable and comprehensive report. As it covers the operations for the year 1875-6, however, it is impossible for us tomore than glance at the work accomplished during that period. Notwithstanding the fact that it is but little over three years since the pisicultural work of the State was com- menced, it is claimed that Michigan in the magnitude and success of her fish cultural enterprises is the inferior of no one of the twenty-two fish States. The great cordon of Jakes which fringes all the eastern, western and northern boundaries, the grandest bodies of fresh water to be found on the globe, gives her the latgest and finest water farm to be found on the continent. L Although some information has been received touching the success of the various fish plantings, yet the informa- tion is by no means as full as was hoped for, and ag is de- sired, Of the shad planting no yery reliable returns haye 7% , Ke ‘ ? ee i Bal a s, Saf ees arg aT a re ee \ heen sent in; nor, indeed, is it yet hardly time to expect news from them, as they are ever slow in reporting them- selves, in New York and other States little or no trace of them being discovered till the third or fourth year after their deposit. Salmon have been caught in the St. Josephs river with all the markings and characteristics of the At- lantic salmen, and weighing about two pounds each. Others have been taken in Laice Hrie, which are supposed to have been placed in the Raison River by the Michigan Commissioners in 1874, Favorable accounts have been received {rom various quarters regarding the whitefish planted. Of the varieties of fish at the Pokagon State Hatchery, all have done fairly well, They have been fed resonably well, but not recularly, fish meat not being always readily obtainable. In general health and growth the grayling stands, perhaps, number one. The speckled trout are barely seeond in the list. A healthier, handsomer collec- tion of brook trout, have never been seen in any pond. The California salmon, while apparently less healthy than their cousins, the Atlantic salmon, have shown a larger percentage of growth, Many of the California salmon are from twelve to fifteen inches long, One, in the early part of last October, about the average size, being found dead in the pond, was opened, and in the ovaries were found over 200 eggs of nearly full size. But the work to secure white fish and lake trout spawn was so protracted and tedious as to preclude the possibility of doing much else, The land-locked salmon of the hatch of 1876 are not de- veloping as it was believed they would, their growth be- ing unexpectedly gradual. They however have been placed ata disadvantage, being confined in a somewhat limited preserve, and with a limited supply of fresh water, while their salt water congeners, the Salmo Quinnat, of the hatch of the same season, have occupied the large spring ponds, with an abundance of water, and consequently have waxed much more fat and sizable than have the mem- bers of the Schoodic family. \ Passing over that portion of the Report which refers to the proceedings of 1875, we turn our altention more par- ticularly to what was done during last year, although in giving figures as to fry deposited the work of both years is included. Of California salmon the Commissioner re- ceived 800,000 eggs, which were hatched with but small percentage of loss, and distributed in lots in no less than sixty-eight different bodies of water, In addition to this quantity, the St. Josephs riyer was further- enriched by $8,000 try of the same hatch which were intended for Illinois, but having reacbed the Pokagon hatchery in a suffering condition, were by order of Professor Milner turned into that river. Highteen thousand eggs of the Schoodic or land-locked salmon were received in March, 1876, at Niles, from the Bucksport (Maine) establishment, and after being natched were deposited in various lakes and ponds. As might be expected, the great work of the Commission was in connection wi:h white fish, which, it is claimed, ex- ceeds in extent the work of any fish State, and is un- paralleled in age or country, The immense number of nearly ten millions of white fish (one million being equiva- lent 10 the hatch of many millions of other varieties of fish) were hatched and distributed. The hatching was done at Detroit, and with the water of the city water works, it having been found that the waters of the Detroit river, notwithstanding their occasional turbid condition, would be as suiteble for the artificial hatching of the ova as the iced spring water previously used. A lengthened description of the taking of the ova is given, together with tables showing the condition of the weather during the hatening. Four hundred and five female fish were ‘stripped, and of the male fish, or milters, a considerably larger number, the impregnation being by what is called the dry process, The eges were obtamed almost ex- clusiyely at night, and on impregnation were placed in large cans, and early each morning taken by steamer to Detroit aud placed in the hatching trays and boxes. The spawners averaged very large, weighing from five to eight pounds per fish. The process of incubation extends over & period of five months, during which time the eggs are carefully watched and tended. ‘The first eges hatched was on the 1st of March, and the last on the 11th of April, and at from-cight to filleen days old the fry were shipped for Deposit. Nearly six pages of the Report are devoted to enumerating the places of deposit and number of fish. This may be summarized as follows; Total deposits in the inland lakes, 3,382,000; total de- posits in Lake Erie, 450,000; total deposits in Lake Michi- gan, 1,000,000; total deposits in St. Clair river, 500,000; total deposits in the Detroit river, including the deposit in Rough river, which is a small tributary of the Detroit tiver, and ‘therefore a virtual plant in the great river, 3,- 978,000, The sum total of deposits, 9,810,000, to which should be added as a proper part of the grist of the Detroit fac- tory, 600,000 eggs, in an advanced stage of incubation, donated to the ish Commission of fhe State of Ohio, and 300,000 to the Commission of New York, thus aggregating, as will be seen, a grand total of 10,210,000. Of this total, however, 1,460,000 are a donation from Professor Baird, being part of alot hatched under direction of the United States Commission at the Northville hatchery. Mr. Jerome justly gives great credit to his assistants in this tre- menduous hatching, Messrs, Chase and Ramsdell. With regard to other fish, the pickerel is given up as a sort of fresh water devil fish, and his extermination would be looked upon asa blessing. The grayling is a fish to Which much interest is attached, and the problem as to whether their uumbers are to be increased by artificial propagation will be solved at an early day. The black bass Mr, Jerome puts down as the King of fish, whose motto is *‘to live and let live,” and who is unswayed by sr ete of any kind, This is what he says of im:— “see, what are his universally conceded good qualities, He is among the gamiest of the gamy—his platter reputa- tion suffers by comparison with none—his family govern- ment is just splendid—for the children born unto him he cherishes a tender care and affection, watching over and protecting them from the myriad dangers that lurk about their oya life, and which follow them through the weeks and months of tender infancy. He will live and thrive in lake or river—in high or low temperature, in fact almost equally well wherever dame fortane appoints his habita- lion. $0 instead of going to a remote east and a still re- moter west for stock with which to populate our waters, why not be content with the rich native supply already sporting with unrivalled beauty and superiority in many a neighboring river and lake, isdeed, almost beneath the very shadows of our roof trees. But the worthy Superintendents affections are not un- divided; even the slippery ee] has a place in them, and he is satisfied that notwithstanding invidious comparison that the ecl is the favorite fsh with the people, and entitled to an honorable position in the industry of pisciculture, At the two hatcheries a statement of the stock on hand, shows that ‘there are now upon the trays of the Pokagon hateh- ery half a million or more of white fish ova, and about one million of salmon trout eggs. Upon the trays of the Detroit hatchery the Overseer, Mr, O. M, Chase, reports between eight and nine millions of white fish eggs. To carry these forward to March and April, the probable period of their incubation, will require the assiduous labors of the overseer and of his assistant, Mr. Wm. Hines, and a probable force of three or four pickers daily, Soa large draft on the fish fund will necessarily be required to cary the present stock through; while bad water, bad weather, or ill-luck from an unforseen cause or causes will una- voidably enhance the volume of expenses. And then to the large expenses incurred for the hatching of such immense numbers of fish, there remains to be added the expenses of their deposit; and should the Commission deem it advisable to order them distributed largely into the interior lakes, the probability of any considerable overplus from the current year’s appropriation would beat best but a remote one. ‘The Superintendent sees but a faint glimmering of a chance for the grayling, black bass and eel, during the coming spring and summer, except that portion of the fish appropriation which reverted to the Treasury of the State be restored to the behoof and uses of the Commission, The Report concludes with an expression of thanks to the yarious railroad companies for their kindness in trans- porting fish, and an Appendix containing game and fish laws, ete, If fish culture is to be looked upon asa sctence, the dryness which the general reader finds in scienttic re- ports is entirely omitted in the one under discussion, Mr. Jerome has made it a most readable and cheerful reswine, Another feature of the Michigan Commissioners Report is, that it comes to us bound with board covers, by which means itis much more easily preserved. We hope this plan will be adopted by the Cominissioners ef other States. poe A Resomprer ro Fish Cuururisr Tompson, New Horn, Pa——Our Nouvelle (Canada) correspondent refers ina recent letter to Mr. Thompson's strictures upon his statements that salmon will not live more than two years from the gea, and says :— “ Of course I meant aduié salmon, and I don’t think he can show me salmon (Salmo Salar) of 10 or 12 lbs, in good condition—in short, clean fish, that have spent two con- secutive seasons afler spawning in pure fresh water, At least I ean youch that the British salmon deteriorates the first year and dies after the second. ‘The late Mr. Ash- worth tried it at Galway with invariably the same results, However, 1 am open to conviction,” dlatural History, A WINTER VISITOR AT A FRONTIER FORT. [Under date of Fort Sandera, Wyoming Territory, De- cember 20th, 1876, Col. A, G, Brackett, United States Army, gives the following account of a woodpecker:—] ‘*We had a fearful snow storm in the Rocky Moun- tains on the night of the 26th and 27th of No- vember, 1876. Ii snowed all night calmly and quietly, and in the morning lay a foot or eighteen inches deep all oyer the plain, A hairy woodpecker (Picws villesus), had been with us during the whole autumn, and the morning after the storm wus as busy 43 ever getting worms out of the logs of which our post is constructed, Most of the houses are made of logs on which the bark still remains, and our woodpecker makes this bark fly olf in the most ap- proved style when he commences work upon them with his long, strong black bill. Sometimes the Hairy woodpecker comes directly along- side of the window where I do my writing, and there—on & projecting building—works with all his might. Oc- casionally 1 see im run his long Longue into the hole he has made, or at least enlarged, and piercing a worm swallow it with the greatest satisfaction. He appears also to get something from under the bark of the logs, as he moves iis bill rapidly as if chewing. He removes the bark and underneath it finds some kind of food; it may be the eggs ol insects, or worms, which he eats with exceeding relish, J{ts breast feathers are very fine, soft and downy, which gives him his name. I had supposed he always speared ile worms with his hard and sharp tongue, and this may he the case ordinarily, but this morning he ate with his hill, as other birds eat, chewing rapidly. All of the time heis at work he seems to be eating, and the amount of food consumed by any considerable number of them must He ehormeus. All birds are vigorous eaters, their mission in life being apparently to eat a vast amount of ail kind ol food, and in this way they do much good or harm— perhaps this is about evenly balanced. While working they have a handsome appearance, particularly if the weuther is cold, and theirfeathers are atanding out. Their soft and downy plumage white on the breast, the feathers becoming darker and of a dun color as they approach the skin, is very handsome, the bird appearing to be sur- rounded with soft and warm plumage, especially adapted to this cold climate amid the Rocky Mountains. So vur woodpecker goes from liduse to house, and has become as well known at Fort Sanders as almost any indi- vidual init. We are all surprised to see him remain so long ufter the cold weather has set In, and when the only birds we have remaining here are horned sky latks, or shore Jarks (Hremophil alpestris), which we cull suow birds, who live here the whole year round and rear thous- ands of their young on the Laramie Plains, The other snow birds, that is to say, the Oregon suow birds(Juneo oregonus), and Gray Crowned Finches (Leueosticte teplrocotis), have nol yet put inanappearance. ‘Phe Gray Crowned Finches are dimong the most beautiful birds in the mountains, their bright rose-colored sides, dark brown backs, and gray crowns, rendering them remarkably handsome, It is no wonder they are so highly prized m Alaska, where they remain during the summer months, and where their sprightly ways and bright coloring add so much to the landscapes, closed in as they usually are with tall, dark pure trees. Our woodpecker nas made quitea name for himself as a “spirit rapper,” and some mornings, very exrly, las started several people out of their sleep by his quick and restless pounding, who thought that the spirits had come gure enuugh, When pounding on the outside of a house, the sounds made by the woodpecker are exactly like some of those said to be made by the spirits, Notwithstanding the weird ways of this solitary woodpecker he has made many fricnds for himself, and although several of the soldiers have tried to catch him he has eluded thein all, and works uwity as unconcernedly asif nothing had happened. At times his rappings becomes go loud that we are obliged to drive him olf, when he goes to the next building aud be- gins wolk again, 1 cannot understand why this bird alone of all his spe- cies should remain here, where it is exceedingly cold at times, Ele may have thought he found a good thing when lig came into the fort and discovered that the logs were filled with the kind of worm he relished above all others; and perliaps be saidto himself ‘‘Here L will remain until next spring, as [cun tind no better place should I travel way down into New Mexico or Chihtatna.” li is rue enough that some wild ducks occasionally stay all winter in the head springs of the streams, where the witer is open. Last winter | saw a large number in jhe liead spring of City creek, about two miles above Laramie cily. As l approached they scrambled out of the water to ile dry land and there remained. As I did not wish to disturb them, J turned my horse and went back, leaving them huddled together near the spring, ‘This proyes that all of our ducks do not go away at the approach of winter, although most of them do. It would be strane indeed if some did not remain behind, either from necessily or ehoice. The old logs are full of larvae which the woodpeckers linut for with great assiduity. I was surprised at first to see how many chips this woodpecker could make from the logs, pulling uff pieces of bark half the size of my hand, aud 1b was several days, during the last of the warm weath- er, before J could unoderstani! what cnused so much bark to be lying about on the porches, At last 1 saw the red- head at work, who evidently “meant business.” ‘The com- miva cliss of Mexican people cal, woodpeckers ‘carpinte- Tos,” or carpenters, from the way they make the chips fly after the manner of the carpenters. Harris's and the downy woodpecker are very much like the hairy wood- pecker, and a man must be able to decide at once which is tan as iu bheir wild states, their movements are very ray id. iu regard to the woodpeckers Mr.W.L. Baily in ‘Our Own Birds” says: ‘Although the red-heads undoubtedly do great service to the farmerin ridding his orchard and frait trees of @ rent number of insects, yet we cannot conceal the fact thit their indulging ina fondness for fruit and green corn las Ziven them aveputation anything but enviable. The finest and ripest of the fruit is generally selected to gratify vheir desires; and so keen is their relish for tle early pro- FOREST AND STREAM. ductions of the orchard, that a well loaded cherry tree will sometimes be entirely stripped of its cherries before the owner has fairly tasted them,” Up herein the mountains we haye very few either of cherry trees or woodpeckers, and welcome the latter when- everthey make their appearance. We have few trees of any kind, and the fact thata woodpecker, of ull birds in the world, has chosen to spend the winter with us has given us both surprise and pleasure. If we have good luck 1 will tell you how he spent the winter, a CLUPEA AND CORREGONUS. p et ee « VERGENNES, January 3ist, 1877. Epitor Forest anp StReaM:— At the request of several members of the Ferrisburgh Sportsmen Club, I send you herewith a specimen of 4 fish caught in Lake Champlain through the iee. It was un- known, or at least so rarely seen as to attract no attention south of Split Rock until the winter of 1870, but is now quite common in the waters of the lake hetween Split Rock and Port Henry. It is only caught in January, February and March, through the ice. It being thus caught at the same season as Our smelt, which we know are a salt water fish, leads us to conclude that this is also a migratory sea fish. Wishermen assure me that these fish are never caught in the same places atthe sametime. I find in 'Thomp- son’s Vermont, which is the only work of reference I have, a fish witose description very nearly answers for this; he calls it the winter shad, Tlodon ¢lodalus Le Sueur, Thon.pson’s Vermont, A. D, 1842. Our fishermen call it indifferently blue fish, blue herring, ale-wife and herring. Will you for the benelit of many readers of your valu- able sud entertaining paper, mémbers of our Club, pub- fish a correct, description and the name, common and scientife, of the fish 1 send you, and whether or not it is a mniyratory sea fish? Yours sincerely, WN. i. Wan, Vice-Pres't Fenisburgh Sporismen’s Olnb, Ans, The fish in question belongs to the genus ¢on'e- gonus, many varieties of which exist in the great lakes and lesser inland waiers of America, the principal or best known being the white fish of cos merce, or the conre- gonus albus. It is closely allicd with the lake herring, clupew harengus, which it resembles at a casual glance, but upon near inspection it will be found that the lake herring lacks the adipose second dorsal fin which distinguishes this; that its séales are smaller, its color more greenish, anél its tail more forked, The Salmo family is also dis- tinguished by the adipose fin, and hetween it and the family of Gudidee ure severnl intermediate links, the species before us being oneof them. It isabout ten inches long, and having been fome time out of the water has nequired a deep blue color like that of the salt water herring. This fish is not, strictly speaking, a cisco, though the difference is hardly appreciable. It is quite different from Ue ciscoes found in Geneva Lake, Wisconsin. it may be well to say that while the adipose second dorsal finis a generic characteristic of the Salmo family, and a spécific characteristic of the genus corregonis, it is also found in the catfith tribe (Sa/wride) and in the smeli (osmerus;) therefore, the species are not determined by this fin alone. ar THE BLACK DUCK IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. St Re Wasuinaton, D. C,, Jan. 27th, 1877, Eprror Fornsr AND StREAM:— In your note below Cul, brackett’s list of the Birds of Wyoming, you state, referring to the black or dusky duck “(Anas obscwre) {or example, bas never, we think, been no- liced as far west as the Mocky Mountains before,” ete. Please allow me to correct your statement, and refer you to a report made by myself and Mr. H. W. Henshaw, Feb, 15th, 1878, to Lieut. G. M. Wheeler, U. 8. A., in charge of Explorations west of the 100th M. On page 5Lyou will find that [ saw thisspecies at Rush Lake, Utah, in Nov. of 72. At this time they were present 1n cuormous numbers, aud Lhave killed too many black ducks not to know them when I see them. H, CG, Yarrow. [Dr. Yarrow has our thanks for his prompt correction of our error, The report referred to was not at hund at the time when the note referred to was written, but we live since been able to procure 4 copy.—Ep. | a “DOES THE OSPREY BYER TAKE DEAD FISH?” —— oN PorrsyinLu, Pa,, Jan. 15th, 1877. Epiror ForEst AND STREAM:— In your very valuable journal of the 11th inst., ‘‘Roam- er,” the Portland correspondent, brieliy replies to the letter of “8. GC. G7? of December 7th, in which the latter tells of an “osprey picking up adead fish.” ‘The former suggesting: ‘‘Vid not the ubserver mistake a young eagle for un osprey?” The habits of the osprey, or fish-hawk, haying been fully and ably written up, | do not propose to discuss them, but, since the question is being agitated, I desire to relate a cir- cumstance which occurred some years ago. I haye always been extremely fond of fishing, and the farm on which L lived until recently was amply supplied with never-tailing springs of pure sparkling cold-water, Unns affording excel- lent facilities for building atish pond, Having cousiructed oue, ib was immediately stecked with the choicest variety of fish with a view to their propagation. 1 had regular hours for leeding them, and after a lime seemed to have won their affection, a8 they would all ascend to willin a bair’s breadth of the water's surface upon my whistling or depositing crumbs of bread init. But 2 singular ciream- stance was thut as rapidly as 1 would replenish the stock there was a hidden and unaccounted-for diminishing of the ‘Hets.” Their leaping over the breast of the dam was an evident impossibility. No snakes or terrapins could be found nor the foot-prints of any animal, 4 Afler vainly trying to discover the marauder by means of traps and snares, as well as by solitary watching by night, { began to believe that my forager was a bread day- light thief, and with a strong desire for its capture, 1 se creted myself behind a bush, gua in hand, It wasa day! apart carefully, leavia, ee in the middle of June. I never knew 4 summer “morning more beautiful and still; only one little cloud was visible, and (iat seemed as pure and ‘white and peaceful as if; were the smoke of some burning censer. Tlie leaves hung silent in the woods, and the flowers were bending their heads as if dreaming of the dew, while the atmosphere was of a soft and luxurious sweetness. I had oceasion to remnin in position but a short time, when suddenly I was overshadowed by an immense fish-hawk. Hovering around and over the pond for a moment or two he descended with lightning-like rapidity into the water, emerging with his iron talons firmly clinched to one of my ‘speckled bean- ties.” When he had reached an elevation of about fifteen feet above the water my finger touched the trigger. The fish fell; the hawk fluttered; but, upon regaining his equi- hbrium, apparently in fury and excitement he returned to the spot where the fish had fallen and pickedit up. When he had reached about the same elevation I let drive the other barrel, and the thief fell a dead osprey. Dox PEDRO, Eprror Forest AnD STREAM:;— Your correspondent from Portland is inclined to doubt that the osprey ever takes dead fish; thinks that I may have mistaken the young eagle for the osprey; and if the incident was correctly related; asks if itis not an wnpre- cedented one, As to mistaking the species, I believe Lam tuo familiar with them for that"to occur, even were the distinctions between them less marked than they are. Neither is the instance unprecedented, since I have seen it happen before, and under similar circumstances. I have also seen Lhe osprey neglect to pick up lis dropped fish, as the books say he does; but 1 haye never seen the eagle catch a fish for himself. Perhaps because in Florida there are plenty of fish-hawks to do it for him. In the words of a recent practical writer on ornithology, “Birds, as probably other animals, are not quite so inyiri- able in their habits as has been commonly supposed; lience one should not rashiy question the accounts given by usually reliable authorities, because in particular instances they do ot accord with their own observalions.”"—Allun's Notes on Some of the Rarer Birds of Massachusetts. 8. C, C Woodland, Gfarm and Garden, BULBOUS PLANTS. pee, 4 EW classes of cultivated plants are so universally beautiful, or so much admired when in flower, as bulbs. They ure almost without exception easily grown, and when well treated flower profosely; yet not unfre-~ quently complaints are made that some of the most com- mon varieties are shy bloomers, a cireumstance doubtless attributable to some inattention on the part of the cul- tivator, rather than to any inherent deficit on the part of the plants themselves. Plants to bloom in per- fection must be well grown and well ripened, and this is especially necessary in the case of bulbs. Nevertheless, nothing is more common than to see the pots containing this class of plants thrown carelessly benexth the green- house stage, or crowded ou wu shelf and left without moist- ture for days together, When such maltreatment is pric: ticed we need not wonder at bulbous plants not blooming well the tollowing season. As soon as the flowering sea- son is over, all such plauts require eyen redoubled atten- tion, and if they are grown in quantity they should he all set together where they can be readily seen and carefully watered and syringed as required. ‘There is no other class of plants that will better repay the painstaking cultivator than hardy, half hardy, and tender bulbs, carefully select- ed and well grown. Only sive them positions equal te those oceupied by Orchids, Palms, or Ferns, with half the amount of attention they require, and a perpetual exhibi- tion can be had of the most gorgeously tinted flowers, It is frequently asserted that no plants rival the Orchids in delicate tinting and delightful fragrance, but even the graceful Hast Indian Butterfly Orchids, (Phalenopsts) with all their wealth of snowy blossoms, are not more beautiful or more deliciously fragrant than the chaste and pearly blossomed Kucharis. Place a plant of Masdevallia ignea or veitchii side by side with Haemanthus coccineus, or even Valoita purpurea, or any of the richly colored Amaryllits, and ask any ordinary observer which is the brightest, freshest and most effective, Take a handful of Ixias or Sparaxis aud carry them into the vapor bath of an Hast Indian Orchid house, and they will hoid their own against the most rare and ya'unble of tropical epiphytes. Indeed, though seldom seen, Jzius, Sparaxis, Bahiunus, Tritonins, Avulis, etc., are invaluable for greenhouse culture, and fur- nish abundance of their lovely spikes of bloom for cut flowers. ‘The Valotta purpurea also should not be neglect ed, an evergreen bulb which should never be allowed to dry off, or rest like the most of bulbs, but in our expert- ence prowing and flowering best when cramped for room, and fed liberally with liquid manure. Among the smaller bulbs adapted for pot culuure may be named Mareissi, bovh yellow and white; Grocuses, Snowdreps, Tritelias, white and blue; Hyacinths, and Z'ulips, of course, and the Guernsey, and Béllidonna Lilies, the latter of which we haye seen planted out on a warm border flowering more freely every fall than if grown in pois, its delicate rosy pink blossom being borne on stout stems twelve to eighteen inches in height. Some varieties of Gladiola are also well adapted for poLoulture, and as for Liles, no plauts are more popu- Jar at present, either for pot culture for the greenhouse, for cut flowers, or for the decoratién of beds and borders « in the flower garden or pleasure grounds. —————* Marppn’s Hark Ferns —Anyone haying a plant of any of the Maiden’s Ifair Ferns (Adiantum) muy easily i oe by division—that is, by taking it outof the pot, pulling 1t rown, and, if poss few & leaves to each piece, and planting them separately in pots in some nice compost composed principally of peat and sand. Thus treated, and placed ina warm, shady corner of the greenhouse, the plants will grow away freely, This is the time for such work indeed, for dividing up all such Ferns as Nephrolepis, Onychwwm, Polypodion, Darvattia, As- plenwm, ele., and in fact all that propagate themselves in ihis manner, as the fronds are now in a quiescent slate, and many of them just starting into growth. Another, avd # very interesting way of increasing Terns, is by means of their seeds or spores. If any have been disap- poinied with the result of their efforts in this direction heretofore, let them introduce 1 few pieces of peat, broken bricks, or porous sandstone on the beds or benches on which the plants stand, and allow the frouds to distribute their own seed, talking care not Lo disturb the surface, and their success will be certain, Se Eurionera JAcquinasrnona,—Few plants are so useful or ornamentalin wivter asthis, Planted out in a warm, cosy coruer of the greenhouse where it gets plenty of light and sunshine, it will throw out its Jong, willow-like shoots of plowing seurlet, the most charming of all floral wreaths, and the most nseful Fur all loose, natural floral decorations. Take two or three spikes of this with a spike of Eucharis, bearing two or, three flowers and a pearly bud or two, a fpike or two of Ceelogyne cristata, or any of the lovely While orchids, or even a few while Camellias with their own leuwyves, aud one or two nice fronds of Pteris tremula, or of Maiden’s [air Fern, and you have an arrangement than which nothing could be more simple, chaste, or etrik- ing, and which will give more pleasure than the most elab- oralely gollen np arrangement of mixed colors, ee SELECTING LANDS IN FLORIDA. + Purnam, Ct,, January 238d, 1877, Eptron Forest aAxnp Srrwam:— I have so many enquiring about Florida by letter, I thought L would write you, 1 think the best time io start from New England for Florida is not before the first of November, The deerand wild turkeys are then in-good order, aud not as shy as they will be later in the season. The ducks and northern birds do not put in appearance much before the first of Decem- her, and are abundant from that time until the first of April. In purchasing lands in view of building or raising fruit, be particular about a healthy locality, and select at a distance from the hammocks or swamps. Secure rich, wooded pine lands, rolling or high; they are to be had if one is not too hasty to decide and will look around. Do not buy an old worn out homestead, but get dark sviled, tich pine lands abounding in large trees. You will need ile trees for lumber and fencing. Do not burn up the waste wood, but pile it up to rot, setting out your orange, Jemon, and fig trees, around the piles of #otting, moulding Jumber. It is the best thing in the world for bananas and all Kinds of fruit trees. I speak from expirience. Lown a large orange grove. It is well to lave a small piece of high hammock on your land, for you sometimes need some tuck around different kinds of vines. {ut be careful your place is not near any cypress swamp, for it is said if one sleeps where lie can see the limb of a cypress tree, it is the finyer of Death to him. Geronck F. Wiis. SS ___——— In Ventura coutity there are a large number of ranches ranving from 7,000 to 96,000 acres, which are asse sed all the way fram $1.50 to $6 an acre. Fifteen of these em- brace 272,000 ucres, and they contributed last year toward the support of Government less than $1,200, Divide these 272,000 acres into 100 acre farms, and the county would liave, instead of ascore or so of nomadic herdsmen, 2,720 families, wlio would contribute to the support of schools, churches, roads and public institutions in a hundred-fold Talio, and the same Jand, under generous cullivation and improvement would yielul a handsome reyenue to the State and Geoeral Government, Santa Barbara counly has made rapid progress in the direction of inhabiting these waste places, as has also Kern county, with her Central Califor- iia Colony —Sun Hrancisco Bulletin, At Riverside, San Bernardino county, California, they have 28 miles of irrigating canal, which waters 20,000 10 25,000 acres of land. - ‘This lasd, without irrigation, would, be worthless, not worth settling on; but with irriga- tion it is valued (very low, too) at $50 an aere, its producis selling each year for more than the market price of the Tand, ‘The locality has a water supply of 50,000 acres. QGalifornia has many valleys quite as wellsituated as River- side, but it takes Lime to prove whatmay be done with land and water, and most of them yet remain in therough, unimproved aud unsettied. A few such experiments as that al Riverside (wliere, as we understand, the canals were mainly dug without capital and of the cvdperative plan) will explain the feasibility of like works in many other parts of ihe State, and open the way to thou ah coli we We can hope to see the contemplative angler gaining health and recreation in the grassy shades and murmuring waters of old Westchester. This action seems to have produced the spirit of emula- tion we referred to, and resolutions were adopted at the last meeling of the parent Club, authorizing an appropria- tion for stocking the county with quail, and urging the member of Assembly from the district to aid in amending the game laws of the State regarding the shooting of wood- cock before September 1st, Both Clubs are desirous of haying a law passed preyent- ing the raking er dredging for oysters in the watels of the Hudson, until such time as the oyster beds may recover from the bad treatment they have received. This is u matter, as we have before liad occasion to observe, which should obtain the attention of the New York Sportsmen's Associition, inasmuch as weakfish and striped bass, form- érly plentiful in our noble river, feed Jargely.on the spawn of the oyster, and are becoming scarce from the increasing destraction of their food. Westchester county las a law protecting its water front in certain months, and from all except resident oystermen, but the newly annexed portion of the City of New York is without any protection, ‘There is nced along the whole river front of a probibilory law for at least five years, SLAUGHTERING DErn.—There is no time more favorable for the destruction of deer than during a deep snow, when the animal breaks through the light crust and labors heiy- ily to escape from his pursuers, who, motiuted on snow shoes easily overtakes his victim. The following ux- tract from a letter written from Russell, St. Lawrence county, on January 29th, shows how the law is being vio- lated with impunity in that section — Mr. Wright has just come down from Cranberry Lake and informs me that Mr. Irish and Mr. Thomas’ people, also Chas. Gotham and Clark Goodale, are slaughtering deer fearfully. They ron them down by using snow shoes. Geo. Sawyer has killed about ten at Clifton. It is simply downright murder, and if there is any law it ought to be putin foree. We all like the taste of venison, but like to have it a little more legitimate, If anything can be done to stop it do if, and push these fellows. They will keep it up as long as the deep snow lusts. Yours ata ~ Je —The Yonkers Sportsmen's Cluly have secured their first instalment of 144 liye quail frem Ohio. ‘They are all hardy birds, arrived in good condition, and are tempora- Tily housed ina barn, where they are being fed. When the frost breaks up-they will be distributed, and with proper precaution do much to increase the stock of birds in West- chester county. PENNSYLYANIA,—Sportsmen of this State are agitated over a bill which it is proposed to iatroduce into the Legis- lature, the provisions of which, some say, are to prevent the killing of quails for three years; while others whose fears cause them to magnify the evil, state that it is even suggested to stop all killing of game fora period of ten years. Such alaw would be too absurd to be entertained seriously. We can make a suygestion to the Legislature which is far more practicable and sensible; that is, for (hem to appoint « Committee to visit Milford, say the Ist ef August, aud count the ruffed grouse (pheasants) that are shot out of seayon or snared in Pike county alone. They may then see the necessity of enforcing such laws as they haye, before passing new ones. 1 Conyecricor—Summer Shooting.—A correspondent writes us from Lakeyille, Litchfield county, Conn., Jan. 2th as follows:— “T nolice in the present issue of Worest AND STREAM, 3 communication from ‘'Grumbler,’ to a portion of which T must take exception, Lagree with him fully as regards quail. Nov. Ist is plenty early io begin shooting them here, My experience was very similar to his the past fall, for on Oct, 20Ui we flushed a bevy that were not any larger than sparrows and scarcely able to fly. Regarding wood- cock shooting, I must differ with him. I for one would be glad to see Sept. 1st. the beginning of the open season for woodeock and ruffed grouse. There is certainly very little pleasure in sweltering in a woodeock swamp in July and August with the themometer among the nineties, und mos- quitoes nearly as large as the birds and far more numerous. As to there being no fall shooting in Fairfield connty, L must confess that Ican not understand it, for our hills are considerably coider and the birds stay wilh us until after the ground is frozen, Our best shooting is in tho latter part of October, usually when the weather is simply per- fection, and one shot at astrong full grown bird is enough fo make a man ashamed of popping at the poor half fledged things of our suiimer shooting. Our birds don’t leave us for Jersoy as scon as they leave the corn fields, but stay about till the fall flight begins, (at least that is my experience); they sometimes take to what seems unnsual ground, but if aman looks in the right place lie will find them. “There is at least onc corner of Litchfield county where 'Grumbler’ will find the a lvocates of summer shooting few and far between. I would rather shoot less birds for u few years at Jeast and give lhem a chance to increase, than to kill extra birds each year for afew years and then have woodcock shooling a thing of the past, If the birds should become toa plenty under the short season, I imagiue it would not take long to thin them down again, should such a course be necessary. We are feeding the few quail that the heavy snows have left us, and propose to turn outa number of pairs in the spring. The trout hatched by the Salisbury Gume Olub are also doing nicely and will be placed in our depleted streums in the spring.” PRODEUTION, Viexssure, Miss,, Jan, 13th. Eptrorn Forest anp STREAM:— L have received (he following letter from Princeton, In- diana, which Isend you, with my answer thereto. nese see proper you may publish them, Be Bs, _"algabony zones FOREST AND STREAM. 7 Boswell hays experienced, Why, you iknow nothing comparatively about fishing. Usme up here if you want to catch fieh. And instead of sit- ting In the broiling ann for hours without a tibble—bul plenty of bites from mosquitoes—you can capture from three to four hundred ponnds per day, witkewt minpoins, and the mercury ranging from four above zero down to z@ro. For the past week parlies hive gone lo the Wabash and the slough making out near thi railroad bridge, and cntling holes in the ice, have, willl grab hooks, pulled out the finest bass, lin-mouths and other fish—some to the. amount of five hundred pounds per day. They £0, geversliy, in sleigha, aud on my wny up-town this morning I mot three two-liorse and several single sleigha.and one wagon stirling out, each hayibg large vessels, and some burrels to put their fish in. “Low Will the above do fora jisk statement? It 1s a fact, however. ‘They genoratly out the ice near acluster of logs or brush neur shore, whure, pertiups, the water last frove and the fish assembled.” REPLY. : Viexspore, Jan. 13th, 1877. Dean — I got your fish letter thig morning, and read it, in convention assembled, in Boswell’s office. The uni- versal expression was that of disgust at the details, and surprise Llat a gentleman of you paris should make them without "ny expression of disapprebation. Robinson de- clared there would be abont ag much fun in hauling up dead cats, while it would be decidedly more respectable and humane, You have doubtless heard of pot-lhunters— those awkward shots who sneak about in the brush till they fisd a covey of birds huddled together for protection from bad weather, und tuen Ulaze away with an infernal old “spill-out,” murder wie poor things by wholesale, and haye the hardness of cheek and want of shanit to boast of it alterwards. We all regard the pot hunter as a specimen of decency and prosperity as compared to a man who will jerk a grab look into an unfortunate game fish, thal is down with the frosts and uuable t9 protect itself We do nol. believe a genuine fisherman would be caught at such work. Indiana has wisely passed laws punishing as criminals these who eapiure fish with a seine. And sein- ing is charitable and fair alongside of grabbing frozen fish through holes in the ice. Inthe former cxse the fish are presumed (o be in good health and in the full possession of all their faculties. They have, at the worst, the chance of juniping over, or runnipe over or around the blasted im pliment of destruction, butin the case you recite the things are down sick—torpid with the intense cold—utterly helpless —not even pele blessed with the power of motion, and the only thing to alleviate in the least the cruelly of the trans- action is the fact that their vision will nof enable them {to see their destroyers, and that their torpor perhaps deadens the pangs of the murderons grab, If the law of the State fines ten dollars for seining it should fine fifty dollars for this infamous prabbing. I have no patience wita such fishing or such fishermen ss you deserive, B, Hy oP, st THOUGHTS FOR PRACTICAL MEN, = MODERN AND OLD TIME SPORTSMEN—OLD ABUSES WIPED OUT —PROSPECTS FOR GAME IN THE FUTURN—ARTIPICIAL PROPAGATION OF GAME—SLATE AND NATIONAL AVIA- RIES AND BREEDING PARKS—SUGGESTIONS TO OUR STATH GAME ASSOCIATIONS, — = DANSYILLE, N. Y., Feb. 3. Epitor Forusr AnD STREAM :— HAT a good thing that the time has at last come when the Votaries of Rod and Gun wre looked up to and respected, where fifty or even twenty-five years azo they were looked down upon by the so-called respectable peopie, and classed among the low and vulgar. Thirty years ago, Henry W. Herbert (frank Forester) stood out alone as champion of American field sports, and nobly did he do lis work. With w combination of tact, energy, per- severance and patience, he succeeded in bringing the beauties of the cunobling pursuits of forest and stream be- fore the people in such a thorough, convineing way, that a chanye came over the public mind regarding this subject, and to-day nearly every Four Corners hag its sportsman’s Club workicg in different ways to protect God's cieatures from Utter annihilation. Yo-day you will find among those who love the cabin in the wilderness, the vamp fire, the trusty gun and pliantrod, representatives of all professions, trades and occupations. Thereis, Leonfidently believe, implanted in the heart of eyery man by a wise Creator, a love for some certain branch of this wide field, which when followed tends to brighten and prolong life; and at this moment all over this broad land you will find ministers, statesmen, lawyers and poets, only waiting wiih lively anticipation for the time when, throwing aside every care and responsibility, they can hie away to favorile streams or woodland and take their fill of pure air, sweet rest, and exhi‘arating sport. The misanthropes and frownersdown of legitimate sport are fast dying out; and, thanks to the healthy tone and unceasing efforts of such journals as Forms anp Siruam, the people now see that horse raciug and prize fighting are not necessarily concomitants of it, Time was also when the dram bottle was as much a part of the gentleman sporisman’s outfit as his wad-cutter. ‘This is ee ee happily changing with rapid strides, and I am glad to see , your journal denounces it, and publishes articles proving conclusively that in the field the dram drinker lacks the en- durance and stay of him who confines his potations to the brook orspring. In a word, all the abuses at one time'attendant upon and going hand in hand with the sportsman of the last genera. tion, are rapidly passing away. Some few lingeriny rem- nants of a cerrupt and gross sportsmanship still remains, and yet 1 am confident that another decade will find them all swept away, and a pure healthy loye for field sports cx- isliug. What a glorious thing it wil! be when, all abuses ‘done away with, the healthy, happy pursuits of field, for- Hee nd, HET DOR in which isheard no cheerful cry of ‘ Bob White,” no muf- fled drummiug of ruffed grouse, or flip-flap of rising wood- cock, our streams and rivers but a wasle of waters unten- anted by « solitary fin, | confidently believe that ten years from now will see game and fish much more plenti- ful. The increase of sporlsmen and sportsmen’s clubs, in- stead of tending io decrease the quantity of fin and feather in our land will have, and already has had, a con- trary effect. Hardly a member of these associations but has some farmer friend (and a great many farmers are themselyes mémbers) who, through his influence can be made to protect what he once destroyed, or at least counted as naught. This is exemplified by what these gentlemen are doing all over the land this unprecedented hard winter for the preservation of these helpless creatiires. Many a farmer is watching with interest his littie flock of quail us they rin to and fro among the poultry picking up their share which lie has kindly thrown them, and saying to him- self, *‘] dun’t begrudge the little they cat, for it presezves their lives, andits only from their incresse that Cousin Charlie, when he yisits me next fall can hope for any sport. Let them eat; and although the partridges (grouse) are budding my young orchard eonsiderably, I shall find no fault, for the snow and ice has so covered up their natural food that Lsuppose the poor things can get nothing toeat.” Ttell you our hope lies in the farmer, and if Forms anp Srrumam lyid on the table of every country liouse in the land, supplanting the trash which the boys bring home, the vevolution which is surely coming would be but the work of months instead of years. The artificial propagation of game should be made a point. Mr, Green has proven to the world practically that the science of pisciculture has been of incalculable benefit to this land, making waters once barren to be fruitful, aud those already fruitful to double their fruitfulness, Why should not this be the case in regard to game? Why shoul we not haye national and State aviaries, where non-migra- tory birds might be raised and distributed, furnishing quail and ruffed grouse at nominal figures to sportsmens’ clubs. It 1s with feelings of dismay that we look forward to next fall’s shooting after this kiliing winter. Nove but the wealthiest of us can hope to fill our game bags, and that only by hundreds and thousands of miles of travel. Our brethren at the south ave all right; their birds never get imprisoned under three feet of snow. I am writivg in be- half of the north and northern sportsmen, and at this pre- sent moment sadly do they need sympathy. We hear on every side of bevies frozen in, of little stark attenuated bodies lying in and by the roadside, starved to death; of grouse trying to peck through the icy coating of the buds; and falling down through the lack of food. All these things forbode disaster to shooting next November; and to deprive us of our shooting is to take away what we live the other eleyen months for. The accident which has happened this winter has happened other winters, and is yery liable to happen again. No legislation can prevent it, and our ex- perience in years past has been that a fierve snowy winter has invariably caused fearful diminution in feathered game. A disease constantly occurring will, at last, suggest a rem- edy, and the only remedy suggesting itself for this is the organization and muintainance of a State breeding liouse, The expebse would not be great, and the good done would be beyond estimate. Suppesing such an in- stilution existed at present in New York State, with say five thousand pairs of quail and a thousand of pairs of ruffed grouse for distribution over our fields and through ourforests? Sportsmens’ clubs, instead of discussing the subject of what shall we shoot the coming season, would be making appropriations and otherwise preparing to send in their orders to the State Aviary for ten, twenty, or fifty pairs of birds, and with a sigh for those who met an un- timely fate this winter, turn out the tresh, healthy quail, which increasing and multiplying would fill our rural dis- tricls wilh their plaintive cails next summer, and fill the stubbles with hevies in the coming fall, Wardly a week passes without some one enquiring in your paper where Jive quail can be found for propagation, and the answer is invariably some point in the Carolinas or one of the Galf States, and the price very high, Add to this the cost of transportation, and the limited supply, and it becomes evident that the importation of southern quail from private dealers will never become a great success, If the State Association would take the matter in hand, and from their surplus wealth make appropristious snili- cienl to lease suitable grounds and buildings and procure u stock of birds, there is no doubt but that every Associa- tion in the State would enter in with them heart, hand and purse, paying certain dues for its support, and ina very short time our State Aviary would become a national blessing and a paying Institution. AJl trouble regarding the effect of hurd winters on game would be at an end. Bob White would whistle on every hillside, and the ruffed grouse drum and plume himself on every log. Instead of leaying home a thousand miles behind to work our dogs success- fully and count well on game, » day from business would insué a good day’s sport. This is no fancy sketch; acalm consideration of the above will show to every thinking man, that a movement in the direction spoken of in this article is necessary. I believe it will be done, and that game will increase in much greater ratio that Sportsmen, nothwithstanding the fears entertained by some that the great, additions to the fraternity during the last few years will fectually root out all the recognized game trom the country. H.W. D.L. oo —The numerous parties asking for live quail will ind a 4 lot advertised forsale in-our oplomns to-day, a . ii yy aporting glates Syom Abroad. —— FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ee eS Lonpon, Jan, 22d, 1877, T has sometimes occurred tome (hit in writing these letters I have given Loo much prominence to avcidents in the hunting field, without drawing reasonable compari- sion helween cusualities arising from this qud ollier causes, Probably an ordinary London fog is accouatiuble for as many ti:haps in the wey of bodily injuries as the entire hunting season. Unfortunately, liowever, in the oue case the injured person is likely to be some one of note, und {liere are not wanting persuns who from being bitterly op- posed to hunting, take every opportunily to parade sich accidents as terrible examples (6 young mien with a taste for following houndas. And it should be borne in mind that those whe hont are numbered by the thousand, and after all the the casualities are no greater in proportion to thuse enguged than could be compiled from the resnlts of railway or steamship travel. Indeed, if ithe statement which is made in Jren, a journal which should be eorreet, is true, in the year 1875 there were nv Juss |hitn 765 railway employees killed in Great Britain and 3,618 injured. You cannot beat that in America, throwing the Ashtabula Lor- ror in. It is most remarkable toa stranger (he strong posilion which fox hunting lolds in thiscountry. The farmer suf- fers his hen roost to be robbed in si.ence, or looks with equanimity upon broken fences or trampled fields, all for the Jove of sport, or from a consciousness that he canpot help himself. It is true, however, that there is generally ahunt fund for the repairing of these damages, but in many instances it must be quite inadequate. A man who would shoot o fox is a vulpicide, and to poison a hound merits hanging, Oceasionally, however, a rough customer ismet with who runs wire through his hedges; and of all the things to work mischief, this is the worst. Neither horse or rider can often see it and a sure fall is the result. If you receive the Sporting and Dramatic News you will see in a late issue of that capital publication a very spirited and speaking ekvtch entitled ‘‘Ware Wire,” which tells the whole story. Wire fencing las a most melancholy interest ‘forme. Some years since while ranching in Californiz I had occasion to fence in quite a Jarge tract of land. Economy being an object, I hit upon a wire fence of five strands with solid posts and a sinele board on top. Lum- ber in sufficient quantity would haye cust almost a King’s ransom, and Jack of water made alive hedge an impossi- bility. Forafew weeks my fence looked well, but in an unlucky moment a curtedaor band of mules strayed that way and with heads resting onthe Lop board gazed pensive- ly at the barley just showing above ground. Tien one old dun colored feliow turned and kicked at Une fence until ie knocked the board off, and the whole bimd pressed and stumbled against the wire until it was level. In vain L drove them out and repaired the fence; bands of muglangs joined the mules and my wires were soon trailing in every direction over the plains. My crops were utterly distroyed and the only satisfaction had from my fence was in pro- viding luxurious pnsturage for several hundred worthless brutes and in providing every ravehwoman within twenly miles with galvanized wire clothes lines. A bona fide mateh has at Jast been made between O'Leary and Weston, and the articles are sigred. The match, which is for £500 a side is to come off in some covered building within five miles of Charing Cross, from April 2d to 7th, the winner to be he who walks the greatest distanve in 148% consecutive hours. Agticultural Tall is named as u likely place for the match, and it is to be hoped thal both men will come to the seratch fit and well, when a must ex- citing race will be the result, Weston has had his way about the music, and bands are to play from 5 a.m. until midnight under the direction of each man during alternate hours, except while either is sleeping, when Do niusic¢ is Lo be allowed, Nosuch match will have been walked since Capt. Barclay Allardice’s great 1,000 miles in 1,000 hour's performance in June and July, 1809. Jt having been stated that the stukes in this match are the largest ever contended for, the Ald wives the following instances when they have been exceeded :-— Fa “In the autumn of 1800 Mr, Fleteher, of Ballingshoe, uudertook to run GO miles in 14 hours. ‘Time was backed by Capt. Barclay Allardic¢e, who just lost ihe stakes, amounting to £0,250. lo December of the same yeur the Captain undertook to cover 90 miles in 214 hours, fora slake of £1,020, and had to pay forleit to Mr, Pleteher, as he went wrong during his training. Stakes amounting to £4,020 were again contended for by Capt. Allurdice in the spring of 1801, and he would have achieved the [cat easily had not the umpire left the ground alter he had run 67 miles out of the 90 in 15 hours, when he tadve:tently took some bad brandy, and it was thought he would be uo- able to proceed. On Nov. 10, 1801, Capt. Atlardice was at last successful, and ran 90 miles in 20h. 22iuin, 4sec., over a measured mile on the York and Hullroad. Myr. Wletcher again backed time, and the stakes were the largest ever contended for in a zennine pedestrian contest in this or any other country, their amount reaching the unprecedented sum of £10,500, At Brighton 1aces in 1907 Capt, Allardice won his great match with Abraham Wood, of Lancashire, the stakes being £1,050. Last of this quintutie we come to his well-known 1,000 inilesin 1,000;hours, for a, stake of £2,100, In April, 1858, Uapt. Lumley, of the 2d Lite Guards, gaye the Hon. 'l', HG. Fermoy one mile start in a Len mile walk, bul found himsell overwerghted, Phe actual stakes were £1,000, hough anounced as £200 only, Oduly enough Weston’s present backer, Sir Jolin Astley—then Col. Asuey, of the Grenadier Guards—was umpire for Capt. Lumley; aud W. Newman, of Camden Town (who finished fourth 8 . I i FOREST AND STREAM. sss Se in the great Agricultural Hall 24 hour's walking totiwna- ment last May) trained Mr. Fermoy. Many ladies of title and thembers of the aristocracy were present, and the mateh exeited a deal of interst,” One of the most extensive and complete places of amuse- ment in the world, the Alexandra Palace and Park, is ad- advertised to be sold at auction on the 8th of February, under mortgage foreclosure. This immense establisment comprises 500 acres of land and cost the proprietors up wards of one million pounds sterling. ‘Lhe main building _ Ovcupies on area of seven acres, and the Grand Hall has a cupacity for seating 12,000 visitors. Then there is a Con- cert Hall with 3,500 seats, a Conservatory, Reading Room, Egyptian and Moorish Villas, and a Theatre with seats for 3,000, Bazaars, Picture Galleries and Dining Halls are also there, In the park here is a mile race course, witha trotling ring, a cricket ground of ten acres, Japanese vil- Jage and 4 circus, and many more attractions and advan- tages [OO Humerousto mention. If the late Geo. Robbins “of auction renown" was only still in the flesh, how be could have done justice to this sale. T observe that a Pullman Drawing Room Train is now runpioy daily between London and Brighton, “I have not (ried it yet, £0 Cannot say whether the colored ‘‘porter,” who seé¢ms as part and parcel of a Pullman, bas been sup- Planted by a stiff English ‘“‘enard?’ The Attraction at Brighton is the Aquarium, which is now in most success- fal operation, But people, even if they go to the Aqua- Tium, are not compelled to louk at fishes alone; there is also something going on, askaling rink, or conecrl, or something of the kind, The lions at the Westminster A(jiariums just now, are three Mississippi Alligators. VAQUERO. Mitiy’s Gantery.—A. Tournament ts now in Progress at this Brooklyn Galery. The following are someot the best scores mades since the tournament opened on Jun. 22d:— Nama. Total.j Nume, Total, Mo PaMELE LID hie 92 2 slecriee sicko irstl« Snide We VW ALS. ce ds, sce ae eee al Gol. B. EB, Vulentioe ee, Maes ctin baw er ee Css, D. T_ McQuillan, WA. Molen os G, th. Johr.. - 41 The following made targets ranging from 35 to 388; J, F. Kurts, Geo. Glendenning, Jas, Convers, E. R. Darveau, HE. &. Ca-tuer. OCanAba,—A match wil] be shot at Fisherville, Out., lo- day between the Amateur rifle team of that pluce and tenms from Selkirk, Cheapside and North Cayuga (Ont,), aspecial prize to go to the vest score, Distance 10b aud, 200 yards. ———_ THE DISTANCE AT WHICH GAME IS KILLED WITH THE RIFLE. New Onrtuans, Ls., Jan. 29)l, 1877. Eprvor Formsr AND S'TREAM:— In the lust number of your interesting paper is an article entitled ‘An Old Rifieman on Rifle Shooting.” which con lains sgme statements which call for a correction, The author -G, P. W.—is right in his remarks about the use- lesshess of the present Jong-range shooting, either for the lhunter or the soldier, TFiring at 1,000 yards, at a target, with a rifle with vernier sights, etc,, may be a pleasant way 1o igi] time, but it is utterly wilhout use, as it, neither fits a man lo kill game, or to do his duty on the skirmish line, I must find fault though with one statement of G. P. W. Hie -ays *‘ one seldom shoots ata deer or turkey over 100 yards, and usually within 60 yards.” Now lad he quali- lied this by saying what kind of deer he referred to, aud ‘what part of the country he meant, it would have been all right, But as we have several kinds of deer, and aiso ihe whole United States is not comprised by Florida, to which he refers (as an example of his hunting), or the land of Yunkeeisms from which his article is dated, I must em- pliatically deny this statement, as far as deer are concerned. io liumting on the plains and in the Rocky Mountain coun try—and the best big game hunting for tlfe rifle, is west of tue Missouri, and not east of the Alleghenies. I have found that 100 yards was a short range compared to most, of the distances at which yume is killed. I have hunted deer from the Wind River Mountains in northwestern Wy- oming Territory to the extreme southwestern part of New Mexico, and my experience has been, that most of the deer T haye shot myself, or seen shot by others, were killed over 100 yards, and many over 200 yards (measured, for always when I can, 1 pece off the distauce), I refer more purticu- larly Lo black-tail deer, as the white-tail deer keep more in the timber, or in the thiekets along the stream botloms, aud are therefore shot generally at shorter dislanees. 1 man the black-tail of the hunters in the Recky Moun- tuin country (Cervis Mucrovis) called by naturalists the mule deer, and not Cervis Coumbianus, the black tuil of the na- Vuralists, which is found farther west than the Rocky Mountains, (By the way, what impertinence and pre- sumption on tlie part of eastern naturalists to try and dic- tale lo us about the names of these decr, and to call the black-tail the mule deer, and the Columbia river deer the only true black-tail.) One of my rifles, which I used for hunting in the Par West, a Springfield, 60. cal. resivhied, restocked, elc., by a western gunsmith, is so sighted that its point blank range is over 150 yards, as most of the Zamwe at which I used it, especially antelope, were shot from 150 to 300 yards. The farthest I ever kiled an elk dead, was 400 yards (which I paced). I have seen many hunters on the plains have their rifles so sighted as 10 haye a point blank of nearly 200 yards, thus making a very good rifle for antelope or elk. Hlevating sighis are an abomination and a delusion, on a hunting rifle. I have killed black-tail deer that were twenty miles from the near- est fimber. You would have had 4 nice ume crawling up to ** within 50 yards” of them, Mr. G.P. W. I mentioned the foregoing facts so as to show you that your stutement 4s applying to the whole United States (and there's noth- ing tu show, in your article, that your stalements are lim- ited to any one partot the country), is a gross error, aud liable to mislead a bexinner. Asa general rile, if may be said that a rifle made in the east, is not fitfor hunting on the plaing till it has been re- sighted and made over generally in the west. The eastern makers are so stubbori and ignorant about the wants of the hunters, that there are a number of junsmiths in the franbicr towns who make considerable money by getting the rifles from the eastern factories ind then resighting them, and fixing {hem so they can be used tokillgame, in- stead of being ornamental guns, fit for little else than tar- get shooting! The rifle shooting element of this country is to be found in the south anil in the West. By rifle shoot- ing Il mean the legitimate use of the rifle, which is for kill iny game in hunting, or men in war, aud not fancy Creed- moor target popping. The New Englanders, as a people, have always been poor hands atrifle shooting. Bunker Hill was fought mostly wilh smooth bere ducking guns, and it was uot till the Virginian “buck-tails” came up under Washington to the siege OF Boston, that the rifle commenced to play an im- portant part in the war, ‘These Virginians were not only # Lerror to the British, on account of their fine shooting, but were & cause of wonder and also of jénlousy to the Yankees. The Virginians were hunters and the Yankees Jarmers, and the ill-will which existed between ihe two sections (north and south) eyen as far back as that time, broke out into a fight, which, had it not been stopped by Washington ab the outset, might have proved very fatal to the American catise. After the war wus over, and the country was getting settled, and the fame driven away, tle rifle was used less and less in New Hovland, until it became to the great mass of tne people an unknown weapon. Not so in the south, for thereit was the companion and friend of all, The hunterand the frontiersman depended on it, while the plinter (who, like the English country gentleman, was used from his boy- hood, tu all kinds of manly field sports), used it tor his bleasure, The consequence is, that in the Southern States the rifle is used, anul well used* for squirrel, turkey, deer, ind bear huuling; tuough in the swampy parts of many of (he Southern States the deer are run with hounds, and shot from “stands” on their “run-ways” with buck shol; yet uften the rifle is used even then, and it takes sheoting Lo bit a deer with a rifle going full speed amongst the live oaks, In the Far West, and in the Territories, the rifle of course is (ie weapon, mans of the old hunters haying the greatest contempt for a shot gun. Howeouan, eo RS Pe Carroryta.—San Francisco claims to have the finest gallery inthe world, the ‘Forest,’ kept by Hentz & Car- son, The gallery is 175 feet long by 60 feet wide, divided into three ranges, viz., 200, 500, and 1,000 yards, theswhole mic so as to represent beautiful groves, with blue sky and green swards, Attached are putlors, reading ana spectators’ rooms, The rifles used are Remington .22 cal. Creedmoor rules are strictly carried out, The shooting done can hardly be excelled. For instance, Mr. E. P. Mi- ners the olherday in amatch made 48, Mr, Prank Meagher, 47, Mr, J. H. Campbell and A. HH. Hentz, 46, all off-hand, 200 yards reduced to 150 feet. Does that not compare fa- vorably with the bes{ on record? At 500 yards, 47 and 48 have frequently been made, till Mr. Mentz scored a full score, 60, or even better, had it not been for a defeetive caruidge, which gave him a2 and 14 bullseyes in succes- slon—72 out of a poasible 74. The following aresome of the scores made last Saturday for ihe weekly gallery. medal :— Name. Totai,| Name. Total J. 8. Campbell,.........-.... jChas. LL. Breton. = 2.2015. -se4 gtd John Rohertson...., 4'0. Gallagher... , g 4iiGapt, R. Hl, Orton,. CHAS. NAaHS SL. eek aelbe notes subs 43] And no less than 20 competitors mude 42, Should any team wish to shoot for the championship of the United State gallery shvoling they can get accommodated. Game Bag and Gun. GAME IN SEASON IN FEBRUARY, Deer, Wild Turkey, Woodcock, Quail, Snipe, and Wild Fowl, Cart, Bocarpus 1N CALirorNrA,—A San Francisco correspoudent of prominence, in whom we have every con- fidence, wriles to us that Capt. Bogardus 1s having some trouble in his matches, and is out Inan article in the Chronitele, Te sayst— “T witnessed his shooting, and also heard some remarks, which | confess had the effect to turn my sympathies en- lirely in his favor. Californians claim thal their quail are the most difficult birds in the world to shoot on the wing, und say that a Toun trained to shoot them can beat any eastern gunner, and they were bound to beat the gallant Captain by fair means or foul.” : Therecord of Capt Bogardus throughout his profession- ul ¢ureer, both here and in Hogland, las been that of such a “square” man that the fact of any misunderstanding Whatever in his California matches somewhat surprised us. We observe that in one of his matebes he challenged a bird on the ground of the shoo'ers gun being above his elbow, and {le referee giving a verdict in his fayor, his opponent left the ground and abandoned ibe maleh, Ina ‘money’ mutch he was perfectly justified in insisting lipon # Sl1ict observance of the rules, As for the Califor- nia quail being the most diflicuit bird in the world to kill on the wing, it is perfect nonsense. They are no more (lifficult to kill, if as much sa, as our quail, and are nsual- ly killed in perfeetly open ground, whereas a large pro- portion of our birds are killed in close cover. * et GHOKE-BORED GUNS. ——— PAWL SECOND, ———_>—_—_— Greener urges that with his system and by regularity of boring le gets over uneven shooting, negativing the notion that such fault lies in the cartridge. Now this is attempt- ing to prove too much; in his liurry to get every one to patronize St. Mary’s Works io get an even shooting gun, he entirely ignores the effect which unequally loaded cart- ridges produce. Now theré cannot be any question that there are some methods by whicli guns can be bored that belrays (ess the result of an improperly loaded cartridge, but still cun ueyer give anything like regularity unless care ss ~~ is taken in the loading. In allusion to the central shoot- ing of the choke-bore, Mr. G. should have mentioned how it renders necessary a higlier quality of filed barrels, which of course musi be an advantage if only the encouragement of a better class of workmanship; four-fifths of the plain guus are entirely unfit for choke-bore throueh tkeir being pulled together in the center to make them look better, but at the same time making them shoot out at forty yards from six to twelye inches. ‘This I consider is one of the reasons that some 1b getting agun choked are woelully dis- appointed in the execution ol their gun after it has been done, A competent #unmaker should be able to tel whether a pair of barrels are good enough fo introduce the choke with success, om else aller them to shoot straight, ‘There are many gtins which are muck better without being choked from this cause alone. At page 129 Mr. G. gives what he considers the difference scientifically of the choke- bores performance and that of open bored guns; he urges that a contraction at the breech has much more tendeucy (o jim or compress the shot than the same contraction ab the muzzle, and this through the vecessary displacement of the column of air in the barrel, Now this is in my esti- mation an error, This column of air business has actert too long as a ‘bogey’ in the Greener family, and all based through some single experiment of a negative kiad by Mr. W. Greener himself. To confute this, I usk anyone to make the following simple experiment: Atter the powder and shot has been Jouded, put on lightly the top wad and witness the result after shouting, Nova mark giyes evi- dence that no great obstacle or pressure has been exereiced upon the top wad, and which it would be impossible to avoid did any great pressure as that suggested by Greener operate In the barrel. Take some more cartridges und put pressure with the loader of twenty-live to thirty pounds upon the top wad; take the wads of one or two and seu how much they are marked and then fire the remainder, und little perceptible difference, it any, will be observed between the flied and unfired wads, showing ihat this column of ‘air which has been doing suc. service in lhe gun trade for 80 many years is of a much more imaginable character than actual reality. Mr, G, additionally says that the choke-bore throws more of the outside shots intu the cenler., Now, I contend, that the cHleet produced upon the shot at the muzzle by the contraction, is just the same us that before produced in the old system at tie breeeh, but at the muzzle it is al a more cffcetive place, combined with jhe additional advantage of preventing the powder wads from disturbing the shut alter its lust conesion, wud here we haye the element of adyant- age in the choke-bure, Let me firstly take the ould system of boring, when by opening the breech the shot would ne- cessarily occupy shoiter lenzth and greater in viameter tan the barrel farther on; in its course of progress Lhe com- pression Which must ensue before the back part of the shot Can overcome the inertia of the forward portion, aud additionally the compression through the smal er portion of the barrel pave cerlain cohesive ability benween pellet and pellet, which if not disturbed by a Loo heavy charge of powder which would unavoidably disintezrate it on leaving the muzzle, would proceed with fair closeness up to the target. The freeing at the muzzle was done know- ing that, as portions of the shot if nut in +ome causes all would partially separate to lead on to the target pellets whieh at the first moment of disintegration would Le forced oul to all sides. The results of is plan of boring sare tuo well Known torequire comment. But let ws now to the choke-bore, At the staring of the charge the same inertiy has to be vvercome, therefore its first coesiun assisted also by the barrel being a little smaller than inside of carinuge case, It must uvt be forgotten that all the difference in diameters is not Jost in the shot being compres-ed 10 Way extent, some of the difference of diameter being lost in the surfuce of the lead being abraded down; in other words, leading being the result. Jt now comes ta the muzzle choke where its final compression takes pluce, the slot emerging: as a cohesive mass of pellets. Let us trace the exit of the hindmost waddiug; the force behind it has been powerful enongh to force it with its charge of shot in front through the choke; it itself comes to the same obstruction, aud is retarded in its exit more than in the old syste; however slight, It is enough to afford the shot going on- wards upon its own behalf, In yindicution of this posi- tion, [ wuuld draw attention to the tact thal two waddinss between the powder and the shot in being # still greater burrier to its sudden exit afler the shot, gives higher re- sults upon the target. Now, again, Mr, G. puts lorward that the advantage 1m using chilled shot is, that they suffer less change on the outside pellets, which in the case of salt shot are quite mis-shapen in their transit through the barrel, and carry up better in consequence to the target, 1 would like it to be understood that il is not all the out- side pellets of the charge that are Jost. Mr. Mortimer and myself instituted a series of experiments, and found Lut the front part, more particularly the outside of that is unat- counted for; indeed the target seems to receive that part of the shot which would in appearance represent a truncated or stumpy cone, the cone portion finishing hulf- way down the charge, and this seemed to be the case ac- cording to the density or lightness of the frout wadding, Shots that fall before reaching the targets are largely coim- posed of other pellets than those which form the outside of the charz,e,and one would judge fiom their appearance of compression that the superticies ef shot next the powder wad through their cohesion with the same wad separate from the general body of shot, ‘The outside pellets will in many cases be picked forty and fifty yards beyond the targel; Lhe specitie gravity of wadding being less than shot, We Can readiJy imagine how thatthe force imparted iu ile barrel to the front wad the instant it luayes the cun fails in momentum and operates as a retarding influence, and exercises an injurious effect upon the onward progress of the foremost pellits, So itis what it being indispensable to have a wad on top of shot to keep it in proper position in the cartridge, itis best to have it as light us possible, and Which experience tells us is the case. it will be con- tended that as cohesion is thus an element in chioke-bore, how is it that hard shot, less liable to cohesion, gives in some cases better results? It must not be forgotten that it chilled shot Jess deterioration of the outside pellet dova take place, but still it has had to go through the choke; then the difference of diameter must almost totally have been lost in compressing theshot into its smallest diameter; and let anyone tuke the chilled shot after firing, and they will find that though hard, compression munifesis ilselt on almost all the pellets, the foremost ones escaping almost scathless. It is upon this part of the subject and tatters Pertaining, that Bir. Greener could have ex : —ti‘C;”;Ctw —_ ‘ OE Jabor, instead of which a matter of some fifty to sixty pages are all he dedicated oul of a book which contains some two hundred and fifteen to that portion which we are most interested upon., Mr. G. puts it forward that he has fired more trial shots than any other six makers, and still to fitd that one so well suited to give exhaustive trials should give to the public a book with such meager results Secms past comprehension. It world be well to notice that irial shots are no! alone wanted so much as clearness of perception and observation at every change and result, which must necessarily ensue when such trials are going judging from the book I am inclined to doubt this on, and j t ‘assumption on his part. y D, Kimkwoop. Toronto Guy Cius,—At the last meeting of the Toronto Gun Club, held at their rooms Jan. 25th, the following gentlemen were duly elected officers for ihe current year: B. Moore, President; J. Taylor, Vice President, re-elected ; J. Morrison, Secretary and Treasurer; Executive Commit- tee, BE. Perryman. W. Loudon, W. Bugr A. McGregor; Auditors, G, Wright and R. Morrison; Taxidermist, Bam Ierrivg’. The Hennel. —WMr, §. B. Dilly, of Lake City, Minn., claims the name of Countess for his white and liver ticked pointer gyp, whelped Meb., 1876, by Shot out of Countess; Royal Fan for one similarly Whelped Oct., 1875, by Ranger outot Dolly; Flirt for a liver and white gyp whelped Sept., 1876, by Kanger out of Fan, and Don for a white and liver ticked dog, whelped Noy., 1875, by Ranger out of Queen. The above notice being addressed to our late Kennel Ed- itor was overlooked by hiin, a i. —Mr. Ethan Allin, of Pomfret Center, Conn., writes us that his setter yps, Chum aud Cosey, have each whelped a litter of puppies by J. T. Brown's dog Boss, also bred by Mr. Allin, Chum had four dogs and two gyps, and Coscy three dozs and two bitehes; all doing well. i —The Westminster Kennel Club's gyp Whisky, whelped on the dist ult. seven puppies, all gyps, by Sensation, Three ware black and white and four lemon and white. Five of them will be spayed and offered for sale at six weeks old. 1 i —Passeners for the south will bear in mind that on the steamers af the Old Dominion Live they are allowed to carry one dog free of charge, and that if they have more the Laviff is very light. i —And now they talk of having a Bench Show of Dogs in San Iraneiseo, Cal. —Mr, L. 8. Smith’s Field Trial setter bitch Dart, visited liis Léicester January 20th. —<—<—_—__— se “Gountmss.”"—We have received the following letter from Mr.8. B. Dilly, of Lake City, Minn., owner of the fine pointer Ranger, Will Mr. Gillespie please notice?— “Tn published list, Kennel! Register, I see the name of Countess, liver and white pointer, owned by R. H, Gilles- pie, Stamford, Conn. I claimed that name for my white liver and licked pointer bitch, whelped Feb., 1876, said claim being made in Chicago Meld, Dee. 20th, 1876, Pre- vious (6 thattime the same name was sent to your paper, same as the Field, but failed, I doubt not from some good cause, loappear, If Mr, Gillespie will show prior claim to that name I will cheerfully surrender it; if not, I hope with due courtesy he will concede it to me. By inserting this in your paper you will greatly oblige a respector of - nomenclature.” 8. B. Diuiy. ne Doc Boxes anD Express Cuarcres.—A correspondent sends us the following communication on this subject:— : PHILAPELPHIA, January 29th, 1877. Not havisg seen in print the following device for the comfort of dogs shipped in boxes, L will give it for the henefit of those whodo not know ofit. Itissimply to cuta round, or better, an oval hole in the lid of the box large enough for the dog to get his head ont. It tends greatly to the dop’s comfort and contenteduess, besides making it more convenient for the Express Messenger to feed and jyater him, In regard to the extravagant rates charged by Express Companies for dog transportation, I am glad tosee your patrons ventilating the subject. For game shipped from the west, the charges, if paid upon arrival at destination, will be found to be xof less thiun ihirty-three per cent. more than if prepaid. ThisI have experienced in three instances. ‘The explanation lies in the fact that the companies charge local rates over cach express line that the shipment passes, instead of their one through rate, it isu mean advantage to take of a consignee ignorant of -the intricacies of the express system, The practice, if em- ployed by any business house would, shortly swamp it. It shows thatif a consignment be made to them without a Prepaid agreement, that usurious interest will be charged for the confidence placed in them, The companies of course can defend themselves from the charge of imposi- lion by tables of rates that cover every case, but the fault will remain the same whether their explanation be “special rate,” “game rate,” ‘through rate,” or “local rate”; that 10 deposit game in Chicago, St. Louis, or other western city, with an Express Company, for shipment to the east without pre-paying, or contracting for the rate of the sume, will cost whoever pays for it from one-third to two- fifilis more than if prepaid or bargained for in advance. $e —__—__ THE KENNEL STUD BOOK, Sr, Lours, Mo., February 1st, 1877, Tprron Forest AND STREAM.— 41 ‘Tbe National American Kennel Club are about to take Tmmediste eieps towards: publishing a Kennel Club Stud es FOREST AND STREAM. Book. Iam aware that you have contemplated publishing a book of similar character, and have received pedigrees for registering in the proposed stud book. I know of nothing more suicidal to the best interests of fine bred dogs, or more unsatisfactory to the public who are inter- ested in dogs, than the publication of two such books. I haye uo doubt that im the course of time the National Kennel Club Stad Book will be considered the authority, put the publication of twostud books would now only result in confusion and dissatisfaction, Wor harmony sake, let us rise above sectional jealousy, if there be any, and please remember that the sportsmen of the country take no interest in quarrels between the sporting papers, in Kennel Club Stud Books, or any other matters. T think you will agree with me, that the sportsmen of the country require but one stud book, and that one should be recognized as authority by all. ‘That being the case, 1 have the following proposilion to make as 4 member of the Committee for the publication of the stud book for the National American Kennel Club. But please under- stand that what I propose is my individual plan, made without authority, but which I believe would be acceded to by the other members of ithe Comuiittee. We propose to take the pedigrees you have received for reyistration, and treat them in the same manner that we do those pub- ‘lished by the Chicago Wield, 7. e., investigate their genuine- ness, and if found correct publish them in the Kennel Cl Stud Book, and charge for such registration the sum of $1 for the first dog registered by any person or firm, and fifty cents for each additional dog registered by the same per-on or firm, I[f anyboily has offered to publish the Kennel Club Stud Book and not charge for the registra- tion of pedigrees, they have done so without any au thority so faras my knowledge extends, Woping ‘hat the above plan will meet with your approval, | am yours truly, ky. O. SPERLING, Member Ex. Com, N. A, Kennel Club. {We are glad to receive Mr. Sterling's letter. We have always said that when any responsible body or corporation would take hold of the publication of a general Kennel Stud Book, we would hand over the result of our labors to be incorporated with theirs. There appears, however, to be an insurmountable objection to the proposition wiiich Mr. Sterling makes. When we first proposed establishing a Kennel Register we charged a fee of $1 for each pedi- gree registered. The object of this was to form the nucleus of a fund which would assist in paying the ex- penses altendant upon the publication of the book, Shortiy afterwards the Chicago (eld announced that the Kennel Club would publish a stud book, and that the pedisree to be entered in it would be received at that office and published without charge, the inference being that they would be published in the stud book free also, In this way doubtless many hundreds of pedigrees which would have otherwise come to this office went to the Jed, and we were obliged to abindon the charge of # dollar for registration. The diflicully we cee is this. Having agreed to receive and publish 2% book form these pedigrees without any fee, how can we turn them over to the National Ameri- ean Kennel Club to be published in their book, and ex- pect the owners to phy that organization the fee de- munded? : We have a proposition to make, however, than which nothing can be fairer. Tue N.A.K. C, desires a fee be- cause they cannot risk a loss which might ensue from the publishing of the book, We will assume that risk our- selves, avd the proposition which we have to mukeis that the National American Kennel Club turn over to us prop itly authenticated, all the pedigrees which haye appeared in the Quicago I%eld (excepting those already in our pos- Session), and we will issue the stud book without charging any REGISTRATION fee wiiilever She business of this corpora- tion is not confined to publishing a newspaper; it isa Pub- lishing Company, and our charter authorizes us to unuder- take any such work. As to those pedigrees now in hand, we will see that each one is correct before publication, and to thisend we liave acc: pied the kindly volunteered services of Mr. F. R Ryer, a gentleman who has made canine pedi- grees a study, aud who is thoroughly posted upon those of both foreign and domestic dogs. We would say to our readers that the publication of our Register has been de- ferred in anticipation of some arrangement by which but oue would be published. If the N, A, K, @. accept our proposition we will commence work immediately —Kp. | _ Tum CepAr Rarips Benen Suow.—a Bench Show of Dogs was held at Cecar Rapids, lowa, from January 23d to 26th, Notwithstanding that it was the first ever held in this locality the show was a great success. The folluw- ing is a list of the principal prize wiuners -— Cass 1.—Ohampion Clusz. Wor the best setter in the show of| any breed premium onp, yiilue, $380. J. I. Whitman, Chicago, (ved Iiish setter, Ranger.) C1ass 2 —Iniported or native English Mnglish setters or their progeny (over 1 a old, ogs,—lst, H, O, Bradley, Cedar Rupias, (Gronse); 2d, W. H. Brooks, Cedar Rapids, (Grouse); 8d, G. W. Kierstead, La Porte, lid,. (Bob). Bifches—iet, H, Waterhouse, Cedar Rapids, (Nelly); 2d, A. C. Vaylor, Cedar Rapids, Wessie); 8d, Green Matler, Cedar Rapids, (Fannic). Duass 3.— Impurted or native Trish setters, or their progeny, over one year old, $5. Jogs--tst, J. H, Whitman's (Ranger): No 2 or3, Bitches—J. H. Whitman's (Gypsie); 2d. Low & Vincent, Hes Des Moines, Ia., (Gypsie); 3d, Geo. Waddington, Geneva, la,, (Ruby). Crass 4,--lmported or Native Gordon Setters or their progeny {over 1 year old). Dogs Ist Lowe & Vincent, (Ralfe); 2d, Gee. Waddingion, (Kock); dd, Geo. S. Roush, Wpworth, Lowa, (Prank), Jtfofexs—ist, Lowe & Vincent (Gypsy). Cyass 5 —Pomters (over 1 year ald.) Dogs—l-t, T, A. Wilcox, Cedar Rapids, (Vrince); 2, Joo U, Law, Cedar Rapids, (Chip); gd, LW, WN, Smythe, Des Moines, Towa, (Sport), iehes—tet, SH, Bleek, Cedar Rapids, (fly); no 2d award; 34, L Uancock, Codar Kupids. CiAss 6,—Water kpaniels (over 1 year old), Hoge Ist, 5. B Bleek, Cedar Rajids (Dick); 2d J Cobden (Frank); dd, Vope & Bellauw (Sporn, Bieter A, ©O.Vaylor (Duck); Yd, Prank Gyeeor, Cedar Lapids, ag), Crass 7.—Honnds—1. John H. Law, Cedar Rapids, Towa, (Wrangler, ae aud w, imported); 4. J. Uobden, Cedar Rupidas, (Prince, brindle andy). _ GLass 12.—For best setter pp, of any stock except those bred from imported English sire or dumunderd year old, 1.40, H. Whitman, (Rob). 7 Fie iat pene Beaks ae Ruger) ; O7,ass 13.--For best pointer pnp (under i year old).--1. Pope & Bellau Cedar Rapids (Sam); 2. Be F. Mills, Cedar Rupias (Gyp). 4 : Crass 15.—For beet Bnglivh vetrer pnp dog or biteh (over 6 and under 12'montis old, bred from Importud pire aud dam), Geo, Waddinzton, ; Geneva, Towa; (Daisy), 4) FPLoripa : inLUSTRATED WiTH CuTs.—This is not the title, though it would do very well as such, of an excecil- ingly clever travesty upon the much exaggerated and widely promulgated delights of Florida, as seen through the experiences of three nice young men who undertook a winter's sojourn among the fleas andflowers, Some of the designs, which are done in colors, are unique and very or- iginal. They wonld do credit to a master of travesty, and we have no doubt, if reproduced and published would find a wide-spread popular demand. Little conception ean Le obtained of the brochure unless the text be read in juxti- position with the drawings that illustrate the various silu- ations, It certainly does not lack the spice of variety aud adventure. Man dwindles to insignificance of size, in comparison with the flies, beetles, and creeping things Which find prominence and point in the narrative. —————— so —Mr. Henry N. Merriam, of Canada, sendsus a cirenlar ae (ting forth the merits of # universal soil which cleans guns, prevents rust, and cures deafness, stiff joints, rheum- atism, mumps, and scarlet feyer. Ye gods! Sea and River ishing. FISH IN SEASON IN FEBRUARY, SOUTHERN WATERS Pompano, 7yachynotus carolinus. Grouper. Lpinephelpus nigvitur, Drmn—two species, Family Scten- Trout (black bass) Centropislrss uf- ide. ha Paris. Kinglish, Menticirrus nebulosus, Striped bass or Rockiish, Jtoceus Sa Bass, Sciwnops ocellatus, lineatus, Sheepshead, Archosargus probato- Tuilorfish, Pomatomus sattaiia. _ Cuphatics. Black Bass, Micropterus sulinoidtes; Suapper, Lulparius carve. M. nigrecans. Sens Fish In MArker.—Since our last report was written our fish markets have been abundantly supplied, and prices have been low. Our quotations for the week are as ful- lows:—Striped bass 20 cents per pound; smelts, 15 to 20 cents; bluefish, 15 cents; salmon (frozen), 30 cents; Califor- nia, 20 cents; shad (southern), 8d cents each; while paren, 15 cents; Spanish mackerel, 76 cents per pound: white perch, 18 cents; green turtle, 22 cents; terrapin, $15 per dozen; frostfish, Scents per pound; halibut, 18 cents; had- dock, 7 cents; codfish, 10 cents; blauckfish, 15 cents; fluun- ders, 12 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 cents; sheepsheni, 15 cents; scsiiops, $1.50 per gallon; whitefish, 18 cents per pound; pickerel, 20 cents; salmon trout, 15 cents; hard shell erabs, $3 50 per 100; soft crabs $1.25 per dozen; red suap- pers, 18 cents per pound, Messrs. Holberton & Beemer have received so many in- qilirics since our notice of Jan. 18th about their new Plv Book, that they have thought it worth their while ro have a cut made and advertise it in our paper this week (whieh see), All anglers who bave used the book speak of ivan the most flattering manner, —About three years ago the Greene Fishing Club, of Greene, N. Y., stocked the Round Lake with salmon piu. cured from Mr. Seth Green, and on Saturday, the 2d of Janunry, Mr. Murates Beach, while fishing there turouyh the ice for pickerel, took a salmon that was 19 inches lany, 9 inches in circumference at the largest part, and weighed 3 pounds and 2 ounces. Anglers look for some line spurt next summer, —D. G. Smith, Msq., editor of the Miramichi (Canady) Advance, has beén devoting much space lately to tish mut. ters, for which he thus excuses litmself to his readers; — “This is a fish and lumber country, which aeconnty for the fact that our columns have been lumbeéred with fish mutters for the past month.” —Three shad for twenty-five cents last week in Jackson- villemarket. MovEMENTS OF THE Fisning FLrer.—The niinher of fishing arrivuls reported the past week has been 14 one from Newfoundland, three from Grand Meéenan and 10 trom the Banks and Georges, The Bank fleets have met wiili good success, the reecipts for the week being about 400,000 pounds codfish and 95,000 poundshalibut. Thereccipts of fresh herring for the week have beenrabout 600,000 from New Brunswick and one salt fare from Newfoundland, The stock of fish of all kinds on this market is very light, and as the supply on other markets is small the prospect for good prices the coming season is quile encouraging. — Cape Ann Advertiser, Heb, 3d. r rr oo SALMON FISHING AT AND NEAR SAN v FRANCISCO, Eprror Forest anp Stream;— I have for several years lately posted you concerning our young salmon fishing on Oakland Wharf, within an hour's reach from our city, This enjoyable and remarkable pis- catorial bonanza still continues in a flourishing condition, as many, probably, as 150 grilse being taken per day hy the market fishermen and the rod anglers together. They are running rather largerin size than when I last wrote you, 1beut six week siuce, averaging now about » pound each, some few being tiken from two to nine pounds in weight, The weather has been, and stillis, most fayorahle for oul-of door sports of every kind here, there having been no rain for 56 days Lo present date. The atmosphere, too, hus been, and remains quite mild and yery pleasant, wit! only a few light white frosts early in the morning, But all his continuance of drought and personal enjoyment is at \he expense, of course, of Ourimportant staple craps, 11 i3 unprecedented in the history of the State, so fir back as records go, for such along period in the winter season to piss without rain. But some years, 1850 and 1851, for ir- stance, some rain fell in October, but not again till Lhe Lol- lowing March. If we should be blessed with abundant sliowers within the next two weeks, there is no evidence that the country will suffer very seriously. Plenty of rain ilgo will most probably bring many more and much largey salmon into our tivers and hays, 10 FOREST AND STREAM. The places where there is now excellent grilse and sal- mon fishiag about 100 miles by steamboats, rail, aud stage from San Francisco, are the butano and Pescadero. creeks, near the town of Pescadero, on our south, and Russian river up On our north coast. Here anglers may revelin the capture of this species of the Salmo family to their hearts content, and with the fly, as well as with bait fishing, es- pecially the former, at Pescadero. At the last meeting of the Sportsmen's Club; an interest- ing report was submitted by Mr. Preston (the Club's attor. ney), on the result of the trial of several parties recently arrested at Pescadero for fishing in tne Butano Creek with seines aud nets, and therewith catching ‘‘salmon tront” as they are termed by many. The case, which was tried by a jury who disagreed, ,will come up on a new trial soon. The Club prosecuted through Mr. Preston. The point mainly in dispute involves the proper classification of the salmon family, it being contended that the fish caught by the defendants were not “salmon trout” ipso fucto, To this lust opinion [ fully agree, knowing that we have as many, probably, cight varieties at least, of the true sal- monon our coast. One kind is exactly similar to the com- mon Sacramento and San Jozquin salmon, (the most com- mon south of Mendocino connty,) with the exception of having almost completely a square tail and a considerably rounded and rather snubby point of the head or nose. This sort is found mostly on the southern coast about Monterey, and is sometimes seen in our markets about August or September. it is occasionaly, but rarely, taken on Oakland Wharf among the Sacamento grilse, 1 question very much if we have any fish here distinct enough in form, color, silvery whiteness and character, to be properly called a “salmon trout.” In fishing forsalmon with nets, or bait, (with a rod), large, as well us small brook trout, and possi- bly at times Lake Tahoe trout, are taken out of season, and this cannot be avoided should these fish become fastened in the net, or caught by swallowing a hook. 1 think it will be finally decided that the defendants spoken of in the above named Jaw suit will be acquitted, and that quile justly, onthe frounc tliat there areno such fish, scientifically speak- ing as ‘‘salmon trout” in California, if in any other part of the world, as stated in the Pacific Life, the laws of California ure very stringent as to the preservation of all kinds of fame, and, I believe, are generally put in force. A heavy tine and imprisonment is the penalty for their violation, und any party has the right to arrest the violator, We frequently hear of arrests throughout the State of those who in illezal season take game, ‘The people of California are determined to protect themselves in these matters, and T assure all sportsmen that the Pacijie Life will do all im its power to bring to justice parties who violate our game laws, E. J. Hoorsr. Machting and Boating. HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEE. Date. Boston. | New York.| Charleston H. MM. a M. Bu ” 8 01 4 2h BET he OR 5 28 4 47 9 68 6 23 5 40 1) 42 7 10 6 24 ji 20 7 50 7 04 I 55 8 29 7 44 0 16 9 05 8 20 ur Ice YAcn? IlAze.—Slee Brothers of Poughkeepsie, have sent us a very fine picture of Mr, Aaron Innis’ new ice yacht faze, with Richard Knight, its sailing master at the helm. —Mr. Irving Grinnell’s ice yaeht **Whiff” made one mile and oue eighth in 55 seconds on Wednesday of last week, during a heavy squall. Boston Yacur Crus.—The annual meeting of this club was held at the Parker House on the slst ulto. The fol- lowing oflicers were elected for the »resent year:—Com- modore, Arthur Cheney; Vice Commodore, I. H. Peabody; Rear Commodore, Andrew Robeson; Secretary, Thomas Dean; Treasurer, Augustus Russ; Measurers, D. J. Lawier and J. B. Smith; Trustees, 8. D, Nickerson, Thomas Man- ning, Benjamin Dean. Regatta Committee, Coolidge Barnard, Frank BH. Pea- body, BE. Chase Dean, Roseoe P. Owen and Clarence W. Jones. Membership Committee, Commodore Arthur Cheney and Secretary Thomas Dean, ev-efficio, A, C. Martin, Chas. E. Russ, William Sewall Whitney. Flouse Committee, Commodore Arthur Cheney, ex officio, D.B, Curtis, Chas. EB. Russ. Gommodore Cheney modestly accepted the position to which he is re-elected, and affirmed lus interest in the sci- of yachting. BE ea iotloge Benj. Dean and Nathaniei G. Herreshoff of Bristol, R.1., were elected honorary members. The Treasurers report having been found satisfactory, and the House Committee having also reported, Capt. Phillips made a suggestion that the sailing rales be amend- ed so that schooners should not be obliged to sail against sloops in the first class, the rule now reading all yachts of and above 38 feet measurement belonging to the first_class, That subject will also be presented at the next meeting. The new club books show that there are now three steam- ers, seventeen sclooners and forty-five sloops owned in the club, and that the roll of membership includes nearly three hundzed names. It is expected that this coming sea- son new and interesting featuresin yachting will be de- veloped by the club. f P : Alter tid miceling the members recciyed an informal in- yitation to an elegant dinner, from the Commodore, Mr, Cheney, and the good time was kept up until 8 o’clock in tlejevening. As the company warmed to the interest of the occasion, jokes and ready wit, followed by repartee, kept them in liughter the most of the evening. The famous actor, Mr. John McCulloch, (introduced hy Com. Cheney) lield the Zattention of the company, by two recitations, which received loud applause, ; On motion of Ex-Com. Dean, the privileges of the club was tendered to Mr. McCulloch during his stay in Boston. The company broke up with the familiar song, ‘Auld Lang Syne.” W.5. 0, ‘race free from any innovations, Micaigan.—The Coming Regalia of Amateur Ouramen.— Our Detroit correspondent sends us the following items of interest regarding boating in that vicinity:—‘'The Detroit xcelsior, Zephya, Wantaga, Centennial, and Chatanooga clubs are hard at work preparing for the next regatta of the Natioval Asso- ciation of Amateur Oarsmen, to be held in thiscity August No means will be left undone to make the Tt, is also proposed to hold the River Navy, composed of the Detroit, 15th and 16th. regatla a brilliant success. next Northwestern Amateur Rowing Association in Detroit, The proposition meets with general fayor. The Regatta Comunittee, to take charge of the National Regatta is com- posed of H. E, Buermayer,New York, J. R. Stevens, Sagi- ort naw City, and H. W. Gartield, Albany, N. Y,. An eff is being made by the Detroit barge crews to induce the National Association to include barge races in the next regat- There is no other city in the Union whiere ta programme. barge racingi3 made so much a speciality by oarsmen, Rover, New York Yacur Cuvs.—The annual meeting of this club was held on the 1st inst. and the ticket as printed in our last issue was elected without any opposition. The following words were added to Article IX. of the constitu: tion;—‘‘but no owner, by reason of owning more than one yacht, shall be entitled to more than one vote.” The subject of club houses was referred to a committee of five, who will report at a special meeting to be held on the evening of the 15th inst. Four new members were elected, YALE AND CoRNELL.—At a meeling of the boating men of Yale College on the third inst., the Cornell matter com- ing up, a motion was made that the eballenge be declined, and Mr. Bushnell, "74, spoke in favor of the motion, stat- ing that Yale gave Cornell an opportunity to row at Phila- delphia, and Gornell declined and could not be induced to enter a crew, although strongly urged by graduates, and that it was the purpose of Yale to keep the Yale-Harvard The vote to reject was tben carried unanimously, ‘There is no doubt but that funds will be raised to carry out the projected Harvard race. There are twelve men now in training, from whom the crew of eight will be chosen. . Bational Pastimes. BASE BALL, Base ball talk is already prevalent in sporting circles though the skating season has not yet ended. Great pre- paralions are in progress for the coming campaicn, es- pecially in the professional arena, in which six League Association clubs and about twenty International Associa- tian clubs will enter the lists. A new club is being or- ganized in Philadelphia with a team which will include such reliable players as McBride, Roach, Fisher, Sensen- dorfer, Meyerle, Hggler, Fulmer and Hall. It is to be run on a limited stock company basis. —The delegates to the Convention of Professional Ball Clubs, called together to organize an international associa- tion, will meet in Pittsburg on February 20th. Tt is ex- peeted that at least twenty clubs will be represented, —The St. Louis team for 1877 willbeas follows: Clapp, Nichols, Dehiman, McGeary, Battin, Force, Croft, Remsen, Blong and Dorgan. —The League Association book, though an improve- ment on last yeat’s book, contains not a line of slatistics about the championship contests, such as giving the games won and lost in a special table. In the record of games played eredit is given to the Boston Club for ti three to two victory obtained bythe Hartfords. This is an im- portant error for an Association book of statistics, —Borden, under the new rules of the League, has deemed it advisable to compromise with the Boston Club, and he is now off the salary list of that organization. —Those of the Boston’ team at present in the city are George Wright, Leonard, @’Rourke, Murnan, Manning, Morril and Brown, all of whom have begun practice in tlie gymnasium of the Young Men’s Christian Association, The boys are taking a daily run in the hall in addition to other exercises. Manning prefers the Boston Club to all others, and knows nothing about any propositions to go to Cincinnati. He says he has not been approached upon the subject. —The ‘Base Ball Guide” wall be issued iminediately after the Pittsburg Convention, Mr. Chadwick has pre- pared an elaborale appendix to each rule of the new code of the League, explanatory of each section. It will be a work of over a hundred pages. SKATING, Southerly winds prevailed to such an extent from Febrn- ary ist to the 5th as to render the skating lakes of the metropolis us¢less for the sport, the ball heing down at the Park and Capitoline Jakes since the Ist inst. — At the Brooklyn Rink, however, roller skating has been largely patronized, another large crowd being present at the second Fete on February 1st. On February 3d inst,, at the night seance, there were over nine hundred people on the floor at the Rink on skates. The next Fete takes place February 8th, with races on the 10th inst. To Conrripurors.—The following original contribu- tions are awailing publication. We will dispose of them as fast as our space will permiL:— Sealing in the Pacific; Indian Joe Maree, Lake Superior Sketches—A Series; Turtle Egging in Florida; Louisiana Duck Hunting; Dusky Litigation; Pine Forest of Pa.; Club Footed Buck; Christmas With a Life Boat Crew; Notes From My Diary (Ill. River); Fishing off Nantucket; A Snow Shoe Tramp; Woodcock Shooting in July; Shoot- ing Around Port Royal; Hunting in Mississippi; Crow Blackbirds; My First Bull Moose; Soooting in Southern California—/ Cazador; Fighting the Rare; Day’s Hunt in California; Our Camp on the Ausable; Trip to Stony Island; The ‘San Gabriel Narrers”—# Cuzador; Trout Fishing on the Aar; On the Sunflower River; My First Trip; The Backwoods Canvasser,; Some Incidents on a Whaler; A Moose Hunt in Canada; Sport in Michigan; Chickens in Minnesota; On to G. Lake; The Blue Grass Region of Kentucky. ALExIs.—That the Russian Grand Duke who is now visiting this country is 4 sporisman any one knows, for on the occasion of his Jast visit he passed some time on the plains: with General Custer, to whom he presented some valuable deer hounds, now in the “possession of Edwin Thorne, Hsq, Since Alexis arrived he has been tuken in hand by the sportsmen of Norfolk and vicinity, He has had fine squirrel shooting, and the Norfolk Fox Hunting Club lave given him a grand fox hunt. | 1 —There is little orno iee in the sound, and the 11 o’clock night boat for New Haven from Peck Slip resumed her trips Feb. 5th, The boats of this line are heated through- out by steam, — $$ < ’ > FOREST AND STREAM. 19 SOOO err Se “branches of the oraft, and know what it is to enjoy W.4H.5,, Pittaburg.—1. Will'the expaneion of the two shot barrels apgling with the fly, could you not induce some of your dhnsweys Qo Garyesy andentg. in the Baker gun interfere with the pecheahh of the third (rifle barrel), “many readers to contribute a few facts, so os to cnable us a SS 48 they are soldered together? 2, Do you know what firm manfacture a to knaw in what waters do base take the tly best; whether Wo WNotico Taken of Anonymous Communcations, thtee-barrelled gan, breech-loader, with tha rifle barrela on top, tho shot: in rapid, cori pesany pve. TSE ADORE, ne rocks, or rn ae ae pendaeit ss friend of mine has seen a gunof this kind. 3, at the foot of dams or falls, or in dee ools or quiet ill a getter aud pointer doy workin the fields together aa well as {wo stretches of still waters? Where olir

' . + Under Paterie scarlel [bis a marae oyer coverts, the yelinwyiclv ccay L. I. B., Germantown, Pa,—Will you please inform me the best way BW Bi) Lynn, Mass.—1_ I want to shoot my rifle. 600 Yards over motiled feither of the mallard. to harden the inside of the hand, so that in catching a base ball it will water. If I sight it at this distance will Tneed to change the sights Froth the xbove, and in fuct looking cyer what has been written onthe | not become so very sore? I know practiceia the best way, but when you | W4en shooting oyer land. 2, What size bullseye should I use al600 se a out IEEE SNA ea a rams A a have notmuch time I thought there might be some preparation that oe cl how sPiapdle he i agood marksman hitit at that dis- : Hit, . ‘chy 1 aly CVET, e c r 3 (on: vane ance with a rifle, 28-inch barre] and .82 calibre? 3, Can a person d mC ited : iA : might be used. Ans, No preparation; a gloye with the fingers cut off ’ : i aebih hE ite Sy elo ene or browulsh motiled feathers, whith harmonize ferrite Heat ining) i) velar ere suooin ae a g2inch ee than he can with a 88-inch, In tle east Lhave had as yet no experience, nor have I F. H,, Boston.—I see by the Boston Post that a pair of Gordon setters aetie ine atdveneet? obs, ilies: AIAG adem ee ale been able to meet with any one who has, I baye pre- | that belonged to Mr. J.G@. Bennett, said to lave cost $1,000, went for hothicakes be. the Saibe 2 The bullseye need ut bO0 yards |p 22 pared a special rod for the purpose, and am getting my | #40. Can you tellmewho was the buyer? Also who was buyer, and at | inches in diameter, How many timed Tf conld he hit ies marieman. id fligs in order, and will sift, this matter to the bottom, for if | what price the mee noble Newfonndland duga” were soldat? As. || .omothing which depends entirely on the man, Wa should thinkthat we can only lave good Hy-fishing at our doors, what more |' You will flod the information you desire in our Kennel Department, a 38 calibre would ba rather small for this distance. 4, The only differ- exilerating exorcisé than rambling over rocks amid the F, B., Sing ding.—T have about 100 quail for propagating purposes, | ence here would be that the 32 inch barrel could be kept on the target and wonld like to know the best time for Jetting them ont. About how | better. many ata time? Whatdistance apart? Would it be adyisable to throw any feed arolind the place where they arc let go? Ans, Turn them ont y the middle or latter part of March,in numbers not excesding half az dozen at one time, and two or three days apart. Put them down near romantie surroundings of our rivers and casting far out, be rewarded by the capture of a fish that has earned the re- §.H. W., Washingtonn, D. O.—1. Do yon cousider a good gun by putation of being so undoubtedly game. We have the Glabrough equal to one by Dongal or Greuner? 2, Will a cross helween rege es etc., now letus have the lime of We Sonos 4 Gordon and fine native bitch turn ont well? 3. Can I get 12 gunge the kind of water, - W. DM. hells 2iin, Jong? M. i : ; SSS SS some good cover, suchas a swamp or hedge row, and spriukle gtain in cae attire Pees c ae Tore i a a pate \ A Stmampoat on Tom Upren Sananac,—To the genu- | ‘# Vicinity. aon rizut unless the shells are ax long as the chamber, am I tlght? 4, What, ine lover of nature, as well as the enthusiastic fisherman, H, E.J., New York.—My dog has the mange, and his hair js coming | is the proper charge for al2vun for general field shooting? Ane. ts the Adirondack wildernesss has for many years past heen | 0%: aud be smells very bad. I have been putting tar on him, bot it | Not equal to Dougal, for the latter only makes fine guns, while most of full of attractiveness. To its immense solitudes, those who | °™8 todono good, Heisa renee and is ten months old. Anke Glabrough’s are of the lower grades. 2. If both were fine field performera have grown tired with ihe bustling strife of the town and First wash your nae raat y with SanUp HG Soap, then anointhim | it might, for work, but we shonld prefer to keep the stratns distinct. 3, ‘trail ith th ‘a eonfid that Fists _ | thoronghly with the following ointment: Bagilicon ointment, 2ozs,; | Not Ely’s, but the U. M. @. Co. will make them to order for you. You city haye gone With the sure confidence that amid its tow : , p : : : ‘ : . : * flower of sulphur, $oz,; and spirits of turpentine sufficient to make an | can get ily’s blues of 3 inches; the shella should ft the chamber, 4 eribg mountains, its wide forests und beautiful lakes, they Gintment of {hé- proper sonsiatency:to be well rnbbed into the sic ; y ke : ; ab ae: sliould find health, freedom, joy and strength. Nor haye Henan iielesant acta 9 the skin. paras on the weight; for 74 pounds, 8: drachms powder 11 ounce they been disappointed. The deer of the woods have been u ee : . te {hewmark of the huater’s rifle, the trout. of the lakes bh W. E, F,, Newtown, L. 1.—Some lime during the past two years some WaAnwaLanown, Lowell, Musa.—Our half Scotch and half slcye fertier, ¢ Mark of the hunter's rifle, @ trout of the iakes haye sid f “ = ¥ . afforded abundant sport Lo the lovers of the rod and line party up town on the north side of your city claimed to have been auc- | when small, too small in fact to climb out of bis bed, was kept sovked * =e 2 | cessful in raising quail confinement, and offered to advise any one | all one nich by an overfow.of water froma basin overhead, At that and the pure air, unmixed with misasmas of any sort, has é ‘ F : ie bron rte : F put new life ite the tired body of many a man who has who desired to experiment in satel ae if Shee please giye the | time he had shown some symptoms of a difficulty with breathing, which ; ed St ane ; ; address of the party. Ans, edo not recall any person in particular | since then scems to have become achronic cold in the huad, He is su eoneiy it in Nee zloen Beret 4 aduall f who offered to give instruction in breeding quail; but we forward lo yon | sick al times that he seems about ready to pive up altozether. The last . ut, Chae have ai ane va Ys EOMe or es by mail a copy of Forusr AND STREAM of Jan. 7th, 1875, With an illus- | time this occurred a yet, surgeon, who was called, prescribed an arseni- ee ide tie eee “ef Me es Ww Thee TELS: a ACT | trated article on thia subject. Read Hilan Allin in this week's paper, | cal preparation, and he has been somewbal, relieved, but still lreathes PUA Re Rene) UCR aL eon SG oe Pale LSE ECL Ya ie G., Noroton, Conu.—1 What is the best size of shot foranipe? | Very hard; blows a quantily of whiteish mutter from his nose very often; life ave many of them found in the Wilderness. And he | , FanitetthinmM sah sande tet itrouhid liv. As he isnow full te hi et yet ares Hl . | In the Rod andGun therots an advertisement of W. W-. Greéner's | “nite thin’ Mesh, and is in much trounle generally. A’ ho ts now {ul who baits his hook or casts his fly or trails his line after choke-hore guns, in which it says that Col-Bodine put 285 and 830 pellets | SD, do you suppose jus diseuse is hopelessly chronic, and if not, him as he passes along the Suranac lakes, will not grow | ; i ircle at 40 yards, with No.% shot. Iv eit oy | Whatdo you advice? Ans, We sbonld think from yonr description that in a A0-inch circle y : . Iwonld like to know weary willi the labor of taking trout that are only too anx- | joy Gol. Bodine gets 880 pellets in au ounce of No. 7, whon there are | Your dog was a victim of consumption, and unless highly valued shonld ious fo be taken by Lim. Jf he sits patiently a hall a day | pu¢29), Ans. i. No. 10. 2. The charge was 1 o2., and possibly with | bePputont of hisinieery. Give him the wost nourishing faod three limes Wailing fora strike, he need not worry. Olbersbeside him | the heavy pair of barrels 1¢ 02. aday, bal a litule at a time, with plenty of exercise. A tonic of quinine lieve maid equally long, though not all with the final suc- Dr, A., Middletown, Conn,—1. When does spring brant and goose | 8¥¢ ion three times a day before meals might be benviicial, cess of that redoutable knight of the rod aud reel, Dr. J. shooting begin? 2. Which is best place within «day of New York Rugar, Hagerstown, Md,—1. A friend of mine basa broech loader, RK, Romeyn, of Keeseville, who one morning last season - rr ,~ | sido action, with maker's name (C. H. Mills) engrayed on thy lock iy Y Shinnecock or barnegat? 3. Address, if reliable man, to write to for seh , * ng fouud hirnself fastened to a noble beauty of 17 good pounds. | jarormation, gunner, etc. 4. My heaviest gun $} pounds, 10 bor i] | plate, and ‘foe London twist,'’on the barrels. Do you know anch & Pa fe r in 1B o y gun 5} 7 s ore. Will And as for killing deer, all that is now a matter of law and » smallest eh " fi maker; if so, what reputation has he as a mannfacturer of guns? 2, 5 ! thatdo? 5. What isthe smallest shot thatcan be used wilh effee,y | &' in gu Tegulation and the unfortunate guide who allows a guest | Ans, 1. Good shooting now ut Barnegat. The middleof March some- | 1 bave before ma a piece of paper 24 inches long, by 18 iuches wide, in 1o shoot one ont of season, will in due time be called to | jimes, 2. Not much choice for brant; Shinnecock for geese. 8. Win, | Which there ate 316 No, § pellets. The target was made by a 94 or 10-Ib. account for tle same at the county seat. Lane, Good Ground, L. L; Joel Ridgway, Barnegat, 4. Yos, 6, No.4 | Sum, No. 10 bore, at 40 yarda, I cannot give you the charge ised, But the finale is soon t0 be reached. ,If was bad enough | for brant; No. 2 for geese. but suppose ifte baye been a charge suitable to o gan of the welghtmnd to put the fast breeding and hideous pickerel into the Rae- P. W.O., Liltle Falls, NW ¥.—What is the name of the kind or kinds calibre hove named. What is your opinion of the targel? 3, Are quette river—had enough to trell fora troutand catch a | of dneks which occupy the open places in the Mohawl river at or near | 2088 tesirded by the Inw in your State us personal property, ani has slimy alligator-jawed pickerel, But ithas come at last— || this place at this time of the year, and what would be the best method } Mere ever beon a case In your courts whore m party was convicted uni civilization has wiumplied, aud farewell, sifiplicity and | of hnnting them, they being yery shy, and there being no place where sent toiThs sleies RUBS top Papin A bes Beet 1. We do not know good sport, Tell it with lament 1o the veterans of the woods, | one could bide near whore they are? Ans. It would ba dificult to say | °! “web & sy ak ae ane a eh iP AP aca {ei m8, pent ped er spenk if with tones of regret to the gentle ones who have | just what the hirds are, hey might belong to any one of a dozen ape- pael ale ih bee i pick Es bey A 2 ay ibe x vr - —The mean mid-day temperature at New Smyrna, Flo- rida, for the month of January, as furnished af the signal eervioe slalion by Maj. Geo. A. Alden was 67 degrees; mean temperature at 7 4, m., 65; at 9 p.m, 69. Highest for the month, §1 degrees on Jan, 16th; lowest, 36 degrees, ————— —The thaw has ended the water famine in the western part of Massachusetts. The mill streams haye been filled wvilliout being swullen to the freshet pitch, and the springs, Wells aud reservoirs are raised so that no further dearth of water will be experienced, even with continued cold weather. ———$ What you must pay in London—eharges for transporta- tion, and deliver at your Zoo or Menngericis a matter you will have to make a special agreement about; and you must also, unless there be a special agreement to the con- trary, run a large part of the risk of said transportation, When our readers visit London, we adyise them by all means to call on Jamrach, for a visit to him and a,conver- - 4 salion with him, is to learn natural history, and find it: coupled in the strangest way with political economy, and the mercantile law of profit and Joss. a EDUCATION IN THE ABSTRACT. ARENTS, and especially mothers are the first educa- lors, Tn one of our magazines Sometime ago the assertion was made, in reference to the Venus of Milo, that it is ‘the most perfect type of that pure Greek art, which all the world studies, but cannot reproduce.” And going on, the writers asks ‘‘Do you wonder why? It would make a very Jong story to give you all the reasons. But one great rea- son is that our artists and sculptors despair of finding any living models, either of men or women, so noble and natural and simple as those which the Greeks saw around them everywhere. For they made it the business of their lives to grow sleek and blooming, from beautiful children to beautiful men and women, and so on to happy vigorous old age. In that olden time a child was taught to read, write, and cipher; io play the lyre and chat the National odes, cele- brating brave deeds and great victories; to wrestle and to perform all the bodily exercises.” ‘Youths and maidens went daily to the gymnasium, and there wee practiced in Tunning, leaping, throwing the lance and discus, and in every other exercise which could make them strong, healthy and agile, Then the wisa were strong, and the learned beautiful, There were no narrowed chests and stooped shoulders; no pale faces and blinking eyes from desk and study and school-room; no warped muscles from work- bench and loom, Artisans, philosophers, poets, rich and poor, went alike through a daily course of training, ale sparingly, and lived threugh all seasons in the open air,” It is possible that this picture of life in the birthplace of Art may be slightly overdrawn; and, further, it is certuin that much of its suggestiveness must be lost upon us, through the differencein the surroundings of life in our day. _ But after making every allowance the passage serves to re- mind us of the otherwise well established truth, that im those days adue attention to physical development was not found inconsistent with the attainment of supreme es- cellence in Art, philosophy, science and literature. In this vaunted age of progress, we may find it conducive to a proper _ feeling of humility to turn back and discover one single point which was reached in a byegzone age, and from which we have retrograded. Such is unquestionably the case in tem by which the intellectual powers alone can be forced toa precocious and spurious maturity. We might take up apreat dealof space in attempting toimpress the very evident lesson which the ancients could] be made to teach, but shall eoatent ourselves with some time hence with simply and briefly stating our own conclusions, and apply- ing them to the general queslion before us. ro GAME PROTECTION. AssemMBLY Acts.—An act has been introduced into the State Senate amending ihe incorporation act, by which) so- cielies may be formed for the purpose of improyiug and breeding poultry, game birds, domestic and pet animals, fish culture, ete., upon filing in the office of the Secretary of State, and also in the office of the cleik of the county in which the business of the said company is to be con- ducted, a declaration signed by all te incorporators (13) and acknowledged before any officer authorized to take the acknowledgement of deeds in this State, expressing their intention to form such company, together with a copy of the charter proposed to be adopted by them. The corpor- ation shall exist from the time the declaration and copy of charter has been filed. Also an act providing forthe construction of fishways in the State dams across the Oswego, Oneida and Seneca rivers. N. ¥, Assocrarion ron fHe PRorection oF GAME,— The monthly mecting of this Club was held on Tuesday evening, at the residence of Mr, Charles I. Housman, No. 19 Bast fifty-fourth street. Mr. Clinton Gilbert, President, occupied the chair. The Secretary read a mass of corres- pondence from persons in oiher States, asking for infor- mation and advice on the subject of the preservation of game, and:stated that the most cordial co-operation had been extended to all such inquirers, Senator Wagstaff re- ported that the amendments to the game laws (printed by us week before Just) would undoubtedly be passed at the present session of the Legislature, with the exception of section 6, which permits game or fish to be sold out of season on the pleaof its having been killed out of the State, This section, Senator Wagstaff explained, would entirely nullify all previous legislation for the preservation of game, and had caused the defeat of the bill last year. With the objectionable section stricken out, the bill would undonbt- edly pass. He would suggest that the next night of mcet- ing be altered to Friday, so as to give them an opportunity of inviting the members of the Legislative Commitlee on Amendments to the game law, and discussing the subject in allits bearings. The suggestion was adopted, and the next meeting night changed to Saturday. Mr. Whitehead reported that no venison could now be found in the markets, nor wis there any in the city except what was secreted by some commission merchants, who managed to elude the vigilance of the officers of the Association, but would unquestionably beentrapped some day. Mr. White- head also commended to the notice of the meeting thut sec- tion of the Pennsylvania game laws prohibiting the pollu- tion of streams and rivers by the refuse of oil factories and fas-works, which practice was terribly destructive to fish. The matter was referred to the Committee on By-laws. On niotion of J. W. Cuthbert ihe Executive Committee was authorized to invest a surplus of $500, in addixion to the fund of $4,000 already invested, Hon. Seth Green, who was present, said that in his opinion one of the greatest mistakes made in framing the game Jaws was in allowing the spearing of fish in any sea- son, ‘The practice had been extended into the spawning season, and as a consequence bass, bull-heads, and other fish were being destroyed by wholesale. Mr. Robert B, Roosevelt also alluded te the practice of spearing in the spawning season, and said that legislation was absolutely necessary 10 stop the wholesale destruction of fish. The State Fishery Commission had stocked Owasco Lake, in this State, but no sooner did the fish begin to thrive than the residents of the locality commenced the practice of spearing, and continued it through the spawning season, taking in as many as three hundred poundsof fish a night, So defiant and lawless did they become, too, that nobody dared interfere, and the consequence was that the fish which had been placed there at such immense troubleand expense was speedily exterminated. The subject was one of very great importance, and he hoped the Association would meet thé Fishery Commissioners und agree upon a joint plan of action for securing legislation and to do away with the evil. TREATMENT oF QUAIL In ConrrveMENT.—Our old friend Hthan Allin, of Pomfret Centre, Conn., sends us the fol- lowing communication on this subject:— “J would say a few words in regard to care of confined quail, as there seems to be a general effort among sports- men to secure quantities of live quailto keep over for breeders the coming season. I had some experience of this kind some years since, when the severe winter killed off the quail in this section, and learned by sad experience the proper mode to care for them. If they can be kept on the ground surface just as conveniently, [should prefer it; give plenty of water and different kindsof grain and travel; see that their apartments are kept clean und feed mo faster than they consume; letthe water be fresh or changed at least once a day; give something green ecca- sionally; make them # dusting place of dry sand or wood ashes, aud most important of all, do not have their coop over 12 inches high, as if they are inja high coop they are liable to get frightened and bang their heads at Lop of the coop. I lost more by having them in coups some four feet high. ‘They would get frightened by a sudden flushot a lantern, and so bang their heads as to kill themselves, Waen so disturbed in the night by a sudden flash of light from a lantern they would often futterand bang them- selves by the half hour, before they would wet quiet. Be yery quiet, and gentle when around them, and disturb them ag little ag possible, I have written this in hopes it may Be pf-some noryice to Bob White, In this.sgetion the quail have stood starvation and snow much betlur than ony one would suppose. Ihave endeavored to feed some bevies, but owing to the crusted and deep snow it net only waa difficult to get about in it, but also owing to the crust il was difficult to discover their whereabouts, Thesnow hus now so far disappeared as to leave plenty of bare places for them to obtain all food necessary for 1heir support, and from what I hear from different quarters in this section there is still a good supply left if nothing befalls them he- tween this and April next to muke the supply more abuL- dant the coming season than they haye been here for same years past,” Erasn ALIN, Protons, Iil., Jan, 31st. Eprron ForEst AND STREAM .— I wish some one who can handle it would agitate the subject of game laws, and write something in favor of exlending the shooting season’on quail, pinnated and ruff- ed grouse at least a month Jonger. There are one or two changes in the laws of this State, which could be made Without injury to the game, in fact, one change would, 1 think protect them much more fully. Tirst 1 would have the shooting season extended to tlie Ist of February, and the close season on wookcock to the 1st of October or Sep- tember. Idoubt if there would be any appreciate de- crease in game in consequence of the first change suggested above, and I am sure that the second suggestion would materially aid in the increase of the last mentioned bird. Second, L would alter the section which alluws dealers thirty days after the Ist of January to get rid of game on hand, J think, or at most, fifteen days would suffice; and every dealer could easily get rid of whatever gumie he had in that time, if he knew be bad to do so, or pay a heavy fine. As the law stands now every inducement is held out to the market shooter, and the produce dealer, or commis- sion merchant, the one tu kill and the other to buy for at least fifteen days of the thirty days of grace allowed by law, ‘This is the case in country towns, aud being so there is of course so in the cities. Now if the ume was shortened to ten days, city dealers would be anxious to get off their stock on hand, a::d would refuse to buy any game after the ist of Jan., country would be oblixed to stop buying also, and the market shooter his ‘‘oceupalion gone,” would “hang up his fiddle and his bow,” in other words, his gun, and wait as sportsmen are obliged to do, UMBELLUS. —<$ + OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. Tre Mounr Vernon Duckixe CLus—Poronkp By Hatr- ing Panrumpcn—A Snake Srory—Gorp Wise De- STROYEDP BY Hers, Ero., lire, —— Wasnineton, D, C., February ti, 1877. WN a recent letter I briefly alluded to the magnifvent duck shooting of the lower Potomac and Chesapeake Bay, avd I might fill columns of the Forms? aNp SrreaM in regard to the rare sport afforded to lovers of aquatic shoot. ing on these waters, We have among our Washington sportsmen many wlio enjoy this sport, and now thal the riveris ag iin eléat of ice there will soon be an active cam- paign against the swan, geese and ducks of every variety which are so plentiful. From now until the end of March duck shooting in this locality is probably equal to that of any other section, and busy preparations are being made for the sport. The Mount Vernon Ducking Club, composed of gentle- men of this city, is a decidedly popular and well conduct- ed organization, and those lucky enough to secure mem- bership therein enjoy many privileges and comforts dur- ing their shooting excursions, This club las had a sort of informal existence during the past twelve yeura, but il was not thoroughly organized until about three years ago, when Mr. J. H, Kuehling, one of the best shots in Washington, and a true sportsman, was chosen ag its president. The active interest which he has taken in the organization has done much towards its present popularily. The member- ship islimited to twenty-five, and is composed of zentle- men of high standing in the community, most of whom are good shots, and they frequently return to the city with all the game they can carry, after spending a day or two at the shooting grounds or flats near Mount Vernon, Mr. Kuehling, who may be regarded as the originator of the club, owns a farm adjoiming the Mount Vernon estate, and upon this a very comfortable club house is located. It is suitably furnished,and the property of ihe club consisting of boats, decoys, shooting boxes, blinds, ete., is all properly cared for by a competent janitor. There isan extensive flat immediately in front of the club house, which seems to be a favorite feeding place forthe ducks. Canyus-backs, red-necks, shufflers, mallards, teal, whistle wings and but- ter balls are among the varieties killed by the membets, and they are anticipaliog rare sport during the nest two months. Mr, Wm. B. McKelden is now president of the organization, and the following named gentlemen are mem- bers; J. H. Kuehling, H. R. Searle, Col. John R. More- hous, Harry King, Capt. M. A. Tappan, Dr. Barnard, Dr. L. Wilson, Geo, Ryneal, Edward Graves, ©. FP. Willett, M. M. Eldridge, Wm, H. Tucker, N. CG, Warnoum, L, P. Humphrey, J. Baker, E. T. Thomas, A. B. Bryan, F. Pratt, Mr, Houghton, E, M, McLeod, L. A. Bartlett, Mr. Woodbury, and Wm. Turncr. These gentlemcn are all true sportsmen, ud they take greal interest in their organ- zation They are constantly addibg 10 their stock of de- coys, boats, etc., and thus they have every facility for rare sport. The recent severe illness of Senator Anihovy, of Rhode Island, was caused hy eating # partridge which no doubt had been feeding upon liarel leaves, His attending ply: sicigns are confident tial he was so puigoned. At first he was in great pain, and yomiled freely. Wor several. daga he was gonfined to. his room, but has entirely recoyered now X and resumed his seat in the Senate. Mr. Anthony ate the bird in Baltimore, to which city lie was called on business and was taken sick onthe train as he returned to Washing- ton a short time afterwards. After two months of hard winter we are now enjoying delightf2l spring weather, and should it continue we will soon live good fishing, In» early spring we have magnifi- cent perch fishing in the vicinity of the Little Falls, and frequently cate white percli at that season weighing a pound, ‘The large perch are caught only in deep holes, and they seldom remain in these waters longer than two or three weeks. They seem to follow the shad and her- ting when they ren up to spawn, and return to salt water soon after those fish, I mentioned the fact in My last letter that farmers in Maryland and Virginia have been feeding the partridges during the severe winter weather, Since then I have Jearved that the practice in soune localities has been almost feneral, and many birds lave. thus been preserved. There are quite a number of fountains and pools in our public squares which have been stocked with gold fish, Dut it has been noticed that the fish did not ‘increase and multiply.” Some of these pools had piles of stone in the centre, placed there for the protection of the fish. In cleaning ont a pool some time since it was discovered that the pile of stones instead of being a protection for the fish was bit a harbor for eels, thirty of which, vatying in pize {rom six inches to three feet in length, were killed. The eels were very destructive to the gold fish, and to pre- vent them getting into the pools wire screens have been at- tached tothe inlet pipes. If the eels can be kept out the gold fish will increase rapidly, and soon our pools will be filled with them. A gentleman named Owens recently advertised in the Baltimore Sun for filty live partridges to stock his farm, and soon thereafter his azent received a letler from a farm- erin one of the lower counties of Maryland, siting that lie had a certain number of birds and would soon for- ward them. The farmer very particularly wanted to know if the partridges were for the “apple sass man,” meaning Solon Shingle, who is a Baltimore county farmer and sheep raiser. The Cambridge Chronicle says that some two or three hundred canyas-back ducks were caught fast during the late freeze cif the Talbot shore of the Choptank river nearly opposite Cambridge, and in that condition were pieked up without difficulty, Speculations upon wis sin- vular Occurrence are various, some supposing that the snow and sleet caked on the ducks’ wings, thus preyenling their Hight, and others that they were caught iu the moy- ing ice, Rifle. INTERNATIONAL MATCHES. OR the last. three years, in fact since the commence- ment of long-range rifle shooting in this country, the Aimerican maiksmeu have been acting on the defensive, accepting all challenges, bul never issuiog any. “Excel- sior!? Thisis the time for them to aim for a higher position and add, if possible, more glory to their present prilliaut record of rifle shooting. Why not challenge the best marksmen of Great Britain? During the spring of last year an invitation was issued to all teams of foreign eduniries by the joint committee of Ihe Amateur Rifle Glub and the National Rifle Association on behalf of the American riflemen to come to this country and compete for the championship of the world and the Centennial long-range trophy, Our Irish friends, the plucky Aus- tralians, who traveled su many thousand miles to shoot with us, the Scotch and Canadians, allcame to pay this coun- try. their compliments, and, it might be added, they were a lite confident of carrying off the honors; but the team tn pepresent England's skill with the long-range rifle was absent; it would lave been warmly welcomed, and it is nol likely the eaptain of the English team, which had won the Wleho ehield and were champions over the lrish and Scotch, was afraid of having bis men defeated, However, he declined the American's invitation, giving as bis reason that the rilemen of the various portions of Great Britain should only be recognized as British marksmen and not as individuals. He signified his willingness to form an Im- perial team to consist of picked men from Great Britain, to visit America and enter the Centennial competitions, Te this te Americans could not comply as they had in- yited the Mnglish, Irish, Scotch, Canadians and Aus- traliins separately. Sir Henry Halford, Captain of the English team, had certainly the right to entertain such an opinion, but the rest of the British Kingdom, or at least a majority of it, thought differently, as was demonstrated by ihe appearauce of the respective teams in this country and their participation in the mutchesal Creedmoor, 1t wasan important event in the history of rifle shooting to have a representative team composed of the best long-range rifle- men that five prominent portions of the world could pro- duce, altovether on one field in competition for the gupremucy in skill as marksmen, and there has been no event for along space of time which bas done as much to cause the friendly feeeling thut now exisls between Ame- rica anil Ireland, Scotland, Canada and Australia as the In- ternational long-range matches, ‘he true metal of the {rish, Seotch, Australians, and our friends over the border, jias been™seen and admired by the people of this country, In the Cebtennial competition fer the ircphy the Scotch, as is generally known, made the best toval score for 4 team of eight men in one day’s shooting on record, The T ish and Australians plucky endeavors to 1epain their lost prolind on the Jast day's shoot were greatly praised, and it is donbtinl whether Milner’s score will ever be tied. To shoot fifreen consecutive shots into a bullseye three feet in diameter a thousand yards off is a feat in marksmanship almost beyoud belief. But we have not seen the notorious pluck and skill_of the Hnglish riflemen. If they will not FOREST AND STREAM. come to seo the Americans let tlie Americans them; beard the lion in his den by sending a challenge to the long-range marksmen of Great Britain to shoot against any team they may desire to produce. They can form their Imperial team by selecting the best shots of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cunada, Australia, India, aud all other portions of the Globe governed by the Evglish crown. ‘The riflemen of America can well afford to cast the gauntlet to the only team in existence that can dispute their title of champions of the world in long-range shoot- ing, and let them know no such word as ‘fail.’ The Aerican breech-loading rifles ure superior weapons, tiie minmunition is made with more ¢are and precision, and there will be twice as many expert marksmen to choose from this year than there ever lias been. ‘The prospects of having the suongest team were never better for the Americans. Every long-range rifle club in the United States should come forward aud codperate. Send a chal- lenge, appvint 4 committee to make plans for the seleetion of the team and adhere to them, and ull America will surely respond to the call for riflémen, ONIcKO, Apropos to the above comes the following letter from a Dublin correspondent ;— Dusit, January 24th, EprTorR ForEsr AND STREAM :— The Council of the Irish Rifle Association recently held § meeting at the Mansion House, The following are some of the members present, several vf whom the American public are acquainted with, Major Leech, J. Rigby, Pollock, Joyat, fH. Dyas, Aiderman Manning, Dr. ‘Trail, Major Batley, G. O. Molley, D. F. Arnot, Messrs. Moyers, Sullivan, Burke, Kelley, Crofton and His Grace, the Lord Mayor of Dabiin, who was elected chairman, After several ques- tious uninteresting to Americans had been brought up and disposed of, Major Leech read a letter from the Secretary of National Ritte Association of America. which was io the effect, that at a meetiug of the regulur board of Diree- tors held in November, a resolution was adopted that the Executive Committee be requested to consider and deter termine, after obtwining the views of the American team and of the foreign representative riflemen, upon the pro- priety of makiug any changes in the terms of international competitions for the Centennial Trophy to take place here- utter, The Executive committee complied with the fore- going resojution at a meeting on Dee. Ist, 1876, and lustructed him (the Secretary) to communicate the same and inclose, at the same time, a copy of the origimul con- ditions, to the Captains of the foreign teams whi partici- pated in the late International matuhes, with arequest that they should consider the matter andinform the N. R.A. of their views. Major Leech then remarked that he had corres- ponded with tHe principal rifle clubs and riflemen of ireland and found that they wished to hold the trophy in Iveland if successful till beaten by some duly recognized represén- tative team. He thought that the performance of the Jrish team in America proved that there was no mistake in tbe selection; the Australians were a splendid lot of men and vely popular with the Americans; tue Canadians and Scoteh acted upright aud fairly, ‘The Americans have the grealest desire Lo cugage im all pursuits capable or en- couruging friendly relations, and yhat we hac no doubt they would be glad to try their prowess on the Eughish soil. (neither have 1), Mr. J. Kelley then offered aresolu- tion muking the following changes in Lhe condition of the trophy :— rca 1,—That each team shiall consist of six men, RuLe 9.—That after the words, ‘shall preseribe” the following addition be made, ‘always provided such a place shal) be a neutral range.” Major Smyly seconued the molion, but the chairman re- marked that 1t was a serious thing to change tlese rules Without haying fully considered ihe propriety of doing so, Dr. Moyers concurred with him and neyed as an amend- ment, that the matter be referred to the council with notice of ,an intention to move, that the rules be altered. Alderman Manning seconded the amendment, which was adopted us an origipal resolution, Mr. Rigby said, it would he u great pity to allow the International matches belween the lrish and Americans to cease, and oftered the follow- ing tesolution:— “Thal an invitation be addressed to the Amateur Rifle Club of New York, to send ateam to lreland in the present year, to shoota match on the same conditions as Lhe Irish Am- erican mafcles of 1874-75-76," Major Leech seconded the motion, which was adopted. A youe of thauks to the chaimman was (hen passed and the procvedings ternyinated, llunting, horse racing, coursing, and foot ball, are occu- pyiug cousiderable attention now and the Royal National Dog Show is quite a success, AMERICUS, ws ae N. R. A.—The Board of Directors of the N, R, A., held their regular meeting on Tuesday of last week. After the reguJar routine business liad been completed, Captain Story offered the following resolution, which was carried; ‘That the Treasury be requested, to call at once upon the ofticers of the Long Island Railroad Conipany, in refer- ence to the railroad tickets toCreedmoor tor the coniing season, aud endeavor lo have the rates fixed at arale as low or lower than last season, aud inereased facilities viven for their purchase in puckets, aud also endeavor to wel the railroad company to leave tickets on sale at the ottice of the Association.” The following, offered by Gen. Woodward, was also adopted: ‘That the Secretary be instructed to communi- cate with the proper persons representing riflemen in each State of the Union, inviting them to participate in the inter State rifle matches, to be shot at Creedmoor during the fall meeting. Resolved, thal the Executive Committee be directed Lo prepare the terms and conditions of such matches." Colonel Wingate offered the following resolution: ‘Whereas, The American team of 1876 has, in pursuance of the coudiwons of the Centennial Long Range Match, prescribed that the next contest for the trophy won by it at such match, shall take place at Creedmoor, in Septem-, ber next. Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to notify the various organizations of foreign riflemen of this Iact, and to issue invitations (similar to those issued in 1876) requesting representative teams from different, countries 10 participate in such mateh;” which, on motion was laid on the table, with the understanding that it shall be in order at the next meeting of this Board. : The following, olfered by Mr. Sanford, was seconded o and sec and duly adopted, yiz.: ‘Resolved, That the scores made in the Leech Gap Match of 1876, be published in the re- port of the National Rifle Association as part of the pro- “Tamme of the spring meeting.” s _, rhe President announced the standing committees for the year 1877, as follows: ‘Executive Committee, N. P. Stanton, Col. G. W. Wingate, G. $8. Schermerhorn, Jr, Gen. D. D. Wylie ex-officio, Geu, Alexander Shaler, Gen. Thomas §, Dakin, and Gol. H, A. Gildersleeye, elected; Range Cemmitice, Col. Geo. W. Wingate, Chairman; Capt. Joseph G. Story, aud Col. G, D, Scott; Finance Committee, Hon. D. W. Judd, Chairman; E. H, Sanford,, and Gen. W. G. Ward; Prize Committee, Col, John Ward, Chairman; Capt, W. C. Casey, and Major Joseph Holland. —tThe Helvetia Rifle Club, an old and very favorably known association, will hold a Pool Meeting on February 22d, atthe Union Hill Schuetzen Park, as advertised in our colunms. We recommend our American friends to lake part, as we are convinced ihat they will be well re- ceived, MicutgAn.—Our Milwaukee correspondent writes us as follows regarding rifle matches in that city :— “The Milwaukee Rifle Club, like othersin latitudes whete the thermometer ranges below zero, is ina stute of hiber- nation at present wailing for spring. When the 22d Peb- Tuaty comes we shall come out like the ground hog to take an “indication” and see what the chances are for the com- ing season. Nevertheless we sleep with one eye open. Certain sleuth lounds are on our track from the city of Ch-c-go with the intentention of “scooping” usin the spring line's pleasant weather. Owing to the generous hospitality of our Treasurer, Mr, Jolinston, the menibers of the club have enjoyed the privilege of using his private gallery dur. ing the winter, and the amount of waste copper from the 22's we have used is frightful. Threeof our bravest bays, Welles, Turner, and Fielding, tried the 1,000 yard rane the other day but they didn’t do much—they couldn’t—the snow was too deep. : “We are not dead, only sleeping. Our club is eompact, close, and we have money in the treasary and propuse ta keep some there. We 6njoy unusual facilitivs at our ranges through the courtesy of our Vice President, Gen. H.W. Hincks, Commandant of the National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers. The only trouble we have is with one gentlemanly gunsmith, who will not, er does not, keep the Dittmar powder instock. But lie will doubtless wake up so that we can take a hand in the controversy and delermine four ourselves whether ‘saw-dust” will propel a bullet. (L think it will). TOMICK, ee ————Ee “OLD RIFLEMAN’S” LETTER. Frnrispuren, Vt., February 10th, 1877. Eprron Forest AND STKEAM:— Theratherspiteful rejoinder of ‘‘Howeolah” to the article of An Old Rifleman,” lias aroused the indignation of some of your readers here, as your southwestern) corres- pondent has so needlescly strayed trom the subject to have a fling at Yankees and the ‘land vf Yunkeeisms.” But the only notice worth taking of it is expressed in the sub- joined note, handed me by un old gentlu—Yunkee farmer, i mean. Rk, E, R Kprror KorEs? AND STREAM:— Tam an old man, my shooting and fishing day’s past and gone, but I tuke a lively interest in Fouesr anpd SYREAM, which my son takes, and Ifear you will injure it iu tle norih and east, and among sensible people everywhere by publishing such ridiculous compounds of egotism, seetional jealousy, and “Secesh” spite, as that from the pén of “Howeolal” in your issue of 8th inst. Truly yours. @. GR We cannot agree with our correspondent, and consider that he has placed an entirely wrong construction upon “Howcolah's” remarks, ‘That wriler is an army officer of high standing, and we believe a northern man, and because a letter dated from New Otleaus says ihat ** Yankees” were not so much accustomed tovillé shooting as the men of the south and the west, we see no reasons why such violent exceptions should be taken toit. We are satisfied that nothing in the nature of a slur was intended, und so far from “injuring our paper among sensidle people,” we think that such a result would be much more likely to occur from restricliing liberty of opinion and expression, OCF Creepmoor, Jn,—A rifle match was shot Saturday evening, Feb. 10th, at the Creedmoor Jr,, underground, 00 yard range, bebween Arnold, Constable & Co.’s Cen- tennial Rifle Team and the Journay & Burnham Rifle Club of Brooklyn. Conditions: Teams of 8, 10 shots per mun, 100 yards off hand, anv rifle. Result, victory for the A, C. & Co. team by one point, The scores are as follows:— A. G. & CO. TEAM. 7, & B. CLUB Name. Total.| Name, Tolal. BoSMBrOWn a... 0. sia eran SUM. MeLactlan..............-..2.- qe Ay A.Long....3., _.. dOp0, MeKupe.... 0.0.0.7, ---. 40 W. RK, Brown,.... «s.r. 88} 0, Regan. -..,, teres ong AO OG. H. Fredrick.... -.. sf]/W, AL Lockwood .. = Sf J Magnire,..:-... . 37;W RK, -Jariman...- era J, H. Fitzgerald. . 36|/H. J. Gullagher. a4 W. Marsh... 35/7. M, Brayu__- 33 , Bryant 33|@, A. V. Bonett,. 82, Total... oeee Ierage| Totaly) esse ees taeeeeee et EOF Mitry’s Gautery.—The following is a raceord of lash week’s shooting, 10 shots at 120 feet range:— Nume, Totla.| Mame. 3 J. G, Kingslay...,, ety ey 4h|Geo. Glendéuning.......... Chas, H. Jobr... .. 4G}. Lob> Kellner J, F. Burns... va . 4a] W. A, Dougherty. Tay We WHINE 2.031) beh r ests anced tl deube rd COVAN (0 tt peaetaee + oe —— Trp Lecssune AcADEMY, which is advertised in our paper, offers to pupils arare combination of facilities for recreation and study. The Principal is not only gn ardent sportsnian and angler, butan enthusiastic naturalist, and can teavh the young ideas to shoot if anybody cum. Silualed in the Piedmont region of Virginia, and within easy accuss of Washington, both climate and location aré altogether de- sirable, ’ a —— - # Aunno Pieas; “Mary had a lie lamb whose jleas was white as snow,” Game Bag and Gun. GAME IN SEASON IN FEBRUARY. Hares, brown and gray. Wild dock, geese, brant, &c. —Wild fowl have vetarued from Currituck Sound and other North Carolits waters, where they were driven by the freeze in ihe Chesapeake. North Carolina gunners killed them in Jarge numbers and found profitable markets. ‘The fowl are now, buck to the Bush, Gunpowder and ofher rivers, and gunners are sending them to Baltimore in quan- tities. —The red-heads at Currituck are moving slowly north- ward, andthe common ducks are following them. The oli residents claim Lhat its something that they have not noticed for a great many yeirs, and some think that it means that the winter is over. The members of Currituck Shooting Club had killed up to the middle of December, 1,391 ducks, 71 geese and 3 swan. On the 8th of Novem- ber Josephus Baum killed 92 ducks and 15 geese, On the 20th of November he killed 146 ducks and 6 geese. On the Sth of December he killed 83 ducks, 32 geese and 3 swan. During the season he has killed 1,650 ducks, 77 geese and Sewio. —A correspondent asks why it is that the old wife and coot do nol, as 8 general thing, pay much uttention to de- coys in Long Island Sound, when down on the bays on Long Island they shoot them by the hundreds over decoys. He thinks that itis either his Juck to have them pay no at- tention to the decoys, or else they have too much water to circulate around in, Wereply that these birds in certain seasons und in favorable weather, stool pretty well al, other points on the Sound. Generally they come up to the de- coys better early in the seasen, when they have not been much shot at, than later. Sull,a friend of ours near Bridgeport, Conn., managed one morning during the last week in January to kill 89 old squaws In this manner, ‘The same correspondent further states that the other day he had a bunch of about one dozen broad bills come in to his black duck decoy. He fired both barrels into them, recovered two, and saw only two fly away. Could not see any more afler looking for them. He asks if they would dive to the bottom if wounded, and hold on to the grass or anything else, and diethere. Our impression is |hat every yariely of duck, including the red-head, which is a surface feeder, will diye to the bottom when wounded. ReMmoyaL.—Our esteemed friend, Jacob Glahn, formerly of West Meriden, has left the N utmeg State and taken up his residence at Syracuse, N. Y., where he is now con- nected with Messrs. Nichols & Lefever, doing the orna- mental engraviug on the fine guns turned out by that firm, The best dog portraits which have appeared in our paper Werte drawn by J. G, Massicuuserrs—New Ledford, February 11th.—l was out to-day riding through the country and saw a few quails and quite alot of partridges, but I hear of many quails being found frozen under Lhe snow drifts. CONCHA, New Jersex—Barnegat, February 18t.—The oldest in» habitant acknowledges that there never were so many brant and ducks in Barnegat Bay as at present. Large swarms can be seen in every direction. We have had no shooling worth reporting for six weeks. They only made their ap- earance since the late warnr spell. Our tides are running jow now for much execution. As soon as full tides spring in you will hear of some big scores. : Viremta—Norfolk, eb. Tih.—Some few snipe flitting about. No quail killed by the cold weather around here this season, Sourn Uanotina—Beaufort, February 12th.—The present has been an exceptionally good season for ducks in this Stute, but | have heard of no northern sportsmen visiting our waters in their pursuit. There is no risk of being frozen up, Ruvsricus. Wisconsin—Duanville, Dunn Co., Wis., February 9th.— Snow all gone, and ground thawing out, A gentlemun of 4 neighboring town says he saw on Sunday, February 4th, a flock éach of wild geese and ducks flying north. The tobins, which have nut been known to remain here over winter before, are still here from 1876. The snow-fly, which does not make its appearance until spring comes, has been seen this month. Can it be they are all deceived? H. B, K. Kaytrucks—Sianford, Heb. Dit,—That distinguished in- dividual, so often quoted tn these latler days, the oldest cilizen,” hever saw such weather as afflicted us for two thirds of the month of January. The mercury became thoroughly demoralized during the holidays and sunk to the degradation of 24° below zero, belween which thermomejrical graduations it fluctuated nearly three weeks, All that lime a snow cf unprecedented depth covered the ground, and thousands of quails and hares were sliughtered in the counties bordering the blue grass region wud sbipped to city muarkels, Great numbers of deer were killed in the mountain counties. A sporting friend wrote us from Louisville that he couldn't estimate the numbers of hares in that market, offered hy many dealers at 35 to 30 cents per dozen. We congratulate our- _ selves that there are no pot-hunters in Central Kentucky, and as the cold and snow put a stop to shooting they were beuelicial to the prospects of good quail shooting in the blue grass counties next season. We have had reports of maby full coveys which survived the trying “spell.” Some farmers assure us that the birds came into their barns and fed with domestic fowls during the severe weather, and if disturbed would rarely fly out of the building. For more than two weeks.we haye had spring-tike weather, and angling 1s the rage. Many fine strings of bass have been taken, with minnows, from our smaller streams, and suclc- - cen Mite end, Dies wour patie servant and his diminutive friend, *'Dilsey,” an old bach,, Who tips the at 28 Stone, were out yesterday, aud made the boys’ ———a— - FOREST AND STREAM. mouths water last evening when we displayed our cntch of twenty-eight beauties. . KENTUCKIAN, LOADS FOR SHOT GUNS—PROPORTION- ATE CHARGES. Eprror Forest AND STREAM :— Lust fall while hunting with my brother in Ilinois we had occasion, as most good sportsmen do, to make a trial of our guns, cach, of course, believing his own the best. This trial was both for penetration and a good target, I used «a No. 9 and he a No. 14, both double-barrel shot guns, muzzle-loaders. He had used hi3 and none other for over twenty-five years, and yet it remained quite az goud and true as the day it was purchased. From Jong experience he had learned just the best charge for this hore for ave- frage small gaine or yeneral shooting. This was three drachms of good strong powder and one ounce of shot. I mention this load in particular because I have arbitrarily * sclected it as a unit of measure in my table below. [ claiined for my big bore, in order to put our guns on the same footing, a charge of powder and shot cach propor- tioned to his. In other words, that our eharges should be to each other as the areas or surfaces of our bores. To this he readily agreed as being perfectly fair, since it placed both guns on terms of equality, In the case of proportionate charges for guns of differ- ext bores it will hereafter appear that each charge fills an equal length in exch barrel. This is evidently as it should be to ensure perfect equality, for then equal lengths or columns of powder propel equal lengths or colunins of shot, Hence the equality is evident. But again the leayii of proportionate charges for shot fuus of different bores being the same it becomes a unit of measure for each; whence follows that each charge is represented in volume by unity or one multiplied into the area (or suiface) of the bore. But since multiplying these different areas by.one does not change their relations or ratios to each other we Jay down the following fact as a key to our table given below, to wil: RuLeE—That the proportionate ebarges of shot guns of different bores are to each other in the rativ of the area of their bores. Hence if these ratios be found they indicate the sizes of the relative charges, and tu apply them we have only to assume the proper charge for any one bore or gun, and then to multiply this charge by the other ratios -lespectively and we find their loads, 1 will give one example to illustrate the ruleaboye: Let the areas of bores of two guns be represented, the one by 100 and the other by 50. If 100 be divided by 50 the quo- Uient or ralio is two, thus the areas are a8 two to one; but the charges are in the same ratio as the areas, for they have the same unit of length (as above shown), hence they are as two to one also, which meets the proposition, To continue my story. While we had agreed on the proportionate charge my guu was entitled to we were sud- denly brought to 1 hait to know just what this charge should be. We had no table before us to refer to, and I was thrown upon my own generosily ‘to guess” my charge. 1 did so and got beatenin penetration, and felt badly, of course. I thereupon resolved to form a table to meetalike emergency perhaps hereatter. 1 now find l was beaten in penetration because J did not put in my due share of powder, Some will doubtless say, especially those using breech-loaders, that the loads in my table are rather light. 1 think not for 45 or 50 yards, and for pleasant shooting. Beyond this distance, for large game—ducks, geese, tur- keys, deer, etc., 1 would increase the charges somewhat, Others will say, and very truly, thatall guns ofthe same bore do not require the sam¢é amount of ammunition. 1 reply, such guns are exceptions to the general rule, as these may be loaded to suit them, but these exceptions will be found quite rare. J add that yery light puns with large bores may pot stand the heaviest charges m the table without too much recoil. These are exceptions also—luad them more lightly, but this will be at the expense of penetration and wounded game, With these preliminaries and explanations, which if dry teading to most may yet prove interesting to many, I will now present my table of charges. They are backed by a life-long experience with the shot gun, and are the best I can offer to all classes of hunters from youngtoold, They are void of extremes, work easy, and are suie up to about 60 yards for the muzzle if not for the breeechluader. At 80 yards No. 14 sent half its shot No. 5 through an inch pine board, nod would have slayed half the chickens in the hennery, but fortunately they were cut. TABLE OF PROPORTIONATE CHARGES FOR SHOT GUNS (CF DIFFERENT GAUGES PROM NO 4 TO 16 INCLUSIVE, vu - t= clee| 2;3 bg | 32 hae | Sol Se ee pee es # 1.8 | =a oa} ac a] Og toe on Salecara emus sce li Sele! 4. 1s4|/3. | &3 |. a 3 ol a 3 a ce jaiteircdes |ncee) See lee | 4] 1.03, 9187) 2.45)7 t-8d.)2 7-160z bat | 5 99) 7693] 2,05/6 1-5d.\2 t-luoz 449 6 94) 6182) 1,82) a¢d. 1Goz, Bills @ | iu] 627] tesa. {118-t602| 264 8 185, 5652; 1,51, 44d. 1402, B2Y | i) 82 S275) 1.41)4pu. 1?‘itoz B07 a) 19) 4508) 1.8tl4d. 16-1604 286 11 Gb] 4621) 1.21/32 8d. |1%.l60z.) 264 12 .W8| 4170] 1.3%) 18d. | lho. 244 | 13 72] BYbG) 1.0b)) 1-5. JL 1 160%.) 28) | Unitof | 14 64 87386: 1. 8. i 04, 218 |\Tatham's meusure, | 15 | 67) 3516] 0,9. 2 4.5 33 tto% 205 |stand. shot, 16 -65| 8228) U,8b)23-5 |. MM-i6ez.| 188 No.6. Such is the table of proportionate charges I present to your readers, especially to boys, They can at a glance select their proper load from it, and thus save themselves the trouble of writing you and asking, ‘“‘how shall I load my gun?” tt will be seen the above charges are as the ratios in col- umn for they are of equal lengths. The ratios, as will be seeD, uré constant quantities and may he readily used to construct other tables, and having more or less powder and shot according to fancy. Any other gauge and charge than 14 may be selected as a unit of measure. Havicg found the ratios they are to be multiplied respectively by the charge of powder and shot contained in the charge you have assumed as correct (and the unit), this will vive all the proportionate charges. In concluding I will add the table has been made with considerable care, aud is believed to be correct for the pur- pose intended, and is otherwise reliable m useful data, not only for the sportsman but to the many others of yeur ‘ numerous readers. With this yiew I venture to submit it 23 to the public through your columns, though al first in- tended only for private use. May, H. W, Mererct, New Rochelle, Jan. 8d, 1877. : i Pigkon Matrcu.—Mr. George Lofer, who has in his possession the Onondaga Club Medal, after many a sharp centest since last June, received a challenge trom My, Henry Gale, which mateh came off on the 8thinst, The day was a very blustering one, and the birds were excel- lent strong flyers, ‘The following scoreshows (hat George intends to become owner of the beautiful prize: Henry Gale, 0,1, 1,0, 1,1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0,1, 1,1—10; George Loder, 1, 1, 0,1, 1, 1, 1.1, 4,1, 1,1, 1, 1,114 If Mr, Loder can lield this medal until next June, it becomes his property. G. A King AmMona Picron Snooters.—Mr. Samnel King; of the Mullen Mouse, at Barnegat, astonished some pro- fessional shots (as well as himself and lriends) by scoring len straight birds in a match for anew set of Barnegat decoys (thirty-six head) on the 10th instant. There were ten entries. Mr, King shot a number twelve Webley breeeh-loader, using one-quarter ounce less shot than his competitors—shot alternately from right and leftshoulder, and without divesting himself of surplus clothing like others. By Ghe Zennel. Dogs Av Avevton.—One of the most important auction sales of dogs, as regards the celebrity of the animals sold, eyer lield in this city, occurred at Major Barkers auction mart, Broadway and 89th street, on Wednesday of Jast week. A large tumber of spectators (but few ladies) were attracted 10 the sale, Irom ile fact ilat it was generally known that the dogs to be suld were from the kenuels of Mr. James Gordvu Bennett. The following is a list and the prices they brought:— No, 1.—Wh. bL & tan setier deg, 8 years (i), Dr. Halbert........ $26 00 No. 2.—Wh. bd. & lan setter gyp, 3 years, Dr. Halbert........... $12 40 No. 3.—Wh. bl & tan setter doz 1) yeats, Mr. W. H, Collender..$15 00 No, 4,--Wh. bl. & tan setter doy 1) yeurs, Mr. G. J, Whitney. .$12 00 No. 5.—Ited setter vyp 1} \ cars, Mr Regan,.....--.... f--.eee es $ 5 00 No. 6.—Black setter dog 1} years, Mt. P. Mulier................ $ 7 50 No. 7.—Clumber spaniel dug 3 years, Mr, Blasson...... ........ 3 7 40 Wo, 8.—Clumber spaniel gyp 3 years, Henry Gardneér............ $709 No, &.—Cocker spaniel yp 14 months, Mr W, P. Weleh...,,.... $17 00 No. 10,—Clumber spaniel pyp 14 months, Mr, Jus. Bent,, $16 00 No. 11,—Cocker spaniel gyp 14 months, Mr. Jas. Kent_.,. $15 00 No. 12.— Clumber spuuiel puppy 3 months, Dr. E. Dodd $7 00 No, 13,—Corker spaniel pappy 8 months, Mr, O, W-. Barkers, dr,.5 3 00 No. id.—@ocker spaniel puppy 3 months, Mi. Jd. Tk. Franken- TAB TTA oe pw ate ees Fa fala alc adh hel ely hs Se $6 00 Ho, 15,—Clumber spaniel puppy 3 moaths, Mr. GU, W. Barker, Jr. 2$11 60 Four Mustitfs (three of which were evidentiy a eross of Si. Bernard,) brought $11, $10, $7, and $4. Aun indifferent pup sold for $21, aud two Newfoundlands for $5 each. No.’s 1 and 2, were the “thousand dollar dogs,” imported by Mr, Bennett. Poxey and Giil, we believe are their names. ‘They were represented as being three years old, but as they have been in this country nearly that length of time, they are probably double that age. The gyps had canker of the cur very badly and the dogs taken as a lot were in very bad shape. No.’s 3 and 4 were ont of this pair and were “fit to send to the breaker,” that is if a breaker could be found to tuke eighteen months old dogs, to say nothing of their almost painful timidity. The red gypand also the black dog brought all that they were worth. The Spaniels were undvubtedly cheap, although they looked to us as being somewhal mixed in the breed- ing, several of Ilem having ears (haul would haye been small on asgetter, One liver and while Cocker waa really handsome. The Clumbers could not compare with those imported by Mr. Jonathan Thorne, Jr., and tous looked as though they liad teen crossed witli the Cockers, Some of our coutemporiries have alluded to this sale as showing the low estimate in which sporting dogs are held hereabouts. We holil this to be an entirely erroneous im- pression. The fact thatadog hus at one time been sold for a fancy price is no reusuu why the same value should attach to him to the end of his vuxistence. Without field qualities of known excellence, ov even beige the getter of good dogs, we hold that No. 1 realized all he was worth. Because the unfortunate Marquis of Uastings paid twelye thousand guineas for Kanguroo, aso prospective Derby winner, and the horse was allerwards sould fora ten pound note to pull a barrow, il was no indication that thovough- breds had decreased i value. Lf Mr, Morford wus to send his Don, or Mr, Raymond his Layeracks, or Mr. Munson his Gordons to auction, while (hey probably would not realize their full value, (hor it is seldom that anything does ata forced sale) yet ule prices would be far beyond those given above. ‘Lhe cheapest lol was undobtedly the gyp, (No. 2) for as she is undoubted well bred; if sent toa goou dog some puppies of excellence might be bred from her. But the dogs were sold without pedigrees or eyen names being given Jor them. atm Tue New Yori Bexou Smow.—We can stute that tle project for a Bench Show in this city, although necessurily delayed owing lo the impossibility of obtaining the desired location, isby 10 means abandoned. 1t will, probably, he held in May, or ewrly in June, and as snipe shooting will then be over, dogs choujd be in good condition. The an- nouncement that the Rod and Gun Club of Springfield will hold no show this year, will be received with repret, This has always been one of our most pleasant reunions for sportsmen, and many were looking forward to it with most pleasurable anticipalions, As there will be ne Chicago show ¢ither, the desirability of holding one in this city is still more apparent, 24 FOREST AND STREAM. a Eastary Fisup Triavs—We lave received from J. Addison Smith, Wsq., of Baltimore, the following letter from Capt. Jno. M. Taylor, relative te proposed Field Trials in that. yicinily, There is no reason why such an event should rot be held next fall, and indeed we are in- formed that the matter is now in hand, and a progratnmme shortly to be issued. ‘That it would bea success in the hands of the pentlemen who haye recently given s0 ex- cellent a Bench Show we have nodoubt, and the entries would be larger than for any previous event of the same character:-— BeLverontn, Va., February 4th, 1877, J, Apprson Sarre, Bsej.:— = * * * ¥ * & ¥ * * Ts there any chances of making a cominon cause, or com- bination of the sportsmen of Maryland, Delaware and Vir- finia, (Oo unile in a society to inaugurate Field Trials this coming fall? Ttis conceded by all that the late show of dogs at Ballimore was the best ever held in America, and would it uot be as well to add ‘Field Trials” to your already successful association? The pigeon fauciers would nol complain, as they would have a grand opportunity of showing ithe pevformances of the “homers,” and could from time to time durmg the trials test time and speed in flying the birds, and sv carry the news to the press, which would create a sensation both at home and abroad, showing the usefulness of te cartier pigeon when many miles from the telegraph. [need searcely sny to you or the gentlemen who take this important matter in hand, that L shall only be too Pleased to give my time and what influence 1 may possess free, I would also be glad to see Lincoln, the Manager. Tt is true he does not understand the preliminaries at pres- ent, but if he willcome ani! stay with me a week, I will do all ii ty power to make him the master of the art of “Field Trials," as in my opinion he is the best executive on we show bench, Phe situation of the dog trials, whether held in either of the above States, would give the sportsmen of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Richmond, and other minor cilies, an opportunity to show the dogs jn the field, The distances from these Jarre and wealthy commercial cilies tO the ponds aré comparatively short, therefore the railroad fares for sportsmen trains and dogs would not act aS an excuse or as a prohibition to the entries. Where persons have to travel One thousand miles with the dogs and |ramers, unless representing a club or society of seniiemen, they undoubtedly look atthe cost. Mr N. L, McCready, the President of the Old Dominion Line of Steamers, informed he that he would make a concession of {he fare from New York to Petersbury, also along the route. In Richmond und Norfolk there are influential Sports- men's Clubs, both of which I am certain could be relied on fo) their healy co operation, In Delaware there are many sentlemen, who take a lively interest in dogs, ete., one of which I believe was the originator of the ‘Gildersleeve stock of setters.” Do not be behind hand in this new and Pleasant pastime, It only wants somebody to start it, and then the (rials will go ahead like your dog ‘‘Rowdy.” With «ind regards, [am your sincerely, Joun M, Tayior, —_—— 2 Doeiix Dog Smow.—This show was opened on the Inorning ofthe 24th January at the Dublin Exhibition Pilate, under the auspices of the Royal National Dog Show Society of Treland. The entries numbered 637, and the show was on the whole a success. Mr. Lort was the only English judge, the others being Messrs. R, G. Ridg- way, D. Bellamy, Joseph Taylor, J, J. Pim, W-G. Merry, and Whyte. Single-handed judging was the order of the day, and as the judges had very spacious rings to compare the competitors in, they had great facilities in arriving at correct decisions, One thing was, however, against them —the puucity of Keepers to lead the dogs, and the want of Tibg stewards to regulate and keep order. The exhibition had the patronage of H, R. H. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, as president, his Grace tlie Duks of Marlborough, and his Grace the Duke of Aber- coro being yice presideats. Prince Arthur presented 4 very handsome shield for competition in the Irish setter classes, which itophy was won by a very fine young dog, the property of Mr, W. H. Lispeomb. The tollowing are the prize animals ir the sporling classes ;— Borers — Dogs--ist, J. S. Skidmore (Romp); 2d, 3. G. Cronyn (Greuse), Highly commended--J. Pike, 2 (Ponto and Bean), J. GO. Wil- 20n (Gounce), andl, W, Webber (Scamp). Com.—W. Fitzsimmons (Don) and A. M, O' Ferrall (Bob IL). Bitehes—ist, J. Pike {Queen); Xd, W. B. datrett (Maggie). Com -J. K. Rogerson (Juno), Capt. R, B. Tywin (Mes), and F- Moore (Sappho. Si'bens.— Irish Rrp-—Dogs--1st, and Duke of Gonnanght’s, W. H. Lipscomb (Shawn Bragh), 2d, Miss B, Donnelly (Brava), 3d, T, M. Iil- Hard (Dike). BHigh com,—J, Simpson (Par), R. F. Hamilton (Rufis), 7. Thompson (Young Dash), and M, Daly (rar 11), Com——W. J. Cor bh (York LV), W, Hayes (Ruben), C. M. Bury (on), F. Moore (Rake), W. U. Motitry (Brozan), P, Ryan (Carlo), A. J. Boyd (Dash), H. Patti— son (Play), aud T_ M. O'Reilly (Grouse). Bitches—ist, J. H, O'Brien (iSite); d,s. K. Dwige (Kate); 8d, H,S. Moore (Bell), High com.—T. Hi, b, Kovedge (Nora!, W. J. Corbett ‘(Zella), Mrs, L. Faulsiner (Lily), @. Moure(Flora), Gom.--J. K, Milner (Aileen), A. R. Wallace (Rho- (a) d. M. Niall (Sal), J. WH. O'Brien (Erin), P. A. Colier (Lotty), and MeVey (Fan). Rep anp Wirre—Dogs—ist. J. Staunton (Charlie); 2d, J. 5. Skidmore (Grouse). Highcom.—P, BE. Meredith @ ock), J T. Richardeou (Baron), R, Bowen (Grouse), J. B, Clary, (Shot), and W. Gallwey (Gronse), Com.—E. McVey (Grouse) Bitchas—ist, J, J. Brady (Fab). Buack aNp Tan--tst, J. 1. Richardson (Duke); 2d. H. J. Galiwey (oizi High com—H. L. Muloch (Baffle), J. T. Richurdson (Bells), R. Mutray (Lucy) G. P: Gray (Rake), and A, F z ve , Lom,—G. I, Townley ovat re ama ET * 4 te —Mr. L, W. White's (of Bridgeport, Ct.) liver and white mottled pointer hitch wus visiled by Case’s Morn on the sd inst, The biteh is well-bred, of large size, and finely broken; her photograph already adorns our kennel depurt- ment. Case's Morn, white and lemon in color, was im- ported in utero by Ex-Goy. Sprague, of Rhode Island, and is mow in the kennel of 8.8. Pease, of this city. From this union # fine litter should he expected, a Sacmyaw Bencr huuw.—This show is a fair one for the first attempt; the ebtries number oyer fifty, and comprise some very go0d dogs, The English setters ave not well represented, The Tvish are a fair Jot; pointers are poor in quality. ‘The hounds wre a good Jot, comprising some Peally mnguificentdogs. Greyhounds and deerhounds are good. ‘Terriers, especially the black and tan, are good. A splendid bnill bitch is exhibited. ‘The awards will be made to-morrow, ©. Lincoln, of Detroit, is Judge, ete. Mr, A. Ferguson, the President, and Dr. J. H. Cowell,;the Secretary, are very attentive in their duties. CORRESPONDENT. 8 te : WAS IT WORMS, MEDICINE OR DIS- TEMPER? a Eprtok FOREST AND STREAM}— | The spirit which actuated Dr. H. G, Carey in report- ing his unsuccessful ease of canine therapelttics, jn your is- sue of Jan, 25th, is most commendable, since itis often those very unsuccessful cases that give us most instruction, which las! the sportsman, as well as the veterinarian, are too apt Lo withhold from the fashionable fact, that success is the magit word that every one of us like to see simprint- ed on our efforis, whether it be with the trusty breech loader, standing behind our fine blooded ‘‘Dandy,” thrilled from center to periphey by the sudden whirr of the quickly rising quail, or with saddened and auxious heart watching the distressing symptoms of our faithful suffering ‘‘Dandy,” with an earnest hope to read aright the disease of our dumb friend, that we may, with never failing (?) nostrum, or raliomal remedy caretully applied, restore him to health. lam more constrained to give my yiews in the cause of poor dead Dandy, as wellas the liying Dash, Sport, or Rake, from the fact thal 1 feel especially invited, as one of the “some other correspondents,” to put in my oar, and hence 1 beg leave to offer the opinion that Dandy died of an adquamic form of distemper, taking the Doctor's history of the case upon which to form an opinion. The presence of the worms was a consistent, thin expul- sion, partly the result of the anthelmintic effect of the calo- mel and santonine, and partly due to their once poisoned and relaxed state in common with the poisoned condition of the alvine secretions of poor Dandy himself. Worms in the dog, like worms in the bowels of human beings, rarely, if ever, prove fatal to the patients, especially in ten day’s illness. ‘There is scarcely a young dog in ex- istence, or a young humaa being either, that has not with- in the alimentary canal, worms, more or less in number, sb that in brief, they nearly all “have worms.” The certificate ot death, Mr. Editor, of Dandy, which you suggest, of “too much medicine,” can scarcely hold good, since the doses were moderate, and entirely safe for a setter Of ordinary size, but rather let your verdict be, that Dandy did not get enough of the right kind of medi- cine early, viz,., quinine in specilic and sustaining doses, say three to five grains, two or three limes 4 day, controlling the heart's action to about 100 in a minute by carefully suarded doses of tincture aconite, say one drop every three hours. The pulsations of the heart being counted by means of the fingers apphed over the lower part of the dog’s chest between ribs, 7 don’t regard quinine as a specific in distemper, but in this case it would admirably answer the purpose of counteracting the oyerwhelming of the dog's vilul powers, by the distemper poison, Distemper is a specific disease, of protean forms, and may attack a dog with worms, und so affect the parasites and secretions. of the patient as tO catise their expulsion, Itis also & disease that exerts a powerful poison upon the vital functions of the animal, and lias a predilection for exerting ils poisonousinfluence upon mucous membrane. Generally that being the nasal and respiratory organs, but also at limes, apparently ayoiding these mucous passages, and spending its violence upon the mucous memorane of the bowels and causing death by poison, depression and exhaustion of the yital functions of the animal. Santonine may be regarded as eptirely reliable as a ver- mifnuge for dogs, and perfectly safe in the proportion of from one to two grains lo every twenty to fifty pounds of dog, the drug to beadministerd nightand morning. Areca nut, is undoubtediy an active yermifuge, but mure irrila- ting, and certainly less safe than santonine Sourn Fork, We cannot agree with our correspondent, (hat Areca nut is less safe than santonine; on the contrary, we believe just the opposite to be the case, and in this connection the following paragraph which we find in the Druggists Cirer- lar, may be read with interest. It is headed ‘Dangers from Santonine.”"— ‘Tn using santonine, itis well to beat in mind that com- paratively small doses have produced convulsions of some- What grave character, A German paper lately reported a case in which poisonous effects were produced in a child two years old by the ingestion of so small a dose as a grain and a half. Convulsions commenced in the face and ex- tended to the extremities, while the respiratory action was greatly impeded. Under warm baths, enemata, and arti- ficial respiration, the patient recovered, The physician in charge of the case then instituted a series of experiments on the lower animals, and found that chloral and ether in- halation controlled the convulsions produced by santonine. He naturally argues that the same treatment should be pur- sued in the human subject when a poisonous dose is taken.” SANTONINE ror Worms, —''I do not accept as true your assumption, Lhat my pup Dandy died of too “much medi- cing.” 1 do believe, however, that areca nut or any other remedy that would haye secured the expulsiun of the worms at the time the first ones were discharged had been admin- istered, that his life would have been sayed, With the repu- tation thatit has acquired through the Foresr anp STREAM if areca nut had been at land at this stage of the case I should certainly have administered it instead of the calomel and turpentine. While l was waiting for you to send it to melread up on anthelmintics and found that santonine took the lead of all other articles for the destruction of worms, and J administered it with the resulls named in the two cases I sent you for publication. Ido not desire tobe regarded us urging objections to areca nut further than this: so far as 1 know it is not gener- ally kept by apothecaries, and before it can be procured from New York, some xeute cases of disease produced by worms might prove fatal. On the other hand santonine is kept by almost every druggist, is easy of administration, and certain in its action. H, G. Osrey. Indianapolis, Feb, 1st, V87T- One of the prin¢ipsl reasons wliy we recommend wreca, nyt for worms in dogs ts because we pelieve its qualitiga extend beyond the mere expulsion of worms. It is an ex- cellent tonic and acts as & stimulant, or, s0 fo speuk, con- dilion powder; and when worms are merely suspected, not known posilively to exist, the dose of castor oil which fol- lows the areca nut, may in itself be the best remedy whick could be given,—En. DR. WEBB ON DISTEMPER. — New Yonr, Feb. 4th, 1877, EpiroR Forrest AND STREAM:— You have asked me fora short and concise article upor “Distemper and how to treat it,” I cannot give what you usk nor do! believeasy manu can. Wespecially when you consider that the article will be read and nsed by men who have little or no experience in medicine, or in dingnostica- ling diseases, Then Ido not think there is such a disease as distemper. To be sure, my experience has not been so very large, but such as il lias been during the past three or four years, combined with my knowledge of medicine, has failed to convince me of its existence. iawe treated each year very many cases of so called distemper, and in every cise I have been able fo diagnose a distinct disease, and on- ly through ignorance had the owners thrown aside the pro- per name and given it a new one, ‘Distemper; and from the promisucous manner in which the ward is used, to des- signate almost every ill {hat dog is heir to, arises great con- fusion and oftentimes serious liam; and il appears lo me that unless used properly it had better be dropped cnutirely, for at present it signifies nothing, unless it be that the ani- mal is sick. I have found Puetimonin to be the most con mon desease among dogs, where medical skill is called into requisition, and second in importance is intestinal colic and purging. Ihave lost but two dogs during the past three years, ope from pneumonia and one from inflammation of the bowels, and both of them I treated, so to speak, by letter, never haying seen the avimals. Pneumonia gencrally exhibits itself in the same wanner as it does in man, there is a chill or chilly sensation; the dog shivers, is dumpy and sleepy, and yet yery restless and unable fo sleep. ‘The breathing is quickened, likewise the pulse, the nose is hot and the eyes bloodshot, Soon the nose and eyes discharge a thick puralent matter; a sharp, dry cough is lieard, and now and then a teaspoonful or so of greenish matter is vumited fromitho stomach. As the dog improves the vom- ling is less frequent the discharge frm the cyes and nose ceases, and all the organs return to their norms) state. These symptoms are all present in a seyere case, and in many slight attacks some of them will be wanting or present only in a slight devree. When I have made up my mind that a dog has pneumo- nia, I give twenty grains of calomel in powder dry on the back of the tongue, and commence immediately with four grains of quinine four times every 24 hours, provided the dog is one year old. Should the calomel move him too freely, give thirty drops tinct, opium in 2 ounces of starelh water as an enema, after every passage, Until the evacuations are less freqhent. To those who prefer it, in place of calomel, give four grains. of blue mass every alternate day until two or ihree doses are taken, or, three Compound Carthartic pills first day. I prefer the calomel, though | acknowledge the dog then needs 10 be more carefully watched. The dose of cilomel may, to some uxaccnstomed to ils use seem very large, but I have given ten grains of calomel with excellent results lo a pupoy three mouths old, During the course of (he disease the animal needs to be kept in a wary, dry com- Jortable place, and nourished with strong soups, beef tea, milk, bread, etc. Should the pain become very severe one grain of opium in pill will relieve it. When the breathing Js Jabored and rapid, half teaspoonful of the comp. syrup of squills every four hours until yomitiog is produced, will afford immense relief. The urine may become scanly and high colored; a teaspoonful of the best sweet spirits of nitre, repealed will in most cases change the quantity and quality of the secretion. The disease may Jast from one week to six weeks. 1 have rarely, however, scen it lust more than three. I would advise any man having a yaluable doz showing signs of the disease lo consult af onve the best physician in the place. At some future date I will give you a few lines on Intestinal colic, and inflammation of the bowels, which I hope may be of service to your readers. W. 8. Wosp, M, D. Hachting and Boating. HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK, Date, Boston. | New York.| Charteston H. Mm, a. mM. EK uu )) 8 @ 41 B a 1 Ag 10 17 0 24 1 62 10 «64 10 (Ot RP a6 it 34 0 40 3 05 mid 11 35 a 49 0 41 mid 4 40 ieee 0 47 Yacstng Ferre av Sv, Auauerive, Fua.—The St. Au- gustine Press of Feb. 3d, gives the following description of anoyel aquatic entertainment which will bear imitation in other waters ;— “The arrangements for an Aqoalic Concert at full moon appear lo have been carefully and vven elaboritely, though quietly made by a number of liberal gentlemen, consisting of military and naval officers, in connection with the ever active and enterprising managers of the St, Augustine Yacht Club, which is chiely composed of wealthy gentle- men who winter regularly at this place. “Promptiy at half-past seven o’clock the fleet of beauti- ful yachts lying around thé wharf were seen to commence & series of well concerted movements. Vhe admirable band of the 5th Artillery quietly took seats in one of the larger yachts, and with their silver instruments, glided off to the U. 8. Coast Survey Steamer Bache, A line of yachts was then formed in the offing, immediately in frontof the town, decked in ali the colors of the rainbow with lighted Chinese lanterns. A number of blazing rockets and Roman candles culled the party together, aid soon the main body of the fleet, filled with ladies and gentlemen, began to move off in order, and to circle round the Steamer, while citizens and overs not actively participating filled the whurf and litied the shore, “Just as the circle was completed a cannon shot from on board the Bache, announced the openiag of the Vonéert. At once the hand performed soul stirring ai, and A : ae Me! + te, breeze rising, te cordon ot yaclits sailed “db ER ord Pe around | thé steamer, ‘The band poured a flood of sweet melody upon the still night air, and the flood of water Javed the peer craft, whose gay wings, snowy with moonlight, ashed from all directions upon the ravished eye of the be- holder, Rosy and golden lights gleamed from the bouts With long tracks of brillianey across the rippling water, while the new lighthouse, as though smwilling that other liglits should outshineit, shrunk and grew again, and, glowing with gnusual splendor, sent a gorgeous pathwa y of pellucid light heavenward athwart the bay.” od THE HISTORY AND GHARACTER OF PAPER BOATS, — Inguiries regarding the history and durability of paper boats occasionally reach me through the medium of the post office. After all the uses to which paper has been put during the last twenty yeu's, the public is yet hardly con- vinced that the flimsy material, paper, can successfully take the place of woodin the construction of light pleasure boats, canoes, and racing shells, Yet the idew has become an ac- complished fact. ‘Tlie success of the Victorious paper shells of the Cornell College nayy, which were enlisted in the strugeles of the two past seasons at Saratoga, against ne mean antagonists—the college craws of the United States— surely proves that in strength, stiffness, speed, and fineness of model the paper boat is without a rival. When used inits own peculiar sphere, the improved pa- per boat will be found to possess the following merits; Less weight, greater strength, stiffuess, durability, and speed than a wooden boat of the same size and model, and the molded paper shell will retain the delicate lines so essen- tial to speed, while the brittle wooden shell yields more or less to the warping influences of sun and moisture, A com- parison of the strength of wood and paper for boats has been made by & writer in the Cornell 7émes, a journal pub- lished by the students of that celebrated New York col- lege: ‘Let us take a piece of wood and a piece of paper of the same thickness, and experiment with, use and abuse them both to the same extent. Let the wood he of one- eighth of an inch in thickness—the nsugl thickness of shell hoats—and the paper heavy pasteboaid, both one foot square, Holding them up by one side, strike them with a hammer, and observe the result. ‘The wood will be cracked (to say tlie least), the pasteboard, whirled out of your hand, will only be dented, at most. Take ho'd and bendthem. The wood bends to a eertuin degree, and then splits; the paste- board, bentto the same degree, is not affected in the least, Take n knife and strike thew, the wood is again split; the pasteboard, only pierced. Place them on the water, the wood floats for an indefinite time; the pasteboard, after a lime, soaks, und finally sinks, as was te be expected. But suppose we "soak the pasteboard in mirine glue before the experiment, then we fin the pasteboard equally es imper- yious to the water as wood, snd as buoyant, if of thesame weight. Butto be of the same weixht it must be thinner than the wood, yet, even then it stands the before mention- ed tests as well as when thicker; and it will be found to stand all tests much better than wood, eyen when it weighs considerably less. “Now, enlarging our pieces, and molding them into boats ofthe same weight, wetind the foliowi ing differences:— “Woad, being stiff and liable to sp'it, can only be molded into comparative form, Puper, since it can be rendered perfectly pliable, can be pressed into any shape desirable, tence, any wished for fineness of lines can be given the model, and the paper will assume the identical shape, after which it can be water-proofed, hardened, and polished. Paper neither swells, nor shrinks, nor cracks, hence it dees not leak, is always ready for use, always servicable. As 16 cost, there is very little difference between the two; the COst being within twenty-five dollars, more orless, the game for both. Those who use paper boats think them ver y pear perfection, and surely those who have the most to do with boats ought to know, prejudice aside, which is the best. An injury to A paper buat is easily repaired by a pateh of strong paper anda costing of shellac put on with a hotiron. ‘As the paper boat isa novelty with many people, a sketch of ils early history may prove interesting Lo the reader, Mr. George Waters, tbe son of the senior member Of the firm of Hi. i. Waters wv Sons, of Troy, N. Y., was invited some eleven years since toa masquerade party. ‘The boy repair- ed to # toy shop to purchase a counterfeit face; but thinking Ue price (eight dollars) was mre than he could afford for n single eyening’s sport, he borrowed the mask fox a model, from which he produced a duplicate as perfect as was the original, While engage! upon his novel work, a idea im- pressed itself upon his ingenious brain. “Gunna, " he que- ried, ‘ta paper shell be made upon a wooden model ofa boat? and will nol a shell thus produced after being treated to a coat of marine varnish, float as well, and be lighter (hana wooden boat?’ The boy turned his attention to the de- velopment of his bright idea; and being crowned with suc- cess, he was soon “paddling his own canoe” —the first pa- per boat—upon the river. That first crudely constructed paper shell is still a good boat. The father of George, an inventor of many successful mechanical devices, Dow ap- plied his energies, time and fortune, to the perfecting of the paper boat, and though his firm has strugeled against the prejudices of ihe w ‘orld, and Josses boll pecuniary and incendiary, the great effort has been rewarded by suc- cess as well ag by the approbation of thousands of enthu- siastic {riends.—N, H. Bismor, in tho “South,” i Scnoor, or NAviearron.—The Provincial Government of Quebec has made provision for establishing a School af Navigation for that Province, The institution was to have gone into operation on the 1st of February. The school is directly under the control of the Government, and W. CO. Seaton, Esq., late Nautical Master to the Society of Mer- chant Venturers, Bristol, Hngiund, has been secured to superiniend the institution, ‘Phe fees’ are $15 for those wishing to pass for a mate’s certificate, aod $20 for those wishing a captain's certificute. No further charge is entailed until certificates are obtained, HIAnvARD anp YALE,--The Yale Record of the 3d inst. says i— vit will not be pleasing fo hear that unless a considera- Jle amount of money is raised by a month, from to-day no race will be rowed with Harvard this year," oe —Mrs- Ellzabeth Goose—otherwise "Mother “Goose! ‘died in Boston: jn 1767; And here isthe Rev, J, L Manning, aos if the new Old South Chureh, asking that a memo- ould be erected to sie yenerable lady in one of : ll FOREST AND So COREST AND STREAM. 25 Rational gastimes. BASE BALL, The base ball season bids fair to open eariy this year, and already the notes of preparalion are to be heard, About forty regular professional clubs will enter the arena, of which but six will be League clubs, viz., four from the west and two from the east. The Philadelphia Athletics will join the International Association which will be the majority association of the country, —A, call has been issued for an Amateur Convention of fenvine amateur clubs to meet in this city on March 14th, But it will be difficult to find regular amateur clubs enough to organize the meeting. There is one in New York, the old Kvickerbockers, and one in Brooklyn, the Nameless, the other clubs are nearly all gate money amatelr nines fh not eligible to send delegates under the call in ques- ion. —Base ball games at Prospect Park are expected to begin about the last week in March judging from the mild- ness of Pebruary weather thus far, The pall players are eager to take the field, SKATING, Prospect Park ended up forty-four days of skating this season of February 10th, and the same day: the Capitoline Lake had its fifty-third day of skating. The sun has be- come too powerful for the ice now, and the chances are that the ice skating season is nearly over, —Roller skating is still on the increase, and new halls are springing up rapidly. On Monday night Apollo Hall in Williamsburg was opened for roller skating, and a hall im South Brooklyn is to be opened for the same exercise next week. As soon as the lease of the Hippodrome trot- ling race management expires that place is to be trans- ferred into a large roller skaving palace. —At the Brooklyn Rink, on February 8th, there was a larger altendance on the oecasion of the third fete night entertainment than at either of the preyious fetes, and on Saturday fully two*thousand people were on the floor dur ing the afternoon and evening, glew Publications. ———— THE PLAINS OF THE GREAT WEST. U.S. A., wilt au Introduction by Wm, Blackmore, Soba, Publishers, 182 Fifth avenue, New York, This is by far the most comprehensive and intelligent volume that has ever becn written of the Far West, It is alike invaluable to the sports- man, the settler, the overland traveler, the trapper, and the soldier. zt is Written in the plain language of ‘one who has been there and knows.’ The economy, strategy, diplomacy, expedients und vicissiiudes of the Plains are here go intelligently stated that any one who reads may profit thereby with miuterial advantage, Next to the compass, this book be- Comes 4 necessity. Tobe without either involves great personal risk wnd detriment, In 1856, Lieut. Ruxtou, of the British Army, gaye us in homely but well chosen langtage the first truthful information we had received of the physical characteristics of the Far West and its nomadic inhabitants; its marvellous scenery and wonderful resources; and the startling vicissitudes of a life there spent. Except throngh the few gleanings from the observations of oyerland gold seekers bound 16 Cal- ifornia, and |he Mormon emiprants, the whole region had been a sealed book. Ruoxton covered the whole ground, sufliciently it is trie—yer Jit- tle escaped his observation. The Bad Lands, the wonders of the Yel- lowstone, the gold of Pike’s Peak, the Boiling Soda Springs, iil new and startling terrestrial phenomena thun are at this day verified, just as lie described them. But much of what was to him a wilderness now blooms with grain fleld§, and is resonant with the hum of industry, tuxton at that time advised well asto the policy to be pursued with the Tndians; and lus advice, if followed, wonld have brought peace instead of perpetual war. What he predicted us to the destruction of the game of the country has proved true, It was the good fortune of the writer to have crossed the Pluins at the time of Ruxton’s campaigning, and he iz thus enabled to make those intelligent comparisons which help to form an opinion of the value and authenticity of a work like Col, Dodge's, In an article pubiishedin Harpers Magazine, in Ocy. 1857, he indorsed what Ruxton had then said, and nothing has since occurred to reverse the opirions of cither. Subsequently Max Groene wrote avery truthful book entitled the ‘“‘]ansas Region,”? which then included a vast territorial area, now di- vidéa into several States, dwelliny particularly upon the climate and agricultural resources of the couniry. This was a most valuable little work that should haye enjoyed a large cireulation, ‘(he Prairie Tray- eler,” by Gen. Marcy, is anolher book of great use to any one crossing ihe plains, containing many imstructions to goyern the moyements or bodies of troops, and which are equully well adapted to sportsmen and hunters, ‘Mis is a feature likewise of Col, Dodge's hook, As regarda the game of the couctry, the author devotes to Jess than 114 pages to jt alone, Any of our sporting readers, therefore, who have ever turned their loving 5 es westward, will lose no time in giving the booka thor- ough perngal. We shall place it on our shelf for constant reference. The price is $1. A Map WortDd AND 17s LYHABITANTS. bers, New York. D. Appleton & Co. Mr. Chambers’s experiences in 2 lonatic asylum, now offered in book farmi, will not be altogether new to the American public. They are, however, deeply interesting, both 1n respect of their own peculiar chur: avler und of the legislative reforms to which their original publication led. Thebookis a result of that enterprise which pervaded every pranch of Americar. journalism. The laws regulaling the admission of patients to lunatic asylums, and their treatment when immured called for exposure, and the author undertook the task. He details with a grim humor the course of study, and the prep: iration necessary fora candidate for a certificate of lonacy, and then shows how successfully he passed his own medical examination, and was, by thedoctor’s fiat, tvansformedinto a madman. @hen camethe horrors and abuses of the asylnm, relisved by clearly drawn portraits of his fellow patients. Statements are made respecting the brutality of the keepers, which ap— pear almost incredible. The author succeeded in demonstrating, firstly, Ule indifference and easily satisiled ignorauce of the examining ‘ex- peris,"’ avcondly, the careless hegliz ence of the judge who gran'ed the Warrant for bis committal; and thirdly, the admirable condition of the asylum. In other Words, he showed that all the usages and laws rela— ting fo tue confinement and treatment of the ingane were erroncous, and that the entire system was rotten. This was no mean achievement, and nothing butconrageand a strong sense of duty could faye carried him throngh even his brief term of imprisonment, He let light in upon One of the darkest spots of the social fabric, and led people to question if the semi-ataryation, kicks and cuifs of the asyluin were calculated to re-eeal reason “in herthrone.’? he style in which the story ts told is in every Way admirable. THe YELLOwsTone Narronat Park By Prof. Thomas C, Archer, Edinburgh, Scotland: Already the European public is awakening to the knowledge that there ig, far away in the center of Worth American, a district more realy won- derful than any which the most inventive Aiction-writer bas ever imagin~ ed, and full of Interest, as we are told by the Rarl of Donrayen ig big By Col. R. J. Dodge, G. P, Pitnam’s By Julius Cham- inimitable hook, ‘The Great Divide,” and by others who Lave explored this Wonderland, The Miustrfed London News, not very loug gO, Bave numerous excellent engrayings of the most remarkable points in pial lurge apace of 500 miles, which has been set aside by the United States Government in perpetuity as a public park or recreation ground. Bait js admited by eyery writer, on the subject, that it ia all Hut impossible by words te couvey the slightest idea of the remarkable natural fentures of the district, large portions of which volcanic, und diversified with geysers, which for number and grotesqueneéas throw those of Iceland ino the shade. Weither can engravings, or even photographs, give much more satisfaction, for the most astonishing of all the wonders is that of color. There the rocks and mountains and the twisted and distorted masses of earth are tinted with brilliant colors—red, oranze, yellow, &c., such as we have neyer bean accustomed to associate with them, and AenCht consequently, render them different in their phyxical aspects to any thing before seen, So muchdidthis impress the inde— fatigable, Pr fessor Hayden, when he was the geologist in charge of lhe Government exploration and suryey of the district, that he obtained Subsequently the service of a yery skillful British artist in water-colors, to take on the spot cclored sketches of some of the most beautiful and remarkable scers in the district. Mr, Moran's beantiful drawings bear testimony to the fuct that no pains had been spared to make them faith- fol representations of the remurkable scenes they represent. To give equally trustworthy reproductions of these drawings, was most desirable, 80 that the marvels of Wonderland, as itis often now called, might be seen by all the world. This has been done in a very magnificent yolume published by Messrs, Prany & Co., of Boston, U. 8. It contains fifteen chromoliths, of such excellence, that weare surprised to find that firm, eminent as it is, bringing out so large a work in & style which would do credit the Imperial State Printing Letabiishment of Austria, long so fa- mous forits perfection in the glyptic arts, There is a softness and aerial depth not often seen in chromoliths, and as thé work has been bronght out under the careful supervision of the eminent geolovist who suryeyed the country, we have ample guarantees that the drawings ure faithful representations. ‘he work is necessarily a costly one, but no public library can well do without it; and to those who can attord to put it in their libraries, it will bea great source of pleasure. ‘he letterpress description of the pictures is by Professor Hayden himself. Finn.p AND Forest. Very interesting and valuable ‘gs the article from the pen of Mr, David Scott, with which Field and For- est for January epeus. While the Tendency in Birds to Vary thelr Hab - its is a topic whieh might be made to ill a volume, Mr. Scott in the brief space which he accupies has treated the snbject in an able manner, and although we by no means agree with him im some of the deductions which he arrives at, we welcome his article as an additional evidence of the new and more philosophic spirit which is peryading science, ‘Fhe lime has passed when the description of new species wus the bole ond anidaim of each Naturaliet, and at present the /ewders tn scivuce pre de- yoting themselyes to. gathering facts luoking to the establishment of general laws. An article on Dopyphora decuntinegta gives some interesting facts with regard to the habits of this destractive beetle, and should pe read by agricolturists. We notice also a yaluable catalogue of the Moseee of tbe District of Columbia, prepared by Mv. Radolph Oldberg, There gre several shorter urticles, all of them instructive. Feld and Forest is a monthly periodical of much value, printed al, Washington, and we wish forit the success if so well deserves; only we would prefer if it bad not so nearly appropriated our own tifle, In the Naturalist for February we are given a must at- tractive account by Dr, Thomas H. Streets, of the DM. tural History of the Fanning Group of Islands of the Pacific Osean, Dealing with the fauna of an almost wholly unknown region, Dr. Sureets’s paper Is |n- siractive and valuable. A somewhat detailed account is given In the next article of the Explorations made in Co orado in i8/f by Dr. Hay- den's Suryey, the main points of which have already been poblished in this journal. Messrs. D, Il. Jordan aud H. BS. Copeland furnish notes on the habits of the Sand Darter, and Wm. B, Flint writes on the Dis- tribniion of Plants in New Hampshire and Vermont. An article by Prof, Cope on the Suessonian Fauna in North America gives in popular form {he details of recent geological discoveries in New Mexico, hy which the Hocene beds in that territory have been found to be of (he game age with the Lower Hocene of France and England. ‘te unthur also quotes at some length from the celebrated Lartet in reference La Wie increuse in the size of the mammalian brain from the early Terliury (o tbe present time, We notice, however, that, through some inadvertence, the Professor has omitted to mention in this connection the name of Marsh, whose researches in this direction haye been regarded as so im - portant by all paleontologists. ‘The other articles of the number are on the Vitality of Certain Land Mollusks by R. &. C. Stearns and Barna- cles by J.S.Kingsley. The General Notes are interesting aid the Seienu- tific News and Proceedin gs of Societies coyer a wide fivld. Tiffany & Co., Silyersmite) Jewelers, and Importers, have alwaysa large stock of sil- ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, racing and other sports, and on request they prepare special designs for similar purposes, Theie timing watches areguaranteed for ac- curacy, and are now yery generally used for sporting and scientific requirements, Tiffany & Co., are also the agents in America for Messrs. Patek, Philippe & Co., of Geneva, of whose celebrated watehes they have a full line. Their stock of Diamondsand other Pre- cious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes and Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, and the public are invited to visit thelr estab- lishment without feeling the slightest obliga- tion ee purchase, Union Square, New York. 26 = @aths. Russian Vapor, Marble, Baths. NO. 3% BAS? FOURTH ST., NEAR BROADWAY ‘The most extensive, luxurious and popular baths on this continent, Call and sce the tes :monials. signed by the most eminent physicians ot the city, to their value as a rémedy in Cold, Catarrh, Sore Throat, Gout, Rheumatism, and many other afflictions which originate in an inerr skin. der? Am ; The Aennel, a The St. Louis Kennel Club. (C, B. WHITFORD, TRAINER.) are the owners of the following dogs: ROCK, an imported English setter (formerly owned by Luther Adams, of Burton.) He was a field-trial winner in Evgland,and won first at the Springfield, Chicago and Sr. Louis bench shows, Also won first ft Galiimore (1577), the Special prize for the best set- ter in the show, and other Specials. ELCHO and ERIN, boti imported red Trish setters. El¢ho won first at the Chicugo Show; was a winner in the Pappy class in freland, and first prize ap Balti- mors (1877). Is sire of Aileen, toe red Irish titeh which wom first sat the Centennial bench show; and of Norah, whowon 1stat the St. Loaisshow, ERIN won 2d at Chicazoin tke Open class, and 1st as the beat Irish setter forstock purposes shown with two of his get. He Won tnt “GkEENWOoN CUP” IN TRIE FLELD TRIALS NATELY HELD at MEMPiia, also WITH DRAKE WON FIBST IN THR BUACE STAKES. The price for the service of either of the above dogs is thirty-five dollars. The clib are liso the owners of the imported lng lish getter bitch Dora. She is either the dam or grand dam of all the *tblae blooded” [English setters that have von prizes at field triaisin this country. They elso own the English bitch ROSE and the red Tyi=b Vitehes LOO IT, und ROSK. The Enulish setter biten Rose is by Rock, out of the pure Laverack mich Pickles. 100 IT, and the Irish bitch Rose are both bench show winners. Address, ST. LOUIS KENNEL CLUB, Wanii—f 70% Pine Si. .St. Louis. Mo. DA TGArHY VTS) ian Pu x FOREST CI’Y KENNEL FOR IMPURTED SETTERS. Dr. Goldsmith's celebrated dogs Plunket. Carrie, Rupp and Nell have passed into the above Kennel. Plunket and Rapp will be used in the atud. For ser- vices and pedigrees address W. H. Farrar, Cleyeland, O. Jan25-3m. FOREST AND STREAM. s GENTENNIAL EXPOSITION MEDAL STEAM LAUNCHES. STEAM LAUNCH N. Y. SAFETY STEAM POWER CO., 80 CORTLANDT STREET, NEW YURK, GIVE SPEOIAL ATTENTION TO THE BUILDING OF LAUNCHES AND THEIR MACHINERY, Aud will furni+h them complete in every particular, Hitt Fishing Bouts Ship's Tenders, or ferry Boats. Boats, ed either as Swift Racers. Past Pleasure Boats, Part Or will snpply tbe MACHINERY, complete. Alsi models, drawings and moulds to parties preferring to build their own boats. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR. The diennel. Alotices: * ek SALE.—BRACK OF PURE SET- ter pups, spayed bitches nine months old, hand- somely murked alike. Very promising, aud with excellent pedigree. Out of Mr, Daly's Jess, a re- walkable eld performer; price $20 each, Aduress WILLIE JOHNSTON, care 328 Fifth avenue, Pitts- burg, Pa, feb15-1b OR SALE—ROUCK AND ELCHO.— ' Wach ttands at the head as the Bench Show win- ner of his class over ull the dovs in America. Rock's pups won fitst prize at Chicago, Springfield, St. Lonis, and Bulcimore at St. Louis and at the Centennial. ; Mr. Campbell, of Tenn., rays the paps by Elcho, out of his Black Joe, “are very fast and have the best noses he ever saw onanydogsa’’ sT. LOUIS KEN- NEL CLUB. 706 Pine et., St. Louis, Mo. febi-tf, OR YOUNG COCKER SPANTEL Lo Stock from the choicest breeds inquire of M. P. McKOON, dec2s 6m Franklin. Del, Co,. N.Y, WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUS (FOR POINTERS.) Stud dog Sensation; lemon and white, weight 60 lbs.: winner of seven prizes in England. Sirea by R J. Lloyd Price’a Chatipion Jim, and from White- Hiotise s celebrated Champion Field Trial Hamlet and Rap shock; just imporred: 22 yearsold. Fee $35. Por pechzree and ful! particulars apply to DR W. 5. WEBB, 7 West Fifty fonrth st., N.Y. febis wf Spratt's Patent Meat Kibrine Dog Cakes. GENUINE HONE ARE O8 Ssa7TN 8T\MPED From Lhe reputation |lese Meat Fibrine Cakes have yow gained, (Wey require sCarcely any explination 10 recommend them to te nse of every one who keeps a dog, snffice il |o say they are free from salt,and contuin daies,”! the exclusive use of which, in com- bination with mest sud meal to compose 4 biscuit 1s seunrea tons by Letters Pstent. For sule in cases of 1/2 bs, exch. F.O.De LUZE, sole Ag-nt, 18 South William street, New York. Special terms to kennels and deaters. DOGS CANNOT SLIP Tis COLLAK No matter how violently they pull, hie collar will not choke or injure the doz. Made of heavy bridle jJesther with nickle plated trimmings. Sent by mail with name of doz or owner ou name plate for $1,00. Munufactured by TTrhomson & Son, SO1 Broadway. N. WY. jan4-tf Fleas, Fleas! Worms, Worms! STEADMAN’S FLEA POWDER FOR DOGS. A Bane to Fleas--A Boon to Dogs. This Powder ia gnaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or any other animals, or money returned. Itig pnt up in patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which greatly facilitates its nse. Simple and efficacious, Price h0 cents by mail, »osrpaid, ARECA NUT for Worms in DOGS, A Cetlain remedy. Pot up in boxes containing a doz en powders, with fall directions for use. Price 50 eonts per box by mail. Both the sbove are recom miended by fod and Gunand Pornst anp Siream. HOLBERTON & BEEMER, oct 22 102 Naszau St.. New York, OR SALE.—A FINE LOT OF BEA- gle hound pups, three, ten weels old, sayen six weeks old. Address GHO. POUNALL, Christiana, Pa. Fauti-f FEW CHOICE PUPPIES POR SALE, —Danmi, my imported setter Nellie, by Barton’s Punch. out of Bartons Queen, Sire, Homo’s Laveruck setter Pedigree, Winner of highest medal in his clasa at Centennial, and second at Baltimore in 1877. Ad- presse G H. VANNODH, Tuckerton, N, J) jang3-45 a ORSALE—A FINE LOT OF SCOTOH, dkye, Vaiuy vinmout, and Black-and tan ter- aies3, Sporting Dogs, Maltese cats, Ferrers, &e. Medi cines for all fiseases at L. N. MEYER, 45 Great /ones street, N. Y¥. Sepi2i ly. . STUD IRISH SETTER. HE SUBSCRIBER HAVING SECUR. eda brace of red Irish setters, Buck and Fivss, exported to the Centennial! Bench Show by Mr. J, C, Cooper, Limetick, Irelund, now offers the services of the dog Buck for stud purposes. Terms $25. For pedigree and particulars address C, Z. MILEY, Lun- caster, Pa. dec?imo Sor Sale. For Sale. ONE-HALF INTEREST With CONTROL OF BUSINESS IN A SPLENDID HIisHHRY. Sixry ponds; well stocked with brook trout, Abund- ance of water and forty to sixty Teel full. Apply to i, 1, THOMAS, Randolph, N. Y. Tebté 46 YUN FOR SALH.—A WM MOORH, TT pin-fire breech loader, 10 gauge, weight 8 lbs, In case with loading impliments complete, and 200 shells, Price $30. Can be seen at this al ne ely OR SALE.—A 10-BORE PURDY Breech-loader, with wll latest improvements; just imported and of finest quality. No filmer gun in ‘America. H, C. SQUIRES, No. 1 Sepreliat oe 4 eb1s Domesticated Quail for Sale. ARTHUR G. NASON, febs 1t Grange C. H., Va. aK IVE QUAIL—FOR PROPAGATING _J Purposes, for sale by WHITLEY & MORRIS, 218 Washington street. N.Y, febl-2t, Ludlow Trout Co. Rook TROUT FRY FOR SALE IN any quantity tosnit parties. Pry delivered if required W. H. CROWELL, Ludlow. danll—3m Mc Kean Co,, Pa. OR SALE —ONE SHARE BLOOM- ' ing Grove Park Arsociation Stock. Address “Blooming Grove,"* this office. jautit latices. Helvetia Rifle Club. Pool shooting at Union Hill Schutzen Park, Thurs- way, February 28d, 1877, (Washingtou’s Birthday) Only breech-louders with open sight (militury style) are admitted and Wimbledon targets used. Ten cents a shot; balf of the receipts to be divided among the bnilseye shots. feb15-1b, Leesburg Academy. A n English classical and mathematical School for Boys, Leesburg, Londonn Co., Va. Priueipal, Thomas Williamson (Univ. Va); Asst., Thos. S$. Purdie, B, L. (Wash. and Lee. Univ) Leesburg is within 26 miles of Alexandria and Wash- ington, on Washington & Ohio Railroad in the Pled- ‘mont region of Virginia, psgue way henlthy, Pao- pila prepared for the Universities, any standard collége, or for business, lteferences: Faculty of University of Virginia, Faculty of Washmgton and Lee Uniy., Facnity of University of Sonth, Facul- ty of Randolph Mucou College; B. L. Gilderslacve. Fh. D. John Hopkius University; Hon. J. Rand Tucker, Hon. Eppa Honton, ete. For further infor- mation apply to the Principal. Tebs St Sear het ie aa A Lj Reee Re IN FLY TYING,—By an ex- perienced fiy-dresser, Refer to Abbey & impne, 48 Maiden Lane. Address JO +00 Henry street, New York, (Oct 12-6m, Elcho’s pupa won first pr.ze | To Sportsinen nnd Piscicnitari-ts! Fur sale or lease—a farm of fifty acres, good bnild- ings, including new dwelling, one hour and aqauarter from the city by, New Haven R. R. Abou. thirty acres arable land and orchard; pond eiglit acres; twelve acres woodland. Naturaltront streams. Wor further particulars apply to W.S. Jarvis, 221 Canul street, febl5 1b A VALUABLE BOOK. ERANK SCHLEYWS American Partridge and Pheasant Shooting. Describing the Haunts, Habits and Methods of Hunting and Shooling the AMERICAN PantTRInGe, QuaiL, RurFep GRousE, PuHeasAnys. with direc- tions for Handling the Gun, Hunting the Dog, and Shooting on the Wing. Price $2. Liberal discount lo the trade, Address FRANK SCHLEY, Frederick City, Md, febl5-tf MOoLABIRD THE *“BOSS”’ SHOOTING COAT MAKER. SUITS $10. and upwards. the best aud chexpest in the world, Wriie for Cotilugne, W. H. HOLABIRD, Valparaiso, Ind. LOCUTIONIST'S JOURNAL GIVES choicest standard and new pieces for profus- siunal atid amateur Readers and Speakers, and Inter- esting articles on Appropriate subjects. dist the thing wanted. 10 cts. of any newadealer or by muil, JESS£ HANEY & CO., 119 Naseuu st., ase nae an25-Gt Hotels and Resorts for Sportsmen. JVASSION HOUSE, FERNANDINA, Florida, A first-class honee, at the most at- tractive winter resoitin the Sonth. An ocean beach twenty miles long, surf bathing, hunting and fishing. Deer in the beach bammocls, snipe, rail and duck in countless numbers in the creeks and marshes. Direct connection by rail and steamer with the North. M. W. Downie. Proprietor. Sepi7-7in. Sportsmen's toutes, “THE BERMUDAS.” OW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHT- FUG Winter Resort, is reached in seventy houra from New York, and being snrronnded hy the warm Waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an eqnuable temperatare of abont 70°. The elegant British Steamships ‘‘Bermoda" and “Cumina,’? 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- ger travel, are dispatched from New York for Bermu- da fortnightly, making connection at Berunda with steamers for S. Thomas and Weet Indies. For fall information apply to A, EK, OUTERBRIDGE, Agent, 29 Brondway, N, Y. Dee2i-ly. Fer Nassau, N. P, A Famous Winter Resort. Regular Mail Steamshipfrom NEW YORK, Weh,4, 14 and 4th. From SAVANNAH, GA, Feb. 80 and Marcu 1st. 5 Vrip only 45 hours. Dnetrated Nassau Guide fur- nishéd. — Murray, Ferris & Co.. Agents, 62 South street. HGULAROLD ESTABLISHED FAST IU WINTER FREIGHT LINE FOR ROSTON, HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD, &c., VIA New HAVEN.--Vhe first class steamers CONTINENTAL or ELM GITY leave Pier No, 25 East River, daily (Sundays excepted), al 12m, Passengers go North and East from New Haven ati1 p. m., or remain on board over night without charge. Merchandise forwarded by daily express freight trains from New Haven through to Massachusetts, Vermont, Western New Hampshire, Northern New York atid Canada. Wreight received until 5 p.m. my2h tf RICHARD PACK, General Avent. OLD DOMINION LINE. The steamers of this ling reach some of the finest waterfowl and upjand ahooting rections in the coun- try. Connections direct for Clincofeague, Cobb's icland, and pots on the Peninsila. City Point James river, Currituck, Florida, and the monntsinons country of Virginia, Tennessee, ele. Norfollc steam- ars sail Toesday, Thursday, and Saturday; Delaware steamers Monday and ‘Phoreday,3 p.m, Full tfor- ofics, 197 Greenwich: mation given at bh street. New Fork, “oepis 1y Sportsmen's Routes. FOR SAVANNAH, GA., THE FLORIDA PORTS. AND THE South and Southwest, GREAT SOUTHERN FREIGHT AND PASSEN- GER LINE-CENTRAL RAJLROAD OF GEORGIA, AND ATLANTIC AND GULF RAILROAD. TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SAT- URDAYS. STE ae Ira MAGNOLIA and RAPIDAN will sail THURSDAYS AT § P. M. MURRAY, wT pe CO., Agents, 62 South ‘FEEL. GEN, BARNES and H. LIVINGSTON, TUE.DAYS ATYP M. GEV, YONGE, Agent, 409 Grondway, N, ¥_ SAN JACINTO and SAN SALVADOR, SATURDAYS AT 3 P. M GEO. YONGE, Azent, 409 Broadway, N, ¥, W.b. ‘he cailing duys of above tines from Suvyan nah are same os from New York, Por freisht or passege from Ssyannah apply to Octavus Cohen & Co, ,Sa- vannah, for ships leaving Savannah on 'lnesdaye, Nunter & Gammel, Savannih, for ships leaving on ee rsday, Wilder & Co., forehips leaving on Satur- ays. es" Insurance on this line, O oe , ONETIALF PER Snperior accommodaiigns for passensers. ‘Through raves and 8 of Lading I tennection with Central Railroad of Qeurgia to al painta, Through raves and Bills of Lading in connection with the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad aud Florida ne GEORGE. YONGE. Agent Central Ryilroad of Georgia, No, 409 Broad- Way. nove) aint FOR FLORIDA. OR THROUGH TICKETS TO FIR- NANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, 5T, AUGUS- TINE, SANFORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings on ST. JOHN’S RIVER and interlor pownta in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L, JAMES, Gemgl Agent, Philadelphia and Southern Mail 8, 8. 00., 416 South Delaware Ayenue, Philadelphia Deeli-ly To Florida & the South SEASUN OF 1876-7. Atlantic Coast Line of Railways and Connttions N. ¥. UFFICE, 229 BROAPWAY, No. 1.—6:00 p. m. Daily all rail to Richmond, Wii- moington, Columbia, Augusta, Alken, Churleston, Sa- vaunah.gAll Plorida and Sonthern points. Inthis train Pullman sleeper New York to Richmond, Parlor Qars thence to Wilmington, Pullman sleepers thence to Charleston and Angusta, and Pollman sleeping tures beyond as route may be. No. 2.—8:40 a, th. daily (except Sunday). Allrai to Richmond, Wilmington, Churleaton, Savannah, and all Florida ports. No. 3.—9.80 a, m. daily (except Sunday) Via Innited express to Washington, and thence’ as by Schedule No. 2. On these trains Pollman Parlor Cars New York to Washington, Puilman pleanler, Car Mil- ford (supper House) to Wilmington, N. GC. Parlor Cars Wilmington to Charleston, Lucas pleepers Charleston go Suyaundh, Elegant Day Cars Sayan- nali to Jucksonville, No. 4.—840 a. m. and 9:90 a. m. dnily (excépt Sunday). All tail 10 Baltimore. Huy Line to Nor- folk, $.& R. R, R. to Weldon, (hence as by Sched- nle No. 1, On these trains Puxlor Cars to Baltimore, Bay Lins steamers to Port-mouth, Parlor Cars 19 Wilmington, aud thence as by Schedule No. 1, for the reseryation of Sections, Compartments, Berths or Chairs, Tickets, Time Cards, and all infor- mation, apply at the New Yors Office, 229 BROAD- WAY, or at the anthorized Vickef Officer of the Penneylyania, and Baltimore & Oliio Railroads. One half of esch Parlor and Sleepirg car of this line Sonth of Richmond its coustantly reserved at New York for accommodation of passengers by the AUantic Coast Line. nn: POPE, Gen. Pass. Agent. TO SPORTSMEN: THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. COMP’Y Respectfolly invite attention to the = , s,s Superior M'acilities afforded by their linta forreaching most of the 1'ROT- ING PARKS and RACK COUKS#S in the Middle States. These lines being LONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the difficulties and aan- gers of reshipment, whild the excellent cars ron over thermooth steel tracks enable SVOCK TO BE TRANS- PORYED without fuilure or injury. The lines of / The Pennsylvavia Railroad Company also Teach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING m Pennsylvania and New Jersey, EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in ays ne principal cities to KANE, RENOVA; CAPE MAY, SQUAN, mid points on the NEW JHRSEY OVAST renowned for SALT WATER SPORT APTER FINE Sportsmen's Routes, GREAT SOUTHERN ry Pass wee * Charleston, S.C. The South and the Southwest AND THE FLORIDA PORTS, EVERY Wednesday and Saturday At S o'clock P. M. From PIER 29, N R, CITY GF ATLANTA. OHAMPION. Capt. M.S. Woodhull, Capt. R. W. Lockwood, QULEF STREAM. G. W, CLYDE, Capt 8, + 'rowell. Capt. Ingrahm, The above steamers have heen haudaomely fitte- Up for the convenience of piassenyera, and are nurt yalled on the conet for Safety. Speed and Comfort. Clogs connections al, Charleston with the favorite and well-known Wlorida packets DICTATOR, yb Vogel; CIYY POINT, Gupte Scott, for FERNAN- DINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST, AUGUS'TINE, PA- LATKA, ENTERPRISE, MYIRONVILLE and all points in Florida. EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES. ee Insurance to destination ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT, Goods forwarded free of Commission, Passage ficketeand Bills of Lading ixsned and signed at the otfice of JAMES W. QUINTARD & CO., Agents, No. 177 West Street, cor, Warren, or W.P. CLYDE & CO, No. ti Bowling Green, Through Frei#tt Taritfs, Passage Tickets by all routes and to all points in ihe Santh aad Sonthwest, und forther information can be obtained at the office of BENTLEY D. HASELL, General Avent, reat Southern Freight Line, 17 Broadway, corner of Thomas street deo? ly Sportsmen's Goads. OF{STAGH § KINDOTI, HOLBERTON & BEEMER, 10% Nassan Street, N. Y., MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF Fine Breech-Loading Guns, Fishing Yackle and Sportsman's Goods of every devcription, including Tents and Camping Oniilta The Holberton Fly od for black bass and trout. Hand mage of 2d growth ash, lance wood and ham- es 5 Sound reliabie rod; every one tested. Price $8, to $12, Holberton’s celebrated Fly Books made to hold Miles ab full lenech with yde's improved ty holders. Vantes Florida Spoon, with extra hooks, The only traliie hats dint will etind Florida flehing- She Fox patent Breech-Loading gua. This gun isthe beat gum forthe money yet offered ta sports- aneu, Unll aud see the S50 un, AGENTS FOR Danellee'sCamy Stoves. Boudren’s Patent Jack, Daxt und Wishing Lamps, Nichal’s and Lefeyer’s Breech Loaders, Baker's ‘Three-Uarrel Gung, Dittmer Powder Hay’s ( oneentrntora. Whe Goss Revolving Cartridze Belt. Bond's and Fenner’s Portable Bonts ira A. Paine’s Gloss bali trap aud Glass balls, H.i., Leonard's Split Bamboo Rods. ‘Thad Norris’ Greenhart and Split Bamboo Rods, Bare J. McBride's Standard Art Helnt Flies, Holberton’s Linek Bass fiies for casting with a light rod. Good's Moceasins. tongne and hurd soles. Hart's Metal shell. per Li), Sitct Batons celubrated Rust Preventer and Lubrica- for. Sportemen will find the above worth lying as ibis @preat preyentor of rust and leading; no mer- cury. Sprotis Koglish Doz Biscuits. Thomson's ard Boston Shooting and Fishing Suits. Rubber dioods. Marts and Leotized’s new Ulick Heels a great im- provement, elc., etc. Send LO cis. for new Fiustrated Calalogue con- taining hinfe on Fly Fishing, Shooting and Cump- ing, Eporting *ketches by Random Shot. tater disgennt tothe trade. ©. 0. Box ato? jelly Goods Oil Tanned DEoccasins The beat thing ever worn by sportsmen, Not injured by wet- ting and drying —always soft aud easy to the feet. Four dif- se@ferent styles, Prices to S Suit the times. Send for ~~ illustrated cirentar and price list. (Sitieceasor to Frank Good). MARIN S. HUTCHINGS, P. OU. Box 38 Dover, N, H. Holberton & Beemer, 102 Nassau ef., N. Y., Agents, The Sportsmen’s Depot. JOHN KRIDER, Cornsr Second and Walnut Sis,, Philadelphia. IMPORTHR, MANUFACTURER and DEALER IN Guns, Eifles, Pistols, and Fishing Tackle. Muzzle Loaders Altered to Breech Loaders. New styler with water-proof Bley's Straw colored thells ete REPATRING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Has coietantly on hand a full dsaortnient of .Roda, Books, Lines, Waits, Revls, Fly Books, Salmon plies, Waterproc? Silk Linea, Silk and Hair Troat Lines, &e. ‘Burt Bao #, Ching und Grass Lines. Also, d large dot | eHeeds, Bambooanddapanu. ; Birde' Here ails (aa Skina in great yarieties,— all ite ptariches. ; 7 "8 PAPENT DOG BISCUITS, tly “Sportsmen's Goods. The Boston Shooting Suit.’ MANUFACTURED ONLY BY SIMMONS & SON, Boston, Mass. Sop everywhere in the U. 5S, by all first-class dealers in SPORTSMEN’S GOODS. EACH GARMENT DISTINCLY MARKED ‘ROSTON SHOOTING SUI,” 1} mude by c.W. Simmons & Son. } This vew design of Warkathoor Sroorme Suit, tThade from extra quality duck, bas uttained such Popularity as to be called for from all parts ol the country, and even from Hngland, “Shipping clothing to Bngland strikes os very much like senuing ‘Coats to Newtastle,’ but the merit of the “BOSTON SHOOTING SUITS" bave been heard of in the Oid Country, and that lund of sports mnep lias sent an order lo Messrs. Simmons & Son, which will doubtless be followed by many othera.“— Boston Paper. The design embraces the best points of the Hnelish and French Suits, combined with the necessary re- quirements for American service, Particular stten- tention has been puid to color, Each suit is waler-proofed by a new patent process, The seams and pocket comers are securely fastened, and nothing neglected torender the snit perfect in every respect. THE PRICE WAS BEEN TiIXED AT $14, TO TIN CLUDE HAT OR DOUBLE VISORED CAP, DE- TACHABLE HAVELOCK, COAT, VEST, AND PANTALOONS. One hyudred smite will be kept ready in stock, so that wecan ,yrhish to order any size required, at a moment's notice. In the Golden Rule (Rey. W. Tl. H. Murray's paper) the en thusiashie editor writes:— “We wers shown, the other day, a new water-proof suit, specially adapted for sportsmen, desiened and made up by Simmons & Son, of Boston, and to which we call Ube alfuntion of all brethren of the ont-door and shore-shodling fraternity, because if, meets the demand of persotial comfort and convenience beyond anything of home manufactvre seen by is before, As 8 sportsman, we give if our unqualitied endorse- ment, as combining the best points of the Hnglish suits, and in udililion skilfully adapted to (he neces- sities of the American service. Tf is a most admirable and satisfactory conltivance in color, etyle, water- proof qnality and capacity. The coat is a maryel in this Jatter respect.” PERSONS ORDERING FROM A DISTANCE NEED SEND ONLY THE VOLLUWING TO BE SURH OF A PERFECT FIT? GREAST MEASURE, WAIST MEASURE, INSIDE SEAM COAT SLEHVE, [N- SIDE SEAM PANTALOONS; MENTION HEIGHT AND WEIGHT. GW. SIMMONS & SON, “OAK HALL,” BOSTON, MASS. DECOYS. RED HEAD. CcooT, WHISTLER. SPRIGTATL. MALLARD. SHU ELDRAKE, BLACK DUCK. CANVAS. Ans0 WILD GEESE. These are the new patent Decoya which come pack ed i nests, sixina box. 'Dhe greatest improvement, possible on the old style of wooden Decoy, Price of the ducks, $12 per doz.; pri¢e of she geese, $2 each G. W. SIMMONS & SON, Oak Hall. foston, Mass WIND-PROOE Leather Vest and Jackets, Flannel-Lined. (Made and sold only by Messrs. G. W. SIMMONS & Co,, Oak laut, Boston.) are considered ihe most sensible protectors ever devised for winter Wear’ ‘They ure especially adapted to the requirements of sporting men, whose rapid walking ix likely to be followed by frequent linlts in the cold wind. Piice. Vest $7; dacket $9. Mcasnrementsa required are Waist, Breast and Inside Seam of Sleeve. Mention Height and Weight. LADIES LEATHER VESTS AND JACKETS made {o order. Indispensible to 41] who are in any way exposed ro the weather, G. W. Simmons & Son, 32 te 38 North et., Oak Hall, Boston, Mass. “Tie Boston Snoorine Stiut—One of (he most Biocessin) manofuctorers of Waterproof Shooting Suits is the firm of G. W. Simmons & Son. Oak Hail, Boston, We had one of their enits on daity at Hun- ters Camp at Philadelphia Centennial Exbibirion Tt has grown pray in eferyice, but is good for use yet. This sujt is known as the ‘Boston Shooting Suit,’ in cottradistinction no doubt, from the garments which are manofactured out weet and at Wuehington, ech of which lias a local demand of ita own. lbis said that the western prairie fowl can distinguish any eportsinan who visita their domain by his clothes. They can tell him ‘by the cutof his jib,’ and the old ednepted birds (which no one cares to val, by the way.) know exactly whit distanses to keep from the rgil sliooters, the brant men, and the chicken killora respectively. to be safe. They bave ‘got them all down tine." ‘This sed not ta be sa he- ‘fore the waterproof an bauIE: suite were invented. Bostonians, Hogsierannd Buskeyes all stood the same chante then, Hat nosy it is—with & shrill pipe to lee- ward by the old-weather cock—thare comes a Sim- mone; cheeseitl" op,'Kra's # *Koning—lie low!’ or, ‘Look out tor Holabird! Scatter! you begaare, scat” terl”—Forgst anD ATRoAM,] FOREST AND STREAM. Sportsmen's Goods, MORTIMER & KIRKWOOD, Gunand Rifle Makers, 24 Elm et., Boston, Mase, All kinds of Breech-Loading Work ef: fected in the most approyed style. GUNS BORED FOR CLOSH AND HARD SHOOTING. Deel4~1y. * 1.1L. DUNCKLEER’S PATENT CAMPING and MINING PATENTED JUNE 22, 1875. Outside dimensions, packed, 72x12x20 inches. Weighiug only 45 pounds, very durable, will cook fox 1M persons, and is ospecially adapted for camping ye rposes, “he Ware consists of 8 qt. ketile, 6 qr. teu eltie, 2 qt. coffee por, fry pan, round tin pan, 2 square pans, dipper, gridiron, tent collar, 8 ft. fannel, anil wu Oven that will roast lo poonds beef. [SaaS yaa ea SST =) Fi il ; The ware is so constructed that it nests and packs jn the oven, and the oven and funnel pack inside the slave, as represented in cat 2, leaving room for pack- ne half a dozen plates, knives, forks, spnong, and drinking cups, Price complete, $15, SEND FOR CIRCULAR. H. L. DUNCKLEE, Box 2710. Beston. For sale at SPORTSMAN'S EMPORTUM, 102 Nas- fan st, New York City, and RK, H. KILBY'S, 384i St, Paul street, Montreal. (" Avents wanted in eyery town. Founded July 4, 1808, seplietw Thes, W. Sparks, Shot and Bar Lead MANUFACTUPER, Gffice 121 Walnut St.. Philadelphia ACCENTS WANTED. Goodyear's Pocket Gymnasium. 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The files of your paper coustitute an invaluable repository of information on ali branches of inquiry couceraing the preservation and propagation of fish, and the result is al- reatly apparent, not only in the inereised interest maui- fested throughout the country, in stocking our depleted lakes and rivers, but in creating an extended interest among farmers in the construction of priyate ponds for raisivg edible fish, It is on this point that I desire to draw out practical suggestions for the benetit of those who are ex- perimenting in that direction. it would be very interesting to have the experience of ihose who haye constructed ponds for the purpose of supplying their own tables, as well as of those who haye made larger investments with a view of raising fish for market. Let them give brief reports of tha size of ponds, character of the water-supply, whether from spring, running stream, or natural lake,) manner of suard- ing against freshets; protecting young fish, general cost of constructing and stocking; kind of fish raised; the jood supplied; quantity and size of fish, from yeur tu yeur, aud the general success or failure of various experiments made. There is a valuable fund of practical knowledge of these details which it seems to me might most profilably supple- ment the efforts of those who have labored so suecesstully to familiarize the public with the scientific details of fist cullure. It bas been claimed that an acre of water can be mude to produce a larger revenue than an acre of Jand; and the siiccess which has attended the various hatching enter- prises, whose operations haye been reported in your col- umus, may be considered as demonstrating the great impor- tance of fish culture as a means of supplying cheap aod healthful food for all classes of our pupulation, Every farmer should have a fish-pond, not only asa source of healthful and interesting recreation, butas a matter of econ- my in supylying food for his family. It is to encourage farmers lo avail themselves of the adyahlages which receut scientific inquiry has placed within their reach, that I hive intruded upon your space. There are hundreds of your readers who cao furnish short reports of the result of their experiments, which cannot tail to be of interest and yalue. PiscaToR. Mr. Wilmot gaye an account of his method of impreg- nating salmon eggs, and was followed by Myr. B. Phillips, who read a paper on the ‘Waste of Fish.” In his remarks, Mr, Phillips called the attention of the association to the large nunyser of different kinds of fish which the people of this country refused to eat, either through prejudice or ignorance. Mr. Frederick M. Wallem, of the Fish Qom- mission of Norway, was the next speaker, Mr, Hallock being present on this day the discussion over the speci mens of sea trout was resumed, Messrs. Hallock, Wilmot, Tivarts, Roosevelt and others participating. The prevailing opinion was that the sea trout and atte trout were identi- cal, the former being brook trout, which had sought salt water fromchoice. ‘The question will be decided, however, when a careful examination shal] haye been made of both fish and the question of species determined. On motion of Mr, Phillips, Sukezawa Akekio, Imperial Fish Conimissioner of Japan at the Centennial, was made an honorary member, In accordance with a resolution in- troduced by Mr. Milner, the work of the association was divided into four sections, each with a committee of three, and each section to be assigned subjects for essays to be read and discussed at the next meeting. Following are the sections, with the names of the gentlemen appointed: — Hirsi—Methods of Fish Culture—Messrs, Green, Porter and Wilmot, Second—Apparatus, Fishing-dams and Fishways—Messrs. Hyarts, Stone and Ferguson, Third—Natural History and Aquaria—Messrs, Milner, Mather and Hallock. i lear east) Blackford, Phillips and Ed- munds, Mr. Charles Hallock then offered a resolution, which was adopted, to the effect that ii future the annual meetings of the association be held in the Aquarium, as it was the most suitable place iat could be found for the purpose. Tt was further resolved that the Aquarium be recommended to the public as well worthy of its patronage. ‘The meet- ing was then adjourned to meet on the second Wednesday of February, 1878. Baryum Nor ro sm HumpuGcenp.—Mr. B. strolled into the aquarium and admired, as he passed the tank in which the Kingiyo gently waves his superfluous tail and dreams of the little grotto fish pond, where in the far off land of the Kamis he with many of his kindred sported in days gone by. He paused and closed oneeye, thrust his tongue in his cheek and seyerely chuckled, at the to fim tans- parent humbug. “Pretty well done!” he remarked. ‘‘A beautiful case.” "What's that, Mr. Barnum? said Mather, ‘Why, that fish—that tail is well put on, first-class job,” “Do you think that's an attificial arrangement, Mr. B?” “OF course itis, You know how they make horned rats by inserting the cut end of the tailin a cut on the nose; then trimming it off afteritlas healedin. Same thing, sir! same thing,’ Mather was naturally somewhat abashed. The idea of lis being associated in any manner with a humbug or fraud was not pleasant, and that the fraud should be in connection with a fish was touching himina tender point; but here is a keen reason, and not to be shelved at the first onset. Mr. Barnum,” he quietly gaid, “if you will answer me one question, PI] own up that the Kingiyo is a humbug.” “Allright, Whats it?” “Simply this; ‘lf that tail didn't grow on that fish, aiere did it grow?’ Mr. B. passed on, and played with the pensive ‘Baby.” On Dir, PisicuLTuRe ar Morsemere.—Morsemere presents more the appearance of a morsemer at the present time, siuce be- iween the butts at the tive hundred yard range and the tar- vols there is a large lake about one hundred yards in cit- cuimfcrence, and quite deep, This luke has been placed lieve for the culvwure of trout and will soon be stocked, Close at hand Mr, Morse has erected a small house in which the trout eggs are being hatched out, A large spring sup- plies the house with water and it is conveyed through pipes to the top of the buildings whence it passes through sever- al filters to distributing pipes, The eggs, which are about the size of smull peas, are placed on glass trays which fit in oblong pans, of which there are about a dozea, ranged on shelves each lower one projecting « little beyond the up- per like a flight of stairs. ‘The water enters the panson the top row which overflow into those next below aid so onto the bottom, each pan constantly receiving a fresh supply of walter. After the fish are hatched they are ansferred Lo larger square tanks im which the water is about six inches in depth, and the bottom covered with small white pebbles and shells, The water in these is also kept in motion, the overflow passing out of the building. ‘There are in these tanks about five thousand tiny trout, little over an in¢ghin length, which gambol and sport about among the pebbles in a lively manner. It is interesting to watch the mancu- yres of the younger ones iu their efforts toswim. They first oat on their side, then on their buck, and making a desperate effort right themselyes and proceed a short dis- tance im quite good style. ast Saturday there were in the tank two pair of twin trout, they bem joined near the tail, but it is seldom these curiosities live. The tem- perature of the water is kept as nearly uniform as possible, and there is & {hermometer in one of the tgnks, another on the wall, and another outside {he building, trom whieh Mr, Morse takes the temperature daily, and enters them on 4 tablet hanging on the wall, In the center of the room is a large stove, with which, in cold weather, he keeps up a proper temperature, At one side of this little house is a small resevoir abouf eight by four feet in dimensions, and quite deep, which will receive the trout ussoon they get too lurge for their indoor quarters preparatory to their imtro- duction to the lake, their final place of avode, it would repuy Une interested in such matters, to visit this place and wulch the minialure pixcatorial tribe for even 4 few minutes. — Yonkers Gazette. i i CAnyED SALMon.—Since communication with the Co- Jumbia river, the greatest salmon stream in the world, hus been made easy of iccess by rail-road, there has been a great increase in the canuing establishments on its margin, the annual cateh being enormous; but itis already predicted that uoless stringent laws are enacted regulating thefshing, before many years the number will peseriously diminished and eventually exterminated. The salmon before cxaning, is boiled in oil and thus re- tains ils flavor much better than when put up in vinegar and spices. Itis, prepared inthis manner, 4 very palat- able article of food and retails at three dollars per dozen cans, The consumption is rapidly increasing in this coun- iry and a large quantily is annually sent to England. Previous to the present year the packing business of 187d was the largest ever accomplished, aggrezalitg 825,000 cases, beiug about double that of any previous year. When preparations for the present season hegan, packers estimated that 400,000 cases would be needed, but the bare state of the markel in England, and the rapid increase jn the con- sumplion there, brought the large English houses into the field, and almost before the packing was commenced, 325,000 cases were sold by contract. Packers consequently in- creused their preparations, and with the expected large run of fish were prepared vo work day aud night, hoping (hus to furnish 500,000 cases, However, on account of the euld water sud swollen condition of the river, the fish ran dow as a veneral thing, below the depth of the nets, and the — vesult was a catch snflicieut for but 410,000 cases, Of these, shipments have been made to England, direct fr Oregon, 0 cases, In 1876 the consu 4 I call that o An Aguarium is BGesron.—We have already noticed the movement to establish an Aquaria in Philadelphia and Brooklyn, and now Boston has become interested in a similar enterprise. Last week Mr. BHmerson Baker, delivered a lecture on Aquaria before the Massachusetts Anylers’ Association, in which he suggested a plan for an aquarial garden on a large scale, with a zoological department attached, to be Jocated on city Jand iaken for the proposed system of public parks, A Conimiittee of five was appointed to take thisinto eonsideration und report some feasible plan of action. In describing the uses and construction of Aquaria he said :—- “The idea liad frequently oceurred to naturalists that fish life in its native element might be examined hy ex- plorations with the submarine armor; but the invention of the aquarium # quarter of a century ago enabled us to prosecute this examination in a much more thorough and agreeable manner. The Urst thing to be considered was the best material for the frame work of these structures. They were first made of iron; but this is subject to rapid oxydization, which necessitates painting, aud nearly all paints are poisonous to fish. Slate is avery good material, but seap-slone is probably the best, as it neither expands nor contracts, and requires no coating of paint, ‘I'he cement must be selected wilh care, snd must contain 10 lime nor lead. But the allimportant point to be secured is the aeration of the water in the tank, This must be uc- complished either by forcing the air down into the water or by forcing the water up into the air, in eile: case by artificial means, Kecently practical scientisis haye hit upon an excellent method ot mingling vegetable and animal life in the aquarium, which enures to the adyantage of both by maintaining a system of balance and compensation, The plants evolve oxygen and absorb carbon, while the fish vive out carbon and inhale oxygen, thus establishing a mutually beneficial exchange of yital elements. Stand- ing water is injurious to drink and calehes all the atmos- pheric poisons, The water plant also imbibes noxious odors, aud weré it not for tue intervention of thie suuil, which is the sciveuger of the aquarium and a useful mem- ber of the fish society, ealing up impurities and decayed particles, the former would ceise iw supply of oxygen, ‘The remainder of the lecture was devoted to a considera- tion of the best and most economical methods of obtaining itee ciiculation and aeraliongf water used for aquariuins,” of a ] — country was over 200,000 cases, or double that of the pre- ‘vious yeay, and the same ratio of increase is being kept up, Jeaving altogether apparently only about 60,000 cases for the present twelve months’ consumption, which last year excceded 100,000. This would indicate that the price of canned salmon will advanced, and comparatively reduced sales will be the consequence. -—The steamer Zealandia, which sailed from San Fran- cieco for Australia und New Zealand February 4, took out 180,000 white-tish eggs from Lake Michigan for the latter colony. Trout eggs from Charlestown, New Hampshire, were also fo RATS, together with Calitornia deer and 27 short-lailed grouse from Utah, and by the next steamer pral- xi¢ chickens, Oregon grouse and pheasants will follow, @iatural History. Gonpen PHmeAsAnrs.—A correspondent who has paid much attention to breeding golden pheasants in this coun- try encourages their propagation when he states that they ‘Will thrive in this country with good treatment and become quite tame. He says:— “TJ haye an old hennineyears old that never had a mate. Tt was brought to Wisconsin by an English sportsman named Poole. Sheknoecks around with my common fowls —only she will be boss over the yard, cocks and all. She Tanges wide for food, bugs and worms constituling four- fifths of it; but she comes homeeyery night, I can raise them in domestication, and will turn a few loose and watch the results, provided the experiment don't cost too much.” —$ rr —We have received from Hartford, Gonn., Wade's Weekly Huchange and Mart, an advertising sheet to accom- pany the Juncters Journal, Ti contains a large number of advertisements relative to fancy breeds of poultry, pigeons, ete,, and must prove a valuable medium to those dealing in fancy fowls. Forty numbers will complete the year, making, with twelve of the Fancier’s Journal, fifty-two numbers. Sin- gle copies per annum 50 cents. Apply to Joseph M. Wade, Hartford, Conn, a SNAKES In WinTeR.—A correspondent writes us from Stoverstown, saying:--"Mr. Jucob K. Shell, of Stoyers- town, North Codones Township, York county, recently exlibited to a friend four large shakes of the water-snake variety, which he had hung across pole near his spring house, where he had killed them on the 18th of January. This is certainly a strange circumstanee to occur in mid- winter, andis an incident which the Editor of Formsr AND SrREAM, or some one of the many intelligent contrib- utors to “our” populur sporting paper may probably be able to explain. Soon SSS ANTLERED Dons.—E, Dickerson, Esq., of Springfield, Mass., writes to us to say, that Dr. G. M. Levette, Assist- get State Geolopi-i of Indiana, has at his office in Indian- apolis, the skull of a doe with beautiful antlers. They are about half the usual size of antlers of the buck, and are perfect in form. ANOTHER ANTLERED Dor.—A correspondent sends the following note:— “An article in your paper of 2dth ultimo, on ‘‘An Ant- Jered Doe,” reminds me that, in the fall of 59 or °60, stopping at “The Forks” of the Au Sable, on my way “in” to the Adirondacks, I was shown as a great curiosity —the head of a deer with a horn growing out of the left side. The head was kent in brine for preservation, and was vouched for asthe head of a doe, and as such was considered a great curiosity.” ee ooo THE CHAMPLAIN PrckEREL.—We lave received fram Doctor J. R. Romeyn, of Reeseville, New York, a box of ihe fish which occupied the sileution of the Ion, Robert B. Roosevelt aad Winton ©. Walson in our paper last week. There isno doubt whatever as to the identity of the fish. They are the esox fuciaius, and are described in Appleton’s Encyclopedia, They are also to be seen in the tauks of the New York Aquariutn, They seldom even grow to exceed a pound and a half in weight. te > —The old State House at New Haven, Conn., is devoted 10 2 variety of uses, literary, social and reformatory; and yarious Offices are located there. Prof. Marsh has had his collection of fossil remains from the ‘bad lands” of Dakota housed in the basement. i i —WNoticing the southward migration of the Suowy Owl, the Montreal Witness says that the tribe are invariably ac- companied by flocks of white crouse or ptarmigan, and it has been observed that when either or both of the birds have been unusually abundant around Montreal and Que- bee, the winter has been more than ordinarily severe to the ‘northward. Se Aw Ingumpy.—Our correspondent, G..H. Ragsdale, writing from Gainesville, Cooke county, Texas, says:— “Can you name the following owl from the description which follows? Sex, male, Size; length, 9.3; extent, 24: wing, 6.7; tail, 3.3; nearly square; no ear tuilts; Tarsus, 1.9; scantly feathered in front; 1tel., 7; 3tel., 1.1; bristly; claws black; weak and but moderately curved; 8d, pri- mary, the longest; Ist and 2d (only) enarginate on the nner web; eyes with Jight yellow ring; bill, 65; lead color; cere darker und iumid; vostrils circular; eyelids white; ears mederate; superciliavy liue white; the general eolor ubove and below is dark bréwn (ibe color of Prairie Ten); the wings, tail and under parts handed with while: Tiead, dorsal areas and rump spotted with white, chin pure white; middle throat with a collarof brown and while: ower threat pure while, lining of wings and under tail coyerts buff, I have never seen gne like it. I dug it out FOREST AND STREAM. from under a flat rock in open prairie, but near a creek. For two weeks we have had birds singing and grass grow- ing like spring. Harris Sparrows, Lecontes Sparrows, Goldfinches anil many others that appeared tobe gone while if was so cold, are here now," The measurements and proportions seem to agree most nearly with those of the Burrowing Owl, Speotyto cunicu- laria var. hypegaea Coues, The fact of its having been dog ont from under a rock seems to favor its reference to this species OUR PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE NIDIFIGATION OF THE AMERICAN KINGLETS, W the hope of eliciting from some of the many readers of The Bulleton further information concerning the breeding habits of the American Kinglets, or at least put- fing them upon the alert for further mformation, [have deemed it well to bring together what is at present known respecting the nidification of these birds. Of thu breeding of the Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus caléndulnz), not much is known, although the bird is found al different seasons in all parts of North America. In the Rocky Mountains it breeds among the most elevated foresis. Mr. J, A. Allen found young in July near Mt, Lincoln Col,; Mr. Ridgway gives it as breeding among the peaks of Northern Utah; and Mr. Henshaw in Arizona, It is also supposed to breed in Northern New Jersey, in West- ern New Yori, in Maine, and in the islands of the Bay of Fundy. In Western New York a nest which contained young was reported to have been built in the fork ofa tree, Males and females haye both been observed in sum- mer about Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, and Mr, Gentry thinks it nests on the wooded heights along the Wissahickon. Di. Goues in his ‘Birds of the Northwest” considers that he has sufficient evidence to show a breeding range through- out the mountains of the west from 9,000 feet upward, thence breeding eastward along the northern boundary of the United States to Maine and Labrador, and probably sending a spur southward along the Alleghany Mountains, Northwestward it reaches Alaska. The most satisfactory information is furnished by Mr. J. H. Batty, who found a nest near the butialo Mountains in Colorado, on June 21st, 1875, which contained five young and one egg. The nest was on the branch of a spruce tree, about fifteen feet from the ground, and was so Jarge ‘that it could scarcely be got into a good sized coffee cup. It is described as ‘‘a loosely woven mass of hair and feathers, mixed with moss and some short bits of straw.” The egg, Mr. Batty tellsme, was very much like that of the coni- mon House Wren, but a litle lighter in color, Both par- ents were assiduously bringing larve of insects to the young, Whose appetites were unappeasable. Mr, Henry W. Henshaw also reports finding a neatly inished nest on a mouutain near Port Garland, Col, It was built on a low branch of a pine, and the male was singing directly over- lead; but although he waited some time, Mr. Henshaw did wol see the female, ‘I'he nest was a somewhat bulky airucture, very large for the size of the bird, externally composed of strips of bark, and lined thickly with feathers of the Grouse.” Of the eggs of this Kinglel nothing further is known. ‘ Little more can be said in respect to the Golden-crested Kinglet (Regulus satvaga, Licht.). lis range is nearly as extensive, but more vortherly; it does not descend in win- ter beyond Mexico, Nothing is known with certainty of its breeding anywhere in the Uniled States, allhough it may be found to do so inthe northern mountainous por- tions. Mr. ‘Thomas G. Gentry is confident that it nidifi- cates in cavities in the tall trees which crown the heights of Hastern Pennsylvania, despite the generally accepted notion that it follows its foreign cousin in building a pen- sile nest and laying white eggs, finely sprinkled with buff dots, in size about equalto those of Humniing birds. It has also been inferred that this Kinglet raises iwo broods jn aseason, Mr, Nuttalland Dr. Cowper both found it feeding fuil-fledged young on the Columbia river, on May Bist; and Audulon observed the same thing in Labrador in August. Mr. Maynard found it common at Lake Um- bagog, Me,, in June; he says it breeds there, and that, judging from the condition of female specimens dissected, if deposits its eggs about June lst, Heveral pairs were fount in the thick woods there, but no nests could be dis- covered; he thought they built, probably, in the loug hang- ing moss so abUndant on the trees In those northern forests. Mr, Herrick puts it down positively as breeding on the island of Grand Menan, and Dr. Brewer iu Maine, Mr. Ailen informs me that he met with young, atlended by the par- énts, the third wees in August, 1876, on Mount Monad- nock, New Hampshire, which he has no doubt were hatched in the immicuiate vicinity. Mr, J. K. Lord states that these birds were abundant on Vancouyer’s Island and the adjacent coast, where he found them building pensile nests suspended from the tips of high pine branches, in which they laid trom five toseven eggs. He does riot de- stribe the egys, which was hardly to be expected, perhaps, considering tlie half-use he seems lo haye made of his up- portunities. Herr fF, W. Baedeker has figured the egg-in the Journal fur Ornithologie (1856, p, 33, Fl. I, Fig. 8), and also in his jarge work on the egys of the birds ot Hurope, Dr. Coues observes, in a private communication to me, ‘"Phe plate indicates a rather roundish egg, though the two specimens figured differ noticeably in size and shape; they are spoken of in the text as ‘niedliche kluine Hirchen mit, lehmgelben ben Plekschen aut weissen Grunde,’ and compared with those of other species i)lustrated on the same plate.” Tieguius cuvier’, described by Audubon from a specimen taken near the banks of the Sehuykill river, has remained unknown to ornithologists ever’ since.—Ainest Ingersoll in Bulietin of the Nuttall Ornithologicar Club. —_-——— i oe _____. OCCURRENCE OF THE BLACK RAIL IN MASSACHUSETTS. Epiror FoREsT AND STRWAM,— tread with much intrest the article on our Rails, m the number of Fokusr anp Srream for November ih. Selheying ir desirable for any one who gan furnish an item which way contribute to ihe advance of ornithological kuowledge to do so, and noting your remark as to the rare occurrence of the Black Hail (2. Jurnaicensis), 1 write to siy that Lhaye a specimen of the above, obtained ia this Biate in August, 1800, It was picked up dead on the a i 33 shore of Clark’s Island, Plymouth, by a cousin of mine, who, in a residence of sixty-five years on the island, bad never seen the like before, and forwarded it to me as a rare apis, which, indeed, it proved to be. By request of a member of the Nuttall Olub, of Cambridge, I'sent the skin {o be exhibited at one of their meetings, where it waa pronounced the first and only specimen for Massachusetts, and the thitd for New Hneland, and so pul on record, wide Article by H. A. Purdie on “Birds of Rare Occtitrence in N. B.,” p. 22, Vol. II, No. 1, of Bulletin of Nuttall Glu. Yours truly, F, C. Brownn Framingham, Mass., January 28th, 1877, : a_i THE BIRDS OF WEBSTER AND AD- JOINING TOWWS. BY CHARLES F. GoopDHmI, UURDIDM--THE THRUSHES, 2 HM 5 Turdus miqvalorius, Robin. Common sunitner resident; breeds, Turdus Poitasiz. Wermit thrueh. Common; breeds, one of the mos b common of the tlrnshes. Turdus fuscescens. Wilson's thrush, Not so common 4s 7", Pallasii bnt breeds. ‘ Turdus Swainsonii. bit one neet. Seiupus wurocapillus. Golden-crowned thrush, Oven bird; common, breeds in the woods everywhere, Seiurus novaboracensis. Water thrush, Wot cominon; may breed as J haye taken it in midsnmmer. Harporhynchus rufus, Brown thrush. Common snmmer resident; breeds. Mimus carolinensis. Cat bird. Common; breeds abundantly, , SAXICOLIDE—RICK INHABINELS, Sialia sialis. Bluebird, Very common; breeds everywhere. SYLYI[DA—THR WARBLERB, Reguiys etendulus. Ruby-crowned kinglet. afutumn migrant, Reguius sairapus. Golden-crowned kinglet. Abundant in winter; may breed, as | found iton Kearsarge Mountain on June mad, 1870. PARIDM—THE TITMICH, Parus alvicapilivs. Black-capped titmouse. Common resident; breeds everwhere. Parus Hudsonscus, Wudson Bay titmouse- Very rare; took one in November, 1875, Olive-backed thrush, Quite Tare; have taken Common spring and CERTHILDM-—THE CREEPERS, Certhia familiaris, Brown creepers. Resident; common in winter, but rave In summer, AITTIDA--THEH NUTHATOHES, Siiia carolinensis. White-vellied nuthateh. Common resident; breeds, found nest the Jast of Mayinared oak, The nest wasina cavity ten inches deep, dug out of the solid wood, forty feet from the ground, Sittt canadensis. Red-bellied nuthateh, Resident, but not common. In the summer of 1875 found ihe birds building on Kearsarge Mountain. TROGLODYTIDZ—THE WRENS, Troglodytes «don, House wren, Summer resident; has been rare, but more common this year. (1876), a Anorthura hyemalis. Winter wren.“ Common during the migrations, Took one specimen June 22d, 1875, on Kearsarge Mountain; it wus a male in full plamage and song. MOTACILLIDH—-TUE WAGTAILS, Antius tidovicianus, Titlark, Rare migrant; have taken ti but once, May 10th, 1875. SYLVICOLIDA—THE WOOD WARBLERS. MMuiotilia veria. Black and white creeper. Common in the mizra- ons; less so in simmer. Breeds, nesiing on the ground; the nests that have come under my observation haye been so placed that the herb- age of the year before formed a roof, as it were, to the nest, Parula americana. Blue yellow-backed warbler, Common in spring and autumn. May breed, but have not fonnd the nest as yer. Geothiypis trichkas. Maryland yellow-throated warbler. summer resident. Breeds, nesting 1n swampy places. 6 Helminthophaga mificapiiia, Nashville warbler. Common summer resident, Breeds, nesting much in the manner of the preceding. The female lays from four to six eggs, usually the latter number. Dendrecavirens. Black-throated green warbler, Abundant summer resident, Breeds, nenally in pine woods. ‘Vliree nests found in 1874; ~ were all placed in pines; tivo of the nests were built in forks close to the trunk of the tree and about twelve feet from the ground; the other Was built on a herizontal limb some five feet from the main body of the tree and fifty feet from the gronnd; the rumber of eggs were four, which is, | think, the number usually laid. Pendreca cerulescms, Black-throated warbler. Rather common in summer. Breeds; places the nest on a horizontal limb otf! the hemlocic six feet from the ground. Dendreca coronate, Yellow-rumped warbler. and autumn migrant. May breed; have seen ths adult here in mice Bimmer. Were very plenty on the mountains June sed, and probably had nests, but did not find any, as [ did not haye (ime to look oarefally_ Dendreca custanea. Bay-breasted warbler, tare, probably breeds sparingly, as l have seen the young being-fed by the old ones in the Jatter part of July, they being at that time hardly able to fly. Dendreca Blackbuynie. This beautiful warbleris quite common in sommer. It breeds without doubt, as ] have seen the young often, but owing to the secliided habits of the bird have not bee able to find its nest, a8 they keep in the deep woods and large trees I think they must breed in such places, Dendrece pinus. Pine creeping warbler, breeds, as if remains through the summer: Dendreca pennsylvanica. Chestnut-sided warbler. The most com- mon of the Dendracae; breeds everywhere in low bushes. Dendrivea striata, Black-polled warbler, Common in the migra- tions, Dendreca cestiva. Yellow warbler. Common summer resident Breeds usually near a sircam of water In meadows and in intervals. The cow banting often deposits its eggs in the nests of this species, Dendieca macuiod, Black and yellow warbler. Common spring und gutumo migrant; often remains through the summer. Dendtoaca palmarum, RKed-polled warbler, Common in spring and fall. Perissogiosa grina. taken if but once, Diyiodioctes pussilius. Black-capped fly-catching warbler, mon; exceedingly shy, keeping in low bushes. Mytodioctes canadensis, Canada fly-catching warbler. the migrations; lggs 80 in snmmer; think ib breeds, Selophaya ruticilla. Medstart. Common summer resident; breed usvally in a young growth of birches, pines and the like. HIRUNDINIDA—THE SWALLOWS. Himindo horreorum., arn swallow, Common summer resident, Byeeds, nesting in barns and out-buildings. A friend once showed me two eggs of this specieés no larger than those of (he least flycatcher, and thickly spotted at the smaller end, Peivochelidon lunifrons. Cidi swallow, Eave swallow. Common resident iu summer; breeds under eaves of barns and under shees sometimes as many as fifty pal’ breeding under the eayes of # single barn, Tachycineta bicolor, White-bellied swallow. Abundant snmmer re: sident, Arrives sometimes before the snow is goue; shof one on the 8th day of April, when there was but very little bare ground pad quitw cold, Abundant Very common spring Not common; think it Cape May warbler, Txcecdingly rare; have Not com Common in Cotyleaiparta. Bank swallow. Very common in summer. Breeds in large commonities in the river banks. Progne subis, Purple martin, Not common. Breeds, nesting In hotises put up for them. The blue birds and marting have a battle every spring to 8ee who will have possession of a large martin house in our arden, sometimes one side and sometimes the other yictorious. One pair of blue birds will keep six or eight martins at bay. VIREONIDA—THE VIREOS, EVire: olivaceus. Red-eyed yireo. Common suminer resident, the tnost so of any of the vireos. Breeds. Vireo gifvus. Warbling vireo, Common summei resident. Breeds, Tins species has # warbling song 80 near like that of the purple finch that it is hard to distinguish between the two, Vireo solitarius. Blue-headed vireo, Nearly as common as the red- eyed vireo; itis the frat to come in thé epring, Breeds, vesting on low trees and bushes, Vireo flavifrons. Yesident. Breeds. Vireo noveboracensis, Been it yet. Woodland, farm and Garden. BERMUDA AS A WINTER RESORT. —_+—_— Yellowthroated vireo, Rather common summer White-eyed vireo. Mey oecht, but have not GARDEN TRUCK FOR THE NEW YORK MARKET. = BRIEF voyage southward in the steamer to Bermuda, where they connect with other lines to St. Thomas and the West Indies, works a wonderful transition im scenery, climate and all external surroundings. The pas- senger who embarks on the staunch ocean craft Bermuda or Carmina, usually awakes the next Sunday morning to find himself in’a balmy atmosphere, and gazing upon a landscape radiant with a perpetual verdure. Already the steamers are bringing to this port copious supplies of new to- mutoes aud potatoes fresh every cay, and by the beginning of April we shall be receiving vegetables from that quarter of every description. Every year increased attention is given by the islanders to what we call truck farming, stim- Ulated by the high prices for agricultural produce which they always command through the early spriug months, Last year’s renorts of this description amounted to about $340,000, which is a pretty good sccount to give of a pop- ulation numbering only about 15,000, and inhabiting a #roup of islandsno more than twenty-six miles in extent from end to end, The equable climate is the great charm of this gem of the ocean, ranging ia the colder months trom 65 deg, to 70 deg. Fahrenheit, and showing less vari- ation Lhroughout the year than is found in any otherepot not insular, situated without the tropics. Compared with Nica, Ajziers and the Nile the temperature is more genial, 1n this respect more closely resembling that of Madeira and St. Augustine. The excellent tacilities for communication between New York and Bermudaby means of an estab- lished steam line, have the effect to start a sort of migra- tion among both the well-to-do and invalid classes, large numbers moving between these points with each changing scaion, The last steamer from this port took out about saventy first-class passengers, besides others in the steer- age, and this travel now in its height will continue for nearly three months {o come—wish we were ineluded, with fishing tackle and other appliances for sport. Of good eamping there would be no lack. Thatisa delight, Some lind where oleanders form the common fence of the coun try, growing sometimes twenty feet high; where is found the sage, palm and palmetto, not to speak of figs, grapes, pomegranites and bananas; where marine animal life is varied and abundant, and fish and creatures from abroad of at least 135 species make it their temporary home; be- sides native residents, such asthe cardinal grosbeak, the white-eyed vireo and ‘‘chick of the villaze,” etc. Here, porter, get up our baggage. © ———— ee Linuy oF THE VALLEY.—At this season of the year, when we see so much Lily of the Valley for sale in the florists’ windows, we are apt to wonder where and how it is eculti- vated in such vast quantities, A few particulars thereon may prove of interest. Hundreds of thousands are aunu- ally imported into the United States, the greater part of which is grown by nurseryinen in Holstein, not far from Hamburg. Millions of crowns, it is stated, are sent out from the establishment of HE. C, Harmsen, of Hamburg, with whom it forms the principal object of cultivation. Tn fall the ground (a sandy loam) is prepared by trenching ica good depth, and a liberal manuring with well rotted manure. Itis then laid out in beds about four feet wide, six rows of plants being put in each, a path between each being left for convenieuce of weeding, hoeing, etc. The plantlets are then placed in furrows three to four inches deep, and covered with at least an inch of soil, After the first frost has set in the beds are thoroughly mulehed with well rotted manure, which not only seryes to nourish the plants when growth commences in spring, but also acts as a protection during the winter, Moreover, during the suc- ceeding season it prevents‘annual weeds from getting the upper hand. Thisis all there is to be doyg the first sea- son, and nothing but weeding the second and third year is necessary, till about the middle of October the third feason, when the plants are ready to lift. The labor of li fling [and sorting the flowering roots from the others is quickly performed, and after shortening the roots the pips ate tied up in bunches and stowed in a coo! house for ex- portation. For early forcing the strongest and ripest are selected, and are generally planted in beds in moss or sand, and covered at first toa depth of three inches with moss, The heat is raised, from 7)° at first, to SB° to 100° after three daysor so, liberal watering being given, and as the young shoot progresses the covering of moss is gradually 5. Awe FOREST AND STREAM. removed, until in about ten days itis taken away altogether, To have the Lily in bloom by Christmas it is only neces- sary to commence about November 20th, and carry ont the preceding instructions, following every two weeks or so with a fresh batch for succession, The great bottom heat is especially necessary for early forcing. co ——_—_—. FrLoripa ORANGES.—Orange growers are dissatisfied with northern markets this year, und apparently northern markets are dissatisfied with Wlorida orange growers. What isthe reason? Last year prices were fair, and there was mutual satisfaction, Many speculators began buying this year at last year’s prices for shipment, and have lost money. It is not that Florida oranges haye suddenly, in a single season, become so plentiful. Go through the State’ and you do not find such a vast quautity of bearing trees, or irees that are old enough to bear any great number of oranges. Most of them are too young for that, Jack Frosé has done the mischief, and all through the winter one great topic of conversation has been ‘the freeze.” When the weather sets in cold down here, and the north- wind hangs on day after day, thereis as much anxiety in the face of the orange man as in that of a skipper trying to keep off alee shore ina gale, This is not the case be- youd the frost line of course, but all don’t want to go be- youd the frost line. Besides this, where is the frost line? The extreme south of the State, we know, is secure; but how far north a man may plant his orange grove in secur- ity in this State is a question that is difficult to answer, It is certain that groves miles south of this point suffered worse than those of Mandarin, Jacksonville, or even Fer- nandina; and even Indian River has complained of the frost, lf you want to tell a good orange, feel the weight of it. It ought to be heavy. Northern papers say that eyéry third orange from Florida is worthless—spongy and light —and that isthe way Jack Frost works, and svon they rot, J attribute the poor market to the poor condition of the fruit from the frost. After a frosty night jook at your orange trees. The leaves ate curled a little, bulif your fruit is not shriveled.a grain you may be allright. Waita week or two, though, aud if your oranges keep their smooth, glossy appearance, and stick to the irees, you have come out safe. Dut the oranges have dropped this winter, and the ground has been as yellow with them as the fields north are wilh dandelions inthe early spring, ‘0, you are too far south,” said a gentleman to an Indian Hiver man, who was grumbling about the freeze in his vicinity; “you ought to come up near Jacksonville.” The other smiled at this unnsual advice. ‘*Why, do you know where the finest oranges in Florida are ruised? those that took the premium atthe State Pair?’ No.” ‘Well, in Fernan- dina,” et oe __—_——- ~ Kern O1p Parmer.—Faroier lodge lad an eye to bus- iness. One hut day last summer he huns up his old horse in the shade of un apple tree near the country tavern, and going into the hostelry ordered fonr quarts of oats forthe beast, These were furnished; and while Dobbin munoched at his fodder and stamped off the flies that pestered him, Farmer Hodge drank beer on the porch! When the time came to gettle the score, ‘‘How much?” demanded Hodge. “Twenty-five cents.” ‘‘Um-um, twenty-five cents? That's fair enough; but look-a-lere (pointing to the well pounded eaith under the apple tree where ihe horse had stood) how much are ye goin’ to deduct for the manure?” : A sharp eye to business had Farmer Hodge, ———— eee SMILAX.—I often see directions for growing smilax. Whether they come from practical cultivators | know not, but if so, their experience and observation differ very widely from mine. We are told that smilax will foutish in partial shade, or, to quote verbatim; ** The vine does not need the full sun.” With me it does require the full sun. in any other place the vine, it is true, will continue to grow; but it will remain almost leafless. I have tried yepeatedly to decorate, with it, \he ornaments on pictures over a muntel—haying some considerable length of vines fo begin with. All of them remained fresh und fine, but the new growth was of no account—yet the mantel was flooded with light from windows directly oppesite. 1 have often grown it out of doors on a very delicate wire trellis, three teet high and a fool and a half wide. In autumn 1 bring it to the living room and set it in anGrnamental pot or vase on a small table between two sunny windows—ihe back of Ube trellis against the wall. Jn my experience the mature leafage, in these trials, re- mains unchanged during the winter, and forms the com- mencement of a charming embellisument. Tender sprays branch out at every point—often in great luxuriance. The running vines on the top of the trellis, 1 am obliged to train off on threads stretched across the windows that they may get the strongest light—the hottest sun, When two or three yards of vine, covered with briglit, glossy leaves, are well grown, L take it from the window and run it on the wall, ¢mbracing bracket, picture, or whutever I may happen to kave above the trellis, I then carry it to the celiuog, and, when I get enough by repeated growths, fes- toon 1 over the curtain; Tun 1t across on the orice, or dispose of it in any way that fancy may dietate. Vor a fine effect and the most graceful ornamentition nothing equals the smilax, but it will not flourish for me, nor tur any of my acquaintances, without the full sun, = For tie benetit of those amateur florists who have failed in the cultivation of this plant, | respecttuliy submit this record of personal experience. To grow asmiali specimen of smilax amounts to little. We want it tur ornamenia- tion. A sample of goods is useful in its way, bub We real benefit is in having enough for a full suit. Smilax is easily grown trom the seed, though it takes several weeks to werminnte. Ik requires wu rich soil, and When the growtu is rapid, much water. Although a perennial, young plants Gu better than old. Pur several in une pot if you wis a large growth, and keep a warts, thick mat under the pot, if it standson marble. Fulfil all (he conditions of suecess; give light, heat, drink, and you will have a thing of beauty, which will be a joy for the season, to say the least —J, H J.to American Garden. a Brer Roor Crop mm FRance,—It appears that the past has been a very disastrous season for the French beet root sugar works. It is said thal out of 438 factories, which were ii operation in 1875, only 184 are still in existence. The (uantity of beet juice treated was 964,617 heetolilres, as against 4,588,501 hectoliirves in the first month of last sea- son, and its average density was 10 per cent. lower. ‘The stock ef sugar turned out was less than one-fourth of the amount in September, 1876, the figures being 5,023 and 22,- 979 tons respectively; while the quantity obtainer from each nectolitre af juice is but 3.60 killogramme, as com- pared with 3.88in 1875, It is also stated that deterioration in the sugar yielding quality of the heets has been going on for 4 number of years past,—lV. Y. Shipping List, Furs and Trapping. ‘HINTS TO TAXIDERMISTS, As all collectors know after a little experience, there ara certain genera of birds in which, from the large size of the gape and the smallness of the neck, it is impossible, in Skil- ning, to pass the skin over the head so-as to clean the akull —é, j., we genera Rhipidura, Myiagra, Tchitresa, pnd oll ers; also the woodpeckers, some of the purrots, aud the ducks. Books on taxidermy tell you te make an incision from the forehead to the back of the head, along the Lopaf the skull, which you must turn out rough the eut, and, after cleaning, replace, sewing up the severed skin. This is what | have done for forty years, according to my lights, A “happy thought” oceurred 10 me some time since in Fiji, while skinning a small thin-skinned Rhipiduia, [ drew the neck through the skip til I got to the base of the ekull; into this I plunged the points of my scissors, cuiting it away wilh the palate, by three cuts forming a triangle, the apex at the hinder junction of the neck; the base acioss the palate. Drawing away the neck left the brain exposed; this [ cleaned out, and compressing the skull at the base of the lower mandible, it slipped through the skin of the ueek as easily as possible, enabling me to clean il, apply the pre- servative, stuff the orbits, &e., and slip il back again inthe same manner. Lt did not take me half so long to do as tu describe, and the saving of time im the sewing up of the skin of the head as in the old precess, and the better appear- ance af the specimen (letting alone the saving of trouble), is ‘‘prodigious.” . I don’t know if it will answer for woodpeckers and ducks, We have none of the former in these latitudes, and | have nof come across any of the latter sinee I made tlie di-coy- ery; perhaps some of your readers will try the plan and- ‘report progress.” It has answered for some bik-jawed parrots, and with the strong-billed ‘‘kagou” (Rhynochetos jubutus) of N. Caledonia. While I am writing, | may as well mention another little “wrinkle” Lhave lately added to my horns. It may be use- ful to some of your readers in the tropies, ‘With the ther- mometer at 100° in the shade, birds shot in the morniug are often ‘‘unskinnable” at night—and next morning, whew! Well, it occurred to me to inject carbolic acid into these parts that decompose the soonest, eg , the brain, the throat, and the viscera; so I got one of those small syringes wilh per- forated needle points used for ejeoting opium and other nar- colics under the skin, and Linjected a dew drops of earbol- ic acid into the brain (through the palate) down the throat, and into the viscera (through the vent) with the happiest reult. It hardened the parts, and effectually prevented de- composition for many hours. J have since kept a bird “skinnable” fora week, while another hung slongsideit was putrid and fly-blown in twenty-four hours; so that LT skin- ned birds that otherwise [ should have utterly lost. The brain became like cheese, the eye white and hard, as did also the viscera, I hardly need point out the advantages af this to a travel- ler in the tropics, or even to a stationary collector who hap- pens (as has often occurred to me) to come across au 6x GeyIt- ionully “‘good day.."—Lendon eld. ————————————— Instruction ry Taxrprrmy.—We have received from the Naturalist’s Agency a copy of Mr. ©. 7. Maynurd’s “ Naturalist’s Guide,” bearing on the title page the dute 1877. Although first published in 1870 and extensively noticed by the press at that time, there seems to he good reason for again calling attention to the work. We fre- quently receive from correspondents inquiries in regard to the best way of preserving objects of Natural History, and we have on former occusions published a number of avti- eles on Taxidermy. The ground, however, is too exten- sive to be covered by these, and we cordially recommend Mr, Maynard’s book to such of our readers as desire information on this topic. It contains a large amount of information of the greatest practical value to the young naturalist, anil there is much between its covers from which lhe more ex- perienced collector may gain useful hints. ; The work is divided into two parts, the first of which is entitled ‘Directions for Collecting, Preserying, aud Mounting Birds, Mammals, Fishes, ete., etc,” while the second is devoled to a ‘Catalogue of the Birds of Eastern Massachusetts,” with Notes Relative to their Migrations, Habits, ete. Mr. Maynard,as a practical taxidermist, knows what he is writing about, and his directions for making skins are full and complete. Besides the informa- tion which the book affords concerning the collecting and preservation of vertebrates, several pages are given to direc- tious for the successful collection of the lower forms of life so that the book is not simply a ‘‘Guide” for the collection of birds anil mammals, but isof value to the young collec- tor in whatever brunch of Zoology he may be interested. The most valuable portion of the work, however, is in our opinion, Part 11; in which is given a list of 299 birds which have been found in Eastern Massachusetts, tomeller With «great deal pf valuable information drawn from the authors nole book. To the New Evgland collector the “(Cuide” isa sine gua nen, + ——— ANNING BRINS.—In answer ton correspondent, the Mas- : achinetie Plougionan gives the following: directions tor tanning sheep ekins so the wool will stay on :— “Take salt and alum in eqnal parts, pulverized, and sift about four ounces on the flesh side of the skin when it is fresh from the body, or if it haS become dry moisten it, and then apply the mixture, and fold the skin up carefully and keep) it in a damp place about four days, then open it aod luy it on a table and sorape it with a dull knife to get all the adhering flesh off, then rub it with a blunt wooden instrument till it is dry and sof|. Then washitthoroughly id warm soapsuds, let it dry moderately, and just before 1, is fully dry rub it soft with thehands, After thorough rub- bing it is soft and pliable as a kid glove, and will continue 80. Some nail the skin smoothly and tightly against a door or board with the flesh side out. Then with « blunt broad bladed knife scrape away all loose pieces of flesh and fat, then rub in as much chalk as possible, not being sparing of ‘elbow grease’ or labor, When the chalk begins to pow- der and fall off, take the skin down and fill it with finely ground alum, then wrap it closely together und kvep it in a dry place for two or Lliree days, then unroll it, shake out the alum and the thing is done, If it is desired to dress the skin soft, like buckskin, take it fresh from the animal «and stretch it tightly on a board, an(l scrape off all the flesh that will come off easily, Warm two quarts of milk and mix ina teacupful of salt and half an ounce of oil of vitriol. In this mixture soak the skin about forty minutes, stirring it and keeping it warm. Then iwke it out and stretch and rub it over the smooth edge of a board, working it until dry. The Indians are said to have the secret of prepering buitulo hides and deerskins by sonk- ide them ina paste made of brains, and, after rubbing jem, drying them in smoke, Whether this is the way they do it or nol we cannot say, but they certainly know how to do itin some way or other, better than we have ever seen them prepared by white men. Perhaps il is owing to more patient and long continued rubbing. ‘ —<$<$$<$§$£@§$- soe —— v West Por, Arkansas, Feb, 14th, 1877. Hprron Foresr anp StkEAM:— J inclose some poles on **Ratt Creek,” where trapping is good, and we have been very successful. Ratt Creek is a small sluggish creek of about fifteen miles in length, widening out into small lakes and large cy- press ponds in its tortuous course into White river. As s00n as We saw it we thought we had struck a good trap- ping vround, and the following day put out a fair number of mink traps, and a few for otter, although the olter sign Was ut so plentiful as coon and mink. Jn yiewing around up and down the creek we found numerous fresh deer track in our daily visits to our traps, but our experience has always been that a trapper whoattends well to his traps lias no time fo unt after other game, and although we nearly alwuys carry our shot gun we seldom look for any fame except ducks and rabbits to bait the traps with. One day last week as we were going into the bottom alone, we slatted three fine deer out of a thicket of bushes and cane near the trail 10 the traps; of course, we did not have our “Winchester,” and the shot gun was loaded with duck shot, and our only satisfaction was the pleasure of seeing those white tails loping away through the limber. Baley lake is about a mile below where our laps are selling, andis much yisiled as a fishing resort by the people living back on the hills. The water is deep, and fine buffalo and perch are now being taken with the hook and line, Although the lake is right in the bottom and subject to six feet overflow from Wlute and Little Red rivers, there is about twelve acres on the north bank of the lake entirely above any bigh water which would be a pleasant camp ground at goy time of the winter. Itisascarcely worth while to go into detail as to {he number of varmin we are catchipg, but we can say our success in the short time we have been here has been much better than in Mississippi, and taken allogether, our catch has b.en. good. SHPTHAR-BOZNAT. —————— Arica, Ohio, Feb. 10th, 1877, Eprror Fores’ AND STREAM:— Aiter reading “Buckshot's” communication I considered it my duty tu give to the readers of the ForrsT AnD SfRHAM au account of a grand fox hunt which took place near here on last Friday, Feb. 9th. ‘The morning came, and at an early hour the horns and drums, and horse and deyvil-fiddles could be heard in the streets of our little village. The boys and men all started at 8 o’cloek, in order to scour the woods between here and the starting point. The lines were formed and started to closé st 10 o’eluck sharp. ‘fhe lies then proceeded cau- liously to the closing point, as we neared which could be heard the shoulg of menand boys as the foxes tried to make their eseupe through the lines. Owing to the huat being poorly managed, und some misunderstanding be- tween the marshals, a partial failure was the result, Two red and prey and one black fox made their escape, but when the lines were properly closed we found within one large red fellow. Now the fuo commenced in earnest, Reyuard found himself outwitted, for the lines were per- fech wilh more than three hundred on each, every one mak- Ing a noise. At our first sigut of the fox we thought he wis nearly run down, but be doubled the field, which was some twelve times eighty rods long, before he shuwed much sign of real fatigue. ‘he lines then closed in tc a Much smaller compass, when the fox was caught and per- Tilted to take breath for fifteen minutes. While the fox wus resting iour boysvf ten or twelve years of age stepped jnto the arena; the fox was then turned loose, the buys EiVing lively chase, until one of the boys caught him, but happened to catch him by the wrong end, The 1ox fnd- ing Himself at liverty to bite, did so, inflicting a severe wound on the little fellow's wrist. He was promptly choked off, and was then pul up and sold for $2.50, which paid the expense of advertising. ' VWoxes sometimes sell at our hunts as high as ‘$6. Jam of the opinion that “Buckshot” made a mistake in regard 10 the number of square miles inclosed. It should have been four miles square, instead of four squire iniles. Sportsmen in this lovality are using every eadeavor to pre- serve the quail, and I am happy to say that prospects for ahooling next fall are very good. At present we are look- ing forward to spring, whe we will huve fine snipe shoot- ing on the marsh surrounding the great pigeon roost a few miles east of this place. J. W. 8. ‘To Vise Courortsts.—Please observe the suggestions of “sPiscator” in ont, Fish Culture Department, Auswers Go Gorrespondents. Ss" We have one column of Answers in type which are unavoidably left over, and will appear in our next issue, Baveerr, Berlin, Wis.—Wm. Malcom, of hyracuse, N. ¥., mules as food a telescope for mfles as anyone cin and makes 4 épectally of eaine, Tor Snap. W. £R., Coying, ky.—Can TI find good duck shooting between Sb. Lonig and Little Rock on or near the Iron Monntiin RN. R.in Arkansas about the Ist of April? Ana. Itis a good ducking country, bot April is rather late, W. MoM., Bedford, Pat have a muzzle-londer 12-bhore. Il does not shoot close enough for thia kind of work, Would like to have it choke-bored. Ans, It will vost you $5. Send the whole gun to I. 0. Squires, No. 1 Cortlandt st., this city. SuRWAME, Chilicothe,—What is the easterumost point in th States where eck can be found—I mean the Wapiti, not the moose? Ans. We know thet elk are qnite abondant in Tusvola, Huron und Salipac counties, in Michigan, but we baye not heard of them any further cast. J.M, @., Elmira, N Y.—Can youn fend me Col. Wingate’s Aniial Reporr or tell me where I afin get it? Ans. Address Vol, Geo. W. Win- gate, No, 205 Broadway. It wil probably be in the next annual report of the N. R. A., or at least it should be, J. H.G_, Ashland, Va.—At what age should the operation of epaying be performed on a bitch? If the operation should be performed at the Ticht time will she at some time afterwards goin heat? Ans, Before the pnppy is ten weeks old. The bitch will never come in heat, E. W., Lakeville, Conn.—How many can be counted for two sixes and three threes? Some claim fourteen and some eighteen. I favor four- teen,/becatse the threes having been need singly with the sixes in pairs cannot be used Logether with the sixes singly. Ans, The hand counts eighteen. J. C.. St. Lonis, Mo,—Where can I buy thiee dozen summer duck eggs, and what will T have to pay foo same? A friend in England wants them for hatching, Ans, Address D. Gilpin, Concordville, Delaware co., Pa., or G. O, Brown, Brooklandyille, Md.; these men deal in eggs and fowls. G, H. N., Cranston, BR. I.—In your paper of January dth, page 839 you speak of an advertisementin the Clipper. 1 wish to correspond With the author of that notice, but am unable to findit in the Clipper. Ans. We baye not the man’s address. Better correspond with the Clipper Editor, 0, J., Boston,—Gan you inform me where | can get aspayed bitch pup from cight to twelve weeks old, color orange and white wilh black nose and eyes? Ana. If a pointer will auswer you may ve able to get a Sensafion-Whisky pnppy fromthe Westminster Kennel Club. Address D. W.S. Webb, No. 7 West Fifty-fourth st., this city, C. 7., Claremont, Min.—Is there a paper published in Chicago called Bridal Bells? It was publixhed last year. Has it been discontinued? Ans, No sich paper as Bridal Bells. There was one talled Yie Bridut Veil published there, but it had a short life and went up last spring or summer, Gunstock, Boonville.—The stock of my breech-loader is too straight and Il would like to know where to send it to get it remedied and what would be the probable cost for from half to three-quatters of an inch extra drop? Ans, Send yourgun to H. C. Squires, No. 1, Courtland girech; cost $3 50. J... C., Richmond, Va.--Please fornish a reader of your valuable paper information as t: the habits of the shad and the taking of this lish with the fly. Ans. Vol. ll of Porrst anp STREAM devotes a good deal of space to the consideration of the shad and ita habits as a game fish. We have sent you selected articles. ‘here are some twelvcinall, Yeu, Jacksonport, Ark.— There is a work called the “Naturalists Library,” of which Messrs, Lippincott & Co., of Philadelphia own the plates. It was edited by Sir William Jardine, and is in oyer forty vol- umes. Is it a good and comprehensiye work as to the animals and birds of America? Ans, Very good as far as it gocs, but now somewhat ont of date. W. M. A., Schenectady,—I am desirous of entering my setter in your Kennel Register. Wall you kindly inform me, through your paper, how to do so, or if 1 mnhst fll onfablank. Wilyousend meone? Aus. Fill out the blank pedigree we jiave sent you and return it. Pedigrees for the first volume of the Register will only be received for a fortnight longer, Frep L. R., Longwood, Fla.—My dogs and horses are often greatly troubled with ticks. What will take and keep them off? Ans. The ticks must be picked off in the first place, but we doubt if anythmg can be put on to Keep them from returning in time. “Dink’s” recipe may anéwer—a teaspoonful of sunit ina pint of gin. Supsonrtrer, Alicram, N, 5.—I have an orange and white ecetler bitch nearly thirteen months old, and she-has not been in heat yet and shows no signs of being so. What do you think is the matter with her, or 1s it all regular? Ans, It is usual for # bitch tocome in season When she is twelve months old, but they sometimes go longer, We should not advise you to breed from her the first time. Guens.—1. Which will sail the faster of the two, hulls the same, a boat cut or one sloop-rigged; same amount of canvas. 2. Can a sloop or schooner sail within two points of the wind? 3. Of the two which will sail the closer to the wind aslocp or cat-rigged boat? Ans, 1. In light winds the cat-rigged boat would probably be the fuetest; im u seu- way the slocp. 2, No. 3, The catrigged boat. W.H, B., Wilmington, N. C.—Please describe simplest method of administering castor oil toa dog eighteen mouths old. Ans, Take the dog between your kucee with bis head facing from you, Open his jaws With the finger and thumb of oné hand, and with the other ponr the oil down lis throat; by stopping his nose the dog will be compelled ta swallow. Castor oil can now be had if cupulez, which are much caster to edminister. W. EL. A.. Jersey City 1. Can you inform me where 1 can buy feathers of different colors, and mohair and other requisites for makiog arlificial flies? 2. Wan you direct me to some gentleman thal is familiar With dogs. beecanse I haye a dog which L think is a cocker spanicl, and L would like to know if itis? Ans, 1. Yon will hive to pick them up separately; one here and another there. 2. Bring your dog here and we will tell you his breed. W. OC. B., Williamsport, Pa,—1. Intending to pnrcbase a gun we wish to know which is the most refble firm who udyertise their guns in your columns? Please say whan gun would auil far us, say $75. We will pay more, if necessary, fara good gun. 2. What pert of Maine furnishes the best hunting and fishing during the summer months? Ans, 1, All the dealers who advertise in our colamns are reliable, and We caunot dis criminate between their wares, 2, As a scaport, Casting, : Neno, Cleveland.—!. Where can I get avomplete cheap copy of lhe game laws of Pennsylvania? 2. What section of Pénnaylvauia is the mildest and most abundant in large game—deer und bear, end ulso trout? Ans. We can send you a copy of ‘Fur, Win and Feather” (price 50 cts.) with the game laws of allihe States. 2 Wor large game go to Pike co.; take Krie Railway to Lackawaxen, and Lhence conveyance to Weat- brook's tavern where you will find huonters_ J. G, G., New York.—In your Answers to Correspondents will you kindly oblige by anawers to tha following: 1. Weill of Remington gun as supplied to the N. G, of this State. 2. Length of bartel. 3. Diameter of bore, 4. Weightofelng, 5, Weight of gun with bayonctte, &, Weivht of gun, bayonette fixed and fily loaded, ‘banking you in advance for the wbove information. Ane. 1. 9} pounds, 2, 35 inches. %. pO calibre, 4. 4£0zrains, 5, 10} pounds, §, Samo with weight of One cartridge added, 35 D. 8. C., Middlefleld, Conn.—I haye a pointer dog 14 years old which is just reeovering from the distemper. Since lust fall I have noticed that his hair comes off in spots. The firet that I discovered was under Eis néck; these on the ends of eara and on side of nose seems to be qnite sore and spread. Ans. Annoint the bare Bpols wilh curbolic eulye Tf the dog has mange, which can readily be ssvertained by the pppear- ance and by his scratching, use the basilicon qnd pulphar oiutmunt so Often given in this column. §. 8. P., Bridgeport, Conn.—1. Ts the absence of feathor for tliree or four inches at the root of a setler’s tail an indication of good or jor breed.ne@? 2. Is 4 dropper the offspring from A adtter and poititer only, or from sny two different breeds? 8. Whatise foll authenticaten padi gree of adoz? Ans, 1. Iusome breeds, particularly the Gordon, tlie feather shonld commence three or fonrinches from the root, 2, The term is ppplied only to the cross of setter and pointer. 3, One in whieh adequate proof of the progenitors of the dog being as represented ac- companies it, Sunscenizer, Brooklyn,—1. Do yon think it advisable to have a mnz- #le-loader changed to a breech-louder; if so, would you hu kind enough to tell me about the cost, 2. My setter doz's hair rule off very easy, and when he rubs agamst my clothing he leaves alofof his huir. Would you be kind ¢nouyh to inform ma whether this 18 uny disefise, and if co, What would be a good cnre? Ans. 1. Ih would cost you about $40, and unless it was a very fine gun we should not advise it. 2. Uho dog is probably shedding his coat; a bolus of tur the size of a hickory ont wonld expedite the shedding. C, F. G., Philadelphia.—t have a red setter pup one year old which is yery timid, 80 mach #0 that I fear 1 never will be able to do anything with him. Cun you tell me if there is anything I can do to giye him courage. If he is spoken to sharply he will rum in his house, from Which it is impossible to move him except by force. Ans, Nothing but the most careful and judicious treatment will cure your poppy. Wa should retommend sending him to a good breaker. Gladstone, of Boonton, N. J., has the reputution of being able to overcome shyiiess in dogs. C. H. C., Jn., Philadelphia.—1. Are there any laws sbout shooling quails or pheasants out of season, for stuffing, in this State (Pennsylya- nia)? 2 Is there any difference belween a boat tailed grackle and a purple grackle. 3, Whats the right load fora breech-loading shot gun, weight eight pounds, and Iaminated steel burrels, 12-bore 25-inch bar rels? Ang. 1. The birds you mention cannot be killed ont of seasyn for any purpose. 2. There are different species. The boat-tailed erackle fs Quiscalus major, the purple, Quiscalus versicolor. 8. 8; drs, powder lio, shot. H. B. L., Barry, 11l.—Please tell me some mannal or text book by Which Lean lesin drawing hy myself, as these small places haye no teachers? For hnnting and target tee out west would not a Remington Tiilitary rifle costing $18 do as well ug a Remington sporting rifle copying $236? Ans. The best book we know of is ‘“Mintlie Mechanical Drayw- ing,” price $4, tobe had of B, Viin Nostrand, No, 23 Murray street, (his city. The seme publisher hasa little book called “Free Hand Draw- ing,” price 40 cents, which would be useful 2. For general rough Work, yes, N. B. J., Utica —1. Can you inform me where I can procnre a map of that part of Canada which lies north of New York State. I want an 4c- curate map, and one by which I could be guided in traveling through the woods. 2, Thaye a Remington breech-louder, 12-gange, 28.Inoch twist barrels, What kind of powder and how much would you advise me to tise in shooting ducks, and what for upland shooting? Aus. 1. Address James Campbell & Son, 26 Front atreet, Toronto, 2, All depends upon the kind of shooting and weisht of gun; for general pur- poses 3 drs. powder and 1} ozs. chot, For size of powder the uuimbur corresponding with Hazard's Ducking No. 4. W. H. M., St. Paul, Minn.—Your Editor-in-Chief ounce went to Lub- rador. Perhaps he can inform us of the origin of the word Esqnimatx, the question having accidentally arisen in a lite Coteria hera. Ans, We are glad to be able to unswer em cathedrt that the team Esqaimaus was first applied to the tribe by the interior Indians of Lavrador who ave Kuown as Nascaupies or Mountaineers. They slyled them Agshkimal, which signifies ‘eaters of raw meal,” in distinotion fro themselyca who always couked their food, Beljuimanx isa oorruplion of the word given by the Brench explorers who bad intercourse with tho Moun~ luineers. B.M. §., Nelle: Corners, Oat.—t. Which of the .22 calibre rifles or considered tie best, lhe Ballard, Remington, Stevens, or Wessons, aud are they all chambered for the long 22 rimtiro carwidge? If nut, whine is the charge for chambering them for such? 2. Can the Hl. & G, air gun be relied on for accuracy up to 50 yards, and is it chambered fortle long shell .22 val, 3. What will it cost me to have the F, & 8, bound— a six months’ lot of them? Aus, 1. There js put little difference, and they are usually chatnbered for the short carlridge. They cau be1e- clumbered ab a slight expense, not exceeding a dollaror two, 28, Mu; cdumbered for the short cartridge. 3, 1.50 Yeun, Jacksonport, Ark.—What is the difference between the oysters of the gulf coast of blorida, Texas, elc., and those of Cliesupeuke Bay? 2. Which is of the better qualily, and to what cause may the diiference be attributed? Ans. There are a8 Many yarielles of oysters On ple fulf coast as on the Atlantic, and they differ 45 greatly in quuntity, size and flavor. From our Own exXperience We should heellare fo say bhat the best oysters of the gulf qoust were infertor to Lhe best oysters of the Chesapeake Buy. The impression that thé oysters of waters in low latipudes are inferior ja derived from the fact that reefs and bars of worthless “coon oysters” ure 60 COMstantly encountered as selionsly to obstruct navigation, J, S.8., Hazleton, Pa,—My setter jmp fen months ofd has had & yery seyere atack of distemper, and thonsh apparently cured of jhe disease has neyer been able Lo wulk siuce on account of a weulmess in his buck. It is felly amouth since the diechurge from his nose and eycs ceased and ha begin tomend. His wppetite is good and he eqts all uf the beef broth and’cori meal mush that we give him What | woold like to know is whether there Is any prospece of his regaining bia #ttengih? Ans, Your dog has chores, whieo we doubt can be entirely cured. Itcan be much alleviated, however, by curetul diutiug, feuding yuel broth and boiled milk. The following tonic is recommended by a well known authority: Wake of iodide of potash and nux yountica, of each two grains; bromide of potassium, three grams; and subcarbonuto of bismuth, ten graina. Mix, aud give falf, onesa day, in a litle bron, Conutinus tutti itis apparent itis 16 longer needed or useful. E, C. M.—1. [have a gun (muzzle-loader) which was imported from Hnzland by a man named ‘Tunis, snd was for sale and advertised by ie Spirit of the Limes avout November 21st, 186%. The barrels at lewst were imported, ard Were made by Joseph Minton,of Hngland. The stovk was by Jolin Mutlen, of New York; it cost $150. What shonld you thinkit is Worth? Is weighs 7 Ibe.; barrels 0 inches, l4-gunge, and would it be advisuble for mu to Lave it cluoke-boved, anil if so, how much would it cost? What load wouldaf require of bow powder and shol? 2. Js there any powder just as 4uoa a5 Wezard’s Elecite powder nub Cosungso much? Ang, 1, The yalue of a muzzleloader ut the present day depends entirely upon the desire of u person Lo postess il. You can haye ove barrel ehoke-bored ab yu expense hob exceeding B5. De proper chara for it would be 8 drs. powder and 1 oy, Bliol. we Tavards Ducking is quite as good for ordinary shoouing ds io Hleetnic atid costs less, ee —hat which {a 2ood for thé delicate skin of the baby is no. less dus lightful for the nse of mature people. tis, therefore, that B, T. Bah- bitt's Loilel Soap, anes article jast put on the mapleys, merits a word of praise. Mudeof the pnrest yegetable oils, and wit}out artificial scent, itis simply the perfection of soaps for toilet tidy, Whe-hor Lor old or young.—Aday FOREST AND STREAM. | A WEEKLY JOURNAL, Dsyorep To Fizip anp Aquatic Sports, Pr.AcTiCAT NATURAL AisTORY, #Ieu CULTURE, THA PROVECTION OF GAXE, PRESERVATION OF FORESTS, AND THE INCULOATION INMEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTERECT 1 Our-poork ReoRHATION AND STUDY: PUBLISHED BY Aorest and Strean dnblishing Company, —atT— 7 CHATHAM STREET, (CITY HALL SQUARE) NEW YORE, [Posr Orricx Box 2882.] ——— Werms, Four Dollars a Year, Strictly in Adyance, es Twenty-five per cent, off for Cinbs of Three or more, orn Advertising Hates. inside pages, nonpareil type, 20 cents per line; ontside page, 30 cents, Speciul rates for three, six, and twelye months. 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Becreturies of Clubs and Associations are urged to favor us with brief notes of their movements and transactions, as itis the aim of this paper to become a medium of useful aud reliable information between gentle- mon sportsmen from one end of the country to the other; and they will find our columns a wusirable medium for advertising announcements. The Publishers of Forrest AnD StReAM aim to merit and secure the patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whose re- fined intelligence euables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that is beantiful in Nature. It will pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always fend 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 mall service, if money remitted to ns is lost. Advertisements should he sent in by Saturday of each week, If possible, (a2 Trade supplied by American News Company. CHARLES HALLOCK, Editor and Business Manager. 1877. Syow in WARM LATIrupEs.—We are informed by cor- respondents of ours who are trapping in the Southwest, that, during the extraordinary cold weather in the middle of last January and the wide prevalence of snow storms over the country, the snow in some parts of Mississippi laid at an even depth of fifteen inches; in Shreveport and Monroe, Louisiania, and in Dallas and other parts in Texas it re- mained on the ground several days at a depth of six to ten inches on a level. — Bioomine GRoveE PARk.—The annual dinuer and ladies reception of the Blooming Grove Park Association given at the Hoffman House on Tuesday evening of last week, was one of the most agreeable affairs in which it has been our fortune to participate. Thedinneritself was excellent, thanks to Mr. Reid, one of the proprietors of the Hoffman, and who isa member of the Association, After dinner Ool. Bruce made an address. in which he gave an account of the progress of matters at the Park. He was followed by Judge Gildersleeve, who gave an amusing account of some of his experiences on the Bench. But the most felicitous speech of the evening was that by our friend Mr, John Mullaly, who swings figures of speech with the same gracefulness with which he casts a fly. After some music by Mr. Pattison and the reading of the following letter from the the Grand Duke Alexis, the company ad- journed to the parlors when dancing was kept up untila late hour, RT. FriGaAtn SyeTLawa, } Norfolk, Va., Heb. 7, 1877. § John Avery, Hsq., President of the Blooming Grove Park As- sociation, Srk.—The Grand Duke Alexis desires me to express to you His Highnesses thanks for the kind invitation to use your park, and his regrets that he cannot be present at the reception on February 13th. Baron N. ScHruurne. — i or —We have received from Messrs. Holberton & Beemer, of the Sportsmen’s Empolium, a very handy little arlicle in the shape of a lock cork, made of box-wood and rubber, By putting this cork into the bottle and giving two or three turns to the key, the contents are safe. i —The British Court of Exchequer has decided that ina prosecution of parties for culting cock’s combs there should have been a conviction, as the act complained of was to enable the birds to he used for cock-fighting, which is illegal, NOTES ON THE BREEDING HABITS OF GAME on HE breeding habits of all animals possess for the nat- uralist the greatest interest, and when these habits in game animals are under discussion this interest is extend- ed to afarlarger class in our Jand, the true sportsmen, It will readily be seen that the accurate and detailed infor- mation on this head which careful observations of our do- meéstic animals furnishes is not to be obtained eoncerning the fere nature, and that, given the time at which two in- dividuals of any species pair, the period duving which the female carries her young can be approximately deter- mined only by noting the time at which other females of the same species give birth totheir offspring. Fortunately, however, the habits of wild animals are very regular in this regard, thus differing widely from those of domestica- ted species in which all the natural conditions of life are unsettled and altered, In almost all birds and mammals the pairing takes place at about the same time each year, in thesame latitude, and lasts just abont so long; rarely more than a month. At this season the habits of all animals undergo a great change, and even those which are ordinarily the most timid and watchful become more bold, and in many cases seem almost to disregard the presence of their great enemy, man, It is at this season, when their horns are hard and strong, that the various species of the deer family have their battles, and sometimes serious ones, and it is then that the elk, the moose, or even the common deer will, when wounded or cornered, attack their pursuer with a fury anda quickness which sometimes makes even the boldest hunter long to besafely astride the branch of a moderutely large tree. The length of time occupied in the hatching of a set of eggs can of course, under favorable circumstances, be de- termined, as nothing more is required than careful obser vations extended over a few weeks. Yet it ig unusual to see stated, even in the best works on ornithology, the exact number of days during which any bird sits on her egys. Such a variety of circumstances oppose themselves, even to the most persevering observer, that our knowledge of this and kindred points is sadly defective. We have prepared the following table, which gives the pairing season, and the time at which the young are born for some of our larger game animals. In its preparation we have made use of all the material at ourcommand, de- pending in some cases on the standard work: on North American mammals, while in others we have relied on the testimony of intelligent and trustworthy men, who have ypent their lives in the wilderness, and whose opportunities for observation have been the best possible. Our field notes, too, accumulated during half a dozen seasons’ work onthe plains and in the mountains of the west, have fur- nished some evidence. The table is believed to be approx- imately correct for this continent between the 42d and 49th parallel; — No. of young. TICONGD))..2+--- [stay EO her Generally two, Caribou (Rangifer ' CATIBOU)...+-+-« TUDE... ceter ene I Elk (Cervus ca Aensts) , 2-002 +s About May 20.,|One. deer (0. macro-\ Latter part|Last of May or C. A TA ery eas of Oct early in June, {Ordinarily two. Virginia or white- ¥ tailed deer (@.|Karly in virginianus)....|NOY ...++--- ae ips or even thres, Antelope (Anfilo |Last of Oct. capra ameri, snd first) CON). cee scree e|, oWONaes sone 15th to 20 May.|Two. Bighorn,Mt.Sheep| early in Last of March.'One, About April 10.|One. (Ovis montana).|Dec......--. Buttalo (Bos ame- TUANUS) «22+ - +s uly .___--.. DISCOVERY OF A BURIAL PLACE OF NEOLITHIC AGE IN FRANCE, — W a recent number of La Nature an account is giyen of the discovery of an ancient Burial Place, in the com- mune of Brezé in Anjou, which evidently belongs to the earliest portion of the age of Polished Stone, and which presents in many respects an exceptional interest to the archeologist, - The mode of burial here employed was somewhat ditfer- ent from the ome ordinarily met with in graves of the neolithic period, A ditch had been dug in the argillace- ous marl, the bottom being a stratum of chalk subjacent to the marl, and the opening was covered with slabs of stone which we shall notice more particularly farther on. This ditch irregularly ovoid inshape had 4 Jength of thirteen feet four inches, and a least width of four feet eight inches. Its depth was about twenty-two inches. It contained a number of bones heaped together without any order or ar- rangement, among which were found & cranium in a good state of preservation, some long bones, vertebiz, innomin- ate bones, Sc, With the bones were found yarious imple- ments of flint, deer horn, and pottery, all of which are characteristic of (he age of Polished Stone, The articles of flint are not truly polished, but for the most part they bear evidence of careful reworking, which Ieayes ne doubt as to their neolithic age. One of these is a beautiful flake in the shape of a blade, which measures nearly eleven inches in length by a little over two ia greai- est breadth, the edges of which are delicately worked into anumber of saw-like prominces. A very finely worked arrowhead, some knives and some scrapers are also n0- ticeable for their beauty. Withthsse implements, whicl: show no incopsideraple skillin the working of flint, wate ma found a Jarge number of otherssimply chipped, or at most bearing marks of very rude workmanship. But. one stone implement was found which was truly polished; this isa small axe, not of flint, but ef green stone, and hard enough to bea diorite. This little relic presents a very close re- semblance to the’ ornaments which are so often found in the dolmens, with this differeuce that there 1s no hole drilled through the thick end. The implements of deer horn were few innumber, and probably served as handles for tools, perhaps hammers; they are all perforated near the middle, The vases of pottery, of which some few were perfect, ave not the least interesting of the objects here dis- covered. They were all placed in the ditch mouth downward. The material of which they are formed is good, and in the broken fragments nothing was seen of the dedris of lime or of shells so often made nse of in pottery of this period to give body to the mass of the clay. The manufacture of these articles, however, is altogether primitive, and itis certain that the potters wheel was not used. The surfaces both within and without are of a grayish brown celor and they show none of the redness of clay vessels that have been more or less burnt; itis most probable that they were simply dried in the sun. The vessels found at Brezé almost all show the imprint of fingers, the form is very coarse and the thickness of the walls irregular; there are none which show a true border about the aperture, or indeed, any ornamentation what- ever. The niost primitive are merely somewhat contracted below. No trace of the handles are seen in these and the form 1s scarcely symmetrical. Others are more graceful in form, the contraction at the base is well marked and near the upper part two or four small protuberances are seen, which can only be rudimentary handles, and which may haye served to suspend the vase. Ona third type of ves- sel, also without ornamentation, a large but very rudely formed handle is to be seen on one side. This Just is au uncommon style of vase, and in shape reminds us snme- what of the suapstone lamps employed by the E:quimaux. Such are briefly the different objects found in this grave. The implements of flint and of deer horn, as well as those of pottery, all show that the tomb at Biezé belongs to the earliest period of the neolithic age. These implements are certuinly of great interest, for it is not often that such fine and large flint blades are found as the one mentioned above, and then too, the character of the poltery discovered here is quite rare. But this burial place is interesting on another account; we refer tothe slabs of limestone which cuver the grave, and which were mentioned aboye, These slabs are rough on the side which is in contact with the earth, which covers the tomb, but on the other which faces the objects contained in the excavation they are worked. The embellishment consists of rude drawing deeply engraved and representing figures more or less geometrical, as right angles, triangles, &c. Nothing similar so fur as we kuasy has hitherto been noticed, Here then is a fresh discovery in regard to the early man which must be added to the others which have recently followed one another so rapidly in France. ‘The existence of a numerous population, spread over the whole of France from the commencement of the age of Polished Stone can- not to-day be doubted, and the man of this period knew how to fashion, besides the implements of flint, the pot- tery of which we have just seen such rudimentary exam- ples. If the man of the Neolithic Period at Grezé did not yet ornament his earthern yessels as he did a littie later, he possessed none the less that artistic sentiment which we meet with among the most primitive peoples, as is shown by the stones which covered the sepulchre of which we have jest spoken. ee GAME PROTECTION. New Yorn.—Residents in the vicinily of Lake George complain that an imdense amount of illegal fishing wilh spears, nets and grappling hooks is being done in the lake, We learn from the Sandy Hill Herald that an effort is to be made to bring the offenders to justice, the possession of Une above implements by certain parties being notorious. \Massactusmrrs.—The members of the Worcester Sport- ing Club are doing good work in the preservation of quail, Strange to say they hive brought the railroad to their as- sistance, The Worcester Press says: ‘‘Itvis noticed that the birds on the line of the Boston and Albany Railroad west of here have become £0 attached to Hnogineer Henner that they have stationed themselves on !he railroad bank and quietly waited for the coming of his train and the grain which was thrown from his cab window. In this way the club has fed four bevies of quail between here aud Westboro, three between here and Rochdale, three in Shrewsbury and a numberin the country about, and has been instrumental in preserving what promises to furvisi game in plenty for the sportsmen next fall.” The club is also prosecuting yigorously infractions of the game law, and eeveral pot hunters have been stopped in their illegal killing of game, —The sportsmen of Northampton, Mass., met on Thurs- day evening, Feb. 15th, and organized a club to ba known as the N onotuck Game Club, for the protection of fish and game in Hanipshire county. The following officers were chosen; President, A, P. Peck; Vice Presidents, E. 0, Damon and Gev. Otis; Secretary, G. W. Crittenden, Treus: urer, Cashen L. Warren, The club has been organized weder very favorable circumstances; it already has nearly sO members. ‘They will at once procesd to stock some of the most favorite ponds in the vicinity, and an efforl will - — - ——— FOREST AND STREAM. _ be but lew birds, 37 " tr . te made to bring the ducks back to their old haunts on the | whatever of passing. An earnest protest was sent from Connecticut river by the planting of wild rice. G, W. ©. —The Massachusetts Anglers’ Association of Boston has called a meeting to consider the expediency of consolidat- ing the various game associations of the State. A Voron rrow Care Cop,—A correspondent writing from Bandwich, Mass., relative to the inefiicient game laws of that State says:—“I remember well the time I could take my old single gun, and on my father’s farminan hour, just Defore dark, shoot partridges enough to make a dinner forthe family, Quail were also plenty in every grain field. A dog trained for birds was not to be found. Poxes were hunted and destroyed in every possible way but as soon as a game Jaw was passed hunters were as plenty as birds, and althongh the shooting is quite good there now, it is almost an impossibility for any one with- oul a dog to get apy birds. I think the game law is a good advurlisument for the Cape, at least, for who not acquaint- ed there would think of finding anything worth shooting on thut sand bank, for there are plenty of people who think it nothing but sand; well wedo haye game there and noble gamé too. No lessthan 800 deer have been shot in the last two seasons (our time is from the 1st of October until the ist of December) some of them weighing 200 pounds, and most ull found within a yadius of 1welve miles, Phin of that, you sportsmen, who go 1,000 miles to tind deer! IT would like to know how itis that dealers ean have game of all kinds for sale when the law does not permit : person to have in possession, Yesterday I passed through Boston market and saw deer, quail, partridges, prairi: chickens aod others kinds of game that I supposed were out of season, exposed for sale, Also in the streets hear the market. They say it comes from the West, but I don’t see as that helps the matter any. Ithink for one, tint public opinion would do more to protect our game than all he laws we have or seem to haye, N. W. Tf we trusted to public opinion only there would soon We must have laws, but the secret lies in iaying them judiciously worded at first and most rigidly enforeed afterwards.—Ep], Ooxsecrrous— February 10iz.—A most important bill is now before the Legislature of this State, which reads as fol- Jows: *Lhat uo person shall fish or bunt except on his own Property, uvless lie pays thestm of #0 into the town treasury abd receives from whe Town Clerk a license which shall be giod for one year.” There is considerable opposition to Wiis measure from # clnss of people who think it arbitrary and despotic, and there are some who say itis “a rich mun’s law to deprive the poor manof his sport.” ‘Just as they doin the despotic countries of Hurope," says an- obler, Ge, &e. Unthinking people they are who will frumbleatand find fault with any law which protects Zale ind makes it more plentiful, and consequently cheaper. The opposition above noticed does not come from sportsmen, for there are many poor, but true sports- men, who would hail the passage of the bill with delight, aud glualy pay for a license, and I believe that the man whois too poor to pay $10 « year for the right to shoot und fish, had better leave it alone. Heisin my judgment too poor to lose 4 day's lime from his work. I um a poor man, so 1 know how +1 is myself. Under our present law it is almost impossible to prevent the killing of game, for the reason that our constables do not bother themselves aboutit, but if the proposed license hill be passed and become a law, we may depend on the activity of our officials; they will surely look out for their fees. it will meet with favor from the ‘farmers, as the license monies will go directly into the town treasury, thereby re- ducing raves of taxation. It will also put a decided stop to yagubond boys and idle men who may be found at all 8edsons prowling nhbout with guns and fishing implements, and worse than all, the “sucker spear,” In the early part of spriij= when the sucker ascends the streams, he finds the panks already lined with pot fishermen who armed wilh =pear and lunteru are ready for the tray, This bnsi- ness is carried on at night, and as the ‘‘sucker spearer” slrikes at every fish wituin range of lis spear, it is not an uncommon thing for him to spear two or three fine trout in & cingle evening, besides many which are injured but escape, Now ip a State where this business is so extensively car- ried on as here, one can well imagine how many trout are Iuken in ihis way eyery spring. I have seen trout Weighing over a pound taken, as it was proved, in this villid4uous manner. 1 hope the present Legislature will puss the bill, and also empower every landowner to de- Mand of Persons hunting ov fishing on his land to show a license. ‘{hen will be the time for sportsmen’s clubs to organize and stock our field and streams with birds and fish, Vou G, Oxnto,—The Cuvier Club of Cincinnati are determined to break up tle unsuccessful sale of the quail markets of that city. To this effeet the following reso.utions were adopted at their last meeting:— Whereqs, It ia mow the close season for quail in Ohio and the contig- T6us Slates, and the presiimption is strong thut the possession of these birds now is unlawfnl; therefore be it Resolved, Vhat $500, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay rewards, bs kppropriuted to secure the conviction of any person or per— duns WhO may have i possession, or soll, or offer to sell, quail after the $b day of Feb,, 1877, and antil the 15th day of Ooct,, 1877. And yet in this Slate, where the law expires Jan. Ist, market dealers are allowed to sell quail unti) March Ist, PENNSYLVANIA.—Tho Sportsmen’s Association of Western Peousylvania, whese headquarters are at Pittsburgh, have some six hundred quails ready for putting out in that vi- cinity. A correspondent wrilesus regarding them as fol- lows:— E “We were not quite as successful in keeping our birds aliye after they had been taken as we should have desired; but a very large proportion were saved and placed in the counliy as noted. As yet we have pot been able to sur- mise why a number of our quail perished. We had them in latge and long flat cages; plenty to eat and drink, and uliogeiher supposed they were about as well cared for in every way as it was possible for us to.arrange, but in sey- ral of the cages large numbers of them died off, The bill presented to the Legislature of the State re-a- live to the prohibiting of hunting or fishing within the Jimit of the Commonwealth for tan-years, has no prospec EEE ————— this Association, and I think has had a tellitg pe At the instance of te Forast ANnp Sriram Club of Scranton, Pa,, a hunter, wamed Clarence Detrick, was urrested the other day for killing a deer at Pleasant Valley out of season. Mr. Detrick’s venison cost him $33 50. or ior THE CASTELLANI COLLECTION, = ANTIQUE ORNAMENTS, GEMS, STATUARY AND POTTERY. HATEVER benefit the United States may hereafter reap from the Centennial Exhibition, one direct and very valuable result lias ulready been reached in the quickened and intelligent interest in art which is every- where making itself apparent. ‘To gratify the rising taste and guide it, to excellence, many artistic treasures have been udded to the collections of our museums and insti- tutions, Among these we shall be glad hereafter to number the Castellani collection of antiquities, and with that object in view would offer our testimony to its exceptional inter- est and great historical value. The different groups of which it is composed, marbles, bronzes, terra-cottas, personal ornaments, engraved gems and majolica, have been arranged, and are now on exhibi- tion in the picture gallery of the New York Metropolitan Museum, Signor Castellani has given the trustecs the right of exhibition, with a privilege of ultimate purchase, and in order to atlain the latter object an extra ad- mission fee of twenty-five cents is charged, The sum thns accumulated will be paid to the purchase fund, should the trustees find means of obtaining the balance of the required amount—said Lo be $200,000. The beginnings of such a collection are always of interest, and Signor Castellani thus describes the foundation of that which bears his name: ‘My father and I being jewellers in Kome, were greatly: pleased with the designs of certain objects discovered in Etruria and Magna Griecia. We de- termined to reproduce those designs in modern workman- ship, and for {his purpose tried to get hold of some curios1- ties that suited us. This was the beginning of my collec: lion of antiquities, I found it necessary not only to possess these curiosities, but to study them, because 1 was anxious not to mix up the Romun, the Etruscan and the Greek decorations, but to preserve the distinctive char acteristics of each period.” It was uatural that, in view of the success attending his first efforts, the collector's aim should become broader, and that from gratifying the taste of the professional jeweller the collection shonld become the pride of the archmologist and connoisseur in ceramics, Years were spent in bringing together the several objects which make it one of the finest and most complete collec- tions in existence. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that it should haye been highly appreciated in Europe. An altempt was made, but, fortunately for America, without success, Lo secure it for the British Museum, Mr, Charles Newton, of the Department of Antiquities in that institu- tion, induced Signor Castellani to transpurt his treasures to Hogland and exhibit them im the Museum, While there the greatest influence was brought lo bear upon the Goy- ernment to advance the purchase money—£40,000. The leading connoisseurs and journals were unanimous as to the importance of making so valuable an addition to the national collection, but the Government weuld noft move, and the announcement that Signor Castellani was to visit Philadelphia was hailed by the British press with many hearty, but not the less amusing, regrets. After passing safely through such a danger, and escaping the omuivor- ous and wealthy collectors of England, it would be nothing short of a lasting reproach to the American public, if the Castellani collection should be allowed to return to Hurope. lig purchase concerns the entire country rather than a particular city, The forms of beauty contained in it will teach our people to appreciate the beautiiul, and foster a desire to be surrounded by objects reflective of refined taste. In thus singling out the educational advantages of such © possession, we leaye ils historical value to be esti- mated from what follows: The marbles, of which there are twenty-three, are chietly from Rome and Naples, and supply us with some magniti- cent illustrations of the perfection of Greek art. Very re- markable, alike by its size and excellence, is the colussul statue of Bacchus, The figure is that of a man, full bearded, and dressed in Jong and gracefully flowing robes, commanding in appearance, and singularly gentle in aspect. There is nothing suggestive of the ‘‘jolly goa,’ the ettemi- nate son of Jupiter and Seroele, and to appreciate Lhe sctilptor’s idexl, it is necessary le bear in minu that in the quaint and fiowery confusion of Greek mythology the gods were. occasionally duplicated, or rather, the same nume was applied lo seyeral gods of essentially different char- acters. Cicero telis of tive named Bacchus, and Diodorus of three, the first of whom, the Indian or ‘\Bearded” Bacchus, is the subject of the stutue. The story ran that accompanied by Pan, Silenus, the Satyrs and a frenzied army of men and women, he marched east and conquered India without bloodshed or bate, spreading the utts of peace and the science of husbandry as he passed, Ie was deified for his beneficence, Suchis the bemg whom the unknown artist has tried to represent, and the success of his effort is commensurate with the elevation of his ideal, A heud of the ‘‘Young Dionysus’ represents the Bacchus whose worship was more general in ancient limer, and, we may add, has been continued to the present day, The Irfe-size figure of the Spinario would adorn any collection, It represents a boy trying to extract a thorn from his foot, anu in the altivaie and troth to details is the perfection of the realistic. Some of the heads are in an excellent state of preservation, and those historically connected with the laiér days of the Roman Huppire will be viewed with deep interest. Among them sre a head of Augustus, one of Tiberius, and one of Trajan, # limited gallery showing the best and the worst wearers of the Imperial purple, * Be- sides these there are busts of the Empress Manlia Scantilla, and of the Empress Julia Paola, The latter was the wife of Elagabalus or Heliogbalus, and thus recalls one of the most repulsive and eccentric occupants of the throne. Taking his surname from the deity in whose sérvice he had been in Pheenicia, the youthful emperor soon proclaimed himself an advocate of the “‘rightsof woman,” To testify lis sincerity he associated his mother and grandmother will Lim on the throne, and shortly afterwards married four wives, of whom Julian Paola was one. We look with more than curiosity upon the bust of a woman, Whose husband, in addition to the above eccentricities, mude his horse consul, Among the bronzes the Prenestine cis! or caskets are - the first to attract attention, The use of these caskuls was for along time a matter of doubt, and to uone is more credit, due than to Signor Castellani for solving (he mystery. They were atone time yhougat to pertain lo the seevret rites of the EBleusinia, held in honor of Ceres and Proser- pine. Later discoveries, and chiefly those at. Piraveste or Palestrina, proved that (he cist were not dedicated to any such lofty purpose, but were used by the ladies of Hiruriy, and Latium to hold the various articles necessary for the bath. Some have been found containing sponpes, combs, hairpins, mirrors, strigils, andsimilar articles, ‘They were, in iact, dressing cases, and were occasionally turved injo that most miscellaneous of all receptacles, a lady's ‘worls- basket.” In shape the cist are génurally eylindrical and yery seldom oval. Their ageis about two thousand years. The handles are unique, cousisiing of small figures placed inthe centerof the cover. 1n one we find a female aurobat, in others two figures wrestling or leaning against each other, and on some three figures are combined, wo stanu- ing upright and supporting the third between them. On the bronze plating reund whe .cisie@ are delicate and beauti- fully executed cugrayings of subjects either historical or mythological, Numoer one of the catalogue is.a deserving ot special notice, Itis oval in shape, and is engravd with u scene interpreted to be that where Bucas, having killed Turnus, king of the Rutuli, cluims from Latinus the hand of his daughter Lavinia, The subject is fumiliar to readers of Virgil, but as this cisim@ belongs to the third century before Ghrist, and Virgil was vot born unt! about 70 B. U., it becomes evident tut the poet drew upon the popular legend for materials for his great epic. Upon two of the cistee Atalanta is represented, in ove euse pie- paring for the race, in the other at full speed gud about 10 distance her competitur and suitor. Myny of thé articles found in the cis.ce are also engrayed, ind show 4 great variety of theme and treatment. Wecan only call special allention lo & bronze mirror case, iu which Jupiter im ihe form of an eagle is jepresented carrying away Ganymedtic, the future cup bearer vt the gods. Phecuse is a splendid Specimen of wncient repousse work, The carved and engraved ivory and bone comprise thirty- eight pieces from Greece, Rome and Hiruria, aud among them ure many very fine cxutiples of an art-work which the ancients carried to great peffection, ‘Ihe pursunal ornaments illustrate the rise and fall of the art of working in gold, from the earliest period down to the thirteenth century. ‘Vo refer to them in detail would, therefore, far exceed our present limits. Their bearing upon history would alone require extended treatment, ‘Llose from Etruria are chiefly valuable as showing beyond all question the eastern origin of the Ktruscans. ‘ther work and that of the Greeks show a knowledge of mechanical appli- ances to which modern artists ure sivangers, in design also they are singularly graceful, and assiso in impressing us witht lbe truth, that the primitive idca ol beauty is pene ally the highest. The orsaments in the Castellani collec- tion are trom Etruria, Pho@nicia, Lucania (showing wie Tialo-Greek style), Syria, Rome and Hyypt, and furwish ug With examples ot Byzuuline and early Christian art, from which we are brought down to that of (he Hiteenth and sixteenth centuries, An examination of tle cumeos and intaglios alone would Le an education to an engraver of gems. One of the trays contuius the toilet case of an an- vient Roman lady. In those diays it was called mundus mu- hébris, from a supposiiion that a womau’s world was held in her dressing case. Amony the articles are |e ludy’s house- hold gods, and mirgling with these we find a éilyer gilt mask of Bacchus, ‘he yemaining articles are comps, dice, a paint box, hairpins, epouns, cte, Yo the admiiers of ceramic art the mnjolica and porce- lain of the collection supply subjects for carelul study, The word majolica or munosica, as now frequently used, is synonymous wilh faieuce tor the designalion of glazed earthenware, Originally the word was only applied Lo the lustred wares resembling those imported inio Italy from the island of Majorca, front which the name is derived. According toa later usage all ltalian glazed earthenware was Gilled majolica, und still more lately it was used to designate the wares made after the old Italian styles. Signor Castellani employs it in its medium sense to sig- nily all glazed pottery of Italian o1igin, whether lustred or utherwise, ‘lhe ceramic art of Luly 1s, Lo the student, exceptionally attractive. Through Italy the methods and ornamentations of the Orient Wicame known to Burope. Although the Arabs settled in Spain in the eighth cuntury, we have no relics of their pottery. In the thirteenth century the Moors drove out the Arabs, and leit such monuments of their+kill as the Hispano-Moresque wares in the Castellani collection. Jt is wuithy of note, Low- ever, that very few pieces of this ware have been found in Spain, Nearly allthe specimens vow in miuseunis, and private collections have been found in Lvaly, and the fact shows how highly the Italians valued the Hispano-Mo- resque pottery, und how close was the intercourse between the twocountries, Instruction also reached Italy through the Saracens, who settled in Sicily in tue nipit century, and their works, called Siculo-Moresque, are also represented in the Castellani collection, However fur the liadiuns may have advanced independently of the influx of ideas through these two routes, the renatssunce of Italian ceramic art 1s uo doubt due to their influence. Vo Luca Della Robbia has been attributed the invention of tin enamel, a while Opaque enamel which he applied very successfully to basso-rilievos. Jt is much more likely that he borrowed lis Knowledge of the process from the Saracens, wii were undoubtedly in possession of it. Of that artist's works there ure three in the Castellini collection, a baptismal font, a bas-relief of the Virgin and infant Buyiour, wud is bust of a veiled saint, Of these the second is the most churacturistic. The Hgures are while—slowing he tin enamel aboye mentioned—the sky blae and Lie frase gruen, the three colors to which Luca chiefly restricted himeell, The other fumous wares represented gré those of Cufftagl- — — —— = = > uolo, Siena, Gubbio, Castel Durante, Deruta, Faenza, Pesaro, Urbino, Rome and Castelli, The entire history _ vf Italian pottery is thus illustrated in the collection, Tn point of priority of dute we may call attention to the fol- lowing: Fissi—Caflaciuolo. One of the pieces, consisting of a heraldic shield, hearing a black cock with jlewr de lis in his Wenk, is dated 1466, or nine years previons to the oldest piece hitherto known, which is in the Cluny Museum of Paris. Seecond—Deruta. A votive dise of this ware is thirty yeurs older than any other piece known. Jt is dated 1505, Tikird—Pesaro. The oldest piece from Pesaro is also in the collection, Fyurth—Rome, A not dated 1597 is three years older than any other piece in existence, These specimens will be sufficient to show that the Oas- tellani majoliea is net only fully representutive of Ivalian Art in pottery, but is historically of the greatest value. Another rare feature of the collection iato be found in the twe pieces of Florentine porcelain. Previous to Dr, Poresi’s discovery that porcelain was made at Florence, ir the latter part of the sixteenth century, Dr, Dwight’s pro- (actions at Fuliam, in England, nearly a Wondred years later, were thought to be the first specimens of porcelain mate in Europe. Both these wares were soft paste porce- lain, and iherefore not to be confounded with the kaolinic or linrd paste, discovered by Bottcher at Meissen. One of Sivoor Cuastellani’s pieces is probably the finest in exist- enve. Dr. Foresi states that only twenty-five pieces of this Mediceau or Florentine porcelain are in existence, and ifto that number we add the two belonging to this collec- fiom, the ware is still of suflicient rarity to make a single Specimen a most valuable acquisition. to South Sipe Srerrsmen’s Coun.—The South Side Hpottsmen’s Club of Islip, L. L., held its annual meeting Monday evening, at 62 East Yourteenth street. Viee President Charles Banks presided. The Treasurer's re- port showed the financial condition of the club to be ex- ceedingly flattering, During the year past several of its bonds have been taken up, and there is now a large sum to its credit. The sports of the coming season promise tu be excellent, all the tish preserves particularly being well stocked. The following officers were clected forthe cur- rent year:— President, John K. Hackett; Viee President, Charles Banks; Secretary, Roland Redmond; Treasurer, William M. Vliess; Counsel, John HB. Develin; Executive Commiii- tee, Josiph Allen, Noland Redmond, Joho A. Lowery, aud Jumes Benkard. The Hennel. The Tare Bruryp Micu.—A yery distiaguished orni- {holowist and aufbor contributes to the columns of Mud and Guna letler with the above caption, which purposes 10 bs # sermon to us and our contemporaries, the text of which is, “How sweet a thing it is for brethren to dwell in unity,” elc. If thereis one thing upon which we have prided ourselves more than another it is upon the fact that no unseemly wrangling has marred the smooth record of our pages, or disturbed the even tenor of our way, To be sure our young friend of the Field (Chicago) has, by his exuberant enterprise, on one occasion compelled us to ad- dress him in gentle tones of reproof; but on the whole the triumvirate which the distingnished ornithologist designates as the ‘three blind mice,” baye set a most excellent ex- ampie of forbearance and brotherly esteem to their con- temporaries generally, Nordo we see the application of the ‘‘mice” Those unfortunate rodents were brought into the world with their visual organs in an imperfect condi- tion, hence |heir lack of perspicuily, which resulted in the loss of their caudal appendages. Now we claim to hays been born with both eyes open, and with the ability to seeas far through ao stone wall as our neighbor. Let ihe D. O. bear this in mind, and as a token that we bear 10 malice we present him with a text which is a sermon in itself, viz.; ‘He that hath eyes to see, let him see; and he thit hath ears to hear, let him hear.” ee Tax ox Doas,—Mr. Thacher, of Pettis, has introduced 4 bill in the Missouri Legislature, providing for the taxa- ition of dogs, as follows; The first dog owned. by any indi: vidual to be taxed $1, the second dog $2, the third $4, and every dog over that number $5 cach. All bitches to be taxed $9 cach, and the owners of dogs to be liable for any sheep destroyed by them, Persons are allowed twenty-five cents each for killing unlicensed dogs. ae —A Toronto man Jost a valuable spaniel on January 3d, and though liberal rewards were offered, nothing could be heard of it. On Saturday week the children of the family wel into an empty house near by to play, amd found the dog shut up ina back room and just alive. If was then remembered Lhat the children were playing in that house on the day the dog was missed, and for 38 days the poor anima! was imprisoned, without food or drink, Though Tiere skin aud bones when found, he was yery fat when shut up, and to this fact he probably owes his ability to live so long. ee —Mr. Geo. E. Poyner, of Clinton, Iowa, writes us that his lish Gordon bitch Fan (formerly E. F, Stoddard’s) has visited Arnold Burges's red Irish setter Rufus. ‘This is the third time Pun has been seryed by Rufus, and the puppies have turned out very handsome and remarkable field ani- mals. Fan's pedigree is the bluest of the blue. On the Trish side she traces back to Hutehinson's Bob, and on the Gordon to Bolingbrook’s Argyle aod Stokes’s Moll and Slot. a i —The name claimed for Mr. §, B. Dilly's Ranger-an Puppy should be 'Plcet” mstesad of “Flirt,” as printed. Mr, Dilly says, and perhaps some of our readers inay agree with him, that there are too many fis already. $$$ rp 9 —Mr. Henry 8. Zell's Queen, and Mr, L. R. Cassard's Maggie, all of Baltimore, visited Mr. Jcrome Marble’s Grouse ut Worcester Jast week. Mr, Tileston's Lou is now on a visit to the same dog. Mr. George 8 Thomp- son’s (of Foxboro, Mass.) Bess hag just whelped eight pup- pies, 5 dogs and 3 gyps, sired by Grouse. Mr, Thompson says they are all perfect specimens of the black and tan Gordon. i eo —Mr. J. Addison Smith, of Baltimore, writes us that his lemon and white pointer Lilly. purchased by him of Mr, B. C. Sterling of the St. Louis Kennel Club, whelped on the 15th inst., five puppies, three dows and two gypsa, all white with lemon markings, and sired by the Westminister {Kennel Club's imported dog Sensation. ——— 1 —Mr, Frank J. Snyder's (of Pittshurgh) setter Nell whelped, on the 15th inst., seven puppies, four dogs and three gyps, white, and lemon und white, by Mr, John Smith’s Nock, ef —Mr. Alex. Pope, Jr.’s, (of Dorchester, Mass,,) fine Gor } don setler Jule, whose portrait we iecently published, whelped on the 16th inst., eight puppies, seven dogs and one gyp, by Copeland's (late Jerome’s) Shot, ARECA NUT VERSUS SANTONINE. Horror Forest anp Straamw:-— ' The relative efficacy nnd safety of the two anthelmin- tics above mentioned make the subject of their consider- alion one of deep interest to every reader of the Forest AND SrRHaw since it is to be supposed that nearly every yeader is, or Ought to be, the owner of a dog in which be takes all the pride of a true sporteman. The autherity of the gentleman who had the honor to be your Kennel Editor for severalyears was sucli as IT have always had great te- spect for from the fact that he had a long and varied experience in kennel matters, but the enthusitsm with which he viewed the yirlues and efficacy of areca vot as a feemiEe for dogs my observations entirely fail to en- orse, The areca nut is the product of the ‘‘areca cétechu” or “betel nut tree,” and belongs to the family of palms and is cultivated in East India chiefly forthe purpose of objain- ing the nulsto mannfacthre their popular masticatory— the ‘Kast India man’s tobacco”—witich is used im immense quantities. : This is made by mixing the powdered areca nut wilh a little lime and the leaves ot the piper betel—a tree of an allied species, ‘The leaves form the body or mass of tlic cud and serye to protect the lips and tongue from the too sharp and even cauterizing effect of the quick lime, The chewer becomes quite expert in placing the wad in his mouth, and the flow of saliva occasioned thereby is yery copious, andis of ured color. This red color is owing to the areea nut and itis, when swallowed, imparted also to the excrement of the chewér its effects upon the system are that of an astringent when used in this way und tends CHAMPION POINTER BITCH, BeLtE.—The growing interest in pointers is our reason- for re-publishing ove of the earliest illustrations which ap- peared in our paper, Belle, in her day, was the champion field trial dog of the world, being winner of the one hundred guineas stakes at Balas Grouse Trials, 1873, beat- ing Mr. Liewellen's ''Conntess,” Mr. Stattor’s “Rob Roy,” Mr, Macdonna’s ‘‘Ranger,” and all cetlers and pointers in England. Belle isa liver and white bilch, pupped Juné 28th, 1870, by Lord Henry Gentick’s Ranger out of his dog Grouse, Winner with Sudy (No. 8) of the Bangor Stakes for Pointer Braces, and of the Country Stakes for all uged bitches at Vanol Field Trials, 1872; and with Grecian Bend (No, 4), of the Acton Reynold Stakes for pointer braces, and of the County Stakes for aged pojnter bitches, at the National Pointers and Setters Field Trials held at Comber mere, near Shrewsbury, Aprii 29th, 1873. Also at the Grouse Field Trials, 1873. Second with Roman Fall (No. 5)in the Penilyn Stakes for Braces, August 18th, 1873, She was first in the Rhiwlus Stakes for all aged pointers and settlers, beating Mr. Macdonna’s Ranger, Mr. Llew- ellen’s Countess and Flax, Mr. Stattor's Rob Roy, and other celebrated performers, | eo —__ —Mr. Avery W. Gore, of Cambridgepori, claims the the name of Fred for a white black and tan puppy by Rink out of Mollie (her dum St. Kilda), whelped December 8th, 1876, and bred by Isaac Fiske, of Worcester, Massa- chusetts, at Brac Les.—Messrs. Waddell & Sherwood advertise a pair of fine beagles in this issue of our paper, Portraits of these dogs can be seen at our office. So Eran Axity’s Doas,—A correspondent sends us the following letter dated Ayer, Mass., Feb. 1o\h: “I saw a nolice in your paper from Mr, Ethan Allin, Pomfret Cen- tre, Conn., stating that his gyps Chum and Cosey, had each a litter of puppies. Now I will say fo any person wishing to buy a goad dog, that tliey will find Mr. Allin a very honest, fair, and square man, und his breed of dogs as good as any in this country.” J. W. Kivrripce, sO —Mr. F. B. Farnsworth, of Paris, Ontario, writes us that he has sold the last litter of whelps out of his imported field trial bitch Rose by his imported Layerack dog Carlo- witz, to the following named gentlemen; Blue belton bitch Forest Rose, to J, H, Caniff, Detroit, Mich.; white bitch ticked with chestnut, Countess, to EH. Bennett, Dexter, Mich.; lemon belton dog Frank, to A. C. Rogers, Detroit, Mich.; white and chestnut bitch Guess, to Fred Stearns, Detroit, Mich.; white with chestnut ears, bitch Wynne, to is N. posses Detroit, Mich.; white dog Bute, he retains imseli, ~~ BELLE, to counteract the relaxation of the bowels to which tle heat of the climate so strongly predisposes. Ilenuce it will be observed that the Hast Indian is practically taking this yermituge all the time, but it does not follow that the same persons enjoy immunity from the presence of worms in their bowels: quite the contrary some otf tle most remark- able instances of intestinal worms have been known in the inhabitants of the eastern countries wliere the betel is used—the name by which this maslicutory is known to the natives, As a vermifuge for dogs we know of (he areca ar betel nut, in powder, to be vf a brownish yellow color, of a somewhat astringent, followed by an acrid tasie, and upon analysis it is found to abound in the most active vegelable astringents, viz.: tannin end gallic acid, a fixed oil, a little yolatile oil, and a gummy and woody substance. Having taken some of the powder in my mouth from a box on my desk before me while I write, and noting the taste as above I find that upon swallowing some of it I have a sense of nausea following with a decided sense of astringency upon the tongue and throat. This explains to me the cause of the fact of my dogs having vomited the powder so promptly on diferent occasions when L had ad- ministered it to them for worms. ‘This disagreeable and prostrating effect led me to abundon the use of if as an an- thelumintic for dogs. Upon one occasion I became some- what alarmed for the safety of a favorite dog to whom 1 had administered it, and my mind was only velieyed when the drug—sa dose of twenty grains—was ejected by the animal; the symptoms of distress and prostralion were shown in labored breathing, distressed Continuanee and violent retching. With reference to the effect of areca nut pon the dag, in point of safety, I do not ussert that ib is dangerous in or- dinary doses, but my observation has been that it is de- pressing and liable to produce vomiting and other symploms of prostration, and while there are other remedies at band that are positively mild in their action and entirely effect ive in their results I certainly advocate their use instead, and I may be pardoned if on behalf of the comfortalone of the faithful dos, the use of whichin the fieldl is the chiuf incentive I have for theeports thereof, and my fondness for him under all circumstances of his yood behavior makes me his friend, and I love to study bis disposition, his an- atomy and the physiological action of his organs, and what is mosteticient and pleasant for him when sick; and to this end, Mr. Editor, I encroach upon your valuable spuce to advocate the use of santonine as a vermifugeas being more eligible than areca out for the several reasons, to wil:— First—Its unfailing efficiency. Second—Ls entire safety, Third—lIts palatable taste. Santoniue is the active principle obtained from the unex- panded flowers and pediincles of Artemesin contra, a plant which grows in Persi4, Asia Minor and other parts of the East. It is crystallizable and is usually foundio the shops, when pure, in colorless crystals which have the form of flattened rhombic prisme. It is inodorous, and at first tasteless, but after a little time slightly bitter, but not at. all unpleysant, Santonine is only soluble in the intestines when it comes in contact Wi the santonate of soda; it then acts by poisoning the worms ufter its solubility, but lias no effect in the acids of the stomach, hence its action, unlike the areca nut, is mild upon that organ. Itis in fact a vermifuge that does not irritate the stomach or disturb the functions, but is carried in an innocuous state to that point in the alimentary canal where it meets its potentizing element—the soda of the bile —and then consecutively the parasites upon which it is to act. And it does then act surely and unfailingly. So much for my first proposition; now the second :— Of the entire safety of this drug, 1 must say, with all due respect to your quotation from the ‘‘Druggists Circu- lar,”-Mr, Editor, L would rather take the experience of one active, busy practitioner of medicine, who was an intelli- gent and faithful observer of the action of this drug on the animal system than the alleged single report of a sin- gle case from a “German paper,” and 1 think you will in this point agree with me at least, Permit me to give you a single example of the entire safety of the drug in large quantities. 1 could give you several, but this ove is 1lus- trative of the assurance ot the medical profession who are probably qualified to judge that santonine is safe in any quantity in which it is likely to be administered. Case—At a professional visit to the head of a family my attention was called to a boy five years old. Upon gaining a history of his symptonis, among which was the passage of a round worm, I ordered by prescription twenty grains of santonine, lo be made into vwelve powders, one to be given to the boy night aud morning, fasting; the last powder to be immediately followed by a large dose of castor oil. At my visit the day following I immediately asked if the boy hud taken a powder ‘‘this morning?” “Ves.” answered the mother, ‘I gave it to him, but there was Only one in the box.” Asking forthe child to-be pre- sented to me, he was sought by the nurse, who brought jiim in a few mirutes from his little playmates in a neigh- boring slreet, and he was kicking, scratching, crying, and Vhe truth I should add, swearing in a most robust manner for one of his years. tHe was brought before me sullen and bursting with rage, a large piece Of bread and butter in one hand and a stick of Gandy in the other, the little pock- ets of his apron distended with peanuts. ‘How are you my boy?” said I, a8 my anxiety calmed somewhat. ‘1’ well; l waut to #0 and play,” he answered, as he drew 4rom me and started down stairs en 7oute to his companions. The child, by mistake of the druggist, had taken at one dose twenty wrains of Santouine twenty-four hours before jnstead of a fraction less than two grains, the dose fntend- ed for iim, and had exhibited not au untoward symptom, The night following he passed the large ound worms. Comment is unnecessary. Twill staie that the only case of poisoning ascribed to santonine that 1 lave been able to fiud in medteal literature was reported in the ‘Chemical News” No. 280, page 212, and in this case it was ascertained to be vwing to sirychaia mixed with it. Santonine has a tendency to diccolor the urine by render- ing it yellowish green, aud this simple fact is uften a souree of unnecessary alarm. Concerning my third and last proposition I can only say that so far as regards the taste of the drug it has little or none, and can be admin- istered as follows with entire safety and assurance of suc- cess, To a setter of ordinary size give two grains of santonine Dight and morning daily, feeding the dog lightly jn the middle of the day only. At the end of the fifth aay give him a large dose of castor ou; if there is any sus- picion that all the worms are not temoved by this one course repeat itin a similar manner, and that by this plan they will all be brought to lightin a condition in which they will be scarcely fit to enjoy it is the earnest assurance of Soure Forr, ._P. §. Having oftentimes been unable to decipher my pwn wri! ng when it had grown cold, after being hurriedly written, 1 do not consequently hold your typos altogether yesponsible 1or one or two errors in my last. communica- tion, published in issue of February 15th, 1877, but would ask tbat ihe following corrections be made: In next to the last line, first paragraph, read “tan adynamic form of distemper.” j Tn first line of second paragraph read ‘‘The presence of worms was a concomiluut and their expulsion purtly the result of, etc.” In third line, second paragraph, read ‘Due to their own poisoned and relaxed state.’ 5, F. ————_—__—_—« Bprron ForEst AND STREAM:— Your belligerent correspondent Mr. Hepburn takes me to \usk for expressing my judgment of the merits of for- éign gunmakers, and ubuses you, Mr. Editor, because I lave said nothing about American guns, My intention wus to wrile an arvicle on the American exhibit at the Uen- tenbial, and to give my candid opinion of the merits and demezits of our home productious, but the tone of Mr. Bepburn’s communication may well deter one from mak- ing any allusion to home industry, A maker of guns who is G0 sensitive as to abuse one for commending foreign per- fectious, especially when such perfections are not con- trasted with home productions, car hardly be woithy of notice, The Remington is good enough for the price, for who can expect to get much of a gun for $457 Why a 10 gauge of this make should simply be a 1% in size exter- nally bul bored two sizes larger, | can understand on the the score of cheapness, but why such especial pains should be taken lo destroy all beauty and symmetry, when grace- ful curves and outlines cost no more than homely ones J cannot discover a reason. hese gun are made as muskels are al Springfield, by machinery, aud can be turned out with the same rapidily, sud wre Lighly creditable productions for the little money cuurged; bul this fact does not give Mr. Elepburn a right £) abuse one who prefers to pay $300 or $400 for a supe- rior weapon. Shull we bauish our Pordys, Hencys and Scotts, and embrace a Remington simply because it is £0 Ainericun production and the priceis #45? If so, why s.op al these figures? Guns that will burn powder and pro- pelshol are made for lesy money; are we doing a Wrohy Lo jiume mdusiry by nol using inem? Forty-five dollars is the magic sum, and nothing below or above will answer. According to this gentlemau’s theory the leyeling must all be down 10 his standard, and not up toa higher. L have already said more than (he importance of uis matter de- mands, and willingly pass on- Wne best Gabwvic of cheap guns—that is, guns of less value than $100—was by Parker, of Menden, My opinion is formed after dissecting the action and examiu- ing in detail every part under a powerful glass, and 1 am satistied that the improved action, the good quality of the Gelium barrels, and the evident honest intention of mak- ing a good sound gun, entitle them to the first rank as makers of this class of weapon. Why they do not adopt the Purdy action with the top lever, is a question they can.,no doubt answer satisfactorily; but to an outsider it seems strange to see convenience and adaptability thus re- jected. Asan American I feel proud of their productions, and hope they will not stop in the march of improvement, but steadily press onwardand upward. By using the Pur- dy action and Ighter barrels; by copying Scott’s style of stocking and balancing, they can make a wonderful im- proyement in their weapons. Beauty is an essential element of utility, and no one ean afford to deny its claims, Clark & Snyder’s best gun (price $300) was u beautiful piece of work. The materials were fine, and the filing and filting would compare favorably with the best English work. The rebounding locks had some features of clecided im- provement, and if use confirms the theory, will prove a valuable gain in this most important part of the gun. From the amount of skilled labor bestowed on this wea- pon I do not imagine Clark & Snyder could make their fortunes on this quality of guns; but as an exhihit of what American labor and skill can produce, it was most grati- fying. John Krider's gun at $200 was a good, sound piece of work, and a credit to auy maker, as was also an 8 gauge eas gun at $120. Both were entilled to commenda- ion. Yo change the subject. LThave been one of the numer ous yictims of Greever’s last literary cfusion, having in- vested $350 in “Choke Bore Guns, and How to Load Them.” This book isa rehash of his **Breech-Loading Guns," swelled with newspaper puffs of his own wonder- fu! productions, the Feld trial and others, of not the slightest interest. The Weld tiial has been sown broadcast over the land, and is familiar to all. It settled nothing, except as to the guns actually engaged, and hardly that, as the same conditions were not applied to all. Thal a gun bored to concentrate the charge at the muzzle will show a betler pattern than a cylinder, or a relief, was an undis- puted fact, the extent of the improvement being different in every gun. ” article on “Angling for Black Bass" in your issue of the 15th leads me to g ve my local experience with the fly, hoping to aid in solving this questo 4s to whether they “‘do or do not take” it. ‘This appears to be a much yexed question, and to ar- rive.at a Conclusion one Way v1 ihe o-her we must know the habits of the fish, and conditions under which we seek them must be considéred 1m their true relanon, I Lave always thought my success or failure ¢ are depended upon these conditions, and not upon the refusal of the fish to take fly; for that would be an exceptivn to the rule my cxperi- ws, and n rH ° ae cceptions but only: modification of application lo. cover different conditions under which we see It. : Beginning with the opening of the black bass fishing, wile they sre yet in Shallow water, my efforts to capture “them with flies have been unsuccesstul except in those places their hibits then lead them to frequent; but when- ever | have sought them in proper places with flies of right size and kind suecess was arule, unless some condition of the water or ao untimely hour of the day made the fish —ubablé 16 sce the fly, bul able to see me too distinclly, _ My experience in fly-lishiny for bass has been confined almost cutirely to the Hudson and Mohawk rivers, in vi- cinity of Troy, so must not be taken as an assertion that all waters are included in my views; but during seven or eight seasons’ fishing iu those waters with both bait and flies, including the “Dobson,” which is undoubtedly the egual, if not the superior, of any bait for bass, my success has always been greatest with flies. These waters are not noted for the numbers or extraordinary size of their fish, Dut their “‘wanie” and “educational” qualities sre beyond question, living as ibey do in the yupid rocky channels characteristics of the lower Moluwk and upper Hudson, atid’ being constantly persecuted with all kinus of fishing apparatus. ; In the carly season, from June fo last of August, my best success lius heen tishite in deep pools, or under shadow of dams and falls where the water is quieted 4 momeut atter its plunge, casting my flies into the tumbling waters and miving the currentils own way wilh them, simply keep- ine them on the sutface, Iu tle later season, from middle of September to eud of October; the bass seem to live more in rupid, deep currents well out inthe stream where it is less distmrbed by obstructions, lying in the eddies formed by boulders, etc., but if the water’s surface is disturbed by winds, as is usnal at that season, they are taken about as yeadily in mid-eurrent, where the water is from yo to three or four feet deep, and rutning over a pebbly bottom, ‘The non success of flies in bass fishing, it seems to me, arise nore from faults in theiy size and color than in ‘Tuck of appreciation” in the tish; most of the bass flles sold by the wads generally have only a ‘‘local reputation,” not ap- plicable to al conditions arising from the varied haunts of this fish; and this fault cannot be corrected except by ob- servations of the many conditions that arise, In the waters most familiar to me flies of moderate size and subdued combinations gave best success; brown hackles tied on No. 6 Limerick, aod brown and yellow flies tied on No. G or No. 10 hooks were always suc- cessful lures in low, clear water; for higher turbid water more gandy flies were good, made of scarlet or red body, brown tail and wings, or with double wings, in- ner scarlet, outer brown, black hackle, tied on No, 4 hook. OF course the sizes apply only to wy experience, as in the Waters meniioned a half pound was an average weight, seldomreaching beyonta pound anda half. ‘To compare relative success with fy aydinst bait let me add an incident of one of wy wadings. Having fished all the Mohawk east and north of Coloes, arrived al a dam near Waterford with a poolin which an old pentiiman had “baited” ita bass for lwo Or tree hours without wu “nibble,” as he said, and doubting that there was 4 fish in the river; quietly casting the thes into the upper ede of the pool three rises met tiem instantly. much to lis surprise, and two half- pound hase were hooked and soon netied; a Wozen casts in all, maybe, surely not more, and eight fine bass were lying in my basket mueh more to his surptise; and this pool was Tess than twenty feet wide aud four deep. Wfoping this will be acceptable to you, and add a little to the solutivn of this “fish problem,” [ remain, B, F. Fuower, Jz. Se — Movements or THE Fisnine Wnper.—The delay in the arrival of the early Georges fleet leads to the impression ilial a scarcity of fish lus been found upon Georges and {lat the vessels have resorted to the deép water fisuery on Lave Binks 46 coniplete their fares. The number of fishing arrivals he past week lias been small, including 1 from Grand Banks, 5 tvom Lallave, 3 from Georges, and 1 from Grand Meni, a total of ten. The recdipts of tish for the week have been aboul 275.000 pounds codfish, 100,- - 0U0 pounds halibut, and 200,000 trozen herring.—Cape Anw Adnertiser, Heb. 23d. Hachiing and Beating. HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEE. Dite. Boston, | New York.| Charleston i mM. B. M. a. u LV NE ges ope conc kre ees Poe ) odd 9 26 B 46 MAG Di pete kesealstietnseetveta| ot) AIG 1 15 Cres CO Ee ee ee ee ee T 35 i (08 Ww (8 Mar. d, 8 Ad Ie 52 10 55 Mar. 5. a oa 0 Ww il 45 Mur. 6 & 25 1 oF 0 32 MUN aids ses dew sc setark severe oped 1 a7 1 sz Jos Yacwrise.—Last week was a very lively one for the ice yatclitemen of the Hudson, the ice on the river at New Tiamburgh haying been in excellent condition up to Friday afiernoon, On Monda y, the 19th, the non-active members’ race of the New Hamburg Ice Yacht Club, forsecond class yaclits (those carrying less then 350 square feet of canvas) *took place, Commodore Giinnell’s Centennial yacht Whilf winning. On Tuesday, the 20th, in the forenoon, the non- active members’ race for third class yachts came off, over a ten-mile course, and was won by the Magic in 26m. 1ds, Tualer in the day the non-active members’ race for first class boata (those carrying more than 350 square feeb of canvas) was had over a twelye-mile course, the Zuro win- nipg in 25m, 20s. ; On Wednesday, the 21st, the race for the ‘Kidd’ chal- Jenge pennant was called by Commodore Grinnell. Seven first class boats drew up in line, the largest, the Flying Olond, carryimg 620 square feet of canvas and being 53 feet in length from lip of bowsprit to end of boom. The other yachts were the Bertie, Phantom, Quickstep, Zero, Zigzag, j and Zephyr. Alter ® magnificent race the latter won, ] qaking the twelve miles course and crossing the line in the splendid time of 19 minutes from the start. On the 22d the yachts of the second and third classes, in their turn, sailéd for the pennant, the Whiff winning in | minute All ;regular races of this club have been in! FOREST AND STREAM. | sailed, as well as two fine scrub races. In this the club has been more fortunate than the rival club at Poughkeepsie, which so far nas only sailed one race this winter. Sr. Augustine Yacur Cros.—This Club has now been incorporated by act cf the Florida Legislature, under whose provisions it has become owner of the building now occupied by others. We learn that its finances are in a flourishing condition. Their first grand regalia of the season is appointed for March 3d, with a fancy dress and masquerade ball to follow. —A life saving station is to be established at St. Au- fustine, and the Yacht Club there has contributed liber- ally toward the outfit. This Olub is composed chiefly of northern ventlemen, who spend the winters in Florida, —Astor's yacht, the ‘‘Atlanta,” of the New York Yacht Club, which has been in Florida waters for the past two months, was at the St. John's bar on February 20th, wai'= ing for an opportunity to sail for New York, the weather preventing ber from getting to sea. —T wo steamboats are being built at, Greenpoint for Cali- fornia waters, It will cost $9,000 to send them packed in sections, to San Francisco. The New York Mlustiated Times has assumed the leadership in the matter of reporting the theaprical and dramatic news of the day, It ja the only American paper which gives pictorial representations of plays while on the boards of the Metropolitan etuge. It gives ag well faitlifal artistic portraits of the leading actors, with carefully-written biographical sketches, The Iustyated Tunes is published every Saturday morning. Price 10 conte .—Adv_ 1 L'Amerique, the name of the Hrench steamer, recently wrecked, is pronounced Yarm-a-reek.” Long before the unfortunate yessel foundered upon the shoals, however, the name had been bestowed upon a new cigarette, and therefore the name and the cigarette were in everybody's month. The secret of the success of L’Amerique is that itis a novelty maniifactured from the purest Louisiana Perique and thas wonderfully popnlar tobacco—Vanity Fair.—Advy, That whieh is good for the delicate skin of the buby is no less delight- ful for the use of mature people. It 1s, therefore, that B. T. Babbitt's Toplet Soap, a new article just put on the market, merits a word of praise, Made of the pnrest vegetable oils, and without artificial scent, ibis simply the perfection of soaps for toilet use, whether for old or young,—Ady, auswers Go Warrespondents, G. N,, Ballimore.—Perch fishing begins in April, oun,—The fare (o Nassau, N, P., from New York, yia Savannah and St. Augustine, is $45 gold. Hxcursion tickets $88, Inquire of Murray, Ferris, & Co., 62 South street. BtroHam, Halifax, N. S.—Can you tell me the nanal gait in running of the Virginia deer? Isitatrotter or jumper? Ans. This deer runs like & horse whenever in haste. He rarely trots. Will print next week an important paper on the subject from a geuntlemun well versed in the habits of the Geryidi. G. F., Yonkers, N, Y.—Ten men enter in a sweepstake al 10 birds each, the money is divided in three prizes,fourmen tle for the tirst money; have they any claim tothe second or third money? Ans, Un— lugs “class shooting’? was specified, they shoot off for all the prizes. F. L, D., Gibsonton Mills, Pa.—Please inform me best time for dock shooting on KamEakee swamp and name of a party who would answer a letter or televram and lodge a parry of three, Abont what is coat per day, including boat and guide? Ans, The best shoGtingis in the fall. Have requested a party to write you particulars. , Proaress, Philadelphia.—Did not the party who sent you the report of the Pisherville, Ontario, 1ife match mean the Frack Wesson rifle instead of the Smith & Wesson? Ans. He undoubtedly did; and we should have corrected it. Thanks for your offer. F, 8., New York.—W here can I huye a month of good summer shoot- ing? and if possible a little fishing? I shall leave New York the 25th of July or sooner. A country farm honse aday or so from here wonki be preferable, with board not to exceed $8 per week? Ans. We cau recom- mend no better place than Barnegat Bay, on the Jersey coust. Go down first and tuke a look. ‘ J. M., New York.--Will you kindly give me some information in re- gard to large game huntiog in Michigan? Ans. If you will give us full address we will send you the larze and very complete pamphlet issued by the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad. ‘Tella yoo all abont the best lucalities for game and fish. 1. M. F., Rockyille—Oan yon inform me where 1 can get the best map of Florida for finding ihe small rivers, lakes, and towns, that are not on ox Common maps? Ans, Address Vlorida Land & Immigration Society. 21 Park Row. Askfor Apthorp's new map. Let us remind youn that your question has no claim on our attention, as you write an- onymouely. : J. A_D. Boston.—Can you inform me how to teach a Newfoundland dog co as to make a good walch dog of him; he is now five months old? ‘Ang, The qualities of a watch doz come by instinct. If after your dog is one year old you kéep him chained in the day time and let him loove at night, he will probaby make 4 watel dog. D. T. G., Boston.—Will New York make a closed time for smelts Ubis secéon, and put them ont of market during the spring? Ans. Write re parding this matter to Hon, R. B. Roosevelt, this city. The fact is no smelisof any consequence are taken in New York waters, ovr supply comes almost entirely from Maine ynd Nove Stotia; very fow from Mas- sachneetts now. H. A., Montpelior, Vt.—Some weeks since, yon published an article relative to boats, in which a Newport built bont wus especially spoken of, I believe, as sife, a good sailer, &e. Have mislaid my copy, and shonid like another; also to know the names of a builder or builders of there boats? Ans. If you wall write to Messra. Herrishof Bio.’s, Bris- tol, R. 1. You will get sll the information about the boats. We cannot place the article from your discription. M. H. B., Greenville, Pa.—1. Ja 204 pellets in 20-inch target, 30 yde., 43 drs. powder, No, 8 shot, 1} oz. slot, a fair target? 2. Is 119 pellets No. § shot, 13 oz. 35 yds., 16 10ch target, a fair average? 8, Is 93 pellets No. § Ii oz, shot, 4} drs. powder, 45 yde., an average? Ans, 1. In an once aud a quarter of No, § shot there are 498 pellets. 2. Tarzet No, 2 is good, being at a iGtnch target. 3. No. 14 fair average for a cylinder bored gun, aud No, 3 is good if at the same target as No. 2. Loone, Boston.—You would oblige me much by answering the below queries: 1, What place around Moosehead wonld I find the most nim- per of parttidges? 2) Ia it possibleto shoot a “loon” while on fhe sarface, because I have been told that they can dodge the fash of a rifle, Ans. 1. Tale boat from Isineo House to the head of the laku, and secend Wilsou’s crtek, or most any of the streams that empty into the lake. 8, Loons are often shot with a rifle while on the surface, bat they frequently diye, when hit and are not fonnd antil some Hme afcer wards, §., Philadelplila,—1.How Many pellets should a 12-hore gun Joaded oircle at 30 yards; gun choked-boredy #, How wonld he the best way to With on ounce and an eighth of namber efght shot thrown trto a 80-inch, Bl load & 12-bore choke gun weighing 8} ponds to shoot ducke, the gunis a breech-loader? §, How can I tell how mach my gun ischoked? I can zee it quite plainly and feel it? Ans. 250 atleast. 2. 4 dra, powder, 1foz. No. 4shot, 3. You can only tell by targeting it. W., Philadelphia.—The chamber of my breech-loaderia —— long, Ely's paper shells reach the nearcst mark tothe end of the chamber and ihe Sturdevant brace shell tothe other mark; are the shells long enouph, and if not can I getlonger? Ane. The mark you giye we meaanre to be 2t inches, which is the regular length of the Ely i8-bore shell. If your gun is a 12-bore these ebella should Gt; if it is a 10-bore, or if the chamber is 2i inches, you can get shells to fit, or Hly's blag shells us long #a three inches. J. M., Lockport.—The Winch ester rifle has amoyable iron lever or Pauce, under the breech, does s peraon, in firing, have to work the lever forward and backwards, in order to fire tha next time? Andis the aim interrupted in preparing for next shot? or isthe cocking regulated by pulling the trigger, and the gun held ‘ton aim" until all the charges are expended? Ans. The leyer must be worked to extract the old sheil und throw afreshone inthechamber. In doing this theaim would ef course be distroyed and a fresh sight taken, Tequtrer, Boston.—I haye a yainable setter pup about nine months old that Irecently sold in apparently good health and condition; three days afterwards the dog was returned to me totally blind, he being in other respects allright, having a good appetile, &c. Can you tell me what is the canse of it? and if so what to do forit? The dog was sent and returned by express. Ane. Without seeing the dog or knowlege what wasdone tobim on the journey we can giye no opimion asto the cause of trouble, Whatisthe present condition or appearanceof the eye? Simonxps, Boston.—1, Willit he worth the difference in the price, be- tyveen laminated and Damascus steel barrels, forthe Fox patent gun, weiching ten pounds? 2. What kind of shells, of whose manufacture, and what cost, shall Tuse? 3, Whatiga proper charge of powder and of shot for sucha gno? Ans, J. ltisamatter of taste; the laminated barrels will last as long asthe others. There ste anonmber of makers of brass shells. Those of the U. M. C. Co. will cost you $1 15 for 12's and $1 40 for 10°s. Hly’s, $1 25 for 12's and $1 5Vfori0’s. 3. It de~- pends entirely upon the kind of shooting. Suusoriper, Port Hops.—l, I have heard it argued a good deal Jately about hab size shot should be used at pigeon matches, 21 yards rise. Thave heard it said as coarse as No. 5 shot used. Please enlightea me on the subject, what size you think proper? 2. Can youinform me how eels breed? Ans. No. 8is the size of shot genernlly used in pigeon matches, although we have known some men to use as small as No. 10 at 21 yards rise, 2, The mode of propagation of eels has never been ac— curately decided; for articles on breeding them see pages (6 and 67 of our Jast yolume. Ww. A. A., Jr, Newark, N. J.—I have a amall black and tan dog, ha is tix years old and he hasa yery bad cough, he weezos so when ba coughs, it appears something like the asthma; when he coughs he loses all control of himself aud falls over and seems to lose his breath. His appetite is good and his bowels are regular; it has been coming on him for along time? Ans, Give your dog the following; Barbadoes tar, two drachms; powdered squills four drachms; extract of belladonna, thres scruples; liquorice powder a suficiency, Beatinto & mass and mulke into twenty pills, giving four daily. Feed the dogonrice and milk in- Stead of meal and see that he is exercised. T. G. M,, Cumberland, Md.—Is the summerclimate of Florida an nn- pleasant or unhealthy one for northern men? Can each a person live there dujing the summer without serious discomfor> from heat, and whut portion of the State offers the most desirable climatic inducements in this respect? Does it possess any advantages in this matter ovor the other Gulf States? Ans. The peninsular location of Florida docs an—- doubledly give it an advantage oyer other Gulf States, andivis a singular fact that the enmmer mid-day heat is more tolerable than at the north, while the nights aré much cooler. These conditions apply to almost all parts of the State south of lat. 20°. $, H. W., Philadelphia.—1. Is it any harm to haye a bitch covered ab her first heat, one yearold? 2. Is oneconnection of § of an hoursofficient to produce pups on the 9th day of showing heat? The dog would nob cover her afterwards; it was [he first time for the dog; he ls five years old, healthy and active; should the bitch be well fed and haye plenty of exercise? Ans, 1. lt isnot advisable to allow a bitch to be servid the firal time of heat. 2. Under ordinary circumstances the seryice shonld have been sufficient, but considering the age of the bitoh yon are not likely to have a litter of strong aud well developed puppies. By all means feed her well and pive plenty of exercise, , Sunscreen, York, Pa.—Jcudging by the the symptoms I have given you at length above, please answer the following questions regarding my dog: 1, What was her disease? 2. Did she have the proper treatment? 8. If not, what should have been tke treatment? Ans. We think the dog died of inflamation of the bowels, hat you say nothing about the number or quality of passages during the two list days, You should haye given 25 drops of landam in two ounces of starch water, a8 an enema after each passage and;so controled the diarrhea. You might also have given three er four grains of quinine three times a day in pills, and poured beef tea and milk down the throat if the doy refused nontish- ment, We don’t think it distemper, J. W. Bet, Bostou.—i1. Whatis marine glue, or varnish, snch as ia used on paper boats? 2, Does it require aspecial kindof paper for boats? Ans. 1. shelac varnish is used to make paper boata impervious to water, The varnish may be prepared after the followmy formula; 16 ponnds orange shellac, 44 gallons alcohol, Let the shellac dissolve in the alcohol and apply witha brush. 2. Messrs, Waters'of Troy, N.¥., the only manufacturers of paper boats in this conntry, wee paper made especially for their business? Manila paperis used for racing shells, and linen paper, one-sixth to one-eighth inch in thickness for cynods, gigs, &e. E. Waters & Son’s claim that their patents cover the right to Make boats of paper, aud that no person can build a boat of paper in the countries where their rights are registered, withont infringing upon them. Tor further particulars address EB. Waters & Son's, Troy, N. ¥. OLD StHscriBER, Baltimore.—I am going down in a short. time to visit Capt. Ayres at Ucean City, whom you recommended, and would usk yon to answer the the following questione for me: Is there good dnck shooting down there as well as goose, and what varieties of ducks? Ts the shooting dene over decoys us on the Ohesapeske, and how many are Hecossary? My gun is 410 bere Greener, weighing 8} pounds. Isa lhat heavy enongh? Aré there any men haying live geese de- coys whom I can employ, aud what do they charger Is there any snipe shooting? Will I haye to go far from the house to ret duck shooting, or are there good points near at hand? Ans_ If you Zo to Ocean Cily, you will have to stop first ab Berlin, at Wagner's Hlolel. Agthe cars rnn only in summer, except on special occasions, youl Will have to pay $2 fora wagon to tuke you to Ayres. Mis house is right on the beach, and the fowl Ny over it. Use blinds, with or wiihoug decoys, Live geese decoys handy. Ten-bore gun too light. An §-bors is better. Board, incluaing sll not over $2 50 per day. They'll post you at Burlin. ‘Take cars from Wilmington to Salisbury, and changs for Berlin. Tue Bust Srortinc Parer Pususnep.—The fulleat aporting newa published in the United States appears in the New York Illustrated Times. The department is edited by the well-known “Crickmiore,"” whose intimate ucquaintance with the turf and sporling matters gens erally i3 not equalled by any writer 1n the conniry. Kvery iucident of any importance in racing, bouting, ball-playing, &c., &c., Ja promptly and exhaustively recorded from the personal observation of the wrir, accompanied Ly, illustrations whenever the circumstances justify, The Titustvated Limes is published on Saturday and for sale at ull news stands Ady, FOREST AND STREAM. 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By OokAn STEAMER TO St. AvGustTiInE, FLorma,--Since the. day when the Spanish fleet sailed into the harbor of St. Augustine, three centuries ago, scarcely has the ancient town béen so excited as on the 10th or February, just passed, when the steamship Leo of the Savannah and Nassau line, passed over the bar and under the walls of Fort San Marco, and for the first time established steam communication between it, the eldest city on the continent, and the outside world. The good ship was not only re- ceived enthusiastically hy the assembled crowds on shore, but formally welcomed by the Mayor, while her officers received the hospitalities of the hotels and the town. The local paper, the Press, thus congratulates everybody upon the astounding event:-— “Tt has been practically demonstrated by the entering and departure at this port of the steamship Leo, that the bar of St. Augustine is of sufficient depth to admit large-sized steamers and sailing vessels into the harbor. We look upon this experiment on the part of the owners of the Leo, in testing the practicability of these ships entering this port, as one of great significance, and destined to prove of immense benefit to the Ancient City. The Leoarrived off the bar at about eight o'clock on Saturday morning ast, and owing to the absence of the pilot was compelled to wait for the next flood tide, when she came Over the bar, drawivg twelye fect of water, and there being over eighteen feet on the bar, and in thirty minutes from the time she erossed the bar she was safely alongside the dock. We are much gratified with this inauguration, as we foreseé of a line, not only between here, Savannah, and Nassau, but ultimately between St. Augustine and New York. It is already contemplated by the owners of the Leo to connect with their line at Nassan-a line to Havana, This, with the contemplated railroad to Jacksonville, will make St. Augustine the point for embarkation of freight and passengers, by rail, direct to New York from Havana; then with aline of steamers direct from St. Augustine to New York will necessarily take the sea route for passeng- ers from Jacksonville, and all along the St. Johns, river. This experiment of the Leo has proved the superiority of our bar to that.of Jacksonville, and as a port of entry equal io Charleston or Savannah, for vessels drawing twelve to fifteen feet of water. The people of St. Augustine have every reason to con- gratulate themselves on the continued prosperity of their city. The finger of prophecy points unmistakably to the good time coming, whea the Ancient City will attain that prominence among her Southern sister cities which shall be equal to any of them on the Atlantic coast. The rapid prowth of St, Augustine during the last fiye years is un- precedented by any town north or south, and in another five years we will see not only.a line of steamships between Nassau, Havana and New York, but a canal navigation be- tween St. Augustine and the Indian river, opening thous- ands of acres of land for emigration, and making St, Au- gustine the market for ac immense back country.” By the Leo the fare from Savannah to St. Augustine is reduced to $10, making this trip from New York to the “Ancient City” much cheaper than ever. Murray, Ferris & Co., 62 South street, are agents for the line in this city. ee “COMANCHE GEoRGE,”—We received a visit last week from George Anderson, the Government Scout, whois well known in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, aad to ithe South- western Indians generally. George was on his way to Washington for orders, He says that when the Sioux are moved down south inio the vicinily of the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache reservations, there will be music, and he wants to prepare lo join inthe dance. He isa fine looking man of forty, quite intelligent and affable, speak- ing a half dozen Indian dialects, fond of botany, geology, ete. He brought on the seeds of some rare New Mexican plants, which he has distributed among the newspaper men, and we were fortunate enough tobe included. Alto- gether George is a yery quict fellow—when he is asleep. He says he has only once been guilty of taking ascalp with the ears on, a 1 THE BLUE GLASS EXCITEMENT, = ss HB discussion of Gen. Pleasanton’s alleged discovery of certain properties in blue glass, occupies consid- erable space in the current journals. He asserts that the developing and curative powers of sunlight transmitted through violet glass enormously exceed those of unmodified light, and citing from “his many experiments gives a num- ber of extraordinary instanves in confirmation of his be- lief. From these we may select the following as exam- ples of its effectson plant aud animal life:—Cuttings of vines of the thickness of a pipe stem, and but a few inches high, planted in a grapery of which the glass was one- eighth blue, inereased in five months to a length of forty- five feet, and fo a diameter of one inch at the base, while others similar in all respects to these, exposed to simple sunlight, 1n the same time had grown but five feet. In eighteen months from this planting those under blue glass yielded 1,200 pounds of grapes. A deaf and rheumatic mule was completely cured by allowing the blue light to play each day upon the affected parts; an Alderney heifer ex- posed to’ the influence of the filtered light was regard- ed as mature for breeding purposes at the age of four months, and produced a calf when thirteen munths old. There can of course We no doubt that the results in- stanced by Gen. Pleasanton are authentic, and the only question, therefore, is a§ to the cause or causes which pro- duced: them. The discoverer of the supposed properties of the colored glass of course believes them to be due to the glass, but no scientific explanation of these effects has yet been given. Onthe other hand investigators of emi- nence, by means of experiments made with the utmost ac- curacy, have arrived at conclusions quite opposed to this view. Gen, Pleasanton is by no means the first person who has investigated the properties of the different rays of the spectrum, and the observations of Sachs, Baudrimont, Cailletet, Vogel, Pfeiffer, and many other physicists, have failed to show any such effects as those related above. Thus Cailletet, in 1868, asserted that “‘vioiet light was in some respects hurtful to plants,” and Baudrimont “‘that violet light was positively injurious to plants; they abso- lutely require white light,” It is, nevertheless, but fair tosay that experiments some- what similar in character to those above referred to have been tried in Hurope, and, it is said, with the best effects; for we are told that Dr. Ponsa, Director of the Turin Lu- natic Asylum, confines his very violent patients in blue rooms, and that the resulis are in the highest degree salis- factory. For a very intelligent, though somewhat technical arti- cle on this subject, we may refer our readers to a recent number of the Scientific American. 'The blue glass may be able to do all that is claimed for it; may be the panacea thatis to free all living things from their fleshly ills. We hope that it is, but until some more satisfactory explana- tion of its supposed power is given, we ask leave to doubt. —_—____—_# 3 IGE NAVIGATION. WN our issue of Nov. 16th, 1876, we noticed an ice veloci- pede, not differing greatly from the land velocipede, except that the drive wheel, instead of being smooth-shod, as in the road machine, is armed with iron points, and is arranged ona shaft that is journaled on two longitudinal springs, and fitted into a frame thatrestsonrunners, The wheel can be lifted from the ground at any time, and the runners are enabled to pass over small obstructions on the ice. This principle has been carried out and applied the present winter, with gratifying success to the propulsion of 4 large passenger and freight steamboat on the St. Croix river, Wisconsin. This boat was constructed by M. Mover, of Arcola, Minnesota. She has an iron wheel filted with spurs, and is propelled by steam on steel run- ners, We can conceive that such a craft is perfectly practi- cable on ice of only tolerable smoothness. On glare ice iis speed would be greatly accellerated by the addition of canvas sails of approved pattern, And we can readily estimate lie inestimable service that might acerue from their employment upon the great lakes, especially upon those that are closed by solid ice for five montis of the year, and whose coast dwellers are isolated and practically cut off for that period from communication with the rest: whose mental world is a wide extended plane resting upon . rr of the world. Those persons who haye sojourned on the Great Lakes have seldom recognized at event so inepiring as the advent of the first steamboat of spring, and the opening of navigation. Weare quite earnest in urging the employment of ice steamers for Jake and river navigation in the northern Te- gions; and while we are wel! aware that the ice is not always smooth, and that it may’be impussible for the greater part of the winter season, still the few trips that. could be made would prove of inestimable commercial value. To the inhabitants of Prince Edwards Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, what advantages would accrue if communication could be kept open throughout the year across the narrow strait: that separates that island from Nova Scotia! It is only nine miles wide, but the ice has hitherto proved a barrier almost insurmountable. Many are the contrivances that haye been instituted to overcome the difficulty so that regularity in the transmission of pass- engers and mails could be assured; but none have suc- ceeded. The open boat that can be pushed over the floating floes, and rowed across the open water and through the narrow passages, as opportunity has offered, has proved the best of all, thus far, but the crew and the few pussen- gers that attempted the perilous journey have oftensuffered severely from hardships and inclement weather. Last summer a powerful cabin steamer of peculiar mode! and construction of hull called the ‘‘Northern Light,” was built at Quebec by Capt. E. A. Jewell, a prominent ship builder, and put on the route when water navigation closed. She was not expected to jump icebergs and steam over solid fields, but was built massively strong, with powerful engines to separate floating floes and hammer at consoli- dated masses, her hull being of such shape as to be lifted out when “nipped.” Inthe early part of the season, her trips were yery successful, but as the weather grew colder and the ice thickened and accumulated, moving and grind- ing through this strait with a five-knot current, her ex- perience became thoroughly Arctic. A month agoshe was in such peril that the crew made preparations for abandon- ing her. On the following week she got into still greater straits, becoming immovably jammed in linge masses of floating ice about ten miles from Pictou Island, and be- tween it and Cape George, with no open water near to which she might force her way. The ice surrounding her wus of the hummock type, rendered familiar by descrip- tions of Arctic navigation. The berags stood higher than the vessels masts. She got out, however, by some fortui- tous chance, escaping serious injury. Of course no steam- boat like that running on the St. Croix river, to which we have referred, would answer for the Strait of Northumber- land. We have only referred to the latter incidentally, as coming within the scope of this subject of ice navigation. —— oo THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION. No. I. i is yery generally understood that education means & ‘“drawing-ont” or development, but the mistake is not so generally perceived of confounding it with the acquisi- tion of knowledge, and yet the phenomenon is common enough of a well-informed but ill-educated man or woman. The memory may be made a perfect storehouse, and its happy possessor be a prodigy, in the shape of a walking cyclopedia, but if the intellectual digestion be from any cause deranged, the resultis the anamoly referred to above —the possession of a wide range of knowledge with a total lack of education. The poct well understood the distinc- tion when he sang:— “Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers,” knowledge, the possession of facts; wisdom, the ability to make them practically ayailable. Taking the usnal tripartite division of the human faculties into the physical, the moral, and the intellectual, and conceding the nicety of their natural balance, it follows that one cannot be neg- lected without detriment to the others; or, to put the pro- position in another form, any system of education which is directed more to the cultivation of one than of another is correspondingly defective. Much as many people seem disposed to regard it as such, the mens sana tn corpore sano is no fiction in opinion, or alcohol may very frequently be found the cause of the ravings or inconsequent wander- ings of a ‘‘mind diseased,” ‘but it should not be forgotten that it is a mind confined in a body diseased through these agencies, This isan extreme case, quoted for the mere sake of showing that body and mind act and re-act upon euch other, and can no more be considered separately or independently, in a question of education, than in one o insanity. So, not very long ago, medico- jurists were in the, habit of treating madness as a mental affection. Now it is known to be nothing more or less than disease of the brain, to be estimated in point of degree, and treated by the practical professor of medicine. But between insanity and sanity are many grades and stages. There is first the eccentricity occasionally attaching to genius, but more frequently to be ascribed to the want of it; the dullness of the intellectual sluggard which prevents its victim from enjoying the possession of ideas of his own or appreciating those of others, There is that mental ob- liquity or perverseness, Which will, in spite of all teach- ings, persist in looking at any giyen subject from the wrong point of view; or, the simple stupidily which can or will take cognizance of nothing, or the superficialty and scarcely covering chaos; or the levity which finds life ‘a huge joke, and the grave the doorway toa Paradise of fools, Such, we eay gravely, is human nature. It is just possible, however, that these woeful results are the dis- distortions of nature—the direct products of an erroneous system of education. Men speak learnedly of’ idiosyncra- cies, and contemplate with resicoation mental pecculiavi- ties, which they, in their wisdom, hold to be the shapings of the divine mould. But letus turn to the physical for an illustration. On the street, every day, men and women may be seen of Whom only a strong effort of the imagina- tion could bring us to think that it was to such as they that the Greek artist pointed, when he said to his pupils, as he looked on the passers-by, ‘‘There are your masters.” Narrow chests and stooping shoulders are physical facts for which onr senses most readily suggest causes, such as want of exercise, confinement, or one or other of the thousand and one things which simply mean, at last, a total ignor- ‘ance or absnnee vf the primary elements of physical edu- cation. There is uo perceptible difference between such cases and those of mental deformity. Experience tells that the greater number of instances of intellectual excel- leuce or deficiency can be traced to some specialty in the individual’s early education. We speak, it is to be ob- served, generally. Bacon must have entertained the same idea, when, in one of his Essays, he recommended certain ‘studies for the remedy of certain mental weakness, or the development of certain faculties. But beyond this there is the eyer-present difficulty of telling what physical or moral agency is affecting the mind; what mental or moral influence is affecting the body and brain, or what physical or mental agency is affecting the moral system. Hence we come to have an idea of the urgent, almost vital necessity of haying education complete in all its parts, and of the enormous and weighty trust confided to the educators of the young, i GAME PROTECTION. —_>—_—— Quam 1y CoNPINEMENT.—One of our city correspond. ents writes us that he alsois losing the quails he had intended to keep through the winter. As his experience may be of benefit to cthers among our readers, we print it, Hesays:— “Three years ago I had fifty-seven, lost twenty-one; last year I had forty-¢ight and ‘ost them all. This year I had one hundred and thirty two, and found that they were dying at the rate of five and six a day. On the 10th of February 1 put out fifty-eight—all that Thad left. They were in good condition; in tact, the birds would seemingly feel well; next day some would be dead. Some of the birds seemed to have the pip, others would be puffed up like a balloon even down to the thighs; some were emaci- ated, and a few had their heads injured. The room the birds were in was large, sunny, quitt, and well ventilated with a canvas ceiling. Heed, buckwheat, bird seed, and a very little cracked corn, In former years, when I had only eight to twelve birds, 1 had no trouble and none died. My idea is, that too many quail in one coop, as with barn- yurd fowls, breeds disease, I think a discussion in your valuable paper as to the cause, treatment and cure, if any, would be of interest to many of your readers. Iam dis- couraged with my experience in quail propagating, and if no satisfactory cause and cure is given, [ have had enough of it.” E. 8. GLENVILLE, Conn,, February 19th, 1877, Eprtor FoREST AND STREAM:— Sir, for upward of two years I have been a constant reader of your excellent paper, and haye noticed many articles, in both Forest AND STREAM and Jtod and Gun, hitting the poor “pot hunter,” and knocking him right and left, [ have seen the question put, ‘‘ What isa pot hunter?” and Forest anD Stream said, ‘a pot hunter isa ‘market hunter.” Others have answered and said, a person gvho shoots more game than he can possibly have use for at his own table; and B. H. P., in an article dated Vicksburg, January 13th, 1877, says, in your issue of the Sth inst., ““You lave doubtless heard of pot hunters, who sneak about in the bush until they find a covey of birds huddled to- gether for protection from bad weather, and then blaze away at them with an infernal old ‘‘Spill-out,” and murder the poor things by wholesale.” Now, if they are such poor shots, I don’t see how they can kill a whole covey of birds; they may get some three or four, and the rest will get away; but, ifit had beens “gentleman sportsman,” with a two or three hundred dollar dog, and a three or four hundred dollar gun, he would have had the last bird in that covey before he had ‘Yet up.” Iwould like Mr. B. H. P. to define what he means by ‘‘Infernal Spill-out?” The only gun | ever heard of that I would take the liberty to call ‘an infernal old Spill-out,” is a sixteen pounds gun, shooling six ounces of No. 2 shot, driven by sixteen drachms of powder, used by one of your correspondents, who calls hinself ‘‘Rusticus,” who could kiJl and disable from ‘‘forty to sixty” brant at one discharge. He shoots from 4 sink-box, atterthe water and sand bar within a few yards of his hidden position has become densely packed with brant. When, at the same time he says, ‘‘and pres- ently a company, circling nearer and nearer, swept over our box,” then would haye been the time (if [ am rightly informed) when a gentleman sporisman would have de- liyered his fire, and would have felt satisfied to have bagyed from four to six birds. But, it would have taken the last brant in that immense flock (be claims there was 5,000) to have satistied Mr. Rusticus, for, after having killed and disabled from forty to sixty birds at one dis- charge, he Jaments that he has not two or three more of those “tnfernal old Spill-outs” to slaughter the rest of the flock with; he also claimed that he and his companion killed in five consecutive shots, ‘one hundred and tweuty- one” brant. Now, if there is a pot hunter in this country who can beat this bag of game, he ought to be hung up by the thumbs until he promises to be a pot hunter no more. Aud this same correspondent says, in part second of his article, entitkd “‘A Tale of Two Flats,” that a ~mark unner (who must be a pot hunter) told him, after leasing said correspondent Kill thirty.geese and fifty | FOREST AND STREAM. ducksin one day, that he, the market gunner, alias P. H., tat knew such a shot to be made in that neighborhood before. Now, Mr. Editor, when asouthern market gunner ad- mits that gentlemen sportsmen from the north can come there and slaughter more gume in one day than was ever kuown tobe killed in that neighborhood before (in the same length of time), I think it time that the ery which has gone up from one end of the country to the other, that our game is being exterminated by pot hunters, ought to be made to read “by gentlemen sportsmen,” for, where ninety-nine out of one. hundred so-called pot hunters can afford to spare a day, ora half aday, and go out without any dog, aud with what B. H. P. calls an infernal old spill- out, and Mr. Rusticus calls a pop-gun, and get a small bag of game, the gentleman sportsman will go out day after day with his costly gun and more costly dog, and does not return satisfied until he has exterminated every covey of birds there is within a radius of ten miles. tather rough on the gentleman sportsman! but I think they are having everything too much their own way. Mr. Editor, hoping this will be given a plrcein your yaluable paper, | will come toa clese, hoping seme of your correspondents will ‘let up” a little on us poor and much abused pot hunters. I remain, yery truly yours, W, H. Barton. —The Nonotuck Game Club has just been established at Northampton, Mass., with the following oflicers:— “A. P. Peck, President; E. O. Damon and Gen. Otis, Vice Presidents; G. W. Critterden, Secretary, and L. War- ner, Treasurer. The club will at once proceed to take ac- tive measures to stock the ponds in the vicinity. Quail will be procured, and an effort made to propagate them, and the experiment of planting wild rice to bring ducks back to their old haunts. New Yorr.—We have come to look regularly in our Rochester exchanges for some item regarding illegal fish- ing in Irondequoit Bay, and are rarely disappointed, The last issue of the Hxepress contains a paragraph to the effect that six men and two women have just been arrested, some of them oltl offenders, It seems that they catch as much as 150 pounds of fish per day, sometimes, which is readily sold. If the purchasers were implicated in the of- fense, and made to feel the penalty, and if the buyer of fish or game out of season was placed on the same footing as the receiver is to the thief, it might put a stop to poach- ing. SLavGuTERING DEER.—An Albany correspondent sends us the following letter from a well-known Nortlowoods guide, for whose veracity he youches, It is time that vig- orous measures were taken to stop the wholesale slaughter- ing of deer out of season. Inthis instance there could have been no difficulty whatever in obtaining evidence, and the matter should he brought to the notice of the Legisla- Lute.— Lone Lax, February 9th, 1877. The snow is very deep in the Adirondacks, und thinking that perhaps you would be glad to hear how we are getting along, thought 1 would drop you a line and let you know, There is nothing to do only to take notice of those that claim lo be guides, Some of the first-class guides are having a very nice time killing deer on three feet of snow, among whom are Mitchell Sabbaties, Charles Sabbaties, J. D. Blumby, Alba Cole, Justin Larros and several otheis. Now, if you sportsmen wish to have the deer all killed off on snow shoes and out of season, I have nothing to say. lf not, please publish them inthe sporting papers, It is my request that you should do so. The Sabbaties’ and J_D. Blomly killed twelve in two weeks, and for proot please asldress L, Hall, Long Lake, Hamilton, Ningtrdes Franklin County,—Our correspondent, Mr. A. R, Ful- ler, writes from Meacham Lake as follows:— “T send you acopy of aresolution passed by the Board of Supervisors of this county at their last meeting, Some of its features are good, but if enforced it would be clear- ly for the benefit of one class of people—ihose who hunt with dogs, It entirely ignores the stil! hunters. The pro- tection of the game of our State should be attended to, bul itis avery delicate thing to touch, and unless all classes can be made to feel that they have a part and inter- est in it, it will be very difficult to enforce any law. I will write you soon the result of my labors here with the salmon and brook trout.” The resolution is invalid and unconstitutional, as super- visors have no power to make laws which are in conflict with the general State law.—Ep, New Jersty.—A valued correspondent sends us from Monmouth county, a letter which is too long for publica- tion, but from which we make the following extracts :— “I've not heard a gun fired since the close of the season. I wish I could say as much before its opening. Through our county, and particularly along the shores of Barnegat Bay, the greatest amount of unlawful trapping and snar- ing prevailed during the past season, It is surely driying the patronage of the sportsmen from these shores, and if the resident land owners would awake to their true interests they would stop it of their own accord. I think the trap- ping season commences yery early down there, 1 was there with a party of friends Noy. 10th, and as we could not have any good duck shooting we tried the main land for quail, with the same result. We saw any quantity of quail traps, aud found the birds very scarce thus early in the season. This is one of the most desirable and conyenient localities for New York sportsmen and others near by, and it will be necessary for us all to make some efforts to stop and correct this abominable practice.” Now that pound net fishing has been abolished in Bay- negat Bay, and the results have already been felt, it should be encouragement te the local sportsmen lo see that their land was as well protewted as the water.—Ep. The Florida Legislature is likely to pass a State game law the present seuson. Several prominent residents of the _State are pushing the matter, and we have assisted all we could in furnishing copies of State laws, suggestions, and such other data as we had at command, PENNSYLVANIA.—The Greenville Sportsmen's Club met in the rooms of the President, 8.8. Hewitt, on Friday evening, the 9th inst,, and elected the following officers for the ensuing year:— President, Wm. P. Leech; Vice-President, Dr. F. Her- rick; Treasurer, C, KR. Beatty; Secretary, M. Hargen Brooks. It was determined to purchase a $50 badge as a shooting prize, and an assessment was made accordibgly. After the adoption of the following resolution, offered by the Secretary, Club adjourned to meet on the second Thursday in March next: Resolved, That it is the desire of this Society not in any way to conflict with the interests of the farming com- munity, but, on the contrary, to cultivate friendly rela- tiong with them, aud hope that they may so reciprocate as to render those relations mutually beneficial. Omo.—Regarding procuring live quail from Ohio for restocking, a Tiffin correspondent writes us as follows:— “T see in your issue of the 8th inst. thit the Yonkers Sportsmen's Club haye procured their first instalment of 144 live quailfrom Ohio. We have a Jaw in this State which forbids the killing of quail until after Noy, 15th, and the trapping at anytime, But perhaps somebody was kind enough to drive them over to their barn, for 1 don’t suppose they would encourage any one to violate our game laws by offering *%o purchase quails that had been lapped. Book SuHo'r. Inprana.—The game laws of Indiana are undergoing re- yision in a Manner which does not suit the views of many sportsmen of the State. The following letter, dated Connersville, Indiana, February 15th, 1877, is from ove of them: ‘Our present game laws are good enough If prop- erly enforced, but our Granger colons are now rucking their brains trying to devise a new one, that will put tie sports- man on just as small an allowauce of sport as possible. The first bill presented prohibited the killing of quail for five years, but it was defeated by a vole of forty-six te thirty-four. Mr. Trusler, of this county, then presented a bill (copy enclosed), which will in all probability become alaw. It leaves us two months for quail—November and December. ‘he month of October we can alford to loose, as during this montha great many birds are tound no more than half grown, but we do not like to loose our January shooting. If our trespass and game Jaws keep on contracting, in five years the sportsmen in this State will have no rights that anybedy is bound torespect. Weather very fine tur the past three weeks—a few snipe coming in. Think we will have good shooting in a few uuys. Dec No. Two. [If our Indiana friends are confined to {wo months for quail shooting, they will still be as well off as their preth- ern of the Hast. Jt does seem hard that January shooting should be prehibited, when the breeding scason is yet so fur off, and yet there is no wiser provision for the protec- tion of quails in the whole statute book. During that and the succeeding month, the ground is likely to be covered With snow, and the birds are easily tound liuddled toget) er in bunches, where they fall un easy prey to the pot hunter, who somelimes eéxterminates an enliré bevy at one shut, Sach has been the case on Long Island this winter, and the men who are doing it defy the game constables or authori ties to prevent it.—Eb. ] —A writer in # western State says:— “The winter has spent its force, the deep snows are melted, and kuowing the deep anxiely of ali ‘‘GenUemen of the gun” as lo the outlook for quail shooting tor 1877, I thought I would give you the benefit of my personal ob- servation, : In a country where farmers leave a larve portion of the corn crop unharvested until spring, and where that which has been hurvested is cribbed in the feld—in cribs made of rails—and where the wheat and other small grains sre threshed trom the stack, quail will live through the coldest Winters, amid the deepest snow. I have studied their habils this winter, and in Jocaliiies where they were abundant in October. [found nonein November, but in one neighborhood where the owner of the land rears a large number of hogs every year, fecding immense quantities of corn on (he ground every day during the winwer, | found no less than eight covies of birds in one field—enough to re-stock the whole country, ‘Those that | killed (belore the the close season set in) were very fat. Them place of shelter during the night had evidently been used 4 long time from the sigus. A more beautiful sight | never saw than the one tnat I witnessed the morniug of January 29th, 1877. Inthe field before alluded to | had fushed and killed a few birds a few days previous, and learned Laat this was their feeding ground. So early in the morning L made my way there and secreted myself by a friendly wood pile, and very soon saw 4 fine cavey of quail coming down a littie ravine. How beautiful they looked! Perfect in plumage and fearing no danger they came gayly along, Soon another, and stil another, caine unul within forty rods circuit, al least titty of these beautiful birds were feeding and playing betore my eyes. At length weaned with keeping sull so long, | quieuy walked out from ihe place of my concealment, flusuing the two coveys nenrest me, I did notshovt. It would have been an unpurdon- able thing to have killed a single bicd. On yesterday the gentlemen who owns this farm: was in my oilive; he re- ports the birds as unmolested. ‘The “‘curre” ot the whole matter is this: The boys and meu shoot these birds on the ground, or rather on the snow, tracking them fom place to place until they ure killed or driven trom thelr feeding Places, where they perish with hunger. 1 adyocute a law that will probibit the shooting of quail when thére is any snow on ihe ground; this, in addivon to the present close season would, if enforced, soon restuck our felds. Hoosier. —<— —The editorial article in Gur last week’s issue entitled ‘Jamrach;” was contributed by Edwin B. Hulfish, of the Philagelphia Zoological Garden, who is known to many periodicals by the nom de plume of “Huon.” —_— —————_____—— —T, A. Meyer, @ baker, was attacked on the Hackensack plank road early the other day by twomen. Hestruck one of the men with a long, hard loaf and Enocked him off the wagon, b4 FOREST AND STREAM. . | THE TROPIGAL WANDERINGS OF FRED BEVERLY—Second Letter. WRECKERS OF DERMUDA—HABITS OF FLYING FISH—THE ISLAND OF MARTINIQUIN—SPIDERS LARGE AS SAUCERS— TROPICAL EXPERIENCES. = A’ last our vessel’s injuries were repaired, the last nail and bolt driven, the last brusbful of paict applied, andshe slid from the railway ioto the sea. Having re- sumed her deck load of Jumber, she was hauled out into the harbor, her sails spread loosely to the breeze, ready. for the pilot. At 4o’clock he came, the anchor was weighed, and we glided slowly past the wharves, past the shipping, past the picturesque white-walled town, past the frowning fortress at the narrow entrance to the harbor, between high yopyed cliffs, out upon the blue ocean. The pilot left us, our course was shaped south southeast, and a gentle land breeze walted us on our way. The sun went down behind the lund, and we bade adieu to the island that had proved 1o us so reat a hindvance, on which we had spent a month which we lad confidently expected to pass nearly twenty degrees nearer {he equator. Well, it had gone, and the Inemory enriched with many things new and interesting. For uwo days we sailed on witha five-knot breeze, and fathered in our cabin had ample leisure to compare notes respeciing the character of the people we had met, Prom- ineut amoug our acquaintances stood the wreckers. They were the first to meet and greet us, and the last to leave us. Woubtless, also, they regretted our departure as much 48 Any one—-even more than ourselves. Regarding the churacter of the wreckers we had but one opinion, and tliat is fully chared in by the public with whom the names wrecker and pirate are almost synonymous. If the opin- ion of the captain and mate are entitled to consideration, the wreckers of Bermuda are little else than pirates pursu ing theiravocation under legal sanction, But perhaps the extent to which they bled our worthy captain may have been in ameasure answerable for his feelings. As has been related the wreckers swarmed from the shore upon our yessel, and six of them remained until she was towed into port. No one of them rendered the least assistance, as Our ipjuries were of such a character that our own crew were able t0 manage the vessel alone, For their claims tor services the judge to whom they were submitted for arbitration awarded them one hundred and jifly pounds ($750). ‘his was very manifestly an oulrage, and un- doubtedly there was, as other sea capiains who had suf- fered ayowed, collusion between judge and negroes. This was only one item of expense, and the bill total footed up, for real and imaginary repairs, over $3,000. Lt may be im- agined that our captain did not leave port ina very happy frame of mind; and if I were to undertaketo paint the character of a Bermuda wrecker « Ja Captain it would re- quire a yery thick deposition of pigment. There are, of course, two views Lo be laken of the wreckers business. It is confined to the colored people, who reside in little cottages scattered all along Bermuda shore, especi- ally along the western and northern, outside of which are the reefs. They are hardy, muscular, and perfectly at home in the water. They pursue their business as a means af livelihood, and to suppose that they brave the dangers of the sea from philanthropic motives 1s perfectly absurd. Their motives are purely mercenary. Can it be supposed that wiien looking off upon the reef, they discover a ship in dis- tress, they think of the people inthat ship? Certainly not. Their first thought, as they hurry to the shore and launch their boats through the roaring surf, is of the cargo in that ship’s hold. They will save life, if it comes in their way to do 0; but the saving of life is not the motive that ur- ges them on, ‘There are men, old residents of Bermuda, who haye bien the means of saving mauy lives, One I now call to mind, Capt. Masters, a resident.of Port Royal, as gallant a white man as ever breathed, has saved above wseoré of lives, and often atthe risk of hisown. But his dalling is not that of a professional wrecker. Having, then, the object in view of getting as much out of a wreck as they can, it isnot strange that, if thwarted on the water, they should enjoin the assistance of their friends on land, higher in authority than they. This was the view enter- terlained by the Doctor and myself, Indeed, my friend waxed warm on the subject and raked up his poetic fires, soto speak, und one evening, after lying on bis back all the afternoon, presented us with what he called a con- densed history of the whole affair. He said it was his first efiusion; a statement worth its face value, Toll forty niggers were perched on our rail Forty there were, and two, Tliey pumped no water and hoieted no gail, Nor did they aid our crew, And when our vessel was towed into port, These niggers, forty-two, Threatened to carry our captain to court, Swore they would “pot lim through.” So they took him to town, and yowed that brown, They’u *‘cook the captain’a gooke.”* And that, unless he with the stamps came down, He never should get loose. And they brought him before a magistrate— Ruabicund, he, with wine— Who peddled out law in a Second-rate Judgment shop, six by nite. Then the Judge,'said he, “il is clear to me, These meu you've tried to wrong, And if all agree, I will pitch the key To quite another gong. There are thirty-three men at four pounds, ten, Seven and eix for me. I wish you a pleasant paseage—amen!— ' Over whe stormy sea,” Then the Judge, he tipped the niggers a wink, To the wreekers a wink Wonk he, And arm in arm they wet out for a drink, Aud the court adjourned—as¢ene df, When this rendering of the story was read to us the opinion of captain, mate and steward was unanimons that the Doctor had eclipsed even himself; that his name would be handed down to voslerity as a marine poet of the first witer, Isuggested ‘‘horse marine,” as perhaps most ap- plicable, but the captain seriously objected, and said that poetry like that should be emba)med for future ages; and if the Doctor would make the round voyage with him he would give him his board free for a poem—a regular stun- ner—of the whole trip. I thought the Doctor seriously intended accepting this proposal, as he was unusually thoughtful that night and the next fortnoon; but I found that his pensiveness was occasioned by premonitory qualms of sea-sickness, and not his poetical fervor. Our first Sabbath out, after leaving Bermuda, was a beautiful day, witha good westerly breeze filling all our sails; mainsail, foresail, jib, flying and outer jibs, main and fore-topsails and stuysail all drawing. The sky was blue, with smoke pearl clouds fleecy, and lying along the horizon, The mate, who would encourage us, gives us a history of his experience on a voyage ‘long with Capt. Lord in the North Star,” coming from Europe, when we had just such weather as this from- Madeira Isles to Ber- muda; twenty-five days of slow, stiddy sailing, about five knot an hour, and we painted the ship from truck to water line.” At night he prognosticated a pleasant voyage, for the stars were “thick as spatters and bright as blazes.” But he was not s0 weather wise as we would have desired, for the very next morning the wind left us becalmed, roli- ing at the mercy of a heavy sea, aud our deadly foe, old Neptune, exacted tribute as before. From the effects of that exaction we did not recover for many duys, and every rough day we would havea returo of nausea and sick headache, when we could neither read, write, walk, or eat. I fear we are lund lubbers. One of usis, the captain says, a ‘Jonah.’ Jf he knew which one he would be tempted to throw him overboard. He lost his opportunity, though, just before westruck Bermuca reef, for an excellent whale came alongside within pistol shot—so near that we feared. he would strike the vessel, Iwas certain the Doctor was our Jonah, and suggested he be thrown overboard, but he was equatiy confident that I was that prophet, and while we were disputing the whale disappeared. After the calm came a fresh breeze, and we bowJed along once more. We have been favored with sight of only a few birds, some beautiful térns, or sea swullows, which , would come in the morning, chase us fora houror so, then disappear until towards night. -We buited a fish hook with pork and towed it astern, hoping they would take a fancy to it, but were not fortunate enough to get even a bite. After the third day they did not appear. At about latitude 25 we struck the first of the trade winds, which should blow from the northeast, but which were easteriy trom the first. Hach day they blew strouger and stronger, until reaching latitude 20. we encountered a perfect gale. Itwas at midnight. Being unable to sleep, [ went on deck. The vessel was tearing along fearfully under a double reef foresail and jib, plunging madly inte the wa ters, Which stretched out into the darkne-s black as ink, except where the sheets of foam made the blackness more conspicuous from contrast. The man at the wheel was silent and watchful; the mate, whose watch it was, cluug to the 1igging, his eyes peering ahead, glumand grim, I went out into the fore rigging, and there felt the force of the wind as it howled through the shrouds and drove the waves across tlhe bows and clear over the deck load. There, aboye me, the sails bent far out oyer the water, the sheets creaking and singing with the tension, Two degrees further south the wind drew further aft, and we shipped several seas, dashing into the cabin win- dows and down the gangway, setting everything afloat. In latitude 17 the flying fish, which haye been growing more numerous every day, dart about usin flocks. The sea is in huge walls, which the schooner climbs, to descend again, Across these seas, from crest to crest, skim the flying J iish, their fins flashing, silver sides gleaming in the sun; they dash against «huge wave, wet their fins anew, and recew their flight. Isaw many fly upwards of a hundred yards without touching: the water, save with their tails, which they would use to swerve them from one side to the other, or to give fresh impetus. Now and then 4 whole flock of little tish would dash out, looking like so many swallows, and J could see them as they plunged. through a waye, gleaming white in the blue water and reappéarang beyond. At night many came aboard, and we wonld find them bad- ly mangled from the violence with which they struck. The temperature has not sensibly increased since leaving Ber- muda, owing to the heavy winds, but it is nruch hotter in the'sun. Rain squalls laye become frequent, especially at nigbt, and accompanied by violent gusts of wind. Monday night, January lth, we hove to, for we west in the latitude of our destination, and should be less than a hundred miles from land, The weather was thick, and our captain did not care to run for land ina foggy night. At daylight she was headed west, and at eight o'clock the first land was sighted—a mountain of fog towering up into the sky, Before a strong wind we. rapidly neared the island, and in a couple of hovrs could distinguish, green | p slopes, black gorges, and mountsing wilh their summits and vents must fall, ‘in the, clouds;, we ‘black, cloud aa the whole, We: pass close in by precipitous cliffs, down which is drawn the silvery line: of a cascade. Delicious yalleys disclose themselyes, witli bananas and cocoa palms fringing beaches of sand, and mingled with the dark green of the mountain side are trees in snowy bloom. Alternate calms and show-- ers greet us as we draw neur this tropical haven, and it is lute ere we take a pilot, drop ouranchor, and are at rest in front, of the town of St. Pierre, Our little schooner, after discharging cargo, keeps on to the South American coast to load with cocoanuls; the Doctor will soon return north again, while I will take pas- sage On some Coasting sloop to an adjacent island, where are forests of primeval. growth, mountains that pierce the clouds, birds and butterflies of brilllant hues, and snakes aud lizards of gigantic proportions—in skort, anaturalist’s paradise. There are, however, no mails there, and for several months I shall be deprived of papers and letters from home, and have no opportunity for writing myself. But we cannot have everything at once in this world, so I will be content to bea hermit fora year or so, believing that the deprivation will but enliance their enjoyment when once I am in the world again. Later—I have taken a tramp ashore and into the woods a short ways, and the introduction I got was to anything but agrecable acquaintances. 1 had scarce entered a shady grove beyond the town, when a snake darted across our path, which my guide said was deadly poisonous; and a few rods further we came across a spider as large over asa saucer, covered with hair, and with a thousand eyes that gleamed like diamonds. Two humming-virds dashed oy and hovered over some gorgeous flowers, 1 sub down upon a flat rock toadmire them atmy case, when my guide cried outin French (they alltalk French here, even the chiidren) that I was in danger. I didn’t see it, but my guide turned over the stone on which I had been silting, and I did sce a centipede six inches long, wilh yenom enough in him to Set one intoa fever, These are only a few of the resi- dents of the woods; but they are said to be less plentiful on the island to which I shall go first,so I shall get used to them, Anyway, I mean to enjoy my life in the woods, and long to get out with gun and note book. One shouldn't mind such’ trifles as snakes and tarantulss, when wine is only a france a bottle, oranges four for a cent, and cocoa- nuts two cents apiece. Here is your health in health-giving cocoanut milk fresh from the tree! Frep BEVERLY. St. Pierce, Martinique, Windward Island, Jan, 29th, 1877. P.5.—I would Jike to acknowledge the courtesies of few Bermuda friends. Capt. -Masters, of Port Royal; Samuel Masters, Esq., of Hamilton; and R. A. Young, Esq. The latter gentleman is a New Yorker by birth, a resident of Humiton, Bermuda, and well knowa to eyery sea captain that visits the island. If consulships fo a- begging this year itis to be hoped that Mr. Young will be appointed to that office, as le possesses talents peculiarly filtung him for it. It would certainly prove a boon to Americans visiting Bermuda, There are several Ameri¢ans in Hamilton, and the largest and best hotel there is kept by a New Hampshire lady—Mrs. Dodge, who is so well knowo lo every visitor toMt. Washington. Though I cannot speak from personal experience, the hotel is said to be well con- ductedand generally full. To the U.S, Consulat Martin- ique, Capt. Bartlett, I would-take this opportunity of ex- pressing my thanks formany favors. Fkep Buyeriy. Sporting Glotes Hrom Abroad. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ——— Lonpon, Feb. 10th, 1877, BEF! Beef! American beef! is the refrain which is being sting throngh Great Britain. I observe that scarcely a mention is made in your papers of the subject which is being agitated from one end of the Kingdom to the other, and which is a perfect god-send for the penuy-a- liners. One million anda half pounds of American beef entered the Mersey alone in one week, without mentioning the almost equal amounts which come by the way of tie Clyde. It is very amusing to observe the various: ways and moods in which this tew muvement is received. John Bull’s pride is touched 1o think that he must leok to the Yankees for his roast beef, a dish which he has come to look upon as being as peculiarly national as Magn» Charta itself. Then there is the poor man, the laborer and the mechanic, who rarely sees meat save perhaps on Sunday, who thinks that now lie shall be able to feast to his heurt’s content, But alas! beef has fallen but a penny a pound, and the rich imported steak or roast ia not for him, Tout Yarkee beef is either of such excellent quality origin- ally, or elseit is so greatly improved by the voyage, thatit has supplanted the home-bred article, and the aristocracy of the West End ery for American tiek Then there is another party who regard the innoyation with dismay and mis- trust. These are the farmers, the beef producers, and also the land owners, wlio lease theirdands to the farmers and derive their 3 income therefrom. These apprehend that if remain the. same, henee the lanid will not produce £0 much The usual nonsenze and ignorance Tegarding the United States is being displayed by the writers who get up. the articles on this subject for the papers, The residents of Indiana and Kentucky must be delighted to know that many of them feed from 100,000 to —— —" 150,000 head of cattle: or ratherdo not feed them, for we are told {hat in those States thé cattle feed on the natural grasses, getting no other feed than little hay on exception- ally severe days in wiuter. { observe that importations of another character are sug- gested in Land and Water, Your quail, ruffed and pin- nuled grouse, it is thought, would thrive tn English covers. They all undoubtedly would, and ¢9 would the beautiful Oaiifornia quail. One remark, however, in the article al- luded to I cannot pass unnoticed. The writer says that the roffed grouse is & very hardy bird, swift on the wing, and a& difficult to shoot as a woodcock. I should like to have that man io, say Pike county, Pennsylvania, forafew days ia October and November, with the birds rising at from thirty to forly yards distance, and after quickly puttivg # tree between the gun and themselves, going “‘like a sireak of creased lightning;” he would find after learning to kill them that woudcoel: shooting was but ehild’s play. The same writer thinks that the prairie chicken, or pin- nated grouse, would be better adapted for English preserves than the ruffed grouse. Herein [totally disagree with him, Not only is the latter, in my opinion at least, incomparably the better bird for the table, but I do not believe that the ptuirie chicken is adapted for the high civilization and ex- iended and thorough cultivation of England, Tetrao ca- pido is a sort of nomad; he appears to prefer the outskirts of civilization, Years ago he left the Atlantic seaboard and preceded the Star of Empire on its western course. Like some of Cooper’s heroes he lingers in the ‘'‘settle- ments’ Only until the houses become numerous, and then seeks pastures new, where neighbors sre more than rifle shot upurt, and where the new soil brings forth such abund- nntcrops that he can rightfully claim his share without rovbing the farmer. Virginia must look to her laurels. Ihave supposed that the Old Dominion had a monopoly of the tournament busi- ness in the present century, but the sturdy Briton is about fo encase himself in the armor of his ancestors and enter the lists once more. In May there is to be a revival of the famous old Helurton Tournament. Hurlingham is to be the scene uf the jousts, and blue rocks and breech-loaders for the nonce give way to blunt lances and mail-clad steeds. The Prinee of Wales will appear as one of the knights, his Princess, itis said, being the suggestor of the idea. The programme as given in the Sporting Guzetle is as. fol- lows: ‘*‘Four knights of the Red Gross who have just come back from doing battle with the Paynum in Palestine, will pil tlkemselves against four knights who have remained at lume to guard the safety and honor of the kingdom, and prove whether the heme-keeping youths or the gailant Crusaders have the firmer seat and the more practised lance, The costumes will be gorgeous, The four Cru- saders are to be attended by squires and pages, altired in all the fantastic magnificence of the Hast. Kensington Museum will be ransacked to supply Eastern arms and ac- coulrements—the splendid collection there haying been placed at the service of the promoters of the tournament ” But there is one innovation upon knightly custom to which true knights should never submit, That is the selection of the Queen of Loye and Beauty by ballot instead of leaving the choice 10 the victor, Speaking of Hurlingham reminds me of the gay doings at Monaco and Nice during the past few weeks. At Mo- naco pigeon shooting on a scale that would almost rival one of your ‘State shoots” has occupied the attention of sportsmen of celebrity from all parts of Europe and also of some from America. The principal event, in which the prize was worth not far from five thousand dollars, was won by an English gentleman, Mr. Arundel Yeo. His hame, whenever | come across it, always reminds me of Chas, Kingsley and Amyas Leigh. He must be a Devon main. Wehave not in our country been accustomed to look on foreigners, that is other than Haglishmen, as been skilful in the use of the gun; but if you should see some of these Freuch and Italian gentlemen and noblemen kill pig- eons you would be astonished, Still more would the wonder- ment of some of your crack pigeon shots be excited did they sée the guns; 12 or even 14 bores, weighing sometimes as little as six and a half pounds, and loaded with three draechms of powder. The shooting is usually done from five traps and the distances frequently as high as 28 yards, with the use of both barrels. And the birds are killed us clean us with the old single-barreled ‘‘Cannons” which have scarcely gone out of use with you, The “choke-bore” war is still being carried on in the col- umus of the J%eld, and one week the *‘chokes” seem to have it and the next the “cylinders,” One point, however, ap- produce stalk a e u Neeolution ; the world, with a bred horses. But have of late: years n ‘the British turf, LUG x i U | eo it | agreement, neither of which could we do. The Hennel i THE KENNEL REGISTER. Sr, Lours, February 20th, 1877. Eprror Forest AnD STREAM :— In your comments on my communication of February ist you propose flat the N. A. K, Ciub shall turn over all their pedigrees to your paper for registration and publica- tion iu your proposed stud book. The proposition is re- spectfully declined. I think if you appreciaicd the situation you would nof have made such a proposition. The National American Kennel Club is, or is intended to be, a representative body af men composed of those in- terested in breeding and raising pure bred dogs; and to be, as its name indicates, nalionalin itscbaracter. It would bear tlie same relation to the breeders of dogs that the Jersey Cattle Club does to the breeders of Alderney cattle, or the American Association of Short-horn Breeders does to the breeders of short-horn cattle. That such an fhsso- ciation is desirable I think you will not deny. That the N. A. K. Club is the ouly association of the kind in this country claiming to be national in its character I think you will admit, Thatitisas thoroughly national in its cha- racter as could be expected in so young an organization is not to be successfully denied. These facts being admitted allow me to ask, how is it possible for the N. A. K.C. to accept your proposition—turn over its pedigrees to you— to abandon all responsibility as to the genuineness or au- therticity of all the pedigrees you may publish, and the supervision of the stud book to be left to gentlemen who are not even members of the club! : I think there weuld be no difficulty in arranging this matter satisfactorily to all concerned if it were not fur the jealously and rivalry existing between the sportiog papers; and they will be held responsible by the sportsmen of the eountry for the confusion and dissatisfaction which is likély to result from their conduct. You know that from the time we met at the Baltimore Show up to the present time I have heen trying to recon- cile differences with a view to liaving co-operation and position, and such, we are glad to learn, is the general opinion among our readers, Wearenot informed what the cost of the book would be if pubiished by the N. A. KX. C., but it is an undeniab le fuct that our plan would have saved ta each person registering a pedigree at least one dollar, But to return to Mr. Sterlipg'g letter. In his first para graph he seareely states the case fairly when he says that we proposed that the N, A, K.C. should turn over all their pedigrees to our paper for registration and publica- tion in our proposed stud book. Such was not our meaning, or intention. Our proposition was (or al lvast so intended) What their pedigrees should be turned over to us, orto who- ever should prepare the book for the press, afler they had passed through the hands of and been upproved by their com- millee, we undettaking fo have the same office performed here for our own pedigrees. As for the relations which the WN. A. K. GC, bears to the breeders of dogs in general there is much tliat might be said. At present we will only re- peat what we have said before, that we believe an errov was made ut the outset in nol inducing » more general re- presevtation in the formation of tne club. The people of this country are peculiar in some of their notions, and more than a hundred years ago expressed in the strongest man- ner their objections to taxation without representation. But if a precedent is required for our printing a stud book we will refer them to Bruce’s Stud Book or the English Kennel Club Stud Book, the latter of which is edited by Mr. Pierce, Kennel Editor of the London Field, and is pub- lished from the office of that paper. Mr. Sterling thinks that there would be no difficulty in arranging this matter satisfactorily if it weie not for the jealousy and rivalry existing between the sporting papers, We are not awate of either jealousy or rivalry on our part, and are assured of being exempt from all responsibility in the matter. We shall do what we consider our duty, and SSS Se SSS. SOA DASH—THE PROPERTY OF GEO. ©. COLBURN, ESQ, é harmony in this matter. Having failed in that i see nothing left te be done but forthe N. A. K. G. to proceed with the publication of their stud book; and if the com- mittee on publication do their duty with freedom from prejudice and with justice to all I care not how many other stud books are published, their's, in the end, will be considered the authority. E. C, STERLING, For the Com. on Publication of Stud Book. We think that Mr. Sterling in his zeal for his club does not sufficiently appreciate our position in this matter. Be- fore the National American Kennel Club was in existence we had established a Keune! Register, and had agreed with our constituents to publish from time to lime, in book form, an abstract of the pedigrees entered therein. Sub- sequently a Western contemporary opened a similar book which it afterwards announced would be issued under the supervision and jurisdiction of the N. A. K. C., and our own enterprise was referred to as a mere money-making scheme, simply because we asked for a subscription to the’ book in the shape of a registration fee which was to as- sist in defraying the expenses of printing. Recognizing the fact that. our motives git be so misconstrued we abandoned the registration fee. When it was proposed to us to hand over our pedigrees to ke joined with those that were supposed to be the property of the N, A. K.C., we, believing that to do so would not only Further the interests of breeders and sportsmen generally, through their being but one stud book, but would also have the effect of arous- ing 4 more general interest in the club itself, and hence strengthen it, were willing to accede to the proposition, We were informed, however, that a registration fee would be required for every pedigree printed. This placed us in the position of having either to pay the fee ourselyes for all the pedigrees entered in our register or repudiate our When we pro- posed to publish the stud book and give it to breeders and owners without any expense to them beyond the cost of a copy we imagined thab we were making a very liberal pro- — adhere tenaciously to our rights without fear or favor, Tf there is any jealousy or rivalry affecting the iiterests of the N, A. K. ©. (one-sided though it be) the club bas only itself to blame for making the editor of one of the sport- ing papers its President, And we do not say this in an in- yidious sense, but merely from the point of expediency, We might allude to the efforts niade by this paper to ad- vance the interests and improve tlie breeding of dogs, dating from its first issue, more than two years before our west- ern conlemporaly came uader its present management, and claim. some consideration on that score; abd we can only reiterate our assertion that the same motives influ ence us now. In conclusion we would call atlention to the point that Whutever may be published the Kennel Register opened at this office is an accomplished fact. We are in possession not merely of a number of names of dogs and their own- érs, but of a volume which will always be the book of original record, and which contains the pedigreas of nearly four hundred dogs duly certified to by their owners or breeders, and which is receiving daily accessions. or tt Daso.—Dash, the subject of this sketch, was whelped in August, 1869, and is of a rich black and tan, white frill on chest, fore legs about one-third up strongly intermixed or spotted With tan. He measures 28 inches at shoulder, wilh good strong limbs and deep chest, and combines the English, Irish and Gordon strains. A few weeks after his birth he was given by his owner, Mr. H. A. Valentine, to his brother-in-law, Mr. W.L, Robinson, of this city, and by him thoroughly broken on woodcock, quail, grouse and snipe. When he was some three years old he was pur- chased by Mr. Geo. ©. Colbuzn, of this city, in whose good hands he has not at all deteriorated, At first glance to a. stranger he would not appear to be a very fast dog; but when you notice his immense stride, and the quantity of. ground he gets over inijeuch short space of time, you will then see that he is much fastertlan you at flyst sup, 56 ll al —— FOREST AND ST posed. It was the writer’s privilege to shoet quail and Snipe over him last fall, and a better dog in every respect he would not Wish to own. In the stud he has no superior his progeny turning out as well as could be desired. Few doge in this country have had more game killed to them than Dash. The fellowing,is his pedigree:— Colburn’ Dash. black, tan and white. “Valentine's yy Fannie, black and tan, Dan, red aud white. Paul Mead's Putnam’s ————s Falcott's Talcott’s ash, Nell, Short, Nell, Ted Irish. o. and w, o.aat w. black and tan, , poe . — ee oe ‘— 7 we.) Dash. Kent bitch. W. Watson's Monkittrick, Fedish red. black andtan white & black dog biteh. We cannot express complete satisfaction with our cut of Dash, for while those who know the dog would recognize him at once, a stranger would receive a wrong impression as to his general form. The fault is not that of the en- graver, but is owing to the extreme difficulty of gething a correct portrait of adog when the picture is an exact copy of a photograph. The effect of the latter is to give undue size to that portion of the dog nearest the camera, so that af the dog is not standing exactly ‘‘broadside on” the fore shortening in the picture makes him look short, and en- illarges the fore part of his body at the expense of his hind quarters, o Siesrorp.—We had the pleasure of landing, on Mon- day from the steamer City of Richmond, for our friends al the St, Louis Kennel Club, the pointer Sleaford, winner sof the first prize in the small pointer class at the late Bir- mingham Bench Show. Sleaford is a liver and white dog, bred by J. H, Whitehouse, Esq., and is by his celebrated dog Macgregor, out of his Nina; she by Hamiet out of Lort's Sal, For a ‘‘small class” dog, Sleaford is a remark- ably large one, weighing, we should think, considerably over 50 pounds in lus present condition. He is not a tak- ing dog at first sight, but grows on you. He is decidedly cuarse, with very muscular thighs and good legs, but his head is inferior to Sensation’s,and we think the latter would beat him on the show bench. Sleaford shows more quality in his stern than elsewhere, and although being scarcely up to our pre-conceived ideas of a Birmingham first prize winner, is undoubtedly a high class dog, and Jooks like a workman, to Importing Dogs.—For tle benefit of such of ‘our read- YS as may meditate importing dogs from England, we would say that we lave been notified by the Custom House authorities thata strict compliance with the law will be dereafter required. Dogs imported for stud purposes are admitted free of duty, provided, a certificate 10 that effect from the U. 8. Consul at the port of shipment accompanies the application for a free permit.to land. The dog must be on the ship’s manifest, and a bill of lading be made out for him. Unless these conditions are complied with he wil] be liable to seizure, or at least to payment of duty. a t —Capt. Foster, of Leesburg, Va., has presented our friend Dr. Jillzey, of Blacksburg, Va., with his elegant setter bitch Minna, by Rock out of Kirby, first in her class at Baltimore, Dr. Ellzey thinks of breeding Minna to Pride of the Border. i. —Mr. Wm. M. Williams, of Springfield, Mass., has received as a present from George Delano, of New Bed- ford, one of his Doll-Charm pups. Doll, the mother, is of field trial breed, and of Mr. Delano’s own importation. Charm, the sire, isa pure Laverack out of Pride of the Border and Fairy. a Mr. Macpona’s Doags.—lIt will be seén from our advertis- ing columusthat Mr. Macdona is offering,at very low figures, his kennel of Irish setters, including Rover, Ruth, Ralph and River, all entered for the Field Trial Derby. As these dogs possess the same blood as Plunkett it is an excellent Opportunity offered to our breeders. ed —Mr. Win. Jarvis writes us from Claremont, N. H., that the following names are claimed for the puppies by Plun- ket out of his Kathleen:—Mr. Geo. A. Bugney, of Stuy- vesant Falls, N. Y., claims name of ‘‘Kathleen II,” for his bitch puppy. Mr. ©. A. Hayden, Rochester, N. Y., eluims name of ‘*‘Musett,” for his. Mr. J’reat Potter, of Manchester, N. H., claims name of ‘‘Patsey,” for his dog puppy. Mr. B. F. Clark, of Manchester, N. H., claims name of ‘Tam O'Shanter,” for his. Mr. Franklin Sum- ner, of Milton, Blue Hil, Mass., c'aims name of ‘Red Wood,” for his. eo Countess —We have received from Mr. Gillespie the following letter, relative to his claim of the name of Countess :— ‘‘My attention has just been called to Mr, Dilley’s letter in your issue of the sth inst., asking me to show a prior right !o the name ‘‘Countess for my liver and white poiuter bitch, than December 20th, 1876. I would state for Mr. Dilley's information, that my claim is recorded about two months previous to that time in ForREsr anp Srrevam, Rod and Gun.and Chicago Field. 1 regard Mr, Dilley's request a very proper one, and would feel obliged fo surrender the name to him were l not abletoshow a prior right to his (December 20th), Yours, R. H. GInLEspin, oe Mr. Chas, H, Coffin of Muirkirk, Maryland, writes us that lis orange and white setter bitch ‘‘Belle,” whelped on the 14th inst., 7 pups by Reyburn’s orange and while setter, Shot,’ four dogs and three gyps; since then ahe oyeriaid one of the dogs, leaving three of each kind, Tuer Kexnen RecisteR,—The following is alist of the dogs whose pedigrees have been entered in the Kennel Register since the list was last published. Next week we shall publish the table, giving an abstract of thé pedigrees of the third one hundred dogs registered:— BETTERS. Dick, red, Ed, Tohman, Nell, red, W. Grinder. ride tae Se Se ee Rin ‘arrie, 0. ick, red, . C, McClay. Nell, Black i tan, pW. d. Farrar. livte’ rea’ i. B, Plumer, ADD, ilo. 3 Bess. red & wh., H: C. Glover. Gronee, black & tan, W, B. Sntton.;Margnis, bl. % wh, do. uke, black &tan, J. G. Skinner.)Sheila, red, B. & Dorrance. Bute, white, #. B. Farnsworth. ramps, red & wh.. C, J, Smith. Frank, lemon Belton, A. C. Rogers.|'Tom, red, Keuneth G. White. Forest Rose, blue Belton, J. A. Lady, red & tan,, do. Cariff. Dan. ch. & wh., do. ; Guess, wh, & chestnut, I, Stearns.|Marquis, bl. & wh.. W. 2. Wright. Countess, do, E, Bennett, Kathleen, red, Wm, Jarvis. Wynne, wh, ch,, J. N, Dodge. Kate, lem, & wh., F. H. Putzenon. Rose, blue Belton, F B Farneworth.|Begorrah, red, P. Noel. Cai lowitz, white, do. Duke, black and tan, G. C, Colburn. Prince Rob. blue Belion, Jos Cook.| Dash, oO. do. Princess Belle, or. & wh. J. N.|Bob, 0. do. a, Tromp, io. CG, M, Pond, Princess Rose, wh. & or. L. 1: [Pomp do G. ©. Colburn. mith, Dash, IT, do F. 3. P. Dixey; Pincess Vic, tic, Turk, do F. F, Taylor. Princess Blanche, wh, Banfield Capron, Prineess Stetl, wh. with lemon, F\)Fannie, do... a, B, Farneworth. Ned, red, W. H, Hamilton: Rarl of Richmond,red, C. W. John-|Sport, red & wh., do. son. Brueb, do. do. Ponto, red, C, W. Johnson Jerry, lem, & wh., Ward McAllister Jennie, red, J. Guyger. Rex, bl. & tan, Morton Grinnell, Lou, red, J. Stovell. Pat, red, J. B. Bergen, Zip, red, G, J. Elliot. | ” io, with liver, | Robin, do. do, |Dinat’ bl, & tan, Geo ©, Colburn. POINTERS, Tell, lem. & wh., A.J, Huyler. Countess, do, da. Tina, liv, & wh..J, P. V. Hax. on, do. do. Fleet, liv. & wh. 8. B. Dilly, |Belle, lem, & wh., G@. ©, Colburn, Royal Pan, liv. & wh., tk, do. a —_ Et CazApor on Rerrievine —Our Los Angeles (Califor- nia) correspondent sends us the following description of the doings of his ‘‘bull purp”;— ; “T have seen recentiy in your paper several notices of retrievers, ancl if in order would like to speak a good word for my dcg Boze. Boze was sired by a Russian terrier, and is out of a full blooded Buglish bull bitch, has no educa- tion except to keep his mouth shut and follow wounded deer and sich; is now about seven years old, and weighs about fifty pounds, Last year on the mountain I shot at with my rifle and wing-tipped a mountain quail. The bird ran off into thick brush. I found a spot of blood on its track, showed it to the do., he took the trail, followed about two hundred yards, and brought me the bird mm his mouth. We then entered into articles of agreement by word of mouth and tail shake, (did you ever hear of a dog with ‘‘a speaking tail?”) he to retrieve all quail shot by me. Ito lvave all with the heads shot off, he to have allshot through the body. (He got more than I did, you bet!) THe stuck to his contract like mud, and one day when | tried to (being short of meat) cheat him, took the quail out of my band dnd eat it. One evening last spring he foliowed me tu a snipe ground near the ranche house, and retrieved in just as good style as any setter could have done, and without break- ing a feather, thirteen jack-suipe. Last week when quail shooting about half a mile from the house, [ found | had forgotten one of my gloves; showing him the fellow and my bare hand, sent him to the house, and in twenty min- utes he returned with one of Tom Brown’s gum boots. Let facts be submitted to « candid world. EL Cazabon, OO — PROPERTY IN DOGS. A correspondent writes us from Libby’s Neck, Scarboro, Me., regarding a case of cruelty to animals, as follows:— ‘Many of your Boston réaters know ‘Prout’s Neck’ of old as a fishing and shooting ground, und a favored few perhaps remember when Wale Loring, the crack shot of Massachusetts, and others, assembled at the shanty on Scarboro marshes during the fall shooting. The rocky promontory is now known as Libby’s Neck to most visi- tors from New York and Boston who go there because it is not a fashionable place, but affords all the attractions of good sea bathing, fishing and shooting. It is within a con- venient distance for excursion parties from Portland. Bass, cod, pollock, tautog and cunners are taken with hand lines from the rocks, The place itself is all that one could de- sire as a cool and quiet retreat during the summer, and were it not for an incident which lately occurred at the Libby House might be called perfect. One would suppose that the resident natives, from asso- ciation with cultivated people, would not show traits of berbarity in their treatment of guests. The killing ofa pet dog—a skye terrier of yelue attached to a family from New York—has caused intense disgust and indignant re- monstrances from all here. But I will give the facts as related by « lady :— “About five o’clock the rain stopped a little and Johnnie took Jip out for an airing. He had hardly been gone ten minutes when he ran breathless back to my room to say Jip was dying. He had chased and killed one of ‘Tom Lib- by’s chickens, up6n which he took his gun and shot him, poor little Johnnie standing by and begging him not to do it, telling him he would pay for the chicken. But he would not listen, he was so angry, aud the little fellow was dead when we reached him. All the people in the house are perfectly indignant at such brutal couduct; all liked Jip, and he made us no trouble from the time we left New York.” This may serve as a warning to sportsmen who visil Libby’s, and make them cautious about trusting valuable dogs near Tom Libby’s house, where chickens are high- priced and pet dogs shot on sight. J. A To CLman BRAss SukLLs.—A correspondent sends us the following receipt for cleaning brass shells:— “One ounce Cyanuret potassum, one pint of soft water, ‘‘dissolye;” put this into a quart preserve jar with a glass cover. Set it down by the fire where it will get warm, put the shells into it, aS many as it will hold, for twenty min- utes or half an hour; take out with a stick and souse with Warm water two or three times; then dry the shells before a hotfire; they will come out perfecily clean, Set this mix- ture away foriuture use and mark it **poison,” W,P. W. —Seth Green has put over 100,000 salmon trout into Lake George the past. week, and will add 60,000 brook trout by the middle of March, . : a allen ; = RIFLE NOTES: Bares x Latest! A tew theory oh “Choke-bores.” Wanted! A solution of the canse of the unaccounlable misses in long- range shooting, The American riflemen, with but few exceptions, are in favor of challenging an Imperial team frony Great Britain. _ The straight shells are adyoeated by many rifle makers, in place of the “‘bottle-necked” ones for the long-range Tifles. The scores should be well kept during the approaching season. No less than twenty different score-books are offered for sale. Washington's birthday was celebrated at Creedmoor by Weber, Fulton, Jewell, Hernion, Lumb, Willers and Fisher, They shot over the eight hundred, nine hundred, and one thousand yards ranges. Conlin’s duplicate score cards, similar to the ones used in the competition for the selection of the American team and the International matches of Jast year, have been adopted Ly anumber of rifle Clubs throughout the country, Hyde, one of Creedmoor’s crack shots is south, iptro- ducing one of the popular rifles of this part of the country. His ill-health prevented his being on the American team last year; A meeting of the members of the Amateur Rifle Club is called io take plate this weck. The object is to setile the preliminaries for the coming matelies of this year, Major Leeeh’s proposition, and the propriety of challenging an Imperial team will be discussed, Shooting Clubs are ‘‘all tlie go”’ among the various busi- ness houses of this city and Brooklyn. The dry goods und insurance men take the lead. A Club formed bf gentle- men, employed in the building of Arnold, Constable & Uo,, enjoys the reputation of haying the best team. They are open to challenge from any team, to be composed entirely of gentlemen connected with business houses of this city or vicinity. At the Morsemore rifle range a fish-pond has been con- structed, and young trout are being raised init. In a short time the red will be a companion of the rifle with the frequenters of this tange. At Conlin’s Gallery the following excellent shooting has been made lately—string measurement of twenty shots from the center of bullseye to the centre of shots: ©. BR. Blydenburgh, 144 inches; William Hayes, 16 5-16 inches; C. A. Cheever, 17 1-16 inches, Several new things on position are finding favor among the long-range Orecdmorians. One of them is to bring the left arm in front instead of behind the head to grasj the “heel plate” of the rifle, so as to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun, Dr. Shaw, one of thu “erack” shots of New Orleans, is believed to be tte originator of this novel and, many think, valuable idea. C, D. Hodgeman made at the Creedmoor range forty consecutive bullseyes with rifle, lying down position, dis- tance fiye hundred yards, during the winter. The N.K. A. will issue their shooting report for '76 soon. Perhaps the delay in getting it out is owing to the bad taste of advertisers, The Jamaica Rod and Rifle Association of Long Island, had a match on Washington's birthday. Theshooting was extra fine. J. Crane made 48 out of possible 50, off-hand, at two hundred yards range. : The Helvetia Rifle Club, of New York, celebrated the day by having a prize shooting match in Sulutzen Park, at Union Hill, N.J. ©, Moltman made the highest score of twenty-five bullseyes. —A special meeting of the Amateur R#fle Club will be held at the Seventh Regiment Armory, corner of Third avenue and Sixth street, this evening at 8 p, m., to con- sider the invitation of the lrish National Rifle Association to send a team to Ireland during the present year, and 10 transact such business a8 may be brought before the meet- ing. —The Executive Committee of the N. R. A., at a meet- ing held on Saturday last resolved to notify the teams which shot in the Centennial championship niuteh and the British Rifle Association that the next match will be shot at Creedmoor in September, 1877, under the same condi- tions as the first match. A letler was read from Major Leech, in which he suggestod that the next match for the medai be shoton neutral ground Tué GALLERY CHAmPronsaip.—Messrs. Cheever and Blydenburgh organized, last Monday evening, Mebruary 19th, the first of what may be in a short space of time very popular and interesting matches to the “indoor” ritemen of this city for the ‘“‘championship.” The conditions for «he matches are as follows. The contest will consist of five minor matches, ta be shot ou the same evening, viz. :— 10 shots; rifle 22 cal.; 110 ft.,200 yds. Wimbledon target. ae ae ue at ae ae Ready measurement ae " 200 yds. Wimbledon ‘** Ready measurement . i te a ce aby ae as af ua Da dat fis) ac te ce Lay oe a ae ae iad ce «ec Most bullets hit. Ties will be decided on the Wimbledon targets accord- ing tothe rules of the N. R. A. On the ready measure- ment target, the one with the shot farthest from the center of the bullseye to be lust. On. bullets, by shooting five more shots. , The winner of three more of the aboye minor matches to be the champion gallery shot in this city till challenged aud defeated, according to the following terms:— The matches will befor a valuable gold badge, to be held by the winner, who is subject to challenge from any one, The challenger to deposit fifteen dollars ($15.00) at Conlin’s Bhooting Gallery, 930 Broadway, from which amount the expenses of shooting will be deducted, and balance with badge go to the winner of match, and such winuer be open to challenge on conditions as above, at Conlin's Gallery. Challengers must give at least one month's notice, unless: otherwise mutually agreed upon between challenger and ehallengee. No challenge to be given which will make it necessary to have the match shot bejween June Istand October-}st of any year, dé a FOREST AND STREAM. eis Tn case of the imability of the holder of the badge to shoot at the time challenged, the challengee shall take the badge by detault on payment of price of one hundred shots to the gallery, but-shall be obliged in case of such default to shoot a match within one week. from the time of so Winning, in case he shall be so challenged, All question of disputes or additional rules (if necessary) will be decided on by a Committee of three, viz.: Charles A. Cheever, OC. E. Blydenbureh, James 8. Conlin. The followirgare the scores of the first of the above Mentioned matches; 110 PERT DIsTANCE. CHEEYVER, | BLYDENBURGH, 46553545554 4-4 ; 45555435 4 3—42 Potal measurement, 10} inches.| Total measuremenr, 103 inches. 735 PEET DISTANCE 4555565 6443—45 64454555 66-47 Total measurement, 6 inches \” ‘Potal measnremedt, 6: inches. 00110001-4 bullets. [10110010 0-4 bniets. It will be seen by the aboye, that they were even on the two hundred yards Wimbledun red, targetsand bullets, and the match was really decided by the ready measurement targets through a diflerence of one inch. Mr, Cheever is now the champion gallery shot of this city, and is open to challenge. : New Yoru—Jwnaica, feb., 22.—The Jamaica Rod and 3: ee Rifle Association commenced practice on Washington’s Birthuay for the season oF 1877, The following is the score made at 200 yards, off-hand:— Nuine, Score. Total J. M. Urine... Sha4¢455 454545454455 5-02 Thos. Loyd... 44454555546645445455—u1 L,. RL Japguo.. 4464144546 44454554 6 5--89 W. 38, Elmendorf 444544555944545455 44-69 W...G. Cogswell. ...c.ceeeee 4454653'454555455554 4 5—88 Geo. Hicks. .2.2.5,35 0.32 s450 544444444444455545 4 5—85 GUE Creede rcs Le. 6444445445554454405 4-84 Geo. Dawson................ 44564444444454455443 4-63 Theo. Mogerg,.....c...2226 w4444444454644444434 4-81 J, B. Flewry...... es ae Withardwn 554545444444 These are probably the best. scores ever mude under the same conditions.— Hp]. AULeEY’s GALLERY.—The tournament which commenced at the above Brooklyn Gallery on Jan. 22d ended ou Washington’s Birthday. ‘The tollowing is a record of the Dest six targets, with names of winners of the priges:— Name. Total. Chas. H, Jobr............. 46 46 46 46 46 48 <8 Jd. ©. Kinysiey... -...45 46 46 46 do 46 273 J, W. Wullis........ weed 46 45 45 46 46 Ril wel above tcores are out of a possible 50 in each ten shots. second a silver set, and third, gold and silver medal, matel for lying down position will shortly take place. OQuro—7? fin, Feb. 17i.—The shooting fraternity of that vicinity have peen huving considerable sport since New Year's, shooting for turxeys. We have had from one is lwo matches a week since then, and now tle strife is be- tween the eastside of the river andthe west. 5o far the west arealiead. Next Thursday, the 22d, we have another mazpeh, and each side seems deterniined to do its best. We expect to organize a ville club here suon. 1 think it will be an easy matter to raise a club of fifty, A Mr, Rein- hard, of Londonville, O., has sent us word that he will be with us on that day with half a dozen guns of his own make, and says he will shoot against any of Remington’s brecel-loaders from 100 to 1,000 yards. zle loaders. The tirst prize, # handsome sportsman’s cup; the A His guns are muz- SBucksHort, Game Bag and Gan. GAME IN SEASON IN FEBRUARY. Wild duck, geese, brant, &c. see PIGEON MATCHES. Hinres, brown and gray. WYaHe PHILADELPHIA TOURNAMENT.—We ran over to the Quaker City on Washington’s Birthday to witness the grand, pigeon shooting tournament, advertised to take place on that day. After a ride of three hours it was rather discouraging to find that another railroad journey Was né@cessary to reach the grounds. But at last the New Hunting Park was reached, and the ground traps found arranged in the middle of the oval formed by the race track. Why the side of the Park by the Grand Stand was not selected we are at a loss to understand. ‘There seats would have been found for most of the spectators, and the crowding over the ropes that would have disgraced a prize fight, might all have been avoided, In fact, if all ‘tourna- mus” ae to be conducted alter the manner of this one; ihe sooner they are abandoned the better, or else have some one in charge who can enforce order and give both shooters and spectators afair chance. ‘The great lion of the day was, of course, Captain Bogardns, who returns from his Pacilic trip looking as robust and hearty as ever, Many of the contestants used the old-fashioned, sing-e- barrelled ‘‘canvons,” shooting seven drachms of powder aud the full allowance of shot mentioned in the conditions, which were as follows:— Sweepstakes, open to the world, $50 entrance, fifty birds each. 4, and T. traps (six being placed), 1} ounee shot, powder unlimited, any guo, 21 yards, 60 yards fall, and ithode Jslund 1ules to govern; value of sweep, $800, of which $350 to the first, $225 Lo the second, $100 to the third, $75 to the fourth, aud $50 to the fifth. The following score gives the resuli:— Wane. Miles L. Johnson. . Richard Woeds.. Prank Kleiniz, A. H. bogardu Wm. Carson... Jobo Louvati Isaue Glover... Wm, Gteenwood. John Jordan,, “ 1 cesar nee gees ened each received on and John Referee, William Schuyler, Philadelphia. Judges, William Whitehall and William Wells, Philadelphia. Time of shoot, first day, 2h, 45m,; second day, 5b, 48m. Total, 8h, 338m. — io yy Saumo Satan my Lanp-Lockep WAtERS.—The following correspondence will interest our Fish Culturists:— Eprrox Fores? AND STREAM :— Your correspondent Jus. B. Thompson, of New Hope, Pa,, whose article on Salmo salar in land-locked waters ap- peared in February 15th number of Forest anp STREAM, would confer a great favor upon his brethren interested in fish culture, if he would give tbrough your columns a de- tailed description of the construction of his ponds. What is the nature of the bottom; what the volume and charac- ter of the water supply; the disposition or arrangement of his spawning grounds by which it 1s designed to keep up the supply, aad all the information, which, as an expei't he is competent lo furnish to the uninformed in this particu- lar undertaking? With the ice cighteen inclies thick on the Susquehanna river at this point at ihis time, 1 Gan’t quite see into his description of his salmon “*breaking lively for the past few days,” but perhaps he is able to explain what at present seems beyond mortal ken. Will he do us the favor to elu- eidate? A. I. Cuarr. Sunbury, Penn., Feb. 19th, 1877. ¥ New Horg, Pa., March 1st, 1877. Horror Forest AND STREAM:— Au your request, ] wall endeavor to enlighten your friend, A. F. Clapp, on what seems to him beyond mortal ken, All our fish ponds are situated at the head of a lime stone spring, flowing (3,682) three thousand six hundred and e1ghty-two gallons per minute, with an even temperature, never be: low 50° Kabrenbeit. We have no ice on our ponds, and no surface water. If salmon break, as they did this day, they are not obliged to ga through Hfteen inches of ice, The bottom of the salmon pond is shell, with small springs and several well-wora channels of stone and gravel, and one three hundred feet long, leading fron) the Jake to the spring, .with a beautiful bottom for spawning, latching- house and stock ponds. As usual, to please the owners, our first salmon eggs were from Samuel Willmot, which did well; the second lot from him—saved none. Three lots from Bucksport, one year did well, next year saved a part; last year thirty-five thousand—all died by bursting of the sack in fifteen days after hatching, Jused all the means in my power to save them, and | cannot tell whether the decease (sic) was in the egg or not. Cualitornia eggs have always hatched well, and the fish live. Hatched seventy-five thousand this year; twenty-two thousand yet in hatching-house four months old, two and one-quarter inches long; fed twiceaday. Anyone seeing them ext would tot advise their being turned out to die as soon as the sack is absurbed. It is not much trouble to buy treut or salmon eggs—hatch and dispose of them the first month—but a yery different thing to keep them alive for six months, Jas. Bb, THOMPSON. i i Canapran SanMon Rryers To LeAse.—Anglers will please refer to the advertisement in our columns of Cana- dian salmon rivers to lease. . Grave Conusprum By A ConsuMPTive.—What is the difference between an Ulster and the consumption? One you wear gui, the other wears you out! | Glatural Fistorg, ? Fur Forest and Stream. ANTLERED DOES, ’ +> San T'rancisco, February 12th, 1877. In a score numbering somewhat over four hundred head of deer, I haye been so fortunate as to shoot two of these very rare animals, The first was shot early in November. It was of medium size, in fair condition, and had never borne young. Her antlers were of unequal length; the Tight one being about six inches in length, and the left four. They were three-fourtlis of anioch in diameter at the base, and tapered to a fine point, but grew in such a dwurfed and spiral manner as to rise barely two inches above the skull. The second was killed February 8th, and was one of the largest ever killed by the writer; was in splendid condition, had borne young, ind was with young when shot. Her right antlers was seyen inches in length, almost perfectly straight, very smooth and white, one inch in diameter at the butt, and witha perfectly true taper toa delicate point. The left was four inches long aud much curved, directly backwards; although this was about six weeks luler than the lime at which bucks usually shed their antlers, they showed no signs of falling off, but a forcible detachment from the skull, and a caret.) exami- nation, satisfied me that they would have been shed jn the course of the winter, Lest the lateness of season at which this doe was killed should subject me to censure, Iwish to statein justilica- tion, that this was in. 1863, when the deers were so plenty in many places as to seriously interfere with the raising of peas aud beans, and in many instances even the potatoes were dug ap and devoured by them, ‘The protection of deer in Maine had not then been thought of. 1 also know of two does being shot by fellow hunters, each with only one antler, acd | think my old friend and hunting com- panion, who has lain down the rifle to manutaciure ‘probably the best” spit bamboo rod in the country, and who, asa deer hunter, had few equals aid no superiors, can add to the list from his own expérience, Let us hear from you, Hiram! And now, by your courtesy, [ wish to put on record the shooting of what | believe tu be the most remarkable deer ever killed jn this country, It wason the llth of No- vember, 1851 (the year in whieh I began my diary, which LT have keptup to date), Hight inches of ‘beautiful snow” had fallen early on the evening of the 10th. Snatebiag a hasty breakfast as daylight was fastappearing, and should- ering my rifle (my jirst one in its first seuson), | started for an opening made two years before, halfa mile sonth of ours, and which was full of maple and yellow bireh sprouts, on which the deer had been browsing nights for a fortnight. 1 had scarcely entered the field when [ struck a track, half filled in by the snow which had fallen subse- quently, Following it up, 1 found that the deer had been browsing in the tield through the storm, and had lett about the time it discontinuea. At nine o'clock the evel- ing previous the animals had gone due east, in which direo- tion lay first a cedar and lamarac swamp, half a mile wide; then about the same width of smali, thick spruce growth, called in Maine ‘‘Rabbii salud,” and then a noble ridge, three miles in length, running north and south, with a growth of heavy sugar maple anu yellow birel, with an oceasional hemlock of immense size. lt was noted throughout the region for its lack of underbrush, affording in many places open shots at two hundred yards distance, Towards this ridge the game slowly made its way, with many devious windings, clipping the delicate twigs of the fragrant yellow bircli, or Guintily picking a certain kin of tree moss, of which the unimal is exivavagantly fond, The track had every appearance of being made by 4 buck, and Lis quiet browsiny occasioned me some surprise, 5 this was in the height of the ‘running season,” when they ooly e@ub enough LO prevent sbirvation, and invariably he down after browsing 4 short lime, beingalways almost Loo much exhausted to stand before they will stop lo-eal, I, thetefore, trayeled at a snails pace, expecting every mo- ment to see the animal start up, or at least to come bo tis soft bed in the snow, with the tirst tracks fifteen feet from it. Nothiog of the kind howeyer occurred, and [ at length reached thé foot of the ridge, up the side of which the tracks lead, as far as 1 could see them, directly towards ils summit, A minutes’ careful seruliny satisfied me thal my game was notinsight, and L had already lifted a foot to proceed when my eye caught sightof # moving object, direcUly ahead; the next instant the lead, ears and antlers of a noble buck, burst on my delighied yisioa, as he walked over the summit directly towards me. ‘Ah! (1 thought) ‘this isa doe’s track afte’ all!" Whe buck has “suck it, and is following it the wrong way!" {as they will often do, sometimes for half a mile or more before finding out their inistake), He was over one hundred and fitty yards olf, and all {had to do was to remain mo- tionless tll he got near enough Lo assure afatal shot, The head and antlers steadily advanced, glaucing in and out from behind intervening trees, and I began to wonder why I did not see his body, but it was merely a passing thought till at length the head appeared in a perfectly open glade, with nothing between me and it, and behind the pure, white back ground of the new-fallen snow. 8 oo ScrenTIFIC PUBLICATIONS.—_Numbers 7 and 8 of Vol. 8 Builetin of the Essex Institute are at hand and contain much that is interesting and instructive. Number? relates to the Field Meeting for August and the report gives brief addresses made by the members on this occasion. Chiefly noticeable are the remarks of Vice President F, W. Put- nam on a human skull from Colorado, which closely re- sembles the ordinary form of the Algonquin Indians, such as are found in the Indian burial places in Massachusetts; and those of Prof. Morse on Drese7a, and on (he manner in which the grasshoppers make the peculiar chirping noises and the notes they utter. Rey. James Freeman Clarke gave a brief address touching on some points in philology which was of much interest, Number 8 is devoted chiefly to reports of business meet- ings, but contains also a list, by Mr. J. A, Allen, of Birds collected by Mr. Chas. Linden, near Santarem, Brazil, This list includes 128 species, of which one, Coceygua lindent, Allen, is now described for the first time. From Nature we learn that Prof. Desor, a recent mem- ber of the Bulletin de la Socteté des Sctence Naturelles, at Neu- chatel pives a description of a burial place recently dis- covered on the shores of Lake Neuchatel near Anvernier. The remains of fifteen or twenty individuals were found in this grave but in such a poor state of preservation that but few good skulls could be obtained, Some of the better preserved, however, show aclose resemblance to those found in other lake dwellings and belong to the true Helve- tic form differing from the latter notin kind, but only in degree. The imp!ements found in the grave are of stone and bone, and belong to the ave of polished stone, With these, however, were also found some bronze implements Which established the long missing link between the lake dwellings of the stone age and those of the bronze age, both of which have representatives atAuvernier, ‘The jm- | portance of the Auyernier grave is thus very great, as it gives new proof in support of the allesed unity and con- tinuity of races of prehistoric man during the stone age and that of the bronze. Some bronze implements implying a somewhat higher degree of cullure together with a bead of yellow amber and a skull, were found in the neighborhood of the grave on a somewhat higher level; they belong pro- bably to a more recent period. It is proposed by the Neu- quae Society to undertake further excayalions in the same ocality. oo SKY LARKS, New Yore Press Crus, } A No. 6 Centre street, New York, | Eprror Formst AND STREAM:— _ A few yearsago attempts were made ta introduce the Eng- lish sky lark (Alenda arvensis) into this country, and several pairs were Jet loose on Long Island, which I believe, nested. But they soon disappeared. Later it was reported that sky larks had been seen in Westchester county, but lately noth- ing has been said concerning them, showing, apparently that the former report was an error, or else that all have been killed. It is recorded that sky larks have been seen in the Bermudas and in Greenland. I shonld be very glad 10 ascertain any further or more definite facts from your readers with reference to this mat- ter, (particularly as to dates, and the probability of any sky larks now being in existence in this vicinity) either though your columns or by addressing me personally. ERNEST INGERSOLL. a - BASKING AND BONE SHARKS. Af New Bepronp, Mass., Feb. 21st, 1877. iprror Forrst AND STREAM:— In your last number, a writer in some remarks on the “Basking” and ‘‘Great Bone Sharks,” seems to confound two or three distinct species and even genera. The **Bask- ing” Shark of the New England coast, and Bone Shark of the Pucific, are of entirely distinct species, Some very good notes and also references to scientilic authorities may be found in the number for January 25th, 1877, of Nature. ConcHa. ARRIVALS AT THE PHILADELPHIA ZooLoGicaL GannENns, MAR. 3D.— One red-shouldered hawk (Buleo lineutus), presented by Sergt, James Spear of the Park Guard; one Virginia deer (Cervus vir ginianus), pre- sented by F+G_ Thorn, Phila.; one great horned owl (300 virgenia- nus), one red-shouldered hawk (Bu/ev (uneatus) and one red-tatied hawk (B. boreatis), presented by Emanuel Spitz, Philadelphia; one Pseude- mysconcinnd, presented by Theo, L, Harrison, Phila,; |iree opossums (Didelphys virginiana), one presented by J. W. Sharp, Jr., Reeseville, Pa., one by E. S. Power, Phila., and one ny Jesse L, Johnson, Edding— ton, Pa.: two white rats (Afvs ratius), presented by Miss Jones, Phila. - one golden eagle (Aguila chrysetus), presented by Andrew Bateman, Dayer, Del.; four English rabbits (Lepus cuntculus), two presented by Edward K, McEwan, Phila., and two by Mast Ed, Hacker, Germantown; one ring dove (Turtur risorius), presented by Miss Tryon, 1 hila,; one ted fox (Vulpus fulvous), presented by George Green, Phila.; ohe quail (Orlyx virginianus), presented by Edward §. Miles, Phila.; one pair white rats and young (Mua raffus), presented by uvames B. Thomas, Phila.; one sparrow hawk (falco sparverius), presented by Master Hen- ry Sargent, Phila.; two white rats (Mus radius), presented; three Cana- dian lynxes (Lynam canadensis), three Menobranchus maculatus, and one turkey buzzard (Cathartes aura), purchased, AnrouR E. Brown, Gen. Supt. Woodland, Sarm and Garden. = © Proserpina! For the flowers now, that frightened thou. Jet’st fall, From Dis’s wagon! daffodils. That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; Violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno’s eyes, Or Cythera’s breath; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ére they can behold Bright Phebus in his strength, a malady Most incident 10 maids; bold oxtips, and The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds The flower de luce being onel O, these I lack, To nfake you garlands of;,and my sweet friend, To strew him o’er and o'er Filo. Whtat! like a corse? Per. Wo, like a bank, for love to lie and play on; Not like a corse} or if—not to be buried But quick, and in mine arms. Come, take your flowers; Methinks I play as I have seen them do Tn Whitsun's pastorals; sure, this robe of mine Does change my disposition, Filo. What you do Still betters what isdone. When you speak, sweet, I'd haye you do it ever; when you sing I'd have you bay and sell so, so give alms, Pray 60, and for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance I wish you A wave o’er the sea, that you might ever do Nothing bat that; More atill, still so, and own No other function, Each your doing So singular in each particular, Crowns what yon sre doing in the present desds, That all yo ur ucts are queens.— Cymbelineg, iv. 3. —_—__ Tus Foucnsra.—When we consider the facility with which Fuchsias can be grown, and also the extreme beauty aad profusion of their flowers, the wonder need not be so much why they are so common, as that more attention is not bestowed upoa growing them into fine and attractive specimens. Itis true plants are to be met with now and then which are all that could be desired in this respect, dut taken in the aggregate, whether as seen in the establishments of florists, or in the conservatories of the wealthy, they are all too often the most abject and neglected things imagin- able upon which time and money have been bestowed. This should not be; neither is it creditable to the enter- prise and intelligence ot the age, seeing that itis one of advancement in all matters appertaining to horticultural pursuits, as well as other branches of human knowledge and skill. The time cannot come to soon, therefore, when those whese business it is to cultivate plants, either for profit or for pleasure, shall of necessity reach a higher standard of excellence in specimen growing than that which now so generally prevails. This applies more eape- cially to gardeneis, and the highest reach of perfection ought always to be the objective point of their ainbitior. Po reach this point two or three facts must be well under- stood, founded as they are upon the nature and require- ments of the plant, and by acting upon these suecess will foilow as a natural and necessary consequence. These are asuitable compost in which tu grow the plants; a temperature regulated so as to be in accordance with their natural requirements, and the conilition of the soil and almosphere in 1eference to moisture. Experience teaches that this plant delights in a fresh loam, thoroughly enriched with well-rotted manure and a little charcoal, broken from about the size of beans to fine dust. Eyen the fine siftings of coal ashes canbe used to advantage; more especially if the compost is very rich, as it restrains any tendency the plants might have to make long-polnted shoots, and encourajres instead arigid symme- trical: growth, which is most to be depended upon fur an abundant bloom. Charcoal and coal ashes increase the porosity of the soil, and thereby enlarge its capacity for the absorption of those gases which go to build up the vegetable structure. But we dare not ailirm that such substances in the soil can be taken up by the roots of plants and assimilated without chemical or other change; and yet, the curious discovery announced by Prof, P. B. Wilson, of Baltimore, seems to favor such an assumption. ‘*The experiment consisted in fertilizing a field of wheat with the infusorial earth found near Richmond, Virginia. This earth, itis weil known, con- sists of microscopic murine insects (plants?) known as dia- toms, Which under strong magnifying power reveal many beautiful forms that have been resolved, classified and named. After the wheat was grown, Prof. W. treated the straw with nitric acid, subjected the remains to microscopic test, aod found them the same kinds of shells or diatoms that were present in the Richmond earth, except that the Jarge-sized shells were absent, showing that ouly silica par- ticles below a certain degree of fineness can ascend the sap pores of plants.” Ju nature, plants of whatever description attain their greatest perfection in aclimate the warmth of which is inost agreeable to their individual temperaments; und this fact, simple as it is, should never be lost sight of by those who have to deal with exotics, as it will enable them so Lo shape their conductas to meet the deawbacks of climate, aud other adverse circumstances in such a way as to over- come them, Fuchsias can be grown ina moderately warm house, proyided fresh air can be freely admitted, but they do better through the winter months in a lemperature not ex- ceeding fifty degrees, and wheu much higher than this they are apt to grow weak and spindiing. They sre not well adapted for out-door culture in this climate, as it is 80 warm and dry as to expose them to all the ills living plants are subject io, At the same time, when planted on the norih side of houses, fences, or in other shaded piaces, they grow to a measurable degree of perfection. But to insure absolute and uovarying sucvess, strict at- tention to watering is indispensable, whether in the house or out of doors, in pots, or planted out. And it will be observed, the compost herein recommended for pot culture is of such a character mechanically as to insure the most ready exit of all superfluous Water—a peint of the utmost importance in pot culture. The rule is to water with cau- lion through the dull days of winter, increasiug the supply as the season advances, and at no ume to allow jhe plants to ehow sigas of wilting. Sprinkling overhead, Loo, has its advantages, especially in clear weather, and should be the oftener done as the plants reach their maximum of growth, and continued throughout the season unless in dull, wet weather. If considered desirable at any time to encourage & still more viyorous growth, it can readily be done by watering with liquid munure, such as can be got from a barrel containing barn-yard manure and water; or, instead of manure, 48 much guano as will slighuly color the water Much time can be saved in watering by painting the out- side of the glass with a paint made of white lead and turpentine, in the proportion of about one pound of Rad to one quart of turpentine; and this also will protect the foli- age trom beirg hurt by the direct rays of the sun, an event not ublikely to happen any time alter the middle or end of March, In following these directions the plants will not be sub- ject to the altucks of other enemies than green fy, and Lo keep clear of these fill the house abott once in ten days Wilh lobacco smoke and the work is done. Subjvined is a list of several yarieties worthy of a place in every collection: Double dark corolla, Prince Leopold, Bim City, Regatiaand Faust. Double white corolla Montwose, Symbut, Bucpress and Hnchantiess, Single dark cvrolla, D. 1. Pish, Monarch, Inimitable, Beauty's Boom and Proce Imperia. single wuite corolla, Mas, Marshall, Rose af Deu- murk, Puritune, Schiler, Irs. Dennett, Lustre ana Speciosi. New Hunen, Conn. A, Viren, — a CHLoRoGALUM PomMeyibicanom Konta.—This is an interesting plant of the easist uauugement. It forms large tuuecated bulbs, invested with a mass of black, hair-like fibres, which are said to be used for stuffing mattresses, and the bulbs themselves are so a:kaline and mucilaginous, that the plant is popularly known 4s the Soap Plant, and is uot unfrequenily used for detergent purposes. The leaves are broadly linelar, with wavy margins; amid them rises a slender scape, two to three feet high, with severul spreading branches bearing numerous white Howers. Seeds yepetate yery readily, and the bulbs grow freely whun sufficient space is afforded them, Lut several years usually elapse before they attain a flowering size. Liisa native of California. ee 8. B.—London, Eagland.—Can you tell me the nanie of the enclosed plant? I understand thal it is very common in Canuuia and the northern Luited States, and thal ib has the Howers which open in the autumn, Ans. Gentiang Soponari, £,—Vhis Gentian is rather common in moist woods in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, flowering late in the fall, and resembling in general appear- ance the G. Pneumonanile, of Hurope. The most beautiful of the genus in this country is the fringed Gentian (G. crinita Frost), growiog in low grounds and common, we be- lieve as far west as Wisconsin. The lovely slpine Gentian (G@. verna), 80 commonly cultivated in England, and so scare here, is another beautiful example of the genus.— Ep. ‘ tb age Origin of REMARKABLE BELGIAN PHARs.—The Abbe Hardenpont of Mons, was the irst of the race of Belgian fruil growers. In the last quarter of the last century, he obtained from seed the Beurre de Hardenpont, the Passe- Colmar, the Beurre Rance, and the Delices d’Hardenpont, some of which still hold places of the first rank in advanced Pomology. M. Van Mous, of Louvain, quickly followed, having between 1787 and 1854, raised five hundred kinds of new Pears, several of which are of the highest class. M. Beront, between 1845 and 1854, produced within that de- cade no less than sixty new kinds; in 1828, he produced le Delice d’Flays, which ia even finer than les Delice d’Har- denpont. The Society Van Mons, only produced eleven new Pears during the sixteen years of its existence, show- ing that individual perseverance is very generally more successful than combined efforts. M. Gathoge, of Liege, produced in 1852, Beurre Edouard Morren, In 1828, M. Magner obtained from seed the Poire Renoz, a good and fertile summer kind; and M. Henrard, as early as 1840, introduced his Bon Chretien and Vernois, said to have been receivedfrom France, M. Legepont, ofthe Commune of Charneux, produced in 1800, the celebrated Pondante d’Charneux. The Bon Chretien Lamarehe, was found in a convent garden of the province of Leige, where its origin was unknown.—f7om ‘\Les Hrutis Belges,” by AM. Gilbert, Tue VIOLET AND THE NAPoLEons,—The 15(h Novem- ber 1s the Empress Eugénie’s {@te day, and Violets become perceptibly dearer in Paris on that day during the Second Empire, when there was a perfect Violet ovation, bunches of Violets, not in hundreds, nor in thousands, but in tens of thousands, being thrown through the iron railings of the court-yard of the Tuileries. ‘lhe palace serviats piled them up into enormous pyramids, which reached as high as the first-floor windows; the various doors were decked with them, and the great central baleony. Mossus and LicHans.—Weak creatures! the first mercy of the earth, veiling with hushed softness its dintless rocks! ereatures fulof pity, covering with strange and tender honor the scarred disgrace of ruin—laying quiet tinger on the trembling stones, to teach them rest! No words that I know of will say what these mosses are; pone are delicate epough; none perfect enough; nove rich enough! How is one to tell of the rounded bosses of furred and beaming green—the starred divisions of rubied bloom, fine-filmed, as if the rock-spirits could spin porphyry as we do glass— the traceries of intricate silver, and frioges of amber, Jus Lrous, arborscent, burnished through every fibre into fitful brightness and glossy traverses of silken changes; yél all subdued and pensive, and framed for simplest, sweet- est offices of grace! ‘lhey, will not be gathered like flowers, for chapletor love-token; but of these the wild bird will nrake its nest, and the wearied child his pillow. And, as the earth’s first meicy, so they are its last gift to us. When all other service is vain, from plant and tree, the soft mosses and gray lichen take up their watch by the headstone, ‘The woods, the blossoms, the gift-bearing grasses, have done all their parts for a time, but these do service for ever: ‘frees for the builder's yard, flowers for the bride’s chamber, corn for the granary—moss, for the rave! Yet, asin one sense, {he humblest, in another they are most honored of earth-children. Unfading as motionless, the worm frets them not, and the autumn wastes not. Stroug in lovliness, they neither blanch im heat Hor pine in frost. To them slow-fingered, constant-hearted, is entrust- ed the weaving the dark, eternal tapestries of the hills; to them, slow-penciled, iris-dressed, the tender framing of their endless imagery. Sharing the stillness of the unim- passioned rock, they share also its endurance; and while the winds of departing spring scatter the white hawthorn blossom; like drifted snow, and summer dims on the parch- ed meadow the urooping of its cowslip-gold—far xuhove, amoug ihe mountains, thesilver lichen spots, rest, star-like, on the storm, and the gathering orange-stain upon the edge of yonder western peak reflects the sunsets of a thousand years.— Ruskin. Tue Lonpon ‘‘WorLp” on SALADSs.—Of the infinite variety of salads which can be made from wild plants—the Salad Burnet, the Ladies’ Smock, the Stonecrop, the Sea Bindweed, the Sweet Cicely, the Guckshoro Plantain, and the Ox-eye Daisy—our people know next to nothing, aod allow quantities of exceileut fuod to be wasted on cattle. Phe Dandelion, which is a favorite salad in France, aud a herb renowned for ils virtue, we should be lialf ashamed to see on our tables, Nothing willdo for us but the most highly cullivated kinds. Hirst of all Where is the Lettuce, which is of two sorts—the Cabbage Lettuce, known in France as the Laitue pommée, aud the Gos Lettuce, which the French term the Laitue romaine. Of course—and there are endless varieties of either—we seem in England 10 prefer tue latvér with its long leaves, Weciuse it cab be eaten by itself, while the French probably care more fur the former. Then comes the Hndive, In three classes—first, the broad-jeaved or Batavia Endive, which the French call Scarivle—a prime favorite; next the Curly-leayed Hodive, ‘which the Freoch call sometimes Chicorée-and sometimes Laitue frisee; lastly, the wild Kndive or Succory (Succory being but the old Hoglish word for Chicory), witich ts call- ed by the French Barbe de Capucin. Perbaps nextin o1- dei of rank deserves to be mentioned the Celery—but we only use Ube bare stalk, whereas the Frencli pat the whole plant toto the salud bowl, from the root ut oné end tothe fewfave at ihe other, Even better is the Uelerlac—tWat is a Culery wilh Turnip-like root, The Celeri-rave of the Fiencli and the Kuott-sellerie of the Germans. The latter are especially fond of it, and go into evstasies when they talk of it. In Bogland although it may be cultivated wit greater ease and at Jess expensé than the commidn Celery, it is slighted, though, served up witha dish of Red Uab- bage, itis particularly alluring. ‘Tien there is the Tomato salud; but tor that nvatter Tomatoes are pleotiful enough, and ought to be in everybody's mach. ‘Lhe wonderis iow anyone who knows whal a superb thing is a salad of rdw ‘Tomatoes can caré to desecrate this ylorious Apple by cooking it. But Ishould weary the reader if I went on to sound the praises of the Corn salad, the Beet-root salad, thé Potato salad, the Salade de legumes; and of the min- ute accessories—the Tarragon, the Chervil, the sprinj Onions—which.when cuaningly applied: give a gaiety and sparkle to the composition. It is necessary fo conclude, and I conclude with the remark that there are salads in abundance, and with a littlu trouble we can have them in perfection, Pachting and Boating. HIGH WATER, FOR THE WHEE. Date. Baston, | New York.| Charleston M. ae et. a Mar. 8... . 25 2 61 5 yi Mar. ¥ a2 3. 58 Ss 20 Mar. 10 Bs 4 57 4 18 Mar 11. RB 5 58 sy we Mi tog Se ae ee 11 & 38 5 66 Mar.13....... Hh 49 ¢ 15 6 32 Matiit dee azz ass taysepesanseia| ail 38, 68 7 08 WArER VELOcIPEDES,—M. Jobert exhibited a new river velocipede at the Maritime Exposition held last year in the Palais de |’ Industrie, Paris. 1t was composed ot two cigar- shaped floats made of tinned plate, united by a platform of very light wood, which carried the seat of the operator. To the platform fhe mechanism was wso attached; and it consisted of a paddle-wheel, with two cranks on the axle., with straps for the feet. The action is exactly that of a terrestrial yelocipede, and therefore requires no further ex- planation. To steer the velocipede, a light rudder is placed in the rear of the apparatus, and it is handled by cords passing round a pulley turned by the handle in the hand of the op- erator, M. Jubert claims that a very high speed can he obtained. / ee THe New Rowine Grar.-——Mr. Lyman haying procured new tools and machinery is now making his Bow Facing Rowing Gear in a most perfeét manner and warrants it lo out last any other description of oar. See the adyertise- ment. —$—$—$— en Empme Yacu'r CLup,—aAt an election of officers of the Empire Yacht Club, held at their club house, foot of 104ih strect, Hast River, on the evening of the Ist inst., the fol- lowing were chosen for the ensuing year:—Comumodore, Wm. 0. Davis; Vice Commodore, Daniel O’Brien; Rear Commodore, Thomus $8. Morrell; President, Nathaniel Lockwood; Treasurer, Jas. Gorten; tecretary, Jus, Me- Clymont; Measurer, Andrew J. Brush; Board of Trus- tees, Daniel Quinn, Alonzo Gibson, George Farrington; John Farrell, Peter Esterbrook; Regatta Committee, Ed- ward 8. Zoble, Theodore W. Reeves, Simeon Gorton, Edward McDonald, Charles E. Mielke. There are tweoty- seyen yachts enrolled in the squadron—l steam, 7 cabin and 19 open boats. r —John R. Stewart, Robert T, Holly, Fayette C. Walker, Arthur L. Jackson, John F. Outwater, Robert H. Hopkins, Howard Ackermanand James H. Champlin, have filed a vertificate of incorporation in the County Clerks Office of the Varuna Boat Club, of Brooklyn, fir “boating, athletic and social sport.” NEW ENGLAND YACHTING NOTES— THE OUTLOOK FOR 1877, FROM OUR EASTERN CORRESPONDENT, Bosvon, March 1st, 1877. Eprron Forrest AND STREAM:— Although the weather the past two or three days has been anything but favorable tor the pleasanl pastime of which I am about to treat (it takes more than slush avd rain to deter a yachisman from his travels), the builders generally aré busy, and new interest is beng gradually awakened. The most noted of our builders that are busy, are Messrs. Hutchins & Pryor, KR. Bibber, Pierce Brothers, and Guurge Lawley & Son. One very noted feature of interest is the hollowing of spars. From hollow masts we go to hollow bowsprils, booms, gaffs, top-masts, top-sail poles and clubs, Mussrs, Lawley being particularly busy in this line. The sloops Kelpie and Rebie are being entirely retitted. Messrs. Lawley havealsoseveral orders to build center-board sloops about twenty-six feet long. Messrs. Hutchins & Pryor are finishing an extia vice ~ Newport-rigged boat, twenty-two feet long, for Albert Stone, Esq. Critics pronounce her the finest piece of work on the point Messrs. Pierce Bros. have just finished ¢ $1,000 Newport: rig, twenty-four feet loug boat, for C. A, Spring, Bsy. She goes to Annesquam, Cape Ann. They have also com- menced a second order—about nineleen feet, From fhe excellent reputation of the builders, we predict speed and comfort. Mr. Bibber is building tenders, and is finishing very nicely; the sloop Wayward, of New York notoriety, 16- deives two of them, Mr. Woods, of Hast Boston, is buildiog a forty five feet schooner yacht fora Mr. Tudor. Mr. J. Pierce, of sume place, has just got out an idea in the shape of a square- ended bout, twenty-six feet long, drawing six inchus of water; she has w center-board almost the whole Jength of her. ’ Our yachts this side of Cape Cod are generally small, but we lake just as much (and I don't know but more) pleasure asin the larger ones, Some of 1hem are very last, aud we are conceiled enough to waot to try Will) some of your New York flyers. We are uot much giyea to wander from home, and we wish you could persuade some of your folks to come this way; they would meet with a warm welcome, and would find the nicest yacktman’s home in the shape of a Club house in the country. Come and see us, Yours, | Exnaven, tl ’ 5 ce at C town, Mass. <, Aflerthe ‘Tegulur business was attended to, ihe members, with invited ‘Euests, i ae td Conmodore Palmer and members of the East Boston Yacht Club, sat down to an excellent chow- der prepared by Caterer James O. Neal, and Lo which every One done justice, After the wants of the inner man were supplied, Vommodore Brown, of the B. H. Y. C., was called upon for a specch, and responded in a very able manner, He [hen introduced to the members Commodore Palmer, of the Hast Boston Yacht Club, who pleasantly referred to the pioepengds cendition of the several yacht clubs of Eastern eamwegee a aud of the friendly feeling existing amoug them, A Boston Yacar Crvn.—An adjourned meeting of this club was held on Wednesday, 28th ult., at 8 o'clock, p. m., at the office of the Treasurer, Augustus Russ, Esq., 15 Pem- berton Square, Boston, Commodore Authur Cheney in the eliair, Mr. Benjamin Dean reported on behalf of the Trus- tees that they had audited the accounts of the Treasurer, and found them correct. The permanent fund now amounts to $10,495 46. The expenses of the past year were $1,661, and the regular receipts $2,800, They recommend the pas- sage of a resolye that hereafter only one quarter, instead of oue-halt of the receipts should be added 10 the permanent fund. The resolve was adopted, Tie Trustees were also authorized to use the permanent fund to liquidate the mort- -Bige Oo the Club House, Commodore Dean stated that the total amount of club property now was $14,042. Mes- srs, John Bryant and Daniel Sargent were elected members of the Club, _ Grepxywoon Lakr.—In accordance with an invitation extended by the Greenwood Lake Sporisman’s Club, a number of representatives of the Rowing Association of Americin Colleges visited tbe lake on Saturday last. The party comprised Jasper T, Goodwin, Captain of the Uo- Jumbisx College Boat Club, accompanied by Messrs. Boyd, President of the Club, and Sage, Colgete and Pryor; Mr. Claike, Vaptain of the Princeton Colleze Boat Club; Mr. Thompson, of Cornel! College, with Albert H, Vernam, of the Greenwood Lake Sporismen’s Club, Lindsay Wat- son, of the Nassaus, and a few other gentlemen. Jsut few of the College oarsmen had ever visited the lake, and were thus able to convince themselves of itsadaplability. They were most favorably impressed, and although nothing was decided on the spot, there is évery reason to believe that the inter-collegiate races will be rowed there. Since last summer about seven feet of water have been drawn off the lakes for the purpose of removing a large number vf old stumps of cedar trees which appeared above Wuler. Atl these are now cleared away, so tliat the oars- men in future regattas may have their choice of two courses, The lake is still covered with ice sutficiently strong to admit of travel on it. The collegians availed themselves of this means of yelling to the point where the grand stand was erected last year for the amateur regatia. ' There are strong probabilities too that Rutgers College and the University of Peunsylvania will be represented in thé next inter-colleziate regatta, and it is not unlikely that one or two of the southern colieges will also put in crews. The advantuge of reducing the crews from six to four men aifords an opportunity 10 the smaller colleges to enter ithe list. Tue BeayeRwycxs.—lt having been rumored that this boating Club was about to *‘Peter out,” the Albany Zines 1s autliorized to say that this impression is wrong; that no one has apy intention of retiring from the Club, but that it is about tlecided to wind up thé organization the coming spring. ‘There is no internal dissention in the Club, —The Columbia Boat Club of Brooklyn held their an- nual meeting on Friday, March 2d, 1877, The report of the several officers were in every way sitisfactory to the members, The Treasurer reported cus asseis of $413.30; ljabilities nel. Besides this tue Club own their boat-house, Filuated on Gowanus Bay, and have the following Club property: One eizht-oared burge, one four oared barge, obe six oared gig, two four-vareu pigs, one pair oar shell, our doable scul: shell, one single scull shell, one single scull wherry. 5 ‘The Coxswain’s report showed the total number of miles Towed during the season of '76 to be 5,857, the first ten on the roll being C. W. Lippett, 653 miles; 5. 5. Hazard, 95% miles; H. H, Leland, 875 miles; P. E, Robinson, 336 miles; H, Oakey, 315 miles; George Barnes, 203 miles; J. 5, Stokes, 270 miles; J. F. Boyd, 258 miles; H.'T. Dun- ham, 241 miles; William Chapman, 239 miles, The Club numbers thirty-three active and ning honorary members; of these thirty-five rowed more or less during the year. The following uamed gentlemen were elected officers for the current year: James Foster, Jr,, President; William J. Bruit, Vice President; Austin Ludlum, Secretary; P. HK, Robinson, Treasurer; H. H. Leland, Captains George Barnes, Lieutenant; H. A, Harrison, Coxswain Mess; Charles L. Sanderson, William G. Clapp, W. 8. Bullow, Charles 5. Butler and J. F. Nichols, Trustees. auswers Yo Correspondents. a aS No Notice Taken of Anunymous Communcations: —_—_———>—_—— ' Par, New Albany, Mias.—Who owns Pride of the Border and Fairy? Ans, Chas H. Ruymord, Esq, Morris Plains, N. J. Jost, Poughkeepsie —You can obtainan excellent map of the East- ern Shore of Maryland audthe Peninsula by addressing Bowmen & Thomas, Wilmington, Del. . A. L., Newton, Mass.—Do you know of a breeder and ‘breaker of dois by thename of GC, W. Coots formerly of Havana, N. ¥.? If 50, What ja his reputation as a breaker, and what is his present address? Ans. Wedd not know him. H, E. 8., Manchester, N. H.—Where can I purchase some wild rice and what will it cost per bushel? Ans. You can bny it from Riebard Valentine, Janesville, Wis. We do not know the price. W. Ri, Derliam, Micn.—Can you inform me where I can procure gon capslike ons enclosed, and the cost? Ans, The cap is doknown to any of our dealers, aud must be of foreign make- 8 M,, Titnayille, la,—Can yin tell me where I can get the army patern sewed brogana? Ans, From Pitkin, Waterbury & Co., No, 110 Chambers street, Lhia city_ : J. A.B, Boston.—Do yon know when Mr, Gildersleeve’a Old Tip flourighed, andis her pedigres knowny Ans. Old Tip was whelped in the epring of 1848, On page 244 of our yolnme Five you will find a fall history of the bresd, and on page 32h, Yolnme Three, were is p list of his descendants, if ~ > —_ = : = — LH. dn, Philea adelphia? Ans. Go lo Epling's, six miles from Ege Harbor; good place but rough living and shooting, Hi. H.—Please give your opinion of the Bagle Claw for catching fish: andmink, Ans, Onr principal objection to it would be on the ground of its linbility 16. mutilate the skins of animals caught with ip, buvit ie certainly a simple and effective trap, L, B,, Hibernia, Fla,—Can you give me the address of some tespon- sible party who -will dress and prepare in any desired way, any skins which may be sent to him, and who will do the same for a reasonable pricey Ans, Address Mr. Favor, 10th ayenne, between 67th and 68th Bureets, = Susscriner, Auburn, N, ¥.—1. Whatis the proper load for a 12 sauge, { pound breech loader, for duck shooting? Please mentioutalso size of shot and brand of powder. 2. DoW, & G. Hackett, of London, make Hpood gun? Ans. ddrs. powder and 12 oz. No, d rhot, the formerof asike corresponding with Ifyzurd'’s Ducking No, 4" 2, Yes, F, W-M,, Summit, N. Y.—Will you he kind enongh jo send me, if you have it on hand, pamphlet issied by the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad? Whatisyour opinion of the Eagle Claw for trapping, elc,? Ans. Paniphlet sent. he Hagle ClaW ie a sure trip, bat we appretiend would mutilate the skin somewhat. C.H. M., Atwoodville, Conn.—1_ What 1s the cheapest food for a number of dogs dnring the summer? 2. About what would it cost per Month to feed 2 common sized setter dog on Spratt’s putent doz uikes! Ans, 1, Cornmeal much boiled with muat scraps, 2. Allowiog him 14 pounds per day it wonld cost about $4.50 D. B, M., Corry, Pa.—Is there such a thing a3 Damascns barrels, where the figure stands out on the barrels co as to make them rough? Should they not be smoothlike twist or other barrels? Ans, We haye seen fine Damascus barrels on which the pattern could easily be felt with the bund, These barrels were on 4 very fine gan. R, BE, P., Ferrisburgh, Vt.—A friend has very kindly helped vs to auswer your query of Jan 18th as to who ‘‘Nesmuc’ was, and under his tutelage are able to suy that “Nesmuo'* once wrote for Porter’s Spirit of ihe Tunes. His uame is George W. Sears—tives at Wellsboro, Tioga Co,, Pa_—a shoemaker by trade, and a thorongbbred sportsman; hus written for Porter's Spipit, A7dine, Putnam’s, dc., be. H. W. P., Philadelphia.—What can Ido for my cat. He has lost all the hair from around the neck over the head. and i, has been replaced by a shart crop of grey hair; his other was black, and he hasa dry scab that comes on the ears and around the eyes; bis appetite is very good, but he does nothing but sleep? Ans, Presuming thut the generel health of the cat is good we should give hima little salphur in his milk and anoint the spots where the hair is off wilb carbolic salve. J, T. W., Albany.—I notice in youriseue of last week, in the nolice of Volburu's Dach, that you name Patnam’s Nell as the motherof Put- uam’s Dan, and as in the pedigree of my Dash, Palmer's Belle, imp., is given as his mother, call your attention to the matter so thac if my pedigree is wreng 1 may correct, or if yonr’s is in fault yon may do the same. Aus. Putnam's Nell wus the mother of Dan, and we have cor- rected yonr pedigree to correspond, H. J. L., Meadville,—Is there a paper published in this State that de- votes itsself to shooting? Ans, Tie Gernantown Telegraph lesa sportsman’s department, There is uo paper exclosively duyoted to sport, G, C, P., Harrison, N. Y.—Where can I obtain a camping tent, large enough for folir or five persvus, and abuvt what would be the cost of the same? Ans. You can obtain such a tent is you wantfromd, W, Frazier, No, 23 and 25 Dey street, this city. The cost will be $22.50, F OD. &., range Uo., Fla.—Can you tell us of any sure method of ridding ourselves of the gopher tribe? Owing to their habits they are exttemely difficult to study. Aus. Traps buried at the entrance of their burrows and the use of poison are the means adoptcd in gopher countries for destroying some of these animals, but it would require the combined efforta of a large community of wrappers to effectually exter- minate a small commauity of well established gophers, which “means business," J, M.H., Philsdelphia.--Can you inform me what fish I should be likely to ind in Lake Champlain? also where [ could procure a map of thelake? Ans. Pike-perch, pickerel and blacix bass are the most com- Mor lish. In some paris of the lake the black biss fishing is most ex- cvullent, Wish Commissioners have put some salmon trout into ihe lake from time to time during the past few yeurs. Collon & Camp, pub- lishers, 172 William street, New York, will sell you a mup of Vermont or New York, including Lake Champlain, D, ¥.8., Warren, Pa.—There is a party of gentlemen hero that have some five dozen quuil that we Intend puttin g out in the spriug, but they are some of them lousy, and are dying off. They haye plenty of feed, dirt, ashés, and arein a good, comfortable place that is dry und warm, If you can suggest something that will stop this diflicnlty you will greut- ly oblige us. Ans. Dust thebirds thoroughly with sulphur through the feathers; or with Persian insect powder, and keep everything vlean. W. M., Baltimore —1. 1s the route to the [ndian river the same in Summer asin winter? 1 have some doubt about it on account of the iow state of the rivers. 2, Would it be unhealthy there about Jane? I have to go there on business. Aus, There is ontside communication be- tween Jacksonville, St, Augustine and New Smyrna, on Indian river at all times. When the river is low the transmit via the St. John and salt Luke isimpructicable, Ip is as healthy there as at any plice on the coust. ‘. DP, M,, New York.—1, What kind of ducks wiil I find in Shinne- cock if 1 should go during the right time? 2. Coald I shoot ducks and Heese ot same lime? 3, Will a7 pound gun be heavy enough, or would you advise me to procure another one? 4, Where cant hire agun and ul whateost for lwo days? Ans. 1. Widgeons, spoonbills, black duck, red heads, etc. 2. There might be a Mizht of geese at the same Lime, but you would want to be properly rigged for them, 38. AT pound gin would be too light for anylhing but an occasional single duck- 4. We do not know, Fayorrva.— low can I tid my canary ¢f lice? Ans, The cage must be thoroughly cleaned and scoured, the bird must then be taken ynd his feathers tilled With a German insect powder, that comes for the purpose, and every day afterwards, at evening, a white cloth should be put on the cage, taken off and Shaken out the window or over tue fire before you 4o to bed, replaced, removed, and shaken again before dayling in the morn- ing. This is to be followed up closely iintil not 4 louseisleft. If your bird bus not monlted well, is dumpish and does not sing, he is without doubt lousy. J... Milwaukee.—Please inform me what rifles were used by the Jamaica Rod and Rilie Association in their, matchon Washington's birth- day, published in your paper of March 1st, also the pull of tigger? The score is so large that several riflemen here think there must haye been some unusually favorable conditions? Ans, A part of the cvontes\ants uaed Sharps aod the rest Maynards, all 40 cul.; [he former used 60 grains powder, and the latter 46; trigger pull, three potinds; Creedmoor targets. This will answera number of correspondenta, -Q. J. 5., Richmond, Va.—I am diggirg o small pond in frout of my house, 6 feet deep and 22 feet across. Ishal] pntina small fountuin to supply (and # little more) the ev» poration; I will pnmp it ful of well water once & wuex, letting the old water fret run oft. It will be bricked and cemented. I wish to know what klud or kinds of fish wul thrive in it (not goldfish), how many, and how to be fed? Ans, 134 yon can Bet some European carp they would thrive, but, with the exception of gold fish, (of the same family) we could scarcel y mention a Gish that would succeed ag well. ‘Uhocommon pond fieh, such as sunfish, perch, etc , wonld live, but the drawing off of the water would interfere with their propagation. 5 ; elphia.—Can you {inform me where Tena go to find first-class snipe shooting (English) this and next month, and near Phil— int ~~ | Sport, New Haven, Gonn.—* subscriber sould feel oblige for infor- ‘mition a t6 the beat place within 500 miles of New York for snipe and dock shooting doring March and April? Ans. Tt ia not easy to find both funds of shooting in conjunction aj this season, and we can do no better than to reccommend yon to try. some of the poiuts on the Jersey coush. Beuch Haven for instance, or Barnegat, Aare, Philadelphia.—1. What kind of ounado our first class hota use, breech-loaders or muzale-loaders? 2, Did Capt. Hozardus nee any other than a breech-loader at the Penn. Shooting 'Téarnament on the 234 3, How many drachms of Dupont’s No 3 Ducking can be shot with safety froma Na_ 10 Remington? 4. Which is the strongest and best powder to use¥ Ans. 1 Breech-loaders. 2. Capt. Bogurans uses 4 Scott breech-loader, No, 10 gaye. 3. Fonr drachms, 4. We carnot discriminate between brands of powder. J.J., Lockport, N.¥.—i. Please tell mein what part of Michigan T would find good mink snd muskrat trapping and some dick shooring? 2. Alsoa proper charge for a double barrelled gon, weight eight pounds, {2 gauge, 3!-inch barrels? Ishot ata paper 4 by 6 1eches, distance, five rods, charge two drachme powder, 14 ounces shot; atruck it 2h trmer, Ts that good shooting? Ans, In the neizhborhood of the more northern stations onthe Grond Rupids and Indiana Railroad. 2. 2} drachma powder and 11 oz. shot. Your pattern isan excellent one for the dis- fance, but to gel penetration at longer ranges yeu would want more powder. J. B_ L., Pittsburgh.—My potnter pointer pnp, 2 mouths old, acci- denily got at some refuse from swoet brends and ate a quantity. He was fat and lively on Thursday; on Friday was aick and drooping, Threw up all the stiff he bad eaten and te-day, Saturday, is dreadfully emaciated and weak. Eats nothing of rhe milk and bread I give him. Has no symptoms of distemper, and what little comes from his bowels ia a good color? Ans. Give your dog ten grains of calomel in dry powder on the back of his tongue. and if the evactations are too frequent ufter- wards contro! them by enemas, of starch water two onnces, tincture of opitim fifteen drops, after each passage. Give one grain sulphate quinine three times a day and strong beef tea diet. F.D. W., Wiilhamstown—1 Whatie a good recipe for waterproofing a braided fish line? 2. Do th- Irish rifle team use the Minnie bnilet? 3. Does H. C. Squires, in choking a breech-loader, make it use « larcer Shell, or does the shell chamber remain the same? 4. Is E. C. Green, of Cheltenham, Encland, considered x firat class maker? What place in N_ Y-. city can one of hig guns be porchased? 5. World you advise one fO- ing t6 Northern Michiyan or Maine to take a Nichols & Lefever breech- louding riflé and shot gun combined? Ans. 1. Boiled linseed oil ig good. 2. No. 3. No, the chamber is not toucheds the choking is done At the muzzle, 4. Yes, but we kiowof no one in New York having his guns. Hayden, of Springfield, Ill, 18, we believe, his agent in this tountry. 5. Yes. A. N.C., Glen's Falls.—Do you consider the Newport model of sail- boat the best, ull thittes considered; if not, which in your opinion is the best for speed und staunehness combined? Please give the name of the best hnilder of the model you prefer, if itisother than Newport. Also give the address of Mr. Chas, A. Meigs, whose catamaran waa described in the Spérié of the 17 hinst. Ans, The boat with which we have had the most experience, and the one which we belleve to combine to the grealest extent the qualliy ef perfect seaworthiness with speed, is the cat rigged hoat used m the Great Sonth Bay for oysterine during the feasou, and for catrytng plenstire parties in the snmmer. My addressing Alonzo Smith, Islip, Suffolk connty.N, ¥ , yon could perhaps geta iInodel. Wedo not know Mr, Meigs’ address. ApjipAumo, Peekskill, N. ¥Y —1. What is the difference between a Gildersleeve and Gorden setter? 2. What wonld be the dutyon aca. noe costing $35 bionghl from Cansda fo the United States? 3. Will you examine the pedigree 6f my doo, ind tell me if yon think it true? i. What light would yon advise me to use for floating for deer? Ana, 1. The Gordon is a black and (an, or black, white aud tan dog origina- ting In Great Britain; the Gildersleeve i a native strain. 2. Freight and duty about $18. 3. The pedigree is right, we believe, and a yery good one. 4, The White Manufacturing Company of Bridgeport, Cf, make the best jack lamp we know of, hut we would sbont as soon ase the old-fashioned fire pan for thi especial porpose. G.S., Boston.—Thave a setter bitch 18 mouths old. The mother of her was 4 Gordon, and the sire was an Hoglish setter. Now sheis ex- actly the shape and color of her sire (Buaglish setter) and I am desirons of raising come pupsfrom her Now what breed of sditer, the Buglish or Irich (blue blood}, world .on put to her to raise some first-class pups? Ans. We should prefer to breed her to a Gordon to either, butif the choice was limited to English and Irisa, should take the former. We have a prejudice in favor of hrerding to color, and by breeding to an pr- ange and white or red dog, yonr litter would come of all colors. To te snre there are rome fine English setters that are black and white, but we cannot recall one of note at present unless itis Mr. Nelson's Quail, by Golbarn’s Dash. M. J. R, Rockville. Ont.—To settle a dispute between a friend and myself, would yon kindly give # short deecription of the Spitz dos, size, color-el¢, aud from whence he derives hisonme? Ans. The head of a Spitz dog should be fox like with peinted ears, and going off sharp to the muzzle; eyea bright. flashy and restless; coat thick and long, but nol curled; tail carried high and curled oyer to the hip; The general color ia white, although thoy are sometimes tuwny and even black. Their habitat was origirally wiitin the Arctic circle, but they have spread all over Bnrope. The dog found on the castern coast of Asia, from Siberia to Cochin China. is identical with the Spitz, The name by which he is at present known was given him in England, and proba- bly was applied to dogs first brought from Spitzbergen. S. W. M,, Roslindale, Mass.—1. What is good feed for qnail? How is ass seed? Do they ned gravel when the ground is covered? Blocks containing over twenty before east slorms when seen a, few days since only had seven. Would flock hkely to become separated at thls season? ® [havea pointer who was nllywed lost fell to pnt up rail, and ne- quired a habit of trailing nose to gvound, Is there any way to break him of it? 3. Do Gordon setiere haye any peculinr natoral qnalifcations from other breeds of puinters aid sellers? Ave there any bird doga that are naturally close rangers? Ane. 1 Almost any ceed will anewer, but they sesm to prefer biekyleat. Gravel is not a necessity, Beyies would not be likely to HayBit screens W. F. Howard.... -3t,G. T. Walker SEF (o Dale (: oy Bild. W. Fonda.................... otal ys ck eee Renate poe ETT Ate FL OLAL ca Ms tren Faget he th oy 17 2S The Howard team won by 26 points. After the match the vanquished side escorted their victors to an up-lown hotel, where all partook of an elegant supper. Coxiin’s GALLEKY.—The Amateur Prize shooling match ended Feb. 28th. It commenced January 10th, and was liberally patroaized by most all of the amateur indoor rifle- men of this city. The well known names of the crack shots of the gallery do not appear in the list of winners, as they were all ‘‘barred out,” and termed experts. The conditions of the contest were ten shots; rifle, 22 cal., off- hand; 110 feet, at ready measurement targets, by which a string of shots can be measured from center of shot to the center of bullseye to the fractional part of an inch, The total number of competitors was about 100. The follow- ing gentlemen are winners'of prizes; their scores are the measurement of the ten shots:— Names. Inches) Names, Frederick Keasler.....,.... T4/W. H. Smith...-....., As J.D. Cheever....,--...s... 8 3-16) W. Klein... M, B. Envel........-..-.-. IR: Brown Walter Campbell........-. 8 /L-G. Bruce.,....-...1+... Thomas WildS,......---++- 8 Winners.of Minor Prizes, ‘ird 8 15-i; Numes. Inches, glnB. Thurston .,...-...:. 1g 10 . 10 5-76/6 P. Fenning.. .. 10 7-16) '. at A. G. Hellwig... 0 1da1b| A. Keltz. 22.222. fata hanes, . The first competition forthe. Amateut's Badge took place at Conlin’s Gallery last Monday evening, March 51h. The badge is a gold one, beautifully designed and made’by Wim. Hayes, of Newark, N. J. Itistobe won three time, not necessarily conseculively. All those who have made bet- ter scores (hun 46 out of a possible 50, or winners of gold badges or first prizes, are “barred” from entering the com- pelitions. ‘The conditions are as follows; 10, shots; rifle, .22-cal,; offhand: range, 110 feet; 200 yards Wimbledon target reduced for the distance; Creedmoor rules to govern the match; entrauée fee, fifty cents. ‘The following are the hest scores: L. C* Bruce winning the badge, Neste. Potul,| Nume- ; ae GS BrOCS-. ese caver ee et dd[W By, Hewitt, .....--...s--00- ese 26 M. L. Ripgs.-....- vines se4T| Homer Lees........ 4. P, Fennihg..... banter OB, Fe Bocuse ‘hos, Wides... -,-+ di) MeDowle nite ast «2 : eu eae BAone BU] 2) C. Boone......-.+- A. EB? long. 189, We) BY RPLE.)2. MB. Bugle. A ‘d, eer) pa see eae 3 X r . . + SPP 47. oes 26 B.S. Brown... Perrone iererirs 38 Gq. AMIBTAB ys esese es vw epeawes! ‘| iF: ‘Dominton RIFLE Association.—At the Dominion Rifle Association annual meeting held at Ottawa, Ontario, March ist, the report 1ead shows that $13,000 were ex- pended in iifle competition during the year. Twenty- seven associations affiliated during the year. The Presi dent read a letter from Lord Warucliffe accepting the Do- minion Challenge Trophy, presented by the Association to the National Rifle Association. The Dominion Govern- ment will give gold medals to the members of the Kolapore team of 1877. The election of officers was held and the meeting adjourned for a week to allow the Committee time to revise the rules. Game Bag and Gun. GAME IN SEASON IN MARCH. Hares, brown and gray. Wild duck, geese, brant, &c. Docks ow Lone Istanp.—The ducks came into Shinne- cock Bay last Friday, and brother Lane telegraphed the news lo the city, whereupon the gunners who had slept on their arms for some days past set out instanter, and we understand had excellent success. —Since the ice disappeared the tributaries of the Chesa- peake Bay (Md ) have been full of wild ducks. —A well-known physician of this city, now in his sixtieth year, has been haying seme fine shooting lately in Georgia, where forty-nine quail and one hare dropped to his gun on one-day. Massacuusnrrs— Cohassett, March 1st, 1877.—Our season forspring shooting justcommencing. First ducks shot this week—shelldrake and dippers. A large eagle was shot here lately, measuring over seven feet, an off-hand shot at 225 yards, with a Frank Wesson 82, by » young man only seventeen. 8. K, Ir Minnesora—Wobles County, Feb. 28t.—Captain Du- caigne, a bibliopole from Porkopolis, desiring better air than that in a sooty town, went to the northwest and finally selected a homestead and shooting box in Nobles county, Minnesota, to which he makes semi occasional pilgrimages. This county, containing many lakes, 178 miles southward from St. Paul, has within its borders the highest lund in the State. Sometimes this region can supply a few ‘‘grass- hoppers,” while of othersorts uf game common to a prairie State it furnishes an unstinted variety. D.says in arecent note, that “a large, grey prairie wolf, was caught two weeks since, rear Worthington, by Mr. Brant. He heard of the lupine gentleman, and succeeded in nabbing him with a ten pound trap. There is a bounty of $3 on each wolf, which, with tle skin, will make the animal net Mr. B. about $5. So farthis winter the same man has caught nine foxes. In this part of Miunesota appearances indicate an early spring. ‘The eagles at Graham Lakes have ulready commenced to build their nests.” —— ee DEER HUNTING IN WEST VIRGINIA, Mooreriecp, Hardy Co., W. Va., March 1st. Epitor Forest AND STREAM:— I wish that space in your valuable columns would per- mit metoset forth sume of the attractions which the Mooretield Valley, W. Va., offers to those seeking sport at deer hunting. Perhaps some of your readers are familiar with Porte Crayon's descriptions of it, Itis the ‘‘gaiden spot of the old Dominicn’s virgin daughter, In December last I was the favored guest of Hanypton Hider, Esq., of this yalley, and to his hospitality, his hounds and horses, [am indebted for a mionth’s pleasure and sport. Atthe northern end of the yalley the south branch of the Potomac finds an exit between two lofty mountains, formiug a miniature cation for a distance of five miles. Ju this “Trough,” as it is called, are situated the deer stands. The most famous is the *‘Sycamore,” which takes its name from an old sycamore stump, now used as a seat for the watcher. I feel coufident in saying that there is no other spot in America upon which as many deer have died: The 1iver here is about eighty yards wide; above the stump there is a a beautiful cascade, and below a riffle; back of it there is a gap in the mountain down which the deer come to reach the river, the moun- tain being loo steep at most other points. ‘The hounds are started across the mountain, severa! miles distant, and tarely fail Lo bring their game to water. I have known as many as eleven deer to be killed at the Sycamore in one hunt, and itis nothing uncommon to kill from three to five. I had the good luck to knock over a buck and doe in one morning, not twenty yards apart. The Sycamore is used ty the bears a8 a crossing point in winter. Nine crossed in two days during our Christmas snow storm. Unluckily no one was there, and so they only left their tracks with us. The hounds oi this region ure descended from stock imported when the people were in betler cireumstances, and arc fine specimens of the hound species. Mr. Hider's syp Bashful, is known throughout the whole valley, and well she deserves her reputation, fora fleeter or more saga- cious deer dog never put footto ground, No spot the hunter ever dreamed of could afford him a prettier shot than the Sycamore. He may see the noble buck as he comes bounding down the gap and hear the deep-mouthed dogs. What a sight! _What—music! forthe hunter! The deer generally stop atthe river’s edge, but, if let alone, they plunge into the river and swim down or across,so the hunter may choose his slot, running, standing, or swim- ming, as he fancies. Whenihe deer are not in season the lover of hounds may still find good sport in fox-hunting, Yes, as good as old England affords, except that the country isn’t open enokeh for fast riding. Sraall game abounds in great quantities. SYCAMORE. i Sincunar CAPruRE ow Daer.—A California correspond- ent, T. H. E., of Nicasio, sends us the following: “On Saturday last, as the passenger train was passing near Olema, it came suddenly upon tliree deer, a buck and two does. The latter made their escape, but the buck jumped up a bank where he became bewildered, and sprang against the express car witli force enough to break the door and his own back.” i oil 71 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN GUNS, New York, Feb, 28th, 4877. Epirorn Forest anp Stream:— Your correspondent, ‘Forty Five,” in the issue of Feb. 22d, is, | think, rather disposed to be harsh, at tlie same time not being abie to say anything against American guns. He did say «a great deal in praise of English guns in his Centennial article, but bad nota word to say about home manufacturers, When this omission was made ap- parent to him, he for the first time avows his intention of saying something about “‘our guns,” and begins an effort to run down the Remington gun, but the gentleman is so 1 frank, that- he can say nothing worse than thut Messrs. Remington make a good gun for $45, which he seems Lo think is criminal and unfair to English makers. For the > fact that they do make a good gun for $45, I can vouch, 1 having shot one for several years, and so fur as shooting is concerned, it can not be beaten. The locks are equal to any [ever saw, and the barrels (cylinder) are as guod as any in the market. These are the only re | essentials in a fun, everything else can be obtained by those who want “a beauty,” and are willing to pay for it, Remington's make a pretty gunfor 75, but 1 do not believe it shoots any better than the $45. As for the Parker ahd other home made guns, I believe them to be good and equal to imported guns costing twice as much, Some prefer one action, and come another, but this isa mere matter of taste, they all du their duty, aud the matter is boiled down to the chief requirements of a good gun, the inside finish of the barre!s, and good locks; qualities claimed and justly so too, by the Remington's. Mr. Ilepburn is an entire strangerio me, but | must fully indorse.all that he said about ‘‘Porty Five's” ignoring Ani- etican guns m his Centennial article. 1, with my $45 Renington, killed a quail nearly 80 yardo distant, and have made many other good shots. The gentleman can have my address by calling at the office of FOREST AND STREAM, A. b. B. [We fear that our correspondentin his zeal is rather over duingthething. He surely would not have our readers believe that the decarbonized steel barrels on a $45 gun are as good us laminated or Damascus, and yet he says plainly thal they are as good as any in the market.—Ep | Curtrous GunNING AcciIpDENT —A correspondent sends us the following particulars of a very remarkable accident which occurred to a friend of his while shooting im Maine:— ‘Mr. §. P, had a Steven's breech-loader, with which he was trying to shoot some birds. His shell was one of Union Metalic Cartridge Co.’s make. The cap, or primer, was aconmon G D. cap. The shell had ween Joaded about four weeks and expoced to wet. Itis not certain what make of powder was being u-ed, but my friend think: it was made in Maine. He struck the cap with the ham- mer three times aud as it did not explode, he opeved the breech of the gun, took ont the shell, turned it up to look at the cap, When it ‘went off,’ the charge going into the ground. The shell broke his cheek bone and tore the flesh tp to the corner of his eye, and has not been seen since, ‘The question is was this an improper use of ammutilion, or was there a defect in the material? Or on account of wet did the thing ‘hang fire?’ Will some one rise and ex- plain? 1f the Forest AND STREAM cannot answer, it must be a case amoug the lost arts.” It would be desirable to know whether the injured party heard anything likea snap from the cup. We are inclined to think that the powder nearest the cap had become damp and burned for an instant slowly until the fire reached the dry powder, when the explosion occurred, _————q“e— PIGEON MATCHES. —_—— PHILADELPHIA, March ist, 1877, Eprrok Forust AND STREAM:— Haying witnessed the pigeon match at the New Hunting Park, I fully indorse your report respecting the arrange- ments under which it was conducted, and | was surprised that Mr. Bogardus participated in it, after being subjected, ag the shooters were, to the continuous annoyances and difficulties by the promiscuous crowd, There was anoiher feature ubout the match, which, to my mind, rendered it anything else than a fair test of skill. Lallude to the Jati- tude allowed in the use of guns and of powder. Without in any way retracting from the reputation of Mr. Bogardus, ] am constrained Lo state that the best score made was by Richard Wood of Lazaretto, He used a No, 10 Scott gun,-and but four druchms of powder, and killed all of his birds outright, while a large majority of the birds shot by tae rest, who used from one-hulf to thiee- fourths move powder than he did, were crippled (lige numbers of them only wings broken), and were guthereti with difficulty in many cases. This, to my mind, proves that Mr. Wood covered his birds fully, while a great many of the others secured theirs by mere chunce, and I think he is entitled to the credit of having done” the best shout- ing. This is the opinion of a great many gentleman, who have no more personal interest in the matter than I have. I should like to have your opinion on the merits of this question, for it seems Lo me there can be no real and fair test except under uniform conditions. A great many of the birds, especially the second day, could not have been killed outright with four drachms of powder waless Sully covered. Will you please give your readers the benelits und: judg- ment as to what constitutes.a fair natch? Yours, respectfully, M. [A fair match is one in which the prescribed conditions are fully complied with, and whatever might be the rela- tive merits of the shooters or their guus, when birds were fairly gathered within the boundaries, they were as rightly eredited as though they had been killed within ten feet of the trap. We observed, on the first day, a large number of wing-broken birds, and have no besitation in stating our conviction that the shooting of tame pigeons from ground traps entails a needless amount of cruelty aud suffering, and should either be doue away with entirely or the use of the second barrel permitted, that the bird might be put outof his misery. With plunge jtraps and wild a hirds it is quite different, and the number of wing broken birds is comparatively small, With regard to Capt. Bo- wardus inthe late match, we fancy that the dimensions of his gun (his Scoft 10-bore) were very similar to those of Mr. Wood's, and it was remarked by us and a number of ‘others that from the report, he appeared to be shooting ‘but very little powder. Mr. Wood certainly killed his ‘birds in as clever and neat a styleas we ever saw in a match. As regards the “cannons” and canister loads of powder used by some of the contestants, we consider it ‘a practice as obsolete and old-fashioned as the system of ‘depletion is in the medical practice; and it is onr belief Yhat if some of the old time shooters would try modern guns, they would find that a pigeon can be killed as easily with four drachme of powder as he can with eight. Indeed, in England and on the Continent, where there are as fine shots as in this country, seven pounds, or seven and a half, is the average weight of the gun used in shooting pifeon matches, and three and a half drachms of powder the charge.— Eb. ] ——_—_—<—— oe >—_—_———" Gart, BocArvus’ New Trap,—Capt. Bogardus has in- vented a trap for throwing glass balls which affords excel- lent practice and promises to become the most popular substitute for pigeon shooting. Its best quality is its cheap- ness, the great dificulty with most other traps and gyros being their cost, which places them beyond the reach of most individual spertsmen, Capt. Bogardus gives an ex- hibition shoot at the Hippodrome this week, when he will break a thousand gluss balls in two hours and forty min- wies. ‘The lraps ave advertised in another column. The Aennel. For Fovest and Stream, DOGS—NO. 4 It must be at least forty-five yeurs ago, that an emigrant vessel, bound to Quebec, was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland; I thinkin the vicinity of Carbonear. It was lute in the fall, and after a stormy night a fisherman rose carly to ascertain what waifs the Storm King might have brought him. In the course of his scarch along the beach, accompanied by his faithful dog, he discovered a mass of human beings huddled together ona ledge of rocks, Fome distance from the land, deep water intervening, with a heavy sea in which no boat could live, He lost no time in alarming lis neighbors, who soon mustered in force, and held a counes! of wur as to the means to be adopted to Save the unfortunates from certain death, as unless speedily rescued they must perish from cold and starvation. The dog was fortunately thought of; hawsers aud cod lines were speedily procured—the latter to fasten around the dog’s neck. ‘Lhe sagacious auimul fully understood his master’s wishes, and, after great difficulty, he reached the rocks, and Was soon relieved of the cod-line, which being fattened to asmall rope, and that again to a stont bawser, which the shipwrecked men hauled across the channel, a safe means of communication was speedily established, and seventy- five men, women and children, rescued from certain death. The vessel had struck, towards morning, on the outside of ihe ledge, when the tide was falling, hence the safety of those who escaped; but had they not been resctied in time, the greater part would probably have been washed cff as the lide rose. A great number ot persons perished, but T cannot, after the lapse of so many years, remember all the particulars. A son of one of the partners in the great Newfoundland house of Brooking & Co., related what I have stated above, he baying, with much dilficulty, become the owner of the dov Hero; that 1 think was the name, He offered five peunds at first; and fiually fifteen bright sovereigns, equal to seventy-five dollars, tempted the fisherman to part wilh his dey, a splendid auimal, and a great favorite with his new master, who would not have parted with him for ten times the amount he paid. Touce kuew a farmer, who being a great sportsman, succeeded in training a Newfoundland dog to hunt as well as lus spaniel, which was an excellent sporting dog, I also remember a friend of mine in Bouthampton, Eng- Jand, laying one who was trained to go tothe baker’s every morning for hot rolls for breakfast. They were a numer- ous family, and often had friends staying there, conse- quently the number required varied occasionally. ‘The seryaot would count the pence before the dog, place them in the basket with the napkins, and give it to Hector, who proceeded to the baker’s, and waicbed the number of rolls given as carefully as the servant would have done, ‘The baker often put one Jess to test the dog’s sagacity, but in vain; he would grow] and refuse to take the basket until he had the right number. This he did for many years. In the sutumer of 1840, | went from London to Perry Grove, in the Forest of Dean, Lo see Carlo’s mistress, who wus seriously ill. J traveled by the then favorite and fast coach Quicksilver, occupying, as I always did, the much coveted vox-seat, which was by the side of the coachman, who always liked that seat to be occupied by one who had some knowledge of driying. On nearing the village of Maidenhead, my friend coachy requested me to hold the ribbuns—reins—while he got a private letter bag ready tor delivery. Aud now, sir, said.the Knight of the Whip, ‘ust notice to whom I deliver this bag.” A short dis- tance further 1 saw «a large Newfoundland dog quietly awaiting our arrival. Withoutstopping, or even checking our speed, the bag was thrown to the dog, who seized it at once, and darted off along acress country road. Our driver then informed me that the owner of the dog was a lurve landed proptietor, whose estate was situated about three miles off the highroad, and that the animal was trained when young to meet the coach, which he had never failed to do for several years, thus saving the time of a servant. The bag contained the London morning papers, atc,, which, if sent by mail, would only be received the fol- lowing day, The driver of the Quicksilver, whose nume I have for- gultico, had been a guard in his youtyer days on the Ports- mouth road, and related numerous anecdotes of met-of- Wurs-men traveling to London from and to the great naval depot, the following among the number. On one oceasion, y Admiral Digby was the only inside passenger for London, but the coach had its full compliment outside—a Warrant Officer among tlie number, who had just returned from a a foreign station—a very respectable and well behaved man. Te was very sleepy, and the guard feared be would fall off, or, as Jack expresses it, overboard, He, thete- fore, told him that the landlord of the next inn at which they stopped was one of the proprietors of the coach, and avery kind, gond-hearted man. He would, therefore, ad- vise him to ask the landlord to join ina glass of brandy and water, and then request that he would tell the coach man io put him inside. The plan succeeded, and the Warrant Officer, taking his seat opposite the Admiral, soon fell into a sound sleep, and snored most lustily to the great annoyance of his superior officer, who finally put his head out of the window, calling on coachy to stop, He then re- monsttated with both guard aud driver, stating that a man who did not pay inside fare had no business there, ‘The coachman told the Admiral he had followed orders, the man not having been placed there on his own responsi- bility. But in vain the Admiral insisted on his returning to his outside seat, and no wonder, as his nasal powers were, to use our informants own words, “more like a fog horn than anything he had ever heard in the snoring linet The Warrant Officer returned to the outside, but hac his revenge, The Admiral had stated that he could not sleep on account of his fellow travelers snoring, and the Jatter hit upon a plan quite as effective to keep him awake, In- stead of resuming his seat he got on the roof of the coach, and seating himself on the luggage he began to hum a tune, and beat time on the roof with his walking cane. This soon awoke the Admiral, who again popped hus head out to call on him todesist. ‘Keep inside, sir! You have not paid for an outside berth,” with @ gentle pat on the head with his cane, was the ready rejoinder, and in this way he tormented his superior officer during the rest of the night, no remonstrance on the part Of the guard and coachman having the slightest effect. iit aos keep watch on deck, he shall keep watch in the cabiu!” was his reply. Being a dark night, Admiral Digby had mo oppor tunity of ascertaining who his persecutor Was, as the Warrant Officer ieft the coach in the outskirts of London. Arrived at the Spread Eagle, Grace Church street, the Admiral proceeded to the coach office to complain to Mr, Edwards, the landlord, who was also one of the coach pro- prietors. Both guard and coachman were summoned, and severely admonished—eyen threatened with dismissal— their previous good character alone saving them. I was personally acquainted with the Admiral as well as Mr. Edwards, and had therefore an opportunity of ascer- taining that the facts, as related to me, were correct. if may, at some future period, relate another anecdote, which { had from the lips of the former, Puaiet VIBERT, Perce, December 10th, 1876. [Lo be continued. | —_———— = after the close of the French war, | Tie Kenne, Regiater—We mentioned in our ‘Al- swers to Correspondents” recently that pedigrees for the ‘irst volume of the Kennel Stud Book would only be re- ceived fora fortnight longer. That announcement was rather pretnature as we find that whilepreparing those now in hand others can be received and classified up to a short time before the book goes to press. Owners of stud dogs of acknowledged merit can have the portraits of their dogs inserted in the book to face the bracketed pedigree at no expenst beyond the cost of the cut. ; ats > Forest Orry Kenyun.—We had the pleasure Jast week of a visit from Mr, W. J. Farrar, of Cleveland, proprietor of the above kennel, who informs us that the well known dogs purchased by him from Dr. Goldsmith, of Vermont, are all in excellent heal'h and condition. Carrie visited Plunket on the 30th of January. Nell was served by him on February 13th, Mr. W. H, Wedsdale’s (of Birming- ham, O.,) bitch bas also been served by Plunket. — i oo Dog Porsonine.—The dog poisoners are around ngain. Many valuable animals have recently been destroyed in the vicinity of Ridzewood, Bloomfield, and Montclair, in New Jersey. The mischief is not perpetrated on any one class of dogs, and is attributed to ‘‘pure cussedness” on the part of some one, TS a a —Mr. C, 8. Keller, of Washington, D, C,, writes us that his setter bitch Mollie, whelped on Sunday, the 25th ulto., seven puppies to Gen. Beale’s imported red Trish setter Rock, four dogs and three bitches, and he claims the fol- lowing names for four of them, viz Ponce Maria, Huron, Hector, Danny Man, all fawn and white. os DIsTEMPER InN MaryLanp,—Mr. Chas. 1. Coffin, ina letter from Muirkirk, Prince Georges county, dated March 4th, says:— “Distemper seems to he very fatal all over the coniity. My white and orange setter pup Snow, bred by Mr. W. Jones, Wilmington, Del., died of it about ten days ago. Mr, Odiorne’s pointer bithes Snap and Ginger each lost a litter of pups from it, or (he extreme cold, in January, and last week his black pointer bitch Snap died from the ef- fects of distemper. She was bred by me, being out of my black bitch Meg, and was a fine dog in the field. So far the litter of orange and white pups are coming on nicely, and we hope that they will escape the disease.” i —Mr. H. B, Northceott’s black and tan bitch Wrag, has visited Rapp at the Forest City Kennel, Cleveland, 0, SEMALISON BEGORRAH. . i ne det Mr. Dieffenderffer’s Beas. Plunket. SS 7 Oe nh Dr. Strachan’s Belle, Saltus’ Dash. Mactdona's Grouse, flon. D. Plunket's Imported from the § ———-——+~—- ——_-— - Beauty. Duke of Deyon- Saltus' Frisk. Robinson's Lucy. Hotchinson'’s_ —-——— ae shire’s kennel. =.—-——+-——— Jack. ——+—— Bob. Hebe. Birtwhistle’s Tim. Saltus’ Dock, Hinckle’s ——+—— Birtwhistle’s ——-——-— -— 7a = og. Palmer's Potnam'’s Tim. Quail. Dash, Nora. Hon. D. Pinnk- Belle. Dan. et's Royer. Begorrah is a red and white Irleh setter dog. born May, 1876. Bred by Mr, Nicholaa Salius, Brooklyn. Owned by Mr.P. Noel, New York. He ia a deep red and white on breaat and toes; his head is narrow, forehead; his ears a good length, well set on back of the head; eyes, black; nose, black; strong loins, well bent; stern carried slightly up; coat rather barsh and thick ing in the yery decp; CounTEss.—Mr. Dilley writes us from Lake City, Min,, on Feb. 26th, 1877, as follows:— “Mr, R. H. Gillespie having shown prior claim to the name of QGountess, 1 cheerfully surrender my right to it, and my apology to him for making the claim is that my bitch was whelped and named in February, 1876; that I had not noticed bis claim in the Chicago Meld of the date November 4th, 1876. Although I did not make claim until December 30th, I now claim instead for her, the name of “Minnesota,” Please make the necessary alteration in your Kennel Register, ‘Saumcutique.”” 8. B. Dilley. pe ee —Mr. Chas. Riley, of Albany, N. Y., claims the name of Rip for his red Irish setter whelped in July, 1876, and got by Tuckerman’s Don out of Gibson's Pearl. + oo —Our cut this week is an excellent portrait of Mr, Noel’s fine red dog Begorrah by Plunket, winden chee —A fine Newfoundland dog is advertised for sale in nn- other column. ee —Mr. C. L. Austin's (of Boston) black pointer bitch Belle recently whelped fourteen puppies by the Westmin- ster Kennel Club's dog Sensation. Unfortunately the bitch whelped a few days before her time and the pup- pies not having their natural nourishment all died, In color they were lemon and white, black, and liver and white. This raises the question whether a cross between a lemon and white dog and a black bitch will produce pup- pies of natural (7. é uot transmitted) liver color. —A harrier bitch is advertised for sale in another col? wmn. For the edification of the uninitiated we would say { the harrier is a species of hound, im point of size be 4 _ §een the fox-hound and the beagle, _i——— _ Sea Bass, Sciwnops ocellatua, : eae eo Sea and Biver Hishing. FISH IN SEASON IN MARCH. SOUTHERN WATERS i Pompzno, Zrachynolus carolinus, Grouper, Hpinephelpus nigritus. hares epecies. Family Seizen- Trout (black bass) Centropistria at- ide. rarius. Kinglish, Mentlicirrus netulosus. ships bass or Rockfish, Roceur TEQEUS, Sheepshead, Ayciesargus prodvalo- Twilorfish, Pomatomue saltairix. Black Bass, Micropierus saimoides; A. nigricans. CEPI Us - Snapper, Ludjanus carr. ; os Fish iy Marxer.—Our fish market continues to be abun- dantly supplied, and good church people who adhere tena- ciously te the customs of Lent can tind no fault either with variety or prices. We quote:—Striped bass 18 to 25 cents per pound; smelts, 15 to 20 cents; bluefish, 15 cents; salmon (frozen), 30 cents; shad (southern), 50 cents each; mackerel, 30 cents; white perch, 15 cents; Spanish mackerel 59 cents; green turtle, 20 cents; terrapin, $15 per dozen; frostlish, 7 ceuts per pound; halibut, 15 cents; haddock, 7 cents; cod: fish, 8 cenis; blucktish, 15 cents; herrings, G cents; floun- ders, 18 cents; sea bass, 20 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 cents; sheepshead, 15 cents; turbott, 18 cents; scoliops, $1.50 per gallon; whitefish, 20 cents per pound; pickerel, 18 cents; sunfish, 10 cents; yellow perch, 6 cents; salmon trout, 15 cents; hard shell crabs, $4.00 per 100. —The moderate weather has set to work the Chesapeake fishermen in prepaiing their seines and repairing their boats, in anticipation of an early run of herring up the Susquehanna, which sometimes begins in March. —Now is the time to impale the toothsome (?) sucker as he buds upon the willows and alders which skirt the river's bank. ARTIFICIAL Fiims.—We beg to refer any of our readers. who wish to learn the art of dressing artificial flies, to a very competent instructor, Mr. John Haily, 320 Henry street, this city, (see advertisement elsewhere). Mr, Haily has often been summoned to places far distant by person who had heard of his skill, and wished to avail themselves thereof. Vermont—Ferrisburgh.—March has come in like a lamb, aud is maugurated by a perfect spring day. Our four feet of snow are dwindhng perceptibly, and the sleighing is almost gone. Weare anxiously waiting for spring fsh- ing. R. A. M. : EW YorK—Lake George, Warren Co,—The fishing at K New ¥ Lake @ We 0o.—The fishing this seuson of the year is good. ‘The kinds taken now, are confined by law, (which law is often trespassed upon) to perch, pickerel, and a few other kinds that now and then take ihe bait used, On the 1st of March this law will per- mit the taking of all kinds. There will be hundreds of pounds taken daily while the ice lasts, I have taken, by being out before sun rise in the morning, and just at sun set, since the 3lst day of January, 64 dozen*of perch. These fish are ihe finest flavored fish that swims. On pleasant days the grounds frequented by these fish are dotted with people sitting over the holes cut in ne meee 8. MOVEMENTS OF THE Fisuiye Freer.—The Georges fleet are a Week or ten days later in returning from their first trips than last year, wad although they have had excellent weather for fishing, bring in small fares. Forty four ar- rivals have been reported the past week, landing about 1,000,000 pounds codfish and 130,000 pounds halibut. old stock of Georges fish are nearly closed out, and the prospect is that there will be a good call for new as soon asin marketable condition, though buyers anticipate a slight decline in price, The Grand Bank arrivals for the week number three, bringing 190,000 pounds halibut, and five herring cargoes haye been received from Newfound- Jand and four trom Grand Menan. ‘Total number of fish- ing arrivals for the week fifty-six. The shore fishermen luave met with moderate success, and fair prices have been realized for their catch.—Cape Ann Advertiser, March 2d, a 4 CHUB FISHING IN VIRGINIA Ep1ror FOREST AND STREAM :— -I have a controversy with a very dear friend, involving a question of sportmanship. I think lam right, and he is wrong; but he heeds not my logic, and, therefore, I ap- peal the case 10 the Bupremeé ‘Vribunonl of Fores, anp STREAM. Here is my brief: Mzy it please Your Honors, the delinquent in this case is instinct in every fibre of his body and every emotion of his soul with the true spirit of agenuine sportsman. More the pity and the greater the penalty; but the object of this complaint is not punishment, but reformation, In tide-water Virginia, there are a great many mill- pouds, in many causes covering hundreds of acres of land, ied by smull streams, which fiow through level and sandy districts, therefore rarely riled, and consequently are favorite and favorable habitats for the finney tribe. The southern chub (Grysies Nigricdéns) ot the Smithsouian Insti- tution and Oswego bass of Seth Green, is the predominant fish of these waters, where it is very oumerous, and frequently attains the weight of ten to twelve pounds This fish is esteemed by the natives as among the best they have fur the table. This fuct, no doubt, the de- linquent will urge in extenuation of his fault. He asserts, that the streak or fat and streak of lean, which pervade the body of this fish, constitute it a morsel more delicious than any ever tasted by the Olympian Deities—especially when eoudimented and roasted by his artistic hand. It is the habit of the native anglers to cut large trees into the ponds—around and in which the chub are went to cougregate—in part from the habit they have in common with hogs, of rubbing against logs, and in part fer protec- tion—a coign of yantuge—to which they retreat in case of danger, for they are foul fighters, and as soon as they feel the steel will strike below the belt, or resort to any un- gumely device for deliverance and safety. Consequently, only yery strong tackle is adequate to their capture, This usually consists of a rod, stifi as a fence-rail, and as tough #8 & White-oule withe, a. Tine a8 strong ala plough-line, and - ash e . The - STREAM. | a hook made of thelink of alog-chsin. With this outfit, the natives—and in this category none is a grosser offender than the delinquent at the bar—takes a small boat, creeps eauliously along to the felled trees, and with a lurge float and heavy sinkers, strives to insinuate his hook with alive fiye-inch dace on it, between the limbs and brush of the fallen tree. If the minnow goes down and is not speedily struck by afish, it quickly raps itself and the line around a limb, and then there is the deil to pay with a hung hook. If the chub strikes the bait there comes a pure contest of physical force between the beast in the water and the man in the boat as to which shall dislodge the other, And this, we are told, is sport, But if the question of sport be thrown aside altogether, and pot only considered, there might be some possible ex- cuse for this barbarous procedure, for I have snuffed the savors of that famous dish @ la mode King William, and can bear cheerful testimony to its appetizing properties. But the pot has its limits, which are easily delined and under- stood, And then, too, there might be some palliation, if this region afforded no other sport for the rod. But just here, we meet the intensest aggravation of the enormity ef this ofiender. His own residence is midway the narrowest point of a narrow peninsula, between two fine streams for rock or striped bass, and from the top of his house Seth Green could cast a fly into either river, Anu what is more, liis own land rans down to and into one of them, embracing a magnificent sweep of that majestic water, and including a sand-bar, where, this delinquent himself con- fesses, the rock delight to school, till murdered by nets or trot-lines, And yet this professed sportsman never yet experienced the rapture of a rod and reel, with a tweuty pound bass at the end of hisline! Oh! judge, be merciful in your judgment! But eyen this is not all, badas itis. If there were no rock or bass in the waters at his door, you have only to take the map of Virginia and see what streams are within his reach, From the Potomac to the James—a distance of not more than forty miles as the crow flies—there is a suc- cession of narrow peninsulas, hugged by lovely tidal streams, resplendent with striped bass. First, the *‘northern neck” between the Potomac and Rappahaunock, Next, the still narrower peninsula between the Rappahannock and ihe Piarkitank; then the tributaries of Mob Jack Bay and the rivers of Glocester—all mere arms of the Chesapeake —abounding in fish, and especially the rock bass, as game as the Salmo-Salar itself. Next comes the historical peninsula of the York and the James—two oceanic streams —and all wilhin half a day’s ride of this terrible delinquent, -who fancies he can pass with the world as an artistic angler by never tackling a rock, but prowling around mull ponds, and from the midst of logs and brush dragging out the lubberly chub by main force, Dispense justice with merey, O judge! PISCA'TOR. [JUDGMENT OF THE COURT. | The Court confesses its astonishment at hearing that any person, calling himself a sportsman, and being within teach of striped bass or rock, never knew the exquisite delight of capturing one of those gamest of fish with rod and reel. ‘here must be some mistake jn this allegation, and in the full confidence of a satisfactory eclaircjssement, the Court will await the response of the defendant. As to the alleged mode ot capturing chub, that of course cannot be reconciled to any of the laws and usages known to artistic anglers. lt can be only considered in reference to “pot:” and how far its merits i that respect may excuse a departure from the strict letter of the law, is a matter worthy of calm inquiry and grave consideration, The Court does not hesitate to own to a weakness for ‘‘pot.” The Court therefore contents itself for the present with an INTERLOCUTORY DECREE, In the words and figures followiug, to wit: Ordered aud deerced that the defendant, in this case, shall on the ist day of April next, meet the Court and the complaimant at Sweet Hall Station, York River Railroad, King William county, Virginia; thenee repair to Lee’s mill pond, and then and there in the view of the Court Capture at least three club, weighing seven pounds each, and forthwith proceed to condiment and cook said fish a la mode King Wellium, in order that all the senses of the Court may be fully and duly illuminated as to the vaunted virtues of tis much mooted dish — {licet/ | dlew Publications. —_ Laws AND Practicr of Euchre. We haye received [rom the puolishers, Messra, T, B. Peterson & Co., Philadelphia, a neat little volume with the above title, and woich con- tains in addition ‘he I,aws and Rules for Playing Draw Poker,” It is comprehensive and compact, and will prove a handy book of reference iu cases of disputed points. Tue Taext—Book or MinrraLtoay. By Professor BE. 8. Dana, of New Hayen, RoTHERHAM'S CRITICALLY EMPHASIZED New TESTAMENT. Anew and reyised edition, prepared by Bayster & Sons. GRAPHicaL Statics, Dy Professor“A. Jay Du Bois, of Lehigh University. TnobworY oF TRANSVERSE STRAINS AND THEIR APPLICATION to Roors aND Truss#s. By R. G. Hatfield, author of ‘American House Curpenter..’ New York. John Wiley & Sons. The above works are all now in press and willappearin the course of the present month, Professor Dana‘s Text-book will, it is thought, completely coyer the field of investigation in mineralogy, without going into minute details. The author takes a very extended view of his sub- ject, and eutera into the latest discoveries, comprising Determinative Mineralozy and Crystallography. he latteris treate@ more in detail than auy of the others, ‘he anthor’s design is to lay before students the guiding principles of the science and the most recent additions ta it, and thus to furmsh a guide to thorough and indeperdent research. The work will be an octavo of almost five hundred pages, and_will con- lain eight hundred wood cuts and a colored plate, It will be published at $5. Bageter’s Rotherham is designed to clear up obscnré passages, and will be of great value to theologians and students. The firstedition of Professor Du Bois’ “Graphical Statics” having been adopted by most of the leadiwg scientific schools, the new edition will probably be in more greater demand. Thesame author has now in preparation a translation from the second yolome of Weisbath’s Hagin—- eering of the Theory of Hydraulies, Hydraulic Motors, aud the steam engine, intended as 4 text book and companion to Mr. Coxe’s able translation from the first volume, =~ Mr, Hatfield's work will contain new tables of strains and resistance of ‘material, and is designed to sesist the non-professional architect and stndent, Tho suihor thinks that in theap days of accident and disaster, 13 a thorough understanding of the subject of which he treats cannot be too stongly insisted on, The Mesers, Wiley's also publish the works of John Ruskin, which may be had either in sets or separately. They arein three styles, in cloth in cloths with plates, and Malf calf with platea, We bave before us bis “Mornings in Florence,” # book which fairly iilustrates the trenchant style and deep insight of the great English critic and leciurer. 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PARKLING, rippling, glancing along, Hiding thy face the sweet pragses among, Foaming o'er pebbles halting thy sweep In darkling pellucidness sofily to sleep, Parling through meadows, ‘mid alder and boz— What are thy treasures? O fair Covinchaug! Dost bid me reveal them? Alack thou'rt unkind, Thou ever wer’t fickle and mem'ry dost mind ‘That tho’ thon hast jewels resplendent and rare, Thou giy’st them not forth to all who would dare. Yet fain would I test thee thou miserly elf, And pluck from thy bozom ench portion of pelf As weil would bedeck me, yet leave in thy store Enongh—and enongh is plenty, no more. So will I try thee, and thou, placid pool, Vield me first answer in depths clear aod cool. Dost trifle? Pray where from thy matchless parure Such a bubble did’st pInck; a rare Kohinoor Thou'st sent to my cast in yon sud-eyed lout, Bespeckled? I grant thee; belegged all about, With # house on his back anda eneer on bis fuce, Bewrinkled and sallow, beieft of all grace, A beggar in armor—-but ne’er with the myrtle Dost thou crown as King the vagabond turtle! Tauntingly ripples thy current along, Telling the birches in thy song, Whixp'ring low to chestnut and pine, Buthing the fallen oak tree’s chine; 0 mocking river well dost thou proye Faithful to treasures thou truly dost love. Yet will I try thee with more patients skill Wor minnow nor red-fin can conqner the will Thow testest so sorely; each obstacle bends But more strongly intent thou makest amenda, IT know that the years since thou last met my eyes Have robbed thee of many a coveted prize; Haye tuken perchauce all thy gold, and in place Left nothing but farthing like turtles and dace; Rethink me, yon low-bendiug willow, whose crest Dost dip thee a curt'sy more deep than the rest, Whose roots and whose brow theu dost softly embrace, Whose leaflets thou waltzed away in a race As merry as shallops a-sailing the sea, But grim, grizzled warder of thine may'st be! Uirve thee thy supple arms closer to hide ‘Th* embubbled depths thon hast made thy bride; Bravely Q willow! thou seek’st to ensnare My bonny brown hackle so dainty and rare; Gently it floata on thy bosom, O stream! Softly—a rush, and a dart, and a gleam, One moment of spectrum-like hues all attain, A tug which electrities sinew and brain; A \yhirr from the drowsing reel awakened from sleep, Ha, ha! I have hooked thee from out the dim keep Where thou hid’st thy royalty sternly apart; Sob on thou stream! for thy very beart Doth seem to be pulsing along the staunch line, The enpple rod answering each throb of thine, Quivering aud beautiful, crimson and gold, Like molten silver thon yieldest thy hold From the ¢ool sparkling waters, and gently dost lie Exhausted ut last “mid the daisies, to die. Moaning, weeping, sighing along, Hiding thy face the sweet grasses among, Fragrant spriny violets drinking thy tears, Clover and maiden-hair soothing thy fears, Wearied thou sinkest to sleep "neath yon log, And I have thy treasured, O fair Coginchang! New York, Feb. 15th, 1877. WeEpWoRTH WaADsworTH. *Coginchaug, the Indian name of a famous trout stream in Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Rird Shooting in dlissipyi. For Forest and Sireum. W* commenced the new year on a clean page, The snow lay white and untrodden as far as the eye could reach—a shroud for the old year, a robe for the new. Tn fact, there were four snows on the ground at once, the accumulated depth being full fourteen inches, This is the deepest snow-fall, in this region, within the memory of the oldest inhabitant—or any other man, As we can’t find the way to the north pole, it is working its way towards us, Sleighs were improvised, and for the first time the merry bells were heard in Oorinthian streets. While it brought gladness to the hearts of the girls and boys, it saddened the sportsman’s heart to see the destruction wrought on all kinds of game. Quails weretrapped by the hundred, and were tracked up in the snow, and shot huddled together in fence corners and by the sides of logs, by the merciless pot- hunters, Their accustomed food was buried so deeply that they could not reach it, and many perished from starvation. How any survived, through three weeks of cold and hunger, only He knows who cares for the young raven, We had the prospect for the best year for quail shooting Sik oerh but about the middle of December the weather suddenly grew extremely cold, and at Christmas the snow commenced falling, and has just now disappeared; the birds are so poor that they can scarcely fly, and it would be murder in the first degree to shoot them. But we have had some glorious days in the field, for which we thank the good Saint Hubert. Of one of these days I shall tell you. My friend W. and I started early with Don, Kate and Lou, old Nora having maternal duties to attend to could not go. Tt was just such a day as you would choose to go to a fie'd. A light rain had fallen the evening before, followed by a clear night and a glorious sunrise. It was not so cold as to keep the birds from stirring early; the air was damp enough to hold the scent, and there was a ghost of a breeze, just sufficient to carry it to the dogs noses, How gayly they romped and gamboled until we got to the first field, and they settled down to work, ‘W- took one side with Lou; Ithe other with the pointers. ‘Hie away good dogs, ” and over the fence they go, while I ride along out- side. The field was full of peas, and two full coveys raised in it. As Kate was goin? at full speed across the rows she got the wind from.a covey turned at a right angle from her course, galloped slowly a few yards, came down to a crouching trot, and I then stopped rigid and motion- less. Don saw and backed her. Dismounting, I ap- proached them trom the side next the wood, in order to make the birds fly in the opposite direction; but they were too sharp for that. When I got to within twenty yards they rose in a bunch, and came square at me. I fired “into the brown of ’em’’as ihey came on, and never fouched a bird; one rose high on the right. I tried to follow and cover him, but he swerved swiftly to the right, and I missed him full two feet. They went down in the woods among the black jack saplings, where only Jeem’s, the pious, could have made any headway shooting them. After shooting off Lrush enough to make a small fire with- out killing a bird, I blew ny whistle and retired in disgust. Meanwhile W, had struck a covey at the other side of the field, and was skirmishing away quite lively, and when wa met he had bagged cix birds. ‘‘How many have you got?” he asked. ‘‘Narry quail.” ‘‘What the deuce were you shooting at then?” ‘My dear boy, I have got so rattled that I could not hit an elephant with a métrailevse.” “You had better go home then.” ‘You be hanged, if I don't beat you to-day I'll pay for the champagne.” The next field, we went in a-foot, and passed through without find- infia bird, Just outside the dogs all came toa stand, We went up, and the birds rose; four or five crowded to- gether in flying through a hole in the hedge. I cut away at the bunch, and I dropped two; turned and winged another with the other barrel. Part of the covey rising high, flew back over W.; he put in both barrels without getting a bird. W. went back into the field after part of the covey, and I followed those that went down in the wood; they lay well in the leaves, and I got two more. A man ina field beyond, called to me, that he had flushed a large covey that went into a swale near by; there in the thick grass they lay like stones, and seven more were added to my bag. I made three consecutive double shots, bagging both birds each time. One that was winged got away, and one | missed—a plain shot—by being to confident, and conse- quently careless. W. bagged three from the part of the covey he followed. The dogs worked well together on coveys—but did not do so well on single birds—so we shot apart as much as possible. At the next field the setter ran two close on # covey and flushed. W., wishing to mark them down, ran at top speed to see them over a hit; while going at a two-twenty gait his foot was caught in a forked limb, and he got the highest, longest, and hardest fall on record, His gun went boomeranging ahead of him, and a hat full of shells were dumped trom his rear pocket, Now, W., is asort of pious man, and reads the Bible before Balzac and Boccaccio, but when he rose up and saw me leaning against a tree to keep from falling, and ready to burst with suppressed laughter, he indulged in some remarks that may have been. what some fellows calls ‘Nervous Saxon,” but it sounded to me powerfully “cussin’.”’ This covey took refuge in a four-acre briar patch, and we did not score a bird, The next field was a famous place for quail, and we had gone but ashort distance into it, the dogs all going close together at top speed. All at once they were struck stiff by “A potent gale, delicious a& the breath Of mald, to the love-pivk shepperdess On violets diffused, while goft she hears Her panting shepherd srealing to her arms.” They move grouped in a manner that seems splendid, and would have made a picture worthy the canvas of any painter. We admired the graceful attitudes of the dogs a few moments, and then walked up the birds. They were “‘huddled,”’ and whir-r-r-r, they flew, in every direc- tion, like fragments of a bursting shell. One old cock— after trying to fly into my gun muzzles—rocketed square up about twenty feet, and then went off behind me, down wind, as if he had been shot from a cannon by the time L followed him up, and over and down, and straight away he was nearly out of gun shot, but I cut away at him, and the force of the shot, together with the impetus of his flight, dashed him against a tree as if he had beea thrown atit, By the time I recovered and began to look around for another bird, they were all clean gone, W. got in two barrels and scored one bird. The others must have flown clear out of the lownship, as we saw them ‘‘never more.” It being now noon, we sat down by a brook to rest and refresh ourselyes. After slaking our thirst with a drink from the brook, we tool a small pull at our flask of ‘*Mel- wood,” and spread our lunch—some bread and pickles, hard boiled eggs, cold fo], and a couple of cylinders of deviled ham—none of the minced abominations from a tin can wilh a red *‘Bad Man” on it, with a harpoon tail— but the genuine home-made, After satisfying our appe- lites, we threw the remains of the lunch tothe dogs, lit our pipes, and proceeded to spread ourselves in the thick sedge-grass, As we lay there, in all the jully énsonctance of the true sportsman, with the bright sunlight streaming over us—our dogs at our feet—and the prospect of a glori- ous afternoon sportin storefor us. What cared we for high taxes, or short ciops, or low prices, or bankrupt no- tices, or returning boards or bulidozeis? But our pipes are out, and mounting we ride for the fields at Farmington. Quail love those tield, full of corn and peas, and sorghum, with splendid cover all around, and soon we had three coveys scattered, and marked down in the swale, below the old grave yard—but the briars and grass are very high and dense, and the dogs are not much service except to retrieve the dead and wounded—and we haye to put into service Guido’s favorite single-bird dog. A number nine boot, albeit ours is not quite up to his standard in point of size, However, we made it hot for Robert fora while, and secured a fair average of shots. We had about exhausted the birds, and I was standing waist deep in the grass, Juoking at the tall ouks above the old grave yards, thinking of the time when I had heard the sbot and shell hissing over them when Blue and Gray met here in fratricidal conflict. My musings were cut short by ‘‘Mark Crane,” from W. Now 1 will not say that he don't know a ‘Heron from a Hernshaw,” but 1 will say that he did not know a heron from 4 crane—for it was a heron—and he came slowly Hying on high in air, his broad wings lazily flapping, and his long bill standine out in front like the bowsprit of a schooner, He was coming directly over me, und | concluded to try and rattle a few shot against Lis wings. Drawing ahead of him I fired; he veered off slightly, and went on without aliering: his motions in the least, He flew on a hundred yards, wavered, beat the air rapidly, then bending down his wings, holding them perfectly rigid, he sailed slowly on lower and lower, and came to the ground three hundred yards away. It was a remarkably iong shot, one leg broken, and several shots in the body, What a bright, eagle-like eye they have; what beautifully mottled wings; what a preposterously long neck and short tail, and how admirably is that long bill suited to the pur- pose for which it was made. This was the first dead heron I ever saw, though I have seen their breeding places—— rookeries—on White river, where thousandscf young were teared. It would consume too much space to tell you of all the rest of the afternoon’s sport; of how Don and Kate, coming together through an opening in the old earth works, ran up so close on a covey that the hot scent curled Kate up like a capital GC, and knocked Don square on to his haunches; of how many coveys We scattered in the seage- grass, where not 4 bush obstructed the hissing shot, Just before sunset the dogs found the lust covey, but it was ina rough place. The last shot fired, an old cock got up between me and the sun. I tried to hold on him, but he looked as big as a turkey gobbler. I shot any way, and the last I saw of him he was steering like the Indian 78 FOREST AND STREAM. | in Hiawatha, square into the setting sun. him I would have tied W. As we rodehome wecame toa fellow who lad been into town, and had taken on a “‘leetle too much tangle foot; in fact, he was so drunk that he had to hold on to the grass to keep from rolling off; his comrade appealed to us to help him get him up on his horse. At this moment Kate came up, and the more sober of the two, looking at her, said, ‘‘Well, 1 swear that is the pootiest hound J ever saw.’ “Hound! said the slewed fellow, ‘‘Hound!” Why, you derned mutton head, that’s nd hound, it’s one of these pinting setters.” Gouyon, January, 1877, SSS. aa For Forest and Stream. CHRISTMAS WITH A LIFE-BOAT CREW. Had I bagged —, the sailing master of the yacht W—, having obtained the captaincy of the Life-boat station near Fire Island Light, wrote me saying they were having fine sport now on the bay, and that if I desired to join them for the holidays, he could acsommodate me very comfortably. Being fond of shooting, it may readily be imagined I was not long making up my mind to accept this tempting invi- tation, Accordingly, just so soon as our college duties were over, ] packed up my traps, and squared away for Bay Shore, L. 1., where I found L—— waiting for me at the depot as had been previously arranged, Tie bay was almost entirely frozen over; but the ice, liowever, was barely thick enough to support the weight of aman, J,— had brought with him one of his crew, and we three were to make the passage of seven miles to the boat-house, on this unpleasantly delicate foundation. We had for our journey, one of those boats made famous by ihe voyage of Mr. Bishop down the Mississippi, and known to the frequenters of the bays along our coast, as the ‘*Bar- negat sneak boat.” Into this little craft, 1 immediately deposited my gun and bundles. L— being the lightest of the party, fastened the end of the long ‘‘painter” around his shoulders, and armed wilh an ice spear, took the lead, the man and myself following, holding on to the rope and drayging the boat, each carrying at the same time, an oar in case He should break through the ice, We must have looked very much like a young Arctic expedition striking out for the Pole. After traveling for about five miles in this way, the ice began to grow so thin it would no longer bear us, and our boat breaking through, was the signul for all hands to jump in, L placing, himself in the bow to break the passage; we were then, however, but ashort distance to clear water. Finally, we reached the shore. After entering the boat-house L—— gaye me a general jntroduction to the crew. And here let me say, a fine set of fellows they seemed to be, looking equal to any emer- rency. L— then Jed me to the dormitory, where he showed me my berth, neatly made up with nice white linen, AsI presume all my readers have seen the model “‘Life- boat House” at the Centennial, I shall not attempt a de- scription; suflice it to say, Station No. 23 is quite equal to that in its equipments, and the neat manner in which it 18 kept. Late in the afternoon the light-house-keeper dropped in, -and signified his intention of going to the point to shoot, and asked, if the ‘tCaptain” would join him? I answered that “I would like nothing better.” We immediately set off, and had not more than comfortably settled ourselves at our station, when the ducks began to fly, Almost every flock, following the shore, passed near us, so, that fora short time, we had lively work. My Parker gun, which 1 then used for the first time, I was delighted with. The breech action is perfect and it shoots as strong, and as ac- curately as any high price English gun 1 have ever seen, Having had a hard day’s work, I retired early, and had a good night's rest notwithstanding that lwas awakened every time the watches were called. The first watch was from 8 to 11:20, the second, from 11:20 to 2:40, then from 3:40 to 6 o'clock, In each watch, aman starts from the station to meet the man from the next station; they inter- change names, and the meeting is recorded in the log, At this station, No. 28, there is a large Newfoundland dog named Lion, of whom P“must not fail to make honorable mention, as he is quite an impoitant character there. He sleeps a good deal during the day, but at night, he goes out with every watch, making himself useful in the way of carrying the lantern, or basket, or running back miles for any article that may have been dropped. The following day was Sunday, and I was much pleased to see how well the day was observed by these rough men, nol a gun was fired, noragameof cards or dominos played. In the afternoon, I walked to the Light-house and ascended the tower. As the atmosphere was unusualy clear, I had a beautiful view of the bay and coast, While look- ing toward Long Island, Billie Pearson, ap old harpooner, who had put his iron in many a mammoth of the deep, suddenly cried out, ‘There she blows!” You may be cer- tain, I wa» not long getting round to his side of the tower, and there, sure enough, fullin sight, and not far from shore, was a great ‘Right Whale,” evidently having a good time generally. Every now and then he would send upa eolunin of water that would have done credit to an Ice- jand Geyser; then, he would dive down, throwing up his huge tail, All this continued until he was out of sight. We estimated that he must have been between sixty and seventy feet in length. spaniels, Captain and Flora, the property of Mr. M. P. MeKoon, of Franklin, N. Y. om very fine hnported eat NON-SPORTING DOGS. Our object in this article is to draw the attention of those who are interested in the canine race, also those who would like to be, and are not what are geuerally termed sports- men, to the faithful animal—the non-sporting dug. We propose, as circumstances will permit, to publish from time to time the portraits of the most celebrated dogs in their classes of the day, giving a short history as to breed- ing and their supposed origin; also the ‘* Club points” as they should be judged oh the show bench, and other inter- esting matters, Our Register for pedigrees is open for all breeds, classes, and distinctions of the canine race, so as to take the word Kennel in its most comprehensive form, and not be con- fined tothe puinters and setter classes and other sporting dogs. There are 4 large number of gentlemen who are not field shots, yet who take a great interest in and propose to pay some attention to the rearing and breeding of non-sporting dogs. During the last year we have received quite a number of letters from prominent persons, who assure us that they intend to be very particular in the selection of dogs, and have asked us to give the latest information, so that they can.choose the proper and most fashionable type of animal. Péople may say, what is the object to be attained by this new excitement in degs? We answer: fancy and amuse- ment; the latter being about the most essential thing, and something which all people resident of large cities re- quire. Taking the word amusement in its proper dictum, it is perhaps the most satisfactory “exhilirator” of the day. An old story, but nevertheless true, is that that the dog is the companion of man, and we are not quite sure but that the animal does not make better men of us. What handsomer sight is there than a gentleman taking his morning walk, accompanied by a majestic St. Bernard, a noble mastiff, or a clever Newfoundland, or again, if his fancy dictates, the gamiest, most beautiful and symmetri- cal animal of the day—tbe fox-terrier. The breeding, handling, and educating any of the large variety, known as the terrier class, is in our opinion one of the most pleasurable of recreations. Just look at the wonderfol endurance and intelligence of the bull terrier, the Bedlington, the wire-haired, not forgetting those grand little rascals the skyes, dandies and Scoteh—with the courage of tigers, and yet as diminutive as rats. In introducing this new matter to our readers, we shall take great pains to obtain the best and most reliable infor- mation from the many canine societies of England and elsewhere, and at-all times will be pleased to place any of our friends who anticipate purchasing dogs in corres- poudence with the clubs which make an individual class of animal a specialty. At the forthcoming Bench Show of the Westminster Kennel Club, which is noticed elsewhere, fanciers of the non-sporting classes will have an excellent opportunity of comparing notes, as those classes will be more largely represented than they ever have been before, At that time a standard will also be established for this country, by which fanciers can in future be guided, 8 0 — 3 55 tq 2 54 50 og (aEA rae . “es Sa e (a Elps) ny mie le ct) ate |e = 2 |e [Abe g o Oo 1% wh Z 5 /8|¢ : 6 E ae e=| eho fo 24 ion ars =i a Se] Sh ag (Be}] gal oS ' Pad oJ x (a2 peepee ae ele 5 [ga slg eg) f g Weize fe ene Sato 8 | {ge |ee" F\ gs 2 : He |e2 @l¥3 a aq i = =i Wal- (o> = % ro) ~S|/Po Is - eee & gps lee S eet —4 3 Mitch (3 As = fe} 8 Seas Apes Sima & cc) . ats ah (Bs en |e (A & 2 a ' age is > Sj 4s = Cae a. |S]. 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Sleaford took first prize in the small pointer class at the recent Birmingham Bench Show, : et a —Mr. Burdett Loomis, President of ithe Connecticut Stock Breeders Association of Hartford, purchased while ‘on a visit to Switzerland some fine St. Bernard's, He is. also a fancier of the smooth-coated variety. aa A Rat-Trrnier Carcnks'A Witp Crow.—Many of our readers will recollect the account published in this paper some two years ago of asharp little rat-lerrier named Joker, the property of Miss Cora H. Peirce, of ““Aquadale,” Wenonah, N. J., the fish farm of Capt. Peirce, the South Jersey fish culturist. Besides catching immense numbers of mice and rats, Joker has caught several musk-rats, weasels, possums, rabbits, and stranger than all, scores of large eels, plunging into the water for them, though his general aversion to wa'er is scarcely equalled by a cat, But the crowning feat of this liltle dog was performed on Tues- day, March the 5th, At Aquadale whenever a fish dies it. is thrown upon a compost heap near the ponds, During the past widter an old crow has become emboldened by the pangs of hunger, to make numerous visits daily to the com- post heap to secure a meal of fresh fish, Whenever little Joker saw the crow alight he would give chase. At firsh the crow was very will and would generally fly out of sight, but hunger finally emboldened him and after a few weeks he would only fly lazily to some neighboring tree, Joker keeping directly under him, and barking till he changed base. Of late the crow would not fly till Joker was within a few feet of him, and then barely keep out of his reach. A crow is generally accounted a pretty good caleulator of distance, but this over confident specimen at last miscalculated and while flying apparently about five fcet above ground the nimble little Joker sprang up and caught him and shook the life ont of him as quick as if he had been a rat. Miss Peirce bas prized her pet dog highly as being a safeguard for her chickens as against weasels, and now thinks that he may be inclined te look after hawks “and such,” —— ed Tun Kenne. Rueisren —List of dogs whose pedigrees have been entered in the Kennel Register for the week ending March 12th:— BErTERS Gipsey—Red with white, do Gronse—Black and white; W. BlJinnie—Black and tan. tio Sucton. Nellie— do do Duke of Orange—Red; T. A. Fow-|Snean-— do da ler. {Quince—Orange and white; Dr. C. Dash—Black and tan; J.T. Walker] A. Kitchen. ‘Topsy—Black and tan; Jolin Gille-/Kate—Orange and white; J. W-. lan, Jr. Shultz. Prince—Black, tan and white; Dr. _. Henry Mciiiderry. Don-red; J. C. Hobagh. Bertha Yon Hillern—Orange and white; Ethan Allin, Black Bess—Black; James T. Walk- Artful Dodger—Red; S. J. Hughes lasher—Black,. do. Naney —Black. do. Zip-—Red; Chas. Riley. Jocko—Black, tan and white; J_ Von Lenverke. America—-Lemor and white; do Leda—White and black; J. Yon Lengerke. Nellie—Red; J, T. Allyn, jJess -orand white;Dr. W.H.Daly. Pedigree--Or. & wh.; C.8.W estcott Maynet—Blie belton; do Fairy {1—Lemon delton do COCKERS, Fannie—-Liver and white; J. Otis Vellows. er, Gwendolin—Black, tan and white; C. A. Cowles, Tom—Black and white; J. Arthur Bezbe. Chevy--Orange and white; J. Ar- thnr Beebe. Countess—Red; H 3, VYondersmith Dash—Red; L. a. Montagne, Trene—Xed, P. 1. Morris Kirkman —Tan; t'. D. Shaw. i —We print this week the abstract of the third one hundred pedigrees registered, The object of printing this table is that any errors or cmissions may be rectified, and thus save considerable correspondence in preparing the Stud Book ee Guy.—Can any of our readers supply us with informa- tion regarding a dog named Guy, the property of J. H. Roberts; by whom bred, color, and when whelped? We have a pedigree of this dog, by Jtys out of Flora, but it is wanting in all the above particulars, ELcno.—This grand specimen of the red Irish setter has been purchased by William Jarvis, Esq., of Claremont, N. H., as a fitting mate for his Kathleen. We hope to see both Elebo and Kathleen at the New York Bench Show, and their genial owner as well. eo —The following bitches have visited the St. Louis Ken- nel Club’s stud dogs Demuth’s Kate, to Rock, Mr, Cuhan- nes Gordon bitch and Henry Grifflith’s imported Irisit bitch Fan, II, to Erin. Ee —Mr. Charles Riley, of Albany, N. Y., claims the name Zip for his red Irish setter by Tuckerman’s Don out of Pearl, instead of Rip, as printed by us last week. —____——s +o—__—_—__— —Mr. Geo. F. McCleane, of Pittsburgh, returned from Europe, on the steamer Germania, on Saturday last. Mr- MeCleane, while in England, purchased from G.de Lon- dre Macdona, Esq., the setter bitch Pera by Blue Prince out of Rhoda by Dan-Rhoda. Pera was in whelp to Mr. Mac- dona’s Ranger, and on the voyage whelped eight puppies, of which one-half are dogs, ‘They are vearly all marked — like their sire, white with black aboutthehead. One bitch — is al! white, and to her Mr. McCleane has given the name of White Star, in honor of the steamer on which she was whelped. Regarding Pera Mr. Macdona writes us as fol- lows:— Liverpoon, March ist, 1877. ~ Entror Forest AND STREAM:— L have just seen off on board the Germanic, steamer, Mr. McCleane, of a Pittsburgh, with my first prize English setter bitch Pera, due to whelp — to champion Ranger on March 11th, Should all go well, oon after her arriyal upon Amesican soil, she onght to presentjio your country as grand a litter of pure English setters as ever Were whelped, She isa ~ daughter of Mr, Laverack’s Blue Prince, outof Mr, G. Lewe’s Rhoda. Rhoda by Mr. Statter’s Field Winrer Dan, (seld to Mr. Llewellin, for £200) ont of Mr. Liewellin’s Rhoda. Mr. McClean had the option of purchasing Pera or Magnet, that ranin the puppy stakes at last Field Trial Derby , at the price advertised, £75, but chose to risk the bitchin 5 whelp, Champion Ranger, I am happy to inform you, Is in grand spirits and strength, aud is now in traming to compete again for the challenge — éup and other prizes at the ensning Field Trials in April and May next. This grand dog the hero of many a well fought ight will lead his com; petitors Many a merry dauce yet. lam yours traly, G, pE LANDEE Macpona, a io —Mr. John Jackson, of Hunenberg, Virginia, has pre« sented ‘‘Don” by Foreman Taylor’s one-eyed ‘Bancho,” ta Mr, Tam Epps, of North Carolina. FOREST AND STREAM. ABSTRACT OF THE PEDIGREES OF THE THIRD 100 DOGS ENTERED IN THE KENNEL REGISTER, | | | CoLor, BREED AND SEX, WHELPED. | Sint. Dam, Brep ny. | Ownen zr. | ADDRESS. Setter d.,[Jan. 27, 1875....|Ben (112)...........|@lora (121)..-2, 2.42. W. H, Gibbons... -|E. V. Clark 3 eal pee d.. “ cs Bane. cent Flora (121)...-,....] _*§ i ye ‘ or ‘"|Madison, N. J. ede. Sere “ b.. |Peb, 6, 1875....|Bang........-..... |Sukey..... : Ey 3 h + -|Black and white...| “ b.. |Jnne 1875 -... |Dick. ........0h006 Clio...,. ap C. H. Baleom.... .|Orange and white..| * OER ee ees --.|Theo, Morford... 2 -|Black white andtan| ‘* d.. |June 12, :8t6... -|F. @. Simpson, .. [Owen's Sound. .|Blue Belton. ,...... a b../June 12, 1876... Ly s i? .|Black and tan....., i, Dich o> eRe ocak i Black white and tan| b..| Nov! 4.48442222 , i: He Smith,,,. | Rede. + d..)Aprii 23, 1869... /Abe.. W. H, Gibbons ..../Savannab, Ga, ~ a REE Se oe Bs b..)Feb. 5, '875....|Bang... oe ik sae ‘$4 - -|Black aud tan. ....] “ _ 6../ April 1875...... Raby. ... -|Geo. H. Biglow.. ese, | Natick, Mass. _ .|Liver and white....|Cocker spaniel d..|May 23, 1876 ...|Captain... ; NM -|D. M. Sharpnack......... . ...|Petroleam. W. V- . |Black and tan...... Setter b..|March 1875 SDD paella is odabea ma . .18. L. Grawford............ ....) Stamford. Conn. 15,.,.|Mac., .|Liver and white. ..|Pointer d../Feb. 1875 .. . « wc Raa ee ze ZR ...| Nixie .|Liver white and tan|Setter d,,|April 1976......|Bragez.... ...,..-- at : : 217....|Rapp IT .|Black and tan...... ~ d..|Jaly 20,1876... |Rapp.............2, > t+eeeereees/R, L. Graves... .(Chas. Keller,....- 218._.,|Lon .|Black and tan......} " b../Sept. 1874...... / Imported... . -|W. M. Tileston.. 219....|Pilot IT ./Orange and white..| ‘ d,.|July 21. 1876... Z. C. Miley. -|Ghas. Keller...., er 220,...|Beanty 5|Reds, 2. tone seueke rf b..|Sept. 8, 1873... ; BoA ».|Wm. darvis...., - Miller Ketcham Sipe es se ia se sigaitrces: ’ (Orange ' white... A Pe Pas 21, 1875... [Rrance--....-- ++. ae ne B. Ghenond MRD SM gota: iou Ge. 0.0 cate ieee ot ee .-..| Prairie Flower,....|Black and tan...... . ..|July 7. 1876....|Gypsnin .. r. leet Spie: + Dr. 8s. F ceesseess,../Brooklyn. N. ¥. 223. ...|Sable Clond........ Black and tan...... is b.. Iniy 7, 1878... eke ra ag ’ pea nh ges oa aa zt... |Renoya.......,....|Black and tan ..... oe b. [tnly 7, 1878 ,...|Gypsam... ut , ia 225...) Leo....... ... Black and tan.....,| “ d..}July 5, 1878.,../Gypsam .. - Pr ¥ 226,..,) Warwick ...|Black and tan,,.... u da. Woly 7, 1876 ....|Gypenm. -_ iB Ti. Beam 4 ¥ 207..,,|Victor...... ..,{Black and tan ..... my q_.| July 7. 1876..../Gypsum ., of Obas, Baker,....... eee ele _./Unionville, N. ¥. 228....|Mav Qneen,.......| Black and tan...... gk b..lInly 7. 1876 .../Gypsum.,.. R. O. Gates ,|Derby. Conn, = 0S eee |Black and tan,..... Setter d.,|July 7, 1876....|tvpsum .. BE Brooklya. 230,..,/Romeo............, |Black and tan.,.... sr d..|July 7, 1876.,._.|Gypsum .. P. A. Aleveman....,...... cy = yes a LE Ee eee |Black and fan,..... oe d..|Joly 29. 18;4,...|Hero... .. L, R, Cascard...-:,.....0.. _...|Baltimore. 232, -..|Orange and white..|_ " b..|March 20, 1876,,|Don....... ef FEES NSE Wu: Fe 233. ...| Liver and white. ... | Pointer UES Cy eed Gs Aisling) os ta tare cone Boston 234... --.- Orange and white. . |Setter d..|Jnne 1874...... |One-eyed Sancho... +4 -|F. H. Nierman............ ... Yazoo City, Miss 35, % b..|March 1. 1876...|Prince.. ......... |Nelly .....-. .---., ®. Hickman.. SiH! Myerey, overt aetenees -..../Glen Mills, Pa, ze b. Prince.. . \Gypsy....... ...|Edward Howe,. pm Tre er\ ane RO Ahan ...| Providence. iY d. Pride of the Border |Fairy ..... -..|C, A, Raymond «|W. F. Steel. .... ceeterceveecs+ | Eermont, N.Y. F _| Pointer i t iy ... |Bannie, . re} Strongywn 240 / ea E OC, Alden,, Dedham. Mass. ¢ 4 : Th Ree FECE REN Cc, TOY a vo en ai eras 0, af 240... |Liver and white....| * b. M. yon Culin sess feos @iespia. 20, , ....|Stamford, Conn, 241... ;Tountess... .,,|Liver and white,...| ‘* b. h f Ce tates atane Sows Se Boren Onto... 9... 6k. bss Liver and white....) ‘ d../ Aug. 1873... Wm. Snowde! a {tise Gagin-s7.5..0r5. MeL e Muirkirk, Md, FA MMIIAG oe yeh ys. Rd |Black and white ...| ‘* b../ April 5, 1874 Cc. E, Cofiin WC. Odiorme...... 2 50...0..5- yi SPORIBOD ig.) hes ce Liver aud white,..,| ‘ d, As --|C. B. Coffin..... eae : ‘ theo |Gitigers..s........ \Liver and white ...|_ “ y a8; ‘ fe $i W. CG. Odiorne....,....-.. yet t 246,,.,|Witch.............. Liver and white..,,|Cocker spaniel 4. . |S. J. Bestar .. Boa chy 21M? [op PU UP as eel Tarrytown, N.Y. 247 .-'|Stannch,.. RATE teat ee aes Setter d. Ranger.. H. T. de Freyne.. -. |G. W. Hrazier.............,...|New Gallilee, Pa. *|Gatherine. ee tive te ee Sas vi b..|May 1, 1876 ...) Plunket Wm, E. Hudson.......... .. ..|R. H. Gilleepie.. ............ |Stamford. Conn. ry b_.|Nov. 20, 1874... , Sew York. My d,, ...|Doxbary, Masa, Lemon and white.,,| “ b.. |March 23. 1876 . |San Francisco. Orange and white...) “* d. 2 "| Woonsocket, R. I. |Orange and white,.| “ b, _ Allentown, Pa. ..|Lemon and white.,| ‘* b, Norwich, Conn. (Orange and white..| | d..|Tuly 17, 1876... lad e d../Jan. 15, 1876... -;Brooklyn. 2 b.. | Tnly 30. 1876.._| Dic .|Maggie........,..../Jacob Glabn.......6.5.6..,200- ..| Bast New York. is d.. July 20, 1875. 5 .| Brooklyn. ssf 3 ds b../Aug. 1, 1876 |)/West Meriden, Conn. AP oe b.. ‘ec ‘ ? oe ‘7 : Blatkand tan 4 a. re sheer o eas ay rs i .|Black and tan 2 ne LB ile cle ee’ taatecic . H. Kennedy. Pike Mese x . i d.. Dash... .|N. Saltus..... “4 i .|A, W. Bleyans ... .|Newark, N. J. d_.|sept, 20, ..| Monarch i W. M. Tileston ..... .|New York. i b.. Sept. 1874...... ana Sang Lest: DP, C.E. Coffin... ..|Muirkirk, Md, re d../Oct. 31, 1876. ..|Pride of ihe Border - H, Raymond........ «---|Wm. Reid, dr .... .-|Boston. ts d.. cs ...|Pride of the Border i serseeeeese.(G. H. Raymond. ,. ..|Morris Plains, N. J. iy b..|Peb. 1876. .. b LU W. Y. W~ Kipley. -- |/Rudand, Ve. cf d..)Ang. 1875...... ll. as Pie eee _ ia a? ;|Oct. 17.1876....|Plunket,«-.2is2er-(Nelli see rees vee) ME LL) SE EL iGapts We) Bdgerton &. 0000. oie: 4 be, | Cebrl876. ee. (Plunket, tac spec sean | NON serach: heen ata | MeCN SESS iat (ch corm teiniant pica eieeL autem United States Navy. 2 d..|March 22. 1876.. + ; Rutland, Vt. d../Oct. 1876....... Carne. ares te haccets a” r d..|1876 Kitty........ * om d../1876 Kathleen... . a p d..|Ang. 1875... Ne a if Ds, VIR7G. dees ees lt a ts b, 1876... 2 seceees re rt d .|March 1"), 1876... Red Bank, N. Jd bs d..|Sept, 6. 1876,... Oswego, N. ¥. ¥ ae April 24, 1874.. Paris, Ontario. F Sy Fr ee D ; “ , _...}Prince Rob ... 6 d..|Jone 19, 1876... taal te x i Ty Se Sts ee as Detroit, Mich. 996 ...\Princess Belle,....|Orange und white..| “* try 57 i: ‘ Rs ; 987____\Princess Rose .|Orange and white..| ** D.. FPS RTs os ES. ome See Sistah ewes eee tarese. Ler AR Tirietier ge pew a) eee Strathroy, Ontario. 2e8 ..,/Princess Vic.. .'Oranga and white..| ‘* d.. eM elt Rotads oy 1 Ser los) ROBE ahaa batamoeirale nes mn es aepeeets pAb Gado ¢ Wr 299... Priaces Blanch,....|White with liver...| ‘* b., ag : i vaeeeeee.!Banfield Capron .............- Paris, Ontario. 299 ___| Princess Stell .|White with!emon..| ‘* a. Shee CA. Re ee tees nA AKORELE on tee ane] er oe: ein giles ee Re er ae erento ee eee a! 291....| Marquis . Black and white....| ** d../Oct. 30, 1874... a Re .|Black and tan... ..| ‘¢ d..jSevt 20, 1876.. W. M, Tileston........ 22... -.|Morton Grinnell,,.....,.......|Millford, Conn. . Lemon and white,.| ‘ d..jAug. 17, 1872.. .|W. H. Gibbons.,...............; Ward McAllister.........4..... Schnectady, N. Y. ig ati f d../May 1876...... .(N. Saltns (?)..... : iE Noel...... New York. | “* : » 23. 7 > pes Ho : Boston. shytet W.-M. Drake... Staten Island. ) ou } ..|8 J. Hughes...... Z ne fe ae d..|July 1. 1876... . ohman sys pepe ge see ness ss] he VORIAN: ss ae hsm soere sad [New fork. | d.,|/Noy. 16, 1875..|Ro r ~ A. Masory...,.....5........|H. U, Glover....... ce Geb ie d..|Nov. 12, 1876...|Snooks vase. |Nellie H. CG. Glover... fC He ele acs i f a) ye “ ps = * . “ _ Tan Mare Doe Law.—The last Maine Legislature passed 2 law requiring that all dogs should be licensed, and wear a collar with the owners name and the registered number thereon, the fee for same beiug one dollar for dogs and two dollars for bitches. For keeping a dog not registered the fine is $10, and the dog may be killed by any constable. The owner is protected by a clause which says: Whoever wrongfully removes the collar from, or steals a dog licensed and col!ared as aforesaid, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars; and whoever wrongfully kiils, Maims, entices, or carries away such a dog, shall be liable to the owner for its value. It is a pity we have not such a law in this and adjoining States, only we should like to see the fee at least $5, for a bitch. Game To THE DeaATu—An old fox-hound belonging to Bradoury Bennett, of Amherst, followed a fox from Satur- day morning to Monday morning, and then lay down and was chilled to death. He was a tender-footed dog, and blood followed ut every step, and his feet were badly worn off. The running was most of the time on Joe English Hill. Peter W. Jones saw him runnisg Saturday morning, and heard him at intervals through the ni,ht. Stranger than this, a hound puppy, cne raised by Al- Sturtevant, of this city, followed close to the old dog all the way, butowing to bis yeuth and stronger vitality, stood the forty-eight hours’ rin and then stayed with the dead dog forty-eight hours longer, refusing to let any stranger come near him. His master was sent for and came and got him Wednesday morning. Peter W. Jones gives us the details of the story, leaving no doubt of the forty-eight hours’ run; but it is probable the puppy wenteolf und got something to eat during the re- maining forty-eight hours in which he guarded his dead companion.— Manchester, (N. 1.) Mirror, March 1st. PENNSYLVANIA.—Our correspondent at Greenville, Pa., Wriles us that ‘‘at the regular meeting of the Greenville Sportsmen Olub, A. F. Henlein, Hsy,, was elected Attorney for the Clob. H. T. Blair, Superintendent of 5. & A. KR. R,, was elected a member, also Hon. William Achre, The Club is in fine condition financially. The members are looking forward for lots of sport the coming season. Capt, Nelson's Gordon setler dog Dush, has been missing for a couple of days, and the Uaptain is fearful that he has been toully dealt with, He, the Captain, has another fine Gordon. ‘The sire-is from Mr. Pape's Kennel, Eng- land. Mr. Pape makes a visit occasionally to Huntsville, Ohio, and is the guest of Judge Ingals. He presented the Judge with a beautiful black setter, which he uses for stud purposes. M. H. B. —Mr, Leroy Collins, of Lancaster, Mass., hes imported from the Rev. J. Cumming Macdona's kennel, some splen- did specimens of the Si. Bersard, He is breeding the smooLth-coated dog. —Mr, Frank D. Shaw claims the nbame Kirkman for a tan setter dog, whelped December 19th, 1876, by Mr, Geo, Colburu's Dash out uf Mr. B. Yards, Jrs, Fanvie, Myr. P H. Morris claims the name of Irene for a red bitch out of the same litter. —Mr. F. A. Diffendorfer, of Laneaster, Pa., writes us tat his bitch Bess, dam of Begorrah, whose portrait we published last week, has visited Mr. Miley’s imported red trish setter, —Mr. James T. Walker, of Albany, N. Y., writes to claim the name of Black Bess for his biteh puppy by his Dash out of Bennett's Mab. Thename of Black Bessie was claimed last year by Mr. F. W. Jones for his natige English setter, and is so entered as No. 198in the Kennel Register. Perhaps Mr, Walker will now choose another name, if he thinks these are too near alike. —Captain Taylor's sheep dog ‘‘Demon,” by Robbie out of Effie, both Rosshire collies, has visited M1. Halett’s im- ported collie *‘Don® Bachting and Boating. HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEE. Date. Boston, | New York.| Charleston Hq. M. a. M. H. . | INES LOes ssinoca ahaa eee tae deteeveg||) LL) ibe & 28 " 45 So 4pdblanan ase if Oo 13 9 03 8 2 o 47 9 «a9 8 55 1 23 19 618 32 2 6 ll Ol 10 17 3 4 1i_ 50 uw 3428 Oo 45 mid ing of the Seawanhaka Yacht Ciub was held at Delmonico’s on Monday week, Commodore Colgate in the chair. The Chairman of the committee appointed for the purpose re- ported that no change is advised in the course for the open oat races, The Chairman of the committee to report upon the vexed question of time allowance and measurement said that the present table of allowance is very unjust in all cases, und the committee, together with many members of the club, are of the opinion that the remedy is very difficult. The committee have found, however, that a system based on the gradual increase of a parabolic curve is only one which will give the correct allowance between yachts, Yenyise slivhtly, and recommend that plan. In order to give al members an opportunity to be heard on the important subject the committee advised that it be postponed mntil the next social meeting of the club, when each member be allowed five minutes to give his views, the Commodore laying the power to extend any speaker's time to fifteen Minutes. ‘The motion was carried. The committee presented the following programme of races and regattas tor Lhe current year;— Many members seemed to think that this list would entail too much expense on the club, while undoubtedly making a. brilliant season, and finally, on motion of Mr. Center, the fifth and sixth races—the Ladies’ Day and the September Open boat eontest—were stricken out, when the balance met with universal indorsement, It was also agreed that if in the Corinthian race, June 16h, the second class schooner event should not fill, the Regatta Committee must appoint another day for the race to take place, New Yore Yacur Cuvs.—Pursusnt to a call a special meeting of this club was held on Friday evening at the - Tooms, corner of Twenty-seventh street and Madison aye., sixtecn yacht owners being present. The question which has occupied the attention of the members of the club for some time past, whether the club should relinquish its club rooms in the city, was the only theme discussed at the meeting last night, ‘The consideration of this important subject kept busy the gentleman who were present. Com- modore 8. N. Kane, of the schooner Restless; Mr. T. B. Asten, of the schooner Clio; and Mr. Guiteau spoke in fa- yor of rescinding the resoluiion adopted at the last meet- ing to give up the Madison avenue club house, and Mr. 8. J. Colgate, of the schooner Idler, and Mr. Wm. Krebs, of the Regatta Committee, made addresses upholding the res- olution passed at the previous meeting. When the ques- tion was put whether or not the resolution should be an- nulled, it was decided by a vote of 12 to4 to retain the New York club rooms. The question of retaining the Staten Island club house did not come up. Before the mecting adjourned it was decided to hold a social dinner at Delmonico’s on the 21st inst. No other business was transacted at the meeting. WILLIAMSBURGH Yacut CiuB.—The annual meeting of the Williamsburgl Yacht Club was held on Friday even- ing last, at the toot of Dupont street, Greenpoint. There was @ yery full attendance of members, and after the transaction of routine business, the following oilicers were elected for the current year:— Commodore, 1. W. Reeves; Vice-Commodore, Jacob Schmidt; Rear Commodore, W. H. Bullard; President, E. 8. Zoble; Secretary, C. E. Mielke; Assistant Secretary, W. H. Bardell; Treasurer, Henry Miller; Measurer, J. A. Brush; Judge Advocate, Henry Messinger; Trustees, N. Lockwood, K, H. Nash, A. Lubbers, Robert Place and F. Thorne; Regatta Committee, H, Coleman, D. O’Brien, A. ¥inehout, J. Yan Brunt, and W. Davis; Steward, J. Northrop; Sergeant-at-Arms, W. H. Waters. The Secretary presented a report, showing that the financial condition of the Club was all that could be de- sired, its assets amounting to $3,500, while its debts do not exceed the sum of $47, Rockaway Yacut CLtus.—The annual meeting of the Rockaway Yacht Club was held on Tuesday last, und the following officers were elected tor the ensving year:— President, N. Jarvis, Jr.; Vice-President, Alexander H, Stevens; Tieasurer, Alfred Neilson; Secretary, Henry H. Mun; Commodore, Daniel Lord, Jr.; Measurer, N. T. Lawrence; Regatta Committee, Daniel Lord, Jr.; William Lummis and Coarles A. Cheever. ‘Lhe Club is in an exceeding prosperous condition, and has enrolled in its fleet some of the fastest open boats owned in the vicinity of New York. Since its last annual meeting the Club has become incorporated, and it is now entitled to a place among the ovher yacht clubs, for although organized as recently as 1871, it has constantly added to the number of its members and the reputation of its boats, The annual regatia is held in the month of Au- ust, and is always a feature of the summer season. ‘The Club also intend’ continuing a custom, inaugurated with great success last summer, of evening receptions at the Club-house. regulations, by which all races suiled under the auspices of the Club are tu be entirely Corinthian, THe GOLDEN GATE Yacur CLuB.—At the annual meet- ing of the Golden Gate Yacht Club, held on Monuay even- iy, Feb. 19th, 1877, the foilowing officers were elected for the ensuing term:— President, Thomas D, Riordon; Vice President, Robert Wheeler; Secretary, Joseph Schmidt; Treasurer, Cuarles Huz; Commander, A. M. Jennings; Vice Commander, Frank Farey; Auditing Committee, Emil Meyer, E, Erz- graber, ana George Hoar; Investigating Comuittee, Jos, Schmidi, Conrad Hubnerand Theo. Yan Bergin; The ciub will openits yachting season of 1877 with a grand yacht excursion on Sunday, April 8th. Hariem Recatra Assocration.—The annual meeting of the above association, which is composed of delegates from the principal boat clubs on the Harlem River, met lust week at Kuoickerbocker Cottage in Sixth avenue. The meeting was culled to order by the President, Mr. F. G. Brown, of the Nassau Boat Club. Hach club in the asso- ciation was represented by three delegates:—Messrs, King, Clarke and Ackerson, the Atlantas; Krowlton, Barnett and Rathbone, the Athletics; Goodwin, bage and Boyd, Col- umbia College; Peckwell, Loutrell and Freeborn, the Dauntless; Mills, Reade and Meyers, the Nassau; Neville, Childs and Levien, the Nautilus; Kelly, Belmont and Rives, the New York, and Leland, Starr and Peters, the Stock Exchange. The annual report of the Secretary and Treasurer, Mr, C. G. Peters, gave a very flattering account of the progress of the association during the past year. All the indebted- ness of the organization has been paid off and the assess- ments levied on eachclubreturned. Even with these drains on the treasury there still remains a balance on hand for the present year of $178 15. The following gentlemen were elected officers for 1877 :— President, J.T, Goodwin, Columbia College Boat Club; Vice President, R. L, Reade, Nassau Boat Olub, Secretary and Treasurer, Edmund Kelly, Stock Exchange Boat Club. The above named delegates, together with John King, At- alanta; G. T. Barnett, Athletic; M, Freeborn, Dauntless; R. L. Reade, Nassau; R. L. Neville, Nautilus, and G. L, Rives, New York Rowing, were elected members of the Executive Board. : The date of the annual regatta was not fixed, but it will ake place, in all probability, between the 15th and 30th of une. NeEREID Boat Cius.—A meeting of the Nereid Boat Club was held on Thursday evening last, at the residence of Mr, Joseph P. Karle, Columbia Heights, to adopt a pro- gramme for the boating season of ‘77. The following of- ficera have been elected for the ensuing year; Cap‘ain, Jos, P.’ Earle; Lieutenant, Heywood C, Brown; President, Chas, R. Flint; Vice President, W. D. Johnson, Recording Secretary, James ©. Bergen; Corresponding Secretary, H, KR. Post; Treasurer, F, B. Rogers; Auditor, Wm. Wise, Jr.; Chairman of the Investigating Committee, E, F. Nichols, which officers with James L. Gladwin, com- prise the Board of Directors. Last evening the following gentlemen were elected active members; Messrs. H, LB. Beecher, A. H. Watun, Seelye Benedict, Wm. E. J. Fales, Horace C. Hardy, Jno. B, Phillips, Chas. W. West, William §. Gould, Geo. Post, J. Morran and Henry BE. Nesmith, Jr, Wim, M. Ivins, Jr. and Francis Lanton, Jr., were ap- The Club has recently adopted new sailing | 89 pointed a committee to revise the constitution and by-laws. ‘fo accommodate the increased membership, a second story is to be put on the present boat house. The plans pre- pared by Mr. Chas. W. Clinton being completed the work will be commenced at once. Although the present fleetof the club numbers eleven boats with a capacity of seating 58, two new four-oared sigs have been ordered to be ready for the spring regatta, n response to indications from the N. Y. Rowing Club of their desire fora friendly contest, it is anticipated that they will be,invited to a socialrace, which will be an additional pleasure of the spring regatta. As usual the float will be put in the waler the beginning of next month. The membership of the Nereid is limited to 63, being besides 53 active honorary and honorary mem- bers who have been active boating menof the Nereid for three years or more. The property of the club is unen~ cumbered and the club is out of debt. Boston Yacut Cxius.—An informel meeting of the Boston Yacht Club was held March 10th, Ex-Commodore Barnard in the Chair, The object in calling the meeting was to arrive at some arrangements to please the non- yacht-owning members of the club and to promote its greatest prosperity, The following Resolution was adopted :— Resolved, That in the sense of this meeting the Boston Yacht Club should commence the season with an early regatta, followed by a dance in the evening, to be succeed- ed by a series of monthly or semi-monthly entertainments, consisting of four to six lestive occasions or picnics, which should be managed under the supervision of a special com- mittee, composed of the House and Regatta Committee. A resoiution presented by Wm. F. Halsull, Esq, that the sailing regulation allowing shifting ballast be abolished met with general approbation. A resolution presented by Chas. Russ, Esq., altering the by-laws preventing yachts participating in regattas upless ownea ensirely in the club also received unanimous sup- port, —At a Texas baby-show it was a long time before any one could be found to act as a judge. Finally fiye brave men were found to act, on condition that ihe awards should not be announced till the judges had ten minutes’ start. The mothers sat in a circle, babies in lap. The juoges made their rounds, compared notes, handed the result to the spokesman, and ran for their lives. —The most difficult gun to keep clean—A fouling piece. —Men talk about the idle wind, but the wind is always busy, and, like a cheerful farmer, whistles at its work, ——Peaceful sleep is the sheet anchor of health, —‘‘Business is picking up,” as the chiffonier said.—— Philadelphia Bulletin. ew Publications, —_—_>—— The Naturalist for March seems to us not quite up to its usual standard; for although several of the articles are of great value there are o.hers which are not so gatisfactory. a LaF, De Ponetales contributes to this number one of its most interest- ing articles, entitled **Hints on the Origiu of the Flora aid Fauna of the Plorida Keys,’ an essay which will prove yery attractive to all who read it, but especially to Shose who baye visited these little-known islands. Another article of great importance is that on “Geographical Distribn- tion of Animals,” beiug chapter xvi, of Prof. A. R. Wallace’s recent work under that title, Im addition to the papers above mentfoned are “A Few Words About Scavengers,” by Prof. Tenney, '‘On a Provisional Hypothesis of Saliatory Evolution,” by W. H. Dale, “A Provisional Hypothesis of Pungenesis,* by W. K. Brooks, and ‘'Traces of 4 Voice in Fishes,’ by Dr, U. C, Abbott. ‘Vhe General Notes are fall, and the authropological news especially important and interesting. ‘The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet,"' sings the bard of Ayon, This acconnts for the rash for the new toilet article, B T, Bubbitts Toilet Soap. ‘he world has begun to reslize what ordinary scented soaps are dangerous, and that this new toilet soap, with its purity, sweetnees aud emollient softness, 18 not to be dieputed as the perfection of its kind.— Ad. Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and Importers, have always a large stock of sil- ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, racing and other sports, and on request they prepare special designs for similar purposes, Their timing watches are guaranteed for ac- curacy, and are now very generally used for sporting and scientific requirements. Tiffany & Co., are also the agents in America for Messrs. Patek, Philippe & Co,., of Geneva, of whose celebrated watches they have a full line, Their stock of Diamonds and other Pre~ cious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes and Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, and the public are invited to visit their estab- lishment without feeling the slightest obliga- ey oe purchase. Union Square, New York 90 _ —_— a Z3 FOREST A \M. Phe Kennel. FOREST CITY KENNEL FOR IMPORTED SETTERS. Dr. Goldem‘th’s celebrated dogs Plunket, Carrie, Rupp and Nel! have passed into the aboye Kennel, Plunket an@d-Rapp will be nsed in the stud, Jor ger - yices and pedigrees address W. J. Farrar, Cleveland, O. Jan25-3m, WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB (FOR POINTERS.) Stud dog Sensation; lemon and white, weight 60 Tbs.: winner of seyen prizes in England, Sirea by R. J. Lloyd Price’s Champion Jim, and from White- house's celebrated Champion Field Trial Hamlet and Rap stock; jnst imporsed: 24 years old, Wee $35. Por pedigree and full particulars applyto DR W. §. WEBB, 7 West Fifty-fonrib st., N. ¥. febi5 tf Spratt’s Patent Meat Fibrine Dog GENUINE Cakes NONE ARE O58 SSHIND STAMPED From the reputation these Meat Fibrine Cakes have now guined, they require scarcely any explanahon to recommend them fo the use of every one who keeps adog, sufficéitto say they are free from salt, and contnin ‘dates, the exclusive use of which, in com- timation with meat and meal to compose a biscutt 1s fecured to ua by Letters Patent. For sale in cases of 112 Ibs. each. F,O.Dx LUZE, sole Agent, 18 South William street, New York. Special terms to dealers, if | “TE DOGS CANNOT SLIP THIs COLLAK No matter how violently they pull, this collar will uot chake or injure the deg. Made of heavy bridle leather with nickle plated trimmiugs, Seut by mail With name of doy or owner on tame plate for $1.00. Mauifactured by ‘Thomson & Son, SOl Broadway, N. ¥. jan4-1f Fleas, Fleas! Worms, Worms! STEADMAN’S FLEA POWDER FOR DOGS. 4 Bane to Fleas--A Boon to Dogs. This Powder is guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or any other animals, or money returned. Itis put up 4u patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which #@reatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. Price 50 cents by mail, vostpaid. ARECA NUT for Worms in DOGS. A tertain remedy. Put np in boxes containing a doz- en powders, with fall directions for use. Price 50 cents per box by mail. Both the above are recom mended by Aod and Gun and Fores’ AND STREAM, HOLBERTON & BEEMER, 102 Nassau St., New York. SLEAFORD Fee--Thirty-Five Dollars. Address ST, LOUIS KENNEL OLUB, mmari5-at 406, Pine St.. St. Louis, Mo. Hinsre House, West Kirey, CuEsHIRE, Hng., $th Feb. i877. Mer. Macdona’s Irish Setters To be sold--Rover. Roth, Ralph, River; Mr, Mac- dona’s team of young blood-red setters, in training for the coming Field Trial Derby of the Kennel Club; ‘price 25 pounds each. These setters are of the same ‘strain ag Mr, Macdona's world-renowned Plonket blood . we DE LANDRE Macpona, F. RK. G. S. marl 3t REAKER WANTED.—A GENTLE- man wishes to eugene @ competent breaker to take charge of bis kennel. Must be &trictly temperate, of good disposition, and thoroughly oudersiand the Manugement of dogs. Must be willing to drive if required, Address P. O, Box 647, Baltimore, Md., or apply at this office. HE STRATHROY KENNELS FIELD Triul setter prippies for sule; same strain as the Memphis Field Trial Winners, Parig, Stafford, Mand, and Pride of the South, Address, L.H SMITH, Feb22-4 Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, OR YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL » Stock from the choicest breeds inquire of M. P. McKOON, dec2s 6m Franklin, Del. Co., N.Y. 1ORSALE—A FINE LOT OF SCOTCH, Skye, Dandy Dinmont, and Black-and-tan ter- fiers, sporting Dogs, Maltesecats, Ferrets, &c. Medi cines for all diseases at L. N. MEYER, 45 Great Tones street, N. ¥. Sept21 ly. AX IMPORTED GERMAN BADGER dog (female) for sale; perfectly trained to dig eara old. Apply to street, New York. cut foxes, rabbits, etc.; three LOUIS F. BOYES, 145 East 92 minrl at AVanted, ANTED IMMEDIATELY—A SHC- OND band Bond"s, Sectional Boat. in good order to use thistspring. Address, giving dimensions aud staling price, Box 207, Goshen, N. X, marls-lt Hor Sale. SALMON ANGLING. DEPT, OF MARINE AND FISHERIES, Fisheries Brance, Orpawa, Si #ebruary, 1877. o TRITTEN OFFERS willbe received to Ist May next, for the SALMON ANGLING PRIYI- LEGES of the following rivers: Natashanan (Vort/. Shove). Mingan. do Fomaine (near Mingun). Trinity (near Point des Monts). St. Margaret tev bas). Trout (near Hoisie), Mistassini (near Godbout). Beescie do Malbaie (near Perce), Grand Pabos do Little Pabos a) Tobiqne [New Brunswick]. Nashwaak do Jupitet [Anticosti Island]. Salmon lo Rent per annum to be stated; payable im ad- yarice. Leases to run for from oveé to jive years. Lessees to employ guardians at private cost, By order, W. F. WHITCHER, Commissioner af Fisheries. For Sale. FINE 8 OAR ROW BOAT, Price $75, Cost $225, will exchange for 4 breech-loading shotgun. Apply to CHAS. W. THOMPSON, ‘Tops- ham, Maine. marl5-2t Ludiow "LCrout Co. ROOK TROUT FRY FOR SALE IN any quantity 10 suit parties, Fry delivered if marl5-3t. required. W. H. CROWELL, Ludlow, Janli-3m Mc Kean Co., Pa. Beautiful Farm for Sale On Cazenovia Lake, commanding a very five yiew with boating and fishing; eighty acres, facing the east, with building snitable for a gentleman's resi- dence. Price low, und time given for payments. Near railway and steamboat stanons, Address LOCK BOX 3, Cazenovia, N.Y. mars 2t LY OR SALE, OR TO LEASE—A FARM of fifty acres, good buildings, including new dwelling, fifteen minutes’ ride from Stamford depot, Especially adapted to fish culture. About thirt acres arable land and orchard, pond eightucres, wit facilities for making auother if desired; twelve acres woodland, natural trout streams, For further partie- niars apply to W. 8. JARYis, 221 Canal steer, Marla-8t. OR SAL#.—-A GENUiNE W. MOORE Central-fire Breech-Loader, 1-gauge, 30 inch barrels, weight 7 ponnds, In first rate order, Prize $45. Apply at iis office, mar 15-tf. ies GROVE PARK ASSO0CIA— TION. One share in aboye Association for sale at avery low price. Uhe best Game Preserve in America, ‘Pront, Black Basa and Pickerel fishing. Address SPORT, this office, Feb22-tf. latices. Shooting Match. FOR $1,000 AGAINST TIME, SKILL, and ENDURANGOE, af GILMORE’S GARDEN, on Friday Night, March 16, 1877. Uapt. A H. BOGARDUS, Champion Wing Shot of ihe world, has made a match to break 1,000 Glass Bulls in two hours and forty Minotes, marl5 1 FOR $2.00 AM HAPPY TO INFORM MY MANY friends and customers that I have now ready the most Complete Game Bag ever Invented. it bas capacity fur 75 Quail. Pocket room for 5@ shells, is Very hght, weighing butafew ounces. Itcan be worn over 4 business coat, or can be worn under, as you please. The material is water-proof drill. Sent post paid on reeeipt of price. Money refunded if not gallsfactory. Send chest wessure only. W. H. HOLABIRD, Valparaiso, Ind. marl5-8m, A Sportsman’s Opportunity GENTLEMAN OWNING A LARGE BE farm, situated in a fine shooting district near Philadelphia. wishes to ar: ange for a resident partner upon the farm. A Sportsman's Club is now in pro- cess of formation. and it is proposed to stack the ad- jacent waters with firh and to lease adjoining lands for thooting purposes. 1,000 acres have been already secured, and arrangements have been made for a full supply of fish for stocking the streams. A geutle- man of leisure, who is willing to reside 6 months or more upon the farm will find this a pleasant business connection. For further particulars address E. L. SPACKMAN, 123 South 2d St., Philadelphia marl5-tf i Wild Fowl Shooting. Qui SECO BAY.—WM. L. LANE announces to his sporting friends that ducks and geese are arriving in great numbers, and the prospect for good shooting is now excellent, Live wild geese and other decoys, batteries, boats and promp attendance af all times, WM. N.LANE, Good Ground, L. 1 mats GE ESSONS IN FLY TYING,—By an ex- perienced fiy-dresser. Refer to el & imprie, 48 Maiden Lane. Address JOHN HAILY, 320 Henry rtreet. New York . Oct 12-6m | gees pal a JOURNAL GIVES choicest standard and new pieces for profes- sional and amateur Readers tnd Speakers, and inter- esting articles on mpulopiate subjects, Just the thing wanted. 10 cts. o any nowadpalee or by mail. JHSSh HANEY & (O,, 119 Nassau Blu News ae TRE. Sporignen 8 Boutes, TO SPORTSMEN: THE PENNSYLVANIA BR. R. COMP’ Respectfully invite attention to the Superior Facilities afforded by their lines for feaching most of the TROT- iNG PARKS and RACH COURSES in the Middle Scrates. These lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the difficulties and dan- ers of reshipment, while the excellent cars run over the smooth steel tracksenable STOCK TO BE TRANS- PORTED without failure or injury. The lines of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING in Pennsylvania and New. Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in all the principal cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centers for Trout Fishirig, Wing Shooting, and Still Hunting Also, to TUCKERTON, BEECH "HAVEN, CAPE MAY, SQUAN, and points onthe NEW JERSEY COAST renowned forsALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN AND FEATHER. rd D, M. BOYD, Jr., Gen’! Pasa. Agent. Frank THomrson, Gen’l Manager. febi7 tf Fer Nassau, N. P, A Famous Winter Resort. Regular Mail Steamshipfrom NEW YORK, Feb. 24, March 7 andil, Prom SAVANNAH, GA, March J, 12, and 22. Trip only 48 hours. nished . Wiurray, Ferris & Co.,. Agents, 62 South street. To Florida & the South SEASON OF 1876-7. Atlantic Const Line of Railways and Connctions N. Y¥. OFFICE, 229 BROAPWAY. No. 1.—6:00 p.m. Daily all rail to Richmond, Wii- thington, Columbia, Augusta, Aiken, Charleston, Sa- yvannah, All Piorida and Southern points, Inthis train Pullman sleeper New York to Richmond, Parlor Cars thence to Wilmington. Pallman sleepers thence to Charleston and Angusta, and Pullman sleeping cars beyond ag route may be, No. 2.—8:40.a. m, daily (except Sunday). Allrai to Riclimondg Wilmington, Charleston, Sayannah, and ajl Morida points. No. 3.—9.30 a. m, daily (except Sunday) via limited express to Washington, and thence as by Schedule No. 2. On these trains Pullman Parlor Cars New York to Washington. Pullman Sleeping Car Mil- ford (supper house) to Wilmington, N. C. Parlor Cara Wilmington to Charleston, Lucas sleepers Charleston to Savaumah, Elegant Day Cars Savan- nah te Jacksonville, No. 4.—8:40 a, m. and 9:30 a. m, daily (excent Illustrated Nassan Gnide fur- Snnday). All rail to Baltimore. Bay Line to Nor- folk. S.& R. R. R, to Weldon, thence as by Sched- ole No. 1. On these trains Parlor Cars to Baltimore, Bay Line steamers to Portsmouth, Parlor Cars to Wilmiuzton, and thence as by Schedule No. 1. For the. reservation of Sections, Compartments, Berths or Chairs, Tickets, Time Cards, and all infor- mation, apply at the New York Office, 229 BROAD- WAY, or at the authorized ‘Ticket Offices of the Pennaylvania, and Baltimore & Ohio Railroads. One half of each Parlor and Sleeping car of this line south of Richmona is constantly reserved at New York for accommodation of passengers by the Atlantic Coast Line. _ A, POPE, Gen, Pass. Agent. OR NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD, Springfeld, White Mountains, Montreal aud intermediate points, The new and elegant steamer BLM GITY leaves Pier No. 25 East River, daily (Sundays excepted) at 3, NIGHT LINE,—The CONTINENTAL leaves New York at 11p.m. Tickets sold and bageage checked at 944 Broadway, New York, and 4 Conrt street, Brook- lyn. Excursion to New Haven and retorn, $1.50. Apply at General Ciilce on the pier, or to RICHARD PECK, General-Agent. my25 tf de ‘POR FLORIDA. -r,,OR THROUGH TICKETS TO FER- NANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUS- TINE, SANFORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings on ST. JOHN’S RIVER and interlor points in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, Gen’! Agent, Phitadelpnia and Southern Mail 8. S. €o., 416 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia Decl4-ly MI ANSION HOUSE, FERNANDINA, Florida, A first-class honse, at the most st- (ractive. winter resort in the South, An ocean beach twenty miles long, surf bathing, bonting aud fishing. Deer in the beach hammock, snipe, rail and dock in countless numbers in the creeks aud marshes, Direct connection by railand steamer with the North. M. W. Downie. Proprietor. Sept7-7m, OLD DOMINION LINE. ‘The steamers of this line reach some of the finest waterfowl and upland shooting rections in the coun- try. Gounections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb's island, and. pauls on the Peningnla, City Point James river, Currituek, Florida, and the mopntainons country of Virginia, Norfolk steam- Tennessee, ett. ni -ers sail Tnesday, Piursday, aiid Saturday; Delaware steamers Monday and Thursday, 8 p.m, fall pafene Hon given ab office, 197 Greenwich strect. New | mation glyen ab Sere ty York, 4, Sportsmen's Routes. GREAT SOUTHERN. MOCHA ACL a He PL he Sha tS AND THE FLORIDA PORTS, EVERY Wednesday and Saturday At 3 o’clock P. M. From PIER 29, N R. CITY OF ATLANTA, CHAMPION. Capt. M.S. Woodbnll. Capt. R. W. Lockwood, GULF STREAM. G. W. CLYDE Capt. 8. (rvowell. Capt. Ingrahm. The above steamers haye been handsomely fitte- op for the convewience of passengers, and are nari valled on the coast for Safety, Speed and Comfort. Close connections at Charleston with the fayorite and well-known Floridi packets DICTATOR, Capt. Vogel; CITY POINT, Capt. Scott, for FERNAN- DINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, PA- LATKA, ENTERPRIS&, MELONYILLE and all points in Florida, EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATHS. = Insurance to destination ONE-HALF OF ONE PER CENT. Goods forwarded free of Commission. ticketsand Bills of Lading isened and signed att oifice of JAMAS W. QUINTARD & CO., Agents, No. 177 West Street, cor, Warren, or W. P. CLYDE & CO., No. 6 Bowling Green, Through Freight ‘Tariffs, Passage Tickets by all rontes and to all points in the South and Southwest, and further information can be obtained at the office of BENTLEY D. HASELL, General Agent, Great Southern Freight Line, 317 Broadway, corner of Thomas street dee7 ly ene ne “THE BERMUDAS.” OW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHT- FUL Winter Resort, is reached in seventy houra from New York, and being surrounded by the warm waters of the Gnif Stream enjoys an equable temperature of about 70°. The elegant British Steamships “‘Bermnuda” and “Camina,” 1,000 tong, tilted expressly for the passen- ger travel, are dispatched from New Youk for Bermu- da fortnightly, making connection at Berxnuda with steamers for Si. Thomas and West Indies, Far full information apply to A. E. OUTERBRIDGE, Agent, 29 Broadway, N. ¥, Dec2i-ly. — Sportsmen's Goods. Sportsmen’s Depot. (ESTABLISRED 1886.) First premiom at World’s Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition. JOHN KRIDER, N, &. Cor Second and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia, GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, FISHING TACKLE, RODS, REELS, LINES HOOKS, PLIES, LEADERS, SNOODS, ARTIFICIAL BAIT, FLY BOOKS, ETG,, ETC. {="Salmon, Bags and Trout Mies made to order, AIGO. “KRIDER'S” CHLEBRATED CENTER ENAMEL SPLIT AND GLUED BAMBOO RODs. J Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in great yarictics—Tax- idermy in all its branches. HPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. Repairing of all kinds. murd-ly The United States Cartridee Co. Lowell, Mass. Manufacturers of the Central Fire, Solid Head, Brass Shell, Re-Loading Cartridge, u-ed by the Army aud Navy of the United States and several Foreien Governments. All kinds of Rim Fire Am- munition. Special aitention paid to orders for Target Prac- tice Cartridges, SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. WALLACE & SONS, Agents, New York City. marl5-176 THE 776 SHOOTING COAT, (PATENTED), First Cliss Shooting Garments, In greut variety. Send for Circalar. Perea | Nyaehiouton City, Febeey, _ aporlsmen s Goods. 91 FOREST AND STREAM. Sportsmen's Ooods, PATENT CAMP STOVES---4 SIZES. es NO. 0 CAMP DIMENSIONS PACKED, 10x12 x14, THE WEIGHT 22 Les, Mh tt COST $11 50 ti se : Ai THE {FOR ‘pavong-duiap 9 OK ~wO Gis 38909 SO] GE WUBLIAA\ S0GSEIZGL SPORTSMEN. Mach Garment Distinctly Marked: T make a Kit similar to No. 0 without oven set, cost $i0. These stoves are durable and give universal satisfaction. Within three years over 1,500 of these camp stoves have been sold, A ‘ SEND FOR CIRCULAR, x : F H. L. DUNCKLEE, ? *: Box 2710. Buston. SIGN OF THE — J a a BOSTON SHOOTING SUIT, GOLD SHIRT. Ithamar 328 u Bois, Iulton St., THE SHikRT j MADE BY Popular MAKER, 6 W Simmons & Son Elegant Searfs§ Hand Ties. : 7. d From 50 4 Cents up. mars 3mos Improved Climax Greaser, Loader, Cap-Expeller BOSTON.” and Shell Extractor, with Reversible Loading and Creusing Cylinder, Price, $2 50. bd Also the ‘*Hold Fast” shell extractor. Price, 75 Cents. SEND FOR For Sale by all gun dealers. Address W. B. HALL, Wanecaster, Pa. maré tf Sample of Material AND Grin: © UU aeaeine SURE CURE—UNEXCELLED. ADDRESS: *SjIv4 ISAC) OFISHEL § KINHOTI, HOLBERTON & BEEMER, 102 Nassan Street, N. Y., MANUFACTURERS Fine Breech-Loading Guns; Fishing Tackle and Sportsmau’s Goods of eyery description, includiug Tents and Camping Guttita. The Holberton Fly Rod for black bass and trout. Hand mace of 2d growth ash, lance wood and bam- poe sound reliable rod; every one tested. Price $8. to $12. Holberton’s celebrated Fly Books made to hold flies at full length with Hyde's improved fly holders, dames Fiorida Spoon, with extia hooks. The ouly troiling bait that will etand Florida fishing. The Fox patent Breech-Loading gun, This gno is the best gitn for the money yet oif¢red to sports- men, Call and see the $50 Gun. AGENTS FOR Duncklee’s*Camp Stoves, Boudren’s Patent Jack, Dash and Fishing Lamps, Niehol’s and Lefever’s Breech Loaders. Three-Harrel Gung, Dittmar Powder HKay’s ( oncentrators, The Goss Heyoivying Cartridge Belt, Bond's and Fenner’s Portable Boats dea A, Paine’s Glass ball trap and Giass balls. HL, Leonard's Split Bamboo Roda. Vhad Notris' Greenhart aid Split Homboo Rods. fara J. MeBride’s Standard Artificial Flies. Hofberton’s Black Bass flies for casting with a light rod. Good's Moccasins, New styles with water-proof tongué and bard soles, Hart’s Metal sheil, per 100, $90cts Katon’s céleprated Rust Preventer and Lubriea- tor, Sportsmen will find the above worth trying as itISawreat preventor of rust and teading; no mer eury. Spratva English Dog Bisenits. Thonison’s ard Boston Shooting and ishing Suits. Hubber Goods. Hart's and Leonard's new Click Reels a preat im provement, etc., etc. Send £0 cis. for new Ulustrated Catalogue con tdining hints on Fly Fishing, Shooting and Camp- ing, Sporting Bketches by Random Shot. Inberal dissount to the trade. #, 0, Box eo Jel ly Good’s Oil Tanned Moccasins The best thing ever worn by sportsmen, Nolinjured by wet- ting and drying —always soft and - easy to the feet. Four dif- Slferent styles, Prices to F suit the times. Send for illustrated cirenlar and (Successor-to Frank Good). MARTIN 8. “HUTCHINGS, P. U, Box 318 Dover, N, GO, Holberton & Beemer, 102 Nassau st., N. Y., Agents. | ANT IMPORTERS OF BSaker’a Eley’s Straw colored shells price list. Matehless Cigar Lighter. Supstitute for troubie some and dangerous matches. Wil light a Cigar, Cigarette or Pipe in any kind of weather; eyery smoker should = have one; can bejcarried in the vest-pocker. Sent by mail, post-puid 50 cents. Send stamp for Catalogue of Noyelties and Sporting Goods. FISH & SIMPSON, 182 Nassau st., N. Y augl7 ly CRHE DMOOR Long-Range, Wind Gauge, and Vernier Sistits. HARI’S SPORTSMAN’S FAVORITE Metallic Shells. MANUFACTURED BY? GEO, E. HART & CO., Newark, N. J. jn 20-1? ishing Cackle. CARD. 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Ten Cents a Copy. i For Forest and Stream. “BIDE A WEE.” —— > ; HE aun is coming north once mora, The wintry days are almost over, Spring shyly loiters at the door, Witli smiles atid tears, as aye of yore; And breath of buds, and clover. Slowly the snow-drifts molt away ; And prison'd streams will soon be singing; Then balmy airs will kiss the day, And bees willhum o’er meadows gay, While birds are homeward winging. Then shall the forest put aside The sober hues,of days long cheerless; Dew-crested flowrets, far and wide, Will gleam with jewels for the bride, “Who comes in beauty peerless. Her smiles bring dimples to the lake, And grave old hemlocks nod a prosting. The timid deer, their haunts forsake, And through the dells, their run-ways muke, Where crystal brooks are mesting, Now tempted by the wooing sun, The lusty trout again are roaming. The angler’s trysting time begun, When round the camp fires, one by ons, Friends gather in the gloaming. + TWA: atly Hirst Bull-Sh oe HW appearance of the Pores? snp Stream, in its attrac- tive, new dress, exhibiting antlered head of the grand- est member of the deer tribe, in the midst of various scenes characteristic of the pursuits in flood and field that carry joy to the sportsmans heart, brings to my recollection the occasion when I first met and conquered the full-grown, lordly bull- moose in his northern home. The methods of approaching this great deer vary according +o the season of the year, or the particular locality in which it may beat the moment, Floating at night when the moon is shining is practised during the summer. Hunters state that itis not safe to carry a jack, as a wounded moose will attack a boabif it bears a ight. In the avitumn the bulls are ealled to the place where the rifleman has taken his position, by imitating the peculiar cry of the cow, with a horn made of birch-bark ; or else still-hunted by following their tracks in the soft ground aud amid the swamps, or on the light snow. And in mid-winter they are sought for in their yards, where they are helpless either to defend themselves or to _ e8cape, as the snow being deep with a thick crust the heavy animal breaks through with its sharp hoofs and is soon oyer- taken by the hunter on his snow-shoes. The first and last of these methods, it seems to me, should not require any lengthy appeal (in these days when our large game is being improved so rapidly from off the face of the earth), to persuade all worthy of the name of sportsman to renounce entirely—nay niore, to give their earnest assistance in haying laws passed to prevent every one from killing any species of deer at such seasons, and then seeing to it that the laws wre enforced. Before proceeding with my narrative, letme in a few words show why these two methods are thoroughly unworthy of the sportsman, if indeed there may be any such to whom the reasons are mot already sufficiently apparent. During the summer when Hoating is practicable, itis chiefly the cow or doe (as the species may belong either to Alees or Cervus) that come down to the water, and then they are either with young or else the calves or fawns are hidden away in the woods to await the mother’s return. Should she perish at the water's side, the unborn young perish with her, or else those lettin the forests must slowly starve to death as they are generally not old enough to take care of themselves, and in this manner, the species becomes rapidly exterminated. Tf, on the other hand, it isa bull or buck that is shot, it will usually be a young one, lean in flesh, with the horns in the yelvet, and so the much desired trophy cannot be preserved with any satisfactory results, J contend that none of the aboye facts can bring any pleasant recollections to the mind of a frue sportsman, I remember once going in the early part of September to # chain of lakes in the Adirondack just north of Racquette Lake, and that onr party were unable to pitch their cap in several places determined upon, on ac- count of the stench that arose along theshore from the putrid carcasses of the deer lying allabont. During the month of Angust, there had been encamped around the lake a number of sportsmen !!—heayen saye the tiark!]—and they bad slauglitered the deer, chiefly does, as we could see from’ the skulls, to such an extent that the place was full of their cax- NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAROH 22, 1877. casses, and the pure air of the wilderness had become more like that of the charnel-house. No, my fellow-sportsman, ye who are worthy of the title, and delight in the exhilarating pleasures of the chase, regarding the beasts of the field and fowls of the sir as among those good gifts to man to be used and not abused, help with all your might to do away with deer-hunting during the summer-time, so that all such use- less slaughter may be effectually prevented, and that if may, together with wood-cock shooting at the same season of the year, soon be among the things that were. For the last me- thod, slaughtering the helpless moose in the yards or in the deep snows, I do not belieye words of mine are necessary to cause every one, who is nota sayage, to condemn and ex- ecrate any person who could be guilty of that kind of mur- der. But yet itis asad truth, that killing these splendid animals in this way has been the maim cause of their com- plete extermination in many localities, and of their rapidly becoming scarce in others. The Canadian authorities did well to prevent all persons from killing moose in Nova Scotia for a certain number of years, for they were fast disappearing from their haunts in that Province, but the Government would do still better if, now the end of the close time is ap- proaching, they would extend it for another similar period, for it takes a moose séveral years to arrive at its prime, and there must be a disproportionate number of young animals among those now roaming over the northern pasture grounds, But having made a wider digression than I intended, let me come back to the narrative I started to relate, though I can- not feel that many apologies are needed, for I am happy to see that the preservation of our game of fur, fin, and feather is attracting the earnest attention of the best among us all over our land. It was, then, toward the latter part of September, 18—, that three of us, with an equal number of guides, were encamped upon a swift running stream in the central part of Noya Scotia. Such a country as it was to hunt over, and probably is to-day, I neyer before had seen. The woods were few, and chiefly in and around swamps, where you sank all.the way from your ankle. to your waist, as you were heavy or light. The remainder of the country was, believe, called ‘‘barrens,” and barren it certainly was of any uprighttrees, but to make up for this there were plenty of them lying down and over each other in all manner of perplexing positions, while be- neath their interlaced branches and recumbent trunks the granite rocks lay at all imaginable angles, chiefly with the sharp side up. It was quite a relief to arrive at any place freed of tree tranks and be able to walk oyer the rocks only, the sensation experienced being similar to that one would feel on leaving a corderoy road fora wooden pavement. It was over and through such grounds as this we were to hunt the moose, and if was to be chiefly by tracking them, for but little calling had been resorted to as yet, it being deemed rather early in the fall to render that method successful. Be sure, my reader, it was no work for any one not possessed of plenty of muscle and endurance, to follow the Moose in such country. We had to stride over the prostrate limbs, lying frequently two or more feet above the rocks below, balancing ourselyes upon the sharp point of some upturned stone, or on the shaking branch of a tottering trunk, all the while fearful lest some limb might crack beneath us, and warn the wary deer of our proximity. By the time we reached our camp in the evening after a day's tramp, we would be quite content to lie down and drop the rifle, which, on starting out in the morning, had seemed no heayier than a walking- stick, bnt which, on our return, weighed a ton or more, I had been out several days, and although I had been fortunate to sée quite a number of moose, they had been equally lucky to see me, and I had not succeeded in getting a4 shot. One cari- bon had fallen to the rifle of a member of the party, and we had been liying upon its flesh, and I would say in passing, more tender venison I never tasted. Bear were yery plenti- ful all about us, several had been seen, and a very large one killed by one of the guides. Indeed so numerous were they that it was not deemed prudent to go any distancefrom camp at night. At length the day arrived when I was to bring down my first (full-grown) bull-moose. In company with my guide I left camp as soon as it was light enough to enable us to pick our way oyer the difficult ground, For a long time we struggled on oyer the rocks and fallen timber, until at length, upon a marshy place near an exten- sive thicket, we came to some fresh tracks plainly visible. Evidently a bull and cow had but lately passed along, and my guide thought they might possibly be then lying down among the bushes near by. Carefully getting’ the wind to blow in our faces, we advanced into the swamp. Isoon lost sight of my guide, and was slowly making my way as noise- lessly as I could, when suddenly, close by me, a fine cow sprang to her iget and started off onasharp trof, I could { Volume §, Number 7. 17 Chatham St. (City Hall Sqr.) easily have shot her down, as she was not over twenty feet from me, but I restrained myself and let her gofres. Ihave a certain satisfaction now, my brother sportsman, when I re- call the fact, that I lef that cow go away unshot at, for, as any one knows who has hunted moose, the temptation to shoot at one when near by is very great, and it is not easy to hold one’s hand. Perhaps I may have regretted my forbearance a few moments afterward, when we came to the place and saw by the tracks that the bull had also gone off in a trot, proba-~ bly having been startled by the noise made by the cow, However, it was still early in the day, and we were compara- tively fresh, and after listening a few moments to the sounds made by the frightened animals as they forced their way through the bushes, we took up another line of march. We had not gone far before we came upon some more tracks, this time made by a single bull, and evidently one of large size. He had gone by but a very short time before, walking quietly along, and occasionally had nibbled away the ends of the bushes near his path. We wer eon the ‘‘ qui vive” at once, and giving my guide the lead I followed, stepping carefully in his footsteps. The signs kept growing fresher announcing the close proximity of our game, and I fairly held my breath, lest he might hear us and be off. At length the tracks led away in the direction of a small woods lying beyond two hills, and my guide said we should find him there. But as it was necessary we should approach him against the wind, we were obliged to skirt the base of one hill, and then pass over the other. As we drew near the foot of the first hill, a bear suddenly jumped up and went away at a great pace directly over the hill we were going to, making a tremendous noise as he tore over the trees and through the bushes. I threw my rifle to my shoulder to give him a shot, when I was prevented by the guide placing his hand on my arm, and whispering, ‘© Don’t shoot, we'll lose the bull if you do.” With great care we gradually drew near to the top of the de- sired hill, steoping lower and lower as we approached the crest, until at last we were fairly on our hands and knees. Some trees were lying on the top, which helped to conceal us, and on looking through their branches, with a beating heart, I Sey our desired quarry standing at a distance of from ona hundred to one hundred and fifty yards, He was exactly facing us, placed between two trees, which protected his sides, leaving only his chest and head in view, his horns projecting beyond the trunks of the two trees, He had evidently been startled by the noise made by the bear in his rush oyer the hill, and was straining all his powers to ascertain the cause of bruin’s fright. But as the wind blew toward us, he had not smelt us, and we had been careful to keep out of sight. It seemed to mea long distance to shoot, and so little of the animal was visible I feared a miss. Soturning to my guide, who was lying flat on the ground behind me, I asked, “Can’t we get a little nearer? I fear at the best I can only wound him as he now stands.” ‘*No,” he replied, ‘‘ he'll see us if we moye another foot, for there is not a bit of cover between us after we leave this place, so just squint your prettiest and let him have it.” So admonished, I raised my rifle, and aiming as near as 1 could judge for his heart, I pulled the trigger. I saw the great deer flinch as the bullet struck him, but he did not change his position. ‘“ You've hit im” said my guide, ‘give ‘im another bullet quick.” I obeyed, sendingit as near as I could to the place its predecessor had reached, At this the moose turned slowly around, exposing his Hanks, when I fired another ball at his shoulder. It did not seem to affect him, but he began to move away in the most extraordinary man- ner, lifting his legs high in the ait and then placing thém as far apart as possible as though he was bracing himself from falling. ‘'He’s hard hit,” soliloquised my guide; '‘ he won't go far,” and hardly had the words been uttered when with a crash the bull fell over on his side, Isprang to my feet and rushed down the hill toward him, unmindful of everything save that I had shot a moose, when the guide called ont, ‘be careful, he may get up yet, and a wounded bull isan ugly customer, keep clear of him,” Thus warned, I got behind a tree and looked at him, but he did not move, so by gradual approaches I eame up to where he was lying. He was just giving his last gasp, a slow movement of the huge ears being the only sign that there was any life in him, and soon this ceased. He looked enormous as he lay there, and I climbed up on to his side, and sat enthroned. He was 2 very large animal, and Lregret that T have not the measurements—which L took very carefully of his height at shoulder, girth, ete.—by “nie to record here. The horns were of fair size, not so large as many I have seen, but still of yery respectable spread, and the palmation a good width. On opening him we found my ball, probably the first one, had entered the breast low down and penetrated the lower portion of the heart, and the othey two had lodged close by. After skinning him we started for camp, and sent out all our force to bring inthe meat, My 94. FOREST AND STREAM. . — — shots Lad been heard, nnd my triends had thought we were having an encounter with a bear, as itis not offen so many opportunities are afforded to shoot at a moose. Soon the guides came into camp staggering under their londs of meat, 4nd one hore the head and horn of the bull, which oteupied us for the remninder of the day in getting ready for trans- portation to Halifax, where it was subsequently handsomely mounted. Merry was our evening around the camp fire, as ouz spirits were raised by my success, and we hoped to add some more bulls to our list of game during the time that still remained to us before we should be obliged to return to civilization ; and IT may add, that our expectations were not in yain, tor two more pf the great deer were killed, one falling to my rifle and another to that of my companions, but neither equaled in siza or magnitude of antlers the one which I haye here designated as my first bull-moose, “OCPEILUS. ———— oe For Forest and Stream. UP ROCK RIVER. Se WAVING Janesyille at 7 4. u.. Sept. 15th, I pulled Ieis- tively in my boat wp the river, with only ‘‘Old Cap” fora companion, Ihad made up my mind to take a trip to Madison via Rock River, Catfish Creek, and the lakes, some- thing different from my usual fall hunting frips. After reaching Madison I intended camping on Pourth Lake a few days, and returning the same way I went later in the fall, wheu ‘‘ducks were thick.” *‘Doc” and I had talked of tak- ing this trip for a year past, but he disappointed me; and this is how I happened to be alone, as I have said. My boat was pretty well loaded with tent, guns, dog, and camping mtensils, but pulled easily, and I made good head- Way with a light wind against me. ‘Two miles up the river a sinall Hock of blackheads tiew rapidly over, but as they got well out of range before I tired, I failed to drop any, and resumed my rowing. ©60 4 34 4 16 8 50 a #37 5 (17 9 45 6 31 6 OF In 39 (te al 6 57 Srawanniaka Yacur Onus.—iIn publishing last weék a re- port of the recent meeting of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club, the programme of races adopted was accidentally omitted. Tt was as follows : First Race.—To come off on June 16th; open to all clubs, with the usual restrictioris. This isto bea Corinthian race for first and second-class sloops fand second-class schooners; one prize in each class of $150, making the amount for prizes $450, The steamboat to cost not more than $200, and the lunch $250. Second Race.—To come off on June 23d; an ocean race for first and second-class schooners; owners to command and steer their own boats, with the usual restrictions. One prize in each class of $200, making $400 for prizes. The steam- boat to cost $125 and the lunch $60. Two entries in each class, and no race in the class that fails so to fill. Third Race.—Annual regatta of Oyster Bay, July 4th; there being fiye prizes of the value of $50 each, making $250. The steamboat to cost not over $125, and the linch $50. FinwthiRace.—To come off July 28th; a race for open boats at Oyster Bay, one prize in each class of the yalue of $50, making $100 for prizes, Fifth Race.—A series of four races for open boats, to be sailed at Oyster Bay on the last four Saturdays of September. The prizes to be of the yalue of $50 in each class, said prizes to be awarded to the boats scoring the greatest number of victories, a ‘walk over” to count. Should there be a tie, it will be sailed off on October 3 oyer the usual club course. Sixth Race.—*‘Ladies’ Day” regatta, to come off in Septem- ber, the date to be appointed by the Commodore. The prizes to be colors in each class, to the value of $150; the ex- penses not to exceed $50. New Beprorp Yacur Crun.—A meeting of this club was held at the new club-house on the 16th inst., the object being to adopt aconstitution and by-laws. The following was adopted: ‘The name of the club is fixed as the New Bedford Yacht Club, and the officers are to consist of a commodore, vice- commodore, captain, secretary, treasurer, measurer, and twelve directors. The admission fee is to consist of five dollars, and the annual fee five dollars, The elub will also admit a limited number of honorary members. Charles F. Monroe, Peleg Macomber, and Walter Myrick were appointed a committee to nominate a list of officers, and reported the following list, which was adopted: Commodore, John A, Hawes; Vice-Commodore, Edgar B. Hammond; Captain, Thomas G. Wing; Secretary, George W, Parker; Treasurer, Edwin Dews; Measurer, Willard Nye, Jr. Directors, George W. Parker, Frank OC, Bancroft, John H, Garnett, OC. Warren Fisher, James R. Forbes, Alired G, Alley, Charles F. Monroe, Gilbert D. Kingman, Robert 8. Lawton, William Sanders, Joseph A. Bullard, Henry F. Hammond. Thomas G, Wing was appointed treasurer protem., anda large proportion of those present paid the entering fee as an earnest that they meant business. It was stated that 44 persons had already placed their names upon the books, and that 13 names additional had been presented for considera- tion, all being oarsmen or yachtmen of repute. The club starts under most fayorable auspices, and we anticipate re- cording many stirring contests in the waters of Buzzards Bay. St, Aveustriye Yacut Crus.—The 4th annual Regatta of the St. Angustine Yacht Club took place on March 17th. The ‘‘Idlewild,"—J. W, Keep—received the first prize in the 2d-class yachts, by time allowance from the ‘‘Neptune,” Viee-Com. Morrison. The ‘‘Henrietta,” N. Edgar, won the prize of the special class yachts, and the “Carne,” R. Pink- ham, in the 3d-class. Im the contest between the canoes *Eimima”™’ and ‘‘Ella” of the St. John’s Canoe Club, the former won, and the fisherman's canoe, ‘‘Mullet,” by Benet, wou in her class. The race between the gigs of the Bache and yacht Wanderer, manned by men from the respective boats, was wou by the Wanderers crew. Scrmeytiric APPARATUS For TARING Fiymne SounDINGs. —The apparatus for taking Hying soundings—an English inyention—has attracted much notice from nauticdl men, It consists of an oval weight of lead, thirty pounds, at- tached by half a fathom of hemp cord to a riug or thimble properly secured'-on one end of a length of two hundred fathoms of piano forie wire coiled on an exceedingly light wheel of thin galvanized sheet iron of about a foot diame- ter, mounted on a fram--work fixed in a convenient pnsi- tion on the ship’s taffrail. The wheel has a second rim, with a simple kind of friction brake, by which a constant force of five pounds is applied to it when the wire is run- ning out, There isalso attached to the same shait a ratchet wheel and pawl, which can be thrown out of gear or into gear at pleasure. A counter to countup 200 turns completes the apparatus. To take a sounding by it the plan is to let the weight hang by a short cord direct from the wheel and clear of the taffrail, aud then to lift the pawl and throw it out of gear, holding the wheel by hand till ready to begin, then to jet go the rim and stand by. The moment the wheel is heard to go slower the rim is to be laid hold of with both hands, protected by a piece of canvas or thick leather gloves, and stopped. It is only necessary to read the counter, and the sounding is complete. Two men, working on han- dles applied for the purpose, haul in the wire and recover the lead easily and speedily. : Rational Pastimes. a SKATING, _Ice skating ended in the metropolis the last of February, since which time the in-door form of skating on the Plymp- ton patent roller skates has become a popular recrea- fon, especially with the fashionable class of society in Brooklyn, where no less than four roller skating halls. are now in operation; on the Rink in Clermont avenue, Gallatin Hall on Fulton avenue, Burnham’s Academy on Schermerhorn street, and Apollo Hall in Williamsburgh. The Rink is the largest building, but it is not managed on the best interests of the new exercise, inasmuch as the high-pressure Parisian system of variety performance has been the plan pursued on the special entertainment Dights, and the result has been a large falling off of the patron- age. People prefer to see exhibitions of graceful figure skating, in the place of mere trials of speed and endur- ance in the form of dangerous hurdle races and steeple chases on rollers, The best arrangement in the way of catering for society peoele, is that introduced at Burn ham’s Gymnasium, which was opeued on Wednesday nigh last. The popular plan of moderate prices is pursued as Gallatin Hall and Apollo, where no rapid skating i allowed, and crowds are attracted nightly to see the ex hibitions of figure skating. - - CRICKET. —The annual meeting of the Young America Cricket Club, of Germantown, took place on Tuesday week, at Wilson Hall, Philadelphia. The officers of the ensuing year areas follows: President, EH. M. Dayis, \Jr.; Vice-President, T, P. C. Stokes ; Secretary, J. Waln Vanx ; Treasurer, E. N. Wright, Jv.; Ground Committee, George M. Newhall, Sidney L. Wright, Edward Waln, Jr. The Seeretary’s report gavea full account of last year's business and the averages of the first elever as follows; R. §. Newhall, 33; George M. Newhall, 263-7; B. N. Wright, Jr., 26; D. S. Newhall, 254; Jolm B. Large, 244; R. Loper Baird, 141-6; H. L. Newhall, 14; C. A. Newhall, 12 ; Thomas Baxter, 9 4-5 ; Harry Stocker, 7; A. A. Vanrensallaer, 6; EB. 8. Buckley, Jr., 6; FB, C. Baird, 535 E. W. Clark, 5. The Treasurer’s report: was well received, there being a cash balance of over one hundred dollars on hand. Whe prospect for the coming year is very promising, Lord Harris having written to say that Mr. G. W. Graceand himself intend getting up a gentleman team to come over in the fall to play Canada and “The States.” —*‘T don't call that binding,” as the sick man said of the castor oil, Hew Publications. —— MAGAZINES. —_—__—_ The opening paper in W. B. HALL, Laneaster, Pa. mar (f The United States Cartridee Co. Lowell, Mass. Mannfactnrers of the Central Fire, Solid Head, Brass Shell, Re-Loading Cariridge, used by the Army and Nayy of the United States and several Foreign Governments, All kinds of Rim Fire Am~ munition, Special attention paid to orders for Target Prac- tice Cartridges. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. WALLACE & SONS, Agents, New York City. marl5—I7t THE °76 SHOOTING COAT, (PATENTED). First Class Shooting Garments, In great variety. Send for Circular. « GEO. C. HENNING, "i Cy See “" Bebee-ly, Sportsmen's Gaadg, DECOYS. RED HEAD. COoT. WHISTLER. SPRIGTAIL, MALLARD. SHELDRAKE, BLACK DUCK. CANVAS. ALso WILD GEHSE. These are the new patent Decoys which come pack- ed in nests, sixinabox. The greatest improvement possible on the old style of wooden Decoy. Price of the ducks, $12 per doz.; price of she geese, 2 each. G. W. SIMMONS & SON, Oak Hall, Boston, Mass. Tan Color, Waterproof Leather Vest and Jackets, Fiannel-Lined. (Made and sold only by Messrs. G. W. SIMMONS & Co,, Oak Hann, Boston,) are considered the most sensible protectors ever devised for sportsmen’s wear. Price, Vest $10: Jacket, $15. Measurements re- tired are Waist, Breast and Inside Seam of sleave. Mention Height and Weight. EXPRESSLY TO OUK ORDER, and is of a perfect dead grass shade. Send fora sample of the leather, THIS LEATHER HAS BEEN MANUFACTURED LADIES LEATHER VESTS AND JACKETS made ic order, Indispensible to all who are m any way expoged to the weather. G. W. Simmons & Son, 32 to 38 North 2t., Oak Hall, Boston, Mass. ‘Pun Boston SHoovine Suir.—One of the most Bnocess{u! manufacturers of Waterproof Shooting Suits is the firm of G. W.Simmons & Son, Oak Hail, Boston. We had one of theirsuits on duty at Haon- ters Camp at Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition It has grown gray in service, but is good for use yet. This suit is known as the ‘Boston Shooting Suit,’ in contradistinction no doubt, from the garments which are manufactured out svest and at Washington, each of which’ has a local demand of its own. The Boston Shooting Suit. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY G. W. SIMMONS & SON, Boston, Mass. , Sozp eéyerywhere in the U. 8. by all first-class dealers in SPORTSMEN’S GOODS. EACH GARMENT DISTINCLY MARKED Jt “BOSTON SHOOTING SUIT,” } mude by e c.W. Simmons & Son. J This new design of WATERPROOF SHoortine Sur, made from extra quality duck, bas attained such popularity as to be called for from all parts of the country, and eyen from England. “Shipping clothing to England strikes us very much like sending ‘Coals to Newcastle,’ but the merite of the “BOSTON SHOOTING SUITS” have been heard of in the O.d Country, and that land of sports men has sent an order to Messrs. Simmons & Son, which will doubtless be followed by many others.”— Boston Paper. The design embraces the best points of the English and French Suits, combined with the necessary re- quirements for American service. Particular atien- tention has been paid to color. Each suit is water-proofed by a new patent process. The seams and pocket corners are securely fastened, and nothing neylected to render the suit perfect in eyery respect. THE PRICE HAS BEEN FIXED AT $13, TO IN- CLUDE HAT OR DOUBLE VISORED CaP, Tan TACHABLE HAVELOCK, COAT, VEST, PANTALOONS. Qne hundred suits will be kept ready in stock, so that we can urnisb to order any size reqnired, at a moment's notice, In the Golden Rule (Rev. W, H. H. Murray’s paper) the euthusiastic editor writes:— “We were shown, the other day, a new water-proof guit, specially adapted for sportsmen, designed and mede np by Simmons & Son, of Boston, and to which we call the attention of all brethren of the ont-door and shore-shooting fraternity, because it meets the demand of personal comfort and convenience beyond anything of home manufacture sesn by us before, a As a sportsman, we give it omr unqualified endorse- Ment, as combining ‘he best points of the English suits, and in addition skilfully adapted to the neces- sities of the American service, It is a most admirable and satisfactory contrivance in color, style, water- proof quality and capacity. The coat is a maryel in this latter respect.” PERSONS ORDERING FROM A DISTANCE NEED ND ONLY THE FOLLOWING TO BE SURE OF PERFECT PCL— WAIST MEASURE. _ INSIDE COAT SLEEVE, INSIDE SEAM PANTALOONS, SIZE OF HAD. MENTION HEIGHT AND WEIGHT. G.W, SIMMONS & SON, “OAK HALL,” BOSTON, MABS. Sportsmen's Goods. SIGN OF THE GULD lthamar 328 SHIRT. u Bois, rillton St., THE SHIRT - Popular MAKER, ElegantSecarfs and Ties, From 50 Cents up, mars 3mos porismmen § EIDNOrIUtD, HOLBERTON & BEEMER. 102 Nassau Street, N. Y., MANUFACTURERS ANI IMPORTERS OF Fine Breech-Leading Guns, Fishing Tackle and Sportsman’s Goods of every description, including Tenta and Camping Ontfits. The Holberton Fly Rod for black bass apd trout. Hand mace of 2d growth ash, lance wood and bam—- aor sound reliable rod; every one tested. Price $8. 0 $12. Holberton’s celebrated Fly Books made to hold flies at full length with Hyde’s improved fly holders. James Florida Spoon, with extia‘hooks, The only trolling bait that will stand Florida fishing. the Fox patent Breech-Loading gun. This gun is the best gun for the money yet offered to sports- men, Call and see the S$5¢ Gun. AGENTS FOR Duncklee’s"Camp Stoves. Boudren’s Patent Jack, Dash and Fishing Lamps, Nichols and Lefever’s Breech. Loaders, Three-Barrel Gung. Dittmer Powder MKHay’s ( oncentrators. The Goss Kevyolving Cartridge Belt. Bond's and Fenner’s Portable Boots. Ira A. Paine’s Glass ball trap and Glass balls. H.u, Leonard's Split Bamboo Hoda. 'Phad Norris’ Greenhart aud Split Bamboo Rods. Sarg. J. McBride's Standard Artificial Flies. Holberton’s Black Bass tiles for casting with a light rod. ; Good’s Woccasins. New styles with water-proof tongue and hard soles, Eley’s Straw colored Shells Baker's art’s Metal shell. per 100, 90cts EBaton’s celebrated Rust Preventer and Lubriea- for, Sportsmen will find the above worth trying as itis a great preventor of rust and leading; no mer- cury. . Spratv’s English Dog Biseuits, Thomson’s and Boston Shooting and Fishing Suits. Rubber Goods. Hert’s and Leonard’s new Click Reels a great im- provement, etc., etc. Send 1 cis, for new Hliustrated Catalogue con- taining hints on Fly Fishing, Shooting and Camp- ing, Sporting Sketches by Random Shot, Liberal discount to th® trade. P.O. Box 5,109. jel ly Sportsmen’s Depot. (ESTABLISKED 1836.) First premium at World’s Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition, N, E. Cor Second and Walnut Sis., Philadelphia. GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, FISHING TACKLE, RODS, REKLS, LINES HOOKS, FLIES, LEADERS, SNOODS, ARTIFICIAL BAIT, FLY BOOKS, ETC., ETC. =" Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies made to order, ALSO, “KRIDER'S CELEBRATED CENTER ENAMEL SPLIT AND GLUED BAMBOO RODS, Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in great varieties—Tax- idermiy in all its branches, SPRATT'S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. Repuiring of all kinds. mar4-ly ACENTS WANTED. Goodyear's Pocket Gymnasium. ENDORSED BY THE MOST EMINENT PHYSICIANS. The Most Complete Systom OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE Ever Devised for Home Practice. 100,000 in use by men, * women and children. Used standing, sitting or Teclining. Hundrets of graceful movements, For home, office, schools, hospitals. ; Price List.-No.1, for Chil- dren 4to G years, 1.00, No. = 2, for Children 6 to 8, $1.10. No-5, for Children 8 to 10, $1.20. No.4, for Children 10 told, ah No 5, for Ladies and Children 1¢ years aud upwards, 1.40. No, 6, for Gentlemen of moderate strength, $1.50. No. 7, used by Ladies, Children or Gents, $2.00. ‘0. 8. for Gentlemen of extra strength, $2.60, Full set,.famuti use, Leach, (1 to 6) Two 7’s and Two8's, $16.00. Nos.7 and are fitted with a screw-eye and hook to attach to the well or floor. A pair of No. 7, ($4.00), or-8, ($5.00), make a completa Gymnasium and Health Lift. Sent post-paid on receipt of price, Exclusive Agencies granted in unocenupied territory. Exclusive rights to sell the Pocket Gymnasium affo: the largest possible returns for small investments. Its sales x are neatly universal wherever itis placed before the pub- lic and its merits fully understood. For Iijustrated descriptive circulars, terms, &c., address, Goodyear Rubber Curler Gon, F..0, Box 5,186. 697 Broadway, New Yorke ,e RUBBER GOODS OF EVERY , FOREST AND STREAM. Sportsmen's Ooods, Goods Oil Tanned Mocessins The best thing ever worn by sportsmen. Not injnred by wet- ting and drying —always soft and easy to the feet. Four dif- sy ferent styles, Prices to snit the times. Send for . : illostrated circular and price list. (Successor to Frank Good). MARTIN 8. uUTCHINGS, P. U. Box 368 Dover, N. H. Holberton & Beemer, 102 Nassau st., N. Y., Agents. Matchless Cigar Lighter. Sunstitnte for troubje- some aud dangerons » matches. Wil light a Cigar, Cigarette or Pipe in any kind of weather; every smoker should = hayeé one; can befcarried in the vest-pocket. Sent by mail, post-pnid 50 cents, Sendstamp for Catalogue of Novelties and Sporting Goods. FISH & SIMPSON, 132 Nassau st., N. ¥ augl? ly SURE CURE—UNEXCELLED, ® S 2 F E ° 4 ARADS oO =) c » COMPOUND! TT ror = é ingg /EXTRACT om )) ar, = i) \ 7) a) s a Recommended by the Medical Profesejon. Founded July 4, 1808, aR nee Pen — Thos. W. Sparks, Shot and Bar Lead MANUFACTURER, Office 121 Wainnt St., Philadelphia ishing Turkle. CARD. Dr. Fowier’s Celebrated Six Strip Bam- ‘és boo Fly-Rods. Improved and finished without cutting away the enam- el. The strongest and handsomest rodsin the world, eta ores solicited for all kinds of fine tackle. ods sent per express on approval. Send for circu- lar. A. H, FOWLER, Ithaca, N. ¥ ~ NORRIS’ FLY RODS. Of greenheart and rent and glued bamboo, for tront salmon and bass. Also trong, salmon and bass flies, reels, lines, leaders,, fly-books. ete., etc, Agent in New York for rods, HOLBERTON & BEEMER, 108 Nassau st. 4 Ferules and other materials furnished to amateur rod makers, Thaddeus Norris, 208 WEST LOGAN SQUARK, PHILA. DE. CAP- PER, AND RAMMER,. for both paper and metallic shells. A pocket instrn- ment; it requires no bench or table for its nse, but i efficient in camp, boat or stand, Price, $2. Sen free by mail on receipt of price, State whether for No. 10 or No, 12 gauge. Liberal discount to the trade. ONION & CORNWALL, Gurs and Fishing Tackle 18 Warren street. bY Nov. 9-eow 6mos i 5 Folded space, $x5x23 A eet) inches, Camp Lovunae Co,, Troy, N. Y., and Norwalk Ct. : Lounge, Pillow and Mosquito Bar Canopy im Each Case, : Folded apace, 2x7x28 al inches. SPORTING, \ $6. By Mail, $6.75. WW MILITARY, MINING WELAND NOVELTY TRADE, FREE GIRCULARS. ishing GCackle. A. B. SHIPLEY & SON. MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF Fine Fishing Tackle, FISH RODS, MOUNTINGS, &e. Shipley’s “Prize Medal” Split Bamboo and Green Heart Trout, Salmon and Bass Fly Rods. Reels, Lines, Leaders, Floats, Artificial Flies, Bone, Metai, and Nickle Squids for Sea, River and Brook Fishing. A SPECIALTY OF THE CELEBRATED Green Heart ood. for Amatuer rod makers, Prize Medal Awarded pt Franklin Institute 1874, ané Centennial Exhibition 1876. for Rods, Lines, Reels, Flies, Artiticial Barts, dc. mari-6m 503 Commerce &t., Philadelphia, CONROY, BISSETT& MALLESON, 65 Fuiton St., N. Y. Six Strip Split Bamboo Ely Rods A SPECIALTY. $25 Each Quality Guaranteed. ALSO = 7 COMBINED GREEN HEART 1 AND SPLIT BAMBOO RODS, BUTT AND JOINT OF GREEN HEART, AND TIPS OF SPLIT BAMBOO. $30 Each FLIES, LINES, &o., AT RE- DUCED RATES. Febi5 6m L. H. ABBEY. ANDREW CLERE. = Special. 48 Wiaiden Lane. va 0. Box 1292 S5SLiberty Street. NEW YORK. ABBEY & IMBRIE, (Successors to Andrew Clerk & Co.) New York, London, and Redditch, Importers, Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in FISHING TACKLE Of Every Description and Quality. We puriicnlarly call attention to our extensive as- sortment af fine goods for sportsmen, such as Salmon Trout, and Black Biss Plies and Snell Hooks, on hand and tied to order; Cuttyhunk and Pasque Islands Bass Lines, Water-proof Braided Silk Lines, etc., etc. Every genuine H. L. Leonard’s Six-Spliced Bamboo Salmon, Trout, and Bass Rod is marked “H, L. Leon ard, maker, Abbey & Imbrie, sole agents.» Beware of imitations, Sole agents for the McCord Patent Celluloid Black Bass Reel, and Aiken Black Bass Rod. Proprietors of the celebrated Winchester Patent Braided Rods. Sole importers of Joseph Warrin’s Drill-Hyed and Bep-Byed Needles. ‘acties fitted outwith appropriate tackle for th Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, Adi- rondacks, éte,, etc. Orders by mail will receive the personal attention of the firm. H. L. LEONARD, Manufacturer of Fine Fly, Bass, Salmon and Trout Rods of Split Bamboo, or any desired material, and Improved Light Reels. Sold by all principal dealers in fishing tackle throngh- out the United States. Every variety of Fishing Tackle always on hand. ARTIFICIAL FLIES TIED TO ORDER. Noy23-tF Baneos, Maine. C. F. IMeri. (= a z = (CELLULOID PATENT.) Trolling and Click Reels. The finest Reels msde light, durable and finely finished. Ask your dealer for them. GEORGE BE. HART & Co., Newark, N.J. Referto Dr. W. W. Hly, Kochester, N. ¥., and Dr. J. R. Romeyn, Keesville, N. ¥. ju20tf. iieBride Flies. .Medal and Diploma from International Hxhibition Philadelphia, 1876, decreed for exceedingly neat work with solidity of construction, A fine assortment of fiies for trout, salmon and bass constantly on hand. Also casting-lines. Flies carefully selected for any locality, Goods proniey made to order from en attero desired, Address SARA J. McBRED. umford, Monroe co Y._ Holberton & Beemer oN. | Sole Agenta for New York and vicinity, feb16~4m, — FOREST AND STREAM. | ijint, W. & C. SCOTT & SON'S. _ PROTECT YOUR BUILDINGS. Py Re Pe neat Sento awardés Centennial Exhibition, for @x- Which may he dote with one-fourth the ueual ex- collence of workmanship and material pense, bg using our Patent Slate Paint, dinm grades, Their New Patent Triplex Lever Grip Action and Com- (Fifteen Years Established.) MIXED READY FOR USE, pensati Lump, The attention of sportsmen is requested to the above Fire-proof, Water-proof, Durable, Eco- nomical and Ornamentul. new action, Its superior strength and solidity impart greatly improved shoot- ing powers. Hard hitting, being the desideratum required, is obtained by A roof may be covered with a very cheap shingle, and by application of this slate made to last from 20 to 25 years. Old roofs can be patched and coated, looking mnch better, and lasting longer than new 108 Seeds, plants, Gre. for 1877 Onr Combined CATALOGUE EVERYTHING FOR THK GARDEN] Numbering 175 pages, with Colored Plate, fF . SENT FREE To our customers of past yeurs, and to this powerful gun. Prices of the New Triplex Lever Grip, $175, $226 to $400, Marked the Triplex 10-bores extra, Our highest grade isas usual marked the PREMIER QUALITY. Extract from Forusr ANp Srazam, New York, December 26, 1876, Contributed by one of the Judges of Awards of Guns at the Centennial: all purchasers of our books, either - ave This action (The Triplex Lever Grip) combines in the highest degree strength and simplicity, and Gardening for Profit, Practical Floriculture, or Gardening for Pleasure, (Price $1.50 wach, prepaid, by mail.) To others, on receipt of 250, Plain Plant or Seed Seiaiaetchy Without § plate, free vo all, - Ona Seedemen, Market Gardeners and Flovists, i 35 Cortlandt St., New York. m PLANTS PALMS, DRACA NAS, CROTONS, Ornamental Foliage Plants, WELL ADAPTED FOR Exhibition Purposes, shingles without the slate, for Gne-third the Cost the cost of simply laying them. The paint is rrRE- PROOF against sparks or fying embers, as may be easily tested by anyone. 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Double Poinsettia, anda vuriety of other novelties. Small Palms, Eucharis, Cypripediums, &c,, &c, Send for Catalogue, free, to WILLIAM BEN- Bere. reais L. 1., or box 191, Brooklyn, N.Y. mars df * A Valuable Books for All Who Contemplate Building. ES ———— = = — (Redaced cut of Perspective View, Plate 28,) Woollett’s. Villas and Cottages. Nails, Caps and Slate Paint for an entire new roof at places, and keeps them there, It fillsup all holes in felt roofs, stops the leaks, and although a slow dryer, rain does not affect itina few hours after applying. As nearly all paints that are black -contain tar, be Sure you obtain our genuine article, which, for shin- gle roofs, 15 ‘ CHOCOLATE COLOR, when first applied, changing in about a month toa nniform slate color, and is, to all intents and purpo- B€8, SLATE On ’ TIN ROOFS our-red color is usually preferred, as one coat is equal to five of any ordinary paint. For BRICK WALLH OUR BRIGHT RED isthe only reliable Slate Paint ever introduced that will effectually prevent dampness from penetrating and discoloring the plaster, These paints are also largely used on ont-honses end fences. or as 9 priming coat on fine buildings, Our only colors are Coocotare, Rep, Bareur Rep and ORANGE. NEW YORK CASH PRICE LIST u 4 Am meee ete eeeee Kees tore half ‘barrel, . 5, one barrel,......... -. .-30 00 10 pounds, cement for bad leaks.............. . 125 We have in stock of onr own manufacture roofing materials, ete., at the following low prices: 1,000 rolls extra Rubber Roofing, at 3 cents per Square foot. Or we will furnish Rubber Roofing 4% cents per sqnure foot, 2,000 rolls 3-ply Tarred Roofing Felt, at 17 cents per square foot. 3,000 rolls 8 ply Tarred Roofing Felt, at 23 cents per Square foot, 2000 rolls Tarred Sheathing at $c. per square foot, 5,100 gullous fine Enamel Paint, mixed ready for use On Inside or outside work at $2 per gal.,all shades. 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KENNEL, AND Sports or aun Kixps. Terms, Four Dollars 5 Year, Ten Cents a Copy. i NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1877, { Volume 8, Number 8. 17 Chatham &t. (City Hall Sqr.) “EVEN AS THYSELF.” —— es EVEN as 8 flower?’ No, fairest! not to me a flower ; Tha uncertain sun calls forth its odorous breath, The sweetest perfume gives the speediest déuth, The sport and victim of 2 summer hour. Fairest—be not as a flower. *E’en as a star ?’’ No, brightest! be not to me a star; 'Tig one of millions, and the hurrying cloud Of wraps the glittering splendor in its shroud ; Morn pales its Instre, and it shines afar. Brightest—be not a star. ‘Hon as a dove?’’ No, purest! be not to me a dove; The spoiler oft breaks in upon its rest, Robbing the young bird of ita soft nest. And plunging silence through’its_native grove, Purest—be not a dove. “E'en-as a rock?” No, my most faithful! be not as 3 rock; -It mocks the embracing wave, and stands alone, In loveless gloom, in dreary wastes unknown, Senseless alike to Fortune’s smile or shock, Changeless—be not s rock. “Fen as thyself?” My soul’s best idol! be but as thyself, Brighter than star, fairer than flower, Purer than dove, and in thy spirit’s power, Steadier than rock, Dearesti—be but thyself. The Ent ected Back BY ‘‘Jox.’ ———<-- AYING read in the Foresv anp Srream accounts of successful hunts in different parts of the country, I thought, perhaps, ii might be of interest to your readers to hear how one hunter in this section had hunted for three years after one deer, the truth of which is vouched for. It was on the upper waters of the Susquehanna, in Clearfield County, Pa,; and one night, as we lounged about the shanty, Jacob, our guide—always ‘Jake’ for short—suddenly said that he had that day ‘* crossed the trail of Old Club-Foot.” This remark on the part of Jake excited the curiosity of some of the patty, who failed to understand just what he meant by ‘f Old Club-Foot,” and therefore called upon him for an explanation. He had known this particular deer for the past three years, his attention having first been at- tracted by the peculiarity of his trail. When he traveled slowly, as if in a walk, he made about double as many tracks in the snow as any other deer, and here and there was ap angling scrape across the trail from left to right. When hard pressed, he made prodigious leaps, leaving each time, as he alighted, a hole prodded backward between the tracks of his hind feet. The cause of these strange marks was a mystery, which every hunter who eyer came across him was anxions to solve. Jake's theory was, that he had been shot in the shoulder, soas to disable his right fore-leg (and, in fact, thereis an old hunter in this neighborhood, who de- clares that he shot him in the shoulder), but his tremendous leaps would appear to oppose this view of the case. How- ever, Jake looked at the matter in his own light, and for that reason had called him the “ Club-Footed Buck”—a name by which he was known all through the section of om aby, over which he ranged. He received much attention, not only from Jake, but also from many others, and so numerous were the bullet holes claimed, that if his hide contained them all, it would re- semble the lid of a pepper-box. He was possessed of cunning almost human, as the follow- ing will serve to illustrate: It is 2 well-known characteristic of the deer to always make a circle, and come back to within sight of his track before lying down, so that anything pass- ing on the track could be seen long before the deer himself could .be seen; but the buck of which I write has been known to circle ‘around as often as fiye and six times, and then moye off and lie down on high ground. He inyariably made from two to three circles Aefors risking a halt, and would thus have ample time id D unity to observe his , geta shot at him from the it was almost as difficult t : Fes from the 5 x bel come upon the watcher ald not run long on one Well, the elub-footed-buck had become so notorious that he was thonght to be a prize worth striving to win, and Jake has been spending much time each season, during the past three years, in crawling after him—on his hands nnd knees, Imight say—but he inyariably escaped. For the first time during the season, just closed, Jake discovered his track early one morning in the latter part of November, and he immediately senta man in on his track, while he himself, and two others, went to watch the ‘crossings ;’ but the old buck was too sharp to keep on the accustomed run-ways, and three times in succession, on three different ridges, he escaped the watchers, always scenting his enemies, and pass- ing over, just out of shot, as would be found when the dri- yer came tp on his track, There was one more chance. Jake arranged things with the greatest precision and judgment, determined that noth- ing but some new dodge on the part of the old buck should frustrate his designs. It was the driver who came yery near doing the mischief this time, by being too hasty; for scarcely had Jake reached his post, and stepped upon an old root to have a fair out-look, when he saw the buck com- ing directly toward him. He leveled his rifle on an opening in the bushes, into which he knew the buck would jump, and had but a moment to wait until his sights were dark- ened, when he sent a bullet whizzing in that direction. The buck raised up on his hind-legs, like a kangaroo, and quick as a flash was off oyer the hill, in.the opposite direction. It was but a few minutes until all four of the hunters appeared on the brow of the hill, justin time to see him leaping up the opposite slope, several hundred yards distant, haying passed through an almost impenetrable laurel bed. Witha parting volley from four rifles, the club-footed buck made his escape for that day. But Jake was not through with him, nor had he left him entirely uninjured this time, for there were blood marks all along his trail, and on the bushes, | so high up that it was supposed he had struck him in the neck, The following night it snowed heayily, and for two weeks the buck hid himself completely. Finally, in the second week in December, the writer and three others, all novices, went ta spend the balance of the season with Jake. Having occupied several days in unsuccessfully hunting over the hills, we were becoming a little low-spirited, when new interest was inspired by Jake’s remark, that he had seen the track of this famous buck, and his recital of the forego- ing made each one still more anxious to try his metal. We ‘‘turned in” at rather a late hour, but nevertheless were up early in the morning, impatient for the start, By the time we had breakfasted all was in readiness ; Jake had made up his mind that this particular deer was not to be his meat, and he replaced his gun upon the pegs, with the remark, that he would follow the track, and give each one of us an equal chance to put a feather in our cap. Now, one of the party, who was particularly anxious to slay this rival of the Creedmoor sheet-iron deer, reached for Jake's rifle, as well as his own, and started off with the two double-barrelled weapons, one on each shoulder. The first watch was about a mile from camp, and here the man with the guns halted, resting his arsenal against a jack-pine. After Jake had putthe rest of us in position, he took his way off to one side of the thicket, striking the track where he had the day before discovered it, In about half an hour the toot-toot of Jake’s tin horn reached our ears, and each one looked anxiously for the buck to come his way. Three of us were disappointed, for suddenly, from the direction of the first watch, came bang! bang! in close succession. The second shot settled the question, to be sure, and all hands made haste to have the first.look at the hero of so many battles, and to congratulate our comrade on his good fortune; but when we arrived on the ground, there he stood, with Jake’s gunin his hands, and casting upon it the most contemptuous look, The buck had passed him at about seventy-five yards, but, he said Jake's gun was too light on the trigger, and he had discharged both barrels without hay- ing it to his shoulder either time. No, he didn't get the ague, but he had forgotten to take off his mittens! As boys are wont to do who are hunting for amusement, we wasted considerable time in making sport, at the expense of our crest-fallen companion, but were called to order by Jake, who said: ‘ Well, boys, don’t fool your time away. We must give old Club-Foot another heat,” We started off, to make the next. crossing, but before we reached it, we came upon two fresh tracks, and Jake de- cided that it was best to take these, and leave the old buck for the next day. We accordingly dispersed to the four ‘sides of the thickets, while Juke want in ; and he was not long in bringing out a fine doe and a a aa fawn. The dos was ‘brought down” by one of our nuniber, but the yn made good use of its aad and escaped, When Jake had dressed the doe—he was Master of Ceremony here, as elsewhere—ave ‘‘snaked” the carcass to camp, being some- what elated over our trifling success, and were satisfied to lay over until the next morning. We were allin « happy mood that night, and, before going to bunk, a preamble and resolution were adopted, expressive of the sentiment of the crew, which set forth that no man should carry more than one rifle ;cnd, secondly, that it was inexcusable to at- tempt to shoot with mittens on, unless a bad case of ague should be acknowledged ! We were out again early the next morning, eager for the fray. We partook of a hastily-prepared breakfast, examined the priming of our guns, and started. Aftera brisk walk of about three miles, we arrived in the neighborhood of where we supposed the old buck would be, examined the ground, and found that he had not passed over the ridge, and quietly scattered out, and took our stations. It was a cold day, with a strong, cutting wind, and I had kept my stand until about half frozen, and had made up my mind that the shrewd old fellow had given us the slip, although we thought we had him so nicely caged. My reverie was disturbed by the well-known signal from Jake’s horn, and taking another look in the direction from which the sound came, Isaw the old buck bounding toward me, in such a way that he would cross in front of me at anangle. He came to within about sixty yards and stopped, broadside, close beside a clump of chestnut saplings. The instant he stopped he turned his head to look back, and I did not wait for a better opportunity, notwithstanding the sapling. With the crack of my gun, he raised upon his hind-legs, as he had previously done, and was out of sight in the oppo- site direction long before I was ready with another load. I found blood where he had stood, and would probably have killed him ; but a scar on one of the chestnut bushes told the tale. This time he had almost baffled Jake by his re- peated circling around on the night before, and on this oc- casion he also exhibited shrewdness which surpassed any of his former tricks, He followed on the last circle he had made until he came to an old log, thickly grown about with bushes, off to one side, when he made a tremendous leap oyer the log, without leaving any suspicious marks in his trail, thus delaying Jake for some time in hunting his track. We took his trail, and followed it until darkness set in ; but, although bleeding all the way along, he was apparently little hurt by my shot. The next morning we resumed the chase ; he traveled as wellas ever. By noon we had driven him back to within two miles of camp. With the exception of Jake, we returned to camp for dinner, but this time we couldn’t coax him off with promises of a warm dinner, as we had always succeeded in doing before. We had not left him long, when he found that the old buck was again re- sorting to his cireus-ring business,iand Jake immediately left the track, and went around, and came in from the oppo- site direction. It appears.that the buck, for the nonce, had lost a little of his customary shrewdness, for, so entirely ab- sorbed was he in watching his back track, that Jake came upon him lying down. He was shrewd enough still, how- ever, to lie down behind a log, so that nothing but his head could have been seen from his track. Jake chuckled, and slowly and deliberately brought his rifle to a level with his eye; he knew that he was unobserved, and could afford to be deliberate, ‘ After many weary years” this was too much satisfaction! He hesitated. He chuckled again, and en- joyed his position toomuch to bein a hurry ; but he thought “now, or perhaps never,” and pulled the trigger, The old buck, imagining the shot to have come from the direction of his track, leaped up, and almost ran over Jake, who, to make the matter certain, gave him the contents of the other barrel ashe passed, “on the wing.” With a few more leaps, he was out of sight. Jake reloaded, and following up, found the buck lying dead near by. At last! It was great satisfaction to Jake, to ba sure; but the chagrin of four boys can better be imagined than de- scribed, as they saw the former dragging the old buck down tha hill toward camp. I, for one, however, did not be- grudge him his good fortune, for he was;deserving of it, if ever & persevering hunter was. The first thing in order was a close inspection of the noble slain, He was a large deer, measuring six feet along the spine. The mystery concerning his trail was solyed, His right shoulder was out of place, the shoulderblade lying close against, and parallel with, thespine, The right fores leg was ten inches shorter than the left, and the cords con~- tracted in such a way as to keepit dvawn across to the leff side, and bent up toward the body at the Imes, The leg was, of course, useless, and like any other four-footed ani mal similarly situated, he could run without much difii- culty > but to walk, it would be necessary for him to 110 gather himself up on his hind-fevt, while the one fore-leg stood still, and then raising on his hind feet, and coming down at full length on his front one, repeat the operation, Thus the numerous tracks are avcounted for. The ribs on the tight aide were about five inches shorter than on the other, and this, together with the shart leg, go to show that he wis mjured while a fawn, ond the growth of the right Bide thereby retarded. After this critical examination, he was hang up to ba dressed, sm we were all anxious to sua the scores( ?) of bullet marks the pulling off of his hide would disclose, and Solve another mystery. viz., why he Had not heen killed by any of them. Hirst, came two Holes in the hips, made by the same ball, that gaye evidence of being probably a month oli; then four fresh ones through the body, back of the lights, the result of Jake's last shots, Now cama the lame shoulder ; but when it was stripped, the closest examination failed to disclose s bullet wound, or a, wound of any kind. The shoulders had, in all probability, been displaced by a fall upon a rocky hillside. In despair, I continued hanling the skin off, until the ears were reached, bot still no mark for my shot—the head was sound also ; but finally I discoy- ered 4 sinall, fresh bullet hole through the thiek part of the ear, which set my mind nt ease. When those ‘old hunters” claimed bullet holes in the hide of the Club-Footed Buck, they probably thought that he was bullet-proof, and would never be killed for examination. After the hide was lung over fhe pole, the yenison quar- tered, and we were all seated in the shanty, Jake looked at the Hoor, and soliloynized: <‘* Well, I’m a’most sorry I killed old Olub-Foot. When I eouldn’t find any other, I could always hunt him mp, and hoof him around awhile.” a For Forest and Stream. SOME INCIDENTS ON A WHALER. s' ES," said our friend, Mr, B—, *I have had some rougl experiences, and when I was on the whaler. Baw some flings I would gladly forget. “A portion of the ship's crew were Portugees, and good sailors, buf wiprincipled men, and their company was any- thing but agreeable to me, and before I had been long on boatd ET heartily wished myself at home once more. 'T was the youngest child in my father’s house, and had never known hardship, but had been indulged even more than the other childyen. But home had become insipid to me, and T did not appreciate my friends there. I fancied they wera very unlike the rest of the world—staid and, in frat, «ieer; and Tram away at length, and that is how I came to he on the whaler, “The new men, [ mean those that had never before sailed fee over, came on board dressed-in their new uniforms, and walked about the yessel with an important air, and ivagined that the snits made them sailors, but before many days sea- sickness oyercame them, the shiny belts were lying here and there, and the becoming blie shirts were carelessly donned, aid the conntenances lost their important expression, and we all concluded that a uniform did not make a seaman. “As for myself, I stood the tossing and the tide, and was Dever seusick but once: and then only for a few hours, “Among the ney men, as ‘they were called, was one we Tamed Oarpenter. Now Carpenter was, of all the men, the most sullen and brooding. “He had enlisted while in n state of intoxication, and had sorely repented of it when he became sober, and seemed to be constantly discontented and moary. “Our Captain, Oupt. Cook, was quite an elderly man, and Was cross, impatient, nnd sometimes even violent. “Alter wehad been outafew weeks, there was quite a commotion in the ship one day, becanse two piir of shoes were found in an out of way place, and the Captain qnickly revounized them as part of a box he had brought out with him, “He ordered the men’s trunks searched, andin Carpenter's was found another pair, nud still another in the trunk of a sailor wa called Curly. “How did this happen? thundered the Captain, when we were all bronght up before him, “I stole thosa shovs, Captain Cook, and I gave the pair to Curly,’ said Ourpentex, calmly. **Well, you will repent of it,” answered the Captain, angrily, ; “Now Carpenter had done the deed, hoping he would be put on shore at the first opportunity after it was discovered; but he was sadly disappointed; he was put in the hold and kept there a month, and fed on bread and water, and when he was bronght out to the light whats sorry looking object he was, pale, emaciated, and so weak he conld scarcely stand. ‘But his punishment was not yet ended; he was tied up by the thumbs to the mast, and then Captain Cook, with a tarred rope in hand, approached him, ‘Now Carpenter,’ said the Captain, ‘Lam going to make you dance in your blood,' and then truly he lashed the pooy mun till the blood ran from his back, “We were now not far from a small island (our friend told us where this island was, and what was its name; but we have forgotten this part of tie story); Carpenter was tlen male to dress in the worst suit he owned, all his pockets were searched, and the contents taken from them; among other trinkets was found a picture, and when Mr, Smith, the fost mate, took this in his hand, Carpenter said, ‘Mr, Smith, that is my wife and child, do not take it from me; please give it back,’ and the culprit spoke imploringly, and held out his hand. But the first mate put the picture in his own pocket. Oarpenters clothes were all tuken from him, with the ex- ception of the one suit, and he was put into a boatand rowed to the island referred to above. ‘Che first mate went with us to the island, and when Carpenter was put on shore, and we were about to shove off again, the latter said, ‘Mr. Smith, if you'll give me back that picture, I'll forgive all the rost of the injuries.’ “But Mr, Smith did not heed the request, and we rowed back to the vessel, leaving -poor Carpenter in the lurch, though this was not an uninhabited island. I was not sur- prised at the Captain's acting as le did in the matter; but our first-mate was a good, lind man, and it seemed strange that he should withhold from the poormanso sacred a reminder of home as the picture so dear to him, ‘Novw,' said Mr, B——, Wwe might make a great hero of Carpenter, but will not hide the truth, He was arough, bad fellow, and perhaps deserved almost all the punishment he received, but it did not seem to be the sort to make him better.’ UAfter ny three years voyage was over, [saw Carpenter in ijuw Bedford, which proves that he got back to home and friends, “And now Iwill tell you about the death of our poor Captain, which accidentally occurred, As the months went by Cuptum Cook beeune dissatisfied because we took in oil so slowly, more slowly, im fact, than some other vessels. So he determined 1o have mova work done; and picked out the best FOREST AND STREAM. __ . : = = -men to man two boats thatwere to go in search of oil. In | one of these hoats he took his place, and Lwas one of the men, “After we seh ont we soon saw a whale coming directly” toward ns. The lookont gaye warning of this, and our Gap- tain growled out, ‘Let her come,’ determined to take it at all hazards. It is considered 2 perilous undertaking to to tale a whale in this way, butiwe were ordered to go to work, and the fish was soon wounded. The Captain was all the while excited and cross, and when one of the boys made a misstroke with his oar, he threatened to send a boat enp through his head, Searcely had Gaptsin G— spoke thus roughly, when the whale came up under the boat and went ihikes, as the sailors say, which threw us up in the air as quickly ns if we had been shot, I found myself in the water, going down, down, down, so deep, so far, that it seemed to me that I never would stop; yet Il was not grently frightened; one shoe slipped off, and I wondered if I had not better throw of the other, as an odd one would be of no use, I was a little afraid of sharks, though even then I believe I remem- bered that it is thought the sharks never bite 2 man while the water is bloody from a wounded whale; I was also fearful of coming up nunder the capsized boat. After what seemed a much longer time than it actually was, Tcame up to the surface, und found the men elinging to the broken boat; and the second mate was holding up the Captain, who apparently was not pble' to take care of himself. We all roared, and beckoned to those in the other boat to come and help us. "Here, said the mate, ‘John, holdon to the old man, don't let go of him,’ and he entrusted the halffaimting Cap- tain to one of the Portugee sailors. The men in the other boat came to our assistance, and we were all soon picked up, with the exception of the Captain, who was missing. “John, wheré is the old mnn? what have you a with him? asked the mate, sternly, looking hard at the Portugee who had last hold of the unfortunate Captain. * A shark took him out of my hand,’ said John. “No one at the time knew furtherthan this; the poor, old Captuin was gone, and the sea tells no secrets; it hides well amd deep. Afterward thesaid John told a different story; said the Onplain’s jaw was all knocked away, and he could not understand what he said, and there was a heayy sea and he could not hold on to him. Perhaps the Captain was injured when the boat was thrown up 80 violently, but we could not know about the certainty of that, and we all suspected that the Portugee did not try hard to save him. The Captain was disliked, and John was rascally, but all that we can say with certainty is, that the old Captain will sleep in the deep till the sea gives up its dead. We stcceeded afterward in killing the whale that had caused the necident,” A, D, H. SEE EEEEEEEISSRaEEE For Forest and Stream. NOTES FROM THE COAST RANGE, FTER « dreary ride, of a day and a night, from Gil- roy, then the terminus of the Southern Pacific Rail- road, south through the uninteresting Salinas Valley, we dismounted from the stage im front of the Paso Robles Hotal, and stretched our weary legs on the ample portico in front. Twenty-four hours of continuous stage riding, behind six unbroken mustangs, and oyer equally unbroken roads, is not conduciye te good nature, and ifi was not, until we had put ourselves outside a liberal quantity of mine host's excel- lent yenison, that we felt thoroughly at euse, and like look- ing around to see what manner of place we had dropped down at. Some time before our arrival we had left the sterile Sa- linas, and had been clambering over hills and down canons, and through heautiful parks of moss-covered oak, totally de- yoid of underbrush, unless for an occasional manzanite, with its strong, red branches, and green, jwicy-looking leaves, ribbed with scarlet, These natural parks are many hundred acres in area, but gradually narrowed down as we neared the hotel, until, half a mile beyond it, the river tonched tha hills, and gave the place its name—Paso Robles—Pass of the Oalk’s. In front of the hotel, and its surrounding cottages, flanked by an immense ¢aion snd masses of chaparral, bubbled a hot sulphur spring, whose waters were considered, by the proprictor, atleast, a cure-all for mankind. Beyond this the river ran between banks wooded with cotton-wood and heavy underbrush; still beyond the country rolled in undulating waves to the eastward, crossed here and there by cajions, and dotted by little plains—favorite feeding-grounds for antelope. The calion sides are almost invariably covered with oak, and their bottoms with underbrush. Back of the hotel and to- jvard the seu (distant four leagues), the hills vose abruptly from the plains, their faces bare, or covered with brush knee- high. ee a cation, mmong these hills, Thad the honor of ‘“jump- ing” my first grizzly, The day had been excessively warm, and Twas strolling homeward, from a walk among them, when T notieed a particularly heavy bunch of chaparral below me. Thinking it a good place to find a droye of wild hogs, numbers of which roam the conntry, I got to leeward, and carefully worked down—and here let me say, that for neyite hearing and keen scent, a deer is nowhere, compared with a wild hog, and when wounded, they are as ugly as a ‘bear, although, fortunately, far more casily killed; but to return, the underbrush was so dense—three feet above the ground—as to defy progress, but below that if was compara- fiyely free; so I dropped down and worked forward on my stomach, I had nearly reached the bottom, and was sayin to myself that my labor was in yain, when something jumpe from a bush, fifteen feet in front, and plunged into the thick chiparral above, without giving meachance forashot, I crawled to where he had been lying, and saw his tracks in the moist earth, that he. had scraped up to make a cool bed, and bunches of his hain on the bush, againgt which he had rubbed, I remember thinking that I had but three cart- ridges in the magazine of my Henry, and stories of grizzlies making off with a dozen balls fitted through my mind. However, I goti out of that cafion, and invited him out, but he wouldn't come, and I didn’t feel bke going in atter him, Nothing pleases a bei more than to fallin with a dozen of hogs; they are fleet, and make the best of it; but he is fleeter, and one of flemis sure to make his lordshipameal, He fakes but one, and him he skins 4s neatly as a butcher would do, leaving the hide in a compact roll, with the head in the centre. As on illustration of Ins strength, I will say that I olce saw a medium-sized native cow, dragged ten rods from the plice wheve Killed, and hidden in a clump of manzunita, and of his agility, that when thin and in tnoning order, ha will ron down an ordinary horse. Apropos; is an adventure of an acquaintance of mine, Dsar-himting one day, his steps led tim to the bottom of a gloomy caiion, and there, sunning himself, ina glade, lay a~baby grizzly; Le picked it up, and putting it into the bosom of his shirt, made tracks. for camp. It was along way off, and before he had made 7 half the distance, he heard thé stones rolling down the hill- side behind him, and the angry snort of the pursning mother, ‘He didn't wait for returns from the back counties, bnt dropping cub and rifle in his haste, swung himself into the nearest tres, The bear tore his rifle to pieces, ennwed the tree quarter off, and did not leave him mntil the next morn- ing. He says, he don’t like grizzly cubs any more. Almost like this was an accident that happened D,, a young man from the “States,” with a complete shooting ontft, and all the patents added. He was a fair shot anda good tellow, but was # little offon large game. At lust he gota jumping shot at an old prong-horned bnek, and as he fell, sprang forward to cut, his throat, dropping his rifle in bis excitement. At the first touch of the knife there was a transformation scone, and when our hero came came to his senses, le found him- self up a tree, his gorgeons hunting suit in a dilapidated condition, and the buck standing triumphant below. Ha finally went off, and D. shot him, finding that.his first bull had grazed the skull, Twill remember that I did the self- same thing with my first deer, but, fortunately, my ball Lad broken his neck. Antelope are not plenty, but roving bands are often met with, and afford capital sport, Ionce lad onrious en- counter with one in the San Joaquin Valley. I suddenly came upon a female, lying undera bank, who, instead of Tunning away as usual, made directly for my horse, ronnin aronnd him, and gradually narrowing hier circles, until could almost touch her with my hand; then she would stop, Stamp, lower her head, and charge a few footsteps, I-would not shoot her, knowing she had » young one near, but reached for my lasso, thinking to take them to the ranulie, but found the “tientos” broken, and it gone. I watched her play some time, and then rode on, and saw her gallop off and join her fawn, hidden near by. While I am on the subject of the San Jonquin, lef me tell how a representative of a prominent New York paper was taken in by stage driver, from Modesto up to the valley. Tt was just after the completion of the Pacific Railroad, and he was on a tour of observation through the State of Cal- fornia. It was winter, and the geese were fying thick; the Morning he left Modesto was very fogey, umd, in conse- quence, the birds flewlow. Hehad the sent of honor, be- side the driver, who, holding the reins of his light mustangs in his left hand, was playing with his long whip. One of his leaders did not work to suit him, and, as he swung his whip back, with a motion peculiar to the profession, to chastise hii, itso happened that the lash wound around the neck of one of a flock of geese, and was pulled in. by John be- fore it had time to slack, and thrust (the goose) beneath the capacious boot. The young man stared, but the driyer rode on in silence, At last the sun rose from behind the Sierras, driying the fog banks back, until all was clear, John wrapped the lash around his hand, and, with a pensive sigh, retiarked; ‘Shan’t get no move this mornin’.” “What!” siid our friend, “you. don’t mean to tell me you did it on purpose?" “A prepos! in course I did; often ketch a dozen of 4 mornin’, ‘Time rolled on; an Eastern paper came with a letter from “Our Special Correspondent," detailing the foose story as fact, The thick bark of the oak trees, in the parks T have men- tioned, is perforated, by the woodpecker’s in quest of insucts, with numberless holes; into these the squirrels and gophers put acorns, to keep until time of scarcity, When that time comes, many and fierce are the battles between the owners and the blue jays. Tradition says, the birds themselves make the holes for the express purpose of making store- houses of them, but Lincline to the first solution, The coyote, that jackal of California, abounds, and many ate the tales told of hiscunning. Tollowimg area couple, which, however; [do not youch for; Some bught, moonlight night, master woll, on his rounds, spies a turkey roosting, in fancied security, in the branches of atree. He barks to attvact her attention, and then runs slowly around her; his innocent victim, after the manner of her kind, follows his movements with her eye, snd wso, unfortunately, with her head, Soon dizziness oyereomes her, and she falls from her perch, and the coyote, oyer her bones, reflects on the fool- ishness of turkeys. Again, he spies ailock of sheep, guarded by slapherd and dogs. Calling upon afew companions to mid hitn, they wait until the keeperis drowsing under the mid-day sin, allow the flock to wander away from them; tha wolves rush in trom all sides, and circle around the flock, whose weaker members are shon stamped under foot by their terrified companions, They then allow them to disperse, tear open the throats of the maimed, and lap their blood, and, by the time the shepherd awakes, are off. Wild. cats are numerous, and, in time of famine, bold, reying upon the rupcheros’ sheep and sucking pigs; they Eoaae the borders of streams, feeding upon qmail, and smmaller birds, stranded fish, and offal, indiscriminately, They are hunted with dogs, treed, and shot, or shaken ont for the dogs to kill, Thsye also seen then lassoed from trees, where they had taken refuge. ‘They are cowardly brutes, as are thei cousins, the Califormia lions, so-called, identieal with the Hastern panther, although, I think, a littlelarger, These, when yery hungry, will attack man; bnt, always from behind, or springing on him trom w tree; never, as does that king of all American brutes, face to face. Ishot my first Qalifornin deer within sight of the house— Made & snap shot ai him, ashe cleared a space between two trees, amd tumbled him. In the early morning the bare hill tops are favorite haunts for them, where they: conyregate to catch the tirst rays of the, son, for no matter how warm the days, the niehts are always chilly. One of our party, on one of these hills, one thorning, syw a deer killing 4 rattle- snake; something T lipve never seen, but often heard of, He was attracted by the actions of w buck snd two does, who, unconscious of his presence, were sae! watching some- thing on the ground betore them, The buek was running in Pee cireles, his lair on end, horns laid back, evidently in agreatrage, Suddenly he backed off, made ashort run, sprang into the air, and struck the ground with his feet all together. ‘These actions he repeated several times, and when my friend examined the ground, he found the Yemains of a large anake, its head literally seyered from its body by the sharp hoofs of its antagonist. - . Hoga wage a deydly war sgainst these snakes in jartionlaz, and all in general, and apparently pay no attention to its _ bite, or its effects; atleast, I never heard of a hos heing killed by one, and 1 know that ranchmen often keep domestic hogs for the express purpose of clearing the neighborhvad of these dangeyons pests. By the way, let me dive a receipt for snake-bite, which I baye used on animals without q failnre, and haye known to cure men. It is very simple, consisting of pulverized ammonia, moistened to a thick paste with wlsohol. Apply externally, and give a weak solu- tion internally. Tf the tang hus not struck an artery, or a large vein, ib will cure; if it has, | advise the victim, it a bomun, to make his peace with God, and drink all the whiskey ho can hold, He may liye, but it is extremely ——— — FOREST ‘OD STREAM. 1117 doubtful. The Disgor Indians bury the patient neck deep, in river mud. _ Thave alveady wearied your readers, and will bring this hastily witten letter to a close, only saying, that if a brother spottsman be dyapeptic, he will cure himself by joining the vaqueros on the plains, and with nh. good mustang under him, take their wild delights. If he be weary in body or mind, let him shoulder his rifle, and sojourn awhile in the Coast Rane, and when he returns again to the haunts that knew hin, he will often let his mind revert with pleasure to the days and nights passed aniong the bills. Vrrp Mon. For Forest and Stream. MY FIRST. DEER; Ol, TWO DAYS’ HUNT AT BRANDY POND, ME, —_—___—. BOU'T the first of Noyember found me at North Mil- ford, where Lhad gone for a month's sport, also to réeiuit my health, Istopped, ‘tand was at home,” at Mr. dames Pothergill’s, Jv., who, LT may say, is un experienced hunter, fisherman, and canoist, and who was my companion and guide in most of my hunts. Mr, Pothergill is pleas- antly situated, for one so fay back in the country, and he and his son take pleasure gud pains with any parties who muy be fortunate enough to secure their services. He has been guide and hunter some eighteenor twenty years. The first fewweeks I was enjoying myself about the woods and streams, gunning and trapping. Grouse were plenty, but the dense woods and swamps made it very dith- cult shooting on the wing, yet I managed to get several fine shots ovér my pointer, While out after game, we saw seVeral times recent “signs” of deer, and my guide said to me, ‘*the first deep snow that comes, so we can use snow- shoes, we will have a good deer hunt.” In less than a week we lad 2 heavy fall of snow, and as it cleared up, James said to me one morning, '* Charlie, Isuppose you would like to kill a. deer, wouldnt you?” Nothing suited me better; 80 making alrangenionis, and packing up, we started foro couple day's hunt at Brandy Pond, about twenty miles dis- tant. Our kit consisted of, first, our gims, a Romsdell rifle and my Parker breech-loader, and a good sized hand-sled. Then strapping on our snow-shoes, spreads, ax, cooking titensils (tea kettle, fry pan, plates, slippers, knives, spoons, and forks), with sufficient grub for three days, we took an early start, and haying a yery good road most of the way, Wo attived at our stopping place (an old lumbering camp at the head of the lake) about 11 o'clock, Building a ronring fire, and after a hearty meal, we stretched ont fora good smoke and a conple hours’ rest. About2 o'clock James said to me, ‘* Well, my boy, do you feel like trying the deer this afternoon? Here we are right in the deer country, and, what is fortunate for us, they are close at hand.” Although we had traveled nearly twenty miles, and, I must confess, T was somewhat tired, yet, the idea of dear being about us put new life in me, and Iwas eager te get away, As I could use snow-shoes quite well, and as the snow was deep, ae good snow-shoeing, we did not anticipate a very hard unt. James knowing the country well, we struck out for the ‘(Bio Buitilo,” about one and a half miles distant, and in less fhan a half an hour we had found adeer yard. Following it wp, Jamas pointed toafresh trackin the yard, and says to mie, Now, Charlie, look sharp and go easy, for they ure Tight here. Big Buftialo empties into Brandy stream, which is an outlet of the lake, and a branch of Union River. A little ways further on we saw where they had started, and deep as the sow was, the leaps those deer made was ton, twelve, and fifteen fest apart. “They can't do that long,” said James, "so we will go easy and let them run it out.” After trailing them for half an hour, one old fellow, probably the leader, turned one side and struck out for himself. Thinking that le was getting a little tired, and that I should soon come up to him, [followed after his track as fast as I could make my way through the brush. Following him some fifteen minutes, Ifonnd he was making for the stream, which was open in several places, and T expected he was making for the open water. But, on arriving at the stream, I was surprised to find that he had run down aways, and then turned and was coming directly back in the same tracks. Seeing me, he turned and ¢rossed to the other side, and made through fhe woods toward the lake, that was about a mile distant. On I went, ‘*pluck well up, and considerably excited,” for this was my first deer, and | knew I should get him, sooner or later, and my ambition was to get him alive. Icould have shot him as he crossed the stream, but felt more like ‘ giving him « chance,” as my companion had told me he would give up and fight it out. Coming ont to the lake, Isaw the fine fellow ont on the hard snow resting himself. There he had the adyantage, asthe snow was hard and gaye him agood chance to run, yet he did not improve it, as I ex- pected. Taking off my snow-shoes, I tried to head him off, and again run him into the deep snow; but he was wise enough to keep the lake, sol drove him directly across the head of the lake, and, fortunate for me, in a line of onr camp,, Running him into a lagoon, Idrove him up the bank, and once more iito the deep snow, then putting on my snow- shoes, which I had carried under my arm, I once again started for him. Now, old fellow, thoughtI, you are my deer; Iwas within seyenty-five yards of him, and could see thot Le was pretty well tuckered (like myself), Tn less than fifteen minutes I had him—pbut not without a struggle. Jumping, and making tremendous leaps, he went about seventy-tive rods, then stopped, and faced me, As I come up to him, I saw, as Limagined, that he was an old buck and meant to fight. My companion had previously told me, that by jumping onto him, I could easily get him down, and once down, ‘twas an easy matter jo handle him. I remem- bered this as fthough it had just heen told me ; 80 getting as near as I dared, I madea jump at his head, but the old fel- low was so much quicker than I, eyen in the deep snow, that he reared on his hind-legs, and bringing his front-legs and hoofs onfo me, knocked mea over, and easily got away ; run- ning about fvorods, he turned and again faced me. Getting up to him, and a little to one side, I jumped onto his shoulder, grabbing him by the ear and one front-leg, I man- aged to geb him down, but my snow-shoes being so clumsy, ‘nud he not liking to have tliat ear fooled with,” he got to camp—tI was alone and nearly a wile from camp, and had nothing to tie my dver with, Was through swamps and across the lake. hoarse, but no raply, position I was in, work. the lake, I met James coming after me. “What's np now, Charlie? where's your coat, and what's thy matter with your snow-shoes?" As Iwas chilled through, and in a huvry to get back to camp for my over-coat, I did not stop long to give tho particulars, but told him Thad canght So starting back, we reached camp, and after a cup of hot tea anda lunch, we started back with ropes and hand-sled for our that deer, and had him tied, ready for camp, game, Tt was but short work to get the deer on the sled and back Then cams the particulars of the chase atter I to camp, had left James, and a Learty langh, on the part of my com- panion, at my getting “histed” by that buck deer, Next mornime we took an early start, and arriving at the ‘vard,” and where the other two deer had kept on, we once more commenced our hunt, deer, which made three large bucks in less than a day’s hunting. Getting our sled, we got these two bucks to camp, and felt well paid for our hard tramp, by haying killed two tlitee-year-old bucks, and captured one four-year-old buck alive. Getting a horse and sled from a neighboring farmer, we hauled our gama aod luggage back home, and though somewhat stiftin the legs, and pretty well tired ont, yet we felt satisfied with our hunt, and I well pleased ati having canght, alone, my first deer, Cus, E. Woops. North Malford, Me., Novenber 29, 1876, ——————— to THE KANKAKEE MARSHES. —— N 1875 I followed the advice of older and would-he-wiser heads, and obeyed the popular ery, ‘‘Go West, young man;” and having alveady been West of the Rocky Mountains and enjoyed many aA merry camping and hunting frolic in Galifornia, and having friendsin Indiana with whom im more prosperous days I had been on terms of boyhood intimacy, bent my steps from New York City in that direction, not now only in pursuit of pleasure, but of that very necessary essen- lial to happiness—oceupation—it being at the commence- ment of the wide-spread and prolonged panic in all kinds of business ventures, I was not long in finding out my mistake and yain hope of success, and I would here say-—young man, lut no delusive hops beguile you into obeying the ery—'‘Go West,” but rather dig and delve in scenes with which you are familiny, where fond and loving hands can administer to your necessities, and where there is a field for your energies of man's inyention, and not that alone of nature's own. But I forget; it is 1875, and Tam already in the West and with my friends, three brothers, witha widowed mother, Our meeting was both sad and joyous, as each had by death been deprived of a loving link, the helm that was to have gnided us toa haven of prosperity. We talked of the past, when life with dazzling promises was just opening to us, of our later experiences in the rebellion, in which two of us had Borne our part in the federal forces, and of all our hopes and fears for the present and the future; but of this we soon wearied, and our efforts for employment proying fruitless, a proposition that we make upacamping party met with a ready response. Our first study being economy, combining some degree of comfort, the next in order was a congenial party. This being accomplished, and the geography of the country examined, we found all things fayorable to the Kankakee River or swamp, which was easy of access, and by inquiry we learned that game and fish did there abound; so this we decided should be our happy camping-ground. And now we must arrange for the kind of habitation best suited to our purpose. A board-house being given the preference over a tent (though some contending that it would seem too much like home life), we proceeded to put our plans into execution. Our lumber purchased, it, with stove, camp chairs, bedding, cooking utensils, boats, and provisions, we say carefully stowed away ina freight-car, which left our geal of debaxkation at 11 o'clock 4, M., arriving at Kankakee ridge atG p.m. On the 3d of October a party of five, Capt, H., the three C. brothers, and myself, might haye been seen with our guns, dogs, high boots, and baggage innumer- able, embarking on the Lonisyille, New Albany and Chicago R. Rs, on pleasure bent; and here let me say, we found the Road employes courteous, polite, andaccommodating. Arriy- ing at the Kankakes bridge in about four hours, there we met Gapt. §., of the Crawfordsyille Club House, who kindly in- yited us to take up our quarters with him for the night, dogs, guns, and all, which we aceepted, being willing for that night to realize the sweet visions of home in a good bed ata comfortable house, This bridge is crossed by the L. N. A. and G, R. R.; there are four club houses at this place, Craw- fordsville, West, Williamson, andjHayden, and in the shooting season there will be from tyyenty to thirty hunters stopping at these houses, who make it pretty lively for the birds. As & general thing they (each member) haye their own boat, de- coys, etc. This point is about ten miles from Hnglish Lake (another point of interest, but of this further on) by river, and half that distanee by across-country. We were astir early, and after selecting our ground, which wasa high point of banks on the Kankakee River, and getting our lumber, we all went to work with a will that would have done credit toa more remunera- tiye purpose, and by night we had habitation; yes, and furnished, not with rosewood bedstead, but with bunks and beds made of prairie hay, and now our guns on theit re- elevation under two towering onks and slopin spective pegsand a place made for ‘‘Ohick,” wred Insh settler, and “Shot,” a liver colored pointer, and the stoye already blazing away doing its share of the work,and we already to tired ? Thad only trayeled a little over twenty-five miles that day, and run that old buck nearly three miles Thinking that James might be within heaving, Ienlled and hallooed until Twas As Iwas wet with perspiration, I did nof dare to remain long, especially in the uncomfortable Suddenly a thought struck me}; I tould take the thongs off from my snow-shoes and tie the door’s legs together; no sooner thought of than IT was at Aé the leather thongs were strong and about a yard long, they answered the purpose well. Then taking off my Cardigan jacket, I brought both fore nnd hind-legs together, and tied them securely. Seeing that my game was safe for tlie present, I started, in my shirt sleeves, and with my snow- shoes under jay arm, and made tracks forcamp, As I goton Before 1 o’olock, we had both - itt here from the prominent cities on the line of this road, The ‘duck shooting at this point is good in the spring and fall, The hotels furnish boats, decoys, and a pusher, aman who pushes the bout. for which you pay, board $2.00 a day, & boat pusher and decoys, $3 a day extra, Their boats are made double bowed, flat bottom, very wide, and can go anywhere, from two inches to a fathom of water. Our household ar- Tangements completed, and some of our party out fishing with troMing line and Poe and as the day and wind are fuyorable they will doubtless have good Inek; but what have we been doing, but prospecting and making ourselves known to friend and foe. We have been up to English Lake and visited our friends at the Bridge, and now it is time to com- mence business operations; it is only an hour to sundown, and we haye just discovered that the land on the opposite side of the river has been oyerflown, and our practiced eyes discover traces of woodcock. ‘‘What do yousay, Frank, to our trying our little game for an hour before dark oyer there, and see if we can put any up, We will leave L. to look ontfor camp and finish his letter to the only one he eyer loyed." We loaded half a dozen shells with No. 10 shot apiece, and with dogs in boat pushed over. Wenosooner landed than the dogs came to a stand. While Chick, the youth, was a little too fresh, and flushed his bird befors we could get out of the boat, Steady, steady, Chick—come in here and down charge. Well done, Shot, Pll haye towalk this bird up; he will stand have until doomsday if I don't go in aliead of him and flush it. Up he got, and I let him have the left barrel, which dropped him. Dead bird, Shot; dead bird, good dog. Frank, you look ont for Chick, and take that thicket at the left, while I strike ont to the right. I heard Frank talking to his dog, We could not work them together, as we had not the time béfore dark, and we wanted birds for onr supper. We managed to bay in less than an hour three brace, [haying missed two and Frank one, all we raised; and, our appetites sharpened, we returned to the wickie to cook them; and such asupper! woodcock (not on toast), fried potatoes, coffee, biscuit, which, Frank said, if there was anything he could make it is biscuit, which tasted pretty good TH admit; and we did not know the merits of the oven; it baked like a charm, and we immediately christened it (the lively baker), Japtain and J, arrived with fonr black bass, ayeraging four pounds.apiece, and a salmon, which IT afterward learned was the name, but at the time called pickerel, and are considered the gamest fish in the river. We finished our supper, and of course the ‘‘Durham” followed, and’sat down to a game of whist, after which we loaded our shells, preparatory to the morrow’s tramp, which we intended to take, haying heard from Hunt, our neighbor, that about a mile west of us was a slough, and that he had never failed to see ducks there. We retired early that we might be up with the early bird. After partaking of our morning meal, snd each one providing him- self with a lunch, we headed for the ‘‘slough,” We had no difficulty in finding it, as it covers about a mile square and is covered with wild rice. Frank and I separated from our party, and were walking through the rice in about two inches of water and six of mud, when we stumbled upon a small pond, when, quack, quack, irom about two hundred mallards were heard; up they got, and we let them haye four barrels, We picked up ning, taking our stand ati this place, and keep- ing the dogs “Down charge,” and ourselyes out of sight, thinking they might wheel and come back, as this was evi- dently a favorite feeding ground of theirs. We had not been long in our blinds, when they commenced to come in by twos and threes, and I tell you it was like the 4th of July there for atime, We heard occasional shots froin the other party, but were too busy with our own sport to know anything but | ducks. Weshot there until dark, and with the help of the dogs, bagged forty-five mallards, and returned to camp the best way we could, with our loads, to find the others had also made a good day of it, the three having brought in twenty- five, making our total bagged seventy; pretty good for a starter, [thought. Ofcourse, Frank and LT had the cream of the shooting, We all devoted our time mostly to ducking, with an occasional change to hook and line, but we meyer got up to our original number on ducks, averaging only ubout thirty aday. The woodcock we tried again, but found them few and far between. And for the benefit of those contemplat- ing a trip there, let me say, that by all means take your own boats and camping utensils, and camp out;and go in the month of March, or now, if you gofor ducks. If you stop at English Lake, do not fail to see Dr. Geo. Yenkel, who will be pleased to give you all needed information, and whose latch-strings are as long as he is. c Jus, Skins and Pells. INDIAN TANNED SKINS. — Hipareo, Texas, March 12, 1877. Eprror Forest AND STREAM. Tn your issue of February 22d, you quote instructions for curing skins, and allude to the Indian method. Though no secret here, it may be new and interesting elsewhera. The skin is stretched either on the ground or on poles, and all fat or flesh remoyed. When well dried it is washed in soap and water to cleanse the fur; the brains of any animal are then taken and mashed into a paste with hot water, and this paste is thoroughly rubbed into the flesh side, and the skin hung out to dry. When dryit is seraped, and. exposed to the dew for one night, and next morning rubbed and pulled until soft. Buckskins are made by rubbing off the hair with a horse- rib, while the skin is fresh, or, after soaking in a weak lye; then dressing with brains, and staining a reddish color in a decoction of Wasatchie bark. Alum and salt are very good, but alum is rather scarce in the chapparal, and also are doors and boards. Some stretch skins on the ground. Care should be taken, by the way, not to use too much salt, as advised by “The Plonghman,” as it causes the skin afterward to absorb moisture too readily. Smoking a skin is done by first dressing qwith brains, sewing ib up into a funnel-shape, and suspending over a slow fire of buflalo chips, or dry prickly pear, builtin a hole in the ground, The tips of the funnel being pinned down close around the hole; a clear, calm day, is sulected, and the smoking requires about two hours. It gives a yelvet-like finish, and the skin neyer shrinks or gets stiff from wetting, buf washes like cloth, QuERO: —< $a Wir Renarion ro A Burrenrny is A Manren?—Ans. Ths Miller makes the flour—the flour makes the hot-rol—the hot-roll makes the butter-tHy, i i —A great deal of this world’s sympathy is much like Cpceenrt on the bank, and asking the poor drowning man if he is Wot, ‘1 away the second time, Justubout then I felt like putting a charge of buckshot throngh him, Running about o rod, he again stopped and faced me, Picking myself up, nnd feeling a little ‘‘riled," IT made for him again, Now, my fine fellow, said I, no more fooling ;its cities yon orl. I ain faced him, and jumped directly at his head, grabbed in by the nose uid one front-leg, and with the strength T had | T felt pretty: strong just then) Timanaged bya of his hind and. partake of its labox,sat down to onr first camp meal, after which and our pipe of peace we retired to sleep the sleap of the weary. We awoke with the early dawn to make nore improyements on oir house, and ourselves fanriliar with our surroundings and prospects. Tt was about » week before we were ready to redeiye company (the frieudly trapper) who were often enticéd there by the novel appesrance of our palitial mansion, while on their way up and down the riyer from Bnelish Lake, asmall station ‘on the Pittsburgh and Ohicngo RK, R. Thereare two good hotels at this placa for the accommodation of hunters and their families who come to turn him over, then getting fore-leg together, and W was T going 10 got him! LG his him, I i 112 FOREST AND STREAM. a isn Culture. ABSTRACT OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FISH COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. aa 1 The Commissioners report that the Inland Fisheries Res- toration moyement continues in Pennsylvania to be at least abreast of what it is in the other States‘of the Union, in which it has baen inaugurated, and that the appropriation has been expended judiciously, BLACK BASS. The waters of the State being admirably adapted for the prowbh and incrense of this fine fish, particular attention has been paid toit, The Susquehanna, from its mouth to the head waters of Loth the Juniatas, may now be said to be full of black bass. The same may also be said of both the West and North Branch for considerable distances above their confluences at Northumberland, The Delaware, from the head of tide water, along the whole State border, is equally supplied. Several of the Pennsylvania branches of the Dela- ware are filling by degrees, and soon both those great rivers may be said to have had one most admirable tribe of edible fishes added to their product. The black bass has also been introduced into the upper waters of the Conemaugh, west of the Allegheny Mountains, and is there increasing and multiplying in the same satisfactory manner which has been observedin the eastern streams. The present abundanes of this fish more than repays all the expense the State has been at, OTHER SPECIES. The different species of fish to which the Commissioners baye given attention comprise black bass salmon, brook trout, salmon trout, land-locked salmon, shad, and Culi- fornia salmon. While the alacrity in obeying the laws, which were made absolutely ne- cessury by the deterioration of the fisheries, they will soon learn that they are for their own benefit, and even now a decided improvement is seen in the shad fisheries of the Susqtehanna. Large numbers of shad have been artificially hatched, end turned into the waters of that river and the Delaware. As yet, the Commissioners are unable to judge whether their artificial hatching is a success or not. The fish turned out in 1873, should have reappeared in 1876, but that year the run was meagre, beyond precedent. Still, they are hopeful of success, The say, ‘the shad artificially hatched may haye been destroyed by soma sub-marine cause undiscoverable by us, or from some similar cause the reinforcement which we sent to the sea may haye been pre- yented from returning in three years. But, if that be so, mity they not return in the fourth year, in the fifth, the seventh, nay, later—judging from the heavy specimens which it was not at all uncommon to take yearly as the fishing sea- sons returned.” The number of shad hatched by the Com- mnissioners of New Jersey (Pennsylvania bearing half the expense), and deposited in the Delaware, at Block's Eddy, amounted to 1,400,000. CALIFORNIA SALMON, The California salmon placed in the streams by the Com- Missioners cannot be said to haye yet returned, But here they are even more in the dark than they are in respect to the shad, The first placed in the Susquehanna were the first deposited in any of the Atlantic waters, haying been presented to Pennsylvania by the United States Com mis- sioner, Prof. Baird, being all that he had as yet received from the Pacific. Pennsylyania received the preferences, be- cause her streams seem to be more like those of the Pacitic slope, in general characteristics of temperature, etc,, and so the number on hand (but little exceeding six thousand) were Jaced in the Susquehanna, at Harrisburg, by Col. Worrall, in the early spring of 1873, The fourth season now ap- proaches, and they hopa to find them take their places among the migrutory fishes of the Atlantic coast. Re- peutedly since the deposits haye been made, and year after yeur, strange, individual fishes, haye been caught, suffici- ently resembling what the fish ought to be, to show that these strangers must be stragglers of the deposits, which haye made their way to the sea. Fishermen who have caught them, and who, in almost all instances, have returned them alive to the water, have said that they resembled brook trout more than anything else, and this isan extremely favorable evidence that the strange fishes are half grown Californians. LAND-LOCEED TRIBES. The Commissioners haye endeavored to find some mode of hatching, artificially, the pike-perch, sometimes called the Sngguehanna salmon, but without success. Special protec- tion will have to be atforded these fish. Considerable num- bers of salmon tront have been deposited in both the lakes and rivers of the State, from which most fayorable accounts linve been received. Attention has also been paid to the land-locked salmon, some thousands haying been deposited in Harvey's Lake, Lucerne County, wherw, it is hoped they will succeed. Tha Conimissioners are megotinting for an inyoice of grass bass (Centrachus Hexuwcanthus), a fish which ls, as yet, recetyed but little attention at the hands of fish culturists, Itis said to be an excellent pan fish, possessed of great endurance and strength, and, above all, a ish which lives harmoniously with all other species; not predatory itself, and protected from attack by its formidable dorgal and abdominal fins, PENNSYLVANIA WATER-SHED, The Commissioners devote considerable space to a deserip- tion of the water system of the State, the whole drainage teaching the sea by but four outlets; namely: Hampton Roads, Delaware Bay, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Gulf of Mexiuo, and these are, therefore, essentially but four differ- ent streams, let the branches of those streams number what they may. This shows, that the physical geography of Penn- sylvania is admirably arranged {or the ultimate dissemina- tion of fish throughout her borders. At a comparatively small expense, the process of filling the streams may be ma- terially hastened, HANCHING HOUSES, The liberality of the State has amply proyided for these. here has been established now, for nearly three years, a hatehing louse at Donegal Springs, near Marietta, in Lan- ar County, irom whence many millions of young try hays boen sent forward to every part of the State, and since fishermen have not shown: the present Logislatnre has commenced its sessions, hundreds of thousands of California salmon, salmon tront, and brook trout hive been sent out or delivered to parties calling for them, The appropriation of last year was increased, so that a Western hatching-house should be established, on a suit- thle site, located west of the Allerheny Mountains, where abere would he 4 sufficient quantity of never failing water. The Commissioners finally came to the conelusion to pur- chase the establishment of Seth Weeks, near Corry, in Erie County. Mr, Weeks bad, for several years, out of the brook leading from his springs, propagated many thousands of brook trout in a somewhat primitive manner, but success- fully. The place place consists of nine and one-half acres of lund, haying thereon erected a good dwelling house, and avery uppurtenance and facility for prosecuting the under- taking. Add to its advantages, abundance of water, regu- larity of temperature, the appurtenances of dwelling-house, hatching-house ready stocked, the close vicinity of one of our most interesting piscatory regions, the waters of Lake Erie, and the choice cannot but be approved. The State has now two such establishments, and its operations will com- pare favorably with those of amy State in the Union, All Legislative enactments, the Commissioners complain, so tar seem to haye been successfully disregarded. Gill- netting, with allits injurious tendencies, ought to be regu- lated, if possible, both upon the Delaware and the Susque- hanna. But, if it must still be allowed, let there be some restrictions short of absolute license; or, let the twenty-four hours of the Sabbath be made a close time, and this, inci- dentally, protect the interest of the upper riparian inhabi- tants. On this and kindred subjects there must be concur- rent legislation between sister riparian States—say New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland—and should any anadromous fish succeed in the Ohio, then with West Virginia, Ohio, and other of the Western States. The, pollution of streams is fully discussed in the Report, and it 1s claimed that the deposition of deleterious liquids and substances of yarious natures, in streams from mining and manufacturing establishments of many kinds, must also be regulated. The purity of the water can be preseryed without unduly restricting parties pursuing legitimate occu- pations, but carelessness should be punished. With regard to fish-ways, the Commissioners say, ‘The plan we have adopted is a gentle, inclined plane, sixty feet wide, through which, when the water is just flowing oyer the dam, astream passes three feet wide, at a rate not exceeding eight miles per hour—against such a current 2 boat can be polled; indeed, that has actually been done through our fish-way, and yet the fisheries above the dam are not resuscitated, Tras, we catch fish (shad) sbovethedam yearly; even last year (1876), when the run of shad in the Susquehannn was very much below the syerage, some fiye or six hundred shad ware caught many miles nboye our fish-way. But this is not a satisfactory result; we want the old fishing grounds brought back to the old activeness; we want thousands caught at every old battery. Our fish-way does more for shad than any or all other fish-ways, but the status quo existing before the dams were built, is not yetreturned.” The crooked fish- way which salmon will ascend, they claim,.is but suitable for shad, as, instead of going by platoons, or in single file, the latter fish move gregariously, like sheep, and, if the leader takes a sluice or a rapid, he is followed by the school, and they all make simultaneous rush and pass through, But the leader will hesitate at the slightest obstacle—will stop and tremble at a shadow; for instance, the shadow of 4 bridge span. It has been sometimes thought that they got their name (shadow-fish) from that circumstance, and if the shadow scares the leader away, they dart again to the rear of the whole flock or school, and nets which they escaped be- fore are extremely likely to take the panic-stricken crowd on the rebound, as it were. The plan, therefore, is recom- mended as being the simplest. “But now, they say, comes in the difficulty; nolaw which has yet been passed seems to be efficient to keep the fishermen about the dam from fishing immediately in front of and around onr fish-way continu- ously, during the whole fishing season. And, instead of wondering wlry the fish do not ascend our fish-way, it seems difficult to imagine how asingle shad can pass it, beset, as it is, by these defiers of the law, uninterruptedly and continn- ously, day in and day ont, night inand night ont, from the very first to the yery last run of shad in the season. But Pennsylvania has always been supposed, at any rate, to be a community obseryant of the law, and however the laws haye been got around, howeyer they may been evaded, tha time must come at which we shall reach a mode of expression which will preclude all chance of eyasion—a mode of exe- ention which will terrorize the marauders. “The restoration moyement, then, may be said to be fairly progressive, ‘Ihe States around us are all engaged with us in trying to forward it. We must co-operate with them; wa must haye concurrent legislation with the co-riparians, and when that is offered, let it motybe opposed by men, who, mis- tuking their own interests, oppose the moyements intended for the benefit of all.” : The Report closes with furthersuggestions regarding legis- lation, and a copious appendix, detailing the operations of the Commission in depositing the yarious kinds of fish, and giving the numbers placed in each body of water. a WHO FIRST INTRODUCED BASS INTO THE POTOMAC. i LETTER FROM W. W, SHRIVER, OF WHEELING. ee S many of our ruaders ore sware, the question as to how and by whom onr Ohio river bass were first introduced into the Potomac isnot a new one, and the enterprise has been at various times credited yarions persons. It seems thatin the Valley of Virginia, and at the other points east, considerable interest is still felt on the subject, as the bass fishery in that Tiyer is a matter of no smull moment to many persona, not ouly to amateur fishermen, but also=to many persons who get their supplies of fi-li from the Potomac. And, therefore, it is an item of curiosity to all such persons to know for a fact just how the bass were first introduced. This feeling on the subject accounts for a letter lately written by Dr. Wall, of the Vallay of Virginia, to General Sbriver, of this city, making inquixies of the latter ss to what he knew upon the subject. Toe following is the General's reply: WHEELING, West Virginia, September 17th, 1567. Dr, A, Wanu—Dear Sir: Your oficial communication of the Ist inst., on the subject of transferring thezyblack bass of the Qhio to the Potomagviver, came duly to hand, and I herewith send you a Baie yo slip having af extract of a letter T wrote to Philip T. Tyson, of Baltimore,sAgricultural Ohemist of Mary- land, in reply to bis letter fo me of Sept, 4th, 1860, npon this i B® sume subject, which I hope will give the desired information, The number of these black bass taken to the Potomac by me, as well as | can now recollect, was about thirty. The writer of this is undoubtedly the individual and the only person who adh ever anything to do with the transfer of those fish to the Potomac. Very respectfully, W. W. SaRrver, The following is the extract referred to: _ “Thave received to-day your very interesting communica- tion of the 10th inst , upon the subject of an experiment mada by me some six years since of transferring some of the several varieties of our tinest game fish of the Whio Riyer to the head waters of the Potomac at the town of Cumberland, in Al- leghany County, Maryland. ‘The enterprise or experiment was contemplated by me long before the completion of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to the Ohio River at Wheeling, bub no satisfactory mode wf trans- portation presented itself to my mind until the completiom of that great work (in [believe the year 1853), and in the following year | made my first trip (although T made several afterwards in the same year), carrying with me my first lob of fish ina large tin bucket, perforated, and which I made to fit the open- ing in the water tauk attached to the locomotive, which was sujplied with fresh water at the regular water stations along the line of the rond, and thereby succeeded wellin keeping the fish (which were young and smull, haying been selected for the purpose) alive, fresh, and sound. _‘*This lot of fish, as well as every subsequent one, on my ar- rival at Camberland, were put in the basin of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, from which they had free egress and ingress to the Potomac River and its tributaries, both abore and below the dim; and although somewhat ridiculed at the time by some of the intelligent citizens of Cumberland, Inm erutified to learn from others as ‘well as yourself, that in this, my first piseatorial experiment, the object of which was to supply the waters of the Potomac with some aw fine yarieties of game fish, both in size and quality, as ever inhabited the fresh water streams of any country, bas been crowned with complete sue- cess, and I feel that Iam fully compensated in this for all the time, trouble, and expense I hays bestowed on the subject. ‘Twill add onesingular factin this connection, which is fhat there is not known to exist in any streams (as far as I heye been nble to learn) east of the Alleghany Mountains, from the Falls of Niagara in the north, to the Gulf of Mexicoin tha south, these varietiés of game fish, while they exist in svery stream west of the Alleghany, and in eyery lake and stream west of the Balls of Niagara, and as far sonth as the Gulf of Mexico."”— Wheeling ( Va.) Intelligencer, Oct. 6h, 1871. a a Froop-Garr ror Harcrne Trover.— pended isasketch of a flood-gate to be used on a fish-hatehing trough, The design of the gata is to raise or lower the depth of the water in the trongh at pleasure, It saves a good deal of labor in the way of dams. The gate has beenin operation in the Virginia Fish Hatchery during the present season, and has given a great deal of satisfaction. —— *Triptets.—The Portland Enterprise says, that J. C. Kitchen, of Columbia; bronght to that office, recently, a curiosity in the form of three young trout joined together by one umbilical sack, and evidently triplets. They were hatched at the ponds of George Young, and were alive and frisky, althongh it is not probable that they wonld livemany days. Fred Mathers' twins will have to take a back seat. Neyapa has just taken throngh its Legislature, initiatory steps toward a system of fish culture in that State, und ap- pointed Mr, Parker State Fish Commissioner. ‘(The Fish Commission of Vermont, with Dr. Goldsmith at their head, are proving successfnl with some most interesting experiments. Among the rest they have transplanted the smelt from tke salt water to the fresh waters of the State with- out diminishing their fecundity, and with improvement in their quality. The fresh-water siielt, indeed, as raised by Dr, Goldsmith, is the aristocrat ef his race. Herring haye also been transplanted into some of the larger and deeper Vermont lakes, miainly to serve as food to the luke trout and pickerel."* Satural Gistarp. OUR MOCKING-BIRD, ————— BY MRS. MARY TREAT. a UB Mocking-bird owns a home and a tract of land. Like any other land-holder, he is supveme ruler over his own dominions, and no other bird is allowed here except such as he permits. Several mocking-birds of my acquain- tance are real-estate owners; but, I think, all do not have the ambition to own landed property. The hero of my sketch livesin a small cypress, just in front of the cottage where Treside, This cypress is coyered by a mative grape-yine, forming a complete dome, and a pretty bower beneath. His territory embraces a hedge of Spanish bayonets, which extends along the front of the the cottage ; he also includes the piazza and its immediate yicinity as his property. The Spanish bayonet bears a large, sweet fruit, about the size of a banana, which grow in a great cluster at the top of the plant, of which the mocking-bird is very fond ; and this hedge bears fruit enough for all the birds of the neighbor- hood, yet this wealthy proprietor will not allow any bird, whether large pr small, to partake of his irnit; and such a time as he has, guarding it! He can hardly tind time to bathe and dress his feathers. But I suppose that he could not be convinced that he would be happierand more tree with loss property to Took after, en ee =, ae a _—— 5 ~ ‘One day, Lthought I would regulate things. so that the other birds might haye a share; sol took some of the frnit from the hedge nnd hung it upon some orange trees close by, where I could watch proceedings. But it was mo use; the fruif is within his dominions, and he Buards it just as jeslously as he does the hedge—in fact, he prefers this that I hung upon the trees, os it gives him a better place to stand while he eats. At one end of the pi- tzza is large branch of holly, very full of bright-red clus- fers of berries, The branch is placed in a jar of water, to keep it fresh, and the long gray moss, which hangs on the trees hore, is also used to help decorate and gereen the end of the piazza, Onr mocking-bird also claims this holly bush, and comes and eats the berries, while we are sitting on the piazza. He is very observing; he knows just ns well as Ido what birds he can trust within his dominions, Hyery morning I seatter a plateful of cracker-crumbs and oats near the piazza, alarge number of birds coming regularly for their food. Now, the mocking-bird does not care much for crumbs or oats, a8 ha is perfectly willing that the birds shonld cat there, if they will only let his fruit alone; and many of the birds that eat the crumbs and grain do not care for lis fruit, and these he will allow all about him. I sup- pose he considers them honest, respectable citizens, Many of the birds that I feed ara migratory, coming to Florida in the fall, and returning in the spring. Among them are several kinds of sparrows, and the little Maryland yellow-throat. This charming, sprightly, little bird is less im size than a chipping sparrow. Its general color is oliye- greon, but the throutis a bright yellow, and a jet-black band Tuns across the forehead, and extends down each side of the face, which gives. it a quaint look, as if it wore large side- whiskers. : A large number of beautiful cheewinks have become quite tame; will come almost to my feet to pick up the crumbs. IT have observed, however, that when I weara gray dress, something like the color of the bark of the tree, and pull my hat down pretty well over my eyes, that the birds will cone pet nearer to me than when Ido not take these precau- ions. The blue jay also comes for a share of these crumbs, but he dos not pick them up and eat them in the same manner that the other birds do; he looks around for the largest piece, and takes it und fies to a tree, and holds it against a branch with one foot, and breaks off small bits with his bill, and eats them im the same wry that he does an acorn; and he is not satisfied with this, but he takes pieces and secrets them about the tence, and other places, and almost always when he comes to look for them they are gone—have been filched by the sparrows in his absence; and then, such a screaming as he sets up, Ishould think would frighten the little cul- pre but they look as unconcerned and innocent, as if they ew nothing about the matter, so he has to content him- self with the acorns he has stowed away, or picks up fresh ones from the ground. The Carolina wren and thé beantiful little ground dove also come for a share of the crumbs. The mocking-bird is on good terms, with all the birds I haye mentioned, for they do not eat his fruit. But the lovely red, cardinal grosbeak, and his cousins, the thrushes, and even his own brothers, he will not allow to come near the hedge, nor to alight on either of his trees. And a charming, little green warbler, not as large aS sparrow, meets with no mercy, for this tiny crea- ture likes the fruit, and, notwithstanding its small size, he drives it from his domain—singling it out from among the sparrows, and chasing it away—even when it is not eating hisfruit, But the mocking-bird cannotalways be on guard, for, like other epicures, he must have a yariety of food; and, although he owns so much property, and is ruler over so many birds, yet he keeps noseryant to supply his wants, and a large share of his food consists of yarious insects, which he must hunt for himself. And this tiny warbler has become very cunting; as soon as our imperious mocker leaves his home, the little warbler, who seems to have been watching and waiting his opportunity, now glides down from some tree, and eats in peace until he is satisfied. Twice I have see the mocking-bird make a mistake, and drive a bird that never touched his fruit. The first instance, was with a cheewink, which, certainly, was in a suspicions attitude, for I thought myself it was eating the fruit. Heretofore he had always trusted the cheewinks, and had let them come about him in his bower, and on his trees, but this time one alighted on a tree with something to eat— probably an insect—and happened to stand in such a posi-” tion that he looked exactly as if he was eating the fruit, The mocking-bird was on his dome, where he could ovyer- look all his property. He saw the cheewink, and acted as if he could hardly believe his own eyes; he turned his head first one way, and then the other, and peered at him yery intently for a few moments; then he sailed down, and with a volley of scolding notes, drove the poor cheewink quite a distance; and, not satisfied with this, he returned and droye every one fromthe ground which were feeding about the piazza. Tver since this happened, he will not allow a chee- wink to remain upon either of his trees, but I have not seen him drive them from the ground since the day he was in such a towering passion, bufi I suppose he can never be conyineed that he was mistaken, and will never trust them as before, ‘The other occasion, a little yellow-rumped warbler alishted on tha holly bush, at the end of the piazza, and was peering about among the moss for insects, Our mocker watched him awhile, and concluded it must be the berries that kept him there so long, so down he came, and drove him a long way oi, and then returned to his home, and appeared as Self-complacent and as much satisfied with himself as if it had been n bird of his own size that he had driven. But, unlike most tyrants, he is yary courageous; he will attack and drive s sparrow-hawk from the neighborhood, un- aided by any other bird. This hawk is elegant in his appearsnee, a trifle larger thann the mocking-bird, and with his strong, hoked beak, heo Taust prove a powerful adversary, if he should turn upon a bird weaker than himself. A iew feet from the mocking-bird’s home a vane has been erected to show which way the wind blows; it towers above the tallest trees, and eve a sparvow-hawk often alights. While I was sitting on the piazza, watching u flock of aparrows feeding close nbont nie, this hawk came swooping own, md took one from right before my eyes. He caught it on the wing, just as it vose to ly; the other sparrows flattened themselves close tothe ground, and remained per- fectly still for afew moments. ‘The hawk Hew back to the vane with his prey, and now the mocking-bird, who had ‘ FO PBS 4 : AND ‘ole AM. been a witness of the transaction, at once attacked him; but he was careful to keep behind, and strike him on the back, and this annoyed the hawk so much that he could not eat the sparrow, but he held it in his claws and growled at his perseentor for awhile, ind then “few away, the mocking- bird following, and hifting him on the back nntil they went out of sight. With all his other entertainments, our mocker is a fine musical performer, and, unlike the songsters of the North, he sings af leastten months of the year. When we arriye in Floridu, about the Ist of November, he greets us with his song, and acts as if he remembered us; but toward the last of this month his nates begin to lessen, and by the Ist of December he is quite silent; by the middle of January he commences uenin, at first in low whispers—so low that we can scarcely hear him; he seems to be rehearsing. He con- tinues this for a weekor more, There is something ex- quisitely beautiful nbout these low, tender strains, and during these rehearsals he always faces the piazza, and seems to be singing to us. Gradually his yoice imcreases in yolume, until, by the lst of March, he isin fullsong. And now he leaves his home more frequently, and is gone longer —is neglecting his business—and the gay, cardinal bird takes adyantage of his absence, and with furtive looks yen- tures to regale himself on the forbidden fruit. This neglect of home and business continues for seyeral days; at last he returns with n charming female, who in- spécts his bower with a critical eye, and seems pleased with all the surroundings; then she accompanies him to one of the trees, on which hangs the fruit. Now they both eat, standing side by side, and then return to the lower, and now on the topmost branch of his dome, this joyous bird roclaims his happiness in the most entrancing song, no onger facing us, but always facing and addressing his beauti- ful partner. << —__—_ OSPREYS TAKING DEAD FISH. o£ bree Herron Forest AND Srruan. My question, asked in your columns, of January 11th, “Tf this incident occurred as related by S. GC. C., was it not an unprecedented one?” was asked for information, as I had neyer heard of a similar occurrence, It is trne that Audubon tells us of Ospreys taking the fish that had risen, dead or dying, to the surface of the water, in some of the lakes adjacent to the Mississippi River, where the water was too muddy for the hawks to discover them alive, and im- mense flocks of Wood Tbises were trampling the bottom, ninking it so difficult for the fishes fo respire, that they were obliged to rise to the surface, and were then killed in great numbers ; but he immediately adds, that “except im such places, and on such occasions,” he had never observed the Fish Hawk to procure prey in any other than the usual way. T quote this high authority in answer to 8, C. C.’s quotation from ‘Allen’s Notes of Some of the Rare Birds of Massa- ehusetts.” At the conclusion of his article. in Forrst aAnp Srreas of February 8th, which reads, ‘tone should not rashly question the accounts given by usually reliable au- thorities, because, in particular instances, they do not accord with their own observations.” To relieve myself of the im- putation of asking a question that was either egotistical or “rash,” as it was not mentioned whether the incident related by S. G0. GC. occurred within thirty yards, or a thous- and, of the observer, I suggested thse possibility of a mis- take, such as the closest obseryer may sometimes make, I once thought that I saw an Osprey take a dead fish from clear water, and it was by the merest chance that I discoy- ered that I was deceived by exceedingly conyincing apprar- ances. Liason anisland in the Gulf of Mexico, in search of ornitholigical specimens, and seeing on Osprey fishing near the shore, I concealed myself behind a sand-hill, to watch him while Irested to enjoy the cooling breeze ere plunging into theswamp again. At length, a fish was taken, and the bird flew with it directly toward me, until within six rods, when I fired, expecting to bring him down at that distance, although my gun was loaded with small shot ; but with a scream, he turned and flew outover the water until abont a hundred yards distant from me, when he dropped the fish. Then, to my surprise, he wheeled in the air, and darting down, rose again from the water, with, apparently, the same fish, and flew,in over the beach. Seeing that I woulil not get a shot at him by remaining quiet, I ran _ quickly behind the sand-hills, in the direction of his flight, and as he passed over them, I discharged both barrels in quick succession, causing him to drop the fish, which I picked np and examined. It was of the same species and size asthe one broughtso neartome by the hawk in the first instance, and my companion; avowed that he caught sight of the first fish im the water after it was first dropped, and that it was belly up and dead. The incident was such fi yery unusual one, that I discussed it at some length, with my companion, We finally returned to the beach, to yetrace our steps, and as we walked along, I noticed, at the water's edge, a dead fish, just washed ashore, which, on ex- amination, proyed by the marks of small shot and hawk’s talons, on it, to be the fish that onr bird had dropped into the water, and which, but for thus accidently fmding it, [should have certainly believed had been re-taken by the Osprey, although Thad expressed to my companion my belief, that the fish must have had life enough to swima little, orat least to make some life-like moyement, The fact of an Osprey taking a fish immediately after being shot at, was paralleled in the interesting incident related by “Dom Pedro.” Will he tell us if, onthe second time, the fish taken was surely the one dropped? and if so, was it dead before being re-taken? My queries are not intended to be in the least in a critical spirit, but are prompted solely by a desire for knowleegs, belicying that if observers would more frequently compare notes, and the columns of Forrest AyD Stamm furnish an excellent medium forso doing, much yaluable information might be disseminated. 4 T have seen white-headed eagles catch fish, although never ‘* with the dash and grace of an Osprey,” as I haye seen related by same writer, On the contrary, the fish I refer to were eels, and caught in shoal water, after much flapping and dangling of legs, close to the surface of the water, by the eagles, I think eagles are by no means scarce in the Northern States, unless it be by comparison to their great numbers in some of the southernmost States, and in the spring and summer they are abundant in Maine and New Hampshire, where I haye on many occasions observed the common incident, of the robbery of an Osprey of his prey by the white-headed eagle. F To mistake an Osprey for an engle, at a distance, would by no ‘means imply lack of knowledge ar experience in ob- servation of these birds, so similar in their flight, plumage, and size, Only last summer Thad my attention called to a large bird soaring in circles, ab each circuit revealing in the sunlight the white-head, which only the aid of a field-glass proved to be that of nn Osprey and not an eagle, RoAnu. ” 118 THE BIRDS OF WEBSTER, NEW HAMP- SHIRE, AND ADJOINING TOWNS. ——— BYLCHARLES F, GOODHUE. Continued from our issue of Mareh 22d, : STRIGIDE—THE OWLE. Olus Wilsonianus. TLoug-pared owl: Not common, oxdept in the mi- grations ; may breed, as 1 haye seen it the middle of June. Brachyotus Cassini. Short-sared owl. Qnite rare; layd sean but one. ’ Syrnium nebulosum. breeds. Rubo virginianus, common of the owla. Scops asto. Mottled owl, birds than gray. Nyctale acadiea, Acadian owl, Not common; haye taken one each winter for the Iaat thres years. It has the habit of taking wp its resi- dance in barns and outhouses in winter, probably for the purpose of mousing. Nycten nines, Snowy owl. Surnia vinta, Hawk owl, sean buttwoin four years. FALCONIDAI—EAGLES, FALCONS, AND HAWES, Halvetus levteoephalus. White-headed eagle. Raro; s6e buf one or two ln the course of m year. Pandion carolinensis, Fish hawk. Common inthe migrations, Faleo columbarius. Pigeon hawk. Not common; may breed, but have never met with the nest, Falco sparverius. Sparrow hawk, Common in spring and fall; breeds. ‘Tho only nest that has come under my notice, was placed in @ hollow maple, aboutsix feat from the pround ; it contained six young, Astur gtricapillus, Goshawk—Blne hawk. Rare ; perliaps lesa so in winter. : Accipiter Cooperti. Cooper's hawk, Common resident through tho summer ; muy winter ; breeds. Accipiter firsous, Sharp-shinned hawk. Common in summer ;a few winter; breeds, ' Buteo borealis. Red-tailed hawk, Common summer resident; a few remain through the winter ; breeds, Barred owl. Qommon resident; probably Greathorned owl. Common resident; the most Common resident; have seen more red Rare winter visitor from the north, Tixceedingly rare ; winter resident ; have Buteo linentus, Red-tailed hawk. Resident; losst abundant in win. ter; breads. Buleo pennsylvinicus. Broad-winged hawk. Rare; haye seen but few specimens. Archibuleo lagopus. Rough-legged hawk. Not yery common ; a faw fonnd in fall and winter. Archibuteo Sancli-Johannis, Black hawk. Raro; saw a fine specimen in the winter of 1875. Circus hudzontceus. Morsh hawk. Common in summer ; breeds,nest« ing on the ground, COLUMRIDR—THE PIGEONS. Ectopistes migratorius, Wild pigeon. Common summer resident ; breeds. I think, asa gencral thing, that they lay but one exe, as I have found many nests, and there neyér was bunt more than one, with but ona exception. Zenedura carclinensis, with itas yet. {im our issue of Mage Ist, the White-throated Sparrow was referred fo as Tonolrichit: letcophrys, instead of ilbivollis, as it should haye been printed. An error also occurs in the list of warblers, Dendroica corrulesceus laying been spoken of as the Black-throated Warbler, instead of Black-throated, Blue. It will be obseryed that Mr. Goodhue separates the two forms of Archifuico, instead of regarding them as differ- ent plumages of the same species.—Eb.] —— end WHITEFISH OF THE OSWEGATCHIE, Turtle dove. May occur, buf haye never met Canton, N. ¥., March 20, 1877, Eprron Forest AND STREAL I see in your correspondent's column, that J. B., of Montreal, speaks of whitefish being found im the Osweyatchio River, Once, early in July, nearly or quite ten years ago, atthe mouth of a spring brook, ikuuwn as the * old Indian fishing ground,’ some two nilles helow Cran- berry Lake, wo catiglta fish that we called a whitefish—I suppose be- cause we did nat know what else to callit. They were letting off water from the reservoir, and the river was high,and the wuterioul. The month of the brook was crowded with trout, weighing from one-quarter tothree pounds, aud with these fish, which very much resemble a sucker in color and shape,only they were more silvery than the sucker. The month wis miteli, but not qnite the same, Neither they or the trout would “bite,” and we hovked up” enobgh for camp use during the two or threa days we were there. Sometimes we got trout, sometimes ‘‘whitefish,” The latter, when cooked, were very white, fat, andfine fiayored, We pronounced these fully equal tothe trout, They were freefrom all the lcose bones found in the sucker. The same season they were [ound at tio or three spring brookssome twenty miles below, on the river, I do not think we saw any oyer @ pound in weight—most of them abont one-half that, I do nol Enowot any bsing caught there before or since. Thinking it possible you might desire eyen the little information I could vive on the subject, I took the liberty of writing. J. wR. nen di sD CARP OF VIRGINIA, ——_+—— THE Bosroy, Marehb 16,1877. Eprror Fores’ AND STREAM, Ww Talicing with a friend in relation to the introduciion of carp into this country, as mentioned in two of the back numbers of your issuc, he stated that in the year 1867, ho was in Virginia, and, being au ardent lover of angilog, tried his art-one day in a pond, at the head of Mort- tico Greek, Lancaster Connty, of Ball's Mills, and caught six yery largs fish, welghing, in the aguregate, some thirty-seven pounds. They helug an unknown fish to him, although ho had fished in nearly all our Btates and Territories; they were shown to # greatimany persons in that vieinity, and none could givs them 4 name, except a Dr, Ball, whe said be was familiar with the fish in Europe, as carp, but had never lo- fore seen them in this country. Aniong the persons viewing the catch was an old negro, who said that, years ago, 2 Mr. Mitchell had brought thatliud of fial from ‘*uway ‘crows the goa,” und put into the pond. The publication of the above may bring out someturther intelligence relating to this matter. Dd, i A COMPANION FOR THE “PIPE FISH,” oo — x WAREHAM, Mass,, March 19, 1877. Epitor Forest AND STREAM, Tthis day mailed 4 package to your address, containing a well-grown oyster attached fo the inner side of the bowl of a clay pipe, whlch, por- haps, it will be well for me to huud over te the New York Aqioriom. The noyelly was taken from an oyster bed a few days azo (in our river), and hy examining the back-eide of the baw], there will be seen au in- deulution made by the tongs, by which if was taken from its reshing lace. - fe T was actuated in my intercet in (lis specimen, by reading in FPouxsD 114 AND Srkeam, of December 6th, 1976, page 276, under the caption, Pipe Fish, The upper edge of the pipe, as yon Will see, is broken, butT ‘have no donbt it was 4 souni pipe, and thar the growth or expansion of the oyster’s shell caused the fracture; but be that, as il may, the whole thing bears evidence that the hivalve was brought forth pnd cradled in the bowl of a tobacco pipe, and that he is true to bis nature, is shown by his ologe adhesion to his houge. Trnly yours, Jd, F. Morpocr. Ans. This really valued curiosity has attracted much at- tention in our office. We have acted upon our correspondents Suggestion, and turned it over to the New York Aquarium,— [Bp. FE. axp 8-]. Sanne nae THe Moums.—If there be truth in the statement that is going the rounds of the press, regarding that most retir- ing of quadrupeds, the mole, it is, just now, worth while to commend it, with whatever truthit may be found to con- tain, to the management of the Greenwood Cemetery. From their last report, we learn that sucha war has been waged upon the gronnd-moles, in the interest of smooth turf and solid path, thatin the past year nearly 1,800 of these little animals haye been destroyed. And the item we haye in mind records a yery similar fact with regard to «a very choicely-kept estate abroad, where a similar work of exter- mination was carried out. But there, it is said, the result was not all that could be coveted, for such was the unex- pected and alarming increase of insects and slugs in the sward, that the noble proprietor, discoyering that he had disturbed one of the balances of nature, set at work, at large cost, and restocked his grounds with moles. The state- ment, which comes with apparent authenticity, is an inter- esting one, and by no means unusual in its bearing and ar- gument, The mole preys on what are a far greater pest to cultivated tracts than he can be, with all the yexation caused by his little subterranean alleys. All anthorities declare that this annoyance, easily repaired by spade and roller, is far more than counter-balanced by the services of the humble little Telpa family, who are classed as insectivyorous mammals, and deserye to be protected as such. When the gardener has banished the toad for its ugliness, the warb- Jers for the sake of his small fruits, and the mols because he burrows lawlessly in his lawns and pathways, the folly inyites its own speedy penalty, for an army of insevts and creeping things are ready to improye all such ad- yantages, and revenge the unwise slaughter, Greenwood may need the moles, as well as the birds. We are getting wiser on such subjects, but we make wisdom sometimes very costly,— Brooklyn Union. Woodland, Farm and Garden. QUAILS IN CONFINEMENT. —— LTHOUGH it is rather late for such informution to be of service during the present seagon, yet the experience of some of our correspondents, who have been keeping quails throngh the winter, for the purpose of turning them out in spring, may be of great benefit to those who propose follow- ing their example another year. And we would here say to eur DUMerous readers, who are writing to us with regard to procuring liye birds for this purpose, that they have delayed too long. During the month of January, quails could have been purchased in our markets in any quantity, but at that time very few cared to take the trouble and risk of carrying them through; hence, the dealers, finding themselves with large stocks on hand, declined making further contracts with their western or southern sources of supply, and when March came, or even in February, no birds were to be had. The moral of which is that those who wish to replenish their stock of birds must procure them early, and provide for them until the weather permits of their being set adrifito take care of themselves. One of the most successful of) our friends in keeping his birds oyer, is Mr. James Bryce of Madison, N. J., and to him we are indebted for the cut of bis coop or box, in which his birds haye thrived, and which we give herewith. The boxtis six feat long and four feet wide, and is raised by the supports H H four feet from the ground, ‘The coop is di- vided by the partitions © O into three compartments. The ends and sides area perforated with augur holes. ‘The top and bottom are alike, being made with boards, D D D D, left half an inch apart, and wire netting E inthe middle. EBB rep- resents the water tanks. As regards feed, Mr. Bryee gives his birds just as much as they will eat, morning and night, of wheat, buckwheat, rye and corn mixed, with plenty of fresh water three times a day, and gravel and wood ashes morning and night, He also gives them plenty of culbbage (cut fine) colery tops, etc., daily, and twice a week onions, eut fine and mixed with hay or grass seed. The advantage of this coop is, that the birds keep if, in a measure, clean themselves, the reise, ate,, passing out at the bottom, or the apartments can be cleaned separately. Thus far this season he has lost ouly six birds out of some seventy. The coop is kept on an en- closed piazza, which has windows and doors, and the birds get the sunshine whenever it is possible. <1 ____. —An excellent liniment to apply to sores on horses’ backs, legs, or elsewhere, can be made as follows : Take inner bark of the ordinary white oak, boiled down in an iron kettle until it is as black asink ; while boiling drop in a piece of alum about the size of a hen's egg, Never use a brass kettle to boilitin, This liniment is to be applied with a sponge, and, indeed, itis good for any sore or bruise. It isa safe thing to keap in any one’s barn ready to use when occasion requires: — Cur Home Journal, Horsn Firms Sacrnmacen my New Junsny.—A Marlboro cor- respondent sends us the following notice of the great horse sale which took place there last week, at C. B, Cornelin's farm. He says: “Th was the opinion of all the local horsemen present, this was the most valuable sale and the most largely attended of any that has eyer been held in Morris County. The dele- pation from New York City was immense, and many noted turfmen present, attracted no doubt by the brilliant display, to be sold without reserye, But, oh! whata sad shrinkage in valnes, paid and receiyed forthe same. Iwas told by food authority, that the celebrated stallion ‘Kirkwood,’ cost Mr, Carman more than all that was sold yesterday brought," re ORNAMENTAL PLANTING, HE beauty of many of our country homes is sadly marred by the injudicious planting of ornamental trees and shrubs, and there isno branch of the landscape gardener’s busines that demands more sound judément, correctideas, or refined taste. It is not enough to admire and appreciate a well defined and harmoniously colored landscape; to be able to judge of its merits, or defects, ha must also be able to select the materials, and so arrange or dispose of them as to produce an effect at once the most powerful, agreeable, and perfect that they are capable of doing. ‘To attain this end, the planter requres an amount of skill and knowledge only attainable by perseverance, study, and practice, These remarks apply principally to large and extensive country seats, but also bear weight with regard to less pretentious residences. In former years the rage has been altogether for mixed planting, without any regard to the futmre size of the trees or shrubs planted, or to the effect of the shades of color either in summer or fall (how often have wa seen Norway spruce, and other large growing tree, that will not stand pruning without spoiling their contour, planted within six feet of a Carriage drive), but now a more tasteful and natural idea prevails, and planting in groups with reference to the future general effeut, the ultimate size of the trees, and their coloring in summer and fall, is more generally carried out. Trees having “2 resemblance to one another in the size and form of their leayes may be associ- ated in groups, but itis more desirable that they possess some other marked characteristic in common, such as color of foliage, bark, or flower, habit of growth, or form, etc. Thus when depth of color in leafage is desired, fit associates are found in the Purple Beech, Him, Oak, Hazel, or Barberry; when light colors are wanted they are at command in the Golden Birch, Alder, Elder, and Willow, as also among the naturally silvery foliaged trees, as the silyer Poplar, Linden, Maple, Huntingdon and other willows, and Sea Buck thorn, while among strictly variegated trees and shrubs there ex- ists a wide field to select from, The autumnal colors and tints of falling foliage deserve marked attention. The rich scarlet and purple of the Oaks, Liquid Amber, Nyssa, or Scarlet Maple, the golden yellow of the Norway and other Maples, Tulip trees, ete.; the chestnut with its yellow and brown; gorgeous festoons of Virginia Creeper, or Yellow Celastrus, contrasting beautifully with the deep green of the Spruces, Hemlocks, or other evergreens. Oolor in bark is most appreciable when branches are denuded of their foliage, and small groups ‘having distinct colors tend to relieve the dull monotony of the winterand early spring months, White Birch, Linden, Golden Ash, Copper, Purple, and Golden Willow, Virgilia, the red Dog-wood, ete., all work in well; while Deutzias, Spireas, Weigelias, Dwarf Magnolias, Tar- tarian Honeysuckle, Pavias, the Japanese Judas Tree, double Almonds, and the dwarfer Dvergreens, cither singly, or in groups, may fill up the foreground, and give lightness and beauty to the carriage drive and lawn during the whole season, Irregularity of outline tothe lawn gives an idea of size, and the margins and points may be well filled up here and there by a border of hardy herbaceous and other plants. Daphne Cnéorum and other dwarf Howering plants—the noble and striking Pampas grass, Arundo donax yariegata, or Arundo Conspicua, in prominent positions, or as single specimens on the lawn, while, of course, neartr the house, the flower-heds are located, radiant with beauty during the summer and fall months, W. . D, Eee NOTES ON ORANGE CULTURE. a ae, F Manpanrm, Fla., March 17, 1877. Eprror Forest anp SrReaM, Theories concerning the cultivation of oranye trees aré so numerous and varied that one is ata loss sometimes to know which toadopt. Almost every one las some pet idea to which he pins his solemn faith and indéfatigalle energy, and the inexperienced may well be puzzled at such yariety of opiniors expressed on almost évery part of the sybject, Tt is stated that high-land is the only suitable place for a grove; but what about the numerous thrifty groyes on low land that bear their yearly abundance. There are numerous learned essays on the necessity of a substratum of clay, or marl, or what not, but I haye seen groves where, if there were anything of this kind, it was so ie beneath the surface as to be only discoverable to the well igeer, There are groves on the hills where the soil, during the season, retains barely sufficient of the rainfall to nourish plant life; and there are others on the flat, low lands, where the drains are dug deep, and the trees set high on ridges, to escape the continued superabundanee of water, The man who has paid a hundred dollars for his acre of choice hammock, and he who has homesteaden from the government lis tract miles back in the pine lands, POSSESS their groves, with no »pparent difference in the condition of the trées except what is due to fertility of the soil. The rich, black hammock will, unaided by fertilizers, pro- duce fine growth, as will also the better quality of pine land; but even on land which is so poor that itseenis little else bub white sand, the orange tree will waye its green leaves in | Vigorous growth, if cared for and fertilized, For the first few years the planigh should do its duty in keeping the weeds and grass down, but when both foliage and roots haye spread far and wide, the plough should be run lightly, or the cultivator or harrow used im its plaice. So zapid and extensive is the growth of the roots, that when the grove is well in bearing, the space between the trees is prac- tically covered with the fine, yellow fibrous nebwork, and thw rake is then deemed the proper thing to loosen the soil, and avoid injuring the roots, Pruning the trees is practiced more or less by some, and by others not at all. Ishall not say which is best, as the tree appenrs to flourish oither way, and he who has his grove may take his choice between the native luxuriant growth, or the pruned symmetrical tree. In this vicinity, however, prun- ing is done but moderately, if at all, many preferring low- headed, bushy trees, and some being of opinion that the low foliage affords a protection against frost, and against the too fieree rays of the sun, and keeps the roots cool and moist in hot, dry weather. Possibly, as im many other things, the hest conrse may be a medium between the two extremes, the pruning knife being used sparingly. | Florida oranges are getting to be a scarce commodity as the season wears on, and the price is correspondingly ligh. The State is full of visitors, nnd local demand is sufticient to maintain the price. If they seem abundant at the North now, suspect the placard of ‘‘Floridn Oranges’ may be too often used to give n good name to inferior fruit from foreign SOULcES, ©. D. D. ee Vanur or Ayrsame Cows.—It is the practice in many parts of Ayrshire to let the cows to a professed milkman at 50 much per cow per annum, ‘This is provineially dalled a bowing, or boyening, from boyen, 2 milk pail, The farmer provides the cows and requisite dairy yessels, the whole sum- ter pasturing and winter foddering, and honses and litter for cows, and a habitation for the milkman ; while the boy- oner takes the whole charge of the milking, and the man- agement and disposal of the butter, or milk, or chease, or whey, as he chooses, The price yaries from £8 to £15, In the neighborhood of large towns it may be averaged at £15 ; and if to this be added the wages of a milkman or milkmaid for eyery eight cows, the whole expense of the cow will ba £18 ; and the money received at 10. per gallon, for 600 zal- lons, being but £26, there will result only £7 per annum profit on each cow ; but this supposes that the milk of the cow is fairly disposed of without adulteration or trickery. Mr, Alton rates the profit of the Ayrshire cow at a higher value. Hesays: ‘*'Tosum upall in one sentence, I now repeat, that hundreds and thousands of our best, Scotch dairy cows, when they are in their best condition and well feed, yield at the rate of 2,000 Seotch pints of milk (1,000 gallons) in one year, that in general from seven and a half to eight pints ( three and three-quarters to four gallons ) of their milk will yield a pound of butter, country weight (one and a half pounds avoirdupois); and fifty-five pints (twenty-seven and a half gallons) of their milk will pro- produce one stone and a half imperial weight of full milk cheese ; that at the proper season, and when a healthy calf is fed, and the prices of veal as high as they haye frequently been within the last fifteen years, milk will yield a profit in veal equal to three anda half pence, and four pence per pint (half gallon) ; and where the buttermilk can be sold, that will yield a similar profit. The quality of the milk is estimated by the quantity of butter or cheese that it will yield. Three gallons and a half of this milk will yield about a pound of this butter, country weight, or a pound and a half avoirdupois, and when one gallon of water is added to four of milk, the buttermilk is worth to the farmer two pence per gallon. An Ayrshire cow, therefore, may be reckoned to yield 257 English pounds of lutter per annum, or about five pounds per week all the year round, besides the yalue of buttermilk and her calf."— Western ftiural. es Praxrs ss WrEArneR Guiprs.—Florists mow that many plants are extremely sensitive to changes in the atmospheric condition, so the opening and closing of the flowers serve measurably as barometers. Hannemann, a botanist, of Proskan, Prussia, giyes the following signs, which he has has found reliable in the following plants; The small bind- weed ( Convohudus arvensis) and cormpimpernel, or poor man’s weather-glass (Anagallis arvensis), expund their flowers at the approach of wet weather, whilst, on the other hand, the dif- ferent varieties of clover vontract their leaves before rain, If fine, bright weather is in prospect, the leaves of the chick- weed (Siellaria media) unfold, and the flowers remain awake and erect until mid-day. When the plant droops and its flowers do not expand, rain may be expected. The half opening of the flowers is u sign that the rain will not last long. The burnet saxifrage (Pinpernelia sicifraqe) indicates the coming weather in the same manner. As to the small Cape marigold (Calendula plucialis), should it open at 6 or 7 A.M., and not ¢losa tilld ». a, we may reckon on settled weather ; if the flower continues sleeping after 7, it betokens rain, With the corn-thistle and common sow-thistle (Son- chus arvensis and oleraceus), the non-elosing of the flower- heads warns us that it will rain the next. day; whilst the closing of them denotes fine weather. Respecting the weathér indications of ladder ketmir (fibiscus trionwm), the stemless ground thistle (Banduus acawis), marsh mari- gold ( Caihu palustris). creeping crow foot (Ranunculus repens ), wood sorrel ( (calis acelosella), and other species of the oxalis genius, rain may be confidently expected when the flowers of the first do not open, when the calyx of the second closes, and when the rest fold their leayes. Woe may look also for wet weather if the leaves of the whitlow grass (Driba verna) droop, nud lady’s bed-straw (Gallium virmum) becomes in- fluted and gives ont a strong odor. Winally, the approach of rain is indicated in the case of tha yellow wood anemone (Anemone ranuncwoides) by the closing of the flowers, and in that of the wind-Hlower (Anemone nemorsd) by their droop- ing.— Hn, i Errecr or Onrmars on Pranrs.—Obxervations made during ‘the Arctic Expedition have brought to light one of two curious facts in connoction with the powers of growth possessed by different plants under yarying conditions of chimate. Amerj- can research has pioyed that tha seeds of certain plants, if gathered in one climate and sown in snother, will perminate earliar or later, and with mora or less vigor, uecording as the new climate is warmer or colder than the old. And even a perceptille change of climate is not requited to show these re- sults; i difference of a few degrees only im latitude is suli- cient todo so. Forexample, wheat from Scotland, sown in the south of Englwnd, will germinate and ripen much more quickly than wheat of exact similar quality gathered in the South, am planted in the same latitude in which it was grown. _ This fact is of fhe utmost importauce to agriculturists. To secure early-growing wheat, itis only necessary to take cara . that the seed is gathered in 9 colder climate than'that in which ifwassown, The process is perfectly practical, as it might bs so arranged that the wheat sown in the North should not be con- snmed, but preserved for seed for the next season in the South, ‘The same thing is noticeable among other plants, and florists and horticniturists might take adyantage of this cir oumstance to prodnee both earlier nnd stronger plants than they do now, without the applinnces for forcing. Another curious fact is that seeds—especially wheat—will stand an im- mens" amonnt of cold without injury. Some wheat left in the Polar Revions by Captain Hall, of the ' Polis,” in 1871, and found by Captain Nares in 1876, germinsted and produced healthy plants when sown under glass of board ship, Captain Allan Young, of the ‘* Pandora,” lias on board his yacht a curiosity in the shape of arose tree, erown in England, which has been on board ever since he left England for the Arctic Regions. When in the Polar cold the tr-e droopad, aud to all wppearances died ; but as soon us the yersel reached & warmer climate the rose tree reyived, snd is now in full bloom, and ina perfectly healthy condition. The functions of life had bean snspended while the tree remained in the cold latitudes, but they were not destroyed. This fact is cvrious, as tending to prove that a tree which will stund frostat all will bear almost any amount of cold; and nlso that, if its natural growth and deyelopment are retarded at the proper season, te plant cannot defer the revival of its development till the next normal season, but will continue its development at the first opportunity, which, in this case, after the intense cold of the Arctic Regions, occurted in the more moderate cold—the com- paratiys wermth—of an English November. Tt will be in- teresting to see if this plant blooms naturally at the proper season this year.—London Cuuntry. ——————— 1 Inis with evils as with money. Guard well the little ones, and the big ones will take care of themselves. In the matter of health, many alimeits creep il through the poresof theskin. One way to prevent this is to usu B. T. Babbitt's Toilet Soap, which is so pure and admir- able 4 toilet urticle that it prevents and not facilitatus fhe approach of dissase,—Adv, Atsmers Oo Carrespondents. ————— fo Notice Taken of Anonymous Communicators aa YW2_Several answers to correspondents crowded over until next issue. AveuetiNe, Cincinnati.-We have answered your inqniries fully by to-day's minil. Sransore, Trenton,—Yes; some English snipe are [killed on the Del- aware murshes, pear Philadelphia. They generally remain from abont ist of March until June, unloss drivon off by the gunners, 5, P| B., Dartmoyth, Mass,—Is there any authenticated account of the living capture of the bird of Paradise by an European explorer? Ifso where tnay it bé found? Ans, We know of none. d. BE. H., Boston.—Will you inform me of some guod, reliabla breaker in the viniuity of Boston? Ans, Franklin Stummer, Milton, Blue Hill PB, O., Mass., ia said ta be a good breaker. C, A, B., Newtou.—Please giye me the pedigree of setter dog Ned," owned hy J.A Likin, Westfield, Mass. Ans. “Ned,” red-and-whita setter, Whelped June, 1871, by Wilkinson's Frank, out of an imported bitch, oanié not given, LO. F. G,, Phila—What is tle hest food fora setter-bitech just before she pops and while she is suoking them? Ans. Mash of corn or vab- meal with meat-suraps (cooked), with a liberal allowance of milk while sucking. - R. B. B., Sparta, Ga.—What is about the proper pattern and penetra- tion for a cylinder-bored gun (breech-loader), 3 pounds weight, 12-bore, 80 Inches length of barrel, 14g ounce No, 6 sbot,and 3 drachms of powder Ans, 125 pellets would be agood pattern; wo cannot name Penetr ation, a5 We heye nothing here to gute it by. H. W. M., Manistee —Do not experts claim that as good off-hand shooting can be maid with a,three-pound pull, as with the hair trigger? If so, why? Ang. Yes, and iu the shooting-walleries, where hair-trig- ‘gers were lormerly used #liogether, they are being superceded. A more deliberate aim can be taken where a gradual pressure on the trigger oan be used. H, W. Winutrams, Lakeville.—Judging from your description, the ani- mal jn question is probably a Fisher, Mustela Pennantti, here are sey- eral points, however, in which this animal differs from yours—in color, for example, Why not seud the creature to the Smithsonian Insiitu- tion, whére it cau be examined, and pronounced upon by the highest authority in the country? A.J, N., Syracuse, N. ¥.—Have experiments been made to ascertain what volume of gas, under specified pressure, a given quantity of gun- po vder will make when ignited? and if so, with what results? Ans. Powder, when ignited, will generate 2,800 times its bulkin gas, When elgsely confined, it will give a pressure of abont 5,000 pounds to the squace ineh. Henusam, York, Pa.—Can youfurnish me witha copy of “The Setter," by Edw. Laverack, Jatestedition; also, a copy "* Setters and Pointers,’ by Elbert 8. Cavrinan ; if so, at what price each? Ans, Mr, Laverack’s book can be had trom W Wood.publisher, 27 Great Jones Street. Mr, Garman’s book wus printed for private «istribution, and we do not think a copy can be had. F. L, &., Longwood, Fla.—Oun you tell ms anythipg of the pedigree of an English puinter, known as Mack, or Old Mack, who was brought from Liverpool to tha United States some lime butween 1868 or 1869 aud 1872? Ans, Withont more definite information as to when he was imported, and by whom, we cannot, Forvy-one, Washington, D, 0.—ist. Whatisthe best reel to use for bass fishing? 20. 1s the Boston salmon fly a good one to use for bass? 3. How would yon place the Dobson on the hook, through the head or tail? Ans. Ist. Meck reel, made in Frankfort, Ky. 2d, Yes. 3d, Put fhe hook in his body, and bring the point out of the shoulder. Dox, Harrisburg, Pa.—lat. Who is agent for Tatham's New York shot? 2d. What firm, in Philadelphia, can you recommend as the most reason ible and reliable for baying Ely’s caps, wids, and othar aport- ing Material, ii wholesale quantities? Ans, lst. Tatham & Bros., No. 82 Beekman Street, 21. John Kridey, Second and Walnut Streets, or Jo-. O. Grabb & Go., No. 712 Market Street. B. B., Pittston, Pa—My setter pup, eight months old, has diarrhaa What shall I do for him? Ans. Give your dog 4 tatlespounful of Rochelle salts, dissolyvedin water. Ifthis does not chack ition a fay or two, wive the following: Prepared chalk, 2 deachms : tinct. opiam, 5 drachnis; powdered pumarabic, 2drachme; water, 6 guuces, Mix and give two tablespoonfils eyery time the boweleare relaxet, BR, W., Philadeiphia.—let. Gan No.8 gun be sltered to & breeeh- loader? 2a. I! yes, about what would be the cost? Sd. What will be ihe calibre of, and whst tie wumber of tie shell for, the ulfered gun. and can shells of that size be purchased in the stores? Ans. lat. Yes. 2d. About $40. 30. Tha same as before, and shells can ba bought inany PB Nite tua®, New York. —tat, . b 1 ns ihcs Will you please tell ne what is the season for ds i eed Wess canThaye a good day's fishing not | q 2. FOREST AND STREAM. far from New York? What kind of files and lines ara the best? Ans. lst. You can fish now. 94, We will guarantee yon a fing mess of fish iu Seaman's Pond, Ridgewood, abont thirty milies from Brooklyn, Terms very modorate. For flies see “Seaand River Department’ of, this paper. G. A., Jn., Naw York.—Do you think that o party of four could "have « good time” in the fishtug line, by hiring a small sail-boat and camping out on the Sound shore fora weekor so? Where would you Tevommend us to go? Aus, The very best place wa can recommend ia ationg the “Thimble Islands,” off the Connectiout shore, opposite Brantford and Guilford. You can hire honta there, and every conyen- Jence. Wecan hardly imagine a trip more enjoyable than the one sup- posted, W. A., New York.—Will yon bs kind suough to tell me where are any good Hnglish snipe-grounds within a short distunce of the city, eny a two-hours' ride or s0? How can I best tell just when to strike the flight? By answeling you will groatly oblige a constant reader. Ans. On fle meadotys about Hanover Neck there is usually good spring suipe-shooting, If you will address Henry Walker, Hanover Neck, Morris Co., N,J., he will arrange to telegraph you when the snipe ap- posr. W. T. G., tz., Concord, N. H.—Ist, Lwant to go camping next summer, in July and August, to firvt-rgle hunting and fishing-grounds. Would you advise moa to go to Maine or the Adirondacts, and to what place? What game shallIT belikely to find there? 2d. Ts a rifle or ashot-guno the best? $d. Does itinjure a fing ahot-sun to shovt buckshot or Dly'sa wire cartridges? Ans, 1st, We should prefer Maine, in the violnity of Moosehead or Rangely Lakes. 2d. Ashot-gun, $d, Notif the gun ts not choke-bored, and if the buckshot chamber is in the muzzle. R. Fresca & Co,, 1,958 Mt, Vernon Street, Philadelphia,—Last Jan- uary, We cought an animalin our trout ponds, which bad been eating our trout, and huye been unable to find out what kind of animal it is. Its head resembles a cat’s body,adark brown, |4 inches in length, nearly white under the belly, tail12 inches in iengt}), triangular in shape, six toe-nails on each foot? Ans, Impossible to tell from the descrip- tion just whatit was; probably a marten. But how about sia toe-nails on each foot ? -Tor Snap, Cazenovia, N. Y.—Please give receipt for making cement to fasten glassin aquarium? Ans. The best coment for fastening the glass in the tanks is madein England. Agood cement, suitable for salt ur fresh water, is made by taking two parts, by measure, of lithargse, the saine of plaster of Paris, a little quantity of white sand, and oue part of finely powdered soda. Mix, when wanted for usa, with boiled oil sufficient to make if of the consistency of stiff putty. It is better to allow it to stand three days before using, 8, F, G., Mount Airy.—Ist. What is the proper chargs of powder and Shot fora Dean breech-loading gun, No. 12 bore, 20-inch length, for quail and robins? 2d. Whatis the best way to commence to breaka pup to the gun? 8d. What is the price of Thomson’s gunning coat? Aus. Ist. You donot give the weight of the gun ; we should say three drachms powder, and one ounce shot. 2d. Buy ‘‘Dinks, Mayhew & Hutchinson,” for instrnctionus; we cannot spare the space to give them. 38d, $4.50 to $10.00. ¥F. H. J., Albany, N. Y.—Wiil you please tell me what length of time the dose required for the dog of G, D. K., Carlisle, Pa., as giyen in your number of March 15th, should be continued, and what the quantity of a Dover's powder? Ihave a 60-lb. setter, which bas a congh similar to one described. Ans, Three prescriptions are namad, the first two to be giyen for two or three days, or until some sign of improvement was discovered, when they could be alternated, The remedy for canker shuld be continued for a week. When a Dover's powder is presveribed, itmeans ten grains. Por-Hunyreer, Rosedale, Kan.—lst. Willa salt codfish attract pigeons toit? If not, what will, when setnear a dove-cot? 2d. Is Parker & Brothers’ $74 breech-loader considered a safe atdyeliable gun ¥ 38d. What is the best bait for catfish? Ans. lst. We haye heard that salt on a bira's tail will ensure their capture, but never of a salf codfish be- iif an accessory. Grain, xcattered in the vicinity of a duve-vot, will attractthem. 2d, Yes. 3d_ Catfish will take almost any buit. A piece of raw meat, minnows, or worms, are all good, M., New York.—Ist. Would you let me know, through your valuable paper, whether Saltus’ Dash”’ js the same doz that Mr, Culburn sold to Mr. Saltus? 2d. Also,if fa Moutagne's ‘Dash, registered in last ' week's edition, is not of good stock? 3d, Can you furnish me with Saltus’ “Dash’s” pedigree? 4th, Is the pointer, “‘Sensation,” of a first-class stock? Ans. ist. No; Mr. Saltus bred ** Dash” himself, 9d. Yes ; 10 better native etock in the country, 3d. ‘Dash ” was sired by Gubner’s, afterward Robinson’s, “Jack,” he by Putnam’s * Dan,” out of imported *Belle,”" ‘ Dash’s” «lam was Saltus’ «'Frisk,” by Louis Schwartz’s dog, out of Duck." 4th. Yes ; none better, W.L. A., Waynesburg, Pa.—Two or three weeks ago I noticed my dog licking himself on the ramp, justin front of his tail, and found an nely looking sore there about the size of a silver half dollar. The rest of his skin was white an)! clean. Now another sore justlike the first has made its appearance close to the first one. He has had aclean dry kennel und been well exercised. Ile appears lively and don't scratch himself. I feed him mostly scraps from thetable, except meat. Leis foud of stile bread made moist with hot water. Ans. Muke an oint- ment of Busilicon ointment, 20z.; flour of snlohor,¢ o2.; spirits of turpentine sumicient to make of the proper consistency; rub well in. Your course of diet is right. : §. CG. C., Syracuse.—I use inmy gun—l0-galuge, 9-lb.—brags shells 214 inches long, loaded with from 3 to 6 drachms of powder, and 1}g ounces of shot; tise two Ely’s wads oyer powder, and a Baldwin over shot. At 40 yards, 30-inch cirele, the targetis “no good." A sitting duck would easily escape. Can you give any cause for such beliayior? Ans. Sey- eral explanations can be giyen First, your brass shells probably do not fil! the chamber of your gun as they should. Again, you are prob- ably using too much powder {ia proportion to the charge of shot, the effect of which is always toincreass the pattern. Try 3+; drachms, andi}; ounce shot; or,+ drachms, and 14g ounce shot, and use one pink-edge wad over powder. r Agstryy, Portland, Ms.—We would gladly publish your Jetter, if we thought it would have any effect; bat it willuot, You have stringent “laws in your Stat4 for the protection of game, and prohibiting its being sentout of the State? Itrests with the people of theState to see them enforeed, Ii they permit G. E. W., and others, to slauyhter thet deer with impunity, and ship tie yenison to Boston, they must be eontent to sea the lear exterminated. No amuunt of ‘newspaper talk’ will afiret persons who, as you say, attack deer with clubs and knives,in their vards andin the deep raoow. Someof them must be made ax- amples Of inthe courts, and then, perbaps, the svils you complain of will cease. Drx, Ypsilanti.—ist. I hayea fine setter bitch, noarly four years old, and Iam anxious to get some pups from her, She had ous litter when slie was about two years old, but has had none since. During the last weeks of October Inst, I thought her in heat, and sha visited a dog, but with no result. Is there anything Lcan give her to bring herin heat? aud if there is, would you adyise the use of it? 24 Do yon consider the straight +hell, for rifle shooting, any better than the bottle. neck? Wonleé like to hear gomething of their relative merits. Ans. 1st, There js po raason why your bitch shoulduot hein season at the » gular in- tervals. Posstbly,in October, you sent her too late. She showldnow come if season again, and you cat hasten it by siving her “Dinks’” prescription, viz., seven drops tincture cantharides, fwice a day, until (ie Affe is pruduced—probably six days. We should not hesitate to Use itinsuch aoass. 34, Much depends upon the doscription of the tiils. The bottle-necksd shell is very generally used by our riflemen. Toe B., Ithaca, N. Y.—ist. Thave a smnvt, little spaniel bitch, nino months old, which I intend to use in the Brown's Tract Tagion next summerand fall. If she is kept from @ dog /in times of heat) perma- néntly, will she be likely to get in heat more than twice an year? and if ahe docs, willit make her troublesome slgut hunting? Should I lave her spayed? 2d, Afriend and myself intend to 0 to Boonyille, N. ¥., by water, in the Nautilus canve, which Fairchild went to Florida in last year. Can we find good bass fishingin Onelda River? Are there any brook-troutin the Oneida Lake, and region? TI bavea new No. 10 Rem- ington shot-gun ($75), At times, I think it scatters too much, from hoo quick powder, Please name some powder that will give good penetra- tion, and is rather slow. Ana, Ist, Your bitch will not be in heat more than twice a year, and, if away from a dog, may show some disposition to wander. Sha should be kepton a chain at that period. She is too old tospay, 2d, Plenty of tront in the region you namé, but we doubt if you find any bass. 3d. Use the woarser grades of powder, say Haz- ard’s Duoking, No. 4, or some other, corrosponding in size, RurAL, Hagerstown, Md,—ist. Ia the $12;watch, advertised in your paper by J. Bride & Co., really a good time-keeper? 2d. Do you thinkit would keep good time and wearas well asa $25 silver watuh? dd. What do you charge fer binding the Forest AnD STREaasr, when parties furnish their copies? 4th. From what year does your paper date its existenee? ib, Whatis the smallest quantity of Kay’s concentrators that can be bonght at retail, and whose make of shot ara they loaded with? 6th. Isee, ima February number of the Red and Gun, that Mr. South, the champion pigeon shot of the Weal, is haying a Greener gun made that will kill at 75 yards. Can a gun be made to kill with auy certainty at T5 yards? th. Gan a pointer that has no pedigres be su- tered ata Bench Show? Jat. Yos; wa haye tried them. 2d. Possibly. Sd. $1.26, 4th. Angust, 1873. 6th. Ons dozen, Tatham's shot, we bu- lieve. 6th, We do not belfeve that a fun can be made, and the shooter found at the same time, to kill coustautly at76 yards, although that such shots are sometimes mado. 7th. Yea ; pedigrees are not required except in case of a tie. C. H, B,, Plainfield, N. J.—1st. Does the history of the Hnglish spar- tow show it to have been at auy time a migratory bird? I noticed une day, during the extreme cold weather of last month, that all the apar- “ rows inthe town where T live were flying together iu larga flocks, turning and wheeling, withthe precision of black-birds, and occasion ally settling down on the top of some building, with the most inees- sant chattering (but no fighting), then presently high-up in the air again, and **to and fro," over the town. I thought they were going to leave, but next day, I found them scattered around at their regular feeding places? 2d. Is there a biography of Henry Wm, Herbert? What were the circumstances attending his,death? Has his portrait ever beén engraved: andisit not strange that the encyclopedias and books of romanve scarcely notice sucha gifted writer, or any of his works? 93d, This morning, March 16th, sawa bhisiiyd; do they usually appearin New Jersey before April? Ans. ist. The "nglish) sparrroy doesnot migrate. 2d, There is a biography of Herbert in the ist volume of his Feld Sports, A portrait of the author, said tu be 4 godd ane, fa in the same volume, “Zimmerman, of St, Pant, Minu,, hasalso published one. Herbert's death was caused by suicide, at the Stevens House, New York. 3. The blue birds often appear in New Jersey as arly as March ist. dlew @ublications. —+—_ THE MAGAZINES. ——_oe——__ Seribner’s, for April, contains an unusual number of illus- trated articles. Firat, is one entitled “Chincoteague,” in which Mr, Howard Pyle describes the peculiarities of that famous resort for Sportsmen, with its queer jnhabitants and its droves of wild ponies. The chief paper in this number, in point of illustrations, at least, is one entitled ‘‘Some American Sporting dogs,” by the Associate Editor of this paper. Mr. Tileston has had no easy task to compress a subject with such range into the limits of a magazine article, but for {lie novice incaning matters the paper contains some useful hints. The artist, however, has had full scope, and the result is some of the finest speci- mens of dog portraiture we haye eyer seen. Mr. Richardson descrives lis “Trip to the Black Hills,” with illustrations of Custer Oity, Dead— Wood, etc. Thereisalso a portraitot the scout ** Wild Bill,* lately murdered, The serials, Dr. Holland’s ‘*Nicholas Minturn,’? and Mrs, Burnett's * That Lass O’Lowrie’s,"’ are continued, and the latter drawa Dearitsend, the concluding chapters being adyertised for the next issue. Mr, Geo. E. Waring, Jr., contributes a yaluable papar on “Farm Villages,” and Mr, Clarence Cook unother of bis interoating articles on ‘ Beds, Lables, etc.” There are several short sketches, tales, ete., and the usual Bric-a-Bric, miscellany, ete. St. Nicholas seems scarcely as good a number as usual, but we doubt not that the children are satisfied with the Bill of Fare pre- sented for them. The short stories, all handsomely illustrated, are almost too numerous to mention, One of the neatest and most appro- priate, is Lucy Laréom’s ** Songs of Spring.” The story of ‘ Puttakin’s House” is continued, aid so is Mr. Trowbridge’s seriul autitled, “His Own Master.” The same author contiibutusa “Talk with Boys,’? which contains some sound adyice. Professor Prootor continnes bis instructive illustrated articles on Astronomy, deseribmy the scienue and positions of the stars, in amanner suite fo the juyelile mind, The Natural History article is contributed by Mr. We KX. Brooks, anil is entitled “Something about Birds."’ Some of the illustrations, aecom- paiyiig this paper, are superb, votably, those of the rise aud flighl of wild geesé, Jackin the Pulpit, hus a bright assortment for his flends, and there is a story in French, aud something in large typo for the yery little folks. The Galuey, for April, opens with a paper by Henry Jawes, Jr, elttitled “The Theatre Francais,” réally mroyiew with the writers own annotations of the series of papershy M, Francisque Sarecey, auw appearing in the Librairie des Bibliophiles, and comprising biographies of Franch a'torsand actresses, who baye reached the distinction of «de lu Comedia Francaise.” My, Justin MoCarthy's novel, “Miss Misan- thrope,” is continued ; itis not as entertaining as other works hy the same author, ‘About Cigarettes,” tells us how this discmpihen of cigar ig made, and giyes a good account of the factory of “Honurades,"* aname familior to all smokers, Mr. Elliot deals with the dificult problem of “Hard limes, or What Shall We Do With Our Cheap Labor,” and Mr, Richard Grant White has ayery entertaining paper on *' Kng- lish Traits,’ in which some yery just,if not strictly orthodox, col- parisons between the men and women of Great Britain and this country are drawn, There are the usual number of short sketches, a capital collection of Scientifie Misvellany, “ Drift Wood," etc., ete, SranpDarp Facts anp Ficures; or, ‘‘What You Do Know,* “What You Don’t Know,” '*What You Want to Know, published by Morton & Dumont, 160 Fallon Street. This handsome pocket yolume, which was issued last year throneh Some of the most prominent bankera in New York, Boston, and Phila delphia, haying been carefully revised and enlarged, is now ready for cer livery. Ttembraces in the smallest possible compass, practical tnforma- tion iv Banking, Dry Gonds; Cotton, Wool, Coffee, Sngar, Tea, Trou, Pe- trolouim, ete., and has an article, prepared by Bisk & Hatch, on Gover- ment Bonds, which isexcellent. This yolumy has received the endorse tentof somé of the most prominent menin the conntry. A book of this character, in pocket form, containing auch desirable information, fius long been needed. 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Three dollars fora twenty-page paper like ours is cheap, isn’t it ? Tax Wwarser Foy Yuars Aco,—A friend has sent fo us an extract from an old Philadelphia paper, date of 1830, showing an interesting meteorological observation of ‘‘spring weather,” im that year, which may prove of some interest ow, a8 2 comparison, in subject of the yiews of some who claim that our climate has undergone an entire change. From it we learn that on the Ist of March large flights of robins, with cow-birds, and blue-birds, were observed. Snow drops and hearts—even in Hower. Two vessels sailed up the Schuylkill. On the 2d of the month, snow fell to the depth of eight inches, and there was fine sleighing on the Morning of the 8d, (The last week of February had been mild). With thaw and rain, the snow disappeared by the sth, ~ On that day it grew cold again, and ice formed an inch in thickness. March 10th, thermometer 44 degrees in the shade ; the warm weather bringing crowds of black-birds and ducks on the 11th. Warm weather continuing, peas and potatoes were planted on the 15th. There was alight frost on the morning of the 19th—thermometer 54 at 3 P, um. Spring frogs heard piping, 22d—Large flocks of wild geese fiying north. 23—Thunderstorms. 24th—Thin ice, 25th— Buowing in the eyening, and changing to rain on the 26th. Large flocks of wild pigeons going South. Fine weather the next four days, and rain on the 31st. April 1st, apricots in bloom. On the 27th was a smart frost, the last of the Beason, te We haye the reputation in this country of building some rather queer railways, but they beat us all hollow in Canada. At « revent examination before the Government Committee on Esilways, it was discovered that many of the embankments in the Western Canada Railway, was built of brush and logs with 6 little dirt on top. se = One of our Virginia exchanges tells us of an aged col- ored woman in that vicinity ‘who has been making bread for one family for the last fifty years, Three cheers for the Old Dough-minion.” FOREST FIRES IN FLORIDA—BURNING FOR THE CATTLE RANGES. HE tenth of March ise ‘red letter day" in Florida, for it hegins the season of the annusl burning of tha woods. One would think thelurid flames that stream up all over the country would entitle the day to be marked doubly red in the calendar. All round about the dense, dark smoke rises above the forests,furged upward by the hot flames, and at night the horizon for miles is reddened with the glare that tells of the sweeping devastation. The dry grass and bushes the ‘pine straw” or fallen lenyes of the pine, the scattered legs of “light wood,” or dead pitchy ment of the tree, and the liying pines themselves, furnish the fire with material; and to what limit its rayages would extend were it not forthe occasional rainfall one could not tell, Many a rail fence tacets what might be called, when the inflammable nature of the material is considered, its destiny, and leaves where it once stood buta charred zig-zag track, which may serve to guide the farmer in putting up another one after he has “mauled” out some new rails. The stranger might think these fires accidental, or due to some one’s carelessness; butthere is no accident abontit. It is an act to promote the welfare of the numerous cattle who range the woods for subsistence, and find therein but avery meagre one. © Florida woods furnish yarious tender, wild flowers and berries, but the grass is of the ‘wire’ kind, and though tender and nonrishing when young, by winter it be- comes dry, tough, and wiry, and shows no disposition to decay. The Floridian stock-owner, therefore, as soon as the law permits, applies the match, and away goes the fire, sweeping through the woods, reducing everything on the surface to ashes, and licking upward about the tall pines, often to their utter destruction. It is not a pleasant sight to ride through the woods after the burning. The desolation is almost complete; the earth is a blackened waste; half burnt bushes, mutilated, scorched, and withered palmetitoes, everywhere about, and nothing of yerdure except we look high above to the foliage of the trees. What is more suggestive of luxuriant tropical growth than the bushy palmetto? Tough, elastic, and vigorous, it opens its multitudes of large, jagged leaves to the sun, even in the most barren places and under the most discouraging cir- cumstances. A mighty determination to liye is written all over it; but it stands in the burned waste, overcome, shorn of its vigor, and marred of its beauty. But this impressive desolation is only transient. The stock- owner burned the woods to get new, tender grass for his stock, and in a few days it comes springing from the ground through the ashes. The palmettoes, too, and other shrubs, will put forth new leayes, and ‘out of this general death will apring anew and, perhaps, more glorious life. The cattle un- derstand it all, and gather on the ‘‘burn” thenceforward to browse, while endeayoring, if possible to clothe their lean sides with a little more flesh. It is generally'conceded in Florida, that, the burning of the woods brings better grass, and therefore improves the condi- tion of the stock: but one may question whether the end geined is worth seeking, when the quality of the stock is taken into consideration, and the fact that the destriction of mnany pine trees necessarily results. Cattle are cheap, and their meat inferior—one might almost say, unfit for market purposes. )The value of a large herd ia mainly for manuring, which is done by the system of ‘‘cowpenning;” but the yellow pine, with its standard commercial yalue, it would seem worth while to protect the growth of, even if the cattle do not make out so well. However, the Floridian yalues his stock—and the pine trees—well, the woods are full of them yet, so the range is burnt over. Men who are extensively planting orange groves would be glad to see some other system of keeping cattle, or else have their presence dispensed with, for that very com- mon reason, the necessity of fencing; andit may be that the time will yet come when the orange interest will be so exten- sive that the cattle interest will naturally yield to ita welfare. so THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION. —_——_+—_— THIRD PAPER. HE questions here suggesting themselyes are, What is the true order of education? and, Which are the best schools for the young? A very prevalent error seems to be this, that education consists in cramming intoa child's brain as much knowledge as it will conveniently or inconyeniently carry, and leaying its muscles and morals to take care of them- selyes. The sooner we get rid of this delusion and act upon a truer knowledge, the better it will be for the rising and for all future generations, The fact is known, though somehow it but seldgm obtains practical recognition, that there are teachers graduated from mo normal school or college, and schools not built of brick and mortar. When this truth is fully understood and digested, the discovery will follow that what ought to be considered the natural order of education, has been inverted—that instead of neglecting the moral and physical systems, and devotimg the whole energies to rearing the intellect, the former should be the ground-work upon which to raise the intellectual superstructure, A boy may show genius snificient to warrant his guardians predicting for him the career of & Faraday or 1 Morse ; but, how often, merely for jack of moral backing, does the genius turn out worthless? Tne vilue of truth, perseverance and energy, without genius, is preater fo the possessor, and to the world, than genius with- out any moral quality to make it available. This is witnessed in Iusiness circles every day, the plodding dullard rising to be # credit to himself and a benefit to humanity ; while the yacillating, purposeless genius, with ten times his ability, is lost in the distance behind him. If it he said that a genius should never be hampered with the drudgery of business, we inight quote the instance of the post, Morris, to show that the two are not incompatible. Genius engages in business, but is never lowered by it. Burns could gnide a plough, or measure a beer barrel, and yet write ‘‘The Cotter's Saturday Night,” and ‘Tam O'Shanter;” any how many sweet songs haye been sung by men engaged in more—sha}) we say degrading—labors than these? For our present purpose, the case may be taken of men and women of genius, whosefcourse has not been dis- turbed, or,"if disturbed, not turned. Letins look for a moment at Byron, and, if we’ can, admire withont pity the postical talent which could find a refuge in describing the unwhole- somé career of a kind of wandering debauchee, His genius, at least, was as free as air, unhamperedj and untrammelled, with all the accessories of time and,circumstance, place, posi- tion, and association, for “nourishing a youthsublime,” He wantonly threw away his opportunities, and while thousands consider ‘Don Juan" a stain npon his memory, in the recol- lection of thousands more he lives as anything" buta great man, whatever be his rank as a poet. _ With all his power he had no moral stamina, no quality to carry him over the mingled smiles and frowns of a capricious mother, the fickle fayors of An equally capricious world, which pleased him one moment, to haye the better chance of abusing him the next, or the sad disappointment of being called ‘‘a lame boy” by the woman he loved. Inshort, his moral education, as far as the evidence goes, was totally neglected, His stupendous intellect found no counterpart in his nature, upon which to lean for support and guidance, and urged him along a misguided and unworthy course; he wrote as he lived, in defiance of syery law, human and divine; and, in jconsidering his works, we might be lost in admiration of the poet's genius, did wa not find ourselyes so often brought face tofface with the comparative pigmy to which it belonged. Swinburne is another example of peculiar moral obliquity, whom it is equally hard to acquit, or condemn. Listening to his praise of love, one could imagine him living in a continued ecstacy. Genius he has, and that of the brightest, Few poems in the language will be fonnd to excel his ‘Watch in the Night.” There is no more glowing imagery, no more luxuriant imagination, no more silyery tongue than his, whether he sing of the victims to the French Revolutionary rage, bound hand and foet, and plunged into the Loire, or of the imperiousiFaustine. But we cannot help recoiling from ‘the outpouring in such lavish profusion of the praises of Venus. At times the poet seems to forget, or, if remember- ing, to ignore, the story, that besides the Goddess of Love, the shepherd of Ida was yisited™alao by the stately Juno, and by the warlike, wise, and chasts Minerya. The general impres- sion derived from his poetry is that his harp is an Instrument of one string, and thongh its note is wondrously beautiful and wild, it wearies with its monotony. Some volcanic disturbance of his system may account for his tendency, but in no way excuses it, We cannot think of a man with an originally sound and trained moral constitution being!so led away as to live and riot in the morbid and impure, The moral of both careers is obvious. Unless a sounder foundation is laid than mere intellectual cultivation, any of the incidents te which all are exposed may reduce a noble life to a yeritable wreck, over which we may bring ourselves in erecting a light-house, to tell our fellow-mariners where it lies engulfed fin the; sand. Enough has at Teast been said to show that while devoting the energies ta the fostering and rearing of the intellect, it is just possible that the better part af a youth may be neglected, and so virtually destroyed. i REMINISENCES OF LIFE IN CHINA. ——$— note from a correspondent regarding the Flobert Rifle, A which is printed in another column, brings to mind such a comical event that happened to us some years since, in which these rifles played a conspicuous part, that we cannot help telling the story. It was away back in '63 or 64, and the scene the newly opened trading port of Hankow, on the River Yang Tsze, some six hundred miles from the cost in the in- terior of China. Onur companion atthe time was George Potts, a well-known New Yorker, who now lies in Happy Valley. During the long fall and winter, when the low water left us at times for weeks without communication with the outside world, we amused ourselves with two Flobert rifles, until, after con- atant practice, we could hit silyer dollars almost as far as the rifles would carry accurately. The house, which had a wide verandah in front, stood directly on the river bank, On ons side was # narrow alley leading to the river, and through this alley a continuous stream of coolies passed all day, one lina going to the river with their empty buckets slung on the ends of a bamboo pole, and the other file returning with buskets filled: with water for distribution throughout the city, When every other resource failed, we would take our stations behind the closed blinds of the verandahfand, eachselecting a bucket, would bore a hole through it as neatly as thongh done with an augur. The monotonous ery of * A-ho! A-ho! A-ho !’ pro- ceeding from a hundred or more throatsfentirely drowned the slight report of the rifles,and it was not until the coolies had reached the head“of the alley that the increased weight on one end of the bamboo, and the diminution of that on the other, acquaiited them with the fact, that nearly half their load had estaped, This went on undiscovered for some time until, on one funlucky day, s bullet from Potts’ rifle glanced from the wet side of a bucket, and stviking the coolie on the foot, made a slight furrow across the instep. The howling and shrieking that followed was something fearful, and uot knowing what might happen, in the unséttled state of the native feeling toward foreigners, we hastened down and dragged the man into the house*enelosnre, when, with one hand grasping his wounded foot, he dauced around on the “other with an agility that would have done credit to a dervish. fm Aa — 4 + AP = = ‘ Vas f RE AI ca . BAYS, an agreeable, dutty favor when they are fried in butter; _often the wings and legs are removed. Palutable soups may also be made of tham. The Indians roast them; and John the Baptist, we are told, used to hanker after them, ——___$§_<4+p—__—_- remet hat amoug the traps, las +P ma remem and his foot being bound tp with this novel plaster stillon it, he hopped to the gate in double tjuick time, We never heard of him afterward ; but the next day all the coolies in town were on hand, to be shot at ato dollny a head. ——$—_$<_o___—_ WAR ON THE GRASSHOP PER. al) Rae Commission appointed by the Government: last weok to siudy up the habits and habitat of the Amer- ican grasshopper, and diseoyer, if possible, some method of exterminating him, consists of Dr. L. V. Hayden and Prof. Henry, of the Smithsonian Institution ; Prof. Riley, Mich- igan State Entomologist ; Cyrus Thomas, Mlinois State Ento- mologist ; and Dr. Packard, of the Naturalist. They have gone to St. Louis, and will atonce enter upon their campaign. The Commission has mapped ont the region west of the Mississippi and east of the Rocky Mountains into three is- tricts, in: each of which a member of the Commission will devote himself to studying the insect, and an excursion is to be made to Canada for the purpose by Prof. Riley and Dr. Packard. The parasites, embriology, development, and range of the insect, with astudy of the insect, and the me- teorologicul conditions favoring its growth, will each be the objectof special investigation by themembers of the Commis- sion, to whom this work will be assigned by topics. Bulle- tins will be issued from time to time during the summer, embodying the researches of these naturalists and the prog- gress of the grasshopper. We haye heard great stories of the innumerable multitudes of grasshoppers and their ravages. We have seen settlers abandoning theit homes from which these insects had staryed them. Serious indeed must be the cause that would compel man toabandon property that has cost him thousands of dollars. It has been supposed that the flights of grasshop- pers were as countless as the sands of the sea, but a careful mathematical computation shows that there are often sixteen hundred and two millions to thesquare mile, Prof. Riley, a member of the Commission, in his report (1875) on the *t Noxious, Beneficial, and other Insects of the State of Mis- souri,” says that the grasshoppers found on this continent are of threes kinds. First, is the Caloplenus sprelus, distin- guished by the length of his wings, which extend, when closed, one-third of theirlength beyond the tip of the abdo- men; second, the Calopienus femur robrum, or common red- legged grasshopper, with shorter wings ; third, the Pacitic migratory locust, Ordipoda airox, more than an inch in length, with several roundish spots on back and wings, and a dark fuscous spot behind the eye, which is seldom seen on this side of the Pacific slope, Their habits, and the treatment raquired by each, are the same, The first-named species (the sprefus, or hateful) is that which invades and devastates the prairies. Their natural breeding-ground is in the arid plains of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Montana, to the south and west of the Mississippi. They are generally, therefore, called Rocky Mountain locusts. These insects pierce nest-holes in the surface of the prairie, drilling them out with their abdomens, and depositing an egg-pod therein, which contains from thirty to 100 eggs. The pod is three-fourths of an inch long. When deposited it is covered with earth. From fhe eggs the young locusts emerge, each kicking off the white skin which enshrouds it, and the larya is at once a locust. As it grows its skin dis- tends until it bursts, and the locust comes forth in a new garment, It is now called a pupa; the knobs on its back gradually grow into wings, when it is a full-armed locust. ‘Their visitations are periodical, The Jesuit History of Missions in California states that the year 1722 was disastrous. They came again in 1746, continuing three years; next in 1753, 1754; afterwards in 1765, 1766,1767. Within the present century the periods of greatest destruction were 1828, 1838, 1846, and 1855. The locusts extended themselves in one year over a surface comprised within thirty-eight degrees of lati- inde and eighteen degrees of longitude in the broadest part. (See article on ‘‘ Grasshoppers and Locusts of America,” in Smithsonian Reports for 1858, page 200.) Since Lord Selkirk’s settlement in Manitoba in 1812, the locusts haye appeared in 1818 and 1819; then not until 1857 and 1858; next in 1864 and 1865, doing little injury; then in 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870; and again in the last three years. Since the settlement of Minnesota there have been six grass- hopper years in that State, 1856, 1857, 1865, 1873, 1874, and 1875. } Th is a curious fact that the immunity ofany particnlar dis- trict jor grasshopper rayages may turn upon the fact of a bright sun and clear sky, through which they moye on, but settle down into the shrubs and grass as rain approaches. They prefer unripe cereals and juicy grasses, and will pass peas and beans, unless hard pressed. : Very many are the natural enemies of the grasshopper. There is the ichneunron fiy, and another fly, called tachina sarcophaga; the red pacantes, found near the base of tha wings; birds of yarious kinds, the domestic fowls; and buffaloes, which trample them. Of mechanical means, early ploughing is successful to some extent; a green hedge of peas or beans around a field, with a supplementary ditch of water, will protect the grain: burning, beating with bushes, drowning in ditches, and other methods are employed, with more or less effect. We trust the Commission just appointed may be able to devise some cont.tyance more effective than any of them have yet proyed. By the way, Prof. Riley expresses a favorable opinion of edible qualities of the grasshopper. The insects yield, h- GAME PROTECTION, ——— New Yor Srare Sprorrsmins’ Assocrartox. —The joint com- tnittee of the Onondago and @entral City Clubs of Syracuse, having in charge the arrangements for the next meeting of the New York State Sportsman’s Association, held a meeting recently, and appointed the following committees: On Tish Erhibition—D. H. Bruce. Reuben Waod, James Geddes, On Dag Shoo —Lmcius Moses, Howard Soule, Jr., Henry Gale. On Birds—John A. Nichols, John Bedford, P. J. Grumealkamp. On Fly Costing—James Geddes, Reuben Wood, D. H. Brace. On Pistol Shooting—W. 8. Barnum, Frank Denison, Geo. Lod- der. On Rifle Shooting-—D. H. Bruce, George W. Edwards, Frank E, Carroll, O% Trap Shooting—Frank B. Klock, John Bedford, Howard Soule, Jr. Finance Committee—S, W. Sher- lock, Frank B, Klock, Prank H. Carroll. Reception Cornmitive —Frank E. Carroll, Thos. Townsend, Thos. Kimber, Jr., R. W. Jones. W. H. Larrabee, Frank Denison. Tt wos voted unanimously to hold a Bench Show of dogs. There will be some innovations this year on the old plans and schenies wnder which thé associntion has met for so many years. Among them will be rifle shooting, on all ranges up to 1,000 yards, under the rules of the National Rifle Association. This change alone will be appreciated by riflemen everywhere - Massacsuserrs.—An adjourned meeting of the Massachu- setts Anglers’ Association was held in Boston, Wednesday eyening, March 21, congratulatory on the passage of the Lobster law; leave to withdraw on the petition of parties to change the Smelt law; and change of name to Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association. Dr. John P. Ordway, the President, reported that the bill changing the name had passed the House and would undoubtedly pass the Senate. Mr. Horace T. Rockwell, from the Committee appointed March 7 to confer with the different game Clubs, in regard to the subject of Olub admissions to membership in the Massa- chusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, submitted a report and recommended thejpassage of the following vote, which was dome: Voted, That the Mnssachnsetts Fish and Game Protective Association invite the several Fish; Game and Sportsmen's Clubs of Massachusetts to send delegates to form a General Convention, Association, or Council; the basis of representa- tion to be one delegate at large for each Club, and one addi- tional delegate for every fifty members or fraction thereof, H. W. Fuller, Esq,, spoke of the success which has at- tended the efforts of officers of the association in securing proper legislation in the interest of the public and the pro- tection of food fishes. The annual meeting takes place April 6th. Cokxncticur.—Our correspondent from Hartford (T. 8, §.), writes: “The lower branch of the Connecticut Legisla- ture has, seen ft to pass a bill, forbidding the shooting of quailin this State for the next three years, which seems a great injustice to the lover of field sports. If we could feel, in the depths of our heart, that the concoctors of this bill were inielligently acquainted with the habits of this game, and thatthe movement arose from a benevolent inspiration to pre- serve the bird, we would feel resigned; but the contrary is the case. How often does the boot of the sportsman come in contact with (very naturally, too,) the traps, set by the forming legislators and their boys, who give the game no chance, but capture them by the wholesale, These farmer's devices kill more game than a true’ sports- man twice over, and until the former are ready to relinquish their traps,-the latter will respect but little their wishes. We are happy to report, that the Senate has not as yet con- curred in the views of the House.” Cautrronyia.—The Nimrod Sporting Club, composed chiefly of the senior students of St. Ignatius College, has just been organized atSan Francisco, Oal., with amembership of 150. ‘The officers are: President, Henry I. Fisher; First Vice-President, Peter F. Dunne; Second Vice-President, Jas. D. Phelan; Third Vice-President, W. F. Stafford; Corre- sponding Secretary, Francis J. Cleary; Recording Secretary, Albert M. Whittle; Treasurer, Richard P. Doolan; Sergeant- at-Armsg, J. P. Amos. —Thirty-two States of the Union haye adopted the laws and policy of the parent Society of New York for the Pre- yention of Cruelty to Animals. Florida, Mississippi, Ar- kansas, and Nevada, are the only States which, thus far, have failed to enact laws for the protection of inferior ani- mals, SS a ‘POT-HUNTING. —_—_+——— New Yosr, Murch 19, 1877. Enprror Formst anp STREAM. Your correspondent, Pot-Hunter, sounda his own condemnation. He is the foe of a!ltrié sportsmen, and hisnameis Legion. During the past winter every gun hag been brought to bear upon the de! euceless birds without mercy, or any thought of the future supply. For the last ten years I have witnessed the rapid decrease of pame with feelings of disgust. In many places where Iused to get good shooling, game isalmost annihilated, The game laws only- protect during the close season ; they. do not prevent its ruthless slanghter at other times, Pot- hunters, economical of their powder, shoot on the ground, whenever they get the chance. The result of thisisobvions. The taxon guns, aa suggested by “* Medicus,” would be of tnfinite service, and since the duty on a box of matches is not regarded as an infringment of the lib- erty of the subject, it shonld not be 30 construed, A tax of say $15 annually would be willingiy paid by sportsmen Yor the satisfaction of knowing that 80 many guns in the country would be suppressed. I will direct the attention of Sporting Gluhs to the German chasse system, The Government Reseryatin of the Yellowstone Park will form 4 precedent. If some very.stringent measures are not at once ado pled, there will soon be no sport worth haying. VENATOR. + ——— -— — — 17 _Onrrvary. —Died, at Hantsport, Nova Scotia, on the Yist of February, after a protracted illness of two yenrs, Capt. N. W. Beekwith, well-known to readers of magazines, and periodi- cals, as the author of interesting sea-faring sketches, many of them written for young people, A very strong yein of humor tinged his really cleyer ecrotcheries, which were not exaggerated ‘‘sailor’s yarns,” but bits of actual experience, gathered from an eventful life in all parts of the globe, with mn good deal of information contained in them relating to natural history, geography, etc., for the Captain was a close and intelligent observer. Te has written many sketches for Forest anD Srream, one or fio of which remain unprinted. His two orphan children have lost a kind father, his ac- quaintances a genial companion und honest friend, and the public a writer, whose works had more than ordinary yalne. His danghter, in a private letter to us, says: ‘His mind remained clear up tothe homnr of his death. Qnly two days before he died he wished me to read to him from coll, his favorite poet. It seemed to have a soothing effect on him to have meread. ‘Itis as good as a gram o morphine,” he would say. I read “Harold, the Dauntless.” He followed me all through it, once correcting my promun~- ciation, and often, anticipating a stanza, would quote from memory. He watched so anxiously all through his illness for Fores? anp Srrram. ‘The last one he ever saw came the day before he died. Itook itto him, He tried to look at it, but was too weak. ‘‘Lay it away, I will read it by and by,” he said. j Not iw tHE Witp Rice Busnyess.—We have received the following card from Mr, Richard Valentine, of Wisconsin, and much regret haying imposed so much distress upon our friend, We have referred inqniries to him, under the im- pression that he once advertised a card in this paper offex- ing Wild Rice for sale. The large number of applications made to him for seed, show that much interest is felt in the subject of wild rice culture, and we have no donbt that the efforts which we set on foot three years ago, will eventually show their fruits in the increased number of wild fowl that will be attracted to our inland waters by the food thus pro- yided for them. By the way, a great many of our advertisers make the same complaint as Mr. Valentine, that their cards bring them more business than they can attend fo. We haye heard only one advertiser say this paper was a poor medium, and he offered for sale a second-hand ‘Hlephant gun,” that had been used in India! No elephants in this hemisphere, “‘you know, you know,” JANESVILLE, Wis, March 19th, 1877. Will yon please state in your columns, that I am not in the wild rice business. Ican well believe that Formar aNp STREAM is @ good advertising medium, if the wild rice letters Tam receiying is any crt- terion, If my correspondents will address S. P. Byere & Son, Princeton, Minnesota, they will be able to get what they want. Ihaye never had any seed to sell, but only acted as a medium in the matter, as 4 labor of love for my brother sportsmen, as if were. P,8.—Those who haye written me will accept this os reply. RicHAKD VALENTINE, Trstmrony or 4 Bost-purmper.—J, H. Rushton, of Canton, N. ¥., who advertises Adirondack and other boats in this paper, writes to us, March 23d, saying: ‘* Forest Anp Srream brings mé a great many inquiries, and I presume a reasonable num- ber of sales.” Another correspondent in Shakopee, Minnesota, says:— “T thought a little while ago that I should have to forego the further pleasure of reading the Forts anp Stream in order to shorten expenses, 80 a8 (o be prepared fora terrible struggle with the grasshoppers this f@ason, hut my two boy's say, that they will rather shorten up on any. thing elac I may designate, than to miss the Forrst ann StrwaAm from ourtable. Aa for myseif, I solemnly believe, that if your paper found a largercirculation among that class ¢f mon, our youths, who now waste their means on sich stuff ‘that goeth into their month and stealeth away their brains,’ a very large number of them would beoome better men and thereby not only improve theif morals but also their health.” Sporting: dlotes Syam Abroad. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ) —————— Lonpon, March 12th, B’ far the most,interesting event which has occurred in the sporting world since I last penned you a letter was the great coursing event of the year, the Waterloo meeting at Altcar, near Liverpool. To win the Waterloo Cup is, among coursers, an achievement of equal merit with winning a Derby among turfmen, and the speculation upon the first-named eyent is probably “equalled im no other contest in which hovses are not the chief actors. In fact, the element of chance entets largely into it, for not only is it accompanied by all those casualities, such as lameness, over-training, ete., ete., that are peculiar to racing, but the dogs are drawn by lot to compete against each other, and it might largely influence the prospects, even ifa “first favorite,” whether he was drawn in the first round with a dog whose pretensions nearly equalled his own, or with one who was greatly,hisinferior. Thereisno ‘laying up for a heat ” in coursing, and a severe course in the first ties has knocked into a cocked hat, so to speak, the chances of many a heayily-backed greyhound. Coomassie, the winner, who was bought almost-at the last moment to filla nomination, is one of the smallest greyhounds that ever won this important event, weighing only forty-two pounds, buta perfect-picture of symmetry. Braw Lass,‘the ‘ runner-up,’ as the losing dog in the final heat is tefmed, is almost as small weighing butfour pounds more than the winner. The closirg course is thus described in one of the sporting papers : *¢Qoontassie’s Inst course wasalso brilliantlyrun. Although on a strong outside at last, she went up two lengths first, and scored twice after shooting smartly from the turn before los- ing her place in attempting the death. Braw Lass then mada a good effort, and a loud Lancashire shout instantly rent the air; but Coomassie, not to be denied, drew in front immed- iately she got theslightest opening, and the last two points and w good kill landed her a decisive winner. The Wattriio Qup Was never run through more meritorionsly, not even by Master McGrath.” 118 ee ——— FOREST AND STREAM. While Tam on dogs I might mention that a Fox Terrier Club has been formed, and » bench show, exclusively of these game little dogs, will be eld at Lillie Bridge early in May. Tb is astonishing the rage which axists here for these dogs. ‘lho prices paid for notorious xuimnls and for the stud services of celebrated prize-winners, cyual, if they do not exceed fhe same amounts spent on setters or poimters, and possibly on grey- hounds. They are, huoubtediy, however, charming pets, not altogether useless, and possessing al] the game attributes of the bull dog or bull terrier, with the affectionate disposition of most breeds of sporting dogs. I prophesy that when once fairly introduced into the Uniled States they will become great favorites, Wor starting foxes in your wild rocky country, or for kesping down woodchucks oud badgers, they would be invaluable. We hear but little more regarding the great walking match between O'Leary and Weston, although the money, or a large portion of it, is-posted. The Chicago man was fairly defeated last week al Manchester, in a match with Peter Crossload, of Sheffield. ‘The match was for a stake of £200, to be awarded to the man who should walk the greatest number of miles in / three days. Althongh O Leary lost, his walking was remark- able, from the fact, that the time was the fastest on record for any mule after the 138th. A report says: ‘*The stort took place at 9 P.M. on Wednesday evening, when O'Leary pur- sued his usual tactics by af once going nway with a strong lead, which he maintained into the 7Uth mile. Hence Cross- land led the yan jnto the 134th mile, whence the tables were turned up to the 241st mile. Prom this point the ,Wnglish- man slowly but surely wore his opponent out, tillat the com- pletion of a Jittle over 26734 miles O’Leary was dead heat, and compelled to retire. Crossland kept going until he had walked 287 miles at 5.22.92 p, m., Saturday evening, in 69h. 22m, 22sec., when he was declared the victor.” O'Leary was twenty-seyen miles behind at the finish, and it is said, he was driven delerious by his exertions on the early part of Satur- day morning, as he was absent from the track five hours on the aiternoon of that day. P Tt is said, that Stinton, the great bicyclist, rode 100 miles the other day at Agricultural Hall, in Jess than six hours and ahalf. His opponents were six trotting horses (?), whom le tackled in ‘ One down ’to'ther come on “ style, and, of course, defeated them. On the next day, it is claimed, that he rode fifty miles in 2h. 56m, 4214sec; but the authenticity of both performances appears to be doubted. There is.no question, however, but that he isa wonderful man at his peculiar yo- cation. Probably, before this letter reaches yon, the cable will have conveyed the result of the Oxtord and Cambridge boat race. With the conclusion mm your hands, it would be folly for me to occupy your space with training reports. Suffice it to say thit, at the moment, Oxford isa strong favorite, al- though there are are not wanting many old and keen oarsmen who pin their faith and put their pounds on Cambridge. Taking the mean of all I read and hear, I judge the race will be an unusually close one, with Oxford, barring accident, the winuer. Tt may please those Americans, who, while in London, make the Langham Hotel their headquarters, to know that as a re- sult of their gregarious inclinations and spendthriff habits, they have contributed to swell the incomes of:bloated British bondholders: The hotel company is a stock corporation. and the last dividend was twenty percent. At a meeting of the shareholders recently, the cliairman stated that the secret of success was in being a first-class hotel, and thet the consum- ation of Wine must not be less than 15,000 bottles im every threa months. That would be a bottle of wine « day for 170 Guests. Whata quantity of logwood and marsala the Ameri- can traveler must haye consumed. If the holders of Con- federate bonds, or even Erie Railway stock, would establish first-class hotels for Americans, they might soon be avenged, and the question of misplaced confidence transferred. There is a question upon which I haye commented before in Hiesé letters, and regarding which I find myself constantly speculating; that is, the good grace with which the British agriculturist sacrifices himself, bis lands, and his crops there- on, in the interest of ‘spurl; and that, too, a sport enjoyed only by his superiors in station, There is, now, a story by Mr, Anthony Trollope, being published in Temple Bar, and called the American Senator,” in which the said Senator gives expression to his seutiment; regarding fox-hunting, in which, it I cannot agree with him regarding the pleasures of the chase, I can, most heartily, sympathize with him in his astonishment atthe manner in which the farmers of this country submit to have their lands ridden over, and their farms and crops destroyed, To be sure, every hunt has its “fund,” from which the damage inflicted is supposed to be miidé good; but it is impossible that a tithe of that inflicted can ever be paid for. It must be a remnant of the.old feudal system when the kingand his courtiers did pretty much as they pleased with everybody and everything. Fancy a New Jersey or Penusylyania farmer submitting to haying his fences thrown down, and his locks"smashed! The old ‘ Queens Anne’ would be brought out, and afoot-race or a funerul would follow toa certainty. Strange to say, according to the statutes, fox-hunters haye avight to cross a man’s demesne, while in fresh pursnit,” the fox, in common law, being lookel ipon asa beast of prey, notwithstanding that they are presetyedascarefullyaspheasants. Speaking of fox-hunting, the following verses by the late Charles Kingsléy have just ap- pearedin Macmillan’s Magazine: ee ‘Yon sound's neither sheep bell nor bark: They're runting, they’re ronning, Go Hark! ‘The sport mity be lost by a moment's delay, So whip up the pnppies aud scurry away. Dash down through the cover by dingle and dell, There's a sate at the hottom, | know it full well; And they're rnnning, they're running, Go Hurk! They're ruoning, they're running, Go Hark! Onefente and we're ont at the park. Sit down in your saddles, and race at the brool:, Then smash at the bullfinch; no time for a look. Leave cravens and skirters to dangle behind, He's away for the moors, in the teeth of the wind, And they'ré rnmning, they're running, Go Hark! They're running, they're ranning, Go Hark} Let them ton on and run on till it’s dark! Well with them we are, and well with them we'll be While there's wind in our horses aud daylight to see: Then shog along hdmeward, chat over the fight, And bear in ourdreams the sweet music all night, Of—they’re ranning, they’re running, Go Hark! VaQueno. Aifle. RIFLE NOTES. - —_—$_+___ - —It is said that! Major Herbert §. Jewell, I. R. P. Fifth Brigade, and one of the reserves in the American Team in the International matches at Creedmoor last year, has ar- tunged a rifle match between six Brooklyn marksmen and thesame number of New Yorkers, The team which will reprusent Brooklyn will probably include General Dakin, Major Jewell, R. Rathbone, Isaac L. Allen, L. Weber, and Charles ER. Blydenburgh. The mateh will be shot at Creed- moor in May at the three longest ranges. : They appear to haye some good rifle shotsin Texas, We learn from an exchange that at Houston, recently, President Porier and Chief of Police Erickson shot a match at 800 yards for the purpose of testing the merits of rival rifles, with the following result; A, Erickson, with Sharp Creed- mInoor—5 55 45—24 Mr. Geo L, Porter, Remington Creed- moor—3 5 5 3 3—J8, ‘Mr, Erickson also fired a larze num- ber of shots, making a percentage of 899. As the percentaye mae by the winning team in the great entertainment match last year was but 870, it looks as though Houston might be Terese by at least one rifleman in the next international match,” The French National Rifle Association, founded in a modest way in 1875, has now become an important institu- tion, The reporton the operations of the year 1876 ex- exhibits a continuous and regular success. On the 31st of December last there were existing in the departments 1,511 local sovicties, and 2,138 competitions had been organized ; 4,375 diplomas had been conferred to the best shots, and 10,392 medals had been awarded. The total number of prizes distributed was 14,925. The Association issued to its 160,359 adherents $13,800 scoring papers, and the number of cart- ridges used was 3,207,180. The first German Hunting Chib of New York City held a mecting and election at their headquarters, No, 384 Pearl Street, on the evening of March 14th, when the following officers were elected: T. Kuntz, President; P, Hammer, Vice-Presideni; H. Berlau, Secretary; Wm. Schwindt, Treas- urer, Humrawie’s Garmery—aA cash prize shooting match will come off at Hellwig’s Shooting Gallery, 695 Sixth Avenne, on Saturday, March 24th. The match will be shot at 100 feet distance, 10 shots offhand, at ready measurement target. Tse Fronrrt Rirne.—A correspondent writes from Phila- delphia, on March 2ist, 1877, as follows: ‘‘Gentlemen: Some time since T saw a reply to an inquiry in Foresr AND STREAM in regard to using the regular .22 car- trilge in a» Flobert rifle. The .22 cartridge is too strong to usé in the Plobert, as they almost iuvaria- bly blow out back, and thus endanger the shooter's eyes. When Ihave occasion to use a stronger charge than the regular breech cap, I take a short .22 cartridge, and after removing the ball with a pair of plyers, empty about half of the powder out and press aT. T. shot on the shell until itis Grmly fastened. When using these cartridges, swab out the barrel frequently with an oiled rag. KnysTone.” [The old Flobert, of course, would not take the .22 car. tridge, but the new rifle has a recoil check which we presume would resist the recoil.—Ep.] —eEe———EeEeEEEyE———— POSITIONS. A° shooting at the long ranges has improyed during the last few years, so haye the styles of holding and steadying the rifle changed. The rifleman’s body gradually getting closer, and eloser to mother earth, from the upright to the sitting and kneeling, till finally the prone position is universally used for all distances beyond four hundred yards, m this country, whileat Wimbledon it is allowable at allranges. At the present time there does not appear to be any ‘‘loop-holes” for further alteration, and the inventive marksman will he obliged to ‘work’ on other parts of this popular pastime, as this important rudiment is mastered. The person who cannot get suited with some one of the positions now in use, should give up theidea of becoming a long-range marksman, Tt is almost an impossibility to in- vent any more new positions than those which have been brought out, and to shootin an unsatisfactory one is as bad as msing a Weapon which is not reliable. There haye been numerous arguments against lying down to shoot, all tend- ing to proye that it was not practical, and that all shooting should be done “off hand,” ‘The originators of these ideas, osu general thing, are those who have neyershot at long ranges, aud who do not know the impractability of making even fair scores with a rifle, off hand, at one thonsand yards from the target. The complainers or faultinders do not know, perhaps, that to move either of the sights the one- hundredth part of an inch would niake a difference of from two to three feet it the above mentioned distance, In the young days of shooting with rifle, there was but little need of using any other than the “off hand” position, noless if was because the weapon was too heayy, forto ‘throw lend” a fow rods was all that was expected of any gun. At the beginning of this century, how a man would he launched at if seen with his ‘Queen Ann” using some of the present much thought of positions, but where was perfection in shooting at that time? About twenty-five years ago, the imesling and the sitting styles were thought to be superior to all others, and now they are only used once in a while at three hundred yards, The ‘lying down” position (feet from the target) gradually superceded them, and was aduiitted to be the best till within the last few years, when the superior- ity of the ‘“Purquharson” principle, named nfter the gentle man who invented it st Wimbledon, was shown by Major Fulton through his famous shooting when on the American Team im the first International match at Creedmoor, in 1874. As for as can be traced, H. Tolley, a veteran shot of Wimble- don, and Andréw P, Fowle, an old and tried riflemen, were the first to shoot at long tange, with their feet toward the target at Oreedmoor. Fulton, seeing the advantages of lying on the back over shooting with the “head to the target,” itis claimed, became Tolley’s pupil, and after studying and practising with the Farquharson principle, successtully in- troduced it. Milner, of the Trish Team, also shot in the first Tnternational match lying on his back; but the position ap- peared to be, and was, very awkward, and did not find favor among the shooting public. G. W. Yale introduced his style, and from it and Fulton's at least twenty varieties have originated. The principal ones have almost all been illns- trated and described so often, that it would be useless to do so again, but there are several which are comparatively new, all haying good points. There is one, the principal of which has been used by W. Burnham on the Dearborn range of Chicago, A. H. Jocelyn, of the Yonker’s Rifle Associntion, and several others. They are all highly pleased with it, and recommend the position as being comfortable, steady, and convenient. The following is a description of this body- rest: Take your rifle in your left hand, and (you are supposed to be lying on your back) turn eidirely on the right side; while doing so, thrust the left ley out straixht, so that itis as near being at a right angle with the body as possible, wthout feel- ing strained, Now bring the right leg (bent) under the left oné, so 8 to brace and steady it, or, Im other words, “loch” the legs together, When this is done, rest the rifle’s barrel in the small hollow which is in the lez just above the knee- cap, When this is done, double-wp the right arm (as in the énut) and grasp the upper part of the licel plate with the land. When the rifle is firm, lay the head on the stock so ag to see the sights, (It is well to use.a small pad to put be- tween the head and wood.) After thishas been done, put the left arm around so as to grasp the stock, and pull the trigger with the little finger. The right eye is used for the short and the left for the long ranges. If all this is done correctly, the position will be found to bea comfortable one, although if may appear to bea little awkward in the cut. Try it well, before you judge harshly! It may not suit some people, as is the case with all of the other styles, for what will fit one rifleman’s build, may be worthless to another. This is the reason for such variety of positions, all excellent ones, generally. Theadvantages or good points of the ahove- described “side” position are claimed to be as follows: First, the body is in a natural and easy position; second, the rifle can be held very steadily; third, the left arm canbe made to serve as a shade for the eyes; fourth, the right hand has entire control over the spirit-leyel; fifth, the three-pound pull on the trigger seems to feel nimch casier when the little finger is used. In relation to the had points—well, perhaps, some other rifleman will write of them, if there sre any to write about. No pistol grip is needed, unless inyerted and put on the upper part of the stock, as it has been done in a few cases. The long-range riflemen have the front, back, side, and combination between the back and’ side, positions t6 choose from to bring into use, and now there is no other way or manner that man can shoot, except perhaps, to rest on his head, which would certainly be on the climax of the knots and grape-yine twists, OntcKo, ee New Yorx.—The Helvetia Park, formerly called the Meckert Park, Guttenburg, N. J., was the scene of a very spizited shooting match between the Zettler Rifle Association, and the Columbia Rifle Association, last Saturday, March 24th. It appears the Columbia men had the idea, that shoot- ing in a gallery was not “worth a cent” for out-door practice. After haying boasted of this fact, they were pluckily taken up by the “in-door” shots (the Zettler Rifle Association), who challenged them to shoot, with ten men on each side, ten shots apiece, Swiss rifles, hair triggers, 200 yards dis- tance, at #-inch ring targets (the centre to connt 25). Tothe astonishment of the Columbia Team (this Association “had been, till last year, the “Champion” for several seasons in Swiss shooting in the United States), the Zettler Riile Team was victorions by 148 points. Smarting under this “walk over,” the defeated ones challenged the victors to shoot under the same conditions, with a tenm of fifteen men on each side. The last match was the result of this chal- lenge, and the following scores will show the continued success of Zettler’s Rifle Association: ZETTLER RIFLE TEAM. COLUMBEA RIFLE TRAM, Nume Total.|_ Name, Totul. Qe oS SON BL ioe late ates ae Rs Ditltge-ow-sece css taseceree B04 D; Millet, ss; essen ewes teves B00K0. Aschbecks.. ae ¢ Jndson.... P_ Fenning.. M. LL, Riggs. , i 4 186 C. G, Zettler. 85,G, A. Keindahl VW TY. ileisrath.. 185) J. Schnerih... 74 d, Dutil....... . lid, Bantel.., 178 Wm. Klein 174'C. Horney.... 170 ESB rip seas aserecs se-eese 170/56. Lippmann.... 168 F. Fabarins.... cceasey SUC) ito SLCUELB. ole sche - 14 D_L. Beckwith - Aaa Ul. Gruber...... 162 B. Zettler...<<, 16b|J. Rein....... - 143 5,5, Brown,,..... 147|P. Landaldt. ~ 135 6. W. Schurman 1423/6. Volekens.. - 119 Total..... peaks Rapseec sans 2,645] Totals gi -eccerescec rene enue Zettlor’s Rifle Association winning by 101 points. THe Next fyrernarionan Marcu.—The Dublin corres- ondent of the Times writes as follows: “ The letter of Capt. eDonald, of the Scotch Team, has excited a good dual of adverse criticism here, That there is an objection to the journey to America is true, bnt the proposal to fight the bat- tle on some neutral ground is held to be impracticable, Tf there is to be an annual match, or match at all, it must be fought at either side the Atlantic—this is rather clear, Why, then, talk about a journey whieh is inevitable? A trienniul contest, too, 1s a siiggestion valenlated to kill the whole thing. Major Leach is at work endeayoring to forve the tide in—ae fasy a job as to keep it ont. You are aware that we have no yolunteers in Ireland, The Major has begun an agitation to include Ireland in the scheme, guid has secured parlia- —— ‘ic and sylipathy of Mr. O'Clery, the member Wexford. If thera were yolunteers, there would be a. thousand riflemen in Ireland, instead of nm score, and then there would be a chance of getting that laurel wreath from ee for you which we hay thrice failed to win. I confess that just at present nobody seems mindful of rifle shooting. We have been beaten too often,” Gonyzcrrowr,—A corvespondent sends us the following account of a shooting match which took place ab Glenville, Connecticut, on Saturday, March 10th, 1877. He says, ‘The match grew ont of a dispute between myself and several gentlemen of Portchester and Glenville, they claiming, no ‘rim-tire cartridge’ could shoot accurately up to 300 yards. T used a Stevens rifle, 26-inch barrel, with 38-100 extra long run-fire cartridges, my opponont using a Remingfon 44- calibre, and centre-fire cartridges. The following is the re- sult: (Ist) (HN SHOTS AT THRED HUNDRED YARDS. Name, Score. Total. Rim. Vire..........-.......43 A444 4 44 3 4-39 Dontre: frat. sO See 38443 33 4 5 4 5—87 (2D) FIVE SHOTS AT THREE HUNDRED YARDS. Name. Score. Total. ERIM FED yen es ek a res ook vy = SS He, 444 5 4-21 Cen-re Fire,....-... econ Cobh ch 3 4 8 4 38-17 “The dry was very cold and windy. My rim-fre cartridge is mada by the Union Metallic Cartridge Company, Bridge- port, Connecticut. Yours, trily, W. H. B.” Mitey’s Ganieny.—The following are the best targets made last week at this gallery in lying down position:— Nate. Score, Total. W. 4H. Doughorty...... tase ence ee cuen cet eceeeeee DOH HAH 4 HF 5—48 A. 8,8 eetecceeedeteetsermerers i POD GS F 4 4—AT A. H. Anderson...... S585486 44 5-46 EB. Gastner..:..,..- weverr-seees f £6896 55 5 G—45 Te Tea TSS Se See Se eR eh Sore Se Ae Ra 64369556 66 345 Eagle men are a tie, Mr, Chadwick, of the Bugle; Ma. Angell, of tha Union. SEEEEEEEEEECaRaiReneEEEE DITTMAR POWDER IN RIFLES. NE.LLEs CoRNERS, March 19, 1877. Evrron Forest Ann StREAM. In yonr jonrnal of 25th Jannary, 1877, B. M. S., asks if R. M.S. would try Dittmar powder against black Cartis & Harvey's No, 6, at 500 yards, and report resilt. Wes, here you bave it. B, M. 8,710 shots made with Sharps* rifle, 600 yards, mnazle rest, scoring 45 points ont of possible 50, nsing Dittmar;powder, equivalent in bulk to 70 grains bluck powder, and $80 grains bullet. These balls were nearly allin tha centre of the bnilseye, and all carried well up. Again, 10 shots, same distance, same rifle and shooter, sights same position, ecoriug 8) points out of the possible 60, and allthe balls fell, on the average, six io eight inches lower than When driven by Dittmar powder, This, I think, wiil convince B.M,§.;if not, let me hear from him, Iwas takon by surprise on the 6th inst., by the arrival of Mr. Carl Dittmar im town, he was entertained by the Fisherville Amateur Rifle Cinb, until Tuesday, 12th inst, when he left for the East again. Daring his stay among os, we tried his powderin all mannerof ways, both with rifle and shot gun, and I baye no hesitation in prononncingit the best sporting powder made, and hé certainly deserves credit. from fhe Sporting fraternity at large, for} producing such a desirable article. Game Bag and Gun. GAME IN SEASON IN APRIL. Wild duck, geese, brant, &e, ed —There are a large number of red-heads and sprig-tail ducks in the upper Potomac now. Horsr HeAven.—Is it a placa of equine glory, or what? This a place on the edge of Norfolk, Virginia, where the snipe most do congregate. A place where in days of yore the turkey buzzards regaled themselves on the bodies of the poor equines that were brought from the city. In March and early April the snipe, attracted by the good cover, swampy land, and good feed, are there in goodly numbers. One needs, to go there to make a good bag, a quick eye, a cool head, anda big pair of rubber boots, A number of good bags have been made there the past week. Nicos And Lmrever.—We have received the illustrated catalogue of this eminent firm of gun manufacturers, whose works are located at Syracuse in this State. The guns mada by Messrs. Nichols & Lelever have stood the test of years of trial, and are considered second to none, many of the leading pigeon shoot rsin the State using them. In addition to their regular line of breech-loaders, Messrs, Nichols and Lefeyer make asnb-calibre rifle, weighing but 14 and 2 pounds, which fits into the barrels of the shof-gun, conyerting;it into a rifle at the shortest notice, Green's Loaper.—A correspondent, writing from Croton Landing, N. Y., makes the following suggestion regarding an improvement applied to this handyinyention; ‘Asa simple improvement to ‘Green's pat. Loader’ might, be appreciated by those who read your paper, and load shells for them- selves, I suggest the application of a spiral spring to throw up the plunger, instead of lifting the usual way. Any ons can take the spring by simply winding small sized wire around arod, the size of the plunger, eighteen times, about ¢ of an inch apart, saidspring passed over the barrel and the plunger pass through it by remoying the slot screw. Finding this so convenient and expeditious, I quote the words of a friend”—‘‘Tt’s fun to do it,” co. MT. Massacuuserrs, Salem, March 26.—The past week has been 50 varied in weather, that but few spring birds are yet seen. Was oyer to Nahant lately; saw say 500 black ducks laying in beds on the water, Lynn Harbor. They did look provoking. Woodcocks are not yet along. Sea-fowl are still muneroue along our shores, More when I get it from New Jursex—Cope May, April 24{h,—The shooting of brant onthe Jersey coast will continue until about May Ist, at which time they haye generally all departed for their north- ern breeding places. These fowls appear on this portion of the Atlantic sea-board during October and Noyember, and March and April. hey are generally shy, and it requires all the wiles of the experienced sportsman to obtain success- ful shooting. a FOREST AND STREAM. PryysynyAnta.—The monthly shooting match of the Mt, Airy Shooting Club came off the afternoon of the 21st inst., at the farm of Mr. Morris Borsting. The score was as fol- lows: No, 1. Mr. Albert Reynor, killed 5 Wirds ; No. 2. 8. T. Gootrey, 4: No. 3. Blick Key, 4; No. 4. W, Mackey, 7; No. 5. W. L. Smith, 6; No, 6. My. Glint Rover, 8 birds, and was champion of the day, and to whom the club's medal was handed over, by the late chanipion, Mr, §. 'T, Goofrey. Number of birds shot at, 10, Vinemia— Blacksburg, Moreh 23d.—First snipe of the season arrived yesterday, I saw six and bagged them all. Last year they were here on the 10th of March, Grass buds, &c., correspondingly backward as conipared with last year. 2, Sovurn Canonpya, Port Roy, of March 23, 1877.—To-day gives promise of settled warm wenther, but upto now the con- testis between old ‘‘Goreas.” and his Southem rival, ‘* Wiumitlus Nofus" have been frequent and furious. Galelas succeeded gale with muswerving monotony, bringing the most abrupt transitions from heat to cold, and ire versa. ‘The past vill easily pass upon record as ‘tthe windy winter." An enorm- ous quantity of rain bas also fallen (another distinguishing feature), coming at regular intervals of three or four days all through February and March. With a warm week, veretation willbe as forward as usual by the first of April. I judge from reports that the effects of the cold winter have been much less severe in this section than in Florida. There are always some wonted birds in this vicinity at all times of the winter, but the masses winter in Florida and along the Gulf. None have yet arrived from those parts. 2 New Yorr.—A contist for the custody of the gold medal of the Onondaga County Sportsmun's Club, between Messrs. George Lodder, holder, and Andrew Hudson, challenger, took place on the Clark farm in Brighton last week, and re- sulted in Mr, Lodder's successful defense of the medal, as will be seen by the following scove: r TWENTY-ONE YARDS, At a meeting held on Tyesday evening, March 20th, 1877, at the house of Henry Kenebel, 616 DeKalb Ayenne, Brook- lyn, 2 pigeon club was organized, to be called the United Pigeon Club of Brooklyn, The following officers were elected ; Martin Helmsteadt, President ; William Tomford, Treasurer ; Henry Knebel, Secretary. he Zennel, THE NEW YORK BENCH SHOW. ee oO” excellent contemporary, the Turf, Hield,and Futm, in a yery pleasant notice of the approaching Bench Show in this city, criticises the rules, and claims that Rule 1 and Rule 6 are in conflict, from the first requiring the name of sire and dam to accompany the entry of the dog, and the last stating that ‘the pedigree of all dogs ara de- desired, although not actually required,” ete. Now, if our contemporary will look at the rules again, he will see that Rule 1 reads as follows: “‘Eyery person who wishes to ex- hibit at any show held under these rules, must, at the time of entry, clearly identify by name and age (if known) the dog he intends to exhibit, and the name of sire and dam (if known) must be given.” Zrgo, if the names of sire and dam are un- imown they need not begiven, The necessity of this rule is apparent. It insures, or is intended to insure, the identifica- tion of a dog, and to prevent a previous prize winner, raow a champion, being placed in the open classes; a precaution such as would be taken ata trotting meeting to prevent a °30 horse from being fraudulently entered in the 40 class. Rule6 is also a good one, for it is reasonable to suppose that of two dogs one with and the other without a pedigree, but equal in Bench Show, points, the one tracing directly to some well-known strain of good field dogs, is likely to be the best of the two, We think, however,;that it should haye been stated in the Preminm List, that Rules 1 and 6 applied to the sporting classes ouly. There is another point to which it may be as well to allude: that is, the difference in the value of the prizes offered in some classes, the sporting in particulur, and those in others. Man- agers of a Bench Show, in making up a Premium List, have to be governed by the amount of patronage expected, and it would be manifestly unfair to offer the same amount in premiums fora class, which mightnot furnish half-a-dozen com- petitors, as would be given for one where there is almost certain to bea hundred, And, again, looking at it broadly, we pre- stume, that in the present stage, Bench Shows in this country, while their object is to improye all breeds of dogs, have more particularly in view the deyelopment of the sporting classes. Nzw Yor, March 26, 1877. Eprror Forest snp STREAM; Not being able to incorporate the Special Prizes in the regular lists, [ send youa list of some that have already been donated and classified, buf many more are expected to follow. Applications haye already been received from all parts of the country for entry forms, and the prospects are that this will be the grandest show ever held, SPEULAL PRIZES. $50 im gold coin forthe best native dog and bitch ($25 each), blackand tan, or black tan and white, cross bred, with Trish or native English strain. $150 silver cup, presented by Messrs. Tiffany & Oo.. for the best dog or bitch, pointer or setter; entered in the open class, ; $50 fly rod, and silver-plated veal, presented by Frederick Schuahardt, Esq., and manufactured by William Mitchell, of New York, for the best brace of pointers (dogs or bitchos), of any weight, owned and entered by one person, (‘The do- nator will not compete in this ¢lass.) ‘ $100 silver cup, manufactured by Tiffhny & Co., pre- sented by members. of the New York Association for Protec- tion of Game, for the best brace of setters, of any breed (dogs or bitches), entered in the open classes, owned and exhibited by one person. $100 gilyer cup, presented by Forzsy anp Straw Publish- | be wild with shame. OO ing Company, for the best red Tish setter stock dog, either native or imported, to be shown with not less than bwo of his get, the latter to be the property of any exhibitor on ex hibition. $100 double-harrelled Fox patent _shofgun, presented by the Amerionn Arms Co., for the best red Trish setter, brood bitch, either native or imported, to be shown with not less than two of her puppies. ; $75 silyer cup,, mnde by Messrs. Tiffimy & Oo., and presented by Dudley Olcott, Msq.. of Albany. N. Y., for the best English setter, native bred, out of native bitch, by an imported dog. 3100 gun, presented by H. 0. Squires, Hsq., for the best English setter, stock dog, either native or imported, to be shown with not less than two of her gat, 325 English sole leather gun-case, with ‘cartridge top, presented by Erdman A. Herzberg, Esq., of New York, for the best cocker spaniel, dog or bitch. In addition to the above prizes, many more haye been donated, but not yet classified, but at the next mesting of the Committtee they will be arranged and a full list printed. It is the intention of the Committee to gives prizes to stock, dogs and brood bitches, in all the sporting classes. Yours truly, Cas, Laoycony, Supt. Box 2832. New York, —————— to SETTERS— ENGLISH, SCOTCH, AND IRISH. BY ‘‘STONEHENGE.” — N the issue of the London Field of March 34, is an extend- ed article by the well-known stthority and editor of the Field, *Stonehenge,* om setters. So much of the blood of the various celebrated strains of which he writes, and, in many instances, the animals themselyes, have been im- ported into this country, that the subject cannot fail of pos- sessing great interest to American breeders. Being too long for us to publish at one time, we haye divided it into three parts, giving this week that portion referring to the English setter : THE ENGLISH SETTER, Since the first publication of the articles on the various breeds of dogs, in Miell, during the year 1865-6, the strain of English setters known by the name of ‘‘ Layevack,” from the gentleman who bred them, has carried all before it, both on the show bench and in the public field trialywhich haya been annually held. For this high character, it is greatly indebted tothe celebrated Countess, who was certainly an extraordinary animal, both in appearance and at work; for, until she came out, the only Layerack which had shown to advantage was Mr. Garth's Daisy, a good average bitch. Though small, Countess was possessed of extraordinary pice, not perhaps quite equal to that of the still more cele- brated pointer, Drake, but approaching sa closely to it that his superiority would be disputed by many of her admirers, On referring to her portrait, it will be seen that her frame, though on short legs, is full of elegance ; and her beautiful headand neck are absolutely perfect. With her high pace she combined great power of endurance, and her chief fault was, that she mever could he fully depended on ; for, when freeh enough to display her speed and style to the full, she would hresk away from her master, und defy hin whistla wn til she had taken le: ditg oyera thoesond ucres or so, On a good scenting day it wasa high trent to see low ab work ; but, like most other fast gallopers, she would sometimas flush her game on a bad scenting day, and then she would An instance of this oceurred at ths Bala field trials of 1872, when, on her appearance in the stake for braces, with her sister Nelly, both of these bitches were utterly beyond the control of Mr. Buekell, who worked them, Nellie even chasing a bird likea raw puppy. To get rid of this wildness, thay were worked hard im the day which intervened between their appearance in the braces and Countess’ trial in the Rhiwlas Stakes, when she came out as Stale as a poster, and was only placed third to Ranger and Belle. Still, though mnanifestly beaten, she evi- dently was so from bad judgment alone on the part of those who managed her, and she only injured the character of the breed to which she belongs so far as to show that, like most high-couraged setters, they require a certain amount of work to keep them steady, which, it appears, she had nof done. Nellie (the sister) was of the same size, but not so fast nor so elegant ; still, she was good enough to beat the crack on one occasion, at Vaynol, in 1872 ; but on most days she would have stood no chance against Countess. Sha seryed to show that Countess was not wholly exceptional, as was sometimes alleged by the detractors of fhe Lavernck : and these two bitches, together with Mr, Garth’s Daisy, may fairly be adduced as indicating that, at all events, the Lay- erack bitches are quite first-class. No dog, however of the pure breed has yet put in an appearance at any field trial with any pretension to high form, but several winners have appeared half or quarter-bred, of that strain. For example, Mr. Statter’s Bruce, by Dash (Laverack) out of owners Khosbe, and his Rob Roy, by Fred I. (also Laverack) out of the same bitch, may be adduced ; but Dick and Dan, by Duke (of the Corbet and Graham strain) ont of Rlwbe, were were far superior to these dogs, and serve to show that, at all events, as crosses for other breetls, the Laveracks are not to be so highly commended as Mr, Lort, and other disciples of the Layerack school, would lead us to believe. The evoss which has been most successful is that with My. Lort’s, My, Garth’s, and My. Paul Hackett’s blood, culminating in fhe third remoye from the Laverack kennel in Mr. Macdona’s Ranger. This dog was fully as fast as Countess, witha keener nose and far better temperament, being, when in form, as steady and dependable as a steam locomotive. Mr. Macdona's fayorite may be classed A 1 among the field tral winners in @ quartette including Drake, Countess, and Belle; the Irish setter, Plinket, approaching them very nearly, but not quite reaching their level. Roll, who won seyeral prizes on the show bench, is of the same cross as the grandsire of Ranger, beth being ont of Lort’s Dip, by a Layerack dog, and these last being all the same blood, as I shall present show, though their sires ave respectively named Rock on Fred I, Roll was a grand dog in shape, with the exception of his loin, in which a certain amonnt of slackness was dis- played when a little ont of condition, as he generally was when shown, being a shy feeder, Tam told by Mx. Lort, who shot oyer him for some time, that he was as good in the field as on the bench ; but when T tried him he had no nose whatever. His pace was very great, with the usual Layerack quict trail of flag. The portrait of this dog--se- lected for the second edition of ‘Dogs of the British Islands "—is yaluable, not only as showing the true type of 120 FOREST AND STREAM. the setter, but for the excellent foreshortened yiew of the } this Turkisn weapon being far too great to make it the model of the head which Mr, T. Earl has given to him. ‘The spaniel-like charucter peculiar to the Laverack dog, is also quite lost in him by the cross with the Anglesea bitch, Dip. The most remarkable feature in the Layeraek breed of set- ters, is the extraordinary extent to which in-breeding has been carried, as shown in the pedigree of Countess, given by Mr. Layerack in his book on the setter. By examining this carefully, it will be seen that every animal in it is de- scended from Ponto and Old Moll, which were obtained by Mr. Laverack in 1825 from the Rey. A, Harrison, who lived near Carlisle, and who had kept the breed pure for thirty- five years. To this in-breeding is, no doubt, to be attributed the fact, that the Layerack setters are very difficult to rear, and that a large proportion of them dic of distemper. Whether orno the average working ‘‘form"™ of the breed isa high one is very difficult to decide ; but, undonbtedly, Countess and her sister Nellie were grand specimens of the high-bred set- ter. Nearly all the pure Laverack dogs which have been shown are too spaniel-like in shape to please my eye, the only exceptions [remember being Princes and Rock, and to somé extent the well-known Sam, brother to Countess and Nellie ; nevertheless, they have not the spaniel carriage of the fag, which is generally trailed like that of the fox, and without any lashing or feathering, Probably it is owing to the excessive in-breeding of the Layeracks injuring their heailh, that they have not succeeded as well as might ha ex- pectéd as sires; Imt at all events, from whatever cause, a food deal of disappointment has been fell by breeders on that score. Nevertheless, for work, the breed still maintains the high character gained for it im its purity by Countess, Nellie, and Daisy, and for its crosses by Ranger, Dick, Dan, Prince, Ginx’s Baby, Glen, and last. but not least, that excellent little bitch, Mr. Lloyd Price's Queen, by Blue Prince, ont of the Rey: &. East's Quayer IL, bred by that gentleman from his own old Shropshire blood, A great many different strains of Bnglish setters might be adduced from all parts of the country. but notably from the north of England, with claims superior to those of Mr. Lay- erack's strain, up to the time of the institution of field trials. Among these weré the Graham and Corbet breeds, those of the Earl of Tankeryille, Lord Waterpark, Mr, Bishop, Mr. Bayley, Mr. Lort, My. Jones (of Oscott), Major Cowan, Mr, Withington, Mr. Paul Hackett, and Ma. Calver, the last two being a good deal orossed with Gordon blood. None of these strains were, however, so generally known beyond the immediate circle of their owners’ friends as to’ have gained a universal reputation ; and it was not till the public appearance of Mr, Garth’s Daisy, and afterward that of Mx, Purcell Llewellyn’s Countess and Nelly, that the Lav- erack strain attained its present high reputation, Before Daisy came Out, Mr. Garth had produced a brace of very bad ones at Stafford in 1867 ; and it was with considerable preju- dice against them that the above celebrated bitches first ex- hibited their powers, in spite of the high character given of them by Mr. Lort, Mr, Withington, and other well-known sportsmen, who had shot over them for years. It is Mr. Lort’s opinion that Mr. Withington possessed better dogs than even Countess; but it must not be forgotten, that pr- yate trials are generally more flattering than those before the public. 1. The ekuli (value 10) has acharacter peanhiar to itself, somewhat be- tween thatof the pointer and the eorker spuniel, not so heavy us the former's, and larger than the latter's. Itis without the prominence of the occipital bone, so remarkable in the pointer, dnd is also narrower between the cars- © The nose (v. 6) shonld be long aud wide, wiltont soy fullness noder ihe ares Thera should be in the ayeruge dog setter at le2st four inches {Yom the inner Gordes oF ihe eye to the enti or ue nose. Between the polut and the roon of Hie Nobé there showld he a eligh: depression— av allevents thefe should be no fallness—und the eye-browe should risa sharply fromit. The nostrils must be wide apart,and large in the openings, and the end should be moist and ool, though many adog with exceptionally good scenting powers has had a remarkably dry noac, amounting, in some cases, to roughnesslike that of shagreen. In all setters the end of the nose shonld be black, or dark liver-colored; bur inthe very best bred whites, or lemon-and-whites, pink is often met with, 4nd may in them be pardoned. The jaws shonid be exactly equal in length; a *‘ snipe nese,” or pig jaw,’ as Lhe receding lower oue is culled, being greatly sguinst ils possessor. 3, Bars, lips, and eyes (v. 4). With regard to ears, they shonid be shorter than the pointer’s, and rounded, but not so much so xa those of the Bpaniel. The“ leather’ ¢hould be thin and soft, carried closely to the cheeks, so as not Lo show the inside, without the slizntest tendency to prick jhe ear, which shoold be clothed with silky hair little more than two inches in length, The lips, also, are vot so full and pendny- Tole a8 those of the pointer; butat theirangles there shouid be a slight fullness, not reaching qnite to the extent of hanging. Tne eyes must ba full of aniination, and of medinm size, the best color being a rich brown, and they should be set with their angles straight across. 4, Tha neck (y. 6). hss-not the full, rounded muscularity of tha point— er, being considerably thinner, but still slightly arched, and set into the ead withont that prominence of the occipital bone, which is so re- markable in thatdog. It must nok be ‘ throaty,” though the skin 1s loose. 5. The shoulders and chest (vy. 15) should display great liberty in all directions, with sloping, deep shoulder-bludes, and elbows well let down. Thechest should be deep, rather thaw wide, though Mr, Layer- atkingists onthe contrary formation, italicising the word wide in his remurks at page 22 of his book, Possibly it may be owing to this for- muarion that his dogs have not ancceeded st any field trial, as above re- marked; for the bitches of his breed, nolubly Countess and Daisy, whith I have seen, were as narrow as any sebter-breeder conld desire. Tato quite satisfied that on thie point Mr, Layerack is altogether wrong, T fully agree with bim, however, that the ‘ribs should be well sprang behind the shoulder."’ und great depth of the back ribs shonld be es— pecially demanded, 6. Buck, quarters, and stijies (y. 15). Am archedjloin is desirable, but. not to the extent of being *'roached” or * Wheel-backed,” a defect which generally tends to aglow, up and-down gallop. Stifes well bent, and set wide apart, to allow the hind-legs to be brought forward with liberty in the gallop. 7. Legs, elbows, and Hacks (v.12). The elbows jandfitoes, which gen- erally go together, should be set straight; and if nut, the ‘ pigeon toe” or in-turued leg, is lesk objectionuble than the out-torn, in which the elbow 1s confined by its close attachment tothe riba. The arm shonld be muscular, and the bone fully developed, Wuih strong and broad knees, short pasterns, of which the size in point of bone shonld be as great us possible (a yery important point), and slope not exseediug a very slight deviition from the straight line. Many good judges insist npon a per Tectly upright pastern, like that of the foxhonnd; but it must not be forgotlen, thatihe setter has to stop fimself suddenly when at full stretch he catches ascent, and todo this with an upright and rigid pas- teri, Calises considerable strain on the ligaumente, soon ending in “Inuckling oyer;’’ hence a yery slight bend is to be preferred. Whe biud-legs should be moscular, with plenty of bone, clean, strong hogice, and balry feet. §. ‘The feet (y. 8) should be carefully examined, as upon their capa- bility of slanding wearand tear depends the utility of the dog. A preat difference of opinion exists as to the;comparative merits of the cat and hare foot for standing work. Foxhound masters invariably select that of the cat, and, as they have better opporimnities than any other class, of inetipating the neces#ary domiparison, their selection may be acvepted as findl. But, as setters are specially required to stand wet and heater, il is imperatively necessary ihal there shoul be a good growth of \nir hetween the tous, and on this account a hare foot, Well clothed with hair, #8 it generally is, most be preferred to a cat fout, naked, asis often the cae, Cxcept on the upper surface. - 9. The jlag (y..5) is in sppesrancel very characteristic ofithe breed, althoveh ic somelineus happeus that one or two pnoppicein a well-bred litber exhibit a ourl or opher malformation, usually ‘considerdd to be i - dicative of a stain. Itis offen compared to a soimitar, but it resembles it only in respect of its narrowness, the amount of curl in the blade of setter’s flag. Again, it has been compared to a comb: but as combs are tisually straight, here Again the simfle fails, asthe setter's flap shonld haye a gentle sweep; and the neare-t resemblance to any familiar form ia to the Scythe with 1s curve reversed, The feather must be composed of surwight silky hairs, ard beyend Lhe root, the Joss short hair on the flag, the better—especially toward the point, of which the hone should be fine, and the feather typering with it, - 10. Synumetry and quality (vy. 5). In character, the setter shonld dis- play & great amount of * quality"? aterm which is diffiénit of explana- tion, though fnlly appreciated by n]l experienced sportsmen, It means a combination of symmetry, as understood by the artist, with the pecn- liar attributes of the breed under examinttion, ns interpreted by the sportsman, Thus, a setter possessed of such a frame and outline ae to charm an artis, would be considered by the sportsman defective in ‘‘qnality,”’ if ke possested a curly Or harsh Goat; or if he hud a heavy head with pendant blood-honnd-like jowland throaty neck. ‘The gen- eral cutling is very elegant, and more taking to the eye of the artist than that of the poiater. 11. The terfure and feather of coat (v. 5) are much regarded “among Beiter breeders, asoft silky hair, without curl, beins considered a sine quanon. The feather should be considerable, and should fringe the hind as well 4a the fore legs. 12. The calor «fF coat (vy. 5) ig not much inalsted on among English Betters, A great Variety being admitted These are now generally classed as follows, in the order given; (1) Black and white ticked, with large splashes, and more or less marked with black, Known an“ blue Belton: (2) orange and white freckled, known as orange Belton; (3) plain oranye, or lemon and white; (4) liver and white; (5) black and white, with slight {an markings; (6) black and white; (7)liyer and white; (8) pure white; (8) black; (10) liver; (11) red or yellow, . Worms y. Docs.—Tha Commilps on Agriculture gaye a hearing yesterday to Joseph Vickers, of Woburn, upon the general question of dogsand hydrophobia. Mr. Vivkers says that every doy has a worm ‘mder his tongne, and that this worm is hable to irritate fhg@-do# to the point of madness. All that is necessary to prevent the possibility of hydrophobia is to take the worm out. This he claims can be done, and all danger avoided. He has been a game-keeperin Hngland, and says that the practice is common thereandinIreland. Hedid not say, however, how the Legislature was to secure the un- worming of all dogs, whether by the creation of a Dog Com- Mission to examine and operate on all pups, or otherwise. The aboye is taken jfrom the Mining Journal. When Mr. Vickers has taken all the worms out of dog's tongues, perhaps he will turn water-witch, or engage infthe manufacture of plilosopher’s stones. Seriously,#Mr. Vickers is in error in only two particulars; first, in the location of the worms; and secondly, in the fret of Wwormr having anything to do with hydrophobia. Wortis infest the intestines of almost all dogs, more or less, and can be easily removed by the use of areca nut, santonine, or other vermifuges. They have no more to do with hydrophobia than the fleas which inhabit a dog's coat. a St. Lovuts Kennet Crur.—The St. Louis Kennel Club has had the misfortune to lose, from pneumonia, their fine red Trish setter, Dyin. Erin was one of the best field dogs in the country, and the club will find it dificult to replace him. Their Loo If whelped on Wednesday of last week fen puppies, four dogs and six bitches, by Elcho. The Colum- bus Kennel Club's black pointer bitch Belle, winner of first prize at Baltimore, has visited Shaford., San EERIE Doc Storey,—Mr. John A. Nichols, of the well-known gun tmhanufacturing firm of Nichols & Lefeyer. of Syracuse, has had the misfortune to haye stolen from him his fine cordon setter bitch, Lick. Lick is one year old, black and tan, with a white spot on chest, of light-build, well-feathered, and weighs almost forty pounds, Any person meeting with euch 4 dog will please communicate with Me, Nichols. ————— ———— —Mr. Everett Smith (whose name, rend by, was erroneously printed Emmett in our Inst issue), of ortland, Maine, claims the name Cale fora red setter dog ont of his Cora IL by Manasseh Sniith’s Guy. This name is selected in affectionate remembrance of the late Caleb G. Loring, a thorough spor'!s- man, whose genial qualities have been commemorated in these columus. The names of the setters entered in the Kennel Register by him last week are Cora II, Cale, Bruce, Cosette, Kiouge, and Ruby. a —The Westminster Kennel Clnh have had the misfortune to lose their fine black pointer bitch, Dinah, by Pete, out of Phillis, Dinah, who was at the breaking establishment of Mr. Van Schaick, at Pennington, N. J., was apparently recovering, or had recovered from her second attack of distemper, when she was found in the morning dead in her kennel. i —Mr. Charles A. Brigeg’s (of Waterbury, Conn.) orange and white setter bitch, Daisy, has visited Mr. Blakeslee’s Dash. — BREEDING DOGS AT PUBERTY. Brenneronte, Norrowayr Co., March 24, 1877, Eprror Forest AND STREAM. What is the cause of gun-shyness in pointers and setters, and the alleged timidity of the progeny of imported stock? Answer, Breeding dogs too young. During the past few years a preat adyancement for the better has taken place, ow- ing to the importations by breeders of finastock from England, in order to produce a finer quality and better field dog than the so-called natiye, which, with some exceptions, has un- doubtedly run down. The late importations are, of course, not-all clampions, Yet, still, theirrecords on the bench and in the field, show that they were considered of the very best forms thut England can prodice. One of the oldest associates of the New Yorle Herd, who has had, perhaps, the widest ex- perience of any man in America, haying attended, in person, eyery race of note in the United States, for the past twenty-five years, and a thorough sportsman, told the writer, a few years ago, that he had nof seen, in all his journeys, more than five or six really good-looking dogs, and that the people were breeding a nufion of mongrels, without regard to class, dis- tinstion, or color. Since then, the furore in the importation of fresh blood has taken place, and now I assert that with pos- sibly a yery few exceptions that the present system of breeding will give usa mation of idiots. Most, if not all, of the sons and daughters of imported stock haye been bred ton yonng. Breeding puppy-bitches and puppy-dogs al a year, or even eighteen mouths, is, I assure you, the cause of gun-shyness, neryousness, timidity, and apparent idiotey. If the purchas- ers of puppies out of the whelps of imported dogs would make the inquiry: “ At what age were the dam andsire of a puppy mated?” and than repeat the question as to, g. sire and g. dam, the truthful answer would be, ‘ Considerably under two years of age.” ‘Lhe primary cause, if not the only reason, of gun-shryness in all dogs, in my opinion, is, because thefathers and mothers, one or both, were bred at too young an age. Neryonsness in any dog is the first step to gun-sliyness, the next, timidity, the next, idiotey. When these por =. Nhe bred again, they will, in all probability, throw diene if not absolutely without any intelligence, they will, most assuredly, be useless in the field, and elsewhere. Mating dogsat puberty, £0 as to obtain a fine specimen of the kind, is like marrying girls and boys at thirteen and fiftean years of age, in order to improve the present race of men and women. Tha cause of this pernicions practice is in not educating oneself as to how to breed, when to breed, and what to mate to; and T am also inclined to believe, that realization of the dollars hax much to do with this great crime. Breeding dogs with success is not accomplished in a day, ora year; one must be prepared to throw away time, elergy, and money, aid what is greater than all, one must possess a loye for the task, Itisa study ofa life-time, and if, afterall the pains taken, one is rewarded by breeding three or four really grand wnimals, you can think yourself yery lucky. The proper age to breed all dogs and bitches, especially those that haye sprung from the loins of imported stock, is certainly not before they haye attained the age of full two years, and, in a great many instances, not until they haye reachad the third year. Of the many lettera I have received on this important aub- ject, I think a short extract from ona may be nated: “ | think that one pregnant cause of the deterioration, or ‘runing of" of dogs in this country has been breeding them pt too young ages. The progeny of babies must be weak and scrubby; must lack power, vitality, and the powers of getting strong, bold, vigorous stock. Especially will this apply to the progeny of imported stock. It is net, asa rule, to be sup- posed that they become accustomed tn.the sayere and suiiden climatic changes of our coast, as feadily and naturally as the progeny of dogs, acclimated through generations of residence and exposure here. No dogs, those of lately imported blood especially, should be bred under tw years old. Before that time they acquire neither growth, form, strength, character, established constitution, nor the power to reproduce their own best charasteristies. This is not because they are feebler than out own so-called native dogs, or in anyway their inferiors in vitality or constitutional vigor. It is becanse they sre amen- able to the same influences of acclimization that effect all new comers here. The arctic fox, bred in the tropics, must suc- cumb. The young of the leopard, exposed to the cold of Green- land, must die. Where the extremes of difference are not too great, where they are modified by the care and ‘intelligence of (he humané ownership, not only may their baneful influences be stecessfully resisted, but the transported race, atter cureful raising, may be moulded into forms of greater heanty, and de- veloped into outgrowths of greater use ahd yalue than were the original and transplanted type. This will never be at tained where the young specimen is called upon to reprodnvs his like before’reaching, in himself, a healthy and acclimated mturity. What, indeed, is his like? Jt is an undeveloped, inchoate state of transition, uncertain in the present, impotent in the future. : Let, then, the breeders give their young blue bloodsa chance to become Americanized. and do not forget that with good care, good training, good food, good work, and—repeat it in- cessantly—eood age, they bid fair to ‘ out-nose,” ete., our best—bred, indeed, from only those who have come before— and to be the best, strongest, fleetest, staunchest dogs in the world, and the continuous hegetters of their own gallant re- semblances from generation unto generation. Have any of the so-called breeders improved on the original sire or dam? Ithink not. Perhaps we may see one at the coming New York bench show. ‘Jons M. Taytor, a Sprattr's Brsourr.— correspondent writes as follows, with regard to the cost of feeding a dog on Spratt'’s bisenit: ‘In yee last number a correspondent asks for information as to he probable cost of feeding a dog on Spratt's patent cakes per month, I think your allowance of 1) pounds is entirely too much. The cakes in question weigh about 3} to the pomnd, and when softened by boiling water they swell con- siderably, I have used them more or less for the past two years, and rarely givemy full-grown dog more than two of the cakes ones a day (at night), except when working him, when I feed both meat and cakes, and think any dos will keep in fine condition on two cakes per day, when not work- ing. ‘his, you see, would make the cost about G or 7 cents per day, or about $2 per month. I would adyise 4 change of diet at least once a weelk. ‘Jason Srrarr’” gen and River ishing. FISH IN SEASON IN APRIL Speckled Trout, Salmo fontingis. Land-locked Salmon—Salmo glover. White Perch,— ee ee FLIES FOR APRIL, BLack GNA, on MipgE,—No, 13.—Body and feet black, wings snb- hayaline. Dark Crazer GyatT.—No. 13.—Body dark claret, feet black, wings subhyaline, P Buieut Charet GNAT,—No, 13,—-Body brizht claret, mixed with red fox face, feet ginger, wings of one sex hyaline, the other ocherons, Gray Gyar.—No-. 13.—Body dark fox, mtxud with dark cluret, feet gray, wings byaline. Dane Fox.—Nos. 10 or 11,—Body and fwet dark fox, mixed with lemon colored mohair, wings subhyaline , tail three Abres of dark gray hackle, 0 Poor Man's Fry.—Nos. {) and 10.—Body and fect, hare’s ear and yel- low mixed, wings slightly mottled gray, tull the mottle of the wood duck. Ourve Grat,—No. 13,—Body dark olive. mixed with bright claret, feet vinger, wings byaline. Rep Fox,—Nos. 10 and 11.—Body fox cub face, mixed with yellow, feet red (chicken red), wings pule gray or subhyaline, tail motiled feather wood dock. Bateur Fox.—Nos. 10 and 11.—Body snd foet brightest part of tha fox, mixed with yellow, wings brightest hyaline, tuil pale yellow. Biack Haoxten Fiy.—Nos, g9and §.—Body orange, rinbed wilh gold tinsel, hackle black wings, tall of the American partridge. GENERAL PLIES, Ints.—No. 8,—A hackle fiy, ribbad with silyer tinsel; body hackle, wiuges und tail scarlet. Puracoox Parmes.—No. §.—Body peacock hovls, hackle black and red mixed, Gray PanwzR,—No, §.—Body peacock her, dark gray hackle, Proveszor.—Nos. 8 and §.—Hody brizh yellow, feet golden brown, wings wood dock and mallard, dyed yellow, mised, (ail scarlet ibis, QUEEN oy THE WateR.—INos, Band 9,--A hackled fly; body orange ‘ —————————L FOREST AND STREAM. . —~ 121 of Ameri¢a. The parties met afew days later, and the match was arranged. The course agreed upon is the Monongahela, and the date fixed for June 9th. A portion of the money was put up as aforfeit. The race will create great interest in aquatic circles. Eastern Yacur Onus.—The first annual dinner of the Tastern Yacht Club, held at the Parker House, Boston, Wed- nesday eyening, March 21st, was unique in- every particular. About tiyenty-five members of the club were present, and Gov. Rice and Hon. Geo. B. Loring were the invited guests. Commodore John M. Forbes occupied the head of the table, and, after the méats and wines had been discussed nt length, an hour was spent in speech-making and sentiment. A con- tatnlatory message was received from the New York Yacht Cinb, who were holding their annual dinner in New York city at the same time, and a timely response was returned. The schooner-yacht Idler, Commodore Samuel J, Colgate, is lying at the foot of Twenty-eighth street, Hast River, ready to start for her trip to the West Indies. The Commodore in- tends starting on Thursday morning, going direct to Ber- muda, thenes tothe Bahama Islands, after which he will visit Cuba, returning home from Hayana. Commodore Kane, Captain Henry Steers, and a few other yatching friends, will accompany Commodore Colgate, who expects to be gone about six weeks, He takes the regular captain and crew of the Idler, and an experienced man as pilot and navigator. ribbed with gold tinsel, bikie chieken red, winge bright mottle of the mallard. ie ‘GilazLy Kine.—Noes. dark gray, tail ecarlet 7 d 0.—A hackly fly; body green, haokle mottled feather of ts pin-tail. EE Fis ty —The storms 6f the past week have inter- fered sadly with the operations of fishermen, and in conse- quence wohaye to report a short supply and prices extremely high, Where have been large arrivals of green turtles. On Brifday last, Mr. G. Blackford, of Fulton Market, received the fizst ‘Tennébec” salmon from Halifax, N.5. Our quota- tious for the week are as follows: ATIONS,— Striped bass, 20 to 25 cents per pound; smelis, 20 ¢emts; salmon (frozen), 25 cents; fresh, $1.25; California, 5; shad (southern), 65 cents each, native, do. $1.50; White perch, 15 cents: Spanish mackerel, 50 cents; green turtle,,.20 cents; terrapin, $15 per dozen; frostfish, 8 cents per pourid; halibut, 18 cents: haddock, § cents; cod- fish, 8 dente blackfish, 15 cents; herrings, 6 cents; founders, 10 cents; sea bass, 20 cents; eels, 18 cents: lobsters, 10 cents; sheepshead, 20 cents; turbott, 20 cents; scollops, $2 per gallon; whitefish, 15 cents per pound: piekerel, 15 cents; Canada brook-trout, 25 cents; Long Island trout, $1; Mame trout, 50 cents; pike, 10 cents; ciscocs, 10, cents; hard shell crab, $4,00 perv 100; red snappers, 18 cents. Tar Baciz’s Craw.—We have received from Chas, Ly, Coate, the patentee, 330 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., a sample in nickel of the farnous Eagle Claw, « device for catching fish and game, for which we do not hesitate to express a deferential respect. It isaformiduble contrivance, and is hound to catch avything that comes within its clutches. While we cannot en- dorse it fully as a sportsman’s implement, we are free to say, that ,for trapping vermin, fur-bearing animals, and fish that will not tuke the hook, it is very efficacious. We should not like to put our foot in it. New Yorr Rowe Cuus.—The following is a list of the officers of this club elected at the annual meeting in leb- ruary last: President, George LL, Rider; Vice-President, John A, McKim; Captain, Francis L. Leland ; Secretary, John P, Kingsford; Treasurer, Richard B. Hartshorne ; Lieutenant, Edmond Kelly, Board of Trustees—George L. Rives, Join A. McKim, Francis L, Leland, John P. Kings- ford, R. B. Hartshorne, P, de Florez, Charles D, Ingersoll, Thomas Maitland, J. Lowrey Hobson. Standing Committees— Committee on Admissions, John P. Kingsford, Chairman, Robert CG. Cornell, Joseph Lentilhon, Charles H, Leland, J. Lowrey Hobson. House Committee, Francis L. Leland, Chairman; Clarence Cary, R. B. Hartshorne, P. de Florez, Charles H. Peters. Regatta Committee, Edmond Kelly, Chairman, Francis L. Leland, George LL. Rives, John A. McKim, William H, Colhoun. Delegates to Harlem Regatta Association; George L, Rives, August Belmont, Jr. Number of members, 122. A seullers’ match has been arranged between Wm, Scharif, and Geo. Morris, of Pittsburg, Pa,, to be rowed on the Upper Monongahela River Course, on June 9th; the stakes to be $2,000. Both men will go into training as-soon as the state of the rivers will permit. Betting at present is in fayor of Scharf. Tae OxrorD-Camprmer Racu.—The grent aquatic eyent of the year in British waters, the annual race between eight- oared crews, representing respectively Oxford and Cam- bridge Universities, was decided, or rather undecided—tor it resulted in a dead heat—on Saturday last, over the usual course—on the Thames, between Putney and Mortlake. The odds for some time before the race, had ranged from 3 tol to5 to 4, in fayor of the Oxford or ‘‘dark blue crew,” the latter figures representing the quotations just previous to the start. The odds would have been lauded, too, had it not been for an accident which happened to the row-lock of the Oxford bow-oar, three-fourths of a mile from the finish, when they were leading by a length, reducing the effective strength in the boat to seyen men, and enabling the Cantabs —The snow is still deep in the Adirondacks, and the ice is thick. It will probably be a full month before the streams “are open for fishing. Iisery¢ Moyzemenrs.—The number of fishing arrivals re- ported at this port the past week has been 30,fincluding 1 from Fortune Bay, N. F., 4 from Grand Banks, and 25 from Georges, The receipts of cod and halibut haye been about 665,000 pounds of the former, and 280,000 pounds of hiili- but, The weather has been unfavorable for curing fsh,jand the movements haye been light.—Cape Ann Advertiser, Mareh 24th. Vinersti—Leesburg, March 21si—Black bass haye made ‘their appearance ati the mouth of Googe Creek, on the Poto- mac, Wirst caught about St Patrick’s day ; caught with red worn by ‘a man and a brother.” Weather since then snowy. T BDachting and Boating. HIGH WATHR, FOR THE WEEE. New York.| Charleston ee Boston. to get even, a position which they maintained to the finish, a or, — the referee deciding it to be a dead heat, , ee eee eee ee |e | 8 | The word “go” was given ab Sh. 27m. 4s., with the Oam- Mar:S0ns-ot-bplcen-tarts wer Wauaenes|| | Ind’ 8 55 8 19 bridge boat on the sunny side of the river, Oxford took the Han ato) tape oenwe cena oers 0 43 9 41 § 5% | water-front, both crews working smoothly, and with Oxford rte Be acti ie ct voop 3 Mf | ae | 10 Of | leading a few feet at the first dozen strokes, but at the end fai antes Weis. ae ae 3 31 067 i 48 of the first half mile the positions were reversed, and the ADE, 4 2 poe vee g ne steer tet tt 4 0 57 0 18 4 bowof the Cambridge boat showed four feet im advance of that of her adversary. The boats led alternately, neither gaining any decided advantage, and without daylight appear- ing between them, until the last bridge was passed, and but three-quarters of 1 mile remained to be rowed, and Oxford was almost a clear lencth ahead, when it was seen that some- thing was wrong with their bow-oar, and the boat was crippled. The Cambridge crew spurted, and soon drew up abreast, but the seven Oxford men worked like giants, and in 24m. 10s, from the start, the gun announced that the race was oyer, Jt was at first supposed that Oxford had won, but the decision of the judge was ‘‘a dead heat.” he Pall Mall Gazelle, on the eyening of the day of the race, commented upon the finish as follows : “When Barnes’ Bridge was reached, Oxford had a clear yard or two lead, and seemed tohayethe racein hand. They were rowing, apparentlya trifle within themselves, while Cambridge was rowing a faster stroke, throwing up some water, and losing ground. But after passing the White Star, there was a lurch and stoppagein the Oxford boat. The bow’s oar had cracked or sprung, and from that point he was unable to feather it against the head wind or make any practical use of it. Thestoppage brought Cambridge up instantly, tll their bows were amidships of Oxford, and the latter were left with half a length’s lead, halfamile from home, and little more than seven oars to get there. The seyen un- crippled men kept well together. The bow, with his oar in trouble, was at see-saw with the rest, and often could not put his blade in the water at all, but had enough to do to saye it from catching water as it dropped. The Oxford rudder was put hard on to keep the balance of four oars against three, The crews and their weights were as follows: OXPORD, OAMBRIDGH, Tbs. Bow—D. G, Cowles, St, John's, 157 No. 2—*dJ. M. Bonstead, Uni- New Yorr Yacrr Cnoz.—A social dinner was given by the members of this club at Delmonico’son Wednesday of last week, the object being to bring the members together, and see how they felt in regard to the coming season. The feature of the entertainment was the magnificent display of plate in the shape of racing trophies which adorned the tables. ‘The so-called Queen’s Cup, won by the America in England, and which has been contended for so unsuccess- fully in our own waters by various English yachts, occupied the center of one of thetables. Besides this, almost every cup of conseqnence contended for by yachts of the N. Y¥. Y. C, squadron for many years past was exhibited, The Com- mittee being desirous to obtnin the handsome silver candela~ bras won by fhe Dauntless in a race with the Sappho, the Herald authorities telezraphed to Mr. Bennet, in Algiers, and received am answer the same day, piacing them at the dis- posal of the club. The dinner wasa great success, and jude- ing by the enthusiasm displayed, would indicate that the yachting spirit rules as strongly in the club as heretofore. NewsuneH Bay Yaour Cis.—The programme of this Hud- son River Yachting Association for the coming season is thus early announced. The fourth annual regatta is fixed for August Ist. Prizes will be offered to four classes, as follows: First class, open yachts over 26 feet; second class, open yachts oyer 22, and not exceeding 26 feet; third class, open yachts 22 feet and under; fourth class, cabin yachts, and all others with working sails. Two prizes will be given in the first three classes, and one in the fourth, The first prize in the classes to be asum of money and a set of colors, En- tries to the regatta, free, will close July 31st. In addition to this regatta, the club offers a purse of $250 in gold for a grand sweeptake race, to take place the day following. This race to be open to all open yaahts under 35 feet in length; entrance- fee, $100. The entrance-money to be divided according to the number of entries, Race tobe sailed according to Brook- Ibs. Bow—B. G. Hoskyns, Jesus. .1533 No, 3—*T. W. Lewis, Cains. ...165 yersity,....+.. aL 178 é No. 3—d. ©, Fenn, Mirst Vrin- lyn Yacht Club Rules, over the nsual Newburgh Club Course, | No. 3-H. Pelham, Mugdalen. 176 | i - 3 twenty miles in length. Enfries to the sweepftakes race | No. 4.—W. H. Grentell, Bal- 5 close J ly 28 ¢ OGM ane cee 1 ps) Oops areaianx iw aberys 178t ¥ 68} SG y ULV 26. No. 5--"H. J, Stayner, 8t. No, 5—L, G. Pike, Cains....... 1793 MOMS lao ose = Ft Sareea ee ...180 |No. 6—*C. Gurdon, Josus., ..184d Sr. Aueusriye Yacur Cros.—On Saturday, March 16th, a Sita race between the boats of the harbor and those of the Yacht Club took place. Yice-Commodore Stillman, of the New York Yacht Clib, and owner of the handsome yacht now lying in the stream, offered a prize of $100 to the winner of the race, while the Yacht Club offered a beautiful silver prize constituting a second prize for the boat coming in second best. The start was made at 3 o’clock in the atter- noon, opposite the whart. The race was watched with inter- est for nearly an hour, when the winning boats crossed the line amid breathless anxiety of the friends of the two boats— the America and Alexis. The former won the first prize, and the Alexis the second, Both reached the home stake wing in pane cin Maree. No, 6—A, Mulholland, Balliol. .176 No. 7—*1. 0. Edwardes-Moss, Brasenuse.,.0..,--.0.2s0s---s 171k Stroke—*H, P. Marriott, BIAGe nose Coxzswain—!. Beaumont, New 08 No, 7—*1. B. Hockin, Jesug.. 188+ Stroke—*C. D. Shafto, Jesus.. lye Coxewain—G, L, Davis, Clare.106} *“Old Blues. '? Pua Cxiccen Sour.—Cut up the chicken and break all the bones. Putitin a gallon of cold water; let it simmer for five hours, skimming it well, The last hour add to “cook with the soup a cup full of rice or barley, and a sprig of parsley. When done let the kettle remain quiet a few moments ou the kitchen table, when skim off every parti- cle of fat with aspoon, Then pour all on a seive placed overa dish. Take out al] the bones, pieces of meat and parsley; press the rice through thesieve. Now mix the ae ape Bioeris of Pittsburg, Pa., Une: 2 eck to Billy Scharff, to row him a | rice by stirring it with the soups, unlilit resembles a smooth and the championship ' piores. Season with pepper and salt. ee ee | ational Zlastimes. BASE BAL, —The Hartfords, of Brooklyn—the new representative pro- fessional team of the metropolis—opened play in a practice ~ game nt Prospect Park, on March 24th, the day being the first spring afternoon they had hnd for the purpose. There was a large attendance of spectators, considerable interest being manifested in the new Brooklyn team. “The Hartfords did not have Allison, Holdsworth, or Stavt, but the rest of the tenm were on hand, Harbidge, Larkin, Burdock, Fergu- son, Carey, York, and Cassidy, playing in their regular posi- tions; Start and Holdsworth’s places being filled by Nelson and Quinn. The field side was a strong one, ineluding the well-known Leagne Alliance and International Club players: Knowdell, McCormick, of the Buckeyes; Dunn, McGuinness, Thompson, Daly, Roche, McGlynn and Bunce, filling the nine positions creditably. The pitching was very effective on both sides, but few runs being earned on base hits scored, The runs by innings were as follows: MTG eR ON UE 2 econ Nalyelf's om sade cele oy 0 4 Field Umpire, Mr, Duchorme. —The record of the tour of the Indianapolis Club up to the 22d inst., is as follows: FPOLAL EN denice ca cee hanes tee dein CUE. Donde 18 _ The victory scored in St. Louis was a noteworthy one, and it puts Indianapolis stock well up in the market. —The Hartfords will practice every fine afternoon this month on the Capitoline grounds until the Union grounds are in good condition for regular play, THe Miroer-Baver Wrestume Marce.—Probably the most wonderful and protracted exhibition of human skill and endurance which has ever been known was witnessed in this city on Tuesday night of last week. The occasion was a Greco-Roman wrestling match between Thieband Bauer and William Miller. Baner weighed, 192 pounds, and Miller 197, both giantsin frame and strength. From eight o'clock in the evening until twenty minutes past five in the morning they strained and pushed, and hugged without the match bemg decided, although Bauer wou one fall forty minutes after the opening. Both men were tevibly im earnest, and when the referee, with the bright momiiny Heht streaming into the cold and cheerles¢ bxlidmy, ordered them to desist, it was with bodies sore and blackened with bruises. New Yorx Arstume Cius.—The eighth annual spring games of the New York Athletic Club, open to amateurs, will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 30th. The programme is as follows: 1. 100-yard trial heats. 2. Throw- Ing the hammer. 3. One-mile run, 4. 100-yard- second trial heats. 5, Seven-mile walk (during iwhich will take place running high jump, in the ordernamed). 6. 100-yards final heat, 7. 440-yard trial heats. 8. One-mile walk. 9. 220-yard trial heats. 10. Tug of svar, trial heats. 11. 120- yard hurdle race, trial heats. 12. 440-yard final heat. 13. Three-mile walk (during which will take place pole-leaping). 14. 120-yard hurdle race, second trial heats, 15. 220-yard final heat. 16. Tug of war, final heat. 17. 120-yard hurdle race, final heat. 18. One-half mile run. Fivst two in each trial heat allowed to run im second trial heats, and first two in each second trial heat allowed to run in final. UNDOUBTEDLY one of the best and cheapest stocks of Carpetings, Oil- Cloths, Mattings, etc., etc., to be found in; the United States is that of Messrs. JonN H. PrAy, Sons & ©o., Washington 8t., Boston, IW, Adams is the sportsman of the firm, and will takespecial pains to please any of our friends calling upon him, or with any orders sent him. It is a good,reliable house.—Adv. Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and Importers, have always a large stock of sil- ver articlesfor prizes for shooting, yachting, racing and other sports, Bad on request they prepare special designs for similar purposes, Theic timing watches areguaranteed for ac- curacy, and are now very generally used for sporting and scientific requirements, Tiffany & Go,, are also the agents in America for Messrs. Patek, Philippe & Co,, of Geneva, of whose celebrated watches they have a full line. Their stock of Diamonds and other Pre- cious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes anid Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, and the public are invited to visit their estab- lishment without feeling the slightest obliga- tion. mye purchase, Union Square, New York 122 FOREST AND STREAM. The Aennel, FOREST CITY KENNEL FOR IMPORTED SETTERS. Dr. Goldsm‘th’s celebrated dogs Plunket, Garrie, Rapp and Nell have passed into the above Kennel. Plunket and Rapp will be usedin the stud. For ser- vices and pedigrees address W. J. Farrar, Cleveland, O. Jan25-3m, WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB (FOR POINTERS.) Stnd dog Sensation; lemon and white, weight 60 Tbs.; winner of seyen prizes in England. Sirea by R, J. Lloyd Price’s Chanipion Jim, and from White- house's celebrated Champion Field Trial Hamlet and Rap stock; jost imporsed: 2} years old. Fee $35. Wor pedigree and fol! particnlars applyto DR W, 8S. WEBB, 7 West Fifty-fourih st., N, Y. febib uf Spratt’s Patent Meat Fibrine Dog Cakes. GENTINE NONE ARB O8 S8H1NO STAMPED From the repntation these Meat Fibrine Cakes have now gained, they require scarcely any explaaation (0 recommend them to the use of every one who keeps a dog, suffice it fo say they are free from salt, aud contain ‘dutés,"* the exclusive nse of which, in com- bination with meat and meal to compose a biscuit is Becirea tons by Letters Patent. Forsale in cases of 112 lbs. each. F.0.Dx LUZE, sole Agent, 18 South William street, New York. Special terms to dealers. DOGS CANNOT SLIP THIS COLLAK No matter how yiolenwy thy pull, cubis coliar will not cheke or injure the dog, lade of heavy bridle leather witli wickle plated trimmings. S ut by mail with name of doe or owner on name plate for $1.00. Manufactured by Thomson & on, SO1l Broadway. N. ¥. jand-tf Flaas, Fleas! Warms, Worms! STHADMAN’S FLEA POWDER FOR DOGS. A Bane to Fleas--A Boon to Dogs. This Powder is guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or any other animals,or money returned, Itis put up in patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which greatly facilitates its use, Simple and efficacious. Price 50 cents by mail, sostpaid. ABECA NUT for Worms in DOGS. Acertain remedy, Put up in boxes containing a doz— 60 powders, with full directions for use. Price 50 cents per box by mail, Both the above are recom mended by fod and Gunand ForzsT AND STREAM. HOLBERTON & BEEMER, 102 Nassau St., New York, oct 12 SLEAFORD (In the Stud,) Fee--Thirty-Five Dollars. Address ST, LOUIS KENNEL CLUB, marii-at 76, Pine St.. St. Louis, Mo. REAKER WANTED.—A GENTLE- man wishes to engage a. competent breaker te take charge of is kennel. Must be strictly temperate, of good disposition, and thoroughly understand the management of dogs, Must be willing to drive if regnired. Address P, O. Box 647. Baltimore, Md., or apply at this office, OR YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL Stock from the choiceet breeds inquire of M. P. McKOON, dec28 6m Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y. ORSALE—A FINE LOT OF SCOTCH, Skye, Dandy Dinmont, and Black-and-tan ter- riers, sporting Dogs, Maltese cats, Ferrets, &c. Medi eines for all diseases at L. N. MEYER, 45 Great #ones street, N. Y. Sept21 ly. OCGKER SPANIEL PUPS for gale—two dogs and three gyps. Allliver and white. Very handsomely marked. Best of stock, Also, Red Letter Dog ‘‘ Mike."" Thoroughly broken, For particulars address Dz, P. FE. Day, Bristol, R. I. latices. FOR $2.00 AM HAPPY TO INFORM MY MANY friends and customers that I have now ready the must Complete Game Bag ever In ented, it has capucity for 75 Quail, Pocket room for 50 shells, is very light, weighing botafew ounces. Itean be worn Over 4 business coat, or can be worn under, 2s you please. The material is water-proof drill, Sent post puid on receipr of price. Money refunded if not satisfactory. Send chest measure only. W. H. HOLABIRD, Valparaiso, Ind. marli3m. ESSONS IN FLY TYING,—By an ex- perienced fly-dresser. Refer to abey & Imprie, 48 Maiden Lane. Address JOHN HAILY, 326 Henry Birest, New York. Oct 12-6m, dlotiges. SECOND HAND GREAT REDUCTION. 1 TOLBY TOP LEVER, 12-bore, 2 SCOTT'S: 1 side leyer, and 1 top lever. 1 GREENER TREBLE WEDGE, fast, 10-bore. 1 DOUGALL 12-BORE, 2 BARKER'S and 3 WM. MORE’S BREECH-LOADERS H. C. SQUIRES, No. 1 COURTLANDT STREET, New York, 100,000 BROOK TROUT FRY, From Two to Four Months Old, FOR SALE VERY CHEAP, AT Crystal Springs Fishery, Randolph, Catt, Co., N. ¥. Shooting Suit £10, $10, $10. Warranted better than any in the market. Sent by mail for $10.75. 1,000 testimonials on file, which say that ‘Holabird makes the best Shooting Suit in the World.** his Suit is to beat the cheap trash in the warket, which sell for more money, Should you want anything extra-fine I can make it. Send for iny Circular Price List and Sample of Goods. mar22-3m W. H. HOLABIRD, Valparaiso, Ind, Wild Fowl Shooting. HINNECOCK BAY,—WM. L. LANE announces to his sporting friends that ducks and geese are atriying in great numbers, and the prospect for good shooting is now excellent, Live wild geese and other decoys, batteries, boats and promp attendance at ull times. WM. N. LANE, Good Ground, L. 1 mars 6 Complete SALMON ANGLING. DEPT, OF MARINE AND FISHERIES, Fisuerizs BraNncu, Orrawa, Sth February, 1877. = Wy RISrEN OFFERS will be received to Ist May next, for the SALMON ANGLING PRIYI- LEGES of the following rivers: Natashquan (Worth Shore). Mingan. do +omaine (near Mingan). Vrinity (near Point des Monts). St. Margaret ‘en bas). Trout (near Moisie). Mistaasini (near Godbout), Beescie do Malbaie (near Perce), Grand Pabos do little Pabos COE Tobique [New Brunswick]. Nashwaak 0 Jupiter [Anticosti Island], Salmon Rent per annum to be stated; yance. Leases to run for from one to jive years. Lesgees to employ guardians at private cost. By order, W. F. WHITCHER, Commissioner of Fisheries. payable in ad- marl5—3t. pees RIFLE FOR SALE CHEAP. 44 cal., chambered for 717 grains powder. Address, *‘T,” Forest and Stream office. it Ludlow "Trout Co. PBR00k TROUT FRY FOR SALE IN any quantity to suit parties. Fry delivered if required W. H. CROWELL, Ludlow, anll—3m Mc Kean Co.. Pa. “BROOK TROUT FOR SALE. S@-The undersigned wishing to close out a partner- ship will sell his stock of fry yearlings and two-year olds, at low prices. F, W, Epvy, Randolph, Cattaraugus, N.Y. OR SALE, OR TO LEASE—A FARM of fifty acres, good buildings, including new dwelling, fifteen minutes’ ride from Stamford depot. Especially adapted to fish culture. About thirty acres arable Jand and orchard, pond eightacres, with facilities for making another if desired; twelve acres woodland, nutural trout streams. For further partic- ulars apply to W. 8. JARVIS, 221 Canal street, Maria-3t. LOOMING GROVE PARK ASSOCIA- TION, One share in above Association for sale ata yery low rice. ‘he best Game Preserve in America. Trout, jack Bass and Pickerel fishing. Address SPORT, this office, Feb22-tf. Fires SALE CHEAP, AGreener treble wedge, fast 10-bore Breech-Load- er—choke bored; built specially for pigeon shooting or ducking ; rebounding locks ; pistol stock ; very fine proportionate gan. Also, a 12-hore gun, same system, Apply to H. J, WARNER, 67 Exchange Place, Room 18. Hotels and Resorts for Hporigmen. Bromfield House, Messenger Bros., 65 BROMFIELD STREET, Boston Masa, The House for PROX LARS. G) Sportsmen's Routes, TO SPORTSMEN: THE PENNSYLVANIA R, R. COMP’? Respectfully inyite attention to the Superior Facilities Suortsinen’s Routes. GREAT SOUTHERN riot Passat Li afforded by their lines for reaching most of the TROT- ) {NG PARKS and RACK COURSES in the Middle States. These lines being ONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the difficulties and aan- gers of reshipment, while the excellent cara run oyer the smooth steel tracks enable STOCK TO BETRANS- PORYVED without failure or injury. The lines of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company an all the principal cities to KANE, RENOVA, BRD FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, and Still Hunting. Also, to TUCKERTON, BEECH "HAVEN, CAPE MAY, SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST renowned forNALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN AND FEATHER. D. M, BOYD, Jx., Gen’! Pass. Agent. FrRANE THomPson, Gen’! Manager. feb17 tf ANSION HOUSE, FERNANDINA, Florida. A first-class house, at the,most at- tractive winter resort in the Sonth An ocean beach twenty miles iong, surf bathing. hunting and fishing, Deer In the beach hammock, snipe, rail snd duck in countiéss numbers in the creeks and marshes, Direct connection by rail and steamer with the North. M. W. Downie. Proprietor. Sept7-7m. FOR FLORIDA. +, OR THROUGH TICKETS TO FER- NANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, 8ST. AUGUS- TINE, SANFORD, ENTERPRISE, andintermediate landings on ST. JOHN’S RIVER and interlor points in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, Gen’! Agent, Philadephia and Southern Mail 8. S. Co., 416 Sonth Delaware Ayenue, Philadelphia Decl4-ly “THE BERMUDAS.” OW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHT- FUL Winter Resort, is reached in seventy -hours from New York, and being surrounded by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an equable temperatare of about 70°. The elegant British Steamships “Bermuda” and *Camina,”’ 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- ger travel, are dispatched from New York for bermu- da fortnightly, making connection at Ber=uda with steamers for S:. Thomas and West Indies. For full information apply to A. E, OUTERBRIDGE, Agent, 29 Broadway, N. ¥. Dec?i-ly. To Florida & the South SEASUN OF 1876-7. Atlantic Coast Line of Railways and Connctions N. ¥. OFFICE, 229 BROADWAY. No. 1.—6:00 p. m. Daily all rail to Richmond, Wii- mington, Columbia, Augusta, Aiken, Charleston, Sa- yannah. All Florida and Southern points, In this train Pullman sleeper New York to Richmond, Parlor Cars thence to Wilmington. Pullman sleepers thence to Charleston and Augusta, and Pullman sleeping cars beyond as route may be. 4 No. 2.—8:40 a. m, daily (except Sunday). Allrai to Richmond, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, and all Florida points. =, No. 3.—9:30 a. m. daily (except Sunday) via limited express to Washington, and thence as by Schedule No.2. On these trams Pullman Parlor Cars New York to Washington. Pullman Sleeping Car Mil- ford (supper house) to Wilmington, N. C. Parlor Cars Wilmington to Charleston. Lucas sleepers Charleston to Savyaunah. Elegant Day Cars Savan- nah to Jucksonyille. r No. 4.—8:40 a. m, and 9:30 a. m, daily (except Sunday), All rail to Baltimore. Bay Line to Nor- folk. 8.&R. RK. R. to Weldon, thence as by Sched- ule No. 1. On these trains Parlor Cars to Baltimore, Bay Line steamers to Portsmouth, Parlor Cara to Wilmington, and thence as by Schednle No, 1. For the reseryation of Sections, Compariments, Berths or Chairs, Tickets, Time Cards, and all infor- mation, apply at the New York Office, 229 BROAD- WAY, or al the authorized ‘Ticket Offices of the Pennsylvania, and Baltimore & Ohi® Railroads. One half of each Parlor aud Sleeping car of this line sonth of Richmond js constantly reserved at New Yorlcefor accommodation of passengers by the Atlantic Coust Line. sooo; POPE, Gen. Pass, Agent. Charleston, S.C, The South and the Southwest AND THE FLORIDA PORTS, EVERY Wednesday and Saturday At 3 o’clock P. M. From PIER 29, N R. * CITY OF ATLANTA, CHAMPION, Capt. M. 8. Woodhull. Capt. R. W. Lockwood. GULF STREAM, G. W. CLYDE. Capt 5, Crowell. Capt. Tngrahm, The above steamers haye been handsomely fitte- up for the convenience of passengers, and are unri yalled on the coast for Safety, Speed and Comfort. Close connections at Charleston with the fayorite and well-known Florida aac DICTATOR, Capt. Vogel; CITY POINT, Capt. Scott, for FERNAN- DINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, PA- LATKA, ENTERPRISE, MELONVILLE and all points in Florida. EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES. ee" Insurance to aa ONE-HALF OF ONE Goods forwarded free of Commission. Passage tickete and Bills of Lading issued and signed at the office of JAMES W. QUINTARD & CO., Agents, No. 177 West Street, cor, Warren, or W.P. CLYDE & CO., No. 6 Bowling Green. Throngh Freight Tariffs, Passage Tickels by all routes and to all poimtsin the South and Southwest, and farther information can be obtnined at the office of ENTLEY D, HASELL, General Agent, Great Southern Freight Line, 317 Broadway, corner of Thomas street. dec ly OLD DOMINION LINE. The steamers of this line reach some of the finest waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the conn- try. Connections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb's island, and points on the Peninsula. City Point Jumes river, Currituck, Florida, and the mountainous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk steam- ers sail Tuesday, Thureday, and Saturday; Delaware steamers Monday and Thursday,3 p.m. Full infor- mation given at office, 197 Greenwich street, New Vork rep2s8 iv a Sportsmen's Goods. DITTMAR POWDER WORKS MANUFACTURERS OF Titan Powder, Dualin, Rifle, and Shot-Gun Powder. 175 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, MASS. The attention of Riflemen and Sportsmen is called to the Rifle and Shot-Gun Powder which Mr. Dittmar has succeeded in bringing to a state of perfection, Yor cleanliness, pattern, penetration, range, uniform- ity, little smoke, recoil, :eport,and heating of barrel in rapid fring, this powder is ulisurpassed. If this powder becomes wet by exposure, it can re- main so for anylength of time without injury, it beilig just as good after drying as beforc, The Dittmar Titan Powder and Dualin, for blasting and mining purposes, are now in general use, and stand at the head of this kind of explosives. Mur.29tf Improyed Climax @reaser, Loader, Cap-Expeller and Shell Extractor, with Reversible Loading and Cressing Cylinder, Price, $2, 50. Algo the **Hold Fast” shell extractor, Price, 75 Cents. For Sale by all gun dealers. Address W. B. HALL, Laneaster, Pa. mars tf The United States Cartridee Co. Lowell, Mass. Manufacturers of the Central Fire, Solid Head, Brass Shell, Bence tine Cartridge, ured by the Army and Nayy of the United States and several Foreign Governments, All kinds of Rim Fire Am- munition. Special attention paid to orders for Target Prac- tice Cartridges. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. neh te & SONS, Agents, New York City. mar. THE 776 SHOOTING COAT, (PATENTED). First Class Shooting Garments, In great variety. Send for Circular. GEO. ¢. HENNING, Mvashnwtoa Cy BebRe-Ly _--~— Bienes onl THE “BOSTON LOOTING SUIT. NOW RECOCNIZED AS THE Standard Outfit [FOR SPORTSMEN. Hach Garment Distinctly Marked: BOSTON SHOOTING SUIT, MADE BY G. W. Simmons & Son, 32 to SS North &t., Gak Hall, Boston, Mass. PRICE $13 Sample of Material AND CIRCE TUAR:. ADDRESS: G.W. SIMMONS & SON, “OAK HALL,” BOSTON, MASS. * | — Sporismey’s Goods. SIGN OF THE GOLD SHIRT. lihamarg fu Bois, 328 Fulton St., THE SHIRT Popular MAKER, ElegantSearfs and Ties. From 50 Cents up. mar§ 3mos OF{StEeR S LOOT, HOLBERTON & BEEMER, 102 Nassau Street, N. Y., MANUFACTURERS Fine Breech-Loading Guns, Fishing Tackle and Sportsman’s Goods of every description, including Tents and Camping Ontiits, The Holberton Fly Rod for bleck bass and trout. Hand mace of 2d growth ash, lance wood and bam- pe sound reliuble rod; every one tested. Price $8, oO $12. Holberton’s celebrated Fly Books made to hold flies at foll length with Hyde's improved fly holders. James Florida Spoon, with extta hooks. The only trolling bait that will stand Florida fishing- ‘the Fox patent Breech-Loading gun. This gun is the best gun for the money yet offered to sports- men, Call and see the S50 Gun, AGENTS FUR Duncklee’s'Camp Stoves. Boudren's Patent Jack, Dash and Fishing Lamps, Niehol’s and Lefever’s Breech Loaders, Baker's Three-Barrel Guna. Dittmar Powder Kay's ( oncentrators. The Goss Hevolying Cartridge Belt. Bond's and Fenner’s Portable Boats Ira A. Paine’s Glass ball trap and Glass balls. H, L, Leonard's Split Bamboo Roda. Thad Norris’ Greenhart aud Split Bamboo Koda. Sarg, J. McBride's Standard Artificial Flies, Holberton’s Biack Bass flies for casting witha light rod. Good’s Moccasins. tongue and hurd soles. Hart's Metal Sheil, Eley’s Straw colored &hells per 100, 9Ucts Eaton’s celebrate] Rust Preventer and Lubriea- tor. Sportsmen will find the above worth trying as itis agreat preventor of rust and leading; no mer- cury. Syratvs English Dog Biscuits. Thomson's ard Boston Shooting and Fishing Suits. Rubber Goods, Hart’s and Leonard’s new Click Beels a great im- provement, etc., etc. Send 10 cts. for new Illustrated Catalogue con- taining hints on Fly Fishing, Shooting and Camp- ing, Eporting Sketches by Random Shot. Iiberal discount to the trade. FP. O. Box shiek jel ly ANT IMPORTERS OF New styles with water-proof Sportsmen’s Depot. (ESTABLISRED 1836.) First j.remium at World’s Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition. JOHN KRIDER, WN, E. Cor Second and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia. GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, FISHING TACKLE, RODS, RE@LS, LINES HOOKS, FLIES, LEADERS. SNOODS, ARTIFICIAL BAIT, FLY BOOKS, ETG., ETC. "Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies made to order, ALSO, “KRIDER'S” CELEBRATED CENTER ENAMEL SPLIT AND GLUED BAMBOO RODS, Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in great yarieties—Tax- idermy in all its branches. SPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. Repairing of all kinds. mard4 ly ACENTS WANTED. Goodyear's Pocket Gymnasium. ENDORSED BY THE MOST EMINENT PHYSICIANS. 2D The Most Complete System iy OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE Ever Devised for Home Practice. 100,000 in use by men, women and children. Used standing, sitting or reclining. Hundreds of graceful Movements. For home, office, schools, hospitals. * Price List.-No.1, for Chil- dreu4dto 6yéars, $1.00. No. 8, $1.10. " 2, for Children 6 fo No, 3, for Children 8 to 10, $1.20. No.4, for Children 10 to14, $1.80. No 5, for Ladies and Children 14 years and ee $1.40. No. 6, for Gentlemen of moderate strengt i Jaws No. 7, used by Ladies, Children or Gents, $2.00. 0. By Tor Gentlemen of extra strength, $2.50. Full set, fami use, 1 each, (1 to 6) Two 7’s and Two 8's, $16.00. Nos.7 and are fitted with a screw-eye and hook to attach to the wall or Hoar. A pair of No, 7, (84,00), or 8, ($5.00), make a complete Gymnasium and Health Lift. Sent post-paid on receipt of price. Exclusive Agencies granted in unoccupied territory. Exclnsiys rights to sell the Pocket Gymnasium afford the largest possible returns for small invertments. Tts sales aro nenrly universal wherever itis placed before the pub- lic and its merits fully understood. For Illustrated descriptive circulars, terms, &c., address, Goodyear Rubber Curler Go P. 0, Box 5,166. 697 Broadway, New Yorks EUNBER GOODS OF EYERY DESURIPTION, +5, FOREST AND STREAM. 128 Sportsmen's Goads, Sportsmen's Goads, PATENT CAMP STOVES---4 SIZES: Matehless Cigar Lighter. < | Suostitnte for tronbis- some and danyeroua matches. Wil Jivh. a NO, 0 CAMP a NE Cigar, Cigarette or Pipe DIMENSIONS in any kind of weather; every smoker shonld PACKED, havé one; can befcarried in the yest-pocket. Sent by mail, post-puid 50 cents. Send stamp for Catalogue of Novelties and Sporting Goods, FISH & ‘SIMPSON, 18Y Nassau st., N. ¥ augl7 ly Good’s Oil Tanned Moceasins The best thing eyer worn by sportsmen. Notinjured by wet- ting and drying —always soft and easy to the feet. l’our dif- ‘ferent styles. Prices to see suil. the times. Send for illustrated circular and price list. (Successor to Frank Good), MARTIN 8. HUTCHINGS, P. VU. Rox 348 Dover, N. H Holberton & Beemer, 102 Nassan st., N. ¥,, Agents, 10x12x14, Mi WEIGHT 22 Les. COST $11*50 @oating: RUSHTON’S HURTING & PLEASURE ROATS. Combine BEAUTY STRENGTH and STEADI- NESS, The LIGHTHST sporting boat in the world, Weight, 25 pounds and upward, Will carry two to four persons and baggage. Cedar siding, oak keel, stems, etc, (do not fold up). Aleo CANOSS, weight 35 ponnds uv. H. RUSHTON, Manufacturer, Cun- fon, St. Lawrence Connty, N. Y. Mar 9, ly Fenner’s Poriable Boat Meets the demand of sportsmen for a boat which is light aud compuct to carry. easily and quickly made for the water, stron, steady, noiseless, of light draneht, and of the form best adapted to general use. Fonr sizes made fer one to six men, costing from $35 to $60 New ‘valise” pattern for one man; packs 11x22x27 inches, and weighis25 pounds. Uan be seen at Wolverton & Beemer’s, New York, and Bradford & Anthony’s, Boston. Address C. A, FENNE®, Mystic River 1 ang24 fm fishing Tackle. A. B. SHIPLEY & SON. Ua Wiig, 2 *paxoug-duruy - ‘oN ‘OO Sis 389D "BQ, OF IUBIOM tO@XCINSL Fine Fishing Tackle, FISH RODS, MOUNTINGS, &ce. Shipley’s “Prize Medal” Split Bamboo and Green Heart Tront, Salmon and Basa Fly Rods, Reels, Lines, Leaders, Floats, Artificial Flies, Bone, Metai, and Nickle Sqnids forSea, River und Brook Fishing, A SPECIALTY OF THE CELEBRATED Creen Heart Wocd. for Amatuer rod makers. Prize Medal Awarded at Franklin Institute 1874, and Centennial Exhibition 1876, for Rods, Lines, Reels, Plies, Artificial Baits, &c, marl-6m 503 Commerce st,, Philadelphia, CONRGY, BISSETT& MALLESGN, 65 Fulton St., N. Y. Six Strip Split Bamboo Ely Rods A SPECIALTY. $25 Each Quality Guaranteed, ALSO COMBINED GREEN HBART AND SPLIT BAMBOO RODS, BUTT AND JOINT OF GREEN HEA aan oul TIPS OF SPLIT 830 Each BLIES, LINES, &c., AT RE- | ‘DUCED RATES. I make a Kit similar to No. 0 without vven, weight i9 lbs, cost $10. These stoves are durable and give universal satisfaction, Within three years over 1,500 of these camp stoves have been sold. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. H. kL. DUNCK LEB, Box 2710. Boston. For sale by NOLBERTON & BEEMER, 102 Nassan street, N. ¥, a SURE CURE—UNEXCELLED.* "Sle JOAON Pleasant to Take. Recommended by the Medical Profession, fey Founded July 4, 1808, Feb15 6m L.H, ABBEY. SEES? Cran, = Special, 48 Maiden Lane. Nee 0. Box 1294 S5Liberty Street.) NEW YorRK. ABBEY & IMBRIE, (Successors to Andrew Clerk & Co.) New York, London, and Redditch, Importers, Marufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers 10 FISHING TACKLE very Description and Quality. We pariicniarly call attention to our extensfye as- soriment of fine goods for sportsmen, such as Salmon Tront, and Black Bass Flies and Snell Hooks, on hand and tied to order; Cnttyhunk aud Pasque Islands Bass Lines, Water-proof Braided Silk Lines, ete., ete, Every gennine H, L. Leonard’s Six-Spliced Bamboo Salmon, Trout, and Bass Rod is marked “HB, L, Leon ard, maker, Abbey & Imbrie, sole agents.” Beware of imitations. Sole agents for the McCord Patent Cellnleid Black Gass Reel, and Aiken Black Bass Rod. Propnetora of the celebrated Winchester Patent Braided Reds. Sole importers of Joseph Wartin's Drill-Eyed and Hgg-Hyed Needles. _ arties fitted out with appropriate tackle for th Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, Adi- rondacks, etc,, etc. Orders by mail will receive the personal attention of the firm; C, F. lwsrre, Thos. W. Sparks, Shot and Bar Lead MANUFACTURER, Office 121 Walnut St, Philadelphia 124 a FOREST AND STREAM, ishing Tackle. CARD. Dr. Fowier’s Celebrated Six Strip Bam- boo Fly-Rods, Improved and finished without cutting away the enam- el. The strongest and handsomest rodain the world. Private orders solicited for all kinds of fine tackle. Rods sent per 6xpress on approval. Send for celrcu- Jar. A, H. FOWLER, Ithaca, N. ¥ NORRIS’ FLY RODS, Of greenheurtand rent and glued bamboo, for trout, salmon and basa, Also (rout, salmon .and bags flies, reels, lines, leaders,, fly books. etc., ete. Agent in New York for roils, HOLBERTON & BEEMER, 102 Nassau 5h, Wernles and other materials furnished to amatenr rod makers, Thaddeus Norris, 208 WEST LOGAN SQUARE, PHILA. s (CELLULOID PATENT.) " Trolling and Click Reels. The finest Reels made light, durable and finely finished, Ask your dealer for them. GEORGE EF. HART & Co,, Newark, N. J. Referto Dr. W. W. Ely, Kochester, N. Y., anc Dr, J.R. Romeyn, Keesville, N. ¥. jo20u". McBride Flies. Medal and Diploma from Iniernationul Exhibition Philadelphia, 1876, decreed for exceedingly neat werk with solidity of construction. A fine assortment of flies for trout, salmon and bass constantly on hand. Also casting—lines. Flies carefully selects for any locality. Goods promptly made to order from en attern desired, Address SARA J, McBRiDE, umford, Monroeco,, N. Y.. Holberton & Beemer Sole Agents for New York and vicinity. febib-4m. ALL. LEONARD. Manufacturer of Fine Fly, Bass, Salmon and Trout Rods of Split Bamboo, or any desired material, and Improved Lizht Reels. Sold by all principal dealers in fishing tackie through- ont the United States. Every variety of Fishing Tackle always on hand, ARTIFICIAL FLIES TIED TO ORDER. Noves-t? Baneor, Maine. , Seeds, Plants, Ete. combinea CATALOGUE | srr EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN | Numbering 175 pages, with Colored Plate, § SENT FREE To our customers of past years, and fo all purchasers of our books, either Practical Floriculture, Gardening for Profit, ot Gardening for Pleasure, (Price $1.50 each, prepaid, by mall.) To others, on receipt of 25c, S4 Plain Plant or Seed Catalogues, withou! i Fy plate, free to all, Cdl Seedsmen, Market Gardeners and Florists, yi 35 Cortlandt St., New York. PLANTS PALMS, DRACA NAS, CROTONS, xp OTHER Ornamental Foliage Plants, WELD ADAPTED FOR Exhibition Purposes, ; oR FOR OONSHRVATORE DECORATION: THE NAW Light Pink or Flesh-Colored Garnation, MISS JOL- tan (Gertificaté of Merit frof N. ¥. Horticultural ‘ociety). THE NEW) Donble Poinsettia, anda variety of other novelties. Small Palms, Eucharis, Cypripediums, &e., &c. Send for Catalagnts ree, to WILLIAM BEN- ee res . 1, of bes 101, Brooklyn, NX, BY MAIL FREE OF POSTAGE. They Speak their own Praise wherever Planted. E= The attention of MARKET GARDENERS aud PRIVATE WAMILIES is particularly requested, LANDRETH’S RURAL HEGIFTER AND AL MAWNAC, containing CATALOGUE and PRICES; miuiled without charge Lo applicants. DAVID LANDRETH & SONS, Founpep 1784. PHILADELPHIA, marl 3teow aints, PROTECT YOUR BUILDINGS. Which may he done with one-fourth the usnal ex- pense, bg using our Patent Slate Paint. (Fifteen Years Established.) MIXED READY FOR USE. Fire-proof, Water-proof, Durable, Eco- nomital and Ornamentul. A roof may be covered with a yery cheap shingle, and by application of this skate made to Jasi Trom 20 to 25 years. Old roofs can be patched and coated, looking much better, and lasting longer than new shingles without the glate, for 4 @ne-third the Cost Re-shingling. The expense Of slating new shingles is only about the cost of simply laying them. The paint is FrrE- PROOF against sparks or flying embers, as may be easily tested by anyone. it Stops Every Leak, and for tin or iron has to equal, as it expands by heat, contracts by cold, NEVER CRACKS nor scales. Roofs covered with Tar Sheathing Felt can be made waler-tight at a small expense, and preserved for many years. This Slate Paint is EXTREMELY CHEAP. Two gallons will cover.4 hundred square feel of shin- gle roof, while on tin, iron, felt, matched boards, or any smooth surface, from two quarts to one gallon are required to 100 square feet of surface, and al- though the Me has a heavy body it is casily applied With a brush. No Tar is Used in this Composition therefore it neither cracks in winter, nor rans in. summer, On decayed shingles it fills up the holes and pores, and gives a new sibstantial roof that will last for years. CURLED OR WARPED shingles it brings to their jlaces, and keeps them there. It fills up all holes in felt roofs, stops the leaks, and although a slow dryer, rain does not affect itin a few hours after applying. As nearly all paints that are black contain Tar, be sure you obtain our genuine article, which, for shin- gle Toofs, 18 CHOCOLATE COLOR, when first applied, changing in about a month toa uniform slate cvlor, and is, to all intents and purpo- ses, SLATE On TIN ROOFS our red color is usnully preferred, aa one coat is equal to five of any ordinary paint. For BRICK WALLS OUR BRIGHT RED isthe only reliable Slate Paint ever introduced that will effectually prevent dampness from penetrating and discoloring the plaster. ‘These paints are also largely used on ont-honses and fences. or as a priming coat on tine buildings. Our only colors aré CHocoLATE, RED, Brier RED and ORANGE. 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High up in air, some thirty feet or over, A wild white rose above the footpath clings; Fearless she clasps a tough, unyielding ash-trunk, Ana o’er the poo) gay wreaths of blossom flings. Idly I drop a pebble in the water, Hach sombre horsetail nods a plumed head; Like pearl or opal gem, the stone sinks slowly, Transmitted ere it reach its emerald bed, Mystic the emerald hue beneath the water, Weird like this tint hy which the scene isghaunted; Vainly L ask my senses if they wake, Or is the deep and silent pool enchanted? Now as the widening ripple circles shoreward, The plumed dusky warriors file away; The slender grass blades wave bright arms imploringly, Streaking with tender green the grim array. -Leatless, a gauot-armed giant oak, storm-scathed, In gnarled bareness oyerlangs the pool; Fantastic show its knotted limbs contorted, Grotesque and gray among the leafage cool. Caught here and there amid the feathered foliage, Are glimpses of the far hills’ softened blue, While overhead the clouds, snow-white aud fleecy, Float slowly on a yet intenser hue, From Norman times ‘tis said, maybe from Saxon, This calm treé-circlad lake secluded lay, Pure as an infant’s breast, its crystal mirror Baring its inmost depthe to gaze of day. Some specks there are, some clay-fakes on its suriaca, To opén view revealed, like childish sin; : Wo roots have they, nor downward growth, to canker The purity that dwells the pool within. Mystic the em’rald hue beneath the water, Fairy the tint by which the scene is haunted ; YVainly I ask my senses if they wake, Oris the clear and silent pool enchanted ? The swallow flits two-bodied o’er the water, Its four wings like a wind-mill’s sails out-spread ; Through the dark horsetails shoot the silver grayling, To seize the May-ly skimming overhead. Flying from lawless love—so runs the story— A maiden plunged beneath this silent wave ; Theres, where a holly sits ths bank so closely, Shesprang and sank—beyond all power to save, Six-hundred yearsand more since that dark legend— Legend that stained a king with lasting shame— Aud still the deep and silent pool lies crystal— Crystal and cloar as that poor maiden’s fame, Yet mystic is the hue beneath the water ; Unreal the tint by which the scene is haunted— Again I ask my sensesif they wake, Or if thesilent pool’s indeed enchanted ? —K. S. ., in Macmillan’s Magazine, —<—<—sae——__———_— For Forest and Stream A Gront Stream in Ganada. N one of my numerous fishing excursions in search of new streams to conquer, I met an Englishman named Barnes, who for a whole season was, in a piscatorial sense, a source of much unhappiness to me. How, or when, he came to the county I know not. I had my own sur- mises, that he might be an escaped convict or poacher. In height he looked quite six feet, or perhaps a trifle over, ani had one of the most powerful physiques I ever saw. He had not an ounce of superfinous flesh on his bones, yet so compact and well knit was his frame, that he gave one the idéa of being a much heavier man than he really was. His face wasa study in itself. Under prominent brows of iron gray hair, 2 pair of shrewd, gray eyes were shadowed at pleasure, or fashed out bold and keen when it suited his humor, A firm, cruel mouth, tightly compressed, lay under a nose which defied description, its otiginal shape haying been entirely lost, owing probably to various fisticuff en- counters, in which I have no doubt its owner had played an able part. A long, waving scar started from the left side of his slightly receding forehead, extended to the level of the lobe of his left ear, and vanished in the iron-gray whiskers, which completely surrounded his face, and formed an apt setting fora countenance which might have served as the original for the far-famed ‘Bill Sykes.” Barnes’ age might haye been placed anywhere between forty-five and sixty, His costume consisted of an old billy-cock hat, a much- worn, brown yelveteen shooting jacket, fairly riddled with innumerable pockets, a waistcoat and breeches of the same material, the latter extending to the knees, where they were met by leather leggings which fitted closely overstout brogans armed with huge nails. On all the occasions upon which I have had the honor of meeting him, he either had a fishing basket strapped on his should- ers, and carried a trout rod and landing net, or the fishing basket was replaced by a game bag, and the rod and net by a serviceable looking double-barrelled gun. Haying introduced the man, I will now describe his habi- tation. It was situated on the southern side of a hill, distant some five miles from the village of Blank, and consisted of a substantially built log house. The house was surrounded by a double stockade, the inner line of stakes being shorter than the outer, and sharpened at the top. A similar en- closure about ten feet wide led from the outer to the inner line of stakes. At each end of this enclosure or passageway was placed a high gate, the innermost one opening into a covered way which led into the log house, The habitation was characteristic of the suspicious nature of the man, and was evidently constructed with the idea of holding it against all comers. r The cerberus of this stronghold was one of the most pow- erful and savage looking bulldogs I ever saw, and in himself quite sufficient to deter any 6ne from prying into the secrets of Barnes’ habitation, or the why and wherefore of his hay- ing, in a civilized country, housed himself in such an extraor- dinary manner, His landed estate was sufficient to admit of a potato patch, and afford subsistence for his stock, which consisted of a pig and some poultry. Barnes had neither wife nor child, nor, so far as I know, relatives of any kind living. There was nota house within several miles of his, if Texcept the deserted log ‘cabin, once inhabited by an Irishman named Murphy. The latter was the only person who was ever admitted to terms of in- timacy by Barnes. The man Murphy I neyer saw, but hé must have been, in a different way, quite as original a character as Barnes himself. Murphy was notorious in the neighborhood for the extraordi- nary manner in which he gaye his evidence in the county court in a case where a man named Morgan was tried for the murder of his wife. On being placed in the witness box, Murphy testified as follows: ;, ‘Tt was afther tin o’clock in the mornin’, an’ seein’ no smoke at Morgan’s, I suspicted there was somethin’ out o’ the way, an’ goin’ oyerI looked in at the wind’y, and see Tom sitten’ there furnins’t the stove.” « “Pom’ sez I, ** What; sez he. ‘(Are ye there,’ sez I. ‘««T am,’ sez he. ‘“*Where’s Molly ?’ sez L ‘She's in there,’ sez he, pointing to the room beyant, ‘«Ts she did,’ sez I, ‘She is,’ sez he, ‘tas did as adure nail.” To return to our friend Barnes. I have said that Barnes was a source of much unhappiness tome, My unhappiness was, perhaps, some might say, the result of envy, inasmuch as Barnes was aware of the existence of astream, the wherea- bouts of which was unknown to me, and from which he pro- cured an apparently never failing supply of beautiful brook trout; frequently, when returning from an unsuccessful whip- ping of the streams in the neighborhood, unsuccessful com- pared with the doings of Barnes, for I seldom returned en- tirely empty-handed, I would fall in with Barnes fairly loaded down with the speckled beauties of the brook. All my efforts to discover thé source from which he drew his fmny wealth were unavailing. Whenever, in answer to & query of mine, as to wherehe caught his trout, he would, with a leer on his weather-beaten old face, reply ‘Well, master, I just hooked ‘em out’en Healy’s Brook.” TI in- stantly conyicted him in my own mind of haying given utterance to a wilful and mendacious falsehood. On these occasions he would attribute my want of luck to my inex- perience. “Wrang time o’ day” or noon, ete, With regard to Healy’s brook, there certainly was trout in it, a8 many a bare-legged urchin perched on the bridge which spanned it on the little by-road which led to nowhere, could testify. These urchins would occasionally pull up a trout or two of fairish size, and sometimes of such goodly proportions as to tip the beam at a pound or so. But these cases were the exception, and only served to proye that somewhere on the brook there must be haunts, unknown to any one except old Barnes, from which they had strayeu to become the prey of a wading boy. Numerous were the ex- pedients which I tried to get even with old Barnes, but one after another failed, and at last I was fairly driven to desperation, and to discoyer the source of old Barnes’ succéss became a mania. One day I would try the stream from the little bridge down to the river, of which it was a tributary, but all in vain, True, I would get an occasional trout, worthy of being netted, but this only served to convince me that at some places on the brook there was excellent fishing, and those places had yet to be discovered. Again, I would whip the stream upward from the bridge; but in this direction also the task seemed hopeless, for the brook, after babbling along through pleasant places for a mile orso, and affording a trout or two to lure me on, flowed through a frightful swamp, hedged in with windfalls and the debris of ages. Had I only persevered and fought my way through that reeking morass, my trouble would haye speedily ended—so often are we when on the very verge of a discovery disappointed. Howeverlam anticipating. Being driven at last to the conclusion, that unless I gained the desired information from old Barnes, his Eldorado would be forever closed to me, I determined to cultivate his ac- quaintance. I soon discovered that I had set myself no easy, task, Barnes, for a man of his class, being singularly reticent and unapproachable. My first advances met with a signal repulse, and almost completely discouraged me. It happened in this wise. I met him one rainy afternoon trudging toward the village, and stopping him, I said: ‘Well Barnes, what luck to-day ? rather a bad day for fish- ing, isn’t it?” “JT doan’t say that master,” he replied ‘‘the day’s all roight for them as has the hang o’ coaxin’ the fish up;I can coax them up when it’s rainin’ cats an’ doags.” “Ah yes,” I said; ‘‘but then youare an experienced angler, up to allthe dodges, and know every spot in the county where a trout can be found.” “J dunnot say as there’s much in knowin’ the best places, but them as knows how can a’ most allus coax up a trout when they loikes.” “Have you filled your basket to-day ?” “Noa, it's not a day to filla basket, but you can look for yoursen master” and he lifted the lid of his’ basket, disclos- ing a dozen or more of handsome trout, some of them up to a pound and a half in weight. “Did you catch those far from here,” I yentured. “A stout pair o’ legs wunnot take move’n an hour i’ the doin’ o' it, but I must be goin’ master; good day to ye.” Just as he was trudging off, T brought him to a halt again, and with a faint hope of still getting something out of him, proffered hima dram from my flask. At this his face brightened up with intelligence, and I thought I had him, as with unwonted benignity he accepted my proffer. *‘Here’s better luck to ye, maaster,” he said, as he put the flask to his mouth, and drained it of its contents, his lips going off with an explosion like a sky-rocket, as he finished, “Thank ye, maaster,” he said, returning me the empty flask, ‘‘that’s the roight sort.” Then, at a sturdy gait, he walked off again, leaying me completely bafiled and discomfited. I now tried my hand at getting information from the natives, but what I learned only tended still further to whet my curiosity. Old Barnes had the reputation of taking fish when no one else could, and, in fact, when he pleased, or whenever it was his interest todoso. If any one wanted trout, all they had to do was to offer a sufficient remuneration, and Barnes was neyer known to fail to be up to time with his basket of trout. To my inquiry, as to where he fished, the invariable reply was, “‘Henly’s brook.” ‘True, no one had ever caught him in the actof fishing Healy’s brook, nor had any one who fished Healy's brook ever approached anything like the success attained by old Barnes. Yet the fact, as to whether he eyer fished Healy’s brook at all, was never questioned. On following up the subject, I learned that old Barnes was a day or more absent on his fishing expeditions, which was assuredly a longer time than could be spent, speaking pisca- torially, to advantage, on any part of Healy’s brook mawnto me, Putting this and thattogether, Isurmised, thatso faras fishing Healy's brook was concerned, old Barnes’ was a fraud, 126 . FOREST AND STREAM, el nnd that lis suecess was due to fishing some other stream, possibly only known to himself. This conjecture once hay- ig entered my brain, 1 determined that there was but one way to solye the question, and that was, to dog old Barnes ! Now, this dogging old Barnes, although imperative, was anything buts comfortable subject for contemplation, and the more I looked at it the less I liked it, masmuch as old Barnus would most likely prove fo be the last person in the world who would quietly submit to any such operation as dogping. On the contrary, there was every reason to be- lieve that he would show fight, and in that case, the dogger would be sure, supposing that individual to be myself, to come off second-best, and, perlups, be thankful to escape with his hfe from the powerful thews and sinews of old Barnes, Yet, something must be done. Old Barnes was not only making me unhappy—he was wrecking me mentally and physically. He had, in fact, become my déie noir. At last the climax cume—old Barnes began to trouble my dreams, J dreamed that I putin operation my plan of dogging him; that he turned upon me, and in thetwinkling of an eye pitched me into the brook, and was, in the facile manner in which such things are managed in dreams, in the act of coolly fishing me out with his landing net, when I awoke from an unrefreshing slumber. Fully determined to accept all risks and dog old Barnes, T started out one fine afternoon in June in hops of getting sight of him, J crossed the little bridge at Healy's brook, and had walked about three miles in the direction of old Barnes’ stronghold, when I was suddenly brought to a stand- still by seaing that worthy himself, basket on back, and rod in hand as usual, cross slyly out of the woods on the upper side of the rond. Conyinced that he had not’seen me, I conceuled myself in such a way as to be invisible to and yet able to watch him. He looked about him suspiciously for a moment or two, trying to discover whether he had been observed; then, ap- parently reassured, he turned toward the village. When within twenty feet of where I stood, he, to my horror, suddenly halted, shifted his evidently weighty basket from his shoulder to the ground, and-seated himself upon a stone at the roadside. Spee hells of the city rang out a merry peal, as a party of ight of its redoubtable citizens moved for- ward, as aforesaid, IT anticipated a cheerful start, but by no means was prepared for such enthusiasm as I saw around meé. Many were hurrying to and fro, and, in short, there was aery of ‘4ire,” ab the very tinie when we were thus in pursuit of water, which probably accounts for the commotion. It Was & bright May morning, and om ample wagon, red, strong, and handsome, adorned with baskets, rods, etce., stutioned early at the appointed rendezyous, received its joyful passengers for un all-day ride. We had arranged to breakfast together at tavern some twelye miles on the way, where, while the table was preparing, the party amused themselyes with the game of quoits, which is one of the readiest, most available, and healthful of your recognized out-door sparts. Where on earth and whatis-G” Lake? Such inquiries arose spontaneously in the minds of someéin this meridian. For one, Llittle knew or cared, Enough for me that a jolly party of young men, friends and neighbors, were going there a fishing, and that I was cordially invited to attend—to join them. It was thus, for the time being, the one choice litce of all the woods. Tike Abraham, I went out believing, but not knowing whither I went. Lhave since fully ascertained to miy satisfaction, haying seen it, that it is a small, semi- circular Inke, like the letter G, not far from Piseco, Itis down on the wiap of Asher & Adams in Hamilton Qounty, but not 'obtrusive in its promimence. An all-day ride, enjoyable, and not without incident, brought ns to the end of the rond beyond Morchonsayille, where we conld ses or hear nothing of more hinise, where See censad and wild forest life begun. Thero abade joe Lane and another, who were to accompany us as guides. Where all slept that night I wonder, bitt cannot tell. Pos- sibly it was in a hay-loft, or barn, where [ too haye some- times véposed in analogous circumstances. I was assigned to the prophet’s chamber, a small, dark room, whose only means of Lght and yentilation wus through an aperture. However, there was a comfortable bed in it, and I slept soundly, thongh not dreaming of loves and roses. In the morning we commenced onr Pilgrim’s Progress—ten. in all— éach man with a packon his back, and if not a staff, then rod, in hand, for a seyen-mile tramp, ‘‘through ways un- inown, tangled, and steep,” where no horse conld go, as there was not aven a bridle-path, and trees were often as thick and cloge as '! blackberries,” One of the most amusing incidents of the route was the crossing of a wide, cold, and rushing stream, where the only bridge was that of a large, long, horizontal trunk of « fallen tree, whose roots were firmly fixed in the opposite bank, whence it extended itself to tapering across, several feat above the water, tll we could reach the tip. To get started on it was the dificult thing ; and a full half-hour was required to effect the passage. The party crossed apparently in natural order of the weights of its respective members. The lightest man was first over, and then, lighting his pipe, he seated himself, con amore, to enjoy the prospect of his sucvessor's struggles. One and another passed, when another—dipped. Still another's legs seemed at the meruy of the stream, and Were carried under, when he clung sturdily with his right arm to the bending tree, and worked his passage, till, where it was stouter and broader, with a bound he surmounted it. Must I confess that your humble servant was the heav- jest man, and therefore last across. But, as an offset to this, I claim to haye reached the opposite embankment (I scarcely know how) withdry feet. sLanghter interfered somewhat with dexterity. Could weall have refrained from it, we might have made the passage easier. On our return, by the way, a week later, the waters haying decreased, and my agility in- creased, I had the honor of being the first man across. G Lake is utterly secluded. Bounded by forests and high hills, it is not without attractions, Doubtless it would be more highly estimated if other lakes, larger and statelier, were not near. Such is the luxuriance of our inland water- system, that lakes ike G pass frequently under the name of ponds, It was formerly reported famous for its trout, but Ilium fui, Like that of many others, its glory is, in a Mensure, at least, departed. Wa were somewhat disap- pointed, Others had been there before us that very season, and in the wholesale business, too, though Jack Frost had not yet withdrawn, Whateyer may have been the cause, we found the fishing nothing extraordinary. There were no boats on the lnke, if l except a yery small, portable one, which was brought into the service of the lightest man of ourcompany. We fished from rafts already constructed. These consisted of logs, from four to six, according to size, fastened together and covered with bark. Blocks sawn from the logs, answered the purpose of seats. The rafts were moyed around from place to place by long poles. They were steady, water-tight, could not be upset, or raced with, but I have known tore conyenient and desirable convey- ances. Two fishermen were assigned to each, but in vain, if fly-fishing was in ptactica. No experienced fly-fisher will welcome another in the same boat, as lines ave thus sure to tangle, and rods are liable to be broken, An interesting aud novel feature of this excursion was, that a photographer was one of the party, prepared with in- strument, chemicals, ete., to take pictures of the lake and adjacent scenery, and likenesses of all the fishermen, I relate this the rather, as by experience, having foundit entirely” practicable, others may be glad to avail themselves of similar adyantage. Onur artist took us several times in &® group, as well as individually, just as we were without one plea, and a wild looking set of fellows we were under the circumstances. Our shanty is in this manner well preserved and perpetu- ated in remembrance, and even now, with all its tenants and appendages, itis before me, Fine yiews of the lake, with its rafts-and rafters, its sides, and mountains in the back-ground, are still in my possession, On one occasion, when slone on a ratt, seated, and im theact of throwing my fly, from anearshorein the woods Lheard a yoice, but saw no one, It was the yoice of our artist, directing me to keep perfectly still forafewmoments. Ididso, He was about to take a picture of the scene, through tha cross-branches of trees, and there am, visible through said branches, pin- ioned to this day. Haying returned to Joa Lane’s, we separated ; half of tha party went home and half remained. While there, or in that vicinity, [enjoyed more satisfactory sport dud had better success than at the lake, in West Canada Greek. I filled my bisket one day with quarter and half-pounders, and caught, at sunset, some particularly handsome trout. Three of us had peculiar luck. Parvus homo, in his little boat, had more than he could well attend to to keep from going down stream, and at the same time manage successfully nn ex- tra-large customer. However, he wasdetermined, of course, notto lose him, if possible. He held himself close to an alder-bush—ty fis teeti—in order to haye full use of his hands. After a yery long struggle with fish and tide, he succeeded in capturing a three-pounder; but this was the only one he had toshow. He is 4 yéry accomplished fisherman ; makes the best flies and rods in Central New York, which are much in request, I have one of his rods, and it is a beauty. Homo No. 2, sought a tributary brook, where he was assured that trout were numerous. He caught the most, numeri- cally, but they all were ‘‘fingerlings,” and should by fair rights have been returned to the stream. Itook the medial course, catching neither the largest, nor the most, but more pounds than either, and’ “the best mess of fish.” Indaed, they were a handsome show. So honors were easy, or divided. ; Our semi-party, fourin all, took s day to yisif. Wilmurt Lake, enjoying a delightful forest-walk through all the way up hill. There we found a party of greenhorns, who were fast becoming deyoured by flies. They complained much, but had no preparations or means of relief. Iwas happy to furnish tham a bottle of fly medicine, which pleased them more than any dainties which could be produced. We were glad to make acquaintance with the lake, and took a satisfac tory row over it, not attempting to fish ; after which, with thankful hearts and inyigorated strength, we turned our thoughts toward Utica, and concluded it was time to sing— *¢’Mid pleasures and palaces thoagh we may roam, There's no place like home, there is no place like home." UR. Utien, Jarry 22, 1877. SS ee —There is nothing more disturbing to the peave of a fam- ily than fora brother to attach his sister's ‘‘ bangles” to his dog's tail. - Si Way is adog’s tail liken decrepitold man? Ans,—Becanse it is in firm, For Forest and Stream. DUSKY LITIGATION. OLIAH JACKSON was the biggest, the blackest, the ugliest, the-e-e-e—but there, it's no use to attempt a description of him. Any man who could gaze upon Golish Jackson's physiognomy and physique for ten seconds, and turn round and blaspheme Darwin, is a traitor to his kind. Goliah was one of those blue-nose niggers, which go to sea & little during the fine weather of summer, and loafs round & big fire made of stolen wood during winter. Now, in the place of Goliah’s nativity was another ‘ kullud ypisson,” Mr. Sam, or Thm, Johnson, who kept boarding-house, in a. tumble-down shanty, for other ‘‘kullnd pussons," of suffi- cient respectability, Fall weather haying set in with- the usual local severity—that is, keen enough to curl a nigger up like a maple leaf, and turn his hide to a dismal mixture of purple, blue, and gray—Goliah decided on no niore coasting trips for that season, and took up his quarters with Mr. Johnsing” for the winter, under a special arrange- mentasto terms. For atime things went smoothly, but about mid-winter a disagreement took place, and Goliah re- moved to a rival estublishment. Thereupon Sam sued him, for an alleged deficit in the bonrd bill, before the district magistrates, Goliah appeared promptly—coming, the wags of the neighborhood said, in feo carts—and the trial began summarily. Sam pressed a claim for ‘free dollaths an’ thixty-free thents,” which Goliah denied, asserting thab he “didn't owe de dam niggah nuffin ‘cept a hammin.” De charge was seben an’ thixpence a week, an’ he'd paid up ebry ‘vidual red, an’ he be cuth’d ef he was gwine to pay any mo’ on dat sco’, so darnow.” Besides, he had ‘‘ done all da cho’es fur de houthe all winter long, ‘cordin’ to dé ’agree- ment, an’ let dat lyin' debbil ob a niggah deny it, if he dar.” On inquiry, such proyed tobe actually the case, the other contestant admitting it, without hesitation, himself. “Sam,” said the magistrate, withasperity, ‘Sam Johnson, you're an unconscionable rascal. How dare you come here and waste the time of the court, when you'ye no case af all, by your own showing?” Sam rolled up the whites of his excited eyes like a flash of heat lightning on a summer mid-night: «“T axes your parding, Massa Porter—but I has gota cathe, Dad G'liah owes me, *eaze I can’t ‘ford to keep him on dem rangements. Why, Massa Squire, jest look at him! Jest look at him! Who can ‘ford to keep dat monstrous, great, he nigger, for seben an’ sixpeise a week, and de cho’es—dam de clo’es! Why, Massa Squire Porter, he breed a faminly in de houthe—he did—-de dam wall-eyad, woollen-headed, sculpin-moufed hip-an’-bottom-up-amoth (probably Sam meant hippopotamus), an’I had to go and buy mo’ fish an’ tatersafo’ de winter half troo. Ebry meunlth’s wittals dat brack elemfunt take, he eat free dam great Labrado' herrin’, tater accorin’, an’ G-o-o-d knows how much bread! Seben and sixpence a week, an’ de cho'es be dam ! Massa Squire, Taxes you now, could you ‘ford to keep boardin’ houthe ye'self on dem ‘rangements, an’ feed sich a mountain ob a higgah as dat, dat'll eat ole Tophet, an’ chase de debbil clur into de middle ob de wilderness ?” But, notwitstanding Sam's eloquent appeal, ad hominem, he was non-suited, and left in high dudgeon, grumbling a threat of appeal to the Supreme Court, N. W, Brecrwiru. Hantsport, Nova Scotia, a fisn Cultage. ss MANAGEMENT OF TROUT DURING THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS. —— No, I. F the young stock has been skillfully and carefully if managed hitherto, the success of the fish farmer is al- most certainly established. ‘The really critical periods of fish-life are now passed, saye those unforescen contingencies, which are liable to arise in the form of epidemics among the fishes, or from overflows, which, if not thoroughly guarded against already, are sure to ruin the so far safely conducted enterprise. Yet, the practical fish culturist can discern no period, from the deposition of the spawn upon the hatching boxes until the trout are marketable, in which he can relax his energies or let down his watch over the thousands of wards hehas voluntarily assumed to care for, for his own be- hoof and profit. The period of sojourn of the fry in the first pond is briefindeed. We placed the last of our cropin it about the middle of April, and by the first of November they should be removed, in order that the aquatic plants may have time to prow and the insects, larve, and natural fish food of the pond may have time to increase for the next year’s occupants, The same method of removal as made use of on 8 previous occasion must be adopted in the re- moval of the fry to pond number two, Our fishes have now grown out of their infantile state, and require a more gener ous supply of food. ‘They have greatly increased in size, wid are qualified, in a measure to take care of themselves, The food question presents itself again, and in order to promote the growth of the fishes as rapidly as is consistent with their health, the supply should be abundant, cheap, and readily obtained, Hitherto the hearts and kidneys of slanghtered animals and the lary of flies haye been staples of supply, but now their rapidly increasing wants exceed our ability to obtain those varieties of food; hence we must haye recourse to such kinds as are moré easily procured and less expen- sive withal, There are many substances at this stage of growth well adapted to their voracious appetites—tor they do not seem to object to almost any kind of animal food, how- aver coarse in quality, only so that it is reduced to such parti- cles as are adapted to the size of their gullets, The lungs of lights of all slaughtered animals fill the bill 1m all re- spects, and when properly chopped are eaten with avidity. An aburidancs of those may easily be obtained, especially if fish farms are nesr large cities. These articles may be very easily reduced by passing them through a common sausage-cutter, the kind in which the knives are stationary, and the meat is forced against them by pegs on the cylindey, ag those eutters haying knives placed on the éylnders do not cut well, but disappoint the farmer, and render this operation extremely yexatious—a fact worth remembering, Tn those locations where fish farms are supplied with abundance of water, and the-supply source being elevated, fconyenient power may be constructed by the use of an 128 cyer-slot ‘wheel, thus cnabling the farmer to construct a sohvenient meat-house, when the labor of chopping meats tay be greatly abridged. In preparing food for the fishes for the second pond, the chipped meal should be passed through the cutter the second time, for the reason that young fishes are extremely linble fo become choked if the food is too coarse. Chopped lights when thrown into the ponds do not sink, and if the particles are not immediately seized, they float about nntil they are subsequently eaten by the more greedy of the fishes, until the feeding is all consumed, Asin the case of the solid meats, which immediately sink, the lights do not contaminate the water of the ponds, When Ssh farms are located near fresh water or marine fish- eries, the offal may be obtained and utilized into excellent food for trout. Where euring and packing is carried on, large quantities of the viscera or intestines may be pro- cured, which make excellent food when thoroughly reduced by the chopper. Animal food is what.is required, and that which is best and can be most cheaply obtained will show the greatest margin of profits to the pisiculturist. Ik re- quives from three to four years to perfect merchantable trout, and if-they are fed during this period upon expensive food and sold for a dollar a pound, breeding of troutis not f paying business . Pyom the time the young fry first require food until the period of marketing, though reaching only a pound im weight, individually a fish requires more food_ than almost any other animal. In feeding a stock of fishes whose aggre- gate weight, by estimate, equals aton, fifty pounds a week will be required, fed in equal proportions every other day. If coarse, uncommercial tishes can be obtained cheaply, they make excellent food for trout when passed through the chopper. It is profitable to breed fishes and feed them while small to trout; indeed, some fish culturists count this iaind of food as cheap, or cheaper, than any the farmer can employ. The fish farmer can stimulate the growth of his fishes by the use of a proper quantity of food, as well as the stock prower can perfect his meat stock for market, The size that trout can be made to attain at adult age wholly de- pends upon the amount of food giyen. As a rule, other things being equal, atront three years old will weigh a pound; while trout occupying waters that afford but little food, and are poorly fed, will appear as lank and poor as the the runts and stuntlings of an unthrifty stock farmer. Many arguments might be used to prove that domesticated trout will thrive only by the same generous supply of food that the pets of the stall require to perfect those stately figures that commend them at once to the dealer. A well-fed trout of adult age is one of the most beantiful creatures In his native element that can be found throughout all the groups of animated nature. With generous feeding tront will more than double their weight in a single season. it so falls ont, however, that among alarge number of fishes there are unthritty ones, in spite of the most generons feed- ing. Trout will not increase as rapidly after three or four years of age as before; hence, if bred for the market, it is greatly to the adyantage of the furmer to dispose of them when they have reached perfection. If is considered by all trout cul- turists that the rate of incrense diminishes with age; there- fore, after trout have reached the point of excellence known to dealers—marketing should at once begin in the proper season, when their fish is most delicious. While fish culture is yet In its infancy, fish farming may pay better dividends by furnishing stock for new farms in avaor small fry. A female of one pound weight will produce a thousand exes, which will sell very readily for five dollars. A thousand fry, as soon as the sacs are absorbed, will command from eight to ten dollars. While fish stock is so valuable, to sel] parent fishes for one dollara pound would truly exemplify the adage—‘‘destroying the goose that lays the golden egg.” Trout often spawn atthe end of the second year, and the product of ava is quite equal to that obtained from older fishes. It will be seen that the profits of trout culture are not so distant of attainment as those of many other indus- trial pursuits, founded upon capital and labor, What has been written regarding the management of trout two years old applies as well tothree years old, except in so far as quantity of food is concerned. Of course up to three years of age there should be an increase of food in the ratio of the ability of the fishes, In tracing this art down the lapsing centuries from a remote period, aid from the discovery of Dona Pinchon in 1620, throngh a period of more than two hundred and fifty years, we believe that fish culture under modern auspices is capable of being expanded into an in- dustry of vast proportions, It was long since declared that the city of Amsterdam was built upon herring bones, and if it is nol a fact literally, the saying symbolizes the fishing power of Hollund, and also illustrates af value of a single erop of the yast “‘haryests of the sea,” which furnish so large a part of the animal food consumed by the human family. Upon a continent so splendidly watered as ours, what a vast field is presented for the exercise of this great and valuable dis- covery. By ajudicions application of the art, our thousand crystal lakes and rivers may be made to teem with immense quantities of food for the millions who now dwell here and the duplicate millions who are to succeed them. We can see in our mind's eye that private enterprise will soon oscupy many of the available sites for fish farms all over our country, and under State and National auspices our now barren streams will soon be macde'to teem with every avail- able species of food fishes—both indigenous and foreign—a grand supplement to human subsistence derived from the Boil, Nason B. Barxon, MD. ——— WOODWARD’S CALIFORNIA AQUA- RIUM, Eprron Forest AND STREAM, The fine Aquarium Exlibition which Mr. Woodward is now taking athis Gardens on Mission Street, 14th and 15th Streets, §. F., for the benefit of scientific men and the public gen- erally, consists of sixteen free-stone tanks, with plate-ginss fronts, arranged on either side of aspadious hall, constructed in iinitation of a subterranean grotto, faintly illuminated by the light which is thrown from. aboye upon the surface of the water in the tanks, and pendenny. every movement of the finiy caplives perfectly distinct to the observer. The most perfact exhibition possible is thus obtained, and it is difficult 19 describe the novelty and the surpassing interest of the Bight, Phe work of stocking such an, aquarium is a large one and some of the ianks are still empty; but enough is to be seen to gutisty every one. Both salt and fresh water fish are pln, cach in its appropriate element. The tank containing the crabs, ctaw-fish, and lobsters attract the most attention, These queer pmimals can be seen in their grotesquences, crawling and creeping about, now upon the grayelly bottom, San Francisco, Feb. 28th. FOREST AND STREAM. and now climbingin their awkward manner up the side of the rough stones, piling themselvés npon one another, and sometimes bracing themselves up against the glass front as though to fake aleisurely view of their curious observer on the outside, There are senyengers which eat up the filth and decaying matter, the presence of which are so deleterious to the members of the finny tribes. Perhaps, the most curious of all is the tank containing the sea anemones, which look so much like plants, and which, in fact, form the con- necting link between the fowery kingdom and active marine life. ‘These anemones are in reality animals. If a morsel of fresh meat or fish is droppedin the centre of one of these beautiful floral crowns, their countless tentacular will in- stantly close upon it, and conyey it to the capacious mouth around which they play, waiting for the chance morsel which may come in theirway. After this moyement the florescense will again éxpand, and nothing willbe seen of the food. Several small sharks are seen disporting themselves in one of these fanks in company with some ‘*deyil fish ’—not those of the Victor Hugo stripe, however, Seyeral other queer- looking finny curiosities are also keeping quiet-company with the sharks, the usnally sharpened appetite of the latter heing probably subdued by the abundance of food furnished them by their generous proprictor—for eyerybody in this city knows Mr. Woodward is a generous providér, whether for man or animal, ‘ ; A great natural curiosity lately added to this aquariam is worth explaining to our many readers, ‘Ihis is a formation or junction of animal, mineral, and vegetable matter. The animal is a species of mussel, or clam, probably of the species of Pholas (Pholus ductylus),a bivalve. These little creatures make caves in various kinds of matter, as wood, chalk, limestone, or other hard substances. including shells of the common oyster—some selecting one and some the other—but all selecting a hiding place. The mode by which these pholades make these cavities has neyer been satisfac- torily explained. Some think it is done by the sharp edges of their shells, and others suppose they are aided by some solvent acid. ; The vegetable connected with this remarkable union of materials is evidently analega; and we believe itis a species of a large class of plants called Oseillaioria, found generally on sea rocks, or any substance at the bottom, whether it be oysters, coral, or stones of any kind. The mineral matter attached to this curiosity of nature has some part of it the appearance of bone, and another portion appears to be shell of some kind. It has the marks of ihe oyster. Altogether, this attraction and wonderful specimen of animal abode, in the shape of a small caye or cavern, forits evidently liying inhabitant, in both a vegetable and mineral material, rivets very closely the attention of the visitor to the inmate of the hollow so ingeniously excavated, which is seen to open and shut its shell-doors, no doubt for the purpose of feeding and nourishment, Ii is indeeda yerysnugand secure domicile. Whether it can emerge from it is doubtful; but perhaps it has grown too large for the opening, which is made in its more youthful stage or condition of life. This curiosity hangs suspended by a sizing in one of the apartments of the aquarium of these most-deservedly popular grounds, gardens and cabinets, An aquarium which is equal to most of those now established in America and Europe, and only a little in- ferior to that lately established in New York City, and Brighton in England; and certainly haying no rival westof the Rocky Mountains, It is continually supplied with new and splendid specimens from both our fresh and salt waters, and is a never-tailing object of attraction’ to the people of the Pacific coast. . f But I have no time to allude in detail to the rich and rare treat here presented to the curious, and would close this notice by remarking, that this interesting exhibition of ani- mated nature has been deyised and carried forward to its present success under the especial supervision of Mr. Charles Schnmann, who, at Mr. Woodward's instigation, has recently visited all the principal aquariams of Europeto study their models and management, in order to leave nothing un- done to make this a success in eyery particular. oO. 8. —— oe “MISSING,” PLANTING FRY, ETC af. Eprror Forms? AND SireaM. Im my short article upon planting fry, on page 81, issue of March 15th, about midway of the article appears the word “Missing.” It was notin my manuscript, and it destroys the sense of the article, L Since writing that article I haye additional convincing proof of the propriety of ‘turning ont” young fry as soon as the ‘‘sac" is absorbed. I received sevéral thonsand from My. Thompson in Noyember last, and temporarily placed them in a spawning race. By an accident the race became overflowed, and over a thousand of the fry were washed into the small stream below, During the past week we have been ditching the low land through which the stream passes, and turning the stream into the ditches. Im the deep holes wa found some of-the salmon about the size of our yearling brook-tront, or several times larger than. salmon of the same lot, which are yet ‘‘ kept up,” and well fed, Marrox P. Prmcr. Aquadule Ponds, Wenonuh, N. J., March 26, 1877. oe ——_ * Trour Conrurn rs Micuican.—Mr;, James Anthony, of Es- canaba, Michigan, sends tle following information: — ‘Mr, Young, seven miles from here, at Hye Landing, commencad trout raising last spring, and has now 500 large trout, 10,000 fry, and sbont 600 that haye commenced fead- ing. He has three pairs of twins. Five miles up Whitefish River, and twenty-five miles from here, Mr. H, Richmond has about 3,000 large trout; and at Trout Lake, forty miles from here, at the head of Whitefish River, Mr. J. Day has over 4,000 trout, weighing from a half to four pounds apiece. So Mapison, Ga,, March 27, 1877. Eniror Forest AND STREAM. Tam deeply intsresterin all that pertains tatish, have been experl- misnting with fish and ponds for seyen years; have received and hatched salinon-trout eggs donated by Scth Green; have carried black bass from the Schnylkill River and goli-fsh from Philadelphia, and now lave thren or four acres in sight Baparats pouds, rangimg up to ten feet {In depth, well stovked Will) different varietids of the ony tribe, I am oe- castonally charged With bavilily ‘ish aver,” andam tree toadnit thar my. pouds are more attractiyatu me ghan stock yard, poultry yard, or syen the well-luden fruit orchard. Tf you think an itéam oceagionully om failures and sijccesses in my ox- periments would interest any readers ol Fonmsr anD Stxeam, 7 will cheerfully contribute an oecazionsl mite, 5. H. [It would afford us much satisfiction to hear from our corvespondent at any time,—Ep. F, axp §.]. into the banks of the little creeks, have often thonght that if the birds I loudly protest against hemg called by names which de not - EE Oanp Av Buru.—The following recipes for cooking carp is taken from a book dated 788, written by aman named Briggs, chef de cuisine at the Temple Coffee-House. Carp au Bleu: Take a brace of carp (alive) and gut them, but neither scale nor wash them. ‘Tie them tonfish drainer, and put them in a fish-kettle. Pour boiling vinegay over them till ate are blue (or yon may hold them down in the fish-kettle with two forks, and another person pour the vinegar over them); then put ina quart of boilg water, a handful of salt, a stick of horse-radish cut in slices, and boil them gently for twenty minutes. Fold a napkin and put it in the dish: put them on the napkin, and garnish with pars- ley. Boil half-a-pint of cream, grate some horse-radish in, and sweeten it with sugar for sauce in a boat. Ba sure to send them up hot. Glatural History bd A Srpaxncr Canmrorym Tiss,—Mr, Throckmorton, one of the State Wish Commissioners, has presented to the California Academy of Sciences a specimen of fish caught in the salt marshes in Marin County. ‘The fish looks like an ordinary **bull-head.” Tts peculiarity consists in its mode of life. Some of Mr, Throckmorton’s land beyond Lime Point is ordinary marsh land, and he several titmes obseryed Ohinn- men at work at low tide, with shovels, apparently digging Last week he went down to see what they were about, and was surprised to hayé a Chinaman answer his question by saying he was *'‘ fishing.” Fishing with a shovel was anew experience to Mr. Throk- morton, although he has been"for many years an enthusiastic sportsman. On examination he found that the bank showed numerous round holes at abont the half-tide maxk, and the Chinaman took the shovel, sliced off some of the bank, and hauled several fish from one of the holes. The holes are similar to those made by swallows, and are in such a position that the entrance is nuder water abont half the time, The tide rises here about six feet, and the mouths of the holes are about three fest below high-water mark. They go straight into the bank o short distance and then turn down, so that when the tide falls below them they are still filled with water, although the entrance may he two or three feet above the water at low tide. They seem to have more of the habits of an eel than an ordinary fish, and the shin is alsoeellike, Mr. Throckmorton says the flavor of the ineat is also similar to an eel. The Chinese laborers gather great quantities of them at low tide. Wanrraam, Mass., March 13th. Bprror or Forest axp Stream. Harper's for March contains an article under the above cap- tion, by S. 8. Conant, who claims that no mammals, quoting the bear, deer, jaguar, pigs, squirrels, ruts. ete., can trayerse the water? or swim over twenty tiles, and as I claim to ba reasonably iiendly to onr animal kingdom, I propose to stand by and speak in their bebhalfin matters of knowledge per- taining to the sagacity and endnranee of the race. A journal kept by Capt. H. ©, Murdock, of the whaling ship Nassau, of New Bedford, reads, ‘‘June 18th, 1857. Shot a Polar bear and her cub twenty-two miles from Sea-Horse Tsland, Arctic Ocean. On the 25th shotan old hear ninety-five toiles from Jand ; when discovered was making forin iceberg, distance seventeen miles, which was stretched across the north- ern portion of the Arctic Ocean. The bear bore avidence of a long voyage. His carcass when dressed wejghsd over nine hundred pounds. Qne of his forepaws more than covered a provision beei-barrel.” Captain Murdock says he never captured a beat on the land; thinks there is no danger on the sea if you dow’t let brnin © get his foot in your boat,” It will ba sean that Captain Mur- dock captured three Polar bears in one week,,and, for anght T know. it was not much of « season for benrs either. and the distance from the land from which they are fonnd, shows con- clusivyely that mammals (at least bears) can swim more than twenty miles on one water excursion. [ due senson I will sey a word about deers, foxes, rabbits, the duck family, par- tridge and quails, brook and salmon trout, black bass, pickerel, our blnefish, bass, eto,, aquatic sports, embracing yachting and rowing. I yentuve the assertion, that in the diversily of sporting advantages contributed by nature, we are unsurpassed by any loéality from Cape May to the eastern shores of Maine. : Cyrus Ltsovat. [Our corréspondent has been misled by a newspaper entting. The article in Harper'y was not by 6.5, Conant, but was tylen from Mr. Wallace's recently published work, ‘‘The Geographi- cal Distribution of Animals,” chup, ii, p. 13. Theqnotations referred to land mammals, and of course did not include the white bear, which is only a Hitle less at home in the water than the seal.—Hd.] a NOMENCLATURE. a Mextoo, Oswego Co,, March 5, 1877. Eprror Forest Anp Sirrman. Tn yonr issue of March Ist T notices that “F. 1, G,,” under ‘Bag and Gun," speaks of haying seen and procured a pair of ‘English (7) snipe” im Orange County, Right here, T would ike to speak of an error which many of our sports- men frequently commit. Hither from ignorance or careless- ness, they neglect to call birds by their proper umes, Th is well-known that the tvve English snipe is nota resident of this country, and only a tare visitor; aud probably your correspondent referred to the American or Wilson's snipe (Gillinye wilseni*, which is so universally imiscalled inglisth T have known good sportsmen to call the white-, winged surf duck (Anew fuseo) the “Ameen Liacky duck; when there is aboutas much resembiohes helween the two birds as between the winllurd ond the Anerican coot! Thave also heard people apply the nameé of qhoodeoek to tha golden-winged woodpecker (Golapler ametis) I conld talk, they wonld > ; =i = = 23 ‘belong to them; and of being attributed to families of the general class wires of which they are not members. Ido uot helieve tliat more than one-half of the so-called sportsmen, or these who are constantly handling the gun, know the names of many of the birds they shoot, At least, I have ob- served such to be the ease, Any member of the feather tribe possessing webbed feet they call a duck, and those having slender mandibles and legs are called snipe, und so on through the list. Now, alittle care and observation would vemedy all this; and I maintain that it is the duty of every collector or hunter to ascertain the true name of any species that is hew ta him, or about which he has any doubts, To be sure, many birds of the same species differ in color and warblings at different times of the year, avcording to age, sex, ete,, which tends to mislead, but the main features and distinctive characteristics remain the same, and a careful ex- amination cannot fail to establish the proper name of any species, This fault is due probably in a great degree to the fact, that we are apt to accept the common or yulgar names of birds and other animals, rather than those laid down in the books. Wor instance, the buffle-headed duck is often called the ‘‘butter-ball,” the Carolina grebe, the *hell- diver,” the ruffed grouse, the “partridge,” ete., ete. But it lies in your power, Mr. Hditor, to correut this evil through the medium of your paper; and I have not spoken of it to criticise, but only asa hint to yourreaders. Meanwhile, believe me ever your well-wisher, and may you meet with the success you so richly deserve. Joun A, SAVERANCE. eee CROW BLACKBIRDS EAT FISH. os Pamapenert, Pa., February 23, 1877. Eprror Forest anp Stream. Many of your readers may be surprised to learn that the erow blackbirds (Quisealus junpurevs) eat fish, and that they also eateh them. Last winter, when I was hiding among the reeds on the shore of the St. John’s River, near Lake Jessup in Florida, with the expectation of shooting some ducks, I observed a commotion among the erow blackbirds in the vicinity. They were congregating in great numbers around a pond that commmnnicated with the river near the place where I was sitting. I suspected from their excited be- havior that ‘something was up"; that some unusual ad- venture was soon to occur, They were reinforced by fre- quent additions to their number, Their resplendent feathers reflected in diversified colors the rays of the post meridian sun, for, he it known, that the plumuge of these birds in the semi-tropical atmosphere of Florida is pre-eminently mote brilliant than in the comparatively rigorous climate of the North. Isoon entered with spirit into the circumstances of the occasion, and watched the course of ‘‘ornithological events.” Hyery accompaniment asserted the poetry of the Bcene ; : ‘Twas peaceful and seréne—the dey was fair; J quaffed the fragrance of the balmy air. The birds, with feathers puffed, strut proudly 'ronnd— With eyes expectant they survey the ground; They rammage o'er tha shore, and keenly pry, Then scan the water with a crafty eye. Justthen a greatsplash was heard in the water That startled the birds, but instead of flying away in alarm they made a stampede for the place from which the noise proceeded, and crowded the shore in its vicinity. Before I could compre- hend the significance of this performance another splash was mnde on the other side of the pond, and away scampered the birds to the same place, and the mystery was soon eluci- dated. The large bass, oftem called trout, in the fresh waters of Florida, being » yoracious fish, cause great terror and con- sternation fo the small fry, These frequent the shoal water near the margins of the ponds and creeks connected with tha St. John’s River, as a place of refuge and fancied se- curity from the attacks of their dreaded foe—the bass. The Jatter are shrewd enough to learn the habits of their favorite fond, and pursue them into the shoal water. Whey they make acharge at their prey they usually spring partly ont out of the water, making a great splash and noise. At the same time the small fry jump out of the waterin alarm, in their efforts to escape, and many of them fall on the shore. But they find the ‘‘tire” just as uncomfortable as the ‘‘frying- pan,” as the blackbirds, being on the lookout for the assault of the bass, pounce upon the unfortunate small fish and - gobble them up before they are able to'scramble back into the water. This peformance was repented many times, and was still proceeding when I took up my departure, On one ocension [examined the stomach of one of these bass in order to ascertain what he had taken for breakfast, In it I found a rat, thathad evidently been imprisoned only a short time, et THE WOODCGOGK IN FLORIDA. JACKSONVILLE, March 15th. Enrtor MoRwsT AND STHHAM. Treoiyed, onthe 9th of this month, a brood of woodcock, four in number, which hed, evidently, bot jast left the shell. They were laken in low pine woods, within a mile of thiacity. Ido not ever remember huying heard that the woodcocl bred south of Virginia, and T believe that this is an entirely different species, which does not miérate, - R. D. Hort, [Ow r‘aders wil! remember that, a short tims since, our correspondent, Mr. Geo. A. Boardman, reported wood- cock breeding in Florida, and now Mr. Hoyt gives us an- other instance of this uiusnal occurrence, We noticed in February a remarkable flight of woodcock, seen about Charleston, 5, C., at which time great numbers were killed by the gunners of tiat city during the two days of their stay; a little later hundreds were killed abont St. Augustine, Mla., where the species had seldom been seen before. It looks as if the extreme seyrrity of the earlier part of the winter had driven tha woodcock far south of thei! usual range, and sone of tham ave evidently breeding a long way to the south of their customary summer honjes.—Eip, ] a SAGAOITY OF A PICKERBL. —_—_—_—_- f\ few years ago I was with afriend fishing from a large rock by the side of » pond; the rock set partly out in the water, so that we could see the bank on either side. Abont ‘three rods to our right a dead or leafless bush hung ont over the water, spreading oyer seviral faut of surface, but the branches were not yery thick While standing on the rack FOREST AND STREAM. was toward and sonie two or three fect fromthe bank, Think- ing if a little curious to see a pickerel act that way in such a place, Llet the matter drop for the moment, bub very soon we heard a fearful outery from a frog in the direction of the bush. Looking that way wesaw what was apparently our new acquaintancé, his whole length out of the water on the bank, with a nice frog in his mouth, Froggie was pleading Iustily to be let, alone, but picker had taken his pick and was deaf to all arguments, and witha gleaming eye for business he flipped about until he reached the water with his dinner sate in his mouth. r Now, the conclusion I came to was this: the pickerel knew, or at leastsupposed, tha frog was near, but did not know the exact point, He thereforesent up his balloon to make observations, and after haying done so from above, went to wash in the trenches until his line was all right, when he tmade a charge and returned victorious. M. C, H. [A most interesting observation. This shows, too, that frogs when badly frightened or hurtcan scream, a fact which has been doubted by some, though long known to careful observers.—Rp, | i WHAT BECOMES OF OUR FOREIGN SONG-BIRDS. SS Enrrok FoREsT AND STREAM. Your correspondent, Hmest Ingersoll, in a recent number, asks for information respecting the English sky-larks that were let loose on Long Island several yearsago. Ihayesome information on this swhject which I give with pleasure. I remember asking at the time that those exquisite songsters where in our vicinity; so on a Sunday morning in early May Lstarted fo hunt them up. Twas suceessful. I found three in the neighborhood of Prospect Park; two others I met with which seemed to have made their homes in some meadows fringing the Coney Island Road. Those were all mates, as I discovered them only by theirsong; during the next summer T heard them again and again, in fact, every Sunday I may say, while they were in song. ‘‘Hardy, tough little Brit- ons,” I said, “they have been able to withstand the effects of our winter climate.” But in the fall of this second year I ran neross In my Sunday rambles another of our foreign importations from Prussia, or Poland. He had been out for a day's shooting, and to my question, ‘* What luck?" he showed me the contents of hisgame bag. There were several robins, one cat-bird, a number of our beautiful gold-finches (of the yellow-bird), blue birds, and among the rest, three of my péts—the English sky-lark, If thinking murder is miurder, then I did it then and there, for it was the wish of my heart todo the deed. This must haye been seven or eight, years ago. I hayeneyer seen any of themsince, though I have looked for them yery perseyeringly till last summer, It was on the Jamaica plank-road near the toll-gate. The SUN was near its setting, and the “daring warbler” had filled the air with its melody. I sat onarock by the way- side and watched him as— In the golden lightning Of the setting sun, Oler wilich clouds are bright’ning, He did float and ron Like un embodied dream whose joy has just begun.” Now, I have an idea that all those birds, with the excep- tion perhaps of one, who is now solitary and alone, haye been destroyed by our city sportsmen, and it will be en- tirely useless making any more importations until we haye not only a stringent law on the subject, but that it shall be faithfully and mercilessly carried out, I could ill up half of your paper with my Sunday experiences on thissubject—the the reckless, wicked slaughter of our beautiful song-birds. W. Waiitcorr. Brooklyn, N. ¥-, Marek 8, 1877. ——————— ANTIQUITIES OF LAKE PEPIN. —————— Hiprron Forest AND STREAM. Belisying that a great number of your readers are inter- ested in ethnology, I desire yery briefly to call their atten- tion to the works of the mound builders in this locality, Virst, allow me to say that Lhaye—years ago—published several papers relating to these works, but as the subject is eyery day becoming more and more asubject of research and investigation, the matter bears a little repetition and revision. The valley of this lake, on the west.or Minnesota side, is eight miles long, and averages about three in width. On this plat there were four regularly constructed cities of the mound builders. These cities were one, three, and two miles apart. Two of them-were laid out and constructed with gveat regularity, the streets and houses being equally distant from each other. These four towns were connected by regular lines of mounds, which made, as we may say, & continous city eight miles long by one and a half miles wide, Nor is this all, for in the rear, one-half mile back, there were n continous line of out posts or fortifications, which no doubt were for the express purpose of protecting the settle- ments from inyasion. Where there were natural passes to the town the fortifications are increased in number and siza— some long with depressed inner-sides, others yery large and perfectly round, But I cannot claim space to des¢ribe speci- tically the yarions mounds, but will venture to speak of only One in particular. One, a very large mound, situated in the centre of one of these cities, was the only one in this collection thnt contained human remains, nnd these in a yery imperfeet sate of preservation. Another large mound, situated little in the ear of the others, I believe to have been their pottery, or the placa where their pottery was manufactured. The ground for many rods around was lit- terally covered with fragments of pottery. Whenthe monnd was leveled I watched every shovelful of the earth, but nothing was found until the floor was reached, and here again were quamtitios of fragments of pottery together with a large, fat stone, worn smooth on the upper side. I believe this to be the stone on which they ground the material for their ware, which consisted of a sort of clay, marl, and powdered clam shells, Pieces of the latter wera everywhere to be seen. ; The collection of mounds of which I now speak haye all been removed or leveled, and the town of Lake City is built on the site. But fortunately I made a diagram of them while they were yet undisturbed, Lam led to believe that this great city was the chief metro- polis of the mound tntilders of ‘the Northwest, for so exten- siye a collection is not, I believe, found elsewhere in the United States. The rehes this far obtained are but few; they consist-of stone axes, knives, spear and orrow-heads, mortars, war Wwe say a piekwrel of car A pound weight leap perpendicu- | clnb heads, one copper hatchet, numerous fragments of pot- ‘ th wal under the hash just anentioie sits head tery, ud parts of luman skeletons. Theseare all preserved i | See ae 7 129 im my ¢ollection." Now,thaving called attention to this re- markable city of mounds and given a slight description of it, My purpose is accomplished. My researches commenced twenty years ago and ara not yel completed, and I hope ere long to give to the scientific world an elaborate description of the locality, together with theories and speculations, Dr. D, 0. Estes, eh 8 ee THE OCCURRENCE OF THE BLAGK RAIL IN MASSACHUSETTS, — Eprror Format AND SrREAM: Under the above heading in Forget AnD SrreAm, February 22d, page 83, your contributor asks throngh your columns information relating to thé Block Rail (P. jayqicensis) and its occurrence in Masaachf¥etts for the benefit of Ornithological Seience. Iwill therefore proceed to give yon, asit may appear, a yery singular acconnt relating to the ‘Black Rail,” for the benefit of the Nuthall Glob, and more especially, perhips, of our mutual friend. F. G, B Abont September 20th, or during the Iatler part of September, 1873 or 1874, 1 was passing from Horticultural Hall, in Tremont Stree, sonth- erly, one Saturday, between 12 and | o'clock rar, wind 8. W. (hlawing about 20 miles per hour), equally with rain, umbrella folly set and spread, and when near Winter Street, opposite the Common, I was sur- prised by the sudden durting of a strange bird in front of the stores, en deavoring to clear its way from the multitude of paasers on the side- walk at thathonr. It was evidently a mistake that this bird hid made, as he rounded over a large plate of glass in his flight orfrigif, I took in the situation, and gave my umbrella a lift and a quick turn, and tool him, much to my surprise at my snecess, and then with some dificnlly secured this rara avis in the braces of the umbrella. 1 soon had the bird in my hand clean and smooth—("no epalt used”), and without any apparent injury to bird or feathers, jndging by the way he would peck my hand with that strong heuk. Tcarefully held my bird on my way, thongh those long yellow legs would strike out to clear the way from their confinement, Ihad never seen the same kind of a bird before, ‘hough, to some extent, | have been a constant observer. ‘The shining black plumage, the ehort strong heak and sparkling eye, with those long yellow logs,satisfied me that he(t) was no ''commonor,’’ and he appeared asif he could stand a race wiih the best of them, as Z have since read that theratl could go tt, wn did out, in your columiis, The rare bird was taken to the store, snd the sinzalar mode of capture in the middle of the day was freely discussed. No name could be gb- tained, only that he must beagame bird (very rare) of.some kind, Well, l posted to the bird store of Brewster, then on Washington Street, opposite Boylston, and caged oor bird fora name, The rare points were soon shown, and in the cage he Would lose no chance to use thoze yellow legs, The uame was given satisfactory atthe time, aa * rail,” though no definite variety or species was mentioned. By his plamage being black, and other points mentioned by F, C. B., Lenppore it may be the same variely, and if our friends are in uny way pleased with this re- port we are most happy to have offered whal we know nbout the ‘*rail,”? Our bird was let loose on the Bosion Common in a day or tivo Lo pur- Sune his migratory flight, and not kent to adorn the student's case orany collection | D, T. Cunt, tt 2 oe ___—_— YELLOW-POOL WOOD-WARBLER (Den- droica cerstive) 7 _ PHILADELPHIA March, 1577. Eprtor Formst ANp STEAM? This sprightly and favorite warbler arrives here about {he first weel in May; it excels most other warblers in its good qualivfes, the sweetness of tia song. Its plumage is qnite delicate, which is displayed in two colors; the most predominant is of a deep, rich yellow, striped down {he breast with delicate light brown, eyes large and black, it maasnres from the end of its beak to the end of tail four and a half inches, and from tip to tip of wings five and a quarterinches. The habilis of this feathered minstrel sre first noticed abont the beginning of May, darting from one twig to another through the swamp willow, busily engaged searching for its insect food, every few Moments pouring forth his silyery sone, then darting away to caress his mate. IT foond one of these cheerful songster's neats on the twelfth of June, 1876, al Red Bank, N. J. Tke nest was built in a low barberry bush, about three feet from the ground, Gnd was extremely neat; the exterior is formed of silk-weed and Jint, and thickly bedded with down of willows and hair. The eggs are four in uumber, and sre laid about the tecond Week in. June. Their color is of u creumy white, covered more or less ith spots of different shades of brown, thickest at the large end. Djmensions vary from.f7 by .501ch, to 64 by .50inch. But one brood is raised in this latitude, ~ Guo. Boupwix, Taxidermist. Woadland, Harm and Garden. 2) —_— : Annvaus.—In these days, when plants for summer bloom- ing are raised by tens of thousands, and retniled at a prica so low that every one may have at loast a few Geraniums. or Verbenas, the proper time and method of sowing annuals is not of so much importance as it was some twenty-five years ago, Nevertheless, annnals yet have their yalus, though possibly they do not stand in the foremost rank. In those days (and very often now) each packet, it mattered not how many hundred or even thousand seeds it contained, was circumsoribed toa limit of say twelve to fifteen inches in dinmetery. Thus, in a space sufficient for three ov four plants, hundreds-will vegetate, and with what result? None other than the complete nunihilation of the true character and development of the plant; its alfitude reduced from feet to inches; its blooms individually small, represented by units instead of hundreds. Circumstances such as these are surely more fitted to illustrate an extreme form of the battle of life among plants, than such fayorable cullural conditions as should assist rather than retard Nature in the fulfilment of her operations. Such, however, has been and still is the way too frequently followed in dealing with An- nuals, Itis true, some of the most prominent among them, such as Stocks, Asters, and Marigolds, are eyen now deeméd worthy of an individuality of growth and a sufficiency of Space wherein to develop themselyes, but there are others equally pretty whose claims have been hitherto wholly ignored, Those who persist in sowing annuals as before de seribed should thin them out when sufficiently lave to handle, leaving not oyer four or five tufts, should thing out to single plants. be too mneh trouble. When) reducad to such close quarters they will fight the battle out among themselves, and one, or perhaps tivo, will be victors in the strife, ‘The betlier plan, however, is to raise them in shallow ‘boxes, under shelter of a frame when tender, oy quite ex. 130 FOREST AND STREAM. oO posed when hardy, and from these hoxes the.yarious little groups can be transferred to the border or flower-bedl, se- lecting, of course, a day succesding a good fall of rain for the purpose. When bulbs, the majority of which are spring blooming plants, have a special section allotted to their culture, an admirable opportunity presents itself for grow- ing annuals, whereby, in addition to the spring flowers, a summer and fall display may be secured to this otherwise naked and uninteresting portion of the garden. For beds of Lilinm lancifolium, or other summer blooming sorts of lilies, they are well employed as an undergrowth, the yarious sorts being judiciously mixed with regard to color, a fair supply of Mignonette being used to give a neutral tint, giving off its fragrance at all times, the seeds being scattered broadcast over the bed and thinned outin time. They thus not only give an unlimited supply of flowers to ont from, but also act as a mulch during the hot, dry, summer months. One of our most enthusiastic cultivators of Lilies uses the spreading but small rooting Eschscholtzia for this purpose, and finds it answers admirably, more especially among the Oslifornia Lilies, the cultivation of which seems fo be very imperfectly understood. Such annuals as Collinsia, Phlox Drnmmondi, Nemophila, Limnanthes, Lobel's Catch. Fly, and many others, are neyer seen to such advantage as when self-sown in fall; they survive the winter, and burst into rich, brilliant blossoms in May. While the ground is yet cool, and the influence of the April showers has not yet dis- appeared, they present a brilliancy in color anda rich depth of green in foliage thatis rarely ever attained under the scorching sun of July and August. Wei-D: to ' Tae Groxm4.—Gloxinias may be regarded as splendid herbs, and perhaps there are few preen-house plants to com- pare with them for show during the summer and fall months. It is true they are low of stature and without claim to our attention on the seore of utility; neitherare they pos- Sessed of such qualities as are acceptable to those who esteem flowers chiefly when plucked and made up into bouquets. This need not be regretted, however, seeing that they are thereby sayed to bloom, to wither, and die on a more ex- quisite and appropriate setting than in yessels of crystal, silver or gold. Their culture is simple enough; but to grow them into fine specimens some degree of care and attention is necessary. The varieties chiefly in cultivation are referable to @. Speciosa,a native of warm South America—and therefore must have the benefit of a warm house if required to be in flower much earlier than midsummer. But as they do not continue a great while in bloom itis better to let them rest until March or April, when they will start with greater vigor and come into flower at a time mora likely to remain ‘longer objects of interest than they would if much earlier. About the time they begin to show signs of starting, the roots should bé taken from the pots and shaken clear of as much earth as slightly adheres to them, and placed in others so small that they may again be shifted before reaching those in which they are intended to flower. At this stage water should be given sparingly, more especially if the tempera- ture of the house be much below seventy degrees; otherwise the roots will be liable to rot or grow in a most unsatisfac- tory way. But as the season adyances and the constructive energies of the plants attain full play, a more liberal supply should be given. Ii does not seem desirable at any time, however, to water overhead, but instead to keep a moist at- mosphere in the house or frame in which they are grown. By so doing the foliage as well as the flowers will reach their highest state of perfection, and their colors not fade out so soon, The most suitable soil to grow them in is peat, loam, and rotted manure, in about equal proportions, with as much clear sand added as will preyent from baking. All through the growing season, but more especially during the hottest period, shading is of the utmost importance, and few plants derive greater benefit or seem more grateful for such pro- tection than they do. They can be propagated by taking the leaves off close to the stem, and placing them in sand where they will root ina few weeks; cach leaf forming a small tuber at the base, after which they should be putinto small pots, there to remain un- til the following spring. They winter best inacool, dry place, They can also be successfully raised from seed, and being one of a numerous class of plants subject to variation, strong inducements are thus held out to practice this method eyen more than has hitherto been done. As is well-known the flowers of the species ((G. speciosa) and many of its varieties are borne upon their foot-stalks horizontally, and as the result of cultivation yarieties with flowers perfectly erect haye now become ascommon, We yamember the time when this ‘new departure” was first an- niouneed, and the novelty, G. jifiana placed upon the ex- hibition table for the first time; and the excitement which stirred the horticultural ranks, as young and old talked of the new domer as something quite out of the line of their - expectations; whilst all regarded it as the forerunner of a new trace of rare and beautiful varieties. In this they haye not been disappointed, as many of the same class have since heen obtained, nearly all that could be desired or hoped for both im form and color. i _ Grarcy¢ WAz.—For grafting, take four parts of mutton tallow, eight parts of resin, and two parts beeswax. Melt them all together over a slow fire. When thoroughly melted and mingled, pour the mixture off in small quantities into a tub of cold water, Assoon as the masses thus ponred into the cold water cool down sufficiently to be handled, work precisely in the same manner you would candy, by drawing out and doubling oyer, until the whole presents a uniform color and becomes hard enough to mould into balls orsticks. This wax, when itis cold, should be quite hard, butit should be tough at any ordinary summer temperature, If, how- aver, it is found that for the climate where it is to be usedjit . is tao soft, more resin should be used. Tallow will soften it, resin will harden it, render it more infusible, and beeswax will toughen it. By slightly varying proportions of these ingredients, any desired consistency may be obtained, ee ORANGE CULTURE IN FLORIDA, —_~+—_—- Manpaniy, Fla., March 12, 1877. Eprror Forest AnD STREAM. Those who set out orange trees the present time are in one respect on the same footing with those who accomplished this say two years ago; for example nursery trees are cheaper ; a five-year-old seedling may now be had for what a three-year-old cost two years ago. Eyen in Florida and in the orange enterprise the reduction in values asserts itself now and then. In setting out trees it is customary in this yicinity to place them twenty-five feet apart ; this gives about seventy trees to the acre, and they will make larger growth than if set nearer together, When thus transplanted they should be set high in the ground. ‘*How high do you set trees, Mr. Ri?" ‘© Well, I set ‘em almost on top of the ground; and after T'ye set ‘em just as high as I dare to, then I raise ‘em about two inches more,” My friend RK, overstates what he means, and is disposed to be facetious withal. What he means is, that they should beset out so that when in course of time they shall hayesettled firmly on the ground, they will be no lower than thoy were before transplanting—if anything, alittle higher, Let them be set lower and see what happens ; they become victims to the ‘' die back,” and the wood louse, The ‘‘die back” isa disease in which the trees refuse to grow, and soon wither and die; the wood louse is a small, white bug that prefers the tender bark trees brought to the level of the ground, to decaying stumps and logs, where he is usually found; and he will soon girdle the tree atits base; im these cases the remedy is to hoe the dirt away, or dig under and raise the tree. The greatest pest to orange trees, however, is the scale insect, of which every grower has had some experience. It isa tiny scale parasite, looking like anything but alive insect; myriads of them on the trunk of a tree make the bark appear but.a shade rougher than usnal. Scrape a lot off in your hand and they look like dirty dandruff—no legs, no head, tail, wings, no movement apparently, but they can move all over an orange tree and settle down and thrive upon the bitter skins of the oranges. They impair the vigor of the bark of the tree and kill the young twigs. They can, however, in turn, be killed by the usual insect extermina- tors. The reason they are so great a pest is on account of their number and the extentof their depredations. In your groye of -a thousand trees you may have twenty troubled with the ‘‘die back” or with the wood louse; these you can attend to with a moderate amount of trouble; but nearly or quite all of the thousand may haye the scale in- sect; and a yisit with a serubbing-brush and pail of carbolic acid water to each of so great a number of trees is a very extensive job which eyer way you look at it. There is a satisfaction in knowing that the winter frost has the redeeming grace of killing these insects, and is the | orange grower's best friend in this respect, if in no other. Anxiety and fear for the safety of the fruit during a frost is succeeded when the dangeris past by a natural satisfac- tion in contemplating this benefit conferred, and people say, what a lot of insects it must have killed.” Cc. D. D, Game Bag and Gun. GAME IN SEASON IN APRIL, Wild duck, geese, brant, &c. _~——— + OooxED ovr Goose.—We had onr “goose cooked” last Tuesday, and a noble feast ha made. He was not one of the historical breed that saved Rome, nor yet one of those coin- monest of birds which are so uncommon common on a com- mon, but a true representation of the host that annually gather at Shinnecock Bay, both autumn and spring—one of those ‘* birds of a feather that flock together,” which children read of. It is said that the pinions of the ordinary gaose are often used to spread the opinions of another sort; but the pinions of the Shinnecock geese are spread for a different purpose, viz.; to afford sport to the habitues of Wm. Lane’s hostelry at Good Ground, and gratification in their bestowal of their birds upon the editors of Forust ann Stauam. Hyery one of those gunners who go down to ‘‘Bill’s” knows how much * more blessed it is to give than to recéive;” and the editors of this paper have learned by experience how much more comfortable it is to have their goose brought to them by express than to sitin a blind and shiyer yntil the ill-fated birds are lured within gun-range by the decoys. We believe that the most generous gunners are usually re- warded with the greatest success; and this accounts for the fact that Lane’s guests usually get full bags. Lane himself has usually on hand, we believe, a fair supply of the milk of human kindness, besides fresh cow's milk, fried chicken, pancakes, and soft-shell clams, One of the most frequent visitors to Shinnecock is our friend, Geo. B. Baton, Isq., whose sobriquet is ‘Jacobstaff.” He finds time to spare from his duties in the Custom House, to go down there; and when he has luck, he never fails tosremember the poor edi- tor, not knowing what he may come to one of these days. This time he brought usa twelve-pound goose, which was one of thitteen which he killed a day or two before, together with a good bunch of brogd-bills. Our friend Thompson, of 301 Broadway, whom our readers well-know, accompanied him and shared his sport. He distinguished himself by making a fine double-shot, and killing a gander with each barrel of his ten-bore gun. These gentlemen repori many thousand geese and brant in the hay, but owing to the high tides about the full of tie moon it was impossible to lie on the bars, and the birds would not stool well on the meadows. When the tides diminish this week, good shooting is guaranteed. The Greenyille Sportsman’s Club of Greenville, Pa., have inaugurated the shooting season by procuring a set of Capt, Bogardus’ traps and shooting matches at glass balls. At the first essay, each shooter being allowed twenty balls, one half of the balls were broken; a very fair average. ‘The Secretary of this Club, Mr, M. Hargen Brooks, was recently the recipi- entof a testimonial from his fellow club members in the shape of & handsome shooting-coat, a slight recognition#of his efforts and untiring zeal in behal’ of the interests of the Club. —Ikaac McLellan, Esq., who contributed the first article ever published in Forrsr anp Srazam, has a very entertain- ing articlein the Home Journal of March 28th on ‘* Wild Fowl Shooting” on the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. —At the annual meeting of the Worcester (Mass.) Sports- man’s Club, on March 7th, the following gentlemen were elected officers : Jerome Marble, President; Geo. B, Buckingham, 1st Vice- President; W. 8. Perry, 2d Vice-President; Stedman Clark, Secretary; G. J. Rugg, Treasurer; A, L. Rice, W. H, Cole, GC. R. B. Claflin, 0. B. Holden, Executive Committee; Marble, Buckingham, Perry, Cole, and Claflin, Pigeon Committee; Clark, Rugg, Rice, and Holden, Rifie Committea, Prynsyiyants.—The Kensington Gunning Club had its regular shoot last week with the following scores : Magsam, 5; Metzger, 3; Gendele, 3; Holtzscheiter, 6; Houg, 4; Scheuringer, 5; Hapfner, 4; Breyrle, 7; Stees, 4; Steiger, 4; Sheip, 4; Steck, 5; Habting, 3; Guntner, 45 Meige, 7. In shooting off the ties, Meige won first gold medal, Holtzscheiter second, and Scheuringer the silver medal. Vinemis.—English snipe haye arrived in the neighbor- hood of Petersburg, Virginia, and will be yery numerons for two weeks to come at least. Our Perth Amboyjcorrespon- dent ‘‘K.” had excellent sport there last week. He re- ports: **Geesa and ducks have Isft the James River, bound north, ‘Thousands of ducks haye been trapped on the James this winter in pens made of slats, coyered with netting and baited with corn, A Mrs, Birchett, near City Point, is making her fortune in this way, sending ducks to the Peters- burgand Richmond markets by the cart load: from fifty to two or three hundred atntime. Whereis the ‘majesty of thelaw? Or is there no Inw against this sort of thing? Virginian reader, see about it; or, the first thing you know, you will want to sell your duck-gun. There will be ‘no use for it.’” Capt. Bocarpus’ Last Frav.—On Friday evening last a large audience assembled at Gilmore's Garden to witness Capt. Bogardus’ effort to surpass his previous record, and break 1,000 glass balls thrown from his new traps in 100 con- secutive minutes. To say that he accomplished it would be merely to repeat the opinion of every one who is conversant with the Captain’s wonderful powers with the gun, but it was hardly expected that he would surpass as faras he did his-preyious performance, The whole number of balls were broken in the retnarkable time of one hour, seventeen minutes and forty seconds, The usual screen was used, but in addition a caleium light was used, which brought the balls into strong relief against the white background. The first 100 balls were broken in 7m, 50 sec., but three being missed in that number, and 87 being broken straight, In the next three hundred but two balls in each wore missed, and the misses in all amounted to but 28. The last 155 were broken without a miss, The entire 1,028 shots were fired withoutja rest being taken. The same gun, his now justly celebrated W. & 0. Scott & Son premier, which has probably had more shots fired from it than any gun in oxistenve, was used throughout, the barrels being changed fifteen times. One pair of these barrels has now had over twenty thousand shots fired from it, and is as good as when made, We regard this as a wonderful"test of endurance on the part of both man and gun, and would suggest that when Capt. Bogardus shoots again he tries oneof some other make, Ameritan for instance, and let ns see whether our guns are not quite as good as those imported, Ruove Isnanp.—Providence, March 31.—We had a shooting match here last Wednesday between Capt. Bogardus and E W. Tinker. Of course the captain won, which he most al- ways does; however, it was a very good match. Mr. Tinker had uot much practice on this new breed of cori which the captain has invented; but by the time the Captain comes again we hope wé can show a better score than thefollowing: SINGLES, Boeartlug...... P11 pirtaitie12160413134 01 1-% Tinker, .-+-..:- aol 1101411010017101410 01 0-12 PAIRS, Bogardus,........ 10 10 11 1710 10 11 11 10 7! 11 10 11 00 11-22 Myer igs, Sa eet prens .J1 10 10 11 10 10 00 10 10 10 10 00 10 11 10-16 Mr. N. Dexter acted as judge and referee, and Mr. Willian Crandall as trap keeper. The singles were shot from three traps placed ten yards apart with eighteen yards rise, the shooter not knowing which trap was to be sprung; the doubles were shot from two traps, same distance apart and sixteen yards rise. Mr. Bogardus easily won the match which was for ($100) a side. Mosqurrors my Maron.—A correspondent writes: '‘On the 23d of March, at the house of a friend at Plainfield N. J., I killed a mosquito. As they are meyer found in that village except during a week or so of early autunin, T should like to ask a conundrum: Was that mosquito carried over from last season, or wos it a spring chicken of 1877?" [We regret that our correspondent did notsend us the di- mensions of the bird, It might haye been a snipe. We know that they were being anxiously looked for about that time, and as the average Jersey mosquito approximates in size to many of the family of scolopacidie, it might lwye been “one of them,” But no! come to think: of it, this one did not ‘scape—soit must have been a mosquito; probably brought into existence through the medium of a warm sun shining on some stagnant, water,—Hp. ] —Children are often bothered with itching and shofing, To prevent flis im the simplest fashiun, use B. T Babbitt’e Tollet Soup, which hae recently heen puton the market by its well-known mauufaoctarer. Its admirable effects make it the safest and best toilet soap for oldand young,;—Adv. FOREST AND STREAM. 131 ———— Usporsrenty one of the best and cheapest stocks of Carpetings, Oil- Messrs. Jonn H. Pray, Sons & CO, Washington Street, Boston. I. W, Adama is the sportsman of the firm, und will take speciml pains to please any of our friends calling upon him, or with any orders sent him, It is # good, reliable house,—Ado, answers Go Coresyondents oH Ro Notice Vaken of Anonymonr Commnnicationa —_+—_— ‘ara number of anonymous correspundents will understand why their queries are notanswered, wheu they read the lines at the head of tli# column, R.M.S , Nelles Corners, Qan.—Can I send the Fons? AND Stream 6 months’ lot of them, to yon by mail? Will you haye them bonnd for me, and return? Ans. Yes. Caas. Roperns, Philadelphia, —Pleaze inform me where Icould ob- tain country boarding, where there is good gunuing and fishing, not more than 150 miles from the cify. Ans. At Barnegat, N. J. T, J. G., Walnut Hill, Ky.--Is there any work on the fresh water aquarium, and what is the priceY Ans, Apply tod. W. Fiske, corner Church and Park Place this city. R.M. P., Weet Bloomfield, N. Y.—(an live quail be procured iu New York now for breeding purposus? If so, please give price, ad- dress, etc, Anes, No liye quail can be procured in this city mow at any price. G, ©. Ge New York.—Can yon giva mea remedy for preventing the strong leather smell of oll or new shoes? When wet they become very unpleasant ? Aus. Itcould probably be obviated by a few drops of oil of bergumot in the blacking used, CG, W. F,, New York.—What quantity is considered a fairload of powder and shot for a 12-bore muzzle-lnading gun, say No. 5 or 6 shot? Ans, Much depands upon the weight oftha gun.’ 3)¢ drs, powderand 14f oz. shot would be an average char.e, Freanrm An, Columbus, O.—Plesee state the respective advantages of & tapering, braided sik fishing line (for reel) over oue without taper, and ablige. Ans. Itvertainly delivers the fly better. A whip-lash that did not tuper wonld not be very eerviceable. CG. A. 8., Shakopee Minnesotu.—Are not the rim-fire rifle cartridges ax now made considered reliable and suitable fer hunting purposes and short-range target practice? Ans, Our experience proves the rim-iire cartridge to be as effective and reliable as the central fire, P. X. L., New York.—Would you be so kinda ag to let me know. through the next edition of your paper, if Mr. G. de Landre Macdonu 1s aby relation to Allen Mucdona, the great horseman, of Ireland? Ans. We de not know. H. B. E., Duunville, Wis,—ts it true that a person cannot shootas far oyer water, with either a shot-gnn or rifle, as over land, and if so, why? Ate. Wo do not believe that thereis any difference, The attraction of gravitation would be the sams in both cases, W, M., Rush, Pa.—What place,in New York, would he the best market for brook trout. and what would be the probable price? Ans. BH. G, Blaceford, Fulton Market; price, 15 to 75 centa per pound, according to locality where the troyt are raised. B. A. P., Lakeville, Cann.—Can yin tell me who fs the inventor of the paper patch now used on rifle bullets? Ans. The patent is, or was, owned by the Remington Company, but we cannot ascertain the name of the inventor without sending to Washington. i Oar, Pa,—Can you inform me where I can obtain some live ruffed grouse? 2d. Will they liyvein acoopY 3d. Is it lawful to keep them during closed season for propuyationf Ans, Ist, No; not at this sea son. 2, Not for any length of time, 3d. Yes. H. J., New York.—wWill you kindly let me know, through your corres- pondents, if there is any shooting to be had in the Oatskill Mountains, andif ibis agnod camping-out country? Ana. Virst-rate country to camp ollt in, but no shooting uutil fall, when there are plenty of ruffed grouse. Ang, Bristol, Pa—Are the Whitney Arms Co., of Whitneyyille, Gonn., manniacturing breech-louding shot-guns now? Are there many in use? Whatare their prices? Aus. The only shot-gun now made by the above ovlicern is the single-barrelled « Phanix,” price $16. We bays heard them highly spoken of. P. H. D., New York.—Where can I find the pedigree of Alfred and Moll, of the Marquis of Anglesea’s kennel; one of their pups was bronght to this conutry in 1854. Can you tell me by the 12th inst? Ans. Were they setters, pointers, cockers, or pugs? Give us these par- ticulara and we will anewer you, L. R., N- ¥.—ist. Do you prefer a pistol gripon 2 gun? 2d. What time of the yeardo squirrels breed? 3d, 1s a $75 gun considered a good gnn—I mean the price of it? Aue. Ist. Haying once ased a pistol grip, you wonld probably like it. Weprefer the half pistol grip. 2d. In the spring and summer, 3d. Some very good guns are sold for $75. H., Alton, I)1.—Noticing that you frequently mention number of shot in an Gutice, and asit doesnot agree withthe shot used iu {his section, T would lika to know what your standardis. [nclosed find list of the St. Lonis Shol Tower Go.’s shot; Ans, We generally tuke the Ta- tham shot asa standard. In Mr. H. 0. Squires’ catalogue you will find the sizes given of all shot manufactured in the United States, BrusH, Baltimore.—Where and at what cost can Iprocure “Stone- henge,” ‘Idstone," “Burgess,” A mérican Kennel and Eporting Field, and Layersck’s work on ‘The Setter,” spoken of by Mr. Tileston in hisartivle in Scribner for April? Ans. “Idstone*’ can be had of Cassell, Potter & Galpin, this city; price $2.50. “Stonehenge,” of Lee & Shepard; price $3.75. ‘Layerack,” of W. Wood; price $3.75. ‘Burgess, J. B. Foril & Go.; price $4, Wacan sendall. The price of ‘‘Dinks, Mayhew & Hutchinson” is $3. R. W. T., Parkers, Pa—Do you know how I must {proceed to the oul- ture of mmnows for bait for fishing parties? How long docs it take them to become large enon¢h for bait? Ans. Minnows will thrive under thé same conditions which apply to gold-fish, See answer to an- other correspondent.to-days You ¢an do little else than prepare your pond, place your spawners or full-grown fish into it, and trnst to luck, E, R.S., Anamosa, Iowa.—Can you tell me whatis the matter with my pup, a bite setter, pine months old. Her under-eyelids look very red and inflamed,and her eyes discharge a whitish matter. She hasa good appetite and seeme all right every other way ? Aus. Your dog has probably taken cold. ‘Bathe ber eyes with warm milk aud water about équal parts of ench, using a soft fine cloth. 4 F_N.L., New Yorki—Ist. Gan you tell me what kind of fresh-water fishing I can haye at Greenwich, Conn,, about the month of June or Beptembar? 2d. What kind of shooting can T have inthe montis of September and October? 3d- Cana person enter an smateur athletic meeting when he has rowed for money when s young boy? Alls. Ist. We do vot know about the fresh-water fishing, but have on idésa that you would nof have tagofar iviand tofind some black bass. 2d, Wood- cock, quailand ruffed grouse, but not Grst-clasa. 3d. No, The rulezs vory strict im oxeluding any person who has ever competed for monsy, —— Oloths, Mattings, etc., eto,, to be found in the United Stats is that of G. W. P.. New York.—will you please decide a bet betwen A. and BY If A. figures on 831-8 percent., how much has he made if he sells $10 worth, and how much money does he Jay ont for the gooda he gets $10 for? Ang, He has made $32.50, and has laid ont on the goods $7.50. hat ds, if he sella gooda which cost him $7.50, and realizes 33 1-3 per cent. profit, he has sold $10 worth of goods, H. D.N.,.New York.—Is there any room, or hall, or other place in New York, whereons may practice shooting on the wing?” I should like sometimes to freshen myself with a little practice at a gyro. or something of tle sort. Ans. Capt. Bogardua is now looking fora place in this city where he can open such an establishment as you de- scribe. When he findsone, it will bedoly advertised. 7]. B, G., Laurinburg, N. €,—Do you know of a journal that treats of fish culjure exclusively? Iam interested now in fish culture, Ans. here is no such journal, and nove that devotes anything like the space and attention to fieh culture that Forust Anp Stream does. In the™ last three years and a half we have printed about 400 columns on this subject—equivalent to a book of over 1,200 pages, duodecimo, in “Jong primer * type—and thirty-six wood-cot illustrations. J. H. B,, Boston,—Please inform me of a good place to go snipe shooting within fifty miles radius of this city. Ans. In the neighbor- hood of Salem, Cohasset, Marshfield, and Newburyport, there are marshes where suipe shooting is always to be had in the spring. ofr course itis impossible for us to particularize,as the shooting yaries with euch season, C., Lancaster, Pa.—t have afine English pointer dog, four years old, well broken, Liat has commenced te hunt and eat all (he eggs about my place. Whatcan IL do to bteak him of ity Ans. We have heard it said, that to boil an egg, and leaye it while very hot where the dog can getit, will cure him. We are inclined, however, to belieye that the only eure, if there is any, 1s in the constant and forcible application of a rawhide. F. W. S., Philadelpbia.—Will you kindly inform me the proper way to mensire a target for trying a shot gun? Speaking of a 30 inch circle, do yon menn in circumference or diameter? and give me What you think ihe best size and distance to shoot at a target. Any. A 30-inch target muana one measuring in every direction 15 inches from the bull’s-eye or centre. A target of this size at 4U yarda is generally used in testing guns for paltcra, F, Z., Philadelphia.—Whieh is the most successful way to fish for pike in a stream say seventy-five (75) yards wide, and the kind of line and haitnsed? When does the season comeinfor fishing the same? Ans, Pike fishing 14 best from July to autnmo. The fish can be taken by trolling with a spoon or gang-hook, baited with frog or minnow, or by skitteriny upon the surface with pole, either from 4 boat or shore. Thelr favorite resorta in mid-sninmer are near lily-pads and weeds, TaxrpERMIst.—Ans. T notice in ‘Answers To Correspondents"! one Carter, of Philadelphia, inquiring if you knew where you could rec- commend him to a taxidermist of Philadelphia. You spoke of John Ierider, Exq., and myself, but I am sorry to say my name was wrongly spelled. Instead of it being Boudroin, it is Boudwin. My residence is No. 2,68 Frankford Road, By rectifying the mistake yeu will dome a special favor. H. M, T., Winterport, Me,—1st. Wherecan I geta greyhound pup? I want ad(g to go with a fox-hound thatI have that can catch @ fox. 2d, Please let me know tle weight aud height of fox-terriers of common size, and if they can run down a fox. Ans. Ist. There are some grey- hounds of excellent stock advertised in this issuaof our paper. 2d. A fox-terrier should weigh about 16 pounds, and be from 9 to 10 inches at tlie shoulder. They can not run down foxes, their use being for going into drains and holes, to dislodge or kill them. Psycur, Boston.—In what year did Daniel Webster receive the set- ters ‘'Rake’' and “Rachelf” Were they a present from Lord Ashburton? Who, if any one has any of their progeny? Ans. We do not know In what year Rake and Rachel were imported; but as Rake died in 1844, it must have been some two or three years preyious to thatdate. They Were said to haye been presented to Mr, Webster by the Duke of Gor- don. We do not believe that any of their progeny are living, in proof of which we refer you to a long arficle on those dogs in oar isste of March 26, 1874. We haye not an unbound copy, or would send it to you. F. B. P., Frankfort.--Will you oblige by sending me,iC. 0. D., the best condensed work on the resources, game, etc., of Florida? Also, the best guide map of that State? What, in your opinion, is the best work on the ornithology of North Americs—that is, illustrated, and giving a neat little description of the habite and lovality of cach bird? Ido pot mean an extravagant work, like Andubon's or Wilson’s, of course. Ans. Hayesent you ‘*Caup Lile in Florida,’* and Attwood’s Map. The cheapest and best bock on ornithvulogy is the ‘' History of Wurth American Birds,”’ by Baird, Brewer, and Ridgeway; thr ee yol- times are {issued at $20 each, T. EB. S., Newport, R. 1.—I haye two black and tan pups, born March Sth, 1877. They are very small and delicate, aud the mother is dead. What would yon recommend to feed them on? Ans. Milk diluted with about one-third water, and slightly warmed and sweetened for the present. Whey will take 1t from a bottle, or if not yet taught Lo jap, dip your finger in fhe mulk und thén place it to their mouths, and they will egon learn. We haye found condansed milk (Bordeu's) in the propor- Uon of a tablespounful toa tumbler full of water (arm) auswer yery well, and it is already sweetened. Ben, North Hast, Pa.—Both barrels of my cun occasionally go off at ouce, when I pull only the forward trigger. The jar from the right ap- pears to discharge the left, Can it be remedied, and, if +o, would you irusl a comimon gunsmith todo it? It is a new Scott breech-loader, worth $100. Ang. Any good gunsmith will remedy the trouble in a few minutes. Probably the tumbler in the left lock wants a little filing. Weshould not lesitate to trust it to a local gunsmith. Sunscurer, N. ¥.—I bought a Scotch cocker bitch last October, and the party I beught ber from -ays he owned her two months, He says she uever Was in heat while he owned her, and bas never been in heat since. I sent Ler iu the country last November toafriend of mine who pretends to know something about dogs, but he cannot tell me the cause of her not coming In heat, She sppeurs to bein good health. Please answer In your next if you know the cause of her noi coming in heat, or if anything can be done to bring her in heat? Ans. Youdo not give the age of your bitch, which hus everything to do with the matter. Dibtks says tha! 6 drops of tincture of caatharides will bring a bitch in season. G. C. P., Harrison, N. ¥.—What are the best varieties of files for trout and black bass fishing in the vicinity of Rangeley Lake during the last of August aud first of September? Ans. Almost any good standard fly will take at Rangeley, if fish are ina feeding mood, A food castis asilyer doctor, tor stretcher and change dropper, a8 case may be. Mr, Hobbs, of Bridgeport, killed his “big fish’ (9-pounder) on what Barton, Alexander & Walier call ‘Long Tom,''a yery good fly. Silver doctor, long tom, golden pheasant, red and brown hackles, blue jay, scarlet ibis, grizzly king, Dennison white moth, aud small salmon flies are all good in September. L. EB, A,, Qneidu.—ist, Has the law compelling parties owning dams on streams toleaye a place in their dams,s6 that fish can run up the gircam, been repealed ? We are séven milos from thé Oneida Lake, on the Oneida Creek, and formerly Lad good fishing in pike, pickorel, and bass. Thereare two dams, which prevent the fish from running up, consequently the stream ia fishad dryaboye the dams. Some luw- yers hers say it has been repealed; otiera, that it has not, 2d. Can you give me the namoofa good firm for changing musele to breech-londers? Ans, Jet. The section does not now appear in the game laws, and we thought that it bad been repealed, but Hon, R. By Roosevelt says to the contrary, Seth Grean says that if they would do away with the fish-weira in the Oswago River, Seneca River, aud Oneida Crack, it would do more good than it would to tear the dama all down, 24, Geo, Hayden, No. 148 Fulton Street, thid city. G. L., Hast Bay, Mich.—Can the State compel any person to remove his dam or ecreen ofa stream, in order that Osh may }isa up to benetit his neighbors who live above him, when the party owning the dam also owns the streain, or rather a partof it, and is engaged in the propaga— tion of brook trout thereon, and in order to prevent their eacape has to acreen the stream aboyo and below? Can the State compel lim to erect fishways in order to allww fish to pags np beyond his obsttnetions, In case he does not see ft toremoye them? Ana. The State cannot Interfere with legitimateindnustry on @ man's private property, and to open your dam would destroy your tront works, If a stream is navigable for hoate, some States could compel the consiruction of Ashways; but uuch w stream would not be suitable for trovt culture. W.Y.S., Princeton, N. J.—Will you be kind enongh to inform ms throngh your ‘Anawers to Correspondents” column whether er not it is well to place apan of drysaltina pigeonhouse? [harelatel y stocked mine, and one individual informs mé that unless the salt is there the birds will desert ft ae xoon as they are let out, and another says that salt iscertain death. Ansa, There is no danger in giving your pigeons an unlimited amount of sslt in any shape, especially if allowed their liberty. If confined, let them have plenty of water. If salt hus been kept from them for some time they willeatlargequantities, but we have never known it toinjure them, ‘Salt Cat,’' so-called, is a good snb- stitute, and can be had of most pigeondewlers, Itisa also fnlly described in “Moore's Pigeon Book,"’ which can be had fur 30 cents. Addrere Fanciers Journal, 39 North Nirth street, Philadelphia. G. J. W., Philadelphia,—In fishing in deep water with afly for blact basa, do you sink your fly with a small lead, and leave it remain the same as you would in fishing with craw fish for bait? Also, do you use a fioat, and what size of hook is best? Isa gandy fly (red) preferable to a dark one, or would you please give me the nume or description of the flies you would prefer using in the mountainous regions of Pennaylva— nia? Also, is a l@or 18 cunce bamboo rod tuo heavy for bass Mshingy Ans. In fly-fishing yon use no float or sinker. The fly ehonld he trailed upon the surface of the water, allowing it to sink occasionally afoot or 80, You should have a gut castiny line of at least six feet in length, Flies of different colors are used with equal anccess. Shipley or Krider, or any tackle dealer in Philadelphia, will fit you ont. Your rod fg not too heavy, Thelast halfa dozen numbersof FPorner AND STREAM contain information as to basa fishing, Wecan send them to you, G, N. B., Latrobe.~ 1st. Will California quail breed In confinement? 2, What would be the proper or best way of keeping them? Wonld you prefer acageorpen. 38d. If Tiarn them. ont, do you think they would breed this year, and would they atay near the place I put them? 4th. Are they as hardy as our quail, and how would they stand the winters of Penn- sylvania? 5th, Where would be the best placs to pit them ont—near a swampy or marshy place, with good feeding-ground in the vicinity, or nearthe woods? What is best to feed them? Ans, Ist. We uo not obelieye they will breed in conflnement. 2d. In a large, roomy cago. 3d. We do not think they would stand the climate. 4th, No. 6th. We donot believe it would be of any useto turn them out. Kept in the house they might thrive fora while. Feed them on buckwheat, or almost yny grain, Their natural food consists of seeds of all kinds, grapes, etc. G. C. 8., Montreal.—ist. Would it be possible to take a very light skiff across the portages in the Muskoka district, especially from Cobo— conk to Eco Lake? 2d. Would the trout fishing be pretty good during August and September? 8d. Please name and explain different modes of capturing (shooting) the deer, and which would be most adaptable to Hollow Lake locality? Ihave no deer hounds. 4th. Is the Nepizgon River played out fortrout? 5th, Whatis meant by ‘the Kennel Rugis- ter? Do you mean to say that any one writing yon, and claiming a name fer his dog, that no one has a right to call his dog by same name? Muet 4 dog be pure bred before he can be registered in the stud book or would you take a cross between a water spaniel and a cocker, the dam and sire being pure in both cuses? Ans. let. Yes, ad, Best im September. 8d, Fire-hunt them, or‘*floyt" them, 4th. By no means. bth. The Kennel Register is forthe registration of pedigrees. A name cluimed pablicly belongs by courtesy to the person first claiming it. We shuuld nol, knowingly, receive the pedigree of adog bred as you describe. E. H.—I would like some information about the habits, time and nian- ner of spawning with gold-flsh? They seem perfectly at home in my ponds; grow nicely, but Ido not know what attention is necessary for increasing the pretty pots? Ans. Use any well, or creek, or river water that is not impregnated with mineral; change the water when fhe fish come to the top and stay there and breathe part, water and part nix, When you change the water take out nearly sll, leaying enough for fhe fish to awim in, and fill the yessel with fresh water. Nevyér take the fish in your hand, If the aquarium needs cleaning make a sort of mosquito netting and take the fish out withit. There are many gold-fish killed by handling. Keep, your aquarium clean, 50 that the water looks as clear as crystal, and watch the fish, andin a little while you will find out whather your fish sre allright. Feed them all they will eat and anything they will eat, worms, meat, fish, or fish spawn. Tuke great cure that you take all that they do noteat out of the aquarium, Any decayed meat or yegetables.in water has the samé smell to fish in water that it does to youioair, If your gold-fish die it is at- tributable, as a rule, to one of the thres causes—handling, starvaticu, or bad water. We haye printed considerable on this subject from Seth Greenand others, aud have mailed to you ths papers containing the information. D R.G., North East, Pa.—In reply to my inquiry for a hound to rnn foxes, bares, and rabbits to the gun, you recommend fox houuds, and state that beagles used for running rubbits would he wortliless for running foxes (FOREST AND STBEAM, March 22d, 1877). Dog men write me that a fox houud is much toofast torun such game to the gin; tliat they ron the g me off in a bee-line away from the shooter; that T wanla slow dog, one that will keep up a slow rate and allow the quarry to make numerous doubles, giving the eportsman many opportupities to shoot the gume. 1. Would you still hold that 1 want afoxhoundf 2. Can you info.m me where I can obtain a pure bred A No, 1 beagle hound? 3, Dr. L. H. Twaddell, Wert Philadelphia, has no dachshunds for sale, Can you inform me of any other party in this country who has dach- shunds? 4. What wonld you think ofa dachshind for my purposes? 6. How many editions of ‘*Liy, Stone's Domesticated Trout” have beet published? 7. Do nol domesticated trout mest with a ready sale in New York in qoantities, and if so, at whal price per pound? Ang. 1. Your dog méh we hoid are wrong. If you want to followyonr hounds on horseback or on foot, you want, over an average contitry, slow dogs, otherwise yon could not keep up with them or, if yon Want merely to drive a fox to hig earth or hole, any kind of a dog that will follow his scent will answer; but if you want (6 keep a fox going so fast that he has Do time to eecape in this way, you want & fast dog. 2. There will be numbers on exhibition at the forthcoming N ¥. Bench Show, and you can buy ouethere. 3. “edo nol know of any, 4 We donot be- lieve they would answer, What yon want is a brace or two of good fox hounds, and a fox terrier or two. 5. We cafinot indorse the Asser ions of the party named in this query. 6, Wedo not know. 7%. Wot efter the Bret rusa attendant npoo the opening of tle season, unless they came from Long Jaland, Fifty cente per pound is the price ysually asked for them. FOREST AND STREAM. —, iA ea eck é é Sey ‘ SS —= A WEEKLY JOURNAL, Duyorep TO FIELD AND AQUATIC SPORTS, PRACTICAL NATURAL HISTORY, PiewConrunn, TH“ Prorection oF GAme, PRESERVATION oF Fonzsts, AND THE INCULCATION INMEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST BI Our-poor Recesation anp STupy : PUBLISHED BY MHorest and Stream gublishing Company, —aTr— 7 CHATHAM STREET, (CITY HALL SQUARE) NEW YORK, LPosr Orrics Box 2832.] —— Vorms, Four Dollars a Year, Strictly in Advance. ——— ns Twenty-five per cent. off for Clubs.of Three or more, 2 Advertising Hates. 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Secreturies of Clubs and Associations are urged to favor us with brief notes of their moyements and transactions, as it is the aim of this paper fo 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 « uesirable medinm for advertising snnonncements. 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 beautifulin Nature. It will pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert the legilimate 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 may not be read with propriety in the home circle We cannot be responsible for the dereliction of the mail service, if mousy remitted to us ia lost. Advertisements should he sént in by Saturday of each week, if possible, 2 Trade supplied by American News Company. CHARLES HALLOCKH, Editor and Business Manager. DON’T YOU FORCET IT. —— —On the ist of May next the office of Forusr anp Srrraw will be remoyed back to its original quarters, 103 Fulton Street. os Our ApyERrtisemmnts.—Readers will do well to scan our advertising columns nt this spring season, when winter ad- yersisements disappear, to be replaced by others which ap- peal to summer requirements. A great variety of objects are here presented. Many business men are under the impres- Sion that Formst anp Srream is a good advertising medium only for sportsmen’s goods—guns, dogs, fishing-tackle, and the like—but 2 casual glance at its columns will discover that no less than thirty-two distinct interests are represented. We enumerate bonts, boots, books, clothing, carpets, disin- fectants, dogs, fishing-tackle, fish culture, farms, guns, gyminasia, horses, horticulture, houses, hotels, house-furnish- ing, dusurancs, jewelry, lanterns, liquors, music, medicines, natural history, poultvy, periodicals, rubber goods, railroads, s0ap, steamships, steam yachts, taxidermy, tobacco, and watches. These general heads embrace a great many kindred branches. Whose who have tried us generally hasten to assure us of the very material service we render; and the yery, best testi- mony afforded hes in the fact that many of our advertisers have stuck fo us from the beginning of our publication. They assert that this is as good a general advertising medium as any inthe countyy. Let the incredulous try it once and sue for themselves. ee —The new and elepant steamer C. H. Northam takes her place on Monday, April 2d, on the line between New York nnd New Haven, leaving Peck Sip at 3 p.m. This will be welconie news to travellers, as this steamer has always been a favorite. . $$$ Wine vessels of the Long Island Fishing fleet which sailed for the Newfoundland Banks last November are.missing and Supposed to be lost. Their names are the John T. Ryder, 8. G. Noble, Agnes Saunders, Fannie Eves, Emma Hurd, J. P. Ovook, Celia Bernard, W. I’. Merckle, and EH. D. Baldwin, i —There is 80 much gam in Californian, and}so many gun- hérs shooting aronnd, that the Pavijic Life prints each week 4 Tegular Department of Hunting Casualties. JAM SATIS. . eS «Jam satie nivis atque dirac grandinis Misit Pater.” HE morning breaks clear and unclonded, A million ra- diant gems glance and sparkle from each blade and budding leaf. The air is softand halmy, the fragrant odor of woods and fields comes full and fresh to the nostril. -Na- ture again assumes her most bewitching attire. Can romance, or poetry, or art, or piinting ever adequately express to im- Agination or senses the soft beauties of an early spring morn- ing in the country? How we pity the lot of those who are de- barred from its pleasures! Those who have but rarely or but once experienced an early morning tramp at such a time, should hold it as the greenest, freshest spot upon the tablet of their memory, until the opportunity shall arise for a sec- ond enjoyment of this delightful privilege, But to the ardent and enthusiastic admirer of the? great works of the Creator alone can these scenes come back with all the fervor and veneration of idolatry. We shoulder our collecting gun and start ouf. How bracing the airis! Itseems as though thera were no limit to our physical capabilities. It gives an additional elasticity to thestep, a clearér tone to the voice. It seems to throw 4 sweeter music into the metallic tones of the woodthrush, wafted by the gentle zephyr from the yalley. How sweet falls the musical cadence of the favorite litile blue bird, as he carols forth his song to the new-found sponse in the orchard near by. We des¢end the slope. The full-toned note of the red-winged blackbird is heard far below in the cattails, where he and his mate are engaged in the construction of their water-locked home. We enter the woods with their tall chestuuls and ant- lered oaks. The distant bark of the grey squirrel, too shy to little congener, the red cousin, as he chafes in furious tones at the intrusion, are the scunds that first strike the ear. Now and then a golden-winged woodpecker sounds his hammering through the vistas of the forest, as he sends the chips flying right and left from the door of his’ future abode; and per- chance # woodcock may startle you as he whistles up from under your very feet, ‘These are the voices of the woods, links of a golden chain which serve to bind us nearer and closer to nature and her God, The remembrance of such scenes is truly delightful, and the anticipation of like pleasures to come again makes life on dark days bright. We have seated ourselves to notice the moyements ofa small gathering of newly arrived warblers. How graceful they are in the sunlightas they flit suddenly from twig to twig in and ont of the cat-brier thickets; their colorings how harmonious, the shades so delicately blended. How deftly do they seize the unfortunate insects which their eyes skillfully detect. We secure a few specimens and moye to the meadow below. Now ‘faint from further distance born” is heard the shrill whistle of the noble meadow lark, as he wildly pursues his consort over msrsh and meadow. As we cross the moor- land, a bittern flaps lazily up, and with a hoarse croak flies a short distance. then settles down again to his marshy home, From the partially submerged meadowland the little sand- piper, the tiniest of the species, darts up and zigzags off hich in air, imitating in his evolutions the movements of his more formidable relation, the Wilsons snipe. Pissing again to higher ground, the bursting, bubbling notes of the bobolink, the champion songster of the meadows, salntes the ear from eyery sille. Now to the nght, now to the left, and again im- mediately overhead he glides: Again is he seen in wanton and swilt pursuit of his modestly dressed lady. Suddenly he pauses in his hot chase, and floats slowly down with up- stretched wings and dangling feet, pouring forth his gushing song as though the small compass of his body were wholly in- adequate to the task of expressing his full feelings. Wraptin unspeakable thought we gaze upon the scene. Far beyond us the giant woods, thrown athwart the sky, form a fit setting to the intervening picture. The air is vocal with the music of a hundred sounds. ‘The orioles, with their clear whistle, are high up in tulip and buttonwood, The robin's song re-echoes from hilland dale. The piping’of the qnail sounds cheerily from the hedgerow: The dull drnmming of the partridge, the soft cooing of the wood-dove, the low mur- muring of the forest rivulet, the sleepy whisperings of the pines, all blended in one sweet monotone, serya gently to lull the spirit into sweet repose. Vide mecum. $$ a __—_. SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN. —— BSERYATION has led to the conclusion, that all who claim the title of Sportsman” are not entitled to the name, The terms sport and sportsman are notsynonymous, although many would like to have them so, The gentleman sportsman is as widely removed from the genuine ‘sport” in point of respectability, as the field of action is higher and nobler. No doubt they who follow the various branches of out-door sports, from the highest and most respectable to the lowest and most thoroughly degraded, consider the more perfect types of their respective branches the only true, pure, and perfect beings worthy of the name sportsman. We of the rod’and gun are not behind in the aboye particu- lar; we claim the title, and claim it honestly, and can proye (to our own satisfaction at least) that we who love to shoot and fish have some in onr ranks who aré sportsmen ‘par ex- cellence” in the full and perfect usage of the term. We are not all such; far from it, To simply be able to kill ten straight birds from a plunge trap does not fill the bill; nay, nor to kill three out of five shots at quail, woodeock, or rufied grouse the season through, is the standard. Do not eyen the ‘“spot-hunters” the sivie? Neither does it consish in that dexterity at fly-casting or bait-fishing that insures the fullest creéls, Noneof these. Our sportsman is a (litferent beige. show himself, and the incessant chattering of his impudent- ways ready with’some diversion to drive away dull care, You wou't.always find him attired in broadcloth or a ‘‘Hola- bird" snit. He is not necessarily secretary or president of ‘| ahigh-toned sportsman's club. No; it takes something be- sides wealth and position to form this being. he? what are the competent parts of this rare subject of which we are writing ? Then what is We will answer—not by giving a prescription for his ‘make up," for he is nof a manufy: tured article. He will not develop under “blue glass,” but bine sky will help him onamazingly. The trne sporismanis a spontaneous article— born so as it were. With his first ideas his loye of nature shows plainly out, and with coming years the development goes on until, with experience added to experience, he steps forth full full fledged, the first of his kimd, He must bea gentleman in every respect, be he in camp or court, polite, civil, always looking to the welfare of others. He must ever carry about with him that “something” that to even the casual obseryer bespeaks the gentleman though he open not his mouth, A keen lover of nature must he be, drinking in all her sublime changes; finding a pure delight in watching the various little minutie of the varying seasons. He must recognize in looking up through nature, nature's God; find heauty in the clonds and music im every rippling stream; the carol of birds must be to him the sweetest melody on earth and eyery opening flower a type of loveliness, Also somewhat of a naturalist ond botanist mnsthe he—eyer on the alert for specimens of rare animals and plants, besides having a trace of ichthyology and taxidermy in his composi- tion, and a sprinkling of geolosy. So we haye the mechanical ‘(make up” of the true sportsman. But it is to be his moral “make up” that we must look for more striking peculiarities that go to distinguish him from the ordinary run. Many who lay no claim to the title are adepts in the sciences aboye enumerated, and nothing more —mere scientific machines, who, although giying much use- ful information to the world, could not be sportsmen if they would. We see happy combinations of science and true sportsmanship occasionally refreshing from their very rarity. Let us consider then ‘Audubon.’ A simple mention of his name is aJl sufficient. Every intelligent reader of this paper has but to hear that mame to be thrilled with the thought, that at least one purely scientific man has lived who was a thorough sportsman, Such a man must be a keen observer and a close student; little things as well as great must be noticed by him, and the ‘reason why” as assiduously studied, be the object a burning mountain or the simple changing color of a leaf. It is under- stood that he will know how to shoot and fish to edification, for versed as he is in natural history and ichthyology, the habits and haunts of game and fish are as an open page to him, and knowing these, what is simpler than to profit by the knowledge? But one of the grandest attributes of his character is his sociability. How it shines forth in the wilderness, brighten- ing up the camp with its beaming effulgence, No one gets homesick or blue when your true sportsman is around, al- He is always busy; the camp he represents never lacks for com- forts; the larder is always full; the fire burns with good, dry wood (he don’t depend upon a guide);the beds of balsam houghs look yery inyiting in their softness; there is a rack for the guns, a store tent, and you might liye in that little | camp a whole season, providing our sportsman stayed and ministered to you. Your true sportsman may be a backwoodsman, partly forced by circumstances and partly drawn by love to erect cabin in the wilderness, and hew out from the primeyal forest a living and perhaps a competence; or a simple guide, born and brought up far from the haunts of men, a yeritsble “Natty Bumppo” in whom'there is no guile—a sportsman by nature, his home wherever night overtakes him, his compan- ions his hound and rifle, his chureh the green aisles of God’s cathedral. Who could help being a pure sportsman under such inflnences ? Many who read this haya found just such types described aboye, and almost envied them their free, wildlife and thor- ough knowledge of the gentle science of wooderaft. But the true sportsman is also found in our great cities and busy towns; he fills the best positions, and fills them most successfully. In the pulpit, at the bar, in the sanctum, the office, and the warehouse he shines forth. At home he is genial and kind, Secure his friendship and you will ind him # friend indeed. We don’t believe a thorough sportsman can be depraved, He must have elements in him that will lift him up and keep him up. If a man loyes nature and enjoys out-of-door life it is hard for evil to get hold of him. He rises superior to petty strifes and bickerings, and shows himself to be “Natnre’s owo ugbleman, friendly und frank, Ainap with his heart in his hand.'” i GAME PROTECTION. New Yorr.—The Dansville Sportsmen's Association have had 25,000 brook trout placed at their disposal by Seth Green, and haye appointed a committee to yisit the State Hatching House when the fry are ready for delivery. The Association has also a large number of live quail, to be turned out when- ever the weather will permit. At the last meeting a motion was made and adopted that the different clubs of the country be conferred with preparatory to taking measures for organizing a County Sportsmen's Association, and that a meeting of delegates of therespective clubs to consider the subject be held at Mount Morris on Wednesday, April 4th, at three o'clock Pp. M. t The Neshue Fish and Game Olub, which has for its object the stocking of ponds and streams with game fish, the pro- tection of game and fish in close season, and the instruction of its members in the study of the habits and peculiarities - of tle fish nnd gumo that are considered worthy of the angler's or sportsman’s altention, hus just been organized in Nashua, New Hanypshire. officers of the Glub: President; Geo, P, Andrews, Treasurer; Chas, E. Whitmarsh, Secretary; Edward H. Parker, Attorney; Alfred W. Greeley, which, onr correspondent: writes us, really has passed the Con- nectiout Legis'atnre, and become a law. ported to us s0 muny bills as haying been before that body, that we frust the deed has finally been consummated,'and we shall not have to report any further changes for a year, at yersal close season is made for quail, miffed grouse, and wood- - lamps be used in shooting wild geese in the night time.” — FOREST AND STREAM. 133 THE COMING STATE SPORTSMEN'S CONVENTION, The following gentlemen are the [The considerations presented below by a thoughtful eor- Dr. Edward Spalding, President; Virgil 0. Gilman, Vice- respondent, demand respectinl attention—Ep. F. ayn 8.] POWTSMEN of New York State are looking forward with great interest to fhe coming meeting of the State Association’ at Syracnse this spring. Grand results are looked for by honest sportsmen, andit is to be hoped they will not be disappointed. Syracus# is a grand centre to hold fhis meeting ; easy of access to all parts of the State, its in- habitants renowned for their hospitality and courtesy toward strangers, and its sporting organizations perfect in their dis- cipline and composed of gentlemen in eyery sense of the word, What is the object for which these yearly meetings are held? Why do the different associations for the protection of fish and game make yearly pilgrimages to some given centro, as faithfully as the **Moslem to his.Mecea?” ‘This Stite Asso- ciation was formed for high and noble purposes—partly for social good, bnt mainly to devise ways and means to protect and replenish streams, The above is ostensibly the purpose for which the annual meeting is to be held at Syracuse, and has been held at other places in times past. But now the question arises: Has the State organization done those things expected of it? Have the sportsmen who, through force of circumstances, haye been debarred the privilege of attending these associations, been satisfied with the results of the meetings of their more favored brethren? Hus the good resulting from the organiza- tion been of great and lasting benefit, such as we, as a Com- monwealth, cun be proud of? I fear not. Look oyer the minutes of previous mectings, particularly the one held at Geneseo last year, what do yon see in the way of business? Absolutely nothing. Oh! but they hada big shoot, lots of frm, and there were a great many clubs rep- resented. The fmagnificent 500-acre lot,so kindly placed at the disposal of the association by Mr. Wadsworth, was dotted with elub tents, and in these tents was everything in the way of eatables and drinkables—and that was about all it amounted to. The dog show was a failure, but the pigeon shoot was a grand success; and so hard did the delegates work in this latter direction, andsoseductiye were those tenis with their gaily fying streamers, and unbounded hospital- ity, that when the business meeting in the evening was held, they say the attendance was not yery large or enthnsiastic, andthe business done did not crowd the secretary to chron- icle. Now is this right? Onght the weightier matters of the association to be neglected for those trivialities which give but a moment’s pleasure, and are of no benefit to any one? «The New York State Sportsmen's Association have procured ten thousand wild pigeons for the meeting at Geneseo.” The aboye item went the rounds of the papers a year ago, rnd was cousidered as something wonderful; and wellit might be, for the massing of ten thousand wild pigeons is not an everyday occurrence—and that was about all the country knew of the meeting. To be sire, the readers of Forest AND STREAM saw an account of the proceedings, which, al- thongh exhaustive, detailing the whole thing, amounted to simply nothing, for the simple reason that they were the faithful chroniclers of, NorH1Ne. - That there were members at the last meeting who went home dissatisfied there is no doubt. Thankful are we that there are some who look upon the annual gatherings of the New York State Sportsmen's Association as something be- sides ‘‘ boys’ play; as something in which dignity and dec- orum is as necessary as in legislative halls; who attend these meetings to engage in them heart and soul; men to whom the chairman’s yoice, ‘* carried,” announcing the yass- ageof some good protective resolution, is far sweeter music than the ery, ‘dead bird.” Doesthelong line of delegates, each with his gun case in his hand, passing from their hotels to the grounds, hound to win areputation they have not in the legitimate field, look fo the outside world as if yery extensive measures were to he taken for the protection of game? I think not. Do lunch counters and kegs and demijohns ad libilum in every tent, look like a sober consideration of matters of vital import- ance tu our children, whom we hope to instruct in the manly art of sportsmanship? Gentlemsn—delegates—you have the ma!ter in your own hands. It rests with you whether this furthcoming meet of New York State sportsmen shall be a meeting of earnust gentlemen, bent on furthering the inter- ests of the fraternity and the State, or alot of -‘the boys,” bent on sport, and giving precedence to the mere slaughter of innocen\i pigeons and the absorbing of ‘the rosy.” La’ us hops that the coming meeting at Syraciise will belong re- membered as the one where the true sportsmen of the Em- pire Stite met and worked for the interests of the fraternity they represent, and win laurels more lasting than those of Gilman C. Shattuck, Aaron FV. King, Uxecutive Committee. Connectront.—We have received copies of a new Game Bill There have been re- least, The prmeipal feature of the new law is, wherein p uni- cock, doingaway with summer shooting, Following is a brief extract: Srorton 1—Makes it unlawful to kill or attempt to kill sny woodcock, qnail, or ruffed grouse between January Ist ond al ist, the penalty being not more than $25 for each of- ence. Saotron 2—Povbids the taking the eggs or destroying the nests of any of the above birds, under a similar penalty. Secrron 3—Prohibits (except on one’s own land) the suar- ing, trapping, or netting of any of the birds mentioned in Sec- tion 1, under @ like penalty, Suction 4—Refers to the transportation of said birds during the close season, under 4 like penalty, SEcrioy 5 aud 6 —Porbids trespass upon enclosed grounds, without permission, provided the owner has six printed signs or noticés in As many conspicuous places on his land. Srorros 7—Prohibits shooting on Sunday. Peynsrivanta.—The Musion. Free Press says: ‘tn the Quarter Sessions Court in Philadelphia, yesterday, before Judge Finletter, Lewis Hoops and William Byinson were charged with exposing rabbits for sale on December 23d in violation of the game laws. The law prohibits the expos- ing for sale of game between December 15th and October 15th in any one year, and under that act Judge Finletter said he could not sentence the defendunts, even if they were con- yicted. Of laws there were none that should be more rigidly enforced than the game laws when they could be, but this act pinde this an impossible offence, becanse there could be no interval between December 15 and October 15 in one year, and the Court could not insert in the law, “between Decem- ber 15th of one year and October 15th of the sneceeding ee The bills were submitted and yerdicts of not guilty aken, Tt would be well for some other States to look to their laws a see if there is not the same loop-hole of escape for in- Tractors, Pesysyiyvants, Brie, March 29, 1877.—The game association of this place have purchased fiffeen bushels of wild rice, which they propose to sow on the peninsula this spring. This peninsula protects the harbor of Brie, one of the finest harbors on the chain of lakes, and is interspersed with numerous ponds and marshes. A crop of wild rice would mike it a great resort for ducks, withont doubt. The Pur, Fin, and Heather Club was recently organized at North Rast, near this place, The weather is still cold here, this side of the jake being covered with aheayy body ofice. The ducks and snipe haye not yet made their appearance. We havea few ducks in their season, and good snipe grounds. Owing to our seyere winters there are no quail here. The game as- sociation haye ordered one of the Bogardus patent traps for throwing glass balls, and 1,000 balls for practice. Although numerous changes were suggested, no change was made in the game law of this State by our Legislature, except with regard to deer, the season being now from October Ist to December 1st. D. RO. .. Virerma,—As a yery suitable appendix to onr article on ‘Vireinia as a Sporting Ground,” published in our issue of March 22d, we now give a brief abstract of the new game Jaws of Virginia as recently passed by the Legislature. Hitherto such enactments as have been in force have applied to particular sections or counties only, but the new law is general, : Suc. 1. Makes a close season for quail between February 1st and November Ist, and prohibits netting or trapping for two years. Seo. 2. Makes a close season for ruffed grouse between February Ist and August Ist; for woodcock between Peb- ruary Ist and July Ist, and robins between April Ist and November 1st; and protects thrushes, cat-birds, cardinals, wrens, orioles, eta. Sec. 3, Says: ‘Tt shall not belawful to kill or capture any wild water-fowl in this State between the first day of April and the first day of September of-each year, except the wild duck commonly known and called the summer-duck, and except the wild fowl commonly called sora; or during the hight, that is, between dark «nd day-break; nor shallit be lawful to Jill wild water-towl, except with a gun that can be raised at arm’s length and fired from the shoulder withonta rest. Wild geese may be killed either during the day or night. Provided that in no cuse shall floating reflectors or See. 4 reads: “Tt shall not be'lawful to kill or capture wild turkeys between the Ist day of February and the 15th of October of each year, nor atany time by traps of any kind.” Sec. 7. Protects deer between December 15th and August 16th. The penalty for each offence is $20, and the act goes into effect on July 1st next. Pismine my Vircrta,—The Legislature of Virginia has re- cently passed an act to preyent the destruction and to pro-. mote the multiplication of fish in the streams of that State. Tt provides that org the next six years no fish shall be | previous gatherings. Loorenr-Ox. caught otherwise than by angling in any streams above tide- water, Ifis made unlawful to take mountain trout between — September 15th and April ist by any process whatever, and at other periods only by angling—a similar provision apply- ing to black bass between May Ihth and J uly Ist of each year. Possession of these fish within the prohibited periods to be prima facie evidence of violation of the law. The penalty for infraction of the law is fixed at» fine im each case of $20 and imprisonment until the fine be paid. The offender is also to forfeit his boats, nets ox other illegal contrivances in such taking of fish. The act is now in force. law, 4 y) GREENWOOD LAKE, Orange County, New York, March 80, 1877. Eorror Ponest Any STREAM! , ' Knowing the interest you !akein all mutters for which our club was orgunized, I take pleasnre in handing yon the report of our “ Fish Warden,” this day received. Itcovers only the months of Sept., Oct., Noy,, aud the first part of December, the luke being closed from the latter part of Dec, until now, He reports three thousand feet of gill nets taken, sleo ten thousand feef of set lines; had two mien arresled and taken before Justice Hall. They were discharged, however, ay the evidetice Was not sufficient to hold then; he saying if bronght before hiw again they would not pet off so easily, We have placed in the lake six (lousand Califovnia galmon from the New York Aquarium, and itty thousand salmon trout from Seth Green, Hsq, Very réspeotfully yours, Ty, 0, Qoor, Treasurer, our terribly depleted fields, forests, and OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT, GAME AND OTHER BIRDS OF THE DISUYRICT OF COLMMBIA—THEIR HABILS, HAUNES, WLO,—AN INTERESTING FIELD FOR SPORTS- MEN AND NATURALISTS, Wasirinetoy, D, ,, March, 1877. HE District of Columbia and the neighboring counties of Maryland and Virginin, with the many varieties of game birds frequenting these localities at nearly all seasons of the year, not only present an attractive field for the Sportsman, but the extensive and interesting avi fax found in this yicinty makes it doubly attractive for the student of natural history, especially in- the sprmg and antumn. Although it may seem incredible, we haye heve, including permanent residents and aunual yisitors, 226 distinct yarie- ties of birds. Of these, 44 are permanent residents, 54 are regular yisitants, 25 are accidental visitants, 44 are winter residents, and 59 are summer residents, The most complete list of birds ascertained to inhabit the District is that pre- } pared by Dr. Elliott Ooues, now a surgeon in the army, and Dr. D, Webster Prentiss, at present a prominent physician of Washington. This list was prepared by them when they were college boys, and was made up after five years’ actual observations in the field, during which time they collected about five thousand specimens, many of which were depos- ited in the Smithsonian Institution. While collecting their specimens they were students and classmates in that time- honored institution, Columbia College, but the care and accuracy with which their work was done would have re- flected credit upon older heads. Though sixteen years have elapsed since its preparation, not more than a dozen species haye been added to it, and of these a majority are indicated in their list as probable yisitants, though they were not actually observed. Dr. Cones, it is well-known, has devoted his lite to the study of natural history, and his numerous works in regard thereto have a world-wide reputation. He has more yaluable works in print on that subject than any other naturalist of his years, His classmate—Dr, Prentiss— though still deeply interested in all that pertains to that beautiful study, found the demands of his profession steadily encroaching upon his taste in this direction, and has had to abandon in a measure the pufsuit of his early inclination, Dr, Cones, with his honored position in the army, has rapidly coma to be one of the first naturalists of our country, and his interesting articles, which often appear in ForEST AND STREAM, are extensively copied. The list of birds prepared by them is valuable, not only on account of haying eyery species mentioned and fully described, but it also gives the times of arrival and departure of such as are now residents, with brief notices of the habits of all birds found by them, I the list of game birds I rank the woodcock first. ‘This bird is a pérmanent resident and frequents low, marshy grounds and moist corn-fields. In early spring it is found in low woods and thickets. Dr, Coues, in his admirable work on ‘Birds of the Northwest,” says: ‘‘Dhe woodcock is by no means so exclusively an inhabitant of bog and brake as those who are not entirely familiar with if may suppose. Tt frequently visits corn-fields and other cultivated tracts in the vicinity of swampy grounds, and often betakes itself to the woods, where it rustles among the dry leaves, turning them oyer to search for food. It is erratic, or rather caprici- ous, in its resorts as well as in its general moyements north and south. A few linger, unless the season be yery seyere, in the middle districts all winter, but they are generally off for the south with the freezing of the ground. A cold snap will suddenly drive them away altogether from places where a few hours before they had been found in numbers, The general and regular moyement occurs chiefly in Mareh and October. Some reside in the south, but the greater number pass north, to rettimm again in the fall None appear to winter, except casually, beyond our middle districts.” The fayorite feeding time for these birds is about the dusk of evening, and I believe they migrate af night. Some tinte ago, while walking along one of the principal streets in the heart of the city about 9 o’clock in the eyening, my atten- tion was drawn to something on the sidewalk, which Ifound to be a full-grown woodcock seriously hurt but not dead. T was ata loss to account for the presence of the bird at this place, but the mystery was soon solyed when I obseryed 4 telesraph wire overhead, against which the bird struck in its flight and was fatally injured, In this loeality they mate in February, and I am sorry to say that they are not protected, We haye a game law forbid ling the Inlling or sale of them bes tween the Ist day of January and dth day of July, but I un- derstand that they haye been for sale in market, within the past two weeks. Our next game bird is Wilsor’s suipe, better known as *‘English,” or *jack snipe.” and sometimes they are plen- tiful enough to afford excellent sport. They are spring and autumn visitants, and are now here on their way north, though they haye not been plentiful thisseason, They return from the north in flocks early in September, and remsin in this vicinity about two weeks. Snipe fraqnent low meadows and marshy ground, and in the spring very offen arriye one night and leaye the next. Indeed, it is a very common oc- currence to find the snipe quite plentiful on a marsh or meadow one flay, and upon the next not the first sign of one. As an instance, T may mention the fact thal Col. Amzi Smith, of the Senate Document Koom, afew evenings since was walking over pieca of maadow near his conniry xesi- dence, accompanied by his favorite Gordon sotter, but w- fortunately without his gun, and inisss thin Half an horr the dog put upadozen snipe, most of them being hand- sontely pointed. Gol. Smith was on the meadow early next | morning with gun and dog, but not a snipe was tobe found 134 FOREST AND STREAM. all of them haying left during the night on account_of a slight fall in the temperature. Our next game bird is the ** American partridge,” a perma- nent resident, and still abundant, even in the immediate vicinity of the city. While they breed to a great extent in this locality, the number is considerably imcreased every spring by migrations from more southern latitudes, and every fall by birds from the north on their way south. A pair of birds will raise two broods a year, averaging seven or eight toabrood. The close season for them under the District law is from the first day of January to the first day of Octo- ber. Another permanent resident is the ‘ruffed grouse,” or ‘‘pheasant,” though not plentiful. They are found in the most impenetrable laurel brakes, and are procured with much difficulty. The close season for them in the District is from the first day of January to the first day of September, They are more abundant in some of the neighboring counties of Maryland and Virginia, and are sent to our markets in season from these counties. This bird goes under different names in different parts of the country. Dr. Coues, in his work above referred to, says: ‘‘ We are often askedis it a partridge, orisita pheasant? to which reply may be made that it is neither, but a grouse, ‘Pheasant’ isa name of a variety of birds of the family Phasianide:, indigenous to Southern Asia, nnd not represented in this country atall. The best-known species is that one long ago introduced into England, and there thoroughly naturalized. (The nearest American repre- sentative of the pheasant is the wild turkey, which is some- times included in the family Phasianidee.) ‘Partridge’ is the name of a group of small gallinaceous birds, which, like the Phasiande, belong exeluslyely to the old world—our American partridges, so-called, being quite a different set of birds.” He expresses the opinion that it would simplify matters much to discard altogether the terms ‘‘pheasant” and “partridge,” by which this species is known respectively in the Northern and Southern States, amd call it by its proper name of ‘ruffed grouse.” Wild turkeys are still abundant in the neighboring counties of both Maryland and Virginia, but they have become ex- tinct in the District on account of the great increase of pop- ulation and rapid settlement of the country, They are regularly found in our markets in season, being sent here principally from Virginia, where they are plentiful. On one occasion while on a partridge shooting excursion near Manasses, in that State, my companion and I sat down in a pine thicket to eat lunch, and while thus engaged a droye of eight or ten turkeys appeared coming directly toward us, but as quick as we dis- coyered them they discoyered us, and in less than a minute they were out of sight, much to our disgust. They are ex- ceedingly shy, andare more frequently trapped than shot. Wild pigeons make their appearance in flocks at irregular interyals throughout the fall, winter, and early spring months. In September and the early part of October the ortolan and reed bird shooting on the marshes of the Potomac and Eastern Branch affords rare sport. These birds areabundant at the time mentioned, and it is no uncommon thing to bag eight or ten dozen reed birds and three or four dozen ortolan in a day’s shooting. The ortolan, also known as ‘‘rail” and ‘sora,’ is a spring and autumn yisitamt, rare in spring, but yery abundant in fall, from the last week in August until the first frost. The reed bird, also known as ‘‘bobolink” and “vice bird,” is a spring and autumn yisitant. In spring itis distributed abundantly about orchards and meadows, and even at that season is generally in flocks from May Ist to 15th, The autumn visits aré made in immense flocks, and at this time they soon become exceedingly fat on the wild oats which grow in the marslies, The bird is esteemed as quite a delicacy in the fall when fat, and they readily bring from 75 cents to $1.25 per dozen in our markets. Besides the two last-mentioned species, the fresh water marsh hen, ‘(King Ortolan,” is found sparingly in early autumn in the marshes along the riyers with the common rail. The Vir- ginia railis also aspring aud autumn visitant, though it is yery rare in the spring and not abundant in the fall. It ar- rives about the last week in August and departs upon the appearance of frost. The habit which birds of this variety have of skulking and hiding in the7almost inaccessible places they frequent renders them difficult of observation, and they are usnally considered rarer than they really are. The greater tell-tale tattler, better known as the ‘*yellow- shanks ployer,” is a spring and autumn visitant. It is com- mon in spring from May 1st to 15th, and in the fall from the middle of September to November. It is generally seen singly, though sometimes two or three are found together, Tts favorite haunts are banks of the rivers, boggy meadows, and commons intersected with pools. ‘The lesser tell-tale tattler also appeurs with the former, and its habits aré similar in every respect. This bird is also known as '* yellow-shanks plover," but is much smaller than the first-aamed bird of that species, The golden plover, sometimes known as ‘*bull- head plover,” passes quickly through this locality in carly spring, but in the fall they are quite numerous, and are found about fields and plowed land during October and November. T have thus briefly referred to such birds! in the list as are sought by sportsmen, but there are many varieties deseribad which makes the list of great interest to naturalists, and I believe it is to-day recognized as the best local list that has eyer appeared in North America, To give some idea of the the specimens collected by these enthusiastic naturalists in their boyliood days, I need only mention that they found among the birds of the District ten species of hawks, six of owls—among them the great horned owls—even of wood- pockers, five of swallows, about fhirty of warblers, besides many fly-catchers, thrushes, wrens, cuckoos, buntings, spar- rows, grosbeaks, blackbirds, robins, larks, herons, sand- pipers, and other varieties too numerous to mention. Eyen our great emblem of freedom, the bald-heatled eagle, is a permanent resident of the District, It is frequently seen sailing alongover thariver, or perched npon stumps and snags on the flats, The golden eagle is also found in this locality, and two specimens secured in the District* are now in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. The yarious species of water fowl frequenting the Potomac are also fully described. About twenty varieties of ducks ave noted, together with the times of their arrival and de- parture, First, there is the delicious canyas-back, a winter resident, and at times abundant. Next we haye two species of mallard, all of them plentiful; red-heads are abundant, and are frequently sold in market as canyas-backs. Then we have blue-winged teal, green-winged teal, black-heads, butter-balls or butfel-heads, sprig-tuils, golden-eyed wood duck, and other varieties in great numbers. The Ameri- can swan is not common in the immediate vicinity of the the city, though sometimes it is quite plentiful on the lower Potomac, andis always for sale in our markets. Wild geese are common along the river, and are frequently seen in the air flying over. They arrive herein the fall, just before the first approach of severe weather, and are found in market throughout the winter. With such a supply of game birds and water fowl] the sportsmen of Washington are thoroughly satisfied, and if we can only haye proper game laws, rigidly enforced, there will be no, decrease in the game for many years to come. The list of Drs. Coues and Prentiss, from which I haye quoted, was the first one of birds of the District ever pre- pared, and it gives the habits of the birds from actual obser- yation, As illustrative of the enthusiasm of the young naturalists I mention the fact, that in spring and fall they were up by daylight and off to the woods, in the neighbor- hood of thecollege, for the purpose of collecting specimens, At half-past eight the studies of the day were commenced, and the young ornithologists were frequently compelled to hide their gun barrels in the legs of their pantaloons, the stocks under their jackets, and thus steal in totheir rooms to avoid punishment, for the professors in the institution were of the opinion that their expeditions to collect specimens amounted to truancy, and that the time thus spent should haye been given to the conjugation of a Greek yerb, or the demonstration of some difficult problem in geometry. Of course the young naturalists were frequently in trouble with the faculty, and received numerous lectures, Hyery dead bird or reptile found about the college building or grounds was always traced to Coues and Prentiss. On one occasion the young gentlemen became inyolved in quite a serious difficulty, on account of having brought a water- moceasin, which they shot on one of their expeditions, into the building, where it was found by another student, who was always full of mischief and ready fora joke. He took it tothe recitation room, coiled it upon the chair of the tutor, and covered if with anewspaper. In afew minutes the tutor entered the room with text books in one hand and hat in the other, brushed off the paper with his hat, and there lay the snake—books went one way, and hat another, much to the amusement of the young gentlemen of thé class. As a consequence there was a great row, and the faculty made every effort to discover the one who placed the snuke on the chair, but without success. Couesand Prentiss were severely reprimanded for bringing the reptile into the college building, and notified that a repetition of the offence wouldnotbeexcused. ‘The grass has long grown green on the graves of both tutor and the mischievous student, but their memory is cherished by the college boys now scattered over the wide world. ; Rifle. / RIFLE NOTES, SEE ae Creedmoor is officially declared open. The first competition this year will be for the Remington prize, $300 in gold. The Spring Prize Meeting will take place on May 24th and 25th. Mz, Brower, Superintendent of the range at Creedmoor, thinks well of the Stone targets. Several riflemen are going to wear blue glasses this season. Conlin's benefit is progressing nicely at Zettler’'s Rifle Gallery. A match between the long-range riflemen of Brooklyn and and New York city will take place this springy. It is cansing considerable talk, and a “tight rub” is expected. The terrible spitz dogs are made the *‘ butts” of many re- marks and the targets for numerons blunder-busses. The present military sights are justly complained of in relation to their erudeness. Agood firearm with poor sights is but little better than a poor one with good sights. The members of the Helvetia Rifle Club are going to have agrand time in May to celebrate the organization’s twenty- fifth birth day. This is the original Swiss shooting club on this side of the Atlantic. Several clubs have been «reported as being willing to co- operate with the Amateur Rifle Club of this city for the pro- posed Irish-American match, The Seventh Regiment's shooting galleries haye been 4 splendid souree of uuusement and aid to the members this winter, and an improvement in their scores may be expected at Creedmoor in consequence. Capt. Bogardus is giying exhibitions throughout the country shooting at glass balls thrown fromatrap, The ‘wing " shooters seem to like the bulls ; us shooting at them is almost as much fun as that of Killing pigeons from the fraps, ee Wm. Hayes has been making some extra good scores lately with a new Ballard, 200 yards range, at Newark, N. J. G. W. Yale is going to shoot the Wesson long-range rifle this year. : At Boston, Spy Pond Range, the canvass targets are pre- ferred to all ot hers. Hellwig's money prize match” is quite a sndcess. Tho entries aré numerous. Comptroller John Kelly, of this city, isa lifeanember of the N. B.-A. EE Navionan Ririz Assocrarioy.—We have received the An- nual Report of the N, R, A., which contains a record of the past year's events at Creedmoor and on the ranges of affiliating clubs. A meeting of the Directors was held on Tnesday week, The Secretary reported in reference to the award of diplomas to the winners of prizes in the Gentennial matches at Creedmoor last fall, that nothing conld be done until the next meeting of the Executive Committee of the Oentennial Commission, and he was instructed to continue to look after the matter. On motion, the range was declared open for the ensuing season. The Adjntant-General will pay the Association $4,500 for the use of itsrange by the National Guard on three days of each week during the coming sea- son, provided that 20 markers be provided on each occasion instead of 15, as was the case last year. A communication was received from the Washington Grey Cayalry Troup ask- ing that provisions be made in the programme for the spring prize meeting at Creedmoor fora match between teams re- presenting the seyeral cavalry troops. ‘The programme for the spring prize meeting, which will take place on May 24th and 25th, was next taken up and adopted as follows, most of the prizes to be announced hereafter : Directors' Match.—Open only to the Directors and honorary Directors of the National Rifle Association: distance, 200 yards; position, stund- ing; weapon, any rifle; twosighting and five scoring shots; entrance fee, $1; prize, the Directors’ Championship Gold Badge, to,be held by the winner during the yeur. ' _Short-Range Match.—Open to¥all comers: distance, 200 yards; posi- tion, slandiug; weapon, any rifle; two sighting and seven ecoring sho1s; entrance fee, $1. Military Match.—Open to teams of five from any company,traop. or battery of the National Gnard of New York, or nes States, or of the regular Army or Navy,or Marine Corps, to be composed of company officers, non-commissioned officers, or privales, who have been mvmbers since March, 1877: distance, 200 yards; position, standing; seven scor- ing shota; teams to use the riflés with which their companies are timed; entrance fee, $1. Cavalry Mateh.—Open to teama of five from any troop or battery of the National Guard or of the United States Army; distance, 200 yards; Forteons standing; two sighting and seven scoring shots; entrance ee, $1. dhid-Range Match.—Open to teams of fivetfrom Zany company, troop, or battery of any State, or the regular Army, Navy, and Marine Corps; any position; distance, 500 yards; entrance fee, $1. Individual Mateh.—Open to all-comers; any rifle; any position; 10 scoring shots; entrance fee, $1. Second-class targets will be nsed in this match, witha “cartoon” 11 inches in diameter covering the *bull's- eye.” Leech, Cup.--Under the auzpices of the Amateur Rifle Clubs; open to all native born citizens of the United States and resident members of the Amateur Rifle Club, regardless of nationality; distance, 800, 980, and 1,000 yards; any position; 15 shots; entrance fee, $1 to members and $2 to outsiders; prize, the “Leech Cup,"’to be held by the winner thronghout the year, Running Deer Match.—Open to all comers; any rifle; nu windage - allowed; distance, 100 yards; position, standing; five shois, to be fired consecutively; entrance fee, 25 cents, rach compeétitorto be allowed four entries; afine of 10 cente for nut firing or nol hilting the haunch; such fines to be divided among the three highest scores. The deer will be ron asa boll’s-cye targer during the morning. Ti was decided to extend the invitation embodied in a res- olution passed by the board in February last—to enter into competition for the Centennial trophy—to all who were in- yited last year, giving them until June Ist to accept the inyitation. Amatevr Ririnz Orus.—The annual meeting of the Amu- teur Rifle Club, of New York, will be held at the Seventh Regiment Armory, corner of Third Ayenne and Sixth Street, on Thursday evening, April 8d, 1877, at eight o’clock. ‘Be- sides the election of officers, the invitation of the Irish Rifle Association and other important matters will be bronght be- fore the club for discussion and action. A large and prompt attendance is earnestly requested. Conuiy’s Benzrrr TovrnAmeyr.—This match, which opened at the Zettler’s Rifle Gallery, 207 Bowery, on March 17th, is progressing finely. Over 250 tickets have already been shot, and the interest in the competition increases nightly. The large number of prizes offered adds greatly to the spirit of the competition, as it insures to the fair average shot a chance of gaining a valuable trophy. The following are a list’ of the prizes already received, besides which seyeral others are promised, and willuudoubtedly be given within the current week: Prize, , presented by Zettler Rifle Association. Prize, , presented by Arnold & Constable Rifle Clnb. Valuable solid gold medal, presented by William Hayes, One Ardito stereoscope, presented by James Molinari. One fine gold and silver plated and engraved revolver (large size), presented by Henry Fulton: One mugazine reyolyer (new style), presented by H. Rem- ington & Sons, One gold and silyer plated revolver (large size), presented by Schuyler, Hartley & Graham, , One nickel plated reyolyer, presented by EH. 8. Harris, One ‘box fine segars, presented by Sandy Spencer. Three gold plated medals, five silver plated medals, fifteen bronze medals, presented by L. V. Stone, J. B. Blydenburgh, Charles A. Cheever, C. E. Blydenburgh, Additional prizes will be duly noted in these columns as they are contributed. The tickets are fifty cents each. A competitor may shoot as many tickets as he desires. No person can win more than one prize. The entire proceeds of the competitions will be presented to Mr, Conlin, to assist him in speedily refitting and opening his gallery, and it is hoped, that in view of the uniformly courteous treatment which all have received at the Lands of Mr. Conlin. that he may have a rousing benefit, Tickets and further mforma- tion can be obtained by applying te any member of the Committee. Committee of Arrangements, C. G. Zettler, L. Y. Sone, M. L. Riggs, J. B. Blydenburgh. B. Fenning, Charles A. Cheeyer, D. L, Beckwith, C. E, Blydenburgh, s ——————s FOREST AND STREAM. 135 UNACOOUNTABLES. ——_.- —— Laxuyinne, OT., March 26, 1877. Enrvor FoREs? AXD SirgEaM, In your issue of March idth is an article on unaccount- able misses from ''Onicko,” He seems to think the trouble is not in the gun, butin the ammunition used, I quite agree with him, I hnye used a breech-loading rifle for a number of years, and it is the best gun I ever bandied; but I find, no matter how perfect the gum may be, I cannot do good shooting without the ammunition is perfect. My method of loading cartridges is to fill the shell, leaying only space enough to put in A thin out wad of pasteboard, and not oyer one-eighth of an inch in which to seat the bullet ; that leayes nearly the whole Jength of the bullet in the rifling of the barrel when the cart- ridge is in the chamber; and if the bullet is the right size and properly patched, the patch will not be torn in putting the cartridge into the chamber (or in the passage of the bullet from the shell mto the barrel when fired), if the gun is prop- erly made and clean, and it will also straighten the bullet im the shell if itis a little loose, owing to the short distance it goes into the sheli. The pasteboard wad over the powder hasits advantages and its disadvantages. Ifthe bullets fit the shells loosely, it pre- yeuts the powder spilling out in carrying, if the bullet comes _out, and it also serves in A measure as a gas check and pre- yentsina measure fire cut. But if the bullet isconcayed much in the base, the wad is liable to be forced into the hollow base of the bullet and go with it. I have found the pasteboard wad, lubricator, and part of the patch at eight hundred yards from the firing place, lying beside or sticking to the bullet, und in one instance, part of a dry pasteboard wad, when no lubricator was used, was found sticking to the bullet; the bullet was shot into the snow at five hundred yards, I never use Inbricator of any kind when I want to do fine shooting, but use a dry paper patch and wipe the gun clean and dry after every shot. Another yery important item is the composition of the bul- Jet, which must be of a hardness in proportion to the amount and strength of the powder used. A bullet that would be haril enough to use with seventy grains of powder and shoot well, would be good for nothing to use with a charge of one hundred or one hundred and ten grains. It would be up-set so it would take the rifling beyond the patch, unless the bul- let was patched the whole length. Fix upon some particular brand of powder that you can always get, and the quantity te be used for your charge, then make some bullets, weighing the lead and tin (if tin is used to harden), making a note of the proportions; load sojue shells with your standard charge of powder ; patch the bullets carefully, wetting the patch quite wet in the mouth, und draw it on as tightrs you can without tearing, and stivk the edgs down with mucilage, using us little gum as possible. Do not attempt toseat the bullets until they are periectly dry, then shoot them into a snow banie; they will penetrate it trom three to six feet, according to its density, when they can be readily dug ont, and if they do not hit any- thing harder than snow, they will be found as perfect as when they left the gun, If they are upset so as to show the groove one-half or fiye-eighths of an inch they are about the right temper; but if they are upset more they are too soft, and if not as much they are too hard, and more or less tin should be used ; when casting bullets stir the metal often, Then the size of the bullet is anvther point to be attended to, Ifitis too large it isap! to bind in the grooves of the gun In inserting the cartridge, und teur the patch; and if too small and is loosein theshell, it is liable to slide a little to- ward the muazle if the gunis held muzzle downward, and also to be driven forward a little by the blow of the firing-bolt upon the cap before the charye is ignited. All these little things make a differance in the shooting and help to produce unaccoun- table misses. The same care and nicety should be observed in loading each and every cartvidge as would be required in loading the most elaborate inuzzle loader. Begging your pardon for oeenpying your time and space, and hoping that the nboye hints may be of use to some xifleman, : I remain yours truly, H. A, Paumen, es JUDGING DISTANCES. _ Porsxam, Conn., March 26, 1877; Enirok Forest aNp STREAM, T hays fot a notion in my head (strange, don't it?), and you know an ocean mnst have its own sWway, and though it has its tides, yet it will not be fied, and Woebetide the man who tries it; vide Kong Canute, My notion is this: that it would be of no little practicnul benefit to Tiflemen if each club should adoptaplan for practice something like this: The captain to select « firing point at some unknown (for certain) distunce from the target, from which point each man to fire, say fiye shots, 00 7man to haye the benefit of another's experience; then the Captain to select another point, and 80 on, al as many different distances as they may care to try; the idea being to form an approximately accur- Ste judement of distance, as hardly any gamne will stand still and let yon measure up to it, and if ft will, why, you don’t need any gun, bat simply some salt to put on its tall, which kind of salt yoo will no¢ find in mine ocean, Jam not arifieman of fifty years’ standing, in fact, 1 object, on princi- ple, to standing as Many minutes when I Can gel a good seat, but I give the sbove for whatit is worth, simply sugzesting that the details may be varied to sulf eachclub, the muin thing being to learn the rifleman to judge of distance. Yours traly, O*/VBRICUR, [We have always contended that the practice of judging distances show” be exercised more by riflemen.—Ep. ] 0 or SUB-CALIBRE HIFLES AGAIN. —_—— N. S., March 28, 1877, Horror Forest ayb STREAM, Sin: While conceding the mechanical practicability of the sub-calibre rifle bariel, you say that a gun to which one was fitted would be a non- descript piece of little value. ‘co that yiew permit me to express, nuder correction, my degided dissent. To your question, as to where the rifle barrel should be carried wheu on a long trip aud for mixed ehootlag, let me answer by asking, “What better gun could yon have for mixed shooting, than 4 rifle and shot-gun combined?’ My idea was £0 haye anly ono rifle burrel, though, of course, two could be used, but would take rather ton heavy a gun tocarry around all day, When only aniull game Was expected, as is generally the case in the Middle aud Eastern States, the rifle shonld be left at home, IT regard **Wacautah*s’ experi- ence as decidedly fuvoring my views, while that. of * Porort ss” proves nothing against them, as the barrels he had imay not bave fitted sc- curately and snigly, an indispensable pre-requisite lo good shooting, and which can be best done bya large manufacturer, who has the ne- cessary facilities in the way of muchinery, etc. In this connection let me quote from the Catalogue of Nichols & Lefever for i877, which was fhe firm J alluded toas making the barrels, but charging too much fi ribem, 1 says, “We insurt 2 rifle barrel into onr braech-loadine shot, fins when desired, This barrel is so constructed that It can be ad- Justed in a mlnate, with nearly the anme onac a5 to insert and withd raw the ehell. The Weight ia from 1} to 2} pounds. It takes the same ebell that we use in oursingle and donble rifles. Tiese inserléd barrels shout nearly asaccurately as any other rifle, etc."* The Baker gun {fs doubtless yery convenient, but we can't all buy these guns jn addition lo the one we already possess, while, for a small addi- tional outlay, every owner of 2B. L. shol-gun may haye a good sporting tifle Jn the most compact shape. I would like to know the ideas of @ practical mandfacturer on Lhe subject, and ‘hope some of them may be induced to givethem, B. L. Epiror Fores, anp SrREAM, Inoticein your remarks, prefacing my article on sub-calibre rifies, that yon ask, “Why not have it a permanent fixture, like the Baker gun? In reply I will say, that sucha gun would be too heavy as 4 shot- gun. You ask, also, '‘Where wonld the rifle barrel be carried?” [ answer, in a sheath, and slunglikean army carbine. You will notice that I recommend rwo rifle barrels of different calibre (or bore, not box), as your compositor made {t in two places), and these barrels could be readily carried in a double sheath or scabbard, and eluug as stuled. In addition to the usual shot-gun sight, each shot barre! should be motnted with a set of rifle sights, and the difficulty complained of by Toronto wonld be obviated. Por fifteen or twenty years past I have argued, that the first company that fitted up for the munufactnreof such a com- bined gun as I describe would get plenty of orders, and I eee no reason to change my opinion, providing good work is turned ont. Wacauran (noc Macantah). The Fennel. THE NEW YORK BENCH SHOvy. The arrangements for this eyent are progressing satisfae- torily, and the interest in it daily increases. Not the least notable fact is that many p-rsons who on ordinary occasions would not be known as exhibitors are coming to the front, On Friday last an old gentleman, eighty-two years of age, Mr- H. 0. Durell, applied for entry blanks, and will show the set- ters over which he still shoots with unabated vigor. This is but one instance of many which willfgive special interest to this show. New Yorn, April 2, 1877. Enirok ForEst AND STREAM. Sm—The progress of this show is going on very satis- factorily ; the interest manifested by all parties is greatly on ‘the increase, as the applications and entries abundantly tes- tify. Many of those haye been received from parties who have never before exhibited at any bench show. The non-sporting classes promises to be quite a feature of the show, as many ladies in New York and adjoining cities will show their pef dogs. Several additional special prizes. have been sent in, which will be classified by the Committeefat their next meeting, and at once put in the printer’s hands, so as to be ready for circn- lation the last of this week. Mr, John Davidson, of Monroe, has accepted to act as one of the judges, and probably will be assigned to the classes for English setters. Capt. J. M. Tay- lor has also accepted. The names of the other judges have not yet been decided on, as the Committee are taking time to secure the most competent men and to diyide them into the clisses they are most adapted for. Application has been made to the yarious railroad companies for the free transportation of dogs, the result of which will be announced. Yours, truly, Osnas. Linconn, Supt. Since the above was written a letter has been received from the Rey. J. Cumming Macdona, uecepting the invitation of the Westminster Kennel Club to visit this country and act as judge, He will bring a large party withhim. Letters haye also been received from many prominent Hnglish breeders antd exhibitors, i A Goop Inra.—The Westminster Kennel Club have made arrangements with the North British and Mercantile In- surance Co,, by which any owner, for a trifling sum, may have his. dog insured against death by fire or any cause connected therewith. Thecost of insuranae will be but 25 cents for fifty dollars, or 50 cents for each one hundred dollars, The Com- pany will have aclerk at the Garden on Monday and Tuesday of the show-week to issue certificates, or insurance can be ef- fected through Mr. Lincoln, or by addressing Philip Latour- ette, Hsq., N. B. M. Ins. Co., No. 64 William St. i io Rock.—The St. Louis Kennel Olub haye sold their re- nowned setter Rock, to Messrs. J. & R. M. Nesbitt, of Cam- bridgé, Mass. Regarding the purchase, one of our Boston correspondents writes as follows: “All loyers of the setter will welcome this grand dog Hast again, The remarkable beauty, fine size, and excellent field qualities mow exhibited by several of his earlier whelps, owned in the neighhorhood of Boston, seem to indicate that he is just the dog to cross on our natives, and his undoubted snccess in this line his induced Messrs. John and Robert M. Nesbitt, of Cambridge, Mass., to purchase him from the St. Louis Kennel Club. Many of your readers will recollect the beautiful puppies exhibited at the last Springfield Bench Show by Mr. John Nesbitt, from the bitches “Maud” and ‘Belle.” Both of these litters were by ‘Rock, Thongh we understand the Messrs. Nesbitt haye bought him for private use in theirown breeding kennel, we hope he will not be altogether withdrawn from the public stud. Unprr Grr, Se ee a Unton Crus—Boston—The gentleman writing from this Club for information regarding entering a valuable setter bitch in the Kennel Register, will have to write his name more distinctly to enable us to comply with his request. i tt —Mr; Ll, H. Smith, of Strathroy, Ontario, writes us that his Field Trial setter bitch Dart, whelped twelye puppies to Leicester, on the 23d of March. —Mr. Avery W. Gore, of Bostou, claims the name of Mollie 2d for a white black and tan puppy by Rink ont of Mollie, she by St. Kildare, whelped December 6th, 1876, and bred by Isaac Fiske, of Worcester, Mass. eS —Capt. Posters “ Kirby" whelped at Leesburg, Va,, last week, seven puppies by ‘‘ Champion Rock." Buxine Dogs.—We aré in receipt of a large number of letters from persons wlio are desirous of purchasing dogs, To all such, and we would ask of them to accept this as a re- ply to their letters, we would say that during the coming Bench Show to he held in this city they will find opportuni- ties to suit themselyes such as rarely ovenr, Not only will prices be affixed in the catalogue to all dogs, but on the last day of the show there will be an auction sale, for which a number have already been registered. We shall be happy to execute dommissions for any of our corespondents snd readers who may be unable to attend in person, particularly for those wanting puppies, as there will be a large number of litters of every breed and strain from which to choose, et —Mr,. 0. W. Douner, of Brooklyn, claims the name of Grouse and Lassie for a brace of Bnglish setters, black and white, with slight tan markings, imported by him, ee oe SETTERS— ENGLISH, SCOTGH, AND = IRISH. BY ‘*STONEHENGE.” E continue in this issue the republication of Mz. Walsh’s paper on Setters, from the London Field : Tue Bruack-ran Surrer (sometimes called Gordon). The black-tan setter, until the institution of shows, was commonly called ** Gordon,” from the fact that the Dukes of Gordon had long possessed a strain of setters of that color, which had obtained a high reputation. At the first dog show held at Neweastle, in June, 1859, Mr. Jobling’s (of Morpeth) black and tan Dandy was shown with suceess in an open class; and in November of the same year Mr. Burdett's Brougham followed suit at Birmingham. In 1861 My. Bur- dett’s Ned (son of Brongham) won the first prize in an open class at Birmingham, after which a special class was made for dogs of that color at Birmingham, London, and other large shows, the breeders of English dogs fancying that the beau- tiful color of the “*Gordon” was too much in their fayor, Up to the above-mentioned period the blacik-tan setter had not been generally introduced into the midland and south- ern counties of England—Mr, Brown, of Melton Mowbray; Mr. Burdett, of Birmingham; the Rey. T. Pearce, of Morden; and Mr. Calyer, of East Harling, Norfolk, haying been the chief breeders in those districts. Mr. Burdett’s Ned was a very handsome, useful-looking dog, and was sold ata good price, together with his brother, Rock, to Sir J. Riyett Car- nac, of Warborne, Hampshire, by whom they were shot oyer for two or three seasons. Mr. Pearce won several prizes with Argyll IL, Regent, and Ruby at the early shows, but if was not till the appearance Of Kent, shown by Sir E. Hoare at the Ashburnham Hall show, London, in 1563, that the strong Jurore, which from that time set i, was displayed. Beating Argyll IL, bred by Mr. Pearee (but shown in another name, having been previously sold), he was at once ulaimed by Mr. Pearce at the selling price (30 guineas), and proved a profit- able investment, earning forhis owner alarge annual income for several years at the stud, and winning several prizes in the champion classes, together with the gold medalattheParis show of 1865. On the show bench his grand head and rich color drew general attention to him, and it was only ta those who could see him out that his rather weak hind-quarters weru visible. Taking prize after prize at Cremorne, Birmingham (four times), Islington (twice), Worcester, and Paris, his ex- traordinary career naturally caused a great amount of jealousy, and he was called by the opposition party a ‘ cuz,” a ‘‘mongrel," a ‘‘half bloodhound,” and a dozen other bad names. Since that time, however, the real facts of the case have been revealed; and there is little doubt that he was de- scended on his sire’s side from Mr: Jobling’s kennel, and on his dam’s from that of Mr. Adamson, He was bought when & puppy by Sir E, Hoare from an old rabbit-catcher on his estate, who had brought him up underacat. Probably to his early confinement and bad-rearing may be attributed his weak hind-quarters. So convinced, however, was Mr, Pearce of his purity of breeding, that he determined to put the matter to the test of experiment, and offered to trust ona of his stock out of Regent to the care of the writer of thi article, to be bronght np where he could not possibly see ame, and at the proper age—namely, nine or ten months—to 6 introduced to it without preyiously being entered to it in any way. ‘The result was in accordance with Mr. Pearce’s propheey, for the puppy not only beat his ground in fine style, but at the end of a few hours’ work began to stand his birds as only a well-bred pointer or setter will do, without any artificial education of any kind. Of course the report of this trial added greatly to Kent's reputation, and being fol- lowed by the successes of Rex (the aboye puppy) ab Stafford and Shrewsbury, where he won three cups, beating in the final trial My. Field’s Duke, who had gained a high reputa- tion in previous years, Kent had so strong a run at fhe stud for several years, that it would be difficult in the present day to find a black-tan setter withont a strain of his blood, Mr. Pearce's Regent had several large litters by him, including Rex, Young Kent, Iona, La Reine, Dame, Deal, and Silk—all win- ners at shows or field trials. Mr. Stoke’s Shot, successful at Birmingham and Islington in 1868-9, was out of La Reine; and Mr. J. H. Salter’s Young Rex, winner at Brighton in 1876, is by Rex. ° But, in spite of the aboye successes, it cannot be denied that the general opinion of good sportsmen in the south has not been in fayor of the breed since the institution of field trials, in which it has heen bronght into competition with the English and Trish setter. Both Rex and Young Kent had shown maryelous powers of scent, but exception was taken to their tiring action, and it must be admitted that six hours’ work was enough at one time for either of them, and proba- bably too much for Young Kent, Both dogs also were head- strong, and required severe treatment to Keep them under command, and though neither showed the shghtest disposi- tion to nnsteadiness on the point, yet both were jealous be- hind, and it was dificult to muke them work to hand. Among the numberless specimens of the breed (black-tan) which I have seen at work, not one has shown the solicitude to catch the eye of the shooter which is so essential to the perfect correspondence of man and dog which eusures sport, The pointer or setter ought always to know where his master is, and if put into high covert, such ss beans, should Yaise his head at short intervals above them to ascertain his wlere- abouts. Now, as faras my experience goes, black-tan sei ters, and notably the Kents, never do this, and cannot be taken off a scent, without very great severity, till they have satisfied themselves of its fallacy. Most of those fried inthe field haye been dead slow, including Mr. Stoke's Slot, Mr. Purcell Llewellyn’s Wick, and Mz, Turner's Dorset; but 136 FOREST AND STREAM. Lang, by Reuben, was fast enough for Anyone, though not showing much nose, while Young Kent displayed fair pace, and Rex was far above the average’ in this respect. On the whole it may be said that the verdict has gone against the breed in England, and as far as I know, no breeder of ex- perience in the south adheres to it, with the exception of Mr. J. H, Salter; nor is it much more approyed of on the moors by the general public, The points of the black-tan setter are yery nearly the same as those of the English dog, the only deviations being as ' follows: 1, ‘Che séullis usually a little heavier than that of the English setter, but in_other respecte it resembles it. . y The nose, also, is like the English setter; but itis usnally a trifle Wider. 9. ‘The flag is uanally a trifle shorter than that of the English setter, which it, otherwise resembles in ~hape, 11. The cout is generally harder and coarger than that of the English or Irish setter, occasionally with a strong disposition to curl, 43 in the celebrated champions, Renben and Regent. 4 12. Tae color is much insisted on, The black abould be rich, without mixture with the tan, and the latter should beadeep mahogany red withvutany tendency tofawn, Jt is ndmitred that the original Gordons were often black, tan, and white; but, as in all ourshows the classes are limited to black-tan, the long arguments which have been adduced on that score are now absolete, A little white on the ohest aud a white toe or two are not ebjected to; but a decided frill is considered by most jodgesto bea blemish. The red tan should be shown on lips, cheeks, Throat, spot over the eyes, fore legs nearly to the elbows, hind legs up to pee and on the under side of the flag, but not running into its long air. oie — PEDIGREE OF COLBURN’S DASH. —_+——— Epiton Forrsr AyD STREAM. Tnoticein your issue of March ist the fine portralt of Colburn’s ‘'Dash.” In looking oyer his pedigree find a great error—where it reads ‘‘Mead’s Dash,’ by Dash, out of “lent bitch, reddish red,” Now, sir, there has been, during the last few years, quite 4 controversy in the sporting papers in regard to the pedigree of Paul Mead’s “Dash,” sire of Rodman’s Dash. 1 supposed, at the time, that theoe articles would altract the allention of Mr. Johnston, the breeder of Mr. Mead’s Dash, snd induce liim to come out with a statement, in orderto correct the dif- ferent views of several writers, and give the sporting public the true in- wardness of the pedigree of this fine breed of dogs. Their progeny are now scattered ull oyer the connlry, whose owners would be greatly gratified to see this mysterions veil lifted, and bring.to light, net alone the full pedigree of the sire of Mr. Mead's “Dash,” but also the dam of the lact-mentioned dog. Mr. Johnston certainly owes bo the sport- ing world the full history of this strain, Many erroneous ramors have been cent afloatin regard to Paul Mead’s Dush; but Tsay, withont any hesitation, that allthese rumors are without any foundation whateyer. Al the time that Mr, Johnston was in possession of nis imported Irish bitch, "Jenny, I often met him on the snipe patehes and stubbles of Long Island. I became thoroughly acquuinted with Mr. J_, and fonod him to be a genial, joyial, avd unpretentious sportsman of the old school, hospitable and charitable to a fault, who was ever ready Lo ac- knowledge everybody’s dogs to be betler than his own, At this time I saw in his Kennel the young Irish setter pup, afterward the well-known Paul Mead's '"Dash,”’ and hig full sister, ‘Kate, Jenny, the dam of tlie above dogs, 1 believe. was never broken inthe ficld, Mr. J. in- formed me that he only imported her for breeding pnrposes, her sirain being well known to him in Ireland, being of true blne-bloaded Irish stock. Jenny was a low, long, straight-haired, deep mahogany red, with a fine, clean cut head, pendalous ears, set rather low for an Irish fog. Her hair was very coarse, but yery glossy. She was well ribhed up, full in barrel, and deep in chest. Her great fault was her neck, which was rather short and thick. Her type is well stamped on many of herprogeny. Afler breeding seyeral lijters of pups from her, Mr. J. sold, or presented, her to a Mr. Frank Diatler, who was owner of her until her death. ‘Kate,” the full sister to Mead’s ‘‘Dash,"’ was broken by Mr. Benjamin Kent, one of the best dog breakers in those days, She wasvery smull in size, but well put together, a merry worker, and very stanch on all game. Mr. Kent finally sold her to a bird fan- dier--a Mr. Valentine Kunkle, now residing on Rivington Street, near Pitt Street, New York City. All the connection Mr. Kent had in re- gard to Jenny was, that he took her to Albany to haye herlined bys fine imported Irieh dog of rare quality, This last-named dog was the sire of Mr. Paul Mead’s “Dash.” Shonid thie letter meet the eyes of my old friend, “Andy,” who has retired from all business to devote hig Inst days to the gan and rod, we beg him to come forjh, and give us the full pedigree of the finest pian of Lrish setters that was ever bred in this conntry. ——————————— Goxsumerion CureD.—An old physician retired from active practice, haying had placed in his hands by au Eset Indian missionary the for- tuula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and Lung affections, also a positive and radical cure for Neryous Debility uni all nervous complaints, after haying thoroughly tested its won- dcrful curative powers in thousands of cages, feels it his duty to make it imuwn tobissuffering fellows. Actuated by this motive, and £couscien- ious desire to relicve human suffering, he will send, free of charge, to all who desire if, this recipe, with full directions for preparing and guc- eepsfully using. Sent by return mail by addressing with stamp, nam- iny thie paper, Dr. J.C, StoNE,32 North Filth Street, Philadelphia, fishing. Sea and River *,* For trout flies in April, see our issue of March 29th. — TWisu my Manxer.—Fish of all varieties continue scarce, with but moderate change in prices. Our quotations for the weelk are as follows: ‘Striped bass, 20 1025 cents per pound; amelts 16 to 20 cents; salmon (frozen), 25 cents; Galifornia, 25 cents; shad (Southern), 50 cents each; native, do. $1.50; white perch, 15 cents; Spanish mackerel, 50 cents: green turtle, 20 cents: terrapin, $15 per dozen; frostiish, § cents per pound; halibut, 15 cents; haddock, 8 cents; codfish, 14 cents; blackfish, 15 cents; herrings, 6 cents; flounders, 10 cents; sea bass, 20 cents; eels 18 cents; lobsters, 12 cents; sheepshead, 20 cents; turbott, 20 cents; scollops, $2 per gallon; whitefish, 15 cents per pound; pickerel, 15 cents; Canada brook-trout, 25 cents; Long Island trout, $1; trout, 50 cents; pike, 10 cents; ciscoes, 10 cents; hard shell crab, $4.00 per 100; red snappers, 18 cents. —The Germantown Telegraph says : ‘* Some fishermen, who are not troubled with a conscience, go fio work, alter making their hauls, to stuft the throats and stomachs of large rock-fish with small, unmarketable fish, in order to make the former weigh heavier, ——. Evrron FoREsT AND STREAM. A beautiful, still morning the 6th of July found five jolly fellows on board the little schooner ‘‘Josephine,’’ready for « cruise along the South Shore. At 6 A. mt. the moorings were cast off, and with the well wishes of our friends we glided out of Boston Harbor, fayored bya gentle Iuud breeze from the southwest. Our course was laid for Seitu- ate, wheres weintendsd adding to our number one more, Before proceeding further, it might be well to give a description of onr Ultle floating home. I will also say,in explanation, that if any Yeaders of this article profit from our experience, much will have been gained iu writing it. Ouridea in getting the boat (the way I shall here- after describe} was to saye as much expense as possible, and we made a decided hit; but we also madea great mistake, After many inquiries aud much trouble, we found that we could buy this schooner for £175, and havesomething to show for our money after the trip was over; otherwise, we would haye to hire a boat and skipper, and pay enough to buy a boat. Tomake a long story short, we paid the money down and owned the craft. Our first mistake commenced in not getting some one todo the chores. Itis seldom you can get five or six good fellows together to labor and pay expenses for any length of time, At firatit was fun; after that it became work. “Anew broom swaeps clean,” and it is only when the new is worn off that you experience the result. Iam going to give this plain and unyarnished, hoping others will get rid of very unpleasant times by our experience. We madea mistake in not haying askipper to look after thé boat, and also in not hiring 4 man to cook and cleanup. ButTI will also say, that when you do get chums together that are willing each to do their share you will haye a yery pleasant time. Instead of employing some one to do our work, we determined to utilize the talent in our midst. ‘The boat (uautically speaking) wasa tub, She was built by the goy- ernment for a harbor police boat, and was, one of those ugly conun- drums “dat no mens yinds out.’ She wasiplanked ontside like any ordinary boat, but was Cross-planked inside—for what purpose I could Reyer tell, uuless to furnish 4 contractor with funds, or else use up Buperfiuous government lumber, Her dimensions were—length over all, 29 feet; beam, 10 feet, witha draft of water aft of 6 feet. Her cabin was plain and commodious, and she had ainice cook-room or forecastle. Slis waa like a family horsa—slow, but ure. Our mess consisted of Mr. Il., who aspired to be’ captain; for short wo call him Bill (hence Captain Bill). The next was Mr. W. E.N., an artist, who had carned his title of “Knight of the Brush.” We will call him Ned, and givehim position as mats (hence mess-mate). Third on the list, Mr.M. M. stands for music, anda jolly fat roll of music he was, of over 200 pounds weight, I have seen him play the piano with ous handand organ with theother atthe same time. The fourth po- sition was filled by Mr.B, Wewill callhim Charlie. He was partly an invalid, but was full of fan aud quaint humor. The fifth place was filied by your huwtble servant—did Tsay filled? I correct myself, It wyould take five more jast like me to fill tite position as cook for such crowid—always eating, always huugry. But as there was no one to do tha cooking, and no one in our party bnt myself that knew anything about snel artistic life, [ of course had to yolunteer, and dat's vere I mide me mishdake. I oughtto have played ignorance. ‘When ig- Dorante is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise.” Nyery one seemed to think that : — a FOREST AND STREAM. if yondid the cooking, of course you must wash the dishes; and if there is one thing I hate aboye all others it fs washing dishes. But all this time I have been oxplaining for your benefit, dear reader, wo baye been drifting out tosea on un obb tide. Thegentle zephyr wa had had on the start had died away, and to make our position a8 com- fortableas possible, tha aun burst through the smoke and haze and mado the water glassy and tiresome to look ut, only relieved by the ac- capional flitting of a swallow or Mother Carey's chicken. From the warnings of the inner man I went below to finda Inuch, After rumag- ing over sundry packages, I brought to light some crackers, cheése, and sardines, which, with a cool lemouads, made a good quieter of ap- petite, Our party was strictly temperate, ouly ons ever using tobacoo. I don't believe one of us woull have looked cross-eyed ata glass of wiiskey or milk-punch, for the chance given to Mr. Morton, Jr., hol/ asthe day was! After washing down our feed with copious drafts of lemon-juite we took observations. In our hurry of getting underway many things were neglected, We divided the mess—one part took the cabin, the other the decks, and in half on hour you would have thonght we were old salts from the order and neatness, The wind sprang upagain from the old quarter, but we had gone so fay to leeward in the tide, we could hurdlly lay our course, Giving her @ good bull, we let her bile for over an hour. As we passed by Minot’s light, we could see tha huge rollers break on the black ledge off Cohasset, Tacking in shore, we laid for the ‘‘Glades” (a wilderness of wild rocks south of Cohasset), On nearing shore the wind came in spite- ful puffs, hotas air from an oyen,and compelled us to take in our atay- sail, Af times we could only haye halfaturn on the jib-sheet. Being very round on bottom and full, she made almost as much noise as a ship. The tide was now on the flood and the water began to be choppy, oc- oasionally we wonld get the spray by the bucketful audit was cool and refreshing. About4P. wu, we anchored in the mouth of Scituate Har- bor, waiting for a tide to go over the bar, ‘The bar runs from the old light to a bluff almost south, and is dry atlow water. As we had some time to wait, wa fished for “.cunners,” or perch, and caught anumber of large ones. A fisherman told us the direction to goin, ‘ Kesp the barn on the hill in sight until you open the spindle on the land, then run in where you s¢e the large boats lay.” We followed hisadvice, but after getting our mud-hooks down, we felt uneasy alont our position, A small boy, rowing by inadory, gave us the pleasant information, we would be aground at low-water, but an obliging native of more mature years said we were all right. Ihave often wishedI could make, his ac- @uaintanee tnder similar circumstances. Hungry as sharks, we dined on fried perch, potatoes, broiled steak with stewed tomatoes, hot corn cake, and capped off with two heaping plates of griddles. Being very tired, we slept sound, only to be rudely awakened, KEDGE. ee A Brauriryn Cinoz.—Mr. J. H. Rushton, of Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York, well-known as the builder of thirty-five pound cedar boats for Adirondack service, has sent us the photographs and specifications of a Rob Roy canoe just finished by him, which we give below. Two or three of our readers have lately inquired after canoes of this pattern, and they cannot do better than to purchase thisone, The strength of My, Rushton’s reputation alone is guaranty suffi- cient: Dusenstons.—Length, 14 feet; beam, 26 inches; depth, 8} | inches; rise of deck, 2 inches; bulkheads, 3 feet from each end; cock-pit, 3 feet 4 inches by 18 inches; combing, 2 inches high; mast, 1$ inches diameter at deck; siding and decks, 4 inch thick; ribbed between bulkheads—ribs 1} inches apart. Marertan.—Keel and stems, oalr; ribs, elm; siding, decks, deck-timbers, back-boards, stretcher, and combing, cedar; gunwales, mast, and spars, spruce; paddle, spruce or ash, Wricur Comprere.—(This one) 56 pounds; might be built down to 50 pounds safely. Price, from $75 to $100, That our readers may compare the Rob Bos canoe with the Nautilus, we append dingrams of the latter herewith : —The regulations for playing upon the parade ground at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, have been revised, and Myr, Charles Hunt, the efficient superintendent, has been directed to strictly enforce the following : ‘‘Hereatter no person shall be per- mitted to play except reenlarly formed clubs, nor allowed to occupy the grounds, without first haying secured a permit— either from Chief Engineer John Y. Culver or from Police Headquarters, —Thoe weather last week prevented ball'playing up to Satur- day, rain andsnow presenting barriers to field practice, greatly to the disgust of the hundreds zeady to take the field, 137 Rational Pastimes, ROLLER SEATING, —This American exercise has recently been revived in the Metropolis under circumstances which will result in its establishment asa permanent recreative institution of the country, a8 it should be, for it has everything to commend if, alikein a sanitary asin 4 moral point of view, and its social attractions are such as specially to give it favor with the best class of society. There seems to be an impression prevailing in one quarter that itis a French amusement, judging from the character of the Announcements made of special enter- tainments atthe Brooklyn Rink. But the exercise is one which was first introduced here and then exported to Europe, where eyery skate used in the rinks of England and France are of American manufacture, the Plimpton patent skate being the only article now in use, either in Europe or America, " The sport has recently found great favor in Brooklyn, and as we are soon to have a fashionable skating rink established in Madison Avenue in this city, it will soon be equally popular here with the wealthy elass of metropolitan society. In Brooklyn, besides the Rink in Clermont Avenue, there is now the large ball-room at Gallatin Hall, on Fulton Ayénue, and Burnham's Gymnasium Hall, on Smith and Schermer- horn Street, devoted to roller skating; and the large build- ing, Apollo Hall, in the Eastern District, is being transformed into a roller-skating resort. The square known as Leffert’s Park, which has been the source of annoyance to the resi- dents of the vicinity, owing to its having been the resort of rowdy pic-nic clubs, has been leased for a series of years, to be changed into a large garden and roller-gkating resort for out-door use in the summer months. BASE BALL, —At the annual meeting of the National Asso iation of Am- ateur Base-ball players, March 15th, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, J. G. H. Myers, Fly- away Club; Vice-President, J. L. Brooks, Mutual Club ; See- retary, J. M. Tracy, Jasper Ciub, of Manhattan College ; Treasurer, M. J. Dillon, New Rochelle Club; Judge Advocate, J. CG. Shea, Monticello Club. —Among the most important acts of the League Base-ball Convention recently was the adoption of a formal agreement, signed by the clubs, the main feature being that each elub should use ao selfregistering apparatus connected with a turnstile, to indicate exactly how many persons go into seach ground for each game. For eyery person who enters the ground, except players, policemen in uniform, and ten other persons, the visiting club shall receive fifteen cents, —The Hartfords had a closely contested practice game on the Capitaline Gronnds on March 31st. ‘The attendance of specta- tors was not large, as the weather was chilly. ‘The fielding was poor andthe pitching wild, The score was as follows: Hartford.......... Peoccecd ce ol eh Ph Gee Weal GP a easy tIpIGS eetienre sere 0 0 4 0.0 0O11 0=6, The Hartfords were short the services of Allison and Start, Knowdell catching for Larkin, and he did his work well. —The Live Oaks, of Lynn, Mags., are toinangurate a new de- parture this year by admitting ladies free, and having the grand stand covered for their comfort. The uniform of the team will be the sameas last year. The club will play with the Tecumsehs, in Canada, May 24th, and the latter club will return the game in’ Lyon, Decoration Day, May 30th. —On Murch 29th the West End Club played a game with the St. Louis Browns, ending with the following score, West End,..3 ..ccscsene 010000 00 0=1, St. Lonis.... 2. .22.. 000030 6 1 G9, Umpire, Dehlman; earned runs, none. The new Chicago man, Finley, is only a gate man, and not a player of any note, Tt was one of Spalding’s jokes on the newspaper people. —The annual mewting of the New Jersey Amateur Base-ball Association for 1877, will be held in New Brunswick on the 18th of April. Clubs desirous of joining should address the president, James C, Shea, 139 Monticello Avenue, or Thomas Oummings, Treasurer, 614 Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City. Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and Importers, have always a large stock of sil- ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, racing and other sports, and on request they prepare special designs forsimilar purposes, Their timing watches are guaranteed for ac- curacy, and are now very generally used for sporting and scientific requirements, Tiffany & Co., are also the agents in America for Messrs. Patek, Philippe & Co., of Geneva, of whose celebrated watches they have a full line, Their stock of Diamondsand other Pre- cious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes and Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, and the public are invited to visit their estabs lishment without feeling the slightest obliga- tion to purchase, ve Union Square, New York 138 FOREST AND STREAM. The Rennel. FIRST ANNUAL NEW YORK BENCH SHOW OF DOGS, Given under the auspices of the Westminster Kennell Club, at ; GILMORE’S GARDEN, May 8th, 9th and 10th, 1877. PRIZES AMOUNTING TO NEARLY $5,000 WILL BE AWARDED TO SPORTING AND NON-SPORTING DOGS, Prize Lists and Forms of Entry can be had of CHAS. LINCOLN, Supt, 17 Chatham Streat, New York. Box 2832. ENTRIES CLOSE APRIL 26th. . Sapl4t FOREST CITY KENNEL FOR IMPURTED SETTERS. Dr. Goldsméith’s celebrated dogs Plunket, Carrie, Rapp and Nell have passed into the above Kennel. Plunket aod Rapp will be nsed in the stud. For ser yicus and pedigrees address W. J. Farrar, Cleveland, O. Jan25-3m. Che Fennel. NY GENTLEMAN LIVING IN THE VICINITY of good shooting can have a red Setter Pup of good stock by addressing L,, ForErr anp STREAM Office. Saplit WILL SELL CHEAP, OR EXCHANGE FOR (blue blood) Setter Pup, my thoroughbred En- glish Greyhound, *‘Guy’’.(see Kennel Register, New York), aud young Bitch, Fleet.” This is a good chance te secure yaluable stock at a bargain, No better blood in America, J. Hy. ROBERTS, 5apl2t 4,507 Rubicam Ave., Germantown, Phila. OR SALE, CHEAP.—SPLENDID GORDON SET- ter Dog and Bitch, 7 months, by Squire Smith's prize winning dog, *‘ Monarch,” te my bitch, ''May,”” bred by Waddell, 8, J. H,, Box 1223, N. Y. 5aplit OR SALE.—ONE OF THE BEST STUD HARRIER bogs in Penn., of imported stock, 3 years old, well broken and trained, good yoice, excellent rabbit dog. Also one 38-year-old Beagle Dog, of imported atock, Address W. W. HOUSTON, Collamer, Chester Co., Penn, bapllt OR SALE.—A FEW FINE SETTER PUPS, ONE- fourth Lavarack. For pedigree and price in- quire of W. HOLBERTON, P, O. Box 5109. 102 Nassau St. Saplit ENNEL FOR BREEDING, REARING, BOARD- ing, exercisin y, aud training Setters and Pointers. Refer to ForEsr snp STREAM, and others. Address E. 8. WANMAKER, Hobokus, Bergen Co., N. J. dlatines. bapltt WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB (FOR POINTERS.) Sthd dog Sensation; lemon and white, weight 60 lbs.; winner of seven prizes in England. Sirea by R. J.Lloyd Price’s Champion Jim, and from White- honse's celebrated Champion Field Trial Hamlet and Rap stock; jnét imporsed: 2iyearsold. Fee $35. Por pedigree and full particnlars apply to DR W. S. WEBB, 7 West Fifty- fourth st., N. Y. feb1b tf Spratt’s Patent Meat Fibrine Dog GENUINE Cakes NONE AZ OF S8qIND STAMPED ¥rom the repntation these Meat Fibrinc Cakes have now gained, they require scarcely any explanation to recommend them 10 the use of every Oue who keeps a dog, sufficeitto say they are free from salt, avd contain “dates,” the exclusive use of which, in com- bination with meat and meal to compose a bischit is secnred tous by Letters Patent. For sale in cases of 1i2 lbs. each. P.O.Dz LUZE, sole Agunt, 18 South Wiliam street, New York. Special terms to dealers, Pes DOGE CANNOT SLIP THIS COLLAK No matter how violently they pail, this collar will not choke or injure the doz, Made of heavy bridle leather with nickle plated trimmings. Sent by mail with name of doy or owner on name plate for $1.00. Manufactured by "Thomson & Son, SO1 Broadway, N. Y. jand-tf Fleas, Fleas! Worms, Worms! STEADMAN’S FLEA POWDER FOR DOGS. A Bane to Fleas--A Boon to Dogs. This Powder is guaranteed to kill fleas on doga or any other animals,or money returned. Itis put up in patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which greatly facilitates its use. Simple and eflicacious, Price 50 cents by mail, »ostpaid. ABECA NUT for Worms in DOGS, A certain remedy, Put up in boxes containing a doz~- en powders, With full directions for use. Price 50 cents per box by mail. Both the above are recom mended by Aod and Gun and Forrst AND STREAM. W. HOLBERTON, 102 Nassau St., New York OR YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL Stock from the choicest breeds inquire of M. P. McKOON. deo28 6m Franklin, Del. Co., N, Y. OR SALE—A FINE LOT OF SCOTCH, Skye, Dandy Dinmont, and Black-and tan ter- tiers, sporting Dogs, Maltese cats, Ferrets, &c. Medi eines for all disexses at L. N. MEYER, 45 Great Sores sireel, N. ¥. Sept2i ly. oct 12 OCKER SPANIEL PUPS for snle—two dogs and three gyps, Allliver and white. Yery handsomely marked, Best of stock, Also, Red Letter Dog * Mike,” Thoroughly broken. For particulars address Dr. P, E, Day, Bristol, KR. I. OR SALE TO MAKE EKENNEL-ROOM FOR young stock, two thoroughbred, finely broken young setters, Excellent on Snipe, Woodcock, Quail upd Grouse, Will show them in the field on Snipe. $125 the brace, or 575 each. J. voy LENGEREE, Saplat Box 1095, New York. A NEW WAD. The FIBRE WAD will give better penctration and pattern than Eley’s wadding. Is elastic und plastic, and will hold the load SECURELY IN BRASS SHELLS, Will not take fire or blow to places. Price, per box of 250, 25c, for 12 and 10, and 0c. for 8 bore. sample sent by mail on receipt of price, Liberal discount tu the trade, Address DELAWARE CARTRIDGE CO., Sapl3m Wilmington, Delaware. ARTIES WISHING TO SEND THEIR Dogs T0 the country during the close season can find 4 very desirable spot. Also thosa having young dogs’ that they wish handled. For terms, &c., address WARREN LOWE, Guilford, Conn. EN STANDARD SPORTING WORKS FOR SALE.— Hawker, Forrester, and others. Price, $10.00. S5aplit H, B. DERBY, 448 Broadway, Albany, N.Y. 500 ACTIVE AGENTS = sell our Eix- celsior Letter Copying Book. No press, brush, water, or pad used, Uopies on dry paper. Send $3 and we will forward a 300 page book, full letter size, by mail, postpaid. Inquire of any Commercial Agency as to our responsibility, Send stamp for circular. EXCELSIOR MANUFACTURING CO.; 110 Dearbora Street, Chicago. BaplTt Complete Shooting Suit $10. $10. $10. Warranted better than any in the market. Sent by inail for $10.75, 1,000 testimonials on tile, which say that ‘Holabird makes the best Shooting Suit in the World.” This Suit is to beat the cheap trash in the market, which sell for more money. Should you wait anything extra-fine I can make it. Send for my Circular Price List and Sample of Goods. mar22-3m W. H. HOLABIRD, Valparaiso, Ind. Wild Fowl Shooting. - HINNECOCK BAY.—WM. L. LANE announces to his sporting friends that ducks and geese are arriying in great numbers, and the prospect for good shooting is now excellent. Live wild geese and other decoys, batteries, boats and promp attendance at ull times. WM. N. LANE, Good Ground, L. 1. mars 6 ESSONS IN FLY TYING,—By an ex- perienced fly-dresser, Refer to phe & Imbrie, 43 Maiden Lane, Address JOHN HAILY, 826 Henry street, New York Oct 12-6m FOR $2 $2.00 AM HAPPY TO INFORM MY MANY friends and customers that I haye now ready the most Complete Game Wag ever Invented, it hag capacity for 75 Quail. Pocket room for 50 shells, is very light, weighing butafew ounces. Itcan be worn over a business coat, or can be worn under, as you please, The material is water-proof drill. Sent post paid on receipt of price. Money refunded if not satisfactory. Send chest measure only. W. H. HOLABIRD, Valparaiso, Ind. —miar15-3m. ‘or Sale. EABODY RIFLE FOR SALE OHEAP. 44 cal., chambered for 77 grains powder. Address «*'T,’? FOREST AND STREAM, Office. Sapli OR SALE—A PARKER BREECH - LOADING Shot Gun, with fine Damascus barrels. 12 gange, weight 9 pounds. Address M. A, Bosworth, North Brooktield, Mags. Saplit OR SALE.—A OABINET CONTAINING 140 MIN- eral Cups, with lids, representing 140 species aud 9) genera of indigenous and foreign woods, A Key, carefully prepared from Gray. Capacity of cups from 34 to 13g oz. This collection of woods well worthy the attention of collectors of botanical speci- mens. Enquire of J. WILLIS HOUSTON, M. D., Gol- lamer, Chester Co., Penn, Saplit y OR SALE, CHEAP.—AN TRON STEAM YACHT, 58 feet long, 734 fast beam; speed, 16 miles an hour. Cabin 20 feet long, byndsomely fitted. Double cylinder eugine, 6x8. For further particulars address P, 0. Box 929, Bor- deutown, N. J. OR SALE.—A FOUR-OAK HROW-BOAT, IN GOOD condition. Prics, $50. Apply to Saplit H. M. CASWELL, Troy, N. ¥- Sor Sale. Ludlow Lrout Co. ‘PQ ROOK TROUT FRY FOR SALE IN any quantity to anit parties. Fry delivered if required. W. H. CROWELL, Ludlow. anii-3m Mc Kean Co.. Pa. “BROOK TROUT FOR SALE. &4a--The undorsigned wishing to close out a partner- ship will sell his stock of fryyearlings and two-year olds, at low prices. ¥F. W. Eppy, Randolph, Cattaraugus, N.Y. Sportsmen's Routes. GREAT SOUTHERN ven ass ne Ln ea ll AND THE FLORIDA PORTS, EVERY Wednesday and Saturday At 3 o’elock P. M. From PIER 29, N R, CITY OF ATLANTA. CHAMPION. Capt. M.8. Woodhull. Capt. R. W. Lockwood GULF STREAM. G. W. CLYDE, Capt. 8. Crowell. Capt. Ingrahm. The above steamers haye been handsomely fitte- up for the convenience of passengers, and are unri yalled on the coast for Safety, Speed and Comfort. Close connections at Charleston with the favorite and well-known Florida packets DICTATOR, Capt. Vogel; CITY POINT, Capt. Scott, for FRRNAN- LATKA, ENTERPRISH, points in Florida, EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES, (ee Tnsorance to destination ONE-HALF OF ONE ; PER CENT. . Goods forwarded free of Commission. Passage ticketsand Bills of Lading issued and signed at the office of JAMES W. QUINTARD & CO., Agents, No. 177 West Street, cor, Warren, or W.P. CLYDE & CO., No. 6 Bowling Green. Throngh Freight Tariffs, Passage Tickets by all routes and to all points in the Sonth and Southwest, and further information can be obtained at the office of BENTLEY D. HASELL, General Agent, Great Southern Freight Line, 317 Broadway, corner of Thomas street dec? ly FOR FLORIDA. , OR THRCUGH TICKETS TO FER- i NANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUS- TINE, SANFORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings on ST. JOHN’S RIVER and interlor pomts in FLOHIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, Gen'l Agent, Philadelphia and Southern Mail 8, 8. Co., 416 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia Decl4-ly “THE BERMUDAS.” OW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHT- FUL Winter Resort, is reached in seventy hours from New York, and being surrounded by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an equable temperature of about 70°. The elegant British Steamships “Bermuda” and “Camina,” 1,000 tons, fitted expresely for the pussen- ger travel, are dispatched from New York for Bermu- da fortnightly, making conuection at Bernada with steamers for S, Thomas and West Indies. For full information apply to A, E. OUTERBRIDGE, Agent, 29 Broadway, N. ¥. Dec2i1-ly, Fok NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD AND THE NORTH,—The new and eleguut steamer, C. H. NORTHAM, leaves Pier No. 25, East River, daily (Sundays excepted), at 3 e,™M,. Puasseugers to North and Hast at 12 Pp. um. NIGHT LINE.—The ELM CITY leaves New York Gf11 e,™,, arriving in New Haven in time for the early morning trains. Merchandise forwarded by daily express freight train from New Hayen through to Massachuastts, Vermont, Western New Hampshire, Northern New York, and Canada. Freight received until 5 vp. mw. RIC: ‘D PECK, Genera} Agent, “ Sportsmen's Rontes. TO SPORTSMEN: THE PENNSYLVANIA R, R.-COMP'Y Respectfully invite attention to the | Superior Facilities afforded by theirlines forreaching most of the TROT- iNG PARKS and RAC: COURSES in the Middle States. These lines being ©ONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the difficulties and can- £18 of reshipment, while the excellent cars run over the smooth sicel tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANS- PORTED without failure or injury. The lines of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING in Pennsylyania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the open all the principal cities to KANH, RENOVA, B FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing £hoofing, and Still Hunting. “Also, to TUCKERTON, BEECH HAVEN, CAPE MAY SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY coAst reuowned foriALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN AND FEATHER. D, M, BOYD, Jz., Gen’l Pass. Agent, Frang THompPson, Gen’l Manager. febi7 tf OLD DOMINION LINE. The steamers of this line reach some of the finest waterfowl and upjaud shooting sections in the coun- sm Connections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb's island, and pomts on the Peninsula. City Point James river, Currituck, Florida, and the monntainons conutry of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk steam- ers sail Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; Delaware steamers Monday and Thursday,3 p.m. Full infor- Mation given at office, 197 Greenwich street, New York senge iv §utels and Hesoris for Hyortsmen. ANSION HOUSE, FERNANDINA, Florida. A first-clasa honse, ab the most at- tractive winter resort in the South. An ocean heach twenty miles long, surf bathing, hnnting and fishing. Deer in the beach hammock, snipe, rail and dock in countless numbers in the creeks and murshes, Direct connection by rail and steamer with the North. M. W. Downie, Proprietor. Sept?-7m, Sportsmen’ Goods. NEW GUN ESTABLISHMENT, Where can be found all kinds of GUNS, both BREECH and MUZZLE LOADERS. PISTOLS, PARLOR RIFLES, AIR PISTOLS, POW- DER, SHOT, CAPS, CARTRIDGES, SHELLS, FISH- ING TACKLE, and everything sppertsining to & first-class establishment. Lefever Breech-Loaders a Specialty. REIP & CO., 385 W. Baltimore 8t,, Baltimore, baplly Magic Lanterns and Stereopticans. | 1} & H.T, ANTHONY & CO., 591 Broad- » way,N Y., onposne Metropolitan, Stereo- scopes and Views; raphoscopes, Chr moa aud Frames; Albums, Photograplis of Celebrities, Photo praphic Transparencies, Convex Glass, Photographie Materials. Awarded First premium at Vienna and Philadelphia. dects OPTIMUS? DE- RE- CAP- CAP- PER, . PER, AND RAMMER. for both paper and metallic shells, .A pocket instrn- ment; it requires no bench or table for its use, but 1 efficiont in camp, bout or stand. Price, $2. Sen free by mail ou receipt of price. State whether for No. 10 or No. 12 gauge, Liberal disconnt to the trade, ONION & CORNWALL, Guns and Fishing Tackle 18 Warren street. NW Noy. 9-eow 6mos &6. By Mail, 6.75. ; ] Folded space, 2x5x23 1 = inches, Camp Lounge Oo, Troy, N. ¥., und Norwalic Ct. Lounge, Pillow and Mosquito Bar Canopy tn Each Case. 88. By Muil, $8.85. Folded space, 227x238 inches. RTING, MILITARY, MINING AND NOVELTY RADE, FREE OF THE SHIRT. u Bois, Fulton St, lihamar 308 THE SHnikT Popular MAKER, ElegantSearfs and Ties. From 50 ents up. F “ard 8nios ——— FOREST AND STREAM. DECOYS. RED HBAD. CcooT. WHISTLER. SPRIGTAIL. MALLARD. SHELDRAKE. BLACK DUCK. CANVAS. . aso WILD GEESE. ‘These are the new patent Decoys which come pack- ed in nests, sixinabox he preatcsl improvement possible on the old style of wooden Decoy. Price of the ducks, $12 per doz,; price of she geeee, $2 each. G. W. 3IMMGNS & SON, Oak Hall, Boston, Mass. Tan Color, Waterproof leather Vest and Jackets, Flannel-Lined. (Made and gold only by Mesers. G@. W. SIMMONS & Co., OAK Hat, Bosron,) ure considered the most sensible protectors ever devised for eportamen’s wear, Piice, Vest $10! Jacket, $15. Measurements re- uired are Waist, Breast and Inside Seam of Iseve. Mention Height and Weight. EXPRESSLY TO OUxct ORDER, and is of o perfect dead grass shade. Send fora sample of the leather. THIS LEATHER HAS BEEN MANUFACTURED LADIES LEATHER VESTS AND JACKETS made to order. Indispensible to atl who are in any way exposed to the weather. G. W. Simmons & Son, 32 to 3S North 2t., Oak Hall, Boston, Mass. “Tre Boston SHootine Sorr.—One of the most Buccessfnl manufacturers of Waterproof Shooting Suits is the firm of G. W.Simmons & Son, Oak Hail, Boston, We had one of theirsuits on duty at Hun- ter’s Camp at Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition It has grown gray in service, but is good for use yet, This suit is known as the ‘Boston Shooting Suit," in contradistinction no doubt, from the garments which are manofactured out west and at Washington, each of which has a local demand of its The Boston Shooting Suit.’ MANUFACTURED ONLY BY : G. W. SIMMONS & SON, Boston, Mass. Sorp everywhere in the D. 8, by all first-class fiealers in . SPORTSMEN’S GOODS. EACH GARMENT DISTINCLY MARKED ‘“‘posTON SHOOTING SUIT,” made by c.W. Simmons & Son. This new design Of WaTmREROOF SHOOTING SUIT, made from extra quality duck, has attained sich popularity as tobe called for from all parts of the country, aud even from England. “Shipping clothing to England strikes us yery much like senaing ‘Coals to Newcastle,’ but the merite of the ‘BOSTON SHOOTING SUITS" have been heard of in the O.d Country, and that land of sports men has sent an order to Messrs. Simmons & Son, which will donbtless be followed by many others,""— Boston Paper. The design embraces the best points of the English and French Suits, combined with the necessary re- quirements for American service, Particular atten- tention has been paid to color, Each suit is water-proofed by a new patent process. The seams and pocket corners are securely fastened, and nothing neglected to render the suit perfect in every respect. THE PRICE HAS BEEN FIXED AT $13, TO IN- CLUDE HAT OR DOUBLE VISORED CAP, DE-. TACHABLE HAVELOCK, COAT, VEST, AND PANTALOONS, One hondred suits will be kept ready in stock, so that wecan urnish to order any size required, at 8 moment's notice. In the Golden Rule (Rev. W. H. H. Murray’s paper) the enthusiastic cditor writes:— ‘We were shown, the other day, a new water-proof suit, specially adapted for sportsmen, designed and made up by Simmons & Son, of Boston, and to which we call the attention of all brethren of the ont-door and shore-shooting fraternity, because it meets the demand of personal comfort and convenience beyond anything of home manufacture seen by us before. As a sportsman, we give it our unqualified endorse- ment, as combining ‘he best points of the English suits, and in addition skilfully adapted to the neces- silies of the American seryice. It is a most admirable and satisfactory contrivance in color, style, water- proof quality and capacity. The coat Is 6 marvel in this latter respect.** PERSONS OnDERING FROM A DISTANCE NEED END ONLY THE FOLLOWING TO BE SURE OF nN PERFECT F(T:— BREAST MEASURE. WAIST MEASURE. INSIDE SEAM COAT SLEEVE, INSIDE SEAM PAN TALOONS. SIZE OF HHAD. 4 MENTION HEIGHT AND WELGHT, ADDRESS: G.W. SIMMONS & SON, “OAK HALL,” BOSTON, MASS. Sportsmen's Goods. MORTIMER & KIRKWOOD, Gun and Rifle Makers, | 24 Elm at., Boston, Mass. All kinds of Breech-Loading Work ef- fected in the most approved style. GUNS BORED FOR CLOSE AND HARD : SHOOTING. Deci4-ly. THE ’76 SHOOTING COAT, (PATENTED), First Glass Shooting Garments, In preat variety. Send for Circular, GEO, C. HENNING, 410 Seventh street. Washington City Feb22-1y. Improyed Ulimax Gresser, Loader, Cap-Hxpeller and Shell Extractor, with Reversible Loading and Creasing Cylinder. Price, $2 50.. Also the ‘Hold Fast” shel) extractor. Price, 75 Cents. For Sale by all gun dealers, Address W. B, HALL, Laneaster, Pa. maré tf Matehliess Cigar Lighter. Suostitute for troubtie- some and dangerous matches. Wil light a ~ Cigar, Cigarette or Pipe in apy kind of weather; every smoker should have one; can befcarried in the vest-pocket. Sent by mail, post-paid 50 cents, Send stamp for Catalogue of Novelties and Sporting Goods. Y FISH & =IMPSON, 182 Nassau st., N. angl7 ly Good’s Oil Tanned Moceasins The best thing ever worn by sportsmen. Not injured by wet- ting and drying —always soft and easy to the feet. Four dif- se~terent styles. Prices to soit the times. Send for illustrated circular and price list. (Successor to Frank Good). MARTIN 8. HUTCHINGS. P. O. Box 3h8 Dover, N. H, W. Holberton, 102 Nassau st., N. Y., Agents. SURE CURE—UNEXCELLED. "sjle@j JOAON Pleasant to Take. HRecommended by the Medical Profeasion. Founded July 4, 1808 Thos. W. Sparks, Shot and Bar Lead MANUFACTURER, Office 121 Walnut St., Philadelphia Whitney’s Florida Pathfinder for the Tourist aud Invalid. HE POINTS VISITED IN FLORIDA, Hotels on the routes, St. John’s River St. Au- mating, etc. The latest schedales of routes to Flori- da, with maps. Also mups of the St. John’s and Upper St. John’s River, St, Augustine, etc., etc. Arranged and Genus Py dohn Prescott NYE EY Season of 1876-77. Tesned from Pathiinder office, 66 John atrect, N.Y. P.O. Box 522, Send 26 cents te J. P. W., Box 52%, N. ¥. jand-tf 139 Spartsmen's Goods, | Sporismen’s Emporium, 102 Nassau St., New York. éyery description. Tents, Portable Boats, Camp Stoves, cto,, ato. AGENTS FOR Bogardus' Trap and Patent Roughed Glass Balls; Dunckler’s Camp Stoves; Boudren’s Jack, Lash and Fishing Lamps ; Fenner’s and Bond's Portable Boats; Sara J. McBride's Celebrated Artificial Flies ; Leonard's, Thad. Norris’, and Holbecton’s Ely Rods; Good's Moccasins; Hart’s Nickle Cone, Brass Shells and Celluloid Reels. The Fox Patent Gun, tle cheapest and best gun yet offered. Holberton’s Fly Hooks, for holding flies at full length. Black Bass Flies of all patterns, Send 10 cents for illustrated catalogue, with Hints ON FisuryG, SHOOTING AND CAMPING. W, HOLBERTON, P.O. Box 5109. Sole agents for CAPT. A. H. BOGARDUS’ PATENT ROUGHED GLASS BALLS. Price, per 100, $2.50. Liberal discount to the trade. ishing Tackle. Sportsmen’s Depot. (BSTABLISRED 1836.) First ;remium at World's Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition. - Bapl JOHN KRIDER, N, 8. Cor Second and Waluut Sts., Philadelphia. GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, FISHING TACKLE, RODS, REFLS. LINES HOOKS, FLIES, LEADERS, SNOODS, ARTIFICIAL BAIT, FLY BOOKS, ETG,, ETC. "Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies made to order. ALSO. “KRIDER'S” CELEBRATED CENTER ENAMEL SPLIT AND GLUED BAMBOO RODS. Birds’ Byes and Birds’ Skins in great varieties—Tax- idermy in all its branches. SPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. Repuiring of all kinds, mar4-ly A. B. SHIPLEY & SON. WATS = MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF Fine Fishing Tackle, FISH RODS, MOUNTINGS, &e. Shipley’s “Prize Medal’. Split Bamboo and Green Heart Trout, Salmon and Bass Fly Rods, Reels, Lines, Leaders, Floats, Artificial Flies, Bone, Metai, aud Nickle Sqnids for Sea, Riyer and Brook Fishing. A SPECIALTY OF THE CELEBRATED Creen Heart ood. for Amatuer rod makers. Prize Medal Awarded at Franklin Institute 1874, and Qentennial Hxhibition 1876, for Rods, Lines, Reels, Flies, Artificial Baits, &c. marl-6m 503 Commerce St., Philadelphia, CONROY, BISSETT& MALLESON, 65 Fulton St., N. Y. Six Strip Split Bamboo Ely Rods A SPECIALTY. $25 Each | | 4 Quality Guaranteed, ALSO COMBINED GREEN HEART AND SPLIT BAMBOO RODS, BUTT AND JOINT OF GREEN HEART, AND TIPS OF SPLIT BAMBOO, $30 Each FELIS, LINES, &e., AT RE- DUCED RATES. Feb 58m McBride Flies. Medal and Diplomafrom Tuternational Hxhbibition Philadelphia, 1876, decreed for exceedingly neat wack with solidity of construction. A fine assortmest of flies for 1ront, salmon and bass constantly on hand. Also casting—lines, Flies carefally selected for any locality. Goods promptly made to order from sn vattern desired. Address SARA d. McBRIDE, Mumfora, Monroe co., N. Y.. W. Holberton,' Sole Avent for New York and vicinity. feb15-im. ~ HLL. LEONARD, Manufacturer of Fine Fly, Bass, Salmon and Trout Rods . of Split Bamboo, or any desired material, and Improved Light Reels. Sold by all principal dealers in fishing tackle throngh- ont the United States. Every variety of Fishing Tackle always on hand. ABTIFICIAL FLIES TIED TO ORDER. Noyza-tf Bangor, Maine, Camping, Shooting and Fishing Goods of | ishing Gackle. BRADFORD & ANTHONY, 374 Washington Street, BOSTON, MASS,, Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in kk aah Offer their usual extensive assortment of STAPLIE GOODS, and are introducing this season some NEW and DESIRABLE articles. We call attention to the PATENT ADJUSTABLE FLOATS AND ADJUSTABLE SINEERS, which can be attached and detached at will, without knotting or tying the line, or removing the bait or hook. Can also ba moved readily on the line, and remain fixed wherever placed. ‘These are rapidly taking the place of the old-fashioned floats and Tinged sinkers, SPLIT BAMBOO FLY RODS from $16 to $50 each. Wo make a specialty of Artificial Plies. Our stock is unequalled in yariety and extent, and unexcelled in quality. BRADFORD & ANTHONY received the award of the U.8, Centennial Commission in 1876 for ‘ Hx- haustive Variety of Anglers’ Apparatus, especially HOOKS, LINES, RODS, ARTIFICIAL FLIES, * * of the BEST QUALITY.” : Our Illustrated Wholesale Catalogue of Fishing Tackle will be mailed to any dealer whose address ia sent to us. Saplit L.H, ABBEY. Cc, EF, ImBriz. ANDREW CLERK, ‘ Special. 48 Wiaiden Lane. LF. 0. Box 1294 S35Liberty Street.) NEW YORK. ABBEY & IMBRIE, (Successors to Andrew Clerk & Co.) New York, London, and Redditch, Importers, Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in FISHING TACKLE Of Every Description and Quality. We pariicnlarly call attention to our extensive as- sortment of line goods for sportsmen, such as Salmon Trout, and Black Gass Flies and Snell Hooks, on hand and tied to order; Cuttyhunk and Pasque Islinds Bass Lines, Water-proof Braided Silk Lines, etc,, etc, Eyery genuine H. L. Leonard’s Six-S liced Bamboo Salmon, Trout, and Bass Rod is marked ‘‘H. L, Leon ard, maker, Abbey & Imbrie, sole agents.” Beware of imitations. Sole agents for the McCord Patent Celluloid Black Bass Reel, and Aiken Black Bass Rod. Proprietors of the celebrated Winchester Patent Braided Rods. Sole importers of Joseph Warrin’s Drill-Hyed and BRge-Eyed Needles. ‘arties fitted ont with appropriate tackle for th Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, Adi- rondacks, etc., etc. Orders by mail will receive the personal attention of the firm, (CELLULOID PATENT.) Trolling and Click Reels. The finest Reels made light, durable and finely finished, Ask your dealer for them, GEORGE E, HART & Co, Newark, Nd, Referto Dr. W. W. Ely, nochester, N. ¥., anc Dr. J. R. Romeyn, Keesville, N. ¥. ¢ ~ GARD. Dr. Fowier’s Celebrated Six Strip Bam- boo Fly-Rods. Improved and finished without cutting away the enam- el. ‘The strongest nnd handsomest rods in the worli, Private orders solicited for all kinds of fine tackle. Rods sent per express on approval. Send for circu- lor, A. H. FOWLER, Ithaca, N. Y. NORRIS’ FLY RODS. Of greenheart and rent and glued bamboo, for trout, snimon and bass. Also trout, salmon and bass flies, reels, lines, leaders,, fly books, etc., etc. Agent in New York for rods, HOLBHRTON & BEEMER, 102 Nassan st Ferules and other materials furnished fo amateur rod makers. ] Thaddeus Norris, 208 WHST LOGAN SQUARE, PHILA, 140 FOREST AND STREAM. Publications, California Horticulturist FLORAL MAGAZINE. E, J. HOOPER, Enrror, This is the best periodical published on the Pacific Qoast. Its Rod and Gun Department, makes it additionally attractive to Sportsmen. Torme, $2.40 per annum, Published by John H. Carmany & Co,, 405 Washington Street, San Francisco. Sapltf Seed Time Cometh! Onr twenty-fourth edition of the Flower and Kitchen Garden Directory, 'lusteated, for 187i. 18 now ready for distribntion, embracing a complete List of the Best Standa:d Bosron Market Varieties of Vegetable Seeds, snd the most beantiful of Flower Seeds, and other Hortica!ltural Requisites; it will be forwurdea free to all former customers, aud others on application. . CURTIS & COBB, recently removed to 11 Ayon &t., Bostou, Mass cm lem oa, AUTHOR OF THE FISHING TOURIST. Publisied by Forest and Stream Pub- lishing Co., No. 17 CHATHAM STREET, NEW YORE, And for sale by all booksellers. Sent by mail, post- age prepwid, of receipt of price at office of publica- tion Bound Volumes Forest and Stream. SEVENTH VOLUME NOW R®ADY. First Four Volumes $4 each, Oihers $3.50. A complete set of the FOREST AND STREAM, seven volumes, bound handsomely in cloth—a yaluable library forthe sportsman—can now be obtained on application to this office. Hallock’s Fishing Tourist. This work will be of great. seryice at this season to anglers selecting localities for fishing, either for Trout or Salmon, For sale Ly Harper & Brothers, or al the office of Forest and Stream. Price $2. aplé tf ADIRONDACK GUIDE. BY E. R. WALLACE, Gives all possible information relative to Routes, Hotels, Resorts, Outfits, Guides, Distances, &c., with amended railway schedules, &e. The Oniy Complete Guide to the North Woods. The instructions embrace everything that can be de- sired. Taking ‘tall in all.in is the most complete pook that has been poblished on the Adirondacks, not excepting even my own—Hon, J. 7. Headley. Iregard your ‘Descriptive Guide’’and the’'Appendix” as a most useful-—nay, indispensable, manual for tont- jets to that wonderful. Wilderness. A tonr in that region is eminently a practical matter, and for that reason J regard your “Guide™ asan important, hsefal, and timely publication.— Benson J, Lossing, Ttis the only thing of the kind that has yet been pub- lighed—the very thing that has been so long wanted and waited for.—Alfred B. street, Author of “Woods and Waters.” Sent by mail on receipt of price, $2. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., (by whom the copyright is now held.) Aug 10 tf 17 Chatham street, N. Y. Clty. ATTENTION RIPLEMEN! The “FOREST & STREAM” New Hand-Book for Riflemen. Rules for Practice and Competition. Practical Hinte concerning Ranges, Targets, Scorme, Rifles, Shoot ing, elec. Forms for Organization of Rifle Associa tious, By-Laws, an@a Hufle Associations in America Tllostrated with Maps, Sketches, and Diagrams. By Mason Guo. O. 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Woollett’s Villas and Coltages; or, Homes for non Containing 40 plates of preliminary BOILER. cel. fabias.s sero a dea or bce) hdd Allof the aboye named books mailed free, to any address, on receipt of price, Address FOREST AND STREAM. S SSSS8eSe8 SS8SsSss mrl5 Boating: f RUSHTON’S HUNTING & PLEASURE 8O0ATS. Combine BEAUTY STRENGTH and STEADI- NESS. The LIGHTEST sporting bost in the world, Weight, 25 pounds and upward. Will carry two to four persons and baggage. Cedar siding, oak keel, stems, etc, (do not fold up). Also CANO&S, weight 3 pound: wv. H. RUSHTON, Manufacturer, Can- ten, St. Lawrence County, N. Y. Mar 9, ly Fenner's Portable Boat Meets the demand of sportsmen for a boat which is light aud compact to carry easily and quickly made for the water, strong, steady, noiseless. of hight draveht, and of the form beet adapted to general use. Four sizes made fer one to six men, costing from $35 to $60 New ‘yalise’ pattern for one man; packs 11x 22x27 iuches, and weighis 25 pounds Udine-en al Holherton & Beemeur's, New York, and Bradford & Anthony's, Boston, Address ©. A. FENNEF, Mystic tHreer 64 41244 firn New York Mailing Agency. with latest improved Newspaper Folding and Bailing Machines, 13Spruce St,,4th docr from Tribune Buildings. JAMES BRADY, Mausger and Proprietor. Open day snd night. . MANUFACTURER OF Fine Fishing Rods, Reels, and Artificial Fiies, AND DEALERS IN FISHING TACKLE, Manchester, Wormonit. Send for Descriptive Price Lists, Mention Forrst anp SirmeaM, Bogardus’ Patent Glass Ball Trap. The Best Trap fo- Practice in the World. Send for circular and rules to : W. HOLBERTON, Agent, 102 Nassau St.. New York. , Single Traps, $12. Set of Three Traps, $30. Balls, por 100, $2.50, = etl ta a LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE, W. & C. SCOTT & highest grade isas usual marked the PREMIER QUALITY. SON’S. First Prize Medal and Diploma awarded Centenuial Exhibition, for 4 cellence of workmanship and material in their Premitr Quality and mo- dium grades, Their New Patent Triplex Lever Grip Action and Com- Pensating Lump, The attention of sportsmen is reqnested to the above new action. Its supérior strength and solidity impart greatly improved aloot- ing powers. Huard hitting, being the desideratum required, is obtained by this powerful gun. Prices of the New Triplex Lever Grip, $175, $225 to $400, Marked the Triplex 10-bores extra, Our oes Extract from Forest snp STREAM, New York, December 26, 1876, Contributed by one of the Judges of Awards o7 Guns at the Centennial: This action (The Triplex Lever Grip) combines in the highest degree strength and simplicity, and must rapidly secure the favor ofall who test its merits. COMPENSATING LUMP. Strongly recommended. Choke-bores, medium or fall, on every gun, Costs about £10 extra, dealers in the trade only. It is invaluable, and should be ordered Our guns to be had of the principal PREMIER GUN WORKS, Birmingham, Englard THOMSON’S Sole Leather, SEND STAMP FOR ILLUSTRATED P BOX 100 1016 THE FLORIDA NEW YORKER.” Published at 21 Park Row, New York, : 13 read by everybody in the North, Hast and West in- terested in Florida, There isuo better medium for advertising any Sontheru property forsale or rent. Advertising rates very low, Subscription price $2 per year; cingls copies, 10 cents. Every Bloridiad ~ every Southern mau—ought to fee) a pride in sustuin- ing this able and iufinential adyoeate of Southern m- terests, The nomber for Noy, ist, with immense map and beautiful Florida views, is a Centennial pro- doction whioh, as the New York Graphic says, “places Florida one hundred years ahead." dec23 CATALOG YASS AND LEATHER GOODS. Shell Top 1] UE OF SPORTSMEN'’S WATERPROOP CAS~ THOMSON & SON, BR OADWAY, N.Y, SHliscellaneous: ASportsman’s Opportunity paw GENTLEMAN OWNING A LARGE farm, situated in a fine shooting district near Philadelphia. wishes to arrange for a resident partner upon the farm. A Sportsman's Cloo Is now in pro- cess of formation. and itis proposed to stock the ad- jacent waters with fish and to lease adjoining lands for shouting purposes. 1,000 acres have been already secured, aud arrangements have been made for a full supply of fish fur stocking the streams A gentle- man of leisure, who is willing to reside & months or more upon the farm will find this a pleasant business connection. For further partiontars address E, L, Se yi 123 South $d Sr., Philadelphia. toarl5-tf “3 : t = A VALUABLE BOOK, FRANE SCHLEYS American Partridge ang Pheasant Shooting. Deccribing the Haunts, Tsbits and Methods of Hunting wid Shooting the Awgnicay PAntumes Quam. Rurrep Grorsz, Parasants, with direc- tious for Handling the Gon, Hunting the Dog, and Shooting on the Wing, Price $2. Liberal _disconnt tothe trade, Address FRANK SCHLEY, Frederick City, Md, * febiS-tet Devoted To Onut-door Recreation and Study. GAME Protection, Fist Cutturn, Naturan History, Preservation or Forests, RiFLE PRacticn, Yacutine, Boatine, TH? KENNEL, AND SPORTS oF ALL Kinps Terma, Four Dollars a Year. Tan Cents a Copy. f NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1877. Volume 8S, Number 10, { 17 Chatham 8t. (City Hall syr,) For Forest and Stream. “SPRING.” IG those who sing of “ gentle spring,"’ Its many charms revealing, Had better try and tellus why Its fanlts they are concealing. They may be right to keep in sight The things that give us pleasure; To paint the rare in earth and air, The skies when they are azure; But don't forget we're living gat Where storms are ever rising; Where “ gentle spring ** will often briug Us weather that's surprisi ig. Now you may fly beyond the sky, - Where you delight in fiying, And leaye behind the dust and wind, And us poor mortals sighing. But you'll alight some stormy night Tu this most lovely season, When bois’trous March will take the starch Out of your very reason, There is no donbt you’ye oft bedifout. When wind and dust together Would blind your eye and make you sigh For some more pleasant weather. Now I, forsooth, would tell the truth, As naturo it discloses, And paint aright the dark, the light, The thorns as well as roses. QO. P. Fran. For Forest and Stream. _ he Rack Gamy. « What should we speak of, When we are old as yon? When we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December, how, Tn this our pinehing caye, shall we discourse The freezing hours away? We haye seen nothing.” ——Cymbeling, act 8, scene 3. “Well, ‘tis done; We'll hunt no more to-day, nor seek for danger Where there’s no profit. I prithee, to our rock.” —Ibid, act 4, scene 2, Na bright November afternoon, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, I was finishing a two-days'’ journey on horseback which I had to make so as to reach the cabin of my friend Franz, the com- panion of former hunts, with whom I had made arrange- ments to go on a long-projected bear hunt. We had talked of that bear hunt as early as the fishing season before, or rather I should say, as early as our last deer hunt of the previous fall, In the summer Franz had hired a man to help him through with his work, so that he should have time to spare for play instead of work, and should have enough to let him suitthe hunt to my conscience whenever I could get away from home to join him. As I broke from the darkness of the tangled spruces that shaded my warm trail, and came into the light of the clearing about Franz’s house, I pressed my dear old mare with my knee, and away we went; but we could not reach the house unnoticed. The dogs set up a bark of welcome, and the next moment Franz was dancing about oyer the wood pile, calling to his wife, who was inside the eabin, ‘‘Hyar comes the Colonel!” ‘Just in the nick of time, eh, Francis?” I said, as I dismounted, and haying shaken hands, I slipped off my saddle, hitched my mare to the fence until Ishould be ready torub her down, and we carried gun, proyisions, and other traps into the house, **By George, Colonel, I’m glad you're come! We'll just rake things,” said Franz, as he drew a stool up in front of the fire and sat down. After Thad been welcomed by Franz’s wife, and had brought out some candy for the little ones, I pulled up another stool, sat down, and while smoking a quiet pipe, talked over again with Franz the lone-expected hunt. ‘ What about dogs, Franz?” “Well! You see Thompson, why he promised to lef me haye his dogs this fall for a couple of weeks, wheneyer it came good tracking. He ain't no chance to hunt now, hell be too busy about McNeal’s cattle, so I agreed with him about the dogs.” ‘He promised them to me, too,” Isaid. ‘* Well, yousee,” replied Franz, ‘that makes it all the better. He ean’t go back on both his promises. “Oh! welll git the dogs, there won't be no bother about that." That's all right, Franz, but what about snow; will we haye enough of that?’ *‘* Hm! It’s hard tellin.’ Oh, of course, wellhaye snoy, It always has snowed. What! no snow in November! Why, it can't help but snow. IPs got to snow, You see this is how we'll fix it. Let's see, this is Thursday,” Yes, ow will be gone by Saturday night,” I put to ee about bens sign before we go out and bring in the dogs. up to-morrow.” ‘‘Well, now I'll tell you what we can do,” said Franz, and so we went on and talked over our arrange- ments, while Mrs. McCoy gotready our tea and set the table. The plan agreed upon at last was that we should spend the next two days in utilizing what little snow was still on the ground in finding out where the bears were; that then we would spend Sunday quietly at home, and on Monday morn- ing go out in the settlements to get Thompson’s dogs and some more four and meal, coming back by Tuesday after- noon, Then, the dogson hand, proyisions in the house, and plenty of snow on the ground, we would be perfectly happy, and could Start at a moment's notice for a trip of any reason- able length. The conduct of our hunt was based upon the existence, use, or possession of three things. To make a bear hunt interesting, there should be bears, or at least a bear, within the neighborhood of the hunt; then there should be snow in which to track the game to its lair, whether, as usual, in a laurel thicket, or, as once in a while, a rocky den; this done the dogs are slipped, the bear “jumped,” followed, worried, treéd, probably, and then killed. Delightfully simple on paper. Knowing, as the slang phrase hath it, how it was myself, eyen to the successful ending of hunts, I al- ready saw in imagination my several new bear-skin rugs stretched upon the home floor; fhe old ones sigh as they see the new comers. One of the panther skins is relegated to the children’s room, my favorite little bear goes undera table. Suddenly in come the children, ‘*Oh! let’s have a roll!” “Now, Nelly, ?m going to take the big one, you take the other one.” ‘No! Scort, I'm the older, I must have the big one. Oh! isnt ita big one. Did you kill it, papa? I don’t see why they kill such nice great big bears, anyhow; bears don’t hurt people, at least, not much, do they, papa?” ** Now, Nelly, you know you'd killa bear if one came here, “cause you always want papa to kill hawks and things when they come after birds; and panthers bite, and they're prettier than bears, because they're like cats, and people kill them." ‘When they.can, Scort,” Tadd; but at this point my imagin- ings are cut short by Franz, who says, “Till tell you, Colonel, what I was thinking of; you see we'll haye lots of hides presently; well, now, you can take what you want of ‘em, and then I want you to sell my share, and when you get home. I want you to send me enough stuff to make mea suit like that shooting-jacket your brother Dick had last time he was out here—brown velveteen; and then I want,” and he went on with his list of articles, great and small, for wife,and children, Clearly we were to haye ‘lots of hides;” and they must not sell flow, either. We followed out the plan we had sketched. Friday and Saturday were spent in looking for bear sign, and we tramped many miles; deer tracks we saw, but we were not deer hunting; panther tracks we crossed, but traveling tracks two days’ old, and we could not expect the snow to last long enough to make sure of catch- ing them; so we looked for the bear tracks or signs, but in yain. On Sunday we talked the matter over. ‘I'll tell youwhere them bear are,” said Franz, evidently referring to those par- ticular beasts whose glossy skins we had in our several imagi- nations deyoted to such a variety of purposes; ‘them bear is all on the Black Mountain, where you and me pitched into em last time. If ain't no use to look for no bear here. There’s too much mast. Down the river its all spruce, and only little patches of mast, and its in them little patches we'll find them bear, that’s what I'm thinking.” So on Mon- day early we went after the dogs, and that trip kept us busy as could be until late Tuesday, when we got back to the cabin, tired enough, but in good spirits. ‘‘Now, Franz, we're all tight. We have the dogs, plenty of provisions, guns are all right; now, if we only have snow, what may we not have.” Franz sat before the fire meditatively scraping a turnip. “Oh! well have snow. I ain’t bothering about that. Shouldn't wonder if it snowed before morning. Tf it does, we ought to get four or fiye anyway, agin Saturday. ” So we went to bed. «Did it snow?” says Dick, who has listened to me as I read over to him what I haye thus far written. Snow! I waited ten days at that place for snow, and nevyersaw a flake. The only season I ever knew without plenty of it at that time in November. Til tell you what we did do, Dick. We went twice down the river to our old rock camp, & good ten miles, and each time we were gone seyeral days, starting out expecting to have snow forthwith, and only coming back when we found the prospect of o fall over, The first time Franz and I went without company, and did not get there until after dark. While we were scrambling around the moss-covered boulders and fallen timber.that guard our camp from foo curious eyes, suddenly a panther sprang from under the cliff and dashed up between the rocks to the top We had better look that of the ledge, and off up the mountain side. He had been lying right in cur bed. There was no snow, as you have found out by this time, so we could do nothing with him, otherwise we would have killed him next day. He did not go out of the neighborbood, for he hallooed at Franz a day or so after away up on fhe mountain. The second time we went there we had company. Just as we were tying up out packs ont on the piazza, before McCoy's cabin, and were otherwise about ready to start, a man uamed Townsend came up and said good morning. ‘*Why Tranz, it looks as if you and the Colonel was thinkin’ about bears.” ‘'‘ You're right we are,” said Franz, ‘‘and were goin’ to start right nowy.” ‘Then Townsend, whom as a near neighbor of Franz’s, living some five or six miles off toward the settlements, be- gan feeling his way toward an invitation to go with us. Well, now, Bill,” said Franz, ‘‘Tll just tell you how this thing is, You see, me and the Colonel we got up this hunt; we've been a2 talkin’ about it for the last year, ever since last fall. And the Colonel, he’s gone and brought in a lot of provisions and such, and him and me went out and brought in Thompson’s dogs. Well, we can kill all the bears we need justas well as if there was a dozen of us. The Colonel he’s got his pumping gun (Winchester), and he can do all the shootin’ needed, and the two of us is enough to trail up and to manage the dogs and make camp and all that. I don’t want to bemean though, seein’ as you're come oyer to take a hunt, you come along and join in the fun. We won't give you no share in the hides. You can have what meat you want, and if we have to go to killin’ deer, why, we'll divide even all round.” ‘That's fair enough,” he replied, ‘I don’t want no bears, I only want.to join in the fun.” So oft we went. We had various creeks to cross at different times, and the riyer to ford besides. Iwaded through as the quick- est and simplest way, but Franz was for keeping his feet dry, saying it was too cold to wade, so he started to cross the river on some fallen timber, the result of which was, that his right foot went off the left side of the log, and his left foot off the right, causing a most ingeniously complicated fall back- ward, gun, man, pack, and dog plunging in a confused heap into the river. I tell you what we made good time after that. Franz drove along like a professional against time. That night we lay at the Rock Camp, and instead of snow, as we had expected, had a tremendous thunder storm, which drove across the Black Mountain from the South Fork. The next day was foggy and web; we started out to see what we could find outabout bears. I went one way, and Townsend, who knew nothing about that part of the country, and Me- Coy went together in an opposite direction. We got nothing, but had a laugh at Townsend. It seems that he and McCoy Separated away off on the mountain, to go around a spruce thicket, he to go aboye it, while Franz went below, and they were to meet at the brow of the mountain some half a mile beyond. When Franz got beyond the thicket he climbed to the top of the mountain, which is therea beach flat, and stood looking about for Townsend. Suddenly he heard a panther hollow ata little distance. Supposing Townsend was calling to fool him, he did not answer until the call was several times repeated, then he answered, and the calling im- mediately stopped. Looking to his gun, he went oyer to a thicket some two hundred yards off, fram which he sup- posed the calls had come; and after calling Townsend several times without eliciting any reply, he got proyoked, and ,call- ing out, ‘If you don’t choose toanswer you can let italone,” marched oif to camp to get something to eat, He came in about half an hour after I did, and we then went off down the river to shoot red squirrels to feed the dogs, After I had made my fourth or fifth straight shot—twenty in. barrel—Townsend turned up; he had heard our shots and come in, It then turned out that it was a panther, and not he, calling at Franz. He had got loston tha flat on top of the mountain, and could not tell on which side to go down. He could hear water roaring below him when- eyer he came out to the brow of the mountain, but had he got down on any side but toward our camp, he might have traveled far enough before he would have found any one. We were at camp so early that day that we determined to use the time well umtil dark and get in a good lot of fire- wood, so as to be prepared if the weather should turn cold suddenly, or if we should make another visit to the ‘rock camp,” tired and hungry, and in no humor for wood-cutting, soatit we went. First we cuta beech back-log, some foot and a half or two feet through, and with the aid of hand- spikes and a lumberman’s knowledge of log-rolling, not a politician's, placed it before our room in the rock, Let me try to describe our camp, foritis a good one, We are at the river, which heré runs northwest, a beautiful stream, some thirty yards wide, brawling along our boulders, and quieting itself now and then in a foam-dappled trout- phot: on onr vightas we go down stream is Spruce Creek, a noble twout Stream comings in trom the eastward; cross if, and We are upon the eveat Spruce Mountain, on the point of Which between creck and ‘ver lies onr vamp, Around this point of monutain, about-a quarter of a mile back from the river, mins a ledge of rocks; sometimes broken down so ns to be tasily snrmounted, in other places forty or fifty feet high. Lewing the creek and climbing to tha foot of this ledge, we fillny it some halfa mile down stream until we come toa Harrow ravine, cub down the mountainside by a cold spring brook; sernmbling across this we mount the other side, umd now we aré near home. A splendid wall of rock rises yerti- cilly before us some thirty or more feet high, crowned with nodding birches and stiffnecked spruces, nested all of them, thi lazy fellows, in a carpet of moss, softand deep. A great heach, felled by ns for wood, lies prone along the cliff foot. We walk the length of its trunk, jump down, turn the angle of the chi, and we are at camp. Under this cliff, facing the river, is. a dry, comfortable room, into which no storms beat; a platform in front is wide enough to admit a large fire and not make things too hot: shelyes are handy for laying up things in fhe dry, and holes to stow them away out of sight. There is room for four men with comfort. Some ten steps awvy, a ttle down hill, is the dog-house, another dry cave with water conyenient; for the cold spring which bubbles out aliost within arm's reach of our bed of boughs, and under cayer, too, trickles down through the rocksand forms a basin at the kennel, Gut we inust finish our wood-cutting. Franz stood axe in hand at thetop of onr big beech, looking np at the black birehes crowning our clifflike ferns stuck ina ** Gres de Mandres" mug, Presently he speaks. ‘What do you think of them hirches, Colonel?" ‘*What do I think of them? Admirable trees;I always did like them; graceful litiesome creatures, tough as the mischief, too, likesome other ericefnl things; the lumbermen, you know, used to cut them sometimes and sell the stuff with their cherry.” ‘/T belisye, by jing, Ill cut that one," says Franz, and off he goes, serambling among the rocks; after awhilehe comes out to the edge of the rock aboye us and peeps over; with iis hand around the very tree that is holding him that mo- minent, to be soon hacked and hewed until it tumbles headlong from its perch, No more useless standing still on top of rocks; no more whispering and rustlings ; no more caresses and noddings from the innocént looking spruces, as they stood in the soft breezes under the moonlight ; but instead, harsh strokes of the axe, a relentless shove, then a tremendous plunge headlong, a crash, and there he lies be- side the beech ; more axe strokésy, and then fierce heart bumnings, wntil at last no birch is left at all, but in the mind of nan ves the remembrance of how much good it did, “Ttell you what, that was a fire,” Franz says, ‘' Did you see Townsend crawling around and twisting away? I thonght Td give him a dose, he's slways rolling in between me and the tire. Ithonght the birch ‘ld fetch him. Did you see him seoot oif down the hill?” ‘ Birch! you did some good, after all.” Our second expedition to the Rock Camp proyel as bar- ren as the first, at least so much as the killing of bears was concerned, and the returning home in triumph laden with hides. Ihave no donbt that the others enjoyed themselves, however, despite the ‘‘bare” hunt. I am yery sure I did, for to me, half the pleasure, or more, to be found in such an expedition comes from the general conduct and changing intidents of the every-day fein the woods. The freedom from restraint, the self-imposed activity or laziness as the whim of the moment may dictate, the delightful effects of fickering lights and shadows about the camp-fire as seen from a bed of fresh hemlock boughs—the yery smell of the woods even, in itself a delight—all these make accessories which help to fill up the completed picture of a true hunt. At last we came to the reluctant conclusion that we would have Do show, nd matter how long we waited, so we deter- uiimed to go home to McOoy’s and take a few day’s knocking over deer, We started, therefore, early one morning, and thought it well to make the journey more interesting by go- ing # new and roundabont way home, that was, to go up tlie Spruce Creek three or four miles, then cross the parks, turn south, surmount the big Spruce Creek Mountain and camp soine where in the great basin beyond it, from where we vould reach MaOoy's house the next day. We traveled quietly along without incident until near 11 o'clock in the morning, when wewere suddenly startled outof ourtranquil- ily im a manner not altogether unexpected, and assuredly not unwelcome. We were going along on a bench, about halfway up the side of the ridge séparating the forks of Spruce Creek, throngh an open beech and maple forest, when all at once ‘Nig,” the shepherd pup, who was nosing about on his own account, gave a yelp some where to our rear and above us, and almost at the instant, as we tured to listen, down dashed in front of us from the next higher bench a tremendous buck, his horns white and polished glistening in the morning sun, I was behind, MeCoy and Townsend justin front of me, My Winchester was slung on my back oyer my pack, encased in « heayy woolen mitten and had wrapped around it a dozen turns of the leather thong, by which I wasleading one of the bear (logs. ‘To unwind the trap with the dog jumping and pull- ing lke a stump extractor took some time, and then my hand was so moist with perspiration that I tugged hard at ny mitten with my teeth before Tconld get it off, and by then the deer was outof reach. Meantime, McUoy had blazed away as soon as he could, but as oneof the dogs jumped against his legs just as he was about to touch the trigger, he accomplished nothing. Townsend had a fair shot, and the deer running within twenty steps of him, he cut-loose at him, as he called it, and ‘‘sealped,” that is to say, grazed or scratched him, low down through the body, He thought he had missed him and so did Franzand I, until we happened to notice the splashed blood on the leaves, while we were laughing at eath other. When I untied the dog string trom my hand, I threw the end of it on the ground, and as I supposed, put my foot on itto hold the dog, my hand being thus free for my gun; but the dog did not wait formy foot to fasten him:he darted off, taking the trap with him, and about the moment we thought abont and missed him he set up a tremendous tonguing down the yalley. Wefollowed as fast as we could for some half or three-quarters of a mile, still hearing the dog in front, when suddenly it occurred to Franz and me to look in the creek and sée whether the deer mightnot haye doubled on the dogs and be now retracing Lis steps to escape in the water. This was well timed, foras we reached the bank there was the buck, some thirty yards off, and entirely ignorant of our neighborhood. Nig had come trotting slong contentedly after us, well assured apparently that we would manage it all right without any further help from him, and certain that he would not be neglected when feeding tine came. The sight of the deer which he headed off roused him, and he dashed into the water at the buck, who brisled up and raked at him with his horns, Watching the deer's eful movements for a few minutes, Iyaited until he Held his head still un instant, and fired at tha batt of his car, lmock- ing him over. Wo sooner had we dispatched our game than we set to work to prepare a feast for ourselyes and the dogs. Our packs were hung up, 2 tire built, and wesoon had the deer's liver and heart broiling on the sticks for our delecta- tion, while the dogs crammed themselves with such pieces as we threw to them until they Lad eaten all the meat and . offal, except what we proposed to carry home. We had an enjoyable meal of broiled liver and toast and then took a quiet smoke, leaning lazily on our elbows and watching the dogs, which, stuffed as fnllas they could waddle, looked at us with knowing eyes, as much as to say, '*Keep doing this sort of thing.” We could not spare much time, how- eyer, if we meant to carry out our programme, so we soon slung our packs and started off again. Franz took the sad- dle—ent short—with the hide and legs left on ; I took my pack full of fore-qnarter meat, and Townsend took some in his pack, carrying also McCoy's gun and leading one hear dog. Ihad the other to lead, letting Nig, who was a priv- ileged character, rn loose. The ascent of the big Spruce Creek Mountain was a tough climb, over moss-covered rocks and through plenty of tall- en timber. We did nofveach the far-brow until aboul an hour and a half before dark, when we stood in a little open- ing at the edge of the descent and looked out over the great basin below us, in which we would somewhere have to spend the night, and beyond which we would have to go to reach home. We looked out over the sea of forest below ns for some time in silence, until at last Franz said, ‘Look here Colonel, don’t you believe we could find old Tom's? If we could do that, he would be just the thing.” “ Where is old Tom’s?” ‘ Well, L[don’t know whereit is, but surely you and me can find it. Iain’t neyer been there, but they tell me he's gone in there to make a hacking for old man Moore, and ites he's got hands a helping him and pyro- visions plenty, so we could hayea good time and stir the old fellow up a bit.” ‘How are we to find him if we don't know where he’s gone?” ‘Why, I'lltell you. You know Camp Run?” “No; where is it?" ‘Why don’t you mind where you and me and old Tom came out and killed a panther two or three years ago; we crossed a low divide at the foot of a steep spruce ridge, just where the panther had killed adeer?” ‘Yes,I do,” ‘Well! that run beyond the di- vide is Camp Run, I believe, and it must bein there some- where that old Tom is now,” ' The next pomt was to settle to our satisfaction just where we thought Cainp Eun lay from our stand-point ; afew minutes settled that as near as we could guess, for Franz never disa- greed much with me as to direction in the woods, if it was a country [knew anything about. T glanced at the compass in ny gun-stock, and we determined to strike a pertectly straight course down the mountain and across country, regardless of any and eyery obstacle, until we should either get to the desired point or be overtaken by darkness. We started. ‘‘ Franz, let me carry them saddles,” said Town- send, ‘Pshaw!” Franz replied. ‘You can’t carry them; go ahead.” However, Townsend would try it, so Franz put them on his back and took gun and pack instead, The un- Ineky ‘Townsend found his new load more than he had bar- gained for, and gave it up sooner than he had expected to, for his foot slipped just as he started down hill, and away he went ‘head-oyer-heels for several hundred feet, rolling and tumbling, unable to stop until he bronvht up agaimst a big spruce. Franz took his proper load again and away we went ataround pace, We kept a straight course, up hill and down, until just about dark, when we halted in an open field of beech and maple woods to consult as to what to do, Isuggested that we had come straight to the point of the ridge which we liad picked ont as most likely to be the one overhanging Camp Run, and that as we had not reached any clearing and had seen no signs of any man haying been about, we had better camp. Wehad not talked two min- utes as we stood there, when suddenly we heard hack! hack! hack! +*‘There’s an axe,” said Franz. We ran for- ward a hundred yards, and looking yound the point of the ridge there lay the clearing. Franz looked at 'townsend— “Bill, didn’t I tell you the Colonel and me could find any place in these woods?” We had a delightful time that night. Old Tom had just finished his log-cabin so that it could be oveupied, We had a grand supper and a smoke, and no end of stories after- ward, ‘Townsend's pack was made a thing of nanght to give the old man a piece of yenison. We fell almost as if we were home but I can tell you we had a hard enough tramp next day. It began to rain early in the morning, and we had to travel from early breakfast time until half-past three in the afternoon to get to McCoy's, through a drenching storm, At last, however, we castoif our packs at the familiar porch, tied up the dogs, took a good wash, lit our pipes, and then gave Mrs. McCoy our seyeraland particular accounts of our bear hunt, and how and why it was that hides were scarce, and that Franz would go without his velveteen coat, and she and the children would miss their promised gifts. As Isaid before, a benr hunt to be interesting needs three things ; bears, snow, aud digs. Having only one of these, the dogs, we were obliged to go without the other two. I spent several days after this shooting deer, which were tolerably numerous about McCoy's, and then with 4 fine pair or two of horns as trophies, mounted my old mare “Stoopid,” and started on my two days’ ride to ciyiliza- tion. Q. C. i For Forest and Stream, HOUNDING DEER IN MISSISSIPPI. —+—_—_— © live twenty-two miles below Natchez, entirely iso- W lated from the world, seldom seeing a stranger, as they have no business in this country, Our only communi- cation is through a boy on # wule, who carries the mail be- tween Natchez and Woodville tri-yeekly, that is, he trys to to make the trip ina week, We never go any where, as after meat and bread is paid for we aye nothing to go on. We heard incidentally that there had been sonie sort of a show in Philadelphia last year, and they say there has been a presidential election, but we don't know who was elected. We are not dependent upon such an offices for the proper administration of ottr home affairs, as we haye an ovganiza- tion known as ‘‘ Bulldozers," that dispense justice, and are oll that we require, as results prove, We have during the winter muny idle days, which if it were not for our packs ot hounds, we would find dif- ficult to dispose of. Deer are plenty, but owing to the im- mense country they haye to run in, they are difficult to lalL T haye a breed of hounds that I think are superior to any in the world; they ure descendants from a pack owned the Ohinchuster's of Virginia. Afew days ago I left home early in the morning to see a neighbor; two ol my bounds s a = persisted in following me; they soon gota deer trail going parallel to the toad. In a short time they jumped ait went due south, away from home and the river; I could hear them some time, as the wind was trom the south. On my return home about 2 o’elock P. m., I found the buck dressed and hung up. ‘The two dogs had canght him within a hundred yards of the house, They had run him «abont fiye hours. Abont a month ago Twas out driving, started a doe and ran her in the river. The doys—four—on the way backto me bounced a buck, who ran straight away from the river, After a while he turned and minde for the river, but he had gone out too far, and they caught and lilled him within two hundred yards of me. Time from start about two hours, After the rnmming season wus over an old buck located him- self ina drive within a quarter of a mileof the house. I ran him out one morning and he went straight to the river, I knew he would come back thut night, so Lsent a friend to -stand for him the next morming, Isoon had the old fellow moying; he conclnded to circle a while before he went to water, but he made one circle too many, for they canglt him in sight of the stander, who was near the river. And thongh six dogs were tugging at him, he dragged along up to the stander, who dioye him off and shot the buek in the head. Time from start abont three and « half hours, One morning in December the hounds took a trail that went away due sonth (away from the river); they were soon out of hearing. We (W. C. Cage and myself) posted ourselves on stands, through which the deer would pass on the way to the river. After seyeral hours Cage heard the dogs. When within a quarter of » mile of him he sawa buck coming, mouth open and much distressed. Tt ran up to him and he killed it—athree point. Just then he heard the pack stop, and one dog baying heran to them, and found they had caught a five point buck, Te was so near dead that he had no trouble in cutting his throat. They were hung up for the night, and the next morning brought in. Upon butchering the buck caught, we found that he had dislocated his right knes in running, rendering it use- less to him—the leg standing ont at an angle from the body. The accident had happened within a short distance of where he was caught, as we honneed up his track where he had crossed an opening with the other buck and then he was all right. After he crippled himself the other buck ran away from him, and would haye escaped if Cage had have had less patience, as he remained on the stand about seven hours. My pack is too fast and run too long to drive with. They run the deer entirely out of the conntry, and after tivo or three races the deer will not come back. They seldom come back (the dogs) under forty-eight hours if the deer does not go directly to water, and they may catch a great many that I nver hear of. For snecessful driving a dog should be slow and mouthy, but game enough to ron all day, DaRrineron, ot For Forest and Stream. REMINISCENGES OF THE (COW PAS- TURE) DORCHESTER MARSHES. yy cueseee are Inany in this city, loyers of sports by flood and field, who will remember pleasurably the good times they haye had and the bags of snipe and ployer ob- tained in a day’s shooting on the old Cow Pasture familiar to old Boston gunners. The writer of these lines has had many a good days shooting there in years gone by, and found many agreeable friends from the brother sportsmen he met there. First among them was Caleb L., a cele- brated Nimrod, and beloved by all for his sterling qualities, He would always get a good bag, and seemed to haye a yery fascinating way with the birds. ‘Then there was Joseph K.,anold yeteran, who was often seen at nightfall wend- ing his way in the direction of the old barn which stood near the centre of the marsh, where he intended to quarter for the night, and be on hand bright and early m the morn- ing. There were also W. Li, B. F., and nuntbers of others; but as we speakof all these, let us dropa tear to their memory. They haye passed away from the mortal to the immortal shore, and we shallsee them nomore, Of the liying representatives of those times letus call upa few of them. First, there was Seth O., the indefatigable gunner, who always had some interesting story to tell, Often ss we sat ensconced in the stand haye we seen him on the railrvad walking from Boston, with his baskeb of decoys coyered ly his mbber poucho on one arm, and his gun on his shoulder, on the way to a favorite position in the centre of the marsh, directly opposite the point stand, where he would shortly be seen blazing away at the approaching birds and anathe- mutizing all sreenhorns. Then thera were the brothers, KR. R. J. and U. BR. J, veteran duck nnd snipeslayers hnd moonlight inveiglers of ye gentle quawk, Quawkine expeditions were much in yogue during those palmy days, and the solemn stillness of the midnight hour was offen made to ring with the roar of the Messrs. J.'s guns. Then there were H. and B. (we have seen neither of them for years), also, T. H. 8., the fumous gunner, who has done fayors innumerable for his brother sportsmen in the way of fixing guns, making and painting decoys, fashioning fine bird calls, etc., ete., and whose anthority isso escellent on al subjects pertaining to the gun. We now recall to mind G. H. M., whose dooris always open to his friends and whose kind welcome and pleasant company we have often experienced.. Many a fine day's gunning have we enjoyed with him, and we desire to thank him sincerely for his liberality m placing his guns and boats at our disposalso olten. NextinordercomesG. W., W.P., and 0. T. C., who could be seen on almost any day from the 20th of August tothe 10th of September, at sunrise, snugly estiab- lished in the usual place, the point stand, where the con- tinual crack of thei guns betokened the sport they were haying. We have met them a number of times retuming from the marsh with large strings of game, for they invari- ably met with good snccess.. Their convenient shooting-hox in the immediate yieinity was the resort of all the gunners of the neighborhood. What pleasant times we have had within its walls, and methinks I hear the merry laughter of the sportsmen who used to assemble there, wh the yarious ludicrous stories which were told and the comical ad- yentures met withonthe marshes. This paradise for gunhers has long since (isappeared, and the place whereon it stood is now covered by the greet turf, and as we gaze on the yacunt place 4 feeltny of sudness oomes over ue at the memory of those good old times, and Of sonie of the happiest moments of our hfs. Tings, peeps. and winter snipe, which we did not think wo of much notice; and on rare otcasions we have shot jack-curlews, stilts, phnlaropes, and arocets; and oh! the odor of those delicious pot-pies! Tcan almost smell fliem now, and can imagine Isee the bones of yast numbers of departed snipe passing in procession before me. Let us patise a moment and brush the cobwebs from our brain, and endeavor to call up some of our other sporting friends, whose faces we have not seenforalong time, There were H. M.. H. G., D, G., B. M., and a host of others, We have also heard tell of W. H, C., an enthusiastic sportsman, whose facility for ferreting out all the holes and pitfalls in the marsh and exploring their inky depths by inserting his pedals into them, much to his consternation, was wonderful and nnaccountable, Like the gentleman who, after falling into ditch, was reminded by his companion in advance that there wasa Jarge bog-hole behind him, he could say, “Tt is no matter, for I have found it:” but the sport with the birds would soon aiter erase from his mind the memory of his mishap, We can heartily By igaunee with him, for we have on several occasions experienced the horrors of a sudden plunge intosome muddy ditch im our strenuous exertions to capture some stray plover, and should the eye of our above-mentioned friend chance to read these lines, he will no doubt smile at the recollection of his exploits. We now recall to mind a certain small boy, C. F. P. by name, who, being very anxious to experience the delights of a day's shooting on the marshes, and seeing in imagination visions of great flocks of birds, had prevymled wpon two of our fellow gunners to take him on one of their trips; and he, being loaded witha superabundance of clothes to prevent his catching cold, a long gun, an umbrella, anda pair of ponderous rubber boots, was thereby made the unwilling yichim of numerous plunges into bog-holes, from which, amidst mich tribulation on his part, he would be extricated by dint of hard pulling on the part of the others. We haye also heard of the dexterity he displayed in crawling upon his stomach from the stand in search of the powder flask, which had heen dropped at a short distance in a sndden rush made for the place during the approach of a flock of beetle-head plover, and of his sate return with the coveted article to his friend, who was anxiously awaiting him, momentarily ex- pecting to see the birds tuke flight without his getting ashot at them; andthe boom of the gun which shortly followed, told the result of stratagem by the increased weight of the contents of the game-bag Wa think the said boy performed this exploit in a manner which would have reflected credit upon even an old gunner, as every sportsman knows how wary an old beetle-head is. He also again contributed to the success of the day by shooting several large birds, and although he has now grown to man’s estate, we have often heard him speak of his —pleasunt experiences on that occn- sion. We will now make a few passing remarks about the old barn which we haye before mentioned, Many a time has it afforded us a place of refuge from an approaching deluge of rain. From within its sheltering walls we have watched the dark clouds rolling oyer the marshes, and the rain drops attering on its moss-grown roof, together with the vivid hes of lightning and the reyerberating peals of thunder, formiine a scene at once grand and sublime; and the thunder of our guns, which were discharged from the opén door at an occasional flock of passing birds which where h ing by to ayoid the tempest, added tothe uproar of the elements. Many a fit snipe we laid low here, and during the darkness of night it has often given us rest and repose, and upon its soft beds of new-mown hay we haye sunk into the arms of Morpheus to dream ‘‘our battles o’er pgain.” We re- member being told the experience of G, W. W. P. and J. H. W., who together passed a night there. On one occasion, of the unaccountable rustling of the hay and loud breathings which they heard, highly suggestive of hosts, especially as after a vigorous search of the premises they could find no one about, J. EB. W. being rather a neryous individual on the ghost question, was very anxious to keep his companion awake, zealously poking him in the ribs for the furtherance of that laudable object. Perhaps it was the spirit of some dead sportsman returned to hannt his accustomed place. But the inscrutable finger of time has long since swept away this favorite retreat, and its owner, who has often spoken a cheerful word to us as we toiled homeward under our load of game, decoys, and other trappings, has years ago gone to his long home. Letus remember with pleasure the departed glories of the old marsh, and while we breathe a sigh to the inemory of our many dead comrades who took part with us in those bright scenes, we will hope our lying fellow sportsmen will eyer keep green thle recollections of those good old times; and as death is gradually thinning our ranks, may the survivors be knit closer together by the bonds of friend- ship which were formed on the ‘‘Old Cow Pasture,” Powprr Horn. ee For Forest and, Stream. A QUAIL HUNT IN VIRGINIA, oe N looking overan old diany of 18721 find the following if entry, in reference to my first yisit to Virginia upon a shooting expedition. ‘Jan, 8th. Left home Monday «.u., yia Pennsylvania Railroad, and met my friend H. at Morris Junction, by previous appointment. We were well equipped with enns, dogs, ete., and anticipated a yery pleasant and successful tip, although it was our first attempt, and I am glad to say we were not disappointed, which Ican assure you is not always the case, Enjoyed a yery quick and pleasant rade down to Washington, and here we determitied to tnkea sleeping coach and go on the same evening to Lynchburg. We did so and had avery comfortable night's rest, and ar- rived in the city Tuesday morning at four o'clock. Stopped at the ‘Worrell House,’and received good attention and meals, ete. Glad to tind one of its proprietors a sportsman, from whom we got much valuable information, and con- eluded to make that point our base of operations trom whence to do our shooting. Here wesoon became acquainted with other sportsmen, and it was their opinion we could not find much good ‘partridge’ shooting within a distance of ten miles of the city, Obtaining an early Innch we got a carriage and droye out into the country to tryour luck. Tt had been raining yery Nard duving the night, and the red, sticky Br ite was not the most inviting, as wefound to our sorrow. Che face of the country is yery undulating, rough, and broken, and of course the walking diffieult, even when thé ground is dry and firm. The ‘Blue Mountains’ are in full yiew some fifteen or twenty miles distant, and the ‘Paks of Ofler' loom up in bold and undeniable grandeur, ___ affording the iost conspicuous and unmistakable landmark he traveler in a new ing eae oe All through this e Shate thehe te dane lend rbmede oul ap they “a i also numerous “smaller birds, such as vingnecks, sander- call it, and suffered to grow np in broom-corn sedge, briars, sassafras, scrub-oak, and pines. This, T suppose is so from the fact of its being so sterile as not to pay cultivation; and because they have so much of it that they are ‘land poor.’ Uponalarge and neglected plantation of this description you often find plenty of ‘partridges’ and excellent cover, and good feed to protect and sustain the game. It was quite late in the Pp, uw, when we arrived upon our shooting ground, owing to the heavy roads and theslow advance we made, It was not long before we found game in good open wood shooting, feeding we thought upon small acorns, etc, Mr. Tryine, whose acquaintance we had made in the city, a most gentlemanly and thorough sportsman, had kindly consented fo accompany us, and being well armed with a breech-loader as well as Mx. D,, it was not long before the hills and roads began to resound with the reports of our guns, and we were haying first-rate sport, if we did not do so much execution in fillimg the bug. Upon our return we counted out some fifteen nice fat birds, which was doing pretty well consider- ing wll things. Insimple justice to my friend D,, I must say this was about the first real experience he had ever had wing- shooting, and had only undertaken the trip upon the recom- mendation of his physician to regain his wonted health and strength. Haying been thrown irom his carriage and injured yery much sometime previous, he was advised to take exer- cise walking, and in order to combine amusement with it, to get a dog and sun, and this was about his first effort, and as éassured me resulted yery beneficially to him. Harthworks were still visible in many places surrounding the city, and I think it was not capimred during the war. I-could not sup- press the reflection that the peaceful and pleasant way in which we were burning powder was much more sensible, and certainly less dangerous, than the hostile attitude of the combatants of the recent civil strife. Wednesday, concluded to try another locality, and enjoy as good shooting with less hard and tiresome walking. Ap- pomattox Oounty was recommended, and we left on the mInorning train, and arrived at the station at eleven o'clock a. mu. This is a very small place and no hotel accommodations at all; and the best we could do was to yet quarters with a private family for a few days. Another gentleman and sportsman kindly acted as guide to this place; had it not been for him we could not have got any place to stay atall. I regret Thave lost his name and address, and willalways feel grateful to him for some fine shooting, The walking was much better here and game quite as plenty, and we made a remarkably fine bag for the time we were in the field—thirty ‘partridges’ and five hares, Thursday wasa fine hunting day and we expected to give our ‘conttaband’ a heavy load, besides our ‘quacks® which he carried along. We gota good start and were lucky in finding some full coveys of bitds, and some excellent inarksminship was cisplayed, and, as I had foretold, our bag was well filled—I think nearly forty head. Friday our good friend returned to L. with a fine lot of game. Wehad some left and gaye away to others. To-day we got thirty more, and twelve ina half day, Saturday. Sent home a box contiining sixty or seventy, and at 12m, Saturday took the train for Richmond to spend the Sabbath. Pound excellent accommodations at the ‘Wxchange.’ YVisit- ing the principal objects of interest in the vity in the morn- ing, and in the afternoon rode out of town to see the crumb- ling earthworks, and on Monday we went directly by rail to ‘Acquia Creek to enjoy some duckshooting, as wewere told immense numbers had collected there and in its adjacent waters. Wesoon discoyered the importance of being better posted to ayoid disappointment im looking up a locating, re- liable shooting ground, It was true wild fowl were here in abundance, but the pluce did not have a guide, boat, decoys, and not even a hotel, and we were only too glad to get mpon the staunch old steamboat Keyport in time to continue our journey to Washington that evening. We were served with a most excellent meal, and I felt very much at home upon the steamer, as Thad taken many trips ypon her in more northern waters and near my own home before. As far as the quail shooting we had enjoyed during the trip was con- cerned, it was a success, but our original intention was to have a chance at the wild fowl also. At Baltimore we thought we would try our luck again, My friend was acquainted with members of the yarious sporting clubs of the city, and thought certainly throngh the kindness and courtesy of some of them to enjoy some fine sport down below the ¢ity npon the viyer or bay. In this we were doomed to disappoint- ment, The most violent snow storm set in and continued with unabated fury for several days, and it being impossible tor us to stay from home longer, we reluctantly turned our faces homeward, and arrived in good health, sate, and sound. My friend D. wrote me soon after; he was so much pleased with his experiment that he desired me to go West with him. Hyery year since I haye been shooting from one totwo weeks either in Virginia or Maryland, and have uniformly had a ‘good time, with fine suacess in the field, but no duck shoot- ing. M, Game Bag and Gun. GAME IN SEASON IN APRIL, Wild Ducks, Brant, Geese, Etc. —— : Ssien.—Some few birds have been killed on the Hacken- sack and adjacent meadows, but the main flight has not, up to this writing come along. Our friend, Justus Von Lengerke who generally gets about the first bunch, very generously divided his bag with us on Sunday, On the meadows in Morris County theve is still too much water to enable farmers to do well. Vermont, Ferristurg, Vi., 2lpril Tik:—Ducks very scarce here this ,spring—and no snipe. Of the last there are never but few seen in the spring migration, The Lake, (Cham- plain) has been broken up for some days, but the weather is unpleasant. Northerly winds prevailing. Aa Massacnuserrs, Sulew, Mass., April Si—The past week has showu the first snipe of the season, taken on the 4th by Mr. G B, Stone, Weather and birds, including weodcock and ordinary spring migrants backward. Geese flew thick on Wednesday and Thursday, April 4th and 5th. ‘*Trat" Wisconsry, Westrmnp, April 7th. Spring shooting has fairly opened in this section. Wild fowl have arrived in considerable numbers, and snipe are just puttingin au appearance, The welcome booming Of the pinnated grouse is hoard upon the meadows and low lands, and the inspiring carols of the song birds assure us that spring is here. But yery few wild geese havens yet been seen, It is projable that this week the woods will be filled 145 with “amateur? hunters after pigeons; the advent of these migratory birds pane the signal for “every man, boy, and fool who can sport a fowling piece? to go forth and slay to their heart's content. When viewed im the line of spat pigeon shooting does not rank high, but coming as it does alter a long cessation of all shooting, the practice is quite pleasurable. The woodcock is indeed a rar avis in this sec tion, never being pursued solely for sport, but occasionally shot by sportsmen ont after grouse, ete, ERED. Wisconsry, Janesville, April 9th.—Ducks, geese, cranes, etc., here in abundance; a few pigeons haye heen seen, Robins, black birds, and blus birds,have been here for several days. Koshkonong Lake is still full of ice, but think it will be clear in a day er two, —We have never known English snipe to baso searce at this season as they new are, The few that are for sale by our city game dealers are sold at one dollar per pair, They come from the lower part of the State of Delaware. At this price they are decidedly the dearest delicacy in the market. Every year the bird seems to be growing less numerous. We baye heard of several parties who hunted for them without snocess this spring in localities where they were formerly abundant. —Germantown Telegraph. Punnsrnyanti—Philadelphia, April 3d.—A pizeon match was shot af the Wheat Sheaf Hotel, on Haster Monday, between Messrs, Pry, Boudwin, and Inwin, for Sweepstakes, $10 en- trance, 12 birds each, 1} ounce shot, The following is the score: CORD re ee ooo ve ToT Oe. le Dey alee G. Bondwin .......:.:... Loilzi1iztriodoj.dotl1 i—# Pio gsi aie See Fock: TTL’LOTOOLII ey The My. Boudwm that shot in this match is our céle- brated taxidermist, and he is as able and ready with the gun as he is skillful and artistic in preserving its victims. Posrace. A DOUBLE SHOT. ———— Bosroy, April Gth, Hprror Forrst AND STREAM. If you think the following item is worthy of publication, please let it be recorded, that Dr. H. M. Knowles, iron man- ufacturer, of Cleveland, Ohio, while on a gunning expedi- tion at the “Hone’s Point” elib grounds in Ohio, had his af- tention called to a woodehuck by one of the natives, who asked the Dr, to shoot it (the woodchuck I mean), which the Dr. in his usual graceful and accommodating manner did; and immediately as the report of his gun rang out on the air, the native exclaimed ‘There goes afox!” when the Dr. quickly wheeled around and gaye *‘Jack Reynard, Esq.” the contents of the other barrel of his gun, rolling the afore- said Esq. Reynard over in fine style, thus making a double shot of 2 woodchuck with one barrel and a fox with the other, much to the astonishment of the native, and to the pleasure of the Dr. Very truly yours, Siug Broor, ( TAXING GUNS. os Anrany, April 4th, 1877. Mr. Eprror,—Your correspondent Venator in his article on Pot Hunting says wl sportsmen would willingly pay a tax of $15 per annum on their guns to know that it would debar so many from owning guns. ‘This is the only con- struction you can put upon his letter. Howelse could there be such a suppression of shooting throughout the country? Does he mean all fue sportsmen or only that class who call themselves such. butin reality area lot of selfish tyrants with no thought but self, with means to go when and where they choose, whose one wish is to enjoy themselves no mat- ter if poor people do or not, who think the birds of the air and fishes of the sea (to quote Scripture) were created to ba monopolized by the more fortunate, while the poorer class are considered as mere machinery to cater to their tastes and wants, without enjoying any of the privileges intended for all—the rich and poor alike. There are many men who exert themselves, and squeeze their purses to have a tew days shooting; this they can hardly afford, withont bemg compelled to pay a tax for the sake of owning a gun. Now, Mr, Venator, suppose the farmers should be as tyrannical as you wish to be, and not allow any one to shoot on their grounds, then what benetit would your guns be to you? Only to Jook at and sigh over, like the man who bought the elephant to prevent his neighbor from having it, but could make no use of itatter all. If Venatorand a few more such liberal-minded sportsmen would donate their $15 and some of their energies to the prosecution of lay breakers, it would be more creditable to themselyes and beneficial to all. Al- though no friend of Pot Hunters, still I do not like to see any one wish to deprive the poor man of his privileges. Wishing VY, and all others the best of suecess in their earnest and sincere desire to promote the interest of their fellow men, I am yours very truly, DextEn, [We do not belieye in a gun tax for this country, but we heartily approve of one on dogs. As for the term ‘Pot Hunter,” our definition of it is, “one who shoots game for profit and not for pleasure, and who is not particular as to the mode or means used; who would rather shoot into a bevy on the ground than ata single bird on the wing, und who corresponds with a game dealer.”—Ep. ] a JOSEPH BRADDELL & SON’S GUNS. —__+—_—_. r Lospox, Onv., March 26, 1877. Eprtor FoREstT AND STREAM. Tn your issné of the 22d, “Inquirer,” San Francisco, 1sks shout Jos, Braddell & Son’s (Belfast, Irelund) guns. I have Known the prasont representative of the firm since my school days, aud havé used his guns for over ten years. Seyeral of my friends, who were so mucli plesaed with the workmansiip and shooting of the gun he made for me, haya ordered guns from him, and in every instance have given thé utmost Batisfaction. The gun Latpresent owno—made for me six years. since, breech-louding, 0. F,, 12-gange, 80-inch barrel, 7!¢ lbs., witha chargo of 343 dys, of powder, loz. of No, § shot—will fetch quail every time between 50and 60 yards, if held straight, which I consider a very good teat of how a gun, withont choke-boring, throws its shot. I haye no hesitation in recommoanding Joseph Braddell & Son's guns as being first-cluss in sysry respect, and all they warrant them to he. J. 8, Nryvzy, M, B, — Baldwin, the clothier of Broadway and,Canal Strect, retails'O. O, D. over Four Hundred Thousand Dollars worth of Boy’s clothing an- nally, and competition thus far has failed to decrease the amonnta singledollar. Parents know where to muke selections for the hoys.— Buchanje, 144 disy Lultuye. THE HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND UTILITY OF AQUARIA. CHTHYOLOGY is a hard word to master, but itis never- theless so fast assuming prominence, that it promises f00n to becomes household word. Very little was known until quile recently of the habits of the denizens of the deep, The movements of a few edible fishes which inhabit shallow water had been studied a little, but of the greas mass of the finny tribe; we knew absolutely nothing; not so much be- cause of a lack of interest in such knowledge, as for the reason that we had no means of acquiring the desired infor- mation. Infact, the inhwbitants of our rivers, oceans, and lakes were nearly as much concealed from observation as they would be were they inhabitants of another world, But the activity and persistencs of thought and research at the present (lay have most effectually overcome the principal ob- stacles to studies of this kind, and finally, conditions and cu- rious facts connected with life in the water. The dredging of ocean beds and even the deepest sea soundings have re- yeuled the most astonishing fact, that life exists even at very grout depth, and under conditions of pressure which seem al- most incredible. But little difiiculty has been found to learn what of life the sea contains; but to become acquainted with the babit., mode of life, etc., of the denizens of deep water was almost impossible, nntil the aquarium was introduced, whereby we could preserve the lives of fishes under condi- tions which would permit of our constant examination of them while free to move and act at will. It has long been known that avimals living in water may be kept in transparent glass vessels Wy frequently changing the water; bnt it is only by the modern discoveries of chem- istry and physiology that means haye been pointed out, whereby aquatic lite may belong maintained without the frequent and inconvenient renewals of the water. Science has now taught us that plants growing in water restore to that element the oxyfen so necessary to the life of the fish, and remove therefrom, by absorption, the carbonic acid thrown off by them, as by landanimals, in the process of res- pitation, Agnin, it has been found necessary to add certain varieties of water animals, which feed on deegmposing ani- mils and vegetables, to net as seayengers forthe more par- ticular members of the fish community, to whom any consid- erable amount of decaying matter is found injurious or fa- tal. Thediscovery of these facts and conditions has made the employment of aquaria on 4 large scale a practical possi- bility, and introduced to the worlda new and interesting means of material progress in the study of natural history. The first experiment of this kind on a large scale was un- dertaken at the ZoGlogical Gardens, Regent’s Park, London, in 1883, only twenty-four years ago, Quite a number of tanks were fitted up, the largest of which were 6 feet in length by 30 inchesin depth, They were fitted very much as those™ow shown at Woodward's Gardens have been, and Were supplied with sand. gravel, appropriate vegetation, mol- luscs for scavengers, etc. The water was simply allowed to run off and bepumped back again, falling into the tanks, os seen at Woodward's, in such a manner is to carry considerable quantities of airentangled with it. Thus a quantity of wa- ter canbe used indefinitely, care being taken to secure the presence in the tanksof such fish as will act as scavengers in remoyingenuy decaying substances which may be present. It should be borne in miud that air is as necessary to sustain life in aquatic animals as it is for those which live upon the land, the gills of the former serving the same purpose as the lungs of the latter, the blood being decarbonized or purified by the particles of air, which are mixed with the water, com- ing in contact with the gills, just as the blood of land ani- tals is purified by coming in contact with the air in the lungs. 4 The suecess which attended the aquarium at Regent's Park indneced the construction of aquaria in several of the largest cities in Europe, and finally in our own country, The largest and most complete work of this kind has been constructed at Brighton, one of the most famous and charming watering- places in England. It was opened to the public about five years ago, atter nearly two years of timeand a yast outlay of money had been expended in its construction. This aqua- ruim is divided into a series of corridors, the largest of which is 220 feet long, most beautifully and appropriately orna- mented. The aquarium contains a great number of tanks, some of unusual size, and the largest of which is 120 fest long. Several works of the kind haye been constructed in the United States, but that one lately rebuilt by Mr. Wood- ward, at his Gardens in this city, is the second largest and most complete after the New York Aquurium, and that gen- tlemanis deserving of the highest credit for the enterprise and geal which he has displayed in furnishing the public of California with such an extensive and useful medium for the study of one of the most interesting branches of natural his- fory. A most complete opportunity is here provided for watching the movements and habits of living creatures, pos- sessing most interesting and remarkable characteristics, but whose haunts haye heretofore been confined to the most ob- scure and unapproachable recesses of ponds, rivers, and oceuns, By the facilities which Mr, Woodward has here pro- vided, the student is able to actually walk amid the very habi- tations of the most curious and recluse of the finny tribe; whiure their every moyement is hs open and free to observa- tion as is that of the tiny goldfish, which disports itself in a eryalul globe upon a parlortable. Such an exhibition cannot fail to proye a source of unlimited interest to the sight-seer, and af object of the Most intense grutification to the scien- tific investigator, A volume of hatural history is opened here, illustrated and illuminated in a manner which cannot FOREST AND STREAM. _ fail to excite the interest and altention of the most indiffer- ent; and certainly no one who will look upon it can go away uninstructed or unimpressed with the volume and its pages. A writer wpon natural history says: “Studies of animated nature haye been pursued with in- creased ardor and success since the establishment of aquaria. Vast regions of animal and vegetable life, the mere existence of which was known to but a few of our leading naturalists ten years ago, are now explored by thousands of obseryers, and the wonders of the brook, the river, und the mysterious sea have familiar things among persons of intelligence aud scientific inquiry, who, without the help of the aquarium, must, for lack of leisure and means, have remained content with brie! technical deseriptions, conveyed in pondrous books, to the perusal of which there would haye been no sym- pathies to attract them. It has created a taste for deep-sea stuilies, and then fed that taste with wholesome truths: and by giving delight to the eye,and stimuliting, through the medium, o! reereation, the spirit of scientific inquiry, it has brought subjects of profoundest interest within the practical nel of the humblest student of the ways of God and nature.’ Who can tell the interest or enthusiasm in scientific study and research which may be engenderedin the minds of the thousands of children and youth who weekly visit the vast and instructive collections in all the various branches of natural history, botany, mineralogy, etc., which haye been collected and thrown open to the public in this vast conservatory of art and science? If Mr. Woodward had never done anything else, this work alone would form a monument of industry, genius, and usefulness syhich any man might well be proud to leave as a legacy of life-work to future generations. San Fyaneisco, Feb. 28, 1877, Oscar SerrzEr —— ee GROWTH OF SALMON AND TROUT. Our illustrations herewith show the development of salmon from its ova to the adult, They will apply equally to trout. 2 3 fo. shows the young ova developing the head (mag- nified); No. 2 shows ditto developed (magnified): No, 3, the head and body of the fish developed (mag- nified); No, 4, young oya before the developing in natural size; No 5 shows the ova of the natural size, after the yital prin- ciple has been developed. The body of the fish in this stage has a pinkish tinge and the eyes are yery large, No. 6, the shell of the ovum just burst, and the head of the fish protruding from it, No. 7, the state of the ovum shown after the bursting of the shell, when the pulsations of the heart become yisible. No, 8, the shell just thrown off, the tail drooping ; ubouta third part of the shell, which is transparent, is fractured by the fish in its exertions to extricate itself. Before the shell is broken the tail envelopes the yolk, which is seen attached to the hody of the fish. No. 9. The tail in ashort time becomes straight, and the fish more lively; the mouth assumes a distinct form, and the lower and pectoral fins, which are quite transparent, are in motion simultaneously with the actions of the heart, which beats from sixty to sixty-fiye times in a minute, No. 10 is a magnified representation of No, 7, the fish ad- hering to the shell, which is partly broken. No. 11 represents No. 9 magnified; the heart is before the pectoral fins, under the throat. No. 12 is a still more enlarged yiew of No. 9, showing the direction in which the blood circulates, as seen by a micro- AGOpE, 0, 13, Salmon (developed shape). No, 14. Salmon, male (in summer). No. 15, Salmon (in fall, The blood flows from under the body of the fish through the blood vessels, ramified along the sides of the back, and is then ollected into the large vessel which runs along the front and bottom of the bag, communicating directly with t “gradually going on in the viyer generally. Before the imtro- shore fisheries. With the im the | length of these drift-nets the a SS _ heart. An equal quantity of air, or some transparent matte . citenlates with ak pena” The blood is drawn by the ey from the large vessel alluded to, and thrown in regular pulsa- tions into the vessels of the head and throat, where it as-— sumesa dark color. The rays of the sills are visible, and the fish soon begins to assume a brownish color. Salmon fry, or smolts, for some time wander about the sides of the stream, where the current is obstructed, but as they acqitire strength, they trust themselves to the mid- stream, play in the pools and deep spots, and on the setting in of the spring rains in the following year, are carried down to the junction of the river with the salt water, where they temain till habituated to the novel element, into which they then proceed. The growth of the smolts, or young fish, is yery rapid, especially after they haye reached the sea, where food isin abundance. Fry marked in April or May hays re- turned by the end of June, weighing from two to three pounds and upward, and a month or two later they have been found to weigh as much as six pounds. The small sized fish underthe weight of two pounds are called ‘salmon- peel,” all above that weight ‘grilse.’ The growth of the grilse during the second visit to the sea and for seyeral sub- sequent years equals, if it does not exceed, that of the first year. The land-lance and other fishes constitnte the food of the salmon when out of sea; and that it is a yoracions feeder may be inferred, both from its rapid increase of size and its dental arrangem ent.—(“nadian Illustrated News, ren EERE ABSTRACT OF THE SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, — eS. HE Commissioners open their Report with a reference to the question of legislation, and finding that laws relating tothe same interests are at variance in different localities, they suggest that laws of 4 more general character be enacted, to give the necessary protection to and fostering care over the fishing interests on the seaboard, as well as on the inland waters, Attention is also called to the unsatis- factory character of the laws regulating fishing in the Dela- ware, which river, once abounding in the choicest varieties of permanent as well as anadromous fishes, has been greatly depleted of them in late years. Riparian to the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, each of these is interested to a greater or less extent in the fishing of this great tiver and bay, As between the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania the laws have always been concurrent, but Delaware claiming jurisdiction over the entire surface of the river within the ‘“[welye Mile Circle," the result has been to permit illegal fishing to be carried on without let or hindrance, to an extent which has seriously affected the interests of all three States, and it is hoped that the question will be speedily settled. * The concurrent Jaws of New Jersey and Pennsylyania haye been so frequently supplemented by acts Supplied to meet arising contingencies, that they have become exceedingly complicated and obscure. To remedy this eyil, the Commissioners of both States have prepared a draft of a law, which is printed im the appendix to be sub- mitted to their respective legislatures, which it is thought will meet all difficulties. In reference to shore fisheries generally, the Commission- ers are of the opinion that pounds, weirs, and other stationary apparatus for the capture of fish should be prohibited, ex- cept in certain cases, where they should bé licensed, The reports of the Fish Wardens show that shad fishing m the Delaware was less remunerativye the past season than the pre- yious one, the reasons given being the severity of the season, and the fact of an unusually large number of drift neta being in use on the bay, caused by an expected nnnsnully large demand at Philadelphia durmg the Centennial Exhibi- tion. The aggregate catch, however, is admitted to have been far less than usual, For convenience, the State is divided into two departments, yiz.: the Southern or Tidal Department, and the Northern or Non-Tidal Department, The counties in the different departments are each in charge of a Fish Warden, whose individual reports form the bulk of the general reports, Our space will permit us to give but & brief abstract of each, © The Warden of Cumberland County reports 34 drift nets in use, against 15 for 1575, the lengths being also much longer, averaging over 500 fathoms each. The average catch was about 1,600 (shad) per net, against 2,500 the previous year, The price was about $25 per hundred, During the season three schooners were engaged in sturgeon fishing at the headwaters at Bay Side. They took between 1,500 and 2,000 sturgeons, but we could nof ascertain where they came from, ‘The Warden has neither seen nor heard of the black bass placed in the waters of the county the previous fell although he has made diligent inquiry concerning em. The Warden for Salem County reports the catch of three shore-nets in his district at 5,000 shadand 200,000 herrings— not enough to pay expenses. There went out from Salem County about 125 shad dritt-nets owned and fished by resi- dents, and about 100 of the same kind owned and fished by non-residents, making a total of 225, against 175 of the pre- vious season. The Warden ascribes this increase of drift- nets to the obnoxions “license” law of the State of Delaware, which discriminates between her citizens and non-residents, by imposing a tax of $5 on the former and $20 on the latter, thus driving her citizens, and also non-residents, to the other side of the river to avoid the payment of the said tax, These drift-nets range from 325 to 600 fathoms in length, and are sunk twenty feet below the float line. The cateh by drift-nets was about 246,233, against 345,000 the year preyi- ous. The price averaged ;bout$18 per hundred, The diit- culty alluded to beforé, with regard to the ‘“Twyelye Mile Circle,” was fully exemplitied, as the Warden has counted twenty nets fishing within the circle of a Sunday, un(l was powerless io prevent them. On the 15th of November, 1875, the Warden assisted in planting fifty black bass in Salent Creek, below the dam at Sharptown, and forty-nine in Allo- way Creek, below the dam at Allowaytown, since which time he has neither seen nor heard from them. The Warden of Burlington Conniy sends a voluminous report, which is so distributed in detail that wa cannot sum-- marize the catches from the various fishing stations. The tenor isthe sameas those given above, with the exception that the fish are reported to be larger. From the Warden's reports, it would seem that while the fishing for fifty miles below Philadelphia was unusually remrunerative, that above, as far as Trenton, was quite the reverse, The catch of shad at the shore fisheries afford a fair index of the deteriovation — duction of the drift-nets in the rivers of the Atlantic slope, there seemed to be no giminution sed ee : 27 ete - —By an unfortutinte arrorin printing the first copies of the Special Prize List, Mr. Dudley Olcott's cup for the best English setter dog or bitch out of a native bitch by an im- potted dog, the value of the dup was putat $50, whereas it shonld have been $100. —— ee —Mn, C. %. Miley's red Irish setler bitch, Floss, has visited ‘his imported red Irish setter dog, Buck. OS a —Mr. Wm. Jarvis, of Claremont, N. H., writes us that Elcho has visited Kathleen. eS ..—————— —My. Allen Dodge's (of Georgetown, D. G.,) liver-colored “pointer bitch Dolly whelped, on March 17th, twelve puppies, eight bitches and four dogs, mainly lemon and white, by Sen- sation, AcENOWLEDEMENTS.—From Kinney Bro’s., Tobacco Manu- facturers, 141 W, B’dway, a box of delightful cigartttes and smoking tobacco, This firm is well-known, and their goodsare in sreat request by smokers. One of our editorial stat? who does not smoke did these gentlemen great injustice a week or two ago, by informing an inquiring correspondent that he did not know the address of the house of K, & Bro. We have before us the most delightful evidence of its existence, and shall take pleasure in informing our friends of its where- abouts. C. L. Ritzman & Co., 946 Broadway, have received an order fora duplicate gun, fora Mr. Lane, which has at- tracted much attention as a beautiful specimen of workman- ship and effective weapon. Both Mr. Ritzman and his patron are deservedly prond of it. Grege & Co., of St. Louis, Mo,, have sent us a box of the artificial angle worms, such as we haye repeatedly noticed. They resemble the real thing yery much, anda cullud ac- maintance of ours who has had them in his mouth, says they ‘‘taste mighty like “em, too, boss.” —Don't spend your money foolishly in trifles, becanse that will in- fallibly lead you to ba foolish in larger expenditures. For instatce, in the matter of toilet soaps. By purchasing B. T. Babbitt’s Toilet Soap you get absolutely the finest that can be manufactured and tha most economical; for tt goes much further than the ordinary scented soaps, that comie to us with pretentious labels, and are really but whited sep- ul¢hres,—Adv, @iew Mublicatians. eS Iie or Gey. Gro. A. Custer. By Frederick Whittaker. Sheldon & Go., New York. s This isa biography of the gallant general whose services in the field have won universal admiration, as his untimely death in the prime of his life and usefulmess has the regret and sympathy of the world, The author is an army offiger whose familiarity with his subject has ensiled him to produce a volume of a quality that has already secured for it asale of 10,008 copies, if we are not misinformed. Tha first chapterof the book treats of Custer's boyhood and youth; ihe socond to the fifth treat of his services during the war of the Re- bellion; the sixth of his seryices in Texas and elsewhere, up to the yent 1867, mentioning incidentally his love for hunting and other ont-of-door pastimes, Which is temporary residence in Texas enabled him toavail himself of. During this period, the book says, he ‘‘ had ac- cumulated a pack of some twenty fox-hounds, for he was 4 great ad- mirer of dogs anda connoisseur of breeds, When the fox-hound pack of Texas was broken up, except one or two.of the finest dogs, which he afterward took to Monroe, Mich. (the record runs), be hecame wonder- fully interested in the Scotch deerhound, of which hs say one or two @pecimens. He ended by buying a paif, brad in Canada from imported 4logs, and afterward received a present of another, an imported dog. From these others wére afterward bred, so that ima faw years he pos- sessed quite 2 pack of these dogs, besides fox-hounds, setters, spaniels, and others. He had always mauaged to have dogs at all perlodsof his oureer sven, when as a lieutenant he tuok old ‘Rose’ to Washington with him,but as soon as lic was able to indulge his fancy freely, he perfectly rayelied in the collection of animals, having as many and varied a pack as used to attend Sir Walter Scott at Abhotsford in days goue by,” Ohapter sever is very interesting, being devoted to details of his Indian campaigus and sporting life on the Plains; chapter eighfis occupied by a history of his last and terribly fatal campaign; the ninth chapter ia deyoted to a general review of his life as a soldier and aman, and an analysis of his continued and unqualified success; and the teuth and dast chapter to personal reminiscences by Lawrences Barrett. This book sholild be bouglt and preserved as a sonvenir by every one who admires talent, bravery, aud manly qualities, especially in their relation aud application to one of our ost popular and esteemed army officers. The illustrationsinclude admirable portraits of Gen. Custur 4d hisluckless relatives who fell with him in the last Indian battle, and of the celebrated Indian chiefs, Satanta and Rain-in-the-Face, Tle ook contains 687 pages. * Hermice’s Harp Trres Treasury. We have received fronr YW. W. Helmick, 50 Wert Fourth Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, a musical portfolio contuining ten comic songs, adapted for the piano or organ, which the publishers will send by mail free of charge on receipt of $1. It ia hardly necessary to say that the selections would have to be poor indecd not to be worth the trifling sum asked, OrnirHonocists’ Drexctory. §. L. Willard & Co., of Utica, have recently issued a small publication, which contuins the names of taxidermists and eg collectors in yarjous parts of this coun- try and Lurope. Bxsides,it containsa list of valuable works of refer- enee, and other matters of general interest and usefilness to students and naturalists. Herperr’s Works. It will please many of our readers to Know that Messrs, I’, B, Peterson & Brothers haye issued cheap edi- tions of some of the must popular of “Frank Forrester’s’ works. We haye received “My Shooting Box,” ‘Warwick Woodlands,” “Quorndon Hounis,*' and ‘Deer Stalkers.*! These cell at 76 cents each, but they oan also be bad in two volumes handsomely bound for $4. Prenan’s Oancrmr Poaver.—lhe game cf checkers has a#saimed auch a place amorg games, that we doubt not there are a large number of persons who will be plensed to meet with the Messrs, Phelan’s neat little magazine, which is to be devoted entirely to the iaturesis of checker playimg. We have received the April number, and shonld jndge thatit contained all that could he desired. ‘lhe pub- Jishera are Messrs, Phelan & Bros,, No, 510 West Wifty-seyenth Street, New York. ——__>_—_—_ Lijpincolt’s for April is of more than usual interest, ‘The ‘Tartar and His. Home," and tho ‘Valley of Peen," are most graphi- eally pictured. ‘The Chapter of Rea) Life’ is no doubt the experience of Many Uiforlynate emizranta who arrive in this coljatry without settlnd plans, Thereadcra of ZLippinestt will regret to part from *Vonne Aloys, tha Ga\lc from Aimaricu,!" s0 s0on—ohartningly writ- tél by Auerbach, (nH of truth and tature. “ The Mardnis of Lassie" ‘promises to be one of MucDonuld's crow ing efforts, Miss Laza- pia’ * Will of the Wisp’ is extremely good, ind leads ue to expect great _ things irom Wer pon; and wa might alsn say the shime of Miss MUliard. The usual. Monthly Gossip" and Literary Griticism sonolude tha num- FOREST AND STREAM. auusweys Wo Coryespondent? ——+—, No Notice Taken of Andnymous Communications. ————— (, E. C., Boston —Where can I buy and whatwonld bethe costof a small bireh-bark canoe, one large enongh to hold two persons? Ans. Address Pitz Cochrat, Halifax, Nuva Scotia; or David Dresser, Prince- ton, Maine. Cost about $16. 7. A, 1, Philadelphia.—Will you please inform me of the best trout streams in Pennsylyania, and during which month I would find the hest fishing in them!) Ans. In McKean, Potter, Elk, and Pike Counties inMay snd June, MAX, Clearfield, Pa.—What is proper doae of santonine for a Jarre sot- ter, to kill Worms, and howisit administered? Ans, Two grains morn- ing and night, and on the Stl day adurye dosa of castor oil, The san- tonine can be given in the dog's food, T. W. J., Kane, Pa.—is it not # little out of order for trout to be esught io thastreants of Cameron County, this Stute, in the mouth of March? One party at Emporium, Pa,, claims the honor of catching gey- eral the past week weighing over two pounds cach, Bagstocx, Montreal.—Could you oblige me with the name and ad- dress of several of your best race bost builders (row boals)? Ans. Stephen Roberts, No. 868 South Street, N. Y ; Thomas Fearon, Yonk- ere, N. ¥.; CO. B. Elliott, Greenpoint, N. ¥,; Wm. Blaikie, Cambridge, Mass, G. W. R., Waynesburg, Pa.—l send you tho head of a snipe. Please say What kinditis, They have just come. I killed this one to day. Ans, Thehead is that of the Wilson or American snipe, erroneously termed English. They are now migrating to their northern breeding grounds, J. H.B., Meshoppen.—lst. Will wild rice growin this climate? 2d, What time of year dobesit wantto besown? 3d. How long would it be (after planting) before it would serve as food for ducks? Ans. Ist. Yos, 2d, Both spring and fall. 3d, The same season. Seo answer to H. R, B. in issue of March 15th. READER, Uniontown, Pa.—What willit cost to get one barvelin each of three gnus choke-hored, to male a pattern of abont 240 pellets, No. 6 shot, ina 30 inch circle,af40 yards? Do you conaidér that an ex- treme or moderate choke? Ans. About $5 each to haye the pattern guaranteed. It will be callad a full choke. H. G. P., N. ¥.—Can you or any of your readers give me any informa- tion, names, etc., rexarding a brace of settersimported by Robt, Hawkins of Hoboken, in about 1868, one of which is now stuffed and in some club-house in this city? Ans. We do not know, but perhaps some of our readers can supply the information, M 4G, B., Greenville, Pa.—Are there any rules in regard to shooting glass balls? Do they have to he broken in tho air? Ifthe neck ofa hall is fond to bé broken by shot, isit scored for or against the shooter? Ans, Wehavyessnt youthe Bogardus rules. The ball itself must be broken to count, ¢. 8, O,, Philadelphia,—What place would you recommend me to go to fora two wueks’ hunt in the first tivo weeks of August, aid would you recommend Squan Beach, N. J., and if so, what birds could I find there at that time? Ans, The only shooting you could get at that time would be bay birds, and Squau Beach would bea very good place, J.N., New York.—! haye in my possession a pup (dog) to montha old, a cross of water spaniel and shepherd dog; color, white and red, Do you think he can be made of any use in the field or duck shooting? if so, at what age wouldit be bast to break him? Ans, Your “og could only be used as a retriever. You should commence breaking him when he is six months old. J. 8. B., Philadelphia.—ist. Can steam be seen? 2d. What is it we See coming from the exhaust of an engine, steam or watery vapor? 3d, Which is the motor, steam or watery vapor such as we see coming from the exhaust? Ans, Ist, If you had ever observed one of the smal! en- gines made of glass, sometimes exhibited by ylass-blowers, you would haye noticed that no steam could be seen in the boiler. 2d, Watery va- por, 3d, Steam. H. A. G., Pittsburg.—I have a pointer dog two years old whose nose Keeps rnoning a thick, white discharge; for about six months itstopped, then started ronning azain, and has been running ever since? Ans. Give yonr doz a mild laxative to open his boyels and then commence a thorough course of tonic trextment. Give cod-liver oil, a tabléspoonful twice or three times a day, and gainine and tincture iron in sma}l doses, or for quinnine you ean stbstitate salph. cinchona tn five grain doses, H. A.H., Brooklyn,—tI have been ordered out of town on account of my eyes. WherecanI goinland that I may gat plenty of fishing and boating, together with good accommodations at reasonable price ? L Wish to leaye as soon as possible, and stay say thres mouths or longer, Ans, We should recommend Greenwood Lake, but there will not be much fishing fortwo months yet. Milford, Pa , would be a good place, as you could get some trout fishing, E, C,, Albany.—Will you please inform me where I can procure a copy of the gamelaws of New York State? Also the price of the same? A friend of mine has an artificial trout pond, but says his fish die offin greatpumbers. Wlhatis the canse of it? Ans. Have sent you a copy of game laws. Your fish die bavatise the water is too warm or other- wise deleterious; or because there ia decayed animal or yegetable mat- ter in the pond; or because they have not been properly fed; or possi- bly because they liaye been handled, Avis, Utiea, New York,—ist, Is Archivology considéred a natural or applied science? 2d, Is Philolozy a natural or applied sciance? 3d. What science does Dr, Le Gonte, of Philadelphia, aludy? Ans. lat, Archizology and Philolugy are certsiily not applied sciencos, Whether they come strictly under the head of natural sciences we are not pré- paredatthe moment to say, 3d, Prof. John LeConte, of Philadelphia, is an entomologist, and we belicys makes tho Coleapteru his spacialby. E, W. L., Philadelphia —Can you inform me where a party of four can spend a couple of weeks (tha last tivo in Juus) fishing? We wartto camp}; have been recommended to Porter's Lake, Pike County, Pa, Can you give meany information in reference to this lake? Ans. Porter's Takeis a large shest of water well stocked with black bass and pickerel? Take Evie Railroad to Hawley, and wagon from there. Itis a fayorile place for Camping, Therears trout within a few miles. Good terri- tory all through Pike County for sportemen, W.8., Rouse’s Point, N,¥.—1st. Thaye a spaniel whose urine comes from Lim as redas blood, and his eyes have a watery discharge, What is the matter with him? 2d, What do you think of Mr, M.P. MeKoon's cockers, and do you know of a hatter place to pet them? Ana, Ist, Your dog has laematuria; give himoue teaspoontul of sweetspirits of nitre three times a day, also five grains of gallic acidin capsules three tities a day until tho water becomes clear, 24. Wa haye not seen Mr, MceKoon's cockers, but belieye them to be yery good, WN, H. B., Pontiac, Mich.—Ist. I have a setter dog abont 17 months old; about three or fonr montlis a0 he commenced to have a peculiar hacking dry cough; sometimes he will yomit considerable slime. With this exception he has na signs of sickness, Can you tell me what is the mater With him and suggesta remedy? 2d. What can we do toget the lice froma canary? Ans. 1st, Your doy his taken s cold which has probably uffected his lungs. The yomiliug 1s caused by the excessive coughing. Give himcod hver oil and tincture of iron as euggeeted to (8, A. G.} in this column, and good nonrishment, A Doyers powder night and morning, for ten days, would probably relieve him, 7d. Dry _stlphnr dvst dader his wings. ' 147 Junsny, Newark._Symptomes too long to print. Give yourdog—tif he isnot improving on treatmentsent by matl—tiwetublespoonafulof Heir- man’ solution of moatevary two hovrs during the Guy; also five grains sulphate quinine andten drops tincture of irou fires timesa day. After the dog its taken two pots of meat, give hima tatleaporuful or twu of cod liver oil three timesa day, The meat canbe bad at Hoffman's, Por- ty-fifth Street and Sixth Avenne, this ctty, This treatmunt is for a doy debilitated by a severe attack of distemper, with apparent inflammatiin of theintostines. 0. AF., Nawport, Ky,—1st, Whera oan I seta gond disinfectant to ure in i kennel in which a dog has just died from distemper? 2d. Plonse tell me of what bread the following setter is; Smull size; head rathor sharp and liyer-colored; legs liver-colored and well feathered; body strdight-baired aud flea-bitten, with liver-colored spots; tail foclintd to crook eideways, Dut wheu lield onthas the right sbapo, and hairin- clinedtoqnrl or twist, well feathered? Ans. lat. The Girondin" dlis- infectant advertised in onr columns isan yxcellantone. 2d. Your dog is probably a native English setter, OLD Sunscripen, Nashyiile, Tenn,—Ist. What in the circumference and how thickare the glass balls used by Ropardua in his matches? 2d. Oan they be bought this side of New York, andat what price? 3d. What will be tha freight on 600 from Naw York to Nashville? Ans. Ist The balls aro about thesizé of large billiard balle, say 254 inches in di- amater, and a little thinner (han thin bottle glase, 2d. We do not know where they canbe bought out of New York. 8d. A barrel con- taining 400 balls weighs 100 pounds; your freight agent can tell you the rater, G. M. §., Lawndale, Logan Oo., Il] —ist, Will you please pive me the adijress of the Spencer Manufacturing Company—thal is, if they use a contral-fire cartridge? If they do not Icare nothing about them, T want to find a magazine rifle that uses powder and lead enough to do execution among large gama, 2d. What length and calibre militery rifia (Rem.) is used at Creedmoor most? Ans. Ist. Thero is no Spencer Manufacturing Co. now, and they never used or mate csntral- fire cartridges, The only magazine rifles now made are the Winchester and Hyans. 2d, Remington, 50 cal., 70 ¢rains powder, 30-inch barre). W. H., Jn., New Ovlosns.—Can you or any of your numérous readers tell me anything about the pedigree of my black Gordon setter Snyder? He was honght by Mr, Sherman, of Duncan, Sharman & Co., Now York, in Alabama, itds believed. Hemiust be seyen years old now,is black as coal, except big breast, and iscalled a black Gordon. Like the pia- vents of alost boy, any “information will be received” by bis inquisitive owner, W. I, Jr., box 1,046, New Orleans,La,, who proposes fo enter him forthe New York Bench Show. Ans, We do not know the dog Snyder, but porbaps, as he was broken North, some of our readers muy. 3. 0. Ax, 4d., Lowell.—1st. Would you please inform me througl the columus af your paper the best food for the common red erossbill? 2d, Do the game laws of Minnesota prohibit shooting gamain July and August, andif so, whatkinds? $d. Can the blue-bird and yallow-bicd be domesticated to cage life? Ans. Ist, The food of the red croasbill consists mainly of the seeds of the yarious species of pina ani hemlock. Give your bird a liberal supply of conés aud he will find the seedé, TE concs cannot be obtained try oats, buckwheat, wheat, ete, 2d. Yes, all kinds, 3d, Yes; we haye had both do well in confinement, but the blue-birds at least must be reared from the uest by hand, W. M., Savannah, Tenn.—Do the pike-perch or Ohio salmon eyer rise toafly? IE£so, what flies would be most killing? Can yon tell ms the names of such bass flies as would prove suitable in these wators ? Also where they can be bad,and at what cost. Ans. The pike-pervh, white salmon, Ohio salmon, or wall-eyed pike, as it is severally called, is often taken by the same flies as the black bass, The habitat of the twofishis much the same,and they are very freduently fakénin the zame waters, In limestone streams like yours the combination of gram and gold would kill better thananallibis. A scarlet body and turkey Wings would make an attractive lure. Your best planis to experiment and use the fiy that takes the best. R. M. G.. Washington, Pa.—Myself’ and friend are going to illinois this summer for a ten days’ chicken hunt, Can you advise me of the best place and time to go? and how many Cogs to take to do uur dogs justice? The dogs are used to hills, but do not wish to work fem to bard. We thought four would be enough to take, work two ul atime. What No, shot do we need? bow mach to use? how large chargs powder? wa shoot Parker gun,12 bore? Ans. We can not tell at this date when ‘‘chickens ” will be most abundant, but from allaccounts, you cu hardly goamiss, 1f you goin September four dugs will uot be too many. Use No.8 shot, changing to No.6 later in the seasou. We can- not give charges of powder and shot without knowing weight of gun ; probably in your case 343 drs. powder and 1}¢ oz, shot, J, W, O., Rouse’s Point.—Will you please tell me what to do for my pointer pup, three months old? She has the mange. Should T keep her in a warm place ? or willit hurt her to go ont in tle daytime? Als» will my spaniel pup catch the mange by playing with her? Ido not let tlemaleep togather. Ans. Wash your dog well with carbolic soap, ind when thoroughly dry apply the following ointment: Take of Basilicon ointment 2 ounces; tour of sulphur 4 ounce; spirits turpentine enough to make of the propor consistency. Feed little or 10 meat, aud when the weather is fine lat your dog be out of doors as much as possible. If you wash your spaniel occasionally with carbolic soap, and do not allow him-to be too much in contact with the other dog, he will probably not take the mange. A Reaver, Schenectady, N, ¥.—My pointer pup, two months old, lias been troubled for four or fiye days witha weakness of tle knee joints, the knees springing forward like those uf a badly “Kuge-spridys" hese, aud trembling excessiyely when standing, He appears well otherwiss, nose cold, lively, and playful, with perhaps not quite as good an appe- tite as he ought to have. He was taken from the dam but about ten days ago; since which he has been ted principally upon cornmeal mush, in Which a few scraps of meat had been bolled, and milk. Anus. The probability is that your puppy hus worms, We should give him about 90 grains areca nut in three doses, followed by a toaspoontul of castor oil. Keep him warm and dry, and feed oatmeal and milk, A.F. B., Proyidence,—His the book called “Birds of New England,” by Mr. H. D. Minot, been published? Tf it has, how does it compare with Mr, Samuels’ work? What is the price? Is there aby ofher work upon this subject thatis more desirable? Can you inform ms of any book that treats ofthe fish of New Bnyland, or of the Uvited States, trom the smallest and most insignificant to the largest and most important —a work that would interest the naturalist rather than the sportsman ? Ans. “The Birds of New Evgland’ has been published and is for sale by the Naturalists’ Agency, Salem, Mass, It is a good work. See re- view in No. 25, Vol. VII of Forest Anp STREAM. We know of no work devoted to this particular section of the country which is More desir- able. As for the fishes, you may not liye to see a complete, comprehen- sive work such as you ppeak of, For coast fishes consult Baird's “Northern Coast Fishes from Greenland to Georgia,” publisled by the Smithsonian, 1872, and Gill's accompanying catalogue, which mentious every species, with classification, but without destription. If contains a bibliography which refers to all works published on const and iulanud fishes. —_———— UxpounreDLy one of the best and cheapest stocks of Garpetings, Oil- Cloths, Mattings, etc., ete. to be found in the United States is that of Wesers, Joun H. Peay, Sons & Co., Washington Streat. Boston. 1. W. Adonis is the sportsman of the firm, and will take special pips to please any of our friends calliny upon him, or with any orders sonthim, If is 4 good, reliable house,—ddy. FOREST AND STREAM. 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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 monéy remitted to us is lost. Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, if possible. 2" Trade supplied by American News Company. CHARLES HALLOCH, Editor and Business Manager, DON’T YOU FORCET IT. —On the ist of May next the office of Fonrsr anp Stream will be removed back to its original quarters, 103 Fulton Street. ee Fiseinc Ricuts oy Non-Trpan Riyers.—In the Canadian Parliament this question is at present under discussion. The result, will be looked for with general interest in that country and this. The question’arose on the motion of Mr. Palmer for an order of the House for a return of leases of right to fish in the tidal waters of New Brunswick. He claimed that the proprietors of riparian rights had to be protected from any in- novation, as it would tend to destroy or injure those rights. Whenever a person had a right of soil in a river where the tide does not flow, he had an exclusive right to that property just os if it were an ordinary piece of property. He held that tha Dominior® had no |right to interfere with that right. fie cited the act to prove that it was not contemplated to interfere with thatright. He held, that if the power given to the Goyernment did give them control oyer fish in sea and in_ land waters, still it did not give them any privileges of inter. fering with private rights. But it was not even clear to his mind that they had the power to deal with the fisheries of our tidal waters. He did not complain that any wrong had ensued, but he desired to have an important question settled. Hon. Mr. Smith said he hoped that an action now pending inthe courts would result in some decision being arrived at on the subject. Ee OoAcurye,—OColonel Delancey Kane commences his regular coaching season on the route between the city and Pelham on May ist. The coach has been entirely refitted, and named the ‘Lally-Ho.” The start will beas before, from the Bruns- wick, and the route willbe fhe same as last year. Seats are now booked in advance for the whole of May. Saturday, May 20th, has been fixed for the annual parade of the Coach- ing Club, a QumEnr For Scmyrsts.—What is the difference batween a Mitnntee and men-at-ease ? <= —___ —People intending going fio the sea elore Pie coming season, or going shooting, should go to the Halsey House, advertised in another col- unin, where they will be sure to find a good table, rooms that will suip ihe mos\ fastidious, and first-class gnests, Send to him fora eirenlar. —Ad THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION.—IV. ——j——_——. fee now with regard to the physical part of the problem, and proceeding in the sameway by adducing examples, is there no kind of a connection between the sound, healthy, eloquent productions of the pen.of Kit North, and the strong physique snd lon-like appearance of the Scotch professor? Wilson alternated his lectures on moral philosophy and his editorial labors on *‘Maga” with fishing and shooting ex- cursions, and in his ‘Recreations’ has given us some of the most joyous and healthful literature in the language. They are the work of aman full of exuberant life and infectious hilarity, who could play a salmon with the same skill with which he could enforce the principles of philosophy. Wa do not say that the same qualities are inyariably associated. Mind sometimes fairly trinmphs over its feshly tenyple, as in the ease of Hood, who could joke und exerwise his wit when in sickness and pain, for the ruling pussion is found strong eyen in death, But, by way of explanation, let us take the instances supplied by Keats and Henry Kirke White. It is said that Keats died of the Quarterly. To be lashed by a reviewer is sometimes a credit, sometimes a disgrace, ac- cording to the character of the castigator; to be killed by one is to demonstrate the possession of a morbid sensitiveness neyer allied with a healthy physique or moral force. Tt would be hard to find anything noble or eleyating in the picture of a poet wriggling on the point of a pen; rather commend us to the sturdy manliness which led Byron to pour forth his famous satire im reply to the taunts in the *Hdinburgh.” ‘Poor Keats,” is the usual pitying way in which wespeak of the talented author of “Hndymion," and ‘poor Keats” he will remain to the end of the chapter. His moral character or stamina must haye been weak, but to let his life ooze out through the wound made by the deadliest goose quill ever wielded must further he held to bespeak a decided lack of the blood, bone, nerye, and sound diges- tion, which amore complete education would have given him. White, again, simply read himself to death, He, one of the most promising of England’s lileruli, chose to neglect every rule for keeping body and soul together, and 80 they parted company, and all the labors of his maturity were lost to the world. There are men enough like him to- day, who will persist in attempting to solve the problem as to how a lamp can be kept burning without oil We will merely hint at their folly in exaggerating the importance of brain over body, and state the fact that they are demon- strating the unsoundness of their education. We might put itin the light of a duty they owe themselves and the community to which they belong, to have some regard for their bodily health, but we prefer to lay the burden of duty upon their teachers, and thus we arrive at the true system of education. In the first place, there are in some odd nooks and corners of this world institutions called ‘‘infant schools,” every one of which ought summarily to be put down. They answer no purpose ever heard of under heayen, except to keep the children of the poor ont of mischief while their mothers are at work; and that object is attained at what is surely a fearful expense, if the brains of the little ones are to he Toused and stimulated to unnatural activity, and their Lmhs and health crippled. Why not call them nurseries, and not schools, if such be their use, and then the agonizing spec- tacle might consistently be abolished of seeing children struggling to emit sounds, to which they are incapable of attaching any sense, and to which their unruly—in the sense of being unformed or ineapable—tongues refuge to giye in- telligible utterance ? To speak of the more general system now in force, a law should, if necessary, be passed to supply a legislative sub- stitute for the common-sense lacking in the community, making ten or twelye the minimum age for admission as a scholar at any public school. The first objection to this mode of treating the case is, that the government is called upon to interfere arbitrarily in the affairs of citizens. But education has, in many places, been remoyed from the cate- gory of things to be left to priyate judgment and individnal discretion. Compulsory education has its advocates every- where, and there are many sound and just reasons why it should be made a subject for legislative supervision. Hf it can be justified in this respect, it becomes at once obvious that the lesser hardship of conforming to a prescribed method ought to be met by no demurrer. Ignorance has always been the first to raise a barrier to enlightenment. The people who haye-receiyed no education cannot haye any just conception of the benefits it confers; and im the same way, those who haye suffered no eyil consequences in their own persons; at least tangibly, from a certain system, are the last to recognize its prejudicial elements, In hoth sets of circumstances it is only reasonable that superior knoywl- edge should have a directive power. The main opposition, however, will be found to arise from the preconceived and erroneous notions entertained by most people of the means of acquiting education—to use a cur- rent but dubious phraseologsy—and of the possibilities in- volved in the problem the process presents, They argue, that if a youth requires a certain amount of intellectnal capital, the sooner he is set about accumulating it and the harder he is pushed in piling it up, the sooner he will be ready for that work in the world in which it is be turned to account. Suppose, fora moment, we look at the parallel physical problem, You wish to make your son a bargee ora coal-huayer? Do you suppose that if you exercise his inuse) 9 sufficiently from infancy up, you can turn ont a fully veloped jnan atfourteen? One might 98 well sip- pose that, given a certain amount of food to eirry a mam through a year, he can eat it all im one month, and live on the fruits of his masticating and digesting industry dunng the other eleven, always supposing that le survives the month of feasting; and so the fact remains, that beyond a certain point intellectual cultivation cannot he forced. The brain should be led on to discharge its functions in the health and strength of a yigovons maturity, and when in early years nature's limit is passed, there is tha immediate danger of on impending sudden collapse from the over tension, and the certainty of future but carly and rapid decay. Too heavy a call upon the brain when it is weak may produce in response the deceptive flash of prewuocity, but in the after years no harvest is reaped corresponding with the early promise; the lamp sheds buta glimmering and sickly light when it should be burning at its brightest, What could have been more pernicions and foolish than giving a publie school-boy such « subject as ‘The Uen- tennial Exposition—Its Influence on the Future of Our Country” to wrestle with, in order to gain « ten-dollar essily prize, or asking a school-girl's views in the form of an essay upon “The most Importint Branch of Female Bdu- cation? We need not go into the side issues of teaching the young dishonesty, by compelling them for honor's sake to beg, borrow, and steal ideas and language, but let us look at the honest essayist without pity if we can. His subject isone that men with trained intellects and experi- ence might cope with, but to the boy it offers noth- ing upon which either his reading or his experience enables him to seize, Ho tngs and strains at the tough problem, looks at it on every side and in every light conceivable to him, but it remains where it was at first—aboye his compre- hengion. Why not force him to break bis back in attempt- ing to turn oyer a house? The physical and intellectual tasks are exactly parallel. Pr We have wlready hinted at schools afid teachers other than those practically recognized by the educational faculty of our day, In the tender years of childhood and early youth as much freedom ivom restraint as'is consistent with the most liberal kind of discipline is the first requisite. Nature should be helped, not tliwarted; and she, the mighty nud prolific mother, should be the first teacher—the child’s parents the next. The earliest educators, we repeat, should be nature and mothers; the first schools, the country ond the nursery. © A GREAT WORK PROMISED. A’ last we are to have a coniplete and reliable History of North American Momiuils, and that, too, a history which shall include not merely bare and dry scientific facts and details, but also the story of the lives and habits of the nu-* merous and yaried forms of mammalian life in which our country abounds, many of which, alas! are fast passing away for ever. In order to secure the greatest possible amount of information, and this from as many different localities as possible, Dr. Coues, who promises us this greatly needed work, has issned a circular addressed to the medical officers of the army, setting forth what is proposed for the work and what is desired of observers. Tnis circular we append, in the belief thet many of our readers may be able and willmg to furnish matter of interest, which we feel sure will be gladly received and acknowledged. ‘To speak of Dr. Cones’ especial fitness for the labor he hus undertaken is of course needless, Those who are familiqr with his Key to North American Birds, his Birds of the Norlfanesl, and the im- portant chapter on mammals contributed by himself and Dr, Yarrow to the recently published volume on the Zodlogy of Lieut. Wheeler's Survey, will decide for themselves that the work could not have been entrusted to more competent, lands. While Dr. Coues is nothing if not scientific, he possesses a grace and beauty of diction and a yein of poetic fervor, when treating of his favorite subjects, which will, make the Life Histories of our Mammals delightful reading to eyery cultivated mind. The cirenlar, which, by the way, is strongly indorsed by the Surgéon-General, is as follows: OFFICE OF THE U.S. ZOOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHIOAL BYRVEY, Wasntnerox, D C,, March 13, 1867. To the Medical Officers of the Army. Medical officers of the army snd others who may be 1iterested in the mhattar are respectfully and earnestly invited to ov-opurate with the un- dersigned in the preparation of & work entitled, *‘History of North American Mammals,” to be published by the Government. It is now twenty years since the last general work upon the quadru- peds of this country appeared, The progress of our knowledge during thia period renders tha demand for avew treatise imperative, If is proposed to make the forthcoming *‘History® a standard suientifia treatise, covering the whole ground, and fully exhibiting the present state of our knowledge uf the subject. The plan of the work may be briefly indicated; its scope includes: 1. The classification of North American Mammals according to the latest and most approved views o! leading therologists, including diag- noses of the orders, families, genera, and spevies. ‘ 5, The most acceptable nomenclature of each species and variety, with oxtensive synonymy. 8. The elaborate techn cal description of each species and variety, including much anotomical detail, especially respecting the skull and teeth. 4. The geographical distribution of the speries—an important mattor, conterning which much remains to be learned, 6. The “life-historics” of the spacies, or an account, asfull and com- plete as it can ha made, of thelr Aubits. This is alsv a Malter requiring much further study. 6. The bibliography of the subject. 4 While the strictly suleutific churacter of the work will ba muintained, the “life-histories,"" being of general interest, will de divested as far 48 possible of technicalilies, and treated with a {ree hand, in popular style, Theautior hus long been engazed in sathering material for this work, already far advanced, and hopes to publish at no distant day. His resources and facilities for tho preparation of the descriptive and other techtlical portions of thé treatiss haye been ample; but te has still, in common with other naturalists, much to laarn respecting the geographical distribution and habits of North American Mammals. ‘To these points, therefore, special attention lsinyited, with the expea- tation thatamuch impurtantand valuable information may be secured wit the assistance of medical and other officers of the army, many of whom enjoy unusual facilities for acquiring a knowledge of this sub- ject, and whose¢ individoal experivuces in many cases represent afund of information mot yet on scientife record, but which, it is hoped, miay now be made fully available. The sedgraplical distribution of animale can be thoroughly worked ont Only ly Means of observations made ab very many dilferent places, ‘Yu this end it 18 desitable that ists should be prepared of thi various apecias {unud In any given locality, noting thelr relive Abundance or scarcity, ties of &ppeurance and disappearance, nature of thoir oua- tomary resorts, aid other pertinent partonlars. A sofficivuh aoniber of suth reports. from various statuns, would pMautly: tocresse our i:fawledge, and render it moreprecise. Tt ie Bee e BRE History of the Post,” as sical yerehaind Dageneere | ufticers, Usmally includes | information of this kiud, which, by the bermission © the u-Gan~ “oral, is wade ayailably for th sent ; a AB narity obje -n ruls, the habits of larger *game' pnimals, such as are ordi- jects of the cbake for pleasure or profit, andotall those which Bistuin obvions économi: relations with man, as furnishing food or furs, oF as committing depredations upon crops or liye stock, aro the best Enown; yet there is much to be learned 6yen respecting these. The habits of many of the smaller, insignificant, or obscure species are almost éitirely unknown. Fulland accurote information Teepecting the lubite of the numorous species of hares, squirrels, shrows, moles, mice, Tate, bats, weasels, gophers, ete, is particnlarly desired. The pits offer 2 peculiarly Inviting und little exploved Held of research, raed points to which atieution may be directed, in any case, are the following; , Date and duration of the rut, Period of gestation, Usual time of Teproduction, Number of young produced, Duration 6f lactation. Oure of the young, by one or both parents. State of monogamy or polygamy. ‘Times of dipappearangs and reuppenarance of such animals aa are misritery, dud of ech as are hybernate, Completeness or in- tervruption of torpidity, ‘Times of changing pelage, of soquiring, sledding, aud renewitg horns, Habits peculiar to the breeding and rutting seasons. Qonatroction of nésts, burtowes, or other artificial rotreits, Natural resorts at different seasona. Nature of food ab Farions soqRene; mode of procuring it; laying-up of supplise: quantity required. Varloud tries, of- whist indicative. Natural means of offense und defense, and how employed. General disposition, traits, characteristics, Metlods of capturing or destroying, of taming or domiesticating. Economic relations with man; bow injurious or hene- ficial, to what extunt, used for what purposes, yielding what products of value. Other points will doubtless suggest themselves to the observer. Anatomios! motes of careful dissections of soft parte, particularly of the digestive and reproductive organs, are valuable. Anecdotal records of personal experiences possess at least the interest which attaches to originality, and are very acueptable. Persons are frequently deterred from coumunivatine their obseryations for fear that what they have to offer may not be wanted. “Clie is gonerslly auiistake. In the first pluce, duplication of data serves the important purpose of ¢orrobor- ating and confirming the accuracy of reports furiished, aid in all cases of seasonal phenomena, whieh of ooyrss vary wilh Iatilude, the samis observations may be profitably repeated at diffprent Stations. Secondly, persons who Write books are generally supposed to know more than they really do. F 4 ° Specimens of cotimon and well-known animals, especially if bulky, are of course less desirable than those of rare and obscure species; but apecimeis of any species seenred beyond the ordinary geographical rangé, or illustratiig unusual conditions, penuh as albinism, melanism, or malformations, or representing embryonic stages of growth, are always in demand. Small, dry parcels may be conveniently Toailed direct to the undersigned: large packages should be sent in accordance with Circular Orders, No, 2, War Department, B8urgeou-General’s Office, April 13, 1875, (copy herewith), or by express, if the Quartermaster’s Department cannot furnish transportation, Specimens, after exami- uution by the undersigneu for the purposés of the work in hand, will be deposited In the name of the donor, in the Army Médical Museum, or in the National Museum. Printed instructions for collecting and preserying specimens will be furnished on pea Beatin to thé Smithsonian Institution. Medical Offi- cers reveiving ilits circular are requested to briog it to the notice of Others who may be interested 7n the matter, and are cordially invited to pen correspohdence with the writer upon the subject. » Tl is proper Lo add that, for all information or specimens fornished, full credit will be given in every instance, both in the text of the trea- tise in which euch material is utilized, snd in the records and publica- tions of the Museum im which itis iinally deposited, and that the guthor will regard co-operation in this work as a personal fayor, to be fully appruciited and gratefully acknowledged, Bipiorg Comus. Assistant-Surgeon U. 8, Army. i . GAME PROTECTION. Nuw Yorz.—The annual meeting of the Onondaga Oounty Sportsmen's Club, of Syracuse, was heldat the club rooms in tle Kimber Block last evening. The following officers were elected: President, Samuel W- Sherlock; Ist Vice-President, Thomas E. Townsend; 2d Vice-President, George Lodder, Secretary, Joh» Stedman; Financial Secretary, Hayward Lod- der; Treasurer, Thomas Kimber, Jr.; Attorney, George W. Gtay; Executive Conimittee, D. H. Bruce, P. B. Qarroll, W. H, Larrabee. The regular monthly meeting of the New York Association for the Proteution of Game was held on Monday night at the residence of Ma. Clinton Gilbert, President of the Associa- tion, No. 20 West Tenth Street. Mr. Thomas N, Cuthbert, Secretary, read a large number of communications from correspondents in all paris of the State, the majority of which contained suggestions for the amendments to the game laws, which, howeye, had already been incorporated by the Committee on Game Laws into the bill now pending before the Legislature. Mar. Outhbert also ryported that the legislative committee had adopted the amendment of the association prohibiting the killing of deer on Long Island, and had gone further, in prohibiting the killing of deer m Suffolk Connty for an indefinite time, Senator Wagstaff announced that the bill drafted by the association had, with a few amendments, which the associa- tion would approve of, been ordered to a third reading, and would probably become lnw in a. day or two, a very friendly feeling being manifested toward it in the Assembly. On motion of Senator Wagstalf, the President was anuthor- jzed to appoints comunittes of five to represent the associa tion ab the next Sportsmen's Conyention in this State, Mr. Glarles B. Whitehead, counsel to the association, reported thati with the recurrence of the Ist of March he had found the usual number of delinguents engaged in selling game contrary to law. This significant fact, however, was noticeable, that very few offenders were found among mar- ket men (who formerly were the niost persistent} violaters of the law), the majority of the delinquents being dealers on the remote ayenues in the city, and nearly all were Ger- mans, He had had the city patrolled by three detectives on the ist of Mareh, and as aresnlt 21 complaints had been made, On these complaints he had brought 18 suits. Half those suits were niet by a general denial, and the other half by letters hexeing for cleneney, on the ground thatthe offenders had not violated the lay intentionally, but through ignorance. He felt confident that a number of the offenders did not intend to violate the law, and thought the objects of the association would be fully carried out by withdrawing the suits agaimst such offenders on the payment by them of costs. The only market men found violating the law were A. &D, Robbins, against whom he had brought suit. On motion, Mz. Whitehead was authorized to withdraw, at his discration, suits #gainst all such offenders as had violated the law inadvertently, on the payment of costs. A communication was received from Dr. Torry, President of tle Yonkers: Game Assotintion, requesting the eluli to take action. for the protection of oysters in the Hudson i ——— OREST AND STREAM. each distriei would be kept informed of the dates of the opening and closing of the game season, On motion of Ma, Robert B, Roosevelt, a committee of three wis appointed to estimate the cost of printing, and report fit nexfi meeting. The meeting then adjourned. —Tha Adirondack Club has recently been incorporated. Its object is the protection of game and fish in the North Woods. The tertitory over which the club claims jurisdistion is in Wssex County, and it consists of 95,000 acres. The tractis owned by the Adirondack Tron and Steel Company, and the glub has taken a ten-yenrs’ lease on it. It is well supplied with smalllakes and strvewmis, and so fish, as well as furred and feathered ganis, are abundant. Already one of the lakes has been stocked with 20,000 of the young fry of the Califor- nia and the land-locked salmon of Maine, James R. Thomp- son ig the President of the elub, Wm. E. Parsons the Treus- urer, and Thomas J. Hall the Secretary. These oiticers, with Prancis H. Weeks, W. H, Folsom, and W. H. Porsey, consti- tute the Executive Committee, Massacnuserts Wish anp GAwe Prormcttym AssocraTion,— The first annual meeting of the Massachusetts Fish and Gamu Protective Association was held Friday evening, 9th inst., at the rooms of the Association in Boston. Dr, John P. Ordway presided, and after the reading of the records of the lust meeting Hon, Charles Leyi Woodbury was elected a lite mem- ber of the Association and the names of the following gentle- men were proposed for annual membership: C. M. Clapp, Hon, William Aspinwall, and T, J. Dunbar. The following gentlemen, whose names were proposed at the last meeting, were then eélected to menibership: John H. Blake, Donald Kennedy, Luther Adams, and George A. Bullens. The acceptance of the act of the Legislature changing the name of the Anglers’ Association to that of the Massachu- setts Fish and Game Protective Association making certain changes in the by-laws Decessary was considered, and Hon. Daniel Needham, Weston Lewis, H. fl. Kimball, and Dr, John P. Ordway were appointed a committee to report such ainendments as may be deemed necessary. Charles Hallock, editor of the Forusr ayy Srrmam, was proposed for honorary membership, after which the follow- ing officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. John P. Ordway; Vice-Presidents, Hon. Thomas Talbot, Hon, Chas. Levi Woodbury, Hon. Daniel Needham, ©. War- yen Gordon, Charles Stanwood; Treasurer, Wm. F. Story; Recording Secretary, Henry H. Kimball; Librarian, James A. MeGee; Executive Committee, James P. Richardson, Walter M. Brackett, James Walker, L. Prouty, Weston Lewis; Committee on Membership, D, T. Curtis, IH. Delano, C. 'T. Jenians. Mr, Charles BH, Pierce declining a re-election as Correspon- ding Secretary, a position which he has filled for the past thrée years; a resolution extending the thanks of the Associn- tion for his able and efficient services was adopted The Secretary reported that there were 16 life, 66 honorary, and 440 annual members, During the past year 22 meetings have been held, 50 names proposed, 5 lectures delivered, and 5 deaths have taken place. Ma, Neil of Winchester was invited to deliver a lecture be- fore the Association on Wednesday evening, Apyil 25th, to which time the meeting adjourned, Turiors.—Those interested in the protection of game in this State will be pleased to learn that the game bill has passed the Senate and become a law. ‘he bill provides «That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to hunt or pursue, kill or trap, net or ensnare, destroy, or attempt to kill, trap, net, ensnare, or otherwise destroy any prairie-hen or chicken, or any woodcock, between the fifteenth day of January and the first day of September in each and every year; or any deer, fawn, wild turkey, ruited grouse or pheas- ant, between the first day of February and the first day of October in each and every year; or any quail between the first day of February and the first day of November in each and eyery year; or any wild goose, duck, snipe, brant, or other water-towl, between the first day of May and the fifteenth day of August in each and eyery year. Provided, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to netany quail at any time after this act shall take effect and be in’ force; and, provided further, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, who is or are now residents of this State, to kill, ensnare, net, or trap any deer, fawn, wild turkey, prairie-hen, or chicken, ruited grouse, quail, woodcock, wild goose, wild duck, or brant, or any snipe, in any county of this State, at uny time, for the purpose of selling or murket- ing, or running the sane outside of this State, Hyery person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall, for each and eyery offence, be deemed guilty of » misdemeanor, andon conyiction shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars ($5), nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25), and costs of suit for each and eyery separate bird or animal of the above enumerated list, so unlawfully hunted or pursued, Killed, trapped, nested, ensnared, or destroyed, or attempted to he killed, trapped, ensnaréd, or otherwise destroyed, and shall stand committed to the county jail until each fine and costs are paid, but each imprisonment shall not exceed ten days. Wo person or persons shall sell, or expose for sale, or lave any in his ov their possession, for the purpose of sell- ing or exposing for sale, any of the animals, wild fowls or birds, mentioned im section one of this act, affer the expira- tiou of five days next succeeding the first day of the periodin which it shall be unlawtul fo kill, trap, or ensnare such ani- mals, wild fowls, or birds. And any person so offending shall on conyittion be fed and dealt with as specified in section one of this act. A bill of the aboye nature was much needed in Tilinois to stop the wholesale destruction of our native game. Mach good is expected from this judicious legislation. RovyER, Mousyusora.We are indebted to a correspondent at Hast- ings, Minnesota, for a copy of the game laws passed by the last Legislature of that State. The law is a yery long one and filled with those double and twisted sentences in which some legislators delight, and withowt which they think a law is no Jaw, but by means of which their meaning aid intent is some tines very much perfacted, Por instance, we find in section + that, + Tintil after March ist, 1880, no person abali sol) or expose for sala, nor have in his possesion or custody, ox under his control, with intent {fo sell or dispose ol, any wooduuck, save only during tho month of July, giler the Ydday thereofand duripg the mouths of August, Soptem- pean he) nor pra ‘any WHite-bréasted ox shapp-tailed grouse or sadly during tho month of Augned, ater The LAE pe the month of Beptembers nov any quail or F iz chen, di partridge, save only during (lis mouths of Reptember, Qetober, and November; porany ruffed groyse or pheasant, save only during the months of September, October, and Noyemther auchseding; nor any Aquahic fowl, save only between the Jat day of September and 16th day of May auc ceéding; nov any elk, deer, buck, doe, ar few. or piece, or green skin, or either or any of them, seve only during the months of November and Desember. and up to pnd inoluding tle 14th day thernof; nor any spechled, river, or brook-—tront, sive ohly during the months of April, May, June, July, August, and Saptumber, in any year." There are twenty-one sections in all in the act, the others roferring to penalties, trespass, etc,. but the above contains the close sunsous, —"Guyon" drops us line from Corinth, Miss., in this wise, style characteristic, “Some thick-skulled lesislators have so altered the game lays that the close season for turkeys commences the first of March. This cuts off our spring hunting for goblers, unless we fo over and invade Guido’s territory. But they haye a pame law over there, in some parts of the State. But yon don’t claim MeNaivy, ch Guido? ‘We will drive our gobblers ‘o'er the borders’ and then bag them. Snipes haye been scarce and fearfully wild; have only bagged afew. Tried a bittern cooked after Prank Fovester's style the other day. Now, with all due deference to Forester or any other mau who likes bitterns, I will say as did the nian when asked to eat crow, ‘L con eat crow, but don't haner acter it.’” ‘Tt is my priyate opinion that they, the bitterms eat tad- poles and s7iz foo; any way I tried the aforesaid, one with fi ‘squeeze of lemon, anda dash cayenne,’ and lam bound to admit Thad more trouble in ‘worrying it down’ than the old woman did the rye after it was made into whiskey. I am not opentorany more engarements with broiled bitterns.” Guron, Ganapa.—The ¢orrespondent whose letter we print below writes to 15 from the Mefantic District under date of March 20th. His information is undoubtedly correct, and will be receiyed by Canadian sportsmen, as well as by many im this country, with deep regret. It seems incredible that one class of the population should be exempt from the operation of laws made for the benefit of all, and we have no doubt but that his timely protest will have the effect of remedying the evil. His name is a familiar one to our readers, and we can entlorse his statements as being worthy of full credencs. Epiror PoREST ayy STREAM: Large numbers of deer have teen slaughtered in this district since the closo season, began Petiruary Ist. On the first Sunday of that month in one locality alone twel¥e deer were ron down in the deep snow and knocked in the head. The most of the work has heen done by the Prench sétilers, who have lately come into this country, and there have not been any efforts made as to yet put a siop to this work, for the officers whose duties are to put the game laws in operation against these offetiders have receiyed instructions from Mr. Garneau, the Crewn Lands Commissioner in Quebec, ordering {lem not to prosecute any French sétiler who may be found killing deer or moose ont of season, and also to refrain from taking action aeninst (hem for any other viola- tion of the game laws withoutirst reporting the case to him in each in- dividual instance, Which are we to obey—the laws of the land, or Mr. Garneau? ‘Do we live onder a despotism | that a petty official should have {he power tocay who should, or who should nat, be prosecuted for violation of the law?’ Tf so, it's Ligh time fhat everv sober minded voler should demand that there be a chunge of those now inpower. As itis, there will be magistrates found who will ngt shirk their duties, and will switch to the full extent of the luw every person who may he brought before them and canvicted with violiting the game lawe. It was a great piece of folly thal made our Qiiebec Goverument offer such” great indnvements as they did to the Frenchmen 10 return from the Strtes -nd settle here. The most of the laud is old and stony, not stiitable for agriculture. In a few years times will have invproyed in (he United States, and these Frenchmen will have sucked the suyernment pap dry by that time Then they will absndon their Jands here and re- turn from Wheiice they came; bupin the meantime they will Haye de- stroyed the best limber in onr foiésts, the moore and the deer, and have cleaned the trout ont of the sireams and lakes with their rets. Bperrs, and night-lines, leaving this once beautiful district looking as if a chrse had fallen upon it, a fit emblem of the policy adopled by Mons. Garneau snd his ussociates Lo aid their brethren al the expense of our public. STANSTEAD, — Toronto, Canada, Maroh 10,1877. EpIroR Forrest anp STREAM. AsT know you take a deep interest in the matter of game protection I writs to yon regarding a notice I have just seen ofanew game bill on your side of the line. Someone has seni me a slip from a Detroit paper of the 27th February, which describes Senator Burleigh’s new game bill, Was this bill become a law? or isitonly a proposal? IT think the bill is a very good one in many roapects, bub why only three kindsof duck to be protected? Wood duck, toal, amd mallards only are mentioned; surely it is not intended that other ducks may be shot or killed atany geason. We, in Canada, hayea law which allows cer- tuin ducks, which ere supposed not to breed in the country, ta be shot in the spring, wliilst those breeding here are protected. The conse- quence is that all ducks are shot, and we find italmost impossible to punish those who kill protected ducks, as they make the excuse that they cannot always tell oné duck from another, and this excuse is #énor- ally accepted by the magistrate, If your lawisnot yetin force, l hops you will endeavor to have all ducks and water-fowl protected. Wetried this year to haye our game laws amuuded by abolishing spring shooting and lengthening the close season for woodvockand slipe, but without success. Tsacud youa copy of our proposed bil and think that we shall bo abls to uurryit next year without doubh, Yours very truly, T. Hersert Mansa, See. and Treasurer Ontario Tish and Game Protective Association. Tun Frise rape or Osnspa.—Tihe opening of the In- tercolonial Railway has certainly opened a new fradtor the fisheries of the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, and will canse con- siderable attention to be devoted to them. Hitherto, in good seasons, it has proyed almost impossible to find a suitable market for fresh fish, which could not be preserved till con- veyed very far inland by water. Now, however, 1h is asserted that fresh fish may be taken eyen in the heat of summev, in special cars prepared for ifs reception by the Intercolonial Railwiey, all the way from Halifax to Chitnago, We observe from our exchanges that the people of the Lower Provinces fare fully awareof fhe increased importance of the fishevies, land in Halifax anew company has been formed fo purchase and own fishing vessels and sell the fish fresh. [tis culledthe- “Nova Scotia Fishing Go.,” and has a capital stock of $300t 000. Its prospectus declares that it expects profits sufficient to pay a dividend of thirty per cent. upon paid-up stoels, buti ike a great many other assertions, this is probably a very ex- rayagant one.— Quehec Budyet. Oanvapa.—The London District Fish, Game, and Inseati- vorons Birds Protective Society had its annual meeting last month. The veport of the secretary showed that much good had been accomplished through the efforts of the socicty, not ouly in preventing ilesal hunting and fishing in ther own yicinity, but by bringing about the formation of other similar societies (hronghout the Dominion, The following officers were elected to serve during the ensuing yer} Presi- dent, Dy. W. Woodruff; First Vice-President, Col. J. Walker; Second Vice-President, Dr. 7. 8. Niven; Secretary, Mr, &. OC. Murshall; ‘Treasurer, My. Jas. A. Mulon; Hxeou- tive Committee, Messrs. W. ©. L. Gill, W. Hudson,-P, A. Despard, Charles Murrey, A. Smith, '. H, Smalhuan, and Harry Bruce, 150 FOREST AND STREAM. Sporting Zlotes from Abroad. Thowpon, March 26th. O our #86 the one absorbing topic of the day, not only in : sporting but in social circles, is the preat race rowed on the Thames on Saturday between Oxford and Cambridge Universities, The cable will have informed you so thorough- ly as to the result and particulars, that it would be super- erogatory for me tn gointo them. Suffice it to say, that it was the closest and most exciting race ever rowed in these waters. There were all the usual scenes attendant upon this aquatic Derby; the crowds on the river bank and ,bridges, half-swamped burges, and pretty girls wearing either light or “dark blue, as their inclinations or affections tended. The result you know; the two eight-onred shells starting simul- tanconsly, with Oxford soon leading « trifle; then both boats alternately leading until Hammersmith Bridge was reached and Mr. Cowles, the Oxford bow oar, caught that unlucky crab which broke his rowlock or his oar, nobody seems to know which; and although the news that Oxford had won was first telegraphed through the city, it soon become known that the umpire'’s decision was ‘fa dead heat.” Many Americans wituessed the race, but I missed the face of Mr, George Wilkes, The Spirit af lhe Times, who has been present at so many of these events. The American sporting press, however, was worthily represented by Mr. James Watson, erstwhile of your city. Those of your readers who read also the London Field must have been very much pleased at seeing the first of the new series of articles on dogs by “Stonehenge” (Mr, Walsh, editor of the Fiedd), They promise to be most interesting and yaluable. A correspondent over the signature of “Setter ’ took occasion to write a long letter in reply to the first article treating of that breed, in which he ‘pitched into” Mr. Laverack rather severely, and not only underestimated the qualities of that stram, but questioned their being bred as claimed. Of course every one saw ata glance that the letter was written either by Mr, Llewellin, or his henchman, My. Buekle, and in a footnote to the letter the editor rather demolished it, and alluded to the fact, that if it had not been written so palpablyin the interests of ‘Self & Co.” it would he worthy of more consideration. This, of course, enraged “Setter,” and in another letter he claims that the editor of the Meldin alluding to him as “Self & Oo.” was ‘giving him away" asyousay. And now comes Mr, Macdona in a splendid letterand completely demolishes Mr. ‘‘Setter,” or Self & Go,” proving his aspersion on the Laverack strain to be as unfounded as were some of the merits and perfor- mances claimed for the Duke-Rhebe strain. Mr. Macdona makes and proves the assertion that for the last six years there haye been no good setters running at field trials (ex- cept his Irish setters Plunket and Music) without possess- sing Laverack blood. He goes on to say : “T franidy give Mr. Layerack’s famous sort a share of the credit in the merit possessed by champion Ranger, his sire, Quince 0., being more than half Layerack; Rob Roy was half Laverack, as his sive, was Laverack’s Blue Dash ; Coun- tess was pure Laverack ; Nellio, pure Laverack; Rum, win- ney in the braces in Deyon, pure Layerack: Ryhl, by champion Ranger, half Laverack ; Mr. Barclay Field's Rose and Rake, half Laverack ; Daisy, half Layerack; Queenie, half Laverack ; Countess Bear, half Laverack: Leda, half Layerack ; Ginx, one-fourth Laveratk ; Rhoda, ditto ; Dash IL, three-patts Laverack ; Sam, quite half Layerack, being by Serjeant out of Kate, and his sons, Young Sam and Dan, consequently inheritine Laverack blood. Here are all the Winners since 1871, excepting Judith, who has recently proved that she crossed quite as well with the Laverack as the Rhebe strain.” This discussion is interesting to Americans from the fact, that many of the noted dogs mentioned, or their progeny, haye gone to your side, including the famous Plunket, but it looks as though the wordy warfare of three or four years ago was to be gone over aain, In a brief resume with which “Stonehenge” prefaces his present series of papers, he notices the fact that a great fluctuation has occurred among dogs used with the gun, the tetrieyer proper haying almost displaced the pointer and setter inthe Sonth. Fully 90 per cent. of the partridges ary now shot either by walking them up when driven into turnips, or by waiting for them to be driven over the sports- men toneealed behind a hedge or wall. In both cases each gun (or ratherleash of guns, for the crack sportsman now tequires at least a pair, and often has three, with one or tivo loaders) is attended by a vetriever. I look upon men who are willing to kill their birds in this manner as degenerate sportsiien, and hold that half the pleasure of shooting is in seeing the dogs at work. I know thatin om country such shooting would be called pot hunting. Sitting behind a hedee and waiting for partridges to be driyen up to you must be pretty tame sport. Why not get down on all fonrs and siiié theminthe turnips. “Stonehenge” does not think yery highly of the dachshund, claiming that it is not the equal of tha beagle or spaniel in nose, and inferior to the terrier in pluck. A single fox-terricr has heen sold for £250, which is cited as an instance of unaccountability of taste in dog fanciers, As regards the relative merits of setters and pointers in the field, “Stonelienge” is of the opinion shat little has been done to settle the question, although after a ‘carefil analysis of field trials if would appear that the balance is slichtly in fayor of the setler, ad as this breed is, on acconnt of their feet standing the heather best, now used Aliiost entirely on the moors, the only place where dogs (Uxeaph rabricvers) are anjwh nsed al all, itis probable that they will become the favorite does with the public, In non-sporting dogs. the St. Bernard and mastiff are the fashionable breeds in the large classes, while for real utility the colley appears to be the coming dog. Altogether these papers promise to be most mteresting. , i. week's issue of Lund and Water that Mz, T obserye in this — —_ Frank Buekland has received 2 box of salmon ova, contain- ing 5,000 or more, from the Dominion Vish-Breeding Estab- lishment at Neweastle, They were sent over by that eminent pisicnlturist and genial gentleman, My, Wilmot, who has done so much forfish culture in Canada. The eggs were taken to Mr, Buckland’s museum where they began to hatch outimmediately. Butthe strange part of ib is that these are the first American salmon that have ever been living inEngland, It seems strange that while such distant parts as New Zealand has had her virgin waters stocked with American fish, that the mother country should have never attempted such a cheap and convenient method of re-stock- ing some of her own depleted waters, Although Monaco has been looked upon as the head- quarters of Continental pigeon shooting, the large matches are not all confined to that fayored spot, Near Mlorence, in Ttaly, is San Donato, where Prince Demidoff has an estate. This gentleman is an enthnaiast on the subject of shooting, and has had erected astand which has no equal in the world, and where he distributes valuable prizes to be shot for by his friends, Recently a meeting was held at his place which was attended by many persons of distinction from Rome, Genoa, and Naples. The prizes presented by Prince Demi- doff were of remarkable value and beauty, one of the cups being worth a thousand dollars. But the interesting part of the programme tome was the fact, that one of the prizes was & magnificent double breech loader made by Pundey, of London, and the identical gun that was so much admired at the Centennial Exhibition. The O’Leary-Weston six days walking match is now a fixed fact for the first week in April; on dil that O'Leary threw both of his matches with Howe and Corseland, and is likely to win this one, although as Weston is backed by Sir John Astley and astrong party, the money is going freely the other way—** Quien Sabe.” VaqQumEro. difle, THE CAUSES OF RECOIL. peas to the introduction of the patent breeches and percussion locks, when the flint-locks were in general use, the universal supposition was, in regard to a gun kiek- ing, ‘that the powder while burning behind the point of ig- nition crented the backward motion to the gun,” As the re- coil continued to exist with the improyed firearms, this theory was exploded and many others took its place; among them was the following: “The phenomena is caused by the sudden return of air to the vacuum in the barrel resulting from the explosion of the powder,” This ides of the subject is favored by many riile- men, who do not stop to reason a little before jumping at the conclusion that such is the case. In the first place, it is not possible for the air to return or rebound into the barrel of the gun with such an immense foree, and if it did, the smoke after the explosion would not be seen, as it is, gradually escaping from the muzzle. At the present time the general belief among riflemen ap- pears to be, that the force of the recoil is in proportion to the amount of resistance given to the pent-up power” by the projectile with its inertia, the friction cansed by going through the barrel, and the pressure of the atmosphere against it before leaving the gun. ‘The explosion of the pow- der when driving the bullet out of the barrel communicates to the arm itself a motion which is not perceptible until the projectile has left the gun, when the confinement of the pent- up force is suddenly relieved, and on that instant. the recoil is felt in the opposite direction to where the force is escap- ing.” - The effect of this instantaneous ‘give way” can be practi- cally demonstrated by the following experiment: Let two people (gun and bullet) each take one of the ends of a rope (barrel of the gun which is to contain the pent-up forcé); now tell each to pull their ends in opposite directions with all their strength (the pent-rp force); without a warning suddenly cut the rope (the bullet leaving the gun); the re- sistance being gone the result can be easily imagined. The bullet leaves the mmz2le bearing in the line of fire, and the recoil takes place im am exactly opposite course, just as the two persons are liable to fall in reyerse directions when the rope is cut, Only a portion of the recoil is felt on account of the stock of the gun being bent to enable the eye to glance along the barrel, which decomposes the force in fwo parts, one acting in the direction of the axis, and the other through thestock against the shoulder. As the point of resistance (the shoulder) is beneath the line of recoil, the explosion has a tendency to throw the muzzle up and send the bullet high. Hence, the lower the point of resistance, the higher the forward end of the burrel will be liable to fly. - A shooter cannot get a definite idea of theforce with which his gun comes back if standing ‘clear from everything while shooting, as there is a certain “‘giye way” tohis body. By bracing his back against any stationary object and dischare— ing the piece from the shoulder he will discoyer, to his sorrow, the whole force of the recoil, as was the case a short time ago with a long-range marksman, who wus not very well acquainted with the mulish pronenslaas of his ri He tried the experiment of lying on the ground with the*butt of his weapon to his shoulder and fired heayenward, to see what effect it would haye, for the fun of the thing, His doctor had a patient with a broken collar-bone. As there was no give to the earth something else was obliged to accommodate the pressing demands of the *‘eritter,” and the experimentist recoils from further investigations in rifle shooting. The doctor's bill, however, caused a “kick” of another kind, lt is said, on good authority, that the recoil of an Ameri- can long-range breech-loading rile, similar to'the ones used by our team last year, is about one hundred pounds. W. W. Greener’s book on ‘modern breech-loaders” contains a list, with the amount of the ascertuined recoil of a number of English military rifles, which may be interesting, It is as follows: "1856 pattem rifle, service ammunition, 474 Ths,; long Enfield Sneijder, Boxer ammunition, 47 4 Ibs.; Whitworth, hexagonal, 530 gr, bullet, Bo grs, powder, 54% Ibx.; Whit- worth, cylinder, 530 gr. bullet, 70 gr powder, 47} Ths.} Westley-Richards, cavalry, breech-losder, 439 bs. ; ony: carbine, 577-bore, 434 Tbs. : cavalry carbine, with two drachins of powder and 480 gr. bullet, 39 Ibs.” gun in machine-vest will shoot a certain distanca with A lower eleyations than it would if fired offhand, This fact has been proven, and the difference with a Springfield musket has been found to be about eight inches in a hundred yards, The same deflection will be found more or less with all guns under similar conditions. The cause is supposed to be dueto the diminished recoil of the piece arising from the weight of the machine attached to it, causing the force, which would have been used in pushing the gun backward tobe expended as extra power, in the expulsion of the pro- jectile. In thesame way, by pressing the piece firmly against the shoulder the ‘kick’ is lessened and, theoretically, the Tange is increased. , The old saying—very yosebush has its thorns'—can be applied with an appropriate meaning fo shooting, the “kick” being a thorn to the shooter's rosebush. On10Ko, i Tre Swiss Marcu.—The following are the scores made in the recent match batween the Zettler Rifle Team and the Columbia Rifle Team, shot with Swiss rifles, 200 yards range, at ring target; 16 men im each team; 10 shots ench; possible score, 250. ZATILER THAM, COLUMBIA TEAM. Total. Name. Wame, William Kline. ......-..... rear 205)Lamtold...,..-....... Puts - G_ Lettler,...... 208)J, Mleldner. 25.02.0000). ees 197 T. Fenning....... Mth 200). . 1c eee 196 Theodore Kliesroth. 200)J. Horwey....- 104 L, Bird..... ; 187|W. Lippman 185 M. L. Riggs . I86}M, Archbach 181 D. Miller... 184|Aug. Ermuc 181 CG. Judson.. 183\J. Heinz... -- 180 ye See ee ..- 182/G, Blumenberz. -- 180 M. Dorsler............ r 180)G. Knundahl........... . 17 BS FiBLblar ee eo. ia ceed aenenbuee 174|Johu Bandel. ....:... pees ayy 5. §. Brown os wz» 174/Chris Heinz,....... & p++) 168 J. Dntel. «. +. 166|)J. Schneider 45 Borg hy! D, L. Beck,....-.. ... 16:|/George Baier peep G. A, Schirman.. .-, 180)J. Gruber... Boe) Grand total........... erases 21,12] Grand Total...........+ «0 8,647 The Zettler, team winning by 65 points. Conuiy's Buynrit.—Since our report last week this match has receiyed additional prizes as follows: An elegant Japa- nese cabinet, presented by the Zettler Rifle Association; two tine opera elasses, presented by the Arnold & Constable Rifle Club; one fine trout rod, presented by My. H, D. Bly- denburgh. The targets shot in this match are placed in a sealed box, can only be measured at the close of the competition by three judges, to be appointed by the Committee of Arrange- ments. There are seyeral gentleman whose targets are so near alike thal it has caused a great deal of excitement to know which is ahead. The large number of prizes offered insures a preminm to every competitor of average skill, It opularity that the prizes in this match have a total value of more than $250, and that all of them have been given by his friends and patrons, Tt is de- sired that these riflemen who are unable to take an active parry in the contest will lend their aid by subseribing for tickets according to their means. Such subscriptions may be gent to the Committee, P. O. Box, 5529, or to the Zettler Rifle Gallery, 207 Bowery, where the match is being held. —The Council of the Ontario Rifle Association has un- der consideralion the question of replacing the iron targets at present in use by canvas ones, but inasmuch as itis yet an open question which system of targets is likely to give the greatest satisfaction, they are unable to make a recom- mendation of any definite change at present, —Adj.-General Franklin Townsend, has issued a cireular letter to the Adjutant General of the several States calling their attention to the bronze trophy, ‘‘ Soldier of Marathon,” siven by the Stite of New York, to be annually contested for in an Inter-State Rifle Match, af each fall meeting of the National Rifle Association at Creedmoor, He invites a team of twelve men from each State to contest for the trophy in a mutch to be shot in September next. OContan’s GAanuuny.— We are glad to announce that Mr. Con- lin will open his new shooting gallery at 1222 Broadway to- night, The new quarters are more commodious than those re- cently burned, and a club room has been provided that will be placed at the disposal of the various rifle clubs in the city, We wish Mr. Conlin every success in his enterprise. Maxy’s Gannerms (Brooklyn).—The following is a record of last week, and up to Tuesday morning: EK. B, Casiner..... Reise tama, delele, W. H. Dongherty.. ot speaks well for ‘‘Conlin’s"” = Wd, SWANS ser ac -secn ete A A.H. Dougherty, Jr. F P. Pik A. H. D.T. Metjuillan on ON es Cron ON or Oy or 08 ce jee OY oy Cr or Ore tr ad Oy cr els rotor ren ee Ot or cat OY Oy ee OT or ee OF ror or Goro me or eoUStoro a co = 5 & 5 a] 5 5 5 5 W. H, Lilliston.. 5 Thoabove is madein lying down position, distance, 120 feet, at reduced target. Im the press match, the Brooklyn Union team is ahead. Both matches will end on the 14th and 15th of this month, San Francisco—California, March 26th.—The following is a score made by Sergeant G. VY, Hawes, atthe Forest Gallery, at 200 yards, target. reduced, distance 175 feet; the gentle- man winning the first prize, a handsome gold badge, the badge to be shot for onve a week for fifteen weeks. a4 4 44 a rab 4 Cad = We OT Heo oT oy or Sym Sy OV ON OTN en ONO ie ee ae 4 6 6 6 5 4 4 YS) OY Sr J a ye Oh Oy Or OH OH Oy sh or he oe or or Sy 5 4 i 4 4 a 5 4 ee Ore Ore 6 4 4 6 4 4 5 Dotal 1.2.95 tee cesak diesel UOT fa 750 off-hand, 200 yards, 6 pounds pull. Oscan Sprrzun, 4 5 4 4 4 5 % 4 4 6 a 2 —The Santa Anna, California, News is responsible for the tough story, thata shower of clams in the shell fell on Dr, Jones’ ranch, near that place, during a yecent rain, ‘The lady of the household ocenpying the ranch gathered up a quantity of the clams, they being alive, and cooked them for her family. Consumprios Cur=n.—An old physician retired from active practice, haying had placed in his hands by an East Indian missionury the for- youla of & simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthina, atid all Throat and Duug affections, also. # positive and radical cure for Neryous Debility and all neryous complaints, after haying thoroughly tested ita won- derful curative powers in thousands ofcases, feels it his duty to make it known tohissuffering fellows, Actuated by this motive, and acouscien- tious desire to relieve hnman suffering, he will send, free of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe, with full directions for preparing and suc- cessfully using. Bea bern aes ing D ing thie ‘Pa,—Adv. ; 2: Aa os FOREST AND STREAM. 151 ee ee LEP IASI OS _— BLACK POINTER, TOM _ Il. THE NEW YORK BENCH SHOW. E are somewhat surprised to learn that an opinion was prevalent, particularly throughout the western part of the State, that the proprietors of Gilmore's Garden were interested in the coming Bench Show. We are re- quested to state that the Wesminster Kennel Club haye leased for a large sum of money the Garden, or Hippodrome as it is sometimes known, from its proprietors, and that the latter are in no degree whatever interested in or connected with the show. The members of the club have assumed the entire risk and responsibility, and as their expenses will ap- proximate the sum of eiglid thousand dollars, it is hoped that owners and breeders will enter liberally for the many prizes. We congratulate the sporismen of the country upon the fact that so eminent an authority as the Rey, J. Gumming Macdona has consented to visit this country and act as ad- visory judge, although for evident reasons Mr. Macdona’s functions will not extend to the setter classes. In aiding us to establish a standard for many classes such as St. Bernards, mastifis, etc., with which his name isso intimately associated, his visit will be of immense benefit, and his kindness in coming and the enterprise of the club in sending for him should be fully appreciated, and although, as we have said, he will not take partin judging the setter classes, the in- struation he will doubtless be willing to impart in this di- rection will be of immense yalne to the student in canine matters, Mr, Macdona’s letter of acceptance is as follows: Crenpaue Rectory, Cheshire, England, March 23d, 1877. My Dear Sir: I thank you, and through you, the West- ‘minister Club, for your generous invitation to visit you next May, and am most happy to accept it. I should like to go out and back in a month. Tam, my dear a yours truly, . CumamxG Macpoya. Wa. M. Truzsron, Esq. As far as the judging is arranged for at present, it seems that My. John Dayidson, of Munroe, Michigan, will judge the English and Gordon setter classes. It is possible that Mr. Macdona will be inyited to take the pointers if the Com- mittee do not feel that they are asking too much of him. Mz. Macdona will also judge the fox terriers, greyhounds, stag-honunds, deer-hounds, mastiffs, St. Bernard's, etc. Mr. Kavanah, of the Junior Carlton Club, London, who is yery opportunely in the city, and whois a gentleman of very large experience in this direction, will judge the terrier elasses. Capt. John M. Taylor, of Virginia, will judge Classes 28, 29, 30, 31, and from 41 to 45, Several gentlemen are under consideration for the very important fox-hound, bengic and harrier classes, as it is necessary that they should be judged according tothe American standard, and by some one who is thoroughly conversant with the description of -deg required in this country. The number of entries promises to be yery large; already the third thousand of the premium lists is being distributed. The special prize lists is remarkably yaluable and well arranged. Messrs. Tiffany & Co., of Union Square, are making six cups of solid silver, and haye yery generously gone to an expense far beyond the value of the cups in procuring moulds from life of celebrated dogs with which to ornament them. One very interesting feature will be a picture gallery, composed entirely of paint- ings of dogs and sporting scenes. The ladies and children will be provided for, as there will be an exhibition of trick dogs every afternoon and evening, some of the best troupes in the country haying been engaged. Below is an abstract of the Special prize list: SUPPLEMENTARY PREMIUM LIST. Grass # A,—WNalive black and tan, or black, tan and white setters, either Gordons or cross-bred with Trish or English.—For the best dog, $20,00; forthe best bileh, $30.00, 4 SPROLAL PRIZE List, ‘best setter, of any breed, dog or bitch, in the show, onp, ¢ manu caked De Maras: any BOs valoe $180.00, of any hi or bitch, in the show, Greener pun, presented by H. C: Squires, No. 1 Courtland Street, New York, value $150.00. Py Tor the host brace of setters, of any breed, dogs or bitches, or dog and bitch: to be owned and exhibited by one person; cup, presented by members of the N. Y. City Association for the Protection or Game, and manufactured by Messrs, Tiffany & Co., value $150.00 For the best brace of pointers, dogs or bitches, or dog and bitch; to be owned and exhibited by one person; an extra fine fiy-rod, presented by Frederick Schuchardt, Esq,, value $50.00, For the best colleciion of sporting dogs, of any kind, not less than fiye, ta he exhibited, and owned by one person, or from one kennel; shot-gnu, presented by Messrs. Nichols & Lefever, value $150.00. For the best English setter stud dog, either native or imported, to be shown with uot less than two of his get, a Fox patent shot-gnn, pre- sented by the American Arms Co., value $100.00, For the best red Irish setter stud dog, either native or imported, tobe shown with not less than two of his get; cnp, presented by Pormsr AND Scream Paoblishing Co,, and manufactured by Messrs, Titlany & Co., value $100.00. For the best black and tan, or black tan and white setter stud dog, either native or imported, to be shown wilh not less than two of his get; a Newport bass rod and reel, presented by Messrs. J. B. Crook & Co., value $75.00. For the best pointer stud dog, oyer 50 pounds weight, either native or imported, to be shown with not less than two of his get; a shot gan, presented by Messrs. Remington & Sons, N. Y., value $100.00. For the best pointer stud dog, under 50 pounds weight, either native or imported, to be shown with not less than two of his get; aset (3) of the new patent traps and 500 glass balls, presented by Cupt. A, H. Bo- gardus, yalue $50.00, For the best English setter brood bitch, either native or imported, to be shown with not less than twoof her progeny; an Anglish sole-leather sportsman's traveling trunk, with cartridge and gun trays complete, presented by Messrs, Thomson & Son, value $50.0, For the best red Irish setter brood bitch, either natiye or imported, to be shown with not less than two of her progeny; a Russia leather, silyer mounted fly-book and one gross assorted flies, presented by Wakeman Holberton, Esq,, yalue $50,00. For the best black and tan, or black tan and white setter brood bitchr either native or imported, to be shown with not less than two of he. rozeny; a silver monnted split bamboo fiy-rod, presented by Messrs, onroy, Bissett & Mallison, yalne $50.00. For the best pointer brood bitch, of any weight, to be shown with not less than two of her get; a silyer cup, presented by Col, Le Grand B. Cannon, and manufactured by Messrs, Tiffany & Co., value $10.00. For the best English setter, dog or bitch, native bred, out of a native bitch and by an imported dog; a silver cup, presented by Dadley Olcott, Esq., of Albany, and manuiactured by Tiffany & Co., yalue $100.00 For the best native English setter, dog or bitch, owned in the States of New York and New Jersey: a case of stuffed North-American game birds, presented by Justus Van Lengerke, Esq, , value $25.60. For the best setter, dog or bitch, of any strain, bred in the United States; a split bamboo black bass Rod, presented by Messrs, Abbey & Imbrie, No, 45 Maiden Lane, value $60.00. For the best native setter puppy, either dog or bitch, either Hnglish, Trish, or black and tan, or black tan and white; a United States Arms -Oo., 32-cal, reyolyer, presented by Messrs. Barton & Go., value $25.00. For the best Irish setter puppy, either dogor bitch; an lyory enamel- led opera glass, presented by Messrs T. Steele & Son, Hartford, Conn,. yalne $25.00. For the best pointer puppy, either dog or bitch; a gold and silver monnted pearl handled revolver, presented by the Westminster Kennel Club, yatue $25,00. For the best native English setter puppy, dog or bilch, under 12 months of age; one case of gun-cleaning implements, presented by the Gun Implement Manufactory. Forthe best display of fox-hoands, to comprise not less than three couples; a cup presentecé by ths. Westminster Kennel Club, valoe 00. For the best cocker spaniel, dog or bitch; an Hnglish sdéle-leather gun ease, presented by Erdmann A, Herzberg, Esq., valne $25.00. For the best skye terrier, dog or bitch; a silyer cup, presented by Gen. ex. S. Webb, and manufactured by Messrs. Tiffany & Co., value $50.00. Owners of dogs winning cash prizes can haye cnps or collars of equal yalne substituted if they so desire. ‘The entrance fee for special prizes (for which separate entries m st be made) will be $2.00 as in the general classes. Tn the classes for stock dogs and brood bitches, ifis understo d that the progeny to be entered with them need not be the property of the person making the entry. Tuorderthat the catalogue may be prepared at the earliest possible momentit is particularly requested that exhibitors will not delay send- ing In thelr entries, No entries wi!l be recived later than April 25th, except in the case ef foreign exhibitors, whose entries will ,be received until May ist. Season tickets to exhibitors, admitting them to the building at all hours, will be issued at $1.00 each; season tickets to non-exhibiters good only from 10 4. mM. to10 Pp, m., will be issued at $2.00. Genora: admittance 50 cents. Since the above was put in type another letter has been re- ceived from My. Macdona, giving the date of his departure, and saying that Mr. Lovt, the celebrated judge, and also Mr. G. de Landre Macdona would be of the party, so that there is likely to be no Jack of judges, and we can have ow native classes judged most inipartially. A line should haye been printed in the preminm list at the head of tha open classes, stating that they are ‘‘for dogs who have neyer won first prize at any bench show.” We make this remark, becatise gentlemen are sending in their entries, placing their prize winning dogs in both champion and open classes. If was to be presumed, however, thatif a champion clags was made — with $50 prizes, from which other dogs were excluded, that the champions would of course not be allowed to compete in the open classes. ‘The object of having special classes is, that all may come together. More special premiums haye heen offered, a silver collar for Scotch terriers, one for pugs, also an order fora silver cup of the value of ten guineas, from “Spratt'’s Patent,” of London, through their agent, Mr. de Luze, of this city; slso 0. L. Retzman, 960 Broadway, presents a gold and silver mounted revolver for the best Gordon setter puppy, dog or bitch. _—____—_s+ ——— Tom.—Our portrait this week isa good likeness of Mr, Frederick Schuchardt’s fine old pointer dog, Tom I. Tom is now eleyen years old, having been whelped in 1866. He is descengled from a bitch imported by Mr. Schuchardt in 1842, andis brother to My. Joseph Grafton’s Jim and to Gen'l, A. 8. Webb’s Peg, grand dame of the Westminster Kennel Olubs Whisky. Tom, in his day, was a most excel- lent field dog, docile and active, with keen nose and stanuch to bird and gun, Heis entered in the champion pointer class at the forthcoming New York Bench Show. ——_$<9 + ___—_ To oun CorrEsPonDENTS.—The number of queries sent to us and the requests for prescriptions are increasing so fast that we must request our correspondents, in order fo enable us to give them adyice which shall be of value, to be most particular in sending information on the following points. Tt is difficult enough in any case to prescribe with- out seeing a patient, but with the paucity of symptoms and particulars which accompany the majority of cases, it is well nigh impossible. We shall feel obliged, therefore, if appli- cants will in all cases state how long the dog has been sick, how taken, and the symptoms; whether in good flash or poor; state of appetite; state of bowels; whether playful or otherwise; age, weight (about): what medicines if any have been given, and how often, and when the last was given; whether he has fever or not, and what part of the day he coughs most, if atall. Be as concise as possible. te Doas In A Winp Srate.—A Michigancorrespondent sends us the following account of a dog reverting toa wild state, Writing from Pontiac, Mich., he says: The State of Michigan is building an Insane Asylum near here, aud one of the workmen recently started a rabbit which van into a rail pile, He went to try and get it when he saw a pair of eyes sparkling beneath the rails, He shot at the eyes, and when he got what he shot at behold it was a» little puppy not much bigger than his fist. Onremoying the rails he found a woodchuck hole, and, as it afterward proved, a little bitch had whelped and raised a litter of young ones in this hole. A couple of weeks after the eyent recorded above the workmen noticed a dog with a litter of puppies coming round the works, picking up scraps of food which had been thrown away. They tried to catch them, but on the approach of any one the dogs would scamper off, and on being watched they were found to retreat to the woodehuck hole. They finally managed to capture two of the pups, but they weve as savage as any wild animal, and would bite and tight like young tigers, though they were not much larger than rats at the time. Isaw one of them nfew days ago; it is full grown and does not look yery much unlike in shape the picture of the German daschund which you published some time ago. He probably weighs fifteen pounds, though he is very fat now. His nose is poimted very much like a fox. The mother was shot at by some one and has not been seen since, N. H. B. Tur N. A. K. C.—Business of immediate importance de- manding it, there will be a special meeting of the National American Kennel Chib at the Hippodrome Building, New York, on Thursday, May 10th, at 10 o’clock a, a. N. Rowe, President. Cuartes H. Turner, Secretary. St. Louis, Mo,, April 7, 1877. —According to Land and Water, *1,373,985 dogs puid duty during the last financin! year in Great Britain, showing an inerease of more than 100,000 in spite of the nefirions pee of the dog poisoners in London and other places, 6 dog tax, however, is still greatly evaded, and a good deal of trouble and expense is the consequence.” \ 152 FOREST OR ENDER ee STREAM. Bex and River ishing. FISH IN SEASON IN APRIL —_—— Speckled ‘Trout, Salmo foniinalis, Land-locked Sulmon—sSalmo glovert. White Perch, Morone Americanus. Shad, Alosa. —— *,% Wor trout flies in April, see our issue of March 29th. Fuse my Marrer,—We haye to quote generally lower prices for all description of fish this week. North River shad are, owing tothe high winds, not nearly as abundant as they should be. Cod are yery plentiful. We quote: staiped bass, 18 cents per pound; smelts, 18 cents; salmon (frozen), 30 cents; shad (Southern), 30 to 50 cents each; native, do. 50 to 75 cta.; white perch, 15 cts. per pound; Spanish mackerel, 50 cts.; green turtle, 18 cts.; terrapin, $15 per dozen; frostfish, 8 cents per pound; halibut, 18 cents; haddock, 8 cents; cod- fish, 8 cents; blackfish, 15 cents; herrings, 6 cents; flounders, 8 cents; sea bass, 20 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 cents; sheepshead, 20 cents; turbot, 20 cents; scollops, $2 per gallon; whitefish, 15 cents per pound; pickerel, 15 cents; Canatla brook-trout, 25 cents; Long Island trout, $1; hard shell erab, $3.50 per 100; red snappers, 18 cents; prawns, $1.50 per gallon. Some Five Trovr.—Some of the finest trout taken for years on Long Island with the fly were captured last week at Lake- side, the residence of Jno, W. Masury, near Eastport. One of them weighed full 2h pounds, and the aggregate of six fish was eight pounds six ounces. The gentleman who was 80 fortunate as to make this fine catch is as well-known for his modesty as his skillin all matters pertaining to flood and field, and in deference to his desire we refrain from making his name public. We do not know the name of the fly with which the ‘‘big un” was taken, but believe it to hnye been a *Palmer.” —The St. Lawrence River is clear of ice at Clayton, and the ferry-boats are crossing to Kingston. —Salmon are being caught with nets in St. Johns Harbor. There will be yery little rod fishing, however, in New Bruns- wick before the 10th of June. New Parrerss ty Trovr Frims.—Dr. A. H. Fowler, the rod aud reel manufacturer of Ithaca, New York, has a new black bass fly which he claims is the most killing that he has yet met with. It has a white body, scarlet ibis, and white wings, and a scarlet tail, Reuben Wood of Syracuse, has a white moth with grey wings (mallard) which onght to do good ser- yice as an evening fly, or in cloudy weather. —Three pictures of trout, painted by Mr, T. Sedgwick Steele, of Hartford, Conn., haye all been accepted and hung in the exhibition of the ‘New York National Academy of Design. This acceptance by the committee is 2 decided compliment to Mr. Steele, whose pictures haye now been hung by both the Brooklyn and the New York Academy’s committees. a larger one of these three, entitled ‘‘The Best of the Lot,” his most ambitious production; the other two are panel pe tures. In the former there are four trout hanging up; tempting sight. The panel pieces are contrasting pictures, presenting front and back views of three trontin each, soad- justed as to present two trout in contrasting positions in each. Vermont Ferrisburgh, April 6th.—Pickerel are beginning to play, and large numbers are being siot. I hear of one man hirning up nine ata single discharge, The water is very low for tis season, and there is every prospect for an early spring. MaAssAcnusnrts—New Bedford, April 4th.—Our close season ends April ist, and punctually on that day a variety of fisher- men from the experienced old graybeard to the verdant youth whipped the waters of our swollen streams with fly-worm and minnow, but only a very few had anything but empty baskets to exhibit, On their return a very few exhibited trout of Boma six inches length, caught near the salt water; but these who tried the inland streams found the country completely flooded, and not a trout could be found green enough to be eanght on All Fools’ Day. ConcHa. Frsuixc Moyements.—The late unfavorable weather has interfered with the curing of codjfish, and the stock on the mar- ket in shipping order is extremely light, and it is not easy to fill orders at once, although the call is yery light for the sea- son, ‘The fleet continnes to bring in light fares, and prices are fairly maintained. ‘The number of fishing arrivals the past week has been 33—1 fron Grand Menan, 3 ‘from Grand Banks, find 29 from Georges. ‘The receipts haye been abont 600,000 pounds of Georges codfish, and 240,000 pounds halibut.— Cape Ann Advertiser, April Th. ‘Fenton's "—or *‘Numernr Four."—Who has not heard of ‘“ Number bur,” in the Adirondacks? Our correspondents often refer to it, Perhaps it will serve some of our readers if we print what one of them, well known in reporting circles to the northward, says of the place. Here lies our enthusi- astic friend’s apostrophe : “Oh, how happy! bore's our leisure! Oh, how innocent our pleasures! Ob, ys vallays! Oh, ye mountaina! Oh, ye graves, and crystal fountaina! How Tloye, at liberty, By turns to come and visit ye!" Notwithstanding the almost resistless tendency to seek new fields for angling that has possessed me for twenty years, [find myself again, for the fifth season, drawn to- ward Fenton's, where I have already engaged quarters for myself and family for the monthof July. This is, how- eyer, not strange, as my many long trips piel various paris of our great ‘Adirondack Wilderness” eminently qualifies me to form a correct judgment as to where L. at least, cam secure the greatest amount of real pleasure. Of course, in this [include my family, who Lave been co-laborers with me on manyof these trips. Charles Henton’s Number Four, Lewis Gounty, although quite in the forest, is never- theless but cightecn miles from Lonisville, on the ‘Utica and Black River Railroad, and My. Fenton usually carries parties to his place in about five hours. The buildings are located jo the centre ofa large clearing, in full view of Beayer Lake a na TENTS Tete as Mme © os dct acs sc cc oe is about # quarter of a mile off), and commands one J of the finest views that I know ofin the woods. Penton writes me that he has deposited 20,000 salmon trout fry (Salmo confinis) in the lake. which will afford fine sport to those who do not care to work to cateh fish, Speckled trout abound in eyery stream in this section, and to my mind the pleasure is ereatly enhanced by tramping to some wild stream miles awny, or sailing through boiling rapids, and casting deftly the delicate fly upon the water and witnessing the. leaps of the speckled beauties after the fempting lure. Here, pure, sweet milk is furnished as lavishly as the water from the well, which, in the langnage of the lable on the curbs, is * the best in the world.” Messrs. Editors, you ought to go there, as several journal: — ists, who, like yoursel tes, exert a good influence in the world, are in the habit of doing. Iam confident it would imerense your happiness, give additional length to your days and power to your pen. Respectfully. 2 W. W. How. tt WINTER FISHING IN LAKE MICHIGAN, — Bax Orry, Mich., March 16, 1877. EDITOR FOREST AND STRHAM. Having a leisure hour, I will pen you a letter from this northern country. Bay City has a population of 10,000, and is located on the east hank of the Saginaw River, four miles from its mouth, where it emptiesinto the Saginaw Bay, It has a large and increasing mumber of salt works, manufac- turing a staple to which there is no limit, Its fish trade ri- vals Newfoundtand in its extent, and is yet in its infancy. Most of your readers have, no doubt, read of the Fishing City out in Saginaw Bay ; for them we vill give a few notes, Standing on the shore of Saginaw Bay, we see in the dis- tance a large number of black dots on the ice, the close ap- proach to which will show a large village of over 300 shan- ties, ‘This is the Ice City. Few Paepus realize the stupen- dous undertaking, wherein some 2,00 men liye in tem- porary shanties on the ice, engaged i in fishing, from Decein- ber to the latter end of March, subject to all the vicissitudes of suchalife. The readers of the Forest avp Srmeam will yemember, that a few years ago three hundred of these hardy fellows were carried out to sea, but fortune fayored them with a change of wind, which brought fhem back next day. These shanties are about six feet square, high enough fora man to stand up in, and are made of undressed lum- ber. Each is built upon runners, so that they can be moyed from place to place at will. The interior of all the shanties are alike—a vow of berths on one side, and on the other a Small stove, made expressly for these fishing-houses, and which serves to keep the interior comfortable. The occupants are four men, who work and watch, The mode of fishing is as follows: In the centre of the shanty a square hole is cut in the ice, about two feet each way. across which is ex- tended a pole with a strong line attached ; as a bait a piece of herring is fastened to the loose end of the string, but no hook is used. One man slowly draws the string to the sur- face, while the other stands ready witha spear. The fish, frequently two or three, follow the bait up, and when within striking distance are harpooned by the man with the spear. Another way is, with the wool tront line, with a number of hooks attached and baited with herring. ‘This is let down through the hole and left for six hours, then drawnup, It usnally gives a good return. The yillage is governed by strict regulations, and the laws duly enforced. Over the door of a shanty somewhat larger than its mates we noticed the word “ Saloon.” Not far from this we found ‘* The Fisherman's Home,” where ample acvom- modation is found forman and beast. There are at the pres- ent time over 2,000 men fishing in the ice, Tho fish are sold at from 44 to 7 cents a pound in the bay, being pur- chased by buyers who go out daily from the city, bring the » fish back, angl pack them for shipment to all parts of the It is said that an industrious fisherman, with good This world, luck, will take from 600100 pounds of fish daily. mode of fishing seems to be peculiar to Saginaw Bay, and was first practiced by the Indians many years ago ; “put it has been only a few years since it has grown into such enormous dimensions, Rover. [A year or more ago our correspondent, ‘!Ichthys,” in de- scribing the ichthye fauna of the Great Lakes, gave our readers a clever description of the ice yillages and the methods of fishing through the ice. The aboye article is none the less acceptable, however.—Hp. F. anp §,] ro SPORTING REMINISCENCES—MY FIRST REEL, —_—+—_— Enrtor Forrest aND STREAM. 'The first few warm days of spring come to us, and the seff south wind brings a few stray blue-birds to toll us that tronfing time will soon be here. How eyery old fisherman begins to havea tonch of the piseatorial fever, ‘The first symptoms are marked by the getting ott of the litle trank, and a general looking over of lines and fiies, repairing old, putting on new, and getting every thing in readiness, so that when the snow-water has ceased Tunning some favored brook may receive our gurliest attention. I have just beén haying my annual attack, although it will many a day between now and the time to wet a hoox in thissnowy ee Occtipying & corner of my fishing-box, en Joying a long rest, lies my first reel, ont with what different emotions I now handle it from those I @cperienced the day it was iirst placed in my hands. Itisa amall, single brassreel, with a stop, Then I thonghtat the ‘ne plus adtra” ofreels. [was bntalad and had never owned a jointed rod—much jess areel. How I proposed to astonish the other boys by its exhib- tion, for reels were few in our neighborhood and only seen in the out-fit of visiting sportsmen. It, together with a twelve-foot jointed bass rod, wasapresent from a cityfmend. It wasin September; I was/ill at the time, and I longed to try it. In those years little 1 knew of close seasons; every spring in June I was accustomed to go and stay with uncle Nate B. and fish the trout streams emptying into the }aters at the head of Lake George; and uncla Nate nsed to tell me, ‘(hat T ought to come in the fall and try the ‘fall trowt’ when the big ones ron np the streams after the frat frosts,” and wonderfal storiesof the large ones that could be caught in thelake at the mouth of the streams before sunrise and after sundown. About October 1st I conyaleseed and was soon established at uncle Nate's, anxious fora trial of the new rod and reel. The next morning afler my arrival, just before duylight, with the stare Sparkling in the fvosty air, I took my way across the Old Fort Wield, with my rod ready for service iu one hand, and a basin of raj, lean ‘beef, enk in square chunks, for bail in the other, toward the month of the Bast Creek, By day-breale I bad the boat anchored, across the current from the stream, abonl. Mf{ty feet trom shore on the sand-bar formed by the creek, 1 commenced casting into the current aud letting my line run ont with it | until T had abont éighty feet of line ont, when I hada strike, and from the surge on the pole T knew I had a ‘linker (vyernaGilar for big one). T obeyed the firat impulse, which wasto ‘yarn’? him into the boat by méin-strength, bat I found that was one of the {mpossibilities, with eighty feet of line out, and then, and not until then, T thonght of my reel, and with qnivering fingers I grasped the handle, aud for amoment or two triad ta turn 1t without moving the stop, and after I had loosened it I could'nt manage the thing afall. First I would turn one way and my fingers slip off, and then I would turn the opher, and all the time old Saimo jfontinalis, splashing and splurging abont, seemed as big asa whale. Faally I grasped rod and line tightly above the reel and lWwaped over into the icy waters and stopped not until I bad towed my tront high up on the sandy beach. He was a three-poonder, and as with chattering teeth I made tracks for uncle Nate's kitchen fire, I began lo evincide with his opinion expréssed the night before, that ‘them new- fangled concerns didn't amonnt to much." but the whirof that little old reel has been the death knell of many a noble bass and trout since its first christening by Wrrrz. = <_< RANGELEY LAKES. RANGELEX, Me,, April 2, 1877, Eprrok Forrst ayp Soran. T suppose yollr many leaders will ba interested in any news {rom this Plate, Itis expected that there will be agrand rush for the lakes the coming summer. The new hotel af Rangeley City is now ready for the public. The former landlord of the old Rangeley Luke House, Mr, Eben Hinkley, isto be foundin the new house. The honse is 30x40 with L 40x50, two stories in height, all finished and furnishedin the best mauner. Vishermen aud those who desire aquiet, home-like house in the midst of the best trout fishing in New Pngland, would do well to correspond with Mr. Hinkley for terms, cte., which will be rea- sonable, The arrangements are completed fora through stage direct from Phillips to this place, arriying here in season for dinner the second day from Boston yia. Hastern o¥ Boston & Maine Railroad, The fine little steamer Molly Chunkamunk takes parties from here to all parts of the Lakes, There is but little winter fishing, The law for- bidding the setting of hooks protects the trout for the summer fisher- men, The finely illustrated article on the Rangeley Lakes in Scribner's Monthly for Fobruary has created a new interest in these lakes, and as they are so extensive that thereisuo perceptible decrease in the size or number of trout, they are sure te rémagin the favorite resort for fish- ermen for along time. Twill from time totime let you hear of any news Which will be of general Interasé to your readers from this plate. RASGELEY, ss FLY-FISHING EXTRAORDINARY—PLAY- \ ING A SNAPPING TURTLE. Epiror ForEst AND STREAM. Perhaps you may deem the following somewhat singular incident worthy of notice in your columns, In July lasta brother angler and myself had just broken camp on Shohbola after a week’s sojonrn delightfully spent alongits shady banks, Journeying back to Wastbrook’s westopped at “Tha Maples” to fish a few large pools, I had already taken some five or six fine trout and waa in the att of drawing another of almosta pound im weight to the land- ing net, when suddenly an immense turile of fle snupping order rose from the sedgy margin of the pool, and seizing the sxiausted fish at onue struck out for deep water, Here was a (lilemme. A six-ponnd turtle on an eight-oun ce rod. Determined to fight, however. I'‘showed him the butt,” as our angling friends across the water say, and yield- jug to the strain he turned and made straight taward me. On he came with head above water carrying the trout crosswise in big mouth. IL called to my friend, who was néar at hand, and stepping back to the bank, seized a stout stick inorder to battle with this rude robber of what I considered my own éspecial prey. Just then my friend ap- peared and handing him the club he was about to administer a seyere Teprimand, when the turtle, taking in the situation, suddenly relin- qnished hold of the fish and sank outot sight. My dy still remained in the trout's jawa and drawing him to band I found the fish uninjuyed except a slight abrasion justin front of the dorsal fin, Reoounling the incident at Westbrook's that night, I was interrupted by “old Bart,” who exclaimed, Why in thunder didn’t yon catch um by the tail? wae gould have had turtle soup to-morrow,” Isaid I didn’t care for soup much. But several thmes during the evening 1 heard the old man be- gretting the loss of that turtle. B. i AN OLD ANGLER ON NEEDLE-POINTS. KX Borror Forres? AND STREAM_ 1 had oecasion bo read a few days ago in your paper some correspon- dence about * needle points;"' I therefore made up my mind to try thom the first chance I could find, aud now give you the result. 1 made some hooks with the smallest sized darning-needles [ could get, piving them what I thought to be the right bend, something like the Lim- erick hooks. Everything else being ready I started with a companion for a first-rate trout stream, which was soon reached, My coinpanion being as good an angler as I was, we desided that we shonld both flat for an bour, he to use the barbed hooks, | the needles. After a fow min— utes’ fishing it was very clear that the neefllés would witi the day, and ab the end of the hour the store atood as follows: ‘‘ Needles, thirty-seven trout, several of fhem over three ponnds; harbed books, sixteen trout, size about the same.’’ Now, the reason for this areat difference (at least in my opinion), was not owing to the needles hooking the fish better, but in the great saving of tame which they effected, us Twas never obliged to touch them, they wriggling off the hooks as. soon asIanded. My friend, on the contrary, had to lose a great deal of time in talting the hooks ontot each fish. As some doubts hadulso been expressed abont the poseipil- ity of Janding & ealmon with 2 barbless hook, I decided to try it, but am sorry to say I cannol side with Seth Green in thatrespect, as I only saved one ont of four fish hooked which I am almost sare wooldnothaye hap- pened had I used regnlar inoks, It seems to me (though l may be mis- taken) that tha most siiliful angler cannot always keep 4 tight line on asalmon, eepecially when leaping, whieh he would be obliged to do if using ‘ needle points.” ANGLER, [We regret that the letter of our correspondent should haye been overlooked until this week.—Ep.] _—<$—$$<—eoe —The North Carolina Legislature has just appropriated $30,000 for the erection of a negro insane asylum in that State, and $10,000 year to support it. — —Capt. Boyton has crossed the Straits of Messina, passing successfully through both Seylla and Chatybdis during the prevalence of a severe gale, which camsed the destraction of one of the accompanying vessels. i oo —Julius H. Seeyle, now President of Amherst College, has given all his salary in Congress to the town of Amherst, to bo expended Ne valk = GopsoutT, CANADA, February 17, 1877. = pana ~~." Sa ce - Bachting and Boating. HIGH WATER £OR THE WEEE. iTS —— Date. Boston, | New York.) Charlesion H. M, Ba. MM. EH. M, TAIDE: atten bs ee De peerice:| ae 49) ir dg, 6 49 ADB. cares elke tesa eeseneneeee| UL 38 7 65 7 82 ADEs SRV Pe cy eeucateccanenes tid. 8 42 8 18 0 25 9 35 g 06 Lett. 10 «31 9 59 2 15 Tit ey 10 56 Ss 10 mitt, di 53 —The activity prevailing at the various yards indicate that the opening of the yachting season is close at hand. The schooner-yucht Peerless, of the Atlantic Yacht Club, has her running evar off, pnd is pearly vendy to bend sails, She will go into commission this week. The schooner-yucht ‘lriton,’ the flag-ship of the Atlantic Club, is also fitting out near the Peerless. ‘Che annual regatta of the Atlantic Club has been fixed for the 17th of June, and will be the first regatta of the large clubs, The sloop-yacht Schemer is filting out at John Moimm’s yard, foot of Court Street. She has had an iron shoe put on her, weighing 1,650 pounds. The sloop-yacht Orion is fitting at the sume yard. Arnantic Boat Covs.—The Atlantic Boat Club, of Hoboken, N. J., now the oldest in the United States, held their annnal mecting on Thursday evening last, when the following officers were elected: President, H. Offerman; Vice- President, W. H. Curtis; Recording Secretary, R. 8. Murray; Corresponding Secretary, F. Emerich:; Treasurer, James Reed: Captain, C. Hrienkotler. Tre Yaru-Harvarp Race.—Messrs, Weld and Bancroft, of Harvard, and President Dayis, of Yale, on the 7th inst. went. over the Thames course at New London, proposed by Har- vard for the Yale-Haryard boat race next summer, and heard the offers of the New London paople to pay all the expenses, guarantee «a clear course, build boat-houses, and furnish transportation along the river bank during the race. Harvard strougly favored this course. The same evening these gen- tlemen and Captain Collin and ex-Captain Cook decided to adhere to the Oxford-Cambridge rules and pull on June 29th, the day atter Commencement, They spent several hours discussing the question of the course, but left the matter un- decided. Sours Bosroy Yacur Cuus.—The annual meeting of the club was held at their House, foot of Sixth Street, last even- ing. The report of the secretary givethe membership at136 and a roll call of over forty yachts. The report of the financial secratary places the organization in a Hourishing condition. The elub starts this season as an incorporated body. The following officers were elected: For Commodore, M, J. Kiley; for Vice-Commodore, W. J; Orcutt: for Fleet Captain, Dr, R, Disbrow; for Measurer, J, Winniatt; for Recording Secretary, William Morris; for Financial Secretary, Harvey N. Follans- hee; for Treasury, Thomas Christian; for Trustees, H. J. McKee, J. H, Giblin, J. G. Chambers. After remarks by the ney Commodore, and others, the club adjourned to the Atlantic House, and partook of one of Fred. Wright's boun- teous collations. Prof. Ryerson rendered some very pleas- ing insfrumentaland yocal music, which was much applauded. The elub enjoyed the presence of Com, Geo, Brown pnd members of the Bunker Hill Yacht Club, A very pleasant, social eyening was passed, which will long be remembered. Much courtesy was extended your cor- respondent. We extend to Com. M. J. Kiloy our congratulations, feel- ing that the institution will grow under his careful manage- ment. © Kuper.” Quincey Yacur Crus.—At the annual meeting of the Quiney Yacht Club, held Saturday evening, 7th inst, at Quincy, Mass., the following officers were elected: Commodore, James H, Slade; Vice-Commodore, H. A. Keith; Secretary aid Treas- urer, Chas H. Porter; Measurer, Peter B. Turner; Regatta. Committee, BH. B. Souther, J. T, Penniman, G. W. Morton, B. F. Curtis; Membership Committee, B. F, Bast, Geo. W. Morton, George Saville, W.H. Nicholson, P. B. Turner; Judges J. T. Penniman, E. B, Souther, ©, H. Porter, A. Telois, John O, Holden, B. P. Worster, Edward Whicher; Fleet Captain, H, M. Federhen. On motion of Mr. W. H. Nichol- son. it was yoted to change the time allowance to that of Dor- chester Club. The prizes won at last year’s contests were dis- tributed, and as usual they were unique and elegant. —The Shawmut crew has alreatly commenced work, with Mahoney as coach. —Meeker, late backer of the New York crew, is ready to match Plaisted against any oarsmen in New Wngland, . —Gieat interest is already shown i regard to the June races ab Silyer Lake, and a fine regatta may be expected, It now looks as if the second vace in four-oared shells will take place, as Hanlon has sent hotice that he will be present with acrew. A statement is made that O’Brien and O'Connor, formerly of the Longshore crew of Portland, are-to pull with Faulkner and Regan, though this is not definitely settled upon. Efforts are being made to induce the Halifax and Pittsburg erews to be present. —The secretary of the Ontario Rowing Club has forwarded a deposit of $100, gold, as forfeit on behalf of Edward Hanlon of Toronto, fora match between Hanlon and William Scharff of Pittsburg, the race to be athree-mile pull on Toronto Bay, and Scharf to be allowed expenses. Hanlon has also deposited a forfeit with a Canadian sport- ing paper as an earnest of his desire to make a match with Wallace Ross of St. John, N. B. Hanlon offers reasonable expenses if Ross will agree to vow a three or four-mile turn- ing race on Toronto Bay, on or about June 6th, the match to he for $1,000 a side, —The Neptune Club, of Staten Island, will have one of the strongest amateur shell crews in the country, consisting of Ostiom, of Cornell College, stroke; Kennedy, of Yale College, No, 3; Conriney, the champion amatem sciller, No. 2, and Riley, who made the fastest two tiles on record at the Saratoga regutta last year, as bow, They ave entered in all the regattas, and their machines with the Northwestern, Atlanta, and Argonauts crews will be watched with interest, _Tt is the intention of the Potomac Club to inaugurate a : ae a, Wich wlltake place som monthly during , as i | - FOREST AND STREAM. —The Analostang will shortly commence the erection of a payillion at Table Rock, thein up-river headquarters. —The champion shell crew of the PotomacClub, Messrs, Coughlin, McBlair, Randall, nnd Trunsx, who made such a brilliant record during the season of 1873, ’74, '75, have dis- banded, the three latter retiring from the crew. —Besides havinea race wilh their old antagonists, the Potomacs, itis the intention of the Analostans to get on a Beries of races with the Undine Club, of Baltimore, the champions of Patapsco Bay. Ziational Gagtimes. Contecr Amairrtcs.—The punual Convention of the Ath- lotic Associntion of Ameri¢an Colleges was held at the Fitth Avenue Hotel last Wednesday. Representatives from the following colleges were present: Armherst, Columbia, Dart- mouth, Harvard, College of New York, Princeton, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, Wesleyan, Williams, and Yale, The followine officers were elected: President, C. W. Francis, of Coluinbias Vice-President, Cyrus W-. Field, Jn, ot Williams; Secretary, G. 8. Philler, of University of Pennsylvania; Treasurer, J, A, Campbell, of Princeton; Executive Committee, 0. W. Francis, of Columbia; J. C. Morrell, of Amherst; E, H. Herrick, of Harvard. The question of track and place for the holding of the annual athletic competition was then submitted. Various suggestions were made, but at last the Convention decided that New York presented the greatest attractions, and the track of the New York Athletic Club, at Mott Haven, un- usual facilities for a successful meeting. To this end the Executive Cominittee were instructed to solicit the use of the track for the day upon which the sports may be set ane to take place. The meeting will be held in May or une. The programme of eyents for the annual competition was decided to be, the first and second for graduates, and the balance for undergraduates. One mile walk, three gradu- ates to enter and start; dash of 100 yards; one mile walk; two mile walk; half-mile run; dash of 100 yards; dash of 220 yards; one mile run; hurdle race of 120 yards, over ten hurdles placed fifteen feet apart, and of three feet six inches in height; one-quarter mile yun; throwing the hammer, Sixteen pounds; running high jump; running broad jump; pole yaulting; putting the shot, sixteen pounds, O’Lzary AnD WEston.—Dispatches from London, dated the 8th inst., give the result of the long distance walking match between these celebrated pedestrians. Tho match was for £1,000 a side, the winner to be the one walking the greatest number of miles in six days. O'Leary proved to be the best man, walking 520 miles to Weston’s 510. Both men began wolking at 12.05 1. mu. on the morning of the 2d. O'Leary Sporting as colors a combination of the ved, white, and blue of the United States with the green of Ireland; Weston spotting the canary and green of Sir Jolin Astley, who furnished nearly all, if not all, of the £1,000 for which he was backed. The race from start to finish was a terrific one, es- pecially duting the first three days, when O'Leary got a lead of twenty-three miles, which Weston was unable to over- come, though during O’Leary’s illness on Thursday he nearly made up allthe lost ground, As may be expected, both men were badly used up, although not nearly so bad as was generally expected. Both, however, have the consola- tion. of knowing that they beat all previous performances, and are respectively first and second champions at long dis- tance walking. BASE BALL, —A splendid fielding game was played at Indianapolis on April 3d, on the occasion of the second return game of the series between the St. Louis and Indianapolis Clubs, the first of which was won by the latter nine on April 2d, by a score of 5 to 3. It will be remembered that the first game between the tyo nines played in St, Louis, March 2ist, resulted in the success of the St. Louis time by 6 to 3, the second being won by the Indianapolis nine the next day by 6to 4. Thereturn games were looked forward to with interest, the Browns an- ticipating success; but they found the local team of Indiana- polis decidedly too much for them, and in consequence they returned home defeated, there loosing three games out of the four played, This is not as favorable, an opening of the Season as the crack League team of St. Louis expected. One result will be a decided increase in the interest taken by the western fraternity in the coming contests between the League and International clubs. Below will be found the correct score of the model game played on the 3d inst. in Indian- apolis: 8T. LOUIS. R.1B,P 0.4.2. INDIANAPOLIS, B.1BPO.A.E. Olapp, €......+...--5 0 0 8 3 O/Quest, 2b........... 0447 9 McGeery, 2 b % O.1 1 2 2iMeSorleyyo f.....-5 0 0 1 0 0 Battin, 3b. 0 0 8 2 O/Mack, s,s, 00 12 0 Foree, 3.8 ... 0 0 2 3 0/Houtz,1 b, 0016 0 0 Remsen, c. ft, 0 0 2 0 0/Golden, |. fF 01000 Dorgan, 1. f.. 0 2 8 O O} int c...... SeOh elon aoee: °C Croft, 1 b.... . O 2 8 0 1) Warber,3b........ SO) ed. es beet} Lab Oe ort Sn 0 1 1 6 O/Rocap, r. f..,,,.... vw Ober, Ue 18 0 Nichols, p,--...01.. 0 O O & O|Nolan, p-............ Te) a0 Total.,.,..-..... 0 62745 3 Total..<..-2,.... 18 2718 0 St, WOMisse este; peceeses tote) a OO Oh 0 08 0—0- Indianwpolis......uscyeseeeeseese 0 0 U0 O HO 0 GO 1 O=1, Umpire, Chapman, of Louisville. Time, 1:80. Harned rung, none; first base by errovs, Indianapolis 3 times. : —On April 7th the new Athletics opened play in a match at Riverton; played with the amateur club of that place. The Athletic men included ** West,” Weaver, Fisher, Keach, Meyerle, Fulmer, Trott, Bensy, and Coons. The score was very one-sided, the figures being 25 to2in a seven inning game. The catcher put out 12 players off Weaver's pitch- ing, —The Lonisvilles opened play in a game with picked men on April 7th, thus playing their team as follows: Snydex, Deylin, Latham, Gerbardt, Wasue, Craver, Hall, Chapman, and Schaffer. Crawley caught and Lafferly pitched on the ern side, Pease playing at centre-field, The nine wou easily, —The Hartfords play the Alaskas on the Cuapitoline grounds on Friday. —The new professional nine of San Francisco have taken thé field, They began work by defeating a strong picked nine by a score of 12 to 3. —Base ball clubs ave being organized for the season by the dozen. At tho rate ney clubs are springing up, thore will he 2,000 nines on the fold by June, 153 —The new regulations governing the useof the ten regulad base ball fields located on the parade ground at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, a field nearly half a mile long by nearly a quarter wide, and all of level rolled and cut turt, will this season exclude all nines from playing which do not belong to regular base ball clubs, and these will have to get permits for eyery game they play. —The Philadelphia nine has been engaged, and thay will take the field shortly against the Athletics. The nine ik as follows; Malone, catcher; Lomas, pitcher (said to be yery switt); Abadie, first base; Farquhar, second base; Richard- son, third base; Dunlap, shovt stop; Treacy, left field; Higgler, centre field, and Bechtel, right field, —The Boston umpires for 1877 will be Messrs. Summer, Chandler, Fermo, Chepper, ond G. F. White. The Brooklyn umpires will be Messrs, Ducharme, Kenny, Bunce, Olare, and Brennan, —The following is the score of the game played April 7th, on the Capitoline Grounds, Brooklyn, on which occasion the Hartford's placed their full nine on the field except Joe Start. They played finely, as the scozxe shows. BIELD. HARTFORD, R. 1B. P.0.A. E. 8. 1B. P.O, A.B, D, Clare, ¢. f...--...- 0 8 1 0 1/Holdawh, c,f,.......5 1 2 0 0 Roseman, 6. 8......... 0 1 0 5 1/Burdock, 2 b........ 38.2 3 0 0 Booth, rf... 222s O 1 2 O O|Carey, 8. 8.....4..005 12000 Langhlin, 2 b., seeDe O! & 2 f)¥ork, Uofhclt es 22. iaq000 Dunne, Ist b 0 (15 0 1/Ferguson, 3 b.........4 8 0 3 0 Gibney, |. f. -0 1 1 0 O/Cassidy, ist b. 3 4800 McGlynn, c 0 1 5 4 $/Harbridge, c 0 213 2 9 Hankson, 3 -1 1 0 3 28)Allison, rif. el) 21 ol ORD Callahan, p........-.: 2 2 0 1 5|Larkin, p 2 0 8 FT Total , 15 15] ‘Total .....2...... 15 17 2% Field a OD. o a 4 Harton aoe eee, eB 0) TO om 0 SS Umpire, Mr. Ducharme; time of game, 2 honrs; first base by errors Field, 1, Hartford, 6; runs earned, Field, 3, Hartford, 6. Pree Indianapolis Club will play in Chicago on April —The Cincinnati Club's Captain has wisely decided to play Hallinan at second base, aud to keep himself in his home position in the out-field. Intecan Duck Sxoorme.—John Reeye, John Summerman, and George Haich were arrested on Saturday by constables Geo. H. Gardiner and Thomas McDonald, of Brooklyn, Anne Arundel County, charged with shooting at wild ducks from a boat in violation of the Maryland laws relating to wild fowl, The men were taken before Justice Hawking. who imposed a fme of $10 each, and confiscated the guns amd other ap- purtenances, Being unable to pay the fine the gunners were commutted tothe Annapolisjail, The county officers stated that forsome nights previous shooting ducks had been practiced from boats carrying lights, but they had been unableto catch the offenders. Saturday morning several boats were outnear the Long Bridge. The officers chased the boatin which theac- cused wereand caughtthem after quitea longchase. Themen state that they were entirely ignorant that they were violating any law. ‘Two of them are married men with families. ‘The law imposes a fine of from $10 to $100 for shooting at wild fowl from any vessel, float, canoe, or other craft, or from any blind over one hundred yards from the shore. Any person supplying a boat to-be used in violation of law is also liable to the same penalty. All boats, guns, and utensils used are forfeited under the law.—Ballimore Sun. SE EEEEEEnEEERAnIGEEEeEEeeee A Warts Durr.—An Escanaba (Michigan) correspondent says that a white deer was shot there last fall—perfectly white, the only dark hairs being behind the ears. The hoofs were almost transparent. Tt was a two-year old buck, To i a | We notices that the old firm of E, Walker & Sons, estab- lished in 1836, will remove May ist from 55 Dey Street to their new quarters, No. 14 Spruce Street. This is one of the the oldest, as it is certainly one of the largest, book binder- ies in the city. Their facilities for large and small jobs are not excelled by any other house, and for promptness and workmanship we can attest. ‘There is none better, Tiffany & Co,, Silversmiths, Jewelers, and Importers, have always a large stock of sil- ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, racing and other sports, and on request they prepare special designs for similar purposes, Theic timing watches areguaranteed for ac- curacy, and are now very generally used for sporting and scientific requirements, Tiffany & Co., are also the agents in America for Messrs. Patek, Philippe & Co., of Geneva, of whose celebrated watches they have a full line. Their stoek of Diamonds and other Pre- cious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes and Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, and the public are invited to visit their estab- lishment without feelingthe slightest obliga- tion ite purehase. Union Square, New York t Ve 154 Dhe Fennel. FIRST ANNUAL NEW YORK BENCH SHOW OF DOGS, Given under the auspices of the Westminster Kennel Club, at GILMORE’S GARDEN, May Sth, 9th and 10th, 1877. PRIZES AMOUNTING TO NEARLY $5,000 WILL BE AWARDED TO SPORTING AND NON-SPORTING DOGS. Prize Lists and Forms of Entry can be had of CHAS. LINCOLN, Supt, 17 Chatham Street, New York. Box 2832. ENTRIES OLOSE APRIL 25th, bapl4t FOREST CITY KENNEL KOR IMPORTED SETTERS. Dr. Goldsm?th’s celebrated dogs Plonket, Carrie, Rapp sud Nell have passed into the above Kennel. Plunket and Rapp will be used in the stud. For ser- vices and pedigrees address W. J. Farrar, Cleveland, O. Jan25-3m, WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB (FOR POINTERS.) Stud dog Sensation; lemon and white, weight 60 lbs,; winner of seyen prizes in England. Sirea by R. J.Liloyd Price’s Champion Jim, and from White- house’s celebrated Champion Field Trial Hamlet and Rap stock; just imporsed: 2} years old. Wee $35. For pedigree and full particulars opply to DR W, 3. WEBB, 7 West Fifty-fourth st.. N. Y. febl15 tf Spratt’s Patent Meat Fibrine Doz: GENUINE Cakes OS SSS IND NONE ARE STAMPED From the reputation these Meat Fibrine Cakes have now gained, they require scarcely any explanation to recommend them {0 the use of every one who keeps adog, sufficeit to say they are free from salt, and contain ‘‘dates,’’ the exclusive use of which, in com- bination with meat and meal to compose a biscuit is secured tous by Letters Patent. For sale in cases of 113 1bs. each. ¥,0,Dz LUZE, sole Agent, 18 South William street, New York. Special terms to dealers. DOGS CANNOT SLIP THIS COLLAK No matter how violently they pull, ihis collar will not choke or injure the dog. Made of heavy bridle leather with nickle plated trimmings. Sent by mail with name of dog or owner on name plate for $1.C0. Manufactured by ‘Thomson & Son, SOl Broadway, N. ¥. jand-tf Fleas, Fleas! Worms, Worms! STEADMAN’S FLEA POWDER FOR DOGS. A Bane to Fleas--A Boon to Dogs. This Powder is guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or any other animals, or money returned. Itis pub np in patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which greatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. Price 50 cents by mail, »ostpaid. ARECA NUT for Worms in DOGS. Acertainremedy. Put np in boxes containing a doz- en powders, with full directions for use. Price 50 cenis per box by mail. Both the aboye are recom mended by Aod and Gun and ForzeaTt AND STREAM. W, HOLBERTON, 102 Nassau St., New York, oct 12 OR YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL Stock from the choicest breeds inquire of M. P. McKOON Franklin, Del, Co., N.Y. dec28 6m ORSALE—A FINE LOT OF SCOTCH, Skye, Dandy Dinmont, and_Black-and-tan ter- fiers, Sporting Dogs, Maltese cats, Ferrets, d&c. Medi - ines for all diseases at L. N ER, 45 Great Jones street, N. ¥. Y Sept2i ly. ‘ OCKER SPANIEL PUPS for sale—two dogs and three gyps. Allliver and white. Very handsomely marked. Best of stock, _ Also, Red Setter Dog “ Mike,” Thoronghly broken. For particulars address Dr, P, E, Day, Bristol, BR. 1. OR SALE— TO MAKE KENNEL-ROOM FOR young stock, two thoroughbred, finely broken young setters. Excellent on Snipe, Woodcock, Quail and Grouse. Will show them in the field on Snipe. $126 the brace, or B76 each, J. von LENGHREH, Bapl2t Box 1095, New York. Che Fennel, RIZE IRISH AND LAVERACK SETTERS FOR SALE. Red Irish setter bitch Mustc, by “Plunket,” out of “Rosna,’’ 2 pure Irish bitch. Music was ist at Vay- nol Field Trials,and 2d at Crystal Palace show, is strony, healthy, and active. Shot over to grouse and partridge regularly. Price £30. Expenses to be paid by purchaser, “ Laverack "’ setter bitch BeRrHA, white and black ticked, good in field, shot over to partridge and hare. Pedigrees: By Laversck’s ‘‘ Prince,” out of ‘Blue Belle.” Purebred, ‘Blues Belle’ is own sister to Liewellin’s ‘*S3m and Lill.” Berra isa splendid little bitch, compact, active, and very fast. Price £50 (lowest figure). Aged two years. The champion retriever, Panis. Invaluable for fielcl and stock purposes. Winner of the following prizes: Ist Ipswich, on game in the field; Crystal Palace Champion Prize, 1872; Dublin 1st Prize, 1872; Champion Prize, 1873; lst and cup,1873. Not ex- ae a after 1874, when he was beaten by his own stock. Heis the grandest stud dog that has ever been at the service of the public in England, his fee being £5, 5s, He has secured a great many nominations. Price, £50. Expenses not to be paid. Address GEORGE BREWES, Horsehesth Lodge, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England. 12apl3t NY GENTLEMAN LIVING IN THE VICINITY of good shooting can haye a red Setter Pup of good stock by addressing L., FoRERT anp STREAM Office, 6apllt WILL SELL CHEAP, OR EXCHANGE FOR {blue blood) Setter Pup, my thoroughbred En- glish Greyhound, Guy "’ (see Kennel Register, New York), and young Bitch, ‘‘Fleet.” This is a good chance to secure valuable stock at a bargain, No better blood in America, J. Hy. ROBERTS, Saplat 4,507 Rubicam Aye., Germantown, Phila. OR SALE,—A No. 1 BROKEN SETTER DOG, 2% years old, very handsome. Oan give good refer- ences as to qualities. Good reason for selling. Ad- dress T, DENMEAD, Jk., P. O. Box 458, Baltimore, Md. 1t. 4 OR SALE—AN ENTIRE KENNEL OF SETTERS, consisting of pure Irish, English, and Field trial Strain; oné Pointer Pup, from Quesn, by the celebrated *-McGregor."’ Address P. 0. Box 645, Hudson, New York. apl12-1 ENNEL FOR BREEDING, REARING, BOARD- ing, exercising, and training Setters and Pointers. Refer to Forrest AnD STREAM, and others, Address Ez. 58. WANMAEER, Hohokus, Bergen Co., N. J. ahotiges. saplit far Sule. TO PURCHASERS OF PURE-BRED ALDERNEY STOCK. Gamilla Lacey, near Dorking, Surrey. MESSRS WHITE & SONS (of Dorking, Surrey, Eng- } land, beg to announce that they are honored with | jnstructions from the owner to offer for sale by pub- lic auction, at Camilla Lacey, Westhumble, near Dork- ing, on TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1877, 8 selection from the celebrated herd, consisting of twelye or fourteen PURE FAWN AND SILVER GRAY COWS AND HEIFERS, AND ONE BULL. The Auctioneers haye much pleasure and confi- dence in calling the attention of intending purchasers to the yery unusual opportunity afforded by this sale ofacquiring stock descended from the most famous herds in the country, and which will be sold entirely in consequence of the farm being oyerstocked, Descriptiye catalogues will be published in due time, and may be obtained of the Auctioneers, Dork- ing, Surrey, England. ap'll25t, Ludlow "Trout Co. ROOK TROUT FRY FOR SALE IN any quantity at suit parties, Fry delivered if required. H. CROWELL, Ludlow, Janl1l—-3m Mc Kean Co., Pa, OR SALE, CHEAP.—AN IRON STEAM YACHT, 58 feet long, 7}2 feet beam; speed, 15 miles an hour. Cabin 20teet long, handsomely fitted. Double cylinder engine, 6x8. For further particulars address P. O. Box 229, Bor- dentown, N. J. BROOK TROUT FOR SALE. £3>-The undersigned wishing to close out a partner- ship will sell his stock of fry yearlings and two-year olds, at low prices. F. W. Eppy, Randolph, Cattaraugus, N. Y. OR SALE.—A PARKER BREECH-LOADING SHOT Gun, with fine Damascus barrels. 12 gauge, weight 9 pounds. Address M. A. Boswonrs, North Brookfield, Mass, ARTIES WISHING TO SEND THEIR DOGS TO the country during the close season can find a very desirable spot. Also those having young dogs that they wish handled. For terms, &c., address WARREN LOWE, Guilford, Conn. Sportsmen's Rontes, A NEW WAD. The FIBRE WAD will give better penetration and pattern than Eley’s wadding. Is elastic and plastic, and will hold the load SECURELY IN BRASS SHELLS. Will not take fire or blow to pieces, Price, per box of 250, 25c. for 12 and 10, and 80c. for 8 bore. Sample sent by mail on receipt of price, Liberal discount to the trade. Address DELAWARE CARTRIDGE CO., baplsm Wilmington, Delaware. ISH CULTURE ESTAGLISHMENT FOR SALE, The undersigned desiring to open 2 new estab- lishment at a remote point, offers one of the largest and most proiitable Fish Culture stations in the United States for sale to a good customer, A large, modern style, new house, and three acres of land go withit. Address, FRaNE N. CLank, NorvrHyYILuLE, Mrox. ap'1l2 4t, (25 miles from Detroit.) E WANTED TO 500 ACTIVE AGENT. sell our Hix- celsior Letter Copying Book. No press, brush, water, or pad used. Oopies on dry paper. Send $3 and we will forward a 300 page book, full letter size, by mail, postpaid. Inquire of any Commercial Agency as to our responsibility. Send stamp for circular. EXCELSIOR MANUFACTURING CO., 110 Dearborn Street, Chicago. baplTt Complete Shooting Suit $10. $10. $10. Warranted better than any in the market, Sent by mail for $10.75. 1,000 testimonials on file, which say that ** Holabird makes the best Shooting Suit in the World.” This Suit is to beat the cheap trash in the market, which sell for more money. Should you want auything extra-fine I can maké it. Send for my Circular Price List and Sample of Goods. mar22-3m W. H. HOLABIRD Valparaiso, Ind. Wild Fowl Shooting. HINNECOCK BAY.—WM. L, LANE announces to his sporting friends that ducks and geese are arriving in great numbers, and the prospect for good shooting is now excellent. Liye wild geese and other decoys, batteries, boats and prompt attendance at all times. WM. N. LANE, Good Ground, L. 1. Mars 6 WE dozen assorted Trour Fries sent by mail on 0) receipt of $1. J. R. SouxvyneR, Bloomsburg, Pa. ap'l12, 2¢, eee IN FLY TYING,—By an ex- perienced fiy-dresser. Refer to aes & Imprie, Address JOHN HAILY, 820 Henry Oct 12-fm 43 Maiden Lane. street, New York = FOR $2.00 AM HAPPY TO INFORM MY MANY friends and costomers that I have now ready the most Complete Game Bag ever invented, it has capacity for 75 Quail, Pocket room for 5@ shells, is yery light, weighing butafew ounces. Itcan be worn over a busitiess coat, orcan be worn under, as you please, The material is water-proof drill. Sent postpaid on receipt of price, Money refanded if not satisfactory. Seud chest measure only. W. H. HOLABIRD, Vulparaiso, Ind. marl5-3n1. FOR FLORIDA. 3. OR THROUGH TICKETS TO FER- NANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, 8ST. AUGUS- TINE, SANFORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings on ST. JOHN’S RIVER and interior points in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, Gen’! Agent, Philadelphia and Southern Mail 8. S. Co., 416 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia Deci4-ly vec ass me Ln Charleston, S$. C., The South and the Southwest AND THE FLORIDA PORTS, EVERY Wednesday and Saturday At 3 o’clock P. M. From PIER 29, N R. CITY OF ATLANTA. CHAMPION. Capt, M.S. Woodhall. Capt. R. W. Lockwood, GULF STREAM. G. W. CLYDE, Capt. 8. Crowell, Capt, Ingrahm. The aboye steamers have been handsomely fitte- up for the convenience of passengers, and gre unri yalled on the coast for Safety, Speed and Comfort. Close connections at Charleston with the favorite and well-known Florida packets DIOTATOR, re Vogel; CITY POINT, Capt. Scott, for FERNAN- DINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE PA- LATKA, ENTERPRISE, MELONYILLE and all points in Plorida. EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES. ("Insurance to destination ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT. _ Goods forwarded free of Commiselon, Passage tickets and Bills of Lading issued and signed at the office of JAMES. W. QUINTARD & CO., Agents, No. 177 West Street, cor, Warren, or W. P. CLYDE & CO., No. 6 Bowling Green. Through Freight Tariffs, Passage Tickets by all routes and to all points in the Sonsh and Sonthwest, aud farthér iaformation can be obtained at the office of | BENTLEY D. HASELL, General Agent, Great Southern Freight Line, 317 Broadway, corner of Thounas street, dec? iy FOREST AND STREAM. a ; — Sportsmen's Boutes, TO SPORTSMEN: THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. COMP’Y Respectfully invite attention to the Superior Facilities afforded by their lines for reaching most of the TROT- {NG PARES and RACK COURSES in the Middle States, These lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the difficulties and aan- gers of reshipment, while the excellent cars run over the smooth steel tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANS- PORTED without failure or injury. The lines of The Pennsylyaxia Railroad Company algo reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING in Pennsylyania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the oflices of the Company in all the principal cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, and Still Hunting. Also, to TUCKERTON, BEECH HAVEN, CAPE MAY, SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN AND FEATHER. D, M. BOYD, Jz., Gen’) Pass. Agent, FRanE THompson, Gen’! Manager. febi7 tf “THE BERMUDAS.” OW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHT- FUL Winter Resort, iz reached in seventy hours from New York, and being surronnded by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an equable temperature of abont 70° The elegant British Steamships ‘Bermuda’ and *“Camina,”’ 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- er travel, are dispatched from New York for Bermu- fortnightly, making connection at Ber=uda with steamers for $1, Thomas and West Indies. For full information apply to A, E, OUTHRBRIDGE, Agent, 29 Broadway, N. Y, Dev?1-ly, ‘OR NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD AND THE NORTH.—The new and elegant steamer, C, H. NORTHAM, leaves Pier No, 25, East River, daily (Sundays excepted), at 3 P.M. Passengers to North and Hast at122.M. NIGHT LINE.—The ELM CITY leayes New York atll p, m., arriving in New Haven in tims for the early morning trains. Merchandise forwarded by daily express freight train from New Haven through to Massachusetts, Vermont, Western New Hampshire, Northern New York, and Canada. Freight received until 6 p. x. RICHARD PECK, General Agent. OLD DOMINION LINE. The steamers of this line reach some of the finest waterfowl and upland shooting scections in the conn- try. Connections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb's island, and pomts on the Peninsula. City Point dames river, Currituck, Florids, and the mountainous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk steam- ers sail Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; Delaware steamers Monday and Thursday,3p.m. Full infor- mation given at office, 197 Greenwich street, New York. sep28 ly Hotels and Resorts for Hportsmen. ALSEY HOUSE, Atlanticville, L. I. A SUMMER RESORT, and for Sportsmen all the year, will open June 265th. New house accommodates Fifty guests. various sizes and exposures, Perfectly healthy. A fine oak grove of two acres at rear of house, Nearer to and larger than any house bordering on Shinnecock Bay, Surf and Still Bathing, Boating, Duck, Goose, Snipe, and Quail Shooting. References from former guests. Send for aciroular. Rooms of ap'll? 5t. W.F.HALSEY, Sportsmen's Gaods. SIGN OF THE GOLD SHIRT. u Bois, Fulton St., THE SHIRT Popular MAKER. Blegant Scarfe and Ties, Cents up. From 50 ante nD, foe ; Byiivan's Goods TIE “BOSTON Mi SUIT NOW RECOCNIZED )) AS THE Standard Outfit SPORTSMEN. Hach Garment Distinctly Marked: BOSTON . SHOOTING fone aL MADE BY G. W. Simmons & Son, PRICE $13 Sample of Material AND ~OIRCULAR. ADDRESS; GW. SIMMONS & SON, “OAK HALL,” BOSTON, MASS. Sportsmen's Goods. FISH & SIMPSON, Professional Dead Ball, The Best Ball Made, . Used by all }| the leading clubs throughout the ‘ Si United States. Samples by mail, post-paid, at $1. Samples of = AMATETE DEaD BALLS, by mail,76 cents, Send stamp for reduced illustrated price-list of all our Base-ball, Fishing Tackle, and Sporting Goods, . FISH & SIMPSON, augi?iy 132 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK. MORTIMER & KIRKWOOD, Gun and Rifle Makers, 24 Him st., Boston, Mass, All Kinds of Breech-Loading Work ef- fected in the most approved style. GUNS BORED FOR CLOSH AND HARD SHOOTING. Decl4-ly. THE °76 SHOOTING COAT, (PATENTED), First Class Shooting Garments, In great yariety, Send for Circular. GEO. C. HENNING, 410 Seventh street. Washington City, Feb22-ly. Improved Climax €reaser, Loader, Cap-Expeller and Shell Extractor, with Reversible Loading and Creusing Cylinder, Price, $2 50. Also the ‘Hold Fast” shell extractor. Price, 75 Cents. For Sale by all gun dealers. Address W. 6. HALL, . ILaneaster, Pa. mars if Goods Oil Tanned Moccasins The best thing ever worn by sportsmen. Not injured by wet- ting and drying —always soft and easy to the feet, Four dif- ferent styles. Prices to ¥ suit the times. Send for ee illustrated circnlar and price list. (Successor to Frank Good). MARTIN S. HUTCHINGS, P. O. Box 368 Dover, N. H. W. Holberton, 102 Nassan st., N. Y., Agents. NEW GUN ESTABLISHMENT, Where can be found all kinds of GUNS, both BREECH and MUZZLH LOADERS. PISTOLS, PARLOR RIFLES, AIR PISTOLS, POW- DER, SHOT, CAPS, CARTRIDGES, SHELLS, FISH-~ ING TACKLE, and everythiug appertaining to a first-class establishment, Lefever Breech-Loaders a Specialty. REIP & CO., 335 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore. Founded July 4, 1808. baplly \ = aN cane ee => > Thos. W. Sparks, Shot and Bar Lead MANUFACTURER, Office 121 Walnut St., Philadelphia Se 2 pg ae gs SCRE CURE—UNEXCELLED, “S}IB4 ISAC | SANDAL WOOD. Recommended by the Mcdical Profession. _ Pleasant to Take. FOREST AND STREAM. __ 165 Sportsmen's GOaods, ishing Cackle. Sportsmen's Emporium, 1002 Nassan St., New York. if Camping, Shooting, and Fishing Tackle of eyery description, including Tents, Blankets, Rubber Goods, Flannel Shirts, ete. S0LE AGENTS IN NEW YORE FOR Captain Bogardus’ Patent Roughed Glass Balls; Duncklee’s Camp Stoves; Boudren’s Jack, Dash and Fishing Lamps ; Bond's Fold- ing Boats; Fenner’s Trunk Boats; Sara J. McBride's Standard Trout Flies; Thad. Nor- ris’ Split Bamboo and Greeheart Rods; Good’s Moccasins; Holberton’s Fly Books, holding flies at full length. BLACK BASS. The Celebrated Ferguson Single Cock, Hol- berton, Turkey, Academy, May, and other Black Bass Flies on hand, tied for casting with light rods, Directions furnished, if desired, how, when, and where to fish with artificial fies for Black Bass. Hand-Made Fly Rods, of the beat quality for Trout and Black Bass, from $7 upward, Eyery rod warranted. Teonard’s Split Bamboo Fly Rods. The Fox Patent Gun, the best and cheapest breech-loader yet offered toSportsmen, Bogardus’ Glass Ball Traps, ecach $12 sett. Three Traps, $80 ; Balls, $2.50 per 100. Spratt’s Dog Biscuit. Hart’s Metal Shells and Celluloid Reels, Shooting and Fishing Suits all styles and prices, and everything else useful and neces- sary. to Sportsmen. Send 10 cents for illustrated catalogue, containing Hints on Fry FisHine, CAMPING, AND SHOOTING; RULEs FoR GuAss Ban SHoormnc, by Captain Bo- GARDUS. Send no money by mail, only draft or P. O, order, Discount to the trade. : W, HOLBERTON, P.O. Box 5109, apli2 fishing Carkle. Sportsmen’s Depot. (ESTABLISRED 1836.) First premium at World’s Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition. JOHN KRIDER, N, &. Cor Second and Walnut Sis., Philadelphia. GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, FISHING TACKLE, RODS, RE&LS, LINES HOOKS, FLIES, LEADERS, SNOODS, ARTIFICIAL BAIT, FLY BOOKS, ETC., ETC. = Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies made to order, ‘ALSO, “KRIDER'S” CELEBRATED CENTER ENAMEL SPLIT AND GLUED BAMBOO RODS. Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in great varieties—Tax- idermy in all its branches. SPRATI’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. Repairing of all kinds. mar4-ly A. B. SHIPLEY & SON. MANUFACTURERS AND TBARS OF Fine Fishing Tackle, FISH RODS, MOUNTINGS, &e. Shipley’s ‘‘Prize Medal’ Split Bamboo and Green Heart Trout, Salmon and Bass Fly Rods, Reels, Lines, Leaders, Floats, Artificial Flies, Bone, Metal, and Nickle Squids for Sea, Riyer and Brook Fishing, A SPECIALTY OF THE CELEBRATED Green Heart Wood. for Amatuer rod makers. Prize Medal Awarded at Franklin Institute 1874, and Centennial Exhibition 1876, for Rods, Lines, Reels, Flies, Artificial Baits, &c. mari-Gm 503 Commerce &t,., Philadelphia. CO ASSETS, HALESON Six Strip Split Bamboo Ely Itods A SPECIALTY. $25 Hach Quality Guaranteed. ALEO COMBINED GREEN HART AND SPLIT BAMBOO RODS, BUTT AND JOINT OF GREAN HEART, AND TIPS OF SPLIT BAMBOO, $30 Each FLIES, LINES, &c.,, AT RE- DUCED RATES, im BRADFORD & ANTHONY, 374 Washington Street, BOSTON, MASS,, Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Offer their usual extensive assortment of STAPLE GOODS, and are introducing this season some NEW and DESIRABLE articles, We call attention to the PATENT ADJUSTABLE FLOATS AND ADJUSTABLE SINKERS, which can be attached and detached at will, without knotting or tying the line, or removing the bait or hook. Can also be moyed readily on the line, and remain fixed wherever placed. These are rapidly taking the place of the old-fashioned floats and ringed sinkers. SPLIT BAMBOO FLY RODS from $15 to 350 each. We make a specialty of Artificial Flies, Our stock is unequalled in yariety and extent,and unexcelled in quality. BRADFORD & ANTHONY received the award of the U.S. Centennial Commission in 1876 for “ Ex- haustive Variety of Anglers’ Apparatus, especially HOOKS, LINES, RODS, ARTIFICIAL FLIES, * * of the BEST QUALITY.” Our Illustrated Wholesale Catalogue of Fishing Tackle will be mailed to any dealer whose address is sent to us. baplit L.H. ABBEY. ANDREW CLERE, Z Special. 48 Maiden Lane. te 0. Box 1294 s5Liberty Street.) NEW YORK. ABBEY & IMBRIE, (Successors to Andrew Clerk & Co.) New York, London, and Redditch, Importers, Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in FISHING TACKLE OF Kyery Description and Quality, We particularly call attention to our extenSive as- sortment of fine goods for sportsmen, such as Salmon Trout, and Black Bass Flies and Snell Hooks, on hand and tied to order; Cuttyhuonk and Pasque Islands Bass Lines, Water-proof Braided Silk Lines, etc., ete. Every genuine A. L. Leonard's Six-Spliced Bamboo Salmon, Trout, and Bass Kod is marked “H, L. Leon ard, maker, Abbey & Imbrie, sole agents.”’ Beware of imitations. Sole agents for the McCord Patent Celluleid Black Bass Reel, and Aiken Black Bass Rod. Proprietors of the celebrated Winchester Patent Braided Rods. Sole importers of Joseph Warrin’s Drill-Eyed and Beg-Byed Needles. ; Parties fitted out with appropriate tackle for th Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, Adi- rondacks, etc., etc. Orders by mail will receive the personal attention of the firm. C. F. D1eeiz, (CELLULOID PATENT.) Trolling and Click Reels. The finest Reels made light, durable and finely finished. Ask your dealer for them. GEORGE EH. BART & Co., Newark, N. J. Refer to Dr. W. W. Ely, kochester, N. Y., anc Dr. J. R. Romeyn, Keesyille, N. Y. juzotf. MeBride Fties. Medal and Diploma from International Exhibition Philadelphia, 1876, decreed for exceedingly neat werk with solidity of construction. A fine assortment of flies for trout, salmon snd bass constantly on hand, Also casting-lines. Plies carefully selected for any locality. Goods promptly made to order from ay pattern desired. Address SARA d. MoBRiDE, Mumfora, Monroe co., N. ¥Y.. W. Holberton ,\ Sole Agent for New York and vicinity. febls4m. H. L. LEONARD, Manofacturer of Fine Fly, Bass, Salmon and Trent Reds of Split Bamboo, or any desired material, avd Improyed Light Reels. Sold by all principal dealers in fishing tackie through- out the United States. Every variety of Fishing Tackle always on hand. ARTIFICIAL FLIES TIED TO ORDER, Noy23-tF Bangor, Maing» 156 Fishing Gackle, CARD. Dr. Fowier’s Celebrated Six Strip Bam- hoo Fly-Rods. Improved and finished without cutting away the enam- el. The strongest and handsomest rodsin the world. Priyate orders solicited for all kinds of fine tackle. Rods sent per express on approval. Send for circu- lar. A. H, FOWLER, Ithaca, N.Y. NORRIS’ FLY RODS, Of greenheart and rent and glued bumboo, for trout, salmon and bass, Also trout, salmon and bass flies, reels, lines, leaders,, fiy-books, etc., ete. Agent in New York for rods, HOLBERTON & BEEMER, 102 Nissan st. Fernlés and other materials foruished to amateur rod makers. Thaddeus Norris, 208 WEST LOGAN SQ@U ARK, PHILA. g@ublications, THE 2 California Horticulturist AND FLORAL MAGAZINE, BE. J. HOOPER, Envrron. This is the best periodical published on the Pacific Coast, Tts Rod and Gun Department, makes it additionally attractive to Sportsmen. Terms, $2.00 per annum, Published by John H. Carmany & Ca,, 409 Washington Street, San'Franciscto. Sapltt Seed Time Cometh! Qur twenty-fourth edition of the Flower and Hitchen Garden Directory, illustrated, for 1877. is now ready for distribution, embracing a complete List of the Best Standard Boston Market Varieties of Vegetable Seeds, snd the most beautiful of Flower Seeds, and other Horticnaliural Requisites; it will be forwardea free to all former customers, and others on application. CURTIS & COBB, recently removed to 11 Avon &t., Boston, Mass. By CHARLES HALLOCK,; 4 a4 mn tora, i) AUTHOR OF THE FISHING TOURIST. Published by Forest and Stream Pub- lishing Coa. No. 17 CHATHAM STREET, NEW YORK, And for sale by all booksellers. Sent by mail, post- age prepaid, on receipt of price at oflice of pnblica- tion. Bound Voiumes Forest and Siream. SEVENTH. VOLUME NOW READY. First Four Volumes $4 each, Others $3.50. A complete set of the FOREST AND STREAM, seven volumes,bound handsomely in cloth—a yaluable library for the sportsman—can now be obtained on application to this office. Hallock’s Fishing Tourist. This work will be of great service at this season to anglers selecting localities for ishing, either for Trout or Salmon. For sale Ly Harper & Brothers, or at the office of Forest and Stream. Price $2. apl6 tf ADIRONDACK GUIDE. BY E. R. WALLACE. Giyes all possible information relative to Routes, Hotels, Resorts, Outfits, Guides, Distances, &c., with amended railway schedules, &c. . The © ly Gompiete Cuide to o the North Woods. The instructions embrace everything that can be de- sired, Taking itall in all,it is the most complete bonk that has been published on the Adirondacks, not excepting even my own—Hon. J. T. Headley. lregard your ‘Descriptive Guide"and the'Appendix” a5 4 most neefnl—nay, indispensable, manual for tonr- fsts to that wonderful Wilderness. A tour in that reyionis eminently a practical matter, and for that reason L regard your “*Guide”’ as an important, usefa, gnd timely pablication.—Benson J. Lossing, Ttis the ondy thing of the kind that has yet been pub- ltahed—the very thing that has been so long wanted and waited for.—Alfred B. Sirzel, Author of “Woods and Waters.” Sent by mail on receipt of price, $2. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., (by whom the copyright is now held.) Aug 10 tf 17 Chatham street, N. XY. City. ‘FOREST AND STREAI] Moating: RUSHTON’S HUNTING & PLEASURE 8O0ATS. Combine BEAUTY STRENGTH and STEADI- NESS. The LIGHTEST sporting boat, in the world, Weight, 25 ponnds and unward. Will carry two to four persons and baggage. Cedar siding, oak Keel, stems, ef. (do not fold up). Also CANOSS, weight 35 pounds 4. H. RUSHTON, Manufacturer, Can- ton, St. Lawrence County, N. Y- Mar 9, ly Fenner’s Portable Boat Meets the demand of sportsmen for a boat which is light and compact to. carry. easily and quickly made for the water, strong, steady, noiseless, of hght draught, and of the form beet adapted to general use. Four sizes made fer one to six men, costing from $35 to $60 New “valise” pattern for one man; packs 11522527 inches, and weights 25 pounds, Can be seen at Hotherten & Beemer’s, New York, and Bradford & Anthony's, Boston, Address C. A. > Mystic River, Cr ane24 6m Miscellaneous, Valuable Books for All Who Contemplate Building. Ne at renin cr mS (Reduced cut of Perspective View, Plate 28.) Weoollett’s Villas and Cottages. This List Comprises the Best Selling Books on Archi- lecture. Carpentry and Stair—Building. 7 Atwood’s Modern American Homeésteads. 46 plates of Elevations, and plans of Subarban and Country Houses, drawn to scale. OneS Vib: WMO en OUH A. pis sia oe v irieeraeeie ie nie wale Bree 3 ei $3 50 Bickneli’s Wooden and Brick Buildings. YVol. First-ClusS WOTK.,..... 200 eee ceececre sees eres 9 00 Bicknell’s Wooden and Brick Buildings. Yol. 2; 80 9x12 plates of Street and Store Fronts, Libraries, Halls, School Houses, Churches, Hotels, Railway Stations, Stables, Ont Build- ings, miscelluneous.details, etc., etc......... These volumes on Wooden ana Brick Bnild- Ings, contain a better class of studies than shown in any other practical work issued, aud are the cheapest works of the kind pub- Lishied) 9c wae Setnatichencataes pe iubereee aces Bicknell’s Village Builder and Supplement. A standard work containing 77 plates of a great yariety of designs, suited to all sections of the country, Large quartos.......... Bie en 12 Bicknell's Supplement to Village Builder. 20 plates ....4...-.-- Seer ete sede ier epe dae 5 Bicknell’s Detail Coutage aud Constructive Ar- chitecture, This work has been worth hun. dreds of dollars to many of our customers. We advise all who are not supplied, to procure acopy. 76 full 9x12 plates........-....... - 10 00 Bell's Carpentry Made Easy....... oO pars 5 00 Croft's Progressive American Architecture. A new work of 97 plates of Country and Sn- burban Houses, and a great variety of exterior and ivterior details. Oue large vol.......... 10 00 9 00 Uumming’s Architectural Details........ ++, 10 00 Cummings & Millers Architectural Details..... 10 00 Hyeleth's School Honse Architecture. -........ 6 00 Copley’s Plain and Ornamental Alphabets. .... 3 00 Frank’s Monumental Designs,....:............ 9 00 Gould’s Carpenters’ and Builders’ Assistant.... 3 00 Gould's American Stair Builders’ Guide, with Supplement of 5 plates of Newels, Rails and BALUSLETEM toe -~ pus cate cenerie- seed fisted + 400 Guillaume’s Interior Architecture......... ... 3 00 Harney’s Barns and Ont Buildiugs,.. ....-.... 6 00 Hallett’s Builders’ Specificanons............ veo 27D Loth’s Practical Stair Builder,...... ertrtavee ce! 10/00 Monckton’s Stair Builder......-...... etre u dates 6 00 Monckton's Carpenter and Joiner........... nae 00 Withers’ Church Architecture,............. ser 15 00 Woodward’s Nationa: Architect, new edition containing 108 plates......-..---.++.- apaeik: BR Woollett’s Villas and Cottages; or, Homes for All. Containing 40 plates of preliminary Simdies. ..0.....04- ; : 8 00 All of the above named books mailed free, to any address, on receipt of price. Address Forust AND STREAM, mri5 Whitney’s Florida Pathfinder for the Vourist aud Invalid. eee POINTS VISITED IN FLORIDA. Hotels on the routes. St. John’s River St, An- gustine, etc, The latest schedules of routes to flori- da, with maps. Also maps of the St. John’s and Upper St. John’s River, St. Augustine, etc. etc. Arranged and published by John Prescott Whitney. Season of 1876-77. Issued from Pathfinder office, 66 John street, N. ¥, P.O, Box éz2, Send 2 cents to J. P. W., Box 522, N. ¥. jan¢it R. L. NEWCOMB, TAXIDERMIST, NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS, Wading and aquatic birds of New Bngland coast a pecialty. Collections or apecimens furnished. instroctions civen may25 New York Mailing Agency. with latest improved Newspaper Tolding aud jusiling Machines. 13Spruce St.,4th docr from Tribune Buildings. J S BRADY, Manager aud Proprietor. Open day and night, MANUFAGTURER OF Fine Fishing Rods, Reels, and Artificial Flies, AND DEALER IN FISHING TACKLE, — Manchester, Vermont. Send for Descriptive Price Lists. Mention Forrst anp STREAM, =— highest grade isas ysual marked the PREMIER QUALITY. W. & C. SCOTT & SON’S. First Prize Medal and Diploma awarded Centennial Exhibition, fore cellence of workmanship and material in their Premier Quality and me- dium grades. Their New Patent Triplex Lever Grip Action and Com- Ppensating Lump. ‘The attention of sportsmen is requested to the above new action. Its superior strength and solidity impart greatly improved shoot- ing powers. Hard hitting, being the desideratum required, is obtained by this powerful gun. Prices of the New Triplex Lever Grip, $175, $225 to $400. Marked the Triplex 10-bores extra. Our Extract from PoREsT AND STREAM, New York, December 26, 1876, Contributed by one of the Judges of Awards 07 Guns at the Centennial: This action (The Triplex Lever Grip) combines in the highest degree strength and simplicity, and must rapidly secure the favor of all who test its merits, COMPENSATING LUMP. Sironglyrecommended, It is invalnable, and should be ordered on eyery gun. dealers in the trade only. Costs about $10 extra. Choke-bores, medium orfnll. Our guns to ba had of the principal PREMIER GUN WORKS, Birmingham, Englard i Tl xl THOMSON’S - Sole Leather, Shell Top GUN CASE. CATALOGUE OF SPORTSMEN'’S WATERPROOF CAS- SEND STAMP FOR ILLUSTRATED VASS AND LEATHER GOODS. P.O, BOX 1016 THOMSON & SON, 301 BROADWAY, N. ¥. THE “FLORIDA NEW YORKER.” Publiahed at 21 Park Row, New York, Is read by terested in advertising any Southern pr! Advertising tates very low. per year; single copies, every Sout! ing this ab terests. everybody Florida. 10 cents. hern man—ought to feel a pride le and influential advocate of Southern in- in the North, East and West in- There isno better medium for operty for sale or rent. Subscription price $2 Every Floridian — in sustain- The number for Noy. tst, with immense map and beautiful Florida views, is a Centennial pro- duction which, as the New York Graphic “places Florida one hundred years ahead. Qpan. Ru tions for Handling the G A VALUABLE BOOK. FRANK SCHLEYS Amertcun Partridge and Pheasant Shooting. Describing the Haunts, Habits and Methods of Shooting on the Wing. to the Address City, Ma. 6. deca Price $2. Liberal discount Nl Frederick FRANK SCHLEY, Tobe it AMiscellayeaus, A Sportsman’s Opportunity GENTLEMAN OWNING A LARGE farm, situated in a fine shooting district near Philadelphia. wishes to arrange for a resident partner upon the farm. A Sportsman's Clnp is now in pro- cess of formation, and it is proposed to stock the ad- jacent waters with fish and to lease adjoining lands for shooting purposes. 1,000 acres have heen already secured, and arrangements bave been made for # full supply of fish for stocking the streams, A centle- man of leisure, who is willing to reside 6 toouths or more upon the farm will lind this a pleasant business connection, For further particulars address B. L, SPACKMAN, 123 South 2d S8t., Philadelphia, marl5-tf ATTENTION RIFLEMEN! The “FOREST & STREAM” New Hand-Book for Riflemen. Practice and Competition. Practical Hints Lek es Ranges, Targets, Scoring, Rifles, Shoot ing, ete. Forms for Organization of Rifle Associa tions, By-Laws, and a Rifie Associations in America. Tiinstrated with Maps, Sketches, and Diagrams. By Mason Geo. O. Spann, Secretary American Rifle As- ciation. eo) vol. 18mo, cloth, Price S50 cents. Sold by all booksellers, or maile postpaid, on re- ceipbof price, by J. B. 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The curving beach of moistened sand, With wild deer foot-tracks printed, Tue cliff by eagles’ pinions fanned, Dark forest moonlight tinted! Shadowed by rocks, storm hewn, Beneath the midnight moon The lonely lake in beauty lies, And mirrors back the starry skies, And echoes to the looo’s weird cries, The laughter of the loon! When early sunlight tips the hills With blushing color glowing, The lake's cold bosom stirs and thrills, Soft winds the mists are blowing; And through its silver sheen The frowniug crags are seen, Till upward, rolling through the air, White clouds disciose a landscape fair, Bright waters framed in green are there, In woods and meadows green. Ones more in thought ‘my lines are cast” Within these ‘‘pleasant places;” With friends of yore I liye the past, And see their happy faces. On fragrant boughs we lie, Or cast the whirling fly; Make music with thé spinning reel, As with the rod the trout we feel, Or make the speaking rifle peal, And hear the echoes die! In sylvan camp among the trees, With bed of soft, dry mosses; Where we, extended at our ease, Defied life’s vares and crosses, The pure cold-water spring, The stoves set in a ring ; Where at the coming of the night Our fire blazed with its cheerful light, Each one elt ‘king in his own right,” As happy as a king, There oftin dreams my fancies tend This coldand dreary weather, Aud once again, my dearest friend, We roam the woods together, J see the sunshine gleam On mountain, pond, and stream; And all these in my visions shine, Dim, golden, with a light divine, Aud Tam glad this dream is mine, Andis not alla dream ! Quail Shooting Extraordinary. a’ Oe PTICS, comein! You are the yery person I want to see, Yousaid you wanted to go quail shooting, Now, if you are of the same mind, meet me at —— Depot to- morrow morning at 6 o'clock with about fifty or sixty shells loaded with No, 8 or No. 9 shot, and I will take you where I know there are two or three beyies of quail. Iam going to work a new dog I had sent to me, and can’t therefore promise much sport, as ‘Pat’ is untried on quail, so far as Iam con- cerned. And ‘Larry,’ my reliable, is laid up with the dis- temper. Your dog, you tell me, is unbroken, and we, asa matter of course, will not want him to spoil a day’s shooting by taking him along.” “All right, iy boy! Iwill be with you, although I'm afraid you will be disgusted with me, forI am somewhat in- disposed, and unfit for a day’s tramp.” So we agreed, True to our appointment, we boarded the train the fol- lowing morning for a twenty-five mile ride on the rail- road, The morning was hazy, threatening cold, and the Jeaden skies unpromising, but we were hopeful, as “Old Prob,” had been consulted in an early edition of the morning paper, and assured us there would be no rain that day, We bowled L along rapidly, until at length the polite con- informed Ke that the next station was where wa r | we gathered ke be as the whistle i ee sounded shrill in the morning air at our destination. Alighting on the platform I was much surprised and no little amused to see standing near the station a Son of Erin whom I had known as a city friend of the farmer with whom we were going to make our headquarters for the day, and who lived about a mile from the station. Our Milesian friend was bedecked in all the paraphernalia of the natty sportsman. Acanyas shooting suit—leggins— and game bag too. A speckled mongrel setter, who looked as though his mother had been scared bya Dalmatian dog, sat in the mud at his feet. His firearm was a muzzle-loader, and its age not quite in keeping with the new style of his garments. He looked al- together, as he stood dramatically leaning on the muzzle of his cocked gun, as though he were determined to dressand do the character he had assumed at all hazards: no joke intended. Tall and angular, with shoulders stooped, his coat (made for a heavier man) bagged behind, while his new game-bag with its wealth of netting and fringe bagged in front. A spectacle! Man, gun, and dog, all in arow on dress parade. There was blood in his eye as he returned the amused stare of the passengers with a deep frown, and in stentorian tones warned the shivering cur at his side not to stir, on pain and penalty of death. As the train passed on he deftly threw his gun to a position of “‘right shoulder shift” as his features re- laxed into a smile of recognition of me as an acquaintance whom he was was glad to meet; he spit on his hand and ex- tended it, which I did not affect to see, but approached him and indulged in some exclamations of surprise at his sports- manlike procliyities, which he assured me were of no recent growth. Ishortly said: “Cornelius, how is the quail shooting this morning?” “Ha! it's beautiful, an’ there’s dead loads of it. In the big rag weed-field beyant, there is more nor two hundred burds this minit,” answered he. “Ah! how many bevies did you put up this morning?” J asked as we started toward the house. “Bivies! divil a bivy,” answered he; “but they were leppin up all oyer the field. If ‘Fagin’ there could spake, he’d till you a quare story of the shutin we've had this mornin’.” “Have you killed any?” I asked, as I took hold of his game-bag, in which I felt only a flask and a package of lunch. Pushing my hand away he spiritedly answered in a loud voice—*Killed any? Indade did I thin—and plinty; sure I knocked down eight or nine of thim this mornin’—and once a fine double shot at that; I pulled both barrels at a fellow that was flyin’ more nor eighty yards away and knocked him stiff, but didn’t the bugger hidé in the grass afther I killed um. Fagin an’ me lucked for more nora quarther of an hour for um.” “Where are the others you killed, Corney ?” Tasked, when, with a look of pity and contempt for my ignorance, he re- joined : : ‘Where are they ? Why dear man, the grass an’ wades are so thick over there that schecken howk could not find a burd that ud dhrop dead init. Ill show you where I thramped and kecked great places aroun’ for to find the burds I killed this mornin’.” “Fagin’s a droll name fora setter. Is he of pure breed 2” Tyentured to ask; quietly observing that the object of my attention was a rather thick, heayy set dog, with ears some- what short, hair thick, and sprinkled with liver upon a dirty white ground; head large, noseshort, tail long and much in- clined to curl; but innocent of feather; a regular nonde- seript, with a suspicion of the setter in him, and a stronger suspicion that his ancestry included dogs of many kind and degree. He was covered with burrs, which he continually tried. to rub off against the fence-boards as he ran along. Any space that was uncoyered with burrs was supplied with mud, which was in streaks, as though he had been held down by Corney and beaten with a muddy stick for some real or imagined unsetterlike behavior. 7 With a confident and assuring air he answered, ‘Pure! indade is he! He’s out of the purest stock of setthers in Ameriky. He's a wee bit durty now,” continued he apologeti- cally. ‘I bate the haythen in the road up there, and cum near smudtherin’ um in the mud, for a cuttin’ me wid his teeth when I fuk hum be the ear fur barkin’ at the farmer’s hogs.” ; “Ts he pretty well broke? and does he point well and sianchly ?” T asked, “Well troth now,” he replied thoughtfully and cautiously, with the air of aman whose principles would not allow him in amoment of calmness to overstate facts, “he is purty well broke, an’ he pints fairly fur a young dog. But he's not intively larned to it yet, fur he ‘pints purty crucked some- =_—_ = NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1877. $27 chatham Bi. (City Hall Bqr.) “Ah! does he? Well, young dogs will do that,” I said, and in order to further draw him out added, ‘He'll get over that when he gets more experience. He gets his workin a little erooked, does he ?” “He does occasionally; now yesthurday I was mad enough at um to keck the stuftin out of um. Faith I did keck um too. He pinted aburd to the forrad of um, and was as purty and as sthiff asa poker. Ah! dear man, you should ha’ saneum, ‘Me fine mistherquail,’ says I, ‘I'll just sand ye alittle on the groun’; it'll make Fagin thrue on his pint." There’s no betther way to make a dog thrue to his pintthan to kill burds fur um on the ground,” he assured me. ‘Well, I was luckin for the burd in the grass about six yards ayant the dog’s nose; and blast me but the thafe flew from in unther Fagin’s belly, and scairt the life out o’ me, and got away too,” said he, bursting into a forced langh. ‘‘An’ didn’t the blackguard dog turn round and Inck at meas ould fashioned as ye plase. Will he get over that cruckedness in his pint, dye’ think?” “Oh, undoubtedly, he'll be all right when he gets up to his work. Does he charge ?” Tasked. “Charge !”" said he, his eyes flashing as though that was a piece of work he was in the habit of enforcing upon the attention of the dog. ‘Oh yis; but sometimes he don't charge as he shud. Now yestherday, [tuk um up to a thicket where I drew some burds into, an’ I towld um to charge! but divil a fut would he stirin. Well, 'mtoo ould a hauler of dogs to let oney one of thim git the besht o’me, Sol tuk um be the neck, an’ I dragged the beggar all through the brush, shoutin’ to um to chatge the whiles, an’ be’gorra me gun caught in a faggat an’ went off as I was pullin’ um, an’ came near shutin the farmer's boy, who was followin’ me to carry the game. But that’s no objiction to the dog, as I'm towld them pure bred setthers in this country don’t like to charge through briars like the pinter. But in an open field the curse is allrightman! When the gun goes off in an open field the devil wouldn’t howld um. Sure there’s not afield but he'd charge all over it than less nor five minits whin the gun goes off! An’ he’s the buy that ‘ud: have the air filled wid burds quicker nor tin min cud shoot thim. Tll show you what a dog he isif you stay out wid me to-day.” He looked back and saw Optics trudging his weak and weary way through the mud, and said, ‘“Who’s yer frind that walks so slow? he’s a callin’ for you to howld on. Sure he’s no hunter.” “Oh yes he is,” I answered; “he’s a famous wing shot; and he’s a very distinguished surgeon too, and opthalmologist.” That word had a conyincing effect upon him. ‘And more- over he is ambidextrous, both as a surgeon and sportsman. Can make the most delicate operation on the eye with the scalpel in either hand, or kill his bird neatly in the air at long range; throwing his gun to either shoulder gracefully, as suits his whim or convenience.” “Well, well! he’s a decavin fellow, aint he now?” said Corney at this. “He is indeed,” I replied; ‘and by the way, his gun is one of the finest I ever saw; get him to show it to you. He's not very well to-day, but he has good wind and will keep going.” “Has he good wind?” repeated Corney, recovering some of his wonted self assurance and wit, ‘Thin he’d betther swop some of his good wind fur a dacint pair of legs whin he goes a huntin’ wid ye. But sorra, if he shutes like you say, he'd kill plenty th’ day if he'd thramp a little fasther, Is his dogagude won? Idon’t like the luks of um at all.” “Now, Corney, don’t run down that dog, he’s mine, Al- though l’'ye neyer worked him much, yethe’s an Tishman like yourself, and a decent enough dog,” Tanswered. “Well now, I'd take the blackguard for to be an Irishman sure | for didn’t the bugger begin fightin’ Fagin as soon as the baggage masther chucked um off the car! Is he broke?” he asked. “He worked on chicken pretty well in Iowa, but have never tried him on quail” I replied, “Chicken |” said he, ‘‘chicken! thin Fagin's the buy to work on chicken, Sure I've seen him stan’ pintin a chicken furmore nor an hour in my yard, an’ if ’d tell um to charge, he'd niver rist till he’d tear it to blazes,” “You've had a good deal of experience, Corney, with set- ters have you?” Isaid. This flattered him somewhat, and he assured me he had, and had owned and bred some of the finest stock of that kind in Ireland, but since coming to this country the business of contractor had so engaged his life that he was rather rusty on matters pertaining to dogs and field sports; but he was going to give his old and favorite pas- times more attention, and suggested that we should hunt a good deal together. Iinwardly determined we should—not, 158 FOREST AND STREAM. re By this time we had reached the farmhonse, and were shown to a room, where Optics and myself put on our sShopting clothes; while Corney bethought him that the busi- ness that had taken him to the station liad been forgotten by im: and he excused. himself, with assurances that he would return soon and join us, Of we started tothe field that had the “two hundred birds in it.” We saw many signs where they had roosted, ani Pat challenged occasionally; but the birds haying been driven to the woods and adjoining thickets, there were poor Prospects for much sport this morning. The birds hopelessly sontteved would not gather fill afternoon, but would then he all vight for the eyening shooting, We aereed to give Fagin and his master a wide berth if possiblo, and after benting the fields thoroughly, we hunted up wind through the adjoining ayoods without success. “Optics,” then said, “let us go down over that run and beat that cover on the hillside yonder, fora pheasant or two,” “No, my dear fellow, I'm too sick this morning and will hunt about here until yon come back, I can't follow your Jong levs smyhow,” answered he. Hie on Pat! down the hill we go; crossing the icy brook in the hollow, over the fence, and we are in a thick slashing that covers about twenty acres on each side of a spring run; just the place fora few pheasants, but a little too close to a barn on the hillside aboye. Patis ranging in a very hand- sone, Btylish manner, keeping within gunshot, when, as I jumped froma fence hesuddenly challenges; then roads cantiously forward, and comes to a point; the first on any- thing but prairie chickens since Lowned him. He is stand- ing at the edge of the thicket in front of a log heap, throngh Which ins struggled some thick undergrowth of hazel and elder. ‘To Ho-0-0, boy, be careful, now!” said I, when whirr-r-r from the opposite side of the log heap rises a fine old cock phensant; the gun is up in a twinkling, and bang goes the right barrel. Hang it all! too quick as usual, and bird not covered with the lift. However, he is ent down at from forty to tifty yards, but he is not killed; he falls into a wash-holein the run, nudis making the water fly with his tloashing wings. ‘Charge! Pat, you scoundrel! I'l eut the hide off you if you dare to stir,” said I, as the dog evinced S016 ineisiness at hearing the wounded bird fluttering and flonideringin the water. ‘‘Down!charge sir! I want no Jrish charging here,” Slipping in a couple of shells, and go- ing mp to Pat, and in a kind yoice commending him for his fendsome behayiox, lL went on to where the bird had fallen in therun. All abont was feathers, but the bird was non est. i finally found him away up under a log, which projected into the run, and from benvath which the water had washed the earth. I poked him outwith a pole, and found him dying, piping blood from his throat. ‘A lung wound has fixed you, my poor bird,” said I, and showing him to Pat, who smelt him, shook his head, and sneezed with delight and approval of the success, looked expectantly for my orders. I hied him on, and beat the remainder of the cover, ant! concluded we had secured the only specimen of Fera Nulurd it contained worth the sportsman’s effort. The sound of these shots had invigorated Optics, who braced wp snd started in my direction. In three-quarters ofan how, on taking the back-track, from the objection of a fariver, who was willing I should shoot rabbits and squirrels, but no quail or pheasant on his farm (nnd I here take oc- cusion to say that T abyays respect the objection of a farmer, and lave, as a rule, found them liberalin their courtesies to respectable sportsmen, and in this instance the objection was wade upon the ground that he had promised to keep the birds undisturbed fora couple of friends of his own), I vin neross Optics aghin, und we started together up a steep hill to take a-yiew of the surrounding country, and Belett sore place that promised shooting for the morning, When half-way up Optics gave out, and declared he would have towvétuim to the House, as he couldn't keep up, and wouldut spoil my sport by having me waiton him. With veevets [parted from him, and was soon oyer the hill out of yiéw, chanting my course now soniewhat, as I heard and Hoy Comey & half mile away in the yalley, running, yelling and Cufsing, throwing his arms wildly ubont im the mr as he pursued Fagin, when he broke shot. Anon there world be two little pufis of smoke emitted from his gun, followed by the report of ‘double shots;”’ then would follow un indistinct scene of Hagin charging (?), dashing back and forth, leaping in the air, and Coruey vociferously swearing and turing after him—oyertaking the unfortunate brute; then kicking, stamping, and pounding him, while poor Pagin's rolling, tumbling, retreating form, emitted dismal, piteous and heartrending yells, in fearful discord with the robust blasphemy of his infuriated master. He is keeping that two hundred quail out of that field at immense cost of labor to himself, thought I, not to speak of the slizht misunderstanding between poor Fagin and him- self, oni I tumed my steps away to be out of ear-shot of the brutality, and struck tor a corner of woods to my left, where there was an uncut buckwheat patch. As I entered, Pat, who wis ranging rapidly down wind towards me, flushed a lites bevy of quail with awhitr, and, startled, they came right ii wie, separating right and left as they passed. Pat dropped to wing, ashamed of what he had done, but sheep- ishly sniffed the air in the diraction of where the birds rose, winking his eyes with becoming humility as I rated him, T had turned as they passed, and gave them both barrels, but in too great haste missed with my right, covering ond cutting my bird down in a satisfactory manner with my left, Quiekly recharging and bringing in the bird, Lallowed Pat to sméllit osan incentiye to better behavior, and ad- monishing him, hied him on after taking him around to heel, in order to give him fhe wind of the birdsI had marked down in thé woods adjoining. Pat was now much excited, and had to ba bronglit in once or twice for disobedience in vanging too far, Cornvy was now heard banging away, just at the foot of the hill, and bearing closer tome was fetting nervous, lest Le should come up with me: then Hood good-bye to shooting in comfort, thought I. “Aneals and ministers of grace defend’ me trom this evil Spirit; this lond-mouthed deseerator of God’s fair fields; fis mirderous pounder of an innocent, uneducated, and unfortunately il-bred dog; this reckless prodigal of pow- Her, slict wd safety! defend me for one sweet half hour, now tint Tam in this very Eden of the sportsmen, and T sled] do sacred homage to ood St, Hubert!" Whirr-r | a stop issuddenly put to this soliloguy by the rising of a quailfrom heneath ty yeryfeet. Ltamblehim overatuboutthirty yards, and Pat crouches down fora moment at the sound of the pun, Having io tine fo lose IT tell him to “hold up," and now begins as prethy work for the space of half an hour as il was uyer imy good fortune to enjoy. Point after point followed staunch and true in quick succession until they nuuibered sight, which piste. ine eleyen shots and seven Linds to bag. Pat and I indulged in mutual admiration, When Tinocked flown a bird he, like asensible dog, dropped to shot and grinned wid sneezed in admiration when he strucka point staunvhand true. I returned him many com- pliments, while he, with staid and solemn dignity, stood riveted to earthin a trance, magnetic, grand and beautiful— a feast to the eye and a stimulus to the heart. Tt was now growing towards the middla of the afternoon, and Corney, hearing the reports of my gun, came up at last, his face red as a turkey-cock, and reaking with perspiration, Poor Fagin! the burrs all pounded off him, was now covered with yellow clay and loam; andskulked shy, lame and worn, to Corney's heel, Pat made for him at once, swelled with the pride of his recent success. among the quail, and Corney punched him back withthe muzzle of his cocked gun, which excited my apprehension toanunwonted degree, Finally, by accident, he punched poor Fagin instead, and this was con- sidered by Pat a signal to go in, andl he did, much to my horror and dismay. He had poor Fagin by the neck ina twinkling, and wasrapidly wiping up that corner of the buek- wheat patch with him, Corney punching them both with the muzzle of his cocked gun, yarying ib with reversing the gun and chopping at them with the butt. The air was thick with the now hoarse curses of Corney, the piteous eries of Fagin, and the victorious and savage growls of Pat, as he shook his un- fortunate victim. The uncertain movements of the in- furiated Corey and the Liability of his gun to go offany moment, kept me dancing a chusé back and forth to keep its muzzle directed from me, At length he punched them apart, and aiming a tremen- dous parting kick at Pat, accompanied by a fearful oath, he tmaissed the dog and lost his footing at once; his heels fying in the air, he fell heayily on his back, stunned; his gun flew from his hands, striking the ground, both barrels going off, fortunately for me, in an opposite direction. Gnasping for his breath I helped him up, and Pat coming near, the sight of the dog reyived him, and he kicked then to some purpose. Knocking the breath ont of my dog, he tried to jump on him, but I pushed him back. After this excitement had subsided and Corney had, at my request, refrained from recharging his gun—and to encour- age him in this I took my own charges ont, but slipped them in shortly after—I assured him it was time to go home, as the birds were all hopelessly scattered. I then asited Comey what success he had met with down in the creek bottom, ‘' Oh,” said he, I killed more nor a dozen down there, but can find none of thim, I think it’s becos Fagm got him- silf oyerhated and conldn’t smell thim.” “T heard you making it hot for him down there, and stip- posed that would be the result. We'll go to the house that way, and see if Pat can pick them up for you.” He showed me just where he had stood and blazed away atthem and killed his birds dead, and just where he saw them fall, but nota feather could be found. He comforted himself by assuring me that ‘them quails were the buggers to hide away,” and said he'd often known them toruna mile or more after they were knocked down, Returning to the house I found Optics much improved by his rest, and much pleased at my success and the good account I was able to give of Pat's behavior on this his trial hunt; and although Treparded the bay as rather slim, he declared it was more than fair under the circumstances. However, the object of iy winter holiday was aceom- plished in 40 far as testing the qualities of uty new dog was concerned, and moreover, had I not been regaled with some novel hints and observations upon dog handling, ete., ete., that were valuable to—avoid? But’ by no means had I afforded the sport I desired for my valued and genial] friend Opties, but may the fates kindly decree us another opportunity when we ars both in trim to hie ourselyes away to the pleasant fields in antumn, Where with staunch and well-tried brace of setters and plenty of birds, spend the swittly, yea, too swiftly, passing hours of a bright October day, amid the thrilling scenes of pointing dogs and rising quail, and the soul-enchanting music of the booming aud reyerberating guns. Sourn Forx, ti \ AMONG THE PINES. T is incredible to suppose that a jolly party im search of sport and adventure, knowing of a chain of beautiful lakes abounding with fish and fowl, could long resist the temptation of a few days' sport upon theirattractive shores. We certainly could not, and after a hurried preparation were off. ‘Nine precious souls, and all agog to dash through thick and thin.” ‘The complete pleasure of an excursion of this kind is somewhat marred unless you haye congenial companions, and in this respect we were particularly fortu- nate. Our party consisted of seyeral young southerners full of fun, a young English sportsman fresh from the “tight little isle” (entirely unacquainted with the ways of American youth), and an experienced hunter, who was thoroughly im- bued with frontier customs and mannérs and an excellent hand to “rough it’ on octasions like this, At carly dayn we drove out of one of the most picturesque villages in the St, Croix Valley, if not im Minnesota; and an interesting driva of seyeral hours throngh dense forests of pine and lonely tamerack swatips brought us to the shores of Forest Lake; the first and most beantiful of the chain. Among the numerous lakes we have visited this one seemed especially interesting, situated as ibis in the heart of a dense forest in the wilds of the Northwest. We hays spent hours in silent contemplation of the moonlit charms of Italy's twin jewels, Gomo and Sugano; caught our first view of Genayva, the mirror of the Alps, 18 we came from the frozen passes of the Simplon; and haye studied the beauties of the Irish and Scottish chains from every point; but brightand beantiful as they all are, they failed to imipress ne as did this obscure lake in the wilderness. In the former, the practical de- mands of civilization destroy all sentiment. The shrill whistle of a locomotive or the wash” of 4 passing steam- boat awakens the poet from his dream, and reminds the student of nature that the glorious bliss of seclusion and solitude is not to be found there, But on the banks of this northern lake one woul suppose the sound of a human voice had never been heard, so intensely impressive is the silence; a fit place ‘To dream o'er the buried past, enjoy the living present, and build such lofty and enchanting air-castles for the glorious future.” Here the deer is still master of the forest; the fish as plenty and as unsophisticated as the aborigines in the duys of Columbus; while the speckled beauties havea “high old time” in the many sparkling brooks that leap sud tumble through these denseshades. In many Places the-beachis quite wide, mostly of firm, clesr, white sand, with a liberal sprinkling of cornelians, while at imter- vals timy dikes of boulders reach to the water's edge. A few glances of admiration ond exclamations of delight, aud all furned their attention to pitching camp and preparing for the night, Thestaunch battvaux, which seryed for wayon- ‘bed and parlor car during the day, was sucessfully launched; horses properly cared for, and every one in good spirits in anticipation of sport or adventure. ‘The first thing to be ac- complished was to obtain fish for supper, which the entire cunp readily yolunteered to do; but we concluded that we could only sparen couple for that pleasure, as there was plenty of work in camp forthe others. How natural itis for every one the moment they go into cunp to start off directly on # fish or hunt, expecting the others to pitch tents, do the cooking, ete., etc. Those of our party who were so inclined were unanimously selected as a returning board, with power to investigate the fish question and scale, clean and count in a suitable mess for supper—while one rare youth, who had already started into the brush with gun re right shoulder, was recalled, and promptly made chairman of the fish committee. Hemodestly declined the honor in a suita- ble speech, but at last yielded tothe urgent solicitations of the entire camp. It seemed wicked to catch more fish than we needed—but soon after supper, while the pipes were being relit forthe second or third time, an incident occurred which aroused the camp as well as keeping the fish from spoilin on ourhands, This was the unexpected arrival of seyera aborigines of the Chippeway family, who had been gathering cranberries in the swamps and were en route to the river settlements to dispose of them. They werea hungry and noisy set of ‘‘varmints,” anda Turkish bath would hays wiped them ont of existence, as they were the most unclean Tascals we ever saw by a large majority. Some of our fellows had never seen an uncivilized Indian before—especially our lish friend, who, upon being assured that his anburn locks would not be appropriated for ornamental purposes, made their acquaintance and begged them to ‘‘stop and sup a bit.” The invitation of our hospitable friend was not in yain, judging from the manner in which everything eatable upon the premises disappeared. After haying grunted their satisfaction they produced pipes, and helping themselves to our tobacco, intimated by idiotic gestures their intention of remaining and ‘making a night of it’ with us—which by a strict party vote was seconded, as their arrival in our camp was as welcome as a stern-wheel circus in a country village, We cannot relate the many incidents of the night, but it is sufiicient to say that story, song, and yell was in order until enrly in the following oru—when by sharp attention it was ascertained that a not far distant timWer-wolf could now and then get a howlin. Then we slept—or tried to sleap—but some of our younger boys wera up to all manner of mischief —much to the distomfiture of our Englishman and to the annoyance of others. Harly the next niorniny our guests, the Chips,” silently stole away, taking with them a few things which were handy (as mementoes we suppose)—a way they have of expressing their gratitude, and a way not exclusively confined to them—judging from tlie well-filled prisons everywhere. After breakfast wo packed some sup- plies into our boat, and leaving four of our fellows in camp who preferred still fishing near by, we started for a tour of the lakes. The scene up the lake that morning was sublime, and had a decidedly refreshing effoct npon our party. The wind was justrising, and the dark green waves wore tumbling abont and chasing each other up the vlear sandy beach at our feet. We improvised arude sail, which improved gud ae- celerated our speed, and we soon approached a gem of an island—upon which we landed, where a rest and some still- fishing was indulged in. Our English companion buried himself in geological research, and returned to the boat with a peck or more of what hethought were cornelinns, but which proved to be common pebbles, and upon being in- formed of this he was “bloody mad" for # while, which was decidedly English. To haye joined in the laugh would hayo been Yankee to the backbone. As we proceeded up the laka the shores drew together, and presently we entered what proved to be a thicket of lilies and wild rice. As wé passed further into it, hundreds of duck rose at every dip of the oars, and we had good shooting for some time in that looal- ity. We forced a passage for some distance through these fields of rice —the heayily laden grain nodding and bowing with every passing breeze, Wild fowl who attend these rich feasts furnished by the liberal hand of nature soon become so fat that they can barely fy. In feeling they incline their heads horizontal with the water, and with their bills saw asunder the stalk until it falls, when they can leisurely and easily get at the kernels, After passing through this thicket we entered Boot Lake, the second of tlie chain—and » charm- ing sheet of water it is—a few miles ineirenmference, Se- letting nu suitable place for camp, we landed, spending the balance of the day in shooting and fishing. We found sone fine bass in this lake, but too many pickerel, although good weight and yery palstable. Having lett onr tents at our previous camp we sleptin our blankets, and sonndly enough, notwithstanding a couiplimentary serenade tendered us by a strolling band of wolyes and mosqnitoes, We atose, bathed, breakfasted, and were afloat just as the beams of old Sol were dancing on the water. On ourreburn trip we saw several canoes in a well-sheltered coyer, and nearly as many Indians, who asked us for tobacco and other things. They seem to he eternally hunting something to eat, the one object of an In- dian's lifefrom the cradle to the graye, In the distance, romance picturad the young maiden sitting near the water's edge as Longfellow's 'Minnchaha,” in thadays when the dusky Indian roamed the forest in hisnative pride, when the only sound of life upon the northern waters was the seream of theafirighted loon, or the mufiled dip of the paddle ox some solitary Romeo returned to his camp sfter a stolen in- terview with his dusky Julict. We confess we allowed our fancy to quite carry us back into the dim past, and we were dreaming with Cooper nnd Longfellow wntil we were dis- turbed by the shrill cries of the yagabonds on shore for any- thing and everything, Upon a closer inspection the maiden did not resemble the beautiful creature which history pic- tures and art portrays as welcoming our ancestors so the shores of Ameri¢a. A brief stop, a last farewell fo Minnehaha andher tribe, and we were off, homeward bound. More anon. Faawnk L, THaver. re __—_. Hoy Ropest and Stream, ANDREW JACKSON FOSTER, THE ME- GANTIG GUIDE. . —-—_— HO has visited Lake Meguntic (uring the last. fourteen W years without meeting or hearing of old Poster? Ttis unnecessary to say from whence he came, his name suf- ficiently establishes his nationulity. He held a position is scout or pioneer in a New England repimeut during the late ‘ unpleasantness,” but as the job didn’t suit hint he.quictl “dropped out," and took up his quarters at Megantic, an with his wife and daughter oceupied a log slianty atthe out- letof Rush Lake, near the jumotion of the Arnold and Spider Rivers, where by hunting and trapping he always managed to pick wp a decent hee rac the We ee met him somie twelve years ngo, When, after a hitrd pull of some fifteen: FOREST AND STREAM. 159 miles from the settlement at tle foot of Lake Megantic, we reached the '‘ Foster Honse."" Ony party consisted of Borlasa (now a prominent Montreal barrister), Captain Winder (now Inspector of the Manitoba Mounted Police), and myself. he Captain had been there the previous summer, and rather excited my imaginations by dwelling upon the charms of Mrs F., whom he termed delicately-murtured lady of very propossessing exterior, fit fo adorn the most prominent walks in first-class soci And still, boys, although a lady by birth and education, takes to this wild life as naturally asa duck to water.” The charm was rudely broken when, on sighting the shanty, we beheld Mrs, 1. squatted on a log, scantily attired, enjoying the stump of u yery black and dirty looking clay pipe, while ‘Darwin's missing link," seated close by, clad in hermaphro- dites apparel, wns introduced to me as Miss I’, familiarly called Lois. However, what the old woman lacked in beauty she made up in hospitality, and we were soon enjoying a hearty supper of tried pork, bread, and tea, with a smoking mess of new potatoes, for the old woman maintained her olinm eum digyin taters, and had quite « patch of the fruit back of the shanty. Borlase furnished some lemons, and we had a hot punch to assist digestion, ; Foster was off at John Pope's gold mine, seyeral miles dis- tant, and filed an appearance about nine o'clock, He hada bag of trout, caught in the Annance Riveras he came along, for which we gave bin $1.50, and which when packed filled usixty-pound butter firkin, We had a letter to deliver from my friend Brooks, engaging Foster to meet his party a day or two later, and as the old man expressed his inability to real writing readily the Captain deciphered it fo suiti the oc- casion, and we had him engaged do our bidding for $1,560 per diem and found, Next morning we started for the Spider Lake, where we found Fosters birch bark, which he and myself took eh sion of, while the rest of the party oceupied an old punt which had been left there. What sport we had trolling for base in the lake and fly-fishing for troutin the Upper River! But our commissaries gave out, and next day we had to send Foster back to the Paeaie He returned toward even- ing evidently in possession of some of the ingredients of which that puoch was manufactured, and informed ws that & messenger had arrived requiring his presence to meet Brook's party next day, and he miust start that night to get through, ‘'* But,” said he, ‘come ashore, boys, whar them ere white birches is, and I'll map out the course so you can git nloug just as well ‘thont me. Say, let's have that jug. Now, boys, ye’re just the best, decentést fellers I ever went with, and I'l be dammed ef I don’t wish I could stay, but Mr. Brooks has oblesged me, and I've got to obleege him. Now, just lookee here and Ill map your course. Jist keep along the river here, just where I've made this black line, till you pit here to a spruce tree with a chip out’n it thet I tuk out® for a mink trap, then hitch up your boat, and when you git atop the bank ye'll see a blaze, foller it abont’er mile and it'll take you to the fulls, and I tell yer, boys, ef ye don’t git all the trout ye can Ing, I shan’t tax yea cent for my sarvices; jist foller my instructions, Gosh, boys! il’s dry work map- ping. Hers’sluck! Ye're jist the best fellers I ever see, and Id like to stay but I ean’t; jist follow my instructions and yell git along ‘dzactly as well ‘thont me,” So after one or two more primings, being about that time Full-cocked, he went off We watched him as in his little birch he laid outa line for a Virginia tence, and with gloomy fore- bodings of ever reaching the falls by following his instruc- tions, we started, and fortunately got through all right. Well, it’s no use talking, but if you want all the trout you eave about, running from a quarter toa pound weight, try above those falls late in July and you'll getthem. Near the outlet of the upper river in the still deep water the trout run. larger. The Patriarch and myself one September took out seventy-four in loss than two hours, weighing over seventy-five pounds, and this with fly, remember, Several weighed four to four and a half pounds each. After a day's fishing on the falls we decided to make our way back to Foster, and had nearly reached the shanty when e terrific thunder-storm came up, completely drenching us. We got to camp, and jor fear of cold we all partook of a good stiff hooker of ‘‘old rye" before changing our clothes, Mrs. F, and Lois had adjourned to the ‘‘lean to,” and the old rye re- minded the Captain of a story which somewhat delayed his changing. He had got his under-shirt nicely over his shoulders when the old woman, thinking she had given (ime enough, stepped in and went about her work quite umeon- cernedly, The pap lens finished putting on his dry clothes, and then remarked. "'T believe I owe you an apology, Mrs, Foster; I ought to haye told you Tintended changing my clothes.” ‘Neyer mind, Captain, never mind.” Since then I haye frequently had Foster as guide and boat- man, and in either cupacity haye never met a better man. _ His cooking is somewhat primitive in style; so that part of the business hadn't better be entrusted to him, ‘That isn't his forle, but take him five or six miles in the woods, and if you want a bee line made to any particular point, Foster's your mn, One day he left us at Trout Pond, between four and five miles from Mevantic Lake, at 1:30 P.u., traveled that distance on a blazed line, rowed three miles further to wheres our supplies were, broke on oar, made a new one with his axe, packed a swag, and was back in camp at eight o'clock. ‘'T guess,” said he, ‘‘I didn't lose much time, broke my oar at Arnold’s River, and herelam. What'sthe time, boys? Pretty quick work! Ifelt kinder wilted down thur at the fut of the hill and tuk a swaller ont'n the jug, and thatkinder helped me,” he old chap wanted to play ‘just sleyen games euchre for fun," butas he bad to keep telling about ‘‘bresking his oar atthe mouth of Arnold's River,” we never finished the first game, The last time I met Boster was three years ago last Septem- ber, when he and I nrranged to follow Arnold's route from Lake Megantic to Quebec. We started early one morning in a Small clapboard built boat, but before we had got morethan fifteen miles we stuck in a chule, and that boat was non est ina jilly. We saved an aze, gun, and a box of fishing-rods, and adter an all-day tramp through the woods struck a road, and reached the settlementabout midnight. Foster-has ceased to abide at Megantie, but every fall he works his way up from Vermont and spends a couple of months trayping in the yi- cinily, He was there last fall, but I didn’t happen to run across him, Should any of your readers visit Lale Mégan- tic let him get Poster asa guide if Le happens to be there. He knows wore of the hunting and fishing game than any man I have over inet with, and is tougher than shoe leather. He never tires ont. His ‘particular yanity" ig pickles. Don’t léave any round loose, .As Mrs. F. said when ovr stock of pickles disappeared: “If there's one thing more than ‘nother thet T admire Andrew Jackson for, it's bacunse. he's ° but he did eat them pickles. He suid you told hii | to take jest what he'd a fancy for, and he fancied them pickles.” The pickles were put wp in Worcestershire Sauce, and T presume were a little ahead of anything ha had been | used to, D, THostas. Sherbrook, P. Q., March 5, 1877. to Fur Forest and Stream. SPORTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES, uf AST winter, when in Florida, after our day's sport we used to sit around Aiken’s cheerful log-tire at night and listen to his Indian stories, until ut times we almost expected to see the door open and the shade of Billy Bow- legs enter. Aiken himself was mot unlike an Indian, with his long black hair and swarthy complexion, though he certainly would not have esteemed it a compliment to be told it, as he had a thorough contempt and hatred for the whole race, I shall endeavor to give you one of his adyen- tures 48 nearly os possible in his vernacular. I believe it to be literally true, as he twas yary modest about speaking of himigelf : ‘Tt was during the last Injun war; I was one of the cowboys, ag they called us, who undertook to fight Billy Bowlegs. I was shut up in Fort Dunn, down near the Kissimmee, along with o lot of soldiers and crackers, and there we had been some time waiting for orders. The Injums was all about through the country and we didn’t keer to yenture fur from the fort, Lgot mizhty tired of staying in there tating hard- tack when I knew there was plenty of fish and game outside. Thera was a creek only about a mileaway chuck fullof trout, and I come to the conlusion one day Tcouldn’t stand it no longer, 80 Fsays, ‘Boys’ I says, ‘I’ve a good mind to go over to the creek and catch mea bait of fish; we can be keerful, and if the Injuns comes can make tracks for the fort.’ Well, wa talked it over and three of us concluded to try it, so we took our guns and fishin’ lines and started. We got about half way, going along very cautions, when we come across some fresh tracks of Injuns made that very morning, and we knowed they couldn't be far off. When the others see these signs they stopped and wouldn’t go no further; said they didn't keer so much about fishing, and nothing would do but they must go back, But I had fixed to have some fish andI kept on to the creek. I got there all safe, and fixin’ my line commenced fishing, The trouts was pretty hungry, ind IT soon had three or four big ones laying out on the grass, and was beginning to think about timing back, when bang goes a gun about» quarter of a mile away, and I had just time tojnuinp behind a big tree and get my old rifleready when outrun a wounded deer from thehanmock ind made ror the creek, Hewas badly hurt, and just as he reached the bank staggered and fell, not thirty yards away, on theother side, I stood still poking wy eye round the tree and not daring to moye, for [knowed they'd be after him; and sure enough in aminute or two there come two Injuns running along on the trail like hounds, They saw the deer and went up to it, and looking all around to seeif there was anybody sabont, one of them stooped down and commenced taking the insides out of the deer, while the other stood up to keep watch with his gun ready, Ididn't believe the Injun was born that was to take my scalp, but I made myself right small behind that tree, just peeping round at him, when all at once one of the fish I had caught Hopped up on the bank and caught the Injun’s eye. © Now,’ thinks I, ‘old fellow, I must kill you,’ and I just raised my gun and shot him through the stomach. ‘Wagh,' he says, and fell over on his face dead, and that other Injun just raised hisself and run off stooping down, without eyer stopping to see what was coming next. I didn’t stop, but cleared out for the fort, and when I got most there met some of the boys on horses coming to look for me. They had heard the shooting atthe fori. We went back to where [ had been fishin’ and followed the trail of the Injun who had tun, until we got to where they had had *their camp, but they had left, 50 we come back and got the scalp of the dead Tnjun, andthe deer nnd fish, and carried ’em back to the fort, and that night we had fish and deer meat for supper. Speaking of supper, I thought I heard Norah call 4 minute ago; Lreckon its ready. Anyhow, come walk out Cap, you and Doe Gloy. I know you must be hungry after catching them big fish this evening. They ought to eat well to-night.” They ‘‘eat" well and so did we, and as we rashly “turned in” immediately after supper I dreamed all night that I was catching a big fish and an ‘‘Injun” was trying to take my scalp and cut up a deer at the same time, EH. 8. REMINISCENCE OF THE SEMINOLE WAT Tre Great SuspuNsion Brooce.—The work on the Brook- lyn suspension bridgs commenced on Jan, 2, 1870, There were $500,000 subscribed by private stockholders, $3,000,000 by the city of Brooklyn, and $1,500,000, by the city of New York. Of the private subscriptions $340,500 were paid in, but this was returned with interest to the stockholders last year on the assumption of the work by the two cities, The act of the Legislature now requires the bridge to be finished by «# joint Babace tos of New York and Brooklyn, in the proportion from gach of the original contribution, the latter to pay twice the amount of the former. The cost of the bridge is given at nine millions, besides the acquisition of land ; the latter is estimated at three and a half millions. @ put together a few items concerning this bridge : Construction commenced Jan, 2, 1870; length of river span, 1,595 feet 6 inches; length of each land span, 930 feet (1,860 feet); length of Brooklyn approach, 971 feet ; Jength of New York approach, 1,562 feet 6 inches ; total length of bridge, 6,989 feet ; width of bridge, 85 feet; num- ber of cables, 4; diameter of each cable, 15} inches ; each cable consists of 6,300 parallel (not twisted) steel wires, No, 7-gauge, closely wrapped to solid cylinder ; ultimate strength of each cable, 11,200 tons ; depth of tower foundation below high-water, Brooklyn, 45 feet; depth of tower below high- water, New York, 78 feet; size of towers at high-water line, 14059 feet; size of towers at roof course, 136xd3 feet; total height of towers above high-water, 277 feet; clear height of bridge in centre of river span aboye high-water, at 60 deg, Fahr., 135 feet; height of floor at towers above high-water, 110 feet 3 inches; grade of roadway, 3{ feet in 100 feet ; size of anchorages at base, 129x119 feet; size of anchorages at top, 117x104 feet ; weight of exch anchor plate, 23 tons ; total cost of bridge, exclusive of land acquisition, $9,000, - 000 ; cost of land, say $3,500,000.—Sunday News, —A wall-speitlife iba iian's greatest claim on happiness. There comld be no better spent Ife than that which bus produced the finest sOaps in tlié Hievket, and now gives to the werld that oonpareil, 4, T. FBabbilt's Lollat Soap. We apeal of this matter hecungo thin toilet aoap jd do pune and delicious a household srticle.—adv, Lisl Cultuge. IMPRHGNATION OF SALMON EGGS. THE Ti have received from Prof. Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution, the following translations of interesting articles by Yon Haack, Director of the German fishery estab- lishment at Huningue, which haye just been transmitted from Germany + The losses, frequently incredible, which, during the first years of my being actively engaged here, resulted in the case of impregnated eggs sent me from abroad (losses of 50 per cent. by no means were of rare occasion, nay, they were offen much greater), compelled me to apply another method of imprégnation than that hitherto resorted to, namely, the eggs were emptied into a vessel contain- ing water to the height of two or three fingers; and hereupon the milt of the male poured out into the yessel ayer the 6egs, the whole then stirred about with the hand, left to stand quiet for some minutes, and the fluid then oniptied out, and thereupon cléan water poured in so long until no turbidness was to be sven, This method of immprégnation, surely the most natural one and the one most frequently applied, uffords no matter for hesitation if properly managed, and will yield good results, provided the milt is put into the water us quickly as possi- ble and spread over theeggs. This method of impregnation is particularly successful with stream-trout, tliese smaller fish being easier to handle. Whoever has been present, however, once at an impregna, tion of salmon or sea trout eggs, and sees what a length of time elapses, eyen with the greatest diligence, before a serviceable mala is found and caught, will find that with these larger kinds of fish impregnation cannot proceed with that celerity as it does iu tlie case of small fish. In tho first instance, the temoval of the eggs withalarge fish, The taking away of the eggs lasts longer, the fish must be carefully handled, as it has to be preserved further in a live state, must therefore also first be taken back into the reser- yoir before the respective male can be made usé of, Prom the middle of spawning time you haye often to put back three to four males as haying already spawned, therefore un- fit, for use, until a fit male be found; this applies prinuipally to heavy sea trout, often weighing 40 pounds. Several min- ites elapses as arule, before the milt of the male comes in contuct with the eggs first emptied ont, and in conséquence of this, a great part Gn unfavorable eases the most) of the eges remain unimpregnated. The egg, as is known, a8 soon as itis put inte the water, begins sucking in water, and the egg can principally only be impregnated during the time of suction. If, thevafore, the milt dnly gets into the water, when the suation of the egg¢ has already finished, the sperm no longer penetrate into the egg; no impregnation therefore takes place. These light-colored or glassy, germless eggs (known to all old fish- breeders), in the case of slight contact become immediately white and opaque; the water which is between the coatings of the egg penetrates into the white of the egp and causes this to curdle, while the set eggs, even if touched more strongly, sustain no damage. Here [ cannot refrain from reverting to a thoroughly inac- curate observation of the Norwegian fish-breeder, Mr. Hetting, whosuppliel some very practical directions gome tims ago in the circulars of the society for hatch- ing-troughs, ete, Mr, Hetting asserted on that occasion that the bright eggs, as soon as they were brought into a stronger current, showed a distinet fresh deyelopment to germinate, but that the germ disappeared again as soon as the ages returned into sluggishly flowing water. It is impossible that Mr. Hetting in his observations can have used a micro- scope, or even a good magnifying glass, otherwise he would know that there can be no question of any formation of germ whateyer; the germ oncé oxisting may perhaps re- main bebind, 7, ¢, die, never, however, disappear again. But of this on another oceasion, Hereupon, as the method mentioned had only led to bad results with all larger fish, I let the eggs be impregnated in such a manner that first of all some milt was put into the water, and only then the 6ggs were placed into the water impregnated with milf, where- upon some milt wasadded. This method also only produced bad results in all cases, when the operation of impregnation proceaded slowly, owing to the above-mentioned casés. Neither did the ‘dry impregnation” frequently alluded to in the circulars of tlie association yield the desired results, inasmuch as the bringing together of the milf with the eges would not always be sufficiently speedily effected, be- cause the fishermen dealing with the requisite quantities of water into which the milt was previously to be placed could not be sufficiently superintended and controlled. In the case of clumsy handling, I have met with utter failures just with this kind of impregnation; probably because the fish- ermen délayed too lony, so that the sperm had therefore already died, and were no longer movable, , Hereupon [altered the aboye method in the following simple manner, 4nd since then these bright oggs scareely ever ovsur: The eggs of the fish are placed into an empty vessel, with smaller fishes; I eyen take thyae to four females after one another; upon this, without any precipitation, one or two males are taken, and the mill put over the eggs, stirred round with*the hand, and then some water quickly added, generally bailed with the hand, and then again stirred with fhe hand. The eggs having stood quiet for about two niin utes, are also drained off clean. Any mistake or blun- der can searcely be made with this method, and the snecess is BO certain pone that evan 5 per cent. of ummoprepnated eges must be considexed as a bad result; generally the loss is almost none at all, The reason which led us to this kind of impregnation are the following: Iwas aware that by add- ing some alkaline fluid, the sperm, alveudy motionless, could again he made movable. I bad further found that the bally- fluid of the fish, which escapes at the same tinie with the agus, hase weal alkalicaction, — It lay closeat hand, then, in the first instance to pour the miltinte the reacting Alkalio fuid, and after that thewateroyerthe mixture, The sperm, up to the commencement, of the suction of fhe eggs, are thoroughly lively in their motions, and therafore slong with the-watey sucked in penetrate into the egg and impregnate 160 it. The careful draining off after this I haye retuined, be eause I fear that with the continued suction of the eggs per- chance, motionless might be carried along into the egg, and a disturbance hereby be produced. Whether my apprehen- sion be with foundation, I have not hitherto been able to observe. T crave your indulgence if I have been somewhiat explicit, but just the impregnation appeared to meto be so im- portant as the fundamental part of the so-called artifical breadiny, that it could scarcely be treated of exhaustively enough, Iam firmly convinced that dvery one who once tries the method of impregnation taken by myself, willnever again apply any other, VI. ON THE SETIING AND HATCHING OF COREGONUS EGGS, Already during the French administration or management, attempts were mide almost every year with the setting and hatching of (Coregonus feru, with so little success, how- eyer, thatof late the hatching of these eggs was entirely given up, and they were simply despatched impregnated. Theat- tempts undertaken by niyself also produced almost always a Hegative result, at least the arrangementa never stood ina right proportion to the expenses thereby incurred. As I had, however, nearly finished in this year the transformation of our local institution from a mere hatching-place for Cor- ejonus into a breeding-place for almost all fresh-water fishes of Middle Europe, and therefore had more leisure to closer observations and experiments, [undertook (being instigated to do so by an inquiry of the meritorious President of the German Fisheries Society) this experiment once more, Hitherto people had proceeded with the setting of the Ova, especially of Coregonus and Wiurimanni fera always in similar mannér as with the salmon tribe, there- zoe salmon and tront, namely, in rather strongly running water. As, however, with the small eggs of the Coregonus, the most dangerous enemy of the sggs, the byssus, appears much more vigorously than with the eggs of salmon and trout; the spoilt eggs, however, owing to their small size be- ing much more difficult to remove, the whole brood was almost always lost, most likely principally caused by the conferyoid germ moying in with rapidly flowing water, 4nd setting themselves on the eggs not yet impregnated, and infecting them. Inow tried to carry on the setting in almost quite standing-water, The change of water was 50 slight that any real current was scarcely perceptible, and the snecess as a surprising one. Notwithstanding the circumistanee that yery many of the eggs used for this pur- pose were spoilt on their arrival (the eggs had stepd for about 36 hours in a heated Custom House office), I suc- ceeded by means of small pincers, especially made for this purpose, in removing the damaged eggs, a formation of fungus in such quantities did not take place in the almost standing-water, at least it was not so great that it could not be removed without difficulty. After the eggs were once set, areal actual loss did not oceur, so that almost without trouble I have hatched 80,000 young. This experiment with the eggs of Coregonus has, an importance not to be underrated, as the opportunity is forded here to transplant yaluable (Coregonus in such lakes as appear adapted for it, and us the arrangements for hatching can be effected everywhere without entailing con- siderable expense. The eges of Coregonus and Warlmanni fera are to be had in almost unlimited quantities. Our local institution will, it is expected, beable to supply the set eggs at 2 marks the 1,000 during the next hatching season, later on perhaps cheaper. What with the triting consumption of water, the proprietor of such lakesus already contain Coregonus, or appenr suited for them, and which do not command a water-course with su. cient fall, can construct a hatching-place for Cgregonus, without serious cost of maintenance. Asimple hand-pump, set poing morning and evening fora half hour cach time, supplies water enough to feed a small reservoir (the cheapest would be several well-cleaned petroleum casks joined by tubes), which suffices amply for twelve hours, as the consump- tion of watershould be so light. Then again, asthe little em- bryos immediately on slipping out are very movable, and swim about merrily. they may be placed already a few days after slipping out without any fear that too largea number of them perish, Thestruggle for existence of course is not spared also to these little fish, nevertheless a stock of them may at tmy rate soon be established. As in many lakes, the Core- gonus must be caught during spawning time, as they cannot be taken at other times of the yeor, The transfer (also as regard these valuable fishes, what with their considerable prolific qualities especially) from one lake to another may be undertaken in the most productive manner, and without lleayy expense and much trouble. Berlin, February 23, 1877. $< Fise Cunrvre my Norra Canorma,—The Legislature of North Carolina has passed an act constituting a ‘‘Depart- tient of Agriculture, Immigration and Statistics,” to be under the supervision of a Board comprising the Governor, State Geolovist and others, one of whose duties will be to increase thedish products of the State. It is especinlly interested with ‘the supervision of all mensures for the protection, prop- agation and eultnre of fish in the rivers and other inland waters of this State, and to this end they shall at once pro- yide for stocking all available waters of the State with the niost approved breeds of fishes, and shall avail themselves of such aid as the Fish Commission of the United States may be induced to extend, and they shall inquire into and report upon the practicability of constructing fish-yays over fais and other obstructions inthe waters of the State, and seeure as far practicable the eo operation of mill-owners; tiey shall select proper locations for the hatching and care of the young fish, and shall provide the necessary hatching houses and such appliances as may be needed, and employ such labor as may be necessary to this end, and they may appoint agents at such convenient points to aid them in the distribution and hatching and protection of the ova and young fish, provided such agents shall recelye no com- pensation. : “They shall transmit to the General Assembly at each sessién # report of the operations of the said department, together with suggestions of such legislation as may be vecdtul, umd it shull be the duty of the Board to prosecute all offenders against the laws which have been, or may be, passed in this buhalf, and they shall endeaYor to secure the co-operation of adjoining States to remove obstructions in the passage of fish in those rivers or streams which sre partly in phis State and partly in such adjoining States." — Slataral History. SOMETHING ABOUT BIRDS OF GEN- TRAL NEW YORK. —_-—__— BY J, P. HUTCHINS., OW that spring is at hand, let lovers of birds he on the watch for the numerous migrating warblers that will soon pass us. It is only for a fewdays in early spring, when nature begins to wake from her long, cold slumber, that we can see these little messengers of warmth. They flit by us like phantoms, as it were, alld while we seem to catch buts gleam of their bright plumage as it sparkles in our tardy sunlight, they are gone, leaying only the sound of their sweet warble ringing in our ears, like the distant chime of some tiny bells. Watch, therefore, lest these fitting joys escape you. These migrants pass in May. Small and sprightly they skip among the tree-tops and thick eyergreen foliage, feed- ing on the early insects as they go. Those who would see them should extend their morning walks to the Dearest prove or wood, and spend an hour each warm day in watch- ing and listening. Birds seem not to take very kindly to our Central New York climate, especially the smaller forest birds. Nearly all of the warblers leave us in—well, not altogether our glory, if our peculiar weather be reckoned in—and go further east, or north even, to spend the summer and rear their young. Long, cold rains, are destructive to the nests and eggs of small birds, In June Inoticed a Goldfinch (Chrysomitris ‘tristis) building her nest in a maple on the lawn. A cold wind and storm came, which continued for a week, and blew away this partly finishednest entirely; but when thesun came out and nature smiled again, the absent toiler came back, and my faith grew apnee, to see how stoutly the little crea- ture set about building a new nest in the same place where the first one was destroyed, This time it reared its young, while its mate whispered his sweet refram to every passer- by, during the many warm summer days that followed. LI noticed in this case that the male bird did not assist in the building of this nest. There are several kinds of birds which, though seldom or neyer seen in our Oneida Creek Valley, are common in the hills that range along each side of it. We might infer from this fact that these birds generally resort to the hills in pref- erence to the valleys, if it were not that the same birds, in kind, are found about the shores of Oneida Lake, which lies a little north, and still lower than our valley. However this may be, when I would collect certain specimens and hear our finest songsters, 1 get away tothe hills and into the heart of some bit of primeyal forest, still spared from the woodman's axe. So there, in the middle of May, the Rose- breasted Grosbeak (Goniaphea ludoviciana) will perch above my path, and deliver himself most wonderfully; the saucy fellow seems to know that I don’t care to ‘collect’ him, so continues to wake the slumbering echoes of the old wood with his liquid song as long as I will listen tohim. But he is acharming, noisy bird, so Tsoon get away from him to another part of the forest, where, if not beset by another of his kind, I can hear the delicate warble of the Sylvicolide, other little migrants of which I am im search. A few day’s later, when the Grosbeak has ceased to sing, the Scarlet Tanager (Pyranga rubra) begins his melodious dis- course from the arm of some giant elm, The manner of his song is a kind of imitation of that of the former, but not so strong and pure,, Then follows the Wood Thrush (Turdus mustelinus), the sweetest songster of the forest. Indeed, the quality of this bird’s song is hardly equalled in bird melody. Its tender notes seem to wake the spirit of the wood; the young leayesare stirred by wolian strains, wafted from sylvan depths, that appeal more to the soul than to the ear of the listener. In May, this bird sometimes visits our valley for a short time, and has eyen been heard in the orchards, but I have found only one nest here in twenty-five years; its home ison the hills, and it requires the deep, resonant forest to render the full charm of its song. The Grosbeak and Tanager, above mentioned, ure very rarely seen in the valley, where I have never found the nest of either. My late friend, Dy, Latre, was a keen lover of music. He played a musical instrument with a masterly hand. Buthe was also a keen lover of the simple melodies and harmonies of nature. He would trayel on foot for miles to cateh a few strains from some bird that he wished to hear. Indeed, he expressed less enthusiasm at 1 musical performance by Ole Bull that we once witnessed together, than Ihaye some- times heard him at the simple song of the Thrush, Oh, his vas a rare soul for nature, and the mighty Creator of it! Below is a list of birds taken on their passage in 1876. They are all non-resident in this locality, ns far as my ob- servation extends, The accompanying dates denote the time when they were taken: November 7..—Genlurus curolinus, Red-bellied woodpecker —a fine, large bird. Have neyer seen but two here, both of which were taken on the hills. October 10.—Sphyrapicus varius. pecker. Haye taken only two here. May 16.—Dendreea caerulescens. Black-thronted blue warbler; quite rare, Very few are seen during the migra- tion seasons. May 23.—Dendraca Gluckburnic:, This beautiful little warbler is also very rare. May 18.—Parul Americana. Blue yellow-backed warbler; quite common when migrating. May 24,—Deudrosew caslaned. —Bay-breasted warbler; rare. Haye taken but one, May 26.—Myiodioctes canadensis. Canadian fly-catcher; not common. i May 3.—Regulus satrapa. Golden-crowned kinght; very Mbundant while migrating. Pinicola enuclealor.—Pine grosbeak; taken in winter. Yellow-bellied ‘waod- Very Y Red-bellied nut-hatch; a rare are. May 12.—Silla canadensis. the forest, scrambling among the little straggler. Taken in pine cones. May 9.—Dzndraica virens. quite common. November 6,—Spizella monticola, Tree sparrow; common in winter. : : fos borealis. Great northern shrike; seen frequently in fall. Black-throated green warbler; May 23.—Dendrecastriata. Black-polled warbler; acotumoh migrant, May 23.—Mpiotilla varia. Black and white creeper; rare. Vireo flavifrons, Yellow-thronted verio. Taken in May. May 9.—Dendrmeu coronata, Yellow-rumped warbler, Our most common migrant, September 26.—Anorthura troglodytes. Winter wren; vom= mon in fall, f (Certhia famitiuris. Brown creeper; common in fall. May 16.—Dendreeca eoerule. Overulian warbler; very rire: Was taken on the hills: How Eacixs anp Fise-Hawxs Freep tae Poor my Fronma.— A correspondent says: “Passing the cabin of an old negro on the Spruce Creek; we were hailed by his daughter, who asked us for fish. It so happened that haying none in the boat we were obliged to refuse; but just then an osprey was seen passing by with a large fish in his talons, pursued by an eagle, The fish- hawk was so closely pressed by his pursuer that he had to drop his prey, which fell close by the cabin, and was gladly picked tp by the woman, Thus, although the birds lost their supper, the hungry negroes gained one, and as the man happened to be a preacher, he doubtloss compared himself to the prophet who was fed by ravens.” te —We have received from our friend Mr, Shelton, of Rah- way, N. J., a beantiful specimen of an albino robin, which is an interesting addition to our collection, The bird is not completely white, having a black cap and a number of dark feathers in each wing and in the tail. One or two feathers of the throat are tinged with rust color, but with the aboye exceptions the specimen is pure white. The donor has our thanks for his kindness in sending us a specimen of so much interest, es A DOMESTICATED PENGUIN. ——— EprroR Forrst asp Sreean. Tt somotimes happens that sn ind{vidual from tha families of aquatic birds, distinguished for nothing but their open-throuted yoracity and their fear of the human species, risea sboye its mature and givse some svidences of civilization and the higher glimmerings of what may be called an intellectual instinet, The following remarkable cir- cnmp tance, never before published, isin proofofthis, It is strictly a fact within the knowledge of several living witnesses, The whale-ship Hubbarston, of New Bedford (thia may not have beon the name of the ship, but that is immaterial), was cruising on the Brazil banks in 1847. ‘The morning of May 20th had been atedionsly laborious but successful one—it liad brought s whale to his “death-flurry.” The captured monarel of the deep had struggled bravely—lasbed tho sea into foam, wlitch was stained with the crimson tide that flowed from the apear wonnds; butit was death with which it grappled, aud the mouster, like a huge spoil of war, was towed alungside, and secured by the fluke chaina to the ship, Grog was served, as customary on thous triumphant occasions, and a part of tha crew retired below to partake of the two delicacies ofa whaleman’s larder—bread and salt- junk. A person looking overboard saw a penguin (Gente Aplenodytes), commonly called by tha sailora a “Woguin,” between the body of the whale and the ship. ‘Che water was so discolored by the blood of the whale that nothing could be seen but the head and flippers of the Lew yisitant, He was evidently attempting to get upon the whale’sback, Ono of the crew leaped upon the whale, and the woggin came fearlessly to his hand and was taken ou board. On holding « consnitation if was determined to kUl the strange bird avd make » purse of bis akin; but one of the number, more humane than the rest, proposed thal he should ba cast overboard, which was done, and sli hands were culled to com~- mence culting up the whale. In s short time the sama penguin made his appearance, and by its actions expressed a desire to be taken of board. It was accordingly done by the command of the captam, when the wougin,in a stately manner, walked alt, and showed sigue of intebss satisfaction and contentment. He was perfectly tame, would suffer the approach of any ove of the crew, and, in a few days so far learned his duly asa sciman that when in caloi weather he was put overboard to collect his food, which consisted of sniall fish, he would, ss soon as his meal was ended, return to the ship tu ba taken on buard. He becamea general favorite with the crew, ald roceiyed the name of "Jack Woggiu," with which he seemed much pleased, and would respond tos call with as much alucrity ag a dog, If was singular to notice iis axclisive attachment to the crew of that ship. When lying by on the ornigsing ground for a “jam” (the whalemen’s term for a visiting party), Jick Woggin would sometimes, when in the water, aAppriach the boats of other whale-ships, but sll the attempts of their crewa to get him on board proved ineffectual; he would dive and ayold them, but when- ever the boala of the Hubbardaton came near him, he would hasten to be taken on board. Oue day, when a perfect calm provailed on the ~ pea, Jack had been pit overb yard for fuod uud exercise, and, in com- pany of some of his own species had proceeded at some distange from the ship, a squall suddenly rose, aud the ship was driyéu three or four miles from its station, Allwas bustle and confusion when it was aucertained that Jack Woggin had been left beliind, The menalolt were ordered to keep & sharp lookout for this follow-whaleman. in about two hours the joyfulery was heard from the masthead, “Jack Wogein isin sight!’ With much difficulty, panting from the severity of hia wxertiuns, he approached the ship and was taken on bodrd, He had been swimming for dear life through the tnrbulest seas to regain hia post of duty, For three months Jack Wozgin strutted with a sort of official dignity across the after part of the deck, feeling himself much above going before the mast, Hoe lad notan enemy on board, gud had he been permitted to see tha end of the yoyage {t is possible he might haye come io fora share of the profits. When he wanted anything to eat, he generally walked up to the man at the helm and looked him ateadily und wistfully in the face, continuing to do so until bis reyuest was granted, He eat beef cut iuto small slices and freshened, so that it bad but little taste of salt, and bread—then would walk to the water- cask for his drink. But We must approach the catastrophe. One day ‘“Juck Woggin™ was asking for his dinner, and the captain, unable to find any freshened eat for him, gave him some slices of aglt-junk, and in two Dotire this jewel of a seaman wasa dead woggin. It was sompthing amusingly gulomn, almost like 9 mock tragedy, to witness the lengthened visages and nviseless step of the crew os they gatherud sronnd the lifelasa body of Juck Wogyin, laid out in due form, aud prepared for his lust Juuoch, Tuey looked upon him 46 they would upon & brother sailor noder aimilar circumstances, or as they might haye gazell Upon & duyorits slip stranded upon & rock, "Whose prow shall never part the billows more." Krug. —_—_!__—_—eo__——_ ABHIVALS AUT THE PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN FoR WEEE END- aso Aprit 9yH—One Lumprey vol, presented; one Albiny squirrel (Scturus i ateaay mein one Gees ue at presented; ono snial} Alligator (Alligator missistipp'enais), presented. Aumauk E, Brows, General Sapte WAS IT INSTINCT? —— x Perv, Oxford Co., Maine, April 3, 1877. Enitor ForRrér ann STREAM. T have read with great Interest tho various articles in your yaluable Paper upon the enubject of “Instinctin the Lower Animals," and having had considerable experiance in fish culture, more particularly with the celebrated Rangely trout, I naturally haye witnessed many remark- able Instances of the uss of instinct so-called. One of theas I will re- Iste. In the autumn of 18701 procured about two hundred trout, and confined them in the basement of my house in four tanks, stde by side, éach being of the sume diménsions, vyiz.: sluven feetin length, twelve inchea in width, and fourleen incles in height. Whey were so ar- ranged ss to have the water pasa from one tank to the other, and thua keep Up a constant current and circulation of water, as well us to allow of the trout passing freely from one to the other, Ikept these trout con- fined in this manner for about two years, for the purpose of studying their habits and for experimenting in their culture, etc. These trout would often leap over the partition boards dividing ths tanks, and thus Pasa from one to tle other, instead of passing through the connecting Bpout which had been constructed for that purpose, This they seemd todo through mere sportiveness, as I would often notice the samé trout thus pass through all of the tanks in afew moments of time, always stopping in the ontside tank syhen he might justas readily bave leaped over the sidé of it, aa it rose vo further sbors the water than did the boards separating the tanks, Had they leaped over this board they would have inlen upon the ground and disd. Now, did inatinct teach them to stop there? Some will answer, “certainly,’ so 1 will only reply, that it Wasa vety remarkable evidence or exhibition of it. But if it was inetinctin that case, what was itin thie? During the winter the waste-pipe which conveyed the water from the tanks froze upone very cold night in my absence from the house, and upon my return, abont nine o'clock vp. ., my wife informed that there were strange noises down stairs among the trout. I immediately procured a light and went down, and behold! the cellsr bottom was covered with about 8 foot of water, which bad flown back from the waste-pipe,and strange fo tell, about half of the trout were out of the tanks and swimming contentedly around the cellar. Vo getthere and out of the tanks they bad toleap oyor the bosrd forming the outside of the tank, and which they had neyer done before. I iiimediately ratusd the walls of the outside tank about tix inches, so aa te prevent a recurrence of the thing, and they remained quiet for abont a month, when the waste-pips froze sgain, flooding the cellar, and the troutall leaped out over that board, six inches in height, and I found them as before, swimming srouud the collar, Iput them back into the tauks, and as the nater did not Treeze again, they never leaped over that board again, Now, was itinstinct that teld them when thére was water upon the outside of the tanks? Yours, truly, G, O. Ha¥rorp. a PEREGRINE FALCON (Hileo Peregrinius). —_—_ + ——. PHILADELPHIA, March 13, 1877, EpiTor Forest anp STaH ax, ‘ This falcon is not only found in the United States, butalso in Burope. In some parts of the country it is known ad the ‘'great-footed," or “duck hawk,” tis noted as a powerful and acrimonious bird, soaring With ease and graco beneath the moasureless sky for hours at a time. Its food consists of Gucks and pigeons; it descends almost as‘swift as an arrow from the clouds, in a perpendicular line, and striking its victim with ita powerful wing, catchss ft in its talons, mounts into the air, and seeks Some séquestered spot, lo feed onits prey unmolested, Wheu full growu, it measures from sixtuen to twanty inches long, aud its plam- age is very plain in color; its head aud neck ara of adark lead color; beak one and half inches long, black and hooked like that of the @agle; sye full and black; throatand breast of a creamy-white, dotted with spots of dark brown; its tail consistiug of twelve feathers, barred with bluish-grey and black, snd its wings measure from tip to tip thirty-six to thirty-eight inches; Underneath the wings the feathers are barred with light-brown. Under each eye ie a triangular stripe of dark- Jend color, talons black and one and a half inches long. The peregrine falcon loves to buildits »est upon some craggy cliff or figantic tree, Tha nest is mostly composed of twigs, lined inside with coarse grasa and feathers, On the 13th of September, 1968, [shots fine apecimen (male) at tha corner of Fifth and Girard Avontle, Philadelphia. For nearly three weeks this bird of prey had mate its ome in St. Peter's steeple, and lived on pet pigeons, Every day hoe would come from his hiding -place and soar into the air, and start his yictims into flight; after they had made two or three circlea bé would makeadart at the frightened birds, and never missed lis prey; be would then seek his hiding place in the cupola and dine on iia feath+red booty,. Qn the above named day, I borrowed a gun from Mr, Resd, four gunsmith on Girard Avyenua), and shot the ravenimta bird, and mounted him in fine style, and sold him t0 # gentleman in our city for ten dollars, Gzo. Bounwiy, Taxidermist. oS NOT ALL AN OYSTER. PorrsyinuE, Penn,, April 9. Epitor Forest anp STREAM. Afriend residiug in Washiogton rclatea a singular circumstance re- garding what might be termed shell-fsh, and I send it for publica- tion, as it may be imteresting to the readers of your valuable paper: “While some men were at work down the Potomac, dredging for oysters, one of them came across what he regarded as unusunlly large, fine oyster, which he concluded ta open. As tha shell, which was’ abont six or soyen inches long, was being opened, he pressed one of his fingers into the partially opened shell, when, to his surpriss, Bomethiog inside took a firm hold of his finger, and when he forcibly abstracted it Le ex- péerienced considerable pain and found it eomewhat lacerated, His sus- Picion and surprise were by this time excited, and he at once opened the shell and was astonished to find that if contained a curious animal ‘Boyeral inches long, completely filling the cayity of the shell. ‘The ani- amal yery much resembled what is commonly called a ‘watvr-dog,' excapt thutit had no feet. The head wis similar to that ofa cat-fish, with large mouth full of fine teeth, Just back of its head wera two large lobes, Which gave if the appearance of aamall bull-dog. The man who had hig finger bitten suffered considerably, and if was much infamad.’" This animal, whateyer it may prova to be, must haye made its access to the shell when small, dostroying the oyster it found as the natural tenant, groWing up to its present size within the culeareons prison usurped by itself, , Svascrmen. oS Dr. Elliott Cones will be attached to the American Nalu- ralist hereafter as editor of the Departmentof Vertebrates, an acquisition to that journal of great value. ANIMALS” RECEIVED aT OXNTRAL PARE Musacxrin For Week EXpixaG Apri 14—Three quail (Qrfya virgintanus), presented by Master James P, Kein, New York city; two ringdoyes (Turfur meorius), prexeniad by ‘Mrs. F. H, Daniela, Brooklyn; one snowy aye (Nyctod ntven), presented Mr, Chas, S. Galbraith, West Hoboken; two fox-equirrels |Sciuriue inus), prosented by Mr. J. II, Wlagler, Kessport, Pa.; one camel it) OW, A. Commis, FOREST AND STREAM. Woodland, Gfarm and Garden. GRAFTING TO TEST NEW VARIETIES. —— VERY fruit grower should experiment constantly in the wv of grafting, and thus proye for himself the yalue of different varieties of fruits. In his visits among his neighbors, whenever a good fruit is brought to his notice, he should at once procure a few scivers, and wrap them up in moistened paper until he reaches home, when they should be consigned to a box in his cellar; this box should contain damp moss or sawdust, and should be placed in a cool, moist corner, away from the furnace. Some kinds of fruits, such as apples and pears, graft more readily than others, Peaches, plums, or cherries can be reproduced more satis- factorily by means of budding. The uninitiated in these matters should therefore turn their attention more particu- larly to the first, and after they have gained proficiency it will be time enough to try the latter. In testing new varie- ties, it is much more sensible to own a single limb on an old established tree than to purchases young plant and wait for several years to ascertain perhaps, after nll one's trouble, that it is not at all suited to the locality. Of course several grafts may be inserted on the largest limbs, and a large nnm- ber of kinds may be grown on one tree if so desired. Oc- casionally the stronger growing kinds will smother the wenker, if care be not taken to keep the former within bounds; and yet there are instances where ss many as twenty or even thirty distinct varieties of apples are grow- ing on one tree, allin bearing condition, and the owners sweep away the premiums for the best and largest displays at every show when they exhibit. Old pear trees, whose use- fulness has passed away, may be made to produce bountiful crops of delicious fruit once more by grafting over their tops with good kinds; indeed there are plenty of such in- stances existing to proye how yery yaluable grafting is where good healthy stocks already exist. J. H. +e Poor Brep Srocz.—The attention of our readers is called foan advertisement in another column of an extensive sale of pure bred Alderney stock to be held on May 22d, near Dorking, Surrey, Bngland. American breeders can procure catalogues by sending to Messrs. White & Sons, Dorking. a —____ Drougur my CAnmorxtA.—Our Los Angeles correspondent, El. Gazador, writes, March 24: The drouth is affecting the sheep and cattle interest fear- fully in this county, and many thousand fine sheep will be slaughtered for their pelts. Our rainfall has been less than for twenty years; and in spite of quite a large area of irrig- able lands, the year will be a hard one for many, SS — Serecr Succunest Puanrs ror AmArgeurs.—These are generally known as showy flowering plants, standing our hot, dry summers well, so that butfew notes will be required. They can all be propagated from the leaves, forming little bulblets at the base that soon make plants if not kept too damp and shady, Any of them can also be raised from seed, which should be sown in a moderate heat as soon as ripe. _Echeverias for edging—Secunda, Secunda glauca, Pumilas, Atropurpurea. Eecheverias for centers—Metallica, Metallica glauca, Pachy- phytoides, Schidigera, Scaphylla. Eeheverias for pot eulture—Bracteosum, Pulyerulenta, Ro- seum, Farinosa, Fulgens, Lingua, Retusa, Scheeri. Puchyphyton Bracteosum also makes a good material for ont- lines in geometrical bedding, and is easily increased. Kleinia isa Cape of Good Hope genus that includes a few good species useful for planting out, or for pot culture. repens is often used in the ribbon border, but is also very use- ful as a bracket plant for the conseryatory; its blue leafage is yery distinct and peculiar, and renders it yaluable for bed- ding purposes. KC. tomentosa is a white, wooly looking plant, easily grown and distinct. The old ‘Candle plant” K. articwata is well-known for its quaintness, the other species are lax-growing plants of no great beauty. Before passing this group of plants, mention must be made of the beautiful little trailing Anacampseros. They haye fow- ers resembling those of the Portulaca, growing only two or three inches high, and forming a dense mass; the rose- colored flowers grow im seapes, six to eight inches high, and open inthesun. The best species are A. filamentosa, Arach- nowles, Rubens, and Varians. J. C, a VatuE or Evcomis Puncrara ss A Harpy Wixpow Praxt. —I have a bulb, whose two feet flower-spike opened its blooms in the beginning of October, nearly six mouths'ago, and these ara slmost.as fresh as when first expanded. The plant is Eucomis punetata. It has stood the cold of the past winter in the window ofa room in which there has been no fire. I grow many of them in pots, the persistency of the fowers making them yery useful, and T should think almost indispensable to window gardentrs Althongh quite hardy, this plant is more suited for pot culture. My treatment is as follows:—Shake out, divide when necessary, and re-pot in April, using sandy, rotten turf and decayed manure. Stand the pots during the summer ina hot sunny situtaion giving plenty of water; thus treated, in the early antumm eyery. bulb shows no spike of flowers, when they are remoyed to the green-house or sunny window, be seéd-vessel swells in the centre of the fragrant flower withont the petals shriyelling or dropping, which serves as a calyx to the pod—ZJ. M. SH —____—_- Tar Japan Jonas Tren.—General ignorance of the char- neter of plunts long known to professionals may fairly entitle them to be treated ns new. Many of the most haiutiful and rare belong to this category, Whence then this want of knowledge? The answer must imply several causes acting variously. The most common, perhaps, are defective appre- ciation among nurserymen of the profit to be derived by growing these plants, and the resultant general scarcity. Other causes, however, work iu, alter methods hard to define, such as difficulty of propagation, curious defects not nec- essirily fatal, and improper management by tliose first test- ing. Alany rate, from whatever ciuses, many similar plants continue oureasonably long in comparative obsenrity, An | example of this may be found in the Japan Judas Tree (Cer- . ” ) + 161 cis japonica), Occasionally seen_in catalogues in Burope, it seldom appe rs in even the finest ornamental grounds of this pore And yet its qualities ara of rare and great excel- ence, Early in the spring we see its smooth, erect branches wrenthing? themselves completely with clinging spiral folds of rosy pink flowers. These to a great exteni expand and develop before the leayes appear, presenting a striking effect amid the surrounding conditions of spring. ‘The benuty of the leayes fitly accompanies that of the flowers, and in its own wiy affords equal attraction, Curious and foreign looking in habit, these leaves remind one of nothing else, They are heart-shaped, shining, and leathery, Sand have a layer-like atrangement that suggests compactness, and rounded bnsh- like forms, The dark green color is retained throughout the summer, to be relieyed in tha latter portion therraf by a seattered bloom of bead-like flowers, the rosy tints of which are 80 difficult to describe. The bark is a light drab, and furnishes another of the fine contrasts peculiar to the species. Indeed, the whole bush, when well developed, has n de- cided air of richness and rarity, fully borne ont by its other habits. The fleshy nature of the roots, increasing so much the difficulty of propagation, is likewise snegestive of the above quulities. Apparently obstructive to its general culture, this difficulty speadily vanishes before proper adjustment of wéll matured grafts (or scions) to established stocks of Amer- ica Judas tree (Cercis canadensis). Seedlings are open to the objection of variableness in coloring, while the collection of the seed is very uncertiin from the unpioductive nature of the plant. Well rooted, tha Japan Judas tree grows qnite vigoronsly, and rvadily overcomes a certain sensitivenees to cold while young that only exists during uncommon sea- SOLS. Tt really seems that choice articles must be always subject to many dangers that the cruder aud less valuable ayoid; for- tunately the reward is well worth the risk. ‘The proper posi- tion on the lawn for this plant is singly about the house, on prominent points of shrubbery, or in open spates near {re- queuted paths. It is worthy of conspicuous positions, and will rarely by overgrosth obsenre a favorite view. Plants like this, peenliarly marked for finer qu:lity, seem always limited in numbers by difficulty of propagation, Yetall the more should we seek their possession, actuated by the same motive that attempts to draw about us special friends and choice spirits. Samuen Parsons. Tau Fivesr Watrs ry Orearton.—Sir Rose Lambert says that he had “coached much in Ireland and Wales before the era of railroads, and considered himself qualified to judge of that method of locomotion, but he never saw men handle their ribbons like these California drivers. Their teams, nearly always consisting of six horses, are," he adds, ‘as well turned out with regard to size, pace and vondition as any fonr-in-hand one sees in the Park during the London seuson, The roads were simply frightful, and often so rough and steep that many fellows would ‘‘funk” out hunt- ing. ITamfond of driving, and nothing gives me greater pleasure than to see good driving. These men TI consider the finest whips in creation, and it is worth coming all the way to California to learn what coaching really is, Plenty of the inembers of the Ponrin-hand Club look very work manlke in their tight-titting trousers, white box-coats, and curly-brimmed hats. Theix teams are perfectly matched, and a long purse or a long credit procures them pace, size, blood and bone. They carry their legs straight, their reins are properly arranged in the orthodox fashion, and if the two grooms they generally take behind, elaborately attired in buckskin and tops, are moderately active, they can get round atolerably sharp corner or succeed in doing Hyde Park much to their own satisfaction. Butas to driving, in the real sense of the word—ywell, ignorance is bliss, though im their case if would not be folly to be wise. Our old coach- men could drive. Between Cork and Dublin and Limerick and Galway, and before those days between London and York, there were many real coachmen. French, German, and Continental coachmen generally are néarly all tailors, Like most Englishmen, I always fancied that driving was our specialty, but after going a thonsand miles oyer California roads and with California drivers, I confess that I eannot so much as touch them.”—San Francisco Chronicle. es To Keer Lick rrom Srrmmc Heys,—Sprinkle sulphur—a handful to a hen—twicea week on the hen, when on her nest. Take the sulphurin your hand, commence at the hen’s tail, let your little finger just touch the feathers on her back and she will raise them; move your hand toward her head, letting the sulphur seatter among herfeathers. This will keep off the voop lice, the bane of the poultry house. Don't put on the sulphur within three days of the hen’a hatching, and it won't hurt the chicks, sure, if your hen sits well and hatches well. he Zennel. BENCH SHOW NOTES. HE entries and attendance from Great Britain at the New York Bench Show promise to be very large. Mr. Lincoln has received, among many others, a letter from Hugh Dalziel, Esq., of The Country, and Hon, Secretary of the Dandie Dumont Club, saying that he will be here with a number of dogs. In the last issue of The Country we find an advertisement from Mr. §. W. Smith, one of the largest breeders of fox terriers in Hngland, in which he states that haying been requested by several gentlemen to take their dogs to the International Dog Show, New York, be will take still more if desired. Mr, Lincoln is receiving letters from portions of England whera it would scareely be beliaved that news of this show could have penetrated, requesting particulars and entry blanks, Thereis no doubt, whatever, that could the Committee have secured the Hippodrome for 8 fortnight later, as was desired, there would have been a representation of several hundred dogs from across tha water, The railrond arrangements promise to be yery complete, Letters haye been reveiyed already from the managers of the following lines, stating that dogs from all points on their roads would be carried to and from New York for the Benoh Show: Erie Railway, Canada Southern Railway, New York, New Hayen and Hartford Railway, Leliigh Valley Railway, Pennsylvania Railway, New Jersey Contral Railway, und . 162 FOREST AND STREAM, others. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway have made a tariff for dogs of twenty-five cents for the first one hyndred miles, and ten conts per one hundyed miles after that. By this arrangement owners ean bring their dogs 6ven from the far West at slight expense. The picture gallery will be a novel and attractive feature, Artists who haye made paintings of dogs are requested to communicate with Mr, Lincoln, and the same request is made of all who may have such paintings or engravings. A autiher haye already been offered, and should there be suficient to make it an object, an appendix will be added to the regular catalogue. The garden will be made very attractive with its fountains, waterfall, ete., and from the numerous applications bemg made for stalls for the ex- hibition of sporting materials of every description, it would Heem that in addition to a dog show there was to be a fair. A letter has heen received from Gen. Knollys, Private Sec- retary to the Prinoe of Wales, im response to an inyitation to the Prings to exhibit some of hisdogs. H. R. H. wishes the show avery success, but regrets that it will be impossible on #0 Short amotice ta send any representatives from his kennel, We noted last week that Mr. Macdona had written that the eminent judge Mr, Lort would probably accompany him from England. The presence of two such anthorities at our Bench Show would not only be of immense value, but would add greatly to the eclat of the occasion. Not the least attractive festure of the show will be the magnificent display of that noblest of dogs, the St. Bernard. Mr. Burdett Loomis, of Hartford, will exhibit his entire kennel, and at least twenty-five States in all haye been be- fpolren for this one breed. There will also be a large ax- hibit of mastiffs, and one other feature quite new to Ameri- can shows—that is, an exhibit of toy terriers in glass cages. There is a joke on the W, K. C., which is too good to keap. When the Preminm List was prepared gold was quoted at 104, It has now reached 1074, and it looks as though it might go to 130, which would work rather a difference in the premiums. We suggest to the Club to ‘‘cover their shorts” while they can. aE CANADA ON THE U. S. BENCH SHOW. Srratroy, Ontario, Canada, April 12, 1877. Eprror Forrest anp Srream, Tam in receipt of prize list for the Bench Show to bé held at Gilmore’s Garden, New York, under the auspices of the Westminster Kennel Club, on the 8th, 9th and 10th of May. The list, including speciul prizes, is a yery good one—I think the best, without any exception, offered at any dog show eyer held in this country, The special prizes are exceptionally good, being composed of not only good, but useful articles— such as guns, fiy rods, ete,, etc.; and the cups, Tunderstand, are sterling silver, which should always be the case for tro- plies of this kind, no matter how small. With such a special prize list, and $30 and $20 gold as first and second prizes for sporting dogs in the open classes, itshould be suf ficient to please all competitors, ifnot after, certainly before the awards are announced. For my part, I consider it a most liberal prize list, indeed, and one which should bring together a grand collection of dogs, with Mr. Charles Lincoln ss manager. I have only to say, when I saw him managing the first show I ever attended in this country, I then made up my mind he was either just fitted for the place or the place for him, I econld not makeup my mind which; and after meeting him at several of the big shows since, I am just as far from coming toa con- clusion as to which itis; but one thing is sure, a dog show has no business without him. I also notice Mr, John Dayid- son, of Monroe, Mich, is to be one of the judges. Well, I don’t know what friend John's knowledge of sky terriers is, but if T have a setter or a poimter possessed of any weak points, please oblige me by not allowing him to judge in these classes. I would here offer a little friendly adyice to disappointed exhibitors, if in Mr, Dayidson’'s classes. For gracious sake don’t question him as to the whys and where- fores that things are thus thusly. If yon do so, just look him squarely in the face, and if you don’t get withered, then Tapolugize, Lonee tied it—only once, my dear friends; T won't repeat it, I promise you I will not; I shall never forget the expression; I can’t describe it. A donble-barrel steel trap on full cock, and me stepping back for fear it should go off, is as good an illustration us I can give you of the picture. 1 wus foolish snough then to think I knew more about dogs than Mr. Dayidson did, I have long since come to the con- clusion that I was laboring under a mistake, The very fact that Euglish sportsmen are coming across the Atlantic especially to see this show, should be an incentive to all the sportsmen in Americato turn out and make such 2 show of it as we shall be proud of as long as we liye, Yours truly, Doe Warr. ————— OO _ —Mr. L. W. White's liver and white pointur bitch Grace, Whelped on the Gth inst, five puppies, all dogs, hy the im- ported dog Morn, Morn is a leumon and white dog, imported in UWlero by Gov. William Sprague, of Rhode Island, and strange to say, every oue of these puppies was in color and markings exactly like his sire. Grace is the first bitch he has sérvyed, but we are reqnested to enuounee that le will be at the New Mork Bench Show, and will serve free the bitch of any exhibitor, proyiding she is pure bred, has an anthenti- cated pedigres, aud is of any othercolor than lemon and while, the abject being to proye whether he will transmit lis color, as it is claimed that the strain has bred true to color for nine generations. Morn stands 26 inches high at tie shoulder, and weighs 57 pownds. i —_—_—_ Docs Sreatzuna Eees,—Somebody inquired recently for a remedy to cure dogs from stenling eggs. A correspond- ent writes, Hat by observing the following proceeding a cure will surely be eifected - First find what hen-house the flog is in the habit of visit- ing; then take an egg and prick info one end of it a liberal amount of Cayenne pepper, and all you haye to dois to watch the effect, and if it is nola sure gure then if must he strange kind of adog. Hoping that this will prove a honetit to #0,” Lancaster Pa, PapRo, THE CAUSE OF GUN SHYNESS. Buscxssure, Va., April 2, 1877. Eprror ForEst AND STREAM. In a late issue of your paper IT find a letter from Capt. J. M. Taylor, in which he gives expression to an opinion which seers to be getting yery prevalent now, and is being apparent- ly pushed to exttemes. Capt. Taylor attributes gun shyness to breeding setters at puberty, Recently, in correspondence with the owner of the dog I considered the best to breed my young slut to, the gentleman expressed himself unwilling to breed his dog to any slut less than two years old, because at an éarlier age than two years he thought a setter slut too im- mature to breed anything but immature nnd weakly pups. With all due deference to the opinions of others, I beg leave to say that I differ very widely from them, I have been breeding and breaking setters and pointers for thirty years, and in that time I haye had three badly pun shy. The first of these was from a sluf and dog sach about 6 years old. The second was from a dog past 10, nnd shit abont 5 years old. ‘The last was from a slut neyer bred until past 3 years old, and by a yery old dog, I am sware that in- dividual cases count for little, but has Capt, Taylor any other sort of argument for his yiew of the vase? I haye seen gun- shy dogs of every breed, At times it appears to be of acci- dental atquirement and merely individual attachment, but like all other traits, it is unguestionably hereditary, as was the case in all the instances [ have known. I give sports- men the assurunce that a dog or slut haying this defect, even though perfectly cured, as it yery often cam he by judicious trentinent, will very often, and long after the cure, produce offspring in which the defect will reappear. A setter slut will be in heat for the first time, usually, at from 10 to 14 months old, most frequently in my experience a little past 12 months, and at that time itis far better to breed them thannot. It appears to be clearly established that females which produce young at an early age make the best mothers, and it is equally certain that animals allowed to pass by the period of puberty for several years sometimes cannot be bred from at all, having become barren from desire of the repro- ductive functions. In matters of this sort nature is a toler- ably good guide, and it will be seldom that a slut will be in heat before she is mature enough to breed. I believe there is no evidence that the whelps of the first litter of young mothers are in any way inferior to those of any subsequent litters. I have been familiar with the breeding of dogs from earliest infancy, as my father always kept and bred a vast number of them, being devoted to the chase, as I myself haye always been. Ihave never met witha fact or statement which tends to establish the idea thata setter slut at 14 or 15 months old—the usual time for the first litter—is too im- mature to bring forth healthy and vigorous young, If there be among the highly bred English setters of recent importa- tion a disposition to gun shyness and idiocy, it is not to be attributed to their having been bred too young, but to too close inbreeding and the absurdly artificial treatment to which they are subjected in the kennels of professionals, If breeding from young mothers would produce idiots, it would seem that Jersey cattle ought to bethe most foolish beasts in the whole world. I donot advocate a system of breeding which has for its object the development of precocity in this respect, I hayesome experience in physiology and Natural History, and much in the breeding of all kind of animals, and J adyise inexperienced sportsmen not to allow any setter slut to become 3 years old before she becomes a mother if it can be helped, if she is to be used to breed from. It seems to me gentlemen scarcely consider the effect of their words when they speak of a dog 14 or 15 months old as a wholly immature puppy. As this isa question of high interest, I think Imight yenture to ask that if Oapt. Taylor has any statistics upon which his opinion is based, he will be kind enough to giye them to the public, Yours, etc., M. G. Extzey, a SETTERS—ENGLISH, SCOTCH, AND IRISH. ———— + ——— BY STONEHENGE, ——_+—_—_— THE TRISH SETTER, HIS breed has long been known to sportsmen through- out Great Britain as a good one, especially in point of stamina, and a class was set apart for it at Birmingham in 1860, a year before the black and tans were similarly favored, though, I think, hardly from so flattering a cause, and most probably from the circumstances that Mr. Jones, of Oscott, who was then a promiment member of the committee, possessed two specimens of the breed, which he had recently obtaimed from Ireland; but, to his disgust, Major Irving, who judged the class, awarded the first prize to Mr, R. F Onslow, of Herefordshire, Mr, Jones getting a second only with his Carlo, with which dog, however, under the same judge, he bent a better class in 1861, including Mx. Watt's Ranger, a slashing ona in appearance, but, nnfortunately, with a pedigree which was disputed. In 1863 Major Hutch-_ inson brought out Bob, whose pedigree exhibits a strain of the celebrated La Touche breed, and with him he carried off the chief prizes at Birmingham, Cremorne, and Islington in 1864, leading to his selection for the illustration of the article on the Irish setter in 1865, He was, however, not a typical specimen, being too heayy both in frame and head, and obviously overtopped, althongh otherwise useful, and, I have reason to believe, thoroughly good in the field. In 1867 Capt. Allaway exhibited his beautiful brace, Shot and Grouse, which were generally accepted as showing all the peculiarities of the breed, andof such a fine formation that Shot, considered by me inferior in shape to his brother, ob- tained the silver cup for the best setter in the show, after a warm dispute between the two judges, Messrs. Lang and Walker, in which the former, an excellent and experienced judge, stuck to the Tishman throughout, while the latter wwas as strongly in favor of Fred IL, a well-known Laverack, and the referee was calledon to decide between them. Capt. Allway maintained his position till 1871, when Onpt. Cooper brought out his Ranger, » son of Hutchinson's Bob, and also straining back on the dam’s side tothe La Touche kennel, At length, in 1873, Dr. Stone came out with his Dash, who was admitted to be almost perfect in shape, and of the true type. He took every prize until age compelled his retirement in favor of Mr: Hilliard’s Palmerston, who Inay now be considered the beat public representative of the breed, Dash is of Dr. Stone's own strain, which he has kept to himself for twenty-tive years, in color blood-red, showing white on his head and toes, and also on his neck, with great quality, and a faultless frame, There is no reason to suppe that any improvement had | taken place in this breed Pa native couairy until very | recently, when the institution of local shows seems to have stimulated Irish breeders to fresh exertions; but im the ex- hibits which have been made on this side the Channel the chain of progress has been unbroken from Carlo to Dash and Palmerston. In the field trials, the Rev. J. 0. Mac- dona has raised its character by producing his Plunket at Shrewsbury in 1870, after which he was sold to Mr. Purcell Llewellyn, and took prizes at Yaynol, Sonthampton, and Shrewsbury. This dog was very small and bitch-like in ap- pearance, and rather light in color, but his pace was very great, though not perhaps quite equal to that of the Layer- ack Countess, while his style of going and his attitude on the point were far superior ta hers. He was bred by the Hon. D, Plunket, and combines the blood of that: gentleman's kennel with the La Tonche and Hutchinson strains, Mr. Purcell Llewellyn purchased him in the height of his sue- cesses, and bred several average dogs from him ont of Kate (of the Knight of Kerry's strain), including Kimo, Kite, and Kitty; while another litter, ont of Buckell’s Min, contained Marvel, May, and Knowing, less successful than the former, both on the bench and in the field. With the solitary ex- ception of Plunket, however, no Insh setter has shown any- thing like high form in the field trials, Mr. Purcell Llew- ellyn’s Samson, who is above the average, being crossed with the Layerack Prince throngh his dam, Carrie, though both are entered in the Stud Book as Trish setters. After a, great deal of discussion, a separate class has been made in Dublin and elsewhere for reds and white and reds, it being shown that there are two distinct strains of the Trish setter, of these colors respectively. The white and reds stand no chance in the open classes, and yet it was con- sidered hard to debar them from all prizes, especially as by some goad judges they are thought to possess bettar noses than the reds. According to my judgment, the rich red, or blood-red color as if is described, is made a little too much of, and Ishould strongly object to the passing over of ex- cellence in shape because the color is too pale, » marked instance of which happened at the Brighton show of 1876. Here one of the grandest bitches 1 ever saw in shape, size and quality, who had won seyeral prizes in Ireland, and moreover of excellent blood, succumbed to very mediocra animals, simply because her coat was too pale in color, though very little, if any, paler than that of the aboye-men- tioned excellent dog Plunket. If this class had heen judged by points, the bitch in question would haye distanced ‘her competitors, because she would have been credited with a full allowance for all other qualities, and could only haye had ten points altogether knocked off for the negative value of color, The old breeds of this dog most celebrated are the O'Gon- nor (generally known as a Touche), Lord Dillon's, Lord Olancarty’s, Lord Lismore’s Lord de Fresne's (usually called the French Park), the Mount Hedges, Lord Rossmore’s, and the Marquis of Waterford’s. In modern days Dr. Stone, Major Hutchinson, Capt. Cooper, Capt. French, Mr. H, B. Knox, Hon. D, Plunket, Capt. W. Allaway, Mr, Hilliard, Mr. Lipscombe, Mr. C, Brien, and Miss Warburton haya been most successful on the show bench; but, with the ex- ception of Plunket, none of them have proved the excellence of their strains at any field trial. In points the Irish setter only difters from the English the following: 1. The skull is somewhat longer and narrower, tha eye- brows being well raised, and the occipital prominence as marked as in the pointer, 9. The nose is a trifle longer, with good width, and square at the end; nostrils wide and open, with the nose itself of a deep mahogany or very dark fleshy-color, not pink or black. 3. Byes, ears, and lips.—The eyes should bea rich brown or mahogany color, well set, and full of intelligence; a pale or gooseberry eye is to be avoided. Wars long enough to reach within half an inch or an inch of the end of the nose, and, though more tapering than in the English dog, never coming to a. point; they should be set low and close, but well back, and not approaching to the hound’sin setting and leather, Whiskers red; lipa deep, but not pendulous. 5 and 6, In frame the Irish dog is higher on the leg than either the English or black and tin, but his elbows are well let down neyerthéless; his shoulders are long and sloping; brisket deep, but never wide; and his back ribs are some- what shorter than thoseof his English brethren, Loin good, slightly arched, and well oupled to his hips, but not yery wide; quarters slightly sloping, and flag set on rather low, but straight, finein bone, and beautifully carried. Breeders are, however, going for straight backs like that of Palmers- ton, with flags set on as high ag in the English setter, 7. Legs yery straight, with good hocks, well-beut stifles, and mus¢ular but not heavy Naunches, 8. The feet are hare-like, and moderately hairy between the toes, ] 9. The flag is clothed with along, straight comb of hair, never bushy or curly, and this is beantafully displayed on the point. i The coat shonld be somewhat coarser than that of the English setter, being mid-way between that and the black and tan, wavy but not curly, and by no nieans long. Both hind and fore-legs are well feathered, but not profusely, and the ears are furnighed with feather to the sarie extent, with a slight wave, but no curl, 12. 'fhe color should be a rich blond red, without any trace of black on the ears or along ths back; in many of the best strains, however, n pale color or occasional tinge of black is shown. A little white on the neck, breast, or toes is by no means objectionable, and there is no doubt, that the preponderance of white, so as to constitnte what is called ‘oyhite and red,” is met with in some good strains. In his work, the Trish setter is fast and enduring; his nose is quite up to the average of fast dogs in delicacy, and to those who are limited to a small kennel, he isan inyaluable aid tothe gun, His style of going is yery beautiful, with head well up and feeling for the body scent; he has a fires action of the shoulders, hind-legs brought well under him, and a merry lashing of the flag 6n the slightest indication of scent—often, indeed, without it. His advocates contend that he is as steady as any other setter when once broken, but, as far as my experience goes, I searcely think this posi- tion can he maintained. Neither Plunket nor any thatI haye seen of Mr, Purcell Llewellyn’s breeding, nor indeed any of those which I have had ont in private, haye been always reliable, and I fear that, like almost nll other setters of such high conrage, it must be admitted that he requires work to keep him ina state of control tif for mmmediate nha with the gun, In this raspoct, and indedd in delicacy of nose, both the English and Irish setter mush yield to the black and tan of the best strains; but to do the saine amount of work, at lenst a donble team of the lash mentionad ninst be kept. ~ - I tained a but hope to obtain one n v a oOo pe = FOREST AND STREAM. 163 Tn comparing the three breeds of setters, we should have to place Countess and Nellie (English) against Plunket sols to represent the Irish, while the black and tans could only muster Rex. who, on a good scenting day would have stood no chance with either of the three from want of pace, though ona bad one he could as certainly haye taken every point. $$ —_— —An entira kennel of dogs, the property of a gentleman going abroad, is adyertised in another column. [ff tha stock is what it is said to be, there may be some bargains to be had. a —Mr. §. 'T. Babeook, of Piermont, N. Y., claims the name of ‘“Jilt” for his red Irish setter bitch pup, out of Mr. Chas. H. Raymond's Bonnet Carré, by Wm. Taylor's imported red Trish setter Carlo. A Userux Orment.—Jron publishes the receipt for making “chrome cement,” which, as it will not yield to the action of water, is likely to come into generaluse for mending various ar- ticles of glass, chinaware, ete. Itmight also be very valuable in mraking a inms. It consists of a strong solution of gela- tine, to which has been added, for every five parts of gelatine, one of 4 solution of acid chromate of lime. The mixture becomes insoluble in water under the action of light, in consequence of the partial reduction of the chromic acid, and this property is utilized on several occasions in photography. Prof. Schwarz has been experimenting with it as a cement for glass. With a fresh preparation of the solution he covered the surfaces to be united as evenly as possible, pressed them to- gether, andthen tiedthem togéther, He then exposed theglass to the sun, and at the end of a few hours the operation had per- fectly succeeded, Boiling water has no effect on the oxidised eement, and the fracture could scarcely be recognized. Valua- ble objects inglass, which would be disfigured with cominon ce- ment, can be satisfactorily repaired in this manner. It is probable that microscopic object-glasses could be better fas- fened with this than with black asphalte. UNDOUBTEDLY one of the best and cheapest stocks of Carpetings, Oil- Cloths, Matting, éte., ete., to be found in the United States is that of ‘Messrs. Joun H, Pray, Sona & Co., Washington Street, Boston, I, W+ Adam is the sportsman of the firm, and will take special pains to please any of onr friends calling upon him, or with any orders sent him, Itis &@ wood, reliable honse.—Adv, ginswers Yo Correspondents, ——_+—— No Notice ''aken of Anonymous Communications, ——_+—_—- L. H., Ja- Philadelphia.—Will you inform me where I can obtaina water spaniel pup of pure and choice breed? Ans. By addressing J, H. Whitman, Chicago, Illinois. é H,. H., New York.—Pleuse tell me what is the cheapest and best book on managing the dog in thefieli and where ITcangetit? Ans, ‘Dinks, Mayhew and Hutohingon;” price $3. Wecan send it. ‘ CHESTER, Birkenhead, Eng.—The finest caribou antlers in this country are to be fonnd in Néwfotndland. The carribon there carry very large and beautifully palmated antlers, and in many cases haye doh brow antlers well developed. J. W.—ist. What would be a good puttern for a 10-gauge breech-loader ¢ylinder-hore gun at 40 yards with 4 drachms of powder and 13 02, of No. Gshot? 2d, What reputation has Clabraugh asapgnnmaker. Ans, ist, 110 pellets. 2d. Very fuir, A. W. H.—ist, How much doss the new Flobert rifle’ cost—those which haye a catch to prevent the hammer from flying back? 2d, Would Ibe likely to find any buy-bird shooting in the yicinity of Nahant ald eleawhere? Ans, Ist, From $12 to $16, according to weight. 2d, Yes, in the proper season. R, McO,, Hlizaheth, N. J—I havea 9-ponnd 10-gange gun, cheap got up, twist barrels, with 434 drachms powder and 144 oz. No. 4 shot, at 40 yards, at one half the daily Sua paper, put 42 pellets in. Ts that good shooting, and are Montou's guns considered good? Ans. ‘The shoot- dng was poor, and as Monton has buen dead very many years, your gun isprobably @ cheap imitation. F. N, L,, New York,—ist, Do you Know & gunmaker by the name of H, Fisher? Whatis his repotation? 2, Do not Falton, Bodine, and Gildersleeye belong to the Amateur Rifie Club? Ans. ist, We presume you mean Homer Fisher, the dealerin rifles. He is now making a muz- sle-loading rifle, the reputation of which is yet to be established. 2d- Yea, L. 8, L., Rockville, Conn.—I have a Parker 10-bore, which is about one inch too short in the stack. Do you know of any one that could put on arnbber cusbion or other attachment that would lengthen the Btock and saye the recoil somewhat, and at the same time look well? Ans. It can be done by putting in a rubber butt plate of the rights thick- ness. Parker Brothers vould do it for yd. P. H. ¥., West Philadelphia. —I haye a setter dog that is afflicted with a jerking through his body and limbs, I snppose it came from dis- temper, Willyou be soltind as to publish a cure, if you know of one? Ans. Your dog has chorea or St, Vitus’ dance, and we question if thee ia a cure for it. Rocursrsr, Pa.—I havea gin that londs badly. Can you explain the cause? Ans. Use a couple of blank charges, that is, withont shot, be- fore you commence to shoot, and your guu will not lead. Itis possible thatyour shelis are to short, and the shot scrape against the shoulder of the chamber. Yon can get Bly's shells, 10-gnuge, up to df inches. ¥. H., Boston,—Can you iuforni me where Ican obtain a copy of the “Game Laws” of this State? Also, what are the best trout streams of this State, and the best months fo go? Ang. Will send yon copy of Game Laws. The best trout streams of New York are in the Adiron- dacka, without doubt. Goin latter part of May and whole of June. W. H. W., Philadelphis—When Iam trout fishing I suifer from the pluck Hy. Can you tell me of any preparation that I can use that will preyent their attacks? Ans. Try a mixture of Bermuda tar, swaet oil, and essence of pennyroyal, ‘here are many different recipes for fiy-preventives. G. §., Sevannah, Ga.—ist. What will it cost to have the locks to my breech-loader altered fo as to make the hammers rebound, snd to Whom shall lserd them? 24, Shall eend.thewtock with locks attached, or will it do to send only thelocks? Ans, ist. Something depends upon the quality of the lovks ; from $7 to $10, Yd. H.C. Squires, No. 1 Courtlandt Street, will do it; send the whole gun. W.-M. G,, Brie, Pa.—We hayea pet kitten, highly prized in the fam- ily, that latoly is euffering with yunning xt the nose and eyes, has a cough and cannot swallow, although she seems very hungry, Will you asto tell me of anything to relicve it? Ans. Give your cats aight ani morning for two deys, placing the powder oF hes tongite, ‘Atterward: give bera texspoouful of i a q. E. W. C., Germantown.—My beagla pup (bitch) shows signs of the distemper. How had Ibetter treat her? Sbernns alittle at the eyes, andhos # dry, husky cough; otherwise quite well, Ans, While the symptoms are so mild ws should give a Dover's powder, placed dry on the back of the tongue morning snd night. EH. 0. A, Exeter, N. 1.—1st. Where can I procure an accurate map of Moosehead Lake and the region around it? @d. I haye an English donble-barrel breech-londer with the name ‘Ward & Sons, London,"’ stamped on the barrels. Do yon know of any such firm, and do they make a reliable gunn? Aus. ist. At office of Tl. W. Ripley, printer, 138 Congress Street, Boston. 24, We do not know them, FH, L., Lynn, Mass.—Will you please give the readers of your paper in this yicinity the dimension of the Creedmoor target for 200 yards range, also the subdivisions as made by the Massachusetts Rifle Asso- ciation? Ams. Hight inch bull’s-eye, 26-Inch centre, 46 inch inner, outer rest of target. We believe the Creedmoor targets are now used in Mas- sachusetts. Pepno, Bridgewater, Mass. —How Jong before the “Stud Book” will be published? and how much longercan we enter dogsinit? Ans. Tha publication of the Kennel Stud Book has been delayed nntil after the New York Bench Show. At that time thera isto bea meeting of the National Amorican Kennel, Club, when itis hoped that arrangements will ba made for the issving of but one book. Sunscrinen, Ashbysburg, Ey.—I noticed in your paper some tims ago 4 Tacipe for waterproofing, aud one of the ingredients was solution of India-rubber. Ihave tried every good drug store in the vicinity, but cannot getit. Would you be so kind as to inform me where I could procureit? Ans. It was the virgin or native India-rnbber that was to be dissolyead in benzine, It can be had, probably, of D. Hodgman & Co,, 27 Maiden Lane, this city. D. A. H,, Ashbysbory, Ky.--ist.f@Do you know anything of those watches advertised in your colamns? Are they good? 2d, In shooting 20 yards off-hand I generally make a string of 10 tn 15 inches, is that an average or below for good shooting? 3d, I would like to learn soma- thing of gun-making; are there any books treating of the subject? Ans, ist. We believe they are worth the money, 2d, You donot state how many shots, 8d. You muet be born again und serve an apprenticeship. E. B., Brooklyn.—I am using Plobert cartridge in a 15-inch Stevens rifle, and as the manufacturers of these Floberts do not grease them, will you please tell ms how Ioan make or where I cau buy the article used for this purposes? Igroased some of them as well as I could, and the result was increased peretration and greater accuracy. Ans. Make a lubricant of one part pure beeswax and two parts sperm oil, in weight, X, ¥, Z., N. ¥—I wrote you some time ago to advise me about duck shooting at Babylon, and you answered through the columns of your pa- per not to gothere, but to go to Shinnecock. I haye been there, and had pretty good luck, but want to go somewhere nearer, if you willanswer those same questions, who to address, guide, etc. Ans, Write to Rube Andérson; he haga house on Oak Island, opposite Babylon, or go to Babylon and hunt him up. Charges prebably about $8 per day for bat- tery, decoys, board, etc, J. M. D., Irwin Station, Pa.—When you say 3}; drachms of powder and 1!¢ ounces shot for aload, do you use Troy, apothecaries’, or avoir- dupois weight? 2d. Is the powder and shot gauge made by Capewell & Son a correct oné? 3d. Where could I get Lafayette mixture? (our drug- gist don’t know anything about it). Ans. Ist. Neither; we mean the powder measnre marked on Dixon’s measures, one drachm of which corresponds with about 27 grains Troy or apothecaries’ weight, and is therefore abont a drachm apothecaries. 2d. We do not know it, 3d. Your druggist could get it through any wholesale druggist in this city. 6, 3, F., Plymouth,—l have a pointer pup five months old. He is perfectly well, with the exception of his forward legs, which have large bunches on them, hardin the middle and lower joint, and after he has been ontalittle while his legs tremble, and will hardly support his body. Ans, Fromthe aboyeand the further symptoms you describa wa should say that your Gog will never recover sufficiently to be of yalue, and if ours we should destroy him. Your diet is correct, but the jolting of the Wagon would have a tenflency to aggrayate the trouble. PH, D,, New York.—Where can I find the pedigree of Alfred and Moll, of the Marquis of Anglesea’s kennel? One of their pups was brought to this country in 1854, Can you tell me by the 12th inst? Ans. Woe can find no such dogsin the English Konnel Stud bookas credited to the Marquis of Anglesea’s breed. Mr. Lort now has some of the breed, his bitch, Dip, being out of Darkie (Marquis of Anglesea’s breed), and the grand dam of the celebrated Ranger. Mr. Macdona er Mr. Lort, who will be here in May at the bench show, can supply nll the information, G. R., Rochester.—1. Please tell me how to prepare a bird's breast so it won't shrivel up? 2, What aotior on a gun do you like best? 3. Doyou like a10 or 12-boreforgeneral work? Ans. 1, For general prep~ aration a taxidermist would use arsenical soap, but an epicure would, if the bird was a fishy ons, puta few slices of onions in the dressing; if not fishy, don’tuse the onions, but you want athin slice of pork Inid over the breast in eithercase. Season to the taste. Placein « quick oven if small birds, Not so hot if large ones, 2. Top-snaps, 3, 12- bore, 0. W. G., Gentral City, ol.—I haye a Scotch pup five months old that is yery weak in his hind-quarters, lolling to the right side when he stands or walks, I brought him out from the East two months ago, and soon after iis arrival he was taken sick—grew thin and weak, no appetite; hasi’t grown any since I received him, Ans, Your dog has chores, There is searcely a cure forit. A tonic of quinine and iron, with plenty of the most nourishing food, is the best treatment you can follow; or one-eighth of a grain of the extract of nux yomica, two grains quinine and one-half grain reduced iron, given in a pill three times a day for two weeks. C, M. B., Boston —I haya recently purchased u fine English bull dog, whosesmed im perfect health till within a week. His neck bus been drawn aside, and all efforts to cure him bave been unsyailing, Hs cats little or nothing, and is very poor. Can the trouble with the neck be rheumutism? He has had no cold, and has been exposed to the weather butlittle, Cannot the loss of flesh be attributed toworms? His breath is offensive, and there is a tendency to mange. Ans. Your dog is prob- ably generally out of bealth, We should give him first a cathartic, say tio U. 8. compound cathartic pills, Afterward ten grains quinine, and ten drops tincture of iron for a few days, If the trouble in his neck remains it is probably rheumatism, and the neck should be well rubbed with soap Huiment or opodildoc. 7, L.. Darien, N. ¥.—1. What ia the State bounty in Wisconsin on pears? If you do not Imow, please tell me whom toinynire of? 2.1 haya seen the statement that bears were very abundantin the western partof Newfoundland; is it so? 3,1 observe thata custom proyails among manufacturers of breech-loading rifles to make a difference of $3 to $5 between round barrels and octagon, of samelength, weight and finish, and using sume cartridge. Now, whence does thia difference arise? 4, Is the recoil given by 4 100-grain metallic eartridge suffi- oient to inflict injury, provided a dozen were fired Ia succession ? Ans. 1. We do notknow; address theSeorstary of State. 2. Notenough so Lo prove profitable, 8, They ate more expensive to malo and finish, 4. Notif the rifle was of the proper weight, R. F., New York.—Ist. Can you inform me whethor a cocker spaniel needs training? Thayebeen told tathe contrary by a prominent dog dealer, Ifso, tan you recommend me to a responsible party, and whot would be the approximate cost? 20. Can you tell ms tha padipraa of one of Mr, J. G, Bennett's cocking pups, threa months old, sold at suction by Barker & Ohase, February 7, 18772 Ans. 1st, Gertainly, they require breaking. They mnst be taught to drop to shot, to come to heel, torange close, and to return. We know of no one who makisa specialty of breaking cockera; perhaps Mr. Waumakor would take him; Bed advértigement, 2d. Ws cannot. L. W., Indianapolis, and 100 others who have replied to adveriise- ment in Forest AnD STREAM, March 29th,—I beg to describe the two Greener treble-wedge, fast breech-loaders for ssle, Both are new, handsomely finished and engraved barrels of fino laminated steel: 1- bore—barrels, 32 inchas; stock, l4inches; weight, 9 pounds 11 ounces; drop of stock, 3g inches; pistol hand, full choked; original cost, $250; selling price, $165, 12-bora—barrela, 30 inches; stock, 14\y inches; weight, 73¢ pounds; drop of stovk, 2% inches, not choke-bured; origi, nal cost $225; selling price, $150. Both guns are perfect in every par- ticular.—H. J, Warnes, 67 Exchange Placa, Room 18. J. W. W., Gilmore’s Mills, Va.—T havo several yaluable hounds which have been affected for some time past with what I would call the “blind stnggers.” When they are first attacked with the disease thuir legs be- come weak, thay grow thin and gaunt, and their eyes assume a glirten- ing, transparent appearance, Asthe disease advances, their eyesight leaves them, and they do nothing buf stagger blindly around. LIhays done everything I can think of for them, bntit ssems to have no effect. Would you have the kinduess to suggest a remedy for this ailment? Ans. Your dogs are suffering from some cerebro-spinal irritation, prob- ably dua to some specific blood poison. We advise you to consult ihe best physician in your place, who can inquire more inlly into the hig- tory of the disease. Prve TREE, Utica, N. ¥.—1. Would you advise ma to breed from twa setters which are brother and sister! 2d. ShallIhaye my bitch yisit a dog in her first beat? Sd. What would a Parker pun haying the best Damasens barrels, pistol grip, but same locks and finish an a $50 gun, ost? 4th. Where can I procura a tapering braided silk fish line? bth, Iwish to buy a book of you on the dog; whose work would you advise me totake? Ans. Ist. Wa should not; if there is any defect, you per- petuate or continueit, 24. We consider it bad policy todoso. 3d. Write to Parker Brothers, Meriden, Conu.; wa presume the cost would be about $100, 4th. From any of the dealersin fishing tackle advertising in ourcolumns. 6th, “Dinks, Mayhew & Hutchinson;” price $3, C. A. P., Peterboro.—tst. What is your receipf for cleaning gan barrels that haye become leaded? Haeyereadit in Forest Ann StRBAn a dozen times, hut cannot turn to it now. 2d. My deer-hound hasa soft, pulpy lump on the outside of his ear, about three-quarters of an inch in diameter, which becomes sore from rnbbing during the bonling season, Can yon glye me the canse and the remedy? Ans. ist. Ben- zine and oi] mixed, and the scratch brush, but be careful and nse plenty of oil with the latter, or you will ecrateh the barrels. 2d. We should draw the lump toa head with a flaxseed poultice, and then cure with salve. , FRIEND, Brattleboro, Vt.—1. What are the dimensions of Bogardus’ ball trap, length and weight, also height of the back spring? Lthonght it might be too cumbersome to send by express. 2. What hook¢an T purchase that is the best instructor on taxidermy, and the price and place to buy it? 3. Is there any shooting of any kind of gamein any season of the year in the vicinity of Calais, Maine? If 50, please state the different kinds, and if it is pleuty. Ans. 1. Length, 30 inches; width, 13 inches; height of spring, t4 inches; but the latter ¢an ba pressed into the standard, making the helght Winches. 2. Field Orni- thology. Wecansend it. Price, $250. 3, Bay birds, ducks elc., im fair quantities. £. 8. 0., Boston.—What is the price of “Camp Life in Plorida ''? What is the price of Atwood’s Map of Florida? What is the price of an Adirondack boat, and is there any builder nearer to Boston than J, H. Rushton, Canton, N. ¥.? Isthero any map of tho northern part of Maine, and what is the price? What kind of flies shotld be used for gprivg fishing for brook trout in Massachnsetts or New England States generally? Ans. Price of “Camp Life in Wlorida” $1.50; of Atwoon's Map, 75 cents. Theraare builders of Adirondack boats at Long Lake and Saranac Lake, but you cannot get them shipped as easily us from Canton. Best map and guide to Moosehead Lake and Northern Maine is printed by T. W. Ripley, 198 Congress street, Boston. You want black gnats and cow duns, and yellow or subhyaline colors for spring fishing. J. F, GC, Moore, City.—Do yellow perch take the fly? If so, what kind are best for June, July, or August? Can yon tell me the hesh place for bass and weakfish near New York? Whatis the best bait? Will not the eagle claw-trap get rusty in fishing? Ans. Yellow perch (perea Flavescens) take the fly in midsummer freqnently when cast for bass, but they are not surface feeders, and usnally swim deep. The best place for bass near New York shifts with the timeof year. For spring try the Westchester Creek, Litfle Hell Gate, and yitinity; in fall they are numerous in the harbor near the Staten Island shore, on what is Ievown as the Jersey Flats. Weakfish are taken at the Narrows, and in Sheepshead and Canarsie Bays. The ea gle clawis of German pilyer. G. H. H., Bridgeport, Gonn.—1st. My setter’s nose is warm, anid he eats and drinks next to nothing. He aleo pants a great deal while in the house or after ruuning about fora short time. Please tell me what todo for him. 2d. Does the length of barrel increase the range of a rifle? Also tell me the length at which the ranges is greatest, 20. Isa Wesson rifla .38 calibre heavy enough for deer? Ang, Ist, Your symp- toms are rather indefinite, but we should give tha dog a tablespoonful of cod liver oiltwice a dayfor awhile, and a4 tonic of quinine aud iron, 2d, For ordinary shooting a barrel of .28 inches is suflicient; but for the yory long ranges—1,000 yards—where a very large charge of powder is to be burned, one of 30 or 82 inchesis better, Sd. We should prefer a larger calibre, Joun A. N., Syracuse.—No, sir; soft erabs are not in season now. Orabs, like the terrapin, “hibernate” during the winter by tol lecting in large numbers in deep, muddy holes, where they will not bo disturbed by floating ice. They have now left their winter homes, anid have commenced to wander about in search of food. Tu May they shod their crustaceous covering, and conti me todo so every mouth while tha weather is warm, ‘They are thon called soft-shelled erable, and may be classed among the most toothsome of human food. They nevyor sell for jess than from 75u. to $2.50 per dozen. By many the hard-sholl crab is considered quits s delivacy, and sells readily in onr clty markets at from forty to fifty cants per dozen. At the bays and inlets where they are taken, thoy sell for eighty cents per hundred. A. E. H., Branford, Conn.—There hus been captured in anet sat for whitefish in Long Island Sound several large trout—Salma fonlinalis: Trout of a large size—two pounds in weight—haye been caught by my- selfina stream connecting with the Sound, where untilrecently thar have been no trout for six or seyen years. Thess trout in the brook un= doubtedly came from the Sound, which indicates their presence tlare in numbere more thanafew- Is this » comnion oectirrenda—tront 1 salt water, af a distance of a mile from the shore? Ang. Tt ia quite common to catch Salmo fontinulis in salt water a mile or fiye miles frou shore. We recently received from the Smithsonian Inatitutivn 40 a2 knowledgment of the receipt of several specimens in nlvohol of trout so canght in different localities, which wé bad sew thereto. Todeed, im js x nooted question between thy busl ighthyologists whether the suo trout, 80 o#lled, isnobin facta Salmo fontinals, A WEEKLY JOURNAL, Daron TO FIELD AND AQuATIOSronts, PrActioAL NATURAL fisToRY, WICULTURS, TRE PROTECTION OF GAME, PRESERVATION OF Forse, AND THE INCULOATION INMEN AND WOMEN OY A HEALTHY INTEREST T™ OurT-pook REoREATION AND STUDY: PUBLISHED BY Gorest and Stream Publishing Company, —AT—_ i? CHATHAM STREET, (CITY HALL SQUARE) NEW YORK, [Post Orvicz Box 2832.] —_—+ ferma, Four Dollars » Year, Strictly in Advance SS Twenty-five per cent, off for Clubs of 'Three or more ro Advertising Rates. inside pages, nonpareil type, 20 cents per line: onteide page, 30 cents. 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Please send the Fornst AND SrreAm to His Excellency, Lord Dufferin, the Tt. Goyernor of the Province of Quebec. at Quebeo. Our Lt. Governor is & keen sportsman, and Tam glad tobe alletoadd him to my long list of subscribers, which I hope to inerease. Sond him all the Dack numbers of the present yolume, Yours, yery truly, J. U. Guecony. The second letteris from Dr. Elliott Coues, U.S. A., the well-known ornithologist, and we are bound to say that the compliment conveyed in it has more than ordinary signifi- cance; to have carned it or gained it gives us pleasure. It is the reward that follows persistent endeayor, lightening the burden of labor; U, 8. GeorocicaL SURVEY, Washington, D, C., April 18, 1877. \ My Deor Hallock.—Permit me to thank you for lending the columns of your paper tothe purposesof my circular respecting tha proposed «History of Nortli American Mammals," 18 well as for tha cordially appreciative expressions with which you were kind enongh to preface it, The compliments which we receive shonld react less upou our sélf-loye, gud our self-satisfaction at anything we may haye done, than upon our penacof the responsibility ws incur in accepting them, and should makes us sitive to become less undeserving of the confidence our friends reposs inus. It would be idle to pretend that we are indifferent to praise, us part of a. reward for onr labors; but praise finds its highest ond truest office only when it serves.as a stimulus to renewed ex- ertion. My circular, published as a “circular order’’ from tha Surgeon-Gen- eral’s office, was addressed ostensibly and especially to medical officers of the Army, with whom I um united im the bonds of corps Bpirit and aympathy; but it was designed to haye, and I trustit will have, a wider application; and I beg that each one of my friends, whether known or unknown, who may be interested in tiie matter, will consider Himself individually inyited to co operate with mo in this work, in Which Iam very much in earnest. Ido not know that anything else heed be added to what is avid in the circular itself, unloss it be the reiteration with emphasis of tha fact thatI hays much to learn before I con maks the work all thatI waubit tobe, Ishall probably cquse the circular to be FOREST AND STREAM. reprinted in a number of papers; for you know that no one of us can claim any patent-right on the chahrels and methods of scientific in- quiry. But I may truthfully say that Tam particularly pleased to have {tin Porrsr ann Sineam, a journal so largely devoted to the iDcrease 4nd diffusion of information in Natural History, which reaches so large and ao eultlvated a circle of readers who are interested in purenite like mine, and which aeldom if eyer reaches me without containing some- thing that Limmediately ent out and file for future use in my own writings. With renewed oxpression of my best wishes, which you kmow you have always had, for the continued succeas and increasing good influance of your yery ably edited paper, believe me, Yours cordially, Exxiorr Covzs, te A GLANCE AT THE INSECTS. ~~. BOVE the worms and crabs we rise info the world of insects, and find completed in them the jointed (ar- ticulate) plan in which they all agree. In this class the body is no longer a mere chain of rings like the worm's, nor is there a solid head-thorax as in the crab’s; but we havaa distinct head containing a larger brain than before seen, a separate chest or thorax, and behind it anabdomen, The body-wall of insect's becomes a hardened crust; but if is made up of a large number of pieces, so arranged that mo- tion is not interfered with nor growth stopped. Each ringof the thorax bears a pair of legs. The leg consists of six points ending in a pair of claws, between which is a cushion- like sucker, an apparatus that enables the fly to walk on the ceiling. The great majority of insects have but three pairs of legs, and constitute the order of six-footed insects ( Hexa- pods) ; but the centipedes, because they haye more rings in the thorax, have many more pairs of feet. The wings of insects, consisting of two pairs, called the fore and hind pairs, are simply membranes stretched over a frame-work of many tubes. Through these tubes the blood circulates, and as they contain within them air tubes, the blood is here exposed to the air and recharged with oxygen. Thus the wings perform the office of lungs as well as flight. The blood is usually colorless, The appendages of the head are more numerous and dif- ficult to describe. “The large prominent eyes are compound, that is, they are made up of many (50 to 3,650) simple eyes crowded together so that an insest can look in all directions at once, though he can neither moye his eyes nor turn his head. From near the eyesspring two long, slender “feelers” called antenne. They seem to be of use to the insect in directing his flight as well as finding his food, and some say that through them he can perceive sounds. On each side of the mouth you will find the stout jaws, or mandibles, with their sharp, three-toothed edges, shutting together sideways in- stead of upand down. With these insects cut and tear their food, passing it on to the more complicated mazillee just behind the mouth for finer chewing. There are still other appendages to the head qnite as important. The muscles of insects lie just underneath the crust, and their poweris enormous. A flea will leap 200 times its own height, and certain beetles will hear up as many times their own weight, while others are able to gnaw through lead pipes and iron canisters. ; All insects breathe air, or air mixed with water, which en- ters through little holes along each side, a system of intri- cate tubes and valves called (rachew, and is thus cistributed alloyer the body. In many insects there are little sacs in yarious parts of the body which may be filled or emptied of air at will, thus increasing its weight. Some, however, when perfect, and others in their larva and pupa stages, haye regular little gills by which they breathe. The way in- sects grow by melamorphosis, or the change of one form into another, is very curious—almost as much s0 as the alternate generations in the development of jelly-fish or Su/pa. Take for example the history of the dragon-fly or ‘‘devil’'s darn- ing-needle,” that terror to all peaceful hummers and buzzers. In laying her eggs in July and August, the dragon-fly ‘slights upon water-plants, and, pushing the end of her body below the surface of the water. glues a bunch of eggs to the submerged stem or leaf. * * * There must be more than one hundred eggs in one of the large bunches.” You can easily see this process if you are watchful, but you will ere long discoyer that not every fly that hovers oyer the svater or alights near ifs surface is there to deposit eggs, The eggs soon hatch out little beings called larva: (meaning a mask), which is the name given to the yery first or youngest stage—the babyhood of all insects. ‘Caterpillars,’ grubs,” ‘‘canker-worms” and so forth are common names for the larvee of moths and “butterflies. All larye: are per- fect gluttons, spending their whole time in capturing and deyonring their food, Itisatthis time in their life that such insects as live upon plants doso much damage to our crops and shade trees; for many of these terrible pests, when fully grown, are beneficial to us rather than injurious. But to go back to our immature dragon-ily, actively plundering in the bottom of its native pool. It has much the shape of the adult, except that theabdomen is fatter and there are no wings worth mentioning. Instead of the for- midable weapons we should expect to find about the mouth, there is only a broad, smooth mask covering the face. This looks innocent, certainly, but letsome unwary Insect come within striking distance, when quicker than flash the battery is unmasked, the terrible jaws dart ont, and the yictim is secured, If now you should put some of these lary into an aquarium and watch them, you would observe that the skin would split along the back, through which rent the insect would literally crawl out of itsskin. But now it is different from what it was before, and yet itis not a perfect dragonfly, It has become the chrysalis or pupa, and although now consid- erably larger and nearer perfect than the larve, there is yet another change to come, and early in summer the pupa crawls up some plant close to the surface of the water to. await it, "Again the back yawns wide open, and from the rent our dragon-fly slowly emerges, Foran houror more it remains torpid and listless, with its flabby, soft wings remaining motionless. The fluids leave the surface, the crust hardens and dries, rich and yaried tints appear, and our dragon-fly tises proudly into its new world of light and sunshine, a gorgeous but repulsive being.” Before each of these changes took place the body of the next form had fuily formed un- derneath the skin, so that we might say, as the larva hatched out of the ege, so the pupa hatched out of the larva, and the perfect insect or imago out of the pupa. The natural classification of insects, Dr. Packard thinks, is the following : CLASS. ORDERS. Hexaropa, Six-footed ingects. INSECTS. ABACHSIDA, Spiders, Mrxroropa, Contipedes. The lowest of these orders, the myriopods, embraces the thousand-legged worms that stampér off so lively when you upturn a rotten log. They haye from ten to two hundred rings, with a pair of legs to each ring, soitisno wonder that they get away pretty fast, The well-known and dreaded scorpion of the Gulf States, whose bite is dangerous, though not always fatal, stands just here next to the true spiders, which constitute the sub-order, Araneina, the web-makers. The study of our spidersis extremely interesting, not only from the large number of species in this country and their varied localities and dress, but also from the astonishing in- stincts which they show, and the wonderful webs and pit- falls which they build in order to trap their prey: “eWill you walk into my parlor?" Said tne spider to the fly; ‘It’s the prettiest little parlor, Thst ever you did spy.” They allsubsistupon what they kill, and destroy many insects which, if allowed to liye, would do harm to our crops; Moreover, we have no species in the Northern States whose bite is poisonous, so that there is less reason for our killing every spider that comes in our way than many other insects, I would advise you toread Mr. J. H. Emerton’s article in the second yolume of The American Naluraiist, if you prefer reading how a spider builds its web to finding it out for yourself, Now I haye only enough time to merely mame the seven great groups of six-footed insects, to give you an idea of the extent of this great study of entomology. They are as follows : 1, The Newroplera, including the dragon and May-flies and other low-forms, 2. The Orthoptera, or grasshoppers, crickets, locusts, etc., among which are some of the largest and noisiest of all our insects; and this noise is made by rubbing their peculiar wings together. 3. The Hemiplera “bugs” proper, like plant-lice, bed-bugs, and a great many small, compact forms found in the grass, all of which have mouths fitted for biting and sucking. 4, The Coleoptera, or beetles, which are perhaps the most interesting of all, and certainly the most numerous, You can find them anywhere in the woods, on trees, in the grass, in midst of the desert, and cast up by the ocean. 5. The Diptera you are familiar with as flies, but have you noticed the fact that the various kinds of flies that you see allagree in haying but one pairof wings? Our com- mon house-fy, the blue-bottle, and tlesh-Hy, with many others, belong to the family Jhiscide. 6. The Lepidoplera, gorgeous butterflies and moths, are the most striking of all the class. Butterflies are distinguished from moths by their antenna being knobbed instead of thread-like or feathery. Most of our ordinary day-time but- terflies belong to the Papilionide:, but there are other equally abundant species, especially of moths that only fly at night. They lay their eggs in early summer, which ave soon hatched by the heat; their changes are then rapidly passed through when they appear in sudden abundance. With some, like our little sulphur-yellow butterfly (Colias), there are two broods in # season, 7, The Hymenoplerd are the last and highest of insects, typified by the bees, wasps, and ants, And they deserve the highest place, for no chapter in natural history is more surprising than that which tells the story of their wonderful ways. ; Anmrican Nrws Gourany:— This agency has, in a com- paratively brief period, become one of the most potent and extensive institutions of the country. Its ramifications ex- end everywhere, and its usefulness is readily acknowledged yy those who have been seryed by it. Probably in these days success could hardly attend any newspaper enterprise not haying an immense capital and influences behind it, if it were not assisted and fostered by the American News Com- pany. We have found the gentlemen who control it to be as impartial in their service to publishers, journalists, dealers, and others, as van be consistent with good judgment saga- ciously exercised. It will astonish those who are cognizant of their small beginnings and upward struggles at the ontset to make an inspection tour of their magnificent new build- ingsin Chambers Street. Such a complete system of accom- modation and delivery has scarcely ever been developed as one findsthere, Themachineryis as completeas that of our post- office. We offer our feeble congratulations to those who haye willingly helped to make us as strong as we are, and we trust and expect that Weboth will continue to grow together, live long and prosper. i —In the vicinity of Tampa they have corn waist high, and — watermelons and other vinesare in bloom. Kilt suits for Springand Summer ars d/aplayed by Baldwin, the clothiat, of New York snd Brooklyn, Hit Boys’ Department ia the leading place of the kind in America. Prices from ten to tyrenty per cent. leas than elsewherp,—Ezchange. - : IMPORTED BIRDS FOR OUR WOODS AND PARKS. i 3 apes following letter, from one of the most prominent citizens of Canada, contains suggestions of great value, based upon a knowledge gathered from study and experience. It will command the attention of commissioners of public parks, farmers, bird fanciers and philanthropists : Epror Forest And StREAm. Tt 1s vewy interesting to me—Mr. Willicott’s description of the way the Mnglish skylarks have been destroyed at Brooklyn, as ifshows there is nothing in the climate of America which necessarily makes a dearth of birds, and, as A consequence, an increase of insects, Tt will be difficnlt to establish larks, because they are yalnable as sOngsters, for sale, and as anarticleof food; their method of singing will attract any gunner, and the bird is easily shot, buf why should a partial success be giyen up? The great difficulty been overcome, namely, that of climate. Iwould advise, as inhabitants of such splendid parks as there are in and about Brooklyn, the importation of blackbirds and starlings; these are local birds. The former will breed in the evergreen trees, and the latter among the houses, in chimneys, sparrow bones, water-spouts, etc. The bird we want is one which will work all the year and remove from the ground the nests of insects injurious to agriculture. Lhave tried blackbirds at Quebec; they did yery well, but the birds gradually got into cages and were sold, and as this was done by gentlemen, Iwas disgusted. J do not, however, see why the importation of birds should be given up. _ Asan encouragement to importers of birds, I claim to have imported sparrows into America at Portland, Maine, in 1854, and I had to import them thiee times at Quebec before they took root. The two first importations were secret; to the latter I gaye the utmost publicity, and the last course was the successful one. The principle to adopt is to select a bird that can take care of himself in such a erowd as there is in the old world, and who will be on the ground for the whole year, working after insects for his food and our bene- fit, and singing to make our hearts feel happy. Surely such an object is worth paying for! and it is the only way I know of to meet the ravages of insects injurious to agriculture. T imagine no liye Yankee would wish to be now without the life and animation of the house sparrow in his great cities, They are like gas in a town—a sign of progress. I admit the bird is alittle blackguard, fond of lowsoctety, and full of fight, stealing, and loye-making; but he is death on insects, fond of citizen life, and in eyery way suitable to be in inhabitant of the new world. He certainly is a great attraction to an American city in the eyes of a traveller, as he shows there must hesome kind hearts somewhere, or else the poor sparrow would not be so pert and happy. Blackbirds had better be brought by the nestfull, so as to fet cocks and hens. Starlings can be canghtin the spring by using bird line, Yours, W. Ruovzs. Quebec, Canale, April 7, 1877. ———— So A Gigantic Star Fise.Libbey’s Oyster Bay in Fulton Street is as well known to the respectable down-town business men of New York as any similar refectory, ‘he quiet. unassuming manner of the praprictor—always obliging but neyer demon- Sirative—has won for him an honorable esteem and worthy patronage, which we trust has long since proyided for him an easy and comfortable journey down the decline of life. Those who enter the refectory are always served with the best selected chops, shell-fish and oysters, while there is always a goodly display of baskets and barrels of the luscious bivalves at the portals outside. Last Christmas time Mr, Libbey commemorated the holidays in the usual way by inaking his place attractive with evergreens; and it.so hap- pens that he has permitted aiive-tingered star, some two feet in diameter, such as is fabritatied from the ‘running pine,” to hang outside ever since, conspicuously among the oysters, clams, lobsters and soft-shell crabs. The point of our ap- proach is this once bright particular star, though now faded to a pale indefinite green, much like the color of the sea- weed that clings to an old spile, or, as the poem lis if, “like the sea-weed om a clam.” The other day a rural visitor who had already passed some interesting hours at the aquarium up town, chanced to pass the hostelry in I'nlton Street, and saw this time-worn relic hanging as has been described, Among other marine curiosities at the aquarium he had been particularly interested in the tank of star-fish, or five fingers,” which he had been told were yery destructive to oysters; and when he saw this star of Libbey’s stretching its hugh proportions before him, he paused in amazement, “Gosh! what a whopper!” he exclaimed. ‘‘Why, that beats any of them wp to that aquarium clear ont of sight!” And then he sauntered on, musing thoughtfully. A person who overheard him had to teli the joke, and that is how we came to now it all. Mr. Libbey himself recognizes the re- semblance, and admits that it is certainly the biggest star- fish he ever saw. i Drarnor THapprus Norns, Wsq.—Thaddeus Norris is dead. “(nele Thad” has gone to his last fishing ground. Poor Yorick! we knew him well. A column of obituary notice would not suffice to hint at his worth, nor a column of gran- ite lift its head sufficiently high to do him honor. He was a valuable contributor to Horzsr Anp Svream from the begin- ning, The Philadelphia Inquirer says: “Thaddeus Norris, Sr., a well known resident and vetired merchant of this city, died suddenly, at half-past one o'clock yesterday morning, at his residence, 208 West Logan Square. For about a year prior to his death he had been ‘suffering from paralysis of the brain, superinduced by exposure while’ pursuing his fayorite pastime and study of angling and fish, but no immediate danger was at-any time apprehended from his disense—not even a few hours before his sudden decease, when he busied himself preparing flies for a friend. He was born August 15, 1811, at Warrenton, Va., received a common-seliool education at Wheeling, came to this city when qnite young, and opened trade in general merchandise. ‘He continued a successfnl business there and in branch ises at and Memphis, until the outbreak of the from tradeand turned his wholeat- ithein-natnr ‘habits i aa FOREST AND STREAM. leisure hours during his long mercantile life, Toa was the author of ‘The Amorienn Angler," first pmblished about twelve years avo, and of '‘Amorican Fish Culture,” which ap- peared later. Both are exhaustive works, and haye been regarded as standard authorities on the subjects of which they treat. Mr, Norms was also a frequent contributor of serial articles upon his favorite themes to such magazines as Harper's and Scribner's, and a yaluable member of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Being a good amateur me- chanis, he manufactured all his fishing apparatus, and so great was the virtue attached to a roi, reelor net made by ‘Thad’ Norris, that anglers haye been known to offer many times its value in order to possess it. Mr Norris always took ploasnre in imparting piscatorial knowledge to friend or stranger, if he found him apt and desiroms of promoting the study of fish. Hemade aspecialty of trout, and was the first to haye specimens of that fish latched im this city. Notwithstanding his penchant for fishing and dish, he ab- horred the idea of being regarded as a sportsman, im the ordinary sense of that term, and was a relentless foe to pigeon-shooting and kindred ‘sports.’ Whenever a fish preserve in any part of the country was visited by Thaddeus Norris, the owner thereof took good care to atlvertise the fact as widely as possible.” ——<—<$—$—$—$— re __—_—_—_ GAME PROTECTION. New Hanpsume.—The annual meeting of the Fish and Game Teagne of New Hampshire, was held in Manchester on the 3d inst. ‘The following officers were elected: John B, Glark, President; W. W. Colburn, Secretary; Frederick Smyth, ‘Treasurer; Marcellus Eldridge, Portsmouth; Luther C. Criteh- alt, Strafford: G. V. Pickering, Laconia; William GC, Fox, Woolf-boroneh; Eldridge I. Perkins, Wilton; Burns W-. Pittee, Enfield; Nathan R: Perkins, Jefferson; W. W. Fletcher, Goneord; John Clement, Troy; William Jarvis, Claremont, Vice-Presidents. The eommittes on fisheries reported that the new fishery at Liyrence would answer the purpose for which it was de- signed, although a test was yet to be made. A committee of five was appointed to consider what changes may be neces- sary in the game laws, and to secure them from the Legisla- ture. Mr, B-ockett, Fish Oommissioner of Massachusetts. de- livered an interesting discourse on the subject of fish culture, giving sonia uecount of what had been clone im that State. Gen. John MeNiel of Manchester followed with some remarks corroborative of Mr, Brockett’s statements. In the afternoon Dr. Edward Spanlding of Nashua delivered an address on thesnbject of restocking the Merrimack River with imimgratory fish. —‘The Hallock Sportsman's Association has just been or- ganized at Glen's Falls with the following officers: Presi- dent, A. N. Chény; First Vice-President, Walter McDonald; Second Vice-President, FW. EH. Ranger; Secretary, Chas, H, Fennel; Treasurer, Geo. R. Harris; Counsel, H. A. Howard, Esq.; Board of Managers, D. P. Smith, A. H. Fennel, A, B. Abbott, J. R. Burnham, John W. Knight, Geo. W. Conkey, M. R. Peck. We feel much honored by this evidence of the fra- ternal esteem so often extended to the Managing Editor of Forusy anp Stream, and shall take an especial and lasting interest in the prosperity and well-doing of this club. —The Sportsmen's Association, of Danyille, N, ¥., is doing considerable good in stocking the streams of fhe vicinity with trout, and putting out grouse for breeding. —Alabama has a new game law which prohibits the killing of any kind of game between April 14 and Ostober1. The killing of wild ducks at night, or with the aid of floats, blinds, or other deyices, at any season of fhe year, is pro- hibited. A most excellent law—brief, and sufficiently to the point! - Manreoro, N, J., April 11, 1877. Kyron ForEsT AND STREAM. Received box of Florida quail to-day from Mr. Chas, P. Price of New York city, containing one hundred birds, seventy-five of which were dead. Mr, Price has been wintering in the South for the benefit of lis health enjoying himsolf with the rod and gun. The coop was about four feet long by thres wide, and one foot high. Thore were no parti- tions to keep the birds from massing and thereby trampling each other under foot, Many of them were injured about the head, cansed Tsup- pose by the box being too high, giving them room to fy up and bruise thinir heads. ‘Cha feed, which was oats, was placed ina fab borin one corner.aud it s00n bacamein such a filthy condition that the birds would not eatit, and Il think many of them were staryad to death. I gave the surviving ones wheat and »ater, and they ate and drank freely, Will turn out upon my plantation in pairs, male and female, as near us possitde. J think you have freqnently given instructions through your paper for the stipment and boxing care on transit of quail, étc., for restocking pulposes, and yet ifappears to me they will bare repetition, as few seem to understand it, thereby causing ai unnecessary loss and expense. hese quail were sent up on one of the Charleston steamers, and if a proper place had been arranged for feeting and watering them, T fevl sa isfied a very few of them would haye perished. I haye my doubts whether Southern quail will do as well North as Western birds. I am inclined to think they will not, yetIbelieye those turned out by the West Jersey Society, from North Carolina, have done yery well, Wm, J. Conover. a Forrsr Fmes.—In Ulster County and other localities in this State the annual forest fires are raging south of the snow line, much damage having already been done to build- ines as well as cub and standing timber, Fires haye broken out at half a dozen places on Long Island, between South Oyster Bay and Patchogue. The long continued drouth has made everything very dry, and fires take easily from slightest causes. Fiorma Ipems.—Rattlesnakes sre unusually numerous aronnd St. Anvustine this spring, The Micklers who hunt yenison forthe tables of the St, Augustine (Fla.) hotels were still at their business on April 7th. They haye caught several fawns alive recently. An alligator, measuring § ft. Gin. in length, was killed hy Gapt. Pratt, from off the Batlery, opposite the Fort, It was carried within the Port, inuch to the amusement of the Indians, The season is fast drawing to aclose, and our Northern visitors are leaving in large numbers. Little Johnny is quite-sure the picture of a Spitz dog he draw on the parlor wall was guod, because it made his father as other domestic animals, a -— ss diew Pnblications Tae Two Aserrcas, By Sir Rose Dambert Pricw, Bart. Philadelphia; J.B. Lippincott & Co. Prom Wngland vir Madeira and St. Vineent to Brazil; thence down the coast, through the straits, aud up the west- ern coast of Qalitornin; thence across the continent and home again; on the sea aguestof the commander of one of H, M.'s ships, andon the land feasted by all the clubs from Rio Ja- nerio to New York, This wasn trip fit for an Hnelish Jord or king. Such was the ronte taken by Tord Price and described in his book. Some of the more entertaining of its pages ire those describing the game and fish which wers met on the way. The authorfished at Madeira and St, Vincent, stalked guanaco in Patagonia, shot ducks in the Straits of Magellan, tortalila in Chili, partridgesin Pern, wild fowl in Mexico, and fished for salmon in the Meleod River. An interesting feature, too, is the insight afforded into the parlance of an Buglish lord. By this we must confess we were at first puz- zled. Only by adopting the method of a well-known colleve professor, famous for explaining the text by the context, did we discover that when the author’s “screw” was “pumped,” we were to understand that his horse was tired ont, Lord Pricealso made some interesting discoveries ofa like nature among ns, He says: ‘I found that several Duglish words in America had rather pécnliar signification; sportsman, for in- slance, means black-leg.” THe Great WEst AND THE Paciric Coast. F. Rusling. New York: Sheldon & Co. This book is the record of a tour of inspection made by the author some years ago among the military posts of the West, Gen, Rusling’s mission took him over a wide torri- tory, much of it remoyed from the ordinary lihes of travel, and his official position gave him unusual opportunities for observation. The trip also possesses additional interest as one of the last ever made in the old-time way of stage conches and ambulances, Of the 15,000 miles traveled, over 2,000 were by stage coach and 3000 by ambulance or on horse- back. The author's pictures of persons, places and things are always lively and interesting, told in language admirably adapted to the subject, and with a refreshing absence of that first personal pronoun whose obtrusive presence has marred s0 many books of travel. The Indians, Chinese and Mor- mons have each their chapter, the last valuable as containing the yiews of one well qualified to give an opinion upon the subject. Down in Arizona Gen. Rusling exme across a veritable sleeping town, of which he gives a charming de- scription, and a few miles further on is the famous church of San Xavier Del Bac, whose frescoes and Spanish chimes, long since deserted by the Jesnits, are now guarded by the siiper- stition of a squalid tribe of Indians. This church, by the way, is hut one link ina long chain of ruins extending fronr Florida to California, all eloquent in their story of Spanish congnest and subsequent desertion. Here is un excellent field for some of our young writers, which will amply repay research, and which we hope to see developed. By Gen. Jumes “Pay Praotican Kennet Gurpr.” D.C, M. R.N. Cassell, York. Thore of our readers who receive the Fancier's (razetls will be familiar with the writings of Dr. Stables, a gentleman whom we take to he an authority across the water on all subjects pertaining to the doz, as Well His present work is aniquein one respect, in that he goes into detatls connected with dogs in a manner different from that of any other pnubi'cat'on on a similar topic. For insiance, we are taken, as il were, inside of the judging ring aud instructed upon the fZeneral management of show doze; how to get them into health ard condilion, and prepare them forthe ordeal. “e are also taught all the terms used by fanciers, and the tricks resorted to lo deceive jnilfes, The book contains also the Bench Show points {or every variety of dog, and the why and Wherefore of these points. We can recommend the book as a most Valuable and interesting one to the breeder and ex- hibitor, By Gordon Stables, M. Petter & Galpin, London, Paris, and New AMERICAN PARTRIDGH AND Purasanr Smoormnc, Schley. Baughman Bros , frederick, Ma. We must sive credit to Mr. Schley, mainly for uot Lbaving nndertaken to cover too much groundin tis book. The idea of taking one or two families of pame birds, and geing thoroughly into their habits, ete., is au exctlient.one. In the main the book is @ coipilation from “Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway.” and other works, and the appendix, relating to dogs, is taken (with due credit, of course,) trom Mr. Arnold Burges’ “American Kennel and Sporting Field.” Mr. Schley will find but few persons to agrea with him that Mr. Burges on sporting dogs is what Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway are on birds, and that his opinions are on- titled to the like respeet. Im the main, however, the book is correct, and will undoubtedly, as admitting of ready reference, be a Yalvable addition to the sportsman’s library. ' By Join M. Gould. By Frank “How to Camp Onvr.” Armstrong & Co,, New York. We are in one respect indebted to Mr, Gould for his intereeting little book, for it will, or should, save ts the trouble of réviyins fo Innumers. ble questions. The young camper out will here flud ail the information he wants aa to detail of properly preparing a camp, as well as excellent advice as to walking, etc, A chapter from Dr, Gones’s Wield Ornithol- ogy” supplies some capital hygienic notes, which are very well placed in a book of this description. Scribner, TurorrantT Work For SportsMen.—H. C, Woodman and T. F. Rose are now engayed in preparing a historical and biographical atlas of the coast of New Jersey, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, extend- ing inland ten miles. Ib will be of great henelit to sportsmen, locating every bar, marsh, inlet, and bay, with their resources as per fishing and gunning; also means of aucess and acvomimodations. Consume71on Currp,—An old physician retired from active practice haying liad placed in his hands by an Nast Indian missionary the for- Toula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthnia, and all Throat und Lung affections, also 4 positive and radical eure for Neryous Dehility and all nervous complaints, after haying thoroughly testad its won dorful curative powers in thousands of cases, fuels it lils duty to male if known tobissuffering fellows. Actuated by this mutive, and atonsuien- tions desire to reliave human siiffering, he will send, free of charga, to all who desire it, this recipe, with full directions for preparing and elir- cessfully using, Sent by returh mail by sddreesing with stump, Dwti- ing this paper, Dr. J. 0. Stone, 32 North Fifth Street, Philadelplila, Pa.—Adv, —_—$ $< Savannag, Sr. Aviausuine AnD Nasssu.—Mnuiray, Ferris & Co.'s enterprise of running a steamer trom Sayanngh to Nas- gau, vie St Augustine, has proven successful, and the line and connections will be kept up next seison. Thore has been less difficulty in crossing the St. Angustine bo than. wag anticipated. 166 FOREST AND STREAM. Ahifle. Crrempmoor,—The season at Creedmoor was fairly opened on Saturday last by the contest for the Remington $300 gold coin prize, There were twelve contestants, most of them old “team” men, but the scores made were far away from usual form, Some said it was want of work, and some said it was the ammunition. Probably both had something to do with it, and the next mat@h will tell a different story. The ¢on- ditions were: Open to all comers; weapon, any Remington breech-loader, to be loaded at the breech, with cartridges supplied by the company; distance, 900 and 1,000 yards; 20 Bcoring, without sighting shots; entrance fee, $2. The fol- lowing are the scores; possible score 200: Name. 900 yards, 1,000 yards, Total, T, L, Allen, ---..-,. oi SE 18 159 Thomas Lamb 82 17 159 L. Weber BL 6 156 T. 8S. Dakin....-.. 79 69 138 Gc. KE, Blydenburgh 18 57 135 H, 8. Jewell...... 63 67 129 G,. L. Morse... 65 60 125 E. H, Raymon 54 70 124 C. Sharp...... 52 “59 111 E, H. Sanford, = ay 56 107 Hosmer Fisher. 25 49 74 N. Washburn 62 retired, — New Yorr.—The Sixth Diyision Rifle Association will hold its spring meeting on June 6th and following days. Many improvements are to be madein the range. The markers’ butts will be raised, as will also the targets. The ground at the 200, 500 pnd 1,000 yard firing points will be also raised eighteen inches or two feet, and a shed will be built at each of these points on the side of the range for use at the spring and fall meeting. The Association offer $200 in cash prizes, in addition to such as the prize committee shall be able to secure from volunteer sources. Amarrur Rirnz Onus.—The attention of members is re- spectfully called to the following resolution, adopted at the annual meeting of this Club: “Resolved, That eight weekly competitions be held at Creedmoor, on Buch days as may be designated by the Executive Committee, open to all members of the Club; distances 800, 900, and 1,000 yards; 15 shots each distance; any rifle. No sighting shots, previous practice on day of match, or coaching allowed. Entrance fee, fifty cents each match. That the eight men making the highest ayerage in any six of such competitions constitute the génior team of the Club, and the next eight the junior team, whoshall represent the Olub in any challenge it may receiys, and that the person making the highest average in such com- petitions be awarded & suitable badge." The matches will take place on Tuesdays, April 17th, and 24th; May Ist, 8th, 15th, 228d, and 29th, and June Sth. Shooting to begin at 10:30 4, m, N. B.—Railroad Tickets at; reduced rates may be procured at office of National Rifle Association. Contoy’s Brxerrr Tournamext.—This tournament has been im progress for the past four weeks with marked success, there having been shot nearly 500 tickets. The prizes are the gifts of his personal friends and patrons, and are yalued in the aggregate at over $250, The following comprise the list of trophies thus far received: one Japanese cabinet, presented by the Zettler Rifle Association; one yaluable gold medal, presented by William Hayes; two fine opera glasses, presented by the Arnold & Constable Rifle Club; one inlaid ardito stereoscope, presented by James Molinari; one fine engrayed revolver, gold and silver plated, large size, presented by Henry Fulton; one magazine re- yolver, new style, presented by E. Remington & Son; one gold and silver plated revolver, large size, presented by Schuyler, Hartley & Graham; one fine trout rod, presented by H. D. Blydenburgh; one fine nickel-plated revolver, presented by E. 8. Harris; one box fine cigars, presented by Sandy Spencer; three gold-plated medals, five silver-plated medals, 15 bronze medals, presented by L. Y. Sone, J. D. Blydonburg, C. A. Cheever, ©. E, Blydenburg, the total number being thirty-four, thus insuring to every marksman of average skill a beautiful trophy, as no one competitor can receive more than one, but is privileged to shoot as many tickets as he desires, his best target only being taken into account. This tournament closes on Saturday, April 21, and it is therefore hoped, in yiew of the uniformly courteous treatment which all haye receiyed at the hands of Mr. Conlin, thet those who have not aysiled themselves of the opportunity to help him refit his new gallery -will ow step to the front and lend their aid by purchasing tickets according to their ability. The tickets are fifty cents each, and can be had at the Zet- tler Rifle Gallery, 207 Bowery, where the tournament is being held, or by applying to any member of the committee: L. Y. Sone, M. L. Riggs, C. A, Cheever, -D, L. Beckwith, 6. G. Zettler, J. D. Blydenburg, B. Penning, C. H. Blydenburg, post-oifice box 552), Coniiy’s Ganteny,—Judging from the present ‘‘outlook” the new place will be even a more popular resort for rifle- men than the last one, which was destroyed by fire on the ith of last March. My, Conlin’s gallery is now located at, 1,222 Broadway, and besides haying ‘tA, No. 1” fireanns and perfect arrangements, two new features haye been added, During the day-time the marksmen can shoot in either natural or artificial light, an advantage which no other gallery in the city possesses. A nicely furnished apartment has been added to the estab- lishment, to be used as both a “sitting” and a club room; here the patrons and their friends can find all the sporting papers, Forrst Axp Stream included, This room is offered to all shooting clubs for their meetings, etc., free of charge. Last Thursday evening, April 12th, was the ‘‘opening night,” The attendance was large, and the shooting was kept up till a late hour. The following are a few of the scores made during the éyening : O. B, Blydenburg, 48; M. L. Riggs, 47; J. B. Bly- denburg, 47; Charles A. Cheever, 46; B. Zettler, 45; W. R. Brown, 41; L. V. Sone, 41; W. A. Smith, 41; L. C. Bruce, 40; J. FB, Murch, 40; T, E. Marshall, 38; H. A, Berrien, 38; Paul D. Chillian, 37; B. O. Brown, 37; P. R. Murray, 37; T, GC. Banks, 36; H. R. Trayson, 36; D. F. Lebrun, 36; and many others too numerous tomention, As everything was ney and strange to the shooters, the scores are good, Mr, Conlin's first gallery was in Barnym’s American Museum. On the total destruction of this nutedjshow-honse, he waa | minus a rifle range. On the erection of Barnum’s new Museum, his second gallery was bnilt; another fire came along and ended its existence. The next attempt was madeat Wood's Museum, when first opened; from there the gallery was moyed to the southwest corner Broadway and Twenty-second Street; on the expira- tion of the lease of the building, x remoyal was made to 930 Broadway, where "Conlin's Gnilery” became noted through- out the country for its superior arrangements, excellent fire- arms, larye collection of shooting records, and as the head- quarters for the long-range riflemen, But the work of years was carried away by the old enemy, fire, in a few minutes. Besides the aboye mentioned galleries, numerous branches have been started. All of these changes have given Mr. Con- lin considerable experience in ‘4itting up” and running” galleries, and he has used it to an adyantage in building his present place. Muey's Gatnery.—The Creedmoor tourney at Miley's Range, Brooklyn, terminated on Saturday night, April 14th, in the suocess of Messrs. Dougherty and Castner as the winners of the first and second prizes. The contest was very close toward the last, as the appended scores show: W. H. Doughterty, 291; EB. B. Castner, 290; W. Lilliston, 289; A. 8S. Swan, 286; F. P. Pike, 279; A. H. Anderson, 274. Among those present at the close of the match were H. R. Darveau, R. H. Campbell, E, F. Smith, A. S. Swan, H. Castner, F, P. Pike, and a number of gentlemen who take in interest in rifle shooting. The points made were out of a possible 50, and the aggregate out of a possible 300. CattrorntA.—The Pacific Life prints an appeal to the National Guardsmen of the State to organize a team to visit Creedmoor this summer, to compete in the inter-State rifle match for the bronze statue (The Soldier of Marathon) donated by the State of New York. It is advocated that the scores made at the semi-annual meetings in California show a higher average than those made at Creedmoor, the climate giving the advantage of practice all the year round, It is further claimed that San Francisco can show the best mili- tary marksmen in the United States, A match in which teams from California and Nevada were pitted against the best men in New York and other States on the same ground would be productive of great interest, and we trust that the wealthy men of California will furnish the ‘‘sinews of war” necessary to bring a team from the Pacific slope. Canava.—The Dominion of Canada Rifle Association has issued @ report of its annual meeting held at Ottawa in Peb- ruary last. Among the most important items of business transacted was the appointing acommittee to revise the rules and by-laws; also that the Wimbledon Team be selected in future by competition in the different proyinces under rules to be established by the council. In future the provinces of Manitoba and British Columbia will each be entitled to send one member of the Wimbledon Team under certain restric- tions. The Association has provided for affiliating with it Provincial Associations upon their subscribing not less than $40, and any other Dominion Associations upon the payment of $20, each to be entitled toa number of memberships. Each affiliating association receiyes a silver medal for compe- tition, the winner of which shall be entitled to compete once for the Prince of Wales’ prize- of £100 and badge at the first meeting of the N. R. A., at which he may be able’to at- tend, Retz Assocration or Francn.—A correspondent asked us recently for some information regarding the Rifle Association of France, The following extract from the London Volunteer Service Gazelle will throw some light on the subject: We have receiyed a courteous letter, addressed by M. Langer, the President of the Hayre de Grace Rifle Associa— tion (La Société Hayraise de Tir), inyitime all members of Rifle Associations in France and of ‘‘friendly countries” (des pays amis) to the meeting at Hayre at Whitsuntide. The programme is not yet published, but we are told that it will include prizes to the value of 10,000 frances (£400), dis- tributed amongst all sorts of weapons, from the saloon rifle and the revolver up to military rifles; and it is confidently asserted that every marksman, even of moderate skill, is sure to carry off asonyenir of the meeting. The remem- brance of the great courtesy with which the English riflemen were received at Hayre two or three years ago will probably induce some of our riflemen to join in these pleasant gather- ings, though their doing so as Volunteers is now wisely pro- hibited. —From ahistory ofthe English Rifle Brigade just published, it seems that when the ‘‘corps of riflemen” was first formed in 1800, a committee of field officers assembled at Woolwich to selecta rifle, The principal gun-makers of England were invited to attend, and several rifles from foreign countries were also experimented with. The weapon eventually selected was one made by Ezekiel Baker, a London maker. It was 2 ft. Gin, long in the barrel, grooved with a quarter turn; it had a flint lock. It was only sighted up to 100 yards. A triangular sword bayonet, 17 inches long in the blade, was fastened by aspring. The mventor boasted that at 200 yards 22 out of 34 shots struck the representation of a man, What would he think now if he could see the shooting done with breech-loaders at « thousand yards? i i UNACCOUNTABLES, Toronto, March 17, 1877. Eprron Forest anD STREAM. Your issue of 15th March containg an article on “Qnaccountable Misses with the Rifie,”” Those Creedmoor rifies are cut so very fine that thé ball will pass over the rifling without taking the twist or turning; the tifling is neither more nor less than a screw, and every machinist knows what stripping the thread means, I baya been making and shooting with rifles for fifty years, take a great delight in the rifle, and am a machinist to boot, so I have had some experiences with rifles, The breech loader should becleuned out every shot, particu- larly ifyou useapaper patch Thereis always acrnstof burned powder at the breech which the ball must pass over, Ifit is not cleaner ont, it will tear the paper off the ball. Itshonld be taken off with water and a hair brush, Oil isnot a0 good, us it will glaze the rust and~paas over it, while water will dissolye itat once. The rifle then wants to be cleaned out with sclean, dry rag, and ‘there should be no oil or grease of any kind used, A muzale-loader is quite a different riflo, and_ does not require tobe cleined, os the balinmcyer passes over that crust, but is only shoved down tu it, Then there is the thin paper wad, which is shoved down the barrel before the ball, and takes down sll the burned refuse from the powder, and tle next shot carries it off agnin; also can be used with all those hunting rifles, as they are deeply ont, and their is no davger of stripping the rifling. I baye both a Remington 40-calibré and a Sharpe 40-calibre, I use elthty grains of powder for each. When the shells are new they are too small for the ball to goin, and are very apt to destroy the paper patch, and I swedge them ont before using; then I can elioye, the ball down to the powder withont crushing the powder. I weigh the powdsras care- fully as Tcan, and for all that the shells are not oqually faul, and when the balls are loose they go down to the powder withontcrushing. My Sharpe is that loose that the balls would fall out of the shells, and nothing can shoot better. I know this by actual experience, and was often puzzled about my bad shota, bnt a little study convinced me that it Was the hall smashing over the rifling, which was tooshppery with oil, aud it would soon wear the rifling ont, Tho finer 4nd sholtower a rifle is out the better it will shoot, and a hatdened ball with nice, clean paper, like the rifling—well, such rifles as the Maynard hunting rifie, must have rott lead, aa the ball has to out its way into the rifling. Hoping I have said nothing to do any harm, if it doas no good, Yours, respectfully, Tononto, ———— _ FLAT TRAJECTORIES. ——— + = Lavspan, Ll., March 26, 1877. Epiton TorEst axp STREAM, I noticed ina recent number of Foresr asp Stugam au extract from Col, Dodge’s work about ‘Hunting Rifles,” in which le says. “Tho beat rifle I evér owned was 4 muzzle-loader, which would throw a ball two hundred yards withont cutting the line of sight, t. ¢., the bullet hud a perfectly flat trajectory.’ Ha says, “I drew the samo sight at two hundred yards that I did at ten paces.” It seems strange to me that a man of Col, Dodge's reputation and education should make such 4 statement, He evidently knows nothing sbout gravitation, or be assumes that no one will read his works who does, otherwise he would not haye made such a statement, for any man knows it to be ubterly impossible to shoot a rifle ball two hundred, or sven fifty yards, Without the bnilet “cutting the line of sight.” If Col, Dodge would read up a little, he would easily Jearn that a falling body will drop sixteen feet in one second; also thar a bullet, no matter what its velocity may be, will drop sixteen feet the firet second that elapses after ifleayes the muzale of the gon. The earth has the seme affinity for a body ina rapid, horizontal motion which il has for one that falls from a height. The initial velocity of pawder is estimated by some'td be seven thous- and Jeetper second. Admitting that the Cole gun throwsa bullet at the rate of seven thousand feet per second for one second, it would fall sixteen fect, but he shot two hundred yards, a little mora than one- twelfth of seyen thousand feet; one-twelfth of sixteen feat ig one and oue-thirtcenth foet the bullet would fallin traversing thatdistance. But the initial velocity ofa bullet is not One thousand six hundred fact per second, and ers one-half second is passed, not overjone thousind feet per second. If his gun throws a ball two hundred yards at one thous- and six hundred feet per second, it would haye been in the gir six sixteenths of a ascond, consequently it fell six feat. Buta bullet does not refainits initial velocity; 7. ¢.,ita velocity constantly decreases, The bullet falls at the ratio of one, three, five, etc., for one, two, three seconds; sixteen feet the first, forty-eight fest the second, vighty feet the third second, and so on. At that rata, if of course falls faster the second or third sixteenth ofa second than it does the first sixteenth, This proves that Col. Dodge's bullet must haye cut the line of sight in its flight of two hundred yards, My opinion is, that ha or any other cannot draw as fine a bead om an object at two hundred yards as at ten yards, and g¢ hajr's-breadth difference on the bead will make a difference of sixinches in the shot at two hundred yards. Let any mun try sight- ing at a mark near by, suy ten steps, then off two hundred yards, with open sights, and I think he will soon satisfy bimeelf, If his rifle threw @ ball two hundred yards without cutting the line of sight, if would as well have gone two thonsand yards, for to makeéa flight of two hundred yards level it nust not colsume any time, audit can traverse around the world as well a8 two hundred yards at that rate, provided the pro- pelling force were great enough. I think Col, Dodge's adyico of shoot- ing with both 6yes open is good, T hayedons considerable rifle shouting at zame and at target, and aa a rule use both eyes, as the Colonel says, one to look yt the target with, and one to see my sight with, Hoping this may meet the eye of Col. Dodge, Lam yours, sportingly, ©, M, Suriizy, M.D. i —The mean mid-day tentperature at New Smyrna, Florida, for the month of March, as furnished by our correspondent, Major Geo, J. Alden, was 68 degrees; at 74. m. 68 degrees; at 9p. mM. 66 degrees. Game Bag and Gun. GAME IN SEASON IN APRIL. Wild Dueks, Brant, Geese, Ete. a —Honk! honk!! honk!!! Here they come again, and front nearly the same old spot. Our friend 0. DuBois Wagstaff came up to the city to-day with a face as red as a full-blown peony—the result of a week's goose shooting at Atlantioville. The result to us was-o brace of the aforesaid geese, for which wereturn ourthanks. Atlanticyille is situated at the head of Shinnecock Bay, and the gunners, under whose guidance Mr. Wagstaff made his bag of sixty-two geose, were Washing- ton Howell and John and Tuttle Carter, who have a capital rig, and will be found able and obliging by all sportsmen. The best day's bag was twenty-five birds—that is, géese, for ducks were not counted. New Yorr.—At » meeting held on the 4thinst. at the Orchard Honse, 933 Third Avenue, a party of sporfsmen organized themselves into a Club, to be called the South Brooklyn Sportsmen's Club. The following gentlemen were elected as officers: Gus Boyen, President; John Bowie, Jr., Vice-President; Panl A, Bassinger, Secratary; Aaron Witt- man, Treasurer. The objeci of the Club is hunting and fishing. SPORTSMAN. NewdJersey.—Kinsey's Ashlei) House, Barnegat Malet, N. J. , April 8th Some thousand geese haye heen feeding in the cove in front of this place, and afforded eapitsl sport during the past week, some sixty head haying been shot. Branthaye been plenty until Friday and Saturday lust, when they took their northern flight. Very feware left, and the geese will soon follow. i B. Pennsyivant\.—Poltsyilé, April 16, 1877.—A number of ara ¥ fishermen irom town have een out fi our 1 ’ streams for trout, some having been yery succes: while others report that the ‘spi 8 ; season, though we th FOREST AND STREAM. 167 A couple of “'eravk sports” went through a stream toward the the lower end of the county one day last week and caught 86 trout; the largest was over éight inches long; others say they have caught as high as 50 and G0inadsy, We think that successful fishing, like all other gaming sports, depends yery munch ypon the natural instincts of the individual. Another fisherman, one night last week, haying liad two hoop-nets set in the mouth of one of our silyery streams which empties into a large dam, reports two splendid “hauls;’ one net contained 186 good sized cat-fish, and the other contained 75 chubs and 10 eels. Dom PEpro. Disrrior Conumara.— Washington, April 15th, —Ducks are re- ported to be more numerous on the Lower Potomac now than atany time since last fall, and they are affording ex- cellent sport to those fond of aquatic shooting, though they are not so plentiful as they were many years ago in the Chesapeake, when the hands employed at an iron forge at Havre de Grace, once upon a time, refused to work because they were fed on camyass-back ducks instead of bacon, LB. Viromia—Norfollc, April 10ih,—One morning last week a Magnificent flight of swans passed over. It was, indeed, a pretty sight to see the early morning sunbeams gilding the pure white feathers that shone out in their matchless purity from the azure background aboye. Snipe shooting still in order. This storm ought to bring more around. Some rousing big bass and drum in market last week, James River sending down its quota of sturgeon, VW. H.S. Sours Canormya.—Porl Royal, April 11.—I wrote under date of March 28d that warm weather was promised. IJ was mis- taken, as we are getting theexacticonverse, Fierce gales and heayy rain storms haye prevailed up to this day, and wa haye, in fact, the latest kind of a late season. Overcoats are still in demand, and vegetation is backward. Bay snipe are searce, It has been too windy for them to moye about. Geroreta.— Macon, April &8th.—This afternoon a hurricane of Tain, hail,and wind unroofed houses and tore up trees In the tyinkl ng ofan eye. The thunder and lightning was terrific. The wind bronght into the city thousands of wild ducks, which are supposed to haye been driven from the coast, some hundred and fifty miles distant. They must have made that journey in abont half an hour, and when they struck the buildings ‘head first, many had troken necks and were easily caught after the storm. A large number of grasshoppers, big ones, were also brought in by the wind. Altogether it was a scene the like of which I never expect to witness again. B. Frorma.— St, Augustine, April 10h. —The season just clos- ing bas been a successful one in every respect, The hunting and fishing was never better. In less than two months over 600 English snipe haye been shot, besides the yast numbers of quail. Drum fish weighing seventy pounds and upwards have been caught —the sheepshead, bass, etc., in peas IM. Massacuuserrs.—Salem, April 16ih.—A pigeon shoot recently oceurred between O. W. Jones and R, L. Newcomb, 10 birds each, New York rules, 21 yards rise, ground traps, with the following result: Name. Total. Coo ic fel (GAR ose eer bee 00110060 1 01 O-4 R. L. Newcomb.,....- teasbaaess To sd a oF There was considerable interest excited by this match. There was alsoa sweepstake shoot bya dozen others, but the affair of the day was the first match. Tran. Sizzs or SHor.—A Philadelphia correspondent writes that Thomas Spark's Philadelphia drop shot, number six, con- taining 267 pellets per ounce, comes the nearest to the New Castle chilled shot, the difference being only three pellets, the chilled containing 270 pellets to the ounce, —In our notice of the proposed remoyal of J. Walker & Sons, in our last issue, the types made us say that this firm would remove from 55 Dey Street to 14 Spice, whereas it should have been No. 14 Dey Street. We take pleasure in tmnaking the correction, and trust the public will bear the number in mind, 4 i io - LOADING PAPER SHELLS. — Mocnp Crry, Tll., March 28, 1877. Eprror Forrsr aAnp STREAM, P SIhad neyer seen any satisfactory means in use for confining the charge in paper shells for shot guns, I haye adapted a plan of my own, That is, L believe it to be myown. My objections to creasing the shell is that it is not effectual; the erease gradually yanishes as the shell is handled, While the plan of eximping the end of the shell in on to the wad causes the crimped end to blow off, render- ing the shell useless for further filling, it also has to a certain extent the same objectionas creasing. Some of my acquaint- ances use nucilage, and even gine on their top wads to re- tain the charge. The objections to this method are so ob- vious fhat it will not be necessary to mention them further than to say that in so doing you present a rough, sticky edge to the wad, where you should have a smooth lubricated one, My plan is this: Istick a common pin through the diame- ter of the shell close against the top wad, or sometimes I a6 two crossed in the venter; this last in my large shells with heayy charges of shot. I choose as small wire as I can find in the pin, and after it is placed as above described, I pinch the head and point off close to the outside of the shell with a pair of nippers. Lhaye madeasimple device for insert- ing the pin. It can be made by any one of ordinary genius, fa I will givyea description of it to any one addressing me forit, I-would give it here but it would requirea sketch, or drawing, which, of course you Gonld not msert. The only objection raised by those who haye seen my plan is, that there is danger of scratching the barrels with the pins. But Thave fired hundrads of them through my new gun and can fee no marks from them. Very truly yours, ot i Jouy R. WHERRY. Our correspondent’s plan may be a yery good one, bul we confess we should object to trying itinafine gun. As for his remark regarding the ends of crimped shells blowing off, we certainly haye never met with any such experience, and we have now in our office a common Ely brown paper shell which has been reloaded (with Dittmar powder) some eight 0 ten times. Téis true that the charges in crimped (or in) she cularly if they are but one turn of 7 a —This istheseason when thaeditorshonts np the pipe to the printer, ‘The poem sent up yesterday, headed, ‘Spring is Come,’ you can keep over for another week.” —Insanity, once unknown among the negroes, hns become a great and increasing uffliction., ‘To relieve it, Virginia has established an insane asylum for negroes—the only one in the world—where more than 300 of them are cared for. Sea and River ishing. FISH IN SEASON ey APRIL. Speckled Trout, Salmo fontinalis. Land-locked Salmon—Salmo gloueri. White Perch, Morune Americanus, Shad, Alosa sapidissima. ——— *,* Wor trout flies in April, see onr issue of March 29th. Fish my Manxer.—The first Connecticut River shad of the season arriyed in Fulton Market on Friday last and sold for $1.25. Some of them weighed six pounds each, Fresh canght ‘“Kennebee” salmon, from Noya Scotia, are coming forward and find ready market at $1 per pound. Prawns from South Carolina are abundant at$1 per gallon. Striped bass are very scarce. North River shad have not been taken in any large quantities as yet, but large hauls are expected this week. Our quotations for the week are as follows: Striped bass, 20 to 25 cents per pound; smelts, 12 cents; salmon (frozen), 36 cents; green, $1.25; shad (sonthern), 30 to 50 cents each; native, do. 40 to 60 cents; Connecticut River, 75 cents to $1; white perch, 12} cents per pound; Spanish mackerel 50 cents; green turtle, 18 cents; terrapin, $15 per dozen; frosttish, 8 cents per pound: halibut 18 cents; haddock, 8 cents; codfish, 8 cents; black- fish, 15 cents; herrings, 6 cents; flounders, 8 cents; sea bass, 20 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 cents; scollops, $2 per gallon; whitefish, 15 cents per pound; pickerel, 15 cents; salmon trout 15 cents; Long Island trout, $1; bard shell crabs, $3.50 per 100; red snappers, 18 cents; prawns, $1.50 per gallon. Oguossoc Ancioye Assocration.—The annual meeting was held on the 10th of April, and the following persons elected trustees for the ensuing year: George Shepard Page, John H. Kimball, Lewis B Reed, Lewis T. Lazell, Dr. F. N. Otis, James A. Williamson, Adon Smith, Jr., George P. Rowell and William B. Wood. Ata meeting of the trustees on the same day the following officers were chosen : President, John H. Kimball of Bath, Me.; Vice-President, Lewis B. Reed, of New York; Secretary and Treasurer, James A. Williamson, of New York. Massacuusrerrs.—lNew Bedford, April 18, 1877,—Notwith- standing the cold northeast storms of the past week our markets are well supplied with halibut, cod and herring, A yery few shad haye been taken thusearly. The trout sportsmen report small fares, although some of the knowing ones haye had good Inck. ConoHs. Fisaine Marrers.—The number of fishing arrivals re- ported at this port since our last issue has been 24, 4 from the Banks and 20 from Georges. Fish receipts about 500,- 000 1bs, codfish, and 325,000 lbs. halibut. The fish market continues quiet, with a rather better call for Georges cod. The stock of cured is small, and it is difii- cult to fill orders readily with prime fish, but with better weather for curing, the supply will soon be sufficient for the demand, although the quantity in butts is small for the season. It would be difficult to fill orders at less than $5 per gtl., although we hearof special transactions at 12) cents off this price. Grand Bank cod aré im small stock, and held at $44(@42 per qtl. as to qauty: The stock of frozen herring has been closed out and the fleet are seeking bait elsewhere. Fresh halibut haye been in moderate receipt and prices have ruled favorably. The stock of smoked halibut is entirely inadequate to meet the demand.—Cuape Ann Advertiser, April 12. Wintew Jensux.—Hinsey's Ashley House, Barnegat Inlet, N. J., Aprit 8th.—Mlounders haye commenced biting. Some six boats met with good successSaturday. One New York sloop, the Hope, has met with grent success in the codfish ling, taking a8 high as 3,000 Ibs per day. B. Frorma.—New Smyrna, April 9.—The unusual coldness of the season has interfered with our sport this season, though T have killed the largest bass (30 tbs.) this winter that I ever secured with rod and reel. Several others of equal size haya been killed by visiting sportsmen, 5, 6. 0. ® Drsrerer ConumerA.— Washington, April 16th.—Our fishing season has already commenced, and quite » number of fine bass have been captured in the Potomac, mostof them at the foot of the Great Falls, which is their favorite haunt at thus season, Others have been caught in the neighborhood of the Little Falls, but they are not so plentiful af the latter place as above. White perch fishing near the Chain Bridge, to which I referred at length in a recent letter, is now excel- lent; they are biting rapidly, and fine ones are caught daily. Two gentlemen who went up yesterday took oyer seventy splendid ones in lessthan two hours. Owing to the backward spring, this sport will continue this year until about the 1st of May, as the perch have not ascended the river as early as usual. B. YVrrerra.—The Legislature of Virginia has recently passed an act to prevent the destruction and to promote the multi- plication of fish in the streams of that State. It provides that during the next six years no fish shall be canght other- wise thun by angling in any streams above tidewater. It is made tnlawfnl to take mountain trout between September 15 and April 1 by any process whatever, and at other periods ouly by angling, 2 similar provision applying to black bass between May 15 ond July 1 of exch year ; possession of these fish within the prohibited periods to be prima facie evyidonce of the violation of the law. The penalty for infraction of the Jnw is fixed at a fine in each case of $20 and imprisonment until the fine be paid. Tha Offender is also to forfeit his boats, nets, or other illegal contrivances in such taking of fish. The act is now in force, BASS FISHING AT HALIFAX INLET, E. FLORIDA. —+__. = “It is acorntria full of havens, rivera and ilanda of suok frnitful- Ness o8 cannot by tongue be expressed, and so Msuy sorted of fishos ther, ye may take them without nat or angle so maLy as ya will,“— Jean Ribault's Vayage to Terra Florida, 1562, E dropped our anchor on a bank between the two rivers in abont three feet of water. Bartolo waded off towards the shore,and with two or three casts of hig net: secured a dozen ranilet, a fish from six to twelye inches long, bright and silyery, which when cut into three or four pieces miakes the best bait for the fish of this region, except the sheepshead, and eyen they will often take a mullet bait, Then we began to-east for bass, throwing out the baited hook from the reel with a two-onnee sinker, into four feat of water, about fifty feet from the boat. In afew minutes my bait was seized witha sharp tug, and I was playing a liyely fish, which after a sholt tim shook the hook from its mouth and escaped. Lwind up my line, put on a fresh bait, the other haying suf- fered from the teeth of the bass, and cast again. Now G. has one, which he secures after a long struggle, a bass, as here called—the red drum of Virginia, or the red fish of the Gulf coast—weighing about six pounds, By this time [had hooked another of about six pounds, which Tsayed, The bass taken here in winter average about fiye pounds, running from two pounds to thirty, the large fish being rare at this season, In the summer and fall they run much larger, sometimes as heavy as fifty pounds. Those over twenty pounds are called «channel bass."! Holbrook, following the older naturalists, calls this fish corvina ocellata; the new school of naturalists at Washington haye given it the name Scienops ocellain, Having little Latin and less Greek, I am unablé to say which is best. Under whatever name he swims, howeyer, the red bass is a garoe fish, in habits something like the striped bass of more northern waters; and when in season, a valuable food fish. When dried and salted, it makes a very good substitute for dried codfish, Three or four more of moderate size were taken, when I hooked a heavy fish, which took as I was drawing in my line. Té took ont thirty yards at the first dash, and fought hard for fifteen minutes, when I brought it within reach of the gaff in the experienced hands of Bartolo. It weiehed after reaching home fifteen pounds, and was in fine condition, When fresh from the water, the bass is a brilliant fish; those from the sea are silvery in color; those from the mouths of fresh-water Tivers are of a bright golden hne; the scales are large and strong; teeth in the mouth small, but it is furnished with teeth in the throat, which are like a payement of enamel, C. hooked a small shark which soon cut off his hook and departed, but the marander had scared away the bass, and we left the ground with a score of eight, not, however, until Thnd hooked a big sting ray, Trygon hastata, which moved off seaward with irresistible power, taking out my whole line of about seventy yards at one rush, and parting it atthe reel, 80 that I lostitall. I have several times killed rays of thirty pounds to fifty pounds with the rod, buf when they get to be 100 pounds in weight, nothing can be done with the rod and reel; they are too heavy to ba turned; their play is so slow that they cannot be tired ont as active fish are, by their own exertions, and something mustgiveway, Lhaye seen one ten and one-half feet long and five feet wide, weighing 150 Ibs, killed with astrong hand line. It is a dangerous fish to.deal with, on account of the formidable weapon which it carries in its tail, a sharp bone four or five inches lony, barbed along the sides, and covered with a black slime supposed to be very poisonous. The ray lashes with its long tail when drawn towards the boat, and sometimes inflicts very painful and dangerous wounds. These rays are numerous and yery troublesome to the fishermen in these waters, and would be more so but that they are the favorite food of their cousins, the sharks, which eat them up, all but the tail, which is often found on the beach, looking much like one of the bull whips used by wagoners on the plains. **Thave had enough of tiis, Bartolo,” said I; “too many sharks and rays here; where shall we go?" ‘I think,” said he, ‘‘we'd better go up yonder big creek; the wind is tao strong outside, and we will find a sheltered place under the mangrovés,”’ So we up anchor, and rowed about half a mile up one of the numerous creaks which cut up the marshy region on the coast into a thousand islands, covered prin- cipally with the red and black mangrove brushes, though some of the larger ones contain dry hammocks, with cabbage palms, live oaks, und pines. When we canie toa spot where three of these creeks met, forming a wide bay, we anchored at one of them. In another creek, not far off, we saw three boats with fishermen. ‘ Who are those people?" inquired Mr, G, ‘Some of the Sueymaites. They have found out this creek since they saw me catch some channel bass here a while ago, but they don’t know the best spot. You'll be likely to hitch a big one here.’ We anchored near the shore whera the channel was about six or eight feet deep, and the first fish was a large salt-water trout, hooked by Mr, G., which was paifed after fiye minutes play; it weighed seven pounds when brought to the scales at home—a most beautiful fish, dark green or olive on the buck, sides and lower parts like silver, With three rows of black spots on the upper part of the sides, like the Jake trout of the Adirondacks, which it exactly resembles in form, except that instend of the small adipose fin of the salnions, this fish, called by the learned, Cynosciou Carolinensis, has a double dorsal. It is a near relation to the weak-fish or sqneteage. We caught two or three small bass, and then Ihooked a very heavy one, which ran ont forty yards of line, [ had mounted a new one of 150 yards, and fought for a long time at a distance from the hoat and deep in the water, so that I could not seo the fish, thongh Bartolo pronounced it a large channel bass. At last it broke water, and showed a tail sight or ten inches broad, but appeared as strong as ever; when afi this moment Mr. C, hooked another heayy fish and we were but playing them at the same time, I at the bow, and ©, at the stem of the boat; Bartolo standin between us, gaff in land, réady for action. One of the other boats, seeing the strugzle from afar, came towards us to Witness the result, which soon took place by my fish being brought exhausted on his back to the boat, where he was nearly gatfed by Bartolo, after astrugele of thirty minntes, | In due course the other fish was secured, aud proyed to ba a channel bass of about the same size, weighing at home twenty-eight pounds, and mine twenty-nine pounds; if was forty-one inches long, und twenty-three around the shoulfers. 8.0. 0. —_————<—e—___. —Mr. John Blakely of Philadelphia canghta drumfish weighing 71 pounds, in the Mataughs River, two miles south of St. Angustine, Florida, the past season. Mr, T. C Rowe took four drumiish that weighed 195 pounds in the aggregate, All taken with rod and yeel. 168 FOREST AND STREAM, A FEW HINTS AND DIRECTIONS FOR FLY FISHING FOR BLACK BASS. BY W, HOLBERTON, ee FLY rod for black bass should be a moderately stiff rod, not less than ten or more than twelve feet lonz—such a rod as would be called a rather heavy, trout rod, There is no necessity of its weighing over 12 ounces, but it should weigh at least 7!g or Bounces. Such a rod will cost from $7 for a pluin ash and lancewood (very serviceable) to $60 for the finest Leonard or Norris split bamboo, The reel should be a plain click reel, to hold from thirty to fifty yards, and costing from $3 to $10. The bestline is really the cheapest, and is mada of braided silk, waterproofed, und tapering toward the ends; this line costs ten cents a yard, and will last five or more years. A cheaper article can be had for about five cents a yard, bnt is not reliuble after the first season, The leader should be not less than six feet long, and made of salmon gut. Where the fish are large, one fly is sufficient to attach to the leader; where they are under two pounds, as in the smaller rivers and outlets of lakes, two and eéyen three flies can be used to advantage. Black bass, like their more aristocratic brethren, the speckled trout, are very changeable in regard to the flies they will take, Sometimes the scarlet ibis, particularly early in the season and on-rough, windy days, is the most killing fly that can be used, while at others a white miller or a bright Fergu- son or jungle cock willbe foundthe thing. The following is a good list, viz.: ‘The Ferguson, academy, Holberton, May fly, jungle, dark and yellow: turkey, abbey, scarlet ibis, St. Lawrence, Montreal, grizzly king, and professor. Jor smaller waters, a hackle, either yellow, red or brown, dressed on a sproat hook, from four to six will prove killing. I found in the St. Lawrence River, Canandaigna Lake, and other large waters, thata large fly was necessary; a small fly only took small fish, about No. 0 to 2, anda sproat hook is byall means the best. A light rod will not hook a fish well, if the fly is tied on a Limerick or other hook with a large barb and made of heavy wire. In casting, the fly should be allowed to sink at least a foot below the water before drawing it in for another cast. This isimportant, As long a line as possible should be thrown, as they area shyfish. When hooke:l, keep a steady strain on them, and beware when they jump. Do not let them strike the line with their tailor fall on it. Contrary to most ang- lers, I lift the point of the rod so as to keep the line above them, If in a boat, keep them, if possible, from getting un- der it, which they will try their best to do, Asto their taking or not taking the fly, I think if is not worthargning. I have taken them for fifteen years with a fly, and never any other way, and have never seen the water in which they would not take it. There are some days when they will refuse the fly, or take it poorly, as with trout; butas to their never taking it in some waters, ‘‘I have my doubts,”’ Black bass, particularly in running water, are a yery gamy, vigorous fish, aud afford the most exciting sport. The best Aly fishing now is to be had in the St. Lawrence, among the Toousand Islands, and in Florida; but netrly every stream and pond has been stocked in this part of the country, and this year and next will begin to show the results. There is no use in trying to use the flyin water over twelve feet in depth. The best ground is around the shores of the lakes, on rocky shoals, near old logs, ete. oo Tas Hacie Craw.—This contrivance is altracting a great deal of attention, like almost everything else advertised in our columns. One correspondent inveighs very severely against it, as notice below. Now, the ‘Eagle's Claw" is like aman’s hand; ifcan be put to evil and useful purposes. For instance, we ourselves attached a piece of meat to the trigger of one the other evening, and hung it upon a nail jn the wall, so that it swung three inches trom the floor, In the morning we found a rat dead in its grip! The ‘‘Hagle’s Olaw” will catch anything that it is set for, that is sure; but as the advertiser does not recommend it asan infernal ma- ehine for the destruction of game and fish alone, we must be charitable enough to regard it like anything else that can be put to a good use ora bad one, though we perceive that it is notaccepted by our corrrespondent, the ‘Senator,” with the eclut that it would be by a trapper or intriguer of vermin: Enirdn Forrest ano STREAM. Tam sure T echo the sentiments of all trncaportsmen when Iregrat that Mr, Coate did not apply bis ingenuity to some more worthy object than the above. Are there not devices snough for destroying game and fiah, withont such cold-blooded implement of torture as this? With a very earnest desire for his future salvation, 1 cannot refrain fromaaying that I hope he may sit on one of these infernal machines, and then, if ifs claws do not teuch his conscience, they will infilota pang on aome- thing more seusitive, and perhaps remindjhim of the torture inflicted on ite victime. SENATOR, Massacauserrs Ancirrs’ Assoctation.—In the list which we published last week of the newly elected officers of this Association, we should have printed George B- Brown, Re- cording Secretary, and Henry H. Kimball, Corresponding Seerefary, whereas the type read simply, ‘Recording Secre- tary, Henry H. Kimball.” —We have just received from John Haily, 320 Henry Street, this city, several dozen trout, bass, and salmon flies of yarious patterns, tied in the most superb manner. Mr. Haily gives instruction in the art to those who desire it-for little more money than a book of instruction would cost. —The poachers are at work on Long Island again. Thomp- son's trout preserves at Noyac were visited a few nights ago by thieves and robbed of abont.§00 of bis largest fish, valued nt from $800 to $1,000. His watch-dog had been killed a day or two previously. Rarriesyanes AS Pisa Batr.—Dr, H. ©. Yarrow sends us the following incident, which occurred while he was engaged in exploration in Utah, in 1872. The party were encamped near the Webber River, which abounds in trout, and one of their number, a portly disciple of old Isaak, determined to have a day's fishing: 50, one morning he started bright and early, equipped with everything needed but bait, which he de- termined to secure onthe ground. Arrived ata desirable site, he deposited lunch basket, rod, etc., and waited to hear the chirp of a grasshopper; the bait he intended to use. He did not waitlong. ‘Ha! ha!” said he, “‘there’s a rouse?, sure enough !" and ff he stole, sombrero in hand, intent on on his prey. Cautiously he advanced throngh the sage brush, stumping his toes oyer stones, the chirp sounding nearer and nearer, until at last he knew he must be very near the creature. Then he gently depressed his hat, peer- ing around, and was just about to precipitate himself on the ground, when he saw an enormous rattlesnake, coiled and teady to strike, almost beneath his feet. He had lostno rattlers, 50 giving a yell, he attempted to leap backward, but his foot slipped, and over and over he went, down a hill un- tilhe fell plump into the river, ont of which he gathered himself mp, and departed from that neighborhood a wetter, butawiser man. He had mistaken the rattling of the snake for the chirp of a grasshopper. Moral: When trout fishing in the West, look out for ‘‘rat- tlers,” especially if you should want grasshopper bait, as the noise made by the two animals is very similar, the only dif ference being that the noise of the rattle is more prolonged than that made by the insect. After a little experience they may be readily distinguished. a Aw occasional correspondent writes:—'‘ During the summer of 1871 I had some capital sport in the tributaries of the Trinity River, Texas. On one occasion I started on horse- back, carrying a bucket and mosquito-net to catch bait, and prepared to camp out. The stream of Spring Creek was very low. but the rocky bed contained numerons large pools full of striped bars, perch, and in many places those fishermen’s pests, gar-fish. Selecting a shallow, T soon caught a lot of small perch with the mosquito-net. My rod I cut in the brush, attached an upright trolling to the tip, and adjusted a reel. I had to ent my way into the edge of some of these pools. Hooking on a lively bait, I made a cast in a likely place. The float, a dry piece of wood picked up, was almost tuken under by the bait, but at last it disappeared in a most unmistakable manner, and I hooked a heavy fish. It required all my care to keep clear of fallen timber and stumps, but I succeeded in landing a four-pound bass in fine condition, Itook a three and a two pound fish in subsequent casts, and then moved to tue next pool. It being now ten o'clock, and thse sun being warm, the fish ceased running, so I selected a pleasent spot, and prepared some fish for my dinner. Istrolled down the creek with my gun. ‘The bass and perch were swimming near the surface, and numbers of water snakes moying about. I shot some very large ones, At one place my setter made a point at the edge of the bank. Looking over I saw a very large rottleshake just at the edge of the water. My poor dog had so Many narrow escapes from snakes that he was always on the gui vive, and would always show me a snake, ‘© A bass split down the back and broiled, with some coffee, afforded mean excellent repast. It was too hot to fish, so I smoked and got a fresh supply of bait, until about four o'clock, when the fish began to move, I now had some excellent sport, taking from three to four in each pool ayernging from one to four pounds. Ther was one very deep pool I had not tried at sundown, so | decided to wait for the moonlight, and in the meantime prepared my camp for the night, cooked some fish and enjoyed my pipe till the moon rose, With great expectations I cast into the pool. Ina few minutes down went the Hoat, and Ieaughta tartar. My rod bens almost double, and then, with « straight rush, the line spapped (foul of the reel handle), Must have been a gar. I now put on a gimped hook, losttwo or three baits by the gars, and then hooked a fine bass of fiye pounds, which I Janded. I got two more from three to four pounds, and then a snake took the bait, and I hooked and pulled him out. My dog, who enjoyed seeing the fish caught, retired with disgust, and | had a lively time killing it and saying my line from tangle. he gars were so troublesome now that I could not keep a bait on, 50 I determined to wage war, Iplaced the rod so that the bait just touched the water; soon-a large gar came and received a dose of shot, and with great splashing subsided. T served seyeral others the same way, and then, wrapped in my blanket with saddle for pillows, slept till daylight, ‘ *'In the morning I tried some of the old pools, taking sey- eralmore fish. At one a snake troubled me, pulling the bait; it at last went to the edge of the water to some fish cleanings, and I killed it, It was nearly seven feet in length. After br-akfast returned to my quarters well satisfied with my sport.” SENATOR, 7 —_—_—_<+e—___ BROOK TROUT FISHING AT LAKE ‘, GEORGE, \. eee To rHe Forest anp Srrzam. Since my letter to you on lake or salmon tront, thera have been hundreds of pounds taken by fishing through the ice. One was taken the second week in March that weighed seven- teen pounds. This is the largest tront taken in many years. It was taken with a small hook and bait, such as is used for taking trout of from four ounces. or upward. In this Jetter I was to treat on brook trout, known as the square-tailed, spotted trout. Many people start out from the cities during the summer with the expectaiion of having a fine time and gréat suecess in fhe country etching brook trout. Here let tie say to all such parties thit they are certainly doomed to be disappointed. Those who wish to enjoy and have good sport in this line of fishing must be in the country early in the month of May andJune. As soon as the snow water from the mountains is done running, the trout make their ap- pearance, In streams where the countryisclearedand the snow gets melted and runs off much earlier than it does from the mountain streams, they are taken days and weeks hefore they are found in the mountain streams. ‘The peoplein the coun- try knowing these facts watch the disappearance of the snow, audassoon as the spotted beauties make their appearance they are enticed to become the yictims and to decorate the tabla of some country gent that has watched jong and anxio be the first of the seasou, Like the first slad that is in the spring to the city gent, go is the first mess of brook trout to the man or boy in the country. There are scores of | “ streams ronning into the lake from one-fourth of a m —— usly to. length to four miles Jong, four miles being the longest stream from its head to the lake ; these each and all have more or less troutin them. When itis known thatn good catch has been monde in one of these small streams it will be shunned and laft alone foratime. When a party strikes one of these streams and finds the footprints of some person fresh in the earth along its banks, he is well aware that he will have but yery little success that day in that stream. The news of a stream being well cleaned goes around the country about as quick as though a black bear had entered aneighbor's sheep yard and killed a sheep (which at this day is not a thing in this vicinity inknown). Luke George is surrounded by mountains which ate broken by rayines and gorges, in which flow the trout streams, A few miles to the west rons the Hndson River, into which jnnumerable small trout streams empty. Within a few miles of the sliores of Lake George hundreds of pounds of bropk trout are taken eyery spring, There isa small Inke a few miles west of Lake George, known as Lake Pharo, in which abound enormous quantities of these trout. They are of the richest flavor and of the richest color of any trout found in this section of the country. They can be seen during the spawning season atthe different places where they collect to deposit their spawn in quantities recorded by the barrels. I haye stood on a log lying over one of these beds where the wa- ter was from one to four feet deep, which would be alive with trout from the bottom to the snrface. The temptation to take them is great, bnt no man that has any regard for law, or the damage he would do in destroying thousands by killing one of the female brauties at such time, will commit such an act. Notwithstanding, it is done by a class of inhtiman beings who steal in the night to the shore by the side of these spawn- ing beds, and with hook baited with worms or pieces of fresh meat, tnke themas they would take fowls from their roost— steal them in the night. The brook trout in Lake George come to the streams from deep water three different times in each season—early in the spring, and again in the month of Angust, then in the fall, at which time they ascend the streams to deposit their spawn. In the month of August they come to tha month of the cold mountain streams and go up some distance. I have taken them over one mile from the lake. At this season of the year they are called silver trout, for the reason that they are a bright silver color, the spots being like scarlet. The meat of this trout is of thres colors—some are white, some golden, and others a rich scarlet. They are usually of agood ize, running from a quarter to two pounds each. A very clear and cold stream runs into the lake at the head ; whera it comes to the lake it runs across a wide, sandy beach, and forms a sand bar from twelve to eighteen inches high. With a Jong sod and line the angler stands on the dry sand and casts his fy or bait just over the bar, at which point the beanties are enjoying the clear and cold spring water from the mountain’s side. I haye stood at this point with a long, light cedar pole, with hook baited with worms, and when the bait struck the water it would be taken with that flash-like movement that no other fish but the nimble trout can make. The water would be in a boil for 2 number of feet in cireum- ference by the greedy school that was lying so quiet enjoy- ing the cool water. The one that succeeded in swallowing the bait would be led out of the current into still water, and as gently as possible up the sloping sand beach on to d land. Now and then one would beslightly hooked and as soon ashe struck terra firma would break loose; then for a tussel who was to bethe victor; if close to the water it was uncertain as to the capture of the trout, but a sure thing that you got wet feet in the struggle, as you would not like to lose such a beauty, for the largest ones invariably get loose. In the fall of the year, when these same trout come to ascend the streams to deposit their spawn, they are darker colored, having a reddish tinge. They can be taken after dark at the mouth of the streams by using a piece of parch for bait. By throwing the bait just over the sand bar and letting it He on the bottom, it willbe picked up by the trontas they come in search of the entrance to the stream. This mode and time of catching trout is now stopped, But after they get up the streams they are now and then burred up by such ns would steal clothes off the drying line if left out after dark. Witha hint to some that claim to be good at catching brook-trout I will close this article, I claim that with a vod ten feet long and a line four or fiye feet long from tip to hook and running through rings to near butt of rod so that you can take hold of the line and draw the hook up to the tip of the rod, by so doing the hook can be put into a holein the stream that is covered with brush, and then slacking up on yourline, letthehook into the stream; if a trout bites, instead of giving a jerk with the rod and get- ting your fish fast in the brush, give the line a sudden jark and draw the fish up to the end of your rod, and run your rod back of yon until you can reach the fish, My rule is, to go up the stream as far as you want to fish it down ; get into the stream and never leaye it unless you find a place where the water is too deep for comfort. In this manner you keep constantly going ahead of you little particles which the trout are busily picking up instend of lying still and shying at the first glimpse of your rod or line. You enn gat at every little nook in the stream and not be noticed by their sharp eyes, I willlet the best brook-trout fisherman (that will follow the stream on the bank) have the lead of me and I will follow him a few rods behind, and will bet him a good joint rod that I will get more pounds and ister trout than he does, This I have done many times. At this point of my writing I was called upon by the man that canght the large trout spoken of at the beatae of this letter; he caught him in 160 feet of water; he pulled him thirty feet, supposing he had a sunken bush fast to his hook witha small trout fast in it, When he found what he had he took it easy; was over half an hour when he got him through the hole and on the ice; the trout was so used up that he gaye up hfe withont a staugele. He ae he is thé king fisherman of Lake George, and he shall go West this fall. A thirteen- pounder was taken the fourth week of March, Any quantity of smaller ones are being taken. Yours respectfully, Tre Orn Poot. SETH GREEN ON NEEDLE POINTS: v Rocuesren, N. ¥., April 12, Evitog Forrst AND STREAM. There baa not been much said lately on “needle points.” Thad mude tipmy mind not tosay anything more about them and let the people plod on in theirignorance and take home small baskets of fish. But secing aletterin your last ixsue from “Angler,” I thought 1 would write a few lines umd post all who wish to bs enlightened on the subject. “Bachling and Boating. HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEE. Date, Boston. | New York.| Charleston oH. M. aH. M,. aH MM. 4 10 0 57 0 28 5 il 1 55 1 23 6 15 2 52 2 34 7 16 3 54 B 2 , 5 16 $ 52 4 16 7513). enw aan a ® 14 5 48 5 08 we S A Be Se Be fie 6 558 OUR BOSTON LETTER, —_—_+—_—_— Boston, April 12, 1877. Eprtor ForEsT AND STREAM. The lovers of salt-water niet Fast Day at City Point, South Boston, to enjoy last year's festivity over again. Although the day was not quite 80 warm or breaze so gentle, the Mosquito Tace proved asuccess. Some fourteen tenders put in an appearance, and yery good time was made by the tiny crafts, covered with clouds of canvas. The wind was north north- west, and the bay (Dorchester) was fleeced with white caps; yery few accidents happened, and none of aserious nature, Maj. MeDonough’s “Lizzie” filled with water, and withdrew from the race. The ‘‘Wayward’s” tendercarried away her mast, and the Nina’s boat broke her boom. The following table gives the number of entries, time of starting of each class, and the return ; ¥FIMST-CLASS—CENTRE-BOARDS, Started. Returned. Nanis. a. M. H, M, Mary)... 0. ceeeeeese0e--0l 56 A. M,...,...--.---time not taken, 12 96 «12 82 read time not taken, SECON D-OLASS—KEELS. Started. Returned, Name. z EH. M. S&S AUN BOO estes ae wep el Mise sedchoneneeeeeees12 33/80. Chiquitw...........,.., 912 Me... ....--e-n04-+--- time not talren, ERAS IG oes eciy cose a sda Minccteridersunvevseosdiogt 0, THIRD-CLASS—EEELS. Started Returned, Name, H. M, HM &. FMIAPAQ IGE ee ee eco 28 NBD os orcs eas scnnsce, «12 34 50 MOMU POT geass Csoiecdd OBE SL cwccenstue ates time not taken, Ningara......:se+.ees0-012 6....5..- rt mitenasn 12 34 40 Nina started 12:06, time not taken; Ivy, time not taken; Our Pet, time not taken; Dart, time not taken; Wayward, time not taken, The prizes were $10 gold pieces for first prize in each class, and $5 for second prizes, and were awarded as follows: Fuirst-class—Roslyn, first prize, Capt. Ross; Arrow, second prize, Second-class—Sunbeam, first prize, Capt. W. 8. Nickerson; Hairpin, second prize, J. Winniatt. Third-class—Niagara, first prize, Capt. Arthur Dean; Maraquita, second prize, Capt. P. Dexter. The judges were: Capt. J. Flynn, of South Boston Club, and Commodore F. E, Peabody and Capt. P. Dexter, of Dor- chester Club. At this time of the year a salt-water bath is not yery enjoyable, yet some of the participants testitied to the wetness of the water by their appearance on reaching the shore. The Boston, South Boston, and Dorchester Yacht Clubs deplore the death of one of their most active members, Capt. S.J. Capen. The flags were placed at half-mast Fast Day in respect to the honored dead. The pleasant weather of the past few days has brought the ‘yachtmen ont from the winter'sstagnation, Painting and car- pentering have been yery brisk, and the boat shops are assum- ing their wonted activity. A Mr. Gleasonis building a 20-foot ‘catamoran, on a tested model. The modelis five feet in length, nnd easily beat an 18-foot Newport boat. Mr. Gleason expects to get her round to City Point, May Ist. At the annual meeting of Dorchester Yacht Club, held this month, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: ; Commodore, Frank Peabody; Vice-Commodore, §. P. Freeman; Secretary and Treasurer, Frank W. Weston; Meas- urer, H. Devenport; Fleet Captain, George F. Clarke; Trustees, C. E, Folsom, W. H. L: Smith; N. T. Adams. The Club added to its already large list of yachts, Paul Butler's schooner yacht American; Eben B. Phillip’s schooner yacht Vearless; George H. Tupp’s schooner yacht Betty; George M. Winslow's schooner yacht Humes; John Bryant's sloop yacht Shadow; H. E. Hibbard’s sloop yacht Eitie May; George Lee's sloop yacht Peri. Thomas Manning, Esq., of New York, has been elected honorary member of the Quiney Yacht Club, representing the Chib in that city, An early regatta of this Club will take place in May. Under its present very able management, a brilliant season is expected. Kepner, eee ee SALT WATER NOTES. —<_—_.——__ Boston, April 10. Eptror Forrst anp Srream. Tn wy last letter we lay at anchor in Scituate harbor. About two o'¢lockin the morning I was awakened from a pleasant dream of home, by a heayy body fallmgon me. It proved to be Charlie, The boat had grounded on the bar after all, and he, lying in the port berth, had fallen out as she gradually heeled over, where the tide left her, We had all slept sound, and if this occurrence had not happened we should probably have slept on. Tawoke with a loud exclama- tion, thinking some practicel joke was being carried out, but when I realized the facts of the case it did not take me long to wake the others, and appear on deck, Here was a go! The old saying, ‘Tt’s always darkest before light,” proved true. We could hardly distinguish objects at any distance, The tide was running a mill-stream by us, and the bont kept heeling more and more as the water left us. A slight scrap- ing noise, accompanied witha loud splash, startled us, and for a time we thought some of the party had fallen overboard. Slanted a lantern, I crawled forward and found that the fore hatch coyer and cabin companion-way slides were gone, Perhaps there were no inyectives used just then. Lshould liked to hayehad that fisherman for afewmoments, But we wwerein for it. We had retived with scanty elething on, and oat out in such an nnceremonious manner, we meas soe auiesivea im our axcitement, Wa OWE a six-oared gig race, éasight whiner dive month 5) Jabasignt | a finer display on the river this coming season than on an Side dowa isto | praca a ” the starboard bunks, and asthe boat settled on her beam, the water poured in her upper streaks. Her upper planks were painted black outside, and of course drew the rays of the sun very hard, and as she had been out of the water for some time before we started on the trip, had dryed the wood so that it had hardly had time to swell back into position. But to make a long story short, we had to fish the things up from the water. Perhaps there was strong Janguage used then! One or two bags had withstood the dampness, and things came out comparatively dry. But all our outside ap- parel was souked. We either had gotto putit on, wet as it was, or perch round in our flannel shirts. If you could have seen us, dear readers, perched on the weather rail waiting for daylight, you would have seen a funny sight. About3 P. w. Ned and I commenced to bail, he with his carpet-baz, and I the bucket. Wethought she would fill before righting, if we did ease her some way, Captain BillBook the rest of the crew and got two anchors off on the port side; then they took the fore and main throat halyards and made fast to the roads, and swayed up on the halyards until every line was taut, In the meantime Ned and I worked like beayers, and before the tide turned we had the water all sponged ont aboye the cabin floor. If we could only keep water out until she commenced to lift, the others could kelp her by taking in the s'ack line, so we kept wishing for daylight. The fix was a bad one, but when you have to pan round in the dark you feel cross with everything and everybody. Just as day began to break the tide turned to eome in, and to work we went. Charlie was added tothe bailers, and did good execu- tion with the bread pan. We were too much forthe water, and kept her free; the others watched the slack and took it in, took it in too fast, for she fell over on the starboard side be- fore she got afloat, but she was water borne and it caused no new difficulties. As soon as wegot her on her legs, I started up the fire, and prepared for breakfast. “Say, steward, give us something good after this hunt !” was the universal ery. ‘Get us up a home-made dish,” cried Ned; ‘I wish I was there now.’ ‘We will take all the wet bed clothes and toilet articles ashore, while you get things ready, say Cap,” After they had been gone some time I looked out the fore hatch, and you would haye thought there was to be an auction of old clothes by the display on the rocks and grass ashore. Eyery sunny spot was decorated with either blanket or towel, shirts, pants, stockings, etc; while the rest of the wet things (anitated) was sprawled outin the genial sunshine. At seven A. uw. I sounded the fog horn to call them to grub, and we sat down to broiled steak, fried potatoes, hot johnny cake (the home- imade article). It did not take long to clear the tableand get things in place after order was restored. Part of us looked up a boat builder, while the rest went to the stage office to see if the sixth hadarrived, After making inquiries we made the acquaintance of Messrs. Geo. Lawley Son, boat builders, who kindly waived other jobs and tended to our necessities. The rest of the boys were unsuccessful in finding our ab- sentee, Scituate isa country place about twenty-five miles from Boston, on the line of the Old Colony R. R. There isa very homelike hotel in the place, and the people generally are very hospitable. The post-office is combined with a variety shop. The inhabitants depend on fishing and mossing; the latter business is carried on extensively by the lower classes. To a stranger it is interesting to see the changes of color this sea moss has to go through before it is fit for use. At early morn you will see the fishers gliding out of the harbor (when the tide permits) in their small open boats. The boats that are used for mossing are either dorys or sixteen-feet sprit sail boats, such as are used in trawling lobsters. The rake, with long teeth, is the implement used for pulling the moss from the rocks at low water. After it is brought ashore the moss is spread out like hay to dry and bleach in the sun, When it is first pulled the color is a dark purple, and it bleaches out to the color you get it from the druggist or gro- cer. Mnch care is usedin the process. If the dew falls heavy, or should there be a likelihood of a shower and the moss should get wet, itis spoiled. Every night it must be cocked up and covered with canvas until it is ready to pack into barrels for market, We made the acquaintance of the Dixon brothers, who gaye us good ideas of the hard work necessary to produce a good article. We also received a package for use on the trip. Iwas going to take about a bucketfull, and was surprised when they told me half a handful would make all the blane-mange and ice-cream we could eat at once. They rolled us up about as much as you could stuffinto a quart measure, and from that quantity we used all we-wanted, and I took the rest home and it lasted almosta year. Ifound a butcher's stand before I got hack, and for a change got some steak (he had nothing else). Milk was plenty and cheap, and while we staid we enjoyed many a quaff of the lacteal fluid, fresh from the oow. Our instructions were to proceed to Provincetown if we did not meet our friends in Scituate. The wind had in- creased toa gale from the southwest, and the scud was blowing thick and smoky. The hugh rollers were fhunder- ing on the beach. Faras the eye could reach, the angry billows tossed their heads, capped with white foam, and the atmosphere looked murky. How long this would last we could not tell. Dinner-time came round, and was got through with, still no signs of mild weather. The wind hauled into the south’ard and kept increasing. About 1p. M., despite the advice of the fishermen, we determined on trying to gef to Provincetown. We battered everything down; put two reefs in the mainsail, took the bonnet out of the jib, hauled up the mnd-hook and ran out of the harbor. If the sea had not been so rough we could haye made a lay for Race Point, but tons of water would strike her on the bluff of the bow and_ force her to lee’ard, which her small mainsail could nof make up. Ned and I were for'ard stow- ing cable and anchor, and when we struck out clear of the headland, and got the full force of the wind, it would almost take your breath away. Quite a crowd had collected on the wharves to see us off, and many shook their heads, saying we would be back before long. ‘The boat was no more than an egg-shell in such water, and aftershe had pitched twice in the same hole and put Ned and 1 waist deep, Captain Bill thought it time to turn tail. We were not long in starting the mainsheet, but before she got fuirly agoimg free of the wind, she put two hanks of her jib under, and the sea cama aeross the house out over the taf-rail. One moment we would be up on mountainous waves, the next buried in a watery valley. We were not long getting back, and snugly anchored in the harbor again, Kuna. —The Passaic River Rowing Association haye decided to hold their annual regatta on June 19th, the number of races to be four—a single scull, pair-oar gig, four-oared shell, and The four-oared race is to be one and a half miles and return, the others one and a half miles All the Passaic Clubs giye promise of making ding one, a ; 169 Newsvures Yaout Cnus,—This Olub will hold its fourth annual regatta August ist. There will be four classes, en- trance free, a8 follows:—First, open boats over twenty-six feet in length; second, open boats over twenty-two feet and not exceeding twenty-six feet long; third, open boats twenty- two feet long and under; fourth, cabin yachts and all yachts with working sails. Two prizes will be given in each class, except the fonrth, in which one prize only is offered. The Newburgh Club also offers a prize of $250 in gold, to be sailed for on the day following the regatta. The event will be open to all open yachts under thirty-five feet in lensth, The entrance fee is fixed at $100, and the whole amount thus obtained will be divided and distributed as prizes according to the number of entries, the club’s $250, gold, being added to the first prize. The race will be sailed over the usual course in Newburgh Bay. Entries to the regatta will close on July 31st, and to the sweepstakes race on July 28th, —The following are the officers of the Halifax, Noya Scotia, Rowing Association: President, ©. J. MeDonald; Vice- President, Geo. H. Dayis; Trensurer, W. E. Weir; Secretary, J. R. Townsend; Committee, M. Power, Thos. Spelman, Win. Ross, Alex. McDonald, John Roue. Rational Pastimes. — BASE BALL, —The College nines are looming up as powerful rivals of the leading professional teams of the League and International Associations, On fast day the Harvard College nine visited Lynn, and there defented Cummings’ Live Ouk, profession- als, by 11 to 3. On Saturday, April 14, the Princeton Col- lege nine took a trip to Philadelphia, aud there they polished off the professional Athletics to the tune of 24to 11. The same day the Yale nine met the Hartfords, of Brooklyn, at New Haven, and it was not until the twelfth innings that the professionals could win, and then only by a score of 7 to 6. On the same day, at Bostou, the Harvards met the strong nine of the Bostons of 1877, and the latter won only by 5 to 3 ina full game. —The Chelseas opened play at the Capitoline grounds on April 14th, and deteateda field nine by 21to 2. They play the Hartfords on the Union grounds on Thursday, April 19, —The Nameless Club defeated a field nine by 10 to 3 at Prospect Park on April 14th. Dunne, of the Chelseas, has made his debut as a curyed line pitcher. —The St Lonis Club won all of their four games in Mem- phis, played on April 9, 10, 11, and 13. The scores were 2 to 0, 5 to 4, 7 to 3, and 2to 0. — —The Lonisyilles defeated the Helipse nine by 22 to 1 on April 13. Only one base hit was made off Deylin’s pitching —The schedule of games to be played in the League championship arena this season has been made out, and the record for May is as follows : eeel|| gee |e 2 ele |e CLuns. 5 i=) al a = ral = 5 2 3 = Ble : ee | 4 = # | : Muay | May May — | 17 22 8 19 24 10 — 13 3 26 ad 29 a 5 22 1 24 19 | 8 3 5 x 8 == 3 31 26 _— 5 iy) 25 — | (a eS eth 10 § ) 10 6 rf The first games will be those between the Louisville and Cincinnati clubs, to to be played at Cincinnati May 3, 5 and 8. None are arranged for Boston or Brooklyn. Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, ani Importers, have always a large stock of sil- ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, racing and other sports, and on request they prepare special designs for similar Stine Theie timing watches areguaranteed for ac- curacy, and are now very generally used for sporting and scientific requirements. Tiffany & Co,, are also the agents in America for Messrs. Patek, Philippe & Co,, ef Geneva, of whose celebrated watches they have a full line. Their stoek of Diamonds and other Pre- cious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes and Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, and the public are inyited to visit their estab- lishment without feeling the slightest hateds tion He Purchase. Union Square, Ney York FOREST AND STREAM. Dhe Bennel. “Moat intelligent writer about doys,.""—Rop anp Gun, Gis) THE PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE, With plain instructions how to rear and breed doga for pleasure, show and profit. The work contains additional chapters upon the “Law on Dogs,” and " Non-Sporting Kennel.” By GORDON STABLES, M.D., C.M., R.N, Dilustrated. 192 pages. 12mo, cloth, $1.50. TRE DOG, With simple directions for his treatment, and notices of the best dogs of the day and their breeders or ex- hibitors. By ‘‘IDSTONE.”’ New edition, with illus- trations. 12mo, cloth, $1.25. CASSELL, PETTER & GALPIN, 596 Broudway, New York. FPLRST ANNUAL NEW YORK BENCH SHOW OF DOGS, Given under the auspices of the Westminster Kennel Club, at GILMORE’S GARDEN, May 8th, 9th and 10th, 1877. PRIZES AMOUNTING TO NEARLY $5,000 WILL BE AWARDED TO SPORTING AND NON-SPORTING DOGS, Prize Lists and Forms of Entry can be had of CHAS. LINCOLN, Sup, 17 Chatham Street, New York. Box 2832. ENTRIES CLOSE APRIL 26th. Sapltt FOREST CITY KENNEL KOR IMPORTED SETTERS. Dr. Goldsmith's celebrated dogs Plunket, Carrie, Rapp and Nell have passed into the aboye Kennel, Plonket and Rapp will be used in the stud. Tor ser- vices and pedigrees address W. J. Farrar, Cleveland, O. Jan25-3in, WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB (FOR POINTERS.) Stud dog Sensation; lemon and white, weight 60 lbs.: winner of seven prizes in England. Sirea by R. ad. Lloyd Price’s Champion Jim, and from White- house's celebrated Champion Field Trial Hamlet and Rap stock; just imporsed: 2}yearsold. Fee $35. For pedigree and fall particulars applyto DR W, 8. WEBB, 7 West Fifty-fourth st., N. Y. febi6 tf Spratt’s Patent Meat Fibrine Dog GENUINE Cakes Os ssa INO STAMPED From the reputation these Meat Fibrine Cakes have now gained, they require scarcely any explanation to recommend them to the use of every one who keeps a dog, sufficeitto say they are free from salt, and contain “‘dates,” the exclusive use of which, in com- bination with meat and meal to compose a biscuit 1s secnrea to us by Letters Patent, Forsale in cases of 112 lbs. each. F.O.Dm LUZE, sole Agent, 18 South William street, New York Special terme to dealers. DOGS CANNOT SLIP THI8 COLLAK No matter how violently they poll, this collar will not choke orinjure the dog, Made of heavy bridle leather with nickle plated trimmings, Sent by mail with name of dog or owner on naiwe plate for $1.00. Manufactured by "Thomson & Son, 301 Broadway, IN. ¥- e jandtt OR YOUNG WUOCKBER SPANIEL SLock Irom the choicest breeds inquire of 4 M. P, McKOON. dec?8 im Franklin, Del. Co., N. ¥. ‘ Che Hennel, RIZE IRISH AND LAVERACK SETTERS FOR SALE, Red Irish setter bitch Music, by “Plunket,” out of *Rosha,” a pure Irish bitch. Music was Ist at Vay- nol Field Trials, and 2d at Crystal Palace show, is strong, healthy, andactive. Shot over to grouse and partridge regularly. Price £30. Expenses to be paid by purchaser. _" Layerack *’ setter bitch Berra, white and black ticked, good in field, shot over to partridge and hare, Pedigres; By Laverack’s ‘Prince,’ out of ‘*Blue Belle,” Purebred. ‘“ Blue Belle*’is own sister to Liewellin’s ‘Sam and Lill.” BrrrxHa isa splendid little bitch, compact, active, and yery fast. Price £50 (lowest figure). Aged two years. The champion retriever, Pants, Invaluable for field and stock purposes. Winner of the following prizes: 1st Ipswich, on game in the field; Crystal Palace Champion Prize, 1872; Dublin 1st Prize, 1872; Champion Prize, 1873; Ist and cup, 1873. Not ex- ‘hibted after 1874, when he was beaten by his own stock. Heis the grandest stud dog that has ever been at the service of the public in England, his fee being £5, 58. He has secured a great many nominations. Price, £50. Expenses not to be paid. Address GEORGE BREWIS, Horseheath Lodge, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England. 12apl3t OR SALE.—A FEW THOROUGHBRED SETTER Pups out of my Bismarek-Nannis bitch Tip (see Barges’ A. K, & 8, F., No. 241), by Neff; also a fine red Irish Setter bitch Pup, six months old, partly bro- ken, Address G. H. T., P. O, Box 85, Indianapolis, Ind. apll9-3t OR SALE.—AN ENTIRE KENNEL OF SETTERS, consisting of pure Irish, English, aud Field trial Strain; oué Pointer Pup, from Queen, by the celebrated ‘;MeGregor.”” Address P. 0. Box 645, Hudson, New York, apl 12-1 ORSALE—A FINE LOT OF SCOTCH, Skye, Dandy Dinmont, and Black-and-tan ter- fiers, sporting Dogs, Maltese cats, Ferrets, &c. Medi cines for all diseases at L. N. MEYER, 45 Great Tones street. N. Y¥- Sept! ly- Kee FOR BREEDING, REARING, BOARD- ing, exercising, aud training Setters and Pointers. Refer to FOREST AND STREAM, and others, Address EH. 5. WANMAKER, Hohbokus, Bergen Co., N. J, dlotiges. 7 A NEW WaAD. The FIBRE WAD will give better penetration and pattern than Eley’s wadding, Is elastic and plastic, and will hold the load sECURELY IN BRASS SHELLS, Will not take fire or blow to pieces. Price, per box of 250, 26c, for 12 and 10, and 30c. for 8 bore. Sample sent by mail on receipt of price, Liberal discount to the trade, Address DELAWARE CARTRIDGE CO., Saplsm Wumington, Delaware. TTENTION! SPORTSMEN.—OHOKE-BORED, Muzzle-Loading Shot Guns can’t be beat for close, hard shooting. Guns bored with new style of Choke in best manner possible, and warranted. Price $3.00 each barrel, Address J. E, HOLDEN, Box 117, Sherborn, Mass, ISH CULTURE ESTABLISHMENT FOR SALE. The undersigned desiring to open «a new estab- lishment at a remote point, offers one of the largest and most profitable Fish Culture stations in the United States for sale to a good customer, A large, modern style, new house, and three acres of land go withit. Address, FRANE N. CLARE, NogrHviLLe, Micx, ap‘ll2 4t. (25 miles from Detroit.) 500 ACTIVE AGENT: WANTED TO sell our Ex- celsior Letter Copying Book. No press, brush, water, or pad used, Copies on dry paper. Send $3 and we will forward a 300 page book, full letter size, by mail, postpaid. Inquire of any Commercial Agency as to our responsibility. Send stamp for circular. EXCELSIOR MANUFACTURING CoO., 110 Dearborn Street, Chicago, 5aplit Complete Shooting Suit €10, $10. $10. Warranted better than any in the market. Sent by mail for $10.75. 1,000 testimonials on file, which say that ‘Holabird makes the best Shooting Suit in the World.” This Suit is to beat the cheap trash in the market, which sell for more money. Should you want anything extra-fine I can make it. Send for my Circular Price List and Sample of Goods. mar22-3m W. H. HOLABIRD Yalparaiso, Ind. Wild Fowl Shooting. HINNECOCK BAY.—WM. .N LANE announces to his sporting friends that ducks and geese are arriving in great numbers, and the prospect for good shooting is now excellent. Live wild geese and other decoys, batteries, boats and prompt attendance at ull times. WM. N. LANE, Good Ground, L. 1. marg 6f WE dozen assorted Trour Fires sent by mail on receipt of $1. J. R. SonvyueR, Bloomsburg, Pa. ap‘112, 2t. ESSONS IN FLY TYING,—By an ex- Sapltf perienced fly-dresser. Refer to Pub & impbrie, 43 Maiden Lane. Address JOHN HAILY, 320 Henry street. New York Oct 12-Am ~ FOR $2.00 AM HAPPY TO INFORM MY MANY friends and customers that I haye now ready the most Complete Game Bag ever Invented, it has capacity for 75 uail, Pocket room for 50 shells, is very light, weighing butafew ounces. Itcan be worn over a business coat, or can be worn under, es you please. The material is water-proof drill, Sent poat paid on receipt of price. Money refunded if not satisfactory. Send chesh measure only. W. H. HOLABIRD, Valparaiso, Ind, marl5-3m1. ARTIES WISHING TO SEND THEIR DOGS TO the country during the close season can find a yery desirabla spot. Also those haying young doga that they wish handled, For terms, &c., addresa WARREN LOWE, Guilford, Conn, for Sale, TO PURCHASERS UF PURE-BRED ALDERNEY STOCK, Camilla Lacey, near Dorking, Surrey, MESSRS WHITE & SONS (of Dorking, Surrey, Eng- land, beg to announce that they are honored with instructions from the owner to offer for sale by pub- lic auction, at Camilla Lacey, Westhumble, near Dork- ing, on « TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1877, a selection from the celebrated herd, consisting of twelve or fourteen PURE FAWN AND SILVER GRAY COWS AND HEIFEHS, AND ONE BULL. The Auctioneers haye mucli pleasure and confi- dence in calling the attention of intending purchasers to the yery unusnal opportunity afforded by this sale ofacquiring stook descended from the most famous herds in thé country, and which will be sold entirely in consequence of the farm being overstocked, Descriptive catalogues will bea published in due time, and may be obtained of the Auctioneers, Dork- ing, Surrey, England, ap‘’l125t, FOLDING BOAT FOR SALE,—A HEGEMAN Portable Folding Boat, for two persons; two sets oar-locks; two seats. New and perfect in all respects; used but once; cost $80; will sell for $40. Dr. Up de Graff, Hlmira, N. Y. apll9-3t OR SALE.—A GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION, A thoroughbred imported coal black, curly-coated Scotch Retriever, A powertuland magnificent animal; good-tempeéred; broken to fetch and carry on land, hand and whistle; 20 months old, Apply to Capt. Taylor, Bellefonte, Nottoway Co., Va. apl 19-26 FABODY RIFLE FOR SALB,—4# cal., chambered for 77 grains of powder. Price $35. Address ©T,’’ POREST AND STREAM Office. apllg-1t Ludlow "Trout Co. ROOK TROUT FRY FOR SALE IN any quantily to snit parties, Fry delivered if required W. H. CROWELL, Ludlow, Janil-4m Mc Kean Co.. Pa. OR SALE, CHEAP.—AN IRON STEAM YACHT, 68 feet long, 733 feet beam; speed, 15 miles an hour. Cabin 20 feet long, handsomely fitted. Double cylinder engine, 6x8. For further particulars address P, 0. Box 229, Bor- dentown, N. J. BROOK TROUT FOR SALE. Sa@yThe undersigned wishing to close out a partner- ship will sell his stock of fry yearlings and two-year olds, at low prices. F. W. Eppby, Randolph, Cattaraugus, N.Y. OUGALL TOP LEVER. 12 bore; all improye- ments, Made to order for Col. Bodine; of high est quality. With original invoice, and certificate as to shooting qualities; at large reduction from original cost. apll9-1t H, C. 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CLYDE & CO., No, 6 Bowling Green. Through Freight Tariffs, Passage Tickets by all routes and to all points In the South and Southwest, and further information can be obtained at the office of BENTLEY D, HASELL, General Agent, Great Southern Freight Line, 317 Broadway, corner of Thomas street dec? ly ST. PAUL AND ST. LOUIS Short Line, Burlington, 0, Rapids and Northern RAILWAY, Quickest, Cheapest, and Best! TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, crossing aud connecting with all Hastand West Lines in Iowa, running through some of the finest hunting grounds in the Northwest for Geese, Ducks, Pinnated and RKuifed Grouse, and Quail, Sportsmen and their dogs taken good care of, Reduced rates on parties of ten Or more upon application to General Ticket Office, Oddar Rapids. 4 0, J. IVES, E. F. Wrxsnow, General Passenger Agent, General Manager, tt Sportemen’a Bontes, | TO SPORTSMEN: THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. COMP'Y Respectfully invite attention to the Superior Facilities afforded by their lines for reaching most of the TROT- (NG PARKS and RAGS COURSES in the Middle States. These lines being © ONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the difficulties and aan- gets of reshipment, while the excellent cara run oyer the smooth steel tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANS- PORTED without failure or injury. The lines of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING in Pennsylyania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the at ae all the principal cities to KANE, RENOVA, B FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing &hooiing, and Still Hunting. Also, to TUCKERTON, BEECH HAVEN, CAPE MAY. SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST renowned for MALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN AND FEATHER. D. M. BOYD, Jn., Gen’! Pass. Agent. Wank Tompson, Gen’l Manager. febi7 tf “THE BERMUDAS.” OW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHT- FUL Winter Resort, is reached in seventy hours from New York, and being surrounded by the Warm waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an equable temperatire of about 70°. The elegant British Steamships ‘Bermuda and “Camina,” 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- ger travel. are dispatched from New York for Berma- da fortnightly, making connection at Bercnoda with steamers for 5. Thomas and Weert Indies, For full information apply to A. E. OU'TERBRIDGE, Agent, 29 Broadway, N. Y. Dec2iy. FOR FLORIDA. jy, OR THROUGH TICKETS TO FER- WNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, 8ST. AUGUS- TINE, SANFORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings on ST. JOHN’S RIVER and interior points in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, Gen'l Agent, Philadelpnia and Southern Mail 8. 8, Co., . 416South Delaware Ayenne, Philadelphia Decld-ly Hotels and Resorts far Sportsmen, ALSEY HOUSE, Atlanticville, L. I. A SUMMER RESORT, and for Sportamen all the year, will open June 25th, New house accommodates Fifty guests. Rooms of yarious sizes and exposures. Perfectly healthy. A fine oak grove of two acraa at rear of house. Nearer to and larger than any honse bordering on Shinnecock Bay, Surf and Still Bathing, Boating, Duck, Goose, Snipe, and Quail Shooting. References from former guests. Send for acircular. ap'll2 ot. W.F. HALSEY. Sportsmen's Goods. BIG OF THE GOLD SHIRT, lthamar 328 u Bois, Fulton St., THE SHIRT Popular MAKER, ElegantScarfs and Ties. 3 Cents hi From 50 mad mo8 << mh Uhm FOREST AND STREAM. Sportsmen's Goods. Tan Color, Waterproof Leather Vest and Jackets Flannel-Lined. Q@fade and sold only by Messrs. G4, W. SIMMONS & Co., OAK Hat, Bosron,) are considered the most Bentible protectors ever devised for sportsmen’s wear, Price, Vest $10: Jacket, $15. Measurements re- nired are Waist, Breast and Inside Seam of Slesve. Mention Height and Weight. EXPRESSLY TO OU ORDER, and is of a perfect dead grass siude. Send fora sample of the leather, THIS LEATHER HAS BERN MANUFACTURED LADINS LEATHER VESTS AND JACKETS made to order. Indispensible to all who are in any Way exposed to the weather. - G. W. Simmons & Son, 32 to 338 North et., Cak Hall, Boston, Mass. “Tax Bostoy SHoorine Surr,—One of the most Successful manufacturers of Waterproof Shooting Suits is the firm of G, W-Simmons & Son, Oak Hail, Boston. We hud one of theirsnits on duty at Hun- ter’s Camp at Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition It has grown gray in service, but is good for use yet, This svit is known as the ‘Boston Shooting Suit,’ in contradistinction no donbt, from the garments which are manufactured ont west and at Washington, each of which has a local demand of its own, The Boston Shootin Suit’ MANUFACTURED ONLY BY G. W. SIMMONS & SON, Boston, Mass. Sonp everywhere in the U. 8, by all irst-class dealers in SPORTSMEN’S GOODS. KACH GARMENT DISTINCLY MARKED “BOSTON SHOOTING SUIT,” 7} = made by ] ¢.W. Simmons & Son. J This new design of WatTERKPROOr SHoorine Suir, made from extra quality duck, has attained such popularity as to be called for from all parts of the country, and even from England. “Shipping clothing to England strikes us very much like sending ‘Coals to Newcastle,’ but the merits of the ‘BOSTON SHOOTING SUITS” haye been heard of in the O.d Country, and that land of sports men has sent an order to Messrs, Simmons & Son, which will doubiless be followed by many others.”"— Boston Paper. The design embraces the best points of the English and French Suits, combined with the necessary re- quirements for American service, Particular atven- tention has been puid to color. Each snit is water-proofed by a new patent process. The seams and pocket corners are securely fastened, and nothing neglected to render the suit perfect in every respect. THE PRICE HAS BEEN FIXED AT $13, TO IN- CLUDE HAT OR DOUBLE VISORED CAP, Dit. TACHABLE HAVELOCK, COAT, VEST, AND PANTALOONS, One hundred suits will’ be kept ready in stock, go that we can .wrnisb to order any size required, at 4 moment’s notice. In the Golden Rule (Rev. W. H, H, Murray’s paper) the enthusiastic editor writes: — “We were shown, the other day, a new water-proof suit, specially adapted for sportsmen, designed and made up by Simmons & Son, of Boston, and to which we call the attention of all brethren of the ont-door and shore-shooting fraternity, because it meets the demand of personal comfort and convenience beyond anything of home manufacture seen by us before. Asa sportsman, we give it our unqualified endorse- ment, a8 combining "he best points of the English suits, and in addition skilfully adapted to the neces- sities of the Amerivan service. It is a most admirable and satisfactory contrivance in color, style, water- proof quality and capacity. The coat is a marvel in this latter respect,” ; PERSONS OxDERING FROM A DISTANCE NEED gBND ONLY YHE FOLLOWING TO BE SURE OF A PERFECT FITs— BREAST MEASURE, WAIST MEASURE, INSIDE SEAM COAT SLEEVE, INSIDE SEAM PANTALOONS, SIZE OV Head, MENTION HEIGHT AND WEIGHT. ADDRESS: G.W. SIMMONS & SON, “OAK HALL.” BOSTON, MASS. DECOYS. RED HEAD. cooT, WHISTLER. SPRIGTAIL, MALLARD. BHELDRAKE, BLACK DUCK, CANVAS. - 4nso WILD GEESE. se are the new paten! Decoys which come pack- , Sixina box. ‘The greatest improvement ‘ald style of wooden Decoy. Price of rice of he geese, $2 exch. er dow. { 5 & SON, wis Hall, Bosten, Mass. Sportsmen's Goods. FISH & SIMPSON, Professional Dead Ball, The Best Bali Mads, Used by all | the leading clubs throughout the civ) United States. Samples by mail, y post-paid, at $1. Samples of AMATEUR DEsD BALLs, by mail,75 cents. Send stamp for reduced illustrated price-list of all our Base-ball, Fishing Tackle, and Sporting Goods, FISH & SIMPSON, augl7iy 132 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK. MORTIMER & KIRKWOOD, Gun and Rifle Makers, 24 Elm st., Boston, Mass. All kinds of Breech-Loading Work ef- fected in the most approved style. GUNS BORED FOR CLOSE AND HARD SHOOTING. Decl4-ty. THE 776 SHOOTING COAT, (PATENTED). First Class Shooting Garments, In great variety. Send for Circular. GEO. C. HENNING, 410 Seventh street. Washington City. Feb22-ly, Improved Climax Greaser, Loader, Cap-Expeller and Shell Extractor, with Reversible Loading and Creasing Cylinder, Also the ‘Mold Fast” shell extractor. Price, 75 Cents. For Sale by all gun dealers. Address W. B. HALL, Laneaster, Pa. Tars tf NEW GUN ESTABLISHMENT, Where can be found all kinds of GUNS, both BREECH and MUZZLE LOADERS. PISTOLS, PARLOR RIFLES, AIR PISTOLS, POW- DER, SHOT, CAPS, CARTRIDGES, SHELLS, FISH~ ING TACKLE, and everything appertaining to a first-class establishment. Lefever Breech-Loaders a Specialty. REIP & CO., 835 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore. Founded July 4, 1808. baplly Thos. W. Sparks, Shot and Bar Lead MANUFACTURER, Office 121 Walnnt St., Philadelphia fishing Cachle, CARD. Dr. Fowier’s Celebrated Six Strip Bam- hoo Fly-Rods. Improved and finished without cutting away the enam- el. The strongest und handsomest rods in the world, Private orders solicited for all kinds of fine tackle, Rods sent per express on approval Send for circu- lar. A. H. FOWLER, Ithaca, N. Y. McBride Flies. Medal and Diploma from International Exhibition Philudelphia, 1876, decreed for exceedingly neat wesk with solidity of construction, A ilne assortment of flicg for tront, salmon and bass constantly on hand. Also casting-lines, Flies carefully selected for any locality. Goods pranpiy. made to order from en nattern desired. Address SARA J. McBRiDE, W: Holberton,, Sole febl5-4m. umford, Monroe co., N.Y.) gent for New York and vicinity. ee MANUFACTURER OF Fine Fishing Rods, Reels, and Artificial Fies, AND DEALER [N FISHING TACKLE, Manchester, Mention ForEst AND STREAM, Send for Descriptive Price Lists. Vermont. ishing Gachle. fishing Tackle. BRADFORD & ANTHONY, 374 Washington Street, BOSTON, MASS., Importers, Mannfactnrers and Dealers in Offer thei: usual extensive assurument of STAPLE GOODS, and are introducing this season some NEW and DESIRABLE articles. We call attention to the PATENT ADJUSTABLE FLOATS AND ADJUSTABLE SINKERS, which can be attachéd and detached at will, without knotting or tying the line, or removing the bait or hook. Oan also be moved readily on the line, and remain fixed wherever placed, ‘hese are rapidly taking the place of the old-fashioned floats and ringed sinkers, =. SPLIT BAMBOO FLY RODS from $15 to $50 cach, ————- _ Wemakea specialty of Arufiviai Flies. Our stock is unequalled in variety and éxtent, and unexcelled in quality BRADFORD & ANTHONY received the award of the U.S. Centennial Commission in 1876 for ‘* Bx- haustive Variety of Anglers’ Apparatus, especially HOOKS, LINES, RODS, ARTIVICIAL FLIES, * * of the BEST QUALITY.” Our Dlustrated Wholesale Catalogue of Fishing Tackle will be mailed to any dealer whose address is seut to us. bapldt L.H, ABBEY. C, F. lisriz. Ge As cee : pecial. 48 Maiden Lane. pes 0. Box 1294 S5Liberty Street.) NEW YORK. ABBEY & IMBRIE, (Successors to Andrew Clerk & Co.) New York, London, and Redditch, Importers, Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in FISHING TACKLE Of HKyery Description and Quality. We pariicniarly call attention to our extensive as- sortment of fine goods for sportsmen, such as Salmon Trout, and Black bass Flies and Snell Hooks, on hand and tied to order; Cuttyhunk and Pasque Islands Buss Lines, Water-proof Braided Silk Lines, etc., etc. Every genuine H. L. Leonard’s Six-Spliced Bamboo Salmon, Trout, and Bass Rod is marked ‘‘H. L. Leon ard, maker, Abbey & Imbrie, sole agents.’ Beware of imitations, Sole agents for the McCord Patent Celluloid Black Bass Reel, and Aiken Black Bass Rod. Proprietors of the celebrated Winchester Patent Braided Rods. Sole importers of Joseph Warrin's Drill-Hyed and Egg-Eyed Needles. Parties fitted out with appropriate tackle for th Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, Adi- rondacks, etc., etc. Orders by mail will receive the personal attention of the firm. A. B. SHIPLEY & SON. MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF Fine Fishing Tackle, FISH RODS, MOUNTINGS, &c. Shipley’s “Prize Medal” Split Bamboo and Green Heart Trout, Salmon and Bass Fly Rods, Reels, Lines. Leaders, Floats, Artificial Flies, Bone, Metai, and Nickle Squids for Sea, River and Brook Fishing. ‘A SPECIALTY OF THE CELEBRATED Green Heart Wood. for Amatuer rod makers. Prize Medal Awarded at Franklin Institute 1874, uve Centennial Wxhibition 1876. for Rods, Linus, Reels, Plies, Artificial Bains, &c. marl-im 503 Commeree &t,, Philadelphia, Sportsmen’s Depot. (ESTABLISRED 1836.) Firat premium at World’s Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition. JOHN KRIDER, NN, E. Cor Second and Walnvi Sts., Philadelphia, GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, FISHING TACKLE, RODS, REELS, LINES HOOKS, FLIES, LEADERS, SNOODS, ARTIFICIAL BAIT, FLY BOOKS, ETC., ETC. (=> Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies made to order. ALSO, “KRIDER'S” CELEBRATED CENTER ENAMEL SPLIT AND GLUED BAMBOO RODS. Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in great yarieties—Tax- idermy in all its branches, SPRATI’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. Repairing of all kinds. mar4-ly CONROY, BISSETT& MALLESON, 65 Fulton Si., N. Y. Six Strip Split Bamboo Ely Rods A SPECIALTY. $25 Each Quality Guaranteed. ALSO COMBINED GREEN HART ; AND SPLIT BAMBOO RODS, BUTT AND JOINT OF GRERN HEART, AND TIPS OF SPLIT BAMBOO, $30 Each LINES, &., AT RE- DUCED RATES. FLIES, (CELLULOID PATENT.) Trolling and Click Reels. The finest Reels made light, durable and finely finished. Ask your dealer for them. GEORGE EB. HART & Co., Newark, N. J. Refer to Dr. W. W. Ely, Hochester, N. ¥., ance Dr. J. R, Romeyn, Keesville, N. Y. jnzatt. H. L. LEONARD, Manufacturer of Fine Fly, Bass, Salmon and Trout Rods of Split Bamboo, or any desired material, and Improved Light Reels. Sold by all principal dealersin fishing tackie through- ont the United States, Every variety of Fishing Tackle always on hand. ARTIFICIAL FLIES TIED TO ORDER. Noy2s-t? Banaonr, Maina, 172 Sportsmen's Goads, a FOREST AND STREAM. hee amen lmao er Str ee Boating: Sportsmen's Emporium, 102 Nassau St., New York. Campimg, Shooting, and Wishing Tackle of Bvery description, including Tents, Blankets, Rubber Goods, Flannel Shirts, etc. SOLE AGENTS IN NEW YORK FOR Captain Bogardus’ Patent Roughed Glass Balls; Duncklee’s Camp Stoves; Boudren’s Jack, Dashand Fishing Lamps ; Bond's Pold- ing Boats; Fenner's Trunk Boats; Sara J. McBride's Standard Trout Flies; Thad. Nor- tis’ Split Bambooand Greenhesart Rods; Good's Moccasins; Holberton's Fly Books, holding flies at full length. BLACK BASS. The Celebrated Ferguson Single Cock, Hol- berton, Turkey, Academy, May, snd other Blick Bass Flies on hand, tied for casting with light Yods. Directions furnished, if desired, how, when, and where to fish with artificial flies for Black Bass. Hand-Made Fly Hods, of the best quality for Troutand Bi&ck Bass, from $7 upward. Eyery rod warranted, Leonard’s Split Bamboo Fly Rods. The Pox Patent Gun, the best and cheapest breech-loader yet off-red toSportsmen. Bogardus’ Glass Ball Traps, eath $12 sett. Three Traps, $30 ; Balls, $2.50 per 100. Spratt's Dog Biscuit. Hart’s Metal Shells and Celluloid Reels. Shooting and Fishing Suits all styles and prices, ind everything else useful and neces- sary to Sportsmen, Sond 10 cents for ilostratéd catalogue, containing Hints on Fury Fisuise, CaAmPinc, anp SHouTING; RuLus yor Gusiss BALL SHhoorine, by Caprrarm Bo- GARDUS. Seud no money by mail, only draft or P. O. order, Disvouut to the trade, me W. HOLBERTON. P.O. Box 5109. apl1l2 Good’s Oil Tanned Moceasins The best thing ever worn by sportsmen. Not injured by wet- ting and drying -always soft and = easy to the feet, Four dif- So" ferent styles, Prices to P suit the times, Send for Tes illustrated circular and price list, (Successor to Frank Good). MARTIN S. HUTCHINGS. P. VU. Box 3-8 Dover, N, H, W. Holberton, 102 Nassau st... N. ¥., Agent, BARTON & C0, 337 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Importers and Manufacturers of Guns, Pistols, Pocket Cutlery, Fishing Tackle, &c. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Breech and Muzzle-Loading Shot-Guns, Sporting Equip vents. aud Ammunition of all kinds. -FINE SPLIT BAMBOO FLY RODS. Rods and Reels for every variety of Fishing, Waterproof Silk-Braidad Taper Fly Lines, Silk, Linen, and Ovutton Fi i Artificial Flies and Baits. Shean Spinning Baits, Nets, etc, Artificial Plies tied to order, and syery article in the trade supplied at short notice, MANUFACTURERS ov UNITED STATES ARMS CO, REVOLVERS. For both paper and metallic shells. A poo ulent; it requires no bench or table for Faas at efficient in camp, boat or stand, Price, $2. Sen free by mail ou receipt of price. State whether for No. 10 or No. 12 gange. Liberal discount ta the trade, ONION & CORNWALL, Gor ishing gig a eee ans and Fishing Tackle Noy. 9-eow 6mos $6. By Mail, 86-75. et space, pee ml mina inches, Osam ounde Go,, Troy, N. Y., aud Norwalk Cr. P Lounge, Pillow and Mosquito Bar © ’ Hach Card, phony 2s 8S. By Mail, $8.85. Folded space, 2x7x23 itioches. SPORTING, uy Portier ee o Take. at Pleasant Hecommended by the Medical Profession, RUSHTON’S HUNTING & PLEASURE BOATS. Combine BEAUTY STRENGTH und STEADI- NESS. The LIGHTEST eporting boat in the world, Weight, 25 pounds and upward. Will carry two to fomr persons and baggave. Cedar siding, oak keel, stems, etc, (do not fold up), Also CANOSS, weight 25 pounds: uv. H. RUSHTON, Manufacturer, Can- ton, St. Lawrence County, N. Y. Mar 9, ly Fenner’s Portable Boat Meets the demand of sportsmen for a boat which is light and compact to carry. easily and quickly made for the water, strong, steady, noideless. of light draught, and of the form best adapted to general nse. Fonr sizes made fer one to six men, costing from $35 to $60 New “valise’” pattern for one man; packs 11x22x27 inches, and weighis 25 pounds. Can be seen at Holherton & Beemer’s, New York, and Bradford & Anthony's, Boston. Address C. A. FENNER, Mystic River ang24 Gm Miscellaneous. Valuable Books for All W ho Contemplate Building. (Keduced cut of Perspective View, Plate 23.) Woollett’s Villas and Cottages. This List Comprives the Best Selling Books on Archi- tecture, Carpentry und Statr—Builiding. Atwood’s Modern American Homesteuds. 46 plates of Hlevations, and plans of Suburban and Country Housea, drawn to scale. OneS 6-4 VOLe OLObHs 5... bas ee oes rieeless tte ilo $3 50 Bickneli’s Wooden and Brick Buildings. 1; 80 9x12 plates of Cottazes, Soburban and Farm Houses, details and specilications. A first-class work, ...-.,65 --.eeeee-ns Sst yoes Bicknell’s Wooden and Brick Buildings, Yol. 2; 80 9x12 plates of Street and Store Fronts, Libraries, Halls, School Huuses, Churches, Hotels, Ratlway Stations, Stables, Out Build- ings, miscelluneons details, etc., elc......... These volumes on Wooden ana Brick Build- ings, contain a better class of studies than shown in any othér practical work issued, . aud are the cheapest works of the kind pub- Tshupl eA eee Aut ie| YM Rinne haere Bicknell’s Village Builder and Supplement. A standard work containing 77 plates of a great Variety of designs, suited to al) sections of the country. Large quartos, ............... 1 Bicknell's Supplement to Village Builder. 20 platens ti... Bowtie secs devnats Urtirecetis ce 5 00 Bickoell's Detail Co.tage aud Constructive Ar- chilecture. This work has been worth han. dreds of dollurs to many of our customers, We advise all who are not supplied, to procure acopy. 76 fnll 9x12 plates.... bial Bell's Carpentry Made Hasy..........2.2...2045 Croif’s Progressive American Architecture. A new work of 97 plates of Country and Su- burban Houses, and a greir variety of extertor and interior details. One large vol.. - Cumming’s Architectural Details... Commiugs & Millers Architectural I Eveleth's School Honse Architecture. Copley’s Plain and Ornamental Alphabets. ..,. Frank’s Monumental Designsa....... Ae Rts Ur 9 Goula‘’s Carpenters’ and Builders’ Assistant.... 3 Gould’s American Stair Builders’ Guide, with Supplement of 5 plates of Newels, Rails and BAMStere ie oaks hes y sete e oes aag0, eet He - Gnillaume’s Iuterior Architecture, , Harney’s Barns and Out Buildings... Hallett*s Builders’ Specifications Loth’s Practical Stair Builder. 9 00 9 00 Tarascon S S8SsSese8 88 = = ma = Met Q oc i= i= ic} i—z b> 5 ic} E = oO Cc Ss S © a containing | Poeun ee Woollett’s Villas and Cottages; or, Homes for All. Containing 40 plates of preliminary 8 Allof the above named books mailed free, to any address, on receipt of price. Address mrl5 Fonust anp STREAM, Whitney’s Florida Pathfinder for the Tourist and Invalid. HE POINTS VISITED IN FLORIDA. Hotels on the rontes. St. John’s Riyer St, Au- gusting, elc. ‘The latest schedules of routes to Flori- da, with maps. Also maps of the St. Jobn’s and Upper St. John's River, St. Augustine, etc., etc. Arranged and published by Jolin Prescott Whitney, Season of 1876-77. Issued from Pathfinder office, 66 Jobn street, N. ¥. P.O. Box 522. Send 25 cents to J. P. W., Box 522, N. Y. jand-tf R. L. NHWCOME, ‘TAXIDERMIS'T, NO. 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM, MASS, Wading and aquatic birds of New England coast a pecialty, Collections or specimens furnished. Instrnctions siven may25 New York Mailing Agency. with latest improved Newepaper Volding ard Mailing Machmes. 13Sprnee St.,.4th door from Tribune Buildings. JAMES BRADY, Manager an: Proprivtor, Open day and night, W. & C. SCOTT & 9 SON’S. Pirst Prize Medal and Diploma awarded Centennial Exhibition, for a cellsnce of workmanship and material in their Premier Quality and me- dium grades. Their New Patent Triplex Lever Grip Action and Gom- pensating Lump. The attention of sportsmen is requested to the aboye new action, its superior strength and solidity impart greatly improved shoot- ing powers. Hard hitting, being the desideratum required, is obtaintd by this powsrful gun. Prices of the New Triplex Leyer Grip, $175, $225 to $400. Marked the Triplex 10-bores extra. Our highest grade isas usial marked the PREMIER QUALITY. Extract from FoRESt AND STREAM, Lyew York, December 26, 18176, Contributed by one of the Judges of Awards aj Guns at the Centenntal: This action (The Triplex Lever Grip) combines in the highest degree strength and simplicity, and must rapidly secure the favor of all who test its merits, COMPENSATING LUMP. Strongly recommended, on every gin, Costs about $10 extra. Choke-bores, medium or fall, PREMIER GUN WORKS, Birmingham, England dealers in the trade only. It is invaluable, and should be ordered Our guns to be had of the principal Publications, CHARMING BOOKS SPRING AND SUMMER READING. 1—A POINT OF HONOR, Mrs. Annre Epwanps's last story. $1,00 or $1.50, “Mrs, Edwards is one of the brightest and freshest of the novel writers of the day.”’—Joeurnal, Boston, 2—-LIFE ON THE PLAINS. By General Guo, A, CusTEeR. Illnstrated. $2.00. The beat book on the Indians ever published, 38—THE PLEASURES OF ANGLING. By GEO. Dawson, ot the Albany Lvening Journal, a veteran sportsman. One vol, tinted paper. Zlegantly Tl- lustrated, $1.50. 4—TEMPEST-TOSSED. By Toxo. Tmtron. $1.75, ES NEW MANUAL OF PARLIAMEN- ARY PRACTICE, The most compact and reli- Cluth binding. able book of its class published. 75 cents, Novels Recently Published. By Mrs, AYNIE EDWARDS, 1, Ought We to Visit Her? 8vo, $1.00 or $175 2. Archie Lovell, ai zi = 8. Stephen Lawrence, Yeoman “ ss Me 4, Philip Earnscliffe. ~ | ~ 5. Leah; A Woman of Fashion “ t es 6, Estelle, 12mo, 51.00 or $1.50 By JUSTIN McCARTHY, 1. Lady Judith, 8yo, $1.00 or $175 2. Linley Rochford, G us er 8. Dear Lady Disdain. ‘* . oa 4. A Fair Saxon. 12mo, $1.00 or $1.50 5. Paul Massie, Me ~ id) Either of the aboye sent by mail, postpaid, on re- ceipt of the price, SHELDON & CO., apll9-lt 8 MURRAY STREET, N.Y. THE California Horticulturist AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. E. J, HOOPER, Eptror. This is the best periodical published on the Pacific Coast. Its Rod and Gun Department, makes it additionally attractive to Sportsmen, Terms, $2.50 per annum, Published by John H. Carmany & Ca., 409 Washington Street, San Francisco. Sapltt > THE “FLORIDA NEW YORKER.” Published at 21 Park Row, New York, Is read by everybody inthe North, East and West in- terested in Plorida. There isno better medium for advertising any Sonthern property for sale or rent. Advertising rates very low. Subscription price $2 per year; single copies,10 cents. Every Floridian - every Southern tman—ought to feel a pride in suetain- ing this able and influential advocate of Southern in- tetests, The number for Nov. 1st, with immense map and beantiful Florida views. is a Centennial pro- duction which, as the New York Graphic aBy8, “places Plorida oné hundred years ahead.” decgsd Vie Hortin Ay raniturwt, KLORIDA Weekly. $3a year. Send 10c. for specimen, Proceediozs Florida Froit Grow- ers’ Asgociation—mesting of 1875—250. Climatology aud Resources of Floride, 150. Gallesio'’s Treatise on the Citrus Family (translated from the French), $1. Guide of Florida; 50c A Waxrox & Co., Jacksonyilis, Fla. Sev where you saw this, uo 1] J _ to the trade, Miscellaneous. A Sportsman’s Opportunity GENTLEMAN OWNING A LARGE farm, situated in a fine shooting district near Philadelphia. wishes !o arrange for a resident partner tpon the farm, A Sportsman’s Club is now in pro- cess of formation. and it is proposed to stock the ad- jacent waters with fich and to lease adjoining lands for shooting purposes’ 1,000 acres have been alread secured, and arrangements have been made for a full supply of fish for stocking the streams A gentle. man Of leisure, who is willing to reside # months or more upon the farm will find this a pleasant business connection. For further particniars address EH. L, SPACKMAN, 123 Sonth 8d St., Philadelphia, marld-tf ATTENTION RIFLEMEN! The “FOREST & STREAM” New Hand-Book for Riflemen. Rules for Practice and Competition. Practical Hinte concerning Ranges, Targets, Scoring, Ritles, Shoot ing, etc, Formsfor Organization of Rifle Associa lions, By-Laws, and a Rifle Associationsin America, Illustrated with Maps, Sketches, and Diayrams. 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For Forest and Siream, THE GUILELESS GUIDE. a ee the mountainaT did ga In search of Salmo juntinalis; I hired a lad (the path to show), A rustic free from guile or malice, Then well sqnipped with flahing gear, I did unto the urchin beckon, And bade him chooss the way moat near, Said he, “I reckon." Onward he led. through woodland rough, Till every limb and joint were tired; T hinted it was rather tough, Says he, ‘ All-jired.’’ Thus, after trudging half the day, I said, “You’ye missed the track, I know;” With vacant stare the lad did say “By jinks! that’s so,’’ T saw no sigus of running water, So gave it up and turned about; “T swow!"” said he, ‘ t'aint where it oughter— It's pstered out.’* Thus homeward we our faces set, He led, and musing I did foller. ‘Ts aught to pay?” Said he, You bet— I want a dollar.” T. WwW. A. Zetters of Gravel. Westasn Exprrmnces—Amone THE Lares or SovraErn Maxvesora—Winp Pown SHoorme—WerstEern Precuniari- Tims or Livine—Srreir Lars. E arrived atthe town of Spirit Lake, in Dickensen County, Iowa, situated just across the line dividing that State from Minnesota, at sundown on the twentieth day of October, after a beautiful drive over the rolling prairie, and along the timbered shores of the numerous lakes which give to the country, in the Indian dialect, its characteristic name of ‘*Minnesota,” land and water. In briefly noting the means of approach to this place, of which Tam about to narrate a few days’ experience, I will say that Worthington is the nearest railroad point to it, and lies in the southwestern part of Minnesota, on the line of the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad. The train arrives there from the south at midnight, and the traveler must pass the remaining hours of darkness at the hotel. As morning dawns, the broad level of a prairie town discloses itself, with elevated plank walks raised along the shop fronts, and aboye that western combination of waterand clay, familiarly known and long remembered as ‘‘boot-jack.” Por the benefit of the untraveled, I will say that the above allusion is to the direful mud which accumulates in a Western town. Those who have been West require no ex- planation, and will desire that their minds be stirred to no recollection of it. The usual monotony of an outlook from a Western hotel window on a morning subsequent to arrival is broken, in this instance, by two broad lakes—fine, but naked sheets of water, which lie, one on the east, and the other on the west of the town, Between these lakes there used to bea famous pass of wild fowl, but owing to the per- nicious habits of those with good Western appetites, the birds no longer take in the town in their travels, but go from one sheet to the other cireuitously by way of the desolate but less letiferous prairie. The sunlight shimmers over the surface of the eastern lake, as if it were the first surface it had struck in its distant flight from the dreary and unbroken horizon, and - gradually the sun climbs up over the waste of land, as at sea it does over the waste of waters. All that day we travelled in an open two-horse wagon, across country to Spirit Lake. This was one of the earliest settlements. but in the fate of towns, the magic lines of railroad iron had dodged it to the distance of thirty miles. After leaving Worthington, the prairie effects very soon gaye way to the charins of lake and timber scenery, which makes Minnesota one of the most loyely and picturesque sections on the foot- stool, Between, and around, and sometimes even through these wild and lonély lakes we trayelled. Many # time, our vehicle being of a light nature, we skirted their pebbly shores, where there was no road, one set of our wheels being immersed totheir hubs, and thus BAVINg our- selyes perhaps a considerable detour by the yond. ~ The day was warm, and we enjoyed life in our shirt sleeves. At every bayou on the prairie, and at every lake, my friend and I went forward, ereeping either through the sedges, or stealing noislessly through the timber upon the unsuspecting flocks of wild fowl, feeding in their native solitudes, : Besides ourshot guns, which were 12 gauge, 7to 74 1b. guns, T earried a Maynard rifle, which was built under my per- sonal supervision by the Chicopes Falls Arms Oo., for heavy work on the plains—buffalo, elk, and Indians perchance. Jt was 3-inch calibre, 32-inch barrel, 9 Ibs. weight, and shot 70 grains comfortably, besides having wonderful accuracy if pointed right, as they say. It was a matter of astonishiment tome, wherever I went upon the great plains, and during my experiences in the Rocky Mountains, to see how clumsily the frontiersmen, whose yery life may be said to be in the saddle, carried their rifles when on horseback. My first experience was at Fort Wallace, in Kansas, and I went around among the hunters the night before to gather such information as would be of value to me on the morrow. Ilearned much about the management of the fiery little broncho (Indian horse), how to tie the knot by which the saddle is secured, for no buckles are used in that country, where, if broken, there would be no means of supplying oneself with a new one: and many other points of value gathered from their large experience; but after trying many ways they had of carrying their rifles, I preferred the manner to which I myself had been accustomed of carrying my shot-gun on horseback among the partridge and wood- cock coyersat home. ‘To be sure they manage to use them with great nimbleness, but their inconyenient manner of carrying them, either attached to the pommel in front and knocking against their shins, or else resting horizontally be- fore them and in a grinding manner between them and the pommel, was none theless surprising to me. My method was as follows: A strong russet belt runs over the shoulder, ai which part it passes through slits in,a broader piece of leather to preyent the weight from cutting the shoulder; thence around under the left arm, and buckled on fhe chest, where the buckle is conyenient for loosening or tightening, and where it is tightened till the strap encircles the body half way from the arm-pit to the waist; at this point a sliding spring snap catches the ring which moves in the small steel bar along the side of the breech of the rifle, and the rifle so attached, adapting itself to the figure, hangs with the stock level against the back, up to the height of the shoulder, while the barrel hangs vertically down behind, and out of the way if not wanted, and yet in the most conyenient position for grasping for immediate use if needed. Should one desire to rest the weight across the pommel, or, grasping the barrel, to rest it over the knee, both can as readily be done as by any other method. Strange to say in my trayels oyer the plains and through the Rocky Mountains I haye never seen the rifle carried in this man- ner. And it seemed yery strange to me that it should be so, for in moments of trouble, .and perhaps peril, the riders who carry their rifles in these clumsy ways have their hands encumbered uselessly, if not disastrously. Therefore, it was no longer remarkable to me that so many tyros in the art of hunting on horseback had spoken to me of haying found trouble. As quite a convincing proof of the desirability of my method to my companions, on an early occasion I allowed a fiery and comparatiyely unbroken horse torun with me to his heart's content, and it looked very muchas if he were going to bring me out on the shores of one of the great oceans, and subsequently plunge and kick and spring about like a skiff in the chop of the English Channel; and all without comparative inconvenience to me, as my rifle adjusted itself readily to every motion behind. Others of the party who had, on occasions, tastes of this horse-pital treatment suffered on account of their method, not only from the blows and raps which their rifles had given them in cayorting about their heads and shins in their mad career, but were occasionally unhorsed, throwing themselyes open to the chances of haying their mustang turn and finish them with his heels, if if was a yicious horse adyenture, or of haying their ‘‘checks cashed” by the promptarriyalofsome fine old buffalo bull in vengeful pur- suit. At last, toward evening, we camein sight of the little clump of buildings with its white yillage spire—the praixie village of Spirit Lake, and, like a ship at sea, our ship of the prai- tie entered the harbor and drew up at the small hotel. We were rather taken aback by the decidedly rude appear- ance of the interior of the office and of the occupants, who were smokingand lounging therein. Mr. Crandall, the land- lord, showed us toasmall room upstairs, of about twelve by six feet, in which there were two beds. Everything ap- peared clean and neat, and after having the inevitable feather beds removed and straw mattresses substituted, we managed to be yery comfortable. The table also was very good, Mrs. Crandall being an excellent cook, and showing great attention to cooking things as we liked them best. Since visits made in the West in ’67—'68 and ‘69, we notice a marked improvement in cuisine whereyer we go. In those days the bread was always poor, and the meat, although in itself the best, so poorly served as to be quite unpalatable. The bread was generally in small, hot, doughy cakes, or as bad loaves, raised with saleratus, and served hot; the meat cooked almost immediately after killing, the steaks being pounded and mangled between patent instruments resem- bling those of the Inquisition, and after going through this process, fried till they resembled the prepared scalp of some departed negro. With bread and meat, the staple dishes of the feast, thus set forth, there was always lively display of various pickles and the most indigestible and choleratic vegetables, cucumbers and the like, after which first course of, in every sense, piéces de resisiance, cameon the pies, puddings and cakes of the desert. The pastry of the pies always differed decidedly from Delmonico’s, and led to the question by one interested party as to whether ‘‘these ere pies were pegged or sewed?” Warner, in his delightful back-log studies, states the habitat of the pie as follows: “Draw aline upon your map, beginning at Bangor, Me., curving southwardly through Bellow’s Falls, and thence on to Omaha, and you have the isothermal limits of per- petual pie.” But throughout this trip—North and South— west of the Mississippi, not only in the tayerns, bul in the most remote farmhouses, we found light, excellent bread, raised with yeast, and in many places meat suificiently kept before cooking to be tender, and also not fried when cooked into the condition of sole-leather. It would seem as if the past five years had given some abatement to the rush which pervaded the then comparatively newly settled country, and enabled people to think a little of the amenities of life. Wehope that another five years will enable a man to ask for a daily morning tub without being stared at as a bloated aristocrat or x pampered child of luxury, as he is now in the West. One man, the landlord of a hotel, in Gold Hill Camp, Colorado, who looked as if he had uot taken a bath since his infant baptism, expressed to me sincere pity for the Kastern people; whom he said found it necessaiy to bathe and beclean. Before closing this subject, however, we must say thatin certain hotels in which we haye been upon this trip there still exist what used fo be a prevalent fault in the large hotels of our Western towns, namely; ex- hausting their whole force and energy in the printing of an elaborate bill of fare, with innumerable dishes with in- numerable French names, none of which were eyer heard of in French, and totally unpronounceable by the waiters, and mingled in with matter-of-fact dishes, such as pork and beans, fried tripe, and pickled cabbage. These hotels also luxuri- ate in the elaborate ornamentation of the table with stifily starched napkins, most grotesquely twisted up into the shape of all the animals of the ark, or of all the tombstones in Mt. Auburn, There would be no objection to all this except that there is no force left for the successful and ap- petizing production of the dishes themselves ; they are all equally*bad, equally cold, and all taste pretty nearly alike; are all served on infinitessimal dishes with microscopic liberality, so that ifa man wanted to get the equivalent of the honest eighteenpenny dinnerof a London tayern—roast beef and potatoes—he must ask for roast beef for fen, which, when he gets, resembles nearer cold dead man. The small care dishes receive in cooking among theirinnumerable ¢com- panions of pots and stews of the glorious bill of fare make them all equally poor. The town of Spirit Lake was settled before the time of railroads in Minnesota, and as chance had it, it lies thirty miles from them, The lakes are large and beautiful, and the surrounding country is the most beautiful that we have been in in the West. The bayous on the prairies are full of wild- fowl in the fall, and the prairie chicken shooting is sxcel- lent early in the season. Westarted one morning brightand early from the hotelin a large double wagon drawn bya pair of mules, driyen by the bust natured of men, known from the firsttous as ‘‘Uncle John,” who keeps the bestand most reasonable livery stable. This genial character amused us throughout the trip by frequent effusions of that characteristic humor peculiarto men who driys astage, He made the best of everything, and seamed to take life as it came, At night, when, after haying bestowed merciful care upon his beasts, and he came to turn in himself, finding the entire surface of the solitary mattress upon the floor coyered by others, he peacefully deposited his immense weight upon the soft side of the pine knots of the floor, mildly threatening Mr, C——, who was crowing over him at being more comfortably lodged, that he would ‘up and set upon him”—asn idea which, if carried out, would be so terri- ble in its results that, though it amused others In the room, doubtless terrified Mr, C—— into silence. , We skirted along the shores of Spirit Lake till we came to the farm of Mr. McLeland, ond in theslonghs and creeks in the neighborhood of his house we passed the rest of the day shooting. As we drove up upon the knoll of the prairie on the way thither a fine flock of geese presented themselves to yiew on an opposite knoll some fiye hundred yards distant. Taking my Maynard rifle, I crept around under the protec- fion of the knoll till within about a hundred and fifty yards of {hem, and then rising from the deep prairie grass, took deliberate aim, oif piouldee. at the nearest of three standing together. Quick aim was necessary, and I pulled the trig- ger. The whole flock rose, and it seemed for an instant I lind missed my aim, but six feet from the ground one drop- ped bask. Wuding through the slough, and climbing the opposite knoll, was brought to bag, after a little scrambling through the grass, a fine specimen of this splendid bird. He was shot throngh the middle of the back with a half-inch bullet. At McLeland’s we posted ourselyes along the edge of the timber on the shore of a large slough, separated by a marrow embankment from the lake. We each had a small cluster of decoys before us. Twoof the party then rowed about through the reeds in the slough, starting the birds, and giving us, as they flew over, flight shots, but the good shooting did not begin till evening, when it was particularly good, and we bagged thirty-five bald-pate widgeon and fray ducks, and one mallard only. The reason that we did not kill more was owing to our inexperience with the ground. There was on the lake an abundance of canvas-backs, red- heads, and mallards. We had very excellent sport, and after a good supper of good bread and butter and excellent coffee, furnishing noreal grounds for complaint, at McLeland’s, we ‘turned in” there, fiye men and adog, in one room, all well prepared for a sound sleep. The frightful snores Bjected through the double-barreled nose of one of *‘the great unwashed” was at times, however, alitttle too much for the god Morpheus, Asharp whistle seemed to check fora moment the yoleano, but it wasa shorthved relief. Those alone who haye experienced the delightful companion- ship of such fellow sleepers can participate in the injured feelings of the sleepless. On the shores of the neighboring lake, “Okoboji,” sume Englishmen have built a shovting-box, and after the chicken rail duck shooting in the fall, start from their pleasant headquarters on the lake out upon the plains in pursuit of elk, buitalo, black and white-tailed deer, antelope, beaver, and other large game found there. A Mr, Van Steamburg, from New York State, also has a shooting-box delightfully situated on the shores of another of the numerous and beau- tiful lakes. The weather continues yery agreeable till after the middle of October, when it isapt to be cold and windy. ‘The climax of the disagreeable is found later in the season in what is known as the “‘blizzard"—a terrible wind, full of thick but fine snow, which quickly obscures all traces of the roads, and unless yery near a farm-house, which are to-day eight miles apart, necessitates the prompt encampment on the spot, and the withdrawal of all parties into the interior of the wagon, perhaps for one, nnd possibly for two days, till the ferocity of the storm is over. The recollections of the people of Spirit Lake are full of the sad instances of the death of those who have perished in these storms. We had a comparatively mild foretaste of the severity of the cold and wind on our return trip from Spirit Lake to take the cars at Worthington. We put on all the clothes we had, and, although im a covered wagon, still experienced severe cold, and finally, nnable to endure it longer, we pulled up and passed the night at farmer Rud’s, the half-way stopping-place to Worthington. Here we again experienced the good fare and hospitality of the Minnesota farmer. The cooking and heating was done entirely with bundles of hay tied up as tightly as possible. Thinkof using hayforfuel! Itseemed, however, to burn much longer than one would expact. Now, since the invention of the Florence oil stoye, which hus none of the dangerous peculiarities of other oil stoves, und which cooks and warms most deliciously and thoroughly, and totally without smell or odor from the oil, besides being the most inexpensive system of cooking or heating, thesg prairie farmers need be no longer under the tiresome, cum- bersome, unsatisfactory, shortliyed and extravagant necessity of burning hay for fuel, The next morning brought usin afew hours to Worth- ington and the close of one of the many little episodes of our delightful hunting trip through the West. Let any one who would derive rest from the fatigues of social or business life, seek it in an easy wandering trip, like the one ont of which Trecount this episode, with dogs and guns and congenial friend, through the yaried beauties of the natural wilds of the far West, pursuing the deer and bear and screaming wild-fowl through the lakes and forests of Minnesota, steadying their pointers over the coveys of grouse on the limitless prairies of Iowa, tracking up the bayous and tim- bered bottoms of Missouri, and finally losing themselves and all thoughts and cares of civilization in the continuous and unbroken verdure of the vast Indian territory, whére no roads or other human impressions mark the face of Nature, and where for days, save for the occasional tossing upon the horizon of the distant white-coyered emigrant trains, jolting over their pathless ways westward, they are alone with Na- ture in her solitudes. By such experience the exhaustion of business activity, or the distress of affliction, cannot fail to be repaired, and the mind and body invigorated and revivified, 5. E. B. i RANGELEY LAKE TROUT TALES. ———— BY THOMAS SEDGWICK BIEELE, ——— Camp Kennesaco, Ranceiny, Me. HE ‘rst visit the writer made to the Rangeley Lakes | was in. the spring of '73, in company with a number of gentlemen from New York, to many of whom the im- Tense trout were almosta miracle, and the mountain scenery of this region a constant and delightful surprise, The trip from Boston to Portland, Maine, by the Eastern Railroad, is one of little novelty to the general traveler, although the thirty minutes allowed for dinner ut the latter place is of great importanee, and in which he takes a personal Witerest. ere we change cars tor Farmington, which lies eighty-five miles to the north, and isthe terminus of the rail- road. ‘Chis place we reached at 6p, m, After supper, at the Forest House, we transfered our rifles, rods, and other baggage to the top of the stage conch, und drawing the boot round us settled ourselyes beside the driver for a lone night ride of eighteen miles over the hills to Phillips. At about 9p. a, we stopped ata place called “Strong” for 4 fresh relay of horses and to take the mail) then on we rattled over the road, awaking the sleeping yillage by our sopg5 nnd merriment, until after another two hours’ ride we drew up at the ‘Barden House,” at Phillips, happy to warm ourselves before the great log fire in its office before retiring for the night. The brook fishing at this place is very satisfactory, hotel accommodations are good, and although, of course, not quite egnal to "The Windsor’ or “Fifth Avenue," of New York City, will satisfy any true angler who thinks more of his fly- tod than his dinner. At 84. m, we were aboard another stage coach, and with a cheer to the newly-made friends on the piazza of the hotel, we settled ourselves into our respec- tiye places, and lighting our fragrant Havanas, prepared to enjoy them and this long ride oyer the mountains to '‘Kim- pee at the head of Rangeley Lake, a distance of eighteen miles. We were now slowly wending our way up ‘Beach Hill,” which is two and a half miles in length, and 3,000 feet above the level of the sea, from the top of which we obtained our finest mountain view this side of camp. Away to the east, across the Sandy River Valley, lay the beautiful peaks of Mount Abraham, and as we rounded a turn in the road, old Saddle-back Mountain appeared in sight, its pine-coyered sides octasionally relieyed by patches of rock, showing the effect of heavy snow slides. In the early sutamer, when we have usnally been over this road, from the 10th to the 20th of June, we haye never failed to find great drifts of snow, and the sport we have enjoyed snowballing is better imag- ined than described. But the top of the hill was soon reached, and regaining our seats, we clattered on down hill, and soon drew up at ‘‘Kimball’s” in time for dinner, ‘How are hia Joe, and how do you do, Captain Crosby ?—haye we a head wind down the lake?—hoyw’s the fishing ?—how many have gone through to camp this wecsk?" were a few of the many questions asked and answered in almost the same breath. Then came the transferring of baggage to Captain Orosby’s sail boat, the placing of each parcel in just the right position that the boat might “trim” to satisfaction, and then we filed into dinner, to which we did ample justice after our ride in the fresh autumn air, This hotel offers the best ac- commodations to anglers that can be found npon the entire route. The Rangeley Lake is but a short walk from the house, where plenty of fine trout (and large ones too) can at any time be caught, while many fine brooks empty into it on ail sides. Fora ramble beside a most delicious stream, with plenty of steep rocks to climb, and good chances for torn clothing, recommend us to the brook at the left of the house, which comes tumbling down off the sides of Saddle- back Mountain. The village of Rangeley (or the ‘‘City” as they call it) is but four miles further on, where is located another hotel with good accommodations, and it isfrom this point that, with tandem ox-team and sled, they ‘‘back it in” to Kenne- bago ponds, seyen miles, which is the great trip in these regious nowadays. Pushing out into Rangeley Lake we caught the first bit of breeze, and “laid our course” for the foot of the lake, a distance of ten miles. Never shall I forget my first introduction to this beantiful sheet of water, when, in company with some thirty other anglers, we met our guides at *‘Kimball’s,” end with two of us m each boat beside the guide, and an American flag float- ing from the bow of each of the fifteen boats, we kept a per- fect line and rowed the entire length of the lake, our oars beating time to our merry songs. In the middle of the lake are a numberof beantiful islands, while the hills on each side are wooded down to the water's edge. At about 4 p, um. we reached the foot of the lake, landed our baggage, and aftera walk of two miles through the woods, reached ‘Indian Rock," which lies on the right bank of the Rangeley River, just opposite our camp. We had not long to wait atthe “Rock,” for soon a boat shot ont from the other side, and we were the nextmoment heartily welcomed by the Superintendent, Mr. ©. T. Richardson, whom we haye since nicknamed ‘‘Rip Van Winkle,” on account of his long gray hair and beard. By him we were then introduced toour guides, and assigned to our boats, caufs, and sleeping apartments, all of which were numbered, eyen down to our lunch-boxes, for we were to retain them all during our entire visit at camp. Oamp Kennebago, or the headquarters of the Oquossoe Angling Association, is situated at the junction of the Range- ley and Kennebago Rivers (tyo small streams, each about two-thirds the size of Little River at our park), which are easily forded at any time during the year, except for a week or two in the eatly spring, At their junction they form the Rangeley River, and after flowing for about half amile empty into the Mooselucmaguntic Lake. The main buildingis of wood, one hundred feet long, thirty-five fest wide, and about twenty-five feet to the ridge- pole. Ithas a piazza which runs half way around it, and between each rustic pillar are syung hammocks, for the en- joyment of the guests, while on the sides of the house are wooden pegs on which to place our rods, after the day's fish- ing is over, This building contains three rooms, the largest of which is some seventy-five feet in length, and is our sleeping apartment, containing about twenty beds, which are arranged up and down the sides of the room in hospital order, with only small space between each. At the right of this main camp is another log house of smaller dimensions, and divided by means of birch bark par- titions into four rooms for the accommodation of the officers of the Association, and is called ‘Bald Hagle Camp.” In the rear are the guides’ camp, joiner-shop, barn, and other buildings, and I must not forget the ice-house, located near the landing, nor the graceful fag-staff in front of the camp, trom which float the flags of our country and the Associa- tion, In front of the camp the ground slopes gradnally down to the water's edge. Sitting on the pinzza of the large camp, one has a fine yiew of the Kennebago Falls, and the lovely bend in the Rangeley River, as it sweeps ontward to the lake, Being over 1,00 feet above the levelof the sea, the sir is pure and delicious—strengthening and exhilarating one to’ such an extent that no tramp in the woods seams too long, and no exertion too great. Our boats are built with keel, and are heayier than those uséd in the Adirondacks, as there ave no “‘varries” or trans- portation of baggage from one point toanother, The pres- ident of the Association is the happy possessor of a birch canoe, which is the only ote at camp. To the stern of each bout is attached a small fish cauf, pointed at the end to offer as little resistance to the water as possible, and into this is plaved every trout that is captured, so that he simply changes his place of residence, and lives in thesame pure water, Each guest at camp also owns for the time another cauf, four or fiye times as large as the first, and into this he transters the success of each day's trip. Phase cants are generally anchored im some shady nook by the bank of the struam near canip, and as I said before, all num- bered, so that whether an angler stays one week or two, the products of the entire trip are kept alive until he departs. On leaving camp the tront are carefully dressed, hnug on - . = pegs in ofr ice-housy over night to z dry, and then each fish is wrapped in birch bark, packed in sawdust and ice, and is ready for transportation. arly visine is not cousidered a virtue at camp, but all newcomers aréallowed the privilege of going out once before breakfast! This hardly necessary to say that this effort is never repeated! In other wards, we very seldom meet with good success in the sarly morning, or until the sun warms the water to a certain degree so that we breakfast at 8 A. m., and after enjoying a simoke and prom- enade on the spacious piazza, we call our gnides, who appear with the lunch boxes already filled, then with rods and land- ing nets over our shoulders, we step imto our respective boats and are ready for the day's sport, Some go up the Rangeley and Kennebago rivers, while others take te the lake or Cupsuptue Falls, the latter of which is some ten miles distant, and is ons of the pleasnzt- est spotsin this vicinity. Dinner, the principul meal of the day, occurs at 7B. M., Or after all haye retured to camp, and the mutual exchange of experience through which each bas passed during the last ten hours makes thal hour enjoyable to all. Tt is at this time we narrate ‘big fish stories,” which bre forth applause from some and serious doubts from others. I shall never forget pn incident that happened to me one day on the Rangeley River. ‘The first part of the aftemoon had been oceupied in cleaning my gun and putting numer- ous other traps in order, but ut 4 o'clock, the storm haying abated, I called my guide, and buckling on my mvyincible *‘mackintosh wading pants," we strolled np the stream. Wa found ‘Indian Eddy" was as well patronized as usual, and at that time many a speckled beauty was leaving its ripples to be soon transferred to the canis dancing attendance at the stern of the boats. Soon we pushed, occasionally taking a fish, until we reahed a certain position on the stream, Oh! shall I whisper where? Suffice to suy that it was besidéa certain overhanging bank, near a certain number of handsome fir trees, and that an old dead stump around which you can just clayp your rms, reflects itself in the stream, and furthermore, thut said stream at this time is abont four feet deep; and if by this description you can discover my secret, you are welcome, Getting to the lee of 4 ‘‘smudge,” Wuilt by the guide to get rid of the angler's pests, the black flies, whose supply always more than equals the demand, I fastened to my line the most tempting treasures from my fly book, and made # cast far ont over the charming waters. Thinking the flies did not alight on the water to my satisfaction, I was about making a back cast when a gleam of silver far down under the dark waters, a rush, a splash on the suriace, and the next moment my stretcher fly was fast ina pound trout. Placing my finger on the line above the reel, I realized he was firmly hooked, and 1 prepared myself for the battle which was sure to follow. A pound troutis not much to handle with plenty of room, but tuke overhanging boughs, a slippery bank and a wild rushing river, and the odds are frequently in fayor of the fish. The Rangeley River, flowing from the lake of the same naiie two miles through the woods into Mooseluemugnntic Lake, acquires great force in its descent, and when wading, it is with difficulty you can maintain your foothold even when only a short depth in the water. Many an angler hasmistaken its hidden forces, and while wading that stream capsized in its turbulent waters and risen to the surface **a sadder but wiser man.” So with the fish tugging away at my line (as a trout only knows how), it required great skilland careful manage-_ ment not to losa him, or be upset myself. A tew wild roshes up and dewn the stream, occasionally showing his gleaming sides near the surface of the water, bending my eight-onnes rod as if it were a twig, and with mouth wide open, he soon lny exhausted on the bank. Then another cast, and another fish of about the same proportions, followed by others still of 144, 13g, and 2 pounds each, my fies hardly touching the foaming surface before they were eagerly taken by the vora- cious fish. Sometimes tivo or three would spring for the en- ticing flies at the same time, and my past idea of the delicate sense of 2 trout was badly shocked by their selfish exhibitions of character. Fr two hours, the shortest I 6ver experienced, these trout kept me busy, and sometimes when piving them the final blow, bending my split baniboo three feet below the butt, while my faithful guide stood at my side, net in hand, transferring the fish to the cauf as fasi as possible. You who take no zest in outdoor sports, or tambles by forest.and stream, and think with the old adage ‘‘that angling is merely a stick anda siring with » fishat one end and a fool at the other,” what wouldn’t I haye given to have placed yon sud- denly in my position, and if the blood in your veins didn’t course more freely after such excitement, then you must be a3 dead to all enjoyment asthe Egyptian mummies in the mu- scum at Niagara Falls, Butas * all things hayean end,” so did these joyous moments, which were finally bronght to a closé in a more hasty manner than T anticipated. For the last ten minutes the trout had cussed to rise, and we had concluded that we had cither exhausted the pool, or by repeated wasts had frightened them away (for we had not moved three feet from our first position during the whole time), when letting my flies flout slowly nnder the big stump, I was immediately raminded that one fish at least was left to tell the story. Taking the fy preedily, as if he meant business, he dashed up the stream with light ning speed. Checking himin his wild career by *‘givi him the butt,” IT succeeded im turning his head toward me, when away he went, backward and forward, across the stream (which is some twenty feet wide), and then down into the most turbulent and rapid of the water, making my reel hum like a buzz-saw. Now I tried to hold him a little, which brought the tip of the rod at the water's surface; now he would sulk under some mosay bank ov overhanging rock, from which I was obliged to rouse him, until finally he dashed for the middle of the stream, where be wound the line around and aronnd an immense boulder. Plonging into the water up to my waist, I routed him from his fortress, when away he started down stream around a curve in the river, dragging my line through the alders and brush which lined the water's edge, while oyer the slippery stones and through numerous holes I followed tillhe had exhausted oyer one hundred feet of my line. Then L finally succeeded in stopping him, but against the wild rushing water, which boiled aronnd me, I could only hold him. The guide now hastened tomy sidé, and held my rod, while, following the line through the middle of the stream, I held it firmly half way between the guide and trout. Guidethen reeled up the line to where I stood, and handed me the rod, and I con- gratulated myselfon having gained fifty feeb. Bnt it was only fora moment, for I again started the fish, and away he dashed down the stream, carrying with lim the fifty feot of line I had just gained, 1 was now determined to net hit at all hazards, and ‘giving him the butt again” I bronght him to bay, My guidé now went oshore, and with netin hend disappeared among the bushes to look up his vance headquarters, while I followed carefully « ‘Blrewm, of anxiety and pee Some time after the slacktess of the line told me I had either lost the prize or “"William” had é 175 FOREST AND STREAM. secured him for me; the line was free, atall events, and T patiently waited the result. Finally, to my delight, the ie appeared, triumphantly bearing the net with my ensure safely secured in its meshes. He had captured him over one hundred fest from where he had left me, The trout turned the scales at 24 pounds, and was one of the finest specimens of the salma fontinalis, as regards color and proportions, that I ever landed. Wereached camp at 6} o'clock p. x, haying been absent only two and a half hours, half an hour of which I was occupied in going and returning from camp. Throwing back intothe water a number of the smaller fish, we weighed the remainder, which numbered forty-eight, and they turned the scale at fifty-six pounds, Since that day I have caught my two, three, and eyen six pound brook trout, and have experienced a variety of emotions while en- joying their capture, but I look back to the time when I landed with an eight-cunce rod forty-eight trout, weighing fifty-six pounds, in two honrs' fishing, as the most successful day in my whole experience. (To be continued). ee - For Forest and Streum, BASS FISHING IN VIRGINIA, —_+— I UNITED with half o dozen friends last summer for a trip to Berkley Springs, Va., kept at that time by the well- known Kirkwoods, formerly of Washington, D. C, Four of our number I know prided themselyes on their expert- ness as anglers, and a spirit of rivaly induced us to make a yaid on the Potomac River, which was about two and a half mules from the Springs, Before starting, we secured the geryices of one Fitzmiller, the most knowing and experi- enced fisherman in the neighborhood, who had a satisfactory teputation, besides being the owner of a pair of horses and coach, On the second morning ufter our arrival we started oyer the mountain to Sir John’s Riyer, and drove up to the dam some fiye miles away. At that point we found the river quite muddy as we had found it below; but in the canal, whith was fed by the dam above, the water was in fair order. Here wa fished several hours with poor success, catching some fifteen bass, Early in the morning next da we set off for Capon Creek, over a rougheroad and hig mountain, walking at lewst half the way. Arriving at the creek about 9 o'clock we went to work, all anxious for the first fish and the heaviest basket. I attached myself to Fitzmiller, leaying the others to look out for themselves. With buit-fish the party caught abouta dozen, when my eee tae adyised me to go with him up to the *‘riffles.” We worked our way up the bank of the stream about half a mile, and then pitched in, side byside. He fished with two hooks, while [had but one, After catching several, I yentured to try the fly, which I at once substituted for the bait-fish. Fitzmiller seeing what I was doing, said ‘that he and his friends had often tried the fly, but could do nothing unless they added the bait-tish in order to sink the fy.” I said nothing, but commenced to make my casts—with a tyed ibis.” In a short time Leaught four. Then I changed from the ibis toa Ferguson fly, with which I had as fine sport for two hours as amy fisherman could ask for. I did not try the still, deep water as it was difficult to throw from the banks, which were lined with trees, but confined myself to the shallow water and to the head of the pools, In the time mentioned I caught twenty-eight bass, averaging three- fourths of a pound, and more than the total catch of my fiye companions—this, too, without any trouble or exertion. Once, standing upon a rock, which was fully three feet ont of water, with a still pool below me, in plain sight of the fish, T made a cast. over near the bank, under the trees; I saw the fish start from his hiding pplane, just ag he was taking the fly T hooked him, Iimagined I could see a look of surprise on his countenance, : Our total catch was fifty-four. I do not believe that I ever in such a short space of time had as much sport; and that day fully proved to my mind that the bass willnot only take the fly, but prefer it to any other bait, I found the Ferguson fly the most taking, and will try the experiment this summer to prove that my conyictions are correct. 5. oo A GOOD JOKE, i Hanovur, N, J., April 6. spivoR Forrsr axp STREAM. One cold spring day we, three friends, Dr. C——, John K—— and my worthy self, started ont to try our Inck at snipe, There had been a heayy rain, therefore the water was high, and I, being leader of the party, concluded we had better take a boat, and as the wind was quite fresh, use the sail. But, alas for us! we little dreamed what mischief that sail could do. ‘All went well for a while; we had a good run of luck, bagged a good bunch of birds by wading from one ridge to another, and through all kept dry, which was comfortable, to say the least, But when the noon had approached we began to feel the need of something to brace up the inner man, and for that important reason prepared to return home, well satisfied with our morning’s work, As we seated ourselyes in the boat, John complacently said, ‘s Tsn’t it good we have kept dry?" At that moment T took the tiller, but turned quickly as I heard Dr, C—— exclaim, ‘‘Keepstill, John.” BullpoorJohn! the snil swung around suddenly, the rope caught him about the neck, and pulled him backward, leaying his feet only im the boat. He had his gun in hand, and that soon went to the bottom, and John's feet concluded to follow his body, so over they went. But misery loyes company, and poorJohn, trying to gain company, or save himself from a ducking, clutched Doctor by the coat, and pulled him oyer also. Doctor’s gun followed the other, while John succeeded in finding bottom, and stood in meek and trembling submission up to the neck jn the cold water, while Doctor made bold strokes for the shore, “ Swim, John, swim!" I eried, trying in vain to look a little sober and sympathizing, and the poor boy did swim, end the two companions in peril of a cold reached the shore panting like porpoises. T could restrain myself no longer, and laughed till echo an- swered me; for there stood the two shivering boys, with coat pockets standing out with water, theix whole suits weighty with thesame heavy clement, Doctor’s at lost, and both guns zepos- ing in the yiver- ; ‘*How are those guns to be recovered?” asked Doctor, with chattering teeth and woebegone face. __ We must dive for them, as we would for pearls,” said I, as I produced a great ted handkerchief, which the Doctor tied over his head, making himself more vidienlons looking than ‘elore, ‘Then I stripped off my: clothes, and went into the ' Fu,—adv cold water for the lost guns, which I recovered after groping about a little, As soon as we were once more ready we started for home and.-reached it this time in safety. Dry clothes were put on, and we crowded around the fire, laughing and talking about the accident; and friends, we thonght you would like to laugh with us, so I give you this account, A, D. W, or BALDWIN’S RANCH, - Woxprns oF A Fayorrp Recion Unper Caurrorni's Srres, ——_——— Los AncuiEs, March 5th.—By rail it is eight miles to the mission of San Gabriel, thenee four to the magnificent do- main of Mr. Baldwin. A pair of thoroughbreds, guided by the hands of an intelligent darkey, formerly body servant to Stonewall Jackson, brought me to the residence, which is an unpretending, cosy, comfortable-looking structure of one story, originally built of adobe, by, I believe, Mr. Wolfskill, but refitted and remodelled by its present owner with every conyenience and comfort. In front of the cottage is a beau- tiful artificial lake, where handsomely-cushioned pleasure boats always await your orders, As Iwrite, from my window on this lovely morning—for it is like the month of May— the view and surroundings are exquisitely beautiful. In the distance the coast range of mountains, “rock-ribbed and mncient a8 the sun,” with their zigzag summits and _tops, seem as if cut by the hand of the artisan, backed and coy- ered by a bright blue sky and a warm summer sun, giving every variety of shade and color to the plumage of the moun- tains, just now coming out in its spring livery and reflected in the lake below in a thousand fantastic shapes and forms; while from my back window birds are carolling among the bright green trees, tne sheep bells tinkle cheemily, and in the distance the cheery hum of labor unites with the still, small yoice of nature to enchain, please, and enchant you. Think of this, ye that are wrapped up in furs, chilled to the bone, or up to your knees in slush or “beautiful snow” in the Eastern cities, orin foggy London, and come right out here and enjoy the rayishing sweetness of this garden spot of the earth! And as another pleasant item for the dwellers and guests of his new hotel in San Francisco—straw- berries, raspberries, gooséberries, and currants, melons, peaches, pears, cherries, and such apples! will be theirs to enjoy and demolish. T have just inspected the “pig-pens,” and such a sight I haye neyer witnessed in any English or American ‘‘farm yard.” A hundred head of great, big, fat hogs, fed with the finest ‘‘corn” (for I saw piles of it uneaten), will be on Mon- day next driven to the Bay City, to be duly slaughtered and Mhade into hams, bacon, and lard; while from my open door, as Tam writing, turkeys, geese, chickens, and such birds! keep up an incessant noise. Mr. B. has also some 12,000 head of sheep on his ranch, haying the finest pasture lands for their grazing, The race track for the thorough training of his horses is one of the finest, one mile in extent. Going to the stable I saw seven beautiful fillies, now being trained, brought from Sanford’s stables, Kentucky. Here he keeps the celebrated racers, Grinstead and Rutherford, from Alexander’s stables, Kentucky, and they will soon luxuriate in the Kentucky blue grass and timothy hay seed which is being sown for their express benefit. The wine house is uite a feature of the place, stocked with the choicest sher- ries, ports and brandies; but belonging to the temperance society of Brother Battur’s Dashaways, I did not indulge. There will be no sale for this three or four years, so that when it does appear ib will astonish the natives at home and abroad, On Wednesday last we took a most delightful drive oyer roads as fine and well macadamized as any in the world, stopping first near the site where it is the proprietor’s inten- tion to commence next year to build. The ayenue running north and south is five miles in length, three miles of which is planted on either side with orange, fir, gum, lemon, magnolia, india-rubber, and other trees, and you can imagine the effect on a bright, moonlight night, while elsewhere allis cold and leafless. Here the golden fruit, lit up with the silver tinselings, nods approv- ingly at you as you pass, and occasionally drops for your at- ceptance a ripe and luscious offering. The two ranches to- gether, Santa Anita and San Francisquita, contain about 16,000 acres, of which there is about 5,000 under cultivation, and next year it is Mr. Baldwin's intention to have the most of his ranch under culture and entirely fencedin. He has just finished putting in about 100 acres of the best varieties of foreign grapes—among them 30 acres of the finest raisin pes—and he is now ploughing for a large peach orchard. Droranve and lemon trees, etc., he has about 14,000 already planted, many being of the finest quality of naval and blood oranges brought from Australia, also Lisbon lemons. He has also a magnificent orchard of English waluts, almonds, chestnuts. shell bark, hickory nuts, black walnuts, butter- nuts, pecans, and Brazilian nuts; also cocoanut, coffee, and every yariety of frnit-bearing trees that can be imagined, and only yesterday I plucked a ripe banana from a tree near our porch, Aknoll of splendid, fine old oak trees, of every form, shape, and sige, stand like sentinels about the spot, shelter- ing you from the summer's sun beneath their cool and grate- ful shade, while you are encircled by the friendly arms of the coast rauge of mountains, with their precipitous steeps and vyari-colored foliage; and fronting you, delighting your vision, is spread out a panorama of matchless beauty— landscape, vale, hill, and valley—while in the distance the white-crested waves of the Pacific can just be seen, likea sheet of silver threading the way to a tropical southern sea. The land for the immigrant is indeed here; and right well is Mr, Baldwin caring for the future of this place, its suxround- ings and its people. Here, at the depot of San Gabriel, were thousands of feet of Inmber for the purpose of putting up acolony of farmhouses, many of which, capitally built, are already erected} and as we drove through two or three pretty little villages, with their school-houses, churches, taverns, and corner groceries, occasionally we hear the whistle of the steam engine, and the rushing train of the Southern Pacifie Railroad carrying its burden of freight and passengers to the Colorado Riyer. CoxsumPrion Cunep,—An old physici an retired irom actiye practice haying had placed in hishands by an East Indinh mirefonary the for- mula of a simple vegotable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Conaumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, ‘aid all Throat and Lung affections, also 4 positive and radical cure for Neryous Debility and ull nervous complaints, after baying thoroughly testedits won- derful curative powers in thousands of cases, feels it his duty to make it known tohissuffering fellows. Actuoted by this motive, and aconscien- tious desire te relieve human suffering, he will send, free of charge, ta ali who desire It, this recipe, with full directions for preparing and suc- cessfully desing, Sent by return mail by baie sii with stamp, bam- ing this paper, Dr. J.0. Sronu,92 North Fifth Street, PI elphia, Fa, . _ona ground of g 1 t ijvregular spots of ultramarine adorn the head and gill-covyer, fish Cultuye. THE HAMBURG AQUARIUM. ———— BY DE. H, DORNER. a Continued from page 308, Vol. re E used to haye, permanently, three species of the family of Labridw, the goldsinny or corkwing (Clenilubrus rupestris), and two kinds of wrasses (Labrus migius and maculatus). The former, a pretty orange-colored fish, the length of which seldom exceeds six inches, is one of the most lively animals; almost constantly in motion, it slides throngh all holes and caverns, sometimes swims near tha pottom of its tank, sometimes near the surface, and is so quick in its observations and movements that it is already eatching and swallowing bits of food when other fishes just begin to perceive it. But this liveliness is exhibited only during the daytime; with the beginning of darkness it gets quiet, seeks its usual resting-place, and keeps there motion-~ less until morning. Mr. W, A. Lloyd was the first to make this observation, which has since been confirmed by many persons. Coming after dark ito the aqnarium and look- ing for the fishes by means of # lantern, none of the numer- ous goldsinnies are to be seen swimming. Some of them are reposing on their belly upon flat stones, others upon suitable places of the bottom, or leaning with their sides toward the rockwork, the head higher than the tail, aid the pelly directed obliquely against stones. if the light falls directly upon their body they are very slow in getting dis- turbed, and only after a considerable time begin to move. Sometimes, if the light shines into their eyes, they will change the position of their body so.as to be less affected by the glare, and if at last they begin to swim, itis done in a dull, sleepy manner. In the short days of December and January they went to their resting-places already between three and four P. M., and remained there until dawn. There was no other fish in the aquarium that showed such a diyer- sify of character in day and night; none that was so difficult to arouse during the latter time. The wrasses were the most gorgeous fishes exhibited in our aquarium—the most gorgeous, indeed, of all the fishes which ocenr in the northeastern part of the Atlantic, They are found in the Mediterranean and all along the western coast of Europe; most abundantly on the coast of Norway. Fakstroem, a Norwegian naturalist, thus writes of them: ‘Among the sea fishes, none can compare with the wrasses in regard to beanty. They are, in thisrespect, # marked ex- ception to the general rule—that the further one proceeds to the North, the more uniform and dull are the colors. Hé that rows out to fish on the Western coast, and for the first time sees a wrasse recently taken out of the water, may there- fore readily imagine himself transported, as if by magic, to a tropical climate, and waits, with impatience, for the next nibble, that he may behold another of the paradoxical beings that abound in these seas. But the illusion is of short duration, for when the line is again hanled m, in- stead of fish with colors of the rainbow, a codfish or a flounder is brought to the surface.” = There is another peculiarity in the natural history of these fishes, yiz.: the diversity of colors of the two sexes. The male of the variezated wrasse (Lubrus misxtus), a fish seldom exceeding one foot in length, is richly striped with irresular longitudinal bands of the most brilliant ultramarine blue, greenish-bronze, of a metallic tint. Some Vi. and border the yellow fins. Thus, blue being the prevailing tint of the male, it is remarkable that the body of the female doesnot show a single spot or line of this color. The upper parts of the latter are red orange, interrupted in the hind part by three large spots of deep purple, alternating with four light rose-colored ones, which give a totally differ- ent aspect from that of the male. Tt has been ascertained but lately that these two fishes really belong to each other, the male haying been known as the blue-striped wrasse (Labrus lineatus), the female as the three-spotted (Lubrus trimaculatus). . Ae Numerous fishes belonging to the family of Triglidm were exhibited. Wekept the sea swallow (Thigla hirunds), the gray gurnard (7. gurnardus), and the little gurnard (7. pasciloplera). For the general appearance of the gurnards we refer to the nearly allied genus Trionotus, several species of which are found on the New York shores, one of them (Tr. curolinus) being exhibited in the New York Aquarium. These fishes are remarkable for the form of their head, which is Dey square, and resembles a box used for preserying a brooc andearrings, Besides, they have yery large pectorals, folded like fans when the fish is resting, and giving a bird-like appearance when expanded. In the sea-swallow they are edged with a broad blue border. In front of or somewhat below these large fins, which enable the fish to swim with an astonishing rapidity, there are three appendages or free rays of the pectorals, used as feet, or rather fingers. They can be moved separately, are ever fesling the surface us the fish glides along, and thus are used ns organs both of motion and touch, enabling them to approach and discern small ani- mals, such as shrimps and worms, withont disturbing then. They liyed yery well in our tanks, and became so tame that they used to come near the surface when 8 person ap- proached it, stick their heads out of the water and allow themselves to be touched. ‘The same could be done to sonia of the larger codfishes and wrasses, _ f The fatherlasher (Coljus scorpius) is ea fish of about nine inches in length, provided with spines and thorny warts, with a yery broad head and an excesdingly narrow tail. It is not yery lively; swims but little, and is eyer watching for some- thing to eat. If some smmall fishes oy shrimps are thrown into its tank, its darts forth from its hiding-place, snatches it and immediately turning round retires to its hole. Some- times we received some allied species, such as Collus bubalis, grenandicus, and guadricornis, ; Tneed not giye a description of the manners of stickle- backs, everybody being familiar with them. IT only mention that besides the common ones we also kept fhe large marine 176 aApecies (Gaslerosseus spincehie), which, notwithstanding its: being about four times as large as the three-spined stickle- batk, was less active and vigorous than this interesting little fellow. When kept togetherit took but little time for the latter to make piece-meal of the consin, generally beginning at the tail. Besides the sticklebacks, the nest-building of which wns one of the most interesting sights in the aquarium, there Were Jcept several other fishes that could be obseryed bring- ing forth eggs ov young ones, ‘The viviparous blenny (Zomves viviparous), ox, as it is cilled in Germany, the “mother of eels,” a fish seven to fif- teen inches long, has a slight semblance to the common fel. Its body is lengthened and somewhat compressed, higher than that of the eel; its dorsal fin begins close fo the head, and unites with the caudal and pnal fin, thus forming i continnons edge round the greater part of the body. The narrow abdominals are situated in front of the pectorals. 'Yhis fish brings forth its young ones alive. Previous to my engagement at the aquarium I had often heard and read of this yery remarkable mode of deyelopment in fishes, and I therefore eagerly watched the numerous specimens which were kept in different tanks, intermixed with other fishes. Karly in April, 1872, T observed that one of the larger speci- mens, which | took for the male, almost continually accom- petied one of the others, while prosecuting its rivals, and that it sometimes rubbed its body along that of its chosen mate. After haying continued this behavior for several duys it was observed that it tried to wind the hind part of its body round that of the female, and that both of them were lying immoyable for about one minute. The body of the female was nearly straight, whilst the male evidently made uvery exertion to bend its body as much as possible and to keep close to the female. It was not to he doubted that a real copnlation took place, an event which we saw repeated three times in one day by the same couple. The abdominal cavity of the blenny being extremely short, the female presented an ugly appearance five or six months afterward, when near the time that the young ones were hatched. To save these from the attacks of other fishes, we put the female into a solitary tank, and observed that about three hundred young ones were born in two days, each of them more than two inches long, without any visible rest of the yolk. Several other females, got at different times from the sea—they are found both in the German Ocean and the Baltic Sea—deposited their young ones in our tanks nearly in every monthtrom November until March, and the larger the parent fishes, the larger were also the young ones, the length of these varying from one and a half to three inches. Altnongh fed very carefully with chopped liver and mussels, only a few of them were kept aliye, most of them dying in about a fortnight. The newspapers often repeat the story that at last the dis- coyery of the eel's development had been made, but invaria- bly a yiviparous blenny has been mistaken for this fish. Somebody tells that he hasfound alot of young eels in an old one, nud to giye a conyincing argument to his revelation, he draws from the life—a blenny. Even papers of a world- wide circulation, such as the German (Guarlenlauhe, made this bhinder. Itmay be added that the development of the cel isa secret no more, only the eggs are of such an extreme diminutiveness that it requires a powerful microscope to see them. . (Th be continued.) > Proaress or Bisu Cunroure my Canapa.—We append here- with a memorandum of fish eggs laid down in the several Goyernment fish-breeding establishments in Canada during the autumn of 1876, as given in the Canadian Illustrated News > Newrasile (Ont.)—Salmon eggs, 1,500,000; whitefish eggs, 150,000; California Salmon eggs, 10,000. Sandwich (Ont.)—Whitetish eggs, 8,000,000. Tudousae (Que.)—Salmon eggs, 1,000,000; sea-trout eggs, 30,000; California Salmon eggs, 5,000, Gaspé (Que.)—Salmon eggs, 920,000, Restiqoushe (Que.)—Salmon eggs, 720,000. Miramicht (N. B.)\—Salmon eggs, 640,000. Bedford ON. S.)\—Salmon, 1,000,000. The first practical experiments with fish culture in the Dominion originated with Mr. Wilmot at his private resi- dence in Ontario in 1865. Three years afterward, when its benefits were made known, it was adopted by the Goyern- ment, and has since been extensively carried on in several of the Provinces. The rapidly increasing popularity of the industry, together with the marked success which attended its operations, has had the beneficial effect of inducing the Government to erect six additional fish-breeding establish- ments (beyond the original one at Newcastle) in the Mari- time Provinces and in Ontario. The Restigouche, a famous salmon river, dividing New Brunswick and Quebec, had one built upon itin 1872. During the following year two more were erected, one at Gaspé Basin, the other on the Mira- tnichi River; following these, another was put into operation at Tadousae, at the mouth of the Saguenay River. In 1875 a salmon hatchery was built at Bedford, near Halifax; during the same year the largest fish-breeding institution on this continent was erected at Sandwich, on the Detroit River; this one is especially adapted for the artificial propagation of whitefish, That our readers may be enabled to comprehend more fully the importance of this enterprise and the amount of benefit which bas already been derived from it, we give the following statement, taken from official returns, of the numbers of youn. fish which have been distributed from the Newenstle establishment: Consisting of salmon, salmon-tront, and whitefish, which have been reared init ............. --. There areat the present timein the several breed- ing-roomis in the course of hatching ont—living ove of salmon, trout, and whitefish, and Oali- fornia salmon, amounting to.................. 5,128,000 1,775,000 Making a total from this hatchery of..........,. 6,900,000 From the other hatcheries in the Dominion, the young salmon and whitetish which have been planted in many of the rivers and other waters 9,215, 000 whitefish numbering, ........ ete ches Se . 12,400,000 These added together form a grand total of fry and fish-eggs of the most valuable species, which have been produced at the seyeral fish-breeding establishments for distribution in the waters of ————— Canada, amounting to.......-.. Sb spot see bee DLO, 000 (et A New Trour Firm xy Tlowa.—Mr. M. M. Moulton, of Monticello, lowa, sends the following information: Ex-Mayor G. E, Wales las purchased a small spring farm of sixty acres, one mile east of the city limits, and has com- menced to dry it up fora regulor trout farm, He expects to put upon it 10,000 trout fry in addition to other fish, and commence fish-raising on a large scale. It will be the first of the kind in this part of the State. The land is naturally adapted for a first-class fish-culture farm. He will have two lurge living springs of water issuing from the bluffs on the Maguoketa River, a hundred feet aboye high water, and neatly arranged so as to haye a good fall batween each fish race; and if the yenture proves successful, he will add to it tron time to time ns the business will warrant, Respectfully, M. M. Mowirox, Marshal. @atural History. A SHORT LECTURE ON FISHES. —_—_>—_—_- BY ERNEST INGERSOLL. ss i ¥ all the animals composing that great branch of the O inimnl kingdom called yertebrates, the fishes are the simplest in structure and intelligence, and are the oldest in the history of the globe, as shown by the remains in the rocks, Fishes being destined to an active lite under water, have all their organs adapted to this purpose—pills instead of Jungs, limbs shaped as fins,and so forth. ‘Chey differ in form, but all have the simple outline of a large head, no neck, and the body tapering gradually to the end of the tail, Some haye no fins, but generally they ave present, and arranged in pairs symmetrically, or singly on the back or abdomen. behind the head are large openings leading to the gills. The water entering the mouth in breathing, is driven across the gills and escapes by these openings. The seales greatly vary, their shape forming one of the characters by which a fishis classified. They are horny plates similar to our finger-nails, containing minute, polished plates of color, giving certain fishes a dazzling brillianey of tinting that reminds us-ef gold and silver. The skeleton of fishes is either horny or made of cartil- age, which is a tough, elastic substance, better known as “oristle.” It is composed of a head, trunk, and limbs, The head is made up of a large number of bones intricately put together, particularly those supporting the arches of the gills and the gill-covers (opereula), the tongue and neighbor- ing parts, which has been termed the fyoid apparatus. Next behind the skull comes a chain of bones called verlelra:, ex- tending the whole length of the body, ach yertebra is shaped like an hour-glass, and is armed with spinés and pro- jections termed processes, some of which, by interlocking, hold the vertebres more firmly together, while others give a strong attachment to muscles. This ehain isthe backbone or yertebral column, which, by its presence in eyery fish, bird, reptile, and mammal, unitesthem into» single gronp— the Vertebratu. Aboye the backbone runs the spinal cord, that isthe great nerye, which isa continuation backward of the brain, protected by a bony tube, and underneath it the great artery from the heart that supplies the body with blood. Tothesidesof the backbone the ribs are all attached, when present, and upon the spiny processes which project upward is carried the frame-work of the fins of the back and the tail, The side fins are supported upon the end of some flat bones hinged to the backbone, which answer to the fore-limbs in higher animals, but the yentral or belly fins are fixed more simply. The skeleton in fishes like the sharks and skates is very different, not being bony at all, but com- posed entirely of cartilage: hence they have been named cartilaginous fishes. Most fishes swim with great rapidity, using their tail alone to get ahead with, balancing and steering somewhat with their fins, Many possess a yery peculiar organ, called the swimming-biulder, situated inthe abdomen, This is a sae filled with air, and so arranged that the fish can Increase or decrease his weight with respect to the water (7. «, his specific gravity), and so sink or float, as he desires. The life of a fish is occupied wholly in providing its food and escaping its enemies; its senses are dull, and it seems to be without any remarkable instinct. Yet it has a brain, abundant nerves, and all the organs of sense. Fishes are great eaters, and nearly all live upon flesh. Some haye no teeth, but generally there are large numbers in different parts of the mouth and throat, which yary widely in form, number, and position. The horrid set which the shark varries 18 Saas shed and replaced by new. ‘The blood of fishes is red and cold, but it seems to circulate slower than in warm-blooded animals, and the heart is more simple, Some fishes, like the electric cel, haye the remarkable power of producing electricity. These eels swarm in the smaller streams of South Africa, and, when roused, can give so powerful a shock as to kill men or cattle, The natives first drive horses into the water, upon which the eels expend their force, then they are easily taken, for they require a rest while accumulating more electricity. Thetorpedo and other fishes possess this faculty to» less degree. Fishes multiply by means of eggs, some species producing hundreds of thousands at a single spawning—as the dropping of the egg is called; yet perhaps not more than one ina thousand of these eggs ever results in a full-grown fish. Certain fishes change their residence with the seasons, or according to their habits, especially their habit of spawn- ing. This migration in some is from north to south; in others from deep to shallow water and back again; and in many irom the sea uprivers and down again to the sea. One of the best known exaniples of this latter class is the salmon, and I will give you « description of their habits in the words of Milne-Hdwards, an eminent French naturalist: ‘Hach spring it enters the rivers in vast troops to ascend them, syen to their sources. In these migrations the salmon follow a regular order, forming two long files, united in front, conducted by the largest female, who precedes, whilst the small males form the rear guard, These troops swim in general with much noise in the middle of rivers, and near the surface of the water if the temperature be mild, but nearer the bottom if the heat be great. In general, salmon advance slowly, sporting as they proceed; but if danger appears to threaten them, the rapidity of their course becomes such that the eye can scarcely follow them. Tf a dyke or cascade opposes their progress they make the greatest efforts to overcome it. Resting on some rock, and extending the body suddenly and with violence after being ourved, they spring out of the water, leaping occasionally to the height of fifteen fest in the air so as to fall beyond the obstacle which stops them. Salmon ascend rivers even to their source, and search in the small streams and tranquil places a bottom of sand and grayel adapted to the deposition of their eggs. The eggs are deposited in a trough dug by the femalein thesand; they are afterward feonndated by the nisle. The young * salmon grow very rapidly; end when they are about a foot long they léave the rivers to repair'to the sea, which they quit in its tum to ngain enter the river * * * toward the middle of the summer that follows their birth.” These periodicnl visits are taken advantage of by fisher mien, anditisthen that all the sahnon, herring, mackerel, cod, and other fishes we use, are caught and eured. T have no doubt you will be satisfied if I only mention the classification, and Ihave little time fo do more. Ttis avery large class and contains four sub-classes—The Myzontes, the true Fish, the Ganoids, and the Selachians or cartilaginous fishes. The myzontes are so low and shapeless that they were at one time classified with worms. Many of them lie #8 parasites on other fishes; some holding on by means of a round sucker-month, like the lamprey eel. The true Wish, belong to two orders, separated by the shape of their scales, which in such fishes as the perch and most of our fresh- * water species are jagged nnd comb-like along the posterior edge, while in the case of our friend the salmon, the scales are round and smooth at theedges. This sub-class includes about two-thirds of allthe fishes, and arethe easiest examples for you to study. (A) Ganoid fishes are well represented by the gar-pike or bill-fish of the western rivers and the common sturgeon, The main part of this group, though. consists of fossil fishes, Which are found in the same rocks from which we get our soft coal, Many of these odd fishes who perished so long ago looked yery much like small alligators, and others were like our bill-fishes and fikes. To the fourth and highest snb-elass Welong those fishes like the sharks and rays (ir skates, that, instead of a bony skeleton like the true fishes, have one of cartilage. The sharks are noted for their ferocity and their insatiable appe- tite. ‘They abound especially among the coral islands of the Pacific ovean, where the people spend abont as minch time in the water as on land. Bnt so accustomed flo they become to them and so fearless, that itis said an Islander does not wait for the shark to rush upon him, but attacks him instead, with only a knife or sharp stick for a weapon, and wenerally conquers. The sharks are obliged to turn over to seize anything, their mouth being a good ways buck from the end of the snout, which gives the swimmer an op- portunity to plunge in his knife. All sharks, however, are not so large. The rays or skates, or their cousin the torpedo, are nlso flesh-eaters, but not so fierce as the sharks, They are easy to recognize by their nearly square shape, with the head at one corner snd the lone tail atthe other, The two remaining corners are made by the*very large side fins. The many slender bones spreading out like rays from the shoulder to the edga of this fin gives them their first name, but why they are called “skates” I cannot tell. i We print this week the first installmentsof two lists which will, we are sure, be regarded as of great importance by all our readers who are interested in Natural History. The Fauna of Michiyan is from the pen of onr valued correspondent ‘Archer,” whose graceful sketches fre so well known to the readers of Vormst anp Srream. An old resident of the State of whose zoological features he writes, and a careful and thoroughly accurate observer, his notes on the animal life of Michigan cannot fail ta he of the highest interest toall. In this list the nomenclature of mo recent work has been followed, but we prefer to print it just as re- ceived, leaving to our readers to make any alterations or amendments which they may deem needful. The Birds of the Cotewn. des Prairies, by Dr. McChosney, is 8 most interesting contribution to our ornithological knowl- edge, and the dates of the arrival and departure of the vari- ous species are especially valuable. What a debt donot zoologists owe to the officers of our army, Whose duties constantly lead them into the wildest and most unknown regions of our territory? From the date of Lewis and Clarke’s expedition to the present time, the explorations and observations of the army, and especially of its medical men, haye contributed more than any other one thing to increase our knowledge of the fanna and flora of the country west of the Mississippi. The deht which we owe tothe army on this score is # large one, and it is con- stantly on the increase. The careful and thovongh edu- cation which most officers linye receiyed, especially fits them for making observations of importanee to seience, and by far the larger portion of the work done by them is good work, and is of the greatest value, EE —————— BIRDS OF THE COTEAU DES PRAIRIES OF EASTERN DAKOTA, BY CHARLES HE, M'CHESNEY, M. D,, U. 8. A, SSS HE Cotean des Prairies of Dakota extend from about latitnde 46 deg. North, longitnile 20 deg. 20 min. West, some hundred and fifty or hyo lundred miles to the sonth- east, and havea variable width of from twenty to fifty miles. Té is to the northern portion of this interesting region (in the yicintty of Fort Sisseton, late Fort Wadsworth) that the following notes have referente, This region consists of high-rolling prairie, in the hollows of which are many lakes, and to these thousands of the waders and wild-fowl of all kinds annually resort. The repion is yery sparsely timbered, nnd is therefore poorly represented in land birds ‘ Turdus migratorius. Robin, Thik bird appears about April “4th, Io small numbers, but the Joculity doea not seem to ba well snited ta its summer residence, Migrates in a. few days, to return in larger numbers about September 28th, and finslly disappeare for the senaan, October 28th, on the approsch of winter. Mimus carolinensis. Oathbird. Appeare about thé ist of June and remails until September 23th in small nnmbers; breeds bere. Harporhynciua rafuz. Browo thrash. Appears April 10th and ra- moins until the end of September ia limited numbers: breede here. Siaka xialix, Easter bluebird, Appears earlyin October and re- mains for 4 few days: is seen insmall nombers- Paruy utricapillzs. Block-capped obickades. Isaeen from September. 28th uotil November 14th, ip large numbers. j Bremophila alpestris. Horned lavk. Appears September 28th and remains uoti] November 15th, whep itleaves this yietnity; returns abont the middle of March, and is then found in large numbers in com- pany with the anowbird (June hyemaia), and seems to take its departure about fhe same time, April Lith, i" . ae tA Se a FOREST AND STREAM. —_ : Denireca gativa, Summer yellowbird, This bird arrives May 17th and remains until September 17th. Is found in large numbers; breede hers. Hirundo’ horreorum, Barn swallow. Is found in small numbers from May 25th until September 19th; breeds here. Pevrochelidon, tunifrons. Clit swallow. Appears May 4th and takes ite departure about August Sth, Very abundant; breeds here. Cotyls riparia. Bank swallow. Appears May 18th in considerable numbers; breeds here and disappears July 20th, Progne purpurea, Purple martin, Arrives June 7th in small numbers anudremains until September 9th; breeds here. Plectrophanes lapponicus, Lapland longspur, Appears April 10th to reniain noti] May 25th; is moderately abundant, Plectrophanes pictus, Painted lark bunting. Is found from April 20th to May 25th, in large flocks (from twenty-five to one hundred). Plectrophanes aynatius. Chestnut-collared bunting. Is found here during the same time as the last apecies, and im large numbors, Passerculus savanna, Sayanua sparrow. Ts seen from June 10th until June 17th, probably passing North, Not abundant. Pooeceles graminetis Var. conjints. Western grass finch, Arrives about April 17th and remains until October 18th. Ts one of the most Dumerous of our birds, and is found all over the prairie; breedé here. _ MMelospiza melodia, Song-spsrrow. Is seeu forfour or flye days from dune 10th in small numbers, , Junco hyemalis. Snowbird. Isa regular winter resident; arrives abont November 14th and disappears about April 16th, with stragglers se6n until May 8th; is quite numerons. Spizella monticola. Tree sparrow. Appeara April 10th and remains until the end of October; very numerous, aud breeds here. Calamospiza, bicolor. White-winged blackbird. Appears on tha prairie about July 14th in large flocks and remains until July 24th. DBuspize americana. Black-throated bnuting. Is found here from June 9th to July 26th in considerable nunibers. (To be Continued), oo o ANMIVALS AT THE PHILADBLPHIA ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN FOR WEMK END- Ing APRIL 17TH.—Tio Ronsette Bats |Pteropus oneitus), purchased; two Horned Toads (Phrynosoma carntuta), presented; two young Panthers (Felis concolor), purchased; one small Alligator (.Aligator, massissippiensis) presented. AntHun E, Brown, General Supt. SS §__ aee—__—_— AxmaAns Recriymp At CENTRAL Pank MENAGERIE FOR WEEK ENDING APL 2lart,—Two California quail (Orlyx califormanus), presented by Mr. 8. Davis, New York city ; ons Asis deer (Axis maculata), born in the menagerie; one striped hyena (Hyena striata); two adjatan(s (Lepfoplt- lus crumeniferus), W. A, Conxxin, Director, i FAUNA OF MICHIGAN. ed BY ARCHER. —_+_—_ OLASS MAMMALIA—ORDER CHEIROPTERA—FAMILY VESPERTILIONID. Fespertilio Noveboracensis, Linn. New York bat. V7, fuscis P.de B. Black bat. V. subulaius. Say. Brown bat, FV. phulops. Temm. VF. Caroli, Temm, ORDER RAPACIA—SUB-ORDER INSEUTIVORA—FAMILY SORICIDE, Blarina talpoides. Gray. Moleshrew, Soren talpoites. Rich, North- ern shrew; isconfined toa few districts of tha Upper Peninsula, but even there is rare, Blarinw angusliceps. Bd. Short-tailed shrew, FAMILY TALIPIDAS, Scaleps aquaticus, Guy. Common mole. SS. argentatus, Aud. & Ed, Bach. Silvery mole, Condylura cristata. Desm. Starnosed mole. Ts rarely seen within the limits of the State, I believe; haying seen but one epetimen, and hesrd of but two more. SUB-ORDER CARNIVORA—FAMILY URSIDA:. Ursus Americanus. Pallas. Black bear. Procyon lolor. soon, Storr. Rac- FAMILY FELIDZ. Tynz Canadensis, Geoff. Canada lynxs—Loup Cervier. L. rufus. Guld, Baylynx. Wildeat, Felis conevlar, Linn, Congar. Panther, FAMILY CANIDZ, Canis Occtdentalis Var. griseo albus. Rich. Gray wolf; also known as ©. variabitis. Max, Canis luirans. Say. Prairie wolf, Is now supposed to bé extinct in Michigan. SUB-FAMILY VULEDYR. Vulpes fuluus. Deem. Red fox. V. decussatus. Groff. Oross fox. V. Virginianus. De Kay, Urocyon VF. Baird, Gray fux. Y. argentatus. Bad. Silver fox. FAMILY MUSTELTIDE—SUB-PAMILY LUTRINE. Lutra Canadensis. Sab, Otter. SUB-FAMILY MELINA. Mephitis mephitica. Baird. Skunk. Meles Labradoria. Cuy. Tazidea Americana, Bd. Badger. SUB-FAMILY MARTINA: u Mustela Cunadensis Schrebu, M,. Penantti, Erxl, Fisher. M. Ameri- cing. Turton. Pine marten, Both these are rare; an occasional skin, however, finds its way to market. Putorius pusilius. Aud. & Bach, P. ctcognanti. Bd, Brown weasel. Novehboracensis, Da Kay. White weasel; is but a variety of the former. Putorius vison, Rich, Brown mink. P. nigrescens. Aud, & Bach, Black mink. Variety of former. Gulo Luscos Linn. Wolverine. Glutton. The last known in tle Lower Peninsula was killed near the mouth of Elk Creok, Sanitcoe County, October 17th, 1873, by “Archer.” ORDER MARSUPIATA—FAMILY DIDELPHID®. Didelphys Virginiang. Shaw, Opossum, Is confined to the sonthern tiers of counties, although occasional specimens haye been captured in the centre of the State. a DOMESTICATION OF THE CANADA GOOSE. v Benson GROVE, Iowa, March 14, 1877. Epiror For“sr AND STREAM, There seem to be but few who haye evér reported their experience in tls domestication of the wild, or Canada goose /Bernicla canadensis), inthe columns of your yaluable paper, whichI receive through the Kinduess of afriend. Haying had some experience in this line, I wish tO present it to your readers, hoping that they may be thus further en- lightened as to domestication of this species. In the year 18662 founda wild goose nest shortly after incubation had commenced, and allowed the eggs to remain in the nest for two weeks, atter which I transferred them to the nestof a setting hen, where after ons week they were brought out, the young exhibiting no sign of discontent in following their foster parent. After they were two weeks old T clipped the first jdint of one wing on each gosling, and then gave them the barnyard, which contains several acres, to roam in, and besides this they were octasionally tarned out ofthe yard. They soon became as tame as kittens, and grew to be good-sized fowls. But, alasl in the fall they thoughtit prudent to change their abods, and having found the river, which was abont sixty rods from the yard, set sail for ®@ more congenial clime, thus ending my first expérience, My next was three years later, when I determined to make another effort. I found o nest containing nine eggs, which were bronght out in the same woyas the first. These were ‘given their full freedom und 1, Where Thad a large trough of water fixed a acca to the door- ge trou Bay Leease tame, and when fledged were pormitted to / of . FOREST AND STREAM. filyaround ‘They oxbibited no signs of disvontent, but on the otber hand seemed to be perfectly satisfied with their home, going to the river and returning at pleasure. There are two methods used in determining the sex of the wild goose. First, by the female being smaller. Second, by the yoicaof the female; itis not 80 harsh and coarse as that of the male, I now had a desire toknow how long it would tala them to mature, and after four Years’ patient waiting my curiosity was gratified by one of them makinga nest on the top of an Gld, dilapidated shed, which was covered with straw, and which was elevated aboit ten feat above the ground, where she laid five eggs, but did not bring out any young. The cause, ast have since learned, was, that the eggs were kept too dry, necessarily Tequiring moisture to insure their successful incubation. The next year I threw up a pile of compost in the shape of a muskrat house, on which the goose built a nest, and this time she brongzht out five gos- lings, which were reared, I have another goose which did not breed until she was six years old, My geese make good decoys, often bring- ing the wild ones witnin afew rods of the house. Last spring one of the tame geese mated with a wild gander and brought him home, where, in a few days, he became quite tame, and in one week was as tameasany of the geese, The tama geese would ereep through the fence; this he would never do, he would always fly over, but would pass through any narrow passage. H. H, et i New Yor«, March 20, 1877. Epitor Fornst asp StResar. Tsend the following note, thinking that it may be interesting to the fox-hunting readers of your valuable paper: Sile, Oatand Theodore Morrell, all old fox hurters of Mianus, Conn., started en a fox-hunt last weex. ‘Two miles north of Mianns, at what is known as the Pine Hills, they started a fox, and so close were the dogs on him that he climbed a large pine tree, and when the Morrells came up they fonnd the dogs barking at the foot of the tree. On looking up they spied the fox lying close to a limb some thirty feet from the eround. Sile pulled up and let him have it, and down he came, a hand- some specime’ ofa silver and red fox; he weighed twelve pounds. Itis very seldom that a silver-cross fox ia killed inthat reighborhood. Three yeara ago Capt. Oat Morrell’s dog Rat canzht a silver and red fox at “York Meadow.’ a mile norih from the place where this one was killed, Yours troly, ¥F.G. [We presume that the animalin question was a gray fox ( Urocyon virginianus), 2 Southern species not nearly so fleet as our common red fox, and which not unfrequently climbs a tree when hard pressed by the dogs.—Ep]. ———_—_—__———s oe ____—__ DO MINK CLIMB TREES? PAMEDUNCOOK Lake, March 27, 1877. Eprrok Porter AND STREAM. While fishing npon Debsceneak Lake a few days ago, I saw what looked like a sable run along the shore, Starting on the run,I chased ita short distance, and when nearinz it, it ran up a cedar tree about twenty feet high. To my surprise, it was a mink. Shouting to my companion, who was fishing a short distance from me, to bring mea rifle that we had with us, I soon dispatched his ‘*highness," potting a bullet throngh, from earto ear. Now is this an uncommon occurrence, or do mink climb trees? Cuas, H. Woops, nd ‘Tue Sanrt-Watsr Pirrn?—Some time since, as will be seen by the date of writing, we received the following interest- ing letter of inquiry. The fish in question being unknown to us, and the subject inyolving the question whether there was really a species of the Hsou family inhabiting salt water, we haye made extensive researches, not only of scientific works, but among intelligent persons in Virginia, whom we thought might be well informed. We regret to say that we haye met with indifferent success. In the hope of eliciting more positive information we will no longer defer the publi- cation of the letter. We trust our readers will give the sub- ject their attention : Battmore, March 11, 1877. Enron PoREst anpD SrRHAM. Tam anxions to know if the common pike of the Chesapeake Bay and its salt water tributaries is identical with the pickerel of the north- ern lakes. To the nneducated, the two resemble each other, Will ithe pike common to onr salt waters rise to the fly? I have frequently noticed them slowly swimming in Lhe grass near shore,.n water from one to three feelin depth, and qnite near the surface. They are often speared, and sometimes killed with shot-gnns; are exceeding sby, and very sudden and rapid intheirmoyements, ! haye never seen one cuuzht with hook by means of snch bait ag is used io our salt waters, namely, soft crab oremalltish. They ate yery plentiful in our waters and are certainly yery game, and will xfford good sport if they will rake the fly. Onur waters now abound in white perch, Do they take tlie fly? Any aflirmutive information on this enbject would be highly appreciated by jour many readers in Maryland. Very respectfully, Gso, P. BeaLE, JR., Attorney at Law, Mechanics’ Batik Building, Baltimore. The writer, it will be perceived, speaks of this fish as be- ing ‘“‘very plentiful,” and ‘‘common in the Chesakeake Bay and its salt water tributaries,” it is “often speared, and some- times killed with shot-guns.” There can be no doubt, there- fore, that such o fish exist, though it does not seem to have attracted the attention of ichthyologists, It is not mentioned in any work that we haye examined. All the additional in- formation that we have been enabled to gather, is comprised ‘ the following brief note : NorFoug, Va., March 24, DITOR FOREST AND STREAM. ‘The salt-water pike ls a rare fish he1e; sawtwo or three fine speci- mens |#st summer that were caught at the fisheries off Lynnhayen, a few niles Inside of the Cape. Have never heard of their being eanght by Ine. Those I saw were bright, clear, solid fal, irim-built, were much more solid than the fresh-water fish, the color was nearly white, and the scales clear and bright (devoid of the slime in the river fish}. Those Tsaw weighed about three anda half pounds. The salt-waler catelish has phe same difference as regards calor, compactness, etc. Yours truly, W. H io. Sraisep Guese Frirners.—There was a yellowish tinge about the breast feathers of nearly all the five dozen of Canada geese which our friend C. Dubois Wagstaff shot at Atlanticyille the other day, which, not having been observed before, led him to suppose that possibly he had discovered a new variety. The fact was, that the feathers were merely staimed at the tips by iron or something else in the water where the birds have been feeding. We linve often observed the same thing in mallards and sprigtails, i —Hnglish sparrows, which have been domesticated in Now York, have been introduced into Noya Scotia, where _ their services are neoded to exterminate the worms, SEsaBURY. Woodland, Jarm and Garden. COMMON INSECTS OF APRIL. HE injurious insects in the Northern States have hardly begun their deyastations by this time, as the buds have not yet unfolded. In April, however, the gardener should scrape and wash thcronghly all his fruit trees, so as to rub off the eggs of the bark lice, which hatch out early in May. Many injurious caterpillars and- insects of all kinds winter under loose pieces of bark, or under straw, éte., at the foot of trees. The eves of the canker worm and tent caterpillar, which last are laid in bunches half an inch long on the ends of the twigs of our frnit trees, should also ba searched after. Their destruction will effect a grent saving. The apple-tree borer should be looked for at the base of the tree, and under dark places in the bark where the grub is at work, and its ravages arrested. Cylindrical bark borers, which include vations species of little round black weevils, and weevil-like beetles, often causing the “fire-blight" in pears, ete., are now flying about fruit trees to lay their eges; also certain boring beetles that infest the pines. This is the best time of the year to destroy these pests, and also the best time to seek varieties for the cabinet. The housewife must now guard against the intrusion of clothes moths, for the warm days bring them into the houses, nnd in the orchard myriads of these and other in- sects are flying abont among the opening buds, fulfilling their own plans yery well, no doubt, but working mischief to the agriculturist. The common clothes moth or Tinea is of a light, lustrous buff color, the hind wings and abdomen being a little paler. The head is thickly tufted with hairs, and is somewhat tawny in color. The moth begins to fly about our apartments in May, laying its eggs in woolen and sometimes in soft cotton goods. Early in June theflattened, cylindrical cases of the pup may be found, but not easily, for they are concealed by the circumstance that the cater- pillars become of the color of the objects they feed upon, and are thus not readily discerned. The body of the chrysalis is curved, with the head smooth and rounded, and spims along the back. When about to transform, the skin splits open on the back and is rapidly moulted. Of all the pre- yeltives used, none are more efficacious than benzine or a weak solution of carbolic acid, but each of these leaves a dis- agreeable odor. All furs and woolens should be closely ex- amined early in June. The carpet moth, another Tinea, is blackish at the base of the fore-wings, the remainder being yellowish-white, while the hind wings are dark gray andthe head white. Another obnoxious Timed is the grain moth, which is found fiying in granariesin summer. The fomale lays thirty or more minute eggs, one or tyo on each grain of wheat. The larva hatchesin afew days, eats its way into the wheat, and after it has deyoured the interior of one grain, unites others in succession to it, until it binds together a number of them. To prevent its attacks, whitewash your granaries, or wash with oil, A good way to kill the moths when numerous is fo attract them to suicide in the flames of a bright light, The grain should also be shoveled over to disturb the laryz at work, for here, as before, it is the young which do the mischief. On the other hand, there begin to be seen beneficial as well as injurious insects in these early spring days. Such are the carabus beetles which prey on those insects largely hurtful to crops, They are dark colored, with metallic hues, and run in the grass or hide under stones, whence at night they sally forth to hunt for the vegetable eaters, that at that fime are most active. The lary of some of these ascend trees to eat the caterpillars lodged in the branches, and some of these beetles dig pits, at the bottom of which they lie in wait for their victims, tearing to pieces with carnivorous ferocity those bugs unfortunate enough to fall into their grasp, Itis now that the ants awake from their sleep, and throw up their hillocks in our garden paths, while the “thriying pismires” issue from their yaulted galleries, and swarm oyer the decaying logs and stumps which haye furnished them shelter during the winter. i THE VERBENA DISEASE. FF: & number of years past it has been a question of anxious inquiry among growers of the verbena as to the cause of the disease to which it has been subjected, and instead of any abatement, there seems still a growing inter- est in the subject, which may be taken as a sign that at no distant day it shall be finally and satisfactorily settled. But whether on the side of those who haye espoused the insect theory, or those who believe it the work of a fungus, yet re- mains to be seen, On this, as on all similar subjects, pre- dilections should haye no place, but rather a patient looking at the facts as they present themselves over the whole field, so that in the end a complete diagnosis might be written, from which to glean measures of prevention, or at least some method by which to mitigate the evil. Front the ob- scurity of the subject, and 2 want of means to carry on exhaustive research, some of the views which have been taken seem to rest upon no solid foundation. Of those views only two are worthy of consideration, and somehow neither the one nor the other has yet been stated in such a way 4s to be entirely satisfactory. Those who have supported the insect theory do not seem agreed as to the particular species which does the mischief. Some believe itis the larva of that fly (callipteris) which frequents verbena beds in the fall to deposit its eggs. But there must be a mistake here, as the larva of that insect seems the one which burrows in the cuttings and young plants through the carly part of winter, and is one or niore 178 OO FOREST AND STREAM, lines long. More credence is to be placed in those who #6- gard the desperado as a mite, but they are equally mistaken in saying ib can conceal itself ati pleasure under the skin of the leaves or other soft parts of the planta; for we have watched their movements under a glass when surrounded with tobacco smoke, to which dislike is sometimes shown by wonderful contortions of hody and limbs, which may be re- garded as the outward and visible signs of tobacco sickness; but neyer yet have we seen them show the least disposition or ability to burrow in the leayes for safety. Yet from the fact that tobacco smoke is distasteful to them, it mightbe inferred that by strong and oft-repeated doses, they might by that means be got rid of, or atleast greatly held in chock. Tn the absence of positive proof there is some show of rea- son for believing this mite capable of producing the disease in qnestion; for, if a mite, the presumption is it belongs to Acariderm—a class of insects, however, low in the scale of being which yet produces great and important results in nature. Some are familiar to us, as they are to be found in old cheese, preserved fruits, sugar and flour. Some live upon juices of plants; others are parasites, and minute species have eyen been found in the follicels of the human skin, the brain and the eyes. The huryest bug is another, the bite of which gives much annoyance; and the itch insect, which breeds festering sores; and hay fever is caused by yet another, which sends its victims to the uplands in harvest time in quest of relief from theirsufferings. This, and more than all this, goes to show it would be no great marvel if this mite were yet to be identified as the true and only cause of the disease. But then there are facts which militate against such a conclusion, and which seem perfectly insnr- mountable, that is, that they are to be found on diseased Plants, and also on others not diseased, while in some in- Btances they are not present on some of the worst cases. All of which points to the conclusion that at the most they accompany the disease more asa consequence than as the cause thereof. Tn thus dismissing the insect theory as untenable, we are hy no means assured of being able to present any other en- tirely satisfactory. That, however, which regards it es the work of a parasitical fungus seems more in accordance with appearances, and in this direction we are introduced to aset of agents whose power to destroy living organiams is un- qnestioned—agents protean in form, subtle and insidious in thei attacks, So true is this that under different circum- stances they assume appearances 80 yery dissimilar as to have decetyed the greatest mycologists, and led them to classify and name differently some which are identical as regurds spetific characters. In illustration of this we need only refer to the species now known as the cause of potato tust, if haying been named fusisporinm solana, oidinm yiolacium, and peronospora devastatrix—all of which haye heen found by recent investigations to be only different forms ofthe same fungus. And if, as has been lately stated in an- other periodical, the verbena disease is caused by erysiphe yerbin, we may concludeit to be either a new and distinct species, or one not new, under some other name—only changed by difference of food or other cireumstance. This View is countenanced in Loudon’s Encyclopedia, of Plants, where it is stated—'‘Most of the productions arranged under the head erysiphe are known as mildew. They are better vharacterized by the plants on which they grow than by their peculiar differences, which, it is probable, depends very much upon the former circumstance,” But appear- ances do not fayor the belief that it is an erysiphe at all; at _ least we are not aware of it haying yet been seen on the yerbena in the mildew state, which is tha highest stage of development. The yisible effects look more like the work of afungus, which seldom shows itself on the outside of the leayes, and only indicates its presence by the curled and rusty appearance of those organs. This seems also in per- fect accord with views held by some modern mycologists, Who reengnize geyeral stages of development in fungus frowth, in the first stages of which a given species might re- main indefinitely before passing into the highest or mildew Stabe. And in the first microceus or singlé-cell stage, at which the boundary of vegetable life is reached, the organ- isms have the power of most rapid increase by cell division, } and from the extreme minuteness of these bodies, they can, if either in the atmosphere or in the soil, readily enter the vegetable system, there to increase rapidly or otherwise, as circumstances determine. Now, without laying claim to any clear perception of this perplexing question, we adyance the opinion that the dis- esse 1s caused by fungus growth somewhat in the way as herein indicated, and if eyer developed on the verbena be- _ youd the microccus or cryptoccus states, greater magnifying power must be called into requisition to detect it than I haye yet been able to command—unless the spheroidal bodies which surmount the hairs, and the rusty specks which dot the cuticle of diseased plants, may be regarded in this light. But in the absence of positive proof that this ig the case, there is much to warrant the belief that the mischief is due to such an agent entering the cellular tissues of the plant, in disrupting the cell walls and liying upon their contents, and afi thesame time polluting the yery fountain and streams of life. ee _ —in St. Augustine, Florida, they have a large laboratory for the mannfacture of wine made from bitter oranges. The entrails of shesp are being utilized in California, Where they are manufactured into ropes for hoisting ap- paratus in mines, ete, —$<$______. —Michael Angelo, the sublimest name in urt, was wont to say that the bath was the eradlewhich foatered his grandest conceptions. Of Soap, or else he would hays had o word ur twoto say about this indis- Penaable adjnnct.—Ady, corres he knew nothing about that chef d'euvre, BT, Babbitt's Toilet I sftera fashion. but it turned ont to be a poor aah th , a memed ey sabe en they all died, There wns regret on his side and indignation on his employer's. Under the conditions thus described, hundreds of young orange trees annually die, andthe money paid for them and for the labor of transplanting is as good as thrown away. Look at itfora moment. The soil m this State is light, porcus and sandy—not like the heayy land North. It takes but a little hot weather to rob it of its moisture, and a long drouth will turn it into a second Sahara. Fortunately long drouths ate of rare occurrence; but what isa young, tender, transplanted tree going to do éyen for a few days, in soil not tothe depth of your dor more, Its roots are torn, it has borne transportation, and no longershaded by its nursery companions it stands in the dry sendin its appointed place with more room than it wants, for all it wants is room to die, Setting oul orange trees is generally done in February, when the new growth begins to put forth, thé weather being moderately warm, with now and then a cool spell. It is the busy month of the year for this work whose hurry and rush are all over by the middle of March, New and then you méet aman who takes the summer or any part of the year for this task, but he is an exception, and his ways undoubt- edly more risky than other people’s, notwithstanding he has always a flourishing tree handy to point to as an example of his remarkable course. D, D, ————— SPRING. ——— Wanner, N, H., April 16, 1877, EDITOR FoREst AND STREAM. Toften think of the geniality of a warmer clime, when reading in your paper about the early migration of birds in places further South, “and long to be there.” I do not grudge the pleasure of those more favored, but would gladly share it with all if [oould, ; Here, the first blue bird Isaw was on March 21st; robins a few days later; then pone sparrows; and from the first to the 8th of April, blackbirds, rusty greckle, cow birds, grass finches, chipping sparrows; and then a few hermit thrushes, pheobe birds, and I think I heard the chatter of a king- fisher; and hope soon to hear the merry carol of many a beautiful warbler, one of the loves (for they have many) of every true naturalist. The spring is earlier than usual with us, yet our returned friends must find some cold nights, as the snow banks lie thick and heavy in many a shady nook; but they are going, and more than in many cases, we loye to say good by. Frogs have been heard about a week. Taking all these signs to- gether, we think spring has arrived. Welcome sweet Spring, Thou herald of pleasure, Who bringest the sweet breezes Without stint or measure; Fold Us In thy laye arma, A wealth of gold; And lure us still onward To joys uatold, THE HERB GARDEN. —— “CS RED time cometh” says an ndyertisement in last num- ber, and it means hard work and plenty of it in the garden, for how much is there nof to be done in the first month of spring ? Winter with hisicy hand preventsany work being accomplished till gentle spring nnlocks his fingers and bids the snowdrop and the crocus tell us that his reign is oer, and that soon our gardens and woods will be gladdened by the early flowers and sweet songsters. We are apt in the hurry of planting and sowing to forget all about the growth of sweet or pot herbs till too late to be of much service, and even if a few are planted or sown, they are generally placed in out-of-the-way corners, and time and patience are ex- hausted in looking them up when required. Quite a useful feature might ba made in eyery garden, however small, of the herbs, if they were only brought together and arranged in order. Probably the best disposition for their culture is in beds from two to four feet wide, with paths between, Of course in small gardens one entire bed will not be needed for any herb, but several kinds can be grown to- gether, such as common and lemon thyme, pennyroyal, and marjoram in one; fennel, sage, and tarragon in another, and soon, Mint should hayes bed for itself, as mint-sauce is always in demand; cheryil, again, is much wanted by someé for salads, dill for flavoring pickles, horehound for sore throats, tansy for tea (not that anybody eyer drinks it); chamomile for face ache and stomach ailments; rue for the gapes in poultry, and many other curious herbs that the cultivator may fancy. A bed should bereseryed for angelica, as also for borage, an excellent bee plant, as well as for flayoring claret sangaree in hot weather, Again, the herb garden is just the place for the orderly and systematic culti- vation of all small salading, such as mustard and cress; a constant succession of young onions, a bed or edging of chives, and the growth of radishes, lettuces, endive, ete., thronughont the season. Finally, several beds should be set aside for the cultivation of parsley—a plant sadly neglected in small gardens, ‘Let it have rich, deep soil, use only a good curled sort, Sow thinly, and thin out to a foot apart, and the vigor, strength, and beauty of result will astonish those who haye to make small, often dirty leaves do duty in- stead for flayoring or garnishing. If the garden is too small to, devote one or more beds to parsley, the whole herb garden might be fringed round with it, and the plants them- selves be garnished with its beauty. No portion of any garden, large or small, not even excluding that wholly de- yoted to flowers, will afford more pleasure or be of more service than 4 herb garden, well furnished and kept. Ee Tae From Trape.—We find in a recent issue of The Grover some very interesting statistics regarding the fruit trade of this port. We derive our supplies from the British Bast and West Indies, France, and the French West Indies, Austria, Italy, Spain, Cuba, Porto Rico, Central America, Brazil, Hayti, Mexico, San Domingo, Columbia, and Vene- zuela, The Mediterranean trade shows a slight increase for 1876 over the previous year, while statistics of the West Indies trade shows a large decrease both in amount and value. Perhaps the increased attention paid to fruit culture in the South may have something to do with this. The yalue of the green fruit entered for consumption at the port of New York, from January 1, 1876, to December 31, 1876, is as follows: M. ¢. H. . $$ e—_ _—_— TomAToES, WASPs, ETc.—Some say that tomatoes pre- vent wasps from entering fruit-houses, and a correspondent of Moore's Rural says: ‘Set a tomato plant into each hill of cucumbers, melons and squashes, and you will haye no trouble from the striped bugs that are so destructive to these } plants. The plants can be tied to stakes, and if well pruned when large, both subjects can proceed with their fruitmg without detriment to one another.” _—_—— OO Oo Dirverent Drcrens or Fracrance mm Hyacryras.—Until this winter [ was under the impression that all hyacinths were equally sweet-scented. My attention being drawn to the subject, I find the greatest difference among all the colors; and as we only grow them for their perfume, and neyer trouble with the names, I would be very glad if any of your correspondents who have noticed this peculiarity in ¥ f frnit. t. duty, Valne. ; ; } ; road rs a qin.s neler my oo Pe gioeaei sen hyacinths would giye me a dozen names of each of the three Oranges 998,860) 199,772.00 | colors—red, white and blue—amone sweet-scented tingles. Sraneaes anit 25,210.60 | Foy those who are overpowered by the smell of hyacinths, it Selig caer eee may bean advantage to know the names of those kinds that Limes, Plantains, Grape Fruit, = f are devoid of the true hyacinth perfume, In a pot of three Mangoes, Shaddook, Melons.. 10 3,864 236,10 | reds before me, whilst two pinks are scentless, the perfume DORGAN UE, I aIep 8 Tao mes aes 186,112 tetas of a third, a rose-colored kind, is delicious, the spikes oo all oe oy Ra Os ey a Ca $8,081,603 $594,493,20 | being im perfection. - do. A comparison of the valne of green fruit imported in 1876 with that of 1875 shows a decrease in value of $394,158, and of duty, $85,583.80. ro NOTES ON ORANGE CULTURE. —__>——- Manxparry, Florida; April 14. 1877. SUPPOSE that one-half the young orange trees séb ont in Florida never live to fulfill the expectations of their own- ers. It seems indispensable to success, in raising a grove, that there should be some one to care for the trees from the start, watering them frequently when transplanted, and if they are on high land, refreshing themin this way during the dry season for a year or two, until the top root has time to go deep in the ground and supply the tree itself. Then the weeds and grass are to be kept down; insectsand disease to be guarded against, and there is no spare time; every day can be profitably employed, and the perceptible improve- ment in the grove will repay the care, Under such circumstances not more than five per cent. of the young trees should be lost. If you are fortunate you will save all, but it will indeed be good fortune, for the traes being more or less mutilated in digging up, and often trans- ported long distances, to losé a few seems almost inevitable. Itis best, when possible, to obtain the trees from some nursery near at hand. Takethem up, dirt and all, and set them out, and if this is done with care early in the Florida spring, say in February, and the watering attended to, the tree will never know it has been moved. The great loss among young orange trees is with those who come to Florida to speculate in aloose way in the enter- prise. They buy land, ordertrees here and there, employ rude hands to set them ouf and then go North, when the weather grows warm, leaving their grove to take care of itself, or, what amounts to the same thing, hirmg some incapable person to look after it, while fhey mentally fignre up prospective profits which they willnever get, Let me cite an instance of this kind; The man employed to look after the groye was a carpenter in the habit of job- bing out. I will suppose he meant todo right by his em- ployer, but he conldn't let hammer and nails alone, and sawing was his second nature, He attended to Ferrs Gtven to Jockmys.—The fees earned by a successful jockey, speaking roundly, form the least portion of his in- come, as the presents given him by owners of horses and numerous “admirers,” in the shape of betters, who have backed his mounts, are frequent and valuable. Gold watches, diamond rings, and breast-pins set with rubies; riding horses, dog-carts, and yachts; as well as suits of clothes, new hats, boxes of cigars, and cases of champagne, are frequently bestowed on jockeys who win important races. A noted professional horseman of ten years ago ra- ceived in two seasons as many boxes of cigars as would have Machting and Boating. HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEK. | Date. Boston. | New York.| Charleston | i) a. M. a MM. So Me PPE, eis cesen esas) ssasesse~ 0 & 6 58 6 2 Apr. PGES pects Ee it 16 7 a 7 05 ‘Apr. ,38.. ree eg etc eet mid. 8 27 7 GF Apts Wy se tehar daskagistesastsesde 26 9 14 He cat Apr. .30.. . . 53 BH 1 13 10 «(01 9 20 May., 1, 1 #69 10 «6453 10 07 | May., 2 -- } Broouyy Yacur Onoe,—At the last regular monthly meet- j) ing of this Club, the pe Naet iar report of the Treasurer showed 4 poe of the total amount of $1,372.21; expenditures, $794. | ; balance on hand, $577.54. The Trustees, through their / sine ex-Commodore Dillon, submitted a report recom- * mending that the Club-house at Gravesend Bay be either } leased or disposed of, as it was unsuitably situated and ex- 4 pensive. The matter was referred to the Trustees with { ome The Committee recommended that each member of > the Club be supplied with one ticket, admitting a gentleman | and two ladies th the steamer which is to accompany the } yachts on the June regatta, and that a limited number of | tickets be sold at $2 each for the admission of «a gentleman } and Jady, and $1 for # lady only, which was adopted. No ; Club book will be published this year. The Regatta Com- j mittee recommended a change of the regatta course in order to accommodate craft of larger tonnage than the present yachts 4 of the Club. Tun Countass or Durrurty.—lItseams as though the troubles - of this unfortunate yacht would never cease. Now comes Captain Cuthbert, her former sailing master, and attaches her for wages due him. She now has a marshal on board. and if she is sold under the attachment if is said to be the Captain's intention to buy her in, alter her stem, cut down her overhang, and make such general alterations as will, he ¥ thinks, materiallyincreuseherspeed. Then he will challenge in this summer for the Queen’s cup. The Canadian § stockholders, for the Countess is a stock concern, must be j tired of their yenture. 4 Boat Rack av Bosroy,—A well contested and exciting boxt race came off pt Boston on the 17th inst,, from the end of Commercial wharf. It was between the six crews of the 4 Lakeman Club, and the distance rowed was from the wharf, around the buoy (half way down to Fort Independence) and back, a distance of three miles, the whole trip. The water | was by no means smooth, The boats started a little before § 7 o'clock, and after a hard pull the boat of which R. J. Kelley was stroke camein firsts time, 17 minutes. The next j boat, Peter O'Neil, stroke, was "nearly eyen with it, and the ; third a boat's length behind. The fourth boat, M. Ryder, the fifth, A. Howes, and the sixth, N. Henry, were only 4 abont a boat's length apart. A great crowd of people wit- | nessed the race. —The sales in the retail warerooms of Baldwin the clothier, Broad~ way and Canal street, have amounted ti over seventesn thousand four hundred dollars in ons day, all cash. The Brooklyn branch house has done correspondingly well. It should be remembered that Baldwin 7 fella only men’s und boys’ clothing, and all 0. 0. D,—Hachange. 4 Glew Mublicstions. ee A handbook of fruit culture. By Price, $1. New York: 8. R. How vo Rare Feorts. Thos. Gregg. 12mo., fully illustrated. Wells & Go, Wo have varefully looked oyer this neat hand-book, comparing many of the descriptions with Downing’s ‘Fruitsand Fonit Trees,’ and find ifan exellent digest of the sxperienve and practical remarks of our principal pomologists. The introductory remarks are clear and point- ed, the author plainly slowing thatthe free use of fruitas au article of food is not only economical und healthful, but also a profitable occupa- tion to the grower. The firstpartis taken up with’ “Fruit Culture in general,” with good, practical directions for preparation of the soil, planting and after munsgement, while the latter part is devoted to o description of those kinds of frnits which have obtained a permanent rep- ntation, and which are bestadapted to the climate and soil of the Mid- dle and Western States. While this hand-hook will maet the require- ments of many who wish to know the fruits beet suited for their par- ticular localily, without haying to investin more elaborate books, or wade through a hostof names in furserymien’s catalogues, which to them lave hitle or no meaning, it is also full of yaluable hints and suggestions to the practical fruit grower, Downing, Barry, Thomas, and others are liberally quoted, the author being always careful to give his authority for his statements. We can well indorsé the closing words of fia bricf prospectus sént us: “Its price considered, wo now not the yolums which contains a greater amount of useful in- formation on fruits and their culture, and which is more tastefully gotten up,’ How to Trace Accorpiné To Temperament anp Menran D&rvELOPMEN'T ; ov, Phrenuology in the School-roomaud the Family, By Nelson Sizer,author of “Ohoice of Pursuits,’ ete. 13mo, cloth, pp. 33k. Price $1.50. Naw York; 8S. R. Wells &Co. Appreciative of the fact thata proper classification hes at the basis of true success in teaching, and that there cannot be this classification witbouta correct analysis of the mental faculties, the author of this mew work has entered fully inte the consideration of the mental organ- ism of children, and fiacisses it apart from, and in assddiation with, physival qualities or temperament, He shows how children differ in educational snsceptibility, and why, and prescribes methods for tha training of diffarent classes of minds, Thisisan entirely naw feature in # book intended for the use ofteachers, and its thoughtful consider- ation must prove of great advantage to thom, The text is writtenina | manner which mustattract every reader, and its numerous and apt | illustrations assist the fext greatly in pressing homo the points ad- yanuéd in sucha mannor as to be thoroughly intelligible to cyery class of readers. We takeait that nofeacher who loves his vocation, and aime ta secure the best reeuits, will neglect an opportunity to read this last well-written and well-prinfed contribution to the cause Of edtcation. Domzsticarrp Troup, How to Breed aud Grow Them. By Livingston Stune, U.S. Deputy Fish Gommissiéner. 4 Vol., 16mo. Tilustyated. Tinted paper, bevelled bourds, $2.50, J. R, Osgood & Co., Boston, Areference to Gur adyorfising columms will ehow thab Mr. Stone has issued a new and improyed edition of his yalnable work on breading and growing trout, To tle fish breeder who desires to go into the busi. ness Of rearing: fish with a view to profit, or fhe amiteaur or country gentloman who brecds for amusement, the book is Alike of interest. AON toa largeahd incrensing experience, My. Stone brings a real de. ; Pipe which ea iim to pra cares ea thoroughly ap h nO peste tt yall § anh | Finsr Ann True Love. By George Sand, } of expression, } Mr. Baldwin, 29 2 man of business,2 success. » person or firm that I can send to, to gat a price list of artificial syesicn birdsand animais, 2d. Is there any shooting of any kind of game iin, Ars. -J.j Wallace, 19 North William Sf., New York. Good fish and shooting wasily! | FOREST AND Pa Ct (ss Tur Dorr or Gey. Custer,—The canstic critics of the Lon- dou Saturday Review hare found something im American literature at lust which they can praiau withont qualiflention. It is Whittaker’s “Life of Gan. Custer,’ published by the Sheldons. Tha bookis pro- nounesd by tham fo be eminently livelyand readable. The reviewer esys; ‘Its descriptions of military movements are clearand graphic, and faw of the multitude of military biographies to which the war haz given tise can be read with so much pleasure,"' One saya les paper cover, copiously illustrated. Publishedand for sale by 1.8. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia. George Sand has an exuberant imsgination, withe yery chaste style “Firat and True Lore" is one of her best éfforts, and willno doubt obtain the popularity which her many other popular novels haye done, Price 15 cents, — Appletons’ Journal for May gives the second paper on the ‘Austrian Arctic Expedition,” thea interest of which groatly exceeds that of the first paper. Itis, indosd, one of the most entertaining and thrilling records of Arctic adventure that has appeared for along time. The article ts fully illustrated, Constanoe Tonimere Woolson has a atory of early Virginia colonial life, that’ is alrikingly original in its in- cidents and method. Another short story, by Matilda Joslyn Gage, entitled ‘(Lhe Walking-Fern," is of American yillyge life; it has some good characterization and unhackneyed incidents, . Julian |Hawthorne, under the title of ‘‘The Great White Wall,” describes, in his owi charac teristic and effective style, features of the English south coast, There is a paperby Mr. Eggleston on the peculiar religious sects in Russia, derived frem Wallace’s and Hepworth Dixon's tecant books on that country. Mr. George M, Towle gleans some of the best points in Har- viet Martineau's autobiograpliy; Lucy Hooper explains the intricate Jaws of Parisian etiquette; and Mra. Churéh discusses séasonably the making oftountry and city gardens, There ars poems by Stoddard, John Moran, and Nora Perry, the one by the Jettier being accompanied by an admirable illustration from the pancilief Alfred Fradericks, The serial “Cherry Ripe!" despans in dramatic interest. The sditorial de- partments are as full as usual. Baldwin's Monthly. This neat and admirably conducted | periodical comée to us this mouth with its usually rich and varied freight. Mr. Baldwin is sminently judicions in his choice of acorpsa of contributors, and succeeds in investing the Monthly with an interest and yariety unknown to many more pretentious publications. The subjects of whieh it treats are literature and literary men, art, music and general topics, Itmay be said, ie fact, that in tone and judgment the Monthly ia the literary illustration of the qualities which have made He gives his readers the work of the best writera of the time, just as he gives his customers the | best workmanship of the day. ausweys Yo Qoryespondents. —— No Netice Yaken of Anunymous Communications. —————— 8.S.P.—Whatist, reputation ofthe A. Lancaster (London) gun? L understand it ia equal to Pape, Dougal or Scott, Ans. First-class, and equal te those named. A. B.8B., New York.—Will Honry Fisher, who published an article on browning gun-barrels in owe issue of Novembor 2, 1876, send his ad- dress tc A. B. B., care thie office. FP. W- E., Milburn, N. J.—Where can I procure a copy of tha report of the New Jersey Fish Gemmissioners? Ans. Address D, H, Anderson, Fish Commissioner, Trenton N. J. Teeur, Greene, N, ¥—Is there good trout fishing in any part of Dela- ware County? if so,at what place? Which is the best for salmen-trout, Bpoon or liye bait? What spoonis the bast to usain tolling for sal-! mon-tront? Ans. The trolling spoon in May and June sand live or } artificial minnow in midsummer and fall. MoHarg. Buel and Ghap men's #poonus are all good, WRIEND, Brattlehoro.—Will you please give me an address of-some amy season of tha year in the vicinity of Bay City, Michigan? . Peached from Bay City. H. G. B., Ottawa.—Will you kindly inform mo the charge-o! powder | and shot (giving No, of shot) that Captain Bogardiie now usesiyr ducks; | also what kind of metallic shells he uses for field shoating’? My gun is Ank&. We ‘prestime he uses about & drachms powder, and 137 ounce No. 4 shet, Ge uses Hart's ame as his. 10-bore, 10 pounds weight. shells. W.'l. R., New York.—Please inform meif you bes examined into the merits of the Miller ‘‘recoil-check,” for gna; and, if so, your opinion of it, und whether you would advise dts.attachment to fine guns that may have arathor unpleasant recoil? Ans. We have not ex- amined if personally, but sre informed by those who haye that it auswers the purpose admirably, A, B., Lancaster.—a's dog serves D's bitch, the bargain is $10 and!’ CT .3.5 Albany, N. ¥.—Will you pleege inform me where T oan ob- tains good book that will post me on My fishing, and the price, and obhge? Ang. There is no work devoted to the art of fly fishing. Sesit*s Fising ig American Waters, Norris’ American Angler's Book, Roosevelt's Game Fish of the North, Dawson's Pleasures of Augling. ‘and Hallock's ishing Tourist, all contains good deal of general infor- 2d. Yes. Gd. No, Pe ‘mation on this subject, i W. £S.—1st. I have am English fih'‘stampéed “Wilmot, London.’ ‘PHENEX, Michigan.—f read in your paper of prepared white fish spawn, called ‘'Cayiave, I think. Can you tell me how it is prepared, ‘and where thereisa market for it? Ans. Cavaire is prepired from the roe of the stnrgees or other fish, by salting them in such a manner that they donot easily become fetid. It is used over the civilized world, buy, the principal manufactoriés, as wellas consumption, are in Rusvia. Faiz, Loutsyille, Ky.—My pointer has had n bsd at taok of distem- per, His appetite is good, but he has a rnnning at the eyes and is yery Weak; in walking, often staggers. Ans, Thasymptoms given are alto- gether teo meagre to enable us to prescribe for your dog. Ii heis recovering from an attack of distemper, the best treatment you can fol- low ia to giye him agsuiicieucy of nouristing food and a tonic of, say fiye grains quinine and ten drops tincture of iron per day, ¢.L, V., Millenvills, N, ¥.—Can you farnish moe with a completed list of <«Aidubon’ a” works, either new or second-hand; alzo ‘Waynard’s Natmralist’s"Guide," and ‘‘Coues’ Field Ornithology ?* 2 80, what will 6 your price? Ass, We cannot furnish the books asked for. The price of Audubon, whioh is yery rare, is $100, an@ you will have to ad- yertiseforacopy. Field Ornithology ($2.50), dnd Maynard’s Guide ($2), wan be bought ef Dodd, Mead & Go., 751 Broadway. W. 8,, Rouse’s Point.—lst. What is the matter with my spaniel? He is alwaya scratching his car and often f*drush him, and when I brush his car he seems to like it. He appears to be perfectly well other ways, 2d, Whst is good for lice or fleas? “Fd. At what age would you begin to train acocker? Ans. Ist. Your deg has canker, Dissolye 20 grains of sulphate ofcopper in eight ounces of water, and pour a little In the sar night and morning. 2d. The’best thing wa know of is Steadman’s Fie Powder, which can bs had&f W. Holberton, 102 Nassau Street, this city, 3d. Six months. G. 8. B., Washington, D. C.—1. How can wild game be ‘tréated dt preserved, so as to stand the voyage to England? “9d. Can fire stock of » gun bewent from 13{ inch drop to 234 inch drop ‘without injury to it? 3d. Will it hurt the honing qualities of puppies to let them see andsms]l partridges thatare confined in a to6m—the reom is large and hastrash, &c.,in it? Ans. ist. In-véary colt weather tho birds will keep without any preparaticn, although if'mipuc be well to draw and stuif them with charcoal. At other -seadotis ‘they would keep in wefrigeratozs of the sama kind ws those'ndwnséd for transporting moat, | Is the firm one of note, and can yon tétommend theirmake? 3d, Do you #itok that a stalkine horse"chuld be made and used to advantage with “ducks? T have séen‘accotats of them in an English wark: $4.%Go you think that tleer Gc%ta the increase in the Adirondacks since ithe dog ordinance has been psased forbidding houndivg? Ana. Ist. We ids not know a mbker 6ftkat name. 2d. It might; m mule or gentie ‘zorse accustomed to'padhare in the neighberhood of where the dpeks Teed, answers véry weil. 3d. On the contrary, quite the reverse; qore are killed on the shew than are spared by the hounds, os RIV“ OR SHOTGUN, Harrisburg.—Will you please answar through your papér whith you consider the most scientific shooting? Te ii with Tifle or shvt-fun ?—general shooting taken in consideration. We Wad an arfumeri, and concluded to leaya it with you. ns. The two modes of shooting ars so different, that while the sama ‘Tacnities of eye und neryé'arc required in both, it would ba as difficult to discriminate be- _tireen. them as between sculpture and painting. If wecousider the ap- pliates used and the mathematical considerations necessary, we shonld - cay that rifie-shooting, as practiced for instance at Oreedmoor, was {lis “moat scientific, in the strict application of the word, "Ty Wi Philadelphia. —Ist. Whatwill cure my setter dog of déafnéss? : £1 Fo 6 is aheut one year old and not broken. He. has been deaf ‘for tha iy ‘ast six montis, eyer since I kayo had him. Haye you ever heard of jw! setter tiogs being born deaf? ‘2d. Hjs color is dark-brown, spotted with white, bushy tail, small head; what kind of a setters ‘he from this dés eription? Ans. Ist. We do not believe that your dog can be cured of deafness, certainly if the predisposing cause‘is ‘not known. We ndver have heard of a dog being born deaf, 2d. Ti would be impossible to tell the breeding of yeur setter without sesing him, but from your desorip- 4 tion, we should say that he had colkoy blood in him. a \ i 5 T, F. M., New York.—What is ‘the value of land in the sonthern part of Tennessee, sayin the County of Franklin? How long is it before grants of land are outlawed when no taxes haya been paid? I hays deedsof land in that vdunty on which no takea haya been paid for nearly nineteen years, fas it any good ? if g0, where should Igo to inquire aboutit? Ans, Astic" theactual value of land in the county named, wa can j sive no positiveenas ver; we apprehend, however, that much depends upon i} “the locality: and: dmproyements, Matters have been, soto speak, mixed so | since the’ Wau, that we fancy you would have no difficnity in reclaiming your land. We would suggest to yon to write to the County Clerk of Frakifi Sounty, who can give all information . Pisinz, Camp McDermit, Nev.—ist. I Hage a double-barrel breech. lod@itg shot-gun in which Tuge ‘Draper's '’ brasa shells: after firing oné Bere and if the bitoh don’t have pups, to‘bo nothing, Now ths bitch, six‘or eight shots, I baye a difficulty in extracting the shell, as the gives birth to ten puppies, all dead; they syereone day ahead of tine: im, ‘diamber gets dirty from the smoke or burut powder which gets be- ought B pay the $10ornot? Ang. According to all precedent, B should + sween the shell and the chambers. Ia this the case with all bréeoh- ) pay the $10. His bitch was in whelp to A’s dog: her missing miuiis, ¥ loaders using brass shells, and is thera any way of remedying it? Is haye been caused by his (B’s) megligancs. ED. H., Allentown.—Can you recommend any particular sivie of wading pants, boots or stockings, for general use in the rough motin. tain stréams of Pennsylyania ? able boot to be the ordinary thigh rubber boot. You ean, howeyer, procure Mackintosh wading stockings, covering the thigh, io be worn inside of army shoes perforated with holes, to psrmit the free ingress and egress of water, the shobsywotecting the stockings ‘from stones, D, BE, Strasburg, Va.—tst. Would you pleséaist me know where the Plympton parlor skate, thet you mention ixsyour paper, can be ob- tained, and price? also-if Shera is any work on Darlor-skating teaching the figures, and where ‘it éun be found, with price? 2d, What is the name or author ofthe best datest work on evoquet rules? Ang; Ist. Weare informed that the Plympion skyte cannot be purchascd, There isan English work on skating, but we believe thatno book car instructin this art, 2d, Messre. Peck & Snydee, of this city, hayea work on ero- quet; price 25 cts. T. J- D., Gilford,—t havea sick dog, he has a sore in his ears; if runs s0ms6 andsmiélls bad. His hesdcis mot sore but feels bad, und 1 think his cars itch, for héscratches'them? Ans. Your dog has canker, and as you have allowed it torun for over a year it will be diffenult to cure him. First, wash the ears thoroughly with Castile soap and warm water, and after thoroughly drying them, pour in enough to fill the ear of the following lotion twise a day : Goulard’s extract and wine of opintm, each one half ounce; sulphate of gine, one half drachm; wa ter, Boyen onndes, mix, THAvorvs, Minnesota,—The «iseo of Genova Lake ia nota coregonen (family of white-fish), although it was formerly considcred such until Agassiz pointed out that it was differant. Itis a cisco, called by Jordan, Arjyrosmus clupeiformis siseo. Tt te found, acvording to him, in lakes _Nemahbin, Oconomowoc, La Belle, ete., of Wisconsin, and in Take Tip- pepe Judiann, Tt makes its appourancu in Geneya Lake and at Wi a re i ton days, when it disappeurs altogatiye a fo a igs > Ams. We have found the moat geryice- there any means of loading buck-shot thatit will not scatter more than four or six feet square at 150 or 200 yards? 2a. Do you thinkit probable that I could become proficient in the artof taxidermy by information I could obtain from books on the subject, with full instructions required by a beginner, and what would bé the price? What would a first-class taxidermist charge for a course of instructions? Ang. The trouble is owing to your shell not fitting anng to the shoulder of the chamber. 2d. You could Icarn by patient practice and some slight instrue- tions. Coues' “Field Ornithology’ would be a useful book; it costs about $1.50. We know of no instructor in taxidermy. JONAS, Selma, Ala.—Pleass inform me during what months blaclr bass bite best in Southern States, and what is tho best bait for them? Ans. Bass fishing is habitually practised in the Potomac in April, and from April to June, at which time the fish ron up the river to spawn, We aré not sure but that the Ist of May is about the very beat timo for bass fishing in the Potomac. Black bass is essentially a summer fish, They are taken up to Noyember on Southern waters, and in Florida all through thé winter. But the close season, as defined by the law of Virginia, extendas from 15th May untillstof July. The lawa of different States vary a fortnight orsofrom this date. To find the most killi @ Dalit in your locality you will haye to experiment. ‘Try the artifice fly of yarious patterna, live minnows, a troll with spoon or spinning bait, If your waters gre large enough, usa sail or row boat and aspoon on two hundred feet of line, with eight-foot rod and reel, or if small ponds throw the spoon near the weeds with a stiff rod, and draw it sidewsys trom the bow of the boat, or skitter with artificial minnow, Por still fishing uae the tail of crawdish, or hell granites, frogs, grasg- hoppors, beatles, worma, earval and tha like, UnbowpreDuy one of the beat and cheapest stooks of Carpetings, Oil- Cloths, Matting, etc., etc.,to be fonnd in the United Statea is that of Mesers. Tony H. 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No advertise- ment or business notice of an immoral character will be receiyed 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 deroliction of the mail service, if money remitted to ns is lost, Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, if possible. Ge Trade supplied by American News Company. CHARLES HALLOCA. Editor and Businers Manager DON’T YOU FORCET IT. —On the Ist of May next the office of Forzsr axp Stream will be removed back to its original quarters, 103 Fulton Street. Tue Huoyrers’ Camp ar tHe CenrenntaL Grounps.—This structure, which attracted so much attention at the Centen- nial Nxhibition grounds (the registered names of its visitors alone reaching 20,000), was donated to the Fairmount Park Commissioners by the proprietors of Forrsr anp Sirream, who erected and exhibited it, and will be a permanent fix- ture until decay destroys it. Many illustrated papers, in- chiding Harper and Frank: Leslie, published engravings of it, and several paintings have been made. The most beautiful of pllof them is nowon exhibition at the studio of John Kesel, artist, 814 Wood Street, Philadelphia, a photograph of which now lies before ns. It is indeed a most charming stndy, and a pleasant memory of the great Centennial Ex- hibition days. The size of the picture is 24x28 inches. The price is $200. Were we not poor, we would buy it and hang if up in our sanctum as a lasting memento of the show. The next best wish is that some of our friends may buy it for their own pleasure and satisfaction. +e Rancurey Laxes.—We print to-day the first of a series of articles by Thomas Sedgwick Steele, of Hartford, Conn., on the great Rangeley trout region, Maine. A series of similar letters were issued in September 1874, through the columns of the Evening Post of Hartford, and, until the article which recently appeared in Soribner’s, was about the first to open to the public in detail that interesting locality, Mr. Steele has been one of our steadfast friends from the first starting of the Forrsr axp Srruam, and in addition to his reputation as & writer im this and other papers, employs his leisure moments in fhe painting of trout, which studies haye been hung in the yarious Art Galleries of this country, three of them being now on exhibition at the Academy of Design, corner 23d Streetand 4th avenne. Mr. Steeleis partner in the firm of 'T. Steele & Son, importers, Hartford, Conn. ae Kinwane & Oo,’s Cicarnnrrns,—We acknowledge the receipt, of a package of fine cigarettes from Kimball. & Co,, of Roch- ester, N. Y. Vive prize medals lave been awarded to this well-known firm. Their smoking tobacco is also much esteemed, and the sales, we understand, are very large, * FOREST AND STREAM. THE DEER OF GALIFORNIA. —_—_—<.__—— HAT traditional authority, “the oldest inhabitant,” re- ports that ‘way back in the early days of California there were white-tailed deer to be found in the land. How- ever that may have been in the times gone by, the hunters of to-day find only the black-tailed kind; and around many a camp fire, in yarning time, men are found who say that “the oldest” aforesaid hes laid down the rifle for the long bow. and is a dead shot with the latter weapononly. Some hunt- ers say that there are two varieties of the black-tailed deer in addition to the barro deer, and attempt to distinguish them by the names of “brush” and ‘‘mountain” deer; the better founded opinion is that they are not distinct varieties, but the same, and that differences in habit can bo easily ac- counted for by the different conditions pertaining to locali- ities—for example; in the County of Los Angeles, Sonthern California, within « distance of sixty miles from the blue waters of the Pacific, black-tail deer are fonnd, ranging in altitudes yarying from ten to ten thonsand feet above the sea level, with climatic conditions yarying from the semi-tropi- cal plains and valleys perfumed with the sweet breath of orange and pomegranate flowers, to the pine-clad ridges and snowy summits of the Coast Rangé Mountains. On the const-line side of these mountains there aré no deer save the black-tail, the barro being found only on the desert side, and somewhat rarely there. From the coast line to themain sierra the plains and valleys are intersected by short ranges, vidgy and broken, covered generally with 4 dense growth of serub oak, mountain mahogany, some shumate and manzanite, and a great deal of what the native Californians call chemisal, a compound of most everything brushy, in- cluding sage, greasewood, poison oak and wild plum. These ranges vary from a few hundred to about two thousand feet in height; and the first five thousand feet of the main range has a similar growth and formation, Aboye the fiye thon- sand foot level the character of the vegetation and the na- ture of the range change. The slopes and the ridges are longer and smoother, although rocky in many places; and pine and fir timber, toa great extent, take the place of the brush, which, however, is larger, and reinforced by the white thorn, and manzanite in many places maintains its su- premacy. The habits of the deer differ so materially in the successive altitudes and temperatures, that our close season, to afford adequate protection, should be almost always im ex- istence in some part of the county. On the coast the rutting season begins in July; on the highest mountain ranges not until October, and in some seasons éyen so late as December. The times for shedding antlers, dropping fawns, and changing the red coat for the blue, of course yary accordingly, In appearance the so-called mountain and brush deer are precisely similar, except that in the mountain deer the blue coat is darker and the hair thicker; and being seen in 4 More open country, and often times on high points with only the sky for a background, they appear taller and more majestic. In their breeding habits they yary avcord- ing to locality, as already stated, The bucks in the rutting senson travel further in search of the does, and are fiercer in fight than those of the lower, warmer lands. When hunted, the mountain deer rarely descends orattempts to keep on a leyel with his pursuer, but at once strikes for the high tidges and points, and if followed, shows mo hesitation in leaying his accustomed haunts. He never, unless wounded, doubles on his track or attempts to hide. Depending for satety entirely upon good legs, keen eye, quick ear, and a nose almost equal to that of the mountwin sheep, he has little fear of wolves, but finds enemies enough in mountain lions, the larger cats, and in man—Indian and otherwise. He seldom furnishes food for bear, but his fawns are often taken by the eagle and California condor, in spite of the efforts of their dam, who, with eager fect, shows fight, and sumctimes loses her own life in endeayors to protect the fawn, but not unfrequently succeeds in escaping with them to thiek brush, where the fierce birds cannot follow. ‘The deer found in the brushy hills and plams near the coast have the same enemies, and more of them, except that lions are scarcer, and they are yery seldom troubled by the con- dor, which bird affects the mountains rather than the lower ranges. When the brush deer is hunted, he depends npon circling, doubling back, hiding, and in fact anything rather than trusting to his legs to protect him, He will often allow himself to be approached within twenty or thirty feet in thick brush if he thinks himself nnseen, and attempt to sneak back behind his pursuer. The country he inhabits is so dry that he has, except on very damp days, but little fear of being followed by scent, and he knows, by both instinct and experience, that bis hope of safety is im the thickest brush he ¢an find, If hnonted much he stays in the brush all day, and ranges at night; a moonlight night is his especial delight. He cultivates fat and cunning, and is, in spite of the troubles arising from his close proximity to civilization, whappy sort of a fellow. Like his mountain brother, his domestic cares are few; his are the pleasures, nof the troubles of married life. Fora month or two he fights and frolies, does the gallant beau, and at the end of the season's dissi- pations goes back to his bachelor haunts to prepare for an- other campaign. He leaves family cares to Mrs. Blacktail Doe; she looks closely after family matters, and sees little of her errant lord until all trouble with fawns is over, and they are able to go out on the wide world nnd shift for them- selyes, ‘The does of the black-tail deer bear fawns in their second year. The first parturition is generally of a single fawn, after that generally tyo, and triplets, ulthough yare, are not unheard of. The fans remain with the doe until the rutting season, sometimes until she is heayy with young, und cases are known, though of unfrequent occurrence, where mother snd daughter hove dropped fawns together 1 7 The fawns are dappled with white spots when born. ‘These spots fade gradually info the red, and are entirely lost with the first change of coat. At the commencement of the rut- fing season both bucks nnd does are fat, the former at their fattest; the does continue in good flesh until their fayus are dropped, the bucks speedily run down, and at the close of the season are very poor, their horns soon drop off, and they loaf around singly or in bands of from tio to a dozen await- ing the sprouting of another pair, Their once sleek and handsome blue conts begin to look worn and sunburnt, and hang all too loosely where they once fitted tight and snug. This is their critical time of the year; their systems re- laxe_, poor in flesh and in spirit, they are peculiarly liablo to succumb to (lisease and the attacks of their enemies. Fortunately for them their flesh is of small savor, and the hunter passes them by—even a tow-head yearling is better meat. In amonth or so their horns commence sprouting; two little grey, velvet-covered knobs, appear on the back of the skull, lifting the skin with them; they grow until four -or five inches in length; they branch, they grow more and branch more nntil they are a fine pair of antlers done in velvet; they are quite tender, full of blood, and made out of & soft, bony tissue, under the yelvet, Finally this bony tissue hardens into bone, the blood is absorbed, the velvet cover dries and cracks—begins to have a ragged, rusty look. The horns nt this season are like pliant steel, in the way they spring back to shape when bent; they itch, and tha buck finds great relief in rubbing them against trees and the hard stems of bushes, preferring brush hardened by fire, which has consumed the smaller twigs and the leayes. ‘This rubbing, as nature intended it should, frees the hom from the velvet, cleans and polishes it, until finally it is perfect as a weapon and an ornament. While the antlers have been growing, other changes haye taken place: the old coat of hair has changed from blue to red, and in the red has faded, loosened, fallen ont, and been replaced by a bran new cont of blne grey. Toayoid the pain caused by striking his tender growing horns against the bushes, the buck has taken no more exercise than is sufficient to supply him food; he has slept and eaten well, food has been abundant, of excel- lent quulity; heis fat and strong, and is soon ready for another campaign among the does, to enter the lists at every tourney he cen find, and hold them, too, against all comers, to win favors in his Indy’s eyes. To this writing these are perfect deer, but there are others, too—cactus bucks and barren does—which, from a loss of procreative power, live under changed conditions. ‘’he barren does are always fat, generally found alone, and are much esteemed for venison. The cactus bucks, socalled from the supposed resemblance of their horns to the young plant of fhe cholla cacti, present one striking peculiarity: theirhorns are alyays malformed, diseased, and neyer out of yelyet, Itis almost certain that they are never shed, and are a constant source of annoyance to the deer so uniortunate as to wear them. They grow a gnarled, distorted mass of diseased bone, in almost every conceivable shape, sometimes one horn, often two, like a man’s hand, a cactus, a bird’s wing, a strangely twisted root, sometimes on one side only, sometimes growing down over one eye or an ear, growing back oyer the neck, or down the forehead. In every case of this kind the testicles nro found to be either injured, diseased, or entirely wanting. The deer are generally in good order, and often fat. In Southern California deer are seldom found in bands, except during the rutting seasons, Traditions of large bands come down tous from ‘the early days,” but bands of thirty are very rare at present, and bands of fifty, occasionally seen in the Tejou Mountains, are regurded as great curiosities. Albinoes are sometimes reported in the shape of white and spotted deer, but are so rarely met with that the last well-authenti- cated case is that of a large spotted doe, in the red, with lurge, pure white spots, killed by sn old hunter af Agua Caliente, in 1846. Hybrids ate very rare, and when met with are the result of a croxs between the barro deers and blacktails. The barro deer, so numerous in some portions of Arizona, is found im Southern California, only on the desert side of the Coast Range Mountains. In color and in habits generally it resembles the blacktail deer, but is much heavier and of a stouter build; its ears are larger, neck shorter, legs thicker, and its body much squarerset. Its tail is a little larger than that of the blacktail deer, black on top, white underneath, and much shorter than its ear, re- sembling that of the common ‘blacktail decr” in color and appearance. It looks like a now model blacktail deer given. increased size, modeled and proportioned somewhat sfter the style of a jackass built for speed, and without doubt was christened “‘barro" by the Mexicans on account of its gen- eral resemblance to the domestic animal of that mame. In 1869 one, a buck, was shot near the Forks of the Mojave River, by s hunter of tiuch experience with deer, and by him estimated to weigh threa hundred and twenty-five pounds. The average estimated weight of seven Iilled within a distance of forty miles of the Mojaye in 1870 was two hundred pounds each for the bucks, four in number, and one hundred and fifty for the three does. Of about thirty head of blacktail deer killed the same year by the same hunters, only one would have over one hundred and fifty pounds, and the average bucks not more than one hundred and twenty, the does ranging from ninety to one hundred and ten pounds. tt Novice ro Spunrsatey.—Haying received so many communications asking us forinformation in regard to our six-seetiun bamboo trout, black bass, grilau and salmon roda, we have prepared a cirewlar on the subject, which we sliall take pleusure in forwarding tusany addcces, We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from S15.e0 $15, Wa pht our stamp only on the best, in order to prowot our customers: and our reputation, for ws ave unwilling to sell a poor rod with « false enumel (made by burning and staining, to imitate the genuine without letting our customers 1 _ PO, Box 1,204,—Ado. i FOREST AND STREAM. 151 PORTABLE SHOOTING BOXES: x TS W* wish to call especial attention tothe advertisement in this week’s issue of the portuble houses which the Messrs. O'Brien of Yonkers are mow prepared to con- struct for sportsmen and summer sojourners in this country. The accompanying design and specifications give a very accurate: ides of thei construction, and the uses to which they may be put. The Messrs. O’Brien haye had the con-~ tract of fitting the rustic work in Gilmore’s Garden since that enterprise was initiated. We have more than once bronght this subject to the no- tice of our readers, and fora longtime have labored to induce some enterprising firm to nudertake their manufacture for the benefit of those whose purposes they are well calculated to serve. We have outselves seen these houses put to a ya- Tiety of uses, and knowing their value, haye wondered why our suggestions haye been so coldly received by those who we thought would be eager to adopt them, Failing clse- where, we think we have at last found the right men in the right place. The Messrs. O’Brien have obligingly taken our yiews into consideration, and afte much careful study of plans, which should combine both convenience and cheap- ness, Deliave that thay can now fill every requirement. The idea of portable houses is not new. Dwellings, and eyen churches, have long ago been constructed in sections and shipped to California, South America, and elsewhere, where they haye been put together in a brief space of time. Within twenty-four hours villages have occupied places which were previously waste and unoccupied. With equal facility thoy can be tuken down and again removed to other sites more dosirable, ifsuch a change be required. We can readily conceive that among a people so restless and fond of change as we of America, especially those who annually seek a femporary sojourn in some summer rural, such a class of houses would prove very desirable. Dissatisfied with a chosen location, or wearied after atime with surroundings that had become monotonons, or necessitated to remove from the seaside to the mountain, or seek a change of climate, no sacrifice of property by forced sale or absolute abandon- ment would be compelled. Not even the purchase of ground would beinyolyed. Hundreds of choice spots night be tem- porarily leased which could not be bought. Indeed, ad- vantages various and wonderful can be imagined if not enumerated. Houses of one, three, or even ten rooms can be constructed in this manner, with more or less conyeni- ences and ornamentation, at an expense yery considerably less than buildings erected in the ordinary way. For summer recreation they need no lath, plaster. or heavy ma- terial. Planed boards, tongued and grooyed, laid on orna- mental joists and rafters, painted outside in colors, and grained inside to represent any wood desired, can be made highly attractive. ~ This class of structures, howeyer, does not call for our especial attention. Our desideratum isa cheap building of one or two rooms, put together in the rough, affording com- fort only, to be used whiere the period of temporary sojourn is to ocenpy a month or more, either asa camp for the angler in summer, or tha gunner in fall or winter. It can ba shipped to the ducking grounds along the coast, or be used by fishermen engaged in seining. It will serve the thousands who annually swarm upon the ice of the great lakes for winter fishing, It is alike useful as a lodge for game keepers, graziers or herders. Tt is a complete and comforta- ble protector against the storms which so often make dyell- ets in tents miserable. It insures a good, dry bed, and well cooked meals. Such a building, wholly suitable, the Messrs O'Brien can construct for the trifling sum of $135; and when once made, will last for an indefinite time. It is economy itself, In furthering this project, the gentlemen who advertise haye been prompted by no spirit of speculation. They simply endeavor to meet what we believe to be the require- meuts of sportsinen and others whose pursuits make such a class of buildings desirable; and being sportsmen them- selves of long experience are well capable of judging what the requirements of sportsmen are, No doubt numbers of these portable houses will dot the shores of many lakes and moun- tain streanis before two years roll around. Seyéral associa~ tions haye been formed, owning large tracts of territory, which inyite the erection. of cottages within their domains; and what can be more suitable than these, and what more easily erevted in out-of-the-way places where no) facilities exist for house building? We leave the question to the good judgment of our renders; merely adding that stich honses are in usein Great Britain, where they are as regularly ad- yertised in the sporting journals as any class of sportsmen’s goods. é —<—$<<< era" GAME PROTECTION. Ney Yorr.—We are pleased to learn that our good friend Panivan, of the Utiea Herald, has been elected President of the Central New York Sportsmans’ Olub of that city, Ruone Isuanp.—At the third annual meeting of the Rhode [sland State Association for the Protection of Game and Fish, heldat Providence, Wednesday evening, April 1ith, the following named officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Henry T. Root; First Vice-President, William E. ‘Taber; Second Vice-President, Jolm Howe; Third Vice-Pres- ident, Rey- F. H. Hemperly; Fourth Vice-President, Dr, Amos J Hawes; Fifth Vice-Pr ident, William H. Wilmarth; i L. H. Gutler; reasyrer, ©. FP. Pope; Advocate; nae ahs ry on ae ee s an; Managing Board, Messrs. Edgar Pratt, YVircmuma.—The Virginia Legislature has recently passed soine yery important hills relating to fishand game. The first applies to the protection of fish above tidewater, and briefly is as follows; Suc. 1 prohibits the taking of any fish in the waters of the commonwealth, except bail fish, aboye tidewater for a period of six years, by any means except angling with hook and line, Sec, 2 makes a close season for trout (Salmo fontinalis) from September 15th until April ist, and for black bass or pond bass (Southern chub) from May 15th until uly Ist, and shooting or speizring either of these fish is prohibited. The succeeding sections apply to haying in possession the use of poisons, ete., and the penalties, the latter of which is fixed at twenty dollars, or thirty days imprisonment for each offence. The act goes into foree immediately. The second act is for the protection of fish in tidewater. The following ure its principal features: Sc. 1 prohibits the use of purse nets in Chesapeake Bay at night or on Sundiy, or in any of the rivers or ereeks of the State, or within two miles of the month of said rivers or wreeks. Pound nets are also prohibited ina like manner, and the latter nets are also prohibited in any of the waters of the commonwealth during the months of June, July and Angust, or in such manner at any time as to obstruct the channels, The act goes into operation November 30th of this year. In this latter act it seems to us that the framers of the law have erred in placing the prohibition upon pound nets dur- ing themonth named, instead of the three months preceding, or atleast during April, May und June. Tf is during these months that the great Northern migration of sea fishes takes place, and it has been found that to induce these fishes, such as the blue fish, weak fish, sheepsbead, etc., to return to their old spawning ind feeding grounds, in the waters of New Jersey and New York, pounds must be abolished during the months named. The mischief ig all done before July, and the same would occur in more Southern waters at an earlier date. The act for the protection of game is as follows: Snc. 1 makes a close scason for partridges (quails) between February Ist and November Ist, and setting or trapping is prohibited until after the expiration of two years from the passage of the act. Suc. 2 makes a close season for ruffed grouse from Febru- ary Ist until August Ist, for woodcock between February Ist and July Ist, for robins between April Ist and Noyember ist, and protects insectivorous birds. Src. 3 makes it unlawful to kill or capture any wild water fowl between April Ist and September Ist, except summer duck and sora (rail), and prohibits the killing of wild fowl between dark and daybreak, or the use of any gun that can- not be held at arm’s length. Wild geese may be killed either during day or night providing reflectors are not used at night. Sec. 4 protects wild turkeys between February Ist and October 15th, Sxc, 5 prohibits the capture of mocking birds, Src. 6 provides that marsh hens or their eggs shall not be taken before June 20th, or willets hefore July 20th. ~ Sec. 7 protects dear from December 15th until August 15th of the next succeeding year. The remaining sections refer to penalties, ete. Maynzsora,—The Lake Pepin Sportsman's Olub is prepar- ing for a vigorous campaign during the coming season. At their last meeting the following officers were elected: Presi- dent, G. W. Lemley; Vice-President, L. 5. Van Vliet; Secre- tary, D. ©. Dstes, re-elected; Treasurer, F. Rueckert, re- elected; Managing Committee, 0. Gibbs, E. A. Patton, J. MeCroden, Chas. Wise, Wim. Morris, Nate Patton and Chas. Schmuser. Wrsconsiy.—The Lepislature of Wisconsin has also passed anew gamelay. Byits provisions ruffed grouse and prairie- chickens are protected from snares and nets, fhe close sea- sons remaining the sume. Deer are protected by a close season, extending from January 1 to September 15. Tee sectiyorous birds are protected at all seasons. The most important section is that referring fo wild fowl shooting on Lake Koshkonong, which we print in full: ‘Tt shall not be lawful for any person, at any time or In any place, ipo avy of the waters of Lake Koshkonong, or Rock River, iu the Connties of Rock, Dane and Jefferson, in this State, to shoot at, catch, kill, wound, destroy, or to pursue any duck ur other wild fowl, while bedded in flocks on their feeding or roosting grounds, bythe aid, meaus, or usé of any float, punt-boat, sneak-bout, or similar device or siucture, however known or called, or to shoot ator pursue hy any Aid or means whatsoever, any such duck or other wild fowl, botween the ours of eight o'clock in the aiternoon and three o'tlockin the forenoon of the following day; nor shall it be Jawiul for auy person to build, or to use, for the purpose of hunting or shooting duck or other wild fowl, upon any of the lakes, riyers, streams, or marshes, in this State, any sunicen or floaling boxes or batteries, or any other similar devyive or structure, however known or called, or to sail for any wild fowl of any kind in, or foshoot at thom from any vessel, propelled by steam or sails, or from any boat or other structure attached to the same.” —A New York gentleman camped out in Florida last win- ter with a party, and they killed 705 quail, 697 snipe, 37 ducks, 63 deer, 10 turkeys, 9 fox squirrels, 1 fox, 8 wild cats, 2 sandhill cranes, 1 eagle, 1 woodcock—grand total of 1,534. He says: “Had we hunted deer only, all day long and every day, I feel confident we could have killed, at least calculation, 175. But we only killed them as we needed them, and then re- turned to camp. Though the number we have slain seems large, it must beremembered that the Southern deer are yery small as compared with those of the North. If we had used even the whole of the spare time after deer hunt- ing, the number of quail could haye been quadrupled, and of snipe doubled. Turkey hunting requires great core and patience, two qualities we did not put to the test to amy ex- tent, or we might have killed several more of the noble birds, for there were plenty of them within 1 mile of camp. Dueks were very numerous, and correspondingly wild. Please always to béarin mind that we have wasted not a bit of game. If we have had ot times more than we needed ourselves we haye given it to friends,” oO ed a laallg oie mal in season in Florida, and quite Ax Avrsor’s Homm.—Charles Lanman, Esq., of George- town, D. C,, is an embodiment of what is expressed in the simple words, ‘fishing tourist.” Asan wngler he is better imown to the generation of fishermen who are rapidly fal- lowing Thad, Norvis over the border, than to those who are just now stepping ir. He has fished almost all waters of the United States at a time when the yenture required wore pluck and hardthood than it mow does to go around the yyorld; when stage coaches were, indeed, almost tha only convey- ances, and steamboats not fairly introduced, The material which he then fished out from therunning brooks, lakes and rivers of our country, from the Saguenay to Lake Superior, writing ashe went, had a freshness about it which is not ap- parent now when the book is no longer sealed, and the things then hidden haya become familiar object§. Much information has Lanman contributed to the geography and natural history of the country, and it is yery creditable to the earefulness of his observations and the accuracy of his statements that many of his observations then madeand re- counted are now substantiated and adopted by our bost scientific authorities. No doubt, in the present vigor of his ripe maturity, he would disclaim the insinuation that ha was ayel, hut the writer of this knew him twenty-five years ago as the “Wash- ington correspondent of the New York Journcl of Conmneree,” and he was in the prime of his manhood then. But years do not always bring stiffmess or decrepitude, and Mr, Lan- man is a well-preserved specinien, hale, hearty and athletic, who would grace the company of H, P. Durell, Esq., of Morrisania, for instance, who at the age of $2 yenrs annu- ally follows the hounds, or takes his day's tramp with lis dogs into the stubble and cover. (Incidentally, we may mention here that Mr, Durell has entered one of his dogs—a black nnd white setter—for the Bench Show to be held next month in this city.) Mr. Lanman has contributed to this paper, occasionally, from its beginning, and those who know him will be pleased to read the following description of his abiding place, written by one of his admirers, which we copy from a letter in the Cincinnati Gazete. When those who haye toiled and borne the burden of tlie day are able to take their rest and reward with dignity and comfort, it Kindles in « sympathetic brotherhood that fellow-feeling which makes the whole world kin, and makes us all happy to see it; “Mr. Lanman’s house is a veritable museum. He is a thorough literary and artistic man, and believes in gather- ing around him the wonderful and beautiful objects met with through life, rather than furnishing a homeless feeling house with gorgeous satin and sumptuons gildings, which are too handsome to suggest comfort in their use. The walls of his attractive home are decorated with beautiful pictures in oils and water colors, many of them the production of his artistic brush, while rare old books, and piles of engrayings, and articles of virtu fill up all the brackets and nooks, with that enjoyable prodigality seen only rarely, and then in the residences of men of artistic readings. “Your correspondent has yisited Mx. Lanman’s residence lately, and is therefore able to complete the above deserip- tion. The house in question, which is small and unpretend- ing, is flanked by a combination of garden and lawn nearly an acre in extent, and adjoining 1t is the old homestead where the “lady of the mansion” was born—something un- usual in this age of transitions. The rooms are small and always open to the sunshine; fire-places and Franklin stoves take the place of furnaces; books and pictures are substi- tuted for rich and desolate furniture; and every nook+trom garret to “cellar is cozy, plain, and peryaded by the spirit of home. Of books there are perhaps 3,000 yolumes, among which are many autograph copies, and an ample store of travel, sporting yolumes, and illustrated works on the fine arts. Among the pictures in oil, water colors, and in black and white which meet you in every direction, may be seen original productions by such ménas David Cox, T. 5, and Abraham Cooper, Hastlake, Hulme, Phillip Copley Fielding, and other English celebrities; some good things by French artists, and representative productions by such Americans as Church, Huntington, Durand, Leutze, Hastman, Johnson, A. Fisher, William Hart, White, Casilier, Oertel, Weber, Hamilton, Gegrioux, .Edmunds, Colo, Sully, G. L. Brown and others. Of works which haye come from the author artist's own hands, a collectionof more than twenty volumes would naturally attract attention, among which are several beautifully printed English editions, and packed away in portfolios are to be seen hundreds of original sketches in oil of American scenery, ranging from the Saguenay River and Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico. The visitor who has a fancy for rods and reels and artiticial flies may discover in one of the out-of-the-way corners something less than a cart- load of such stuff, which has assisted the owner and made him happy in killing salmon in Canada, black bass in the Upper Mississppi, and various kinds of fish in the waters of Florida and Alabama. One particular shelf in this home of a hard-working author, which once contained a vast number of autobiographical letters from Congressmen, and whivh were sold for five thousand dollars after the sap had been taken out of them for the “Dictionary of Congress,” is now filled with the private correspondence of Mr. Lanman’s per- sonal friends, including eminent anthors, artists and states- men, and among which are many letters of great beanty and historical yalue. But one of the brightest attractions of Mx. TLanman’'s home is the presence of a Japanese child, now just twelve years of age, whose instruction he is superintending in this country, who speaks English fluently and whose name is Ume Tsuda, and as he has for several years been officially connected with the Japanese legation in Washington, he has not been backward in filling his home with curiosities from the Far East. Of Oriental books and pictures, choice porce- lain and lacquer ware, swords, shell and bronze productions and beautiful costumes, there is a rare supply, but poghaps the one particular thing that would be most gen rall coveted is an edition of Japanese postry, im three fny yol- umes, written only about nine hundred years ago.” —$—__—___— —Dr. J, Wilis Houston, of Collamer, Chester County, Penn., has for sale a unique cabinet of woods, which is com- posed of 140 species and 90 genera. The woods are turned into cups for holding mineral specimons—140 enps, each cup and lid representing a distinct kind of wood. Tt cun be bought very reasonably. 182 FOREST AND STREAM, IN MEMORIAM, HE guild of anglers has lost a master of the gentle art. Thaddeus Norris, of Philadelphia, widely known throughout the country as a teacher and anthority on fish and angling, has passed away, Snddenly but painlessly he fell into his final reston the 11th of April, 1877, at his home in this citiy. To those who enjoyed intimate companionship with him no words the writer can pen are needed to keep his memory #reen ; still, a duty remains to ontline, however feebly, some of the characteristios of an angler whom Walton would have hoyed as a kindred spirit. Toattempt to furnish even a brief mecord of the events of his life isnot the writer's purpose. It will be sufficient to notice that he was born near Warren- tton, in Virginia, in 1811, and that at an early age he re- mmoyed to Philadelphia, which was his home for the rest of thislife. He acqnired, as a boy, a love for fishing; but, to ‘quote his own words, he ‘never became an angler until he ceased to trust in the flesh’'—that is, had abandoned the bait and learned to cast the fly. Bnt this latter art, onceacquired, became a delight of his life; and an experience of over thirty- fiyé years’ practice asa fisherman in one so patient, so close in observation, and so fair in his conclusions as Mr. Norris, gaye his name deserved weight with naturalists and savans, as well as anglers, in all questions tonching the genera, habitats and characteristics of fish, as well as the best methods for their capture. The spacial charm in Mr. Norris to his brother anglers was his subtle and artistic perception of all that is poetical and beantiful in the surroundings of the angler at his sport, and his power to portray truthfully and impressively the comfort and delight they imparted to his own physical and spiritual being, by bringing him into the closest contact with the wonderful and beantiful creations which the great Maker and Builder hath wrought in His handiwork, which we call na- ture. To some men lifoin the woods and by the streamis ® kind of inspiration. If Thoreau had béen an angler he would haye been one after the heart of our departed friend. And the reader of Mr. Norris’ miscellaneous sketches at the con- elusion of his ‘‘American Anglers’ Book,” especially the two entitled “Fly Fishing Alone” and “The Angler’s Sabbath,” will in some measure comprehend, if he has the stuff in him whereol the true angler is made, how closely the writer of ‘them dwelt to nature's true ‘“‘inwardness,” and how keen was this appreciation of the secrets which the woods and waters sreveal to those who love them. For twenty years Iwashis companion in many of his ex- ‘cursions to the mountain streams for trout fishing, and while am expertmess, perssyeranve and keen relish for luring the ‘wary trout to his fiy he had few superiors, it was not by these *that he made a trip in his company one long pleasure. The ‘vista down the stream underneath o’erarching boughs ; the ‘sturdy or graceful forms of the yarious trees, according to ‘their kind; the exquisite forms of vegetable life as shown in the mosses, ferns and lowly growths of the forest and along the margin of the stream ; the aromatic balm of the rir, laden with the resinous odors of spruce and hemlock ; the habits of birds and insects; the expressions and colors of the dawn and sunset; the changing face of a familiar landscape under varying skies, with alternations of lights and shadows—all these things fed his soul with joy and moved him to the ut- terance of devout gratitude to God, who thus opened Tis storehouse of wonders and beauties to all His childyen, and made His best gifts common to all the race. Possessing great mechanical gifts, he was led on liltle by little to essay making his own implements for his spring and summer campaigns, aud in time acquired such great facility and such accwwate knowledge of the best materials for their construction, that his rods and flies, in the judgment of many experts, had no superiors. He was ever full of sympathy and encouragement for every novice in angling or tackle making who chose to appeal to his stores of useful knowledge for sug- gestions or aid. The boy wholoved to go a-fishing always fonnd the soft spot in his heart; and his love for children was as remarkable as his successin winning them to love him. He ever manifested the heartiest sympathy and respect for the worthy poor, and his sudden departure will be mourned in many alowlyhome where the dwellers had had their bur- dens lightened and their hearts cheered by a friend whose in- ferest in their welfare they knew by an infallible instinct was genuine and sincere, Without professing any ability for literary work, his accu- rate knowledge and his thorough appreciation of the subjects of which he wrote, enabled him to produce one of the mostin- structive and entertaining books on angling which has ever been published, while his work on pisciculture is recognized asastanudard authority on asubject now engaging wide- spread attention, His experience in angling was wide and varied, From fhe lordly salmon to the smallest member of the finny trie, he had captured many varieties, and in many waters. But after J] this experience was attained, he was ever ready io confess that his highest enjoyment from the sport was attained by an excursion with a congenial spirit to a mountain trout stream which he could wade, and along which he could wander at will, taking in due season his “nooning” and rest for the im- promptu dinner, made up in good part from the morning catch, and where the pipe and sweet discourse which foilowed whiledaway thetime until the afternoon sun lowered to the proper point for beginning the evening fishing, which was protracted into the g¢loaming—this was, in his opinion, the crown of the anglers delight. How offen hasit been the writer's privilege to enjoy thesescenes with him! What a de- lightfnl companion he was, ever cheerful, fertile in resources, fnll of knowledge in al] things pertaining to the craft! What a droll raconteur! How viyidly he could depict the amnsiie or grotesque points of the queer people he had met, how full loaders, of verse and song and atory; and withal how noble, how nn- selfish, and how warm-hesrted! Dear Unele Thad! neyer again shall we take our diversions together, or revisit fhe scenes of our former exploits by the limpid waters of the mountain streams, where our friendship was strenethened to a true brotherhood ! But if this feeble tribute to thy worth and admirable qnali- ities shall help to lead the younger band of enthusiastic an- glersto emulate thy example, by culliyating the habit of so using their wanderings in quest of recreation that they shall grow in useful knowledge, in the spirit of hnmatity and charity, in loye of God and their fellow-men, then it is fit that ont of a full heart these fey fecble words baye been spoken, JOE. Philadelphia, April, 1877, Sa RRESIGEGeenEEEeEnIene? —Barton & Co., who were the concern of Barton, Alexan- der & Waller, the well-known (dealers in guns, fishing tackle, pocket cutlery and sportsmen’s goods of every description, have recently remoyed to 337 Broadway, where they havea yery full and complete stock, embracing eyery standard article or popular novelty connected with the sportsman's outfit. They are extensive manufacturers of many import- ant lines of goods, their fish-hooks, lines and tackle having long been in high favor with the fishing fraternity. They are extensive importers, and can supply guns and gun material, powder flasks, ammunition, ete., from all the lead- ing foreign or American manufacturers, Their new store is a model of elegance and taste, and sportsmen may spend a pleasant hour in looking through their really wonderful eol- lection of novelties, te Osrrvary.—D. M. Boyd, Esq,, General Passenger Agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, died recently in Florida, where he had gone for his health, Mr. Boyd was a keen and thorough sportsman, and has always used whateyer influence he possessed to promote legitimate sports and assist sports- men in their pursnit, He was always a warm personal friend of the proprietors of this paper, who will ever regret his untimely taking off. We regret that Goyernor Robinson should have yetoed the bill which had already passed the Legislature, providing for the erection of fish passes in all dams in this State. Aifle. Orrmpmoor.—The regular Saturday’s match at Creedmoor, last week, was the third and final competition for the Thur, Fiedid and Farm gold medal. Mr. Williata Hayes, the well- known short-range shot, was the successful man, although his score of 43 points out of a possible 50, was tied by Capt. W. Rk. Livermore, U. 8. A. Unfortunately for the latter, however, his score contained two inners. Mr, Hayes haying won the badge on two previous occasions (on scores of 42 and 43), now retains possession of the trophy. The weather was by no means favorable for good shooting, The condi- tions were 10 shots at 200 yards, any rifle within the rules. There were forty-two competitors, of whom we give the scores of those who made 35 points and over, Name. Total,|Name, Total William Hayes.................-.43/John Osyanagh........ HaSele'g ke d 38 W. RR. Livermorc.........-...0.5. 43)/Homer Fisher... _, atl Os GO Priteso sar. eeet Bi. Barjeant.<.c-ccccceae ene Sead L. 0. Bruce.... J, R, B. Bayly E, Griffin,. 8. 8. Leach. H, W. Gour *“Virmy Garrery.—The contest at the Miley Range for the gold pen prize in the Press match, ended Monday night. But few contestants entered the lists, and but two took any- thing like a leading position in the match, The winner of the prize was Mr. Angell, Mr, Chadwick being second on the lists. The best three targets in the contest was 45, 44, and 44, making an aggregate of 183 out of a possible 150, The next best targets were 46, 41, and. 41, giving an aggregate of 128.—Broolilyn Eagle. Afriend in Ashbysburg, Kentucky, writes: ‘Thave been reading the Forust anp Srream for oyera year, and like it better as I get acquainted with it. I take a great: interest in the rifle department, and. although Ido not use a modern breech-loader with all patent appliances, I think I can hold my own with the most of the New York crack shots up £0200 yards off hand. Tuse an old-time muzzleloader, and can kill a squirrel four times out of fiye at 50 yards with it, I killed two the other day at one shot with it. I have been thinking of laying it aside and getting a breech-loader, but haye not seen one yet thatI could shoot like my trusty mnuzzle-loader, They are ll so short and light, and above all, the abominable single trigger that one has to pull all his might to get off, Pappy O'Lmary." We have a high opinion of the old Hawlen Rifle, whose efficiency was tested by Daniel Boone and his contempo- raries, and we haye seen some tall shooting done with it; but we think our correspondent will admit that there are better arms after he has had an opportunity t® test them. Bighteen monthsago, when we were in the mountains of ‘Tennessee, wwe had a shooting match for ‘“‘heef,”"—that is, a shooting match was ¢alled; but when the mountaineers saw a Springfield rifle shoot, they quietly withdrew the “cutter” and drove it off, spending the rest of the day in examining, admiring, and testing this new weapon, which they “allowed” could ‘knock the hind sights clean off their long squirrel guns, Still there are-certain indications that for match shooting the muzzle-loading rifle is about to regain some of its lost prestige. Many of the Creedmoor experts will use muzzle- loaders in the long range matchesthis season. The question is one not so much of accuracy in the weapon itself as in the ammunition, Itis an admitted fact that ‘umaccountahles” | ‘are mord frequent with breech-londers than with muzzlo- - sh fa CatsrorniA,—The spring meeting of the California Rifle Association was held at San Bruno on the 11th inst. The meeting was in every way a success, and the shooting shows a yemarkable degree of improvement on the part of the rifle- men. Following isa summary of the matuhes and scores. Military Short-Range Nursery Stakes; distance, 200 yards; five rounds; position, standing: Name, Total, Nsme. Totul. Philo Jacoby.) ..;sseseeeee. es... 22/FObN G. Leibert..sereseeperypeeeel9 Philo Jacoby. . -21/H, H, Ladd.. +18 B. H. Ladd.. 21/H, CO, Smith, 119 Lonis Barrere 21/1. N. Garey. +19 H. 0. S8mith..-.,...... 213. K. Phillips. +19 J.8, Campbell..........5 --21/Major D. W. Laird...... 19 Major D, W. Laird..-...........20/H. C. Smith.......... fe senls'es oval Frank C, Alton... oeseeesQ0/0. K. Phillips........-. tovewen yi AB Louis Barrere.... +-2.-s--,19/Thos, Macanley,.......~ Perey eer 18 J. 8. Campbell..... See ya nace es 19d. S. Campbell, . 2.2... . seen eee DB Pacific Life Challenge Cup, 200 yards, any rifle under the rules. The winner in this match shot with a Rigby rifle: Name Total,) Name, Total, HenryiG. Smith. yes speesty eek « PAW OP De Fh Pewee eee eee eee : Henry C, Smith... ae Henry C Smith Sergeant Chas. Philo Jacoby... William Shew.. ory; y H.G. Smith...- evecesseeeetl| Prank -G. . Ae Philo dacoby..,.......0.0,.000.-21/Prank G. Edwards..... yeeen..18 Philo Jacoby... .... see esse ey ss ee 21[John G, Leibert,......:--.cseee ee 8 Sergeant Chas. P, Le Breton....31]l- N. Carey...... mefacebines evant 18 Captain H, J. Burns...,....... ""30| Kellogg Challenge Cup, open only to active members of the N.G, Distances, first stage, 300 yards; second stage, 600 yards; rounds, fiye (with two sighting shots), at each distance; position, 300 yards, standing; 600 yards, any, without artificial rest, and if recumbent, with the head toward the target; weapon, U. §, Springfield rifle. There were twenty-six entries, fifteen of which made fifteen points and upward at the 300-yards range, unde very provoking circumstances as to unsteady wind, and of the fifteen, only five made above 10 points at the 600-yards stage. The cup was won by Sergeant Warren, of the Union Guard, Second Regi- ment, who holds it until the Fall Meéting of the Association, when it will be again competed for, The Regimental Team Match was shot at 200 yards by teams of ten men, ten rounds each. But thres teams com- peted, being from the First, Second and Third Infantry re- spectively. The first named jas the winner, the scores being respectively, 409, 367 and 352 points. As the winners are likely to yisit Creedmoor to contend in the Inter-State Match we give their complete scores at the 300-yards range } FIRST INFANTRY-~COLONEL GRANNISS, Name. Score. Total, Charles EH. Burgans,.-,.,.......4 4445 6 5 5 5 4—45 Corporal T. EK, Carson.....-....5 4 44 4 5 4 4 4 4-42 Charles Nash....,..... 456446 4 4 4 4 4-42 Lient. J. Robertson.... 5 6 444444 4 4-49 Captain Henry J. Burns. 45444344 5 4-41 Sergeant C, P. Le Breton -45344446 4 4-41 P. H. Moliliiinny..,,.... 4 ¢4 446 4 4 4 4—40 Hlijah Unger,....... nants 3 46 4 4 4 4 4 3 5—40 J. Wi Matiar?...-.....01 4.5 veod 844 4 4 4 4 4 4-38 W. Burke..-...,, Ty Sa 484425 43 4 4-88 Total....,.. wae se =~ at, Sa Wy tas AMWa A Biel bee ona iapost als is Ml 409 —The Central New York Sportsmen’s Club held its annual Meeting Saturday eyening. Officers and delegates were chosen as follows: President, J. J. Flanagan ; Vice-Presi- dents, L C. MeIntosh, W. B. Sutton, Dr. Chas, W. Shapley; Prosecuting Attorney, Thomas FE. Kinney ; Secretary, W. M, Storrs ; Treasurer, John D, Flower; Delegates to the Stata Convention, Chas. W. Hutchinson, E. B. Graham, EB. 4%, Wright, I, C. McIntosh, J. J. Flanagan. Game Bag and Gun. MAY IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME, —_>—— Mx. Lane's Exrraorpryary Guy,—The gun referred to ba- low in Mr, Lane's letter to Mr. Ritzmann, the gun dealer, is cortainly a remarkable tool, but we don’t think it would “shute that-a-way, stranger,” if brother Lane wern't be- hind it: Mr, Coanves L, Rrizmann, 943 Broadway, N, Y, f Deak Str—The gun you imported for me is the smartest and bast shooting gun I haye ever seen, especially for long shots. I hava killed ducks and geess af 100 yards, I use § drachms powder, 134 ounce No, 1 shot. Ithinkif I were to putin 3 B shot, T could kill u goose at 125 to150 yards, Idid not think it possible to make a gun io shoot the way mine doss, aud if a goose comes within 100 yards of the muzzle of the same, it is as goud as dead. ‘he first shot I fired ontofitI killed A seagull fnll 150 yards, and Ihaye killed ducks ont of a boat full as far a number of times. You can order another gun like this ons, and hayeit 10-bore, 32-inch, 103g ponnds weight. Haye the chamber bored to take a $-inch shell, soI can putin plenty of powdor. Let me hiya it as Boon as possible, My gun takas the shins off them all. Yours, truly, Wronram Lasz, Good Ground, L. 1. Mr, Lane's gun is 10-bore, 38-inch, 14 pounds weight. Wooncock at Qvenec.—The Qnebec Budyet says that Mr. Portugais, the veteran sportsman, has again succeeded in raising the first woodcock of the season, on Wednesday after- noon, at Lorette, 1 feat he has accomplished for 36 years consecutively. Loretta is a suburh of Quebec. New Jersny—Ied Bank, April 23d.—The snipe shooting in this vicinity has thus far been a failure. I haye hunted for them since April 2d, and cannot report any larger bag than five. Igive afew hours every morning, and find from one to five, Just about enough to break my dog on, I sent four pair to Warwick, and he pronounced them to be as fine spring birds as he ever saw. ‘Check Cord” cannot be in- duced to shoot a spring snipe. Wu. —Our Barnegat correspondent, ‘G," writes: “Shooting for wild fowlis done for the season. The cormorants (the last in the spring and first in fall ofthe duck tribe in their migratory flight) haye putin their appearance. I have no- ticed afew bay birds. Mr. W. E. D. Seott killed the first willet yesterday. My. Scott, who is Curator of the Museum of Natural History of Princeton College, N. J., Laying done Florida und our Western States, is now stopping at the New York Club Honse, engaged in collecting speciniens. He has so far obtained some twenty yarietiés. We are anxiously looking forward for our Ashingseason. Bluefish show the ‘selves here from between May 18th and June 7th. & ré still aing cay z W e anticipa FOREST AND STREAM. Srarz Banas Presentep sy Greene Surrz, Bsq,, ro BE Suor vor av THE Next N. Y. Starp Sporrsmen’s ConvENTION AT SYRACUSE. ————— Tux sportsmen of Middletown, Conn., met on Tuesday evening, April 17, and formed a club for the protection of fish and game in Middlesex County. The sportsmen of this county ate beginning to awaken to the idea that laws are of no use without they are enforced, and this is a great move in the right direction, as it has been with profound regret that the truesportsmen of this county have seen the exter— mination of fish and game in this county, simply from taking them without regard to law or season. They will proceed at once in the most advisable manner for the protection and increase of both fish and game in our forest and stream. TWiye ktm. Muynesota,—Lalce City, April 16.—Weather fine. Ducks seem to haye gone by us thus far this spring, very few being seen. No sporting news to report. EB. Guass Bart Trap Sxoorrmsc.—We report the following by Lake Pepin Sportsman's Club, not on account of the good scores, buf to show that shooting glass balls is one thing, and shooting pigeons is altogether another. Last Tuesday afternoon, G. F. Benson, Esq., invited the Club toa. ball shoot, which was new tous all, but very lively and ex- citing. The following is the remarkable score: Hd. Patton..... 6000002 0 0-1 §8.B. Dilley.;..... 0000006 0 0 0-0 James McOroden. 01313100601 0 0-4 Charles Smyth... 06100001 0 0-2 Obarles Schmuser.. 000 0 00 09 O-0 A. Glines...-...... 1000001 0 0-2 ¥. Ruckert...-.... 00000t1i11 0-4 #, L. Townsend. 600000 0 0 it G, F, Benson,...... 00200001 038 Charles Wise... 60000 0 0 0 0-0 D, 8. Crain, 0100001 0 0-2 D, C, Estes...... 0002100211 0-4 George Lemley...........- 15.02 8 0 To] 1 0 o—£ Come this way, Father Bogardus. E, rr oo DUCK HUNTING ON THE NEW HAVEN MARSH. Huron Co., O., April, 1877, Enrron Forest AND SYREAM, Early Monday morning, March 26, we started for the extensive marsh gurrounding the Great Pigeon Roost. The party consisted of fonr jolly boys, each armed with good breech-loading shot-guns. Our outfit con- ‘sisted of tent, 9x9, and camp-chest filled with subatantials, One article of our outtit, namely, the camp stove, is worthy of mention. It waa simply an oblong bucket 18 in. long, 13 in. wide, 12in. high, with two holes in the top, one for the pipe (3 in.), and one 7 in. hole to cook ver; 2 bail was attached to carry it when packed, It ia simply turned n,and when the pipe is pniion itis ready for fire. Our nd waa a half-nile away fromourcamp, ‘The thermometer ‘ PaRBing | er us in la hocks, but s ee far out of range of our guns. We satin our blinds till night-fall with- out evens shot, When the morrow came, colder weather came with it, the next day came and still cold; notaduck to be seen; one of our party got so disheartened that he concluded to take the tramp, nine miles, home. But daring the third night it turned warm, and the morn- ing bright, with a warm sun shining, and a smart breeze from the Sonth. As I was preparing breakfast, we heard the report of a gun in the woods below our camp, and on looking out, Inever saw sucha sight. Thousands of dncks were rising out of the marsh in the woods, and hundreds were circling in the air in all directions, anda goodly nom- ber settling in a pond not 300 yards from ourtent. It is {useless to say we ate but little breakfast. Twoof us crept down a fence from our camp as close as we could get, and then found we were out of range. 1 told my companion to slip back tocamp andget the rifle (which was a light 32-calibre). With this we got one bird, and when the afirighted flock rose and circled near us, I raised my Nichols & Lafever, and fired both barrels. The ducks were full sixty yards away, but I dropped four. We now had five ducks to use for decoys. To use dead decoys in two feet of water, we take a stick three feet long, sharpen one end, and force it through the feathers at the breast, pass it up the neck into the head; push the other end into the mud at the bottom, and yonr ducks then assume an upright and life-like position. We had prepared our ducks as above, my friends taking three to the woods below, and I set- ting out two in the pond where I had killed them. The shooting was rather poor until near evening, when they came in clouds, They ab first passed over me and flew on to the woods below, when the boys would let loose at them; then they wonld come back te my ground. I first occupied a kind of blind between two trees, and they came so fast Tcould hardly get thedead ones gathered until another flock would settle dawn. I finally abandoned my blind and sat on a muskrat house, and they came so fast it reminded me of «Mother Bond, when she went to the pond, And cried, dill, dill, come and he killed.” We shot tilllong after nightfall, and when we qnitted shooting we bad to make two trips to get all the ducksto camp. And Ifound my friends had got as many asI,if they did not shoot so often. Our bag con- sisted (after the next morning's shooting) of 41 pin-tails, 37 red-heads, 41 teal, 19 mallards, and 2 shovelers. After eating an early dinner, we loaded our boat with ducks, and two of ug took tent and traps and floated down Honey Greek to Attica, our home, while our friend “footed it” to the same place. J. W. SHULTZ. ———————— TAXATION OF GUNS. —_—_+>—_—— Eprroz Forest AND STREAM. ‘A tax on guns would of course be yery unpopular, but it is the only efficient way I can 4ae of saving our stock game. Hyery boy big enough to carry one can geht a gun, 80 numerous are they, and during a severe winter the destruction wrought by these predatory fusileors is incal- ‘culable; not only the animal increase but the parent stock is destroyed. Your proposed tax on dogs is excellent, but will be equally objectionable to "Dexter," ef omne genus, 1 shall disappoint him in the yiewI take of farmers reserving the right of shooting, by mont strongly advo- ———_ << 185 cating it, Itis theirinterest to do so, for game birds, especially quail and grouse, destroy numbers of insacts,and in return for the grain they eat afford delicactesfor the table and sport for their friends, If there was aredundancy of game in the country it would be wellenough to allow people to shoot to their heart's content; but the time has passed for that, and unless some very stringentmeasure is adopted we ahall have nothing but glass balls and gyro pigeons to shoot at. In England great care is taken thatthe stockis not killed—only the ani, mal increase. If no limit be put to shooting, what sort of aport can oue sxpsct to have in the ensuing seasons ? VERATOR, The Hennel. THE NEW YORK BENCH SHOW. LTHOUGH our paper is dated on Thursday, we go to press on Wednesday morning, the day advertised ns the last on which home entries will be received, but ag the catalogue must remain open until May Ist for foreign entries, we can see no reason why others should not be re- weived up tthe same date. We cannot, therefore, in this issue give the totel number of entries, but there is eyery indication that four figures will be reached. Certainly, taking into account the number of litters of puppies, the individual number of which do not appear in the catalogue, the total number of dogs on exhibition will exceed one thousand. A number of railroads in addition to those enumerated last week haye notified the Superintendent, Mr. Lincoln, that they will carry dogs to and from the show free of charge when accompanied by their owners. These letters are now being reproduced by the photo-lithographic process, and each exhibitor beyond the city limits will re- ceive a fac-simile copy of the letter received from the Super- intendent of the road on which he is supposed to travel. Mr. Macdona has written to the Chairman of the Bench Show Committee, announcing his intention of sailing from Liverpool in the White Star steamer Adriatic on the 1th inst., so that he may be expected to arrive within the next forty-eight hours. Mr. Macdona brings with him the red Trish setter dog Rover, whose portrait adorns the current issue of the London Field, he having been selected by “Stonehenge” as the true type of that strain for illustrating the new edition of his “Dogs of the British Islands.” Rover is own and litter brother to Plunket, being by Beanty out of the Rey. R. Callaghan’s Grouse, and the latter gentle- man writes to “Stonehenge” that Plunket was bred by him, and not by the Hon. D, Plunket, as stated in the Stud Book. Royer, in color, is of a beautiful rich red, with a frame of great size, symmetry and substance, with good feet and legs. He has neyer been exhibited even in England, so that his first public appearance, not asa competitor of course, will be in New York. Moreover, Mr. Macdona writes to Mr. Tileston, of the Westminster Kennel Club, as follows: ‘As goon as Iland in New York I will giye Rover into your charge until my return on May 12th (Mr. Macdona’s return passage has been already engaged in the Britannic, which sails on that date). During that time Royer shall be at the service of American breeders, free of charge, for any Wng- lish, Irish, Scotch or American bitches that may be sent to him.” The liberality of this offer is beyond all praise. Mr. Macdona also writes that His Grace the Duke of Hamilton has informed him of his intention to send one of his best greyhounds tothe show. Mr. G. de Landre Mc- dona sails on the 23d inst., on the Nevada, with Ranger I, Magnet (English setters), Bule, Irish setter bitch by Magnet (a. son of Plunket), out of Brosna, three Irish setter whelps by Royer, and’a brace of his best St. Bernards, Mungo and Neya, a daughter of champions Alp and Hospice, in pup ta Prince, oneof the grandest St. Bernard dogs in England. Tn addition to these, one of the principal of English breed- ers has cabled entries of five mastifis, so that itis highly probable that there will bea fine representation from the mother country. We omitted to mention above that we shall print next week a copy of the London Vield’s portrait of Rover. The variety of dogs will be largely in excess of anything yet seen in this country. In addition to the large class of toy dogs, there haye been entered Esquimaux dogs, Japanese spaniels, pugs in large numbers, and many other breeds rarely met with. All the most celebrated sporting dogs of every strain will be present. Mr. L. H. Smith, of Strathroy, Canada, sends his entire kennel of celebrated Field Trial dogs. Mr. Raymond exhibits his Laveracks, and’ Ma, Morford his orange and whites. Mr. Jarvis will be on hand with Elcho and Kathleen, and Mr. Farrer with Plunket, Carrie and Rapp. But we might go on and name nearly all the well- known dogs in the country. Perhaps the pluckiest man, and the one in whose success we take the liveliest interest, is Mr, Jesse Sherwood, of Edina, Missouri, who transports his entire kennel from that immense distance. And yet Mr. 5. B. Dilly, of Lake City, Minnesota, almost equals him, for he brings with him the great Ranger and his other pointers. To such of our readers as are not exhibitors, we would say that if they wish to see the grandest collection of dogs ever brought together on this Continent, they should not fail to visit this show. The prize in the champion pointer class for dogs is a magnificent one—painting of game by Case, of Springfield— presented by members of the Rod and Gun Club of that city, and valued at $150, The prize for bitches in the same class is the cup presented by Gen. Alex. 8. Webb, and manufac- tured by Messrs. Tiffany & Co. The prize for champion English setters (dogs) is the *“Spratt’s Patent” fen guinea cup, also manufactured by Messrs. Tiffany & Co. —Mr, Lloyd T, Montgomery of New York claims the name of Dash for hig red Irish setter dog pup out of Mr. Chas. H. Raymond's Bonnet Carre, sired by Mr, Wm, Taylor's imported ved Irish setter Carlo, Dash was whelped Decem~ ~ bor 25, 1876, and has some very fine points, 184 FOREST AND STREAM. Deata or My, Layerack.—The last issue ot the London } Duke and Rhoebe blood, and tha latter pn fifteen months Tied contains ami announcement of the death of Edward Layerack, the king of setterbreeders, Mr, Laverack had been almost at death's door for some time, and during that period he had been kept im ignorance of the bitter contro- yersy which had been, and is still being, waged through the cohimns of the Mich] regarding the merits of the strain of setters with which his name is so closely connected, and the influence their blood has had on other strains when crossed with it. We quote from the columns of the paper named to shosy to what sn extent the blood of Mr, Layerack’s strain is diffused throughout Great Britain. A correspondent who is taking a part in the fight says: ‘Taking as my basis the “Kennel Club Stud Book,’ which embraces all winners at public field trials and shows of any importance down to the close of 1875, I find there are in all 219 English setters, of which 103 are either pure Laverack, or, at least half-breed Laverach, and 27 others are part Layerack, leaving but 89 which inherit no Laverack blood. Again, taking the records of 1874 and 1875—I cannot give 1876, for the volume for that year is not-yet published —it will be found that there were 69 winning Unglish setters for those years, 42 of which were either pure Layerack, or at least half-breed Lavyerack, whilst 13 others inherited Laverack blood to some degree, leaving but 14 outsiders. These figures would doubtless haye been still more in fayor of Mr. Layerack’s breed had that’ gentlemian run bis dogs at field trials.” The person who, over the signature of ‘Setter,” set the pall rolling, and who, of course, is either Mr, Liewellin himself or Mr. Buckle, may be said to have madea ‘pretty kettle of fish” of it. Im reply to one of bis latest, which is an attack on bolh Ranger and Plunket, Mr. Macdona makes the following serions charge, which, if not disproven, will probably convince Mr. ‘* Setter” of the folly of commencing aDewspaper war. Mr. Macdona says: ‘From the internal evidence of ‘ Setter's’ letter, displaying, as it does, an inti- mate knowledge of Mr. Llewellin’s kennel, I cannot help coming to the conclusion that he may be able to recall the condition upon which Plunket was sold, ‘that I was to have his stud seryicesfree.’ The first and only application I made for the fulfilment of this stipulation Iwas denied, until I (foolishly, Tadmit) forwarded to Ma. Llewellin his own letter to me, in which the stipulation above-named was expressly made. ‘That letter has never since been returned. Plunket wis then, however, for that once, allowed to be pnt to my Brosna. Music was one of the litter; the puppy I sent to Mr. Liewellin was another; but ‘Setter’ states ‘it was shot, as being useless.’ I did not shoot Music, but won with her the Puppy Stakes ni Vaynol, and on the field of her yistory T presented her to the gentleman whoso kindly lent his estate for the field trial.” Sinus the above was written we liave received the following letter : Parmaprnpsta, April 21, 1877. Eprtor Forest anp STREAM. The sportsmen of onr country will be pained fo learn of the death of Mr. Edward Laverack, fhe veteran breeder of tlie noted strain of setters that bears his namie, T am to-day in receipt of a letter from a bosom friend of Myr. Laverack, in which he says: ‘Perhaps even be- fore you receivé this yon will have received the sad intel- ligence of the death of my friend, Mr. Hdward Laverack, who departed this life April 4, 1877, and was buried on the 7Tthin a village churchyard called Ash, about two miles from his residence, Broghall cottage. Mr. Laverack’s ken- nel of setters was (livided Wetween his dear friend Mr, John It. Robinson of Sunderland and his housekeeper, Mrs. Whithaker, the latter selling Prince, Cora and Blue Belle to a Mr, Bowers. Jt was Mx. Laverack’s wish that his friend John R, Robinson should keep and continue the breed pure, and the method of his breeding was imparted to Mr. Robin- sou shortly before Mr. Liaverack’s death,” Homo, a THE SIRE OF ROB ROY. 22 Huaspatez, Mich., April 16th, 1877. Epiron PorResT AND STREAM. “Vaquero,” in your issue of the 12th, quotes from a lether of Mr. Maedona’s tothe Miedd (London), in which he giyes Blue Dash as the sire of my Champion Rob Roy. I wish to correct this, as it is an error that may make trouble in these duys when pedigree is soimportant. Rob Roy was sired by Statter's (afterward Layerack’s) Fred, he by Pillangton’s Rock, ont of Layerack’s Belle Il See errata of Vol, 3 English “Kennel Club Stud Book,” pedigree of Roke, Rap, Ruby, and Rose, all brothers and sisters to Rob Roy. Ido not intend to take up the cudgels for ‘‘Mr, Setter,” whoever he may be, but I will make the statement, and refer yourreaders for proof of truth or falsehood to the three Vols. of the Kennel Stud Book, that since the first appearance of the Duke and Rhoebe blood im 1870, the dogs with those strains erossed to the Laveracks have not only beaten the pure Layeracks, but have now more prizes, both on the bench and in the field, than the dogs of any other breed. will say also, and refer to the same authority, that old Rhoehe is the dam or grand-dam of more prize winners than any bitch eyer known, so far as we have public record. No other bitch can show tlireesons and a grand-daughier, winners for jour consecudine years of the Shrewsbury Championship, and in her case the sous were all got by different dogs, the high- ast possible proof of the good quality of the dam herself. Tt is but mere justice to Mr. Llewellin, to whom Mz. Laverack dedicate‘l his book, as one ‘‘who has endeavored and is still endeayoring, by sparing neither expense nor trouble, to bring to perfection the setter,” to say that since he obtained the Duke and Rhoebe blood, he has bred and ex- liibited more winners at shows and trials than any other setter breeder in Dngland during thesame time; and further tlian. this, his kennel has produced more dogs that have won }oth on the bench and in the field than have ever sprung from any one setter kennel. In proof of this Lappeal to the Sind Book and the reports of the London Field. Dis- paragement of Mr. Liewellin’s dogs shonld come from any other qtiarter than from the owner of Ranger, who has been three times beaten by dogs of Mr, Liewellin’s breeding, viz., Latira, Druid, and Countess Bear, all descendants of the puppy, at the time she scored her victory. Atyonp Bukaus. Admitting the truth of Ma Burges’ remarks with regard to the winning dogs from Mr. Llewellin’s kennel, it appears to us that in common with others who take up the cudgels as partisans in hehalf of that gentleman's strain of dogs, that he entirely overlooks the fact that it was the Laverack cross with the Duke-Rhoebe strain which produced the win- ners. ‘That is to say, does he believe that dogs of equal ex- cellence zwould haye been produced except through the medium of this cross ?—Ep. Sr Tue Use or CanrHanipes.—A correspondent writes from Bridgeport that he has had asad and costly experiment in the use of cantharides as adyocated by ‘‘Dinks.” Our corres- pondent appears to have exceeded the dose mentioned in the book, We do not®believe that the quantity would of itself have killed the dog; there must have been some addi- tional agency at work, However, we do not believe in forcing nature, and would never adyise such a course. When asked the question, we merely consulted “Dinks,” Eprror Forrsr ann Svrvam. Haying read '‘Dinks’” prescription, viz.; seven drops tine- ture cantharides twice a day until the effect is produced— probably six days—and haying a pointer bitch which ought to have beenan heat last Webruary, from which I was desirons to raise a litter, I resorted to the above deadly poison. Monday morning, April 2d, I gaye her eight drops, mnixing the same with her breakfast; evening of the saine day same quantity, and continued giving her eight drops twice a day to Saturday morning, the 7th inst., making just five days. On Saturday, ab 3:30 Pp. u., Tlet her out to havea run. At 4 o’elock I left my house for afew hours. Re- turning two and one-half hours later I found her in spasms, lying on her side, with her limbs stiff, head and neck ele- vated and stiff, eyes open, and looking natural. I com- menced rubbing her with my hand, and soon discoyered that when I rubbed her belly it seemed to ense her pain. In a few minutes she was apparently all over if. Having a high pulse and body very hot, [took her out of doors, thinking fresh air might benetit her, In about twenty minutes more she wasagain inspasms, Taking her into my arms I carried her into the house, and laid her on my own bed. In atfew minutes she was easier, and commenced to lick iny hand while I rubbed her belly. Icame to the con- clusion that she had been poisoned with strychnine (as many dogs have died in this town during the past few weeks said to haye been poisoned). I took her from my bed and laid her on the floor; then gave her an antidote containing one teaspoonful of ground mustard and one of table-salt, in a tumbler of cold water, producing no vomiting, Ten minutes after the antidote she went into her last spasms, dying in erent agony. This isthe first dog thatI ever lost, and I assure the readers of the Forusr anp Stream that this is my first and last experiment im assisting nature with the aid of tincture cantharides. Yours, truly, 5. 5. Pease. —Mr. F. B. Farnsworth of Paris, Ontario, writes us under date of April 15, 1877, that he has just purchased and added to his kennel theimported Field Trial setter bitch Livy, imported from Mr. Llewellin’s kennel, and from his great stud dog Dan outof his Lili Livy is » blne-belton in color, and own sister to the famous Field Trial winners Leda and Lanra, also to Mr. L- H. Smith’s Leicester. She should be in season about the 25th of the present month, and it is now his Intention to have her warded at that time by his imported Layerack dog Carlowitz, or by Burges’ Rob Roy. Garlowitz has received bis visits recently from the following bitches: Captain Liftleton’s (cf Detroit), Patsy; William A, Hopson’s (of Detroit), Fanny: and J, H. Caniff’s (of Detroit), Maud. + = _______ THE PEDIGREE OF COLSURN’S DASH. —— New Yorn, April 9, 1877, Enitok Forrest Np SrREAM, Bume few weeks since, at your request, gaye you the pedigree of Mr, Geo. C. Colburn’s Dash. In giving his pedigree it was necessary to allude to the late Dr. Paul Mead’s Dash, he béing his grandéire. In your last issue a correspondent signing himself G@. takes exceptions, and says that Lam in error, #0 which assertion I beg to differ with him. Now, Mesars. Wditors, I will give you my authority for stating whatl did, Some four years agd, whilein company with the Field Mditur of one of your contemporaries, we called on Mr. Audrsw Johnson, then residing in Houston street, and in conrse of conversation Dash was meutioned, when he gaye us his full history, and here it is: Mr. An- drew Johnson haying ared setter bitch coming in season, he was desir- ous of having her warded by as fine an Irish setter as he could pro- enre. Hearing that a British officer, stationed in Canada with his regi- ment, had brought over with him a brace jof Irish setters, and was at that time Visiting a friend in Albany with gue of the dogs, he requested his friend Mr, Kent, who had accompanied him on his numerous shoot- inp trips, aud also had broken some of his dogs, to take thejsaid bitch to Albany, which Le did, and there she was warded by the British officer's dog, whosé name was Dash, Mr. Kent having the bitch in his posses- sion, and known as the Kent bitch, although Mr. Johnson was her right- ful owner, was my reason for calling her the Kent bitch, In due course of time she whelped, ons of the progeny being Dash, the dog in ques- tion. When he arrlyed at a suitable aye, he was offered to Mr, Henry Marshall, of this city, who reauested a trial before purchasing. Tha irial took place in New Jersey, on snipe, bat nob proying satisfactory to Mr. M., he declined taking him, He wasthen purchased by the late Dr. Paul Mead, of Brooklyn, the consideration being a@ sum of mouey and some merevhandise. Mr. Johnson, hearing that Dr. Mead was ao elated over his purchase, proceeded, or was ubout to proteed, to Brook- lyn for the purpose of replrchasing, when he learned the Doctor had gold him to Mr, Benj. DePorest for $200, and whoin turn sold him to Mr. Fraucis H, Palmer, in whose possession he died. Tho aboye state- ment came from Mr, Andrew Jobuson, who could and would verity it; but he is no more, having departed this life during the past winter at his country seat, Barnegat, N.J. But there are others who knew Dash well as regards is breeding and his qualities in the field, among whom T may mention Mr. Robert Robinson, of Brooklyn; Mr. Stephen Putnam and Henry Marshall, of New York; Mr. Davis, a relative, 1 belive, of Mr, Johnson, and to thess gentlemen T would respectfully refer, your correspondent I wonld also state that the reddish red that your correspondent refers to was a typographical srror, and was intended for Trish ed, As regards the above bitch, us she was Known as the Kent bitch, in all probability she will continue being culled such} and the game can apply to De. Paul Mead’s Dash, although bred and owned by Mr. Andrew Johnsou, A great many persons are nobaware of the fact, and if they are they still continue calling him Paul Mesd’s Dash, not withstanding he was owned subsequently by Messrs, DePorest aud Palmers, F, B, Kyun. | various ports of the isla THE CAUSE OF SHYNESS, ETC. New Haven, Conu., April 21, 1877. Eprtor Fores, anp STREAM. In the last issue of your valuable paper I noticed an explanation, The Cansé of Gun Shyness in Dogs.” If you ind it worthy to publish iy opmion after forty years’ experiance with M1) kinds of sporting dogs, the following is a true account of it: Greyhounds, after the fourth peneration in their own family, be. come sickly ind neryeless,and of no more use to the sporting man. Pointers and setters, after the fifth goneration in their own family, aro worth nothing, as they become idiots, shy, dud are nohealthy, Hounds never after the sixth generation, as above. All progeny from three-year old dogs and fourteen months sluts ara the best. No dog aiter nine years should he used for shud -purposes; no slitatter cight. Fine English breeds of eyery kind of sporting dogs mature—the nisle ut three, the female at two years of age, aid in the third generation dnust bs changed in blood, otherwise the doga will be good for nothing. As good blood makes good quality in my experiance, goor treatment and good handling of a dog makes the best of him, and sometimns I think it is a great pity that many of the noble and gentle animals must suffer in the brutal hands ofa stupid owner, Yours, yery respectfully, a PLUNKET AND AIS GET. —_+—_—_ Eprror Forest anp SrxEan. Tnoticein your artivle on the “Irish Setter,” quoted from “Stons- henge,” a mistake, uot in the quotation ulune, but in the original article agit appeared in the Wield, which ploass allow me to correct. “Stone- hénge” says Mr, Liewellin bred by Plunket "several average dogs, ono of Kate (of the Enight of Kerry's strain), imcluding Kimo, Elte and Kitty, while another litter out of Buckell’s Min contained Maryel, May and Knowing,etc."* * * This latter isan error, for Knowing was by Plunket ont of Kate and not onlof Min, T take thé liberty of notic- ing this since Kitty was imported by moa in whelp tober own brother Knowing. Respectfully, Mont Chane. Sea and River ishing. FISH IN SEASON IN MAY. BACEWooDSsMAN Trout, Salmo fontinalis. Salmon, Salo salen, Grayling, T/ymailua tricolor Salmon Trout, Salmo conjinis. Shad, vos. Land-locked Salmon, Sadino gloueri. FLIES IN SEASON IN MAY. —————r Black May, No. 10,—Body, black ; feet, black; wings, grayish hyaline. Guw Dung, No. 10 and 11.—Body and feet, brownish yallow; wings, yellow-gray. Great Dun, No. 9 and 8,.—Body, purple brown; feet, gray brown; wings, dirk gray hyaline; sete, dark brown annulated with gray. Red Spinner, No, 10 and 9.—Body, bright claret, ribbed with gold tin- sel; feet, brick color; wings, gray hyaline; setm, pale brick color. Fellow May, No. 10.—Body and feet, pale yellow; wings, pale yellow, mottled with brown; setm, yellow. Couchman.—Body, peacock her); feet, dark red hackle; wings white. King of the Water,—Same as queen of the water, with scarlet body in. stead of orange, Gold Spinner —Body, orange, ribbed with gold tinsel; fect, pale red havkle; wings, bright pray. Captain—Budy, posterior half, peacock herl, anteror half, gray; white feet; red hackle; wings, gray; set, scarlot green and wood duck feathers mixed, Soldier —Body, crimson; feet, red hackle; wings, gray. _ Kingdom—Rody, white, ringed with green; feet, peacock herl, and red hackle; wings, gray, mottled with brown. Black Palmer, Brown Palmer, Red Palmer and Gray Palmer, are. maids respectively of the different.colored hackles that distinguish them. Fisu my Maagrer.—The catch of shad inthe North River during the past week has been very fair, but the same can- not be said of the Connecticut, when fisherman are not making a dollar per day. Our quotations are as follows: Striped bass, 20 to 25 cents per pound; smelts, 20 cents: salmon (frozen), 50 cents; HKennebee, 75 cents; shad (southern), 30 cents each; native, do. 46 cents; Oon- necticut River, 75 cents; white perch, 15 cents por pound; Spanish mackerel, 50 cents; green turtle, 18 cents; terrapin, $15 per dozen; frostfish, 8 cents per pound; halibut 15 cents; haddock, 6 cents; codfish, 8 cents; black- fish, 15 conts; herrings, 5 cents; flounders, 8 cents; sea bass, 20 cents; cels, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 cents; scollops, $1.50"per gallon; whitefish, 15 cents per pound; pickerel, 15 cents; galmou trout 18 cents; Long Island trout, $1; Canada do. 50 cents; hard shell wrabs, $3.50 per 100; red snappers, 18 cents. TLanp-Loceep Saimon.—We have received a fine Seboc Take saltion from Myr, Frank M. Ford, of Sebec, Maine, a gentleman much interested in sport, and part owner of the little steamer ‘Rippling Wave,” that plies on the lake, This salmon is the first of the season, and a very welcome friend at our table, Mr. Ford writes that he will take special interest mm pro- moting the comfort and pleasure of sportsmen the coming scason, The hotel will be well kept by Mr. H. B. Wing, late of the Dewilt House, Lewiston, Maine, and will be re- modeled and enlarged. Teams will connect with the Bangor and Pisquataquis Railroad, four and a half miles distant. It is probable also that one of the safety stexm yachts adyer- tised in our paper will be purchased. ‘There is a Newport- rigged sail-boat and several large riyet boats on ‘the lake. The prospect for fishing is better this season than for « long time. | —The ice has broken up in the lakes of Maing und New Brunswick. Land-locked salmonave now biting. Tvouting: is reported good in Wisconsin. —The St. John's, N. F,, cor¥espandunh of the Monl\rual, Globe says twenty-three sailing steamers haye sbantorl for the iee-fields, carcying about 4,000 myn, Ta addition to chase thirty-six sailing vessols have taken Ukeir departure from the nt carrying whout 2,858 mie, on wEp fisersc Frmer.—The Southern. mack- tare now well tinder way, some seventy-five vessels gaged in fitting away, and » number have already rted. By the last of next month the fleet will number abont one hnndred sail, and the mackerel fishery will be vigorously prosecuted. ‘This business is attended by a large expense, the scines and outfits baing costly, and ean only be profitable through a large catel, Some twenty sail of Gloucester Georgesmen were at Edgar- town last Saturday, awaiting bait. Monday bait was reported coming in lively. . mt é summer herring business is comparatively a new ingi- dent of onr fishing industry, but the demand for shipment gives promise of its profitable pursuit, Three vessels have cleared hence for Newfoundland within the past week, The number of fishing arrivals reported at this port the past week hus been 5 from the Banks and 33 from Georges. The receipts haye been about 462,000 ths. split codfish and 465,000 Ths. halibut. ‘ The fish market for the week shows a break in the prices of Georges codfish, the movements for the past few days being mainly at $44 per qtl., with a few transactions slightly under. Bank cod are in light stock, and moving slowly at $4 to $44 per qtl. In other departments of dry and pickled fish, business is quiet und prices mostly nominal. Fresh hulibut are in moderate supply, with last’ sales at 5 and 4 cts, per tb., and shore fish at 24 ets. for cod and 14 for haddock, The shipments of honeless fish remuin large, with quite a margin in prices, ranging from 44 ets. for mixed fish fo 8 éts, for prime Georges cod short cutand patent pack. Mack- erel are out of the market except in jobbing lots. which are held at $25 per bbi. for mess, $15 to $22 for 1's, and $9 for extia 2's,—Cape ‘lan Adiertiser, April 20. Wistoxspy.—Wenusha, Wis., April 14ti.—This is a great country for fish, situated as it is at the outlet of Lake Winne- hago, which is well stovked with pickerel, wall-eyed pike, rock, black and white bass, yellow perch, catfish, bull- heids, Buffalo fish, muskalonge, some weighing as high as 45 pounds, 12 to 24 pounds not being uncommon; also rock- stitgeon, which are speared in large numbers through the ice all winter, besides several other varieties not mentioned. Three years ago 50,000 shad-try were puf mtoa small lake, connecting, and last year quite a number were taken with a hook and common angle-worm, from two to three pounds weight, els, 4,000 of which were planted at same time, very little heard from, I have known fifty black bass, three to four pounds each, taken in two hours by two fishermen with poles and live minnows. They also rise well to a fly. Holel accommodations are good and cheap, Game quite plenty near. ‘This is getting to be a favorite locality for sportsmen from Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis, and other places. 8. L. HL Trovur-Pisning py Neyapa.—Those of our people who go to the 'l'ruckee River trout-tishing will do well to be careful abdut their bait, ifthey wish to have any success, The only bait with which they can succeed at this season of the year is a worm that isfound in the grensewood. This worm euts a ring around the main stallcof the greasewood, and is easily found by observing that the tops of the greasewood bushes are dead. The trout will bite at these worms when they will touch no other kind of bait. The Piutes and a few old settlers know how to find this pecnliar bait, and are success- ful fishermen when all others fail, The dead leaves on the tops of the greasewood bushes show where the worms are, and all thatis necessary to be doneis to kick over the bushes to find the bait, as the shrubs break off at the point where the worms haye ringed them.— Neva Transcript. —Land and Water (Eug,) relates the following concerning aremarkable battle, lasting for sixteen hours, between a plucky sportsman and an obdurate salmon, before the latter was conqneved; ‘On Friday at fonr rp. w., Mr. A. Orawshay hooked a fish below Hanghton Castle, but did not land him till Saturday morning, the 24th inst., at eighta.m. Im- mediately atter being hooked the fish went down the river taking out upward of 100 yavds of line. The water being strong und the fish determined, it was impossible to get him batk. A wood by the water side made it equally impossible, for Mr, Cawslay to follow his fish, and so things remained until a boat was brought at daylight next morning from some distance, by which means the wood was passed, and the fish at last landed on a gravel bed, in the presence of many spectators, some of whom had passed the night with the angler. The fish was asplendid male, forty inches long, and twenty-two inches girth; weight, twenty-five and a half ounds," . It would seem that in this case the endurance was about equally divided, And it was not so much the actual weight of the fish, and its unuswal size in that river, as the want of skill in the fisherman in handling a salmon of that size. In Maine and yarious parts of the Dominion they are accustomed to much heavier weights than this; but they are répared for them, and being usually far superior anglers to the English, manage in an hour or two to capture the most belligerent salmon, 1 BLACK BASS FISHING IN THE RES- ERVOIRS. Wasxinaton, D C., April 14, 1877. Epiror Forrest anv STREAM. ®ounreted with the aqueduct which supplies the tities of Washington sud Georgelown with Potomac water, are two immense reservoirs, one of which i¢ Known asthe receiving reservoir, ond the other as the dis- tribiiting reseryolr, “The firet is osed for the slorage of water lo supply the city in case of a freshetin the river, or when the water coutinues muddy for any lenyth of time; und the other, located at the head of the pipe line, supphes the varions mains leading to the two vities. Both of these regervoirs are filled with black basa and it isin regard to the rare sport which they afford that | hope to interest the many readers o Porust aND SUREAM. The aqacduct, which is one of the finest works of the kind iu the country, was constructed py the National Goyern- ment al a cost of nearly $4,000,000 ‘I'he fountain head of the water supply is at the Great Falls of the Potomac, sixteen miles from Wash- ington, and from this point a brick condnit, nine feet in diameter, brings the water distance of wbont ten miles to the receiving reseryolre, where it leads into Duleearlia Tonnel, which conhecte the conduit above with the conduit below the reservoir, so the daily supply of water enn be drawn directly from the Potomac or the reseryoir, From the receiying to the distributing reservoir, a distance of two miles, the con-~ duit isof [he same size as above, and exiends around the latter so as Teae alret, besides t) vEST AND STREAM | easily get through the wire screens Inte the reservoir on acconnt of their diminutive sizc, Meny now in the waters of the reservoir have been there twelve or fourteen years, and jn‘that time have attained a weight of from fonr ta five pounds, ‘The largest bass I ever knew to be taken in thie locality weighed five pounds and ten onnces, It was captared early One morning in the ressryoir, and fought bravely before he was londéd. ‘Dhis resutvoir covers an urea. of forty four acres, and yaries in depth from twoto fifty feet. Tlie presence ef fish in the reservoirs was long 4 disputed gnestion, but I believe it is now generally admitted that they are beneficial to [he water us they feed upon the animalenulu, and to 4 great extent clear it of insects and vevetuble matter, washed therein by talus from the surronnding bills, whicl) are cultivated. Some yeare.since it Wis noticed in the spring that the water bad a fetid taste and smell, and {t was then argued that its offensiveneas proceeded from fish in a slate of decomposition in the reveryoi-s or pipes leading to the city. Other Water-works In different parta of the country bad the same tronble, and the subject was scientifically investigated. The generally received opinion now is, that it arises from the conferve, which, under fayorable circumstances, are generated in all reservoirs. The batt used for bass in these watera ia live minnows, froga, and crawfish. They never risé toa flyin the etill water of the reseryoire, thongh they often take it in the Potomac in placea where rocks abound, forming rapids and eddies. ‘The bass undoubtedly spawn in the reser. yoirs; aud for thal purpose seek the headwaters in the spring, where it is noteodeep, As Warm weather approaches they return to the deep water. I have freqnently taken them weighing from two to three ponnds, and When 4 bass of that size is looked in water fifteen or twenty feet deep, with no rocks, #ras#, or snags {6 catch the line, he affords delightfal sport, ‘Their fayorite feeding time is early morning. T have known of ing!ances where digit or ten fine ones have beencaptured from sunrise to eight or nine o'clock, and after that time no bait, however uttrac- live, could draw them to tht hook. Trolling for them with minnow for bait is often very snccessful in these reservoire, especially In Au- gust and September, A permif from the aqueduct authorities is nec essary to enjoy the privilege of fishing in these waters, but the courteons offivers haying charge of the work never refuse ench permission to gentlemen whom they know will not abuse the privilege. * Si w FISHING IN ALABAMA WATERS. Eprrok Foxsst anp Stream. ———— The letter of Dr, Lupton, in which he gavean account of the strange habits of the catfish caughtin Berwick's Bay, has called up many recol- lections of pleasant daysspentin that, for a sportsman, delightful lo- eality. Inthe latter part of July, 1869, I received an invitation to pass some tin withfriends who were spending the summer on Fish Riyer with thehospitable gentleman of whom Dr, Lupton wrote. Packing my traps, I boarded the first train that passed, and after a sweltering nightarriyed in Mobile. Late inthe afternoo 11 took one of the little sfieamers which ply regularly morning and evening between the city and points on the bay shore, for the benefit of business men who prefer to spend their nights “over the bay,'’ and soon arriyad at Battle’s Wharf, whers J disembarked, and found Dick, a bright mulatto, in attendance With a light wagon. In this myself and baggage were soon snugly en- soonced, and off we started on our nine miles’ drive to the river, reach- ing the ferry late atnight. Next morning I was up before the sun, and aiter enjoying a plunge into the briny waters brought up by the rising tide, [sought the lanuing to see how we were provided with boats. Herel found a large sail-boat, a smaller one with centre-board and sprit-sail, several row-boats, and a beantiful little skiff, the property of Mrs, W., just the thing for exploring the waters by oneself. Here the augler can enjoy the advantages of both fresh and salt water fishing, Tn the river and its numerous tributary creeks and branches are multi- indes of perch, aud a species of bass,called by the natiyes fresh-water trout. Berwick's Bay is only a mile below the mill, and inits waters are salt- water trout, red-fish, croakers, sheepshead, and mullets by the myriad. These lutler cannot be caught witha Hook, but are easily caught with nets, and are used for bait, Minnowsare not to be had,and cut mul- Jet igused almost exclusively. Only once during my stay did we hayea minnow, and this was yoted to the Doctor, an old and enthusiastic an- ler. We accompanied him to seé the sport. We wentby boat to the mouth of a branch where the largest ‘‘tront'’ were wont to lie hid, After waiting a few moments—as the Dovtor explained, for the large fish which the boat had jrightened off to return—a cast was made, A rush, succeeded bya plunge, followed, and a large fish was securely hooked. After many unavailing struggles « six-pound beauty was: wearied out and safely lifted over the guuwale. Another of about the Same weight was captured with the same bait. The oply drawback to our fishing was the presence of the gars. Berwick’s Bay, or Wick's Bay as it is called by the natives, is simply a lake-like expansion of Fish River, where it forms an elliptical basin some three miles long and two miles broad before its embrochure into Mobile Bay. Where its waters mingle with those of the bay it is not more than two hundred yards wide, and at this place isa bar, which is afineplace for seining. Along the shores of the bay are several houses, built after the Creole style, with large overhanging roofs and encircling piazzas. There, standing amid moss-covered liye oaks, magnolias with their dark leaves and creamy flowers, and the luxuriant fig trees, rank foliage and purple fruit, forms scene most attractive to all loyersof nature, The fishing in the bay is at times very exciting, and at all seasons plenty of game and edible fish reward the angler’s care, The gars, too, do not annoy one quite as much hereas in the river. Apropos of gars, one of our party, disgusted by the number of hooks they had cost him, and the way they had contributed to his annoyance, determined to catch at least one specimen upon which to wreak hig yengeance, On 4 yisit to Mobile he secured a large hook, and had it fastened toa light chain about two feet in length, This he attached to along line about as thick as a bed-cord, baited his hook witha large perch, tied the line securely to the bath-house railing, and heaved the bait overboard. In # few moments his patience was ra- warded by a sharp tug atthe line,and after a long struggle he suc- ceeded in capturing—not the gar, buta young sliark abont four feetin length. his was all yery well, but not the fish that he wanted; sohe refreshed himself with a glass of ale, smoked a pipe, and spitting on bis bait, again committed it to ths briny deep. Soon there wasa mighty strike, and a quick jerk fastened the hook securely. Then fol- lowed a long and most exciting struggle, which ended by the gar's be- ing drawn to the surface and receiving his coup de grace from a pistol shot. He was an ugly customer, fiye feet and « half in length and thick in proportion, while the hooks found in his jaws told ua that ut least one of the wretches that had troubled us so long would annoy us no more, , Should any of your numerous readers 6yer feel inclined to explore the régions of which I have spoken, T can assure them that they can, in the proper season, find sportin plenty, both for rod and gun, and will never haye cause to regret their visit to Berwick’s Bay, Wine. i PORTER'S LAKE AND VICINITY. X Hnrror Morus? AND STRBAM, ; Tiaying yead in the columns of your journal of 2 party making inguiry about Porter's Lake, I think T can give them the necessary in- formation, having been 4 regular visitor to that placs fora number of BOTs, : : The quickest and best way for them to go from our city is to tuke +hé cara from the Kensington Depot and go to Stroudsburg. An ex- tursion ticket to flat place willcost $4.85, They can gets wagon at Stroudsburg from W-K, Henry, who keeps a livery stable, aud will Parpaprneus, April 20, 1877. 185 take them to tha Laketor $6. Ut will take abont: six hours ride to get there, or, if they write to the proprietor of the hotel, Adam Rinsliart, ha will send his team to mest them. As regarda the fishin the lake, they will find pickerel, catfigh and perch. The black bass were only put in the lake ia Angust, 1874, by Howard J, Reader, og of the Fish Commissioners of our Stute. T happsned to he at the lake at the time he was thers. There wars only about fifty small ones putin (the lake), (lie Valanoe having died before they got flere, They will find plenty of trout streams In the neighhor- hood, partioularly the Bushkill Greek, made famoua by the Inte Mr. Thad. Norris's frequent roference to if in bis ‘“Anyliog in American Watera,"’ They will also find good trout fishing in the Suwkill Oréek, Middle Branch and Indian Calyin Branch (hranches of the Bushkill}, Which streams are all within a short distance of Porter's Lake, and it Will afford good sport fishing these streams for those who know how, Ido not think they will find & satiafactory placa tocamp on the bor- dérs of the lake; can get good board nat the hotel for $7 per week, which Will entitles them tothe use of the boats, whereas should they camp ont sud Haye no boats, itis very doubtful if they can catch any large fish, for they aré only to be caught at certain places in the luke, which cau only be fished from a boat. My advice aaa frequent visitor to the Jake, is to make theiy headquarters at the hotel, where they will find nive eléan beds and good square meals, andthey will also find Ad.a good fellow, who does all he can to make his guests comfortable, If they have made yp their minds to camp out, 1 would adyise them to go to what we Call the ‘High Knob,” whichis about nine miles from Porter's Lake, You take the same cars’ and get off at Oakland, and procurs a team to take you to the ‘Knob.’ I can recommend the black bass fishing ut the ‘Knob, A party of us caught eighty-seyen large ones ina day, which I consider good luck, considering that some of them weighed four pounds. There wasa party who left the day be- fora we Came wilh one hundred and thirty-three, having caught them from Monday at noon to Tuesday at noon. My advice to any person in sexrch of black bass fishing is ta try the "High Knob,” but take a boat wilh you. Respectfully yours, etc., ivan RUSsSeLe. N.E. cor, 9th and Callowhill Streets, $$ —______ GAME AND FISH OF GREEN RIVER, KY. ——¢——. AsHpyspure, Ky., April 20th, Eptron Forrst AnD S1ReAM, I live on the famous stream of Green River, Kentucky; thai is, onca famous for ifa fish and the game that roamed at will in the dense cane- brakes and swamps lying along its banks, bub wich now are nearly ex- terminated. Thenets und stops worked the rnin of the finny tribe, while the fast increase of civilization drove the deer farther Weet. Green Riyer is from eighty to one hundred and twenty-five yardain width, aud from twenty-five to one hundred feet deep from the mouth to Cal- houn, distant sévyenty miles, Lock and Dam No, 2 is situated at Calhoun, and in May and June one cau have tolerably fair sport catch- ing bass below the falls. Butof all the fish famous in the waters of this rlveris the catfish; they grow to immense size, and as thay suffer less from the nets than other fish they are still tolerably plenty. The water is too sluggish for trout this far down, as the locks keep the water dead in the summer and fall, As to game, I willsay weare hard to beat on squirrels, as the flats here abound in oak and hickory, and furnish abundant food for the bushy tail Squirrels are now in splendid condition for shooting, as the young ones are good size and very fat. I killed sixteen in about three hours one day, and. could have killed more. We have some turkeys, and they haye been gobbling for some time; they commenced at least 2 month earlier than common. Our new gatne Jaw forbids killing turkeys in the gobbling season, but seems to do no goad, as I heard ten guns the other morning by sun up. Youug squirrels came at least a month sooner than usual, and I cannot account for it, as the spring is only an average one. I have not seen a deer for nearly two years, althongh I seea track occasionally. Quails and rabbits are plenty on the hills along the river, and would be abundant in 4 short timeif s0mMe pains were taken to kill off some of the owls, hawks and vaimin s. Ihaye killed but one phearant since I have lived here—tive years—ani have seen but one or two more. Woodcock are also rare. Ducks, ones 80 humerous in the spring and fall, haye become also yery scarce, ouly a few stopping in their flight, If any of your readers that see this want to go on a hunting expedi- tion next fall ina place where game is plentiful, just give them my address. I want one or two good fellows to make a party of two or three, to go on a trapping expedition next fall and trap all winter. Ipromise good sport and 9 fair remuneration ata yery siiall outlay. Pappy O'LEARY, Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and Importers, haye always a large stock of sil- ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, racing and other sports, and on requesi they | prepare special designs for similar purposes, Theiz timing watches are guaranteed for ac- curacy, and are now very generally used for sporting and scientific requirements. Tiffany & Co., are also the agents in America for ‘Messrs Patek, Philippe & Co., of Geneva, of whose celebrated yatches they have a full line. Their stock of Diamondsand other Pre- cious Stones, General. Jewelry, Bronzes and Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, and the public are invited to visit their estab- lishment without feeling the slightest obligia- tion to purchase. Union Square, Nev" York Adv. - THE PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE, With plain jystructions how to rear and breed dogs for pleasure, show and prollt, The work contains additional chapters upon the ** Law on Dogs,” and * Non-Sporting Kennel.” By GORDON STABLES, M.D,; C.M., R.N, Dilustrated. 192 pages, 12mo, cloth, $1.50. Toe DoG, With simple directions for his treatment, and notices of tho best dogs of the day and their breeders or ex- hibitors. By “IDSITONE-' New edition, with ilus- trations, 12mo, sloth, $1.25. CASSELL, PETTER & GALPIN, 596 Brondway, New York. FIRST ANNUAL NEW YORK BENCH SHOW OF DOGS, Given under the auspices of the Westminster Kennel Club, GILMORE’S GARDEN, May 8th, 9th and 10th, 1877. PRIZES AMOUNTING TO NEARLY $5,000 WILL BE AWARDED TO SPORTING AND NON-SPORTING DOGS, Prize Lists and Forms of Entry can be had of CHAS. LINCOLN, Sup, 17 Chatham Street, New York. Box 2832. ENTRIES ULOSE APRIL 26th. ~\Sapldt THE STRATHROY KENNELS. TELD TRIAL SETTER PUPPIEG FOR SALE. By Leicester, out of Dart. Leicester and Dart _are the sire and dam of more winners at field trials and bench shows in America than avy other dog and bitch, Paris, Mand, Blanche, Peg, Pride of the South, Clip, etc., are all by them, and Stafford is out of Dart. At the last Memphis Field trials, Champion Stakes —Drake Ist, Stafiord 2d, and Parisdd, Braces Stakes —Drake and Erin 1st, Maud and Stafford 2d, and Paris and Pride of the South (then a puppy) 3d, Drake is Dart’s brother. Price of Puppies when 3 months old, ‘$50. Address L, H. SMITH, Strathroy, Ontario, Canads. ‘ap26-4t FOREST CITY KENNEL FOR IMPORTED SETTERS. Dr. Goldsm‘th’s celebrated dogs Plunket, Carrie, Mapp and Nell have passed into the aboye Kennel, Plunket and Rapp will be nsedin the stud, Wor ser- Yyices and pedigrees address W. J. Farrar, Cleveland, O. Jan25-3m. WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB (FOR POINTERS.) Stud dog Sensstion; Jemon and white, weight 60 ibs.; winner of seven prizes in England. Sirea by R. J. Lloyd Price’s Champion Jim,and from White- house's celebrated Champion Vield Trial Hamlet and Rap stock; just imported: 2s years old. Fee $35. For pedigiee and full particulars applyto DR W. 5. WEBB, 7 Weat Fifty-fonrth st., N. Y. febii tf Spratt’s Patent Meat Fibrine Dog Cakes GENUINE NONE ARE O8 BEA IND STAMPED _ From the reputation these Meat Fibrins Cakes Lave now cuined, they require scarcely any explanation to recommend them to the use of every one who keeps a dog, suiliceit to suy they are free from salt,and contuin “dates,” the exclusive use of which, in com- bination with meat and meal to compose a biscuit is Becored to ua by Letters Patent. For sale in cases of 112 lbs. each. F.O0.DEe LUZE, sole Agent, 18 South William street, New York. Special terms to dealers. y OR SALE.—A FEW THOROUGHBRED SETTER Pups out of my Bismarck-Nannio bitch Tip (see ‘Burgos’ A, K. & 8. F., No. 241), by Neff; also a tine rad Irish Setter bitch Pup, siz months old, partly bro- ken. Address G. H. T., P.O, Box 85, Indisnapolis, Ind. apligs-3t ORSALE—A FINE LOT OF SCOTCH, Skye, Dandy Dinmont, and Black-and-tan_ter- riers, sporting Dogs, Maltese cats, Ferrets, &c. Medl eines for all diseases at L. N. 45 Gh Test Jones street, N, ¥. Septel ly. Ghe Rennel. RIZE IRISH AND LAVERACK SETTERS FOR SALE. Red Irish setter bitch Music, by * Plunket,” ont of “Rosna,’' a pure Iriah bitch. Music was lat at Vay- nol Field Trials,and 2iat Crystal Palace show, is atrong, healthy, andactive. Shot over togrouse and partridge regularly, Price £30. Expenses to be paid by purchaser. _“ Layerack ** setter bitch Berri, avhite and black ticked, good in field, ahot oyer to partridge and here. Pedigree; By Laverack's ‘Prince, out of “Blue Belle.” Pure bred. ‘Blue Belle” is own sister to Liewellin's ‘Sam snd Lill,” Berra isa splendid little bitch, compact, active, and very fast. Price £50 (lowest figure), Aged two years. Tho champion retriever, Panis, Invaluable for field and stock purposes. Winner of the following prizes: Ist [pewich, on game in the field; Orystal Palace Champion Prize, 1872; Dublin 1st Prize, 1872; Champion Prize, 1873; Ist and cup,1873. Not ex- ae after 1874, when he was beaten by his own stock. Heis the grandest stud dog that has ever been at thé seryice of the public in England, his fee being £6, 6s. He hag secured a great many nominations. Price, £50, Expanses not to be paid. Address GEORGE BREWIS, Horseheath Lodge, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England. Ifaplst HEME es : a a ng : DOGS CANNOT SLIP THis COLLAK No matter how violently they eran this collar will nol choke or injure the dog. ade of heayy bridle leather with nickle plated trimmings. Sent by mail with name of dog or owner on name plate for $1.C0. Manufactured by Thomson & Son, SOl1 Broadway, N. XY. : jand-tf Fleas, Fleas! Worms, Worms! STEADMAN’S FLEA POWDER FOR DOGS. A Bane to Fleas--A Boon to Dogs. This Powder is guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or any other animals, or money returned, [tis put up in patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which greatly facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious. Price 50 cents by mail, »ostpaid. ABRECA NUT for Worms in DOGS. A certain remedy, Put up in boxes containing a doz- en powdera, with full directions for use, rice 60 cent# per box by mail. Both the aboye are recom mended by Aed and Gun and Forest aNp STREAM, W. HOLBERTON, 102 Nassau St., New York. OR YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL Stock from the choicest breeds inquire of . P. McKOON, dec28 6m Franklin, Del. Co., N.Y. } ENNEL FOR BREEDING, REARING, BOARD- ing, exercising, and training Setters and Pointers. Refer to Forest AnD STREAM, and others, Address acl 12 HE. 8. WANMAEER, Hohokus, Bergen Co,, N, J, Ghotiges. =< A NEW WAD. The FIBRE WAD will give batter pansiration and pattern than Eley’s wadding, Is elastic and plastic, and will hold the lof#d sECURELY In BRASS SHELLS. Will not take fire or blow to pisces. Price, per box of 250, 25c. for 12 and 10, and S0c, for 8 bore. Sample sent by mail on reosipt of price, Liberal discount to the trade, Addrass DELAWARE CARTRIDGE 0O., Wilmington, Delaware. bapltf Sapl3m ISH CULTURE ESTABLISHMENT FOR SALE. The undersigned desiring to open a pew estab- lishment ata remote point, offers one of the largest and most profitable Fish Oulture stations in the United States for sale to a good customer. A large, modurn style, new house, and three acres of land go with it, Address, Frank N, CLARK, NontHyYILLE, Mion, ap’ll2 4t. (26 miles from Detroit.) on pe 500 ACTIVE AGENTS eelsior Letter Copying Book. No press, brush, water, or pad used, Copies on dry paper, Send §3 and we will forward a 500 page book, full letter size, by mail, postpaid. Inguire of any Commercial Agency as to our responsibility. Send stamp for circular. EXCELSIOR MANUFACTURING GO., 110 Dearborn Street, Chicago. SaplTt Complete Shooting Suit S10, $10. $10. Warranted better than any in the market. Sent by mail for $10.75. 1,000 testimonials on file, which say that ‘Holabird inakes the best Shooting Suit in the World.” Thia Suit is to beat the cheap trash in the market, which sell for moré money, Shonld you want anything extra-finé I can make it. Send for my Circular Price List and Sample of Goods. mar22-3m W. H. HOLABIRD Valparaiso, Ind. W. Holberton sole agent in New York. FOR $2.00 zE AM HAPPY TO INFORM MY MANY friends and customers that I have now ready the most Complete Game Bag ever Invented. it has capacity for 75 Quail, Pocket room for 50 shells, is very ight, weighing bntafew ounces. Itcan be worn Over a busines* coast, or can be worn under, #8 you please. The material is water-proof drill. Sent poatpsxidon receipt of price. Money refunded if not aalisfactory. Sendchestmessure only, W. H. HOLABIRD, Valparaiso, Ind, W. Holbsrton sole sgent in New York. marl6—3m. WANTED TO soll onr Ex- for Zale. TO PURCHASERS OF PURE-BRED ALDERNEY STOCK. Camille Lacey, near Dorking, Surrey. MESSRS WHITE & SONS (of Dorking, Surrey, Eng- land, beg to snnounce that they gre Honored with inatructiona from the owner to offer for sale by pub- lic auction, at Camilla Lacey, Westhumble, near Dork- ing, on TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1877, & selection from the celebrated herd, consisting of twelve or fourteen FURE FAWN AND SILVER GRAY COWS AND HEIFERS, AND ONE BULL. The Auctionesrs have mutch pleasure and confi- dence in calling the attention of intending purchasers to the yery unusual opportunity aiforded by this sale ofscquiring stock descended from the most famous herds in the country, and which will be sold entirely in consequence of the farm being overstocked. Descriptive catalogues will be published in due times, and may be obtained of the Auctionesrs, Dork. ing, Surrey, England. ap‘li26t. FINE GUNS FOR SALE. WO FINE DOUBLE-BARRELLED Muzzle-loading Bhot Guna. 11 Bore. Made by Wm. Greener and W, W. Greener. Weight Sand 734 Ibe. As good asnew. Price, $25 & $30. Address, for full particu- lars, W. L. L., Box 8977, N. Y. City. ap26-1t EABODY RIFLE FOR SALE.—41 oal., chambered for 17 grains of powder. Prise $30, Address “7, Forza? avpD STREAx office. ap26-1t WILD RICE FOR SALE. AM PREPARED TO FILL ORDERS FOR THE above Seed promptly. Now is the time to plant it. Price, $2 per bushel. Sacks 25c. Cash must ac- company order. api6-4t THOS. P. CANTWELL, Brainerd, Minn. FOLDING BOAT YOR SALE.—A HEGEMAN Portable Folding Boat, for two persons; two sets oar-locks; two seats, New and perfect in all respects; used but once; cost $80; will sell for $40. Dr. Up de Graff, Elmira, N.Y. { aplidat OR SALE,—A GENTLEMAN’S COMPANBON. A thoroughbred imported coal black, curly-coated Scotch Retriever. Apowerful and magnificent animal; good-tempsred; broken to fetch and carry on land, hand and whistle; 20 months old. Apply to Capt. Taylor, Bellefonte, Mottoway Co., Va. ap] 19-2t Ludlow "Trout Co. ROOK TROUT FRY FOR SALE IN any quentity tosuit parties. Fry delivered if W. Hi. CROWELE, Ludlow. McKean Co., Pa, ARTIES WISHING TO SEND THEIR DOGS TO the country during the close season can find 5 very desirable spot.. Also those huving young dogs that they wish/handled. For terms, &c., addroesa WARREN LOWE, aprh-2m) Guilford, Conn. OR. SALE, CHEAP.—AN IRON STEAM YACHT, Seifeet long, 742 feet beam; speed, 15 miles an hour:. Cabin 20 feet long, handsoftely fitted. Double cylinder engine, 6x8. ; For further particulars sddresa P, O. Box 229, Bor- dentoyn, N..J. Sportsmen's Zoutes. TONINGTON LINE, FOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST. REDUCED FARE: Eisgant Steamers STONINGTON and NARRAGAN- SETT leayse Pier 38, North River, foot Jay St., at 5:00 B.M. NOT A TRIP MISSED IN SEVEN YEARS. Tickets for wale at all principal ticket offices, State roome secured at offices of Westcott Express Company, and at 365 Broadway, New York, and 333 Washington 8t., Brooklyn, PROVIDENCE LINE. Freight only, steamers leaye Pier 37, Noth River, foot Park Place, at 4:30 P, M. Freights via either line taken at loweat rates. D. 8, BABCOCE, Pres. L. W. FILEINS, G. P. Agent, GREAT SOUTHERN rege cPas nL The South and the Southwest AND THE FLORIDA PORTS, EVERY Wednesday and Saturday At 3 o’elock P. M. From PIER 29, N R CITY OF ATLANTA. CHAMPION. Capt. M.S. Woodhull. apt. R. W. Lockwood. GULF STREAM. G. W. CLYDE. Capt. 8. Crowell. Capt, Ingrabm, The above steamers haye been handsomely fitte- up for tha convenience of passengers, and are unori yalled on the coast for 4) Safety. Speed and Comfort. Close connections at Charleaton with the favorite and well-known Florids packets DICTATOR, Capt. Vogel; CITY POINT, Capt. Scott, for FERNAN- DINA JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, PA- LATEA, ENTERPRISE, MELONVILLE and all points in Florida. EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES. (ee Insurance to eer ONH-HALF OF ONE CENT. Gooda forwarded free of Commission. era a ticketeand Bills of neding issued and Suen att office of JAMES W. QUINTARD & CO., Agents. No. 177 West Street, cor, Warren, or W. P. CLYDE & CO., No. 6 Bowling Green. Through Freight Tariffs, Passage Tickets by all routes and to all pointsin the South and Semthwest, and further information can be obtained at the oftice of BENTLEY D, HASELL, General Agent, Great Southern Freight Line, 317 Broadway, corner of Thomas street. dec? ly Sportsmen's Routes, TO SPORTSMEN: THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. COMP'Y Respectfully invite attention to the Superior Facilities gers of reshipment, while the excellent cars run over PORTED without failure or injory. The lines of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING in Pennsylyania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in all the principal Cities to KANE, RENOVA, B FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, and Still Hunting. Algo, to TUCKERTON, BEECH HAVEN, CAPE MAY, SQUAN, and pointa on the NEW JERSEY COAST renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN AND FEATHER. D. M. BOYD, Jz,, Gen'l Pass. Agent. Frank THomrson, Gen’l Manager, fobi7 tf ST. PAUL AND ST. LOUIS Short Line, Burlington, 0, Rapida and Northern RAILWAY. Quickest, Cheapest, and Best TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, crossing and connecting with sl! Esstand West Lines in lows, running through some of the finest ae grounds in the Northwest for Geese, Ducks, Pinnste and Ruffed Grouse, and Quail. Sportsmen and thojr dogs tuken good cara of, Reduced rates on parties of ten ormore upon application to General Ticket Oftice, Cedar Rapids, 0, J, IVES, General Passenger wae E. F. WrssLow, General Manager. “THE BERMUDAS.” Ape A FAVORITE AND DELIGHT- FUL Winter Resort, is reached in seventy koura from New York, and being surrounded by the warm waters of the Gulf Strexm enjoys an equable temperatare of abont 70°, The elegant British Steamships ‘'Bermuda” and “Camina,” 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- ver travel, are dispatched from New York for Berma- da fortnightly, making connection at Ber=nda with steamers for St. Thomas and West Indies. For fall information apply to A. E, OUTERBRIDGE, Agent, 29 Broadway, N. ¥. Dec?1-ly. FOR FLORIDA. mth OR THROUGH TICKETS TO FER: NANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, 8T. AUGUS- TINE, SANFORD, ENTERPRISE, endintermediate ‘landings on ST. JOHN'S RIVER and interior points in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and ‘ thence by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. Lb. JAMES, Gen’l Agent, Philadelpnia and Southern Mail 8. 8, Co., 416 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia Deels-1y Hotels and Pegorts for Sportsmen. ALSEY HOUSE, Atlanticyille, L. I- A SUMMER BESORT, and for Sportemen alb the year, will open June 36th. New house accommodaten Fifty guests, Hoome of Waiz0us sizes and expontires. Perfectly healthy, A fins ouk grove of two acroa at rear of house. Nearer to and larger than auy house bordering on Shinnecock Bay, Surf and Still Bathing, Boating, Duck, Goose, Snips, and Quail Shooting. References from former guests, Send for acirculary wp'lld St, W.F. HALSEY, CROSSMON HOUSE, ABEXANDRIA BAY, Jxrr. Co.,N. ¥,, 0, CROSSMON & SON, Proprietors. road, and at Cape Vin- ‘cent with the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg ; Sa. : ail PP eyiainie's 6 ods, TIE “BOSTON TMG SUT. NIOW RECOCNIZED )) AS THE Standard Outfit FOR SPORTSMEN. Hach Garment Distinctly Marked: “BOSTON SHOOTING SULLY, MADE G. W. Simmons & Son, BY PRICE $13 Sample of Material ° AND CIRCULAR. ADDRESS: GW. SIMMONS & SON, “OAK HALL,” BOSTON, MASS. Sportsmen's Goods. Sportsmen's Emporium, 102 Nassau St., New York. Camping, Shooting and Fishing Tackle of every description, including Tents, Blankets, Rubber Goods, Flannel Shirts, ete. SOLE AGENTS IN NEW YORE FoR Oaptain Bogardus’ Patent Roughed Glass Balls; Duncklee’s Camp Stoves; Boudren’s Jack, Dash and Fishing Lamps ; Bond's Fold- ing Boats; Fenner’s Trunk Boats; Sara J. McBride’s Standard Prout Flies; Holabird’s Celebrated Shooting and Fishing Suits of Duck, Corduroy, and Fustian; Good’s Moc- casins; Holberton’s Fly Books, holding files at full length. BLACK BASS. The Celebrated Ferguson Jungle Cock, Hol- berton, Turkey, Academy, May, and other Black Bass Flies on hand, tied for oasting with light rods, Directions furnished, if desired, how, when, and where to fish with artificial fies for Black Bass, Hand-Made Fly Rods, of the best quality for Troutand Black Bass, from $7 upward. Every rod warranted. Leonard’s Split Bamboo Fly Rods. The Fox Patent Gun, the best and cheapest breech-loader yet offered toSportsmen. Bogardus’ Glass Ball Traps, each $12 sett. Three Traps, $30; Balls, $2.50 per 100. Spratt's Dog Biscuit. Hart's Metal Shells and Celluloid Reels. Shooting and Fishing Suits all styles and prices, and everything else useful and neces- Sary to Sportsmen. Send 10 cents for illustrated catalogue, containing Hints oN Fry FisHiye, Oampine, AND SHOOTING; RULES FOR GuAss Bann SHooTmNe, by Cartan Bo- GARDUS. Send no money by mail, only draft or P. O. order, Discount to the trade, P.O, Box 5109. Ww. HOLEERTON, THE ’76 SHOOTING COAT, (PATENTED), FirstClass Shooting Garments, In great variety. Send for Circular. GEO, C, HENNING, 410 Seventh street. Washington City. Feb22-1y. ACCENTS WANTED. Goodyear's Pocket Gymnasium, ENDORSED BY THE MOST EMINENT PHYSICIANS. ‘ Tho Most Complete Syatem OF PHYSICAL EXERCISH Ever Devised for Home Practice. 100,000 In use by men, women and ehildren. Used standing, sitting or reclining. Hundreds of graceful movements. For home, office, schools, hospitals. Price List,-No.1, for Chil- ic aK dreti 4 lo 6 years, $ No. 2, for Children 6 to 8, $1.10. No. 3, for Children 8 to 10, $1.20. No. 4, for Children 10 toll, $1.30. No 5, for Ladies and Children 14 years and upwards, $1.40. No. 6, for Gentleman of moderate strength, $1.50. No. 7, used by Ladies, Children or Gents, $2.00. No. 8, for Gentlemen of extra strength, $2.50. Foti set, famil use, f each, (1 to 6) Two 7’s and Two 8's, $16.00. Nos.7 ands are fitted with a screw-eye and hook to attach to the wallor floor. A pair of No, 7, ($4.00), or 8, ($5.00), make a complete Gymouasium and Health Lift. Sent post-paid on receipt of prise, Exclusive Agencies granted in unoccupied territory. Exclusive rights to sell the Pooket Gymnasium afford the largest possible returns for small investments, Its sales are nearly universal wherever itis placed before the pub- lic and ita merits fully understood. For Illustrated descriptive circulars, terms, &c., addroas, Goodyear Rubber Curler Cox, P, O. Box 5,156 697 Broadway, New Yorks RUBBER G00DS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Publications. JUST OUT. The Third Edition of DOMECTICATED TROUT. Revised and Enlarged. BY LIVINGSTON STONE. “It isthe most complete guide to the art of Trout raising ever published.”— Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass, 3 Ei‘ The beat book on Trout culture,’”"— Live Stock Journal, New York. 4 «© We can desire nothing more.”— Germantown Telegraph, Philadelphia, Pa. «An sdmirable and standard work,”— Mining and Sctentific Press, an Francisco, Oal. apl36-4t fishinn Cachle, H. L. LEONARD, Manufacturer of Fine Fly, Bass, Salmon and Trout Rods of Split Bamboo, or any desired material, and Improved Licht Reels, Sold by all principal dealers in ishing tackie throngh- out the United States. ; Every variety of Fishing Tackle alvyvays on hand. ARTIFICIAL FLIES TIED TO ORDER. Novis-t" Bangor, Maine. Fine Fishing Rods, Reels, and Artificial F:ies, AND DEALER [IN FISHING TACKIE, Manchester, Mention ForREsT AND STREAM. Send for Descriptive Price Lists. Wermont. ishing Tackle. ishing Gackle. BRADFORD & ANTHONY, 8374 Washington Street, BOSTON, MASS., Importers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Offer their usual extensive assortment of STAPLE GOODS, and are introducing this season some NEW and DESIRABLE articles. We call attention to the PATENT ADJUSTABLE FLOATS AND ADJUSTABLE SINKERS, which can be attached and detached at will, without Enotting or tying the line, or remoying the bait or hook. Oan also be moved readily on the line, and remain fixed wherever placed. ‘These are rapidly taking the place of the old-fashioned floats and ringed sinkers, wmSPLIT BAMBOO FLY RODS from $15 to $50 each. We makea specialty of Artificial Flies. Our stock is unequalled in variety and extent,and unexcelled in quality. BRADFORD & ANTHONY received the award of the U.8. Centennial Commission in 1876 for ‘ Ex- haustive Variety of Anglers’ Apparatus, especially HOOKS, LINES, RODS, ARTIFICIAL FLIES, * * of the BEST QUALITY.” Our Illustrated Wholesale Catalogue of Fishing Tackle will be mailed to any dealer whose address is sent to us. Saplst L.H, ABBEY. C. F. IMBRIzE. ANDREW CLERE. # Special. 43 Maiden Lane. be 0. Box 1294 s5Liberty Street.) NEW YORK. ABBEY & IMBRIE, (Successors to Andrew Clerk & Co.) New York, London, and Redditch, importers, Marufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in FISHING TACKLE Of Every Description and Quality. We particularly call attention to our extensive as- sertment of tine goods for sportsmen, such as Salmon ‘Trout, and Black Sass Flies and Snell Hooks, on hand tnd tied to order; Cuttyhunk and Pasque Islinds Bass Lines, Water-proof Braided Silk Lines, etc., ete. Every genuine H. L. Leonard’s Six-Spliced Bamboo Salmon, Trout, and Bass Rod is marked “H. L, Leon ard, maker, Abbey & Imbrie, sole agents.’ Beware of imitations. Sole agents for the McCord Patent Celluloid Black Bass Reel, and Aiken Black Buss Rod. Proprietors of the celebrated Winchester Patent Braided Rods, Sole importers of Joseph Warrin’s Drill-Eyed and -Eyed Needles. arties fitted out with appropriate tackle for th Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast, Canada, Maine, Adi- rondacks, etc., etc. Orders by mail will receive the ‘bersonal attention of the firm. A. B. SHIPLEY & SON. MANUFACTURERS i IMPORTERS OF Fine Fishing Tackle, FISH RODS, MOUNTINGS, &e. Shipley'’s ‘‘Prize Medal’ Split Bamboo and Green Heart Trout, Salmon and Bass Fly Rods, Reels, Lines, Leaders, Floats, Artificial Flies, Bone, Metai, and Nickle Squids for Sea. River and Brook Fishing. A SPECIALTY OF THE CELEBRATED Green Heart Wood. for Amatuer rod makers. Prize Medal Awarded at Franklin Institute 1874, and Centennial Exhibition 1876, for Rods, Lines;-Reels, Flies, Artificial Baits, &c. mari-Gm 502 Commerte &t,, Philadelphia. ~ Sportsmen’s Depot. (ESTABLISRED 1836.) First premium at World’s Fair at New York and Centennial Hxhibition, JOHN KRIDER, N,E. Cor Second and Walnvi Sta., Philadelphia GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, FISHING TACKLE, RODS, REELS, LINES HOOKS, FLIES, LEADERS, SNOODS, ARTIFICIAL BAIT, FLY BOOKS, ETC., ETC. {($" Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies made to order, ALSO, “KRIDER’S”? CELEBRATED CENTER ENAMEL SPLIT AND GLUED BAMBOO RODS. Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in great varieties—Tax idermy in all its branches. SPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. Repairing of all kinds. mar4-iy CONROY, BISSETT & MALLESOR, 65 Fulton St., N. Y. Six Strip Split Bamboo Ely Rods A SPECIALTY. | $25 Each Quality Guaranteed. q ALSO COMBINED GREEN HAART AND SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. BUTT AND JOINT OF GREEN HEART, AND TIPS OF SPLIT" BAMBOO, $30 Each FLIES, LINES, &c., AT RE- DUCED RATES. an KT {CELLULOID PATENT.) Trolling and Click Reels. The finest Reels made light, durable and finely finished, Ask your dealer for them. GEORGE E. HART & Co,, Newark, N. J. Refer to Dr. W. W. Ely, Kochester, N. Y., anc Dr. J. R, Romeyn, Keesville, N. Y. ju2otf. CARD. Dr. Fowier’s Celebrated Six Strip Bam- boo Fly-Rods. Improved and finished withont cutting away the enam- el, The strongest and handsomest rodsin the world. Private orders solicited for all kinds of fine tackle, Rods sent per express on approyal, Send for circu- lar. A, H. FOWLER, Ithaca, N. Y. McBride Flies. Medal and Diploma from International Exhibition Philadelphia, 1876, decreed for exceedingly neat werk with solidity of coustruction, A fine assortment of files for irout, salmon and bass constantly on hand, Also casting-lines. Plies carefully selected for any locality. Goods promptly made to order from en vattern desired, Address SARA J. McBRLiDE, Mumford, Monroe co., N.Y. W. Holberton,! Sole Agent for New York and vicinity. feb15-4m, 188 TRON ARHMEENGH A -FOREST AND STREAM. a Sportsmen's Goads, PATENT GAME STOVES+-a SIZES, NO 0 GAMP ——— DIMENSIONS TT PACKED, | 10x12x 14, awl WHIGHT 22 Lus. COST $11 50 0X2 *payoug-diieg i 1 iA ‘OO Gis 38909 "Sql Qe INARA T make o Kitsimilar to No. 0 witha oven, weight 39 $bz, cost $10. ‘hese stoves are dnrable and give universal eativfaction, Within three years over 1,500 of thease camp stoves haye been gold SEND FOR CIRCULAR, — H.L DUNCK LEB, Box 2710. Buyston. For sale by MOLBERTON & GEEMER, 102 Nassau street, N, ¥. Good’s Oil Tanned Moccasins The best thing ever worn by sportsmen. Not injured by wet- ting and dryiug —always soft and éney to the feet. Four dif- ferent styles. Prices to eer suit the times. Send for ‘ illastrated circular and (Successor to Frank Good). MARTIN 8. ZB price ligt. HUTCHINGS. P. U. Box 868 Dover. V. H. W. Holberton, 102 Nassau et., N. Y., Agent, EsTABLIsHED 14535. O'BRIEN BROTHERS, RUSTIC BUILDERS, Main St, West of Riverdale Avenue- PORTABLE SHOOTING BOXES, Rustic Summer Houses, Gates, ele,, Built in Sectinns and Shipped to all parts of the U.S. iG \ Portable Shooting or Tourist Mouses builtin Sec- tions, cartied in 4 ons-borse wagon, can be put together withoul the aid of a mechanic, and are far superior to tents. Plan as shown is 10 feet square und built of narrow pins, viled inside, painted outside, aod trimmed with rustio work, Pries, $185. Wainscoted # fest high, loside. 3150. Tach house contains u stowaway or open attie for holding sporting equipments, &o, Plans for Seaside Cottages; also, ull Binds of Rustic Work, These houses can be built mora extensively and claborately if required, O'Brien Bros.,, Yonkera, N. ¥. ’ Houting. RUSHTON’S HUNTING & PLEASURE BOATS. Combine BEAUTY STRENGTH and STEADL NESS. The LIGHTEST sporting boat in the world. Weight, 85 ponnds and npoward. Will carry two to four béreons and baggage. Cedar siding, oak keel, stems, etc. (do not fold up), Also CANOES, weight 35 pounds uv. H, RUSHTON, Manufacturer, Can- ton, St. Lawrence County, N. ¥. Mar 9, ly Fenner’s Portable Boat Meets the demand of sportsmen for a boat which is light aud compact to curry, easily and quickly made for thé water, atrong, steady, noiseless. of light firateht, and of the form beet adapted to general tise. Four sizes made fer one to six men, costing from $35 to $60 New ‘valise” pattern for one man; packs 11x22x27 inches, and weights 25 pounds. Can be seen at Holherton & Beemer’s, New York, and Bradford & Anthony’s, Boston, Addresa C, A. FHNNER, Mystic River © ano2é 6m Publications, Valuable Books for All Who Contemplate Building. “ST. LOUIS CONICAL Bav decreass in recoil, and # inches; No. 12—254, 234, and 2% inches, Longer BASE PAPER SHELL.” Having made important improvements in our Shell, we can safely rédommend them as equal, if not superivr, in qnality to any Paper Shell manufactured in this gountry or in Europe. Among the advantages claimed for these Shells, are: A ing of 25 per cent. in the use of powder } alao the groat The sizes made are No, 10—24c, 2%, Shells will be made at extra cost. They are uot mailable, Sumpls, 100, sent by express on receipt of $1,165 for No, 12; $1.30 for Na, 10. Factory and office, No. 2,230 De Kalb Street, St. Louis, Mo. ST. LOUIS PA T. SHELL MANUE’G CO- P AINTING THE PATRONS PAINT COMPANY are manufac- . turing the LNGWRSOLL READY-MiIXED PAINTS, and BRUSILES, and selling them at full trade discounts, delivering them freight paid, and. n0 money required until the goods are receiyed—making them cheaper than cven the material can be bought ¢lsewhere, They are an absolutely pure article, possessi faction all over the country. We have on Paint purchased to pay his Grange ROOF PA. T 30 percent, cheaper than any one else. great endurance and brillinncy, and are giving great satis- 2 Patron fricnd who saved enough alone expenses for a life-time. They also sell It is to the interest of all about painting toe write and have sent free their book, Lory One His Own Pinter.” Tt wil) save much money, whether you buy their Paint or not. Ad rdess, 259 FRONT STREET, NEW YORKE.—( from (The Famers’ Friend.) LYMAN’s PATENT | BOW-FACING ROWING GHAR im peel Nig Bea (Reduced cut of Perspective View, Plate 28.) Weoollett’s Villas and Cottages. This List Comprives the Best Selling Books on Archi- tecture. Carpentry and Stair—Building. Atwond’s Modern American Homesteads. 46 plates of Blevations, and plans of Suburban aud Country Houses, drawn to scale. One 8 vt vOlCloblb sees seey vide ore mes reser ere .. $3 60 Bickneli's Wooden and Brick Buildings. Vol. 1; 809x12 plates of Cotlayes, Suburban and Farm Houses, details and specilications. A first-cluBa WOK... 2. ces ee noes ese ttte =2e . Bieknell's Wooden and Brick Biildings. Yol. 2; 80 9x12 yates of Street and Store Fronts, Libraries, Halls, School ttuuses, Churches, Hotels, Railway Stations, Srablee, Ont Build- ings, niscelluneous details, etc,, etc, .,.,.... These yolumes on Wooden ana Brick Build- ms, contain a better class of studies than shown. in any other practical work issued, has are the cheapest works of the kiud pub- Peed. (yoy oe ce cae esc aetecoes cvererense Bicknell’s Village Builder and Supplement, A siandard work qontsining: 77 plates of a great variety of designs, suited to all rections of the country. Large QUATLOS. oie e ese cece c= Bicknell’s Supplement to Village Builder. 20 9 00 9 00 12 00 plat 5 00 Bickuell’s Detail Co.tage aud Constructive Ar- chitecture, This work has been worth hun. dreds of dollars to many of onr customers, We adyise all who are not supplied, to procnre acopy. 76 fall 9x12 plates..... Bell's Carpentry Made Hasy...........- 2A 6 5 Uroil's Progressive American Architecture. A new work of 97 plates of Country and Sn- burban Houses, and a grest variety of exterior and iuterior details. One large vol....... ers Uumming's Architectural Details,........ tumminge & Millers Architectural Detaila. Byelech's School Honse Architecture. —_.,.- Copley’s Plain and Ornamental Alphabets. Frank's Monumental Designs.. rise Goula’s Carpenters’ and Builders’ Assistant... , Gould'a American Stair Builders' Guide, with Supplement of 5 plates of Newela, Rails and JET Od sone Bey igo rapeeedr D obas aaa ea Ghillanme’s Interlor Architectaore. Harney's Barns and Out Boildiugs. Hallett's Builders’ Specifications, . Loth’s Practical Stair Builder... Monckton’s Stair Builder,........... Monckton's Carpenter and Joiner... ee Withers’ Church Architecture........-.....-. Fh Woodward's Nationw: Architect, new editio containing 108 plates......--.---.-.-., AE Woollett’s Villas and Coltagea; or, Homes for All. Contuining 40 plates of preliminary ROUGIER. duces wens. eeetes ete oa Alloef the above named books mailed free, to any address, ou receipt of price. Address Forrst AND STREAM. aro Kcournocr=so S s883sss = tee SSsses ad = wo UQgroemee mrl5 A VALUABLE BOOK. FRANK SCHLEYW’s American Partryidge and Pheasant Shooting, Describing the Haunts, Habits and Methods of Hunting und Shooting the AuEenicay Parratpez Quan. Rurrep Grouse, PHEASANTS, with direc- tiont for Handling thé Gun, Hunting the Dog, and Shooting on the Wing, Price $2. Liberal discount to the trade. Address PRANK SCHLEY, Frederick City, Md. febis-tt Seed Time Cometh! Qar twenty-fonrth edition of the Flower and Hitchen Ga‘den Directory, Hlustrated, for 1877, 18 now ready for distribution, embracing a complete List of the Best Standard Boston Market Vuarietlis of Vegetable Seeds, snd the most beantiful of Flower Seeds, and other Hortfenitaral Reqnisites; it will be forwarded free to al! former customers, and others on application. CURD & COBB, recently removed to 11 Avon &t., Boston, Mana. A Revolution in Boating. With this rowing gear the oarsman faces forward instead of backward, puliing in the same manner as with ordinary oars. ‘The stroke is longer and much easier than with any other oar, effort in steering thin in directing his course while walking, The boatman makes no more The oars tain be shipped instuntly by closin them upon the gunwale of boat or entirely detaching them. ‘This oar is especially adapted to all kinds o pleasure boating, and is indispensible in duck ahooting. LAM LYMAN, Patentee, Office in New York, 52 Cortland street, WNiiddlefield, Conn. : mars Gt Sportsmen's Goods. MORTIMER & KIRKWOOD, Gun and Rifle Makers, 24 Elm st., Boston, Mass. All kinds of Breech-Loading Work ef- fected in the most approved style. GUNS BORED FOR CLOSE AND HARD SHOOTING. & SUMPSON, Professional Dead Ball. , The Best Ball Mado. Used by all N the leading clubs throughout the United States. Samples by mail, post-paid, at $1. Samples of Deci4-ly. FISH Z AmatEuR DEAD Baws, by mail,75 cents. Send stamp for reduced illustrated price-list of ull our Base-ball, Fishing Tackle, and Sporting Goods, FISH & SIMPSON, angi¥iy 132 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK, Founded July 4, 1808 —— Thos. W. Sparks, Shot and Bar Lead MANUFACTURER, Office 121 Walnut St., Philadelphia | eS ona G@axidermy, Ete. Sportsman's Emporium, No 148 Willlam 8t., t\wodoors North of Fulton, R, C. SCRIMGEOUR&J, W. THOMPSON, TAXIDERMIBTS AND NATURALISTS , This branch of the bpsiness a speoialty, Anything mounted from 2 Humming-bird to a Cameo Leopard. aN on hand a large collection of specimens from all parts of the world. Fine Fishing Tapkle ineyery variety. such as Split Bamboo rods and others by the best makers. Reels and linea; in fact every thing that a sporting man requires for & complete ont-fit, can bé found at this establishment at reéssonable rates. Aleo a line of first class Segars and Tobacco. LESSONS GIVEN IN TAXIDERMY. Taxidermists instruments for sale. Hyes in every yariuty. Janil-ly CHAS. REICHE & BRO., IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF Birds and FRare Animals, SUITABLE FOR Zoological Gardens and Menageries 65 Chatham Street, third door from North William RARE oe ee ALWAYS PUR- Crags. Reicun, Henny REIcHeE, Sept. 21. New York, RANK S8CHOPF, DEALER IN ALL + kinds of foreign and domestic birds, 71 Fourth avenue, New York. netantly on hand a large stock of caves, seeds, gravel, aqnariums, globes, gold and fancy fishes, mocking-birds, tulkiny parrots, etc. ae dealers supplied. All orders promptly attended 0. acts ly Montvue Poultry Yards. CHOICE PURE BRED POULTRY, EGHs FOR HATCHING Now ready, from my PREMIUM BIRDS. Brahame, Cochins, Leghorns, Polands. Suttons, Hondans, Ham- burehs, Deminiqné, Game, Bantams, &c. Pigeons in ~ variety, Send for destriptive cireular. G. OC. BROWN. Brooklanaville, Mid. marg tf From white Leghorm ffowls, al $2 HMiges--=;7 doz; Plymonth Rocks, Sunt (P. Rooks Dickie’s strain). When in want. of egza Trom sbove stock, guaranteed prre, addrese D. GIL- PIN, Concordyille, Del. Co.. Pa. Cotrespondenta cheerfnlly auswered, marl fr R. L. NEWCOMEB, TAXIDERMIB'T, NO, 7 CHERRY STREET, SALEM. MASA. ‘Wading and uquatic birds of New England coast a pecialty. Collections or specimens furnt q ; Instructionr riven —— @ut-doar Recreation and Study. Game Prornerion, Fist Cutture, Natura History, Preservation or Formers, Riri& Practice, Yacutine, BoAtrne, Devoted To TH KENNEL, AND SrPorTs or ALL Kips. Terma, Four Dolinrs a Year, ‘Ten Cents a Copy. t NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1877 Volume 8, Number 13 | No, 103 Fulton Street, N. ¥- . Selected, SONG OF BALT THE HUNTER, oo HERE was an old hunter camped down by the kill, Who fished in this water and shot on that hill; The forest for him had no danger nor gloom, For all that be wanted was plenty of room. Says ho, *The world’s wide, there is room for us all, Room snough in the greenwood, if not in the hall, Boom, boys, room, by the light of the moon, For why shouldno’t syery man enjoy his own room?” He woys his own mats, and his shanty was spread With tha skins he had dressed and stretched ont overhead; Frésh branches of hemlock niad¢ fragrant the floor For his bad, as he sung when the daylight was o’er, “The world’s wide enough, there is room for us all— Room enough in the greenwood if not in the hall. Room, boys, room, by the light of the moon, _ Tor why shouldn't every man enjoy his own room?” That spring now half-choked by the dust of the read, Through a grove of tall maples once limpidly flowed; By the rock whence it bubbles his kettle was hung, Which their sap often filled while the hunter he sung, “The world's wide enough, there is room for us all— Room enough in the greenwood if notin the hall, Room, boys, room, by the light of the moon, For why shouldn't é6yery man enjoy his own room?’ And stillsung the hunter, wien/one gloomy day He saw in the forest what saddened his lay; ‘Twas the rut which a heayy wheeled wagon had made, Where the greensward grew thick on the broad forest #lade, “The world’s wide enough, there is room for us all— Room enough in the greenwood if not in the hall. Room, boys, room, by the light of the moon, For why shouldn’tevery man enjoy his own room?!’ He whistled his dog, and says he, We can’t stay; T must shoulder my rifle, up traps, and away.” Next day through those maples the settler’s ax rung, While slowly the hunter trudged off as he sung, "The world's wide enough, there ia room for us all— Room enough in the greenwood if not in the hall, Room, boys, room, by the light of the moon, For why shouldn’t every man enjoy his own room?”’ Grout ishing in Southwestern ~ Galorada. BOUT the middle of last May, near sundown, as the winds blew cold off the mountains to the south of us, and & snow storm was Taging apparently so near us as to make the party draw their blankets and overcoats more elosely around them, Barlow and Sanderson’s stage coach, dvawn by six superb iron-grey horses, crossed the bridge which spans the north fork of the Arkansas, and drew up for the night in front of the stage stand kept by a Mr, Bayles— a gentleman who knows how to entertain travelers and does not care torob them by exorbitant charges. The coach had that morning left the pleasant little town of Cafion City— which takes ifs name from its location at the mouth of the great Arkansas Cafiion—and had toiled all day long up and down the steep roads among these wild and majestic moun- tains with only a short respite at dinner time for the eight weary passengers within. So you may imagine it was not an unpleasant thing to hearthe driver say, as we stopped: “Alight, gentlemen, we stay here for the night.” T had not been much accustomed tomonntain scenery, and had all day long been busy looking atand admiring the sub- lime and eyer-changing panorama, but as I stepped ont of the stage and took a survey from this retreat on the banks of the Arkansas, I could not ayoid an expression of delight at the pleasing scene, and a doubt as to whether nature had provided many, if any, which excelled it. But it is not within the province of this letter to expatiate largely on the scenery of this country. Sufiiceitto say that old miners and habitues of the Rocky Mountains, who haye spent their lives amid its peaks and eternal snows, claim that the part of them which lie in Southwestern Colorado—that newly dis- covered region of rich mines known as San Juan—are the loftiest, the grandest and the most glorious of them all; and I have no doubt of it, As we stepped upon the portico of this mountain hotel, a fellow-passenger asked me if I would notitry my hand with him at fishing, Thad, just before leaying St. Louis, bought Ine arude, cheap rod, and at Denyer had laidin a meagre supply of flies, while, at Pueblo, a gentleman had presented me with #4 small troller, Tt was quite. late to think of fishing, put as I never lag behind sable amusement, snd as I had f ght a much | less Seen nie Lb oe Se K south fork empties intothe main or north fork, the former of which is spanned just above its mouth by a rustic foot bridge. To this poimt we directed our steps and crossed the tottering structure with eyes wide open and care directing our steps. On our way thither we met the agent who had charge of this section of the stage line and who made this his home. He had been trying his luck with the trout, and was return- ing without a single one. He assured us we had as well go back, we could dono good, the wary fish would rise for nothing, and seemed rather annoyed that we did not heed his adyice. Having gone thus far, we thought it best to try it anyhow, The waters of the north fork were what a greenhorn calls murky—that’s my name for it ; those of the south fork were clear as a crystal. Iconcluded to try my luckat the junction of the two streams and just below the mouth of the south fork. Thad no idea of seeing the color of fish, however anxious I was to do so, but putting on my little spoon or troller, I, for the first time in my life, ‘“‘whipped” the water for a “bite.” The water came dashing down like a regular “mill tail,” and my artificial bait was sometimes thrown clear above the surface, and kept up such a bobbing and bouncing on top of the wayes I did not exactly seo how a fish, ever so much inclined, could take hold of it. I did not have to wait long before I saw an active fellow miss it clear as a whistle. When he made his strike a receding wave allowed the spoon to suddenly sink, and he passed en- tirely oyerit. Ihad the buck ague in an instant, My rod quivered like areedin astorm. I had seen my first trout and I wanted him—and I wanted him worse than I had ever wanted a fish before, Directly, either the same fellow or another tried it, and this time with better success, as he got hooked and I got him out on the pebbly shore, I won'tattempt to tell how I got him out. Idon’t know to this day how I got him out, but I presume, from the peals of laughter I caused my part- ner and another passenger who had walked up to see our luck, that I must haye been very excited and yery awk- ward about it. But here he was! My own, my first, my lovely fellow! I was proud of him, I was vain of the achievement. The old fishermen who had liyed long in these mountains, who must of necessity Know the habits of this fish, who had first abandoned an unsuccessful effort to entice him, and had warned me to abandon the chase, was, indeed, very much mistaken. He did not know it all by a long shot, and I should astonish the old gentleman on my return to the hotel, The ‘tender foot” and the greenhorn was too much for him. ButI did not stop here; four more were taken before night, and a snow storm, which drove down the mountain into the valley, combined to force us to quit, with great reluctance, and seek shelter. The old gentleman was indeed astonished when I threw down the fiye trout at the kitchen door, and, it appeared to me, a little chagrined that I had met with suecess where failure had attended upon him. My companion had simply baited with a piece of fresh beef and had not even had a strike, though he had ‘thrown in’'all around and about me, and had invariably tried all the places from which I had captured my fish. Most of the fellow-passengers came out to look at the result of my first effort, and I stepped about with quite a consequential air and feeling. On putting up my rod and going into the house, the old gentleman was anxious to see my bait. I showed it to him, and he declared it wouldn’t do; it was not the correct thing. I replied by saying that I thought the correct thing was the thing that would bring ‘em, the thing at which they would generally strike, but he declared to the last one could do no good with such a trinket. Long before dawn the following morning Icrept quietly out of bed, slipped down stairs and out into the cold, bright starlight night, rigged my rod and soon stood shivering and with aching hands at my post of the former evening, trying to entice the wary fish. But they would notcome. They were off their feed, or had during the night concluded to change their diet, for when at five o'clock the bell rang for breakfast I had taken but one lone fellow. My pride was somewhat humbled and I did not return to the hotel with any great flourish of trumpets. Butthe landlady had kindly remembered me, and had sayed a mice fried trout, steaming hot, and when the stage horn blew, warning the passengers to mount, [was discussing the remains of my first catch. Two days after this, over at Del Norte, in the San Luis yalley, on the banks of the Rio Grande, I was introduced to aranchman living about two miles from town, who was re- ported to be a great loyer of fishing. Half upon his invita- tion and half upon my own, Lwalked out to his house to pave a trial ys bam, He lived near the river, on a small " A ab bout th ough nis anch in a thousand crooks and turns, and occupied a conglomerate abode, part adobe, part logs, and part dried skins hung up at the openings for doors. He was somewhat Mormonish in his tastes, haying two wives, Mexican women—mother and daughter—the latter a plump, round-faced and by no means unattractive woman. ‘These he at once set off to catch some minnows forbait, while he and I walked off down to the river. Learning that I was on my way to the mines with a view to making a purchase if the outlook suited me, and having some interests there for sale himself, he at once became greatly interested in me, but not to that extent to flatter my vanity by allowing me to beat him taking fish. No, sir; if there is any one thing which a fisherman won't do, if he can help it, it is to allow another to beat him on the score, My luck forsook me, The waters of the Rio Grande were not congenial tome, My star was not out. The old fellow skunked me. I watched him closely, I run my minnow on my hook, as a boy runs on a worm, as he did; I fished deep down with a heavy sinker, as he did; I appeared indifferent whether I got a bite or not, as he did; and, finally, when at last I got a nibble, I gaye a tremendous jerk that would have thrown the intruder whirring through the air the length of my rod and lineand nearly burst him open upon the sward forty feet away, as he did, when I was mortified by the loud peals of laughter, at my awkwardness, coming from the two Mexican women, who sat crouching upon the ground near by looking on. I don't think.I should have been troubled over the merriment of the old one, but I really could not get oyer being laughed at by the young one, “It worries me to this hour. But the season was hardly far enough advanced. The fish had not come up in any great numbers. Besides, the water was not at that time clear enough for trout to rise to the fly. Later, say about the middle of June, is the best time for fishing in the main river. At this time I passed on up the Rio Grande to its source and tried my hand seyeral times without any success whatever. If others had not had the same experience I should have suspected after Johnson floored me that perhaps the fault were mine. But no one caught fish as we went into the mines. Passing over the Sierra Madre, I dropped in at the little mining town of Howardsyille, on the Animas Riyer, one of the most northern tributaries of the Colorado, Later I moyed four miles further up the Animas to Eureka, and within some five miles of the souree of the Animas, which rises in one of those silver-laden mountains some twelve or thirteen thousand feet above tide. There are no trout in the Animas. Two reasons are giyen for this—one that its waters are so impregnated with destructive mineral fish cannot exist im it; and the other that some great falls down near the line of New Mexico prevent their coming up. The former reason would be sufficient if the latter did not exist. At Silverton, the county seat of San Juan County, and near the southern boundary of the county, the water of the river is so strongly impregnated that it cannot be used, and the people of that town have to get their supply from a small mountain stream which they bring to them through an ordinary irrigating ditch. About the 20th of June two of us packed a burro and journeyed over to San Miguel Lake, some twenty miles southwest of Silverton, not farfrom the line of Utah, and one of the tributaries of the San Miguel River, It was the hardest tramp of my life, and were I not writing about fish, and to a sporting paper, would make a separate letter and go into details. It may not be amiss to say that the trail was 2 miserable one, over a very rugged mountain, the snow line of which we unfortunately so timed ourselves to reach at noon, when the crust would bear neither man nor beast. We worried and tugged for two hours before reaching the summit—often all three of us nearly buried and floundering in the snow at once—disgusted and about exhausted. Jack had kept his temper first-rate and had all along responded to our aid in helping him ont, but when we started down the mountain, and he fell through and stuck his nose, head and ears under the snow, he felt his dignity insulted, and he ab- solutely refused to go. So, to end the matter, we took off a wagon cover we had along for the purposes of a tent, spread it down doubled, threw Mr. Jack over on il on his side, and one taking hold of the sheet in front to pull, and the other hold of the now quict fellow’s tril to steer, we went down the mountain side at a good jog until we passed the snow line. Whether Jack had ever had a sleigh-ride before I can- not say, but he really seemed to enjoy that one. The next morning at nine we were ata beauty of a lake, about a mile long and half mile wide, yery deep and, it seemed to me, clear as water can become. Other parties had been before us—mostly miners, passing this way between the San Miguel gold | Placer mines and the quartz, pilyer + or See agit mar we 190 mines on the Animns. Wo had met two who had spent four days at the lake, who warned us in adyasice not only of the foat difficulty we would experience in crossing the range, but also of the fact that the trout were not tton” at the lake. Wu roerettel often afterward we had not then turned back. We could seo the fine fellows by hundreds under and about ourritt os we drifted on the lake, but wa tried eyery tly we had, tied grasshoppers, tried crickets, black and green, triel my Arkansas spoon, but after two days’ honest work We sumed up one two-pound tront, hookwd in the belly whil: “fooling around” (which, by the way, fell through the raft and eleired ont), and one half-pound trout, looked squaraly in the mouth. To say that we recrossad the moun- tain 10 extreme diseznsi but faintly conveys the idea—the ide; cannot be conveyed. One must haye the experience. Bat this time we tackled the mountain in the early morning before thawing had fairly set in, and crossed over with com- parative ease, But it may be well to add that two days after our depurtare tyo friends of onrs visited the lake and caught the finost trout in such abundance asto Le actually surfeited. Another blow to my early yanity. Tleft the Animas yalley on the 16th day of July, in com- pany with » Swede, to come ont by a ney and shorter trail. About two o’clovk in the afternoon we were overtaken by a most terrible hail storm, which so completely buried our irail we lost it, became confused, wandered about till night- fall, struck fire on 1 mountain side underthe shelter of some pines, staked out our beasts, tried to dry the clothes we had on and those in my valise, and at last lay down on the wet ground, with wet blankets, to-be nearly inundated with a rain storm during the night. The next day we reached the head of Antelope Park, where Mr, Galloway and his most excellent lady entertain most excellently for that far- away country. Here lrested three days and again tried the trout. Galloway's is within a mile of the Rio Grande. A mile in that country appears as if only a few steps. I had Mis. Galloway excuse her little boy fromm milking that eyen- ing and got him to gowith me. At this date my recollection is that the little fellow beat me in numbers, while I beat him In weight, But neither one of us had much to brag of, The exuvessive rains had made the river muddy, and the fish did not tise readily to anything. While fishing here saw a party camped about a mila above. [had heard that some young men—the sons of Mr. H. B. Olefin, the big dry-goods merchant of your city—com- posed the party, and had been out some time hunting and fishing, From their constant firing I presume they did a large nmount of practicing, But directly one of them, not a yery robust young man, wearing spectacles, came down and apologized for asking me to tell him the day of the week, LT réplied that according to my reckoning it was Monday. He thought it was Sunday and seemed to hayelosta day, though he had his rod and was growling at his poor luck, Two days later Isaw the same party. ‘They were breaking camp at the south fork of the Rio Grande, and were going down to Del Norte, en route to one of the parks. ‘The same gentleman told me he had had fine sport in the south fork, it being clear and the trout rising to the fly and grasshopper with avidity. He assured me he had caugit thirty in that Many minutes. My passage haying been paid there in a wagon and a stop-oyer check out of the question, I could not stop to test iny skill, But I fell in loye with the gentle- inan’s rod, and if this falls under his notice and he is mag- Tuinimous enough to make me a present of it, and should inquire for my address, don't be “‘mealy mouthed” about givingitto him. IthinkI could catch fish with that rod in any water. Before leaying Antelope Park, in company with an English- man who owned the ranch atits head, I went ever to Clear Oreck, ubouttwo miles distant, and had some fine sport. We.useil grasshoppers altogether, catching them on our way over in tne early morning while they were stiff with eold and could not fly far, An active grasshopper at noonday is rather hard to capture, even after you haye knocked off both legs and one wing with a brush. The Englishman beat me, but notso badly that Lcried about it. He was on his own territory, knew the ground, and I must confess he was not very lavish of any information extra beneficial to me. We killed near thirty, some of them weighing three pounds. And this was my last day's sport in Colorado. It is safe ta say the streams out there are full of trout. But they won't last long. In going along the roads one will 8e6 8 willow pole or two protruding from nearly eyery wagon. A camp is hardly pitched near a stream before some member ofthe party is lashing it with his rude rigeing for trout. But the ersction of saw niills all over the country will exter- minate the fish sooner than all other causes combined. Dams and sawdust play the deuce with trout. They can’t stand it. They either leaye the water or get choked to death, Coloradé is healthy almost beyond belief. Its scenery, and especially that in the territory I have spoken of, for variety, grandeur tnd sublimity, has no superior, perhaps, on this continent. ‘The mines of San duan promise the most fabulous results, and the tourist or seeker after health, who can subniit to bear a little hardship and be deprived of some of the comforts of life, could hardly find a mora attrac- five or Wore romantictrip than one to the country where head the Rio Grande, the Arkansas, and the Colorado Rivers. B. eB: ee THE RANGELEY LAKE REGION, _. BY THOMAS SHDGWICE BTERDE, ee (Continued from our last issue.) ee ge Raneurny, Maine, Wi eae ee Lake, which affords such rare Bport with the great Rangely brook trout, is about twelve miles long and four wide, surrounded by lovely, although | cannut say bold, mountains, From this lake looking to the southwest the White Mountains can he dis- tinwtly seen On a clear morning, but one of the loyeliest of the whole number is West Kennebago Mountain, which lies to the north, and whose general shapa reminds ona of Mt. Washington as seen from the main strestin Bethlehem, New Hampshire, The building of the “Upper Dam,” which lies between Mooseluemagnntic amd Moleshunkemunk Lakes (a place, by the way, of much resort by Bostonians), has caused a rise in the upper lake of about fifteen feet, amd a, peninswln at the mouth of Rangeley River which divides the Mooselncmagun- tic irom the Cupsuptuc Lake has been entirely overtlowed, forming one large body of water, some eighieen miles in length, with only a few dead trees left to tell the story. ‘Twelve miles from our cainp, at the foot of Maoxelnemagun- ti¢ Rae a i ibe tana the Rangeley’ Trout, Hatehi Asso¢ip' : é Oynossoc A Azwoci ciation, Tk re! the Oquopsoc Angling pee ft peculiarities of brook trout, such as Square tails, g | the inside of the 1 ae binge Geeta of Wie like # woul, and Ata DO donb | 7 camps are atthe month of Bema stream, but the hatuhing house is some two miles above, and tine fishing at this time of the year can be found in this vicinity. They will deliver eggs of the trout from October 15th to February Ist, and young fry from February istioJunelst, They charge $5 per thousand for the eggs, $18 per thousand for young fry, half pound trout $25 per hundred, one pound trout $1 each, two pound trout $3 each, and larger fish aceording to size, und they insure safe deliyery of eges or fish, Their office is at No. 1302 Pennsylyapia Ayenue, Washington, D. C. Professor Agassiz is authority for the statement ‘‘that no other waters in the world produce such large brook trout as these pure, cold streams in the wilderness of Maine,” and they grew yery rapidly in the first few years of their lives, but, of course, like man, do not continue in the sume ratio. Many of them haye been liberated after capture with weight and year stamped on # platina tag inserted in the dorgal fin, and Thomas Moran (the artist of the Yellowstone), who was of our party in June, 1873, captured a two and a quarter pound fish with one of these tags attached, stamped 1871, showing that the tront had increased one pound and three- quarters in two years, At camp Kennebago there is a book in which a record of all large troutis kept, with dates, place and weight affixed, so that any time we can turn over its pages and note the heroes of the association, This book dates as far back as 1868, at which time, if I mistake not, the association was organized, A record was recently published of thirty trout which weighed 1812 pounds in the aggregate, My. Page, the president of the Rangeley Hatching Asso- aigtion, some seasons ago took with a fly on the Rangeley River a brook trout weighing ten pounds, and if the reader has any doubts of this statement, tha next time he is in New York, if he will eall on My, Page at No. 10 Warren Street (second floor), he will be permitted to examine the fish, now at vest under a glass shade, One of our party last spring, Mr. R. G. Allerton, of New York City, took in two weels 175 tront weighing 232 pounds, and among the lot were fish which turned the scales at three, four, five, six, sixand ahalfandeight pounds, This gentle- man, although a membei of the association, has a camp some five miles down the lake, and near his canyp is a large spring hole where he keeps all his fish alive during the entire time he is at camp, To be the hero of landing a trout oyer four pounds is quite an object at this camp, and to recount the tale of its capture to the enyious ears of your brother anglers a delight in which one never tires. It was the writer's good fortune to land one of these monster trout weighing sim pounds, June 14th, 1873. Under theshadows of old Bald Mountain, which lies to the northeast of Lake Mooselucmaguntic I first felt that magic pull that went like an electric thrill to the ends of my fingers. I had been trolling with about one “hundred and twenty-five fect of line, and had caught a few small trout from a half to one pound each, but had about ‘devided that my last day at camp would be the poorest of all, You are apt to get a little careless when trolling for some time without sudcess. In fact I was so interested in the landscape that I had just returned my book to my pocket, having made a rough, hasty outline-sketch of the White Mountains, which were in full view. Just then a trout struck and aroused me from my reverie. Before I had re- covered from the first shock another followed, until IT had no doubt of the quality of my game. Then all was quiet again, and wondering what had happened I gently reeled up a few feet of the line, my guide remarking that he thought I had lost him. ButI veryssoon discovered that it was not so, but that his lordship had taken the matter into his own hands and was heading directly for the boat, thinking, as I suppose, that our shadow in the water was a lone rock under whose protection hs might find rest. For a while it was about an eyen chance whether the lime would be gathered on to my repeating reel as fast as the fish dropped the slack of it into the water, for it was with the greatest difficulty I could retain a consciousness of the fish. But finally, aftera hundred feet of the line had been stowed away on the reel, and twenty-five feet only remained, the trout became motion- less as a rock, Now came the time to see which should ba master, Neryously I held him, expecting some new freak would start him the next moment, andT had not long to wait, for the next instant he shot like an arrow for under the boat: “Quick! guide, quick !” T shouted, and with a sudden dip of the paddle we shot out into the lake, the trout coming up on the other sidé of us, but notin away he most desired. Before I had recovered sufficiently from this movement he plunged for the bottom, Iendeayoved to check him by ‘giving him the butt,” but it was of no use, for in less time than it has taken to tell it, I had lost fitty feet of line and he was not contented eyen with that, Slowly again [ reeled him in, foot by foot, inch by inch, and drew him so near that I could see his entire length. Guide said “he would weigh hard onto four and a half pounds,” but never haying caught atrout weighing oyer two and a quarter pounds, I did not offer my opinion. Backward and forward I swayed the giant until fourfeet of my single gut leader showed itself aboye the water, and I could see the mottled sidesof the trout, and in my anticipation he was as good asinine, With head down and his caudal appendage moying slowly back- ward and forward, he lay, stubborn and obstinate. My guide dropped # stone into the landing net to keep itin the Tight position, and slipped it overboard, but his majesty was not so fagged ont as we had anticipated, for with another tug at the line he sought the bottom, doubling in this way azain and again, one moment seeming to be mineand the next knocking over all my air castles by running fifty feet away. Finally, Gnding all efforts to pet free were useless, he came again to the surface, and with a dexterous movement of the net he was sately landed in the boat. Quickly seizing my scales I held him up to my guide’s admiring gaze. Imme- diately the indicator marked sig powids, and passing around his body a cord he measured fourtean inches at the dorsal fin and twenty-five and a half inchesin length, Looking at my watch, just twenty-six minutes had been spent in his capture. As he lay there in the net still heaying with ox- citement, his sides spotted with gold and rubies, his gills distended, and his dark fins edged with snowy white, to say that Twas happy would but tell half the story, for such an experience is but one of a life time. These large trout are not quite so plenty as five years ago; still, you can perceive that thay hold their average large size well, But it has been thought that, with their decrease, fish weighing from one to two pounds have greatly increased, and such is undoubtedly the case. / Large trout weighing from six to ten pounde will average from twenty-three to thirty inches in length, and the width af the tail is from five to eight inches. 1 They have all the beantif'ol spots, tints and recognized ae t the genuine Salmo fontanalis, | trout are nob known in this locality. Some epicure will ask veparding the taste/of these larga trout in comparison ‘with those under q pound in weight, and 1 would say that having tasted of two trout weighing six pounds each and one weigh- ing seve pounds, Isee but yery little differencs, that little being in fayor of small trout. ese large trowt are often yery quiet und sulky soon after they strike the hook, and one is often deceived by thinking he. has fastened to a log, hut when once thay moye, they carry all before them. he “log drivers” and Iumbermen in this vicinity fish in and ont of season, and a moment's cessation of tnrning the windlass used in “booming ont’ the logs 1s devoted to this pastime, and it is for their restriction that the laws are to be rigidly enforced. By the way, these “log drivers” are a queer set of fellows, and when paddling aeross the lakes in their shark-like’ bateaus (or “bats,” as they wall them), chanting their strange songs at evening, they look more like the inhabitants of an- other world than of this, In the spring large trout qeigh- ing over four pounds are caught by trolling, but at this time: the fly has the preference, Ourflies are very large, and would. astonish almost all those who patronize the Adirondacks. Some of them are really salmon flies, and have plenty of red and yellow in their composition, but with a nine foot leader es an eight ounce rod we find no difficulty in managing, em. (To be continvted). weir — For Forest and Stream. WOODCOCK HUNTING IN CANADA. —— NE bright day carly in October I met a congenial friend of the gun, and the conversation turning to woodcock hunting, I mentioned having lately heard of good shooting in Canada, and expressed a desire to try that ground. ‘Nothing easier,” said my companion, “I haye a Canadian friend to whom I will be glad to give you a letter of introduction, I cannot go myself, but have no doubt you will be well received and enjoy a.good hunt, though I am @ little dubious about the birds being as abundant as you imagine; still, you may find some in that vicinity.” So the next morning found me crossing the Suspension Bridge, nnd the same evening brought me to the door of w thrifty farmhouse, a few miles from St. Catherines. My host, a fine old gentleman, was glad to see me, and soon maade me feel perfectly at home. In answer to my inquiries about woodcock, he said, to my delight, that "the woods were full of them;” and then asked, “but what do you do with tham— you don’t eat them, do you?’ Heré was native simplicity indeed, I hastened to enlighten the household, and descanted in such glowing terms about the glory of a properly cooked October woodcock that the whole family became quite in- terested, and its head declared that the next birds which the boys shot should certainly be cooked, and no more of them thrown away as worthless. I retired to rest early, but not to slésep. For hours I was making splendid snap shots in all directions, and rejoicing in a well filled bag; but the sharp whistle of swift wings gradually grew fainter anc fainter*until, after making an unusually fine shot, allqyas lost in oblivion. At sunrise L was up, and after breakfast, haying assured my hostess that she should that day sup on broiled woodcock, I left for the fields to begin my hunt, I tried field after field without success, aod carefully quartered the mos fayorable ground fo no purpose. Not a bird was flushed, I began to grow anxious, and leaving the low ground betook myself to the wouds, thinking that this erratic bird might perhups be feeding there instead of in the open country. I thoroughly ex- plored oll the woods and fields within a radius of two miles without finding the object of my search. A few wild igeons were sean and a solitary snips was brought to bag. nly this, and nothing more. At high noon I stopped, hot, tired, nnd disgusted, with a well defined suspicion that either T was the yietim of a practical joke, or that the truth was nob in the Canadians. I returned to the house in no peaceful mood, but the calm and guileless sountenance of my host which greeted my arrival, and his honest inquiry von¢ern~ ing my luck, soon dispelled my distrust. I answered that it was my firm conyiction that there was not a woodcock in the Canadian Provinces. He seemed surprised, and offered to go with me after dinner, and promised to show me o dozen in less than an hour. He appeared so confident that Isoon regained my spirits. Dinner dispatched, we were speedily on our way to®the nearest woods, where the old. gentleman declared he had seen sayeral a few (lays before. We were just entering the timber when he stopped and said, “Hark! [hear onenow.” Hear a woodcock in October? Who ever did hear this most silent of birds make any sound ont of the breeding season, except with its wings as it swiftly darted out of sight? Somewhat puzzled in regard to strange habits which appeared to be developed by a resi- dence avrogs the Niagara, [moved thoughtfully on, wonder- ing what would turn up next. After goinga few yards farther the old gentleman suddenly stopped, and pointin excitedly up in the trees, said ‘There leis, shoot him quick.’ Tu open-mouthed amazement I gazed in the direction indi- tated, and there, O shades of Audubon and Wilson! was a red-headed woodpecker, vigorously hammering at an old dead limb. ‘Ain't you going to shoot him?" said my guide, I managed to say that it was nota woodcock, Not a wooi- cock? Certainly it was. Did I suppose they do not know what a woodcock is in that country? Slowly and sadly IT broke my gun, and as I replaced the shells in my pocket, T mildly replied that was not the kind of woordcock 1 was after, and turned toward the house, I quickly departed from that uncanny neighborhood, and when IT again crossed Suspension Bridge I had added an item to my store of ornithological lore, although no woodcook to my bag, Tafterward learned that this was a common name for the yed-headed woodpecker in that region. W. L. 0. tt For Forest and Stredin. LAKE ST. PETER. by i The traveler having ocegsion to follow the north shore of the River St. Lawrence, between Montreal and Three et crosses below the yillage of I’Machiche the river of tha name, & muddy, insignificant looking{stream at that point, dragging its slow length along to Lake St. Peter, distant a mila orso. The parish of T'Machiche, through which the river Hows, is one of the finest and richest in the Province, tts soilina ace de Vas ot maryel- ney HG whiehe so to tho: two separate times and under different names. Father Bressany, a Jesuit, ascending the St. Lawrence in the year 1644, with u party of Huron Indians, wrecked his canoe about a league aboys Three Riyers, Fortunately it was during fine Weather, and Weing nearshore they saved the contents, but the accident retarded their progress and obliged them tocamp over night, from which place they started inthe morning; but owing to cold weather and 4 furious suow storm which prevailed, their progress was slow iid they were unableto pass the river ‘“Marguerie," where the Hnrons, haying fired ab yome wild geese, made their presence known toa band of Iroqnois, who happened to be within hearing of the report of their guns, and wholaidinam- bush behind a point at the mouth of the river, Inrounding the point Father Bressany found himself confronted by three canoes filled with Iroquois, at the sight of which he comminded his Hurons to lay down their arms and secept the situation, considering, no doubt, that under the circunm- stances discretion would be the better part of yalor. The Troguois seized tha priest and his Hurons, made them prisoners and took them to their own country, where, con- trary to their usual custom, their captors treated them well, Eyen to this day Lake St. Peter isa famous resort spring and fall, in their migrations, for geeseand ducks, of which latter there are a great many varieties; but until the arrival from the Lower St. Lawrence of the Canard d’automne, or fall duck, the black duck is to be found the most numerous, and capital shooting is to be had in the numerous bays of the lake. Ducks begin to lesye their breeding among the swamps and lakes of the Laurentides about the middle of August, and from the first, of September until the heayy autumn frosts good shooting can be had on either shore of the lake, but probably the best shooting is to be found among the Sorel Islands, at the head of the lake; such has been the writer's experience. ‘The immense marsh lands bordering the lake afford good snipe and ployer shoot- ing; and no doubt the best woodeock grounds in the Provines are to be found at the south shore, at La Baie. Thanks to the yigilance of the Fish and Game Protection Club of the Proyinee of Quebec in enforcing the game laws, ducks are increasing rapidly in numbers, and if a stop was only put to spring shooting when the birds are on their way fo their breeding grounds, the shooting would be as good as it was in days of yore. Mais revenons a nos moutons, A few miles above the mouth of the T’Machiche we reach the beginning of the tapids, the river constantly gaining accessions on either side from fresh and saline springs. Within a short distance there are eight of these saline springs, and while making our way toward the source of the river among the Laurentian hills, en passani, let us stop a moment and examine the most im- portant one of them, called Caxton, deriving its name from the township in which it is situated. It belongs to the class generally denominated saline, and characterized by contain- | ing a large quantity of salts of soda; in composition it some- what resembles the Saratoga water. It contains a great quantity of carbonic acid gas, imparting to it an agreeable taste. Some remarkable cures of rheumatism and dyspepsia have resulted fromthe use of the water by the habitants. It has, howaver, only a local reputation; were it located Among 1 more enterprising people, it would long since haye beconie famious. The St. Leon Spring, seven miles west from Caxton, has lately been introduced to the American public, and as its yirtues are becoming more fayorably known, it is becoming more and more a place of resort; but few summer resorts possess better attraction, for the sports- man, Dog Srory.—A correspondent writing from Foxburg Va., under date of April 23d, sends us the following story, for the truth of which he youches: ‘‘A spaniel bitch of mine had a litter of seven pups—three dogs and four bitches. Yesterday the four bitches were drowned and buried. The dam, as soon as the burying was finished, dug them up, took one pup and buried it in another place, digging a hole forit and then covering it. This she Crass 41,—Shepherd dogs or Collics-dogs. Number of entries, 4. CGLass 81.—Shepherd dogs or Collies-(bitches), Number of entries, 4, CLass 32,—Bull dogs (dog or bitch), Number of entries, 7, C1ass 33,—Bull terriers (dogor bitch). Number of entries, 10. Crass 34,—Pags (dog or bitch), Number of entries, 21. OxLass 85.—Black and tan terriers exceeding 11 pounds weight (dog or bitch). No entries. Cnass 36.—Black and tan terriers, not exceeding 11 pounds weight (dog or bitch). Number of entries, 12, Crass 87.—Skye terriers (dog or bitch). Cass 88.—Scotch terriers (dog or bitch). Number of entries, 20. Number of entries, 8. Grass 39.—Dandie Dumont terriers (dog or bitch). Number of | did with*each pup. Inever heard of such a thing before. entries, 10. Wma. L. F.” Crass 40.—Toy terriers, not excecding 5 pounds weight, Number of ee entries, 19. —Mr. Geo, G. Poyner, of Clinton, Towa, writes us that his red Irish-Gordon bitch, Fan (formerly E. F. Stoddard’s), whelped on the morning of the 20th inst. eleyen fine pup- pies; color, red; seyen dogs, four bitches; all doing well; sire, Arnold Burges’ red Irish setter, Rufus, ——— —On April 23d Mr, L, R. Cassard’s Maggie, black and tan Gordon, whelped five puppies, four dogs and one bitch, sired by Jerome's Shot, Maggie was highly commended at the Baltimore show in the very good class of Gordon bitches, —~+>_—_— Crass 41.—Blenheim, King Charles or Japanese spaniels (dos or bitch). Number of entries, 7. Crass 42,—Italian greyhonnds (dog or bitch). Number of entries, 6, Cass 43,—Poodles (dog or bitch). Number of entries, 2. Ouass 44,—Miscelianeous (degs or hitches). Number of entries, 6. Cniss 45.—Trick dogs (dogs or bitches). Number of entries, 2. SPEOIALS, No, 1.—For the best setter of any breed (dog or bitch) in the show, 48, No. 2,—¥For the best pointer of any weight (dog or bitwh) in the show, 26. No. 3—For the best brace of selters of any breed (dogs or bitches, or dog and bitch); to be owned and exhibited by one person, 24. No. 4.—For the best brace of pointers (dogs or bitches, or dog and bitch); to bs owned and exhibited by one person, 10. No, 5.—For the best collection of sporting dogs, of any kind, not less that five to be exhibited, and exhibited by one Person, or from one kennel, 10. No. 6.—For the best English setter stud dog, either natiye or im- ported, to he shown with not less than two of his get, 9. No. 7.—For the hest red Trish setter stud dog, cither native or im- ported, to be shown with not lesa than two of his get, 5. No. §,—For the best black and tan, or black tan and white setter stud dog, cither natiye or imported, to be shown with not less than two of ‘his get, 3. No. 9 his Ranger on the 8th ult. This will bring the lady in a con- dition which will somewhat affact her symmetry during the bench show, but we haye no doubt the judges will appre- ciate her condition. —»>—_—_— ited Dr. H. F. Aten’s Gordon dog, Glen, on the 26th and 27th ult. | strain from the original ‘+ dogs of wai" that were let: slip, No. 11.—For the best English setter brood bitch, either native or No, 12,—For the best red Irish getter brood bitch, either native or No. 13.—For the best black and tan, or black tan and white setter brood bitch, either native or imported, to ba shown with not lesa than No. 14.—For the best pointer brood hitch, of any weight, to be shown No. 15.—For the bast English actter, dog or bitch, natiye bred, ont of No. 16.—For the best uatiya English setter, dog or bitch, owned In No. 17.—For the best setter (dog oy biteh), of any strain, bred In the Wo. 18.—For the best native astter puppy (cither dog or bitch), elther Wo. 21.—For the best native English setter puppy (dog or bitch), Ho, 22.—For the beat display of fos hounds, to comprigs not less than Tae Prorvny Garserx.—This promises to ba a very inter- Already a large number of gentlemen haye loaned yaluable paintings, andthe commit- tee will feel creatly indebted to any others who will con- Messrs, Shaw Bros, haye kindly offered the ser- pictures, hang them and return them. They will be in- sured ngainst fire. Mr, Lincoln can be addressed on the sub- we hnye made arrangements by which we can forward copies Ramway AnRANgementrs,—Woe print in this issue fac-simile with regard to carrying dogs to and from the show free of the copying press that it was impossible to reproduce it. If stud dog. No, 6 is special No. 3, presented by members of —Mr. 5. B, Dilly's fine pointer bitch, Royal Fan, visited —Mr. J. Ei, Fisher's Gordon setter bitch, Border Lily, yis- Cantyz-icus, Park Row.—What breed of dogsis a West Pointer? Ans. It is difficult to say positively; probably a Answers To Coryesyondents, a ate No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communications, —_+-_—_—, W.G, M,, Ghattanoogs, Tenn.—Your pioture 1a) an admirable repre, sentation of tha clapper rail, Ratlus longirosris, We recognized tha bird atthe firstglance, Sorry that we oau't reproduce the drawing. . R., Philadelphia,—Will you'pleass let'me know /f thers ls any person in Philadelphia who gives lessons in tying or dressing flies? Ana, You can ascertain by Inquiring of John Evider, Second and Wwinut streeta, Mr. Thad Norvis used to instruct, Oonrous, Fort Johnston, N. C.—_In your issue of April 19th I notice that Mr, John Blakely, of Philadelphia, ia reponted haying caught 9 drum-fish with rodand reel, Willyou plessa inform mo what flies, if any, weye usod?—Ans. Possibly Mr, Blakely will anawer, Wo cannot, Heit GatTs, Now York,—It {a sald that shad ros {s a good bait for tak- ing spring striped bass, Where ia it to be bought, how is itused, sto.? —Ans. You can getall theshad roe you want at the markets, Put it into a strip of mosquito netting and wind it around tha hook, shank and all, Jaoouus, Frankfort, Ky.—Wa notices in your remarks on riflas last week you speak of Hawlen’s rifle, Will you oblige us with further in- formation, a8 we Dever heard of such a gun?—Ans, Alas f we nesd en oracle to explain the apparent enigmas that the printers cause us to present to ourreaders, We wrote '*Hawkins’ Rifle,” R. E. 8,, Newark.—I gm looking fora fina ved Irish setter dog, pup preferred, Would tho coming bench show be the plaue for me to look? What would be the price of sucha dog three or four months old?—Ana, You will undoubtedly find one to sult you at the bench show, as thera will bs a large number on sale, Thera will also be an auction on tha Tastdsy, A good puppy will cost you from $25 to $50, according to strain. 0.1, J., Philadelphia,—ls(, [have a setter bitch which has constangé running at the eyes, Will you please tell me in your next edition what willcuro her? 2. What is the best thing I can procure to remove fleag from dogs, Ang. ist. If thereis inflammation present and the eyais blood- shot snd oyer sensitive to light, apply the following lotion with a small sponge four or five timesa day: Sulph. zinc 12 grains, wine of opium 2drachms, distilled water enough to make 6 ounces, mix. 2d. We have found Steadman's Flea Powder to be an unfailing remedy for fleas. A. G, N., Hoboken.—There are several of your Hoboken readors wha would be pleased to hear something in regard to the fish of the Hud- son, their habits, when in season, best bait and hooks to use, ete. Hops you will give us the desired information in au early number.—Ans, The fish caught in the Hudson River are shad, striped bass, tom-codas, weakfish, lafayettes, young blusfish, white perch, sturgeons, flonnderg eels and occasionally herrings. There are trout and pickerslin tha upper stream. Hallock’s forthcoming work on the Gameand Fish of North America will tell you of their habits and modes of capture, ConsTANT ReabER, Nashville, Tenn.—ist, Is thare good hunting and trapping in Southweatern Colorado? 2d. What animals are there? 3c, Are there many streams abont there? 4th. Are there any Indian res- eryations there? Sth, Are there many persons trapping there?—Ang, Ist, Yes, excellent hunting and fair trapping. 2d. Buffalo, antelope, red-tailed deer, mountain sheep, bears, wolves, and foxes of different varieties, jack rabbits; beavers, otters, etc,, with grouse and wild fowl of many species, 3d. Yes. 4th. Theres is a reseryation in Western Colorado of 14,784,000 acres occupied by friendly Indians, mostly of the Ute tribe, Sth. We cannot say. J, F.B., Hackensack.—Ist. After a light snow of two inches s path yas observed running out from a stone wall and slong parallel to it for thirty or forty yards, then across the road and along beside the wall alike distance, when it disappeared. The track was as smooth and about as large asif made bya broom-handle, It was the only mark to bs seen on the snow in the morning. What made that track? 2, Do snakes ever leave their beds to pass Oyer snow ?—Ans. lst. It would ba impossible to say what it was withoutseeing the track. Probably it was made by one of the shrews. Their feet are so small that the footmarks might easily be overlooked. 2d. We thiak not. G.H, R., Gainasyille, Texas.—On the 14th I saw & red cockaded woodpecker (P. borealis) evidently destroying the nest of the downy woodpecker (P.pubesceus), He was enlarging the holeso as to get into the eggs, a8 I supposed, from the cry of distress and the actions of the small birds, The nest was inaccessible. Is this common with that family ?—Ans, We do not know that the woodpeckers are giyen to da- stroying bird's nests, Isit not probable that the P. borealis may hays simply appropriated the nest of his smaller covsin for hia own purpo- 868, and thus not have had any direct design against its contants? We should be glad to knowif the usurper bred in the hole which you gay him enlarging. Supscriser, Philadelphia.—I haye a beagle hound, five months old, that for the past two or three days has had the following symptoms; Vomiting, restlessness, lying down to go to sleep, and then, after u few moments, getting up and trying another place; he also moans (or whines), and twitches in his sleep, To-day he seems inclined to hunt up dark places, and has lost his appstite.—Ans. Your puppy probably has worms. Give him twenty grains of powdered areca nut in threa doses two hours apart; three hours after the last dosa give half aq ounce of castor oil. If you do not find the nyt in Philadelphia, you can procure it ready prepared from W. Holberton, 102 Nassau street, this city, dividing the doses he sends, KEsNEL, Westfield, Masa.—Will you please advise ma what to do with the following case; Setter pup, seven months old, has a tape-wormy; gave him areca nutas directed, without giving him any food, After giving him the second powder he vomited it up; two hours Jater gave him the third; soon after he passed about twelye feet of the worm withoutthe head, When shall I give him areca nut zgain, and what shall I feed him while dosing him? Will not Rochelle salts answer ag well as castor oil? Both the areca nut ond castor oi] sesm to make him sick,—Ans. Ws should give him the areca nut again, butnot on on empty stomach, nor yet immediately after feeding. The diet should be laxative without being too much 80; say baked Indian meal (corn bread), You might use the Rochelle salts Inatead of the oil. Nemo-—Ist. Whatis your opinion of conical base shelle? 9d. Your theory in regard to them? 8d. Do Parker or Remington make guns with two eets of barrels (10s and 12s)? 4th. Where cai I procure a pup of the breed known 98 'fOhesapeake retrievers,’ and cost? Sth. Is there aplant called the Oobra Head? 6th. Whatis the proper pronun- ciation of the name Jules Verne, the popular author; is it a nom de plume? th. Are the yolumes of Herbert's works printed by Peterson & Bro, all bound in cloth, and can you furnish them at given price, 75 cts, per yol,?—Ans. lat. Wehaya never used them, 2d. That they secure more equal and rapid ignition. 3d, Yes, when go or- dered. 4th, At the coming New York Bench Show. Oth. Yos. 6th, Jules Vérne; itis notan assumed names, 7th. No; those sold at T5cts. areboundin paper, and you willhaye to write to Mesure, Paterson Bros, for them. _——— UspovETEpy one of the best and cheapest stocks-of Carpetings, Oil- Cloths, Matting, etc., etc,, to be found in the Mnited States is that of Megers. Joun H. Pray, Sons & Co., Washington Street, Boston, J, W. 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Its evident that where our advertisers haye been running two advertisements they will now be better seryed by an advertisement in the joint journal with its largely increased circulation. » tt GAME PROTECTION. Massacnuserrs,—The following is an abstract of the game law passed at the last session of the Massachusetts Legisla- ture: Woodcock and partridge (ruffed grouse) may be killed be- tween September Ist and January Ist following, Quail may be killed between Noyember Ist and January Ist following, Trapping and snaring game birds prohibited entirely. Upland plover may be fallea between July 15th and Janu- ary 1st following. Wood-duck, black duck and teal may be killed between September 1st and April 15th following. Penalty for illegal killing of woodcock, partridge, quail, upland ployer, wood-duck, black duck and teal, twenty-five dollars ($25) for each bird. Penalty for killing any undomesticated bird not before men- tioned (except birds of prey, crows, crow-blackbirds, herons, bitterns, wild pigeons, jays, rail, Wilson's snipe, wild geese, ployer, sandpiper, and any of the so-called marsh, beach, or shore birds), ten dollars ($10). Penalty for destroying or disturbing the nests or eggs of any undomesticated bird (except birds of prey or crows), ten dollars ($10). Hares, rabbits and gray squirrels may be killed between October Ist and March ist following. Penalty for illegal taking or killing, ten dollars ($10), No deer to be killed or taken (except one’s own tame deer) until 1880. Penalty for illegal taking or killing, one hundred dollars ($100). All forfeitures to be paid one-half to the informant or prosecutor, and one-half to the city or town where the offence is committed. Trout and land-locked salmon may be taken by hook and line only between April ist and October ist following. Penalty for illegal taking, ten dollars ($10). Black bass may be taken with hook and line only between June lst and December ist following. Penalty for illegal taking, twenty dollars ($20). Possession prima facie evidence to conyict. Neyaps,—The last Neyada Legislature passed a game law, of which the following is a brief abstract: Szc. 1, Protects insectiyorous birds generally, Sec. 2. Makes a close season from April 1 to September 1 for prairie-chickens, partridges, pheasants, woodcock, rouse, quail, wild-geese, wood-duck, teal, mallow, or other Sitaea, brant, swan, sand-hill crane, plover, curlew, robin, mieadow-lark, yellow-hammer and bittern; from the first day of April to the first day of August in each year for sage- chickens and snipe. Sec. 3, Prohibits the trapping of quail and the disturbing of nests of any birds mentioned in the Act. Sec. 4. Makes a close season for prairie-chickens until September 1, 1879, in the Counties of Hsmerelda, Douglasa Ormsby, Lyon, Storey, Churchill and Washoe. Sso. 5. Makes a close season between January 1 and July 1 for deer, antelope, elk, mountain sheep or goat. Suc. 6. Makes the penalty for violation of any of the pro- visions of the Act a sum not to exceed two hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail fora term not to exceed six months. Micuicsn.—The annual meeting of the Michigan State Sportsmen’s Association will be held at the Morton House, Grand Rapids, on Tuesday, May Sth, 1877. The meeting will be called to order at 2p. m. All gentlemen in- terested in the protection of game and fish are earnestly requested to attend, whether members of the association or not, a IyrennationaL Brrmise Cmesratioy.—An International British Celebration, in honor of her Majesty, Queen Vic- toria’s birthday, will be held at Petersburg, Va., on May 24th, under the immediate patronage of Lord Dufferin, Goyernor General of Canada, the British Minister, and a long list of Honorables. The various St. George’s societies and British Societies generally throughont the country are expected to participate, A full programme of the proceedings will be issued on May ist, and can be obtained from Jno. J, Camp- bell, Esq., Assistant Secretary, Petersburg, Va. a a te A Pacrabie Error.—By one of those typographichl errors which will sometimes ovcur even in the best regulated news- papers, or by a process of what Mr, Richard Grant White terms heterophemy, which we take to mean, thinking one thing and writing another, in our issue of the 19th ult. we named His Excellency Lord Dufferin, Governor General of the Dominion of Canada, as the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec. The gentleman we should haye named was His Honor, L, Letellier St, Just, Lieutenant-Governor, etc. We ask pardon for an error, which, although palpable, would yet indicate an ignorance which we repudiate, New Divertisrment,—Onur friend James Meyer, Hsq., well known among gentlemen sportsmen, is contemplating the opening of as delightful summer resort at Pelhamvyille, near this city, whose pleasures will include tront fishing, as well as open-air exercise and garden luxuries. He has issued special cards of invitation toa preliminary entertainment for next Monday, May 7th. This resort is destined to be- come as much of an institution as Col. Kane's Pelham coach line, by which Mr, Meyer's place is readily reached. We shall say more of this hereafter. eS Express,—The American Express Co. have offered to carry dogs to and trom New York forthe show at one-half their usual rates, Norrce TO SroRrsmen.—Haying received so Many communications asking us forinformation in regard to our siz-seotion bamboo trout, black bass, grilse and salmon rods, wea haye prepared 4 circular on the subject, which we shall take pleasure in forwarding to aby address, We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from $16 to $150. We put our stamp only on tho best, in order to protect our customers and our reputation, for wa are unwilling to sell a poor rod with a false énamel (made by burning and staining, toimitatethe panuine article), without letting our customers know just what they ore getting. P.O. Box, 1,294.—Adv, Axper & Inuarn, 48 Maiden Lane, Ghe Hennel. [Owing to the great interest manifested in the New York Bench Show, to be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs- day next, we have devoted muck of our space this week to matters pertaining to it, to the exclusion of other matter in our regular departments.—Ep, TF. & §.] eo oO Mr. Macpona's Annrrvan,—The Rev, J. Cumming Macdona arrived from Liverpool in the White Star steamer Adriatic on Sunday Jast. Mr. Macdona was met atthe wharf by some of the members of the Westminster Kennel Club, and escorted to the Fifth Ayenue Hotel, which will be his head- quarters while here, He brings with him Royer, the red Trish setter, own brother to Plunket, whose portrait appears in our present issue, Mr. G, deLandre Macdona sailed from Liverpool on the 25th ult., bringing Ranger I, Blue Prince, Magnet, 2 number of red Irish setter puppies, and several of his splendid St. Bernards. The same steamer ‘brings a number of other dogs. i —_____ Rancur’s Victory.—We had the pleasure on the arrival of the Adriatic of handing Mr. Macdona a cable message, which, although it contained but these simple words, ‘* Ranger has won all, Lort,” was sufficient to afford the most intense grati- fication to the recipient, The message referred to the field trials which were run at Shrewsbury on the 25th and 26th lut., and indicated that old Ranger, Mr, Macdona's champion setter, had won all of the stnkes for which he was entered. Those who have read the almost bitter controversy which has re- cently been renewed in the columns of the London Meld willap- preciate Mr. Macdona’s elation. In the very last issue of that journal a correspondent, who has taken a prominent part in the battle, describes Ranger as a ‘* dead dog,” and says that “not even the puffing he receiyes can put him on his legs again.” Fora ‘‘dead dog" he kas done some yerylively work in beating in his old age the best dogs that could be brought against him. We shall look for the particulars with interest, and also for the result of the Kennel Club field trials, which were to haye been run ot Horseheath on the 2d and 3d inst., and in which Ranger was again to compete, —_—— oe THE DOG LAW. =a SS — New Yorr, April 20, 1877. Error Forest AND STREAM. The fruits of the fierce attacks made by a prominent me- tropolitan journal on ‘‘the nobjest friend of man” is now ripe and ready to be plucked by the executioner. If this bill as passed by the Board of Aldermen becomes a law by the signature of the Mayor, it will never reach the end in- tended by the journal in question, for their sole war is waged against the spiteful spitz; but the law as passed by the City Fathers makes the innocent suffer forthe guilty, and the latter, as will be shown, will not be incommoded in the least, nor will they help to swell the City Treasury by pay- ing the tax imposed upon them. Dogs are rational; unfortunately, they cannot speak, or 6lse we might learn their opinion of the madness in men; but when it comes to a question of sound sense, or horse sense, as Aba Lincoln used to call it, then we find that they are as much imbued with that desirable article as the common run of men. Eyerybody, no doubt, has heard of the dogs of St. Bernard and the noble Newfoundland, and where is the sportsman who will not vouch for the intelligence of the pointer and setter in the field, who understands his master’s every word and action; and yet, with all this acknowledged intelligence, these common-sense dogs are to be driven mad by being deprived of their liberty and made a tow-boat of; and all for what? To please a few crusaders who have good cause to remember the spitz, for spitz is a German by word for “tight.” ‘This law, in the first place, says that every owner of a dog shall pay two dollars for a license, and one dollar fora renewal; that said dog is to weara bell punch or collar about his royal neck, and if this was not disgrace enough, when in the street he isto be held by a chain or rope, not more than four feet in length, and a fine of three dollars can be recovered from Fido’s owner if he does not cx those requisite ornaments; and lastly, the poor dog is be taken ow to the public pound, and if not ransomed—« la ialiano—in forty-eight hours, he is to be dis- patched with all haste to dog-heayen, from whence his spirit will hasten back to plague the inventors of such a crnel and indistinctive law, The newspaper which is entitled to all the honors in this new crusade will not obtain the object desired, for the spitz will not be touched by the rongh hand of the law. How are you going toreach him? Will the brigandos climb intoa lady’s chamber, where the well-fed darling is reclining in safety, and snatch him ont bald- headed? Nota bit of it, for there in the castle of his queen and owner broom-sticks abound, and woe be unto the man who attempts the feat! This ends the spitz, and this is just the way the tax will be collected on him. But the good dog —‘the first to weleome, and foremost to defend’—mmst the best watchman for man than men PHOTO-PLATE, ENG, £0, 63 DUANE ST, N.Y. CUPS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST ANNUAL NEW YORK I BENCH SHOW, AND MANUFACTURED BY MESSRS. TIFFANY & co. > STREAM. 197 i him? Adog. Whowas it that licked the hand of the master who slayed him, thereby showing a spirit of forgiveness tarely met with inman? Adog, There are some wise men who were never children—they happened to be born old; but then, again, thank God, there are men who can look cheerfully back to the days of their boyhood, and remember with pride the companion of their happy hours when sport- at in the meadow or in the lane. Pompey, Nero, Jack or romping by his side, and ill- peayeate the man who } to that ha Are there any such in er sete bal. before | ! L een intelligence | Subsequently a red.and white bitch, Hark, was bred from and ignorant spitefulness. Amend the law so that the spitz will and must be reached, whether in the palaces of Fifth Avenue, or the more humble abodes of Dutchtown. Do not tax, but exterminate them as a contagious evil to be dreaded. But, for mercy's sake, spare the faithful, honest friend of youth and old age, and the lips of poor children— who love their dumb friends, but have not two dollars to spare—will open with words of gladness, and rejoice in the deliverance of their speechless companions from an ungen- erous and cruel, ill-timed death, ‘There isa divinity that directs the destinies of dogs as well as men, and to those people who are in no way superstitious it may be gratifying to learn thatthe last official who signed the death-warrant of man’s best friend did not live tosee it tested, for he dropped dead out of hischair. It is to be hoped that our present worthy Mayor will not meet with any such ill-luck; and it is also to be hoped that he will not sign this bill in its present shape, but send it back from whence it came, with a yeto message that will touch the tender chords in the manly bosoms of the present Board of Aldermen, x. it A Native Straty.—We give this week capital portraits of Cora and Cora II, representatives of a fine breed of native setters, owned by Messrs. Manasseh and Everett Smith of Portland, Maine. Cora, red and white, was a present from the late Cale Loring, whose name is familiar to so many of our readers; she is thirteen years old. In 1872 Cora was bred to the imported Gordon setter Grouse, a Crystal Palace win- ner, combining the Kent and Regent strains. Of this pro- duce one, Guy, was almost wholly of a beautiful red color. Grouse, and a red and white bitch named Flint. Guy and Flash were mated, and their produce was Cora Hj, who is of a beautiful red with scarcely any white. The dogs of this strain have great endurance and intelligence, and are capital field peformers. Our space will not permit us to go into further particulars, but the dogs, particularly Cora IT and a litter of puppies by Guy, will be atthe Bench Show. As a purely ‘native ” strain it is probably unexcelled. ee A large number of letters from ‘Royal’ and. other corre- spondents are unavoidably laid over until next week. a: Fr 198 FOREST AND STREAM. —The cuts of the Bench Show cups, and also the repro- ductions of the Railway Superintendents’ letters, were drawn by the Photo Plate Engraving Company, No, 63 Duane Street, this city, “Fonst 56.) The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western B. R. Co iw hou es WTRANSLORTATION, DEPARTMEN' LOL ILL. LA ANS _ Sts nh, f Canada Southern Hailway: Tages, GENTRAU MANAGERS o¥sice = Ot Shemat Ql. CA EAT HG OL. Serwb) Oy yard O40 ra 47 f oe) Hey SE: TERT >. New Fersey Southern Rail Road Pine. ~ i Offies of General Ticker Agent LOG po 2 PO A— ec Ze ee, E ms ig sae Gen't Ticked Agee, —_e——— amd Tit k tS aut? 28009 bi =f L.V.BR OF FICR LVRR Long Beanehy ch, f, es wr Chacenseler &y &s ll Pomel AE CO Kip L558 Hbfe *hlar ders ae! Mes Bf at, AG [Zz Gav Aerzeclst oa | Betuah, Baller Axil Roail fio. COR COURTLAND’ AND; NEW.CHURCH STREETS{ Dell.” (For other Kopel meatier see Page 195), 200 FOREST AND STREAM. ' Fachting Notes, Continued rom Page 194, Tun Hastern Yacht Club, Boston, takes the lead in Boston waters, and it is now getting in trim fora June régatta, and itis not unlikely if will indulge tn a second one in Sepfember or October, With a full muster of all its craft jwonld be some of the leading yachts in the country—such, for instance, as Leeter Wallack’s Columbia, Mr. Bennett's Dauntless, Com- Todore Kingeland'’s Alarm and Mr, Lonhat’s En~- chattrees. Sinoe the close of last season there have been seyeral changes of ownership. The schooners Ariel, Flirt, Julia and Juniata have been withdrawn; the Lydia has been changed to the SyIph; George Peabody Russell has bought the Ermongarda, which was built originally a5 a steamer by Poullon, of New York; C. B. Whittier has bought the Magic, and Charles H. Joy has come into possession of the achooner Rebecca. The sloops’ Gauntlet, Iris and Prinesss haye been withdrawn; W. ©. Cabot, Tormerly owner of the Juniata, has bought the cele- brated centre-board sloop Madcap of New York; David Sears has enteréd the Siren, and D. Brooks the Narragansett. The books of the club show the names of $33 members, 29 schooners, 12 sloops and 2 sieamers. The Boston Yacht Club, besides iis annual ernise, will haye a regatta in July or Angust. Of the old boats in the organization the schooners Elsie, Juni- ata and Enigma, and the sloops Gracie, Clitheroe, Leda, Pert and Ruby have been withdrawn. ‘The Shadow has been sold by Tucker Deland to John Bryant, but will remain in the club. Besides the Tegular regatta there will be several racea among the individual members. THE SUBURBAN CLUBS. The Dorchester is probably the largest and most ourishing club in this yicinity next to the two already mentioned. The following members and yachts have recently bean admitted: General B. FP. Butler, schooner America; Eben 8B. Phillips, gachooner Fearless; George H. Tripp, sehooner Betty; John M. Winslow, schooner Hermes; John Bryant, sloop Shadow; H. E. Hibbard, sluop Effie Mary, and George Lee, sloop Pert. The club now numbers ninety-four members. During the summer there will be # long race to Long Island Sound. The BHeyerly Club, with uinety-six members and fifty-fonr boats, against two-thirds as many a year ago, will have two regattas in July and two in August, The South Boston Club has Increased to forty boats and nearly 200 members, The Quincy Clob, new only four years old, has fixty Memberr and forty yachts, The East Boston Club has largely increased during the year, and will make its displays on Decoration Day, the 17th of June, Bunker Hill Day, and the Fourth of July, New Bedford has only just turned its attention to yachting, The club just organized embraces some of the wealthiest and most prominent meu in the city, The yacht owners in Nahant and Cohasset have organized as the Nahansett Club, and are getting teady for a lively season, a8 aré also the members of the Lynn Yacht Club. In Dnxbury there is a lively yacht club of only a year’s growth. Jt has sixty-lve members and twenty-four yachts, and several new craft will be finished and launched before the season is over, The Portland (Maine) Club has increased since last season from 75 140 to, 4nd the number of yachts, which includes two steamers, from fourteen to twenty-fye. The annnal regatta will come off in Casco Bay on the Fourth of July, Tt is ynite likely that some time during the season there will be a grand ocean race at the Isle of Shoals {off Portsmouth, N- H), open to yaehts from all quarters, These occasions in the past have been among the pleasantest in the annals of American yachting. Onanits Kinesuzy's Love or Anmmars.—But to speak of his home without mentioning his love of animals would be to leave the picture incom- plete. His dog and his horse were his frends, and they knewit, and understood his voice and ays. He was a perfect horsman, and neyer lost this temper with his horse, talking to and raason ing with it if it shied or bolted, ax if it had been a rutional being, knowing that, from the fine organization of the animal, a horse, like a child, will get confused by panic fear, which is only incressed by putiishment. His dog Dandy, a fine Scotch terrier, was his companion in all his parish walks, attended at the cottage lectures and school lessons, and was his'and the children’s friend for id years, He lies buried under the great fir trees on the Rectory lawn, with this in- sorption on his gravestones, “ Wideli Fideles,” and ¢lose by ‘Sweep, a magnificent black re- trisyar, and ‘‘ Victor,” a fayorite Teckel, given to him by the Queen, with which he sat up during the two last suffering nights of the little crea- ture's life. Cats, too, were a continual delight to him; the stable had always its white cat, and the house its black ot tabby, and he never tired of watching their graceful movements. His love of animals wag strengthened by his belief in their future state—a belief which he held in common with John Wesley and other remarkable men. On the lawn dwelt a family of ‘‘natter jacks,” (run- ning toade,) who liyed on from year to year in the same hole in the green bank, which the scythe was neyer allowed to approach. He had two little friends in a pair of sand wasps, who lived in @ crack of the windowin his dressing. room, one of which he had saved from drowning in a hand: basin, talking it tenderly out into the sunshine to dry; and every Spring he would look ont eagerly for thom. or their children, who came out of, or raturned to the same orack. The little fiy-catcher, who built his nes eyary year under his bedroom window, was a constant joy to him, He had also a fayorite slow-worm in the churchyard, which his parishioners were warned not ty lal, from the mistaken idea preyalent in Everaley that slow-worms were poisonous. All these tastes he snoouragedin his children, teaching them to love and handle gently, without disgust, all Jiying things, toads, frogs, beetles, as ‘works and wonders from the hand of a living God, His guesta were surprised one morning at breakfast when his little girl ran up to the open window of the dining-room, holding a long repulsive-look- ing worm in her hand. ‘'Oh! daddy, look at this delightful worm." He had but one aversion which he could never conquer—to a spider, and it was of himself he spoke in “Glaucus,” after saying ‘‘that avery One ssems to haye his anti- pathis animal; I know one bred from hia ohild- hood to zoology by land and sea, and bold in as- serting, and honest in feeling, that all without exception is beautiful, who yet cannot, after handling, and petting, and examining all day long every uncouth and venomous beast, avoid a paroxysm of horror at the wight of tha common housespider!” But, after all, a bird, he often ssid, was to him the most wonderful of God's creations ; he watched for the arrival of the birds of passage every spring with a strange longing, and seemed less restless after the swallow had appeared ai Eyersley. His eyes would fill with tears at cach fresh arrival, and again each At- tumn as he grieved over their departure. tle knew their syery note, and was never tired of watching their character anb habits.—Chas. Kingsley, His Letters and Memoriats. Preprstrians or Past AcEs.—1688—Robert Oarey, Earl of Monmouth, won £2,000 in bets by walking from London to Berwick (33914 miles) in twelyedays, 1702—May 29, John Morgan, a Welshman, for a wager of 100 guineas, undertook to walk from London to Land's End, in Corn- wall, and bawk again (612 milés) in fourteen days, which he accomplished within nine hours of the time allowed him. 1750—September 8, Pearson, a tailor, who was to walk 300 miles in Tothill Fields, Westminster, in six days, finished his journey half an hour within the time allowed him. 1759—On Febrnary 1, George Guest, of Birmingham, who had laid a considerable wager that he walked 1,000 miles in twenty-eight days, finished his journey with great ease. It seemed as if he had laid by for bets, for in the last two days he had 106 miles to walk, but walked them with so much ease to himself that, to show his agility, he walked the last six miles within an hour, though he had full six hours to do them in. 1765—In July a young woman went from Blen- cogo, in Scotland, to within two milea of New- castle in one day, which is about seventy-two miles. Robert Batley, of Hutford, in Norfolk, when an old man, frequently walked from Thet- ford to London (81 miles) in ons day, and back the next. 1774—Reed, of Hampshire, walked 100 miles in one day at Gosport; in 1787 and 1791 he walked 50 miles in little more than nine hours on the sands at Weymouth. 1787—September 27, Mr. Foster Powell, clerk to an attorney in Lon- don, walked from the Falstaff Inn, at Canter- bury, to London, and back (112 miles) in 24 hours. In 1788, July 15, he walked from Hyde Park Corner to the 50 milestone at Wolyerton Hillon the Bath road, and back to Hyde Park QOorner in less than 22 hours. In 1790 ha walked from Tondon to YorEk and back (400 miles) in 5 days, 16 hours and 10 minntes, haying bet that he would doitin 6 daya18 hours. He afterward did the game distance in less than 5 days and 15 hours. 1756—June 17, a man, at 8 o'clock, went from Bishopsgate and walked to Colchester and back to Bishopsgate by 8 o'clock the same 6yen- ing, thedistance was 102 miles, and 15 guineas was betted that he did not do it in 15 hours. 1762—May 24, Child, the noted miller of Wands- worth, walked on Wimbledon Common (44 miles) in 7 hours and 57 eninutes. 1788—July 20, John Batty undertook to walk 700 miles on Richmond Conrsa in 14 days,which he performed with great gase. Mr. Batty wasin the thirty-filth year of his age. 1763—July 11, a sergeant in the Gloucester militia walked from London te Bristol in 19 honra and 35 minutes, 17930—May, Thos. Sayagar, a laborer in Herefordshire, walked 404 miles in six days, oyer a yery rough and unsyen road, between Hereford and Ludlow. 1791— July, a gentleman, aged 57, walked from London to Liverpool in 4 days, which is above 50 miles » day. Tur UNION ATHLETIC CLUB, of Boston, will hold their second annual spring games on the Boston Ball Grounds, Saturday, May 25. A NEW WAD. The FIBRE WAP will give better penetration and pattern than Eley'a wadding. Is elastic and plastic, and will hold the load secURELY IN DBHASS SHELLS, Will not take fire or bluw to pieves. Price, per box of 260, 25c. for 12 and 10, and 80c. for bore, Sample sent by mail on receipt of price, Liberal discount to the trade, Addresa , DELAWARE CARTRIDGE 00, _ Sapldmt Wilmington, Délaware. The Henne. ee ea ee es ‘Most intelligent writer about dogs,""—Rop anp Gun. THE PRACTICAL KENNEL GUIDE, With plain instrnotions how io rear and brood dogs for pleasure, show and protit, The work contains additional chapters upon tha “ Law on Dogs,” and Non-Sportiig Kennel.” By GORDON STABLES, M.D., 0. M., R.N. Tilustrated. 192 pages, 12mo, cloth, $1.50. THE DOG, With simple directions for his treatment, and notices of the best dogs of the day and their breeders or ex- hibitors. By “‘IDSTONE.”’ New edition, with illua- trations. 12mo, cloth, $1.25, CASSELL, PETTER & GALPIN, 596 Brosdway, New York. THE STRATHROY KENNELS. IELD TRIAL SETTER PUPPIES FOR SALE, : By Leicester, out of Dart. Leicester and Dart are the sire and dam of more Winners at field trials and bench shows in America thau any other dog and bitch, Paris, Maud, Blanche, Peg, Pride of the South, Clip, etc,, are all by them, and Stafford is out of Dart, At the last Memphis Field trials, Champion Stakes —Drake Ist, Stafiord 2d,and Paris 3d. Braces Stakes —Drake and Erin ist, Maud and Statford 9d, and Paria and Pride of the Sonth (then s puppy) 3d. Drake is Dart’s brother, Price of Puppies when 3 months old; $50, Address L. H. SMITH, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada, ap26-4t FOREST CITY KENNEL FOR IMPORTED SETTERS. Dr. Goldsmith's celebrated dogs Plunket, Carrie, Rapp and Nell have passed into the ahove Kennol. Plunket and Rapp will be used in the stud. For ser- vices and pedigrees address W. J. Farrar, Cleveland, O. Jan25-3m. WESTMINSTER KENNEL OLUB (FOR POINTERS.) Stud dog Sensation; lemon and white, weight 60 lbs.; winner of seyen prizes in England. Sirea by R. J. Lloyd Price’s Champion Jim, and from Winte- house's celebrated Champion Field Trial Hamlet and Rap stock; just imported: 2} years old, Fee $35, Wor pedigree and fall particulars applyto DR W. 5. WEBB, 7 West Fifty-fourth st.,N. ¥. febl5 if EDINA KENNEL, JESSE SHERWOOD, Proprietor, Edima, Knox County, Mo., breeder and importer of Sporting Dogs, Pointers, Setters, Spaniols, Fox and Beagle Hounds, “Sancho,” Imp, Pointer, Stud Dog; fee, $35. See English K. 0. §.B., No, 1005. He is a grandson of the celebrated ‘Hamlet, No. 856. This dog “Sancho” has won seyen prizes—four in England, first at Orystal Palace, 1874, three here. Spratt’s Patent Meat Fibrine Doz Cakes GENULVE O8 S82 TNO NONE ARE STAMPED From the reputation these Meat Fibrine Cakes haye now gained, they require scarcely any explanation to recommend them 1o the use of every one who keeps adog, sufficeit to say they arefree from salt, aud contain ‘'dates,”’ the exclusive use of which, in com- bination with meat and meal to compose a biscnit is secnrea tous by Letters Patent. For sale in cases of 112 lbs. each, F.0.De LUZE, sole Agent, 18 Sonth William street, New York. Special terms to dealers. Tos YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL Stock from the choicest breeds inquire of M. P. McKO! dec2s 6m Franklin, Del, Co,, N: Y- ENNEL FOR BREEDING, REARING, BOARD- ing, exercising, and training Setters and Pointers. Refer to FoREst anp STREAM, and others, Address EH. 8, WANMAEER, 5apltft Hohokus, Bergen Co,, N. J. SS SS OR SALE.—A FEW THOROUGHBRED SETTER Pups out-of my Bismarck-Nannie bitch Tip (see Borges' A. KE, & 8. F., No. 241), by Noft; also a tine red Irish Setter bitch Pup, six months old, partly bro- ken, Address G. H, T., P, 0. Rox 85, Indianapolis, Ind. splig-3£ yikes SALE—A FINE nee Beoret Skye, Dandy Dinmont, an atta a a ob Great Sepi2l ly. riers, Eporting Dogs, Maltese cats, De all diseases at L, N, Jonos wiroct, N. Y. ve he Fennel. DOGS CANNOT SLIP THIS COLLAK No matter how yiolently they pull, this collar will) not choke or injure the doz. ade of heavy bridle leather with nickle plated trimmings, Sent by mail with name of dog or owner on name plate for $1.00, Manufactured by Thomson & Son, 301 Broadway, N. ¥.. jand-tf BREEDING KENNEL OF A.C. WADLELL, Edina, Mo, The finest bred Pointers and Setters of Imported and Native blood, broken; and pups of different ages for sale. BREEDING KENNEL OF A. C. WADDELL, Edina, Knox County, Mo, Pointers and Setters of approved Imported and Na- tive blood thoroughly broken; also pips of different ages. Inthe stud, Imported Irish Settera “ Grouse’! and “Shamrock,” Also Pointers “Phil Jr.” and ‘King Philip,” by “Old Phil’; «Pbil Jr." out of QColburn’s Lang and Wilson bitch; ‘' King Philip" ont of Madden's first prize and champion bitch ‘Fan,’ Alllargs size. Stud Irish Setter. The Subscriber offers his imported red Irish setter ‘'Buck,’’ winner of prizes at the Centennial, St. Louis and Baltimore bench shows, for stud purpose. Terms, BaF For pedigree and partict- lars, address ©, Z. MILEY, OR SALE.—One liver and white pointer dog pup seven weeks old, ont of “Prudence,” dam of Strong’s ‘'Pote,” by Westminster Kennel Club, “Sensation,’' Pedigree Al, Address L. J, GAINES West Meriden, Conn, Fleas, Fleas! Worms, Worms! STEADMAN'’S FLEA POWDER FOR DOGS, A Bane to Fleas--A Boon to Dogs. This Powder is guaranteed to kill Neas on dogs or any other animals, or money returned. IJtis put nu in patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which greatly facilitates ita use. Simple and efficacious. Price 50 cents by mail, yostpaid. ARECA NUT for Worms in DOGS. Acertain remedy. Put npin boxes containing a doz~- en powders, with full directions for nse. Price 60 cents per box by mail, Both the above are recom mended by fod and Gun and Forzst AND STREAM, W, HOLBERTON, 102 Nassau St., New Yorlz. Qhotiges. ISH CULTURE ESTABLISHMENT FOR SALE. The undersigned desiring to open a new estab- lishment at a remote point, offers one of the largest and most profitable Fish Culture stationsin the United States for sale to a good oustomer, A larga, modurn style, naw house, and three acres of land go with it. Address, Frank N. CLanr, NoRTHYILLE, MicH, apill2 4. (25 miles from Detroit.) 500 ACTIVE AGENT. WANTED TO sell our Eix- celsior Letter Copying Book. No press, brush, water, or pud used. Copies on dry paper, Bend BF and we will forward a 300 pago book, full letter size, by mail, postpaid, Inquire of any Commercial Agency as to our responsibility, Send stamp for circular. EXCELSIOR MANUFAOTURING CO,, 110 Dearborn Street, Chicago, Saplit Complete Shooting Suit FOR $10. $10. $10. Warranted better than any in the murket. Sent by mail for $10.75. 1,000 testimonials on fle, which pay that “Holabird makes the best Shooting Suit in the World.” This Suit is to beat the ohéap trash in the market, which sell for more money, Should you want anything extra-fina [can make it. Send for my Circular Price List and Sample ct Goods. mar22-31m1 W. H. HOLABIRD Valparaiso, Ind. W. Holberton sole ugent in New York. W. HOLBERTON, Sole Agent for N. Y. for BOGARDUS’ PATENT ROUGH GLASS BALLS. Price per tco, $2 50. Liberal discount to the trade. 102 Nassau Street, Ne x BINDERS. ee Get your fine books bound. Art Journal bound un- iform to London publisher's style. Picturesque Am-~ erica, Art Treasury of Germany and England, Women in Sacred History, large Family Bibles, all illustrated works, music and magazines in the best atyles and lowest prices; donein two or threa daye if required. E. WALEKER’S SONS, 565 Dey Street, ——— FOR $2.00 I AM HAPPY TO INFORM MY MANY friends and customere that I have now ready the most Complete Game Bag ever Invented. it bas capacity for 76 Quail, Pocket roem for 50 shells, is very light, weighing bntafew ounces. Ifcan be worn over & busines4 coat, or can be worn anaes 2s you please. The maternal is water-proof drill. Sent oct 12 post paid on pa an ce Bioney refunded if not tisfactory. id chest measure F Hn OT ee ee a BERD, Yaiparalso, Ind, W. Holberton sole agont in New York. ‘marl5-m,, / Miscellaneous. CONLIN’S NEW RIFLE GALLERY, 1,223 Broadway, between Sist and 92d Streets. OPEN DAY AND EVENING. c.0, & B. ZETTLER, GUNSMITHS AND RIFLE GALLERY, 207 Bowery, New York. BREWSTER & KNOWLTON, Importers and Dealers in Artificial Eyca for Birds and Animals, 18 Arch Street, Boston, Mass. KE. THOMAS, JR, GUNS, PISTOLS, SPORTING GOODS, 174 South Olark Street, Chicago, Ill. EDWARD B, CONWAY, Taxidermiat, Successor To JAMES H. ROOME, 55 Carmine Street, N. ¥. Cc, M. BRENNAN, OLD KENTUCKY BOURBON & MONONGAHELA, 40 South Clurk Street, Chicago. HART'S METALLIC SHELLS, NIOKEL CONE, Etc. 216 Market Street, Newark, N. J. ORANGE POWDER. Send for pamphlet showing sizes of the grain by wood-cut. Sent free by the LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO., 26 Murray Street, New York. P.O, Box 2,308. Genuine Haarlem Oil. KNOWN AS SYLVESTER'S OVER 30 YEARS. Best remedy for bladder, kidney and gravel dis- eases, WM. WAOH, 126 Canal Street, New York. KNAPP & VAN NOSTRAND, POULTRY AND GAME, Nos, 289 and 290 Washington Market, N. Y. English Sporting Gunpowder. CURTIS & HARVEY'S DIAMOND GRAIN. Nos, 2, 3,4,5,6,7 and 8, Superior Rifle, Enfield Rifie, and Col. Hayyker's Ducking, W. STITT, 61 Oedar Street, N. ¥. Agent for the United States. BOLLINGER CHAMPAGNE. Dry and Dry Extra Quality. EDWARD & JOHN BURKE, 40 BEAVER STREET. Kay's Shot Cartridges, DUCKS AND SNIPE. EVERY DESCRIPTION OF Sporting Goods GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, and FISHING TACKLE, HUNTING and FISHING SUITS, CAMPING OUTFITS, Captain Bogardus' Patent Glass Ball Traps. Sole Agents, EVERYTHING REQUIRED BY SFORTSMEN, a@- Send Stamp for Illustrated Catalogue, == WASHBURN & CO,, 66 Johm street, New York, Modern Observations on Rifle Shooting, WITH AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF SCORE BOOK, and including silicate slate for use on the range (all in green tint). PRICH, OHtire. 25. oo. scene ccac seco ctersincese ph 00 The treatise is the first attempt on the modern basis, wd the slate and system of score diagrams are indorsed by every rifleman who has reen them, Address the antbor and publisher, EDWIN PERRY, 564 Fulton street, Brooklyn: N.Y. Metropolitan Hotel, WASHINGTON, D. C: Carrollton Hotel, BALTIMORE, Mp, R. B. Coloman & Co., proprietors of these famous hotels, are well known to the old Pettong of the ASTOR HOUSE, N. Y., and ST, NICHOLAS, N. ¥. , THE METROPOLITAN is midway between the Capitol snd the White Honee, wnd the most couvenient location in the city. { Nas beon re-fitted and re-furnished throughout. ‘ = perfect; the service regular, and tC s FOREST AND STREAM. for Sale. TO PURCHASERS OF PURE-BRED ALDERNEY STOCK. Gamilla Lacey, near Dorking, Surrey. MESSRS WHITE & SONS (of Dorking, Surrey, Eng- land, beg to announce that they are honored with instructious from tha owner to offer forsale by pub- lic auction, at Camilla Lacey, Westhumble, near Dork- ing, on TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1877, & selection from the celebrated herd, consisting of twelve or fourteen PURE FAWN AND SILVER GRAY COWS AND f HEIFERS, AND ONE BULL. The Auctioneers have much pleasure and confi- dence in calling the attention of intending purchasers to the very unusual opportunity afforded by this sale ofacquiring stock descended from the most famous herds in the country, and which will be sold entirely in consequence of the farm being overstocked, Descriptive catalogues will be published in due time, and may be obtamed of the Auctioneers, Dork- ing, Surrey, England. ap’l126t. WILD RICE FOR SALE. AM PREPARED TO FILL ORDERS FOR THE above Seed promptly. Now is the time to plant it, company order. Price, $2 per bushel, Sacks 25c. Cash must ac- ap26-46 THOS. P. CANTWELL, Brainerd, Minn, FOLDING BOAT FOR SALE.—A HEGEMAN Portable Folding Boat, for two persons; two sets oar-locks; two seats. New and perfect in all respects; used but once; cost $80; will sell for $40. Dr. Up de Graff, Elmira, N, Y, apli9-3t Ludlow "Crout Co. ROOK TROUT FRY FOR SALE IN any guantity to snit parties, Fry delivered if required W. H. CROWELL, Ludlow, anli—4m Mc Kean Co., Pa, OR SALE.-NEW WINCHESTER RIFLE, with reloading tools, shells, etc, Made expressly for me. Ararechance. Also, complete files of Chicago Field, Turf, Field and Farm, and N. ¥, Sportsman. Write oe particulars to D. Lovis Boper, Bald Moun- tain, N. ¥. EA-SHORE HOME BOARDING HOUSE, by CG. F, HoToHatss, at Short Beach, Bbramford, Conn. Sea food, comfortable house and beautiful yiew of the sea. Threestages to and from New Haven daily after June15. Previous arrangements necessary. House strictly temperate. Address as above by mail, OR SALE.—Remington Rifle, 26 in. barrel, 40 cali- bre, chambered for 70 grains powder. It was made to order; a superior gun for target or sporting. Address 8., or call and see rifle at this office, OR SALE.—A Parker Breech-Loading Shot Gun, with fine Damascus barrels. 12 gauge, 28 iuches, weight 9 pounds. M. A. BOSWURTH, North Brookfield, Mass. May 3-2t. ARTIES WISHING TO SEND THEIR DOGS TO the country during the close season can find a very desirable spot. Also those having young doga that they wish handled. For terms, &c., address WARREN LOWE, Guilford, Conn, apré 32m HAtseY HOUSE, Atlanticville, L. I, A SUMMER RESORT, and for Sportsmen all the year, will open June 25th. New house accommodates Fifty guests. yariows sizes and exposures. y Perfectly healthy. A fine oak grove of two acres at Year of house. Nearer to and larger than any house bordering on Shinnecock Bay, Surf and Still Bathing, Boating, Duck, Goose, Snipe, and Quail Shooting. References from former guests, Send for acircular. ap’l12 5t. W.F.HALSEY. CROSSMON HOUSE. ALEXANDRIA BAY, Jerr. Co., N. ¥., 0. CROSSMON & SON, Proprietors, HIS HOUSE, RECENTLY REBUILT and elegant- T ly FURNISHED, is now open for visitors. Itis located in one of the most delightful places in the Thousand Islands region, commanding an extensive view of the St. Lawrence and the Islands, and offers eyery facility for the comfort and enjoyment ot guests. Outfits for boating, hunting and fishing par- ties. Steamers for the bay conuect at Clayton with the Utica and Black River Railroad. and at Cape Vin- cant with the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad. apl2-6m Rooms of f at “FISHING LINE,” Brook Trout, Crayling, and Black Bass Fisheries OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, VIA Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. (Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Cincinnati Short Line.) Sportsmen who have cast a fly or trolled a spoon in the waters of the Grand Traverse Region will come again without solicitation. All other loyers of the Rod ure invited to try these waters, wherein - The fish named above, as also Muscalonge, Pike, and Pickerel, abound. In no other streams east of the Rocky Mountains is the famous American Grayling foundinauch numbers, nrovk Trout Season opens May Ist. Grayling Seaso: opens June Ist. The sportsman can readily send trophies of his skill to his friends or ‘‘Club” at home, as iee for packing fish can be had at many points. Take your amily with you, The scenery of the North Woods and lakes is very beautiful. The air is pure, dry, sod bracing: The climute pecullarly benaficial to those suffering with bay feverand asthma. The Hotel Accommodations, while plain, are, as arule, good, far surpassing the average In coun- trics new enough to afford the finest of fishing. On and after June lst Round Trip Excursion Tickets sold to Points in Grand Traverse Region, and attractive train facilities offered to tourists and sportsmen ; also, ou and after July ist, Mackinaw and Lake Superior Excursion aan, Guné, and Mishing Tackle Car- ried Free at owner's risk, Camp Cars for Fishing Parties and Families at low rates- It ia our aim to make sportsmen feel ‘at home” on this route. For_Tourists’ Guide, containing full in- formation as to Hotels, Boats, Guides, &o,, end accu- rate maps of the Fishing Grounds, send to Forusr AND SrREaM offich, cr address Le . 0. HY es P&T. Arend Rapids, Mich. HOPPE, Passenger Agent, A, HOPPD, Eas! Ee Neca ativet, Puilage mation given sh office, 197 Greenwich street, — York. iT) Sportsmen’? Routes. TO SPORTSMEN: THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. COMP’) Respectfully invite attention to the Superior Facilities afforded by thelrlines forreaching most of the TROT- (NG PARKS and RAG: COURSES in the Middie States. These lines being “ ONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the difficulties and aan- 18 of reshipment, while the excellent cara ron over the smooth steel tracks enable STOCK TO BE TRANS- PORTED withont failure or injury. The lines of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also reach the best localities for GUNNING AND FISHING in Pennsylyania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS arv sold at the offices of ‘the Company in all the principal cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing shooiing, and Still Hunting. Also, to TUCKERTON, BEECH HAVEN, CAPE MAY own ie AEE WTA Shot apse We renowned for + D T 'T. FIN AND FEATHER. D. M. BOYD, Jz,, Gen'l Pass, Agent. FRANK THompson, Gen’! Manager. febi7 tf ST. PAUL AND ST. LOUIS Short Line, Burlington, C, Rapids and Northern RAILWAY. Quickest, Cheapest, and Best! TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, crossing and connecting with all East and West Lines in Iowa, running through some of the finest hunting grounds in the Northwest for Geese, Ducks, Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse, and Quail. Sportsmen and their dogs taken good care of. Reduced rates on parties of ten or more upon application to General Ticket Office, Cedar Rapids. 0. J. IVES, General Passenger Agent, tf E. F. Wrxstow, General Manager. “THE BERMUDAS.” OW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHT- FUL Winter Resort, is reached in seventy hours from New York, and being surrounded by the Warm waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an equable temperature of about 70°, The elegant British Steamships ‘Bermuda’ and “Camina,” 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- ger travel, are dispatched from New York for Bermu- da fortnightly, making connection at Bermuda with Steamers for 5:. Thomas and West Indies. For full information ADPIY to A. E, OUTERBRIDGE, Agent, 29 Broadway, N. Y. Dec?1-ly. FOR FLORIDA. Hy ,OR THROUGH TICKETS TO FER- i NANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, Si’. AUGUS- ‘LENE, SANFORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings on ST. JOHN'S RIVER and interior points in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, Gen’! Agent, Philadelpnia and Southern Mail 8. 8. Co., 416 Sonth Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia Deci4-1y_ FoR NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD AND THE NORTH.—The new and elegaut ateamer, C. H. NORTHAM, leaves Pier No. 26, Bast River, daily (Sundays excepted) at 3 FM. Passengers to North and Kast at 12 Pp. um. NIGHT LINE.—The ELM CITY leaves New York atil ».M., arriving in New Haven in time for the early morning trains. ‘ Merchandise forwarded by daily express freight train from New Haven through to Massachusetts, Vermont, Western New Hampshire, Northern New York, and Canada. Freight received until 6 p, mu, RICHARD PECK, General Agent. OLD DOMINION LINE. The steamers of this line reach some of the finest waterfowl and upiand shooting fections in the ¢onun- try. Connections direct for Chincotengue, Cobb’a island, and points om the Peninsula. City Point James river. Currituck, Florida, and the monntainoua country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk steam- ets sail Tuesday, Thuraddy, und Saturday; Delaware steamers Monday and Thursday, dp. m. NE aoe ly 201 ‘Fportsmen’s Routes. GREAT SOUTHERN — reve Pass ei ne SS oe AND THE FLORIDA PORTS, EVERY Wednesday and Saturday At 3 o’clock P. M. From PIER 29, N R, CITY OF ATLANTA, CHAMPION. Capt, M.S. Woodhull. Oapt, R. W. Lockwood, GULF STREAM, G. W. CLYDE, Capt. 8. (/rowell. Capt, Ingrahm, The above steamers have been handsomely fitte- up for the convenience of passengers, and are npri valled on the coast for 1 o a] Safety. Speed and Comfort. Close connections at Charleston with the favorite and well-known Florida packets DICTATOR, Capt. Vogel; CITY POINT, Capt. Scott, for FERNAN- DINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, PA- LATKA, ENTERPRISE, MELONVILLE and all points in Florida. EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES. (Insurance lo destination ONH-HALF OF ONE PER CENT. Goods forwarded free of Commission. Passage ticketsand Bills of Lading issned and signed at the office of JAMES W. QUINTARD &CO., Agents, No, 177 West Street, cor, Warren, or W.P. CLYDE & CO., No. 6 Bowling Green. Through Freight Tariffs, Passage Tickets by all routes and to all points in the South and Sonthwest, and further information can be obtained at the office of BENTLEY D, HASELL, General Agent, Great Sonthern Freight Line, 317 Broadway, corner of Thomas street dec? ly GrllCAGU G@ ALTON RAILROAD, THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from Chigago to St. Louis, and Chicage to Kansas City, WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS, FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS LN HVERYTHING. SPORTSMEN will find splendid shooting on the line of this road; prairie chicken, geese, ducks, brant, nail, ete. Connects direct at Kansas City with the ansas Pacific Railroad for the great Buffalo and An- telope range of Kansas and Colorado. Liberal arrangements for transport of Dogs for Sportsmen. JAMES CHARLTON, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Tis, SORE ess LINE, FOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST. REDUCED FARE; Elegant Steamers STONINGTON and NARRAGAN- SELT leave Pier 33, North River, foot Jay St., at 5:00 P.M. NOT A TRIP MISSED IN SEVEN YEARS. Tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices. State rooms secured at offices of Westcott Express Company, and at 363 Broadway, New York, and 333 Washington 8t., Brooklyn, PROVIDENCE LINE Freight only, steamers leaye Pier 87, North River, foot Park Place, at 4:30 P. M. Freights via sither line taken at lowest rates, L, W. FILEINS, G. P. Agent, D.S8. BABCOOK, Pres, MICHIGAN Central Railroad, Detroit to Chicago 284 Miles. An important link in the GREAT THROUGH LINE OF TRAVEL Between the East and Weat. Parties desiring to visit any part of the West will find this road first-class in all respects. Connections are made at Chicago with all the Weat- ern Roads, HENRY ©. WENTWORTH, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ills, We make no charge for Guna or other ordinary maps for Sportsmen, Dogs carried at reasonable a = PORTSMAN'S ROUTE. CANADA SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Direct connections at Butialo with New York Central and Eris Railway. At Detrolt, with Michigan Osntral Railroad. At Toledo, with Toledo, Wabash and Western Rail- road. 4 DOGS CARRIED FREE, aud glyeli special attention. THROUGH CARS—FAST TIME AIR LINE— STEEL RAILS. FRANK E. SNOW, G&. P. & T, Agent, Detroit. 202 Syortsmen’s Goods. “COMPLETE REVOLUTION SPORTING GUNS. W. W. GREENER’S CHOKE-BORE GUNS haye been proved by overwhelming evidence to be vastly superior to cylindew bores for all kinds of shooting, from snipe to duck. (See the Letters from Sportsmen inthe London Field, dating from November, 1876, to March, 1877.) Deo, 9 # letter ap- pears from F. Milbank, Esq., M. P., the finest game shot in Europa. This gentleman has killed on his OwD moor 760 grousé in one day. He says: “ We went out partridge shooting the last week in November. Birds are wild as hawks at this season of the year. Accompanying me were two gentlemen, both first-rate shots. All threa of us had équal chances throughout the day, At the end of it one of my friends had seven brace, the other six brace, but the choke had 1644 brace. J advisedly say the choke, for lam convinced that the gun aione was the canse of my overtopping my friends by so large a number, I measured that day three successive shots, 65, 71, and 62 yards, and I have decided to use nothing but the choke-bore for the future, for I consider the choke-boring to be one of the greatest improvements inads on the sporting gun in modern times,” The Champion Triple-Wedge Fast Gun has made the best shooting atgame éver known. It will stand 10 drachms of powder in the paper shell, &nd can be obtained in the States at from $150 to $260, W. W. GREENER, St. Mary’s Works, Birmingham. THE Heat Pouliey Book WITH FIFTY COLORED PORTRAITS. Demy 4to, 600 pages, cloth, extra gilt, beveled boards, gilt edges, price $15; half morocco, $20. Illustrated Book of Poultry. LEWIS WRIGHT, Author of “The Practical Poultry Keeper,” ‘‘The Brahma Fowl,” etc, A complete and practical treatise on the breeding, rearing and management of eyery known variety of poultry, with practical schedules for judging, con- structed from actual analysis of the best modern de- cisions. Dlustrated with FIFTY COLORED 2 PORTRAITS OF PRIZE BIRDS, PAINTED FROM LIFE EXPRESSLY FOR THIS WORK, AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. Cassel, Petter & Galpin, 596 Broadway, New York. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. Sportsmen Will ind a SELECT ASSORTMENT of GUNS, RIFLES, REVOLVERS, AMMUNITION, And all goods appertaining thereto. SPECIAL ATTENTION is invited to our NEW Smith s Patent Revolvers, In four sizes of 22, 32, 38 and 41-100 cala, This new and elegaut Arm combines simplicity, durability, a perfect interchange of all its parts, The most critical inspection in process of manufac- ture,and with its patent improvements, make it the Most Desirable Revolver in the market. A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT of Maynard Rifles, Shot Guns, Ete. Send for Circular. FOWLER & FULTON, 300 Broadway, N. Y. Wat. M. Fowunr, HEnEy Fouron. ‘A. B. SHIPLEY & SON. “ea Sees AND DTHPORTERS or Fine Fishing Tackle, FISH RODS, MOUNTINGS, &e. Shipley’s ‘Prize Medal’ Split Bamboo and Green Heart Prout, Salmon and Bass Fly Rods, Reels, Lines, Leaders, Flogts, Artificial Flies, Bone, Mefai, and Nickle Sqnids for Sea, River and Brook Fishing. A SPECIALTY OF THE CELEBRATED Green Heart Wocd. for Amatuer rod makers. Prize Medal Awarded at Franklin Institute 1874, and Centennial Exhibition 1876, for Rods, Lines, Reels, Flies,Artificial Baits, &c. marl-6m 603 Commerce &t., Philadelphia, FOREST AND STREAM BALLARD RIFLE. — SAFER THAN ANY OTHER. Perfect Shooting guaranteed by using the EVERLASTING STRAIGHT SHELL. re ONE WILL LAST A LIFETIME, SCHOVERLING & DALY, 84 and 86 Chambers Street, New York. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. “Turf, Field and Farm’ Badge Won Three ‘OSUBY IOUS ‘1U9-0F BaveA we Aq sown, Peabody-Martini Breech-Loading Rifles, Military, Target, and Sporting. CREEDMOOR PATTERN. %,000.000 seryica charges fired from 400,000 of these rifles at our works without accident, 20,000 rounds fired from a single gun without injury to the mechanism, or in the least impairing the accuracy of its shooting. Centennial Commission Report on Awards—Peabody-Martini Rifles: ‘As a military arm combining strength, simplicity, high quality of workmanship, ease of mavipulation, with aceuracy and rapidity of fire; using a central fire metallic cartridge, and ejecting the discharged shell unfailingly.” Lhe Peabody-Martini Mid-Range Rifles, victorious at the Centennial Short-Range Match, at Oreedmoor, teams participating. Only two Peabody-Martini Rifles entered, Winning first prize, $160 cash and gold medal; and 4th prize, $25 cash and gold medal. Send for illustrated catalogue and price-list, ell il i Hh l WINE Mi ea | ee | , il i aN FOR BREECH-LOADING SHOT-GUNS. ‘These shells are easily loaded, and the caps easily extracted from inside, Head solid and much thicker springing away, thereby causing mise-fires. The Cone is made of nickel, and fastened solid in its place, Neither rusts nor corrodes fast, like movable anvil made from steel. The Nickel Cone also preyents miss-fire are finely finished, and made any length ordered, from 214 to 314 inches. Shells and Loaders and Descriptive Price-Lists can be obtained from all the leading Sportsmen’s Sept, 12, 1876, distanee 200 yards, off-hand; 120 competitors, Members of the Américan and all the foreign PROVIDENCE TOOL CO., PROVIDENCE, R. 1, U. S. A. > | ’ 5 . ‘ Hart's Sportsman's Favorite Metallic Shells, than any shell now made, giving a solid seat for cone or anvil, which prevents it from driving throngh or when a cap has been left on shell for a few days. which is liable to occur either in steel oriron. These shells Houses throughout the country. GEORGE E. HART & CO., Newark, N. J. From Captain Bogardus, Champion Wing Shot of America.. Mzsers. GEorcE E, Harr & Oo.; Gentlemen—The filty shells I reesived from you to-day suit me better than any I have ever used. They are stronger and better in eyery respect, and I shall use them in all my A, H, BOGARDUS. shooting hereafter. Yours truly, MANUFACTURER OF Fine Fishing Rods, Reels, and Artificial Fiies, AND DEALER IN FISHING TACKLE, Manchester, Vermont. Mention PorEst anp STREAM, | ishing Gackle. H. L. LEONARD, Manufacturer of Bend for Descriptive Price Lists. Sishing Tackle. McBride Flies. Medal and Diploma from International Exhibition Philadelphia, 1876, decreed for exceedingly neat work with solidity of construction, A fine assortmest of flies for 1ront, salmon and bass constautly on hand. Also casting-lines. wes pare oe for any locality. Goods promptly made to order from sny patter: desired, uy Address SARA J, McBRiDE, Mumford, Monroe co., N. Y. W. Holberton, Sole Agent for New York and vicinity. feblh4m. CARD. Dr. Fowier’s Celebrated Six Strip Bam- boo Fly-Rods. . Improved and finished withoutcutting away the enam- el. The strongest and bandsomest rodsin the world. Private orders solicited for all kinds of fine tackle. Rods sent per express on approval. Send for ciren- FOWS of Split Bamboo, or any desired material, and snpeaead Light Reels. Sold by all principa ont the United States, always on hand. ARTIFICIAL FLIES TIED TO ORDER. lar. A. BH. LER, Ithaca, N. ¥. Novea-t — latins! Fine Fly, Bass, Salmon and Trout Rods dealers in ishing tackle throngh- Every variety of Fishing Tackle Bangor, Maino, Gathle, ishing dog bi ra oO ist é Ea) .) Eo Pe Se MM gs Te i; OCU GCS 03 = a -] aa a z = ~ > < a , & = +— No. L aS O visit Lake Superior for health, I took the firststep by stepping on board the steamer Illinois, at about mid- night of any night you may please to select in August, 1860. In the hurry and bustle of getting on board I came so near losing my valise that I fear I lost the date, and I know T lost my patience; though I am happy to say [found the former and the latter ima few days; the date, however, being ob- liyions, will be better ‘‘imagined than described.” My first business on board was “to attend to business,” by securing a room and passage to Marquette. From the many letters of excursionists which I have read I never could find any data on which to found a guess at the probable expense of a trip North. The fare to Marquette from Port Huron was ten dollars at this timé, and I believe still remains at the same figure; I state this here lest I should be taken fora ‘dead head,” as I have heretofore taken those letter-writing excursionists who fear to mention what the enterprising owners of boats are too stingy to pay for advertising. Next morning at sunrise the writer might be seen—if any one looked in the right place for Him—standing on the hurricane deck, trying to make discoveries. He discovered Lake Huron on one side, meeting the sky at a point he Reyer saw before, and on the other washing a, to him, newly discovered part of Michigan, the said Michigan lying lazily along the horizon and bearing the aforesaid ablutions with becoming composure, though old Huron drifted her big waves to the work with energy, and doubtless, like good housewives in olden times, mixed sand plentifully with the liquid element. He also discoyered the Illinois carrying her- self steadily along northward. Many other times during the day he visited the upper deck, but nothing was to be discovered externally but the same monotony, till night shut out even that, and left the boat yet working on her pathless way. Atnight, however, at about 11. m., the boo-co-oom and hoot-oot-hoot of the steamer’s puncheon whistle gave warping of our nearing Mackinac. Here we discharged a company of travellers from Louisville, Ky., whose unaffected affability and veal gentility left a blank in our cabin society. Tn two hours we were off again, enveloped in darkness and blankets fill about 7 a.m. of the second day, when we touched at Detour, a place with a wharf and two or three houses, where boats jurn to ascend the St. Marie River. After a few moments’ delay we move on again and arrive at the Bruce Mines at about ten a... Here we remained three or four hours, while the boat discharged such immense numbers of empty whiskey batrals that one would think all the rivers of Ohio, from whence they came, must haye flowed with fine whiskies if they had ever been filled. Their red and yellow ends suggested noses and eyes of corresponding colors, while their bare sides spoke of naked feet and dingy-clothed children. These barrels are brought hither to be filled with ore, which is shipped hence to England to be _ smelted. The principal ore ‘obtained here is the yellow copper. It is intimately incorporated with the a oe trap rock in which itis found, but is separated from it by reducing the masses in crushing mills, and then washing out the ore by processes and machinery too complicated and tedious to be described understandingly without illustrative drawings. Gray, black and purple ores of copper are also found here, but only in insignificant quantities. The gray ore is considered {he richest. The miners at these mines — the Bruce and Wellington—make about forty dollars per month, and pay two dollars and a half per week for board. They are principally Highland (Scotch) and Cornish men, and seem to be very well pleased with their employers. While Land some others visited the Wellington Mine and its washing works, about half a dozen of our passengers re- mained on the pier fishing for black bass, which swarmed in such numbers in the bay that two of the anglers eaught up- ward of cne hundred in the course of an hour. All that I saw were of less than usual size; the local name for the bass seems to be, “gray pérch.” Very fine specimens of spar erystals with variegated copper ore are offered for sale by the miners, but they ask outlandish prices for them. For one specimen not more than four inches square the owner asked twelve dollars. I went on shore provided with a hammer and a ‘basket, and secured a good load of such specimens as 1 thought best illustrated the geology of the place. Here I may give a practical hint to the tourist, by suggesting the preyious preparation of a good, stout hand- basket and a hammer of good size, say about that of a black smith's hand hammer, that is, provided he has not a proper geological tool. With these he can procure and carry with him many specimens for which, without them, he might long hopelessly, Attwop.m., or thereabouts, we left the bay and pro- ceeded onward up the river; and here Lam ata loss for de- scriptive powers by which to conyey any adequate idea of the peculiar island scenery which delights, astonishes and bewilders the tourist all the way from Bruce Mines to within afew miles of the Sault. The distance is fifty miles, and throughout the passage the river isnot a river, but a regular archipelago of miles in width; and the channels are so di- yided and sub-divided by low rocks, islets and islands, from # few feet to several miles in extent, that the observer is everon the alert expecting to geta glance of the real shore, but just as constantly disappointed by finding, every little while, that which he supposed to be the shore resoly- ing into more and more islands by newly-appearing chan- nels, until at last he gives up in despair, and concludes that there is no shore at all. And even after arriving at that sage conclusion, he may entertain the delusion for a long time be- fore it is dispelled, At length, however, when within about ten miles of the Sault, the main shore greets the eye, and soon we stop at the great raspberry-jam establishment owned by alive Yankee named Church, who, during the raspberry Season, employs some three or four hundred Indians and half-breeds in gathering berries, which he manufactures into jam by the ton for the public markets of the South and Hast. The jam is shipped to ports on Lakes Brie and Michigan, and goes to the public tables in our hotels, saloons and stesmboats. It appears to be of excellent quality, but being manufactured in such a wholesale way, the exter should not allow himself to indulge in con- jectures as to the number of creeping things generally found on berries, particularly those gathered by Indians. Our Grahamite Brahmins must not indulge in nice analysis wyith the article, After obtaining a due share of jam, we ran up the river with renewed vigor, passing the Catholic and Baptist missions on the way. We reached the far-famed Sault before sunset, and stayed an hour, busying ourselves with examining the canal, and watching some Indians in canoes, fishing in the rapids. Since the opening of this _canal the former business of the Sault has declined to a mere nothing, and the place is nowa beggarly, desolate, dreary, deserted looking spot of squalor and squaws, so I shall not sully my paper by writing more of it. Just as we emerged from the canal we were struck with astonishment, admiration and awa by that incomparable display of Heaven's pyrotechny, those inexpressible splendid Northern lights, or rather the aurora borenlis and australis com- bined, which have set half the world a-talking eyer since, trying to describe, but only insulting them by vain attempts at verbal expression. While our steamer floats ont on to the wayes of Superior, and I sit entranced watching those splendid illuminations, I feel so much like Bayard Taylor, when in the Hasheesh dream he sailed wnuder the vaulted heaven of rainbows, that I shall remain here until next week, : No. I. Having regaled myself with watching the play of those magnificent iliminations referred to in No. I, I retired to No. 43, my state-room, and slept a good refreshing sleep, such as I sought on leaving Port Huron. Barly next morning, on repairing to my usual lookout, I found that, to the north, Superior’s dark surface touched the sky away far off, as Huron had touchod it toward fhe east on the first morning of my voyage, On thesonth, ata distance of a few miles, lay Michigan, still sleeping as be- fore, but much increased in size; for now a line of hum- mocked mountains lay up against the sky, with a rieh eyer- green counterpane of forest covering its swelling sides down to the top of a bold ledge of buff-colored rocks, against whose wall-like sides the headlong waves spent their thundering force. This time, though thé waters laved the sides of sleepy Michigan, there was no sand used in tiie operation. The sand was far below ; for the perpendicular wall of rock ran many fathoms below the surface, and deep water is found ¢lose up to the wall. Such strokes and sounds make fit music for the sleeping monster, Then come next upon the wall the marks and flaws, like giant caricatures, which have been named the ‘Pictured Rocks; and then the wall juts ont at one place, anda natural channel is worn through parallel with the wall for some distance, and this is known as the Arched Rock, neither of them beimg very great curiosities. A few miles further and we passto the lakeward of an island covered with a rich rug-of green. We pass it at the distance of a few miles, and as we sée it with its _ perpendicular sides of buff-colored rock, and its undulating profile stretching along against the sky, it seems so fimished, 80 majestic, and so rich, weinstinctively pronounce it Grand Island! And so itis called; no one could eyer have called it by another mame. It isa grand island, and the most worthy of its name of any island I eyer saw. Z Such a morning, too, as this! So fresh, so healthful, the air so pure, ond atmosphere so clear, we begin to think the Lake Superior région as full of health ag stories tell, and surmise that not half its praises haye been sung, Indeed, had we been gifted with good lungs we might have tried a warble; but then, who knows asong befitting such a scene? The song should be newand made just for that time and place; but who could word the lines to tell its clories? After passing Grand Island we continued our course west- ward parallel to the shore on our left for some distance be- fore observing anything ahead but sky and water, as we supposed, In less than an hour, however, ® distant fog, which had lain unobseryed upon the water ahead, was gradually lifted like a white veil of gauze, and as it slowly curled nway and its fairy folds showed themselyes for an instant and melted into nothing, Keweenaw Point showed itself in the northwest, away of in the distance. Tirsta speck, and then a low, dark line was discovered as the thin, airy fog was gently peeled from the horizon. The point thus soon showed its connection with the main on our left by the low, dark line becoming continuous between the two, and bounding the horizon on our bow. As we ploughed toward this distant line, it gradually rose higher and higher, and became a mountain chain with undulating profile like that on our left; and soon its swelling sides and shaded lines of intervening yalleys stood up before us away over the field of waters, As yet the shore and mountainsides retained their moss- like covering unbroken, and no shayen spot of field or farm, or white speck of human habitation gave signs of the white man’s intrusion. The place toward which our bowsprit pointed was still and summer-like, and seemed soft beds of mossy mounds coyering the distant mountain side. The captain’s heavy voice breaks the stillness—‘‘starboard a little!” and “starboard a little itis,” responds the wheel. Our bows turn slightly tothe left, and quick the word is heard, ‘‘Marquette ! Marquette! Yes, there it is.” We strain our eyes at the distant shore, and there a little spot, with a few white specks, is seen justabove the water's edge, at the foot of the sunny slope: like the little white eggs of a bird’s — nest on a mossy bank, it nestles in the green monntain side. Then all is stir and bustle, and persons hurry hither and thither with carpet-bags, yalises and bandboxes, all ready for a start. They walk nervously from one place to another on the deck, as if they were actually on shore and at their several purposes. They soon find, however, thatthey get Along just as fast by being still, and so they seat themselves to wait; but with a fidgety patience, for they only keep still a minute, and then walk here and there again, and so kill time. As we approach nearer, we find Marquette to be » beauti- ful little place, embosomed in woods, and situated immedi- ately ahove the first lift of the shore upon the slope of the mountain, and fanked by hills which are spurs of the mountain, here jutting out on each sideinto the bay to form — the harbor which opens to the east, The harbor is small, ? ee 206 ____ FOREST AND STREAM. __ but opens on a larga bay capable of containing hundreds of vessels with tolerable security, axcapt during a northeast blow. At such times the harbor is the only place that affords Security. At the time of our entry there were some fifteen or : twenty sail in, discharging freight, loading or awaiting their ; torn to load, eto. Here too, we found the Northern Light, of the inost instructive exhibitions of Nature's workings are | with well grounded fonrs that our lines will not fallin a tobeseen. The placeis abont amilescross, butstands up in | pleasant places in our tour farther north. We leave between some placus nearly two hundred feet above the water, with midnight and morning, and lest such ill-timed hours shonld the top overhanging the base. Mr. Whittlesey, the then | grate upon the feelings of our veaders with more regular sheriff of the county, who came hither from Cleveland for pointe we will imagine ourselves in the same place again, his health in ‘65, had his residence on the island peninsula, Seeking our state-rooms, and bidding each and all good and with his family lived, like aking of the lake, alone in night. ; the Tsai i Syne rock, We found Mr. W—a a ee very gentlemanly, obliging person, who takes great pleasure in the enjoyment of me at He and his aoreiie took us ing THE RANGELEY LAKE REGION, boat around the cliff which fronts the lake, and certainly a a hore imposing spectacle and instiuctiye geological lesson than was here afforded cannot easily be obtained ina shorter pid ie EE Ee SSS TSR LE time. On rowing out toa distance of eight or ten chains SS from the base of the cliff at its ‘boldest front, the structure “ 2 F aad pee” 3 the whole become at once apparent. The (Continued. from our idst t9sue.) zees, soil, and from fifty to one hundred feet of subjacent C Kr ELEY, stratified red sandstone haye been lifted up, one hundred angler’s esprere Manag Baeciks ueke ive é aaa or inches 8 the irregular, conical top of an immense A = uently on the quick wits of his guide, and a blunder- volcanic rock, the whole width of the islndm extent. At ing, stupid guide is worse than none at all, as he will lose this, its east side, the base rock has a perpendicular front you many afish. Wehave no Indian guides at camp, so extending upward as stated, and probably an equal depth } that little romance of life in the woods is all lost; but our downward, The stratified rock les upon it like a pilé of | men sro principally from this immediate section of the boards upon a knoll, as if purposely put there to illustrate | country, who spend their winters cutting lumber, or “log- geological teachings. This tock was at one time an immense ging,” as it is called, and their summers farming or solid amass, but is now cleft in some places by subsequent | “guiding,”which latter employment they much prefer. Some - yoleanic action, or, possibly, by the cooling prowess; for it | of them are “mighty hunters,” and haye tramped these shows to the merust geological tyro that it was cnce a molten | woods in all directions in search of game, The State of thass. On the north side of the island the base rock ex-| Maine offers ten dollars a hend for all bears killed within hibits itself in the form of consolidated streams of lava radi- | its limits, and one of tho guides last winter earned fitty ating from the shore as hill spurs, whieh descend at yarious | dollars pursuing that exciting occupation, angles from the face of the bold shore down to and beneath Deer and caribou are to be found near camp, but the the water. At this point we found further evidence of yol- | former are not so plenty asin the Adirondacks. There are canic operations subsequent to those which gave the island } also any amount of grouse and gray squirrels, its position and form, for veins of different minerals are When assembled around our big camp fire the yariely of here found traversing the mass. We found a yery delicate hunting suits is quite noticeable. Some wear cordtroy, vein of sulphureb of lead—galene ove—and came upon a place | others velveteen or moleskin, but, for the vicissitudes of where a shatt and seventy thousand dollars were sunk at one | hunter's life, give me buckskin, on account of its toughness time in search of copper. From the excayation we selected | and flexibility. 4 some specimens of yellow sulphuret of iron—‘'Fools’ Gold—” One of the favorite fishing localities is Cupsuptuc Falls, which might readily be mistaken for copper ore, Indeed, | some ten miles to the north from camp, on the Cupsuptuc it would sppear that there was neyer any copper obtained in | stveam. The river rises near the Canada line and flows this place, notwithstanding the immense outlay. The own- | south through dense woods, and finally empties itself into er Of the location doubtless had employed o practical | the lake bearing the same name, The falls are about three miner to explore, and when he came upon the yellowore he | miles from its mouth and are very picturesque, with high, pronounced it yellow sulphuret of cOpper, from which itis | precipitous walls of rock on each side, and near the foot is a nnpossible to (distinguish it except by chemical tests, of ‘Gam of logs made by the late freshets, and where the bows” which the miner was evidently ignorant. Thus through the | of two unfortunate ‘‘bateans"” can be seen protruding, relics want of fiye dollars’ worth of chemistry, they spent seyenty | of the log-drivers’ yenturesomeness. thousand of gold. { : ' The proportions of the large fish vary greatly. A trout In this immediate vicinity there is a vein of rock iron ore, | over two pounds can be almost any shape, and the writer and also a yein of asbestos, the material of which the | has, among a large collection, an outline of a ten-pounder ancients manufactured the indestructible or fireproof cloth | which is almost as broad as itislong. To grow old grace- in which they enveloped the bodies of their dead previous fully is very essential to one’s happiness in thislife, hut with to cremation, in order to preserve their ashes, The asbestos | a trout that idea seems to trouble his brain but little. In found here, however, is of inferior quality, haying but a | some the weight runs toward the head, and in others in the yery short fibre and being of a brownish color. ‘The vain | opposite direction, while the thickness of the back tre- has heen worked down so low that tourists cannot obtain any | quently makes up for the length of the fish, I have said directly from it, and are obliged, if they desire spacimens, | thatthe color of most of these Rangeley trout always pYo- to obtain in Marquette. dt is said thatthe common red chalk | yokes our admiration, and an artist who portrays them in of commerce can be obtained in large quantities 4 few miles | their most gorgeous colors must expect fo stand any amount further up the shore, : of criticism. in some of these fish the strong red or yellow After enjoying our trip round the part of the island, or | color sweeps from aboye the lateral line, past the ventral peninsula rabher, which has justi been described, and our | fins, and entirely underneath, leaving none of the white chaperon obstinately refusing any conrpensation for the | which usually marks tha belly of the fish, while ft is not trouble we bad given him, we returned to Marquette, well | unusual to find the bright vermillion spots on fle dorsal P pleased with the visit to Presque Isle, and a hearty apprecia- | fins, ‘Che trout in the Rangoley stream ate remarkable for tion of the kindness of its ocenpant. Hesent his boat and | their stivery appearance, and the flesh is frequently as white two seryants to take ns all the way back—tive miles—though | as that of shad, but there is no difference in the taste. The they had to row both going and returning, And here T may | trout often assume a peculiar purple, and sometimes a steel add a few words on buating and fishing, and the way to do | like appearance, but this is much more noticeable as they both with the least trouble. jnorense in size. ‘Dheré ave alwys plenty of vessels lying idle inthe harbor, In order to give you items of our present daily experience and from almost any of these a boat and crew can be ob- | at camp, I shallturn back to my diary of the past week, tained much more cheaply than from the fishermen of the | commencing withSundny, September 6th, which was a cleur, town. There issome, but very poor, fishing in the harbor; | bright, exhilarating day, the thermometer nt six 4, mw. indica- the general resort, therefore, is the Chocolate, ariver four | ting thirty-five degrees. We enjoyed ourselves 1 greater miles below the town, or the lakes on the Carp Itiver, up | part ofthe day singing hymns, chatting about the religions near the mines, Yo reach the latter, the angler should take | topies of the day, and writing letters to onr friends at home, an early morning train and go to Negaunec; thenceit is only’ | informing them of oursate arrival at camp, Tt is generally three miles, or rom the tron Mountain mine two miles, to | our good fortune to have o minister in the company, and one of the little lakes where Salmo fonlinalis ave obtained in |} haye a regular service on the Sabbath. We well remember great numbers. A good day's sport may be enjoyed and | the delightiul sermon preached to us last year, by the Rev. completed in time to return to Negaunee and take the eye- | J. H. Twichell of Hartford, and how in blue flannel shirts ning train to Marquette, with an appetite quite commensurate | and hunting suits, from minister down to eyery member of with a good long string of the speckled edibles. LI-will say | the congregation, we participated in the services. liere, that is if the tourist is a‘“worm fisherman,” as our There is nothing like « blue flannel shirt to bring nature half-breed calls those who angle with worms, he must pro- | downto a grand level, and ‘“‘biled” shirts ave. never allowed vide himself with the squirmers before starting for Lake | al this camp exceptit may he occasionylly on Sunday: Superior, for none are to be found in this region. Monday, the 7th inst., with owr rods oyer onr shoulders, Before lenying Marqnetle I will give you some amore | we repaired to the Rangeley stream and Kennebago Rapids, statistics of the town as it was in “60, Ihave already intro- | but ware not rewarded with the success we at first antiei- duced you toall the inhabited places in the county, and | patad, Af noon it commenced to rain, which, by the way, now Iwilltell you that the whole population was at that | is the only storm we have had during our entire stay at time only about three thousand souls. There were three | camp. The afternoon was spent vending, sketching) and nice little church edifices, though but two ed eat There | telling stories of our angling experience in other parts of the was a neat frame court-honse, but only two lawyers; four | country. physicians and hwo drug stores; which latter struck meas a On ‘Tuesday, the 8th inst., four of ns arranged for a two large complement fora region so vaunted for its henlthful- | days’ expedition way backim the woods, a long distancefrom ness. Mr, Stafford, the principal druggist, and still a resi- | thispermanent camp, our object being fur and feather rather dent, is a regularly educated pharmacist, and iy both oblig- | than fin, althoneh we fished all the way across the lake to ing end gentlemanly to wl with whow he comes in contact. | our temporary vamp ob Stony Batter, which was the singular br, Jones possessed a yery finn private geological exbinet | name of our destination, We arrived al the Place at mo0n, and scientitic library, Although on amateur in the s¢ience, | had lunch, and leaving one of the guides toput up bough lie proved a vuluuble acquaintance to those desiring to post | tents, put ourselves under the charge of another gnide, up on the snbject; I believe he is no longer a resident of | loaded our rifles and shot guns, and were soon deep im the Marquette. If Dr. Bleckur is stillaresident, he will be | woods. found a skillful botanist, nnd a willing and ableassistant to To those who are unacquainted with a bough tent or camp, any one desirous of studying the flora of the district. To | Iwould say for their information that the following is its the more uxclusively literary tourist, the town library may | simple construction; ‘lwo sticks are cnt, Four feet high, and he easily made accessible. I was freely offered the use of it | placed in front and notched at their extremities, at the top before linving been in the place twenty-four hours, Whoever | of which is fastened another. Then otlier poles some six selected it dleseryes great praise; and if in this centennial | feet long extend from these to the ground at the rear, and year the library has grown in proportion as it has gathered | on them are laid boughs of pine and other trees, forming a iige, and all additions haye beenas well selected as in former | pleasant camp in good weather, but in storms not remark days, it must be the best in the State: for at that time, both | ably water-proof nnless some additions are made, Our heds in number of volumes and the matter contained, it was far | were composed of cedar bonghs (the delightful odor of ahead of any town or ¢ity in Michigan in proportion to | which will put life into almost any one), and on these we population. 4 Jaid our rubber and other blankets, Then placing our larquette possesses one printing-office, two foundries, one machine, threes blacksmith, and three butcher shops; a bukery, one jewelry, one hardware, and three general stores, besides groceries and Yankee notion establishments. The land offies of the Sault Canal Company, the railway depot, offices and shops, and the offices, warehouses and docks of the mining comipanies are all located here, Thereis also a one of the line boats, on her way down the Inkes, At this Pluce I tool lewya of the Illinois with some regret, haying found tha socommodations as good as I desired, and the officars polita and obliging; none moreso than the eaptain, who, in adilition to other desiderata, had the reputation of being the bestsailor on the route. Here I founda fellow townsman, A—— L—, who had preceded me with an ob- ‘ject similar to my own; so we became at once fellow sojonrn- ers, fellow sufferers, fellow seckers—in fine, by virtue of the innate royalty of the inhabitants of this conntry by which the order of Commoners is abolished and eyery man is a King, we became Fellows of the Royal Society. The mest- ing with A. L was happy in more senses than one, for by bis kind offices I was speedily installed in a comfort- able room in a private boarding-house, where was obtained all the accommodations afforded by a hotel, without the Style, but with much more quiet, and, as I think, comfort, The impression made by the town was more than fayora- ble. Im truth, I never saw a cleaner, more tasteful or more orderly town of its size than Marquette. There was little or no drunkenness visible; although the town contained at this time some eighteen hundred or two thousand inhabitants, yet there were but three liquor saloons, and I saw but one intoxicated person during a stay of two weeks. The merchants and professional men compared favorably with those of places six times its size. They were generally intelligent, active, week-day looking men, obliging, com- municative, and well informed on subjects of general inter- est. In fact, those that it was my good fortune to meet were nearly all educated men, who could talk on more sub- jects than their immediate callings, and seldom distressed one by dragging in horses or politics as vonversational themes. The buildings were in general quite tasteful, and, though property was held very high, yet thegrounds around private residences were not pinched up or stingy-looking. There were no shanties and-nests of rottenness such as disfigureso many streets of most Michigan towns. The mines are located im the mountains at fourteen, seyen- taen, and eighteen miles respectively, and are connected with the town by a tailway on which the ore from them, in thousands of tons weekly, is brought in and. shipped from the docks. ‘The railway, as it enters the town, separates into three tracks, each of which is continued out for a consider- able distanee into the -harbor on raised trestle-work, al a height of twenty feet or more abovethe water. The carsare dumpod into shdes, which conduct the oreinto the holds of yessels lying alongside, and though a vessel is thus rapidly laden, yeh there were from ten to thirty craft all the time wailing their turn to load. Many of the vessels bring coal, limestone, and the soavser kinds of provisions from the lower lakes as ballast; so that those articles were really cheaper than in most towns on the lower lakes, I will deter an account of the mines till next week, No. IT. The Tron Mountain Mine, the most distant from the town, is m what is called Superior Mountain, eighteen miles from Murquette. This mine employs about one hundred men, of whom two-thirds are miners, at an average of forty dollars per mouth for miners and thirty for laborers. These men pay two anda quarter dollars per week for board, The principal oré at the Superior Mountain is the rock or slate ore, its average yield of pure iron being abont sixty-five per cent. Amile nearer Marquette, on the railway line, is the Cleveland Mine, which employs about three-fourths as many inen asi the preceding. ‘The principal ore hera is also tho slate, but they obtain larger quantities likewise of another kind known as mised ore, whichis more porous in appearance than the former, and has greenish streaks running through it, Tt is said to be more easily wrought, and quite as fine as the slate variety. FPourtecn miles from Marquette, also on the railway, is the Javkson or Sharon Company's Mine, at which what ia lmown as hematite ore is found in nearly equal quantities with the slate. ‘The hematite ocenrs in irregular, very solid Tumps, varying in sizu trom little nuggets up to masses sight or ten inches in diameter. It yields'n larger percentage of jron than any other kind except what is called granular or steel ore, which is only found in small quantities, A small village called Neegaunee—Go-n-head—has grown up, aronnd the Jackson Mine, and at this place the Pioneer Smelting Company's furnace and works nre located. Ati these works they mnke pig and bloom iron, which is shipped from Marquette in Jarge quantities. The flux used here is ob- tained froma yery beautiful and rich-looking yaviegated marble, which is quarried trom a ledge six miles nearer to Marquetic, on the railway. This smelting furnace and an- other culled the Collinsyille Works, located on the Dead River, four and one-half miles northwest from Marquette, employ fréat numbers of men around them in chopping wood aud converting if into charcoal to be used in the smelting operi- tions. Hundreds of neres are thus stripped of their wood, but the land cleared will not pay for cultivation: so that small quantities of potatoes and oats are the only articles enitivated to an extent wortliy of notice. To the mineéralogist, o never-ending series of imberesting objects is presented, and on every hand ave found curious and instructive specimens of various mineral yarietias. At tho mines are fonnd the several variéties of iron ore, slate, fyannliz, micacsous, hematite, banded, sulphuret, and Mixed; and about half a mile north of Marquette isa yein of magnetic ore with which we amused ourselyes by testing its powers npon the compass. Opposite the Cluyeland Mine is a Mountain bluff, two hundred feetin height, with a per penidicular face of ono hundred and fifty feet on one side, This blaf is composed entirely of banded jnsper and iron, intevlamelated with each ofherin such curious zig zag and undulatovy disposition and yaried colors, that one uever tires of admiving its beauties. South of the town are the Tins of ab old mill, formerly used for sawing the marble already veferred to, and for manufacturing hones from oil stone, whichis found in a quarry about four miles back from the lake. Some of the hones are reported as excellent, but the business did not pay, aud the works are now decaying to forgetiulness. t the Lighthouss point, abont a mile northeast from Marquette, is a place where cornelian is said to be obtained im the winter season. And all along the northside of the hhaibor a talcose slate may be traced, of varying quality, from neatly pure to clayey on the one hand, and ferruginous nt sd here, T Aluile on the ofher, and from the latter fo the common trap | studio of portrait and landscape oil painting and two pho- | vol: of the tepzion, presenting a most interesting lesson in tographers. ee? atminemlogy apd. geology combined. Then wt Prosque Isle | _ Now, haying stud long enough here, we ge UE eee fie Henge Libepree eR De TR aT oer rY SN FRO ave ua upwacd i FOREST AND STREAM, 207 our guide climbed p, tree, and in thé distance discovered tha _ pond for which we searched, the borders of which we soon reached, and peeping carefully through the high grass which lined its banks, gazed out on its placid surface, Our a proach disturbed the water fowl, which, arising from the water, circled in the air above us and were soon lost from sight, The borders of the pond were very marshy, and our feet sank below the surface at every step, but dividing our party so as to command the entire pond, we threw ourselves 6n to our rubber blankets, socked our rifles, and waited patiently the arrival of the caribou and deer. For six mor-. tal hours we lay on our faces in the hot sun, hardly daring to breathe, tormented by mosquitoes and black flies (oh! how they did bite), and ‘the beating of our own hearts was all the sound we heard.” Atone time an immense beaver, which the guide said would weigh hard on to forty pounds, made his appearance on the scene and beguiled the weary hours by his pranks in the water, and then a great blue heron erepEes on the sand, and standing on one leg cast dreamy, sidelong glances at our position among the weeds, I could not help ‘‘drawing a bead” on him several times, but for fear of frightening the expected deer I lowered my rifle, At one time a loud crashing of branches on my left caused my heart to given sudden leap, as I expected the next mo- ment to see my much-longed-for buck, but he didn’t make his appearance, und we were obliged to retrace our steps to camp without him, running across on ourjourney an otter's trail, and shooting a rabbit which served for supper and breakfast. How delightful was that supper at camp—the trout, rab- bit, and other fare which our tramp had seenred, together with the appetites to enjoy the same, made meal “fit to set before a king," Then, aftera little exercise of hauling wood to our glorious big fire before the camp, we lay down to rest on our cedar boughs, lulled ta sleep by the plaintive cry of the loons on the lake. Wednesday morning I awoke a little before daylight, and wondered why there should be a second fire down by the lake shore, and on rubbing my eyes to assure myself I was not in the land of dreams, I discovered that a spark from our fire had been lodged in an old stump where we had stuck our fish rods, and in a few moments seventy-five dol- Jars worth of rods would be in ashes, The time made be- tween our camp and that burning stump would do well to go on record! Atter breakfast we tramped back to the pond after caribou, but without success; and after climbing a hich mountain we returned to Camp Kennebago, to find a weleome from letters and papers from ont friends in civilization, On Thursday, the 10th, a number of us rowed to Cupsup- tuc Falls, a description of which I haye given in a former letter, where we captured some three dozen fine trout. We shot six partridges while passing up and down the river with a small Smith and Wesson revolver, and one of our number had an accidental bath in the stream, which of course sdded to the day's adventures. On Friday, the 11thinst., one of our party captured, among, a large number, the following trout from a pound and up- ward, all of them being taken within an hour: Three trout of two pounds each, besides threeof eightounces, That day one of our number shot two plump partridges. When we had all rettirned from our several expeditions at evening, and as we gathered around our eyening’s repust, to which I have so often alluded, one of our party, who had been so unfortunate during the day as to capture an im- mense sucker a foot and a half in length (the first one I ever Baw in this region, by the way), arose, nnd in a most pathetic tone of yoice, presented the aforesnid fish to our best fly- fisherman, The speech of presentation and jceeptance would have done justice to any famed orator, for they moved us all to tears. Saturday, September 12th, after breakfast, we occupied two hours in practicing with our rifles at a target six inches in disgmeter, and at a distance of ong hundred and sixty feet we placed nine ballsin the bull’s-eye, which we thought was fairfor amateurs. Then our party divided, some going to the lnke, and others up the various streams near camp. On the lake we met Dr. Ordway and party of Boston, who had been camping for some time on the Cupsuptuc river, and had a fine lot of trout, On our return to canip at night, we found the following to be the adventures of the day: A gentleman from Philadelphia had “struck 2s fonr- poautier (as he should judge) at the mouth of the Rangeley River, and after asharp battle had lost him, together with his entire “whip of flies.” Another gentleman from Boston had landed a five-and-a-half pounder below the dam on the same stream, and had ‘‘a rise’ also from two other trout of the same dimensions, but these he failed to “strike.” Two trout, wees each four pounds, had been captured on the Cupsuptuc Lake by an angler from New York, while two of our party from Brooklyn had taken fish on the Rangeley Lake which turned the scales at two and three-quarter pounds. There had also been fine fishing on the Kennebago River, a party capturing thirty trout, eight of which weighed _ from one and a half to three pounds each. ; The ascent of Bald Mountain, in front of our camp, some 2,500 feet above. tide-water, makes a delightful day's excur- sion, From its summit three and sometimes four of these six Rangeley Lakes can be seen. The average temperature of the camp the past weelx has been as follows: At GA. m., 84 degrees to 38 degrees; 1 pv, a, 70 to 85 degrees; 7 P M., 51 to 60 degrees, Temperature of the streanis is 60 degrees; of the lake, twelve feet below the surface, 64 degrees, The aboye is the daily routine of life at this camp, making, AS you s¢6, 4 grent variety of pleasing incidents, and pro- ducing in itself & panacea for all ills. (To be continued.) i _ —__. For Forest and Stream. TEXAS GOBBLERS AT “PEEP O’ DAY,” —+. has given me and my family to read the interesting fetes a can fin 8 of puch % nature us to interest all, ‘only in 'Lexas, but in the minds of Northern people, who will Saumon iy New Jersey,—A Belvidere correspondent says: “T notice you quote from the report ef the New Jersey Fish Commissioners @ statement that a three and one-half pound salmon was takenin October last in the Pequest, The report does not state this positively, and I am quite sure it is an er ror on the part of the parson informing the Commissioners. If such was the case it would have been heard of here, nat the junction of the Pequest and the Delaware, No authentio évi- denee has, I think, yet been produced of the return of any of the salmon placed in the Delaware; still, we are not without hope, esha will interest you. Times are yery good in Texas. We raised nn abundant crop last year of corn, cotton, oats, ete, Cotton beats a good price; corn is very low for this country, and is selling at 25 to 30 cents a bushel. Onur wheat erop, whichis generally good, was rather light, and wheat sells at a dollar per bushel. But the best of all is that peace, har- mony and kind feelings prevail throughout the whole broad State, and the people are now prosperous and happy, Immi- gration is pouring in like the wayes of the sea from eyery quarter of our Union, ond from pbroad also; and Texas is large enough and sufficiently diversified to meat all their wants, whether it be for work, health, pleasure or sport. Our people bid all a hearty welcome—only come with honest hearts and a will to do good, notevil. Weare now planting our corn, and the spring is very late. Gameis plenty. I lad a wild yobbler for breakfast this morning, which is nothing unusual. Tecan hear them a-gobbling from my house at al- most any hour of the day. Tn the morning, just at the first crack of day, their notes ave very clear and enlivening, and I loys to bear them from their roost. It is more cheerful than the yell of the Indians, as it once was, but that hns all passed away now; but that was exciting, too—only another kind of excitement. You must know what thisis. Though game is generally plenty I do not hunt now as I used to, and so L-turn this business over to the boys, ‘whoare fond of it.” Only think, Mr. Hditor, of being awakened these soft and quiet mornings of a Texas March by the clear and sonorous uotes of these shining gobblers, instead of the harsh and grating noise of the rusty royal dunghills! ‘Ye gods!" I hear you exclaim, ''’tis wellas it is, else no dirty types would be set by us, or notes scratched off by our frisnd to try and impart some little happiness to others.” IT would ask the privilege of announcing to your renders that the railroad from near Houston, Texas, known as the Sunset Ronte, is now open to San Antonio; hence all North- ern travelers may now reuch this bewutiful city by all rail. This very ancient and historie place—the city of the Alamo, the River and the Plain, and justly styled the ‘‘Pearl of the West'’—is henceforth destined to tale a prominent place, not -_ oo Suap Currure my Cautrornia.—The Vallejo Chrovacle says: A Vallejo fisherman informs us that he had a shad in his nefs the other day that would weigh at least five pounds. These fish are yery plentiful, and among the fishermen not a little tronblesome, for they have to return them to the water or lay themselves liable to prosecution. The fisher- men say that in another year shad will be as common and as plentiful as herring. i Tar Taxme or Foon ny Fisnes.—When a fish snaps up an object ib first opens its mouth and closes its gill flaps, and opens the gills when it closes the mouth. When it wishes to reject a disagreeable morsel, on the other hand, it first, with closed mouth, opens the gill slits, and enlarges the mouth- eayity, then shuts the gill slits and simultaneously opéensthe mouth, By narrowing the moufth-cavity throughout its length, it now forces outits contents; and im doing so, it is driven a little backward by the reaction, like a cannon when ibis fired. If we think of ita little more closely, we shall See that, without the gill slits, the fish could notsnap up any object, and so could not wat, because the morsel, if it got into the mouth-cavity, would, on closing the mouth, be ejected, The reason is simply this: On opening, the mouth- cavity fills with water after the manner of a pump, and the morsel is taken in through suction of the portion of water in which it floats, It cam now he held fast in the mouth only if the water finds a mode of exif so narrow that the morsel cannot escape along with it. For this the mouth slit is nowise fitted, for if it ba closed, so that a small morsel ennnot escape by it, it affords no easy outflow forthe water. But the want is fully met by its gill apparatus, which pre- sents a double row of long, narrow slits, each of which is -generally a good deal longer than the mouth shit, so that the water can readily flow away without the morsel being carried off along with it. But, again, if a fish were obliged to eject by its mouth the water it had taken up, it would be driven backward at exch bile, and haye to expend force wastefully in recovering its ground by swimming, which would be espedially disadvantageous in flowing water. On the con- trary, however, as the water flows out backward throngh the rill slits the fish receives cach time an impulse which drives it forward, and the maintenance of its posijion in rapid water is thus rendered more easy. From these considera- tions it becomes possible to explain a number of arrange- ments found in aquatic animals, as compared with those that, live inair, Still, regarding the finny tribes, we find remark- ably large gill slits in fishes of prey; and any one who haa watched o pike or a trout in pursuit of its prey will have noticed how widely it has stretched its gill slits, so as to let the water flow off as freely as possible on all sides. LH this were at any moment to accumulate in the mouth-cavity, the fish's motion would be serlonsly compromised. It may with certainty be said that all fishes with remarkably wide fill slits hnnt their prey in long pursuit, Thus, among ourfresh- water predaceous fishes, the pike makes the longest pursuit and has the widest gills. As» contrast we might tuke the gently feeding and nibbling plant-bushes, such as barbel, carp, etc., which have narrow gill slits. A similar difference is associated with the streaming of water. Asa fish always snaps with its mouth against the current, if receives more water into the mouth the more rapid the current; and, there- fore, river fishes haye, in general, larger gill slits than fishes which live in still water. Thus, too, may be explained the remarkable correlation between the width of the mouth slit and that of the gill slits, inasmuch as narrow-mouthed fish have narrow gill slits, and wide-mouthed fishes wide gill slits.— Chambers’ Journal. a Reset SH4v.—The Hudson is found to contain this yéar a decidedly inferior sort of shad, called ‘rebel shad,” which are the work of the Fish Commissioners, who used herring milt to stimulate shad eges with, at atime when they could not find enough male.shad. If these inferior fish perpetuate themselves, there will haye ta be a Stateshad detective to tell the real ‘‘North River” from this counterfeit.— change, ooo CONFIDENCES OF BROOK TROUT. soon learn its greab advantages for health, etc. ‘This road passes through the southern tier of counties nearly, and runs almost parallel with the Gulf. All along this coast, and in- land also, the game birds of the North mostly assemble to spend the autumn, winter and spring. The road runs through countless prairies and timber lands, across water-courses, etc., all of which are well and most graphically desoribed hy Ool. G. H. Sweet, editor of the Tewas New Yorker, published at No. 28 Centre street, New York city. I would recommend all persons feeling an interest in Texas to read this March num- ber, and ¢specially the tourist or sportsman who wishes to post himself up on good hunting grounds for the winter, ete, Lest many may not be able to do so, I will quote, but only for game, what he hasto snyof Colorado County: ‘‘Game is plentiful at all seasons of the year, and consists of deer, turkey, wild ducks, wild goose, 1nule-eared rabbits, prairie chickens, quails, many kinds of ployer, snipe, coos, oppos- sum, the gray andecat squirrel, the wild spotted cat, and now and then a prairie wolf is found) The wild goose and duck arefound in great numbers im the fall and winter. They be- come quite fat in the large corn and pen fields in this county, and are nice for table use. Fish abound in our rivers, creeks and lukes in great quantity and variety, and consist princi- pally of cat, buffalo, gaspergou, trout, black bass and perch.” To this list I will ndd the sand-hill crane, nearly all kinds of hawks, crows, owls, cranes, herons, bitterns, marsh hens, blackbirds by the thousand, etc., but not all as game birds, What applies to this county is about true for all the counties along the coast, and with some variations only for all the northerly inland counties of the State, while in the north- westward countics and among the highlands, we wdd the larger gume, the buffalo, bear, congar, leopard, antelope, and the lobus; and the smaller, civet cat, prairie dog, musk- rat, beaver, otter, mink, ete. For five years or more this State was my common stamping ground in the saddle, and I feel at liberty to speak of almost every part of it, and with that full assurance which my observations justify. Mas. H. W. Merrrn. New Rochelle, N.Y, April 9, 1877. fish Cult | Young Simaton Ewrerma wan Connucrieur Rrvrr.—The Hartford Post of May 6th says: ‘Wo were shown to-day at Stevens’ market a fish that looked ike « trout, having the line of golden spots, but on closer examination it proved to bea young salmon, It was about nine inches long, and was canghtin the large gill-nets used for taking shad at the mouth of the river, and was brought up by Clerk Silloway, of the steamer State of New York, It seems that quite a number of these young salmon have, within a few days, been caught in the nets at the mouth of the river. The meshes of these nets are Jarge enough to permit the escape of sueh a fish, but these that haye been caught were evidently in some way entangled in the net. They were evidently the young salmon of 1875 that were hatched in the upper waters of the river, from the spawn placed there by thé Fish Commissioners, and having spent perhaps a year anda half at sea, are now returning by their unerring in- stinct, to the river of their birth. That they are really sal- mon and not trout admits of little or no question upon’ a cureful examination, as the shape of the head and ‘‘shoulder" and the white belly sufficiently show, ee Tue Gravuyc.—George H, Jerome, State Fish Commis- sioner, has been at the headwaters of the Au Sable and Manistee Rivers to secure spawn for the State hatchery. On the 14th April, while on the Manistee, he began catching grayling, which are not found in waters of Southern Michi- gan. Some 225 adult grayling were removed to the State hatehery, whither it is expected to remove from 500 to 1,000 more. From one grayling there were produced 3,555 eges. The fish after the operation weighed but nine ounces, A large one would have yielded 7,000, Heretofore the belief has been that the grayling would yield no more than the brook trout, but trout of the size of this grayling would pro- duce but 500 eggs. The praylings were caught with a fiy and are very gamey, furnishing fine sport for the fisherman. Mx. Jerome pronounces the fiayor and quality of the gray- ling equal to the brook trout, and intends to stock three streams and Jakes of Southern Michigan, a few of them ee Brnyrpene, N. J,, April 28, 1877. Eprror Forest AND STREAM. On Snnday, April 1éth inst,, I had a little adventure with a fourteen-inch trout which may be interesting to some of your readers, My wife and I strolled down to the trout ponds of a pentleman residing lere to see the trout, and took with us some pieces Of meat to feed them, Ths water was muddy, haying been recently disturbed by a miuskrat, and we could see but three or four fish in the cloar water at one end of the largest pond. I threw in several pieces of the meat, and saw them jump for it, and then noticed one large one swimming nearer than the others. Ithen fayored lim with the food, and finally reached down and invited him to take a strip nbout an inch long from my fingers. He circled around, coming nearer and nearer, stopped close to my hand, re- treated, then adyaneed again and quicklytook fle meat. This he did seyeu times successively, growing quite fiendly, and coming up within four inches of the shore, He did not seem to be at all afraid of either myself or ny wite, who was by my side, During the feeding I called the attendant to gee it, andhe informed me that neither the owner nor himself had ever fed any of the trontin that way. As we left we passed along an embankment overlooking the pond, and could see our friend at the same spot ‘asking for more,” I had never fed the fish before, and had only been to see them at Jong in- laying been found in the lakes, a fact hitherto unknown. tervals. Last evening E met the attendant, and asked [We find the aboys information in a Detroit paper, It will whether he had tried the experiment. He replied thathe had, | but without success, SoTam led to one or the other of two conclusions, There was something peculiarly seductive in your correspondent, or ni unusually urgent condition of stomach ia my diany friend, By interest our fish culturists and anglers, We shall look with interest for the results of the eftorts to habilitute the grayling in Southern Michigan, and shall hope to receive full re 208 &latural History. ON THE PARTIAL MIGRATION OF DEER, —+ — N offering some observations on the nboye subject, I wish to state at the outset that I have no theory to adyance or suggest. The causes which produce the movements of these interesting animals, which in my native State of Maine are as uperring and almost as regular as the ebbing and flowing of the sea, is to the writer the profoundlest of mysteries; ind although a subject of research and obseryation since boyhood, and y fruitful sources of conversation, inquiry and wonder, no explanation has ever been given which is worthy of belief, and, indeed, the more intelligent hunters never attempt one, The observation of a recent naturalist that, ‘i, 1s probably an exaggeration of the instinot to obtain food," may be regarded as an ingenious guess, but there is nothiig in the movements of those in my own State to sanction such a belief, as the regions they forsake ave as well calenlated to furnish abundance of food as those to which they resort. That part of Maine where the deer formerly congregated in the greatest abundance, and which might be termed, par excellence, the “hunting grounds” of the State, is comprised in the tract between the Penobscot and the St. Croix, from west to east, and from the latitude of Bangor to the forks of the Mattawamkeag, from south to north, a tract nearly 100 miles wide by 150 long, As the migration in the fall is always from west to east, the Penobscot Riyer running the entire length of the State from north to, south, and yarying in width from a fourth to a half mile thronghout the region named, offers an almost impassable barrier to the “eastward migration of the deer on its western borders, being, if open, filled with ‘anchor ice,” and if frozen, partially glare and piled high with “shelly ice," and its passage on their raturn in May is, if possible, still more difficult, as the river is then a turbulent and angry flood, swollen by the melting snows from the innumerable mountains among which it takes its rise, and filled with Hoating logs which were being driven to market by the hardy lumbermen who pass their winters in the forest which shadow its banks. Therefore, from May to December the deer on the eastern bank of the river, a5 compared with those on the west, were as ten to one, while from December to May this proportion was nearly reversed, so general and complete was the mi- pration toward the eastern boundaries of the State. This migration usually began at the close of the running season, about the middle of December or a little before; but if, as was sometimes the case, heavy snows fell in Noyember, they would take up their lme of march at onee, If, on the eon- trary, there happened an open December with not enough snow to cover the leaves till after Christmas, they did not on that account delay their annual migration, but by the middle of the month would be in the full tide of their trayel ‘to the cast.” Before starting they collect in herds, yarying in number from three to thirty—these representing the ex. tremes—usually, five to seven. One reliable hunter once counted thirty-three, another thirty-two in one herd, fifteen being the greatest number the writer can lay claim to ever haying seen in one “drove,” as the hunters always call it. When on their migrations they inyariably traveled in paths or runways, there being, what might be termed ‘‘trunk lines” vunning parallel. to each other from three to six miles apart, with numerous paths converging into. them on both sides along the route. ‘These paths, from years of use both going and returning, were nearly as well defined as an ordinary bridle path, being, where the earth was soft or seurfy, worn down several inches; the roots which crossed them being completely denuded of their bark by the sharp hoofs of the passing deer. They always traveled in single file under the guidance of a leader; a herd of does being sometimes ac- companied by 4 buck in the first of the season, but the lat- ter never acting as leader in such instances. ‘This leader would frequently travel for a whole day without once leaying the path, while its followers would diverge frequently to snatch at browse without stopping in their walk. The dis- tance they would travel in a day was surprising when yiewed in connection withthe short distance they usually go when feeding in their haunts; but when their extreme nimbleness and celerity of movement is considered, one will cease to wonder at their walking twenty miles, without seaming to hurry, in » short December day. The writer once struck the tracks of a drove of six deer before sunrise, after a fresh fallof snow. As searcé an hour had elapsed singe the snow had geased falling, and they had passed since that time, if seemed natural to suppose that they might be overtaken; but after following them sixteen miles as rapidly as the ground would admit without apparently being any nearer the game than at the start, the conclusion wis reached that a stern chase is indeed a long one. The returning sixteen miles are well remembered as among the longest ever traveled over. It was seldom that the deer which sammered on the banks of the Penobscot traveled farther east than Union River. Here they would take up their winter quarters, while those who had passed the sum- mér there in like manner took up their line of march for the Machias River. About as many left the Union River watérs as arrived there from the west, consequently their nwiibers were not greatly increased or diminished the year round; but on the Machias the eastern limit of their migration -was about reached; beyond that it was straggling and ungertain, and their numbers during the winter season in the yicinity of the Machias waters almost surpassed belief, Frequently hunters traveling westward in their paths’ would imeet a drove on their eustward march; then, if so fortunate as to shoot down the leader, the remainder of the herd would bound a short distance to the left and right, and stop dp- parently bewildered, frequently affording opportunities for several shots. The writer, in this manner, once killed four and wounded o fifth in a herd of seyen, with a ‘double shooter” muzzletoading rifle, without moying out of his tracks, But if they took the alarm before being seen, or any other than the leader was shot, they would make a short detour and again striking their path continue their flight | along it, almost always keeping it up for hours, rendenng pursuit perfectly useless, ' Tdo not wish to be understood as implying that all the deer traveled from the banks of the Ponobscot fo those of ] _FORPST AND STREAM. the Union River and stopped there, and those of that river did in like manner with regard to the Machias; but only as indicating the manner in which they shifted their ground. Some wonld stop after traveling eight or ten miles; others, which liad made their way across the Péenobseot, would win- fer near its eastern bank, so that no section would be entirely devoid of deer. As their northern limits were ap- proached these migratory passages prew shorter and shorter, antLin the mountainous region, in the extreme northern por- tions of the State; where there have always been a few deer, La Baas altogetler, the deerselecting fnvorable situations in the sheltered ravines, and remaining in the same localities the year round, Of their returning migration itis not so easy to speak, as it took place at 4 time when they were out of season for the hunt, and the snow, on which their movements can be so easily traced, had mostly disappeared, Many of the does, however, returned (probably by easy stages) before dropping their fawns, as the writer has frequently caught these when but afew hours old. And by the middle of June they would all be “back, bucks and does, flocking on to the méndows, which they visited daily till the latter part of July, both for the sake of the green md tender grass which they afforded, and to ohtain the benefit of the breeze, which rids them of their tormentors, the mosquitoes; and here let ma state that the word “meadow” in Eastern Maine is never used to denote a cultivated field, or grass sown by the hand.of man, but always refers to those natural openings which abound on the streams in that part of the State, some of them seyen or eight miles in length and oyera mile in width, most, if not all of them, being made ages ago by beavers, and grow- ing “blue joint’ and other wild grasses; while those open- ings, equally numerous, which have no grass but only a carpeting of moss are called ‘‘bogs," which in my moose sketch your compositor set up as Dry, whereof arose non- sense, as, although the moose is at home in the water and can easily swim two rods to a dog's one, he can hardly trot ‘fon an open bay,” Of the total migration of caribou which took place in 1845, I will, time and space permitting, speak ina future number, PENOBSCOT. San Hrancisco, April 22d, 1877. i - Wit Guxss iy Conriyement.—Our correspondent, ‘‘Lac,” writing from Portland, Maine, says, referring to the discus- sion in regard to the breeding of wild geese in confmement: ‘Your contributors, those pro as well as con, haye both been right and both been wrong; that is, they have been writing at cross purposes, and a simple explanation of what each meant by conjinement would at once have healed the breach. I do not believe that wild geese will breed in a cage, or Nave ever been known todo so; but it is indisputable that being ‘pinionéd’ and allowed to select their own'mesting place un- disturbed, and ina suitable place, they breed in‘a domesti- cated state. In proof of this I will cite Mr. David Plumber of Scarboto, Mé., 2 well known breeder of fancy pigeons, who has for years bred wild geese on his farm in the manner above indicated. And in Canada any trayeler going north- ward, down either shore of the St, Lawrence River from Quebee, will find im the farm-yard of every third habitunt domesticated wild geese, and they all say that there is no trouble about their breeding after they are three years old, and provided they are allowed to choose their own nesting place,” oo re ——— Four Cayanms rrom Turez Meces.—Henry B. Ingram of Kingston states that a Port Jervis canary bird has hatched four birds from three eggs. The twins are smaller than the others, but very lively. —___ The great reduction we have made this seqcon in the priced of our Split Bamboo Rods has occasioned many ingniries to ba addressed us, of which we may mention the following; ‘Are those rods of the same qnality as those you sold ug Jast year?” “How 1s it that when we last purchased you charged us $40 fora fly-tront rod, and now advertise them fot $25? etc., etc. Lacking time to reply to these individuals, we seek the aid of the press to make our explanations. Those who are acquainted with the reputation eur house has always enjoyed of furnishing firet-class gootis, an anawer to the first query we haye named would be superflaous, were it not that reports have heen . circulated by dealers, not manufacturers, who are NOt m A position to meet our prices from the fact that they are dealera and not manufactur- ors, that these rods are of inferior quality; that the enamel has heen sacrificed to rednte eost of making, etc. Yo Lhis we most emphatically reply, that the rods we are now offer- ing ire of the very same quality, or better if possible than before; that bamboo itself is the best we have had for many years. They are made by the very eame workmen; the mountings are German silver of best quality (not ‘‘brass, nickel-plated,” as reported), and the fittings are perfect in every respect, In short, we will guarantee them fully equal, if not superior, toany maker. Without any exception in the matter, we challenge comparison in every particular. That this comparison may be exhaustively made, we haye at our store for inspection of all who may be interested, first, the sections of bamboo in its rough state; then the strips as they are prepared ready fitted for glueing; then the joints after being elued, and finally ihe completed rod, This we consider will cover oll the points as to ‘‘quality,” aud we think even the most skeptical will be satisfied when they have examined into the matter, that our rods are as perfect 2s hands can make them. With respect to the second query, as to the great difference in price— of $40 last season, but $25 now—the answer issimple. We are 7iow manufacturers; we pay no manufacturer's profit. All those rode are made in our shop, under the personal supervision of the firm, Dealers who charge the old high prices are obliged to do so because paying a mannfacturer’s profit, Their cost is more than the price we ore selling at. These rods are not rednced in price, and gold ut or under cost—as a ‘leader, as Sometimes is done—io influence orders for other goods; they ure sold at what we consider a fair profit, and we are satisfied with the pércentage they pay us. Of course we d+niot make as many dollars and cents ona rod as formerly, but our orders so far this year are ahead of our whole sales of last Season. Wehave noreason to regret fixing the price ata figure that will place these reds in the hands of the majority of Ay—fishermen, The annexed list will show the reductions we have made. We quote: & Fly-tods, 6 strip, 2 tips; now $25, formerly $40. Tly-rods, 6 strip, 3g and duplicate joint; now $35, formerly $55, Black bass rods, 6 strip, = tips; now $30, formerly $56. Black basa roda, 6 strip, 3 tips and duplicate joints; now $40, form- erly $65. Salmon rods, 6 strip, 2 tips; now $50, formerly $F0. These rods are in all their parts wholly made by hand. Positively no machinery is ugzed in any part of their construction. Send for circular. Conroy, Bisset & Malleson, 65 Fulton street, N. Y.—Adp, Bachting and Boating. HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEE, Date. Boston. | New York.| Charleston H. M, H. M. H. OM. 3 31 o OF 11 «+48 4 2tL 0 687 0 1 4 #15 1 44 1 #08 Lie be 2 34 1 #58 7 06 8 22 2 49 7 36 4 20 8 38 8 42 09 4 78 AMATEUR CRUISING, Continued from our issue of April 19th. —_—-—— . Boston, April 24th. Enrror Forest anp STenam: HE 8th of July still fonnd us at Scituate, with no pros- pects of getting away that day. As a change of basa some One proposed taking u stroll up the shore. We cleared away the breakfast things, with considerable grumbling on the part of the cook at washing the dishes; but I might just as well tell my grievances to stone posts; it was brewing a storm that eventually broke out with mutiny on my part. The wind was still blowing a gale from the sou’west, and as Wwe pot no tidings from John, our sixth associate, we congratilated ourselves that something delayed him as well, and we should meet at Provincetown. ‘© All hands tumble into the tender that is going ashore,” came the word, ond a lively scramble ensued for positions, as generally the last man had to work an ash breeze. I looked ont for my place, and it fell to Ned to putin the artis- tic touches with the blades. A few minutes’ pull, and we landed on the beach skirting the south side of the harbor. Making the boat fast to a large rock we climbed the blufi, and were rewarded with a grand view of Massachusetts Bay. The huge billows copped with foam broke in thundering tones on the shelving beach, each receding waye sonorous .with tinkling music of pebbles rolling over each other by the force of massive water. ; Did you ever feelas you stand watching Old Ocean in his might, « force you could not resist, a yearning to be braving the dangers of wind and wave? Just so were my feelings as T stood on the hill looking out to sea; far away the deep blue of the water mingled with the lighter color of the sky, aud only relieved by occasional crests of white, From our start- ing point the shore is a continuous range of blnffs extending as far as Marshfield. On passing the second hill we de- scended to a splendid beach of sand, firm asa floor. Here is wheres the mossers have settled and moor their bonts. Mak- ing the acquaintance of two very fine looking, robust men of the name of Dixon, we derived considerable information about preparing the moss, a slight inkling of which I gave you in my former letter. They catch many blue fish off at the moorings, and oceasion- ally a shark, During the winter months there are often yessels wrecked, and the people get many lusuries that they would otherwise go without. Not long before we arrived a bark went ashore, and almo+t every one for months smoked cigars or had molasses cake on the table three times a day, As it was getting along toward noon, we concluded to give up going further, and go back by way of the town, Giving the Dixon brothers an invitation to spend the evening aboard with us, and receiving some of their moss, we parted com- pany. Strolling along throuch the pleasant country seats, the green grass and tempting shade of rose-twined porches were slmost too much for human nature, and when some buxom maiden presented her pleasant phig at the open window, more than one was tempted (through curiosity) to claim acquain- } mn tance. But, thanks to an over-ruling power, we conquered the ‘singsof the flesh and arrived at our ark. We dined sump- tiously off steak, fish, and sundries. After fhe dinner dishes were cleared away, we all took a hand in fixing up the boat for our intended visitors of the evening. Charlie, Ned, and I took the tender after all things were straightened, and rowed out to the mouth of the harbor to fish for cunners, and we got a nice mess for breakfast. The surf bothered us some as it broke rather spitefully ont- side the bar, and tumbled into the harbor in a rough chop sea. We fished until we were fired, and then rowed back to the ‘‘ Josephine.” We got everything in readiness fora substantial meal, hoping the Dixon hoys would ymt in an appearance before supper, but we did not get their company until § o'clock, We spent a yery pleasant eyening, singing songs and telling yarns, and it was after midnight when we turned in, A good night's rest, and we awoke with the lark, We bustled round to get breakfast ont of the way, as the morning bade fair to give us the much-looked-for trip to the Uape. The bells were ringing 74.M. as we tripped the anchor and come gliding out of the harbor. As soon as we felt the long roll of the bay, anew life seemed infused into our veins. A gentle land breeze from the west soutliwest seb us gradu- ally toward our destination. Setting the stay-snil, the old ‘Josephine’ began to show a ‘‘bone in her teeth.” Until we made Race Point, thesail to the Cape was one of the most delightful I ever experienced. About Sr. we were close to the shore, and the water looked inviting as we ran the beach as far as Long Point, the entrance to Provincetown Harbor. Thesun had been pretty dazzling to the eyes all day, but we did notsuffer much with the heat. We wereabout two miles from Long Point light, when I called attention to a bank of very black clouds gathering in the west; the wind too seemed to come in pretty hot puffs, and we began to wish we were in harbor. While the others were talking and laughing I kept my eye to windward, and soon detected the signal coming in » dark streak across the water. Calling Captain Bills attention to it I sprang for the stay-sail sheet and cast it off justin time to save the topmast; we soon got it in and stowed away. The ‘Josephine’ was now showin her stanchness under three lower sails; we wanted all the canyas on her we could carry, as she was hauled sharp on the wind, with a lea shore nnder us, and two miles to go be- fore we could startasheet, The water began to look ugly, and the wind keptinereasing. Puff after puff would strike ns, and the old boat would buryto her cabin windows under the press of sail, One heavy squall struck us, and the cock- pit was filled; we slacked jib and foresheets to let her up; and Ned and I crawled for’ard to take in the fore-sail, which we accomplished after much pulling and hauling. Eyen then the old tub had all she could stagger under, We were not long making the two miles, but the wind kept getting heavier, and the sea rougher, Take inthe jib and start your main shest,” sung out Capt. Bill, as he squared away for the harbor. We went to work with a will; Charlie and the musician gaye her the sheet, while Ned and I stopped down the jib. ‘The boat was now running dead before the wind, and was rolling fear- fully, At every other sea the main boom would slash into the water, requiring all the captain's attention to keep her from jibing. The aun from Loflg Point to Commercial Wharf was all of two miles, and the spectators began to as- semble on the pier as our movements attracted their atten- tion, As we drew neat, the sheltering beach to the north’ard and east’ard protected us from the sea, but did not afford much relief from the wind; so watching our chance, we Inffed up under the end of the wharf and let go our 75Ib anchor, The wharf sheltered ns a little, but not enough to protect us from the sea. It was about 8 p.m. when we were all'snug for the night. After partaking of a substantial hot sipper we turned in, but not tosleep. The wind blew a ale all night, and the boat rocked and tossed us round as if we wereinachurn. Often did we wish for daylight to appear. Four ont of onr five, felt pretty seasick, which with our fatigue of the day made us feel anything but pleasant. e Krper. i i YACHTING NOTES, ——_+——. Boston, May ist. The sloops Wayward, Starlight, Effie May, Maraquita, Sunbeam, Pacer, Eva, Rebie, Leda, Violet, Cycle, Clyde, Nattie, Chiquita, Posey, Agnes, and schooners Flyaway, Phantom, Elsie, Vanitas and Wnigma, with fifteen or twenty smaller boats, are launched and are riding at their moorings in Dorchester Bay. ‘The present week will see many more afloat, and as soon as we can getany settled weather they will all be put in fighting trim ready for the summer contests. It is one of the finest pictures I eyer saw when all the moorings areoceupied. Abont 185 yachts moor here, and most of them are painted white. As they rise and fall onthe swell, they present agrand sight. Some are trimmed with gay colors at the mast-head, others have their sails furled in the neatest fashion, with every sheet and line taut, presenting to the observer a vision of symmetry and TAGE. ¢ By the way a yachtman leaves his vessel you can deter- mine his character. Some are neat almost toa fault, others have the grace that betokens a thorough seaman, while others still, Iam sorry to say, neglect their boats, and show nothing but disorder. A yachtman, to bea good sailor, must have good ideas of order andl fashion, because there is as much fashion in coiling ropes, furling sails, and stowing, as there isin rig or models. Ba thorough, and you will be neatand pleasing; be jaunty, and you will be graceful and easy. May 4.—Considerable talk of uniting the clubs in this sec- tin fora grand union regatta, to come off on Decoration Day, May 30th. Whether it will culminate anything exten- sive, remains to ba seen. It is proposed to have each elub stand its share of the expenses. Mr. Gleason's catamaran has arrived, and isa curious specimen of architecture. It looks asif he had built a row boat 18 fest long by 5 feet wide, and then cut her in two, lengthwise, and finished the two boats. The straight sides form the inner portions of the raft, which is firmly braced together. The space between (four feet) is partly covered by alight platform. She is built yery light and strong, and will be scene The port boat has two center boards in her, one forward and one aft. The starboard craft is simply an ordinary boat without the boards. She will have the patent slides on the mast and carry hollow spars. There isan extended platform carried ont beyond the hull’s aft, coyered with wire netting. Each boat is provided with a rudder, and both are worked with one tiller, Both boats are open, being prolate on the outer edges by a small, raised wash-rail to keep the water out when the lee boat is down. annkh.) - —Miuy Th.—The past week has been of great service to the Boston yachtsmen. Tho pleasant weather has permitted the jannching of » large number, and the moorings are rapidly filling up. q June is to be a very actiye month in boating and yachting matters. ‘The Quiney ¥. C. hold their first regatta June 2d. The Boston Y. ©, June 7th. The Dorchester and Hast Boston ¥. GC, June 17th. The Derchester Club make their tegatta an outside race, the start to take place off Nahatn. The Silver Lake rowing regatta is to come off June 13th, if report is to be credited. All entries are free. Asthe prizes are very liberal, and in money, there will probably be a large attendance, KEpce. é Dosnuny, Mass., May 5th.—Several races will soon be sailed. A new club house will be completed during the pres- ent month. Mareus Winslow's schooner yacht ‘‘Hermes,” built by N. B. Watson of Kingston, has been challenged by the schooner ‘‘Send,” of Plymonth, to saila race for $100. The arrangements will soon be completed. Grouse. ._ New Yorn, May 5, 1877. On Thursday, May 3d, two canoes, which are at present nameless, together with the Rambler, the Delaware and the Qui Viye No. 2, were launched upon the Passaic River at Newark, These bonts are all Qui Vive build, and will weigh about 50 tbs. each. Three of them are rigged with fore-sail, main-sail and dandy; the others have no atter-sail. The originel Qui Vive will probably be put onthe river some time this month. Macva, Carman Rowrye Assoctarion.—aAt the last meeting of this association the following officers were elected: President, Andrew L. Soulard; Vice-President, Inott Schwarz; Captain, Alfred J. Keegan; Secretary, V. G. Andreboy; Lieutenant and Treasurer, Alanson Wilson; Coxswain, William Knapp. The association has a large, handsome boat-louse, contam- ing over $4,000 worth of boats ef all descriptions. It has rowed several races and always been victorious. It intends ane a four-oared shell at the annual regatta, Greenwood e, On Toe Hartem.—Three members of the Dauntless Boat Club contended a two-mile straightaway single seull race on the Harlem River on Thursday last. The prize was a single scull shell presented by Mr. Ferris. The contestants were F. Gillelan, H. W. Pecicwell, and H. W. Walter. The start (which was made fifty yards below High Bridge) was a very eyen one, Gillelan going in frontafter the first dozen strokes, and winning by five lengths. Peckwell was second, two lengths ahead of Walter. The time was 12m. 244s. —The Orion Rowing and Athletic Association of Jersey City will hold athletic games at West Side Park, Jersey City Heights, on Wednesday, May 30th, ab3p,m First prizes will consist of gold medals; second prizes, silver medals. The programme includes hundred-yard dash, one-mile walk, ruuning high jump, quarter-mile run, hundred and twenty yard hurdle race, three-mile walk, half-mile run, running broad jump, one-mile rnn, tug of war (silyer medals), David W. Lawrence, P. O. Box 2629, N, ¥. CossuMPrroy CuRED.—An old physician retired from active practice, 7 Entries close May 19th, and may be addressed to hay ing had placed in his hands by an East Indian missionary the for- roula of 4 simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permenent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and Lung affections, also a positive nnd radical cure dor Neryous Debllity and all neryotls complaints, after having thoroughly tested its won~ derful curative powers in thousands of cases, feels it hia duty to make it known to hissuffering fellows. Actuated by this motive, and acouscien- tious desire to reliayea human suffering, he will send, fres of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe, with fll directions for preparing and suc- cessfully using. Sent by return mail by addressing with stamp, nom~- ing thia paper, Dr. J.C. Sronx,32 North Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.—Adov, Rational Pastimes. Toronto Hare and Hounns.—The first run of the season on Saturday week was a grand success, and augurs well for the future of this young club. Twenty-three members met at the time appointed, and threw off on the hill just north of the Dayenport road. Atter an exciting run of about six iniles the hares were overtaken within a short distance of home by Messrs. Hare, (H. F. C.)and Palmer. The country generally was good going, though several stiff ploughs tried the endurance of the men, but ultimately all got in safely. Messrs. Y, Sankey and C. Shaw were the hares. . Corzecr Araumtics.—The tenth field meeting of the Co- lumbia College Athletic Association, in conjunction with the Princeton Athletic Association, was held on the grounds of the New York Athletic Club, at Mott Haven, on Saturda last. The referee was James O'Neil; judges, Jasper T. Good- ing, Professor J. H. Van Amringe; time-keopers, John Wood, ©. H. Pierce; starter, John ipple. Prizes of gold medals, The following is a summary o 1, One mile walk. 1, Charles Eldridge; 2, G. Francis, Columbia. ire Stauntag’ high jump. J. W. Prior, Columbia; H. Bogert, Colum- bia, Three trisls each; tie. Distance, 5ft. bin. 8. Half-mile run, 1, R. R.’Colgate, Colambia; 2, G. W. Hammond, Columbia. Time, 2m. 5s, “ Pole eaubee 1, F. D. Weeks, Columbia; 2,H. Bogert, Columbia, istance, fe. Sin. Dee aanared yurds dash. 4, William Waller, Columbia. Time, 1133, 6. Throwing the hammer. 1, G. Parmly, Columbia; 2, Charles 8. Boyd, Columbia, Distance, 79 ft. 7. Dash 410 yards. 1, GW. Hammond, Columbia; 2, R. R. Colgate, Time, otm. 45s. ; 8. Dash 220 yarde, 1, W. W. Waller, Columbia; 2, W. R. Stewart, @olumbis. Time, 25s. 9. Two-mile walk—walk over. Charles Hldridge, Columbia. Time, 18m. 308. 10. Ranning broad jump. 1,A. Hunt, Princeton; 2, H. Bogert, Co Inmbia, Five trials, Distance. 18 fr. 12, Hurdleracs. Distance, 12) yards; 10 hurdles, 3 feet 6 inches high, {0 yards apart. 1, J. W. Pryor, Columbia, 2, A. W. De Foreat, Co. lnmbia. Time, 20}. : : 18. Onemilerace. 1, W.J.G. Barnes, Columbia; 2, W. H. Phraner, Princeton, Time, 5m. 21s. : A 13. Strangers’ race, half-mile ran, eleven starters. 1, E. Merritt; 2, Wd. Daffy; 3, C, Vaught; C. 8, Davidson, W. HH. Griffin, A. Vauder- el, vA, Nood, W, Roland, C. Fabrego, E. Lithiner, ©. Gounard. Time, : 1 im, 11h, The aes Qolnmbia. ey race—hopping, jumping. sored and hi entire gaat Chine yar 3 was niga {sco atgree sey other so the various events:, Ciass 19-—HARRIERS IN COUPLES (Dogs or Bitches). 668. W. Ahrens, Md, RELL & ROSE, bl. wh. and tan, 3 yrs. 5 mos, Ciass 20.—BEAGLES (Dog or Bitch). 500. 1), G. Hartt, Suffolls Co., N. Y. TOPSEY, bl- and tan, 2 yrs, 570, D. G, Hartt, Suifolk Co,, N. Y., DINAH, bl, and tan, 14g yrs. 571, J. R. Diehl, N. J., CENTENNIAL LUCY, fawn, tan and w. 5 yra. 472. J. E, Dieh}, N. J., NEW JERSEY FLY, iawn, tan and wh. 2 years. 473, Jesse Sherwood, Edina, Mo., LEE, hl., wh. and tau, 1 year. 574, Jesse Sherwood, Edina, Mo., LILLY, bl., wh, and tau, 1 year, . Onass 21,—DACHSHUNDS (Dog or Bitch). 575, T. B. Allen, 681s Pine St., N. Y., JEFF, w. and tan, 19 months. 576. T. B, Allen, 881; Pine St.. N. ¥., SPOT, wh. and tan, 19 months, S77. J. M. Powell, Philadelphia, DUKE, fallow red, 20 months. 478. Frances Leslar, Box 1095, N Y., PUNK, fallow red. 779, Frances Lesler, Box 1095, N- Y., NELLIE, fallow red, 23¢ yeurs. 680. 3. L. Parsons, Box 1118, N. ¥., FRAU, bl. and tan, 5 years. 681, A. F. Godeffrey, N. Y., SUSEY and 1 pup, bl. and tan, 3 years. 582. A. B. Godefroy, N, ¥., RENJAMIN, yel., 1 year and 11 months, 483. Fritz Gubner, L.d,, MISS EM, bl. and fan, 147 years. 584, St. A, Donglass Gubner, L. T.. FRAULEIN WALDINA bl. tan, 16 m. 6865. Dr. L. H, Twaddell, WALDEMANN, brilliant b!,and tun 3 yra, do, ~ 686. oO MUIN GRETCHEN,bril’t bl. & tan ly. &3m. 587. do. UNSER FRITZ, fallowr., 1 year and 3 mos, 588, do SCHNAPPS, fallow fawn, 1 year and 3 mos, 689, do, ZACKERLE, chestnutaud tan, 3 years. 580, do, FRAULEEN IL., bl, and tan, 1 y, and 3m. Crass 22.—FOX TERRIERS (Dog cr Bitch), 491. C. Walton, N. ¥., TRICKSEY, wh. and tan spot, 2 yrs. and 3 mos. 692. F. Carlisle, Newark, N. J.. MAC 4th, bl. tan and wh,, 6 yrs. 603, Dr. H. Gardner, N. ¥., MINNIE, wh. br. ear and eye, 2 yrs. 694. J. H. Goseler, Pearl st.. N. Y. NETTLE, wh., 4 yrs. 605, J. T. Soutter, N. Y.. BISMARCK, wh., bl, star markings, 8 yrs. oof, J, LT, Soutter, N. ¥,, DINAH, wh., bl, star markings, 5 years, 597. A. Belmont, Jr., N. Y., NELLIE, wh, and tun, 2 yrs, & 6 mos. 594. R. Tynan, N. ¥-, NELLIE, wh. with brindle ears, 1 yr. & 8 mos. 6099. Mr. Darling, Fifth Ave. Hotel, N. Y., DON, white, 2 yrs. 600. W. B, Kendall, N. ¥., GRIP, white, 1 yr. 601. C. W. Griswold, N. ¥., RASP, white, 3 yrs. 602, GC. W. Griswold, N. ¥., FLORA, white, 4 yra. 603, J. M-FISKE, N. ¥., RASP II,, white, 2 yrs, Crass 22-—FOX TERRIERS—(Puppies under 19 months). 604. Tt. How, N. Y., PRINOE, wh. and br. spots, 7 mos. 05. J. H. Elliot, FEEFEE, wh.. bl, fan and wh. spoton rump, 11 mos 606, H. Oderick, N. ¥., TIPS, wh., black and tan, 6 mos. 607. B. Starling, 152 W. 18th st., FUSSY, wh. and black spots, 8 mos. 60R, A, Belmont, Jr., N. ¥., ROSE, fawn and black muzzle, 8 months, 609, C. W. Griswold, N. Y,, TRIM, white, 9 months; PEARL, white, 3 mouths; NIPPER, white, 9 weeks; ROSE, white, 9 weeks; JUNO, white, 9weeks; CORD, white, 9 weeks. 615. G, de Landre Macdonga, England, TIM, wh, aud spot, 9 mos, Crass 23.—GREYHOUNDS—(Dogs or Bitches). 619. A. Albright, Newark, N. J., CHARLIE, mouse color, over 2 yrs. 617. J. Robiuson, Brooklyn, HUDIBRAS, red or fawn, 3 yrs. 2 mos, 618. R. R. Golgate, 264 Fifth Avenue, ——-, brindle color, 2! years. 619, P. J, Kelly, Brooklyn, SPR NG, light brown, 3 years. 620. P. J. Kelley, Brooklyn, JENNY, bl., 2 years. 621. W, 0. Guiliver, N. ¥., FLORA McFLIMSEY, fawn, 2 years. 622. J, H. Roberts, Phils., GUY, bl. aud wh., 3 years. 423. J. H. Roberts, Phila., FLERT, dark blue, 1 yea and 4 months, 624. Mrs.N. J, Leonard, N. Y.. NELLIM, fawn, 4 years and 7 mouths, 625. Juliua W. Porter, PUNCH, fawn, 1 year and 10 monthe; JULY, fuwn, 1year and 10 months. 627. Dr. Wilson, N. Y.. FAWN, fawn, 6 years. 28. A. Van Veohten, Jr., Albany, N. ¥., MOUSE, mouse color, 4 years, 29. W, B, Wetmore, WN. Y., HASTY, blue, 4 years and 7 months; VEXER yellow; 4 years sud 8 months. Wil. J. B.Millor, Newburgh; N. Y¥,, MAX, fawn, 2 years. 632, Geo. Raper, England, ALBERT VICTOR, 2 years snd1montb. 635. Hf. G. Foster, England, ARROWLYTE, whiteand brindle, 2 years. Crass 24,—STAGHOUNDS (Dogs or Bitches), fi34, Miss E. T. Pratt, Albany, N. ¥., SIR WALTER, brindle, 2 years, 55, D, G. Hartt, Northport, N. Y., CLIO, bl. nnd wh., 2 yeare. 636, D, G. Hartt, Northport, N. Y., NED, bl. aud wh., fi years. 637. D. G, Hartt, Northport, N. ¥., CHASE, bl. and wh., 6 years. 638. J.B. Miller, Newburgh, N. ¥., STANLEY, bl. and tan, 7 years, 639, J.B. Miller, Newburgh, N. Y., MADGIE, bl. and tan, 6 years. Crass 25.—DEERHOUNDS (Dogs or Bitches). 640. Oakleigh Thorne, Dutchess Co., N. ¥., MUGGINS, ash, 2 years, (41. H.d. Jordan, New York, MADGE, doer, 2!3 yoara, 42. Migs E, 'T. Pratt, Albany, N.¥., SIR WALTER, brindle, 233 yre, 643. H. Mead, Goldén’s Bridge, BALDER, yellow fawn, 134 years, 645. W. J. Gulliver, New York, SANCHO, fawn, 3 years. #45, Robt. Tallant, Cambridge, Mass., CUSTER, fawn, 16 months. 6146. Pan] Dana, New York, BRA\U, (formerly Young Toram) blus, 6 yra. O47, T. Medley, 130 Piccadilly, London, Eng., OSCAR, brindls, 3 years; bred by her Majesty, the Queen of England, from the late Prinoe Consort's famous breed. £10,000, . 648, T, Medley, 130 Piccadilly, London, Eng., DAGMAR, brindls, 3 years; bred by her Majesty os above. —_+———. The following awards haye been madeup to the time of our going to préss: Class 3.—Champtun Gordon Setler Dogs.—i. Rupert, black and tan, 4 years, by Stokes’ Shot, out of Rhona, the property of Jesse Sherwood Edina, Mo.; 2. Shot, black and tan, 4 years, A. F. Copeland, Boston! Very highly commended; Kent, by Kerr's Gronss out of Boydin'’s Hops, Worcester, Mass. ‘ Class 3,—Champion Gordon Setter Bitches.—1. Norah, black and tan, 7} years, by Pearce's champion Kent, ont of champion Duchess; A. F. Copeland. Boston, Norah was without competitors, Lou being not for competition, and Di being absent, Class 4.—Ohampion Pointer Dogs.—1. Snapshot, lemon and white, born Seplember 17, 1869, by Whitehouee’s Rup, ont of Price's Judy, the property of R.G. Lloyd Price, Riyolix, Balas, North Wales. Clase 4.—Champion Pointer Bilches.—1, Bell, white und liver, 6 years, the property of the Columbns (Ohio) Kennel Club. Class 9.—Native or Tmported Gorden Seller Dogs.—1, Sancho, black, white, and tan, § years, by Leavitt's Brush ont of Gibbons’ Moll, 1. Z. Leavitt. New York City; 2. Robin, black and tan, 2 years and 5 months by Royal, out of Rackett, A. Belmont, Jr. Very highly commended: Dinks, black and tan, 3 years, by Duke of Gordon, ont of Kate, H. N. Munn, No. 37 Park Row. Highly commended: Spiero, black, white, and tan, whelped October 2, 1875, by Dr. Spier’s Dick, out of his Daisy, E. §, Sanford, Jr,; and Scot, black and tan, 3 years, by Dake of Gordon, out of Kate, alzo commended; Jubi did not show. This class was pro- nmotnced a splendid one, and every dog in if was commended. Mr, Bet mont protested sgainst giving the first prize to Sancho on the alleged groond that he is not a Gordon setter, Class 9.—Native and Imported Gordon Setter Bitohes—1. Belle, black and tau, 2} years, hy Wakefielii's Jack, ont of Williamson’s bitch, GS. Sedgwick, No. 261 Broadway; 8. Dream, black and tau, 2 years and 7 months, waeatt out of Mab, James R- ‘Tilley, Locust Valley, Long Island, Very highly commended: order Lily, black and’ tan, 2 years, by Puke, ont of Flirt, Fisher & Bickerton, Highly commended: Neil, blick and tan, 5 years, by Tom, ont of Bessie, W. J. Farrar, Toledo, Ohio, Class 9.—Native or Imported Gordon Setter Dog Puppies, under 12 months.— 1, Rex, black and tan, 7 months, by Monarch, out of champion Lou, M.Grinnel, New York City. Very highly commended: Romeo, black ani tan, 10 FFoOUbER; by Gypsum, ontof Daisy, Dr. 8. F. Spier. Highly commended. Leo,same color, aze, and pedigree. and same owner, and Sam, black and tan, 8 months, by Ponto, out of Witch, O'Brien Brothers, Yonkers, N.¥. . Class 1.—Native cr Imported Gordon Setter Bitch Puppies, under 12 months.—1. Rose, black and tan. 9 months aad 29 days, by Munu's imported Duke of Gordon, out of Dream, ¥. B. Martin. Orange, N. J. Verv bighly commended: Bess, black and tan, whelped May 15, 1876, Jack, f{ Flora, James L. Marvin k, Nod. me ded: Black Bese, black and’ tan, oF a ee by Walker's? Dosh, GOL OF Bennet? and, Wy Walker Albany, By | ‘OREST AND STREAM. Class 0.—Natwe Black and Tun, or Black, White, and Tan Setter Doge. --1. Trump, black and tan, 1 year and 6 monthe, by Dash, ont of Pryor’s Belle, G. C. Colburn, New York. 4. Duke, binck and tin, 2 years, hy Dush, out of Mullins’ Belle, snme owner. Very men commended: Sunney, black and tan, 10 months and & days, by White’s Dan, ont of Bees; Dan, by Colburti’s Dash, out of Wuddell's Fanny, R. C, Cornell, This was pronounced a grand class, Class 9a.—Natine Black aid Tan, or Blick, White, and Tan Setler Riiches.—1. Nellie, black and tan, by Rodman's Dazh, ont of Pentz’s Nellie, G. W. Bassferd, New York, Dr. Spier's Fan was absent, and Mr. Granger’s Bennty was protested agulnst, on scconunt of having been imported and wrongly entered. Olass 10.-—Painter Dogs over 50 Pounds,—1, Till, jemon and white, @ years, by Tiny Il-,ont of May, 4. G. Strong, New York. 2. Dad, orange and white, 2} years, E. H. Lathrop, Springfield, Mase, Very highly commended. Dan, liver and white, 1 year and 9 months, Nelson Cornell, West. Meriden, Conn. Highly commended: Sport, liver and white, whelped Jnly 3, 1875, by Dash. ont of Nellie, R. A. Soule, Spring- field, Mass,,and Spot, lemon and white, 6 years, by Trump, out of Flora 1., E. Leavitt, Jr., New York, Class 13.—Chesapeake Bay Dogs—1. Trip, C. H. Tighmun, Easton, Mad. 4. Pride of the Chesapeake, B.A. Gillman. Detroit, Mich. Olass 14.—Trish, Water Spanicis.—i. Mac.. T. Finn, Bridgeport, Corn. 8. Dash, C. Dabois, Wavstaff, Babylon, Long Island. Highly com- mended; Sport, W. A. Coster, Flatbush, Long Island. Class 15.—Retrieving Spaniels Other Than Pure Jrish.—1, Judy, T. Finns, Bridgeport. Conn. 2, Unie. John Thomas. Very highly com~ mended: “Scamp, R. S. Latrope, Baltimore, Class 16.—Coeker Spaniele.—1. Witch. F. H. Hoe, Tarrytown, N.Y. 2, Countess, Raymond & Creed, Jamaica, Long Island. Very highly commended: Topsey, Drake & Anderson, Newton,N.J. Highly com- mended’ Flirt, C. Allen, Worcester, Mass. Commended: Adelina Patti, E. H. Gillman, Detroit, Mich. Class_17.—Hield Spaniels of Any Oiher Breed. 1, Nod, G, H. An- drews. Brook-Haven, Long Island. 2, Hide, H, Blossom. Very highly commended: Fioe, Jonathan Thorne, Jr. Highly commended: Shot, GH. Glass 18.—Fouhounds in Cowp'es.—1. Hunter and Judy, G. A. Hd- tmonnd:, North Brookfield, Mass. 2. Hunkey and Jule, Drake & Ander- son, Newton, N.J- Highly commended: Drum and Lead, A. E. Goder- froy, Neversink Lodge Kennels, New York. Clasé 1).—Horriere in Couples,—Belland Rote, W. Ahrens, Baltimore. There was only one entry. - Class 20.—FBeogles.—1. New Jersey Fly, J. BE. Dich], Beverly, N. J. 2. Lilly, Jessie Sherwood, Edina, Mo. Very highly commended: Loe, sime owner, and Dinah, D. G. Hartt, Northport, N. Y¥. Highly commended: Topsey, same owner. Clase 21..-Dachshunds—The animals in this class were £o nearly eqnal that the judges decided 1o divide up the money hetween three sete. The awards were: 1. pied. Spor, T. B. Allen; 2. pied, Jeff, same owner; 1. fallow red, Funk, Frauces Lesler, New York; &. fallow red, Nellie, same owner; 1. black and tan, Fran, §. L. Parson*e, New York; 2. black and tan, Miss Hm,, Fritz Gubner, New-Utrecht, Long Island. Commended: Dnke, J. M. Powell, Philadelphia. Benjamin and Franlein Waldina were absent, and Dr. Twaddell's string did not compete, he being judge. F Class 22.—Fou Terriers.—1. Tricksey, C. Walton, No. 40 East Thirty- second street. 2. Don, Mr. Darling, Fifth Avenue Hotel. Very highly commended: Mac Fourth, F. Carlile, Newark. Highly commended: Flora, C. W. Griswold, Fifth Avenue Hotel. Class 32.— Fon Terrier Puppies —i. Tim, G.de Landre Macdona, Eng- land. 2. Tips, H. Oderick, No. 107 Front street. Very highly com- mended: Fussy, R, Starling, No. 152 West Eighteenth street. Highly commended; Nipper, Rose, Juno, and Cord, all belonging to C. W- Gris- wold, Fifth Avenue Hotel. Class 23,—6reyhounds.—1. Hndibras, J. Robinson, Brooklyn; 2, Nellie, Mrs. M. J. Leonard, No. 58 West Uhirty-third street. Very highly com- mended: Ficet, J. H. Roberts, Philadelphia, and Judy, Julius W. Porter, No. 48 West West Thirty-third street, Hiehly commended: Max, J.B. Miller, Newburgh, N. Y. Commended: Guy, same owner; Monse, A, Van Vechten, Jr,, Albany, and Vexer, W.B. Weimore, No. 16 Wayerly place; Absent Spring, Jennie, and Mr. Colyate's brindle. Class 24.—Staghounds.—1. S'anley, J. B. Miller. Newburgh, WN. Y, 2, Madgie, game owner; borh farmerly belonged to Gen, Custer. Class 25,—Deerhounds.—1. Bran, Taal Dana, No.6 West Eighteenth street; 2. Oscar I’. Medley, No. 130 Picadilly, London, England. Very highly commended; Dagmar, same owner, Highly commended. Mugging, Oakleigh Thorne, Millbrook, N. Y-. Durraan Pownrn,—Pleaze direct all ietters for the above powder lo Neponset, Mass. , and the orders will be promptly filled.” Cant DittTMan. iswers Do Vorresyondents. —+——_ ’ No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communications, a W. E. W., Philadelphia.—Letter receiyed, and correction will be madein the Kennel Register. q E. T. C., Boston, Mass.—We learn that Adirondack boats aré built in Boston by Frederick D, Grayss, whom address at 374 Washington street, oure of Bradford & Anthony, JAcos.—Who would I haye to address at Seaman's Pond, L.I., in or- der to obtain information concerning the trout fishing there ?7—Ans. Edward H, Seaman, Ridgewood P. 0. G. W. R., Elmira.—What would 4 six months’ old setter pup cost de- livyered in Elmira? I should wantgood stock, I prefer the Irish settor? —Ans. From $25 to $50, according to the strain. J. 58. B., Albany, N. ¥.—Please giye me the scientific name of What is called Weat of the Rocky Mountains the “Sage Hen?!" Where can I find it descmbed and illustrated?—Ans. Cenfrocercus urophasiunus, See Dr. Elliott Coues’s *“Birds of the Norlhwest,” C. D. B., Ithuca, N. Y.—Is the issue of a cross broed between a full blood b lack Gordon setter dog and u full blood spaniel of any account asa hunter, the sire being an imported doz f—Ans, We should not con- sider a dog 0 bred of apy value. Puita.—Plesase inform me, throngh your paper, if you lave a good book on the Dismal Swamp in Virginia, and what is the price of it?— Ans, Don't know of any such book. Foresr anp Sregam, Jan, li, 1876, contains a long and full description of it. Constant Reaper, Coyington, Ky—Can you inform me where Ican obtain the following thoroughbred pups—bnll-dog, bull-terrier, mas- tiff, sheep dog?—Ans, You will find moat of the breeds mentioned ad- vertised for sale in our columns, W. A. B,, Montpelier —ist, Are thera any weekly or monthly publi- eatious in New York devoted to chess? and if 50, Where published and subscription price? 2d, Whatis tha usual weight of cocker spaniels? —Auns, lst. Noneat present in existence, 2d. About 35 pounds. Ingumer, London, Eng.—Have you any idea what birds are meant in ‘A Day of Sport in Texas," published in Fores: ann Srecam, Febro- ary 8th, 1877, under the name of “Wet-Weather Birds¥''—Ans. Not.the slightest. We have to apologise for having overlooked this note for so long a time, J, L. R., Cincinnati.—i have askye terrier bitch, about ten years old, that is troubled with an ugly cough morning and night. She does not throw abything up, and kesps fat and eats well,—Ans. Considering the age of your bilch, itis doubtful if shecan be cured, We should rec- ommend for her a teaspoonful of cod liyer oil morning and evening. J. A. B., Atlantic City.—Pleasa notics in your column of correspond- enoe when the New York Dog Show takes place. Also, I hays a setter dog that has had distemper, but bus got over it and has gone blind, Ia there any chance of his being regtored to sight?—Ans. Bench Show oc- ours Sth, 3thand 10th of May. There is no possible whauce for your dog. G. A., Indianola, Texas.—Pleass adyise me in your paper as to the best motnl shell to get for uss in an out-pf-the-way place like this, where suoh things sre not comeatabis at all thes; und a8 to how to get them ?—Ans. Geo. KE. Hart & Ov,, Newark, and the Union Metallic Cartridge Company, Bridgevort, Coun., make the metal shells you need Should supposs you ould get them of Jon. Lapadie, Galveston, 211 P. H. B,, Middletown, Conn,—Will you please inform ma ihe prica and whers Tean obtain a book that will post me on fishing, and giving the different baits to be used?—Ans. Hallock's forthcoming work on the Game and Tish of North America will give you full information. To bé published June ist, Price, $3. B.B., New York,—1lst. When and what kind of fishing oan be hail ak the Little Hell Gate and Westchester Oreck? 2d, What is the beat kind of bait touse?—Ans, Striped bass in spring and fall; weakfish from dune to October. Use shedder crabs, clams, or sand worms for bait, Shrimparealso good for weakfish, The West localities can be asvere tuined from Mr. Jerolamon, foot of Eighty-fourth street, East River. H. W.R.; Paducah, Ky—ist. Will flashing powder before shooting in choke-bores prevent loading? 9d. Cost Dittman powder per pound? Sd. Best and surest method of making choke-hores shoot open for snap and thicket shooting? 4th. Probable cost of a first-class 6f pound Eng- lish muzzleloading, 30inch barrel sun?—Ans. Ist. Yes, it hes been found to be yory effective. 2d. $l percan. 3d. Byincreasing charge of powder, dth. Probably $150. J. H. T., Philadelphia.—ist, Ice a work and atlas of the New Jersey coast is being prepared. What will it cost? 2d. What firms make a business of manufacturing powder flasks in thig country?—Ans. lat. The cost will be duly advertiacd when the work is completed, 4, Tha use of shells has s0 superceded the old powder flask that but few are now manufactured, and we know of no firm in thia country who make 4 specialty of it, 7 J, B, P., Mount Holly, N. J.—ist. Will you plesseinform me where I can obtain a young cocker spaniel well broke, and at what prive? 2d. How mnch would it cost tohaye a double-barreled shot-gon turned into breech-louderf—Ans,. ist. Mr. P, McKoon, Franklin, Delaware County, N. Y., fas cockeré for sale, bat we do not know whether he has broken doze, 2d. It depends entirely ppon the quality of the gan, probably Not less than $40. FP. R. G., Noroton, Ct.—ist. Do yon consider decurbonized barrela safe, and could they he chike-bored? 2d. What should T put on bird skins before monnting? 3d. Are there any 20-bore guns made in America? 4th. Is Orange ducking powder as strong as Orange light- ning?-—Ang, Jat, ‘They are safe with a reasonable charge. They can be choke-hored. 2d. Arsenical soap. 3d. They could be made to order. 4h, It is quicker, and in équal measure probably strongor. Lu. B. G., Elmira.—lat, Where can I procure the game laws of this State? 2d. Will you reprint the receipt for cleaning brass shells? 3d. Can you suggest any way in which I can trap @ purple finch (Carpodacus purpuretis)P—Ane. Ist. It would bs uselasa to get the old lawe now, as the new law will pass the Legislature shortly, Ths context Will be printed in this paper. 24. Drop them into vinegar. 8d. Wea can only suggest the old trap cugo with which boys catch yellow-birds, or bird lime placed on twigs where they are in fhe habit of congreguting, §.,Philadelphia.—lst. Would a setter slut sleven months old be too old to spay? and if not, who in Philadelphia wonld doit? 8d. Are the Morford atrain of satters of any particular color? I lmow of one that is black and white thatis called a Morford setter. Do you suppose she is? 3d. Doyouknow of any responsible person in Philadelphia who takes hunting dogs to board? if so, what are his terme?—Ans. ist. Wa think she Wouldbe tooold. 2d. The Morford setters ure orange and white, with black eyes and nose. Thé one you allude to may huve been bred from some of his old stock, but not from the strai2 with which his Dame is identified, Sd, Wado not, C. B., Philadelphia.—I have acefter dog two and a half years old, his eyes are yeryred, and sometimes there is a slight ronning from them, At times hs has great trouble with hia stools, haying t6 strain himself yery much, as if he were trying to pasa something and could not, and then there will bea slight evacuation, sometimes vary hard and dry, and at others quite the reyerse, and mixed with blood, Ans, You must correct the state of yourdog’s bowels by a change of diet, giving him boiled vegetables, such as carrote and cabbage, with musk of corn or catmeal. He must haye also abundant exercise and apy grass. The system once regulated, probably his eyes will fet well, , J.B. D. C., Corpus Christi, Texas.—We catch here in our bay in shos water a species of trout while fishing for red fish. The custom is to let the bait (crab) lie on the bottom. Ts there not a better way of catch- ing these bay tront—say with rod, étc., or with a different bait?—Ans. The fish yon refer to is the Cynaston regalis, known as the spotted salt water trout, spotted silver sides and grey trout. Tbisa species of weak- fish, s0-called at the north, and when handled with rod and reel affords Dost excellent sport. Use cut mullet for buit, and fish with a fine line and afloat. Oryoucan take it with a trolling spoon drawn behind a moving boat on 100 feet of line, ‘WVhis fish also takes the artificial fly. C. C. G.—Where is the best place for blackfish yround New York? Is not the Cribe—un island near the loWer quarantins—a good place? Which bait is best, smull crabs, or shrimp? How large do blackfish tun? How should w minnow be placed on a hook to keep it alive? What bait is best for catiish? Whatisthe proper thargs for 4 6-pound, i4-gaugegun?—Ans. Whersyer there are reefs, or rocks, aud sunken Wrecks you will find blackfish. For bait, use crabs, fiddisr-crabs, or clams, Blackfish grow to twelve pounds in weight. Catfish -will bite anything, Pass the hook into the mouth and out at the side, or through the back near the shoulders. The places you mention are good fishing grounds, 23; drachms powder,1 ounce shot for your gun, i J. W. G., Middletown.—tlst. Will an eight ponnd 12-gange gun give as good penetration usa nine ponnd 10-gange gun, using full capacity of charges for each gun, and No,6 shot for each, or same sized shot for each gun, regardless of sizs? 2d. Doss nota full choke ina gun Wear away by constant use in» short timo; for instance, the way Cant, Bogardus uses his? 3d. Would you advise a person going to get a gun for field use to get @ 10 or 12-gange, and with or withont choke, or, as Nichols and Lefever advise in their catalogue, the right barrel a true cylinder, and lefta choke?—Aua. Ist. Theoretically they should, but guns, particularly if cylinder bored, vary so much that it is impossible to say. 2d. No, notif the barrels ara first-clags. Capt. Bogardus has fired probably 20,000 charges from one set of barrels, and the pattern isaspoodas ayer. dd. It depends upon the kind of shooting. If there was to be much duck shooting we shonld advise a 10-gange gun with one barrel full choked; if for general field use we should prefer a gun ¢ylinder barrel, but bored to make a good pattern. d. M, H., Lynn, Mass.—I havea dog, across between Newfoundland aud St. Bernard, ahout fourteen months old, much troubled by an In- toleruble itching, particularly at the rooteof the tail, and extending to the tip. A patch of hair has fallen or been torn off, exposing a soraat the rump, His eyes (where the white should be) are at times flery and red, and when he is close to one he emits a disagreeable odor.—Ans, Your dog has mange, and his system is generally ontof order. Wash lis fail, and in fact his whole body, well with carbolio soap; after dry- ing wall, rub into the parte affected an ointment composed of 4 ounces hasilicon ointment, }; ounce of flour of aulphur, and turpentine enough to mix, repeating the dressing for severaldays. Giva him a tablespoonful of Rochelle salts, and reduce his dist to aa ttle meat ag possible, giving farinaceous food instead. Keep him in a elean place, aud change the straw frequently. _ Uxpounrepty one of the best and cheapest stocks of Carpetings, Oil- Cloths, Matting, etc., ete..to be fonnd in the United States Is that of Messrs. Joun H, Pray, Sons & Co, Washington Street, Boston, I, W. Adame is the sportsmen of the firm, and will take special palns to please any of onp friends calling npon him, or with any orderssept him, It is # good, rellable honse,—Ado, a ee - FOREST AND STREAM. - ' - 4 - 2 a \tier ts SRGINSt a NN He A WEEKLY JOURNAL, Devoren ro FieLp. asp Aquatic Sports, PRACTICAL NATUEAL HisToRy, Fisq CoLrurn, The PRoTHOTION OF GAME, PRESERVATION OF FORESTS, anv (he INCWLOATION DY MEN AND WOMEN OF A BEALTHY INTEREST jt Ovr-Doork RECREATION AND STUDY: PUBLISHED BY Forest and Stream Bublhshing Company —{r—— NO. 103 FULTON SPREET, NEW YORK. [Porr Orzicz Box 2832.] THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION,—V. —_—_——— re a mistake to suppose that playtime is lost time, or that the boy is necessarily a dunce who is quick at base- ball, but knows not arithmetic, The child who cam com- mand a stretch of country over which to roam at willis in the best of all schools for one of fender years. No faculty is dulled, but every one strengthened. Who ever knew such a boy to forget how many eggs were in the nest he found in the hedgerow, or miss his way in returning to it? Who ever knew such a girl forget the bank where the daisies mew in loveliest profusion? Or who eyer heard of either mistaking the ery of the whip-poor-will for ths croak of the raven? We have no intention of suggesting pretty mural pictures for the sake of diversity. We ask questions, the answers to which inyolye yery pertinent facts, and which enable us to bring forward the statement that, im the eyery- day lessons of out-door conntry life there is material enough for the cultivation ofthe memory and of the general intelli- fence. Eyery day and every hourare adding to a child's knowledge of natural history, while all the time it is brought into closest contact with agencies inexplicable in their op- ON THE WAR PATH. —_>———_ ‘| Nae following extracts from a private letter, recently re- } ceived by one of the editors of Forest Anp Srream, will he interesting to such of our readers as are familiar with life on the plains and amid the mountains of the West. The writer is one of those true men with whose friendship we haye been honored in our trans-Missouri wanderings, and by whose side we have hunted and been hunted, traveled, slept, and Starved, oyer much of the territory between the Rocky Mountains and the Missouri River, Such men are not ‘to be found every day, and one learns to know them thoroughly only when thrown in constant and close com- panionship with them in «a country where a man’s life de- pends on his coolness, his courage, and his skill with the ville. Theit numbers are yearly growing smaller, and we have had recently to mourn more than one cut off untimely. One of the brayesti and best, a noble gentleman, though clad im the rough garb of a mountaineer, now sleeps in an uneared-for grave amid the yellow bluffs and desert soli- tudes of the Little Horn. Dear Charley, we ‘shall not look upon his like again.” . — 7; eration, but of the purest kind. One can find children with The writer of the letter from which we make these ex- forms, Four Dollsra a Year, Strictly in Advauce a perfect fund of information as to the habits of animals and | cerpts has, with his brother, been throughout the winter in —_—_————_ : Twenty-five per cent. olf for Clnbs of Three o: more i io Advertising Hates. Inside pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents per line: ontside page, 40 cents. Bpecinl rates for three, six, and twelve months. Notices in editorial columns, 59 centa per line. =y* Any publisher inserting our prospectns as aboye one time with brief editorial notice calline attention thereto, and sending marked copy to ns. will receive the Fongst AN Stream for one year, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1877. To Correspondents, ———>— All communications whatever, whether relating to onsiness or literary gorresponidence, must be addressed to THE Forest AND STREAM Pur- tissine Company. Pérsonal or private letters of course excepted. AU commnuications intended for publication must be accompanied with f2al name, #8 agnaranty of good faith. Names will not be published if shjection be made. No anonymone contributions will be regaraed, Articles relating to any topic within the scope of this paper are solicited, We cannot promise to retarn rejected manuscripts. Secretaries of Clabs and Associations are urged to favor us with brief no ¢s of their movements and transactions, as iL is the aim of this paper t» hecome a medium of useful and reliable information between gentle- m -l Aporssmen fro one end of the conntry to the other; and they will find our columns a wesirable medinm for advertising annonncemente. The Poblishers of Forzst anp Srxeam aim to merit and secure the patronage and countenance. of thet portion of the community whose re- fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that Is beautiful in Natore. Tt wil] pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert the legitimate sports of land and water to those base nees which always fend to make them nupopolar with the virtnous and good. No adyertise- 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 Z = We cannot be responsible for the dereliction of the mail service, if gioney remitted to us is lost Adivertizementa should he gent in by Saturday of each week, if possible, (Ss Trade snpplicd by Amerncan News Company. CHARLES HALLOCK, Editor. T, 0. BANKS, Business Manager. §8)H.TURILL, Western Manager, a NROTICE- This paper is now issued from its office at 103 Ful- ton street, New York. We trust that our friends will overluok any apparent shortcomings, on account of the confusion uttending removal to its new quarters ENuancEMeNt Prowtsep.—Our space is so much crowded this week thatwe cannot do justice to our readers and con- tributors. Weshall enlargeto twenty-four pages next week, And subsequently to additional pages as occasion may require, So We are jileased to see that Seydel & Co.’s Pocket or **Ashantee” hammocks, so highly spoken of in the cohimns of the British Army and Navy (fazelte, are being mtroduced into this country by the agents, Messrs. MoCoy & Co. “ We call the attention of our readers to their advertisement. ———————1e—_— —'Nhe Missouri Legislature has passed a law by which all able-bodied male persons between twelve and sixty years of age are to be drafted for two days in each week during the spring months of the year to fight grasshoppers. i i Sram Ricurs cy Ovsven’ Beps.—In the case of McCreay, ws, the State of Virginia (error to the Virginia Court of Ap- peuls), the United States Supreme Court has decided as. fol- lows: The State of Virginia ean prohibit the citizens of other States from planting oysters in tidewater within her juris- diction, while permitting herown people to doso. The owuership of the tideayaters and their beds is that of the people of the State in their united sovereignty, subject to the paramount Nght of navigation, the regulation of which, in respect to foreiom and inter-State commerce, his been granted to fhe United States. There has, however, been no such grant of power over the fisheries. ‘These remain under the exelusive control of the Stale, which has consequently the right in its discretion to appropriate its tide-waters and their beds to be usetl by its people as « common for taking and cultivating fish so far asit may be done without ob- structing navigation. Such an appropriation is in effect in imparting instruction, and, so far as we are aware, with the nature of plants, which was entirely ‘picked up,” as we say, and for not one iota of which are they indebted to ‘por- ing oyer miserable books.” This, it may be said, is not history, geography, grammar or arithmetic; no, but it is the best possible foundation for such studies, as they are generally understood, and, in another and more correct sense, it includes most of them. The fact is, and this is the point which we wish to reach, and npon witich we would lay most stress, teaching in its present too preyalent method deals too much in abstrac- tions. The result is that the memory alone is appealed to and real intelligence deadened. Take history as an example. Tts facts are presented consecutively, thatis to say, a certain President was elected in « certain year, seryed his time, and in course of time was gathered to his fathers; but events have no logical sequence. the facts presented to it, which are, howeyer, impressed upon the tablets of memory until erased by time or displaced by something more attractive. Grammar furnishes another illustration. The art of reading, wrifing, and speaking a language correctly deals with rules and other matters far ‘above a child's intelligent comprehension, and the acquisi- tion of a knowledge of it resolves itself, therefore, into a meré exercise of memory, We have known a boy who was able to repeat the first three books of Euclid, and win a prize for his intimate acquaintance with them; but if the figure were presented upside down, the problem remained to him a problem still, and insoluble. His reasoning powers were neyer called into operation at all, and his unsided memory bore all the strain, The truths dealt with in all these branches are too abstract for the youthful intellect, stimulate it no doubt fora season, but having no permanent hold upon the intelligence, disappear in course of time, and in most cases long before the intellect has reached a sufficient maturity to enable it to reason upon and digest them. The mind of youth must, therefore, be appealed to in some other way, aud several expedients haye been resorted to. Objects haye been made use of instead of abstractions the most beneficial results. The Kindergarten system has been adopted by many of the States, and is & vast improye- ment upon that which preceded it. In Canada object-teach- ing has been carried to a very high point of excellence. In natural history the lessons are druwn directly from nature instead of books and charts, An exhibit in the Ontario Nd- ucation Department atthe Centennial Exhibition reyealed the present perfection of the system. Let ns take botany first; cabinets were shown containing the raw and manutac- tuxed material, from which the child can be gradually brought to understand the nature and uses of the plant ex- amined. Supposing the object to be wheat, specimens of the stsd, bran, flour, biscuit, maccaroni, straw, straw plait, straw paper, ete., properly classified and shown, and are not only useful fo teach young children the importance of common things, butimpart ausefullessonin botany. These cabinets contain on the average 200 specimens, illustrative of the animal, yegetable snd mineral kingdoms. The models for teaching physiology and anatomy are superb, More information ean be gained of the true position and the formation of the organs of cirenlation and respiration, the necessity of cleanliness, the Importance of attention to the teath, etc., by studying these models for a few hours than can be obtained from books in years of close study. The system of teaching chemistry is equal to the others. The science is so simplified that little children can perform ex- periments. There is a laboratory for boys and girls, von- taining chemicals and apparatus to perform over 120 experi- ments in chemistry, Manufactures, domestic economy, phy- siology, ete, Students’ laboratories are supplied at $6 each, with a book to perform 200 experiments. Thé laboratories for teachers and Normal School students contain all the chemicals and apparatus to perform the ordinary experi- ments with the metaloids as found in elomentary books on chémistry. We need hardly expatiate upon the evident superiority of this system over the olfL There are several side issues involved in this braneh of our subject, such as a reformation in the order of studies, whicli we cannot even touch upon, and we will now state in the briefest possible terms our conclusions so far, that if it The mind of the youthful recipi- ent of such information is immature, and cannot reason tpon command of a large body of Indian scouts with Gen, Crook in the Powder River country. To many of our readers the modest story of brave deeds, toilsome marches, and dreadful suffering from cold will convey no particular idea of hard- ship, but the few who, like ourselves, have passed through a seasoning of a somewhat similar character, will appreciate and admire. The writer, under date of 14th February, says: We left here on the 14th of October, and murched slowly north to the Running Water; got there on the 2(th, and laid in camp until the even- ing of the 22d,when acourisr brought us orders to movyé at once to Red Olond Ayeney, twenty-five miles distant, We startedat six o'clock in tho evening and went to Red Clond, and than F. and I took forty ofour menand started for Red Clond Village, which was forty miles distant. We overtook Gen. M., who had gone on ahead of us, and got to the yillage atdaylight nexi morning, We cuptured the whole outfit and brought them up to-the Agency, getting there before dark, haying ridden ong hundred and five miles jn lees than twenty-four hours, with- out having anything to eat and mo sleep, That was pretty good, wasn't it? Well, we wentont on the expedition with Gen. Crook. We had one fight with the Cheyennes on the head of Powder River, and although we got their whole yillaze and destroyed everything they had, we didn’t get much the best of them in fighting. I tell you, they ars the bravest people Teyer saw. I don’t think there were more than three hundred warriors in the village, and we had gbout oné thousand man, and were fighting them all day, yet did not succeed iu driving them more than halfa miles from the village, We killed twenty-five, and lost six men killed and seyentesu wounded. Dull Kwife, the chief of the band, hed three of his sons Killed, and Dhave a small picce of scalp from the head of one of them, I wasn't more than a thousand miles from where he fell either, but I didn’t tuke his, scalp—had one of the boys do that part of it for mé. Twillsend it to you if you-want it. Twill tell youhow it was; I.and Ilod the charge against the camp, and just at the edge of the yillage was a little clump of willows, whioh we Lad topase. ‘his Indian, Dull Knife’s son, had run into the bushes, and as Twas coming straight toward him he jumped out in front of 06, about twenty steps away, and ralsed his gun (an old muzzle-loader), I dropped my reins and swung the ‘old long nine" around, and we both ent loose, Hoe fell,and I passed on. Some time after F. and I bap- pened around that way again, andT took alookathim. The shot had enteréd Lis right breast and come ont under his lett shonider. Now, when I fired, hs Wav in front, and a little to my right, so that I had to ’ twist in the saddle somewhat toshoot, Of sourse everybody was shoot- ing, and somebody else may lave killed him, but1 tried all the same, F, was out of luck this time, forl don't think he killed a single one during the ight, but for cool bravery he beats auything that you eyer saw. Why, G——, at one time, we were under such hot fire that evet our scouts wanted to run, and to tell you the truth, I felt sort o’ that way myself; but F, just straightened himesif up on ‘the old black horse and said, very quictly: ‘The first one of my men thyt rung, I will kil.” They didn’t run. This was the only fight we had. We had some terribly cold weather, mercury freezing, and soon, The hunting was Very poor, and I only killed ove antelope on the whole trip, Only saw two deer, and didu't got a shot at either, If yeu can arrange to\come out next summer, try and fixit to go with us, We will haye lots of fun, und I think lote of fighting, too. +47. [Ah! if we only could.—En.] a Swiss Vannzy—The beautiful home of Mr. James Meyer, dr., was the scene on Monday, May 7th, of a félé champetre given to his brother trout fishermen of the New York Sports- man’s Association for the protection of Fish and Game, and his friends of the South Side Sportsman’s Club of Long Island. Swiss Valley is situhted about midway between Pelham Manor and Pelhamville, in Westchester County. A coach conveyed the yisitors from the railroad stution, and the heartiest welcome awaited them at the home of the host, The New York Tiynes says: “The grounds were gay with handsome tents and vari- colored flugs, while over the Swiss cottage of the host flut- tered the ensign of his native Switzerland. The lake lay calm under the afternoon sun, ots broken by the riya made when the defily cast fly of the angler tonched its surface, or by the sudden dash of some luckless trout whose hunger or curiosity had overcome its discretion. A pretty brook feeds thé lake, which, narrowing at the opposite ex- treme, pases mnder a rusii¢ bridge and loses itself in a slender stream among the rocks, The grounds have eyi dently been laid ont with care, and the yiew from the knoll above tle lake is one of great beauty. «After Iuncheon the late arrivals go down tothe water-side, and, after a careful and conscientious examination of each fisher’s creel, chaff the unsuccessful men without merey. In the meanwhile, as the sun goes down, the fish break oftener, and some of the anglers are doing fair work. Oc- casionally some lucky man lands two fish at a time and his success meets with preal applanse, “Gatch all you can,’ shouts Mr. Meyer from the knoll aboye the lake, where the marques is pitched, “we want 'em i nothing more {lan avegulation of the use of the people of | be preferable to put before a child something tangible in | to you know. L ans de mn: their peated ina This right of the aeaple of the | place of an abstraction, to educate him by showing hint a ut 6o’clock a general order is mrt lea a fishing State comes not from their citizenship alone, but from their | thing instead of giving him a desexiption of it, to appeal to jo refreshments. — Fis ex— , Citizenship and property combined. Ibis, in fact, a prop-]| his intellect through his senses instead of directly, then we re sorpals the faut: erty right, and not a more privilege or immunity of citizen- | must be tight in claiming for the country the precedence leads the list with 6 ’ among schools, or nattre that am ; while Henry N, — ehip, a la onl . SRS van Iny claim to 25, and other gentlemen toa lesser | — Gatch. : ‘Around the Innch-table aré soon gathered the anglers and the anglers’ friends, Among those present were ex-Senator B. L. Luddington, Robert B, Roosevelt, Royal Phelps, Charles W. Hutchinson, ex-Mayor of Utica, N. Y.; Charles Hallock, editor Forner snp Srgnam;S. M. Saunders, Dr. Stephen A, Munn, H. N. Mumn, D. H. Lawrence, Dr. Stephen A. Main, Dy. Doaran, John BE. Deyelin, Charles E, Whitehead, FH. ©. Stephens, nd GC. J, Stephens. Toasts were dvink, speeches made, and the day's entertainment conelnded with a rattling drive over the hills to the Pelham- Ville railway station.” B iffe, Orurpmoor.—The fine weather tempted a large number of marksmen. to Crecdmoor on Saturday last, The principal events were the mateh for the Sharp’s gold prize of $250, and the eighth competition for the marksman’s badge, The former is along range match, 1) shots being fired at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, ‘The conditions require that the win- ner shalliead all competitors at each range, pnd as this rarely occurs it seams probable that the prize will remain unclaimed for some time. The following are the scorex: ou0 1,000 Name, yds. yds, Total. @. H, Biydenhurg........ 70 G2 200) Ui. 8, Jewellissltsgeeee 5. 2 65 196 IT. Tt, Allen... 69 66 194 Homer Fisher 72 a1 192 L. Weber .. G7 58 100 - BH. H, Madisou,. 50 Bt 172 J.) Waters-,.-..-.+ 56 54 167 W, 5. Elmandorfer... " 61 62 165 Ge Th, MOrsti oy pe eneies-- sees as 54 55 53 162 $S. Wrederick..... Pap th eg uk eee oe 61 48 153 In the marksman's badge there were eighty-nine entries. Of this number fitty-three made 25 points or more, and thus won the right to stand on this record as marksmen in the National Guard practices. Conury’s Gatnery.—The amateur’s competitions which will oceur weekly at Conlin’s Gallery were inaugurated at the old place. The second contest took place last Thursday evening, much to the satisfaction of many shootists, as was demonstrated by a large number of entries and the interest taken in the shooting throughont the match. The badges are three in number, two of gold and one of silver, clegantly designed; they are to be won three times, not necessarily consecutively, before becoming the property of the winners. ,The conditions are: Open tu all comers, with the exception of those who have scored better than 46 out ofa possible 50 at Wimbledon 200 yds, target reduced for 110 ft., and those who have won first prizes in any of the previous matches at Conlin’s Gal- leries, 10 shots, rifle 22 cal., off hand at, 200 yds. Creedmoor targut reduced for the range, 100 ft. The. rules of the N. R. A. to goyern the match. The shoo Ning was very good; the following are the scores made above 42; ; MM. Ih. Riggs...-. B, Zetiler Leow Backer ISPS ANGE” 2 ee ete wens ‘ L. 0. Bruce...,....--+-..-+_--. 2. 44] Phomas Wildes, M. Thomas Fenton......- Mr. L. Riggs won the first badge (which had been won once before by L. C. Bruce}, B. Zettler the second, and Leon Backer the third. E The competitions will take place every Thursday evenin with the exception of the next one, which comes off Saturday, May 12th, on account of the match for the championship of gallery teams taking place this (Thursday) evening. Henuwie’s Rivne Garipey,—The Centennial Rifle Club held their second and third competitions for a gold badge, presented by A. G. Helhyig, on April 23d and 30th, The following scores out of a possible 100 points were made: os eeey- ~ 46/0, L. Betkwith 45)W. H. Snuith. see e scence Nime. Total,)Name, Total. A. Oates... 2-222 scenes eeee-- ++ 93/1, J. Jewesson..., 91 AOR. Longe. .xncrescte--ter.2-.86/A. Ontes,...:<. : d. Q Adumse.......0 --..-+ S/d, Q, Adams. 86 J. L, La Forge... «eee 86/A, H. Long... we Magnites pervs eee etree £5/B. 8. Brown. T. J, Jewesson R. Brown W. R. Brown,...... aT eeihenhe J, Marsball,,....-22...........--81)0. B. Fitzgerald. 2 J. Reilly. aj... de., pes caer tule, Beyants..u +... 76 W. BH. Browt oe cee ee aaetaltd | TR ERALT y cfelde ete o clmritamnlays « ctylnn'nd 1 Ty RMD rong go teen oa eec ete Tourrs Comprrivion oF THE CenTeNnNiAD Rist Civs.—This match took place at Hellwig’s Gallery on May 7th. The fol- lowing is the score: Name. Total. Name. J. A. Pitzgerdide. sees. ee rene ce tT. Mi W. Marsal... -. W. R. Rrowi..-........+--- 83): Ri J. Q, Adains,.-..-.... te “THA, Br Long B.S. Browil....cesceceeeeseee += SH/A, Onts... GT. Magtiire 22. leeds eileen S05 83 Zurtrer Rutu Crus, 207 Bowery, at their weekly prac- tice gallery shoot, 100 ft. ofi hand, Creedmoor target reduced, possible 50: M. B. Eugel........-+ 40 AOD DE aia a tthe eee eee neon SE | Eilsisrath..,..... .. 491C, Judgont....... 45 49/P, Pleming......4.---., vie PASI DeM Beek e po yh oe ad «+, 46)Zimmoermap.....s...-.25 . 46M, L. Riggs....1...-.2- B. Zettler......- 5 4 ESTE PRO ade y= oleae ee sles sale edie 40: Mr. George Lu. Petrie, of the Zettler Club, lefi on the steamer Weser, of the Hamburg line, for a three months’ yisit to the Fatherland, Quite a number of riflemen from the Tritonen and Zettler Clubs saw him off. Captain Hlerich made the parting address. Gury Driane.—The opening meeting this year of the American Rifle Association was held on Thursday last. Four matches were shot, all at 200 yards (any rifle), from the shoulder, he first match, for a yalnable field glass, was ——————— Oe . : “ . ;! FOREST AND STREAM. best 38 or under, Geo, A, Reed won the first, and Theo. ‘Rogers the second, This match takes place weekly: Goo, A, Heed. a. ++ (-eeees sedi. M, Crand..-2se0e sresee ress L, BR. Jaggar,. Pin bstAea ec oaOG, | HY TeC. Thos. Lioyd!....2-2..0+ee+---+e 41 G0, A. Hicka.:... Guo, H. Oreed,, »..4... = ..40'Geo. W, Damon * Win.8, Elmendorf...... .,89|Ge0, B, Floury........ 1.35 Wm. -S, Cowswell..:. 39/Win. Diirlandy Jr. ees. s2 ee sess 28: Theo, Rogors...:..+... Pee eer ee Sprmo SHoorne Pusrrvan.—The Newark Shooting Society hold their opening prize-shoot at their Park, South Orange Avenue, Newark, N. J., Monday and Tuesday, May 14th and 1hth inst, They ofter $145 cash in 20 prizes on the ring target; $145 do, on the man target, and $100 do. on the bull’s-eye target, as wellas premiums. All riflemen imter- ested in off-hand shooting are cordially imyited. Nuw Jersuy.—The following are the scores made at the monthly meeting of the Hackensack Rifle Association on the 27th ult.,in the contest for the Fream Badge, Mr. Van Strachitz winning for the second time: Van StraghitZ...... 0.00. wees cees SLID PP O00 edie estetes-esiner _. 85 A, Banta,..c. veces epee £1] Oonklin....- 0. ao 45 W. Hulberton.. +++ 4 40}, Banta, ..c... Brot) Wass GBT ee oe tid fap he ables 39/E. Ackerman 54 Van Valeo ,- fain epee SSOP SPIITIG. cals wee enciennes ware ts nsrrer 5 Bi S: HATIG. pi weet re senes SO/GLINGIN, poeepecesatecctyeccecsees th [This report sould haye been of some value if it had stated the distance and rifles used.—Hp. ] Lavncony’s Ganuery, Boston.—The match for the Smith & Wesson new model reyolvers, held at this gallery on April 30, with 21 entries, distance 150 feet, each marksman being allowed eight shots, possible 40. The following is the record: D, F. Small . Ut, Rotkwell__. J.F. ¥Wijlmore..... K.B Souther,...,.... Adam Dati_.... ty W.aA. Twombly, . Jd. W. Poller R.T, Amareve Rute Cros.—At the annual meeting of the R. I. Amateur Riflé Club, the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year: President, I. J, Rab- beth; Vice-President, J. H. Crowell; Treasurer, G. H. Clark; Secretary, John Howe. Range Committee, F. J. Rabbeth, Geo, W. Davison, and Chas. H, Perkins. Executive Com- mittee, C. F, Pope, C. H. Guild, C. H. Perkins, G. W. Dayi- son, and EH. Thomas. ..35J, MeGillseary .-85)S Ritchie, dr. -45|Cot Nat Wale: . F. Harris... Coxnecticur.—There will be a rifle match between teams from Harvard and Yale in June, Harvard challenges to fhoot a Match with team of six men, 200 yards, Creedmoor rules; and Yale, although her club has been but recently organized, and has but few members, has accepted’the chal- lenge. This will no doubt create a new interest in the col- lege sports and rifle clubs, and rifle matches may become as popular as boating. The Willow Brook Range was open on the 29th ult, for practice, which was indulged in by a goodly number of menibers; no official scores Kept. Regular matches open to ali members will be shot every second and fourth Saturday of each month through the season. ‘The prospects now are of a large membership and an exciting season. The premium of $5 offered for the best score made in off- hand shooting at therifie range 32 Church Street, New Hayen, last week, distance 100 feet, was won by E. A. Folsom, by a ‘score of 97 out of a possible 100, The two dollar and a half gold piece, for best score with dead rest, was awarded to W. H, Layne, on a score of 49 out of a possible 50. Premiums of similar value are offered the ensuing week. Tre Remineron Ririz.—We haye been handed the follow- ing letter from the Rey. Geo. Guyer of Half Moon, Pa., dated April 22d: B, Remincron & Sons: The Remington combined rifle and shot gun, 28-inch, 10-gauge, 40 calibre, you sentmeé more thin ajear past, giyes entire satisfaction. Last fall Pshot two five-prongid backs (very large deer) tu succession; first one with ball, second with buckshot. The buckeher was fully 60 yards. lLaiso shot with backshot very large doe. I could not be induced to handje any other form of gun for deer shooting. Signed G. Gurnr, SS os RECOIL. Newronrt, R. I., April 13, 1877, Eprror Forest AND STREAM. I cannot help trying to point out to ‘*Onicko™ a little discrepancy in his article on ‘* The Gatises Of Recoil,*’ He says: ‘“The explosion of the powder, when driving the bullet ont of the barrel communicates to the atm itself a motion which is not perceptible uutil the projectile has lef? the-gun, etc.’? Again, ‘As the point of resistance (the shonlder) is beneath the line of recoil, the explosion has a tendency to throw the muzzle np and send the ballep high.’ Query: How can the explosion send the bullet high when the recoil is imperceptible until the bullet has left the rifle barrel ? My opinionis, that ite recoil begins with the starting of the bulles, and increases as its load is increased by the lifting. the column of air aud the friction in the rifle barrel. “SHor,*? — Toronto, April 27, 1877. Eprror ForrsT AND STREAM, _ Inyourissue of April 12th there is anarticle from ‘Onicko,.”’ With .your kind indulgence, Iwill give you my definition, The recoil of a gun is caused and governed by the same law as the bursting of a steam boiler; the expansion takes place betwixt the breech and ball. The ball acts as a safety Valve giving way tothe breech. Ibis the sndden generalion of a. quantity of gas or elastic vapor, equal toone thousand (1,000) atmospheres, which is the cause of the recoil. If the bull was as heavy as the gon, noman could withstand the shook or recoil. Bureting anything wilh water is quite a different action. Water, being a non- elastic body, will burst any vessel that it is confined in Wwithont any shock whitever. -You hays ouly to apply a powerful force-pump, and Man cunnot make a veszel atrong enough to resist the pressure. There is fo recoil that can'take place with a gum until the bal! leayes the mnozale. Jf it wag not so, it would be impossible to shoot so well witharifie. There is many a man who will take the head off a partridge nearly every shot, and if the recoil was to take place while the ball was passing throngh the barrel, 1b would be impossible to hold on &o steadily tothe mark, Suppose a sleam hoiler of the olden style, twenty feet long by twenty-two inch diameter; the common pressure exerted on such 4 boiler \onld be equal te tive hundred and sixty-four (564) tons over fhe atmosphere; that boiler will lie perfectly still with that “pressure, but snppose that one of the-ends gives way, the recoil would pmmiodionaly, take place—the head would go one way, the boiler the other, The recoil of the twenty-foot boiler is sv great that L haye aeen ons go through both walls of u house and land in the middle of the etree, It is exactly the same Jaw that causes & gun to kiok. i 4 ee ee ee 213 Yotirletier to. C, M, Sutltfe, M.D.,is rather hard on Col. Dodge. Tne Col- onel may be right abont the trajectory, as the English Express Uunting Rifle will come upto two handred (200) yards, with a very small defleec- tion. The way that this js accomplished ig by making a very light hollow ball filled up with a wooden ping, and from yne linadred and twenty (120) to one hundred and thirty (130) grains Cortin and Harvey ® strong: est powder, which gives less recoil than a Creecdmoor forty-four calibre rife. This Express rifle will shoot off-haud very wellup to three hun dred (300) yards: beyond that range it !ooxes power very quickly, and the path of the ball will describe a perfect parthols as to shiovting with both eyes open. IT don’t think Col, Dodge can mean a rifle; a shot gun is guite a different thing. I have been Icying louse both eyes with the rifle hut I must confess I have got dead-beat and c.nnot do it, TORGNTO, a We shall feel obliged if Secretaries of Rifle Clubs in for- warding us reports of the matches shot on their various ranges will name therifie used by each competitor. By ob- serving this particular the interest of the report to the gen- eral reader is greatly enhanced. Novick 10 Sportsmen .—tlaving réceived so many cominunications asking us forinformation il) regurd to our six-section bamboo trait, . black bass, grilse and salmon rods, we have prepared @ circular ou the subject, which we shall take pleasure in forwarding to any address. We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from $15 ta $150, We put our slaiup only ou the best, in order to protect our eustomers and our reputation, for we aré unwilling to sella poor rod with a false enumel (made by burning aud staining, to imitate the gauuine article}, without letting our customers know just what they are getting. P, O. Box, 1,294.—Ailv. AnBEY & ImBrrm, 48 Maiden Lane. Game Bag and Gun. MAY 1S A GLOSE MONTH FOR GAMBE. SHoorine Marcu ar Fuusinc.—On Saturday, May Sth, a pigeon match of an interesting character took place at the Hoffman House, Flushing, L. L., between Dr. B. Talbot of New York, and Mr, Charles Haneo of Flushing. The match was fora cup given” by Harry Hill of New York, to become the property of any one holding it forone year, It was first shot for at Flushing in April, 1876, when Dr. Talbot won it against thirteeen competitors, and has since held it against all comers, winning also the present champion contest. The conditions on Saturday were, each to shoot at 11 pigeons, from H.and T. traps, 21 yards rise, old Lon Island rules, The resnltwas that each killed all his birds, As there were no more pigeons on hand. the only way to de- cide the mateh was for each to shoot at 10 glass balls to be sprung from two of Capt. Bogardus’ patent traps, under the former conditions. Of these Dr. Talbot hit § and his opponent 2, making the Dowtor the victor: Massacuusetrs.—Plymouth County, Way 1.—arge numbers of geese have been sbot this season on the North River Marshfield; and on April 16th IT saw at least one hundred flocks;go oyer in one afternoon. Brant shooting has been almost a total failure, forim one week I only got three ducks; also have been wild and yery scarce, and shelldrakes especially so, The great amount of rain has put an im- passable barrier on snipes, and no one can get to the brooks for trout without getting wet.—We have had northeast storms and rain fora month, Yellowlegs are just coming along, and. we hope for a shot or two during the week they yemain with us. 5. K, du. “Buouxr. Guass” Marce sv Proyrprnce.—Another shooting match took place at the base-ball grounds at Providence, R. I, on May 3d, which was a success, perhaps owing to hie fact that blue glass balls were employed. Three of the Bo- gardus traps with blue glass balls were used, and were placed ten yards apart, the shooter not knowing what one wes to be sprung. Thefirst match was for three prizes, $10, $6 $4, each participant to shoot at fifteen balls while they were in the air, and to stand eighteen yards from the trap when firing. There were twenty entries, and the shooting was ex- citing Appended is the score: Name. Total.) Naine. Total BR, Pratt Crd Whee COD EIS Shaye so oo tees ate 1 F, Borbank...,,--- ape 4/A). Tinker, . 3 G. Anthony.............. OW. Tallman ve so... yO W. Horton, 222.2. ....3. NISiH. G. PIACGri 20) tress Paes ey W. Herbert..........- -10)W, Hendrik. 00.00.0006. 4 Jes P OC.) (lsd avec cere 10) Frank Carpenter. .. § yi Oa a 12)Jobn Smith............,._. 4 EB. W. Tinker......,-- : 7|William Crandall...” 1 GC. F. Babcock.....,....-. a\Georue Crandall 2... Ld u B, W.-Babcock....... nO AA 7|George Craudall, dr... ... : iy W. Horton took the first prize, W. Smith the second, and George Crandall the third. A sweepstake match for fiya pairs of ‘glass balls was next contested, and E, W. Tinker was awarded the $10. Prox. Wasutneton, D. C.—May 5!h.—Glass-ball shooting has he- come a popular amusement here. We shoot from a trap (or series of traps) that throws the balls in five different direc. tions; one to the right, one-half quartering to the right, one driver, one-half quartering to the left. and one to the latt; the shooter not to know which trap is to be sprang. I ive scores of those of our first matches: isy MAtToH, Conditions, 10 balls each, 18 yards rise, Mole0d, oc.-s-c oejc. coertte tose ens Oj Derrick ........241, : =s08 NTE Aes ties = vere ont 7, Tappan .... ty 7) TANKS. cs slccteleee ener chee Ment-ae BRST 5s - Parhritesea ae fies 2np Maron. Williams, . 4 ntgs Sees WTAOSOM, wa op uses as epee y weve bee Mills. er PLO IDE ETICR os 2 Lares corte etneccncds Le Norhous t sce et tela le Sti tenctcettaty a mew ell TAppal «sees. . ese Hs 35026 naeat apt Srp Maren, Breech-loading shot gua, Mills......- bd Joguist oe so OES go, G/ITANSON sees c eee en eee DeRviele yore a wie ee ae os 5Alexander ___. Williams Alexander ...,.. Terpundpies. sce seeteschieaese oes Al Mr. Mills won the gun, making 4 clean scoré on the tie. Messrs. Williams, Derritk, Kenly, Ferguson and Mills are somewhat celebrated as pigeon shats, Mr. Kenley haying di- Vided the first prize with Tom South of Kentneky at the Centennial Tournament. I think these scores will be inter- esting by way of tomparison between ball and pigoon shooting. Srorrsacan, —In a letter from J. CG, Done of La Grosse, Wis., of the ‘25th wlt., we find that the ducks have jumped that plave in their northern flight, bul pigeons have come in large num- bers; notwithstanding a severe snow storm waszraging, - _ > ae a a FOREST AND STREAM. The Fennel. THE WEBSTER SETTERS. : S° much interest has been manifested in everything con- nected with the brace of setters imported into this country by the great statesman, thal the following letter, which has never before been made public, will be read with interest, It was addressed by Mr, George W. Blunt, Har- bor Commissioner, to Dr. Fowler, of Orange, N. J., into whose possession we believe the Treuper dog passed, and who bred from him: New Yorr, April 10, 1874. My Dear Sm:—Rake and Rachel were bought in England in October, 1839; they were bought by Daniel Webster, who obtained them through Sir Henry Halford, the King's phy- sician. They arrived here in December, 1839, and were turned over to me, as Mr. W. got them by my request, Rachel was with pup and had thirteen pups. I distributed them among Mr. W.’s and my friends; the names I can- not remember. Treuper had one, M. C. Peterson one, Rake and Rachel were the genuine Duke of Gordon setters: the sire of them by different bitches was Regent, bought at Tattersall’s by the Harl of Chesterfield for seventy-five guineas, to breed from. I had the pedigree, it was equal to any of the F. F. Y.'s. Lkept the pair until January, 1842. Mr. Webster then sent for Rachel, she belonging to him, Rake tome. o From white Leghorn fowls, at $2 PB S==per doz Plymouth Rocks, $2.50. (P. Rocks Dickie’s strain), hen in want_of eg; from above stock, gharanteed pure, address D, GIL- Co., Pa. Correspondents marl 3mm erfully answered. Spontsmen’s Goods. Sportsmen's Emporium, 102 Nassau St., New York. Camping, Shooting and Fishing Tackle of eyery description, including Tents, Blankets, Rubber Goods, Miannel Shirts, ete. 80LE AGENTS IN NEW YORE FOR Captain Bogardus' Patent Roughed Glass Balls; Duncklee’s Camp Stoves; Boudren’s Jack, Dash and Fishing Lamps ; Bond's Fold- ing Boats; Fenner’s Trunk Boats; Sara J. McBride’s Standard Trout Flies; Holabird’s Celebrated Shooting and Fishing Suits of Duck, Corduroy, nud Fustian; Good's Moc- Casins; Holberton’s Fly Books, holding flies at full length. BLACK BASS. 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Portable Shooting or Tourist Houses built in Sec- tions, carried in a one-horse wagon, can be put together without the aid of a mechanic, and are far superior to tents. Plan as shown is 10. feet square and built of narrow pine, oiled itiside, painted outside, and trimmed with rustic work. Price, $135. Wainscoted 3 feet high, inside, $150, Hach house contaius a stowaway or open attic for holding sporting equipments, Xe. Plaus for Seaside Cottages; also, all kinds of Rustic Work, These houses can bo built more extensively and | elaborately if required. O’Buiny Bros., Yonkers, N. ¥. su Bois, Sportsmen's Goode. THE “BOSTON Mi SUIT NOW RECOCNIZED Hy) AS THE Standard Outtit FOR SPORTSMEN. Hach Garment Distinetly Marked: BOSTON SHOOTING SUIT, G. W. Simmons & Son, PRICE $13 Sample of Material AND CIRCULAR. ADDRESS: GW. SIMMONS & SON, “AK FALL,” BOSTON, MASS. 218 . FOREST AND STREAM. Sportsmen's Goods, PATENT CAMP STOEYS--4 SIZES: NO. 0 CAMP DIMENSIONS PACKED, 10 x12x 14, ia Ui WEIGHT 22 Las. COST $11 50 Qa OSXSISSL *parxaug-duing - “oN ‘OO Sis 3s0 ‘QT G8 9UTIOAN * I make a Kit similar to Ne. 0 without oven, weight 79 lbs, cost $10. These stoves are durable and give universal eatixfaction, Within three years over1,500 of these camp stoves have been sold. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. “et H. L. DUNCKLEE, Box 2710. Buston. For eale by MOLBERTON & BEEMER, 102 Nassau xtreet, N. Y. BARTON & CO, 337 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. Guns, Pistols, Pocket Cutlery, Fishing Tackle, &c. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. EBresch and Muzzle-Loading Shot-Gune, Sporting Equipments, and’ Ammunition of all kinds. FINE SPLIT BAMBOO FLY RODS. Rods and Reels for every varfety of Fishing. Waterproof Silk-Bralded Tapsr Vly Lines. Silk, Linen, and Cotton Fish Lines. Artificial Flies and Baits. Spinning Baits, Nets, etc. Artificial Plies tied to order, and every article in the trade supplied at short notice, MANUFACTURERS OF UNITED STATES ARMS CO. REVOLVERS. Kay’s Shot Cartridges, DUCKS AND SNIPE. HART'S METALLIC SHELLS, NICKEL CONE, Etc. 216 Market Street, Newark, N. J. £. THOMAS, J&., GUNS, PISTOLS, SPORTING GOODS, 174 South Clark Street, Chicago, Ill. ’ New York Mailing Agency. with latest improved Newspaper Folding and Mailing Machines. 13Spruce St.,4th docr from Tribune Buildings, JAMES BRADY, Manager snd Proprietor, Open dayandnight = - 4% 2 of a fishing Dackle. wee 2 ry ss ~ fH aa i : ee] - : cF# Sa § W ES ee \ a 8 So rF w) Loy \ 6 => § 2 kt \ ome eS eS q co Oo 8 N g | 5 | a Pere See) eG! bale: ak Sl Shae Ss bg v2 S 2 bb N g | N ss #8 go nc = > re . i—i N 4s on & i tol Qa wy N Ks 4 B : s Philadelphia Fishing Tackle House. 503 COMMERCE ST., PHILA. Holding Flies at Full Length, Bound in Fine HOLBERTON’S IMPROVED FLY BOOK. meee VESTSMRANY ULAR ETA UAIE SS Russia Leather. Holding One Gross of Flies, each.......s0ccaeseeeeeeeees Ssabedetandieereedevns Istpceesetaucene 'So'DU Soft Russia, holding Eight Dozen Flies.....,..-.-. . 5 00 Short, for Bass or Satmon Flies, holding Three Dozen. 3 50 Plain Léather, without Fly Holdera........ apace daseets - 1650 Sent by mail on receipt of P. O, order or draft. P. O. BOX 5109. “ May 10-1 W. HOLBERTON, 102 NASSAU ST., N.Y, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE FISHING TACKLE A SPECIALTY OF THE Celebrated Green Heart Wood for Amateur Rod Makers. Rod Mountings in Sets for fic, to $6.75. RODS, REELS, &c., REPAIRED. Shipley’s Self-Hooking Wlastic Snells, ‘catch every fish that bites.” Send for cample. For Trout on gut 10c. each, 75¢. per doz. For Bass on donble gut 12c, each, $1.00 per doz. on Paint Pp AINTING THE PATRONS’ PAINT OOM. s turing the INGERSOLL READY-M. BRUSIZES, and selling them at full trade discounts, delivering them freight paid, and. no money required until the goods are receitved—making them cheaper than even the material can be bought clsewhere. They are an absolutely pure article, possessing great endurance and brilliancy, and are giving great satis- faction all over theccuntry. We havea Patron friend who saved enough alone pmreh ete to pay his Grange expenses for a life-time, They also sell ROOF PAINT 30 percent, cheaper than any one else. all about painting te write and have sent free their book,.“ Hvery One His Own Painter.’ It willsave much money, whether you buy their Paint or not. Ad- rdess, 259 FRONT STREET, NEW YORK.--(from “ The Farmers’ Friend’) are manufac-~ ED PAINTS, and It is to the interest of Highest Premium at Centennial, 1876, and Franklin Institute, 1874. (CELLULOID PATENT.) Trolling and Click Reels. The finest Reels made light, durable and finely finished. Ask yourdealerforthem. _ GEORGE E, HART & Co., Newark, N. J. Refer to Dr. W. W. Ely, Kochester, N. Y,, anc Dr, J, R. Romeyn, Keeaville, N. Y. ju2otf. H. L. LEONARD, Manufacturer of Fine Fly, Bass, Salmon and Trout Rods fishing Cackle, CONROY, BISSETT & MALLESON, 65 Fulton St., N. Y. Foot South 8th St., Brooklyn, E. D. of Split Bamboo, or any desired material, ard Improved Light Reels. Sold by all principul dealers in fishing tackie through- out the United States. Bactorys : Six Strip Split Bamboo Every variety of Fishing Tackle ly Rods always on hand. Enamel all preseryed on the ARTIFICIAL FLIES TIED TO ORDER. outside, Nov23-tf Baneor, Maine. McBride Flies. Medal and Diploma from International Exhibitien Philadelphia, 1876, decreed for exceedingly neat werk with solidity of construction. A fine assortment of flies for trout, salmon and bass constantly on bund. $25 Each Formerly $40 Each, Quality Guaranteed. Alon canting dines Flies arefally pelecta for any ALSO locality. fs] promptly made to order from sn vattern desired. a dreas, 8 ARA J. MoBRIDE, Best Quality Ash and Lancewood umfora, Monroe co., N.Y. W. Holberton, Sole Agent for New York and vicinity. feb15-4m. ’ ET ly Ro as, German silver Mounted, $12 Each Formerly $17. 44> Dealers send for Trade Catalogue, =e Hallock’s Fishing Tourist. This work will be of great service at this season to anglers selecting localities for fishing, either for Trout or Salmon, For aale Ly Harper & Brothers, or at CARD. the office of Forest and Stream. Price $2. aplé Lt Dr. Fowier’s Cel ebrate dl Sk x Strip Bam- Genuine Haarlem Oil. baabrtrge KNOWN AS SYLVESTER'’S OVER 30 YEARS | el. The ee ea ctr mest rods in the mend, Best remedy for bladder, kidney and grayel dis- Favaie orders on erneeere BOAT for circu: onaoa. “Ws WAS Cae Ste ae a a FO R, Ithac X, eS re FS ae AN: MANUFACTURER OF Fine Fishing Rods, Reels, and Artificial Flies, AND DEALER IN FISHING TACKLE, Manchester, Vermont. Send for Descriptive Price Lists. Mention Forest AND STREAM. Improved and finished without cutting away the enam- ishing Tackle. ‘Sportsmen’s Depot. (HSTABLISRED 1836.) First preminm at World's Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition, . hy. JOHN KRIDER, N, KE. Cor Second and Walnut Sts., Philadelphia GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, FISHING TACKLE, RODS, REELS, LINES HOOKS, FLIES, LEADERS, SNOODS, ARTIFICIAL BAIT, FLY BOOKS. ETC., BTC. (Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies made to order. ALSO, “KRIDER'S” CELEBRATED CENTER ENAMEL SPLIT AND GLUED BAMBOO RODS. Birds' Egve and Birds’ Skinz in great varieties—Tax- idermy in all its branches, SPRATT'S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. Tepairing of all kinds, mari-ly J.B. CROOK & 00, IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF FISHING TACKLE, ,50 FULTON STREET, N. Y. Sole | FOREST AND STREAM. 219 ew Advertizements. Splendid Muzzle Loader Double-Barrel Rifle, iAvitare by Billinghurst of Rochester, N.Y. Tt was made fo order fora prominent sportsman inthe West, now deceased, at an expense of $150. It is in perfect order, and is a remarkably good shooter and is well Known as such. Price $75. Ingnire at this office. May 10-16. WO Brace of Su.ven Stra Szrren Pups for sale; perfect beauties ; white with black points. Warranted to make good working dogs the coming Fall. Address R. H. G., Box 199, sa an cts = ay i. ; ICTURESQUE AMERICA FOR SALE. 48 numbers, complete; cost $24, will sell for $15, Zeiw’s ATLAS OF THE WORLD, complete; handsomely bound. Cost $16, will sell for $8. . B. DERBY, May 10-1t. 448 Broadway, Albany, N.Y. CONLIN'’S NEW RIFLE GALLERY, -1,222 Broadway, between SIst and 32d Streets. OPEN DAY AND EVENING. c.c. & B. ZETTLER, GUNSMITHS AND RIFLE GALLERY, 207 Bowery, New York. GUN WANTED. A New or Second hand Breech-loaader, in exchange for Cigars at $30 to $90 per thousand. Address, with description, W. Lock Box 82, May 10-1t Hartford, Ct. Sportsmen's Goods. = —— SPORTING TROPHIES. PRIZE CUPS. THE Wilcox Silver Plate Co. Manufacturers’ Finest Quality r QUADRUPLE ELECTRO PLATE. FACTORIES + WEST MERIDEN, CONN. Show and Sales Rooms: 21 MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK. All the prizes fox thé great Chicago Dog and Poul- try Show were made by this Company. Liberal Discounts on Large Ordérs, EVERY BESCRIPTION OF Sporting Goods GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, and FISHING TACKLE, HUNTING and FISHING SUITS, CAMPING OUTFITS. Captain Bogardus’ Patent Glass Ball Traps. EVERYDHING REQUIRED BY SPORTSMEN. 4=- Send Stamp for Illustrated Catalogue. -@\ WASHBURN & CO., 66 John street, New York, E. H. MADISON, PRACTICAL GUNSMITH, 564 FULTON ST., BROOKLYN. Gun Stocks Straightened, Crooked, Lengthened, or Shortened to flf the shooter. Choke boring, full or modified, Taper Choke for thin muazles, and Moring for game shooting. Pistoi Grips fitted to shot guns and rifles; Lon Range Sights fitted to rifles; Shot for approximate elevations. — Repairs of Every Description done in an Honest manner at Reasonable Prices. Blueing, Caseshardening and Browning done for the trade. Sportsmen’s & Rifiemen’s Sundries iu of every style. Madisou's Browning Mixture in 6c aud $1,00 bottles, accompanied with directions for use Send stamp for replies to queri¢s appertaining to any of the above. : SHOT GUNS; REVOLVERS & RIFLES furnished to clnbs at wholesale prices. References from all the clubs of this city. Goods sent every- where C. 0, D. For Rifle Practice, DENNISON’S TARGETS, For all ranges from 25 to 200 yards. TARGET PASTERS & SCORE CARDS, Mdopted by numerous Rifle Clubs throughout the country, and by the Mass, Militia. Sold by Dealers in Sporting Goods TEN CENTS we will send by mail HUNDRED YARD TARGET, with, Cir- tair le: ad ‘Score Bastar, Oarde, Rod and Gun Depariment, Sportsmen's Goods. TO SPORTSMEN! Now Ready, Publications. In Press, and will be Published early indune. GLASS ‘BALL TRAP SPORTMAN'S GAZETTEER Superior lo any other in. the marieel. GENERAL GUIDE. THE GAME ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISHES OF NORTH AMERIOA;: THEIR HABITS AND VARIOUS METHODS OF CAPTURE. Tt will throw either ona or two balls, so that the shooter can fire at single or pairs of balls; will throw in any and every direction without moving the Trap ; and oan be easily changed to move fast or slow, a8 desired, from 20 to 40 yards, Weight of Trap, about 5 Iba, COPIOUS INSTRUCTIONS In SHoottne, FisHinc, TAXIDERMY, WoopcRAFT, Erc. Complete, with Pins, each 88. i - TOGETHER WITH A DIRECTORY TO THE PRINCIPAL GAME RESORTS OF THE COUNTRY; ILLUS- TRATED WITH MAPS, BY CHARLES HALLOCK, EDITOR OF ‘' FOREST AND STREAM ;"’ AUTHOR OF THE “FISHING TOURIST,” “ CAMP LIFE IN FLORIDA,” ETC, W. HOLBERTON, - PATENT APPLIED FOR. Sole Agent. 1o2 NASSAU STREET, P. O, BOX 6109. NEW YORE. May 10-1t Seydel & Co.’s Pocket Hammock, No. 1, Weight only 1} ]os. Bears 1,3001bs., price $4. A most Inxuriona Conch, Seat, Swing, &c. NEW YORE: “FOREST and STREAM” PUBLISHING COMPANY, AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, AGENTS, GENERAL CONTENTS. PART I. Game ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA, Game Brrps oF NortTH AMERICA, Gamer Fise ov. NogtH AMERICA: Eastern Coast Fishes. Northern Inland Fishes. Inland Fishes of the West and Northwest. Pacific Coast Fishes, Inland Fishes of the South and Southwest. Southern Coast Fishes. Does ustp ror-Srorr: ‘Their Different Varieties; Training and Man- agement; Diseases and Remedies. Forest, FIELD AND PRAIRIE: Guns and Ammunition for Different Kinds of " Game ; Hints and Recipes for Gunners ; De- coys, Blinds, and other Devices. OoEAN, LAKE, AND RIVER: Art of Dressing Artificial Flies; Instruction in Fly Fishing; Rods, Lines, and Lures; Hints and Recipes. Sportina Boats anD CANOES: Rules tor Sailing Boats; Useful Suggestions in Buying, Repnuiring, etc, WoopDcraFt: Expedients in Emergencies; Hints and Re- cipes for Camp and Crnise. : INSTRUCTION IN TAXIDERMY. BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR SPORTSMEN. DEALERS’ AND OUTETLTERS' Lisy, INDEX. Circulars may be had by sddressing McCOY & CO., 134 and 136 Duane St., N. Y. Publications, JUST OUT. The Third Edition of DOMECTICATED TROUT. Revised and Enlarged. BY LIVINGSTON STONE. “Itisthe most complete guide to the art of Trout raising ever published.”— Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass. © The best book on Tront culture.’’— Live Stock Journal, New York. «©We can desire nothing more.”—, Germantown Telegraph, Philadelphia, Pa. «An admirable and standard work,”— Mining and Sotentific Press, 8an Francisco, Cal, pleat PART II. A SportsmEn's DIRECTORY TO THE PRINCIPAL RESORTS FOR GAME AND FisH IN NorTH AMERICA, May 10-46 rY ' ’ wi Camp Lie fof 4 By CHARLES HALLOCK,' AUTHOR OF THE FISHING TOURIST. A VALUABLE BOOK. ERANK SCHLEY’S American Pariridge and Pheasant Shooting. Describing the Haunts, Habits and Methods of Hunting and Shooting the Amrntcan Partripes Qou4it. Rurrep Grovsz, PHEASANTS, with direc- tion: for Handling the Gun, Hunting the Dog, and Shooting on the Wing. Price $2. Liberal discount tothetrade, Address PRANK SCHLEY, Frederick City, Ma febls-1f Seed Time Cometh! Our twenty-fourth edition of the Flower and Kitchen Gartdeu Directory, Illustrated, for 1877.18 now ready for distribution, embracing a complete List of the Best Standard Boston Market Varieties of Vegetable Seeds, and the most beautiful of Flower Seeds, and other Horticaltural Requisites; it will be forwarded free to all former customers, and others on applicution. CURTIS & COBB, recently removed to 11 Avon 8t., Boston, Masa. Published by Forest and Stream Pub- . lishing Co., No, 17 CHATHAM STREET, NEW YORK, And for sale by all booksellers. Sent by mail, post- age prepuid, on receipt of price $1.50 at offies of pnb- lication, Modern Qbservations on Rifle Shooting, WITH ANIMPROVED . SYSTEM OF SCORE BOOK, and including silicste slate for use on the range (all in green tint). PRICE, entire.....-....+.+ Wernspsasacecegeseces $1 00 The treatise ia the first attempt on the modern basis,and the slate and system of score diagrams are indorsed by every rifleman who has seeu them. Address the author and publisher, EDWIN A, PERRY, 664 Fulton street, Brooklyn. N. Y. ATTENTION RIFLEMEN! The “FOREST & STREAM” New Hand-Book for Riflemen. Rules for Practice and Competition. Practical Hinte concerning Ranges, Targets, Scoring, Rifles, Shoot ing, etc. Formsfor Organization of Rifle Associa tions, By-Laws, and a Iiifie Associations in America, Illustrated with Maps, Sketches, and Diagrams, By Masor Geo. O, Stang, Secretary American Rifle As- sociation. b 1 vol. 18mo, cloth, Price 50 cents, Sold by all bookeellers, or Mailed, postpaid, on re- ot “fe price, by J. B, FORD & CO., New York, m2 Ennyowder. ORANGE POWDER. Send for pamphlet showing sizes of the grain THE California Horticulturist AND FLORAL’ MAGAZINE, EK. J. HOOPER, Eprror. xO ‘) ee best periodical published on the Pacific by wood-cut. Sent free by the LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO,, 26 Murray Street, New York. P.O. Box 2,308. English Sporting Gunpowder. CURTIS & HARVEY' DIAMOND GRAIN. ‘Nos. 2, 3,4, 5,6,7 and 8. Superior Rifle, Hofield makes it additionally attractive to Sportsmen. Terms, $2,50 per annum, : Published by John H. Carmany & Co., , 409 Washington Street, San Francisco, Pon Coder n pet, Ne Xe Gunpowder. ORIENTAL POWDER MILLS MANUFACTURERS. L-KINDS OF GUNPOWDER Office--13 BROAD 8T., BOSTON. BRANDS---DIAMOND GRAIN. FALCON DUCKING. WESTERN SPORTING _ WILD FOWL SHOOTING. aio Mining and Blastin®, A. & B. The “Oriental” powder is equal to any made; no expense is spared to make the best, BRANCH OFFICES, J. G. Munro, Agent, 19 Exchange St., Butfalo, N.Y. Cobb & Wheeler, Agents, 9 State St., Chicago, IN. C. J. Chapin, Avent, 218 Locust Sr., St. Louis, Mo. Agencies in the principal cities in the United States. danj1-ly. DITTMAR POWDER WORKS MANUFACTURERS OF Titan Powder, Dualin, Rifle, and Shot-Gun Powder. 175 WASHINGTON ST,, BOSTON, MASS. The attention of Riflemen and Sportsmen is called to the Rifle and Shot-Gun Powder which Mr. Dittmar has succeeded in bringing to a state of perfection. For cleanliness, pattern, penetration, range, uniform- ity, little smoke, recoil, ieport,and heating of barrel in rapid firing, this powder is nnsurpassed. z If this powder becomes wet by exposure, it can re- main so for anylength of time without injury, it beitfig just as good after drying as before. The Dittmar Titan Powder and Dnalin, for blasting and mining purposes, are how in general use, and stand at the head ofthis kind of explosives. Mar.29tf BRANCH OFFICES: THOMSON & SON, 301 Broadway, New York. JOHN P. LOYELL & SON, Washineton St., Boston. W. A. CLARK, 4th and Walnut Sts,, Cincinnati. JOHN E. LONG & CO,, 110 Woodward Ave., Detroit. A, M, ESDAILE, 17 Common St., Montreal, Canada. The Hazard Powder Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Gunpowder. Hazard’s ‘“‘Dlectric” Powder. Nos, 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of strength and Cleanliness. Packed in square canis- tera of 1 1b. only. Hazard’s ‘‘American Sporting.” Nos. 1 (fine) 4 (coarse). In 1b. canisters ant 3} 1b. kegs. A fine yrain, quick and clean, for upla: d and prairie shooting, ~ Well adapted to short gun. Hazards “Duck Shooting.” ? Nos, ! (fine) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 Jb. canister and 6} and 12} lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very clean, agg remarkably closc, and with great enetration, For fleld, forest ana water shooting ff ranks any other brand, and it is eyaally seryicea- ble for muzzle or breech loader, Hazaord’a “‘Hentuchy Rifle,” FRFG, FFG, and “Sea Shooting’ FG, in kegs of 25 12}, and 64 Ibs. and cans of 5 lbs. FFG ig also packed in 1 and } 1b. canisters. Burns strong ana moist. The FFG and FFG are favorite brands for ordinary sporting, and the “Sea Shooting” FG is the standard Rifle powder of the country. SBPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER, GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW- DER; ALSO SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MAN- UFACTURED TO ORDER. The above can be had of dealers, or of the Compa- ny’s agents in every prominent city, or wholesale at our office SS Wall Street. New York. Qrange Sporting Powder. ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER, The strongest und cleanest Powder made. Nos. to 7, packed only in sealed 1 1b. canisters. The coarser sizes (higher numbers) especially are recommended to owners of fine breecn-loading guns, giving great penetration with very slight recoil. ORANGE DUCKING POWDER, For water fowl. Very strongand clean. Nos. 1to 5. Packed in metal kegs of 6} Ibs. each, and in canik- ters of 1 and 5 lbs. ORANGE RIFLE POWDER, The beat fo- rifles and for all ordinary purpores: Sizes Fig. FF.g, FFI.g, the last being the finest, Packed in wood and metal kegs of 26 [be., 12) 1hs, and 6} lbs,, and in canisters of 1 1b. and } 1b. All of the above Rive high velocities and lesa resiau tm than any other brands made, BLASTING, MINING, AND SHIPPING POW DER OF ALL GRADES AND SIZES PACKED I WOOD OR MBTAL KEGS OF 25 LBS. SAFETY FUSE AND ELECTRICAL BLASTING APPARATUS. LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co., 26 Murray St., N. Y. Sole yes and manufacturers of the celebra ed O GE brand of GUNPOWDER. Rifle, and Col. Hawker’s Ducking, W. STIT?', 61 . AH, i a h . for the 0) aly 4 Btston, mended and used by Capt. A. H. BOGARD S, the 1 4 masa | Sas Wing Shot of the World,” adi i _". BALLARD RIFLE. Recoil One-half that of any Other SAPHR THAN AVY OTHER. Perfect Shooting ynaruntesd by using the EVERLASTING STRAIGHT SHELL, ONE WILL LAST A LIFETIME. SCHOVERLING & DALY, 84 and 86 Chambers Street, New York. ’ W. & C. SCOTT & SON’S. First Prize Medal and Diploma awarded Centennial Exhibition, fore cellence of workmanship and material in their Premier Quality and me- dium grades. Their New Patent Triplex Leyer Grip Action and Com- pensating Lump. The attention of sportsmen is requested to the above new action. Its superior strength and solidity impart greatly improved shaot- ing powers. Hard hitting, being the desideratum required, is obtained by this powerful gun. Prices of the New Triplex Lever Grip, $175, $225 to $400, Marked the Triplex 10-bores extra. Our SEND FOR CATALOGUE, Marr, Field and Parm” Badge Wan Three | -aSuuy 3104S “1¥O-0F PXETTEG v Aq sour 7 This action (The Triplex Lever Grip) combines in the highest degree strength and simplicity, and must rapidly secure the favor of all who test its merits, COMPENSATING LUMP. Strongly recommended, on every gun, Costs about p10 extra. Uboke-bores, medium or full. dealers in the trade only. PREMIER GUN WORKS, Birmingham, Englard Capt Bogardus’ Patent Glass Ball Trap © It is invaluable, and should be ordered Our guns to be had of the principal THE BEST FOR PRACTICE EVER MADE. Any one who can break these BALLS snccessfully can be- come a good wing shot. For Sale by the Trade. Manufactured by Geo. E. Hart & Co., 363 MARKET STREET, Newark, N. J. az Sole Agent for the Manufaeture and sale of Bogardus’ Patent Glass Balls for trap shooting. TRADE SUPPLIED. Peabody-Martini Breech-Loading Rifles. Military, Target, and Sporting. CREEDMOOR PAPTERN 2,000,000 service charges fired from 400,000 of these rifles at our works without accident. 20,000 rounds fired from a single gun without injury to the mechanism, or in the least impairing the accuracy of its shooting. Centennial Commission Report-on Awards—Peabody-Martini Rifles: “*As a military arm combinins strength, simplicity, high. quality of workmanship, ease of manipulation, with accuracy and rapidity of fire; using a central fire metallic cartridge, and éjecting the discharged shell unfailingly.” . ‘The Peabody-Wartini Mid-Range Rifles, victorious at the Centennial Short-Range Match, at Creedmoor, Sept, 12, 1876, distance 200 yards, off-hand ; 120 competitors. Members of the American and all the foreign feams participating. Only two Peabody-Martini Kifles entered, winning first prize, $100 cush and gold medal; and 4th prize, $26 cash and gold medal. Send for ilustrated catalogue and price-list. PROVIDENCE TOOL CO., PROVIDENCE, R.1.,U.S. A. - ‘New Model Breech-Loading Rifle. REDUCTION IN PRICE TO MEET THE TIMES. THIS IS THE “ALLEN” BREECH-LOADING RIFLE so widely lmown. We havs Remodeled it, and make them{fore her Rim or Central Fire Cartridges. We desire to call the attention of Dealers, and th® sporting community to this Arm. Itbeing one ofthe firat Cartridge Breech-Loading Rifles mv: nted in this country, and being 80 well known, itneeds no special Jaention on our part to bring it to Ine notice of the public. For qualily of workmanship it is not surpassed, and for accuracy of shooting, which is the paramonnt quality of a gun, we will challenge all other makers. We make them of the following calibres, viz:: 22-100, 32-100, 48-100 and 44-100. We make a specialty in our 22-100 for gallery practice. and probably no rifle in the country can equal it for that purpose. Our prices are very ee eee FOR ILLUSTRATED PRICE LIST AND CIRCULAR. Address, ; Sey ; ‘6 FOREHAND & WADSWORTH, Worcester, Mass. _ FOREST AND STR EAM. : 7 Paper and Metallic Shells i * 5 \ | We 7 Breech Loading Shot Guns, jai Mannfsctured by the 7 UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE C6,, BRIDGEPORT, CONN ~*~ THE STURTEVANT SHELLS are the easiest roloaded. Do not have to unscrew the head nor use an awl to remove the exploded caps. THE PATENT MOVABLE ANYILS, | made of steel wire, will not bend or break. | THE BERDAN PATENT SHELLS, new model, with Hobbs’ patent, waterproof primers, never mise fire, and are bighly prized by all that have used them. | APHR SHELLS,—By repeated experiments and great | outlay for improved materials, and machinery made ex- ‘iilf ressly for the purpose, we can now warrant onr BROWN = APER SHELLS equal to any imported. They are sure fire, and will not burst in the TET n. pies of any of the oltre in sporting materials for the U. M. C. Co.'s Shells. Not sold at retail by the mannfacturers. dee23 tt Hart's Sportsman’s Favorite Metallic. Shells, | FOR BREECH-LOADING SHOT-GUNS Those shells are easily loaded, and the caps easily extracted from inside. Head solid and much thicker than any shell now made, giving a solid seat for cone or anvil, which prevents it from driving through or springing away, thereby cansing miss-fires. The Gone is made of nickel, and fastened solid in its place, Neither rusts nor corrodes fast, like movable anvil made from steel. The Nickel Cone also prevents miss-fire when a cap has been left on shell for a few days, which is liable to occur either in steel or iron. These shell are finely finished, and made any length ordered, from 245 to 314 inches. Shells and Loaders and Descriptive Price-Lists can- be obtained from all the leading Sportsmen's Houses throughout the country. GEORGE E, HART & CO., Newark, N. J. From Captain Bogardus, Champion Wing Shot of America. Messrs. Grorce E, Harr & Co,: Gentlemen—The fifty shells I receiyed from you to-day suit me better than any I haye ever used. They are stronger and better in every respect, and I shall use them in all my shooting hereafter. Yours truly, A. H. BOGARDUS, CREEDMOOR Lone-Range, Wind Gauge, and Vernier Sichis. AART’S SPORTSMAN’S FAVORITE Metallic Shells. MANUFACTURED BY" GEO, EF. HART & CO., Newark, N. J. ju20-t? NEW GUN ESTABLISHMENT, Where can be found all kinds of GUNS, both BREECH and MUZZLE LOADERS. PISTOLS, PARLOR RIFLES, AIR PISTOLS, POW- DER, SHOT, CAPS, CARTRIDGES, SHELLS, FISH- ING TACKLE, and everything appertaining to a first-class esiablishment. Lefever Breech-Loaders a Specialty. REIP & CO., 835 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore. bapliy Improved Climax Oreaser, Loader, Cap-Expeller and Shell Extractor, with Heversible Loading and Creasing Cylinder. Price, $2 50. Address Ww. B. 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At the end of if one my friends had seven brace, the other six brace, but the choke had 1614 brace. J adwisedly say the choke, for Lam convinced that the gun aloné was the canse of my overtopping my friends by so large a numb I measured that day three successive shots, 65, 7 and 62 yards, and I huve decided to use nothing bu the choke-bore for the future, for I consider choke-boring to be ono of the greatest improvemen) ande on.the sporting gun in modern times." . . The Champion Triple-Wedge Fass Gu has mado the best shooting at game ever known. will stand 10 drachms of powder in the paper shell, Devoted To Qut-door Recreation and Study. GAME Proruction, Fish Cuonrorn, Naturan Wisrory, Pressryarion or Formsrs, Kimnum Practice, Yacntiya, BoAtina, THa KENNEL, AND SPoRTs OF ALL Kiyps Terma, Four Dollars & Year, Ten Cents s Copy. f For Forest and Stream THE TROUT BROOK. ———— OU see it first near the dusty road, Where the farmer stops with his heavy load At the foot of a weary hill; There the mossy trough it overtlows, Then away with a leapand a laugh it goas Atits own sweet, wandering will. ¥ It flows through an orchard gnarled and old, Where in spring the dainty buds unfold “Their patala pink and white; The apple blossomeso sweet and puro, The streamlet’s smiles and songa allure, _ Lo flout off on the ripples bright. It winds through the meadow scarcciy seen, For o'er it the flowers and grasses lean ‘Lo salute its siniling face. And thus, half hidden, it ripples along, The whole way singing its summer song, Making glid each arid place. Just there, where the water dark and cool Lingers a moment in yonder pool, The dainty trout are at play; And nowand then one leaps in sight, With sides aglow in the golden light Of the long, sweet summer day, O back to theirshelves those books consign, Aud look to your rod and reel and line, ‘Make fast the feathered hook; Then away from the town, with its hum of life, Where the air with worry and work is rifa, To the charms of the meadow brook, OaRL Wantnc. For Forest and Stream. Zake Superior in 1860, [Continued from May 10th] HEN daylight broke after we left Marquette, there was nothing to be observed in the character of the scenéry more than we had seen on our way from Grand Island, and the weather being somewhat disagreeable we re- mained the greater part of the time within the cabin. We hud for a fellow-passenger the Rey. Mr, Shaw, whose ac- quaintance we had made in Marquette, He was the Method- ist missionary to the Indians at L’Anse—pronounced Lonee— # yillage on a bay of the same name, which is an extension of Keweenaw Bay. Having seen in the medical journals that an attempt made by the United States agent who distributed the annuities nt L'Anse this year had failed to draw from the Indians any information regarding the medicinal prop- erties ascribed by them to plants—they regarding it as an attempt to rob them of their religion—I deemed the oppor- tunity a good one for informing myself on such subjects, and accordingly deyoted my time to Mr. Shaw and an In- dian on board who could speak English freely. Myr. Shaw was quite communicative, and having succeeded—as he be- lieved—in conyerting some of their ‘‘medicine men,” he had in his possession some three or four of their medicine bigs or talismans, which they use much in the cure of disease, From him [ receiyed much interesting inforination with re- gard ‘to the superstitions of the Chippeways. The Indian on board was not inclined to be communicative at first, but after a time IT encountered him ina quiet place all alone, and on making another attempt, prefaced by a few segars (Ill Bay Nothing of a dram of iskidewatoo"), [found him toler- ably willing toconverse. From these two sources I obtained the following account of their sytem of medicine: Medicine and theology with them are inseparable; the medicine man is a priest, physician and a philosopher. The common Indians suppose that their medicine men are familiar with all the healing virtues of eyery plant that grows; butit is not likely that they know much more of those things than some of the laity, for they receiye little or no tuition from the older priests on anything like Medical Botany, their admission to the fraternity depending more upon their performance of certain cerenionies, by which they are to haye their spiritual qualities more fully de- ‘yeloped. When a person desires to become a medicine man his first step is to obtain the consent of the other members of the profession; but that for seyeral reasons—a prominent one being the avoidance of a superabundanve of doctors—is not easily obtained. If he suvweeds, howeyer, his next step is to offer sacrifice, and this is done alone in the wilderness. He is to lie and watch his sacrifice until he dreams of some one of several animals which are named to him by his” teachers, During this watching he must fast NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1877. 1 to the crayings of hunger, and others are reported to haye starved themselves to death, Having dreamed of one of the designated animals, he is then to obtain the skin of that one, from which he manufactures his medicine bag. There are other ceremonies to be performed, with regard to which the manner of proceeding is not always the same. This medicine bag is not designed to hold medical plants, but to become the repository of innumerable odds and ends of per- haps a thousand different things which are supposed to have a magic influence oyer disease, and not only disease, but over men and things in general. These talismanic ob- jects are differentin different bags, and depend in great measure upon the conjectures of the individual medicine man, although there are some few things which they appear to regard as necessary toformanucleus. I forgot to men- tion some of the animals from whose skins medicine bags are made. They are generally quadrupeds, as the bear, beaver, otter, etc. Their contents are stated as yarious, as a boar's tooth, the tip of the ear of a deer, the claw of a beayer, certain parts of a sturgeon, pieces of entrails, or viscera of various animals, a crooked nail, pieces of copper and other metals, various kinds of small stones and shells, the claw of a crab, yertebra of a fish, small bits of wood, fur, ete., from different trees and quadrupeds; these are enough to mention as illustrations, The filling of the bag may not be completed for years, for the medicine man fills it by adding to it during his whole life, there being but few things in it when he first sets outin practice. The final initiation, or as we may call it, the conferring of his degrees, is of conrse accompanied with what they con- sider imposing ceremonies. Their manner of treating a diseased patient is generally first to give him infusions or powders of such medicinal plants as they think will be beneficial. If these do not effect a cure, the doctor administers more of the same or other kinds, and uses incantations to promote their efficacy, One thing indispensable is, that the Medicine Man shall eat during the whole or the greater part of the time that the patient is being medicated. For this purpose the patient is obliged to furnish whatever the doctor desires to eat or asks for; and in doing this, the patient frequently disposes of all the little property he may be possessed of to obtain the edibles which the Medicine Man calls for, Occasionally, in severe cases, a consultation of these medico-priests is held. After examining the patient, and ascertaining that the more ordinary modes of procedure have proved unayailing, they may decide on subjecting him toa psychological course of treatment; in other words, to cure him by their united powers of conjuration. For this purpose they form a ring, and place the sufferer in the center; they then walk around the circumference of the circle, and using certain incanta- tions, point their medicine bags at him, and, after a time, perhaps effect a cure. You may smile at the thought of a eure being thus wrought, but itis not the less true that, by their magic, they sometimes produce wonderful effects; thus, by merely pointing their medicine bags ata patient standing in the ring, they can render a limb powerless, or perhaps make him fall asif shot. The immediate cause is, of course, the patient's owm imagination, but as that cause would not haye been so excited without their performances, it is only common justice to regard them as the producers of the cure when it results, asit sometimes does, Amn Indian is an imaginative and superstitious being. Two years since (1874), while in a billiard-room in Elk Rapids, two of us sat down to a card-table, and soon caused the phenomenon known as ‘table-tipping.” Some Indians stood by, but when we left the table and it began to follow us, they bolted for the door; from that time it was impossible to get one to shake hands with us; but a half-breed asked my friend if he could not cure him of rheumatism, to which he jokingly said, placing his hand on the yictim’s shoulder: ‘There, now, just toddle off and fill up with iskidewauboo, and I guess you will come out all right!” ‘The fellow did as was told, for he procured whiskey enough to get drunk, and between his faith and the whiskey his rheumatism was cured, much to P,’sastonishment. Truly, faith works wonders ! As on instance of what may be generally expected of them in any disease of an obscure character, [will relate an inci- dent communicated by Mr, Shaw. His interpreter, a con- verted Indian, was taken rather suddenly with a pain in his thigh and cotsequent lameness, although no cause could be assigned for the disease, and no lesion could he discovered by the eye. Mz, Shaw supposed it to be a rheumatic affec- tion, and «aidvised him to use such remedies as he (Mr, Shaw) thought beneficial, but all were without the desired | without pmeudiaent, thgnat his health continued good, _ ee ; i % _— all also, so that some who attempt the feat fail by giving way effect. Other means were employed, and weeks passod Volame 8, Nomber 15, No. 121 Fulton Sirevet, N. ¥. After some time he conjectured that he was bewitched, and he clandestinely applied to a medicine man. The latter took his magic diagnosticator (which was nothing more than a colored pebble), and after looking through it, he gravely informed the patient that he saw two worms and astone in his limb. This confirmed the patient in his belief of the slaill of the doctor, and thereupon engaged him to remove the foreign bodies. After x long course of meditation and conjuration, the doctor could only extract one of the worms, and the patient being but little better he despaired and demanded counsel. Two other medicine men were accord- ingly called in, and after proper deliberation the oldest and largest took the stone, and looking through it examined the diseased limb. Horror of horrors! He discovered the re- maining worm, three stones, and a large piece of iron! No wonder the poor fellow was lame. Hach of the other snges in turn examined the limb, and of course they would not acknowledge blindness, so each confirmed the statement of the “big man,” Then came the grave question—theé probabilities of cure. The big man having given such evidence of ability, was the one to decide the point, and on his expressing fayorable hopes the patient was turned over to him. Aftera trial of a few weeks the grent Medicine Man succeeded in removing one of the stones, but the remaining two, with the worm and piece of iron, resisted all his attempts at extraction. A united attempt by the whole fraternity was therefore resolved upon, but the interference of Mr. Shaw terminated the whole affair, No. V. Though I intended to haye your readers trayel with me around Keweenaw Point, and along the coastto Ontonagon, visiting the copper mines and discussing the natural resources, physical peculiarities and social attributes of the country and its inhabitants, [find my notes in such con- fusion that I have abandoned the idea of arranging them for the present, owing to lack of time. A little later they shall be forthcoming; meantime, with your permission, I will take the Pormst AND STREAM, its readers and myself, back some sixteen years and write you a couple of winter letters from Marquette, the material for which is culled from old letters of your humble servant. Tourists seldom winter in the Upper Lake region, but I found it conducive to health and not disagreeable, Of the doings I refer you to the letters: ’ Manquerre, Laxk Superior, Dec. 22, 1860, Mx. Eprror ;—I wish yous Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ! Alittle in adyance of the time, indeed, but you will find it in good time enough, probably, before it reaches you. We have to do such things in the Arctic Regions a little be- fore the real time; this 1s ‘taking time by the forelock” in order that the sentiment may get thawed out by or before its arrival with you. Did you ever hear of words freezing so that when men stood on the street in conyersation their words congealed, as uttered, and fell at their feet to such a degree that after twenty minutes’ conyersation a man might be said to be up to his knees in his own eloquence? Well, such is about the condition of things here, and has been, with the exception of about cighteen hours, ever since I returned here last month. During all the time—nearly five weeks—the mercury has been down to, or below, zero. Hyen now—while I write—I send you but avery small letter, yet, by the time it reaches your more temperate climate the heat will haye soexpanded it that the wrapper will be open at the end! Now, friend Hallock, be so kind as to put the com- positor in a cold room while he sets this up, or you may not find room for it after its dilution. This would he a capital place to send some of the old puritanical sermonizers; their long-winded expositions would, in this temperature, be- come concise discourses. This would be nearly the only appropriate part of the country to send for perusal that Alexandrine work—The Cousl Survey. It would here become a mere two-and-six-penny duodecimo. Wonderful, indeed, is the condensing effect of cold illustrated up this way. At Portage Lake, where the temperature is a few degrees lower than here, its effects are yisible on Old Father Time himself, This week has been so contracted that, as I am audibly in- formed, they haye no Sabbath left, but still adhering to old forms, the people yet deyote a seventh part of the week to ‘killing time !” P When here Jast August I was in love with the place; and that must have been true love, for its course, it is said, ‘never did run smooth.” My yoyage here on the ‘Planet,” last month, was forcibly illustrative of thatadage, During our passage we had to throw all our freight overboard to appease tho hungry sea, and even that did not satisfy the monster, for on his own account he took possession of both our sinoke-stacks and apart of the upper cabin, We barely escaped his capacious maw by thus sacrificing to him some thousands of dollars’ worth of provisions. The steamer Cleveland, which was in our wake when the storm com- menced, had also to throw over her deéck-load and part of that in her hold. aiperreas, looks.dull here now, there being nothing but wind upon the lake, and the cars haying, stopped ruoning on the roailroad. There are but few horses here, compara- tively, and you will mot wonder when you know hoy is « /- | “A ~ ll —" — i a a — worth sixty dollars per tons The mines are wrought during the winter with about the same force as in summer, but no ore is brought down. The miners are seldom here, there being stores, hotels, saloons, ete,, at Negaunee—the village of the mines, We get a mail once a week through by Bay de Noguet. The luambermen of Bay de Noquet have shan- ties in forty miles in this direction, and there is a road the greater part of the way from here to the shanties, so that with the exception of somé sixteen or eighteen miles, I be- lieve, there is a kind of road for the mail carrier, Who uses a horse and jumper or pung; that part of the route where a horse is not available dogs and toboggins are used to carry j the mail-bags. It takes letters about twelve duys to reuch us from Detroit. Notwithstanding, the apparent dullness of the place, the people keep up considerable social activity in the way of parties for dancing, parties for euchye, parties for fishing—the finny tribe bemg caught in Dead River through holes in the ice—and lectures before the Literary ind Scientitic Society, not to mention the excitement of riding down hill on hand-sleds every evening. At the latter item you may be inclined to smile, but if here, you would seenmot merely boys and girls, bot inll-grown and married Jadies and gentlemen indulging in the sport. There is a long hill, up which the principal street runs its whole length, about three-eighths of a mile, and for two or three hours every evening you may see the excitement, in which in your younger days you may haye worn away the amplest part of your indispensables, and indulged in with many extras and keenest relish; and why should we not romp and run, and danve and shout, and feel like school-boys once more? Shut out from the world, and in by ourselves, we lave none of the political and iimancial panics which trouble you to Inake Our hearts heavy and our pockets ight. If we have only enough to last tillspring, we need not borrow trouble. Let the money panic shake down the heaviest houses im Detroit or New York, what care we even if they be our creditors? They cannot send their processes and their drummers to compel us to make assignments, or to take away our means before spring; and spring is atar off. We are clear of your sheriffs and your duns, and your twin huiig?s till then. What care we if the political panic throw stujap orators into spasms, or give statesmen the colic, or the States themselves such an emetic that they throw up the Constitution? You cannot call militia from here before spring; and we don’t care a fig for the fuss, but think that i8 likely as not the whole trouble will be over before we have anything to say about it. ‘Thus, perched upon our hand- sleds, we sweep down upon and past you, shouting—*‘Clear the way !—look out for your shins !—tire away !—whew !” Si y what you like, we are the nearest to philosophers of any 2 Michigan, and like old Falstaif, wesay, ‘‘A plague on tins Liouble, it blows up a man like bladder; clap to the doors, hostess!” Shut out. trouble, shut out bills, bailitis and recruiting sergeants, and bring on the hand-sleds! There aremiore ways than hand-sleigh riding by which men get capsized among you of the lower world, I'd rather getatoss from a hand-sled any day than irom a political hobby. Andoh, what a tumbling there is going on all over the Union at present among the holders and seekers of the loaves ond fishes! Some of them go quite as much heels- over-head in the gutter as we do in the snow banks. We, Indeed, wear out a part of our pantaloons, but in many of their cages the destruction is carried still further, and I fear the coat skirts will not lide the damage. After sliding down we seramble lack again to the hill top, but they, poor fellows, hayé taken their last slide. The people here talk polities, of course, but there does not seem to be any great concern about the matter, In fact, [think the Bureh divorce case caused more talk than the political panic. The Repmwh- livans here are, I suppose, like those of other places, silently rolling up their sleeves for a plunge into the official dish. The Democrats here, as elsewhere, ran a kind of fusion ticket, thus virtually giving up the name; they can hardly be said to have any politics left, but are like old Mayor B , who some your's avo, “out West,” ran as wn independent candi- date. During his canvassing tour, while making a stump- speech, some one in the crowd called ont, '**2——, what are your politics?” “Gentlemen,” responded the Mayor, ‘I have no politics.” ‘No polities !’’ rejoined the other, “No, gentlemen,” suid he, “nota d d politic.” The Democrats up here have become somewhat like Mayor B—. ‘Talking of the ups and downs of tumbles from the white snow banks, and tuinbles from the “White House,” prompts me to give you an accountof atumble ‘in real life,” as lunderstand it. I had occasion to-day to ride out some six miles; and after putting on as many coats and wrappers as would convert a Yankee into an alderman, I repaired to the livery stable and had a steed eaparisoned and attached to what had once been an elegant Cutter, That it was old Was no disparagement in my eyes, as lam noted for my an- tiquarian proclivities; the organ of veneration is naturally laraze (Mowler says so; so, of Course, it’s true) in the heads of our English progenitors; and we inherit that just as we do the quality of ‘‘brag,” thougi perhaps we beat them a ittle in the latter. Wereverence age—large exceptions here, of course—and wecling with affection to an old hat, coat (generally for cogent reasons), or pair of boots, particnlarly im the latter case if we are d— blessed with corns. But to lenve those tender points and recur to our vehicle. I really prized the outfit highly. The cutter was long, and my whip was short—a mere stub. ‘The livery man had evidently mis- liken me for aluwyer, and given mean opportunity to in- dulge my favorite habit of ‘making points;” for at each stroke Linade at the horse my stub of a whip fell short of the mark, and Imerely ‘‘madeapoint” at him. He agp- peared to understand the matter, and took it coolly, merely taking a jig-jog gait, and pointing his caudal nttachinent of meas I pointed my whip st him. We got through and be- gan to return, but [ could not endure the indignity offered fome by the easy-mannered animal; so, hendmg reveren- tially (réevengefully, I mean) upon my knees in the front of the cubber, I proved to him that I could upply my points at fimes. Away he flew like the wind, Iapplying the vis a leryo until having given him what I supposed sufiicient im- petiis to carry him and me home, Trose; thecutter bobbed: T soused into my seat, fud carried seat and back over behind the eufter, I hung on for dear life, and called to him in ac- cents of earnestness to—whoa! Repeated entrenty, coupled with expressions of the powerful attachment which bound him to the vehicle, and the cords of affection which I held in such tenacious yiasp in my hands, eventually prevailed upon lim to suddenly slacken his pace. A moment's reflee- tion was sufficient for the sagacious animal, and a most pow- erful conviction of ‘his heedlessness must haye at ones pos- sessed him; for he not only stopped going forward, but actually retreated with such rapidity that my head, which had betore nearly touched the ground, now actually collided with it, my heels bemg yet upon the back of the cutter. Another Innge of the, conscience-stricken animal backward, oe and my legs were doubled over my head, so that my ten in- ferior digits pointed heayenward; and I was fast being not merely everted, but eyen in the wayof being retroyerted. Whether Man was syer intended to assume this position when he wished to decide with preternatural rapidity, or whether the fire which flashed from my eyes illumined my course, or whether the pressure of the cutter against me suddenly expressed my sentiments, or not, I shall leave physiologists to decide, Certain it is, however, that I in- stantly adopted the proper course at the proper monient; and with all the breath that was left me, and all the emo- tions excited by the occasion, I implored the animal to pro- ceed; at the same time relaxing my hold upon the lines, As if seeing the matter in a new Hebe he sprang quickly for- ward; and when, after disentangling myself from the seat and the robe, and [had made an exchange of position be- tween head and toes, I caught a glimpse of the hinder part of the cutter as it disappeared like lightning at a turn of the toad about sixty rads ahead. Seeing that my letter is already of a veasonable length, T shall let other matters remain intact for this week, and wish you a hearty good bye. AncHER. I ny THE RANGELEY LAKE REGION. _— BY THOMAS SEDGWICK STEELE. ———— (Continued from our last issue.) Camp Keynunaco, Rancutzey, Franklin Co., Me. N° small part of the superintendent's daily duties at this camp is fo attend to the wants of the “inner man,” and a dozen or more anglers whose appetites are sharpened by this clear atmosphere will give “steady em- ployment” to one so situated, Most of the trout which appear on onr table weigh from one to three pounds each. [f, in capturing a trout, he is not ‘badly hooked,” as we say, he is immediately placed alive in our caufs and will so remain until ony departure, but about half are killed in landing, and from this source is derived the supply on our table. In addition to the usual way of broiling and frying them, a favorite method here is to boilthem in cream, which to my taste far exceeds all others. We lave occasionally longed for a fry of Little trout, three to fon’ inches long, so common in our native State, and we have frequently satisfied ourselves, as they can be caught in abundance within a stone's throw of camp. Provisions in this part of the country are decidedly cheap. The best of mutton and beef costs eight cents a pound, butter twenty- three cents a pound, milk four cents a quart, white cloyer honey twenty-five cents a pound, while eggs are only thirteen cents a dozen. On Monday, the 14th inst., a party of us ascended the Kennebago River, a distance of sight miles, The river has a succession of falls and rapids, over whicha boat passes with great difficulty. The puides are armed with poles twelve feet in length, which terminate in sharp iron spikes, with which a secure hold can be had on the rocks below. Up this lovely stream we ascended, rapid after rapid, fall after fall, until we reached the Serewauger Pall, when all of us were obliged to throw ourselves into the water up to our waists and help the boats into the deep, still water beyond, On our return, some one suggested » race. First one was ahead, and then by some slight maniwuyre another got the advantage and shot beyond him, and when we came to shallow places we sprang into the water and almost carried the boat bodily over them, for what cared we for getting wet, so longs we wonthe race. In this way we made sixteen miles that day on the river, caught some twenty trout, and returned to camp at night tired, butin all the better health for our excursion, Major Gilbreth, Dnited States Army, arrived, and at night our number wags further increased by Mr, A, H. Badger, editor of the Maine Hume, who came in company with Baron Hayes and Messrs. Osborn and Prescott, all of Eng- land. ‘The three last-mamed gentlemen liad just arrived in the country on a fishing and hunting trip, and had been in- troduced to Camp Kennebago by s special permit from R. G. Allerton, Hsq., secretary of the association. We added to our caut to-day sixteen trout, the largest of which weighed one and three-quarter pounds. ‘This (Wednesday) morning we haye packed our baggage and propose to return home by the entire chain of these Rangeley lakes, a trip upon which yery few of the visitors at camp ever yenture. Oh! how we regret parting from these pleasant scenes and delightful friends, which we have en- joyed fox two weeks past. But business calls, aml we must respond, So,shaking hands with our friends, who stand grouped at the end of the long pingza, and yiving them three lusty cheers, we bid favewell to Camp Kennebayo, After bidding our friends good bye, we placed our baggage aboard onr sinall row boats, and with the guides al the oars soon passed down the Rangeley stream, and ihen out, into the Cupsuptue Lake, throngn the nurrows, into the Moose- lnemayunuc Lake, from whose waters we bad taken so many big tront during our three seasom in this region. It was a misty morning, and the vapory clouds hung low on the sides of the mountains, but through the haze we could now and then discern old Bald and Kennebago Mountains, to whom we waved a parting adien. Across Mooseluemaguntic Lake we pulled, and reached the “Upper Dam” at 114. M. The annual booms of logs haying ull passed these dams, the gates are consequently opened, miuking (as IL haye mentioned before) a difference of fifteen feet in the height of the water, for within an hour atter shutting these gates (ut amy time) the water will rise four feet. ‘This resulted in our being obliged to transport our trunks and boats about a mile across the carry to the Molechunkemunk Lake, ‘The means of conveyance was singular indeed:—a great leayy sled (evidently made on the grounds), to which with the rough- est kind of harness were attached a pair of oxen. On the gled the several trunks were arranged, and on toy of all were placed our boats. Over the trees and great rocks, some of the last two fect high, the oxen dragged the load, swing- ing their bodies from side to side and gazing af us im their usual meek way, while with rods over our shoulders fd trayeling-bags in our hands we walked by their side, sauling to ourselves at this new way of transportation. There are one or twolow wood houses at this place, the largest of which is kept by a comical old Hrenchman by the name of MeUard. We retained’one rod apiece from our baggage, so as to troll all the way down the several lakes, and mi crossing this lust one we had been so fortunate as to land fiya fine trout, to which number we added on the other lakes. At the opposite side of the dam isa yery coutfortable house called 1 ¢ “Boston Club Camp,” while at the right of the landing, on Molechunkermunk Lake, i camp consint- ing of eight houses, built by a Mo. Benton of Philadelphia, and where he spends three months of the year. wa transferred our bageage from the sled to the boat, and, after finishing our dinner, embarked again on another pull of ight miles to the ‘Middle Dam." wn ount Observatory at the head of Molechunkemunk Lake is one of the finest bits of scenery in this yicinity, and on. this occasion heavy clouds floated across its sides; but peep- ing through all was its lovely blue cone, the light and shade sem constamthy changing pictures of great beauty and Vablety. Two and a half miles down the lake on the east side is one of tle most complete camps (every house is called a cam in this rie to bea found in the entire trip, built by Ma, J. P. Whitney of Boston, The house is two stories high, con- taining eight rooms furnished with sets of French furniture, and all the luxuries of a comfortable, modem home, and many a friend of Mx, Whitmey from the ‘‘Hub” enjoys him- self at this place. The coast on the west offers fey specialties of picturesque beanty, as the ‘primeval wildevness” extends down to the water's edge, butas you reach the landing at the Middle Dam, the extended view across the lake to the south is re- iwatkably fine. We occasionally met parties camping out along our voute, who fired us ao salute from their small armories as we passed, which we acknowledged by swinging our hats. We veached the “Middle Dam” on Welokeneba- cook lake at 4p, mw, and our landing was for a time disputed. by two large bull dogs who made themselves remarkably ‘mumerous.” Bntsoon the landlord made his appearance, and, driving off the dogs, welcomed us to ‘*The Angler's Re- treat,” which consisted of four wooden houses, one of which is built of rough, unhewn logs. On top of one of the honses is a large bell which is rung at meal times to call the anglers on the lake. he buildings contain nine sleeping apartments, and the addition of our party made fourteen to occupy them, so some of us engaged favorite cormers on the floor. The principal room is low, smoky and greasy, a stove in the center, g¢ridirons, pans, and other household utensils arranged on the sides, while across the beams over our heads were oars and numerous fish rods. The meals were clean and vood, although the man who waited on the table divided his uftention about equally between ourselves and a big pipe he was enjoying, and the numerous empty whiskey bottles out in the back yard showed too plainly the taste of its boarders. How 2 man in this region, with all the pure, exhilarating eftect of its atmosphere, can desire to further stimulate with liynor, is move than the writer can imagine, but ] snppose after the clean, wholesome and tempernte quarters at Camp Kennebago the contrast seemed greater. After supper we bid our guides good bye, and their tour boats were soon lost in the distance on the way back to camp. Any one that desires can stop at this ‘Anglers’ Retreat,” hoard $14 per week. The fishing is good and within a radius of half a mile, After breakfast, Thursday morning, our baggage was put on another conyeyance (this time a horse and wagon), and hauled four and a half miles down to Rapid River, while we followed on behind. What an enjoyable tramp that was throngl the woods. Away we went In “Indian file,” with our light baggage and rods over our shoulders, whistling the ‘March from Faust,” to which we all kept step. We stopped for a moment’s rest at the “Forest Lodge,” built by Dr. Green of Boston, then on we trudged to CedarStump,” and after a row of one and a half miles down the river, passing over one lovely fall on the route, we Went on hoarl the “Steamer Dinmond,” and witnessed for the first time in two weeks evidences of civili- zation, A large mumber of other sportsmen from yarious points in this vicinity, with ,dogs, guns, and fish rods, came aboard, and the little steamer, nbout fifty feet long (which we found could run on two feet of water), pushed out into Umbayog Lake. This boat runs,to Errol Dam, Magalloway Kiver and Upton on Wuesdays, Thursdays and Srturdays, and offers a fine opportunity to enjoy excellent fishing without much trouble or expense, although, of course, it is not equal to the Jakes above. Umbagoe Lake is the lowest of the six Rangeley Lakes, being only 1,256 fect aboye the sea level, while Rangeley Luke is 1,511 feet, Cupsuptuc 1,486 feet, and Molechunke- mink and Welokenebacaok 1,456 feet, ‘The scenery is beau- tiful, but nol equal te the other lakes. From Lake Umbagog we passed into the Androscoggin River und were soon at Errol or Lower Dam, and then a short walk brought usto the hotel, On inquiring about the fishing in this loeality, we Jearned thatin addition to the trent, a gentleman yesterday captured in Umbagog Lake three piekerel, It seems some men were orrested last year for fishing out of season for trout, and reyenged themselyes by putting qickerel im the Inke. We all offered to pay the foneral ex- penses of those men! In oll probability the pickerel in time will run np the entire chain of lakes and destroy com- pletely wll the trout in ther waters. By private teams we started for home, over the mountains twenty miles through the celebrated ‘‘Dixyille Notch” to Colebrook, thence by stage fourteen miles to North Stratford, and next day by the Gmnd Trunk Railroad to Grafton where we changed cars for the Boston, Concord, Montreal and White Mountain Railroad. . Ro ended one of the pleasantest trips the writer has ever miada to this, the greatest of all trout regions. T nntia my leader, put my pet fliesaway in my book, un- joint my rod, and reel home the Rangeley Trout Tales, - ———__<____ For Forest and Stream, SHOOTING ON PIGEON CREEK, WENTY miles in nearly two hours from Port Hope to Omemee, on the Midland Railway, seemed a yery long fime forimpatient duck hunters, hut atlast we reuched our destination by train, and pushing our canoes into Pigeon Oreek at Omemee, we proceeded down stream by moonlight, determined to make Musk Rat Island, eleyen miles down, be- fore camping, which we did by half-past eleven at niglit, iether tired and witha good appetite, determined to make things warm for ducks next morning. As duck shooting here at that season depends principally on the morning and ovening fights, and our chance forducks was very slim mat evening again, we concluded to paddle down to Flood's Bog, three miles further, and try our hand atsnipe, which we did. — After an hont's good shooting, we proceeded to push out of the bogand retumed to camp, which we reached about half-past five. Despateching a hasty supper, we started for ‘Clanseys’ Pond, where we expected lots of d ‘come in {0 roost, auticipatin ting nicely sett] ia = — igugenin? eaceen canoes coming up from Smitl’s Lodge, and pushing into the marsh on all sidos of us, they having heen there the aveniiy Hefore, as we soon found ont by no ducks coming in of any account, our pile being three lack ducks, two wood ducks, and one teal, making five altogether, Theirs was three between the whole party. We then pro- geeded back to camp, very mueh discouraged with our first day's hunt. ext morning we drew slakes and started further down the river, pulled our canoes across the floating bridge, and after an hour's steady paddling pulled up at the Twin Islands, at the head of Pigeon Lake, pitched our tents and were haying a quiet chat with our old friend Bill ‘laylor, the Indian, whom we chanced to meet there, when Bill's hawk eyes spied a flock of ducks coming up the Inke directly toward us. We watched them until they got opposite our Tsland, when they spiled ito a little bay and all came down witha splash, without any fear whatever: a very nousnal civenmstinde, as Bill said, for black ducks, as they generally take a circle or two around before alighting. Bill then vol- unteered to Examine the marsh for our benefit, and soon re- turned with the information that lots of ducks had roosted there the night before, and as we seareely ever knew lim to make a mistake, we concluded to shoot there in the evening. Tt now beine about two pa. we started down the lake, one on each side, paddling im and out of the little bays, killing n duck now and again to pass tile time mntil the even- ing Hight. Having paddled down about three miles we concluded to return, and paddled back to onr shooting ground for the evening, which we reached about five o'clock. Selectine our positions we waited patiently for half an hony, when we were rewarded by seeing seven wood ducks sailing in, nt as they were rather scattered we only got five with four barrels, and as the ducks were flying in flocks from two to abont five and rather scattered, it was necessary to single out one bird at a time or get none atall, The birds then commenced flying with a vengeance. Tt took usall onr time putting cartridges in our guns, and it was a continual “bang, bang,” until too dark to see, although we could still hear them whizzing around us. I assure you we had enough shooting for one evening, for shooting four drachms of pow- dey out of a seven-pound gun tor two and lilf hours steady, shakes a manip pretty well. Picking up the rest of our ducks we pusher back to camp and found to our satisfaction that we had forty-three black dueks, twenty-six wood ducks, eight pin-tuils and five teal —richty-fwo m all, besides losing « good many wounded ones, on account of the rice being so tall—all single shots ulter the first fiye lalled. After x few honrs' rest we again drew stakes and started on our fifteen-mile paddle back to OUmemee, which we reached by daylight next morning, jushin time for an early tram home, well worn ont, buf on the whole very well satisfied with our two days on Pigeon Creek, Se i For Hovest and Stream. A GOOD BEAR STORY. a OR many years thera lived in the town of Brighton, Vt., J aman by the name of Seneca Foster. Although a an of no more than medium size, he possessed the most wonderin! physical yigor and endtiranee. 6 exertion or ex- posnre seemed to impair his health. Ms. Foster’s son Jack inherited mnch of his father’s strong constitution and elastic frame. One summer day Jack was out hunting in the vi- cinity of Island Pond. He tramped long and fur, but with- ont suecess. The woods seemed destitute of game, Finally he became disconraged. and starled homeward. On his way, as he was Passing a dense thicket, he saw two bear cubs asleep. They liy partially on thei"Sides with nose to nose, Prom one direction it. was easy to reach them. He knew he econld kill them with his gun, buthe would like to capture thent alive. Tha cubs were larye enough to show tight, and perhaps their dam was within call ready to interfere. Jack peered cautionsly about, and not seeing the mother bear, de- cided to visk the altempti. Placing his gunin a position where he conld swine ib mmder his arm after he had seeured his prey, he crept soltly to the sleeping animals, and snd- denty grasped each by the nose, He expected in this manner to holij them so tightly that they conld not squeal. One of thent he suceeededin holding in that manner, but the other slipped from his grasp. Nothing daunted, Jack eanght him by the ‘hind leg, secured his gun, and started on the rundor howe. But the end was not yet. The cub, not liking to be carried by the hind leg, set upa loud complaint, and the old bear immediately replied—she was close at hand. Jack heard her ernshing through the brash atter him, »ndhe knew now that success depended on his speed and mascle, f[t was fiftyrods to the clearing, and He lind not move than ten rods the sturt, Tt was a case of life or death, noless he relinquished the enbs, and he was not the ina to do that, TMnenmbered as he was he rau liken hound; lut the bear gained on him,and when he approached the edve of the woos Mrs. Bruin was just at his heels, Jack nn- derstood his peril. There was a high log fence just at the edge of tha tlearing: fortunately & Inrge log Jay uside the feuce. With one tvemendoits bound Jnck leaped on the log; another muscilar bound carried him over the fence into the field. The bear was on the fence as soon as Jack struck the ground, Bul she hesitated » moment about following him in the open field, and he sped away so- fast that she finally turned bick into the woods, and Jack escaped to relate his exploit, nnd verity it by the exhibition of his captive eubs, On another ovcasion Jack was m tlie woods, on his way Lome from sap trees, where he had been boiling maple su- wor. Tl wasa mild dayin March. The snow was six feet deep, and the warm spring air hud softened the surface so that no one could walk on it withoul snow-sloes, a pair of which Jack had on his feet. He was ttaarmed. As hé walked on he ina cles hin with FOREST AND STREAM. but the snow wus so soft she almost buried herself at avery step, while Jack walked on the surface and eseaped. So his suow-shous, whieh rendered him a clumsy fighter, tinally sayed his life, Baesv Gon. i LETTER FROM GUYON. es a Cormtu, Miss., April 26, 1877. TEprron Forrsr anp Srrman. * Lord, thander us up to de plonghin' match; Lord, peerten de lioein’ fas’; Yea, Lord, have mussey on de Baptis’ patch— Dey'’s mightily in de grass, grass, Dey's mightily in de grass.” —Unele Jim's Baplisl Reniveal Hymn. Nor is this the burden alone of Uncle Jim’s song at this time. His white “bredren” are mightily in de grass on ac- count of the continued wet wether having stopped all work in the fields, The weatheris what n young lady [ once knew would prebably call "excessively moist.” She was walking home one evening, with her Adolphus by her side, when they mistook a small pond of water for a smooth stretch of sand, and in they *‘plunged boldly, no matter how coldly,” about knes—well, J wasn’t there, and don’t know exactly how deep, Catching her breath 1m little gasps, the charming creature eried out, “Oh! dearest, it is so axcessinely moist," Well, this weather is excessively, excvedingly and emi- nently moist. ‘The fishermen can’t go a-tishing on account of the muchness of the waters. Strizpratincola. Bonap, American barn owl. Seldom seen except tn the counties of the southern tier. Genus Olus, Olus wilsonianus, Less. Lesser horned owl; long sared owl, Olus brachyotus. Steph. Marsh owl; short cared owl. 7 Genus Syrniun. ; / Syrnium cinereum. Aud. Great grey owl, Lower Peninsula. Syrnium nebulosum. Isa rare ylsitant to the Gray, Genus Nyctale, { Nyctale richardsontt. Bonap. Richardson's owl, Peninsula. Nyclale acadien, Bonap, fawwhet owl; while fronted owl, Genus Sceps, Scopsasio. Bonap, Sereech owl; mottled owl. Genus Bubo, Bubo virginianus. Bonap, Great herned owl. yar. Areticus. Swain, Arctic owl, Ngctea arctica. Gray, Snowy owl. Very common, ; Ganus Surnia. Surnia hudsonia, Gmel, American hawk owl. FAMILY. FALCONIDAE. Genus Falco. L , Falco (Hierojateo) candicans, Gmel. White gerfeleon, A single speci- taen only has been taken within the limits of the State, so far as known by me. Faico (Hierafalco) tabradora. Aud, Black gerfalcon. Have never seen one. I give both this and the preceding ou the anthority of the late Dr, G. B, Wilson, F, 8. 5. é Falco communis, Gmel. Duck hawk, American perigring falcon. Falco (4 salon) lithefaico. Gmel. Pigeon hawk; American merlin. Falco (Tinnuneculus) sparverius. Linn, Sparrow hawk; American kestrel, > : Hoot owl; barred owl. Contined to Upper Genus Pandion, Paxndion carolinensis. Gmel, Fish hawk; American oapray; Genus Vunelerus. Nauclerus forjicatus. Ridg. Fork-tailed kite. Not common, times breeds In Southweat Michigan. Genus Elanus. « Some- Elanus leucurus, Viell, White-tailed kite. Avcientat, Genos Ictinia. | Ietinia mississippiensiz, Wils. Blue kite. Rare, Genns Ctreus. Marsh hawk. Genus Niue, Nisus fuscus. Kaup. Sharp-shinned hawk. Wisus c.operi. Bonap. Ceoper’s hawk. 2 Genus Astur. American goss hawk. Genus Buleo. Buten pennsylvanious. Wila. Broad winged hawk. = . Buto seainsont. Boup. Baird'shawk, Swainson’shawk. Thisiso are bird. A specimen killed in Genesee County is now in the muscum of the Flint Scientific Association. Circus hudsonius, Linn. Astur atricapilius. Wils. Buteolineatus. Gmel. Red-shouldered hawk. Buieo borealis. Gmel. Red talled hawk, Genus Archibuleo. Archibuteotagopus. Penn. Rough-legged hawk, Mot common. Archibuteo sunclijohannis, Gmel. Black hawk. Rare: Genus Aquila. Aquila canadensis. Linn. Golden eagle. Genus Halictus, Haliotus leucocephaius. Linn, Bald eagle. American eagle, In the Geological survey of Michigan for 1860, Dr, Miles gives Haliteus Wastingtonit. Aud, Washington eagle, For my part 1 know of no auch species, I have always supposed AH. leucocephalus aud H, Washinglont the same, Will some one enlighten me upon this anbject F PAMILY CATHARTID.®, Genus Rhinogryphue. Rhinogryphus aura, Linn. RKed-headed yulture. Torkey Duzzard. Genus Catharista. Catharista atrata, Bart. Carrion crow, Black valture. captured near Monroe, Michigan. ooo BIRDS OF THE COTEAU DES PRAIRIES OF EASTERN DAKOTA. ed BY CHARLES E, M'CHESNEY, M. D,, U, 8, As or (Continued) ae Zenadura, carolinensis. Onvolina Dove. Arrives May 17th, and re- matn mentil September 30th, Is found in considerable numbers. ” Pedtaceles ha. Colun a Specimen phasianellus i Jominon sharp tél FORESY AND STREAM. “Cupidonta cupido. Pinnated grouse. Thie bird is Just making its Sppearance in this section, It remains throughont the yesr, Ja not pumerous. = Squatarola helvetion. Blgck-belliod ployer. Tbave not seen this bird ‘here during ths spring migrations. It appeara during the Southern flight about October 26th, snd departs November Ist. Is seen in con- iderable numbers. - Charudrins fuluus, Var. virginious, American golden plover. Is founf here occasionslly during the spriug aud summer months, but occurs in considerable numbers from September 23d to Ootober 26th, sfigialitix vocifera. Willdeer plover. Arrives April 13th and remoine uulil September 1st, and is during this time frund in large numbers; breeds hare. 4 Strepsilas interpres. Turnstone. During the spring migrations of 1876 I observed six or seven tarnstones on two or three different occasions (May 26th te 29th), This isas yat, I balieve, the only record of their occurrence in Dakota. Recurvirosira americana, Avocet. Arrives May 4th and is found in small numbers tntil October 80th. Ibelieve, however, it breeds alittle further north, porsibly leaving this vicinity during June and July. Sleganomts wilzoni. Wilson's plialarops. Is found here {fom May 17th until July 24th, when itdeparts southward. Is seen in large numbers and breeds here. Gallinago wilsoni, American snips. Wilson's snipe is seen here only during thé spring migrations (May Ist to 6th), and then only in email nurobers, Macrorhamphus griseus. Red-breasted snipe, Oocurs here in consid- erable numbers from September 20th te October 30th, Ereunetes pusillus, Semi-palmated sandpiper. Is seen here in yery large numbers from April ®th until June 13th, when it disappears, none being seen until Iniy 3d, from which date to November ist hun- dreds can be sesn at a time aronnd the shores of any of [he lakes, Tringa minufiiia. Least sandpiper. Shares much the same habits hereas the preceding. This epsciss certainly breeds here. Is vary abundant, Tringa Boirdii, Baird’s sandpiper. This sandpiper appears April 28th and remains until June 13th, after which date none are seen. During the me ofits sojourn here, however, it is quite aumerous. Its habits seem to differ greatly from its pear relatives. Trings maculata. Pectoral saudpiper. Is found here from July 13th to Angust 1st, in considerable nymbers, Tringa fuscicolits. White-rumped sandpipsr. Arrives May 5th and departe June 13th. Ts ssen during this time in considerable numbers; seems t0 share many of the habits ofits littlacongenitor, 7, Batrdii. Limosa fedoa, Great marbled Godwit. Is found here in great num- bere from Jane 14th notil September 29d, with stragglers ue late aa the middle of October. This bird brecds in great numbers, just off the Coteau te the east, in Minnesota, Totanus semipalmaiug. Willet. This bird arrives April 29th and re- mains uutil September 13th, in considerable numbers; breeds here, H scems to fesad to some extent. on fish and its flesh; fs not par- ticularly desirable as food. Totanus flavipes. Lesser tell-tale. This bird arrives July 13th and Temaius until October 28th. At first seen in small numbers, but as fall eomes on its numbers increase greatly. Tringoides macularius. Spotted sandptper- numbers from June 2ist to September sth, Actiturus bartramius, Bartramian sandpiper, The wpland ployer is yery abundant bers from May ith until August 26th. Breeds all over the prairie in great numbers. Tryngites rufescens. Bufi-breastedeandpiper. This strange sandpipar is seen here a few times each year. Ou Muy 22d, 1876, while oot hunt- Ing on the open prairie, a flock of twenty or thirty passed near me, from which one was secured. Twoor three others were taken on as Many differeit occasions. WNyctiardea grisea, Var, nevia, American night heron. Ta seen hers in considerable numbers from Angust 10th until October 26th. (To be Continued.) (ee ApmniyAts At THE PHIADELPHIA ZooLocicar GaRDEN FOR Weex Enving May 8, 1877.—Bight summer dicks (Aix spon- sq), purchased; one Macaque monkey (Mocacns cynomolqus), pre-ented; six red foxes (Vulpes fulvis), presented; one monkey (Maedeus nemestianus), born in Garden; one black snake (Aiseiinion constriclor), presented. Arraur E. Brown, Gen’). Supt. Woodland, Farm and Garden. Axnvats.—Now is the time to sow annuals ere the hot weather sets in and burns up the young seedlings before they get proper roothold. None, perhaps, gives more satis- faction than phlox drummondii in its yarious colors, showy and usefulfor cuttings; petunias also are very ornamental if of good sorts, flowering away into the late fall months; asters nnd zinnias are excellent; marigolds, both French and African, should have a place with marvel of Peru and balsams, toward the baek of the borders, while mignonette, portulaca, in its many bright colors, candy tuft, sweet alys- sum, etc., that do not grow so tall, will do dnty and flower well all summer, more toward the front of the borders. Is fonud here in limited Larkspurs, snapdragons, dwarf convolyulus and many | other sorts are all worthy of a place, while a few dollars judiciously expended on gladiola, zonal geraniums, monthly roses, lemon verbenas, and such plants will keep: not only the garden but the parlor yases beautiful all the season. to Macworta Harnfana.—This beautiful hardy magnolia was introduced from Japan nearly twenty years ago, but still continues to be but little known, indeed hardly recognized in the country at large. The cause is principally in the dif- fieulty of its propagation, though all who have seen it are delighted with its beanties. Thea first impression made is of intense individuality. It rounds out and matures into a complete bnsh of symmetrical form and solid wood, and isa true member of the shrnbby type of magnolias. The same excellence appears alsoin the unrivalled beauty and earli- ness of its flowers. These somewhat resemble the water lily in the translucent whiteness of fhe narrow petals, and they surpass all othersin their delicate and subtle odor. The leaves are of a rich green color, neither large nor small, and are in agreeable keeping with its general habit, while the effect produced is that of a noble and exquisite plant, D. —_—_—_———_ Tue Japan JupAs Tree.—This most beautiful tree, men- tioned a week or two ago in our pages, is now in full bloom in Central and Prospect Parks, and its loyely purplish pink blossoms, clustered as they are so thickly on thestems, quite throw our native variety into the shade. Ithas also the ad- yantage of blooming at least a week earlier than the latter, ydonia forsythia, the white panic e Tar Japanrsr Pensomon Acatn,—W, W. Hollister writes date of I4th March, 1877, from Santa Barbara, to Rev. Henry Loomis (who hns been for some time this season at Mr. Trum- bull's seed store, Sansome street, San Francisco, Cal, selling & great number of grafted trees of this valuable fruit) as follows: : “Seven or eight years ago IT purohnased of a Mr. Yan Reid, of San Francisco, half-a-dozen Japanese persimmon trees in pots or boxes. Two of them HKved, but for four years, from neglect or want of proper care, did not do well; or perhaps being kept too long in the boxes in which they were received. After being putin better position they gradually reeovered, and for two years haye done well. I ean scarcely express my surprise upon seeing the mrgnificent fruit of the Jast year, when the trees had proper care. The fruit is, I think, the most beantiful of all the fruit I have ever seen, and it is most delicious to the taste. You can judge of what an im- provement it is npon the old species of persimmon of the States, when I tell yon that I carried four of them to San Francisco last fall, which weighed three-quarters of a pound each. This yariety is seedless, and ean of course only be propagated by budding orgrafting. The froit is of a rich golden color, a little deeper, approximating toward a red, and seems more like a ball of wax than a fruit. It is simply splendid. I understand you are introducing this frnit and other varieties of the persimmon into this State from Japan. May good Inck attend yon. You can do no better thing for California. I think it will be the greatest acquisition to our State in the way of fruit ever introduced,” Another communication concerning this fruit is from J. Grey Jewell, M, D., late U. 5. Consul at Singapore, dated 21st March, 1877, to the Rey. Henry Loomis, and is as follows: “In reply to yours of yesterday I haye much pleasure in say- ing, that as regards the Japnnese persimmon, so called, I haye very pleasant recollections. During my residence in } the Hast Indies, as U. S. Consul at Singapore, it was my good fortune to have the opportunity of frequently partaling of it. Iteame to us from China, packed in jlaster of Paris, to prevent the hot climate of the tropics from affecting it.’ There are gensrally two kinds or shapes—the round and the oval, or egg-shapede Both have about the same fiavor, and in size compare favorably with a» medinm-sized American apple. Those which came to us were apparently seedless. The seeds and core nppeared to be whbsorbed, nt least so that we could take the pnip from the rind with a spon, and to onr | laste it was delicions—not at all arid, like the American per- simmon. It is, as I baye met in Chime and India, when properly enltivated, an excellent fruit, and I believe it can be raised here and soon hecome a great favorite and a very ac- ceptable addition ta American fruits.” oS Hixt to Prack Growers.—The following is sent to us by Mr. Oscar Speitzer of San Francisco, and is worth careful at- tention: “A simple method of increasing the size and inducing the earlier ripening of peaches is given by Mr. Riviere in a pamphlet, in which he describes a method practiced by M. Chevalier of Montreal for producing these effects. The method consists in making a slit in the flowering shoot from helow upward in March (i. ¢., beginning of spring), The slit in quextion extends half way throngh the shoot, and is an inch in length, so that the operation is exactly like that of layering pinks. The theory of the sne.ess of the operation is that the downward current of nutritive sap being thus forci- bly arrested, the fruits above the monnd are proportionately increased in size as they would be after ringing.” —_—_— oO OO Mare on Paracuay Txa.—Among the novelties presented at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia was the Maté, a decoction of the leaves of the Maté tree (lex paraguayensis), This tree grows wild in the forests of Brazil aud the Argen- tine Republic, especially upon the yarious tributaries of the Parans and Uruguay; it is alsofonnd in the valleys of streams whose waters join the Paraguay to the northeast. The tree sometimes approaches medinm-sized apple trees in height, but the leayes are gathered mostly from smaller shrub-like plants. It is strippsd of its leaves and branches almost every other year. Several varieties of this tres are men- tioned, especially two, the mild or choice, and the strong. At the Exposition a pamphletin Portuguese, French, English and German, written by Dr. Antonio Joaquin de Macedo Soares, presents the claims of the proyines of Parana, which exports mostly through the ports of Paranagna and Antonia, The exports of the fisval year ending June 30, 1870, amonnt- ed to 31,777,408 pounds, and rose the following year to 36,- 073.713 pounds. The home consumption in Parina is almost 9,000,000 ponnds per sunum, and in Rio Grande du Sol nearly four times as much, not including lerge quantities consumed by natives without having been marketed. An arroba (32.39 |b.) is estimated as sufficient for the consump- tion of a single individual abont six months, if taken three times per day. and this would cost abont four dollars per an- num, whereas an equivalent of coffee or of blick or green tea would cost much more. tis claimed that the Maté beverage is very nourishing. It is.prepared either from the powder of | dried leayes pulverized, or from the leaves themselves by in- fusion. It needs intelligent experiment and obseryution to develop the real qualities of the plant, butit has become the fayorite baverage of a large portion of the people of Sonth America. It is less exciting than either tea or coffee, asit contains less of essential oil, while its larger proportion of resin mitkes it a better diuretic than coffee, thongh it is less rich in this elemen! than either green or black tea. It has a pleasant arom, and when taken with milk and sugar it isa good substitute for either tea or coffee. It slightly stimulates the neryous system, hut not to the point of sleeplessness. It contains as much theine as tea, and donble the quantity found in the same weight of coffee grains. It is sold in Rio Janeiro at about ten cents per pound,—Weport of he Amerioun Depari- ment of Agriculiure. a Preservine Trtser.—The improvements in saturating wood and timber, invented by Mr. H. Sainsbury, of Paris, consist in employing a solution formed in the relative ap- proximate proportions of water, 1,000 litres; alum, 16 kilos. ; sulphate of copper, 16 kilos\; bromide of sodium, 1 kil.; and iodide of sodium, 1 kil, For the purpose of the invention he prefers placing the timber or wood to be treated in a close vessel, from which he draws off all the sir, and in which he immediately injects the above-mentioned liqnid with a pres- sure varying from 15 pounds to 150 pounds to the inch. — Itis stated that wood thus injected not only acquires thereby a considerable degree of harduess, whereby it is better fitted to resist wear and tear, frietion, exposure to the atmosphero and deteriorating canses, but it is also rendered completel: ¢ ple. — Builder. 3 z incombus THE VERBENA DISEASE, Eprror Forest anp Srrram. I have just seen the article on the Verbena disease in last number, and make out from it that your correspondent is yet undecided whether or not an insect has anything to do with the matter, If you will rim over some day I will show you the.‘‘varmints” crawling abont as lively as crickets on plants that are aifected by rust, while you may look your eyes out in the endeavor to see ‘them on healthy subjects, Why it should ever be questioned by any one haying oppor- tunity to see, is a quandary to me. Pee Jas, L. R. Cincinnati, O.—The Japan Judas tree was sent out by Parsons & Co., Flushing, some years ago, and we think can be had of any nurseryman who keeps posted in really gond novelties. The Zncomis punctata is on old, much neglected plant, rarely seen except in old collections, G, i Wi Howard, Pa.—We mail to-day schedule of N. Z. Horticultural Society. See special premium offered for No- yember next, ———E—— Anatysis or THE Onion by Messrs. Wellington and Bragg, under the direction of Professor Goessmanl at the Massachu- setts Agricultural College chemical laboratory, being the first authentic analysis of this plant on record. 1000 parts, air dry, contain: WEBRAC C8 Sooo seh canls anon eS92, 000 LAME, ci eececee caccee o waesee M954 Organic matter. vores .10%,638 Magnesia. ...s0-scsses 0, 159 NGM OREM Lee ct cone gee eant 2.120\1em (Fa 20 3) ..... eo: 0.037 Motelash. os) hse .ney. cere 4.362 Phoaphoric acid....., +4,0 689 Potash,.. 1.680/Sniphuric acid,............. «1.15% Soda....... sereese- O.O83 Silica... 0... eee ee eee nest 0.145 —Scientific Farmer. $s —__—__ Raman ar Sanrraco.—A register was kept at Santiago from 1824 to 1850 to record the number of minutes and honrs during which rain fell throughout the twenty-seven years, and the average of a yenr's fall was 215} hours or nine days. Seven-ninths of this fell in the four months of May, June, July and August, while in the whole five montis of Novem- ber, December, January, February and March rain fell only for seven honrs and a half. The whole twenty-seven Janu- arys would only have given fourteen hours’ rain had there not been an unexanrpled fall of forty hours during the Jan- uary of 1837. dune and July, by far the wettest months, only gave four and a quarter days’ rain between them,— “Over the Sea and Far Away." Bational Pastimes. —— oo Tue Game oF Pora.—Rules of the Gulifornia Polo Olub.— 1. The gonts shall be two hundred yards apart, or according to the number of rnus to be made, 2. The ball shall be three aud one-half inches in diameter, the sticks not to exceed three andl one-lialf feet in length. 3. Sticks may be hooked and taken from an opponent, bat no stick cau be hooked either uuder or in front ot « horse. +. Any player catching an opponent's arm or horse, or holding his stick in front of an opponent's horse, in order to prevent the horse’s advance, or hitting an opponent's horse to drive him over the ball, shill be declared out of the game. 5. If itcan be shown to the umpire that arun has been made by a foul, it shall be the duty of the umpire to declare ita dead rua, 6 Two decisions of fonl runs shall score one run against the offending side, 7. In case a ballis hit beyond the goal but outside the flags, the ball shall be put on the line through which it should haye passed, and bot: sides druwu up behind the goal, the party defending the goil shall ba entitled to a hit- of. 8 Incase the ball passes outside the side limits, the ball shall be placed in the centre of the course opposite where it left the course, with each party on their respective sides fa- cing the ball, and shall be started by the 1mpire. 9. The game shall be started by the umpire, either by word or dropping the flag. The opposing parties to face each other thirty yards from the ball, the two starters to slep- to the front of their respective sides, and to advance atthe signal. 10, Any party losing his stick must either dismount to re- cover or pick it up foom his horse. Any party receiving his stick either from a fellow player or from a spectator, shall have a fonl scored against him, or by an order from the um- pire shall throw bis stick to the ground aud recover it him- self. Saer's Hravre Lrer.—Dr. Smiler, says Max Adeler, had a large tank placed on the top of his honse from which to sup- ply bis bathroom and se forth wth water. The water had to be pumped up about fifty ‘eet from the cistern in the yard, and the doctor found it to be a pretty good-sized job, which would cause him constant expense, So after thinking the Matter over very carefully, one day an idea struck him. He built a room oyer the cistern and put word ‘* Sanitarium ” oyer the door. Then he concealed the pump maclinery beneath the floor, and he rigged up a kind of complicated apparatus with handles and hinges and a crank, so thata man by standing in the middle of the machineand pulling the handle up and down would operate that pump. Then the doctor got out circulars and published adyertis- ments about ‘Smilers Patent Health Lift,” and he secured testimonials from a thousand or so people who agreed that the health lift was the only hope for the physical salvation ofthe human race. Pretty soon people began to see-shont it, and Smiler would rush them out to the ‘‘Sanitarium ” and set them to jerking the handles. And when a customer had pumped up fifty gallous or so, Smiler would charge him a quarter, and tell him that three months of that kindof thing would give him muscles like a prize-fighter. The thing became so popular that he had to enlarge his tank and put ina smaller pump; snd he not only got all his umping done for nothing, but the people who did it paid Pini about $1,500 a year for the privilege. One day, however, Mr. Maginnis, who had been practis- ing at the health lift every diyfor months, broke the board upon which he was standing, and plonged into the cistern, and just as he was sinking for the third time Smiler fished him out with a crooked nail in the end of a clothes prop. A few days later Maginnis care round with a lot of other patients, und cross-examined Smiler's servant girl, and Jearned wbout the truth, and then they went home mad. A consultation was held, at which they resolved to prosecute Smiler for damages and for obtaining money under false pre- tences. It is thonght by good judges that, by the tine the court gets through with Smiler, it will be about the nohealthi- est Lift for him he yas ever interested in,—Scientific American, FOREST AND STREAM. } * Rifle. ——_ Oreepmoor.—There was atime in the history of Creed- moor when the mere mention that Col. Bodine or Maj, Fulton were to shootin along range match was sufficient to destroy all hope of victory on the part of the new com- ers, but grit and persistence are characteristics of, our Americnn riflemen, The youngsters kept on ‘banging away,” but with system and judgment, noting with care whatever of yaluable advice dropped from the old reliables, until on Saturday it was shown that some folks are as good as some others, if nota great deal better, and the boys walked away up among the “possibles,” léaying their elders doing yery fair mediocre work far down below them. Ostensibly it was a match foucht wnder the International match rules be- tween teams of six from Brooklyn and New York respectively, cuptained by Maj. H. 8. Jewell on the part of the cross-riyer men and Col. Gildersleeve on the part of the Metropolitans, but really it was a Senior a Junior team contest. Among the yeterans were Gildersleeve, Bodine, Fulton, Bruee, Coleman and Sanford. ‘The younger generition of shooters included Allen, Blydenburgh, Rathbone, Weber, Jewell, with Gen. Dakin as heavy end man. When the match was first proposed on April Ist last, opinion was in fayor of the New Yorkers. But the Brooklyn boys went to work with a will, drilled and organized, and for weeks past have been again and again on the field putting themselves in trim, and the result justified the importance which has been placed upon method and team practice im contests of this sort. Tho day was foir, though toward the close the wind became shifty, but from the word *‘ge” it was a clean walk away for the lads, At the close of the yery first round they were nine points ahead, and froin that on it was astern chase forthe New Yorkers. In the list ofscores it will be noled that the poorest Brooklyn score, that of Gen. Dakin, is still in advance of the best New York score. Col. Gildersleeve was indeed sufiering froma swollen eye, but otherwise the New York scores are what might be expected of fresh spring marksmen. |The Brooklyn record, on the other hand, is exceptionally good, and would do credit if Mate on one of those calm fall days when a summer's drill thas brought hand and eye and brain into harmonious action, Compared with previous long range team shooting, the work of the Brooklyn shooters is ‘very fine indeed. In the Trish American match of last fall the totals were1154 and 1165 vespectively, and taking the six bes! scores on the first day's shooting for the International trophy, the totals show America, 1196, Ireland and Scotland, 1202 each. On no other evasion do we remember anything passing Saturday's score of 1186, and the others were tall scores after a season's drill. The match shows that while the ‘old ‘uns’ may step down and ont, we hayea group of experts ready to take their places and eyen push them to the wall by making superior stores. There need be little fear that when again called upon to defend and retain the International prize our men will be ready to score another victory. The full scores in the Brooklyn vs. New York match are: BROCKLYN TEAM, Va. 900 1,000 Name. yds, yds. Total. O. H, Blydenburg......- 10 60 202... HLS. Jewell. ccee-seeeee see re} 55 199 4d. ZG, Allen.......5 67 60 193 L. Weber... aan oh 67 62 197 A. Ruthbone.... 65 59 196 Gen... S$. Dakin.. 65 59 14 Poth, ...sesccneescassnes detivet Jenne ioe * 5 «eee, 186 NEW YORK TEAM, R_ G, Coleman... ..-24200-3-.2-70 63 59 192 Col. John Bodine.. “7% 60) 57 199 Capt, L, C. Brure.....-... 5 3 bb 18t Lieut. Col. E, H. Sanford... 5 fib 53 181 Major H, Folton.........5-..0,63 66. 48 177 Col, H, A, Gildersleave........52 63 52 167 UB hAl Nee vata Las Weds ae Pa tdo ee ZEPY an spp ae Tee STEEL RIT i RIFLE NOTES. C. B. Blydenburgh made the first score of 200 points ‘at the long ranges this season. The *annning deer” target is quite a favorite. The members of the American team which was victorious oyer the Canadians in the Canadian International Match of 1875 are to receive gold badges to commemorate that event in afew days. They were W. B. Farwell, L. L, Hepburn, H. §. Jewell, L. Geiger, J. §. Conlin, L. C. Bruce, ¥. Hyde and A, V, Canfield. Creedmoor looks better than ever. The range is in ex- eellent condition, and the greenest of grass, dotted with field flowers, gives ib a very pleasing aspect, HS, Jewell has ji changed his position. It’s an original one. ee Contm’s Gatrery.—Last Saturday eyening, May 12th, a number of the amateur ‘‘gallery” shots in this city met and competed for the amateur badges at Conlin’s Gallery, 1222 Broadway. The interest in these weekly competitions keeps still una- hated, and there is no small amount of strife for the supremacy among the competitors, there being 26 of them in number in the last contest. A change has been made in the conditions which allows each competitor to two entries, his high score to count. The following are some of the best scores made during the evening in the competition (3d): P. Penning, 45; M. L. Riggs, 48- Leon Backer, 47; M. B. Engel, 47; L. C. Bruce, 47; Thos, Wildes, M, D., 47; Fred Alder, 46; C. Von Gerichten, 46; N, B. Thurston, 45; B. Zettler, 44; J. Honig; 44; M. F, Cahill, 44; R. Duff, 43; M. DeMott, 41; Judge Smith, 41; Wm. Klein, 41: A. F, Newkirk, 40. Seventeen contestants averaging centers or better, In the old gallery ‘of 930 Broadway the targets used in matches were reduced Wimbledon, 200 yds., while at the present place the ones brought into use are Creedmoor, 200 yds. reduced, which are larger, giving » marksman a better chance for making higher scores than when using the Wim- bledon, which aczonnts in a maasure for the increased num- ber of 47 and 48 made at the gallery, Hereafter Mr. Conlin desires to announce that the compe- - titions for theamateur badges will take place every Thursday Massacuusetrs.—We have received a copy of the by-laws of the Walpole Amateur Rifle Club of Walpole, Mass. They have fitted 1p anew their range with two first-class iron tax gets, after the Creedmoor style of pits, etc.,and everything is in good working order for 200, 500, G00, 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, shooting. This is the original rifle club of this State, if, being their fourth season at short range and third year at Jong range, They are now preparing for a long range match with the Massachusetts Rifle Association, to take place the 30th of May. —The Lawrence (Massachusetts) Rifle Club had a practice shoot at Merrimack Range, Saturday afternoon. Weather fine, but wind too changeable for high scores. Out of a pos- sible 75 at 500 yards the leading scores were: R, F. Sargent, 72; A. Richmond, 69; O, M. Jewell, 67; GC. L. Austin, 67; Hi. F. Lord, 62; A. R. Derby, 59. Georeia.—A match was shot in Bryan County, Georgia, on the 2d inst., between teams of local riflemen, The gins used are Remington, Sharpe, and Springtield rifles, distance 200 yards, seven shots each, ‘The following scores were made: CAROLINA RIFLEMEN. Name. otal.| Name. . Totu. Hy, 0. Williatet....+-..-.-ses05 24/P. H, Lytah....-- aUteatheaeaeo de J, S. P. Lesesne.. seeeese 24) 0. M. Price.... tee Geo. H, Webb.... seseeenee. 22/W. J. MeCormack...... 2 W. St. J. Jatvey. ces.ec cies een. 21/8t.-Jd. P. Kinloch,...5....--.2.. 10 E. Ii. Sparkman.. “ae bei wn T. Williams....., uy 19| Total.... iain ald ds we tO digid’s eunivogl OM GHORGIA IUSSARS. Name. Total.) Name, Total, Jitlian Schley, possible 35....... 80S. McA. White..... oo wean wovrey 27 J. W. Mcalpin, possible 35...... 28 G. B. Pritchurd,.......-. i D, McAlpin.....--.- See a cae SPB ORGAO asacete eyes io J. W.Scliley.... OPS eke BSI oH. PrGston. sss cssessasesesss ob W. M. Berryman...,....,....5- 25) -—— C. M. Cunumgham.,...... cies chp ULDLH Pimcsccetes -dieehtoes cosberie BAVANNAH VOLUNTEER GUARDS» Name, Total. | Name. Total. GULCAppleton aiepsscvenasi oes 28)Dr. ‘I. J, Charlton.......+--- oay ot J. G. Heyward.....cesccsececeea QTR. Postelliceesseeecues ‘ George Alleti..¢+ ...++ee--e0 se» 26)M. McL¢an.,-....... = H. G., Stevens... eresc..ssacsece 2H) Re J. Bieler... si se. se seetecee W.T. Thompson, Jr.......-..-. 25 — J.C. Postell......, ASP ARS tga se eat “TORR , 459. sot pds ee a Galdelase 228 Wisconsiy.—Milwaukee Rifle Club practice on May 11th, 1877, at their range at Wauwatosa on Soldier’s Home Grounds, shooting across the Menominee yalley, At the 900 yard range the execution was scored as follows; Bangs, 32; Tur- ner, 40; Welles, 40; Fielding, 36; Yale, 27; Meunier, 37;° Hill, 45; Drake, 39. Practice at the 1,000 yard range—possi- ble 25—also resulted in yery creditable scores in view of the unfavorable weather, The tally was: Fielding, 15; Turner, 18; Johnson, 18; Bangs, 18; Yale, 12; Hill, 16; Meunier, 18. a eee Houston, Texas, April 27, 1877. Eprror Forest AND STREAM. I wish you could prevail on some of those correspondents of youre, who have been choke-boring us one week and cylinder-boring us thw next, to relinquish their pet theories for a minute, aud turn their at- tention to what I cousidera matter of more importance. Down here we want some light on the subject of target rifles, more especially on the so-called Creedmoor long range rife, And, by the way, this name seems to be applied to all rifles capable of hitting a target (when properly pomted) at 1,000 yards. At the present time, when rifle clubs are springing up everywhere, amateurs who have not an opportunity of consulling experts find themselves at infinite loss in selecting a proper weapon. Among the numerous long range rifles at present on the market, und all clalming to be the best, oue cannot help suspecting that some atleast are got up with a more immediate view to sale than good target practice. Atany rate, 1donotthink thata little gentle criticism could do the manufacturers any harm—il might stimulate them to re- newed exertions; and by furnishing purchasers with the means of judging a good gun, you will do the world a service by running worth- less competitors out of the market. I do not wish to disparage our choke-boring and cylinder-boring friends; on the contrary, they are just the men we should like to hear from; their general knowledge of firearms is so good that their opinions on this particular point could not fail to be of yalue, and they might help any in the selection of a rifle who cannot afford to buy their knowledge in the school of experience, I am not opposed to choke- boring myself, and haye, indeed, an invention of my own in this line, I meant to keep it a secret, but for the benefit of science [letit go, and for the edification of your readers I shall try to describe it, as it ob- tains yery considerable favor among the knights of the trigger down our way. Mine is what may be called an extreme choke-bore, We will take a champagne bottle as a simple example, it being wider at one end than the other—you see? Incredulous as it may appear, we use a liquid ammunition, aud when the piece has got the proper eleyation and a sufficient charge, it never fails to kill anything anywhere; and so far from alarming the game, it exerts an attraction on them which very few cau resist. With this weapon we challenge all comers, men from Jersey not excepted. And forgive me foradding that the man at least, ifnot the gun, has a positive side-action—frst one side and then the other. I now conclude this scrawl, which may prove, perbaps, that I amnot a practiced letter-writer, but I hope at least [ haye made my wishes clearer than thuse of a brother sportamau who wanted an axe to ‘saw’ a barrel ty make a “*hen-coop” for his * dog.” WHYTE. oO Reception. —The last grand military reception and dress parade review of the Twenty-second Regiment was held at the armory ou the 8th inst. “The Mayor and other city officials were present, and Gilmore's Immense band fur- nished some delightful music. i r To Our Supscrrrrs,—The consolidation of the two papers brings us such a largely increased circulation, and so materi- ally adds to the business of the office, that we are forced to defer increasing our paper fo twenty-four pages, as comtem- plated, until we can make such arrangements regarding the mechanical portion’ of it as are necessary. Many correspon- dents whose communications haye not yet appeared will please bear that fact in mind. ° oO _____ —Itis believed that turkeys were introduced into England from America by William Strickland, lieutenant to Sebastian Cabot, in the time of Henry VIL Franklin always said the wild turkey should haye been the emblem of the United States, the log cabins of the pioneexs of his day being sur- rounded by these birds, who saluted each other from the boughs of the forest trees, Now no wild turkeys are found east of Pennsylvania, and in that State they are confined to moun 0 ANoUs 0 ale aad sume size, then they cau dispeose Game Bag and Gan. MAY 1S A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME. New Jrxsny.—A pigeon mateh between two sides, repre- sented by banking clerks snd brokers, took place yesterday on the Hackensack flats, near Snake Hill. ‘They shot at five birds each at twenty-one yards vise. The clerks won by the following score? Clerks—Stebbings, 5: Jones, 5; Whitmore, 2; Walbert. 4'Total 16. Brokers—Oeden, 5; Kemp, 4: Bratwell, 4; Wall, 0. Total 13, ‘ —A correspondent. writing from Charlotte, N. C., after complimenting our appearance, says: “A sportsmen’s club has just been organized here, which we call the ‘Charlotte Rod and Gun Clnb’. We want to pro- tect our birds and fishes, and see thnt the laws recently made by our Legislature for that purpose are enforced. Por many years past there have beon thousands of quail shipped north from thissection of the State cvery season: butour Legislature has passed a lmw prohibiting their exportation, and we hope to sce the iniquitons practice stopped.” —The Nashville Rural Sun proposes ta open a Dog and Gun department. THE GUN TAX. Arpany, April 30, 1877. Enrron Foanst ann Srream. «Vanator,”’ in his answer to my articla on tuxing puns, states that a tux on dogs would be equally objectionable tome, andall of ihe sama opinion. I have owned dogs nearly all my life, and only a weekago spent an hour going arovnd in the rain to find my hotind, whe had ron away Or been stolen. Most willingly would I pay # fax that would make dogs on a par with guus, so they could be considered personal property, Itis unnecessary to say more about taxing guus, since I have your opinion, Which is all the authority uecessary, a8 V, admits his plan would be anpopuiar. Speaking of grouse, I consider the fox and skunk its worst anemies, as frequent bunches of bones and feather met in the wonds tealify. Man has little chance with them in this vicinity, unless a good wing shot, dor they rise wild, and fly hke the wind, Generally they abide in swamps where the underbrush is so thick one can hardly turn ‘around, let alone shooting them. The qnail have all left thissection longago, Inever saw but one, and he was feeding leisurely on a black- berry, so Ileft him: he was quite tame, and only shout twenty feet from me, The bast way to protect our parent stook is to enforce the fame laws and exterminate some of the foxes and othar vermin which prey onthe-birds, Lam glade approyes the idea of farmers prolib- iting sportsmen from shooting on their ground, and trust the same spirit of self-denial will keep him from destroying game in the whole- sale Manver indulged by some sporlsmen. Thanking you, Mr. Verator, for your interest in the protection of game,and you, Mr. Editor, for acting as referee in the casé, I remain, yours, DEXTER. i GUNS THAT BURST—FAULTY INSPEC— TION. > — CrncrnNaATI, May 10, 1877. Eprror Forrsr Anp STREAM, Sint R. Price, in “The Two Americas,” relates the particulars of the bursting of a deuble gun in his hands at the firing of asecond shot at grouse, under circumstances which makes it seem to an American nob a little singular that he should have taken no action beyond the plebeian one of accepting another gun from the builder, just asa laborer would take back toa shop-keeper a garment which had proven shoddy. He stutes explicitly that the gan ‘‘went to pieces,” literally and destrnc- tively, and that his escape with his life wasmarvelous; that there was no apparent cause, but thaton examination of the fragnicnts, the builder declared that it was due to the negligence of a drunkentoremau in boring the extractor, This maker, a fashionable one, tolwrales n drunken foreman, and then permits his death-traps to 2o on! without rigid inspection —withont any inspeetion we'd better vay—and a wealthy and influential sportsman, a nobleman at that, allows the dammable thing to go nnpnnished for a paltry bribe of another forty or sixty- guinea gun! Savoring of this same milk-and-water-policy was the con- duct of a man here, owner of a fashionable rifle, which sent its charge into the face of the shooter. Luckily, he escaped with two sound eyes, and “compromised” with the principals, throngh whose Tanlt the rifle had been sent out, by accepting a simple return of his money. This looks entirely too much like anacknowledgment thal we are ready, for a paltry hnndred dollars or for fifty pounds, to hold at arm's length a Jouded bombshell with its fuse lighted. No; builders who, by reason of tolerating dranken or worthless inspectors, condemn to death innocent users of their infernal machines, shonid be held answerable to the atter- most; for—“qui facit per alium”—he who throng another does a thing, does it himself. Prompt publication, in Suitable cases, giving names, would check the inclination of some careless or consvienceless makers to send ont uninspected pot-metal, R. EK. Ducatene, i” LIGHT CHOKE-BORES VS. HEAVY GUNS. GaLyusron, Texas, April, 1877. Enivor Forust AND STREAM. ‘After a seasou’s duck shooling on {he Texas coast, nsing an §-pound, 12vauge, choked Fox gun, with an old 6-bore muzyle-louder, made by Westley Richards, ten years ago, I used the 12-z8uge In preference, and got better sport, Infact, most of the time the f-bore was stopped at Ube nipples, und when it was Osed there wert inure ducks weunded than brought to bay. With the choke the gun Killed atl that were bit, the ducks falling to the water like cannon balls. “Black-head™ may say the choke-bore is a humbng, but, with Mr. Greener, L say be must have had bad Juck in ordinary gana, or else some dealer bas heen selling him German guus with an Hugliso maker's name on them. Choke bores may not throw the shot where held, but J have yet to shoot a cylinder that has not the same faults. My choke bore shoots high, butI con- sider ita good fault. If they shoot Lo the right or left, & sportsman must fizd it oul und be governed by it. American gins vary lees than English, therefore I pronounce them the best T bad the pleasire of using a Nicbols & Lefever one day last week, and found it as good 4 gun asthe best by Enelish makers, Their fasteniug is yery etrone, and decidedly an improvement on either the top or side lever, The com- pensalor beingin the Jog instead of the hiuge, mocts the wants of many ashaky gun, It ismy opinion tbat the wedge fists, duplex and treble gnps mast look to their laurels, or Messrs. Nichols and Lefeyer most capinre them. There may be something in confined gasses, but to get the benefit the wan’ must ba gas-tight at breech, or the choke will not holdit. Tvave the new Pibte wad atrial, but Tueed fonr-ounce powder and got good results, ata ea heen lowe teenage for dawdling.* Exx Huyriyc.—An Englishman is hunting in Colorado, and the kind of sport he is haying may be surmised from this extract from a letter to The Field: : “The same eyening was a red-letter one in our hunting career. We returned tu camp Jaden not only with meat, but we had secured the head and enormous antlers of a giant wapiti, Wethree were walking abreast, a little apart, on the summit of a ridge where forest was open, when two ereat stags Jumped up from their lxivsin front of ws, and stood for a moment, then trotted off between the tives, throwing hack their huge antlers, soas ta avoid the branches, till they tonéehed their sides. We got bullets inte them, and Jack and I rushed on with our knives; I gave one great fel-. low the coup de grace with my Jong hunting knife, the other, wounded, went offa little way and then Jny down to die, It is not an easy thing to killa stag wapili, Tt takes as much traniping as to kill 100 couples of snipe, butiftar less powder; and there is much more meat for the pumunition in an elk. The labor is great, but the reward is great also; and any man or party who kills one by fair hunting throngh the forest in September may be proud. Twill not say as much for the pot-hunters who wait till the herds are snowed out of their forest haunts and come down into the valleys in winter in search of pasture, when they thay be ridden after and shob down like cattle. The biggest stag mensured 16 hands 3 in. high, girth 6 ft., antlers with fourteen points, in. round the burr, and 46 in. in length, They are not much bigger than my best sambur head; bat the extra points make them look bigger.“ Qpor From Prrsrtravion,—The unpleasant odor produced by perspiration is frequently the soures of vexation to persons who are subject to it. Nothing is simpler than to remove this odor much more effeetually than hy the application of such unguents and perfumes as are in use, It is only neces- sary to procure some of the compound spirits of ammonia, and place about to tablespoonfuls ju a basin of water. Washing the face, hands and arms with this leaves the skin as clean aweet and fresh as one could wish. The wash is perfectt harmless, and very cheap, It is recommended on the author- ity of an experienced physician. a Narunan Bravry.—All onr moral feelings are so inter- Woyen with our intellectual powers that we cannot affect the one williont, in some degree, addressing the other; and, in all ideas of beauty, it is more than probable that much of the pleasure depends on delicate and untraceable perceptions of fitness, propriety, and relation, which are purely intellectual, and through which, we arrive at our noblest ideas of what is commonly and rightly called intellectual beauty. Ideas of beauty are among the noblest which can be presanted to the mind, inyariably exalting and purifying it according to their degree, And it wonld appear that we are intended by ihe Deity to be constantly under their influence, because there is not one single object In nature which is not eapable of con- veying them, and which, to the rightly perceiving mind, does not present an incalenlably greater number of beautifnl than of deformed parts. Rusk. a . —Oregon has adopted the ingenious device of requiring liquor drinkers to he licensed, and making it » penal offense to sell to an unlicensed person. RE rane i —Mr. HW. H, Thompson, cashier of the Brie Railroad, has sent us a large part of 2 muscallonge which he receiyed ‘in bulk” from Mz. Chas. Crossman, of the Crossman House at Alexandvia Bay, The fish weished thirty pounds, we are told, but are not informed whether it was net weight or caich weight, Our thanks are due to eur friends. at Saur Warmer Prxe.—We haye some most valuable material in type on the sult-water pike of the Chesapeake Bay, which we shall use next week. tha spnee for the current issue of our paper being occupied. diew Hlublicutions. —— Tou Two Americas, An Account of Sport and Trayel With Notes of Men and Manners in North and South America, By Major Sir Rose Lambart Price, Bart... R,G, 8, With illustrations Philadelphia; J, B, Lippincott & Go. ‘This agreeable work belongs, as its title reveula, to a class which has of late years increased with arapidity which would be alarming wera it not that eyery now and again avontribulion is made by such an anthor as Sir Rose Lambart Price. Tn Lis “Notes of Men aud Mapuers,” and his references to religious und political inetilutions, if no great profundity is shown, there isabundant evidence of uuprejudiced ob- servation and English common-sense. We prefer to dispose of this part of the volume first, in order that we may afterward enjoy without interruption the ‘Accounts of Sport asd Trayol.” In speaking of Atwerican corruption, the antbor gives expression to at leastoueopinion in Which many Americans will concur. He attributes it to universal stiffrage, to which ‘all the existing ills im ull existing republics dis- linctly on be traced.” Very naturally the author prefors the British foym of government. He finds conflicting interests in Mast and West, whith must eventually proye fatal to the Union, since there ls no current such as that supplied by a “strong sentiment of loyalty to a reigning family,’ to counteract the tendency of sectional self-interest toward disruption, Here Sir Rose “quotes Fisher Ames: “We will eventually become too expansive for Union, too sordid for patriotism, and two democratic for liberty.’ On the other hand, our author is loudin his praises of Amevican hospitality, of our beautiful women; and of the military men he met he thus vigorously sums up his opinion: “Of all the good fellows in the world, I really believe tha U.S. A. oftivers are about the best.” And now we may turn tothe sporting author of tha adyentures. Here be is business-like and matter-of-fact, circumstantial and clear, and is not ubove stopping at times to relate a humorous incident, The following is afair sample: While ont shooting and meeting with but indifferent sport, he took to prospecting for gold, and explained to his attendant, Martin, that as the country was rich in the previous metal he might, whenever he saw quartz, find gold also. “Shortly aftor, and working back, I found him paddling shout in a large splash of rain water, which had accumulated in a slight hollow on tha mountain sida. ‘Hullo!’ I shouted, “what are you doing there? Tt’s yetting too lute ‘I be a-looking fur gold,‘ was the answer.’ “Why, FOREST AND STREAM. the conventional yine-leaf in the cooking of quail. The sea fishing at the samo plaice was éxciting bub barbarous. An amusing description is #iven of ‘an hour’s fair shooting’ at a patriarchal goose in Pata- gouia, ‘The old story of the jack snipe," says the anthor, ‘who lasted & man two years,ard was cyentually killed bya friend to whom in a Week momeut heafforded a day's shooting, and Punch's Frenchman, Wuoss woodctock remained to him for the season, rose vividly in my mind as shot after shot was fired by H, and myself at thia invincible old bird, who received our fusilade with the most extrame indifference, Alter each discharge he simply dived, swam a hundred yards or so under water before rising to the surface, and then, with the most tn- souctant sany /Poid, fapped his wingsin seeming derision of our efforts befors quistly settling down as if nothing haf happened.” One is almost sorry to learn that at last a cartridge from the Captain laid tbe {ough old warrior low. A great deal of interesting sporting matter is woven into the narrative of the yoyage slong the Pacific coust. We are told how albutrosses are caught with hook and line, how the bull-fights of Dima are conductéd, aud bow sleeping turtles may be caught near GocosIsland The Jutter process, 98 practiced by the author, was very exhilaratiug, and at the suite tima very simple, Slipping qnictly into the water he swum nois¢lossly to where his intended victim was sleep- ing in fancied security. The turtiéawoke, but being a slow starter his pursuer drew up level and canght him by the bind flipper. Then came the tug of war. Tt was, as wea are told, aregniar case of “pull deyil, pull baker,” the devil—or rather the Baronet—nltimately winning by tnro- ing the turtle on his back, One of the most interesting parts of the book is devoted to California, and for a description of salmon fishing in the Sacramento we must refer the reader to the work Iteelf, We can recommend it fo every reader of Fonnst AND Stam as the narrative of one of the besttypsof a Sportsman. Sir Price hus his, peculiarities of both Ianguage and sentiment, but these, although otcasionally ob- jectionable, in no way detract from the value of 4, volume which will make atiost acceptable addition to # library boasting of nothing but Prank Forrester, J, Cypress, Jr,, and «a few others of our American classics. ————s In the Naluralis! for April we find much that is instrue- five. Mr. Trouvelot contribntes a valuable paper on the Was of Anter- nie in Insects, giving the iuterusting results of a variety of experi- mentsmude by him during his investigations on this subject. Mr. Barber tells us of the Aboriginal Funeral Customs in the United States,and Mr. CG, 8. Minot contributes an illustrated paper on the Sledge Microtome, Next comes an extract from Prof. Huxley’s lecture onthe Study of Biology, followed by Prof. Grote’s paper On the Pao- pling of America. Capt. Howgate’s article, entitled The Polar Coloni- gation Plan, 1s very interesting, aud we are pleased to believe that there iss prospect that some of hissuggestions will be acted on. Of the De- partment of Recent Literature, Mr. Packard’s illustrated review of the Géographical Distribution of Animals is, of course, the main feature, The notes ou bolany, zoblogy, anthropology, geology, geography, and exploration and microscopy are, as usual, attractiye.and the number ends witha digest of recent scientific news, proceedings of societies, and the contents of current scientific serials. We welcome with much pleasure the second number for this year of the Nuttall Bullelin. Certainly this periodical is doing good work, and it has really become a necessity to every ornithologist. Wa cannot but hope thatit will receive the pecuniary support it so well deserves, and that before very long we shall beable to welcome it to our table at more frequent intervals than we now do. The first article in the present number is a startling one. Dr. Coues, whois, we must éay, rather given to such performances, demolishes inafew words theold genus Seturus, and at the same time the specific names of the three species which belong to it; sonow we must say and write Sturus quricapitius, nevius and maolacilia, instead of those other names, 50 long familiar to eyery ornithologist, aurocapilius, no- veborucensis aud Iudovictanus. We wish that we had the space to notica at lengfl the most valuable articles on the Breeding of the Black Tern, and on the Wilson’s Phala- rope, by Messrs. Robertsand Nelson respectively. They are both ex- tremely interesting, and contain much that is new. In this number, foo, Mr. Brewster describes the nests of two Western birds hitherto unknown, viz.: Carpodacus purpureus var. californieus and Peucaea rufi- ceps, and’ Dr. Brewer comes bravely up to defend his list of New Tingland birds, We shall wait with interest his critic’s reply. The géneral notes are as usual very interesting—that on the capture of the Egyptian Goose on Long Island espevially so. The bird must have been an escaped one, we take it. The Popular Science Monthly for April opens with one of Prof, Tyndall’s lectures on spontaneous generation. It is entitled A Combat with an Infectiye Atmosphere, and details in a most attractive style the author’s struggles with the impurities of the atmosphere while experimenting on his pet subject. Following Prof, Tyndali’s ar- ticle is an abstract of a lecture by Dr. Von Pattenkoffer, Professor of Hygiene at the University of Munich, on the Relations of the Air to Our Clothing. This is the longest article of this number of the Monthly, and itis also the most interesting. As briefly as possible the lecturer fives us a yast amount of what willbe to most readers novel informa- ticn concerning our clothing andits relations to our health and com- fort. Prof. Saninel Lockwood, ina brief article on Audubon's Lily Re- discovered, strikes 1 blow for the greatest artist-naturalist this coun- try has yetimown. It is too much the fashion at the present day to sneer at the work and the workers of earlier times, and we are gladto see a word said in defelise of one of them. The remaining articles are numerous and interesting, though asa whole the magazine seems to us a little more technical than itis wont tobe. Prof. Tenney writes of the Plant Haters of North Amentca, mentioning, however, only the ruminants of our country; Iva Remsen discusses the question as to whether chemistry is a science or an art; Mr. Merriman tells us of World Creations, and Prof. Geike,F. R.8., of the Accoutrement of a Field Geologist. We comniend especially to our readers Prof, Langley’s First ‘Popular Scientific Treatise,” and the discussion of the Ball Paradox hy Mr. Crane. A fine portrait of Wil- liam Crookes, the discoverer of the radiometer, adorns the first page of the Monthly. . DITTMAR POWDER. PLEASE direct all letters for the aboye powder ta Neponset, Mass, Capt. Bogardus and Tra Payne, nowin Hogland, sre using my powder, Oarn Dirraarn.—aAdv, cuusweys Do Garrespyondentg. —— No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communications. — eee E. K. Anb F, H.—Is there a newspaper in London by the name of Field, Vorest und Sircam ?—Ane, No, J. &W,, North Mangheaster, Ci-—You can prevent your gun from Jeading by first firing a blank charge of powder in each barrel, H.D, M., New York.—You will find full information in repard to Dallock’s Sportsman's Gazeteer in adysrtisament in another column, ¥. 0.—In what number did the article entitled “The Rangeley Luko Rexion” commence? Can you supply them?—Ana. No. 12, April 26th. | We wm supply them, ~ LL.D. §8., Philadeiphia.—What is the price of » tent that would com- rsona, and where can I get one in Philndel- A ton’ of Pitkin & Thomas 1. North Second street, ry eer ie Abas “ ; : $15, — : 227 W. E, H., North Manchester.—Can you inform me wherel can get plan directions for building the Barnegat sneak-boat?—Ans. Refer to back files of Foresr AND Srngam,in which they have appeared ro- peatedly, with diagrams. T, R. O,, Philadelphia.—There are no tront in Maine as large as the Rangeley trout, save tha"Sebago trout,” which are really the land- locked salmon, ora spevies of lake trout. The Maine trout are no ‘larger than tha Adirondack trout, averaging a half-pound inthe best \ waters, ’ _ SuBsormer, Brattleboro, ¥t—Will you please inform ma if fishing for | trout up the Green River, if not posted, is not all right? It emptics into Dearfleld River, Mass.—Ans. You must be governed by tha awa of your own State. Massachusetts law cannot extend over Vermont waters, 0, CAmp, Georgetown, Col.—To obtain full information about the farming lands of Northwestern Texas, sand for the Temas New Forker, No, 23 Centro atrest, Naw York City, and write also to the Texaa and Kansas Emigration agent of the Missouri, Kanaas and Texaa Kailroad, Sedalin, Mo. 4. G. E., Brooklyn.—Can tha Eagle Claw be called a snare? Would the taking of game with it be illegal, when the law prohibits the usa of anything but the hook and lino or gun?—Ans, The Lagle Claw isa trap, Buarsand ‘device within the moaning of the Jaw. If you use it ille- gally you onght to be prosecuted. ©. 8. B., Albany, N. ¥Y.—Can you inform me if thers is any trout flah- ingin the vicinity of this city?—Ans. There ase soveral streams in the yitinity, but too much fished to afford good sport. The best waters easily accessible from Albany are those about Prospect and Trenton Falls, on the Utica and Black Kiver Rnilroad, SHELL, Galveston, Vaxns.—Which do you consider the best impla- ments for loading paper shells? Oamthe same be equally as well used for loading brass shells?—Ans,. 1st, There are such a yarioty of loaders that it is difficult for us to decide which is the best. 2d, Some can. Supscnmer, Baltimore.—By your last issne [ see that Mr. Hallock is aboutto give usa treat. When will his work on the “Game and Fish of North America” be ont, and what will be the price?—Ans, The boolr is in press, partly stereotyped, It will mike 60) pages, and cosh prob- ably $3. W., Newark, N. J.—Is thereany law to keep anybody from shooting sinall birds to stuff. Tam getting a collection of birds and birds’ eggs, but do not want to get into any trouble 01 thataccount, Also, what ia the best monthly paper or book about auch things?—Ang. Yes; yoncan shoot for scientific objects. Williard’s Qologist, published at Utica, N. ¥., isa good monthly. A Reaper, Cleveland, Ohio.—lst. Do you soak snells and Ieaders in warm or cold water?—Ans. Wither will do; warm water is the best, 2d. Can you tell me the nearest point from hore where an old #entle- man cau go and find good trout-fishing, easily accessible, rate of board, etc?—Aus. The trout regions of Northern Michigan, reached via tho Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. Send for their circnlar. : ¥.5. E., Boston.—ist. Where can I obtain a copy of the roles of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, 2d, Where can f get, some black bass fishing near Boston, Mass ?—Ans. ist, Address Chas. 8. Foster, Sportsman Office, this city. 2d. There is good black bass fish- Ing at Jamaica Plains, Arlington, and many other places near Boston. The waters of Massachussetts have been pretty thoroughly stocked. 8. A., New York.—Is there any place in Pennsylvania where the trout fishing is superior to that of the Adirondacks, and do the trout attain a larger size in that State than they doin this?—Ans. We have seen large trout in both States, bul don’t think the fish will ayerage more than one- fourth of a pound, as they ranin either. There 1s as good fishing in parts of the Adirondacks as there can be found anywhere. C. H.5., Montpelier, Vt.—Is there alaw in New York State allowing people who are forming cabinets to shoot in any season for that pur- pose?—Ans. The law reads as follows, referring to the prohibitory sec- tions and 10: “Thelast two sections shall not apply to any person who shall kill any bird for the purpose of studying its habits or history, or haying the same stuffed and set up as a spécimen.” A person de- tected insoshooting will haye to prove his object. W. UW. H,, North Manchester, Conn.—tist. Where can I get a copy of Baird’s Ornithology? 2d, Is Prof. Baird getting out a new work on Ornithology—and if so, when will it be ready, where to be had and price? 3d. Is there any work on the subject you consider betler than Baird's? 4th. Has Mr. E. Wanmaker returned from the South yel, and Will you give mv his address?—Ans, 1st. Of Settle, Brown & Co., Bus~ ton, 2d. Wedonot know of Prof, Buird’s getting out anything new. 8d, No, 4th. He has returned, For his address see advertisement on another page. Dick, Rochester.—Do you know of a placa nearer here thau Brainerd, Minn., where I can get a small quantity of wild rice, and how expensive wouldit be delivered in Rochester? Is there good tront fishing in Potter County, Pa.? Whatis its reputation, if it has any at all?—Ans. You can get wild rice from A.V. Denio, Harwood P. O,, Rice Lake, On- tario, Canatla, The price, we think, is $2 per bushel. There is good trout fishing in all the branches of the Sintamahoning River, Try Kettle Creek, which is reached by tho way of Condersport, on the Del- aware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. J. F.B., New York.—Last Sunday afternoon, in strolling along the bank of a stream running through the western edgs of Passate City, I noticed thousands of what seemed to be bits of twigs about an inch long and of the thickness ofa lead pencil. They wera laying upon the tops of the stones in the brook just as thick as they could well be without touching each other. Suspecting that the innocent pieves of twigs were more than they seemed from the position they occupied, I fished one up, broke it open, and found inside a white grub full three-quarters of aninchlong, May J ask you what they are?—Ans, Probably the pupa casos of the caddis-fAy. Trout, Pennsylvania.— Which is the best way to fish 2 mountain trout Bircam, up stream or down? and which is the best day, clear or cloudy? —Ans. Up stream or down depends so much upon the charactor of the stream to be fished that no general rule can be given. Don’t attempt to fishagainst the wind is generally the best rule to follow. In fishing down stream the greatest objection obtains, that in playing a fish he disturbs a portion of the water below that has not been fished, Aa to the mere mutter of casting, down stream is most convenient ald satis- factory. Cloudy weather is the best for anglers. YeLtow Lee, Boston.—A party of four wish to enjoy a fortnight's “marsh bird” shooting aud trout fishing. Wo have been advised to go to Nova Scotia, Gin you direct os to a suitable place? At what time of the year should wa be there? Hud we not better get our ammunition inthe Proyiice? Would wa find better sporting by going to Prince Edward's Island?—Aus. Take stage from Halifax for Liverpool and ba- youd. Thereare twenty good locations on the route for trout, salmon aud snipe, Ohester and Iudiau River, forty-live and twenty-five miles from Halifax, are excellent spots, with good tayern accommodations. Buy tackle and ammunition at Halifax. Prince Edward's Island is an ex- cellent place, Go to Rustico, on the north side of the island. Goat once, if you prefer. Unpounstepty one of the hest and cheapest stocks of Carpetings, Oil- | Cloths, Matting, ele , etc.,to bu found in the United States is that of Messrs. Joun H. Pray, Sons & Co., Washington Street, Boston. I. W. 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OUR NAME AND STYLE. 7 A § confusion scems to have arisen among our patrons as to the title of our consolidated journal, and some mis- apprehension in directing the letters and mail matter, we will endeavor herewith to define our position :— Our united paper is known as the *'Forust & Srream AND Top & Guy.” Intending that it shall continue to .be the representative argan of Field Sports, Natural History, and Fish Culture in America (onr most prominent scientists and literateurs haying pledged themselves individually to its sup- port), we haye chosen to apply to it the qualifying sub-title of ‘* The American Sportsman's Journal.” These designations appear on the cover. But inasmuch as we are working nnder the charter of ‘*The Forest and Stream Publishing Company,” which publishes books and pamphlets as well as this journal, itis especially important that all letters, not private, should be addressed to the *‘ Forest and Stream Pub- lishing Company,” and we enjoin upon our friends to so ad- dress them. The ‘‘Rop anp Gun” paper has been incor- porated into the above company; but while it isa component part thereof, its own individuality will not be lost, and its old friends, who may be jealous of its prestige, will always see its name prominent on the cover, joining hands and labors with its qnondam compeer, both working together for their nutnal good and the benefit of all. The correspondence and letters from sportsmen of the “Rop ayn Guy” will be distributed under their appropriate heads. _ OE —— Frep BryEr.y IN THE TRoptcs.—Lust Noyember, when our old Florida Commissioner, Mr. Ober, sailed for the French West Indies, we announced that he would rempin two years in the tropics in pursuit of natural history subjects for the Aimithsonian Institution. "We were glad to embrace the un- usual opportunity thus afforded to secure letters from a region of which so little of scientific value is known, and at once secured his seryices as our correspondent. Two letters from him have already been published, one from Bermuda, and one from Martinique, both of which were merely casual notes taken en route, To-day we present, howeyer, the first of his legitimate series; and as these will be continued at intervals for a long period, they should be regarded with that estimation which their real yalue entitles them to, Our scientific academies will certainly scrutinize them with that interest which a new field always awakens, while those who _that whitefish are found in salt water. the emooth balls, as T have hit them wi HS or per B shot out bre ag th n , Boca 1—A look for more general topies will not fail to find entertain- ‘ment in eyery line which his pen produces. Mr. Ober is one of the rising naturalists of the day whois destined to occupy a prominent place hereafter. oe OTSEGO BASS AND OSWEGO BASS, ———S 4 § the result of the recent introduction of white fish into Otsego Lake, an interesting controversy has arisen between the champions of the renowned Otsego bass and the more enlightened of our fish culturists, the former objecting to their being put into the Inke, chiefly on economic grounds. Mr, Fred. Mather, of the New York Aquarium, has writ- ten for the Aquarium Journal a very intelligent article on the subject, which we are glad to endorse at his suggestion, and in doing so, we may be pardoned for publishing a paragraph from Hallock’s fortheoming book relating to the subject in question. Messrs, Roosevelt and Green, of our State Fish- ing Commission, both maintain that the Otsego bass is a true white fish (coreqonus), and Mr. Mather, in giving his endorsement, very truly says that any variety of fish bred in an isolated lake will, in time, divest the local peculiarities. In so saying he strips off the mystery that has. for so long o time seemed to becloud and embarrass classification or iden- tification, and the tendency of modern scientific investiga- tion is entirely in the direction which this theory, or rather postulate, suggests. While generic diversity in fishes is more extended than in the human race, the fact remains that it is much less than students have supposed, the fea- tures ond physical characteristics (not structure) varying greatly in both families, and to so great extent in man that scarcely two persons look alike, or haye limbs, heads, hands and feet of the same size or proportion. Imperfect or superficial study is really the secret of our ignorance or mis- apprehension, and lack of careful orsufficient. study is assur- edly chargeable to yery many scientists whom the public has been taught to accept as authority, Returning to our original subject, we copy from advanced sheets what Mr. Hallock says on the bass question: Orszco Bass; Otsego shad-salmon.—Coregonus _ otsego.— Although called a bass, this isa true whitefish. It belongs tothe family salmonids, and not to the family percide. We append the description following from De Witt Clinton: Body elongate, stbeylindrical, compressed; back arched; scales very small; lateral line distinct, straight. Month small with a protn- berant bifid upperlip. No teeth in the maxillaries, intermaxil'anes, yomer, palatines or pharyngesls. Dorkal fin with nine (?) rays, three of which are imperfect; adipose filamentora a. the tip; candal forked, Color, dusky above the lateral line; silvery beneathit. Dusky lateral stripes, 44 in the Labrax Hineatus, or striped basa; these are ahout six or eight in number. Pupile black; irides silvery. Opercles silvery. spotted with yellow. It spawns in autumn, The small-mouthed black bass (Microptenos salmonidee-Gill) does not fill this bill at all, although there is great liabilit to confound it with the Otsego bass; from the fact that it is itself locally known as the Oswego bass, bet'veen which two proper names there is quite a similarity. While the Oswego bass or black bass is a yora¢ious feeder and ravenous biter at the hook, the Otsego bass scarcely ever takes the hook. It appears to be peculiar to the Otsego Lake, just as the trout of Winnipissiogee Lake are peculiar to its waters. It has been taken in semes by several thousand at na time, but was rapidly decreasing in numbers until the year 1871, when the Fish Commissioners began their artificial propa- gation and the restocking of the lake. In Mr. Mather’s letter he shows what fish, having the second dorsal fin adipose, belong tio the family of Salmonida; and he also shows that true bass must have spinous rays in the dorsal fin which the Otsego bass has not. One other statement Mr. Mather makes, incidentally, which some people are quite incredulous about, namely: To substantiate his statement we will mention a fact which must be well known, but which has never been published, namely, that the fol- lowing familiar fishes, comprising fifteen different varieties, and included in nine different families, are found at certaim seasons every year in brackish water, and that as far as ex- perience has tested and iryestigation discovered, all of them will live equally well in salt or fresh water, according as they are debarred from -one or the other : Percide.—Striped bass, white perch, ,black bass. Salurido?.— Catfish. Esocide:,—Pike, gar-fish. , Salmonider.—Salmon, Jand-locked salmon, trout, smelt, whitefish. Chipider.—Herring, shad, Gadide:.—Tom cod. Oyprinidee.—Carp chub. Slurionide:.—Sturgeon, Besides mullets and eels, thera are many others that might be mentioned. Striped bass (the simon pure porcus lineadus) are found in Murdock Lake, above St. Louis. Shad haye been taken 1,400 miles from the mouth of the Mississippi, Land-locked salmon, carp, sturgeon, garfish and smelts are found in fresh water that has no access to salt, The pike, white fish and black bass are found in salt water, in which the tide ebbs and flows twice daily. This interesting subject will bear extended examination, ee —A sportsman here informs us that the quail (old stock) of Conneeticut are one-third larger than any of those reported to this State. We were not aware of this. New Your, May 6, 1877. Yn regard to my patent rough glass balls, I uuderstand thal there ara instances where they have been ordered and smooth balla sentin their place. All purties ordering will find none genuine unless they bear lettered on each ball the name of ‘“Bogardae’ glasa ball, Patented April 10, 1877." and further, that George E. Hart & Co, of Newark, N. J, are the sole agents for the wholesale trade for the glass Lallsand traps. LT also take orders whereyer I shoot. IT have shot two matches of 1,00 balls each, and in the firet I bad to shoot at 3,136 smooth balla to oreak 1,000, and at the second Insed my paient rongh balls. breaking 1,00!) ont of 1,028. I know, by experience, that, the hot will glance off at r. ie ars a 44 them. Respectfally youre, J nema GAME PROTECTION. ' yc _ Stave Sportsmen's Convention.—The coming Convention of New York sportsmen at Syracuse is in an advanced state of preparation, Tho use of the State jarmary has been granted for the combined fish and dog show, which is to be held§simultancously with the Convention. Mr. Chas. Lin- coln, who has been superintending the grent show nt the Hippodrome in this city, will have charge of the dogs, and Mr. Henry H. Porter, Snperintendent of the Island Pond Hatcheries at Half Way, will superintend the exhibition of fish. The committee on birds report that they haye con- tracted for 20,000 birds, the largest number ever procured for a State shoot. It seems probable that they will all be needed. Prorection In GreEne County,—The citizens of Catskill and neighborhood have organized the ‘‘ Greene County Asso- ciation for the Protection of Birds and Fish,” for the better enforcement of the game laws. “Their circular states that they intend asking of the Board of Supervisors a small ap- propriation for the purpose of a trout-raising establishment, by which means every stream in the county can be full stocked at a very trifling expense to each town. With streams well stocked with trout and the Isw enforced for their protection, they think that thousands of people who now seek the wilder parts of the country as a summer resort will be attracted to Greene County. An important sug- gestion is that owners of lands bordering on trout streams should preserve the trees and bushes along their banks, thus preserving the land from washing out by freshets, and afford- ing a cool retreat for the fish. It would be desirable to throw into deep holes old stumps and bushes to make a refuge for the trout against illegal fishing. They also propose to pro- eure a quantity of quail and prairie-chicken for stocking suitable localities, and suggest that a bonnty be offered for every shade tree set out, This,in the long run, would probably be a profitable investment, as tending to prevent the drying up of the springs and the droughts which oceur where a country is stripped of its trees. We wish the society success. The officers are: President, Andrew Breasted ; Vice-President, P) H. Vanderhoof; Secretary, Frederick Hopkins ; Treasurer, P. VY. Van Orden. ——s Daxnsvinie, N- Y., May 8, 1877. Environ FOREST AND STREAM. Ataregular meeting of the Dansville Sportemen'’s Association, held Friday,May 4, the annual election of officers was held, resulting aé follows; President, H, J. Fealkner; Vice-President, Jolin Hyland; Secretary, H. W. De Long; Treasurer, L. Kuhn; Finance Committee, Jas, Faulk- ner, Jr., B. T. Squires, and A.B,{Van Nnya. The clob is ina very prokperons condition, and during the two years of its existence has done much good work in protecting and propagating the fish and game of our beantifnl valley and surroanding hills. A notable feature of ont last meeting was the presentation to the as- sociation by one of the members of a large case of mounted specimens of Florida beasts and birds. The genUeman, by the way, is a skillful taxidermist, and the epecimene were all collected and prepared by him doring a recent sojonrn in Florida, Thoy show great painstaking and stady; and we are justly prond of our cas, which is such a great addi- tion to onr roome. Wishiny the “Great Consolidated” every success, lam yours, H. W. De Long, Sec. Danaville 8. A. Micatesn.—The Legislature of Michigan has killed the Game bill prepared by the State Association, and it will now be two years before any clianges can be made. —‘Ricardus” notifies us thataclub has been formed in Fall River, Mass., under the name of ‘‘Woods*and Waters Sportsmen’s Club," fgr protection of birds and fishes. ‘‘We have nine mile of lakes abounding in pickerel, perch and black bass. The bass were put in Watuppa Lake eight years ago, and we haye had very fine fishing, but the laws of our Commonwealth have not been respected; the fish hays been gill netted and seined during spawning season; the club has taken the matter in hand, and are now offering re- wards for conviction of persons fishing unlawfnlly. The club starts with sixty members. Rifle shooting is proposed, and we hope to show good scores for amateurs.” Micsican Srare Sponrsmen’s Convention —The annual meeting of the Michigan sportsmen was held at Grand Rapids, May 8th, five clubs only being represented. Presi- dent Holmes’ address was an able one. He said that the efforts to procure the enactment of a more efficient game and fish law had so far failed ; still prospects were good for the passage of more stringent laws. The necessity of angling the whole people interested in the preserving of game an fish was urged upon all sportsmen. He hoped efforts would be made to organize local clubs in every section of the State. E. ©. Nichols, delegate to the National Sportsmen's Conyen- tion, made his report, which was full of interest. W. Cc. Colburn, of Detroit, was quite caustic in his denunciation of the National Association, declaring it inefilcient and worth- less, and that he was in fayor of withdrawing the State As- sociation from its support. This created considerable dis- cussion. It was resolved to continnethe membership of the State in the National Association, The Treasurer reported the society financially sound. ‘The next meeting will be held at Battle Greek the first Tuesday in February next. R. Tnumsors.—A correspondent writes from this State os fol- lows: ‘Our wise Solons in legislature assembled failed to sea the necessity of passing astringent law for the protection of fish in our waters, and the bill has been defeated, causing much disappointment to the friends of this much-neaded measure. Most of the fish at present exposed for salein our markets are unfit for food, being filled with eggs—their destruction being the destruction of thousands of fish. Many of our streams are fast becoming depopulated, and something must be done to stop this wholesale destruction of the finny tribe. - Royes.” A brilliant farmer has petitioned the Legislature for a bill to protect song birds, and such a bill has passed the Senate, but the joke is he has named the quail asasong bird. The whistle of bob-white is music to » sportsman’s ear, but we don’t-want them protected quite so closely. 7, IST AND STREAM. Groner Gan Assocratton.—We hays received the hand- somely printed constitution and by-laws of the Georgian Game Association, enclosing acopy of the game law of the State, and judge from the tenor of the society's platform that they arein carnest in their resolution to prosecute all violators of the law, which is none toostringent. An annual athletic festival and game supper are provided for in the constitution, so that the association will not haye been or- ganized for naught, if no rascals are to be caught poaching, es Loyewoop, Fla., April 25, 1877. Eprrok Forust AND STREAM. Florida has at last asemblance of a game law, but it is only the ghost ofa thing. However, it will do, I suppose, fora beginning—a sort of ABO. Lam well pleased to see many of our citizens (denominated “cravkers”) taking an interest in the law, and expressing a determination to live up to all there is of it, with the hope of amore perfect one in the near future; on the other hand, 1am sorry to see some who style themselves ‘‘sportsmen ™ (visitors all) taking advantage of every occasion to violate it, by obtaining per- mission te hunt an the lands of some newcomers, Western men, Ishall shortlyreénter the newspaper business, and when I get my lines well in hand, shall do all in my power to stop this sort of thing, and do a little—allI can—to help along the glorious work of my favorite journal, the Forrst AND SrREAM. Frep. L. Roserrson. TENNESSEE.—A codification and rearrangement of the Tennessec Game and Fieh Jaws are much needed, and our State Association should tuke up the matter at once, and bring order out of chaos. Heretofore the different connties have each acted for themselves, andin many cases without much judgment; so that one might be well versedin sporting legalities iu one part of the State, but if he should presume upon his partial acquirements and jamp the county line, he might soon discover that a little learning is a dangerous thing. To be safe, he must carry on his head at least half a dozen “legal caps,” For this County (Montgomery) and séveral adjoining ones, some tinker had so fixed it that we could vot shoot a bird after Febrnary 1st. The consequence was that we were deprived the pleasure of snipe snd plovor shooting entirely, for these make their appearance here only between February 20th und May iat. Noris there any reason why we should Stop shooting partridges (quail) before Mirch 1st. They do not pair off here before May 1st, und the weather freqnently prevents us from shoot- ing themto any extent allihrongh December and January; hence we should be allowed one more month for the sport. Under this detestable state of the game laws we took it npon our individual self last winter to make the laws conform more closely to the “eternal fitness of thiegs,"’ and in accordance with our suggestion, Judge Chas. G. Smith, our gentlemanly representative, introduced tbe necessary changes, und the Jaw stands as followa for this portion of the State: Partridges (qnail}, rnffed gronse (pheasants), snipe, plover, etc., all game birds, may be shot between October 1st and Mareh isi; and snipe and ployer until Mny 1st. Doves are not included in the law, bat I see no good reason why they should not be protected also. They are a delightful bird for the table when young, and afford very pretty sport In August and Seprem ber when it is too hot for active exercise. The following is our mode of shooting them: In the early morninz and latter part of the afternoon the gunners take positions under certain trees or near wheal stucks, which the birds have been observed to frequent, and a boy on horse- back rides around the corn and wheat fields and keeps them on the wing. They fiy invariably to the same trees and afford fine wing shots. They ulso frequent certain ponds 1n the evening to drink before going to roost. Our fish law, according to the interpretation of our County Court, is bricily as follows: Persons are not allowed to fish in any running stream in any manner except with hook and line or {rot line, provided that in navigable streams helow the point of navigation fishing with seine or net mey be practised, except in the months of March, April, and May, and provided the seine or net is not at or uesar the mouth of any stream emptying into the navigable stream, This refets to ihe whole State, Another matter doseryes the attention of our State Association. The owners of valuable dogs are entirely at the merey of every vagabond who sees fit to throw poison around loosely. The only resort afforded by the Jnw is to briny an action for damages, while no damages can be extracted from these impecunious wretches. I wonld snggest that every one who basa valuable dog be allowed fo register iL and pay a reasonable tax. In retutn Jorthis the law shonld protect it, and the killing or injary of such Animals should be made a misdemeanor with fue and imprisonment, Impecuniosity would not then prove each @ blessing. The need for some such provision has lately been shown in this place, Mr. W.H. Drane'’s Field Trial setter bitch, Belle, was poisoned by his cvok, because she (the dog) barked at the Romeos (colored) who paid moonlight attentions to her colored highness. And yet Mr. D. re- strained himse!f sa wonderfally sa not to afford a case of '*bnll-dozing” for the investigation of an immaculate Cougresssional Committe. Accept congratnlations upon thé consolidation of Rod and Gun with FOREST anp Stream. The combined force should be able to afford the best resulta in the way'of ajournel for sportsmen (please do not allow your correspondeuts to degrade the name to ‘‘sports”'), and We are bene- fited by receiving in small compass the cream at a emaller price. Episro. —_ oro Poxrtanne Houses,—Gentlemen contemplating a protracted sojourn in the country this summer will do well to refer to the advertisement in our columns of O’Brien’s Portable Houses. A comfortable shooting-box can be had for $135, and «a charming cottage for double that sum, either for moun- tain or seaside. We shall print some pretty designs soon, oe —There were 599 bears killed in Mnine during the year 1876, as follows: Aroostook county, 09; Franklin, 11; Han- cock, 19; Oxford, 16; Piscataquis, 70; Penobscot, 157; Som- erset, 22; Washington, 212; on which a bounty of $2,995 was made. Novick TO SPortsMEN.—Haying receiyed so many communications asking us for information inregard to our six-séciion bamboo trout, black bass, grilse and salmon rods, we have preparsd 4 circuJaron the subject, which wa shall take pleasure in forwarding to any address. We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from $15 to $150, Woe put our siamp only on the best, in order to protect our customers and our repntation, for we are unwilling to sell s poor rod with a false enamel) (made by burning and staining, to imitate the genuine article, without letting our customers know just what they are getting. PB, O. Box, 1,294.—Adv, Anpey & Incerte, 48 Maiden Lane. a SHAKESPRARE clanders life when he makes Macbeth stigmatize it as a “Told by an idiot, full of sonnd snd fury, ‘Signifying nothing.” j asont, used properly. DB use B- T. Babbitt’s ‘things for the toilet ‘ravines that feed the huge gorge below. It is morning. he breadfrnit, mango and limes that thickly stud the slope | -GAMP LIFE IN THE TROPICS. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ——_—>+_—_- First Letter. HIS bright March morning, as [throw open the shutters of my shanty and Jet in the light of early day, I look out upon scene of loyeliness that it were worth many a day’s journey to enjoy. From beyond the mountains behind me, east, the sun has climbed a little way until he peers through a defile in the mountains, and arift in the cloud masses and floods only a narrow pathway down the surrounding hills, their north- érn slopes, a bit of the gloomy valley miles below me, and bursts upon the calm Caribbean Sea with concentrated glory, A sail, floating on that sea, drifted hithersand thither by strange mysterious currents (which has come, perchance, from Martinique or Barbadoes to the south, or from Guade- loupe or Montsewat to the north), is ablaze with light which gives it the appearance of being on fire. No sound comes up from the yalley below norfrom the surrounding moun- tain sides; even the rain frogs and the nocturnal cicuda: have closed their concerts and haye left it to the birds to usher in the matin hour; and they are singing in low, sweet strains far down in the gloomy rayines below, and in the thickets bordering distant glades. My first duty is toexamine my thermometer. It registers 68 deg. ‘That recorded, Istep into outer air and refresh myself with such ablution as can he enjoyed from.a small calabash of rain water. Soon a little colored maiden appears bearing a tray with my coffee, with perhaps a cup of milk— oftener without. A cup of coffee and a slice of brend, or couple of crackers, is my only refreshment until noon, when Ireturn from my tramp in the forest. When I first came to this mountain yalley I brought with me a bright colored boy as aid, fondly hoping he would he of much assistance in preparing my birds, as well as in the culinary bne. But, alas! in either profession he was singularly deficient, and save in the preservation of eooked provisions—in other words, “to keep food from spoiling,” he was of no use whatever. After three days passed in his society we parted. There was also a question of abstraction between him and Jean Baptiste (the proprietor of my humble cot), relating to a Tew small articles that one night disappeared. Now, J. B.—short for Jean Baptiste—was highly incensed thatsuch a thing should happen within the limits of his jurisdiction, and made such nrow about it that I concluded that it were best that “sonny” and I should part, with no regrets on my part, none expressed on his—for the laboring class of the West Indies, as a class, accept stoically whatever fate, drops to them as their share, The salary I was paying him was princely, being sixpence a day (twelve cents) and ‘‘found,” while the usual remuneration for such seryice.as he afforded me was (hree pence, and if “found” it was usnally after long search, J.B. uecepted the expression of confidence that this act of mine implied, and took me at onee under his protection and care; hence it is that the little maiden afore- said appears in the morning with my coffee, at noon, when Treturn weary from the hunt, witha dish of eggs fried in oil and ‘yum saurage," and at dusk with the same, varied with a plateof mountain cabbage, or salad from the little wattle-enolosed garden on the hillside. The cabin of J. B. is not far from mine, and my wants are early supplied when the hour arrives for meals, even almost anticipated. But there are many things connected with the attendance of my little cook and waiter that in the light of my early education in New England seem, tosay the least, queer. For instance, when the knives and forks require cleaning, their surplus coating is removed by being brought in close contact with the skirts of hergarment. I say garment, and use the word in the singular advisedly. ‘The spoons also are cleaned inthe same way, and were it not that my eyes had beheld the process of polishing, I should not believe, as they nestled innocently to- gether on the rough table, but that they had been subjected to the treatment customary in more civilized communities. My tin camp cup, which has accompanied me in all my camp life, is often the object of her attention, and at that time it is doubtful to me whether she is washing the cup with her fingers or rinsing her fingersin the cup. At any rate, it shows 2 landable desire tohave my table furniture in good order, and [do notmurmur; but there is a cake of soap and a towel that I keep concealed from her sharp eyes, that, when not observed, I bring into frequent use on those same objects of her devotion, One day I was incautious enough to peer into the culinary department—a palm- thatched structure, black and grimy with smoke, which escaped from the fire on the ground as best it could through the roof. Only once; I did not wish again to view those ancient pots and kettles, the refuse of preceding feasts, nor to fight my way through the drove of hogs that. trooped about the open, door. Occasionally the thought obtrndes itself, ‘they do not have things like this in the States,” This offen makes me sad, but I raise my eyes, perhaps, and look out. over the green slope, down upon the valley bursting with palms, and beyond the hills to the peaceful sea smiling in sunshine; and I exult inthe thought that these enjoyments far out- weigh the little annoyances thatI haye described. And I take down the thermometer and find that it records, if morn- ing, 68-70 deg,, ifmoon, 76-deg., if evening, 70 deg. again. And T again reflect, ‘they can't show all these in the States —in March.” ‘ But to effectually escape the train of thought that these observations might give rise to, [take my gun, ammunition, game basket and note-book, and plunge into one of the lateral es aboye are glistening with dew, and the low shrubs that ne the ravine, as well as the taller trees that darken its recesses, are dropping copious showers of heayy drops. Iam follow- ing the dry bed of a stream that shows, by hugh rocks dis- lodged and excavated banks, what must have been its size and force in the rainy season. Ferns, Jycopodiums and matted and tangled roots conceal the earth and make every footstep a doubtful one, and the loose stones and rocks, with dark holes beneath and beside them, suggest most forcibly the possibility of the presence of snakes, But lam looking for birds (and snakes, also, if they come in my way), and do not give them the attention that onee I thonght I should, when hearing tales of their abundanceand venomous character in these islands. As this is a search for birds, the snukes shall be left for some future chapter. Itis well known that each species of bird has its own peculiar haunt, where it feods, sings and sports itself. It has, also, a different haunt for different portions of the day, and the birds of the morning which we find in the ravine may be in the evening feeding or singing on the borders of open glades, or higher up the mountain sides. At mid-day you will find all under cover of the densest shade, and silent, Ttisin the morning that they may be found in localities characteristic of them. The first bird that greets me on the edge of the ravine is the humming bird, as he dashes here and there, from flower to flower, scattering the dew drops in tiny showers, and reflecting almost prismatic hues from breast und back, There are three kinds here in this moun- tain valley, the smallest of which has a lovely crest of metallic green; the largest, with a length of five inches nnd stretch of wing of seven anda half, has a gorgeous crimson throat, purple velvet back and wings, and tail of metallic green, reflecting most delightful hues. The prevailing hue of the other species is green, with a throat sometimes green, sometimes blue, varying, I think, with sex and age. The names of species of these birds, as well as of all others that come within my reach, will be determined by our learned friend, G. N. Lawrence, of New York, who has named so many birds, written so many books, and whose fund of ornithological loreis inexhaustible. Tleave the humming birds for my little chasseurs, who catch me all I want with bird lime. Of them more anon; let us plunge into the ravine. A movement in the branches of a tall, slender tree claims attention. I look up; seé noth- ing. The broad, glossy leaves vibrate again, and I discern aboye the lower branches a bird the size nnd shape of our brown thrush; he bas a long, stout beak, a yellow eye and a glossy brown coat. He hopsfrom twig to twig, feeding upon the coffee-like berries of this strange tree, silent, engaged in the gleaning of his morning meal, But, howeyer intent upon securing those white berries, the husks of which he drops almost upon my head, he does not forget to stop eyery few seconds and shake his wings and jerk his tail in a most comical manner. A hop, a quiver of wings and tail; askip, with accompanying shaking all over; a jump, with n conyulsive shake, quivering and spasmodic twitching of head, wings and tail. His movements are as interesting to watch as those of our American blue jay, which latter bird T used to think the handsomest, most interesting and liveliest of birds; that was when I wasa youngster and first handled a gun, AsI watch this interesting bird Lath conscions of tha presence of another, and of several others also, which, when they meet, go through the most langhable of series of hows, quivering of wings and caudatory vibrations. Well has this bird earned the title (universal, I believe, throughout the West Indies) of **Tremblewr.” 4 And now, the trembleurs having been attended to, I push on till Ireach the brink of a precipice. A little stream that falls musically oyerthe rocks and stones suddenly loses it- self over the brow of this wall of green on the summit of which I stand. Cnantiously clinging to the trunk of a tree, T look down into the valley. The sight nearly males me dizzy, for there, 500 feet beneath me, I see tall trees as little shrubs, bananas and plantains as small plants, and huge boulders as pebbles, The roots I am standing on overhang fhe precipice, and the tree shoots out far overthe dizzy height. Above the sighing of the wind in the tree tops, and the music of the birds, and the creaking of branches, is a roaring of water falling from immense height—a roar that drowns every other noise and deafens the ear to every other sensn- tion. Wending my way along the brink, clinging to roots and trees, soon reach a point where I can see, half way down the perpendicular cliff, a sheet of foam; a hundred yards further another, falling from a lesser height, yet neither less than one hundred and fifty feetthe higher over two hundred. They are lost in asen of green, reap- pearing further on as a nnited stream, which ‘rushes and roars over rocks, through gorges and at the base -of moun- tains, through gardens of figs and plantains, beneath tower- ing, feathery palms, through green fields of cane, at last to reach the sea. Itis while carefully balancing myself on my shaking sup- port of matted roots that a sound comes to my ear through — the rour of a waterfall—a sound strangely sweet, solemn and impressive; a mellow, organ-like note, clearer than any flute fone, mora thrilling than the solemn chant of sacred song in groimed cathedral. It was repeated. I stood en- tranced, listening to melody that had neyer fallen on my ears before! ‘The cause I could nof at first ascertain, for the notes seemed ventriloquial; and indeed they were so, for I searched high and low, the leafy branches aboye my head, the densely clustered ferns at my feet, and the shrubs at my back, for many minutes before I found the source of this mysterions music. Balancing airily on ivlance-like bamboo, that shot out twenty feet beyond the brink of the cliff, poised in mid-air, with half a thousand feet of space between him. and solid earth, was a daintily-shaped bird, clad, savea dash of rouge beneath his throat, and of white here and there, in sober drab, Unconscious of surrounding things, animate 4 e —— 230 FOREST AND STREAM. ee and inanimate, he was devoting his powers to the production of that wonderful music. In the short space I here aliot ayselfT cannot describe the differant notes, and must leaye thal for some other time. To say that they were flutelike would be to slander the bird, for surely no flute ever pro- duced such mellow, liquid tones. It was music of nn- earthly sweetness, that once heard never would be forgotten — between the notes a long panse, that made them most im- pressive, and ¢rented a flesire to lear the continuation of the melody. It was not song (thongh I discovered later that the littie bird Lad a song}, but simply the utterance of adew notes. Soon it ceased, and the bird flew into the near forest, where Isoon discovered it busily feeding upon the berries of « tall shrub, to the pendant branches of which it was clinging, now and then dashing at a fugitive bunch, ap- parently as intent upon this occupation as in his melodious lay of a few minutes before. Soon he ceased feeding, and commenced preening himself upon a naked limb; then, alter smoothing himself out as it were, and drawing in and stretching out his neck—probably to accumulate ‘*power"— he suddenly dashed at a single berry, swallowed it to clear his throat, and recommenced to trill. He had uttered but a few bars when he silently flew to a dead branch; a few more, and he winged his way to a swinging ‘‘iane,” where he hung suspended above a little rayine, in which is sunk a tiny stream, whose tinkling waters made music, though not so sweet and liquid as his. Then he disappeared in the dark recesses of the forest, where it would be useless to follow lim, but whence came at intervals the yentriloquial music that seemed to float over my head and around me, thougr the bird was afar, This bird is called by my mountaineer friends, who havea name, and an applicable one, for everything in the forest, the *‘Siflleur Montague” or “Mountain Whistler,” Lafterward had one in captivity for several weeks, and the nolus for his behavior, song and food weuld filla column of type that my readers might think could be put to better use, but which would be valuable to the ornithologist as the first records, I think, of an intimate acquaintance with this species, Butlet usgoon. TI will leave the deep valley behind me, with the roar of the waterfall gradually falling, first toa monoton- ous hum, then ceasing entirely, and climb the bed of another water-course, now dry, waiting for the summer rains. Soon ZT emerge into a glassy glade, surrounded by mango, coffee- trees, and trees resembling the live oak, The mangos are bristling with spikes of blossoms —white with them—but not a bird nora butterfly is hovering aboye them, though the sur- rounding trees and shrubs are alivé with them. This is a fact I have long noticed, that the mango is eyer deserted, though adjacent trees may be vocal with bird music. What- ever the reason, Ileave for others to ascertain, though I may be able to declare it later in the season. But, flitting across this green glade, now bright under the rays of an ever- brightening sun, are many birds; that is, many for this island, for itis not abundant in species nor im numbers either, save of the Lummine-bird. There is a tree full of warblers of strange species—of Su- crier or sugar-birds—a bird resembling our yellow warbler, several of the more strictly fly-catching birds, and a few sparrows, groshecs and blackbirds. The three species of humming-birds are well represented, and dash hither and thither secking their fayorite food, indulging in mimic battles amd amorous caresses. I push on, after an hour's slop, perhaps, oyer a rugged trail made by the half-wild cattle as they travel from glade to glade, and crossing another stream, climbing a hill, and descending into a rayine, T climb the steep slope of the hillon which my cabin is perched. Everything is asT left it five hours before. The door, which is merely kept from blowing open by a stick braced againstit, hasnot been opened; but Ifindon the floor a clusterof oranges, a branch of fregrant lime flowers for ny ihwmming-birds, and a tastefully arranged bunch of roses from oneof the girls, While Lam putting the finishing touches to my bird notes the girl comes in with my lunch, and my little chasseurs arrive with their collection of humiming-birds. They only hunt at certain times of the day, when T can be near to attend to the little captives, ac- cording to my instructions, for they have a cruel way of tying them together if they keep them long. Each boy is in himself a study, hnd I time now to give him attention. Has is clad simply in a shirt, ragged andrent, and if his picture were taken it would not be necessary to write be- Diath if, as we read is necessary in some old painting, ‘This isa boy.” ‘They are finding some new things every day, and as they havo got the idea that Iam collecting everything in shape of hird, beast, insect and reptile, they bring me the Tesults of each day's “find.” Sometimes it isa snail, a fat caterpillar, hideous in its slimy skin, a butterfly, a beetle, or a spider. At one time, from an incantious remark that E inade, to the effect that I would like aspecimen of the curious land-crab which xbounds in the ravines and rivulet banks, they conceived the idea of supplying me with the crustacean just mentioned. Each boy and’girl on the place resolyed to be the first to furnish me with the coveted crab. ‘The con- sequence was that my place was soon overrun with shell- fisli—nely red and yellow crabs—ns large as a man's hand, and from that to the most diminutive. One of the givls in a mischievous mood brought ina crab with a family of little ones—oyer a hundred—just large enongh to be seen, an(let them loosson the floor, Through some open window while Iwas absent some piant crab would be dropped on the floor to await my arrival, This was not done in a spirit of mischief, but from an earnest desire to aid me in my labors, on Tor a week: alter IT conld not stir wilhont coming in con- tuet with a shelly monster, 1 cowld not put my foot out of bed without a shudder of apprehension, Of nights I would be awakened hy a rattling of ale bottles, and arising would “discover that some erab had got thirsty during the night, Ms a OI any Wie bh had. caught Jn the 01 * oc Had mse heey «peda a i M bottle. Or, as one other night, when my slumbers were broken by a mysterious rattling, and I awoke thinking that, as J. B. had prophesied, the ‘‘jumbies” had come for me (as they come for everybody who sleeps alone in a strange house), to find another crab vexing his soul in yain en- deavors to shin the broom handle. It may be surmised that Isoon informed my corps of naturalists that I could dis- pense with their scryices, and now I am again a lone investi- gator, dependent npon his sole endenyors. In theafternoon Tsit down by the loop-hole that soryes as window (\here, by raising my eyes, I can at any time look off upon the peaceful Carribbean Sea), gather my birds about me, and after noting their measurements and other dats necessary to aid in their identification, proceed to skin and preserve them preparatory to their long journey to the “States.” Tt is near sunset when this is finished, and after supper I climb into my hammock, or sit on my threshold, watching the sun go down behind the motiutains. IfI were a little further to the north I could see him down clear to the sen; and, in fact, [often climb a spur of a near hill, where are buried the ancestors of the present residents of Landat, and watch the sun as he dips below the sea, just gilding with his parting rays the rude crosses that mark the last resting- place of those buried beneath them. But what I have been most disappointed in as the sun sets, is the absence of that prolonged twilight of evening which makes our evenings of early summer in the North so de- lightful; when, after the sun goes down, there remains that blissful lingering of day with night, when the softened light fades so gradually away that we cannot tell at what precise moment or how it left us, and when the song of the robin fills the air with melody, that many other of our birds keep up in the fields and orchards till late at night. There is none of that here. More than once I have said to myself, as the sun hid his face behind the dark ridge of mountain, leaying the trees sharply outlined against the clear sky— more than onceI have repeated: “Now I willtake my pipe and sitin the doorway and enjoy the twilight.” Bnt I had scarcely found and filled my pipe, and settled myself com- fortably in doorway or hammock when twilight was gone, and the fast gathering darkness had hid the valleys, and was climbing the western slopes of the mountains, The stars were already out, shining with a liquid brilliancy that canses you to forget the absence of dusk, and you give yoursel! up to the contemplation of the lighted heavens, losing yourself in thought, wandering perhaps in meditation back to the land you have lett, over which the same sky stretches and stars gleam, but nob with the clearness of the one, nor the soft brillianey of the other, at least not at this present sea- son. Thére is none of that yesper song with which our Northern birds hail the evening to be heard here, The few birds in the thickets sing or chirp a little, but with no song peculiarly characteristic of evening. The only sounds that come to my ear are the cries of frogs and grasshoppers from the borders of the forest. There isa frog here that ever repeats in his ery the word ‘‘Oharaib! Charaib !” as if lamenting the departure of the Carib from this place, his once peaceful abode. Like the cry of one in distress, that plaintiff wail breaks the stillness of night from dusk till daybreak. And, speaking of Caribs, this brings me to say that my next moye is into the fastnesses of the mountains of the Atlantic side of the island, where exist the last remnant of that once-powerful people. They live secluded from the world, holding no intercourse with other people; naked, they wander at will, without houses; they sleep on the ground, on a bed of leaves; if a stranger appear in their country they fly still further into the forest, and return only when he has departed. Such are the storics told me, and my curiosity has been excited to such a degree that I start for their stronghold next week. ‘This, therefore; will be the last opportunity for writing for at least two months. The pictures that I now have of the magnificent scenery of this island will, I hope, be supplemented by those of the Caribs, such as have never been yet obtained. I shall he much disappointed if my researches do not prove valuable to both Professors Henry and Baird—in ethnology as well as ornithology; the field certainly is new. In reading over this letter, it occurs to me That my readers will be much disappointed that there areno perilous ad- ventures; no encounters with wild beasts, or even deserip- tions of a day's sport with game birds. But, while Lassure them that my life nlone in this tropical forest has not heen deyoid of stirring incident; that I have climbed mountains, scaled preeipices; have in my collection serpents, centipedes, scorpions, wild-cats—in fact, a goodly list of foes to man— at the same time I would remind them that my object was to dotail only a day's duties in the every-day run of camp life as 1 have commenced it. Ihaye in my journal already accumulited much, material for letters that muy seem to them the narration of unreal or fictitious events, but that are merely the frequent experience of a sojourner in these wilds. To plunge at once into jungle and nnknown forest before I have obtained a knowledge of the mode of life best suited, or haye become in any way acclimated, would be a folly that experience I hope will preyent. To attempt to describe the beauty, grandeur, and overpowermg luxuriance of these mountain forests ina single letter would be absurd. “Therefore,” as the good old country deacon generally sums up, pardon me that I have not made my letter more abound- i ein exciting events. If my next are not perfect chevercua- de-frise (*80 £0 speak”) of hair-breadth escapes, terrible en- connters, ete., ete., the blame must attach to the country, the climate, but not tome. Buta glance at the thermometer shows rae ib is time to retire; that is, abont nino o'clock, for it graduates just 70 degrees. 1 close the door, tusten it with a stick, extinguish the candle, and tumble into my ham- mock, surrounded by solitude and darkness, which some- times —I say somotimes—make a fellow think of eboney | ted, 4 he Fennel, THE NEW YORK BENCH SHOW. ee say that the dos show held in this city last week was fi siécess would hit poorly conyeyan idewof what the result really was, Itwasa magnificent triumph forthe dogs and for the projectors af tlie show. We question if on any previons occasion has there ever assembled in this city such a Dumber of people at one time, nnd represen ting so much of the enlture, wealth and fashion of the town, ‘That such a collection of dogs was eyer gotten together Wefore in any country we very auch donbt, for, although they may have beaten us in point of numbors at one tle in London, yet in quality our show was fat ahead, forthe reason that in the sporting classes our entries far ontmumibered those of any other show. The actual entries, inelnding the specials, numbered 1,195, and allowing for puppies nnd collections coyered by single entries, there were probably 1,200 animals on exhibition. Jn our account of the show we must ask the indulgence of our readers, from the fact, as is well known, that My, Tileston, our general editor, was a member of the Committee of the Westminster Kennel Club, and haying direction of the details of the show was Unable to give the necessary time to studying the dogs, Hence our report will lack that criticism which it is our custom to provide. There were somany ‘lions’ and so many good dogsin theshow, that it is difficult to tell where to begin, Probably nothing was more interesting than one of the earliest events of the show; that is, the appearance in the judging ting of the respective kennels of Messrs, ‘Theo. Morford of Newton, N. J., and L. H, Smith of Strathroy, Canada, to decide the bet of one hundred dollars for beauty, The fist of the judge was against Mi, Morford, and we cerlainly did not envy the former his task, Ten handsomer setters were prohably never in the ring together, and in addition to their beauty, it is wellknown that both kennels fim out as good field dogs as any in the country. The champion classes did not fill quite as well aswe lad expected, and Pride of the Border heing absent, thé contest in Class 1 was narrowed down to Mr, Smith’s Leicester and Mr. Mncdota’s Ranger IL, the former winning. In the bitch class Mr. Smith was again successful, taking first with Dart, the other two entries being highly commended. In the champion Trish class, Plunket having been withdrawn from competition, the prize Iny be- tween Mh. Burges’ Rufus and Mr. Jaivis’ Eleho, the former winning ; a judgment in which we do not doneur, Both dogs were in splendid condition, Eleho particulaxly so, and in coat and color as near the highest stondard nit is possible fora dogto be. ‘The class was pronounced a good one, In, the bitch class Lou YL. hnd almost a walk over. The de- cision of the judges in the champion Gordon class surprised many, as Rupert, although a fine dog, has not the quality of either Grouse or Shot, Mr, Copeland had a walk over with Norah, as Lon was not entered for competition; and Di, although an excellent brood bitch, was scarcely up to Bench Show form in that company. The champion pointers were a splendid lot, and although we by no means concurred in Mr, Macdona’s decision at first, we are fain to admit, that on looking carefully over the dog afterward he was nob far wrong in placing Snap- shot first. The dog was shown under every disadvantage. He had landed from the steamer but the day previous, his ». color is an unfortunate one, and being ticked with lemon _ ‘he had the appearance of suffering with the mange, which he was not, His head, chest and stern are perfwst; his legs are rather Hght, and he is short, although very muscular, in the quarters, We predict that if he stays in this country, as we trust he will, that his progeny will be found amony the winners both on the show bench and in the field, although he is eight years old and his days of usefulness ulmost oyer. Sensation was decidedly the best of the lot, barring perliaps ‘Snapshot. Little lake was looking as handsome as a picture, nnd it is unfortnnate that there wis not a class for small-sized champions, when he would haye swept the board, as he did at Baltiniore. The bitches were, as compared with the dogs, not a remarkable class, the Columbus Kennel Club winning with Belle, a handsome liver and white. The demand upon our space compels us to postpone a re- view of the,open classes until next week, when, as our paper is to be enlarged to 24 pages, we can give the subject more attention. There have been muny lessons learned by this first New York Show, anpng them the necessity for a better marking of the dogs when they are reveived. To acconiplish this, next year car seals will be clamped on the collars with metal checks to correspond. tis also to be hoped that a better staff of attendants will be provided on the next ocvasion. As it was, however, with the limited time at his control, Mr. Lincoln did remarkably well, and has received the approval of the club. ; The following is « list of awards which were notcompleted up to the time of our going to press last week, and were omitted in that issne: ; é 4%. _ ton J ng8.—1. Leister, lem ‘ 7 ea ieee are Dam, out of his Bil Ui.; LW Smith, Strathroy, Canuda. V.H. C.: Runger 11., white and lemon, 3 years, by Macdona's Champion Ranger, ont of Wonder; G. de Landre Mucdona, Hilbre Flonse, West Kirby, Cheshire, England. Class 1.--Champion English Selter Bitchea.—1. Dart, blue belton, & years, by Llewellin’s Prisbee out of Dora; L. A, Smith, Strathroy, Canada. 8 yeurs, by Joe, out of Nelly; ‘Uheo- bo EN es ‘Magnet, black and white ticked, Daisy; GC. S. Weecott, West Philadelphia. FOREST AND STREAM. 221 Olub, St. Lonis, Mo. V. Uf (.: Carrie, red. Hyenrs; W. J. Parrar, Toledo, Ohio, H.G.: Mugsie, red, by Juck, ont of Lesko; 8. Nelson, Flathush, Long lstund, (-: duno, light red, 6 years and lf months, by Tiinkett, ont of dono; thomas Adeoele, Valley Mills, Providence, R, 1. Class 5.—English Seller Dog Puppies. -1, Safe, white and lomon, 10 Months und Snys, by noyal, ont of Ninn; D. T. Charlor, Albany. Y. H.G-3 Son, Tilden, lennon and white 10 months, by Roel, outot Kinny; J. W. Voster, Leesburg, Va. Of. G: Bluze, white and bincw, same ape, pedigree and ownor a8 Safe. : Close 5. —Tnparitd Mnglish Seller Bilch Poppies—i. Rose, white and hick linked, sane aged, podigres nnd Gwoor us Safe and Blas, Coy Patti, black and white ticked, born July 22, 1876, vy Pride ofthe Borider, out of Jesete; A, Herzberg, New York. Class 6.— Native Buglish Setter Dogs.— 1. Lark, dark orange and white, 4 years and 6 months, by Phil, ot of Dido; Charles A, Cross, No. 770 Broad Street, Newark. 2. Sancho, dark orange and whily, 2 years and 11 nonths, by S$. Uyrlburt’s Cato, ontof Flirt; Wakeman Folberton.. V- 1. O.; Rruceswhite with orange fice, 3 years, by Joe, ontof Nully, theo= dore Morford, Newton, Nid; Dan, orangeand white, Syrs., by Dr. Aten's Ned ont of Himendort's Nell, J. W. Barnym, Wempstedd, Lor telund, god Dash, white and orange, 3 years, by Sport, untof Flora dl, G@. i. Qildersleeve. W.oG.: Spy. orange und while, 3} years, 0 L. Rilgman: Don, while, 2 yeurs, by trooks’ Lismarek, ont of Gilderslueve’a Mora, A.S, Bouteher, Haston, Pa.; Don, blue below, 2 years, by Parker's Sport, out of Nellie, G, H. Vannotu. Tuckerton, N. J.,1md Doke, white and onmee, 5 yours, A.B, Chanberlam, Nowanda, Pa. C.: Wail, orange and whitd, by Pride of tle Border, out of Gildersleeye's Nellie, J. 1. Dougluss, West Philadelphin. ; Class i.—Native Enghish Sefer Rifcher —1. Grace. lemon and white, 18 months, by Morford’s Dou, ont of owner's Pot, DB. F. Meveiliiot. 2. Ab- hey, dark oranze und while (small), 1 year, by Young Laverack, out of Dido, G. B, Raymond, Mornstown, N.J. VV. H.U.: Sukie, white and wvrange, 42 years, by Shipman’s Joe, C. HW. Raymond, Morris Playns, N,d. Ti, @.: Pet. orange and white, h years, by Sam, out of Bertha, EB, FB. Mereiltiot, and Di, durkoranyaand white (#mall), 3 yeurs, by Young | Laverack, out of Dido, Abraham Linsing, Aljany, N.Y. Claas G.—Nalive Bnyglish Setler Doy Puppies. —1. St. Elmo, black, white and tun, 9 menths, by Pride of the Rardur, out of desstu, S. Float Spier, M.1)., Brooklyn VY. u. C.! ‘Trim, chustint nod white, 9 months, hy Pride of the Border, oat of Jessio, F. M. Thompson, New York. HH. C.: Grouse, orange and white, 2 mouths, by dou, ont of Puss. Theo. Mor- ford, Newton, N.J.; els sume color, age, pedigree and owner, and Harry, ovinge and white, 4 Monthe by Sport, out of Mora, Dr. H, A, Rosenthal. Class (.—Nalive Enalish Seller Bitch Pyppivs.—l, Bess, orange and winte, ) months old, by Joe, out of Pass, ‘T. Morford, Newlon, N. J. V.H.C.: Klore(a, orayge and white, 4 months, by Sport, out of Flora, Dr. H A. Koszeniliql ; Max, orange and white, 5 mouths and 24 dave, by Pete, ol of Dell, Janes L. Nociinnp, Newton, N.J., and Jat, black, § moouths, N. Elinore, Granby, Conn. © (lass 7.—Imporled Trish Seller Doys,—1, Rory O' More, deep red, 1 year aud 7 months. by Rufus, out of Friend, W.N, Gallender, Albany, N. ¥ 2. Kite, ved, by Plunkett, out of Kathloen; M. Von Chlin, Delaware Gity. Del. WV. HW. G.: Dash, 4 years, hy Rony. ont of Judy, Max, Wen- zl, Hoboken, N. J-, and Tush, deep red, by Boh, ont of Fan; K. M. Lindsay, Scranton, Pa, H. C.: York, deep rid, 2 years, by Vhizne, out of Flom, CL. Miley, Lancaster City, Pa.; Giouse, red, by Gift, out of Konge, ). B. Wiley, New York; Bilchod.. red, by Jarvis’ Biche, ont of Sullivan's Rose, Sh. Lovis Kennel @lub, Sk. Louis, Mo., and Limerick, yed,12 months and $ days, by Pluoketr, out of guno, H. A, Duvis, Providence, R, I. Class 7—Imported Trish Seller Bitshes—t. Bylle, red and white, 5}° yeurs, by Moya, ont of Brosna; T. Medley. 2%. Fire Fly, red, by nfas, out of Mend; M. Vou Ciiin, Neluware City, Del, VY. WW. €.: duno, F. A. Watson, Westchester N.Y, 1.0 : Moya, red and white, 2 years aid 3 months, by Pur, out of Nell; 7. H, Develin, New York city. Cluss 7—Imported Dish Setter Dog_Puppies.—1. Guy, red, 9 months, by Plunkett, owt of Carrie; Harry LeGrand Cannon. V.H, @.: Berk- ley, red, by Hicho, ont of Loo I.; St. Lanis Kennel Club, St. Lonis, Mo. Class 7.—Imiported Thish Bitch Puppies.—1. Kathleen Mavourneen, by Pliinkett, out of Moya; H. R. Bishop, Irvington on the Hodson, YV. iW. C_: Biddy, by Erin, ont of Whitford’s Erin; St. Lonis Kennel Clnb; Rover, by Rover, out of Mona, G. de Landre Macdona, Class 8,—Nuizye Jrish Setter Dous.—i, Duke, Jr, red, 3 years, by Duke, ont of Beile; B, Batchellur, Vatleburg, N.d. 2. Snipe, red, by Colts Game, out of ils Nellie; J, A. Barnes, Hurtford, Gonn. VY H.C.; Tritz; D. T, Charlies, Albany, N.¥.; Pilot. by Don, out of EB, Luwis's Juno, R. Lawrence, Wishing, L. 1.; Connt of Ovange, ref, 6 yeurs, by Dash, oubof Panny, HW. N. Munn; Scout, red, 2 years and 6 months, by Kenneth White's Tom, outol his Lady, W. B. Lawrence, Flushing, TL; Teddy, deep red, by dulfrey’s Ned, J. &. J. Grainver; Romp, same color, age, pedigree, and owner: Jeff, red nnd white, 4 years, by jmporwd Bang, out uf Cora, A. W, B. Uram, Newark; Pat, red and white, Oscur Remmey, Jersey Cily: Boss, red, 1 year and 2 months, by Dan, out of Ruby, W. RR. Hobart, Newark, N. J : Tat, red, by Dike, out of Rose: J. B Bergen, Red Bank, N. J.3 and Humps, red and white, 8 years, by Frank, ont of Nell, P H. Cozven=, C.: Tom, red. 9 years, by Arnold’s Hookes, out of his Juno, EK. G. White, College Point, L I. Class 8.— Native Irish Setter Bitches, —1, Kite, red and white, 3 years, by Frank, ontof Neil; F. H. Gozzens. 2. Jnle. 6 years, hy_Rodman’s Dish, out of Rodman*s Hinma; C. &. Miles, Brooklyn. V. H. C.: Lady II, red, 2yrs-and 6 months, by Vom, out of Lady, K. G. White, College Point, L. L.; Rosey, red, 3 yrs., ont of Mapeie, by Rafus, Raymond & Creed, Jam- aiva, lL. L: Fan, red, by Mead's Ned, ont of Jalfray’a Minx, A. Taylor, Jr.; Bers, red, 2 years and I mouth, by Tom. out of Bess, W. H. Bry- ant, Hemp=tead, L, 1.3 Coulitess. red, 1 year and 6 months, by Duke, outof Kelle, T. Newbulds, and Pey, red, by ‘Tom, ont of Lady, J, Lam- bert, St, Nicholys Avenue, (lass 8.—Walive Irish Seller Dog Puppies —1. Preston, red, 6 months, by Tar, ont of Gypsey, W. P. Asten. V. H. C.: Brit. red, 9 months, by Tom, onf of Lady, ie G White, dr., College Point, L. L; Begorrab, red, horn May, 1876, by Plonkett, aut of Diffendofer's Hess, P. Noei, New York; Dash, zed, (i months, gia, out of Gipsy, G. W. Bassford, New York ; Count, red, 17 munths, H, Oderick, und Cale, red. 8 months, by Guy, ont of Cora TT, Everett Smith, Portland, Me, H, O,; Baron, red, @munths, by Par, out of Gipsy, W. P. Asten. Cluss 8.—Nitive Ltt Setter Bitch Puppies. 1. Ginsey, red, i months, by ‘Tar, out of Gipsey, G, W. Bussford, New York. V. I[, C.: lrone, red and white, 43 months, by Colburn’s Dash, out of Yard's Funnie, P. 11. Morris, and Rouge, red and white, $ months, oy Guy, out of CoraTI, Ryerett Smith, Portland, Me. ©.: Carrie, red, 2} months, by Stoddard’s Marr, out of his Duchess, Jesse Sherwood, Hdinu, Mo, . Glass 11.—Poinler Doys ender 50 Pounds’ Weight.--1. Rush, lemon and white, 1 year, by Sicele’s Fiake, out. of Lille; E Orgill, Brooklyn. 2. Sripe, liver and white, by Whimey’s Pete, out of Fuller's Queen, D. B. Fuller, Boonton, N.J. V. i, G.: Ranger, liver and white, 18 monihs, WH. HE. does. H. G.: Racket, liver and white, 13 months, by Racket L., ont of Bedoty T,; G.5. Floyd Jones, South Oyster Bay, L. 1, C,: Pan, black, 3 years and 7 months, ny Jeti], out of Juno; Rufus Prime. A wltimber of dogs of this class were rnled out for being over weight. Class 11.—Pointer Bitelies under 50 Pouncts’ Weight.--1. Daisy, lemon and while, L year, by Flake, outof Lill; A. K. Strachan, M.D, 2. Kose, Jemou gud while, 1 year, by Steele’s Wake, ont of Lillie; BH. Orgill, Brooklyn. WV. 1, 0.: Nell, orange and while, 6 yeara; Theodore Krauss, Brooklyn; and Man, black, 15 months; G. A. Strong, West Men- den, Conu. HH. C.; Minnesota, white, liver and ticked, 14 months, by Shor, out ef Countess; S.B. Dilley, ‘Luke City, Minn.: Dream LI., orange and White, 2 years and 10 mouths, by Phi, out of Dream ; Drake & Anderson, Newlou, N. J. Cluss 12,.—Fointer Dug Puppies tnuder 12 monthe.—1. Sancho, dr., liver And white, @ months, by Sterwood's Saucho, out of his Queen; Jesse Sherwood, Mdina, Mo. V. H.C ; Snipe, black, 10 months, by Pete, out of Whisky; K. M, Lindsay, Scranton, Pa. Class 12.--Poinler Bitoh Puppies under 12 montis,—1. Vleet, white, liver Ane, licked, 7 Mouths, hy Kuuger, ou of Fan; 8, B. Dilley, Lake city n. We do not print the awards in the remaining classes this weolk for the reason that the Westminster Kennel Clib are haying the Judges’ books curefully copied, and propose pub- lishing them in pamphlet form, - The following is a list of awards of special premiums: No-1 For the best setter, of any bread, dog or bitch.in the show. A silyer cup, presented and moan(tachured by Messré, Tiifany & Co.; L. A, Smith, Paria. Ry, A double-har: i “6. ‘Squire ' Ritzmaun, Broudway. t | dogs. T | pion of champions Wo, 4. For the best brace of pointers, dows or bitches, or fog amd hitch; to be owned and exhibited by one person; fly rod, presenied by Freduricl: Shuchardt, Esq., valite $50, Hdmund Orgill, Rose and Jtnsh. No. 6, Mor the best collection of sporting doze, of any kind, breech. loading shot, enn, presented by Messrs. Nichois and Lefever, of Syrite cuse, h. ¥,; Jesse Sherwood, with collection. No. §. For the best Bnetish sulter stud doe, ether native or imported, to be shown wiih not less than two of bis wet: Pos pataul, shob guna, presented hy the American Arms Co., No, 103 Mik Stweet, Boston; L. Tt, Smith, Leicester, No 7. Wor the best red Trish settsr sind dog, eltlier naive or im- ported, fo be shown with not less than two of his get; silver cup, pre- sented by the Fornmsr ayo SriwAm Publishing Co,; Arnold Burges, Kinfns. No. &. Por the best bluck and tan, ov black tan and white setter stud dow, cilliur native or Imported, to be shown wilh not less Ukan two of hie get; Newport bass vod and reel, presenied by Messrs. J. P. Crook & 0o., No. 50 Puiton Street, N. Y.; Geo, C. Colbarn, Dash and his ger. No. f), For tie best polnter stud dog, over 50 pounds iweight!, wither native or inporied, to be shown with not less (han two of his ge 5 shot fun, presented by Messrs, EH, Remington d& Sony, N. Y¥.7 Jesse Shier- wood, Sanchy, No, 14, Mor the best pointer etnd dog, onder 5) pounds weight, wher malive or imported, to be shown with noe less than pwo oof his wet; a set (3 of the new patent traps and 400 elise balls,'presenled by Capt. A. TT, Bagardus of H)ichart, 5 W. f. Steele, Flake. No. 1. Por the bést Bnelish setler brood hitch, ether native or im- orled, fo be shown With not Jess thaw two of bur progeny; Bugiish sole eather sportemian’s traveling (rank, presenjed by Messrs. Thumson & } Son, d0] Broadway; L. W. Smirk, Dart. No. 12. Por the best red Urish setter brood bile, either native or im- ported, to be shown with not less than two of her progcuy; fe louk, presented by Wakeman Holberton, Eaq ; John BE. Develin, Moya brood, No. 18. For the best black and tan, or black, tan aud white seltor bitch, either nutive or imported. to be shown with not luss than two of her progeny; fly-rod. presented by Messre, Conroy, Bissett & Malloson, No, Go bulton street, N, Y.; A. 1. Copeland, Norah. No. 14. For the best pointer brood bitch, of any weight, to be shown with thot less than two of her progeny; silver cup, presented by Col. Le Grand B. Cannon; J. Addison Smith, Lillie. Wo. 15. For the best English setter, doz or bitch, Hatiye bred, ant of « native bifch and by An imporied dog; silyer Cup, presented by Dudley Olcatt, Esq,; Mrs. It. A. MceCordy, Tuck. No. 16, For the bestnative Engiish setter, dog or bitch, owned in the States af New York and New Jersey; u cuse of slufted North Aincrican game birds, presented by Justus Von Lengerke, Hsq.; Pheo, Moly, Muy - No. 17. For the best. setter, doz or bitch, of any strain, bred in the United States; black bass rod, presented by Messrs, Abbey & Imbrie, No. 45 Maiden Lane; Dudley Olcott, Guy Minnering. No.18. Forthe best native setter puppy, either dog or bitch; either English, Trish, or black and tau, or black, tan and waite: reyolyer, pre- sented by Messrs. Barton & Co., No. 387 Broadway; Theo. Morford, Grouse, No. 19. For the best Irish setter puppy, either dog or bitch; opera glass, presanted by Messrs. 1. Stcele & Son of Harifurd, Conn, HW. LeGrand Cannou, Guy. No. 20. For the best pointer pnppy, either doz or bitch; reyolyor, ay he by tue Wustminster Kennel Club; Jesse Sherwood, San- cho, Jr. No, 21. For the best, native Enclish setter poppy, dor or biteh, under 12 moths of age: ense of gun cleaning inplemenis; Capt. J. W- Foster, Sam. Tilden. No. 22. For the best display of fox Lountls; cup, presented by the Westminster Kennel Cluo; Drake aud Anderson. No. 23, Yor the bes!, cocker spanial, doy or bitch; gnn case, presented by Erdmann A, Heryberz, Ezq., T. H,.Hoe, Which. Wo. 24. or the best skye terrier, doz or bitch: silver collar, presented by Mrs. Gen. Alex. 8. Webb; Mr, Doolittle, Panch; ‘ No, 25. Special prize for the best pug dog or bitch; handsome silyer collur,; Miss Bessie R. Webo, Rex. No. 26. For thé best Gordon setter pappy; revolver, presented hy C. E. For the secon silver dog collar, also presented by Mr. Niztuaunn. Ist. M. Grinnel, Rex, 2d. Dr. 8. Fleet Speir} Romeo, fe a Te Syracuse Bence SxHow.—A dog show will be held in the Armory at Syracuse in connection with the annual con- yention of the State Sportsmen’s Association, on the 5th, 6th, 7th and &th of June, providing itis not found expedient to change the date. There is no reason to anticipate a repetition of last year's fiasco at Geneseo, and we expect to see a fine collection of dops. The Westminster Kennel Club give two cups, and will send Sensation and a number of their other pointers. Messrs. Wagstafi, Granger, Tileston and other gentlemen of this city will send their kennels, and Mr. Charles Lincoln will ably fill the office of Superin- tendent. With some omissions and a variation in amounts, the prize list will be modeled yery closely after that of the late New York show. There will be four champion classes, for English, Ivish and Gordon setters and pointers, with a prize of $50, diyided between dogs and bitches, in each. There will also be the following open classes: For imported English setters or their progeny of the first generation, with $20 cauh for dogs and bitches, and $10 each for puppies; for native Mnglish, imported red or ted and white;-native red or cross-bred, native or imported Gordons, and light and heavy pointers, each with an equal amount of money in prizes, There are also classes for retrieving and cocker spaniels, fox houndsand fox terriers among sporting dogs, each with $1 and $10 prizes, Among the non-sporting dogs there are classes for muastiffs, St. Bernards, Newfoundlands, couch dogs, collies, pugs, black and tan terriers and skye terriers, each with $10 and $5 prizes. The premium lists and sentry blanks are now being prepared, and can be had by address— ing Chavles Lincoln, Superintendent, Syracuse, N. Y — a Ranexrr’s Vrerory.—By the kind permission of Mr. Mne- dona, we print below the letter from his broker, Elias Bishop, who is also # prince among brokers, describing in his quaint way Ranger's greab victory al Shrewsbury: Neeprass Winn, West Brackley. REVEREND Smt; You will have heard by cable from Mr. Lort the result of Shrewsbury; Danger, H. R. P. Solms, pranddaughter of the champion, won Yd (£20) in fine style, winning all her heats; 16 ran. The champion Ranger went down first with Lord Down's Dan, winner of the Derby last year, and beat hin three very fine points to nothing; next heat John Arm- strong’s Young Suh, winner ofthe Setter Puppy Stake last year, and beat him also two points to nothing; next Mr, Brewis’ Dash IT., winner last year in w yery short trial, could not go with the champion. Ranger also gotthe prize for condition. Ranger I., £40: Young Sam, 2d, -€20; Dash II., 3d, £10, In the champion plate, Ranger beat Mand without giving her a change, pointing birds and hares in grand style; second heat Ranger beat Lord Down's Bang: Ranger then bent Llewellin’s Nora, by Dan, four grand points to noth- ing, never giving her the slightest chance in any way. Won the plate. Nora was worked by Buckell. Twas congratulated on my suecess yy all Lord Tilland My. Corlovright werethe judges, Lord Hall judged the eham- jon plate tor Lord Combermrere, who judyed the other tyo am of to Linton to-morrow morning with the cham- he is now on the car eb at feet, yery well ed. ras Rory, Whois dome Wins SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. To our customers and the public:—In reply to the damag- ing reports which have been circulated respecting the quality of our split banboo rods, by “dealers” who are unable to compote with ms ab our veduced prices, wo have issued a circulus which we shall be pleased lo mail to any address, proving the fulsity of their assertions. : Conroy, Bisserr & Manimson, Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Streat N. ¥. Sea and River Fishing. FISH IN SEASON IN MAY Prout, Salina pou linetio. Sulmion Vront, Sale corfints- Salmon, Suvi sp/e. Shad, dAdosa sapidissini. Land-locked Salmon, Salo sesuyo, pane aay =, "lor trout ilics in season in May see ovr isene of April 20th. — jj, Mts is Mjrxer.—Or quotations for the past week are as follows: Striped bass, 18 to 20 cents per pound; salmon (rozen), 6!) cents; ereen, do. 50 cents; California, 45 cents; mackerel, § to 123 cants each; shad, native, 30 cents; Connec- ticuti River, 50 cents; white perch, 15 cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, 75 cents; green turtle, 18 cents; terrapin, $15 per dozen; frostfish, Scents per pound; halibut, 5 cents; hnddowk, 7 vents; codfish, 10 cents; Wilackfish, 15 cents; her rings, 5 cents; Hownders, 8 to 10 cents; sea bass, 20 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 wonts; sheepshead, 25 cents; scollops, $1.50 per gallon; whitefish, 15 conts per pound; pickerel, 15 cents; salmon trout, 15 cents; Long fsland trent, $1; Canada do., 50 cents; hard shell crabs, $£ per 100; soft crabs, $2.50 per dozen; red snappers, 18 cents; weaklish, 18 cents: pompano, 75 cents. S| Naw. Jenspy.—Minsey's Ashley House, Baraegal, daay 10th,.— May is off month for game and fish, and consequently notih- Ing of interest to record in that hne, except probabilities for approaching season. Bluefish last year made their appear- ince May 26th, one week later than the year preyions. Some herring ond bunkers, which had been found last, week on the beach, had evidently been roughly handled by bluefish, The first Sheepshead wus taken last year, June 10th; im 1875, June 12th. The best fishing recorden was during the third week in June; first black bass May Ist; sea bass May 4th; wenlktish late, about July 28th, and scarce. Mr. W, W. Scott, formerly of Peinberton, N. Y., has purchased and refitted the well-known Mullen House at Barnegat. Mr. George Pitman has leased the Clarence House. Mr. Cook hus rented the Hopkins Honse at Waretown, and our genial little Tommy Taylor, formerly of the Idle Tour, Jersey City, has the cozy Centennial, Sheviff Parker and Brooks are at Forked River, while Kinsey remains at the Ashley House, on the fishing grounds, Barnegat Inlet; Uncle Charley Martin at the Cedars, and Ridgman atthe Club House. ~ \. AQUIA. x Woitenenind New Bedford, May 12i;.—The month of May is eminently the month for trout, and our amateur fishermen are improving it to the fullextent. Last week, on yisiting some of our most famous brooks, I found them literally sentineled from vise to mouth. Among those to show fine baskets was the yeteran fisherman, Waterman; also Messrs. Hathaway and Lwueas, the latter showing one to turn the scales at 1) pounds. Our markets are glutted with marine fish of many kinds, and at extremely low prices. ConcHA. Tre ApinonpAcks.—After an intermission of several years, the Adirondack fever is likely to break out afresh the eom- ing summer. Uverywhere we hear of preparations among sportsmen to spond their yacations in the North Woods. Rev, Mr. Murray has written another book on the wilder- ness, and the perusal of that will of itself give a renewed impetus to the moyement in that direction, Aftor all, there are no places that we wot of that combine so nimch that is aboriginal and primitive with so much that is luxurious and modern, giving purest air, choicest sport, and rejuvenating exercise and health: Lage Prmasant, May 9. Two weeks ahead of the usual time, but not much ahead of tho fishing, 1 arrived here safely by the aid of Reub Wil- lard’s comfortuble stage last cyening, and haye reveled in trout and Bermuda onions. It's well | haye them to fall back on to-day, for winter has changed its mind and is gtiy- ing usone more little snap; and to-day we sit by Steve Andrews’ big fireplace and imitate Tk Marvel and Paraon Murray reveries and big fish stories, The ‘dakers” are not yet rising to the spoon, nor the fon- tenales to the fly, but No. 6 Kinseys, well baited at the anchors, have seduced a fine lot of the former from the depths of the lake, and a goodly number of qnarter and halt pound brook trout have yielded to the worm. After this coll snap is over L gness the fun will begin. As the extentof my fishing so far has been but the captire of about fifty small trout in a brook newr Welles, while waiting for the stage, | will only tell you this time a little story of a bear—a story which upset some of my precon- ceiyed ideas as to the natural history of said bruins, and one which is fully confirmed. I belieye that there is a dis- puted point as to whether bears hypernate in winter, living by the absorption of their fat, or, as some say, sucking their own feet (Ineyer did quite take that im), or rethain Sively. One bear that I know of did neither, Last August Mr, Daniel Cochrane of Welles captured in a treo & cub, which was kept chained and got quite tame, In November the cub, then very fat, refused food, The owner dug a trench three feet deep, eight long and two wide; coyered if with boards and two feet of soil, and led the benr tothe entrance, and the latter willingly entered and re- fused to comeont. A quantity of hay hed been placed in the den; the next day this was found ontside in several sunul undies. Two days after, however, the cub had vhunged itsmind and carried if allin again. The cub rve- mained in the den until a week ago, During the winter he wis visited frequently and never found to be asleep. The slightest pull on his chain would be met by no pull back; he was always lying on his side awake. At one time a heavy cold spell formed a solid ice cover oyer the en- rane Lhis was D of first notined a nd when ~ was: 1 was presumed that the beat was dead, but after three syecks of this shutting off of fresh air, ha was dug for and found to bé as lively as ever. When taken ont this spring he was fed somé tamerack bark, of which he ata about two pounds, and then refused food for four days, after which his appetite generally returned, During thislong rest this bear, whatever others may do, had not absorbed his fat, for ha was fat when he went in, and equally so when he came ont. Tmade mistake in a letter wrote you last week as to the days upon which the stage leaves Northville. I put it as the post-office gnide had it, Mondays and Wednesdays, I find that the true dates of departure are Wednesdays and Satur- days, 9 A. of, PisEco, Tasmantin Trovr.—The following is an item of February fly-fishing in Tasmania; ‘ Mr. Ei. M. James, who has been spending a holiday in Tasmania, returned to Melbourne in the steamer Mangana yesterday, bringing with him one of the finest specimens of the English brown trout yet seen in Ans. tralia. This very handsome fish was caught by Mr. James in the riyer Derwent, opposite Charlie’s Hope, the residence of Mr. Thompson, about four miles from the salmon ponds. The fish measured 2ft, 7fin. in length, was 19in. in the girth, and weighed exactly 161b. Spinning bait was used, with the native fish called. ‘jolly tails,’ abont the size of the whitebait, The tackle was an ordinary salmon rod, used with a silk sal- mon line. Mr. James had tried tha Derwent, the Clyde, and Sliinnon for several days with very indifferent success, owing to the stormy state of the weather and the rivers being flooded wilh snow water. The fish was hooked lata in the evening, it being the last trial of the day. At first from the weight of the fish Mr, James thought he had hookeda salmon. The tront made a gallant fight of it, but after three-quarters of an hour's play he was seenred with the gaff. The capture of such a splendid fish created great excitement among the fishermen in Hobart Town. On thesame afternoon, Mr. W. G. Weaver calght a fine grilse in the same water, which, when cooked, had all the appearance and flavor of true salmon, ‘The trout, alter being cleaned and the inside filled with charcoal, was packed in snow and brought to Melbourne.” Maixe.—Rangeley Lakes and Moosehead Lake are very likely to divide with the Adirondacks a portion of the summer travel this year. Sebec Lake also offers new attrac- tions. Greatly improved hotel accommodations and road facilities have been added since last season, while for fishing there are mo opportunities better anywhere. There is a water system in the interior of Maine greater than that of the Adirondacks, which can be traversed continuously by canoes with but few portages. One can enter Maine by the Penobseot, and pushing northward, strike the upper St. John River, and following it down reach the Atlantic again at the Bay of Fundy, making a trip of many hundred miles or less, at option, taking to regular lines of travel at a score of different points en rowle, if the voyager should tire of his canoe journey. By the bye, we have been unwittingly directing our friends to 2 Boston printer, who published a Moosehead Guide and Map two years ago, but does not now, it seems. What trouble we have made for them we can only estimate; but here is what the Boston man has to remark by way of com- plaint: Boston, May 4, 1877. Epitor FOREST AND STREAM. T hive been considerably annoyed by applications for guide and maps to Moosehead Lake, owing fo some representation in your paper that Icould furnish same. It isa mistake; I have neithermapsor guide. If you will please so state in-your columns, it will greatly oblige. T. W. Rirrer. Weare happy to state, notwithstanding, that Mr. Charles A. J. Farrar, who last year published the very complete Rangeley Lake guide, has now in press a map of Maine, which will be issued, he hopes, within a week. Our friends will be notified by his advertisement. —f. Kneeland, Jr,, formerly with D. 'T, Curtis & Go. of Boston, is now located at North Cohasset, where he is pre- pared to entertain sportsmen on short notice. This is one of the best points in the State for tautog, cod and smelt fishing, and coots are plenty, —A correspondent writes that sturgeons are frequently caught at Kingston Point, in the Hudson River, in the shad nets, althongh some persons have been deploring their “entire” absence from the river. The fishermen call the young sturgeon ‘‘sharpnoses,"” and take them in large numbers. —Our New York State exchanges contain notices of sport- ing parties in all parts of the State preparing to go into the north woods as soon as the weather permits. —Trout are so scarce in the vicinity of Bridgeport, Gonn,, that a local newspaper is moyed to say that there haven't been enough caught ‘‘to found a decent lie on |” Sourn Carommwa.—(Granitsville, May 8th.—Black bass fishing is now excellent, the average weight running from four to six pounds. Wild turkeys can befound within a short dis- tancefrom Unia» Our correspondent pleasantly adds, the country is now in Ul summer dress of green. Forthe past month we haye had teen peas and now are having delicious strawberries and new potatoes, all from our own garden, too. TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE PUBLIC. es The great reduction we have mads thia season in the prices of our Split Bamboo Rods has occasioned many inquiries to be addressed us, of which wa may mention the following: ‘Ava those rods of the sama quality as those you sold us last year?” “How is it that when wa Inst Purchased you charged us $40 for a fly-trout rod, and now advertise them for252"" oto., etc, Lacking time toreply to these individuals, we asek the aid of the press to make our explanations. Those who are acquainted with the reputation our honge has Always enjoyed of furnishing first-class goods, an anewer to the first query wo hays named would be superfluous, were it not that reports have beon circulated by dealers, not manufacturers, whoare not ins position to meet our prices from the fact that they are dealers and not manufactuy- era, that these rods are of inferior quality; that the enamel hus bean sacrificed to reduce cost of making, oto. To this we most emphatically reply, that the rods we are now offer. FOREST AND STREAM. ing ure of the yery same quality, or better if possible than before; that bamboo itself is the best we have had for many years. They are made by tha very same workmen; the mountings ara German silyer 6f bost quality (not “brass, nickel-plated,” as reported), and the Gittings ars perfectin eyery respect. In short, we will gnarantee them fully equal, if not superfor, to any maker, Withont any exception in the matter, we challenge comparison in every particular. hat this comparison may be exhaustively made, we haye at our store for Inspection of all who may be interested, first, the sections of bamboo in its rough state; then tho strips as they are prepared ready fitted for glueing; then the joints after being glued, and finally the completed rod. This we concider will cover all the points as to ‘‘quality,” and we think even the most skeptical will be satisfied when they haye examined into the matter, that onr rods are as perfect as hands can make them. With respect to the second query, as to the great difference in price— of $40 last season, bnt $25 now—the answer Is simple. We are now manufacturers; We pay no mannfacturer’s profit. All those rods are made in our shop, under the personal supervision of the firm. Dealers who charge the old high prices are obliged to do so because paying a manufacturer's profit, Their cost is more than the price we are selling at. These rodé are not reduced in price, and sold at or nnder cost—as a “leader,”’ as sometimes is done—to influence orders for other goods; they are sold at what we consider a fair profit, and we are satisfied with the percentages they pay ns. - Of conree we d:not make as many dollara and cents ona rod as formerly, but our orders 80 far this year are ahead of our whole sales of [ash season. We haye no reason to regret fixing the price ala fignre. that will place theae reds in the hands of the majority of fly-fishermen- The annexed list will show the reductions we have made. We quote: & Fly-tods, 6 strip, 2 tips; now $25, formerly $40. Fiy-rods, 6 strip, 3¢ and duplicate joint; now $35, formerly $35. Biack bass rods, 6 strip, 2 tips; now $20, formerly $50. Black bass rods, 6-sirip, 3 tips and duplicate jointe; now $40, form- erly $65, Salmon rods, 6 strip, 2 tips; now $50, formerly $°0. These rods are fn all their paris wholly made hy hand. Positively no machinery is used in any part of their construction.’ Send for circular, Conroy, Bisaet & Malleson. 65 Falton street, N. ¥.—Ad. Machting and Boating. HIGH WATER FOR THE WEHK. Date. Boston. | New ¥ork.| Charleston a M a M. oe M May 17. ' 15 1 31 10 5 4 5 6 7 8 Harvarp Scratce Races.—The Haryard College seratch races,came off on Saturday on the Charles River, the Holyoke crews winning both the four and six-oar races, Goddard, of the class of ’79, won the single seull race, East Boston Yacur Cuus.—At the regular meoting of this club, held May 4th at thair club house, it was decided to weed out all the useless members and commence anew, On motion of Capt. W. 8. Nickerson, a committee of seven gen- tlemen was chosen to procure a charter, and haye the echib act this year as an incorporated hody. The representation of yachts in this club is very good, and for uniformity in size, rig, and models are unequaled by those of any club this side of New York. There are about thirty yachts enrolled this year, and a list of forty-one members; thus the members that belong to this club areactively all yachtsmen and owners. The following list will give some idea of the size and rig: Napoleon ......-.-+-- -|sloop, 37 [h.... 2.0... ., }eenter board. +++--|8loOp, 26 ft...., .. | keel, -» /sloop, 30 tf..........0. center board, ..|echooner, 25 ft..... +e. |eel. sloop, 25 ft center board, sloop, 80 ft keel, sloop, 30 fi Keel, sloop, 25 ft keel, sloop, ft center board. Cabeerttiy= Wh tga. »./center board, s+ ([B1OOP, 25 Etraeeee -. |Keel. i ie te .-.-{sloop, 26 ft...... ..|Keel, -~jeat, 25 ft.... --|center board. sloop, 22 ft... se..s sloop, 26-7 ft 3 pects Willie... schoouer, 22 ft keel. Quimper. ..|sloop, 30 ft.... keel, W. B, Ford. .- {ploop, 35 ft...,.,......./keel. SBEESIB, at aty Obes ercthe an Lottie ...{sloop, 29 ff.......4 yee |lzeel. Vision ,.|sloop, 26 ft, .... : ; DL Be eee lle een 4 echuoner, d0 ft......... will be given in a general revision of the clubs at a later day, KEnGE, $$ “

Safety. Speed and Comfort. Close connections at Charleston with the favorite and well-known Florida packets DICTATOR, Capt. . Vogel; CITY POINT, Capt. Scott, for FERNAN- DINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, PA- LATRA, ENTERPRISE, MELONVILLE and all pomts in Florida, EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES. 2" Insurance to destination ONE HALF OF ONE PER CENT. Goods forwarded free of Commission, Passage fickets and Bills of Lading issued and signed at the office of JAMES W. QUINTARD &CO,, Agents, No, 177 West Street, cor, Warren, or W. P. CLYDE & CO., No, 6 Bowling Green. Through freight Tariifs, Passage ‘Tickets by all routes and to all points in the Sonth and Sonthwest, and further information can be obtuined at the office of BENTLEY D. HASELL, General Agent, Great Sonthern Freight Line, 317 Broadway, corner of Thomas street dec7 ly CHICAGO GALTON RAILROAD, THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from Chigago to 8t. Louis, and Chicago to Kansas City, WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS IN HVERYTHING. SPORTSMEN will find splendid shooting on the (ine of this road; prairie chicken, geese, ducks, brant, uail, etc, Connects direct at Kansas City with the ansae Pacific Railroad for the great Buffalo and An- telope range of Kansas and Colorado. Laberal arrangemenis for transport of Dogs for Sportsmen. JAMES CHARLTON, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ills, TONINGYON 11NK, FOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST. REDUCED FARE: Elegant Steamers STONINGTON and NARRAGAN- BEIT leave Pier 33, North Riyer, foot Jay St., at 5:00 P.M. NOTA TRIP MISSED IN SEVEN YEARS. Tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices. State rooms secured at offices of Westcott Express Company, gnd 26363 Broadway, New York, and $33 Washington E., Brooklyn. PROVIDENCE LINE : Freight only, steamers leaye Pier 37, North River, foot Park Place, at 4:30 P.M, Freights via either line taken at lowest rates. L. W. FILKINS, G. P. Agent, D.S. BABCOCK, Pres. MICHIGAN Central Railroad. Detroit to Chicago 284 Miles. An important link in the GREAT THROUGH LINE OF TRAVEL Between the Kast and West. Parties desiring to vixit any part of the West will find this road first-class in all respecte, Connections are made at Chicago with all the West- ern Roads, HENRY C. WENTWORTH, General Pussenger Agent, Chicago, Ills, We make no charge for Guns or other ordinary ~ maps for Sportsmen. Doss carried at reasonable ign rac J aN HAVEN, HARTFORD. SPRINGIIELD, WHITE MOUNTAINS, MOUNT MANSFIELD, LAKES MEMPHREMAGOG AND WILLOUGHBY, MONTREAL AND QUEBEC, Shortest, quickest, aud moat pleasant route. Steamers C. H. NuRTHAM and CONTINENTAL leave Pier 25, East River, daily (Sun- days excepted), at 3 P.M. and 11 P.M., connecting with Traius on Whirt at New Haven for above and jutermediate places. Passengers taking 11 P.M. Ateamoer (except Satur- Gays and Sundays) can reach White Mountain, Lakes, awc,, next afternoon, Tickets sold and Bagsage checked at No 944 Broad- way, New York, aud No. 4 Court Street, Brooklyn. Fall particulars at office on Pier, Old Dominion Line The steamers of this line reach some of the finest waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the coun- try, Connectious direct for Chincoteague, Cobb’s island, and ints on the Peninsula. Ciry Point James river, Caorrilack, Florida, and the mountainous country of Virginia, Tenuessee, ec. Norfolk steam- ers sail Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; Delaware gsteamera Monday and Thursday, 3 p. m, Full infor- mation given ab office, 197 Greenwich oe OM ‘ar : 3 Pee “RISHING LINE,” Brook Trout, Grayling, and Black Bass Fisheries OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, VIA Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, (Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Cincinnati Short Line.) Sportsmen who have cast a fly or trolled a spoon in the waters of the Grand Traverse Region yill come again without solicitation, All other lovers of the Rod are invited to try these waters, wherein The fish named above, as also Muscalonge, Pike, aud Pickerel, abound, In no other streams east of tha Rocky Mountaing is the famous American Grayling foundin such numbers, Kirook Trout Seuson opens May ist. Grayling Seaso opens June 1st, The sportsman can readily send trophies of his skill to his friends or ‘‘Clnb” at home, as ice for patking fish can be had at many points. Take your tamily with you, ‘he scenery of the North Woods and lakes is very beautiful, ‘fhe airis pure, dry, and bracing. Tho climate peculiarly beneficial to those suffering with bay fever and asthma, The Hotei Accommodations, while plain, are, as a rule, good, far surpassing the average in coun- tries new enongh to afford the finest of fishing, On ind after June lst Round Trip Excursion Tickets sold to Points in Grand Traverse Region, and attractive train facilities offered to tourists and sportsmen ; also, on and after July ist, Mackinuw and Lake Superior Excursion Tickets. Dogs, Guns, nnd Wishing Tackle Car- ried Free at owner’s risk, Camp Cars for Fishing “Parties Pamilies at low rates. Tt is our aim to make sportsmen feel ‘tat home” on this route. For Tourists’ Guide, containing full in- formation as to Hotels, Boats, Guides, &c,, and accu- rate maps of the Fishing Grounds, send to Foresr AND STREAM Office, or address J. H. PAGE, G. P. & T. A., Grand Rapids, Mich. A. HOPPE, Eastern Passenger Agent, 116 Market Street, Philadelphia. SPORTSMAN'S ROUTE. CANADA SOUTHERN RAILWAY. and Direct connections at Buffalo wifh New York Central and Erie Railway. F At Detroit, with Michigan Central Railroad. 7 Toledo, with Toledo, Wabash anil Western Rail- road, DOGS CARRIED FREE, and given special attention. THROUGH CARS—FAST TIME AIR LINF— STEEL RAILS, FRANK E. SNOW, G.P.& 'T, Agent, Detroit. Gaxidermy,. Ete. Sportsman’s Emporium, No 148 William St., twodoors North of Fulton, R. C.SCRIMGEOUR& J. W. THOMPSON, TAXIDERMISTS AND NATURALISTS. This branch of the business a specialty. Anything mounted from a Humming-bird to a Cameo Leopard. Always on band a large collection of specimens from all parts of the world. Fine Fishing Tarkle inevery yaricty. such as Split Bamboo rods xnd others by the best makers, Reels and lines; in fuet every thing that a sportmg man requires fora complete out-fit, can be Jound at this establishment at reasonable rates, Also a line of first class Segars and Tobacco, LESSONS GIVEN IN TAXIDERMY, Taxidermists instruments for sale. Hyes in every yariety. datili-ly BREWSTER & KNOWLTON, Importers and Dealersin Artificial Byes for Birds and Animals, 18 Arch Street, Boston, Mass. EDWARD B, CONWAY, Taxidermist, Succussorn To JAMES H. ROOME, 65 Carmine Street, N.Y. KNAPP & VAN NOSTRAND, POULTRY AND GAME, Nos. 289 and 290 Washington Market, N. Y, CHAS. REICHE & BRO.. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS TN ALL KINDS OF Birds and Rare Animals, BUITABLE FOR 4 Zoological Gardens and Menageries. 55 Chatham Street, third door from North William. RARE peta tte a EE Ss ALWAYS PUR- Yor Sare.—Mandarin Docks, Golden and Silver Pleasants (China); Spur-winged Gcese, Egyptian Geese (Africa); Widgeons, Red-headed Ducks, Brant Geese (Europe); Woud Ducks (America). Cas. ReIcHE, Henny ReIcHeE, Sept. 21. New York, RANK SCHOPF, PEALER IN ALL 4 kinds of foreign and domestic birds, 71 Fourth avenue, New York, Constantly on hand a large stock of cages, seeds, gravel, aquariutos, globes, gold and fancy fishes, mocking-birds, talking patrots, etc. Also dealers snpplied. Al! orders promptly poenced to. octs ly Montvue Poultry Yards. CHOICE PURE BRED POULTRY, EGES FOR HATCHING Now ready, from my PREMIUM BIRDS, Brahams, Cochins, Leghorns, Polands, Suttons, Houdans, Ham- burghs, Dominique, Game. Bantams, &c. Pigeons in variety. Send for descriptive circular. G. O. BROWN, Brooklandville, Md. mars tf From while Leghom fowls, at $2 Hee S== hor doz; Plymonth Wocke, $2.50. (P. Rocks Dickie’s strain). When in want of ces from above stock, guaran’ pure, address D. @ PIN, Concordyille, Del. Co., Pa, Correspondents cheerfully answered, marl am MANUFACTURER OF Fine Fishing Rods, Reels, and Artificial Flies, AND DEALER IN _ PISHIN G TACKLE, Manchester, Vermont. Mention Forms? AND STREAM, Send for Deseriptive Price Lists. CONROY, BISSETT & MALLESON, 65 Fulton St., N. Y. Factory: Foot South 8th St., Brooklyn, E. D. Six Strip Split. Bamboo ENMy Rods Enamel all preserved on the outside, $25 Each Formerly $40 Each, | Quality Guaranteed. Custom-Made | PLIES, FINNEGAN & CALHANE'S MAKE, Reduced to $1.24 per Doz Sas- Dealers send for Tradé Catalogue. -@R = CARD. Dr. Fowier’s Celebrated Six Strip Bam- boo Fly-Rods. Improved and finished withontentting away the enam- el. The stronvest and handsomest rods in the world. Private orders solicited for ull kinds of fine tuckle. Rods sent per express on approval. Send for cireu- lar. A IL. FOWLER. Lthaca, N.Y. Philadelphia Fishing Tackle Hause. Os A. B. SHIPLEY & SON. 503 COMMERCE ST, PHILA. MANUFACTURERS oF FINE FISHING TACKLY A SPECIALTY OF 9 HE Celebrated Green Heart Wood for Amatenr Rod Makers. Rod Monntings in Sects for 7ic. to $6.75. RODS, REELS, &e., REPAIRED. Shipley’s' Self-Hooking Elastic Snelle, **eatch every fish that bites.” Send for sample. For Tront on gnt 10c. each, Tic. per doz. For Bass on double gnt 12¢, each, $1.00 per doz. Highest Preminm at Centennial, 1876, and Pranklin Institate, 1874, H. L. LEONARD, Manufacturer of Fine Fly, Bass, Sehnen and Trout Reds of Split Bamboo, or any desired material, Improved Light Reels. Sold by all principal dealers in fishing tackie through- out the United States, : Every variety of Fishing Tackle always on hand, ARTIFICIAL FLIES TIED TO ORDER. Nov23-1* Baneor, Maine, MeBride Flies. Medal and Diploma from International Exhibition Philadelphia, 1876, decreed for exceedingly neat week with solidity of construction. A fine assortment of flies for trout, salmon snd bass constantly on band. Also castinglines, Flies carefully selected for any locality. Goods promptly made to order from eur pattern desired, Address SARA J. MeBRIDE, Mumford, Monroe co., N. Y. W. Holberion, Sole Agent for New York and vicinity. febi5-4m. KINNER’S NEW FLUTED BAIT. ne The best bait used for Bssa and Pickerel Fishing, Bass size, 75 cents; Pickerel size, $1 each, by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price. Eagle Claw, for catch- ing Fish and Game, samples by mail, 35 and 75 cents. Send stamp for illustrated price list of Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goode. FISH & SIMPSON, 128 NASSAU ST, NEW YORK, "yOzr xog 4SFI 80pdeL 103 pusg ® OL swossiponos HIUINI 2 ATTIV ‘HOLIGGaY ‘NOGNOT ‘HOA MAN “ALTVIOddS V NEWSLACdS 29F SG00N ANI morjdraoseg: AJGATT JO STIOe], SUIUSTT ‘OO ? hoger MUAUAAGNV ‘ACN Suey uopreyl gv ‘OUISNV[ O1N GNV VNYAVH Sportsmen’s Depot. (BSTABLIShED 1836.) First | reminm ut World's Fatr at New York and Centennial Extnibition. N,E. Cor Second and Walnet Sta,, Philadelphia GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, FISUING TACKLE, RODS, RERLS, LINES HOOKS, FLIRS, LEADERS, SNOODS, ARTIFICIAL BAIT, FLY BOOKS. HPC., ETC, Ge" Salmon, Bass and ‘Trout Plies made to order. ALSO, “KRIDER'S” CELEBRATED CRNTER ENAMEL SPLIT AND GLUED BAMBOO RODS. Birds’ Egge and Birds’ Skins in greac yarieties—Tax- idermy in all its branches. . SPRATT’S PATENT DOG BISCUITS. Repwinng of all kinds. murt-ly J.B. CROOK & CO. IMPORTERS AND MANTUFAOLURERS OF FISHING TACKLE, 50 FULTON STREET, N. Y. Sole manufacturers of the celebrated “GREENHART AND SPLIT BAMBOO RODS” for salmon and trout fishing. (CELLULOID PATENT.) Trolling and Click Reels. The finest Reels made light, durable and finely AE FORG EE, HART ce Con Newark, Ne. Refer to Dr. Ww. Ww. + Rochester, N. Y., ane Dr.J-R. Romeyn, Keceulle, N.Y. I ~ a j lew Advertisements. af INSEY'S ASHLEY HOUSE, Rarneget Iolet, N.Y. The only House near the celebrated Blue Mish, Sheepshead, Black Fish, and Sea Bass grounds, Ad- dyess, for engaging yachts, circulars, or notice of reas good fishing, KINSEY, Ashley House, Barne- at. “4 Aceess—New York, yia N, J. 9. R.to Waretown; and from Philadelphia, Tuckerton R. R. to Bar- negat, Inquire at depot for Kinsey’s Ferrymen. May 17-tf ARTIES ARRIVING BY NEW YORK QENTRAL, Hudson River, and Gloversville R. R., at North- vills, New York, will be carried to Lakes Piseco, Pleasant, or other Trouting Localities in the yicinity in comfortable style and reasonable prices, by Van ABnam & Lawron, who can be met at Northville Depot, By previously communicating Van A, & Ih, will have carriayzes to meet cara, Refers by permission to “ Piseco,” May 17-16 L. A. BEARDSLEE, U. 8.N. O BXCHANGE.—Wilson & Bonaparie's Ornith- ology for good sopy Morester's Field Sports. q., tilis office, Muy 17-it OR SALE.—Eight, very dark red Trish Settar Puppies, ont of Biddy, by Pat; Patis out of im- ported Pat and Biddy, and Biddy ont of dog and bitch imported by John A. Bravie, of Ohio, For par- ticulars addrexs, O.S, REMMNSY, 1011s Montgomery Street, Jersey City, May 17-1t Sportsmen's Goods. E. H. MADISON PRACTICAL GUNSMITH, 564 FULTON ST., BROOKLYN. Gun Stocks Straightened, Crooked, Lengihened, or Shortened to fit the shooter, Choke boring, full or modified, Taper Choke for thin muzzles, and Boring for game shooting. Pistol Grips fitted to shot puns and rifles; Long Range Sights fitted to rifles; Shot for approximate elevations, Repairs of Every Description done in an Honest Manner at Reasonable Prices, berg Casehardening and Browning done for the rade. Sportsmen’s & Riflemen’s Sundries ofevery style, Madison’s Brownin Mixture in die and $1.00 bottles, accompanied with directions for use Send stamp for replies to querivs appertaining to any of the above, SHOT GUNS, REVOLVERS & RIFLES furnished to clubs at wholesale prices. References from all the clubs of this city. Goods sent every- where CG, 0. D, THE °76 SHOOTING COATT, (PATENTED), First Class Shooting Garments, In great variety. Send for Ciicnlar. GEO. C, HENNING, $10 Seventh street, Washington City, Feb22-1y. For Rifle Practice, DENNISON’S TARGETS, For all ranges from 25 to 200 ynrds. TARGET PASTERS & SCORE CARDS, Adopted by numerous Rifle Cluhs throughout the country, and by the Mass, Militia. Sold by Dealers in Sporting Goods On receipt of TEN CENTS we will send by mail ONE HUNDRED YARD TARGET, with Cir- cular, containing samples of Pasters, Score Carda, giving prices, ete. DENNISON & CO., 198 Brondway, N- Bs ae Kay’s Shot Cartridges, DUCKS AND SNIPE. HART'S METALLIC SHELLS, NICKEL CONE, Etc. 216 Market Street, Newark, N. J. E. THOMAS, JR., GUNS, PISTOLS, SPORTING GOODS, 174 South Clark Street, Chicago, Ml, Ss = &6, By Mail, 86.75, | AMP LOUNGE) Folded space, 3x5x23 oo, y inches, Uswp Lounge Co., troy, N, Y¥., aud Norwalis Ct. Lounge, Pillow nnd Mosquito Bar Canopy in Hach Cane. $8. By Mail, $8.85, Folded space, 2x7x23 inches. ii REMOVAL. HODGKINS & HAIGH, Dealers, Manufacturers and Importers of Firearms & Sporting Goods _ In General, haying removed to No, 298 BROADWAY, ectfully solicit «continuance of the patronage exten ~~ ir 545 = Sportsmen's Gaods, —_ - —_ Seydel & Cows Pocket Hammock, No, 1, Weight only 1} lbs. Bears 1,3001bs., price $4, A most Insurious Conch, Seat, Swing, &c. Circulars may be had by addressing McCOY & CO., 134 und 136 Duane St., N. Y- BARTON & C0; 337 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. importers and Manufacturers of Guns, Pistols, Pocket Cutlery, Fishing Tackle, &e. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Breech and Muzzle-Loading Shot-Gune, Sporting Equipments, and Ammunition of all kinds. FINE SPLIT BAMBOO FLY RODS. Rods and Reels for every variety of Fishing, Waterproof Silk-Braided Taper Fly Lines. Silk, Linen, and Gotton Fish Lines. Artificial Flies and Baita. Spinning Baits, Nets, ete, Artificial Plies tied to order, and every arlicle in the trade supplied at short notice, MANUFACTURERS OF UNITED STATES ARMS CO. REVOLVERS. e = Sportsmen's Emporium, 102 Nassau St., New York. Camping, Shooting and Fishing Tackle of every description, including Tents, Blankets, Rubber Goods, Flannel Shirts, etc. 80LE AGENTS IN NEW YORK FoR Captain Bogardus' Patent Roughed Glass Balls; Duncklee's Gamp Stoves; Boudren’s Jack, Dash and Fishing Lamps ; Bond's Foid- ing Boats; Fenner’s Trunk Boats; Sara J. McBride's Standard Trout Flies; Holabird’s Celebrated Shooting and Fishing Suits of Duck, Corduroy, and Fusiian; Good’s Moc- casings; Holberton’s Fly Books, holding flies at full length. ’ BLACK BASS. The Celebrated Ferguson Jungle Cock, Hol- berton, Turkey, Academy, M y, and ether Black Bass Flies on hand, tied for casting with light. rods, Directions furnistted, if desired, how, when, and where to fish with artificial flies for Black Bass, Hand-Made Fly Rods, of the best quality for Trout and Black Bass, from $7 upward. Every rod warranted. Leonard’s Split Bamboo Fly Rods. _ The Fox Patent Gun, the best and cheapsst breech-loader yet offered to Sportsmen. Bogardus’ Glass Ball Trap each $12 sett. Three Traps, $30 ; Balls, $2.50 per 100. Spratt's Dog Biscuit. Hart’s Metal Shells and Celluloid Reels, Shooting and Fishing Suits all styles and prices, and everything else useful and neces- sary to Sportsmen. Send 10 cents for illustrated catulogue, containing Hints oN Foy FIsHine, CAMPING, AND SHOOTING; RULES FoR Guass Baunt SHootima, by Capraiw Bo- GARDUB. Send no money by mail, only draft or P, O. order. Discount to the trade. W. HCLBERTON, P.O. Box 5109, apl12 Goods Oil Tanned Moceasins The best thing ever worn by sportemen, Not injured by wet- ting and drying —always soft and SN easy to the feet. Four dif- =s/7%lerent styles, Prices to ae snit the Uimes. Send for illustrated cirenlar and (Siecessor 10 Frank Good), MARTIN S. price list, aUTCHINGS. P.O. Box 868 Dover, N, 1] \V. Holberton, 102 Naxsau ar.. N. ¥.. Agent. EVERY DESCRIPTION OF Sporting Goods GUNS; RIFLES, PISTOLS, and FISHING TACKLE, HUNTING and FISHING SUITS, CAMPING OUTFITS, Captain Bogardus? Patent Glass Ball Traps. EVERYTHING REQUIRED BY SPORTSMEN. 4@- Send Stamp for Illustrated Catalogue. =2a WASHBURN & CO., 66 John street, New York, tig H. WALDSTEIN ¢ OPTICIAN, Broadway, New York, Has received the highest award at the Centennial Exposition for his fine Glasses, especially Opera ane Field Glasses. His display at 645 Broadway of ne TELESCOPES; FIELD, MARINE and OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, SPECTA- CLES and EYE GLASSES, ARTI-: . FICIAL HUMAN EYES, Etc., - Is really wonderful, Illustrated catalogue mailed o receipt of postage of four cents, ah a 2 _ ESTABLISHED 184),, FOREST AND STREAM. Publications. InPress,and will be Published early inJiine. THE SPORTMAN'S GAZETTEER GENERAL GUIDE, THE GAME ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISHES OF NORTH AMERIOA: THEIR HABITS AND VARIOUS METHODS OF QAPTURE. ' COPIOUS INSTRUCTIONS In SHoorrne, FisHing, TaxmErmy, Wooncnar7, Exv0, TOGETHER WITH A DIRECTORY TO THE PRINOIPAL GAME RESORTS OF THE COUNTRY; ILLUS- TRATED WITH MAPS, BY CHARLES HALLOCK, EDITOR OF “* FOREST AND STREAM ;"? AUTHOR OF THT ‘‘PISHING TOURIST,” ** CAMP LIFE IN FLORIDA,’ ETC, 00 pp. Price $3.00. NEW YORE: * FOREST and STREAM” PUBLISHING COMPANY, AMEKICAN NEWS COMPANY, AGENTS. GENERAL CONTENTS. PART I. Game ANIMALS OF NoRTH AMERICA, Game Brrps oF NorrH AMERICA, Gamr Fish or NorrH AMERIOA? Eastern Coast Fishes. Northern Inland Fishes, Inland Fishes of the West and Northwest. Pacific Coast Fishes. Inland Fishes of the South and Southwest. Southern Coast Fishes. DOGS UsED FOR Sport: ‘their Different Varieties; Training and Man- agement; Diseases and Remedies. Forest, WteLp AND PRAIRIE: Guns and Ammunition for Different Kinds of Game ; Hints and Recipes for Gunners ; De- coys, Blinds, and other Devices. OCEAN, LAKE, AND RIVER: eAtt of Dressing Artificial Flies; Instruetion in Fly Fishing; Rods, Lines, and Lures; Hints and Recipes. Srorrine Boats AND CANOES: Kiules for Sailing Boats; Useful Suggestions in Buying, Repuiring, etc. Wooperart: Expedients in Emergencies; Hints and Re- cipes for Camp and Cruise, INSTRUCTION IN TaxipERMyY, BipLIoGRAPHY FoR SPORTSMEN. DEALERS’ AND OurrirrERs' List, INDEX, PART IL A SPoRTSMEN'S DIReCTORY TO THE PrryctpaL RMsoRts FOR GAME AND FisH IN NoR?TH AMERICA. May 10-4t JUST OUT. The Third Edition of Domesticated Trout. Revised and Enlarged. BY LIVINGSTON STONE. FOR SALE AT “FOREST & STREAM” OFFICE. “Itis the most complete guide to the art of Trout raising 6yer published.’— Springfield Republican, Springfield, Mass. «The best book on Trout culture.’’— Live Stock Journal, New York. «We can de-ire nothing more.” — Germantown Telegraph, Puiladelphia, Pa. An admirable and standard work.”— ae Ysa and Scientific Press, San Francisco, Cal pl26- 4 Magic Lanterns and Stereopticans. I & i. T. ANTHONY & CO., 591 Broad- « way, N Y., supose’ Metropolitan. Stereo- acopes and Views; Taphoscopes, Chm mos and Frames; Albums, Photographs of Cele brities, Photo graphic Transparencies, Convex Glass, Photographie Materials, Awarded First preminm ab Vienna and Philadelphia. dec2s OF THE SHIRT, Hu Bois, Srulton St, THE SHIRT Popular MAKER, and Ties, ElegantScarfs ary Centa ap. From 50 ner 8moa Office--L2 BROAD ST., HOSTON, BRANDS---DIAMOND GRAIN. FALCON DUCKING. WESTERN SPORTING WILD FOWL SHOOTING. aso Mining and Blastin?, A. & B. The “Oriental” powder 12 equal to any made; no expense is spared to make the best. BRANCH OFFICES, J. @, Munro, Agent, 19 Exchange St., Buifalo, N. ¥. Cobb & Wheeler, Agents, 9 State St., Chicago, Tl, ¢, J, Chapin, Agent, 218 Locnst St., St, Louis, Mo, Agencies in the prircipfl cities in the United States. Jansi-ly. The Hazard Powder Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Gunpowder. Hazards ‘‘Klectric” Powder. Nos. ] (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of strength and cleanliness. Packed in square canis. - ters of 1 lb, only. : Mazard’a “American Sporting.” Nos, 1 (fine) 4% (coarse). In 1]b. canisters ant 5} Ib. kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for upla. d and prairie shosting. Well adapted to short gun. Hazards “Duck shooting.” Nos. | (fine) to 5 (coarse). In 1 and 5 lb. canisters aud 6} and 12} Ib, kegs. Burns slowly and very clean, area td remarkably close and with great penetration, For field, forest ana water shooting if ranks any other brand. and it is eydally services - ble for muzzle or breech loader. Hazard’s ‘Kentucky Rifle.” FFFG, FFG, and “Sea Shooting’ FG, in kegs of 25 12}, and 6} Ibs. and cans of 5 lbs. FEIFG is also packed in 1 and } Ib, camisters. Burns strong ana moist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands for ordinary sporting, and the ‘‘Sea Shooting” FG is the standard #ije powder of the country. SUPERIOR MINING AND BLASTING POWDER, GOVERNMENT CANNON AND MUSKET POW- DER; ALSO SPRCIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF MAN- UFACTURED T0 ORDER. The above can be had of dealers, or of the Compa ny’s agents in every prominent city, or wholesale at our office SS Wall Street. New York. Orange Sporting Powder. ORANGE LIGHTNING POWDER, The strongest and eleanest Powder made. Nos. to 7, packed only in sealed 1 lb, canisters. The coarser sizes (higher numbers) especially are recommended ro owners of fine breecn-loading guns, giving great penetration with very slight recoil, ORANGE DUCKING POWDER, For water fowl}, Very strong and clean, WNos.1to 5. Packed in metal kegs of 6} lbs. each, and in canis- ters of 1 and 5 lbs. ORANGE RIFLE POWDER, The best foz rifles and for all ordinary purpores, Sizes F.g, FE.g, FFI,9, the last being the finest, Packed in wood and metal kegs of 26 Ibs., 12} Ibs, and 6} 1bs., and in canisters of 1 |h. and ¢ Ib, All of the above vive bich velocities and less realan om than any other brands made. BLASTING, MINING, AND SHIPPING POW? DER OF ALL GRADES AND SIZES PACKED IN WOOD OR METAL KEGS OF 25 LBS, SAFETY FUSH AND ELECTRICAL BLASTING APPARATUS. LAFLIN & RAND POWDER Co., 26 Murray St., N. Y. Sole proprietors and manufacturers of the celetira ed ORANGE brand of GUNPOWDER. Recom mended and used by Capt. A. HB. BOGARDUS, the ‘Champion Wing Shot of the World ™ ORANGE POWDER. Send for pamphlet showing sizes of the grain by wood-cut. Sent free by the LAFLIN & RAND POWDER CO,, 26 Murray Street, New York, P, O. Box 2,308. English Sporting Gunpowder. CURTIS & HARVEY'S DIAMOND GRAIN. Nos, 2,3, 4,5, 6,7 and 8 Superior Rifle, Mnfiela Rifle, and Col. Hawker’s Ducking. W, 8TIT'P, 61 Cedar Streat, N.Y. Agent for the United Status. Genuine Haarlem Oil. KNOWN AS SYLVESTER'S OVER go YEARS Best remedy for bladder, kidney and grayel dlgs @anes. WM, WAOH, 120 Canal Street, New York, 236 FOREST AND > ae 5 : oe Pe aT a SPEHAME- -- 2 = : BALLARD RIFLE - A 5; x : Recoil One-half that of any Other “4 a g 3 : E j=] ‘ = SAPER THAN ANY OTHER. 5 5 Perfect Shooting guaranteed by using the EVERLASTING ‘ a STRAIGHT SHELL, > c 3 = 2 m = cy = g & Las ssl ONE WILL LAST A LIFETIME. e 5 SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 4 eae SCHOVERLING & DALY, = - t--) 84 and 86 Chambers Street, New York. W. & C. SCOTT & SON’S. First Prize Medal and Diploma awarded Centennial Exhibition, for e cellence of workmanship and material in their Premier Quality and me- dium grades, Their New Patent Triplex Lever Grip Action and Com- Pensating Lump. The attention of sportsmen is requested to the above new action. Its auperior streugth and solidity impart greatly improyed shoot- ing powers. Hard hitting, being the desideratum required, is obtained by this powerful gun. Prices o! the New Triplex Lever Grip, $175, $225 to $400, Marked the Triplex 10-bores extra. Our ‘ae highest grade isas usual marked the PREMIER Quatiry. Extract from Forest 4nd Stream, Aew York, December 26, 1876, Contributed by one of the Judges of Awards 07 Guns at the Centennial: This action (The Triplex Lever Grip) combines in the highest degree strength and simplicity, and must rapidly secure the favor of all who test its merits. UMP. Stronglyrecommended. It is invaluable, and should be ordered on SOMPENSATING LUM Ghoke-bores, medium or fall. Our guns to be had of the principal dealers in the trade only. . PREMIER GUN WORKS, Birmingham, Englard Capt Bogardus’ Patent Glass Ball Trap THE BEST FOR PRACTICE EVER MADE. Any one who can break these BALLS successfully can be— come 3 good wing shot. For Sale by the Trade. Manufactured by Geo. E. Hart & Co., $63 MARKET STREET, is. Newark, N.J. Sole Agent for the Manufneture and sale of Bogardus’ Patent Glass Balls for trap shooting. TRADE SUPPLIED. Peabody-Martini Breech-Loading hifle s Military, Target, and Sporting. CREEDMOOR PATTERN. 2,000.000 service charges fired from 400,000 of these rifles at our works withont accident. 20,000 rounds fired from a single gizn without injury to the mechanism, or in the least impairing the accuracy of ita shooting. Centennial Commission Report on Awards—Peabody-Martini Rifles; ‘*As a military arm eombinins strength, simplicity, high quality of workmausbip, ease of manipulation, with accuracy and rapidity of fire; using a central fire metallic cartridge, and ejecting the discharged shell unfailingly.” The Peabody-Wartini Mid-Range Rifies, victorious at the Centennial Short-Rangé Match, at Creedmoor, Sept. 12, 1876, distance 200 yards, off-hand; 120 competitors. Members of the Americau and all the foreign teams participating. Only two Peabody-Martini Rifles entered, winning tirat prize, $100 cush and gold medal; and 4th prize, $25 cash and gold medal. Send for illustrated catelogue and price-list. PROVIDENCE TOOL CO., PROVIDENCE, R. 1, U. S.A. FOREHAND & WADSWORTH, Worcester, Mass. - The above cut represents our Army or Holster Revolver. The frame of the plato! is forged of the Best Cast Steel, im one piece, using central-tire calibre, model 1873). cartridges, ; the Smith & Wesson Russian model cartri equally a3 well fa the Wouchester, 28 the cfflibré of the chamber 1s suitable for each, Tb the best quality, and the workmanship and floish in construction, least complicated, and less liable “the eps They are only to be Some eres with) otner arms to confirm POCKET REVOLVERS DOUBLE ACTION, ana the famous ‘| TERROR,’ “BULL DOG” and ANGEL” revolvers, all of the Frames being forged from CAST STEEL, 5 Tee ER PRICE LIST CIRCULAR. ‘ 7 without hinge or joint; weight?2¢ lbs, ‘The cylinder has six chambers We make them for the Colt 45-100 government size; also for the Winchester central-fire, 44-100 But one kind of anmunition is required for both the Yinchester Rile'and this Revolver. If a lighter cartridge is lee ike e will he inaterial in this Pistol is of not surpassed by any mak Tt is the most simple get ont of order than. olster Pistol made in eaay We also make “SWAMP Paper and Metallic Shells FOR Breech Loading Shot Guns, Mannfactured by the UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE C@., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. ihe ok Lave wi umeciewr ibe Regtter eae ea ees the exploded caps. THE PATENT MOVABLE ANYILS, made of steel wire, will not bend or break. ; THE BERDAN PATENT SHELLS, new model, with Hobbs’ patent waterproof primers, never miss fire, and are bight, nized by all that have used them, A SHELLS.—By repeated experimente and great outlay for improved materials, and machinery msde ex- ressly for the purpose, we can now warrant our BROWN APER SHELLS eqnal to any imported. They are snre fire, and will not burstin the fan. Inguire of any of the dealers in sporting materials for the U. M. C. Co,"# Shells. Not sold at retail hy the manufacturers. dee23 tf Hart's Sportsman's Favorite Metallie Shells, FOR BREECH-LOADING SHOT-GUN These shells are easily loaded, and the caps easily’ extracted from inside. Head solid aud much thicker than any shell now made, giving a solid seat for cone oranvil, which prevents it from driving through or apringing away, thereby causing miss-fires. The Cone is made of nickel, and fastened solid in its place. Neither rusts nor corrodes fast, like movable auvil made from steel. The Nickel Coné also prevents miss-fire when a cap has been left on shell for a few days, which is liable to occur either in steel oriron. These shella are finely finished, and made any length ordered, from 234 to 314 inches. Shells and Loaders and Descriptive Price-Lists can be obtained from all the leading Sportsmen's Houses throughout the country. GEORGE E. HART & CO., Newark, N. J. From Captain Bogardus, Champion Wing Shot of America. a Messrs, Groncr E. Hart & Co.: Gentlemen—The filty shells I received from you to-day suit me better than any I have ever used. They are stronger and better in eyery respect, andI shall use them in all my shooting hereafter. Yours truly, A. H. BOGARDUS. “ST. LOUIS CONICAL BASE PAPER SHELL.” Having made important improvements in our Shell, wo van safely recommend them as equal, if not superior, in quality to any Paper Shell manufactured in this country or in Europe. Among the advantages claimed for these Shells, ara: A saving of 25 per cent. in the use of powder ; also the great decvease in recoil. The sizes made are No. 106—25;, 2%, and 3 inches; No, 12—25;, 294, and 22¢ iuches, Longer Shelis will be made ut extra cost. They are not mailable. Bample, 100, sent by express on receipt of $1.15 for No, 12; $1.30 for No. 10. Factory aud office, No. 2,230 De Kalb Street, St. Louis, Mo. ST, LOUIS PAT. SHELL MANUP’G CO. ST. LOUIS DMIOAL BASESH THE UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, LOWELL, MASS. Manufacturers of the CENTRAL FIRE, SOLID HEAD, BRASS SHELL, RE-LOADING CARTRIDGE, Used by the Army and Navy of the United States and several Foreign Governments. All kinds of RIM FIRE AMMUNITION. Special attention paid to orders for TARGET PRACTICE CARTRIDGES. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. WALLACE & SONS, Agents, N. Y. Gity. | COMPLETE REVOLUTION SPORTING GUNS. W. W. GREENER’S CHOKE-BORE GUNS haye been proyed by overwhelming eyidence tu be vastly superior to cylinder bores for all kinds of shooting, from snipe toduck. (See the Letiers irom Sportsmen inthe London Field, dating from November, 1876, ts March, 1877.) Deo, 9 a letter ap- pears from F, Milbank, Esq., M. P., the finest game shot in Europe, This gentleman has killed on his own moor 760 grouse in one day. Hao says: "We went out partridge shooting the last week in November. Birds are wild as hawks at this season ofthe year. Accompanying me were two gentlemen, both first-rate shots. All three of us had equal chances throughout the day. At the end of it one of my friends had seyen brace, the other six brace, hut the choke had 1634 brace. J advisedly say the choke, for Iam convinced that the gun alone was the canse of my overtopping my friends by so large 4 number. I measured that day three successive shots, 65, 71, and 62 yards, and I bave decided to use nothing but the choke-bure for the future, for I consider the choke-boring to be one of the greatést improvements niade on the sporting gun in modern times.” The Champion Triple-Wedge Fast Gun has made the best sheoting atgame @verknown, Tt will stand 10 dracbms of powder in the paper shell, and can bb obtained in the States at from $150 to $250. W.W.GREENER, _ | St. Mary’s Works, Birmingham. OPTIMUS! CREEDMOOR Lone-Ranee, Wind Gauge, and Vernier Sishts. HART’S SPORTSMAN’S FAVORITE Metallic Shells. MANUFACTURED BY~ GEO. E. HART & CO., Newark, N. J. jo2t-7 Improved Climax CUreaser, Loader, Cap-Expeller and Shell Extracfor, with MSeversible Loading and Uressing Cylinder. Price, $2 50. Por Sale by all gun dealers, Address _ W, B. HALL, LANGASTER, pA. DE. CAP- PER, mars if NEW GUN ESTABLISHMENT, _ Where can be found all kinds of GUNS, both BREECH MUZZLE EOADERS.- _ LOR RIFLES, AIR PISTOLS, POW- - 9g CARDRIDGES, SHELLS, FISH. 1 expereiine appertaining to a L . re , [ we “ete ay Speci: ity? AND RAMMER, For both paper-and metallic shells. A pocket instra- ‘for its nee, but fs ad, Prt $2. Sent State whether for Lto the e ment; it requires no bench or effciant in cam boat ig free by matbon Tecelpt oF Terms, Four Dollars a Yenr, Ten Cents a Copy, i WN Wy ddd = et aS ICAN SPORTSMAN’S R JOURNAL. * NEW YORK, THURSDAY. MAY 24, 1877. nS \, \ NON Tolume 8.—Xo, 16, No. 111 Fulton St., N. ¥. For Forest and Stream and Rod aul Gun, FRIENDSHIP, DEDICATED TO HIS FRIEND ROBERT GRAHAM, ESQ., BY GEO, BOUDWIN, HEN, at the fali of Adam’s race, Our God withdrew His light divine, One ray he spsred this hapless sphere, One Heavenly beam youchsafed to shine That, in the deluge of our woe, A Bow of Promise might appear, He left dear Friendship here on earth, Our sinking hearts to warm and cheer Around the world the Eternal spark Tis destined course, like lightning, ran, Kindling a flame in every heart, | Binding more close each man to man; The glow that owned a living fire, All creatures hailed its sweet caresa— The Joy that gilded happier hours, Their Hope and Solace in distress, Celestial light by Angels shared— A warm, & pure, unselfish love, That calms the angry lion’s wrath, And leaves him harmless as the dove ; The bond of Peace !—the golden link— The brother’s right—the stranger's claim Forever welcome be the hand That clasps onr own, in Friendship’s name. Philadelphia, April 22, 1877. Zake Superior in 1860. ( Continued from our last vasue.) Marquerre, Lakn S0pPERior, Feb, 28, 1861. N seeing my effusion of the 22d of Dec. in print, [am sud- denly recalled tothe urgent duty of saving myself from premature death, I see that ever since writing that letter I have left myself standing in the cold some five miles from town. On reading I became sensible of my long exposure, and shall take myself home as quickly as possible. * * * * Having overtaken my ‘‘Got/ze” steed, which some one had stopped and tied by the roadside, I droye home and thawed out. ‘Thanks to the preservative powers of frost, I have not yet suffered from decomposition. As I thaw, however, I am of course coyered with moisture like a beard, and as the liquid oozes out it drips from the point of the pen, making the black marks you see as I trayel along. This zigzag, serib- bling trail is the track of my thought as I come back to real life once more. Did you eyer think of so slight a ‘hing as thought making an impress on matter as it flits along; that it can be traced, like a deer, by its footprints ? Is not the writing of man the track of his theught and the mould of his * 7 large margin. They endeayor, however, fo make up in quantity what is lacking in quality. Now we turn to some of the news which, like the Con- naughtman’s brogue, has ‘‘never been made but brought in the open market.” While I was frozen up one night the mercury fell to thirty degrees below zero, and the following night dropped three degrees lower. At the mines, where the temperature is usually eight or ten degrees lower than here, we suppose the mercury to haye frozen ; but unfortunately no one there observed the thermometer. 7 We had about five feet of snow on a level; then we had a fall of two feet more. Next came two days’ thaw, which re- duced the depth a little, and then another snow storm, which gaye us an additional twenty-six inches. Eyery one who can purchase, wears snow shoes; even merchants wear them on the streets in going to and from their business, as the wind fills wp the track so quickly that the paths are seldom less than ankle deep. Where they shovel the snow off the walk, and tramp it down, the piles of snow are in some cases as high as the eaves of the houses, so that from the windows the streets are completely shut out. On the roads the snow is so deep that when teams meet itis frequently necessary to unhitch and separate the horses of one team, unload the sleigh and lift it out to one side, then shovel away a place to lesd the horses into, off the road, and thusallow the other to pass by. Almost every team carries one or two shovels for this purpose. To turn ont and give part of theroad is dangerous, for the horses flounder and fall in the snow, almost invariably so injuring or straining themselves, thatitis necessary ina day or two to shoot them. It is too costly here to keep a horse that is ill, hay now being eighty dollars a ton, and scarce af that, as il is all brought from the Lower Peninsula. At Portage, hay jis said to be even higher than here,’ commanding one | hundred dollars per ton. No less than nine valuable horses have been lost in this vicinity up to date. In addition to this catalogue of accidents, three persons have been frozen to death, while five more were so badly frost-bitten that death | supervened ina few days thereafter. Such a mortality in a population of three thousand speaks of cold, The bay has thrice been frozen over, and twice divested of its covering by the wind. During the stay of the ice each time, and as Inow write, the bay is dotted with merry parties of citizens, young and old, of both sexes, who are delighted with the opportunity to use their skates, oft times to the detriment of their already bruised craniums, resulting from the action of a muchneglected law laid down by Newton; and I might add, with the addition of numerous stellular systems presumably unknown to that philosopher. The attraction of glaring ice for the human occiput has been much enhanced by the invention of skates, Thaye been making observations, and intended issuing a volume on this interesting exercise; but I have given it up, inind? How can we doubt the ability of a person who, with alittle better perception than we enjoy looks back to our earlier lives and calls up those footprints of mind from all the parts of matter which have received and retained them? How can we doubt his ability to tell our lives and actions as if they were before himin pictures? Not to see and know in such a case would be a greater wonder than to see. The duty on iron having heen increased by a late act of Congress, or rather the ad valorem duty has been superseded by @ specific one which is so large that but little English iron will be imported, As far as this locality is concerned the change is yery desirable. They, the residents, willreap the benefits lost by the agricultural and commercial interest. This consideration and conviction that, “‘ Whatever ¢s, is right” will compose my nerves. Here they are peculiarly interested in the deyelopment of home manufactures, and invest their all in the enterprise. They doit with a will, too, for in the two articles of home production which we furnish to them- selves and others, we consider Marquette unrivalled. They challenge any other place on the continent to compete with them in the amount and toughness of the iron, and the news which are here produced, In the latter article the manufac— turers followed their predecessors in the iron business; they, the latter, sought to make the toughest iron as being the most desirable ; but the succeading manufacturers have failed some- What in combining those two qualitiesin the new(s) material, They find that, though toughness in iron is an index of dura- _ bility; in news, the principle only applies where there is a that is as far as the public is concerned. Since that desire took possession of my mind Ihave been down to a lonely spot near the docks, and investigated not only the subject, but all its literature. I found many volumes had already been issued, but the subject will bear many more, to none of which could I do justice. Whenever a man's noddle—in accordance with the law before observed—is gently caressed by the congealed slipperosity with which he is trying to cometoan understand- ing, he forthwith gathers his wits—if any remain—and his limbs, and proceeds to issue a new volume, ‘Imp. 4to.” I might transcribe, but that in writing and printing such things it is customary to use somany dashes between the first and last letters of words, 1am constrained merely to say it was alld—ash. Truth requires that I should add that there was frequently a good deal more than ‘‘dash” in the expres- sion. [am also pleased in being able to subjoin this evidence of the candor of the people. Whenever they spoke thus they seemed to be most unmistakably in earnest. ‘*In emphatic language they spoke their feelings." There is an ice-boat on the bay also, and Jast week we enjoyed some pleasant and ex- citing sailing. Money matters are much tighter here than when I last wrote. Asit is impossible to obtain exchange, debtors have been obliged to send currency to meet their obligations, hence money has become scarce. This searcity will increase till the opening of navigation, when an improvement is anticipated, even if civil war should overtake us. All drafts being refused, able as well as speculative operaters are unable to giye more a than promises to pay. This state of things has realized the idea of certain politicians—the draft of Lazarus being as zood as that of Dives. Viewing the case in this light has led a great many to turn it to account, and, accordingly, the banker has been supplanted by the saloon-keeper. The latter is now dally and hourly drawing draughts which should te at a premium, as they are drawn at sig/it and cashed on presentation, irrespective of indorsers, What a glerious approximation to the millennium. We surely live in ‘* those latter days!” Who- ever before could write that drafts were cashed at sight! One ereat reason of this cash advancement is owing to a principle inaugurated by the members cf the dar and brokers of exchange, viz.: that in all measurements, solid, liquid, concentrated, etc., they would adopt asa universal unit the dollar, Now all things come to this for a test of merit, as worshipers to the shrine of Mahomet or Confucius. Notwithstanding all these advantages, the citizens of Marquette are now anxiously looking for spring with a feeling akin to that of our juvenile dread of a school examination—we wished it past, but did not want itto come. If it must come, however, we want it to come more quickly than of late, and not be forever *tcoming to come,” like Punch’s mother. LT have yisited each of the churches, and am pleased with | the apparent earnestness of the people who attend. Most of | them seem to go for the sake of individual benefit, and not for example, as I have heard many people assert as their reason for such attendance. Such cxamples are of questionable | utility, for, though there are instances of attendance at church they are likewise examples of deception. Were La clergy— man, I would inyite such standing examples of sanctimonious hypocrisy to stay away. The church which needs such ques- tionable assistance must be poorly off indeed. Within the last month a reduction has been made in the force employed in the railway shops and foundry, amounting to one half, The greatest want here next summer will be facilities for shipping ore, there being yet such a quantity of grain in Chicago and the West that all the vessels of the lakes will be employed, and consequently ore will have to pay a higher freight, and even then will not all he shipped. The three mines employ at present upwards of two hundred miners, be- sides a number of teamsters, laborers, etc. The smelting in- terest is on the increase. Two new furnaces are expected to open in the spring, also two new saw mills, There are already four mills in the settlement. Ido not think the people here have felt the hard times 48 much as those of the Lower Peninsula, and if the political difficulties are solved by the time of the epening of nayi- gation they may escape the panic uninjured. Even should the troubles continue, the people of the Upper Peninsula will nog feel the effects so severely as their brethren of Southern Michigan, as the increased duty on iron must give them an advantage, During the winter many fishing excursions to the “small lakes in the mountains, and those between here and Bay de Noguet, haye been made by parties of gentlemen who, for pleasure and health, club together and go out for a week, ten days, or more, at a time. They go to the lakes on snow shoes, accompanied by dog trains, and camp out ; sometimes in the snow sometimes, in deserted camps. I have already partici- pated in one such excursien, and the, to me, new experience of snow-shoeing I found to be but a few degrees apart from the miseries of an introduction into the art of skating. Tf, with my present experience, I were forced to do one of threa things, viz.: to learn to skate, flounder through the mysteries of snow-shoeing, or break a yicious colt to the saddle, my candid opinion is, that I would wrestle with the latter as the least of the three pleasurable (?) evils. This Indian way of rusticating, however, is found to be very healthful and in- vigorating. The fish caught are speckled trout, which are captured through holes in the ice. Did you eyer hear of a pole being used in such cases? Well, it is done here to consider- able extent, and Iassure you demands no little skill to manip- ulate successfully, Although the trout were abundant, I am told they are not as abundant as in former years; but the reason is unknown. The general health has not been as good this winter as in former years, owing to the prevalence of diptheria, whick made its first appearance in the Upper Lake Region last autumn. During the whole winter this fell disease has con- tinued to occur sporadically, as also has erysipelas, and fre~ «quently in connection with it. Tt has taken this terrible sscourge—diptheria—two years to reach here from the Lower Peninsula. It is nbout four years since its inyasion of the Eastern States, so it has traveled but slowly. Ts it not attange that though the government derives millions of dollars of revenue from juxuries which foment disease and subsequent death, they never think of appropriating a few thousands teward the investigation and prevention of this or «similar rayaging diseases 7* Commerce und manufacturing, money and minting, are each protected by-the United States, but the lives and happiness of fils eitizens.are not worth a bare thousand dollars. The goy-— ‘ernment has been censured for recognizing property in men. Wo we not see that in so doing it cares more for them than as witizens? Now, government spends almost unlimited money in investigating the causes, prevention and treatment of dis- €ases m cattle, though it leaves its exposed to diseases in their most obscure and unmanageable forms. Would the Thousands of parents, now clad in mourning throughout tha, country, rather have hearty sheep and oxen than have their Iost loved ones yet preserved to them? But enough ; fahis letter is already too long. 4 ; - May 10, 1861, _ &, 8.—Yesterday the ica broke up and drifted out of the hay, as if to leave room fora boat, but the latter failing to put ill an appearance, the ice is returning to-day. The winter is ‘slowly retiring, and for the first time in over jive wonths leaving her footprints in sand and mud. What a relief it is to see the bare ground once more, as it shows itself in spots, dissipating eur fcars that the world has been snowed under, and lost forever. We once more greet cur mother earth, and realize the affectionate attachment she retains for us. She clings to our yery feet, and they to her; nay, she even en- velops us to our knees, and thus holds us to her bosom with a ‘motherly fondness, which we would willingly dispense with, ‘To-day we have had the first cars on the railroad from the ‘mountains. They will not run regularly, however, for a “week or more. It is anticipated here that the shipments of ‘ore will be confined to the months of July and August on account of the scarcity of vessels. There is also a mail-boat to run between here and Portage during the summer, a small tug having been engaged for the purpose. Another boat is to ply between hére and the Chokolay, four miles down the bay. Several new buildings are in course of erection, buf times are dull, and money has become very tight, there being nothing but Western bills in circulation now. May 22, 1861. P. P. S.—Night before last, just after midnight, 1 was ‘syakened by the firing of a gun, at the same time my ears svere saluted with the most infernal din ever concocted by ‘mortals. The yelling and screaching was so terrific I hustled on my Clothes and rushed from the house. Boat! Boat! Boat! B-o0-o-0-o-a-t!!! B-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-a-1 1111 B—O—O0—0—0—0—0—0—O0—0—0—O—A—T! I Id 1! in all keys and yoices; treble, soprano, alto, contralto, countra-bass, double bass, tenor, and shrill falsetto, were ‘to We heard from as many varieties of throats. I assure you ZT was relieved to find it was only the long expected boat. From the noise and trampling of feet I thought Gabriel must hhaye put in an unexpected appearance. But it was only a ont, and her red and green and white lights were seen twinkling down the bay. By daylight she had made her syay through the ice, and tied to the wharf, allowing the distracted community to retire to their homes and finish the slumbers which had been so summarily disturbed. After discharging enormous quantities of freight, the Planet pro- ceeded up the lake; but this morning found her back again, Being unable to get through the ice. She is now discharg- ing ler upper lake load for the next line boat to take, as she returns this afternoon. I have packed my traps, and propose to make my appearance among the * world’s” people once more, and with renewed health, my winter's sojourn proving far more beneficial than I had dared hope. Take it all in all, the winter has been a pleasant one, and I bid farewell to the Upper Peninsula and its inhabit- sanis with regret. ‘' Quonum para magna fut.” ne ROHER. 2 For Forest and Stream and Red and Gun. LASSOING A GRIZZLY, ; HERE were four of us, well mounted on horses that sav— vied a rope as well’as any yvaquero that ever straddlde a saddle or threw a rzata, We lefithe ranch house about an ‘hour Uefore day, and viding through the Arroyo Hondo, reached the big mesa, at the foot ff Rattlesnake Hill, when ‘the morning star was brightest. Two nights before a big grizzly had killed a cow in a little eanoh opening into the arroyo at the foot of the mesa, and ‘the day before we had dragged what was left of the carcass ‘about half a mile out into the mesa with our riatas. A riala is 4 plaited rope made generally of four, sometimes of six, strands of raw-hide, with a hard rawhide head, or loop,at, sone end for the rope to play throughavhen used to catch ‘anything. These ropes become very pliable with use, are “kept carefully greased with tallow, and out of the wet and yeach of rats and coyotes. Ours were the best kind; six strands and sixty feet lone; when the noose is fasi on an animal, or anything to be dragged, the other end of the rope igs retained in the hand, and a turn is taken in the horn of the saddle. We had left Chapo, an Indian vaquero, hid in a eotten— wood, to watch the place from which we had dragged our AS ee Pee al ctcael ye aR = * Tinsert this as showing the feeling of the people at the time. Then diptheria was a fearful disease, whose name alone people feared to ut- ter, except ntder their bréath, battling physicians of high and low de- gree, foreign and native, the educated und the charlatan alike; the yery ~ mame diptheria was a synonym of thé death which so frequently super- ened, for there was no literature upon the subject; all alike were In pretound ignorance of either its pathology or treatment, But goyern- quent could publish, at an expense of thonsands of dollars, elaborate works on the diseases of cattle, which, like all government publications swere, then a5 now, huddled into the ¢ellara and outhouses of M. C.'s to #lecny j Tor these honorable gentlemen are too lazy to clear away what to theli is rubbish, by the mere act of addressing to those whe wonold appreciate, or their pockets be replenished through ths puryeyors. of “QRDE shops by their sale as waste paper. bait, He reported that early in the night, the big svizzly had come down the mountain and followed the drag, and that lie had heard another cross the arroyo some distance belew him within half an hour. We waited for daylight, smoking cigar- Titos, eating tomales, and telling whoppers of bear stories in Spanish whispers, with many a carajo valgameé divs thrown in as wadding for want of aguadientc, We were Felipe, Juan de Dios Valiente and I, sometimes called Bl Guero, and old Chapo, who took a horse and riata we brought him. All had riatas, knives and pistols, and Chapo had an old English musket bulf full of powder and Bullets, When the first streaks of light colored the gray of the morning, and the quail commenced calling, we tightened our cinches, and deploy: along the mesa at interyals of about forty paces, sdveanied abreast, riatgs in hand, towards the carcass. We were be- tween our bait and the mountains, and hoped to drive the bear into attempting to cross a wide open, free from bushes, on the other side of which was thick monte. We rode first ata walk, then sobre paso, a pace between s walk and a trot, peculiar toSpanish horses, As we reached the shortsage brush, we put our horses on the lope; then on the run. Daylight came quick over the mountains. I had just passed the bait when I saw the bear straight before us, going ata shambling lope, and apparently not much in a hurry. Felipe yelled at him; he stopped and reared up,my horse sheered off tothe left; I passed him, and in a breathing we were all four around him, circling, turning and twisting; every horse on the keen jump, all of us ready to take the firat chance to get a rope on a hind Jeg (hind leg's the best liold). He looked awful ugly, and was too full of fight to run, but stood doubled up, or rear- ed up, making short lunges at oir horses as we dashed in to try aud start him, Nohody wanted a foreleg hold, and it wasn't very easy to get, for he flung his arms about like a boxer, and it took the spurs to get a horse to run Close by him, Pretty soon he got so he'd chase the horses twenty or thirty yards at a stretch; he was clean crazy with anger, and at last as Idashed my old buckskin by him, started in fora race in good earnest. We fairly burnt the wind'; the mesa was almost bare, hut he beld his own—almost was gaining, when the boys reached him. Felipe made the first throw, went for a forefoot, but was hot and excited, caught head and leg together in the loop, which pulled tight across the neck,. chest and under a foreshoulder. No horse could hold such a hold, and Felipe dropped the riata. Valiente tried for a hind leg, and missedit. Juan de Dios caught both hind feet and stopped him. As he donbled back and grabbed for the riata, I dropped my rope on a forefoot, and stretched it with all the force my horse could put on the riata, Lord! how I would like to have seen old Chapo and his musket for aminute. I knewthat with bear’s head and one foreleg free he'd soon get my tightly stretched rope in his mouth. Then good-by riata, There was some tall twisting and strugeling. Juan held on as coolly as if it were only a bullock lassoed for the butcher. Felipe, reaching down from his saddle, pick- ed up hisriata, but the way it held could help but little. TI was thinking of slacking my viata, and taking chances for both forefeet. Loosened it would slip from the forefoot I had, and with both in my rope I thought Juan and I might hold him, when all at once his loose foot struck Felipe’s rope, dragged it up to his mouth, and, like a flash, it wasin two pieces ! : Just then Valiente got the loose lez. His rope caught near jhe shoulder; under the strain and it slipped gradually downto the ancle and held. He was a thoroughbred grizzly, but we had him. Lord! didn’t he hate us, and show it. He looked murdering crazy, and tried yery earnestly to get his mouth on the riatas with which we stretched his forelegs as far apart as we could get them. Juan kept both hind legs stretched straight out, from the moment his rope tightened. About this time Chapo rode up, riata in hand, with the old musket tied-on behind his saddle, and told us he had had a sharprace after another hear, but was afraid to tackle him single handed. We wanted otir bear for a bull and bear fight, and with the help of Chapu's riata, started to drag him backwards across the mesa; but he qwas so heavy and savage, and made so much trouble that we held a pow-wow, aad determined to kill him, Chapo was detailed for this purpose. Untying his old Queen Bess, and carefully shaking in a panful of fresh priming, he left his horse stand- ing, with the riata taut onthe horn of the saddle, and walked Around toward the head of the bear, CHapo is a little pot-bel- lied, bandy-legged fellow (he doesn’t read English) and was awtully anxions fo massacre abear. In the midst of ashower of cautions not to shoot a horge or cut a riata, he held the old cannon about a’ yard from the bear's head (I declare I felt | sorry for the bear), and pulled it off. There was 2 puff of white smoke from the pan. After wait- ing, it seemed tome a full minute, Chapo moved to reprime. The butt of the sun had scarcely left his shoulder, when there was a roar like a caisson explosion; the gun flew up in the air, and Ohapo, doubled up in a triangle, rolled under my horse’s feet. Not a shot (and Valiente swore there were two handfuls of pistol bullets in the gun) had touched the bear. We had braced ourselves for a possible struggle, and it. came. Frothing and foaming at the mouth, grinding his teeth, and howling with rage, there was something awfully like a raving human maniac about that bear, Our blood was up. We were all excited, and we remarked in most emphatic Castillian, that we would take that bear to the mission if it took all day. Af ter about an hour’s hot work, with the help of a hide which Ohape got froma near-by jaal, we got him to a clump of oak near the arroyo, and spread-eagled him out between some of the largest trees. He was, apparently, stronger and fiercer than ever, whilst both ourselves and horses were beginning to lire, Fastening the riatas securely by winding around the trees and tying, we sent Chapo to the house for an ox-cart, chains and some aguadiente, Juan and I rode down tothe water to drink. TI had stooped for my first mouthful, when Felipe called loudly for us tocome— Pronto! Pronto!” Thinking a rope had failed, we went on thekeenrun. We had left the bear on his back, legs extended, head free, and there he lay as we left him, but stone dead—dead of rage, not an uocom- mon occurrence with lassoed bears, but, in this cage, some- what disappointing. En OizaDor, +e For Forest and Stream ind Rod and Gun, TROUT FISHING IN MAINE. dh if OFTEN see an inquiry in your valuable paper from some sportsman, asking where good trout fishing can be had, easy of access, and propose giving you the benefit of a trip 1 took in the fall of 1874, and from which I derived more pleasure than any previous search aftcr (he speckled beauties, although I had preyiously yisited the Middle Dam, Richard— =a, = 2 4 ar ry _ a son Lakea, Moose River, from Holden towards the Canada line, and several times to the Pleasant Ridge Ponds—my ox- perience, as you see, having all been in Maine. In the early part of September of 1874 my friend B—— (an ardent loyer of ‘‘chucking the bug’) and wife, and self and wife, left the [ub in the morning frain, ticketed for Monnt Kjneo and refura, but not quite sure ;where we should stop, as our “objective point” might be changed if sufficient induce- ment should offer. We thought setiously of making a short stow at Monson, Maine, when we started, bnt our hopes were almost dashed When we were approaching Portland, and had just lighted our pipes in the smoking car, to be informed by a gentieman who Was enjoying the same luxury, who was visiting Maine for the same purpose as ourselves, that ist, there were no trout in Monson, and 2d, that they were not good for anything if there were; and 3d, that they could net be taken witha fly, all of which tended to make us think our original informant (who fishes entirely with a gun) must heye been mistaken, After parting with our friend (on short acquaintance) we concluded to “stick” to our original plan of campaign, no matter what stories we might hear. Our conclusion was sadly shaken many times before we reached our destination, and we came to the wise conclusion that the waters of Maine had = yaried reputation, even with the residents and loyers of sport with a 10-ounce rod. We spent the first night out at the “‘Hxchange,” in Bangor, and after a good niglit’s rest, breakfast, etc., proceeded to the depot of the Bangor and Piscataquis RR,, and were shown to # Car attached toa baggare train, which gaye promise ofa long and tedious ride. In answer to our inquiry of the conductor about the time required to make the trip, he informed us theé ** When he went, he went,”” and we fully agreed. with bins’ before our arrival at the end of the road. At that time the employés of the road (so we weze informed) sold peanuts along the line, and would stop any time to sell a pint, and it seemed to us that the stery was true; Sut they do much better now, asa strictly passenger train runs over the road in the sporting season. We arrived at Monson in time for dinner, after a pleasant ride of fifteen miles in the stage from Guilford, and devoted the first hours of the afternoon in getting ovr voo%ms at the hotel in order, so that our ladies could be comfortable in our absence, avd make us comfortable when we vweturned. About four. wm. the male portion of our party started out to deliver our letters of introduction to a gentleman who could “tell us all abont it,” and were sadly taken aback when he informed us he had not caught a fish for twenty years; hub before we had quite recovered fromthe shock, he mformed us that he would introduce us to the poslimaster, who was-the “hogs” fisherman of the place. On our way to the post-office he informed us that ‘Hd.” could catch them anywhere, and if he couldn't assist us we might as well move on. We found Mr, Haynes a very pleasant gentleman, and kindly disposed to render us any assistance we might re— quire, but cheeked- our enthnsiasm by informing us that trout could not be taken with a fly in the waters of that vicinity, as it had been tried over and over again withext success, except in the case of one little fellow about four inalies long, and he was thought to be too small to know any better. We, however, decided to give them a chance to refuse us at once, and proceeding to the hotel, strung our rods, and at just five Pp. w. were in a boat on the lower part of Hebron Pond, jist opposite the hotel, say ten reds away, My friend insisted upon taking the paddle, and my string of flies were soon in the water, without much thought of striking a fish in the lower end used as a mill pond, as we we Were told there were none there, and my companion was using bis paddle freely, forcing the boat rapidly through the water, when a fine fish rose at my fiy, which I failed to strike, and before I could cast again the boat was upon him, and [ was unable to raise him again. This gaye promise of adding something to the little fellaw before mentioned, and our spirits were raised several degrees in a few moments after. Again starting for the pond proper, I struck a fish, andafter a few minutes sharp play landed a beauty, ‘tipping the beam” at1+ pounds. During the hand- ling of this fish, we shot into the pond proper, and the wind being off shore, we put our boat broadside to, and both com- menced work in earnest. In a moment another greedy fellow had any fly, and after a contest of about ten minutes my second fish was in the boat, weighing 13 pounds, and we were obliged to ‘pull for the shore,” as it had commenced raining, and at just six p.m, we landed with enongh for supper, hay- ing demonstrated that the trout would rise to a fly, and about seven o'clock we sat down to our frugal meal of fried trows, baked potatoes, ete., giving us a forataste of what was to come, We made up our minds not to work too hard, and to take things just as easy as possible, so the next morning we did not fet on to the pond until about nine o'clock, and having madeé afew inquiries of the posta ter, thought we cou'd find where the trout were, and were not disappointed, as when the horn tooted at twelve M. for dinner, we had twelve trout, running from 1} pounds to2 pounds 9} ounces, almost filling my landing net. And we settled one thing very satisfactorily, viz,, that they would only take a very large and bright red y, a8 B. insisted upon using such as he had used ut the Richardson Lakes; and for a large portion of the forenoon would not accept any from my book, but he soon came to if, and made good use of them the balance of the time, The people of the town were rather astonished, the post- master with the rest, and he went out in the afternoon, as did our ladies, to see how it was done, and had a chances to be satisfied, as we added nine to our catch, all of good size. _ We spent three weeks at this place fishing every day the weather would allow, except Sundays, and our smelles} catch for any day was twelve, Some days when we yisited a pond where they were small, running froma quarterto a pound and quarter, we would catch at least a hondred, Every day we bad many things to remember, and which would doubticas prove interesting, but J will only relate one inore day's experience, and then begin whero 1 started, by giving you the information indicated, , We had become quiteintimate with “d.,” whom wefound oe of the jolliest fellows we ever met, and one morning be started for Monson Pond to show us where the fish “ould ba found. The fish not being in the right mood, he anggested we should go through the woods about a inile, to No, 18, a small pond rarely visited, and where he yery mulch doubted if afiy liad ever been cast. We had been at work there an hour vat, least without a sign, when I saw a break close to my raft, and proceeded to. put my files ‘where they would dy) the mast good,” for me at least, as I thought; but in an insinyt my ———— 2 him on the head or chop at him vigorously, S a ra Surpeslans by ony Polgutbe eo Patna rae Wha mé by only weighing two pounds. ‘Shortly after B, had ee ‘neav him, and at once put his fey over the fish, and with a tush and splash his rod was in jhe same condition as mine. He also saved his fish, which weighed 23 pounds. ‘ Onr spate rods being al, Monson Pond, there was nothing for us to do but to retwam, After returning we strung new zods, and insisted that Ed. should commence nsing the fly, and finally prevailed upon him to do so, altbongh we thought he only did so to keep us from teasing him. Everything being ready, we shoved from the shore, and commenced our sport, the wind, to our ideas, being jnst right. When perhaps an eighth of a milé frem shore the wind ceased instantly, and we decided to start for home at once, when the air seemed full of flies, which settled upon the surface of the water, -Almost instantly the pond seemed full of fish, jumping out in all directions, and such a sight I never expect to see again, We struck them right and left, and Janded them as fast as possible, and the mouth of every fish was full of these black flies, ahout the sizeof our common house-fy. Our gnide caught his first fish, and he will never catch one that will give him more play, and tax his skill more than that one did. After the fish was netted, he carefully laid the rod down with the re- miuk that, “He would paddle us just where we wanted, as he had had fun enough for one day, and more than in all the fish he had ever caught with bait.” He bas made two fine }ofibeam fly rods,” aud can now hold his own with any one. Within a radius of seventeen miles there are thirty two ponds all full of fish; and right here I wish to say that the trout from Monson Pond are finer than any I have ever seen. The names of the ponds are: Hebron, Monson, Speéctacle, Doughty (2), Bunker (2), Bog Stream, Bell (2), MeLan, North Moors, Bear, South Senior, South Junior, Meadow, Meadow Stream, No. 18, Grindstone, Buttermilk, Benson, Ship, Greenwoods (3), Long Hedgehog, Big Indian, Little Tndian,. Herring and Greenleaf. The country is mountainous, affording some of the fines views possible, and uny one loving nature cannot help being pleased by a visit to that section, especially if combined with the above ts a love of fishing. Tam informed from perfectly reliable authority that Ship Pond contains landtocked salmon in abundance, but cannot speak from my own knowledge ; am reserving that pleasure for my next visit. " The greatest drawback at Monson is the lack of suitable boats, which difficully can be readily overcome, and I would recommend any one going there to obtain a birch or a light boat, which can be had at or near Bangor, or at Moosehead Lake. Any one calling upon E, R. Haynes, postmaster, will derive shat information they may require, and make the acquaint— ance of one of the best fellows to be found, ready to meet a Wrother sportsman, and assist him on almost every occasion, NeEpiaM. Bosvox, March 17, 1877. $+ Poy Povest wad Stream ait Tot and Gun. ACROSS COUNTRY IN FLORIDA. Manpaniy, April 27, 1877. SAW Farmer T. ahead in the wood, with a greeting ] extending around both flunks of his bronzed face, and I reined up for a few minutes’ chat. “ “4. do you know how the roads are between this and St. Auvustine ?” * Going to drive over?” Teves,” 5 countenalice assumes al expression of good-natured, friendly interest, an(l he proceeds: «Well, the roads are pretty ad, and you'll have to go slow, There has not been much rain lately, and you won't have much trouble at the fords. Better look out for bears, though, and you want to take an axe along with you.” When he said theroads were bad, with atull consciousness of what bad roadsare in Plorida, I felt atrifle discouraged, forI had a good horse and bugey, and did not want to wear out the one and smash up the’other. When he spoke of fords I mentally forded and felt chilly; but when hears were mentioned, it was a question within hetween intimidation and unbelief, with the chances in favor of the former; for I knew 'T. was an old stager on the route. : : > i experienced Ba partial relief, however, when he advised taking an axe along, and inwardly commended his caution, What else could it be for but to kill the bears? But whynota eum instead of anaxe? Ttwould hemuch more agreeable, as well a8 more sportsmantike, to stand off at a convenient: distance— say behind a tree—and shoot the bear, than to go up and knock “But then T was no sportsman, I doubtfully asked at length what the axe was for. ; Q, you want if to chop fallen trees out of the road,” Oy a) Til “Do you always take an axe ?”’ I continued. “ Always." ‘ever had occasion to use it ?” "Well, n no; haven't yet, but then you may.” nd De ry ’ ‘You want to starf about five in the morning; that’s what To.” c ‘© What time do you get there?” t About six at night.” * How far is it?” ©'Thirty-eight miles.” ' . “Why, confound il, that's thirteen hours—only three miles an hour.” 4 I plicd my friend with a few more questions, and the next morning, armed with a map of the road, which he kindly furnished, we made seven o'clock start. For ten miles or more the road runs westerly toward the ocean; the old King’s Roud between Jacksonville and St. Augustine is then inter- sected, aud hereon the long unused telegraph polesand deeply sworn ruts offer ar easy @tide to the ancient city. The roads in RBlorida, generally. are born, not made, Human hands Tiuve toiled not to smooth their ruggedness or direct their course. In all probability the cattle first surveyed it and lined it out, and somebody’s cart wheels followed the narrow path, which thenceforth became a settled road. When any parti Weeomes too mity or rough for the native’s cart ov some fallen tree blocks the way, a switch-out is made over more advantageous ground, aud the switch becomes a permanent section of the road. We leave the prosperous farms and groves of Mandarin, plunge into the ever present pine woods, with the trees stalking about us as if engaged in ‘a liuge cotillion, When we slow down to a walk the measure eee ween veretation, keeping eyes and horns dogward, and giving fre— quent fierce Jonges at the canines, who speedily retreat under the charge to return again as soon as safely permits. The farmer’s form appears upon the scene, and the curtain falls on cattle hastily running for the woods, farmer laying up his fence with that complacency born of long endurance of such intrusions, and digcomforted dog, the only angry one in the party, at his master’s heels, looking sullenly through the rails towards his retreating foes. Fine orange groves grace many of these farms, and the farmer's humble domicile, with its roof below the glistening tops of his orange trees, stands in the srate- ful shade. A profusion of rose }mshes, flowering pomegranates, Oleanders and crepe myrtles are scattered about, mulberry trees are specked red with their ripening berries, and an air of thrifty, contented indolenece pervades the whole scene. The dag fiend, invariably present, arouses at ourapproach and lifts his miserable howl at us without waiting to see that we shall not enter his domain. Long alter we are by he keeps up his noisy racket, which each succeeding moment renders fainter as we speed along. The sun is half way up the sky when.we enter a labyrinth of shade, which marks the approach to our first ford. It is also our worst one. Densely shaded, inky water, and a varying bottom, over which great roots ave stretched, muking the jolting most unpleasant. ‘This is Rooty Ford; probably named after its most obnoxious feature. The waters haye laved countless swamp plants into crowded existence by its borders, whose full flowering season has hardly yet arrived. Other eyes than ours must look upon their perfect glory a few weeks henee, when the air becomes less bleak and the waters grow warm. We splash into the ford and bump aleng over the roots. The present bump is nothing, however; it is the continual expectation of the one to. come that awakens our caution and unstrings our neryes—the dread in wailing and ot knowing how formidable will be the jolt nor what moment it will arrive. Every moment we brace up our minds for it, nt all in vain; we come upon if in an interval of involuntary relaxation, und are bounced over in a demoralized state of mental unfitness. The deepest part of the ford is suddenly reached by u short, sharp descent, steep enough for the roof of a house in a very Tainy country. ‘The horse stops; but, not caring to gel out, or to remain long afloat ina craft in which the water comes leaking through the bottom, we spur him along, his head uplifted and the top of our wagon-box within an inch or two of being overflowed. From out the black waters the ares of our wheels rise like four red rainbows, with the improvement on nature’s of being neatly lined with black paint. Our wagon scemsa floating chariot, sur- rounded with its rainbow superfluities, and with a little more imagination we might fancy our submerged steed a swan. It is only a slight impediment that he is ved and has cars. But shall fancy be put to flight bysuch trifles? Away with & man (or woman) who can't fancy a red swan with ears. Let the mind just grapple first with the redness of the swan, and having successiully digested this peculiarity, the ears will come about with less difficulty. Try it. The passing glance we get about us reveals the embowered stream on either side, stretching away wilh winding course within its cool retreat, beneath whose vaulted roof of living freen the smooth, ebonylike floor moves softly along iu never-ending continuation. We know not whence it comes, but whither it goes we know, for its name is Julington, and it joins the St. Johns near Mandarin. Hucouraged to leave the scene, our red swan drops the role imposed upon it, de- velops the quadruped of its nature out of the watery depths, and pricks up lis ears with lively satisfaction af land travel again. Thus we pass this modern river of Styx (or roots), and rising. a slope, enter a flourishing colored settlement: all South Carolina darkies, who after the war found things so lively at home that they performed this pilgrimage in colony shape, und-gained a peaceful abode by the homestead process. Flere, unmolested, they can swing their hoes with all the reck- lessness, if not the grace, a violinist gives his bow, lure the lowly corn to tasseled height, grind its gritty grains to hominy, and then, with nature’s grinders, grind again until the whole be bolted. We are eight miles from home, but yet not in a strange land, for do not these dusky denizens come to us for hire, get up in ‘de cool” of the morning and do the distance in time to begin the working day for those who hire them; shoes carried under their arms, for economy's sake, or in a handkerchief hung to astick over their shoulders, and their black skins, hard as horse’s fetlock, going with the action of a locomo- tive. Here, also, resides the colored preacher, who makes the journey on Sunday to hear the professor preach to the white people, and gocs Home after a vigorous “cramming * to fill | his own pulpit and win marked distinction among his own race, We can imagine the unction with which le must hold forth, and the rays of genius and problems of religious learn- ing, showered too thick and fast, and I fear, also, too. tangled up for comprehension, upon his open mouthed, sable congre- ition. a Buh we leave the black seti(lement; it is an appropriate back ground for the black stream on whose bauk it stands, and, when a couple of miles away, curve into the old, roughly-worn King’s Road. Until late years a stage per- formed what passenger trafic there was over it hetween Jacksonville and St. Augustine, and although the journey over its forty miles must have been wearisome, and the jolt- ing something long to be remembered, it was probably as desirable 2 trip then as the route up the river from Jackson- ville, by slow, wheezy boat, to Tocot, and over the wooden rails on the wretched trock of those days, drawn by mule power. Now, however, the business of the King’s highway is gone, and the fast, comfortable riyer steamers speed the throng of trayelers to where the wooden track and all its appurtenances are supplanted by iron rails and the well appointed trains, and where the steed with coat of mail and lungs of fire takes the place of the time-dishonored mule, From here we strike the King’s road there ia bub one house to be seen throughout the rest of the jaurney, and that one Is but a mile or two away from us. Our map says—bis Davis, Little Davis, Sam Moran. Now, we looked hard ta see the habitation or person of both Big Davis and Littie Davis, the latter being donbtless the son of the former, but the dwelling of Sam Moran greeted our view withont our having seen any sign of the Davisés, and we concluded they had moved their houses back from the road and were busy out of ourrange, We found out afterward, though, that two in- significant brooks were denoted by these names, and regretted that we had already embalmed in our memory the stalwart, venerable Davis, senior, and his more deminutiyée descendant. Sam Moran, before alluded to, is a colored man, who has whatever pleasure there is in living miles away from any human being. Doubtless he is contented. Whenever he feels a desire to see others he can co to them; and when he wants to be undisturbéd and let alone, not a step from home has he to go to secure these important blessings. The woods teem with game, and he is probably not a stranger to the way of obtaining it, For the rest he can look to his field for sweet potatoes and hominy, and an occasional tramp to the store will yield bacon. Enclosing his plantation we seo a well-developed earthwork, and are lost for awhile wondering what foe this defence is erected against in a country where peaceful times prevail, Could it be that he bas a mother-in- law, from whom he has vainly sought refuge? Af length, when we came to where our road is ablaze with burning grass, it dawns pon our understanding that this embankment is to prevent the fires in the woods from making all of Sam's industrious labors end in smoke, Prom Sam's house some twenty-three miles of road lay before us, and not a sign of luman life did we see in all of it, except an humble pedestrian, who, on being hailed, flew the African flag; was out one day from Jacksonville, bound to St. Augustine; all well, and said nothing about being re- ported. From a sense of kindness, however, I here report him, and doubt not that at the rate he then carried sail he made a timely arrival. The country seems higher since leaying Rooty Ford, with occasional flat depressions ending in slugvish streams, which a = ‘cross our road, a marked example being the watershed 1o Durbin Creek, a tributary or fork of Julington. Here, for the distance of at least a mile, and a breadth as far as we can see, the land falls at an angle of about fifteen degrees, with the even flatness of a shingled roof, and terminates in the natrow, deep stream, which offers our only remaining ford of consequence. By the roadside on onr journey we see heather and blue and pink lubins in bloom; in the low pine lands are the paw-paw and carnivorous pitcher plant (sara- cenia), and in the swampy glades are beginners straightly climbing the bark of the pine and cypress, yellow jassamines in a tangled snarl among the azaleas, the bright blooms of the dozwood tree, the shining leaves of the magnolia, and low down on the ground the pure white petals of the swamp lily: and unopened buds of the calla. ‘The sandy road is full of the footprints of animals, some being of the roving cattle and some of deer, bears and smaller kinds, whose names we are more or less uncertain about, and the wild turkey, with the rest, comes out and puts his foot down in the sand for the interest of the passer by. What they all are doing that they do not show bodily form to us we cannot tell, but are after-- wards partly compensated for their inattention by the sight of four dollars’ worth of dead turkey hung to the saddle of a butternut hunter, whose face is turned toward the city of antiquity and hotels. As we near St. Augustine the cattle haye a more thrifty look, doubtless in some measure due to the odor of the salt air which the sea breeze wafts to our nostrils. Four miles away groans old ocean; we can hear his muflled roar, and above the sandy ridges soon spy the white shafts of both oli andnew light houses, whose ‘‘pillur of fire by night, of cloud by day” we are right glad to see, Down from the pine woods we turn on San Sebastian’s sandy beach, where whole armies of ‘‘fiddlers” are scurrying to their holes and marvellously disappear while we are looking at them, yanishing as huge raindrops when they strike the earth. Having only one claw apiece all round, who can blame them for getting away so quickly out of danger. When we leave the beach it is after passing two or three fine residences and to gain the shell road, where houses are dotted about, and a new palatial structure towers above them all. The voice of the billows on the far beach become more sonorous ; Ocean’s expanse, specked with the sails of tiny craft, stretches beyond the-light houses as far as eye can see; Wort Marion’s dark outline is on the left, and straight before us stand the isolated coquina gate-posts of the ancient city. Many approach its strange old precincts by vail, some by billowy sea, and but few come down upon if as we did—by the old highway. oO. DD: aed - For Forest and Stream aud Ted and Gun. HISTORICAL SCENES AND PLACES AT j BIAGARA. LL around Niagara are grounds historical, some of which ave but seldom visited by the tourist and stranger, and yet which are quaint and beautiful places. The traveler who only looks upon and is absorbed by the mighty falling of the water, and then turns away and retraces his steps homeward, has left many scenes behind which would haye charmed him, scenes too, very familiar to every angler in the neighborhood, 1 intend to show the reader these places and poirt out fayorite spots for angling, well knowing Iam guiding only sportsmen, and that they will enjoy the scenery and be thankful for the information. ‘ Coming out from either tho Cataract or International Hotel we turn to the right. We keep the margin of the river aud beat up against the stream, for our way lies east. We pass the rapids and the head of Goat's Island, leaving the turbulence and noise of the rushing waters behind us. The riyer ahead of usis running smoothly on. Sail boats are skituming the waters. Not yet a half mile from the hotel, and opposite to us across the river is one of Gen. Scott's battle srounds— Chippewa. Here within ten minutes of the Falls is a fayorite fishing place. In May and June black bass and pike are abundant, and standing here on these canal piers the loyer of this sport may enjoy himself. Thisis the ** Old French Jand- ing.” Just above us is a little island called ‘Grass Island,” whose green shows bright in its home of blue. Still acne by the margin of the river, about a mile farther On, and we are on the grounds of old Fort Schlosser. Built ———— en ae by the Prench at first, the fort was also burnt by them in their retreat from the British in 1759. Two years thereafter it was rebuilt by Capt, Joseph Schlosser, of the British army, who was afterward promoted fo Colonel and died here. Some filty or sixty rods below where we are now standing, rises an oldstone chimney, around which the French built their barracks. Neat it are a few apple trees, the remains of the pioneer orchard of those now world-famed Niagara County apples. Opposite to us, and lying near the Canadian shore, is Navy Ysland, held by the French in 1759, where their reinforce- ments were landed during the seige of Wort Niagara. Above, aid east of this island, lying yery closely together, separated only by a small creek, are Grand and Buckhorn Islands. At the mouth of this creek the rench burnt the two vessels that brought them reinforcements, and ever since this Creek, or bay, lias been known as Burnt Ship Bay. ‘This place in the spring teems with perch, and all around the barsof Navy Island black bass are abundant. These places are the favorite resort of Buffalo people, more so than the Falls themselves. These green isles, sloping to the water, these creeks and bays tire indeed beautiful. Here one rests, that constant jarring, roaring, rambling water is below us, restrained and softened the sound reaches ys niore like distant music. Weare out of the whirlwind and storm, into smooth, calm harbor. Just above this old fort where we are standing are two ollier islands, Gill Greck and Stony, beautiful too in their summer foliage of green. We pass on a few rods farther up, and we come to the remains of the old Store-house, once the Janding-place of the tourist, before the network of railroads was spread oul over the country. Only a few piles now remain, to which little skiffs are fastened, whose occupants fire busily enjoying the quick jerk and steady fight of the plucky little rock bass. Another island—Cornor’s—in our front, invites our eye with its cooling green and undisturbed quiet, Threemilesabove us isthe village of LaSalle. Toreach if we pass throuzh one continuous orchard of peach, pear antl apple trees. Here was built by La Salle the first vessel that floated on the upper lakes. It is now the latter part of April, and along the banks of this creek that empties its wa- ters into the river area hundred boys, ragged, rosy-cheeked, hippy boys, with large strings of bass, perch and sunfish. One half of the number are true Niagarasportsmen, too young yet to haul seine or shoot game ont of season. Here too they hye « novel way of taking the black bass. Sailing a boat close to the shores, laying the edge well down to the water, they crowd the fish who, for want of room, turn, leap, and Yall yictims in the bottom of the boat. Forty odd, I believe, lias been one successful eyening’s sport in this way. Returning we cross the Suspension Bridge and pass to Chippewa, once a thriving place in the direct line of travel, but now a deserted yillaze,” with fine brick blocks crumb- ling and wasting away. ‘Nearly every building is a ruin. Bourded up windows, rotten lintels, and fallen stoops give one a subject for thought. How truly the lines of commerce make or unmake us. No wonder we make a manly fight rather than have these Jines run around us. This is one of Scott's earliest battle grounds. On the morning of the 4th of July, 1814, General Scott was ordered forward from Fort. Jirie t attack the British commander at Chippewa. He was followed by Gen. Porter’s volunteers and other reinforce- ments. Only Scott’s brigade was actually engaged in the haltle, some thirteen hundred men. The British Joree num- hered about three thousand. On the morning of the 6th, about 5 o'clock, the action began. The Americans were at- tacked by the Canadian militia and Indian allies. A brilliant bayonet charge by Major Jessup in the midst of a destructive fire from the British troops ended the battle, and the victory was with the Americans. The Americans lost in killed, wounded ind missing, three hundred and twenty-eight. The ett of this battle was very gratifying to the American people. : This is the latter part of May, we spend the afternoon here, and have nof done extra well unless we have ab least two Hundred perch each to show for our sport. About two miles and a half below this battle ground, and near the Falls is the battle ground called Iuundy’s Lane. It is move often visited because of its near access to the great hotels, and towers here are erected for the sight-seer. Few look upon it as the scene of a great battle, but think of it as a Tiere skirmish ground. It was, however, before our great rebellion, the most sternly contested bit of ground in America. i was four o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th of July that Scott led his brigade from camp, and after a march of two miles and a half came up with the enemy posted on this ground. ‘They had a position of greatstrength, defended with nine pieces of artillery, Around this battery the battle raged. After Col. Miller's ¢¢ I will try, sir,” the battery was captured. The British made three desperate charges afterwards lo regain their guns in the darkness. The last struggle for mastery was fearful. Hand to hand, friend and foe intermingled, but the Aimericans were determined to hold what they had so desper- ately gained, and the British were again forced to retreat. During the night the Americans were ordered to fall back ; they were unable to take the captured cannon with them, and 80 Yolled the smaller pieces down theg hill. In the morning the British recoyered their guns and Maimed the yictory, Seven miles below the Ialls is the village of Lewiston, op- pesite to which stands Queenstown, during the war of 1812 4 fortified British post. The ride to Lewiston along the lanks of the Niagara is superb. Below you in the deep gorge rolls Niagara; every minute the waters and banks are changing. There is a panorama passing before the eye, and every paint- ing isa picture on a grand scale, and when on the brow of the mountain you pause, whafi a grand sight breaks on your view! The river like a great serpent in view for seven miles, the luke beyond. At your feet the spires and homes of Lewis- ton look like minature toys. Rich agricultural Jands with Weir fine orchards and happy farin homes are stretching away for miles. You have been at Niagara and yet not here; per- liaps lave gone to Europe for such a scene as this, which nowhere in the world 1s surpassed. Durimg the war of 1812 Lewiston was occupied by the ‘* Army of the Centre” under Gen. Yan Rensselaer, anc under him on the 18th of October was fought the battle of Queenstown Heichts, Capt. Wool, alter several desperate charges, succeeded in carrying the heights and driving the British down the hill. Soon. after Gen. Brock arrived and attempted to gain the heights again, pul lis troops were dityen back in great disorder, and he fell Miorially wounded. Again the British returned to the charge, bot again were they driven back ; reinforcements having ar- rived for them in the aflernoon they renewed their exertions; the Americans were almost exhausted with fatigue; their amnnition mostly spent, and their reinforcements refused to cross (he river Lo their aid, and a surrender was all that was left fo the brave men, The fine monument across the way was reared to the memory of Gen, Brock. Still farther below us aud seven miles from Lewiston, where the viver joins with Lake Ontario, is Fort Niagara, ‘The roads OP a ET, ae ee are fine, and it is a quiet, sant dr: ne Fou pa Hhrough the village of Lewiston and behold one o “those quaint frontier towns of ‘ye olden time.” All ihe years that have broghtu us up to our Centennial has the village slept and decayed like Rip Van Winkle’s gnu. Perhaps there may be another story and a different one to tell when we come ty our second Cen- tennial. . Opposite to Fort Niagara, which is now garrisoned by one company of U. 8. troops, are Fort Mississquza and the villaze of Niagara, the latter an older settlement than any on the American side of the river. A newspaper was published here as early as 1795. In 1792 the first session of the Parliament of the Upper Province was held here. Tt is a beautiful loca- tion and quite | summer resort. A mileaboye is Fort George, now 4 ruin, atone time during the year 1813 captured hy Scott and his followers. Here are bass and perch in abundance, and also at Lewiston, and when the herring are rnnning there is business for all, {hey will fight a good battle and must be handled with care on account of their tender months. Hiram i. Grirrirn. Kish Culture. BASS AND SHAD IN THE SUSQUE- HANNA. OME seyen year's ago a party of gentlemen interested them- selves in fhe stocking of the Susquehanna River with bass, and by their exertions raised three or four hundred dollars, with which they purchased at the Potomac river, aboul the same number of black bass, and introduced them into the river atthis point. At the same time a law was passed by the legis- lature prohibiting the catcbing either of bass or Susquehanna salmou (Lucioperca americana) for three years. From the ex- piration of that time the catch has been abundant, increasing with each year. The bass has become the monarch of the stream, devouring or extirpating most of its fiany rivals. In 1876 the State Game Association presented to the legisla~ ture a general game law which was passed, but in the transcrib- ing of it the word ‘‘ vut-line ” was inserted, and the bill in this shape was signed by the Governor without this change being discovered. A large number of both bass and salmon has been destroyed by thismeans. Last year this defect was to be cor- ‘rected, and other amendments to the general law passed, but the lesislature adjourning a month earlier than usual the bill fell for want of lime. Next year it will be changed without doubt. There are several points on the river wheve bass fishing is better (han af others. Clark’s Ferry Dam, Dauphin, Cove, Roekrille, Middletown and Conway’s Falls are among the best. On a good day from thirty to sixty pounds can be caught by a skillful angler. Last winter there was an immense ice gorge in the Susque- hanna above Columbia, and when the thaw came if forced ils way through the dam at that place, on the York County side, making a break at one place of two hundred feet. ‘Through this fishway the shad have passed up the river in large numbers. The water has been too high for successful fishing; Wut at Newport, on the Juniata, thirty miles aboye this point, the fish haye been arrested by another dam, and have been caught in great quantity. Newport, at the time when shad fisheries flourished, was one of the most important places on the river, No. 111 (old No. 102) PULLON STREET, NEW YORK, (Posr OFPICE Box 2832.) TERMS, FOUR DOLLARS A YEAR, STRICTLY IN ADVANCE, Twenty-Nve per cent, off for Clubs of Three or more, — Advertising Kates. Insite pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents perline; ontside page, 40 cents. Special mates for three, six and twelye mouths. Notices in editorial colunms, 50 cents per line. ‘ ; *.* Any publisher inserting our prospectus as above one time, syitt brief editorial notice calling alteution thereto, and sending marked copy to us, will receive the FOREST AND STREAM for one year. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1877. To Corres>ondents. All communications whatever, whether relating to business or literary correspondence, must be addressed to the FOREST AND STREAM PUB- LISHING COMPANY. Personal or private letters of course excepted. All communications intended for publication must be accompanied with real name as a guaranty of good faith, Names will not be pub- lished if objection be made. No anonymous contributions will be re- fared. Articles relating to any topic within the scope of this paper are so- Ticited. We cannot promise to return rejected manuscripts, Secretaries of Clubs and Associations are urged to favor us with brief notes of their moyemeuts and transactions, as it is the alm of this paper to become a medium of useful and reliable information between fentlemen sportsmen from one en(l of the country to the other; and they will find our columus a desirable medium for adyertising an- nonneements. The Publishers of ForesT AnD STREAM aim to merit and secure the patronare and countenance of that portion of the community whose re- fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that is besutiful in Nature. It 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. Wo advertisement or business notice of an immoral character will be recelyed on any terms; and nothing will be adimitted to any depart- ment 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 remilted to us is lost, Advertisements shonld be sent in by Saturday of each week if possible, [=> Trade supplied by American News Company. CHARLES NALLOUK, Editor. 8. HW. TURRELL, Business Manager. 7. ¢. BANKS, Western Manager. ENLARGEMENT. WE present to our readers this week our much promised enlarged paper. ‘To-day’s issue approximates to gome- _thing of the style, system and perfection which we had antici- pated for our issue of May 1, the date of the beginning of our joint enterprise; but mechanical obstacles lave intervened which compelled us to issue a journal sufficiently faulty and conspicuous in its short-comings to provoke a stream of re- minders and complaints in person and by mail, which were the more distressing because we were ourselves blameless and actual sufferers, through detriment to the good health and intecrity of our journal. We have now once more assumed the direct control of our own printing office, and hope hence- forward to ‘so on and prosper.” Wyery line of type of the present issue has been set up anew this week under cisabilities that would have discouraged offices with greater facilities for composition, and at last we feel that we can present a clean and creditable sheet, which will prove to be but a sample of what may be expected and pledged for the future. a Er =< —Sportsmen who, during the summer months, visit. the wilds of the Catskills, will be glad to know that an association composed of leading residents of Green County has been. or- ganized for the protection of birds and fish, ee —Robert Bland and Michael Gregory, charged with steal- ing trout from the premises of Mr, Masury, owner of the club house property at Eastpert, Long Island, have been held in $500 each to appear before the next Grand Jury of Suffolk County. Mr. Masury lost about 4,000 trout. = + Norice vo SporTsmeN.—Having received so many communications askingg us for information in regard to our six-section bamboo trout, black bass, grilse and salmon rods, we haye prepared a circular on the ‘subject, which we shall take pleasure in forwarding to any address. ‘We keep on lind wil grades, the prices of which range fron $15 to $150. We put onr stamp only on the best, in order to protect our customers qud our repntation, for we are unwilling to sella poor rod with 4 false enamel (made by burding and staming, to inntate the vehuine article) “without letting our customers kuow just what they are getting, P.O. Box, 1,244 do, Antey do Tunnre, 48 Maiden Lane, THE FUTURE OF PERU. [8 waking up of the people of Peru to the fact that they | are wasting time in not availing themselves of the civi- lization of the rest of the world, which has heen mdicated by late dispatches to the daily press from that country, calls to mind the wonderful history of Peru, and lends anew interest tothe story of her ancient glory and almost romanticruin. The re-development of her yery great natural resources, and the opening to the world of ler inland riches and glorions scenery, will, no doubt, lead to a future prosperity, of which now only afew of her citizens liaye any conception. The best days that empire ever saw were no doubt those of the Incas, when she was soverned by her aboriginal kings with a firm and kind rnle which commanded both the respect and loye of all the subjects. Every resource of the empire which their skill could develop was brought into use, and the ** Children of the Sun” were a more respectable, comfortable, happy and moral people than they have ever been since. Our old interest in this really noble country and in her grand antiquities has been revived, and our memory rejn- forced by reading Mr. E. George Squier’s charming book of incidents of travel and explorations, entitled ‘* Peru,” a finely illustrated edition of which has just been issued by the Har- pers. It is astonishing to be reminded of the vast extent of Peru at the time when the despoiling hand of Vizarro was laid upon it ; and it makes one’s blood boil yet to think of the fearful atrocities which those merciless gold seekers perpetrat- ed in their greedy search for precious metals. The Inca empire was then al the apex of its glory, From iheir dominating central plateau in the Cordilleras, where Lake Titicaca lies like a jewel on the mountain’s brow, the native emperors had pushed their government south as far as Chili, north beyond the powerful kingdom of which Quito was the capital, and from the Pacific on the west to the dense forests of Brazil on the east. The area of their empire was equal to all the United States east of the Mississippi. It was diversified by every manner of scene and climate, from the snowy peaks and bleak uplands of the Andes to the arid sand deserts along the ocean and the yine-tangled, tropical jungles where the Amazon took its rise. People living under such different geographical and climatic conditions must necessarily haye greatly varied characteristics, and that the small tribe to which the rule of the Incas was originally restricted should have been able to leaye their little valley, and not only con- quer but also hold together so wide and yarious a comnion- wealth, is very wonderful. But from the massive remains of their architecture we are able to set a hint of the means which they employed, for there is un absence of written documents, and the chronicles of the prejudiced Spaniards are not a Iway trustworthy. We can trace enormous fortresses guarding the passes of the mountains, and holding in subjugation the dis- tant frontiers, connected together by splendid roads and elaborate bridges. Mauch of this wide extent of country was uninhabitable, and in the narrow fertile valleys extraordinary means were used to economize every inch of soil. The ancient inhabitants built their dwellings on arid slopes of hill, among rough rocks, and walled up their dead in caves and clefts, or buried them in irreclaimable sands, in order to save all the scanty cultiva- ble soil for agriculture. They excavated “great areas in the deserts until they reached moisture enongh to support yege- tation, and then brought guano from the islands to fertilize these sunken gardens, They terraced up every hill and mountain side, and gathered the soil from the crevices of the tocks to fill the platforms. Perhaps China and Japan alone can show a parallel to the extreme utilization of soil for the cultivation of maize and quinoa, which obtained at the time of the Incas. But this was intended for the support of the nobility. The poorer population lived in dense masses, in huts of stone, or frail houses of grass and bark, practically slaves of the quality of the empire, allhough the humane policy of the Incas forbore to put an actual yoke of serfdom upon any native’s neck. Mr, Squier tells us that the present population of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, which constituted the ancient Inca empire, is about five millions, and that when the Spaniards landed they found something more than twice this number of inhabitants. What the future of this great commonwealth would have been had it not vanished before the Spaniards, is a subject for interesting conjecture. Architectural improvements were then in progress everywhere, The material progress of the country was far in advance of what it ismow. There were better facilities of intercourse and the pursuit of happiness, better protection, a wider agriculture, more manufacture, less pauperism and yice, a purer and more useful religion than Peru has ever seen since. Pizzaro swept the country of its precious metals, drawing fabulous sums from its mines and treasure-houses. Potosi is about exhausted, but the mines about the Carro de Pasco, 13,000 fect above thé sea, still yield silver abundantly. Gold is not liberally distributed in Peru, but tin, copper, quicksilver and coal are to be obtained, Other sources of revenue are the guano islands, the birds and seals upon which the Incas protected, aware of the value of the excrement as-a fertilizer; and the precious chinchona, or Russian bark, from which quinine is made. To deyelop these great resources, or redevelop them, the government his projected an extensive system of railways, and private enter- bringing a large agricultural people to the high tablelands of Pern, the Thibet of America, and to the immense apie ‘ prise is building more. Whether these efforts will result in | source of wealth to the peaple, remains to be seen. We can only hope so, and that before long the splendid table-lands of the Andes will be easily accessible to sportsmen, tourists and health seekers. Vive la Peru! eo THE NEW YORK BENCH SHOW. BEFORE continuing our remarks on the New York Bench Show it may not be out of place for us to notice some communications which have appearedin English journals from intending exhibitors from that side, I cannot be denied that, perhaps, considering the short time at their disposal, the West- minster Kennel Clan erred in inviting entries from Great Britain. We are aware, however, thal they had been offered certain facilities as 10 the carriage of dogs; but it secms that, on the part of the steamship company, such dogs should be accompanied by their owners, A. cable dispatch was there- upon sent over and an answer received from Mr. Ramsden, agent of ihe Williams & Guion Line, that dogs would he car- ried on the steamers of that line at the rate of fiye pounds each for the round trip. Although this seemed rather a Jong figure to pay for dogs whose entrance fees amounted to two dollars each, the club preferred to pay it rather than to tause disap- pointment to any intending exhibitor. And these rates have been paid on the dogs of Messrs. Macdona, R. J. Lloyd Price, A. A. Brown and others, and qould haye been paid on all dogs sent over. There were entrance fees received from three other English owners, which, upon the does not being forth coming, were duly returned to them. We trust tliat our con- temporary, the Manciers’ Gazette, will make a note of this fact, Mr. Price won the champion pointer prize with Snapshot, and Mr. Brown, of Liverpool, won with his mastiffs, so that these gentlemen, at least, have no reason to be disatisfied, Considering the magnitnde of the show, and that it was the first one held in New York, it seems scarcely just that umwar- rantable aspersions should be cast upon it by the English sport- ing press. The invitation extended to Mr. Macdona to come over and judge was a compliment paid to the whole English sporting fraternity, and we have every reason to believe that that gentleman is fully satisfied with the treatment he has ré- ceived at the hands of American sportsmen. We have before contended that in bench show judzing, to the ayerage spectator at least, it would be about as satisfactory to draw the names of the dogs out of a hat. In the open classes we had certainly picked out a number of dogs as being likely to meet the judge’s eye, and who were not even noticed. We haye eyery reason, however, to believe that Mr. Davidson, with the English setters did his duty most impartially, but it is rather discouraging to haye one’s preconceived ideas so rude- ly dispelled as they were on this occasion, he fact is there were too many dogs to be judged in the limited time allowed, and we hope on another occasion to see not only more time given fo a careful examination of cach class, but possibly a triumeyirate of judges. An important question arose in the Gordon ¢lass, when Mr. Leavitt’s Sancho, a lack and white dog, with the slightest tan markings, was placed first over Mr, Belmont’s Robin. Mr. Belmont protested against the award on the ground that Sancho was not a Gordon; but the decision of the judge was upheld, owing to a want of evidence as to Sancho’s not being a Gordon. We confess that we had hoped to see the standard for Gordons in this country of crosses and mixed breeds one that would climinate the white as much 4s possible, a consumation which is dispelled, or at least postponed, by this decision, . Another circumstance which caused considerable confusion was the fact that in several instances dors were entered in wo classes, and having been judged in one class and returned to the stall in which they were found, were necessarily not to he found in a stall corresponding with the number of the second entry. This error, or omission, or whatever itmight be termed, occurred more particularly in the Gordon classes, and was partially the fault, of the committee through their deciding, after the regular premium list was printed, 10 have an extra class for black and tan dogs. It seemed at the time, however, that this course was absolutely necessary. One class fornative and imported Gordons had the effect of either entirely throw- ing out, or else forcing into the native English class, all black and tan, or black, tan and white dogs that were in any degrea cross bred. Take for instance the get of Mx, Colburn’s Dash ; without this extra class they would have been forced into the ‘native English class, where the judge would have had nothing todo with them, or else been debarred from entering, We might cite as one instance of what we have alluded to with re- gard to dogs being entered in two classes, the case of Dr, §. Fleet Speir’s bitch Fan. This bitch was.entered in class 9-A, the only other entries being Mr. Bassford’s Nellie and Mr. Granger’s Beauty. Beauty was at once disqualified as being imported. Fan, haying been entered also in class 9, was not in the stall corresponding with her entry in class 9-A. Con- sequently Mr. Bassford’s bitch had a walk-oyer. Subsequent- ly the fact that Fan was in another stall was discovered, and Mr, Macdona, calling both bitches info the ring, gayé a most unquulified decision in favor of Dr. Speir's bitch. Mr. Bass- ford, however, persisted in claiming the money, and rather than have any words about it the commaiitee paid him the $30. gold, prize money, which Dr. Speir most genero ly offered to divide, sa fhe ns rena ; } We ee) uke y Pe we a f he y pla i ‘The display finest he has ever seen, and in fact the whole show, in the quality of the dogs in attendance, and in order and general results, he characterizes as being ahead of anything eyer held noross the water. Old Rover went back on the Nevada last Tuesday week, but we shall haye his blood here. Mr. Brown's magnificent team of mastiffs returned at the same time. Snapshot, Mr. Lloyd Price's pointer, will remain here a while longer. Mungo, the magnificent St. Bernard brought over by Mr. G. de Landre Mac- dona, and sold to Mr. Lester Wallack, is dead. ‘Neva, the St. Bernard bilch, was sold to Mr. Leroy Z. Collins, and Ranger IL. and Magnet have both been sold in this country, the former 10a gentleman of Pittsburgh, Pa., and the latter to Mr, Don- ner, The little fox terrier puppy which took the prize, Mr. Macdona very generously presented to Mrs. Park, whose little prize-winning toy terrier was poisoned. Jet, the black Skye terrier, returned with Royer, Mr, Macdona himself sails on Saturday in fhe Britannic, of the White Star Line. And so winds up the great New York Bench Show, a show unparallel- ' ed as n success, and which did more in three days to elevate the dor into the firm position in which he is now placed in this country than all fhe shows and writing that had pre- ceded it. —_— oo ___— THE ANGLING WATERS OF NORWAY. HE rivers and fiords of Scandinavia have long been the re- sort of British, German and French anglers, Wut now, when anew season bas but fairly opened, the discouraging word comes that the field is no longer a productive one for the profession. Almost all the rivers of Norway are noble streamis, that flow rapidly down from and empty into the sea at the bend of long fiords. The Jands on the banks of these streams belong to various proprictors, and néarly all of them have been in the habit of setting fixed nets. The result, which might haye heen predicted from such an avaricious course, has already come, About ten years sufficed to exterminate the salmon, and now the rivers not only do not furnish any fish to the greedy nets, but the Jandowners find that they have cheated themselves out of the income which they formerly derived from the rental of fishing privileges. Thus we see repeated the history of onr own American rivers. The responsibility for this ruin of the whole stream lies mainly with the farmers near the mouth. It does not suit them io believe that the salmon are hatched at the head of the river, and they insist lipon their right to take everything passing theirland, refusing: to sell the right to fish or rent it at a long Icase. ; Now, a8 2 recent writer in the London Field lias said, there is a very important fact to be borne in mind with reference wo ihe salmon in Norway. They are by no means so prolific as in other countries further south, perhaps owing to the carly Treezing of the rivers and the great quantity of ice ; but, what- ever be the canse, it takes but a short time to alter the charac- ter Of a fishing river. So that at the present day, high as rents are in Scotland and Ireland, a larger return, judged by the weight of the fish caught, isto be got by the British angler at home than in Norway. Moreover, there seems yery little prospect of a remedy, The English fiyfisher knows how discouraging has been the history of salmon legislation in Great Britain, and the same elements of avarice, ignorance and selfishness, multiplied four-fold, are to be contended against in Seandinayia. Nevertheless, it is to he confessed that sturdy attempts have been made hy a few intelligent men to secure fish-laws which shall be effectual in restoring the salmon to Norway’s locks and streams, or, at least, in staying the insane rayages which are now going on, Jn the river Moselle, France, ten years ago, salmon had almost entirely disappeared; but now they are again quite ahundant—the result of artificial stocking. The original ex- tirpation was caused by the same reason we complain of here, the dragging of the river with seines and the use of all kinds of nets, ete. These are now prohibited. a ee QuAcK ScovNDRELISM.—We have had several letters from eminent sources complaining of the advertisement referred to below, of whose character we were wholly ignorant. One of our firm took the trouble to call at the so-called doctor's ‘‘office” in Philadelphia, and found a garret room with two women engaged in preparing labels. The ‘‘ doctor’ himself, we need hardly say, can never be found; consultations are not encouraged by him. Of course we teok the advertisement from our columns at once, and, as may be supposed, will never receive a.cent of pay for it. We hope the scoundrel may be unearthed and punished as he deserves. We regret to have been made an accessory, although we plead entire ignorance, YONKERS, N. Y., May 19, 1877. EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM? Tregret to see that the Forest AND STREAM, Spirit af the Times, and perhaps other papers, are inadvertently assistmg to swindle your readers hy publishing among your reading matter the a(lvertisement of Dr, (7) Stone. He is simply a scoundrel, who “ borrows the livery of Heayen to serve the deyil in." To make sure before writing I sent for his receipt, which contains some articles not usually kept, especially in country dim stores, costing, say fifty cents. As he knows they cannot be obtamed easily, and, as he says, not for less than $3 50, “he feels” I quote, ‘willing, and considers it his duty to benefit his fellows in any ‘and every way he can,” and thus add his humble mite toward carrying ' Ont the blessed doctrine taught in the Sacred Volume and practiced by Him ‘who went about doing good,” ani then offers to send by mail to any “fellow sufferer” the drugs for #3. Shonld sueh a danmable Sacrilegions scoundrel and hypocrite be allowed to advertise in a re- &pectabla paper? SUBsekiBER, SO id-day temperature at New Smyr pril, was 72 deo. : 7A. i r Boardman, of Haverhill, Mass., haye been arrester by State Constables Allen and THunt charged with setting nets in the Merrimack river for the purpose of catching shad, contrary to the statute in such case, made snd provided, The accused were tried in court and fined $25 cach, from which they appealed. 247 GAME PROTECTION. Boston, May 9th, 1877,—Wm. Kimball and George W. well satisfied in leaving the field with hundreds of birds all fround me, and twenty in my pocket, as I would be with my- self and horse loaded down with them. I follow the sare practice with all game. Now, Lam satisfied that sportsmen who will fairly try this plan for one season, will find that they have just as much pleasure as in wholesale murder. The true sporlsman's pleasure does not lie in the mere killing, any more than it does in the mere eating of game. It lies largely in the sur- toundings and attendant circumstances, in a himdred attrac- tions of nature too extensive to mention ; excessive slaughter is a habit, not a taste—a habit uf yielding to a brutish pro- pensity which is strengthened by an unreasonable pride in ex- celling some one else, or having something to boast of. The man who smokes twelve cigars a day las not: » whit more of true enjoyment than le who confines himself to six, ‘The former yields only to a habit. Genllemen, I say in perfect sincerity, try it. Limit your- Selves for one season to a reasonable niimber per day, and sce how it works, This will be an casy matter where there are clubs. There can be no question as to its effect upon the game, and I verily believe the effect upon yourselves will he equally satisfactory, Excessive killing cannet be justified on any grotinds of commun sense, reason or decency. IL should like to hear the yiew of others on this subject. T. S. Van Dyxe: —BSnbptenas have heen issued for a number of persons who haye violated the game laws at Conesns Lake, this spring. —The Salmon River Sportsmen’s Club, of Pulaski, eon- templates running an excursion to Syracuse during the State shoot. Tae Sprave Coxyexrion.—Iit. is probable that the conven- tion of the State Sportsmen’s Association, which is to be con- yened at Syracuse, will be held during the third week in June, commencing, probably, onthe 18th, The preparations are on avery extensive scale, and the affair will doubtless be a very enjoyable one. — yl a4 Tn the following letter the writer makes a point which is worthy of most thonglitful consideration. Mrxer’s Ranene, San Diego C@o., Cal. Faran Ratrorssaxe Brre.—Our Lake George correspond- ent, “The Old Pilot,” recently mentioned the case of an ac- quaintance who was recently bitten by a rattlesnake while breaking up a den at Lake George. The man has since died, although it is believed he would have suryiyed but for the in- judicious advice of friends, whe adyised him to take a cathar- tic. Our correspondent says : * Burton was getting along finely, Walked all over his ferm, inspecting his cattle, sheep and horses, Being a little custive, he awas advised by friends to take a good dose of pills; con- sequently, before going to bed, he helped himself, and took as many as he wanted. Before daylight he was taken wilh cramping pains, which grew worse and worse until he died, which was between eight and nine in the morning. He walk ed the house, lay'on both bed and floor by turns, and finally died in terrible agony. He had been told not to take pills by the physician, and his family kept him from so doing, being aware that it was a most certain death if he did.” Mr, Eptror: ; ‘ ; From all quarters of our American sporting world arises a universal, Jong drawn, heartfelt cry, ‘* Preserve the game!” I sincerely hope and believe that if this demand is kept alive, the end, so desirable to every sportsman, will eventually be attained. ‘lhe means for its accomplishment will surely be found in time if all those interested will keep the subject in agitation, and, above all, put their own hands, as well as fongues and pens, into the work. It is not my purpose to instruct as to the most effective means for the attainment of thisend. But there is one means that I have not yet seen mentioned, which in my lumble opiuion would be, to say the least, quite as effeelive as heaping maledictions, however richly merited, upon pot-hunters, farmers’ boys and other pests. That is, for every sportsman to abstain from butch- ery, and confine himself to a rational and moderate indulg- ence in shooting game. For aman who only at long inter— vals can tear himself locse fora day or two from the chains of business, it is perhaps excusable to kill all he possibly can in the very limited time he can snatch. Bunt can this be said of him whost time is his own, and who hunts for sport as often as the pot-hunter does for profit? Are nol tens of thousands of birds annually slaughtered merely to swell ““hags,” already reasonably Jarge, beyond the ** bag” of some friend or rival, or else to furnish foundation for an evening's boast at the sporting rendezvous? 1 know sportsmen, gentle- men, Capital companions, and splendid shots, who during the season are im the field at least one-half the time, and yet always make ita point to kill every bird they possibly can. When they haye shot 30 or 40 pinnated grouse, 25 or 30 quail, or 12 or 15 woodcock, etc., they have no more idea of stopping than they had after the first shot, It never enters their minds that they have for that day had as much sport as any rational creature should desire, and that further shooting is mere murder. Who is the more reprehensible, the man who is at heart as true a sportsman as I am, who hunts only for sport, but is by poverty compelled either to sell his same to pay for time and ammunition ; or I, who can afford to hunt, but kill three times as much as he does only to give away? On what principle do I denounce even the mercenary wretch who sweeps the land of game professedly for profit, while I do the same to give, or often, to throw away? Now, this is not so noticeable in the East, where there is little danger of any One making a very large bag; but in the West the waste ful destruction of game by genteel but thoughtless murder is enormous. I say thoughtless, because the class to whom I refer aré generally high-minded gentlemen, to whom it is im- possible to impute any motive but thoughtlessness. Now if all sportsmen would set a reasonable limit to the ‘bag? and leaye the field when it is reached, they would have qnite as much true sport as in excessive slaughter, and would cer- tainly contribute far more to the preservation of our noble game than they ever will by showering invectives on pot- hunters. And their denunciations would then come with far better propriety than they do now, it may be said that this idea is Utopian. It certainly is, so faras imposing upon sportsmen any binding obligation is concerned, and has not been mentioned with that view. But I think its fulfilment by aid of the native sense of propriety ef all true-sportsmen quite an easy matter. I will state my own practice; not by way of boasting, for it is no more a ground for boasting than ordinary temperance is, but only to show that it is possible to enjoy to the fullest extent the di- vine pleasures of the field without being immoderate. It would be difficult to find a bigger lunatic on the subject of hunting than | have always been, from the earliest days when [ practiced on my grandfather’s chickens and pigs with a piece of lead pipe pounded shut'at one end and touched off with punk, up to this very day. Few persons have laid awake more nights over a prospective hunt, spent more time in fondling: a favorite gun, lingered more lovingly around the window of a gun store, or felt more of that indescribable burning, yearning sensation that in autumn crawls with red hot feet through all the recesses of one’s soul, and which I call the sportsman’s fall fever, than I have. And few have preserved so keen and unimpaired, through other attractions which tend to weaken it, ther relish for the sports of the chase, And yet 1 find my enjoyment in no way diminished by the moderation of which I lave spoken. On moying West some ten years azo, 1 soon lost-the foolish pride I had always felt in making a ‘big bag,” and which, in my ualive State, New Jersey, I had, for obvious reasons, rarely been able to gratify, and haye ever since made it a practice to stop shooting at a reasonable number, ‘Time and again, in Minne- sota, ] have left the field with 15 or 20 prairie chickens, 10 or 12 woodeock, or 12 or 16 quail, when [ could just as well have doubled, or sometimes even tripled, the number, and felt just 48 much satisfaction as if I had done so. Even here, though surrounded by thousands of quails, hares, ete., with noting to do bat amuse myself, and with all shooting’ con- yeniences at my nod, 1 have always lintited myself to 20 quails a day, and have only overrun this number when going out with some of the sportsmen and tourists who come m inter to this capital sporting ground. J find myself just as . ® Che Rifle. THE SCIENCE OF SHOOTING, BULLET discharged froma firearm, an arrow froma bow, a stone fromthe hand, or any projectile while in its fliglit through the air, is submitted toand controlled ly the ac- tion of three forces. , First, There is the power which drives the missile along ; second, the gravity, or weight, which keeps constantly draw- ing it toward the earth ; and, third, the resistance of the atmo- sphere, which has a tendency to stop its progress. Although these forces are universally known to influence the projectile while in the air, the extent of their control is neither understod nor appreciated by a larse number of shoot- ing men. By asking what is meant by the point-blank range of a ri- fle, if is safe to say two-thirds of the answers from riflemen would convey the idea thatit was the range or distance the fire- arm could throw the bullet in a straight line without deviating from the line of sight. Webster, in his “* big dictionary,” gives the following definition : ‘* Point-blank—The point to which a projectile is supposed to move Without a curve.” : After a careful research, it has been found that the diction- ary andthe standard books on shooting do not exactly agree on this subject. To point where the line of sight is intersect- ed by the trajectory, when approaching the ground, is the point-blank range of the gun, which may be yaried by clevat- ing or depressing the rear sight, and when a rifle is said to shoot point blank at 200 yards range, it is to give the informa- tion that it will ‘*hold up” at that range and hit the mark hy. aiming directly at it. The term is generally applied to “*open- sighte 1" rifles, where the sights are not movable, and which will shoot at the certain range, whatsoever it might be, with- out ai ing aboye or below the mark. Major G, LL. Willard, U. 8. A., in his admirable book onrifle shooting, tells us that the point-blank range of the U. §. rifled musket (1862) with the sights down, is 100 yards; and ex- plains that to hit a man in the breast at 100 yards, he should aim a his breast; at fifty yards, aim at his hip; at one hun- dred and fifty yards, aim at his throat; at two hundred yards, at his head, etc.; and adds, ‘ that the number of points- blank can be increased by the use of the raised sights.” _ Nothing having weight can move ina direct line when thrown in the atmosphere, unless, of course, itis hurled vertically. Be- cause, eyen without the ait’s resistance, the attraction of gray- itation would not permit it, Regardless of the bulk or density of projectiles, or the velocity which may he imparted fo them, our works on natural philosophy tell us they are continually and instantaneously influenced by gravity while in the air. A bullet can be thrown with such force as to go in an ap- parently straight line, its direction not being sensibly altered for a short distance, ut, in all cases, a certain deviation from the line of fire will be found to exist. To proye the constant controlling influence of gravitation, the following experiment has been tried: The barrel of a fun was placed in a perfectly horizontal position on the top of a high tower. This would make the line of silt and the line of fire parallel to cach other. } In discharging the vitle, without regard to the initial velocity fiven to the builet, it was found that the ball would strike the ground in the sametime which would elapse ifftlropping from the muzzle. Ifa vumber of guns should he loaded, using differ ent amounts of powder to each gun, placed in horizontal po- sitions, and fired, those having the largest cha rees would sive more velocity, and thus greater ranges to the bullets; all of which, however, would strike the ground at the same mo- ment. : This proves that, the projectile is acted on by gravity, from fhe very dstané of leayg the sun, and to keep if from ‘fall “948 eet ing short,” the line of fire must necessurily cross the line of | sight. “By taking these facts in consideration it can be seen that the only way to overcome ‘* Mr. Gravity’s objections” is to make {he line of fire cut the line of sight, and, to a certain extent, the ereater the angle the greater the range. According to Gal- ileo's theory, the range is greatest’ when the angle of elevation is 45 dewrees ; the resistance of the air essentially modifies this conclusion, and governs, to no small extent, the path of a bullet, By calculation, it was found tliat with a hall, fired with an initial velocity of 3,200 feet per second, and the at- traction of grayitation, alune to influence it, the range yange would be 20 miles, with the saine elevation, but through the ain’s resistance, the projectile would conie to the ground in less than two miles. To obyiate the high trajectories, disadvantageous alike to soldier and huntsman, the projectile is given increased initial velocity, on the principle that the sooner a ball reaches the mark aimed at, the less chance or time it will have to fall or be influenced by the wind. It is an easy matter to lower the trajectory of a rifle, and it can be done by reducing the weight of the ball and increasing the charge of powder for any dis- dance np to 600 yards; but by se domg, the long range would ve Jost, as the bullet would fall rapidly. The combination of 4 moderate weight, very fiat trajectory and Jong range in a ri- fle, is an impossibility. ; According to Greener, the smooth bore has a point-blank range of 50 yards with a spherical ball. Jf the same barrel should he rifled the range is increased to about 85 yards, with a similar charge of powder, and is tolerably flat up to 180 or 200 yards, but after that distance it drops suddenly. To get a longer range the bore must be reduced, retaining the same weight of projectile, consequently the ball must be elongated, as it would then offer less resistance to the atmosphere, and to keep the long bullet poinf foremost it must receive good spiral motion. Some experiments were tried in England a few years azo wilh the Enfield, Enfield-Snider and Whitworth ri- jles. The results and facts proved very interesting. The fol- lowing sre a few of the items: The Enfield rifle, 1853 pattern, fired from a shoulder-rest, the point aimed at and the rifle being five feet above the level of the ground, with the sights for 100 yards; the average of the shots struck the ground 2773 yards off, The Whitworth rifle, 2ff. 9m. barrel, 480 gr. lullet, 75 gr. powder, under the same conditions as the above, struek the ground at 3215 yards. . : “ When the Enfield was put perfectly horizontal in a fixed yest with ‘no eleyation,” 4 ft. 10ins. from the ground; the ayerare of the shots struck 1884 yards away. A Snider Jong Enfield, under similar conditions, three feet from the ground, threw the shots on an average of about 163 yards awily. - The fall of a bullet from the Jong Enfield-Snider at 100 yds. was 10 inches ; at 125 yards, 18} ins.; at 150 yds., 263 ins.; af 174 yds , 883ins.; at 200 yds., 515 ms. ‘ The height of the bullet above the level of the axis of the hore of a long Enfield Snider (577 bore), was found to be, with 500 yds. eleyation—at 20 yds., 3ft. 85 ms.; ab 100 yds., 6 ft. Gins.; at 200 yds., 10 ft, Yins.; at 300 yds., 11ft. 5fins.; at 400 yds., Sft, 245ins.; 450 yds., 4ft. 10ins, ” The Express rifie is claimed to have the lowest trajectory, and its principle can be explained in a few words: light bul- lets and large charges of powder. OntcKo. i Crrepmookn.—Tue SPRING MEETING AT CREEDMOOR 'T0- pAY (May 24).—The spring meeting for the seasun 1877 will open at Creedmoor. Hight matches are provided on the programme, and it is intended to occupy not more than two days in their completion, and with the use of the new wing on the range this can doubtless be readily accomplished. The prize list includes $350 in cash and four badges, two revolvers and a flag. A moderate prize list indeed, but prob- ably as full a one as the directors are able to afford. The Directors’ match for the gold badge of offize will be fought for the fourth time, the previous winners being G. W. Win- gate and Major Henry Fulton (twice). Last year it was jaken with 31 points. There are enough good marksmen now in the board to make this a good match, The other matches are well varied, though we think that an aggregate prize to include competitions II, III, V and VI might wisely be added. The military men have enough to occupy them, while the small bore experts will find in the Leech-cup mutch an opportunity to show the results of their spring practice. lt would be almost safe to hazard the opinion thal the winuoer will not be an International team man, The running deer match should for couyenience sake be kept open during the meeting. The full list of matches stands us follows: Marcu I—Drrecror’ Marcu,—Open only to Directors and Honorary Direetors of the National Rifle Association, Distance, 200 yards, Posi- tion, standing. Weapon, any rifle. Rounds, five, with two sighting shols. Entrance fee, $1. Prize, the Directors’ Championship Gold Rudge, shot for annnally, and heli by the winner during the year. Marow II—SHORT RANGE MaAtes.—Open to all comers, Distance, oo) yards. Position, standing. Weapon, any rifle. Rounds, seyen, ahd two Sighting shots. Entrance fee, #1. Ist prize, cash, 30; 2d mize, & Colt’s revolyer, presented by Messrs. J. P. Moore & Sons, New fork, Value $20; 3d prize, cash, $155 4th prize, badge, value $5; Sth, 6), 2th wud Sth prizes, each, cash, 33. M aver If[—Minirany SHorr RaneGk Matcn.—Open to teams of five, from any company, troop, or battery of the National Guard of New York, of other States, or of the regular army, navy or marine corps, to De womposed of company officers, non-commissioned officers, or pri- vulus, Certified to have been members of the company they represent, oy March 1, 1877. Distance, 200 yards. Position, standing. Rounds, seven, ald two sighting shots, ‘Teams to use the rifle their company is grime with, Entrance fee, $i per man. Teams representing organiza- fiotis using carbines to be allowed to use the full shell. Ist prize, an qubruidered fag, to be wou three times before becoming the property of the winners; won last year by team trom Co, “J,” 7th Regiment ; value, SLO); Yd prize, cash, 40; 8d prize, Gash, $25, Mateu 1V—CAVALRY MatcH.—Open to team of five, from any cavalry troop, or artillery battery of the National Guard or Militia of any State, or of the regular army of the United States, Each man to be vertiied ly the commanding oMcer of such troop or battery, to be a rertilar mimber of the organization he represents, and to have been such on Mateli ist, si7, Each team to appear in the prescribed uni- form (full dress or fatigue), and to use the authorized weapon their troop or battery is armed with. Distance, 200 yards, Position, stand- ing. Rounds, seven, amit tivo sighting shots, Eritrance fee, $1 per man. ist prize, cash, #80; 2d prize, cash, 20. MATCH s—MLLIVARY MID-RANGE MarcH.—Open to teams of five, from any company, troop, or baltery of any State, or of the regular Ariiy, DY, Or mnagine Corps. Position, any, Without artificial rest, Tistence, 500 yards? Kounds, fiyé, Teams to use the authorized wea- op wilh Which the organization they represent is armed. Each com- wny, hoop or battery may enter as many beans as they choose, Bulwalie fee, Si perman. ist ize, cash, $5; 2d prive, cash, $25; 3d prize, OHSi, Slo. 5 . Maton Vi—InprvipuaL Marten, (Carton.)—Open to all comers, Wen- pon, any vite. Distanee, aio yards. Second cliss targets, with 11-inch qwhite Gurton il centré (counting six). Rounds, ren. Position, any, without artificial rest, Entrance fee, $1, Ist prize, tush, $30; 24 priae, a revolver, presentid by Messrs, Fowler & Fulton, 31 Broadway, New | bore e: York,, vile, $25; 20 prize, an gintounition case, preseiuted hy Mr Homer Fisher, 26) Broudway, New York, value $125 4th prize, cash, si oe prize, © badge, value $5; 6th, 7th, sth ined 9th prizes, each eash, fa, Maron Vil—* Leecu-Cop” Maron.—Under the adspices of the Amateur Rifle Club. Open to all native born titizens of the United States, and all resident trembers of the Amateur Rite Club, regardless of nationality, Distances, 800, #00 and 100U yards. Position, «ny, without artificial rest. Ronnds, fiffeen at each distance, withomt sight- Die shots. Weapon, any tile within the miles. Entrance fee, #1 for members of A... C,, aud $2 for all others, Prize, the Leech oh to he held by the winner durme the year, and Championship Gold Badge, valne $50). Marcu VITI—RunNNING DERR Marecr.—Open to all comers. Distance, lo yards. Position, standing, Any rifle; sights tobe over centre of the barrel, Vive consecutive runs. Bach competitor to be allowed four entries, but only the highest score to jake a prize, #5 cents for each entry. A fine of 1) cents will be imposed for—t. Wiring al the deer while out of bounds; 2 Not firmratall; 3 Aitting the deer on the fauneh, Such fines to be equally divided among the three sompeti- tors, iiking the three best scores. ist prize, Gash, $15; Yd prize, cash, $10; Sd prize, a badge, yalue $5. Creedmoor has had a busy week since our last, issue. Strangers and visitors to the range may now feel pretty sure of finding shooting going, cali when they will. The militia have three days per week set apart for their use, Monday, Thursday and Friday, and under phe liberal interpretation given the shooting orders, men fire once and over again un- til by a liberal application of the doctrine of chances they manage to qualify. We predict a marked increase to the number of marksmen for 1877, and a very marked advance in the ordnance general's bill for ammunition furnished the men. The amateur club men are working away on Tues- days at the problem of separating themselves into a senior and junior team, though the only merit to the plan is in the practice it allords. Wednesday; the 16th, brought the first coinpetition. for the Van Siclen prize of a shot gun, and but few marksmen took the trouble to attend it. Saturday last was a general field day. The second competition for the Remington $300 gold cash prize was on, and suchis the dis- gust of the experts at being tied down to the condttions to factory filled ammunition, that it was with great difficulty that the requisite quorum of teu was found to constitute a match. There were other long range men shooting on ad— jacent targets, but they preferred using cartridges of whose uniformity they were assured. AS it was, two of the ten relired from the match after less thaa a dozen shots; bul. spent the day shooting ob in an intelligent manner with their pwn ammunition. The scores stood: 90) 1000 Total 900 1000 Total Mr. J, P: Waters.. 68 15 143 | G. L. Morse Beem iss 33 WW BH, H. Sinford .,,, 72 ww td? | L beAen ...3.,. 67 48 102 ¥#. HW. Winslow. ja 43 123 | A. Auderson...... es 2y 98 R. Nathboue, . 7 45 iis | The eighth competition for the Spirit of the Times medal, at 200 yards, off-hand, was called at3 P. M., with between thirty and forty entries, E. H, Sanford winning with 37, in the possible 50, the scores ruaning: Naine, Total.) Name. Total BH Sanford 12.2.0. cces cee nse Sh | he OC. OHPCY ss peeves cece an William Farrow $6 | u. Holland,... . BI) William Robertao) + 36/7. A. Gee... 37 J. L, Price..... ' x6) FP. W. Holton 27 il. W. Gourley. 36 | H. Daffy... .. Tat A, Ande:son....- . 33.) D. Wo Davids.,...,+.---« . 26 Cc. F. Robbins... .. 84, H. Pisher..... . 26 E. W. Price.... . 34) J. W. Todd... . 2 M. M. Maltby eee 3a | F. A. Dogro............ 2B N. D. Ward .-,- 83 | J. BL. Holland. _.. .... 2.4. - 41 W. A. Murphy. .-+ 38 | W. G. Dominick....,..... - 9 J. E. Irwin..... «s+. 32H, Harpe*........ PO coticooy. 18 By TTR ASO oe ape ay 32| J. L. Kellinger...... 1h FR. EF. Millen...... tvee 31) T. W. Lintou......- . 14 TAY OBLMan. fe. ststeres- arbre SL| W.C, Clark........ -. 1d J, Le Bontellier......... «...-. 30 | H. W. Candte........... (Retired) The Irish-American Rifle Club held its first match for the season during the afternoon for an elegant gold badge of unique design, presented by J. §. Conlin. The conditions were—Distances, 209 and 500 yards ; position, standing at the former, and any, without artificial rest, at the latter Tanges. Seven scoring at each distance, and the scores : F. F. Millen. | Colonel Burton, Yards. Totals. Yards. Totals. 200... -.. 4842528 4-26 200., 280344521 500 ......---+ 54654 4 4—31—57] 500.... -. 105464 3—8)—49 Captain Brenuun. Major Dulfy. CT Boca 55043 2425 CTS A Se 32444 44-97 G00 :,..0....04623 5 6-23-49] 500.......... 440043 0-Ip—42 Lieutenant Murphy. M. O’'Tocle. MR Cadooto 354433 4—24 200 ...4.1;.--. 2008 3 2 0—10 SOME oe sie 004355 2—2142/[500....-..... 4202 2 3 3—19—295 Gen, F. F, Millen, the president of the club, becoming the first winner, and celebrating his victory by a brief season of Irish hospitality. The General holds the responsible post. of rifle editor of the New York Herald, and in combined knowledge of the theory and practice of rifle shooting hus few superiors at Creedmoor, —President Lerdo, of Mexico, and suite were at Creedmoor last Tuesday, inspecting the range and watching the amateurs at their long range sport. —President Stanton, of the N. R. A., has arranged a match to come off at Creedmoor on Saturday afternoon, the 26th inst., open cuoly to members of the Stock Exchange; 200 yards, off hand, any rifle. The winner to wear a gold badge, and the loser’s poeket book, with contents, to be given piecemeal to the other competitors. —The Council of the National Rifle Association of Great Britain in its arrangement for the July meeting have ac— knowledged the justice of having aggregate prizes for the best marksmen, In place of giving the highest honors or the rank of champ‘on to a winner in any particular match, the palm of general superiority is now to be given to the best average score in a number of competitions. The appli- cation of this rule has been thus far but sparingly evident at Creedmoor, where its necessity is the greater, in so far as we have much less ‘stage shooting” thau is common on the Wimbledon range. Whether or no the International Trophy will call out a meeting of representative teams during the coming fall ir is at present impossible to say. There is little hope of seeing & team from either of the transatlantic countries, thongh it may be that Canada will favor us with a delegation of her small. | Dp the very 6 A., 1£ it be fhe eint vasion might lead the native Frenchman into the idea of long range shooting—a sport in which, as yet, he has not mate any mark, ZurrLeR’s GALLERY.—The Zettler Rifle Club held their weekly shoot at 207 Bowery, May 8 Conditions, 100 feet, off-hand, Creedmoor target, 22 cal. rifle, possible 50 points: Nanre. ‘Total. | Name. Total. D. Wileleratiy x 1654 ete sees 40] B.A, Moores... ...,-.-.s5.e00ee 4B Ce Gy, Zethler......-...6 - $4 | B. Zetiler......... 45 Pp, Fenting.... . ... wo 43) ME BARIERE 2s bebe ese . 4d De PDT ah cave +++-~ 48] D, 1. Beck... . 45 MM. Bugel.. 22. 2. Sieiie csp tee. 45) We Klein ss . 46 DOSAGE ies et bse eh cn . 47 | Geerre Connor. . 43 kh. O'Dounell..., 47] 'C Zimerman. . 43 M. Dowler- . 47) G. A. Selrurman . 4 B.S. Browo > aT] PaRosga wee Japciss ence cele ea Heriwie's Rirne Gauery, 699 Sixth ayetue, New York. —The sixth competition of the Centennial Rifle Glib tool place Mouday, May 21st, for their gold badge, given them by Mr, Hellwig. Their best. scores are thus, out of a possible 100 points, with a Wesson rifle : Name, Score Name. Scare. A. BK. Long....: 9317. Jewrssen 55. W. i. Brown, 69) A. Ouls.... FS J, Q. Adams 87 | Q. K. Marsh 30 J. Maguire . Pip alata sv |* This shooting is done in lying down position af a 100 feet range. Yours respecttully, A. G. Heiiwsie. Herrtiwie's Rirae GaLLery.—The filth competition of the Centennial Rifle Club for a gold badge presented by Mr, Hellwig was held Monday, May 14. The following sceres, out of a possible 100 points, were made ; Name- Total. | Name. Total. W.R. Brown..... fe alae teecees 93 | We Marstiall....o. ceceg ss y-- es Mr. Outs. ......< See ee: -- 91] J. Magu re oar 58 Jd. Q. Atlams.,...-- Jasspeesesers OF | Dad CWEBEOMC.s con tstasssses $l Satis Tete 0 ce ties ce seh) The shooting was done in lying position. Hellwig has «cash prize shooting tournament now in pre- gress at his gallery, 200 chances, ten shots each, 100 feet oft: haud. Prizes from $10 to $1 cash. Zervrier Rinne Assocrarron held their weekly team shoot atthe gallery, 207 Bowery, May 15th, for three gold medals, open to members only, off hand, 100 feet, Creedmoor target reduced for distance; ten shots, with two siglting shots. Pos- sible, 50 ; scores below 40 not counted. My Boeing elit. uins.. sates eek oe 50 | BS. Brown ....-4...02-sye00-- 45 U.L. Beckwith... =» 49) R-@*Donnell ._ 3,-7.2, 7-22. 45 P. Feuning,......., 48|D. Miller .... 4 45 T, Bleisraith , 48) GB. Zettler... aa34 euep #4 M, LS WRign Ss. 47 | M, Dorner, ¥:.:.2-22 Se ae ee 44 G..G. Zcttler.... 22: 471 G, A. Schurmttt...... ..-.-.-- 44 K. Aimmerman .... 47| W. K'ein........ chdvecees 49 Baal Th 1) Gre ry alae 46) 8. W. Pabartus Hes ee Bi UC, Jadson.....-...... 46 | L, A. Beates .: = Coniry's GALLERY.—As ihe number of competit Name. Total. | Name. Total. M. L, kigge...........-.. .. 43) Fred, Alder.,... soecueseee AD W. M. Farron.. + 47 | de Monigz.,.... vyee 45 P, Feuniog... . 47) N, B. Thurston. 45 L. C. Bruce. . 46) 0. Yon Gerichten. oe AS M.& Engel... A +s. 46 | Leon Backer.......... . Ad Highest possible score, 50, This is the second time Mr. Riggs has wou the ‘first’ badge, and, according to the conditions, if won again by him, it becomes his property. The fifth competition will take place Thursday evening, May 24. We have received for publication the following letter from Mr. Conlin, rela- live to the late shooting tournament, instituted for his bene- fit : ie CONLIN’S SHOOTING GALLERY, 1,222 BROADWAY, | New York, May 17, 1577, j GHeNTLEMEN—1 bég herewlth to acknowledge the reveipt of F257, being the proceeds of the mateh so kindly ingtituted for my benefit, I will consider if a favor if you will express my gratitude to those who participated in the affair, both to the friends who so liberally donated the prizes, ta the marksmen who so generously came to the front, and to every individual member of your committee for the trouble taken by them, which resulfedin the great success of the tournament. Once more thanking you, lam yours truly, JAMES S. CONLIN, To the Committee in charge of the “Conlin Benelit Tournament.” CONLIN’S GALLERY.—During the month of March the Zettler Rife Cinb received a challenge from & party of gentlemen who drequept Mr Conlin’s gallery to shoot @ gallery mach on the followity conihtione: ‘Yen men aside, ten shots per man, string measuremen , 100 feet, off- hand, 22 cal, rifle, for the championship of 1877. ‘The challenge was promptly accepted, and Thursday, May 10, was the day fixed npon, aod Conlin’s Gallery the place. Mr. Contin selected an excellent team, and th: match was very close, the Zettler team winning by 1 13-16. Quite a nomber of promineut marksmen were present aud enjoyetl the hospi talities of Mr. Contin. ZETTLER TEAM. CONLIN TEAM. M.B. Engel. 4 15-16 inches. | C. E, Blydenvurgh. 3 11-16 inches, M, L, Riggs... Sli “ U, A, Cheever -§ 61h * ie L, CG. Bruce.. d. B. Blydenburg L. V. Sone......... 6 14-16 ¥, Kessler......-.. 7 4-16 H.D, Blydenburgh 7 14-16 Ly, Backer,.,,...... 8 3:16 if BL Aldér.....s....+ 8 616 J. P.M. Richards.. 9 1-16 | Totetsse¢s0s-s-4:88 11€ inches, W. Kletu......-2+-. 6 13-16 P. Fenning......... 5 14-16 D, Miller... ws. O 5-16 d. Datil.....-.20.0. 41 11-6 Ww, Kle srath,...,.-. 6 16-16 0. G, Zettler....... 7 216 L. Bire 5 ae Total. .--++ +-+++ 67 1-16 inches. ‘ual scores. a bed $ pes Fe) +s. Te est individaal score at each monthly meeting will be urnished the secretary by telegraph at the close of each meeting, and ly him sent to each of the contesting clubs. The distances to be shot will be 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, fifteen shots at each distance, nv sighting slots, Creedmoor riles to govern, After the transaction of some further routine business the meeting adjourned. * Nuw York,—Waverly, May 13.—The ‘Amateur’ Rifle Team of Rochester and ihe Waverly Rifle Team shot a re- turn mateli at “Shepard Rane,” on Thntsday, May 10, 1877. The distance shot was 800 and 1,000 yds., fen shots at each distance. A jnore unfavorable day for a decent score las never been kuown on the range: AMATEUL RIFLE TEAM, S00) 1,000 Name. yas, yds, Total. . E. Rider Muzzle Loader,.....-.+-)--....---- 38 25 George Stlllaun, = ** pesesarese ' ae BE i4 James Brown, dea! 3y 48 7 A, B,. Smith, Maynard, .,...-.5+- §. A. Servis, Muzzle Lr 1 83 18 A0 B, B, Yates, Heminglon.......... a6 26 64 218 161 Bye) WAYERLY RIFLE TEAM. 8 71,000 Wame, yilay yds. "Potal E. PY, Wells, Romington,.....-....ss,0.cc-eeeeee 5 23 78 T. J. K ase, i: pied besspatnvess seesey pe SL a2 7s G, WL Hish. “ sl secesetep U8 81 69 D.D,. Knapp, “* 3 35 26 61 W.5 Mai paslny 37 2s 65 A. Hildebrand, Sharps.. 35 38 73 281 182 a4 Waverly team winning the match by 35. Let me say, not boastfully, that this litle Granger” club has never been beaten. VERNIER, Gonninorrour.—The Stamford (Conn.) Amateur Rifle Club hada field day Wedygesday, May 16, at the Water- side Range. The firsh prize was a valuable telescope, of- fered by I. Gall, a wellknowa Union square (N. Y.) opticiun, Tt was won byMr, RK. H, Keene, by a score of 39, Last season the prize was won Lwice in succession by Mr, F. Smith, on scores of 37 and 36. The followings the result, in detail, of Wednesday's shouting : Name. Total. Name. Rell Keene... se-csesesuen---- 39] CO. Minor.._ J. If, Swarpwout..........1...-. 38 | 0. Dewing.. BH, H. Sanford......----....-...- 31 | W. A. Sanford, 1 Smith. RAB Teaets: leer Mee ws W. W, Skiddy.o00 Joc... v0.0.0 Rd The distance was 300 yards, two sighting and ten scoring shots, ro RIFLE NOTES, *Aniler” sends good diagram of target counting 69 as the possible, at 4-inch bulls-eye, 150 yards. The sights on the weapon he describes as of his own make, as follows: “The globe is similar to the Beach combination, but L think it is better from the fuct of the open or bead-sight being so cou- structed as to lie solid on its hase independent of the globe or pin- ball sight, thereby obviating the possibility of moying the head out ot line m raising or Lowering the globe.” + RECOIL, WILMINGTON, May 15, 1877. Epivor Forust Anp STREAM: Haying séen a discission in your columns on the subject of recoil, I desire to say afew words. “Shot's” suggestion is well made. It had already occurred to me. ‘'Toronto’s” illustration abont the boiler is good, but he fails to make the correct application, Heis wrong when he says ‘there is no recoil thal. can take place with # gun until the ball leaves the muzzle.” The recoil is felt at the moment the ball starts in the barrel. Suppose, when the gun is fired, the ball could be held so tightly that it could not moye, and the barrel sustained the pressure of the charge, there would be no recoil, because, asin the boiler, the pressure is equalized, and the contending forces would be in a state of equilibrium. Now, suppose the ball suddenly “gives way,” and starts down the barrel. The “give way" of the ball corresponds with the give way of the head of the boiler, and the recoil occurs at the same jastant. This would be the case were the barrel indetinitely prolonged znd the ball never left it. The aboya illustrates just what occurs in the rifle. The highest velocity a ball can acquire is when the powder is en- tirely consumed before the ball moves. Recoil depends upon the pres- sure ofthe charge and the suddenness of the give way, and is simply the reaction bf the gun inits effort to eject the ball. The fact that the recoil comes with the moving vE the ball is important, as otherwise we would have no control oyer it; 45 itis, we have, and in my next cof- munication T will endeavor to show the causes of recoil and the means of reducing it, DELAWARE, Game Bag and Gan. MAY IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME. SroppArD’s Carrriper Loapr.—a. new advertisement of Stoddard’s cartridge loading implement appears in this issue, announcing size No. 10, We haye one of these complete and ingenious tools in our office, have seen the various operations performed, have examined its construction, considered its size, neatness and prepossessing appearance, and do not hesi- fate to pronounce it a success. If it is desirable to the sports- men to have a single tool most simple in its construction, one _thatcan be carried in the pocket, performing all the possible operalions on shells and in a satisfactory manner, then we think that it will not be amiss to secure this implement, We think it fills the bill, is a successful combination long needed, and is worth the price. We do not see how it can be im- proved, We are told that nota single instance has yet oc- curred when if has been shown to the sportsmen that if has met with other than favorable consideration and a tender of the price. We have no reason to doubt the statement, and andl the orders sent to them will be attended to in a prompt Fine Versus Coarsn Powprr.—Duck Hunter, Sacraments, Cal, says; “Why do all writers advocate course powders, when, for » shot gun, fin¢is better. Jt is quicker, and will kill farther. The professional hunters here, who shoot thousands of dueks for the markets annually, nsec PF. Ff. BF. G. powder exclusively, and would not be persuaded (0 change il for the coarser brands. It is all nonsense paying one dollar per pound for powder, when that which can be bought for thirty cents will shoot just as well in a shot gun,” We are inclined to think that {he nonsense is all the other sway. A quick powder does not give the same penotration; is apl Lo spoil the pattern, fires the gun quicker, produces greater recoil, and is harder on the gun. As for buying powder at $1 per pound, that is useless also. A good coarse powder of fhe “dueking” brand, can be bought for from 40 to 60: cents per pound, and is quite good enough for ordinary shooting. Ton Friant or Snor.—A correspondent writing from Philadelphia thus deseribus his experience in determining the flight of shot: «Placing screens of thin paper in line with each other at 20, 30 and 4() yards, respectively, from (he muzzle of the gun, the centres covering each other cxuctly, and then shooting the charge through them all, 1 found that the pellets of shot did not fly in reguiar divirgig lines, but went more like a, lot of oyster shells than anything else | can compare them to; not only curving down, Which might be expected, but up and in eyery direction, apparently crossing and recrossing each other in the most remarkable manner, in one case giving a letter pattern af 40 yards than at 20, but generally falling off in pattern considerably. The targets made on the screens, in circles proportionate to the distance—that is, 15 in., 225 in. and 30 in.—were 145, 187118 pellets (1 oz., No. 6 sparks: 288 pellets, actual count); 34 drms. Orange Lightning. ‘This is an average of several shots. The larger sizes of shot £0 better, particularly in regard to the falling off in pattern, and the smaller sizes much worse, This wild flight, 1 think, must be caused by the shot being deformed by passing through the barrels, Some that were picked up bad one side ground smoothly off, as if cut by uw knife, which must have been ‘aused by the pellets rubbing on the inside of the bore in pass- ing through it. Ihave tried the new breed of birds—viz: glass balls—and think they are very good practice, though they do not give you much time, ul keep you wide awake. N. [We wish that some one haying the time would make similar experiments, using chilled shot, We are of the im- pression that much better vesults would be obtained from most runs if the sho} were hardened somewhat,—Eb. | —Hon I. & . West, our quondam correspondent at New- berne, North Ga‘olina, since our paper was first issued, has pulled up his stukes and removed to Yankton, Dakota Ter- titory, where be is engaged in the practice of law. He prom- ises to rent w his contributions at an early date. THe writes, May 9th, as follows: ‘*T saw on my route here, after reaching Missouri Valley Junction, a point near the Missouri river, large numbers of wild ducks, prairie chickens, and a species of plover resem- bling the kill-deer, as we call them East. The little ponds along the railroad, and even the ditches by the road-bed were filled with mallard, teal, anda small duck with bili like a crow called in North Carolina the ' Blue Peter.’ I understand that in the small lakes a few miles North East from this place, immense nuubers of wild fowl are found, 1 hope to prove the truth of the assertion soon.” Se — GUNS, LIGHT AND HEAVY. Eprrok FOREST AND STREAM: Some weeks ago Recapper had a letter in the Rop AND GUN to the effect that the most of the sportsmen of the present day overweight them- selves with metal, Ithoroughly agree with his yiews in this respect, and for the benefit of those about to purchase guns between now and open- ing of the shooting season, give a rough table of weights best adapted to guns of different bores. I must, of course, begin by Saying that I do not expect guns of from 20 to 16 bore to he used for wild fowl shooting, or asked to perform as well as 12to 10 bores. Wor all shooting on land, Where the sportsman has to carry himself, his own gun and ammunition the great desideratum is the least weight combined with the greatest amount of power. A first-class walker, in half trainmg, can carry a7 pound gun and a few cartridges, and cover 4%¢ to 5 miles an hour for 6 or 8 hours, while a 9-pound gun would choke him off in 2 or 3 hours, I am speaking from the experiente of a friend of mine, whio, last sum- mer, could be relied on for 5 miles an hour up to ten hours, Ofcourse he was a good walker, and when stationed at the Cussagle was consid- ered the best walker, and one of the first steeplechase riders in the United Kingdom, He it was who talked me into trying the Sehultze and Dittmar powder, and in anything connected with either pedestrian- ism and horseflesh his authority is excellent. In most of his tales of English, Irish and Scotch moors, the burden ran the same, get yourself in best fettle and carry as little weight as you can help, if you want @ bag. Another friend of mine, in form a giant, built like Miller, the wrestler, and 15 years ago as good a man (for example, he whipped Heenan like a 16-year old school boy ten years after the great Sayers fight), weighing 280 pounds without much superfiuons flesh, says, ‘He will be shot if he waits to carry more than S or 9 pounds at the outside.” What is gained in weight and strengihof a gun, beyond a reasonable | amount, only tends to make the aim of the sportsman sloqver, andl the man using a gun above his weight and strength, will have the pleasure of being slow on his birds, and shooting hehind all quick crossing shots. Shooting pigeons from a trap is No criterion, as a man may Use as heavy agin as he likes, but is not fagged and wearied by carrying it over rough ground, My table of weights is viz.: 20-hore, 5 Ibs. 4 10.6 oz.; 16- hore, 5 Ibs. 10.02, to 6 1hs.; 12-bore, 6 Ibs. 12 0%. 40 7 Ihs, $ 0z.; 10-bore, 8 lbs.; for land shooting, as much more as the taste and strength of the sportsfaan may fancy for fowl shooting. For charges a, fair rute is half adram of powder to pound weight of gun, Shot for 20-bores 3{ 02z.; for 16-bore, 7 0z.; 12-bore, 1%; 02.; 10-bore, 134 02. Of course for ex- ceptional shooting heavier charges can be used, but the difference in recoil is very quickly perceived. I am rather amused at J. J. B. so chivalrously championing the muzzleloader, If he has not already got one I beg to advise him to make a heavy loading rod, ta be attached to button hole on land, or lie beside him im canoe. With such le can send his charges home with one thrust instead of losing time with a aramroud, Tf the weather be fine, and the birds do not come too fast the M. L,is as food dsthe B.L, Butifthe weather be cold and wet, the caps to be pul on with fingers that sxe moist, and perhaps the gan so saturated with wWaterthat it caus be made explode, then the B.L, begins to shine, Ihaye still several muzzle loaders, relics of bye-gone | 249° duys, that, to give them their dne, shoot as well as wood and iron can d6, bot I generally lend them to some of my punters, to save their B. Le cartridges. To snui up in a few words, the mtiza)e-loader is a rood and Taitifnl servant, but the breech-loader fs a mosh Inxurions one. A& lo the scale of charges Dhave given above, they are intended for the b. L,, and are slightly heavy for mnazle-loaders, The style of bore has now hecome & mere pieve of fancy, as you Gun order a gun to be made of any desired degree of class or Open shooting, and be sure in getting what you order, As to action itis purely a question of lashe, most OF the getions now made being quite safe, though some are very ely. For cholee T prefer the old positive lever and double grip, smd tink if the newtest looking, but not one in & hundred will teres with me. AsT am in itivalid and easily tired T must end miy letter by conveying my sincerest and bes! wishes for prosperity to the new combination pape VOuEST AND STREAM AND ROD AND GUN. Rovat, => + SHELLS, Mancutster, N. H., May 17, 1887. EDITORS FOREST AND STREAM: Your correspondent, A. B. B., solicits, in your issue of April 28, my experience with shells, sich as are used in the breech-loadiug ehot- gun, and I hasten to respond. There are several items of importanus to be considered in connection with the proper use of shells, and T shall endeavor to specify some of them. In the first place, the chambers for thé shells should be constructed with great care and accuracy, andfwith as berfecta circleand finish as any part of the barrels.. In the second place, the length of these chambers should correspond with the length of the shells to be used. Then, as the outer diameter of these shells is larger than the bore of the gun, it becomes necessary to klarha conical taper from the forward eud of the chambers, and extend it up the barrels, some distance, untilit conforms exactly to the calibre of the gun; special care being taken to make a perfect cylinder, und with @ perfect polish, just as I have recently reccommended for the process of choking guns. The shells, whether paper or metal, should illthe Ghambers as closely as it is possible to inserfand extract the same with ease. The rims of the shells should dlso exactly fil into the sock- ets of the barrels and extractor. so that, When the barrels are locked, the case of the shells shallrest firmly against the breechplate of the gon. The gange of the shells should also be the sare as that of the fun, so that the charge may pass out of the shells into the barrels with the least possible obstruction. Whien both paper and metal shells are used the same gun, this condition is somewhat contravened ; for it is Well known that the gruge of the metal shells is nearly one size larger than that of the paper shells. To cointeract entirely his dis- orepancy it would be necessary fo haye the thickness of the paper and metal, of which the shells is made, precisely uniform. Ib would not be advisable to reduce the |hickness of the paper shells to conform to the metal, bevause it would jmpair their strength; but if would seem preferable to inake the metal shells conform to the paper. An approx- imatiin to this result may be obtained by carefully constructing the above-mentioned taper. It would seem to be best, in view of what has been said above, to have the breech-loader constructed to nse only the metal shells, such as we now haye; for in this case the chambers would be lesa, and the taper therefrom much more gradual. This may seem like “splittiug hairs" to some, and T do not place much stresa up- on it, nevertheless, I consider this, and all the other considerations [ have presented, as contributing somethiug toward the best results. If we would prevent the escape or waste of gas, lessen the recoil, protect the shells and gun from the injury, and, ina word, accomplish all ihat 4 Sportsman's heart could desire, then, all the items [hayenamed must claita our recognition, The gunisa like any other machine, the nearer to perfection are its fittings, the adjustment of its various parts, and the entire workmanship, the longer if will last, and the better will it perform its functions, if duly supplied with materials for its work, and skillfally handled. I come now more directly tomy experience In load- jug and using shells. For metal shells, I use over the powder one of Eley’s thickest and best wads, two sizes larger than the gauge, aud 4 thinier one, of the same size, oyer the shot. For paper shells, I use the same kind of wads, but one size smaller; partly to conform to tie smaller gange, and partly to ayoid the eulargement of the shell, and It may not be amiss to state here my reasons therefor. The crimping is done to prevent the charge from moving, and in order to do this, the part of the stiell turned in must rest upon the wad over the shot. This crimping machine can only turn in a certain portion of the shell, about one quarter of an inch. Now suppose [ wish to load my shells with different charges, as LT often do when trying experiments at targets, or in shooting various kinds of game, how canI apply this process suc- cessfully to meet all these requirements? Perhaps some one will say, cut the shells off, and thus make them conform to the required sfand- ard—very well; but whois willing to incur all this Jabor ‘and trouble for a fancied, or, to say the least, a very slight advantage? But soppose you make the shell shorter than the chamber of the gun—much or Jit- the—for this is done in all cases where crimping fs applied, a space ig left at the eud of the shell, in the chamber, larger than its gauge, into which, when the gun is discharged, the charge will instantly expand, and then as quickly contract, in order jo pass along its destined conrse. 1n this case, will there not be some friction, some recoil, some injury to wads and shot, some diminution of force, and some depreciation of the best result? So it seemsto me, however others may regard this matter, As pertinent to this subject, lei me say, we do uot apply our crimping machines to our metal shells, and why not? Is itnot 1a ne- Cessary to apply this process to keep the charge secure in the metal shells as It is in the paper shells? Itseems tome so; for if oné shell requires something to stay the charge More than another, if is the metal rather than the paper shell. Whether to use one or two very thick wads over the powder, such as Ely’s best, is still a mooted question, and sportsmen seem fo be about equally divided on this question. If two are used, itis maintained we increase the force of the powder; or, in other words, the firmer you contine the powder the greater will We iis explosive power. This is undoubtedly so, and it is also true that # eor- responding recoil of the gun will result therefrom, Whether the former will more than offset the latter, when applied to the shot-enn, I have my doubts; at present I give no decided opinion, for 1 intend to test this matter by repeated experiments. This some extra trouble to insert two wads instead of one—to say nothing of the extra expense. If two wads over the powder should prove to be preferable, all things consid- ered, would it not be an improvement to have the thickness required embodied in one? One other objection to crimping which I omitted to. insert in its proper connection I will add here, yiz.: that it forms a ring or ridge, which must give way to the wad orthe wad to it; in either ease if becomes a serious obstacle for the charge to overcome—greater than can be found in any one item. This article demands remodeling and rewriting, but I beg to be excused for this once, hoping to do helter inthe future. JT hope A. B. B. may find, by careful searching, & safis- factory answer fo his suggestion ; if not, call again. A, G. Done. Manchester, N. H., May 1, 1877. i P, S—1 would not use bone-dusi or any other article for the sake of fille wp the shell to acconmnodate the crimping. —————— OO ECO OOO —The western farmer, to whom ‘'the srasshopper has be- come a burden,” sitteth upon his front door step and muurn- folly chanteth, ““Now, Oh where is the prairie chicken?” While from the pot-hunter ati the settlement below cometh up the sad refrain, ‘* Gone to the Rastern land.” O'Yertcus, Che Fennel. Sprcrar Mrrtine or tun N. A. K. C.—In response to a call by the president (at the request of several members) for a special meeting of the National American Kennel Club, a meeting was held on Friday, May 11th, at 10 a. »., in New York. Dr. Jarvis was appointed secretary pro tem. Dr. Rowe, in a few remarks, as editor and representative of the Chicago Field, tendered the pedigrees published by that paper for the use of the club. After a thorough discussion by several of the gentlemen present, in rezard to the publication of a kennel register, which would be resarded as authority and national in its character ly the sportsmen throughout the land, Mr. Raymond sub- mitted the following resolutions, which were voted upon and unanimously carried : Wuereas, In the opinion of this meeting, it is desirable to expedite the publication of a Kennel Club Register, under an authority that will both harmonize all fairly contlictmg views and command the respect and elicit the cordial support of the sportsmen throughont America. Ttesalved > That the tender of the pedigrees and kennel his- tories published ancl possessed by the Chicago Wield for the use of the club be accepted with thanks. Retolved: That the Forrsy anp Stream be courteonsly in- vited to submit, forthe purpose of such publication, the records of pedigrees in its possession. iesolved: That such publication by the club he’ made by sone prominent and respectable publishing house other than one connected with any of the sportsmen’s newspapers. The foregoing resolutions having been carried, further dis- cussion took place in regard to the committee on the compila- tion and publication of the National American Kennel Club Stud Book. Mr. Smith, of Canada, desired all sectional prejudice and newspaper rivalry to be done away with; that the National American Kennel Club, likewise its stud book, should he free from even x taint of suspicion of being in the interest of any kennél or section of the country, or of any newspaper;’ and he thought that unless such was the case its birth would be its death. Mr, Lathrop thought the gentlemen present were proof that the club was not sectional in its character. Mr. Raymond moved that a gentleman from the West, one from the East and one from Canada compose the publication conunittee. Mr. Lathrop moyed that Mr. Morford, of N. J., be placed upon that committee in place of Mr. Burges with Messrs. Smith and Sterling, it being understood from Dr. Rowe's remarks that Mr. Burges was willing to yield his place upon the committee to an Eastern man, so as to remoye all sectional and newspaper jealousies. Both these motions, to- gether with the amendment that Mr. Marford’s not being a present member of the club be waived, were carried. It was moved and carried that the secretary pro tem. send proceedings of the meeting to the sporting papers. On further business coming before the meeting, on motion of Mr. Raymond it was adjourned sine die. — —We learn that Major George E. Alden has sold his fine young orange and white setter Clyde, by Mr. Foreman Tay- lor's celebrated Sancho, to Capt. Joseph BE, Alexander, of Savannah, Ga. Clyde was bred by Horace Smith, Esq., and bids fair to be an exceedingly good dog with proper care. — —William T. Evers claims the names Al, P. and Con for a brace of red Irish setters, from the kennel of Mr. A. 8S. Phillips, at Trenton, N. J. Sired by C. Z. Miley's imported yed Jrish setter Buck, he by Hon. Ed. Moleyn's Ruby out of Fanny, by Luck; dam A. 8. Phillips’ imported red Irish setter bitch Mand. ; —Mr. Jno. GC. Deyelin’s red Trish setter bitch, ‘‘ Moya,’ yisited ** Elcho,” at fhe kennel of Dr. William Jarvis, at Clare- mont, N, U, 22d April ult. me Ramway Farns vor Doas.—Onee nore we turn to the ol familiar theme of railway fares for dogs. The generosity and alacrity with which the railway companies responded to Mr. Lincoln's letter asking for free transportation for dogs to and from the New York Bench Show, is worthy of the thanks of the entire community, and we are happy to state that, with a single exception, the orders issued by the superintendents were sirictly obeyed by the employés of the roads, The exception we allude to is the N. Y, Central & Hudson River Road, Not- withstanding the letter of the superintendent of the road, which was published in this paper, and im which if stated in the most unequivocal terms that there would be no charge for dogs, the baggage-masters insisted on bemg paid. Mr. Farrar, who came all the way from Toledo, was treated shamefully. On both trips he was muleted, and in going home $15 was de- manded from him for his dogs. Perhaps Mr. Miller, of New- burgh, was treated even worse, as his dogs were not even al- lowed on the train, and he was obliged to send them down by barge. We have yet to hear of any person who was not com- pelled to pay. We would suggest to the committee having in charge the Syracuse Bench Show that they look into this mat- ter, otherwise there will be no dogs from here, at least over that road. While on this topic there is one other point to which we would like to allude. That is the fact that on the D. L. & W. R. R., the fare for a passenger from Newark to New York is from 15 to 20 cents, and the company is responsible for damage, while the fare from Newark to the Erie tunnel for a dog is cents, and the company are not responsible, this thus ? 25 We ask, why is le. Sit Zz lice ATI AS. ASSES A ST rae ae Guyon’s * Kare.”"—We print this week a portrait of tha fine pointer bitch **‘ Kate,” the property of our correspondent Col. Rawlings Young (Guyon), of Corinth, Miss. ‘‘Kate” be- longs to that rare old breed which has been in the possession of southern sportsmen for so many generations, and weare glad of the opportunity to reproduce her portrait, as it were, along- side. of dogs born in the north, The cut is enlarged from a pencil sketch made by her owner, and we await his commen- dations of our artist's efforts. A AN EPISODE OF THE BENCH SHOW. ALBANY, N. Y,, May 15, 1577. EpITok FOREST AND STREAM: : In reference to the sweepstakes trial (Special class 1) of last Thurs- day, when after a most close examination and inspection of fifty-five of the finest setter dogs, both from this country and abroad, two of the judges, Mr. Macdona and Capt. Taylor, decided in favor of the imported red Trish setter, Rory O’Moore, (belonging to myself), and Messrs. Twaddell and Dayidson in faver of (Mr. Smith’s) Paris. The ring was cleared of all the dogs save these two, (Rory O’Moore and Paris). An unipire was chosen in the person of Dr. Strong, who, amid great excite- ment on the part of the bystanders, proceeded to take the measurements ofeach dog. The result was as follows: That if there were two cups, or if the $150 cup was money instead, he would divide it, but on merely technical points he decided in favor of Paris. Wis chief point in favor of Paris was that the Spinal cerebrum was a little better developed than in Rory. Dr. Strong afterwards confessed to me that he was not aware that Rory was but 20 months old, and supposed him at least as old a8 Paris, 334 years, and he also said that he still lacked a year’s de- velopement, or rather that he would continue to develope for another 12 month, and that his developement would them be in full perfection. You are awure that it is an unusual thing to find so close a competition especially between the Irish setter (vhere color cannot be considered) and the Laverack, Nor does it seem right to bring them together, but you will find the above facts correct. Rory O’Moore was also, as you are aware, Winner of the first prize in class 7. Iam not especially seek- ing a notoriety for my dog, but Tam proud of him, and have reason to he, and if you will make somemention of the above, as it is both desery- ing and worthy, I will be obliged to yon. W..N. CALLENDER, Tn reply tothe above, our Kennel Editor says that in view of the fact that it was by his request that Dr. Strachan (not Strong) consented to act as referee, after ile consent of both partics interested had been obtained, he of course watched Lihe proceedings yyith great interest. (Ihe résult as given to the committee was that Paris won $0 20-points aguinst 16, and we must in justice remark that whatever may have been said to the owner of Rob Roy, nothing was said to the committee about dividing the prize. We agree with Mr. Callender that it was very hard on his dog to be judged against an English setter, a dog of so different a type, but we do not see why color should not haye been marked in his favor. Color is a distinctive mark in the Irish setter, and perfection in it should count in his favor as much as anything else, Rory O'Moore has one of the handsomest sterns we have ever scen on a dog, and we certainly neyer saw a dog, out of the field, cary it more gracefully,—Ep. —— ee —One of the attractions of the late bench show of doxs was the case of Greener guns exhibited by Mr. H. ©, Sqitires, of this city. ‘This was the same case, and contained the same guns as were exhibited by Mr. Greener during the Centennial at Philadelphia. It contained, also, the silver cup won at the various trials by this well-known maker. The case and con- tents remain at Mr. Squire’s store, No. 1 Cortlandt street. a EDINBURGH DOG SHOW. [Prom our Special Correspondent. Since 1877 commenced we have had large and good dog shows in all the three kingdoms. ‘Ye merrie citie” of Carlisle opered the ball, at which place the Dandie Dinmont terriers were the piece di resistance, no less than 85 of these varmint little demons, that Szott has made immortal ‘inan appearance, the show being the first ever he > putting ld under the v. ve IMIS WGA ApEn ga L = pies Yel auspices of the Dandie Dinmont Club. Ould Ireland fol- lowed close on Carlisle, with a show almost exclusively made up of Irish dogs, fewer specimens being sent across the channel than at any Irish show I have visited. The Irish setters were the most attractive classes at the Dublin show, and a yery srand lot they were. Scotland has now re-established its character as 2 dog-producing and dog-loving land, which was in some danger, no show of any size having been held in North Britain last year. he fact, however, of the land haying lain fallow for « season has proved beneficial, as the show superin- tended by Mr. Brown at his Royal Gymnasium, Edinburgh, last week, was by far one of the largest and, in quality, mueh the best of any hitherto seen in Scotland. The entries numbered close on 600, divided into 42 classes, which were, with a few exceptions, excellent. Mastiffs were a strong class for Scotland, where they arenot 80 much kept or bred as in England. The winner is a fine, massive animal, pretty well ribbed home, large in hone and straight on his legs, a great desideratum, these heavy dogs often getting a bit crooked, especially in their hocks becoming, as the “ Maistar of Game”—the oldest English writer on dogs—so well ex- presses it, “‘crompyng like unto an ox”. ** Colonel,” the doz we are describing, is also good in head, having a large and broad skull, and is neither too bully nor too blood-hound-like in muzzle. Dagmar, by Champion Granby, out of Champion Countess, has, as a bitch, » good head, and is altogether a grand fronted bitch, but her cromping hocks kept her out of the prize list, although she can can vive both 2nd and 4d prize dogs three-quarters of an inch in skull. ’ The St. Bernard class wasa fair one, a fashionably marked sen of Champion Thos. taking premier honors over Gesler, who is one of the true type but was out of condition, The Newfoundlands were good ‘The winner, Mr- Howard Mappleneck’s Leo, is a fine, hig, burly chap, ofarusty black color, he possesses a massive intelligent head, fine chest, great strength of limbs and fine ties paddles. A dozen deer Hone competed, instead of whi number we should haye had at least fifty, which is little creditable to the land of their birth that all the prizes went to English exhibitors, Fred Gibson showed a young Goliah in statue, ina ten months’ puppy by Captain Graham’s Swarran out of Bob Nickall’s magnificent bitch Linda, a winner at Alexandrea Palace, Maidstone, Crystal Palace, Cork, and all | our best shows. The puppy Juglesidi stands nearly 31 inches at shoulder measure, 11} inches from occiput toend of nose, and is proportionate throughout. Gr yhounds, another dozen and also a good class, but not equa to their roush-haired ‘ ” ad Lort judged — 1, ignoring to. “grea Stabhe al which has at many of our English shows heen allowed to influence decisions too much. Champion setters formed a group of English, Irish and Gordons, delight- fnl and refreshing to the eye of a sportsman—Dash, Flora, Bess, Venus and Duke of Bengall—but all had to lower their colors to the Trish champion Dick, a dog with abont as good a head as Palmerston, better in chest, rich in color, and good all over; his name and some of lis progeny are well known to many of your readers. Gordon setters were much aboye an average. The winner was a splendid specimen, well made throughout—tine, long and well shaped skull, lone inuzzle, with well deyeloped olcfactory organs, a nice carriage in moving—a proof of symunetry; his neck and shoulders are light tind elegant, tle latter nicely sloped; he is well ribbed, and his qnartersand sickle hocks unexceptionable. Bilches were also good, and not one shown was unworthy of commendation, . Ina fair class of Irish setters the defeat of Mr. @. W. Gordon McHatlie’s weil-known and really superlative bitch Mina, by a young aspirant to fame, created quite a small sensation, but Mr. Lort was, we think, quite justificd, Grouse, the winner, being an exceptionallst uzodozod. He won his fam at Dublin, where he took fir y nder Mr, Lort. He was thene claimed before entering the ring by {the representative of The Country, and passed into the hands of Mr. Fletcher, in whose keeping he has wonderfully improved, In the English setter class the Laverack strain was strongly represented. Your readers will regret to learn we have lost that veteran setter breeder at the ripe old age of 78 years, hut hisname will Jast and be respected by sportsmen in connection with one of the best and handsomest strains of sporting dors the world has yet seen. Few better classes of wavy-coated retrievers haye eyer been shown—old Hull’s blood coming out very showy indeed. We think Bayker, hy Wyndham out. of Young Bounce, about the best in the class. € can recommend this blood alike for work and good looks. Curly-coated retievers were, generally speaking, coarse spaniels of different kinds, competed together, a large number of clumbers appearing, Lord Haddington exhibited a nice team of this breed, including four ten-months’-old pups of the true clumber type, but at present looking rather legsy, They were priced at £6 and £7 each, which was dirt-cheap. Irish water spaniels, of which there were several fine specimens, had to appear in the variety class. ; Coming now to the smaller and mostly non-sporting classes, sheep dogs were a disgrace to Scotland, being composed of ‘Tang-lug’d,” half-bred setters—they were not worth criticism. Bull dogs, although few, were of the first water. Vero Shavy’s Smasher is a smasher, considered by competent judges the best young dog of this breed we have seen for years. Second lionors were divided between two good ones, and Kit was really very highly commended, although by accident omitted from the official prize list. ‘These are all of the true type as recognized by the bull-dog clubs. Mr, Shaw swept the boards in bull terriers, large and small; he has in these two breeds, perhaps, the best kennel in the world. Bedlingtons, mostly hailing from ‘‘ Coaly,” Newcastle, were a fine lot. These are a class—if I may judge from the schedule of the New York Dog Show, just received here—you do not encourage in the States, but they are worth importing; second consin to the Dandie on higher legs, with a dash of bull judiciously hidden, They are courageous and enduring, and make rattling vermin dogs. They numbered 27 here. Black-and-tan terriers, with the exception of the redoutable Belcher, Surprise, General and two smaller ones, were inferior. Fox terriers, especially the dogs, were better than usual at Scotch shows, and Dandie Dinmonts and skye terriers literally swarmed_- Mr. James Locke, an experienced breeder and suc- cessful exhibitor, judged the Dandies single handed, and out of the 50 selected the best for honors, Edinbureh is noted for skye terriers, and the prick-eared class was a large and good one; but there was one prevailing fault, namely—shortness of back. Mr, Locke and Mr. Dabjial judged and gave pretty general satisfaction, Of the remaining classes there was nothing worthy of special comment, except Italian greyhounds, which was the largest and best class I have ever seen, There Were a few good pugs, but the class did not do justice to the breed In the small-sized variety class were wire-haired fox terriers, white English terriers and Dachshunds. Tn closing my remarks, may Ibe allowed to say there are many resrets expressed here that fime was not given to English exhibitors to send some of their specimens to the New York show, and it is hoped by many that 2 really international show may yet be held; and should the Westminster Kennel Club essay such a venture, I am certain they need not lack hearty co-operation on this side the Atlantic. se Aries Tue Sarewseury Frerp Trtars.—Without having space in which fo give an account of the various events of the above meeting, we cannot refrain from printing from Rel?s Life, the graphic account hy the representative of that paper, of the gallant manuer in which old Ranger won his victory. “The Shrewsbury Stakes brought a wonderful lot of aged setter dogs together, including Ranger, Dan II., winner of the Field Trial Derby last year; Y. Sam, the winner of the Grouse Stakesin the Highlands last year; Rake, the winner of numerous trials; and Sam, anoilier big winner; besides Dash IT,, Jast year’s champion, who cleared everything out. Probubly it is the best field Ranger ever met, and the old dog never acquitted himself in grander form, or proyed more ef- fectually, to the discomfiture of those who have abused him, that they were wrong, and that I was tight three years ago, after he beat Rector in the fashion he did, in saying in these columns that Ranger was the best setter in the world. The stake opened by John Armstrong’s Y. Sam making a great example of Mr. Statter’s Frolic, as he ran round him and took two beautiful points, in very grand form, ¥. Sam is quite one of the cracks of the day. Then Mr, Llewellin’s Sam beat Mr. Lonsdale'’s Spanker easily, followed by Mr. Lipscombe's Bill defeating Mr. Fontleroy’s Pound, who was unfortunate, Then came down champion Ranger with Y. Dan, and the old dog in racing forthe lead, got it just as he pleased, and when going forty miles an hour his keen nose drops him on birds in his’ old form, and of course they are there, In geyen minutes, Over a large space of ground, he takes three points to Dan’s one, and very soon the flag oes up for him, Then heis given a turn with Y. Sam, and he steps away from him with the same ease, racing up by the side of the fence, and down heis again on birds. The next pointisin the middle of the field, and Y.Sam here declines to back him naturally, andas every fault must go against such cracks as these, he is turned out, . ind 3 dogs; one bitch has since died, The spectators think Ranger is first, Dash IT. second, and one of the Sams third, but Young Sam settles his father, aid the judges place— Mr, G, de Landre Macdona’s bk wt d Ranger, by Quince—Judy, 6 yrs...cc0.....ccceee Selpte mr serait ates Mr, J. Armetrong’s bk wt d Y. Samby, Sam—Bess. 2 Mr. G. Brewis's bk wt d Dash IT., by Blue Prince— Kate...... Rr tariasetes¥uaee oe G4: bees) Secale eer Ranger has been trained and worked for this eyent by BE. Bishop of Newton, who got the condition prize for Ranger also, so he does Bishop immense credit. I hear by telesraph that this extraordinary setter has also won the Champion Cup beating Mend, Nora, Norna, Bow Bells, and Baug, so he is now fairly in his old position ag the champion setter of Eng— land. - pS. yee Savep.—A correspondent in Pottsville, Pa., sends us the following account of the mamer in which a resident of that place saved his dog: Dash, an imported English setter, be- longing to a gentleman living in the suburbs of this town, was enjoying a repast the other day, when he miscalculated the di- mensions of a bone whieh became securely wedged in his throat. For ten days the poor animal could not eat anything, and was about dying from starvation, when his master and a friend went to worl with a sharp knife and cut a slit three inches long in his throat, pulled out the bone and immediately sewed up the slit with some black silk thread, and to-day the dog is as sleek, fat and happy as if his throat was never cut. Dom Prpro. a ee —If there are any persons who were awarded premiums at the late Bench Show, and have not yet received them, they can be paid by applying at this office. Meeting of toe Navionat. Kennet Crue, New Yorr.— We are reqnested to insert the following: * Will you please state that the annual meeting of the National American Ken- nel Club will be held at Syracuse, N.Y., Tuesday, June 19th, instead of June 5th. “N. Rowz, Pres.” —Mr. Franklin Sumner's field trial bitch, ‘* Diana,” by ** Leicester,” out of ** Doll,” whelped on the 2d inst., 7 bitches They were sired by Luther Adams’ dog ‘* Drake.” DITTMAR POWDER. Please direct all letters for the above powder to Neponset, Mass. Capt. Bogardus and Tra Paine, now in England, are using my powder, CaRL DITTMAR.—A dv, (Continued from page 244.) Rurnerrorp Park ReGarra.—There will be a regatta on the Passaic, at West Rutherford Park, on Wednesday, May 30th, when valuable prizes will be given for pair-oared gigs, single-seull shells, four-oarred shells, pair-oarred shells and six- oarred gigs. Entries must be adyanced to Edward Smith, N. J. Gity, on or before the 20th inst. ——+ 9+ SCHUYLKILL NOTES. PHIGADELPHIA, May 20, 1877.—The boating season on the Schuylkill for this year Seems to promise comparative quiet. There will be no open spring regatta, and the local navy regatta does not as yet awaken a decided interest, aithough the event is near at hand, On Briday, a week ago, there was a yery pretty race between undergraduates of the University of Pennsylyania, the crews being from the University Barge Club and the College Boat Club, They pulled over the national course one and @ half miles, the latter club winning by a little more than a length. ‘Time, 9m. 32443. The result was a surprise, as the College crew seemed inferior in both strength and style. On the Satirday following the Undine Barge Club celebrated its twenty-first anniversary. The only race was between the following two eight-oared shell crews, which had beed selected by their respective strokes, over a mile course, LONGFELLOW, Bright, stroke. Roberts, No. 2. Middleton, No. 3, Heinitsch, No, 4. Smith, No. 5. Scarborough, No, 6, Goddard, No. 7, 0 Cheston, No. 5. Wilson, No, 8. W.. ©. Brown, of the Cresent, cox. Gillmgham, cox, Stille’s crew crossed the line in Tm. 23¢s., with the other boat lapping the Albion's stern about two feet, After the race the members with a large namber of their lady friends, on a chartered steamer repaired to Ringstetten, the club’s honse at the Falls, where music¢ and feasting inaugurated the twenty-second year of the organization, SCULLS, ALBION, Stille, stroke. C, Barnes, No, 2, Hart, No, 3, T. Lennig, No. 4. Cahbeen, No. 5. Colahan, No, 6. Moody, No. T. Fores? anp Srream.—A meeting of the stockholders of the Forest anp Srream Pusrisnina Company will be held on the 14th day of June, 1877, at 2 o’clock p.m, at the office of the Company, at No. 108 Fulton street, in the City of New York, to consider the proposition to increase the capital stock of the Company from the sum of $25,000 to the sum of $50,000. Cras. HALLOGE, } Wa. C. Harris, § Dated New York, May 2, 1877. ° es —A gentleman took his little boy to a model farm to sec the wonders of the place. After they had been there a short time the little fellow ran crying to his father, being at the same time pursued by a big turkey-cock, which was trying to geta piece of bread out of his hand. ‘ What, my boy,” said the father, “are you afraid of a turkey? Why, you ate part of one yesterday.” ‘Yes, papa,” responded the little fellow, wiping his eyes, ‘* but-this one isn’t cooked.” TxnActry.—First North Briton (on the Oban boat in a roll- ing sea and dirty weather): “Thraw it up, mon, an’ yelll feel a’ the better!” Second ditto (Keeping it down): ‘“Hech, mon, it's whuskey |” . = Tustees, ot = a Adriondack Tales, Murray. The Golden Rule Publishin g Company, W. W. H. Boston, We welcome this book as a contribution fo that too limited class of literatuye which draws its Inspiration from the pure and hestthtui atnlosphere of the woods and mountains, The book 18 written with an enthusiasm for the life inthe woods depicted in its pages, and eyery- Where bears evidence of an appreciation of those lesgons whleh natu reia eyerready to teach those who are but willing to receive them. The moral running through the book is that for these wi are weary and harrassed by the toils and trials of life, there is a relief in the woodlands, hy the river an(laméng the mountains. The first hile—* The Story ine Keg Told Me *—is that. of a miser Who, possessed by The fear of Joss, fled into the heart of fhe wilderness, and there connted his gold in solitude and Safety, until the majestic grandenr of the mountains about hitn over awed his sonl, and the softer yoice of the night whispered to him that there was something better than the dross he was worshiping, The longest and, we think, the best of these stories, ig that of “The Man Who Didn't Know;Much;” much—that is—of the knowledge to be learned in towns, but who, in the woods, conld pull an oar and shoot a gno, who became perfected in the elements of a Manly character, and finally, amid the smoke and flame ofa burning steamer, knew how to dle a wil- ling death of heroie self-sacrifice. The Temaining pages comprise Several shorter sketches of Adriondack fravel, told in the nsual humeor- ous and racy style of the author, We learn, with pleasure, that this is the beginning of a promised series, THE Firat, by Mrs. Gray. T.B. Peterson & Co,, Philadelphia, This ia one of the ‘Peterson’s Sterling: Series,” the list of which comprises some much better hooks than the present yolume. The plot of is no great intricacy, nor the hook of much merit. Tt belongs, however, to those intensely sentimental hooks which are devoured ad. neusernm by a cértain class of people, and umong that class will no doubt find general uceeptance, } —lt is reasonalily contended that those who adyance the physical wel- fare of the race are no less to be honored than tle geniuses whose spe- cial sphere is in the intellectual, A man like B. T. Babbitt, who devotes himself to making that most necessary of articles, soap, then, is to be admired and honored if he can manufacture an article like B.'T. Bab- hift’s Toilet Soap, which is the most perfect of all toilet articles.—Adp, —The well known and responsible house of W. I. Schieffelin & Co., wholesale druggists, have become agents for the sale of Helmbold’s medicines. —lIt is proposed by the Coaching Club to have a parade of their coaches on May 26. They will meei in Madison venue, facing Twenty-third strect, at 42.1. The route will be up Fifth avenue, along the west side of the Park to Stetson’s, re- turning by the east side, down Fifth avenue to Washington square, and back to Madison square, ————- Cement For Tron AND Stone.—Glycerine and litharge stirred to a paste hardensrapidly, and makesa tolerable cement for iron upon iron, for two store surfaces, and especially for fastening iron in stone, This cement is insoluble, and is not acted upon by strongacids. Cloth can be cemented to polished iron shafts by first giving them a coat of best white lead paint; this being dried hard, coat with best Russian giue dissolved tn water containing a little vinegar or acetic acid.—Zron. SPTRAGGLERS Ly our Streamu—The above is the title of a paper contributed to Appleton’s June number by the Tfon. Robert B. Roosevelt. It is written with his nsual vein of pleasant humor, and must prove as great a donne bouche to the ‘anglers of the south side of Long Island as he tells a malelotte of ells is to himself. The article is full of curious information as regards the fishes of that district, and should be read by all the game. and fish preservers of the island, as it ex- poses the devices of the pestilent poachers who afilict that fair land. Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, J ewelers, and Im- porters, have always a large stock of silyer articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, racing and other sports, and on request they prepare special designs for similar purposos. Their Timing Watches are guaranteed for accuracy, and are now very generally used for sporting and scientific requirements. TIFFANY & ©O. are also the agents in America for Messrs, Patex, Pamwrn & Oo., of Geneva, of whose celebrated watches they have a full line. Their stock of Diamonds and other Precious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes and Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, and the publie are inyited to visit their establishment without feel- ing the slightest obligation to purchase. Union Square, New York. The Rennel. ) EBVRVINA HENNEL. JESSE SHERWOOD, Prorrieror, Edina, Knox Connty, Mo., breeder and importer of Sporting Dogs. Pointers, setters, spaniels, fox and beagle hounds. “Sancho.” Imp. Pointer, stud dog; fee, $35. See English K. 0.8. B., No. 1,005. Heis a grandson of the celebrated “‘Hamlet,” No. S36. This dog “Sancho” has won seven prizes—four in England first at Crystal Palace, 1874), three here. Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! STEADMAN’S FLEA POWDER for DOGS. A Bane to Fleas—A Boon to Dogs. This Powder is guaranteed to kill feas on doge or any other animals, or money returned. It is putup in patent boxes with Sliding pepper box top, which greatly facilitates its use, Simple and efficacious, Price 50 cents by mail, Postpaid ARECA NUT FOR WORMS IN DOGS. A CERTAIN REMEDY. Put up in boxes containing a dozen powders, with full directions for use. Price 50 cents per Box by mnil. Both the above are recommended by Rop anp QuN and ForEST AND STREAM. W. HOLBERTON. 102 NASSAU STREET. oct 12 l a DOGS CANNOT SLIP THIS COLLAR. No matter how violently they pull, this collar will not choke or injure the dog. Made of heavy bridle leuther with nickel-plated trimmings. Sent by mail With name of dog or owner on name plate for $1. Manutactared by Thomson & Son, 301 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. jand tf Spratt’s Patent Meat Fibrine Dog Cakes. GENUINE NONE ARB O5 SSaTNo STAMPED From the reputation these Meat Fibrine Cakea lave How gained, they reqnire scarcely an explana- Lion to recommend them fo the useuf every one who keeps a dog, suffice it to say they are f.ee from fait, und contain “dates,” the exclusive use of which, in combination with meat and meal to com- pose 4 bigeuit, 1s secured to us by Letters Patent, Kor sale in cases of 112 ]bs, each. F. O. DE LUZE, sule agent, 15 South Wiillam street, New York. Speciai terms to dealers, y\OR SALE —Plunkett-Stella Red Trish Pups. Three red Irish setter pups by Plunkett out of Siella, fuur mouths old May 13th, For pedigree, description aud price address W. E. HUDSON, maylT-1t North Manches:er, Coun. OR SALE CHEAP.—One imported Italian grey- hota, seven-year-old dog, $30, cash. Cc. H, WRIGHT, jmoayli-1t 215 North 5th St., St, Louis, Mo, OR SALE.—Four Gordon setter pups, out of (jaeen Bess 1st., sired by Jerome Marble’s Grouse. For particalars address JOSEPH BASSETT, P.O. Box 24, maylT-1t Foxboro, Muss, OR SALE.—Fine Cocker Spaniel Paps; Liver and Liver and white, all tine; from the best stock in the country. Price, $15 each; if not satis- Jactory, money refunded, Also the following, all healthy and sound stoek . Orange and White Setter Bitch. 17 months old, not been bred; good for stock purposes. Price, $15, All Liver Field Spaniel Biteh, 244 years old; good worker and fine 1etriever. Price, $20. Ail Liver Cocker Bitch, 17 months old, by Witch, winner of first prize, New York Bench Show Price, $30, Liver and White Dog, one year old, by Captain, litter broth rto Witch, All Liver Dog, one year old, by Captain, litter brother to Witch. All Liver Bitch, one year old, by Captain, litter brother to Witch. Price $25 each. Thisis not a weeding outeale, bot a weneral sale to make room for Kennel build- ing; no discount; boxed and delivered on cars per Express free at my risk. Addre s ROKERT WALKER, may24-2t Franklin, Del. Co, N.Y. OINTER PUPPIES FOR SALE£.—The Westmiu- aber Kennel Cinb offer for sale: One liver and white dog puppy, by Sensation out of Prudenes, (ihe dam of Pete), price $40; one black speyed bitch puppy, by Sensation out of Whiskey, price $50, Ad- dress the Secretary, Care this «Mice. mayli-1t OR SALE CHEAP, Red Setter dog, eleven months old, by Horace Smith’s Monarch, out of Druke’x Belle, she by Colbaru’s Dash and Mullen’s Belle. Fine retriever, and under good control. Ad- dress MORTIMER, this ofiice. may24-Jt OR SALE.—A Russian Setter, seven years old, a good field performer, “and remarkably fair retriever. Will be sold cheap, Address qwiays4 1 P.O Box 491, Baltitnore, Ma, OR SALE. -A few well bred Setter Pups; war- ranted, Price, $10, male; $5, female. Dr, J, R, HOUSEL, M, Ewensville, Nortii’d Co., Penn, may2-jt —o The Feyyel. Stud Irish Setter. The Subscriber offers his imported red Trish setter “ Buck,’ winner of prizes at the Centennial, St. Louis and Baltimore bench shows, for stud purpose. Terms, $25. For pedigree and particulars, address ©. Z. MILEY. BREEDING KENNEL or A. C, WADDELL, Edina, Knox Co., Mo. Vointers and Setters of approyed Imported and Native blood thoroughly broken; ulso pups of differ- ent ages. In the stad, imported Irish Setters, “Grouse” and “Shamrock,” Also Pointers, * Phil. dr.” and “King Philip,’ by “Old Phils” “Phil, Jr.,* outef Colburn'’s Lang and Wilson bitch; * King Philip,” out of Madden's first prize champion biteh,, “Fan.” All large size. 7 ENNEL POR BREEDING, REARING, BOARD- ing, exercising aud training SETTERS AND POINTERS Refer to FOREST AND STREAM, 4nd others, Address, E. 8S. WANMAKER, Sapl-tf Hohokus, Bergen Co., N. J. OR SALE,—A tine lot of Scoteh, Skye, Dandy, Dininont, and Blaek-and-tan Terriers, Sporting Dogs, Maltese Gate, Ferrets, &c. Medicines for all diseases at L, N. MEYER, 45 Great Jones street, Whe sept2l-ly OR SALE.—The Red Irish Setter Bitch “Moselle,” whi lped June 15th, 1876, out of Belle, by Hum- ilion Tnaoinpson's Dick, foll brother to his Chaniplon Duke, Reusson for selling, have notime to break her. Will be suld at a reasonable price. Address, J. EDMUND FISHER, may 7-20 149 Union street, Brooklyn. ARTIES WISHING TO SEND THEIR DOGS to lhe country during the close season can tind avery desirable spot, Also, those having young dogs ihat they wish handled. For terms, &¢., ad- dress WARREN LOWE, apr5-2m Guilford, Conn, OR YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL STOCK FROM the choicest breeds. Inquire of , M. P. MCKOON, Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y. dec?8-6m1 + Hotels and Resorts for Sporlsmey. Metropolitan Hotel, WASHINGTON, D. C, Carrollton Hotel, BALTIMORE, Mp. R. B. Columan & Co., proprietors of these famons hotels, are well kuown 10 the old pations of the ASTOR HOUSE, N. Y., andST. NICHOLAS, N.Y. THE METROPOLITAN ja midway. between the Capitol and the White House, and the must convenient location in the city. Tt hay beon re-iltted and re-furnished throughout The cuisine is perfect; the service regular, aud charges inoderate. R. B. COLEMAN & CO. “J ALSEY HOUSE, Atlanticville, L. I. A Summer Resort, and for Sportsmen all the year, will open dime 25th, New house accommodates fifty guests. varions sizes and exposures, Perfectly healthy, part of pure tid Inodorons, Colorless. Does Neyer fails to (lestroy contagion, and nentralizes gases, and is wirivailed for the dressing of offensive 0 =~ THE GIRONDIN DISINFECTANT FOR KENNELS.—Mr. Dog Show, writes a letter to Messrs. James Meyer & Oo., in which he says: “Tused your ‘ Girondin Disinfectant,’ and found it an excellent remedy, fultilling, as far as the Dog Show, was cohcerned, all that you claim for it, andT shail confidently recommend it to all shows where I 2b, Yours, CHAs, LINCOLN, Supt. Baltimore Bench Show. : A VICTORIOUS INVENTION. The Eagie Claw. Au ingenious device for the purpose of catching all kinds of Animals, Fish and Game. The easy method of setting the Eagle Claw, combined with the simplicity of removing the victim, are among its peculiar advantages, It is immaterial how lo place it when set. 1t may be buried flat in the ground, suspended from the litab of a tree, or, when occasion requires, covered with grass, leaves or other light Material without in any way impairing its certain operation, It is adapted for bait of any description, and, when, set, no Animal, Fish or Bird that touches the bait can possibly escape. It does not mangle or injure its victims in the slighest degree, nor need they be handled to free them from the trap. LRICE LIST: No. 1—For fishing and all kinds of small game and animals SEDEDY MA, 44. cused cave teat sate nnesbiisseeeee oe ».35 cents, No.2—For catcliing Mink, Muskrats, Raccoons, large Game, LOT ae eee pia ife-vape kel See Sabtaysssstenees etd CODES, Xo, 8, or Hocky Mountain Giant, for catching Bears, Wolves, Panthers, &c. Can he easily set by a boy. andwillstand a Strain of several hundred pounds. Weight, 10 to 151bs.$10. All goods sent, charges p2id, to any address on receipt of price. "Chas. L. Coate, 330 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. P. 0. Box 214. AGENTS WANTED, Pp AINTING THE PATRONS PAINT GOMPANY are manufac- - turing the INGLERSOLL READY-M1iX ED PAINTS, and BRUSILES, and selling them at full trade discounts, delivering them freight paid, and nomonecy required until the goods are received—making them cheaper than even the material can be bought elsewhere. They are an absoluicly pure article, possessing great endurance and brilliancy, and are giving great satis- faction all over theceuntry. We haye a Patron friend who saved enough alone on Paint purchased to pay his Grange expenses for a life-time, They also sell OOF PAINT 30 per cent, cheaper than any one else, It is to the interest of all about painting te write and have sent free their book, ‘* Mrery One His Own Puinter.” It will save much money, whether you buy their Paint or not. Ad-= rdess; 259 PRONT STREET, NEW YORK.-—(#roem “ The Farmers’ Friend.”) THE WHITNEY Military, Sporting, Hunting { and Target. Chas, Lincoln, Superintendent of the Baltimore Breech-Loading Rifles. For Accuracy, Long-Range, Penetration, Simplicity of Construction, Durability, Hase of Manipulation, Material and Workmanship they are unsurpassed. Pheenix Sporting Rifles and Shot Guns. Revolvers of various sizes, desirable in all respects. Send for Circclars. WHITNEY ARMS CO., New Haven, Conn. E. H. MADISON, Practical Gunsmith, NO. 564 FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN, Gun Stocks Straightened, Crooked, Lengthened, or Shortened to fit the shooter, ChokeShoring, full or niodified, Taper Choke for thin mmzzles, and Loring for game shooting. Pistol Grips fitted to shof guns aud rifles; Long Range Sights fitfed to rifles ; Shot for approximate clevyations, Repairs of Every Description done in an Honest Manner at reasonable Prices, Bluing, Casehardening, nets Browning done for the trade, Sportsmen’s and Riflemen’s Sundries of every style. Madison’s Browning Mixture in dic and $1.00 bottles, accompanied with directions for use. Send stamp for replies to qneries appertaining to any of the aboye. SHOT GUNS, REVOLVERS AND RIFLES furnished to clubs at wholesale prices, References from all the clubs of this city. Goods sent every- where C, 0, D. CHAS. GREEN, MANUFACTURER OF Breech Loading Shot Guns. phe meepeEet set Tost durable snap action made. Shooting qnslities first-class. MUZZLE" LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH- . LOADERS. Same action asnew guns. Send for cirenlar and Brion Use, No, 8 West Main street, Rochester, N. Y. octs-tf, Portable Shooting Boxes. Portable Shooting or Tonrist Honses built in Sec- tions, carried. in a one-horse Wagon, can be put to- gether wilhout the aid of a mechanic, and are far superior to tents, Plan us shown fs 10 feet square, and built of narrow pine, oiled inside, painted out- side, and trimmed with rustic work. Price, $135. Wainscoted 8 feet high, inside, $150. Each house tontains a stowaway or open attic for holding sporting equipments, éte, Plans for seaside Cottages; also, all kinds of Rustic Work. | These houses can be built more extensively and elaborately if required, O'BRIEN BROS., Yonkers, N.Y. _ E. THOMAS, JR., GUNS, PISTOLS, SPORTING GOODS, 174 South Clark Street, Chicago, Ill, ant, Double-Grip Self-Closing Top Lever Action ; IN TH WORLD, Sizes, from 6 to 16 bore, Equal in finish, symmetry of outlines and materials to the finest EHuglish Guns, and at more Teasonable prices. : i The Sneider Rebounding Lock used, the only Re- bounder with which missfires will not occur, HIGHEST CENTENNIAL MEDAL FOR “Workmanship, Rebounding Locks and Compen- sating Features of Action.” GUNS REBORED FOR CLOSE SHOOTING, STOCKS BENT TO ANY CROOK, Pin Fire Guns changed to Central Fire. Muzzle Loading Guns Altered ta Bregeh-Lodders. Clark & Sneider, 214 W. Pratt St., Baltimore. Send for ilinstrated Catalogue, Seydel & GCo’s Pocket Hammock. No, 1, weight only 13¢ Ibs,; bears 1,300 Ibs.; price H. A most Inxurions Couch, Seat, Swing, Etc. Cirenlars may be had by addressing McCOY & CO,, 124 and 126 Duane Street, N, Y. THE ‘76 SHOOTING COAT. (PATENTED) First-Class Shooting Garments, In great variety. Send for Circular, GEORGE C. HENNING, 410 Seventh street, Washington City. New Gun Establishment. Where can be fonnd all kinds of GUNS, both BREECH and MUZZLE LOADERS, Pistols, Parlor Rises, Air Pistols, Powder, Shot, Caps, Cartridges, Shells, Fishing Tackle, and every- thing appertaining to a first-class establishment. Lefever Breech-loaders a Specialty. REIP & CO,, 335 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Feb 22 ly. apls ly Improved Climax _Creaser, Lo peller and Shell pasa n with Reversible Loading and Creasing Cylinder. PRICE $2 50. ‘Loader, Can-Ex- For sale by all gun dealers. Address Ww. B. HALL, mars tf LANCASTER, PA, CREEDMOOR Long-Range, Wind Gauge and Vernier Sights, HART’S SPORTSMAN’S FAVORITE Metallic Shells. MANUFACTURED BY GEO. E. HART & CO., Newark, N. J. yu20 tf > REMOVAL. HODGKINS & HAIGH, Dealers, Manufacturers and Importers of FIRE 4ARMS AND SPORTING Goons In general, having removed to NO. 298 BROADWAY, respectinily solicit & continuance of the patronase heretofere extended, : > RUSHTON’S HUNTING & PLEASURE BOATS. Combine BEAUTY, STRENGTH and STEADI- NESS. The LIGHTEST sporting boat in the world. Weight, 23 pounds and upward. Will carry two to four persons aud baggage. Cedar siding, dak keel, stems, etc. (do not fold up). Also CANOES, weight 35 pounds. J. H. RUSHTON, Manufacturer. Can- ton, St, Lawrence Connty, N. Y. Mard-1y Fenner’s Portable Boat Meets the demund of sportsmen for a boat which is light dnd compact to carry easily, and quickly made for the water; strong, steady, Noiseless, of light draught, and of the form bestadapted ta general use, Four sizés made for one to six men, coasting from $35 to $60. New “valise” pattero for one man; packs 11X22x27 inches, 20d wetghs 25 pounds. Can be seen at Holberton & Beemer's, New York, and Bradford & Anthony's, Boston. ddress, C, FENNER, Mystic River, Ct. aug?d-6m iy per CENTENNIAL WORLD'S FAIR, 1876. SHONINGER ORGANS. PRONOUNCED UNANIMOUSLY AS THE |Best Instruments. F Their comparative excellence is recognized by the Judges in their Report, from which the following isanextract: — “The B. SHONINGER ORGAN OOS exhibit as the best Instruments ata price rendering them Possible to a large class of purchasers, haying acom- bination of Reds and Bells, producing novel and pleasing effects, containing many desirable improve- ments, wul stand longer in dry or damp climate, less liable to get ont of order, all the boards being made three-ply, put together so itis impossible for them to either shrink, swell or split.” THE ONLY ORGANS AWARDED THIS RANK. This Medal and Award was granted after the most fevere competition of the best makers, before one of th? most competent juries ever assembled. New styles and prices jast issued, which are in ac- se dance with our rule, the BEST ORGANS for the least money. We are prepared to appoint a few new Agents. Illustrated Catalogues mailed, postpaid, upon ap- plication to B.SHONINGER ORGAN CO., $7 to 123 Chestnut Street, NEW HAVEN, CONN. PURVEYOR TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. ADAM WATTERS, Wholesale and Retail TeaDealer, Grocer, Wine and Spirit Mer- chant, IMPORTER OF China and Japanese Curiosities and General Warehouseman, ’ 1i and 12 JOHN Streef, QUEBEC. No. 2-6m. COGNAC ee a: Offered forsale in bulk of the following vintages: 1872, 1870, 1868, 1864, 1862, 1860, 1858, 1855, 1849, 1935. Andin cases containing either 12 bottles, 24 pint e flasKs, or 48 teens it flasks, very suitable for Hunting er Excursion Parties, of the following yintagzes : 1870, 1865, 1858, 1835, ‘THE SPORTSMAN’S FAVORITE BRANDY, BY Haviland & Co., 45 BARCLAY STREET. © The vintage is branded on the casks, cises, and eS corks. All goods delivered only from U.8. bonded warehouses, T. N. DWYER, Agent. - janis. Cc. M: BRENNAN, OLD KENTUCEY BOURBON & MONONGAHELA, 40 South Clark Street, Chicago. BOLLINGER CHAMPAGNE, DRY AND DRY EXTRA QUALITY, —_—— _ EDWARD &JOHN BURKE, 408 Sole Agents, TI : QE. -BERDAS ‘ fl i i ag | ee | il 2 - AMart’s Sportsman's Favorite Metallic Shells, FOR BREECH-LOADING SHOT-GUNS. These shells are easily loaded, and the caps easily extracted from inside. Head solid and much thicker than any shell now made, giving a solid seat for cone or anyil, which prevents it from driving through or springing away, thereby causing miss-fires. The Cone is made of nickel, and fastened solid in ita place, Neither tusts nor corrodes fast, like movable anyil made from steel. The Nickei Cone also prevents miss-fire when a cap has been left on shell for a few days, which is [lable to occur either in steel oriron. These shells are finely finished, and made any length ordered, from 244 to 34/ inches, ~S@ Shells and Loaders and Descriptive Price Lists can be obtained from all the leading Sportsmen's Houses thronghout the country. GEORGE E. HART & CO., Newark, N. J. FROM CAPTAIN BOGARDUS, CHAMPION WING SHOT OF AMERICA. _ Messrs. GrorGE E, Hart & Co.: Gentlemen—The fifty shells I received from you to-day suit me better than any Ihave everused. They are stronger ani better in every respect, and I shall use them in all my shooting hereafter. Yours troy, A, H. BOGARDUS. ** St. Louis Conica! Base Paper Shell.”’ Having made important improvements in onr Shell, we can safely recommend them as equal, if not superior, in quality to any Paper Shell manufactured In this country or in Europe, 4 Among the advantages claimed for these Shells,are: A saying of 25 por cent. inthe use of powder; also the great decrease in recoil. The sizes made are No, 10—257, 27, aud 8 inches; No. 12—2%, 23;, and 2% inches. Longer Shells will be made at extra cost. ‘They arenotmailable. Sample, 100, sent by express on receipt of $1.15 for No. 12; €1.20 for No, 10, Factory and office, No. 2,230 De Kalb street, St, Louis, Mo. St. Louis Patent Shell wanufacturing Company. W. & C. SCOTT & SONS. First Prize Medal and Diplema, awarded at the Centennial Exhibition, for excellence of workmanship and ma- terial in their Premier Quality and medium grades. Their New Patent- Triplex Leyer Grip Action and Com- pensating Lump. sportsmen is requested to the above new action. Its superior strength and solidity impart greatly improved shooting powers. Hard hitting be- ing the desideratum required, is ob- tained by this powerful gun, Prices of the New Triplex Lever Grip, $175, $225 to $400. Marked the Triplex 10-bores extra, Our highest grade is as usual CKEL ST. Louis - marked the PREMIER QUALITY. [Extract from Foxesr anp STREAM, Now York, December 26, 1876, Contributed by one of the Judges of Awards of Guns at the Centenmal+] «This action (The Triplex Lever Grip) combines in the highest degree strength and simplicity, and must rapidly secure the fayor of allwho test its merits, COMPENSATING LUMP. Strongly recommended, It is invaluable, and should be ordered on every fun. Costs about $10 extra. Cltoke-bores, medium or full, Our suns to be had of the principal dealers in the trade only, PREMIER GUN WORKS, Birmingham, England. F. MANUFACTURER OF Fine Fishing Rods, Reels, and Artificial Flies, AND DEALER IN FISHING TACKLE, MANCHESTER. VERMONT. | STODDARD’S : CARTRIDGE LOADING IMPLEMENT, COMBINING SEVEN DIFFERENT TOOLS, Cap Expeller, Recapper, Loader and Tube, Creaser, Cutter, Crimper and Shell Extractor. WoO. 109 NOW READY. Performing all the operations possible in the manipulation of Paper or Meta Shells for Breech-Loaders. Length, 44 inches. Nickel Plated. Weight 10 onnces. All the operations are perfect, and suitable for any shell, | AWARDED BOTH MEDAL AND DIPLOMA AT CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, i PRICE, SS: Circulars sent on application. Send postal order er check to C. J. STODDARD & CO., Lock-Box 192, Washington, D. C. LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE, W.' HOLBERTON, of New York City, has Samples. The attention of [ i i oll 253 eT Sportsman’s Depot. (ESTABLISHED 1836,) First premium at World's Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition. ee JOHN KRIDER, N. EB. Cor. Second and Wailout Sts., Phila: GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks, Flies, Leaders, Snoods, Artificial Bait, Fly Books, Etc., Etc. =" Salmon, Bass and ‘Tron Flies Made to Order, ALSO “ Krider’s” Celebrated Center Enamel Split and Glned Bamboo Rods. : Birds' Eggs and Birds’ Skins in Great Varieties— Taxidermy in all its branches. Spratts Patent Dog Biscuits Repairing of all kinds, mard-1¥ Orange Sporting Powder, Orange Lightning Powder. The strongest and cleanest powder made. Nog, ltoT Packed only in sealed 11b. canisters, The coarser sizes (higher numbers) especially are recommended to owners of fine breech-loading guns, giying great penetration with very slight recoil, Orange Ducking Powder. For water fowl. Very strong and clean. WNos,1 ta 5. Packed in metal kegs of 63 Ibs. each, and canis- ters of 1 and 5 lba. Orange Rifle Powder. The best for rifles and for al! ordinary purposes, Sizes, FG, FFG ard FFFG, the last being the finest, Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25 lbs., 124 lbs. and 6% Ibs., and in canisters of 1 lb. and #¢ Ib. All of the above give high velocities and Jess residuum than any other brands made, BLASTING, MINING AND SHIPPING POW DER, OF ALL GRADES AND SIZES, PACKED IN WOOD OR METAL KEGS OF 2 lbs. SAFETY FUSE AND ELECTRICAL BLASTING APPARATUS, LAFIIN & RAND POWDER CO.,, 26 Murray street, New York, Sole proprietors and Mannfacturers of the cele- brated ORANGE brand of GUNPOWDER. Recom- ‘mended and used by Capt, A. H. BOGARDUS, the ‘Champion Wing Shot of the World.” English Sporting Gunpowder, CURTIS & HARVEY'S DIAMOND GRAIN. Nos, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, T and &. Superior Rifle, Enfleld Rifle, and Col. Hawker’s Ducking. W. STITT, 61 Cedar street, N.Y. Agent for the United States. QRANGE POWDER. Send for pamphlet showing sizes of the grain by wood cut. Sent free by the Laflin & Rand Powder Co., 26 Murray street; New York. P. O. box 2,308. GENUINE HAARLEM OIL, KNOWN AS SYLVESTER’S OVER 30 YEARS, Best remedy for bladder, kidney and graye! dis- eases. WM. WAGH, 126 Canal street, N. Y. HART'S Metallic Shells, Nickel Cone, Ete., 216 Market street, Newark, N. J. Deuuison's Targets From 25 to 1000 Vd. Range. TARGET PASTERS AND Score Cards. SOLD BY \ Dealers in Sporting Goods, On receipt of TEN CENTS a 100-¥ARD TARGET willbe sent by mail, with circular and Samples, by DENNISON & CO., 198 Brod way, N. ¥, Convenient and Handy for fe attaching to Fishing Rods, Gum Cases, and all sorts of Sportsmen's Baggage. Buy of your nearest Stationer or Newsdealer, or send ‘LO tts. for package by mail fo, *. DENNISON'S (i PATENT 7 TOURISTS: TAGS DENNISON & CO., 198 Broadway, N.Y, Bound Volumes Vanety. a MEERSCHAUM AND CIGARETTES, FATE. k=" DOES NOT BITE THE TONGUE. gs Our Cignrettes areas fine as can be produced. Only the best French Cigarette paper is used which is fvee from minéral and other injurious substances- *AMERIQUE—A new Cigarette of Perique nd Vanity Fair, quite equal foacigar, Unllke all chiens: Provided with month-plece, to avoid direct contact with the teeth and the thacous lining of the cheeks with the tobacco, while the entire AR OY of tobacco is consumed. Highest Award, Vienna, 1s72, and Centennial, 1876. Samples 20 cents, Our Peerless and Plain Fine Cut Chewing are unsurpassed WM. S. KIMBALL, Rochester, N. Y. PEERLESS TOBACCO WORKS. (0 PRIZE MEDALS.) Forest and Stream. SEVENTH VQLUME, NOW READY. First Four Volumes, $4 each, Others, $3.50. - — 6 Acomplete set of the FOREST AND STREAM- seven yolumes, bound handsomely in cloth—« yalu, able library tor the sportsman—can now be obtained On Spplication to this office. Trolling and Click Reels. The finest Reels, made light, durable and finely finished. Ask your dealer for them. GEORGE E. HART & Co., Newark, N. J. Refer to Dr. W. W. Ely, Rochester, N. ¥., and Dr. J. R, Romeyn, Keesville N. Y. ju20 ti. Mortimer & Kirkwood, GUN AND RIFLE MAKERS, 24 ELM STREET, BOSTON MASS, All Kinds of Breech-Loading Work ef- fected in the most approved style. GUNS BORED FOR CLOSE AND HARD SHOOTING. Decl ly. A New Wad. The ‘Fibre” wad will give a better penetration and pattern than Eley’s wadding. It is elastic and lastic, and will hold the load securely in brass shells. Win not take fire or blow to pieces. Price per box of 250, 25 cents for No, 10 aga No. 12, 30 cents for No. 8, Sample sent by mail on ceipt of price. LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. DELAWARE CARTRIDGE COMPANY, WILMINGTON, DEL. SAFER THAN ANY OTIIER. Perfect Shooting guaranteed by using the EVERLASTING STRAIGHT SHELL, pauper u dq semis * ONE WILL LAST A LIFETIME, SEND FOR CATALOGUE, ‘otuny wns “HO-0F* SCHOVERLING& DAL Y, 84 Ann 86 CHAMBERS ST., NEW YORK. # Peabody-Martin Breech-Loading Rifles, Military, Target and Sporting. ‘The “Turf, Field and Farm? Badge, Won Three CREEDMOOR PATTERN, 2,000,000 service charges fired from 400,000 of these rifles at cur works withont accident. 20,000 rounds fred from a flugle gnu withont injury to the mechanism, or im the least impairing the accuracy of its shooting. Centennial Commission Report on Awards—Peabody-Martini Rifles: ‘As a military aym combining strength, simplicity, high quality of workmanship, ease of manipulation, vet pecan a rapidity of fire; using a Central fire metallic cartridge, and ejecting the discharged ell unfailingly.” The Peabody-Martini Mid-Range Rifles, victorious at the Centennial Short-Range Match, at Creed- moor, Sept. 12, 1876, distance 200 yards, off-hand; 120 competitors. Members of the American and all the foreign teams participating. Only two Peabody-Martini Rifles entered, winding first prize, oa ta and gold medal, and 4th prize, $26 cash and gold medal Send for illustrated catalogue and price-list. Providence Tool Co., Providence, R. I., U. 8. A. G00D’S OIL TANNED MOCCASINS. The best thing ever worn by sportsmen, Wotinjured by wet- ting and udrying—always soft ,. aud easy fo the feet. 4 oF. different styles. Prices 7 to suit the times. Send for illustrated circular | to Frank Good.) MARTIN | and price list. 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IT stood beside my mammy’s door, As oftin boyish days of yore, And scann’d the prospect, hill and plain, And yellow fields of waying grain; The beach, the cove, the crescent bay, Long Bridge and Trumbull’s, granite gray, "Twas morn—the dewslay freshly round, The birds were up with merry sound; The milkman’s horn I heard afar, Then, rattling round the square, his car. Sweet Sue, in witching morning dress, Sat blithely milking brindled Bess; Aud when I caught “her bonny ee,” She kissed her tiny hand to me, While near and far each barn-yard crew Bawled many a cock-a-doo-dle doo. When lo! before my feasting eyes, What johnny cakes and pumpkin pies ! Fresh wheaten loaves that were not coarse, And gravied steak that sham’d ‘old horse;” Sweet Sue stood pourine out the batter, The cakes were smoking on the platter; The grace was long, I thoughtit queer, For then my yarn just parted here And left me—all my dream a wreck— Dim gazing o’er the moonlit deck. What should Isee? Pray do not ask. Slow rising from the ‘harness cask,” : Methought ‘twas sure the steed of death, For icy horrors froze my breath; A ghostly goblin, lean and bare— Aghastly bag of bones they were |— That rattled horridly and dread *Tis wondrous that I am not dead! More hideous demon, develish fright Never mocked 4 luckless mortal'’s sight; Of purple scuryy’s livid hue, —~ Exceeding ulcerous fetid dew; Those pale, green eyes, blood-shot and sore: T roared aloud, ‘‘All hands to prayers,” A horse’s ghost, or else a mare’s, Broke stable door, with malice fell Up through the harness cask from hell. What! Jonan’sson! I'd like to know, Hath waked its welcome watch below; Thou demon fright, what brings thee here? Alas! alas! no good I fear, Pray ope thy month, if goblin may, And tell us if the devil’s to pay. Then oped & mouth sepuichral foul, With haif a neigh, and half a howl, It spake, I heard, I'd swear the rhyme Beat Baalam’s ass of olden time. And thus the goblin said—if not, I wish I may be hung or shot— Alas! alias! like thee, I fear! No good this night nath brought me here; I've toted stones this many a year, Over many a hill to many a pier; In dust and thirst, and sweat and pain, ‘Neath burning sun and soaking rain; With kicks and cuffs and dire abuse, Now salted down for sailor's fuse., Allin my harness. hoofs and shoes, Sent off to sea for whaling crews; Horse-power packed down insait to keep For business on the mighty deep. ‘Took from the brine by tarry paws, Boiled in a potwith bleeding boars, Served up with slush in wooden tub, Then christened by the name of “grub |” The sailors view me with disdain, They take me up with grief, ‘tis plain; They look me o’er with sad surprise, They fling me down and raise their eyes, Insult and blackguard to my face The manes of my departed race, And wish my. harness, hoefs and eoat Stuck snugly in the owner’s throat, Yepick my meat, ye pick my bones, And fling the rest to Dayy Jones" He said—and fied, for at his head, Curses and marline spikes were sped; - Hefled with hideous muttering moans Rattling bis scurvy purpled bones; And where he went—who'll dare to ask? Heaven save us from the “‘ Harness cask{” Tye told the vision, every whit— Perhaps not inspired like holy writ, Well told or ill —I sadly fear More truth than poetry is here, SS S Se ia) NEW YORK, THURSDAY. MAY 31, 4877. el fed. AMERICAN at Cyphoon | which was propelled by four sendoes. Z Lite e = Se SS SPORTSMAN’S Ss QN Zio ve: Liege ty ee Volume 8,—No. 17, No. 111 Fatton St., N. ¥. For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. off the Japanese Coast, = = | “(And then the storm blast came, and he Wak tyrannous and strong; ‘| He struck with his o’ertuking wings, Aud Chased as South alongs, “ With sloping masts and dipping prow— As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe And forward bends his head— The ship droye fast, load roared the blast, | And southward aye we fled,” COLERIDGE. T is said that every one born to live in this world has a certain amount of hardship, suffering and trial to go through before he or slie¢ can cast up their earthiy account, and were it not for the fact that our existence is frequently | interlarded with some pretty bitter experience, life would neither be happy nor enjoyable, | Be this as it may, I fancy that there are many who would | willingly dispense with some of the incidents connected with | their career, could they but haye a foretaste of that which they are afterwards destined to pass through, In February, 1869, the writer, who was then at the newly opened port of Hiogo, Japan, took passage on the steamer M., which was to sail for Yokohama on Monday evening, the — inst, The weather which had been rainy and blustering all the morning, in the afternoon increased in violence, and had a portentious look foreboding nothing good, and which was not at all lessened by the fact that the native craft were moored close in shore, and parallel to each other for safety’s sake, their grass hawsers creaking and groaning as they un- easily rode each incoming swell. The M—— was anchored some two miles off the shore, and to reach her I was forced to use a Yana-fune belonging to the agents of the steamer, As the mail bags had been placed on board the boat and entrusted to my care, and everything being in readiness, we pushed off from the hatoba, with a. heavy ground swell, toward the steamer, which was pitching and rocking in the bay with steam already up. About a mile from shore the wind increased, coming in fitful gusts, while the sea, which was against us, made it hard work for even the four stalwart Japanese scullers, who, stripped to the buff, with every muscle strained to its utmost tension, were apparently gaining but little headway toward the vessel. Thad started out with a thick overcoat, top boots, and was warmly clad and comparatively comfortably ensconced in the cabin of the boat upon a pile of mail bags, endeavoring to | take matters as philosophically as possible, and wondering whether we should reach her before dark, as it was now getting well on to six o'clock, and the days being short, night soon sets in. A small boat, however, in a heavy head sea, is, perhaps, not the most satisfactory place for reflection, much as we might feel so disposed, and what few thoughts | Were passing weré suddenly checked by an exclamation from one of the boatmen, and a green sea breaking on board, filling the little cabin and drenching the mail bags and myself thor- oughly. Crawling out and not understanding the gibberish, as it then seemed to me, of the boatmen, who were now quite excited, I pointed first to the steamer and then to land, but nO answer was deigned me, and they continued with unremitting vigor, puffing and blowing, to keep the boat’s head pointed for the steamer. It was decidedly quite an un- | pleasant position to be placed in. Every wave washing us from stern to stern, and thinking it might be advisable under the circumstances to do as the sendoes had done, I com- | menced to strip, leaying nothing on but a light undershirt and an overcoat thrown loosely about me, for it was a question in time that any boat should have put off that afternoon, as two hours previously all the small craft in the bay had made for an anchorage, and were out of harm’s way. Instructions had been given to sail that night, but the captain, taking into con- sideration a falling barometer, a pitch dark night, and the very threatening aspect of the weather, wisely concluded that discretion was the better part of valor, and accordingly post- poned his departure until the following morning, when pros- pects of better weather were anticipated. The morning dawned, the sky was clear'; the wind hadin a measure subsided, and to.all appearances the weather was all that could he desired, Alas, for the snare and delusion— “ A sadder and a wiser men He rose the morrow morn,” The anchor was hoisted on board, and steam being already up we left Hiogo anchorage, and with a moderate breeze steamed down the Suwo Nada for Kii Channel. We had fair Weather until noon, during which time we met many junks, which were all evidently in great haste to make land, ““We have made an untimely mistake, Dr. Tupin, in leay— ing to-day,” remarked Captain M , a8 we paced the deck ; ‘“‘and,” continued he, ‘‘ 1am rather afraid that we shall get some rough weather outside to-night, off Oosima, and if we do we shall get it strong.” , T replied that everything seemed favorable enough to me, except the steady fall inthe barometer, which is not a pleas- ant thing at any time at sea, and more particularly so on this especial occasion, as we were short-handed in the crew. The afternoon was in a measure 4 repetition of the previous one. The clouds were ragged, and the scud flew low; the wind was squally and with heavy flaws; everything in fact looked and felt as if something worse was soon to follow. We made the entrance of Kii Channel and the light on Oosima late that evening, and kept our course about East. The land at this time was scarcely discernible, owing to the | almost impenetrable blackness of the night, and as the wind was still rising and a heavy head sea coming up the channel.. we were glad to leave it astern and get into the rolling Pacific. The steamer, a long, sharp iron screw-boat of about 1,000» tons, formerly a Calcutta and Chinese opium clipper, clove the erested seas like a knife, while the water ran aft in tons on her flush deck. The prospect was anything but pleasant, and. Capt. M—— quietly remarked, after finding the barometer had fallen to 28.20, that ‘‘ we were in for it.” There was cer— tainly no sleed to be thought of then, so laying in a handful of cheroots and seeing things safely lashed in my cabin, I went up on deck, and, stepping cautiously upon the ladder leading up to the bridge, ascended earefully and took mny sta- tion beside the first officer and the captain, who were engaged in earnest conversation, The wind had now increased to heavy gale from the N. N. E., and orders were given to haye the two men at the wheel. lashed, and life-lines stretched along the deek, which was imperatively necessary in face of the vast volume of water continually pouring on board. Precaution had previously been taken to haye everything snug aloft, an operation which was happily gone through when the weather was less threatening. I soon descended from the bridge, and, after being well soaked, succeeded in the difficult task of getting back into the cabin again, which I was heartily glad of, as it was no easy matter to keep on one’s legs on the bridge of a steamer pitching and tumbling into a seething sea. Turning in standing, I endeavored to catch a few moment's sleep, but soon found that this was out of the question. At midnight the wind had increased, and it whistled through the rigging with most doleful effect, while the creaking and groaning of the yessel, and the noise of the rush of the mighty waters above and around us, were anything but pleasant sounds. The pitching caused by the heavy sea rendered it my mind whether we should ever reach the steamer at all. After an hour's work the M—— was reached, and as it was almost dark we shouted lustily for help. ‘The gang-plank be- ing down the mails were pitched to the quartermaster, and I might truly say, myself likewise; for, benumbed with cold from an almost nude state for fifteen minutes, my limbs re- fused motion, so that I was in some way pulled on board, taken into the captain’s lower cabin, rubbed with hot flannels | and plied with stimulants by incomparable celestial seryants, | and after half an hour's application of this sort of thing I came round again, Captain M—— yas quite surprised at the impossible to keep in one’s berth, and to make matters still worse, a smalliron safe, which was used by the captain to stow away his papers, ete., broke adrift and came ‘crashing through the drawers under my berth. To try to be still, and have this thing, weighing about a ton, dancing about like a pea in the cabin, was not to be thought of, So, after a desperate leap, I managed to clear it without loss of life or limb, gain the main saloon, and beckoning to two celestials, half dead with fright, who were trying to steady themselves against the hhizzenmast, we cast ‘a rope around the fractious bit of iron, and securely lashed it to the mizzenmast aiter a great deal of 258 ror FOREST AND STREAM. troile. Siou. batiling Cescliptiou, reigned supreme. $ ill, Steamer, now on her beani-ends and wallowing Jiku a Jow in thie s¢a, Was somewhal under contral. ** Water!” I yelled in (he eur of one of the boys. ‘Where is the driukiog waler?” But all tone purpose, 1 fancied T saw bis lips mye, aad could barely cateh that maieal plirase, ‘No sale,” which no doubt was roared al the in reply, Tue e€ bin Al this time was drenqaied through and 2 complete wreck, The racks over the dining tables, containiug the glassware of the steam: r. were burled abont promischously during every lurch, Tumblers, Wine-glagses, decanters, berdes of Worces- tershire sauce, condiments, ett, were whizzing avout in dangurous proximity to my head, and swelling the already large pile of dedris o4 the floor. The scene, notwithstanding our critical position. was ludicrous, aud IT could not suppress a smile when glancing into the pantry, the door of whieh had, in the early part of the storm, become unhinged and broken, T noticed plates by the dozens, and table syrvice of cyery description rattling down like a shower of peas, and breaking Wilhont apparent noise. Ti, vas almost an inmpossibility to keep one's feet at all, and it is quite surprising how insensille one becomes to knocks and bruises under such circumstances, which. if happ: ning at any ther time, would be counted as quite severe accidents, The night seemed as if iy would never end and as the eabin clock had long since lefrits proper station aod become a thing of the past, [ contd but yaguely guess at the time, my owu watch baving stopped throngh having its owner jared and tumbled about. All the lights were out or broken, with the ‘Bingie exception of a swinging lantern, which seemed deter- mined to remain in ils place and add to the horror of the situition by casting a dull; flick ring and sickly glimmer about the wrecked cabin, After an age of torture as it seemed and being unable to communicate with any one, even if such a thing were possible, the cabin appearen to be possessed with a dull, gray gloom, whiel was evidently day— light or the nearest approuch to it. Carefally working my Way up the companion-way I peeped out of the window and Jnoked forward, and what a sivht wet myeyes! Tue steamer stemed enveloped iu a thick shroud of foam blown ff the water. The boats were gone, dayils twisted, the bridg+ had disappeared, top-yards ana masis were broken off; sails which were so carefully aud neatly furled the afternoon pre- vious were now in shreds and ribbons. No mort) was to be seen on deck, The smoke funnel seemed bent, twisted, and filled with unsightly boles and encrusted with salt ; the bulwarks were broken, stove In and splinter-d. Everything moveable on deck had been washed away. The steamer Iny on her beam ends, and in a state of perfect pandemonium. The wind had incressed to such an extent that it male is im- possible for the sea to rise, and the water was actually blown from off the surface of the waves, charging the atmosphere Af three oclock in the morning noise and confu- the of making move rapid progress; 0, after having bemta new stofm tysiil, we lay quietly to during the greater portion of the night, and haying induced, by promises of speedy return to land and extra wages, the still terror stricken crew te turn to and re-stow the cargo, the steamer was soon put on a devel keel and full head of steam torned on, The decks were ligaped with tangled and broken rigging, smashed skylights and stove deck-houses, and in anything but aship-shape coa- dition. It took some time to get things in order, but ai8 o'clock on the morning of the third day out we bore up for Suruga Gulf which was of our port bow, and in the after: noon steamed quietly along in comparatively smooth water With that grand anf peeriessold sentinel Puji Yalia abreast off Vs With its snow-capped Gomegliitertng ikea huge diamondin the sunshine. With the exceplivn of asoow Hurry yhich left the atmosphere clearer and more braciuy than before, we grad ially made eur way towsrd Yeddo Bay, passing large quantities of wreeked staf, the remams of unfortunate junks who had fared tsuch worse them ourselyes. At 10 o'clock in the evening Rock Island was just abeam, 9nd steaming very cautiously up Yedo Bay we passed Kan-on-saki light early in the morning,and at 9 o'clock dropped ancher amouy the ship- ping at Yokohama on-as gloriove a mornimg as one could wish to see, after lheving passed through one of the heaviest typhoonsever experienced on the gouthérn coast of Japan. April, 1877. Toxin, ee For Forest and Slream and Bod and Gun. TURKEY HUNTING IN FLORIDA, port bow at 8 o'clock, but the séa qwas still too heavy te think , She eanal, through whieh (Steen iminediately plunged, for- tinately striking a shallow spot, and seizing the turkey in tri- umph, rejoined me a few riinutes afterward, A noble bird it was, weiwling, as we subseapently ascer- ‘tained, nineteen pounds. His plumage wasa mashof rolden- bronge, tinged with the most delicate purple,.and. I thought for the moment.as I stroked his breast feathers; that I had: Hever seen. auythiog more beatiful. But night was approach- ing, and we hastily bent our steps to the treesayvhere O'Steen had located:the twa hens. Although dhe had carefully noted | the spot, we strained our eyes im vain for some time, endesy— oring, to see them, as the folinge- was quite thick, At length ourmovements droye one of them out, but my gum.snapped, and my companion was notin a position-for'a: thot. The: other we could: not dislodge, and sencluded it had taken-flight at my shot at the gobbler, Shouldtring the latter, O'Steen led. the way toward samp, but a dilemma speedily arose. In.moy-. jug about lookingup in the trees; we had Jeft the evnal,-and heeame completely farmed around and after pushine=through: ‘he bushes and vines until we came aut intoan-opem spot we Tad not before sexs, O'Steen, woodman though he ywas>.ae-- Mmowledged himselitost. Fortunately at this-juneture the- moon arose, iviug us the points of the compass; aswe had, cnteresd-on.the castem side- of the ewamp, and after climbing= deaayed logs, and warking our waythrough pools: af water that suggested moccasins, we struck. fie canal; when, giving a, shot, we were gratified by a halloa; which evidently proceed- ed from Wilkerson in the direction-of our camp,. A few min-- utet walk now brougiit us to the edgeet the swamp, whenee, at sushort distance, we beheld our oomrade’s stalwast figure under: alive oak tree, engaged in feeding a blazing-fire hevhad. | india. He had seenmo turkies;. but iadiheard us skeet, and. ot ITAT do you'think of tryine:the ‘old fields’ for tur- | keys this eyeing? Bill Wilkinson wants to go, thongh Td sooner he wouldn’l; but E think ww are bound to run against an old gobbler down therg;. and we ean lie out all | night so asto hear them» calling at daylight in the morning.” As O’Steen said this Ifelulike gobbling a turkey myself, and, equipped with a gum blanket to. keep. off the dew, my breech- | Joader, and a plentiful supply of cartridges loades with buck- shot and No. 8,1 was sgeedily neady for the faay. O’Steen and Wilkerson scorned the blanket, amdithe latlerteok enough ‘mountain dew” with him to keep/out the damgmess and in- spire him with sufficient courage to: face the mast ferocious gobbler that eyer lived. er died. The “old fields,” distant some three or four miles from O'Steen'sranche,, lsd formerly been an old plantation, but the house had been burned down long previous to the wan; and it was now abamoned. All signs of civilization had gradually dizappeared\, excepting a ‘with a fine saline spray, which rendered respiration a matter of much difficulty. Durivg a lull in the storm, for the dura- tion of a half hour, the spoon drifts subsided with the wind, and huge seas rose and came tumbling on board in all direc- tions. One moment we breasted these watery hills seemingly to the clouds, and with a suddenuess that made one Jight- healed; the next, with a heavy lurch, the steamer would sink ‘into a valley of blackness, as if never to rise again, while towering mountains of water seemed to eucompass her on all ‘sides with a roar of indescribable grandeur. With tottering Jimbr and bruised body, T worked my way by a side door into the captain’s eatin, where both he and the first officer were for a moment, after having been by the wheel during the areater part of the night. By great effort T understood him to say that ‘it was doubtful if we got out of it at all, as we were now in the vortex.” This was not at all pleasing, and it would be hard to conceive a more precarious position to be placed in than the present one. Our only hope was in | dhe staunchness of the vessel and strength of her engines, which had stood au extraordinarily severe test; but should they break down within the coming hour our chance for life waa slim indeed. It was of little use to look at the harom— eter, which was swinging about like the pendulum ofa clock We knew we were in a very trying predicament, and the worst was probably yet to conic. The sexs were terrible to Jook upon, and their roar was that of a pack of fiends ingar- nate, endeavoring to engulf an almost helpless craft that was pitched and buffeted about as easily as a straw, It would re- quire a pen of more than ordinary power to give the faintest delineation of so grand a scene, in which a man 1s about as powerless 28 a mouse in the clutches of the elements. Those who have passed through similar experience can perbaps Te- call the innate insignificance a man feels uuder such circum- stences, utterly helpless, and at the divine mercy. The cargo had been shifted during the storm to the port- side, and a3 a consequence the steamer had a heavy list in this direction, As it was impossible to right her now, we were forced to rewaif in this condition during the rest of the typhoon, The native sailors had long ago cut off their top- Knots as a sign of having given up (he last despair: hope and being ready fo meet death. Others were chanting their death songs, while still others were 50 stupefied with fear a8 to be ingapable of moving or even speaking, bat Jay abont like logs, wherever they had fallen, in a semi-para- lyzed condition. A large quantily of water having made its | Wild orange trees grew here and thete,, the golden fruit looking canal that, flowing from. an immense- swamp, intersected it in seyeral directions, and though now choked by debris, still, by the regular lines of its banks,. showed the hand! of man had once been there. At intesvals groves. of live oake were seen, and having reached on:-of. these: in. alose: proximity to the swamp, we concluded to, eamp there, and deposited the giun blanket and provisions we: had brought,, We then decided on our plan of operation. Wilkerson. was: to: proceed along the édge of the swamp about a mile, and: remaimnear its edge, while O’Steen and | would at onceentex; and. taking the bank of the canal, proceed seme distance, when we would sit down and listen. We accordingly left Wilkerson (whe, having taken several pulls at his flask, was. not as: keenly alert as a turkey hunter should be), and stealthily entered tht, swamp, the broad bank of the canal serving as a pathway, though at times huge vines crossed it, presenting some. obstacles to our progress. | yery tempting, though we knew by bitter experience it was | not as sweet a3 if might be. Having, pushed our way about a quarter of a mile, we arrived. at 2 coniparatively open: spot, where we could have a view in. evexy direetion for a short dis- tance, and here we resolved to, take our position, The sun was stillabout an leur high, bat alzendy twilight was bezin- ning to settle ower the thick xecesses of the swamp. No sound broke the stillness save, the distant hooting of an awl, | and occysiounlly the ery of the little “cat squirrel’ that, safe from our fire, climbed out on a tree wyér our heads. Yes, there wis another sound, not so, agrecable—the music of the | mosquito, myriads of which attacked snd caused us to think.| unutterable things; that could be heard, while the little sand- fly, in his quiet, insinuating way, proceeded to investigate Wss as though a commission appointed for the purpose. It seems to me the acme of self control to haye a mosquito) | wiht on your neck after a preliminary hum, and not slap hii | as he horés you; but I didn’ slap him, T was hunting turkess; find the slizhtest moyement would have caught the keen,eye of Pinna, if insight. I couldn't avoid trying to flap my ears, however, and should certainly have made an ass of my— self on that eccasion had I been able; but flapping wss too. much for one of my (y)ears, and I desisted. Carefullg con cealed behind the dependent leaves of a palmetto, we-sit mo~ tionless for some minutes, when. slowly a muffled soval like distunt thunder falls nponthe ear. The old hunter turns his head toward me and whispers, ‘Did you hear that?” “I hear way into the farnace room of the engine, and hicing ¢on- stantly pitching about by the lurching of the vessel, caused great volumes of steam to arise from the engirie hateh, whieh added only to the desolate condition we were i The engi- neers also experienced much difficulty in Keeping the fires alive, and were forced to act as stakers themselves, all da- pendence on the native firemen vanishing with the commence- ment of the storm. These plucky fellows and two Chinese qnartermasters stuck to their, post and worked bravely and well, and to DEE unflagving eiforis our ultimate safety was in ‘eat measure due, * ta Ne space of an hour the wind came in sharp puffs from every point of the compass, which warned ug of our Approach to the inner cirele of the storm, Twenty minutes later it blew with redoubled violence, the sea becomiag confused and boarding us from all quarters. For three long hours we battled with the eluments—pitched, tosse:l and hoye about like a cockle-shell by the resistless win 1s dad waters, while our condition, to all intents and purposes, was perfectly helpless. At about noon the wind, though still fierce, blew Btendiet" and pradually settled into a heavy gale from the nortlivest, and mach to onr great relief the sea became more regular, At four o'clock in the aftersoon & faint. rift im the slorm-driven clouds revealed the sup for a few moments, aud by a hasty observation we made out thiut we had drifted nearly ninety miles to the southward of Oosima by the fi ince o? the wind, sea and strong current of this part of the coast. The clouds having, to 4 great extent, bean dispersed and the night being clear with a brilliant moon, we made land on the a turkey strut.” Again we hear the sound, loudee than wh first, (hough still indistinct. Now the insects are umhe I and every nerve is strained to catch a vitw of the moble bird. Hark! again the muffled drum, this time accompanied with a iond gobble that rings upon the air, O'Steen raises: his turkey éall to his lips, and sounds a cry for the old gobbler. My heart is almost in my throat, for fear he should inake a false note; but fhe old hunter has called too many turkeys to lose his nerye, and the tones ring out clear and true, Tn vain, however; the old cock has hens with him, and thinks “‘s bird inthe hand worth two inthe bush;” but he siruts with all his might and gobbles again and again, though still invisille. Mo- lioning me to remain atmy post, O’Steen slowly rose, and with cat-like tread, stole off gently inte the swanyp, taking up a po- sition some fifty yards away. The sun had now set, and still the game did not show itself. I was beginning to fear our watching was im vain, when O’Steen approached and said: “Tye got the liens perched now, and as soon as the gobbler fllies up into the tree we'll fix them.” As he spoke, the sound of mighty wings beating the air was heard, and to oursurprise the old cack appeared flying directly toward us, He was eyt- dently looking for the lien that had called so persuasively in our direction, andso wellhad he located ns that he flew jnto an immense tree immediately overhead. A projecting limb al- most concealed him from yiew, and to get a shot I moved out a little, when ‘Hutt! fluff!! fluff!!!’ he flew out of the imee, presenting a beautiful mark. The gun came fo my shoulder, and us she roared out there was an indistinct yision, through ihe smoke, of a huge mags of bird falling on the other side of | said he “Knowed from the noise it made it was-that new fangial.con without 2 ramrod,” andihe “reckonedshe had fetchwe, something.” *-Yes,” said. .O'’Sieen, “af I had that gun, she saul never shoot mothin’ but buekshot, and navmoney couldsbuy her.” Having thus expressed himself, he lium: the- turkey 9m a stout sapliug. and prooeeded to investigate the: bag of provisions we had brought for’ ©. Wilkerson col- | lectediabout a cord of wood to keepothe fire soing all:night, and sisting himself, calaaly proceeded te pet] and eat =: seur orangs to my infinite astonishment... assuring me that he liked it “splendid.” After supper: amd seme reminissencess from ©'Steen of the killiazof bears; deers; etc., we replenished | the fire-and laid down azound it to seep. The othersswere- soon ina deep slumber, Lyinz.on the -‘Vars:ground, but though L. spreadathe gum blanket down with my-hoots for apillayy, Mor-- phensdeserted me. One side would treeze and the otherroast; and just as I would get into a,doze I would have to turmover- to warm the cold side, endicool the warm side, and would be- effectually awakened. resolutely, closed my eyes-fonrseme time, hena strange noise made me openthem with thethought: that parhaps a wild cat was trying to seal the turkeyi, An owl was sitting om a limb blinking his big eyes, evidently; shia loss; to understamd matters aad occasionelly yenting his a4tonish- ment im the ery I had heard.. I arose sack drove him ssvayyand,_ finding-myselt thoroughly avake, stepped out from theshadow of the live oak and admired the scene-2=-much 4s posasble from: a pastemidnicht point of mew. The Sallmoon shone-olear and! beautiful, high in the site. throwing_au lustre on the: leaves-of2 the palmetto and bringiags gut in fullirelief the long sraymoss: that hung im festoons frem the darks, lim oaks, Our camp tire had heaome 4, mac-of coals, with. here, andi there-2 flickering flame: darting up sufittiently to sited a. light on tite sleeping men aad show tha-old gobbler im, the hack. growid, witile the shizinge. barrels-of: our guns, resting at the- footof one of the huge tees, threweliack the light ciimoon and. fire agsoue or the othertriumphed. Stramge to says no insects - disturbed us here, andiofter listening to the hootiaz-of a, can- vention of owls ] wen> back, three lor on the fre and. lay down.te think of the srangeness-of baing in the yaneds.at such an Hour; t Kill that turkey, oversagain, and to wish IT was aseay, I must have dropped,cstiat last, for 1 was-startled when, O)Steen arose, sxd_told me-to- put on my baots.and, get ready; daylight was amning, A\faint gleam iy the East veri- fied his: words, and ase made raadyfor departume the orah of stalling pine soundedaway offin the woods, 2y\\stoppediand listened. asa turkeyis.sure t@zoleble When a trae falls; if im the neighborhood, Sure enough, we hear one aanile oti} near the edge ofthe swamp. Leaning. Wilkerson testake a.didferent route we seized ou euns-andataried at a quick walk, ab times preakime intow tretas.the turkeys would call again, My gob- bler seemed like. nothing as. 2 enrried Rin slagge over my shoulder. as neck. in, my left land. was only as we stopped. for a, momest’s rest tat 1 fala what a wuight he wis, so ob—Mious were we of esrything but the game we wene after At loneth, we were, apparently, in close proximity toit. Evicently he had not yet left his roost. We were passimg throughs grove al) palmet— toes whose dead Ieayes. lag: on. the ground making: it almost im-. cesible forme: t, walk mithout noise as they criakled under- ‘oot, but my companion glidnd around aadover them, scarcely making a sound, Breatkless, we halted behind s fallen Jog and; sit down fora rest. The tarkey al this jung gobbled im; the most olgrageous: manner and O'Siwen. trio Ins call, but without effest, At length he whispyred.to. wu, Mr. 8. , let: me take your zum and go ower there sw kill bum, This gun, E have is no. secount, yours sure; We can’t botl #0 there oner the ‘meetes” leaves,” ‘*Wes," said ‘but suppose he comes this way 2nd attacks;me, what cauT do? I can’t shoot that old pot-metal, thing.” But seeing his disappointed look 1 band- ed him my oun and the old fellow departed with a twinkle te his cyé that meant business. Not the breaking of a twig: or crushing of a lea! marked! his yoo as he disappeared. There was silence for what seemed, lone time in my suspense. The bird had stoppel gobbINE: eR ADE had flown. Surldenly a loud report, followed by the fall of a heavy body, and im a few moments O’Steen appeared, bisascient countenapee lighted up with a smile of triumph, anda 24 igantie sobblerthrown over his shoulder. As he laid the bird ak wa he simply remarked, “Tt raust have been a hundred yards. 1 killed him on his perch.” Those two birds were a study for an artist. Gather- ing them and our guns we started for home, being shortly joined by Wilkerson, who now proved his asefulness on a hunt by slinging both birds over his broad shoulders aud carrying them without a symptom of fatigue until we reached the house, where, aftera hearty breakfast, 1 tumbled into bed, and successfully wrestled with the sleep that had evaded ma under the live oaks. BE. & ——— For Forest und Stream ant Hol and tren. ROUGHING IT IN GANADA, HE reader las doubtless read of canoe trips, all over Europe and the United States, and as ‘ variety is tha spive of life" I now propose to tell you how a party af four, FOREST AND STREAM. 259 consisting of ‘'Tousty," ‘* Dave,” Browh and the writer, went. on a caloe trip on the back likes of Canada, Barly in Septeniber, 65, we packed up our traps, in as smal] a compass as possilile, io be handy for portaging, and started from Lindsay, Ont., the terminus of the Midland Railway. Some one is always behind handjwith his prepara- lions fora trip of this kind, and the town clock was just pivying warning that it was time to rest from the labors of the day when we slipped into our canoes, one doutile and two single, bark, A pleasant paddle of eight miles down the Scugog River brought us to Sturgeon Lake, a renowned place for maskalonge and black bass fishing, (A summer hotel has just been erepted on Sturgeon Point—i876—and if any of your readers want to find a pleasant spot to spend wo or three weeks with their families in midsummer, where they can haye a fairy amount of sport and at a very reasonable price, they might ‘go farther and fair worse.’’) Our route Jay across the head of the lake, between Ball and Stureeon points, to the mouth of Fenelon River, where we pitched » our tent, about 11 P.M, of aloyely niovolight night, having made sixteen miles, We were up at daylight, paddledup to Fenelon Walls and found we could portage up the timber slide, which saved us a ‘‘carry” of uéarly half u mile. Cameron's Lake, a beanti- ful sheet of water nearly round, and about three miles ACTORS, calm and bright asa mirror in the early sunlight, was soon crossed, then followed « mile and a lalf up Balsam River, the rapids (which are now overcome by a government lock) call ing forth all our skill and musele, we passed Rosadale just as the sleepy inbabitunts were rubbing their eyes to let in the daylight, and finding Balsam Lake perfectly calm we made for Big: Island, which contains alout 400 acres, and landed at the head or north end, at a famous picnicking ground. Here we found a party of acquaintances from Moutreal and Lind- say, who had come for a deer hunt. Sv we decided to spend the day with them. We were roused out the next morning at 4oclack to take our positions at tle watching points tor deer, The hunter or guide having already got the dogs started back of the camp, fortunately for the deer the fog did not litt until be was swimming, and he was seen by one of the Montreal gentleman to pass Ship Island and land on the east shore. The ‘* recall" was fired, and we got dinner and packed up. The two parties united, and now consisted of séven canoes—three bark, one basswood board, and three very light butternut, log canoes, ‘The latter very long and sharp, being tlie racers of the ileet. , We got away about 2», M., with quite a slrouz westerly wind, coming out of West Bay, which made it rather lively tor us with our loads when in exposed places between the islands. However, we veached the inlet, Gull Kiyer, with nothing more serious than sctling our blankets wet from the white Gaps occasionally breaking over us. Tio miles of pleasant river paddling and ilie classic village of Gohocank is reached. Madea short portage past the sew- mill, and after two miles more of river, which seemed to have been cut out of the solid Jime-stone rock, we entered “Tittle Mud Turtle’ Lake, Some deep holes at the foot of the short but rapid siwet from “Big Mud Turtle” Lake cannot. be surpassed for black bass fishing with rod und line, which, in my humble opinion, is very much better than trol- ling for them, though they take the spoon eaverly. We pitehed our tents on the west shore of **Big Mud Turile” Lake, another lovely sheet of water, about three miles long, with small, rocky islands sprinkled about here and there, Made about ten miles to-day. Got to hed early and enjoyed such sleep as can enly be had under similar circumstances. Some of the patty were ont early in the morning and brought in some very fine maskalonge for breakfast. One of our Montreal friends gave us an exhibition of his skill in Janding a ten-pounder into a single bark canoe, immediate) y in front of the camp, which nearly resulted in him and the Junge” changing places! He sueceeded in taking the fish in, but not until be had nearly taken a plunge-bath and half filled his canoe! We got under way about 9 o'clock, portaged over neck of landat ** Perkins” into the river, half a wile up stream and another short portage at McLaughlin’s mill a quarter of amile, and we have a W7f¢ over at the Natural Dam, which, as its name indicates, is a dam in the river, formed by an ancient upheaval af the rocky bed, forming a fall of about five feet. Half a mile and we come to Elliott’s Falls. There is 2 good water-power here, with a fall of about twenty feet, A portage of ubout three hundred’ yards, partly up a steep Wank, and we are once more on the gently flowing stream. These portages make lively work with a large party like onrs, there being a general rush to see Who won't be last! A steady pull of foar miles gives us a rest after the four portazes, and we enter ‘t Moore’s” Lake, which is the beginning of the Salmon Trout waters, and the last Jakeon the route in which Maskalonge lave been caught. A short portage at Moore’s Walls and we are into Gull Lake, one of the largest lakes on this chain, being about eight miles long and four or five wide, with seyen or eight islands init. Grill iock is.a conspicuous spot near Uhe middle of the lake, and +‘ Miners’ Bay,” on the cast side, the scene of a good deal of misplaced energy. The Salmon Trout fishing is first-class here in September, and up to the commencement of the close season, the 15th of October, In September it ig necessary totroll between the islands and - in deep water, with about half a pound of lead on the line, ‘put Joter the fish will be found just off the spawning beds, two or three rods from the shore, and little or no sinker is re- quired, The very best bait] have used is the No. 5 silyverspoon, red inside, made by Delany of Orillia, who being somewhat of a sport knows what is wanted, His tackle has one decided virtue, it is strong and neat, ers of the Forrest anp SiRwaw turning up their classic Roman or Grecian nasal organs at the idea of catching fish when they aré coming to their spawning beds, Let me ex- plain. FPorafew days before the spawning season actually levine itis 1 rare thing to catch a female fish there. The males apparently coming on the beds first, and it is only when they have rubbed the upper surfaces of the stones clear that the female fish deposits her spawn. When the spawning season is at its height I have known one good spearsman to kill 225 fish in one night, from dark till 2 4. 7, and ranging from two to twenty-six pounds weight. Fortunately, this wholesale slaughter is now being rigidly pul down by the numerous government inspectors, But to resume—vwe camped on the east side ot the lake al a nicely shelicred inlet: had a heavy rainin the night, which proved our tent to be water-tight and comfortable. Onr Lindsay friends put out their dogs and we lielped to watch. wo deer came into fhe lake, but got away again. ‘*'Poasty” had a shot at one of them as if was going out, but apparently did not hurt it juch, ; Another beautiful, fine, warm day, The next day we were again ont on the watch, Daye und Brown both missed w deer, . I faney I see some of the read- | They were rather green at, shooting out of « bark canoe in a rouvh sea, Our friend Madden shot one which sunk like a stone hefore lie could ret toit. He killed it too dead, and should have driven it till it got blown with wind. This was the only one killed by our party out of five deer which the dogs van in to-day, We afterwards learned that a settler had got one ot them, A yount trapper named Cowan came along in the evening and camped with us. We found that he was goings thirky or forty miles further north, So‘ Toasty” and 1 decided to accompany him, ‘* Daye’ and Brown elected to remain with the larger party, not caring to undertake the harder work on the larger portages farther up stream. We made an curly stuart with Cowan, and after » pleasant paddle through the early fog up the lake and four miles up the river, came to Gull River Bridge, or Minden, a small baclowoods settlement, and the last on the ronte. Procuring f further supply of groceries here, not of the yery best, we continued up the river about twomiles to the long ** portage.” his is a “eurry " of two miles over a bush road. Consider- able time was losl in getting n settler fo take us over ona “jumper” with an ox team, and as if was just about dark and raining and wtolerably rough, rocky road, even for the back*country, the less said about it the better perhaps. Alter a good night's rest, a lovely morning and a hearty hrenkfast made us forget the previous. evening's experience. This is one of the benefits of ‘roughing it.” ‘* Mountain” Lake, about two miles long, surrounded by mountainous, rocky bluffs, is well stozked with salmon trout, and empties into {lorse Shoe Lake, from which Gull River takescireuitous course of some fiye or six miles fo the point where we had left it to make the lon@ portaze, By this “curry” we save about eight miles, included in which is about tlree miles of impassable rapids and falls, A short carry past the falls at the lead of Mountain Lake, which is four miles long, but we leave it mile from ihe north end, on the west side, and enter Little Bush Konk Lake thronzh a narrow and roundabout channel, which looks like anything but tha proper course. ‘his Jake, which is only about Half a mile long, is soon crossed over, and we pass under a dilapidated government bridge on the Peterson line, If this road had ever been used it showed no traces of it then, ‘ Big Bush Konk” Lake, a fine open sheet of water about five miles Jong and four wide, is Ue receiving basin of three separate chains of lakes. The east branch coming in about a mile wp the east shore, the west branch almost directly opposite, and the north branch at the extreme north end of the lake. Our course took us up the east branch, or Grass River, which is very shallow, in some pluces almost impassable for a loaded canoe at this season of ihe year, About a mile up stream we made a short portage past the ruins of a sawmill which probably~ never had been completed. Another mile and we enter Beech Lake, which is aljout a mile long. A short portage takes us into Maple Lake. ‘There is one settlor liying on tue north shore, with a squaw for housekeeper, and an acre potato-patch. He evidently geis # living, as do most of the settlers in this region, by trapping. and hunting. At the point between the two lakes we found Cowan, Sr., and his wife camped. We put up our tent near by aud had a hearty meal of venison, off a buck killed by Cowan the day before. And now for a little ex- perience. Our boots having got pretty well soaked with wading up the shallow rapids on Grass Kiver—to save the bottoms of the canoes—we pnt them, as we thought, at a safe distance from the fire to dry out some, but in the morning, the fire having run in the leayes aod moss, had ‘ gobbled” up the leg of one of my hodts, Sal was left with one boot and a very poor substitute for a slipper—rather a bad lookout in the woods and thirty or forty miles from: the nearest shoe- maker, We paddled leisurely up Grass River, ‘* Grass” Lake and © Pine” Lake to ‘* Cranberry" Lake, found the water very shallow and the pertages long, so turned down stream again to Cowan’s camp, They having decided to trap up the north branch, we started with them the next day down to Big Bush Konk Lake, then up to its head. Here we found a river a quarter of a mile long, nearly all rapids and a fall of about sixty feet. We found the portage over the hill rather tongh work, but were amply repaid when we launched our canoes On ** Hall's” Lake, which is one of the most beau- tiful lalces in the whole chain, We found an excellent camp- ing, ground on the land beach at the north end, which, ly the way ure rather scarce and difficult to findin this rocky coun- try. Barly the next morning Mv. Cowan put out one of the does on the east shore and ‘*'Toasty” the other on the west shore, About 7:30 the latter brought in a fallow doe, and while ‘* ‘Poasty ” and [ were after it in came a rousing big buck frem the east shore, Not seeing the Cowans in chase, “Toasty,” leaving me to look after the doe, started off at about sixty 10 the minute after the buck, If anything in the shape af sport, that can be had. within reasonable reach, can equal the pleasyrable excitement of a chase like this I have yet to experience it, ‘The buck struggled hard and was near getting away, but finully gaye up the battle after the third round. We gol both deer to the camp at 8:30, in comfortable time for breakfast. In the afternoon we cleaned up our Buns, reorganized our loads, and got ready for « start for home, the Cawau family goive further north for the fall and winter trapping. The downward trip occupied about five days, is we stopped to fish oGcasionally, And shot a few dicks on Oaimeron’s and Sturgeon Lakes and Scugog River. We arrived home in good time, feeling all the better for the trip, and as an evidence of the way that kind of a holiday agrees with the wrtter who is cooped up i an oflice most of the year, the scale beam showed #u increase of thirteen pounds avoirdupvis in the fifteen days. G. a ' Trurmodis.—The bill for the establishment of a Board of Fish Commissioners to increase the product of fisheries by artiticial propagation and cultivation has been defeated in the Hilinois Senate, ‘The Chicago Zimes thus pointedly speaks : ‘*The proposed Board, which the Senate so valiantly refused to inflict upon the people, Would have consisted of three gen- ilemen of wealth and culture, who proposed to stock the tiv- ers and lakes of Illinois with valuable food fish, pro bene pud- lico, entirely at the owner's expense. ‘The reason for the va- liant refusal of the Senate to inflict that Board upon the peo- ple presumptively was that there was ‘not a d— cent in that bill.’ Had it been a meagure to transfer some more earnings of the people to the pocket of a new lot of office—holders, all Wades could not lave prevented its passage.” The above comments certainly haye more truth than poetry, Royer, 1 —Summer tourists will board at the best Niagara alls hotels this season for #3 50 per day. fish Culture, ABSTRACT OF THE NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GOMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. ETWEEN May 21st and June 27th 1,927,000 shad eges were taken and artificially impregnated, and 1,850,000 young shad turned loose into tle Hudson a few miles below Albany. In proportion to the number of ripe fish secured, these results compare fayorably with those reported last year ; and, so long as the mature shad are denied an occasional free passage to their spawning grounds, 4 larger showing cannot reasonably be expected, The cause of the diminution of the quantity of spawn manipulated is due to the gveat increase of the nuniber of fishermen, who are engaged either in fishing for the market, or in taking supplies for their own families and neighborhoods, to be salted down for future nse. A few years ago and tlie shad fisheries of the Hudson were being abandoned; us the yield was increased by the operations of the Commission, the fisheries were resumed and new ones were established, so that to-day there are nearly fen times as many nets in the river aga there were six years ago, The re- sult is that, although the general catch was much larger than heretofore, the actual number of ripe fish which ran the rauntlet of these obstructions and reached the upper waters was diminished, This will be a self-regulating operation, alternately increasiny as to fish or fishermen, until a weekly close time is established to permit a proper proportion of breeders to reach their accustomed spawning grounds. It was not deemed desirable to continue the operations with salmon in this State where the streams are so utlerly obstructed with dams, nets and weirs, till the results of previous attempts had been obtained, California salmon, like those of the enstern const, remain in fresh water about a year, and ave, while in the condition of fry or smolts, often taken in the nets aud weirs, After that they disappear, undoubtedly going to the sea, and in a few instances, perhaps, passing all obstructions and getting there ; but as yet it cannot positively be said that any have returned. In confinement they seem healthy, but, wolike the Eastern salmon, when in that condition, the males are smaller than the females, never exceeding about half a pound, but they pro— duce the milt or male feeundating fluid, This las been used to impregnate the eggs of the brook trout, ‘The experiment was made in the fall of 1875, and about one-quarter of the eges manipulated were fertilized, thus showing that either the conditions were unnatural or the spermatic fluid was not vig orous and healthy. The fish thus produced are probably mules and incapable of continuing their species. ‘They aye growing well, and in their appearance show the evidences of their double origin. The parent males were two years of age, af which period they develop their milt regularly, never afterwards increasing in size, Whereas the female salmon produce no eggs when kept in fresh water. This is equally the case with the female eastern salmon, while the male eastern salmon, which attains the fame size as the female, does not even produce milt. The young of this cross have been retained at the State hatching works and are growing tinely, being by February 1, 1877, about four inches long, ‘There can no longer be any question of the success and im- portance of fish culture as a public undertaking, ATI conn- tries where proper steps haye been taken and the right means used Lo increase the supply of fish, give one and the same re— sponse. With many varieties, such as migrate for example, the consequences are not so imniediately visible, but in smaller and confined localities the problem is a simple one. The num- ber of fish taken out of such waters depends upon the number put in, either by artificial or natural meaus, Any waters can be stocked, and the commissioners feel assured of most srati- fying and satisfactory returns from their operations with brook trout. 'The public take a lively interest in these beauti- ful and valuable fish, aud will keep careful watch over them. | Nearly three millions will have been distributed by next spring, aud of these a large percentage will grow, mature, aud afford both a healthful recreation for individuals and food for the public. ' ' Many rivers and ponds which have been exhausted will be replenished, and the labor and expense will be repaid a hun— dred fold. : t : Through the instrumentality of the New York Fishery Commission, since its creation in 1869, many millions of fish of yarions varieties have been placed in the waters of our own country and several shipments have been made to Wurope, For the purpose of ascertaining if any appreciable improve- ment in the fishing had already resulted from the various dis— tributions, a communication was sent to parties who had re- ceived installments of fish, asking for information on the fol— lowing points :— f + 1, What number and kind of fish haye been distributed in waters with which you are acquainted ? 2, What has been the effect of the fishing ? 8, What is the character of the walters as to bottom, tem- perature and so forth? : 4. What general suggestions can you offer for the improve- ment of such fisheries? 5, Whatis the ordinary yield of fish? 6. What has )een the largest yield lately? rhe replies to these questions uniformly testified to an in- terest in the subject exceedingly gratifying to the Commis— sion ; and, although sufficient time had nor elapsed to record any practical returns from the dispositions made in many localities, from others, where the waters had been less recently stocked, very satisfactory reports were received. ‘These, how- éver, without exception, strongly condemned, and the Com-— Miissions join in the condemuation, the use of nets and seines during the spawning season, —The forthcoming report of the Canadian Tisheries Com- mission will show au increase of exports of Canadian fish to Europe. Mackerel are entering more into the supply for do- mestic consumption in the fresh slate, and are sent to Hurope in the same condition, Herring are extensively shipped to Sweden and Germany, the litter business haying grown up within a year, 260 FOREST AND STREAM, Protecting SHAD IN THR SusquEnAnNA.—The Joint Legislative Fish Commission, who have concluded an examin- ation of the fishery at the Columbia Dam, are generally of the opimion that the State has expended enough money on such useless experiments, and that the most feasible way of inducing shad to ascend the Susquehanna River beyond Co- lumbia is to destroy the dam and substitute for it an incline, extending along the stream a few hundred feet, which would insure a suiflicient depth of water to enable boats to pass to tidewater. A sub-committee has been appointed by the joint commission to consult the officers of the Reading Railroad Company and ascertain their views of the suggested device,— Phila. Limes. i Fisn Unprr Buu Grass.—Prof. H. D. Butler, the Super- intendent of the New York Aquarium, has placed blue glass sides in some of the tanks containing the lower order of ani- mils and vegetable life. The blue glass has now been in po- sition for several weeks, and Mr, Butler says, that from what he himself has observed it has benefited the creatures very inaterially ; that it diffuses and softens the rays of sunlight and conyeys a mild color to the water similar to the natural light beneath the surface of the ocean. A marked peculiarity was, that when the anemones began to bloom or expand their tentacles they invariably leaned toward the side of the tank having the bine glass, and the hermit crabs and other shell fish were oftener found next the colored side of the tank, aud against the glass, than anywhere else, — — A large quantity of black bass and other fish have been destroyed in the Jackson River, Alleghany County, Va., b& the workings of the Lawmore Iron Works having been turned into the river. The company will be prosecuted under the act. RE-STOCKING THE STREAMS. THE WORK OF THE NEW YORK STATE FISH COMMISSION— A Lis? OF THE RE-STOCKED STREAMS SINCE Aprit 13TH. x A few weeks since the EHzp7ess in an article on the State Tatchery at Caledonia, published an extended Jist: of the var- ious fish distributed by the New York Commissivn in the dit- ferent lakes, rivers and streams of this State during the pres- ent spring. Up to that time 58,000 salmon brook trout and whitelish éggs Lad been distributed, and a total of young fry as follows: Whitefish...... WP a ee ae SE Salmon trout... eeerceerecee ... 1,961,000 Browk trOut.......sceccreeesceegeeeeseneeetes i} 546,000 Since that time 484,500 young brook front have been dis- tributed, swelling the sum total of the latter to 980,00. The following list which is handed us by Mr, Monroe Green, will show the streams where distributed, aud the number of youny try cuntributed since April 13. . Brook Trout. Oquoqno Creek, Broome county.....-- sasteesees ... 20,000 Tio Head, tributary to Fishkill Mountuin Creek, Dutchess county...... svecsenbens enone use a8 15,000 Saugerties Oreck, Ulster count — 600 Oreeks in Ulster COUNLY,....-seepeeeeee ers pax 20,000 South Oyster Bay Creck, Long Islund. 12,000 Crecks in Westchester COUMLY ......re seers 30,000 Cold Creek, and others in Alleghany county 12,000 Orange county CreeKS, ....c06 oes eects eerreres 9,000 Raldwin Creek, Ghemung County........e. ees 0,000 Twelve streams, tributary to San.dbank Creek Lioga GOULDY ce eee cee ernenteepetee nerernasecerses tenmesnee es 20,000 Streams tributary to Cohocton River in Steuben co... 15,000 Vanscoys, Tuscarora and Goodlue Creeks, Steuben COUDEY ce seeensstacrasets seegerege seneceaneperseeseersseesees es 15,000 Creeks in Saratoga county... eyes abt Lutes’ trout brook, Saratoga county.......++. crc eau Creeks in Greene county........-.+++ 455 30,000 Beaver Oreek, Oneida County... -s.esese er 16,000 Creeks in Cayuga county,...-.,..... 10,000 Greeks in Montgomery county,...... wee 12,000 Dugan Creek, Monroe connty........ . 5,000 Davenport Creek, Lewis county............ 77,000 Caledonia Creek, Livingston county....... ees 90,000 ‘Vhree ereeks in Steuben COUNLY....+..-.eeweses 0,000 Allen’s Creek, Monroe county....,. 6,000 Brizhton’s ‘* 3 oe F 5,000 Rousevelt Creek, Long Island... 6,000 Greeks on Long Island,............+-- eee bea EU Bradner and Little Mill creeks and Sponable brooks Livingston COUDLY, ........cceseeeees siesten OOD peseearonsteenee Wadsworth Creek, Livingston county... -... eres: 6,000 Spring Creek cs Lgl ANE i ee ron) '/ributaries of Allen's Creek, Genesee county........... 6,000 McKnutt and Galloway Brooks, Wayne ** . 10,000 ‘Tributaries to Allen’s Creek, Monroe = ** 5,000 Harper's Brook - fe 3,000 Mary's Brook, trib. Allen's Creek, Monroe“ .... 8,000 Culver Creek a Ly ay eee 5,000 Creeks in Rockland county,....sessseeerweee es 18,000 Witite Creek, Livingston County......... +... cere 5,000 Spring Creek, Monroe LS beg snare ees | abby 434,500 Salmon Trout Canadice Lake, Livingston county......... se. 15,000 he distribution of brook trout only fairly began last sea- sun, and already favorable reports have come in from most of the streains which were re-stocked then, as well as from the vVilrious lakes and other waters in the State. The Fish Com- mission isa laudable enterprise, and deserves the success that appears tO meet its endeavors. ee ee Tie MicnieAn Geayiic.—The grayling has only of late yours been introduced to public notice, and with that introduc- tion hag at once sprung into general fayor. Several weeks ago Mr. George Il, Jerome, the superintendent of the State fisheries, went with a party of six to the head-waters of the Au Sable aud Manistee Rivers, pitched their tents on the Munistee, and on April 14th commenced fishing for grayling. ‘hey immediately made catches, and handled the fish with a view of procuring the ova, but found that they had all, or nearly all, spawned. Of the exceptions, Mr, Jerome stripped three ripe female fish, but was unable to get any milters. Onv of the female fish stripped—a fish of about the average size— yielded, by actual count, 3,555 eggs, ripe, perfect, and nearly of the size of the egg of the brook trout. After she was stripped, Mr. Jerome weighed the fish, and she weighed ex— actly nine ounces. A brook trout of the same size would not have yielded over four or five hundred eggs, thus demonstrat- ing the fact that the grayling can be cultivated ten times as easily as trout. They made the further discovery that, this fish inhabits some of the northern central lakes of Michiran. Mr Jerome aud his party reached thie city recently, having in their possession 285 adult praylings, which. they took to the hatchery at Pokagon, where they have found a home and will soon be joined by about 600 more, which Mr. Jerome will add to the group as breeders. It is also his pur- pose to place 100 of these fish in each of three streams or rivers and lakes in the southern part of the State, and demon- strate, if it is to be demonstrated, that these splendid fish can live as well in our southern waters as anywhere. Mr. Jerome ascertained the time for spawning, the probable yield of ova, and the practicability of their culture in the waters of our lakes, Mr. Jerome says he regards the grayling as the vamiest fish on the American continent, It fights its captors With greater ferocity than the trout, and in flayor and quality ar excels that favorite fish. i MICHIGAN SALMON. X Nines, May 21, 1877. EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM AND ROD AND GUN: What! Michigan salmon? Yes sir, verily, Michigan salmon! None of the common, cheap sort that dwell down Hast and away out West that We read about, but the pure, Inscious production of the pure, fresh wa- ters that bubble from the valleys and gush from the hillsides of Mich- igan! What a thing is this! Not yet four years ago their embryonic parents were transported by “lightning express” from beyond the Sierra Ne- vada to Michigan, and now a gentle, healthy brood desport im the erys- tal, non-saline waters of the State. Many are the witnesses who will attest to the fact that they are genuine—‘tto the manor born"—no bogus Cunningham wifair is this, T do most humbly assure you, ‘The wee darlings thus christened by unanimous voice—are in outline and feature and shailing the very counterparts of their imperial proto- types. Michigan salmon, indeed! You will search the authors and fauna records in vain to find the species, for this is something new under the sin, King Solomon to the contrary notwithstanding—newer even than the books, Please tally one for Michigan. Geo. H. JEROME, Natryk Micwican Sanwon.—The first native salmon ever seen in this State, and the first ever known to have been found in the fresh waters of the Eastern States sinee the extensive efforts to cultivate this luscious fish, was shown on Thursday forenoon by Vish Commis- |, sioner George H. Jerome, who brought the little active fellow here in ise water. Members of the Legislature and others saw it on the steps of the State House, Tt was about two and a half inches Jong, with the salmon-colored tail fins and the fat dorsal fin, which are certain marks of the salmonwde, Itis unquestionably a descendant of those Califor- nia salou brought into the State for propagation in 1574, and was caught al the Pokagon hatchery May 18 while trying to run up towards the entrunde of a small spring, ‘Ihese salmon, it is believed, will prove suceessful inthe fresh waters of Michigan, for our lakes snd rivers contain the shrimp and other food upon which the salmon thrives. Commissioner Jerome deposited a qnantity of grayling in the purest waters of Jackson, Kalamazoo, and Cass counties this week, ‘The wrayling Is the most gamey fish, the most delicious when cooked, and the most troublesome of all fish to catch with a seine or net, All the »Speciens obtained by Mr, Jerome were taken with a heok, The observations ad experiments of the fish commissioner are Tast knocking theories in the head, and even Knocking the life out of many ancient notions, It has been long snpposed that trout devoured each other, or ab least that the large ones ate up the small ones, But in the State hatchery there are three generations of trout, living like one happy family—erandparents, parents, and children, enjoying therm- selves together—and it Is only when some little fellow wets weak and practically worthless that he is disposed of In the maw of one of his biveer relatives. ‘ : ‘The expense of the State Fish Commission will begin to come hack into the pockets of the people in a very sltort time, Horatio Seymour, of New York, says that an acre of water slocked with choice fish will nuke a larwer return money every yeur than an acre of land planter With any farm Grop, re PROPAGATING THE BLACK BASS. 4 yew Yore, May 21, isi7. Enron FOURS? AND STREAM AND ROD AND GUN? Tam trlud 1) see in your last issue a warning against the infrodnuction of black bass into waters fitted for other and more important fish. Some years ago, with several others, T protested against the rage for black bass, which, like every other infatuation which takes possession of our impulsive nation, threatened to destroy so many (Wout streams or brooks which once were and could be again stocked with trout. T knew that such large rivers as the Connecticut and Delaware can- not be'given up to trout alone, bnt I have never heen able to see the sense of stocking rivers with shad and salmon—seéfar aiid Tand-locked salmou—and then putting im the miost prolilic and destructive iis to eat up the young fry. I know the gamitess of black bass, bit they are worse than pickerél to * clean out” & stream of every living thing; tor pickerel are Jimited by their habits to the muddy and sluggish stretches of water, but black bass lie In and thrive best in the very pools and rifts frequented hy trout and youug salmon, In time :the bass will “pervade and invade” every tributary und stream rounine into the above numed large riyérs, even up to their sources, and Wont will cease to be. T was informed the other day that the black bass (hauled with such il-advised labor and some hardship some winters ayo) introduced into Racquette Lake had begim to show themselves; so the * cleaning out” of the trout in Lhis the largest lake In the woods, as wellas In Beach's, Forked, Blue Mouttain, etc., is only @ question of time. Some miali- vious guide had already pluced pickerel in Long Lake, and so the trout fishing of Racquette River has gone. Now, had the New York Com- missioners of Fisheries introdiced these black bass to Long Lake, 80 as to eut np the plekerel, anglers would Nave rejoiced, But Racquette and the other ponds named are the Nithest waters in the State, and separated by Buttermilk Falls from Long Lake, up which the pickerel could not go. So these ponds seemed picked out for trout preserves. oud as Tam of black bass, 1 im not prapared to place them before trout or to fo 250 miles to the Adirondacks to cateh them, MANHATTAN, - +e = — Livingston Stone, Esq., of Charlestown, New Hampshire, has gone to Oregon to superintend fish culture operations in that section. ——>@ —Muark Twain and the Rev. Joseph Twichell, of Hartford, Conn,, lave gone together on a fishing excursion, Hatural Histary. GOSSIP ABOUT THE BLACK BEAR. The black Wear, or Ursus americanus, scientifically speak- ing, once roamed over the entire United States, though now, in the Eastern States, it is nearly extinet. In the wooded portions of the West and South are yet to be found numbers of them, and they constitute a leading feature in the expecta— tions of the sportsman who visits the deep forests and mount— ain fastnegses of those districts. The bear is omnivorous in his tastes, and. will eat acorns, corn, crayfish, fish, insects, young pigs, and is remarkably fond of the acrid bulb of the arum or Indian turnip. ‘Settlers on the frontier not unfre— quently lose their young porkers wandering in the woods and bruin very justly gets the credit. Extravagant stories ar told concerning his attacking man, but in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred they are to be taken cwm grano salis, It is true that when wounded the bear will savagely attack his persecutor, and the female will fight furiously in defense of her young, but ordinarily it is disposed to run away. When the bear climbs he does it by clasping the trunk of the tree, and consequently he cannot climl) a sapling or yery small tree—a hint which the inexperienced Nimrod may keep in mind when he and his bear reverse positions and have 4 race. Although the bear is not remarkable for graceful movement, and seems rather clumsy, lie can run faster than man, He is a good swimmer also, delighting in an occasional bath, and when water ig not convenient he rolls in amud-héle, In walking, the bear uses the whole foot, and is consequently plantigrade. His paws serve him well ‘for overturning logs and rocks for the insects under them; and overturned stones are good indications of his presence. In captivity, the bear, if taken young, makes a not disa- greeable pet, though the surliness of an old one has passed into a proverb, They produce from two to six young ata birth—oftener three or four, ‘The bear does not build a den or dig a hole unless Nature has already formed a place par— tially adapted, when he will pull the leaves together fora bed. In the extreme North he hibernates profoundly, seek— ing some log or hollow formed by the uprooting of a tree, and on the approach of a snow-storm, Curls himself up, aud gets snowed imto a warm bed. When in this position be is often caught, his situation being betrayed by the melting of the snow above his nose. A popular error is that during hiber- nation the hear sucks his paws. ‘This is a mistake, caused, doubtless, by the fact that he does use his big paws to cover the naked tip of his nose to keep it fromm becoming frosted, Like all hibernating animals he goes to his winter's hap loaded with fat to keep up life, and he devotes the autumn months to rooting for acorns and nuts. He will frequently make long journeys from a district ill adapted to his wants to one better provided. tis an interesting sight to observe a bear on his hind feet ina blackberry patch, pulling the bushes toward him with the disengaged fore feet and picking mpe berries, neglecting the green ones. But perhaps be is fonder of honey, and will go any length for a bee'tree, or overturn a hive and rob it, with thousands of angry bées around hin, while he enjoys the combs with perfect nonchalance. In con- finement be is extravagantly fond of sugar and molasses. When hunted, the bear is game in every sense of the word,; and when set upon by dogs can wipe them out, one after another, by a blow of his strong paws; and it takes an un- common amount of shooting to puta final qnictus to his vitality. Among the many errors that fasten on the public mind through misrepresentations of natural objects is the representation of a bear fight, so often found in our school books, in which a bear is represented as standing upright on his hind feet while aman with adrawn knife is lunging at him. How utterly silly is such a proceeding needs only u trial to verify. If any reader of the Poresy aNd STREAM ever attempts such a foolhardy feat he will never resd another article from the pen of Howarnp Mier. ++ = ——__— HOW THE OYSTER BUILDS HIS SHELL. Epiroz Forest axp Srream AND Rop ann GUN: The body of an oyster isa poor, weak thing, apparently incapable of doing anything at all; yet what a mmurvelous house an oyster builds around his delicate frame! When an oyster is first born he is a very simple, delicate dot, as it were, and yet he is born with bis two shells upon him. For some unknown reason he always fixes himself on his flat shell, and being once fixed he begins to grow, but he only grows in summer. Inspect an oyster shell closely, and it will be seen that it is marked with distinct lines. As the rings we observe in the section of the trunk of a tree denote years of growth, so does the marking of an oyster tell us how many years he has passed in his ‘bed ” at the bottom of the sea, Suppose an oyster was born dune 15, 1870, he would go on growing up to the first lina we see well marked; he would then stop for the winter. In the summer of 1871 he would more than double his size, In 1872 he would add to this honse. Tn 1873 and 1874 he would again. go on building will he was dredged up in the middle of his work in 1875, when he would be five und a half years old, The way in which an oyster builds his shell isa pretty sight. I have watched it frequently. The beard or fringe of an oyster is not only his breathing organ—. é., his lungs—but his feeding organ, with which he conveys the food to his complicated mouth with lis four lips. When the warm, calm days of June come, the oyster opens his shell, and by means* of his fringe begins building an additional story to his honse. This he does by depositing very fine particles of carbonate of lime, till they at Jast form a substance as thin as silver paper, and exceedingly fragile; then he adds more and more, till at last the new shell is as hard as the old shell, When oysteys are growing in their shells they must be handled very carefully, as the new growth of shell will cut like broken glass, and a wound on a tinger from an oyster shell is often very troublesome. _ San Franorsco, May 7, 1877, Oscar SPrrzer. FOREST “AND ‘ STREAM. 261 THE ENGLISH SPARROW. 1$ TE A BURSSING OR A NUISANCE? The sparrow question has from time to time been dis- eussed in these columns at considerable length, and although the friends and enemies of this now sbundant bird have wrangled over him so much, uo observations have been re- eorded which have settled the point in dispute. The followine correspondence from the Boston Transeript is of great interest as bearing directly upon the point at issue, and as coming from those whose opportunities for observation lave been exceptionally good, Dr. Brewer has been from the first, a most ardent defender of our immigrant and has been zealous in saying all that he could in its favor: + Bosroy, April 23, 1877. Joun Galvin, Bay,, City Forester : Dear Sir—Having taken a déep in- terest in the infyoduction into this country of the house sparrow of Europe, and while holding my own convictions, based upon careful ob- servations, as to the value of this bird, and as to the truth or falsehood - of the ucensations made nrainst them,{I take the liberty to ask you a few questions. Ido this because I well know that your previous knowledge of the habits of this species, and your daily opportunities of a closer observation of them {han any one else can enjoy since their introduc- tion into Boston, give to your evidence a indisputable importance, and that your conclusions far outweigh the crade and hasty opinions of prejudiced persons who have neyer had the same opportunities as your- self, and whose sweeping assertions have no reliable data for their busis, but are, therefore, untrustworthy and worthless. You haye, no doubt, seen those oft-repeated accusations, all of which are contrary to my experience, Désiring to know whether I am right or wrong in my conelusions, [take the liberty of appealing te you, that you may cor- yact ine, if Lam wrong, aud contirm mé wherever I may be right, Wasa the introduction of the sparrow attended with any marked effect in Boston, in the destruction of insects injurious to the foliage of our orndmental treeg on the Common and elsewhere in the city ? Have you any reason to believe that the sparrow is still beneficial to our vonimiinity in the destruction of injurious insects ? Haye you ever known the sparrow to attack any other bird or contend with any species, except when in defence of its own nest or box? Have you hotived any deerease in the numbers of our native hirds that visit. our eity in the summer season ? and if so, of what species? and do you attribute any decrease to known adverse action of the spar- row ? The Daily Advertiser recently asserted as a positive, indisputable fact that the sparrow shows @ particular animosity against the robin and the bluebird. Tf this be true, it cannot baye escaped your notice. Have you witnessed, or haye any of your men reported to you, any instance of said animosity ? In this matter, with all my own warmly-interested feelings in sym- pathy for and in favor of the sparrow, I desire a full and candid state- ment of your conyictions, drawn from your own observations, whether they be in support of my views or the contrary, Yours, very sincerely, THOMAS M, BREWER. Ciry HALL, Bosron, April 23, 1877. Dr, Thomas M. Brewers Dear Sitr—t am perfect'y willing to answer al your questions frankly and fully, You are right in sapposing that T anand have been familiar with the habits of the sparrow, even before theit introduction. Since their coming to Boston my duties and those of my men have given us constant opportunities to notice what they do. Their introduction inte Boston was immediately attended with great pencil, almost beyond all calculation, The trees on the Common were infested with a nasty yellow caterpillar which destroyed the leaves and buds of the elms and other trees; and these insects increased very rapidly, in spite of all that my men could do to destroy them, And, at the South End, the elm trees were eaten every June by swarms of canker worms. Both of these pests have been pretty nearly exter- Tinated, and the trees, many of which would otherwise have died, ave been saved, The sparrow is stillof great use. But for it, these insects would re- turn, and other pests would attack the trees. Last spring (176) the buds of many of the larger elms, as they were opening, were atiacked by @ great many of a small kind of lice, The sparrows soon found them out and ate them greedily. Conseyuently the follage, instead of drying up, as It would @ave done but for the Sparrows, was neyer finer, My men could do nothing. They liad no wings like the sparrow, who could cling to the huds and elean them one by one. Yet for all the good the sparrows were doing, there were some so prejudiced against it and who can see no good, but only harm in everything it does, who raised a hue and ery that the sparrows were eating the buds! Instead of that they were eating the bud-eaters; but instead of being thanked for the good they were doing, they were only abused, T helieve that the wages of all my men would jot compensate Boston for the loss of the sparrow. Jn auswer to your third question, I say, without hesitation, the spar- rows do not molest or interfere with any other bird, It does not trouble the robin or bluebird, or manifest any animosty against either, All summer long they are together, and it would be impossible for this to le done withont my men or I noticing it, yet Imeyer witnessed anything of the kind. I have not noticed any decrease in the numbers of any kind of bird, bul, on the contrary, a very marked increase of various kinds, The yobins were more numerous on the Common Jast summer than ever before, ‘The little chip-sparrow has become very numerous, and seems to be very fond of the sparrow, often feeding on the same bit of bread. The small martins have very greatly increased in numbers on account of the number of boxes, These they have taken possession of when- eyer they want one, and drive the sparrows away, Before the spar- rows came there were no blue-birds at all, Now they are becoming quite common, and often treat the sparrows very hadly, taking away from then. their ‘boxes, and breaking up their nests. The sparrows ot course show fight, but the blye-birds are always too strong for them, The wrifer iy the Advertiser, in my opinion, is all wrong. Tqny all in fayor of the sparrows, Thelieve chat they do no harm, bat g meat dealaf goad, Thousands of dallars would not pay the city for jheip loss, and Tweuld he yery sorry ta see an ything done to prejudice peaple against them ay permit their destrnetion, [Signed] Joun GaLvin, Supermtendent. On the other hand testimony to the sparrow’s idleness and general incapacity in what is supposed to be his particular department, comes to us from Indiana in the following note: INDIANAPOLIS, May 14, 1877. Enrror FoREST AND STREAM: ~ | A few years ago [he Hnglish sparrow was introduced here for the purpose of “worming and “ bugging. 2 From less than a hundred they are now become thousands, and still the catherpillar swings its nest on the elm aud pear tree. The “miller” Nits in undimunisled numbers about the evening lamp, In fact, it is pelieyed thut,these “foreigners” are mere scavengers, alighting upon i | the streets and eating offal with our common pigeons. And more than this, itis said that these billigerent liltle fellows have driven away most of our native birds. : Will your readers in Boston, New York,JPhiladelphia and other Rast- ern cities please give us, through your paper, their observations in re- gard to these pirates? If they corroborate these statements, T am in favor of utilizing these usurpers asthey do in France, where they are sold hy the peck for pot-pie. ARTOW, We ask earnestly for further evidence on this subject, but would remind our correspondents that observations are what are most necessary for the settlement of the question, and that theories and opinions are here of but little value, Our correspondent, W, W., of Brooklyn, in an article in the Argus, has recently discussed very pleasantly certain facts and fancies regarding the sparrow. We know the writer to be a close and kindly observer, and there isa value anc sincerity in his hints. In one respect his statements vary largely with the usual opmions that have been wroueht into a serious in- dictment against the sparrows. THe, too, insists that they do not driye away other birds, and giyes instances within his own knowledge where they have lived pleasantly in mixed neighborhoods. We regret that the article is so long that we cannot reproduce it here. — oe FRESH AND SALT WATER EELS. / i East BAY, Mich., May 17, 1877. SDITOR PORES! AND STREAM AND GUN AND RovD;: An opinion appears to prevail regarding the habitat of the common eel, and from itlam led to believe that they are only found in waters in direct and close proximity to the sea, or rather where they may re- turn to salt or brackish waters Tor the purpose of spawning. ‘These ideas are put forth in one of the New York State reports on Fisheries. That I know what an eel is when I see it I will only ayer that ] was one of those boys who went ‘bobbing for eels” nearly twenty years ago, Since then I have found eels in the Grand River—a strcam which emp- ties Into Lake Erie from the Canada side near Port Colborne, They were taken af Brantford in the old canal Jast below the lock vates, this being some sixty or seventy miles aboye the Welland Canal, Surely, they did nét rethrn back to salt water either by the Welland Canal or the Niazara River. Ihave also taken five real eels from the mud in winter on the Conejos River, one of the sources of the Rio Grande, this heiog upwards of & thousand miles from the Gulf. T know of others being taken near there in summer af the mouth of Rio La Jara, While constructing the trout ponds of Mr, Baker in West Denver, Colorado, I saw one specimen in whatis known as Smith's mill ditch, the water supply of which is taken from the Platte a few miles above Denver. This eel certainly was along way from home if said home was in salt water. Very 7 ea GORDON LAND. | hi ae WET WEATHER BIRDS, ETC. GATNSVILLE, Tex., May 18, 1877. Like your London correspondent ( Inquirer,” London, England), T am puzzled to know what your cocrespondent from Houston, Texas, meant by “wet weather birds,” mentioned in your issue of Webruary 8, 1877. From the habit of McCown's, bunting (Plectrophans MeCowni) frequenting flat lands in itamense numbers, T have sarmised that it might he the bird refered to. While collecting eggs this season three instances of ants destroying eggs have been noted. In one instance the bird was incubating while the ants were eating the albumen which was escaping t 1 a hole in the bottom of the nest. ‘he other nests had each ird’s egg, and were likely abandoned, Is this common ? G, I. Ae pe —s BIRDS OF THE COTEAU DES PRAIRIES OF EASTERN DAKOTA, BY CHARLES E, M'CHESNEY, M. D., U, 3. A. (Coneltiled,) Muliguia vallisneria. Canyas-Back Duck, This duck arrives Apri 15, and I think it probable that a very, few remain hore and breed, but the greater majority continue on their northern flight with little more than # passing notice of this region at this s¢ason. Returus in the eurly part of September, and gradually Increases in numbers until the middie of October. Takes its final departure on October 30. Rieephala clangula, Golden Kye. Arrives April 15, and soon passes on to the north about the let of October. Keturnus iu considerable Numbers and remains aotil Oct, 30., Bucephala islandica, Burrow’s Golden Bye. days from April 16 in considerable nurfbers. Bucephala albeola, Bate-Head Duck. Puts in Wis.appearance April 4, and in a few daysdeparis., Returns about the mi of September to remain until October 22, during whichgtime it is qait@xbnudant, Erismatura rubida, Ruddy Duck, Trogloiyles @don, Vielll. Wouse wren. Trogludytes wmericanus, Aud, Wood Wren, Wayne County. Prot. Fox. Troglodytes hyemalis, Vieill, Winter wren. GuNUS CISTOTHORUS, Cistothorus siellaris Cah. Short-billed marsh wren. contined to western part of State. Cistothorus palustris, Buird, Long-hilled marsh wren FAMILY MOTACILLID A. GENUS ANTHDS, Licht, Vitlark. American Pipit. FAMILY SYLVICOLID a, GENUS TONTOVILTA, Vieill, Black and white ereeping warbler. GENUS HELMITHERUS. Heimitherus vermivorus. Bonap., Worm-eating Rare visitant to southern counties, GENUS WELMINTHOPHAGA, Helpinthophage chrysoptera, Cab. Golden-winged warbler. Helminthophaga rojieajilia. Baird, Blue-winged yellow warbt®. ' A frequent visitor to Southern Michigan, Has been seen as tur North as Genessee County, : Loplhohkanes Wiealor. visilaut. Por atricupprilis. Linn, Paris carolinensis, Lath. Linu. Sitthe carolinensis. Sittie canadensis. Certhia anericana. Troyotiorus tudo Thryothorits bewi rare. icjanuas, Extremely Obtained at Grogs Tsle, Seems to be nthus budovinianus, Truniotilte varie. sivamp warbler. / Helninthophaga rujicapilia, Baird. Nashville warbler. Helininthophage celote, Tatra. Orauge-erowned warbler. Helininthophaga peregrina, Cah, Tennessee warbler. GENUS PARULA. Bonap. Blue yellow-backed warbler. GENUS PERISSOGLOSSA, Baird. Cape May warbler, GENUS DENDROICA, Baird, Yellow warbler. Gray. Yellow-ramped warbler, Baird, Black and yellow warbjer. Raird. White-throated blue warbler. Parvule wnericand. Perissoglussa tigrina, Very rare. Dendroica wstiva, ~ Dendroica coronata. Denilroiea macklasa, Dendroica cerulea, Dentpoiee blackburnice, Baird. Orange-throated or Blackburn's warbler, Dendroica dominiea. Baird, Yellow-throated gray warbler. A single specimen of LY, dominica lias been taken within the limits of the State, Dendroica Pennsylvania Baird. Oliestnut-siced warbler.” Dentroice striata, Baird, Black polled warbler, Dendroica castanea. Baird. Day-breasted warbler. _ Penilroiea ereresvens. Baird. Black-throated blue warbler. specimens, St, Clalr Coanty. Dendroica virens. Waird, Black-throated green warbler, Dendroica pinus. Baird, Pine creeping warbler, Dendroica kirvtlandi. Baird. Kirltend’s warbler, Thisis doubtful. F vcutalogne iv on the authority of Rey, H. Charlier, Dendroica palnerun, Bard, Yellow red-polled warbler, Dendroica discolor, Baird, Prairie warbler. GENUS sCLURUS, Swain. Golden-erowned thrusi. Nutt, Small-billed water thrush. Bonap, Louisiana water thrush, GENUS GPORORNIS, jnird. Connecticut warbler, Buird. Kentneky warbler. GENUS GEOTHLYPIs. Cabun. Maryland yellow throat, Baird, Monrning warbler. GENOT ICTERIA, Teteria vivens Tralrd. Yellow-breasted chat. authority of the late Dr, Willson, GENUS MYLODIOCTES, Aud. Hooded warbler. Bonup. Green Winck-capped ‘y-catcher. Aud. Cnnada tly-catoher, GENUS SETOPHAGA, Swain. Atericnn red-start. FAMILY HIRUNDINIDAL GENUS PROGNE. Baird. Purple martin. GENUS PRTRKOCHELIDON. Petrochelidon luniyrons, Baird. Cit swallow; GENUS HIRUNDO, Hirwulo horreorum. Barton, Barn swallow. Hirunilo bicolor, Vieill. White-bellied swallow. GENUS SPETGTDOPTERY xX. Baird. Rough-winged swallow. GuENUS COTYLE. Bank swallow, sand martin, (Vo be continued.) —+o-— — GAME RY RD INDEED. TWo Setuvus durocapiilus, Seturus nopeboracensia, Seiurus lidohicianus, Rare. Kure, Oporornis agilis, Oporor nis JOPNOSUs, Geothlypis triekas, Gleothlypis philadelphia, I give this on the Myfodioetes mitratus, Myiordivetes pusillus. Myfoiioctes canadensis. Setophaga ruticilla, Progne sublas, eaye swallow. Stelgidapterye serripennis. Cotule riparia, Tole, A PHILADELPAIA, May T, 1877. Enrrok FOREST AND STREAM: While Mr. Stiles, of Cape May County, N. JL, was passing througt: aswump recently, le observed two caries tighting in the aty, and see- ing them fall to the ground apparently Jocked together, he ran to the gpot. One of the eagles haying sueceeded in escaping trom the elaws of the other, took fo his wings, but the other attacked Stiles suvage who, arming himself with a Club, after some dittiealky felled it to ihe round. Mr Stiles thinks that if he had lal & cord with him he contd have taken it alive, but as be had no means of secaring it, he was forced to kill it. It was sentto me. The eavle Is now ut Mr, Jolin Krider's, who says that it has the largest lions he eyer saw ona bald head, W, L, Agsora, 262 FOREST “AND” STREAM, American Acclimatization Society, on Friday, Messrs. Engene Schieffelin and John Avery were appointed a committee to purchase foreign birds and animals. ‘The society has already imported a number of English starlings and Japanese night- ingales, which will soon be liberated in Central Park. They hhaye also bought a lot of Enollsh quail, which will be turned out in Blooming Grove Park, Pike County, Penn. They in- tend to import a number of Bnetish hares for the same place. ——— = +@-—~< AMRIVALS ATCENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE WOR WEEK Enping May 19, —One robin, Vurdua nigratoris;, prescubed by Mr, Hayward Kiernan, Wew York city. Two red-lailedl hawks, Luteo borealis; presented by Mr. R.C. Serimpeour, New York city. One gray squirrel, Seiuris car olinensis; presented by Mr. J. L. Mdnmonds, New York city. One Southdown vam, Ovis uries; presented by Mr. Lewis G. Morris, New York city. One Passerme parrakeet, Psitfacula passerina; presented by Mrs, Karrel, Yonkers. Two California quail, Lophortyx valiforniona; presented by Mr, 8. Davis, New ork city, Four prairie wolves, Canis, intrana; bred in the Menagerie. ~ W. A. UONELIN, Director. —. ARRIVALS AT THE PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGICAL, GARDEN FOR WEEK EnvInG May 22.—'lwo beavers, Oasler canadensis, pirghased; one red-tailed buzzard, Buleo borttlis, presented; ote Common pigeon, pre- sented; one sparrow hawk, Vinnuneulus sparverivs, presented; eight striped gophers, Sperimophifus tridecem-Ujeatus, born in Garden; one reed bird, Dolichonys orystvorus, presented, AxTHUurk E. BRows, General Superintendent, Che Ziennel. CANINE THERAPEUTICS THOLOGY.—No. I, AND PA- BY ARCHER, HERAPEUTICS, Viherapeia, Therapeutiva, from The- vapeua, “1 cure.” By the term is meant the applica- tion of remedies for the cure, alleviation orprevention of dis- ease. ‘Taken alone, and in its widest sense, it includes not only medicinal agents but many surgical operations. Tn con- nection with materia medica, the meaning of this term is limited 10 the application of medicinal substances for the purposes aboye indicated. It is with hesitancy that I attempr this series of articles, for if taken in its fullest sense Therapeutics embraces so wide a range of subjects that it is almost impossible to be- stow # due consideration on the whole, and it is very evident that 1. (reabise on the science in its more limited sense, namely, that of including the principal articles of the materia medica alone, as applied to canines, would be very incomplete and de- feetive. In these chaplers, therefore, some of the most ordi- nary remedial agents, which properly belong to surgery, as Wood letting, issues and setons, will recéiye notice, as being inseparably connected with the former class of Therapeutic agents. Therapeutics and pathology are so intimately connected with each other that tmiless the latter be well understood, theoreti- eally as well as practically, it is almost impossible to be a sue- cessful therapeutist, hence [ shall not not neglect that branch, Ti is true (hat occasional empirical practice may sueceed in ef- fecting cures, bul he who alone is well instructed in the science of pathology cun administer remedies with a hope of anything like uniform or permanent success. By the term pathology is yneant a thorough knowledge of disease, its causes, eharacter- istic sivns and symptoms, the morbid changes which take place in the several organs of the body, aud an intimate acquaintance with morbid anatomy. But this does nof comprise all that is required to form a sound therapeutist, Ie should be thorough- ly acquainted with the medicines which he employs, their natural history, their chemical composition, their physiological effects on the healthy animal, their modus operandi in morbid conditions, their effects in oyer-doses, and their manner of pro- ducine death, ‘To this he should add a knowledye of their in- dications and contrs-indications, as well as of those combina- tions which diminish or increase the medicinal activity of the various drugs. Such an ‘amount of knowledge is only to be obtuined by long study, experience, and close obseryation, Notwithstanuing the rapid strides in mman pathology which have been made of late years by the aid of chemistry und the microscope, but little progress has been made in the science as applied lo our canine friends, and that little is largely the re- sulls of experiments made in behalf of the former; hence Tiany points yet remain involved in deep obscurity. Of these hydrophobia may be taken asa prominent example. When we live ascertained more precisely the seat and nature of now obscure diseases, which ean only be done by more extended Anatomical researches, and when the modus operandi of medi- cines ou the canine frame is more thoroughly understood we shall doubtless be enabled, by attacking the canse of the dis- euse With appropriate remedies, to at once eradicate it fromthe system: Dubin the obscurity which at present hangs over our knowledve of the history of various diseases, we must, in many instances, content Onrselves with playmg, if T may so express il, a secondary part by attacking the symptoms which present themselves in fhe course of a disease ; and he will be the most successful who doves not allow the smallest of these symptoms t) puss unheeded but direets his efforts to their remoyal and illeviation. It is not only on the bold, prominent symptoms which arrest our notice; that attention should be bestowed, but it is upon the small, perhaps insisnilicant symptoms that 1he uxperienced will seize, and from whieh he will oftimes have to draw deductions, to serve a8 a guide in regilatine his subse- quent treatment of the case. Such minor symptoms must he sought for or tley never will be discovered ; indeed, it should be Jaid down as a rule in practice that there is no such thing 4s u trivial symptom, for even the sinallest may be fraught with) deep importance to the experienced eye of fhe intelligent prescriber, Paradoxical as it may sound, it is undoubtedly true, that in some diseases the yery absence of an ordinary symptom is of itself suflicient to constitute one. ‘These obser- valions are not intended in any degree to detract from the vast importunge of- endeavoring to ascertain, by close and vigilant examination, the source aud oligin of a disease which we are culled upon to treat. Without an accurate knowledge of these points we shall fail to eflect a yadieal cure, however successful our ciforts may prove in alleviating for a time the severity of the symptoms. _A consideration of the diversified causes in which certain diseases have their origin should teach us the necessity of min- utely examining into each individual ease, and of adapting our remedies fo the cause, as far as that can be ascertained. It should, further, teach us to receive with great circumspection remedies which from time to time are paraded as specifics, or “ulmost specitics.” The practice too, of treating a disease tc- wording to its name without minutely examining into each pare ticular’ case and adapting the appropriate remedivs to the several indications which present themselves, ean nob be too stronely reprobated. In prescribine medicines for the remoyal of distaste it should eyer be berne in mind that natare tends, in the majority of cases, to repair injuries inflicted upon the body, and to remove morbid or deranged conditions of the system ‘Thisinstinctiye healing power—the “Vis Medieatrix Natura'-— is undoubtedly capable, when aided by a judicious system of hygiene, of eifecting the cure of disease, particularly when it is OF mild character, without the assistance of any medicine whatever. When consequently a disease presents itself for {reatment, in which hygienic means alone offer fair prospect Of success, they should always be employed in preference to niedicines, it being always best to restore health by the most simple mens. The credit which is really due to this natural healing tendency is too often ascribed to some drus which the patient may hap- pen to be taking at the period of improyement or recovery. and (hus many medicinal substances hecome endowed with reputed powers which they really do not possess. It does not neces- sarily follow because a case recovers under a certain remedy, that recovery is due to that agent. Tn illustration of the fal- lacy of any such deductions T may mention a case of my own: Having seen if mentioned in the Forrest ayp Srream that, areca nut was a certain anthelmintic, [ deiermined to give it a trial at the first opportunity. Shortly afterwards a friend ap- plied to me to examine a favorite setter and prescribe, Giving him some powders of the nut T gave the necessary di- rections as 10 their administration, A day later, having ocea- sion to visit one of his family professionally, I asked regard- ing the dog, and was informed the remedy had acted like a charm, and at the termination of the call we passed out to the stable to see the animal. Inquiring as to how he administered the powder, my friend answered that he had not viyen it, him- self, but had delegated the administration to his hired help. On being called the latter ackdowledged (hat the medicme had not been given at all, it having been forgotten. Now observe, had the medicine heen taken as we supposed, and intestinal worms passed a few hours later, as was the case, what would have been more natural than to have ascribed the benefit, to the remedy employed? whilst, in fact, it was entirely dne to the unassisted powers of nature, It is necessary that medicine should unitormly, in a large nwinber of cases, produce a certain amount of benefit before we are warranted in attributing to it the power of curing or alleviating a disease, or in other words in endowing it with the character of a valuable remedy. In connection with this subject it may prove neither useless nor uninstructiye to my readers toofler a few remarks on the tse and abuse of new medicines. Whenever a hitherto un- known remedy is brought prominently forward the periodical jonrnals of the day overflow with accounts of the wonderful cures performed by its means, It would almost seem that, the grand panacea of the old philosophers had at last been dis- covered; and if weare to believe it to be endowed with all the wonderful and varied powers which its adyocates ascribe toil, we might with One swoop consign all the old articles of the Materia Medica to the sea of oblivion, Novelty is always pleasing, even in medicine, and the nervous or hysterical woman who reads or is told of the wonders effected by some newly discovered inedicine, is seized with a desire to test its virtues. Her fuith isimereased by the report of the unéxampled cures of cases similar to her own; and the medical man him- self, not nniniluenced by the pleasure of novelty, without in- tentionally desiring to deceive, holds out a hope to the patient that a remedy has at last been discovered, which promises to be more snecessful than any which had been previously ad- ministered. Thus given by a sanguine medical man to a con- fiding patient, particularly when the latter is Jaboring under a neryous or hysterical atYection (a class of maladies much more common than is usually imagined), it is not very surprising if improvement tike place, and the supposed cnre is, in turn, added to swell the list of wonderful successes; not that the remedy, perhaps, is devoid of medicinal power in certain cases; indeed. if may he a very useful medicine, Wut its capability of curing all diseases, many of them essentially differing in char- acter, should be received, to swy the least of it, with extreme caution. One of the most striking illustrations of modern folly is the Blue Glass Mania, and trom the window in front of which J am writing | count no léss than five sashes of ‘* Pleas- onton’s humbug,” and from which the owners are deriving benefit; and no wonder—four of the invalids are hysterical and the fifth always derives benefit from every new thing (hat comes out, and yet is always ailing. But [ have foreotten that canines and not hysterical human beings form the subject of my article; und, thank Heaven! we are not troubled with hysteri- “il dogs, nor do they demand the chemical affinities which would puzzle a Bacon, a Liebig or a Faraday to elucidate, but does not the modern journalist ynd reporter) of Dine eluss. From this it is not to be understood that Tam opposed to the introduction of new remedies ; on the contrary, L believe that he who ¢liseovers any new menus, medicinal or otherwise, for the alleviation or cure of discuse, whether in man or beast, and states the same to his fellow-laborets in the field of medicme in an open, fair and honorable mamer, deseryés the best (hanks of the profession and the public, 1 would also urge that every merlicine which holds outa fair promise, either from its chemi- cal composition or trom its known physiological effects, or which emanates from a respectable source, should receiye 4 fair trial; but if shonld not be received with credulous sim- plicity, be employed in diseases Of extremely diversiticd elar- acter, nor be expeeted to act in turn as a tonie, depressant, stimulant, sedative and diuretie, Yet such is the way that a new medicine is too often received, and when it fails to fulfill all the extravagant hopes which have been entertained of it, without further ceremony it is thrown aside as a fwiluwe. In this manner Tam conyinced many really useful medicines have been discarded, Being satisfied that the medi¢ine in (uestion possesses real medicinal virtues, itshonld be employed cautious- ly, noting with care its physiological effects and the amonnt of benefit derived in each case. When it has succeded, ina large nurober of instunces, in producing uniform benefit, it may be classed as an established remedy. Nothing is more fallacious than to call a medicine a remedy for a disease on the strength of one or two ovcasional successful terminations which haye taken place under its use—terminations, perhaps, due solély to Vis Medicutrivy Nature. ~ —— ee rR a ee Accrmating Porgigw Giros.—At the last meeting of the | ae P, S.—] see in yourissue that a correspondent Inst a yaluable dog from a dose of tinctureof eantharides. Iva nol whe says to the wontvany, the practice of administering the drug in order Ww anticipate nature ts pernicious, Cantharides is yery uncer- tain as a medicine, and when giyen in doses’ sirflicient 10 pro- duce aphrodisia (sexual excitement) is almost certain to act as an irritant poison, causing inflammution of the intestinal canal, of the urinary and genital organs, and engorgement of brain with blood, amd consequent death, = een Tue Syracuse Bench Snow.—Judging from the reports we receive from Mr, Lineoln, who is now installed at Syra- cuse in his usual energetic prosvention of its details, the dor show to be hled in connection with the annual Convention of the State Sportsmen's “Association promises to be a very bril- liant affair, With the exception of the Hippodrome, ‘no plice, says Mr, Lincoln, has he seen which is so well adapted for the purposes as the Armory at Syracuse, The prize list, which we haye before printed, is on avery liberal scale, the amount given in each of the sportine classes being $24 for dogs and hitches respectively. The date of holding the show has now heen definitively fixed at the 19th, 20th, 21st, and 22d of June, just one day too long. for the health or comfort of the dogs) The rules and regulations are the same as those which per- tained 10 the bench show in this city, The special prize list is not yet out, but three handsome prizes, valued at ‘$40 each, have already been donated hy the Wesminster Kennel Club, to be awarded to the best English, Irish, and Gordon setter dogs or bitches. Entries close on June 14, and must be ad- dressed to Charles Linedin, Superintendent, Syracuse, N. Y- — Tennessek STATE SporrsmMkn’s Convention — ANOTHER DoG Suow.—The Temnessee State Sportsmen's Association has decided to give, a8 thé champion stakes for the fall dog exhibition, for braces and single, $250 to the first, $150 to the second, and $100 to the third. In the pup stakes, $150 will be given to the owner of the first, $100 to the second, and 350 to the third. The shooting tournament will occur during the last three days of the week, three matches being had each day. = — +o —= Doe Poisoners.—A correspondent writes us from Miamus, is follows: f The dog poisoners ave al work here. Within the last ten days five as good hounds as ever ran a fox have been poisoned, two owned by Silas Morrell, two hy Lew Morrell, and one by Theodore Morrell. Ts there any law that protects owners of dogs in this State? The dogs were all kept in kennels anil chained, near the house of the owners. Whoever poisoned them was obliged to come on the owner's land. Hoping you will throw a hot shot at the dog poisoners in your paper, and confer afavor on a fellow sportsman, IT remain yours, IP. G. If the dog poisoners could be caught in the act, or even if there could be sufficient evidence protured to convict them of the poisoning, it would be sutticient. It is an exploded idea that dogs are not property, and can be destroyed at will. ‘The penalty for killing a dog would he as severe in proportion to the value of the animal as for killing a horse, a cow, or any domestic animal. a et Personan.—Mr, Geo. De Forrest Grant, of the Westminster Kennel Club, arrived from Europe on Saturday last by the steamer City of Berlin, after an extended tour through Tadia. While in England Mr. Grant looked at many fine pointers, and the kennels of the club will be reinforced within a few weeks by some of the best blood in England. _— +Or~ Tre Howe ror Doas.—On the last day of the dog show the comunittee of the Westminster Kennel Club found themselves ina rather embarrassing position. They were notified that their lease expired at 12 o'clock on Thursday night. and yet there was no Opportunity of removing their dogs by that time, Under these circumstances iin extra day was inevitable; but to relieve themselves of all suspicion Of a desire to make moucy out of it, it was decided to donate the extra day’s net procesds to thie Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Hence the correspondence which we print below: WESTMINSTER KeNNEL CLUB, New York, May 21, 1877, HESRY BEKG ; My Deur Siz Ata special meeting of the Westminster Kennel Club, itwasresolyad that the net proceeds accruing to the club trom ad- inigsions to tle hench show of (logs, held ab Gilniore’s Garden, on May 11, should he donated to the Soviety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animuls a8 2 nocleus forafund to provide a home and hospital for lost and pick dogs, As President of the Westminster Kennel Ola T have much pleasnre in liunding you hérewith the check of the treasurer of the clab for $1,295.25, as per followilg starement : Gross receipts, Friday, May 11 ..........- eee ee ee ee eee seeree acs $2,790 50 Paid Mbtendants, ClC)...- 262-02 eeeeemercnearsssteeeceererereree 200 U0 (BIEN CH. ocean gemende-s/\lsedat te a Poco bat Aaa dees wees + S2,000 5D Rent of the Garden fo- that day, as per agreement of Mr, ae Shook—viz., one Mf of net proceeds .... 2.2.26. e0esee-222h1,295 25 Talanveé,...-....5-+25 fa cn en ee Bt 295- 25 Trusting that this smull smonnt will be sufticiently facreased by fur- tler donations, s@ as to enable you speedily 1o carry out the object for whith it is intended, I rematu, wilh respvet aod revard, AnEx, 5. WEBB. Tn his reply acknowledging the check Mr. Berg says: This society has long regarded the subject of the removal from the sireets of vagrant and miserable dogs 43 one worthy of the intelligent legislation of the city authorities, us well as the tender consideration of the publie, and it hay always hel itself ready to co-operate with all himane and .,xsonable méasores in thot direction, But, belleving that no dignified and effectual means have hitherto heen adopted, tt hag preferred to hold itself aloof therefrom, in the hope that af no dis- that day the City Government would approve of the plan repestelly proposed by this society for te decent abatement of the evil, Ina moral point of view alone, the community cannot oford to rolerate a ernel system of slaughter of any dumb creathre, More espectilty the faithful and companionable dog, It is best that the anthorities should entertain this subject also with a reference to its permanency; and it 8 not a little surprising that, while evils of less Magnitude have appra- priate bureaus of administration, this one has been left to w itful and wuayailing procedure, ' . PPrreeet Pentre reste ee hoa, FOREST AND STREAM. 263 The sum whieh you have so genueronsly appropriated for the found- ing ot 4 *orotective home,” shail be safely guarded until, through the liberality of the friends of that loyal race of animals whose improve- ment iis the province of your successful e'ub to cultivate, the amount shall have attained proportions adequate to the réalizution of the wish which inspired thedonation, It is to be hoped that our able and ex~ cellent Chief Magistrate, Mayor Ely, will view with favor the addition of the already respectable sum realized from licences, etc., to that, which you have provided, and, along with what may be added thereto by a smpathising public, hasten the approach of a better state of things than has yet prevailed, SS ee ee —The Rey. J. Cumming Macdona returned fo England by the steramer Celtic, of the White Star Line, on Saturday last. he evening before his departure farewell dinner was ten- dered liim at Delmonico’s, by the Westminster Kennel Club— an event so perfect in its detuils, and so thoroughly enjoyable, | that it will long: be remembered by every participant. G. De andre Macdona, Esq., and the Rey. Victor Maecdona, sailed on Tuesday in the steamer Wisconsin, of the Williams & Guion Live. We wish those gentlemen prosperous voyages, and trust that we shall have the pleasure of welcoming them {o onr stores again next year. —Mr., E. H. Lathrop, of Springfield, Mass., advertises in an- other column a fine pointer for sale. Mr. 1.. sells this dog in consequence only of his kennel haying een increased by the receipt of a beautiful hitch puppy, by Boss out of Cosey, the eelebrated strain of our friend Ethan Allen, of Pomfret, Cen- tre, Conn, Mr. Lathrop bas also been the fortunate recipient of a puppy by the field tial winner Drake out of Mr. George Delano’s Diana, ’ <8 0 > 6 ae ____ VatwanLe Inrormation.—.1 Vew Work on the Dog.— From an examination of the proof sheets of Mr. Iallocks’ forthcoming book, entitled the SrokrswN’s GAZETTERE AND GexekAL GurpE, we are convinced and feel hound to assert that that portion relating to the ** Cane and Training of Dogs ; their Diseases and Remedies’ will be perhaps the most useful to the sportsman and the most valued. With that thoroughness, care, accuracy, and completeness which characterize all Mr. Hallock’s literary and editorial efforts, he has enlisted the aid of eminent physicians and physicists who are thoroughly versed in canine thereapeutics and training; and the result is shown in a work of instruction which must supersede all old and long time standard books on the dog, now rendered obso- lete by modern study and information. That portion of the work relating to ‘The Cure, Training and Management of Dogs” comprises the following sub-divisions, namely :— Choosing a Dog; the Kennel; Needing; Peeding Puppies ; Age; Muzzline Dogs; Docking Tails; Spaying; Breaking Dogs: Backing; Retrieying; Flushing; Raking; the Puzzle Peg; the Force Collar “Apparent Want of Nose; Gun Shy- ness; Wide Ranging: the Check Cord; the Whip—its Use ind Abuse; Breeding: Throwing Back; Transmissible Fuults, Defects, Imperfections, and Diseases; In-breeding ; Breeding at Puberty; Breeding for Kind; Plurality of Sires. The chapters on Canine Therapeutics are equally full, intel- ligent, and important to the student and Dreeder, It is sub-, divided as follows:— Thread Worms; Tape Worms—tbree varieties; Inflamma- tion of the Bowels; Diarehcea and Dysentery; Colic; In- flamed Eyes ; Opthalmitis; Cataract ; Shedding Hair; Mange; Scabies; Ring Worm; Alteration of Secretions; Purpura Canina; Pneumonia; Distemper; Lung Fever; Splenic Feyer; Epilepsy; Convulsions; Chorea: Hydrophobia; Canker; Coughs; Hernia; Tumors; Bronchocele; Vermin; Tender Feet; Gnawing the Feet; Hmetics; Disinfectants; Seventy-one Prescriptions and Formulas; Scale of Doses of Dogs of Different Ages. The portion of the Gazetteer devoted to dogs alone com- prises one hundred and twenty-five pages. In Mr. Mallock’s book are given the latest researches in pathology, and the endeavor has been made to bring the treat-« ment tp to a level with the present progress of medicine. All existing works on diseases of the dog are behind the times. Mayhew is of no value whatever. His modes of treatment and deductions are things of more than a century since, and le shows himself to be completely ignorant of the first prin- ciples of pathology. Youatt and Blaine are every way his superiors, and the former is first. No progress seems to have been made in yeterinary science as applied to canines for the last. hundred years. Almost everything in Mayhew is found in an old work, entitled “A Sportsman’s Dictionary," pub- lished in Edinburgh, 1769. Pathologists haye done more for the dog than has ever been supposed, in their vivisections, and itis only when all the deductions are collated that they be- come valuable, These appear to haye been put into practical use, so far as possible, in this book. The literature of the subject has been thoroughly ransacked. At the same time {echnical terms have been avoided as far as possible. We are pleased to notice the extreme caution used in recommending medicines and their application, and the use of cold effusions in diseases of an inflammatory character are scarcely treated upon, for the reason that they are dangerous for non-medical hands; und this book is nol written for doctors, but for the general information of those whose knowledge of therapeu- fics is supposed to be limited. ——— . —The Wesiminster Kennel Club has adopted a uniform dress coat, somewhat similar to that of the English Kennel Club. and which was worn by the Messrs, Macdona at various entertainments in this city. —Mr. Robert Neville, of Upperville, Laquier County, Va., writes us that his imported red Dish setter biteh Norah, by Lasto, onl of Ruby. whelped three puppies to Gen. Hilliard’s Palmerston, on May 22. —Messrs. J. & R. M. Nesbitt, of Cambridye, Maes., who recently hought Rock from the St. Louis Kennel Chib, have now purchased the field trial biteh Dora, originally imported, by Luther Adams, Esx., from the same club, | | | : Names CiaArmep,—The Westininster Kennel Club claim the | names of Regalia for a lemon and white pointer biteh, by Sen- sation, out of Lilly, and Minnie, Dutchess and Vixen for Jemon and white pointer bitches, by Sensation, out of Whisky. Larcr Lirrer.—aA correspondent, writes us from Norwich, Conn., that Mr. R. E. Ringeér's pointer bitch recently dropped a litter of eighteen puppies, five dogs and thirteen hitches. Next! a “INSTINCT OR REASON.” Enrror Forest anp Srrean: Last weekata meeting of the Hatlock Sportsmen's Association, Mr, D. P. Smith, one of the members, was accompanied by his setter dog Nep. About 10 o'clock the doz, who had been sleeping quictly at his master’s feet, arose and walked several times, rather uneasily, between his master and the door as if he desired to go; then turning his attention to the hats on a fable he snuffed them over, Apparently not finding what lhe wanted, 1len walking to the door of an adjoining room, on the knob of which Mr. Smith's hat hung, he, after smelling of the hat, took if carefully in his mouth and delivered it into Mr, Smith’s hand, the pleased look on his face and the wag of his tail plainly showing that Nep wished to be excused. Mr. Jno. W. Knight, another member present, related the following story of a dog he owned ; The dog was a Jatze Newfoundland, weighing 145 pounds, and was very much attached to a di- minutiye black and tan terrier helonging toa physician in town. The terrier was poisoned and the body taken to a small piece of woods near the house of Mr. Knight. Soon after the death 6f the black and fan, a son of Mr. Knight with other lads, accompanied by the Newfoundland, Royer, were wander- ing through the said woods and came across the remains of the terrier. Rover seemed fo evince as much grief as a dog could a finding his small friend and protege had departed this life, and with difficuliy he was called on by the boys, and soon disap- peared only to refurn after a time with hisface and legs showing traces of moist black earth, Chinking he had been digging for a» wood chuelk or other small animal the boys returned and found the hody of the little dog gone, but the marks of Royer’s paws in the soft earth; and a small monad newly made, solved the mystery, for under a slight) covering of the soil was found the body of the terrier. Royer had performed the last sad of- fice for his little friend, and had been graye digger as well as chief mourner. Mr, Knight has since had to perform a like office for faithful old Rover, ITs it instinct or reason? Von nostrune est tantas componere lites. Guens Fatts. —— +m Derrorr, Mich., May 21, 1877. Eprron Forest AND StrEAM anv’ Rop anp Gun: On the 12th inst., Ll paid a yisit to my friend George Car- penter, of Owasso, Mich., and to take a look at the setters that he has been handling during the carly part of this season. Tle first on his list is Katy, property of J. N. Dodge, of this city. She is lemon and white, and out of Wm. Mason’s Belle by Leicester. She is rather under size, but is a clipper in the field. My. Carpenter gave her a whirl while I was there, and L teil you she is a perfect race horse. Second on his list is the blue Belton Maud, owned by J. H. Canniff, of this:city. She is now in whelp by Carlowitz, and is a very handsome animal. Third on his list is the blue Belton Mell, the property of L, F. Whitman, of this city. She is in whelp by Rob Roy, Mr. Carpenter has thoroughly handled Mand and Mell during the time they lave been carrying their whelps. Fourth and last on the list (but not the least) is his black and tan setter Fred. He and Katy were turned out in a field together, and he works beautifully. He is not very fast, but is fast enough, and works his ground very carefully. We sat ona fence to take a rest while he ordered the dogs to work the field, which they did finely. On May 15th L. P. Whitman’s blue Belton Mell whelped 7, 4 dogs and 3 bitches, all black and white. Two of them are black, white and tan, and marked the same as their sire, Rob Roy. One of the whelps has since died. The remaining 6 are getting along finely. John Davidson, the veteran sports- man of Monroe, paid us a flying visit on the 24th inst. The boys say he looks as happy as of yore, but dues not look as fleshy as usual, C. BE, Mason, of this cily, while in the woods near Taayas, M., a few days since, killed a black bear, Mann. a Syracuse, N. Y,, May 15, 1877. Environ Forest AND StREaM: I send you two items about the Syracuse Dog Show. The prize lists and forms of entry are now ready, and can be had on application tome, ‘The progress of the show is going on very satisfactorily ; all the leading railroads have been writfen to, asking them to convey dogs free of charge to and from the show, when accompanied by their owners. The State Armory will he splendidly fitted wp for the show; the benches will be raised 30 inches from the ground, and the stalls made from clean dressed amber. A space of three feet will be allowed for each dog. and cages provided for the toy dogs. L. H. Smith, Esq., of Strathroy, has very generously pre- sented $20.00 in gold, as a special prize, to be given in any way the committee may direct. The committee have decided to give if Lo the best pomter dog or bitch im the show, The United States Bxpress Co. haye sent the following let- ter: (Copy. )- 82 BroApway, New Yorn, 26 May, 1877. To Charles Lincoln, Bsq: Drax Siz: Yours of the 25th inst, just was received. We do not run onr express to Syracuse, but, we will transport dogs to the point of transfer at single rates. i Yours respectfully, Cros, A. Da Wrrr, Genk Supt, Yours truly, Cras. Lixcoun, Supt. —- 4+ = ‘DACHSHUND. ‘NEw York, May 22, 1877. EpiroR FOREST AND S7PREAM i The last uumber of the Chicago Field contains a remarkable account of the dachslutids exhibited at the late New York Beneh Show. The writer seems to have taken great pains in oximining all the fifrerent * teckels,” bot how 1s it that such a good judge entirely passed No, 578 ind 579, two tallow reds, exhibited hy Mr. Francis Leister, N.Y?) Te alsa marks them only, Punk Qu, whereas ifshonld have been Munk 1st, and Nelly 20, He forther asserts that if Dr. Twaddell’s dachshund lad been there for compeliion also, they would tlave taken all prives. Here J like to differ will the writer. Dr, Twaddell very properly msde different Classes, ald there should be fo future always two classes for large and sinall “teckels,” However, there were no dogs of this breed on exhibition, which came np better to the real German idea of a thoroughbred dachshund thun Punk ond Nelly, Therefore I doubt whether a well-posted judge could have been found that would have preferred avy clos to the above-mentioned couple, T heard a remark of Co}, Skinner, who acted as judge and awarded the different prizes at the Gentenuial Bench Show to Dr. Twaddell's dogs, that there were no more perfect pair of dogs on extithition, und ihat he had neyer seen their superior either here or abroad; unG as he las 4 great experience with tlese dogs on both sides of the oveim, he ought to know }" The“ foreign gentleman *to whom the Field refers, as giving Dr Twaddell praise for his (in fact) excellent judging, must havi heen bnll- dozed somehow, as the ribbons wereswrongly tlisplayed in several ine Btances. Heso paid Dr. Twaddell a rather poor compliment, us it was only corrected on the Jast day of the show. Blue and red rithons were givell to a couple of white dachshunds with tan spota—a color that is never seen ina (horoughbred dachshund—and as [understanid, by wis- Take, a8 none of these were awarded aprive. There were also some other dogs which were awarded prizes, but bad no ribbons displayed over their stalls, Now, I like to ask how the /iel7 editor or the * foreign gentleman '* conld agree with the judging, as long asthe [yjeld civesa wrong aecount, and the ribbons were wrongly displayed during the show? Was the foreign gentleman at the time probably the happy possessor ofthe then Josf{ judge’s catalogne, which contained the original und real prize winners? Dr, Twaddell, who deserves the highest credit for his judging, has some excellent dachshands of the smaller bratu; but the more he will breed after the shape and style of Punk aud Nelly, the more he will improve this already good breed. Cast Iron, |The judge in the dachshund elass decided that there were three distinel types of dach present, and with the consent of the committee so decided, awarding three first and three second prizes. The ribbons were originally put up correctly and in accordance with the numbers marked in the judge's hook,—En. | THEINTERNATIONAL MATCH OF 1877. On Monday morning last Mr. George S. Sehermerhorn, Jr., Secretary N, R. A., reecived the following cablegram : To * Col.” Gea. S. Sehermerhorn, Jr. + National Rifle Association willsend a United Team to Creed— moor this year, E. Sv. Jonn Minpmay, Captain Mildmay is Secretary of the N. R. A. of Great Britain, and the telegram certainly looks as though the Toter- national trophy was not to enjoy the quiet which promised to mark the season of 1877. The telegram made quite a stir in rifle circles ; all were glad at the prospect of a contest, and all were equally certain that victory would onee more perch with the American eagle. ‘* We'll whip ‘em again,” was the first remark of the majority on hearing the news, and if the team be selected with the proper care we doubt not ourselves that there is ample skill in our American shooters to bring about such a result. At present it is impossible to say what ar- rangement had been made on the other side leading to this de- termination on the part of the British N. R. A. Mail corres- pondence will clear that up. As amatter of fact and record, the original conditions of the match do not recognize any ‘“imited teams,” but distinctly calls for national teams, speci- fying Seotland, Ireland, England, ete., as nations, to be in- vited. It was only in the perplexing stage following the mis- construction of our invitations last year which led.to the agreement on the part of the Americans to accept a mixed British team for that year. The offer was not then accepted, and nothing was said about its continuance for another season. If the British N. R. A. think by the offer of the above to cut off a separate representation from Scotch, Irish and English marksmen, should such be offered, they are in error; but if the plan of a united team is put forward with the idea of economizing effort and concentrating material info a stronger team, the offer will no doubt be accepted, but not to the ex- clusion at any future time of separate teams. The only safe grounds on which the Americans can stand is to adhere to the original trophy terms, leaving the question of a united team to the decision of those composing il, and standing ready to recognize any separate team which may present itself. By our next issue we hope to bave fnller information from tho other side, and shall then speak on the important question ef the selection of the American team. —-g-— THE STOCK EXCHANGE BOYS AT CREEDMOOR. We print herewith a sketcl of the personnel of the Stock Exchange boys who shot at Creedmoor on Saturday : Amory is a lieutenant in thé Seventh Regiment, an habitue of Creedmoor—knows every target there; was there practi- aing all the day of the match, and is a good shot; is one of the tip-top boys of the hoard, as he is of this list; has a keen eye, and, in fact, does a ‘* Kean” business, and is bard to beat any- where. W. C. Dominick is also a lieutenant in the Seventh, and if practicing will preyent it he will not offen be beaten, although he did not fire a shot on the day of the raatch before the score, He used a Remington imilitary rifle. Meigs never shot a match before, and don’t pretend much with the rifle, but asks no odds with a shotgun. Has served his time in a regiment, and his name will probably be near the top of the list. Kimball never shot at a target before, but probably did his share popping over chipmuncks and woodehucks in his younger days. He is something of a sportsman, but his forte is with a fiy-rod. + Dewiny is a new member of the board, and is not so well known, Judving trom his complete rig, he must male some pretensions at being a wood shot. What he don't know Cary, With his carpet-bag, is willing to teach him. GB. Dominick is a brother of W. G. and has served his seyen. years in the Seventh, and, like W, G., is one of the genélemen 204. FOREST SAND 2 STREAM, of Hhe board, He had bad luck inthis match. You must not bet on his only geting 17, Heiss good shot. Fiulnam is an old Twenty-thirder and knows how to handle avifle. Tf he doesn’t he ought tio. Phippatd is one of the good fellows of the board, but never shot al atarget before. He is persevering, and if he makes up his mind to shoot, look out for him. ‘ Drake is one of the handsome men of the board; parts his Twin in the middle; is an old fianey stecé raiser; has often. Int the bullin the eye. Ile is a very quich man, and you can’t bet ou him. ftus Marets is an ex-officer of the Seyenty-first, and he is disappointed that he didn’t make a better score. Ilughes is a Seventh veteran, and to him more than any other is due the credit of getting up the match and giving the boys a yrood day's spurt, : ; Lockwood and Quick are both members of the Seventh. Cary is tie handsome manof the board, Jn his earlier days he was a crack shot with the crossbow at Albany. He rides {vee on the wenty-third street cars. Ile was at Creedmoor all day and had made 22 wp to the time of the mateh, He did Wellin tle match, You will see him again. Cecilis not used to shooting at bulls-eyes. If it had been a dea’s eve he would have scored every time. Stanton was the biggest toadin the puddle—a good fellow— captain of the bo: Ie made good shooting all over the range, and some excellent rulings. Mackenzie and Burras propose to pool their shots here- alter, Cowing is a Hentenant in the Twenty-third and is a good shot, but he didn't find the target nnofil the match was over. Better luck next time. = nt ZerviER Rirce Assocration held their weekly shoot. for the three gold badges, Tuesday, May 22, with the following conditions; ‘Target, Creedmoor, reduced for 33 yards, possible 4) points; rifle, .22 cal., off-hand, two sighting shots. On June 14, the third annual shooting festival of this association, the medals will be awarded as follows: The one making the Most points since January, 1877, first badge; one for best y shoot declared Seven average of centers (any one missing a week out), second badge; highest score to take third badge, en fie on a full score for this badge: 1G, Penning. OG, Judgon.. (i. Aetere 43 J. Dut Vi. Sie rman. . -48 M. Engel, “i. A. Seliitman, Ate obs LENE ei. A. E. Moore... M. L. Ries MM, Dorrler,...... Cogiin’s GALLeny.—The fifth competition for the Amateurs’ Badeus came off last Thursday evening, May 24. The follow- ine ave the best scores made during the evening : L, (. Drude..-.---+ SS ae a $5 CME Re ae cceses «ans We top o'vle ctw Att «ot. dole. 45 Leon Backer... 22-43 M. Hy digal... 44 Dr. T, Wildes. +443 W. M. Miirrow. 44 J. Hounig..... Sart bE EO Te NILES neta eu ssteine sae c 43 H. Fuuike, dr...........:.. weepp BL Mr. Ji. C, Bruce has now won the first badgé twice, as was also the case with Mr. 1 L. Riggs last week, and if either eentlemen win I again it will become the winning man’s property, The sixth reguiar shoot of the Amateur Clubmen was held Ou {he 88d inst, The morning was fine, but at noonday a lively shower fell, not strong enough, however, to drive all the mien from the firing points. The scores, fifteen shots at each ronge, stood : 800 yds. 900 yds. 1,000 yds. ML TS. TOW 42-2. ee cemevesyavene- lid 67 tT! 205 1. Ju Allen...-- G4 vil) 69 196 1. H. Madison,.. AS 64 56 J§s "ho, Lain... 87 6+ 56 187 YS. Dakin. 6h 60 58 1h4 1. Rattibone, 3 62 54 liv ts, L, Morse. GT 56 52 175 Hower Wisher. aA +. D8 vt 52 174 Arxrm Rite Assocration.—The second spring meeting of the Gth Division Rifle Association will be held at the Hast Syra- cuse ranges, on June 6th and succeeding days. ‘The pro- gramme of matches is the largest yet prepared by the associa- tion, the cost of prizes aggregating over $1,300 in value. The competitors are: 1st. Directors’ match. 2d. 5ist Regiment mitch, 8d. short-range, all comers, 200 y'ds, 5 prizes; $58.00. 4th. Sixth Division, N. Gs, match for teams of 7, 4th, Cayalry mateh for teams of 6. 6th. Teams of 6 for each company in 6th Division. Tih. Open to officers of dist Regt. 8th. Open lo line officers of 54th Reet. §th. Open to members of 6th Division. 10th. All comers, mid-range match. 1th, Long range match. Jawatcoa, L. L, Rop asp Rirte Assoorarion.—The fifth challenge badge match of this association was shot on Satur- day, May 26. The ghallenge badge was won by Geo. H. Orecd; the 38 badge by John Fleming. ‘Vhe seore was as follows: BN, MOVER MLS. 21, vee «+46 (joo, AL Reed, d... Be § dng. M. Weaue, 8.. ‘theo. Rogera, M. Gev. A. Hicks, M... Geo. W. Daanion, M. Wan, 8. Gupewell, MW... bh, Sharps; M, Mayna.d; RK. Remington; B. Ballard carbine. —Any one desirous to purchase a rifle gallery would do well to inquire at Miley’s (ander Rark Thestre, brooklyn). The present Owner tagoing into other business, [See advertisement. Wm. Durland, Jr., M..........-- Jno. b. Fleury, k. Juv. Fleming, 5. . dno. Ryder, M- Steph Kyder, GB... Jas. M. Oakley, Rew... .. Conxnrerrovr.—The Stamford Amateur Rifle Club held its third competition for the Williams’ Challenge Badge on the afternoon of the 1th inst. Distance, 200 yards, off-hand, The previous winners have been W. H, Sandford and W. W. Skiddy. ‘The score on the 19th stood: "’, , Smith ...... hed 45448) J. HH. Swartwout.,.3 3 434 4 4—o1 hh. A. Williams..4 4 445 43-27 GC. W. Minor, ... .8 3 23 4 2 3—40 ( Dewing, --2. S443 4 4 4 It. A, Burdeth......83 23 6 2 2-9 WoL, Suliford,..4 8444 88-25 W. WeSkiddy 2... 34483 3—20 The annual nveeting of the elub was held on the evening of the same cday. The former president, Mr 1. Jf. Santord, linving declined very reluctantly, ab a re-election the follow- ing officers were chosen: President, Mr. W. W. Skiddy; Vice-President, Mr. K. tf. Keene; See. and Treas., Mr. Sehuyler Merritt. Executive Committee—Messrs. J. Lf. Swartwout, Clark Dewing, W. TH. Sanford, A. T. Swords and Walton Perzuson. The club is ina prosperous coudilion, and it is proposed to extend the range to 500 yards, which will add to the variety of the matches and to the interest of the mem- bers and tlicir friends in rifle shooting. On Wednesday fore- noon, May 30, theretis to be a matel tmder the auspices of the club, open to all comers. ‘The match will#hegin at 10 o'clock. Distance, 200 yards, two sighting and seyen scoring shots. Entrance- fee, $1. The prizes are three in number—#10 to first, $7 £6 second, and $3 to third. Massacnvuser1s.—The Massaclrusetts Rifle Association in- augurated its new 1,000 yards range target at Walmut Hill, Woburn, last Saturday afternoon; the possible aggregate heing 115. The following was the score: G. G.Blbhard. ccc cece eee 4b 17 Rd 9 W. Hi. Jackson. <4) 16 29 85 J. A. Lowell, . ..8b - gt 28 85 Ae P. Clirk.:.--60 . 4 18 29 4 William Gerrish,. . 86 15 26 Bil }), Kirkwood....... 20) a5 ves J, Wemy-s, Jr... .# 21 17 iW We DPolanu.... 6. .ccsseceeeee 38 IT 12 Tb New 1,000, 500 and? 200-yarcL targets will be get as soon us Lhe work can be done, and then this range will not | have 1 peer except in Creedmoor, over which latter it, how- ever, bas advantages, as the firing points are abont 400 pards apart, and the targets are backed with natural hills of fine sand. Massacnusrrrs Ririz Association. —The first spring mect- ing at Walnut Hill, near Boston, under the auspices of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, will take place Monday and Tuesday, June 18 and 1% The matches are; Ist. Directors’ match, 200 yards. 2d. All comers, 200 yards; 10 prizes; value $244. 8d. Open to Massachusetts militia, 200 yds., Spring- field or Peabody rifles. 4th. Long range, all comers, 800 yds, 7 rounds; 900 yds,, 8 rounds; 1,000 yds., 10 rounds; 9 prizes, value #175, 5. All comers, 200 and 500 yds., 10 rounds each; 9 prizes, $237. 6th, Challenge match to teams of 5, from any club in New England, 200, 500 and 1,000 yas., any rifle; 10 rounds per ¢ Tth. 200 yds., ‘teonsolation.” 'P. L. Steven- son actsas executive officer, and a good meeting is antici- pated. New Jersey.—The monthly contest of the Hackensack, N. J., Rifle Association for fat society's badge came off on the 20th instant. The result of the competition was as follows: H. L. Burns, 40; W. Ifelberton, 40; A, DB. Banta, 80; J. Wood, 37; B.S. Erle, 87; C. W. Vanderbeck, 86; J. M. Vun Valen, 36; M. ©. Gillham, 35; B. Van Strachwitz, 34; W. P. Ellery, 84; J® Conklin, 85; J. M. Gamewell, 29; BE. Ackerman, 28. In shooting off the tie Burns beat Holberton, —The opening shoot of the Newark Schutzen Society was held at their park May 14 and 15, At ring target Wm. Ilam- | mer, of Newark, ¢ame ont head with 68 points, Wm, Hayes * making 62. At the man target W. Klein won with 28 points, and al the bull’s-eye target Ph. Klein. The prize for most bull’s-eyes went to G. Schalk, of Pottsville, Pa. —The Jersey City Shooting Society held their opening prize- shoot at’ Greenville, N.J., May 18 and 19. he first prize was won by ©. G. Zettler, 66 rings; second prize by Wi, Klein, with 65 rings. —Adjotant-General W, rnules of compensation become disarranged, and the ennn- try suffers—generally from a sanitary standpoint. The law does not specify the period during which the enactment is to remain in force, but we hope it will continue three years. At the end of thafi time there will be birds enough. In the warm Climate of lorida animal life is extremely prolific, and protected hy its junglesand wilderness swamps, will have every opportunity to resuscitate, propagate and multiply. Florida owes its game Jaw mainly to the persistent efforts of *‘ Al Fresco” (Dr. C. G, Kenworthy), and Major G, A. Alden, whois President of the ‘Hallock Game Protection Club” of New Smymia. >_> — ConneoTivor.—lather an interesting case of infraction of the game Tiws was tried recently at North Windham, Conn. 1. seems that prior (0 the expiration of the close season Albert Church had repeatedly taken trout with book and line from the old historical Stone House brook, and was indicted for simu. The case excited great interest throughout the coun- bry, and when jt was brourht to trinl a larwe concourse of per- sons had assembled. ‘The case was clearly proven, but the de- tense was a perfect bombshell, Mr. Church testified, and proved, that he had taken the trout for the purpose of stocking other waters, which, under the statnte, he had a perfect right, to do, and was acquitted. —An enthusiastic Jaw-obserying, game-protecting corre- spondent, who is president of a large game protective club at Glen’s Falls, writes: *T hope next winter that a bill will be passed prohibiting ail spearing, as the people, if allowed to spear suckers, pick- erel, ctc., will spear bass. My first attempt at catehing Jaw- breakers was not a suc-ess. After waitin for hours on the shore of the Long Pond with an officer und another member of the club for some men to come ashore (they had the only hoat that had been put into the water at that time), we found they only had suckers and siei, 1 sprained my left hand fall- ing in the dark, and the men were so frightened that I doubt if they ever spear a sucker again this year.” This is worse luck than P. P. (Poor Pickwick) laid when he went shooting with Mr, Winkle, Our friend, though com- miserated, should be encouraged. Miomesn.—The following are the officers of the Michigan Stite Sportsmen's Association for the coming year; President—Dr. E. §. Holmes, of Grand Rapids. First Vice President—B. C. Nichols, of Battle Creek, Second Vice President—John EB, Long, of Detroit. Secretary—Artbur J. Holt, of Grand Rapids. Treasnrer—A, B, Turner, of Grand Rapids, — William W. Hulst, of Beresford, Valusia County, Fla, says: ** Our club is the only sporting club, I believe, in Volu. sia County, and has completed its organization, A. Rossitter, Jr., President; D. M. Adee, Vice-President ; and your ser- vant, Secretary and Treasurer,” etl ge Oak PAnk, Tlls., May 21, Eprron FoREs? AND STREAM: The new amendments to the Illinois State Game Laws have passeyt both the House and Senate, and now only lake the Governor's signa- Ture to become a law. Without doubt the Goyernor will approve it. The principal changes are us follows: The opening day on prairie chicken is extended from August 15 to September 1, ‘he 15th of Au- Zust was late enough certainly for the opening, especially in the south- ern half of the State. Even in the northern part they are offen in such packs by the ist of September that they will not lic to dogs in the open stubble and grass, except on very favorable days, The open season for quail is changed from October Layd January 1 to November 1 and Pehruary 1—a wise measure, Tthink, In shooting last fall two-thirds of the quail I found were unfit to kill, The Chicago market showed the same state of affairs in October, a large share of the birds being unfit for sale or consumption ; while, on the other hand, the extended time to February will have no effect on their breeding, unless in the southern part of the State, I fished an unbroken coyey near Devatur, in the central part of the State, the first of May. No snaring, netting, or trapping of quail at any time, under heavy penal- ties, Summer woodcock shooting is abolished, the opening being set at September 1. ‘The opening for (deer, turkey, and ruffed grouse is set for October 1. ‘Phe laws on water fowl remain about the same. They haye been in- operitive in the past, and will probably continue to besu. Their fight being uncertain and tnigratory is the principal cause. The penaltivs are $5 to $26, or imprisonment in default of payment of fine. T will forward you a complete copy of the bill when it becomes a law. Ido not think Mr. Greene Smith will experience as much dimecully in getting his prairie chickens, as a correspondent of the Chicago Field thinks he may shoot all he wishes himself, while any of his friends who are yesidents of the State may slip them anywhere they wish. The act in regard to this reads: “Ttshall be unlajyyful for any person or per- sons who is orare non-residents of the State to kill, trap, ete., for the purpose of selling or shipping out of the State, ete., any prairlo chicken, quail, grouse,” etc, Il, will not stop the shipping of game ont of the State. The business will be carried on by dealers the same as before, while any one so dis- posed nay become a citizen under favorable circumstances and kill and ship his game or get-aresident of the State to do so for him. Large numbers of prairie chicken wintered in this part of the State, and their booming is Mistinctly heard these fine spring Mornings, The heavy rains we are haying is very detrimental to them at this time, {uail here are gone. Ina rideaf seventy miles across the conntry I did not hear or see a single Bob White. The deep snow last winter exterminated them in places, Inthe central and southern part of the State, where the weather is less severe, they are qnite plenty. Tom TRAMP. —+9+ = —The New York bookbindery of E. Walker's Sons have removed to No. 14 Dey street, where they have four fine lofta and an abundance of room for their immense business. The firm was established in 1836, and haye the well earned repnta- tion of doing good work. The firm pay faithful attention to all orders from distant customers, and when the exact styles of binding desired are specified the very best materials and workmanship are guaranteed. As a curious instance of the confidence reposed in the skill, care and fidelity for which this bindery-is noted we will state that after the only existing tiles of the New York Journal af Commerce (covering a period of lifty years) had béen terribly damaged by the late fire, they were sent to Messrs. E. Walker's Sons to be restored as far as possible, This difficult job is now in progress, and will be completed us well as homan skill and patience cun perforin it. Specimens of its excellent work received a gold medal as fay back as 1851, at the Crystal Palace Exhibition, and silver medals and diplomas haye since been repeatedly awarded to them at various State fairs. ; FOREST: AND. STREAM,' 267 NEW DISCOVERIES RESPECTING hee) BELS. Eprror Forssr ann Srream: [ wish to record through you the results of my experiments with these curious a#pedal creatures the Hels, for, unless 1 am mistaken, all received theories as to their habits are errors, and out entire knowledge concerning them a delusion. The accepted opinion of their method of reproduction goes on the idea that they deposit their spawn in the salt water during the winter or early spring months; that the spawn hatches in the months Of April and May, and that the young ascend the streams in May to find some suitable mud-endowed pond where they can live, luxuriate, cal and grow fat. All this is contrary to the habits of every known vartety of fish, and was only approved after considerable inyestigation and on what seemed sufficient evidence, but there was always more or less doubt about it, and it required the confirmation of the actual taking and latching of the eggs under those conditions. These ems, however, were never found in salt water, nor for the matter of that, anywhere else; and I too have not found them, and consider it possile that eels are yiviparous and produce living young. Certain it is that the oldest fishermen assert that they haye never seen eggs in eels anywhere or al any season; but unfortunately, fishermen, both the oldest and youngest, are like the rest of the world, and never seem to see anything even when it is perched on the ends of their noses. The man who can see what really exists before him becomes a great man, and great men are scarce. He isa Bierstadt, a Seth Green or an Agassiz, and hence if the fishermen have never seen spawn in eels, that is yery little evidence that spawn does not exist in them. 1 um slow in drawing conclusions from any one experi- ment, buf my experiments this year have been so conclusive that I cannut refuse to credit the inevitable deduction from them, contrary as it isto all that I have supposed here— tofore to be the truth as to the manner and place of repro- duction of these creatures. ‘This year I built two small preserves below my trout pond on Long Island, leading one into the other, and the upper one connected with the main pond by a wooden trough. In the lower pond I had nothing at first, but afterwards some trout of from one-quarter to one-half a pound in weight. In the upper preserve were placed six hundred California salmon from those hatched by Mr, Mather in the New York aqaarium, and the trough was arranged with sand and gravel tu hatch a few thousand trout ergs, These arrangemenis were merel y temporary, as I had great doubts about their working satisfactorily. ; Nearly 10,000 trout eggs were laid down and hatched beautifully by April1, the loss being immaterial, The sac was rapidly absorbed until by April 17 the fry were very lively. At that time a few young eels, not larger than & lady’s hair pin, passed the serecns and were seen inthe troughs. They were semi— transparent, evidently just hatched and came from the pond. These crew rapidly, when not killed, and some escaped our notice. Daring my temporary absence Iwas informed that they were eating the trout fry, and although I returned on April 17, most ofthe latter had beeu devoured. In moving the rest I had (o dig wp the sand, and found it filled up with eels, from two inches to six inches long, which had buried themselves in it and were hidden away wholly out of sight. There were three screens of fine wire netting in the trough; one at the lead, oneal the foot, one between the two. Now that the sand was gone the young eels were to be seen in myriads main pond down the trough and thence into The salmon had grown so Jarge that they and in the lower pond were. now passing from the the first preserve. would occasionally eat one, the large trout and tew or no eels. It was impossible that the eels could have come up stream from the salt water bay, as the discharge from the lower pre- serve was through a pipe also grated, and with a two feet fall. Besides we saw them descending the trough; in black masses they settled down and endeavored to get through the lower screen, never seeking fo pass the upper one. By April 26, as they collected at the lower screen, they were being taken out by millions ina small net (made for the purpose) of mos- quito netting. Most of them were so young that the heart could be plainly seen, and its pulsations, which were rapid, noted under a microscope. I could find nothing of the sup- posititious heart in the tail, but my magnifying glass may not have had sufficient power. Ina few days after their first ap- pearance they would lose their translucent color and became black and opaque with the delicate seration, or reticulation on their sides, of the perfect cel, Towards the last of April the supply of young diminished, and we almost cleared the trough and upper preserve of them; there never were more than afew in the lower preserve, but by May 19 they were more plenty than eyer, and as the lower screen in the trough had been moved, they ponred into the upper preserve In myr- jiads. : Now, none of these eels came from the bay; they were all descending from the pond where they must have hatched or been born. ‘To be sure they kept their heads up stream, but fish of all kinds in descending # stream invariably do that, as every one who has watched tiem knows, and for the reason that in that way they can escape danger, and can regulate their rate of descent, Salmon descend rapids, and shad go down our rivers head up stream, and so does every kind of fish when left to its natural course, It is true they would ac- casionally swarm baci: up the side of the preserve, into which they had wormed their way with so much persistency, but that was probably due to eel-perversity, It was secing them climb perpendicular flood gates in that way which had con- vinced me, as no doubt it had convinced others, that eels were ascending, not descending the rivers in the spring, If my present conclusion is right, it accords with the practice of all migratory fish, and brings eels into the ordinary catalogue *of breeding in fresh water, and growing in salt, It seems ta me impossible that I could be deceived. There were very few cel fry in the main stream into which the preseryes emp- tied; scarcely more in the lower preserve, through which alone could they obtain access from below to the upper pre- serve; in the latter they existed in millions, their numbers increasing immensely about May 1, when the lower screen in the trough was remoyed; and in the trough they were also found in solid musses of wriggling life. Hel pots were set du- ring this time in the main pond and caught some large eels, bul none of these contained spawn, and I have no knowledge whether they ave viviparous or oviparous, but I am firmly persuaded that the supposition that they produce their young or deposit their eges in the salt water is a mistake. This conclusion has been reached only in the last few months, and even now I read an article of my own in Apple- tows Journal which was written before I had this knowl- edge, and which contains the old error; but, as I have said, althuugh opinions which are hastily formed are apt to be mis- taken, this appears so firmly established that I submit it to the criticism of your readers. One unaccountable event took place, which in fairness must be mentioned: all the younz vels disappeared out of both of my ponds about May 22, “leaving not a wrack behind," and giving me no idea whither they had gone. They were then mostly too large to have passed either the screen above or below, and as there had been arain during the night the eccentric scamps may have wriggled directly over the sides and dams of the preserves into the main stream, or they may still be buried in the sawdust at the bottom. ‘They are a wise race, —Last year they were in inky lines of countless numbers in fhe main stream, They had probably gone down the fish-way which is placed in the dam at the flume. his year they discovered the new and more feasible passage of my breeding trough and followed it, none, so far as 1 can ascertain, haying recourse to their former method of descent. A few were seen at the outlet of the pipe which supplies the hydraulic ram, but so far, none, comparatively speaking, have beeu seen in. the stream below the pond or preserves. The latter have been an effectual eel trap from which I haye sent thousands of eels to other parts of the country, and which lave proved an effectual exterminator of what Iregard as the most fatal enemy of trout in Long Tsland waters. Yours, very respectfully, Roserr B. Rooseyvert. oo >? — — OpstruAry.—Hon. E, H. Rosekrans. late Justice of the Su- preme Court, died at his residence in Glen’s Falls, on Tues- day morning, May 1. Judge Rosekrans was born in Water- ford, N. ¥., October 16, 1808, and graduated with honor from Union College before he was eighteen years of age; studied law with his uncle, Judre Samuel G. Huntington, of Troy, and practiced with him two years after he was admit- ted to the bar in October, 1829, when he was barely twenty- one years old; settled in Glen’s Falls in 1831; was district attorney from 1835-45; judge of the county court from 1847-51; judge of the supreme court, two terms, from 1855-71, and was honored with LL. D. by his alma mater in 1867. Judge Rosekrans was an ardent sportsman, and one of the most promising clubs in the State, organized for the pro- tection of fish and game, had its origin in his office. Among his friends, and especially in, his family, his superabounding and genial good humor and pleasantry made his presence ever enjoyable, and turned a dull hour into a season of sparkling joy. Inthedeath of Judge Rosekrans the har of Warren County has lost a valuable member, and the community a much esteemed citizen. + —______— A ContTEMPriBLE Action.—A letter written in confidence is generally supposed to he sacred, but we regret to say that one, at least, among our correspondents is either ignorant of, or else has willfully violated the obligation which is supposed to exist among gentlemen. Some time since, a Mr. Dunham, of Leeds, Mass., wrote to us for information regarding a party of this city, and in the desire to do him a service, we answer- ed frankly but confidentially. Our surprise can be imagined when the party referred to presented the letter which had been forwarded to him by Mr, Duoham, and asked for an ex- planation. While there was nothing in the letter of which we are ashamed, or that we will retract, the breach of trust is so glaring that we cannot refrain from giving it publicity. — oe Notice vo SporTsmMeN.—Having reccived so many communications asking us for information in regard to our six-section bamboo trout, black bass, grilse and salmon rods, we have prepared a circular on the subject, which wé shall take pleasire In forwarding to any address, We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from’'$15 to $150, We put our stamp only on the best, in order to protect onr customers and our reputation, for we are unwilling to sella poor rod with a false enamel (made by burning and staining, to imitate the genuine article) without letting our customers know just what they are getting. P. O. Box, 1,294.—Adu, Aggey & IMBRIE, 48 Maiden Lane. os A Sap Acorpent.—The many friends of Hon. Charles W. Hutchinson, of Utica, will be grieved to learn of the accident which has befallen him. While trout-fishinz in the North Woods, a few days since, he slipped froma lox and broke his leg short below the knee, He reached home on Sarurday night, and judging from his letter, while undoubtedly suffering great pain, maintains that equanimity and esprit which is so natural to him, OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. i BIRDS FOUND IN THE DISTRIOT OF COLUMBIA—THEIR HABITS, TIMES OF ARRIVAL AND+ DEPARTURE, ETC,—THE GREAT FALLS FISHING OLUEB, [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, | Wasntneron, D, C., May 18, 1877, oe matters in this vicinity huve been remarkably dull this spring. Usually we have lad yery good white perch fishing from the middle of April to the latter part of May, but frequent rains this seuson have kept the river yery high and muddy. The water now is as yellow.as a pumpkin, and will probably remain in that condition a weck or two yet, even though we have olear weather, The cold northeast storms which have preysiled so extensively destroyed all snipe shooting. In the neighborhood of the city, upon suitable low lands and marshes, these birds are often plentiful in early spring, when the weather is favorable; but I have not heard of a dozen being killed this year. Hetusorpv.— Dr, H. T. Welmbold, the famous manufacturer of Buehn, whose career excited the wonder of two hemis- pheres, alter having been eleyen times incarcerated im insane asyluins, resumes his old business, associating with himself other gentlemen under the name of the Helmbeld Manufac- turing Company. The plucky little Doctor asserts that he is, sane enough to satisfy his friends on that point, and he has both their good will and substantial cb-operation, Te expects to speedily double the already large sale of his great diuretic, —— was off on thé 20th of May. LS Sea and Ztiver Sishing. FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. a FRESH WATER, Tront, Salmo fontinelis, SALT WATER. Sea Bassa, Contropristeia wtrariva. Salmon, Selnio salar. Sheepshead, Archosargus probato- Salmon Trout, Salmo onjinia, cephalus, Laud-lovked Salmon, Saline gloveri. Striped Bass, Reecua Hinneatns. Blak Biss, Micropterus salmotdes; White Perch, Morvne americana, MW, niyrivans Weakfish, Cunoscion. regatis Muskauonge, Bor yobilor. Binetish, Vomatomus saltatrix, Pike or Piekerel, Msox (ucins, Spanish Mackerel, Cybiwnamacula- Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens, tam. Cero, Cyulium regale. . Bonito, Sarda pelamyea. Kingtish, Weniicirrus nebitlorna, —pj9 —— FLIES IN SEASON FOR JENE, Hawthorn, No, 1..—Bouy, shining black; feet and head, dlack; wings, bright liywline. Shoemaker, Vo, 10.—Body, ringed alternately with light gray and gal- mon; feet, dark ginger; wings, the mottled gray of the mallard; and + the mottled of the woodcock mixed; sete, mottled woodcouk. Black June, No. 10.—Body, peacovk's herl; feet and wings black. Dark Stone, No. 8 anid 9,—Body, dark brown; feet, yellow brown ; wings, luteous, Governor, No. 10.—Body, peacock’s herl; feet, dark red hackle; wings made of the darkest part of the bittern’s wing or brown hen, Green Drake, No.7,—Body, white posterior, half ribbed with black, green yellow, mottled with browu; set, dark brown. Brown Drake, No. 7.—Bory, feet and wings, # golden yellow brown; sel@, dark brown, Raven, No. 11.—Body, feet and wings black, Wren Fly, No. %.—Body, clay yellow ; feet made from the scapulary feathers of the Wnglish wren or quail; wings and sete, mottled widgeon, ? ———-o-s—_— Fis ry Marser.—The present fishing season is a peculiar one in many respects. About ten+days ago the first bluefish were taken on the North Carolina coast, and to-day they are being caught along the New Jersey, Long Island and ‘as far east us Newport, R. I. The salmon season opens twenty days carlicr this year than last; the tirst of the restigouche catch were reccived in splendid order by E.G. Blackford, Fulton Market. They came through in 48 hours from the nets of the fishermen, and for symmetry, brilliancy and flavor, are unsurpassed hy any fish in the world. Sheepshead are very plenty in market, from Windmill Point, N. C. The shad season is about closing, and all along the coast the report is that it has been the most unproductive in years, Our quotations for the week are as follows : Striped bass, 15 to 20 cents per pound; bluefish, 10 eents; salmon, green, 50 cents; mackerel, 10 to 15 cents each ; shad, Connecticut River, 50 cents; white perch, 15 cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, 65 cents; green turtle, 15 cents ; terrapin, #12 per dozen; halibut, 145 cents; haddock, 8 cents; king- fish, 18 cents; codfish, 8 cents; hlackfish, 124 cents; her- rings, 6 cents; ilounders, § cents; porgies, 12 cents; sea bass, 15 cents; ecls, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 cents; sheepshead, 18 cents; soft clams, 30 to 60 cents per [100 ; pickerel, 15 cents ; Long Island trout, $1; Canada do., 50 cents; hard shell crabs, #3 50 per 100; soft crabs, #150 per dozen; weakfish, 18 cents. AxGLING IN Oyster BAyY—Orexine or THr CamMpAian.—A party of jolly anglers, nine in number, including Mr. &. D, Phelps, of Chicago, Rut Schuyler, Mr. Brainerd, Abbey, Charles Imbrie and others, all under the pilotage of the Bald Eagle of Currituck, ran down to Oyster Bay on Tuesday last to test the new method recently invented by Abbey & Im- brie for taking weakfish with rod and reel and the pearl squid, so successful last year. They found a fine run of Squeteague in the bay, and tried for them by “* drifting” im the gut, and in eyery other way, without securing a bite. They then dropped anchor on the “Cinders,” end had exceedingly fine sport, killing between two and three hundred fish, of which more than one hundred and fifty were sea bass, averaging 13 pounds; but several of them, by actual seale weight, ran over five pounds! The party were taken care of by the far famed hostess, Mrs. Dominy, and did ample justice to her excellent Jarder and culinary skill, On their return they found the waters more erowded than eyer, with fly nets, gill nets, pounds, fykes, and other infernal devices for the wholesale slaughter of fishes. As regards the weakfish, the particular object of the expe- dition, they predict a Jarge run into New York Bay at any moment—a prediction which will warm the heart of Pop Reynolds and other anglers of the Jersey Club. Advices from Mr. C. T. Richardson, the well known Su- perintendent of the Oquossac Angling Association, under date of 10th inst., state that Camp Kennebago was in thorough order to receive guests. As four years have elapsed since the first landlocked sulmon were put in these waters it is antici- pated that in addition to the attraction offered the angler in the shape of six, seven and cight pound speckled trout, this famous member of the sSadmo gents will be captured in con- siderable numbers. Gentlemen desiring to visit Camp Ken- nebago will'please address Geo. Shepard Page, or L. B. Reed, Vice-Pres't., 10 Warren street, N. Y. Lake Point Cottage, ‘at the outlet of Rangeley Lake, the beautiful camp of Theo. L. Page, of New Orleans, was opened May 12th by the owner. He will occupy it With his family and friends until Oct. Ist. Cosxzotrour.—2ridgeport, May 14,—A gentleman from —It is unlawful to catch black bass in Virginia and New KG caught a trout last week in the Shepang River that Jersey before the 1st of July. The State law for New York weighed 2 pounds and 9 ounces, All the country is wild on that fish. G. HJ, FOREST AND: STREAM. r2b9 a Harijord, May 26.—Some remarkably large shad have been taken in the river near Norwich this season. One was caught the other day which weighed eight pounds; two othars in the same hanl weighed nearly seven pounds cach, — Hon. Henry B, Harrison and his nephew, T. B. Osborn, have gone to the Rangley Lakes in Maine. A Connecticut river salmon Weighing twelve pounds was caught in one of the ponds at Saybrook, yesterday. It was sent to New York. Huglish herring are bein fished for successfully near Wateh Till. One haw of aseine there filled forty barrels, und is considered one of the Jargest ever made in the Paweatuck river. New Yorr.—Aixeco Lake, May 28.—Just back from a ten days’ trip, with over a hundred pounds of trout, and all my neighbors ave feasting. My biggest take weighed 104 pounds, and ny boss speckled trout, two ponuds three ounces, dressed. Trolling just fairly started on Piseeo and Lake Pleas- ant. Pisrco. Adirondacks, May 22.—Would T could make a cast; hook you as I doa speckled beauty, aud land you here in the Adirondacks, dear old woods! where the sportsmen love to mech. ‘Thus far this ycar none of the old guests are nbout, save a few who for years visit here and cannot be tempted to ga to Maine. It isa fixed fact that traveling here is growing less inviling, owing to the inroads of civilization—and no attempt made to cheek violators of the law. At Martin’s [find regis- tered Mr. S$. Arnold, Mr. Mason and family, Dr. Corrigan and party, Mr. Handley, Mr. Gree and son; at Bartlett's Sports- iien’s Home, Mayor Thatcher and family, Vice-President Wheeler, Dr. Roweyn, Mr. W. H. Suow and wife; at Paul Smith's, Dr. Trudean and family, MLr. ‘Vitus, ete., ete. A few days azo ** Paul” cate near being burned ont, The woods have been ‘‘venerally on fire,” and approached his house ; but sixty men came to his aid, and after hard work saved ils destruction. Trolling this season in the *Upper and Lower Sarapae has been excellent. De. Romeyn, last week, look in two hots one troat weighing 145 pounds and one weirhine 12} pounds, and others, making vis catch 40 pounds in three hears; but this was extraordmary, To the disgust of the spottsmen asmall Aemeepathfe steamer plies on the upper lake. Mosquiteues abd black Hies have made their appear- anee, atl forsix weeks will reten in ull their vexation. The hotels here are wll adbenirably Kept, the guides faithful and obliving, and to the true sportsman and louver of nature no spot is more inviting. Two parties are on Raquette Lake in camp. : SMItit. Johnstown, May 25.—I was at Canada and Caroga and Pi- servo Lakes last week, and took fifty pounds of trout; weather nofayorable for good fishing. J. MEP: —Wm. 8. Kimball, the manufacturer of the celebrated ** Vanity Fair tobacco” at Rochester, is going to try the Land- locked salmon at Sebec, from thence to the trout, of Moose- be and after that, salmon on a famons river in New Bruns- wick. V Pexnsynvants.—Zewis' Lake.—This lake cannot be sur- passed for a placu of resort. Lt is situated on the highest * yrange of the Alleghany mountains, accessible by railroad to Muncy, then by coach twenty miles up the mountains—one of the most delixtitful rides imugiuable. ‘Lhe place has not been very widely known to the pleasure seeker until lately. Last fall five cottazes made their appearance, one built by a gentle- man of means from Philadelpuia, Pa., one from: Milton. Pa., and the remaining thres by citizens of Muncy, one of them being a very eminent physician. About one dozen more will be erecied the toming season, ‘Two boarding houses have been in existence for a number of years. ‘Lhe lake covers about three hundred and fifty acres of ground, and contains brook trout, lake trout, and a number of other species. The brook trout ishing is to be found iu the many small mountain streams which head close by, but the rarest sport is the duck shooting, there being always an abundance of them and very easy Wu gel. A fire 1s very comfortale in the hotest July eve- pings. Commy. PanssyivantA.— Greenville, May 25,—The Hon. Ben. L. Hewitt, State Kish Commissioner aut Hollidaysburg, and wife, tovether with President Judge, of this County, A. MeDermitt and wife, were guests of N. C. Packard, of tnis place, to-day, Mr. Hewitt gave us a good deal of useful information on pis- cieulture, also on the haunting of setters and pointers; aud, by the way, would be gratified to See Mr. Hewitt's idea of the same in the Fores anv SekeamM anp Rop and Gun. B. We would warmly second the desire expressed hy our friend B. No doubt the Judge can give us much information that would serve our readers to good purpose. © Virerta.—Nonfalk, May 21.—Fish coming in lively now. Saturday there were so many thousand tailors (medium sized lize fish) brought i that they could not be disposed of except for the compost heap, Saw one gray trout (squeteague) Wed- nusday that weighed 135 pounds, and was 87> inches long. ound heads (king fish) are coming in fair quantities. None taken with hook and line yet. One large woudeock was picked up in the west end of the city last week that had flown against a tree and broken his skull—very unusual to see them here so late. A beautiful specimen of the large legged avosets was shot a short time since ou the flats a short distance below the city. Some few ortolans, reed hirds, rice buntings or hobolinks (any other names for them that you koow of?) stillhere. Many of the migratory birds are very late passing theongh this year. Glass ball shooting is the only thiog in order now—some very goou scores made; none cleaner, however, than your correspondent made last week, each of his shots being scored minsed. D. —_——__+82—_____ ; 48 MAIpeNn Lane, New York, May 24, 1877. Eprror Fors’ Asp Stream AnD Rop anp Guy: I see in your number of [nis date that * Mesers, Abbey & Imbrie sre going to fish the York Kiver next month.” Your friend, Mr. A. G, Shilkinson, will probasly do so, but my partuer and myself have no such intention. If Mr. Shilkiusun is as agreeable a companion 4s he is a writer (ad we beliGve lim to be eyen more 80), there is reason for vie 10 be sorry that your prophevy his nu chance of being considered canonical, The troth of the matter is that poor Abbey must forego salmon fish- ing phis season fur business, 1 shall do*yhat little T cun for the Salm stlay on the Grand iver, As 1 shall bein the company of Senter Edmunds of Vermontand Mr. Andrew Clerk, I think there is a fir chance for pleasant evenings is Well as pleasant days. 1 know the Fores? AND STREAM AND ROD AND GUN tries fo tell the truth, but there seems always to be reat ditticalty in telling a “fish story * correctly. Yours yery siticerely, CHAS, F, IMBRIE. BASS FISHING IN LAKE GEORGE. | HE bass in Lake George are of two kinds—the Oswego and Rock Bass. The Oswego is the most gamey fish that swims in the lake, It requires an experienced angler to captire one that weighs over half a pound, ijless the fish should he so deeply hooked that be could nob lar loose if suspended in mid air, If after several attempts by jumping out of the water and shaking his head he cannoh gel frees he will go for the bottom and continue to struyvle for liberty) until he beeomes exhausted. Shenuld the angler get over anxious to foree him to the surface, he will leap and shake himself s invariably in such iustances he will get: free; the strength required to raise him tears the flesh, makes the hole large, and bis lightning motions tear or shake the hook out. Tl time is taken, when he takes a run, give him more line, but, under a firm, steady, and eyen strain, which will cause him to take a circle. Indoing this you can slowly gather im tine, Never attempt to lead him into the landing net until he gets su tired that he can be seen to lic flatwise in the water; even then if is necessary to avvid all quick motions. There are liundreds of pounds taken every year, the largest of them Weighing between five and six pounds. They would multi- ply very rapidly were it not for the spearing done during the spaWwuibe season, and another mode of destroying them, vis» when the female has selected her ground for a bed she cleans Of nll the loose dirt with her fins, and forms a basin, varying from one 10 three feet in dianteter; when completed the sand and gravel looks as clean as it would if washed by mau; sbe will tuke in ber mouth and carry off any small stick or stone that is dropped into the bed. Vagabonds who Know this abit prowl along the shore in a smil boat in calm, still weather, with a stout pole, heavy line and a Jarge hook covered with worms; when they come to a bass bed they pull close enough to it to drop the baited hook: into the ,nest, which will be picked up to be carried away and dropped oul- dide. While so doing the fish is hooked ; if not captured the lirst time, she will very soon return to her bed. I the oiten- sive thing is found she will again place herself in jeopardy. Ip this manner millions of bass-are yearly destroyed. Anions: all the laws for the protection of bass in the waters of Lake George not one act has been suflicient; the penalty is not enough,the and time prohibiting the taking of them yse never been Jong eveugh. The time should be of suilicien length for the youny to be of sufficient size to get out of the way of perch and rock bass. While the female is living no other fish dare approach the bed or molest their young when hatched. ‘Lhe time should be from the first day of April to the tirst day of August. The penalty shonld be both fine and imprisonment, $15 fine and fifteen days in the county jail for each and every bass tuken within the time specified. Thousands of bass ate taken yearly, by men who fish for the hotels, uwt will not weigh four ounces. AJL they care for is to get their money, whether the fish are fil to eat or not. lu this case the hotel keepers areas much to blame as. the fishermen. If they would not buy sach sniall try they would wot be caught. é h The catchivg of bass in Lake George is confined to the Summer and first fall months. There are one or two plices in the lake where they can be taken very late in the fall, und have been tuken in the Winter through the ice. Those taken at this time of the year are usually very large, There is a reef of rocks that comes within about cighteen feet of the surface ; on one side for some distance the bottom is covered with a tine, long, green grass: on the opposite the water is very deep. A person has got to know the spol to w sinail boat's length in order to yet them, ‘The exach spot was known by only two or three men for some yeurs, and is nut known by very many at this day. , ’ The rock bass,are not very good eating fish. The meat is soft; they inhabit the rocks, aud are invariably filled with a small, dark grub under the skin, Whey have a yery large mouth and use it to the best of their ability. They go for all kinds of bait, small and large. Lf they have a few seconds to work, the hook will be out of sight. Jn order to get the hook the stomach will have to be opened Nothing is more annoy— ing to the sportsman when fisiuing forthe Oswexo with @ nice, lively minnow, than to have bis float disappear and give the fisly time to get the book well down, and then find it deep in one of these red eyed gormandizers. ‘They take the fly also, [ have been trolling for Oswego and fastened to # good fish, und while handling bim bave had ene or two of these useless things fasten to the other flies on the leader. They are a great destroyer of young fish. The youny fish seck the crevices among the rocks for safety, and become food for the rock bass. If these fish inhabited all parts: of ube lake there would. not be much sport in fishing. ‘Lheir abode is tmong loose rocks along the shore and under sunken logs and tree Lops. Strangers not accustomed to fishing often get where these fish aré fuund and enjoy their good luck at catching such a quantity, but they lind when they return to the wharf that all is not gold that glitters” when they see the man that hus charge of the boat throw the fish overboard, ‘They might congtatulate themselyes if they were aware that they had been the means of destroyinga large number of fish eaumbuls ; sometimes they de not find ont their mistake, and go away thinking that anybody can goto Lake George and catcli as many fish as they choose. hs In order to make a sure catch of Oswego bassil is necessary to be supplied with various kinds of bait. ‘Lhe bait that takes well one day may not do the next; minnows, grass- hoppers, black crickets, young frogs and angleworms are used. 1 haye had as fiid sport with nothing but. angleworms as any bait used. ‘Lhe hopper and cricket are best late in the season. It depends much on the weather what kind of bait to use, especially in trolling. ‘The more cloudy the day, the more bright and lively should be the fly or spoon used. In trolling for bass a very small fly is best. The trolling speon should be of the smallest kind made. I have never sven one too small, The more dainty the outfit, the quicker they take it. ' Tue OLp Pinon. --+— Parrar’s Guide to Rangely Lakes is now published by Messrs. Lee & Shepard, Boston, and C. ‘T. Dillingham, Broad- way, New York. The map and guide to Moosehead ena) will be ready July 1st. oN SHARKS, AND OTHER MATTERS, u : Prrer,. February 10, 1877., Our genial correspondent, Mr. Phillip Vibert; whoseance- ‘ dotes regarding dogs, ete) lave been read willese mueh inter - ust, sends us, from his home in Peree, Quebec, this further in- stallinent : . 1 am pleased. to learn;by your issue of the dst inst., that my communication en the breeding of wild geese has led to no less than three other cases. of extensive and successful breed- ing bein fully authenticated—and, as you justlysobserve, de- coy birds can thus be easily procured—a few, no/ doubt, from Gaspe Basin, if bespoken in time, eal I have been greatly surprised to learn, fhrough your yalua- ble journal, (iat a doubt has eyer existed as to sharks being men-eaters, not haters. An old superstition exists amons British seamen, that sharks will follow in the wake of a ship having sick persons on board, when at the point of death. Te this as it may, the following facts, which are fresh in my memory, would go fur to confirm Jack in his nautical prejn- dices. In February, 1823, I was on board of a yessel owned hy members of my mother’s family, which sailed from Messina in Sicily, bound for St. Petersburg. The Gaptaim was far gone in coosumption, ‘The doctor who attended him—and had kindly taken him to his house during our stay in porf—strong- ly urged his remaining on shore, hut to no purpose. He hop- ed he might live to he landed in the islind of Jersey, bis native place on our way up channel. But he died a fortnight after leaving Messinn, and we consigned his body to the deep, be- tween Cape de Gafta and Cape Palos, on the coast of Spain. For some days previons to his death, a large shark followed the vessel, and was daily seen by all-hands; but, stranze to say, he did not put in an appearance on the day of ihe Burial, thongh we were becalmed all the morning, Two days later, as we were nearing Gibralter, with a light air from fhe east- ward, I proposed tu the new captain to cive the white strealc a touch of paint, to make the old craft look ship shape. No sooner said than done. A Jadder was slung over the side with aboard on the rungs, fomnng a safe seatfold, and another young man and myself went to work. One side was finished, and we had only the port quarter to paint, when a men in the mmain top shouted in sn excited tone, ** Alongside there ! Hiaulloa! Look ont, the shark is close to you!” T turned round quick as thought, and, to my inexpressible horror, f be- held the huge monster, for he was twelve to fifteen feet in length, within six feet of us, evidently about tomake his dead- ly spring. Shouting to my companion, I dropped a lange paint brush overboard, and sprang up the rope which held the ladder, and gained the deck. As L write, I fancy DP see the leer- ing eyes of the monsterin anticipation ofa elurious feed. The Stage wasabout two feet from the water, The man in the top said that the moment [ dropped the brush the shark followed it. Sorry it did not bold a few ounces of arsenic or other dend- ly poison. We finished our job nevertheless, the man in the top keeping watch, and the captain on the quarter witha load- ed gun. iremember also having read an account in some book of voyages of a boy falling overboard, and a sailor jumping after and saving him. ‘The boy was safely hauled wp,-but his gal- lant rescuer, when some six feet out of the water, was cul in two by a shark. . But a well authenticated proof of the voracity of the shark exists in the dining hall of Christ's Hospital—better known as the Blue Cgat School—in the city of London—where any vis- itor mayseen an oil puinting, representing a ship's boat and crew rescuing a man who has fallen overboard, and is minus a leg, whieh had been amputated by a shark. The hero of this misadventure afterwards became Sir Brook Watson, a eclebrated naval constructor, during the close of the last cen- bury. 7 A great: grand-uncle of the writer, on the maternal side, named Joshua Mauger, was a partner of Sir Brook, and tinal- ly-vetired with a large fortune, hence my knowledge of the his- tory uf the painting, The following anecdote may not be un- interesting to the readers of Foresr anp SvReAM. —__ The aloresaid grand-uncle lived in. great style in London, and had a country seat near Lymington, a thén fashionable watering place in Hampshire. He had a daughter—an only child—who married a general in the british army, a son of Peer of the realm, ‘They had no children, and she, dying he- fore herhusband, made awill in his favor. The ceneral, on his demise, left all his property to his relatives, including two splendid life,size, half-length portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Mauer, by that celebrated painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds. My grand- father having, through an old friend in London, ascertained the then owner of the portraits, stated his anxiery to become possessed of them, and acting under his advice, called upon the nobleman, and hiying explamed who he was, he proposed to purehase the portraits, and give his lordship any reasonuble sum. This, his lordship politely declined, siating that thoush the portratts formed no pact of the family gallety, he prized them us works of art—as masterpieces of the great painter. My grandfather was not a little chagrined at vhis rebuff, us he would willingly have given a Iendsome sam for them. His unele had left him the greater part of His massive plate, his splendid china diner and breakfast sets, every piec® of which had his cout of arms eneraved or bewutifally painted thereon, a considerabie sum of money and handsome leracies to all his children, yet his heart yearned for the paintings! as life-like likenesses of his deceased relatives, He returned to Jersey. and had nearly forgotten his disappointment, when, atter a lapse of some months, he received a letter from the agent of the Southampton Packets, advising the arrival of two large cases, and enclosing a letter, which, on being opened, proved to be from his Lordship, begging his acceptance of the por- traits. The old gentleman’s surprise could only be surpassed ly his delight at thus becoming possessed of what he had lone considered a lost heirloom. This princely gift proves that the donor wus u right Noble Man ! Putuiup Vasert, — SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. To our customers and the public :—In reply fo the damaging reports which have been circulated respecting the quality of our split bamboo rods, by ‘* dealers” who are unable to compete with usat our reduced prices, we have issued a cireular which we shall be pleased to mail to any address, proving the falsity of their assertions. Conroy, Bissert & Matimso Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street \ Nl FOREST AND STREAM. w FISHING IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN. Eprrok Forkst AND STREAM: Tf your readers will take a good map and trace the many water- courses that mark this section they will notice what an extent of coun- try is drained by the Cheboygan Riyer. Lakes and rivers abound with fish, with scarcely any inhabitants surrounding, save here and there a few Indians. A party of us had been left hy steamer at Cheboygan on a quiet Sunday evening at the end of Angust. We made arrangements that night to go up the river by a smafl steamer as far as it was possible to go. Monday morning found ts at breakfast by 6:30; also a party of Chicago Indies and gentlemen, who intended to go up about twelve miles to fish for bass. A small steamer was waiting for us above the dam. The wkole party, numbering about twenty, was soon aboard, and we qnickly left the few scenes of civilized life. ‘The river winds through grand old forests and lagoons, from which our puffing little hoat scares up many ducks and cranes. These Scenes are new to ns. The changing forest, touched by an early frost. The crisp air is quite arelief from the heat of bricks and stones of a parched city in mid Angust; but weare aroused, Away before our boatis stretched a mon- ster Immber raft drifted across the river, The little steamer pulled and tugged in vain. There was no way to get through. After an hour’s hard work they landed us, and said we shonl find plenty of fish while they retarned to the mills for a lumbering tug and crew. The party dividea itself into three companies. Two boats had been left for us to fish from, soto fishing they went. Myself and a young Jad from Pitts- burgh found a small point up the banks of the stream. Rods were z00n jointed, lines rigged, when to our disgust we found onr bass flies had gone back with the boat, Well, we tried forsunfish. Some of the party caught afew miserable little things, all bones, Luck had gone against us sure. We tried *hoppers-fish, but canght nothing until Unele Pp— suid: “Here! come in and get some young frogs.” We soon had sbout twenty the size of a fingernail in our pockets. So, riz- ging up strong tackle, we tried with frogs. Idropped mto a school of bass about fifteen feet from the boat, The frog had hardly sunk a foot hefore my rod went down and the reel began to whiz, while the bass began fo rush this way and that; after playing him about ten minutes we carefully drew him to the side of our boat, and, takine him by the gills, lifted him inte the boat—a beauty weighing about four pounds. A few minutes after young P. said: “S , ve got him, and a buster, too!’ So it was—larger than usnal—w fine fish, that fought hard for life; but the boy was a cool hand, and knew how to handle big bass, Need I say they were soon dead and cleaned, cooking for dinner, for the whole party were hungry. We caught about six of these fine fellows before we were able to proceed on our journey. Per- haps some lovers of the art will lift their hands in horror that # disciple of Izank shonld thus degrade our gentle sport, but if they wanted fish ns badly as we wanted those bass they would excuse us, We alone caught anything worth cooking; and dry bread or crackers make a poor dinner for a party of Jadies, Often during these warm days we long to get.away from the city. The flies are ready, the rod stands in the corner waiting, aud the spring of our Orvis tront-rod sends an elec- tric thrill through all our system; the youngster by our side catehes the infection, and worries us with, “Papa, say, papa, when are you going to start for Michigan 7” We only wait for some communica tion froma trapper friend to join him in fishing for grayling in the Manistee und An Sable Rivers; while the memory of our romantic trip up the Cheboygan River will bé a bright spot in our life for years to come, Yours, respectfully, NORMAN. +o = = FISHING IN LAKES SAN ANDREAS AND PILERCITOS, CALIFORNIA. Epirok Forest AND STREAM AND Rop anp GUN: T have, I believe, for these two or three yeurs past, addressed your yaluable journal on the subject of angling in our sportsman’s clus’ lnkes, in the vicinity of San Francisco, giving you some account of the salmon and trout taken in them by the members and others, Accuri- ing to the rules lately made by the club, only the members an i those residiug at some distance from our city are permitted f9 tish in these waters, It is now in my power to present to you an) your numerous readers a very satisfactory report of the sport enjoyed by the followers of the rod in two of these lakes this season. Owing to the dryness of our Jate winter and’ spring, the water in them has become ve y low— a0 low that before the next rainy season we are rather in dread of 4 water famine in San Francisco, us the snpply of that necessary element is likely to fail before the beginning of next winter. It is probable, | think, tbat this small qnantity of water in two of these large reservoirs —lLakesa Pilercitos and San Andreas—ia the cause of the fishing in them being so good, as the catch of trout in the one, and salmon in the other, {a almost unlimited. In Pilercitos one would have no difficulty in bagging 180 trout in twelve hours, apd in San Andreas, before a re- stricting law was passed by the directors of the club, fifty salmon was po uncommon number to be taken. Another reason why the fishing has been go successful, is, of course, that the young fish or chub, and other food that the trout and salmon have snbsisted on, have been di- minished in quantity, makng them more eager to bite at any bait or artificial fly. The fishing has, indeed, been tov good, as is well known, ag things which we cao obtain very readily and easily are never so much prized as those which require more time and labor to make our own. The newTrule is that a single angler shall not be allowed, in one day's fishing, more than twenty-four salinon in San Andreas, and iifty bfook trout in Pilercitos. In San Andreas the salmon average abont one pound in weight, and in Pilercitos the troyt are about eight iuches inlength. ‘This, to be sure, is rather small as to size for great eport, but it 1s somewhat re- compensel by the number that can be taken. AIL these fish are in capital @exiition, are very gamey, and excellent for the table. The otwer dey I caught ten salmon in San Andreas in three hours. trolling with a saiall spoon from a boat, having torow and handle the rod a the same time; that is, 1 was alone in my boat, and with my foot on the butt of my rod | used the oars, dropping the latter when a tish seized the spoon. This is not near so pleasant as having two in a boat—one to row while the other fishes, or for each person to do both, alternately. { J do not consider this Jake angling ts at all equal in pleasure to river or creek fishing, where there is so much interesting, gran’, and eyen romantic scenery to be enjoyed, With a contingal change of views, The scenes around San Andreas Luke are rather bleak aod barren, and the angler is exposed mach to our trade winds, which blow more or leas all through the spring and summer here; but Lake Pilercitos is in- closed with beautiful hills and mountains, clothed in lovely vegetation of trees, shrubs and brilliantly colored wild flowers, and 1s thus well defended from the high winds at the fishing seasons. Luke Merced, one of our trio of Jakes, and the Dearest one to the city, contains many large Lake Tahoe or River Truckee trout, aver- aging now abcut three pounds, some of which hive been taken whose weight has reached nine and a half pounds. This Jake has also been {furnished with young salmon, but there is no piace in iL where they can successfully Spawn, therefore they are becoming scarce, and thir ‘e of waler needs a speedy replenishment of young fish of the ~enus of several varieties, (Me species of brook trout, averaging two pounds, which in- habit the McCloud and Pitt Rivers, in the upper portion of the State, are being transported here hy our energetic Fish Commissioners, and will be a great acquisition for us, as our native brook trout In the more southern portion of California ayerage nO more than about a quarter of nd. E, J, Hoorern. Game Bag and Gan. JUNEIS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME. a pou Quary.—The valley south of the Blue Mountain range and running west through New Jersey and Pennsylvania was, prior to 1868, not surpassed by any territory in this country for quail shooting, Its advantages were—abundanee of birds, and open coyerfor shooting. The land is chiefly limestone sub-stratum, rich and highly cultivated, wheat and corn being the staple crops; and the timber is remarkably free from un- dergrowth. The birds were winter killed in the winter of 1868-69, and notwithstanding they were since protected by special legislation, the winters and springs were against tlem, and up to last winter they had not recovered to within eighty per cent. of their former numbers. But reports from well- informed sportsmen and farmers through this section state that last winter did not destroy the quail; that the wheat and rye are better, and the quail more plentiful than they have been for years; that the spring has been wousually prop itious for breed- ing, and that the prospects for good shooting in these two States are more flattering than they have heen for an interval of eight years. eee PIGEON MATCHES. Massacrus111s.—The Sportsmen's Club of Spencer, Mass., have purchased one of Togardus' glass ball traps, with 200 balls. They purpose to try their skillon Memorial Day, Wed- nesday, May 30. Nevaps.—The following are the scores in the last monthly shoot hetween twelve members of the Virginia Shooting Chuab. Conditions: ten single rises at 26 yards, ties to be shot five double rises, ‘the wind blew great gung, and the birds very inferior, Referee, Mr. Balsey; Judwes, Messrs. Dillon and Loynachan : D. i. Jackson... G. Kritzer... 6 Schonemiau—.. 3 T, Diamond, B. Rebinson % W. Dormer. Conroy --T G. Brysou,.- H. Purker..., 3 J, MeUnuley. alts. IWANCET opr bere bacatataeenet CEUs e DRY snus ean seca The birds being scarce, Messrs. Robinson and McCauley agreed 10 shoot off at some future time for the stakes. Itisors.—The members of the G. P. 8. C., of Champain, H1., shot a match for a medal on the Yth inst. Conditions of the match, single and three double rises; lame birds. The following is tle score : COMGY ore Fue oh 8s oa neh ssaipes Com, 80) pF eal ail oo TL WT Monroe. 1, OU Ue ait ad dL ai dl—10 Butiou,. i ae IP od OL wh 1— 9 Scott... ot Je Gale Lat WL di iv—ty Kiler A al 2 eT IL o) 11—% Hot, . te toad iv 10) 11— 0 New York.—The following scores were made at a sweep- stakes shoot of the Whyne County Sportsmian’s Club at Clyde, N. ¥., on the $th instant, at glass balls, Bogarcdns’ trap, 18 yards rise, ten birds @ach. L. A. Dayton..... 7 M.J. Medntyre..... PEMA SAL IPE 4 fen Cutchpole. 6 de Me Crnvey. ot keen: 4 Geo, Wriile,.-.. & a, M. Burghdurt. + Jd, M. Streeter. - i &, G.Billow. of. Ae) ii K, Comp-ono,. 1) sil Dinwewood. a4 Jake Wurts,.....,. er ad ah) Ee + es vu. A. Helmer........ 4s aah 2. Boh, Catch pole ass -2.0-4 ses eeesne dL Compson took first money, Dayton won second in shooting off ties of seven, and Catehpole took third. The members of the Long Island Shooting Park assembled at Dexter's on Saturday Jast to shoot for their champion cup. ‘Phe conditions were seven birds at 25 pards rise, the previous winner to stand af 27 yards, The following is the result ; WOW Une ss Sceane Piditid—T Hance, 2. tegen LUT Y —2 Edwards ... -1111011— Appleyard. 6 =i Broadway .. 1111002--5 Watters... 0 —t) ANBDOU..,.. -L1O1T10 —4 Yates.... 0 —0 Madison.. 010111 —4 Williams. he! —i Weilar... 1110 —$ Henderson nl) —p Redd@n...be DT 1 U = 8) Hone... eee. eee u —) Jounson,.....+-...0 110 —! Time of choot—i hour, 15 minutes, New Jersey.—The members of the Midway Shooting Club, of Matawan, N, J., met on Thursday, May 24, at Margan’s Station, on the line of the New York and Long Branch iail- road, to witness the contest for the club badge, an exquisite piece of workmanship, and as appropriate an emblem as the sportsman could desire. The conditions were ten birds each, 21 yards rise. H and T traps, 14 0z. shot, 80 yards boundary, between Wm. A. Dunlop, present holder, and Stephen Lam- berson, challenger. Annexed is score : WAL DORIOD) 05.00 cet nice etme nie sae Fs ees ty -L111910 Stephen Lamberson........eaee sis seen eee peed at Ded fo Dunlop’s fifth hird fell dead outside. Following this was a sweepstakes, $3 entrance, three birds each, with scven entries. S$. Lamberson.,,,.......-- .L11—3 John Pterson..,.........- -111-3 Cort Warne,..... 111—8 I, A. Warue.. sedaee et 0-8 ‘ames Vanbrokel.. LL1—8 W. A. Dunlop. cscssecesse-s1 1 0—2 James Lamiberson...... --L 1 1-8 Tie on three. S. Lamberson......-.....,1 1 1—# James Lamberson.........1 1 0—% Cort Warneé.. 111—8 John Pierson,............,1 1 1-3 Jumes Vanbroe lL 11—3 Second tie, S$. Lamberson,.....e.00+s. 1 11—3 James Vanbrockel...... al 1 0-2 Cutt Wartie, -..-...--......1 1 13 Joh Pierson,.....,.4,.,..0 —=0 Third tie. S, Lambers0n...casee se vtaerecss DOG HAV OIHCT Or c..ospe eben ents cos | Kirst money divided between Stephen Laniberson and Cort Warne. Second divided between H. A, Warne and W. A, Dunlop. Same Day.—Sweepstakes. Conditions same, with eight entries. i James Vanbrackel.,.......l 1 1-& Abe Ten Eyck.......,,,--.1 1 1—8 Uort H. Warue..., 1it Stephen Lamberson,.......1 1 1-3 H, A. Ware. .. seeeeed 11-3 R, vishrow... 1 0—2 W, A. Dunlop.,...........1 1 1—# James Lamberson...,,....1 ) —1 ‘Nie on three. James Vanbrockel 111-8 W. A. Dunlop CorrH, Ware... --tL1ld—# Abe Teun Eyck... Hi AL WBIDE. ia oe 2 el 11—8 Stephen Laniverse Second tie. James Vanbrackél.........1 1 J—S UL. A, WATHE,. yee brennan ll — Cort H, Warne... ....see-01 1 Od | Miemeax.—The DetroitsGun Club had a shoot for State medal, which was held by J. E. Long, on their new grounds, —The Hurling Park—on the 9th inst. Wm. Clark, of Toledo, referee; S. F. Whitman scorer, and Wm. Hart manipulated the trap strings behind a blind; English rules, 80 yards boundary, 20 yards rise, five round traps, eleven birds each. The following are scores made : ah PFs TONG. deb tnteve bes ster oclelvte .5 J. V. D. Eldridge... Cook Cousing,....... 9 D.C. Sanborn A. . Gillman <.59 MM. 3 Cristy?.- 4. GC. Nichols... Ties at nine. Cook Consins,.. «L1111—5 J-¥, D, Eldridge......11010—3% Ei. H, Gillman,... LOW A number of sweepstake matches were shot on the same day. During the medal shoot the wind was blowing almost a gale. ‘The most of the birds were good, strong birds, but were very loth to lexye the traps when sprune, and some of them actually walked from fiye to ten yards from the traps before rising. Some of the shooters had rises that would measure every fool of forty yards, so they did not do such bad shooting after all. Ss. BW. Shoot at Hurlingham Park, Hamtiamick, on the 21st inst. \ Hand T traps, 21 yards rise and 80 yards bobndary+ ten birds each. Class shooting, H. H. Gillman, captain.,....-:.-.,..1 1 11122411 ‘LI ae ta i) Ee aca eee at Soar ee ee GOA. MACK. oo ocse celal esse ool 40D 281 Pa ie oes Galt Slepfone, cuptain,.... Ue Ig et ack tipi oa —s J, V, 0D, EUridge.,....... +s sok OL A ae ets Ed. 3S. Barhours..,..,....50.2202 005 O01221i10i1ii2 1 «1s8—%35 + THE STATE SHOOT. A correspondent writes from Poughkeepsie as follows: “Tu your paper of May 17, yon notice the meeting of the State Sports- , Inen’s Convention to be held at Syracuse in June, and that the commit= fee haye contracted for twenty thousand birds (pigeons) to bu shot at hy the sportsmen attending the convention. For the information of your numerous readers will you please, in your next issue, give ns as hear as possible the number of pigeons destroyed to obtuin the twenty thousanil for the gentlemen sportsmen to amuse themselves over, ab this, their annual gathering, aud oblige, W. 8. J." [We regret that we cannot supply our correspondent with the information he desires. In fact, we believe that ss the conyention is postponed until the 18th proximo, the birds are still flying in freedom over the trackless expanse of the North Woods. If they are captured we shall have to refer our correspondent (0 the committee having the matler in charge,—Ep. ] — THE MASSEY CARTRIDGE CRIMPER. Marynanp, May 25, 1877. Eprror Forrsr and STREAM: As T have derived both amusement and instruction froin your pages, Iam induced, for the benefit of ‘others, to refer to alittle implement in the sporting line, recently met with, Jiut in which [ have no pecuniary interest whatever, which appears to supply a want of those who use breech-loaders, and more especially those who use light rifle shells, whieh it is desired toreload. It is the Massey Cartridge Crimper, and may We thns described, haying been invented, I believe, within the past year, but as yet little known. It appears toanswer a want — which has not heretofore been satisfactorily supplied by any other cheap device. Its simple form and practical value will interest those who wish to do fine rifle shooting in the forest, or at the range. A shell that has been used but once or twice with a heavy charge of powder, is often so much expanded that it will not bold the bullet true and firmly in position, when reloaded, un- less the mouth or portion of the shell seating the ball. be somv- what reduced in size. It must be compressed or crimped, so as to hold the bullet firmly, with its center line, from basé to point, evactly coinciding with the axis of the bore of the barrel. This little implement will meet this required exactness, and as is believed, with as little trouble and expense as any possible device. It consists of a pair of pinchers with jaws formed to fit the shell, and a cylindrical tongue, or pin between them, over which tongue the shell is placed for crimping ; the tongue hay- ing a slight depression in one side, into which the jaw com- presses the shell, by a projection in the jaw, the opposite side fitting the diameter of the shell, preserves its circular form intact, while the end of the tongue acts as a gauge to show when sufliciently crimped. The shell wilLremain at the easy fit which the expansive power of the powder gave it, except — so much of- the mouth as the bullet occupies, and this (except a mere trifle at the mouth to fully admit the patch of paper or muslin), it reduces the shell all around with pertect unilormity. The bullet is therefore properly held, and starts straight on ils course. As to new shells, it is well known to Creedmoor experts and other obserying riflemen, that they often do not eractly fit the chamber, und those which are irregular in shape never give uniform shooting. The Massey Crimper appears to answer to this want, and to correct or remedy these defects yery satis- factorily. EL 3. Sr. Many’s Works, St. Mary’s Square, Birmingham, May 4, 1877. The champion triple wedge fast gun has beaten 102 guns by the best makers at the London gun irials, and has made the best shooting at game ever known. It will stand 10 drs. of powder in the proper shell, and can be obtained in the States at from $150 to $250, W. W. Greener, St. Mary’s Works, Birmingham. PITTSBURGH, Muy 1. EnITOR FOREST AND STREAM; T observe in your issne of 28th ull., your correspondent “J, J, £.” quotes from Jas. D, Dougall’s work on “Shooting,” ete., in reply to *'T, Umbellus " discussing the relative merits of “breech” and “ muzzle” loaders, in which “J.J. B.".says “that the writer of the above book acknowledges superior durability and shooting of the muzzle loader, and Says, “that the rapidity of loading and firing in the breech- loaderis only an offset towards Those other qnatities in mazale-loaders.” Now, J am not going to argue the question, but merely to say that] can- not fndin the work referred 16 anything that would warrant such a conclusion In the matter. In the last edition of his work on © Shoop ing "—Lonion, 1875—at page 74 Mr, Dougall says, “* Possibly the inven- tion of breech-loaders was originally more directed to facility and | quickness in loading thanto any other adyantage ; but whether or not, breech-loaders aye oly to be made npon sound mechanical principles to fain a manifest advantage on mugzle-loaders im every respect.” The ifglics are mine, Agnin, on page 75, “If their mechanical fittings We correct they must surpass in shooting powers any muzzle-loaders of similar dimensions.’ Mr, Dougall aey at one time have held such an opinion, aS Many others did, when the breech-loader was sirnggling for existence, but I think the above quotations show that he does not hold them to-day. W. C. M. Rational Jlastimes. Breemupa Hes Cuue,—The Royal Gazette (Island of Ber- muda) thos describes the last meet of the ‘* Bermuda Hunt Cluob:” The last meet of the season was on Tuesday, 1st May— Front street, Namilton. presenting quite an animated appear- ujee as the Hunt, by twos and threes, arrived in front of the Yacht Club, which was the rendezvous. ‘len minutes Jaw aid we jogged off to the head of the Harbor. a large field, including some ladies’ taking advantage of a fine day to seu the last hunt of the season, Jumping a small stone wall ont of the foad and over the grass for « short distance, tle scent, turning Lo the right, carried us over 2 wall, which proved a SSE block to three or four, and we heuded for the south shor, Threé pair of heels (two, at least, df which were shod sith iron) on the landing side of the next fence made a man look “nowhere,” thongh it is said that~as be rose he gasped ‘nbique.” Now the pace was checked a bit; we crossed a road, and climbing upa steep and rugged hill, got a good gal- lop along some grass, over some small stone walls and into a hit of country thai reqnired some doing. A. big and stiff bit of timber was now negotiated ; luckily for some, there was a way round, which was taken advantage of by a few, but a little further ahead two more stiff posts and rails appeared, at one of which some grict was seen, for at, it a flighty ‘fairy "fell. Now along the shore close hy a little creek we saw the paper lying. ‘Don’t foul’er,” cried a soldier bold, as his mare, ris- ing at a wall, was cannoned against. Forrard on, forrard; a Tioyal Welsman leads the’ way. the Master in the van, two South Devonians racing side by side; sand and spray, civil- lians, soldiers, sailors mingled in a cloud. Over tle Sand Hills and -far away, along the coast, what crossed the line but a bullfinch, big and blind as blind could be; it was case of both arms upas we charged the thorny fence. Now over the South road acrossa valley and some small walls and wé came upon a wire fence right in the line. *- Ware wire,’ shouted the Master, and we made a consider able detour to get on the scent again. °Tis said that one es- sayed to jump if, taking his coat off and hanging it of the top wire, his horse, however, did not seem to see it, or probably did see it but didn’t like the look of it. A ring round, twice in and out of a road, through a wood, along some nice gallop- ing ground, brings us close to the finish; two fences more and we shall be in the finish field, still, for many this was not to be just yet, for at a big stone wall which now faced us, it was a regular case of heels up, heads down—What! is Bomba down? No, it cannot be, yet struggling on the ground we see the gajlant Chestaout roll, three other huaters, men and all, make a melee fit for any fighting men ; a fifth now swells the surging mass, Quo fas et gloria ducunt. Men of science now looked on and said that heaps of living flesh began to heave and swell, and as the horses one by one got up and men felt down their battered limbs, then regained their seats, the heap was scattered to the winds (represented on this occasion by a pleasant mount close by). fifteen minutes before each train. On Sundays, from Thirty-fourth street only. ‘Ticket offices in New York at James’ Slip and S4th street ferries, ab the offices of We-tcott’s Long Island Express Co., 7 Park Place, 785 Broadway, 942 Broadway, Grand Ventral Depot, 42d st.; in,» Brooklyn, 433 Washington st. ; in Brooklyn, E. D., 79 Fourth street, J By purchasing tickets at any of tha above, offices, bayyage can be checked from residence tu destination. myal 3m PPE *sAM DUNAKIN CAMP,” go-culled, with ali buildings, lisheries, etc., will be sad at pub- lic sale on the premises ou fiurth jake of the Fulton Chain, Hegktmer Co., June 19, 1877. ‘Chis is one of the mort Yesirable Camps in the vorih wouds, Is mude,or hewed logs, aud the main building as siiting and Winng-roorms, kitchen, two bedruons be- low aud four on second story, all fiuisti€din a nice inanner., Cellar, ice house, boat house, and an ever- livatis sStréut of witter- on pretiises, Inquire or ad- Uress GRAVES BRO4., Be oneville, N.Y. myal at Baers ARRIVING BY NEW YORK CEN- TKAL, Ludsou River and Gloversville K. R,, at Northyille, New York, will be carried tu Lakes Pige- ca, Pleasant, or olher trouting Jocialities in the viein- ity it comfortable style aid reasonable prices, by VAN ARNAM & LAWTON, wihio Gan be met af Northyilie Depot. 4 By previously communiexting, Van A. & L, will huve Carmaves Lo meet cars, _tefers by permission to * Piseco” (I. A. Reardglee, U.S. N. myiT 4in ESVABLISHED is45, J.P. Travers & Son., 46 BEEKMAN SIREED, N.Y Twines and Lines; 1,800 kinds on hand. Fisher- men’s lines dines wud vets ofall Kinds. Also ham- wocks [or sportsmen, Suuiples of twiwes reut free On application or by mat. myst ub Fishing Cachle. = Ge Se ar - Ee i . pcs ae ih ola e FA? Set <8 = i) a 9 ees 4 —7 - =] mB ea —i . Ba7;8 2 roa aie a= a|a & | ech [Mae RS 24 3 Red ie ,siee e of fo mere) Tal eS = lhe Ba | 2 4 A st,” oY 8 woane 3 Mm Bly | a = S jaa) eq — = a + ‘ sj A eae (ae Ba rey M3 ; ne Se a te 1, os | ‘TO AMATEUR. Fishing Rod Makers, German Silver and Brass Rod Mountings ready made and to orderof myown manufaeture, ferules Guides, Rings, ips, Keel Bands, Serew and Solid Bottoms, Donble Fittings. Also superior Ash and Lancewood Fly ant Black Bass Rods of my own tannfactnre, $3985, $6 to $25. Rods suitable Tor the bays around New York, $1 50, $3 45, $230, $5 to $25, Trolling Kods for Alexandria Bay dnd the lakes #. $6, $5, S10. - ee 100 feet Superior Linen Line, by mail.........8 95 2) ae “a “a is r ae B00 dé “ “a ue “* 15 Gon & tly Cuttie unk, &§ |, 300 Black Bass Flies (Soniething new) per fog,..... 2 60 Large variety of Trout Flies for Maine and, the Adirondacks ; iprices, $1, $1 50, $2 per doz. Brass Keels, plain, 50¢., 75c,, $1 each, Brass Revis, multi- plying, $1 1S, $4 v5, $2 50, $3 1036 each, Rubber Ctick, Seriian Silver Chek, and multiplying reels for black buss, trout, and forthe bays of New York. Complete outfits as low as consistent with good material aud workmanship, ; Guods sent C. O, D, to all paris of the United States and Canaila, J. F. MARSTERS, Manxngacrvssn, 125 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK, Send for Catalogue of Sporting Goods, an | 5 esd — ; Sishing C uchle. Conroy, Bissett & Malleson) 65 Fulton Street, New, York. Factory—Foot South Sth Street, ‘Brooklyn, BE, D. Six Strip Hexagonal Split Bamboo ELY RODS. Enamel all preserved ou the outside, $25 Each, FORMERLY $40 EACH. . Quality Guaranteed. Custom Made FLIES, FINNEGAN & CALHANE’S MAKE, Reduced to $1 25 per Dozen, Dealers send Tor Trade Catalogue. COMPETITION Is THE LIFE OF TRADE. J.B. CROOK & CO,, FISHING TACKLEs 50 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, Makes the Immense Reductions. Greenheart Rods for Trout and Pass Fishing, $16 to $30. Ash aud Lancewood Ruds for Trout und Bass Fishing, $7 ta #12. Everything elee in proportion, Goods sent C, O. D to all paits of the United Stutes and Causdas. PHILADELPHIA Fishing Tackle House. 5, Lp * Wha e ~ 7 A.B. SHIPLEY & SON e MA 4 503 COMMERCE STREET, PHILA. Manufacturers of FINE FISHING TACKLE A’ Speetalty of the Celebrated Green Heart.Wood for Amateur Rod Makers, Rod Mountings in Sets for 75e, to $6 75. i RODS, REELS, Erc., REPAIRED. Shipley’s Self-Hooking Elastic Snells, “cateh every fish that bites.” Send for sample, For Trout on gut, 10¢. each, 75e, per doz. For Bass on double gnt, 12. each, $1 Highest premium at Centennial, 1876, afd Tnstitute, 1ST4, er doz. rankiin CARD. Dr. Fowler's Celebrated Six Strip Bam. boo Fly-Rods. Improved and finished without cutting away the enamel, The strongest and handsomest rods in the world. Private orders solicited for all kinds of fine tackle. Rods sent per express on approval, Send iR, Ithaca, N.Y. for circular, A, H, FOW (CELLULOID PATENT.) Trolling ‘and Click Reels. The finest Reels, made light, durable and finely finisbed. Ask your dealer for them, GEORGE E. HART & Co., Newark, .N. J. Refer to Dr, W. W. Ely, Rochester, N. Y., and br. J. R. Romeyn, Keesville N.Y. : ju20 ti. THE "76 SHOOTING COAT, (PATENTED) First-Class Shooting Garments, Tn great variety. Seni. sor Circidar fof GEORGE C. HENNING, 410 Seyeuth street, Washington City, ; : $255 BIND ERS.. Gei your fine books Guund, Art ‘Jouradl bonnd naOni to London publishers’ style, Picturesque Aineriea, Art Treasury of Germany and A eg Tg Women in Sacred History, large Family Bibiesya illustrated works, mesic and PAu AEIAES in the bert suvies and lowest prices ; done intwo or tlirec day @» if requited. WALKER'S SONS, 14 Dey street, Feb 22 ly. ~ “= . | SKINNERS. so0H New Fluted Bait. ‘hue best batt used for Bass and Pickerel Fiehing, » Bass size, 75 cents; Plekerel size, $1 each, by mail 20st-paid, Ou receiptof price. Wayle Claw, for cateh- ng Fish and Game, sampler hy mail, 35 and 75 cents. Send stamp forillustrated price list of Fishing Tackle ‘ aud Sporting Goods, FISH & SIMPSON, 132 NASSAU sS'T., NEW VORK, H. L. Leonard, ~ Manufacturer of Fine Fly, Bass, Salmon and Trout Rods of Split Bamboo, or any desired material, and Improved Light Reels, , Sold by all principal dealers in fishing tackle through- out the United States. Every Variety of Fishing Tackle always on hand. ARTIFICIAL FLLES TIED TO ORDER, Nov23-t Bangor, Maine, McBride Flies. Medal aud Diploma from International Exhbibjtion, Philadelphia, 876 decreed for exceedingly neat work + with solidity of construction, A tine assortment of , flies for trol, salmon ind bass constanily ou hand. Also casting-lines. Flies carefully selected for any locality. Goods promptly made to order from any pattern desired, Address SARA I. McBhIvh, Mumford, Monroe Co, N. Y. W. Holberton, Sole . Agent for New York aud vieinity, febli-im * Cavidermpy, Ete. Montvue Poultry Yards. - CHOICE PURE BRED POULTRY, EGGS} FOR HATCHING | Now ready, from my PREMIUM BIRDS, Brahams,, Cochins, Leghorns, Polands, Sutions, Houdans, Hamburghs, Dominiqae, Game, Buntams, &. Pigeons 1 variety, Send for deseriptive circular, G. O BROWN, Brooklandville, Md. mars-tf EG Cs From white Leghorn fowls at { mio ype doz; Piymouth Rocks, $2.00. (Ph. Hecks Dickie's Btrain). When in want of | éegs Trom above block, guaranteed pure, address 1). GILPIN, Concordville, Del. Vo., Pa, Correspoudentan cheerlully answered, marl-3in BREWSTER & KNOWL 'TON, Importers and Dealera in Artificial Eyes for Birds dnd Animals, } 18 Arch Street, Boston, Mass, - + : 4 EDWAKD B, CONWAY, Daxiderimist, ’ NUCcEssoR To JAMES H, ROOME, ‘ 66 Carmine Street, N. Y. Sportsman's Emporium | No, 148 Willinm St.,cwo doors North of Fulton. kh. C. SCRIMGEOUR & J. W. THOMPSON, TAXIDIGRMISTS AND NATURALISIS. This branch gf me Dusingss w epeciality, Any- thing mounted from a Huoiming-bud to a Cumel, Leopard, ‘ } | Always on hand a large collection of spechinens from ai) parts of te world, Vine ishing ‘Tackle in every variety, such as Split Bamboo rods and others bythe best mukers, Reuls and lines; In fact every thing that a sporting mau requires for & Gofmlete aut-fit, can be found we this Holaliislienkt ab reasonable rates, Also a line of firs!-cliss Sears and Tohacco, LESSONS GIVEN IN TAXIDERMY, ! Taxidermists ibsittiments for sulu. Byes m every Variety, dunli-ly CHAS, REICHE & BRO. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS 1N ALL KINDS UF Birds and Rare Animals, I SUITABLE FoR | Zvological Gardens and Menageries. 65 Chatham street, thin doer from N mth Wiilism. KARE AMEKICAN ANIMALS ALWAYS PUR- CHASED, For SALE.—Mandarin Ducks, Golden ard Si'yer Pheasiuts (China); Spur-winged Geese, Weyptian Geese (Africa); Wiugeons, Red-hesded Ducks, Brant | Geese (Burepe); Wood Ducks (American), ‘ CHAS, REICHE, HENRY Reicue, *! Sept, 21. NEw York, . PRANK SCHOPr, DEALER IN ALL KINDS af foreign asd domestic birds, 71 Puarth Ave- ee, New Yorks, Congiantlyon hand-aclarge stuek of cages, Seeds, grayelaaqiarinmes, globes, golil ani fancy snes, vetk mets: talkin Pena ele. Also dealers supplied, All orders promptly attended ; to. ¥q Nein ; Oatl-ly KNAPP & VAN NOSTRAND + POULTRY AND GAME, : j Ti. H.,WALDSTEIN S » OPTICIAN, : ‘Nps. 289 and 2an WASH INGTON MARKET, WN, Y, a= h > ! 4 45 Broadway,..New -York, Nia reoeived the highest award at the Centennial Exposition for his ine Glasses, espeptally Opera fine Hield: Glawsex, His sliaplay at 645 Broadway of ; TELESCOPES; FIELD, MARINE and OPERA .| GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, SPECTA- et @ “CLES and EYE GLASSES, ARTI... 1 FICIAL HUMAN-EYES, Etc., ‘ Is really wonderfol.y J ikustrated) catalogue mailed on epelpl of postage of four venty, 4 ESTABLIF™ yo 274 FOREST ‘AND~ STREAM, Sportsmen's Goods. - Sportsmen's Emporium. ~ 102 NASSAU ST., NEW YORE, Camping, Shooting and Fishing Tackle of every description, including Tents, Blankets, Rubber Goolls, Flannel Shirts, ete. SQLE AGENT IN NEWYORK FOR Captain Bogardus' Patent Roughed Glass Balls; Duncklee’s Camp Stoves ; Bondren’s Jack, Dash and Fishing Lamps; Bond's Folding Boats; Fenner’s Tronk Boats; Sarah J. MeBride’s Standard Trout Flies; Holabird’s Celebrated Shooting and Fishing Suits of Duck, Corduroy and Fustian; Good's Moc- casins ; Holberton’s Fly Books, holding flies at Tull length. } BLACK BASS. The Celebrated Ferguson Jnngle Cock, Holberton, Turkey, Academy, May, and other Black Bass Flies on hand, tied for casting with lightrods. Directions furnished, if desired, how, when, and where to fish with artificial fies for Black Bass. Hand-Made Fly Rods, of the best quality for Trout sand Black Bass, from $7 upward, Every rod war- ranted, Leonard's Split Bamboo Fly Rods. The Fox Patent Gun, the best and cheapest breech- loader yet offéred to Sportsmen. Bogardus’ Glass Ball Trap each $12 set, Three Traps, $30; Balls, $2.50 per 100, Spratt’s Dog Biscuit, Hart's Metal Shells and Cellnloid Reels, Shooting and Fishing Suits all styles and prices, and everything else nseful and necessary to Sports- men, Send 10 cents for illustrated catalogue, containing Hints oN FLY FISHING, CAMPING, AND SHOOTING ; RULES FOR GLASS BALL SHOOTING, BY CaPTaIN BoGAanpus. Send no money by mail, only draft or P, O, order. Discount to the trade. W. HOLBERTON., P. 0. Box 5109. ape Go0oD’s OIL TANNE MOCUASINS. The best thing ever worn by sportsmen, Notinjured by wet- ting aud. drying—always soft and easy to the feet. 4 different styles, Prices ‘5 to snit the times, Send . for illustrated — cirenlar and pricelist. (Successor fo Frank Good.) MARTIN 8. HUTCHINGS, P. O, Box 368, Dover, N, Hi, W. HOLBERTON, 102 Nassau St., N. Y., Agent, Seydel & Co’s Pocket Hammock. No, 1, weight only 13¢ 1bs,; bears 1,800 Ibs.;_price $. A most luxurious Couch, Seat, Swing, Ete, Cis y te ‘f) U t Bs Vir ansccisrawniititant Circilars may be had by addressing McCOY & CO., Iti and 136 Duane Street, N. Y. PURD¥FS Glass Ball Trap. (Patent Applied For.) The beat Trap yet offered, Will throw one or two balls in any direction, and at any desired dis- tiice orrate of speed. Every Trap warrante’r. Pelce each, $5, Rubber bands per dozen, 75 cents, Glass balls per 100,$250. Send for Circulor. W. HOLBERTON, Sole Agent, ‘P.O. Box 5,109, 102 Nassau St, N, ¥. BARTON & CO., 337 Broadway, New York. Importers and Manufacturers of GUNS, PISTOLS, POCKET CUTLERY, FISHING TACKLE, Ere. ‘ WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Breech and Mugzle-Loading Shot-Guns, Sporting Equipments and Ammunition of all kinds, FINE SPLIT BAMBOO FLY RODS. Rods and Reels for every variety of fishing. Waterproof Silk-Braided Taper Fly Lines. Silk, Linen and Cotton Fish Lines. Artificial Flies and Baits. : Spinning Baits, Nets, etc. 4>~ Artificial files tied to order, and every article in the trade supplied at short notice. MANUFACTURERS OF UNITED STATES ARMS CO. REVOLVERS, A VICTORIOU i \ \ j 4 8 rail Address singh daaatiee No. 3, or Kocky Mountain Giant, fo: Panthers, &c. S INVENTION The Eagle Claw. Amingenious device for ihe purpose of catching all kinds of Animats, Fieh and Game, ‘The eusy method of setting the Eagle Claw, combined with the simplicity of removing tlhe victim, are among ita peculiar advantages, itis Immaterial how to place it when set, It may be buried flat in the gronnd, suspended from the limb of a tree, or, when occasion requires, covered with grass, leaves or other light Material without in any way impairing its certain operation. Itis adapted for bait of any description, and, when, set, no Animal, Fish or Bird that touches the baif can possibly escape. It does not mangle or injure its victims in the slighest degree, nor need they be handled to free them from the trap. RICE LIST: No.1—For fishing and all kinds of small game and animals, g Bent by mail.......... oS yenwssaaccesesacparaceet ity 35 cents, = , No.2—For catching Mink, Muskrats, Kkaccoons, large Game, et BSNS See es Se oboe pee pede el taictiebat seryes 15 cents, cutching Bears, Wolves, Can be easily set by a boy, and will stand a of several hundred pounds. Weight, 10 to 151bs, $10. All goods sent, charges paid, to any address on receipt of price. Chas. L. Coate, 330 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. P, O. Box 214, AGENTS WANTED. Sportsmen's Goads. The Champion Air Pistol. Shoots darts or slugs 50 to 15 feet with accuracy. Can be loaded by anybody with safety and ease. Recommended by Gen, Sherman, also by G. PF. Lynch, Esq., of Lhe Australian Rifle Team. BYR lk 345... yin es RY 1) PRICES: J Sickel Plated. we sereesrere BOO i Handle... 7 00 For sale in New York at the following stores: Peck & Snyder, J. P, Moore’s Sons, Spies, Kissam & Co., Bish «& Sinupson, Chds. L, Ritzman, Scharles Bros., John Dickinson. Seut by express (. O. D., ar by mail on receipt of price and 40 cents additional for postage, « Rosewo FAVORITE CIGARETTE ROLLER. (Compact, Simple, Practical, and appreciated by smokers, Silver. Nickel, Gold. No.1, 23¢ inches long... .50 7s $l 00 No,23y% 6 65 1 00 1 25 Sent by mail on receipt of price. 4 POPE MANUFACTURING CO,, 47 High st., Boston, Mass. TROY, N. Y. Valise FPounges *and Cots for Travelers, Cumpers. Sportsmen, YVachtmen. Miners and Soldiers. Pillow and Mosquito Bar Canopy in Each Case with every Lounge and Cot. &5. By Mail, $4 75. ] Folded Space, 3x5x20 inches. Weight, 34z1bs. SS. By Mail, SS 85. Folded space, 2x7 x 28 i] inGhes. Recommend- Aijmended to gentlemen who want the very’ best lounge, Free Circulars. ,. . This cot folds 3 in, x i) Sig X 24 In.; spreads 6 Tt. 4 in. long and 2 ft. wide. Prite $10, i} Recommended to ven- tlemen who want the very best full length ~ portable bed. Postage |_ on this cot is $1.25, Get the LOUNGE for the woods. As a bed to carry in the hands there can be nothing equal to it Those who require # full length bed shonid get the cot. Best Lounge and Gof ta same person, $14 tor noth. On sale in New York by Holberton, Peck & Snyder, Sclinyler, Hartley & Graham, Squires, Ritz- man, aad the sporting trade. Boston: Wi. Read & Sons, and Bradford & Anthony, Liberal discounts, H. C, Squires, No. 1 Cortlandt St., wholesale agent | for N. Y, City, and will supply the trade at onr best | discounts, } SIGN Or THE ~ t GOLD sHIRT, ITHAMAR 328 THE U BOIS. Fulton St, SHIRT Popular MAKER. Elegant Scarfs and Ties, From 50 Cents up. mars 8mos Cc. M. BRENNAN, OLD KENTUCKY BOURBON & MONONGAHELA, 40 South Clark Street, Chicago, Ziguors. COGNAC LL os ol nes Offered for sale in bulk of the following vintages: 1872, 1870, 1868, 1864, 1862, 1860, 1858, 1855, 1849, 1835, Audin cases containing either 12 bottles, 24 pint flasks, or ds hajf-pint Musks, very suitable, for Hunting or Excursion Parties, of the following vintages : 1870, 1865, 1858, 1835. THE SPORTSMAN'S FAVORITE BRANDY, BY Haviland & Co., 45 BARCLAY STREET, The vintage is branded on the casks, cases, and corks, “Way Prants Suovitp Nor pre Kerr my Beprooms ry Nieur,—About one-half the dry weight of plants is carbon, and this is all obtamed from the carbon dioxide—or eabonic acid—of the air, which constitutes only .0004, or 1-2500 of its volume. It was once scientifically, and is still popularly be- lieved that plants, in respiration, reverse the process of ani- miuls—that is, they inhale carbonic acid and exhale oxygen. Tt is quite true that vegetation. as a resultant of its processes of life, does eyolve oxygen and absorh carbon dioxide, but this is not in consequence of respiration. Plants, like ani— mals, inhale oxygen and yield up to the air a nearly equal yol- ume of carbonic dioxide, this chemical decomposition is per- formed by all the growing cells and at all times alike. In »d- dition to this, the chlorophyl cells have the property, under the controlling power of sunligitt, of absorbing carbon dioxide from the outside air, of decomposing it into is constituent elements; of appropriating the cirbon for the building up of tissue, and of liberating the now free oxygen. ‘This is a pro- cess Of assimilating rather than that of respiration. ‘The for- mation of carbon dioxide at the expense of the atmospheric oxygen, like our breathing, goes on continuously aud ently, wlile the reverse process analagous to the feeling of animal life, though continuous and powerful under the influence of light, ceases instantly when that fs withdrawn, During the day, the assimilative process by which carbon is absorbed and oxygen obliterated is so powerful as to mask completely the gentler process of breathing, bul at night, when assimilation ceases, respiration may be easily detected. For this reason, plants by day purify, and by night vitiate the air. A number of experiments made by the French scientist, Bousingault, prove that as a final result of vegetation, far more oxygen is liberated than consumed.—[W7rs. S. B. Merrick, in Scribner's Monthly for February. Ee Wate Om a Core ror Scarve.—Here is an item of great interest to many. Especially our Floridian and Californian friends, who find fhe Scale insect such a pest. Many yearsago I had under my charge, among others, a very large Ribsfon pippin apple tree on a wall facing the south, which somehow or other got so affected with scale that it ceas- ed bearing fruit, and afterwards almost gave up producing foli- age. At this time I was visited by an old gardener, who ad- vised ne to paint the tree all over with whale oil. I thought at the time the cure an extreme one; however, I had it painted about the middle of December, and waited patiently for the result, when, to my astonishment, by the following autumn the tree had much more healthy foliage than it had borne for seyeral years previously. The second season the tree was coy- ered with fine healthy foliaze, and made shoots from 6 to 9 in- ches long, and there was not a trace of scale to be seen, and the tree afterwards continued to bear fine crops of fruit. Two years ago we received into our nursery 400 standard apple trees from the South of England, which were literally covered with scale. On discovering this I had them planted in a quarter by themselves, and every one of them painted all over with the oil, as above, and J must confess they were a shining lot. However, this process cleared them wholly of scale, and the second season after the above dressing a healthier setof trees could hardly be found. Some months ago I received froma fentleman in this neighbourhood a few camellias of a pretty large size, but not in very good health, and to my surprise I found them yery much affected with scale. I confessI had my doubts about applying sucha remedy tosuch plants, but at length [made up my mind to either kill or cure them, and T set a young man to paint the stems and branches all over, but he went further than I bad bargained for, ashe painted the foliage also, and I must say they have had rather a sombre look allwinter. I had them placed in a gentle heat for about four weeks, and I find they are beginning to push out young wood as freely as the others, which gives me hopes that I have clear- ed them of the scale without killing the plants. Should any one be tempted to try the above remedy, care must be taken that it is not any kind of mioeral oil that is used.—Johkn Deno- nie, in Gardeners Chronicle, London, ene ee Panama Hats,—Carludovica palmata, the young, unex- panded leaves of which are so largely used at Mo) obamba and Guayaquil in the manufacture of Panama hats, is called a palm, but it ig more properly a screw pine. It has no stem; the leaves are long and on slender petioles, springing from the ground, They are about two feet long, fan-shaped and four-parted, each segment being again ten-cleft; so that when folded in venation, cach segment.on its own rib, there are eighty layers in a young leaf. It occurs only on the slopes of the Andes. — Ss *. SPLIT BAMBO RODS. To our customers and the public:—In reply to the damaging reports which haye been circulated respecting the quality of our split bamboo rods, by ‘‘ dealers” who are unable to compete With us at our reduced prices, we have issued a circular which we shall be pleased to mail to any address, proving the falsity of their assertions. Conroy, Bissert & MatLuesoy, Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street, N, Y. Che Kennel. THE RHODE ISLAND BENCH SHOW. The ‘*National” Bench Show of Dogs, which is now in progress in Providence, R. L., promises—although wanting in attention to detail—to be a local success. It has shared, how- ever, the fate of most previous shows, in finding the managers unprepared on the opening day to receive visitors, the carpen— ters being, as usual, the black sheep upon whom the blame is to be cast. On Monday morning, when the show was to have opened, the preparations were still so far incomplete that it be- came a necessity to exclude the public. By night, however, everything was in readiness and the capacious Howard Hall ‘thronged with interested visitors. As no list of entries has een furnished to the press, we are unable in this issue to give it. The show is, comparatively speaking, local in its charac- ter, there being but-few dogs owned outside of the State en- tered. The judging was not complete at the time of our going to press, In the sporting classes, our correspondent writes us, the entries are only fair. The pointers are probably best repre- sented, the English setter class showing but few fine specimens. The same remark applies to the red Irish, of which there are scarcely half a dozen fair entries. The display of fox hounds is good, and, strange to say, the non-sporting classes are, rela- tively, better represented than at any previous show. There is a large exhibit of Newfoundlands, bull-terriers, etc., and among them some remarkably good dogs. The show was to haye remained open until to-morrow, and in our next issue we will give list of awards, etc. W. M. T. +=. ' Names Dispvrep.—The following letter has been laid on ont table; New York, June 4. Mr. Eprror—In your issue of last week I saw that the Westminster Club claim the name of Dutchess for a liyer and white pup out of Whisky, by Sensation. I make a prior claim, having claimed the name of Dominie and Dutchess for a dog and gyp, liver and white, out of Dilley’s Dell and Cham- pion Ranger, whelbod pire a 187i, and accorded to me rough paper. ve forgotten date, Sa lam, with respect, W,. A. Coster, Tue DoG Question. —While the-action of the Mayor and Common Council of our own city appears to haye had the ef- fect, at least, to make owners of dogs Pay some attention to them, inasmuch as when even two dollars is paid for a license the dog increases‘in value in the eyes of his Owner; yet, in other cities the authorities appear to have become affected with a species of rabies themselves, and are waging unrelent- less war upon every yariety of the canine race. In Boston it is proposed that all bitches, whether muzzled or not, shall be killed at once when found at large. Why this distinction in sex should be made, we are ata loss to imagine. Probably the city fathers have some remarkable ideas on the subject of heredity, and are bound to exterminate the race. In Connecti- cut matters are even worse, and our correspondent Von G. writes us from West Meriden as follows: The excitement here is intense in regard to dogs, and the police and constables are ordered to shoot every unmuzzled dog found running at large. Of course it is perfectly right that people should be protected against mad dogs, and that the owners of dogs should be com- pelled, by heayy penalties, to take care of their pets; but it seems as though the authorities might invent (we are a very inventive people) some thing or means by which the poor brutes might be killed withoutany unnecessary torture. Tread in a paper the other day how they do itin atown near by. In the rearof the lock-up the dogs are gathered, and a clumsy fellow, who probably never handled-a revolver before in his life, fires, or rather practices, on the poor animals until they are dead—eutting off a toe in onc instance, and often in- flicting painful wounds before hitting a vital part. What a field fora Bergh! It may be necessary, and per— haps it is soothing to the nerves of timid and sensitive people to see man's **faithful friend” slaughtered in the streets: but it was, nevertheless, a painful sight to see a large, noble look- ing Newfoundland dog staggering down a street in Hartford the other day, the blood flowing from his mouth, caused by a policeman’s bullet. i ‘The poor dog, weak and dying, trying to reach home, fi fell down and died. bade v saihack Complaints are made about the dead dogs left lying about the streets, and the papers are calling upon the authorities to remove them. Vor G. — <= Tne Kexnet Reeisrer.—Pollowing is a list of pedigrees reccived for registration in the Kennel Register since the list was last published; SETTERS. Name. Color, Owned by, Kearney.............Orange and white... Pat Quinlin. Ly 0b Pe A Ao do- James M. Curry. Lou...-+- “Ge otyeee iit) E. N. Houghton. Spiero...... Ieeower = bias ma tsey Apiaceae x, E, 8, Santord, Jr. Fanny Bilsler....... Blk, and wh. ticked, H.R. Bostwick. Young Sank,........ White and red,,, ite USN scene poecnce ++. EB. Dexter. ... Orange and white,.Dr.C.M Carleton, Lemon and white..Edward J. Poster, M, D, ++ «--+-Liver and white ...Warry Holmes, Orange and white,.Dr, W. HH, Daly. «0 do MayHower.weeessssee SHMIPCY saahes oes seas, do do Hee R Rees tbe essere setae ee ee Theodore Obrig. y++.-- Black and tan,.,,...Dr.8. J. Coyne, -. Black and white.... do -.Blackand tan. .....A. C. Bingham, -...Chestnut and red...-P. Dunham, | Mack....1:......,... Red, wh. breast & ff.L, Dimock. Royal Duke....,,...Blood red............J, Edmond Fisher, Rliri ts .plcdee as -»-- Black aud tan...... do Border Lily?.:... 2.22 do do Bellahe es. weed bop wR 56 tpcardaspeades oe ‘lo Moselle..............Bloodred...... : do ¥ HONE Shere kind ieee Black and tan. -- John H, Knapp. Custer... 002+ RRB. oes ss waar eis d esa William Mulliken, Lively... ., Orange and white..C.E. Collin. Shot... ore. do John £, Reyburn. Bre oi sidne gene hmaees do do. Duke of Orange...,Or, red and white... Theodore A. Fowler, lle KR -.--Garrett Roach, 3 do do oe tae Red aud white......E. Yard, Jr. Major.... aaner do John Gillelan, Jr, Roger. vreces DUN... 60 steceseeees2 LT. Gilbert. Hal. 4 eeor Quail... tha se besererv ese esesk, S, Wanmaker, Fred... ~Wh. black and tan..A. W. Gore. MOWESTT seals o: pie do ‘lo PODNTERS, ; Kate... «eee-e-Liver and white,...Dr, Rawlings Young, Plover. VSR setae > BEAGLES. +»Lemen and white..George Ponnall. Black and white....George W. Martin, M. D, .. Lemon and white da Tue New Yor Westminster Kennel Club have prepared an official report of the awards made by the judges at the late bench show in this city, It contains the names, not only of the prize winners, but of those that were in any way noticed by the judges. It makes apamplilet corresponding in size with the catalogue. Copies will be sent on receipt of twenty-five cents, forwarded to Wm, M. Tileston, at this office. = eee —Mr. Wm. J. Connor, of Marlboro, N. J., claims the name a “Ole” forhis redand white setter puppy, by Echo out of ‘Lora. +2 — Syracuse Bryon Snow,—Mr. Charles H. Raymond, im- porter of ‘*Pride of the Border” and ‘‘airy” and one the most liberal and judicious amateur breeders of fine dogs in this coun- try, offers a double eagle as a special prize for the best native bred setter at the Syracuse Bench Show. 2 or —Mr. 8. J. Bestor’s female Cocker spaniel, of Hartford, Ct., presented him with seven pups, on Saturday, of which num- ber two only were dogs. ‘The dogs sell for $50 each, and the females for $25 each, making the litter worth $225. —Mr. A. D. Warren, of Worcester, Mass., has purchased a Blue Betton setter, from an English breeder. The doz isa full brother of James Gordon Bennett's dog, which took the first prize in its class at the recent New York show. It is ex- pected to arrive about June 20th, and remarks that he is THE SYRACUSE BENCH SHOW. We have received the following letter from Mr. Lincoln, Superintendent of the coming Dog Show at Syracuse. We cannot afford space for the railway correspondence which he refers to, but the companies named are the Pennsylyania, Michigan Central, Erie, and the United States Express Com- pany : SYRACUSE, Jane 2, 1877, Eprron Forest AND STREAM AND Rop AnD GUN? IT send yon copies of letters which have been received from various railroads, all of which will carry the dogs free, when accompanied by their owners, There are several additional special prizes. Messrs, Tiffany & Co., of New York, taye jost written Saying they will givea silver cup, value $51), tobe given to the bést setter dog or bitch in the show. This, no doult, will cause a spirited competition. F. QO. de Lnze, agent for Sprati’s Dog Biscuits, has very generously presented a handsome silver dog whistle, manufactured by Tiifany & Co., to be giyen to the best native Hogtish setter dog or bitch, Chas. H. Raymond, Esq., prize to be,giyen as per letter. The judges for pointers and non-sporting classes have not yet been appointed. J F Everything will be done to make the show a success, and in return the committee hope to receive a large number of entries, as Syracuse iz 60 ceritrally Situated that 2 large show should be held here. Entries close Jane 14. Yours truly, CHAS. LINCOLN, Supt. We learn from our special correspondent that the i8th of June will find everything in readiness for a royal welcome to * sperismen far and near. Nothing definite has been received from the Central & Hud- son R. R. R., yet the association are assured that orders will be issued for transportation of dogs free, when accompanied by their owners. - The Erie, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, and all its branches; Canadian roads, Pennsylvania Central, Rome & - Watertown, Oswego & Syracuse, Syracuse & Binghamton, Michigan Central, and, in fact, all roads have responded favor- ably to the letters from headquarters for free transportation. The greatest annoyatce at present is the supply of birds, which seem loth to nest this season. The association have quite a number of parties out who are using due diligence, and encouraging news was received from Wisconsin that they had nested but took to flight again, and must settle soon, as they were dropping their eggs. ; ¢ In the event of not obtaining birds, the convention will per- form its labors. The bench show of dogs will be given, fly casting, rifle and pistol shooting will be contested for, and the pigeon shooting tourney postponed until birds can be ob- tained, at which time a tournament, open to the world, will be given in connection with it. 7 Se PNEUMONIA IN PUPPIES, VALPARAISO, Tnd, May 20, 1877. EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM? ‘There are 80 many sportsmen who are ignorant concerning the dis- eases of dogs, that I am prone to give you my experience of last wack, Thad a beautiful litter of pups out of my Bismark—Lavarack biteh— by Burges’ Rob Roy. They had done so well and were doing so wel dreamed of no danger. About two weeks ago we had asnddenthange of temperature, peculiar to the Jake regions. Next morning found the pups shivering with cold. I remoyed them taa warm Place, and that day discovered in the stools the presence of worms. T also noticed that the pups were dumpish and gave evidence of pain, lack of tppetite, ete. I concluded of course that I knew the difculty, and administered to those who appeared worse 1g grains of santonin, repeating the dose in3 honors, Four hours afterward I followed it with a tablespoonful of castor oil, Both pups died in a few hours, apparently in great pain, as they moaned and were very uneasy, No evidence of distemper; nose hot; pulse quick and irregular; no stool after the oil was given them. Two more were down, and Ithonght I would try “areca nut.” 1 fave half the powder prepared by “Stedman,” which I had recently received from ** Holberton,” repeating the dose as direeted, and following, as directed, with castor oil, Result—pups died that day. Syiptoms same as the others. At the urgent request of my family physician we had a pest mortem, Of the resnit leannot give you medical names or terms but will try and tell the result, so that any sportsman can examine ad tell something of the cause of death in his “kennel.” ‘The intestines were perfectly healthy ; no signs of inflammation, whieh would be noticed very quickly by the difference in color; worms were found—quite a quantity—but they did not cause the death. ‘The left lung was healthy, but the right nog was likea piece of Liver, “Tere,” said the doctor, “is the tronble—your pups hayeall died of * qjtonia.’** Now, during the time they were siek, Tyas visited by all the owners of Sporting dogs in our tity (for the pups were much admired). ‘The gen- eral Impression was that they died of worms, notil the examination was Tade, Atl had passed them. To the remaining pop] gave? erains- of quinine, *times a day, She began to improye. T followed it up 4 days, and now shé is as well as could be desired. My adviee is, When. your pup or dog shows signs of ill health, instead of dosing anc_ yomit= ing with oil and salt, give a 2 or 4 grain quinine pill, follow it up at reg— tar intervals, and I wm sure you will meet with best of results, My attention was called a inoment ago to “Blanche,” the mother of these pups. She was in my yard sti a8 a stick, pointing something. T watched hera Jong time, She neyer wavered. I slipped a shell into my gun, and, stepping out to where she was, discovered 8 large rat,. which I shot, W. H, Houagrep, As worms are so almost invariably to be found in puppies, and, except in rare cases, without injupy to the dogs health, as far as immediate danger is concerned, it would have been het ter to have ignored them for the time being and treated the puppies for cold caused by the sudden change of tempera- tuve.—Ep. | pie ——— -—_»>—+@ Nor 4 Bap Tora.—The following is not a bad idea, particu- larly adapted, in fact, to the doz kept “for a friend to use” ; “An intelligent Burlington hunting do that had a rather busy time last season, went down toa tinshop one day last week and had his hind-legs and back plated with sheet iron And now, when he sees his master looking at the gun he smile. to hunt in front of the best faney- shot in Burlington,”"— “ THE NEW YORK BENCH SHOW. impressions of #1 looker-on : That great interest, would be taken in the bench show of ; dos was foretold by the large number of entries, but the re- sul Gilmore's. sult, far pxceeded the anticipations of every one. } Girden was literally thronged with visitors each day and cvening of the show, and the large proportion of ladies among ther showed that the interest in dogs is not confined to sports- men aione.- Indeed the sporting dogs received rather more attention from the ladies than any other class—the setters and pointers apparently appreciating and enjoying the many caresses betowed upon them by the fair ones, ulthough some of the dogs must have suffered with headache, if being pat- ted several thousand times daily would produce it. Marly of the owners of the more tayored dogs witnessed with jealous eyes the affectionate attentions, even kisses und embraces, bestowed upon their pets by the daddies; an in thinking of the saying, *‘ Loye me, love my dog,” longed to re- peat it transposed to “Love my dog, love me.” ale To the liberal patronage of the ladies was cue in no sinall neasure the success of the show financially, for where the ladies go for amusement there will all the world #o; and bench shows promise to be a more fashionable resort: than the opera, if one may judge by the precedent just given in New York. No doubt there will be some’ improvements made another year, but (he managers of the New York Bench Show are to he congratulated upon the perfection of arrangements obtained at {his their first exhibition, especially as the dogs were in their respective stalls, and the doogs opened to the public at the advertised time—Tuesday morning—atter but twenty-four hours time for preparation at the Iippodrame. The primary cause of success, however, was the fact that the exhibi- tion was given by gentlemen whose names alone were sufficient giuantee to both the exhibitors and the public that everything connected with the show would be as it should be, and no one had cause to be disappointed in their expectations. Of course absolute perfection was not reached in every respect, but much praise is due for the near approach to it that was made. — ; : “As is usual (here was a certain amount of grimbling among the exhibitors and those interested in competing dogs, and there were a fewawards made upon such apparently mexpli- cable grounds as to give color to some of their complaints. Yei no charge of unfairness or favoritism conld be made, the judges discharging their onerous and extremely difficult duties ina most Commendable manner. [i there be cause for sore heads, I feel that 1 might be included in that class, for I had eight dogs-on exhibition, with entries in both special and recular Classes, yet nol one of them was awarded a prize; and why should not I, as well as any one else, believe that my own dogs are superior to any others? I will, however, acknow- ledve that there were finer dogs on exhibition, although no one would expect me to think that any im the same class with my own were finer or more worthy of winning a prize. — Tthink that nearly all of the awards were very just ones, although in somé instances differing from the judges in opinion on points of which I feel competent 10 speak, L think it ne cause for launching forth in condemnation, nor for making in- vidious remarks which are likely to be unjust, but ascribe such variances to errors of judgment, either of the Judges or myself. Inthe larger classes of sporting dogs particularly were the duties of the judges most difficult, as in a class of fifty-five dogs there would be many deserving ones. I ought not complain that the one selected by the judges from all of these was not the most deserving, simply because not the one that best pleased me. Only the owners of sporting dogs and those who have seen them in the field know their real worth. A dog may show well on the Hench and be comparatively worthless in the field, or a fine field dog be worthless for ex- ibili ry breeding purposes. magn! the iN iAheeoare Braly in fayor of the well-bred dog proving the most useful one, the difference in qualities being as reat with dogs as it is with horses or other live stock. The superior intelligence of high-bred animals renders possible the development of qualities never attained by those of more com- mon stock. There muy be some striking individual excep- tions, but they are exceptions only to what is a well-established aoe the many fine dogs exhibited at Gilmore’s Garden were. some that might eause the beholder to wonder why they were exhibited, unless it were for contrast. . An apropos reply to the query, “* De you call that a good dog?” asked in regard to one of the sporting dogs, was that ‘*It depends for what purpose you wish him. I should think he'd be a very good . or. Li} rT Oe the few retrievers that were exhibited would compare very favorably with the fine specimens that were exhibited at the Centennial Bench Show at Phila- delphia in September, 1876, on which occasion there Was a fine display of this class of dogs, especially of the Chesapeake Bay dogs and Jrish water spaniels. ‘There were quite a large number of cocker and field spaniels exhibited at the Hippodrome, but there was not one thoroughbred Clumber spaniel] among them, Indeed this latter breed seems now to be quite scarce ; the only onesTI have seenin America that come up to the standard were those owned by the late Benj. Smith, Esg., of Nova Scotia. This accomplished gentleman and sportsman had a kennel of thoroughbred clumbers that were very well broken, and the writer hus had the pleasure of shooting over them, Can any reader of Forest anp SrreAa tell me what has become of these dogs ? =< [One was purchased by Mr. Watters, of-this ators te c ittle fellows they were, and when in cover with them, dn Sorter to be dull of them. Haying fine noses, not a bird would be oyerrun. At the sound of the gun they would come to leel to awail orders to retrieve, and tf the shot had been fired by their master they would not seek ‘* dead bird” in vain. Much sport may be had shooting snipe over clumbers where the birds areso plenty that. dogsare useful only for flush- ing and retrieving. They are superior to the cockers in strength and endurance, and their straight hair is better adapt- ed to wet dirty work. There was an excellent exhibit of that recently imported breed, the dachshunds, but unless the dachs ye also imported here they will prove to be of little use for shooting purpose, unless it be in hunting the festive wood- chuck. ‘There were several fine couples ot beagles and har- : and these litle fellows might afford sport in winter in | riers, 4 ‘the Northern States, where hares are abundant, and at a time the Nor Fa bie gamers acason. 1 here was a fine ex- ‘hit of fox terriers, a breed that, is as yet but little known conting inté favor, although for he ILE following letter, coming from one of the most distant exhibitors at the ste show, and moreoyer from an un- successful one, we print with pleasure, as giving the frank The first of these owed its origin 1o a member of the kennel club, and of course he was supported by his fellow members < but private family affairs obliging Mr. Chappel Hodge, the member in question, to abandon the honorable secretaryship of the Devon and Cornwall trials, and no one coming forward to take them np, they fell though ere another season came round, and for the last two years there has only been the meeting ut Shrewsbury and the Kennel Club-reunion at Horseleaft.: Shere will be a considerable influx next year, as the Devon trials are and if the ‘*Little Boy Blue” had kept one of this useful breed ae oe and? sera Rial wil 3 peo mguise of dogs the sheep would have been minded while he was “un- | 72 » to commence this year in connection with the Shrews- det the haystack fast sleep.” Many persons have had cause to ) bury Society ; and there is every likelihood that the Kennel regret owning “sheepdogs,” but their dogs were of the mutton- | Club will hold a meeting next October in the neighborhood of an ea purposes they must be classed with the dach- shiinds. S: Of the coach dogs, once a fashionable breed, there were bnt five entries, The class of Newfoundlands was poorly represented. One of them wus entered as of the same stock as “the doz that was presented to the Prince of Walcs:” but if that refers to the same dog that attracted so much attention whenever exercised ashore in charge of a mariner at the time of the visit of the Prince of Wales to the United States in 1861, the specimen ex- hibited is not a credit to his noble ancestor. | | = There were a number of collies, or shepherd dogs, exhibited making breed and not collies. There was a dog entered in the | Swansea. Field trials are therefore on the rise in England : he rise gland, miscellaneous class as a “cross between a St. Bernard and Rus- and eiderine tie. ie : sian setter.” This provokes the question, what is a Russian considering the demand there is for good dogs for the setter? There is a well-known class of setters, of headstrong | Moors there is every reason why they should increase in im: dispositions that will repeatedly rush in upon the game at the | portance, as it is now generally acknowledged that the only sound of the gun, if not beforé: wide ranging rabbit-chasers | ,, 7 z 5 Aa M : : zood dogs to he found are those bred spec i +i that are almost uncontrolable,and these might be appropriately Tl A aide ieee I ss bred specialty for field trials. termed Aushing setters, but there is no recognized breed of set- | +° S40ws have done much to spoil pointers and setters in many particulars, as really good stud dors have never been broken, but Kept merely to look at, and it is Well known that ters pecnliar to Russia. if dogs are not used to the work which is especially associated In noticing the dogs entered among the champions, those classes heing of especial interest, I would mention Snapshot, with their kind and instinct they will lose the latter qualifica— tion in a generation or two. Hence it is that We hes the winner of first prize for champion pointer dogs, One might well ask why he was given the preference oyer Flake or ; 7 ar of so many disappointments—as regards the Layerack setters for instance Shot. Snapshot isa powerfully built dog, but throaty ; and was entered as lemon and white, but the color is that of a de- cayed lemon, being decidedly brownish. In the same class was a dog of quite a mastiff like appearance. In the class for imported Enelish setter puppies, the prize was won by Safe, a beautiful white and lemon dog, with dark eyes, pink and black lips and nose, and fine form and coat. Rose, an own sister to Safe, won the prize in the same class for bitches, but she was white and black ticked. They were entered as ten months old, buf are yery mature in form. In the native English setter class, the curly-haired orange and white dog Lark, won first prize. In this class there was a large setter of a rare color, if, being an iron gray. [allude to Blue Dash, of the Edina Kennel, entered as “blue black roan.” ‘There were several fine red dogs in this class, their Inilliant color being much more beautiful than the very deep Trish red. The bitch Kate, winner of first prize for native Irish hitches, is of a similar shade of red, and a beautiful color ib is, One might think the bitch Belle, in the latter class, to be the The pure breed hasbeen in a few hands, and consequently the price for whelps has been very high. Like most high-bred an- imals, also, they are difficult to rear, and the possessor of one that has come to maturity has so prized his acquisition that he has not dared to let him go intoa hreaker's hands—or hardly into a field, for fear of some accident, and the result has been a show dog with no more idea of hunting than a tame monkey Bitches reared in the same sort of way are mated to him, Pe then it is wondered at that the puppies cannot be broken to be any nse in the field. They are kept in turn, however, for the shows, or exported to America as pure Layerack. Very dif- ferent was the old breeder, Mr, Laverack, to those who have endeavored to copy him as the exponents of his breed. He resul! of a cross with an owl, from the length and profusion of | Only kept a few, and these were thoroughly broken for his own Tearonaice rece shooting, the oll gentlemun being only t ci vet. ; FS ing, cl og fey Y too anxious that In the native or imported Gordon setter class, the black fae one who canie to see his kennel should try was neyer fired of descanting on the peculiar field merits of “Blue Dash,” ‘Blue Prince,’ **Pride of the Border," ‘Fairy’? or “Cora,” and I know from personal observation that he did white and tan dog Sancho was awarded first prize. This his dogs, and he award was protested on the alleged ground of his not being a Gordon setter. Sancho is a snubnosed dog, with a pinched or docked tail. In the class for native black, white and tan bitches Nellie, of the Harrison Kennel, was awarded the prize. pert ae S j ; xd Sal mot exaggerate their worth in » slis yey, &* Nellie is a black bitch, with rather curly hair and spaniel-like there it? rant aateth hieta a slightest degree. It was, form, the little tan color upon her being very dull. She was cre ore; @Ways Sale to breed from his stud dogs, and itis very out of Rentz’s Nellie hy Rodman’s Dash, the sire of so many red and white setters. This wward was, however. won without competition. Docked tails were considered no detriment, and there were a great number of pinched tails—even among the champions. There is room for improvement in classification. As the avowed object of bench shows is not only the improvement of breeds, but also the important one of instruction for the public in respect to the animals exhibited, the respective classes for well-known breeds should be exclusively for, pure-bred ani- mals. Until this isdone,the uninitiated beholderis likely to form some erroneous opinions. Some of the finest dogs are eress-bred, and for them there should be suitable classes, but they should not be admitted as representatives of a class of which they have but one half, or, perhaps a quarter blood. The progeny of a pure-bred Gordon setter dam and a pure-bred Irish sire should not be exhibited in the sanie class‘with either parent, however great the resemblance might be. I would here ask if tan is a color recognized in England as belonging, in any de- gree, to the pure English setters? It is a legitimate color among the “Blue Beltons,” and under the name of this modern variety, aré entered setters of various crosses that haye a good proportion of Gordon blood in their yeins, whether the blood be “blue” or “red.” Tn the class for champion English setter bitches, the first wmner, Dart, is white with black ears and black-and-tanticks. In the imported English setter, the first prize for dogs was=won by Paris, white with black-and-tan ticks. while Nina, first of the bitches. is white, black-and-tan ticks, and the head marked with tan. The unprecedented suc- cess of the N. Y. Bench Show proved the increasing interest easy to perceive their success in comparison with other so- called Layeracks, Old Blue Dash got no fewer than ten field trial winners, and Blue Prince is the sire of the day as rerards winning stock. ‘Pointers were somewhat in advance of gets ters, thanks to Ma. Whitehouse and Mr. Samuel Price, They possessed the strain which obtained the greatest success on the show bench, and they never feared to let the best specimen their kennels produced go through the full ordeal of breaking for field trials and for ordinary use to the un, We find, thera fore, that Ma. §. Price’s Bang has won ten prizes on the bench without a single defeat, and likewise ten field t of fifteen stakes for which he has started, and Mr. White- house's Hamlet won three field trials and twice as many champion prizes on the bench. ‘This is just as it should be and there is nothing the least surprising to find the best point. ers of the day are descendants of Bang or Hamlet, Setter breeders have been coming round to the above idea also dur: ing the past three or four years, and the consequence is that the most marked improvement has been visible in the setter ranks, more particularly in the Spring Field Trials o sent season. Such a lot as appeared at Shrewsbury, sportsmen declared have never been gscen together before at one time, and when pedigrees were examined it Was seen that, breeders had evidently made a close study of field {ial form rials out f the pre. the oldest, in sporting dogs, not only with sportsmen, but also the pub- | and show performances so as to get happy combinations, Mr lie generally. As a class, there are no dogs of sreater intel- | George Brewis soared oyer every’ one with his Dugniticent Jigence, or more amiuble disposition than the setters and point- | Dash I1., for whom he gave 180 guineas at Aldridge's last wear’ ers, and therefore are they desirable as pets. Much eredit is | and the credit of breeding this dog is due to J olin and Edward due the committee for the vigilance exercised in preventing thefts of dogs, there haying been an organized gang of dog thieves, who endeavored by various methods to carry off liy- ing plunder, but were thwarted. Aniets Canty. DE —e LETTER FROM CAPT. JACK TAYLOR. Armstrong. ‘These brothers owned the first fie is rity, namely, Duke, a black and white dor by Sie eee Graham's Duke, out of Sir Vincent Corhet's slut. The sold this dog to Mr, Barclay Field, and after being a champion L Shrewsbury, he was maied to Mr. Statter’s Phashe the prod : being the extraordinary number of nineteen puppies tener which were kept on the bitch, and they were sold by Mr. Stat ter for 1,000 guineas. The armmistrongs, unknown to tans one, however, kept a sister to Duke, a bitch called Kate fa BELLEFONTE, NorToway Co,, Va., May 26, 1877. Eprrok FOREST AND STREAM AND Rop anp Gun: they sent her to Mr. Laverack’s old Blue Dash, there }eine Will you allow me space In your journal to express my thanks only one puppy from the latter, namely, Kate IT ash 15 through you to the members of the Westminster Kennel Club, and my turn, was sent to Blue Prince, = 2] O, mm and the Produce was M w : é ae 8 r G. Brewis’ Dash IL., and Daisy. Naturally after gettin such a 5 = brace, the Armstrongs sent Kate to Blue Prince again, and sain, steward, Mr. Wagstaff, of Babylon, L. 1., in particular, for the kind and courteuus attention T received from one and all during the many hours of arduous daty in my olficial capacity as one of the judges at | the result was Dash III. the best looting puppy at Shrews the recent grand New York bench show. Jon. M. Tayion. bury, but only half broken. This is merely the raw material, —e— however, he was good enough to cateh the Ms eye of Mr. Gun- of a setter, and until £100 was neoupling Dash for his nington, an old sportsman and good judge commencing with £50, he kept adding on £10 pce whilst deka Armstrong was u first trial, but still the answer was, ‘No, Sir, T c it.” In breeding between the Armstrongs, Dubna ape the Laveracks, it was a case of combining size and quality fo Duke was a very big dog; so is his son, Mr, Llewellin's }, 4 certainly the largest setterin England, and so Dash IT Ai 4 Dash ILL, being twice the size of their sire, Blue Prince “i easily accounted for. The Luveracks, on the contrary. tho vi small, are full of quality, and there never was a happier ae 4 bination than that which is seen-in Dash TI. Next to en | Armstrongs, I think the Bishops have been most suiccessfal, ‘They owned, some six years ago, a setter also called Duke. but got by Don out of Bess, by Sir H. Dryden’s Don, out f Bishop's Nell, by Sir Richard Garth’s old’ champion’ Maton This dog Duke they crossed with a bitch ealled Doss, 1 Gor. don by Kent, and the produce was Judith, a Winner of several THESETTERS AND POINTERS OF THE SPRING FIELD TRIAL SEASON IN ENGLAND. [BY A CORRESPONDENT, | i is difficult to obtain a season of any length in England for the purpose of field trials, as the crops are not forward enough to afford sufficient cover until the seeond week in Ajmil, and the birds are nesting in the first week in May. Those three meetings could be held every spring, and just for one year, 1874, such a series of mectings occupied the atten- tion of English sportsmen, namely, the Deyon and Cornwall, the National trials at Shrewsbary and the Kennel Club trials. “ ES oe : 28 FOREST ZANDISTREAM.S - J field trials, and chosen by the Bishops to cross with the Laver- acks, their chosen sire being Jock, by old Blue |Dash, and to him Judith produced two puppies—Brackley and Belfast, both extraordinarily good ones in the field; the latter getting second in the field trial Derby. This season, J. Bishop brought out two beutiful puppies, by Brackley in Bonny Gal, a Brave Boy, and as soon as Mr. Barclay Field saw the performance in the setter puppy stake at Shrewsbury, he gave £100 for them specially for his own shooting in Scotland, so they must be something out of the common. Mr. Llewellin’s Norna is a beautiful bitch, bigger than her Lavyerack dam Nellie, but will the same quality and style of going. Danger is a small bitch of no great pretentions to look at, and she strains to the Ranger sort, being a grand daughter of the champions out-of a bitch hy Major. It is curious how Sir Richard Garth’s Major is connected with most of the best setters. He was by Bishop’s Major. son of Lord Barrington’s Major. A black and white dog wis Major, and he was a field performer, as he ran at Staf- for, and he was also the champion dog of his day on the jiench. THe was the sire of Madge, the dam of Quince IT., the sive of Ranger, American sportsmen were very fortunate in wet- ting Pride of the Border, as nothing in England is better than his descendants, through Blue Prince, as shown by these Spring Field trials. Amongst the best breeders in England at the present time, are Mr. George Brewis, with his Dash 1. sort, and that gentleman will not breed from bitches unless they have won at field trials. Mr. T. B. Bowers is another breeder of good ones. Mr. Daintry Hollins has the best stud of Layeracks in England. The Rey. J. C, Macdona with his Ranger and Layerack bitches, Mr. T. Pilkington, the breeder of Jock and Rock, and the Bisliops and the Armstrongs, as above stuted, There are others, also, such as Mr. Llewellin, Major Platt, Mr. Statter and Mr. Cunnington, who go in for field trial form entirely, so that in futurethere should be no scarcity of good dogs, only there is such a demand for them on the eye of eyery shooting season, Turning to the pointers, the season has not been quite so productive of good ones as previous years, for some of the best kennels appear to have been unfortunate in tearing puppies last season. Mr. Whitehouse had only three, and they were too backward to break; and Mr. Lloyd Price, with all his stock of young Drakes, could not bring one to the seratch, bat was obliged to rely upon a purchased one from Mr. 8. Price's kennel, ly the chumpion Bang. This Bang sort is the hardest pointer strain in England, barnone. They are a bit harsher in their coats, ave all of them noted for their tremendous bone, and they are all hardy constituted dogs, capable of standing any amount of work. Some of the pointer families, such us Lord Sefton’s and Lord Derby’s, have been so jealously bred Tor the last fifty years that they have been gota little too fine, though they are still full of pointer character, and out crossed now with the Bang sort Gis is veally Edee of Strelly’s sort, through Broekton'’s Bounce) we shall get the most. perfect: pointers, Mr, Edye, of Strelly, bad his breed of pointers for fifty years. They were big, powerful dogs, all liver and white ticked—the liver ticks were a characteristic of bis breed, and they were very much esteemed. Mr, Edge was one of the most noted sportsmen of his day in England, and the bardest rider over Leicestershire. A famous hunter belonging to him once at- tracted the attention of a well-known dealer, who, commene- ing at 400 soys., kept endeavoring to tempt Mr. Hdge, until he reached 1,000. ‘It must be for « tremendous swell,” said Midge. ‘ Yes, it is,” was the reply; ‘‘it is for a crowned head. ‘‘Sell them,’ was the rejoinder: *‘you can tell his Roy- al Highness that I can afford to keep a good horse as well as he can.” About the most likely pointer kennel for the future will be Mr. George Pilkingtons, of Stoneleigh, Lancashire. He has been for the last two years carefully buying up all the Sefton bitches that he could find in the market, some of them at tremendous prices, and he is now going to cross several of them, as I haye mentioned above, with Mr. 8. Price’s Cha n— pion Bang, By doing this, he will beat such a kennel as Mr, Statter’s, for instance, as they want new blood, though the lat- ter gentleman has some very pure Seftons, The best puppy, inmy opinion, that has been brought oul amongst the pointers was Mr. Pilkington’s Garmet, by Lord Sefton's Marquis, son of Mr. Statter's Major. Garnet was dead amiss at Shrewsbury, or he would have beaten Bow Bells. T have no doubt that English sportsmen will take a deal of interest, in your field trials fo be held next autumn in lowa, and provided stakes are thrown cpen to them, it will not surprise me if several will take the trip over, and take their dogs. The English do not believe for a moment that you have had the best, of their representatives af your trials yet, and they would liketo see some of the setters that were seen at Shrewsbury and Horscheath take their chance over your fine prairie grounds. The great London dog show this year uuder the auspices of the MKennel Club, will be held at the Agricultural Hall, where Weston has been of late performing. It is expected that nearly 2,000 dogs will be exhibited, or . the largest number ever known. The dates are the 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th of July, Sea and River Hishing. FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE, =i SALT WATER. Sea Bass, Centropristris atrariva, Salmon, Samo salar. Sheepshead, Arehosargus jgrobato- Salmon Trout, Suliao enfinrs. cephalus, Luni-locked Salmon, Sadmo gloveri. Striped Bass, Roceus linneatus, Black Bass, Microplerus Seaiotiess White Perch, Morone americand. M, nighioans Weaklish, Gynoseton regalis Muskanonge, Heda nohilionr. Bluetish, Pomatonics sultatriz, Pike or Pickerel, soa: (ucius. Spanish Mackerel, Cybium macula- Yellow Perch, Jere flavescens, tune. Cero, Cybium reqale. Bonito, Sarda pelanmuys. Kingfish, Mentictrrus netnlosus, For list of Trout Hues in keason sor June, see issue of May 31. FRESH WATER, ‘Trout, Salmo fontiustis, —— == Fiso oy Marxker.—The first salmon of the season were brought into Pulton Market last Monday. The run was tweaty days earlier than usual this season, and the price demanded isyery low. The fish were taken in the Restigouche Riy«r, pear Gambellion, by Myr. Blackford’s agents, and reached the market within forty-eight hours after their capture. These are known as green salmon, and are intended for immediste use, ‘he demand for salmon is very large outside of the city this season, the Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga hayihg cor~ ' tracted for about 20,000 during the svason. for the week are as follows : : & Striped bass, 15 to 20 cents per pound; bluefish, 12 to 15 cents; salmon, green, 40 cents ; mackerel, 12 to 15 cents each ; shad, Connecticut, River, 50 cents ; white perch, 14 cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, 50 cents; ereen turtle, 15 cents; ter- tapin, #12 per dozen; halibut, 15 cents; laddock, 8 cents; kingfish, 20 cents; codfish, 8 cents; blackfish, 15 cents; her- rings, 6 cents; flounders, 8 cents ; porgics, 10 cents; sea bass, 15 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 8 cents; sheepshéad, 15 cents; soft clams, 30 10 60 cents per 100; pickerel, 15 cents ; Long Island trout, 50 cents; Canada do., $1; hard shell crabs, $8 50 per 100; soft crabs, 75 cents per dozen; weak- fish, 10 cents; Restigouche salmon, 25 cents. Onur quotations —Weakfish of large size are being caught now at Lower Quarantine. —The Alexander ITouse at. Goose Isle, fourteen miles from Detroit, can be reached by rail or steamboat several times a day. The house has every modern eonyenience, and is much resorted to by sportsmen and fonrists. The fishing for bass, perch, pike and pickerel is excellent. There is also good shooting for woodcock, snine, quail and ducks of all kinds in season, Sanuon Fisnimse.—A gentleman haying the lease of a salmon riyer in Canada wishes a companion for the monjh of July. Wonld prefer an old trout fisherman, who loyes camp life, and wishes to make his first attempt atsalmon fishing. For foll particulars atlirsss D., care Ponesv ann STREAM Publishing Co,—[Ady, —Mr. Frank H. Swett, of Banerofts Messenger, San Fran- cisco, has his tuken Greener choke-bore, his Remington rifle and fishing rod, and gone East for the summer, He is a good sportsinan, as well as bookseller, —The cod fishing ou the northern shore of Newfoundland is reported prosperous. OF Wogo the prospects are better than for twenty years. i ‘Ranee ey Laces.— to 14 lbs weight. Stzupey, | —Commander L, A. Beardslee returned last week from Piseco Lake, where he had fine sport fishing. In his two weeks’ catch were a ten-ponnd anda six-pound salmon, and several magnificent “‘brookcrs,” weighing from two and a half to three pounds. —Mesers William G@. Stimson and 8. J. Barry recently had some fine trout fishing at ‘* Powley’s.” Mr, Stimson éauolyt in Ferris Lake a handsume *brooker” that weiehed threo pounds eight and a half ounces. = —C. J. Palmer and Prank Burgor had fine luck last week fishing at ‘* Powley’s. New Jursry.—fAed Bank, May 30.—The fishing season 1, fairly opened. The bluetish are on the heach. of bass (striped) have been caught trolling, a ae SEVERAL shares in Black Hawk Club Lake, Koshkonong, are adver- tised for sale in another column. The cliib has a fine house Jocited on as Small messes Win. the finest canyas-back duck shooting groinds in the West, Lid», PISECO’S BIG TROUT. \ Lrrmnz Farts, N. Y., May 28, 18776 Eprtror Forest AND STREAM: I told you that I had captured a joniinalis this year which was nearly up to our Adirondack standard of perl ec. tion, weighing when dressed, two pounds three ounces. want to tell you ii I eaught him, and in doing so, gratuitous- ly advertise a little of the virtues of the prettiest combination of ash und lascewood I ever saw or handled—my Orvis No, 7, T promised when you sent it that ymushould hear of its first work and that.for your rod you should have a Jine, and fortune so favored me that I can keep my promise, and not inflict bpon your readers the ordinary and twice thousand told tale of how he dived and darted, and how I gave him put, ete. All those things happened and more, and it is about ‘the more which I will tell you. Hiram had lifted the gates, and Piseco Lake was emptying itself in a perfect torrent over the dam's foundations, and the south part of the big pool was boiling and foaming with the amber-hued masses of solid and siowy summits of broken water, _At the north side there was an eddy perhaps fifteen feet in diameter, where the water, set back bya berd below, whirled and tumbled like a witch's caldron, and great spruce and hem- lock logs that had passed through the sluice and failed to stvike the channel were circling and planging about ina way that seemed without method; but there was a method in their madness, and well for my success it was that I found it. So far could they come and no farther; here they could show, end first with speed, then roll ayer and over, preparatory to a meaty Gas it aa Cee ae tae al walked three miles that morning to fish that poo as I heard the roaring of the flood I nine away my ee ea their foundation was, 1 thought, gone, : As I stood on the bridge, full sixteen feet above the pool and watched the great giants come planging through, I fave up pote toe yh / “Yer might try it, Cup.; “twon't cost much if you don’t « one," said Hiram—and 1 thought L would. 1 sek up ae re and sent a couple of flies skipping over the troubled pool, with no response ; but it was capital practice, and I kept on till TH\- ram disappeared to attend to some other business. Left by myself, I tired of fly-fishing, and, removine m flies, puton a small kinsey anda pair of split shot ; then dropping my worm-ed: hook into the eddy, aud letting it sink T got into business almost instantly. All of the usnal per. formances were gone through with, and in addition | shouted frantically for Hiram. His wife at last heard my shouts and saw from my actions what was wanted, and soon came running to the rescue. Fortunately for me the trout sulked, and, Keeping just a little spring on him, T let him lie quietly Vil im § ce an exits é while waiting. As soon as” possi | © . handle to his gaff, and climbing down the side of the inill, hiuging on by atmospheric pressure, [should judge, he lowered his gaff into a ereauiy foam which there covered a quiet corner, and said, ** Now, Cap! 1 stirred wp my captive, who had recovered new strength, but at last led him into the foam, and directly over Hiram’s galt. One upward jerk and the trout impaled was in our power, and from the well-worn liole in bis jaw fell owt the little Kinsey, so sure to hook and hold iftreated fairly. . , My little cight-ounce Orvis never once failed to lead him cleur of logs and eddies, and T had never once cause to wish a thing about it different. With an vleyen-foot pole of same weirht I would have lost that trout, and with flies alone he would have remained unallured. Piskco. a — EASTERN TOWNSHIPS OF CANADA, MorrneaL, Muy 27, 1577. Emtor TOREST AND ETREAM AnD Rop AWD GUN: Large catches of trout are now bein’ made here. Last week Salnia Jfontinalis of three and four potinds weight were taken from Lake Nick, Hopp's Pond, and from other small lakes in the same vicinity. The Waterloo Fishing Ciub are now in camp on Brompton Lake, and will reporl catch when Mey rebura. To parties who intend visiting the Upper Connecticut Lake, I would adyise them to go hy the Sawyer yille route, as there |s now a Jair wagon road from that place to within 4. aliort distance of the lake. The way to reach Sawyerville ts by the Grand Trunk Railroad to either Sherbrooke or Rennoxyille, P. Q., then tuke the afternoon train on the Meguntic Railroac to Birchton, jlien stage for three or five miles to elther Matlory’s, at Eaton Corners, or down to Tuylor’s Hotel, Sawyerville, Where mine host will rig you out with a team, ete., fora drive of twenty miles to the end of the road near the lake, By the way, don’t go to North Branch, for lust summer the writer canzht there one afternoon Over 150 tine tront, 80 there may be none left, though ifyou are fond of seeing a beautiful little river {hat rambles round amid deep, dark woods, and flows sparkling and babbling over bowlders, stones and short rapids into pools and stretches of Glear transparent water, ovcastonally bridged with huge, old moss covered logs—the pleasure of beholding such 4 stream may repay you for your trouble in visiting lh; but don’t expect te cet many trout upless you take your rod anid tackle with you. A medium dark- bodied Wy is the best to use there. STANSTEAD, Tau LEONARD Spry Baweoo Fry Rops.—'Dhese rods have long had a mosh extunded reputation, and are always admitted to be equal to the hest, even by rival makers. Mr. Leonard has manufactured a great miiny rods that haye been sold by leading tackle lonses who have earned a reputdtion for dealing in superior goods, He has recently added considerable capital to his bositiess, and has greatly extended his manufacture of rods at Bungor, Maine, not only making work su- perior to any thal he hus done before, but adding important improye- ments in ferries, whith secure greater shvength and more uniform elasticity. Whe best testimony to Mr. Leonard's workmanship is his handiwork. [.ldv. Auswers to Correspondents, No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communinnations. FE. k.—Piease let me know, through your paper, where thesporfing paper Der Waitindnn is printed In Germany; and in what elty? Ans, A} Gohlis, Leipsie, Piussia, by Fr. Von Lvernois. A,B. H., Lynn, Mass.—ls there any foul patent decoy (duek) in the market, audif eo, whal is it,and what price and where? Ans. Her- man Strater & Co., Sudbury street, Boston, Mass., sell metal decoys and other patent deyices, 5s B. EB. P., Boston—Where will T be likely to find the best beach shovling in either Maine of Massachusetts during the first part of Au- gust? Ans, On Cape Cod, af Plymouth and Conasset, J. M, 1., Lake Clty, Minn,—I wm desirous of obtaining a plain, com—- prehénsivye work bn taxidermy. Can you give me name and price of some good work? Ans. Gel C. J. Maynard's “ Naturalists Guide,” at the Naturalist's Agency, Salem, Mass. Price $1 50, W. H,IL, Alirora.Please send me game and fish laws of the State of New York. Ans. Tf youorderit we can send you “ur, Finand Weather,” containing the rame laws of wll thu States. The price 1450 eonta, F F., New Vork.—Will you please inform me if yellow-legged snipe and cools are protected by lawin this StateY Ans. They are not, @Xx- cept ouSnnday. Coots come under the heal of wild fowl, which are protected until October Ist. a. M. P., Johnstown, %. ¥.—l have a pairsix months beagle honnds; one of them has a swelling oyer tis eye and under his throat. What shall Tdo for him’? Ans. Give ms tle catise of the swelling, the gon- eral condition of ile dog, ele. and we shall he Happy lo prescribe for him, W., Philadelphia.—t see the word “gyp’) frequently used im yorr col- umna ty designate a female dog. Cah you give me the authorily for tts use? Aus. There is no autharity forils se beyond a desire to soften aoword that has become & synonym for something harsh. W. W. K., Loniaville, Ky.—Please give me the directions of the fol- lowing papers: Lend and Water, Sportiny Gazelle and Thowes Man- niog’s ‘Yachting Cirenlar?? Ans. 1/6 Dleet street, London; 135 Strand, London, and No. $15 Broadway, this city. Tt. F. S., Lawrence, Mass.—! note from the New York daily papers an avconul of Maj, U.S, Jewell’s chainplon long-range score. Please inform me, if Convenient, the kind of rifie he used? Ans, Remington Creedmoor rifle, gal 44. Hay Fever.—For the beneft of ''L. BR. M.,” who asksin your last issue about “uy fever” at the Rangeley Lake region, I will say that {ovo years ogo T escaped it entirely at Moosehead Lake. With that ex- seption, aud lwo seasons passed in Colorado, [have been an annual victim for about twenty years.—W. G. OREGONIAN, Portland, Oregon,—Where can I get information in de- tail as ty size and buiWl. f the yacht. Amaryllis, of wiieh you gave a notise on page 194? Twyonld like tobe able to gut details sullicient to build one like her, Lf cost was nofloo great. Ans. By writing to Messrs. Herreshoit Bros., Bristol,, R, 1. you ca get estimates and all partien- durs. Guse, St. Paul, Minn.—i Wave an imported spaniel; a friend of mine Wishes to cross her ona good pointer, What kind of a cross would tt mike? Ans. Ainongrel of the meanesl kind. It you wan do m0 tet~ ter ry a setter. We have seep some toble field logs from sch 4 Cress, but do uot udyise it if a well-hred spaniel 1s 10 be bal. (), £. D., New York.—Wowld you be good enough to inform me, in your next issue, whether the game law allows the shooting of all kinds of binds (exclusive of gume livds) for a taxidermist who desires to quake o. collection Tor a group; if not, whether he can procure a permit 4do AO? Ans. If the proper duthority is satistlod that the bids arc Pat Of BULUNGE YOU LIL DIE Way W.A.N,, Dayton, Ohio,—At the age of about three weeks my pointer Pup hwy, swelling on each side the neck which grew to the size of o pigeon’s ¢eg. With this swelling was 4 slight runing from the eyes, bot he was not otherwise affected. What treatment would you advise? Aws.—Your query id answered in our issue of May 24. Gest let the Swelling alone, it will disappear of itself. . Ht. L., Gremnyille, Mich,—I have a hotind pup that will not eat. He has pot very poor; was never very heurty euter, I have giyen him oiland Munideake, Sone worms come ivom him, Te seenis a litte better, but does not take hold of the fodas he ought, Please let me Know what todo for him? Ans.—Giye three times daily a pill of one grain of sulphate of quinine, one grain Of sulphate of iron, und three grains extract of dandelion. IyNQuikeR, Mont real.—Can you or any of your correspondents kindly inform me if the writings of Mr. Barton Wallop, who contribited some spirited sporting papers tothe Ameérivan lure Reyister many years ago, haye ever been published ina connected form? One of them was re- prodiiced in “ Frank Forester’s Field Sports... Ans, We cannot learn {hatthey haye been published in book form. 0, E.D., N. ¥.—Wonld you please advise me what food in the best on which to feed puppies about ten weeks old? I haye tio pointer pups who refuse all kinds of food except meat, andasThaye fed them Tafher sparingly on that diet, |uey haye become yery thin. Ans, Feed ou thick mush made of maize or oatmealand shin soup. Sev if the plips have works. TT. B, 8., Chestnut Hill, Mass.—1. Please give me the address of any person you know of thatean tellme anything about the headwaters of the Connecticut River, and whetherthere is any fishing? 2. Is there any such thing made as a “pressed lin camp kettle,” and price (not a preserving Kettle)? Ans. 1, See letter from Stanstead, in Sea and tiver Department, iis issue, 2. There isa patent sporisman’s kit, which is furnished by the Union Company, Syracuse, N, Y,, price $17. W. W., City.—Probably from tire middle of this month to the latter part of August the bay wlll be swarming with weakfish. Gatches of fifty and eigity have been of frequent occurrence. The best baits are shrimps and soft-shell crabs, ‘lake Staten Island ferry at foot of Whitehall street to Vanderbilt, Landing (fare 10 cents), thence by Staten Island railroad to Princes Biy station (fare 30) ceuts), thence a ride in a nice-cushioned wagon down to Wim. Sanbeg’s at the beach (fare 10 cents). Boats, §1 a day. Bish about 20) feet off the light- house. C, iE, W,, Goston,—lat, Can you furnish information as to how and when the trout peculiar to Lake Winniplssiogee can be taken with hook and line? 2d. Also, in selecting from a litter of puppies, would One Unat partook of the color aid markings of the father be more likely to partase af his qualities {han one of the Same litter that partook of color, étc., of the mother? Ans, ‘The Winnipissiogee trout is caught in great qualities with hook through the ice in winter, 2d. Yes, Aqua, Troy, N. ¥.—Will you be kind enough to give your opinion Whtther striped bass would liye in fresh water lakes if placed there When small? Ans, Striped bass of all sizés and ages arefound in the fresh water lakes aud the tributaries of the Mississippi River, as far from Salt Water as &t. Louis, notably al Moredock Lake. They are the genuine Noreus lineatus, and apparently neyer go to salt water. Al striped bass spawain fresh water. A READER, Schenectady, N. Y.—What would be the probable cost per mun, including outfit, toa party of four or five proposing to inake an overland trip on horseback, from Omahs to Uslifornia, yia Salt Lake City; and could the ontfit, Invinding horses, be prociired af Omaha as Well as af any parteast of there? Ans. An overland trip wonld cost you a dollar and a lialf per day for man and horse; multiply the sum by your rate of progress. THorses can be bought for $40 from Indians and trailers, buf are more expensive the farther East they are pur- chased. ¥F. W. D., New York.—I wish to leave the city for the next three months to go to some jocality where there is excelHeot lishing, and gunning for duck, geese, partridges, and especially deer. If there is sich a hunter's paradise known to you, please inform me of some one living there to whom a letter can be sent for particulars? Ans.— There are very many localities which afford the pleasure which our correspondent a3ks for, bul we fear if he goes to bunting too much during the next three months, as he proposes, he will find himself in limbo, and notin a ‘* Paradise” at ali. For fishing we would recom- Mend northern Michigan above most other places. COGKER SPANIEL, Indianapolis Will it injure my cocker spaniel (ex- eephin appearance) to clip the hair off fis tail, ears, legs and throat he- fore the shooting season opens, asthe burrs wre a great annoyance to him, or will if prevent his coat from growing out again as handsome as before? Can I get the arecannt, whole and hob prepared, in New York, and what are they worth cuch? Ans, 1, Would not adyise it dont, There are seyeral objections. 2. Yes, ., Webster, Mass.—tn issne of 2d instant, you assert the use of “foe powder” in shot gnns to be “nonsense; also the coarser grades costing one dollar per pound, What make is the Dacking brand and mark, that you recommend as “ good enough for ordinary shooting, at 40 tu G0 cents per pound,” Ans. Fine powder is generally too quigk for breech-loading shot guns, dansing tire shot to Scatter tou much, Dipontv’s Ducking can be bought by y-Ib. can, or keg, at the price Oninentio 1. C.§., Rock Island, Ill_—t. In yonr last issue youmake mention (in your editorial on ediication) of laboratories, etc,, for object teaching displuyed at the Centennial by some Canadian. Can you tell me through your columnas who to write to to get further information con- cerning them? 2. Do you know if the descriptions of Western scenes giyen in Mayne Reid’a novels are true to nature? He tells of the ‘prairie traders” going back and forth between St. Lonis and Santa Pe. Are there any such trains of traders goitg that way nowadays? iAns.—The necessary information might, we think, be obtained by ad- dressing the Ontarin Education Department, Toronto, Ontario, Canasla. ff such inquiry proyes unsuccessful let us know, 9. Twenty years ago the wagon trains made thelr three months’ journeys across the plains fv the trading and for posts on the eastern slope of the Rocky Moun- tains, but the day of the white-tilted Conestogas has gone by since the’ raijrouds lave superseded them. Muyne Reid is reliable. Rouxat, laverstown,-—1. In ordering a gun witli two sets of barrels, 10 Anil 12-veuge, 28 and 30-inch barrels, the 10-gauge barrels to be full choked, the 12-gauge bored after the mannér of the Greener gun des- cribed in Forest anv Srream of Dec. 28, would there be any adyan- tage in haying the 1)-gauge barrels made 32 luches long instead of 30 inches? 2, Would the increase of two inches in length of barrel make any or Ingeb Milerenve iu the sporting qualities of the gun? 3, What Would be the cost of one of W. W. Greuher’s finest guns if bought in London where there is to duty te pay on il? 4. Is there any possibil_ ity Of the duty on gung being removed within the next four or five years? Ans,—l. We shoulil prefer the heavy 10-gauge barrels, 32 inches, 2. The shooting vould probably be better for the reason that, 48 larger charges would be naed, there wollld be wore metal im which toturnit. §. We do ot know fhe London price; proviably £40 to 250, 4, No, : [ F.S, 8., Pittsburgh, Pa.—ist. Can you please inform me when the close season for quail and grouse expires In {lls State? 24, Wheres could I provnre atopy of the new gime law of this Slate? Ais. Isl. The wlose season for quail expires in Pennsylvania on October Li; for grouse, of October |. 2d. You ¢an procure the game laws of all the Stutes in “Fur, Fin and Peather;” to be had at this office, i. D. W., Doyer, N. H.—1st. Can you give methe address of a firm {hii Manufactures Or deals in musical instruments ? 2d. Can I obtain De. Jasper’s work (at any time) entitled" Blrda of North America?” 3d, Shall you publish the schedule of base ball games to be played duving the month of Jnie a8 you did In May? Ans, 1st, Batehling & Go., LIT Bowery; Il, W. Moening, 309 Bowery; or E. A, Zothish & Sona, 45 Maiden lane. 2d. Published by Robert Clark & Go., Clocinnatl, Ohio, id. Probably not A, P., Boston.—Will the fortheoming “Sportsman's Gazetteer” give a description of game birds as to markings, @fe., 60 that « novice ean tell what he has shot—that is, if he should nob be familiar with the spe- cies shof? Ans. Yes, the hook gives specific information in regard to more than two liandred yarieties of game birds, Price #3. I, D., London, Ontario, Canada,—Can you inform me where and at what price Tconl obtain some English house sparrows? We huye hone in our “Iorest” city, and I wish to wet them introduced. Ans, They can probably be obtained from any of fhe park keepers in our larger cities; at all events Reiohe Bros. of Chatham street, New York, could get them for you, J. 1. S., Brooklyn.—Will you please inform me, through your paper, if there is good tunting and fishing near Frankiln or Downesyille, Del, Co,, N.Y., and what kind? Ans. We cannot speak from personal knowledge of these places, but we know that the tribataries of the cust bratich of the Delaware River contain many trout, and that with- ina dozen miles of Colchester are ponds with trout, bass and pickerel, “G. A. IL, York, Pa.—tst. Who are the best makers of air guns in this country? 2d. Is there any air gun Manufactured that is not liable fo get ont of order, and can be relied on for aceuracy at thirty feet? 3d, Whose make of rifles are generally used in rifle galleries in New York? Ans. ist, Decline to answer. 2d, Do not know of any. 3a Ballard, Wesson, Stevens, Allen and Zettler’s, i O.8.P., New Mayen, Conn,—i desire to know the names and addresses of the winners of prizes on coach dogs at the bench show in New York? Ans, The Westminster Kennel Cinb haye had prepared a pam- phiet carefully compiled from the judges’ books, giving the winners, And those dogs noticed by the judges in each class, making an official reportof theshow. The pamphlet, which is prepared to correspond and be bound with the catalogue, may be had, postpaid, on sending the cost, 25 cents, to Wm. M. Tileston, at this office, J. B., Cleveland, Ohio.—I have an Trish setter dog whose coat ls yery harsh and staring, and is yery poor; his appetite is middling goods there is no appearance of worms, as his breath is not at all offensive. Ihave given him areca nut, but failed to see any signs of worms. He has plenty of exercise, and a good, clean bed. Ans. There is no doubt but thatyour dog has worms, Try the areca nut agai, following it with a good dose of castor oil, Change the diet entirely, antl ive him ayvaw egg night and morning for a week, J. HW. K., Menomone.—tst. Where can Scotch coolies atias shepherd dogs—whelps or grown dogs—be obtained of pure breed? If grown, the dogs should be trained. 2d, In fly-fishing, should the reel be ha- bitually carried on the npper side or under side of the rod? 8d. Whieli is the hest reel for brook trout lishing? Ans. We know of no one who deals in collies; you will have to adyertise. 2d, In fly-fishing it is ous- tomary to have the reel behind the hand, andon the uniler side of the rod. 3d, A German silver or nickel plated click reel holding 30 yards of linen line, J.Z, K,, Bethlehem, Pa.—I have two liver puppies of the pointer breed; one is very fully coated and sleek, while the other’s hair seema as though washed with resin soap, and is of a sickly, dirty yellow color, and seems sore to the touch. Ido not think this should be, as both puppies were tle same at eight weeks old; they are now twelve. Ans. Tt is probable that the puppy has worms. Give him a piece of garlie two or three times a day for several days, or three doses of five grains - each. of areca nut two hours apart, to be followed by a teaspoonful of castor ol). W. W. A., Brooklyn.—ist. Is there any fishing at Fort Wamilton; if 80, whatkind? 2d. Ts it time to Gateh bluefish at Canarsie; if so, what kind of bait mustI use? 3d. Is there any shooting near Brooklyn 7 Als. Yes; ina few days there willbe good weaktfish and blwetishing ; these fish hive made their appearance at Barnegat, and will soon be here. Troll withsquid inthe bay and ont of the bay. The boalmen will tel you where; they provide lines and squids. Good Snipe shoot ing in season along the beach at Canarsie and Rockaway. J.E.8., Sunbury, Pa.—t have a pup three months old (from a setter dog and pointer bilch) that seems to haye some disease of (he eye, The eyes seems to be clear enough, buat there is a continual discharge of wa- terfrom them, which fear may end in some permanent disease, He seems to see well enough, but withina day or two have notleed a sort of stuin oyer fhe corner of one of his eyes, I shonid be yery sorry to lose him, as he is good stock and very promising, Ang. We cannot agree wilh you us to the yalue of a dog bred from a pointer and a set- tor, but we would suggesl to you to try the remedy recommended to a 4, in our last issue, hex New Hamburg.—ist.—I have a valuable setter dog that hie been sick some little time, and don’t know whiat to do for him, He Is seized with coughing spells; when he coughs he gags; sometimes raises froth and sometimes not. How shalll treathim? 2d, Can you tell me whether Webb’s amended game law has passed the Assembly at Albany, and is there to be any change in the game law, or ls sum— mer woodeock shooting to be continiied or abolished? 8d. What is the closé season for black bass in New York State? Ang, Ist. Give him a Dover's powder night and morning for two or threé days, 2d, The bil! 4S amended, has passed, and only awaits the Governor's Biguature, The close season for woodcock expires August 1, except on Long Island, where if remains as before. 3d. Expires May 20, Watton, New Yorke—I utiderstand that there 1s a law in New J ersey forbidding the catching of fish inany of the waters of that State, ax- cept by & hook and line; and7Tam informed that New Jersey fishermen, aye spread theirnets npon the Staten Island shores of Raritan Bay, and at or near Princess Bay. ‘They have taken a few weakiish nl- ready. I desire to ask whether weaklish run up in our waters ta Spawn; if they do, {his pound and fyke fishing must make a serionsimroud upon their numbers if it is continued. Isthere any reason why the taking of game fish by pounds or fykes, in salt water, should not te, prohibited bylaw? Ans. There is no such law as that you mention hor are the weaklish that come into the estuaries to spain protected in aiy manner, except in certain localities. 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BANKS, Business Manager, CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING WEEK, Thursday, Ju T.—Trotling; Parkville, L, 1.; Pittsburg, Pa.; Myatic Park, Boston; Pottstown, Pa.; Dayton, 0.; Gelmont Park, Philadelphia; Piltstie!ld, Mass.; Hudson, N. Y.; Utica, N. Y.; Medina, N. Y.; Muske- #an, Mich,; Dubugne, Ia.; Maryville, Mo. Base Ball: Cincinnatt vs Chicago, at Chicago; Louisville ys St. Louis, at St, Lonis; Alleghany vs Hartford, at Union Ground; Clinton ¥s Marshalltown, at Marshall- town, fa.; Tecumseh ys Nochester, at Rochester; Buckeye vs Cricket, at Binghamton; Indianapolis vs Lowell, at Lowell; Auburn ys Mem: his Reds, at Auburn; Enterprise ys Woboken, at Jersey City; Mutnal vs Keystone, at Brooklyn; Wishington ys Hudson, at Prospect Park Red Caps vs Fairbank, at §t. Paul; Athletic ys Boston, at Boston. : Friday, June §—Trotting: Varkyille, L. 1.; Pittsburg, Pa.; Mystic Park, Boston; Pottstown, Pa.; Dayton, O. Base Ball: Athletic vs Boston, s| Boston; Harvard vs Princeton, at Cambridge; Indian- apous v8 Manchester, at Manchester; Buckeye vs Hornelisyille, at Hormellsyille; Springfield ys Cinejnnati, at Springfield; Chelsea va Enterprise, at Jersey City; Star of Syracuse vs Hartford, at Brooklyn ; Auburn vs Erie, at Auburn. Sutvrday, June 9.—Trotting; Dayton, O. Rowing: Morris and Scharil, Pittsburg, Pa. Base Ball: Cincinnati vs St. Louis, at St, Lonis; Louisville ys. Chicago, ai Chicago; Boston ys Hartford, at Brooklyn ; Indianapolis vs Fall Rover, at Fall River; Hornells vs Buckeye, a Hornelisvillé, N. Y.; Enterprise vs Randolph (late Starr), at Newark ; Keystone vs Hoboken, at Jersey City; Whitoka ys Hudson, at Brooklyn; Techomseh ys Star, ab Syracuse. Regatta of the Sohuylhill Navy at Philadelphia. Monday, June 11.—Regatta > Alluntis Yacht Ciub, Tuesday, Tue 12.—Trotting . Syracuse, N. Y.; Chatham Village, N. Y.; Gatskill, N. 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THE INTERNATIONAL TEAM SELEG- | TION. =— ES» T may fairly be assumed at this time, before the arrival of - complete mail explanations, that the United Kingdom team will be such in nature as wellasin name. In private correspondence preceding the receipt of the cablegram the. set- Uement of a basis of Operations by which the Scotch, Buslish and Irish small-bore men were to unite their forces in one grand effort to overthrow the American experts, was fore- shadowed, and upon the completion of the negotiations the dis- pateh was no doubt sent. The aim and object of this journey will be the triumphal carrying off of the Centennial trophy, and to checkmate this moye to treat their friends (the enemy) to a fair, square repulse by mereforce of good marksmanship isnow the task before the American long-range men. If everything goes on smoothly without hiteh fo cither side it cannot be far froma nip and tuck mateh. The winners should be such merely ‘* by the skin of their teeth." ‘fhe im- perial team will contain the cream of a dozen or more renowned ranges; men who have carried off honors before the butts for a score of years past. Their drill as individuals has been pur— fect, the competitions throngh which they haye fourht their way keen and exacting. Their arms are well tried, and for uniformity of work excell eyen our American made weapons. The strangers will come whetted to their work by the recolloc_ tion of the uniform run of luck which the young shooters of America have thus far struck. Those defeats have been lessons, hard, sharp hints that the victors possessed methods or mens which they did not. Team shooting to the British marksmen meant merely the working simultaneously of a number of indi- vidually expert shooters. To the Americansit meant the merg- ing of the individuals into the compact organization of the team. In plave of relying upon chance-help from his fellows each member of an American team was one of a bundle of fagois resisting a common foreign foe. It was-to this mutual lielpfuk ness that the success of Dollymount is alone due. There never in the short history in international rifle shooting was a more perfect team moyement than that shown by the visiting team upon that Irish sand-bar range. Our success next fall, if we are again to meet it, is to be gained by a strict adherence to the team idea, It is not enough that the best men be picked, but they must pull together, must shoot in a bunch, with no weak member lagging far behind, a dead weight on his fellows: The foreign shooters haye learned our secret of success, but to then, accustomed to single-handed efforts, the yoke of team drill and discipline will sit at best uneasily; but the house team must have everything reduced to clock-like certainty as respects method in the match, With the acknowledyed gen- eral superiority of our rifles, handled as they are with heavy charges of carefully made up ammunition and with a scrupu- lous regard to cleanliness in use, with a perfect (eam system and with marksmen, individually not one whit less skillful than those to be brought against us, the victory is ours. But there is a world of work to be traversed first, and upon the first movements made will depend whether this path of labor be agreeable or otherwise, The team is to be a repre- sentative one, American, as we understand it, and not section- al. The N, Y. Amateur Club have not been challenged, nor have the National Rifle Association. The fixing upon Creed- moor as the place of conflict does not carry with it the entire control of the match by the local organization governing and owning that range, Not only is the fighting team to be chosen from the best skill the country can afford, but the entire man- agement of the match should be equally representative. There is abundance of work to be done outside the actual team men, and this preparatory and secondary labor should be diffused as far as may be to this end, as time is not pressing. It would seem a wise initiatory step for the gentlemen to whom the in- timation of the visit has been sent to invite a meeting of rep- r esentatives from the several clubs, or ranges, where long-range shooting is practiced, or from where help may be expected, and allow the body so convened {o assume entire direction of the interests of America and American rifiemeninthis match, The meeting might be called at St. Louisor any other central point within ten days; invitations by letter or telegraph having pre- viously been sent out. Practice could at once open upon the several local ranges over the country. and upon Creedmoor, the best and oldest range we have, the final tests could be applied. It seems very well settled now that the selection of the entire team by. competition alone is not wise, and the fixing upon the selection of the nominated members would be one of the im- portant tasks of the committee. ‘he raising of the necessary funds, the reception of the comers and the thousand and one details would give ithe united committeeample opportunity for displaying its efforts. Of course with the advantages possessed by the murksmen of New York and Brooklyn a lion's share of the places on the team would fall to them, but this should not lead the N. R. A. to cither ignore the other growing sssocia- tions of the country, or in a perfunctory manner as the self-ap- pointed spokesmen for American riflemen generally to call up- on long-range shooters to come on individually and try their luck in @ general scramble for places at Creedmoor. Upon the first step will depend whether we shall have anything like the growling and grumbling which marked the choice of previous teams, and which eyen to this day has not been entirely silenced in the hurrabs over American successes. Tur Greenwoop Lake ReGarra Course.—There is likely to be some fine sport on this excellent course during the sum— mer, && preparations for several events are being made. Last Friday, by invitation of the president and officers of the Mont- clair and Greenwood Lake Railroad Company, an excursion party was run up to the lake, where they were most hospitably entertained at the Brandon House. The party included Rev. Dr. Hall, of Holy Trinity, Brooklyn; Hon. Erastus Brooks, Oyrus W. Field, the President; Remington Vernam, Vices President ; Gordon L. Mord, Horatio @. King, and a large num- ber of other well-known gentlemen, occupying two passenger cars, which were run oyer the road and back in quick time, The whole excursion, including the delightful steamboat sails on the lake and the dinner, occupied but seven hours. The sail was enlivened by pleasant addresses, in which all the spetkers made special mention of the attractions of the lake and ils surroundings, and of the delightful country through which the railroad runs, occupied, as itis, with the beautiful residences of many gentlemen transacting business in New York. With such liberal manayement ag has been shown einee the presen} company bouglt the railroad, suburban set- tlement of New York business men is inuch encouraged and facilitated. ‘The policy adopted by the managers must prove remunerative to the company; while the company will cer- tainly contribute much to the wealth and resources of the region through which the railroad runs. Itis asort of mutual benefit association, whose advantages haye been felt from the beginning, One of the future resources of this company is the erystal water of the Jake, which will ford an inexhaustible supply of purest ice on demand. + 2 <_______. THE YALE BIGHT. Tn the summer of 1873, Gook, the Captain of the Yale crew, after much discouragement, and the encounter of difficulties before which a man with less determination and will power would have quailed, sueeeeded in bringing his crew in No, 1 out of thirteen contestants, Not only this, but the Freshman crew, and the single sculler, both using his stroke, won their respective races with great ease. The following, year iit Saratoga came the unforlanate foul between Yale und Warvard. Yale at the time thereot, was leading, pulling qui- elly at their long 32 to the minute stroke while, all about her 36, 38 and even 40 was being pulled. Well, the two boats came together, gol smashed up, and in a few moments Harvard pulled away, leaving her rival crippled and helpless, while Columbia stole.in and carried away the prize the two lions had been battling for, Harvard came in second, beaten by 8} secs. By the foul she lost $1 secs. Tn ’75, Yale was badly beaten, outrowed by six out of twelve colleses, Poor quarters, poor food and lack of sleep had done their work upon the men, and the day of the race found them weal and out of condition. Then came the withdrawal, and in 1876 Yale beat Harvard by a clean furlong at Sprinefield, Then Iarvard went to Savatosa and nearly beat Cornell, and would have done so joo, the best judges say, had the course heen a trifle longer, The world at- tributes their defeat tothe poor stroke they used. Well, naw the thing is going to be fairly tested. Both crews ave pulling the‘same stroke. Both crews will use the same boat, madu ly Waters, of paper, and built from the same lines and mensure- Tents, and the men will be pretty evenly matched in physi(ue. Now we are to sce which is the better Woating college of the two, Yale or Haryard. The English stroke was last year so splendidly vindicated that no one can further cayil at it, par- ticularly as the Haryard men were as fine physically as were the Yale men, This year, then, isto se¢.a tremendous con- lest, meeting of Greck and Greek. Tyo ereat universities, the one smarting under defeat, and the fact that she has not won a, race for years, while her rival has won six (two uniyer® sity races, a freshman race and two sivgle scull races), and the other jubiiant with satisfied pride, and determined to main- tain her position at the head of American college boating (did not Philadelphia place her there ?), are bringing their every resource into the field to defeat each other. Such rowing will be done as will far surpass anything ever witnessed in Ameri- can waters. Yale men have been disposed this spring to be very confident over the result of the coming race and because their men are doing finely, have been apt to look upon it as already theirs, A greater mistake could not be made. They should remember that with few exceptions Harvard has never been badly beaten, Shealwaysdoes well. Eyen last year she went to Saratoga, and ina measure retricved herself. A glance at the listof men making up her cight will show the excellent. material, backed by real pluck, which she has in her boat. “Old” Baneroft, with his bull-dog tenacity of purpose, and itty, hard set face, is again stroke, and his presence alone 18 Cnough to ensure Yale that after last year’s lesson she must not expect another walk over. The Yale crew is a younger and Icss muscular one than that” of last year. What they lack in strength, however, they more than make up for in good form. They are rowing. finely together, and the boat gets through the water at-a very lively rate. Of course the loss of such men as Cook, Ken- nedy und Kellogg is keenly felt. It is a loss which cannot be remedied, Cook's mind is as much missed from the boat as his body. Yet, though by n0 means gigantic in size, his back and loins were unapproachable. MKennedy was the most. powerful man that ever pulled in a Yale boat. Kelloge was an unusually wiry fellow, closely knit and nervous, and was always looked upon as the hardest worker in the boat, The new men are Hart, Livingstone, Hyde and James. Though not as good as their predecessors, they aré fine oarsmen and rank with the rest of the erew. Collin, E. CG. Cooke, Wood and Thompson, all of whom rowed last year, fill up the boat. At a distance of a couple of miles from New Haven there is: 4 pretty little body of water called Lake Whitney, from the fact that the celebrated Eli Whitney’s first. factory derived its molive power from it. Here the crew took their boat about. four weeks ago, and have kept it there until three or four days ago, in order te avoid the rough water of the har- bor. Cedareight oars are yery expensive articl.s, and it is a very simple matter to ruin one by taking it out into a rough sea, It becomes “twisted,” and immediately loses all stift- ness. It then is practically valueless, and though it may be a pretty thing to look at and sentimentalize over as *‘the dear old thing so many jolly (?) hours have béen spent in,” ete;, it is worth little else. ; ~ Lake Whitney, aside from its advantages of smooth water, was a very good place for the crew to work, inasmuch as they always had the stimulus induced by the presence of the — fair sex to incite them to do their prettiest. A better stin— lus than this catnot be imagined. ‘The coach is unsparing of his criticisms, and, as at this late period most of the faults are apt to be those of carelessness, men are less liable to be guilty of them when they ara rebuked before strangers. This is why it isso desirable that the colleye nen should frequent the boat house in greater numbers in the alternoon, that their presence may encourace the toilers of the sea, and in a meas- ure lighten their labors by the feeling that their best efforts are scen and appreciated. Now that the paper shell has come it is kept at the boat louse, where it is daily used by the-crew in the shelter of the inner harbor, When too rough to row there the men go to Lake Whitney and use the other one. The long vows lave not yet hezin, tor the reason that high winds have beew the rule so wotyersally this month that not ove day bas gone by when w row to the lighthouse and back would have been » possible, much less a safe, achieve- ment. Mr, Cook, of last year’s crew, is studying law in town, He is coaching the crew, and is dving it yery thoroughly, Tread in Monday's Jleruid the very vernawular statement that his position is ‘a tremendous grind.” So it is. Let him whio doubts it pass a half hour by his side, as it las been my fortune to do, and listen to his patient iteration and reiteration of the same directions and corrections, dozens of Limes over, till the outside listener even becomes weary of hearing him, and marvels at the patriotism and esprit de corps which can sacrifice so much time and care to such a thankless position. Whe course of the-race will be the old one at Springfield. It is Yale's choice, Harvard haying made a decided gtand in favor of New London. ‘his luther place certainly has one great, advantage in its accessibility from New York by boat. If the race were rowed there hundreds of men, who otherwise could not afford it, would witness the race. The affair would become more national in its character than it has ever heen or ever will be when pulled inland. Still, the constant rough water on the Thames is an objection inthe eyes of Yalemen, which no amount of argument can do away with. It must be owned, however, that the broad, deep river stretching miles inland without a bend, wording such a splendid opporttiuity for steamers to follow the race from sturl to finish, is a great temptation to one disposed to look only at the surface of things, without weighing the pos- sibla contingencies of interrupted practice, owing to rough water or a crowded course, I think the Yale boys have chosen wisely in pitching upon New London. One thing is certain, however, if the-Crinison should once more come to the front this summer, Harvard will go to New London next year. She being the victor will be the challenged party, and will thus haye the right to name the course. Of Yale's chances in the coming contest I shall say nothing; this T leave till my next letter. I will give the crew as they sit in the boat, with their weights and ages. The weights are rather stale, being the Ones which were taken four weeks back. I will give them again in my next, when I will give also an extended criticism of the men: Name and Position. Bow—G, W. Hart, 5, S.S..-.--2.-,:2.6 20 No, 2-H. Livingston, 78, A.C, Weight. 151) No. 3—F. H. Hyde, ‘79, A.C as No, 4—W, K_ Jamies, 5, A. : 2 No, 5—E, ©, Cooke, 'T7, A.C..... ea) No. 6—O. LD. Thompson, 79, A,C..... 21 No. T—N. W. Collin, 77, A.C, (aptain).. 21 Stroke—F, Wood, '7s, L.8........ aap ee! seweeee oo 16S, dey been +2. 000 QT ee ewe LOS Average.... °C. F. Aldrich, cox, 77), A. Sub., Clark, ‘73, A.C jee 9 eee Fuixrounr Harrer—Dereased.—In lamenting in common with the brotherhood of publishers the death of oneso prominent and so long known among them as Pletcher Harper, Bsq.7 the sole survivor of the noble four whose honse has long been known the world over, we must not fail to recognize the prominent part be has taken through his publications in disseminating a taste for tra#el and out-of-door recreation, and in giving vigor and manhood to our people. It was at his suggestion in 1851, that Harper's Mugazine was started. At first, a ven- ture, the new periodical was issued only after long hesitation on the part of the elder members of the firm. But the Month- ly speedily became an assured success, and has maintamed its position as the most widely read and best known of all our magazines. Making for itselfa field by gathering spicy narratives of travel and adventure, Harpers soon hecame the recognized medium for the writings of intelligent travelers and tourists, and by ils illustrated sketches it has done more than any other publication to illustrate the physical scenery and resources of our own and other lands, and to inspire and nur- ture a taste for healthful out-of-door recreations. It now has a circulation of 140,000, ‘ Tt was at the urging of Fletcher, also, that the Bazar and Weekly were started. The income from the three is now about $400,000 annually, while the house has a capilal of $2,500,000. The firmstill bears the nume of Harper Brothers, being composed of the sonsof the original members. a —The earthquake in South America on the 10th of May, which destroyed the towns of Tquique, Avica, Tambo de Moro, Antsfaasta, Ilo and Pabelion de Pica, was accompanied by a tidal wave which, amonz other freaks, took the wreck of the United States steamer Wateree, which was enrried inland a couple of miles by the tidal wave of 1868, and fluated it a mile or two further up the coast. said to have risen over sixty feet. 2—._____—_- — Florida water has always been a desirable toilet article, and at no time in more request than during the hot, weather. Escalantes’ Florida Water, adverlised in our columns this week, has heen # standard preparation for a number of years, and can be found at all respectable drugeists. ——_———+ es —The shortest, quickest and most pleasant route to the White Mountains, Newport, Vermont, ete., is via New Hayen steamers. ‘These elegantly equipped steamers, for the conven- jence of travelers living in the upper part of the city, com- mence Yanding next Monday at Twenty-third slreet, kK. R. Passengers taking the 11». mM. boat from Peck Slip gan reach any point i rare sany topp ¢ over on the journey, The sea in some places is. New Hampshire early next evening, FOREST AND STREAM. —————— = GAME PROTECTION. BUTCHERING DEER IN THE ADIRON- DACK REGION. In February we published the following note, which has just called out an answer: An Albany correspondent sends us the following letter from a well-known Northwoods guide, for whose veracity he youches. [fis time that yizorous measures were taken to stop the wholesale sliughtering of deer out of season. Tn this instance there could lave been no difficulty whatever in ob- tuising evidence, and the matter should be brought to the nolice of the Legislature Lone LAKk, February 9, 1ST7. ‘Yhe snow is very deep in the Adirondacks, and thinking that perhaps you would be glad to hear how we are getting along, thonght [ would drop you a line and let you kuow. There is nothing to do only to take notive of those that claim to bv guides, Some of the first-class guides are haying a very nice time killing deer on three feet of snow, among whom are Mitchell Sabbaties, Charles Sabbaties, J.D. Piumly, Alba Cole, Justin Larros and several others. Now, if you sportsmen wish to have the deer all killed off on snow shoes anil out of season, I haye nothing jo say. If not, please publish them in the sporting papers, I is my request that you shoulitdoso. The Sabbaties and J. D, Plumly Killed twelve in two weeks, aud for proof please addvess L. Hall, Long Lake, Uemilton, Virginia. L. M, H. The communications which follow raise in interesting qnes- lion of veracity between our correspondents, and while we do not propose Lo allow any controyersy lo be carried on in our columns, we should be glad to know who is to be Delieved. Hacurs Nest, New Yorr, May 16, 1877. Hiprror Fores AND Stream AND Rop anp Guy: Asa subscriber and frequent contributor to the Ron aNp Guw, I respectfully ask a place in your paper for the enclosed communication from Charles H. Bennett, one of the trustiest gnides in the Adirondack region. I know all the men of whom ht speaks. Personally and especially well do I know Bennett, Plumly and the Sabbaties family, aad I youch for the truth and honor of those I haye named. Yours faithfully, K. Z, C. Jupson. _ ee \ \ BuvE MOcNTAtn LAKE, May 5, 1877. Bprrok Forest AND STREAM AND Ron AND GuN: T have noticed an article in one of the February issues of your paper bearing the signuture of one L. Wall, of Long Lake, in regard to the vio- lation of The Game Law by killing deer during the past winter ou the “snow trast by varions well-known guides; in reply to whieh T would likoto make 4 few statements and corrections. In regan Lo the case Of Mitchell Sabbaties and J.D. Plamly, they openly and boldly deny the charve of Killing any deer sinee the expiration of the season fixed by law for the killing Of deer, wnd denounee the statements of Mr, Tall as a wilful and thalivious slander, of tits owt inyeution, They ard- Wil of living been interested i the killing of several deer for the mar Ket last anutaron, but have receipts to show that tiey were killed and disposed of within the limifs of the season proyided by law for the Kill- ing of dee And they also assert that it was not for the preservation of game that Mr, Hall made the statements, but it was through selfish mofiyes. There isa sort of rivalry among guides, as in all other vocations, but the statements so largely circulated about the wholesale butchery of (leer during the months of January, February and March haye been greatly exaggerated, although there are some who are unable to kill deer at any other Season, save when the deep snows and sharp crust renders them comparatively helpless, ancl them # few fall a prey to this class of ruthless destroyers; bub such men cannot be classed among hunters 2nd guides. Itis inconsistent to even think that any one en- dowed with natural reasoning powers would-wilfully destroy that from which they derive aliyeliiiood, But in regard to your informant, who has 80 basely misrepresented the case in regard to the above named and other well-known guides, allow me lo state that it was not them, but Was himself who stocked the waters of Long Luke with pickerel, a few yeurs since, and by so doing destroyed the tront fishing, not only in that lake. but in the entire Racquette River below, and also in Stony Creek pouds and Biz Tapper Lake, which included some of the finest lishing erounis in the Adirondacks. Furthermore, John Plumly—a man wiitse veracity is fully as unimpeachable as Mr. Mall’s—states that he say him (Mr. Hall) using a gill-net on a trout Spawning bed no longer avo than last fall; therefore, if it is his object to preserve game, why does he violate the gamte law? Verily, Judas betrayed his Master for paltry gain, anil the same motive induces Mr, Hall to virvulate un- founded rumors detrimental to his fellow guides. Tt any proof is required as to the aboye, refer to either Mitchell Sab- \yaties, Charles Sabbaties, J, D. Pinmly, Alba Cole or Justin Lamas, oY allof them, Yours respectfully, C. TL, BENNETY, i HAgrrorn, Conn,, May 20, L377. Messrs. EDITORS: T heartily clasp hands with your correspondent in San Diezo Co., Cal., althongh a stranger and niany miles away; but the theme of his letter in your issue of a fortnight ago, touches a subject which cannot be too often alluded toin your valuable paper. While in the Rangeley Lake reions campilg, in 1874, witnessed the useless destruction of three hundred and fifty brook trout, weighing from % to 134 Lbs, each, although the pariy was copnizunt of a superfuity of food in camp at the time, and Ibave known of like Occurrences in other fishing regions in the past few seasons. i 4 Tn striking contrast to this was the action of a party I met in the Adi- Tondacks last year, who repeatedly put aside their rods vach day when there was a sufficiency of fish catight for the next day’s constfmption, although the trout were breaking the surface of the pond in all direc- tious. } Game, and birds of bright plumage also fare in like manner, ani vis- itors to Florida are often pained to see the wanton deslruction made along {he banks of the beautiful Ocklawaks and St, John’s rivers. With the incoming of a faste in this country for life in the woods, cither ineweated by aloye of nature ora ilesire for recreation, let us one and all, as we tramp forth through the forests of the Adirondacks or Maine, sec that not 4 fish or bird is caplured but thafis put to good use. Gud’s creatiutes were made for us to enjoy, Not to abuse; und let it be our sole desire, as lovers of the gun and rod, lo elevate these sports and further the interest of the papers whose object is the preservation of our game and fish. Another thought, viz: Is uot lie pure, extilirating effect Of the atmosphere, the lovely cascades, the gorges, and” other heantiful bits of scencry which we Sportsmen alone witness in our meanderinegs tirough the streams and forests sniicient shramidant to our bodies without any obfier adiilion tO Gur camp eqnipage? We think itis, ', SEVGWICK STEBIE, DEER SHOOTING OUT OF SEASON, San Francisco, Cal., May 9, 1877. Mr. Eprror: fm your issue of March 29 is a communication dated North Milford, Noy. ti, whith has excited in my breast the lyeliest feelings of alarm and concern, Having passed the best part of a half century in the State of Maine (during which time the most expert hunter would as soon think of catching adeeron snow shoes in July ua November), and, as the writer of the article mentioned, not only caught a large buck in the lat ter month on snow shoes, but also had ample time previously to perfect limeelf in the use of them, it is evident that a fearful change has come over the climate of that State; and, unless means are at once Laken {9 rescue its imfortunate inhabitants, they must all ultimately perish. As it is well Known that all the commercial enterprise, erudition and weattl of New England culminates in Boston, T wottld suggest that wn expedi- tion, provided with all the modern appliances for supporting life in the Arctic regions, be fitted out immedintely to proceed to that desolate State, and remove the few inhabitants who are fooling around there imong the icebergs; and the writer allnded to above should be chosen as its lealer—the courage, fortitade, and endnrance displayed in his wonderful deer hunt fally qualifying him for that position, The great Agassiz visited that region 2 few Yoars hefore his death, and was greatly interested ina remarkable moraine (called by down- fasters a “horseback”) which extends for miles in that yiein ity, and considered it one of the strongest evidences he had ever seen of a for- mer glacial period; but if even that eminent scientist had predicted that the State was soon to return to that frigid condition from which ages ago if emerged, the idea would have been scouted. Itisidle to speculate on the possible canses which have produced such a result, Perhaps the tremendous efforts of the Brilish expedition to reach the north pole loosened a glacier which has descended upon the hapless State: or it May be that they found the north pole, aud, actiated by malice engen- flered by the battle of Bunker Hill, brought it down and stuck if up in the vicinity of Milford—in Argyle, just across the river, probably, as the oftness of the soil there renders it well adapted to receive it. in reading the article, I was particwlarly struck with the writer's mag- nanitaity in refraining from squirting a charge of shot into the buck, in order to “give him a chance." Noble youth! Where butin the modern Afhens could such admirable qualities be fostered and brought out The Spartan boy can hereafter take a back seat, It 1s probable, in view of the climate, that he will never have a chance to repeat his exploit ; bnt let him not despair. Cooped up in one corner of that noble Com- mon, the pride of the Bostonian’s heart and the wonder of all the reat of New England, are six or seven deer. Armed with his faithful shot fn and trusty snow shoes, he can syoop down on them some bright miorn- ing, and, as thelr chances of escape are not much greater than they were in Maine, he can probab y kill one or two before his sport is interrupted. It is true that he will bé obliged to spend a short time in jail, but he will have the consolation of know Ing that he deserves it no more than he does for his Brandy Pond lunt; and the silence and solitude of the lock-up, will be favorable for the writing of * My Second Deer.’ Anil, with his happy Wsregard of time and place, he can date it from the Adirondacks, Thistrue that as T write, a letter is lying before me written by an inti- mate friend in that vicinity, which states that me first part of last winter Was one of the most open eyer Known in the State. ‘That atno time was there over four inches of snow on the grotini till the middle of January. That there then fell three feet of snow in two storms, with only one day between; that it remained perfectly light, increasing in depth by other storms for four weeks, during which time “a deer could go further in one hour than the best hunter in the Siate could et on snow shoes in an entire day.” That there then came arain storm creating a tremendous crist, in which the deer were helpless; and that the deer spoken of were killed after that time—that is, after February 15. But the seyere cold of that benigtted region has evidently turned the writer’s brain, Tsce that the daring young hunter has transferred his operations to the classic regions of Pammedumcook Lake, ou the west branch, and eyinces a spirit, of inquiry, wonderful in one so young, As there isn’t a trapper in the State-but knows that a mink van elimb a tree with as much ease as A cat, and as his companion was probably the distinguished guide he so kindly advertises in his first article, itis strange he didnot obtain the necessary information from him. “Whom the Gods love die young,” and, in the interest of the few re- maining deer in Maine, it is to be hoped that “Joye & Co.” entertain for this young man a sincere affection. PENOBSCOT. a ~/ TENNESSEE GAME Law.—A correspondent says: “*M communication on the subject of our game lav, published in your paper a week ago, turns out to be a little precipitate. It was based tpon information received from our representative 3 Hut since the acts of the Legislature have come out it seems that the bill did not pass the Senate, through some mistake. The law as to taking fish was correctly reported, but the close season for game birds extends from February 1 to September 1. We shall make another effort at the next session to have the matter arranged.” /———_—_+_- 9. ==. Persosau.—tit is with great regret that we announce that, owing fo a necessity for rest and recuperation, we lose for a lime the services of our Associate Editor, Mr. Wm. M. Tiles- ton, who will take a yacution of a month or two during the hot weather. Mr. Tileston’s address will still be at this office. e ObLIGED 10 Stor ApyERTISING.—Mr. D. Louis Bodge, of Buld Mountain, N. Y., writes as follows : BALD MounNTAIN, N. Y., May 23, 1877. FOREST AND STREAM Pus, Co. : Please discontinue my “‘adl.? My trouble is the letters of inquiry! They are pouring in from all quarters, and I could sell a score of guns ifT had them, I never knew before what multittdes there are in want of a rifle, or the excellence of your columns as an advertising medium, But have been convinced now. Enough! Please Stop it ere my ream of commercial note” gives out replying to applications, and aceept the thanks of D, Louis Bopge, ———— 1: Tre Forest AND SYREAM anp Rov anp Gun, Which isa sportsman’s journal-of a high character, appears this week in an enlarged and very attractive form.—Mvening Post, May 24, ~~ Nones T Seorrsmen.—Having received so maby communications asking us for information in regard to our six-section bamboo trout, black bass, grilse and salmon rods, we have prepared a cireular on the subject, which we shall take pleasure in forwarding to any address. Weé keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from $15 fo $150, We put our stamp only on the best, in order to protect our onstomera and our reputation, for we are unwilling to sella poor red with a fulse énamel (made by burning und staining, to imitate the genuine article) Wibhout letting our customers iow just what they are getting. P. O, Box, 1,204.—Adn, Agpey & IMprtie, 4S Maiden Lane, — Virst Prize, Co. B., United States Engineers, Private U. Beunett......e0:scseeeerecesereee 45344 4 4-28 Lieutenant BE, A. Griffin.....--..+.-- v4 43 4 3.5 528 “Corjr. J. LEC8. 01s veces cet ecessesee 43 344 4 4-26 Private U. R. Prindle..... “, ed 5 3 3 5 2 Private A. M. Miller.,...-- senceeeveeeedD S 3 4 0 3 420-127 125 Che Rifle. — Toa the smaul-bore vracks who go down. to Creedmoor And shoot and shoot till their shoulders are sore: Come, reserve your shots and listen awhile To a nice hit of néws that will make you smile. Last Saturday, haw! haw! you must think it alrange, For there were. bears and bulls at the 200-yards range, Contending for Gofd, Our president the donor, Tn the matches to come, ‘look out for a corner.” FE. CrerpmMoor,—The spring meeting on the Creednioo, range, occupying Thursday and Friday last, was a success gauged by the standard of the prize list, but a failure con- sidered in the light of what should be expected from the National Rifle Association, with so many years of experi- elice in its aid, Nothing venture, nothing have, is true aimost beyond a doubt in the management of rifle meetings. Liberal prize lists make long entry lists, and the reverse holds equally true, The first day opened with poor weather promise. Soldiers im uniform were glad to slip into their overcoats, and officers drew their cloaks close about their bodies before they had strolled about the range much. Rain showers came and went at irregular intervals, while the | wind from the 9 to 11 o’clock quarters blew gustily, making altogether a wretched shooting day, and accounting for the rather average shooting done. Gen. Wylie made a busi- ness-like executive officer, while Captain Story, in the sta- tistical line, was exact if not extra rapid. Major Moreau Morris, Surgeon of the Seventh Regiment, was duly quar- tered in a hospital tent, with yellow flag overhead, waiting for what luckily did not come—a call for his services. For the opening act in the two days’ shooting drama, the thirty targets on the range were set for third-class practice, the 4 directors’ and short-range matches opening simultaneously at 200 yards. In the first named there were thirteen entries, a very liberal turnout indeed of the “Grand Moguls” of | the range. The only remarkable thing about the match, beyond the free and easy way in which it was fought, is the good scoresshown. Only two of the directors actually man- aved tomiss the target, and the prize goes to Sanford over 1wo tieing scores only on the arrungement gf shots. The scores stood : ; Iw. Col, KB. 1. Sanford, Rem. Sport....-.....---4- sessed 4 4 5 522 Gen: D, D. Wylie, Sharps Mil....... . 44 5 4 5—22 Major H. Foiton, Moyuard....,-.-.. 5 56 4 §& 3—22 Col, GD. Scort, Rem. Mil.....- en 5 4 4 4 4-21 Gen, I. S$. Dakin, Rem. Sport..... -6 4 4 3 4-20 Major J. Holiaad, Sharps Mil... 3 § 4 4 4—20 Gen. A. Shaler, Sharps Mil......- aes 5 2 4 4 5-20) Col. H. A. Gildersieeve, Ballard....... & 4 4 3) 4-19] Col. G. W. Wingale, Winchester... . 4 4 8 4 4-419 Capt. J, G. Story, Rem, Mil,.... ns ae, B43 I Geu, J. B. Woodward, Rem. peek ws ehoalir) lion. N. P, Stanton, Maynard...... 32°3 0 3 4—13 G, S. Schermerhorn, Jr., Rem. Sport.. ree ee 0 4 4 2 3—13 The short-range match was for all comers, with any rifle, and it will be noted, with 113 entries, was not won with a better average score than that of the winning director, who appears here as the fourth prize man, Il. LL. Allen, of long- range, fame, showing himself as well a proficient at short- range by taking dirs. place. Hight prizes were won, scores stauding : LL. Allen, Rein, Creed...csescec cscs pers ees veer 4545 5 4—a1 ; Gourley, Rem, Sport 5 9 5 4 4 4-31) J . Simmonds, Sharps Spor se ok 4—al | E. H Sanford, Rem. Sport. 44656 4 5 4—30 S. sergeaut, Sharps Mi__- 45 4 4 5 4—30 J. 1, G. Clarke, Hem, Sport,...- 45 5 4 4 4-30 c. A. Heizmaa, Sharps Sport. 4 5 4 4 4 4-30 J. Le Boutillier, Rem, Mil...........- 3 5 4 56 5 4—30 The team match at 200 yards opened at once upon the finish of the other off hand competitions. Thirteen teams were in for the three prizes offered. Ten of the teams were drawn from the National Guard of the First and Second Di- vision, N.G. 8. N. Y., and three from the companies of U. §. Eugincers stationed at Willett’s Point. Volunteers and revulars were thus pitted; the Springfield army musket against our Remington State arm, It was a close rub, but to B Uo., U. 8. E., fell the first honors with a score of 127, or alittle over 25 points per man in the possible 35. ‘The engineers were highly elated over their success ; their first team victory at Creedmoor, where they are frequent and welcome visitors. The scores stood: Co G, 280 Regt, ....0-.0s++0e0, 12d Co, B, 23d Reg't.. 5 Co, G, Tist Reg’t...... noe Co. H, 7th Reg’t: -2.4«:--- Co. I, Tth Keg’t....... Oo. D, Tish Regt. ..... Soa Co, A, 14th Ree Co, A, 28d Regt Uo, H, 8th (2a Co. A, U.S. Bese. 1520s ‘ Co. G, rhetkul Siu eat yee-118 Co, 1, 14th Reg’t.... The cayalry match at the same distance, but with car- ten shots, went to Gen. T. S. Dakin, with 52 points and four cartons, as follows: T. 8, Dakin, Rem. Creed... 4665 46 5 5 6—52 N. Washburn, Rem, Greet, .... 55 46 64 6 6 5—51 i. H, Sanford, Rem. Creed,.... 6 66 6 4 6 6 5 4—5L Win. Hayes, Ballard....... 6 6 46 5 4 3 6 6—5L W. M. Farrow, Ballard. 66 5 6 5 6 4 4 6-50 F. Lyde, Sharps Creed.......... fat 4464 5 6 5 6 4—50 C.W. Minor, Sharps Sport.............4 6 6 4 6 3 5 6 5 5—A0 J. A. Lowell, Pea, M...:..- scoseeeesseD 4 4 65 5 5 6 5 4-49 H. Fisher M.Div. esc esatcieew cee BS 6 8 6 6 5 b 4 ft E49 The second day of the meeting was very nearly a dupli- cate of the first so far as weather matters were concerned, ‘he Leech-Cup match, for the championship of America and the cup, was the only competition called, and its shoot- ing occupied the entire day. Thirty-five entries were squadded over seven targets. The 800 yards firiug had an _ unlucky experience, and over three hours were spent in its | completion. Several hard showers came down, the marks— men getting the best protection possible from the canvas sun-shades erected over each firing point. The posts, how- ever, were not ceserted, and the firing kept on when the targets could be distinguished through the maze of drops. The wind during the day danced abuut from the 11 o'clock to 2 o'clock quarters, but during the 1,000 yards firing kept very steady trom 9 o'clock, Candor compels the assertion that the shooting as a whole was pvor, very mediocre, in- deed, excepting of course the two leading scores, Before the 800 yards firing had been half completed, the match had narrowed itself down to a competition between Maj. Jewell aud Col. Sanford, At the first distance they were tie on the very excellent run of 71 each. At 900 Col. Sanford passed his opponent a couple of points, and the 1,000 yards work Was watched by all with the keenest interest. Sanford on one of the inside targets received such coaching as Col. Gildersleeve, who shot on the same target, was able to give him, while the Breoklyn boy, Jewell, wentit alone. It was nip and tuck, until Sanford lost his chances in a miss. Amid the rush of counsellors he omitted to note the change of elevations which comes with the change of light as twi- light approaches, and scored a miss, while Jewell, giving all his attention to the work in hand, changed a point and a half, keeping on with pnly the lapse to a centre, and coming out with the magnificent score of 2138 points in the possible 225, better than which has never been shown in an individual match at Creedmoor, nor, so far as the official records show, at any other range. Higherscores haye beet reported from private practice, but never in match shooting ; but a few days before (Tuesday, May 22,) Major Jewell had virtually accomplished the same feat, though from lodging one of his bulls on the wrong target but 209 was scored. The third Leech-Cup match was witnessed by a good number of spectators. Hvurteen of the competitors finding their scores running low, preterred discretion to fight and backed out. In the exse of Rathbone the retirement was compulsory, he Laying been taken with a chill. Some of the old experts were about with other distinguished visitors, among them the Count Ballardino, Duke de Yonkers, who encouraged the *‘ dear boys” with points and hints on how ines, was easily won by the Washington Gray team, and this, too, with three misses in their score, as follows: Sergeant O. A, Fullety.....-++++eeeeeret ress 438 4:4 4 4 4-27 Sergeant D. Wilson 22 4 4 83 3 5—23 Private E, Pasco...... 34 33 3 4 3—23 Sergeant J. PF. Meflagh. 43 8 0 4 4 3—21 4 Private Miller....--.-.+ ea sadane eer corre 20 03 44 5—I8—1l2 Third Gavalry Team......---.-+ 95 Separate Troop, First Division, .74 Tis closed the off hand shooting, and after Juncheon 20 targets were found in place, ready for the military and car- ton matches. ‘The military contest, as before, was for Leams of five men each, all the teams coming from the National Guard, and ull using Remington .50 cal. rifles. The poor scores made give some idea of the poor character of Lhe day. The Scotch lads from Co, D, Seventy-first Regiment, carried off the first money, and, with the second money in the morning team match, they managed to make a very fair duy’s work. Their scores were: H Co,, Tist Reg't. H Co., ith Reg’t. iv bertson,.....5 4844-20 Capt. Price...........5 63 5 2-20 cope Seo vensone $465 53-19 Priv. Price., ......-32354-17 Capt. Clark, +++ ..4%3444—18 Sergt. Holland........253 25-17 Vriv. Lindsay.......-48484—18 Priv. Waterman......2 33 4 012 Priv. Pyle..t.....06-.0 0005— 5 Sergt. Le Boutillier...8 0 4 0 4—11 Total, coveccercesseeteeserertncy a Sit arent ee Co,, Sth Repth. ....-. cece eee ell 10., 2° aaa bia ope ee Se pei Reet (senior team)....75 1 Co., Lith ba ee ears | wad orp'> nih G Co., 28d Rég't.....s...e0eee+-e 69 1Co., Th Regt (Junior team)... 33 The carton match drew out 54 marksmen. It was some— what of a noyelty, but the carfon count prevented what might have been a string of ties at this easy mid-range with any rifle allowed. At the last meeting where this match was on, Major Jewell carried off first with 50 in the possible 50. ‘he carton match, hyweyer, with a possible 60 in the to doit. The leadin= scores stood : H, 8, Jewel!, Rem. Creed, SU Une oc doc 65 6 6b 5 5 46 5 5 & 3 4 5-71 Gi... 546545355 5 55 5 4 4 5-6 4565 55 55 45 5 6 4 5 6—T3—215 I. Sanford, Kem. Creed. 5655 64356 5 45 4 6 5—TI a55 33 5 55 56 5 5 5 5—TL 565 45 038 6 5 56 & 5 4 4—65—207 Blydenburgh, Rem, Creer. $5 504545 45 5 5 5 4-68 565455545645 4 56 56—i0 443 56k 55 45 56 4 5—59—L0T L, Allen, Rem. Creed. 5560665555 4 5 5 5—69 455 03 5 55 656 4 4 5 B—6 4356 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5—65—196 N. Washburn, Rem, Creed. B800...c.,0:.-....-4 43 5 5 0 4 4 56 5 5 8 5 B S65 900+... 454+ 3458356545 5 4 4 5 5 4b 1,U00.....---~ Pe ees 363828256 6 6 b 4 5 & 4—h2—191 Frank Hyde, Sharps Creed, 5666565 5 46568 35 5 3 4 5-68 526465 55 5 5 6 5 3 6 5-69 5664355 6 5:3 38 4 5 (—54—191 Gliidersleeye, Sharps Creed. 343540 4 5 5 4 ¢ 4 5 4—56 564554565 5 8 4 3 4 5—bb 505455445 0 5 5 4t0—-152 Hi. Fisher, Fisher R. 4556484465 4 5 3 3 3-65 4345 565 44 56 3 8 8 4—oU 56535555 265 0 U 5 4—5b—180 Cc. E. Rider, M. L. 445465 62444 5 4 4 5-65 6438460465645 44 4 J—56 255544545 03 5 4 4—53—179 . H. Madison, Rem, Creed 2245 06 445 5 5 4 4 554 54255454445 4 5 5 J—6h 4844445 56 4 4 6 3 0 38—56—176 TT. S. Dakin, Rem. Creed. 4455545 56 3 3 4 5 556 655825423465 4 5 5 J—62 - 43550543 5 3 0 2 4 5—45—176 John A, Lowell, Pea, M. S00...... eases wee? £45 5 364 4 5 6 5 5 3 8-89 .§ 3R 5 5555 54 4 4 4 3 5—60 O0u54344524 4 4 6 5-971 W. M. Farrow, Bal. le 08RrR 44545 55 4 4 5 4-52 O06 4555 5 5 6 5 4 6 4 5—87 405 45 805 45 4 6 5 053-172 800 900 1,000 Total. J. B. Waters, Rem. Creed, ..e0.+,. +59 bt au 16 G. W, Davison, Pea. M.....-. ‘ FOREST AND STREAM. 2&9 a -Hetuwie’s Rite Ganiery, 69) Sixth Avenue.—The Centennial Rifle Club held their eighth and last competition for the gold badge given them by Mr. Hellwig, June 4, 1877, Me. A. B. Long being the lucky winner the third time, making the badge his personal property. Froemoor, New Ornrans, May 27. There wasa good attendance of the long-range marksmen at Frogmoor to-day. A newrnle was adopted in regard to mark “ing at the targets, if the shos did not count, the location was shown, the boystherefore had to bring their wits to work, The day was not a favorable one. Before the completion of the 800 yards score a rain came up, and after finishing at this range, instead of opening at 900 yards, they retired to the house to shoot their 1000 yards score. At this rangethe wind was yery troublesome, fluctnating from 11 to 7, going all around the dial. The following are the leading scores: z Maj. Wm. Arms, Ul es Be BG ~4358 45565 6 4 6 § 4 & fF 4h 90... cat F 6 G8 ob 5S 4 GF & 4 6 5 6 OTN 1,000... --.-cccceeesd 0 423 5 5 6 45 6 GF 4 4 F-59199 John Ky Renand. 5465 5 445 6 5 6 5 6 & 5—TL or 4553455 64 5 4 & 5 5—66 AG 00 eas oem aes bth 5445 £0 & 5 3 4 5-35-1092 Col, John Glynn. S00 cc4.c.4..5.5 4 3 4 8 6 6 5 45 56 § 4 4 5-65 M0... ceeeeteeeend £4 5 £ GF 8 £5 6 £5 5 4 4-85 1,000... 2.0... .0....0 2 3 f Ub 6 8 45 6 4 5 6 354-187 R. G. Eyrich, B00... ese £45 5 2 TF 6 5 £4 8 A SB. 5—O9 V0icsesesctccad OST 4 FOS S55 4 5 S$ S 5—65 ST ee 4400022 248 448 3 8 3—2#7—-171 James Buckley, 545 3856 5 £43 05 3 4 3S—iH 23565 45 65 4465 6 5 4 J—f4 3045 43 4 6 4 4 4 5 4 5~Hl—1il L. B, Daponta. + RY Ss AR as ae ey ee): 3—58 910)... coceeeg at 3 4 4 4 OG GS 5 6 5 0d 5 1 O—50 TOW ...cce-eeeeeeeeed 3 St t 3B ££ H 5 BF 3 O HD 4-H8—161 E. T. Manning. : 4b @94 2b 29 Ff 65 5—f0 vU4 ou 5 44465 G6 Hh 6 A 4-S1 2%¢63554442 80 2 5—47—158 Dniley Selph. HOOe..... ee ueeett? 26S 64 GF & 4 b 4 BP 3 B 4-58 1 0 365653443 25 5 fh 5—59 1,090 .s,.. ek. el FS 2RWA’APADSH S50 GF 2 4 —A 157 GUSSIE. Tuk Guex ALGER.—Our Rifle Association of Harrisville, Michigan, was organized on May 28, and elected officers us follows: ‘ J), MeGregor, President; Geo. W. Colwell, Vice Presi-, dent; Dr. D. W. Mitchell, Secretary; R. E. Roberts, Treas- urer. Our Range is called “Glen Alger,” in compliment tu General R. A. Alger, of Detroit, who gave us the right of using bis land along the coast. They expect to have their short-range, and running deer targets erected by the middle of July, McG. MinwaurKer, May 25.—The club were out practicing to- day at 100 yards, making scores as follows . ‘Ditrnphes esas passes Bb 4 54 25 5 F 45 2 8 4 bot FUSE oe i Lt 454234545 326 6 5 5-6 Bangs....2- +, 6238 52 243 54542 5 356 ToOHUSION,...eeesseeee-et 35 45 4 35 0 5 3 4 3 8 5G Meunier.......- 38 35 52444 5 6 03 4 6 4-56 Walon ene. cbse-. heel > Boo § 45 TU 5B Bd) 4 8) S61 Wielding....-...sessec-.e0 £38 0 4 5 2 8 4 35 3 3 4 5-8 Welles......4 2280430445 0085 5 3-41 Drake, leeesssscssi--.1-38 0 2 £20 0 3 5 BB 8 4 8 B35 Tt is understood that the club and the Chicagoans are soon io test their skill at tlie range. The Milwaukee range is one of the mast dificult and treacherons in the United States. They shoot across a valley from one hill to another, and the valley sweeps down to Lake Michigan and is the sporting ground of every wicked breeze that old Michigan stirs up. In all matches at the club's own ranges, the Milwaukees have rather a hard row to hoe. ——— + — Tue REMINGTON RIFLE.—The following has been received by the Messrs. Remington : CREEDMOOR, New York, May 26, 1877. Hon, N. P. Stanton, President National Risle Association: Ata meeting held this P. M, by the mewbers of tie New York Stock Exchange Witle Association, the undersigned were appointed a com- mittee to express, through you to the National Rifle Association, their appreciation of the courtesies extended to them on this their first visit al. Creedmoor, thavkiny you and your vo-directors, Gen, Shaler, Col. Al- ford, Capt. Siory aud Mr, Geo. Crouch, for the kindness and attention recelved at their hands, Also our sincere thanks are tendered to Messrs. E, Remington & Sons for the gratuitous and liberal provision of rifles and ammunition furnished the competitors. : Committee—J, M. Amory, A. A. Drake, I. W. Hughes.—Adv. Game Bag and Gun, JUNE IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME. ADVANCED VIEWS ON GUN CALIBRE— SMALL-BORES vs. LARGE BORES. New Orteans, La., May 3, 1877. Tt is surprising what ignorance exists, even among good shots and ardent sportsmen, about their favorite weapon. It has been the fashion of late years, especially in the States north of Mason and Dixon’s Line, for sportsmen to use shot- mons of large sizes, 12 and 10-gauge and even larger; and amongst the most common errocs about shot-guns prevalen amongst northern sportsmen, is the idea that a 10-gauge shot— gun will kill a wild duck farther thau a 14 or 16-gauge. Whenever I hear an assertion like the above | am satisfied at once of the ignorance of the speaker. It has been my fortune to have traveled a good deal over this globe, and to have hunted in many different countries, and I haye noticed that the use of the larger bore shot-guns was confined gener- ally to the English-speaking people of British and North ‘America. 1 would like to call the attention of the advocates of large bore shot-guns to the following facts: _ HS ‘The United States is not the only portion of the world where game is shot, and where first-class sportsmen are to be guns with coarse | sport was occasioned, ‘ wht * . shot. Jam an advocate of large shot. The effectiveness or killing power of a projectile 1s in direct proportion to its di- ameter (1 refer to spherical projectiles), all statements in mod- ern American sporting books to the contrary notwithstanding, For the same reason that I believe in large bores and sphert- cal bullet for the hunting rifle, I believe in large shot for the shot-gnn, which can be better used in the small bores, as they scatter much less and shoot much closer than the modern blunderbusses. Of course pot-hunters and. market-hunters would prefer the large bore shot-gun, whereas a sportsman who is truly a gentleman would rather kill one duck dead at forty yards, than half a dozen at 26 yards out of a flock. The statement I wish to make is, that a 16-bore, properly loaded and held straight, will kill a duck as far and as well asa 10-bore, and my experience as a hunter has proved this ome over and over again. Some of your readers may doubt this perbaps, but in the fall of 66 I hunted prairie chickens and ducks in Edgar county, Il., with « little 16-bore, and I eould not have been more successful, and your Western sportsmen know what November prairie chickens are. Of course many statements in this article may seem strange to many American sportsmen, for as a general thing they are not as well posted us they ought to be on guns and game outside of their immediate sections. But there is nothing in this article except what I’ve learned from years of experience in field sports. It’s true I prefer, and am more accustomed of late years to that noblest of all sports, big game hunting with the rifle; but yet I'm also an ardent lover of the dug and shot-oun, Now, afew words to ‘‘Recapper,” whose admirable arti- eles have done much to render interesting our papers. agree cordially with ‘‘Recapper's” opinion of snap-action guns—that, asa rule, they are an abomination. I also agree with him that the only breech-loading shot-guns that will last like the old muzzledoader are guns with positive actions. But I must find fault with **Recapper.” In am article which appeared a short time ago, though advocating small-bore guns, he makes a sort of compromise by siuyiug that if he in- tended using a gun on such yame as woudeock, snipe, etc., he would get a 14-bore, but for general shooting a 12-bore; thereby implying that for ducks, etc., 15 is too small, which isa mistake. A 16 properly loaded will kill the biggest wild goose that ever was shot, and as far, too, as one wag eyer killed by the 10 or 8-bores of the gunners of the New Eng- laud or New Jersey coast. It is a common mistake to think that because & large bore carries twice as much powder it will kill twice as far as asmall bore. In shot-guns the range is hy no means proportional to the charge of powder. Again, T think ‘‘ Recapper” is in error about the weight of shot- gnnos. [agree with Bogardus that a man who can’t use an 8-lb. gun had better-stay at home. The recoil is much less felt in a heavy gun than ina light one. ‘* Recapper’”’ snecrs at the cun of all work, but some of the best shots I ever knew used but one gun at all game, Al4-gauge, 30 in., 8 to 8 Ibs. weight, loaded with 3 drs. coarse powder and 1+ ozs. shot, is the gun for all shooting, from a snipe to a wild goose or partridge (I mean the part- ridge of the Southern sportsmen, Ortyx virg/nianus, not the partridge of the North) to a wild turkey. Bonniz Bie Frac. = iets = Lixcoin’s Gatiery, Boston.—The match fer the Smith & Wesson new model revolver, held at this galery on May 31, with 9 entries, distance 150 feet, each marksman being allowed 9 shots ; possible 40. The following is the record : @. P. Smith, Rem..........- 4 Se Wo tinp, Reni.+.....-.-.-5- D, f Small, Rem....... LN, Cutvallis, Rem.....- ss BE. H. Spofford, Wesson - Jd, A, Brown, Reui.........- J.¥. Filmore, Wesson.. J. A. Nickerson, We-son e H. G. Bixby, Wesson........... i, BENNETT. OCiynr, June 2, 1877.—The following scores were made at a sweepstakes shoot of the Wayne County Sportsmen's Club, at Clyde, N. Y., on the 2d inst., at, smouth glass balis, Bogardus’ traps, 18 yards rise, 10 birds each ; $20 to first, 413 to second, $7 to third. F W Dunham. LA Dayton. H K Compson, GS Van Ostrand..:2: .2..2.2) .-- 10 JM Burghdarf.. - 9 Berj Catchpol Silas Damewood,.... 10, Jake Warts... Dayton and Damewood divided first money. Ties on nine for second money—2! yards, 5 balls. ‘ . anon Duntain,.. Miss. 8 ased Da Barghdartt1- 22s 001102 CoOMpsON.... 6. .eeeee--1 11 1 1—5 Second tie, 21 yards, miss and out, Dunham... 2. .5 sot essaass eoeaed) COMIPSOUL. 64.00... eeleel oe plates Pre Dunham, of Albion, second: money; Van Ostrand, third money. _ Sccond sweep; $9 to first, S6 to second, $3 to third. Conditions same us aboye : Silas Damewood........- = 55 4!ha5 HQ) GA Dayton... 257-222 ren. ss. OB dM SBarghdurf... ... 7 HK Compson... - FW Dunham.,..... +e 8 Benj Catehpole.-. J M Streeter........ ¢e++e2 3 OM Helmer..... oleae Plenty fee 5 SAKE WOTES. wwe ere ecteee rc ccserns 9 Damewood and Compson divided first money ; Wurls took second money. Ties on eight for third money, 21 yards rise, 5 balls each. Dunham.,............,.11100—3 Helmer................ 1iLii—s Helmer, third money. “ Third sweep ; $5 to first, $3 to second; five double rises, 18 yards, - LA Dayton........11 11 0110 10=7 Van Ostrand....10 11 11 11 11-9 S Damewood...... 00 10 10 11 10-5 U M Helmer-...11 10 01 00 ty—4 Van Ostiand first movey, Dayton second money. JAs. M, Curry, Sec., Sec. Wayne Co. Sportsmen’s Club. Porr Ricumonp, June 1, 1877.—I send you the scores of some sweepstakes shooting wé had in our town on the 30th ult., Decoration Day, at glass balls. Although they are better to practice at than the Gyro, still IT am ®pposed to them, as I consider the broken glass dangerous to both ca Ue and dogs. I should never allow a dog of mine to run in a field where they had been shot at, and moreover! think a person makes himself liable for any damage that may occur, Match at 5 balls each for price of same. 1 Ratnyen..vecss:i-----s 11111—5 Palmer.........<-......0 1101-8 COMGY....eeeseeeees 1 1 0B 1—3 Johmson...--.+.-------- 000112 Match at 5 balls each, $2 entrance, Rathyen. . -L 001 0—2 Palmer.....-. wee 9001 1-9 Conroy.....+ ...0 0111-8 Johuson.. 1i101—4 Same as last match. Rathyen.......-...----10111—4 Palmer.,........-.....0 01 1.1—3 Conroy...,--.-- - tec 00010—1 jJohoson...............11111—-5 “ Same as previous. Rathyen.....+.........11111—5 Rath......... weeeeeeee 0 O11 1—8 Paltier..............2011 11—¢ Disosway,..---.---.-% 1011 0-38 Conroy..-..+- sep 101 O—d- Gal€...cce-..seeeeeee lL 1010 Johnson.....-s+s-...,.0 1 1 1 1—4 Several outside matches took plac, and quite a little Morriner: PENssyLYANIA, Greenville, June 2.—A champion gluss hall shoot was had on Thursday among the members of the Sporltsmen’s Club. The prize was the club’s gold hadge. Below is the score, each contestant 20 balls, 18 yards rise to rule + dF Nes... 25) eee e sees sedee ol LOT SlMeOMs ic c.netzanstees ae 14 W P Leecht,....< «2.23419 ME Cainp........2 et Pe 14 D Devby...... aial --.18 John Watigh........ on woe see i Jv Hobangh, -.15 John Holmes....... ret hires & SS Hewett..... 8 Wd Suton. ...eee-.- Chas McNally ele OF aBephy.f5.5 025e0d esate oer M HsBrooks.. CARL as ea LE A eT, 18 Dr F Herrick... .0.- 2.444 eeee seed ‘Ties on 19 at 10 balls, NGISOn Ts pees oeeuc se) etter ee bird) LEGGH, sage. tepenaddeeh hae 5 Germantown, Pa., June 2.—Summary of trial shoot at glass balls, using Bogardus’ trap. The gentlemen present were highly pleased with the working of the trap, while the swift flight of the balls puzzled not a little the gentlemen shooters. The introduction of glass-ball shooting is des— lined to revive much the lagying interest in trap sport in this section. Fifteen single rises each at 18 yards, with tlie following score: RPOSRel ss ses eer sess Beka depavew ic hOOD ere yee ts shane as hee os a 84 5 MONS ips rents epp> ced ti oame'en eeckl” “KATRIED, «. cc she semdocs axe Ps cert I —We were favored this week with a call from Mr, Schaefer Jr., son of the celebrated gunsmith, of Boston, who came over the Old Colony Line with his mother and sister en route for Europe. Boaarpts Bears Bocarpus,—On Snnday, May 26, at Cineinnati, Ohio, the great champion shot, in the presence of more than a thousand astonished and enthusiastic witnesses, more than carried out the following programme ; First Match, at 11 o’clock a. 1.—to break fifty balls in five conseceutive minutes. Balls to be sprung from Bogardus’ Patent Spring ‘Trap, one ball to be sprung at atime, and to Le broken in the air to count; to use one gun and load it himself. Second Match, at 12 o'clock, Noon.—To breal forty-five balls out of fifty, eighteen yards rise, one ball to be sprung at . a time. y Third Match, at 4 o’clock p. m.—Twenty-five double balls, or will shoot a match with any man; and give him twenty-tive broken balls in fifty. Fourth Match, at 5 o'clock p. w.—One hundred glass halls in ten consecutive minutes. Conditions same asin first mutch. TrnnessEe.-—Clarksville, May 31.—While the birds are busy raising their broods for our fall shooting, we are amusing our selves and cultivating our skill with Bogardus’ Glass Ball Trap, which affords really fine practice at a small expense. The balls fy much more like quail than do the pigeons from a trap, and, consequently, are harder to hit than pigeons. ‘hey give a target about the size of a quail’s body, and if sprung: at 18 yards will reach 30 to 40 yards before shot at. The scores published in the papers show that the work of breaking them is by n0 means easy. Poor wing shuts should begin by stund- ing 10 yards from the trap. 7s At our last meeting the best scores were as follows: Two tied on T out of 10, three on 5 in 10, and the dozen others sprinkled all along down to 0, After shooting off ties, we allow the foot boys to practice on five or ten balls (as they ean’t hurt them much), s9 as to stand some chance of turnine somebody down next time. EDISTO. — o> op DITTMAR POWDER. Please direct all letters for the above powder to Neponset, Wass. Capt, Bogardus and Ira Paine, are using my powder. Carn Dirruan, —Adv, OOOO oe ____ ACCORDING to Shakespeare: ‘‘ To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out often thousand.” Rare as honesty is, you may believe in the claims made in behalf of B. T. Babbitt's Toilet Soap, that it is the absolutely highest possibility in toilet soap. Made of the purest and best elements, and exceedingly agreeable to the Sense, it fills all requirements, not only for babies, but for those that beget them.— Adv, ihting and Bouting. HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEK, Date. Boston, New York. | Charleston, Z M. eat Hy waar June.. fl 4 1a a ST dune 49 5 0s 4 al June.. hy ma uote le 9 29 6 58 5 25 PLU Te Eo Pe ae RAE UE | 10 #18 6 45 6 26 eCuTe | TUN GARE SA RR | WW 09 T 34 7 1 dune... 12). Mid, S . W Ss oO June.. 14 18 9 24 S pid ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB REGATTA. The yachting season was well opened by the Atlantic Yacht Club on Decoration Day, whigh time it has for many years celebrated by its first review andinformal regatta of the fleet. At a meeting of the yacht owners the yachts were placed at the disposal of the club for the day, and inyitations issued to all the members; besides them, there were a few guests, proba- bly invited to spend the day on the water. Orders baving been issued by Commodore Thayer, the fol- lowing boats, at 10 A. M., were at anchor off the Club House at the foot of Court street, brooklyn: atelier Commodore Thayer; Peerless, J. Roger Maxwell’; Meta, Mr, iyland, Sloops.—Orion, Vice-Commodore Cooper; Kaiser Wilhe ‘s Commod:re Field; Dophin, J. W. Reopens Sadie, yarn Ae Greenleaf; Nimbus, L, H, Bigelow; Genia, Mr, Fiske; Myra, C.J. UE rich; Lizzie L., Dr, Johnson; Hope, F.C, Swan; Mab, Mr, Arnold, Open Boats —Nomad, Mr. Hogins; Wind, Mr, Peet; Lapwing, Sec. Morgan; Louise, Treas, Knowles ; Barbara Frietchie, Mr. Khodes. As it drew near the hour to start, which had been set for 10 A. M., upward of one hundred and fifty members and guests were speedily conveyed to the different yachts by the yachts in readiness. Sails were hoisted, cables were shorlened and all stood by for the orders to *'go.” The yacht Mvstic, of the Brooklyn Club, and the sloop Peerless had accepted the invi- — tation to sail with the club for the day. The orders issued were that the open boats should start at the first gun, and after turning buoy No. 13 on the west bank should go into Gravesend Bay, and anchor off Bath Hotel, First in to take the time of all boats, and report to Commu- dore. That fhe rest of the fleet, upon signal of sun, should stay i Tin 290 FOREST AND STREA for S. W. spit buoy, and then return to Gravesend Bay, and after time taken by timer all yachts upon same signal should sail for home. ‘ No prizes were offered, but the rivalry always felt by yacht- men was sufficient to make a contest, and the fact that the open boats had just had a race for the champion pennant, un— der adverse circumstances as to weather, excited more than usual interest in that contest, if, asit proved, the breeze shonld he favorable. : ; Just before eleven o'clock, with a very light wind blowing, at the signal the open boats flitted by, and before reaching Bay Ridge dock the Wind lead, followed at different distances by the Nomad, Louise, Lapwing and Barbara F. Ten minutes afterwards all were off. The Orion got a good send off, and passing the Myra, soon tuok the dead, which she kept. The Genia, Hope, Lizzie L., Mab and Nimbus closely following. 1 The Meta lead the schooners, followed by the ‘l'riton, Peerless, Sadie and Dolphin. These last four were a long time reach- inf Bay Ridge, and the Peerless getting her centre board in the mud, lost some considerable time, but by noon the breeze hoped for had arrived, and all the boats flew over the water in fine style. The Triton, haying passed the Dolphin, Sadie and. Peerless, went for the Meta, which by this time had a lead of about fifteen minutes. Off the West Bank, the open boats were met, having rounded their buoy, and were’ making easy speed: for Gravesend Bay. The yacht Wind was well ahead of the Nomad, which was about the same dis- tunce ahead of the Louise, which was very much further from the Lapwing, ‘‘be Barbara was somewhere astern. The Wind winning the race, leading the Nomad some two min- utes, and the-Louise about four minutes, not counting time allowance which was in fayor of the winner. The yachts now were skimming over the water in beantiful style to the 8. W. spit, which was turned (by all but the Myra) as follows: Name. Time.| Name. Time 1:50 Peerless. . not Meta.. | Taken. Triton. .. Squaring away before the wind for Coney Island point and Graves End Bay all kites were set and the sight of fifteen yachts in a line pressing on each other was a beautiful one. The Triton passed all but the Orion, Meta and Genia. The Myra, which turned back, having anchored urder Coney Island dock, the Orion, Ema and Genia came there to anchor also, But the flagship Triton, secing that the open boats had fol- Jowed their orders and were in Gravesend Bay, off the Buth Hotel, continued her course to that place, when all the fleet soon followed in abont® the same order that they passed the spit. P The temporary separation of the fleet wasa mistake that conld bave been avoided by more explicit orders. The better way in such matters, if printed orders cannot, as is often the case, be provided, is for the Flag-oflicer to write his orders on a single sheet, and by a messenger, send it {9 each yacht to be read or signed by the person in charge. Then no excuse of misunderstanding orders can be made, for {he Commodore will have at hand the evidence thatithad been read, However, the mistake was of little consequence, and after an hour spent at dinner the fleet started, upon signal, for home at 44 o’clock. The Meta, Triton and Peerless on that order, got off, and for a mile the bowsprit of one lapped the stern of the other till when they arrived "off Fort Lafayette, the Peerless had fallen a little astern, but the Triton and Meta each held itsown. A squall of wind and rain coming up drove the small boats to anchor, and caused all to reduce sail. The Meta dropped her foresail, and the Triton, which carried her three lower sails, passed her and arrived home first, at about half-past five, followed by the rest of the fleet. The }iantic, Mr. Huntley’s yacht, which he had expected would be there the day before, arrived during the day. In all respects the day was delightfully passed. Three of the yachts had some ladies on board, and it would he pleasant if the club, on Decoration Day hereafter, would invite, with its members, the ladies of their families. The subject was much discussed, and as the Atlantic Club has always, on its ernise, had the wives and daughters of some of its members, it may be that another year will see this suggestion carried out. The Atlantic Yacht Club has never gone into a season in better condition as to number and size of yachts, character of its members, and financial condition. It has no debt, has property, withont an encumberanee, of about $3,000, besides over $1,000 in Treasury. WinniamssurGs YAcut Crcs.—The 7th annual regatta was sailed on Tuesday ; five classes; thirteen entries. Took sey- eral tacks to bring the fleet past the finish. The time of ar— rival was as tollows: Pluck and Luck, 4:30:10; Cricket, 4:41:32; Inspector, 5:05:52; Rosina, 5:11:20; Amarayllis, §:12:11; Mary Gibson, 5:18:52; Katie, 5:20:04 ; Muaggie, 5:42:04; Pidgeon, 5:44:55; Endeavor, 5:46:06; Nettie, 5:47. The Pluck and Luck wins the club pennant for being the first yacht in, and also the prize in the second class. A Ouattencz.—tIf the following challenge from Mr. Cheey— ér is accepted by any considerable number of compgtitors, the prospect will be good for sport and a very lively race, ifthe wind is fair. New Yorr, June 4, 1877. Epiron FOREST AND STREAM: I hereby offer to sail any or all open yachts, between 25 and 30 feelin length, on the twelfth day of June, 1877, Brooklyn Yacht Club course ond rules, for a purse of $150 per boat. 1f more than two boats start the second boat sayes her entrance money. All entries to be made and money de- posited with John M, Sawyer, No. 85 South street. by noon of Saturday, June 9, It is my opinion that my yacht, the William T. Lee, can, under favorable conditions, outsail to- day any boat of her size in the world, It is not my habit tu race my boat for money, and I am, therefore, averse to accepting challenges for large sums. The sum here named will suffice to pay the crew, leaving a balance for the pur- ciase of a small cup or other memento of the race. Cuas, A, CHEEVER, Room 32 Tribune Building. Bostox, May 30, 1877. The second regatta ‘of the season was held under the aus- pices of the South Boston Yacht Club, May 30. The day was very calm and fair, and the hopes of many were dashed, as ‘the hour of starting drew near, at the lack of wind. ‘This club few days to arra land kept on. still keep to the practice of shifting ballast, consequently many took advantage of the weather, and thus derived a decided ad- vantage during the race over those who disprove of such busi- ness. The first class comprised all yachts measuring 25 feet water line and over, with separate prizes for centre-boards and keels. The second class was for yachts under 25 feet, with prizes for keels and centre-boards. ‘There was a separate class for schooners, but as none answered to the gun the “prizes were withdrawn. At 1:45 p. M. the preparatory gun was fired from the schooner Weleome, which was anchored off the club-house, City Point. The shops Magic, Lilie, Triton, Trin, Gael, and-Emily, immediately got into line. The wind was about 8. SE., and very Jight. At1:58 the etm was fired to start; anchor-lines were cast off and springs hauled aft, to give the proper point for the buoy, The Magic was the first to show out clear of the crowd, with her balloon jib draw- ing finely. The weather just suited her, with her large spread of canvas and Jight draft. The Lillie was second, and looked a thing of life. She was closely followed by the Tri- ton and Gael; the little Emily was bringing up the rear. Her play was inastrong breeze, as she is a keel boat and draws 6 feet aft. The gun that started the first class was to be the signal for the second to get into position, and we got under way. The wind kept growing lighter and lighter, until we hardly had steerageway on, but after some time had elapsed we managed to get into line. We had hardly got her head payed off and the spring taught when the word was passed that all were ready. ‘he gua was fired, and we felt alittle provoked at the hurry, and almost determined to sive up and go back to the moorings; but we felt strong-hearted, When the balloon jib sheet had been properly trimmed, we overlvauled the rest of the fleet abead, composed of the cat Eugenia, sloops Imp and Nattie, cat Ripple, and sloops Ivy, Rebie, Posy, Unknown, Clide and Sunbeam, and cat Niagara in the rear. The course was to lee-ward rouid Cow Pasture buoy, Dorchester Bay, leaving it on port; when we got there all in a bunch, we ran intoacalm. The first boat to get the wind again was the cat Eugenia, and she seemed to fly away from the buoy after she got round; she was followed by the Nattie, Rebie, Imp, ete. Every one was carrying their balloons flat aft, and skipping along pretty fast. The 1st class had now got round No. 7 so'-east of Fort Inde- pendence, and were close hauled for Seulpin Ledge; no ma- terial change was noticed in the position of yachts, with the exception of the Triton being a little nearer the Lillie. Again the wind fagzed out on the second class, and left some of the boats still; others were getting the cats’-paws and slip- ping along towards No, 7, The Eugenia still kept the lear, and got round the buoy followed closely by the Rebie, Posy and Imp, From this time until the finish, there was very little difference in positions. The Magic won the first prize in her class, and the Triton second, beating the Lillie on allowance. ‘The Gael took first prize for keels in the same class, only one prize being given as there were but two competitors. The Posy won the first prize in the second class, on allow- ance from the Rebie, and the Rebie got second. The Imp took first prize for keels in the second class, and the Unknown got second prize from the Sunbeam on allowance. Appended Is & SuMMatry : FIRST CLASS STARTED 1:55 P, NAME. a0 6OUM SHC. Magic, centre-board, Capt. Neal....-...-.......4 6 Bt) Iie, =e Com. Babv".... 5. 3. casbee' 4 9 31 Triton, i Capt. Woster ... +t 1 3 Erin, tt ey Re! 4 16 30 Gael, keel, Capt. McCormac t 1A oo Emily, ce Capt. MeManus............ 4 26 Sl iB SECOND CLASS STARTED ¥:14 7. Mt Rebie, centre-board, Capt. Phinney» ...:...... 4 Lt 9 ‘Osy, FF. HY PMGK GG 30 oe tee - Fee 4 bE 33 Nattie ¥f : * ‘Nicholson. 47 00 Imp, keel, he Uti Bang + 48 00 Sunbeam, ** © W. 3S. Niekerson-..-. 49 30 Unknown, * * Chambers 4 ao 2 Niagara, centre-board, * Dean....... ou atl Eugenia, 5 Westar: 49 32 Clide, keel, ae 12 Leda, centre-board, ‘ Webster.. 51 {H) Gracie, 4 56 52 lvy broke her topmast. Taking the lightness of the wind into consideration, the race was a success; everything passed off pleasantly, and the occasion wound up with a dance at the club-house. As this is the inauguration of Union Regattas this season, we hope that many pleasant occasions will greet brother yachtsmen. Boston, June 2.—The Union Boat Club races came off here this afternoon. The single scull race for the championship, two miles with a turn, was won by J. H. Houghton in 16m, 17s. The four-oared shell race, with coxswains, one mile straight away, was won by half a length in 6m, 30s, by the Neptune crew, composed of C. A. Prince, stroke; F. Seabury, A. B. Ellis, J. E. R. Hills, bow, and D, Smith, coxswain. Boston. Yacht Club—The mecting of the Boston Yacht Club was held in their club-house, City Point, May 30, Com- modore Arthur Cheeney in the chair. Treasurer Aug, Buss, Esq., announced the payment of $500 on mortgage, which was greeted with applause. The Regatta Committee deemed it inadvisable to hold a regatta June 7 for the large yachts, as many of them would not be ready. On motion, the race was accepted for June 7, for second and third class boats. Com- modore Cheeney notified the committee that le would present the prizes to be sailed for on that day. The Mouse Com- mittee notified the club that the first pienic would be held at. Downes’ Landing, June 23, and asked for an appro- priation of $125, which was granted, to defray expenses. Several new members were elected. The mecting adjourned to June 20. Keeper. Ai New Bedford, Mass.—the sensation of the past week has been the departure of Thos. Crapo and his wife on their foolish attempt to sail across the Atlantic in a small hort of twenty feet length, built something on the model of our common while-boats, but ten feet shorter. He, at last report, had arrived at Chatham, ore his es there for a } PHILADELPHIA WATER NOTES. Pamaperema, June 4, 1877. The second annual spring regatta of the Quaker*City look place on the Delaware to-day. Starting from moorings op- posite Shackamaxon street wharf, sailing around Chester luoy and return, the conrse being eastward of all islands except Windmill Island, where the course was optional. The turn was from west to east. The entries were : _ Furst Olass.—Cabin yachts between 30 and 38 feet water line measurement—Columbia, Coquette, Kingston, Goddard, Minerva, Nina, Phantom, William Tell, and White Wine. Second Class.—Cabin yachts hetaveen 20 and 30 feel water Jine—Gypsy, Sam Josephs, Lillie Stella. Third Class.—Open boats between 20 and 30 fect—Ella. The start was made at 10:30, the Minerya and Sam Josephs being first off, with the others all together, Above Smith’s Island the Kingston, Goddard and Coquettefouled. ‘The boats rounded Chester Buoy in the following order ; M. SEC. P.M. PUTO, KOT Ea corel vom rleteie cum eds bo Win alate 09 a Lillie, Class 2...... il ag Stella, Class 2..... if ag Wm, Tell, Class 1, a5 ye Columbia, Class 1 26 = Kine-ton tioddard, Class 1,. 29 4 Coquette, Class 1........--+.- eal Bd + Phantom, Class 1..........+- ail 35 Nia, Class Wo ek ese ie 35 White Wing, Glass 1........0.....c.52.0..1 40 The yachts crossed the line as follows : Minerva, Ciacs 1........-5.00.5-. Supenaeades 3 31 4g TyTN Ohta PPR Sencar tele ee eco 163 35° oe Stella, Class +223 40 ae Colombia, C 3 41 Coquette, Class 1.......... +8 62 dy Kingston Goddard, Class 1.......... ie te 3 54 Handsome prizes were presented to the Ist and 2d hoats of each class, und the Geo. W. Basson Challenge Cup to the yacht making the fastest. time over the course; the Minerva winning , in 5 hrs. 1 min. 30 secs. The Vesper Boat Club held their annual Regatta on Satur- day afternoon on the Schuylkill, the course being from Laurel Ifill to Reckland, 1 mile. The double seull race between Venture—H. Hutchinson and H. M. Evans; Village Vaggle— C, T. Godshall and H. W. Peacock, was won by the Venture in 7:48. The single sculls had the Vision, W. B. Wood; Vox, A. L. Beck; V, W. II. Conrow. ‘This procession was won by Conrow in the slow time of 10:38. The double scull gir race between the Vamos—T. H, Dougherty, G. S, James and W. J. Kerr (Cox), and the Vim—R. M. Scott, Harry Rue and Thos. Hudson (Cox), was won by the former in 5 minutes. The closing race of the regatta, and the most prominent one was the four-oared shells. The entries were: Victim— H. Hutchinson, bow; W. T. Corson, F. B. Evans, H. M. Evans. stroke. Viper—J. B. Mengus, bow; J. B. Leibert, C. T. Godshall, I, W. Peacock, stroke, The Victim finished by about two lengths in 7 minutes. Viper’s time 7 minutes. 4 seconds. Scriys. The salmon fishermen on the Columbia River, Oregon, in the height of the fishing season, demanded fifty cents for every salmon taken, and the owners of the canneries were obliged to accede to their demand. Oversix hundred boats, it issaid, are now employed intaking salmon slong the Oregon front of the river. a SS Forest anp StreamM.—A meeting of stockholders of the Forest anp Stream Prsrisarse Company will be held on the 14th day ‘of June, 1877, at 2 o’clock p.at., at the office of the Company, at No. 103 Fulton street, in the City of New York, to consider the proposition to increase the capital stock of the Company from the sum of $25,000 to the sum of $50,000. Cras. HaLnoor, } Troste Wat C. Harris, §~7UStES. Dated New York, May 2, 1877. Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and Im partie have always a large stock of silver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, racing and other sports, and on request they prepare Their special designs for similar purposes. 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Horseley, editor of the Columbia Herald and Mail, has been presented with one of the feet of a large bear recently cap- tured near Auburn, Arkansas, after a chase of five hours’ duration, —The Russians have less trouble in calling up the gobblers in Europe than our corres: pondent “‘Guyon” has in Mississippi. Spring shooting for turkeys may be all right, but when one goes after the breed they raise around the Golden Horn, hedon’t have to yelp much, W. H, G. We have recelvéd from the Smithsonian Institu- tion “Part Third of the Report of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries for the years 1873- 4 und 1814-3." he firet part of the report comprises 40 inquiry into the decrease of the food-fishes, giy- jug the results of (he investigations at Portland, Me., in 1873, and at Noank, Gonn., in isi4. The second Part is An exhaustive report on the propagation of food-fishes, with a great variety-of interesting and yeluuble matter in connection with that subject. 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Blankets, Boots, Coats, es Leguings, Stockings, Fisting Pants, Drink- ing Cups, etc. Weighing bot a few ounces, and strong enough to hold up 1,300 lbs,, and can be used in camp or on the lawn at home, My stock of breech- s loading shotguns is the most complete of any in this city. Agent for W. W. Greener’s prize guns and the English chilled shot. No one should go to the woods without one of these far-kiling guns, with good supply of ammuni- tlon and some Dittmar owder. A good Eng- ish breech-loader for $35. t= Nowhere in the United States can a more complete oui fit be procured for so little cash, Send for catalogue and particulars. HENRY G. SQUIRES, 1 CORTLANDT ST., N. ¥. TENT RUBBER HAMMOCKS, GUNS Jey 2 THREE BARRELED Breech-Loading Guns. ([WO SHOT AND ONE RIFLE.) A new feature in the Sporting Line. light and compact gunirom eight to ten pounds, ying to sportsmen the yery thing 50 often wanted all kinds of shooting. Forms a ig Represented by W. Holberton, 102 Nassau street, New York. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. W. H. BAKER, Sept. 30:6m Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y. The Champion Air Pistol. Shoots darta or slugs 60 to 15 feet with acenracy. Can be loaded by anybody with irs, Safety and ease. Recommended by Gen. fe Sherman, alao by G. F. Lynch, Esq., of the Australian Rifle Team, Fe eae terecacecetssene BS OO Plateds io ss.ce0 ses «. 600 e. 700 Rosewood Handl For sale in New York at the following stores: Peck & Snyder, J. P, Moore’s Sons, Spiea, Kissam & Co., Fish & Simpson, Chas. L, Ritzman, Scharles Bros., John Dickinson. Sent by express C. O. D., or by mail on receipt of price and 40 cents additional for postage. Black.. PRICES: | Nickel FAVORITE CIGARETTE ROLLER. pact, Simple, Practical, and appreciated by Guns, Rifles, Ete. 'Sportsman’s Depot. (BSTABLISHED 1536.) First premium at World’s Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition. Ww. & C. SCOTT & SONS. First Prize Medal and Diplom awarded at the Centennial Rxiubition, for excellence of workmanship and ma- terial in their Premier Quality and medium grades. Their New Patent. Triplex Lever Grip Action and Com- Pensatiog Lomp. The attention of Sportsmen is requested to the above new action, Its superior strength and solidity impart greatly improved shooting powers. Hard hitting be- ing the desideratum required, is ob- tained by this powerful gun. Prices of the New Triplex Lever Grip, $i75, $225 to $400. Marked the Triplex 10-hores extra. Our highest grade is as usual marked the PREMIER QUALITY, (Extract from FOREST AND STREAM, Now York, December 2#, 1876, Contribu Awards of Guns at the Centennial:) “This action (The Triplex Lever Grip) combines in. the highest degree i rapidly secure the fayor of all who test its merits, - gree strength and simplicity, and must N. E. Cor. 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Paper and Metallic Shells mart-1y Breech-Loading Shot Guns, Manufactured by the UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE (0., | BRIDGEPORT, CONN, | THE STURTEVANT SHELLS are the easiest reloaded, Do not have to unscrew the head nor tse an aw! to remove the exploded caps. THE PATENT MOVABLE ANVILS made of steel wire, will not bend or break. y THE BERDAN PATENT SHELLS, new model, with Hobbs’ patent waterproof primers, never mies fire, and are ey, prized by all that have used them. APER SHELLS.—By repeated experiments and great outlay for improved materials, and machinery made ex- eM for the Pine: we can now warrant oor BROWN APER SHELLS equal to any imported, They are sure at and vit not dat in the gun. nqnire of any of the deslers in sporting materials the t. M. C. Co.'s Shells. 2 > stim ints Not sold at retail by the manufactnrers. ay3d {{iit Na Shooting eet Double and Single Barrel Shot-Guns, Pocket Rifles, Pocket Pistols, anh the noted Hunter’s Pet Rifes. Send for catalogue. J. STEVENS & CO., Chicopee Falls, Mass, | Charles L, Ritzmann, Hart’s Sportsman’s Favorite Metallic Shells, FOR BREECH-LOADING .SHOT-GUNS. Tnese shells are easily loaded, and the caps easily extracted rom inside. Head sclid and much thicker than any shell now made, giving a solid seat for cone or anyil, which prevents from driving through or springing away, thereby causing miss-fires. The Cone is made of nickel, and fastened solid in its place. Neither rusts nor corrodes fast, like movable anvil made from steel. The Nic el Cone also prevents miss-fire when a cap las been left on shell for a few days, which is liable to occur elther in steel oriron. These shells are finely finished, and made any length ordered, from 214 to 34 inches, Shells and Loaders and Descriptive Price Lists can be obtained from all the leading Sportsmen's Houses throughout the country. GEORGE E. HART & CO., Newark, N. FROM CAPTAIN BOGARDUS, CHAMPION WING SHOT OF AMERICA, Messrs. Groraz E. Hart & Co.: Gentlemen—The fifty shells I received from you to-day suit me better than any I have ever used. They are stronger and better in every respect, and I shall use them in all my shooting hereafter, Yours truly, A. H, BOGARDUS. ‘ St. Louis Conical Base Paper Sheli!.”’ ’ Tackle of all sorta; Holabird and Thomson Shooting ortant improvements in our Shell, we | Snits; Jack and Fishing Lamps; H, L. Duncklee’s d them as equal, if not superior, in | Camp and Mining Stove; Thomsonand Good’s Moc-~ Shell manufactured in this country or | casins; Dog Biscuits; Dittmar’s new Powder; : Pocket Cutlery, Boxing Gloves, Kehoe Indian Clubs ; the adyantages claimed for these Shells, are: A | Foils and Combat Swords, etc. .» GLC. saving of 25 por cent. in the use of powder, also the great LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. decrease inrecoil, The sizes made are No. 10—2%5, 274, Guns taken in exchange. Send % cents for the and 3 inches; No. 12—2%;, 2%, and 27 inches. Longer | finest illustrated catalogue published. je2z1y ;mailable, Sample, 100, sent by expresson receipt of $1.15 Founded July'4, 1808. 943 BROADWAY, ABOVE 22d STREET, HOTEL ST, GERMAIN. FACTORY, 114 CENTRE STREET. Fine Breech-Loading Guns, Long and Mid-Range Ries; English, American Revolvers; Fishing Having made impr can safely recommen quality to any Paper in Europe. Amvung ST. LOUIS Shells will be made at extracost, ‘They are no for No. 12} £1.30 for No. 10. Marana ofiice, No. 2,930 De Kalb street, St. LOM1s, Mo. St. Louis Patent Shell Manufacturing Company. THE UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, LOWELL, MASS. Manufacturers of the CENTRAL FIRE, SOLID HEAD, BRASS SHELL, RE-LOADING CARTRIDGE, Army and Navy of the United States and several Foreign Governments. angie on ‘All kinds of RIM FIRE AMMUNITION. Bpecial attention paid to orders for TARGET PRACTICE CARTRIDGES. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. WALLACE & SONS, Agents, N. Y. City. Capt. Bogardus’ Patent Glass Ball Trap |), © Thos. W. Sparks, ot?& Bar Lead MANUFACTURER. Office 121 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. THE BEST FOR PRACTICE EVER MADE. Any one who can break these BALLS successfully can be- come a good wing shot. Cc. C, &TB. ZETTLER, GUNSMITHS AND RIFLE GALLERY, 207 Bowery, New York. For Sale by the Trade. age glee CONLIN’S NEW RIFLE GALLERY. smokers. Gilyer-s 9 eke, sr | G & C 1,222 Broadway, between Bist and 324 Streets f ; 1 00 eo. E. Hart 0. |,222 Brosdway, be ¢ 1. oleh axe inghes ones 4 BO “tas ‘ a OFEN DAY AND EVENING, =o ‘ 363 MARKET STREET, ml Sent by mnuil on receipt of price. POPE MANUFACTURING CO,, 4] High st., Boston, Mass. E. THOMAS, JR., GUNS, PISTOLS, SPORTING GOODS, 174 South Clark Street, Chicago, Te ve ——————— - Newark, N.J. : Sole Agent for the Manufaetnre and sale of Bogardus’ Patent Glass Balls for trap shooting. TRADE SUPPLIEDs =" - THE - Terms, Four Dollars a Year, j Ten Cents a Copy. AMERICAN NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1877. TWA Volume 8.—No. 19. No. 111 Fulton St. N. ¥. UNDER THE SOD. Reapectfully dedicated to a favorite brace of sefters, owned in his boyhood, BY RECAPPER. : AREW ELL to the setters, so loved in my boyhood, They haye ‘dropped to the churze” that death calls to us all; O'er their graves the-flowers bloom, by the edge of the wildwood, They have left me for aye, TL still mourn o'er their fall. O'er the green meads the snipe sails at pleasure, From feld and from forest the quail pipes his call; In the thicket and marshes the woodcock is feeding, But they fear ye uo More, you have done with them all. Brave Monk and fleet Nellie, you live but in memory, Yet how much of the past your old names now recall, Of cheerfnl companions and hours then so happy, That have pussed from the scenes round my childhood’s old hall. From fur o’ér hill-top, the meadows aud river, The winds whisper low of the days that are town Under the sod Mouk and Nellie lie sleeping, While Iam left mourning to wander alone, Under the sod Monk and-Nellie lie sleeping, Never more in tuis life will they rouse to my call; Under the sod must we fiad our resting From the cares and the sorrows that weary as all Then why should I mourn for the friends that have left me? It ia but the will of 4 merciful God— “A rest for the weary.” Our cares all ure ended When we are sieeptng ander the sod. Farewell, then, brave dogs, ye but rest from life’s labors, LTshall see you 29 more in this life's fitful dream ; But, when wandering in thought through fond memory s chambers, Ye shall liye with me then until death ends the scene, —$_$__ > +6 = —_____—_ ¢ For Forest and Stream and Red and Gun, at Grip tothe al. Sark of Tlavarra —Btiver, Car. WN the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 29, 1876, I started for the wilds of Mendocino, accompanied by my uncle, E. J. Hooper, and friend, F. B. I rose early, z ¢., 5:20. A wagon conyeyed us with our guns, rods and baggage to the zteamer ‘‘Donohue.” We much enjoyed the trip along the bay of San Francisco, for the morning was bright, with an invigorating breeze to refresh us. Arriving at Donohue Landing, 35 miles from the city, we found the train awaiting us, Which carried us up the pretty Sonoma Valley to Clover- dale. We arrived at Cloverdale, distant from San Francisco 90 miles, at 11:30, and there at the depot mounted the coach which conveyer us to the United States Hotel, quite an important establishment for so smalla country town. There we took lunch, and a very poor apolozy for a me il it proved, being much out of keeping with the importance of the sur- Toundings, After several imeffcctual attempts on the part of our pet “ buck grinders " to masticate the meat placed before us, we fell back on yegetable diet and fruit. At 12:30, *' All aboara” was the cry of the stage driver, Mr. Getz, the pro- prietor of the line, and one of the crack whips of the country. The stage was packed a little too full to be pleasant, indeed full or not full, the word pleasant, as applied to stage travel, is tather inapplicable. Our first stopping place on the road was ‘*Whitehall,” a small roadside inn, where we took our dinner. This establishment can hardly be considered as possessing any great attractions in itself, or the building for any architectural beauty. But how can I pass by without a word or two of comment upon, at least, one of the inmates of that lonely dwelling? Our little waitress, a girl of about 18, is the one to whom I allude, The weary traveller greatly needs re- freshment by the wayside inn, and a few drops of interest, of the right sort, are truly acceptable, and in an outlandish “place like the little imn in question, one expects no more. But how were our hearts gladdened by the sight of a damsel of most surpassing loveliness to wait upon us at table! Her tayen locks hung carelessly on her shoulders, her bright, rosy cheeks betokened the full bloom of youth and robust health. The laughing bright hazel eyes, which peeped from out those fiowing tresses, were well calculated to impress the traveller with admiration for the country maiden. And greatly as we desired to get through the fatigues of our somewhat wearisome journey, we could not help lengthening over that meal, if only te ask our fair waitress for just ene more slice of that nice apple pie, or only fafa cup more of thatrefreshing tea, Butgreatly was Our pleasure marred by the overwatchfuiness cf the fond mother, who, through an opening in the wall,suryeyed the crowd with maternal suspicion. The effect of a smile from the daughter was quickly dispelled by the angry frown of the old lady through the aforesaid aperture; and the musical yoice of the maiden by the deep growlof the old she-bear in the kitchen. The paternal member of the family, too, attending to things without (including the sale of poisonous whiskey and Chinese cigars), was by no means 2 person to be sneezed at: over six feet in height, one-eyed, and generally yery colossal. We continued eur journey throusl Anderson Val- ley, through groves of beautiful trees of great variety of growth, form and foliage. Some ominous-looking clouds had been gathering around for some time, and at lenyth a sudden storm arose, quite rare in these parts of California. It bad quite the character of a hurricane for a brief space of time. As the breeze approached, the leaves became agitated; then, as the wind increaced, the limbs commenced to crack, and the branches to wave, until the storm burst upon us with alarm- ing foree, prostrating quite a number of the smaller trees and one of gigantic grewth, uncomfortably near where the stage was. ‘The lightning became intensely vivid, and the bursts of thunder quite grand. A heavy shower of rain fell, refresh- ing the air, which, until then, had been yery sultry and op- pressive. The storm passed away as suddenly as it came, and soon the evening was clear and tranquil. Darkness set in, and passing through the tall and dense redwood forest, one could barely distinguish the stems of the trees. After a terrible bumping; the rumble of the wheels over the bridge, which crosses the ‘* North Fork” stream, announced to us our arrival at the little Hotel. How great was the relief ; for after nearly twelve hours of almost uninterrupted staging over an exceedingly rough road, and partly in darkness, who would not gladly welcome the termination of such a journey. At the Little North Fork inn, where we arrived at 11:30, we found Mrg. Averill, the hostess, ready to receive us; for we had taken the precaution to advise her of our coming some days before. After disposing of our numerous packages, B. and I taking one room, and Uncle another, and, after wash— ing off some of the stage dust, we descended to enjoy an ex— cellent supper, prepared, like all the meats of which we partook under her roof, with excellent taste, by our good landlady. A most indefatigable, energetic lady, she came unmistakably from a New England State—always on the gui vive, head ley- el, eyes always open (I shouldn't wonder, too, when asleep) she seemed to possess that extraordinary faculty peculiar to few, of being able to attend to eyerybody and everything at the same time, without distraction or confusion. Such is a brief description of the Madam to whose tender care we com- mitted ourselves, our guns and our rods during our stay at the North Fork. Requiring a good night’s rest after our long stage journey, we did not rise much before 8 next morning. On that day, the 30th of September, Uncle and I started up the stream, capturing a few small trout, but we found the water sluggish and disturbed a good deal by the wood.choppers, whose camp is situated about three-quarters of a mile from the hotel. I managed, however, to kill a beautiful trout of fully a pound in a deep pool near the logzing camp. 3B. took his gun and brought down a few quail for our supper. At about 4 o'clock, he and I started on foot for the hil!s in search of deer. We followed the stream for a mile, then proceeded along a trail through the wood, ascending a range of bald hills, which proved extremely steep and hard to climb. That eyening we saw but two deer, at one of which I got a long shot, but apparently without effect. The next day, Uncle on horseback, B. and I on foot, ascended the same hills, and sit- ting under a fine grove of oak and Madronio trees, we devoet- ed an hour or two to sketching. B. madea study in water— colors of a group of oaks, while I sketched B., with Uncle sitting under a big tree, with an umbrella over them to modi— fy the light for drawing. In the eveniug, B. and I repeated our climb on the open hills along the edge of the woods: this time riding on horseback to the edge of the forest, and there tying the beasts to trees. Once more our hunt proved ‘no go.” We saw twoor three deer, but entirely out of range. On returning to our horses, we unhitched and mounted. My horse, from some unknown cause (unless from natural deyil- ment), commenced the most frantic circus performance, buck- ing with such yiolenceas to cause me greatly to doubt my ability to remain longer in that elevated and precarious posi- ] tion. Iam indebted to my friend F, B. for a graphic des- cription of thatacene. Being one ofthe actors inthe comedy, I can hardly be considered a judge of the manner in which this wayward and bucking beast and I conducted ourselves. The scene was laid in a small open spot at the edge of the for- est. The surroundings consisted of wide-spreading oaks and Madrivnios, whose branches hung, unfortunately for me, very low. ‘The miserable brute's ultimate intention was, no doubt, to dash my brains out against one of these limbs, The buck- ing part of the performance took place immediately in the midst of a confused mass of overhanging branches, to any of which, Absalom-like, I might have been suspended, but that my hair lacks the growth of that King Dayid's Son. B. de— scribed the scene as one confused heap of brauches, horse, rid- er, rifle, ete., assuming no definite shape. The thoughts which were hastily flashing through my mind, were these ; Which fate shall Ichoose? Decapitation or concussion from the trees, explosion of cartridges in my belt, accidental dis— charge of rifle, kick frem-horse, or broken neck? None of these appear ng to me as sufficiently enticing, and as at this moment the animal made a dash for a huge limb, under which he alone could haye passed, I deemed it prudent to spring from his back, breaking my fall with the butt of my rifle, which unluckily broke off at the stock! However, beyond a bit of a shake and a few scratches, | was unhurt. As I fell, the horse, in kicking, struck the sole of my hoot with great force, but without, in any way, hurting my foot. The ani— mal escaped into the woods. B. proceeded home on his horse; I followed ingloriously on foot, and after passing ona mile or so, we heard the horse coming through the woods at a gallop. We had no difficulty in effecting his capture, and arrived home shortly after dark without further mishap. Thenext day, B. and I haying secured the assistance of an old hunter, proceeded down the river for about three miles, and then ascended a tremendously steep gorge. Thompson, our guide, showed us a spot, where, a day or two previous, he had killed two deer. We found bears had been feasting on the remains, there being bear signs in every direction. We saw no large game. We then returned to the hotel, packed a few pro- visions, taking with us a horse, riding in turns. We retraced our steps, but followed the creek down some four or five miles. While tying the horse on the ground we had selected for our camp that night, we saw a magnificent buck and doe walking slowly up the distant wooded hillside. Thompson threw himself down to get a rest, exhibiting great excitement for so old a hunter. In the meantime the deer passed behind some trees, and were lost to view. The countrymen around there seem all to prefer firing with a rest, indeed, seldom firing in any other way. We separated, B. and Thompson going in different directions with their rifles, while I took my fly-rod, and fished down stream, killing a dozen fine sized trout. The stream generally at this season aboutthese parts, is sluggish, but here and there there are some pretty pools and eddies, At dark, B. and I met at camp, and lighting our fire, awaited the return of our guide. He, however, werked his way through the forest after some deer, and finding himself close to his home, remained there for the night. The spot chosen for our camp was just above the creek, in an opening in the woods—a yery pretty place, but too cold and damp at night to be agreeable. We contrived to rig upa fairly com- fortable bed, consisting of a large heap of ‘ broken ferns,” with our blankets above. A great part of the night was taken up in endeayoring to keep the fire alive, as the cold en- tirely prevented a lasting repose. We rose next morning ex— tremely early, and after a cup of hot coffee, proceeded in op— posite directions with our rifles. Soon after leaving camp, I saw a large panther darting off, but not affording a chance for ashot. Although we worked dilligently, we saw nothing of any large game. In my ramble, I passed through several ex- tremely lovely valleys, rich with the most prolific undergrowth, and covered with masses of broken rocks, around which clung a variety of ferns and mosses. We re- turned to camp, and for a change, I took my fly-rod in hand. B. mounted the horse to ride oyer the trail. He had but turn- ed the bend of the stream, when he came suddenly upon three deer drinking, As ill luck would have it, the beast wouldn’t One of the deer darted up the hillside, about where I stood. I was, at the moment, above my knees ina deep pool, my fiy-rod in hand. J made several plunges to se. cure ray rifle, which was on the bank, and had a snap shot, stand fire. iy ~~ FOREST AND STREAM. but without effect, and no wonder, considering my position in the water. We soon after met Thompson. He and B. continued to hunt, while I captured two dozen splendid trout, following the stream to the puint where it flows into the main Nayarro River. Apart from tlie sport my fly-rod afforded nae I greatly enjoyed (hw beautifully wildand romantiescenery, The vegetalion along the banks of the streamis very lovely. At every bend of the stream some new peep, some fresh attrac- tion presents itself to the view, and on that day the bright sunlight played through the branches. The pebbles in the shallow ripples, glistened, and all nature in that. sweet sylvan landscape was and trangaoil Thompson, during the day, killed two fawns, which we packed on the horse, On the way home that evening, B. and Thompson being in ad- yance, I on horseback in t :e rear, a fine doe and fawn, fright- ened by our approach, left the bed of the stream, running up the side of the hill on the opposite bank. Thompson fired and missed. BE. then had four shots, killing (in splendid atyle) both the deer. My horse became almost unmanageable from fear at the firing, and I had no small difficulty in keep- ing the animal from bolting over the cliff into the river. (To be continued.) i OLD CAZADOR’S PEARL. et my boy, I've got something to tell you. She’s a girl any man might be proud of, my little blonde darling; but I ain’t her father. Won't smoke, eh? Well, take a seat on that chair, and out here on the veranda I'll reel the yarn off, ‘No, she won't come out, for she told me to tell you: don't be restless! This city has changed since I've knowed it. Gas lamp was scarce here in ’60, an’ we mostly depended on moonlight an’ what lanterns we toted, Bears my name? why of course she does, an’ she’s welcome, for she don’t know a better to carry. T’was in August; I just had returned from the desert, an’ the shade ov these gardens and orchards was pleasant. I had sold all my cattle at Prescott; had considerable money; had friends here, and wanted to settle, but had no particular rea- son; knowed the place, liked its people and climate; hed no kin in the world for to bother or love me. My life hed been rough, more like fighting than quiet. Sometimes I felt lone- some an’ tired, an’ 1 thought I would settle. So I bought me this orchard an’ vineyard, an’ for a while thought I was per- fectly happy, but somehow I found that a man’ kud get lone- same with plenty an’ quiet jest as easy an’ more so than out in the rough on the desert. I got into sorter bad habits, used to lhang round saloons an’ card tables, play poker an’ monte— maybe more’n I hed orter. One night I was goin’ home laté from Dona Toniassa’s. This street was then only a road, an’ well shaced, while over there in the bend ov the zauja war quiteabig thicket of salceda and guatemote. I kept the middle oy the road with my six- shooter handy, for in them days it was not very healthy to walk too much in the shadow clost to the hedges, Iwas pass- ing the thicket when ther’ kum a rush throngh the bushes, an’ aman an’ a woman ran plum up against ne; She was crying an begving, bare-headed, an’ es he struck at her with one oy them long knives the Mexicans calls machetes, bent over as if to purtect somethin’ she was totin’ wrapped up in a serape, T shot before the knife reached her, an’ the blade stuck in the sand half way to the handle. At the crack oy the pistol she fel] at, my feet; it seemed like neither oy them seen me, bein’ lookin’ only at one anuther. He war shot throngh the neck, es dead es dead timber; és for her, I thought she hed fainted, till stooping down to raise her I found her dress was all bloody. After considerable calling (1 didn’t like for fo leave her) Chapo came down with a lantern, She was ent, perfectly sicknen, in the bosom, an’ hed astab in the back tween the shoulders, which last didn't seem to be bleeding, I made Chapo fill one ov my boots with water from the zauga, an” started him off for the police and a doctor. While he was gone I bathed her face, raised her head up, folded my coat fora pillow, an’ iried to eet her to swallow @ mouthful of water, but couldn't. Young fellow, I never saw a face more beautiful, in spite ov a pallor, which hy the light ov the lantern I could see war increasing. Wrapped up in the serape war a little girl baby, sleeping és peaceiul in spite oy the racket esif it war home ina cradle by the bed oy its mother. Tlaid thur faces together, an’ when that little baby, half waking, nestled close up to itsmother, drawing one oy her long yaller curls crostia check like a blossom, it slept quict an' happy. Ifelt mitey soft-hearted, an’ kivered them up with the ser'apée to keep off the light ov the lanterns, Several of the boys kum down with the doctor, and, sending to the house for a mattress, we brought mother and child to that little room at the corner, She moaned once or twice es we lifted them up, tho’ the boys was tender and careful, but must a died on the way, for when we turnel down the cover- lid old Chapo hed laid over them, only the baby was living. At the inquest next day we found they was strangers. No- body knew them, The man an’ the mother an’ the baby kum down on the last steamer from’Frisco; staid one day at the hotel, The register showed the name oy Odon, hut, at re- quest, it was wrote by the clerk. The next day rented rooms ina doby. The mother gaye the name of Almona; said she caine from Tepic, in Sonora; was Spanish; Odon was her husband, the child's father, but she was in every way per- fectly English in ways, looks an’ manners, according to the old woman, who swore at the inquest that she swept out thar rooms and went errands; that Odon didn't act much like a husband and father, an’ wanted to get rid oy the child, of- ferin’ the old woman fifty dollars in silver to steal it, Es fur being its father, Odon was nearly es dark as old Chapo, while the chiid—well, the child is es fair és white lilies. On the day before the night oy the murder, aftera long time of cry- ing, she commenced writing letters; had wrote an’ burnt up two or three when Qdon, comin’ sneakin’ into the room, Jooked over her shoulder, read what she was writing, srabbel the letter, pen, ink an’ the rest ov the paper, threw every— thing in the fire, covced and swore and went on lil @ a mad- man; asked if she wanted him hong and her hanging with him; said she could never go back, Here the old woman got frightened, ran off an’ saw them no more till the inquest, With their things there was no scrap ov paper to show who they were, where they came from, no old letters nor nothing, There was a small sum of monwy, 4 knife (the knife and a pistol which was on him), Ina trunk with her clothing, an’ some things ov the baby's, was & ‘piscopal prayer-book, with the name-leaf torn out. The book lays in there on the table. There wus no wimmin’s trinkets nar jewlry—not even a weddin’ ring. I did ail I could to find out who they were; found the place they stop- ped at two daysin Wrisco, giving the name of Chabolla, from Cadiz. There the trail broke short off, an’ lye nuyer sence struck it, Young man, Pearl wur that baby. She nuver knew all ov this story till to-night, when she told me you were coming. She's all ov my Jife to me, God gave her to loye me. No harm shull ever come nigli lier, if I can prevent it, andif you don't love her before every thought ov your life and relation, an’ know after calm thinkime that you can lend every day oy your life to keeping her's holy an’ happy— What! my dear boy, God bless you! Yot make an old man’s hear! very happy! She's in the little room at the corner, our darling, and any day, after to-morrow, come and hang wp your hit in our hallway. Ex CAzapor. a LAKE TROUT FISHING ON LAKE GEORGE, x EpiroR FoREST AND STREAM: Tourists on their annual round of pleasure seeking in their passage through Lake George admire its magnificent scenery and clear waters, but seldum stop, except at Caldwell, where, perforce, the peculiar arrangements between the landlords and. steam boat proprietors oblige them so todo. Sportsmen traveling this thoroughfare to and from the Adirondacks, occasionally do stop at the principal fashionable resorts, where the fishing is of no consequence, and they test it long enough to become dis- gusted. ‘Therefore, it may cause surprise to some’ to state that Lake George teems with trout, both lake and speckled, of the finest quality and extraordinary size. At times, on a soft, still, hazy May morning, immense numbers of Lake trout, into process of schooling, will break a large surface of the water in- foam wth a noise Mke the falling of a roller on the sea beach, so loud one can hardly hear his companion speak; thenthey sink, and not a ripple disturbs the calm expanse until the same or another s::hool suddenly break again in their mad sport. I well remember the ecstatic thrill that struck to my yery marrow when first my eyes saw and ears heard this. But, alas, the cast of the fly wins no re- sponse ; the dantiest hues bring no speculation to those eyes; monsters roll their graceful forms on every side, heedless of all efforts to ensnare, J never knew them to take the fly. With exception of still fishing at baited buoys, which is always more or less successful, if one cares for that method, these ‘Jakers” can be caught only by trolling—scientific trolling, not the happy-go-lucky way by which the careless urchin, with clumsy rig, snags the fierce and voracious pickerel, but one straining all the knowledge and skiJl a sportsman can boast. You must suit the humor and understand the freakish habits of the gentleman below, for he is a finickey fellow, and will have things just as he wants them, otherwise he metes out quiet disdain to the unskillful angler and his clumsy contriy- ances, Two trolling rods and reels, one hundred yards of small braided ran silk and leader for each, and, with swivels, gaugs of four sets and a lip of the truest hooks, put together in the most artistic manner, long sinkers haying holes at smaller ends, weighing from one ounce to half pound, to be fasten: d to the main line with short lines uatlached to them so as to swing clear, aud a gaff complete the implements of death. The large shiners canght at Ti, the lower end of the lake, make Lhe best bait, and next, brook trout; or in lieu of these, Jargé min- nows. You use only one line for surface fishing and the other deep. A hand line is quite as successful ss the rod, but don't, of course, afford the sport. ‘The gang is hooked ‘to the bait so as to give it aslow rotary motion in moying through the water. The proper management of the lines, intuitive to the practical fisherman, preserving the proper speed of the boat, very slow and steady, usually, lo know acenrately where your bait is running, a thorovgh knowledge of the bottom: and familiarity with the changeful habits of these trout are the requisites to secure a strike, and then if you don’t handle things well, that is as far as you will get. These lake trout (fhose of this lake) are as tricky and sullen, as ugly and nomanageable as any Salmo fontinalis that ever spoiled a fly, and the man who slwikes his gaff inside three-quarters of an hour is lucky—that is, info a large | one, You quick’y discover there is a sentient being at the other end who understands the matter quite well enough, and although he wou’t leap, yet will try all the known, and some unknown, dodges. Like the fisherman, he won't stand much snubbing; should you try it, yourself and tiny hooks or leadrr quickly part company; he must-and will have his own sweet way, and when, as is occa- sional, he gets tired and concludes to go into the sulks in some fifty or seventy feet of water, you haye taken a contract of | considerable magnitude, Then is the time, to relight your cigar and take a long breath, still mindful, however, of possi- ble breakers. With fresh determination you send word by the line down to our friend to come up, but in stern obstinacy he swims back and forth a few feet, intitiating his refusal in sullen bearing down jerks, somehow reminding one of au ugly toothache, At last, fretting, he may slowly rise, or, concluding to try bis fortune in the upper regions, he eleaves for the surface with the rapidity of light, that in my opinion is the supreme moment —the higher sense of seeing abrogates that of feeling. Those waters are as clearas crystal, & fil setting for so graceful fish, and lends a radiance to his beauty. You toll and coax him within reach, and your hand slowly settles on the galt; but be careful, his gleaming eyes will catch your quick motion and he will disappear aa the shooting star in the firmanent. Let not a nerve shakea mnselé, Strike, and strike sure! You have him; he isin Whe bout! The face flushes and eyes beam ap- proval. You forvet you are a sinful man and conceive your- selfa God, You are the very incarnation of triumph. You are rich in possession of a priceless jewel. After weiyling, measuring and ei nerally admiring you gently and tenderly de- posit him in bis box. It was just one year ago today (May 25) when in the niorning I drew 1p before Pheenix Hotel, Hague, Lake George, and received a warm grecting from Rising, ‘he landlord, and as soon agmy stomach cried * enough” to the trout imd other delicacies on the table I took my séat in the stern of the boat and Clifton the oars, and away we glided over the calm surface of the lake. The air was soit and pure, and as my eyes roved from the top of Anthony's Nose along the range of monntiins dividing George and Chaplain to the summit of Black Moun- tain, and then caught the vipple of the water, broken by the trout in their playful circles, [ forgot the past, felt heedless of the future in the delights of the present, Not being well, | fished that. day only five hours, in which time T caught five lake frout, one of one pound; three, seyen pounds each almost to an ounce, and one of ten pounds. Nearly two hours passed and we drifted before a light breeze, suddenly sprung up more than a mile before the largest was safe, That day I saw a trout caught weighing sixteen pounds, perfect in all respects. These trout in this lake are more delicate and finer eating, in. the opinion of competent judges, thanthe speckledtront. The best time of fishing is from now, May 25, to last week in Jime, and is fair still later, eyen to middle of July, The surest ————E——&x PIGEON SHOOTING IN NEW JERSEY. Marusoro, N. J:, June 1, 1877. Eprrog Forrest ANp StrEAM aND Rop anp Gon: Last summer, about,the Inst of August, I had an afternoon's sport with wild pigeons perhaps worth relating. It is of the Tarest occurrence to see these beautiful swift Gying birds in this part of the State nowadays. Many years ago 1 am told by old sportsmen, wonderful tales of their abundance snd the great amount of shooting they afforded, during their usual migrations. Occasionally in the northwestern part of the State a few scattering birds or flocks may yet be seen in the spring, stopping long enough to rest and feed in thei northern flight to their nesting-grounds. But tomy story. Iwas in- formed that the birds were feeding upon a wheat stubble in considerable numbers, about five miles from my home. I must, confess I did not credit the story; thinking my informant had mistaken doyes for pigeons. However, if the former is true, they give the finest wing practice, equal, I think, to Captain Bogardus’ glass balls, and I therefore resolved to try it at all hazards, J consulted with a friend and a very enthusiastic shootist, and it was not long before we were en route for the scene of the anticipated sport. We arrived upon the ground at 1 o’clock p. o., and what was our delight tosee a large flock of the biggest doves we had ever seen alighting upon a tree in full leaf, ina distant part of the field. This fact satisfied us at once that they must be pigeons, as doves scarcely ever slight upon a tree of this Eind, preferring leafless deadwood. Our “hlinds,” or as we call them ** bush houses," must now be ar- ranged in the most desirable localities, likely to give us the most shooting, a matter requiring no small amount of good I coneluded to make my “house” near the tree from whence the flock had fown upon our stealthy approach, and which was the only one ina large field. I had to goa long distance to get suifable bushes, and the ground being hard and dry it took some time and hard work to get them to stay in a proper position. My friend selected his position upon an opposite side of the field, near an old snag of deadwood, and not far from a pine of standing timber. From two o'clock until five o'clock is generally the best time for the flight. Everything being in readiness now, we made ourselves “beautifully less," and awaited their coming. I soon found doyes and pigeons were both feeding in the same field, A single doye gave me the first shot, and soon after a flock of finé pigeons came swiftly by me in gord range. I took the head one with the first, barrel, and it tumbled out, und the second barrel followed in quick time, and I found three fine fat, large wild pigeons to gather up, and one dove the result of three shots, AL! here is where the breech-loader stands pre-eminent, Quickly inserting my cartridges, which were handy by my side, and glancing over the bushes I saw a large flock of pigeons coming like ligh(ning from the timber almost directly for my tree. must Say jusl here this is the kind of shooting for a lazy man on a warm summer afternoon, Twas in my glory. Situated upon an eminence I could see ond enjoy all the shooting of my friend. I was disappointed in getting A shot at the large flock, but they went down by him, and he killed seyeral of them in tine style. How keenly your eyes scan the horizon in every direction, and if, perchance, looking one way too long you find a good *‘shot” has escaped you on another side, how you are chagrined. In your eagerness and excitement, how easily the smallest fying insect is mag- nified into a bird of wondrous size. My friend said he was annoyed ty the incessant fight of potato mgs, which he mis- took for pigeons or doves. It was certain lie wasted con- siderable ammunition at something. I was fortunate enough to have my place in the shade the most of the afternoon, and took it coolly, and did not get excited. T made one very fine double shot, killing two birds with each barrel out of a passing flock of a dozen, 1 have a pair of these elegant birds mounted, and I love to look at them and look back upon the time en- joyed in getting them, We returned “Haine snd counted ont twenty-three pigeons, six doves and one Bray squitrel, Being thirsty and hungry, the feast of peaches and watermelons we nad on the way back was like what my friend, Judge Van- syckle, says of shooting, ‘thatthe man who knows nothin about it losses one half the pleasure of living.” I must add, fervently trust the worthy sportsmen of Michigan anf ofher places where wild pigeons are so ruthlessly destroyed in nest~ img time will be eminently successful in putting a stop to the barbarous practice, M. ———_-++ TURKEY WEEK IN TEXAS. A*® old contributor, C, L, J., has heen hunting turkeys: with eminent success in the ‘piney woods" of Trinity County, Texas. th) some places the noble birds were to be heard On all sides vf him, and be had abundant clignce to dis- play his * turkey-generalship, " nerve and marksmanship, One old gobbler in particular has deficd the eiforts. of a whole district to secure his scalp, and had thus sequired a reputa— tion for invulnerability similar to that which the late G, Washington had among the Indians some years ago. Him our correspondent especially sougbt, and, after an hour of aw- ful suspense, waiting for his turkeyship to come within range, was rewarded by shooting him dead in his tracks. Althouph in poor condition, he weighed 23 pounds, which is certainly a very heavy turkey, ©, L. J. is kind enough to send us a circumstantial account of Lis exploits on this expedition, but our space will not al- low us to print more than asingle one of his adventures, as a type of the sport he and his friends had during that eventful second week of April : “* After listening a few minutes to those gobbling all abou us, we selected one which, from his tongue, we imagined to be ‘full of grass’and cunning, and prepared to ‘yelp’ him up. We bowed and crept along (ntil within 150 yards of him, when we sat down with onr backs against a brace of trees, and I began to call. He gobbled and strutted extrayazantly. Here we waited an honest hour, but he did not come. I sug- gested to Will that Icrawl to a knoll jst in front of us and see what he was doing, I did so, and looked. There he was, in full strut, apparently the size of s ‘burey-top? Three hens were with him. IJay prostrate upon the ground and watched them, with what interest and anxiety one can only feel from experience. Tle was a splendid bird, with his full, black, shimmering breast gleaming ia te rising sun. Dis large 299 a J rust red tail spread to ils fullest tension, and his beard, afoot in length, dragging in the dew-wet grass at his feet. The snow-white scalp on the top of his head seemed like a ball of cotton when brourht into relief against the dark mahogany plumage of his back, as he strutted and performed his vain— glorious gyrations among the hens, inviting his overtures and caresses, Then I took out my ‘call’ and began a series of yelpings. He would go off attirst, then sway forth and_back, as if undecided whether to come to me or to remain with the hens, and kept this up for some time until within range of my rifle, when, all my endurance failing, I drew a bead upon him, as he stood quartering in full strut, and fired. Hoe fell to Nis breast, fluttered along afew feet, then got upon his wings and started in a diflicult fight in the direction of Will, who by this time had crept around the hill and was opposite me, ‘Lhe gobbler was within fifteen feet of his head, flying with both legs hanging down, when Will fired one barrel and missed. The turkey, already mortally wounded by my rifle, came to the ground as Will pulled the other barrel and broke his wing. On examination we found that his back was broken tntirely in two by my ballet, which paralyzed his lower ex- tremities, but he could still get along on the wing for a little way. This was a noble bird, aud we were greatly pleased with our capture.” Hish Culture. FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OHIO STATE FISH COMMISSION, FOR THE YEAR 1875 AND 1876. E have been in receipt, from as many of our friends in Ohio, of no less than six different copies of this high- ly interesting and valuable report, but haye been unable be- fore this week to publisl a summary of the same. The re- port, which is a model in its way, makes up an attractively prinfed pamphlet of nearly one hundred pages, and comprises the report of the Commissioners, which is followed by a sup- plementary paper by Supt. of Hatchery, Mr. E. D. Potter. A History of the Toledo and Sandusky Fisheries occupies a dozen pages, and the remainder is devoted to a catalogue and Scientific Description of Ohio Fishes, by J. H. Klippart. The scientifie descriptions are taken from the forthcoming Report Gn the Zoology of Ohio, by Prot. D. 8. Jordan, and the letter press is illustrated by admirable wood cuts of each fish described ; thus enabling any person to readily identify any fish caught. ‘The course pursued in the preparation of this report cannot be too highly commended, nor can there be any doubt as to the advisability of thus popularizing scien- tific knowledge by distributing if in an attractiye form among the masses. ‘The first work of the Commission was to estab- lish four experimental hatcheries, one at Cleveland, one at Dastalia, near Sandusky, one at Kelley's Island, and one at Toledo. There were placed in the Toledo hatchery, in Dee., 75, 600,000 whitefish eggs ;-at Cleveland, 500,000; at Casta— fia, 300,000; and a yery considerable number at Kelley's Island. The yield from tlivse, including 300,000 fry brought * from Northyille, Mich., was an aggregate of over two mil- lions of young fish, which were safely planted in the lakes. When large enough to be captured in pound nets, the esti- mated vulne of them will be 3200,000/ From information, ostensibly reliable, though not oflicially received by the Com- mission, there were upwards of 10,000,000 of whitefish fry deposited in Lake Hrie and Detroit River, early in 1876. Be- sides the very successful culture of whitefish, there were also hatched at Voledo 6,000 eees of the landlocked salmon from Maine, and 60,000 eggs of salmo salar. Of these 10,000 of the fry were placed in tlt Maumee Bay, 10,000 in the San- dusky River, near Fremont, and the remainder in the lake near the islands. For the propagation of black bass and other spiny-finned species, the use of whattyas once a limestone quarry on Kelley’s Island is given, where the parent fish are to be placed, and whence the fry will be shipped to all parts of the State, Daring the summer of 1876, the Commission, having decided upon Toledo as the most suitable place for a permanent hatch- ery, erected, upon the grounds of the water works of that city, a substantial hatching house, after the model of W. W. Glark, of Northfield, Mich., and with a capacity of 20,000,000 of whitefish, The principal other work of the year was the planting of over 500,000 shad eggs and 75,000 salmon eggs, which had been furnished to the State free of charge by the United States Commissioner of Fisheries. These were dis- tributed among the Cuyahoga, Maumee, Ashtabula, Groud, Sandusky, Miami, Huron, Olentaugg and Sciota Riv- ers, Sandy Creek and Castalia Springs. The capture of shad of mattre size has been effected in the lakes; and at Cedar Point, near Toledo, in October, 1876, a salmon was caught which was thirteen and a half inches in length, and was presumably one of those planted in the river Raisin, Mich., in i874. hese facts may zo to prove that these spe- cies may become so aaclimated as fo Joso their anadromous habits. There were, at the time of the report (Jan, 1877), six millions of whitefish eas in the Toledo hatchery, all of them in healthy condition. In the supplementary report of Supt. Potter, the writer slates his belief ‘‘that when the waters of Lake Erie are pro- perly farmed, they will he found as beneficial in the produc- fion of cheap food as so much surtace of the best agricultural lands of the State.” he stocking of Lake Erie with salmon is both feasible,-and, as the writer thinks, only a question of time. Tor the interior streams of the State, however, the _ prospect is nob encouraging. “The searcity of fish in the upper waters of our streams has by many been attributed to | - i There are causes behind all that for the scarcity of fish in onr streams. Many waters have been strengthened and obstruc- tions to the rapid transit of the water removed, destroying the necessary hiding places of the fishes. Drains and ditches haye been inade all over the State, drying up the swamps and small streams, the natural breeding grounds of most of our river fish. * * * It has been found everywhere that the fish as well as game recedes before the march of civilization. Fishes must have caver as well as game, and when the white man déstroys this he must not expect either to remain with him long.” = M'CLorp Anp Sacramento River Trour—Doriy Varpen Eecs—A Crorce Recroy ror Srorrsmes.—Mayor Green of Lower Soda Springs informs me that he has procured about 2.060 errs this season from the native trout of the McCloud River. These trout average in weirht about two pounds, and in eges 1,200 each. The egg is peculiarly transparent. You can see the shape of the fish from seven to eight days after the egg has been placed in the hatching-trough. After nine days more the eye of the fish can be seen. They area very hardy fish, Mr, Green having only lost about three per cent. of the number he has taken. So far as heard from, all the lots ship- ped by him are domg well. He has sent some to the Sand- wich Islands, one lot to Professor Baird, und another lot to New Zealand. Mr. Green within the past week has taken a few thousands eres from Sacramento River trout at Lower Soda Springs. The Sacramento trout do not average in size those of the McCloud River, but they are a very gamy fish. Some of them weigh over two pounds. Mr, Green intends making a specialty of taking Dolly Varden eges next. October, atl parties who would like to try their hands at raising the finest {ront in the world can procnre the same by communicating with Mx. Myron Green, United States Fishery, McCloud River, Shasta County. He will charge $10 per thousand for the eges. The Dolly Vardens, when fully grown, will weigh from twelve to fifteen pounds each. The propagation of fish at Berkeley is likely to receive a cheek, m consequence of the scarcity of water, many of the streams in the Contra Costa Mountains being perfectly dry. On the 26th ult. men were engaged in removing the young trout from the aquarium, at the University, to San Leandro Creek, below Lake Chabot, where water will be supplied from the reservoirs. Among the rare fish which Mr. Throckmorton, the gentleman in charge, has on hand, is a golden trout, found in the streams in Utah, which grows from the spawn, in one year to six inches in length, and is yery prolific. ‘These trout will be utilized to replenish the streams throughout the State in which the trout have all been caught out, and will be an important accession to the fine food fishes of California. Mr. Chabot, President. of the Contra Costa Water Company, is rais- ing Eusopean carp, which, next season will be placed in Lake Chabot. As these fish feed almost entirely on vegetation, their presence will have the effect of purifying the water.— San Francisco Pacisic Life. ea Lanp-Locken Sanmon iw Raneerey Laxes.—A landlocked salmon weighing five pounds was captured at Rangley Lakes on June 2d below the old dam on the “outlet.” It is suppos- ed that fhis noble specimen of the sadmo family made his ap- pearance in these waters in 1878, when the Commissioner of Fisheries, Hon. Menry O. Stanley, firsh introduced the young fry. His growth has been marvellous. +e New Ilawpsnme.—Land-locked salmon haye heen placed in Bocky and Long Ponds in Hollis, and in the Pennichuck Ponds. They were a gift from Mr. Brackett, one of the Fish Commissioners of Massachusetts, to Dr. Edward Spaulding of Nashua. Smelts have been introduced into Mink Pond, Lisbon. —— ns Wisconsty.—The Fish Commissioners of this State, in com- pliance with the request of Senator Barden, sent to this city, on Friday last, some 40,000 Mackinaw or Lake Trout, 24,000 of which were deposited in Silver Lake, and 16,000 in Swan Lake. They were sent from the Milwaukee branch of tho State hatchery (the main institution being at Nine Springs, near Madison,) and they arrived here in capital condition, scarcely one having died on the road. Of course the placing of these fish in fhe lakes named must be regarded in some degree as experimental. That the lakes themselves are ad- mirtably adapted to the growth of lake trout need not he ‘doubted. Their waters are clear, cool, of great depth and perfect purity. But they are also tenanted by pike, pickerel, bass, ete., and they will convert just as many of them to their own use as they can possibly capture. How many of them they can gobble is the unknown problem; many of them they will surely swallow ; all of them they can hardly expect to capture—indeed, we do not think they can destroy a very large percentage of them, and so we shall expect to see good lake trout fishing an these lakes in about three years, when they should have attained a weight of four or five pounds cach.—Milaukee Sentinel, May 26. a Iirrsors.—One of the most useful bills which: lias passed the Tllinois legislature is the Pratt bill for the protection and preservation of fish. The bill provides for the restocking of our almost: depleted waters, and mukes the taking of food fish by any other method than the hook and line a misdemeanor. Such a bill has been wanted fora long time in Dlinois. + S —The report of the Canadian Commission of Fisheries for the year ending Dec. 31, 1876, shows that the gross value of the produce of the fisheries for 1876 was $11,147,590, or $661,917 in excess of that of 1875. From the Toronto Glove, of May 31, we extract a part of the abstract of the report: There ure now seven government fish breeding establish- ments in the Dominion, situated as follows: In Ontario, New- castle and Sandwich; in Quebec, Tadousac, Gaspe Basin and the erection of dams which prevent them from ‘running up.’ | Restigouche; in Noya Scotia, Bedford, and in New Bruns- OO a | wick, Miramichi. The deposit of vivified salmon eggs at Neweastle amounted to 1,500,000; at Tadousac to 1,000,000; at Bedtord to nearly 1,000.000; at Gaspe to 920,000; at Res- tigouche to 720,000; and at Miramichi to 640,000. Added to these at Sandwich are 8,000,000 of whitefish eges, while at Newcastle were 10,000 of California salmon oya and 150,000 white-fish. The total distribution of ova that would be hatched in the spring of 1877 would amount to close upon 14,000,000. The California salmon are to be placed in the river Escoumain, about twenty miles east of Saguenay, ence celebrated as a salmon river, but which through the want of protection for many years does not contain a single fish. It is there well adapted for the experiment of acslimatizing the salmon of the Pacific to the Atlantic waters. The necessity for further measures being taken for the preservation of the oyster and lobster fisheries is strongly enforced by the Commissioner, meantime the efforts made for some years past by Mr. Wilmot, and persons trained under his direction to replenish the rivers of Canada by means of artificial fish culture haye been attended with a yery fair measure of suc- cess. The parent establishment for this purpose, under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Wilmot, has now arrange- ments and appliances of the most complete character. The additional nomber of grown fish returning to the spawning- beds every year is a proof of the gradual increase in the sup- ply of fish obtained by Mr. Wilmot’s labors. In the fall of 1876 no less than 200 salmon entered Grafton Creek at one run. Salmon were also found in the stream at Bowmanville, in Duffin’s Creek, and in the Humber, Rouge and Credit * Rivers, formerly favorite resorts for these fish, but for many years entirely depopulated until restocked by the agency pro- vided by the government. Between four and five hundred grown salmon were canght in Lake Ontario last season, the fish being in fine condition and from 8 lbs. to 18 lbs. each in weight. The prospect is held out of the salmon fisheries in British Columbia attaining increased importance. Fresh en- ergy and capital are being applied to this important branch of industry, for which the supply of fish is practically unlimited, Glatural History. Narvcranists 1y Unirorm,—We have received, through Dr. Coues, 2 copy of the Walle Watla Union of April 14, 1877, containing the sound and sensible inaugural address of Surgeon George M. Sternberg, U. 8, A., delivered on the oc- casion of his election to the presidency of the ‘* Walla Walla. Association for the Advaucement of Science.” We are glad to see that new societies of this character are rapidly increasing in number, as it indicates a healthful spirit of scientifie inquiry all over the land. We understand that nearly all the army of- ficers stationed at Fort Walla Walla are members of the soci— ‘ety, and the selection of “one of them to be its first president shows the esteem in which they are held for their ability and interest in such matters. No other body of men, perhaps, lias so much unemployed talent and, we may add, unused op- portunity for scientific inquiry as the otlicers of the army, who, if they will take the proper means, can add largely to the stock of scientific knowledge, and reflect great credit upon the corps to which they belong. There are probably few of them whose official duties do not leave much time at their own dis. posal—time which might be profitably occupied in the inyesti- gation{of the faunal and flora of the regions where they are stationed. They may make themselves excellent and trust- worthy observers, and do much toward silencing the re« proaches sometimes thoughtlessly brought against them of their uselessness except as soldiers. We believe that the spirit of scientific inquiry is surely, if slowly, spreading among the gentlemen composing this class, and trust that it may become the rule rather than the exception. 44a NOTES ON MAMMALS OF CANADA. BY WM. COUPER, ESQ. [COMMUNIGATED BY DR, COVES. | e —— 67 BONAVENTURE St., Monrreat, Canada, May 1, 1877.) Dear Dr. Coues: I received a circular from the Medical Department U. 8. Army, relative tothe preparation of a “History of North Amer- ican Mammals,” to be published by your government. We want, a book on this subject, and the government of the United States deserves the best thanks of the Commonwealth, and, indeed, of Canadians, for their liberality in advancing human knowledge-in the various branches of natural science. In regard to the mammals occurring in this province, I send you the following remarks: Moose (Ale americana).—l have no positive knowledre how far this species ranges north of Ottawa, but in the wild woodland districts northwest of the latter city they are abun- dant. It rarely oceurs north of Montreal, and during a resi- dence of nine years in the city of Quebec, I did not see nor hear of a moose haying been killed im that part of the province. On the south side of the St. Lawrence, that is to say between Canada and Maine, this animal is common. Weoptanp Carmou (ltungifer earthow).—This deer ap- pears to me to replace the mooze on the north of une St. Law- rence. It ranges from northeast of Montreal to Labrador and Newfoundland, where it is more generally replaced by a form called the Barren Ground caribou, and it is said that an oc casional specimen of the latter is shot in the Jardin des eari- bous, northeast of Quebec city. During the residence of Brit- ish troops in Canada, moose and caribon were becoming scarce on account of the demand for moccasins and snow shoes. The Tndians of Lorette, near Quebec, having the contract to sup- ply these requisites to the oops. Now that this demand is less, the animals haye had a chance to increase, and ina few more years, I haye no doubt, they will be prolific and alind- ant. In regard to the existence of fiwo distinct. species, T have some doubts. There is, however, a great difference between the form of their horns—the main branches of the woodland being round, while those of the Barren Ground are palmated, and it is said that the latter animal is much smallerin size. Vinerstan Der (Cariacus virginianus).—This species is tore abundant in the Province of Ontario. Its northern range terminates northeast of Montreal, and it is never seen in the Laurentian mountains north of Quehee, It occurs in the Miowntain region on the south side of the Bt. Lawrence adjoin— ing the State of Maine. ‘Brack Squirre, (Seirus niger).—Not found north of Montreal or Quebec. The northern range of the black squir- rei terminates in fhe woody region near Ottawa. A gray va- viely is abundant in the townships south of Montreal. When T resided at Toronto a number of years ago, 1 remember hay- ing black squirrels spotted with white. Rep Sourrren (Servs hudsonius).—This is the common species in the north, I met with it 150 miles north of Mon- treal. Grovnp Squireen (Tamias stritaus),—Common, and oc- curs as far north as forests extend. : Fiyine Squireen (Seinropterus volucella).—This province is probably in northern range, Grounp Hoe or WoopncnucKk (Arctomys monax).—This an- imal is found far north in this province, I met with it in Labrador. ‘There are two yarieties, one being black but rare, Braver (Castor jfiber).—Occurs north of Quebec. This aninial has heen greatly destroyed of late, on account of the demand for its fur. Musk Rav (/iber 2tbetiicus).—Plentiful along the water courses north of Quebee. A white variety is met with occa- sionally in the vicinity of Quebec. Itis not an albino, as the eyes are hazel. Joxree@ Mouse (Zapus hadsonéis).—Numerous on the Tsland of Montreal, abundant north of Quebec and in Labrador. Tt evidently enjoys grassy spots in woods and along the northern rivers where the openings are surrounded with trees of stunted growth. When collecting butterfiies in Labrador I have frequently caught this mouse in my net. Pornourmn (Hrethizon dorsutus).—Abundant in the woods north of Quebec. Tt extends to Southern Labrador. Its flesh is calen by the péople of the latter region, Common Hann (Lepusamericanus).—Alnndant everywhere as faras forests extend. It forms the principal flesh food of the people of Labrador diving winter. They produce two young ones on the surface of the ground, ’ Couear (/elis concolor).—Rare, One large specimen was killed north of the city of Ottawa, This is the only record of ihe occnrrence of this animal in Canada. Brack Bear (Ursus americanus).—Common in the moun- tains north of Quebec, extending into Labrador, where they are rare, Abundant on the Island or Anticosti, where it is said there ave two varities, the white nosed and the red nosed, Wairk Porar Bear (Ursus maritéimus).—Occasionally ador and Newfoundland, Wouiverusn on Griepvron (Guile Tuscus)—This animal in- Habits the mountaim regions north of Quebee. It is met with in the Jardin des Caribous in winter. The Indians call it Car- eajou or Indian Deyil. They say it is impossible to trap in the neizhborhood where it occurs, as the Wolverine follows the trapper and cunningly ejects a fluid or leaves its ejectimenia. eifhier on the bait or around the trap, preventing any other animal from approaching it. Its fur is valuable for sleigh- robes. Skonc (Mephitis mephitica)—Common throughout the Provinee, but not found in Labrador, The /Agditints make pets of (his animal, in fact they domesticate it for the purpose of destroying rodents frequenting their out-houses. The scent elands ave eut out; it isthen tamed for the above use, and it is said to be more expert and superior to 4 cat. Rev Fox (Vulpes fulvus).—Plentiful, but the black and silyer-cray varilics are only to be met with in prime order in Lubrador, Newfoundland und Anticosti. Arctic Box (Vulpes lagopus).—Oceasionally seen in Labra- dor, Newfoundland, snd on two occasions on Anticosti, which islind it reached probably on ice, Wor (Canis lupus var. occidentalis)—The Province of Quebec is not much annoyed by wolves, It seems curions that Newfoundland is greatly infested by wolves of large size. T stuppose they Lave increased on account of the Government having ceased to pay fhe reward for their destruction. It is rarely met with in Labrador. During my last visit fo the South Coast I saw the skin of a larze wolf which was killed at Sheldrake River. This is the only instance of its occurrence on Labrador. One was once seen on the Island of Anticosti ahont eight years ago, but it is supposed to have reached the island onan iceberg fromthe neighborhood of Belle Isle Straits, Mink ( Puterias vison).—Found throughout Canada. The fur of this animal demanded a high price a few years ago. Now, it is out of fashion. ‘The price paid for skins depended greatly On the locality in which it was taken. (1 mean as re- eards our market.) For instance, an experienced furecollector could determine the loeality in which the animal was taken, on tanning the pelt. A ** North Shore Mink” would sell for twice the value of a ‘South Shore” skin, Although the St. Lawrence is the only burrier between the hadztat of the two animals, yet the pelage presents so great a difference that the value of the north shore skin is worth at least two of the one talken on the south shore. Marius (Wustela americana),—The best marten oecur in Labrador, but Anticosti is reputed to bea good hunting ground for this animal, It is found in the woods north of Quebee, but they do not atfain the large size of the specimens found on Labrador or Anticosti, Ovrer (Lutra americana).—Not common, excepting in the wild mountain Jake region north of Quebec. More abundant in the vicinity of the lakes in Southern Labrador. Rare in ~ Anticosti, Its fur has been very fashionuble for some years ash. Fisner (Mustela pennt/),—Uneommon in the’ Province of Quebee. Sranmvosen More (Condylura cristata).—We have this smimal here, and it is found occassionally at Quebec, but it is Tare. Surrmw More (Sealops aquaticus).—This species is abundant here, but not commen at (Quebec. ‘Yours truly, Ww. Couper. P. 8.—I may as well state further that the following animals do not occur on the Island of Anticosti: Caribou, beaver, por- eupine, wolt (accidental), lynx, squirrels. Tamintormed that vials reaching the islaud trom wrecks generally die shortly after- ward. Whether they are destroyed by other animals or not, it is a fact that although thousands of the European rat have seached the island, net one has been seen in any habitation, nor anywhere elze. W. G. _ oe ee Vennor's Breps or Pary.—The Toronto Ala says: ‘Mr. ‘Vennor's recent work, entitled *Our Birds of Prey; or, The Eacles, Hawks and Owls of Canada,’ has been very favorably received by the scientific press in England. The accounts of seen on Labr the habils, a8 also the descriptions of the various species are. pronounced excellent, a commendation of which Mr. Vennor may be proud, as the avcounts and descriptions were, m the large mnajority of cases, from the personal observation of the author, On one point one of his critics decides against him, the balance of the evidence being decidedly on the side of the for- mer. Mr. Vennor states that (here is no authentic record of the occurrence of the barn owl in Canada, The reviewer quotes, per contra, a paper of Mr. Bowdier Sharpe on the “Geographical Dis- tribution of Barn Owls,’ published in Mr. Rowley’s Ornithologi- cal Miseellang, in which it is stated ‘that the British Museum contains a specimen from the neighborhood of ‘Toronto, col- lected near that city by Mr. James Whitely, who has resided there for some years, and has sent many interesting birds to this country.’ There is no doubt, therefore, that the barn owl has been seen in Canada, but so seldom that Mr. Vennor may be excused for not haying heard of an authentic case.” We should much like to hear more respecting the distribu- tion of the barn owl in the northern United States and Canada, ti Ospreys Tagkmse Dersp Fisn.—Many thanks to ‘Dom Pedro”, for his succinct reply to my queries, and I reeret very. much that “Ss. ©, C.” should baye thought them captions. My interest in Ornithology, and the desire for further informa- tion, solely prompted me to make them. ‘Dom Pedro” says inregard to the rare incident he observed of an Osprey retak- ing a fish that had been dropped into the water, ‘that when it fell into the water it came to the surface, and while strug- gling around in_a circle the bird made his second plunge, tak- ing the same fish.” Tlaving studied Ornithology from the standard works, as well as from nature, I was desirous that an hitherto unobserved incident shonld be yerified and recorded. ‘Dom Pedro's” explanation corroborated my surmise that the fish was not dead when taken. Roamer. [For some information on tle other side of the question, however, we would refer ‘‘Roamer’ to Vennor’s “'Canadian Birds of Prey,” pp. 88and 89, reviewed in last issue of fornmsr AND S@REAM.—Ep. | -— 2 BLACK BASS AND OSWEGO BASS, \w Frreiseune, Vermont, June 4, 1877. Eprror Forest AND SrReaM : Why is it so many disciples of the rod fail to distinguish be- tween the black and Oswego bass? their differences are roarked both in shape and table qualities. T wish the AmeEri— cAN Sporrswen’s Jovrnan, for the benefit of our doubting brethren who hold that they are identical, would describe the pointe wherein they differ. 4 [The specific Characteristics of both fish are fully given and compared in Forest aNp Stream of Feb. 28, 1874. We will endeavor to republish them shortly.—Ep. | We had a very good run of black bass this year, thanks to , our law which protects them from May 15 to July J, and the good effects of which we already see in the increased num- ber and size of the lish. I think it might. be improved by putting the close season a week enrlier, but if does very well asitis. The spawn are already hateling, and the beds are black with little bass. One offender, canght with a bags in his possession, was brought to the rack a week ago through the influence of the Sportsman’s Club, and paid his tine like a little man. Others are under surveillance, and terror reigns in the ranks of the law breakers. Pike should have taken the spoon two weeks ago to have verified ihe old rale “When apple trees hiow Fike lishiug go,” but they didu’t, and won't even now in any numbers. Those that are taken are small, and the largest 1 have seen this year was a three-pounder, caught by your correspondent, ‘* Awa- hoose.” ‘The season is very dry, and the water low in conse- quence, which, perhaps, has something to do with it.” But Tew are being caught in seines. Yerp Monr, — AUDACITY IN HAWKS. Curceaco, Tl, May 19, 1877. Rprron Forest AND STREAM: Seeing in your issue of the i9th inst, an article on the audacity of hawks, I thought I would giveyou my testimony regarding the incom- parable cheekiness of that bird. While quail shooting in Morida last wiuter my dog lad just come toa point, I walked in, getling a right and left, The bird whieh [ dropped with my left-hand barrel was a long shot—full forty yards. However, almost before it had reached the ground, and before the smoke had fully cleared away, a large hawk swooped down and quietly carried him off to a neighboring tree. Call- ing Dickin “to heel,” and changing my No. 9s for an Wly’s No. 5,1 thought I would settle with that hawk, and so, creeping cautiously along, I got within about sixty yards, and brougnt down the rolber and the quail with him. Hawks are very numerous in Plorida, and de- stroy large numbers of quail, as do the negroes, who pob ther on the ground and ivap them summer and winter. Yet with all this war waged against them they thrive wonderfully. I conld leave camp any day and go in any direction and be sure of finding four or five coveys in less than half an hoor, FLORIDA, —————__+—-#- THE FAUNA OF MICHIGAN. BY ARCHER. ( Continued). FAMILY ALAUDIDAS, GENUS EREMOPHILA, Boie, Shore Lark. PAMILY IOTERID A‘ GENUS DOLICHONYX, Swain. Reed Bird, Rice Bird, Bobolink. GENUS MOLOTHRUS. Molothrua pecoris. Swain. Cow Bird, Cow Blackbird, GENUS AGELAIUS, 4 Agelaius pheniceus, Vieill. Red-winged or Swamp Black Bird. GRNUS XANTHOCEPHALDS. geterocephalus, Bd. Yellow-headed Black Bird. Eremophila atpestris. Dalichonyx oryzivorus. Xanthocephalis Rare. ~ GENUS STURNELLA, Sturnella magna. Swain. Meadow or Old Field Lark. ! Sturnellu neglecta. Aud. Western Lark. Occasional specimens met with, ° ~ GENUS ICTERUS. Teterus spurius. Bonap. Orchard Oriole, Aiterus baltimore, Daud. Baltimore Oriole, Hang Bird, Golden Robin PaM{LY CORVIDA, GENUS CORVUS. Corvus carnivorus. Bart. American Raveu, Corvus americanus, Aud, Common Crow, Wicotris ossifragus. Wilson. Fish Crow. Frequently seen io the Deighborhood of the great lakes, GENUS PICA, Pica Wiisoniea. Bonap. Magpie (American). GENUS CYANURA, Swain. Blye Jay, GENUS PERISOREUS. Perisoreus canadensis, Bouap. Canada Jay, Moose Bird, Whiskey Cyanura cristata. John or Jack, SUB-ORDER CLAMATORES, FAMILY TYRANNIDAB, GENUS TYRKANNUS. Bd. King Bird, Bee Marten. « GENUS MYIARCHUS. Cab. Great Crested Fly Catcher, GENUS SAYORNIS. Sayornis fuses. Bd, Pewee, Phospe. Sayornis sayus, Bd. Says Pewee. Anthority, Prof. Fox, x GENUS CONTOPUS. Contopus borealis. Bd. Olive-sided Fly Catcher, Contopus virens, Cab, Wood Pewee. GENUS EMPIDONAX. TEmpidonax trailti. Bd. Traill’s Fly-catcher. Emjpidonax minimus, Bd. Least Fly-catcher. Tyrannus carolinensis. Myiarchus erinitus. Empidonax acadicus, Bd, Small green-coated Fly-catchur, Little Pewee. Enupidonax slaviventria. Ba, Yellow-bellied Ply-catecher. FAMILY ALCEDNIDAS GENUS CERILE. Belted Klog Fisher. WAMILY CAPRIMULGIDA GENUS CHORDEILES. Night Hawk, GENUS ANTROSTOMUS, Bonap, Whip Poor Will. PAMILY CYPSELID&, 7 GENUS CUATORA, Bd, Chimney Swallow. FAMILY TROCHILLDA&, GENUS TROUAILUA, Linn. Roaby-throat Hommnilog Bird. ORDER &CANSORES, PAMILY CUCULID4, i GENUS COcOYGOS, Coceygus erythropthalmus. Booap. Black-billed Cackoa, Coccygus americanus, Bonap, Yellow-billed Cuckoo. PAMILY PICIDE, GENUS PICUs. Picus villosus, Linn, Hairy Woodpecker. Large Sapsucker, Ficus pubescens. Linn, Downy Woonpecker or Lesser Sapsucker. GENUS PICUIDES. Picoides arcticus, Qray, Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker. Pioides americanus Bretun. White-backed three-toed Woodpecker. The former common to Upper Peninsula, aceasional to Lower. GENUS SPHYRAPICUS. Bu. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. GENUS HYLOTOMUS. Bu. Black Woodcock. Log Cock, GENUS CENTURUS. Bonap, Red-bellied Wooripecker. GENUS MBLANERPES. Melanerpes erythrovephalus, Swaiu. Red-headed Woodpecker. GENUS COLAFPTES, Swain, High-holder, Flicker. (To be continued.) Oy ee ARRIVALS AT CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE FOR WEEK ENDING Jose 9, 1877..--One crow blackbird, Quixcalus versicolor, presented by Mr, Jobn Sutherland, N. Y. City; one purple gadiuule, Gullinula martiniza, presented by Mr. Samuel W, Traslow, Jr., 2 on board of steamship City of Houston, while in the Gulf of Mexico, on her trip to this city ; two Kneglish pheasants, Phasianus colehicus, presented by Mr. Joho Sutherland, N, Y, Cliy; one mocking ble, Minus pallyglottus, pre- sented by Dr. Stephen Kelly, N. ¥. City; one ring dove, Purtur risuria, bred in the menagerie. W. A. CONKLIN, Director, ——__——— 16+ Ceryle aleyon.- Boie, Chordeiles popetuc. Bad, Antrostojus vociferus, Chuactura pelagica. Trochilus eolubris, Sphyrapicus varius. Hylatomus pileaties. Centurus carolinus, Colaples auratus. ARRIVALS aT THE PHILADELPHIA ZooLogican GARDEN FoR WEEK ENvING TUESDAY, JUNE Sth, 1817: 1 Maltese Cat (Melis dorestiva), presented ; 1 Garter Snake (Butania sirtalia), presented; 1 Badger (Varidee americana), purelhasel; % Ool- lared Pecearys (Dicotyles torguutus), presented; 1 Hawk (Huteo borealis), presented ; 4 Horned loads (Phrynosoma corniuta), presented; 1 Brown Capuchin (Cebus /entellus), presented; 1 Siren (Stren lavertina), presented; 2 Land Tortoises (Vestudu tabulate), presented, , ARTHUR E. Brows, Gen’, Supt, He —Mr. H. T. Helmbold has leased the new store corner of Broadway and Seventeenth street, formerly the residence of the ex-millionare Daniel Drew, and intends opening the finest drng store in the world, on the Ist of July. AWoadland, Harm and Garden. FLOWER SHOWS, \V E suppose that a garden affords the most innocent and perfect of pleasures. Lord Bacon thonght so, and un- philosophical people, who never trouble their heads about the inductive method, are at least Baconian in this system. We ure all supposed to trace down from “the grand old gardener and his wife," and therefore haye an inherited tendency to- wards flower shows. The man who does not love flower shows, is like Shakespeare's wretch, who does not love music, The love of flowers is often the finishing grace of a noble character, the redeeming virtue of adebased one. Given the love of flowers, you may in the long run work out the love of many hisher things. Moreover, these flower shows do a great deal to cement and clevate provincial life. The general ten- deney is to be metropolitan, or rather cosmopolitan, and every thing that adds to the vigor, healthfulness and independence of country life cannot be spared in these days. OF course peo- ple approach the matter of flowershows from various points of view; some are terribly in earnest about the prizes. In- deed there is a fashion much to be reprobated for special culti- vations, which shall earn mouetary prizes and paragraphs in prepare, every one of which he cut at an eye or joint, in the approved orthodox style of a qnarter of a century ago: all propagators of experience here have long known tliat this is not only & great waste of Material, but a still greater waste of time, and we never do it unless in particular cases that very rurely occur, I might mention scores of similar operations, which are performed abroad in a manner which seem to us as primitive as this. (The foregoing article, taken from the ‘American Agricul- turist,’’is so pertinent and to the poimt that we haye much pleasure in giving it all the publicity we can. Mr. Henderson would not be himself, if not statistical, and here le brings his statistics to bear with unusual force. We trust his article will receive « careful perusal from our readers, as it has already awakened much attention both in and outside of the horticul- tural profession.—Hp, | the newspaper, while the general beauty and entirety is seemingly disregarded. Such gardens are unlike Armicla’s or éven Corisande’s. ‘The finul sentence of “Lothair’ oceny io us, “1 have been in Corisaude’s garden, aud she has given me a rose.” The sweel. human roses in their white and red, blossom at our flower shows. Amid the beauties of ani- mated nature, there are those which honest» Goldsmith never classified. Unquestionably there is a good deal of Honest criti- cism on roses and geraniums, on cut flowers anid designs, and the show of azalias, orchids and the multicolored foli- aged plants is always a strong point at a spring flower show. Moreover, there is 4 great deal of scientific interest in homely yuretables, and even non-scientific eyes can view with suggest- ive complacency, green peas and early potatoes. Still, as one watches the gay crowds promenuding the paths, or sipping ices, or listening to the music, it is easy to see that the people who come to the show, really make up the largest part of the showitsell. It is the oppor(|urity for friendship and flirtation, for the intelligent stndy of fresh variegated toilets, for count- ting up our friends who are present and discussing those who are absent. It isa matter of general congratulation if one of our friends has succeeded in winning a prize, or we praise his kindness in sending ferns, palms or orchids to aid in the or- namentation ofthe scene. From what we can learn the forth- coming exhibition of the New York Horticultural Society at Gilmore's Garden (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week) will be by far the best ever brought before the pub- lic of New York, and we trust the Society will be encouraged jiy the increased allendanece and the interest manifested in the beauties exhibited, to renewed efforts to make their June and all exbibilions even more of a success. er of THE PRICESOF NURSERY ANDGREEN HOUSE PRODUCTS ABROAD AND AT HOME. Che Fennel. Fur Forest ani Stream and Red and Gun HY DROPHOBIA. Raties caning, or canine madness, isu disease of a nervous order, natural to the dog family. Consequently, wolves, foxes, hyenas, and all the canine tribe from the least to the greatest, are occasionally subject to attacks of this fatal malady. The disease, without the slightest doubt, is specific in itg character, just as much so as diphtheria, small pox, vaccinia, ete. ; and when it is developed in human beings and other animals, it generally communicated to them by bites, or the lodement of portion of the yitiated saliva of the suffering animal upon wounds, or otherwise, so that the poison is taken np by absorp- tion into the system). Until the introduction of the spitz doz fortunately if was a discase comparatively of rare occurrence and bul a yery small proportion of the dogs now killed par- porting to be rabid really labor uuder that difficulty. Dogs hiving worms, pups getting second jeeth, aud some cases of distemper in the carly stages are attended with fits or spasmst and sometimes the animal thus affected will run abont in a hewildered condition, froth at the mouth, and excite general arm. Tf seen ly persons not acquainted with the symploms of hydrophobia, at once the hue and ery is raised “mad dos,” the unfortunate cur is dispatched (which is the only safe plan where the cause snd symptoms are uot understood), and the public is treated fo an article in the newspapers detailing the horrors of this disease and its prevalence. The saliva of a healthy dog is among the most innocuous agents that can bea p- plied toa wound. It is his own panacea for every injury, and his licking of séres of human beings has been regarded salutary from almost the earliest history of the world. Recently there has heen conveyed, through the public print, the idea that the bite of a dog not suffering with rabies.is capable of commruni- cating that disease. Onemight just as well sayto shake hands -With a man that had not the itch will give the itch, or to serateh 4 man with a point not charged with yaccine yirus will produce kine pock; and to argue that a man bitten by a’ well dog, if that dog goes rabid six months after, the man is liable to be attacked, is more preposterous than witchcraft. This true a wound from a dog’s tooth, like wounds from other instruments, sometimes, weeks after, may be the means of causing spasms, trumatic tetanus, etc., which may so strongly resemble rabies as to mislead the experienced ; but surely rabies must exist in the dog in order to produce il in the man, and just as snrely the dog having the virus of rabies developed in him will die in ashort time, Small dogs are more dangerous than large ones, being more inclined io snap, I haye seen several dogs labor- ing wilh this (disease; two of them I owned, and had full op- portunity to note their carly symptoms. One was a Scotch terrier, the other a setter, both amiahle house: dogs, greatly at- tached to the family, and under good subjection. ‘lhe symp- toms were as near alike in them as they ure in any disease that afflicts mankind, The symptoms for the first twenty-four to forty-eight hours isa feverish, dogey smell, a great deal more so than usual in dogs that are not constantly chained to a kennel, quite marked swelling of the salivary glands, which no doubt are the first organs of the system that suffer. On the second and third days they secm languid, their eyes have a weak or liquid look, mouth slightly parted, tongues protruding a little, a yery short, dry Joll; if they move during this period, it is with a tired or sickly drooping of the head and tail, and the first quiet Place they reach they throw themselves down, always with Uhis short panting, About the latter part of the third day, they begin 10 grow restless, becoming easily annoyed ‘with real or imaginary flies; will often get up suddénly and cross the room to catch or snap at them, and, if naturally illmatured wilt snap at personsif teasted ; gencrally eat and drink; will usually obey their masters, and, if accustomed to hunt, will make an ef- fort. Bui their behavior will certainly excite suspicion, either at home or in any other place. About the fourth day they will become so restless, (hat, if not secured, they will leave home and travel about, bite other animals and occasionly persons: if tied are more inclined to bite. During this period the saliva hegins to How, sonietimes copionsly, al other limes sparingly ; they remove if from their mouths by violent shakes of the head. Sometimes if, appears ropy, ab others frothy. When the saliva begins to flow they are unable to swallow liquids, and often solids, When they attempt to swallow anythin solid it is returned heavily coated with this ropy saliva, which seems to be the canse that prevents the swallowing. I haye scen them when attempting to drink start back witha sort of suffocating: or choking, which I ascribed to drawing the tough saliva into the glottis. Have thrown water over them, which they dislike, and which causes them to shrink aavay, but L have never seen it produce conyulsions. By the fifth day their eyes become blood-shot and delirious looking, moutlis more flowing and frothy, extremely restless, bite ab everything within reach; in a word, all theirsymptoms become aggravated to the highest pitch, except a very slight hack or cough, which they haye at the commencement of the disease, and which subsides with the flow of saliva. In this condition they worry unti] they beeome exhausted, and being unable to free their throat from the accumulation of these secretions, breathing is impeded, the brain and nervous centres irritated or congested, convulsions ensue, and by the seventh or eighth day death closes the scene, The first dog T saw with rabies, to note any of the symptoms, was a bull terrier owned by a Mr. Jas Durie in 1855, Probably on the third day of the disease, while chained, this dog bit Mrs. Durie through the bare hand, also during the same day bit a pig and a cow, and was killed on the fourth day without haying reached convulsions. Mrs. Durie escaped the disease, but the pig and cow went mad inside of two weeks. ‘The second case was a Scotch terrier owned by myself. ‘This doz was extremely Zood-natured for one of his species, was accustomed to he caressed and tended by compara- tive strangers, and was a great pet with acquaintances. Adout the 10th of May, 1861, I observed he was tt little indisposed, and on taking hind up I found enlargement of the paroted and submaxilary glands which | ascribed to cold, and a smell con- siderably strong for a dog that went loose and was kept with folerable care. He always slept in the house, and during the Wieht could be often heard tracking around on the dining roont oil cloth or digging in the corners of the yoom, During the es Biue Grass ror Vines.—In these days of scepticism in the horticulfural world as to anything good originating in this country, it is refreshing 10 come across the following endorse- ment of General Pleasonton’s theory, copied from the Dundee (Scotland) Advertiser into the pages of the Gardener's Chroni- ele, London, ‘Ihe effects of blue lass on vegetation are pretty well known to physiologists, at least so far as laboratory ex- periments are Concerned, aod they are not yet such as to in- duce a practical man to grow his plants under a blue ray. Numberless expertnents must be tried, ranging over a scries of years, to conyinee the sceptie that the excessive erowth al- leged fo have taken place isthat of nature, which results in well-ripened wood, well-colored grapes, and a sound constitu- tion, Here is what the Dundee Advertiser has to say on the inatter, however; “Some time azo a copy of General Pleasonton's book came into the hands of Mr. Spence, of Goyentry Bank. It so lap- pened that My. Spence was erecting vimeries af; the time, and he resolyed on satisfying himself us to the effects of the blue— Violet ray. Mr. Spence’s vinerics are builtaguinst a lofty wall, and have a fine southern exposure, There are two forcing- houses, each 30) feet by 15, separated by a transverse section of about the same dimensions running out from the wall. This construction necessitated a modification of the American plan, aud Mr, Spence has, by an ingenious arrangement of the vlass at the top of the wall, made sure of the yiolet ray travelling over all the plants. One of the houses—the westmost—is glazed in the usual fashion with white glass; the other is fitted up with rows of blue glass, casting a violet ray in the manner described by General ‘Pleagonton. With the exception of the rows of colored glass, the two houses are exactly the same in eyery respect. As to soil, itmay be mentioned that in the course of the summer Mr. Spence took a large quantity of turf off his lawn, which was allowed to rot, and in the fall of the year it was appropriated for the purpose of yine growing. It was placed in both houses, and in both cases bones and bone-meal from Rosemill were used as manure. On January 13th last the two houses were stocked with vines of equal aze and of the same yariety—Black Hamburghs. On the same day, in order further to test the influence of the blue-violet ray, pota- toes were planted in both houses. The vines and potatoes were placed so as to énsne the same conditions, the color ray ex- cepted. These operations were gone about with the advice and under the superintendence of Mr, Lawrie, an intelligent and experienced gardener. eat was put on in both houses on February 8, and the temperature has since then been kept equal, the white house from position having if anything the advantage.> On visiting the vincries we found the potatoes which have had the acvantage of the ‘ bine light bath? standing 5 feet above the surface, and so vigorous is the srowth, al- though carrying the full strength of {he stem, they will re- quire to be staked. In the white house {hey stood only 2 feet high. The vines, again, which are bathed in violet, have grown 2 feet 44 inches, and haye a strong vigorous look. Those in the white house, on the other hand, are only 13 inches. Those acquainted with vine culture will be able to estimate the different results by the following details. A regular note of pro- gress has heen kept, and the results have been given as fol- lows: At first the progress made under the color ray averazed fully an inch eyery twenty-four hours. On March §, exactly a month from the date of forcing, the potatoes under the white glass stood 14 inches above the ground, while under the blue glass they stood 25 inehes, The vines, again, at same date, had only grown 4 inelies under the white ¢lass, while under the blue they had attained a height of 16 inches. Asa further instance of the stimulating influence of the ray it may be men- tioned that a camellia was pointed out to us whieh had been removed into the *hlue” house because of the sickly Took, but which in its new quarters had srown 3 inches in tao ditys. Mr. Lawrie, who has had a lift-long experience, says nothing like it has before come under his notice. a Sl eee —We understand that we are likely to have a visil in this country in the course of the summer from Dr, J. D. Hooker, president of the Royal Society and director of the Royal Bo- tanic Gardens at Kew, London. He will be accompanied by his wife, whom he married last summer, and who was the widow of the well known naturalist, Sir William Jardine. Dr. Hooker's first wife, liis coadjutor in so many of his botan- ical labors, whom he lost a few years ago, was the daughter of the celebrated naturalist, Professor Henslow, BY PETER NENDERSON. HILE the price of Jaboris from one-third to one-half more in this country than in Europe, nearly all the products of the nursery, greenhouse, or garden, are sold lower here than there—not merely lower, but in a majority of cases at less than half the price. In nursery stock, I have the an- thority of Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, of Rochester, N. Y., for stating that, in many leading articles in fruit trees, the dilfer— ences in prieesin favor of this country are as follows: In FEneland, “Standard” apple trees are quoted at $18 per 100; the same quality are sold here at $12 per 100. Dwarf pear trees there sell at #85 per 100; here, at $15 per 100, Stand- ard pear, plum and cherry trees average in England $18 per 100; here $15 per 100. Apricots and nectarines are sold for about the same price here as in England, but. peach trees which are sold here at an average of $70 per 1,000, are there sold at $150 per 1,000. The generalassoriment of ornamental trees and shrubs show a corresponding tiverage in favor of lower pricts here. In greenhouse or bedding plants, the dif- fevinee in favor of our lower rates here is even greater, both at wholesale and retail. Noses, for example, which are sold low- er in Buropeé than almost anything else, can rarely be purchas- ed at less than $15 per 100; here the same quality averages #12 per 100, Carnations, or pinks, which are quoted in Eng- land as spéciilly low at $20 per 10Q, are sold here at $12 per 100. Ferns sold here at $8 per 100, are offered al $12 there; tuberoses and gladioluses that are sold here at $4, are quoted there at least double these rates, while to lake the average of heddme or greenhouse plants, that may average here $10 per 100 to the trade, are offered to us by the wholesale English houses as specially low, at $12 per 100. — Owing to the unusually dry weather of lash summer, nearly all our stock fuchsias were destroyed, so that we had to im- port from Jiondon ; the price paid was $25 per 100, the very sane quality that we sell at $12 per 100. In prices at retail, particularly for new plants, the prices paid in Europe are fully four times more than what we charge here. For example, a new rose, when first offered, is sold in London at £1 Is., the plant, about $6; here the first sales of the sameare at from $2 to $8 each. New fuchsias or feraniums are rarely sold in London at less than $3 each; here we think we are getting well paid if we get one-fourth of that sum, Tn addition to the greater price paid for the article itself, they invariably saddle us with the expense of boxes and packing, often no small item, which here is rarely charged by the florists. If we add to these, our 30 per cent. duly, wich our govern— ment in iis wisdom exacts for these perishable commodities, it may well be wondered that Europe ean ever sell to us at all, particularly when it is known that at Jeast one half of the imported plants are lost by injury sustain- ed in transit. The question arises, how can our nurserymen and florists sell so much lower, and make the business pay?— for flat they do make it pay quite as wellas Huropean grow- ers do, there is but little doubt. The answer to this is, the Icnown fact that the bizh cost of labor, has long ago forced us tO use our ingenuily in simplifying our work, | What we do with the plow, the Mnglish gardener still thinks it necessary to do with the spade. Whatwe do with our horse or hand enl- livator, he still does with the hoe, and often a very primitive sort of hoe at that. Where we use stakes and labels that are made hy machinery, they, in many cases, yet make them by hand, when a single one, actually, eosts as much in labor as doa lruidred when made hy machinery. When it comes to the manual Operations, necessary in the propagating and grow- ing of greenhouse plants, the same waste of labor is apparent, Our average propagator will take off, make, and set in bench, 1,000 cuttings per day; atthe rate I saw the propagators of two of the leading establishments in London working, when there a few years ago, | doubt if the average was 200 a day, and when we tell them that some of our crack workmen can place 10,000 rooted cuttings in pots in 10 hours, they honestly think it false, for probably not more than one-third of that nuiiber has ever been done in the same timethere. T do not wish to be understéod that the English gardener can not move as rap- idly as the American, but custom there clogs his hands wilh unneecssary work to accomplish the object desired. ‘The other day a. man of 40 years of age presented himsell! to me, with credentials from & long established Hdinburgh firm, stat- ing him fo be experienced propagator and cultivator of plants, To test his capabilities, I handed him a lot of rose cuttings to ; nak Inguirer.—The plants receiyed are a small specimen of Trillium grandiflorum, the large flowered white Wake robin, Mitcella nuda, the smaller Mitrewort or Bishop's cap, and Ribes aureum, the Buffalo or Missouri currant, remarkable for the spicy Tragrance of its yellow blossom in early spring, The other three plants recetyed later—next week. Sprme#A Japonios, A, N.—Divide the crowns after flower- ing, und plant them in rich, sandy loam, ‘They require plenty of moisture when growing. In Holland this plant is grown in great quantities for forcign markets among their hyacinths, in rich sand. THe LEONARD Sri Basroo Hy Rops,—These rods have long had a Most extended reputation, and are aiways admitted to be equal to the best, even by rival makers, Mr. Leonard has mapnfactared a great many rods that liayé been sold by leatling tackle houses who have earmad & Yepiitation for dealiug in superior goods, We bas recently aided consideralle capital to his business, and has greatly extended his manufacture of rods at Bangor, Malone, not ouly making work su- perlor to any that he has done before, but adding important improye- ments in ferries, which secure greater strengilh and more uniform elasticity, The best testimony to Mr, Leonard's workmanship is hie handiwork, [4Ady, following day he lay around under chairs ete., aid during the night was agiin restless. old and intimate friend snapping his fingers at him he jumped and tore his yest, I now chained him securely in a horse stall in the stable and barricaded the stall. Convulsions came on on the latter part. of the fifth day, and he lung himself across the partition of the stall the morning of the sixth day. This dog had pups born to him on the 27th of June following, and, so far as we knew, developed the disease spontancously. Tn August, 1868, a Jittle mongrel] black and tan doz came in my office and seized a fine, well-trained setter dog I had lying under a settee and bit him in the nose. I was nearly sure the eur was rabid and followed him around a block, when a num-~ ber of boys gave chase to him and finally killed him. My dog was scratched alitie inthe bulb of the nose, being saved from a more seyere wound by a wire muzzle. 1 washed the nose With a solution of chlorid of ammonia, also wiped him all over with the same, and gave him internal prophylactic treatment, and kept him well muzzled. In October, seven weeks after, I noticed the symptoms. _ On the third day the symptoms were s0 manifest that J concluded to shoot him, and took him dowh to the meadows with that intent. On letting him loose he at onee struck out for a hunt, and in five minutes made as fine a point on an English snipe as a man éver saw. I shot at and missed the snipe, took the dog home, cleared ont a bed-room, put downa heavy doubled rag carpetfor him to lie on, chained him to an old settee frame and concluded I would be sure he had rabies, but on the morning of the fifth day of the disease he had a convulsion, After the convulsion, though he was obedient to me, he exhibited signs of derangement and would have bitten a stranger without doubt. J killed him with strichnine. And this killing with strichnine developed a fact that I had not before obseryed and that was, that the dog did not swallow at all at this stage of the disease. At command he came the length of his chain, and took into his month a flat piece of iron, on which I placed ten grains of the drug; in twenty minutes I gave him fifteen erains more, and after again waiting twenty minutes I gave him another fifteen grains, and from the time he took the first dose he lived two hours, seeming to grow better under the influence of the poison until within a few seconds of his death, The drug was good, and after death the dog's tongue and roof of his mouth were white with it. Mild dispositioned dogs that haye a master to whom they are greatly attached will often warn them of their danger by snapping short—their masters being the last things they will respect, and they will often exhibit a regard for them until nearly unconscious, They are not very much inclined to attack strange persons in the strect if undisturbed. Dogs in the early stage of rabies exhibit their likes and dislikes; will bite one person and not another; willgo some distance ont of their way to bite one animal and not another. Their sense of smell continues until the disease is far advanced. Persons owning dogs should secure them on observing the feyerish smell, swell- ing of the kernels or glands in the throat, short loll, languor, drooping of the head and tail, and easy disposition to be an- noyeéd yy the buzzing and sight of flies ; and when they become restless and the saliva begins to flow n0 time should be lost in ; destroying them, as delays are dangerous. There is no season of the year, or climate, where dogs are exempt from this dis- ease, and Tam told in Hudson's Bay, in mid-winter, the fur hunters are annoyed with their dogs becoming rabid. The dogs used there are large and intelligent animals, and not in- clined to bite those with whom they are acquainted until the disease is well developed. In this climate there is yery little difference in the number of the occurrences of this discast in the seasons, The impression las gone abroad that more occur in summer; but the records of actual cases where persons and animals have been bitten and developed the disease, will give the preponderance to cool weather Srraigur Bors. +o— THE WEBSTER SETTERS. We print with pleasure the following letter ixom our old friend, Ethan Allin, regarding the Webster setters. Perhaps another valued Connecticut correspondent, ‘* Senex,” can throw further light on the subject : Pomrrer Centre, May 28, 1877. Eprror Forrsr Any Stream : In the issue of the Porrsr anp Srezam of the 10th of May I notice a letter from George W. Blunt, in regard to the Web- ster_setters, Rake and Rachel, in which he spuaks of them io glowing terms as something superior and desirable. Now, what 1 have to say is all in reference to Rachel. my possession through the shooting season of 1847 and part of 1848. Thad abundance of opportunity to test her in the field on quail, woodcock and ruffed grouse, as this species of game were then abundant here. The term hantlsome, that Mr. Blunt uses, I can appreciate; but what he infers by the term steadier, as applied to Rachel, I cannot fully under- stand, unless it is that she hunts diligently, with nose raking the ground, and steadily Hushes each and every bird she is for- tunate enough to find, without showing the least inclination to pointthem, I neversaw ber make but one point during her stay with me, and that one on a bevy of quail, when she stopped, and save a long, anxious look before springing in on them. Ican imagine a well-bred setter becoming unsteady by bad usage, but I never saw what was originally a first-class dog, however badly he had been managed, but that would oc- casionally forget his wildness and make a staunch point. I hive seen plenty of fox hounds, without a drop of either pointer or setter blood in them, that would make mere de- cided points than Rachel, and make them oftener on quails than she would. Hither Mr, Blunt is not well posted on the requisites of a good setier, or else Rachel mist have deteriorated rapidly after she left him. I bred Rachel to a steady, staunch dog, and her pyogeny did not compare with the sire, and not until the second or third cross did her stock prove of any value. We had then several native setters far abead of either her or her progeny. My present kennel has a slight admixture of her blood, but I do uot aliribute any of their good qualities to the Webster cross. 1 yo in for first-class field qualities, and if a dog does not pos— Sess these qualities, it matters not by what titled nobleman he was bred or how ancient his pedigree. I want none of his tiood. tis much easier to get up a reputation on paper than in the field. ‘The former may havea short run, but the latter isof the only public value, Thirty years isa long time to look back ou, and very few «wre now living that can testify to the field qualities of the original Webster dogs. Yet, Iam so fortunate as to be able to prove the above assertions by living witness, Ersan ALi, The third day was worse, ind on an | She was in ENGLISH SPORTING AND KENNEL : NOTES. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. | INCE I sent you an account of the large and excellent bench show held in the Scottish capital, we have had a lusy time of it on thisside the ‘herring pond;” abeut a dozen shows, a good many of them important ones of 300 to 400 en- tries, have been numbered with the past. Add to this our art- nual setter and pointer field trials at Shrewsbury and under the auspices of the Kennel Club at Horseheath, Cam- bridgeshire, and it will be seen there has been no idle time for exhibitors, breakers, judges or reporters, and the sporting British public have had their choice of treats. As | think it more than likely that some one of the numer- ous friends of Forrsr anp Soream more capable than I am have already sent you an account of thefield trials, I will con- fine myself to brief remarks of a general character respecting them. These tio sets of trials are conducted in different places which has caused and stilll causes much wordy war. The Kennel Club adopts the plan of running in heats or rounds as in-coursing. This plan is staunchly adyocated by numbers of sound practical sportsmen, who argue that it is in the highest degree improbable that a faulty, imperfectly trained dog, or one indifferent in nose, range and style, should get through a stake undefeated. No doubt this is true as far as it goes, but at best it is but a one-sided view of the question, for, on the other hand, the two best in the stakes may be drawn against one auother in the first round, when, as a matter of course, one—and through ill luck it may be the best—is at once ors de combat, J remember 2 notuble instance of this at a Waterloo coursing meeting, where Bendimen and Bed of Stone, both public favorites for the cup, were the first couple drawn, and ran there unde- cided, when the noble owner of Bendimen drew him in favor of the little bitch; and at Horseheath we had a glaring in- stance of the injustice of this rule, where Mr. R. Purcell Liewellyn’s Norma, a first-class puppy that ran up to Ranger at Shrewsbury the week before, was, with Ranger, the first brace down, and her chance put out in a trial in which both performed well under the great disadvantage of little or no scent. Now, under the system on which the dogs are run at the Shrewsbury trials, Norma’s chance would not have been put out. She would have been put down again with another campetitor, and if she performed well might possibly again have been ron with Danger. At Shrewsbury the dogs’ merits are reckoned on a scale of points originally drawn up by Mr. Brailsford, and are as follows: Pace and range, 20; obedience, 20; style in hunting, 15; merit in backing, 10; game finding, 20 style in pointing, 15; total, 100, and the winning dogs are placed in the order merited by their average performance, for instance, if a dog has run three times, making totals of 70, 80 and 90 points, he would be credited with 80 points. This system, too, has the advantage of pet- mitting the judges to call out and run together any brace whose individual performances have been so near that, it is desirable to pit them against each other, the better to com- pare their style and general merits, Of dog shaws, as I have already observed, we haye had quite a platter, and it would be wearisome to more than brietly refer to the principal feature of the best. Swindon is a new aspirant to fame, but the Wiltshiretown promises to became popular, Although we have been at the game of dog show- ing for many yearsin this country, we are stilla long way from perfect; and it is very noticeable that whenever a show is started in a neighborhood new to it, a large proportion of rubbish mukes its appearance, until the owners of the mon- grels Jearn, by repeated failure, that it is needless to show half breed curs—and many of them very wisely go in for good ones, finding them quite as easy to keep and much more ered- itable companions. Thus, at Swindon, one-half the exhibits were utterly worth- less; but Swindon is in its infancy, and will do better—even now we had such an array of bloodhounds as, I venture ta say, was not to be seen at the great international at New York. The winner bere (Rival) is by the famous Regent, out of Sylvia. As in all good dogs of the breed, his splendid head attracts the eye and commands our admiration; his high, domed skull, deep jaws and capacinus nose; his thin, deep flews hanging down below the under jaw, while round the deep set eye the plentiful supply of loose skin lies in wrinkles ; and the long, Unin ears and abundant dewlaps fall far below his ample throat like folds of gracefully arranged drapery. Rival is uot, you must understand, our best bloodhound ; he would not stand a chance with Brutus, Rollo and others. Still he is a good one, and lis head, although truly grand, is not to be compared with that of Mr. Ray’s St. Hubert, so ex— cellently portrayed by Mr. Baker, the artist in Tie Mield of May 12. St, Hubert’s head far surpasses that of any blood- hood I have seen, It is simply magnificent. Wolverhampton, situated in the heart of the ** black coun- try"—as the mining districts of South Staffordshire is called — is a very old and favorite show, and one of the best managed ones we have; hut there was an unaccountable falling off, both in numbers and quality, this year. Above all things visi- tors were disappointed by and could scarcely realize the fact that there was only one bull-dog and a very common Jot of bull terriers—the latter class being, I may say, indigenous to the locality. Jim Hinks, of Birmingham, Mr. Godfree and a few others being the most successful breeders of this variety, and from them have emanated the whole army of Pusses, Vic- tors, Princeges, etc. ; and, moreover, the Staffordshire miner is incomplete without his dog, and he must have one that can box. The fighting dog, par excellence, is the terrier—with enough bull dog to give courage and endurance, and not too much, or the truncated muzzle appears and destroys their punishing powers. The great interest taken by the miners und ironworkers in these dogsis shown in an exaggerated fashion in the story of the Dudley man who went to Gornal, a neighboring village, to inform his brother of the death of their mother, when he saluted him with ‘“‘ Ah, Bill, t}oud woman’s decad.” And then, 4s a happier and more important thought flashed across his mind, he added, ‘*An’, by gosh, lad, bitch has whelped nine on ’em, and ne'er a Dudley faced un." Itis not that dog fighting has ceased that there was a paucity of bull terriers at Wolverhampton; but the factis the show is so much more carefully bred and reared, and, consequently, go much | handsomer, the animal used in this debasing sport ) wouldhave no chance with him in the ring. Ourshow bull terriers are by no means wanting in courage, but rather too full of it, and many of them ate uncertain in temper. Among other special clubs lately formed here I may name the Bull Doge Club, the Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club (of which I haye the honor to be one of the secretaries), the Skye ‘Terrier Club, and last, though not Jeast, the Fox Terrier Club, These have been each and all called into existence by the highly unsatisfactory awards of prizes, each judge doing what seemed rigiit in his own eyes, and consequently indulz- ing in absurd vagaries and contradicting cach other and them selves after the most approved fashion. ‘To remedy this evil these clubs have drawn up a standard of excellence and valua- tion of the several points of the breed they take under their protection, and as the club’s description and pomts may in- terest American readers I give it. This club held a special show of fox terriers in London on the 2d and 3d of May, when over 300 of the best of the breed in the world competed, and the whole affair was a great suc- cess, the grand challenge cup, a truly magnificent trophy of great artistic merit, executed by Elkington & Co., heing won by Mr. Benbidge’s unapproaehed Nettle. This cup iswf £50 value, and will become the absolute property of the fortunate exhibitor who wins it five times. Our great summer show will not be held at the Crystal Palace this year, but a month Jater than usnal—that is, the first week in July—at the Agricultural Hall, late the scene of the match between the American pedestrians, O'Leary and Weston. It is sure to be a large affair, but it will not be so popular with our country cousins, who are large supporters of our London shows, and who glory in a weck in that nearest approach to fairy land, the Palace of Crystal and its beauti- tul grounds. In concluding this rambling letter permit me to say that I will be pleased to give information through your columns to any of your dog clubs, or on any subject connected with ken- nel matters which lies in my power, and my facilities for gaining information are great, as lam in constant communi— cation with a great majority of our most noted breeders and exhibitors, Permit me to say there has been a widespread feeling of re— pret among Wtglish exhibitors that the short announcement of the International Show at New York did not permit them to send specimens, and J feel certain that should a great inter- national show be held next year, and transit facilities secured, it would be largely supported from this country. = Tue Proywpence Doe Ssow.—The following isa list of the prize winners at the dog show held in Providence last week. Mr. Tileston judged all classes. Prov ipEeNce Bencn Siow,—ReErorv or we dopan.— Class 1.—Champion Enelish setters—No entries. Class 2.—Champion Irish setters—Thomas Adcock, the only entry. Class 3.—Champion Gordon setters—No entries. Class 4.—Champion pointers—Isaac Campbell, the only en- try. . Class 5.—Imported English setters or their progeny of the first generation—No entries. Clasa 6.—Native English setters—41 G, M. Randall, 1st, prize; 45, T. A. Wedley, 2d prize; 47, Wm. “allman, high- ly commended, Bitches—20, T. Aldrich, ist prize; #1, W. H. Wales, 2d prize. Puppies—Wm, Tallman, best dog pup- py; Wm. Tallman, best bitch puppy. Class 7.—Imported red or red and white setters or theirpro- geny—49, U. A. Davis, Ist prize; 61 John See, 2d prize p50, ‘Thos. Adcock, very highly commended. Bitches—al$,G . A. Smith, lst prize; puppies—190, G. W. Lee, 1st prize. lass 8.—Native red or red and shite setters—54, W, IH. Sheldon, 1st prize; 56, P. E. Day, 2d prize. Bitches—i2, LL. H. Cutler, ist prize. - Class 9.—Black and Tan, or Black, Tan and White Gordon Setters—No awards made. Bitches—W. Tallman, Ist prize; Frank Gay, 2d prize. Class 10,—Pointers over 50 pounds weight—20, W, W- Austin, lst prize; 15, Gordon Reid, 2d prize; 3, H. G. Rus- sell, very highly commended; 14, Frank Oarpenter, highly commended; 13, C. E. Hart, highly commended; 11, A. L. Mason, highly commended; 10, T. Aldrich, highly com- mended. Bitehes—R. Hayes, 1st prize; 2, H. G. Gardner, 2d prize. a Class 11,—Pointers under 50 pounds—Dogs, no entries. Bitches—16, W. T. Start, Ist prize; 25, J. W. Cox, 2d prize, Class 12.—Pointer puppies. 28, H. Pinder, prize for best Dog Puppy. Class 13.—Retrieving and Field Spaniels, other than pure Trish. 2. Arthur Gardner, 1st prize; 66, Thomas Miller, 2d prize, Class 14.—Cocker Spaniels. Aldrich, 2d prize. Class 15,—Fox Hounds—75, Charles Burlingame, ist prize. Class 17.—Mastiffs—E. Carrington, Jr, 1st prize. Class 18.—St. Bernards—C. D. Wieper, 1st prize. Class 19.—Newfoundland—J, Cluney, Ist prize. 0—Wm. Clancy, 2d prize. ; Class 20.—Coach Dogs.—Joshua Hoyle, Ist prize; D. Cur- ran, 2d prize. Class 21,—Scotech Collies.—114.—I. W. Snow, ist prize; 115—J. Hoyle, 2d prize. Class 24.—Skye Terriers.—W, B, Mathewson, Ist prize. Class 25.—Yorkshire Terriers.—E. F. Hager, 1st prize; J. Gordon, 2d prize. Class 28,—Bull Terriers.—_125—Mrs. L, A. Davis, 1st prize; 132, Josh Hoyle, 2d prize. 4 Misceizangous Docs.—The judge suggests that the $15 given to this class be divided between Mr, H. Phillips, for his remarkably fine greyhound, Rover; Mr. James T. Potter, for his Japanese bitch, Bijou; and Mr. A. J. Hopkins, for his greyhound, Ned. Ei. W. Davis, 1st prize. T. . SPectAn Prizes, The Smith & Wesson revolver, presented for the best set- ter in the show, is awarded to the red Irish setter Limerick, owned by C. A, Davis. The fly rod, for the best pointer, is awarded to Dan, owned by W. W. Austin. The most prominent sale made is that of the Irish setter Limerick, owned by H. A. Davis, to a member of the West- minster Kennel Club, of New York, for $800. Limerick will be sent to Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. Grant, of the Westminster Kennel Club, offered $500 for Mrs. L. A. Davis’ thoroughbred English bull terrier (Goldsmith stock), bui the deg was ‘not for sale.” Ned, the St. Gernard-Newfoundland dos, owned ‘by the Adams Express Company, who pres thirteen months old, is a very yaluable dog, He w 0 pounds, and is: . a SA I, —_ 4, | 7 map / 'D STR 308 the celeb t | “Chief” stock. He was purchased by the com- | cents; salmon, green, 20 cents; mackerel, 10 to 18 cents! —Blooming Grove Park offers rare attractions for the sea- pany for $250, Two ae features i Bian non nee the | each; shad, x tigre EniveD sigh apr, white Bath oe son of 1877. Itaffords good trout and black bass fishing, amous setters Start and Peg; $500 has been offered during | gents per pound; Spanish mackerel, 25 cents; green turtle, 1 ‘ E - the week for the former and refused, She is a native Eng— | cents; terrapin, $12 per dozen; halibut, 15 cents; haddock, | @U¢k Tiled grouse and hare shooting, and fox and deer hunt- lish setter. Peg is an imported setter and a fine animal, and took the first prizes at the Springfield and New York Bench Shows. SS: Tue New Yorx Bexon Smow.—The official report of the A-wards of the Judges at the late dog show at Gilmore’s Gar- den is now printed, and can be had at this office upon receipt of the price, 25 cents. —H. 8. Wantmaker, of Hohokus, N. J., claims the nameof Leaf for his red Irish bitch puppy, born Jan’y 15, 1877, by Dr. Goldsmith’s Plunket, ont of W. E. Hudson’s imported Stella. e —Onr friend Dudley, of Poughkeepsie, has scent us anew loader, which is advertised as usual. It is not as ornamental as it ishandy, cheap and very useful. ee Your Ccrm’s Force Cornar.—We have received from the maker one of these necessary implements for dog breaking, of which a correspondent in Rockland, Maine, says: *T would like to express through your paper my gratification in using one of Mr. Von Culin’s spike collars, I saw them advertised in your paper and sent for one, and am yéry much pleased with the working of it, My setter bitch, which would not retrieve, now not only retrieves nicely, but seems to enjoy it, Yours respectfully, JAMES WIGHT.”, — ++ —Mr. Chas. F. Bancroft, of Baltimore, writes us that on the 20th ult., he received from the kennel of Mr. John M. Niall, Killaloe, Ireland, the red Irish setter bitch. Lilly, in whelp to the world-renowned champion Irish setter Palmer- ston, the litter being due on the 22dinst. Lilly is 22 months old, thoroughly trained, and in color she is a deep rich mahog- any. In appearance she fully comes up to my expectation, and exceeds by far Mr. Niall’s description of her, Shearrived in splendid condition on the steamship Caspian (Allan line). Lilly is by Capt. Leigh’s Flash (ist prize Crystal Palace. Lon- don) out of his Luna; Luna by Marvel, out of Brosna: Mar- vel by Plunket out of Min—all in the K. 0. 8. B —______+—-# —Wr. P. B. Morris has purchased the Laverack bitch Mag from Dr. Strachan, He has also purchased from Mr, L. H. Smith two Leiscester Dart puppies, a dog and bitch, marked like Paris, for which he claims the names of Startle and Poco- hontas. Mag has been bred to Mr. Cross's champion Lark, geht Se Sees 5 ee Te More Dog Saows.—And now Cincinnati is to have a dog show. Our correspondent writes us from there that a show will be held on the 2ist, 22d and 23d of this month, and that over 300 entries have already been made. Theplace in which the show is to be held has not yetebeen selected. ee Sammars Deng A Crantence.—t will match my crossbred red Irish setter bitch Irene, six months old, against any imported, native or crossbred Irish setter, dog or bitch, in the Syracuse Show, under seyen months, for fifty dollars ($25 a side), color not to be taken into consideration. If match is accepted, money to b placcdin HPorrsr anp Speman before Saturday, 16th inst. To be judged by Judges of Irish class in Show. P. H. Morris, 72 Duane St. Se a Ez No. 2 of *‘ Canine Therapeutics’ in our next issue, + —Three red Irish Gordon setter puppies are advertised for sale by Mr. Geo. E, Poyneer.. —WM. E. J. Robbins, of Wethersfield, Ct., claims the name of * Mirah” for his red Irish setter bitch by imp’td ‘ Buck” and out*of imp'td ‘* Floss.” My ‘* Flirt” out of ‘Bonnet Carre,” and by Salter’s * Dash” visited my ‘‘ Pat”? May 25. es —At Detroit, Mich., J. H. Canniff’s blue belton bitch Maud whelped eleyen on June 3, 5 dogsand 6 gyps. They are by Carlowitz. Ate A GOOD SUGGESTION. MARYSVILLE, May 31, 1877. EpItoR Forms? AND STREAM : The numerous illustrations which have appeared in yor valuable paper of sporting dogs have proved of great interest to me, and, I have no donbt, to all of your subscribers also who are interested in dogs. But their yaine would be greatly increased if with each plate (both in thé paper and the forthcoming “ Kennel Register”) you would give the following dimensions of the dog represented: 1, Eye to end of nose; ¥ Jengih of head; 3. nose to root of tail; 4. length of tail; 5. girth around chest; 6. spread of ear; T. height at shonlder; 8. weight. With- out these dimensions the picture is of comparatively little value. 24 Very truly, A, C, BINGHAM, Our correspondent has our thanks for his yery proper and ~ timely, suggestion. : Sea and River Hishing. FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. a FRESH WATER, . SALT WATER, Sainto fontinaks, Sea Bass, Centropristris atrarius. a aaie Salmo sala. Sheepshead, Archosargus probato- Salmon ‘Tront, Sana onfinis, _ _ cephalus. e Land-locked Salmion, Salaeo gloveri. Striped Bass, Roceus linneatus. ' Black Bass, Micropterus salmoides; Winte Perch, Morone americana, M, nigricans ¥ Wealcish, Cynoscion regalis Muskanouge, Hasox nobilior. Bluetish, Pomatomus saltatriz. Pike-or Pickerel, Msue /reeivs. Spanish Mackerel, Cybiwns macula- Yellow Perch, Perea jlavescens, tui. Cero, Cybium regale, Bonito, Barda pelamys. Kingtish, Wenticirrus nebulosus. For list of Trout Plies in season for June, see issue of May 31. ‘ ati = -Fisu iy Marker.—Salmon are now very abundant. E. G. Blackford yeccived from England, last Tuesday, some fine English soles and turbot, and we noticed also on the slabs of 6cents; king-fish, 20 cents; codfish, § cents; blackfish, #0 cents ; herrings, 5 cents; flounders, § cents; porgies, 10 cents: Sea bass, 12 cents ; herrings, 5 cents; eels. 18 cents; lobsters, 8 cents; sheepshead, 1b cents; soft clams, 30to 60 cents per 100; pickerel, 15 cents; Long Island trout, $1; Canada do.. 50 cents; hard shell crabs, $3 50 per 100; soft crabs, $1 50 y dozen; weakfish, 12 cents; frog legs, 35 cents per pound. —Arthur Boyce, of 45 Whitehall street, had good Iuck last week off the wreck of Black Warrior, down the bay, succeed- ing, among other fry, in landing a black fish of the following dimensions: Length, 24inches; girth, 214 inches; weight, 12} pounds two hours after being caught. Mr, B. feels justly proud of his achieyement, having brought to basket thie fine fish with « light rod and reel after nearly a quarter of an honr’s hard play. J. Caxnapa.—Prompton Lake, P. R., June 9.-—The Waterloo Fishing Club report that they have had fine sport at Bromp- ton Lake. Four of their number killed.sixty ‘silver lunge” (lake trout) in one day, Weather hotand dry. Streams low. Fine salmon are sold heré on the market at 1c. per Ib. STANSTEAD. \ Milltown, New Brunswick, Jone 4, 1877.—In May tlie sal- mon were not as ple.ty as usual. There were, at least, fifty fishermen, and if they could not kill from one hundred to two hundred each day. why fish were very scaree. To satisly fishermen at the stream, they expect a fish to rise most. every throw. Now, however, they are very abundant, every fisher- man haying as much sport as they conld ask. Salmon more about than for several years. Perhaps our Fish Commis- sioner, Mr. Atkins, should be thanked for our supply this spring. I hear the Dobsey Club have a good company, and fish quite plenty. Gro. A. BOARDMAN, —The Newfoundland seal fishery for the season has resulted in a catch of 412,000 seals. \ Mawe—Wt. Kineo, Moosehead Lake, June 8.—Fishing he- gan earlier here by two weeks than before in nine years and has been better than usual. So much for the game law that has been enforced during the last two years. Fly fishing is beginning to be good, and whoever comes here any time be- fore the 10th of July will have their fill of speckled trout, and as many ‘‘lakers” as they want. ‘rout are running large. K —The Mt. Kinco House at Moosehead Lake, Me., is now opentor the season, presenting its usual attractions. The former nests of this favorite resort do not need any recom- mendations from us, —Messrs. E. M. Bunes and Samuel G. Dunham, of Lart- ford, Ct., have just returned from a two weeks trip to Moose- head Lake, Maine. They report the fishing as fine as they have ever had in that region. Largest number of brook trout taken in one day by one man twenty. which weighed 364 Ihs.. the weight of the heayiest being three pounds. Flies used the greater part of the time were the Red Ibis, black and brown hackel. The weather was clear and very warm, the tormenting black fly more numerous than ever. Fly fishing on the lake was interrupted the last week by a thick scum which arose to the surface, either produced by the working of the water or the buds of elder and other bushes. A number of large Jake trout were also captured, but no brook fishing was had on account of the logs. \ MassAcuuserrs.—WVew Bedjord, Jane 8, 1877,.—The trap and pound fishing in this vicinity this season has proved nearly a failure, but our waters are now filled with bass, bluefish and the usual summer species. Five hundred and thirty-two bass were taken at the Vineyard at one sweep of the seine last week, Yesterday ‘‘ Capt. Lafe Sisson” took a party of Boston merchants down our bay and came back loaded with bluefish of extremely large size. Our markets are filled with fish, at low prices. Conoma. —The fine schooner G. P. Whitman, Captain Jerome Mc- Donald, arrived at Gloucester on Monday from the Banks, with the largest fare of fresh halibut ever landed at that or any other port, weighing off 140,000 pounds. MovVEMENtS OF THE Fisuine Fiuerr.—The number of fishing arrivals reported at this port, the past week, have been 89, as follows: 9 from the Banks, 51 from Georges, 28 from mack- ereling trips, and 1 from Magdalen Islands. The receipts for the week have been about 1,122,000 Ibs. codfish and 100,000 Ibs. halibut from Georges, 50,000 Ibs. Bank codfish, 500,0u0 lbs. Bank halibut, 4,000 bbls. mackerel and 500 barrels her- ring.— Cape Ann Advertiser, June 8. Cosyecricut.—Hartford, June 13.—A number of bluefish, weighing from five to seven pounds each, were caught in the river, yesterday, between Saybrook and the Lynne bridge. It is something unusual for them to be taken in the river, but it is said that on account of the low water this season, the salt water extends further up the river than usual. 4 Bluefish are bemg caught im abundance off Saybrook, and are especially numerous at Plum Island. As salmon, large and small, hover about the mouth of Con- necticut river in schools, the Kennebecker’s come,down in their prices, and their fine salmon are retailed here for twenty- fiye cents a pound. US sh —A salmon weighing 101 pounds was taken on the 6th inst. at the Falls at Pautucket, in Rhode Island. It was a female, and the egas were about the size of a No. 7 shot. Pautueket is at the extreme head of tide water in Naragansett Bay, and at the falls the Blackstone River comes in. The river was first stocked five years siice: It was taken in a scoop net, such as are used for catching shad and herring in the holes of | the rocks. The captor reports he had a very hot time of it for a few minutes. Fish CoMMISSIONER. Adirondacks, June.—Mr. Arthur N. Hollister, of Hartford, Ct., just back from the Adirondacks, caught, among many other fish there early last week, one lake trout that weighed between seven and eight pounds. He was standing on the shore of Lake Delia, and caught the fish on a minnow, but with a seven ounce fly rod, m. faken in the lower bay, We are gapeeinn ing in their seasons. Trains via Erie Railway leave New | York for Lackawaxen §:4 A. o., 10:15 a. w., 6:45 P. Mu; re- turning, leave Lackawaxen 9:09 a. o., 4:04 p, wy leaye Haw- ley 8 4. w., 3:05 P.M. Excursion tickets at 401 Broadway. For permits to visit the Park apply to Gro. A. Ruxzb, Sety, 37 Park Row, Room 23. —The most profitable seining fround on the Delaware is the Mantua Creck fishery, about ten miles below Philadelphia. Several persons have retired on fortunes made at this fishery. The yield there on two days this season was respectively 2,400 and 2,000 shad, worth when taken at wholesale rates, nearly $1,500. —On Monday last Mr. Wm. T. Boulden, at Locust Point fishery, on the Elk River, Maryland, caught a sturzeon meas- uring twelve feet in lencth and weizhing 290 pounds, Tt was not the fish nsually known as sturgeon in those waters, which are properly ‘‘mules,” but the true sturgeon, such asfrequent the Delaware. They rarely enter the Ells. ‘\ Virers1a.—Norfalk, June 4, 1877.—Saw a ood, plump Spanish mackerel last week that came from Lynn Haven, Have you ever tried a bonita stesek? They are prime. These fish are now coming in from Back River. W. H. 8. —A fine salmon, weighing about nine pounds, was caught in the Delaware River, off Robbin’s Wharf, opposite Borden. town, on Saturday. ¥ Froriwa.—Halifar Inlet, May 26.—We have lately been taking two species of fish in the river, which ate not found here in the winter. First, the Vavalli, or Creyallé—the first being the pronounciation of the Minorcan fishermen of this coast—the name signifying in that language “horse,” derived probably from the active habits of the fish in question. Its geueri¢ name in Gill's catalogue is Corangus—Carauz defensor of Cuvier. It seems to be allied tothe dolphins and mackerels : to the former in activity and brilliancy of color, to the latter in solidity and richness of flesh. Size, from one toten pounds, andis a very game fish when hooked, very predatory in hab- its, takes all kinds of bait, either on the surface or af the bot- tom. Second, the ladyfish, named Alinia conorhynchus in Gill’s catalogue, which, as I haye not seen described, I will give the following from a specimen 18 inches long, taken by me. Body slender, somewhat quadrangular in shape: head 1-5 the total lensth. Color of back, dark blue; sides and belly, sil- yery; scales small, head greenish. One dorsal, soft tayed, about midway of the back; tail deeply forked. Eyes very large, black; fins, silvery yellow. Mouth large, teeth small. Labials long and large, with fine teeth on the edges, All the fins soft rayed. P. 16, V. 16, A, 10, D. 18. . The ladyfish grows to the lenzth of three feet, takes any bait, cither at the bottom or on the surface, Is very voracious, and as game as a grilse. Like that fish, as soon as hooked, it begins to jump, and is half the time in the air when being played on arod. The membranes ef the jaws being thin, the ladyfish often escapes capture by sliaking its head after the manner of the black bass. It is little esteemed for the table, being bony and soft of fiesh. They would probably in sum- mer, when they come in shoals to feed on the small fry, take the spoon, perhaps the ily. ‘Those I have killed were taken with cut mullet, while fishing for red bass. 712) OF i SPLIT BAMBO RODS. To our customers and the public :—In reply to the damaging reports which have been circulated respecting the quality of our spit bamboo rods, by ** dealers” who are unable to compete with us at our reduced prices, we have issued a circular which we shall be pleased to mail to any address, proving the falsity of their assertions. Conroy, Bissett & Marneson, Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street, N.Y. Dachting and Boating, HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEE. Date, Boston, New York, | Charleston, hm ot nes tata PAIL A- fae o ALE ae dest > ace elena 1 11 10 #38 9 56 pebUTKe Dep: 444 bu Seen ss 0. essen ee ense 2 i il ow 10 «48 FARO Hon dea Lbs tetetaaeaer ea et Aa" 2 AQ Mid. Ty 98 SUN Bails nes an Persone vin es ees ke 3 66 0 40 Mid. TUTE Se sew gg senvamsce esos ene: < ot 1 34 0 52 SUNG TD «po ery eas bets esetiteses a 55 g 27 1 49 SUNG BOSS Wess. Cet eo eee re § 56 B 25 2 47 —The weather for the past fortnight, at least for yachting puposes, has-been in strongcontrast with that experienced dur- ing a similar period last year. Then each club had for its annual event all the wind that was required, and in some cases even more; during the present season the regattas Have been but little more than drifting matches. The Corinthian regatta of the Long Island Yacht Club was held on Friday, the sth, The Jersey City Yacht Club‘held its regatta on Thursday, the preyious day. It was cloudy and rainy, and fhe weather was wholly unfavorable. —Ar.aniie Yaout Crug ReGavra.—On Monday of this week the Atlantic Yacht Club held its twelfth annual regatta. Although not 2 asuccess from a yachtsman’s point of view, in reality it wasa most delightful excursion for about 500 friends of members of the club, mostly ladies, for whose transportation the fine steamer Americus had been provided. Indeed, the annual regatta of the Atlantic Yacht Club has come to be looked upon by the ladies of Brooklyn as the most enjoyable eyent of the season. As the steamers Wm. Pletcher, carrying the judges and reporters, and the Americus left Jewell’s dock the weather seemed anything hut propitious, the last end of an easterly storm still blowing, and the sky beingovereast. As the day adyanced, however, the wind hauled to the southwest, with nof enough of it to énable the schooners and first-class sloops to round the lightship and make the race within the prescribed time. The entries and dimiensions of the yachts were as follows: —_— _—— * oo v 34, E ’ FOREST ‘AND SPREAM, . SUHOONERS. Mean length, Name, Owner, Pt. Th, riiareas § 2222 555. ts. Com. G, A. Thityot...........--06 4B Poerless....,. seed. Maxwell....... ower ae PAIR Pray dtc aan! (We Foy VRP YG. eyeaderppsssney 0 FIRST CLASS SLOOPS Wiantlc......-.....-.- R, H. Honty.. vd (yt el BE SS Fe William Cuoper SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. Lisaaie L Genia,. Hope, WNimbr .L. BH. Biglow. Mab.. .-Hichard Arnol The start was from off Bay Ridge, and the course, for sehoon- ers and first class sloops, to and around the 8. W. spit, the Sandy Hook Lightship and home. The second class sloops, after rounding the spit buoy, proceeded to a stake-boat in Gedney Channel, and thence to thestarter’s point. The yachts, hav- ing a flying start, crossed fhe line as follows; Peerless, 1th. 16m, 25s.; Agnes, 11h, ¥m. 42s,; Triton, 11h. 18m. 3ils. ; Niantic, 1th. 25m. 22s.; Orion, 11h. 25m. 40s.; Genia, 11h, 25m, 10s.; Hope, 1th. 24m. 30s.; Kaiser, 11h, 26m. 11s. ; Lizzie L., 11h. 24m. 5s ; Nimbns, 11h. 26m. 10s. he wind was light, but still fresh enough to make the con- test interesting. The Peerless held her lead of the other schooners, while the Niantic was fast gaining on them, and leading the other sloops. Several tacks were necessary to enable them to make the first stake-boat, the yachts going around as follows: Agnes, 12h. 55m. 40s.; Peerless, 12h, fam. 15s.; Triton, 12h, 57m. 55s.; Niantic, 1h. 4s.; Orion, Th, 5m. 538.; Genia, 1h. 7m. 12s.; Hope, th. 25m. 24s. ; Kaiser, 1h. 16m. 38s.; Lizzie L., 1h. 24m. 30s. ; Nimbus, 1h. 30m. 14s. The wind hauling more to the eastward again, the lightship was now dead to windward, and the second class sloops also had a beat for the Gedney Channel stake-boat. The wind now died ont almost entirely, and with a flood tide it seemed impossible for the yachts to reach the lightship and return within the eight hours to which they were limited. The Triton and Orion did eventually succeed in getting around, the one at 6:6:12 and the other at 6:16:12, but as far as the schooners and first-class sloops were concerned if was de- clared no race. The second class sloops went around the stale-boat in Ged- ney’s Channel as follows :—Genia, 4h. 56m. 30s. ; Kaiser, 5h. 36m, 40s.; Lizzie L., 5b. 26m. 40s.; Nimbus, 5h. 22m, 35s, and having a fair tide home, succeeded in making the course in ‘7h. 42m, 50s,, the Genia winning. Their times were as follows: Genia, Th. Om. 6s.; Kaiser, 7h. 44m, 32s. ; Lizzie L., 7h. 82m. 9s.; Nimbus, 7h. 387m. 14s. We are indebted for many courtesies to the Regatta Com— mittee, comprising Messrs, I’. T. Peet, H, 8. Manning and G. A. Weber. 5 Actual. SnsieS..... B40) Wu. L. Lee S:41201 Scheme Lizzie Arrow. Niantie Kite... Comey. The sloops Susie S., Schemer, Arrow and schooner Comet are the winners in their respective classes. The event was in reality a match race in each class between two yachts of wide reputation for speed, and between which an intense rivalry has always existed. In the schooners, these were the Estelle and Comet; in the first class sloops, the Ar- row and Niantic; in second class sloops, the Lizzie L. and Scheimer, and in the third class, the Wm. L. Lee and Susie 8, Between the last two there was a wager of $300 a side in ad- dition to the contest for the elub prize. ReeaTrs or THE Boston Yaour Crus.— Boston, June TT. —-The first regatta of {he Goston Yacht Club took place off the club house, City Point, to-day, The weather was very stormy, with occasional squalls from the northeast, thunder being heard in the distance. Despite the mist and gloom, four or five of the more courageous owners placed their boats at the disposal of the committee for a regatta. After consul- tation on board Gommodore Cheeney’s yacht Fleur-de-lis, the Commodore decided to present two of the prizes to be sailed for. The judges were: Thos, Dean, Hsq., Capt. C. W. Jones of the Stranger, and A. Claxton Cary, Esq. The Re- gatta Committee decided (after conferring with the owners that wished to sail) to handicap, making but one class, with the regular time allowauee. Hyery now and then the fog would shut down thick, and things would look gloomy enongh. Precisely at 47. mu. the centre-board sloops Violet, Rebie and Posy, and the keel-sloop Sunbeam, with the little eatamoran, were sent off to windward with a fresh breeze, still northeast. The course was down the bay to huoy No. 6, leaving it on starboard; thence to Sculpin Ledge buoy, Jeaying if on starboard, to buoy No. 7, southeast of Fort Tndependenee, leaving it on port, up the bay toward Dor- chester, leaving Cow Pasture bnoy on starboard to judges’ boat, passing between iat and flag boat. Being one of the contestants we liad an admirable chance to follow the differ- ent phases of the race, and of course give the incidents more minutely. After leaying the judges’ boat we had a dead heat to windward, with quite a steady breeze, and we found we held the centre-boards very well. Al(hough there was hardly wind enough fo make us point with them, we slid throngh ihe water a little faster, and thus made up for lee-way. Tho Violet, Con. FP. E. Peabody, took the lead from the start, and rounded No, 6 quite 4 little distance ahead of the Posy, Capt. ersey, with Stmbeam third, and Capt. Jas. P, Phiu- ney’s Rebie fourth. Capt, Gleason's catamoran was occupy- ing a modest position in the rear. Brom the start we were anxious to know how the double boat would sail, but soon discovered that on the wind she was uot a success; off the wind she skimmed like a bird. After rounding 6 we lost, sight of the Violet the fog had shut down so. limmedistely went below and got out the compass and chart, for on the face 6f our navigation lay our chances for a prize. Our course from 6 to Sculpin was $, §.1., and we made it cor- rectly. On rounding that buoy we again came in sight of the Violet, which had her kites drawing splendidly; ours, too, was doing the business for us, and apparently we had neither gained nor lost_on the Violet after she had got round No. 6. Again the wind lightened, and the Violet vanished, like the flying dntchman, in the mist. We could hardly see the others, they were s0 far astern; hut we made out Rebie third, and the Posy bringing up the rear—the catamoran had given up and gone lack. The course we were now sailing was north by west, and ¢/iwé, we found out, was not enough to make the buoy, The course from the chart is N, N. W., but we gave her a point to windward for lea set of the tide. Every eye was strained on the lookout, and if ever a buoy in our harbor was scanned for more closely than No. 7 1 want to hear from it. We were sailing against odds and had got to make all that was possible to beat the boats astern, on allowance; besides the wind was light, and the centre hoards skim in such weather. About ten minutes more and the Violet and No. 7 were sighted up to windward. We had made too much lea- way, and were compelled to take in the balloon jib and beat up to the buoy to get round. ‘The Violet was rounded with her jib top-sail thrown over the stay and pilmg for Cow Pas- ture buoy No. 6, Dorchester Bay. Again she left us like 2 vision, and all was bleak. Whata lonesome feeling. Tagine yourself in asmall circle of space, the only objects in view your boat and{companions, and an. ugly black cun buoy with a big 7 painted on it in white. You are struggling to get to windward against a strong flood tide, and it seems almost as if the buoy would beat you. You know nothimg abont your competitors, how near or far they are. Well, to make a long story short, we got round the buoy, leaving it on port, and squared away from No. 7 for Cow Pasture, and where we sup- posed our friend the Violet was. In jibing around we always have to throw the balloon jib over the working jib stay, as it would not set properly without. The wind seemed to freshen as we got into Dorchester Bay, and we were soon bowling along with our lea rail] down and everything drawing hand- some asa picture. On ourtrip up the bay we spoke the little sloop Mignon, which lad the hardihood to brave the uncer- tain to find ont how the race was progressing, She followed us up fo the buoy and oyer the rest of the course. Our usual luck of former buoys! The Violet and No. 6 (Cow Fas- ture) was discovered at the same time; she on the home track and the buoy qvite a Tittle distance ahead. We got round, however, but the Violet had gone into smoke. We took in the big jib and were sailing snugly along under jib, gaff-top sail and mainsail; our decks were slippery with moisture and one had to use due caution in getting about. Ina few minutes the boon. of a gin was heard ahead, and we were notified of the Violek crossing the line, t00d-bye Ist prize, but look out for second. We spoke the Rebie when we were half way to the judges’ boat, and hit cased Our minds; she was standing for the buoy and could not, possibly make wp the time we were ahend of her, the Posy had given up the race. We crossed the line just 1 minute and 11 seconds 100 late for the first prize, and beat the Rebie 9 min- utes and 24 seconds. The Violet sailed the conrse (14 miles) inlh. 51m, 22 see, Ist prize. The Sunbeam (keel) 1h. 69m, 11 see., 2d proize, This race to us was of ereat importance, as if brought out all the knowledge of navigation we could display and gave us some ideas of dead.reckoning. We were fully satished wilh the result, Appended ts a summary : Length Allow- Actual Correct Name. Master. Overall, anee. — time, time. ft fin. UW. M.S, BH, a Ss. Violet, C, B,......F. E. Peabody.. 91.81 1 51 22 1 20 51 Sunbeam K -W. 8. Nickerson 7 28,27 15939 J 3102 Rebie, C. B J.P. Phinny 30.5T 241 2% 1 40 26 Posy, C. B.. ¥, C Hersey... ae a3 Amaranth, C.....W. B. Gleason,.....15 37.26 = ——_ Ss ———— Yours, Knper. —It will be remembered that two years ago, on the occasion of the ocean yacht race off the Isles of Shoals, one of the buoys marking the course for the larger vessels was missing on the day of the race, A few days since the mystery was cleared up by Mx, Charnock of South Boston. He says that on the night before the great race, it being fogzy, he moored his yacht to one of the buoys marking the course, and that during the night the yacht drifted several miles with the buoy in low. —Butler’s America will probably be under sail by June 15. She will be commanded, as usual, by Captain F, Reed, and will engage in some of the leading races of the season. Mer owner will, it is said, make an extended {tip in her in Au- gust. Scavyrietmy Navy Rueearra, Philadelphia, June 11, W8%7.— The arrangements of the committoe, except as to policing the course, were excellent, Gormly won ithe singles easily, rowing all about, the river, yainly hunting for smooth water, while Plcasonton, who bas no ‘‘ go fast” in him was, as usual, a bad last. The Phila- delphia pair had the race all their own way; the Undine's stroke’crabbing almost at the start, and growing wild, dropped away immediately. The last and most important contest of the day was for the four-oared shell prize. The result makes a pretty general red- istribution of trophics,Gormly being the only contestant holding over, The presentations were made hy Commodore Kawmblaar, at the Undine House, innuwediately after the races. SUMMARY. Schuylkill Navy Regatta, June 9, 1877, National Course, 14 niles straight away ; water high and voueh, wiud, 8. W. and sirong. Prizes, championship and Presentation Flags. Umpire and starter, Commodore Alex. Krumbhaar; Judes, DB. B. Snyder, Malta; Dr, A. 8. Roberts, Undine. Single Sculls, —Gornly, Qunker City, 1, time, 12:25; Thomas, Penusylyanin, 2, 12:351; Hoffman, Universily, 3, 13:07}; Pleasonton, Quaker Civy, 0, distanced. Pur Oared Shells. — Priladelphia Club. CG. V. Grant, stroke ; Bonsall Taylor, bow; 1, 11:06}. Undine Olub. C, K, Barnes, stroke; P. F. Goddard, bow; 0, dishaneed. Double Seutls.—Crescent Club. C. EB. Steel, slroke; TH. PF, Witmer, bow: 1, aim of foul allowed. Quaker City Club. F, Henderson, stroke; J. D, McBeath, bow; 0. Four Oavred Gigs.—Pennsylvania Club, W. A. Rennert, stroke; F. M. Hartley, 2; Jas. W. Barr, 83; Max Selmitt, 4;_ Frank Kappes, cox.; 1, 10;043, University Club. WH. JT. Brown, stroke; Wd. Law, 2; 3B. A. Crenshaw, 8: W. W, Fisher, 4; Dallas Saunders, cox. ; 2, 10:234, Quaker City Club, 8. G, Stinson, stvoke; Oscar West, 2; J. D, Ferguson, 3; Frank Wood, 4; Geo. W. Parker, cox.; 3, 100%. Sin Oured Barge Race,—Pennsylyania Club. W. A, Ret- Tert, stroke; F..M. Hartley, 2; W. J. Thomas, 3; Frank Street, 4; EF, IF. Cobb, 5; W. B, Cobb, 6; W_ J. Barr, cox. ; 1, 10:39}. Crescent Club. Geo. Young, stroke; C.D. 'Tat- man, 2; C. T. Colladay, 3; H. D. Roberts, 4; H. W. Ridge- way, 5; Jos, Wiley, 6; J. B, Harper, cox. ; 2, 11:054.7 Hour Oured Shelts,—Crescent. WW. K. Hinchman, stroke ; J. M. Harper, 2; I. W. Terry, 3; C. E. Steel, bow; 4, 9:095. Quaker City. ©. R. Adams, stroke; S. Gormly, 2; F. Ienderson, 8; J. D. McBeath, how: 2,9:16% University. Edw'd Waen, stroke; Frank Biddle, 2; H. Worrell, 3; J. M, Holsman, bow; 3, 9:39. Scunts. Tut Morris Sonarrr Racy.—In the much anticipated five mile single seull race on Saturday, June 9, between William Scharif, of Birmingham, Pa., and Evan Morris, of Piltshu rb, forthe championship of America and a purse of $2,000, Scharff was beaten, The race was rowed over the Monongahela course in the presence of thousands of spectators. Morris, who ‘had been the favorite for some days previous, took the Jead almost at the start, which lie maintained until he passed the winning line. Morris turned the buoy in 20:54, Scharff following in 21:28. On the home stretch Scharif Jabored to close the gup between him and his rival, but the latter spurted and miittiined his advantage, passing the winning point, ac- cording to the official time unnounced by the judgés, in 861. 45s., tive to six lengths ahead, while Scharff’s time was 37m, Tn the race last year Scharff won by less than o boat length, but no official time was taken. It is now expected that Mor- ris will tackle Hanlon, the Canadian. Hartmm Rrver.—A one mile race took place on the Har- lem River, on Saturday afternoon, between selected crews from the Charlier Rowing Association, Columbian College, and the Polynenian Literary Society. The race was started at 4:30 u’clock, the Charlier crew taking the lead on a “spurt,” and maintaining it easily to the end of the race, whieli they won by fully five lengths, in 5m. 55s., Columbia coming in second. ‘The winning crew were: E. Littauer, stroke: A, W. Payne, No. 3; C>Gaunaurd, No. 2; N. B. Eustis, No. 1, and W. Clarke, coxswain. —The race for the Beacon cup, between Harvard Oollewe students, was rowed on the Charles river Saturday mornin, Goddard, class 80, and Harriman, class “77 contesting. ‘The race was won by Goddard in 14:52. The distance was two niiles. —The Corinthian regatta of the Long Island Yacht Clint was hell on Friday, the 8th. The Jersey City Yacht Olub held their regatta on Thursday, the previous day. Tt was cloudy and rainy, and the weather was wholly unfavorable, Atntional Pastimes, CriokEt,—The match which was to have been played be- fiveen the Germantown Club, of Philadelphia, and the Bt. George's, of this city, is off, much fo the disappointment. of tiny lovers of cricket. The secretary of the Germantown Club telegraphs; “Cannot come on. Match off. Cannot get an leven.” This seems very remarkable, as there appears to be no difliculty in getting an eleven when the visit is the olher way, The St. George's Club has neyer broken an en- gayement, and last year went on with seven men and played two matches. The match wis made three weeks before. the secretary Tound that he could not get in town. The St. George's Club has received a very cordial invitation to visit Ottawa, Ontario, on or about the 20th inst., to play a match with the Ottawa Cricket Club, and the secretary, Mr. Talbot, has issued a circular addressed to the members askine for yolunteers. > Enceuisx Foor Bart.—To the uninitiated onlooker, the game of foot-ball is one of the most mysterious performances which itis possible to contemplate. It would appear to be called foot-ball, on the lvicus a non ueendo principle, because the ball is hardly ever kicked. After the first ‘kick off” it is seized by one of the players, who runs with itin his arms as fast and as farashecan. His opponents forthwith set upon him, and, if possible, knock him down. ‘Then there is a general strug- gle for the ball. Of course, the possession of it lies between two or three men in the centre of the throng; but all the rest close around them with the exception of certain ones who, ap- pointed for the purpose, with hands on knees imtently, watch the ‘scrimmage. Every one in the main body pushes and Sirugeles as vigorously as may be, and the outer ones put down their heads, and butt like goats against their friends, There is nothing to be seen but a writhing, swaying, coufused mass of humanity, from which a column of steam rises into the wintry air. At length, those in the centre are compelled to drop the bull, and after inuumerable kicks at each other's shins, ttis pushed out of the little forest of Iegs, Whereupon ong of the outside watchers makes a snatch at it and carries it a few yards, when he is in turn set upon by his adversaries, anu the same scene is repeated, —7¥nsley. —A. II. Hart & Co, and E. A. Van Ingen & Co., played a}, Greenville, N. J., on Saturday last. The former only played with eight men. Score; A. HW. Mart & Co., 22; ED. Van Ingen & Co,, 8. DITTMAR POWDER. Please direct all lellers for the aboye powder to Neponset, Mass, Capi. Bogardus und fra Paine, are using ny powder. Cant Dirpsrap, —lte. ————q@6s+2 ee ____ —The largely inereased business of Schuyler, Hartly & Gralum, one of the laygest and oldest hoses in their line in this country, now oechpying the buildings Nos. 19 Maiden Lani and 20qnd 22 John street, has necessitated their adding the adjoining store, No. 17 Maiden Lant, which is vety land- somely fitted up and devoted entirely to samples of inilitary vquipments and business offices. o_o COocoA BUTTER, for exturnal use, is superior to glyoserine, and wjoeta Wilt “rest Success In Cases UF sore throat ani typhoid fever. This ex. cellent remedy is preuired ty Walter Baker 4 Co. the great Chocolate anabolachirers, and sidy be procured of dyygists th any part OF the I country. slide, ' a sj — —— 305° PIGEON SHOOTING. Rocannrs Trav Snoorme.—At Norfolk, Va., Saturday, June 2, the following score was made by members of the Norfolk Game Protection Axsucialion, at Bogatdus’ glass ball trap shooting. First matoh, White, 5. R.\.)-.: Bowles, R. W...-.--.1 1101-4 Garnett, To... Mardy, F vO T bet White, L.... Cor prew, J. O1tt 1A Adkisson, J. Taylor, W.. 1 0—3 Diy, Dicks: POL, Dis 22-02. ce ys one 100-1 Wotil 2426 e-cac ae ves2-seper 18 Lay Ras nigh aeee Pett mau Second mateh.—New sides chosen- Tavlor, W,.-..-)..---.9 0100-1 Mardy. Fe..-. - 0—3 Whitt’S ho. ccc 1011-4 Adkisson, d. O... 4 Biwles, R. W..--.--, 1101 0—8 White, bee. ..- = ey, D.. sic Veetsete, tb et sare —h Uolprew, de...ee-s- U1 110-38 Rogers, T.... 1 —l ‘ EDL Hae B aa teal bites

. —— Crawiord....00e+s.e.-.1 1111-6 Hascull..-,sssseee-e ee 11111-5 Second tie—31 yaris rise. Crawford......:ee.e: ect 10 0 0-2 Wascallsseeccessreeee 11110—4 Hascall won. ; . June 7—State medal shoot, Unelish rules, 11 birds cach. EC eee rete te 08 1, si Wy Seat te aime ae Sihoiy Gi ih then pmol 96 ti Tat: Harry tawkins, . eal Dee Os th 0 a 4 Lony.......- if ay SY SO phe all eee BE att Siti J V D Ebiidge el Wet Le AL rien te Weel oi Je 0 Golf Stenton. ay i ‘ " ute mie sain Lots Dubois,. Se nak ian bine less DS Ba bour........-- Tivs on eloven, TONG. eo rsys see aera Pid 15 Elitvidge. .-.....,..-..119010—3 Jong won. ; ‘ Shite Sweeps, same day, miss and go.out; plunge traps, 26 yards rise, two prizes, $15 and $10. THaAsCHll, 6.2. ee eess ee 10 Stenton. iit. a .-l1i10 Gillman. ritikatite wet 1171-56 Gousins,... TOU Ei... sdseewseevee sel 1 111-5 i. Ties on flye—31 yards, Duhoid...sseeeee ceee ee TW det COURIINE). co plac eee det) DTG Long, -2-e0eees pigee nd) ded bt—5 Second tie, ce eerreees+ 0 E11 0—3 CousinS..----.0+..- ait di vi—s tA potas Dubois.... eed DEL I-65 Long... + - ee Long and Cousins divided. : Gian day, glass-ball shoot, 5 each; 2 prizes, $9 each, 4 Mer eld. Diibossy. c=: GLIA . ceo een e eee e ee eee pee ..5 thawkins ees aan, Barbour... 4 Fiuecail. Alvarron.. . Lee Copsius Sheldon... . aS: Steuton.. Heh weikert....c0---4)es4-taeyree sd Ties ou four for second monvy. GANMOAD 6... 2eeee sete ee LAL 11-5 GOUSIDB eee. eee eee l1oliw Stenton..... eA ie eal Snaron, Pa—The semi-annual match for the gold medal of the Sharon Shooting Club, at 10 glass balls each, 18 yards rise, {ook place on Saturday, June 2, and resulted as follows : fT Sp tee 2 oppo ..-1 FE Morvan.,... . ts one, in ..8 It Crostwaite... A MQarters.c.cecypeeett seers 3 : ; In shooting off ties of eight Mr. Carter won, after which the clu} participated in soveral small five-ball matches, 2 en- tranee, First sweep : TPriNUY »--+--p-- 26" dames Ray- AJBITGE. cya cos eden et peer ee en set Tribby took first, Carter second. fecond sweep: papevecrnres f . Fig athe me ner sa BH Tribbysc-. ...0eece-s see es scene y4 Ise oe cere 8 1 Dicksou.. vd TEE OW eee aa ee ne lonze tes = A ABU TIT siete wenn Ray first, Ohl and Tribby divided second, Third sweep ! Crosiwaite . cece e 2 Metbtiy..--..------222-- 0 Aotsphh Ae) y 5 Dickson. Olt --6 Bluot,-...+ Tribby and Olt divided first, Dickson second. Fourth sweep : see weet peeen baae ae . snes vessetrerdeeseyeene « divided first, Ray second. — : Yhe day’s sport ended by Dickson: challenging Orostwaite to shoot a gum-ball match, in which Crostwaite came out ‘syinner, nine to Dickson's eight, ©. E, T. "(Other Game Bay and Gun matter on Page 310.) 2 - atuswens to Qagrespoudents. No Notice Taken of Anouymons Communications, T. W.G, Washua.—Tuform me, if pessible, in what umber of your paper the lact article by Wretl Over (Leyerly) was published? Ana. Ty) May 17. Verb Monr.—W lial is the lowal way fo measure w nef, whether from knot to knot in the mesh, of by exbendiig Gul (hen ineasuring betwen extromitivs? Ans. Extend (he meste L. M., Northampton.—Will you itor: me if dogs are move lable to Tub mad int summer than in winter? Ans, In winter, tatto of three to {wo for simmer. ON. L,, whousked a query aboul mriele-lomline gnns in our paper of May 24, will please send ns is address, J: Ey, Lavamie City.—Will you please inform: aie if there is it howls published tor enring fish for markel; if so, What is the price? Ans. Wu book of the tind. O.C. O., New York—wWill you lef me know in your next issue, 1- Where the came laws of New York ean be lad. 2 Also, what reputa- (ion Grant & Co.'s double-harrel stot guns lave. Ans. 1, “Por, Wun and Feather.” & Very goo. “we A. A,, New York.—T would Nkw to know if you can give me a re- Cel for shining birds and amimals? Ans, The information asked tor Would ueenpy several pages. Aen to Naturalists’ Agency, Salem, for C.J, Maynard's Taxidermists’ Mantals price $1.50. KT. D,, San Kranciseo.—Where can 1 pet Canoe and Camp Life in British Guiana,” by Batninglon Brown? Ans. Write to Leggat Bros,, No. 3 Beekman siteet, New York, J. C,, New York.—Where ea I oblain the oMetal figures of the Cen- tennial Rifle Match of Isié? Ans. Write for copy of report to Geo, 5. Sciunehorn, Jr, Secretary N, R. A,, 28 Park Now, N.Y. W. V. B., Poughkeepsie.—Tacking Ship Off Shore” is credited in your paper, lo Mrs. Celia Thaxter, T understand if was written by Rev. Wal- ter Mitchell, of Rutland, Vi, Tsit 80? Ans. We copied a reprint. with credit as given, Cannot decide as to the authorship, F, D. P., North Pear) st,, Alhany.—Can you inform me where I can fet a full-blooded Angiish mastil dog pup, not over three or four months old, and af what price? Ans, There are seyeral breeders of pure Lyme Hall mastifs near New York, but cannot say whether they breed fora market. You had better advertise, B. P., Pittston, Pa—What can] do for my young setler? Ilis nose isas dry as a puff hall, and has been so ever sinve.T have had him—four weeks. Ue acts as though the passages were obstructed, sneezing and trying to clear themout, Phere is no discharge, and le seems to be in food Nealtl every other way. Ans. Give him am ounce of castor oil und feed on corn meal mush. G. A, P,, Peterboro, Canada.—Can you, or any of your correspondents inform mo if trolling baits are made with wy attachment to prevent weers catching the hooks; if so, where can they be had. Ans,” Spoons sv male can be bought of Gradford & Anthony, Boston, § L. W., North Manchester.—Where, and at what price can the Massey cartridge crimper be purchated? Can if bo used on Sharps’ Hew .45 calibre straight shells? Ans, Address Messrs. M. &. Massey, ILantington, Pa. Ibis used only for paper shelis. J, U1. M,, Mamaroneck,—Ilas there been any thange in the law re- garding the close season for woodcock in this State, yiz, New York? Ans. Not yet signed by the Governor, but the new law makes the seu- son open Aug, 1, except on Long Island. 1. S., Rouse’s Point.—Which is the easiest muzzle for a dog, as our Jaw enforces muzzles? Ans. The patent automatic dog muzzle is re- garded as the most comfortable for the animal, as il allows jf Lo eat while muzzled, at the same time preventing him from biting. There is no objection whatever to its use. Address W. & I, Mersereun, 321 Broadway, New York City. _ CarPratn, Graniteville, 5. C.—Is it true that a 72-pound striped bas was caught in the Imdson River, off Verplunck’s a fortnight ago, as stated in the Poughkeepsie Yelegraph? Tnever heard of anything ap- proaching tins weight. Ans. The statement has been aulthetiticated by our correspondents, We have beard of striped bass larger [lian this, but not in the Hudson, T. Pp. Wenpon, 68 Christopher st., New York.—Your specimen reached us in such a fragmentary condition that ib is inipossible to do more than say that it belongs to the Gyranidae, a family of water beetles. For information concerning it, see Packard's Guide to the Study of Insects. Your specimen was very likely Gyrinus nutator. S. 1. W., Manchester.—Continne treatment asrecommended to J. W, P., of Philadelphia, hut for the word nerrun read iron, Two weeks of the diet and alterative medicine recomended ought fo make a de- cided change for the better for your dog, which, by the way, should be carefully protected frow leat aid datapness, and be allowed to rim to Brass as much as possible, )). McG., Harrisville, Mich.—tive the rife clubs of New York adopted the new Wimbledon targets or retained those of isi? Ans. Yes} Dut for the coming Wimbledon meeting the mld- Yatge and short-range targets the British N. R. A. have ovdered im- portanh changes, {uly explained in ltop AND Gun of January 6 last, page 218, CamrER, N. d.—Do you kuow ofany place that an army hospital tent, 14x14, can be rented first of July for two or three weeks? 2d, Would dry saul be good to carry worms in during hot weather? Tn using moss on a very hot day the worms spoil, and I thought sand might keep them if they had been well scoured beforehand? Ans, You can buy a tent about as cheap as you coulu hire One. See advertisements in our paper. 2d, Sand is the proper thing in which to keep worms. T.. Phila—We are shooting ab pigeons from ths trap, single birds, 21 yards rise. Pivadelphia Sportsmen’s Club Rules, A bird rises and flws «a few feet, then @ights. Jost as he reaches the fround he is stot at and killed, The shooter claims that it 1s no bird,” and claims another, a3 the bird was on the wing when covered by the gun, and ab the moment of pulling the trigger, The others claim jt a “inissed bird,” Which larigul? Aus. 1b was amissed bird, Tt should have been hil while (ying. W. C. B., St. Louis, Mo.—Please explain the difference, Mf any, in the terms “shedders” and soft-shell eras, Answer In coluums. Ans, Shedrlers are crabs that are preparing to shed their shell, They hive reached thi, period when Ley are next to helpless, and the old shell is easily removed. Soft-shelled crabs, so called, are crabs that have shed their old shells, and whose new ones haye not become suficiently hard- ened to act as a protection, or to assist them, as far as the claws are concerned, in locomotion, * W. B. G,, Stockbridge, Mass.—Will you please give me a few hints as to the constrnetion of an eel-pot, to be sunk in the deep eddies of the river, Is there any book treating on this subject in connection with sii] tapping? Ans, The common eel-pot is a long basket eypnae into one énd of which a wicker funnel is intruded after the bait oF lol aller or mest is placed within. ‘The eels cravyl in easily, bit cuunol wet ont, Do not know of such a book. The U. 8. Tish Commissioners Report for 1572, jrages 255 to 84, contains dinwrams uid printed de- Beriptions of wiiouk seines, pounds, nets, fykes and weirs, J. 7.8, Bloomington, i.—1. Ihave a setter bilel three weeks wilt pup. She is butween three and four years, Tor the last lwoweoks one of her Gyts keeps running what T would call iia person a “dny Lear! Ts if ransed froma cold or from seme oll cuuse, wie whit ia dhe reinuty? 2. Sle has something that looks like a waubon her fore ley; i 18 qiite sore and seems lo be sycading. What is ie cine? Ang. 1. Your biteh probahly has acold. Give her w gond dose of ouslor ot, and afferwarils a Dovers’ powder night and iorning for lwo oP titer days. 2. (ould not tell without seeing tt. Apply a Naxseed ponltiou; allerwards wish well and annoint wilh garpalie sulye, ; H. W., St. Louts.—My Gordon setter las & large raw sore on one hip, aiid another comlug on the other, antl several snail ones on tle Aas with senles and considerable dandrulfl, The larger sore looks ike i seald, but Hothing of the kind has befallen hie. Ofherwise the doe is allright, Ana, Your dog would seem to lave one of the niumerons forms of mange, and necds ulleralive tiedielnes, a Torniula for which you will fie in the books, aeodolme diet, clean, dry bed in ® con), airy Mace, and as much liberty to rnnto grass as you can alford him. J. M. O,, Clyde.—My setter pnp, 4 months old, yomilts every time se is fed, I have tried powdered glass, arcea nut and santonine for worms. Do you khow of anything else? JT (think she has worls yeh Anis. Do nol kuow precisely what to advise without seeing the pups bot meline to think tut your pip requires a stomach foie, two Tae milas for whieh wre given by 'Stovelhenge’’ as follows: Stowmuchice Holus—extrach of pentian, 6 10 9 grains; powdered rliuharb, ¥ lo 3 grains, Mix and give twice a day. Stowachic draught—Tineture of eardanmioms, J¢ tol drach; compound infusion of gentian, 1 oA. ear hbonate of soda, 3 grains; powdered Pinger, 2 gruids. Mist and give twiceaday. Youcan try either of these prescriptions, uot forgetting they are intended for full-zrown dors, L. R., New York.—1. Please inform me whether the N.Y, Stale luw allows summer woodcock shooting, and Irom what date, 2 In your Opinion does the game law of Illinois, 18 published in your issue of April 12th last, prohibit aw party visiting that Stute in Noy. for pleasure shooting, from sending presents of game out of the State to friends ali home? Ans, The new law makes the Close season for woodueck expire on Aug. 1, except on Long Island, where it remains ys before, 2. As the law reacts, or at least as the one we published reais, it would seem that the section only referred to residents of that State. J.1., Detroit, My dog is 5 months old anc seems well and lively, hut his hind leg seems to be weak ; he will walk a short distamiee and begin to walk on three legs; it seems to pain him at times yery muctr and he licks if often, also wants ta gnaw it, What can [ do for him? There is a smut red spot ou the bottom of his foot, but i} dows ot seen to get any larger, 2, What will he the price of Mr, Hallock’s new book? Ans. 1, Frow your description we could hot say what was the mialler with your dog. If carefily fed on nourishing diet be will probally outgrow the trouble, This probably is a remnant of cdisheuiper. Tennis, Nahant, Mass.—Conld you tell me through Ansyers to Gor respondents what isthe best preparation for fastening viiher to the goles of bouts, for playing tennis, efe.? Ans. Cul virgin rubber with shears inho thinnest possible shreds, place in a wide-mouthed bottle in quantity about one-tenth of its capavity; till the bottle \hree-querters full of good benzine perfectly free trom of. ‘he rubber will swell up, andiniwfew days become as thick as honey if shaken wp offen, AL piece of solid rubber the size of a walnut will make @ pint of the cement, This cement dries in 1 few minutos. Apply three coats. Tf too thick add more benzine ; if too thin, more rubher. Unyulcanized rubber can be bought at most large stores where pubber goods are sold, and at some drug stores. TI. R. WEST, Concord, N. .—1. Can you tell me what kind of a hawhk’s nest I huve found from following descriplions? The nest was built in a pine tree, and made entirely of sticks, Tt Was about 18 inches across and one inch deep. There were three light blite eyes, spotled (blotched) with brown, he hawk itself was light slate color aboye, with a gray breast, spotted with brown, Th measured about 12 inelhes in length, and its tarsi were about 4 inches long, % Wirat is the besb food for young gray squirrels? 8, What kind olf shooting cun be had in July and Augnst at Point Judith, L. 1 Sound? Ans, Ll. Probably Visus Juseus, though the tarsal measurements are too Jong for-that species, 2. We should feed bread, or crackers and milk, 38, Bay birds, inelndling the sand pipers and some of the plover, O. &. M, Goshen, Indiana,—l. T have a muzzle-loading duck-gun, single barrel, 7-gauge, 30-in, barrel, weight 11 lbs.; @ guod shooter uf the kind, Can it be Ghoke-bored 50 us to greatly improye ils shooting at long range? 2%. Probable vost of choking? 3, What would good paltern be wh 60 yards, 2 oz3. No. Lshol, 6drs. powder? 4. Do you have guns offen at a bargain? I would like one 7 lo 8 Iba, weiglt, Tu gauge, 1 good serviceable gun, if T could getit cheap, 6. Who manu. ~ factures the Phcenix shot gan, aud do they make decoy duck cons on same plan as Phoenix? Ans, J, Yes, decidedly; or, as 18 more often done, what they ca] enlarging at the breech and gradually tapering At the muzzle, 2 Price from $3 to $5. 3. Good pattern would be, 4, Yes, we oflen have sich gins us you mention offered for sale ab fis office. 6, Mervin & Co, of this city, are the agents of the gun. We bes leve they use larger grades. P. M., Pittson, Pa.—Please lof me know through your Answers to Correspondents where | cao gel bird-lime and how 10 use Ty also, what effect does ib take on the bird? Ans. Boil Tingeed 0] wnutll itis of the consistency Of molasses. It should be boiled in af earthem potin ihe open alr, for about to or Uiree hours. Jt is very essential that an eartiien vessel should be used, as an tron one heats anil the oil takes fire when boiling, wid in sch a oase is useless as bird-lime, A pot should be used wilh i tight hing cover, to prevent the fire solani inside it. When prepited set the ail away Lo tin boxes with tebt iiting covers Untilit isto be ose, Iepured love biwte of pitell nod off ane Aull by some cdonlers, is wortliluss, Selewt some soyall (yy Biitks, about eight Inches Jong aud As thlek a8 a shaw; sharpen vue end of thintte tog tlat, thin edge, so thoy van be shiek into ud cub nastake; takea large slick or stake and drive ifin tle ground; make cuts 10 LLs sides suit able to receive the flat ends of the stock; lake two of lhe siiall stigks and dip them in the lime; when covered, hold one in each hand sud voll thom between your thumbs and tingers with theiy sides tivuehing, thus ugquully (atributing the lime; tusert their enits loosely tuto the nolehek iv the slake in the groand, and plice a “call bird’ in & conspicuous place near the stake; when the birds Wight in ihe siloks Cliey pull loowe from the main stick, aud when flying away the wings could 1 Contact wilh the lime andare pinioned to the bird’s sides, Lt does not hold them by the feet, a3 is generally supposed, —_———S to o——_— —Updoubtedly one of the best and cheapest stocks of Carpetings, (41+ clowns, Mattings, ete., to be found in the United States is that of Mé@ssra, Joun I. 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Wothing will be admitted to any department of the paper that may not be read with propriety In the home ¢irele, We cannot be responsible for dereliction of the mail service if-money remitted to usis lost. No rexsON WHATEVER is anthorized to collect money for us unless he can show authentic credentials from one of the nndersigned. We have no Philadelphia agent. S27 Trade supplied by American News Company. CHAKLES EALLOCK, Editor. *s. H. TURRILL, Western Manager. T, 0. BANKS, Business Manager, CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING WEEK. Thursday, June 14.—Trotting : Syracuse, N. Y.; Chatham Village, N. ¥.; Gatskill, N. ¥.; Massillon, O.; Beacon Park, Boston; Kalamazoo, Mich.; Gedur Rapids, Ta. ; Olicago, Il. Running Meetings: American Jockey Cinb; Columbus, 0. Atinual shoot of the 49th Regt. Rifle Asso- Giution, af Auburn; Zettler Rifle Association Shooting Match, at Jones’ Wools. Regattas: Noya Scotia Yacht Club; New York Yacht Club. Cricket Match between the St. Georges and Young Americas. Base Ball: Gineinnatti ys Lonisville, at Louisville; Union ys Resolute, at Elizabeth, N. J.; Buckeye ys Live Oak, at Lyn; Rochester vs Chicago, at Rochester; Star vs St. Louis, af Ithaca; Warsaw vs Brie, af Warsaw ; Chelsea ys Aliski, at Broukiyn; Union ys Brooklyn, at Brooklyn; Ho- bokeh vs Enterprise, at Jersey City. Friday, June \5.—Trotting ; Missillon, Beacon Park, et¢., a8 aboye. Running meetings as above. Aniual shoot of the 49th Test. as above. Rexatta of the Manhattan Yacht Club. Base Ball = Indianapolis ys Auburn, at Auburn; Chicago vs Star, al Syracuse} Wilkesbarre ys Cricket, at Wilkesharre; Tecumseh ys Memphis Reds, at London, Can ; Uedar Rapids vs Marshalltown, at Marshalltown, Ia, : Saturday, June 16.—Running Meeting of the American Jockey Club. Regattas: Seawanhaka Yaeht Club; Coriathian Sloop Regatta, Base Ball: Chicago vs Boston, st Boston; Cincinnati vs Louisyille, at Cincin- nati; St. Louis vs Hartford, at Brooklyn; Tecumseh vs Memphis Keds, us above; Cedar Rapids vs Marshalltown, as above; Tndranapoalis ys Star, at Syracuse; Buckeye vs Ainhersp, ab Amherst ; Alaska vs Orange, tit Orange; Mutual ys Witoka, af Brookiyu. . “Money, Tune 18.—State Sportsmen’s Convention, ah Syracuse, Base Balls St. Louis vs Hartford, at Brooklyn; Chicago vs Bostun, ab Boston; Tidisnapolis vs Star, at Syracuse; Chelsea vs Alaska, at Jersey City; ‘Buckeye vs Lowell, ai) Lowell. Tresiy, June W.—Trowiie: Manison, Ind. ; Elimira, N.Y. ; Albany, WN. ¥.; Parker City, Pa.; Akron, O.7 Grand Rapids; Dover, WN. H. Running Meeting af Cleyelund, Base Dall: Chicago ys Hartford, at Tirooklyn; St. Louis vs Boston, at Boston; Buckeye vs dowel, al Lowell; Rochester ys Cincinnati, at Rochester ; TuManapons We Erie, al Evie; Star vs Lonisville, al Syracuse. State Sportst en's Convention, with Beneh Show of Dogs und Pigeon Shoot, at Syracuse. P « Wednesday, June 2).—'Troviing, 28 aboye. Running Mevittng, al Cley ce ; Tand. State Sportsmen’s Convention, Bench Show of Dogs and Piveon . Shoot, at Syraensa. Bight Anjinal Prize Meeting of the Richmond Nise Association, ot Danyiile, Canals. Hi Wationan Sportsman's Convenrion.—Dhe fourth annual convention of this association was called for June 10, at the Vanderbilt House, Syracuse. Only six delegates appeared, and asit required fifteen delegates to conslitube a quornum, there could be no regular meeting. After lislenitg to the an- ‘nual address of the President, Mr, Greene Smith, the wentle- , men present adjourned. The wext necting is appointed at ] ‘Wilkesbarre, Pa., the first Tuesday in June, 1878. THE SUMMER RESORTS OF LONG ISLAND. TL remark has been made, regarding New York, that one of its advantages, and that not the Jeast, is that it is so easy to leave it, The observation is perfectly true. Thanks to the enterprise of our men of business, steamboats are ply- ing and trains whirling in every direction, and within an hour the citizens of New York can be in the enjoyment of magnifi- cent scenery, and of a complete chanze of air and tempera- ture. It is unfortunately characteristic of a large proportion of city residents to inderyalue the resorts neevest at ‘hand. In the most literal meaning of the phrase, *‘ Distance lends enchantment to their view” of a desirable summer residence. Their usage has accordingly heen to make a considerable yearly sacrifice to leave business entirely for a short season, and haying enjoyed their brief rest to return to the city for what might remain of the heated term. The rule operated badly in the case of those who left and returned early. They left before the heat had produeed its enervating effects, and returned at the dullest and most oppressive season. To these and others less prejudiced in fayor of distance, the advantages of Long Island are well worthy of attention, There are many places between Wort Hamilton and Montauk Point, along cither the northern or southern shore, ensy of access by one or other of the branches of the Long Island railroad, beautifully situated, cool, secluded and salubrious. We leave aside the historical associations attaching to some of these lovalities, which would carry us back through all the leading events of American history to thé landing of Hudson and tle times of the Indian tribes. We also leave out of view the commercial advancement of Long Island. We would concentrate attention entirely upon its advantages as a summer resort, or as a place for spending a brief summer holiday. - There are first to be considered the requirements of the city man whose business really demands his daily attention and presence, such as he could not give it if retreating ton great distance. His object ought to be toJfind a quiet, cool place, from which he can, if necessary, run into the city in the morning and return in the evening. A glance at the map will show how perfectly he can realize his wish, It is nod likely that it will be considered advisable to travel more than the thirty-seven miles which lie between Long Island City and Babylon, on ‘the southern shore. This resorf has many special advantages and numberless attractions. Near the seashore it possesses facilities for bathing and sea fishing, and, in the bracing air from the great South Bay, all that is offered by a sea-port town, minus its objectionable features. ‘The waters of the bay, sheltered on the south by Oak Island, a group of islets and the great South Beach, are safe and pleas- ant for bathing or boating. The bather will not find, of course, the wilder enjoyment of dashing and tumbling in the surf, but the lover of a still-yater dip” can be abundantly gratified. If time, however, should permit, the luxury of sarf bathing can be enjoyed to the full, nine miles from Babylon, at Fire Island, one of the most famous of American bathing places. The island is reached after a pleasant sai! from Babylon. The fishing here is admirable, and the dragging of the finny monsters from amidst the rolling surf is to be classed amongst the most exciting methods of plying the piscatorial art. If sayors of the primitive no doubt, but is none the less exhilarating. There is no need 1o expatiate upon the enjoyment of a sail when waves have just suilicient roll to relieve the pursuit of this form of pleasure from tame- ness. We must leaye much to the imagination of the reader, and return refreshed by the strong ocean breéze to Babylon. To what has previously been said of its attractions must he added the trout fishing and shooting, The former is to a great extent preseryed, but the latter is for many miles east- ward both good and abundant. Keeping before us the necessities of a man who must visit the city daily, or, at least, very frequently, we turn west- ward and pass hastily through South Oyster Bay, Bellmore, the beautifully wooded section between Merrick and Bald- win's, and so on until Rockaway und Rockaway Beach are reached. Looking now to the northern shore, the pleasant little town of Northport, forty miles from Long Island City, may be taken as the furthest point likely to be selected, It would be hard to find a retreat so cosily situated and so perfectly in- closed in quietude, within an equal radius from New York, Lying a short distance from the depot, at the head of a per- fectly sheltered inlet, itis reached after a charming walk or drive along a road windiug among woods clad at this sea- son in the full richness of their yerdant beauty. ‘Apart from its undulating and varied character, an air of repose seems to lie upon tha whole region. If aman can enjoy anywhere the juxury of rest, Northport is surely the place. Across the wooded hill on the right, and almost two miles off, lie the waters of the sound, Turning to the inner shore, a few small ship-building yards give the feeling of restfulness only wn ad- ditional fullness by their freedom from anything akin to bustling activity. A pleasant road Jeads along the hill-coyered shore, from which we look across to Little Neck, the nurrow intervening bay dotted with a few boats or sailing craft. We piss the ruinous jetly where a steamer formerly landed its passengers from the city and intervening ports. Ocvasion- ally a yacht puts into the bay, and by the beanty of her build aud tvim rig, breaks the monotony of the life of the vesi— dents. Keeping along the shore the land bends fo the left, and a narrow isthmus leads ug to Haton’s Neck, on the outer point of which stands a light-house. The walk is delightful, and still keeping to the left or west, the shore of Huntington Bay is reached. Directly opposite is Lloyd's Neck, and, to the southwest is seen the entrance to the inlet, at the head of which stands the town of Huntington, Nettwning to Northport we are informed thatthe town was Settled almost seventy years ago, that sickness 1s almost un— known, and, strangest of all, that its beauties are monopo- lized bya certain number of summer visitors who return year after year, aid almost claim a prescriptive right to the place and its accommodations, ‘Dhere are many other towns and villages nearer home scarcely less deserving of atlention, and which any one in quest of a summer residence can visit” in a very short space of time, aud there make a selection to suit bis special requirement. ¥ What has been said for the benefit o£ the man of business, wlio makes bis home temporarily in the country without severing his connection altogether with the city, is equally applicable to the case of those who haye only a brief annual holiday of a few wecks' duration. ‘The latter can, lowever, if it should he thought desirable, venture to,a greater dis- lance and explore Shelter Island, or even yentere beyond the railioad system: 1o Montauk Point. SS Nothing has been hitherto said direetly of Long Island as the ground for a pedestriun tour. Tt is a pily that sueh ex— cursions are nob more in fashion, All the places mentioned might be visited on foot with pleasnre, Few tivlds would better repay the pedestrian than that extending from Cow Bay, or from Hempstead Harbor to Northport. The distance in a direct line or by raitis trifling, but may be stretched bo on almost limitless extent by one determined upon peering’ into the beauties of the winding coast, The shore is proken by a great number of inlets, and the scenery along the prorm- ontories or necks is in a great measure a sealed book to U:ose who are unused to the most ancient friend of locomotion. — > «6 RECENT DISCOVERIES IN, PALE- ONTOLOGY. N the ‘American Journal of Science and Arts" for No- vember, Prof. Marsh continues his series of paperson new Terlinry mammals, und describes fone new genera from the Woetne, Considerable attention has recently been allracted to the Yale collection liy the vemarks of Prof, Huxley, and by the fact that that learned gentlemen drew a large part of the material for his lectures on Eyolution from the fossils whieh le examined while at New Haven, ‘The interest which seems to be generally felt in these matters, at the present lime, in- duces us to give some brief descriplion of a few of the won- derful forms of animal life from the Tertiary formation, since most of the discoveries that haye recently heen made ure (nite unknown, except among scientific people. In future we shall endeavor to keep our readers posted on these mat- lers, which are interesting, not only in themselves, but from their bearing on the great and nosy universally discussed. (juestion of Kyolution. Nor shall we hereafter confine our- selves to the Tertiary epoch. The Cretaceons lias its woutlers, no Jess striking than those of later time, and, in their proper places, we shall disenss at some length the marvellous variety of reptilian and avian life whieh existed during Mesozoic time. Perhaps the most striking fossil described in the paper to which we have referred, is what Prof Marsh has called Hohip- pus (thie dawn of the horse). This animal, which was about equal in size to the red fox, differed from its nearest all ly; the Orohippus, and thus from all horselike animals hitherto known, in the character of its teeth, and, what is still more striking to the qnscientific mind, in the number of its toes. While the Orehippus, the most remote ancestor of the horse known up to the time of this latest discovery, had four toes in front and three behind, Zehippus zoes back one step fur- ther, and has four toes oa the hind foot as well as in front. Weare told, besides this, that there is some evidence to show that it had perhaps the rudiment of a fifth toc, both before and behind. We liaye thus a horselike animal, the feet of which probably resembled those of a lapir more nearly {lan anything ¢lse, but whose general aspect was widely different from that of the lange, clean-limbed horse of the present (ay. Another new form, of which Prof. Marsh lias given us an account in the paper under discussion, is an animal of the sitilline, or hog tribe. This Parahyus, 93 i lias been called, is interesting as being one of the yery few artiddactyles, or eyen-toad mammals, that have been duscribed from (he Bo- cene in this country, and the first as yet nolieed trom the Coryphodon beds of New Muxico, the lowest and hence the earliest Tertiary known on this continent, Parahyus resembled in size the modern wild hoar, hut (he jaws were proportionate. ly shorter and stouter. ‘The general aspect of tle remains frou which this genus 1s described is quite similar, except, of course, in respuct to size, that of Blotheanm, « gigantic suil- line of the Miocene; bat the former may veadily be distin- guished from its Jater ally, as if as one less premolar tooth. The present genus, as remarked by Prof. Marsh, “affords an interesting example of gn extinct form outside of the ancus- tral line, whieh terminated in the existing suillines.” A third new genus annotineced is a remarkable carnivore, about the size of a large wolf, The remains from which it is described consist of 2 tivarly perfect skeleton in an admirable stale Of preseryation. ‘This animal, Dromacyon, like the one just describad, resembles a later form, the terrible Hyaenadon, ‘. 's of Miocene time. The top of the skull supports an enormons sagittal orest, for the attachnient of the biting muscles, and, although the skullwas large, {he brain, as in all Bocene mam= mals, was very smull. Dryptodon, the last of the animals described, belongs to the lately discovered anil remarkable order, 7¥tlodontia. In this order, which was announced by Prof. Marsh a short time ago, the characters oF seyeral different groups of mammals are mnifed, and (he animals composing it are fhus quite un like anything known ali the present day, All the genera of the order are clivacterized by lize incisor tevth, growing from persistent prlp like those of the rodents of to-day. These tecth in Hranweyon ave of enormous size, and meastire in antero-posterior diamcter at the alveolus, or point where they emerge from the jaw, nol. less tlian an inch and a quar- ter. ‘These monstrous teeth extend back through the jaw tinder three of the premolars. We &ee, then, that the paleontologists Haye at Jast discoy- ered the four-toed liorse, the existence of which was predict- ed some years ago; and we may confidently look forward to a not distant day when we shall be introduced to a five-loed equine which shall form the Gnmediute link letween the first of the iorses and the tapireid perissodactyles of the earliest Kocene, We sce, too, how the unremitting labors of years have brought, and are still bringing to light an ihfinite variety of new forms, of the existence of which no conception was had nutil they were discovered. These sttanye creatures, standing, as most of them still do, alone, seem veritable monsters; but we may feel sure that, us the knowledge of the yas|; subject which we are discnssing becomes more ani more extended, each of these wonderful animals will be found fo have his place in the system of life, and that finally the “missing links ” haying all been supplied, the grand plan of nature will at last be clearly revealed. Gs THE STARLINGS IN CENTRAL PARK. s0Ma DISPARAG ENG COMMENTS ABOUT NTE SPARRIWS, TILE City of New Yorkis ereatly indebted to the American Acclimatization Society for the setting at Iberty a large mumber of common starlings (Stns vulgaris) in the Central Park. This bird, which is to be fon im almost every part of Burope, is alittle larger than our xobin, with s plumage Shaded purple and green, From (he moment of leaving the nest i) begins to manifest ils bright and joyous disposition by singing merrily all day, no matter how juclement the weather, nor how seanty its supply of food, icaching usa lesson of con- tentment more effectually than could some of our sreatest philosophers. W. A, Conklin, Hsq., Soperintendent of Central Park, gives us some interesting facts respecting the habits of this bind. THe says: “The starling buildsils nest in the earhy spring, in trees, de- sertidl houses*and church steeples, shalches about five or six egus, of 4 light blne color, upon which the female sits sixteen days. ‘The young are left to tuke care of themselves after a short time, and with the parents congregate in immense flocks, !lying about doring the day and resting in trees or in beds of reeds during the night. he service rendered to mankind by these little songsters cannot be too highly estimated. They clear the gardens and fields of snails, \orins, grass- hoppers, caterpillars, ete., displaying in the performance of this work an amount of patience and skill almo&t, incredible. Tt is stated that a single young starling will consume 140 worms or insects in fourteen huurs out of the twenty-four, and in the part of Germuny where this calculation was made il was estimated that the 180,000 birds which composed the flock cleared the ground of not less than 12,600,000 snails and worms daily. ; . ep It is a very sociable bird, fiying in the company of crows and jackdaws, and fond of mimicking the sound of ofher birds. In captivity it learns readily to speak and sing. One has been known to repeat the Lord’s Prayer with- ont missing a word. It breeds revularly in the London parks. We believe that the starlings are vastly more seful as worm destroyers than (he sparrows, which have certainly nol made a.good record for themselves since their introduction here, They ace vastly more aniertaining and interesting in them- selves, besides heing more civil to other birds, We append a yoluminous correspondence relating 1o fhe sparrow question, which we present as a testimony to convict or defend, as its weight may incline the jury to decide. Eprrox Forest AND SreeaM: We wish (o add our mite to the much mooted ** Sparrow question,” which was brought to onr notice in the last issue of your paper. Having bad ample facility for jadging of ‘the merits and demerits of this bird, we would gay a few words tending (o proyé tlie inadyisability ofallowing them to increase in such a ratio as has taken plice since their first introduction to this counfry. As a city scavenger and destroyer of some classes of the nox- ious insects which infest the shade trees of our public parks, they do yery well, for ‘tis best, perhaps, with this object, lo forego the presence of what few of our native birds were for- merly accustomed to liye in these noisy centres. The verdict of Mr. Galvin, of Boston, to the contrary notwithstanding, the fact still exists that wherethe Unglish sparrows consresale or breed in numbers, there soon our native birds are wanting. We haye time and agai witnessed ihe fierce pugnacity of the imparted birds. “Among themselves they are excéedingly quarrelsome, but let.a bird of a different genus but show him- self, and the fury of the whole spatrow community is turned upon the helpless interloper; they chase him hither and thither, _#iving him no rest nntil he is banished from the neizuborhood, The sparrows preler the city streets, where their repulsive food is plenty, and select the public parks for breeding, but their marvellous increase has driven hordes of them out to the surrounding suburbs, where their presence is not needed, the numberless insectiyorous and worm eating natives eeneral- ly being there amply sufficient to cope with the yermin, We * J Tr = 307 huye in mind @ loeality on the banks of the Tudson, nof many miles from the heart of New Yorl: City, a spot noted for its forest (rees and pleturesijne loveless. A yery few years ago it was the abiding place of many of ow most melodious song birds. The wood (lirush sent his metallic notes ringing from (ire tall gale and hemlock, the robins, scurlet tanager, oriole dnd a host of ouhers, ade vie woods rme with their song's, or enlivened the scene with their brilliaft plate. The Envlish sparrow, overflowing from the city, made his iLomened appearance; within six months, (he harsh neyer- ceasing cliirp filled the air from morning wntil night, and our native birds bern to be heard and seen i loss trombers. The following spring the most prized wood thrush had gone else- where (6 breed, and there was & Gorresponding diminution in the mumbers of our ollier yearly visitants. The indignation of (he neighbors soon vented itself on the useless usurpers, anc they were, by being killed and having ticir nests broken en up, soon driven off, and at the present time, two years since the banishment of the Bnglish birds, the native anc ab- original ayi-fauna of that region are as plenty a& they ever wert, The sparrows breed neurly the year through, and their rafé of ina@reasé is equalled by that, of no Other bird. Can not some steps he taken to confine them to the cilics where alone, if anywhere, they are needed? : Ramon. BROOKLYN, Jute 2, 177. TDirow FOREST AND STRHAM AND Rop anp GuN: Tt is with great interest that Thaye read carefully the different con- froversies respecting the English sparrows, boil in (te daily and sport- ing jonmals. The resull Of personal observation has led me to der greatly from Mr. Galyin and others regarding the peaceful propensities of the apirrow. Think (ite following will be of interest; Thad tn roy gardens sina Virwinia creeping vine, ihe hanmt of muny Bpurrows, and although they played among its folie they never built Hw hesh it iW ou aveouhtof ils close proximity to the house, Inthe aytiuoin the berries of this vine turn purple, and different birds used to come there forthem. Ont day as T was admiring tie contrast betyeen the berries and the foliave there canie a fine big brown thrush. He picked a herry, aid to my surprise he swillowed it, If being quite a large one. Tn-a few minutes he picked a second, and a third, and as lw was about to take a fourth there vame a flock of these common” sparrows, such as loaf aro\nd (le streets and gardens, and Mr, Vhrush’s retreny, Was a hasty one. T noticed this i particular on account of the great size of the thrush. Not long after, ona nice, balmy morning, nty attention was drawn to the greatest rabble tiie J ever heard or witnessed aniong the foliage of this same vine. I watched a few minutes, und there came outa large yellow bird, orit appeared 10 be yellay, and his tight was so quick that T could not distinguish the classitivation, and the sparrows in hol pur- Suit after it, Iwas one day in the Jamaica woods and saw this same spec Of spartow attack a Dinebird, and whenever they do attack any other bowl they never come singly, bitin sixes or dozens. Bntof all fhe animosity ever vherished iwainst wny one, the sparroww’s against the soug spurrowisthe worst. JT have witnessed whe severest at- tacks of these villains against this charmer of the spring, Sever or eight years ago T used to hear his note among the apple and pear blossoms in the early spring, aud with usud feeling have | noticed his decrease year by year. Likewise haye 1 missed the robin antl the wren, on which these sparrows hive made sad havee. I could give many instances, but they would fill half the pages of this valuably journal, Ouone occasion Thad @ hen sparrow spread ler wings and make an attempt to ly at me when J ouly approached to see what she was feeding on, Ti regard to the usefniness of the sparrow, he ‘eserves yery little credit. Thad forty monthly rose bushes destroyed in one season ly the ‘aphais” or rose bug, and a green worm, which [ do not know the name of, ald the telghbortiood fullof sparrows, And the same season the worms destroyed & whole crop of cherries, From what I have seen I know froin experience that the sparrow is a good-fornothing, dommeering bird, and any casual observer cannot lielp biti notice that they are always fighting among themselves, and if one pieks up a eruimb or worm the others pursne him tothe death alinost, Lo take it away, ani more times than one haye I seen him drop a “rare bit ? trying lo flee from his companions. They let orchards go to ruin, tor they will not eat every kind of insect, and the cornices and window tops ol the houses in our cities present a disyraceful sight from their droppings, they preferring to build their nest on the eayes of houses anid spend their tinte among dang hills in the street rather than protect the orchards, which they were transported for, They are given tu wanton laziness, and T recommend that the Acclimatization Society slip them alhome again, and bring English stariiigs, nightingales and the like, and while they are about it bring over some Buelish partridwe und woodcouk, In iny opinion there is no better authority in New York than J. H, Balty, of New Utrecht, and if Mr. Galvin or Dry Thomas Brewer have not perused the back Numbers of this journat T would recommend them to cast un eye on page W1, Vol. 4. Yonrs truly, Wo. WALSE. wm Eprrok Forest AND STREAM > In your last issué you ask for “ observations” concerning English spar- vows. Vive yeurs azo I brought three pairs 10 this city and planted them In boxes on trees in my yurd, and have watched them closely ever since, nutilthey have multiplied into thousands, wand my lrst “observation? is that cach pair hutches trom tye to three broods of from three to tive birds annually. 2. ‘They are along lived, hardy, vigorous bird, and use hlouges whea provided for them only for hatching and rearing their young, and nob for protection fromm storms and seyere weather. 3. They roost in dense evergreen trees and ivied walls, where they ussembie ain hour or two before dark in the fall and winter seasbis and join ih a | praud concert whichis protracted until nightlaul, and resuine the same atdayhght, and continne it until the Sun is fully up, wheu they disperse inquestofiood. 4. They are great cormorants, Gapable of consumo almost Incredible amounts of yegetable, or animal substauces. Their appetites ever impel them in questo? fued. 6 Whuiryalue as # means of defence against the ravages of insects and worms upon foliage and plants isin an inverse ratio to the amount of other food at their com_ mand. If there isan abundance of grain gnd offal suited to their tastes at. their disposal they will not exerl themselyes in searchof Worms. 6. They #et in their best work on insects and caterpillars by destroying their jarya diving the winter season wheu other menus of snbsl:lenceis scarce. 7. I have watched them with special reference to their intercourse with other birds,and while they often fight among theinselves,] have sven them feeding from the same crumb of bread deposited for their use and baph- lug inthe same fountain or puidle, nesting and hatehing within three feef of the robin and bine bird, hut never have observed « collision between themanduny native forest bird. Tf there was any special uitAvONIsM between the sparrows-auil native birds [ am sure I would have observed it, 8. They areso shy of traps that it is ulmost inpo-— sible to catch old ones in this way. 9 Ifiud thal caterpillars and worms are fast being batished from my trées as the spatrows multiply. The elms that were aunuully stripped of their foliage by worms doring June and July and Were fast losing their fiinbs und lapsing into decay aye heen for the past two years renewing thelr growth and retaining thelr foliage undespoiled, until nipped by frost, 10. hey are gregar ious and do not migrate, bat seek ont and inhabit thoge localities where they ean find the hest accommotations, They evidenve their gratitude Tor winter Teenie by their constant presenue aud vigilant search for Hiv and grabs of trees and dawns adjacentte the places where food is urliflvially suppliedthem, 12. T am able to contin tle observation Of Mr. Galvin, of Boston, concerning the habits of ihesparrow in finding he dite aad Tnseets that attack the apple, pear, cherry and other fruit blossoms. TF firsh thought. that they were destroying (ye frutt germs. 1% Weck al other birds have migrated to more genial and sunny climes ie spurtow remains the sole representative of tie feathered family, to cheer tle winter landscape antl enliven by their plaintive monotone- song the city dooryard. ld. They prefer to bole their nests im small boxes placed fifteen or twenty feet aboye the ground on trees mpoblie siceets, Walks orgrounds, When asnijicient number of (lese are not supplied they will build in hollow cornives, brackets, window caps, or on projections of any character on the wills, ov under the eves of houses —tlways selecting the front or most public exposure. Im these localities they, from their noise und droppings, often, become great Sonreus of annoyance, DL, G. Cary. Inidionqulis, Jwne ti. WFT, EDITOR FoRrst and STREAM: My plice is tivé miles southof Newark, and for many years the bag pests interfered, with my plants and frees, so 1 cultivated the sparre Until it is a vegtlar thing for abont titty to share my chickens?’ feed al wihler, and scold over it If the eracked Gorn is too course, LF have fourteen nice boxes Made for und tenanted by blucbirds teu years Sg, unl & pleasant time I bad in early spring wutehing them; bat Whar sparrows cumie, being on the gronud all winter, they naburally ad the first choice. Two sparrow families set up housekeeping the first year, When the Tiinebirds came it was comical to see plea pecking inte house, and iinding: uw family, with beddjug anit all, there before them; but they had plenty of houses lat, and with tob- ind, vit-birds, thrushes and orioles, not to leave oub Jenny wren, they Iai good time, However, griduully the Sparrows took possession of all the Hoxes, anil the blnebirds haye all gone. 1 neyer sayy any fight, or even aly scolding; but the blaebirds come, luok inte every box, aud quietly go elsewhere. The wreus, however, did not like it They had Nad their homes quietly for seyeral yeurs, and one year (1575) they undertook to take possession of a box, aud commenvedt ejecting the bed and bedding of a sparrow family; but the Sparrows were foo miuchTor them, ‘hey called in aid from their peighhors, and droyethem off. I saw four wrens, and a dozen sparrows haying a scolding match omy piazza, and pretty noisy they were for aday or two. The wrens gave if up, but found some holes in av old clerry tree, and set up their housekeeping there, The next year J had some boxes made With yery small holes, and then Jenny was in eloyer. Tk was comical to see the wrens get inside and seold bavk, aa balf a dozen sparrows assembled outside and discusssed the matter, tried their best to enfér, opened their mouths yery wide, and made spiteful pecks at the hole, but they gave it up, and how 1 have around me tive or six fanilies of wrens. ie sparrows have never interfarred with the other birds, and T lave around mein about anacre anita hat of wood and lawn, tb goodly tot of robins, cat-birds, orloles, Sparrows, Wrens, thrushes, kiiebird, ehip- pies, ete., that keep my rose bushes, pea vines aud fruif trees clear of valerpillars, worms and bigs. Tho largest alire is done by the spar rows, and Tavake them comfortable in puymeut. Some winters Ihave more than my share, but before spring 7 find the barn owls thin then out, 80 that they sre nol too plenty when their services ure wanted, Yours traly, aR TENAMLY, N,J,, Jule 2, 1877, Eprtor VoREsT AND STREAM? We have a few sparrows in the yard, antl find their presence makes very little difference with the other birds. We have sixteen varieties of birds in the yard ah this writing, viz, brown thrush, robins, cat- birbs, Orioles, wood robin, hlwebirds, pheebe-bird, cnecvo, king-bird and the rest warblers of different kinds, We find the most, quarelsome to be the king-hird and black vriole. These Jast are chasing almost everything that crosses their path. A few years a pair of king-birds tormented iy pigcons to such an éxteut that we were compelled to kill them. We do notfind any special benetit from the BLUrrOWSs, bub find 4 considerable expense when a large fiock feed with the chickens, Theit favorite feed is screenings from wheat, and they will hardly eat anything else, if they can gel it ip this section. Some of the neigh- hors have been killing them on this account, J think (hey destroy-an immense amount of millers aud worms while they are feeding their young, bub after that they prefera grain dict, and on the whole area great benelit, especially in the cities, where they tiuive elm trees, ani the measurimg worm, and yery few other birds. Hore is another instatice of robins building in strane places. We haye a pair which have built their neston the crossbeant of au unfin— ished, roofless honse near here, and laid their egva, The nestis en- firely unprotected trom the sun and rain. Another pair have built in anold harn onthe widow fraine, about thirty feet From the #round, and areunder & tight roof, ‘The theory is they doit to get away from crows and birds which steal their eges and young. Rup Wing, Boston, Tune 2, 1877, EDLtOK POREST AND STREAM? To not wish to bore you unduly on the sparrow question, ;hieh hore, at least, is vindicating itself, but your Indianapolis correspond- ett Makes a misstatement of so much moment that I hope you wal Al. low me jo set your readers right, If is not true, that in France the Sparrows are ‘sold by the peek for pof-piey’ On the contrary, ever since the commission appointed by Louis Napoleon, at the heud of Which was that eminent savan, Mloyert Prevost, reporte] that the 8par~ TOW Was per encnenee (he Invst uselul to agriculture of all the birds of Europe, the sparrow has been protected by Taw, and the children jn all the public schools of France, by order of tha Depariment of Public Tastruction, are taught the vale of all birds, the sparrow not exept. ed. My authority for thisis the Hon, M. Strvaiix, head director of that department, He assured me that the old prejudice against the spar- row had all died ont of France with the present eeherstion, and T have before me as I write a printed copy of the general cirewlar of iustric— tion Issued hy M. Waddington, given me by M. Seryaux himself, By it the children are required tobe taught the yalue of all birds, Instead of heing such a sink of iniquity in bird hutehery as your correspondent Magines. Brance studs out aliead of all the world teachiug, in the Thomorale words of Prevost, that ‘no agriculturist can tuke the lite of any bird, withont doing that which will be sure to work injury to himself.” THOMss M. Bruwrr. CampnmeE, Mass., June 4, 1877. Kprvor Forms: snp Srream; You ask in your tssuc of May 31 for evidence about the Mnglish sparrows in this country. The objections te them are these: 1. They have no personal attractions except their tameness. 2. They are practically useless, and are no fohger needed. In Cambridge, those trees which are properly tarred haye no capker-worms on them, because the female mothis wingless, and, if prevented from ascending’ the trunk, can— not lay her eggs near leaf-buds. Many others of the elms » here are largely stripped, but I heave not seen an English sparrow eat. one canker-worm, though both the birds and caterpillars are abundant. The birds may have been useful on their first arrival from Europe, but they are too much pampered to be so now, at least to any satisfactory extent. 3. They destroy fruit-blossoms. 4 They are often quarrel- some, and sometimes drive away other useful birds, as I can positively testify to from my personal observation. ° H. D. Mrnor. oe GAME PROTECTION. Fist PrRorkction, Evc., CAvaDA.—The new set of salmon and bass regulations for the four northern counties of Nor- thumberland, Restigouche, Gloucester and Kent require that persons who desire to fish for salmon shall furnish the local overscer with a memorandum in writing, setting forth the length of their nets and the places where they intend to sect them, at the same time paying, in adyance, a tax of three cents perfathom ; if they set their nets before complying with the above the nets will be seized and they themselves will be obliged to pay fines and costs. Bass fishermen are required to register their nets and pay a dollar for each net to the district overseer before fishing. These rezulations take the place, so far as the tax is con- cerned, of those issued in 1875, These new regulations are an outgrowth of the opposition to the old mode of levying this tax,.and are a questionable improvement upon that system. There is much complaint among the Gaspereoux fishermen of the prohibition of Gaspereoux scining. —— + -—= CLOSE SEASON FOR BLACK BASS. New Yorn, 145 Broadway, May 30, 1877. Epiror Forrsr ann Streram AND Rop Anp Guy: Enclosed find a communication from Fish Commissioner Shotwell, of New Jersey, which please note and give com- ment. W. O. McDower1. Ranway, N. J., May 80, 1877. Mr. W. O. McDowet : Dear Sir—L notice with some surprise that Foresr anp Srream says black bass fishing commenced in Greenwood Take on the 20th of this month. If that is the New York law it conflicts with ours, and besides that, it is all wrong. ‘The bass are now spawning. 1 hope the Greenwood Lake Sports- man’s Club will do all they can to prevent fishing for black bass before July 1. Con you inform me if the New York law allows fishing for black bass after May 20? : Yours truly, J, R, SxHorwetn, Com. [Our readers in this State and conscientious anglers gener- ally, have been much distressed by the peculiar misapplica- tion of our Jaw governing the close season for black bass, the close season expiring on May 20, which is at the very time when the fish are either spawning or watching their young fry. ‘The season should remain closed until the Ist of July, as it docs in New Jersey and many other States. In Green- wood Lake, which lies partly in both States, the incongruity of the laws not only makes confusion, but is likely to result in serious personal difficulties, The objects of the Jaws seem to ‘be wholly defeated. A new game bill has passed both houses of the New York Legislature, but still awaits the Goyernor's signature. Its new amendments do not, however, change the close time for black bass. In Lake George and many other waters in the State, there are special provisions which apply, making the close time end on July ist, which is fortunate. [1 would be better to wipe out all provisions of local application, and make the Jaw common to the whole State.—Ep. | t= Since writing the Governor has signed the bill. 3 —s Ts : —The followmg correspondence has been placed before us. Tt will be seen that the game laws are nullified, or rendered nuil, by the decision of the district attorney. So long as there is no disposition or effort to enforce the laws that we now have, it is supererogatory and useless to waste lime every year on amendments or attempts to effect changes which may bring no practical results. Tor this reason our Governor, and Gov- ernor Tilden before him, have not thought fif to complicate and mystify that which few can even now interpret, compre— hend, comply with or enforce. he first letter is acomplaint served on the District Attorney: PRosPEcT HOUSE, UPPER SARANAC LAKE, May 15, 1877. t Diatrict Attorney, Franklin Co,, N. Y.: Take notice that Fayette St. Germain, Levi St. Germain, Moses St. Germain, St. Benjamin St. Germain are catching trout out of. the Upper Saranac Lake with a set-line and gill nets, to a great extent, and it can be proved by one against the other, and witnesses Edwin Otis, Simeon Torratice and Jesse Corey. They make their brag that there is no law tostop them. Now, I am Game Constable of Harriettstown, and the people wish them to be put through to the extent of the law. Send the sheriff out and arrest the whole lot of them. Yours, étc., Gro. W. WaxkE. From the District Attorney of Franklin Go., N. Y., indorsed on the hack of the aboye letter and returned to Mr. Wake, is the following: 4 Referring to the game laws you will perceive that the District At- torney can do io more aboul the matter referjed to than any private witizen. Che ofence is not a misdemeanor, and not indictable, : Yours, etc., 8. A. Beaman, May 19, 1877. Tue Woops, May 26, BEpiror Forest Asp STREAM: 5%! The underscoring in the above reply is Mine, and I desire 1£77. fo call your attention to it and receive your reply, The! Pp, 0, Box, 1,204—Adv. q ao oe | | | | Upper Saranac is almost held in terror by the above-men- tioned St. Germains, who haye been violating the game laws for the past years, and still te District Attorney maintaining that nothing can be done. They are the same gang that the Hoyt and Romeyn party bad the trouble with in May 1876, and who fired rifles @t the Wheeler party, presuming they were firing at the former. What course ought to be pursued ? Section 19 is very explicit to me, but perhaps my brains are not as leyally able to comprehend as the above Disrict Attor— ney. Can you not enlighten him? And will you not bring the matter to the attention of the State Association for the Protection of Game, or tu its attorney ? Yours truly, N. - > —At the meeting of the Norfolk (Va.,) Game Protective Association, held June 4th, the following gentlemen were elected officers for the current year: President, 8. R. White; Tirst Vice-President, B. V, White; Second Vice-President, W. H, Seabury; Secretary, J. C. Adkisson; Treasurer, N. Burruss; Attorney of the Association, Judge T. 8. Garnett ; Executive Committee, Pred. Hardy, Jos° Hobday, L. W. Tazewell, John B. Corprew. “ Captain W. E. Taylor, from the Committee on Gume Laws, reported that the State had adopted a law answering in all important points the desires of Lue Association, and asked that the Committee be discharged. The following reference was interpolated in the President's address. I tuke pleasure 1m recommending to our members Fornst AND Siream, a hizh toned paper uevoted to those principles Which it 1s our object to promote, besides giving valuable in- formation in Natural Llistory and pisciculture, together with interesting sketches by flood and field, nearly all of whieh I have found worthy of perusal. This paper is unquestionubly worthy of our patronaye and support. : BS ae. THE SYRACUSE CONVENTION. URRIEDLY Idrop a few lines. The birds are the only trouble at this hour, yet the despatches from agents are very fayorable, and the asssociation is full of hopes. They will have a quantity of birds, but cannot state the amount until the arrivals from the west, which are momentarily ex- pected. The bench show of dogs is getting on finely, and the date of closing the entries has been postponed until Monday, June 18th, which will give all parties an opportunity to enter their dozs, The committee have taken this step from the fuct (hat many sportsmen declined to enter until they ar- rived to attend the convention, and will not arrive before Mon- day. The noyelty of an exhibilion of fish will be qnite an attrac- tive feature, and is well in hand by Mr. Henry A. Porter, of Islafidl Pond hatcheries. A goodly number have already been received and are in the tanks in the armory embracing many rare and yaluable species. All bird trappers can find ready sale for birds by telegraph- ing to Greene Smith, No. 8 Larmed Block, Syracuse, N.Y, Sportsmen thronghout this section would place the association under obligation by sending in birds to the above headquarters. They do not care how mauy are left over as they desire to ob- tain enough for the convention at all hazards, and the pros- pects at present are encouraging though not positive of ob- taining a supply. The following gentlemen are appointed judges: Division J.—Spor ting Dogs, John Dayidson, Monroe. Division 1.— Non-$ porting Dogs, Geo. de Forest Grant, New York. From ovr Specian Rerorrer. —The enterprise of Parker Brothers, manufacturers of the celebrated Parker gun, can be seen by the large advertisement they haye in our columns, hey have shipped their large Centennial case, well filled with fine guns, for exbibition at the convention of the New York State Association for Protection of Fish and Gate, to be held at Syracuse next week, and will undoubtedly win as many laurels for hard shovling as usual during the contests. ‘1 he Parker Bros, lave donated a gun and case as a special prize for the best average score in the main shoot at the Syracuse State Association meeting, q dD. 8. or = Tne Prorve’s Link Steamenrs.—tt is universally conced ed that in point of beauty the noble [adsen excels all the riv- ers of Europe, and that the tourist who fails io make the trip by boat between New York and Albany, is shutting himself out from some of the most picturesque and imposing Amari can scenery. ‘The sail is, therefore, well worthy of being tak en as an independent excursion. It is much more likely, however, to be marked out by the traveller asapart of a more: extended tour. Tt proves both a delight{ul opening and a. stit- slying clos It.e-- whels th appetite Jor the more distant grin- deur, to be found in the west and north; if comes as an impos- ing finish to a trip amidst the same scenes. In either case the travellers to whom ils attractions are most familiar, finds the sail on the Hudson, to or from Albany, an indispensable part of the programme. There are as many routes for summer tra- vel in which it can form apart that it will he sufficient fo men- tiou those to Niagara, the West, the St, Lawrence, Montreal, Lake George, Lake Champlain, the Adirondacks, the Catskills, Saratoza and the White Mountains. Albany is an inevitable point in the ronte of both traveller and sporlsman, and the most pleasant way by which to reach andJeave it is by the magnificent sicaniers of the People’s Line, New Jersey Steams boat Company. ty —Rey, Joseph T. Duryea has gone to the Adirondacks to camp out for six weeks. He is, accompanied by his friend, Mr. Sayaze, who will doubtless make the Doctor feel at home in the wilderness. SS rr Norice To Srorrswby.—Having received #0 many communtivations asking us for information in reyard to our six-sectlon bamboo trout, black bass, grilse and salmon rods, we haye prepared a circular on the subject, which we shall take pleasure in forwarding to any address, We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from $15 to $150. We put our stainp only on the best, m order to protect our customers: and onr reputation, for we are unwilling to sell a poor rod witha false enamel (nude by burning and sfaining, fo imitate the genuine article), without letting our customers knqw just what they are getting. Apszy & Tunniz, 45 Maiden Lane, * fale | aball, by @ Joint majority The if THE AMERICAN TEAM OF 1877. HE Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association have shown more than usual promptitude in the prep- aration and issuing of the call for riflemen to fillup the Amer- ican rifle team of 1877. The prospects are that we shall have atough fight, and appreciating this, the programme makers have sought to elaborate such a scheme as should bring out the very best working eight our country can produce. ‘Dhe plan, as expressed, is more cumbrous than if will turn out to be in practice. Of course, all are invited, but to start only with such as are reasonably certain to gain a place; entries are limited to those only who live passed the easy point of 180 in the possible 225, the teststo be made on their home range. The managing committee is limited to tires, There was a strong pressure brought to bear that some formal reog- nition of the Amateur Rilé Club of this city should be mace in the composition of this committee, but while all are ready to acknowledge the position of the Armatetr Club as the lead- ing small bore club of the country, that from among its mem- bers has now furnished four yiclorious Ainerican teams, tts claim to a portion of the managing power would only inter- fere with the advancement of the Nutioual Rifle Association to what it, by right, should be, the central representative body for American riflemen generally, willout distinction of place or section. This committee will need to be most carefully se- lected. None but those above reproach should be chosen, and as the board have, it seems to us in rather questionable faste, required ‘* carackters ” from would-be members of the team, it might be well fo: members of the proposed committee to furnish similar testimonials that they are not influenced by pecuniary or other considerations in their fatherly offices to- wards rifle practice. With the Pres. N. R. A. at the head of the committee, and Col, Gildersleeye as an expert hoiding the confidence of all, the third member of the committee might ba chosen from without the immediate ranks of rifle shooters and. managers, some citizen of prominence, whose name and influence would work well in giving promimence to the movement. The shooting tests for the leading men of the team seem to strike a just average, severe enongh to cut out the chance of mere luck, and not tediously Jong. ‘The double day test is apropos, as the match finally is to be extended over two days. The election of the two final members of the team will proyoke, we dare say, no small amount of discussion as the day of choice draws near, It is more than likely that the next two ren in order of merit will fill these posts, and riflemen generally may rely upon it, that the mere fact of a candidate haying once been a prominent shot will bear but slight influence-against the fact that he has ceased to hold his own against the new-comers. It will re- quire a pretty general concurrence among judges without the committee, to allow any departure from 4 straight order of se- lection by scores made. The clause permitting of a vacancy in the team ‘for cause” will, no doubt, remain rather a bal— ance against poss:ble contingencies than working rule. ‘Lhe #200 clause will not, in all Jikelilood, be availed of by many, if any, members of the team. As it is, it removes Une aypear— ance of havyig the team a paid-or ‘‘professional” body. On the whole, despite the wretched English which marks the pro- gramme, as presented by the Special Committee chairman, a fair, honest representative team may be selected under it, and with the close s-rutiny, which eyery move of team and com- niittee will réceive from the writing experts on the profession- al and daily press, it is not at all likely that anything but wise and open-handed counsels will preyail. The scheme of selection in its entirety reads as follows: PROGRAMME FOR THE SELECTION OF THE AMEKICAN RIFLE TEAM OF 1517. Whereas, A united team, representiig Grent Britain and Treland, bas bern entered to compete for the Aierican Centennial Long-range Trophy and the championship of the world in a Tuuteh, to be shot at Creedmoor in Septentber next; and Whereas, The inportance of this match demands that the besh rifie- men the country can produce be selected to defend if, it ia thereTore Resolved, That four (4) competitions, of2 days each, shall be held at Creedmoor, July 17 and 18, July 24 and &, July sland Aug, 7, and Aug, 7 and 8, the scores of three (8) of such competition only to be counted in determining the team to reserve. Open to all native born citizens of the United States, who in any two stated prautices or competitions of is shots at each of the 3 distances of 800, 900 and 1,000 yds., upon any ronge, between April 1 and Jnly 17, 1877, shall have made tn average of at least 180 points in enol Of said two compentions or practoes—sHid score to be certified to by an oliver of the rine club to wich the person belongs, or sworn to by himself before any officer authorized to ad- minister oaths ; distances suH, 900 andl 1,000 yre., fifteeti shots at each dis— tance onénch day ; weapon, any rifle within the roles ofthe National Ride Association Gybich rules shall also zoyern fhe cor petitors in all other respects.) No sighting shots, or previous practice by any copa petitor on the days of these competitions to be allowed, ‘A comuittee of turee shall be appointed by the Board of Directors N. R.A., to whom shall be referrer the “uty of carrying ont the pre, gramme. The lean shall cousist of 4 captain, adjutant, cight men and hwo reserves, The captain may or may not he one of the shooting men ofthe team, Incase any competitor shall, for reasons satisfactory to the Commitree charged with the condnet of the competition, be nuahle to finish a score or to compete on any of the prescribed days, euch Com= | mittee shall be antiorized to ix another day for such part of the eom- petition as he may have missed. Such Couunittec shall decide when, tt at all, a conipetition shall be postponed on accomnh of the weather and sylien it shall be resumed or completed. No competitor Shall be dowed ats) retire from any competition without the permission of tha Com- mittee. ‘ {he team and reserve shall be chosen ag follows: Upon the conein— sion of the competition six embers of the team shall be decided upon by selecting In the order of merit, as shown by aggregating the best three of their scores in these competitions, the Lightst ayzregate tak- ing the first place, and so on until the reqnifed number ne tained. The committee of Miree Herein provi en So. tho vote, elect the eapatitnte Fhe foamy a+ kl ‘ ~« 4 deemed advisable and necessary for the strengthening of the team, fo make their selection from among riflemen of known skill who may nut haye shot in all or any of the competitions. ¥ ‘The reserve shall consist of the two mén next highest in order of meritin the competition to those already In the team. As soon as prac- ticable after their selection the team and reserve shall, by a majority yote, select 4 cuptain who shall appoint anadjutant to assist him in his duties. The captain, when selected, shall have the management of - the team and prescribe the rules for its government and practice, Each person entering for the competition shall subscribe to the following: ““T desire to compete for aplace on the American Rife Team to re- present the U. 8, in the Centennial Long Range Rifle Match of 1877 for ihe Centennial Trophy, and hereby agree to conform to the conditions prescribed for the selection of said team. If I am successful I hereby pledge my word that 1 will shoot in the match, and will in addition per- foriit stich practice and submit to such discipline and goyerniment as the captain of sald team shall direct,” Competitors hot members of the N. R. A. will be furnished with menm- bers tickets admitting them to the range during the year 1877, Success- Trl competitors on the team and reserye will have their expenses (hatare approved by the committee having charge of the match refunded to the extent of $20teench, In yiew Of the national importance of this match, competitors Will be required to furnish to’the committee having charge of the mitch satisfactory references as to their character from the lo- calities they represent, orthe Rifle Association or clubs to which they inay belong. Avy person who may have been selected in accordance With the foregoing regulations, may for cause be removed by a two- thirds yote of the members of the committee having charge of the match aud of the team and reserve, “Entries for competitions may be mide by letter to the Secretary of the WN. R. A. up to the eyening of July 16,and in pergon, on the range, up to 10 A.M. on July 17, 1877. Those desiring to compete are request- ed to notify the secretary as early as possible. All entries must be ac- companied by the certificate of eligibility above provided for, Resolved, ‘That the secretary be directed to issue a cireulur to the va+ rivus rifle associations and clubs thronghout the United States, urging thom te send their best marksmen to compete for placesupon the team, s6as to ensure the selection of a troly “ National Team,” faly com- petent to sustain the reputation which las already been earned by Amevican riflemen ; and further, that, as the selection of the strongest team can only be had by competing together and upon the range where the match is to be shot, it will be necessary for competitors to attend at Creedmoor; that the conditions haye been made with a view to accom- modute as much as possible those living at a distance, and that the Wational Rifle Association earnestly recommend that the various locali- ties having riflemen competent in their opinion to win a place upon the team, Should muke such arrangements as will enable them not only to do 80 but to remain during the practice. —_—_—___++o —___—_ Tut Team Mnn’s Puan oF Sroravion —As a model of -concise wording, and as giving the views of a group of rifle- mcn uz to how the selection of an international team should be conducted, we give space to the following statement of the old team men’s views. It will be useful for reference, and for comparison with the scheme as adopted by the Di- rectors: New York, June 8, 1877. The snb committee representing the American Team of 1sit, the present holders of the trophy, and to whom was referred the matter of Selecting & teum to contest in behalf of American riflemen against the world for the possession of the Centennial Trophy tn 18/7, beg respect fully to submit: The competition for places on the team for 1877 to be held at Creed- moor and open to all comers who are native-born citizens ol the Uniled States or Territories; and that an address be issued, and published through the press, inviting all long-range rifiemen to participate. Six general competitions to be opened as soon as practicable; in each competitions 15 shots to be fired at each range, 800, 900 and 1,000 yards, without sighting shots, coaching or spotting by any person other than the competitor, and previous practice on the day of competition, to- gether with the giving and receiving of information, is forbidden. ‘The ten contestants making the highest aggregate in any four of said six competitions shall form the team andreserve. In cause of any vacancy aiter such team be selected, said vacancy shall be filled by a majority yote of the remaining members of the team and reserve. They will then elect a captain, not from their number, but one who is judged a competent riflemman, The contestants who are selected for positions on the team are honor-bound to stibmit to the terms and the rules goy- erning the team, and any member yiplating the same shall be liable to expnision upon @ two-thirds vote of all the members of the team, We deem it important that a surgeon should be in attendance at all the competitions and practices of the team. No member shall be allowed to wilhdraw or retire from practice without the approyal of the sur- geon, under penalty of disqualification, The committea would further recommend that the assignment of targets for the competitions be made by drawing lots on the first day, the equading s9 made to remain unchanzed; the squads to occupy the targets in rotation, and 80 arranged, if possible, that each squad will not be placed at the same target more than one day during the compe- titlons, All of which is respectfully submitted. L. G. Broce, Secretary, Sub-Cominittee from American Team, 1876. Rirte Nores.—The practice of the military at the short range is telling very strongly upon the iron target slabs at Oreedmoor, The superintendent during the last week of May reported five slabs as disabled and valueless. These were all of American make, while the slabs imported from England ‘are showing admirable lasting qualities. It was resolved to ‘put np additional targets of stone. One of this material is now in use asa mid-range target, and is doing excellent ser- vice. It is a brown sandstone sent from the interior of this ‘State, and is about six inches thick. Its demerit consists in its unwieldy weight, making transportation charges upon it very heavy, and requiring a large force of mento put it in position. They are, however, stationary affairs, and once in place seem capable of any amount of shot battering. —Some of the troops when yisiting Creedmoor for target practice seem to forget that they are under orders as much so as if on a public parade, and, instead of shifting from point to point, as the shooting progresses, in a miliary manner and - according to taetical movements, drive about pell-mell more like a flock of sheep than of drilled soldiers. While this dis- regard for appearances is.so general, if is not universally so, and here and there a line officer may be found who has sufficient pride to appreciate a correct regard for military usage, and en- ergy enough to put his ideas into practice Ai-the parade of de- faenonta from the First Brigade. On Thursday last Capt. Smith’s company of the Twenly-second Regiment was con- spicuously remarkable for the orderly and systematio style in : fell back from range to range, n AND STREAM. 309 —The American Rifle Association will have a special match and subscription day on June 23d, at their Range near Pell- hamyille, Westchester County. First match prize, Reming- ton sewing machine, value, $75. Conditions, 500 yards, posi- tion any, 10 scoring shots, 2 sighting shots. military rifles al- lowed 5 points. Highest score to win; entrance fee, $1; en- tries unlimited. Second match, subscriptions same as the foregoing ; entrance fee, Suc. Josura H. Porter. Secretary A. BR. A. CrenpMoor, June 6.—The amateur club marksmen brought their series of eight weekly competitions for the selection of senior and juniur teams to a Close last Wednes- day, Major Jewell (or ff. Stuart, as he-chooses to dis- guise himself) for the fifth time leading the field with a fine score, beating even his champion score of the Leech Cup day—213, witha bad bullet miss—is littie short of ex- traordioary, and this, too, when the closing dozen shots were fired through a lively rain and mist, giving the bull’s- eye the appearance of a dark, cloudy mags across fhe target face. Asit was, 37 bull’s-eyes in 45 shots is a feat which we think has not yel been accomplished on any range here or abroad. Mr, Isaac L, Aller was not far behind with a score of T4in the possible 75 at 800, but he “tumbled” at the longer ranges, and got only a paltry 204, also with a miss. Tf Mr. Allen caunot do better he will have to fall back umong the ‘has-beens.” The score ran on the 6th as follows : HT. 8. Jewell, Rem. Creed. rifle. 835355545 6 66 6 & & 4-72 63432355 65655 5 4 5 4 2055565 665 5 5 & 5 4—6S—213 1.1 , Allen, Rem, Creed, rifle, 65565 5655 55 6 6 5 «£6 5TH 415455 6545 5 6 56 4 th 6656444452445 3 5 4612 Rathboue, Rem. Creed rile. B R45 566565 5 6 465 6 4 & 45—i0 0, aeeeco 445 5 3 4 5 45 8 4 6 5 &—H) 1000.0... eed BD £4 55 4 5 GF 4G 8B FT 4—-H4—202 Frank Hyde, 8. C 65 6h 56 180 H. Pisher, 4. M. L. tiv 69 GL 1st A.J. Ienuion, Jr,, R. 66 Ag ad 169 Gade. ATO RHG RE Oso. seem ee un OF $1 4s 141 The Poppenhausen Medal, or Marksman’s Badge has been finally woo from the list of open matches at Creedmoor, being taken on Wednesday, the Gth inst., for the third time, by A. B. Van Heusen, of the Twelfth Regiment. ‘There were about forly competitors ont ot the last conipetition, though a stormy afternoon did not give promise of such an attandaunee, ‘The leading scores were as follows : 200 yards, 600 yards, me A. B. Vun Weusep......-+--. 43 5 4 4—20 45°53 4 4-22-42 J. It. Grohmian...... +... 6.6. 5 5 3 4 4-21 6.45 4 2 20-41 Ue Vent Citas em atte s 43 4 6 4-19 5 4 3 4 4—2)—39 LATS Grey 25. ene sseecseso- 3.3% 3 4 4—17 4644 J. @. Bultman.. .2 6 5 4 3—~19 44 4 3 W. Dy. Wari.... 25 4 4 4 3—U HoH 1a) 1S J. AL Gees, 7 oct 4 3 4 4 4-19 24 6 4 G. D, Hobart..... 4 0 3 3 4-14 6 43 6 Lewis Cass..... ot 4 3 2 4—IT 2b 4 4 .38 4 5 4 3-19 452% 24 4 4 4 4—2) 23 3 4 22 4 4 4 4-18 py bl ~4 4:4 3 4-19 4 492 2 w4 4 5 4% 4-17 a he 5 4 4 4 4 3-19 BR 263 6 44 3 4 4-19 433 4 G. W. Hasbrouck, 0 2 3 3 0S 445 5 . Harper 425 4 4-19 2 £ 2 3 0-—1—30 T. W. Linton. 3 4 4 4 4-19 0200 d. L. Price.... 4 3 3 3—16 4043 A.G, Stranton.. 3 2 4 2-14 3.02 4 CG. H. Wowaid...2.....0-5.4 3 2 3 5-17 3 0 0 2 This match was a very great favorite among the military men, its competition being restricted to State model arms, Mr. Poppenhausen could not do a more popular act than see to ifs immediate replacement under precisely similar terms, being the previous winner. We shall be happy to publish a note from him announcing the offer. Tue record of the match is shown in the following list of match winners : 200 yds, 500 yds. T'L June 24, ‘75, Private Van Heusen, Twelfth Regt......2u 21 41 July 29, “Th, Captain Price, Seventh Regt. ........... 21 24 55 Aug. 25, ‘ih, Private Wat erman, Seventh Regt,.......21 21 42 Sepl. 7, 76, Captain bro wn, Forty-seyenth Kegt......19 23 23 Sept. 40, ‘76, Private Van jleusen, Twelfth Regt......20 21 4 Oct, 28, 7h, Captain PricPSeyenth Reyf,.:..5.......,28 18 4 Noy. 2h, ‘76, Sergt. Le Boutilier, seventh Regt 22 20 42 May 6,77, Lieu-. Gee, Bighth Regt.-...... 20 “1 4| June ti, "77, Priv. Vau Lleusen, Twelfth Re 2947-20: 22 42 Toe Snares Co. Prwe—Cruepmoor.—The 4th contest for the Sharps Rifle Company prize of $250 in gold, was held at Creedmoor on the 9th inst., with a good line of entries, but with no very great showing of fancy superfine high scores: Major Jewell, as usual, led the field with a score of 203, his run at 900 yds. being remarkably fine. ‘The scores ran : S00 yds. 900 ycls, 1000yds, I") EDS, SOW) oc isiuvcecsetsopees Cyt nas ri) 74 AY 203 RATED ys x clel-ae 64 GL WT H, Fisher.,..... tu “y 195. k, Rathbone. bbetts 6h ng 191 TE. GAMD. see ceecest 6b a9 131 C.E Blydenborg.... ‘ 64 G5) WW A.M, Farrow..... .. iS hv 61 lhe Pl Fly dO ices. sees sean 69 6) 63 182 C. RR. Raymoni,....4..+.- =. td D8 62 152 sel RE OMT Mies ete: od ache wate pees us 59 50 7 ty Pa WittGres -Fretess yes ceed PITS Holtony ie. u.2 22.2 sale 128 8. G. Perry... “ 172 J. A. Untty. peasitvevae lit H. D, Fredericks. . 1S tea sea VLOLEE sleigh onte varie ello deg 102 A. D. Hodgman... 5 A Roonestrr, N. Y.—The 7th Division rifle range near Rochester was opened on the 8th inst. with a couple of matches, the first being limited to directors of the association ; here the scores were at 200 yds. @n Brinker.--,.-... 88344-17 Col.Bromley........... 8 8-12 Ool, F. Cook. ......2--25 224-17 Ohris. Yuky. 42 2-16 Col. Erbelding........4%033—13 C. F, Wolters. 203—5 tol. Schoeifel....... 44494-1989 Major Wettzel..- $030 8—8 Col, Gumpbell....,,-.. 0432-12 Liet Col. Miler.. 2005 8-9 Capt. Engert..... versed 243 $—-13. Col Bepy...... p20 23— 7 Capt, GC. U. Meyer....4 4403-15 Capt. Phelps. yo + 2°93 B—Lb Another match followed with results as below : J, H, Brown, ..si...-.-- Feel) de GOL. COOK. 16. .00eceseece-enneeee 16 Maj. C. Buckley..........00-- Col. Cuntpbell.-- tasey 1G Gen. H. Brinker Lieut-Col, 8. 8. Eddy ... Jd, Staudenmie,..... Capt, C. Meyer., Capt. Hess..... Col. Miller... Capt. Allea... Capt. Wagner,- + 14 Joho Roda....... Capt. Pfeifer. we 1d Lieut. Boyd, Thos. Givens. . . 13 H. EF: Wart.,.... a > 19 Major Weitzel. pa Capt. Schindler J. Ruseh,,,.-. Col. Bromley... J. B. Snyder... C.F, Wolters. ..,- Col, Schoetrel, Sppeeeepiatbeesee es nh a —— ss teeeeeeeenee 18 eee at 1s. CHAS, FADED. stance ccs ee oy. i. W, Bra es ber ey pees eves ahs Tim Syracusy Merrmyg.—The spring meeting of the Sixth Division Rifle Association was a complete success, - judging from the scores made. Fine weather was enjoyed. Phe programme was interesting enough to draw competi- tors from many outside pl aces, including Oswego, Auburn, Binghamton, New York, and other rifle-shooting centres. Competition 1—the Directors’ Matech—was closely fought, and won only oo atie count. It was with Remington State model rifle or carbme for a gold badge. The scores stood as follows. Captain Paul Birchmeyer, who held it last year, cume within a yery close sbave of holding it again, but an unaccountable miss in the last shot demolished his chance: 100 yds, 200 yde. 0) Lieut, Col. Rhesa Grimlo...... Wey eeee ee Bk 20 $1 Lieut, Col. G. N. Grou e... 19 da | Capt. Paul Birchuityer....+.. 17 an Capt. M. Auer....-.-2.:... - 1t 39 Lieut. Col, Jus. Manning....... t 15 a6 Col. J. Dean Hawley 3 16 st Uol.N. Grumbach -..4.... +22 if) § 23 The short-range match, 200 yards, drew out a good list of entries; but, owing to proxy suovting, protests were entered, and the bogus scores thrown out, In this way George W- Chase’s second prize was lost. ‘he sevre attributed tu Cal W,. Yale was made instead by Captain Birchmeyer. ‘The scores, as recorded, stood : George White...... SL A. H.Tnompson..,..25 J.L. Mills........-. a G.W.Chase (pruxy).31 P. HH, Stalford.... 23 Wim. M. Kirby. 25 Jumes Rowiey.....31 Col. J. EB, Struke.. T H. Van Guileer..... 25 M. B. Nicholson....28 dames Larned.......27 Capt, DM Dunning.24 M. J. Blakeley...... 29 Chias. Talladay......27 Maj J, #. Petit..... 2a S. Westover........ v9 R.G, Wind,.......4,27 Capt. J. A. Nciols.. 28 Paul Birchmeyer...29 Col, Geo, Hugenin...27 ©. A, Clemting..... 2y Ghas. Vau Orden...29 Willard Knowlton...27 Cupt, hogau........ 21 Uol, Yale (proxy)...28 FE. C, Smibit..,.. -,..26 Lieut, Col. K,Grimod UL, Batvest as BAL Wight toe 26 ML Nellys fo mee 1s Fred Holme 28 ‘Thos, Staffurd.......26 Lieut Col. Manning.1T d. U. Figary. 28) JS McCarten.... 2-35 25° «Lieut, Col. Grouse, 15 The best shouting of the meeling was in the Leam work. The first of these matches was open for teams trom any reviment or battalion in the Sixth Division. Four teams entered, and scored as follows : Forty-ninth Regiment, Auburn. 200 yde, 500 yds. Totals, Priv.dJ,, Te, Mills... sc.s.e0 2 pa} am Privy. J. Rowley.....- teas x rat 48 Capt. J. MeCarten,,.....-, 2 al 41 Pei eey As VWRIP cee faads Qs vee css verses 78-7 $ 17 Pil) Privy TRURUWY Sess e poRe sa cae a dewee fees sees 18 40 35 Priv. J. Pallades.... ee 2ss- 02.4 asses eee 15 pu] 3s Priy. J. Cook...... +14 Pry st Capt. D, M. Daonoing..........-..---- wri ee Le 16 35—276 Forty-6ighth Regiment, Oswego. Lieut. J. 8S. Barton: ... J... 6-0. enone e+ - pese +B 42 sergt. Major George White 43 Privute Ki. G. Post......... at derpeunt C, A. Burton, 40 Seizeant LL. Barnes 39 Gupta A, Curtis-......... 33 Lieut. Colonel GO. V. Tloughton.... 3275 Porty-lo arth Bat Private James Lamed......cecee eres eee enre 24 Lieutenant M. J. Glukely ag Private red Holmes,..----- sere -seees tease 42 Corpurat Chas, Van Orden... al Capt. A. If. Thomsoun,.... 28 Uuptain J. us Figury... 37 Priyute W. Knowlton 27 —265 Wifly- Urst Kepi Private Wm. Van Peit,.. Fiviptc see ase 30 Private Geo, Appleton,.......---- seers x Unptaimd, A, Nichols... os Private Peter Meyer... 21 Lieut. Colonel KR. Gritlin ot Priyate Kopert Emerick, ay 22 Sergi. W.L. Lyman...... 2... .000 eee: meee ¢ 3-173 The cavalry match brought out but two teanis of five men each to shoot at 200 and 300 yards. The scoring here again Was very excellent, running : Yates Dragcons, Syracuse. - 200 yds. 300 yis. Totals, Private O, G. Jones......---- 22 25 47 Sergeant M, GB. Nivholson.. T 28 au Pryate Conrad Brown.,., Dawa Lb PP 33 Sergt. Fred. Schneider......- 8 vin) uo Sergt. G. EB, Minard....eceeeceee cece ere ree es Ad 15 25—191 Separate Troop, Twenty-fourth Brigade, Oswego. . Sergeant A. A. Wellington es 25 42 Corporal Frank Havens... 20 35 Private George Sleidon.. 12 RF Lieut. U.S. Neweil..... is) a0 Corp, Samuel bensvn..... il 14—1 3. A company team match made for the 6th Division militia men brought five teams to the front, pretty uearly matched, as the following close scores will show: Company ©, Forty-fuurth Regiment. 2u0 yus, 600 yds. Totals, Lieut. A. J. Blakeley... ......--..s-5+ v1 ted 45 Private James Lurned. 23 45 Private a, H. Thompsou.. 18 rl) Private Chas. Van Orden,,.,...- lo 35 Privy. Fred Ho'mes....-.ecees ess 1a d4i—196 Company &, Forty-ninth Regiment, Captain J. MeCarten.....- 23 43 Private Patrick Stafford. 22 43 Priv. Michuel Kelley..... i8 au Priv. iseury Van Guilder, It 35 Corp, Michel Domsey..... . see eeeee seen eee AS li bed Compuny B, Forty-ninth Kegiment, Private C. Talladay.....--- tart et eh 21 19 40 Privatedames Rowley. pate el 18 du Privaie J, .L. Muls...... 1 4u 3g Private PLA. Wright.........24 0 cane eceeeenses 19 15 37 Private: COOK.) 0.222. crecesaseees Perl) 1s 33 —189 First Team—Company A, Forty-cighth Reginent, Sergeant CG. A. Barton ...........eeeeee +--+ 20s 21 40 Livut, J. 8. Bartoa..... 21 40) Sergt. L. L. Barnes.... iy ST Priv. R..G. Post..,,..-+ Ww Bi Sergt. James Hardin... 15 34—18T Second Teami—Conipany A, Forty cighth Regiment. Private James P. Hall.... ... 23 43 Private H. G. Calkins, - a) 42 Private 1’, ‘I’. Perkins.... 3 x9 Privule F.ank Watson... 16 33 Corps DL. Le. Mer iis oe Se. Fis see eee ey sey i 14 30—187 The special 51st Regt. matches did not furn out very well, owing to lack of entrics, On the closing day of the meeting, the ionz range and spec- ial matches were fought. ‘he Duncan Gadye match was cou- rested for the third time. It has been won ouce by Sergt. L. LL. Barnes, of Oswero, ouce by Sergi. Maj. George W lite, of Oswego, and by Lieut, M. J, Blakery, of Binghamton. ‘The scores were ; Lieut, M. J. Blaukely..-...-.---+.- Soa 4 Bee Bot 2 un} 43 Sergeant Major George Wil 22 1s a0 Colonel C. VY, Houghton.._,. 1s 8T dummes Larued ......-- were aby Bt Sargt. L, L, Barnes 4 a4 Fred Golmes......- 12 Ry 4 Van O.deo... . 13 H A. A, Thompson. .....--+ v4 oa 26 Sergt. d. H. Figary....--00.--- esse esse eee eue Bh a vs The mid-range match fell to the, same fortunate Bingham~ {on man, witha perfect score. The small hores were chscrims 310 - pat eae ye oe ‘ FOREST: AND. STREAM. inated against, and put at 700 yds., the full list.of scores be- ing as below : Five hundred yards. Lieut. M, J. Binkely..-.......-..38 Wm, Vatt Pelt... sss. seeess.s ses 1s Chas, Van Orden..... 360 A. H. Thompson,....:... 17 Col. C. Y. Honghton,, eseeeee¥G JOHN Smith.......... nbseee ~ lt Sergt. L. L. Barges... seree- 26 Lieut. J. WH. Figary..-..... a CG, A. Cloming........ «s..-28 Capt, Panl Birchmeyer... F James Lurned,. 21 Dr, James Robinson.,....-..--- w OG. MOUS. 0.0. ees ede 20 JOBE pH Gifford... 0.462 yee cere. 6 Seven hundred yards. H, Fisher, Fisher rifle, ..,-,..-... 32 R. B. Yates, Rem, Creed. «2.223 Dr. C. BE. Rider, M, L.....--..---80 E, O. Smith, Maynard,......-... 5 M. Cooper, Rem. Creed 26 J, R. Patten, Muynard.......... 0 Géo, PL Stilsou, M. Les... .+ evil The final match won at long rahwe was fought under most favorable conditionsof calm and light. ‘The scores were: 800 yds, 1090 yds. Tl R. B. Yates, Rem. Creedl.........0 se eeeeteeees 46 36 92 Houler Hisher, muzzie-loader....... nid eaiept ee 46 255. 81 Gen, T. Stiilsom.....-.-....4-++ ieee hon 46 $5 $1 A. Ts. Smith, ninzzle-tonder......+5.--+++ eae end 41 &0 Caplan, J. A. Nichols, Nichels & Lefever....41 - 82 ve ©) G. Jones, Sh. Creed. .¢-. 50.62.45. see ed st § 2 61 M. Warner, muzzle-loader.....---. 11.20 eeee 26 = i!) Major M. Auer, Sh. Creedmoor... ... sss. ese 27 40 87 Dr. 0. EB. Rider, muzzie-loader. .. withdrew. 41 12 58 E. C. Smith, Maynard....... weee es Withrew..d4 3 47 M, Cooper, Rem. Greed...,......-. withdrew. .46 _ 46 M. B. Nicholson, Si. Creed... 2... cece ee eee BB 11 34 Tue Isrer-Stare Mictrrary Maton.—The special com millee of the Board of Directors, N. R. A., appointed to draw up aset of conditions to govern the Inter-State Military Match at the next fall meeting, has reported 4 plan which has been adopted, providing a competition almost exactly similar to thal for the Queen’s Prize at Wimbledon. The competition Mill be fought in two stages. The first stage will be open to all bona fide members of regularly organized military com- panies in the U. $., either reenlar or volunteers. There is no limit to the number of representatives from any one company or command. The firing at this stage will be at 200 yards, standing, and 500 and 600 yards any military position, 7rounds at each tanve, The 1st prize will be cash $50, and the next HY highest agarexates will receive prizes of Bd cach, ‘The 2d stage will be restricted to those included in the above 60 to compete on equal terms at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards, 7 rounds as before, The first prize to the U.S. Military Championship, grand gold medal, valued at $100, end $100 cash: 2d prize, $50 cash, and $25 cash, making in both stages a list of 68 prizes, valued at $620, he rifles in the first stage will be the regular weapon with which the competitors’ company may be armed. Inthe second stage the Association will provide special _ military rifles of various makes from which thé members may chose a weapon, Two days practice will be allowed between the ranges to enable the 6u to become familiar with the special rifles before entering in the second stage firing. Considering that the winner in this will gain the honor of Champion Military Marksman of the U. 8., the number of entries should be very great. New Or.eans.—The Crescent City Rifle Cinb are setting to work in good time to puta‘strong team in for the International match at Creedmoor. On Sunday, June 3, the first competitive test match was held at the Progmoor Tanges, with ten men out, aud shvoting. The wind was changeable—very much so—but otherwise the day was a good one. MA R. G. Eyrich ted the field with a very fair score of 195, the next nearest score dropping to 187; the full scores runuing : R. G. Hyrich. 425 5 5 56 3 5 3'5 6 5 5-61 52656555 5 6 45 6 5 5—ts 545455 55 3 2 6 5 6—-66—195 Win, Arms. 6556453 5445 5 5 4 53 6855455 55 3 5 5 4 5—6D 04445 34 5 4% 5 0 4 5 4—50—187 J. K. Renand. 555 55 555 04 5 5 4-68 53520645 45 5 4 5—H2 5B 6 8442 05 8 & 4 3--52—181 L. B. Daponta. 83045 545 53 3 6 5 £58 44545 545 45 4-5 4-63 B56 4543 20 4 4 5 4 5—35—176 John Glynn, Jr. . 0385445 38 3 5 4 5 5 5—5D 845 563 45 5 4 5 5 3 4-60 2243 85 5 2'4 2 2 3 348-167 James Buckley. 55 04543 243 3 2 2-50 505 3 45 64 3 44 3 2 4-55 343 35 23 0 4 8 5 3 5—d2—I152 Jules Piffaut. $24464234 5 4 4 5—56 04445 565 5 3 8 4 4 5-59 038 55 54500 0 0 2 5 4-42-57 Dndley Selph. 523225 45 5 5 5 4 5-60 9403 5483 83 56 4 5 fh 4-53 6365 3 8503 83 3 4 5 0—49—152 E. T. Manning. 2-553 864405 6 5 4 559 356405 03 23 5 5 0 3-47 445 50403 4 4 0 4 0 5—46—142 L. B, Hollingsworth, 0242442 5 0 4-30 2 5 43 3 5 3 6 4-54 505 8 22 8 5 4 4—45—129 While the long-range men were busy great sport was in progress at the off-hand range, two teams from the Wash— ingion Artillery making lively work at 200 yards with their Springfields, and doing an amount of ege-making, which would insure the success of an oological collection. Nine goose-eges in ten shots is rather loose work, and yet many of Unele Sam’s showed themselves capable of it. The scores ran: LIEDT, ADAMS’ TEAM. SERGT. BAKER'S TEAM. Goose Goose oh Eggs. r tak Beggs. vieut, Adams.......-..-1 4 Sergt. Baker 9 Ww Banteler...--+5-----. 8 8 H.N, Baker 6 D, Cobb... seereeee 8 —— Simpson. 8 §. Fiizhugh..-..--- 5 Creswell 4 J. M. Henderson,.-...--40 7 FE. L, Mahen 8 B.S. Leathans....---+-+ / 6 L, Barringer s —— Gray..-++-.---+++ 2 .J. M. Hurvey. 9 H. Plorenee,..........-16 h —— Zeigler... 6 —— Quinna.....-.-.2-. 3 BK. Michael, Jr 4 9 VW. Dupre...-.- ietersneee 4 N.A. Yates 10 7. Vi. H. Marks. ..1.-.--+- abt 6 —— Blavk.......... 11 q otal.......---s2-0IB0 Total. . —The rifle match between the Houston and Galveston Clubs, which came off at the late State fair, near Galveston, resulted in a score for the Houston Cinb of 550, and for the Galveston Club of 403, out of a possible 900. —A shooting tournament came off af the Exposition Grounds, Kansus city, Mo, June 5,6, 7 and 8 The cash rizes amounted to $2,050, and a gold and silver medal for championship of the west for teams of three from any or all clubs, ; Tne Jamaica, L, 1., Rov ann Rirve Assooratron.—The sixth match for the Challenge Badge was shot for on the range of the Jamaica Rod and Rifle Association, on Saturday afternoon of last week. ‘The following is the score : Thomas Lloyd,..... dconessenegsirerees D 5 od 2 5 b 4 GF 4 d-dh WmiiS. COGSWEll cence re etee ewes v es 4545465 5 6 4 3-4 GeO NA. ReCiiiaes fewecenhs teen last wee B44 4 4-4 4 5 4 5-48 Theodore Rodgers... ........222..22. 45654444 65 4 4-8 (FEO. -ACRECOLAS i sae ee sahessesarcciers oo OLA Dae & 5 4 > Bae James M. Oakley Coie eee 444566 65 8 3 442 John M. Crane... 44445 44 4 4 4-41 George A, Hicks. 43 ¢445 4 4 4+ 4-49 Jno. Kyder...... 444446 4 4 4 8-40 Geo. W. Damon .......... 44524 4 4 5 4 3-389 John B, Fleury...... geaseoe 1. 8 8 SF 44 4 4 5 3B BS George H. Creed... weeteetes yall 45643 65 5 0 4 3—338 Wim, Durland, Jr ole, wate 8343444 45 8-37 Tris DAG Tas ole ateainele es tas pees Liebe le 440 440 3 3 3 2-27 No. 1 won by Thomas Lloyd, as the best score. No, 2 won by J. B. Fleury, under the rule, as the best 38. —According to a Canadian paper, Gordon B. Pattee, of the Metropolitan Rifle Club, Ottawa, made 63 points out of a pos- sible 70, at 900 and 1,000 yards, on Monday of last week, with asmall bore Remington, shooting from the shoulder. Who can do a similar feat among the Creedmoor company ? Byen at any position, shooting such a score would he very fair. Mr. Pattee ought certainly to study up a good position and join the next Canadian team that may visit our American Wimbledon. Conttn’s Garuery.—The seventh competition for the ama- teurs’ badges was shot. at the gallery last Thursday evening, June 7, and was very inturesting, as the badges were very closely contested for. The following are the best scores made during the evening, Mr. Alder winning the first badge with the splendid score of 47; Wred Alder... ..s.eseeeeeeeeees--47 LON Backer. ...seeseeeeeceeee ee 46 M bb Engel...... 3 § 5 Robiuson.... Ah ML Riggs..... 7 of P Fenning.....+.. 45 UC ASTUGCE i clemsls ees 3 pee Se 43 J Cuddy....- tose deecebetcs 3 ‘The eighth competition for the badges will take place on Thursday evening, June 14, Open to all comers. Hertwie’s Garnery.—The seventh competition in lying position, of the Centennial Rifle Club, took place on May 28. Distance 100 feet, Wesson rifle. The following scores, out of a possible 100, were made: T [Jewerson......... wsscesesne 92 WR Browlseceece- sey ve ceee eee. Sh A E Long...- -.+--89 J Q Adams. +. Sa 1 F Meurch.... . sess 9 J Maguire... 83 \Y Marshall...... Fe a ert at 5) A PE WHISOM 1.5 ees ee anes Aa Oats, - cflewtinelesdswesase repay te) Mr. Long won the badge with the following tlice scores out of a possible 100 points—90, 93, 94. Ma. W. R. Brown had it twice with 93, Mi. A. Oats had it with 93 and 92, and Mr. T. I. Jewerson had it once with 92. The shooting was done in lying position, at a distance of 100 feet, with a Wesson title. Next Monday the club will shoot for a prize off-hand. Zeriten Ririe Cuts weekly shoot for the gold medals came off on May 29 at the gallery. Creedmoor targets re- duced for distance; possible 50 points, ML Riggs..-.. .--......+- peeee tht COGPZSTICR. oo snees prec ee tees tra 40 PMMenDIN Pes. seeeer lessee 47, ALB Engel. AG PD Miller: .3........ eat eeeee dt M Dorrler...- 246 BS Browu.....c.. -- ses eee eee eee 46 A E Moore... oo) a RGYIES. 3. ,-- fe pevesceeceese+. 46 Ohas Vollers. ~-d4 J Dutil...... .eeeeeeeeeees eee 46 GA Schurman «dd CU SOUSON .. 5. ce eset er esse on SH Teo ey eae Sy wePawen de —The third annual prize shooting of the Zettler Club will be held at Jones’ Woods, 66th street and First avenue, Churs- day, June 14. They invite all lovers of the rifle to partici- pate. The shooting will commence at 9 a, M. and close at 6 p, mM. Cash prizes are offered on the various targets, and they will have a Creedmoor (or Pool) target, distance 100 yards, the proceeds to be diyided on the )ull’s-eyes made on this target. . Tur Irisn-American Rirrz Cive.—Our alien citizens were out for their regular weekiy contests over the Conlin Medal last Saturday, firing, each man, 7 shots at 200 yds., and 7 at 500 on military guns and 600 yds. for sporting rifles. Serg’t N. D. Ward of the 9th Regt. led with 54 points in the possi- ble 70, doing even work at both ranges. The scores stood. 200 yds. 500 yds, Tg N.D, Ward... cccecses sevveseaaastesseeneeneeed ai 5 W.S. Norman.....--- SEE eis ERD oe ri 52 F. BF. Millen, Sporting ritl¢.....---+-++----++ ep ay W. G. B@HSON..ceseeeceerry tee tents sees eee @.15 22 40 bP. Farley.....- §. Uae sseuptecer tice Uae besares lo 16 35 Bs Duilyi.ssanee see il 34 Bethel Burton..... retired Rauway Rirre Giror.—The members of this cluy had a practice shout at their 200-yards range, June 9, preparatory for their contest with the Hackensack Rifle Club, June 12. The following are the best scores, which give evidence of considerable skill with the trigger : Vail. 2724 Becht 43 At 181 staat Ngee 41 43 126 F Alder... 41 D3 $2 Winn... weeBT ADGETEOD.. 2.4 6e- +e cece seen eens ool SQuire.....2+---ee-eeee eee tt sala res The scores of the first three. gentlemen, representing eighty shots, give a total of 339 out of a possible 400, which is an tiverage of over 42, possible 50. —The United Shooting Societies held their opening spring shooting at the Union Hill Shooting Park, N. J., May 28, 29 and 30. The meeting was largely attended and the shooting was good. (Quite a number of the long-range experts were present and participated in the off-hand shooting. Ring Target—ist prize, M. B. Engel, 69, $40; 2a, H. Raschen, 67, $80 ; 3d, Ts, Car, 67, $4); ath, J. K, Grohmian, '66, $18; 5th, W. Hayes, 6, Bl i pad Target—ist prize, M. B. Engel, 43, $205 2d, John Raschen, 43, $16: 3d, G. Scnalk, 43, $14; 4th, John Rein, 44, 310. 7 ‘Best Buils-Bye—C, G. Zettler, 76 deg., $205 OG. Koegel, 83 deg., $163 $10; 2d, W. Hayes, $5; 3d, G, STG rohninit BG BEE: one hn Grohman ; ‘y-eyes—tst, Jo! T A Most Bull’s-ey e: + W. Klein, $1; last eye, v. Schalk, $6; 4th, P. Klein, $4; first eye, Z“etuler, $1. Creedmoor Target, possible 25—ist, Gen. ‘ft, 5. Dakin, Faber, 22, $8; 3d, Capt. Mattman, 20, 35. Game Bag and Gun. JUNE IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME, Pexnsyivanta.—Sharon, June 6, 1877.—Good time com- ia, Woodcock are more abundant ere this season than for years, Mr, H., Mr. O..and mysel gave our dogs a short run the other day, and they found from ten to fifteen cock, wd we 22, $10; 2d, R, did not pass over very favorable ground. The young are very” atge and strong, Good show tor quail and Groupe rie fall. l, = Ttovhester, Minn., Jane 7, 1877.—At the annual meeting of the Rochester Sportsmen’s Club, the following officers were elected: Hon. J. V. Daniels, Pres.; Dr, EB. C. Cross. Vice Pres, ; L. E. Crane, Sec. and Treas, ; E. J. Graves and Henry Kalb, Exec, Committee. Last week the club sent a member to the State Fishery at Red Wing, with an order for 2,000 salmon, which came safely and were placed in our streams. Millions of pigeons are roosting about 18 miles north, and our xecutive committee are making arrangements for a series of hoois on the ist and 3d Fridays of each month. We haveas good arange as there is in the state, and propose to haye some sport in that line before chicken season begins. HET. Oni0.— West Alexandria, June 5th, 1877.—Small game is plenty in this section of the country. Quail, rabbits, squirrels, ducks and pigeons (in season), and occasionally a woodcock. The former are more plenty this year than eyer before known, owing to the law prohibiting their destruction for two yeurs, which was enacted by the State Legislature in the fall of 1875. The law will expire this fall, when amateur sportsmen antici- pate a good time. There areno noted crack shots around. here, but we have seyeral very efficient marksmen who, in course of time, will undoubtedly prove experts, The ques- tion of organizing an amateur shooting club is beg agitated with indications of success. A pigeon match has been ar-- ranged to take place here in a few weeks to test the skill of our wing shots. Will let you know the result of the match when it occurs. Hunver. Kansas.— Girard, June 1st.—Enclosed you will find a photograph of two setter pups five weeks old; the darkest, I call Sport, the other Nep, and expect lo get some good hunt— ing out of them this fallon quail. There will he any amount of them this year, and plenty of chickensalso, but they will be a little late, that is, the most of them, on account of the farm- ers burning the grass off. Some of them are at it yet, and I am satisfied from the young chickens I saw the other day that there have been thousands of them destroyed; I think if isashame. Their excuse is to kill the grasshoppers. My opinion is, there are none in the old grass, and all that hateb out. are on sround that has been plowed, or on bare ground, Geo. W. Croumronp, Utroa, N. Y., June 7, 1877, Eprror Forest Ann Stream Anp Rop anp Gun: I notice in your issue of this week several articles on ** deer butchering;” and I would like to say a word or two about it. I know of but one way to stop this wholesale slanghter, and that is, to appoint several trustworthy guides as State game constables, with power to arrest violators of the law anywhere in the State. Several influential men here have promised to see to it, and it is to be hoped that the plan will be carried out. Mise Moxwa. : Ocprnspore, N. Y., June 8; 1877. Eptror Forrest ANbD Stream AND Rob aNp Guy: Tsee by your paper of the 7th inst. you give Ogdensburg, New Jersey, credit for the scores made by our club on Decora- lion Day. Please correct in your next issuc. James Iyzs. DEFIANCE, Ohio, June T, 1877, Epitor FOREST AND STREAM: Iu reply to “* W. EP. M.,° in Fores? anp Stream of May 3ist, allow me to say that if you will look over Rop AND Guy of Feb, 26, 1374 you will find a review by the editor of ‘Shooting; its Appliances, Practice and Purpose,” by Jamés D. Dougall. In it you will find vertuttim what 8 quoted before, and T think that the name of Mr. Humphreys as editor is suflicient guarantee that the review was not an illusion nor & phantasm. J.d. B (Hor Pigeon Shoots see Page 305.) _——— ny fisrory has essayed all kinds of definitions and distinctions as he- tieen the civilized and barbarous man. We should sum up the civi- lized man asthe clean man, This tendency reaches its finest exponent. inthe invention of B. 'T. Babbitt’s Toilet’ Soap, a recent article put onthe market, and the nonparell of toilet articles, Its velvety touch in washing and bathing makes it supremely pleasant, and it can be trust- ed as the purest thing inuse., Bb, T. 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Adiress, Magnetic Watch Coy ASHLAND, MASS. his i ONLY OPPORTUNITY to ob- tnin titia benutiful nium, soorder AP) ONCE. 'Dhis offer will hold good for 30 dayaa Blew Advertisements. Che Zennel. aVianted. DUDLEY’S ~ Pat. Pocket Cartridge Loader. CHUAP! HANDY! AND GOOD! Ti performs the work of five ordinary machines in withdrawing and loading metallic or paper shells, and does it as perfectly a3 can be done by large and costly dmmplements, Being made of eteelitaveighs but four ownses; Is 4&8 compact as & pocket Knife, and sure to be appre— ciated on sight. A sample will be sent (post paid) to any parti of the United States on receipt of one dollar. Liberal discount to the trade. Address DUDLEY & €O., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. jel4 it Hor Sale, OR SALE.—Shares in Black Hawk Cinb, Lake Koshkonong, Wisconsin; splendid canyus-back duck shooting dnd bass Tshing; fine house, Shares, $50. R. VALENTINE, Secretary, Englewood, Ill. jeT4t MAUT BY YOUR LAWNS.—Pea fow]l for sale,— Per pair, $105 single cocks, $7 40, carefully oxed and delivered at express vullive. A. G, NASON, Orange, C. H., Va. jet 2t Hes SALE.—Mtod and Gun, 1576, Prive 3.00; Fur, Lin and Feather, 1816, Prive, 31 255 Chicago Hiela, Vol. 6, 31%; Turf, Field and Farm, 1876, last nnniber missing, Price $3 00. Allin excellent condi- tion. GEO. W.LOEBER, Galesburg, Ij], jel4 it ee SALE,—Maynard New Model Rifle, 28 1n. bbL, checkered stock, pisto! grip, Vernier rear sight, three Front sights, rifle case, cartridge tase, fifty shells, londing tools, all ia perfect order. Prive $45. H, BE, FROST, 57 Centre street, N.Y, jel4 it OR SALE—A Sharps lone -range rifle at a bar- gain, Address jel in Gox 77, Vinal Haven, Me. {ECOND-HAND Remington, Winchester, Ballard, Whitney snd Wesson Rifles for sale, cheap, at MARSVERS, 125 Nassau street, N.Y. Jev at LUOMINGDALE GROVE PARK ASSOCIATION. Oue share In above association for saleata yery low prise, The best Game Preserves in Auierl Ca, Trout, Black Bass and Pickerel fishing Address SPORT, this office. feh22.t£ OR SALE—A fine breech-loading shot-gun and a ine doubie-barrel muzgle-luading shot-guu ; also- A fine fly rod, with reel, liné, and a book of files for sale cheap, Address LOUIS KAISHR, Jv,, 310, Hud- s0n aventte, Albany, N.Y. jel4 it. OR SALE OR TO LELT.—A yaluable Pond, well stocked with large spevked trout. Inquire of M. EB. GRIFFIN, Quogue, Long Isiand; ar, N. G, FOSTER, 111 Broadway. je7-3t 1] Nake EXCHANGE,.—Seott double-bolt rebound locks, compeusating lump, 1U-cal., 9 Ibs., cost $225 for same quality 12-cal. 7 lbs, It. VALENTIN E, Englewood, Il. jev4t Tr EXCHANGE—A new faintly knitting machine, worth $4), fora good séceoud-hand breech-loart- ing shot-gun, Also for sale a 10-gauge, 947 Ib, Whitney muzzle- loading shot-guu, steel barrels, and a hard hitter. Price, $20.” Address SCAIP, This Office. jelait Ge Benne St. Bernards. T have o few large and yery handsome St. Bernard puppies, bred from a heautiful seal brown bitch, well trained; stands 28 inches ar {le shoulder, Weilglit 120 lbs. The sire is of a glossy black culor, slands 32 lnches at the shoulders; will weigh over 15 Tbs. in condition. Both ure splendid specimens of ule bree; grand and massive in appearance. Price very TGasonable. For full particulars, ad— dress J. K SCUUYLER, Bloomsburg, Pa, jel4 3t OF THE VERY BEST FIELD TRIAL BLOOD, YOUNG BANG, 9 yrs.. by S. Price's champion Hang (winner of ten field trials) out of Dayey’s Luna. Young Bang is own brother to Bow and Sol, und be is ohne of the grandest looking liver and white pointers in Eugland, and is first class in the field; good enough for field trials, Price £60. BANGLE, & young pointer hitch, 9 months old, very handsome, now breaking by Yonug Bang, Ted, by Lord Down's Mars—Lort’s Lill. Price £20, LADY DI, 1 yr. 3 mo. (setter), by Lort's Jock (pure Laverack). Ithodo by Llewellin’s Chiumpion Dan, sire of Leivester. Lady Di ran in the field trial Derby, and The eld suid: “Lady bt was very pretty in her shyle, and will Taake a very good one, 2s slie has a Gaupital nose.” She is besides this an extraordinary staying bitch, and would be a most likely one for the Iowa Hield Trials, Price £60, Seven puppies six weeks old (setters) by Brackley (son of Lort’s Joek)—Rhoda ; bitches 10 guineas, dogs 7; and potter puppies by Young Bane—Jane by Lord Sefton’s Deuce Sam out of his Flirt by his mate —lus Deuce the same price. Address, G. LOWE, OLD FoRD Manor House, Hadley, High Barnet, W. London. jelt it OR SALE.—Three Red Trish Gordon puppies ont of imported Red Trish Gordon Fan, by Arnold Burges’ champion Red Trish setter Rufus. Price $d each, For full pedigree and particulars tuldress, jel of GEO. E. POYNEER, Clinton, Iowa. 4 OR SALB.—One pair of handsome black setters, : thoroughly broken, thoroughbred, je7 ih W, HUMPHEEYS, 31 Fulton st., City, ee SALE—A perfectly broken red (Kenne) Regis- art Setler hitch, two years old; probably in heat soon, Will seed licron trial. Address EB. J. ROB- BINS, Wethersield, Conn, jel4 2t Kee SALE—The brace of Irish water Spaniels, d° Mas and Judy. Both took first prize at Rew York Beuch Show. For price and particulars, au- dress THOM AS BINN, Bridgeport, Conn. jel4 1t Ro GREYHOUNDS (a lim ited number)—Stud L dog Sir Guy, blue and white, handsomely inarked, Sire and dam, grandsires and granddams were in the Celebrated kennel of M. Henri Du Pont. This dog took a prize at Chicago, 1876, and wag com- mended at Westininster Club Show last May; stanos 26 inches; pupped in April, 1874. For further particulars, address RUFUS ADAMS, P. 0. Box 2,625, New York. jel4 1b 1LL EXCHANGE 4 brace of setters for a small gauge breech-loader, A, LOCKBAS' tts burgh, Pas RPAST, Pitts oreie Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! STEA DMAN’S FLEA POWDER for DOGS. A Bane to Fleas—A Boon to Dogs. This Powder is guaranteed to kill fleas on doge or any other animals, Gr money returned. It is poh up in patent hoxeés with slidiny pepper box top, which greatly faciliiates its use. Simple anil efficacious, Price 50 cents by mail, Postpaid ARECA NUT FOR WORMS IN DOGS. A CERTAIN REMEDY. Put up in boxes containing a dozen powders, with full directions for use, Price 50 cents per Eox by mail. Both the above are recommended by Rop anp Gun and FOREST AND STREAM. W. HOLBERTON. 102 NASSAU STREET. JAS. MEYER, JR.'S Girondin Disinfectant FoR HENNELS: This is the most effective and cheapest dislnfect- ant und deodorizer for the kennel. Is indorsed by the medical profession, the business community, public institutions, railroad companies, car lines, hotels, undertakers, ete, Sold by all droggists, and Wholesale by James Meyer, Jr., & Co,, 85 and 57 Broad sireef, N.Y. P, O, Box 3,275. Stud Irish Setter. The Subscriber offers his imported rod Irish setter “Buck,'? winner of prizes at the Centennial, St. Louis and Baltimore bench shows, for stud purpose, Terms, $25. For pedigree and partioulars, address @. Z. MILEY, Lancaster, Pa. ooh 12 BREEDING KENNEL OF C. W ADDELL, Edina, Knox Co., Mo. Pointers unit Setters ot approved Imported and Natiye blood thoroughly broken; ulso paps of diffsr- ent ages. In the stud, imported Irish Setters, “Grouse” and “Shamrock.” Also Pointers, * Phil, Jr. and King Philip,’ by Old Phil;* “Phil, Jr. outof Colburn’s Lang and Wilson bitch; “* King Philip,” out of Madden’s first prize champion bitch, “Fan.” All large size, _{Spraitt’s Patent\ . A. Meat}Fibrine Dog Cakes. = \ GENUINE rg ‘os S82 INO” no "spamMPED “From the reputation these Meat Fibrine Cakes have now pained, they require scarcely an expluna- tion to recommend them to the use of every one who keeps adog. Suffice it to say they are free from Balt, and contain “ates,” the exclusive use of which, jn combination with meat and meal to com- Bava mid edt is secured to us by Letters Patent, ‘orsale in casesof112}bs, each. F. O. DE LUZE, sole agent, 18 Sonth William street, New York. Special terms to dealers, 2 a7 . OR SALE—The fine retriever and dneck dog Fanny. For price and particalars, address J, ALLEY, Middlebury, Elkhart Co., Ina. jel4 1t OR SALE.—A fine lot of Scotch, Skye, Dandy, Dininont, and Black-and-tan Terriers, Sporting Dogs, Maltese Cats, Ferrets, &¢. Medicines for all diseases at L,N. MEYER, 45 Great Jones street, N.Y. sept2l-ly OR YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL STOCK FROM the choicest breeds. Inquire of ? M. P. MCKOON, dec2s-6m ‘Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y. OR SALE.—When eight weeks old, six puppies nut of iny blue belton setter Mell, by Bob Roy. They are black and white. ¢fwo of them are black, white and tan, and are almost perfect imaves of their sire. For particulars, address L, F, WHI'T- MAN, 6 City Hall, Detroit, Mich. my3i-3t OR SALE.—Gordon dog Kent, 2i¢ years olaf thoroughly trained; has been hunted two sea- sons; very handsome, black and tan, with white breast and feet, ontiof St. Kilda (imported) by KE. H. Lathrope’s Dick. Price $100. Also my field trial Gordon biteh, Mollie, black and white, out of St. Kil- da by Adams’ field trial dog Duke. Mollie Is 2 years old, heen hunted one season, well trained. Pr a eatee gtaranteed. ISAAC FISKE, Wot Mass. ITUATION WANTED.—By 4 man with excellent references as to character and ability, Ifas been accustomed to the care and handling of dogs. Would tuke charge of @ gentleman’s place or accompany tim on shooting trips. Address J. 8. C., Lock Box 191, Washingtonville, N. Y. jltit ENNEL FOR BREEDING, REARING, BOARD- ing, exercisiig and training SETTERS AND POINTERS Refer to FOREST AND STREAM, and others. Address, E. 8. WANMAKER, 6apl-tf Hohokus, Bergen Co,, N. J, EDINA KENNEL, JESSE SHERWOOD, Prorrinror, Edina, Knox Connty, Mo., breeder and importer of Sporting Dogs. Pointers, setters, spaiiiels, fox and beagle hounds, “Sancho,” Imp. Pointer, stud dog; fee, $35. See English K, C. 8, &., No. 1,005. He is a grandson of the celebrated ‘* Hamlet,” No. 836. This do; “Sancho” has won seven prizes—four in England first at Crystal Palace, 1874), three here, ANTED—A double gun, either muzzle or breech louder, of approved make; one barrel riile the other for shot; pistol grip, 25 to 30 in, 8 to 9 pounds; in exchange for an extra fine Clabrongh donble muzzle loader, 10-gange, 30-iu., laminated, pistot grip, Ws pounds, nearly new, or for cash if price is low. Address, until July 15, giving full particulars, W, P., care Wakeman Holberton, 102 Nassau street, New York. jel4 it fP\WO or three parties can be accommodated at a gentlemin’s resilence, an hour's sail from eity and five minutes’ from landing ; good boating, fish- ing and shooting, with use of dogs and boat : plenty of fruit and vegetables on the place; terms $8 to $9 per week. Address “TEAL,” this office, jet 20 AVANOB WANTED: to buy or hire. Address D. / C,, POREST AND STREAM office. jel4 it Hotels and Resarts for Sportsmen. Metropolitan Hotel, WASHINGTON, D. C: Carroliton Hotel, BALTIMORE, Mb. R. B, Coleman & Co., proprietors of these famous | hotels, are well known to the old patrons of the ASTOR HOUSE, N. Y., and ST. NICHOLAS, N, ¥, THE METROPOLITAN is midway between the Capitol and the White lfouse, and the most convenient location in the city, Tt; has beon re-fitted and re-furnished throughout. The cwisine ik perfect; the seryive regular, aude charges moderate, R, B. COLEMAN & CO. ATSEY HOUSE, Atlantieville, L. T, A Summer Resort, and for Sportamen all the year, will open June 25th. New house accommodates fifty suests, yarious sizes and exposures. Perfectly healthy. A tine oak grove of two acres itrear of house, Nearer to and Jarger than any louse bordering on Shinnecock Bay. Surf and Stil Biuthing, Boating, Duck, Goose, Snipe, and Quail Shooting. References from former guests. Send for cirenlar. apl 12-56 W. PF. HALSEY, Ys ASHLEY HOUSE, Harnevat Inlet, . J. The only House near the celebrated Rlué Fish, Sheepshead, Black Wish, and Séa Bass yrouniis, Address, for eugaying yuchts, cireulars, or notice of re/fuble good fishing, KINSEY, Ashley House, Barmera. Access—New York, yia N. J. 8. R. to Waretown: and trom Philadelphia, Tuckerton R. R. to Barnegat, Inquire al depot for Kinsey’s ferrymen, may 1i-tf SAGEVILLE, HAMILTON CO., N, ¥. ANDREWS’ HOTEL. Ss. D. ANDREWSs, PROPRIETOR. Good accommodations, boatk, enites, and good fishing, ‘Three-ponud hrook trowt can be caught wilhit a mile trom the house, Special attention and necommodation for ladies. Lake Pleasant, Konad Rooms of Lake, Piseeo Lake, and several olliers, with good . , gi ‘Terms reasonable. luke trout tishing near hy, we Conn, Haven daily after dune 15, Previous arrangements necessary. House strictly temperate. Address aa above by mail. CROSSMON HOUSE. ALEXANDRIA BAY, JEFFERSON Co,, N.Y. G, CROSSMON & SON, - Proprietors ie Plat HOUSE, RECENTLY REBUILT AND, elegantly furnished, is now opeu for visttars. If is located in one of (he moss delightful plades jn the Thousand Isiands region, commanding an ex- tensive view of the St. Lawrence anit the Islunds, and offers every facility for the comfort and enjoy- ment of guests. Outlils for boating, hontineg ‘and fishing part'es. Steamers for the bay contiect at Clayton with the Utica and Black River Rauroud, and at Cape Vincent withthe Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad. Ps apl2-Gin es CLIFF HOUSE, SHA CLIFF, L. 1,, OPENS KO for the season 1877, on May 2, at rates to suit the times. Special arrangements for families. may17-tf E. RICKCORDS, island House, BELLOWS FALLS,VERMONT. Broad piazzas, laree wiry hall-, charming walks and drives, velightful scenery, pure mountain air and cool breezes. Send for circular. jel4sm CHARLES TOWNS, Prorntizror. THE Thousand Island House, Situated on the RIVER ST, LAWRENCE, AT ALEXANDRIA BAY, JEFFERSON CO., N, ¥., and in the immediate vicinity of the far-famed Thousand Islands, will be opened for the receplion of gnesta June Ist, 1877. This hou-e was erected in 73, and Contains all the modern improvements, Rooms single or en suite, with baih-rooms und Closets attached. Travellers will tind this place ag healthfalas it is beantiful, with no mosqnitoes or chills and fever; cures hay feverand catarrh; while to the finest scenery in the world are added the at- tractions of Boating, Fishing, Hunting and Bathing, as Well as Billiards, Bowling Adley, Croquet Grounda, &&. Cuisine second to none. Accomodations for 700 guests. Parties taking rooms for the s¢ason will find liberal deductious from regular rates. Send for pamphlet, with terms, &e. O, G. Staples, Manager, Alexandria Bay, N. ¥. pees ARRIVING BY NEW YORK CEN- TRAL, Hudson River and Gloversville R. B., ah Northville, New York, will be carried to Lakes Pise- co, Pleasant, or other (routing localities in the vicin- ity In comfortable style and reasonable prices, by VAN ARNAM & LAWTON, who can be met at Northyitle Depot. By previously communicating, Van A, & L, will haye curriages to meet cars, Refers by permission to " Piseco” (L, A. Beardslee, my17 dn 312 Sportsmen's Ztoutes. Sporfémen's Routes. Sportsmen's Zontes. “A BUFFALO HUNT —0N THE— Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. THE NEW ROUTE FOR KANSAS & COLORADO SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SPORTSMEN. For mips, tickets, and fen’! information, apply to L. Wo NUTTING, Gert Bastern Avent, 234 Broadway, New York. T. J. ANDERSON, Gen’) Pass, W. F. WHITE, Gen Ticket Old Dominion Line. The steamers of this Line reach some of the finest waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the coun- try. Connections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb’s Tsiand, and points on the Peninsula. City Point, James’ River, Currituck, Florida, and the mountaim- ous country of Virginia, Tennessee, ete. Norfolk steamers sail Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday: Delaware steamers Monday, Wednesday and Friday 3 P. M, Full information given at ofive, 197 Green- wich St., New York, sep 28 ly Agent, ) Topeka, Agent, f Kansas, : FOR FLORIDA. OR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDINA JACKSONVILLE, ST, AUGUSTINE, SAN- FORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings on ST. JOHN’S RIVER and interior points in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and tlience by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM, L. JAMES, General Agent. Philadelphia and Southern Mail §. 8. Co., 416 South Delaware Avenue, Phila, Deeld-ly *‘ The Bermudas.”’ ow A FAVORITE AND DELIGHTFUL N WINTER RESORT, is reached in seventy hours from New York, and being surrounded by the warm waters of the Gnif Stream enjoys an equable temperature of about 70 deg. > The elegant British Steamships ‘‘ Bermuda,” and “Camina,” 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- ger travel, are dispatched from New York for Ber- mda fortnightly, making connection at Bermuda with steamers for St, Thomas and West Indies. For full information apply to A, E, OUTERBRIDGE, Agent, 20 Broadway, N.Y. _ Dec 21 1y. FPYHE FISHING LINE.” Brook Trout,Grayling and Black Bass Fisheries OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, VIA Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. (Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Cincinnati Short Line.) Sportsmen whn have cast a fly or trolled a spoon in the waters of the Grand Trnverse Region will come again withont solicization. Ati other lovers of the Rod are invited to try these waters. wherein I'he tish named above, as also MMuscalonge, Pike and Pickerel, abound. In no other streauis east of the Rocky Mountains is the famous American Grayling found in snch numbers. Brook Trout Season opens May ist. Grayling Season opens Juneé ist. The sportsman van redaity send trophies of his akill to his friends or “Club” at home, as ice for packing fish can be had at many points. Take year family with you. The scenery of the North Woods and lakes is very heautifol. The air is pure, dry, and bracing. The climate peculiarly beneticial to those suffering with hay fever and asthma. The Hotel Accommodations, while plain, are, as arule, good, lar surpassing the average in cogn- tries new enough to aJfurd the finest of fishing, Ou and efter June ist Round Trip kxcursion Tickets sold to Points in Grand Traverse Region, and attractive train facilities offered to tourists aud sportsmen; also, on aud after Jnly Ist, Mackinaw and Lake Superior Excarsion ick- ets. - P, Dogs, Guns, and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at owner's risk, Camp Cars for Vishing Parties and Families at low rates. It is Gur aia to make sportsmen feel -‘at home’ on this route. For Tourists’ Guide, containing fall in- formation a5 to Hotels, Boats, Guides, &c.. anu acco- Tate maps of the Fishiny Grounds, send to Forres AND STREAM Office, or xddress J. H. PAGE, G. P. & T. A., Grand Rapids, Mich, A, HOPPE, Eastern Passenger Agent, 114 Market Street, Philadelphia. Sportsma n’s Route. — CANADA, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, Direct Connections at Buffalo with New York Central and lrie Railway. At Detroit, with Michigan Central Railroad. At Toledo, with Toledo, Wabash and Western Railrond, DOGS CARRIED FREE and given special attention, THROUGH CARS—FAST TIME AIR LINE—STEEL RAILS, FRANK E. SNOW, G, P, & T. Agent, Detroit. 1 ia ISLAND RAILROAD. MAY 14, 1577. Trains leaye Loug [sland Oity as follows: Wor Greenport, Sag Harbor, Riverhead, and intermediate stations, at 8:44, 9:03 a, m., 3:30, 4:06 p.m. SUNDAYS, 9:15 a. m. For Patchogue, etc., at 9:03 a. m., 2:00, 4:45, 5:25 P. M, For Babylon, etc., at 7:30, 8:44, 9:03, 11:30 a, m., 2:00, 4:24, 4:45, 6:23, 6:03 Pp. mw. SUNDAYS, 4:15 a. M., 6.35 P. M. For Port Jefferson, ete., at 10:00 A. m., 3:30, 5:05Pr. mu. SUNDAYS, 9:30 4. . For Northport, ete., 10:00 a. a, 3:30, 4:24, 5:05, 6:42. mM. SUNDAYS, 9:30 a. o., 0:30 P on. Tor Locust Valley, Glen Cove, ele., 8eb4, 11:30 A. OL. 2:00, 3:30, 4:24, 5,05, 0:42 p. ar. SUNDAYS, 9:30 A, o,, 6:30 P. or. For Rockaway Beach, efe., 9:00, 11:30 a. m., 4:24pm. SUNDAYS, 9:15 4. M., 1:30 2, ow. For Far Rockaway, etc., 9:00, 11:30 A. m., 2:00, 8:30, 4:24, 5:05, 7:00 rp. um. BUNDAYS, 9:15 a. ot, 1:30, 6:35 PF. M. For Flushing, College Point, Whitestone, Great Neck, Garden City, Hempstead and interme- diate stations, see small ‘Time Tables and Time Cards at all principal hoteis and under-mentioned ticket offices. ' Ferryboats leave James’ Slip, N. Y., thirty min- utes, and Thirty-fourth street, EH. ., fiftcen minntes bafore each train. On Sundays, from Thirty-fourth street only. Ticket offices in New York at James’ Slip and S4th street ferries, at the officas of Westcott’s Long Island Express Co., 7 Park Place, 785 Broadway, 942 Broadway, Grand Central Depot, 42d st.; in Brooklyn, 353 Washington st, ; in Brooklyn, 1. D., 79 Pourth street. By purchasing tickets at any of the above offices, baggage can be checked from residence to destination. my3l 3m Fail River Line, BOSTON AND THE EAST, MAMMOTH PALACE STHAMERS BRISTOL and PROVIDENCE. The best and most direct ronte to the Fishing and Hnoting resorts of Cape Cud, and Rangeley, and Moosehead Lakes, etc. Tickets for sale ab all prinelpal hotels and ticket offices, Steamers leave New York Daily at 5 P.M, (Sundays, July 1 to Sept. 2, inclusive) from 28 North River, foot of Murray street. BORDEN & LOVELL, Agents, GEO, L. CONNOR, Gen’! Pass'r Agent. j 7-3 People’s Line Steamers BETWEEN NEW YORK AND ALBANY. The inost Comfortable and cheapest reute for SPORTSMEN Ok PLEASURE SEEKERS Going to or returning from The Thousand Islands of the St, Lawrence, The Great Northero or Adirondack Wilderness, Lake George, Lake Champlain, The White and Francolia Mountaits, Saratoya, Trentou, Niagara, Shiron and Richtield Springs, Coopers- towo (on Otseou> Lake), or any of the favorite sammier routes North or West. The conmodions steamers, DREW and Sl. JOHN, inake Close connection at Albany with @xpreéss trains for atl the above-nanied places, ‘= Save’ one’ day of your vacation by taking the PHOPLE’S EVENING LINE STEAMER, from Pier 41 North River, every week day at6P.M. Meulson the European plan, beantiful music, no dust or smoke, cou! roams, geod beds, refreshing sleep. $. E. MAYO, Gen’! Passenger Agent. GREAT SOUTHERN Freight ,» Pass’nger Line, VIA Charleston, S. C. The South and the Southwest AND THE FLORIDA PORTS, Wednesday a Saturday At 8 o’elock P. M. From Pier 29, N. R. CITY OF ATLANTA, CHAMPION, Capt. M.S. Woodhall, Capt, R.W. Lockwood GULF STREAM, G. W. CLYDE, Capt. 5. Crowell. Capt, Ingrahm, jet The aboye steamers have heen handsomely fithed up for the convenience Of passengers, and are unri- valle on the coust for Speed, Safety, and Comfort. Close Connections at Charleston with the favorite and well-known Florida packels DICPATOR, Cupt, Vogel; CLYY POINT, Capt. Scott, for KHKNAN- DINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST, AUGUSTINE, PA- LATKA, RNTERPRISE, MELONYILLE and all polnta in Florida. EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES. t"Tnsurance to destination ONE-HALF OF ONE PER CENT. Goods torwarded free of Commission. P.ssagce tickets and Bille of Luding iesned aud alyned at the office of JAMES W. QUINTARD & CO., Agents, No. 177 Weal Streeh, cor, Warren, or W. P. CLYDE & CO,, No, ti Bowling Green. Through Ireight Tarriifs, Passage Tickets by all rottes aud to al) points in the South and Southwest, aud further information can be obtalned at the office of BENTLEY |), HASELL, General Avent, Great Southern Freight Line, 817 Broadway, corner of Thomas street, ecr1ys am = saul ee ee eel 10 SPORTSMEN: THE PENNSYLVANIA R.R. CO. Respectfully invite attention ta the Superior Facilities afforded by their lines for resching most of th TROTTING PARKS and RACE COURSES . the Middle States, ‘hese lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the diffl- culties and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- Jent cars which Tun over the smooth steel tracks en- able STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure or injury. The lines of Pennsylyani Railroad Company also reach the best lecalities for GUNNING AND FISHING in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the oMces of the Company in all the principle cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED- FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, Hinnting. Also, to TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN CAPE MAY, SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AVYTER FIN AND FEATHER. L, P, FARMER, Gen’! Pass, Agent. FRANE THOMSON. Gen’l Manager. ~ fehl t-te and Still EW HAVEN, HARTVORD, SPRINGFIELD, IN White Mowntains, Mount Manstield, Lukes Metnphremagog and Willoughby, Montreal and Quebec, Shortest, qnickesk and most pleasant route, Steamers C. H, NORTHAM and CON'TINEN- TAL leave Pier 25, East River, daily (Sundays ex- cepted) at 3 Pp. M, (28d st., N. K., 3:16 v, a.) and 11 P, M., connecting withtrains on wharf at New Layen for above and intermediate places. eassengers taking 11 P. M. steamer (except Sat- urdays and Sundays) can reach White Mountain, Lakes, ete, next afternoon, ‘Tickets sold and baggage checked at No, 44 Broadway, New York, and No. 4 Court Street, Brooklyn. Wull particulars at office on Pier. RICHARD PECK, Sup't. EW JERSEY AND NEW YORK RAILWAY.— Leave New Ycrk via Erie erry, foot of Chamb- erg street: For Hackensack—7:45, 5:45 A. M., 1:00, 4:15, 5:15 and 6.30 P.M. For Nanuet—T7:45, 8:45 A, M,, 1:00, 4:15 and 5:15 P. M. For Spring Valley—S:45 A. M., 1:00, 4:15, and 65:15 t. ot. For Haverstraw and Stony Polnt—S-45 A. ., 1:00 and 4:15 Pp, M For New York City—7H5 A, w., 1:00, 4:15 and 5,16 P, M. Sundays—s845 a. M, and 6:45 Pp. M., stopping at all stations, These trains leave Twenty-third street as follows: U:45, 5:15 AJM, 12:45, 3:45, 4,45, and 6.157. a1 Sun- dave, 6545 4. M and 645 P.M. A Thestre Train on Saturday night only at 11:45 P.M, from ‘Tweaty-third street, and 12 Mid, from Chambers street, which goes throuch to Stony Point, stopping at all stations, Excursion Vickets can be prowured at Erie Ticket Oitices, foot of Chambers street. All trains leave the the Brie Depot in Jersey City, Commutation Tickets, at low rates, at the olfce of the Coinpany, Pavonia Ferry, Jersey City, See Pocket Time ‘Tables, Until further notide, the Trains of this Road will ot wait for the Twenty-third street boats, May 17-t£ L. D. BRUYN, Supt. {TONINGTON LINE, FOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS BAST. REDUCED FARE: Elegant Steamers STONINGTON and NARRA- GANSETT leave Pier 43 North River, foot Jay Sr, at 6:0 P.M. NOT A TRIP MISSED IN SEVEN YEARS. Tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices. State rooms secured at offices of Weste it Express Com- pany, and uf 363 Broadway, New York, aud 833 Wash- lugton St., Grooklyn.. PROVIDENCE LINE, Freight only, steamers leave Pier 37, North River, foot Park Place, at 4:50 P.M. Freiglts via cither Ine taken at lowest rates. - L. W. FILKINS,G P. Agent, D. 8. BABCOCK, Pres, St. Paul and St. Louis Short | Line. Burlington, C. Rapids & N’rth'rn etailway. QUICKEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST! TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, crossing and connecting with all Rast and West Lines in Towa, running through some of the finest hunting grounds inihe Northwest for Geese, Ducks, Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Quail. Sportsmen and their dogs taken good care of. Reduced rates on parties of ten or more upon Eee to General Ticket OMce, Cedar Rapids. 3, J. IVES, E. F. Wixstow, Gen, Passenger Agent, General Manager, tr CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD, THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from Chigago to St. Louis, und Chicage to Kansas City, WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS IN BVHRYTHLNG. SPORTSMEN will find eplenig shooting on the line of this road; prairie chicken, geese, ducke, brant, gaa etc. Connects direct at Kaneas City with the ee aneas Pacific Railroad for the great Buifulo and An- telope range of Kansas and Colorado. Liberal arrangements for transport of Dogs for - Sportsmen. JAMES CHARLTON, General Passenger Agent Ghicazo, M5, Postponed one Mout h. In consequence af adding 150 pages to make the Work thoroughly coniplete:—T he publica- tion of THE Sportsman’s Gazetteer GENERAL GUIDE. THE GAME ANIMALS, BIRDS AND FISHES OF NORTH AMERICA; THEIR HABITS AND VARIOUS METHODS OF CAPTURE. COPIOUS INSTRUCTIONS In SHOoTING, FisHine, TaxipeRwy, WooncraFt, ETc. TOGETHER WiTH A DIRECTOR TO THE PRINCIPAL GAME RE- SORTS OF THE COUNTRY ; ILLUS- TRATED WITH MAP3- ‘BY CHARLES HALLOCK, EDITOR OF “FOREST AND STEEAM ;" AUTHOR OF THE “PISHING TOURIST,” “CAMP LIFE IN FLORIDA,” ETC. 750 pp. Price $3.00. NEW YORK: “FOREST and STREAM" PUBLISHING COMPANY, AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, AGENTS, © GENERAL CONTENTS. PART I. GAME ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERTOA. GAME BikDs OF NORTH. AMERIOa. GaME Fist OF NORTH AMERIUA: Eastern Coast Fishes-~ Northern Inland Fishes, Tuland fishes of the We:t and Northwest. Pacific Coast Fishes. Toland Fishes of the South and Southwest. Southern Coast Fishes, Dos USED FoR Sport: Their Different Varieties; Training and Management; Diseases and Remedies. Forest, FIRLD, AND PRATRIE: Guns and Ainmunition for Different Kinds of Game; Hints and Recipes for Gunners; Decoys, Blinds, and other Devices. OOEAN, LAKE, AND RIVER: Art of Dressing Artificlal Files; Instruction in Fly Fishing; Roads, Lines and Lares; Hints aud Recipes. SPORTING Boats AND CANOES: Rules for Sa‘ling Boats; Useful Suggestions in Buying, Repairing, ete, WooDcRart : Expedients In Emergencies; Hints and Re- cipes for Camp and Cruise. INSTRUCTION IN TAXIDERMY. BIBLIOGRAPHY POR SPORrsien. DEALERS’ AND OuUTErTEts’ List. INDEX. . PART IL A SPORTSMAN’S DIRECTORY TO THR PRINCIPAL Re- SORTS FOR GAME AND FIisH IN NORTH AMERICA, jev-at “THE OOLOGIST,” A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED EXCLU- SIVELY TO BIRDS AND BIRDS' EGGs, This magazine, the fayorite of amateur ornitholo- gists, isnow in ite third volume, Itis rep'ete with all that is new or receut in Ornithology and Oolovy, and publishes important papers on the rarer of our birds and eggs, It is just the periodical for those mking collections of birds and eggs for seientiic exawination, 2s its columils are Constantly furtish- ing dcscriplions of the eggs of new und rare species. TrrMs—Forty centsa year, in advance. Speci- men copies and prospectuses only on receipt of stalup, Add-ess, S. L. WILLARD & CO., Oneida st., Utica, N. Y. jet FUR, FIN and FEATHER. This le a publication that should be in the hands of every lover of shooting, fishing and trapping. It contains the GAME AND GAME FISH LAWS of every Statein the Union and the Dominion Proy- inces, aud ulso gives a description of all the best places for shoviing and fishing in the United States and Canada, tells how toreach them, aud what kind ol acvommonations you will find when you get there, It tells yon what kind of Luckle to use for the various kinds of fish, and where the best cau be precored, nnd al-o where you can get the best of every de- scription of shooting apparatus, It coultains a nam- ber of interesting sketches of hunting and fishing advenlires, and & Vast fund of useful information on field sports and angling that renders tle work indis- pensable to all who use either gun or red, his, in fact, a complete Hunting and Fishing Directory and no matter how much or how little recreation you take in the woods and along the streatas, you will tind Fur, Fin wed Feather worth many times tts price to you, It is a bi-monthly (every two montiie) publication of from 176 to 208 large octave pages, 50 eculs a number, or $5 year. , CHAS. SUYDAM, Puszisner, 149 Chambers st., New York City. Bound Volumes Forest and Stream. SEVENTH YOLUME, NOW READY. First Four Volumes, $4 each, Others, $3.50. A complete set of the FOREST AND STREAM. seven volumes, bouod handsomely in cioth—a valu, ortsman—can Dow be obtained Je7 it able library for the ep I On application to this office. | Publication’. “STPRANGIS BO LEK ON THE DOG 3" Hifi Ei Ton; — illustrated 4 em" uid enlarged; 400 re = pages. Malled eceipt of $4. Address D. 8, HOLMES, 59. jeid it. free on re FourtiSt , Brooklyn, E, D. BINDERS. Get your fine books bound. Art Journal bound uniform to London publishers’ style. Picturesque America, Art Treasnry of Germany and England, Women in Sucred Wistory, large Family Bibies, all illustrated works, music and magazines in the best styles nod lowest prices; done intwo or three days if required, E. WALEER'S SONS, 14 Dey street. Amusements, € te. eens Turf Sports and Athletics. METROPOLITAN RIDING ACADEMY, Third Ave.. G3d and G4th St., Second Ave. FRED, J, ENGELHARDT, Proprietor. This magnificent Temple of Sport is mow open for instruction and practice. Thorough Horsemanship, Riding, Driving, Training, | Pedestrianism, Fencing. &c- PERFECT RACE 'TRACK, ONE-LIGHTH MILE, Comfortably heated and ventilated, For time, terms and privileges, address, FRED J, ENGELHARDT, Metropolitan ‘hiding Academy, Thivd Ave., 63d and @4th sts., N.Y. Novrice.—The Central Park Riding School, Sales, Exchange, Training and Bosrding ‘Stables, Seventh Ave. and S8th St., still continue under the same Management. jan6 ly Zoolegical Garden. AAMGUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA, Gpen every day. A larre collection of Living Wild Beasts, Birds and Reptiles. Admission 25 cents ; children under twelve, 1) cents. jan ly Highest Honors AT THE CENTENNIAL WORLD'S FAIR, 1876. SHONINGER ORGANS, Best instruments. T' lleir comparative excellence is recoguized-by the Judges in their Kepert, from which the following id an extract: “The B. SHONINGER ORGAN COS exhibit as the best Insiruments ata price rendering them Possible lo a large class of purchasers, having acom bination of Reeds and Bells, producing novel and pleusing elfects, containing many desirable improve- ments, will stand longer in dry or damp climate, less liable to get ont of order, all the boards being made three-ply, put fogether so it is impossible for them to either +hrink, swell or split.” TUTE ONLY ORGANS AWARDED THIS RANK. ‘This Medal and Award was yranted after the most Severe competition of the best makers, before oue of the mast competent juries ever assembled. New styles aud prices just issued, which are in ac- cordance with oar rule, the BEST ORGANS for the least money. : We are prepared to appoint a few new Agents, Illustrated Catalogues mailed, postpaid, upon ap- plication to B. SHONINGER ORGAN GO., 97 to 123 Chestnut Street, NEW HAVEN, CONN. ‘fig H. WALDSTEIN , fsiee OPTICIAN, 549 Broadway, New York, Tas received the highest award at the Centennial Exposition for his fine Glasses, especially Opera ai Pield Glasses. His display at 645 Broadway ot ne ‘TELESCOPES, FIELD, MARINE and OPERA CLASSES, MICROSCOPES, SPECTA- CLES and EYE GLASSES, ARTI-- FICIAL HUMAN EYES, Etc., 1s really wonderful, Illustrated catalogue mailed o: Tecvipt of postage of four cents, ak ie a ESTABLISY "~~ 40,, fishing Cachle, Conroy, Bissett & Maileson 65 Fulton Street, New York. Factory—Foot South sth Street, 'Grooklyn, BH. D. Six Strip Hexagonal Split ~ BAMBOO RODS. ENAMEL ALL PRESERVED ON THE OUTSIDE. QUALITY GUARANTEED. The anoexcd list will show the reductions we have made. We quote: Formerly. Now. Fly Rods, 6 string, 2 Tips..........4.0..5 pA) $25 Wy Kods, 6 Strip, 4 Tips, and Duplicate ALOT Td Be be eee an ae AB 85 Black Bass Rods, 6 Strip, ? Tips........,. 50 BU Black Bass Rods, 6 Strip, 3 Tips and Du- Pligate Shipt.- ee eee 65 40 Salmon Rods, 6 Strip, 2 Vips.........-...- $0 50) These Rods are, in all their parts, WHOLLY MAD BY HAND, Positively no machinery is used in any part of their coustrnetion. t2" SEND FOR CIRCULAR. We have but oe grade of these Rads—the best in the market. PHILADELPHIA Fishing Tackle House. AEN A. B. SINPLEY & SON, 503 COMMERCE STREET, PHILA. Manufacturers of FINE FISHING TACKLE A Specialty of the Celebrated Green Heart Wood tor Amateur Hod Makers. Rod Mountings in Sets for Se. to $6 76. RODS, REELS, Ero, REPAIRED. Slipley’s Self-Mooking Plastic Snells, “catch every tish that bites.” Send for sample. Por ‘Trout on gut, le. each, 74e, per doz. _ _ For Bass on double gut, 12. each, $1 per doz. Highest premium at Centennial, 1876, and Franklin institute, 1874, 7 COMPETITION IS THY LIER OF TRADE. J.B. CROOK & CO., FISHING TACKLES 50 FULTON STREET, NEW YoRK, Makes the Immense Reductions. Greenheart Rods for Trout and Bass Pishine, $15 to $30. Ash anu Lancewnod Rugs for Vrout and Bass Pisbing, $7 to £12. Everything elze in proportion. Gnods sont ©, 0, D to all patts of the United States and Canadas. (CELLULOID PATENT.) Trolling ‘and Click Reels. The finest Reels, made light, durable and finely finished. Ask your dealer for them. GEORGE E. HART & Co., Newark, N_ J. Refer to Dr, W. W. Ely, Rochester, N. Y., and Dr d, R. Romeyn, Keesville x7 ’ mh ju20 ti, TO AMATEUR Fishing Rod Makers, German Silver and Brass Rod Mountings reatly made and toorderot my own manufacture, Ferules, Guides, Rings; lips, Reel Bands, Screw and Solid Bottoms, Double Vittings. Also superior Ash and Lancewood Fly and Black Bass Rorls, of my own minufaeture, $3, $5, $6 to $25. Rods suitable for the Te ean Ere ay ted $1 ue $3 90, $350, $6 fo $25, rolling Keds Tor Alexandria Bay and the lake a) $6, $8, $10, Jy an the lakes, 4, a feet Superior Linen Line, by mail.........$ 25 2 ¢) +e ue “ + 5 B00 #6 te ue & th, iz ee Goo ia Cuttie Hunk, ‘ 5 -. 3 00 Black Bass Mies (something new) per doz..-... 2 50 Large yariely of Trout Mies for Maine and the Adirondacks; prices, $1, $1 60, $2 per doz. Brass Reels, plain Sic, Tie, $1 each. Brass Reels, multi- plyilg, $1 15, $2 25, $250, $4tos6 each. Rubber Click, Serinan Silver Click, and multiplying reels for black bass, trout, and for the bays of New York, Complete outtits as low as cousistent with good material and workmansiup. Goods sent C, O, D, to all parts of the United States and Canada, J. F. MARSTERS, MANUFACTURER, 125 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. Send for Catalogue of Sporting Goods, ii Fishing Carkle. OCDS FOR SPORTSMEN A SPECTALTY. HAVANA AND RIO ANFIRO. 48 Maiden Lane, N. Y. | NEW YORK, LONDON, REDDITCH, SUCCESSORS TO ANDREW CLARK & CO. FISHING TACKLE = EVERY DESCRIPTION, 2 P=) 3 la i] a pa) = Fa BS 5 A = . lee! fy = a 4, i) _ ae iS ABBEY & IMBRE, 4 H.L. LEONARD, BANGOR, MAINE, Manufacturer of every variety of FINE RODS for SALMON, BASS and TROUT FISHING ; SPLIT GAMBUO RODS a specialty. A rent reduetion in prices, rout Rods, foll mounted, $81, formerly $50; other rods in proportion. Pyery Rod bearing My name is six strands from bolt fo extreme tip, and mounted with my “ patent Waterproof ferrule, and warranted agalnet linper- feciions in material acd workmanship. Auy style of nish, hexagonal or round, as may be desired. * Rods of Green Heart Ash or Lancewood MADE TO ORDER, Twas awarded a MEDAL and DIPLOMA at the Centennial for my Split Bambou Rods, Also mannfatturer of Kine Salmon and Trout Teels, the lightest, strongest and hundsomest Reels ever made. Full line of FISHING TACKLE always on hand, Send for cirenlar and price list, jeT SkiWwNn ERS Riew Fluted Bait. "Lae best bail used for Basa and Pickerel Fishing Bass sige, 7b cents; Piekerel size, $1 each, by mail, post-paid, Gn receiplel priee, Kagle Claw, for catcn- ing Fish and Game, sainples hy tatl, 35 and 75 cents. Send stip for iinstrated pice list of Lishing Tackle aud Sperting Goods, HLSH & SIMPSON, 1$2 NASSAU S'T., NEW YORK. . . MeBride Flies. = Medal and Diploma from International Hxhibition, Philadelphia, S87, deereed for exceedingly neat work with solidity of construction, A fine assortment of fics for trout, salmon gud lass constantly on hand Also vashny-lines, + Flies carefully selected for any locality, Goods prompily made to order Trom any pattern desired, Address SARA J. MCBRIDE, Mtmfurd, Monroe Co.,, N. Y. W, Hoiberton, Sole Avent for New York and vicinity. febl5-4m SAPONOID. Mosquito & Black Fly Repellent. This Composition contains no ingredients injurious fo the Skin, is saponaceous and removed at ounce by the application of water, possesses great healing and cooling properties free from all grease, Cer tala and instant cure for the bite or sting of insects, mosquitoes, files, wasps, bees and other insects, re- noving all inflammation, nentralizing the poison and alluying the swelling at once. DIRECTIONS. For repelling files aud mosquitoes rnb-the Sapo- noid on the exposed parts freely with the hand. One + pplication to the sting or bite of the insect, in most euses, is certain relief. Sold in collapsible tubes, mailed to any address on receipt of 50 cents by BRADEORD & ANTHONY, a74 Washington street, Boston, Muss. eT 4b CARD. Dr. Fowler’s Celebrated Six Strip Bam- boo I'ly-Rods. Improved and finished withdut cntting away the enamel, The strongest and handsomest rods in the world, Private orders solicited for all kinds of tine tackle. Rods sent per express on approval, Send for cirenlur. A. H, FOWLER, Ithava, N.Y. ESPABLISILED 1843. J.P. Travers & Son., 46 BEEKMAN STREET, N. Y. Twines and Lines; 1,800 kinfts on hand, Fisher- WGuw’s twines. lines and vets of all Kinds, Also ham- mocks for sportsmen, Sainples of twines seot free On wpplication or by mail. myal tf, § Convenient and Handy for < se Fattaching to Fishing ods, Gur Disesteee (uses, aud all sorts of Sportsmen's STs kt Buy of your nearest Poe Stationer or Newsdealer, or sénd i) 10 cts. for package by mail to 198 Broadway, N.Y. - Drugs, H.T. Helmbold’s Compound Fluid Extract i BUCHU. Owing to various counterfeiting of my original receipt and preparations, IT ha > changed my Iab els and Wrappers, which in future will be printed in CARMINE INE. The Public are cantioned to be sure and getthe genuine, prepared by the IL, T. HELMBOLD Manufacturing Company, No. SO PLATT ST., NEW YORK. GENUINE HAARLEM OTL, KNOWN AS SYLVESTER’S OVER 30 YEARS, Best remedy for bladder, kidney and sravel dis- tases, WM. WAQGH, 126 Canal street; N V A Safe, Sure and Cheap Destroyer of tha POTATO ., BUG, cuzner CURRANT WORMS and other Ineects 13 OUR PEST: The Eagle Claw. An ingenions device for the purpose of catching all kinds of Animals, Fish and Game, The easy method of setting the Eagle Claw, combined with the simplicity of removing the victim, are among its peculiar advantages. It is immaterial how to place it when set. It may be buried flat in the gronnd, suspended from the limb of a tree, or, when occasion requires, covered with grass, leaves or other light material without in any way impairing its certain operation. Tt is adapted for bait of any description, and, when, set, no Animal, Fieh or Bird that touches the balt can possibly escape. It does not mangle or injure its victims in the slighest degree, nor need they be handled to free them from the trap. 1-RICE LIST: No. 1—For fishing and all kinds of small game and animals, BENT DY Mall... 2. ee ecw tees erat earreosareseee sees $5 cents, No.2—For catchi: g Mink, Muskrats, Raccoons, large Game, Fish, BC... cide eee eeer seb rer ees ereneas ..15 cents, No. 3, or Rocky Mountain Giant, for catching Beare Wolves, ‘e Panthers, &c, Can be easily set by & boy, and wi lstand a t All goods sent, charges paid, to any address on recelpt of price. =. Chas. L. Coate, _.* 380 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. P. 0, Box 214. ‘ AGENTS WANTED. PATRONS' PAINT COMPANY are manifac~ PAINTING. eae the INOLESOLL READY-WIXED PAINTS, and BRUSHES, and selling them at full trade discounts, delivering them freight paid, and. no money required until the goods are receiyed—making them cheaper than even the material cam be bought elsewhere. They are an absolutely pure article, possessing great endurance and brilliancy, and are giving great satis- faction all over theceuntry, We have a Patron friend who saved enough alone on Paint purchased to pay his Grange expenses for a life-time. They niso sell ROOF PAINT 30 per cent, cheaper than any one else. It is to the interest of all about painting to write and have sent free their book, “ Kvery One His Own Painter.” It wilisaye much money, whether you luy their Paint or mot. Ad= rdess, 259 FRONT STREET, NEW YORKE.—( From “The Farmers’ Friends’) 8 rain of several hundred pounds. Weight, 10 to 16 Ibs.310. | Guns, Rifles, Ete. Sportsman’s Depot, (ESTABLISHED 1836.) First premium at World’s Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition. N KRIDER, N. E, Cor. Second and Walnut Sts., Phila. GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks, Flies, Leaders, Snoods, Artificial Bait, Fly Books, Etc., Etc. S#~ Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies Made to Order. ALSO “Krider's” Celebrated Center Enamel Split and ! Glued Bamboo Rods. Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in Great Varieties— Taxidermy in all its branches, Spratt’s Patent Dog Biscuits Repairing of all kinds, CHAS. GREEN, MANUFACTURER OF Breech Loading Shot Guns. The strongest and most durable snap action made, Shooting qualities tirst-class. MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH- LOADEKS. Same action as new guns. send for cirenlar and pune aa, No. 3 West Main street, Rochester, N. Y. ocis-t Inart-ly PURDYS Class Ball Trap. (Patent Applied For.) The best Trap yet offered, Will throw one or two balls in any direction, and at any desired dis- tance or rate of speed. Every Trap wnarranted. Price each, $3. Rubber bands per dozen, 75 cents. Glass balls per 100,32 50. Send for Cirenlar. W. HOLBERTON, Sole Ageut, P, O. Box 5,109. 102 Nussau St, N, Y- Founded July 4, 1808. Thos. W. Sparks, Shot & Bar Lead MANUFACTURER. Office 121 Walnut Street, Philade!phia. Cc. C.& B. ZETTLER, GUNSMITHS AND RIFLE GALLERY, 207 Bowery, New York, CONLIN’S NEW RIFLE GALLERY. 1,222 Broadway, between 31at and 324 Streets, OPEN DAY AND EVENING. E, THOIAS, IR., GUNS, PISTOLS, SPORTING GOODS, 174 South Clark Street, Chicago , 11, THE 76 SHOOTING COAT. (PATENTED) The largest variety of Shooting and Sporting Garments, in the World, Send for THustrated Catseague. GEORGE C. HENNING, Washing 01 Citr. -Feb 23 ly. Cees THE = AMERICAN — SPORTSMAN’S YS MWY JOURNAL. -— Terms, Four Dollars 2 Ferns Ten Cents an Copy. (NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1877. { Volume 8.—No. 20. No, 111 Fulion St., N. ¥- For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. WESTERN WILD FOWL SHOOTING.*« BY J. 5. VAN DYKE, M45 the scenes that deeply, keenly thrill The sportsman’s bosom, as o’er dale and hill With throbbing heart and tingling nerve he bounds With pointer, setter, or the ringing hounds. But few more grand and wild emotions raise Than one that oft is seen in autumn days, When iirst the surly blasts begin to howl, And heaven’s smile to change into a scowl. Whien droops the wild rice its once stately head, And rush and reed and flag are sere and dead; When withered leaves ride swift on whistling gales, The wild fowl for their journey spread their sails, But pause awhile around some favorite place Ere starting on their long and weary race. At such a time and spot our stand we take, Close by the borders of some rice-fringed lake. Wondrous and grand the scene that now unfolds, And the astonished eye enchanted holds! From every quarter of the great blue dome, In countless throngs the wild fowls swiftly come, Circling, rushing. darting, wheeling, dashing, Towerlng, settling, in the water splashing, High in the air, with stately, solemn wings, Slow sail the geese in long converging strings. Still higher up, with proud, majestic pace, The sand-hill cranes float by in easy grace, While far above, in dignified array, The swaus are drifting on their southward way, From every side what varied sounds we hear, ‘That make true music to the sportsman’s ear: The mellow ‘thonk,” the “scape” of saucy snipe, The widgeon’s whistle and the loon’s clear pipe ; The ‘tulank-a-lank” that from the brant doth ring, The vushing bustle of the broadbill’s wing, ‘The mallard’s “quack,” the frightened wood duck’s saneal, ‘The sandhill’s f-umpet that o’er all doth peal! As falls the night, they faster, nearer come, _ The airresoundeth with their steady hum. But we've not come to idly stand and gaze, And fast and sure spouts forth the deadly blaze. With rapid bazz the broadbill by us whirls, But ina trice bis whistling pinion furls, Tm vain the blue wing plies his whizzing wings, The deathiul hall across his pathway sings; The lovely wood duck, with his plumage bright, Whirls struggling down into the shades of night. The watchfnl goose, that cautious threads the gir, Droops neck and wings, as if in silent prayer, And downward plunges with impetuous crash. In yain the mallard, with his wary eye Doth seek, with vigorons “quack,” to climb on high, Too late his care! Too late his skyward dash! He downward thunders with a sullen splash, Waiting with patience till we give the word, Onur faithful dogretrieyes each fallen bird. The trusty creature, haying marked its fall, Bounds througi the reeds, however thick or tall; Although they fall where man could never stand, This henest seryant brings them to our hand, ‘The lake is cold; its edges fringed with ice; But still he founders on through tangled rice, Heedless of comfort or the wintry blast, ‘Toils Shivering on until he gets the last, Then to our boat, and down the-moonlit stream We glide to camp, and soon the fire doth beam. From drift wood piled on high, the cheery blaze Shoots far and wide, and ofer the river plays; And soon we gather round the festive board, Lafien with yiands that would tempt a lord; ‘Then round the fire comes the sotialsmoke, * The song, the story, or the spicy joke; And then to sleep upon our bad of reeds, While fancy pictures out to-morrow’s deeds, e at Grip to the Zlorth Sark of Shavaryo River, (Continued from June 14th.) W?® arrived at the inn shortly after dark, truly glad to get our supper, for we had foolishly taken a very scanty supply of food, and had been moving almost incessant- ly on the hills and along the creek for fifteen hours. The scenery along the North Fork of the Navarro River, as I have said before, is exceedingly wild, there being no signs of civi- *Between wild fowl shooting in the West and on th jaa wile aimerence, € 5¢a coast there lization for many miles, and but fora solitary trail nothing to show that human beings traveled through the valley, Exten- sive fires have blackened the trees and eaten up the under- growth in parts of these great forests, causing a most desolate appearance. ‘This, howeyer, is only found in comparatively limited spaces adjoining the logging camps. The next day Uncle, B. and I traveled up stream, uncle on horseback, we youngsters on foot. We walked along the trail as far asa solitary farm house (ranch) where lives queer old specimen of humanity, known as ‘‘ Uncle Mo,” a regular old *‘ Pike” from Missouri. Having consented to act as our guide, he conducted us along a wild mountain trail to 4 point on the stream where uncle tied his horse and proceed- ed to fish the creek (where we afterwards found he took eleyen good sized tron ). Uncle Mo, B. and I then ascended the ridges in search of deer. B. got one snap shot, but with- out effect, and beyond this we saw nothing. We visited a bear-trap and saw the remains of a monster black bear, killed ten days previously. On our way back we had occa. sion to walk along the most extraordinary ledges of rock, creeping under low-growing boughs, and generally following our guide over places which none but yenluresome hunters dare traverse. We returned to the little hostelry, and enjoyed a delicious bath and swim ina long deep pool, in which, during my stay at the North Fork House, I daily indulged. That night a camping party arrived from the city, consisting of Mr. Rector, of Oakland, and his brother, and Mr. Sweet. To M Re ctor T had a letter of introduction from a friend in San Francisco, who had told me of his intended visit. Accordingly next morning I presented my letter, and, with B., was cordially invited to join the party in a camping expedition to the ridges of the adjacent hills. So, haying all things in readiness, we bade farewell to uncle, leaving him to enjoy the sport afford- ed by the trout stream, and taking two pack horses we started | for a spot well known to Mr. Rector, he being an old hunter, familiar with that country in every direction, The distance to our camping ground is about four miles. The ascent up the bold hills was very severe. The spot selected is just above a fine spring of water on the top of the ridge, com- manding a marvelously fine yiew over the grand mountains of red wood—a panorama not easily forgotten. As far as the eye could reach is one magnificent succession of monster for- ests, rising one aboye the other in nobility beyond description. We pitched our tent upon a spot formed, as it were, by nature for a camping ground, surrounded by a belt of large redwood trees, so grouped as to leaye just suflicient space in the centre for ourlarge fine tent. Having hitched the horses,we set to work to level off andjclear the ground before pitching our canvas. We then worked hard with hatchets, cutting the tender young branches of redwood, which proved a capital foundation for our sleeping berth. The camp being arranged according to the most approved style, towards evening we all sallied forth with our rifles in search of deer and bear if they should come in our way, B. and I together, the rest in other directions. We had not gone far when, descending a deep gorge, I saw three deer ascending the other side. B from another position dropped a young buck fawn. was badly hit; and, though we followed and saw quantities of blood, and a small bone shot out of the leg, we did not suc- | ceed in overtaking our game. A little further along the ridge B..dropped a fine doe at the first shot. We returned to camp before dark. B.and one of the others then started with a horse, and brought home his two deer. Mr. Sweet also bagged a doe. So we had three fine deer hanging incamp the first night. Next day we all hunted the woods in different directions, but failed to bag another deer. Sweet's shotgun kiled a number of quail (which were very numerous in those parts) for our supper, and greatly did we relish our meal after our long mountain climbs, Our table (most ad- mirably fixed in true carpenter's style by Mr. Rector’s bro- ther) was spread with venison, quail, fried potatoes, apples, peaches, coffee, etc., etc. After supper each evening we Sat encircled around the cheerful blaze of our camp fire, smoking our segars and pipes, and telling each his stock of yarns and anecdotes. And many were the hunting stories told by the Messrs. Rector of their experience in the early days of California. Next morning (Sept. 6) we all started forth after the timo- ee | I fired several shots, and | We | were conscious, from the motion of one of the deer, that she | — rous deer, and all returned to breakfast at about 8 o'clock without any bag to report. Having myself done no execution np to that time, I was naturally considering it about time that I contributed my share. I was the first to leave the camp, and entered the forest all alone. The rain had been falling fast during the night, and still continued, thus improving one’s chances fora deer. The leaves and twigs, which, in dry weather, warn the quick-cared deer of the hunter's ap- proach, were that morning silent, and therefore I was able to creep along comparatively unheard. I had not been out of camp more than ten minutes when, standing in an open glade, I perceived a fine doe situated about fifty yards from me, looking earnestly and inquiringly at me; but as I raised my rifle to fire, she, with one spring, darted down the yalley out of my sight. I sprang forward, and seeing the way the deer had gone, I considered it prudent to make a cireuitous trip rather than follow the same trail. As I paused on the side of the hill, I beheld the doe with a large fawn standing on the opposite side. I fired and missed. . The doe then ran for- ward, and in so doing exposed her neck. Again I fired (distance 200 yards), and that shot was instantly fatal. The splendid creature fell dead, rolling some fifteen or twenty feet down hill. In my intense excitement I rushed down the steep incline, leaping over great fallen trees which ordinarily 1 should have had great difficulty in crossing. But on this oceasion I thought no more of these giants than had they been mere twigs. Down I went with frantic speed, and up the opposite bank, fearing lest the dead deer might run away, and thus deprive me of my victory! As I neared the fallen yictim the fawn sprang up, and had I been less excited no doubt would have lain beside the mother. But foolishly I thought of nothing but securing the doe, so, after hurriedly dis. charging my rifle at the retreating fawn without effect, I turned to survey the body of my jirst deer! There she lay quite dead, the bullet haying passed through her neck. And what had that gentle beauty done that I, a savage hnouter, should have thus assailed her! These are thoughts whic’ to many a sportsman must occur while looking into the sweet and peaceful face, and at the graceful tapering limbs of the fallen beauty. The deed was done, and could not, even had I resretted it, be undone. I therefore raised my big hunting knife and commenced the usual work of cleaning my game, On hearing the crack of my rifle, Mr, Sweet left the camp, and answering tomy eall he kindly ascended the hill, and offered his assistance, which to mewasmostacceptable. Shouldering the game] marched in triumph to camp. A heayy burden this would haye proved under any other circumstances, but on this occasion a mere trifle! I marched) into camp waying my hat and cheering till my very voice gaye out. Many were the congratulations offered. The Rectors, though old and ex- perienced hunters, had, up to that time, bagged nothing. After my exertions [was ready for a hearly breakfast, No. 2. I feltas though a great weight had been removed from ms mind, for B. having beenso successful, and I having up to that time killed nothing, [had begun to be rather disheartened, fancy- ing luck was against me. That afternoon B. left us on his homeward journey, his business duties calling him back a day or two in advance of me. He packed one of his and my deer on one of the horses and started for the North Fork. That afternoon I took a new route all alone, descending the zidge and passing down a stu- pendous valley. I saw two or threedeer, haying a shot at one without apparent effect. Although I killed nothing there was great excitement to me in creeping stealthily among those splendid forests, perpetually on the gui vive, the slightest sound attracting my attention. And many atime did a gro- tesque-shaped tree-stump to my excited imagination appear for the first moment a living object. Upou thinking over my adventures, of the difficult and dangerous climbings, the ex- tent of ground traversed and the many obstacles overcome, I seem to wonder while writing this in my calmer moments in the city how I succeeded in accomplishing so much; and yet, so great is the enjoyment of the sport, that I anxiously look forward to and shall not be satisfied unti] I enjoy another out- ing of thesame kind. But to return to our camp on the ridge. That evening a Mr. Call arrived from the city to join the Rectors and Mr. Sweet according to agreement. B. met him at the North Fork, and that evening conducted him along the trail, pointing out our position on the ridge. Next day [hunted alone. While passing oyer a trail to the north- - a if 318 FOREST AND STRE ward I could distinctly hear below me in the ravine a bear tearing the bark froma tree in search of worms which are found thereunder, On returning to the same trail I foond the bear had made havoc, during my absence, of a tree by the side of the trail, but Thad no opportunity of catching even a glimpse of him. That morning I left the trail, hunting in an entirely new sec- tion of the couatry, crossing over the rouchest ridges. I caught si¢ht of a couple of deer, but no chance was aifordad of a shot. - ‘The day wore on, and in my wanderings a valley of wondrous beauty appeared before me. I descended the hill, coming upon a lovely stream, surrounded and partially covered by overhanging trees and shrubs of preat variety. The minature pools of crystal brilliancy wera surrounded hy beds of the most beautiful ferns, mosses and grasses, while at intervals lay the massive trunks of giant trees by foree torn up by mountain storms and hurled into their lust resting- places in the valley beneath. In all my wanderings in the beautiful valleys of California I have not seen a rival to that which I have endeavored to describe. But while deeply ap preciating this scene in Fairyland the extreme loneliness and tranquillity of the spot struck me that I had imprudently traveled into unknown regions, I songht to retrace my steps, but no trail was to be seen, and nothing before me to imdicate my position and that of ourcamp. Time passed on, and I seemed to become more and more entangled among the forest trees. As T ascended each ridge I hoped and expected at the Summit to be able to discoyer my position. Things were looking not a little serious, as I had never been upwerds of five hours lost inthe woods, True it is [ had with me my tifle and a goodiy supply of ammunition, and if the worst came to the worst I could have lived on squirrel's meat and other small game. Towards afternoon I ascended a high ridge, and, to my great satisfaction, I discovered far away on another range of hills the open ground near our camp. On arriving at the tent | was agreeably surprised by a visit from Unele and our excellent hostess of the North-Fork Inn, who had ascended the hills on horseback. The many little atten- tions shown by Unele to the lone widow seemed greatly ap- preciated by that lady, and she must have greatly regretted our departure from under her roof. The following day we broke up camp and returned to the inn, and the next day the camping party pilched their tent “on the banks of the stream near the junction with the main river, where we heard after- wards they killed among th:m twelve large deer, and a ereat quantity of large trout. Unele and I enjoyed a quiet day dy the ereek, taking with us a horse and riding in turns. I did noexecution with myrifle. but Uncle as usual brought home a splendid basket of trout, some taken with fly and some by baiting with pieces of chub. Our last day at the inn was spent in complete rest. I took my sketch-book and made a picture of the inn, bridge and stream, and also of a soda springs situ- ated a mile away, Passing over the same ground on our re- turn home there is little more to be added. We arrived safe- ly in San Francisco after an excursion of great and complete en- joy ment, - 14 Hoorer. BAY BIRD SHOOTING IN NEW JERSEY. Eprvor Forest AND STREAM; Three o'clock was the time agree upon for the ‘ meet” at the depot of the N. J. R. R. estination, Townsend's Inlet, onthe Jersey coast, midway between Atlantic City and Cape May. Object, a week's shoming at bay birds. Uponsumming up the number at the appointed time we eounted Soule, Pros- ser, Kitchen, Roop and Karsner, six ardent votaries of the rod and gun, DELAWARE RIVER SALMON. « EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM : Please mention in your paper the catching of a nine-pound salmon hear Bordentown, N. J., on June 2, in a shad seine, and presented to Capt, Jos, Yard, of Trenton, N. J. Le said it graced his table, and was. admired snd enjoyed by himself and friends, From minute descrip- tions given by styeral individuals who sayy if, the decision that it was one of the California salmon planted in the Delaware was arrived at, This forever sets at rest the question so often asked, * Will they return from the salh water fo the river they ara reared in?” T have seen nom- bers of parr of this species which haye been canght by boys, while tish- ing with hook and line near Easton, Pa., from six to elfht inches in Jength, which were of those placed In the npper Delaware by me for the N. J. Comm ssion in March 1876. Doubtless large numbers of them are taken in this way by persons who are ignorant of this species, neyer having seen them before, thus, in a great Measure, frustrating the ef- forts of stocking this river with thls variety of fish. Yours very respectfully, LAMBERTVILLE, N, J., June 11, 1877, A. A. ANDERSON. +o = HATCHING APPARATUS FOR AQUA- RIA, PONDS AND STREAMS. New York, May 29, 1877, Epitor Forest Anp STREAM: Will you please give the subscribers of your interestin journal a simple diagram of a trough hy which laymen wil be able to hatch the eggs of different varieties of fish. The eggs can be procured by the thousand, with little ex- pense, and, with proper information, our small and large streams and Jakes or ponds will besufficiently stocked so (his generation will receive some benefit. The present slow mode of stocking a lake of 500 acres with 50 to 100 black bass is discouraging. Yours, etc., T. E. Porren. We would be much pleased to fayor our correspondent by reproducing for his own and others’ instruction a series of articles which were prepared for this paper in the year 1875 by Dr. Nahum FE, Ballou, of Sandwich, Ill., giving full instructions, with designs of hatching apparatus and dia- grams for laying out ponds and constructing hatching houses; but the matter is too voluminous, and unless given in full would fail to give the information necessary to accomplish the object desired. Besides these, we have published dia- grams of hatching apparatus for aquaria, prepared by T, B. Ferguson, Esq., one of the Fish Commissioners of Maryland. The entire subject matter can be found in the following num- bers of this paper, to wit: March, 11; April, 8; Sept., 9; Sept., 23, and Oct. 7 and 14. ——— Progress of Fish Contours mm Norra Carorma.—The new bill to protect fish and encourage fish culture is given herewith: Section 1.—The General Assembly of North Csrojina do enact: That no person shall place or allow to remain in the Catawba River, between the South Carolina line and that point on said river nearest to Old Fort in McDowell County | nor in the Yadkin (or Pee Dee) riverfrom the South Carolina line to Patterson's factory in Caldwell County, any obstruc- tion whatever to the free passage of fish (unless such ob- struction shall leave a free and open passage for fish of not more than seventy-five nor less than thirty feet at any one point, or in case it may be necessary to have more thun one such pass-way in the same dam, then all openings not to ex- eeed one hundred feet; and where there may be such ob- struction on both sides of any island or shoal belonging to the same or different persons, then the opening of said dams or shoals shall be as above prescribed in both channels) under a penalty of $50 for every day that such obstruction is allowed to remain; one-half to the party suing and the other to the school fund of the connty where suit is brought. Sec. 2. The owner or owners of any dam shall construct such fish-way as may be described and required by the county commissioners, and on failure to comply with such require- ment the said owner or owners shall be guilty of a misde- meanor, and on conviction shall be fined $100 per day for every day that said,dam or obstruction is permitted to remain without such fish-way. . See. 3.—That if any person or persons shall place any im- pediment, in or near such fish-way that may hinder or obstruct the free passage of fish, such’ person or persons so offending shall be decmed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conyiciion shall be fined not less than #100, nor exceeding $400, or may be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, or both, in discre- tion of Lhe court for each offence. Ses. 4. That any person or persons who ghall tuke any scaled fish from the waters of said rivers, by any means, ex- cept hook and line during the spawning season, to wit + From the first day of May to thetenth day of Juneof each and every year forthe period of two years, ‘shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than 2100 nor more than $300, or may be imprisoned not exeeed-— ing thirty days, or both inthe discretion of the court, foreach — off . ence, 4 4 Sec, 5. That whenever any person sha}l decline to remove obstructions which prevent the free passage of fish on said rivers on uccount Of any claim jo the ownership of the bed, or channel of sald rivers, and if, for any cause, Lhe same cannot be purchased from the owner at areasonable price, the County Commissioners of the econnty wherein said owner's land is situated shall condenm the same. Blatural History. NOTES ON THE GARIBOU. or A Parmt Ravn Barone ror Ixstireite oF Narcan Sonor, Tampax, N. 8. ARETRAC BY Kk. MORROW. T. MORROW said that the paper owed its origin to the following quotation from Sir Jolin Richardson's “Tatma Goreali-Americana,” pages 250 and 241. Mr Hutchins mentions * that (le buck (caribon) has apeeuliat bag or cystin the lower part of the neck about the bigness of a crown piece, and filled with fine (xen heir neatly curled round to the thickness of an inch. ‘There is an opening through the skin near the head leading to the eyst, but Mr. Hutchins does not offer a conjec- ture as to 11s usés On (he economy of Me animal. Camper found 4 membranous cyst on the reindeer aboye the thyroid cartilage, and opening into the larynx, but | have met with no account of a cist with a duct openiny externally like that de- seribed ly Mr. Hutchins, and, wnfortunately, T was not aware of his femarks until the means of ascertaining whether such a sac exists in the barren ground caribou wore within my reach.” Mr. Morrow had several times looked for the cysh without suecegs, ul always forgot to do sa for the sac, gud in order to obtain some information on both points, he went to the woods in December last and succeeded in Killing alarge buek, the result of the examination of which and dissection of others, maleand female, made since, he would place before the Institute. But first he thought it necessary to giye Camper's” ceseription of fhe membranous sac from a reindeer ‘four years old.” Gatiper says* “‘thatas he did not know the reindeer, and as the imperfect account which Valentyn gave of Stenon’s dis-ec- tion in 1672 did not give him mu¢h light, he was forced to proceed with caution (date June 1771). Ile had often ob- served on the bucks that when this animal swallowed all the larynx rose and fell in a peculiar manner, and seemed to indi- cate something singular in this part. He then removed the skin of the neck with much care. The muscles being raised in the same way he found a membranous sac which had its origin between the os hyoides and the thyroid cartilaze. He then discovered two muscles which take their origin from the lower purt of the os hyoides, exactly where the base of the os zraniform ind the cormaa meet, These muscles were flat and thin at their beginning, but widencd towards their junc- tion with the sac, and certainly served to support if as well as to expel the air from if at the will of theanimal, After he had opener the «msophagus from behind he found under the base of the epiglottis a large orifice which admuilted his finger very easi- ly. ‘This orifice spread and formed # membranous canal which passed between the two muscles already mentioned, terminat- ing in the membranous sac. Consequently the air drawn trom the lungs into the larynx fell into this sac and necassarily caused 4 considerable swelling.” Mr. Morrow said that when he shot the buck alluded to he had not seen the account by Camper of the sac, and his speci- men isnot therefore su perfect as it might otherwise have been. Examining the outside of the throat of the animal, the cyst of Mr, Phitchins with ‘‘an opening through the son” does not exist, Wut immediately under the skin there was a roundish sub-triangular cyst or yalve of cellular membrane of the ‘ big- ness of a Grown piece.” and on cutting through the cellular Membrane this ‘‘yalye” is found to he a closed sac having « peculiar lining membrane, and closely packed with what may be valled loose hairs of a faxen color in a considerable quantity of sebuccous matter; at the same time, however, the lining mem- brane is covered by hair of the same quality growing from and rajlier lightly attached to ij. Camper in his account has de- scribed this valve as if if were the sac, and his drawing gives only the valve, which fle larynx, exhibited by Mr. Morrow, plainly shows. The nmscles which Camper deseribes as con- necting the sac with the os hyoides in Mr, Morrow's specimen do nol exist, but heir representatives are probably the muscles found in the larynx of the young buck by Dr. Somer, as will luter appear. ‘The valve is connected wilh the omohyoids Touscles a8 they pass towards their insertion on the hyoid bone, The valve which Camper has evidently taken tobe the sac lies outside of the mucous sac, but is incorporated with its anterior walls; the inner wall of the true sue surrounds and is attached to the larynx, extending longitudinally from the hyoid bonu to the base of the thyroid cartilage. Wow nich further it may ex- tend cannot from the imperfect state of the specimen already mentioned be determined, and at present the writer would only call if am organ of voice. ‘The slit or-orifice exists as Camper deseribes. but opens into the Taryngical sac which lies above the valve that is next the larynx. The dimensions of this larynx are as follows: rt ' Lengil of larynx, from base of epiglottis to base of thyroid cartilage, 6 inches; circumference of larynx, 11 inches; inside diameter of larynx, 2 inches. , May it not be possible that Camper was in error as to the age of the animal lic (lissected ; the muscles described hy him taken in connection witli those found in the youne back make this very probable. Mr. Morrow said that he had made every exertion to obtain umore perfect specimen of the larynx from an old buck, put withou! success. A small back 8 months old was sent to him and dissected by Dr. Somers, Dr. Gilpin and himself on the 27th of January ; and a femule calf ) months old and an adult. doe were put at his disposal by Mr. J. J. Egan, and dissected February 19th. M2. Morrow gives an aceount of the dissection of these three animals, taken from the notes of Dr,Sommers, with reference to the larynx, yery inuch abridged, 11 was as follows: Tn the young buck the organ existed asiescried in the adult, animal, Lut jf an immature state, if would probably he devel- oped with the growth of the animil "The muscles were nol found as in the adultanimal: hut, unising appareothy from the base of the epigiottis on vitherside, * possilly continnes with the thyro-epigiontidean and aryleno-epigloitidean muscles," all “Camper, vol. 1, chap. vie, mee ais, Puris 1808, wheke Leterenos (x made by leiners wo a plate whith camot be done hore, ——— - 819 hwo binds of muscular fires passing over on either side of a body which probably would develop and form the valye in the aduli, and are connected with it by fibrous adhesions ; extend- ing forwards they unite at its upper border forming a single muscular band which becomes instrfed into the npper and inner edge of the hyoid hone. "These fibres have no malogues Inman. Under the niiserosaope the structure forminy: this body (which wasalout the size of a small lhorse-bean) was found to consist mostly of fatty tissue with a moderate pro- portion of granulur cells. This body which world form the valve was absent in tle doc and yery rudimentary in thefemale fiown, Cimper pointed out that the female reindeer is without this organ ou the larynx, and also that if is not present on the male fallow deer, and from a specinicn exbibited it was sven that if was hot in the Virginia deer, Inside of the hock of the caribou there is a patch of hair of Alighier color and somewhat longer than that which cavers theskin in its immediate neighborlmod, and theskin mnder this patchisslichtly thicker than that immediately aroundit. This spot is usnally ealleda ‘‘eland;” it is caused by an enlargement of The hair follicles, has a very strong smell, and in the ¢arihou isa scent “gland,” The matter producing this scevt is entirely ditter- ent from that contained tn the tubes; il appears to be a high- ly volatile oil and resists salt for a long lime alter the rest of the skin has become saturated; when dry it collects an the outside of the skin in the form of very small seales, such as would be left by mmute portions of varnish. Although Mr. Morrow did not see the animal use tlie so-called ‘ vland,” yet his Indiun hunter saw a doe caribou use it in this way: When she had yoided ber urine (she sqnats In doing so al- most exactly like a sheep) and as soon as she had finished, she rubbed these glands together, leaving the scent behind her for a short distance. When creeping moose or caribou, this scent, floating in the air, had often been with him a sub- ject of inquiry, and he had very little doubt but that this was at least one way in which these “lands” are used, and in confirmation he mentioned that the dogsat one time openly used for hunting moose did not often take the scent of that animal from the snow, but by standing upon their hind legs as if if had been rubbed from glands as described. The point was merely mentioned in the hope that some gentlemen pre- sent would be able to throw some light upon it, or keep it in mind when an opportunity offered for observation, confirma- tory ov otherwise. A little further down the lez, on the outside, at the hair parting, he showed the ‘* metatarsal gland,” which had been looked for during a long period by Dr. Gilpin, Mr. J, J. Han and himself, on answer to an inquiry from the Hon. Judge Caton. ‘This was the first they had ever seen, aud may probably be taken as a mark of adult age; it was afterwards Tound on the old doe, but not so perfectly marked, possibly because the doe was Willed in February, the buck in Decem- ber. Attention was also drawn to the tubes in the feet of the caribou, which first attracted the notice of Dr. Gilpin, from inquiries made by Judge Caton. Dr. Gilpin as well as others thought that they were only to be found in the hind feet, and the discovery of them on the fore feet of the caribou is due entirely to Dr, Sommers. Camper says, speaking of these tubes: ‘In addition to the peculiarities of the reindeer, of which T have just spoken, [ have discovered besides something yery singular on the hind feet of this animal—that is to say, adeep sheath between the skin at the place where the dew claws are wnited together, of the size of the barrel of a quill, running deeply as far as the point where the dew claws are articulated with the bone of the mnetatarsus. These sheaths were filled internally with long hairs, aid a yellow oleaginous matter proceeded from them, the odor of which was not yery agreeable. I have not found these sheaths in the fore feet. It was not possible for me to discover the use of them, inasmuch as the heat of the summer obliged me to remove the flesh from the skeleton.” And further on he says that in another reindeer he found no tube on the hind foot, but one very apparent on the fore foot. And again, he found tubes on the hind feet, but none on the fore, ** so that Tam not able to determine anything very ex- actly on this subject.” In fhe skin of one of the hind legs of the old buck, the bones of which had been remoyed for the purpose, the tube was shown (the tube of the other foot had een used in ex- periments), and also a number of other specimens of tube from the, caribou one from {le Virginia deer, and a hind foot of the moose containing a tube. In the skin of the fore fect of old luck caribou, also exhibited, there was no appearance of the tubes—they had been ubsorbed. By many, Mr. Morrow said, these tubes were considered to be scent ' giands.” Cam- per evidently did not think them so, although he mentions that the skin of the lind as wellas the forefeet “were sprinkled with wiandules, which prohably give out an oleaginous matter intended to protect the hoof neainst the snow.” Prior te De- vember last, Mv. Morrow said that he had paid very little at- Lention lo these tubes, and had the question been asked him, werd they scent glands, the answer would haye been aflirma- tive, but after a careful examination of the animal while warm he had come to the conclusion that these tubes are not glands properly so called. His first view, that the tubes were for the purpose of sivengihening the hones of the feet of this animul in ils spring, from further examination of a number of fresh tubes, and from the gbseryations of Dr. Sommers, does not appear to be tenable, and for his own part, he had to adopt Camper's statement, and could not say what was their use, but they are not scent glands ; if they were, it seemed searee- ly probable that as the fuel comes to maturity, he would be deprived of (he means of leaving scent from his forefect at the tiie When he most required it, without taking into considera- 1idn he faet that the tbe only exists in the fore feet of the male (up to ai unknown age), or in the female in a rudiment- ary slate. The waxy matter is contained in the tubes of the hind feel of the caribou, and in all the tubes on the feet of the Virginia deer, owing to their shape. he lubes of the caribou are ra- ther wider in the mouth, and of more equal diameter to their lower ond than that of the Virginia deer, which, at their open- ing, aré somewhat narrow and wider toward their centre. The moose, which, contrary to preconceived ideas (and this shows how little our animals are studied), also bias tubes on its feet, fully developed in the hind, rudimentary in the fore feet, but of « very different, shape from those of the caribou and Virginii deer, heing in the bind feot, very wide at the mouth and eradually tapering toward their lower extremities ; these, from their shape, Gan relain but little, if any, wiry maftter. Tn general terins, (he buck caribou, wien young, has the tubes in fhe fore test marudimentary form, which, instead of passing upward and buckward 1o ihe skin close to the dew chuws, as 1m fe developed tube of the hind feel, lie hetaween ind nearly parallel with the bones of gthe feet; and they are gradually absorhed until, certainly in the adult male, they entirely disay,— pear The doe has them also perfectly developedin the hind, aud rudimentary in the fove feet, and if isa question which is yet to be decided, whether these tubes ever entirely fade out of the feet of the does, In the old doe, the tuhes, although small, are still plainly to be seen. A young moose in posses- sion of Mr. J. W. Stairs, has the tubes in-all its feet; those in the hind feet are perfectly developed, and pass as in the cari- bou, between the phalanges, On the fore feet, they are as in the caribou of the simeage, only rudimentary, but at, what time of life they disappear in this animal, or whether in male or female, or both, cannot, owing to our prohibitory law, at present be decided. Mr. Morrow said that it had been shown that the caribou and moose have the tubes developed in the hind, and rudi- mentary im the fore feel. An examination of a wapiti or elk (Cermus canadensis), [Plains of the Great West—by Col. R. T. Dodge, page 164 and 166.] skin with feet attached in Mr. Exan’s collection, presented the fact (confirmed hy Judge Ca- ton), that thisanimal has no tube in any foot, and tliat its feet are of a different shape from those of the moose, caribou or Virginia deer, and that the phalanges are very much short- ¢T in proportion to the size of the animal inthe specimen pefer- red to than in the caribou or Virginia deer. From the meta- carpophalangial articulation to the point of the hoof they mesure seven inches, while those of the young buck caribou toeasured seven and a quarter inches, of the olddoe seyen and a half inches, and of the old buck nine inches. The gentle- man already referred to informed him that the wapili is a natiiral trotter, “he, however, ean and doesrun much faster than he ean trot, bit it is a labored effort, und soon tires him out.” fis rum isan awkward, lumbering, rolling gallop. A few hundred yards of this gait tells. Lt is said that an elk will trot at an equal speed, ‘‘without stopping or flagging, for twenty miles.” The Virginia deer has a tube in each foot, fully developed, which led him to inquire the gait of this animal, his impression that it would proye to be a running deer being confirmed. ‘he inference hé wished to draw was this, that the number of tubes in the feet of the different species of deer will point out the gait of the animal, Those which have atube fully developed on each foot should be bounders or runners,while those wanting the tubes or haying them partially developed on the fore, and fully in the hind feet should be trotters. ‘This point, as far as he was aware, had never been touched upon by any naturalist, and ag it could not he pursued here, he mentioned it in the hope that it may be examined into by those who have access to a number of different species of dear. Returning to the tubes, Mr. Morrow stated that as his notes upon them were only those of a hunter, and therefore of yery little scientific yalue, he would use those of Dr. Sommers, as follows ; “Tn the observations here annexed T have endeavored to furnish an accurate description of the so-called * interdigital glands ' which exist in the feet of the caribou, by subjecting thent to very careful anatomical and microscopicalinspection. The conclusion at which I arrive relative to theirstructure and functions is that they are not glandular in the correct mean- ing of that term, an opinion which coincides with that which you previously expressed. *‘ This organ presents the appearance of a fleshy tube, with thick walls and a rounded blind extremity like that of a small test tube flattened on its posterior or under side, convex on its upper or anterior side, about one and a half inches in length below, somewhat shorter above, its circumference being about three-quarters of an inch. In the young buck it tapers slightly towards its termination. When viewed in position it bears a striking resemblance to the human ‘'mold.”’ The surface exposed by dissectionexhibits a structure consist- ing of rounded or slightly polygonal spaces, resembling very large cells: these are convex, of a deep red color, and united hy paler interspaces. The whole organ has the appearance of a body constituted of immense cells, united by their thin cell walls. This, however, is deceptive. These spaces are the rounded terminations or bases of the bulbs or follicles, from which the hairs inside of the sac grow. The resemblance to cellular interspaces arises from the pressure of a very delicate layer of true skin upon which they rest, and which has heen pushed into these interspaces by the growth of the hair follicles. The same structure can be observed on other parts of the skin by{dissecting off the true skin, which is un- derneath, from the epithelial layer which covers it, and gives origin to the hairs; but here the spaces observed are much smaller since the hairs and (heir bulbs are more crowded, the Space occupied by each bulb being less than in the ‘ eul-de- Sac, or organ pnder notice, The organ in the fore differs from that in the hindfeet by heing yery shallow, measuring not over « quarter of an inch in depth. When dissected from the surrounding tissue it presents all the characteristics of the organ in the hind feet, yetit differs im position relative to the phalangial hones, lying on the same plane as that of the anterior wall of the web, its own anterior well being incorporated with the under surface of the skin-bone, thereby shortened to about one quar- ter of an inch in length. The posterior wall, however, remains distinct, and measures from the blind extremity of its termi- nation somewhat, over an inch. Tle microscopic exammation of this organ proyed it to be of epidermic origin. Sections through the thickness of its walls showed an external layer of flattened prismoidal cells with small nuclei, 1 deeper or internal layer in which the cells were more rounded and filled with protoplasm (this differ- ence on the uppermost: and lowermost layer was brought out by the staining process), and if is in these only that we find the line of demareation, the interyening layers merging grad— ually one into the other. Other structures observed were the hairs and hair follicles, with their accompanying tissues and some fibres, representing no doubt the true skin, which is not developed in these organs to any considerable extent. The two layers of cells correspond to the same parts in man, namely, a horny layer external, but of course internal on the aul-dée-sue > a mucous layer external when the sac is dissected from its surroundings. The changed position of these layers is owing to the circumstance of the sac being an innovation of the epider'mic layer into the true skin. Regarding the func- tions of this structure, various and contradictory opinions are expressed, that of its being glandular being most prevalent. Again, it is said to-have no existence in the wapiti and monse, and in the fore-feet of the adult caribou. The fact of its ex- isteneo in fore and hind feet of the Virginia deer being well unilerstood, its presence in (his animal is said lo be for the purpose of leaving a trace or scent on the ground, and in this way strving the union of the sexes at certain seasons; but if this is the case, we may ask why should it not exist in the wapiti and be fully developed in the caribou and moose, since it must be obyious to us that the fulfilment of the conditions whith obtain in the Virginia deer are required also in the 320 te J gpiti? More than this, we know that a true scent organ in the caribou is situated on the inside of the heels or gambrils, ~ On the occasion of my Tirst dissection of this structure in the caribou buck fawn, | expressed the opinion that it would he found also in the fore-feet of the adult animal, though perhaps more rudimentary ; and a subsequent examination of an adult doe has fully confirmed this opinion, since L found this structure as well developed asin the young animal, IT now feel niore than ever conyinced that it exists in all our deer tribe, not excluding the wapiti, although it may be larger in somie than in others, an immature living uoose in possus- sion of Mr. J. W. Stairs being provided with it. The following summary ofits histological relatives will aid in ariving ai correct, conclusions relative to its Importance. I. It is a growth, or offset, from the epidermic layer of the skin, invagihated betwecn the phalangial bones, containing the malpighian and horny layers of the epipermis, and carrying wilh it a very thin layer of the true skin. UL. Hair follicles and hairs growing from its internal walls and emerging through its opening, these being also epidermic or of epithelial origin. Hil. The absence of glandular tissue, excepting the seba- ccous follicles, which accompany the hair follicles or bulbs over the whole integument of the animal (‘‘ this exception is male for obvious anatomical reasons,”) nevertheless, the seha- ceous follicles were not observed in the specimens examined with the microscope. LV. The examination of the matter filling the tubes in the Vireinia deer, and present in much smaller proportion in the caribou, showed it to consist, in principal part of desquamated epidermis scales and oil globules; microseopically it resembled megma from the skin of man, or, perhaps closer still, the ‘vernix cascosa’’ from that of a recently delivered infant. Re- membering that the epidermis in man aod in all animals is a non-vascular tissue, that, unlike our other, tissues it is shelled oit from the surface, we can readily account for these desqua- mated scales being retained here in a narrow packet from ; which they could not be easily discharged. Retrograde changes in these cells, secretions from sebaceous and sweat glands in adjacent parts will account not only for the oily matter seen, the viscidity of the substance, but also for the odor which if possesses, the latter being no greater than that of the general i niezument, and arises from the same calse, namely, the per- pirition. Gut in this respect they are not in any degree com- parable with the glandular collection at the hocks betore men- tioued, which will retain the peculiar odor of the animal for a ony period after the removal of the skin. 5 In presence of these facts, we must conclude that this organ only rudimentary having no funetion which is obvious to us. Ivis nota secreting organ, since it lacks glandular tissue, the Opening in the dorsum instead of the sole of the foot, world pomt also in this way; it does not serve to five strength or firmoess to the foot, haying none of the toughness aud elasticity of the skin in other parts without comparison with the tendens, etc., which are provided for this purpose. (Some instances of or“ans without uses were also given). From an individual point of view, takingin all the circumstances referred to, there appears to be only two ways of accounting for this structure: it is either an aborted ‘‘ungual follicle,” or otherwise it ig a cul-de-sac, representing the suture formed by coalescence of the skin from side to side in the foetus. Its structure would conyiuce one of the first conclusion, if the an- imal had rndimentary toe hones in the same position, indica- iive of a three-toed ancestor, but all observations relative to the morphology of the foot are opposed to this view, since the outer bones and their appendages are aborted in all ani- mals of this kind; we are, therefore, compélled to adopt the other view. which can only be settled satisfactorily by exam- ination of lhe part in the feetus. Nevertheless, knowing the difficulty of substantiating any theory connected with ils sup— posed origin and use, still more the difficulty of ridding one’s mind of 4 theory once entertained, my faith in either of these is held very loosely. The paper concluded with some general observations hy Mr. Morrow, and a conversation in which a number of the mem— bers of the Institute took part. — PICKEREL IN SALT WATER. We published some important information recently respect- ing the pickerel (or pike rather) that inhabit the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. We have now something to add which gives the matter much wider scope and increased interest. Our thanks are due to our correspondent. If pike are found in salt water and along the eastern coast of Maine and in the waters of the Chesapeake, why not also at intermediate and more southern points ? CALAIS, Me., June 2, 1877. Epitor FOREST AND STREAM: t To relation to pickerel living in salt or tide waters, I will mention a few observations made in this section. It is now about fifteen years since the first pickerel was put into the St. Croix Lakes. A few years faiffer they were noticed to be qnite abundant in tidal waters, and more er less have been taken in the weirs and by the hook every season since. They have been taken some six to eight miles below the head of tide water, where the water is at all times quite salt. They do not seem to increase in salt water; in fact are not uearly so plentiful as during the first few years after making theirappearance. They scem to have decreased in onr fresh waters also. Those found im salt water are Usually large. Yours truly, FRANK Topp, +e. ——_____ PIKE, PICKEREL AND MASKALONGE. “Sr, JOSEPH, Mich., June 4, isi7, EpiITor FoRESsT AND STREAM: In reading your reply to Dr. E. Sterling in the Forrer AND STREAM of May 24th, I was quite surprised at your description given of a pickerel (Bxox reticulatus) of New England or (soz luecioiiles) of tle Northern and Northwestern lakes, the latter growing quite commonly Trom twelve to twenty pounds, and occasionally one is taken from thirty to a8 high as forty pounds, Maskalonge are taken here in Michigan and lakes of the Northwest, rauging from two pounds to thirty pounds. General ayerage, twelve to thirty yoccasioually from sixty and eyen one hundred pounds. A year ago last winter I speared with decoy, one day, three maske- Jonge out of one hele in the ice, one thirty-four pounds, measuring four faetone inch in length. One twenty-two pounds and one fourteen pounds welght. Sameday, out of the same hole, three pickerel, twelve pounds each. A maskalonge is not an ‘overgrown pickerel,” as some say, bul as different as cal be, A maskalonge has shorter head, nearly straighr _ For six weeks Ihave had in my aquarinm afair specimen of the interesting butrachian, the hejlbender (Menopoma alleghanicnsia). He make a note of the facts, and report. | — —————— back ahd sides; black hack; skin of sides, belly and lower part of the ; opereles silver wiite (very bright in yonng fish) and spots of STEEL BLUE over the sides (blackish in large lish); the spols brown on candal atid dorsal fins in young fish. All the bine or black spots distinct when first taken from the water. The fins are redish; bars or reficules Small; web very thin} tail yery forked, like a mackerel; fins Sharp pointed; scales very fine. A prckerel—bluck back, slightly round; tail less forked, points rowaded; fins, points rounded; bars and web large and thicker; color, albernate bars of yellow and binek on tins and tail, Head and side black- jst brown (uccording Lo age and color of the water) dotted with irregu- lar ened Solored spots; lower part of gill covers cream colored spots, with lwo or three of clrenmilex shape; Scales much larger than a mas- kelonge, The differenees here giyen are only a part, but so marked that no one oan misiake the sex reticulatus for the Exox estor. Truly yours, AGE 67. Our correspondent will permit us to ask him, with all due respect, to refer again to the article in Foresy Anp STREAM which he criticizes. The point of the article was to prove that Mr. Sterling’s fish was not a dwarf muscallunge, but a common little pickerel. Prof. Gill and other careful students of the modern school recognize but three of the family of Esocidee, viz: 1. The muscallunge (/7. nobilior), Gill; (estor), Cuyier. Pike (H. Justus), the big black fellows of Western waters, and the more golden-hued fish of the East ; and 8. The little #. reticwlatus or common pond pickerel, which seldom grows to afoot in length. The two last are constantly confounded with each other, but neither ef them is likely to be mistaken for the first named.—LEp, } er 2 Ssannu Eatine SNAkE.—One of your correspondents writes of the killing of the rattlesnake hy the common blacksnake, as witnessed by him. This I haye not myself seen, but in Florida, where the rattlesnakes are numerous and large, it is universally believed that that they are killed and caten by the large blacksnake, called the pinesnake or gophersnake, from its habit of occupying the hole of the gopher, or land tortoise. We are told that from the mouth of three witmesses every word shall be established, and I haye that number to establish his fact. One of them tells me that he has twice seen a eophersnake kill and swallow a large rattlesnake, first, how- ever, biting off the head, which was rejected. Another time arattlesnake was seen to crawl through the fence into the yard, when it was killed and hung up on a tree, Soon after a sophersnake came through the fence, trailing the other along the ground like a hound, followed the trail to the tree, and when it saw its dead enemy hatging there it departed. He tells me that he always encourages these blacksnakes to live about the house, as they are excellent yermin killers, driving away rats and Tabbits, which do much mischief in house and gurden. They themselves are harmless, except that some- times they steal egzs and poultry, and perhaps now and then a kitten may be gobbled up. On one oecasion a large black snake (which grows to the length of eight or nine feet) tool: a kilten, and finding it to his taste came for another, when ; the two house cats attacked ant killed him after a seyere battle. If is not only the rattlesnake which is killed by the black- snake, but it has the habit of killing and eating“all other ser— pents which it can overcome, which it does by strangulation. This is perhaps Pituophis melanolencus of Holbrook. . 8. C. C. : oe Quex Fisu.—A singular creature was recently taken out of a Bradford county oil well, Alleghany city, Pa., at a depth of 800 feet. The fish or lizard, whichever it may be, is a singular specimen of an amphibious animal. It has four legs, with bird-like claws and an eel-shaped tail, It has no eyes, and just where the eyes should be is located what seems to be a pair of lungs, the action and working of which can he plainly perccived. In color itis spotted somewhat like a trout on the back, while the stomach is of a red and white hue. It haa to be kept in the most bitter salt water. T. F. [This is probably a Menopoma alleghaniensis or hell-bender. Like fish and; other creatures found in dark caverns, they lose their eyesight.—Lp. | —————————————— jTHE HELLBENDER. = Eprtor FOREST AND STREAM? was sent to me from Warren, Pa., on the Alleghany River, aud is sixteen Inches in length. His actiogs are just as narrated by Mr. Grote and quoted in FOREST AND STREAM of Dec. 28, 1876. Since he has been in my possession he has twice shed his skin, andin the man- ter there described. The queer faculty he has of donbling upon him- self, aud hia apparent ability of tying himself into knots, obtained for him, no donbt, the elegant appellation of hellbender, and although he is to Most persons rather repulsive upon first sight, yet he iuproves upon acgnaintance, and becomes rather attractive. In regard to his amphibious habite, 1 will state that I lefthim in a pan of fresh water une bight, while making some change in the aqnariom, and found him next morsing oo the floor and under # bullet in my office. His skin was dry, but he was quile lively; indeed his motions were moch quicker and more decitled on land than ia water, though not nearly so faceful—be bad probably been on the Moor all night. A singolar fact mm connection with this specimen is, that although he seems quite ) hewithy and well, le has not eaten anything, to my knowledge, since I uve had him The day after he arrived I fonud a partially digested crawfish in the wa'er, and acting upon this hint, T have constantly kept several live ones io the tank, none of which, however, have been appropriated by him ; but every few Vays I tind claws, skin, and other parta of crawfish, 43 red 48 though cooked, and this morning I dis- covered’a buoch or wad of Sycamore ledyes, a tree which does not grow in this climate. ‘These substances are diszorged or defecated by him, and evince a rather peculiar digestive organization, as it is at least six weeks since he swallowed them, for the crawfish I placed in the tank dre still here, aud alive. There are some snails lo the aquarium, and itis possible hé Nas been dieting on snail spawn. Should I observe any further peculiarities in this ember of the “ bender” family I will Ovoxonowoc. - A QUEER CASE. . Hasr Sacinaw, Mich., June 5, 1877. EpItoR FOREST AND STREAM; — Being an old subscriber of Rop AND GuN, and lately of the “con- solidated,” I take the liberty of forwarding this article, thiuking th will interest some of your readers : : Saginaw county has produced a new and heretofore nnheardot animal. Itis a hybrid, a cross between tne house car and the raccuon. The cat is a Maltese, owned by Geo, W, Chase, OF Brant, She brongtit four kitlens as aboye, one of which soon died. T examined the offers, They show plain traces of their origin, having the tatl of the cat, a long face like the coon, terminnting in # side nose like the ont, The foot has along héel like the suot, the toes of a length ‘ke the ont, ‘They will chuckle or whine like the young of the coon, then mew like kittens, They are now near four weeks old, and both ent apd kits ap: parentiy well. What shall this new animal be called, a rac-vat or a cato-oon? 2 The item is clipped from the Saginaw Courier, lo which you Caan L credit if necessary. Respectfully yours, G, G5, [The cat belongs to one family ofanrmals, the #elida, and the raccoon to the Urside, or hears. The amalgamation weld be an unnatural one certainly. We cannot account for the freak of nature.—-Ep. | — +h EELS OVIPAROUS. nS Sr. Jonws, N. B., June 5, 18Tt. EpiTorR ForEsT AND STREAM : That the eel is oviparous I have not the least doubt, and I haye ar- rived at this conclusion by having caught two eels on the 26thof May, 1853, which were fullofoya, They were not within forty miles of the sea. I sav, in February last, two Frenchmen engaged in spearing ecls in a small clear stream at the head of one of the Tantramur lakes, In abont fonr hours they speared two barrels, the eels apparently being knotted in clusters under the elder stumps lining the brook side. The salt water from the Bay of Fundy runs up into the lake. The lake level isabout ten feet below the brook where the eels were speared, The eels when first caught were in a half torpid state. Thaye seen lamprey eels ascending the River Dona in Rnassia in countless numbers. They are there taken in large quantities, salted, dried, and form quite a commercial commodity. Whether the lamprey is viviparous or oviparons T cannot say. Yours faithfully, Pee Fain EpitoRk FOREST AND STREAM: Inotice an article in your paper, issued May 3}, 1577, over the signa- ture of Robt, B. Roosevelt, onthe subject of Reproductionof Eels. I would hereby inform Mr. Roosevelt and all Gthers Interested tn the sab- ject, that if they will examine small-sized cels—from five to six inches « in length—during the month of April and May, they will be no longer in doubt about eels spawning in fresh waters, the same as other yari- eties of fish, I made the discovery some twenty years ago. T was raised on a farm, through which flowed a small stream, well stocked witheels. When young I was fond of taking them with a “ bob,? and occasionally would land some qnite small, In those of the size above stated I frequently found spawn Similar te that of the other species of fish, but never found any in eels over seven inehes in lenge. Wrightsville, Pa, JONES. —+>-— - WET WEATHER BIRDS. Curkry Minn, Neb., May 15, 1557, EpIToR Fores? AND STREAM: Game is plenty at present. Many varieties of plover, suipe, ducks, geese and cranes; and I believe; more plenty xrounud Cherry Hill than anywhere else [haye been. shot, a few-days sitice, a bird of 4 variety [never killed before. I think itis whut your Texas corres- pondent calls “wet weather birds,” Ican give bat a meagre deserip- tion, a8 [took no measurements, but sent it away to be setop. It was apparently abontas large as a cominon Taine pigeon, but Wings, tip io tlp, measured full thirty-six inches, and probably filteen Moher tip of bill to end of tail. Its bili was abont 137 to 2 inches long, dirk red to brown in color, shapedlike a pigeon’s; head black, with ful, dark eye, surrounded by a white ring abouta quarter inch in width: back and top of wings a fawn color; breast and under portions a very delicate pink; legs small, s'ender and medium length, dark red color, three front toes web-footed, one back toe, orughostofone. Same of the long feathers in the wings were considerably spotted with black, Can you name it ? A German told me they called them in his country Mueve, which meant sea dove, There are numbers of birds of varieties never seen here before, brought hither by our ‘full protective” law I suppose, Prairie chickens are nesting, and prospects are now fair fora greater number of them this fall than was ever known. Yours. R..G. Carrer. os VORACITY OF SHARKS. JUNE S, 1217. EDITOR FOREST AND RTREAM AND ROD ann Guy: The {mention by Mr. Vibert in your paper of May fl, p. 209, of q picture in the “Blue-Coat”” dining-room, iostrating an eyent in the life of Sir Brook Watson, recale some anecdotes told by my father May years ago, apropos of the picture and its hero, who did not fall overboard,” but bravely plunged in Lo resene u boy, Wo, aware of the shark's vicinity, was paralyzed by terror, and unable to help himself The boy was saved, but his gallant preserver lost a ley as he wid getting into the boat. A picture of the scene—doubtless the aame which your correspond. ent mentione—was painted by Copély, father of the late Lord Lynd. hurst. When on exhibition, the painting was much admired, bat a sailor made the criticism that the artist could hardly haye seen a boat, for the one he had painted, though full of people, all on the side née to the escaping man, remained on even Keel. Watson, who, if mistake not, became Lord Mayor of Lonion, i said to have been @ man of very stern aspect and bearing. {1 ig ye. lated that he was olce accosted in the sireet.by a wustic, whe begged leave to ask “‘one question,” ‘Yes, and letit be bar one’ “Itiqw riist You lose your leg, sir?” "It wis bitten olf. The puzzied bor was heard soliloquizing as he turned away, “O dear! I wish I hadn't axeu Turad. OO A RAINBOW FROM THE MOON. East Bay, Mich., May 24, Epiiok oF FoREST AND STREAM; ; stn ol aga Js a rainbow produced from the moon’s reflection a common pllenomenon? Never naving mel any person who beheld such a scene, lam led Rok only toask concerning it, battoctter 4 brief account ofone Thad the pleasure of viewing from the basin of the San nis Valley, In Southwestera Colorado, Ou the might of Angust 4, 1876, 1 left Del Norte, in company wilha friend, on a ducking teip down to 1 ta ee marshes of the Alamosa, Belng anxious to reach onr destination be- fore night of the second day we drove Inte—I believe it was nine o'clock when wecamped, dJuat as we had begun the preparation of our supper, one of those sudden, violent rushes of wind and rain came. upon is, drenching our entire outfit, aod compelling us to seek sheller beneath our wagon-coyer, ‘The storm was brief, but flerce, and as if swept way to the west, the bright rays of the fall moon (just ling in the heavens above the crest of the Sangre de Christo Mountalns) spread its silvery light on the sheet of falling waters, avd produced a perfect rainbow,tonly laokmg qo color from being identical with thut produced by thesun., Tha beanty of that scene was matchiess as be- held through an atmosphere of pristine purity, with its moon and Monutwins, cloud atid storm, the silver bow arthing tha heavens aboye that world of silver. The far-faiied San Juan lent a halo to the hopes of the Lofling thousands who seek their fortunes iu those treasure-laden hills. Gorpow LAND. [Lunar rainbows are not yery uncommon phenomena, We have seen several in our life-time.—En. | ood ' _ —The female sea lion in the Brighton (England) Aquarium has recently given birth to a fine young one. The case ex- cites miuch interest among naturalists, as it is the first instance on record of the sea lion brecding in captivity.—Loston Journal, + or ARRIVALS AT ZO LOWICALD GARDEN DURING WEEK ENDING JUNE 12, 1877._Two Vervet wonkeys, Cercopitheeus lalandiz, purchased; one lint, Lame peruang, born in garden; one white-eared parrot, Conca lencofis, presented; one alligator, 4/ligator mississippiansia, presented ; one Iguana, Zjmane tuberevdata, parchased; two barred owls, Syrni- wnt Wabidosum, purchased; one pennants parrakeet, P. pennanti, pur- chased) oue yellow parrot Conurus lufows. On dune 6 two parrakeel Co:katuos, Calopsitta nove hollandie, born in garden. Anrmur E. Brown, AVoadland, Harm and Garden PROPAGATING ROSES. ERHAPS the most easy and at ,he same time the most suecdssfal method of propagating hybrid, perpetual and other voses from the old wood is this: As soon as the leaves fall cut the slips into pieces of about 4 or 5 eyes each, using of conrse a sharp knife soasto make aclean eul—nota patr of shears, Which bruises the end of the slip, It does not matter where the ent is made, lave if more sliiting than otherwise, and a clean out. The slips may then be planted pretty closely in boxes three ov four inches deep, leaving one or. two eyes above the surface, in a soil composed principally of good clean sand, free from salt, to whieh a small quantity. say one fourth, of loam and leaf mould may be added. Water well to settle the soil close round the base of the slip and the boxes may then be pliced in a cold frame for the winler. Frost must be rigidly excladed as well as any undue excitement by sun heat, a temperature as nearly 40 degrees as possible during the winter is about right. Tf any commence to grow before the base of the slip has formed a good callus, farewell to all hope of its ever making a plinf; it may grow as long as the sap stored in theslip keeps it alive, but willthen die. Towards spring the heavy covering of salt hay or other material neces— sary to keep onfithe frost may be gradually removed, and light aud heat pradually admitted, until a nice growth is se- curud, when the slips should be carefully taken up and either placed separately in small pots in a good rich-soil, or about two inches apart in boxes, and the frame kept close aud moist for a few days to prevent their wilting. After being gradual- ly hardened off they may be planted out any time after the middle of April, will give a few blooms the first season, and will inake plants double the size in fall of those propagated during the winter or spring from the young or green wood and raised in the greenhouse, If the amateur wishes to in- crease his stock of a new rose of which he can only spare a few slips or eyes, root grafting may be resorted to. A few good strong roots of any ftee growing rose being svoured and cut into about 4 inch lengths, a single eye of the rose to be propagated should be inserted near the top of the reot as in _side grafting, or if the root stock is large enough as in cleft grafting, the junction covered with grafting wax and the whole then treated as reeommended for elips. need not get discouraged if success does not altend his efforts the first time, we have seen 99 per cent. grow one year while not over 25 per cent. would reward our efforts af another; but the cause was traceable to neglect, nut to the system. ee Se FG ed “THE NEW YORK HORTICULTURAL SOCIET YS FEAST OF ROSES. |e special Rose and Strawberry Exhibition of this soci- |. ety was held at Gilmore’s Garden on Wednesday and Thursday of lust weel, and prover, despite prognostications to the contrary, # real success. ‘The members and exhibitors are the more to be congratulated on this, as the earliness of the season, compared with that of last year, compelled them to hold their mecting a week earlier than was anticipated, and sume may therefore hive been disappointed in competing. The show of voses and strawberries wus particularly fine, more especially of the latter—larger, more richly flavored, or better colored berries having never been before exhibited in New York. On approaching the tables on which the straw- berries were arranged, the attention was first drawn to several jlates of monster berries, accompanied by a plant in fruit, ex- hibited by Mr. William Smith, Morrisania, N. Y., of his new seedling named President Lincoln, the largest measuriog over eleven inches in_circumference, and those he entered for the heaviest ten berries weighing over one pound ady. Mr. ‘Smith took four premiums with this variety alone, and jls nS . The amateur flavor was pronounced excellent by the judges. Mr. E. P- Rowe, Cornwall on Hudson, N. Y., was awarded the highest premium for the best and largest collection with a fine lot. of thirty-eight varieties, closely followed, however, by Dr. Hex- amer, Neweastle, N. Y., to whom the second premium wis given. The first premium for best teu varieties, one quart of each, was uwarded to Peter Hunderson, Jersey City, for a beau tiful selected lot, Dr. Hexamer being second. Mr. Henderson also took first honors for one quart each of Champion, Jucunda, Seth Boyden aud Wilson. ‘fhe following gentlemen also took first premiums, viz.; BH. BG. Sutton, Babylon, L. F., for Agviculturalist ; Geo. Herbert, Peekskill, for Black Defiance and Lenniy’s White 8, and J.C. Williams, Montclair, N. J., for Downer’s Prolific, Charles Downing, Duncan and Monarch of the West; Fraser and Edwards, 104 Barclay street, tor Col. Cheney; and John Engan, gardener to W. 5. Gurnee, Hsq., Tarrytown, for Triomphe de Gand, all magniticent her- ries of the various sorts. Mr. Eagan also fook first premiums for the best three named varieties of foreign grapes, two bunches of each, and the best Black Hamburgh and Muscat of Alexandria grapes, the Jatter being wonderfully fine bunches for so early in the season. The premiums for forced peaches were carried off by Hd. Huckins, West Mt. Vernon, WN. ¥., and for cherries hy Geo. Mare, Woodside, L. I. Spe- cial preminms were also awarded in this elass to John Finn, Trem@nt for a new seedling strawberry ; to Geo, Herbert for do.; and to Mr. Durand, Irvington, N. J., fora collection of twelve new seedling strawberries, all large, well shaped and of good flavor. ‘ If the Judges on Fruits had their hands full, those on cut flowers aud floral desizus had no easy task lo decide the su- perior merits of the exbibils in the various classes. The dis- play of cut roses was simply gorgeous, and their aroma per- vaded the whole building. For the miscellaneous collection of cut flowers, Mr. Peter Henderson was first with a rich as- sortment, a large group of pansies of all shades and variega- tions, from pure white to deep black, and. tastefully arranged in flat boxes, being patiicularly admired, Mr. Zeller, Plat- bush, was second with a nice group, well arranged and con- taining some rare and beantiful flowers. Mr. William A, Burgess, Glencove, was first, as usual, with a magnificent dis- play, his Marechal Neils being especially fine. Keller and Dean, Bay Ridge, followed. closely a good second, This young and enterprising firm also took first premiums for the best twenty-four Hybrid Perpetual Roses named varieties, and for the best, six named Moss-roses. The best sorts in their stand were Triomphe de (Exposition, Victor Verdier, Baron Prevost, Baronne de Rothschild, Mad. Boutin, Maurice Bernardin, Gen. Washington, Louis Van Houtte, Mad. Vic- tor Verdier, Pan] Neron, Marechal Vaillant, Coquette des Alps, Coquette des Blanes, Elisa Boelle, John Hopper, Eugene Appert, Prince Camille de Rohan, Mad. Alfred de Rouge mont, und Caroline de Sansal. And in Moss buds, Luxembourg, White and the English Red, Gloive des Mosseux and James Veitch. Messrs. R. B, Parsons & Co., Flushing, were first for. fine collection of 80, named HW. P. roses, §. 5. Parsons & Go. second. ‘Their prineipal varieties were prety much those ‘named above. Messrs. R. B, Parsons & Co. also took first premium for best 12 H. P.; John Hopper second for 24 named H. P, roses; and special premiums for collections of Kalmias, Ghent Azaleas, and late tlowerinz Rhododendrons, the plants being taken from the open ground and the roots carefully matted up. Mr. Aug. Dejonge, New Brizhton, §. L, a most enthusiastic amateur, took first honors for the best 12 H. P. roses, one new dark variety, Annie Wood, being especially admired, and for the best 12 blooms of Paul Neron and Jules Margottin. or the best 12 of any variety Mr. H. Carmohn, Silyer Lake, 5. I., was first with fine blooms of niphetos, a pure while tea rose of immense substance and a splendid winter bloomer when worked on a strong growing variety like Gloire de Dijon or Marechal Neil. The most showy exhibit of all wasmade by Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., who filled a large table with a magnificent display of 69 named varieties of pironias of all conceivable shades of color from pure white to the deepest crimson: They sere deservedly awarded aspecial premium and a certificate of merit. Special premiums were also awarded to H. Foddy, Brooklyn, for four seedling roses, to the C. I, Allen Co. for a large plant of Czackia Andrejouski (Syn, Anthericum), 1 very preity, hardy liliaceous plant, and to Isaac Buchanan for 6 orchids in pots, and a collection of roses _and ponias. Several othergentlemen made a good displayfin this section, Mr. W. Bennett filling a large space with cut roses, backed up with small plants of the Variegated Calla (Itvhardia alba. maculata) in bloom; 8. B. Parsons & Sons, a finecollection of cut blooms of hardy shrubs all named, of great_seryice to intending pur- chasers, and R. B. Parsons & Co. for a large number of ent blooms of the larze and fragrant Magnolia Macrophylla. The premiums for floral designs were well contested, and brought forth some unique and yery tastefully arranged picces, and were awarded as follows: For the best table design, to Dkirch & Wilson, and Fred Gordon; for the best basket of flowers, to Fred Gordon and Ekirch & Wilson; for the best design formed of cut flowers, tothe ©. L. Allen Go. and J. Tt. Sutton, Babylon; for the best vase of flowers most naturally arranged (foramateurs only), to James Riddle Inwood and N. Hatlocls, Creedmoor; for the best pair of hand bonquets, to W. 0. Wilson and William Brower, and for the best brical bouqnet, corsage bouyuet and wreath, 10 Mrs. W. J. Davidson, Brool- lyn, and W. Brower, New York. Special preninnms were also awarded to J. MeOullough Inwood, John Finn Tremont! and Walter Reid, N. Y., for large fioral designs; to Mrs. J. Milton Ferry, Babylon, for a large vase very tastefully ar- ranged, and to Messrs. W. ©. Wilson, Pennock Byos., Phila- delphia; Miss J0. Bennett, Flatbush; Bechamps & Sons, D, Brooker, New York, and others for dosigns eontvibuted to help to make the exhibition one of the most successful and | enjoyable ever held by the society. Tnguirer,—The cruciferous plant looks like nasturtinn la— custre grey, and the borraginous plant jike a umlertensia. Could you send larger and Wether specimens? It is hard to make eut pluts not natives of this section from such small pieces. C. L. Kaen, Phila.—See article on Roses im to-diy’s issue. P. J—You can propazate the clematis either by layering or grafting the eyes on pieces of clematis root, as described in to-day’s number for roses. This Iutter is the best provess, if you require quantity ; but the former will give you a limited number of strong plauts in a shorter period. Tne Mapprr Puasxv.—Versmann states that the madder plant has been cultivated in Holland for more than three hup- dred years ; France (especially the neighborhood of Avignon) now produces about one-half of all the madder consumed, to the value of abont £790,000 per annum, Turkey and South i i = ————————————————— Russia also supply considerable quantities of high quality? The Dutch madder will dye red, but not purple, atid the color isnot fast. Naples mudder dyes. gond red and purple, hut the colors wre not fast; that of Turkey dyes good red and purple, andis very fast. France supplies the market with two quali- ties, called ‘‘rosees,” from their dyeing beautiful reds and pinks, and * paluls,” which give a good purple, besides a tine ved; this is the best Wrench qnality. The last-named is dé- rived from the fuch that the plants are grown on muarehy Jani. —j——_ NOTES ON ORANGE CULTURE. Manparr, June 1, 1877. Eniitor Forest anp Srrmawr The first of June finds the southern summer well advanced, Orange lrees have thickened up with new leaves of brilliant green, and vegetation generally is well advanced under the treatment of hot sun and frequent showers. The ayerage orange grower finds (he insects on his trees alive and kicking this warm weather, and no end of anxiety and also of indus- try is his portion. ; There is such a cheerful, willing way in which the trees put out for their owner, as though they were going to serve him with their best endeavors, that one hates to seé anything molesithem. Jt issomething of the same feeling that prompts one to brush the fies from his horse or provide him a net for that purpose. So it happens you see the srove proprietor out with his sernbbing-brush and suds. You see him cutting away affected twigs, bringing out his magnifying glass and making: the insects look bigger, as if they were not. already big enough. My friend Jones says there are seven different kinds, and proceeds to hunt for the interesting seven. He finds two varieties, turns them over on their backs for some more mignifying, and chats about what they know about orange sroyes, which is a great deal. Inquiry and examination of this subject is painful, not to say exasperating. So long as we knew little we were happy, but when we learn of the many different kinds, their mulli- plicity, rapacity, audacity, tenacity, voracity, ete., no one can rest until he is hotly waging a war of extermination against them, and hotly enough, too, when the thermometer is Tang— ing about $0 deg. Whatare things coming to when farmers have to turn seullions about their trees, using that house- maid's implement, a scrnbbing-brush? I go down to call on a friend and find him up in a corner, one eye shut and a hun- dred wrinkles in his face as he squints through a glass at a few insects he has got on # twig, and squints so persistently that he doesn’t notice my coming. My next friend will be doubled in the shape of an inverted A, with his waistband at fhe apex, scrubbing or scraping the base of the tree ; and over in another lot sits some one whom we cannot identify by rea- son of his head heing lost to view in the foliage of the tree. He. sits on a stool, straddles the tree, and is exploring, pen- knife in hand, the leafy branches of the little six-year old. I want fo salute him, but give it up for fear he may not be the person I think he is. ‘here is a confusion of soap suds, sal soda, carbolic acid, tar, wax, etc., in the country, and the in- sects’ days are surely numbered, for this season Jenkins went down to spend the day in another part of town, and came bacle overshatlowed with the gloom of seale insects which his friends were busily fighting.. ‘* Why,” said he, ‘*I've got a month’s worl: to do at my trees,” and he hasn’t had a Lappy day. since. Why don’t the birds come down and attend to this sort of business? Here is food enough for all their gullets, and good scaly food for their little gizzards. We giveit up. We only know they don't trouble them. Weare obliged to the lady- bugs for their slight help, and to the black ants also, but the increase Of the scales is too fast for these to make any per— ceptibleimpresston on the number. But; then the farmer has spare time enough at this seuson, ifa farmer ever can be said to have spare time, for just such work as this, and there is a grain of satisfaction in secing the hordes of these shellfish yield and perish before the mighty brush. Such wholesale slaugh- ter it is seldom man's privilege to deal, and at the end the orange tree will deck itself in new and abundant. bright glossy foliage, and you my read its gratitude every time you look atit. Well, this is what care means. This is one tea- ture of it. Tlooked upon a small grove the other day, where the trees were full thirty feet high and yield four or five thousand oranges a picce, and the good housewife said: “I don’t think there are any finer frees about here, and it’s because they've had good care, T's a hard tree tomake grow.” C.D. D, Atational Jlastines, Narroxan Mrrrine or Cunners av Crroaco.—The an- nual mecting of the Nations! Curling Ciub of America was held in Chitaso on the 18th inst. Delegates were present fromthe New York City clubs, Cleveland, O-; Ogdensbure Milwaukee, Wis.; Albany, New York; Yonkers, New York. Toronto; Portage, Wis., and the two Chicago clubs, ‘Phe report of the treasurer showed that the receipts from (he various clibs amounted to sG71, dishursements to 689,33 ae NOTES committee wis appointed on the distribution of THOCILUS = Coledoniin, New York vs. Jersey City, umpire New York Club; New York vs. iimpire City, umpire, Caledonian. of New York; St. Andrews vs. Albany, umpite, Yonkers Club: Thistle, of New York, vs. irk, umpire, Jersey City ; Cale- donian, of Brooklyn, ys. Manhattan, New York umpire Thistle, Grooklyi; Thistle, ef Brooklyn, vs. Yonkers Now York; wnpire, Thistle, New York; lyanhoe, Patterson, vs Patterson, umpire, Newark; Troy vs. Utiea; im pire Albany; Ogdensburgh ys. Prescott, on umpire; Granite, Datroit, vs. Pour Brothers, umpire, Orchard Lake; Orchard Lake vs. Thistle, Detroit, umpire, Granite, Detroit: Portage City aa Thistle, Chicago, umpire,’ Millwankee ; Miilwaukee ys. Chi- cago, wuoopire, Portage City; Cleveland vs, Toledo, own nm. pire; Caledonian, BulTalo, point contest, unless Sytweuse joing Whe International Curling Club. The above games will be contested the coming winter, and the winners will reccive se 4 from the National Club. n the matter of appeals, the points under dis amicably settied.- It was moved that all rinks Tastee Wea have the privilege of playing for the Gordon medal whenever and wherever it is contested for. The motion was concurred in The following officers were elected for the ensnin= years President, J. Johnston; First Vice-President, John’ Patter. son; Second Vice-President, Peter Daw; See’y and Treasurer, D. Foulls. z The next annual mecting will he held in New York the kecond Wedneaday-in July, In the avenins the Chioguo Diehay 322 — FOREST "AND" STREAM. bers of the National Club gave the antihe delegatds a° ban- | ng at the Sherman House, where a general” goodtime wis ha To-day, the 14th, the annual quoiting gam¢ of tlic National Curling Club took place. The attendance wae good. The play began with twenty-four players on a side. Phe twelve winners were then divided, six playing six. The six wihners were in turn paired off, three playing three, The victorious three were Shaw Stuart, of the Thistle Club of Chiicaro ; A. Dairymple, of the St. Andrews Club, New York; and Robt. Lorrimer, of the Thistle Club of Chicago, Start and Dai- rymple then played, the former winning by 21 to 6 points. Stuart then played Lorrimer, winning again by the same score, and was awarded the prize, the Bell “medal. Lorrimer tind Dairymple then played for the second prize. It was awarded to the former. Rover. The Zennel, Tar Kennet Recisrrr.—We print this weelk an abstract of the Fourth One Hundred Pedigrees received at this office for enrollment in the Kennel Register. Any corrections or altera- tions necessary will be made upon our receiving notice of the same. It may not be out of place here to mention that as the editors of the Chicago “veld have handed over, unconditionally, to the Committee of the National American Kennel Club the pedigrees received at their office, it is our intention during the coming meeting at Syracuse to do the same with ours, holding the club responsible for the correct’ publication of the same in book form. To those who originally paid us a fee for registration, we would say that the same will be returned to them, or the book, when printed, sent to them with the amount already paid deducted from the cost of same. We are moved to this course from a recognition of the fact that it is all-important that but one stud book should be published, and doubt not that in foregoing what would have been in itself a pleasure and a satisfaction, we are serving the best in- terests of breeders and owners, and shall receive the com- mendation of our friends, victed in the court of a neighboring city for sectetly dropping a SS Poesia Dods.—The very” ‘aba of deprivingeyen a dog of life by the secret, stealthy adminstrition of poison canses a shudder of horror, and the man who woul poison his neigh- hor’s dogs'deserves to be classed with the infamous Gorgias and Luctausof aformerage. A mannamed Bdward Shelton, of respectable position in society, was arraigned, tried and con- pictes of poisoned ment in the streets, whereby a number of vatuable dogs were destroyed. The court, imposed a fine of $50 and costs on each count. An appeal to the Superior Court has been taken under bonds of $300. Brinvilliers, the great porsorier, commenced by experimenting on dogs. -—-+>-— ——~ CLUMBER SPANtTELS.—In a letter from our correspondent “Amicus Canium,” published recently, we were somewhat, surprised to observe the statement that there was not one thoroughbred Clumber spaniel present at the late New York | Bench Show. Our surprise arose from the fact that to our — knowledge there were at least two present, exhibited by Mr. Jonathan Thorne, Jr., that were not only pure specimens, but very famous at that. In September, 1876, Mr, Thorne buought to our office three Clumbers, two bitches anda doe, that he had purchased himself in England, after patient search for the true breed. The dog was bred by Sir Talbot Constable, and the bitches at, Clumber, the estate of the Duke of Newcastle. One of the trio unfortunately died, but the remaining brace was exhibited by Mr, Thorne at Gilmore’s Garden, How the judge, as well as our correspondent, could have passed them over, we are at a loss to understand, as their characteristics in color, coat, etc., are sP different from any other breed of span_ iels as to distinguish them at once. Since writing the foregoing we haye received the following valued communication : EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM: DEAR Stk;—The last issue of your yalnable paper contained an inter- esting letter from ‘‘ Amicus Caninm,” regarding the Dog Show lately held at the New York Hippodrome, The writer evidently was well up. in his subject, and handled it with intelligence. He erred, however, , when he stated, referring to the spaniels, that “there was not one thor-- oughbred Clumber among them.” There was no class for Clumbers, as such, but among the “ field sSpan- - iels, other than cockers” was a brace numbered 548 and 549, and a lit- - ter of pups, very Nandsome and fully up to the standard both in ap- - pearance and breeding, The brace was from Wales, the dog from the + kennel of Sir Talbot Constable, Bart, and his mate from the Clumber ~ Kennels in a direct line, Idstone, of the Jondon Field,says of the Clum- - ber spaniel: “He is invariably orange and white or lemon and white, Ile is remarkable for his Jarge bones, his length of body, the extreme ~ Shortness of his legs (so that he appears to have none), for his compar- - alive coatless, at least his short-coated, deep ears, his large long head, . his fall eye, generally of a rich hazel, and bis exaggerated mnscle. He varies in weight; the average would be 40 pounds or Jess, and he shonld he resolute in temper. A good coat, the feather straight and not too long, are indispensable to Lim as protection to briars and ' branche’, and his legs should be well feathered.” This pair correspondsto the description, They were eyidently un- favorably placed in the show, since they were overlooked both by “Ami- ' cus Canium” and the judges. For had they been seen they would cer- tainly have been greatly admired. “Amicus Canium” will be pleased to know that interest is felt for the Clumberin this country, and that some specimens—rare even in Eng- land— exist here. AMICUS VERIPATIS. +S = —The Westminster Kennel Club pointer bitch Daisy dropped a litter of eight puppies last week, by Sensation ; five bitches and three dogs, lemon and white and liver and white; all doing nicely, ae —Mr. 8. B. Dilly’s champion pomter bitch Royal Fan whelped, on the 10th inst., five puppies, two dogs and three bitches, by Ranger ; all extra fine and very strong, + = —The recent decision in the Nashville Court, in the case of Johnson ys. Ashcroft, shows that in Tennessee dogs are, in law, regarded as property, though no longer taxed, ABSTRACT OF THE PEDIGREES OF THE FOURTH 100 DOGS ENTERED IN THE KENNEL REGISTER. "Xo. NAME, COLOR. BREED, WHELPED, SiR. DAM. BRED By, | OWNED BY. ADDRESS. 301..|Glen..., ‘Liver and white...... Setter b.. Jan 9%, 1876. Priaé of Border. |Dimitys.0e.20. Charles ‘Raymond... ~-| Charles pe Rouges... Lee 302_.\ Mannie bi? ; Cocker spaniel,, Oct 12, 1876, |\JACK. occu s soos ops Spb} ty eyo Coy FLt: Prbouee we Sopra, tis Fellows..,,.+...+.-... |Hornellsville, N ¥ 203. \Don....... oes and white....|Setter d.. |August 2g, 18' hoe iy F freee ga ey aeons ET Cpa K Gk tenees Be uc ARE Wis ! .. | Rec . ose 3 b..|/Nov 11, 1876 Rufus If -|M Yon Culin,..... -eee.|R H Gillespie...... .. |Stamford, Coun on: claingen: ~-... Redand whit 5 bi.) Nov 10, 1876. :-|Ranger ®.. 2|S\A Kaye-Jecs..0 2. a H Tousey. cc. ae Indianopolis, Ind 306..'\Cora TI. ...| Mahogany red. om b,,|Bebruary, 1575, iGuy.-.. ,..|Everett Smith... ‘Everett Smith.,.... --- |Portland, Me 307../Wrag.... ..e.| DlaGK and tan. *¢ b.. Spring, 1s74.......... Pat.. .|C A Kenney, ... jEGB Northcott. . 2 Maysville, Ky 308" Rit ee, ce wows LVM sons vreventesecstes i ma d..|August, 1876, pees A i o Y ie : Teeene es Teal Oise Beedle ccs ‘ Gt ify, .. Jessie. Dr Strachan. ....e-+eescee es enry atISON......00-see+|/New Yor Se pee ine Wh. liver and tick’d..|Poimter iL. |Noy 13, ‘sii .. |Queen.. -/5 B Dilley... :..|8 B Dilly. ...-..3 +erteeeses..»| Lake City Dixie Black white and tan.- Setter b..| \Mareh, 1876, .. |Belton,.... . Dimple. J) OW. Sins ee oe -..--|Charles K Harrison..... s.. Annandile, Ma AR eee oe a d.. duly 23, 1876 Dan Petrel Imported by LH Smith % Bth| ..{Red and white...... he b..|Mareh 5, 187 »-|Plonket......,-.,|Quall..-.......-.|Charles K Hartison......+..s|C» Powell Noland..... weeeees Midaleburg, Va 314.. rR a de. yan 5, 1816, se 4: Me a Tee Charles K Huarrison......... Annandale, Md B15.. ty “e d..jApril, isis -+-/GYOMSE.....,.... 11D sare veeeenee ies. ; vi fF 1 May 5, pe -|Plonket +44... QUAL. cesses ie William J Mann... ......../Owl Run, Va ali: «| ROM... ester recess se d_.|/May 5, Is7e “+e is ‘ “ as alt. ‘|Rea ama wh. motla.. ae b..jdune 20, 1876.,......)Charley..........|Pam,.-.+...++-..|Ernest Pease........-. ss+.-»/Charles J Smith..... -+.|Aneram, NY ee Maliogany ved........ ¥ d..|Jan 26, ISTT seer ees eee Guy........-..--|Cara ID,..... ee..|Hveret Smith........... :---.|Kyeret Smillbeves ese. . |Portland, Me B ‘é “ ‘ 7 “cb ak . e 320°" | 5 e (i 3 “ée te vs is ‘é te Bel: Cosette... ‘ re “ rs uk ti a 399° -|ouge. 4“ “ ti ub ts ti “e 9.4 |RUDY....., : . 4 225°* Royal Fan Wh. liver ticked. .....|Pointer .| Ranger Dolly .|§ B Dilley..... -|Lake City 324°" Pedigree. ‘|Orange and white....'Setter Victor. . ., Blue D Charles S Westc Philadelphia, Pa 325°" Plunket . Red eA cS Se ee | aS Grouse. te Beauty. . .|Hon D Plunket, Englar -|W od Farrar... ..........++../Toledo, Ohio BEL America.. Lemon and white.... at .|Duke, . |Sy DIU. W If Cowing.......-.... -|J Von Lengerke.... -| West Hoboken, N Ji aoe Hunter... .. | Black Bug Bed - | Fox jlound 3 8 Rule o ifaieecs ¢ oan: oe Barre, Mass. -|George A Edmonds RP HAS North Brookfield, Mass a x .|White and lemo : ; b.. :|August 2, 1875. +-- Marl .. . Hy -|Haily, 0: rookeld......| j 829° White and black,.....|Setter b.:|Feb 9, 1875... . Prince. . ~ {ly as 4 i ; Justus Von Lengerke,......./West Hoboken, Nai 830 Tocko. Bluck tan and wh.... ‘hd d../Sept th, 1874. +.) Prince;...-. . _|Kate.. f Von Schmiedelberg....,.|J Von Lengerke # ot ° bs: _, {Orange and wiite.... a b..|February 24, 18TH... Klashi.. -|J C Mattern Piltsburgh, Pa 3327+ {Light blue and wh../Greyhound d..|Spring, 1874,.......... Fe ee vweeees |More... Hy Du Pout 4 Philadelphia, Pa aks WILLE... scree eee teres Setter d../Dec 19, 18Tb,........, Carlowitz. a s|HOBB...- ee see ( i) B Bars WOTts scenes es! vi cs Apa Cana Ta. o> | Prank .|Lemon belton........ ae EH iN3 fa a e -|Detroit,n Mie! 38557 aes Rose,..,|Blue belton.......... « De a & x it JH Caniff,.... Re PR ih nx a oot | OHA. 0. cd White and chestnut. . & be. “ “ u - Fred Stearns.. Jie “ Boies Countess. . ” * b.. ff ey a f Ei Bennett... . -|Dexter, Mich gay--|Wynne.. Red EA Ry, Pe sty, 18 6. ‘ ‘ r Ohatlen Miley. “lathany, ee man! AID. mee ARGU Cae eee re ree) d..jJuly, 1876...........4. Le es : any, . San": Gmatee ‘\ hite and liy, tick,..,|Pointer b,. February, 187 ..|David Gratt,....--..... SB Dilley. Lake City, Minn Sa1> t _|Lemon and white..../Setter b,.| March 23, 1576 .|John Dunn. .|Fred Palatine, San Francisco” Cal Saar _|Chestnut tan and or.. Lt f..)AprilG, 1874. “ . Se EG White. ge ctttterre teres College Pointy L I ; .|Dark red.........65 rv “i d..|July 4, 1867.... AN OUME LE Se. =) sees becca ren ‘ ff _ [ted and white........ i b..|Mareh 8, 1870.00. Hon. C Goodenough 7 wt et .|Liver and white......)Pointer.......... Sept 20, 1876. P VY Hax x JP V Hux. ./Baltimore, Ma _| Black and tan..... Setter d..jduly, i874... a ‘hompao JT Walke Troy, N Y¥ .|Darkred........- y d..)/Mareh 8, 187¢ : S Nine Ree Norfolk, Vi Pa .| wed with wh. marks... ai b../Oct 1876.. .. | RS Miller. JT Allyn,..--.... orfo. 2 " Black tan-andwh....| d.. Kebruary, Sit .. {Charles Ka Dr Heury MeElderry,......./00 8 Army tn ef > “ b.-|August I, 1876.. ..|F Baldwin. ... 22. fe eee tte es CA Cowles....,,.....++++.--|Ansoma, Conn .|Orange and white. ... a d..|July, 1876.. . |General William G Ely, .....|J Arthur Becbe........ ee Boston, Mass .|Black and white...... a d..|Jano, 1575. - ae, | | ./Orange and white.... ct b. |18Ta#......... - «+ |GrOouse, .,,.--.~--} SCE A Bop eeed| We Wi OnE seo. TAS ASA RAD (Dr @ A Kitthen............ -|Rockford, TL ‘/Red and white....... Ks b..|August 27, -|Dash...... sip tbs eypreee reer | EE ShOrb.... HB Vondersmith, .., +++... Lan, Pa “ aa “ ce ‘ ‘\Tennie.,......-.{Black and tan........ a H/IBTD, fe Seyncc ge etenas SHOR Pes cary pel MAn ee resye oes JR Tilley. Chesisrd if tf fellie....2...--- 7 i b../ 1876. -+|Tom. .- |Jimnie .. | 5 Vondersmith -..22... 4 « . pix . AL re b..{18%6..... ~ |Tom. ..|Jinnie,.. ¢ 3n0-+|K .|Orange and white.... « b. ie 1876 -|Dash,.. .|Jule... .|J S Jones,......2.----- sees |W Shultz......-.-..-++--.-|Boonville, N ¥ 361+ Artful ‘Dodger.. “|Red +) FF d../August 14, 1876...... Monarch..,,..., |May,...- AMLGAL SJ Hughes .........--...-../§d Hughes wieseese ss {LOL Duane street, New York City eo..|Flasher.......--- Black uo d.. vf BF 73 ue F G Stiles sees ceey-- (Petruchio Bi | NANCY cc oor Diver ant whit dea brs t, 186. Ranger rae OM Gillespie SB Dey jee alia fake City, Mint eee ne .| Liver ane Wh --|Pointer b,.|Sept, 1876......+. ome fRATPET ee se eee ise iecbust Paes MG: srelgacs eles ds ete SB Dilley... . ee Se ; a Black and tan...,-,.-|Setter d..! ‘June 9; yates Dasii orc cPa aac. Bele... sees eae ah eaten Banetarshien a GU Colburn .. 6... st.0e ae NOW York 4 af 2 d.\July 6, 1875. " ae Miulit.. 2... cscs, s66: af i whe Sept G, 1875: He zt G © @OlbUr....s050....---- CM Pond «.-.-... raate ee * Hartford, Conn 367- te ‘an ee i te 3 G G Colburn,...-.. .. |New York S08: “ & d: “ “ “ TB P Dixey.. 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M. 71, lowest ut 9 Pp. at. 68. — —The Barnegat House has opened for the season under new management, which promises to make it airst-class rego for sportsmen, and as it is easy of access from the city should be well patronized.—_[ See ado, > = mF lial all | Sea and iver Hishing. FISH IN SEASON IN JUNE. | FRESH WATER, Tront, Sulmo foneinalis. EAL WATER. Sea Bass, Ceatroprisiris nett arin. Salmon, Salino salar. Sheepshead, Archosargua probato- Salmon Vront, Salmo onsinis, replies. Land-locked Salmon, Satu lovers. Striped Bass, Roceus linnestus, Bick Bass, Micropterts salniides; White Perch, Marone cineriewnd, M_ nigricans Weakilsh, Cyioscion regalis Muskinonge, Baax nabilior, Binetish, Pomatoncus saltatrie. Pike or Pickerel, Moa ductive, Spanish Mackerel, Cybiumn macula- Yellow Perch, Perea flavescens, tune. Cero, Cybinm regate. Bonito, Sarda pelwmys. Kingtish, Mentieirrs nebulosus, For list of Trout Hlies in season for June, sce taswe of May 31. a TisniMarnker.—Our cuotations for the week areas follows: Striped bass, 15 to 25 cents per pound; bluefish, 10 cents; salmon, green, 18 cents; mackerel, 10 to 15 cents each ; shad, Connecticut River, 60 cents; white perch, 15 cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, 18 cents; green turtle, 12} cents; terrapin, $12 per dozen; halibut, 10 cents; haddock, 6 cents; king-fish, 20 cents; codfish, 6 cents; blackfish, 15 cents; herrings, 5 cents; flounders, 10 cents; pories, 10 cents; sea bass, 15 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 8 cents; sheepshead, 15 cents; soft clams, 30 to 60 cents per 100; pickerel, 15 cents; Long Island front, $1; Canada do., 50 cents; hard shell crabs, $3 50 per 100; soft crabs, $1 50 per dozen; weak- fish, 10 cents; frog legs, 40 cents per pound. Marwe.—Camp Kennebago, Rangeley, Jane 16, 1877.— Among the gentlemen visiting Camp Kennebago, within a fortmght, were uy. W. Brouty, R. W. Wmerson, Phineas Pierce, B. F. Adams and F. O. Dana, of Boston; H. A. Rich- ardson, D. R. Baker, Daniel Reed ard J, B. Taylor, of New York; A. D. Lockwood, of Providence; James Dempsey, J. B. Stow, Jolin B. Cotton and Hon. W. O. Frye, of Lewiston, Me.; J. H. Kimball and Clarence Worden, of Bath, Me. A goodly number of large trout have been taken. Theo. L. Pave secured a magnificent seven pounder, May 30. RancEiny, Rangsley Lakes, Boston, June 16, 1877.—I forward you the Somerviile Journal containing on account of a trip tothe Rangeley Lakes, written by I. R. Morse, Esq. This as my forty-second trip. J arrived there the 16th of May, and commenced fishing on the 18th and fished fourteen days, during which time I caught 148 trout, only ten of them weighing less than a pound; one weighed 63, two 6, four 6 to 54 pounds, and the balance from‘two to four pounds. Yours respectfully, N. D. Swarts. Movements oF 1nE Fisame Prerr.—The mackerel fleet continue to bring in good fares, and prices rate low for the season. The receipts haye been considerably in excess. of those at this date last year. At this time last year the market was lively at $8 to $11 per bbl, while at this writing holders find it difficult to place them at 25 to $7 for medium and large 3s. The arrivals the past week have been 41, and the receipts about 3,400 bbls. ‘Che carly appearance of mackerel in the Bay of St. Lawrence points to a more successful season than tliat of 1876, and it is probable that quite a fleet will en- gave in the Bay fishery. Some attention will also he given to the hook and line fishery on our own shores, with the hope of securing a better quality of mackerel and realizing more. satis- factory prices than are likely to rule for fisp of the ordinary grades. A large fleet continues in the Georges fishery, the number of arrivals smee our last issue haying been 65, with a cateh of 180,000 Ibs. codfish and 1,500,000 Ibs. halibut. The number of Bank arrivals the past week has been 16, bringing 500,000 lbs. codfish, 640,000 Ibs. fresh halibut and 140,000 Ibs. fetched halibut. The market is practically bare of pickled Bank cod, and the stock of dry cnred is confined to small lots. held at good prices. Georges cod rule a trifle lower than last year at this time, but ofher grades ave higher.—Gape Ann Advertiser, June 15. Pasqve Istanp Cove.—This ¢lub is composed of gentle- men of middle fige, and mostly married men of quiet and re- tired habits, who, with their families, resort to Pasque Island for health and amusement. Its members are from all parts of the country, and some from the Island of Cuba. In looking over the roll, I recollect the names of Peter Balm, A. 8. Hatch, Wm. H. Gunther, Thos. J. Hayemeyer, Don Ugbert Guernsy, Edmund DePestre (of Cuba), 8. '. Brown, Solon Humplrys, A. B. Dunlop, Frank Herring, John O. O'Dono- hue‘and brother, John L, Slettinius (of Cincinnati), W. A. Slogg, A. T. Higgins, W. HU. Chopman, Dennis Brown, H. Harbeck, Thos. #. Tripler, A. I. Higeinsand James L. Vall- veton, its president. The mention of their names will give you an idea of the character of the club. The island is about fifteen miles olf of New Bedford, be- tween that place and Martha’s Vineyard, and belongs to the club. It comprises about 1,000 acres of land, and is famonz for the variety of its fishing grounds. The Jand of the island is qfite rolling, and from somie of the bluffs you have a varied and extensive view. They aiford magnilicent sites for country cottages. The island is susceptible of considerable culture. The club is supplied with verelables and melons from its gar- den, and the wild strawberry and cranberry grow in great profusion. Youcan have surf or still bathing, asil'suits your taste. The ladies have a very fine and commodious bathing fround, where they can enjoy. the water at all hours of the day in complete retirement. A creek runs meandering through the island abont a mile, where the young people sail and row with perfect safety. The clu) honse isa long, two-story wooden building, in the shape of an L, with pirazzas on both sides, and offering a splendid promenade. The walks about the island are varied and delivhful, the land being a succession of hills and dales. The members and their families gather here in the largest number in the month of July, just before the Fourth. The blne-fish, weak-fish, sea-bass and fluke are abundant, and those who are fond of bout-fishing can have all they desire. The great fish of the island, however, and which the scientific sportsman prides himself in capturing, is the stripped bass, which are tuken with the rod and reelin great numbers, and sometimes fo a prodigious size. The average run is from 20 10 40 pounds, but are quite often taken as heavy as 45 and 50 pouncs, Mr, Valilvelon was over two hours in landing a 49 pound bass, and he handled him with all the skill of an adept, although it was his first large fish. Unele Peter says that he will make the best hook on the is- land, and feels quite proud of him, as he is one of his pupils. Unele Peter is an old hand at the rod, and is one of the most skilful fishermen in the club. He is called “ Great Hook.” | Tle bas taken more pounds of fish than any other member, Mr. Dunlap may be put down as “ high hook” since no one has equalled him in the weight of a single fish, which was 60 pounds, Miss Chapman has put some of the lazy fellows to the blush; she handled and took an 11 pound bass with as much ease as if she had handled the rod from childhood, which, I believe, does not date back very far. The fish are weighed as each party comes in from his stand, and the weight of every fish is registered in a book under each ee name, in the order in whieh he takes them from day to diy. ’ Uncle Pete is the Acetes of the island, and when he rises from the breakfast table to take a look at the indications of the wind and weather, careful observers, by sure prognos- tics, may fortell a run, and the oracle announcing ** There wre jish to-day, gentlemen,” every man springs for his pole, and the: rattling of rods gives warning of the day’s toil. Itis a good lesson to watch Unele Peter on his stand. You will see him east his small, keen sparkling eye over the surface of the waters, and then hear him say to his **chummer” Charley in alow, gentle voice, as he well knows that he has got a coming foe to contend with, ‘ Now, Charley, curl right in that eddy, or close fo that rock ;” and, in about fifteen or twenty minutes, - you will observe Unele Peter bending, twisting and squirm- ing asif he badan attack of gout in the stomach. Your whole anxiety is that you have no bottle to go to his relief ; and a8 you approach him nearer to view, you perceive his rod bent nearly double and striving as if he was trying to lift one of the boulders from the bottom; and all at once you hear something go ‘‘ whiz! whiz! whiz!” his rod straightens out, aud everything seems still and calm again. In another min- ute another spasm seizes him, and the belt of his rod seems embedded in his abdomen, and his whole frame trembles from stem to stern, Then snch a lashing and foaming of the waters, and a long, silvery streak flashes in the sunlight as the finny monster darts off again on another run. The line smokes with the heat of the friction, but the bend of the red brings the stubborn fellowto his mind ; and Uncle Peter winds in the slack with gentle caution, and prepares himself for another dash of his foe. But, as he hauls him closer to view, he sees that he hag not yet recovered from his exhaustion, and he brings him slowly and gently along the stand, where Charley stands ready to ply the gaff. Among the other hygienic pleasures of the island is its good, healthful food and good cooking, Good cooking is as conducive to good health as ex- ercise and temperate living; and, for this reason, particular Gltention is given by the club to the deve culinaria. Since it is the chief business of the cook to please the pulate and the eye, and to render food easy of digestion for the pur- pose of uutrition, “When pleasures to the eye and palate meet, That cook has render’d jus work complete.” William seemis to have studied all the arts of This name should be envolld with that of Apicius In Esteourt’s book, and his gridivons should be framed of gold” SAMUEL. “ Coxnecrrour, Tartford, June 19.—Trout fishermen in this State must put aside their rods after July 1, or the game elubs will be after them, —The shad season is about over, and people livingin board- ins-houses rejoice with exceeding great joy. —Mr. Henry Andrus, of Hartford, and R. R. Cone, of Willington, on Saturday, caught in the streams near East Haddam 115 trout, which together weighed over 25 pounds. —The engineer of the Silver Star brought up with him, this morning, a striped bass weighing 55$ pounds, caught by a man pamed Spencer, a fisherman at Goodspeed’s eee T. 5. 8. «J “ Nuw Yorn, he Adirondacks, June 14.—There has been a world of trout fishing near Trenton’s (No, 4) the past spring. Oue man has taken more than 125 pounds about here and over at Stillwater, where he fished about a week. He has been here since the second of May. (Hope he made good use of them.) The Rev. 8. H. Cox, D. D., caught in Reheat Lake a trout the other day that weighed 24 lbs. Parties who have visited Smith’s Lake report cood fishing. 8. B: Edwards’ snide has started a house at Smith’s Lake, and is living there at present; but I hope he will not make it pay, for there are too many hotels on the Jakes now. Deer are quite plenty, notwithstanding so many were slaughtered last winter. I took a party of ladies out the other night, and showed them four in an hour. About three weeks ago I caught a huge bear just on the other side of the lake, where I had left a dead cow the first of March. I came past the place and found old bruin feasting on the carcass. I seta trap for him that wight, and the next morning had him, He had asplendid hide, and T intend making a robe of it. BALSAM. —Fonr brook trout,.weighing sixteen pounds, were recently taken by Messrs. James Lyon and C. T. Richardson, of Os- wegzo, at the rifts in the Oswegatchie River, one mile above Cranberry Lake. The largest fish weighed fully seven pounds. They ave on exhibition at Butler’s drug store m Oswego. —Rey. Dr. §. H. Coxe, of Utica (‘‘Amateur,” of Forrsr AND Srrtaat), last week caught a 27 pound speckled trout 16 Beaver Lake, Number Four, Adirondacks, where one is sel- dom caught. A-Firvy Potyp Moskeroncr.—A monster muskeclonge (muskinonge), weighing 50 pounds, and measuring 4 ft. 5 in., has been sent to John Cummings, of Utica, by Sydney Adams, Cananoque, Ontario. It is one of the largest ever caught in the St. Lawrence River. It-was taken on a hook anil line, and oceupied the attention of the angler and Charley Lagha, his boatman, for over three hobrs. —Tl'ishing is now excellent in Cayuga Lake, The success- ful efforts to secure the disconlinuance of the net and seine at the Thousand Islands, have already been rewarded by an un— visual abundance of fish there this season. —Tire Island, N. Y., has established cable communi- cation with New York City. This will prove a valuable ac- cesion to that popular summer resort. ‘The steamer Surf is now making regular trips between the Island and» Babylon. Good fishing in the bay. New Jersey—Avnsey’s Ashley House, Barnegat Inlet, June 17.—Sheepshead are getting quite plentiful, and some good catches have been made during the week. A number of quids arpived to-day. Bluefish seen: very plenty, but only take the squid by spells, Among ihe catches this week are i a e - “Ty Jove! such cooking; as ifJuno hw been sick, and he her doctor, Chas. H. Beir U a eiren, N. Y Vei by N. Y., 38 sheepshead; Wm. Ackers | : , 18 sheeps- head. Some of our captains as high as 40. Sea bass, and blackfish only middling. PesxsyivAstA.—The State Fish Commissioners are busy stocking the streams of Lehigh and Jefferson Counties with brook trout fry. Large pike are caught at Waterford Lake, in Erie County. A party of fishermen from Waterford re- cently captured three, weighing respectively 18, 24 and 45 pounds, ~ Trour Streams or PresxsynyAyia—An obliging corres- pondent has furnished the following yaluable information, which answers in értenso queries constantly put to us: Tn Potter County, Pa., there is a creek called the Sinema - honing, and at a small hamlet, put down on the county maps as Wharton Mills P. O., it divides; or, rather, the Kast and First Forks of the stream here unite. ‘Ihe village consists of a few scattering houses, but does not boast of either hotel, store or shop. ‘The waters of the creck are crystal clear, and, as yet are unpolluted by tannery or factory, and the East Fork is even free from saw mills. Tere, in my opinion, is ie be found to-day decidedly the best trout fishing in the tate. ; About a mile below the forks is an old mill, and under the dam a dark, deep pool, where you can always depend on tak- ing a string of fish. During the day, deep bait fishing is usu- ally successful, but at sunset the surface of the pool and of the rapids below is broken in every direction by swarms of the speckled beauties ; and there the fly, in skillful hands, does its work. Both the First and East Forks are beautiful slreams, and afford excellent fly fishing with plenty of room to cast, while for those who prefer to use the bait, Nelson and Freeman Runs, Birch Creek and the headwaters of East Tork, all within an hour's drive from headquarters, cannot be excelled. Trout are nnusually plenty in these strenms this spring, and a week of warm weather is all that is needed to insure glorious sport. ‘The fish range from one and a half pounds down, and average a good size. Yo reach this arcadia, trains leave the West Philadelphia Depot of Penna. R. KR. Co. every evening at 11:55, ex- cept Saturdays, reaching Sinnemahoning Station at noon the following day ; fare, $8.35. From this point a stage starts on arrival of the train, eich Monday and Thursday, for Whar- ton, distant about 18 miles, arriving in time for supper; fare, $1.50. On other days private conveyance can be obtained at a cost of $5 for a team to carry two to four persons. Excellent accommodation and bounteons fare can be had with Mr. M. 'T. Seibert, whose house stands at the head of the valley, just at the forks, at a ridiculously small expense. If desired, Mr. Seibert will meet a party either at Sinnema- honing or Cameron (4 station a few miles above on the rail- road, anda shorter drive; but in that ease he should be noti- fied a week ahead by letter addressed to the care of F. Wel- ton, Sinnemahoning P.O. Guides, one dollar per day; butit grieyves me to have to record that some of these natives indulge in pernicious and reprehensi- ble practices. When a rise occurs in the stream, and the fish are running and jumping the dam, boxes are set for them to fallin, and even tmmbrellas are used for the purpose. It is said that over 800 Jarge trout we.e captured in a single day last year inthis way by one person, Set lines are also used, bnt still the fish are not sensibly diminished in mambers, Ought not these things to be stopped? By the way, I would mention two articles I have used that pleased me much. One is an indin rubber stocking, reaching to the hip, over which a stout brogan, well studded with min- er’s nails, can be worn—an almost indipensable comfort when the water is cold. The of}ier ig a small landing net, snspeod- ed by a rubber band around the neck and carried hanging down the back. By its use, when in the middle of the stream many fish may be sayed that would otherwise be lost. W. 1. L. Intinors.—Our correspondent ‘‘ Theo.” of Huntley, Mi- nois, sends us an account of three days’ fishing in Fox Lake about the first of June, which yielded a goodly number of pickerel and a large amount of sport, ‘This lake also contains pike, and bass of three varieties. He says: “‘ Fox Lake is one of a small cliain of lakes situated on the Fox River, in McHenry and Lake Cos., Ills. ; is 33. or 4 miles long, + to 14 miles wide, and one of the finest resorts for the lover of the rod and gun to be found in the State. Two tine club houses are already built, and there will be more as soon as the place and its advantages are more widely known. The Jakes in the fall are full of wild rice, and sild ducks are abundant.” Micnicax.—Delroit, Jane 9.—Two young lads iook a trun down the river on the 7th inst., aud during the afternoon made a string of nearly one hundred perch. KE. W. Keynolds, Wm. Christian and Albert [ill were down the river on a fishing ex- cursion Juné 6th and 7th. The first afternoou, in a short time, they made a string of forty-six. The next day they stared up our creek, and when opposite Fieliting Island their yacht (Sweepstakes) struck asnag, making a large hole in her. Tt made the boys dust around lively to stop the leak. They used every thing handy, but the water gained on them so rapilly that ene of them doifed his pints aud pnt them over the leak and stood upon them, while the other two bailed for dear life. Nevertheless, the water gained so rapidly that they were compelled to run her ashore. State Fish Commis- sioner Jérome passed through this city, on the 7th inst., with 50,000 young eels, which are to be placed in riyers in the yicin- ity of Monroe, Mich. Revere Gay anda couple of triends were down tlie river on the 7th, and made a string of 31 bluck bass. ‘ L. F.. W. Traverse City, Jane 7, 1877—Fis ting parties are arriving every day. This morning - a large purty went up the river af ter trout, and another started for Lony and Bass Lakes for bassand pickerel. It is the best fishing season ever known here. . Grand Rapids, dine 11.—Our ‘Trout season has opened finely in Michigan, and catehesare large, A triend, DeLittle, madea trip up the Grand Rapids & Indiana R. Tt. to _ Mayfield, afew days since, and yeturned with fiye hundred and thirty-three speckled beauties as the result of two days’ fishing in the Bourdinan River. Parties are going from here almost daily, and all report the trout more plenty than ever be- fore. Ishall be with them in July, and will let you know the result. We Western people can’t see why, with such fine fishing, reasonable charges and good accommodations, we are not visited by more Eastern sportsmen. ‘T see in your issue of June 7, you advise a correspondent, to tty Northern Michigan-as a paradise for fishermen. You are - . and stopping a few dw bass, pickerel and other J . ‘Yarrex Crry. [Reware.—We shall show our faith in the representations of our correspondent by taking a trip to Michigan next month ourself,—Ep, | x Onrcon.—Portland, June 11,—A couple of men made a splendid haul of fish a few days ago near the Columbia River bar. They went ont at three o'clock a. M., and returned about 6:30 4. m. During the three hours and a half, the men captured 121 salmon. They receive 50 cents each for every’ fish caught. The fishing was done almiost immediately on the bar, i Kinney Bro.’s fishing boats captured about four thousand salmon one night list week. One of Hepburn & Co,’s boats wvaa carried over the bara week ago Sunday night, and was picked up at sea by the barque Forward, 40 miles from the bar. The menand part of the net were saved, and brought in all right. he idea of drifting 40 miles from mainland in a small open boat, is not very comfortable; aud that these men should have escaped a watery graye is strange, but yet it is true, ( §. G. Reed, J. C. Ainsworthand W. B. Blackwell returned from down thé river last week with 197 troit (one day’s eateh), rangins from? to 2 pounds each. They were taken in a small tributary of the. Dechuies River, on the line of the North Pacitie Railroad, between Kalama and Tacoma. They are said to be quite plenty there. _ ws * There has been some $30,000 raised among the fisheries to- wards starting a hatching house on the Columbia. Professor Baird has been consulted as to arranging the necessaries ap- pertaining thereto, and the buildings will be put up this sea- son. Ji is said that Capt. Thompson, of Upper Elk Creek, Doug- lass County, this State, recently killed a deer which had but one horn—which projected from the centre of its head, having fourtéen prongs, one of which extended in front in the shape of a crescent. Three elk sere killed one day last week near Blossom’s Dbzving Camp, in Coos County. Harry Spredden found the skull of a mammoth bird, on the heach below Point Adams, recently. ‘The jones measured six inches across the forehead, and twelve inches from the crown of the head to the point of the beak. OccIDENTAL. [Why don’t Harry send the skull to the Smithsonian Insti« tution.—Ep. ] ° ee SPLIT BAMBO RODS. To our customers and the public:—In reply to the damaging reports which have been circulated respecting the quality of our split bamboo rods, by “dealers” who are unable to compete with us at our reduced prices, we have issued a circular which wwe shall be pleased to mail to any address, proving the falsity of their assertions. Conroy, Bissett & MALLEson, Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y- _ : Ce THE DITTMAR POWDER. —[Ade. Please direct ail lefters for the above powder to Neponset, Mass - Capl. Bogardus and Ira Paine, are using my powder, CarL DirrMar, —[-ludv, z answers to Qorrespondents. No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communica tions. S. R., New York.—We can give you 20 information about Brooklyn Lake, N. J. W.. i. C.. Brooklyn.—Whenis the woodeock law upin N. Y. State and L.7? Aus, See editorial page this week. 0, F., Ancram.—Please inform me where T can get maps of the upper “rt of New York State, and of lower part of Ganada? Ans, Of Colton, 172 William street, New York, FE. W., Cambridge.—1. Will yon lave the kindness to tell me in what pond it Arlington, Mass., T can tind bass? 2 Is there any law against fishing for bass or other fishin Spot Pond, Adlington? Ans, 1. Inquire of local residents. 2. We cannot answer. s, P., New Hayen.—Where is the best place to stop for a day’s trout fishing onthe Central and Union Pacific Railroads, without going tar from the railroad, and without incurring much expense? Ans. Stop at Ogden, Utah; and fish in the Weber River, or at Keno, Ney., for the Truckee River fishing. §,, Boston.—Can you inform me where can I get good plover shooting on the coast of Maine, during the latter part of July and the month of August? Ans, Good woadcock shooting at Prineeton, Washington Co., reached by European and N. A.R. R., or by rail from Eastport. Awarrur, Pisheryille.—Byery sportsman has his favorite shell, Many could not be duced to nse anything but the. M. Cc. The shells you peak of may not have been perfectly suited to the chamber of your gun. Both makers are first class. : F.B., §pringfield.—Would the opé¢ration of spaying injure the hunting qualities of a slut? Shonld like to know the effect? Ans. Not if the an- iimelis spayed while a puppy. Inau adult case if usally enervates the animal and of course impuirs its usefulness. ‘he operation should be performed only by a skillful operator. Jas. Roy, Sharon, Pa,—The close season for black bags im Pennsylys- nig is from March ito July 1. That part of the Chenango river which divides Ohio from your Staté can be fished on the Ohio side at any time, as that State has no law regulating black bass lishing. W. M. K., Cainbridge, Mass—We should recommend aboat made by J. 4, Rushton, Si, Lawrence county, N. Y. Weight, 25 lbs; cost, $5. For nwo persons—weight, 40 lbs; cost, $40, For paper canoe, address Waters & Sons, Troy, N.Y. 7. C. W,, Indianapolis —t. Are there lake tront caught near Decatur. Ala., which resemble brook tront? or what are properly ealled trout? 2. Tp what part ofa lake is the best fishing to he fonnd when the wind is coming from the NW,, the lake (lengthwise) running N.andS? Ans. 4 They are the black bass, Grystes salmoides, 2. The wind will make Jittle diilerence. ' i H, G. ©,, Indianapolis 1. Can the angie of a gum stock be changed by “steaming and bending?” Thave a fine Dougail the stock of which ig too straight by Mree-fourths, orone inch. 2, Ti so what willit cost? 8. Willthechange be permanent? Ans, 1, Yes, 2, Ask our adyertis- ibg gunmakers. 3, Yes Oe cl ee ————__ —probably in September, C, W. W.—Please let me know in your paper if it hurts a young setter dog to hivt on woodeock when net broken on snipe? Ans. Certainly not, bon if broken on Woodcock he cannot be equally well trained on snipe when you require him for that work. ’ C.8, J., Meshoppen, Pa—I have @ very large owl. I had him for three years and T would like to sell him. Can you tell me where? Ans, Ad- vertise him in F. and 8. and perhaps some one will buy the owld fellow G. H. R.. Gainsville, Texas,—Whiere can T get a copy of Sitereave’s Report of Texas birds? Ans. Cannot say. Better get some second-hand bookseller to hunt. Dr, Cones’ ‘Birds of the Norttiwest” can be procured from the author, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, F. W.S., Philadelphia.—My setter dog vomits everything he has eaten for the last two days, otherwise he is well; what ein be done for him? Ans. Give him 2 mild purgatiye, say of castor of], and feed him lirhily- “SUBSCRIBER,” Philadelphia.—Does if hurta youne setter dog to hunt him on woodeock before being broken on snipe? Ans. As the mode of hunting the two birds is quite different we should prefer the animal trained first on the species which lie 1s to generally hunt. I. d, P.,Goshen.—Will you kindly inform me where I éan proenre Bnt- yet's Mange enre? It being sent to mé by 2 friend I have lost the addreas of the place where it was purchased and wish to obtain another bottle, Ans. We do not. know who makes and s¢ls Botler’s mange cure since the proprietor’s death. C. A. D., Sing Sing; N. Y.—Now that the Legislature of this State has adjourned will you please inform your readers how the game Iaw bi) stands which was before that body. Ans. We have official notice that the new gime law has been signed by the Governor. dox, Clearfield, Pa—What is the fastest time for a rnnning horse for one mile up to present time? What horse, whenand where? Ans. Col, Kelly’s celebrated horse Tclipse is said to have rnn, #8 Near as we ean now recall, a mile in one minute on the Epsom Downs, Cannot specify date exactly, but a8 near as memory serves About 1797, H. Van 8., Newport. —Can you inform me what has become of the Clumber spaniels that you reported the arriyal of iast fallin one of the humbers of your valuable paper? Also, whether they lave bred, and if any of their progeny cun be obtained? Aus. Twoof them are now in possession of the importer, the third died. The pair had a Utter of pups- For particulars address Jonathan Thorne, Esq., 76 Gold st, this city, care Thorne, McFarlane & Co, Dick, Rochester.—Is their any way to prevent a dog's hair from com ing out? We havea large white dog at home whose hair comes out like fury so that he is an awfulnuisance. Ans. Your dog is in all probability sheding his coat as all haired and furred auimals do at the return of the Vernal season, Have him thoroughly groomed every inorning and you will get rid of the nuisance of which you complain, T. H. N., New York.—Are there any streams “or Jakes containing trout and black bass within afew miles of New Bedford? Ans. Yes, but the best trout streams are known only to the initiated.1+Have sent youa line by mail, For fish and game localities see Hallock’s *Ga- zetteer.” It contains over 5,000 of them, in all parts of North America, from Labrador to Alaska, and from Florida to California, FS. C., Boston. Where can I obtain the rules of the National As- sociation of Amateur Oarsmen? 2. Where canI get some good black bass fishing near Boston? Ans. 1, Address Fred J. Boglehardt, Third Aye, cor. Sixty-third St. 2. Goto Lynnfield Lake on the Danurs and Newburyport branch of the B. aud M. R. RR. Fine bass tishing also in Lake Cochickewic, North Andoyer, reached yia B. aud W. R, R. Jd. P., San Francisco.—I was trying to raise some white Leghorn chickens, but they are dying olf very rapidly ss soon as they pet about four to tive weeks old. Have had no trouble with them until they ar- rive to that age. Will you be kind enongh to let me know which is the best food for young poultry? Any other advice will be thankfully re- ceived. Ans, The food isallright; try change of ground, SNIPE, New York City.—1. Can Barnegat Inlet or its neiziborhaod be reached by steamboat now? 2. Is there any snipe shooting there at this time of the year? 3, Is there any agency for Hyde & Shattuck’s B. I. gun, formerly advertised in the FoREST AND STREAM, in this city ? Ans. 1. No. %. Somewhat late. 3. N. W. Robinson, 79 Chambers st, FRANK, SOnthfeld, Mass.—What kind of a dog would be of most ger- Vice to me in Florida? or would a man get on as wel! without any? Are pointers or setters, either, good for anything as watch dogs? What kind ofsetter is the best? Ans. A setter Is preferable, although in many lo- calities one does not absolutely need a dog, The pointer makes the best wateh dog by far. Itis a matter of fancy abont the setter. dust now the red Irish are most in fayor. Jone#s, Syracuse, N. Y.—Can you give a recipe that will prevent the blistering and burning by the sun of the face, neck and hands, when one not accustomed to water occasionally goes out for a day's fishing ? Ans, The only preventive We can suggest is the havelock worn by soldiers in tropical climates. The best remedy for sun-burn 1s cold cream. Your hands may be partially protected by tn old pair of finger- less kiG gloves, but fishing, shooting and tighting are best done *‘ with gloves off.” . \ "7 : ae _- OP OT wee — : . — = | Scare, Kingston.—When will the articles on Florida, by* Al Freseo,* | Cowstanr Raven, Berlii, Wis—Will salmon from California propa- promised last fall, be published inthe paper? Tam waiting ansionsly. | gate in ofr small inland lakes in Wisconsin, aud will they grow as larse Ans, A letter just received from Dr. Kenworthy promises then “ soon | as they do on the coast uf California and in the Columbia River? Sevye- ral thousand Cal, salmon bave been putin some of onr siall lakes in this vieiity and we are anxious. Ans, Experiments with the California Salmon Neve been yery satisfactory so far, aud we are encouruged to look for success in Wisconsin, ‘hey will not probably grow as large 3 in their native waters. T. H,$., Charlestown, Mass.—What make, bore, len#th ana Weight of gun for real worth; also charge of powder and shot for the same, Sttunid you recommend for general use for partridge, beach bipds aud thelike? Cau you iiferm me of places on the coast of Maine where there is good fishing and shore birds are plenty? Where can T procure & Inap ofthis region? Por the same amount of money how do the Rox and Remington compare with English and French makers? Ans. We prefer @ 12-bore of any reputable maker, charged with 14¢ oz. of shot and 3 drs, of powder. To your2i query: Procare Farrar's Guide Book, Lee & Shepard, Boston, Third query we decline to answer, be- Cause We cunlot discriminate between our advertisers, J.B. Babylon.—a diseuse of a peenliar and fatal character is prevail- ingin this village. The principal symptoms are as follows: A hacking cough, stoppage of the nostrils which compels the animal to breath Through the mouth. Riuning siiue eyes and ao fierce glare of the eye, FPeverish condition of the system and a rapid shrinkage of flesh, A val- nable setter belonging to D, J. Runyon, Esq., is dying to-night. IT have two valnable setters and fear they may become yictims, Aus. The syinp- toms are such 4s ordinarily indicate the presence of worms. Castor oil will dislodge the worms and so will areca tut, but the latter acts by in- flaming the bowels. If is not remarkable that the disease should be prev- alent. Where the method of transmissionis known we might explain why it is not. F. A. T., Cincinnati, Ohio—1. Which is the better material for a fine breech-loader (shot-gun), laminated or Damuseus steel? 2. Ts it true thata10 bore will shoot stronger and closer than a 12 bore gzun? 3, Is 834 Ibs. too heavy for a 12 gauge breech-loader for general wse—to shoot every kind of game you come to—at all seasons? 4. Is it any sien of eanker in the ear that my pointer has a great deal of wax or secretion in hisears? Twash them ont and apply sulphate of copper in solution, bot the secretion quickly acenmulates again. The dog has no other sigusofcanker. He shakes his head when the solution is put in, 3. Does feeding meat this season of the year promote canker in the ear? Ans, 1, Damascus steel, 2, No; either can be bored to shoot close. 3 No. 4. No. 5, No. : C, C, C.—Will you please let me know what bait is best for sea bass? Ts July 4a good time for them? Can you tell me how to get to Oyster Bay and the Cinders? In what depth of water do weakfish run in this Season of the year? Should they be fished for with afloat? What size hovuk should be used for sea bass? Ans, Oyster Bay is reached by the Sonte Side Ruilroad from Hunters Point. Séa bass ave in season now and will be all summer. The Cinder bed is about tyo miles east of Fire island Lightin the great South Bay. Weak fish in the aboye huy are fonnd in the thanneis; generally there is So much current running thata float cannot be used. Your fishing tackle dealer will post you on hooks. C, M., Niagara Falls——We haye a very valoable mocking bird which has diseased feet, caused probably by the perches and bottom of cage not being kept clean from the droppings. Would you please say what todoforhim? Ans. We have seen a similar case cured by putting a fresh sodin the bottom of the cage every morning for two weeks. Scurf can be removed from the legs of fowls by soaking the legs in warm water and then applying sulphur ointment, or the ointment of green iodide of mercury, This scurf has been examined microscopt cally with great care by Dr, Moxen and Mr. Tegetmeir, who have ascer- tained that it depends. on the presence of a minute ac&rns allled to the itch insect in the haman subject, Another recipe is: sulphmr, 2 ozs. ; Charcoal, pulverized, 3¢ 0Z.; train ofl, enough to paste; apply with ihe hand, robbing weil in, Allow it to remain three days, then wash off with good soap suds, repeating the dressing as offen as is necessary G, A., New York.—Will yon please tell me whether you consider 26 or 28-inch barrels, 12 bore, capable of giving satisfaction as a general gun, such as one wonld wet a Baker 4-barreled gunn for? If 28-inch barrels would glyé good results, whole gun wouid only weigh abont 8 pounds, und I would not want it heayier, unless necessary to get good shooting. As applied to tront fies, whatcolor do you mean when you speak of hy- alyne? Also to what part do you apply theterm setae? Also what purt do you call the feet? T always Supposed the feet was the bristling purl, and, as T understand it, setae means bristly, Is Hallock’s “Ga- getteer” ready yet? Ans. 1, An excellent gun for general use would be 12 rauge, S pounds and 38-inch barrel. The Baker foo would be pret erable if you liad much ose for the rifle, as in the Rocky Mountains, or in Florida, 2. Hyaline aud sub-ityuline are shades of that indefinire color seen in the wings of the ordinary housetly. ‘The definition for ly- aline Is “glassy,” “urystallme”’ 3. Setae are the bristly hairs on lia body, and you Gan inchide the feet among them, if you please. The fish will hardly notice the technical difference. 4, Hal- ock’s “Gazetteer” will probably be ready in three weeks. ILjisa work of much magnitude, aud will repay fhe disappointment caused by a month's delay in 18 promised time of publication, W. eondifion for a year or mare. H. Minter, Sterling Run.—t have a, setter that has been out of Appetite poor, coat rough, dog poor in G. J. G., Lebavon Springs.—l. Will conical base metal shelis do as | Hesi; offen howls, tmaking a very dismul noise while apparently fest good shooting with less powder than the conunon metal shells? 2, Will not the single barrel breech-loading, sllot-gan, manufactured by Hyde, Shattuck & Co., compare favorably with any gun made, considering price? 3. When a rifle ** kicks” does it impair its shooting? 4, Are the Tifles manufactured by Foreland & Wadsworth, of Woreester (Allen patent) reliable first Class rifles? Ans. 1. There is a diversity of opinion regarding that question and Wwe cannotdecideit, % Yes, 3, No. Yes. Torzey, Berlin, Wis.—l, Is there any difference befween bullheads and catfish? 2. Are thera two species of catfish? Fishermen here ou ‘the Fox River claim that (notwithstanding arguments which, I think, I have seen in your paper) the builhead will average about oue pound each, while the cattish weigh from ten to thirty pounds. Please en- lighten? Ans, ‘There are but two species of catfish (Saluride) in the West, the common mud-cat, a small, worthiess fish, fonnd in ponds, aud the lake or channel ¢at, which ts common in the waters of the noper Mississippi, grows to weigh even one hundred pounds. Th the South and Southwest there are seven varieties of catfish. The mind-eat is often called a bullhead. B.G.J., Danielsonville, Conn.—4sTI design to spenita few weeks in the White Mountain region during August, perhaps yon will be kind enough to advise mé, through your valuable paper, as to the wishing L will be likely to find in and about Lake Wiunepisseogee, aud the suitable flies for that locality? Can you vecommend pa concise pamphlet on fly fishing? Ans. 1. The lake trout of Lake Winnepisseogee do not take the fly. Brook trout canbe caught in the vicinity, Better send your order to any tackle dealer in Boston or New York if you want an outfit of Mies, 2. The best information on angling and fly-fishing in America Will be found in Hullock’s Sportsman's Gazetteer, for sale at this office and by all booksellers after the middle of July, asleep. Eyes discharge a dark, thick matter, What do you think would be good for him? I wonld like some instractions Trom you or some of ihe Numerous readers of ORHST AND STREAM in regard to the art of shooting on the wlo, as 1 hove read several books on the subject, and each one has 2 diferent theory? Some siy shoot with both eyes open, and others one eye shut. Some say throw the gun to shoulier 4] just ahead of the bird, and tlre just as soon us the breech of the gun touches the shoulder; others aiy throw zun to shoulder and follow the hird wp nntil overtaken. As [am just learning Lorshoot on the wing I Would like to shoot right, Will you please suswer plainly so IT cannop be mistaken. Ans. Glye your dog areca nut, or otherwise treat bim for worms, then tonics, such us quinine and Won; any doctor in your vicinity can tell you the qnanity to be given. Itis next to impossible to instrnet avy Gue how to shoot fying. Mr. Dalziell Dugall, the great guymaker, and & philosophical writer On fleld sports, insists tial one should Shoot with both eyes open, and we think makes his assertion pood, When you drive a nail with a hammer you take aim at the nail; ivy it with one eye shut aod you will find that you will frequently Wiss it, Donrall contends it is the sume in shooting birds, and We agree with him, The best shot we ever saw shot from the hip without shutting one eye, Ip shooting fying the best thing js deliberation, apd to attato this go out with ao onloaded gop and snap caps at the birds until you congner the flarry so natural to tyros in shooting, a —Undonbtedly one of the best and cheapest stocks of Carpelings, O7s cloths, Mattings, etc., to be found in the United States is that of Mussrs, Joun H. Pray, Sons & Co,, Washington street, Boston. I. W, Adains ig the sportsman of the firm, and will take special pains to please any of our frends calling npon him, or With aby orders senthim, Itis i good, reliable house,—[-t av. A WEEKLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO FIELD AND AQUATIC SPORTS, PRACTICAL Navunar Hrsrory, FISH CULTURE, THE PROTECTION OF GAMB, PRESERVATION OF FORESTS, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST IN OUT-DooR RECREATION AND STUDY: PUBLISHED BY Forest and Strean glublishing Company. Ai No. 111 (old No. 103) FULTON STREET, NEW YORE. [Post Orrick Box 2832.) TERMS, FOUR DOLLARS A YEAR, STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Twenty-five per dent. off,for Clubs of Three or more, Advertising Rates. Inside pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents per line; outside page, 40 cents, Special rates for three, six and twelve months, Notices in editorial colomns, 50 cents per line. Advertisements should be sent in by Saturday of each week, 1f pos- sible. 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Secretaries of Clubs and Associations are urged to fayor us with brief notes of their movements ind transactions, Nothing will he admitted to any department of the paper that may not be read with propriety in the home circle, We cannot be responsible for dereliction of the mail service if money remitted fo usis lost. NO PERSON WHATEVER is a\ithorized to collect monvy for ns unless he can show authentic credentials from one of the undersigned, Wehayeno Philadelphia agent, t= Trade supplied by America) News Company. CHARLES IMALLOCK, Editor. 8. H. TURRILL, Western Manager. T. C, BANKS, Business Manager, CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING WEEK, Thursday, June 21.—Trotting : Madison, Ind.; Elmira, N. Y.; Albany, N. Y,; Parker City, Pa.; Akron, O.; Grand Rapids; Dover, N. H. Run- ning Meeting at Cleveland. Base Ball: Chicago vs. Hartford, at Brook- lyn; St Louis vs. Boston, at Boston; Athletic ys, Philadelphia, at Phila- delphia; Cincinnati vs. Cricket, at Binghamton ; Mutual ys.eRed Caps, at Janesville; Buckeye vs. Manchester, at Manchester; Hoboken ys, Enterprise, at Centennial Ground ; Quickstep vs. Jasper, at Manhattan ; Keystone vs, Witoka, at Capitoline Ground. State Sportsmen's Con- yention, Bench Show of Dogs, Pigeon Shoot and Rifle Match, at Syra- use; Bench Show of Dogs at Cincinnati; Higzhth Annual Meeting of the Richmond Ritle Association, at Danville, Canada. Friday, June 22.—Trotting ; Grand Rapids; Dover, N.H. Base Ball: Harvard vs. Yale, at Cambridge; Osceola ys. Mohawk, at Stapleton Flats, 8. 1.; Howard ys. Brockton, at New Bedford ; Pittsfield ys, Buck- eye, at Pittsfield; Hnterprise ys, Fly Away, at Centennial Ground; Blar ys. St. Louis, at Syracuse. Stale Sportsmen’s Convention, as above, at Syracuse; Bench Show of Dogs at Cincinnati. Saturday, June 23.—Base Ball; Star ys. St. Lonis, at Syracuse; Witoka ys. Osceola, at Capifoline Ground; Metacomet ys. Brockton, ul New Bedford; (Quickstep vs. Harlem, at Melrose; Germantown vs. Riyington, ai Rivington, N. J. Regatta of the Seawanhaka Yavnt Olnb; State Sportsmen’s Convention, as above, at Syracuse; Bench Show of Dogs at Cincinnati. Moniuy, June 25,—Base Ball: Tecumseh vs. St. Louis, at London, Can.; Buckeye ys. Auburn, at Auburn; Enterprise vs, Delaware, at Port Jeryis. Tuesday, Tite 26.—Trotting : Catskill, N. Y,; Ithaca, N. Y.; Marshall- town, Ia.; Jackson, Mich.; St. Petersburg, Pa.; Fleetwood Park, N, Y; Running Meeting at Rochester, Regatta of the Hudson Yacht Club; Regatta of Haryard and Columbia ut Springfield, Annual Meeting of the Frontier Rifle Association at Durham, Cunaidla, Base Ball: St. Louis vs. Chicago, at Chicago; Cincinnati vs. Boston, at Boston ; Louis- Ville vs. Hartford, at Brooklyn. Wednesday, June 27.—Trotting as above; Running Meeting ali Ro- ehester. —Col, F. G.§., formerly Field Editor of the Tusf, Field and Farm, and now on the stait of the consolidated Forrsr AND StrEAM AND Rop AND Guy, lias gone to Cincinnati as their special agent and correspondent. Col. 8. proposes to yisit the springs of the two Virginias, where no doubt his many friends will give him a warm welcome. The season oyer, he will extend his travels into Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and possibly Lonisiana. = ++ —Among other valuable features of Hallock’s forthcoming Sportsman’s Gazetteer, it contuins over 5,000 specified local- ties in North America where sportsmen can go and fish, will directions how to get there, T may safely he assumed that eyenin this age, which many people are fond of calling mercenary and prosaic, there are men, generally youngin years, to whom women appear as they did to the young forlorn Teufelsdrockh, Of him it is recorded that ‘As yet he but saw them fitting past, in their many-col- ored angel-plumage; or hovering unto and inuccessible on the outskirts of Aisthetic Tea; all of air they were, all souland form; so lovely, like mysterious priestesses, in Whose aod was the invisible Jacoh’s ladder, whereby man might mount into very heayen.” Ii is this “many colored angel plumage” which we intend here to examine, and in regard to the arrangement and disposal of which we haye a few suggestions to offer. Tt is not, however, toit as it appears ‘on the outskirts of Aasthetic« Tea" that attention is to be directed. There are indoor and outdoor costumes, anditis the plumage seen on the race-course, on the yacht, on {he mountain side and at the butts which will mainly engage us, There are fash- ions for these different places as well as for the ball-room or city promenade, and their chief distinctive feature is that their designs areless restrained by specific and stringent canons. Common sense and convenience are allowed some weight in their selection, and the modéste who adopts these as her guides, who constitutes them a court of appeal in all cases of doubt, and keeps her eye upon ‘the eternal fitness of things, ” will achieve tle greatest triumphs. In point of attire no greater compliment could he paid to woman than that addressed by an anonymous poet to his niistress: * My Love in her attire doth slow her wit, IE duth so well jecome her; For every season she hath dressings fit, For Winter, Spring and Summer.” All that is required to make the stanza suit our presenl pur- pose exactly, isthe substitution for the seasons in the last line, of the names of the outdoor amusements in which ladies in- dulge. The poet’s discriminating praise, it will be observed, is based npon the fact of the adored one’s dresses not ouly be- coming her, but being fit or suitable for the season. The first aim, therefore, in choosing an outdoor costume is fitness, A demi-train is manifestly outof place on the croquet ground, or the river bank. We have now reached the season when these things imperatively demand consideration, and should we be found to lack the other qualities necessary for the proper fulfilment of the duty we have taken upon ourselyes, we have at least that form of experience which consists of ample op- portunities for observation and comparison, As a last pre- liminary, we would point out to our fair readers that while we do not. like seeing them reduced to helplessness when out of doors by reason of absurd costumery, still we haye no wish to see them hideous—if such be possible. The styles we uphold are those in which the graceful is combined with the useful. Wedo not remember a season when, taking them all in all, the styles for ladies’ costumes were prettier than they are for the present summer. We congratulate them upon the fact, and we also congratulate ourselyes since our task is thereby made so much the more pleasant. THE RACE-COURSE AND POLO GROTND. We give these the preference, because the styles suitable for either place are hut a slight remove from those worn at home, It is probable that in no preyious season were such costumes displayed. On the race-course ladies are conscious that they are seen at their best when from their carriage seats, and under (he excitement of the occasion, they look across the *turf.” The movement seems now to haye culminated, which in- duces them to appear to the best advantage, and to study their dress as critically and carefully as though an evening re- ception or the opera were their destination. On-Saturday Jast ihe display of beauty and finery at Jerome Parl: was simply gorgeous, ‘The Cltb-house bluff resembled a parterre of flowers, from which we cull one or two specimens. One lady’s dress was of dark blue silk, with upper skirt of white blue satin and trimmings to match. From the neck down the back to the bottom of the outskirt was a row of whiteplaitings which gave the costume an almost startling effect. ‘Che bon- net was of white straw, with a white feather antl scarlet rose. Another cosivime almost equally striking consisted of a white and pearl sray striped silk, trimmed with white lace headed with scarlet ribbon, and haying scarlet cord laid along- the seams, Scarlet and yellow roses and autumn leaves decorated a neat hat of brown straw, and the parasol was black, lined and edged with searlef. In a third the skirt was a plaited tulle, and the overskirt and basque of white open embroidery; the white straw hat was gracefully turned up in front where it was lined with black yelvet and mixed leaves and flowers of green and white, and further ornamented on the top with white silk and a fawn colored feather; the parasol matched the feather and was covered with white raised work. These three will answer our purpose in giving an idea of the extent to which gayety of cos tume may permissibly be carried on such occasions. The wie if rule there were, appeared to he to employ the eolors best, suited to the wearer's style and complexion in producing the most effective contrasts. The favorite hat was a graceful and jaunty while straw, decorated witha white feather. There were, however, several of unquestionable beauty and taste in straws of various colors. ‘HR MOUNTAINS AND WOODS. The present is the time for mountaineering and exploring the recesses of the woods, beforethe grass has been scorched by the sun of summer, or the Jeaves take on the hues of autumn, As-we turn to these forms of exercise, suggestive as they are of health, strength and beauty, fashion almost sinks out of the Breton style. * Handsome is that handsome does.” What are wanted are lightness nud freedom. ‘There are many Tadies, we Tight al- most say the majority, who prefer the ordinary short walking costume to any of the more daring innovations which have ap- peared fo obviate the necessity of skirts. The extra fatigue thereby entailed is yery considerable, and there ave at least two styles worthy of the consideration of those who intend to seek the hills and forest. The first of these is the knickerbocker, which my be modified into the zouave. In either case the weight of the skirt is entirely done away with, and the wearer enjoys the most perfect liberty of action. The louse and pants have been adopted by some, but in point of appearance such a costume is fur inferior to the others. In any case a round hat, or a Darby simply trimmed will be both comfort- able and appropriate. The material for a dress may be either plaid or plains The most artistic is {hat which best becomes the wearer and harmonizes best with the pluce where it is to be worn. Possibly the most important item of allis the boot. Those with cork soles and low heels will be found the lightest and coolest, and it is fortunate that those long in the foot are most fashionable. This change has, in all likelihood, arisen from the increase among ladies of a propensity for out-door exercise which demands a shoe, roomy, but not toolarge. The latter fault is to be carefully avoided, as a boot which moves onthe foot inevitably produces blisters and soreness. It is comforting, however, to find that the old mistake of deeming a small foot necessarily a pretty one, is disappearing, and that some regard is being paid to shupe, in which alone beauty eon- sists. TRAVELING. A gentleman, well known among fishermen, lately described a trip in which he and several others were accompanied by a number of ladies. The excursion extended over three weeks, and yet nota single lady had more baggage than she could carry ina shawl strap. The trip was most enjoyable toall concerned, and one part of the moral may be said to be, never leaye home without a shawl strap! According to the old idea a mountain of Suratogas was essential to a lady-traveler’s dignity and hap- piness. This may be, but it was none the less a bugbear to have gentlemen companions, he they brothers or friends. The result was that it was impossible for ladies fully to accompany gentlemen; that is to say, to go wherever they went and with the same facility, and the more sensible soon rebelled and he- gan to regrel that they too could not step into a barbershop and emerge renovated, The general rule now is, the less liag- gage the better; a black silk willalyays remain a standing fa- vorite among lady travelers, This season there is a novelty. Some man of genius invented “ bunting,” an all-wool fabric good either for the road or the seaside, for wet weather or dusty weather, and possessing every essential property of summer suit- ing. It comesin dark blue, brown, green and other shades both light and dark. ‘The costume may consist either of pol— onaise and skirt, or of two skirts, jacket and simulated vest in The round hats of various styles are the most popular, and are certainly the best, _ Cotton and lisle thread gloves are very much worn. ‘Tue latter, with three or four buttons, areas expensive as kid, but are more comfortable and useful for snmmer wear, Besides bunting there are sey— eral other very useful materials. New things surpass all-wool serge, Or rep and camel's linir cloth of light quality isa con- stant favorite. The primary qualification is that the material will shed dust. Although the costumes for other purposes may be gay in color, it is advisable in selecting a traveling dress to choose something dark and quiet in tone, lightened, if thought desirable, by trimmings of brighter tints. Dresses are worn high in the neck, und collars and cuffs are linen, the former close and high. Dusters are of linen, cut either in the Prin- cess shape, or to resemble the Ulster, lone and belted at the waist. The main object to be kept in view is that the suit shall be such that the lady can as nearly as possible dispense with baggage. RIDING, Asa consequence of the increasing attention paid by ladies within the past few years to riding, a closer alitention has also been paid to equestrian costumes, A handsome lady seated on horseback isin one of the most fascinating positions she can assume, Riding is, moreover, recognized as one of the most healthy and exhilarating of all recreations. Next to being able to ride well we place the art of dressing well, for a simple reason, viz., thatthe amusement is one of the few which gives as much pleasure to the observer as to the fair eques— trinn herself. _AlL the grace possessed by a lady is inevitably brought out in the dress and moyement demanded by riding. In regard to costume, the question has reference rather to what is most elegant than to what is most fashionable. Taste has been remarkably coservative upon the point. A high stand- ard was set up a very lone time ago, and though it may bemod- ified’ it has neyer been surpassed in any change of the essentials of the habit. Alterations to suit personal requirements are quite permissible, but they haye only heen slight. The flow- ine skirt 1s made narrow, gored and nol over long, so that the dleyices formerly resorted to for keeping it down are no longer required, Darlcgreen cloth, or velvet or black yelvet are used. The basque requires careful fitting and should be high at the throat, Light im thesleeyes and with long flaps beliind like those of a coat, decorated with buttons variously arranged. Another style of basque is openin front andis worn with a linen chemisette. It arose probably from the prevailing fashion of low cut dresses. The high sill hat and sash is always in fash~ Tas — 100, 3 he smaller ant! neater jockey hal, ay wel, than which there is ho more graceful finish toariding costume, although its open face makes ‘it objectionable against the wind or ou 4 gallop. The gloves ae long and strovg. Por the throat a black lace tie is very becoming, and is, in fact, admirable with almost any costume. The hoots are high and buttoned, and pantaloons are nsad, which come dows to the top of the boot. The zouave style would make a pretty alternative. An improvement in the method of carrying the dress has been effected by the introduc tion of rings and a cord, by means of which it can be pulled up toany height und held before mounting and atler dismounting, Gold and silver plated buttons, or otlier kinds in contrast wilh {he material, embellish Whe costume. The hair should be ar ranged in the mostsimple fashion and with aneyeto theavoid- alice of any unseemly accident, Jewelry is, asa rule, to be avoided, although solitaires in the ears produce a fine effect with a dark costume. Chatelaine chains are useful on a lone tide for aftuching a cup orother necessary article, and can be dropped with the attachment into a larga pocket made on the eff side of the skirt. YACHTING. Tt has Ween said that ‘Woman brings luck 1o the fisherman and victory to the yachtsman, “and certainly the passen ver list is incomplete without a liberal sprinkling of “Wair ladies, fairer thin (le spray The prow is dashing wide.” Should the above saying hot always he true, woman can ap least best soothe the unlucky fisherman who lias waited in vain for a Hite, and lighten the disappointment, of defeat in the race. The sport is more important now than it was sone years ago, and is noble enough to deserve a special dress. So many ladies’ names are bestowed upon yachts, that conrtes y alone would require them occasionally to evace the deck. A very beautiful yachting costume was completed last weelc by one of the New York yodisies. The material was navy blue bunting, made in the Breton style with jacket, yest and two skivis, The yest was cera bunting, and the same shade was used for a broad sailor collar. The trimmings were of the hody material in both colors, and a profusion of pearl buttons finshed the ornamentation. The skirt was short and narrow, and hadtwo rows of knife pluitings in blue edged with ecra. The upper skiri had uw like plaiting but narrower and similarly edged. ‘The hat was round and irimmed with both shades of the dress fabric. Such a costume is simple, useful, yery picturesque and exceedingly appropriate for yatching. We give this particular description merely asan illustration, and lecanse no rule can be laid down. +8 > = Sropparp's Carrringe Loanine Imprement.—Now ie the time to send for No. 10. The sooner you possess yourcelf of one, 80 s00n Will you appreciate whalitis to have a conyen- ient and handsome implement for preparing your shells. Ton't think it expensive because it costs more than one of all the‘others, which it combines. It is one-seventh the size, and costs less than one-half. See advertigement in another column, 2 —E——<&<=<- POSITIONS. A LITTLE over three years agoa general theory amon riflemen was that only the larze, broad-shouldered men could ever expect fo umount to anything as long-range shois, for the reason that only the “strongly built" could endure the great strain which is brought to bear on the human system throngh tle continued jar caused by the rifle’s recoil during a day’s shoot. This favorite belief seemed quite feasible and, to look at; the physique of the members of the first American team, if ean be seen that there was’ sood foundation to cause such an opinion to le entertained by the riflemen, Gut all this has been changed. At the present time * light weight” marksmen are found whoare fully able to successfully compete with their stronger brother ‘* knights of the trigger,” aud the above theory is one of the past. A reduction of the recoil of the long-range rifles has not caused this revolution of things; they are still muleish and “kiek’’ as badly as ever. Jt has been brought about by the: improved mamner of holding the rifles and nothing else; an ex- planation of this is not very difficult and can be done ina few words. Here is the secret. When the lying-down ‘head to {he target’ position was in general use, at each discharge of the piece the shooter's body would receive almost the entire force of the recoil, and a strone, solidly built marksman at the end of a day's shoot: (say of forty-five shots) is liable to find Himself in a ‘*nsedup” condition, caused, mainly, through the con- tinned jar which, all who have experienced it, will agree, is very exhausting. But, now, the positions generally used by the long-range marksmen, especially by the Americans, are such that the shooter's body receives but little, if any, of this troublesome and demoralizing jar, most of it being caught by the hands and arms. As instances of the snecess of the “light weights” as long range marksmea C. E. Blydenburgh and A. S. Jewell ave good examples. Both of these gentlemen are rather slightly built, but have made extraordinary scores. Mr. Blydenburgh’s good shooting is too well known amonz the lovers of the pastime for furiher repetition, which may not be the case, however, with the position which he uses. It has but few equals, and many who are *' posted” think it is better than any of the others. The position combines the good points of both Fulton’s and Farwell’s manner of holding the rifle, being similar to’ the for- mer with the exception of the “left arm’s hold,” the head’s place of rest and the use of the second finger for pulling the trigger. ulton position, as it is called in this country, the legs rm (with the exception of the use of the second fin- ng the trigger) are used, ‘The left arm instead of ening back of the head is brought forward and grasps the rifle’s barrels a da Farwell, while the head is rested, with the use of u small pad, on the stock. By looking at the cut those who are nol experienced with the use of the long-range rifle would think tire was a danger of the rear sight ‘‘ coming back,’ when the rifle recoils, and cutting the shooter. This is not the cise, as ‘hrough the inertia of the sightit falls against or toward the breech part of the. rifle when the recoil takes place, thus making it almost impossible for such a thing to happen if the piece is held firmly at all. There is one trouble, however, which a earefulman will not experience, and that is, if not “tending to his business” the shooter might get a ** rap” under fhe ear, which is not very pleasant under any circumstances. The recoil is caught by the hands and arms which are better able to sland tt than any other part of the body, as the ‘‘jar”’ has little efect on them, nah bh Major H. 8. Jewell’s position, judging from appearances, is not as 200d us a number of others in use, buat, by his excellent scores, making 213 ina possible 225 in a matet—without “ poaching” —is sufficient proof that appearances are deceptive es. ae aa will do no harm to offer on opinion that both of the above mentioned gentlemen: will be on our next American team—that ts, if good shooting will put them there. Time will brates are times when {he hunter finds it to his advantage to crawl up within range of his same and shoot while in a prone position, and on such OCCASIONS a. knowledge of the various ways of shooting in lyihe-dowa positions would come in use- ful, Tho gentlemen who neyer can see any practical use in ly- ing down to shoot muy (liseoyer a little if they eyer go deer- stalking Oni0K0, PO pe —— S124 o—__— Creepavor, June 16.—Saturday last turned out rather a dull day at Creedmoor. The rain and the extra attractions of yacht race and Jerome Park yaces kephamany away, but tliose who did attend enjoyed a yery good match and a finish as exciting in its way as any home stretch of a trotting track. The Spirit of the Times match was on at 300 yards with about 25 entries. ‘There was good shooting all along the line, Sanford running up 40 in the possible 50, and flatiering himself that the badge was once more to go into his pogses- sion, but Mr. It. H. Keene had a score of 36 and one shot to go; a bull’seye would give him-the match ; anything less would throw him down among the general throne,; It is nice worl at best to hit an eight-inch bull’s-eye at 300 yards, but to do it with a crowd of rivals at one side, shouting all sorts ot sugwestions simultangously, and in general doing all it is nossible to do to upset that shot, the task becomes greater still. “Take it easy,” Shouis one, while with same breath another watos hith against delay. '* Don't fire till you're sure you've Lot it,” yery wisely counsels athind. '! Get the net, tareel,” and so ou through the multitude of counsel- oys. Ounce Mr, Keene lowers his rifle, not quite ready to touch off the trigger. Again he raises the piece, and, after a good aim, fires, Any number of keen eyes note the ping of the bullet upon the target, Imt await the uprising of the marking disk befove vontiring a guess, At last it comes, white as could well be, hiding the bull's-eye and Mr. San- ford’s chances at the same time. A shout of approval from his fellow-riflemen, and Mr. Keene receives no end of oo he pliments for his nerve in putting in {hut winning shot. Scores stood as follows : RIE REGIE goose cos. Whee rope Naat aa pb kd HAG 4 EH Sanford... .tdagad agg Ei Daify..... AS 4A +o a JL Price.____, bod 2 de hob 2 KE Lewys,... td ads § 44 5 W H Murphy..... 3.3 4 3 % Ba 4 Henry Fulton. _ 424444 8 4 ILA Gildersleove, pemroe se Serveat? 3 ted A Anderson....... A MM Malboy ... 6.20. cc. cae ser gtaren I’ F Millen.... © W Minor_, FA Dugro:. EW Price... FU olten,__..., George Waterman.... 2-20.22... —The Trish-American club held their four(h regular con- test for the Conlin medal, the trophy going avain to Gen. Millen with a good score of 56 in the possible 70, He using a fine Creedmoor rifle, was reqbired to shoot his second string at. 600 yards ; others with .50 cul. Remingtons at 500 Lewis Oass....- TC Pinney....... LI Greve........ ND Ward. _... JW Utvin... ssc. yards. The scores stood : 200 yda, Hi) yds, Total. IF Millen... Sah 29 27 56 WH Murphy... 27 27 4 Kdward lalty,. 23 2 62 ND Ward............ a0) sts a7 PWarrell yoy See cebe tn viene ue 12 18 Bt) The Irish-American boys are anxions to meet a similur club from any other section of the couutry, and if there be any representatives of the old sod among the shonters of otlier ranges, if they will organize a team and send on 4 challenge the Creedmoor Irishmen will be happy to give them a knock down in a friendly way. Contin’s Suoorinc. Gartery.—The: weekly competitions for the amateur badges still attract consideralile attention and strife among the frequenters of the gallery, and unusually fine Scores are made. ‘The last conypetition was the eighth of the series. The following are the names and scores of the first ten competitors, Mr. P. Penning winning the first, and Mr. M. L. Riggs the second badve for the second time. P Fenning........ 0,14. OB Webster...........+ pe ML Riggs... ...4.. MB Engel.......... LC Bruce...... nae H P Garr ngton... Fred Alder ........ RW Day.... C Von Gerichten,.., RB Milton,.......... Rirne SHoorme at Jones’ Woop.—The third annual prize shooting of the Zettler Rifle Association tuok place June 14, at tlie above range. Several clubs were well rep- resented, and some excellent shooting was done, as the , "4 ’ si scores will show. The Zettler Club appeared in their new uniform for the first time, which looks neat and comfortable upon the marksmen, ‘This range being only 100 yards, the targets were reduced in proportion, and the centre ring (one inch in diameter) only counted 18 points, consequently only 54 rings possible, instead of 75, as at 200 yards, Ring Target—ist prize, $25, R. Faber, 59, 20, $20, W. Klein, 49; 3, $15, N. Crusins, 49; 4th, $10, P. Pennine, 4x; 5th, $10, Max Kngel, 43; ih, $10, 'T. Keisratn, 48; 7th, $3, J. Dutil, 47 rings. ‘Three last prizes, $5 fap, were taken by C. G, Zettler, C. Judson and P, Klein, 46 rings each. Target of Honor (open to the association only).—The prizes of various kinds were won as follows: 1, C, Zetrler, 48; 2, Max tn el, 46; $, Wim. Klein, 46; 4, Kleisrath, 46; Penning, 45; G. Scharman, 44; B Zettler, 42; D. L. Beckwith, 40; D. Miller, #9: Fabarius, 84; J. Groh- man, 39; M. L, Riggs, 39; J. Brown, 86; D. Patterson, 22; Judson, 32 rings. Most, Bull's-eyes (or cartoons).—T. Kleisrath, gold medal ana second most, P. Penning, flag, J, Dutil, $2. Zertire Rirce Crow held their final weekly shoot for the three gold medals which were to be awarded to the winners on Jttne 12, ‘The record showed that jn 24 shootings, ©, G. Zettler had made 1,105 points in a possible 1,200, and received the first badge, D. L. Beek winning the second badge, having won that badge most times, und John Keyels, third badge, similar conditions, ‘The following is the score of the last shout, June 12, possible 50 poiuts: — $20 5 $17; third most, R. Faber, $10; first and last P Penning... city BEETLES PO) CEB POPE SS easly LAnIeT ld ) Max Engel 24S) Ch Aattler. con aliases. desc ed bec 4t C dadson....,.. SO SACOM eae poems We et oe id pute 7} 3 L Beek 44 ADarus... ROKS_,,, - +, ot Kleisrath. . Dowler.... outed Zimmerman , MING e seals a Stree ee, As 4y DETERS eek stelidaes yy LE 45 Zerrirn’s Rieim Gaurery.—The Zettler Bros. have pro- cured a fine gold medal, to be shot for every friday even- ing until won On the following conditions = Open 10 all, entrance fee 50c,., Creedmoor target reduced for gallery dis- tance, ten shots per taret, only one entry same week per man ; best average of eentres (10) to win, to be won three times by one person (not necessarily consecutively), when it will become his property. Any marksman making: forty points without making a bull's-eye will be paid one-half of the entire entrance money received in that competition, _ First competition will take place Priday, Jane 22, inst., wt 207 Bowery. Heunwie’s Gatrery.—On the evening of Saturday, June 16, the members of the N. Y. Centennial Rife Glab met at Hellwig’s Gallery, Fortieth steel and Sixth uvenuo, for the purpose of competing for a handsome prize. The forlningte Winner was Mr. B.S. Brown, who succeeded in carrying off ihe trophy ona score of 48 points out of a possible 50, olf hind. At the termination of the match the members of ihe club adjourned to the club-room, which had been tnstefally decorated with the flags of all nations. while the lables were laden with the luxuries of the season. The members of the club had provided this entertainment on the occasion of the departure of one of their members, Mr. B. Bryant, ex-Seere- tary, who intends to make the land of the orane» and the wligator his future home. fe the yiands, and the crackings of {le rifle forgotten amid the poppings of corks, Mr. John Quincy Adams, (he president of the club, in an eloquent and touching speech, proposed; “The health and prosperity of our departing friend and mem- her,” which was feelingly responded to by Mr. Bryant. Speeches were afterward delivered by Mr. B. 8. Brown, Vice-President ; Mr, Jolm Murch, Secretary, and by Messvs, Maguire, Carsley and Reilly. Rocuesrer, N, ¥.—On June 13 a picked team from the Newark Rifle Club met a.similur team from the Rochester Amateur Rifle Chub, at the grounds of the latter club. Bach man fired 15 shots, and the scores generally were yery pood, i Pull justice haying been doue to | The result was a defeat for the visitors. Nota bad one, however ; near enough to encourage them to try again. The full scores : Rochester Tvam. 8 A Senvis.. OB Rider... Tif brown. RE Yates... GV Stillson, . 5 Combs.... Newark 'leam. Wiehoty: Peake, TWO Garlock... * Van Dasen, Onpt. Van Dusen’s miss, with which he is credited in the score, Was owibg to his shouting on the wrong target, Auspurn, Jone 1$.—The Torty-ninth Regiment associa- (ion meeting here to-diy broucht oni some excellent team shouting, and ihe Forty-eight oid Porty—ninth men seem tH have tLe patent of high-teum scores entirely to themselves, The Tweuty cighth Oswego boys had things pretty much (heir own way. In the shot-range match, fought first, Geo. White, of Oswero, cxrried olf first place with 80, Mm jhe team match tae Auburns vot only 227, while the Osweeo representatives emricd GIT head prize with the following scores : 200) yits, O00 $s. Total. Ty eB ORNeg eb. . sews wtesaesees, i, 0 1 40 Geo White..... a 19 Al) ERE L EH pee Oh ole ote Pal ele cle ee 19 2 34 7S Barton,.... 21 18 a4 1 L Wood... 1s 17 85 SUPASISHELON Gow cd 72'§ cn tro pie plein sete tae Vy 1h 4a Wotale: css 2s. eee ic eer ea eae ea ee dod noe Ruopr Isnanp, Providence, June 15, 1877,—At the individ- nal mateh fora silverenp that was won by the It. 1 Amateur kifle Club, at Rocky Point last. Scpiembher, as a teum prize, the following scores were miide, the hivhest agerecute to win at 200 yards and 500 yards: ; ..45) Jobn Howe, sharps i J Rapbeth, Martini. ........... 47 J H Crowell, Remingion Mr. Crowell wou the prize with 90 out of a possible 100, Joun Hower, Sceretury, Connucrrcur Stave Riene Assocrarren.—The third semi- monthly contest for the Long-Range Champion Badge for 1877, took place at Willowbrook, on Saturday, June 9, There were some twenty competitors, and though the day was dark and showery, with changeable winds, very good scores were made. The following were the four highest scores, Mr. Judd (editor of the American Agriculturist of this city) winning the badge the second time : SOD yds. 900 yas. 1,000 ydg, Total, Orange Jnild, Middletown.... 47 47 41 135 Gev W Yale, Hartford........ 45 BT 43 130 Wallace Gann, Bridgeport... 43 44 4) 127 OV Coffin, Middletown... 44 4k 33 191 The Mid-Range Champion Bade, 10 shots at 500 yards, was contested for hy a considerable number, and was won this time by Mr. King. The foltowing were some of the scores, Mr. Judd coming next to the head in this class: Ii P King, New Britain..... treserseeeeeed 56 45 5 5 5 5 §& 54g Orange Judd, Middletown. 55 5 5 45 6 5 5 4-48 OV Coffin, Middletown. 65 56 5 4 3 6 5—46 Geo W Yale, Wartlord.. 6.5 5 4 3 5 5 4 4—45- Tie MaAssacarserrs Riv.m Assoornon,—As we g0 10 press the meeting of the Massachusetts Rule is in successful progress, ‘I'he number of entries was encouraging, and the scores were averaging well on the opening day. There were ovér 100 contestants, and a iarge crowd of spectators at the long-range match, with 7 shots at 800, 8 at 900, and 10 at 1,000 yards. The leading scores stood : S00 yds. 900 yds, 1,000 yds. Total, John A Lowell........s.s000. 34 * 32 45 lit DTEGTay ea; aoe oe) S28 37 38 10% dames Wemyss, Jr.....4-... 32 35 3T 104 G W Davison, Proyidence.... 23 3 38 103 A H Hebbard.. ....c0...-2- 6: 35 29 38 102 I J Crowell... ochre Ky 25 At 49 H P Blake... +. Bz 25 37 Hz Lf Sheppard a2 54 3) ou W_H Javksor evens sit 35 XT 06 OC Hebbard....0...-.....222. 18 38 3T 93 All save Davison are members of (lhe Massachusetts Rifle Association. In our next issue a full report of the meetine will appear, = Progmoor, New Orleans.—There was a very large at- tendanee on the grounds of the Crescent City Rifle on the 10th inst. to witness the second competition for places on the team. ‘The day was not at all favorable, as there was a fish-tail norther biowing which required close watching and constant clinging of wind-gauve. Mr, Dudley Selph having been presented with Lis old gun (with which he has done such fine shooting) by his compuoy of Washington artillery, stepped 10 the front again, and I have no doubt that be will retain that position in future. The following are the scores : 800 yds. WUD yds, 1,000 yids. Total, NGA Y SOI. cope edna reece Gu, Cita) Ot 195 Wi Altus...-, qu Ag 184 Join Glyn, dre. fiti nn) 185 dol is Wena, s-- 68 56 150 Ko by rieits... 4 Hh} Wa J Buckley... fl BEL 163 LB Daponta.. 4 44 iT iT Manning... Fost Hh SL 121 The Yury, Wetd wad Minin, of June 1, in answerine “Brooklynite,” says: '* Major Jewell has the best record as a Marksman ; next Gomes MeVitlie, thea Mr. Selph; Gen, Dakin is fourth, ete.” No doubt the Twr7 editor has not kept any record of our shouting, or he would have dene justice to one of our best sbots, Dr, Geo. Mowe, who made the following score for Scooler Bull’s-eye Trophy, Oct. NP 1876; no coachiny allowed = S05 56 5 5 5 54 6 § 5 i) 5 48 NL Db 8-4 6 He HF G 4 op 4 Wit 10005 4555445 4 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5-94 999 The record should therefore stand as follaws : 1. Majordewell..c2-.....,-..418 6. Gon Dakin, ..... cece cee eee , 208 2. De Geo lowe, 49 fi. Duibey Selph.. one os S208 3. MicWities .. (cc. 9 7. Col, Santor 2.2... Bar 4. Dudley Selph....., 22.2... 8 48 GUSSLE. —Under date of Jane 12, Gussie,” our New Orleans rifle correspondent, wriles encouragingly of long—ringe prospects there and says : I think that the prospects are very good for one of onr members gating a place on lhe internalmouel team of 1877, Considering that we have a very hard range lo shook over, we ave very proud of the aiUres We baye alreudy inaile, Have you ever hada (eseripnion of our fabee? Itinne along the Bayou St John, over SWihlophy ground. Our S00 nod Sif-yard fring polots are io the swamp, anil we tre trom io0nds tHirowo ap three or four feer hivh. Oar vrextest, drawback ig the iirage. When the sau shies hot down upon the water in the SWaRIp, between Us and the fargels, the boll’s-bye seems to dance be; fore you. Tf you have ever noticed hot water ona stove, the vapor rising above the witer, you have as good a description as I can give you, Our range is also very much exposed to strong winds, Itis very beldom that we have such favorable days as I see reported at Creed- moor. We either have a fish-tail wind down the range or from the targets. Is there any probability of the directors of the N. R. A, changing the number of the teams of the inter-State match from four tosix? We much prefer the latter number, and I think the probabil- ily Of our taking part will depend a great deal on that. I think by Making it six they will give others a chance, as the best shots of America are residents of New York, and, as New York has the making of the number and conditions, they should be more reasonable, and certainly slonld have the conditions acceptable to all. Of course, if We camipete we will fight for first place, with a faint hope of coming in Recond. I haye read Mr. Orange Judd’s letters in your paper with muuch pleasure, and T hope to meet Nim pext fall and will thank him in person. The restriction to four members on the teams in the inter- State match was fixed by the N. R. A. directors, with special regard to outside clubs who might find if more convenient to senda smaller than a larger squad. Of course the ama- teur club who will represent the Creedmoor experts could as readily, if need be, put a team of fourteen as of four, but consideration for the visitors expected determined the limitation. It is very doubtful now if any change can be brought about. —At the request of the donors of the Nevada Badge, the Commander-in-Chief of this State has modified the condi- fions upon which that trophy is to be contested, so as to allow any company of the National Guard of this State to compete for 1t with a minimum number of 35 officers and men, all the officers and men required for a minimum be- ing obliged to compete. CAutrorntA.—The Vallejo Rifles had their annual target practice on the 84th ult. The shooting was had at 150 yards, and resulted in a tie between Sergt. Powers and Pri- vates W, Hall and P. Larkin, who made 20 points each out of a possible 25. Sergt. Powers won in shooting off the tie with a score of 19. Considering the fact that the guns were old muzzle-loading Springfield rifles, which have been in use for sixteen years, the shooting was good. The judges were: Chris. Blank, P. Durne, John Lucey and James McGinnis. ee REMINGTON RIFLE BARRELS. ILton, June 4, 1877. Environ Forest AND STREAM: Your esteemed correspondent, Mr, Orange Judd, of Mid- dletown, Gonn., makes some very sensible remarks, pub- lished in alate issue of your paper, but in one item, at least, he is mistaken. The man who engineers the manu- faciure of the Remington Creedmoor rifle is a salaried one, employed expressly on sporting goods. No member of the firm, the secretary, or general superintendent, ever says ‘‘do this, or do that,” so and so, to the Creed™noor rifle. Whether it was by chance or native tact I cannot say, but somehow they got the right men in the right place; placed the proper material, appliances, and men at his disposal, and then, very wisely, let him alone. A very wise man once said thal one poor general is better than two good ones, Every- body has not yet found that out, or is it likely they ever will. It may be of interest to shooting men to know that no man, except this salaried one, has ever finished the inside of a Remington Creedmoor rifle barre}. A. Workman, 9+ VANILLA CnuocoLaTe.—The highest perfection is obtained in the foods made hy Walter Baker & Co., who received the first wward over il the world even al the Paris Exposition, Ask yonr grocer for Baker's, aud yon will get the very hes! Vanilla Chocolate in the market.—[ Ado, Game Bag and Gun. JUNE IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME. [== Those gentlemen who haye been in the habit of shooting woodcock on the 3d of July heretofore, will bear in mind that tne new Jaw has been signed hy the Gevernor, whiereby they cannot shoot until the ist of August, except 6n Long Tsland, SporTsMen’s TourNAMENT av Sir. Para, Miny.—A. grand shooting tournament is to be held under the auspices of the St. Paul Sportsmen’s Olub, at their club grounds on Lake Como, near St. Paul, the 26th, 27th and 28th of this month, The first two days are to be devoted to single birds, the last day to double rises. ‘The prizes offered amount to over $329, and the shooting is open to all members of regularly organized clubs throughout the State. Srarem SpPorrsMan’s Associa TIoN—Sycamore, J une 12,— A practice shoot was held at the Driving Park in the after noon ; a business meeting held in the parlor of Winn’s Hotel in the evening, J. L. Pratt, president, in the chair, "he report of the treasurer was read, and on motion adupt— ed. Arrangements were perfected for the club shoot, and the meeting adjourned. On Wednesday afternoon the club shoot commenced for the following prizes: 1. A. double barreled gun, valued at $150; 2. A pair of glass ball traps donated by Capt. Bogardus ; 3. A 20-1, keg of powder, do- nuted Wy the American Powder Co. Teums: Audubon Club, Evanston, Chicago, Quincy, Sycamore. The rules were: 4 teams of 4 from each club, 15 balls each, 3 traps 10 yards apart, with the following result: Chicago Club, 1st prize... ..-45 Syvamore,,,. Andnbon, 20 prize.....-+- if) Quincy, 3d prize..-..-+-+2-+--+0+ i = At an adjourned meeting, W. B. Haworth in the chair, ib swas resolved that the next meeting be held at Quincy, Ill. he mecting then proceeded to the clection of officers with the following result: W. B. Haworth, of Quincy, Presi— dent; Charles Kern, Chicago, 1st Vice-President. D ork, Oswego, June 12.—Our club (*‘Leather-Stock- tae) take a little Pectontion with the glass balls occasionally, and with my Nichols & Lefever gun did the enclosed work in ood style, which find in Palladium of June 8: “ For the first prize, yesterday, Skinner, MeManus, Poucher and Maltby tied on seven balls. Shooting off, Skinner, McManus and Poucher tied on four, and in shooting off this tie, Skinner froke four and won the $20 gold piece, Failing took the second prize on six, There being no third best score, the prize was not awarded,”’ J. G. AEINNER, Loxeé IshAxp.—Phe members of the United Pigeon Chub, of Brooklyn, L. J., mustered on Monday, June 11, at Leh— man’s Hotel, Canarsie, to test their skill at pigeons and glass balls. There were ten competitors. They shot at eight birds each, The other contest was at glass balls, and something new to the club. The conditions were: 8 birds each, 21 yards rige, 80 yards boundary, 14 ozs, shot, H and P trap, and under theirownrule, Gondition of glass balls : 8 balls each, 18 yards rise, 13 oz. shot, using Purdy’s trap, and under Bogardus’ rules. The following is a full score : At Pigeons At Glass Balls, WKnebel...,.......011111141—7 Schroder........11101117 1—7 J Gohling.,......11111106 1+7 Knebel..........10111111— Schroder, . --'0111111—6 Helmstadt....... O1101011-5 fomfora -11110101—6 omford......,...--. tase eee ones 4 Schlieman, 10111011—6 Van Staden.. : od Van Stade -11101110—6 Wohbling..., 4 Helmstadt 1101011—5 Scnieman. “ Palmer. --10101011—5 Lemken... Lemken..-,......0010111 (4 Palmer........ be Munsees......... 100211001—4 Munsees.........000 ce eesee eee After ihe match several sweeps were shot, both at single and double balls, the result being quite an improvement, and gaye general satisfaction. SPORTSMAN, —Regular monthly match of the Fountain Gun Club, June 6, 1877; 7 birds, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, F. S. CG. rules, Writieuteccoouss eas, Loli MAN AYE tes say grea has abawesne Bee Slane,....... 11111117 White . Hddy... 1111101—6 Williams ., Hunter. 1O11111-—68 Race,..... Kearne 1111110-6 Andrews Bennett, . -1111101—8 Walter... O'Connor --1101111—6 Byrne Crook....4+ ~111110¢-5 Denham Goodwin..... -1101011—5 Fish...... Henderson, --9101111—5 Hanley Gleavers eens: teteseeeeereeent Bogert, 1 Ties on seven. Wiogut..... bow ats eae shag Dale —3 UBIRNG tS, says eakite deen viel do ] Second tile, Aan A SS Peo seme a Fe L1ii—3 Slane,...........---.. ve---1 0 1-2 [Rem arix—Our correspondent doves not give the place of the shoot.—Hp. | New Yor«, Buffalo, June 18, 1877, place between John Cook, Jr., of Meister, of Buffalo, for from ground traps, 21 result was as follows: —A_ pigeon shoot took Denyer, Col., and Geo. $50 a side, at 50 single birds each, yards rise, 80 yards boundary. ‘he CookK—1 1011 000112 311111 01111 11110 10011 EPS Sysco lal OPS bale her etip Meister—0 1110 21111 1011% 012111 1111212 011 1a a Us i a Fa Ps ea Ta OVS lis eo trae We Ds Olyde, N. Y., June 15.—The following match was shot here to-day ; Bogardus’ trap, smooth glass balls, 18 yards risc, 20 balls each, for $10 TA Dayton...... bach cena 124111 214112 13114 91111—49 IL K Compson...... sooseel DT 12 11011 11011 0111117 CG. +> — HUNTING COLDEN PLOVER. Pomeroy, Towa, June 9), 1877. Epivor Forrsr ann Srream: Plover of different kinds on their first arrival from the South aiford yery good sport. For about a week the wolden plover will almost cover the flats and fresh burnt prairie, coming and going in immense flocks, They are hard to gel, a shot at on foot, but a person has no trouble in approaching within easy range by driving up with a team and shooting wagon, and large bags can be made by any oac willing to take the trouble. Few people hunt them much, as they think them ‘‘small fry,” but [consider them very fine asa game bird, it taking a good shot to bring them down when on the wing; besides, they form the nucleus of a very eatable put-pie, which may well be termed the sportsman’s standard dish, The grouse season opens in Augtist, when we can reason- ably expect prime sport, as the countryis full of old birds for a breeding stock. Any of my Eastern friends wishing a week or two of relaxation from care cannot fail to obtain enjoyable sport by coming ont in August, on thelineof the L C. R. R., and stopping anywhere between Fort Dodge and Sioux City. Since the flight birds left I have been doing some collect- ing in the way of eggs for specimens, ‘and have had fine success, obtaining nearly all kinds of those nesting there, among which were oyer two hundred coot egzs, and others a lesser number. ABE Dacoran. +O - IOWA SHOOTING NOTES. KNOXVILLE, Marion County, May 21, 1877. Weare located in the third tier of counties from the southern boun- dary, and in the fifth tier of counties fromthe eastern boundary of the State, Our beautital little city—Knoxville—is qnile a flourishing lusi- ness place, Jt enjoysthe advantages of two first-class railroads. We lave quite 4 number of sportsmen, some of these owning fine guns, and many owning fine dogs. The game of this part of Iowa, not long since, mnst have been very abundant, as there is a good share still ex- isting. We still haye two yarieties of grouse, witd turkey, the gamey littie Bob White, and In the wildest portions of the county are still to be found some Watdering deer, These are loval, Those of a mig.atory character are the swan, goose, brant and duck of all varieties common to this latitude, woodcock, snipe and plover, besides two yarieties of squirrel, and rabbits by the million. We haye two large rivers, the Skunk and Desmoines, traversing the county, besides many small Streams. Along the valleys of these rivers and small streams aré likes innumerable, in which water-fowl may be taken from early Spring till first of May. Snipe were here thia spring by the thousand, We mids somefine bags. We are pleased to note the fact by the columns of your worthy journal, that Mr. Jesse Sherwood, of the Edina Kennel— our friend—was with you during the Wench show, aud that he was fortunate enough fo carry off two of the fine guns offered. We know Mr. Sherwood to be a gentleman In every sense of the term. That he has some fine dogs, no one consulting the columns of your excellent papercan deny. Iié is zealously working, not for mercenary ends alone, but for the beneiit of his brother sportsmen of the West. Yours truly, H, a ae BORROWING PIES, Sr. Loors, May 28, 1877. EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM: I spent most of last Angust in the little town of C——, in Kansas, ‘(chicken shooting.” The days were hotter than blazes, and after the first two or three of the Beason, I concluded to lie by in town till four clock in the afternvon, and then drive to the pralries and shoot till fiark. One day T was walking down te road with Andrew ; at whose hohse I was staying, and with whom shot every Jay, and I Said to him, * Andrew, how is it, you, an old New Yorker, can content yourselfin this little oltt-of-the-way town, away from clvilization friends and everything else?” He answered, “Well, I suppose it’s be- cause I have such grand shooting at all seasons. T like the freeand easy life, and J like to breathe the pure bracing air of the prairies, and I must say I like the people, though they haye a sreat many peculiar ways. Why, John, they heat the world borrowing! ‘The neighbors send over aud borrow all sorts of things fromus. One of my neighbors, last ~ Spring, had some company one day, and would you believe it, she sent over to my wife, and wanted to orrow a jie!” That afternoon a covey of chickens got up under Andrew, andas he cut down two of them hand- Somely, he turned to me and said, ‘' Here’s to the pie-borrowers.” Jd. W. M. a Tre Stare Sroor aT Syracuse, Tuesday, June 19, 1877.— The first field day opened at East Syracuse this forenoon on the fields of John A. Nichols, where the Sixth Division rifle range is located. The weather was as fayorable as could be desired, and the attendance equal to the oceasion. ‘The trap- shooting did not begin until a late hour, from the non-arrival of wild pigeons, but when it did begin it went on lively. There were eighty-five entries in the amateur shoot by mem- bers of clubs represented, and at the close the prize winners were: First, IL. Silshy, of Seneca Falls, prize a silver set, value $100, presented by Dickinson & Austin, proprietors of Globe Hotel, Syracuse; second, Mr. Dayton, of the Wayne County Club—cash $75 ; third, Mr. Sheridan, of Seneca Falls, dress pattern by Ed. I, Rice, Syracuse, valued at $50; fourth prize, $30 worth of powder, presented by Hazard Powder Go., was won by Dr. R. Y. Pierce, of Buffalo. The fields allotted for trap and rifle shooting are first-class in every respect. The dog show at Armory Hall has over two hundred entries, is well patronized and considered a success, T. C. Banks, Wanton ann Criminat SLaTGHTER or Deer In THR Monta or May.—We are requested to print the following letter : Eprror Fornsn AND Stream anp Rov anp Guy: When, from whatever cause, the law is powerless for its own vindi- cation, it hecomes such a journal as yours—whose mission is to aid leg- islatlon in the protection of game, und to encourage all honorable and manly sports—to hold up to the censure of all true sportsmen ull yiola- tors of the laws, Doctor Ferber, of New York, and T. Y. Jolmston, Esq., have requested me to call your athention to what is to me a shocking fact: That one W, 8, Dutton, N. W. corner of Chestnut and ish streets, Philadelphia, slaughtered, on Moose Lake, eight deer inone week, inthe month of May just passed. Waying every confi- dence in my information, I do not hesitate to sign myself - TI’. G. SKINNER. Pachting and Boating. HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEE. Date. Boston. | New York. | Charleston, a M, He OM. H. M, 7 87 4 QT BR 44 3 OT 5 UT 4 42 9 AS 5 ay 5 3T 10 49 7 os 6 26 11 33 T ot ve 13 Mil, 8 40 8 02 0 at 2 24 5 48 New York Yaour Crus.—The annual regatta of this club was sailed last Thursday, June 14th, with a free wind and fair favor. The catamaran Nereid was admitted as a participant, in the race, and entered in the list of second-class centre-board schooners, ~ The start was uneven, with a light breeze which freshened so much at the Narrows that the Peerless carried: away her fortopmast, and nearly all the yachts shortened sail on their lightercanvas. The race down the bay was a beat to windward and very exciling, the Comet leading, followed closely by the Active, Windward and Wanderer, with the Ariadne a short distance from the heels of the latter, There was a fair brush for a while, but in rounding the southwest spit the Wanderer gracefully dropped her foretopmast ; never- theless she pluckily kept on, logging off a good record. At the lightship the Active led, Comet second. Coming home the Wanderer again had amishap, breaking her maintop stay- sail, which let the saildown with a run. ‘The Rambler, whiel: had gallantly picked up her post, notwithstanding her unfor— tunate start, carried away her flying jib-boom, but did not seem fo weaken much. The Nereid (catamaran) failed to show the points expected of her, the breeze apparently being too heavy, though this isa conumdrum. he Vision passed the home stakeboat at 6:08:21, the Comet following at 5:10:44. As the Wanderer and the Rambler were approaching the home stakehoat, the former leading, a sudden heavy squall struck them, and they heeled over, burying their port rails in the waves. ‘There was a moment of strained suspense amone the spectators, every one dreading-another Mohawk disaster, but the strong racing crews were all at their stations, every thing was let go,and the yachts quickly righted themselyes. The Wanderer came round in the wind and lost her headway, while the Rambler, which was immediately astern; kept hers and erossed the line at 5:15:40, the Wanderer following at 5:17:50. The Active came in at 6:20:31, and the others were. not timed. : The following is the official record of the race: KHEL SCHLOONERS, Actual Correcteds Name, Start Finish time time Hy M,.5; ) M8, -HM. 8. HLM, 8. Tiambler.. «11-80 13 6 15 45 6 45 45 5 46 45 Wanderer. 1 29 35 5 17 50 5 48 15 5 44 93. Restless. ... lL # 53 Not timed. Nettie. ...,- oil 30 Not timed. SECOND CLASS—CENTRE-BOARD SCNOONERS. i, M, &. H. M. &. HH. M. 8, H. M. &,_ COMEL...+..+-- ««11 29.09 5 Wi 44 & 41 35 5 41 35, Peerless 119815 WNottimed Nereid.... +3511 2755) =©6 Not timed, FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. A. M. §. HM. 8, i, M. 8. TH. M, 8. VISION. y+ 000s 1-10 -- 22 1129607 5 OBS 6 a1 61 5 41 GL SECOND CLASS BLOOPS, Ko.S. WM. 8. HMB. H, M, 8, Ariadme....-.....--..11 2600 Nottimed. — ACHE! s..\.5-25= 2 ,.-11 26 66 G 2031 6 53 35 6 62 44, Windward.,.....,...11 25 46 Wot timed, : ———— 7 ‘The Wanderer thus wins the keel schooners’ prize by 1 min. 22 see, corrected time, though if the Rambler's time had been taken from the time she actually started she would haye won the race by about nine minutes, Both of these yachts showed Unusually good ‘‘ staying” qualitivs, and won their Tecord against great disadvantages. a Tre Coriwrmras Recarra of the Scawanhaka Yacht Club was sailed Saturday over the usual course of the New York Yacht. Club, The competitors were the schooners Estelle and and Peerless; first class sloops Arrow and Vision; second ‘class sloops Actiye, Kate, Orion, Petrel, Pilerim, Regina, Schemer, Windward snd Winsome. he start was made about 11:30 a. s., and the vicissitudes of the weather—shower, calin and st1all—oecasioned an interesting contest. The win- ning schooner was the Estelle, first class sloop the Arrow, and second class sloop the Windward, the Orion being first in this class, Init being ruled out beeanse she carried a sail which, though not exactly a club topsail, was decided by the Regatta Committee to be somethin different from the working topsail, which is the only kind allowed in this race. “he official record of the race is as follows: SCHOONERS. Elapsed Corrected Name. Start. Finish. time. time H. M. 8. ATS; MS | 6 LM. 8. seeedt 39 49 5 14 52 5 4a 10 a 34 40 teteaetdeor ll Al 69 6 38 35. 6 OL 64 6 42 00 FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. AITOW...... se epecbecee sll SH 20 5 22 a3 5 43 38 5 a2 38 Vision... e2.e-24.,.--.,-17 45 00 6 46 30 4 OL 80 5 51 32 SHCOND CLASS SLOOPS. Orion....-..... seveell 44 58 Bt 2t 5 49 28 5 2629 Windward.. ----11 41 30 6 35 SL 6 68 51 & 32 30 Schemer.... 6 52 36 6 11 21 5 40 59 eateet yeas. 5 55 18 616 21 5 67 24 Winsome... Not timed. Active... 6 41 24 5 56 24 5 $6 19 Petrel Not timed. Pilgrim, ° Not timed. ReBiING ,.5cen2--.-seenceeld 40 BU 5 47 09 6 (i 89 5 4d 47 The names of the winning crews are : Extelle—Captain, J. D. Smith ; Pirst Mate, J. P. Walters ; Second Mate, W, H, Scott. Crew—Messrs. C. P. Williams, J. F. 8S. Oddie, Oy ‘Thompson, Brion Foulke, W. D. Simith, T. Warner, Edward Brown, G. Addie, 5. L. Blood, W. A. Putman, T. Bartow, D. Wright, M. Kellogg, N. D, ‘Thorne, AH. Farrington, W. A. Greenleaf. Alrrew—Captain, R. Cenfer; First Mate, O. E. Cromwell ; Second Mate, E.M, Cooke, Crew—Messrs, Charles Pieters, H. D. Wood, Wil- jiam Muy, M. D., A. H. Stephens, J. O, Davidson, Gouverneur Morris, I’. L. Leland, George Hitchcock, J. E. Peabody, D, 8. Hone, Thomas Hitchcook, Ross Kk. Winans, Woulward—Captain, Hugh L. Willonghby; First Mate, Mr, Kortright ; Second Mate, Mr. Fisher. Crew—Messr:. Geyeting, Gibson, Fell, W, Philler, M. G. Filler, Reath, Middleton, Willets. These amateur seamen well deserve honorable mention, as do all of the gentlemen who participated in the contest. hey do not belong to the school of fair weather sailors. The Regatta Committee made special entertainment for the ladies on board the fine steamer Americus, and provided a most bountiful spread; and inasmuch as the Seawanhaka Club is called upon to participate in numerous similar events throughout the season, its liberality is certainly well tested. This club deserves success, especially as it is educating gentle- men in nayal duty, which may be made useful in emergency one of these days. _ Harrem Reearra Associatioy.—The Harlem Rowing QGlubs held their annual regatta on the Harlem River on Mon- day. The shores, club houses, steamers and barges were filled with spectators. The course was a mile straight for all the races which were rowed on the flood with a fresh breeze astern, which accounts for the fast time made. ’ The first race was called about 2:45 p.m. It was for pair- oared shells, and the following crews started : 1. Nautilus—Red—W. H. Walsh, bow; T. A. Levien, stroke. 2. Colnnibia—W hite—E, E. Sage, bow; J. T. Goodwin, stroke. 3. Nassau—Blue—J. B. Robert, bow; W. Robinson, stroke, Time.—Nautilus, 5m, 3436 s.; Columbia, 5 m, 404s 8.; Nassau, 5 m. biyy s. Jn the Junior scull race the starters were : 1. New York Athletic Club—E, Mills, dr, Time, 5 m. 3435 s. 2, New York Athletic Cinb—Jas. Fraser. Upset. 8, Dauntless—J, H. Bates, Jr, Time, 6m. 1s, In the diamond-sculls race the contestants were R. W. Rathbone, Athletic Club, and P. C. Ackerman, Atalantas.. A foul occurred and the referee awarded it to Rathbone, who rowed over the course at his leisure. : The fourth race was forfour-oared shells. In this Columbia Collece’s racing four came to the front, as well asa crack {ftir from the Athletics. The crews were: 1. New York Athletic Cliib—A. T. Shand, bow; A. B. Sind, W. § MeCredy, L, 8. Mack, stroke. Ruled out. s } 2, Naatilus—W. H, Walsh, bow; L, 2. Rouse, W. Childs, 1’. A, Leve- ib, stroke, Time, 5 m, 16% 8, : 3. Columbia—E. E. Sage, bow; R. R. Colgate, C, S. Boyd, d. T. Good- win, stroke. Time, 5 m. 213% 8. The four-oared gig race was the prettiest contest of the day. ‘The crews were: 1. New York Rowling Club—P. R. De Florez, bow; Eugene ©, Cru- ger, Gasper Griswold, Robert C, Cornell, stroke; Robert Ventre, cox- swain, 2. NassaliJames Wills, bow; James D, Fool, Charles E. Badgely, W. Lentilhon, stroke; W, lB. Foster, coxswain, 3. Co.umbia—H. P. Brown, bow; Charles Eldridge, H. G. Ridahock, J, C. Hdeon, stroke; H. G. Gastuer, coxswain, All caught the water evenly, and the bow tips of all three were onaline up to the eighth. At the quarter Columbia led a few inches, and the other two still kept abreasi. At the half Columbia had only gained a half length, the other two being still abreast. Such close racing is seldom seen. At the three-quarters Columbia had gained a length, the other two still chasing her hotly. On the last eighth all three boats made a tremendous effort, the New York Rowing slipped to the front of the Nassaus, and fora moment it looked as if their bow tip would pass the Columbias. Unfortunately, at this yital moment, the bow of the New Yorkers caught a crab, and amid the hoarse cheers of the collegians the gallant Columbias dashed by the finish—the winners—in 5 minutes 524 seconds ; New York Rowing Club, 5 minutes 65} seconds; Nassau, 5 minutes 594 seconds. ; { 4 The last race, for six-oared gigs, was also interesting. The contestants are: Columbia.—R. R Liyingtone, how; G.. P. Seeley, HE. EB, Sage, R. R Colgate, C, 8. Boyd, J. T. Goodwin; G, B. Cornell, coxswain, Time, Sn. 2378 New York Rowing Club.—W. R. Stewart, bow ; Gardiner Sherman, dr., C. L. Ingersoll, R. B. Hartshorne, John A, McKim, Edmond Kelly; stroke; ©. I’. Frothingham, voxawain, ‘ime 6m. 1524. Duauntiess.—N. F, Pearl, bow; EH. W_ Peckwell, C. E. Knapp, W. BE, Demorest, W. W. Waller, David Rouch, stroke: J. Kyle, dy-, Cox- swain. ‘ime Sin. 14yes, Tn this race the betting was heavy, and the result a surprise to thuse giving odds. é Prize adjudged to the N. Y. Rowing Club because the Dauntless carned a light-weight coxswain, The ArtAntio OnAnLeNGE Pennant.—A challenge race for the championship pennant of the Atlantic Yacht Club for second-class sloops was sailed. The Myra was the holder of the pennant, haying won it in a well-fought race lust fall. There were four entries for the race—the Hope, Genia, Nim- bus and Myra—and the contest, from a time-allowance stand- point, was one of the closest on record. The Hope won the penniint. beating the Genia hy 1 sec., the Nimbus by 25 sec. and the Myra by 9 min, 47 see. The yachts had a good sail- ing breeze throughout, although at the start the wind was a Ijutle squally and made careful stecring necessary. lapsed Corrected Start. Winiale tlme. time. Name. Hi. a. S. MU, M, #8. It. M. 3. H. M, Gentu.,.,.-- este 1 BN 29 a Be tb 2 S419 4d 03 0% Hope..... ae aree T 40 36 5 8G 27 3 65 GL £ 08 OL Nimbus... +1 4214 OG 43 35 4 2 4 05 24 Myra... weer L 40 05 3 33 06 4 4 1258 Brookiyy YaAcrr Crve.—Mr. Henry D. Polhemus has heen elected Chairman of the Board, vice Commodore Dillon, resisned. Mr. Lester Wallack lias been elected a member of the club. Senuyieiwrn Navy Recarra.—tIn the regatta which took place on Saturday, the 9th instant, the following boats were enteretl; four-oared shells—Crescent, Quaker City and Uni- versity. Four-onred gigs—Crescent, Pennsylyania, Quaker City and University. Six-oared barges—Crescent and Penn- sylvania. Pair-oar shells—Undine and Philadelphia. Double seull shells—Crescent and Undine. Single seull shells—Hoft- man, University Club; MeBeath, Gormley and Pleasonton, of the Quaker Qity Club; and Thomas of the Pennsylvania Club. Sv. PAut’s Scroon, Concorn, N. H.—A boat race between the two first crews of the tao boat clubs of the school (namely Shattuck and Halcyon), took place on Thursday, June 14, course two miles, with turn, without coxswains. Shattuck, shell of cedar, by Blakie; that of the Haleyon crew, of paper, hy BE. Waters & Sons. Prize, a silyer cup. The Shattuck crew wou by several lengths in 13 min. 404 scc. Time of Haleyon crew not taken. Primer. Potomac Rowine.—June 18. The four-oared shell race between the Saratoga and Sue Sheppard, at Washington, was won by the former in 18 min. 53 sec. Distance, two miles. The race of the same distance, between A. T. Brice and Den- nis Coughlin, was won by the former; time, 17 min. 5 sec. The four-oared shell race between the married and single men won by the former in 16 min. 14sec. Theskull race between Bestor, Barbarian, Gadsby and Bailey, won by Barbarian in 16 min. 40 sec. Riowine on tee Rarrran.—June 18. Shell race between the fours of Rutgers College, New Jersey, and the Carteret, three mile pull, Rutgers leading from the first and winning by 55 seconds in 20 minutes 36 seconds, —The St. John Rowing Club celebrated their fifth anniver- sary by a regatta at New Lake, June 14, and had a most en- joyable time. Bron anp Canvas CAnors.—We take much pleasure in refering to the advertisement of J. Darling, in its proper colunn, We hayeso many constant inquiries for canoes that we trust, the modest advertisement of our friend will save us a great deal of time and trouble in replying. Mr. Darling is a guide of thirty-five years experience inthe northern andeastern portions of Maine, and is highly recommended, not only by many of our correspondents whose letters haye appeared in these columns, but especially by George Homer, of Kimball, Barnes & Co., 35 Bedford street, Boston, who is now sojourn- ing at Darling’s house in Wast Lowell, Maine. ee —Hon. Charles W, Hutchinson, of Utica, broke his leg last week, but that won't prevent his taking the stump at the next Hy-eatching tournament at Syracuse. We are glad to know that his limb is improving and getting on Le-gantly. dlew Publications. —An important contribution to our ornithological knowledye Nas recently appeared in the Bulletin of the Essex Institute, yol. 8, nos. Stolz. ‘Phe list of the hirds of Northeastern Illinois will be gladly re- éeived by collectors and ornithologistsin general, audin no way can our knowledge of the distribution and breeding range of our own birds he more readily enlarged than by the publication in this form of the ex- periences of individual field naturalists, The locality in which Mr. E W. Nelson’s observations were chiefly carried on presents an wnusually favorable field to the ornithologist. “Situated, as it is, midway between the wooded region of the east and the treeless plains of the west, with the warm riyer bottoms of the south, rich in southern species, extending within a coniparatively short distance, and the Great Lakes upon the north, Northeastern Illinois forms a kind of ‘four corners’ where the ayian-faune of four regions intergrade.” On Lake Michigan are to be found, during the winter, many of our tridy maritime species, such as Havrelda qlacialis, Histrionieus torquatus, two species of Someterie, and all the representatives of the genus Gidemia. On fle olher hand, in the Southern portion of the State, many truly tropical birds occur regularly as Summer Visitors. Among these may be mentioned Vantatus, Galli— nulaand Plotus. Mr, Newton mentions 316 species observed by himself, anid adds 4 list of 16 noted by other observers, but which have escaped his eye. The notes on the dates of arrival in spring and fall, and the hits as fo the habits of different species ave most interesting, In sey- eral instances Mr. Newton describes the youlig plumages of certain species which, although well known to us in the adult state, have never before been described in their immature dress, Altogether the list is a delightfulone, and we strongly recommend it to our readers, Log Lrerrers From THE CHAuLeNcGer, By Lord G. Campbell. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1877. Price $2 50. No scientific event of late years has been so productive of delightful literature a8 the receni expedition of the English ship Challenger. The uccounts of the voyage by Wyville Thompson anil others have been received wilh much fayor, not only by scientific students, but also by the more intelligent reading public, and among these none is more thoroughly enjoyed than the “Log Letters from the Cllallenver,” a Copy of the second edition of which now lies upon oir desk. Origi- nally written as letters, the anthor tells us, which were sent home dariug the crhise, these chapters are marked by a refreshing abedoy, and the easy epistolary style of a familiar correspondence. Lord Campbell is a Glose observer, has an eye for the droll and humorous aspects of life, ALG posserses withal the faculty of describing what he sees in the ee happiest possible yeiu, The route of the Unallencer party was from Engiand to the Cape, thenve to Australia, China, Jupan, Valparatao, overland across ithe Andis to Monte Video and home avain. They fished up all manner of marvelous specimens from the bottom of the ocean; Say More and stranger wonders than ever Othello told to the listening Desdemona, and from a scientific point of yiew were in many of their andertakings highly successful. The summing up of {hese results, with the description of the methods of deep-sea sounding and other processes of the work of the expedition, make up the lust trio, and not the least interesting chapters of the book, Here was abundant material for a good hook, and it has been well employed. We have not found a sinyle dull page, To slightly modify a good old adage which We were used to hear in our younger days: ‘+A book for every Place, and every book in its place.’ Ant this is a book to be takéa into the country and read while you are lying onder the shade trees. Assvat Recorp or Science ann Ixpustry ror 18 Edited by Spencer FP. Baird, with the assistance of eminent men of science. New York: Harper & Bros. Price $2. This is the sixth yalnme of the series which was begun in 1571, ang which constitutes a compiete and continuons history of the progress of science and industry for the last six years. The distinguishing featiires of the work, as Dr, Baird tells us, are a series of suminaries of progress in the different branches of physical, natural and industrial science; a series of abstracts and digests of important papers, memoirs and other publications, carefu’ly edited by specialists in the different departments «fsclence ; a necrology.of scientifie men for the year, 4 listofthe more important scieptific publications of the year, witht critical notices, and guidance to purchasers, and, what muclf entances the value of the yolume, a minute index and analytical table of con- fents, We cannot speak in too high terms of the value of this series, and its adaptability: to the general reading public. An examination of the several departments reyeals the same thoroughness and eormpre- hensiveness of treatment that have won for the preceding volumes an established place among the scientific reference books of the day. HAkrry.—By the author of “Mrs, Jerningham’s Journal,’ New York: Macmillan & Co. Price 30 cents. There are in literatare, just as in art, certain pieves of work npon which the sex of the author is as clearly stamped as if his or her name were Upon the title page, Todeed the éxperienced critics profess in- fallibility in this particular power of discernment. But the utmost tyro may not mistake in this little poem, No man would sit down and give us suth a delicate bit of analysis of a woman’s heart ; it would come only from a lady's pen, The cOncise, crisp form of the work, too, almost tempts us to read a lecture to some of oulr novelists with capacions ink bottles, who might have taken this half hour, too, and given Us in its stead two ponderous volumes of prose. The denouement is as happy asit is unexpected, and the whole e/Tectof the pou one Of pleasnre and satisfaction. Norsron’s Rest, By Mrs. Ann 8. Stephens. T. B. Peterson & Bro. Price $1.75. Those who may have read any of Mrs, Shephens? former hooks —ihia is the twenly-lbird noyel which has copie from her pan—will Und tha story of equal interest to that lady's usual work. Tne scene is laid In England, and the piot has for its basis the love of a royal lover and peasant maid, a theme which has firnished onfailing material for romance writers ever since the days when gods and goderses were wou't to descend from Olympus and wander love-lomn through the ter- restrial groves, Whether this theine develoy) into a comedy or a tragedy depends tipon the inclination of the writer. Tn the present case the marriage bells ring happily, ane Ule gurdaner's daughter be~ comes Lhe mistress of Norston’s Rest. Philadelphia; Tre Heiress in rsE Famity, By Mrs. Mackenzie Daniel. Philadelphia: L. B. Peterson & Bro. Price #1. This is a story of Hoglish domestic life,whieh Wil doubliess find much favor among fiction readers. ‘The clever plot is well worked ont, the characters natural, and the movement lively. The Story ents happily, the heiress, afler various trials and tribulations, finding a Worthy hus- hand, and the various personages are all disposed Of in an eminently satisfactory manner, : 1S a L TH# recent blowing up of the last remaining reefs in Tel] Gate, New York harbor, hy the great engineer, Gen, Newton, may justly be pro- nonnced a grew triumph in engineering scieite. Bub a still gereater triumph Das recently been achieved In chemical science, the invention of an absolitely perfect toilet soap, in which impurities are not covered up by fragrant odors, namely, B. 'T. Babbiti?s Toilet Soap—fl dt —————— Tiffany & Ov., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and Im porters, have always a large stock of silver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, racing nd other sports, and on request they prepare n, { special designs for similar purposes. Their Timing Watches are guaranteed for accuracy, and are now very generally used for sporting and scientilic requirements. TIFFANY & CO, are also the agents. m America for Messrs. Parex, Puomirer & Oo., of Geneva, of whose celebrated watches they have a full line. ‘Their stock of Diamonds and other Precious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes and Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, and the public are invited to visit their establishment without teel- ing the slightest obligation to purghase. Union Square, New York, \ \ il 332 — je'T 3b SLOOMINGDALE GROVE PARK ASSOOTA'TION. J One sharéin above Oclalion Tor sale ata Yery low price, The be Gene Preserves im Ameri da. Trout, Wack Bass and Piekerel fishing: Address SPOTWTD, tis onive, tebe2.t js SALE (TR TO LEP—A yalosble Pond, well stocked with large specked trout, Inquire of M. 7. GRIFFIN, Quogoe, Ling Istands: or N_ G. I PRR, 11 Broadway. jet-3t q hee EXCHANGE.—Seoit doulile-bolt rebound 1 , compensariue lotp, 1-cal., 9 Ibs., vost ube quality 12-dal. T lbs. Kh. VALENTINE, ogiewouou, Tt. jevst > 1 lair, ; aVanted. W ASTED—A Maynard Rime, with shot barrel or é double breech-loading gun in exchange for a 14 Karat vest chain, welht 58 pwr., nearly new, Address A. HOUGHTON, 2 Albany avenne, Bo-ton Highlands, je2zl it ITUATION WANTED.—By a man with excellent tO references as to character and ability. Has been acenstomed to the care and handling of dogs. Would tuke charge of a gentlemadn’s place or acecorupany him on shooting trips. Address J.-S. C,, Lock Box 191, Washingtonville, N.Y. ji4-tt V ANTED—AIl who wish to attend the Grand Trap Shooting Tournament ut Burlington, Jowa, July 3, 4,5 and 6, to send to Secretary Rod and Gun Club, box 468, for programme > OVer $2,000 in prizes, intlnding a gold medal for champiouship of the West aud No: thwest, je2l it WANTED, A FULL BLOODED ENGLISH MASTIFF DOG PUP, haying @ pedigree. State age and price, Address EB. M., care “ Worest and Stream.” jest 1b The ai ee St. Bernards. T have a few Jarge and very handsome St. Bernard puppies, bred ffom a beautiful seal brown biteh, wel) trained; stands 28 inches ar the shoulder, weight 120 lbs, The sire 18 of a glossy black color, Stands 32 inches at the shoulder; will weigh over 160 lbs. in Condition. Goth are splendid specimens of the breed; grand and massive in appearance, Price very reasonable. For full particulars, ad- dress J. K. SCOUYLER, Bloomsburg, Pa. Jel4d 3t The Hone. Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! STEADMAN’S FLEA POWDER for DOGS. A Bane to Fleas—A Boon to Dogs. This Powder ia guaranteed to kill Neas on dogs or any other animals, or money returned. It is pul up i pritent hoxes with sliding pepper box top, which greally facilitates its use. Simple and efficacious, Price 50 cents by mail, Postpnid ARECA. NUT FOR WORMS IN DOGS. A CERTAIN REMEDY. Put up in boxes containing a dozen powders, with full directions for use. Price 50 cents per Box by inall. Both the above are recommended by Kop anp Gun and WORST AND STREAM. W. HOLBERTON. 1 NASSAU STREET. JAS. MEYER, JR.’S Girondin Disinfectant FOR KENNELS; This is the most effective and cheapest disinfect- ant and deodorizer for the kennel. Is indorsed by the medical profession, the business community, pablic institutions, railroad companies, car lines, hotels, undertakers, ete. Sold by all druggists, and wholesale by James Meyer, Jr., & Co., &5 and $7 Groad street, N.Y. P.O, Box 3,275, oct 12 0 Por Sale in cases of 112]bs. each. F. O. Dr LUZE, sole agent, 18 South William street, New York. Special terms to dealers, ———__— Paget TOR BREEDING, REARING, BOARD- Ing, +Xervising aud tramog SETTERS AND POINTERS Tefer fo FOREST AND STREAM, and others. A dilress, kK, §. WANMAKER, Sapl-tf Hohokus, Bergen Co.,N. J. EBBIMA EKENNEL,. JESSE SHERWOOD, Prorprmror, Edina, Knox Connty, Mo., breeder and importer of Sporting Dogs. Poiuters, setters, spaniels, fox and beagle hounds. “Sancho,” Imp. Pointer, stud dog; fee, $35. See English K. C. 5. B., No. 1,005, Heis a grandson of the celebrated ** Hamlet,” “No. §36. This dog “Sancho”? bas won seyen prizes—four in Hogland first at Crystal Palace, 1874), three here. Stud Irish Setter. The Subecriber offers his imported ren Trish getter * Buck,’’ winper of prizes at the ®entennial, St. Louis and Baltimore bench shows, for atnd purpose. ‘Terms, $25. Vor pedigree. and particulars, address C. Z. MILEY, Lancaster, Pa. BREEDING KENNEL OF A. C. WADDELL, Edina, Knox Co., Mo. Pointers and Setters of approyed Imported and Native blood thoroughly broken; also pups of differ- ent ages. In the stud, imported Irish Setters, “Grouse” and “Shumpock.” Also Pointers, * Phil, Jr.” and “King Philip,’ by Old Phil;* '*Phil, Jr.,’ out of Colbarn’s Lang and Wilson bitch; “ King Philip,” out of Madden’s first prize champion bitch, “Fan.” All large size. OR SALKE,—A fine lot of Scotch, Skye, Dandy, Dinmont, and Glack-and-tan Terriers, Sportiag Dogs, Maltese Cats, errets, &c. Medicines for all diseases at L, N. MEYER, 45 Great Jones street, N.Y. sept2i-ly — a ——SESoEe Hotels and Fisosts for Sportsmen. Metropolitan Hotel, . WASHINGTON, D. CG: Carrollton Hotel, BALTIMORE, Mp, R. B. Coleman & Co., proprietors of these famous hotels, are well known to the old patrons of the ASTOR HOUSE, N. Y., and ST. NICHOLAS, N. ¥, THE METROPOLITAN ig midway between the Capitol and the White Honse, and the most convenient location in the city. It has beon re-titted and re-furnished thronghont. The cuisine is perfect; the service regular, aud charges moderate, R. B, COLEMAN & CO. ALSEY HOUSE, Atlanuticyille, L, I. A Summer Resort, and for Sportsnien all the year, will open June 25th. New honse accommodates fifty guests, Roums of various sizes and exposures, Perfectly healthy. A fine oak grove of two acres atrear of house, Nearer to and larger than any house bordering on Shinnesock Bay. Surfand Sfilt Bathing, Boating, Duck, Goose, Snipe, and Qunil Shooting. References from former guests. Send for circular. apl 12-5 - W. FF. HALSEY. | INSEY'S ASHLEY HOUSE, Barnegat Inlet, } N, J, The only House near the celebrated Blue Fish, Sheepshead, Black Fish, and Sen Baas grounds. Address, for engaging yachta, clronlars, or notice of reliable good fishing, KINSEY, Ashley House, Sarnegat. Access—New York, via N. J.S.R. to Waretown: and from Philadelphia, Tuckerton R, R. to Barnegat. Inquire at depot for Kinsey’s ferrymen., may 17-1 EA-SHORE HOME BOARDING HOUSE, by ©. F, HOTCHKISS, at Short Beach, Bramtord, Conn, Seafood, comfortable house and beautiful view of the sea, ‘Three stages to and from New Haven daily afier Jone 15. Preyious arrangements necessary. House strictly tenlperate. Address as above by mail. CROSSMON HOUSE. ALEXANDRIA BAY, JEFFERSON CO., N.Y. C.UKOSSMON & SON, - Proprietors rps HOUSE, RECENTLY RABUILT AND. elegautiy furnished, is now open for visitors, It is located in one of (he most delightiul Pidees fn | Ihe Thonsand Is'ands regiin, commanding an ex- Lensive view of the St. Lawrenee an the Islands, ani offers évery facility for the comfort and enjoy- Ment of puearS, fishing part es. Ou 5D = ‘ a JA CLIFY TONSE, SHA CLIFF, L. 1,, OPENS KD for tle ssc 1877, on May 1, ah sates ro snit the times. Special acmbyemunts for families. many 17-06 E. RICKCORDS, pre BARNEGAT HOUSE, on BAKNEGAT BAY, one half mile trom Porked River Station, onthe New Jersey Southern Railroad ; within easy access of New Yorker Philadelpira, The only firs Class house near the celebrated gunning and fishin grounds on the bay. Snperior accommualion for families or transient guests. Terms reasonable. Address U. S. PARKWR, Proprietor, Worked River, N. J.; or, CHARLES SMITH, 44 West Broad- Woy, N. je2i bt MOUNT KINEO HOUSE, MOOSEBEAD LAKE, JIE. A. delightful resort for the sporteman, sommor tonrist or invalid, Trout fishing good now. Wor circulars, address O, A. DENDEN, Superintendent, as ubove, or W. Lo CHENHRY, 196 State street, Bostou Masa jeld bt island House, BELLOWS FALLS, VERMONT. Broad piaz%as, large airy balls, charming walka and drives, delightfal scenery, pure mountain air and cool breezes, Send for circular. jel43m CHARLES TOWNS, Prorrietor. THE Thousand Island House, Situated on the RIVER ST. LAWRENCE, AT ALEXANDRIA BAY, JEFFERSON GO., N. Y., and in the immeédinte vicinity of the far-famed Thonseand Islands, will be opened for the receprion of gnesta Jnneé ist, 18i7. This honse was erected in 73, and coutiins all the modern improvertents. Rooms single or en suite, with biath-roomsa and closets attached. Travellers will find this place as healthful as it is beautiful, with no mosquitoes or ohills and fever; cures hay fever and catarrh; while to the finest scenery in the world are added the at- tractions of Boating. Fishing, Munting and Bathing, as well as Billiards, Bowling Alley, Croquet Grounds, &c, Cuisine second to nollie. Accomodations Yor 700 guests, Parties taking rooms for the season will find liberal deductions from regular rates, Send for pamphlet, will terms, Kec. 0. G. Staples, Manager, Alexandria Bay, N. ¥. 5S OR YOUNG COCKER &PANIEL STOCK FROM the choicest breeds. Inquire of M, P. McKOON, dec28-6m Franklin, Del. Go., N. Y. F ELD TRIAL PUPPIES FOR SALE—Sirea by Mr. Luther Adams’ champion field trial winner “ Drake.” outot Diana,” ehe by Leicester,” out of Mr. Geo, Delano’s ** Doll,” whelped May 2, 1877. Yor price and pedigreés address FRANKLIN SUM- NER, Milton, Mass, je2i 4t 4 OR SALE —Five red Irish setter pups, eight Weeks oli, from the best of stuck, the mother being a fuil sister to “Snipe,” who took the second premiuia atthe New York Bench Show, the father a well known dog owned in Hartford. Priee $15 each. Also, two native setters. One has been shot over one Season, the offer housge-broken. Mor sale cheap, For pariiculars address 1.1. DAVIS, South Wethers- fleld, Conn. Je21 it Ro SALE OR EXCHANGE—A liver and rosn- : licked pointer dig; prize winner: can be seen in the Geld; will exchange for 4 Parker or Reming- lon gun, Addiess box 4, West Meriden, Gonn, ae 4, eriden, Conn, i BAL your Own (fogs in the most artistic man- ner, Send for circular to VON CULIN, Delaware City, Del, SL jen ain NOR SALE:—Three Red Irish Gordon puppies out of imported Red Irish Gordon Fan, by Armd Burges’ champion Red Irish setter Rufus, b For price pedigree and particulars address jel4 t£ GHO. E. POYNEER, Clinton, Iows. OR SALE—A perfectly broken red (Kennel Regis- ter) setter bitch, two years old ; probably in heat soon. Will send her on trial. Address E. J. ROB- BINS, Wetherstield, Conn. jel4 2b ILL EXCHANGE a brace of setters for a small gauge breech-loader, A. LOG@KRAST, Pitts- burgh, Pu. sjeld 2t OR SALE, CHEAP.—A fine black pointer BUD, five months old, from imported dog. Price ‘a 3 Satisfaction guarauteed, Address W. W. ELLIOTT, care Rev. Geo. Elliott; McHwensville,Pa. je2l it GOR SALE.—Bull terrier Ane pup, fourteen months old, brindle and white, han dsam aly marked; is a large and powerful animal, good waten- flog; will sellcheap, aa Lhayeno ge for him, J, &. SCUYLER, Bloomsburg, Pa, : jeal 1t kaa ARRIVING BY NEW YORK CEN- TRAL, Hudson River and Gloversville R. B., at Northville, New York, will be carried to Lakes Pise- co, Pleasant, or other trouting localities in the vicin- ity in comfortable style and réasonable prices, by VAN ARNAM & LAWTON, who can be metat Northville Depot. By previously communicating, Van A, & L, will have carriages to meet cars, Refers by permission to * Piseco” (L, A. Beardslee, U. 8. N. - myl? 4m JORDAN ALUM SPRINGS, | ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VA,, Hight mile s from Goshen Depot C. and O. RR. JNO. W. CAMERON, Prop'r. ‘To old patrons it is only necessary to guy phat the management will be strictly first-class, with reduced verms to meet the hard times. ‘The hotel appointments are uneqalled by any Bulmer resortin Virginia, comprising all modern appliances which Characterize tirst-Class city estal- lishments—hot and cold water on each floor, gus and electric bells, with bair nattresses in each room. _ Mr. JOSEPH N. WOODWARD, so well and favorably Known at both Rawley and Orkney Springs, will bein charge as m eT, where he will be happy to his patrons. ‘ Bor pamphlets or particnlars address “JOHN W. CAMERON, Prop'r- Je2l 3m, A Jordan Alnm prings, Va, | Saft HERRINGS SAFES “The World’s Champions.” m FIRE TRIED. NOAOUd ANIL Received International Exhibition awards: ~ London. ..1851 New Vork........1843 Paris.,.......-.,.-.1867 Philadelphia,-., L876 Also awards of gold and silver medals. assachussetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Boston, 1874; Franklin Institute. Phila- delphia, i874; American Institnte, New York, and many others. HERRINC CoO., SAFE AND LOCK MANUFACTURERS, 261 and 252 Broadway, N. Y. Zirugs, H.T.Helmbold’s Compound Fluid Extract BUCHU. Owing te various counterfeiting of my original receipt and preparations, [ hav ehanged ney labels and wrappers, which in future will be priated in CARMINE «InE. The Public are cnutioned to be sure and get the genuine. prepared by the H. T. HELMBOLD Manufacturing Company, No. 30 PLATT ST., NEW YORK, GENUINE HAARLEM OIL, ENOWN AS SYLVESTSR'S OVER 30 YEARS. Best remedy for bladder, kidney and gravel dis- eages. WM. WAUH, 126 Canal street, N. Y. BITT’S TOILET SOAP. 7 Unriyalled forthe tol- th. No lousihgredients. Af. | ter years of aclentific “The Finest Toilet Soap tm Only the purest vegetable oils used tn its manufacture. \ of Use in the Nursery it has No Equal. Worth tow times its cost to every other and family uy Christ Wiilims. Sample lox containing 2 cakes of 6 uns, cuch, sent ires fo aby addreas on reeelphofrs combs. al —._ Address Be T. Bubbitt, New Fork (Citys , SarFor Sale by wl Druxesistsicem + |! COMPOUND| TT aa ~ Sap on Sporlsmen’s Routes. Sportsmen's Ahoutes. Sportsmen's Routes. A BUFFALO HUNT —ON THE— Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. THE NEW ROUTE FOR KANSAS & COLORADO SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SPORTSMER. infvrtusation, apply Agent, vst For maps, tickels, aud gen’! to L. Ho NUTVING, Gen'l Basten Broadway, New York, T. J. ANDERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent, \ W. F. WHITE, Gen’l Wicket Agent, Toprka, Kansas. Old Dominion Line. The steamers of this Line reach some of the finest waterfow! and upland shooting sections in the coun- try. Connections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb’s Island, and points on the Peninsula. City Point, dames’ River, Currituck, Florida, and the mountain- ous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc, Norfolk steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; Delaware steamers Monday, Weduesday and Friday 8 p. M. Full information given at office, 197 Gregn- wich St., New York. sep 28 ly FOR FLORIDA. y OR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDINA, TACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, SAN- FORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings on ST. JOHN’S RIVER and interior points in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, General Agent. Philadelphia and Southern Mails. 8. Co., 416 South Delaware Avenue, Phila, Decid-ly ‘“‘ rhe Bermudas.”’ ow A FAVORITE AND DELIGHTFUL WINTER RESORT, is reached in seventy hours from New York, and being surrounded by the warm waters of the Guif Stream enjoys an equable temperature of about 70 deg, The elegant British Steamships ‘‘ Bermuda,” and “Camina,” 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- ger travel, are dispatched from New York for Ber- muda fortnightly, making connection at Bermuda with steamers for St. Thomas and West Indies. For full information apply to A. E, OUTHRBRIDGE, Avent, 29 Broadway, N. Y. Dec 21 1y. THEE “FISHING LINE.” Brook Trout,Grayling and Black Bass Fisheries OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, VIA Grand Kapids and Indiana Railroad, (Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Cincinnati Short Line.) Sportsmen who haye caat a fly or trolled a spoonin the waters of the Grand Traverse Kegion will come again without solicitatiun, All olher jovers of the Rod are invited to try these waters, wherein The fish named above, as also Muscalonge, Pike and Pickerel, abound. In no other streaims east of the Rocky Mountains is the famous American Graylivg found in such numbers. Brook Trout Seasen opens Mny Lst. Grayling Seasen opens June Ist. The sportsman can redaily send trophies of his skill to his friends or "*Club” at home, as ice for packing fish can be had at many poiuts, Take your family with you. The scenery of the North Woods and lakes is very lieautifuk The gir is pure, dry, and bracing. The climate peculiarly beneficial to those sufferiog with hay fever and asthma. The Hotel Accommodations, while plain, are, as 4 rule, good, far surpassing the average in coun- tries new enough to afford the finest of dshing. On and after June 1st Reund Trip Excursion Tickets sold to Points in Grand ‘'rnverse Region, aud attractive train facilities offered to tourists and sportsmen; also, on and after July Ist, Mackinaw and Lake Superior Excursion Tick- ets. Dogs, Guns, and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at owner's risk. Camp Cars for Fishing Parties and Families at low rates. [t is our aim to make sportsmen feel “at home’’ on this route, For Tourists’ Guide, containing full in- formation as to Hotels, Boats, Guides, &c.. and accn- rate maps of the Fishing Grounds, send to Forest AND STREAM oflice, or address J. H. PAGE, G. P. & T. A.. Grand Rapids, Mich. A, HOPPE, Eastern Passenger Agent, 116 Market Street, Philadetphia. Sportsman’s Route. CANADA, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, Direct Connections at Buffalo with New York Central and Brie Railway. : At Detroit, with. Michigan Central Railroad, At Toledo, with Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad. : DOGS CARRIED FREE and given special attention, THROUGH CARS—FAST TIME AIR LINE—STEEL RAILS, FRANK E. SNOW, G. P. & T. Agent, Detroit. ! of Thomas street, ONG ISLAND RAILROAD. MAY J4, 1577. rains leave Long Island Uily as follows ! Vor Greenport, Sag Harbor, Riverhead, and intermediate stations, at 8:44, 9:03 A. M., 3:30, 4:00 p.m SONDAYS, 9:10 4. m. For Patohogue, ete., ut 9:03 a. wm, 2:00, 4:45, 5:23 8, Mt. For Babylon, ete., ab-7:30, 8:44, 8:03, 11:50 A. m., 2:00, 4:24, 4:45, 5:28, 6:05 Pp. Mm, SUNDAYS, Ur15 A, Mo, 6.35 P.M, For Port Jefferson, ete-, at 10:00 A. m,, 3:30, 6:05r. mw. SUNDAYS, 9:30 A. or. For Northport, ete., 10:00 A. o., 3:30, 4:24, 5:05, 6:42 poo. SUNDAYS, $:30 A. m., 6:50 2, a. For Lucust Valley, Glen Cove, ete,, 5:44, 11:30 A. o., 2:00, 8:30, 4:24, 5,05, 6:42 p.m. SUNDAYS, 9:30 a. m., 6:30 P, Mm. For Rockaway Beach, etc., 9:00, 11:30 a. m., 4:24 p.m. SUNDAYS, 9:15 a. a, 1:30 P. mM. For Far Rockaway, etc., 9:00, 11:30 A. m., 2:C0, 3:30, 4:24, 5:05, 7:00 e. wm. SUNDAYS, 9:15 a. 21., 1:30, 6:35 P. Mt. For Flushing, College Point, Whitestone, Great Neck, Garden City, Hempstead and interme- diate stations, see small Time Tables and Time Cards at all principal hotels and under-mentioned ticket offices. Ferryboats leave James’ Slip, N. Y., thirty min- ntes, and Thirty—-fourth atreet, HE. R., fifteen minutes before each train. On Sundays, from Thirty-fourth street only. Tickét offices in New York at James’ Slip and 84th street ferries, at the offices of Westcott’s Long Island Express Uo., T Park Place, 785 Broadway, 942 Broadway, Grand Central Depot, 42d st.; in Brooklyn, 353 Washington st. ; in Brooklyn, E. D., 79 Fourth street. By purchasing tickets at any of the above offices, baggage can be checked from residence to destination. my3l1 3m Fall River Line, FOR BOSTON AND THE EAST. MAMMOTH PALAGE S''EAMERS BRISTOL and PROVIDENCE. The best and most direct route to the Fishing and Hnnting resoris of Cape Cud, and Rangeley, and Moosehead Lakes, @\c. Tickets for sale ab all principal hotels and ticket offlvesy Steamers leave New York Daily al 5 2, Mm. (Sundays, July t to Sept. 2, inclusive) from 23 North River, foot of Murray str@et. BORDEN & LOVELL, Agents. GEO. L, CONNOR, Geo’ Pasar Agent, jist People’s Line Steamers BETWEEN NEW YORK AND ALBANY. The most comfortuble and cheapest route for SPORTSMEN OR PLEASURE SEEKERS Going to or returning from The Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence, The Great Norther or Adirondack Wilderness, Lake George, Lake Champlain, The White and Franconia Mountaius, Saratoga, Trenton, Niagara, Sharon and Kichfield Spriugs, Coopers- town (on Otsigo Lake), or any of the fayormte summer routes North or West, ‘The Guinmocions steamers, DREW and ST. JOHN, make close connecrion ab Albany with express trains foy all the above-named places, t#@- Save one day of your vacation by taking the PEOPLE’S EVENING LINE STHAMBR, from Pier 41 North River, every week day at 4p, 4. Meaison the European plan, beautiful music, no dust or smoke, cool 190ms, good beds, refreshing sleep, &. E. MAYO, Gen’ Passenger Agent. GREAT SOUTHERN Freight ,» Pass’nger Line, VId Charleston, S. C. The South and the Southwest AND THE FLORIDA PORTS, Wednesday and Saturday At 3 o’clock P. M. From Pier 29° IN: UR: CITY OF ATLANTA, CHAMPION, Capt. M.S. Woodhull. Capt, R.W. Lockwood GULF STREAM, G. W, CLYDE, Capt, §. Crowell. Capt. Ingrahm. jel The above steamers have been handsomely fitted up for the convenience of passengers, and are unri- valled on the coast for Speed, Safety, and Comfort. Close connections at Charleston with the favorite and well-knawn Florida packels DICTATOR, Capt. Vogel; CLTY POINT, Capt. Scott, for FARNAN- DINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, PA- LATKA, WNTERPRISE, MELONVILLE aud all points in Florida. EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES. ("Tusurance to destination ONE-HALF OF ONE PER CENT. Goods forwarded free of Commission. Passage tickets and Bills of Lading issued and alzned at the office of JAMES W. QUINTARD & CO., Agents, No. 177 West Street, cor. Warren, or W. P. CLYDE & CO., No. § Bowling Green, Through Freight Tarriffs, Passage Tickets by all _rontes and to all points in the South and Sonthwest, and further information can be obtained at the omce of BENTLEY D. HASELL, General Agent, Great Southern Freight Line, 317 RGRE WAY ecm ect ly TO SPORTSMEN: THE PENNSYLVANIA R.R. CO, Respectfully invite attention to the Superior Facilities afforded by their lines for reaching miogt of the TROLLING PARKS and RAVE COURSES, in the Middle States, ‘hese lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the dim Gullies ad dangers of reshipment, while the excel- lent vars whieh run oyer the smooth steel tracks en— able STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED withvut failure or injury. The lines of Penusylvani Railroad Company also reach the best lecatities for GUNNING AND FISHING in [Penusylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Gompany in all the principle cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED- FORD, CRESSON, RALSTUN, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shoeting, Huuting. Algo, to TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN CATE MAY SQUAN, and points on the NHW JERRY COAST revowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN AND FEATHER. L, P. FARMER, Gen’l Pass. Agent. FRANE THOMSON, Gen’l Manager. febl7-tl EW HAVEN, HARTFORD; SPRINGEIELD, IN white Mountains, Mount Mansfield, Lakes Memphremagog and Willoughby, Montreal and Quebec. Shortest, quickest and most pleasant route, Steamers C,H, NOWTAAM and CON TINEN- TAL leave Pier 25, Bast River, daily (Sundays ex- cepted) at 8 P. M. (28u st., E. R., 3:15 pM.) and 11 P. M., connecting witlitrains on wharf at New Haven for above and intermediate places. assengers taking Jl Pp. M, steamer (except Sat- urdays and Sutidays) can reach White Mountain, Lakes, etc. next affernoon, Tickets sold and baggage checked at No. (44 Broadway, New York, and No. 4 Courf Street, Brooklyn. Tull particulars at office on Pier RIGHARD PEwis, Sup't. and &till } EW JERSEY AND NEW YORK BATLWAY.— Leave New Ycrk via Erie Ferry, foot of Chamb- ere Street + For Uackensack—7:45, S:45 A. M,, 1:00, 4:15, ao 6.30 2. M. 5 For Nanutet—THs, $45 A. M., 1:00, 4:15 and 5:15 P.M. For Spring Valley—8:45 A. at., 1:00, 4:15, and 5:15 P.M. Ker Uaverstraw and Stuby Point—s45 4. a, 1:00 and 4:16 P, M, For New York Oify— 75 aA, 4 1:00, 4:15 and 6.15 P.O, Sundays—sSHo A.M, and 6:65 P.M., stoppiog at all stations. These trains leave Twenty-third atreef as follows : 7245, Stlb A.M, 12245, 345. 4.46, and 6.15 P.M. Sun- days. 8454. M and 6:45 P.M. A Theatre Trato on Saturday night only af 1145 P.m., from Twenty-lhird street, and 12 Mid. from Chambers street, which goes through to Stony Point, stopping at all stations. Exenrsion Vickets can be provured at Brie Ticket Oifices, foot of Chambers street. A}l trains leave the the Nrie Depo tin Jersey City. Commutation “Pickets, at low rates, at the office of the Company. Payonia Werry, Jersey City, See Pocket Time Tables. Until further notice, the Trains of this Read will not wait for the Twenty-third street boats, May 17-1f L. D. BRUYN, Supt. Q TONING TON LINE, LY ~=FUOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST. REDUCED FARE: Hiegant Steamers STONINGTON and NARRA- GANSETT leave Pier 33 North River, foot Jay St. at 5:10 P.M, NOT A TRIP MISSED IN SEVEN YEARS. Tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices, State rooms secured at offices of Westevtt Express Com- pany. and af 363 Broadway, New York, and 333 Wash- ington St., Brooklyn. PROVIDENCE LINE. ; Freight only, steamers leave Pier 37, North River, Foot Park Place, at 4:30 P.M. Freights yia cither line taken af lowest rates. “ L. W. FILKINS, G. P. Agent, D. 8. BABCOOK, Pres. St. Paul and St. Louis Short | Line. Burlington, C, Rapids & N’rth’rn Railway. QUICKEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST! TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, crossing and connecting with all Hast and West. Lines in Iowa, running through some of the fnest hunting grounds inthe Northwest for Geese, Ducks, Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Quail. Sportsmen and their dogs tuken good care of. Reduced rates on parties of ten or more upon application to General Ticket Office, Cedar Rapids. C. J, IVES, E. F, Winstow, Gen. Passenger Agent. General Manager. tf GHICAGU GALTON RAILROAD, THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from Chigago to St. Louis, and Chicago to Kansas City, WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS IN — HVERYTHING. SPORTSMEN will fiud splendid shooting on tha line of this road; prairie chicken, gecse, ducks, brunt, gunlls etc. Connects direct at Kuneas City with the ansas Pacific Railroad for the great Buffulo und An- telope rangé of Kansas and Colorado. Liberal arrangements for transport of Dogs for Sportsmen. JAMES CHARLTON, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ills, sa B34 nnsements, Ete. ishing Cuchle, Turf Sports and Athletics. METROPOLITAN RIDING ACADEMY, Third Ave,, G3id and Gith St., Second Ave, FRED, J. ENGELHARDT, Proprietor. This magnificent Temple of Sport is now open for Instruction and practice, Thorough Horsemanship, Riding, Driving, Training, Pedestrianism, Fencing. &a- PERFECT RACE TRACK, ONE-EIGHTH MILE, Comfortably heated and ventilated, For time, terms and privileges, address, FRED J. ENGELHARDT, Mefropolitan Riding Academy, Third Ave., 68d and 64th Sts., N.Y. Wovrice.—Thie Central Park Riding School, Sales, Exchange, Vrainiug and Boarding Stables, Seventh Ave. and 5Sth St., still continue under the same management, jand ly Zoological Garden. AsRMCUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA. Open every day. A laree collection of Living Wild Beasis, Birls and Reptilus, Admission 25 cents: chiltiren under twelye, 10 Gents, jand ly Highest Honors AT THE CENTENNIAL WORLD'S AIR, 1876. SHONINGER ORGANS, PRONUUNCED UNANIMOUSLY AS THE Best Instruments. Their comparative excellence is recognized by the Judges in their Report. from which the following is an extract: “The B- ~HONINGER ORGAN COJlS exhibit ma the best Instruments ata price rendering them possible to a large class of purchasers, haying acom bination of Reeds and Bells, producing nevel and pleasing effects, containing many desirable improve- ments, wii stand longer in dry or damp climate, less liable to get out of order, all the boards being made three-ply, put Together go if is impossible for them to cither -hrink, swell or split.” THE ONLY ORGANS AWAKDED THIS RANK. This Medal and Award was granted aflerthe most Beyere Competition of the hest makers, before one of the most competent juries eyer assembled. New styles and prices jost issued, which are in ac- eordance with our 1ule, the BEST ORGANS for the least money. We are prepered toappoint a few new Agents, Tilustruted Catuluoguts mailed, postpaid, upon ap- plication to B, SHONINGER ORGAN CO., 97 to 123 Chestnut Street, NEW HAVEN, CONN. FUR, FIN and FEATHER. This is a publication that should be in the hands of every lover of shooting, fishing and trapping. It contains the GAME AND GAME FISH LAWS of every State in the Union and the Dominion Broy- incer, and also gives a description of all the best places for shooting and fishing in the United States aud Canada, tells how to reach them, and what kind of accommodations you will find when you get there. Tt tells you what kind of tackle to use for the yarions kinds of fish, and where the best can be procured, and also where you can get the best of every de- scription of shooting apparatis. IL contains @ num- ber of interesting sketches of hunting and fishing adventures, and a vast fundof useful information on field sports and angling that renders the work indis- pensable to all who use either gun or rod, Its, in fact, a complete Hunting and Fishing Directory and uo matter how much or how little recreation ou take in the woods and along the streams, you will Gnd Mur, Kin and Feather worth many times its price to you, Thisa bi-monthly (every Lwo months) publication of from 176 to 208 large octave pages, 50 cents a nuliber, or $3 & yeur. OHAS. SUYDAM, Pueuisimer, 149 Chambers st., New York City. BINDERS. 4e7 tt Get yonr fine books bound. Art Journal bound uniform to London publishers’style. Pietoresque Aumevica, Art Treasury of Germany and England, Women in Sacred History, large amily Bibles, all illustrated works, inusic and magazines in the hest flylea and lowest prices; done intwo or three days Hrequireds g, WALKER’S SONS, 14 Dey street, Hishiny Gachle. = Conroy, Bissett & Malleson 65 Fulton Street, New York. Factory—Faeot South Sth Street, ‘Brooklyn, B, D. Six Strip Hexagonal Split BAMBOO RODS. ENAMEL ALL PRESERVED ON THE OUTSIDE. QUALITY GUARANTEED. The annexed list will show the reductions we have made, We quote; Formerly, Now. Fly Rods, 6 strips, 2 Tips...., Sach oe a $40 $25 Fly Rods, 6 Strip, 3 Tips, and Duplicate DONG vewaitevhasmeertcsass Lehre eee 55 $5 Black Bass Rous, 6 Strip, 2 Tips.<....., ,- 50 Bu Black Bass Rods, 6 Strip,3 Tips and Du- plicate Tommie, e.. aa. ak. 65 40 Salmon Rods, & Strip, 2 Tips. veeee G0 50 These Rods are, in all their parts, WHOLLY MADE BY HAND, Positively no machinery is ised in any part of their construction. i t2~- SEND FOR CIRCULAR, We have but one grade of these Rods—the best in the market. PHILADELPHIA Fishing Tackle House, SF FISHING Manufacturers of TINE A Specialty of the Celebrated Green Heart Wood for Amateur Rod Makers. Rod Mountings in Sets for Tac. 10 36 75. RODS, REELS, Erc., REPAIRED. Shipley’s Self-Hooking Hlastie Snells, “catch every fish that bites.” Send for sample, For Trout on gut, 10¢, each, T5ce. per doz TACKLE i: _ _ dor Bass on double gut, 126. each, $1 per doz, Highest premium at Centennial, 1576, and Franklin Tustitnte, 1ST4. ed COMPETITION 5 THE LIFE OF TRADE. J.B. CROOKG CO., HISHING TACKLE, 50 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, Makes the immense Reductions. Greenheart Rods for Trout and Bass Fishing, $15 0, Ash aud Lancewood Rods for ‘Trout and Bass ishing, S7 to $12. Eyerything else in proportion, Goods sent C. 0. D to all pats of the United States and Canadas. TO AMATEUR Fishing Rod Makers, German Silyer and Brass Rod Mountings Teaty madé and to orderofmyown manufacture, Fernles, Guides, Rings, Tips, Reel Bands, Screw and Solid Bottoms, Double Fittings. Also superior Ash and Lancewood Fly and Black Bass Rods, of my own manufacture, $3, $5, $6 to $25. Rods suitable for the bays around New York, $1.50, $2 25, $3 50, $6 to $25. TroHing Rods for Alexandria Bay and the lakes, $4, $6, $5, $10, 100 feet Superior Linen Line, by mail......... $ 2 200 se ae + “ <7 act x 50 Bag te & “ u ce oe a 600 ' Cuttie Honk, = * teseeeess 3 OD Black Bass Flies (something new) per doz...... 2 50 Large yariety of Trout Plies for Maine and the Adirondacks; prices, $1, $1 50, $2 per doz, Brass Reels, plain, 50¢., Téc., $1 each, Brass Reels, multi- plying, $1 75, $2 25, $2 50, Satosseach, Rubber Click, Serman Silyer Click, and roultiplying reels for black bass, trout, and forthe bays of New York. Complete outtits as low as consistent with good material and workmanship. Goods sent C, O, D. to all parts of the United States and Canada, J. F. MARSTERS, Manuracrurer, 125 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. Send for Catalogue of Sporting Goods. ANFIRO. N A SPECIALTY. ) SUCCESSORS To Tackle Of Every Description. HAVANA AND RIO 48 Maiden Lane, ANDREW CLARK & CO. Fishing 1,204, FINE GOODS FOR SPORTSMI ABBEY &IMBRIE, NEW YORK, LONDON, REDDITCH, Send for Price List to Box HL. LEONARD, BANGOR, MAINE, Manufacturer of every variety of FINE RODS for SALMON, BASS and TROUT FISHING, Split Bamboo Rods a Specialty Great reduction in prices. ‘rout Rods, full mounted, $30, formerly $40; other rods in proportion, Eyery Jiod bearimg iny name is six strands from butt to extreme tip, and mounted with my “ patent waterproof ferrule,” anti warranted against imper- feetions in material and workmansbip, Any style of finish, hexagonal or ronnd, a8 may be desired. Rods of Greenheart, Ash, or Lance- wood. MADE TO ORDER, Twas awarded a MODAL and DIPLOMA at the Centennial for my Split Bamboo Reds, Also manufacturer of Patent Reels for Salmon and rout fishing. The lightesr, strongest, and handsomest Keels ever made, Full line of FISHING TACKLE always on hand. Send for circiiar and price fist. jet a SHINNER'S New Fiuted Bait. The best bait used for Bass and Pickerel Fishing Bass size, 75 cents; Plekerel size, $1 eaeh, by mail post-paid, on receipt of price. Kagle Ciaw, for catch- ing Fish and Game, samples hy mal, 354nd 75 cents, Sent stamp for illustrated price list of Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods, FISH & SIMPSON, 132 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK, SAPONOID. Mosquito & Black Fly Repellent. This Composition contains no ingredients injurious to the skin, is saponaccous and remoyed at ounce by the anplication of water, possesses great healing and cooling properties free from all grease, Cer- tain and instant cure for the bite or sting of insects, mosqtlitoes, fies, wasps, bees and other insects, re- moving all Inflammation, neutralizing the poison and allaying the swelling at once, DIRECTIONS. For repelling flies and mosquitoes rob the Sapo- noid on the exposed parts freely with the hand. Oue -pplicution to the sting or bite of the inscet, iu most cases, is certain relief. Sold in collapsible tubes, mailed to any address on receipt of 50 cents by BRADFORD & ANTHONY, 374 Washington street, Boston, Muss, Convenient and Handy for attaching to Fishing Koda, Gun Cases, aud all sorta of Sportsmen's Buy of your nearest Newsdenler, or send CARD. Dr. Fowler’s Celebrated Six Strip Bam- boo Fly-Rods. Improved and finished withont cutting away the enamel, The strongest and landsomest rods in the world, Private orders solicited for all kmds of tine tackle, Rods sent per express on approval. Send for cirenlar, A. H. POWLER, Ithaca, N. Y- ESTABLISHED 1545, J.P. Travers & Son., 46 BEEKMAN STRERT, N. Y. Twines and Lines; 1,800 kinds on hand, Wisher- Tels twines, lines and nets of all kiids. Also ham- mocks for sportsmen. Saniples of twines sent free on application or by mail. miysl tf. McBride Flies. Medal and Diploma from International Exhibition, Puiladelehia, 1876, decreed for exceedingly neat work with solidity of Coustruclion, A ne assortment of flies for trout, salmon ind bass constantly on hand, Also casting-lines, Flies carefully selected for any locality. Goods promptly made to order from an pattern desired. Address SARA J. MoBRIDE, Muniford, Monroe Co., N, ¥. W, Holberton. Sole Agent for New York and vicinity, febii-¢m Boating, RUSHTON’S HUNTING & PLEASURE BOATS AND CANOES. The LIGHTEST sporting boat in the world, Weight, 24 pounds and upward. The smallest size will carry two persons, Cellar siding, oak Keel, ete., (do not fold up). CANOES, open or decked, Weight #5 pounds fo 60 Ibe, Send siamp for new Illustrated Circular J. HW. RUSHTON, Manufac- urer, Canton, St. Lawrence County, N, Y, Complete Shooting Suit FOR $10. $10. $10. Warranted better thin any in the marker. Sent by mail foe $10.75. 1,000 testinionials on file, which say that ** Holabird makes The beat Shooting Suit in the World." his Suit is to beat the cheap trash in the taarket, which sell for more money. Shonld you want anything extra-fing J can make it, Send for my Cirgulay Price List 1nd Sample of Goods, W. H. HOLABIRD. Valpuraizo, Ind. mar22 am © W,; Holberton, Sole Agent in New York. bil ain POWDER MILLS ORIENTAL MANUFACTURERS OF ALL? KINDS OF GUNPOWDER Office—13 BROAD STREET, BOSTON. BRANDS—DIAMOND GRAIN. FALCON DUCKING. WILD FOWL SHOOTING. 3 WESTERN SPORTING, (Oriental Rife.) The “Oriental” powder is equal to any made; no expense is spared to make the best. y : BRANCH OFFICES, J. G. Munro, Agent, 19 Exchange oh Buffalo, N.¥ Cobb & Wheeler, Agents, 9 State St., Chicago, Il. C.d.Chapin, Agent, 218 Locust St., St. Lonis, Mo. ! Agencies in the principal cities in the United States. Laflin & Rand Powder Co. No. 26 MURRAY ST,, N. Wis Sole Propriétors and Manufacturers of Orange Lightning Powder. No. 1to 7, strongest and Cleanest made, in sealed 1 1b, cani-ters. Higher numbers specially are recum- mended for breech-loading guns, Orange Ducking Powder, For water-fowl, strong and clean. No. 1 to 5 in ees Kegs, 64¢ lbs. each, and canisters of land 4 8. each, Orange Rifle Powder, The best for rifles and all ordinary purposes. Sizes, FG, FFG and FFRG, the Jast being the finest. Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25 tbs., 124g Ibs, and 634 Ibs., and in canisters of 1 Ib. and 1% Ib, All of the above give high velocities and Jess residuum than any other brands made, and are re- commended and used by Capt. A. H. BOGARDUS, the “Champion Wing Shot of the World.” BLASTING POWDER and ELECTRICAL BLAST. ING APPARATUS, MI ITARY POWDER of all kinds on hand and made to order, Safety Fuse, Frictional and Platinum Fuses. Pamphlets, showing sizes of the grain by wood cut, sent free on application to the above address. THE HAZARD POWDER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF GUNPOWDER. Mazara’s ** Electric Powder.?? Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of strength and cleanliness, Packed in square canis— ters of 1 Ib. only. Hazard’s ‘American Sporting.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 3 (coarse), In 1 Ib. canisters and bY 1b. kegs. fine grain, quick and clean, for upland prairie shooting. Weli adapted to shot- guns, Hazard’s ** Duck Shooting.»? Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse), In1 and 5 1b. canisters and 644 and 123g Ib. kegs. Burns slowly nnd very clean, shooting remarkably close and with great penatraiion, For field, forest or water shooting, it ranks any other brand, and itis equally serviceable for muzzle orbreech-loaders. Hazard’s ** Kentucky Rifle.?? FFFG, FFG, and “Se® Shooting” PG, in kegs of 25, 1246 and 63, Ibs, and cans of 5lbs, FEFG is also packed in 1 ana 2 1b. canisters. Burns strong and moist. The FFFG and FFG are fayorite brands for ordinary sporting, and the “‘Sea Shooting” FG 1s the standard Rife powder of the country. Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. GOVERNMENT CANNON & MUSKET POWDER; ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES FOR HXPORT, OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR BROOF, MANU- FACTURED TO ORDER. The above can be had of dealers, or of the Com- pany's Agents in eyery prominent city, or wholesale at our office, & 88 WALL SUREET, NEW YORK. English sporting Gunpowder. CURTIS & HARVEY'S DIAMOND GRAIN. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.. Superior Rifle. Enfield Rifle, and Col. Hawker’s Ducking. W. STITT, 61 Cedar street, N.Y. Agent for the United States. A Special Offer TO THE READERS OF THIS PAPER, A Genuine Swiss Magnetic Time- Keeper: perfect Gem for everybody desiring arelinvle “ie-Piece, and also a superior Com- pias, usuul watch size, steel works, glass crystal all inasuperb Orpite Flefing-Cose, werran to denote correét time, and keep in order fur two Years—Perfection guaranteea—will be Given away to every patron of this poper us n Free Cur our THs Covron Awp MAt i. COUPON. On receipt of this Coupon and. 50 cents to pay for packing, boxing and mailing charges, We promise to send each patron of this papers Genwse Swiss MAGNETIc TIME-KEYPER: Address, Magnetic Watch Co. ASHLAND, MASS. This is your ONLY OPPORTUNITY to ob- tain this beautifu) premium, so order AL ONCE: ‘This offer wil) hold} good for 30 anys, . FOREST AND STREAM. 335 Fine Fishing Rods, Reels, and Artificial Flies, AND DSALER IN FISHING TACKLE, MANCHESTER. VERMONT, for descriptive catalogue. Mention ForzsT AyD STREAM. Send STODDARDS | CARTRIDGE LOADING IMPLEMENT COMBINING SEVEN DIFFERENT TOOLS, Cap Expeller, Recapper, Loader and Tube, Creaser, Cutter Crimper and Shell Extractor. NWO, 10 NOW READY. Terfe-m ry all the operations possible in the manipulation of Paper or Meta €ljk fe) Pri cch-Loaders. 5 Length, 45 inches. Nickel Plated. Weight 10 ounces. All the operations are perfect, and suitable for any shell. \ AWARDED BOTH MEDAL AND DIPLOMA AT CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. PRICE, SS; Circulars sent on application. Send postal order or check to C. J. STODDARD £CO., Lock-Box 192, Washington, D.C. LIGERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE, W. TOP RON. of New Vork City. has Samrtes. LYMAN’S } PATENT BOW-FACING ROWING GEAR. | 'A VICTORIOUS INVENTION The Eagle Claw. An ingenious device for the purpose of catching all kinds of Animals, Fish and Game. The easy method of setting the Eagle Claw, combined with the simplicity of removing the victim, are among its peculiar advantages, Tt is immaterial how to place it when set. 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Every Rower knows how awkward it is when pulling single, Watch the course, By using this arrangement the Rower is Tow aS he would drive. There is NO LOSS OF POWER, the press to the Patentee, WILLIAM LYMAN, Middlefield, Conn. OFFICE IN NEW_YORK, 32 CORTLANDT STREET. or as bow-oar in a crew, to have to turn and brought into his proper position, and he can Send for circular, directions and opinions of CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION MEDAL STEAM L S32 : a —— N. Y. SAFETY STEAM POWER CO 30 Cortlandt Street. New York. : GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE BUILDING OF LAUNCHES AND THEIR MACHIN ‘and wil fnrnish them complete in every particular, filted cither us Swift Racers, Fast Pleasure Boats, Party Or will supply the MACHINERY, complete, uiid thelr own bouts, 7 ? atts SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR. ER Y, Boats, Fishing Boats, Ship's Tenders, or Ferry B ate models, drawings and moulds to parties preferring tb Ball Trap each $5 set. Balls, $2 per 100, Spratt's Dog Biscuit. 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FOR SIO. FOWLER & FULTON, NO. 300 BROADWAY, N. Y. M. Fowrer. HENKY FULTON, H. WALDSTEIN | OPTICIAN, STEVENS’ PATENT BREECH-LOADING 545 Broadway, New York,| @ Has received the highest award at the Centennial Exposition for his fine Glasses, especially Opera ys Field Glasses. His display at 545 Broadway of TELESCOPES; FIELD, MARINE and OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, SPECTA- CLES and EYE GLASSES, ARTI- FICIAL HUMAN EYES, Etce., Is really wonderful, Illustrated Catalogue mailed on receipt of postage of four cents, ESTABLIS "~~ Marshall’s Glass Ball Trap is acktiowledged as the best now before the public. It is made of best ash, and everything firet class. Throws two or more balls im different directions, and with as much force as desired. Liberdl discount to dealers. Send for particulars to HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt Street, New York. jel4 tf 4 i Shooting Rifles, Donble and Single Barre! Shot-Guns, Pocket Rifles, Pocket Pistols, anh the noted Hunter’s Pet Rifles: Send for catalogue. : J. STEVENS & CQO,, Chicopee Falls, Mass, ! CHAS. GREEN, MANUFACTURER OF Breech Loading Shot Guns. The strongest and most durable snap action made, Shooting qualities first-class, ‘40. Bound jv clumes Forest and Stream. SEVENTH VOLUME, NOW READY. First) Four Volumes, $4 each, Others, $3.50. Acomplete setof the FOREST AND STREAM- seyeh volumes, bound handsomely in cloth—a valu, abie library for the sportsmun—can now be obtaines on application to this office. MUZZLE LOADERS CONVERTED TO BREECH- LOADERS, Same action asnew guns. Send for circular and pope aes No. 3 West Main street, Rochester, N, Y. 0c! 336 — a FOREST AND STREAM, Guns, alifies. Ete. ADIRONDACKS COMPLETE OUTFIT: CAMPING NECESSARY ARTICLES. REMINGT(N, WE3- = SON, MAYNARD, SHARPS, atd others, with curtridgvs aid re- loaders for same. D All styles of canvas, 5, duck, moleskin, linen, etc., from $10 to $30 a suit, Coats $5 and up- wards, A LARGE STOCK of Lounges and Cots, $5 to $10, I supply the trade with these indis- pensable articles for the camp at Company’s be t discounts. These Stoves haye al_ cooking utensils neces sary, and pack in sur- piisingly small com- pass, and cau be carried in the hand. Of ail sizes and prices RiFLE TENTS m= to order. RUBBER. fating, *’Stocines Fishing Pants, Driak- ing Cups, etc. Weighing but a few ounces, and strong enough to hold up 1,300 lbs., and can be used in camp or on the lawn at home. My stock of breech- m loading shot-guns is the most complete of any in this city. Agent for W. W. Greener’s_ prize guns a.d the English chilled shot. No one should go to the woods without one of these far-killing guns, with good supply of ammuni- tion and some Dittmar powder. A good Eng- sish breech-loader for 35. f= Nowhere in the United States can a more complete outfit be procured for 80 little cash, Send for catalogue and particulars. HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 CORTLANDT ST., XN. Y. HAMMOCKS, cUNS THREE BARRELED Breech"Loading Guns. (TWO SHOT AND ONE RIFLE.) Sporting Line. Forms & from eight to ten pounds, anted A new feature in the light and compact gun iving to sportsmen the very thing so often w: all kinds of shooting. Represented by W. Holberton, 102 Wassau street, New York. SEND FOR CIRCULAR. W. H. BAKER, Sept. 30:6m Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y. The Champion Air Pistol. Sherman, also by G. F alian Rifle Team. the Austr Black.......-. PRICES: | Nickel Plate * Hor sale in New York at the following stores: Kissam_ & Scharles Peek & Snyder, J. P. Moore’s Sons, Spies, ©5., Fish & Simpson, Chas. L, Ritzman, Bros., Joha Dickinson. Sent by express C, O. D., or by mail on price and 40 cents additional for postage. ROLLER. y Com [ and appreciated by smokers. Shoots darts or alugs 50 to 75 feet with accnracy. Can be loaded by anybody with safety and ease. Recommended by Gen, . Lynch, Esq., of receipt of FAVORITE CIGARETTE pact, Simple, Prattical, W. & C. SCOTT & SONS. First Prize Medal and Diploma, avarded at the Centennial Exhibition, for excelience of workmanship and ma- terial in their Premier Quality and medium grades, Their New Patent- Triplex Lever Grip Action and Com- pPersating Lump. The attention of Sportsmen is requested to the above : new action, Its superior strength and solidity impart greatly iunproved ‘Shooting powers. Hard hiftmg be- ing the desideratum required, 1s ob- tained by this powerful gun, Prices of the New Triplex Lever Grip, $175, $225 to $400. Marked the Triplex 10-bores extra. Our highest grade is as usual ————— eee ( Mi % y L Se 2 marked the PREMIER QUALITY, (Extract from FoREST AND STREAM, Now York, December 26, 1876, Contributed by one of the Judges of Awards of Guns at the Centennial :) . “This action (The Triplex Lever Grip) combines in the highest degr ici rapidly secure the favor of all who test its merits, abest CaTGe BUEN AMAL SIN DI ny, AEE COMPENSATING LUMP. Strongly recommended. It is invaluable, and should be ordered on every gun. Costs about $10 extra. Choke-bores, medium or full. Onr eons to be cn of the principal dealers in the trade only. PREMIER GUN WORKS, Birmingham, England. THE “ACME” SINCLE BARREL BREBCH-LOADING SHOT-GUN. The CHEAPEST and most desirable single breech-loader in the market. Send for list. J 4 e14 it T. @. CONWAY, 98 Chambers Street, New York. Box 2,063. Ws Paper and Metallic Shells LLL ) Breech-Loading Shot Guns, Manufactured by the UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE 00., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. THE STURTEVANT SHELLS are the easiest reloaded. Do not have to aneerew the head nor use an awl to remove the explodedcaps. THE PATENT MOVABLE ANYILS, made of steel wire, will not bend or break. THE BERDAN PATENT SHELLS, new model, with Hobbs’ patent waterproof primers, never miss fire, and are highly prized by all that have used them, PAPER SHELLS.—By repeated experiments and great. outlay for improved materials, and machinery made ex- ressly for the purpose, we can now warrant our BROWN APER SHELLS equal to any imported, They are sure fire, and will not burst in the gun Inquire of any of the dealers the U. M,C. Co.'s Shells. Not sold at retail by the manufacturers. in sporting materials Tor I '** St. Louis Conical Base Paper Shell.” Immend them as equal, if not superior, in can safely reco nt Paper Shell manufactured in this country or quality to any im Europe. Amsng the advantage: ST. LOUIS 2 claimed for these Shells, are: A saving of 25 por cent, in the use of powder, also the great decrease inrecoil. The sizes made are No. 10—25, 233, and 3 inches; No. 12-25%, 2%4, and 27, inches, Longer ‘Phey arent mailable, Sample, 100, sent by express on receipt of $1.15 OMICAL BASE SHELL Shells will he mude at extra cost. 1No, 12; $1,30 for No. 10. Factory und oltice, No, 2,280 De Kalb street, St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis Patent Shell Manufacturing Company. Capt. Bogardus’ Patent Ciass Ball Trap and Rough Balls. ie s and Balls patented by Bogardus and used by him muny These Trap : proves them to be just what is wanted by all thousand times, SPORTSMEN'S CLUBS AND AMATEURS. iil break sure — at Ww ALL—The only Ball tha Ned. Patented A q iGH B THE PATENT ROUGH ‘ayery bail ma when hit by shot. Use none but the best. April 10, 1877; Traps, March 18, 1577. Geo. E. Hart & Co, NEWARK, N. J. TRADE SUPPLIED. Having made Important improvements in our Shell, we | Ging, Rifles, Ete. Sportsman's Depot. (ESTABLISHED 1836.) First premium at World’s Pair at New York and Centennial Exhibition. SS JOHN KRIDER, N. E. Cor. Second and Walnut Sts., Philn. GUNS, RIFLES,’ PISTOLS, Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks, Files, Leaders, Snoods, ArtHicial Bait, Fly Books, Etc., Htc. T=- Salmon, Bass and ‘Trowt Flies Made to Order. ALS! 0 “Krider's” Celebrated Center Enamel Split and Glued Bamboo Rods.- Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in Great Varieties— Taxidermy in all its branches. ~ Spratt’s Patent Dog Biscuits Repairing of all kinds, marily PURDY’S Glass Ball (Patent Applied For.) ed, made of yellow hrows single or The best and cheapest trap offer pine, and eyery part warranted. T doubte balls in any direction, Traps, each, $5 7 solid oak trap, $6.50; extra rubber springs, per doz., 450.; Purdy glass balls, per 100, $2. The Purdy Glas8 Ballis the best and easiest ball to break, almost presents a flit surface to the shooter. Liberal dis- count to the trade. W. HOLBERTON, Sole Ageut, je2l 3m 102 Nassau St., N. ¥. SSS ee aS SS Founded July 4, 1808. Thos. W. Sparks, Shot & Bar Lead MANUFACTURER. Office 121 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Cc. ©. & B. ZETTLER, GUNSMITHS AND RIFLE GALLERY, 207 Bowery, New York. CONLIN’S NEW RIFLE GALLERY. 1,222 Broadway, between dist and 32d Streets, OPEN DAY AND EVENING. THE ‘76 SHOOTING COAT. (PATENTED) The largest variety of Shooting and Sporting Garments, inthe World. Send for Tilustrated Catelogue. GEORGE C, HENNING, Washington City. Feb 22 ly. THE UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, LOWELL; MASS. Manufacturers of the CENTRAL FIRE, SOLID HEAD, BRASS SHELL, RE-LOADING CARTRIDGE, of the United States and several Foreign Governments, Used by the Army and Navy ; Yickel. ja, 5 tu eeinse ic eee ae. $60 "All ends of RIM FIRE AMMUNITION. Ee ree 125 | «social attention paid to orders for TARGET PRACTICE CARTRIDGES. peice ears arent Orr % Send for Tllustrated Catalogue. POPE MANUFACTURING CO,, 47 High st., Boston, Mase. WALLACE & SONS, Agents, N. Y. City. ‘ PAINTING. ~ EVERY,ONE TdAEIR OWN PAINTER, 50 Per Cent. Saved. We are manufacturing a very fine Pare Ready- mixed Paint, mixed in such a manner that any ordi- nary stable or farm hand can make as good a job painting as a painter can with paint mixed in the old way. This is becanse our paint does not sett qnick, and thus show marks of the binsn. We cell it lower than materials can be boughtin the ordinary way, and pay freight in certain sized orders. Any gentleman wishing to paint up his buildings atsmall exvense bad better write, aud haye sent freé our book, | Address 260 Front street, INGERSGLY PA'NT WORKS, jeat —————— SO le hl Terma, Four Dellars a Year. H Ten Cents a Copy. AMER ORTSMAN’S SSS ICAN § ae) NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1877. \ YS = root SS JOURNAL. { Volume 8.—No. 21. No, 111 Fulton St., N. ¥. For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. SENTIMENT AND HUMOR. BY WM. H. CAREW, HEN yernal suns haye kissed the hills, The daffodils and daisies, *Tis sweet at morn to hear the birds Hymn out their matin praises; Tlove the geniul airs of spring, The pansies and the posies, The op'ning of the tender buds, The fragrance of the roses— And more than all the two-lips sweet That woman's kiss discloses. Through woodland dense with tangled leaves Alone I loye to wander, To muse upon the happy past, Aud on the future ponder; T love to see the startled stag His dainty antlers flinging, And hear the hounds’ pursuing cries Far in the distance ringing— While frightened from the dusty road The screaming geese are shinning, And when the storm-king’s thunder guns Flash o'er the heayenly arches, I love to hear the forests far Resound like martial marches, There freedom’s feathered monarch reigns, By battles unaffrighted, Who fought the growling king of beasts, Both times they got excited— Proud emblems of the brave and free, Be evermore united. T love to ste the farmer's plow Throw up the stubble furrow, Where all the whistling winter long The rabbits Kept their burrow; To see at noon the horned yoke ~ Graze up the clover’s roses, Or ‘neath the branches, leafy shade, Indulge theirlazy dozes— More sweet to them are pastures green Than snuff to sneezing noses, Tlove at dawn, when slow the stn, Fires up the mountain passes, To hear the bleating flocks afar, And braying Johnny asses; And when af dusk the milky kine, Their homeward way are wending, "Tis sweet to hear their tinkling bells, With evening vespers blending, F And see the little baby cows Their mother’s steps attending. And when the moon her silver light O’er dreamy earth diffuses, T love to hear the Thomas cats Mew to Tabby’s mew-ses. On fragrant beds of catnip green, They lie like loving spouses, And spit and purr and pledge their tails TInloud a-mew-sing mouses ; Asif no sad cat-astrophies Could seat-ter their carouses., “Tis sweet, as in the days of yore, To hear the rippling waters, Where loud the parent frogs discourse To croaking sons and daughters. And when the star-zgemmed wing of night, Beyond the vision reaches, J love to hear the owlets screech, Though terrible their screeches, Like truant boys beneath the birch That agitates their breeches; My soul is filled with love for all In nature, grave or funny ; For life is fullof shadows dark, As well as pleasures sunny, Yet far above them all I love The love that falters never, That clings to mine in weal or woe, That death alone ean sever, Through Him who raleth over all, Forever and forever. Ht a —Surveying parties are out, to ascertain whether the branch of the Union Pacific Railroad to the Black Hills shall start from Cheyenne, Sidney, or the North Platte. —Another mail route will be opened to the Black Hills soon, making sixin all. It will be run from Paddock, Neb., to Cus- | ter, Dakota. > . Bog Shaating. BY FRANK WARWIOK. 7 tesa the middle of August, when the woodcock depart on their brief annual migration northward, and but few remain to moult in their old breeding grounds, our regular summer shooting is over—with the exception, perhaps, of a few tarrying “shore birds.” Between this period and the regular autumn shooting of grouse, quail and ‘‘ fall woodcock,” a new phase invites the sportsman’s attention, namely, the game of the bog. Very little has been written on this branch of sport, and I take up my pen, hoping that I may afford some little entertainment to old sportsmen—not necessarily, my dear reader, old in years, but in experience with ‘‘dog and gun”—and perhaps impart some instruction to the young Nimrods. The shooting over salt bogs, namely, those found adjacent to the ocean or to brackish streams or rivers, exceeds in quantity and variety of game found in that of the fresh, as most of the waterfowl mentioned in this article are indigenous, as it were, to salt or brackish feeding grounds, where the tide receding offers abundance of food in the shape of snails and other small crustacea that cling to the reeds and meadow grass, among which they love to run. T shall omit, under this head, ‘‘skiff shooting,” as it is call- ed—that is, shooting from a boat those species of rail which frequent water too deep for a person to wade through—and confine myself to those bog birds which may be successfully pursued on such ground, where a boat is not required; where the ground is hardly watered more than an ordinary snipe meadow, and thereby have the pleasure of seeing your dog work. The game of the bog which is usually pursued by the sports- man are: the clapper rail (or salt water marsh hen), common- ly known as the mud hen; the Virginia rail (Rallus virginian- us), and the gallinule (or common water hen). These, together with asprinkling of the heron and bittern families, form the game—not true game, perhaps, in the full sense of the word, especially the herons and bitterns—with which the sportsman may occupy bis attention and ‘‘keep his hand in,” as the saying is, until the return of the snipe (Scolo- pax wilsonit) on the same ground later in the season, In fresh water bogs and wet, low-lying meadows the above birds may be found in greater or less varieties, with the addi- tion of the red-breasted rail (or fresh water marsh hen) which is the largest of the Palidea, All the young bog birds are in condition to shoot about the 15th of August, but in some states and counties they are protected until the ist of Sep- tember. Rail are very secretive, and close lying in their habits (with the exception of the red-breasted rail, which prefers flying to lying close), and it is very difficult, in fact almost impossible, to start them up without a dog to find them, hence the ques- tion arises, which kind of dog is most suitable for this shoot- ing? Inmy opinion, and, in fact, the opinion of all who have used them in the bog, the cocker spaniel is the best dog for this work. The cunning, lazy rail, rather than take wing, will dodge the pointer or setter among the tangled water grasses, and as Carlo or Don is pointing, the bird will slink away, dive into some little stream, and there, with only the top of his bill above water, is out of scent of the dog and out of sight of the gunner, But the cocker will stand none of this nonsense; on strik- ing the trail of this skulking bird, whether it be Virginia rail, gallinule or marsh hen, he follows, bounding over the bog tufts faster than even these swift birds run through their paths, among the tangled wet bog grass, and forces them to take flight, at the same time calling his master’s attention by his his crisp, cheery yelp, and as the fat, lazy rail reluctantly takes wing, not to fly further than twenty or five and twenty paces, he presents the easiest wing shot in the world with his slow, laboring, low flight, dangling legs and out-stretched neck. The Virginia rail resembles yery closely its cousin, the clap- per; but it is little more than half the size of the latter. The gallinule is slightly larger than the Virginia, and is easily dis- tinguished from it by the former's curiously shaped bill, which is yery broad and flat on the sides, the upper mandible taper- ing oyally to a point. No. 2 shot is the proper size for bog shooting. No. 10 would be better, perhaps, for the Rakdea, but a bittern or her- on is often stumbled upon, and then No. 9 tells its own tale> The most common varieties of the herons and bitterns, which occasionally engage the sportsman’s attention, are: the great blue heron, the green heron (Vulgo shytepoke), and the American bitterns, all greatly resembling each other in appear- ance and general characteristics. " The largest of all is the great blue heron, next in size is the American bittern, and lastly, the green heron, or ‘‘shyte- poke,” by which latter, name it is most generally known. Their flesh (what there is of it) is palatable, though coarse and fishily flavored, not being nearly as delicate as that of the Vir- ginia rail. The herons and bitterns are all distinguished by ‘he great mass of plumage they sport, but when plucked, they make but a sorry show. Notwithstanding their size and the mass of feathers which cover them, they are very easily killed with small sized shot. All the bog birds leave for the South about the latter part of September and first part of October; and I have seen the green herons during the latter part of September in small groups of three or fiye birds flying high in the air, headed for the warm swampsand bayous of the ‘‘sunny south.” The food of the above are frogs and the same kind of crustacea as is fayored by the rails. They will not lie to the dog like the Raldea, but take wing, generally giving utterance to a deep booming sound, if a bittern; or, if it be a green heron, by a shrill shriek-like ery, resembling ‘‘ ke-urk” when observing either man or dog, and fly a long distance before alighting. When wounded, they will attack the Coz which endeavors to re- trieve them. It is the safest plan to knock them, when wounded, on the head with the gun barrel, or give them a | second shot if the bird endeavors to escape by running, keep- ingthe dog at heel until this is aczomplished, for if order- ed to retrieve a wounded heron or bittern, his eyes may suffer from the long bill, whieh all these birds use freely when wounded. The great blue herons have frequently killed dogs by plung- ing tatir enormous bills into the bodies of their would-be cap- turers. This species of heron will oftimes attack man, but its bravery is always when wounded and cannot escape by run- ning or by flight, for at all other times they are arrant cowards and are approached with difficulty. Along sedgy ponds and sluggish reedy-lined creeks, these birds are found in great numbers, as well as in the bog, and a person passing by their haunts at eventide cannot but be im- pressed by the dismal, hollow, sepulchral noise which they utter. At evening o’er the swampy plain The bittern’s boom came far.—Southey. There birds are not the game of the bog, however, as that name belongs to the ralidea and the Scolopax wilsonii, or Wil- son’s snipe; but as the heron or bittern is frequently * put up” they are, of course, fired at, and sometimes make a yalu- able addition to the bag when other birds are scarce. The dress for rail or bog shooting should be thesame as that used for snipe, as it is on the same ground, and the best thing that can be worn in this as in all other shooting is one of the shooting suits advertised in the columms of the sporting papers by different makers.. They are all excellent articles, the coat haying numerous pockets for curtridges, or powder and shot flasks, etc., besides having game pockets in the skirts. The goods are waterproof, which prevents rotting by continued wet. For this shooting, as in snipe and woodcock shooting, laced ankle boots and canyas or leather leggins should be worn. For grouse shooting and also for quail shooting in swampy bot- tome, boots may be worn, with comforts to keep the feet dry; but in the bog it is impossible in all ordinary cases to prevent sinking over your boot tops in mud and water—or even a sin- gle splash will fill your boots to overflowing; and how nice, light and comfortable you feel encumbered with a couple of quarts of water—you dare not take off your water bags for fear of-not being able to get the wet things on again. But in laced shoes and leggins the feet become wet, but on reaching drier ground the water immediately runs out of the lace holes, and one feelsza great deal more comfortable than if one was encumbered with boots half filled with slime. Onar- riving home after shooting, wash the feet and limbsin cold water, which will both effectually remove the mud and mud- dy water which may have penetrated the pants, shoes and leg- gins, and prevent taking cold. TO 338 ‘ ‘ie ' FOREST AND STREAM. = —_— = * * * * * * One September afternoon I was sitting in the light wagon holding the reins listlessly, under the shade of g noble chest- nut, which stood about twenty-five yards from the station, Awaiting the arrival of the train from New York. “The Pines,” where your humble scribe was ‘holding forth” for the summer and early fall shooting, is about two and a half miles from the aforesaid station, whichis that of R— Wew Jersey. Lhad written to Lang Moorston, an old friend, and as thorough a good fellow as ever drew trigger, to run down for a few days and practice on the rail, which were quite sbundant in the bayou near the South Shrewsbury River —and it was to convey him home with me that I was awaiting the train. There are quite a number of vehicles clustered around the depot, and as for want of something better to do I am scruti nizing each and the inhabitants thereon, the weleome rumbling of the approaching train sounds like music to my impatient ears, the white smoke can be sten floating in wreaths of fan— tastic shapes over yonder wood—now the iron horse breaks into the open, and soon is rushing by the depot with breaks hard down, amidst the hissing and bellowing of the escaping steam—people are flocking ont, and I look eagerly for the jovial face of Lang. There he is, gun case in one hand, and in the other a port- manteau, and also a dog chain, to whose lower end is attached a beautiful liver and white cocker spaniel. Of course he is looking in the wrong direction for me (for who, on leaving 8 train, was ever known to look in the right one), but I immedi- ately attract his attention by uttering the shrill treble of the woodcock. Soon greetings are exchanged—not the lisping “How d’y dew ,” and dainty touch of the fingers with which those two elegantes in yonder phagton salute each other—but by a heartfelt shake of the hand and still heartier greeting, The cocker, whose name I believe to be Joe, is snugly ensconced under the seat; he is truly a magnificent animal, with long curly, wavy air, thickly feathered limbs.and stern; ‘‘ears that sweep away the morning dew” anda full expressiveeye, Lang isseated beside me, and1 gather up the lines, and we are soon off at a rattling pace, headed for the house, and conversing about what had happened, where we had heen since last we met. Up and down the hills of the dusty country road, broad, green fields stretching alongsidé; oyer creaking, wooden | bridges which cross creeks and streams of all sizes; through qroods whose darkness make the afternoon seem later than it is; now and then passing a cosy farmhouse; until at last we atrive at the gateway of “The Pines”—so named on account of the number of these trees which surround the place. Driving down to the stables we surrender our steed to the care of the coachman, and, giving Lang's ‘* clothes’ bag” and pun to the stable boy to carry to the house, we proceed to the kennel, whose presence readily manifests itself by the numerous yells of the inhabitants at the new-comer to find a place for Joe. This being done, and tying him securely, Lang pauses to examine the other inhabitants, which consist of a black poister, 2 Gordon setter, and last, but not least, a black cocker spaniel. Reaching the house we are greeted by another setter, a white Belton, who is happy in being the house dog, if the happiness of a dog consists of being crammed to suffocation by indulgent sisters and cousins. A good wash, then supper, after which we take out the dogs for a run over the green upland field stretching away to the west. A good long chat on shooting after this, and, read- ing the evening papers which Lang bronght with him, we turn in early, so as to be up with the sun next morning. Awakening next day while it is yet dark, I proceed to pound on Lang’s door to awaken him. This being accom- plished I return to my room to don the habiliments of the field. I haye hardly finished my-toilet when Moorston enters, gun in hand, in the glory of a new shooting suit and high, English leggins. I pick up my breech-loader and a couple of handfuls of Eley’s brown paper cartridges loaded with No. 9, and accompany my friend to the kennel for our respective spaniels, just as the September twilight announces the coming day. With dogs at heel, so as to husband their strength for the bog, we pass down the avenue and gain the main road; then turing to the right into a little lane, we travel down this un- til we gain the meadows. Here a beautiful sight presents itselfi—meadows, stretching and rolling away each side as far as the eye can reach, here and there show a low, wide, long | yale-like hollow, with its tall, brown-headed ‘‘cat tails” and high waving bog-grass, which hollow is gently watered by creeks streaming in from the river. These hollows augur well for our hunting ground, namely, being the bogs. Away in front of us stretches the Shrewsbury River, while farther oyer still, separated from it by onJy a thin neck of land, rolls the broad Atlantic, seemingly from whose depths the rising sun is emerging. The shrill, hen-like ery of the fish-hawk, and the sonorous caw of the crow, are the only sounds which float to our ears in the early morning. Striking across the meadows in the direction of the nearest bog, we order our respective canines to ** Hie on,” in order to warm them up for the coming work, and amuse ourselves watching them slowly bec ming acquainted. How sweet and fresh the salt air seems, purified by the cool, early rays of the * Quick, shoot!” Lang yells out, and bangs away according- ly into a flock of bay snipe we had surprised in the long grass. My gun aleo twice sives tongue. Seven birds have dropped from the flock, and the spaniels make merry work of it re- ei them. They are upland plover, as fat as one could Wi A moment's more walking and the first bog is reached. Leaving Moorston and Joe to hunt on that side, I take Jack and cross to the other to hant down toward the creek. On goes the spaniel through the tangled grass and reeds, which reach to my waist. Now Jack has disappeared from yiew in the high reeds, when from a clump of ‘‘cat-tails” I hear his cheery bark ; holding the gun in readiness I wait. Up she goes, a salt water marsh hen, hanging heavily on wing; but something strikes her in the shape of a few pellets of No. 9, and down she drops. Little Jack soon finds her, and bound- ing oyer the bog tufts lays her at my feet. We had not yet reached the exact haunts of the Virginia rail, which were a little farther down where the land was more boggy, Moors- ton in the meantime bagging a gallinule, On we go. Glancing mm Lang's direction I can see his cocker on the scent, and dashing al a great rate he gives tongue. At the same instant up goes a mud-len, with its sharp, cack- ling cry, flying away slowly and lazily, snd but three feet from the ground. Up goes Moorston’s gun, a puff of white amoke and a report, and the lazy old ‘‘clapper" flies no more, ‘'Now, Lang, we are in for it,’ I shout across lo my friend, as we strike the bog in every sense of the word— water and mud, sometimes knee deep, through which places ‘an uninhabited country, with deep and almost impenetrable the dogs flounder with difficulty; but the general surface 1s good, where the spanicls cin work with freedom among the reeds, in the slimy, muddy and watery soil, Ab! there is Jack after something ; and I see him bound- ing along, nose to the ground, with an indistinct feathery form rubning swiftly ahead of him through the tangled bog- grass. ‘' Wow, wow!” says Jack, as allus virginianus rises in the same manner as did his cousin, the clapper. Bang! my 12bore rings out, and this most delicious species of rail is non est. Now the Virgintanus rise right and left fora few mo- ments; we have struck, so to speak, a flock, and Lang and I bang away. It seems almost impossible to miss these slow- flying birds, At Jast the end of the bog is reached, namely, where deep water prevents further passage, so Lang and T fall in together and head for the dry land or the south side, to rest and count our game. This. is nearly reached, when fully forty yards away springs Up, like a rocket, uttering his deep, booming cry, the American bittern, Bang! Moorston salutes, but on goes the American representative. “Try him, Frank,” Lang exclaims, your gun shoots farther than mine, Frank’s gun tries and succeeds, for down comes the bittern, head dangling down, wings powerless, and strikes the earth a confused heap of feathers. Jack starts to re- trieve, and Joe Lang's dog starts to keep him company, but he is instantly recalled by hisowner. With difliculty 1 cram the ‘lengthy ” bird in my game pocket. A-resting-place is now reached in the shape of a fence, and seating ourselves thereon, we proceetito talk over the shoot and count the birds. Lang has three gallinules, one marsh hen and seven rail, while Frank has six rail, two marsh hens, one gallinule, and last, but not the least—in size, anyway—an American bittern; in addition to these we must not forget the seven plover. Seeing by the sun that it is nearly breakfast time, and feel- ing painfully conscious of the claims of the inner man, we wend our way homeward across the meadows. two that afternoon, : REMINISCENCES OF CAMP LIFE IN FLORIDA. CrarranoocnEe, Fla., May 26, 1877. En1tor ForEsT anp STREAM: Leaving Columbus, Ga., about the Ist of last Nevember, a party of four of us started on a hunting and fishing excursion The trip down the Chattahoochee River to to Florida, Rieves Bluff (a distauce of about 400 miles) was made in about two days. fine sport. sport as you want, While waiting for horses to be procured for us, and to noti- fy one or two parties who had the crack bear dogs of the country, we devoted our first day to duck shooting, or at least a part of the day, as the sport became monotonous, from the ease with which the fowls were killed and the immense number bagged. Early the next morning we were aroused from our slumbers by the baying of innumerable hounds, and on emerging from our tent we were immediately ‘surrounded by a perfect horde of lean, hungry dogs—not the fat, well- kept deer and bear dogs that we expected to see, but a miser- able, half-starved set that soon devoured everything eatable that happened to be outside the tent, And such a number! Tt seemed as if every man within a radius of 50 miles had turned out, aad each had a full pack of hounds following him. Dispatching a lasty meal, we mounted our horses and started for the swampy country, some five or six miles from the river, which was said to abound in bears. Who ean describe the séngation‘on first, emerging from the low river bottoms in Flo- rida, and coming suddenly upon the finest sight that the eye of man ever vested? Florida—**Land of Flowers!” It is certainly correctly named. Stretching before you.as far as the eye can see is a perfect carpet of flowers, every hue in the rainbow represented. The dew on each Hower, as the morn- ing sun shines on it, sparkles and glitters, and appears like diamonds set in a natural bed of flowers. But-a loud bay dis- turbs our thoughts, and away we go at a break-neck pace in order to get a good stand for a shotas the bear passes from one swamp to another. Tn this section of Florida there are a large number of small swamps, low and marshy, and filled with alow shrub or bush called titi. These swamps are almost impenetrable to 4 man on foot and qnite so to one on horseback; and the only way to successfully hunt the bear is to send the dogs in to drive him out, and haying taken your stand at some point near another swamp to get a shot as he passes you. Deer are also hunted this way; but as they are so numerous a party rarely goes out for hunting deer solely, but they get a8 many shots a8 they want while bear hunting, ‘To those not initiated, riding after dogs on a bear hunt is quite dangerous, owing to the innumerable gopher holes in the ground, which your horse is liable to stumble into at every step; and many amusing incidents happened to our party during the day, one notable one which I will perhaps mention later. It was late in the afternoon before we killed our bear, although he was shot at, at a good fair ranze, perhaps twenty times during the chase. But we had killed seven deer during that time, and considered we had had a very fair day’s sport. And now for camp! We learned we were seventcen miles from it, and had we been alone no one of our party would have known even the direction to take. Seventeen miles through swamps to pass through: and to make matters worse one of our party, whose weight was 220 lbs, who had been riding a mule which stumbled into a gopher hole, had been thrown, and the mule getting away from him had left for parts unknown, However, we had guides who knew every foot of the country, and by frightening our heavy man with snakes, and occasion— ally letting him ride, we at last got back Lo camp, completely fageed oul, but well satisfied with our first day's sport m Florida, I forgot to mention that one of the deer was killed with bird (No. 7) shot. The evening before, one of our party had been shooting birds, and had a number of cartridges loaded with bird shot in his coat pocket. Being on his stand, and not noticing what he was doing, he loaded with one of these cartridges, and a full-grown doe passing him, he fired, killing it dead. Upon examination it was found he had killed it with bird shot. It was one of Scott & Son's gun, No, 10, 30in. barrels. =~ ——e Lang ex- presses himself well satisfied with the first bog shoot of the season, and we both resolve to try to find a woodcock or Having letters to several of the resident farmers—with instructions to put us through—we anticipated Nor were we disappointed, as this section of country is hunted and fished in less than any other portion of the Union; and a'l kinds of game can be found at ali seasons of the year, and it only requires a yisit there to get as much ‘currents, ete., etc. But for fear I may lengthen out my letter too long and weary yourreaders, I will bring it toa close. If you desire it, in some future communication I will give you a description of the fishing in this section, also alligator shooting, turkey hunting, ete. : CHoKE-BorE. [Weshall hope to hear again from this correspondent. —Ep. ] Eee - x NOOSING A GRIZZLY. BY NED BUNTLINE. WAS over the Contra Costa Range east of San Jose, in . California, on a hunting and fishing trip, living high on crested quail, venison and speckled trout when I came across two noted native cattle raisers, Don Miguel de Castro and Ramon Pico, who were feeding an immense lot of stock over in those valleys, aided by fifteen or twenty Indian and half- breed pedus, I had got acquainted with both gentlemen be- fore in San Francisco, so that it was a pleasant meeting when Trode into their camp and dismounted at their jnyitation to coffee and broiled beefsteak, for they had just killed a fat yearling. *Qolonel, youshall have some fun after dinner if you will take a ride with us," said Don Miguel. ‘‘ A huge grizzly has been making free with our stock, and aS we traced him to his nest by the trail of a heifer he carried off, we intend to make meat of him between now and sundown, ‘I’m in for that, especially if you'll indulge me with chance to try my Sharp'simproved rifle,” said “You can kill him,” said Don Ramon, some fun with the (wrivé first.” “ Allright,” said I, wondering what fun they could have with a lariat on an animal of the known ferocity and power of the grizzly. After dinner we rode up the valley about a half mile and then turned short into a little canyon pretty well grown up with short bushes and tall grass. Through this a well-beaten trail showed the course of the grizzly. And before we had ridden three hundred yards we saw the gentleman in a little bare slope unter a high overhanging ledge of rocks, lying lazily by the carcass, half devoured, of his last prize. He raised his head, his red, fierce eyes scanning us as we halted for consultation about a hundred yards from him, but showed no inclination to move. “ Had I not better open on him?” said J. **T can bore him through and through with my .45 calibre from here.” “Tf you did kill him you'd spoil the fun wwe want to show you,” said Don Ramon. ‘‘But no single shot will ever pnt him ont of the way. He will go over a thousand pounds, Do not fire till we tell you.” And the intrepid Californian, swinging his lariat over his head, rede directly toward the large animal, When within forty feet or less, the lariat flew out, and in a breath it was around the neck of the srizaly. With a snort of anger he made arush for Pico, who darted toward us for « little way and then turned off at a short angle, and before the bear could check his way toward us the Jasso was tight, and huge as he was the grizzly went over backward. Now was Don Miguel's turn, and in a second his lariat few out and a second noose was over the prizzly'’s neck. Such clawing and tearing, and snarling and snorting [ never saw be- fore or expect to again. The tough ropes of raw hide were of immense strength, and though the bear seemed bound to break away, first rushing for one and then for the other, the two splendid horsemen tumbled him over and over a dozen times, or more, He was now furious, and [felt sure he would break away, and beewed permission to put.an end to the struggle with my ‘Old Reliable.” Pretty well tired, horses ani men, my Californian friends consented, and dismounting I wuited for the beast to get still for one second so I could put the ball where I wanted to. As they both slacked up their lariats a liltle the grizzly gathered himself up as if to pick out a Victim, set his ugly front fairly toward me, and I had the chance I wanted—ashot, head on at twenty paces. That bullet went as fairly through his thick skull between the eyes as lead could go, and how far into his hody I know not, for we only took his skin—we did not examine or want the meat—the single shot killed lim. The two Dons were astonished. ‘*T was born in California and I have seen full a hundred erizzlies killed, und helped to kill a great many, but this is the first I ever saw killed with a single ball,” said Don Miguel. ‘! Colonel, [must have your rifle or one like it, no matter what it costs!” But L would never have risked the shot so near had not that grizzly been noosed. Lish Culture, OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Tue U. §. Fish Commissron—Soocessroih RESULT OF ITs Lasors—Orrrations OF THE PRESENT SEASON—INPORTA— troy OF Carp, Ero, Ere, **But we want [PROM OUR SPEUIAL CORRESPONDENT | Wasniveton, D. C., June 16, 1877. ROF. SPENCER F. BAIRD, chief of the U. 8, Com_ mission of Fish and Fisheries, is actively engaged in preparations for the work of the Commnssion this season, and will leave here about the first of July for Salem, Mass., where the headquarters of the Commission will be established this summer, for the purpose of inquiring into the fisheries of Massa- chusestts Bay, and the New England coast between Portland and Cape Cod. The fish to which particular attention will be directed this year are cod, mackerel, Wlue fish, tautog, men- haden, haddock, pollack, sea herring, cusk and hake, and care- ful inquiry will be made as to the temperature of the water at different. depths, its varying transparency, density, chemical composition, percentage of saline matter, surface and under The Commission will also ascertain from fishermen and others in that locality, all information possible as'to the distribution of the fish, character of their food, their abundance, and modes.of capture, and to this end a series of questions relative to the food fishesof the United States will be freely distributed. These questions relate to the name, distribution, abundance, size, migrations and movements, relationships, food, repred .etton, artificial culture, protection, diseases, parasites, capture, economical yalue of the varous fish, etc., and are calculated to elicit full mformation upon all A or first of October. , Prof. Baird, ina recent conversation with your correspon- dent, stated many interesting facts connected with the work ‘of the Commission, and explamed at length what had been done, a8 well as what new plans are proposed for the multipli- cation of the food fishes of the United States, and stocking of various waters with them. When the Commission was first organized, the headquarters for collection of the various Species, testing currents, temperature of the water, food of the fish, ete,, was at Wood's Holein Buzzards Bay, off the cofist of Massachusetts. The next year Mustport, Maine, was visited for the same purpose; the following year the operations were conducted at Portland, Muine; then Noank, on the coast of Connecticut, In 1875 Wooi's Hole was again the head— quarters, but last year the Commission being engaged at the (Centennial made no collections of or experiments in regard to Sea-coast fisheries. THE WORK SUGORSSFUL. The first practical result of ‘the hatching of shad hasbeen demonstrated this season by the catch of these fish in the Ohio River at Lonisville, Ky. Prof. Baird recently received a #enuine Potomac or white shad, weighing four pounds, caught at Louisville, being the first of the catch at that place; and he has received information to the effect that shad have Ween caught in Tennessee, Louisania, Indiana and other Western States, the rivers of which were stocked four or five years ago. Up to this season the Commission has been working on faith in stocking Western rivers. Time enoughhad not elapsed, nor were the experiments sufficient to show whether the waters of the Gulf into which the shad descend were suited to them, but the work of stocking the rivers was kept up year after year with the full confidence that the work would ultimately be successful. During a period of eight or ten days nearly on® Thundred of these shad were caught daily at Louisville, and it is fur Lo suppose that quite a large number passed up the stream and escaped the seine. These fish are the result of about 200,- 4)00 young shad placed in the headwaters of the Allezhany River in Western New York about five years ago; and it is thoucht those caught at Louisville were about two months in their journey fromthe Gulf to that place. This year was The first that any satisfactory fish could be expected, and there is considerable rejoicing in the Fish Commission over the re- sult. It is anticipated that the ran of shad in Western rivers next year will be quite large, and that it will steadily increase as the stocking of the rivers was increased year after year. When Prof. Baird first learned that shad had been caught at Louisville he felt some anxiety on the subject, having sev- eral times previously been informed that shad had been caught in Western waters, but when specimens reached him he found, to his disappointinent, that they were not the genume shad, but what are known as Tay- lor shad, which are found in the Mississsippi River—a fish somewhat larger than a herring, but not as large asa shad and much inferior to that fishin quality. Whenthe Louisville specimen reached him, however, he found it to be the genuine white shad like that found in the Potomac. PROPAGATION OF SHAD. An efficient corps of assistants of the fish commission have been at work at Hayre de Grace on the Susquehanna River this scuson gathering shad spawn and hatching out the young shad in connection with the Maryland Fish Commission, By the co-operation of the U. 8. Fish Commission and the Mary- Jand Fish Conimission greater results hive been accomplished iby the expenditure of a comparatively small amount of money ‘than if the two bodies had prosecuted the work separately. ‘Thus far about nine million young shad have been hatched out ‘and over one million distributed by the U. 5. Commission in Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Kansas and Missouri. About 100,000 young fish are now em route to Cal- ifornia to be placed in the waters of that State. A large num- jber have been distributed in Maryland waters by the Maryland Commissioners and others will be placed in yarious waters of Maryland and other States by the two bodies. The jomt labors of the U. 8. Commission and Maryland ‘Commission haye been entirely satisfactory to both and at- tended with great success. The U. 8. Commission has found it impossible to hatch shad for reproductive purposes in any stream south of the Susquehanna for the reason that frequently oceurring high, muddy water in some sections, or exceedingly clear, low water in other sections, prevented the fish veaching places where they could be taken; besides in most of the South- ern streains the supply of shad lias heen so reduced that the cliance to procure ripe spawners has been yery poor. SHAD IN THE POTOMAQ. A few years ago abouthalf a million young shad were hatch- ed out and placed in the Potomac, but as. yet no increase in the supply of this river has been noticed. In a stream already supplied with them it is rather difficult to discover the first appearance of the fish when they return to the spawning grounds, and besides sufficent time has not yet elapsed for any noticeable increase inthesupply. It isthought that many of those hatched ont in the river will return next year, though observations thus far have not heen able to ascertain the exact time required for the return of the fish. It is thought they re- turn in about four ysars from tbe time of first being placed in the stream. Of the half million placed in the Potomac one lot was turned loose near the Long Bridge, at Washington, and another near Cumberland, the headwaters of the stream. As an instance of what the extent of the Potomac fisheries were forty years ago it may be mentioned that in 1834 about 150 Jandings were successfully fished on this river, employing 6,500 men, 450 vessels and 1,350 men tonayigate these vessels. The number of shad taken during the season was 22,500,000 ‘and the number of herring 750,000,000, To cure these fish $95,000 bushels of salt were required and 995,000 barrels to é ROOK VISI{ OR STRIPED BASS. This fish, so desirable for the table as well as affording rare sport for the angler, holds a high place among conimerciul food fishes, but its presence in most of our rivers has diminshed sradually yearby year. The experiment of hatehing them has been tried by the Fish Commission but the great difficulty encountered has been in obtaining spawners. About four years ago some few ripe rock fish were found in the Roanoke River, N. C., and abont 100,000 younetish were batched from the spawn Obtained. If the spawners could be procured as de- sired, an immense business could he done and many thousand young fish batched out annually. One of the causes assimned for the ditninution of this 4311s the fact that they are mar- keted before they reach maturity. Prof, Baird expresses the opinion that it would be a very wise provision of law to forbid the marketing of the fish under any circumstances when less than twelve inches long. ‘Rock fish, it must be remembered, frequently attain a weight of sixty and eighty pounds, and it has been argued that they donot spawn until they attain a weight of about twenty pounds, therefore, any fish of this species less than twelve inches in length should be regarded as an embryo, and it should be made a penal offence to sell, buy, or have in possession such fish. Such a las would protect them, and the great evil of marketing the young fish would be remedied, Although every effort has been made to discover the spawn- ing grounds of the rock fish, so far they have been unsuccess- ful. Nodoubt some ascend our rivers to spawn, but the fa- yorite spawning grounds of the large: fish have not bee n certiined. Jn Massachusetts it has been found nece ssa ry pass a Jaw for the protection of lobsters, which punis hes one having in possession a lobster less than eleven inche length, Of course no national law could be passed to protect the rock fish, but it, is hoped by the members of the Fish Com- mission, and those interested in the propagation of food fishes, that the States will pass laws of the nature indicated to prevent the further diminution of the fish. Last year an effort was made to obtain rock fish ready to spawn at an extensive fishery on the Delaware. Prof. Baird had 4 competent person station- ed at this landing several weeks, for the purpose of securing such fish, but le was unsuccessful, ss CARP. The troduction of carp into waters of the United States hasengaged the attentionof Prof. Baird for some months past, and ht lins already had imported some of the best varieties of German carp, which are regarded as the best in the world, 4() of these fish were recently received by the Steamer Neck- ér, and they haye been placed in the ponds at Druid Hill Park near Baltitnore, Md., in charge of the Maryland Fish Gom- mission. They will be keptfor breeders and soon ponds for their reception will he constructed néar Washinaton with the view to obtaiming as many young fishas possible to stock Southern waters, The carp does not promise to be as valuable as the mackerel, shad or salmon, but if is a fish of great commercial importance, forthe reason that many can be kept in a small body of water, ‘hey are vegetable feeders and thrive equally well on bread crumbs, cornmeal, ete, , which can be given to them in addition to the vegetable matter they procure in the water, They often attain a weight of four pounds in two years, aud the warmer the temperature of the water, the better the fish thrives. It is a fish eminently suited for Southern streams, and itis proposed to stock those streams with them. It ig ex- pected that a large number of young fish will be obtained this year from those now in the Druid Hill park ponds, and they will be distributed in the South. The ment of the carp is very palatable, free from bones, and as a food fish it stands high, though, as abovestated, does not equal the mackerel or salmon, BLAGK BASS AND HROOK TROD’. The U. 5. Commission has given no attention to the propa- gation of black bass and brook trout, ihe culture of those species being left entirely with the various State Commissions, ‘These fish are rezarded as luxuries and not as important commercial food fish. They are looked upon as holding a similar place in the fish creation as early strawberries, or dwarf peaches raised under glass do in the lists of fruits. “hey are luxuries to be en- joyed by the few, but not by the masses. Besides, black bass do not live in harmony in the sume streams with youn shad and herring. The bass, being 4 carniverous fish, plays havoe will the young shad and is not a suitable fish to inhubit the same stream, every bass of two pounds weight being good for the destruction of one or two thousand young shad. SALMON. _ An evidence of the success of salmon propagation and stock- ing rivers with this delightful fish las heen manifested by the recent capture of a nine-pound salmon in the Delaware River. The fish was what is known us the California salmon with which the Delaware, Potumac, Susquehanna and other rivers were supplied about five years ago. It is anticipated that they will make their appearance in the Potomac soon, though no time can be fixed for their return to the waters in which they were placed when young. Th is supposed they return in tive or six years, though difference in the temperature of the water, currents, ete., may have more or leas influence upon theirreturn, and make the period longer or shorter. When the fish do come it will be with a rush, and no doubt will be plentiful wn- till (he time for their departure for deep water, The most important salmon latching establishment is on the McCloud River in California, where numerous e223 are pro- cuted annually and transported East to be hatched out and placed in our waters. ‘The hatching establishinent for Eastern silmon is at Bucksport on the Penobscot Maine, where the young fish are hatched to stock Eastern tivers, and that for Jiatching land-locked salmon is at Grand Lake Stream near Calai The salmon hatching establishments throughout is, Maine, the country are under thedirection of the U. §, Commission disposal. of The transportation Of California salmon eggs, which are about the size of a currant, is a matter of some importance and requires much care. Tleretofore they have been carried in boxes hetween layers of damp moss, and the temperature kept, down by blocks of ice placed on top of the boxes. ast fall the experiment of transporting them in refrizerator cars was tried and proved sucessful. 1f will be adopted hereafter in all causes where such cars can be obtained. In these cars a small percentage only of the eggs are lost. Sometimes the eggs hateh out in the moss during the journey and then the young fish soon die, Over 400,000 California, salmon eges wert sent to New Zealand last fall for distribution in the waters of those islands, and but few of them were lost. é% vevie. As an evidence of the space required, for the transportation of salmon eggs if, mity be mentioned that 5,000,000 of them are equal to 120 bush- els, and with the requisite packing will fill three or four large | freight cars. It is the object of the U. 5. Fish Commission to always strengthen as far as possible the hands of the State Fish Com- missions, and nearly cyeryreport of the State Commissions ac- knowledge favors from the U.S. Commission. There is no jealously whateyer between them, but all work in perfect har- mony. The State Commissions devote reat attention to hatching shad intheir own streams. New York replenishes the Hudson, New Jersey the Delaware, North Carolina the Cape Fear River, and Maryland the Susquehanna ; but none of them can do anything toward hatching shad in the great waters which traverse several States, for the reason that the shad require the headwaters of the streams to develop their best condition. Oliio, for instance, could not stock the waters of that State, because the fish would go to the Gulf, and upon their return eight or ten States would have a chance to catch them before they could reach the waters in which they were placed; therefore, Ohio would get no benefit from them, but the States bordering on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers be- tween that State and the Gulf of Mexico would, The object of the U.S. Commission is not to enrich one State but to in- crease the food fishes throughout the country, and, therefore, all rivers are stocked with the fish that they may be taken in Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio or any other waters through which they pass ontheir journey to und from the sea. Over 5,000,000 salmon eggs were distributed last fall, and it is expected a greater number will be sentout to the various State Commissioners next fall. The Commission is engaged during the spring in hatching shad, and the fall is deyoted to the propagation of salmon. Although the appropriations were considerably reduced during the last session of Congress, the work of fish culture was notseriously crippled; more might have been accomplished this season had Congress been more liberal. The recent catch of shad at Louisvilleshows that the labors of the Commission dnring the past five years have not een in yain, and it is to be hoped that generous appropriations will be made hereafter to carry out the sreat undertaking of stocking all United States waters with fish. The work in the hands of Prof. Baird is pushed forward with great vigor. He is 3 gentleman in every way qualified for the position of Fish Commissioner, haying devoted years to the study of fish culture. He is surrounded by a corps of competent assistants and much good has already been accomplished with the small appropriations placed at his ——4-——__. Propacatinc Exgrs.—Wiles, Mich, June 17, 1817.— A little talk, ‘may it please your honors,” about Mr. Eel. With him we have just concluded a short, but very success- ful campaign, obtaining our supply of 250,000 from the Hud- son at Troy. They were caught in large numbers with a dip wire-cloth net, and kept in wire-cloth coyered boxes floating upon the river till convenient to pack and ship to Michigan, ‘fhe period of their “run” lasted ‘only about fiye duys, during which time millions upon millions filled the waters; all headed ** up the creek,” - The peculiar feature of the campaign was the method adopted in their transportation. Mr, O. M. Chase, the boss eelist in charge, made experiments prior to shipping for the purpose of testing what way the eels could best endure the hardships and perils of their emigration to the West. He placed some in water at a temperature of 75 to 80 deg. Some in water at a much lower temperature. and some in water at a temperature between the two extremes. He tried some with frequent changes of water; some in water made as roily as possibly, and some he packed in ice; and still others he placed in cars with a layer of mud on the bottom of two or three inches, and filled with fresh eut or pulled river grass, the whole kept cool and moist with small quantities of ice placed on the top of the grass. The eels packed in thiz way he found, after being in the cars 36 or 45 hours, were by far in the best condition of any experimented with; ap- parently as fresh and active as when first placed in the can. The cans used were the ordinary fish-depositing cans. In this way all were shipped, nnd all arrived in excellent condi- tion, the reports from the various depositors uniforuily being that the little wrigglers arrived in tip-top order; svarcely o dead one in the lot. Some four or five thousand were placed in a ten or twelve gallon can. The advantazes of this method of shipment are many. The can is not over one-third as heayy as when filled with water—a great saving in freight; no chanves as when shipped in water, Nothing to be done by the attendant or atrendants, except now and then the putting into the cans small quantities of pounded ice, keeping the temperature of the can at a little below 60 deg. Pahren- heit. In this way one attendant will move move eels, and with less labor, than will three by the old method of moving in cans of water. As respects the introduction of the eel into our Michigan waters, our people seem to be divided into three elassus: The red-hot eelist, the stone-cold and the luke-warm. 1 think the red-hot ones are in a very decided majority, They seein the eel lots of sport and food fit for the gods, The stone-cold class cry at the top of their lungs, *Snaiks,” and think St. Patrick should be invoked to keep the “yarmint” from ever infesting the warbling brooks and silver lakes of their loved Michizan. ‘The luke-warm class are quite numer- ous, ‘hey don’t care ‘three skips of a louse” one way or the other, provided they are not asked to row the boat, and are omitted in the invitation to the feast, Hence this class oceupy the proselytiing ground. I think the Red-Hot Church is gathering in far more converts than the Stone-Cold. Heads of families of the luke-warm class, I observe, listen with a feverish sert of interest while being told that eels. constituted the principal diet of the renowned Cleopatra, imparting to her that poetry of expression and comeliness of form by which she mastered great Antony. These once thought to perse— oute the ‘*saints;” now they are of the very ‘‘elect,” As for my single self, I am not ashamed to be found a-shouting, *' Bless the Lord for eels,’ Gzo. H. Juromr, Layman in the Red-Hot Church. / SoS ar \ Lann-Locrrp Satmon in New Hamrpsnine.—Manehester, Jynei1Gth.—I notice in Forest anp Srream for the 14th a statement in regard to the introduction of land-locked salmon in N. H. Tt may be interesting to your readers to know that besides those mentioned, the Fish Commissioners of N, H. have also placed 1,000 each in Sunapee and Squaw Lakes, 'Ti-Echo Pond in Milton, and Lovewell's Pond in Wakefield, and have divided another thousand between ponds in Brad— ford and Croydon. We bave also brought 85 lacge pike perch from Canada and put them in Mascoma Lake, in Enfield, within a few weeks, and transplanted black bass from Sunapee and Great East Pond, in Wakefield, to other suitable waters in different parts of the State where they were deemed to be desirable. We do not propose, however, to stock the State indiseriminately with black bass, as we are not conyinced of t\eir great superiority to several other varicties of fish. They ave spreading rapidly ‘on their own hook,” and thereby #etting in those of others. Connecticut River is becoming well-stocked by those which escaped ten years ago from Livingston Stone's hatching ponds at Obarlestown, and those which are continnally getting out of Sunapee Lake and going down Sugar River, sometimes fifty per diem having been seen on their travels at the mill Humeson the Jatter stream. The most important event, however, which I have to chronicle is the arrival of the first salmon since 1847, when the Lawrence Dam was built, This gentleman made his ap- pearance at the foot of Amoskeag Falls on the morning of the 121h inst., aud was seen by many of our citizens, who are now convinced that the fishway at Lawrence, designed by Commissioner Brackett, of Mass., isa success. More than a dozen galmon have been seen in it at different times when the water has been drawn out for a few minutes for examination, and haye immediately started up stream when the current was Jef, on Again, so that it is probable that quite a number have come up. he one found at Manchester was just at the foot of the waste- weir, Which takes olf the surplus water from the canal, and wus caught among the rocks, when the water was let on to the Inills in the morning and the flow oyer the waste-weir stopped. We shall improve the fishway here at once, it being one of the old ‘ Foster” pattern, put in nearly ten years since, and hope to send the salmon along on their way to the spawning grounds in the Pemigewasset. These fish are probably of the fot put into the Pemigewasset as young fry in 1872. We put in 100,000 California salmon fry Just Dee,, and pro- ose to put in 100,000 more next winter if we are successful in getting the spawn from the St. Cloud River. Manchester, June 24.—The success of the attempt to restore salmon to the waters of the Merrimac River, has been further confirmed, since my letter to you of the 17th, by the appear- ance of one, estimated to weigh at least twelve pounds, in the same pool below the dam at Amoskeag Falls where the iirst one was seen; and, still better, by the arrival of another one of about the same size at the mouth of a small brook, at Martin’s Ferry Station, about four miles above the Falls, showing that he had passed the fishway at that place. The present fishway is an old one of the Foster pattern, and the Amoskeag Go. have decided to build anew one of the Brackett style at once. Mr. Hobb’s, the company’s enginecr, went with me to Laurence on the 22d to take dimensions of the fishway there, and, on drawing out the water for that pur- posé, a fine twelve pounder was found about three-fourths of the way up; and Mr, Holmes, the gate keeper, told me he jad seen another the same morning, He has seen over thirty on their way, and there have probably been ten times that number come up. The Brackett plan is a success, but the mouth or foot of it must lead into the main current under the fall, so that the fish can find it. The upper end may be any- where above the dam. Sam’ WEBBER, oe \ isn Cunrune 1s N EBRASKA.— Cherry Jill, May 15.— Have jnst returned from a jaunt down the line of the Union Pucitic railroad, between here and Omaha, and jotted down a few notes: Stopped at Bikhorn for a couple of days. Fonud that large numbers of caltish and “ buifalo” were being caught, buth by netand by hook; also a Talr sprinkling of bass, perch and pike, Thesé latter kinds are auld to be the. produce of Prof, Livingston Stone’s fanious “plant,” Made in June, 1873. Whey are found in large numbers in the small Jakes or ponds. Any one desiring to yisit this section will probably jind fair sport for both rod and gun. They should take the Union Pucitle railroad to Waterloo, where I am told good accommodations ean be sectired, and the sport is right at baid, Waterloo being on the west bank of the Hlkhorn River. While in the Union depot in Omaha, our attention was called to several smull tanks, which we found to vontalo thousands of young brook tront. Tngulry elicted the fact that they belonged to Mr. J. "P. Romine, a gentleman Jiving near South Bend, Caza county, Nebraska, about 35 miles from Omaha. We sought out Mr, Romine, who informed ns that he had purchased tie fish, 15,000 in number, in Wisconsin, and will put them in 4 Jake on hisfarm. If we recollect aright, Mr. Romine’s luke covers ubont two acres of varying depth. It igs fed by springs, and the temperature re- malnis about equal summer and winter, Last Febrilary Mr. Romine pliced in his lake ubout 1,500 young trout, and a similar number of California salmon. The furmer ure now, atthe age of one yeur, from six to elglt inches in length, and the latter about four inches, Both kinds are thriving, and mortality slight. His soccess with the first batch induced him to go after more, and he uxpresses fall contidence that it wlll proye a successful nodertaking. There cau be no doubt of it in our mind, and ina few years he will have something equal to a gold mine, and we wish there were a hundred more in Nebraska who Would follow his example. KR. GC. —_—_—_ + & Sammon ayp Sxap.—Two of the Oregon salmon, placed: in the river near this: city nearly a year ago, have been caught this season. They were hooked, one each, by W, N. Harris and B. J. Gregory, They measured about three) or four inches in length and were evidently growing rapidly and doing as well as if in native water, Shad placed in the Ten- nessce Tiver at Chattanooga and Louisville some two years ago are being caught this season in quantities, and are report- ed to be well grown for the time they liaye been in these streams, and as thrifty as if in their own Hastern waters. These facts satisfactorily solve the question as to whether or not shad and Oregon salmon can be domesticated in streams from which they are compelled to seek the ocean through the muddy and turbid waters,of the Mississippi. It seems clear that the efforts of the Government to stock the water conrses of the Mississippi Valley with the most prolific and nutritious of the game fish family is a demonstrated fact, and we con- gratulate onr Isaae Waltons and our people generally on the prospect of future sport and feasts.—Jaohsen ( Tennessee) Sun. elatural History. EXPLORATION OF SOME INDIAN GRAVES IN UTAH. WN the May nuuber of Field and Forest appears an article from the pen of that accomplished zoologist Dr. H. C. Yarrow, which will prove delightful reading to the archi:olo- gist. In this short paper Dr. Yarrow gives a most interesting account of the examination of 2 number of graves of Pah-Ute and Gosh-Ute Indians in Western Utah, and holds forth to his readers the hope that before long he will relate facts connected with the burial places.and ceremonies of other Indian tribes. Few explorers have lad more experience in this field than Dr. Yarrow, and the collection of crania and stone implements which be obtained in 1875 in Southern California was probably the finest ever obtained by an American museum. In thearti- cle to which we have referred, Dr. Yarrow says: It is hardly worth while to describe the road, suffice it to say that it was the worst mountain trail I have ever ridden over, and so obscure that without a guide we had most assur- edly lost our way both eoing and returning; at some parts it was necessary to alight orm the risk of being thrown over feartul precipices. Finally our guide made a halt, and we found that we had arrived at a sort of plateau some few hun— dred feet below the mountain’s peak. Pointing to a rock-slide, composed of masses of stone ranging in size from a pebble to the enormous boulder, he said, ‘There are the graves.” At first we saw only a confused mass of rocks piled up apparently without design, but a nearer inspection revealed a grave-like outline. To reach them we were obliged to walk over the osseous remains of many unfortunate horses, butchered to ac- company their masters to the happy hunting grounds. It was not our intention to disturb the remains at this time wiih a luoker-on who might object, but we removed enough of the stones from one of the piles to satisfy ourselves that they actually contained dead Indians, after which we carefully re- placed them and descended again to camp, not however with- out marking the trail in such a way ibat it could easily be found agai; this task was intrusted to one of our cavulry- men, who purposely lagged behind. The next day were on the ground at.an early hour, and the work of exhumation commenced, It was found after remoy- ing the boulders that a layer of branches was reached upon which the stones had been piled, displacing these the body was perceived resting in a soxl, Of concavity formed by the re- moval of sLones. In all, seven such graves were opened, and in each instance the skeleton was found lying on the back with weapons and utensils of different kinds on cither side. In a prave supposed to be that of a medicine-man were found a number of articles pertaining to his trade, a gourd rattle, paint- ed troncheon of wood, besides beads, bow aud arrows and various cooking implements. Ina graveseparated a jittle from the rest a skeleton was found wrapped in skins and surrounded by all sorts of odds and ends, kettles, bows, arrows, two old- fashioned rifles and quite a number of brass buttons. In this same grave was found the head ofa child, the other bones haying been probably dragged out by animais. ‘Tradition relates that a Chief was buried at this pluce and that a captive Piegan boy was interred with him to act us his servant on the trip to the other world, and the discovery of the cranium would seem to lend a plausibility to the story. It is hardly necessary to add that we secured the crania from all the graves, and such ar- ticles as seemed to have a certain ethnological and arebeologi- cal yalue, after which every stone was carefully replaced so. us Lo leaye no indication thut a disturbance of the bones of the dead had taken place. At the time of the burial of the Chief already alluded to as having been watched by our guide, the following ceremonies took place: the funeral party, consisting of most of the men and women of the village mounted on horseback, started at about dusk in the evening to ascend the mountains; the corpse was fastened upon a horse like a sack of grain, the ani- mul led by one of the mourners. During the whole of the ascent the entire party shricked and wailed in the most mourn- ful manner, this noise not ceasing, as my informant stated, until daylight next morning. Arriving at the spot, the prave was hastily made, as already described, the body deposited and shots fired, cither to scare away bad spirits or as a parting salute, after which the butchery of horses commenced by cut— ting their throats, At the burial of this Chief twenty are said to have been sacrificed. In removing these remains the requirements of poetic and retributive justice was, to a certain extent, fulfilled, as the band to which their owners belonged murdered Lt. Gunnison and his party on the Sevier River some years previously. In the vicinity of Beaver, Utah, several graves were ex plored which were situated near the mouth of a canyon at the foot of a mountain; these were five feet deep and exactly simi- lar to the grayes of white persons. In one of them was found the skeleton of a child, aged perhaps five years, who had suf- fered from a disease of the dorsal yertebras. With the hody had beén buried a number of rude toys and play-things, in Western Utah a cave was discovered in which the Gosh- Ute Indians deposited their déad wrapped in skins, and sur- rounded with different objects used in lite, and another simi- Jar cave was heard of near the Nevada border, Neither of these were explored for went of time, It seems to be well established from these observations that the Indians of Utah had no systematic Method ot burial, but that the customs varjed with each little band, We hope be- fore long to hear further from Dr. Yurrow on this, extremely interesting subject, —Dr. H.C, Yarrow is preparmy a monvgraph on the ‘Bu- rial Customs and Disposal of the Dead among the North American Indians." ie ' ie hal "Y = Gorn (Lestudo polyphemaus) Hs rook. —A vegetable feed ing land tortoise, from ten to twenty inchvs long, lives in pine barrens and sandy souls, where it digs burrows five to ten feet in depth for its residence, which are sometimes jointly occu- pied by it and the rattlesnake or blacksnake. Comes out at noon te feed on grass and herbage ; the palmetto berries are also a favorite food, which it is said to sometimes store sway inits burrow for future use. A perfectly inoffensive animal, except that it eats sometimes the early corn and vegetables ; ossessed of immense strength, a gopher of twenty inches long being able to walk away with a man on its back; and if it can get hold of a root in its den hardly any force can drag it out. It Jays three times a year from six to twelve eggs in the sand, which are much prized by raccoons, opossums und bears, the latter of which animals often digs out tle gopher, and tears it in pieces with its strong claws. The flesh of the gopher is also prized by the native Floridian, on whose table it forms & common dish. My host has a couple of hounds which are trained to hunt the gopher, which when found they turn Over on its back, thus Prevents its escape until their master arrives at the spot. I have often eaten it, and consider it superior in richness and flavor to the green turtle. 8. Cc. C. + —- THE YOUNG OF PHYCIS AMERICGANUS— Storer. we Epitor FOREST ANT STREAM: Being informed by & friend of mine that he had recently taken sey- eral medium-sized pollack in the waters of the Northwest Arm, near this city, having their stomachs well Alled with small try of fOme TIALIFaxX, N,8,, June, 1877, ; kind, I a¢companied him In hig boat, On the evening of June G, In the hope of securitg some pollatk for the purpose of getting spevimens of thefry. We soon caught one which was full of the smull fish, bright und silvery fo look at. On taking them home tor examination, they proved to be the young of Phyris americanus. Their Jength was generally 244 inches, and they agreed with the deseriptions of mature fish accor(ing to different authors, wilh oe exception: the yeutrals, which are stated to consist of one ray, divided at its extvemity into two filaments, are in my specimens composed of three separate filaments, only Joined together for a short distance above the base. Two of them are larger than the third, The longest reaches exactly to the origitt of the anal, the next to the yent, while the third isshorter. Color, brownish above, extendsng to lateral live ; silvery beneath, * The fry is now in great abundance In the Northwest Arm, and ig, 30 Tbelleye, always abundant af this season each year. Tite cod and pol- lack were greedy devonring the fry while we were out fishing for about an hour, the sutface -water in places literally * boiling wid ‘em,’ as Pat would say. » Where ¢an I find any description of the minute young of Phycis, tor thuse anthors I posssss—Gaouther, De Kay, Yarrell, Storer, ete,—tail to mention them ? J. MaTTHEW JONESs To answer Mr. Jones’ apparently simple question has taxed the resourges of the naturalists. Dr, H. C, Yarrow, to whom we referred his letter, has kindly favored us with the follow- ing reply. Possibly Mr. J. Carson Breyoort can add other information. Dr. Yarrow says: i «The only work I know of which describes the young of hiycis americanus (chuso of Gill), is Couch’s ** British Fishes,” and he, I think, describes it as another species. I have looked over a number of young speciniens of P. americanus at the Smithsonian, and in no instance do IJ find the veotrals as described by Mr. Jones. Moreover, | am informed hy Prof. Gill that he has not seen them so, from, whiel: 1 im— agine that perhaps Mr. J. ymy possilly he mistaken in his identification. There isa small fish, the three -bearded rock- ling (Onos ensis—Gill) which may be the individuals in ques— tion, or it may be the msackerel-midge (Cit/ata argentata—Gill). T should not forget to state that Prof. Gill states thal no sei- entific (not considering Couch as authority) description of the young of Phyets americans has ever been published in the English language. Perhaps Sars may have published some- thing. Be this us it may, I would strongly advise your cor- respondent to send on his specimeus for identilication, aod you can send them to me and | wil! send them back identified} ™ oe Tur Reprish oF tre Norrawest.—Mr. Oscar Spitzer, of San Francisco, sends us the following interesting notes on this redfish, of which little is known, We find nothing definite in the Government reports, nor has inquiry among ichthydlogists at Washington availed to elicit anything of importance: “The redfish of Wallows Lake, Cal., are described as being blood-red in. color, very fat, and weighing abont eight pounds, and are preferred, when taken, to salmon. It is said there ure only four lakes known in the world in which this fish is found, Payette, in Idaho, a lake in Maine, one in Scotland, and Wal- low’s Lake. A company engaged in Commercial tishiug on the latter frequently bring in a ton of redfish at a haul, with 4 seine of medium length. Lake Wallows is two thousand feet deep, and the fish suddenly appear on the surface in August and disappeur in December.” \ EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM: As there is so much being said of Jate ahont iresh water fishes being in sait water, the following experiment, taken from the Scientific Amert- can, may prove acceptable. Mr, Paul Bert, in experimenting, says that afresh water salmon ploiged sudderly m sea water will dis in five or siz hours, from which he concludes that the fish never proceetl snadculy to galt water, but enter brackish water where the tide ebhs and flows, and live there a sufficient time to habituate themsélyes to the chunye; thus accounting for the frequent discovery of large numbers of mleratory fish in the vicinity of the months of rivers which they ascend, A fresh water cel plunged in salt water does notseem to be affected, hut if in handling them any of the slime is rubbed off osmosis ovcurs Ini the de- uuded portion aud the eel eventually dies. Salt water fish placed“ in iresh share a similar fate, although a little salt thrown in the water prolongs their lives. His conclusions are that the death of the creature is not to any toxic action, but is simply 4 phenomenon of osmosis or transmission of 1uids through the membrances. In order to prove Us it is only necessary to weigh the animal before and after the eXperi- ment. .A frog, for example, plunged in sea water loses, one ts weight, 1f only the foot of the frog be introduced the blood glovales can beseen to leave the yessels and distribute themselyes under the skin. In hopes this may bring forth more real facts on the subject, Tam yours expectuntly, DEXTER, ALBANY, Jane 10, 1877, ———o OO Xe > yester 200 migratory quails (the - Coturniz commitnis, eee hd he will det free on the hills in With regard to breeding the native quail in this country, the Nashville Rural Sun says: “Tt is very strange, and a thing that we do not exactly un- derstand, that birds in our Northern States pair off earlier, breed earlier and mature earlier than in the Southern States. Our quails here never pair off till the first of May, and hatch out from the first of June till August. Very few of our birds reach maturity by the fifteenth of September, and we have frequently found birds foo small to shoot even in the first of Novembér. In the Northern States quails are nearly all grown by the 14th of August, and none are too small to shoot by the first. of September. It certainly appears to us that here the birds should breed and raise at least one month abead of Northern birds; instead of this, however, they are fully one month later. We are not sure, however, that the Northern quail attempts to raise more than one brood a year, while our birds frequently raise two broods and sometimes as many as three broods from one pair. ‘This may account for the difference in times of breeding.” 8 Isparvarep Howaiye-Brrps.—The Otlawa (Canada) ree Press of May 31 contains this interesting story: “‘Yesterdiy afternoon Mx. John Thompson's man (Jtles Mather) gathered a large bunch of lilacs from a tree in the garden in Nepean, as he was about coming to the city to deliver milk. A couple of humming-birds hovered aroimd the bush at the time, and these followed after the bunch which had been picked. Strange to state the little winged creatures caine along with the rig to the city, at every opportunity sipping the honey from the petals of of theflowets. At the Queen's Restauraat, for which the flow- ers were intended, the birds visited the bunch at the door of the bar entrance. The flowers were placed on the table in the dining-room, a faded bunch being substituted at the door, but after flying once arolnd the latter the birds left it, and soon found the others again, entering the room through the open window. The boarders present were astonished af the tame- ness of the birds, which might have been esaily caught if it had been desired.” ————_—_—_>—- &-— A New Preasant.—In.a letter dated ‘Labuan, Aug. 17," Governor Usshe says that be has had great difficulty in getting specimens of the beautiful new pheasant recently described by Mr. Sharpe as Lobiophasis dulwert. We has twice sent over from Labuan to the mainland of Borneo thetrained collector who obtained the original specimen, but hitherto withoup suc- cess. As, however, the birds are plentiful about thirty-five iniles inland, he hopes to be able to get some samples yery shortly. Bulwer’s pheasant seems, in the north-western por- tion of Borneo, to be confined to the Lawas River, where they arenot uncommon, but on the Trusan and Brunei Rivers, which lie close to, the species is quite unknown to the natives, eyen by name.—Vature. : ‘ KP ARRIVALS AT CENTRAL PARK MENAGHRIE FoR WEEK ENDING JUNE D4, 18TT: : One moukey, Mavacus cynornolgus, presented by Master Mario de Mendenea, N. ¥. City; one red coatimundi, Vasua nariea, presented by Mr. Alfred H, Walker, N. ¥. City; one gray squirrel, Sciurius caroli- nensis, presented by Master John A Palmer, N. Y. City; one elk, Cervus canadensis, bred In the menagerie; one fallow deer, Dama wviulguris, bred in the menagerie; One horned owl, Bubo virginianus, presented by Mr. F. 5. Webster, Troy; five pea fowl, Pavo cristatus, bred in the Inenagerie ; two cy#nets, Cygnus olor, bred in the menagerie; one alli- eul0r, lliguiur mississippiensis, prescuted Wy Mr. FB. B. Genin, N. Y. city. W. A. CONELIN, Director, $$ ee ARRIVALS AT THE PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN FOR WEEE ENDING TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1877: One Virginia deer, Cervus virginianus, orn in garden; one bald eagle, Maliaetua tucocephalus, presented; seven prairie dogs, Cynonys udovicianus, born in garden; four checquered tortoises. Emys picta presented ; two flying squirrels Pleromys volucella, presented; to alin gators, .ligatur Mississtppiensis, presented; three gray foxes, Vulpes virgenianur, Woodland, Harm and Garden , Prants ror Inpoor Droorarioy.—Plants of fine foliage and stately growth are valuable at any season to tone down the glare of color and break up the uniformity ani flatness which too often prevail in modern Hower gardens, Valuable as they are for the above purposes, they are doubly so for form- ing bold groups in large conservatories, halls, etc., when other plants, even if available, are too valuable to risk in such places in the winter season, For saloons, corridors, halls, ete, they are much more effective than flowers, as they associate much better with-the surroundings than any plant in bloom. unless it has ample and bold foliage in addition. Many of the most valuable plimts for this purpose are best grown out of doors in the summer season, the pots being plunged in the soil and care being taken that they do not suffer from want: of water. Alves and Yuccas of yarious kinds, Echeveria glanea, the striped and plain leaved New Zealand Wax (7'hormium tenaz), Aralia Sieboldii and Sieboldii variegata, Aralia papy- rifera, a fine stately plant, Abutilon marmoratum, more deli- cately mottled and superior to A. Thompsoni, Dracaena indi- visa, Draco and A. australis are all useful, while for the early winter months a few plants of the dwarfer and more higlily- colored Cannas will be found a greut acquisition, Palms are, perhaps, the most effective of the fine foliaged plants; indeed, they are looked on as aristocrats among plants and can scarcely be misplaced, as they associate well with other things, and of their assertions, 1 H OR AST AND $7 R ] AM. their growth ian that aiforded by an ordinary greechouse, and the greater part are of slow growth and expensive com- pared with other plants. Such varieties, however, as Lafania, Burbonica, Arica Intescens, A. Baneri, A. Sapida, Seatorthea elegans, Phenix reclinata, P. Dactylifera, P. Sylvestris, Chamesrops Lsmilis, 0. excelsa and Gorypha australis may he had at a moderate figure and will all sueceed in a greenhouse temperature, Gr ae Hanoy or GuEn? AzArEAs,—Notwithstanding the erent interest shown in these plants at the late exhibition of the New York Horticultural Society, when the Messrs. Parsons, of Flushing, exhibited such beautiful and well-bloomed plants, very few are aware that they aré true hybrids raised from our native varieties, About the ycar 1825 M. Mortier, a nursery- man of Ghent, conceived the idea of retarding the blooming of the’ early flowering varieties, which were likely to be in- jured by late frosts, by fecundating them with the pollen of later flowering vacicties. The experiment succeeded. Not only were flowers of. later flowering tendeney secured, but flowers of better form, more varied color, and more agreeable fragrance. ‘This variety soon became known as Azalea Mor- lierana, having been raised from various crosses between Aza- lea viscosa, nudiflora, pontica, and Calendulacea. Ghent aza- leas are now proparated from seed, the one year seedlings be- ing grafted and treated as Camellias are. ‘They are planted out in leaf-mould, and affer two yeurs are fit for saie. _ + THusA Vuryaneana.—tlt seems that this beautiful variety, which originated with Mr. P. Vervene, nurseryman, Bridge- port, Conn., aliont ten years ago, is doing even better in the cool moist climate of England (han here. ‘Che Gardener’s Chronicle says: ‘The Golden Thuja occidentalis, named Vervseneana, is generally represented as having foliage of a bronzy yellow color. There can now he seen at the Royal Nurseries, Ascot, some specimens in which the color is of # bright golden, and most eifectiye. Perhaps the moist sandy log of the Ascot nurseries has somethiog to da with the production of color, ‘The larger the plants, the better charac ter did they appear to possess.” —— Names of Pranrs —J. No. 1.—Selaginella serpens. No. 2.—Selaginella viticulosa. No. 3.—Selavinclla Martensii varie- gala. No. 4.—Selaginella apus. No. 5.—Selaginella rupes- tris—the two latter are natives. The former found in moist cool places, the latter on dry sunny rocks. P. H.. Santolina incana—a useful bedding plant. —We have received several communications from eminent gentlemen on the sparrow question, which we shall be happy to print in our next issue. a CURE FOR POISON IVY. Nsw YORK, June 18, 1877. EDI‘ok FOREST AND STREAM: Now is the summer of our discontent, when poison ivy hangs in gar- lands to grest the thin-skinned disciples of Nimrod and Isaac Walton with its ‘venomous sting.” ‘Thanks to the vainable influences of the FOREST AND STREAM, Suminér woodcock shooting has at last heen abolished. It ought to have bsen done years ago, then to-day birds would have been plenty. I suppose I haye killed more woodcock in the lasi ten years than any otter man of ny age in New York. [ have bagged as high as sixty-seven birds in one day alone, in Orange Co., near Campbell Hall. During that tlae I haye probably suffered more from poison ivy than any other man, Vhree times during one summer have I been blind from its effects. Ihave tried eyery remedy without guecess until last summer. [ was out East shooting, and, with my usual luck, I got another dose that confined me to the house. I contd not wall. An old fox hunter living in the neighborhood, hearing of my sad condition, came to see mé and brought ine a remedy that acted like magic. In three days’ time 1 was up and enjoying what I loye bet ter than anything else in this world, the best of ali field sports—fal! woodcovk shooting. For the henetit of those who read the FoxEsT AND Srrpam fT give you the receiptt Take one pint of the bark of black Spotted alder; add one quartot water and bod down to one pint. Wash the poisoned parts a dozen times a day, if convenient; it will not injure you. JOHN B, AMeEs, RR —Dr. W. Kauffman, Des Moines, Ia., a successful orchard- ist, as to the value of smoking apple trees with coal tar, writes asfollows; ‘I never made it my special business to smoke apple trees, but smokin curculio out of plum trees las been my special effort and object in using coal tar, and in this I have been entirely suesessful; and, in passing among my ap- ple trees to reach the plaom trees, [smoked ubout 2 dozer apple trees shat were loaded with truir, and the apples from these trees were free from codling moth, while all my apple erop, with these exceptions, Were terribly infested with these worms. Procure some coal tar from # gas-house; puta quart of it into a pen; to this fasten a wooden handle, so as to get four feet away from the smoke; take a shaving and a majich, and you will soon have a dense sinoke ; with these pass undey the trees, and, my word for it, no insects that you. ever saw will stay in the tree five seconds to breathe such ou atmos- phere. The stench of this smoke will remain in the foliage and limbs of the trees for two ov three days, unless washed off by rains, and, so long as if does remain, no insects will re- turn. One or two minutes’ smoking under each tree is quite sufficient. “Hold the pan low enongh so as not ho bnro the lower limbs, and carry it sous to smoke the entire tree. 1 will leave entomoloxists to tell at whut period the various in- sects are likely to enter the trees to commence their depreda— tions, snl baat is the time to cotamence tosmoke them cut,”’— Prarie Harmer. 4 .-___ SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. To our customers and the public :—Im reply to the damaging reporis which haye been circulated respecting the quality of our split bamboo reds, by “ dvalers” who are unable to compete withusat our reduced prices, we have issueda circular which we shall be pleased to mail to any address, provitg the falsity Cosnoy, Bissert & Marimson, —[Ade. Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y. impart, an air of grace and lightness unequaled by any other | plants, Unfortiinately mosf, of these require more warmth for | , B41 ! Luss Vicororts 1Han Tueir FAtucrs.—A New Hampshire correspondent of the Manchester Mirror expresses his views on the deserted farm question thus bluntly: ‘If farms have tun down the people who occupy them area long way aliead in the race. We have got on our farms to-day a class of peo- ple who can cipher through the algebra, play the piano, and boast of an acquaintance with the fine arts, but they can’t work. They haye got fine minds, but their bodies are sickly, puny and wexk. ‘To talk the matter plainly, we have bred the bone. and muscle out of our families until we haye gous kind of human Jerseys, fine boned, mild eyed, and nice to look at and pet, and put on exhibition, but so tender and weale that they are fit neither for our climate, our work, nor our circumsiances. Our fathers worked 12 or 14 hours a day and hever thought of getting tired. We ae used np when we have worked four hours. Ourmolhers made butter and cheese, fed the pigs and chickens, did the milking, raised a dozen children, made the clothing for the family, and whena shower wus coming could rake or load hay. Our wives want a maid to tend the baby and another to do the house-work, a boy todo the chores, and if we keep more than one cow, a cheese tactory to prevent the milk from spoiling. Jt is safe to say that 10 farmer's wives 10-day cannot do as much hard work as would two 50 vears ago. Asa farming people we are played out. Té the young New [ampshire farmer who wants a wile tohelp him get 1 living instead of one to Pang tbbors on end pour patent medicines into, would just ei down to your city aud find a good, strong, vigorous. industrious and frugil Irish or German girl, he would find his farm would pay better than is. does now, and his children would be likely to be worth ten times as much as farmers as will beauy of (he next generation of pure bred Yankees.” a — Orncos Comerimes'ts Catirognta.—The Portland Oregonian; which may safely be set down asprejudiced. thus discourses in its issue of the Sth inst.: ‘They are coming from Califor- nia. And one of the must sugvestive sights in the worldis the spectacle of a Californian, who hasn’, before seen rain enough for a year to lay the dust, slanding out in sn Orgon rain with his hat off, and enjoying itas uquatie fowls da asummen shower. Oregon his been sneered at as the vainy country by California, but they are nol sneering now. They are hunting a country where it rains enough, and prefer the yerdure of Oregon to the blight and desolation of California. Persons ow attiving tell us that immense numbers.in Califormia are preparing to moye. As rapidly as they can they will come to our Srate. A great many are comine ly wagons oyerand, A gentleman just through by the stage line informs us that in Northern California and Southern Oregon he passed a large number of partivs, including families and live stock, moving north, At night their camp fires were seen continually frou the stage road, and the simht is described as heing like that of the eariy emigration across the plains, Tlvery steameris load- ed to iis full capacity by people who sre seeking a country Where crops neyer perish of drought. To them, exageerated reports of Oregonrains are no longer #tervor. Our Climate, they find, is preferable to drought, deserts anc starvation.” ++ —It is well known that walnut trees sometimes attain prodigious size and great age. An Jtalian architect mentions having seen at St. Nicholas, in Lorraine, a sirgle plank of the wood ofthe walnut, 25 feet wide,upon y hich the Emperor Fred- érick IIT. had given a sumptuous banquet. Tn the Baidar Valley, near Balaklava, in the Crimea, stands a walnut tree at least 1,000 years old. It, yields annually from80,000 to 100,000 nuts, and belongs to five Tartar families, who share its pro- duce equally. T have read many articles in the old AMERICAN SPORTSMAN, the Rop & Gun, andin your paper, by Mr..Burges and others, stating plainly, or in- sinnating, that the pointeris much inferior to the setter, Now, Mr, Hditor, permit me to say that the poinfer is nearly universally preferred by Sonth- ern sportsmen, He is stauncher, steadier and more reliable than the setter, because he is not such a wild harum-scarum brute as sometimes eyen the best of setters wil! be. We like a dog that goes over his ground thoroughly. We like the pointer because he does not get full of burrs anil ** beggar-lice,” which abound in our country, and which often disalile a setter, causing them such pain and inconvenience that I have seen them slop to pull out of their “feathery, heathery” tail, burrs, when they ought to have beenattending to theirbusiness. The pointer, on the con- trary, will bunt when a setter would be used up from heat and want of water. The statements about pointers refusing to retrieve out of witer, and refusing to face thorns and cat-briars, are, as far as our Southern country is concerned, miserable bosh. In conclusion, My. Burges, you should have limited the title of your book on dogs to the North, or else you should have given the credit and attention to the Sonth, that is due toit, nof only from its yust ex— jent of Lerritory and large variety of game, but on account also of its haying been for many, Many years (and being yet) the natural home of sportsmen, and everything pertaining to gentlemanly field sports. Sourn,. Se THE STATE BENCH SHOW AT SyY- RACUSE, {From the Syracuse Courier.) Tuesday morning (June 19) at 10 o'clock, the bench show of dogs, under the auspices of the New York State Associa- tion for the protection of fish and game, was opened to the public. ‘The attendance was far in advance of the most san- guine expectations, In the evening fully one thousand per- sous visited the exhibition in the armory, many of our most prominent citizens being present, taking great interest in the exhibition. It was noticeable that.a majority of the visitors were ladies. ‘The dogs were comparatively quiet and be= hayed themselyes very well. The fish showed to fine advan- tage, a3 the aquariums were illuminated. At 9 o'clock the president of the association, Goyernor Alvord, officers of the | association and distinguished gnests took seats on the raised plattorm, and the large audience gathered around it. Presi- dent Smith introduced Goyernor Alvord, who stated that in- asmuch as it would be difficult to hear his voice, he would not make much of a speech. He desired to say that if the com- munity would adopt iu all business relations the names of the dogs on exhibition, it would be yery much to the advantage of one andall. We haye the pointer fo point you the right way, we have the retriever which should teach you to retrieve your past errors. We have the hound, which should stimu- te you to hound down all fraud and corruption, He was rejoiced to be present at this exhibition, whieh was an honor to the city of Syracuse, He was glad to find an inereasing interest in sporting matters. We inherited the proclivities to fish and bunt from our mother country, and the manly pur- aculties of every man. He urged the necessity of enforcing the ganie laws, and declared that the State of New York should reserve the territory in the North Woods for the pres- ervation and protection of game and fish, Every man is better for a little relaxation from business. No man could live without relaxation, and there is no better place to obtain health and yigor than in the woods or on the islands in the St. Lawrence, where the speaker had been for tle pust two weeks fishing and hunting. Governor Alvord concluded by welcoming the distinguished strangers from abroad to Syra- cuse, and assured them that they would meet with a cordial hospitality trom our citizens. Mr. Ferdinand Senn, of New York Gity, exhibits some yery rate and beautiful specimens of Skye terriers, black-and tan terriers, and a King Charles spaniel which is a veritable beauty, The exhibition of pet dogs is a very superior one, and it may be safely said that no more valuable or beautiful lot of dogs has ever been seen by our citizens, Some rare and curious dogs are exhibited by Mr. Horace K. White of this city. They are English pugs, and as fine specimens as ure ever seen in this country, In the sporting class the display is a splendid one. Good judges pronounced the collection to be as fine a one as was ever gathered together. At the head of the list in value stands William M. Tileston’s Limerick, a champion Irish setter, yal- ued at $500, and Mr. William N. Callender’s Kory O'Moore, valued at 32,500. DIVISION NO, 1. Class 1.—Champion English Setter Dogs.—For previous win— ners of a first prize.—l. Liicius Moses, Marcellus, N. Y., Buff, red and white tisked—5 years. Ly Sam out of Lady Buff, Winner of first prize at Watertown, also of the champion gold medal for bert setter in theshow. (Not for competition.) 2. Asa L. Sherwood, Skaneateles, N. Y., Drance, orange and white ticked Gorn Sept., 1875. By Bruce out of Busy. GS. and G. D Royces’ imported pair; full pedigree. Winner of first prize at Geneseo, and champion and second at Watertown. First prize. Class 1—Champion English Setter Bitches,—No entriss. Olass 2—Champion Irish Setter Dugs.—3. Wm-_ M. Tileston, box 2,832, New York, Limerick, red, 13 months. By Plunkett, out of Juno, 8900. =i. 4. J. H. Whitman, 93 and 95 Lake street, Chicago, Ill., Ranger, red, 8 years, By Barton's Larry, out of Liewellin’s Lill II. First prize, 5. Wm. N. Gallender, Albany, N. Y,, Rory O'Moore, red, with lJit- tle white on breast apd faint star on forelead, 22 months. By Burges’ liufus, out of E. F. Stoddard’s Friend; see Burges’ Ken- nell and Field Book. $2,500. V. H.C. Olass 2—Champion Irish Setter Bitches.—6, Wm. M. Tileston, box 2,832, New York, Lill, ILL, red, 2 years, By Shamrock, ont of Kathleen. Virst prize. Class 3—Ohampion Gordon Setter Dogs.—T. CG. Dabois Was- staff, Babylon, £. 1., Kent, black, white and tan, 2>¢ years. By Kerr's Grouse, full pedigree, Boydine’s Hope, Winer of first prize ab Springfield, V. H. O., New York. First prize. Glass 3—Champion Gordou Setter Bitches. —8. Wm. M. Tileston, box 2,832, New York, Lou, black and tan, 25 years, imported. First prize. Class 4—Champion Pointer Dogs, over 60 pounds.—9. C. Du- “bois Wagstaff, Babylon, L. I., Till, lemon and white, 2 years. Winner of first priza at New York. By Guy 2d, ont of May; May wy. Asian out of Blanche; Guy 2d by Guy, onutof Jet. @2ol). . HO. 10. William M. Tileston, New York, Snapshot, lemon and white. Born September 17, 1869, By Whitehonse’s Pap, ont of I'rice’s Judy. K.C.S.B. 1020. First prize. Glass 6—Imported Hnglish Setter Dogs,—12. 0. 8. Westcott, 511 South Forty-second street, Philadelphia, Pedigree, orange and white Belton, 2 years. Winuer of second prize at Baltimore and New York. By Victor, out of Blue Daisy, full pedigree, 31,000. First prize. Class 6—Imported English Setter Bitches.—13. C. 8. Wescotts 511 South Forty-second street, Philadelphia, Fairy, 1., orange and white, 2 years. By Victor, out of Blue Daisy. 31,000. First prize. Olass 7 Native English Setter Dogs.—15. Fred. A. Howlett, 115 W. Genesee street, Syracuse, Frank, lemon and white, 20 months. By Sam, out of Dido. ; Oz 17, J, Horatio Marl, Skaneateles, N. Y,, Sport, orange and white, born Oct, 2i, 1875, By Asa Sherwood’s Cuampion, sire France, dam Rusa. H.C. 19. Asa L. Sherwood, Skaneateles, Mac, orange and white, born Oct. 1875. H. ©. at st. Louis. By Champion H'rauce, out of Rusa. Second prize. 91. Frank B. Kiopk, Syracuse, N. Y., Pride of Syracuse, orange amd white. 21¢ years, 3250. Tiret prize. 23. 5. C. Hayden, 69 South Salina street, Syracuse, Mio, orange and white, 4 years, By Brace, out of Busy, G. 8. & G. D. Royce, imported. $150. H. CO. 25. F, R. Dennison, orange and white, 18 months. By J. A. Nichols’ Sam, out of Giles’ Bitch, Bex's Strain. Not forsale. Y. H, UO. 26. J. Weigheli, Don, Rochester. Should haye been entered in class 6. Class 7—Native English Setter Bitehes.—27. OC. Dubois Wagstaff, Babylon, L. 1., Zaidee, chestnut and white, 3 years. Zaitee by Dr. Gauteer's Fred, Imported Belle: Belle by Duke of Richmond, Don Basil Woods, Belle, Yorkskire, England. $150. Absent. 28, L. EF. Whitman, 5 City Hall, Detroit, Mich, Mell, blue Belton, 19 months. Sire Blue Belton Jack, formerly owned by Juo. Dayidson, Munroe, Mich., damm Spot, imported. Absent. 29. Tuomas Lukins, Skaneateles, N. Y¥., Belle, orange and i at Oct, 21st, 1875. Asa Sherwood’s sire Dick, dam Pitt. y. H.C. 40: Asa 1. Sherwood, Skaneateles, N. Y., Fancy, orange and white, born April, 1874, By Bruce, ont of Rusa, G. 8. Royce's imported pair; full pedigree, Forsale. H.C. 81. Asa L. Sherwood, -Skanesateles, N. Y., Moll, orange and white, berm March, 1575. By Dick, out of Pitt; full pedigree. For sale. Wirst prize. 32, Asa L. Sherwood, Skaneateles, N. Y., Rusa If, orange and white, born April 12, 1875, By owners Champion l'rance, ont of Rusa, Rusa was H. (at Sf. Louis,'and second at Watertown. For sale. Second prize. 33. Asa L. Sherwood, Skaneateles, N. Y., Jose, orange and white, born Oet., 1875. By Chawpion France, out or Rusu; Rusa ao a ab St. Louis, and sesond at Watertown, N. Y. For sale. B4, Asa (L. Sherwood, Skaneateles, N. ¥., Zita, orange and white, born Oct., 1876. By Mac, out of Pitt; full pedigree. For sale, Firstin puppy class. ¥ $5. Asa L. Sherwvod, Skaneateles, N, Y., Pitt, orange and white, born April, 1874, By Bruce, ont of Kusa, G. 8. Royce’s imported pair; full pedigrees. 40. M. D. Fox, Skaneateles, N. Y., Rose, orange and white, born Mareh 19, 1876, Asa Sherwood's sire Dick, dam Pitt; also full pedigree. Y. H.C. Liv ae Cluss 7—Native Mnglish Setter Dog Vuppies.—34. Entries in error in bitehclass. First. : Glass 8—Imported Irish Setter Dogs.—46. BR. M. Lindsay, Scranton, Pa., Dash, red, 4 years. Dy Bob, ont of Dun, F300 Second prize. ; 47. M. You Culin, Delaware City, Del,, Kike, red, born Apvril, 1876. Winner of second at New York. By Plonkelt, out oF Kathleen, First prize. . 40, Wim. Brockway, Hoosac, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Dick, red and white; 15 months. Plunkett, Nell. $80. For sale kee Class S—Imported Trish Setter Bitches. —5), LK. M. Lindsay, Scranton, Pa., Uyeena, red, 16 mouths. By Basto, out of Sal. $200, Second, B ; 51, M. You Culin, Delaware Cily, Del., Golleen, red, 3 years, Winner at Crystal Palace.. By Milner’s Jack, out of Green’s Rose. Fivet. 52. Wm. Brockway, Hoosac, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., Nell IT, red and white, 14 months. Plouketh: Nell. $200. ©. 58. Wm. Brockway. Hoosac, Rensrelaey Co., N. Y., Kate, red and white, 15 months. Plunkett; Nell. $80. Tor sale. C. Class §—Native Irish Setter Dogs.—55, Greene Smith, Peter- boro, Madison Co. N. Y, Ed, H. Gillmann, red and white, 13 mouths; ought to ba » prize winner, but he is far from it in appearance, From W. W. Tileston, Gonnet Carrie by Saltus Dash, bred by C. H. Raymond, ont of Dimity by Dick, ont of Balle Dash Saltus Dash, out of Saltus Drisk by Bobinson's Jack Dick, ont of Dick by Hinkley’s dog Jack, out of Palmer's Belle by Putnam’s dam. 46. Thos. Kimber, jr., Syracuse, N. Y., Ben, red, 3 years. By imported Brnes. Cc. 58. Burghdarf Bros., Clyde, N, ¥, Maze, red, 2 years and 8 months. Sire, Farrand’s Bud. By Curran’s Grant, $175. V. H.C. 62. Henry Jackson, 82 Onondaga street, Syracuse, Grouse, red, 4 years. By Rover, ont of Moll, G. §. Charley. $100, H.C. fda, G, A. Hayden, Rochester, Dick, red. Second, 64h, Isaac Weighell, Rochester, Sport, red, 4 years. Y. Whitney's black dog. $1,000. First. Cliss 9—Native Irish Setter Bitch Puppies.—67. P. H. Mor- ris, 72 Duane street, New York, Lene, red and white, 6 ww nthe, By George Oolburn’s champion, Dash, ont of Ddward Tards, jr., imported Dish bitch an, V. H. C., New York. 3200. First. Class 10—Gordon Setter Bitches.—71. O. OC. Potter, Syracuse, N. ¥., Flora, black and tan 13 months. Pedigree given if re— By George quasted. First. 72. Jacob Glabn, ‘Syracuse, N. Y., Maggie, black and tan, 2 years. By Colbnrn’s Dash, ont of F. H. Kennedy’s Kathleen. Full pedigree given if requested. Notforsale, Absent. 7a. Wm. M. Tileston, New York City, Shot, black and tan, 10 months, By Dexter, out of Nell. Tirst prize at Chicago. Pup, 74. J. G. Farnsworth, Albany, Yobi, black and tan, with white spot on chest, 443 years. Sired by Dash, he by dog of Sir Wil liam Maxwell's Keis, Scotland, out of J. Anton’s imported bitch ; dam Belle. See American Kennel and Field, No. M4. $500. Second. Class 10—Gordon Setter Dog Poppies.—75. Jacob Glahn, Syra- cuse, N. ¥., Ben Nevis, black anc tac, 9 months, By Jarvis Dick out of Maggie. 3200. Second. 76. J. G. Skinner, Oswego, N. Y., Inke, black und tan, 9 monthe 8 days. Sire, Doane’s Tone, ont of Doane’s Chloe. Full pedigree. F150. Wirst. Glass 10—Gordon setter Bitch Puppies. 78. See entry above (First prize). Class 11.—Pointer Dogs over 50 lbs. wi.—79. E. D. Lewis, 7 and 8 Granger Block, Syracuse, Don, lemon and white—12 mos, and 2 weeks, By imported Uarlo out of Juno. Full pedigree. Wirst Prize. 81. Chas. R. Weed, Utiva, N. Y., Frank, liver and white, 5 yrs, Imported by Lawrence, of New York, when a pup. Sire, Bruce; dam, Like, 83. Mra. Cecelia G. Hudson, Syracuse, N. Y., Spot, liver, white and ticked, 2 years. By Jno, Brandon's dog out of B, Manning's bitch. C. 84. J. H. Bly, Clyde, N. Y , Dash, orange and white—6 years, Imported stock. $300. Second Prize. 87. P. J. Brumelkamp, Syracuse, N. Y., Snap, liver, 3 yrs. Don ont of Dakin's bitch. $100. H.C, 91. J. Weizhell, Rock, white, Rochester. V. H.C. 93, Thomas Goulding, Rochester, N. Y., Dash, lemon and white, 2 yrs, Dam, imported bitch, got by Williara Crittenden’s lemom and while dog Don, of Kochester, who was got by imported dog and bitch. YW. H. C. 93a. O, A, Tlayden, Rochester, Wink, red. V. H.C, Class 11—Pointer Bitches over 50 lbs, wt.—86. W. 8S. Barnum, Syracuse, Roc, liver, 4 yrs. and S$ mos. Gy Don out of G. Da- kin’s bitch. $100. 94, W. 8. Barnum, Syracuse, Betsey, lemon and white, 1 yr. 2 mos. By imported dog owned in Catskill, ont of Dakin’s bitch. Absent. 95. G W., Dakin, Juno, liver, § yrs. By Jim, out of Bennett's imported bite. Not for sale. Second Prize. 96. B. Millar, Rochester, Prank, liver and white, 6} yrs. Im- ported. $100. Absent. Cluss 12—Pointer Dogs Under 50 Ibs. wt.—97. C. Dubois Wag- staff, Babylon, L, I., Fiake Il, Jemon and white, 14 months. By Flake out of Lily, Full Pedigree. 3100. First Prize, 98. A. Koeh or, 281 Lock strest, Syracuse, N, Y., Fanny, liver, 13 months. By Dixcn’s imported dog ont of Bush. Second Prize. 92, J. Weighell, Fly, lemon, Rochester. Oleass 18—Pointer Dog Puppies Under 12 m,—100. R. M. Lind- say. Seranton, Pa,, Snipe, black, 11 mos, By Pate out of Whisky. 3200. First Prize. $0. H. O. Class 18—Pointer Bitch Puppies Under 12 m.—101. G, G, Bark- er, P. O. Box 709 Boston, Mass,, Black Princess, blask, 8 mow. By Dilley’s Ranger out of Gilleepie’s Fan. First Prize. op. VY, H. , Class 14—Chesapeaka Gay Dogs, Dogs or Bitches.—102. BE. A, Gillman, corner Woodward and Jefferson ayenues, Detroit, Mich., Pride of the Chesapeake, sedge, Smonths. By Jack out of Rose. Winner 20, New York. For sate. First Prize. Gloss 15—Irish Water Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches,—103. J. H. Whitman, $8 and 95 Lake street, Chicago, King of the River, liver, 215 years. By Skidmore’s Mike, out of exhibitors Lippey, Ix. only. 104. C. Dubois Wagstaff, Babylon, L. L, Dash, liver, + years. Imported from Ireland. First Prize. Class 16—Retrieving and Field Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches.—105 J. W_ Stewart, Jordan, N. Y., Mack, red, 3 years. By Rollo out of Lydia, imported, V. H. ©. 106. W. Ti. Brown, 11 Madison street, Syracuse, Dash, black, 4 years. Price $75; puppy, $25, V. H. 0. 107. J, UW. Whitman, 93 and 95 Lake street, Chicago, Captain, liver, 2 yeurs, By Sinbad out of Queen, First Pnze. 108. John Hammond, 22 Windsor street, Ont., Canada, Prince, black sud white, 3 years. S40. Y. H.C. 109. Wenry Uhurston, Skaneateles, N. Y., Culey, liver and white, 5 years. $20. YV. H.C. 110. Peter Hum, Skaneateles, N. Y., Royer, liyer and white, 4 years. $20. V. H,C. , 111 P. J. Brumelkamp, Syracuse, Jack, red and white striped toes, 7 months. Imported. By Crossland’s Jack ; dam by Cross- Jand’s Jack. Second Prize. 112. J. Weightell, Rochester. V. H. 0. Cldss 17—Cocker Spaniels, Dogs or Bitches—113, Morrison D. Fox, Skaneateles, N. Y., Mort, liver, 2 years. O. 114. E. H. Gillman, corner Woodward and Jefferson avenues, Detroit, Mich,, Adelina, Patti, iver and white, ticked, 234 years, Winner of first prize at East Saginaw and H.C. at New York, Im- ported through Hngh Allen, For sale, Yirst Prize. 115. J. C. Luther, Syracuse, Sport, black, 16 months. Nof for sale. H. 0. | 116. J. J. Saulpaugh, 45 8. Salina street, Syracuse, Jack, bluck, white and ticked, 6 years. Fromimported stock. $100. Second Prize. Class 18—Tox Hounds, ‘in Couples.—117. L. M. Wooden, 119 Powers’ Block, Rochester, Drumm, black, tan and white, 11 mos. 40. . oC, $117. L. M. Wooden, 119 Powers’ Block, Rochester, Ring, black, tun and white, 11 months, $40, H, 0. 118. L, M. Wooden, 119 Powers’ Block, Rochester, Reno, black and tan, 11 months. Southall’s stock, of Virginia. Not for sale, No ehtries. ‘Us. L. M. Wooden, 110 Powers’ Rloek, Rochester, Prank, spot- ted, 5 ees Waghsh foxhound, both parents imported. No riee. H. 0. o 110. LL. M. Wooden, 11 Powers’ Glock, Rochester, Sport, black, tan and wh'te, 4 years, $40. Sevond Prize. 119, L. ML Wooden, 11 Powers’ Block, Rochester, South, black a tan, 217 years. Southall’s Virginia stock. No price. Second rize, 120. PF R Murray, Pompey Hill, NY Wm Tell and Drive. chest- nut 21g years. By the late K O Barker’s stook, 550. V HC. 121. J Weighell, Rochester, Tiral Prize. Olass 19—Dachshunds, Dogs or Bitthes—128 Andrew Freden- burgh, Jordan, N Y, Plora, black, 3 years, By Ranger out of Pan- nie. Sid. V HO. 123 Francia Leister, P O Box 1,095, N Y, Punk, fallow red, 3 yrs Imported. Notfor sale. First Prize. 124 Fraucis Leister P O Box 1,095, N Y, Nelly, fallow red, 2 yrs Imported. Not for sale, Second Prize. Class 20—Fox Terriers, Doze or Bitches—125 OC Walton, 40 Tiast Thirty-second street, New York, Tricksey, white and tan spot, 2 yearsand 4 mouths. Winner at Centennial, Baltimore and New York. By T'vke, Dainty; Bubet. Diamond, Youuy Trap, Tricksey, vid Tartar, Vernon, bred by Marquis of Huntley. $200, First Tizd. 126 Fred F Avery && Bros, Skaneatelas, N ¥, Larry, white, black and tan, 2 yeurs. By Ringwood, ont of Vivlet, Robin Hood, Rose, Trimmer, Second Nettle. Notfor sale. Second Prize. “ Clasy 21—Greyhounds, Doge or Bitches—128 Robert Aherdeen, MD, Greeley Block, Syracuse, Price, blue and black, 6 years Imported when a pop; cannot state pedigree. Second Prize. 180 Geo Morgan, Oswego, Mand, mouss and white, 2 years aud’ months. Imported. First Prize. 132 Jacob Miller. 24 Bust Washington strest, Syracuse, Nero, black, 1 year and 10 months, Notfor sale. First. 133 Andrew Boyd, 140 & Payette street, Syracuse, Rollo Boyd, black, dears. Ont of Harrie PMlora by Francis Hendrick’s dog Bruno, both imported. Grandfather and grandmother owned by John Kane, Ottawa. VHC, P 135 M B Nicholson, 41 Gertrude street, Syracuse, Snyder, black, years, C 186 J EB North, Syracuse, Nero, black, 18 months. Second. Class 24—Dalmatian, or Coach Dox -—138 © N Shattuck, 3 and 5 West Water street, Syracuse, Spot, black and white spot, o years. Trom en imported stock. Notforsale. First. Glass 2i—Shepherd Doge or Collies, Dogs or Bltches—139 Geo - Moxley, Syracn-e. N Y, Shep, black, tan and white, 2 years and 6 Tonths. For sale. Second. 140 Thomas Newrick, 3 Franklin street, Syracuse, Jimmy, black, tan and white, 4 years. Ont of Fan—both imported. $50. Wurst. Class 27—Ball Terrier, Dogs or Bitches—142 John Carroll, 55 Hickory street, Syracuse, Gyp, white and brindle, 15 mouths by J Ubristian's Biliy, imported by dog ont of Jeuning’s Gyp. First. Class 28-—-Pazs, Dogs or Bitches—144 H K White, 133 James strest, Syracuse, Jack, blonde, 4 years. Imported by ower from the Duke's Kennel. Second. 155 H K White, 133 James street, Syracuse, Gill, blonde, 4 years. Imported by owner from Duke's Kennel. First. Class 29—Binek and Tan Terriers, Dogs or Bitches—149 Ferdi- band Senn, 118 Broadway, N Y, dim, black and tan, 2 years. Im— ported, $150. Tirst. 150 Ferdinand Senn, 118 Broadway, N Y, Kato, black and tan, 4 ‘years. Imported, $40. Second. Class 30—Skye Terriers, Dogs or Bitehes—151 Wm Malcolm, Jr, Syrieuse, N Y, Scotty Boy, silver blue, Zig years. Imported from Dnogland. Second. 103 Ferdinand Senn, 118 West Broadway, N Y, Mosse, silver, 2 years. Imported—S100. VHC. 154 Ferdinand Senn, 118 West Broadway, N Y, Snap, silver and tan, 22g years, Imported—#100, First. 155 $erdinand Seun. 118 West Broadway, N Y, Charley, silver, 2 years. Imported—$i00. VHC. Olass 31—Seotch Yerriers, Dogs or Bitches—160 J D Harris, 9 Daisy street, Svracuse, Nibbs, bine and tan, light, 18 months. Out of Frank Wood's Fan, 325. Second, 161 CH finn, 130 Townsend street, Syracuse, Kiser, fawn and blue 3 years—Not for sale. First. 167 J I North, Syrucase, N Y, Rough, fawn, 9 months. By im- Bs Scotty Boy, out of Jessie, she by Dash out of imported Fy. HO #20. . Class 32—Yorkshire Terriers, Dogs or Bitches—169 Mrs Crever- son, New York City, Haidee, silver blue, 2 years. Imported by Harry Jennings. First und V HC. : 170 Ferdinand Senn, 118 Broadway, New York, Billy, blue and tan, 252 years. Imported—#100. The best specimen we have eyer geen. i Olass 38—Toy ‘Terriers, not over 5 lbs.—171 Ferdinand Senn, 118 West broadway, New York, Rex, blue snd silver, 3)¢ years. Imported—$75, Sevond. ‘ 172 Ferdinand Senn, 118 West Broadway, New York, Jimmy, black and tan, 1g years. Imported—$100. First. Glass 34—Miscellaneons—174 Greene Smith, Peterboro, N~ Gambrinus, black and tan, 2 years. King Charles Spaniel from im ported stock. $1,000, VY HO, d y {76 Charles H Ostrander, Peterboro, N Y, Jesse, white and lemon, 5 years. Italian Greyhound from imported stock. VHC. 18L. Chas. Coppins, Syracuse, Belle, white and fawn, 1} years. From imported stock, #35. Med 182. Ferdinaud Senn, 118 Broadway; New York, Charley, black and tan, 12s years. Imported. $150. Hirst. 183. amilton ‘Child, Syracuse, Lion, fawn, 3iyears. Cross between St. Bernard and Newfoundland. For ex-hibition onty. —Red Hibbon 185. George Cayford, spaniels. Zipp was got William Bates. V. H. C. SPECIAL PRIZES. No 1,.—For the best English Setter Dog or Bitch.—i87. C. 8 Westcott, 511 So. 42d street, Philadelptia, Pa., Pedigree, orange and belton. 2 years. By Victor out of Blue Daisy, Winner of 2d prize at Ballimore and New York, Full pedigree. $1,000 first T1Z6, F No 2—Special prize for the best Irish Setter, dog or biteh,—193. J. H. Whitman, 98 and 95 Lake street, Chicago, Ranger, red, 3 years. By Bartou’s Larry out of Liewellin’s Lill If. First rige. 2 No. 8,—Special prize for the best Gordon Setter, Dog or Bitch. —197. ©, Dubois Wagstaff, Babylon, L. 1, Kent, black, white and tan, 23g years. Kent by Kerr’s Grouse, full pedigree ; Boy- dine’s Hope. Winner first ut Springhield, V. H C., New York. 2200 first price. No. 4,For the best Setter Dog or Bitchin the Show (donated by Tiffany 4 Co., New York).—203, C. 8. Westeotr, 511 So, 42d street, Philadelphia, Pa., Pedigree, orange and white belton, 3 years. By Victor; ont of Blues Daisy. Winner second prize at Baltimore und New York: full pedigres. Virat prize, f No. 5 —Special Prize (By Francis 0. DeLuze, for best Native Hoglish Setter Dog or Liteh.—Awarded to Asa L. Sherwood, r No. 7.—For the best Pointer, Dog or Biteh.—206, ©. Dubois Wagstaff, Babylon, L. 1,, Till, lemon and white, Zyears, By-Guy second out of May. May by Shot, of ont Blanche. Guy second by Guy, out of Jet. Winuer first at New York. #250, first prize. The dog show was quite a success, but anumber of the dogs entered did-not put ip an appearance. 4 ‘Asa L. Sherwood, of Skuneaieles, was awarded the silver whistle given by Francis O. DeLuze, for the best native Eng- lish setter in the show. Mr. Sherwood's collection was a grand lot, and wequite think can come to the front at any show, Mr. Sherwood made the finest individual exhibition, aud wasjustly entitled to the full credit be recerved, ‘le exhibition of sportsman’s goods in the building was very fine as far as it went. Thonison & Son, of 301 Broadway, N. Y¥., made a very fine display of leather goods, gun cascs, dog collars, etc., which were venerally admired, and the junior member of the firm wae delichted With the expressions and cordialities re ceived from the numerous sportsmen present. The Parker v Rochester, N. ¥., Zipp, King Charles by Charlie,dam by Beattic, owed by ‘Bros., manufacturers of the celebrated Parker breech-loading ghot gun, had their Centennial case, containing sbout thirty fing Oe vO ae eae AND STREAM, specimens, and was the center of attraction in that line, and the two representatives present had their time fully occupied in showing them up. This gun has long been a State favorite, and most of the prize winners for several years have acknowl. edged the good shouting qualities of the Purker. The Presi- dent’s badge, the most valuable shot for at this convention, was won by Robt. Newell. of the Forester Club, of Buffalo, with a Parker gun. The Nichols & Lefever gun manufactur- ers made an original display by showing all the parts of their gunin process of workmanship, also, the several different modes of browning barrels, ete. The cas? attracted consider- able attention, aud was a curiosity seldom seen. The Rem- ington Co. was represented by Mr. Comstock, who had three fine cuns which were much admired. The éxhibitipn ceased on Friday evening, having given general satisfaction. “or Micr1eay.— Detroit, June 21st.,—J. N. Dodge's Blue Bel ton field trial setter bitch Rose, the property of Mr. J. N. Dodge, of this city, whelped four brace on the 18th; three brace are black, white and tan, marked nearly like the dam ; the other brace are Jemon and white, like the sire, L. H. Smith’s champion Leicester. Mr. Dodge bas procured an English setter bitch of Mr. J. Goodenough for foster mother to Rose's puppies. The State Medal Club held a shoot for the medal yester- day. Mr. J. VY. D. Eldridge won, after a close contest with Mr. George Avery, an amateur. Wanrwice. [Norz.—Our correspondent is cautioned against using the above nom dé plume, again, asit is claimed by a prominent writer of many years, slanding.—Ep. | hee ee eee Kennet Reoisrer.—The publishers of the Chicaro Field and the Foresr anp Srreast have turned over the Kennel Register to L. H, Smith, Esq., of Strathoy, Canada, under in- structions from the National Keponel Club. Mr. Smith is chairman of the club's committee. Seat and ativer ishing. FISH IN SHASON IN JULY. —_0— FRESH WATER, Trout, Salmo fontinalis, Sea Bass, Centropristris atrarius. Salinon, Salmo saler. Sheepshead, Archosargus probato- Salmon Trout, Sadmo onfinis, cephalus, iand-locked Salmon, Salmo glovert, Striped Bass, Roceus linneatus. lack Bass, Microplterus salmoides; White Perch, Morone anericana, M,. nigricans Weaktish, Cynoscion regalis Maskanonge, Hsox nobilior. Blueiish, Pomatomus saliatriz. Pike or Pickerel, Fsog luctus, Spanish Mackerel, Yellow Perch, Perca jlavescens, tum. Cero, Cybium regale, Bonito, Sarda pelamys. Kingiish, Menticirrus nebulosus, For list of Trout Flies in season for June, see issue of May 21. EALT WATER, Cybiwn macula- —_o—— TROUT PLIES IN SEASON FOR IULY. Little Koy, No. 123.—Body and feet ot orange and yellow, mohair and hure’s ear mixed ; wings, bright hyaling, slighily mottled; setie, same as wings. Lightning Bug, No. 0.—Body of equal parts, of darkbrown, and black mixed, tipped with yellow; feet, of feathers from the Eogiish grouse ; wings, double, the inner wing black, the outer wing a yellow brown. General Hooker, No. 9.—Body made of bright yellow and green, ring- ed alternately ; feet, red hackle; wings, of the tail feathers of theruffed grouse. a ltle Cléret, No 11,—Body and feet, dark claret mohair, slightiy ting- ed with bine; wings, of the bittern or brown hen; setm, dark brown. Claret Fly, No. 9,—Body, dark claret ; feet, black ; wings, of the brown hen. ~ Fetid Green, No. 10.—Body, feet and wings, a pale green, Fisn iy Marxet.—Spanish mackerel are now very plenty. The salmon catch 1s falling off. Our quotations for the week are as follows: Striped bass, 15 to 20 cents per pound; blue- fish, 10 to 12 cents; salmon, green, 20 cents; mackerel, 10 to 18 cents each; shad, Connecticut River, 50 cents; white perch, 15 cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, 20 cents; green turtle, 15 cents; terrapin, $12 per dozen; -halibut, 16 cents; haddock, 8cents; king-fish, 25 cents; codfish, 8 cents; blackfish, 10 to 15 cents; herrings, 5 cents; flounders, 8 cents; porgies, 10 cents; sea bass, 15 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 cents; sheepshead, 18 cents; soft clams, 30 to 60 cents per 100; pickerel, 15 cents; Long Island trout, $1 25; Canada do., 50 cents; hard shell crabs,-$5 50) per 100; soft crabs, $2 per dozen; weakfish, 12 cents; frog legs, 40 cents per pound, —An effort is being made to establish a steamboat line be- tween Oswego and Alexandria Bay, making close connections at the former place with the morning and evening Syracuse trains. - —The proceeds of the New Foundland seal fisheries for the past season have been estimated at $1,500,000. —A. W. Graven, Esq., the distinguished engineer, left on Friday last for a few weeks salmon fishing on the Restigouche River. 2 \\ Gonyzcticur.—Hartford, June 20,—The law preventing the taking of shadin the Connecticut River goes into effeet June 25th (not on the 20th). ‘he shad, this spason, have heen above the average size, and numbers huye been canght weigh- ing seven ponuds. The Jargest, we believe, taken this season, weighed one ounce Jess than nine pounds. Now come blue fish, salmon, Spanish mackerel, bonitos, and we see English turbot and soles are in the New York market. A. very five Connecticut River salmon, weighing fifteen pounds, was takenin one of the shad nets at Saybrook last night, and was brought to this city and placed on exhibition to the delight of all anglers. There is no doubt that this isa real Connecticut River salmon. Jt showsa considerable dit- ference in color from the markings of the Penobseot and Can- ada salmon, which haye been so abundant in market of late. Excellent bass tishing bas been hed the past month at En- ficld Falls, where fish from fifteen to twenty-five pounds each have been taken, A mammoth striped bass was canght off Middletown last evening inauet. It weighed over eighty pounds—the biggest Connecticut River bass we have heard of. These splendid table fish have sometimes been caugbi with heok and line, near this city, of a weight of vbout 70 pounds, DE ees turned fromthe River Jordan on June 22. He repo streams alivé with trout. each day's fishing. which on Thursday last left the city on an exe ternot Creek, on the line of the Wisconsion Central near Ashland, pe this Supertat@ndent: —A few days ago Mr. Samuel P. Kidder, of Locks, caught in the Merrimac River, at Manchester, at a salmon weighing eight pounds, the first caught in that river for thirty years, ie i 7 ; Bridgeport, Jane 25, 1877.—We are just now hetween. hay and grain as regards the fishing hereabouts. A few weak- fish and blue-fish have been taken. Two fine silmon were caught inthe Housatonic River, at Stratford, afew weeks — since, weighing 9 and 11 pounds, and were sold here for 65 cents per pound, They were caught in ashad seine. This was a general surprise to every one. Anglers are patiently wailing till the close season ends for black bass. A week since I had fine sport fly-fishing for shad.at the-Derby Dam, on the Housatonic River. They have been taking the white aie ly very well along§back—made better than they did last on. : + 2 Ue Kas, ' Kingston, June 18.—I have just returned from a two weeks camp out at the head of the Rondout and a tramp up the Ney- ersink, Met Judge Gildersleeye anda number of sportsmen friends, while there. The tront fishing is very fine; canght any quantity of the speckled beauties while there. Tried to preserve a mess for the editor of Forrest anp Srrram, but they were spoiled before I reached home. Iam sorry to tell you of the death of old Benny Peters, one of the oldest sports- men of Ulster County, He died at his home in Bleomingdole on Sunday last. While on the Roundout we tried a new kind of bait, to-wit: the seyenteen year locust, which are swartning through here very thick just at present. The trout went for them like a thousand of brick. Our Harry. x Malone, June 11.--We are in the midst of one of the hest trouting seasons I have yet seen, and from all points come basketfuls of the shining beauties to gladden fhe stomachs of cruel mun in their delicious crispiness. One needs travel but few mileson any of our well appointed road running southerly toward the Adirondacks, to encounter the miniature cascades tumbling across his pathway. ‘ Hitching-your team, or, better still, accepting the inyitationof an hospitable granger to “hey your horse put up,” tuck trousers into your boots, turn brim of lat over your eyes, seize rod and flask, follow the foaming brook, and the thing is—well—eommenced. Such is the pro- gramme of an afternoon's angling in immediate vicinity, To such of us as “slip ont fot a day,” I know of no better water to wet line than Hatch Brook, distant eight miles from town. Suppose we are journeying further toward those towering moun- talns that ever bid us welcome, and purpose casting line in fair Meacham—blushing, dimpled, shadowy Meacham, then, reader, if such eyer be your fate, you will not have lived in vain. Rising Studley Hill, 15 miles from Malone, a grand panorama sudden- ly spreads out and surrounds you, asif by magic; and if onr departure from town is timed to arrive at the summit by sunrise, pen nor brush can paint the loveliness of this enchanting view of fairyland, But we do not linger, for already—the soul being filled—we * scent the battle afar,” and know that mine host, William Ayers, is superin- tending, in his masterly style, one of thosé *‘ Adirondack breakfasts,” through the dispensing of which he has become jostly famons, On a level plateau of one and & hslf miles—a curious geographical formation m this mountainous regiou—our genial friend William has reared an elaborate hotel, attractive to the eye on the exterior and equally so to the itmer man while forgetting life’s sorrowsindoors. ~ The “Dnane House’ 1s destined to become a favorite resort, Good fishing abounds handy by, and the new fledged landlord can point out the best spot every time. On again—we suddenly pull up at Woodford’s—shake a friendly hand with “ Uncle Henry,” who, by the way, las oft been heard in song and story, varying but little from the departed “Benny havens © }” Seven miles to the lake, and off we roll, up hill and down through dense woods, finally reaciting Carpenter Hill, where a half is invariably male fora magnificent view of this circular bit of shimmering water, Banks timbered to the very edge, barely allowing roadway along the sandy beach to our rendezvous. Half hidden in a grove of gigantic pines, we catch a glimpseof the house—a commodious wing,” under which many a time and nft wear- ied by a day’s wading in the outlet, have! sought the downy comfort of this overspreading wing.” As we rein up, we are met by “ Lou,” our time-encrusted friend and host, glad to se6 us andfeager to have us eat. But, no! the mountains Ayers has filled us up already, and we can but feebly say, ‘‘No, Pull ler.” Ho, forthe “ Old Bridge!” and haying taken up our favored claim by right of discovery, trout succeéds trout, basket filed and severial strings, also, we rejoin the “ ilttle boat” and paddle trininphantly homeward. Supper announced, and being less inflated with oxygen than eight hours previously, we summon our waning strength, and suf- for ourselves to be thrust Info position at atl hazards, We straggle heroically with the third dish of untamed straw berries, while we intimate with failing voice and gesture to sympathetic Lou that “Doubtless God might have madea better berry thun the §. B., but dombtless He never did.” , After supper, more smoke, and with half closed eyes we watch the fading rays ofa warm day's sun. But why dilate, “Those whom the gods love, die early,” I'm told. H. E. Canrwenn, New Jersry.—Hinsey's Ashley House, Barnegat Inlet, Jane 28.—Sheepshead biting only middling. For the week the ayerage would be about 50 per day taken from the grounds. Best catch by one man, 20. A sheepshead weighing 174 pounds was caught by G. Grim, and bought by Gov. Hart- ranft, of Penu., the largest fish of the species ever known to be taken here, Bluefish are still plenty, but donot take the squid well. Chas. Ott & Co., of Philadelphia, 33, 17 of which averaged 7 pounds. J. BE. Soule and, Wb. C. 12 of which average 8 pounds. B. E. Prosser, Philadelphia, 38, Miller & Co., 20. Blackfish and sea bass biting better. Win. Young took some 30 odd on one slack water. seh Micsican.— Grand Rapids, June 22.—A few of my friends came down the other night with fifteen hundred brook trout, after two days’ fishing On the Jordan. The party consisted of J. B. Muilikin, Gen’l Sup’t D. L. & W.; 8. Keeler, Gen] Sup't F. & A. M.; Josh Tuttle, a Sagnaw ES: and five others. = pepe EP _William H. Holabird, Esq., of Valparaiso, Indiana, re- rts the He averaged 100 fish to his rod for Tisnine tx Wiscoxsry.—A Chicago correspondent, ‘Rob Roy,” writes + Mesers. A, B. Chamberlain and M. Riley, of the party ursion to But- Railway, > ‘day of trolling the two gentlemen named captured seven mus- kallon eros AC “weight tipped the scale at 105 pounds, As for pike and fish of like comparatively small variety, they report that there is no limit to the quantity Sehaeiteay be taken, Speckled trout are also nimerous in streams nearer the lake, 85 pounds having been taken during a half day of fishing. The gentlemen of the party express special obligation to Conductor Rhodes, of the Wisconsin Cen- tral, and also to H. C. Matthews, station agent at Butternnt creek. ‘They pronounce the section visited, unmistakably the paradise of fishermen in the northwest, and I ‘*know how it is myself." Ihave been there, and I saw one of our party wrestle with a muskallonge that measured almost four feet in length, and a wall eyed pike that measured twenty-eight inches. You are safe in calling it ‘* Pisherman’s Paradise’—it is the best fishing south of Lake Superior, Ros Kor. SO THE TROUT STREAMS OF THE AROO- STOOK. PRESQUE ISLE, Me., May 27, 1977. In looking over the map of Maine I was fayorably impressed with the greab watershed of the St. John's, in northern Aroostook, and re- solyed fo pay ita visit, It being lerru dwognite, Thad no Tecoulrse but maps, railroad guides, and correspondence with postmasters in the backwoods’ towns, which has resulte| very bappily thus far, and landed me5s0 miles from home st this place, where I lay over one day to rest and gather more facts and delaus for the remaining fifty qmiles I propose to go. In view of the principle that “* He who causes +wo blades of grass to grow where one grew before 1s 2 benefactor to his race,’ 1 intend to deserve the guod wishes of brother anglers by giving the results of my frip, together with such details as may be |, needed. My firstetop was, for a few days, at Boston, where at An— thony’s and Loyell’s I replenisbed my tackle, While at the “Bob* enjoyed the suclety of such sports aud crack shots a5 Abbott, Hunt, Nichols and Tucker, and with the first-named gentleman visited the ‘Braintree meadows to witness the working of his fumons pointer Jack on snipe. A brief hour also at the place of the genial Schacifer, viewing his nice guns and listening to intelligent descriptions of their Manufacture, was pleasantly and profitably spent. Finally at $ o’clovk Pr. M., 1 tovk a berth in a Pullman sleeper, at the Eastern R. R. Depot, arriving at Bangor next morning, 1th, af 7:30 A.M. At st Stepped on board train of Enropean und North American KR. R., arriving at noon at Vanceboro, changing cars after dinner for McAdam Junction, on the line of New Brunswick and Canada R. R. Thence to Debeck Junction and changed cars again for Houston, where Larriyed at 5:30 FP. M., put— ting up with Philbrvok at the Snell House. A good table, courteous anil attentive servants, and the yery reasonable terms of $1.50 per day u C Uns Th. r a ateaaies from there is Rocky Bemey Lake, reached by livery teanr over 200d road. During the evening two residents came in with the result of one day’s fishing—4l trout, welghing 43 Ibs, several turning the sale at over to pounds each, The luke, T am informed, is but iittle fished. Before reaching Houlton, and between McAdam J une- tion and Debeck, is a Wilderness lake, said to be the best trout shine in the Proyinees. A fine string of taventy, taken the day previous, were seen, running from one to four pounds, The lake is about one tile from the track, not insight, and fitted with fair camp und boat—a birch—by the owner of the lake, — Stewart, Supt. of N, B, & C. BR. R., who lives at St. Stephen, He, im company witha few friends, Tish there two or three times in aw season, and that is about all the fishing there is done thre, Weahesday, 16th, left, Houlton by stage, at 3 A. 31., for this place, dis- tant forty-two miles, arriving al 5:30. The Presque Isle House is kept by George Whitney, aman of aldermanic proportions, whose ayoirdu- pois is a living advertisement of lus table, and one of the most accom- plished followers of “«pentie Isaak” What he does not know about iting is hardly worth knowing. His fit-up with rods made ey at anard of Bagot, and otter tuckle, is large aud beautiful, and last wight was tar spent in listening to his experiences with Sulmo sontinal- lis, At three several times last summer he landed tive fish at a time with a cast of five fies, thirty-six pounds being the aggregate, or twelve pounds at each cast, He relates that two years ago, ab the sume place —squaw Lake, fourteea miles distan(—he took eighty trout in thirty minttes, estimated to weigh 200 Ibs, several of Tour pounds and up- wards. a find his statements veritied by reliable business men here in ihe place. Besides, [have conyersed with tany others in the yieinity, all of whom give the same accownt of the yast resources of these wa- ters for tront. Rocky Bemey Lake before mentioned is accessible by teain, same distance as from Houlton. That and Squaw Lake is fur- nished With boats alld camps. Any one stopping at the P.1. House will be wided in every detail necessary tor the enjoyment of sport by the Jandiord and assistants, the former delighting in the sport, and ready at all times tO attend parties free of expense for time. Hotel terms, $1 erday, and good enough too, Expense of iravel—Boston to Houlton, throught tickets, $1; sleeping car, $2. Houlton to P.1,33. When I yeavh my objective pomt will write again. CoRr’L LOT WARFIELD. answers ta Correspondents, No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communications. &. B.J., Wilmington, Del.—Can you give me the name of the maker of paper boats? Ans. Waters & Son, Troy, 4. Y, H. §., Austin, Minn.—Is there a hook printed explaining the different strain of setters? Ans. Yes. See Hallock’s Sportsman’s Gazetteer. We eal furnish it. F. B., J7+, Wilmington, Del.—Can you give me the name of the maker of paper boats? Aus. Waters & Son, of Troy, N.Y. UU. W. A.—There is no American bird known as chaffinch, which is a British bird. The Latin name is Fringilla coleho. W. Q, N. ¥.—For snipe shooting go lo Good Ground, or Great South Bay, L.d. Take South Side Raliroad to Babylon, Islip, or Pon Quogue. William Lane and Orville Wilcox furnish all necessary outit at Good Ground, ‘ J, T. M., New York.—Can you tell me whether ean get good black pass fishing in Greenwood Lake, and whether there is a good house at which gentleman and wife could putup? Ans. Mair bass fishing and two excellent honses. AK. F., Sing Sing.—There is a dispute among sportsmen. here as to when the close season on woodcock and quail will expire. Please answer definitely. Ans, Woodcock between Feb. 1 and Aug. 1, and qnail to Noy. 1. a ¥. H, R., New York—Is there any snipe shooting (bay,birds) in season at Martiw’s Vineyard, and if so, what part of the island is the best? Ans. Yes, we presume about Gay Head would prove & good lovality, ', B. D., Hoboken, WX. J.—Where can I buy a good retriever pup, a erpss betweeng water spaniel and i Newfoundland? Aus, Best way apie zame be slot or fish Ni _D, §., Germantown.—Gan any kind of-game be shot or 8 hae fhe vicinity of the Bushkill River it the northeastern part of at in the month of July? Ans. Woodcock July 1st und, after August Ist, ‘Trout, pervh, pik in season uow, -_- > eon | pecially for wing shooting. FOREST ‘AND,!STREAM! Boss, Philadelphia.—Please inform the writer if when shooting at glass balls from a Bogardus trap itis usual dor the balls to break after belng hit whilein the air, or when they reach the ground, Ans, The balls must be broken in the air to score. C. H.N., Cranston, R, 1.—To whom should T write in New York, or any otlier city, fo kuow what alligator hides areworth, if anything? Does Mahrenkolz, of New York, bny them? Ans. Alligator hijles of largesize are worth 88. We think Matrenhula buys them? F. Hf., Turner Junction.—Please give me some instructions regarding the construction of an aqnarinin? Whatsize would look best fer a par- Jor ornament? ITs not 12x22 inches a food proportion? - Where can I ob- tain a Work upon the manner of making same? Aus, Mull particulars given in our paper of July S, 1$76, with illustrations. The size you give world be yery pretty. T. D. B., Stuunton, Va.—A short time since T broke the left hand ham- merolmy run. Lwantanewone. Can T get one ready made in this country? The gimisa breech-loader. Ans, Send drawing of size of Nammer to any one of the gun dealers that advertise in our columns, 4, MCD. M., Phillipsburg, Pa.—Your specimen isa hemipterous bug belonging to the family epide:, » group which dwell chiefly in the wa- ter, though often leaying it for short flights. They are predacious, feeding on other insects. Your specimen belongs tathe genus Belostome, Which is widely distribnied throughout North America, Some of its rélutives are the cilidus the aphides, squash bugs, cimicidas or bed bugs, etc., ete. C_H.8., Marshall, Texas,—Be kind enough to tell me the price per bax in New York of the English hard shot made at Newoastle, the near- esi corresponding size of latham’s New York shot, and of whom the Engiist shot eat be purchased? Anis. from Ienry C. Squires, No. 3 Cortlandt street, No. 2 Bneligh shot and No. 3 Tatham are wearly the same size; price $3.50 per bag. E.R. L., Bethel, Conn.—What is the most direct route and the fare to the Rangeley Lakes yin the White Mountains? What game is found ‘there? Ans. Ga by Easter Railroad from Boston lo the White Motntains ; fare, $5, $5.50. From Mount Washington via stagé to Gor_ ham, rail to Dixville Notch, stage 10 Middle Dem Camp, fare $10, The gunning is for deer, carillon, bears, foxes, ef.; wease, ducks, wood- Cock, pariridges, plzeons and others, C. B., Shakapee, Miun.—Please name the nearest point in orto this State where I could purchase a well-bred red Irish setter dog or pup, and name the breeder or owner? Do owners or breeders of dogs in the Eastern States guarantee to purchasers the safe delivery of a dog, or has the purchaser to stand the risk? Ans. Lookin our alyertising columns. Don't think seller would guarantee, G. N., New York.—Piease give me the names of four or five of the best imported English setter dogs now ti this country. As it is only for breeding, pedigree is everything, Ans. Address any of the following; Westininsier Kennel Club, city; L, 1. Smith, Strathroy, Ont; Arnold Burges, Hillsdale, Mich.; M. Von Culin, Delaware City, Delaware; We J. Farrar, Toledo, Ohio; Jesse Sherwoou, Edina, Knox Co., Mo. J. 5. 5., Bloomington, Ml—On what diet slwuld I keep a setter and pointer hitch Just before and after they wielp? Would brook trot live it an artificial pond in this State? We get our city water froma wel anid the wateris slightly mineral. Ans. Slopsand vegetables mixed with biscnif Gr oat meal forms the most suitable diet. She must be lowered in condition, but not too much so. The trout would not thrive, FRANELIN, Philadelphia.—Please decide the following: Isit not bet- ter to Keep a setier dog in the country during the summer thai in the city chained in a cellar at night, though exercised during the (lay? Ans, Certainly! A ‘log should never be kepfin a cellar, night or diy. You will haye a sick dog first you know. 0, A., Woleottyille, Conn,—Whose book is the best and most instruct- iye on trating pointer (ogs,and where can I get it, and what is the price of ft? Ans.—Hutchinson on Dog Breaking. We can get it for you; price in the neighborhood of $350. Hallock’s new Sportsman's Gazetteer is Still better, price $3; S00 pages, tuaps and illustrations, C. AR., New York.—I have a new and handsomely finished breech- Ioader, Jaminated barrels, 2844 inches and number 10, Weight 8 Ibs. manufactured by Ed. Whistler, London, England, costings $235 gold here. How does Mr. W. rank as & manufacturer? Is the gun of desirable style for general upland and duck shooting? What isthe proper charge of powder and shot for same? Ans, Do not know the maker, but from the price paid ought to be a first class gun, Yes, as nearas you could de_ sire. 8 0%, powder, 117 02. shot. JOHN GOULD, Warrantsville, Col—I havea valuable deer hound snf- fering from worms, and am told your areca isa certain cure. I should bemuoh obliged if you would kindly forward a small packet by return Taal, wilh directions for use. Ans, ‘The following is preferable to the: areca Nyt, and may be obtained at any drug house: Santonine 12 grains quinine 6 grains, leptandrinu 3grains, Mix and divide into three pow- ders, Give one three times a day, following it the next morning by a dose of castor oil, to which a few drops of turpentine may be added. If necessary, repeat on the third and fourth days. G, A,, Indianola, Calhoun Co,, Texas. I wish to know if cutting off two inches of the muzzle of a breech-loading gun will injure its shooting mine being longer (3tin.) than [have been accustomed to handle? Also, what wold be the best book for me to buy to gul(te me in training a set- ter pup for retrieving ducks and general field use? At whatage ought Ito commence to trainthe dog? Ans. Shortaning your gun burrel as you propose will not affect its shooting for generaluse. Buy Hallock’s Sportsmans Gazetteer for instruction in training dogs, For sale at this of- fice. Price $3, 800 pages, 12mo.Begin yourtraining as early as possible, READER, Attleboro.—t liye just received att Trish setter, and tind he has some disease Of the nose. It Jooks ike # great seed wart, and is very dry. By nipping same, or picking, little seeds like come off 1-Sthof aninchlong, There is some running from the nose,too? Will you ad- yise me how totreatit? Alsoinform me the vause, and if the scent, or ‘nose’ isimpaired? Has not heen trained yet. Ans. Give your dog 4 drops of Donovan's solution three times a day in teuspoonful of wa- ter, taking care that it is not g¢ivenon an empty stomach. If nausea supervene, or the eyes become injected, reduce the dose. Apply glacial acetic acid to wart, taking care that it does not tonch the surrounding parts, 2. May arise from a variety of camses. The scont isnot injurea SUBSCRIBER.—I have a Lefyucheux actlon, 12 pange, straight-bore, B. Le shot gun, $2in, barrels, which weighs 9% |bs., rather heavy, es- 1, Wonld it injure its pattern or penetra- tion to have it shorteued to 80 ins., and would you advise having it done? 2. Does it require a larger charge of shot fora straight-bore than for # choké-bore in order ty do exeeulion? 3. What Would be a proper. charge for Wis gon? 4 In using metal shells, shonid there be one or two wads on the powder? 6, Should there bea yery leht, medium or heayy wad on shot for ordiiary shooting to get best result? 6. Would you recommend the New Fibre wad a3 a proper wad on shot in metal shells? Ans. Probably would hot change the shooting; if it did, could have it re-hored ata trifling expense. We Know of several guns hay ing been shortened with good result. 2. No. 3. 3 drs. powder, 122 shot. 4. One thick wad a size Jarger than culibre of shell. 5, Light- Wad on shot. 6. Some of onv jesh sportsmen highly vecommond tha | fibre wad for mefal shells, Cidlled shot, to be obtained. —_ H. P,, Philadelphia.—Can you give me the address of any one who Tornishes dyed feathers and hackles for making fies? Ans. Noswit person; you will have to pick up your feathers asyou hestcan. Jo] 1 Krider can furnish you with some, no doubt, corner Second and Walnut Eiveets. &. B. §., Boston.—Can you please inform me of what disease and at What time and place the Rev. G. W. Bethune died? He was the Ameri- can editor of “Walton's Angicr,” published by Wiley & Putman, N. ¥., 1547. Ans, He went to Europe for his health about the year 1849, and died on the return yoyage. Wedo not recollect whht his disease wis, bnt believe it to have been a complication of ailments, L, H. L,, Aspinwall, Panama,—Why. do my shells (Bly’s best Green No. 10, ddrs, powder, 147 02. shot) collapse when fired, leayinga deep crease the length of the shell? Does it hurt the shooting? What is the remedy? Aus. The cause is lot yet satisfactorily known. No, None Enown—it thicker sheil would likely preyent the collapse. c. W. F., Glens Falls, N. Y.—Can you mform me where I can procure a copy of the N, R. A. rules for target practice. Also, m formation as to size of Creedmoor targets and method of Fettueing targets for shorter distances. Ans, Write to Geo. 8. Schimerhorn, Jr., Sec. Nat. Rifle Asan for copies of Creedmoor rules, targets, etc. Dennison & Co., 198 Broad way, wul furnish reduced targets. J. B., Ridgefield, N. J.—Were there ever any salmon or trout put into the Hackensack? If so, it what year and where would be a good point to strike the river to fish for them? Which of the following fly rods would you consiser the best for generaluse: First and second joints ash, tip, lancewood or greenheart? or first Joint ssh, second hickory, tip Iance- wood or greenheart? or all greenheart? Ans, We prefer ash with lancewood tip, We have never lear of salmon being caughtin jhe Hackensack, or pnt there, A, P, P.; Hblena, Montana.—t wrote you several weeks ago inquiring concerning the practicability of making explosive bullets by tuserting in the end of them the caps used to explode giant powder. T haye scanned the columns of “ Answers to Correspondents” in vain for a0 answer: Ans, Not having made any experiments, and not knowing of any one Who has, we will be pleased to lear from you after you lave tried it. 1 looks as if it would work well, 8.5. 7., Baltimore —l. What isthe cal. of the Jatest Taodel U. §. stand. irdrifie? 2. Does Remington {Sons make it? 3. 1f not Where can one be pracured? 4. Whats the welght of ball and how many gratis of powder? Aus. 1. 45 Springtield. 2 No. 3, Springfield, Mass, U.S Armory, 4. One ounce; 40 to 70 grains of powder. The Remington Go, make & U.S. model R. R., eal, 60, and Springfield model, cal. 38. IL. B. E., Plymouth, N. 1.—A lurgé flock of “black heads” or, as they are sometimes called, Bonapart’s gulls,” made their appearance here last Week. There were abont100in the flock. A farmer killed three of them, but unfortunately he used large shot and the white feathers were badly soiled. ‘These birds have made their appearinee here every yenr for fhe last three years. ‘They only remain for a few hours and are not seen again during the year. Is it not unnsual to find them so far inland a8 this? Ans. The species to which yon refer is frequently found at a distance from the séutoard, especially during its migrations, C.S.5., Fairport.—l. About what time does the departure of the wood- cock take place? 2, Has the question as to whether the wooudcock goes Horth to hill tops, ete., ever been Satisfactorily settled? $8. I see adver- ised for sale one share of Bloomingdale Grove Park, is that the sume as the Blooming Grove Park? Ans, 1. The time of the woodcouk’s deyiar- ture varies considerably, depending in a great measnre on the severity of the weather, They are usually all gone by Dee. 1, but sometinesstay 4 week or two later about warm spring holes. 2 Wedo not get your Meaning. Woolecock are supposed to resort to the high ground daring: August and early September when they are moulting. 3. Yes N.V. K., New Orleans, La,—t inclose two worms or parts of worms That crawled out of my dog last hight, and I have @ reat curiosity to Know if they are nofi tape worms, or a portion ofone, When they tirst came ont they were white; flatand crawled quite rapidly. The dogis and Apparently well, has a good appetite and is in good spi its, bat is not very Tat which, howeyer, I blamed the fleas for and not Wwortns, although Imuy be mistaken. Thave to thank your Kennel Editor for his reply to iny letter in regard to distemper in my dog, and by following his direc- tious I am happy to say that the dog has entirely recovered from it. Ang, A case of thread worms (Oxyuris vermicularis) very common, Give tlie dog an injection and physic him with a dose of aloes, A. D., Jersey City.—Do gyps ever have hyudrophobia unless bitten by a mad dog? And does hydrophobia ever result if a person is bithen by one? Ans. Whether rabies originates Spontaneously ornotis a mooled question. The factis that most careful pathological research has failed to reveal the nature of the disease. We do not believe that it originates de novo—the weight of evidence being opposed to such a theory—tor, al- though the disease frequently prevails as an epidemic, thorough ihyesti- gation has revealed the scar through which the animal was ihoculuted, Ii rabies does originate spontaneously, the gyp, owing tothe psycho- logical conditions induced by sex, would seem most liable. Fora like reason we may expect the bite of the female to be more virulent than the male in abont the percentage of 3.07 to 3. = AGILE, Phila.—Please inform me when the time is up to fish for black bass in the Schuylkill, and where would be the best placeto go fora day’s pleasure? 9. A friend of mine has a setter bitch that was just get- ting over the distemper and has caught cold. As néar as he can judge, hé got her in this condition, and did not know it. She has an abundance of phlegm in her throat all the time, which makes her very thin aia droopy. Please name some relief? Dover powders have been tried without any relief. Ans, 1, The season for black bass ishing in the Schuylkill extends from 1st day of March to 1st day of duly. 8, Muriate of ammonia 50 grains, sweet spirits of nitre (Squibbs) 2 drachms, cam- pound syrup of squills 47 ounce, fiuid extract of hyascyamus (Sqnibbsy 1h drops. Water sulicient’to make four ounces. Give tablespoonful eyery 4 or 6 hours. W.L. 8., Jersey City.—Can you describe brieny, in your paper to me, the requisites in the make-up of a good pointer pup? Mine is liver col ored, with tanlegs and chest, feet large, eyes gray, ears good size, tail medium length and legs medium height? Also, can you inform we concerning what is proper food for orjoles? Ais. 1, Head moderately long, tapering from skull, which should not be too prominent above (le eyes ; rather deep in lip; ears thin, hanging flat on cheeks; neck me- dium, body rather inclined to be long, thickening from head to the set- in of the shoulders; no looseness of throat skin, leg and foot-wwell ronnd- ed and symmetrical; muscular, but not great heavy-boned; chest mog— erately deep, back level, loins wide, hips wide and full of musile, moh straight in the hock, but moderately bent; stifles full, stern nearly straight, tall tapering to a point, set in Jevel with the back, carried straight, not above the level of the back. Weight50 to 65 ponnds, Best color liver and white. 2. Figs, raisins, hard boiled eggs and insets, also, finely minced, half raw beef. —Undonbtedly one of the bast and cheapest stocks of Carnetiugs, Oil- cloths, Mattings, etc., to be found in the United States is thatof Messrs. JOuN H, Pray, Sons & Co., Washington street, Bostun. I. W. Adaiua is te sportsman of the firm, and will tuke special pains to plunse any of onr friends calling wpon him, or witly any ongery senrhin, Thy gopd reliable Heyse—lty, Dl ln FOREST AND STREAM. SSS i a A WEEKLY JOURNAL, DHYOTED TO FIELD AND AQUATIC SPORTS, PRACTICAL NATURAL HisToRy, FISH CULTURE, THE PROTECTION OF GAME, PRESERVATION OF FORESTS, AND THE INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST 1 Our-Dook RECREATION AND STUDY: ~ PUBLISHED BY Forest and Strean Publishing Campany, —AT— No. 111 (old No. 103) PULTON STREET, NEW YORK, [Post Orrick Box 9832.] F TERMS, FOUR DOLLARS A YEAR, STRICTLY IN ADVANCH, Twenty-five per cent. off for Clubs of Three or more, + Advertising Rates. Inside pages, nonphreil type, 25 cents per line ; outside page, 40 cents, Special rates for three, six and twelve mouths, Notices in éitorial colnmns, 50 cents per line, eens Should be sent in by Saturday of each week, 1f pos- sible. 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NO PERSON WHATEVER is authorized to collect tioney for us unless he cun show authentic credentials from one of the undersigned. Welhaye no Philadelphia agent. t= Trade supplied by American News Company, . CHARLES HALILOCK, Editor. 8. i. TURRILL, Western Manager, T. C. BANKS, Business Manager, CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING WEEK. Thursday, Jane 28.—Trotting: Catskill, N. ¥.; Ithaca, N. ¥.; Mar- shalltown, Ta.; Jackson, Mich.; St. Petersburg, Pa. Running meeting at Rochester. Base ball: St. Louis ys. Chicago, at Chicago; Louisville vs, Boston, at Boston; Buckeye vs. Maple Leaf, atGuelph, Can.; Alaska ys. Keystone, at Jersey City; Indianapolis vs. Memphis Reds, at Indian- apolis. Friday, Tune 29,—Trotting: Jackson, Mich.; St. Petersburg, Pa. Base ball: Indianopolis ys. Meluphis Reds, aS above; Enterprise vs. Keystone, at Jersey City; Star vs. Liye Oak, af Svracuse. Regatta of Harvard and Yale, at Springfield, Saturday, Jones) ,—Trotting: Cincinnati, O.; Chicago, 1; Monmouth Park and Long Branch. Base ball: Lonisyille ys. Boston, at Boston; Chicago ys, St. Louis, at St. Lonis; Star vs. Live Oak, at Syracuse; Name- Jess vs. Osceoja, at Brooklyn; Alaska, of S.1., vs. Seneca, at Staten Island; Enterprise vs. Orange, at Orange, N. J.; Crystal ys. Winona, at Brooklyn. Hatvard vs. Yale, at Hartford. Regattas: Port Hope, Can.; Guelph, Can. Two mile race between the four-oared crews of the University of Virginia anti the Tobocce City Boat Club, on the James River ut Lynchburg. Monday, July 2.—Trotting: Cincinnati, 0.; Chicago, Ill.; Oskaloosa, Ja. Base Ball: Chitago ys, St Lonis, at St. Louls; Tecumseh ys. Tlartford, at London, Can.; Brooklyn vs. Volunteer, at Polighkeepsie ; Mutual, of Janesville, vs. Race, at Racine, Wis. Tuesday, July 3,—Trotting - Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Macomb, TL; Detroit, Mich.; Beacon Park, Boston. Running meeting at Utica, N. Y. Rodand Gon Club shooting touriament at Burlington, Ta. Wednesday, July 4.—Trotting as above; alsoat West Meriden, Conn.; Monmouth Park, Cong Branch; Albany, N. ¥. base Ball: Boston ys, Chicago, at Chicago; Hartford ys, St. Louis, at St. Louis. Cricket Match: St. Georges va. Germantown. Rodand Gun Club shooting Tournament as above. Bench show of Dogs and bird exhibition, at Toronto, Canada, Regatta of the Argonauta Rowing Assoviation, Rifle Match at Jacksonville, Florida. —Prof. D. 8. Jordan is now engaged at Washington upon the fishes of the Smithsonian Institution. ——$____>_+ 9+ —_____ —A large quantity of valuable information relating to game Jaws and game protection in a dozen different States is in type, but onayoidably deferred. On SV a —We are sorry to mention that we are constantly in receipt of insulting letters from contributors who are disappointed because their favors are deferred, declined, or curtailed. We lave understood that sportsmen had the reputation of being always gentlemen. If insults continue, we shall expose the perpetrators at any Personal risk. — STATE CONVENTION AT SYRACUSE. | We gave in our last issue an abstract of proceedings of the convention of the State Association, and of President Smith’s address. he latter we print in full herewith: Abont nineteen years ago afew earnest sportsmen met in the village of Geneya, iu this State, and organized the New York State Sportsmen’s Association. now known as the New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game. Prior to that lime laws for the pro- tection of game didnot, I think, existin our State, but to-day, with but few exceptions, our game laws are above reproach. Nearly &fty Jocal orgwnizations have budded their laurel leaves on the wreath of the Stile Association, and our forests, fields and stteams bear happy testimony to our labors by the rich rewards which they offer, not only to the disciples of Diana and Sir Isaak Walton, but tothe Tarmer, mechanic, laborer, aud indeed to almost every inhabitant of onr State. Our laws concerning quadrupeds have, it seems, been wisely passed, our bird laws not so wisely. We find the rnffed grouse, and the quai, or more properly speaking the Virginia partridve, incréssing in numbers, but we catnot say as much of the woudcock, and will never be able to say it until cocking is put off until September. As tnost of our ducks and snipe do nol asarale breed in this latitude, they might with more reason be shot in the spring, than our summer Zame residents, but who can deny that snipe and ducks in the fall are far more valuable for the table than in the sprinw, and is there # sports- man or an epicure who does not take niore pleasure in encoun- tering -a woodcock, either with gun or fork in October than in July? If it shall he 9 misdemeanor to bé in the field, forest or marsh with dog and gun before the first of September, many aruifed grouse, snipe and duck would grace our autum- hal game bags in future that now go to satisfy the appetites, or rather the eyes of self considered epicures in immaturity and leanness. Summer cocking is, moreover, very apt to be attend- ed withthe killing of young grouse mistaken for wyoodcock, especially in thick cover where it is hard to see and be seen. That the forbidding by law of the wanton killing of song and other than game birds, at any season, has been beneficial can not be doubted, if we will but observe the immense numbers of insects, injurious to, vegetation, that are destroyed by our companionable and industrious feathered friends. Tt is probable that nearly, if not all, birds are useful to man, althoughsome of ihem take alittle pay forservices rendered, in the shape of grain and fruit. Our wild pigeon, although, perhaps,not a game bird, should haye protection, not only on his own account, but for our benefit. It is cruel to pursne these birds with nets or suns as soon as they begin to nest. Why not sive them a chance, as we do other birds that furnish us with food and amusement ? Suppose we protect them until, say, July or August. IT admit that a late lot of birds would comprise a majority of young; but young birds properly cared for fly well and are excellent for the table. A close season for pigeons would necessitate the postponement of our State shoot until fall; but if we don't have a close season for them, our State shoot will, ere long, be postponed to eternity. There are probably more pounds of edible fish in the waters of the Slate to-day than there haye been at any time during the past twenty years, for which fact we should be es- pecially thankful to the New York City Association and to that fishy old patriarch, Seth Green, as well as to our State Association. Let me call your attention to this very valuable suggestion of Mr Royal Phelps, concerning the quail season, He urges that the open season for this bird shall be from No- vember first to February first, and [ smcerely hope that this may become law, that we may secure birds in good condition, without any half-fledged specimens, to mar the result of a day’s shooting, and I feel by no means certain that the open season for ruffed grouse should not run to the first of February also. It has been thought by many of our sportsmen that a list of dogs, with description and number, should be kept in books of the association, to facilitate the recovery of lost and stolen dogs, Mr. Townsend, of the Onondaga Club, once presented this plan of the association, and let us hope it may receive due consideration at no late day. Game and fish Jaws are easily made but apparently hard to enforce, and must remain so, until our citizens are sufficiently educated to appreciate the benefits accruing from wise game legislation, We ought to use every effort to educate the ty- norant, on these subjects, as well as to bring offenders to jus- tice. J would suggest that webar from our membership, any local organization that has not expelled from its members, persons known to be cognizant of infringements on game and fish laws, without reporting the same. If any member of a sportsmen’s club is afraid to ifcrm azainst law-breakers, le dogs not deserve to be one of the members, and no local orgamization should be admitted tothe State Association un- til it shall have purgeditselfof all such unworthy membership. When we hear of a violation of game Jaw, Jet us exclaim with Hamlet, “ Taste we to know if— That I, with wings as swift as meditation or the thoughts of loye, May sweep to myreyenge !" Tn framing laws for fhe protection of ame and fish, let us bear in mind that these lawsshould not be sumpluary, should not be made solely, or ¢yen any more than incidentally, for the benefit of the wealthy sportsman, but for the purpose of increasing the amount of game and fish, thatit may come within the reach of all. Every American citizen has an inborn right to fish and hunt, and it comes under our jurisdiction to regulate, to the best of our ability, the seasons during which he may fish and hunt, that he may, in the end, secure more game and in better condition than he could if no laws were imposed. And further, we must bearin mind that # game bird or fish, when dead, having heen killed according to law, is personal property, although if killed out of season, is a very important witness against law-breakers. A supplementary meeting of the Convention was afterward held, Col. Wagstaif acting as Recording Secretary pro tem. The Treasurer submitted a document of the character of a veport, which was referred to a comuittee for examination. Bulance in the treasury, $743.50; cash in bank to credit of Dean Richmond Cup, #9450, Col. Wagstaff moved that the thanks of the Association be tendered to the Committee of the Legislature on Game Laws. On motion of Mr. Flanagan, the motion was amended by tendering special thanks also to Senator Wagstaff, und then adopted, Picea Pierce offered (he following resolutions: Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention }ye and are hereby tendered to the Sumner Corps for tlle use of their hall for the meetings of this Convention, = . Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be tendered oo“, co‘ ae ole ee) oA the retiring officers for the faithfn) discharge of their duties. Thanks were also voted to the givers of prizes and to the Onondaga County and Central City Sportsmen’s Clubs. Remarks in recognition of the valuable services which Presi- ata ot! has rendered to the Association were strongly ap- plauded. ‘The President elect submitted the following standing com- mittee: A. Wagstaff, Jr., of Syracuse; James Manning, of Syracuse; Henry Faulkner, of Dansville; W. ©. Jaeus, of Buifulo: W. M. Smith, of Watertown. _ Considerible discussion was indulged in relating to the fires in the North Woods and the killing of game out of season in {hat section, A committer of five was appointed to take the mittier into consideration and take such action as was deemed necessary. The following gentlemen were appointed; A. Wagstall, Jr., of New York; Greene Smith of Peterboro ; C. QO, Morse, of Rochester; D. Tf. Bruce, of Syracuse; Chas. . Fintchinson, of Utica. The Convention then adjourned sine die. = DECOYING DUCKS BY THE THOU- SANDS—A FORTUNE TO BE MADE IN SPOILED MEAT. Nuw GiAzaow, Nova Scotia, Jane 10. 1877. EDITOR FoRES? AND STREAM: Thad the pleasnre of writing to you last year ubout the possibility of forming a Company to establish decoys for taking wild fowl, which must resort in millions in the winter on the marshes of the Southern tates. It seems no one has yet given the subject the attention it de- serves, when atthe present time the Huropean market, as well as your own, has been anything but well supplied with wild fowl, [cannot imagine how this profitable business has been overlooked, The diffi- culty in killing them in large enough quantities to make it a business, no doubt, has deterred many from tryiny, and they did not know the Mystery of decoys, for the method by which so many thonsands are annually killed is always kept a secret both in Holjand and England, and for 2ll, some fuvored parties are allowed sometimes to witness a “take.” The way the birds are enticed and prepared nobody but the thoroughly initiated ever know. l Tcan imagine no more profitable business than to start # decoy (or Ifa Company engage in it, a nnmber of them) in the neighborhood of some place where the ducks stay all the winter, and the carriage handy to the principal American aud European markets. They send beef, lobsters, prairie hens, etc,, to England, even in the summer, why not send wild ducks? The price is increasing every year. Lash Janu- ary mallards were quoted at Leadenhall Market, in London, at 10a. 4d., and teal and widgeon at 2s, 6d. per couple, and not to be had at that: price, One hundred thousand birds sent annually to Londen would not nearly supply the place of the numbers that used to be Imported from Holland, where drainage has in a great measure ruined so many decoys, and the comparatively few now leftin England cannot nearly supply (he demand, Thisnotthat the birds are any scarcer, but the privacy required makes only atew estates in England able to keep them, and the few that are shot yery se’dom go further than the table of the person who is lucky enough to obtain them, The expense of making a decoy with, say four pipes, would not be great, and of course would depen on the yalue of the property; but as thie would be in some neighborhood that is very thinly inhabited it could not be great, Independentof the land, sucha decoy would not cost over $1,000; thatis, building the four pipes, Of course lum presum- ing the pond to be already there. I should never recommend a larger pond than five acres—the most anccessfil decoys in England are a’ little more than one. You will see that any one who owns and har complete control of alarge extent of land in the neighborhood of marshes where ducks resort, could easily start a decoy If he knew how to go about it, but ifhe cannot command perfect, privacy he had better not try it, My idea was, could a company be formed with a few thousand dollars capital fo establish ten or Lwelve decoys in different places where ducks resort, it would be ons of the most paying concerns it would be possible to conceive, for should you ever stovk the market with the fow), surely goou wild dick or teal canned up as the other kinds of poultry are eanned, would be far preferable to the old cocks and hens that they pnt up in such numbers in London, and no dgubt Americin cities as well. Then look at the feathers; what 2 trade might be done with those alene! No doubt some of your readers will think killing them in and estab. lishing decoys will lessen the quantity of wildfowl. I assure you this is nob the case, for thereisno waste as in shooting—perhaps lu wild- fowl shooting more than any other; for every bird that is killed sud bagged ten go away and die, or are rendered nseless for breeding. This is partly because parties will fre at birds too far off to kill, and they usually take such a hard blow to kill them outright, and if not killed dead are generally lost. The season would last from October ii] February, during which time the birds would be in the best con~ dition, and all that are caught would find a market, When they are killed Ing decoy they always obtalm the best price, and the skin not being broken they would stand the carriage better. To giye you some idea of the way wild fowl can be enticed to a de- coy J will mention the one on my father’s estate In Yorkshire, where wild docks were quite a rarity and seldom seen to fly over. One spring I found a nest of eleven eggs; took them home and set them under a hen. Ina short time they hatched, and Treared eight. When they were old enough, neglecting to cat their wings, they New away and seldom came back; but when they did, generally brought others with them. I persuaded my father to let me go and see Lord Wen- lock’s decoy, some ten miles away, which I did, and on my retoro made one pipe at The end of the pond they frequented, During the first winter 1 cuught my own again and nine wild ones, all the wings of which I cut and turned them out again to breed the next spring. The next winter I killed 250, after which the wild fowl came regularly. Jadded three more pipes to my pond, and the last season T killed 7,700 head, and J suppose 5,000 were on the poud when I ceased Killing, Previously, the Might of fowl, When they camé over from Holland after they struck the Humber, was to follow the Trent and Ouse; but my flecoy brought them from their course at least twenty miles. In fact [have seen birds on decoys in Lincolnshire that a week before Thad with me, a distance of 100 miles. I hope you will excuse me for troubling you at tlils length. E. C.D. [Remarss.—The above is the most singular proposal we have evér published. The writer's name we decline to give, that we may not be instrumental in encouraging the procedure. We will, however, put approved parties in communication with him if they desire. It is proper to say that he is a Oanadian Game Commissioner, and probably sincere. We haye communicated with him before. His idea is that the ducks will uot be diminished, and that the procedure will not come within reach of the game laws: ‘ A decoy being pri- vate property and incloscd, makes what fowl come to the pond also private property, and you can Kill them as you Oe ai al lal a alll - -FOREST> AND. STREAM. 347 like. This is so in England; wild ducks in a decoy ceasing ito be fera natura.” Aside from ‘what they do in England,” wwe think it pertinent to ask how the proposed procedure ‘would he affected by the laws of the many Southern States, which prohibit game killed within the State to be exported cout of the State? The caption of the accompanying is our ‘own, It came to us without a head, and we confess that we are not fully able to see the point.—En. | ->-— —We have been honored during the week with a visit fron H. E. Dalzell, Esq., President cf the Pittsburg Sportsmen's Clnb, one of the strongest and most efficient protective organ- izations in the country; and, also, from Prof. G. Brown Goode, who has recently returned from Bermuda, where he accomplished yery valuable scientific work during the winter in designating and identifying, in connection with J. Matthew Jones, Esq., of Noya Scotia, the fishes of Bermuda, a cata- logue of which we are pleased to have. A ee Pee tare ean oe Rend aeethiepal i i iti ., and here jd-range match followed in competition VI., and h ay an the Ase ran low, Captain Dunning again coming ‘ Four prizes were as follows: in winner. Captain D. M, Dunning...--------- Feaeeerern sree . Vy 5 ‘ 2 a Captain Jona MeCartin. 40545 5 5-98 Private P. H. Stafford... 44 4 3 4 6 3-27 Sergt, L. L. BATIEB..+++-+eeer esis ree es hes eae ; ; Competition VII. was for the State prize, a hunting case old watch, manufactured by Jules Jurgenser, Copenhagen, solid 18 karat, fine, valued at $125, to be won three times be- fore becoming the property of the winner, 200 and 500 yards, five shots each, any rifle except special military and long yange weapons, won by Private Joel L, Mills, Company B, Foriy-ninth Regt., with a score of 4444 4—20 at 200 yards, and 4 4 4 5 220 at 500 yards. : . oe The last. competition was for a Burdick mow er, presen ed by O. H. Burdick, of Auburn, also to be won three times, ete., 300 yards, any position with head to target, military rifles, Private Mills again headed the list with a very zood score as follows: 5 5 4 4 4 45—31. Eee The officers of the Forty—ninth Regimental ifle ssocia- tion are, Capt. D. M. Dunning, President ; Adj. W. M. Kirby, Vicu-Pyesident, and Col, Jay 5, Storke, Secretary, ete, - Procmoor, New Orleans, June 21, 1877.—The second competition for the Lilienthal Cup took place yesterday under very unfavorable circumstances. Diving the 800 yrds it Was raining constantly, and during part of the firing a heavy shower wus falling, which, however, did not delay the shoot- mg. Mr. Selph came too lite to enter, but cominenced firing with the rest at 900 yards, and shot the 800 yard score alter the firing ceased at 1,000 yards. Mr, Byrich haying forzotlen to put a ballin his gun was scored. goose eve on his first shot at $00 yards. The shooting master decided he had a right to take anorher shot, as the gun was not loaded ; a vote, however, overruled his decision, and the goose was scored, [The goose-ege was properly given to Mx. Eytich. Marks- men must take the consequences of their own errors. If we mistake not, a shot was lost to the Irish team in one of the International matches from this cause. It has always been the rule at Creedmoor to score a miss for a blank cartridge.— Ep. ] The Lilienthal Cup scores stood : Win. Arins, Ballard Creedmoor. B00 veered 245 5 55 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 -5—03 LOWS Ss. < hes thes ae pied 4344655 5 554 5 5 4 5-68 1000. .ss.eeeeeee 5S 3H 5 5 5 4 2 Be B 4 5 5 5200 Dr Geo Howe, Rem Greed. BOO. eeeeeene 3 D5 645 5G 5 Bb 4 5 5 MOT 900... io465 554543 545 5 5-66 LOU0S eo tirreeeee eed BOG bb Ld 5 Oh DS 5 4 BS 4 G4—197 RG “yrich, Rem. Creed 800... 556 56445 545 4 5 4 5 4-63 © gui). 0655555 5445 5 5 5-68 MUON $54 ne clelei-feisierae 4 $5385 5 5% 456 4 5 4 & 5—-6)—197 John K, Renaud, Rem Creed. i 3655 8 5 44 4 f-56 524555 5 5 5 5—§8 455 4404 5 5 6—H}—182 James Buckley, Rem Creed. 800...5 445 wet 443544 05 £5 5 5 5G 4 Hl 900....., 23 3°95 38445 5 5 5 4 4-53 1,000....... Bt 4404 0 45 4 4 4 2 2 3815-164 ET Manning, Rem Creed. gS ey Oe) 303 43833 6 4045 5 4 4-5) D0. ceser, ot 025% 5 5 6 5 5 4 BH 4 8B 5-5 1,000.0 s.teverenee23 2905 5 5 3 3 8 5 4 3 5 553-159 Jules Piffant, Rem Creed. r 3 3 4 2 4 3845 5 2 2 2—41 ° ob. 3 ab asaes . .retired— 87 AT PRACTICE. Dudley Selph, Rem Creed. 656 5 6 5.4 ¢£ 5 & 5-72 45 356 45 6 5 5 5—fa 555 65 5 4 5 8 6 571213 The following scores were made yune 17. petition for places in the team. Dudley Seiph, Ren Ej 2 o ics 2. SO ut2s- eee FF 5 55 45 1G FS 6 Oh AT on), Fb 5 beh 4 Sede APS 05. 6, 0 ahr 1,000...... $5555 544 5 6 & 5 4 3—€8—207 Rk. G. Eyrich, Rem Creed, B00..sserctseteseee5 3G 4 5 5 GF 5 6 4 OH OS SF 6 BATI 900... 3 8 3 554 4 3 565 5 3 5 4 562 TU reins coee td 5 5.5 565 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 B B—HO—202 Colonel John Glynn, Jr., Rem Creed. SOU en es vneeeeees 395 564355 55 & 4 + 5 5 5-69 DEM ven 5543455 46 5 4 8 6 5—K7 1,000. {oom soe, 55 pe 4445 5443 65 4 5 4 464200 oin K, Renaud, Rem Creed. 5d 46 8 4 4 5 bodes 5 5 5—T0 344354555 3 5 45 0 5 5—tu 563d 3 45 %55 6 8 B 5 5 4—§1—194 Major Wni. Arms, Rem Creed. O 0546555 6 6 5b 5 5 4 563 5386455 44 5 545 5 5 5—Ho 24406355 43-3 5 4 5 8 5—58—I190 A D Babbitt, Rem Creed, Si 465 6 8B 45 3 44 5 4 3-62 § 4 5 4 5 4 83 8.5 6 + -5—68 04553 703 8 5 5 5 0 5—50—lib ET Manning, Rem Creed. 4533565483 5 4 5 5 5 5—&L 5.086 3 5 4.3 5 5 6 5 9-57 05 65303 44 4% 5 4 5 55-171 B Daponte, Sharps Creed. 3 6-43 2 S558 5. 5 4 156 46.5 265 5 3 0 4 4.6 5 9—55 45344055 2 0 4 5 8 4-53—164 ames Buckley, Rem Creed, 0 3.08 03 2°06 3 8 9 2 2 5—z2 5386 583 5 45 54 4 356 542554235 5 5 4 3 $ 0—s5i—t45 Game Bag and Gun. GAME, IN SEASON FOR JULY. July is a close month for game, except as to woodcork, in certuln States. In New York shooting is prohibited until Auguat 1, —There will he an opportunity for marksmen to test their skill at Blooming Grove Park, Pa., on the 4th, Sth and Gth of July. The prizes will be three silver plated pistols (Reming- ton’s), a gold association badge, and a glass ball trap, which is presented by Messrs, Wellington & Glenney, A match will be shot ati the balls, for a prize. lowa.—Lloomfield, June 19.—Our hunters are keeping up their practice On young squirrels, Quail, grouse, prairie chickens and wild turkeys promise to afford good shooting this fall. : oR Va Wie Clarinda, June 15.—The Clarinda Sporting Club was or- ganized last evening, with Henry Bedwell, President; Her- man Morsman, Treasurer; E. Stoney, Secretary, and James io. Caldwell, George Dair, E. E. Ramsdell, O. A. Kimball, and John Clisson. The first refular tournament of the club will take place on the Fair Grounds, on the Fourth of July, with glass balls and purdy trap. Prairie chicken’s broods are very plenty and large, numbering often as high as nineteen in acovey. The season has been favorable for hatching, there has been no hail storms or heavy rains to disturb ae 3 5; Fronma,—Jacksonville, Tune 18.—The game lay is not, be- ing eotorced in the counties as yet, though much needed around Live Ouk, in particular. It is only three days since that a party of so-called hunters returned froma trip, bring- ing with them sixteen deer and large numbers of turkeys and squirrels. They claim that does are out of season{in summer, but bucks aré rood all the year round, Cannot something he done to them? Old Uncle Paul, whose name the readers of =e —aas — OO Camp Life in Florida are familiar with, is still living, though much crippled up with rheumatism. He is considered to be the bestifisherman about the city. It was only Satirday I saw him bringing a fine bass of 26 pounds weight through the city. ‘ The sheepshead fishing st Doctor Lake has been superb. I have caught some weighing 65 pounds. Tass fishing lias also been good there. There is to bea rifle match here on the fourth of next month, distance 200 yards; any rest allowed. Chanees in favor of Frank Knapp, of this city. Mr. Chappel, of this city, is building two catamarans. ‘hey are just the boats for this river. Alligators are still numerous here. At the foot of Hogan street, under the dock, there are two large ones to be seen sunning themselves every day. Wit Murgay. Massacuussetts, Northampton, June 13, 1877.—The Nonotuck Sporting Club held tueir fortnightly shoot at glass balls, sprung from traps, tke shvoter not knowing witich trap was to be sprung, @ /a Bogardus’ rules, with tle following result: At twenty bails, five balls at a time. Captain Gabb.... «-.4011 Captain Dewey...........0..625410 Maynard. esecds WOSLEr,.. 22-5. a3 REET Aes cams sgh a 5 ding oho hee 10° Ttust........ Besenelce Pe Rc IPOUAPS. Geveten sa fis EIS Mal hye op lye sak ancettey tC) The club holds these shoots for practice eyery Lwo weeks. Will send you result of cach hereafter. J. M. New Jersey, Washington, June 18.—The sportsmen of Washington, Warren County, N. J., organized a game pro- tective sociely and shvoting club, and named it the Forest and Stream Shooting Club, of Washington, N, J. I have the pleasure of reporting ashoot of three members of the club at Hornbaker’s ‘Trotting Park, situated in one - of the finest valleys in the United States. Appended you will please find the following score ; _ Ten common pigeons, 21 yards rise, 8 yards boundary. An PSUPATGT A acicets de one oe B shel fe re anh A ae 2 PP ae Juno, Hoinbaker...... 4 Be Ne ibe dda ds Ned WD ts TP, (Gm pee Pais os sce evewme- oO Oeste ot te ep Second match, Bogardus’ glass balls, 18 yards rise, 13 each, A. R, Strader...... bain efata calakds 3 | ee Os i Gig Es PT ae TU a) TEP Te hes) Gh i efi) wes R.P Commins... .0esse00..t 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 1 1 1 0 1s We are new begioners; are {he above scores a fair average ? AuaBpama, Montgomery, Juve 13, 1877.—The Montgomery Shooting Club ot this city having lately put up a club louse on the beautiful ground overlooking Jackson’s Luke, a magnificent sheet ot water, only fiye miles from town, and eusy of access by either carriage or rail, concluded on Fri- day last they would christen it by a barbecue, fish fry, bird shoot, etc., and so, getting on board the cars, together with about tweuty or thirty of the fair sex, they soon Janded at the lake, anu proceeded in various ways to amuse them— Selves, Some dancing, some fishing, and others shooting, the score of which I send you. The birds flew very poorly. being wet in a shower, and frequently’ would dart right down to the ground, requiring very quick shooting. In the glass ball shooting very few of the shovters had ever shot at them before, but I am sure by alittle practice our club cannot be beaten by any club in thecountry. After the shouting was over, Winner was announced, and only those who have enjoyed a good “Southern barbecue ” can imagine what justice we paid to the fat barbecued lambs, done to a rich brown, the luke fish just caught, and fluttering as they went into the frying pun, the rich pigeon stew, so delicious it makes me hungry now to think of it; and when the engine soon whistled for *‘All aboard” it was with much reluctance we bade good—by to the charming place. It nothing prevents, we will again make its acquaintance on July 4 Challenge match for the club pitcher, between CG. Spears and J. P. Caffey, five birds each, twenty-tive yards rise, C. Spears........-. 12121 15 WJ. P, Caffay....... A a [ie Fa Ties on five—30 yards, first miss and ont. C. Spears.... teceeceseesel 1 1 © 1 1 1-719 TePSCalrayicess eee seer sass eee ee tae od coon 1h UI Ain de ey Club match, five birds, twenty-five yards, prize nominal. W, UoResse 7.2, ++--11011—4 VY, M. Elmore.........0 016 1-2 C. T. Pollard, Jr. ....11101—4 P. B. Wilkingon., lL1i1léiba W. H. stockton........1 0101-3 G.H, Todd..-........1141 1-5 W.D. Brown.........,0 1110—a H.C. Davidson... 1101-3 Fi 1111-5 dno, LU. Cablis,...2. 1 oO i-2 101-4 J. N, burker....... 1111-5 C, A. Mathews........1 010 1-3 Caffey and Todd divided first prize. Pollard and Wilkin- son, after Ueing on nine birds, shot the balance at double sbirds, twenty-one yards rise, Wilkinson winning by one bird. Other ties not shot off, the birds giving out, Glass ball mateb, shot by Montgomery Shooting Club at Jackson Lake, June 16,1877, Five balls, eighiven yards Tse, . Single Balls. Donble Balls. dak! CAMCY Sess encesaethe eedavrrl Glut) aha O00 10 my G. H. Todd... +1 0 1 ) 1-3 00 —s, J. N. Barker... --0 1211 1-4 co 10 —6 J. F. Johvsoa -lidid ts di ai It 1—1% GOTT EONArG) Ivisevnsheazerrss ted Ll lb. TOSS atest) W.M, Hlmore 20... ee atuee ed 1 D0 14 Oo 11 =6 H.C. Davidson..........iccees.051 1 0 1 0-8 1p =" TexAs, Houston, June 16, 1877.—A few members of the Houston Rifle Club were out yesterday shooting at lass balls (which we combine with rifle shooting at long-range) with the following result. First maich, double birds, under Bogardus’ rules, 19 yards rise: ‘ Porter.........s0. eae+--11 11 01—6 Watson........ teeceess 10 00 11—3 Masonl.... 2.20.5 «+01 11 11—4 Brri¢kson.... ..........10 00 1-2 DUUN.....-..0--0eee---t) UO O13 Second match, 6 balls, first four double. . Watson. ...00-.seeeeeseeell 21-5 Mopsun............0....4 11 01 0-3 Errickson, sonce- yall 11 O—t POLICE. 0s. tess peacteney ML 101-25 DUM 34. oc ceossvesgescsedt Lt De ‘. C. DusN. Sec. / ; PirtspuRGH, June 21, 1377, EbITOR FOREST AND STREAM: ik Your correspomdent, “J. J. E..” in his articls in your issue of Lith inst., evidently thinks I have not quoted Mr. Dougall fairly in the com- mubivation which appeared in your issue 6f 3ist ult. Now, to deliberately garble an author's laneuage I hold to be; to the last degree, mean antl conteraptible, and beg to ussure “ J. 7, B,” that the quotations are verbatim (¢Xcept an nulimportant error of the Dbrinter in putting “on” for “over” in the quotution from page 74), and faithful- Jy convey the anthor’s meaning—Mr, Huniphreys, in the review alluded an to the contrary: notwithstanding, ve emalng T gave the eaition of My. Dongail’s work on Shooting, éte.,” quoted from, and referred to the pages on which the quotalions are to be tound. if “J.J. BH.” will examine the text for himself, he will doubtless be able to determine where the “illusions” and “phantusms” he speaks of (yhitever, in the conmectionnsed, they tay mean) “comin” i 7 . 7 _ =Typhold: Pever, Sore ‘Treat and) Chapped Hands are beitertreated externally with Cocoa Butter than with Glycerine, and at mnch less cost. Walter Baker & Oo, prepare phis article, which may be had of druggists everywhere. Adv. a THE SYRACUSE SHOOT, We continue our report of the State shoot at. Syracuse. THE VROGRAMME. Tuesday, June 19.—There were eighty-five entries in the amateur shoot hy members of clubs represented, and at the close the prize winners were: First, H. Silsby, of Seneca Falls, clean score, prize a silver set, value $100, pre@ented by Dickinson & Austin, proprietors of Globe Hotel, Syracuse; second, Mr, Dayton, of the Wayne County Club, clean score on ties of nine, cush $75, third, Mr, Sheri- dan, of Seneca Falls, dress pattern by Edward F. Rice, Syracuse, valued at $00; fourth prize, $30 worth of powder, presented by Hazard Powder Cv., was won by Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo; the fifth prize, R, P. Flower, recapper and loader, Geo. E. Hart & Co., value $15. Wednesday, June 20,—Under Mr, Greene Smith’s arrange- ments the shooting proceeded with military precision. The amateur match, open to all who had never before won a prize, was the order of the day, and ninety-nine men were called to the score to take their chanees on the good and lively wild pigeons from the traps. The first prize, silver bowl, presented by J. H. Cook & Sons, Vanderbilt House, Syracuse, value $100, was won by A. H. Sheridan, of Seneca Falls, with a clean score on ties of ten. Hach at five birds, 25 yards rise, for the first prize: A WH. Sheridan.....-.71111—5 TT. P. Dennison.....-... 914t10—3 PUR ABP iases f..c0¢--0 11 Dias Second prize, French clock, D. Valentine, Syracuse, donor, value $60 by J. York, Jr, of the Wayne County Club, with a clean score on ties of nine, eleven competitors; third ptize, hunting shirt, by Kent. & Miller, Syracuse, value $35, by R. P. Flower, of Watertown, ties on eizht, {twenty-two competitors; the fourth prize, given by Captain Bowvardus, value $15, by Mr. Heins, of Buffalo, and the —————————— Ee filth, a cartridge Toader, by C. G. Stoddard, of Washington, D. G., by Oscar Morse, of Yates County. We append sum- mary of the foregoing + Ties on nine. F. H. Andrews,.......100w—1 A. N. Cowden.......-- 109 Ww —1 H. Ghisimure.... ol OW iw —! W., B. Brigys...-. a on w—t GOP MUBTSG ocr o tos sea . “ Ou 1 Ww —t L. IL Bogee......-..,.1 0 1 w —2 C.8. Burgess,,........ v0ilw—l Waeam Bir ie 251) sis 111115 J. York having made a clean score was declared the winner of the second prize. Ties on eight—26 yards. G, W. Kendsll....,.... O0Ow —0 §. RR. Aspell........... 1111 0-4 R, P. Flowrr.,....,--:1 10 11—4 W.B. Sutton.... N0Ow —) F, W. Munham.. -11010-8 W.M. lestun ,boOw —0 E,. Reiner....... ..00w —0 W. Foye...... eel 111 0-4 8, Danewoon,, ---10111—4 ©. F, Tabor... .-110w—2 W. Christian.... --0 2100-2 Ded. Warner-....,..-11 1 00-3 G, W. amish... 00 Ww —0 CG, W,. Shtarpley......-1 0 0 w—t A Robinson... -lldvw—2? H.R Compson....... 1110 1—« 8.8. Baines... . -.102110—8 TI. Knupp...-..., seoeeel 1 0 OW—2 GO. Chamberlain.......-1 110 14 G, KK. Vine,...... aseel 110 12 J, J, Burroughs........ 10 24.J—4, Lacknow...--.....---: 100 Ww —t Second trial—tles on elghi—31 yards. R. P. Flower.....- eeee 1101-8 J.B, Aspell..i. se... §, Danewood. 100 OW—1 W, Foyc..... res OC, Chanheriain 1010 0—2. G, K. Vine,.... J.J. Borrongs --10101—8 IL KK. Compson Third tr.al—tiesa on elght—sl yards. R. P. Flower. ........110-1—% GR, Vine..-........... 10111-4 J.J. Burreughs,.... +110 0w—2? HH, KX, Compson....... LLQLI~4 W. Foyé.......---- 2-910 W—1 Fourth trial_ties on eight—a1 yards. RiP; Wlower...=.---2 01111—4 H.K. Compson........ 110 0w—2 G. RK. Vile... seess0 L171 14 Fifth trial—five birda, RF. P. Flower....-. ae TTT 4 G. BR. Vine............5 1011 0-3 Mr. Flower, of the Jefferson County Club, was awarded the third prize. Ties on six—26 yard3. C, Russell..,..,.+ _....00w —0 J. W. Stewart... -O10w 1 C.D. Birhelomew.--., vow —0 a. D. Lewis. ..0 11 Ow—2 are gee aplnne be tow -0 G8, Rider... 1011 0-8 Ow —0 W. Fryling..... --0 111 0-8 L100 w—t G. W. Compson 011103 100 w—l H. Cofinors.. 11010-3 seeeseeceesl 00 W—l OscGir Morse... «L101 0—8 Oscar Morse, who won the fourth prize, isa member of the Morester Club of Yates County, — ) The jadges were L, F. Latta and L. C. Davenport; referee, H. Thomas. Thursday, June 21.—This morning eyerything fayorable. The ten pairs double bird shooting match, begun yesterday aflernoon, was finished at noon, William Chistian, of Buffalo, Winning first prize (valued at two hundred dollars), with 17 birds against 9 competitors; P. Gerber, of Buffalo, second prize—sevenliy-five dollars cash; M. Mayhew, of Utica, the third—value, fifty dollars; Howard Soule, Jr., of Syracuse, fourth—value, twenty-five dollars, and A. Sheridan, of Seneca Falls, the fifth. : CONTEST NUMBER FOUR. Single trap shoot; ten single birds; same conditions as other matches. ‘his match was called at noon yesterday, and after four squads had shot it was discontinued on account of rain. . FLY CASTING. L. B. Heyser, of Niagara Falls ; L. Barber, of Syracuse, and Henry H. Morse, of Rochester, acted as judges. FIRST CONTEST. In the all-comers contest in fly casting there were five en- tries, who cast as follows: Distance. Ira Wood, Syracnse........-.--.---.-0= see272 feet, A. M. Kenyon, Watertown...., ssc. 7 feet John Jd, Meéldram, Syrauuse,.-..- -.----.++ 654g feet George Wood, Syracuse.........seeee ree - 61 feet Dr. Aj A. Fowler, Itliaca..............022-s 58 feet. First. Prize,—Silver Mounted rod, by McHarg & Co,, of Rome, N. ¥. Value $75, to Ira Wood. Second Prize.—Fly book, flies and English water-proof line, by Sarah J. McBride, Mumford, N.Y. Value $40, to A. M. Kenyon. me ' Third Prize.—Barrel extra flour, by Jacob Amos & Sone, Syracuse. | Value $12, to J. J. Meldram. Fourth Prize.—Best linen bass line, 900 feet, by Henry Hall, Highland Mills. Value $7.50, to Dr. A. H. Fowler. ‘Fifih Prize.—A fine Bnglish rubber reel, by Reuben Wood, Syracuse. Value $5, to George B. Wood. SECOND CONTEST. Biigledanged open to all who have never wona prize. ———————EEE————————— ‘ . ae EE — For this (here were seven entries, with six prizes. Following is the record: DHstanes, Dr. A. H. Fowler, [thaca....-.--....eeees 75 feet. Urn WO0d;, SyPauuse er... ..cseasye: 22-2----=- 0 Teet, John J, Meluram, Sytacuse.--....,-..0-.-- 59 6 feet, W. Stalibaum, Syracuse. ... 60-22. c eee eee 6225 Teer. Georges Wood, SyTAGube, ... -.-.s0« os 4 feet. George Sisson, Paycthevillé,.........--.--. Cid Glens C.W. Siuith, SyVAaowse. 2.5... ss. ee eee ee es 6 feet. Prizes awarded as follows : Fivst Prize.—Vight strip hamboo fly rod, by Hoskins & Wanide, Oswego, N.Y. Value $75, to Dr. A. H. Fowler, of thaca. : Second Prize,—Patent nickle-plated rowing gear, by Wil- liam Lyman, Littlefield, Conn. Value $25, to lra Wood, of Syrucu-e. Third Prize—Centennial cigar holder, by Tomer A. Os- trander, Syracuse, Value $25, to John J. Meldram, of Syra- cuse. Fourth Prize.—Salmon line, by Henry Hall, Highland Mills. Value $15, to W- Stallbaum, of Syracuse. Fifth Prize—Best linen bass line, 600 feet, and 500 feet rable laid silk trout line, by Henry Hall, Highland Mills. Value $10, to George Wood, of Syracuse. Siath Prize—Trout line, by Bradford & Anthony, Boston. Value $5, to Geo, Sisson, of Fayutteyille. It may be here stated that distances is but one element in the determination Of the relutive merits of fly casting, accur- acy and delicicy entering into the question largely. EXNIBITION SHOOT BY CAPT. BOGARDUS. . There wis a fair attendance at Wieling Opera Mouse last night to wituess Captain Bogardus in his wonderful feat of breaking lass balls rapidly. The Captain was more success- ful than ever before, breaking 201 out of 309. His longest run was 104 conscentive balls. Time oceupied, 284 minutes, the quickest time the Captain ever made. ; The long range rifle shooting was postponed on account of a heavy rain this afterncon. The doz show and exhibition of fish at the armory building is a perfect success. Friday. Tune 22.—The fourth day of the field sports of the New York State Sportsmen’s Association, at East Syiacuse, hus been as favorable as could be desired, and the brisk west wind helped the birds to take wing very lively. The first match finished was at double birds, eighteen yards rise, ton pair cach, 1. Hudson, of Syracuse, winuing first prize, one hundred dollars cash; G. W. Crouch, second prize, value eighty dollars; KR. Newell, of Buffalo, third prize, thirty dol- lars; D. H. Bex, of Syracuse, fourth prize, twenty-five dol- lars, and A. H. Sheridan, of Seneca Falls, fifth prize. Next in order was a single trap shoot, fifteen birds each, at twenty-one yards rise, in which there were seventy-six en- tries. John A. Nichols, of Syracuse, won first prize, valued at 200 dollars; A. H. Sheridan, of Seneca Falls, second prize, 100 dollars in eash; W. Fryling, of Seneca Falls, third prize, yalue 69 dollars; E. Wakeman, of Batavia, fourth prize, 18 dollurs, and Dr. R. Y. Pierce, of Buffalo, fifth prize, 15° dollars, In the rifle shooting contest at eight and nine hundred and oné thousand yard ranges, O. G. Jones, of Syracuse, took the first prize, M. Cooper the second, Major Mauer the third, G, T. Stillson the fourth and W. F. Belknap the fifth. he val- uable State Association prizes will be shot for to-morrow by club teams, The double-bird shoot was commenced aé 5 F. M., and as the’entries were about fifty in number, but » small portion of them could shoot last night. At the short-range rifle shooting there were nine entries. Distance, 200 yards; Open to all comers; off-hand. Creed- moor rules, except weight of rifle and trigger pull; ten shots. Following is the score of the entries: OLGTONES genss cee PT Res eect 4444434 4 4 4-39 TV Norton... 44445 4 4 8 4—339 G White...... 486562444 6 8 4-39 G Payne h§ 44 45 4 8 4 8 4-8) M B Nichulgon .........,-.-., 6 443 3 4 4 4 4 4-38 MAUD. eee seeee 33583 3 4 4 4 38 3-85 W_H Nicholoy., 33545 3 44 4 0—?5 A BStiltti.s.ees- cos veee 4433 40 4 8 4 8—B4 AC Vater i.e. ecco ge Se cate Se ee ob 0 YeEE CRE VP SIOMTING gf eee aoe en's ates a clacton 20038 445 4 4 4-30 O. G. Jones, of the Yates Dragoons, Syracuse, took the first prize, a silver water set, presented by Louis Windholz. John Y. Norton, of Memphis, the second prize, a rifle pre- sented hy W. 3. Barnum. George White, of Oswego, the third prize, a revolyer presented by Fowler & Fulton, of New York, and G. Payne, of Rome, fourth prize, 815 cash. Handicap Match—Entrance for each weapon for each dis- tance, #3. Ten shots. Persons allowed to enter in all by paying entrance fee for each. Distanceg*-carbines, 350 yards; military rifles, 500 yards; mid-range rifles, 600 yards ; Oreedmoor rifles, 700 yards. Following is the score (when an indiyidual’s name appears twice, he shot at two ranges) : OG Jone?......... 0.005 £5 56 5 6 6 4 6 447 AB Smith, 55 5 36 35 4 4 4-43 M Auer,.....- 44445 3 5 5B 4 442 UR Nicholson, 3.56 5 3 4 4 38 6 4 5-41 W A Nicholoy. 445 43 5 3 6 8 440 ABSmith... .. 202 0738 5 4 4 4 4—41 OG Jones... 20. ee 423 5 22 2 0 4 331 MB Nicholson..,.......... 483240 40 4 8 5-29 George White........ .0 0 2°0 0 6 4 2 0 2-17 DH Sruce..... basen War Pene et a sclelrens 3 0 2'0 03 4 0 U0 38—u4 Mr. O. G. Jones, of the Yates Dragoons, took the silver water service donated hy Patten & Sons of the Empire Honse, valued at $75 (Remington); Mr, A. B. Smith, of Geneva, the second prize, a hay rake, valued at #45 (Rem.); Captain M. Auer, the third, a calendar clock, valued at $25; Sergt, M. B, Nicholson, the fourth prize, a hunting cap and coat, yalued at $15, and Mr. W. H. Nicholoy, a $7 air pistol, the fifth prize (Sharps). The competitions, scores and winners in the Empire State Association matches were as follows: Competition 1,—Distance, 220 yards; open to all comers. No restrictions, 20 shots, string measure ; seven minute rule; entrance fee, 5. For this there were ten entries. The strings of the winners only were measured, as follows : . Inches, Eighths. Sixteenths. BS BWA ZAI cen seevenstoves swat 23 5 1 BW Martin, Aéscceeeses 28 ti 1 Dan LeFever,.. ea 50 5 1s L Hgevileston.... eueedetseree 80 4 1 A We OW TED evens di sateen te cet iclens a2 6 1 The first prize, a pair of Roman silver vases, donated by Prazer & Frazer of this city, valued at $25, and $25 in cash, was won by Mr, H.R, Frazer of this city; the second prize, $25, by H. W. Martin of Rochester; the third, $15, by Dan LeFever of Syracuse; the fourth, #10, by L. Eggleston of Baldwinsville. Competition 2.—Distance, 200 yards: 20 shots, string measure. Shot under the rules and regulations of B.S. R. A- Enjrance, 83; fill or pro rata, Open only to members of —-— , FOREST AND STREAM. 849 a." = ry 4 bo = 23 ¢ Empire Rifle Association. In this there were eight entries, The strings of the winners only were messured as follows: HE Frazer..,,...-..19 5-16 inches L Eggleston HOM. tin,..........- 245) Chits Frazer...) saree. Though Mr. Eggleston's string is less than My. Martin's, yet the weight of his gun more than made up the difference. Saturday, Taoe 23.—Contest No, 6 was called at 8:30 4, M., for. the Livingston Sportsmen’s Association Cup, donated by Jas. W. Wadsworth, Hsq., Geneseo, N. Y. Opened to all organized elubs of this State members of the State Associa- tion. ‘To be beld by the winning club each year in trust, to be accounted for to the New York State Association. To be shot for by two members resident of the county in which the ciub is located; 15 double ries each, in accordance with the rules cf the New York State A:sociation. Entrance fee, #30, the entrance fees to belong to the club holding the cup. This cup lias been held by the Audubon Olub, of Buffalo, since last year. The weather was fine, and everything favored the shoot. The following is the official result : Central City Club, J A Nichols..-...... 11 10 10 10 10 10 01 1) J1 11 12:10 WH) 11 11—21 H Bonle, Jr. ...seeee 10 Tt 11 OL 14 Tf OF 11 11 11:10 10 10 11 1i—22—45 ° Forester Cinh. : RNewells....:.s.--- TL OO 11 19 11 01 19 00 Tt 11 11 11 10 11 11—22 Ti R Jones.......-6. V1 WW 11 10 10 1111 11 11 OO 11 00 11:10 11—42—44 Audubon Clb, JB Pisher..s. ceeeyeL0 11-10 11 11 10.11 00 1) 11 11 11:10 11 1-28 W C Christian,...-. +10 10 10 10 10 41 10 OF YO 10 10 11 10 11 19—17—40 . Onoudaga County Cinb, Geo Lodder 00 11 1) i011 00 1010 1b 11:11:11: (1 oO 10—I19 DIG.eeee «10 11 11 10 10 11 OL 00 10 10 OF lu 10 IL 70—18—s7 Monroe Connty Cinb. G@ W Crouch......... 1111 10 10 10 11 0-11 10 11 11 OL 11 11 10—23 G F Stillson..-...... 11 11 14 00 11 11 10 10 11 10 00 11 09 10 10—19-43 The shooting moved along very smoothly and without con- troversy, ending in favor of the Central City Club of Syracuse by a single bird. The team were warmly congratulated by all, end bore their honors gracefully. Contest No. 7 was for the Dean Richmond Cup, open to all organized State clubs members of the State Association ; and to become the property of a club the cup must he won by that club three times, and is to be beld by the winning club each year in trust, to be accounted for to the State Association until it is finally won. To be shot for by three representa- tives of each club, in accordance with the rules of the New York Association. Entrance fee, $50 per club of three repre- sentatives residing in the county where such club is located. Twice had this cup fallen to the possession of the Foresters of Buffalo, and twice the Central Citys of Syracuse had borne it from tue field, winning the second time last year. It was thought the contest for it this year would be between the Foresters and Central Citys, but when the match was called at about half-past eleyen, the Jefferson County and Monroe County Clubs were represented among the contestants. A. Kleinman and §. H. Turrill, of Chicago, were appointed judges, and Capt. A. H. Bogardus, of Elkhart, referee. J. J. Burroughs, of Seneca Falls, was shot judge. Following is the score : Forester Clu. RNewell.........3 seg eel Ge ett te i Pte is RY Pierce,....-. 0111011111 010111110 0-14 EUSQMER <0 eels eee clors oe oie LT7T11itiirit£titil1i¢111 4 1—vG p52 Central City Club, ~ H Soule, dr .ses-----.s-- 1 OL U11 0701201110111 1— J A Nichols... AL1T1111101111111111—19 Hd Tindson,........-..... T1LV11171111110101 0 1—17—h Monroe County Club, G-Crouchis oceans wes vee PAD Pa £0 a ial Pt tT Pres G Stillson.... rt Ce Kt Ca a 47a By Ry Cf Bis a bas a Ui a ES 5 J TH BROWN... ~~~ cs sensssss 0111011110000001101 1—i!l—47 The tenth round had been fired, when the Jefferson team, seeing that victory for them was impossible, and desiring to give the field entirely to (he other teams to effect a saving of time, withdrew. The shoot was ended at 1:30 p. om. in favor of the Foresters by one bird—the same lead by which the Central City won the Wadsworth Cup. The Dean Richmond Cup now be- comes the property of the Foresters, who have won it fairly, and who value it highly. “rhe Central Citys haye simply ex- changed cups, taking what is of the most benefit to them financially. Contest No. 8 was for the New York State Association president’s badge, presented by President Greene Smith. The contest was open to all organized clubs which are members of the association. Entrance fee, $50. ‘The badge becomes the property of the club winning it. The match was shot: English rules, 30 yards rise, the shooter not knowing which of five traps will be pulled! There were five entries. Mr, J. A. Nichols represented the Central Cily Club of Syracuse, Mr. T. H. Bix the Onondaga Club, Mr. H. Silshy the Phe- nix Club of Seneca Falls, Mr..Greene Smith the Madison County Club, and Mr. Robert Newell the Iorester Club of Buffalo. The match was commenced at 2:30 p-m., and com- pleted at 7:15. ‘The following is the score; Roht Newell—0 0010 11010 01101 601101 111417 011701 111112 11011 11001 1111 1-85, Greene Smith—0 0111 00100 10101 11011 10111 T1101 11211 211101 111710 1010684. HSilsby—0 0011 OL1L11 L1101 O0O1T1 01101 109 14111110 127040 10011 1111 1-81 TH Bex—11011 10100 00000 00001 £11011 111 T1,11111 10000 11007 0011 1-2, JANichola—01111°11011 11111 01110 00100 10000 1611 02s, This match was by far the most exciting ccntest of the tournament. As will be seen by the score, Mr. Nichols led the rest at the beginning of the third ten birds. He was shooting in excellent style, and it was generally expected that he would win. ‘The excessive strain which he bas been sub- jected to, however, for the past week, had begun to tell upon him, and he was'so ill that he was unable to complete his score. Mr. Greene Smith, the giver of the badge, next passed to the front and held it nearly to the finish, closely followed by Mr. H. Silsby and Mr. Robert Newell. It was not till the last bird was killed that the contest was decided. The most intense interest, coupled with the best of feeling, was mani- fest throughout the contest. In shooting for the President's badge, which was the most valuable of any of the prizes offered at the recent convention of the N. Y. State Sports. men's Association, Mr. Robt. Newell, of Buffalo, the winner, hegan shooting in the match with a muzzle-loader, and missed 10 out of the first 20 birds shot at. He then changed guns, taking his Parker breech-loader, and killed fiye birds without a miss, and suceeeded in killing 25 ont of the last 80 birds, which gaye him the victory, Mr. Robt. Newell, the winner, accepted the badee from the hands of the President, Mr, Greene Smith, witha few appro- priate remarks on their arrival in the city, which closed the proceedings for 1877, and after a hearty greeting, most of the jubilant sportsmen took the eyening trains East and West foy Loe, ~ £0, Bayem, LOLI O1101 350 FOREST AND STREAM, Wew York, Lowville, June 21, 1877.—1 inclose a score mada by the Lewis County Sportsmen's Association, June 12, in a contest for the victor hadge, which has been worn for dhe past month by Charles K, Doig, The president of the association, R. J. Richardson, day. carried off the honors of the O. FH. Oi iene es ee esse eeee sete es 8 5, We Henrys... --sss-ecees. cere H, W. Wayt...0. . 9 G. A. Haston.. Pee a R. J. Righurdson. » 10) Tivram Gray..... 10 0. P. Kirley...... -. 7 Menry EK. Turner.. ee) 7. D. Howell . 4 8.8. Ral 3s aa “T’. M, Reed,- .4 LB. Rieharason,. 4 WV. L. Waters.... ». 6 EH, Powler.....,.... Tie on ten, R. J, Richardson..,,...1 1 111—3 Mira Gray... Second tie. KR. J, Richardson.....-+ 11111—5 Hiram Gray... eS THE DITTMAR POWDER. seveeeed 1111-5 seeeee-l 000 1—2 Please direct all letters for the above powder to Noponset, Mass - Capt. Bogurdus and Ira Paine, are usiig my powder - CARL Dirrwar, —{[Adv, Pachting and Boati Pachting and Boating. HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEK. Dute. Boston, New York. | Cherleston. = Fy) Bf §|o st eta) ahaeNs Jimme 1 7 10 0S 9 29 June 1 55 10 51 Ww oF June 3 by 42 i a2 WwW 38 Biting % Oo Mid 11 16 July Re) oth: {) 27 il 56 duly 3 4 si 1 07 ii) 18 duly a 18 i 45 1 03 Suwannaka Yacar Cius.—Seturday, June 23. Corinthian Ocean Race, 20 miles to seafrom Buoy No. 5 and return, each yacht to be sailed and steered by her owner. Two prizes, $250 each. ‘The conditions harred out the timid, so ¢hat there were only two entries in the first class and one in the second, viz: The Rambler (Capt. Thomas) and Idler (Gapt. Colgate), Ist; Peerless, Capt. Maxwell, 2d. The lat- ter did not sail, as the rule provided that there must be two slarters to constitute a race. The steamer Cyclops took down the regatta committee anda party of friends, and the newspaper reporters. ‘Che committee were Messrs. M. Roose- yelt Schuyler, James H, Elliott, C. Wyllys Betts, Henry de FP. Weeks and Louis P. Bayard. The breeze was light south- east at the start, hauling to southwest toward the finish and blowing fresh—a twelve knot breeze. The running time was said to be the quickest made over the same course. Sum- mary + lapsed Corrected Start. Finish Time. time, tambler....- 10) 42 26 8 17 19 4 34 55 4 34 53 Tiller. .......- 10438 82 © 3-26 03 4 42 31 4°38 28 The Rambler, therefore, wins, beating the Idler 3m. 30s., corrected time. —The schooner yachts Fleetwing, Osgood, Vesta, Mills and Reckless, Kane, of the New York Yacht Club; the Tri- ton, Thayer, of the Atlantic Yacht Club ;-the Madeleine, Diek- erson, Brooklyn Yacht Club, and the sloop Vision, Alexander, have gone on a cruise to the eastward. “ Crenrrat Hupsoy YAorr Crys.—The annual June regatta took place on Monday, June 18, over the ten-mile course at New Hamburg. There were three starters in the first class, {bree in the second class, und only one im the third, as fol- lows: irst Class. —Victoria, owned by J. R. Roosevelt, of Hyde Park; W. R. Brown, owned by C. Frank Brown, of New- burgh; Fidyett, owned by Irving Grinnell, of New ITam- burg. Second Glass.—Mollie, owned by the Osborn Brothers, of Poughkeepsie; Freak, owned by J. H. Weddle, of New burgh; Eloise, owned by El. Newbold, Ilyde Park. Third Class. —George W, Shaw's A. $8. Ring, of Newburgh. The Madeap (formerly the Le Roy), the Dare Deyil, Commo- dore, Julie and Shadow did not put in an appearance. The boats made a flying start. The following is the sum- mary : Sturt Finish, . M. 8, HH, M. 8, A.§. Ring...--- 21 4 11 Mollie.... bet 3 4 hs 22 TOISG.-. cee ewetedenss eeeecee GL Be AM maaan wns Freak es males 4 41 35 W. RK. Brown... 0 4 25 Victoria. .--4++ 2 a 3. 20) 4 11 Widget, -. eee even ee eens sees » if st 25 4 29 40 Bosron Yacur Crus.—Boston, June 25, 1877.—The First annual picnic of the Boston Yacht Club was enjoyed at Downie’s Landing, Hingham, Mass., June 28, At 1 o'clock p.m. the members and friends assembled at the spacious rooms of the Boston Yacht Club where the steamer Mischief luy in readiness to take all that eould not be accommodated by the sailing yachts. Af 1:30 every hody was aboard and the lines were cast off. The yachts that participated and car- ried the fair sex to the place of rendezvous, were the HEffie Mary, Dawn, Sunbeam, Wanderer, Fairy, Violet, Julia, Mist, Bra and Contest. The Melville gardens were engaged for the company, and a very pleasant afternoon and evening was en- joyed. Only one accident happened to mar fhe time. ‘The Siinbeam was run down at her anchorage by a schooner from Tingham, boundout, The Sunbeam’s jib halyards, crosstrees, jopmast (topmast stay and main shrouds) on port side were carried away. The captain of the schooner, whoever he ‘was, showed his principles by sailing away, thus covering his act with the condemnation of every honest person. Capt. Niclk- erson thanks the owner of the schooner Dawn and the captain of the Clio for their kindness. Kernen. Basrern Vaonr Onun.—LBoston,June23.—The annual regatta of the Hastern Yacht Club was sailed ‘Thursday June 21, under most favorable auspices and proved a success, weather cleat, and with a strong wind flowing from the §. W. The starts took place off Marblehead Point, the course being round Haltf- way Kock, Harding’s Bell Buoy and Egg Rock, leaving them all on starboard hand, then outside the Pig Rock stakes and home. The club steamer, Gov. Andrew, with members and Jadies aboard, and the Regatta Committeee steamer were in attendance. ‘Che Shadow nnd Alarm failed to put in an ap pearance. The schooners agreed Tot to carry club gait top pauls or balloon jis, We give a summary herewith ; FIRST CLASS ECHOONERS. Name. Owner, Timeofst Aciualtime, Cor. time. ‘4 Ene ep Hy 2G, /(8. af. M, 8. Mapic,.,.....C. ¥. Whitten...... 11 18 oT 415 24 4 15 24 Haleyon.... .G. H. Brooks... ... 11 15 50 4 07 02 4 06 30% Brenda... --dames L, Little.... 11 1T 31 4 40 21% 4 31 32 Foun. , T. D, Boardman... 11 18 12 4°29 28 4 27 Qe Azalea,..... Com. Forbes,....-. 11 20 00 4 37 28 4 26 58 - SECOND CLASS SCHOONERS. omance,... Vice-Com, Amory., 11 11 38 not timed, Fearless......0. 8. Phillips...... 11 19 25 4 36 30 Latona....... D. L. Pickmun,,.. 11 20 00 disabled, PIRST CLASS SLOOTS Matleap,.... »W. CO, Cabot...c.... 11 i 42 5 02 35 5 01 507 Wayward,.,.Rear-Com, Sears... 11 18 25 4. 55 05 4 55 05 Azalea lost ten minutes by not starting till after the second whistle had blown. - The interest of the race centered in the first class schooners and sloops. The Haleyon, who for the last four years bas swept off the prizes wherever she appeared, had had a new overhanging stern put on by her builder, J. J. Harris, of Port. Jeferson, IL i, She also had a new sailing master, whose management was looked at with a gocd deal of interest. Ter chief competitor, the Magic, has czanged her trim considera- bly since last year’s drifting match, and under the charge of her new sailing master—who had been soaccustomed to show his heels to the fleet—in the coming race, with a strong wind blowing, was looked upon by many as the winner. The Foam, as usual, was sailed by her owner and looked remark- ably well. The prizés were won by the Halcyon, Fearless and Way- ward, being purses of $200 for first class schooners and $100 for each of the other classes. The contests between the Magic and Haleyon and hetsyeen the two sloops was very interesting. Many other yachts of the club were present as spectators, and -added considerably to the effect. _ The Haleyon, though not much known south of the Cape, is a very fast boat, particularly to windward, though her new stern aids her greatly while running free. There are many people around Boston who would be glad to see her sail eV ee Quincy Yaont OLue.—The annual regatta was sailed on June 19th with the result appended: FIRST CLASS. Rig, with the Comet. Name. Owner. -B. F, Curtis... HH. M. Federhe . Sheppard... are A, Nash Dim ensions, ff, in, Ss. WF: A, Enigma ...,....-. Mayberry... Wild Fire than Keith,..... is] TITED CLASS, WAN os suspic 4 posvee sees CD05. .....e. We MATSHS. 2.2.26 ole 17 6 Tip... --,W. F. Mayherry,.-:-.4...16 9% Red Lion, -++ GW. Morton 166 Hlmer .;ase«:: +.+,P, GC. Chubbuck, Jr.. .P. B. Turner.... A.B. Cleverly, : George Sayille Josephine J. Brackett Annie V,. seketeeGaeCe . Veardon... Tue Lyxyn Yaour Chup held a regatta off its club house on the 20th. The Judges were Messrs. Q. A. ‘Towns, C. Shu- han and 8. T. Downs, and the summary was as follows: FIRST CLASS. 168 Dolly Varden, Kate... Actual Corrected Name. Owner. Length time time ft. m. H. M, &. H, M. 8, HilGae.se-eetpus=5 => G. L. Babb,......86 06 118 35 1 01 59 Addie Elmer. ......- G. Ll, Babb..... +30 10 1 22 08 1 08 04 MS RlG ie ceases EB. 0. Neal........ 29 05 1 21 05 1 O1 43 . SECOND CLASS. Louie.......:- pucceue Vso, DVGa]+ takes 28 0T ‘Time not taken Expert:.-.<. N. J, Dayidson. ..23 02 1 34 25 1 08 34 Fleetwing.. . UU, Rigsel........22 05 1 36 45 1 12 28 Mule...... «Otis Pecker,,....21 0% 1 3100 1 08 31 Nellie J Pore ..H, H. Clifford....20 10 1 41 07 1 14 59 KUN... .cassance-ce.. W. Bassett, -.-..-21 09 135 11 110 THIRD CLASS. Lizzie .... .. G. A. Taylor 19 06 1 07 15 49 37 Georgie... ---A, R, Hacke 19 OL 1 14 00 56 08 Alpha... .J. B. Rorey -18 06 1 50 50 1 40 36 Wymph... --. W. A Estes.......15 00 1 16 40 5S 20 GYACIC. 622 eeeeees ees PAPMENLEL. 26.2.0 17 03 1 26 20 1 uT 08 Marsuentap Yaorr Croz.—The regatta was the fourth of a series sailed there each successive 17th of June, and was the best ever sailed off Marblehead. The judges were D. EK. Phillips, L. G. Pitman, Isaac Atkins, M. J. Kieley, George H. Brown and §.S. Goodwin. Prizes were awarded to the Triton and Gemsbok of the first, Breeze and Gael of the sec- ond, Posey and Ripple of the third, Helen and Mabel of the fourth, and Lurline and Fun of the special Glasses. The first and second classes started at 1:58, the third and fourth at 2:25 and the special classes soon after 2:30. The summaries are us follows: FIRST CLASS. Length, Time. Name. Owner. Ft. In. H, M. 8 Addie Elmer.....-...-+-A. H8y...ssa.esse-----> 38 6 3 04 45 Gemsbok.... -O. ALWOOG....- 20.00. 626 0 8 15 00 Loiterer....-<. soe WW Killette.ose 5:0 43 Trilon,.... teeess-9d. ROAPAN..-...3.- : 808 46 Napoleon.......... ++--/5. 8, Goodwitl......,--.38 0 3 12 28 SECOND CLASS, Twilight. scceersereeee1e We Carleton. ..-..eeeee2-55 0 3 16 14 Carrie... -..W. A. Boni. B 385 06 Echo... > —— AE 3 14 16 GHG l, oc s eee eeeweeess »W,. McCormick, . 326 17 UNEDOWD +44) +--1 ees é 3 28 56 Jumper ....+ is 3 24 08 GIVGB iia ates speimadehts =e 3 82 69 White Wing,. . 3 82 59 IVY. 4-2 +00 on § 29 17 Gleamer, +. & 23 57 ATTIC ...0<8 ee 338 (6 J.B. Topham,.,...---.. Lerow. 2 51 17 Breeg® cosy seek see cen B07 00 EMU. .... 2. 20dseavetses 3 19 08 THIRD OLASS. Wonder.......,....-.+..5. Elwell, Jr........- ANADIB,.-- ene 7 Gora....- n ..L. A, Marchant sesees dL. 3, MIIIE,...- 4 aS, Grant, JD vs... ELC. Wort. owcicsts 44008 --..-.George Merrill. ... seereeeee W. D. Soller. Artel.. fe SS co eg et I ie 3 - = —= 45 58 Posey. 44 11 Leila...... 1309 FOURTH GLASS. Hattie. ..se0.--.-.++-4--G. BE. Stome,...+... eee IO 0 418 24 ligien.... sesseeses, W. S, Hunt, dr. wld 3 57 08 seegeeees HR. C. Ware ... .15 0 418 85 veaseweere sony 15 fi 4 16 49 SPECIAL CLASS. Luring .....,.0+eeee0sB FP, Rugaell ,...-+4s-+-.19 0 TUDO, ee vere cu vvvne sce) Gee BOWKEM os ee yyeysesu lt 6 Phil Bheridany,.,.0.0..G Ky Hayert... aesauerdd Q Se. Frorma Yaost Croup or JAcKsoNvILLE.—On the evening of the fith of June the Florida Yacht Club, of Jacksonville, met at the Metropolitan Hotel, in accordance with notice, and the large attendance of members and the enthusiasm mani- fested shows that success is assured. The treasurer made his report, which was a flattering ex- hibit of the financial affairs of the club. ‘The land and build- ing committee submitted their report, which included the plans for a-club house, grounds for the erection of the house, ete. ‘The report was received and adopted. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows : Wm. Astor, Commodore; C, J. Kenworthy, Vice-Commo- dore; I. W, Denny, Captain; W. H. Bent, Secretary; house, in accordance with the plans submitted by G. Hoover, architect, The club house, by these plans, will be a two-story building, seventy fect long by thirty wide, with a gallery all around the second floor; and, upon the top of the house, an open prom- enade, with railings, seventy feet long by eleven wide. The first floor will be five fect above high water, with a rectangu- lar opening or dock in it of seventy feet long by seven wide, in which row boats can be moored, or even small sailing craft, as the first floor will be eight feet from the second. The first floor, On either side of the dock, is to be the receptacle of the spare rigging, sails, oars, ete. The second floor, which is to be used for hall, reception room, bath room, etc., will be ten feet high at fhe sides and nineteen in the centre, being snr- mounted by an ectagon roof, upon whichis the promenade before mentioned ; and this breezy retreat is to be reached by a flight of stairs from this floor. ‘The boats in the elub house dock can be entered, according to the plan, either from the first floor or from two platforms, each eighteen fevt long by eight wide, situated on each side of the water end of the building. Theclub house, when completed, next fall, will be an ornament to the river side ot the city. 4 It is the intention of the club to establish a reading room where will be found the leading papers and journals of the country. ‘To enable winter visitors to participate in the adyan- tages of the organization, without the delay attending a nom— ination and election, the constitution and by-laws provide that upon the recommendatien of a member a stranger can obtain provisional membership and all the privileges of the elub from the house committee, by paying the aunual subscription of fifteen dollars—subject to future action of the club at its next meeting. If the provisional member should not be elected, the subscription will be refunded. Tt is the intention of the club to strictly guard its portals, so that objectionable persons cannot secure advantages offered. The by-laws and rules and regulations are yery stringent, and gambling, drinking, or ungentlemasly or disorderly-conduct will result in immediate suspension, if not in ultimate expulsion, With a grand river, in some placesmiles in width, and with deep water, every advantage will be offered for yachting and boatine. As evidence of this, we need but refer to the fact that deep and open water extends from the bar to the head of Lake George, a distance of over 150 miles. With an excellent climate, and one of the best rivers in the country for aquatic sports, we aré sanguine that the club will be a success, and that many visitors will take advantage of the facilities offered. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 8, 1877. Au. Fresco. [The members of this club are among the best citizens of Jacksonville. Scareely ever did a similar organization start tinder better auspices, as regards men, means, influences, and opportunities. The provision for non-resident members is well conceived, and will add backbone to the elub.—Hp, FP. & 8.] —— THE YALE AND HAVARD RACE TO- MORROW. Epitor FOREST AND STRRAM: Tt was the fond hope of all Yule men, and I am not so sure that 1 can- not say ofall Harvard men also, thut after te odini and abuse whieh were so liberally showered on us upon the ovcasion of our withdrawal from the Rowing Association had been lived down, we were al last to have. a university race which shonld be entirely tree from what the “Graduate of—6t" calls side-shows. Herg, howeVer, is Havard going to row Columbia on the 26th of June on. the same course and nearly the same date fixed upon for Whe great race. Many are the coujectores here as to Hayard’s motives in taking such a step. The general opinion, and the one to which I myself aim the most meclined, is that she has agreed to row for the sake of the benefit she will derive from the prac- tice. Bui how ifshe be beaten? 1 am afratd that thisisa contingency which she has not looked at. Yet why should not such & thing hap- pen? The Columbia ls composed almost throughout of large, heavy men, and, as far as pure mmnscle is concerned, is strouger rhan ihe wyeruge vollegecrew. They have all been doing good, solid! work since the opening of the season, and the last and greatest argiment of all in their favor, they are under the sapervision of Kelly, the Cambridge graduate who drilled the Yale men so well in the smaller minute of their Stroke last year, He will ruw bow, and being a mon of sourd boating and other jndgment, would not enter a race which he did not have more than a mere chance of winning. So if Harvard is defeated she can thank herself alone for the humillation, for there was no reason In the world why, liad sie been so inclined, she might nol have de- clined the challenge. Tf the reason aboye stated for rowing the race be not the correct one after ull, then we cannot seo why the.challenge was” Nol accepted and a more distunt dite Named, that the Colnmblas might have more chance to train, and that the resalt of the race might in no munner go to point out the result of the unlyersity contest. If the day foes against (he’Crimson the 26th Jone I am inclined to beljeye that {he Turvard men will promptly pack their traps, and, leaving the crew without backers, depart in disgust, Let us hope, tf only for the sake oF good sport, that nothing of the kind will take place, 7 The eight js doing well and will shortly leave for Springfiell. The 29th inst. 1s the day now fixed for their departure. They are rowing twicea day. Inthe morning they go off for along pull, generally row ing down to the lighthonse and back ifthe weather permits. On their return they haye a hearty shower bath in the boat-louse and don't go on the water again till the evenmgaboutaix, Thesnnial examinations and the cramming so necessary 0 enable a man to pass Mien properly, are muking these few days very trying Indeed for the crew, snd sone of © them will have to look eat it they dont want to discover the 29th of June tiat they are too fine, Luckily the weather is and has been deliei- ously cool up here, and they are ape tae their fesh better than they could expect to if it were warmer. ane the list of men ua they sat the boat in my Jastietier, 1 give tem again -here with the amended weights : Namo and position, - Age. Lbs. Row—G. W. Mart, "TB, BSewcssccttetebevsearsee 20) ttDig" C OTe. < este 20) WGI Veeleeeete dS © 160%) . wigee 2S 16H ee 7256) (10D 2] Eri ata Reeve” Ae Yate 189 AVOTE EO, 221 4 pene cee eey swparetsre-westaaiens 2h% 1631-16 C, FY. Aldrich, cox, ’19, A.C. 22, ..eececeeee et genes IS U5 Bubp Clark, 78, AcC.s.3:.4lsecmeseavebisises;-- 22 J60 Hart, of the Scientific School, is # short And very muscular man. His back, arg and loins are perfect, and he is in every respect a beau ideal of a bow oar. He has never pulled in a vace of any Importance, but has inuch boating experiance, wn Is looked npon nas al eminently reliable | min. His stroke is nearly perfect as regards style; sometimes he cocks his o9f & little af the beginning ef the stroke, but he is rapidly overcoming this hwhit. This is really abont the only fault he has, gud itis not a bad one, Herman Livingston, of New York City, pulls “two.” Te is a beanti- Fully built youny fellow, being more gracefully put together than most boating men, He pulls clean, food! stroke, though he still has something of His old habit of jerking a little at (he end and hoisting his shoulders He also sometimes Gocks his oar. We never loatsina bout. A corres- pondent writing-in one of he New York dailies tas said of hit, that he is an ** earnest, fiery worker.” That Is ihe correct expreasion. He puts more Zeal into his work than any manin the boat, and for {lis reason he was tot retained in the position of stroke, which he once occupied, the coach fearing that he would kiN himself and all the rest of the crew pefore the end of the pace He has never pulled ina university race, but isan old oar, being champion seuller of the college, ¥, E. Hyde, No. 3, is another new man (the forward lwif of -the boat are allnewthis yeur), Me is the youngest man on the crew, but is looked upon as (ne of the sure ones. He las a ime, deep chest and #o0d loins, He is s0 young that one feels sate prophesying almost any- {hing of him provided he does not overdo before he reaches his maturi- ly. He pulls his oar out at the end; puts too much muscle into it, and wakes the boat rock with the vigor of his feather. W.H. Jams was last year's snbstitute, Meis Jong and wiry, and puils Lhe stroke well enough when he remembers to, I am told le is somewhat absent-mndedin the bost,and contiiually lapses into errors for which he cannot plead the exeuse of ignorance. In his build he reminds me somewhat of Kelloge, his strength being of the same nervous, wiry or- der as that good parsman’s, He las the same fault as Nos. 2 ands, He pulls obt-at the end, 7. ¢., throws too Wich Vigor into the stroke just'be- fore if leaves the water. When he waxes careless, he swings ont of the boat, B. C. Cooke rowed Jast year. He is a mass of musele, and if he could only utilize it to its utmost capacity, le would pull one of the best oars in the bout. Unfortunately, he is somewhat clamsy, and oveasionally slicks his elbows out. His rowing varies somewhat. A wood judge told me that the other day he saw Cooke pull as gracefully as any rman in the boat. Ho is certainly deing much better than last year, both in the amount of Work which he is putting in and his manner of doing it. MWe flon't get his hands away quite quickiy enough, and he throws the water a little at the finish. 0.7), Thompson pulled last year, and is one of the best menin the oat, Heis immensely powerful and the most athletic man in the boat. His physique is chiefly remarkablefor his immense breathing space. His revord in everyihing he has ever gone into is good, He was left feld On tlie bine before guing on the crew, is a good hurdle jumper and Sprint rnnner, and was one of the besiimen on the football team last year, Tisonly fault isthat he dowt always get his hands over his knees quickly eliough to prevent lis splashing up the water with the blade of his oar. N.W, Collins is captain of the crew. He rowed on last year’s crew, and also of the famous Philadelphiafour, He pulls the strongest oar in the boat, and pulls i in good Shape, He isthe heaviest and strongest man Of {he tight, and has great staying powers. Ie is popular with his qmen, and with the college, a thing which is indispensable with the cap- tain of the crew. F. Woon, of Norwalk, is stroke. He pulled in the same position on the winning fresiiman crew of Ts. A better stroke than lhe pulls could not well be imagined. Weis an old oar, having pulled constantly since ‘78, with the exteption of 75, when he broke his leg and had to lie by a season. He is now setting the crew astroke of 34 and 36 to the minute. This will probably he kept up throng the race, though, on a spurt, it may go Up ho 88. Ile throws water a little at the end of the stroke, but as he is pulling “8” in the boat th is a fault of no consequence. He also is given to caching too quick. As a whole, the crew rows very finely, and only a critical eyé can detect any fanltsamong them. The shell to he used isa paper one by Waters of Troy. Length 58 ft., beam 5 in.. depth S inches fromm slide, and weight 240 Ibs, It is modeled on the English eight (ised last year at Springiield, Harvard has a boat of the same kind by the same builder, and has also a cedar sliell by Blaikee, of Cambridge. She has not yet decided which she will use in the race. The Goutest 1s going to be ad close one. Haryard’s crew, physical- ly, is magnificent. They have a good stroke and plenty of pluck t6 back it. The days of walkovers have, I think, gone by, and whoeéyeris at Springfield the 29th of Jane willbe repaid for his visit, A full account of this race, ard aiso of the race of the 26th, will appear in the issue of the HoREST AND STREAM for July 3. a | The foregoing lefter was written for publication in our issue of June 2ist.—Ep, | + +—- Hupsox River Rowixe Association. —TZvoy, June 23.— The second day’s regatta was a great success, with wind and weather altogether satisfactory. The winners were: Tompkins, of the Wolyenhooks, won the sitigle senll race in 10 min. 53%; gcc. ‘he double scull race was taken easily by the Wolventiooks in 10 min. 402% 880, ~ Davey, of the Mutuals, won the senior single scull rave im 10 min. 51 Bec. The great event of the day, the four-oared race, was won hy the Wol- venhooks amid great excitement, ‘Time 9min, 637 sac. The Willeys were second, in Yamin, 183; see, t Nerrune Rowing Orvs.— West New Brighton, S. Z, June 23 —Annual regatta. “Khe firstrace, pair-oared shells, for a pair of gold oars, was won ly T. R. Keater and O, T. John- son. A single-scull for the club badge and the junior cham= pionship was won hy F. L, Rodewall. The ‘* Punch and Judy” race was won by ‘*Punck.” In the tub race, which ended the sport, EH. Southworth Pratt was the winner. “ GonumuiA ann Taryarp Boar Race ar Sprrerrenp. —A\ the boat race between Columbia and Harvard at Spring- field, Mass., on Tuesday, Harvard won easily by three lengths, haying made the successive miles in 4:55, 5:20, 5:45 and 5:27, and tlie whole distance im 21:37. Columbia’s time was 21;504. The crews were; Columbia—Edmund Kelly, bow; Charles Eldredge, 24; G. P. Seeley, 3d; Cyrms Edson, 4th; H, G Ridaback, 5th; R. R. Colgate, 6th; E. i. Sage, 7th; J. T. Goodwin, stroke; Henry Castner, coxswain, Average aga, 21% years; average weight, 1523 pounds. Harvard—b. N. Littaner, bow; N. N. Brigham, 2d; B. J. Legate, 3d; Ww. M. Lemoyne, 4th; M. R. Jacobs, 6th; W. H. Schwartz, 6th; BP. W, Smith, Tih; W. A. Bancroft, stroke, Average are, 21; average weight, 1653 pounds, Both crews rowed aterg’ paper boats; length. 584 fect ; width, 24 inches; weight, about 240 pounds- Phe course was from off Hampden Paris, four miles straight away to the finish, just south of Long Meadow station. ; Sinver Lake Reearra.—Boston, June 14, 187'7,—Yester- day, June 13, wil! long be remembered hy the rowing frater- nity in the vicinity of Boston, especially by those who wit- nessed the contest at Silver Lake. The trains that left the Old Colony Depot were crowded with anxious onés, proceeding to the beautiful sheet of water | that was to be the scene of contest in muscle and skill. Al-— though every available place was taken by the surging crowd, ' no distinction of any character was noticed during the entire day. A fine band of music enlivened the scene, and those that wished could please themselves dancing. ‘Too much compliment cannot be paid to the referee and starter, James |B, Ormand, Esq. ; the judges, Messrs. C. O’Brien, John W. ! Frazier, J. Dogherty, and J. Flanly, with F. Bibber, Esq., time keeper, : The Jake is a beantiful sheet of water over seyen miles in circumference, from ten to fifty feet deep in places. The courses were marked out to give ample opportunity for all to see, al any point of the race. The buoys were sunk low in the water, so that the boats should not be impeded, Every precaution was taken by the Old Colony Road to insire indi- vidual safety and comfort. ‘This lake is only one hour's ride | from Boston, and has been fitted up with every possible care for the convenience of the public. A base ball ground has recently been added to its many advantages; itis one of the most desirable places for pianics and pleasure parties. There is a nice little steamer, Lady of the Lake, together with row- jng and sailing boats, that give ample opportunity for those that desire a trip on the surface of the lake, The single senll race had twelve entries. Length Nsme. Weight boat. Weight. tha. tt. Ibs, TU teh see godbeetoa0p S55 ( 29 85 dJohmson...-...... SL 29 LAMY Bs- 5. 554s a) ba HAN Gisele: soni = 40 B44 McOann...... a0 0 Ahearn,s;..-- 31 85 Brown, -... ¢ 29-6 32 Mahoney... ~ §4¢ 38 Harrington. bi Se Driscvll..., 80-1 a3 Hosmer,..... 32 3Y i 33 a1 A fair start was obtained at 2:40 p. m., Plaiser taking the lead, Johnson second, and Landers third. Plaisted's tmme was 21 minutes, 49} seconds; Jolinson’s 22 min., 8 sec,, and Lan- ders 22 min., 20 see. The others time were not taken. Jirst prize, $150 second, $75. SECOND RAGCR, PAIR OARED BOATS. Length Name. Weight, boat, Weight, Ibs, tt, Ths. Biglin & Maxwell....... 180-175 34 61 Gookin Bros..-_... ++ see. 160-165 26 GO Connelly Bros........ .. 152-160 #5 36 Biglin & Maxwell won first, 21 min., 494 sec., 1st, $150, Govukin Bros, won second, 21 min., 544 sec., 2d, $78. THIRD RACE, PATR OARED BOATS. Length Weight Av Weight boat, hoat. men, Name Tt. ths. Ibs, TQRGMAM can ef - ee B+ 180 165 RIVGEVSIOG. parece se enscecee~ Bt 160 159 POKUANG, Tis Sacee ovr nosh = 35 180 162 Oity Point... ints el ote fo BY 198 150 St. James.. nletal ) fo) ishing Cackle. Safes. Gunpowder, People’s Line Steamers BETWEEN NEW YORK AND ALBANY. ‘The wost comforiable and cheapest route for SPORTSMEN OK PLEASURE SEEKERS Going to or returning from ‘The Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence, The Great Northern or Adirondack Wilderness, Lake George, Lake Champlain, The White and Franconia Mountains, Saratoga, Trenton, Niagara, Shiron and Richfield Springs, Coopers- town (on Otsego Lasse), ‘or iny of the favorite sammer routes North or West. The cummodionus steamers, DREW and ST. JOHN, Make close conneciion at Albany with express trains for all the above-named places. t=” Save one day of your vacation by taking the ‘PEOPLES EVENING LINE STEAMER, from Pier 41 North River, every week day at 6@ P.M, Meals on the European plan, beautiful music, no dust or jsmoke, cool rooms, good beds, refreshing sleep, S$. E. MAYO, Gen’) Passenger Agent. ishing Gachle. jet Conroy, Bissett & Malleson 65 Fulton Street, New York. Faciory—Foot South sth Street, Brooklyn, E, D. Six Strip Hexagonal Split BAMBOO RODS. \ ENAMEL ALL PRESERVED ON ‘ THE OUTSIDE, QUALITY RUARANTEED. The annexed list will show the reductions we have made. We quote; - Form- erly. Now. Fly Rods, 6 strips, 2 aD path teh ensa lest $40 $25 Fly Rods, 6 Strip, 3 tips, and duplicate Joint,...---+ fernwes 55 35 Black Bass Rods, 6 Strip, 2 Tips...... 50 30 Black Bass Rods, 6 Strip, 8 Tips and Duplicate Joint... 65 40 Salmon rods, 6Strip, THUS, -seerteetres nD 50 ‘These Rods are, in all their parts, WHOLLY MADE WY HAND. Positively no machinery is used in any part of their Gonstrnction, 2" SEND FOR CIRCULAR, We have but one srade of these Rods—the best in the market, PHILADELPHIA Fishing Tackle House. A.’ B. SHIPLEY & SON, 503 COMMER"E STREET, PHILA. Mannfacturets of FINE FISHING TACKLE A Spo. talty of the Celebrated Green Heart Wood for Amateur Rod Makers. Rod Mountings in Sets for 75c. to $6 75. RODS, REELS, Ere., REPAIRED. Snells, ‘catch Shipley’s Self-Hooking Elastic every fish that bites.” Send for sample, For Trout on gut, loc, each, T5e. per doz, For Bass on double gut, 12¢. each, $1 per doz. Hirhest preiiium at Centennial, 1876, and Franklin Instifute, 1374. COMPETITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE. J.B. CROOK & CO., FISHING TACKLEs 50 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, Makes tie Immense Reductions. Greenheart Rods for Trout and Bass Fishing, $15 40 330. Ash and Lancewood Rods for Trout and Bass Fishing, $7 to $12. Hyerything else in proportion, Goods sent C. O. D to all parts of the United States and Canadas. TO AMATEUR Fishing Rod Makers, German Silver and Brass Rod Mountings ready qnade and to orderofmy own manutacture. Ferules, Guides, Rings, Tips, Keel Bands, Screw and Solid Bottoms, Double Fittings. Also superior Ash and ancewood Fly and Black Bass Rods, of my own Thanufacture, $3, $5, $6 to $25. Rods suitable for the bays around New York, $1.50, $2 25, $3 50, $6 to $25, Trolling Rods for Alexandria Bay and the lakes, $4, $6, $5, S10. 100 feet Superior Linen Line, by Mil s+ ++ 3 i te F 20 * : - 50 B00 sc i ts “ “es ee o 7b G00 zt Cuttie Hunk, “ rs 8 00 Black Bass Flies (something new) per doz.,.... 2 50 Large variety of Trout Plies for Maine and the Adirondacks; prices, $1, $1 50, $2 per doz. Brass ‘Reels, plam, 50c., 75c., $1 each. Brass Reels, multi- plying, $1 75, $2 25, $2 50, $8togeeach. Rubber Click, Serman Silver Click, and multiplying reels for black bass, trout, and for the bays of New York. Complete outlits as low as consistent with good material and workmanship, Goods sent C, O, D, to all parts of the United States and Canada. J. F. MARSTERS, MANUFACTURER, 125 NASSAT] STREET, NEW YORK, \ Send for Catalogue of Sporting Goods, Of Every Description. HAVANA AND RIO JANEIRO, 48 Maiden Lane N., Y, FIRE TRIED. NEW YORK, LONDON, REDDITCH, ® 3 = Sa eilate % oO ° e is) ANDREW CLARK & CO. Fishing FINE GOODS FOR SPORTSMEN A SPECIALTY. Send for Price List to Box 1,294, ABBEY &£IMBRIE, H. L. LEONARD, BANGOR, MAINE, Manufacturer of every yariety of FINE RODS for SALMON, BASS and TROUT FISHING. Split Bamboo Rods a Specialty Great reduction in prices, Trout Rods, ful) mounted, $30, formerly $50; other rods in proportion, Every Rod bearing my name is six strands from buct to extreme tip, and monntet with my “ patent waterproof ferrnle,”’ and warranted against imper- fection’ in material and workmanship, Any style of finish, hexagonal or round, as may be desired. Rods of Greenheart, Ash, or Lance- wood, MADE 10 ORDER. Iwas awarded a MEDAL and DIPLOMA at the Centennial for my Split Bamboo Rods, Also manufacturer of Patent Reels for Salmon and Trout fishing, The lightest, strongest, and handsomest Reels ever made. Full tine of FISHING TACKLE always on hand. Send for circular and price list. jez SHINNER'S New Fluted Bait. \ The best bait used for Bass and Pickerel Fishing Bass size, 75 cents; Pickerel size, $1 each. by mail post-paid, on receipt of price, Eagle Claw, for catch- ing Fish and Game, semples by mail, 35 and 75 cents. Send stamp for illustrated price list of Fishing Tackle aud Sporting Goods, FISH & SIMPSON, SAPONOID. Mosquito & Black Fly Repellent. This Composition contains no ingredients injurious to the skin, is saponaceous and remoyed at once by the application of water, possesses great healing and cooling properties free from all grease, Cer- tain‘and instant cure for the bite or sting of insects, mosquitoes, flies, wasps, bees and other insects, re- moyiog all inflammation, neutralizing the poison and ullaying the swelling at once. DIRECTIONS. For repelling flies and mosquitoes rub the Sapo- noid on the exposed parts freely with the band. One | : pplication to the sting or bite of the insect, in most cases, is certain relief. Sold in collapsible tubes, mailed to any address on receipt of 50 cents by BRADFORD & ANTHONY, 374 Washington street, Boston, Mass. Convenient and Handy for attaching to Fishing Mods, Gun Cases, and all sorts of Sportsmen's Bageuge. Buy of your nearest Stationer or Newsdealer, or send oM 10 cts. for package by mail to DENNISON & CO., 198 Broadway, N.Y. CARD. Dr. Fowler’s Celebrated Six Strip Bam- boo Fly-Rods. Improved and finished without cuttmg away the enamel, The strongest and handsomest rods in the world. Private orders solicited Tor all kinds of fine tackle. Rods sent per express on approval. Send for cirenlar. A. H. FOWLER, Ithaca, N.Y, ESTABLISHED 1845, J.P. Travers & Son., 46 BEEKMAN STREET, N. Y. Twines and Lines; 1,800 kinds on hand. Fisher- men’s twines, lines and nets of all kinds. Also ham- mocks for sportsmen. Samples of twines sent free on application or by mail. my3i tf, McBride Flies. Medal and Diploma from International Exhibition, Philadelnhia, 1876. decreed for exceedingly neat work with solidity of construction. A tine assortment of flies for trout, salmon tind bass constantly on hand: Also casting-lines. jJocality. Goods promptly inade to order from any pattern desired. Address SARA J, Mumford, Monroe Co,, N. Y. W-. Holberton, Sole Agent for New York and vicinity. feb16-4m, 182 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK. | Flies carefully selected for any |, MCBRIDE, } ORIENTAL POWDER MILLS {MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDSOF | Office—13 BROAD STREET,> BOSTON. ; HERRING’S SALES “The World’s Champions.” (ez) BRANDS—DIAMOND GRAIN. FALCON DUCKING. WILD FOWL SHOOTING, 3 WESTERN SPORTING, (Oriental Rifle.) it wt antic al se so NAA ‘NEAGW GNM * The “ Oriental” powder is equal to any made; ne expense is spared to make the best, a ea Tule Bar youl] y» BRANCH OFTICHS. ° J. G. Munro, Agent, 19 Exchange St, Buffalo, N.Y Cobb & Wheeler, Agents, 9 State St., Chicago, Ill, C, J. Chapin, Agent, 218 Locust St., St. Lonis, Mo. ! Agencies in the principal cities in the United States. Laflin & Rand Powder Co. Ne. 26 MURRAY ST,, N. Y.5 Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of Orange Lightning Powder. No, 1 to %, strongest and Cleanest made, in sealed 1 1b. cani-ters. Higher numbers specially are recom- mended for breech-loading guns, Orange Ducking Powder, For water-fowl, strong and clean, No. 1 to 5 in metal kegs, 64; lbs. each, and canisters of 1 and 5 Ibs, each, c Orange Rifle Powder. The best for rifles and all ordimary purposes, Sizes, FG, FFG and FF FG, thelast being tne tinest, Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25 lbs,, 12% lbs. and 634 lbs., and in canisters of 1 Ib. and 4% Ib. All of the above give high velocities and less resiauum than any other brands made, and are re- ‘| commended and used by Capt. A. H. BOGARDUS, the “Champion Wing Shot of the World.” | BLASTING POWDER and ELECTRICAL BLAST- ING APPARATUS. MI ITARY POWDER of all kinds on hand and made to order, Safety Fuse, Frictional and Platinum Fuses. Pamphlets, showing sizes of the grain by wood cnt, sent free on application to the above address, THE ‘HAZARD POWDER CoO. MANUFACTURERS OF GUNPOWDER. Hazards ** Electric Powder.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coaree), Unsurpassed in point of strength and cleanliness. Packed in square canis- ters of 1 Ib, only. Hazards ‘American Sporting.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 3 (coarse), In 1 lb. canisters and’ 6% Ib, kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for upland prdirie shooting, Wel adapted to shote guns, P Hiazard's * Duck Shooting.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse). In1 and 5 1b, canister and 64, and 1234 |b. kegs. Burns slowly and very clean, shooting remarkably close and with great penetration. For field, forest or water shooting, it Tanks any other brand, and it is equally serviceable: for muzzle orbreech-ioaders. Hazard’s ** Kentucky Rifle.”? FFFG, FFG, and “Sea Shooting” FG, in kegs of 25, 12 and 6% lbs, and cans of 51bs. FFG is aleo packed ini and 3s Jb. canisters. Burns strong and moist. The FFG and FFG are favorite brands for ordinary sporting. and the “Sea Shooting” FG 19 the standard Rifle poivder of the country. Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. GOVERNMENT CANNON & MUSKET POWDER; ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES FOR EXPORT, O ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF, MANU- FACTURED TO ORDER. The above can be had of dealers, or of the Com— pany’s Agents in every prominent city, or wholesale at our office, % 88 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. English sporting Gunpowder. CURTIS & HARVEY'S DIAMOND GRAIN. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, T and 8. Superior Rifle, Enfield Rifle, and Col. Hawker’s Ducking. W. STITT, 61 Cedar street, N.Y. Agent for the United States. FUR, FIN and FEATHER. This is a publication that should be in the hands of every loyer of shooting, fishing and trapping. It contains the GAME AND GAME FISH LAWS of every State in the Union and the Dominion Proy- inces, and also givesadestription of all the best places for shooting and fishing in the United States and Canada, tells how toreach them, and what kind of accommodations you will find when you get thera. Ht tells you wha! kind of tackle to use for the varions kinds of fish, and where the best can be procured, and also where you can get the best of every de- scription of shooting apparatus, It contains 4 num- ber of interesting sketches of hunting and fishing adventures, and & vast fund of useful Information on field sports and angling that renders the work indis- pensable to all who use either gun or rod, 1t1s, in ‘act, a complete Hunting and Fishing Directory and no matter how much or how little recreation you take in the woods and along the streams, you will find Fur, Fin ajul Feather worth many times its price to you. It tsa bl-m unthly (every two months) publication of from 176 to 208 large octave pages, 50 cents a number, or $34 year. CHAS. SUYDAM, Purusuer, 149 Chambers at., New York City, Received International Exhibition awards: London 1851 New York........ 1853 Paris...............1867 Philadelphia. ...1876 Also awards of gold and silver medals. agsachussetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Boston, 1874; Franklin Institute, Piila- delplila, 1874; American Institute, New York, and many others. HERRING Co., AFE AND LOCK MANUFACTURERS, 251 and 252 Broadway, N. ¥, - ry 5 2 r Zrungs, H. T. Helmbold’s ‘Compound Fluid Extract BUCHU. Owing to various counterfeiting of my } original receipt and preparations, TIT h av | | changed my Infels and wrappers, which in | future will be printed in CARMINE INE. The Public ore cautioned to be suxve and gctthe gennuips, prepared by the I. T. HELMBOLD Manufacturing Company, No. SO PLATT ST., NEW YORK. GENUINE HAARLEM OIL, KNOWN AS SYLVESTER’S OVER 30 YEARS. Best remedy for bladder, kidney and gravel dis eases. WM. acu, 126 Canal street, N. Y. BAB OILET SOAP. Unrivalled for tha tot- \ let ancl the bath. No ‘Yartificlal and decep- & oj tive odors to cover common end deleter- Je7 it a —_ FOREST AND STREAM. ; 355 ___ CAPT. BOGARDUS' HENRY C. SQUIRES PATENT GLASS BALL TRAPS No. 1 neha STREET, Se cea © : THIRD DOOR FROM Bafest method of making 8 crack : shot on the wing, while they will . get from it the cheapest and most improving amusement im Inatch shooting. Price of Single Tropes $12.00. Price of Sea0. Three Traps, j Price of Glass Ralls, per 100, ~ = = $2,50, POR SALE AT The Sportsman’s Warehouse, E. S. HARRIS, (AGENCY OF SHARPS RIFLE COMPANY.) i777 BRGVADWAT,. NEW YoRE. HAS EVERYTHING IN GUN, RIFLE AND PISTOL LINE. Cartridge Shells loaded to order, STODDARD’S CARTRIDGE LOADING IMPLEMENT, COMBINING SEVEN DIFFERENT TOOLS, Cap Expeller, Recapper, Loader and Tube, Creaser,,Cutter® Crimper and Shell Extractor. NO. 10 NOW READY. Tcrfe-n'r{ all the operations possible in the manipulation of Paper or Meta tile ic1 Pirech-Loaders, Length, 44 inches. Nickel Plated. Weight 10 ounces. All the operations are perfect, and suitable for any shell, || AWARDED BQTH MEDAL AND DIPLOMA AT CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. PRICE, 3&6, Circulars sent on application. Send postal order or check to C.J. STODDARD CO., Lock-Box 192, Washington, D. C. LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. W. HOLBERTON, of New York City, has Samples. } a CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION MEDAL AWARDED FOR STEAM LAUNCHES. N. ¥. SAFETY STEAM POWER CO 30 Corilandé Street, New York. GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE BUILDING OF LAUNCHES AND THEIR MACHINERY, 4nd wil furnish them complete in every particular, fitted either as Swift Racers, Fast Pleasure Boats, Party Boats, Fishing Boats, Ship’s Tenders, or ferry Boats. Or will supply the MACHINERY, complete. Ale models, drawings and moulds to parties preferring to build their own boats.» SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR: A VICTORIOUS INVENTION '})-) The Eagle Claw. An ingenious deyice for the purpose of catching ull kinds of Animals, Fish and Game. The easy method ofsetting the Hagie Claw, combined with the simplicity of removing the victim, are among its peculiar advantages, It is immaterial how to place it when set. It may be buried flat in the gronnd, suspended from the limb of a tree, or, when occasion requires, covered with grass, leaves or other light material without inany way impairing its certain operation. Ibis adapted for bai of any description, and, when, set, no Animal, Fish or Bird that touches the bait can possibly escape. It does not mangle or injure its victims in the slighest degree, , nor need they be handled to free them from the trap. : TRICE LIST: ; No. 1—For fishing and all kinds of small game and animals, Hi sent by mail...._... Sarvadenad $4 t¢'pan tps eles wee ctedns 85 cents, | No.2—For catching Mink, Muskrats, Raccoons, large Game, ish, & ...%5 cents. — Add Tess Chas. L. Coate, _**“ 330 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. P.O. Box 214, ~ AGENTS WANTED. beating oll beat London makers. 1876, presented by Mr, Celebrated Prize Ww. Winner of the Massive #ilvyer Cup in These guns have class makers in England. other Makirs to be found in this city, new Glars Ball Trap, $5; Dittmar powder. United States for $35, = es AGENT FOR THE W. CREENER. ¢ i oe order of sportsmen. EOP U AN Neane-tmamastty Sits" inoliding Scott, Webley, Remington, Parker and Fox. Marshall's three traps $12. English chilled shot, all sizes and in any quantities. Complete outfits for hunting and camping. Best Breech-Loader ever offered in the Send twenty-five cents for large Tilnstrated Catalogue, BROADWAY. tsua¥ ZOT Sapueq ‘OLST ‘Te Uy. Wepuo’y Jo z0nUT AA Guns beer winners in every trial during the last three years, competing with all the firat- The shioting of every gun eel ead and prices as low as consistent with keep the best selected stock of guns by all the Agent for ‘ANITY:< ATER is free from mineral and other injurious substances. gotten up. Unlike all others, Samples, 15 cents. -Our Peerless and Plain Kine Cut Chewing are unsurpassed, Award. Always Uniform and Relinble que and Vanity Fair. — lich Ngarette of Peri e PAM ARE el cts eee eS Highest Award, Vienna, 1873, and Centennial, 1876, FOR MEERSCHAUM AND CIGARETTES, k= DOES NOT BITE THE TONGUE. .sy Our Cigarettes me as fine as can be produced, Only the best Frene)i Cigarette paper is used, which Most convenient and elegantly The only brands receiying the Vienna ‘ WM. 8. KIMBALL & CO., Rochester, New York, PEERLESS TOBACCO WORKS (5PIZER MEDALS) Sportsmen's Goods. Seydel & Co’s Poeket Hammock. No. 1, weight only 134 1hs,; bears 1,300 Tbs.; price #4. ‘A most luxurious Couch, Seat, Swing, Ere. Cireulars may be had by addressing McCOY & CO.,, 184 and 136 Duane Street, N. ¥ CAMP LOUNGE CO., TROY, N. Y. Valise. Tounges‘aud Cots for Trayelers, Campers, Sportsmen, Yachtmen, Miners and Soldiers. Pillow and Mosquito Har Canopy in Each Case with every Lounge and Cot, GwO—— $5. By Mail, $5 ‘Ts. iN CAMP LOUNBE|F Folded Space, 3x5x20 Yio inches, Weight, 3iglbs. $8. By Mail, $8 85. Folded space, 2x 7X 23 lj} inches, Recommend- Wi4imended to gentlemen who wanf the very bert lounge. Free Cireulars in, X 24 in.; Spreads i ft. 4 in, longand 2 ft. wide., Price $10, ! Recommended to gen- iy lenien who want the fey very best fall length = portable bed. Postage : on this cot is $1.25. Getthe LOUNGE for the woods, As a bed to carry in the hands there cam be nothing equal to it Those who require a full length bed should get the cot. Best Lounge and Cot to same person, S14 for both, On sale in New York by Holberton, Peck & Suyder, Schuyler. Hartley & Giabam, Squires, Rifz- man, and the sporiing trade, Boston; Wm. Read & Sons, and Bradford & Anthony. Liberal discounts. H. C. Squires, No. 1 Cortlancét St., wholesale agent for N. Y. City, and will supply the trade at our best H. WALDSTEIN u OPTICTAN, 045 Broadway, New York, Has received the highest award at the Centennial Exposition for his fine Glasses, especially Opera Be Field Glasses, His display at 545 Broadway of TELESCOPES; FIELD, MARINE and OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, SPECTA- CLES and EYE GLASSES, ARTI- FICIAL HUMAN EYES, Etc., Isreally wonderful. Illustrated catalogue mailed on receipt of postage of four cents. ESTABLIS™” 40. Bound Volumes OF Forest and Stream. SEVENTH VOLUME, NOW READY. First Four Volumes, $4 each, Others, $3.60. A complete setoi the FOREST AND STREAM- seven yelumes, bound handsomely in ¢loth—a yalu, abié library for the epoitsman—-can now be obtained on application to this oifice. This cot folds 8 in. x | Zoological Garden. A:RMCUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA, Gpen everyday. A large collection of Living Wild Beasts, Birds and Reptiles. Admission 25 cents; children uuder twelve, 10 cents, jané ly ammsements, Ete. Turf Sports and Athletics. METROPOLITAN RIDING ACADEMY, Third Ave., G3d and 64th St., Second Ave, FRED. J, ENGELHARDT, Proprietor. Tils magnificent Temple of Sport is now open for instruction and practice, Thorough Horsemanship, Riding, Driving, Training, _ Pedestrianism, Fencing, &c- PERFECT RACE TRACK, ONE-EIGHTH MILE Comfortably heated and ventilated, For time, terms and privileges, address, FRED J. ENGELHARDT, Metropolitan Riding Academy, Third Avye., 63d and 4th Sts., N.Y. Norice.—The Central Park Riding School, Sales, Exchange, Training and Boarding Stables, Seventh Ave. and 58th St., still continue under the same management, jané ly Highest Honors AT THE CENTENNIAL WORLD'S AIR, 1876. SHONINGER ORGANS, PRONOUNCED UNANIMOUSLY AS THE Best Instruments. Their comparaues excellence is recognized by the Judges in their Report, from which the following is al extract > “The B. SHONINGER ORGAN COS exhibit as the best Instruments ata price rendering them possible to a large class of purchasers, having acom bination of Reeds and Bells, producing novel and pleasing effects, containing many dexirable improve- ments, will stand longer in dry or damp climate, less liable to get out of order, all the boards being made three-ply, put together so it is impossible for them to either #hrink, swell or split.” TEE ONLY ORGANS AWARDED THiS RANK. This Meda! and Award was granted after the most severe competition of tlre best makers, before one of the most competent j ‘ries ever assembled. New styles ard prices just issued, which are in ac- eordance with our rule, tha BEST ORGANS for the least money. We are prepared to appoint a few new Agents. Illustrated Catalogues muiled, postpaid, upon ap- plication to B. SHONINGER ORGAN CO., 97 to 123 Chestnut Street, NEW HAVEN, CONN. r : , ; bees e - FOREST AND STREAM, . : aid THREE BARRELED Breech-Loading Guns, (TWO SHOT AND ONE RIFLE.) “A new testare in the Sporting Line, Forms & fight and compact gunfrom eight to ten pounds, ving to sportsmen the very thing so often wanted in all kinds of shooting. ee by W. Holberton, 102 Nassau street, New York. : SEND FOR CIRCULAR. W. H. BAKER, Sept. 30:6m Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y. -The Champion Air Pistol. Shoots darts or aluge 50 to 75 feet with accuracy. Can be loaded by anybody with safety and ease. Recommended by Gen. Sherman, also by G. F. Lynch, Esq,, of ébe Australian Rifle Team. F Black s..22580 00 PRICES: + Nickel Plated.......,..,.....- 6 00 “ Rosewood Handle,. 7 00 For sale in New York at the following stores: Peck & Snyder, J. PB. Moore’s Sons, Spies, Kissam & o., Fish & Simpson, Chas, L, Ritazman, Scharles Bros., John Dickinson. Sent by express C. O. D., or by mail on receipt of price and 49 cents additional for postage. _ FAVORITE CIGARETTE + ROLLER, fi Compact, Simple, Practical, and appreciated by emokers, Nickel. 15 1 00 Silver. Gold. inches long...50 $L 00 a ie Pais} No. 1, 247 Hts Wo. 2, 34 Sent by mail on receipt of price. 4 POPE MANUFACTURING CO,, 47 High st., Boston, Mass. Gomplete Shooting Suit FOR $10. $10. $10. Warranted better than anyin the market. Sent by mail for $10.75. 1,000 testimonials on file, which say that ** Holabird makes the best Shooting Suit ia the World.” This Suit is to beat the cheap trash. in the market, which sell for more money. Should you qwant anything extra-fine I ean make it, Send for - my Circular Price List and Sample of Goods. W. H. HOLABIRD. Valparaiso, Ind. mar228m W, Holberton, Sole Agent in New York. Boating, RUSHTON’S HUNTING & PLEASURE. BOATS AND CANOES, The LIGHTEST «sporting boat in the world. Weight, 25 pounds and upward. The smallest size will carry two persons, Cédar siding, oak keel, ste., (d0 not fold up). CANOES, open or decked, weight 35 pounds to 60 lbs. Send stamp for new Ginstrated Circniar J. H. RUSHTON, Manufac- urer, Canton, St. Lawrence County, N, ¥. A Special Offer TO THE READERS (OF THIS PAPER. A Genulne Swiss Magnetic Time-§ Keeper, perfect Gem for everybody desiring f reliable Wime-Piece, and also a snpeérior Com- pasa, usual watch size, steel works, glast crystal. ail inasuperb Oroide Hunting-Case, werrante to denote correct time, and keep in order for two yenrs—Perfection guaranteed—will be Given away to every patron of this paperasa Free Gift. Cur our tars Coupor Awp Matt IT- COUPON. On receipt of this Coupon and 50 cents to pay for packing, boxing and muiling charges, We promise to send each patron of this paper a Genuine Swiss Maanetic Time-KEEPER- Address, Magnetic Watch Co., ASHLAND, MASS. Fa This is your ONLY OPPORTUNITY to ob- tain this beautiful premium, soorder AT ONCE. This offer will hold good for 30 days. - § new action. r) to $400, marked the PREMIER QUALITY. [Extract from Forest AND STREAM, Now York, December 26, ‘This action (The Triplex Lever Grip) combines in the hi rapidly secure the fayor of all who test its merits, COMPENSATIN every gun. dealers in the trade only. Costs about $10 extra. Awards of Guns at the Centennial =] G LUMP. medium grades. W. & C. SCOTT & SONS. First Prize Medal and Diplomn, awarded at the Centennial Exhibition, for excellence of workmanship and ma- terial in their Premier Qunlity and Their New Patent- Triplex Lever Grip Action and Cam- > pensating Lump, “sportsmen is requested to the above Its superior s 2 The attention of trength and solidity impart greatly improved shooting powers.» ing the desideratum require: tained by this powerful gun, the New Triplex Lever Grip, $175, $225 Marked the Triplex 10-bores extra, Our highest grade is as usual Hard hitting be- is Ob- rices. of 1876, Contributed by One of the Judges of ghest degree strength and simplicity, and must Strongly recommended. It is invaluable, and should be ordered on Choke-bores, medium or full, Our guns to .be had of the principal PREMIER GUN WORKS, Birmingham, England. “ACME” SINCLE BARREL BREECH-LOADING SHOT-GUN. The CHEAPEST and most desirable single breech-logder in the Market. Send for list. T. @. CONWAY, 98 Chambers Street, New York. Box 2,063. , jel4 it Paper and Metallic Shells Breech-Loading Shot Guns, Mannfactured by the UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE (0., BRIDGEPORT, CONN, THE STURTEVANT SHELLS are the easiest reloaded. Do not have to unscrew the head nor use an awl to remove the explodedcaps. THE PATENT MOVABLE ANYILS, made of steel wire, will not bend or break. THE BERDAN PATENT SHELLS, new model, with Hobbs’ patent waterproof primers, never miss fire, and are ee by all that haye used them, APER SHELLS.—By repeated experiments and preat outlay for improved materials,and machinery made ex- ese for the purpose. we can now warrant onr BROWN APER SHELLS eqnal to any imported. They are sure fire, and will not burst in the gun. sna of any of the dealers in sporting materials for the U. M. C. Co.’s Shells. Not sold at retail by the manufacturers. — ““ St. Louis Conical Base Paper Shell.” Gnd, Rifles, Ch. Sportsman’s Depot. (ESTABLISHED 1836.) First premium at World’s Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition. 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N. ¥- r _ For Forest and Slream ani Rod and Gun, BIRCH BARK. - Ys yachting is pleasant, whem breezes are fair And the trim craft bowls gally along, “ With a few chosen shipmates, the cruising to. shure, And reel off a yarn or a song; “ But when the winds fails us and idly we float, Becalmed on our way up the Sound, We chafe at such bobbing about in a boat And long for a tramp on the ground. There is pleasure in rowing when waters are still, With a shell boat so taper and slim; But the catching a “ crab” may result ina “spill,” And your muscles are in for 2 swim, Or the water is “lumpy” and “ wobbles” your “spoons” Just when you stretch out for a “spurt,” Perhaps it is jolly to cut up such loons While the spray soaks the-back of your shirt. " With the bright-eyed young Delia for half of the oad (The afghan tucked carefully in) , - Some seekers of pleasure are found on the road, In the dust, for a ‘ two-forty spin.” Wet from all such beguilements I beg to be free, Also “ Polo,” fox-hunting and “sich;” They may each in their turn serve to cure the ennu That troubles the painfully rich. But the sensible plodder whose ducats are few, When for brief recreation he strays, Will strike for the wildwood, whose charms eyer new, Are free from conventional ways. There the shady nooks nestle and [Jim pid Takes gleam; There the trout leap, and startled deer run; 80 for jolly good cheer give me forest and stream, With a friend, and the rod and the gun, T. W. A. os we ; For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun, Alpan the dtlarsh. WEEE among the Grundy County, Lllinois, chickens, in September, with the thermometer at 90° had not satis- fed me, particularly the wonderful unaminity with which our dead chickens took on the process of decomposition. The last week in October Seymour, just returned from the marshes near Toledo, gave such glowing accounts of the duck shooting there that I strairht off repacked my traps and took the eyen- ing train for the city where they ‘“‘never haye the agne.” The next morning I made my way up to ** Captain Ned's,” who, as I had been informed, ran a yacht to the marshes twice a week, and who had general supervision of matters there dur— ing the season, Ifound him without difficulty. But it was élection day. He had on his store clothes, was just starting down-town to exercise his elective privileges, so we had to lie over until the day following, when we started off bright and early in the morning, our party including ‘‘ Captain Ned,” a little the worse for wear, but with a conscience balanced up +o date; “Young Ned,” a tyyelve-year-old, and a young Frenchman, who said he was a pricst, or preparing to be one, going down to sce his brother, who was tent-keeper at-the marsh. The said fent-keeper was a baker, but he had left his alum and ammonia and 2d quality spring wheat xxx flour to exercise hisslaughterous propensities upon ducks. Both brothers couldsing right regally. Around the camp kettle stirring up the mud hens, compounding what they called ‘‘boullion,” they would ring out many a French melody with a liveliness and vigor which pleased me exceed- ingly. The Marseillaise was their favorite and ours.. The grand chorous of ‘‘Marchon enfans,” owing perhaps to my imperfect knowledge of the French, eyer brought vividly be- fore my mind's eye a vast regiment of infants with red night- | caps, ol preterca nihil, marching forward savagely with cries and squalls and cutting of teeth, The wind was contrary; with-many tacks at four o'clock we reached the outlet of Frenchman’s.Creelx chilled through and hungry. -A small boat containing the baker came off and tookus ashore. Camp consisted of a tent upon the sandy point—neav by two erotches with a pole across held the camp kettle. The-table, a plank with afour-foot high support at each end;a bench upon each side of like formation completed the arrangements for feeding, and comfort and fresh air, The camp kettle contained the ‘‘houllion, just artived at perfection,” so the baker informed me, and he brought me a bow! of it, which was very welcome, 4 bear up an iron wedge, also coffee strong enough to ‘* Boullion” without mill but with plenty of sugarand sand. was a new experience. potatoes, beef, salt, sugar and gand, and last, the main thing, mud hens, 5 _All boiled together With many 4 feather. Black bread q. s. This was our constant bill of fare, It was always good, only the difference between old mud hens and young miud hens. L The life-giving compound hastily swallowed, anxious to get at the ducks, I inquired where I should go, ‘‘ Oh, push out into the rice anywhere, but no use to shoot for an hour yet.” Ifancied I could see upon astretch of open water the black heads of a mass of ducks. Considering there was noth- ing morally wrong in killing ducks by daylight, L picked out one of the small clinker built boats, secured the only pair of oars, happy over this—how fortunate that I went first and pushed out. The oars didn’t work first-rate on account of the mud and weeds, a hundred pounds of which I raked up at every stroke. One spot of open water gave me a little head- way, which, checked suddenly, pitched me forwardinto the bot- tom of the boat upon my knees. The position was prayerful, but the three inches of water was not at all conducive to a proper spirit. No time to bale out; the ducks were ahead, their black lieads bobbing about, Within ten rods 1 dropped the oars and grabbed my firearm for a sitting shot. Then first I com- prehended that they were mud hens,’ eyery blessed one of them. I had one of their friends inside of me and did not care for more. Slowly and sadly I rowed and poked my way into the first patch of rice. An hour’s waiting—a flock of blue bills came circling along at a mile a minute. One barrel six feet ahead sent me backward into the three inches of water, now increased to four. Didn’t feel so wet as it did the first time. One duck dropped dead, another wounded. Pushed out, secured the dead bird, the wounded one dove; the water not deep I could see the ripple of his swimming. When his head came up I pushed carefully within easy range, raised an oar and let him haye—— By some surprising deflection the blade came not nearer than two feet, splashing me thorough. ly. Three times'tried Ithis, my best stroke ten inches ; be- coming desperate, I shoved the boat up near himand grabbed him, vengefully wringing his head off, and with much toil re- turned to my rice as evening came on. ‘The mallard flying in from the Lake circled around every where except where I was. One at last came almost over me, I dropped him, but he fell in the rice ; one wood duck I cut down ashe few past. As it grew darker the mallard came in more carelessly, with many ateal fairly brushing my face with their swift moving wings. I banged away a dozen or twenty shots, wishing I had eyes in the back of my head, Securing two mallard and two teal, as many more dropped, but unless killed dead had better not have been hit at all. Nowdark. I rowed and poked and dug my, way to the camp fire, The others were allin. Found that with my seven ducks I was two ahead of the biggest bag. All said that the flight was not good. Thought so myself. The blue bills and teal a little too fast, the mallard too slow, so that with my inexperience I fired too far behind and too far ahead systematically. Changed my wet clothes in the sand and darkness of the tent. There was a lamp—great comfort to know it—but there was no oil; went out to the camp. fire, swallowed my dose of mud hen.and coffee, then back into the tent, bunked in under the buffalo skins spoon fashion, slept cold and half awake allnight. Atfour a. m. we were routed out, swallowed our hot coffee hastily, and each man to his boat, pushed off into the darkness. _ This time T left the oars and took a hunting pole, a new ¢x- perience, delightful and refreshing. Jabbing it furiously into the mud until it struck bottom, I shoved ahead vigorously, congratulating myself upon this effectaye mode of propulsion. Then with much effort, steadily pulling upon the pole, the boat slowly and surely retraced its course, The next trial I gained a foot, but not for a long time did I learn to work the the thing with any sort of satisfaction, Then I could not poke upon both sides at once, and the bow would turn at every poke. It was very tiresome indeed continually changing the pole from one side, to the other—like riding a velocipede, apparently impossible. Others did it, why not I? So in spite of blisters and wondrous waste of muscle I kept at it, pound for my last night’s rice patch. But alas, fetching up I learned its composition: pepper, .| in the open, fast in the mud, where daylight found me, and whiere the ducks found me. Not one of them came near enough to see what I was after, whether fishing or digging for turtles. Suffice it to say that being here I am not there yet. At seven o'clock I had worked back to camp, not haying had a shot, but lots of practice with the hunting pole, though I could not perceive that I had improved very much in its man- agement. The baker and Ned, the elder, had eight ducks, Young Ned had three large green heads. The priest had not gone out, but had been better employed stewing the boullion and coffee. The weather was fine, altogether too much so. Toward noon the wind was from the south. Making interest with the baker, we started out together. He said he would take me up Frenchman’s creek to'some small: ponds where we should haye good shooting. He went ahead, we were soon in the creek, which I found was a crooked streak of jater through th the rice, averaging four to six feet wide. 1 could hut admire the dexterity with which he handled that infernal hunting pole, working on one side only, pushing and steering at the same time, whereas I worked upon both sides, every time turning the bow into the mud upon the opposite side of the channel. Every little while I would call to him to ‘“tholdon.” At last overtaking him I requested him to explain ‘‘ why my boat wouldn’t ¢o straight?” and why his pole didn’t stick fast in the mud at every stroke. Saidhe, ‘‘Put down your pole so, with short quick pushes.” That, after many trials, T succeeded in doing, but my boat never quite got rid of the habit of turning up into the mud. We kept on and on; French- man's Creek appeared to be a yery long creek indeed, I judged about twenty miles. At last, greatly to my relief, we came out into a pond some,twenty rods long by six or eight wide. Said the baker, ‘* Run your boat into the grass and get out your decoys, I will go to the lower end; in an hour there will be lots of ducks,” I didso. A blue wing teal come skimming alone. .I dropped him. Two pintails came next, flying rather high, Gave them cach a barrel, One came down. dead, the other with a wing broken fell in the grass beyond reach. A mallard from below came over the marsh straight for me. Just ready to raise my gun when a puft of smoke from the baker, and down pitched the mallard. These twomallard from the same direction appeared to be almost within shot of me, the balver stopped them both, but neither dead. Just then a boat with three men in if pushed slowly by me and down to- ward my friend, and located their decoys not many rods from him, ‘A few ducks came along, but the new comers wore black coats, and were so Conspicuous that none came near, Three-quarters of an hour went by and the baker came rapid- ly pushing up to me, pouring forth a solid six-inch stream of profanity, exhausting the capabilities of two languages, ana- thematizing the “‘black-coated blackguards,” as he called them. We again undertook the navigation of the creek back toward camp. Whenout of the creek we turned sharp to the right, and coming to some moderately large patches’ of open water I was directed to put out my decoys and push my boat into a clump of bullrushes, while B. took his stand twenty rods be- low. It«was now five o'clock. Not long before a mallard came over the marsh straight forme. As he saw the decoys he lowered a little. I took careful aim and fired. Not a shot touched him, he began to climb and the second barrel dropped him dead, A black duck came for the Frenchman, who broke a wing, the second barrel missed, the duck slanted down straight for my head. Ifived at 30 feet, and with a heavy thud he struck in the stern of my boat. As it grew dark the ducks came in plentifully, and we hammered away, dropping them in all directions. ‘This was soonoyer. The wind was now blowing hard and driving the water out of the marsh, so that we had a hard time getting back to camp, but we did it, and it was nine o'clock. Old) Ned and young Ned had gone up to town, the priest was asleep. The fire was out and we were wet and tired, the baker so hoarse he couldn't swear. Quickly we raked up the fire, ripped off the skins of some ducks—couldn’t spend time to pick them, and at ten o'clock p. m. precisely we sat down to dinner—coffee and ducks and duck soup and black bread—and first-class appetiles. Ourdin- ning room was a little cold, for the wind now blew a pale. It blew the tent down before morning, where we let it lie, and froze ice one inch thick. At four o’clock the ducks were quagiing all around us, the marsh was crammed full of them. @ were dead used up, so we let them quacts, and rolling over slept until broad daylight, ALIQUIS. é \ For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gan. A TROUTING PICNIC IN LOUISIANA. ie was not long after my arrival in Alexandria before 1 was told some marvellous stories in regard to the trout and base fishing in the many streams and lakes abounding in the country. I listened with interest, but gave many of ithe Btories a large granum salix, During the spring and early summer I tried several of the streams, and, though finding ex- cellent fishing, taking large baskets, yet nothing that would come up to those immense stories recited. I joked many of the ‘fish blowers,” as I called them, but they insisted they had only stated facts, and in order to convince mie a trip to the above locality was projected. Two days before the final “get off IT sent foravard an escort of eight men wilh our camp equipage, under Sergeant F., with directions to select a camping-ground, and the sequel will show he did it with much judgment and tact. Our party consisted of Mrs, P. and son, the Misses F., Miss §., and Mrs. I’., Mr, F., Lieuts. P. and W., and your humble servant, The order for an carly start was imperative, haying a drive of twenty-five miles before us. The young ladies promised at obedience, hut we purposely fixed the time one hour ear to say that every basket contained everything that was good. An howr's res) and all refreshed, were ready to resume our journey. Three miles further brought us to Big Greck, which is of considerable size, and one of the best fishing grounds to be found. We made no halt, but, crossing the bridge, pushed on at a brisk pace, the day being cool, the lovely morning breeze haying kept up with us. Seven miles further brought us to Little River, which is nearly, if not quite as large, as Red; navigable, and would be all the year were it not, for the spreading out, forming Cattahoola Lake. A flat boat was ou mens of crossing, for which we paid the moderate sum of $2.25 per carriage. On remonstrating at this extortion, the ferryman remarked: '‘You uns are the first that has crossed here in a month, and how could I live and keep my boat Without charging at that rate.’ This was a knock-down argument, ind we growled no more, This is indeed 4 beauti- ful stream; the banks ave slightly bludl, with the trees and shrubbery growing to the yery edge. The water looks near! black, but mirrored with unusual distinctness the surround- ings. Bish were constantly jumping, but we pushed on to reich our final destination three milesfurther. About 3 Pr. M. we drove up to what, in antebellum times, was the hotel, to inquire the direction to our camp. The polite Mr. B., who has a large, well-furnished store at this point, came up. er than was really necessary, having had some experience in getting the fair sex started on such an occasion, but to their credit be it said they were prompt to fhe minute, though some of them had a ride of three miles to join ns at the house of M. L., our rendezvous, The peep of day found us stirring; baskets, valises, rods, and guns, indeed everything necessary for comfort and sport was brought out on the balcony ready for packing. The hack, as they call it here, & two-horse wagon, with springs under the seats, was anxiously looked for. At last it came, but to our disappointment, aad in disregard of promises, was minus 4 cover, . There was no time to send it, back, and with some low, but emphatie growls, we concluded to make the best of it. Soon our things were packed. My wife and son, Lieut. W. and myself jumped in, and a ride of a mile brought us to the hospitable mansion of Mr. L,, where we were re- ceived with that whole soul, hearty welcome so characteristic of the southerners, Here we found the Misses I’. already on the ground full of life aud anticipated pleasures. A council was held, and it was decided that as my vehicle had no cover, all the ladies were to take seats with the Misses F, Now, we gentlemen did not yote in the affirmative for this arrangement, but we were set down at one as selfish mortals, and told that women had some rights which men must respect, and as the fifteenth amendment isin full force down here, we subsided, with a sly look at each other to the effect that we would get even with them before the day was oyer. The adjustments being satisfactorily settled, and the packing done to give the ladies the moct comfort and room, the effort being acknowledged by one of the fair ones in some eomplimentary remarks, the word was given (it looked a little Quakerish, all the gentlemen in one wagon, the ladies in the other), and off we started as gay and jovial a party as one needs wish to be in. How ciwn I describe that bright June morning? The sun had not yet shown itself above the horizon, but the brilliant rose.colored hues, with the long spire-shaped rays shooting higli into the heavens, showed us in what part of the east to look for his coming. A cvol, delightful breeze from the south- east, laden with the fragrance of the magnolia and a thousand other Howers, wafted us on our journey. Soon the sun in all its glorious refulgence burst from itseastern bed. Irom tree, shrub, flower and grass the dew drops reflected its rays as from myriads of diamonds. The lovely yerdure in all tints of green, from the deep shade of the pine to the lightest of the shrubbery, with the dark brown of the tree trunks as a back ground, gave a variety to the exquisite landscape that met the eye on eyery side, constantly changing as we moved onward oyer the undulating country. How joyous and light- hearted that party! The hearty langh was constantly heard, echoed and re-echoed, Suddenly the joyous song broke forth, led by the fine soprano voice of Miss F., goon joined in by all, making the welkin ring, As I was not familiar with all the roads, Miss L, assuring us Bhe was, we put ourselyes under her guidance, following the road she pointed out. A ride of three miles brought ug to the Fisgon, when I became convinced we were on the wrong road, but we were on a “‘ lark,” and we gentlemen determined to goon. The banks at the crossing were rather steep, and sundry little exclamations from the wagon in rear admonished us of the state of feeling there. We only noticed it by asking if they did not think a division of the party admirable ; but, being safely over, they only replied, ‘*Dhe horrible things!” Another three miles, having crosseda small creek by a bridge, we ran into the doorway of a farm-house—the end of that road, We now requested Miss L. to show usthe road out. She was the picture of distress, and we gentlemen only helped her out by saying, in under tones, ‘‘ Two hours lost; got to o way hack; tire the horses out,” ete. We were now set own by our fair companions as a mean, impolite set. At last after having our own fun at their expense I started off, » telling them to follow. Lieut. W. and myself on one of our trips had been there, and knew we were not far out of our Way, and as you can drive through the pine woods most any- where, and knowing the direction, we put on a wise face and Started. Skirting the fence of the plantation, we drove through the woods, and a couple of miles brought us out on the main road, very much to the gratification of our ladies, especially one. Their anxiety relieved, jollity took the supremacy. A ride of twelve miles brought us to Clear Creck, a pretty pebbly-bottomed creek, clear as crystal and cold. The blutts On one side were quite precipitous some sixty or seventy fect; on the other there was a short stretch of boltom land then gradually rising to the pine hills. As it was about noon @ halt ‘was ordered, and in a horse shoe bend of the creek, under the shade of the Grand de Flora and other trees, we alighted for a rest. As Lieut. W. and myself had visited this spot before and caught some fme bass, while the ladies were arranging things, and [making some very pointed remarks, we got out our rods and started up stream, which, being very tortuous, soon took ns out of sight of our faircompanions, andas Thad surmised T soon found out the meanihg of these “remarks,” the splash- ing in the water, and sundry exclamations, proyed that, throwing off all restraint, the conventionalities and immuni- lies of life, they were girls again.’ (Not finding any fish, we slowly moved back, but on reaching camp were chullenged, “Don't come here,” admonishing us that they were still play- ing girls. However,we were not kept waiting long. A silvery voice called us to lunch, Lunch! Does anyone know what that word means, or how enjoyable it is, that has not sat down to it under just such circumstances? It is not necessary Greeting most of the party whom he had known before, and being introduced to the rest, he jumped on his horse and guided us to camp. A mile further brought us to Trout Creek; at this point a clear, pebbly stream, some thirty feet wide and from six to twelve inches pres As we drove into itexclamations were on eyery lip. There were the trout, sure enough, from the fingerling to the three-pounder, and, what's more, in countless numbers, darting in all directions ; but we had to restrain our longing to cast a line, and moyed to camp a quarter of a mile further on. Coming to the bluff, which the water reaches when high, we ascended, and » beautiful picture met the eye, At the further end of an open flat, covered with a luxuriant growth of long grass, under the shade of tall pines, stood a large hospital tent, the flaps at both ends thrown back showing the interior—the neat little iron bedsteads, with their pure white coverlids, standing on a White paulin, which was in place of a carpet; the two rows of white A tents on either side, not forgetting the kitchen tent, a little to the right and rear, all nestling under the shade of loyely trees, the rays of the now almost setting sun hrowing long shadows diagonally across the camp. 1t was a sight that drew exclamatious from every one. Soon everything was unpacked and in its place, when cook comes up and wants to know when we will have dinner. As it was all ready he gets a sharp retort, and is asked if he did not know we came there to eat fish. (No dinner until the fish came. He chuckled to himself, and we, with rod in hand, a man for each rod to catch bait, started for the creek, and 9 strife as to who would get there first ensued. Lieut. P., being about 200 avordupois, stood little chance, and Lieut. W.and myself took the lead and arrived about the same time. My rod was together in a jiffy, and my man handed me 4 ‘‘ top-water" minnow, Away went the line, Lieut. W. following closely. I cast for some large ones I saw, but they were not as quick as some of their younger assdciates, and away went the line with a whiz, and up comes a fine bass of About a pound weight. At the same time Lieut. W. sings out, ‘Pye got him,” and landed one of about the same size. Just now came along, puffing and blowing, our 200- pound companion, with the remark, ‘*You might wait fora fellow,” but we were too busy to bandy words ; 100 much ex- cited over the royal sport we saw in store for us. Fish after fish came up about as fast as we could cast, until ‘ Hold on,” was cried; ‘tye have got more than we want,” and this in less than an hour (it must be recollected there were seventeen all told in the party). With our strings thrown over our shoulders we wended our way to canip, stopping on the way for a good drink of the cool sulphur water which came bubbling up from # dozen springs. Arrived, we found our ladies refreshed, bright and happy, sitting under the fly which was stretched in front of the big tent, awaiting our return. Of course each string of fish was counted and commented on, during which time cook stood waiting, ready and anxious, a8 we had caught them, to show us how he could cook them; and he did know how, sure, A wash and a little fix up, and Wwe were made presentable, when we sat down to as royal a dinner as ever did king in his palace. How sweet and en- joyable that meal! The long ride had given every one 4 good appetite (cook said if we had not stopped just as we did another trip to the ereek would have to be made). A con- stant flow of wit and fun was indulged in, and the meal was prolonged to some time after dark. The bright moon came sailing up into the heavens, casting its silvery rays through the tall pines, from which were cast long shadows that it would not reqnire a very imaginative mivd to conjure into most anything, creating one of those still loveable quiets. Music was called for, and those woods were soon echoing sounds seldom, if ever, heard before. And so an hour was spent, when an early retirement being considered best, the “Goodnights,” “Happy dreams,’ etc., passed around, and soon all were in that sound sleep pre-induced by a long ride and late hearty dinner, and nothing was heard but the occasional step of the sentinel, and a singular noise made by the 200-pounder, to which was given yarious names, PLome DEL Kosa, (To be continued.) —<——_ VIRGINIA’S VALLEY OF ROSES. IGH up aniong the Alleghany Mountains, m the western part of the State of West Virgimia, is an earthly para- dise but little known and less appreciated by the sportsmen of the North and Hast. Porte Crayon, in a Series of articles in Harper's Monthly in 1872, zave a good description of this region but there was more humor, romance and love-making than des- criptive hints of yalue to those secking knowledge of the coun try in these sketches. I will endeayor to give my brethren of the rod and gun a brief sketch of the country, its inhabitants, its game and fish, and the manner and cost of getting thither. jn a valley that has but few equals for beauty or fertility in this broad land of ours, there nestles the charming little town of Potersburg, Grant county, W. Va. It is the very beau ideal of a headquarters for one who loves—and what true sports- man does not—nature in all her softened, chastened loveliness, connected with really first class gunning and fishing. It is a little town of five himdred inhabitants; a broad, shady street with pretty white cottages and more preventious brick mansions clustering on either side, each house surround- ed by trees and gardens, and having a croquet and flirtation ground beside it, well shaded by apple, peach or pear trees. Well kept Hower beds are scattered here and there in pictur esque confusion. Roses bloom in great thickets along the road sides; they clamber in odorous fes tcons over the porches and around the windows. They are of almost every color, and then variety ‘is endless, Everybody wears them in the afternoon and. cven- ng; they glow smongst the tresse of the daughters of Peters- Pie in dainty little clusters, from whence ann frequently transferred to the lappel of someyouth’s ¢ at,to the envy of his less fortunate brethren. Ther seems to he something peculiar ly favorable to the growth of bis queeh of the floral kingdom here, snd their profusion is truly wonderful, ' About. half way down the street I haye mentioned is one of the comfortable looking hotels, once so vommion in Virginis_ Its very exterior is suggestive of something good fur dinner— say chicken friedin true Virginia style, with cream but- ter. Mine host, Mr. J. D. Gum, receives you with a country politeness thatwill astonish you if you are a stranger to the manners of Virginians, No one asks who you are or where you came from: no clerk takes a mental inventory of your baggaze, or estimates its probable yale. You can stay here week after week: without a particle of baggage, and not have the word “bill” mentidned until you ask for it yourself, From six to nine dollars a week is the price of board. "The bill of fare is extensive and varied, each article being well cooked and the best of its kind. Fruit is grown here in great abundance and variety, apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, efc,, are-cultivated upon nearly eyery farm in the neighborhood; as there is but a small mar- Ket for them, (hey are almost given nway- The inhabitants of Petersburg and of Mooreficld (which 1 éleyen miles from the former place), and of the vicinity of each, are as charming a people as can be found anywhere. Many of them are graduates of the first: colleges in the country, and before the war were wealthy, I think that whoeyer visits this section will siy that the proportion of pretty and talented girls is greater than in any place in the land, Phe Breal, pas- time here is Graquet, ind both sexes enter into it with enthus- lasm. Petersburg is shout forty milés from the Baltimore & Obio Rail Road. To the west is a well cultivated yalley runnin at tight angles with that in which the town is located, extend- ing fhirty miles toward therailrond; on the east the moun- tains slope nearly to the village, while to the south they are tnuch farther off, and through a magnificent gap in them, the South Branch of the Potomuc glides through into the meadows and ly the town into another and far more picturesque gap about two miles north ‘of Petersburg. This latter rayine ia famous for a ‘' fox and ox” which, through some freak’of na- ture, are plainly visible on the face of a rocky precipice some four or five hundred feet high. Both of the figures are form- ed of yellow stone, and aré as natural as (hough man, and not, chance, was theartist. ‘The roads aré broad and smooth, and as horses and carriagts are to be had fora trifle, the country for miles can be explored to your satisfaction and pleasure, The south branch of the Potomac, which I Laye just re- ferred to, originated in the counties of Highland and Pendle- ton, where also rise the North and Middle Forks. hey flow in a north-easterly direction and unite near Petersburg from whence it flows past Moorefield, through Hardy and Hamp- shire countics and joins the North Branch of the Potomac about fifteen miles below Cumberland. The south branch is famous, as you are well aware, for its splendid bass fishing, and nowhere in its course is it so fine a8 in the neighborhood of Petersburg. You enter the stream, which at this point is about a hundred and fifty feet wide, and abounding in deep pools on either side, some two hundred yards below your hotel, and the fishing begins ai once. For nearly 4 mile there are no trees on the rivet banks and you could not have a finerstream for fly fishing, but when it en- ters the mountain gorge it deepens and a boat is necessary. Tf it is a favorable day and the fish bite well, you will not need to fish more than a couple of miles, for in that distance you will take from fifty to one hundred and fifty bass— a good load for threa men to carry. There is no exag- geralion about this statement, for one of the best fishermen here, Mr. George D. Lee (a tephaw of the General) with two friends, caught eighty odd in two hours, and did not go a quarter of a mile. When the water is clear, in Seplember— which is, by the way, the best time to fish here—the bass can be seen in apparently solid masses of eight or ten feet square, and when your minnow makes its appearance, the rush is tre- mendous. Bly fishing for bags has not been tried to any ex— tent, and therefore the trial by some one who knows what he is about would be of great interest to himself and others, who, thongh novices, aré enthusiastic ones. Trout streams are plenty, four or five miles away from here, and trout are abundant, as the waters are not much troubled by fishermen. The streams are not very large, and the trout are generally of rather small size, In the ray of game these mountains and valleys are sIngu- larly fayored. The meadows and corn fields are alive with quail, and from personal knowledge I can say that they are as numerous as in the most famous ‘‘quail counties” of New York, There is no cover to bother you, and one can hunt for twenty or thirty miles, if he be inclined to, throurh corn and wheat, stubble or leyel meadows. Pheasants cruited grouse) fray squirrels, wild turkeys and rabbits ure on all tle moun- tains by thousands, while woodcock and snipe are found in the marshes; ducks in small flocks come to the river in the spring and fall. Wild pigeons in millions are here every year; deer, bears, and ‘‘sich" are thick in the wilderness, which extends for seventy or eighty miles east of here, beginning aome seven or eight miles away, The best time to come here is in the latter part of September, when the gunning and bass fishing will be at its height. And now as. to the manner of getting Jiere. Purchasé a licket to Keyser, a flourishing station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 200 miles from Baltimore. From Keyser a ling of stages runs daily to Moorefield, leaying at 8 a. o., and arriving at Moorefield at 6.2, The fare to the latter place is $4.50. From Moorefield to Petersburg (11 miles) you can go ina bugey, if you haye much baggage, or if not, on horse— back, the oe being yery small, } If anybody desires to Iearn more of this lovely region, let him write to either G. D: Lee, A. 8. Norment, J. D. Gum, Petersburg, Grant Co., W. Va., and they will answer all in- qnivies. If any one coming here is fond of horseback riding, 1 should advise them to visit Greenland Gap while in this vi- cinity. It isa lovely little village on the road to Keyser, and is most romantically situated. One of the most famous sportsmen in the State lives here, and T can testify to his reat hospitality. He is Known far and near as ‘' Uncle Abe’’ Smith, and celebrated fur his humor and eccentricity. (We willton the risk of incurring our correspondent’s dis— pleasure by stating that he is the nephew of Elwood Walters, Esq., our lamented late President of the New York Bourd of Underwriters. Hig statements are wholly reliable, and we trust that the four score of friends who haye been asking ug for some cool retreat from the coming summer heats will evince their faith in them by going to Petersburg.—Ep.] Ssimon th tue Hensex.—It isa mooted question whether the natural habitat of the astern saliaon extends south of the Connecticut River, althoue) it is claimed that Hendrick Hud- son, the navigator, saw them. Many interesting facts have been published in this paper going fo verify or disprove the statement, to which we might refer; but at present we are willing to “let by-gones be by-gones,” and deal only with modern and contemporary history, from which we learn that: on and since the 27th of June, 1877, salmon have been found off the mouth of the Hudson in considerable numbers, and also as far ip the river as Hyde Park. On the 27th a huge fish, thal weighed 27 pounds, was taken ina gill net off Governor's Island, by Dave Snediker, and exhibited by Middleton, Car- man & Co., of Fulton Market. On or aboul the same day, Mr. Bugene Blackford showed a17 pound salmon that, was taken near Staten Island. We are cognizant of two others haying heen taken at Seabright, near Long Branch. When ~we were informed Of these fish, and had personally inspected them to assure ourselves of their identity, we conjectured that they were tle produce of the fish planted some years pre- vious in Fishkill Creek, and referred to by us at that time. Our conelusions seem now to have been verified hy the fact that two large salmon have since been taken up the Hudson at Iyde Park, as we have stated. Now, these fish evidently started for their native spawning stream, buf having gone as far above as twenty miles, it is possible that they will contintie until the dam at Troy obstructs thei further progress. If they do not like the water of Fishkill Creek sufficiently well to put in there, we shall have to open a pass for them to headwaters iu the Adirondacks. For the present, however, the object of this writing is an- swered by the substantiated fact that Hndson-hatched salmon have #rown to mature fish, and ure now in the river. + 2 Maryann Fisu Ounrere.—The Maryland Fish Commis- sion, since its establishment in 1874, has been very successful in the propagation of native fish, and the introduction of yalu- able varieties. The Druid Hill Park hatching house is de- voted to the culture of California salmon, many millions of which have been placed in the fresh water tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Several ponds for breeding European carp and other varieties are also in suecessful operation, The chief attention of the commission has, however, been deyoted to the increase of the shad and herring supply, which, owing {o the wholesale destruction by seine and other devices, had been threatened with extermination. The hatching houses are located on the head-waters of the Ohesapeake and Susque- lanna Flats, Spesutie Island and Carpenter's Point, The central camp is at present located in Carrot Coye, mouth of Northeast River. The machinery is a five-horse power launch boiler and small engine to move a rod and re- volving eccentric wheels, which work on bars connect- ing with frames on the outside, where sheet-iron buckets are hung. The buckets have wire gauze or sieve bottoms. The machinery operates to give a gentle rising and falling mo- tion to the buckets, in which fish eg#s have been placed, and then half immersed in the water of the river. he play of the machinery is calculated for about six or eight inches, and the motion is continuous night and day while there is any- thing in the buckets to hatch. The capacity of each bucket, twenty-five of which are now in use, is about 100,000 eggs. Rapid transportation between the different stations is effected by a steam yacht, fitted with apparatus of Com. T, B. Fergui- gon’s invention, and designed for the safe transportation of fish ergs, in which the embryo may be kept a day or two withont interruption to the processes of nature, but rather facilitating ffhem. ‘The apparatus consists of a tank supplied with water from overboard by a steam pimp, which may be kept in operation whether the steamer is going or not, Pipes from the tank connect with five inverted cones, in each of which as many as 200,000 cazs may be placed. The water supply- ing these egg chambers comes in from below, so that the eggs, which are of light specific gravity, are kept dancing midway of the vessel holding them. ‘The cones are hung in gambrils similar to the rigging of the compass, so that no matter how violent the rolling of the steamer, the contents of the ege chambers are never spilled. ‘The great object to be attained is secured—gentle and continued agitation of the eges and the water in which they are placed from below. In salt water the pump is stopped, and the tank supply furnishes fresh water circulation.” During the past season an estimated ag- fresate of more than five millions of shad have been hatched, of which several lots of 100,000 and 300,000 each were turned over to the United States Fish Commission for general distribution, Maryland furnishes most of the shad fry for the Government Commissioner, in exchange for which are given yaluable Huropean and other varieties of food fishes. = H Tur Fisn Ermrmr.—The epidemic that has destroyed so many fish in New Jersey, has extended to Pennsylvania, It js very singular that ils origin and cause cannot be discovered. A correspondent sends us the following interesting informa-— ion: The fact that an ammense number of fish are dying through unknown causes throughout this section of Pennsylvania, is just now attracting great attention from our Waltonian disci- ples. The reports of dead fish being found on the surface of the waters of the Susquehanna, Lehigh, Delaware and Schuyl- Kill Rivers, have been circulated at intervals since last spring, and even in our own native county (Berks) the smaller streams which have afforded so much enjoyment, appear to have be- come infected with the unaccountable disease, First, the finny tribe was scattered along the banks of the Tulpehocken creek, in their inanimateforms ; then came the rumors from the Northkill, tellmg of similar destruction, and a little while longer, the disease has inyaded the waters of the classic Mai- den ereek. Other streams outside of the county are said to be ‘similarly aifected, and though the nimost. researches and in- vestigations a8 to the origin and nature of ihe strange futality are made, very little of a sutisfactory nature bas thus far been developed. Its general outbreak is what proves that it is not the effect of some despicable means that is sometimes resorted. to in the capture of fish, % €,., by the administering of drugs or chemicals. The journalists from different localijies are reporting fruitless investigations. It was at one time thought that the locusts which have made their appearance in myriads in some districts Were perhaps accountable for this unusual state of affairs. This, however, is rather fallacions, for the reason that these “seventeen year locnsts" hiaye not made their appearance 77. ad7 those sections alluded fo, At first only a few dead fish of the chub, sucker and sunfish species were discovered along the shores, This number has heen vastly in- creased lately, and the Delaware River in the vicinity of Bas- ton is said to be literally lined with dead fish that are becom- ing a putrid, decomposed and tainting mass. ‘The theory that these fish were killed by black bass was also advanced at one time, but upon examining some of the bodies floating upon the surface, its alsurdnegs was soon madé manifest. Mr. Henry Vogel, who has endeavored to elicit néw information relative to the mystery, reports that af Martin’s Oreck, seyen miles up the river, there is but comparatively little evidence of the disease; but below that point, down to Rievelsville (nine miles below Easton), the destruction of the members of the finny tribe is by no manner of means inconsi(lerable. In the waters of the Delaware, none but suckers, chubs and sunfish haye died. In the streams of Berks county, however, the dis- vase is less restricted, embracing other species as its victims, An examination of the dead fish revealed various portions of the body covered with blotches of a whitish hue, some of which have turned into sores, which on some had de— stroyed the fins. Since all these propositions and theorics have proved so fallible, your correspondent will not venture an opinion, but would respectfully submit the discussion of this mysterious subject to the more able and advanced pisci- culturists who are so inseparably connected with the Forrsr AND SPReAM. 0. D5. Haminrg, Pu., Tune 26, 1877- ee Propagation OF Ovsrers.—A Fairhaven oysterman about two years ago leased a salt pond at Block Island and beran Operations raising oysters. He established permanent com- munication between the pondand the sea by means ofa flume, and after much care and labor is about to begin gathering his harvest. Over 300 acres of oyster beds are now thriving well in the pond, and Mr. Thomasexpects soon to begin transplant- ing in suitable waters to fatten the bivalye for market. They promise to be of superior quality. The pond covers oyer 1,000 acres--Cape Ann Advertiser. en at ome he 5 mee a CautmorntA.—We believe that fish culture will ere long become an important interest in Sonoma County and through- out the State. Mr. Poppe, of Sonoma, who imported some carp from Germany about three years ago, was the first to give attention to the matter in our county. One of the first to fol- low was Levi Davis, of Forestville, who has thus far been yery successful. He says: “*My success in raising carp has been good, Last season Iraised 4,044 fish from five, which is an increase of nearly 4,000 per cent. This season I anticipate double that number from the same five fish. Last season they commeneed hatch— ing June 10th, and this year May 24th. I attribute your fail- ure to mismanagement. ‘he hatching pond should be as nat- ural as possible, with some brush or grass, or both, in it, for the fish to spawn on orin. They spawn in February or March, and hatch in May or June, and then the brush can be remoyed. Your box-ponds will do very well for feeding, but not for hatching, My hatching-pond has some seven or eight square rods in 1t, and is from riffle down to four feet of water, with a stream of three-quarters of an inch flowingin. If a large quantity of water is let in, the accruing sediment is liable to cover and spoil the eggs. As to feed, it may consist of wheat, barley, corn-meal, bran, blood, or boiled potatoes. This is for fish of considerable size; for the very young ones, the best food is the curd of sour milk, bread made of middlings, and boiled rice, Carp will eat almost anything that hogs will eat.’ —Petaluma (Oal.) Argus. . 8+ i ARTIFICIAL CULTURE OF BhAGK Bass.—Roachester, June 25, 1877.—The question has many times been asked through your paper why black bass were not hutched artificially by the Commission, I have not answered it because [ do nof like to write, and because I thought that some one would make the discovery from actual observation. As it is so simple, I will explain. There are some kinds of fish that cast their spawn, and the parents never look after them again. Nature has pro- vided the young of this family of fishes with a yolk sac that furnishes them with food from seven days to forty-five days, at the end of which fime they need food and know enough to look for it. The above family of fish do not hatch one fish to eyery thousand that are cast in the natural way, and should be hatched artificially; and, if they were not, they would soon tun out, But other kinds of fish that make their nests, cast their spawn and take care of them until they are hatched, and then take care of their young two or three weeks after they are hatched. There is no need of hatching them artificially ; if you did, they would not live, as they would need a mother's care for some days alter they were hatched. They are haiched with scarecly any sack, and need food. ‘They cluster around the mother, and she takes them where the food is and teaches them how to get it, until they learn how to get their own food —just as an old bird teaches her young, after leaving the nest, how to get their own food—then she leayes them to take care of themselves. It would be just as impossible for a young’ fish, belonging to the black bass family, to take care of itself just after if was hatched, as it would be a for a bird just latched to take Care of itself. Sixteen years ago fourteen black bass were put in the Poto- mac River, and now there are tons taken from it every year. Within five or six years the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers haye had a few hundre/l put into them, and last year I heard of sixty being caught with one rod and line in a single day. Tn many of our small lakes in this State, where there were but a few mature fish put in, there will be good fishing this season. Yours, Sure Green. —— +> —~ —A. salmon was caught in the Merrimac River, at Amos- keag Falls, The fish was going up the stream, and, while it should not haye been taken, its capture proves the fact that these fish ave really able to pass the Lawrence fishway. a es —Mothers make Selectlons for themselves uptown, but they always go to Baldwin, the clothi¢r, in New York or Brooklyn for boy's outils, —[Adv, 359 > dlatural History. THE ESOCID®z (or Pike Family.) Vv BUTLER UNtVERSTTY, INDFAWAPOLTS, Ind., June 28, 1877, EDiroR POREST AND STREAM: In your lust humber, June 21, occurs the statement that “ Prof. GUL and other careful atudents of the modern school, recognize bni three of the family of Hsoulds,” viz,, Haox nobilior, Esox Inectus and Box petictelite tua, As LO Prof, Gill's opinion, the only reference to the species I have been able to tod In his writings lias been published in the Rept, Comm. Agr tor 1st (jp. 411, 413), There he recognizes distinctly four promi-« nent species iu the North, and alludes to the several representative forms elsewhere. The four northern species are the (1) Bsow luwites, or estor; (2) the H. wobilior ; (3) the EB. retteu/atus; and (4) the B. yasotatin or amerionnus. ‘hus, like every carefiil stiident of the modern or any other school, 1é recognizes four distinct species, 1. Faow notitior, Thompson, ‘The maskelonge. %. sow tueius. Linnmus, ‘lo this species belong the names Bulor of most wathors, /ecivites, borewa, etc, Your correspondent, “Ago 67,” has wellindicated the difference between this and the maskelonze. f. Exoo reioulotns, Le Sueur, To this belong the names ajinis, ple wratus; etc, 4, Ksox sitmoneus. Raf. This is the umbrosus fugubpoaues, ete,, of writers. 5, Hsow Amenicanus, nel of anthors, 6. Lsox cypho, Cope, The little Buffalo Pike or Humpback Pike. Haow nlathratus anil poresics of authors. Of those retievlatis and americans are found chietiy, or only, in the Atlante streams ; tueius and nobitior in the Great Lake Region and Up- per Mississippi Valley ; and cypho and s!monens chietly in the Ohio and Lower Mississipp! Valley. Here is a little “ key to the species : A, Branchiostegals, 18 on each sie (17 to 19); spots on body darker than ground color; chooks and opercles with the lower half hare ; very arge; 20 to 100 Ibs,—Nobilior. AA, Branchiostegals, 15 (often 14, very rarely 16); head and snout long; B, opercies half bare; cheeks scaly; spotted, the spots paler than ground color; large, 10 to 40 lbs—Dueius. BB, Cheeks and opercles entirely scaled ; color reticulated with yari- ous shades of green, etc.} medium; 3 to 15 Ihs.— Reticulatus, AAA, Branchiostegais, 12 (often 13, rarely 14); heal and snout vela- tively Short; small; 25 tu 3 lbs, CG. Back nearly straight; sides reticulated. —Salmonens, CC, Back nearly straight; sides with many transverse curyed hars.— Americans. ccc, Back “humped ;” sides nearly plain.—Cypho, Yours very truly, D. 8. JORDAN. Communt.—We are glad to have been the humble meang of bringing to the front so valued an authority as Prof. Jordan, whois now engaged in classifying the ictithyc fauna of the Smithsonian Institution. The paper which he contributes herewith is a very fair statement of the representatine forms of the Hsox family, each of which the editor of this paper lias admitted and described at sundry times in the columns of this journal and in books. Prof. Jordan has probably miscon- strued the meaning of the editor in the article of June 2ist, which he refers to, the editor probably erring in his choice of of technical terms which a better scientific scholar might haye ayoided. The allusion to Prof, Gill might also be pardoned, as it was not his desire to specially commit that gentleman or any other recognized authority. The position taken in the editor's article was simply to group the three distinct or com- pletely distinguished species of Esocidzs in the United States, (there may be four, as Prof, Jordan maintains, though the tendency in these days is toward conformity and not multipli- cation of species), yiz., (1) #. nobilior, the 100-pound monater, wherever found, whose characteristics of structure, form and color are so distinctive that they cannot be mistaken; (2) the pike, either of the West or Hast (differing, to be sure, in some trifling respects according to his range or habitat) that reaches his twenty and even fifty pounds in weight; and (8) the pick- erel (diminutive for pike) that seldom reaches three pounds in weight. With regard to the pickerel, there are certainly many ‘‘re- presentative forms,” but we care not whether, like AL «finis, and /7, savenelli, the inhabit the warm waters and canals of the rice fields of the south, or, like jfasezatus, the streams of Long Island; or whether they swim in fingerling schools in Lake Champlain, or grow to larger size in the ponds of Penn- sylvania, we maintain that they are still simply pickerel (little pike); and when we catch one of these little fellows we know that he is not of that sort that grows to huge proportions, For lack of a better name we designate him #. Heticulutus, which appelation also refers to the markings on his back ani sides, which often, but by no means always, are reticulated. For the more minute work of scientific identification, when a fish is presented for inspection, it is well to havea distinctive Latin name to give him that will instantly inform the learned whetherhe comesfrom New York or from South Carolina, from Long Island or Pennsylvania; but when,as in the case i question, we are merely requested fo state whether a specimen before us is a dwarted maskelonge or a pickerel, we shall be compelled to reply in such simple language that men who aya scholars can understand. As editor of a paper published for the people, we are obliged always to remember that the yer— nacular of a majority of them is not Latin, and that their in— terest in Natural History does not extend to the widest distri- bution of specics. As to the fin system and markings of trout and pickerel, we are hold to say that they vary so much (the fin rays in num. ber, and the markings in shape and color) that we cannot de- pend upon the variations, however striking, to indicate spe- cies. We have seen two pickerel taken from the same wate atthe same time which were marked altogether differently ; and in counting fin rays, we scarcely ever tind them to corres- pond numerically, the variation being from one to three, The same observations apply to pike, both of the Rastern and West- ern varieties, Lavepide. The wiger ornatus fasciatus, rang —— 36 0 Tuk Peasopy Musnum of Yale College which has recently besn completed, has during the past year been furnished with eases, anda large part of the collections in the yarious de- partments of Natural History have deen placed on exhibition. The fine appearance of the building, its great size and the ‘eonipleteness of its equipments have filled with pride the hearts of the graduates whojwere present at the recent Commence— ment exercises. Although the co‘lections are as yet only partially arranged theveis yery much to be seen which will interest the most care- less observer. Thevery fine collection of minerals has been completely arranged, and the sameis true of the zoological collections, In geology less progress has been made owing to the vast amount of material to be worked over, but the won- derfiul Otisville Mactodon and the Hichstadt Pterodactyl are sure to be noticed by every visitor. A large quantity of im- plements and utensil from the mounds and grayesof North America are a striking feature of the Archaeological display- We hope before long to be able to give some detailed account of the present condition of the Museum as a whole, + — Nore.—In onr issue of June 21, our correspondent R. G, Carter refers toa bird shot recently in Nebraska as being probably the ‘‘ Wet Weather Bird” referred to in our issue of Bebruary 8th 1877, about which there has since been some inquiry in our columns. If our correspondent will compare the description of the ‘Wet Weather Bird" with that which he gives of the specimen secured by himself, he will at once see that the two are very different. Mr. Carter’s bird was evidently a gull; no doubt one of the species included in the subenus Chrorvocephalus, and very likely Larus franklini. Aninspection of the specimen would at once decide its position, These comments should haye been made when Mr. Carter’s note was published, but, by some error, they were omitted at thatjtime.—Eb. | — es = —Prof. Marsh, of Yale College, continues his investigation at Turner's Falls. He has opened anewledge for ** bird tracks. * Dr. Field has carried on the work since June Sth. 2 + ee ____ — Mornruscs or Newrounpianp.—-St, Johns, N. I, June 24, 1877.—An eminent German conchologist, Herr T. A. Verkruzen, of Frankfort, spent a part of last summer dredg- ing for mollusca around St. Johns. He did nottind the ground favorable, the bottom being in most places bare rock, or covered with boulders. Hence the collection he was able to make proved to be small, but it contained many interesting specimens. His persevering efforts, under the difliculties he jiadl to encounter, resulted in securing specimens of eighty-six species of mollusca, of which two or three are new species. Tn addition he obtained a number from the banks, which were brought in by the captains of fishing vessels whom he was able to interest in the mafter. I was able fo render him some assistance in his various operations; and when leaving he kindly presented me with a mounted set containing representa- tives of the different species he obtained here, together with a descriptive catalogue of the same. ‘This valuable collection I at once placed in our local museum which is under the care of A. Murray Esq., F. G. 8., our provincial geologist. Tt is Specially interesting as being the first collection of the kind ever made here; and I trust it will have the effect of stimulat- ing further efforts, and that additions will be made to it from time to time by our local conchologists or by collectors who may visit our shores. In time this nucleus may enlarge into a complete collection, containing representatives of the yarious species of mollusca im the seas around this island, As all naturalists will take an interest im this collection, I forward herewith a catalogue which I trust you will publish in Forrsr anD Sreram. It is thoroughly reliable. as the specimens have been identified and named by Herr Verkruzen; andin any ease of doubt reference has been made to the highest authori- tics in Germany. Imay mention that Herr Verkruzen had arranged to accom- pany Professor Hind, of Windsor, Nova Scotia, on his pro— jected expedition to Northern Labrador, under the sanction of the government of Newfoundland, to examine and report on the new fishing grounds in that quarter, That expedition has been deferred till next year, owing to a demand for Professor Hind’s services in connection with the Fishery Commission, in Halitax; but it will be carried ont next year, Interesting Investigations will be made into the lower marine lite of this unknown region. Her Verkruzen has kindly promised me a collection of the various species he may secure for our local museum. THe devotes this summer to dredging around the shores of Nova Scotia, and especially in the Bay of Fundy. de lias just commenced operations in the latter. M. Tarver, ++ >— ANOTHER OPINION OF THE SPAR- ROWS, Porrsyitie, Pa., June 12, 1877. Tniror Morust Ano BreeAM: ‘Phose saucy feathered tellows who swarm the streets, and are tic only birds who stay with us all winter, are subjected jo seyerer persecution than they deserve. I think the ways or habits of the sparrows are but little known to the farmer, because they incline to stay around the cities and towns. The swallow, swift and night-hawk are credited for being the enardians of the atmosphere and check the increase of insects Tit otherwise overlaid it. Woodpeckers, creepers and chica. dees are the guardians of the trunks of trees; warblors and fiy-eatchers protect the foliage; blackbirds, crows, thrushes and larks protect the soil; snipe and woodcock protect the oils under the surface, while the poor little sparrow is de- nounced as a fruit-destreyer, and battling off our beautiful native birds. From the closest scrutiny and observation, I jaye never seen the sparrow molest nor eat any kinds of fruits on trees—rather disposed to pass the fruits seemingly undb- sryed and perch upon shade trees, or light upon the ground in search for food. I have seen the sparrows flying around buildings and pick from the walls and weather-boarding bugs anil various kinds of worms that, chanced to be crawling there- on, aad, on trees, greedily devouring the caterpillar and much _ dreaded canker worm. ‘The great and estinwible service done fo the gardener and florist by these birds is only becoming | ‘ | known by sad experience. The little frnit ant grass seed taken by the sparrow (as is cliimed) is more flan compensat— ed by the vast quantities of obnoxious insects and worms he destroys. Upon throwing a chunk of bread in the yard, T have seen two bodies approach it, and suddenly, as if by agreement, a champion from each body would advance and almost simultaneously begin an attack upon each other, both endeavoring to possess themselves of the food. When one champion was exhausted another stood ready to take his place, and so the thing went on until four or five battles had been fought, when the defeated side would throw up the sponge and fly away, leaving the champions in possession of the food. I have never seen the sparrow orrer fight with any other species of birds outside their own tribe—seem to be family quarrels only. The wren, bulbird, robin, oriole and martin are sociable and as numérous as previous to the advent of the sparrow. Bach tribe has its respective dutics to perform in the economy of nature, and itis an undoubted fact that, if the birds (sparrows included) were all swept off the face of the earth, an could not live upon it; vegetation would wither and die, and insects would become so numerous that no living thing could withstand their attack. Spare the birds. Dom PrEpro. es ~ Morz Anour Eeus.—Pittsjield, Mass., June 26.—1 find a query in a late number of your paper from R. B. Roosevelt as to cels and their young, and several answers to the question. The nearest to the mark comes from your correspondent, R. C. B., and had he beenable to save his fish in a tank he would have found they were not oviparous, Hels are viviparous and hatch the egg or ova in the body. The ege, when fully devel- oped, is about the size of a herring ege and of about the same genéral appearance. The hatching operation commences first in the upper pact of the body, in the throat, and the exes are rétained there as they are hatched. I have found them in dif. ferent stages—in one fish about one inch deep of young eels, measuring from $10 4 inch, all fully developed and lively as crickets. he upper end of ova, next the “young, was of a dark color and full of life. The oya along the body had a dif ferent appearance or color as the stages of hatching progressed, the lower end at yent haying a bright, fresh color. The time of capture was a few weeks before fall run; the nearest fish to tide water, four miles; the farthest fish taken irom fide, 20 miles. I believe they carry their young to tide water, un- less obstructed by nets or pads, when they may eject them. Thos, CHALMERS, [REemARK.—This is information we have been waiting for. —lip. | ee So ee Nasnvirze Noves.—WVashoille, Tenn., May 24—A srey eagle, ineasuring six feet and nine inches from tip to tip, was killed on Pond Creek, in Monroe county, a few days ago. Tt weighed eight pounds. Justice James ‘I. Kernan, residing at Fleminburs, recently shot and wounded a waterfowl, the like of which was never seen in that section of the State before. Its body was about. the size of a full grown chicken, and in color it resembled a. quail, with the exception that the brown plumage was of a lighter hne, It had web feet, with long legs and thighs. ‘The skin covering its legs was of a rich green color, aud its bill was three or four inches in length and very pointed. It pos- sessed a combative disposition. When its wings were stretched if measured nearly four feet. Thomas Rine captured a veritable horned owl, about two yeurs old, on Mill Creek, several miles from Nashville lately. A few days ago Dr. W. C. Uankins, of Lawrence county, departed on a visit of two or three days’ duration, leaving a honse-cat at home with two kittens. When he returned he found that the infantile memberg of the feline family had gone where the good little kittens go, and that the bereaved maternal relative lad adopted two young rabbits, and was nursing them with all the tenderness and devotion peculiar to one of her race. ‘A gentleman named Parks recently caught three citfish near James Ferry, which weighed respectively 75, 88 and 98 pounds. _ In concluding this communication, permit me to congratu- late the Forrsr ANd Sram upon its consolidation with the Rop anp Gun, thus uniting ibe sterling qualities of both journals, and making it the best journal for sportsmen in America. Frank Fern. [Except for the webbed feet, we should have taken Judge Kernan’s bird to be a bittern (Botaurus minor). The descrip- tion agrevs almost precisely, except in the point referred to.— Kp, ] ++ A Srranar Visrror.— Pottsville, Pa., May 28.—The wife of a suburban resident of this city while alone one day last week, suddenly had her attention attracted by a strange and myster- ious noise, , She went into their back yard to imvesticate the matter, and there found a large, long-necked bird, lonz-billed and web- footed, making the noise. She attempted to capture it, but before she succeeded, the bird peeked her in the face seyerely several times ; she was determined, however, and at lash sain- ed the victory, The bird is a ‘*loon,” belonging to the family of divers known as Colymbfda. Wt has a well shaped clean head, long black bill, bright black eyes; dark feathers on the neck and back, and white breast. The legs are straight, and are placed so far back that it always assumes an erect position when standing, These birds are rapid and powerful divers, are the fastest swimmers, and feed on fish and yeretables; they inkabié northern countries. Nobody knows where the captured bird came from; it seems that it just. dropped into that yard and commenced its uncouth music. Ti is very vicious and dangerous, pecking at people's eyes when close enough, and trying to get 2 mouthful of fesh from any person who happens to come along. ' Dom Pepnro. +e DomwmsrioateD Witp Guxse Brernine.—Seaview, Worth amplon Co., Vit,, June 20.—In your issue of June 7, I see a paragraph relating to wiid geese, and mentioning, as a curious fact, the going and coming of the geese. A few weeks azo when on Cobbs Island, | saw a number of tame wild geese in the yard. Old Mr. Cobb told me he had tried experiments for the last twenty years with wild geese, and had for the first time, this summer, succeeded in raising some goslings, which [saw. They were accompanied by the yoose and gan- der, who showed fight when approached, he gander has sometimes two wives, but not often. I also saw another goose sitting on ages, but I forges how many. Tt is common for these geese to go off on the marsh round the island and re- turn at various intervals, brmging others with them, when they are driven into the goose house and have their wings clipped. Mr, Cobb clips all their wings in sammerto keep =—— wa cee = them on the islmd for breeding purposes, and as I said aboy he has succeeded yery well. ela tak aso brant sit tas | ways failed fo raise young from them, All are vary Pee and when the old gentlénian goes into the yard and sa “Good-morning” to his pets, they answer back in a mo triendly way. Mr. Cobb is the man to give you information: upou the habits of wild geese. [should think he has had as much experience among wild fowl as any one living in this coun— try. Uoping the aboye may prove interestiny to some, I re- Thzin ‘yours, etc., R. HH. Reversed Suents.—In our issue of June 7th we published an inquiry from a Leesburg (Va.) correspondent in rerer- ence to left-handed land shells. The inquiry, we are happy to state, has elicited several replies from gentlemen versed in the science of concholopy, which we append : New Bevrord, dnne 8, 1877, EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM = Tnotice in theremarks of *T. W..” in your last issue, in regard to heterostroph, or left-handed land shiels, he mistakes the meaning of | Prof, Morse, which is that left-handed, or reversed specimens of nor mal, or right-handed species, are not common, The fact that certain species, and eyen some whole genera are normally left-landed is well koown to every conchologist, especially in the genns Heli# from Chink and Japan, and the genns Achutinella from the Sandwich Tslands, JouN H. ‘THOMSON, DANVERSPORT, Mass., Juned, 1577. Entror Forest AND STRHAM? In reply to the query of your correspondent 'T. W., of Leesburg, Va., « Can it. be that latitude has any effect on the way the snall pois on lis coat, In Massachusetts twisting to the right, in Virginia to the Jeti J should say that it would not. Prof. Morse Intended to convey the idea that but comparatively few genera of shells turned to the left, and that the majority were right-handed. Tt is probable that the shells col- lected by the boys were fresh-water snails of the gens Physa, & large and widely distributed group. If your corresponitent would send me a- few T will inform him as fo the matter. Oceasiondlly monstrosities oc- cur in dextral genera, and ocensional specimens are reversed, or turn tothe left, Iwill citea few lustances: Edward A Burber, in an ar- ticle on Helix cooperii, in A merioan Yaturalist for September, 1876, gives au Illustration of a reyersed specimen of this species, which is ex- tremely rare. Prof. Morse informs me that he has collected reversed specimens of Melantho decisa several times in the State of Maine. Re- Gently Treceived from Mr. H. E. Cull of Mohawk, N.Y., & reversonl Specimen of Melanihotntepra trom the Erie Canal at that place. We says that “ probably about two per cent. of the young shells are re- versed, but of these not. more than seventy per cent. attainany size.” Many other instances might be cited, but space will not allow of more, ARTHUR I. GRAY, Monawk, Herkimer Co., N. ¥., June 8, 1877. Epitor FOREST AND STREAM + My attention hos been invited to an inquiry about “ Jeft-handed shells,” appearing in # recent nmninber of your interesting paper, and T venture to offer a few words in reply to theingniry, Prof. Morse’s re- qarks about left-handed sliells were unquestionably mtentled to apply to the rare instances in which 2 species normally dextral or right-handed, isrepresented by asinistral, or left-handed specituen. Most of our spiral univalye shells are dextral, and certain classes or genera have never been known to prodnee sinistralforms. The most common vari- ations of thischaracter amoug our shells are such as are sometimes seen in certain species of Poluding, more especialiy in the modern suly- genus Melantiio, the shells of which are somewhat common in most of the rivers of the United States. An examination of the embryoric young of a large number of these shells reveals the fact that in some species of Melantho, about two per cent. are reversed or left-handed. No example of a reversed Vivtpara having bands is on record in this country. A few of our Jand shells (snails) hive been know to pro- duce, very rarely, reversed specimens. J haye one Aibiz albolateris 0 f this character, also one Helix Mitehelliana, ‘This latter spécies ia probably more prolific of reversed specimens than any other Helia in this country. Prof. Root, of Haniiltow College, has a reversed Hella, alterata. There arereords of reversed specimens of optier species, among which Helix thyroidea and Helix hirsute only are at this moment remembered, Probably Messrs, Binney & Bland, who are our anthor- ity on lund shells in this country, conld name other species tint have produced reverseil specimens, Amumber of years ago Taenta reversed Valvate tricarinata to De. Isaac Lea, of Philadelphia, who probably now has it in his collection. More recently I have Toond another re- = ‘imen of V. tricaringta, pina aL ae fresh water, marine qandland shells that are always left-handed. Your correspondent who propounded the inquiry qblous left-handed shells probably has specimens of the Piyad, the shells of high are always lelt-handed. Tn Ching, and also insome other purta of the world Jeft-handed gnail shells occur; and probably a right handed specimen of a species normally sinistral would be 48 rare as a sinistral Helix albolateri¢, To Afrioi certatn fresh water shells, once classed with Puludina, are always sinistral, 5° ORDER GRALLATORES, FAMILY GRUIDA, GENUS GRUB. Terner, Sand Hill Crane. FAMILY ARDEID&. GENUS ARDEA. Blue Heron, GENUS ARDETTA, Ardetta exilis. Gray. Least Bittern. GENUS BOTAURTS. Botaurus lentiginosys. Sleph. Bittern Quawk. GENUS BUTORIDES. : Bonap. Green Meron, “Fly ip the areels.” GENUS NYCTIARDEA. Nyctiardea gardeni. Bd. Night Heron. PAMILY TANTALIDA. GENUS IBIS. Glossy Ibis; Occasional, FAMILY CMARADRIDAS.. GENUS CHARKADKIUS, Bonap. Golden Plover, GENUS AIGIALITIS. Agialitis vociferus. Cassin, Killdeer Plover. Byialitis semipalmatis. Bon. Ring or Semi-palmated Plover. Aijiatitis melodus, Cab. Piping Plover. Occasional. GENUS SQUATAROLA. Sqittuvola helvetied. Cab. Black-billed Plover. FAMILY HAMATOPODIDA. GENUS STREPSILAS. Strepsilas interpres. 1, ‘Larnstone- PAMILY RECURVIROSTRID B. GENUS RECURVIROSTRA, Recurvivostra amerane, Gmel. American Ayoset, GENUS HIMANTOPUS, Himantopus nigricollis, Vicill, Black-necked Stilt, FAMILY PHALAROPODIDAE. GENUS POALAKOPUS Phalayopua wilaonii. Coy. Wilson's Phalarope. Phalaropus hyperboreus, Temm. Northern phalarope, Pholdvopus fulicartus, Bon. Red Plialarope. PAMILY SCOLOPACID.®, GENUS PHITLOWELA, Gray. American Woodcock. GENUS GALLINAGO. Gullinayo wilsonii. Bon. Wilson's Snipe. GENUS MACKORHAMPHUS. Macrorhamphue griseus, Leach. Red-breasted Snipe. Macrorhamphus seolapaceus. Law, GENUS TRINGA. Tringa canutus. Linn, Robin Snipe. Tringa amertcand, Case. Red-backed Sandpiper, tringa maculata, Vielll. Jack Snipe. Tringa wilsonii, Nutt. Least Sandpiper. Tringa bonapartit, Sehl, Bonapart’s Sandpiper. GENUS CALIDRIs. Tiliger. Sanderling. GENUS ERBUNDTRS. Breunetes petrificatus. Ul. Semipalated Sandpiper, GENUS MICROPAT.AMA. Micropalema himeantopus. Ba, stil Sandpiper, GENUS SYMPHEMIA, Symphemia semipalmata, Hart, Willet. GENUS GAMBEDTA, Gambette melanoleuca, Bonu. Tell-Tale. Ganbelta flavipes, Bon, Yellow Legs. GENUS RHYACOPHILUS. Riyacophilus solitarius, Bonap. Solitary Sandp!per- GENUS TRINGOIDES, Gray. Spotted Sandpiper. GENUS PIHILOMACHUE. Philomachus pugnac. Gray. Ruff. Two specimens killed by my- ‘self. Haye he ard of three or four others, allin Sanilac County. ! ; _--« GENDS_ AOTITURUS. Actitwrus lariramine, Bon, Vield Ployer, Bartram’s Sandpiper. ? Grus canadensis. Ardea jierodias. Linn. Butorides virescens. Bonap. Charadrius virginicus, Plilohela minor. Calidris arendaria. Tringotdes macularius, com o rh in Mississippi and Arkan- I ae +e. } fourth and sixth parallels of southern Jatitude. } manufacture of candles is, in all cases, the same. } Klopstoclkia it is obtained from a dusty coating on the leaves, GENUS TRYNGITES, Tryngitesrufescene. Cab. Butt-breasted Sandpiper. GENUS LIMOSA. Tamosa felon. Ord. Marbled Gouwir, Titinose hudsmioa, Sw. Hudsonian Godwit, GENUS NUMENIVS, Nuineniius longirostrés. Wil. Lotg-billed Curlew. Nunenius Woreatis. Lath. Esgnimiux Curlew. Guns RALLUS. Railus elegans. Aud. Marsh Hen, Common in southern counties, Rallus trepitane, Gm. Mnd Hen, Clapper Rail. Rallus virginiana, Linn, Virginia Rail. GENUS PORZANA, Porznne ewrotindg, Vieill, Sori Rail. Bd. Yellow Rail. GENUS FULICA, Gm. Coot. MudHen. GENUS GALLINUDA. Gallinnlagateata. Bonap. Tiorida galiimule, Breeds in marshes at mouti of the Saginaw River. Very abundant. Gallinula martiiiea, Lath Purple callioule. (To be continued.) — Porzana noveboracencia. Fulice americana, Aceldental, ARRIVALS AT THR PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN FoR WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1Si7: Ten common seals (Poca vitulina), purchased; one water suake (NVerodia fasciata), presented; one Vir- ginia deer (Cervus virginianus), born in garden; two prairie dogs (Cy- nompys ludoviciunus), born in garden ; one Bactrian camel (Caynelus bac- friamus), born in Garden, ARTHUR BROWN, Gen, Supt. AVoodland, Harm and Garden, Grasses For Bougurrs.—Just at present in meadows and hedge rows the different varieties of wild prasses can be ob- tained in perfection, and they should be much more extensively employed in floral decorations than they sre, for not even the most delicate greenhouse fern will give the same airy look to a vase of flowers that a few spikes of wild grasses will impart. It is only a few years since fhey were first brought into re- quisition, and ever since, especially in England, their use has been steadily increasing. Jt isa good plan to lay in a store of the different varieties of grasses at the present time, for use during the winter months, when they cannot be obtained in the fields. In cutting them for this purpose each variety should be tied in separate bunches, and care should be taken that they are not bruised together: for, if this is the case, when the buneh is opened, each spike will be found to have dried in its crush- ed position, and its form will thus be quite spoiled, and its value for decorative purposes destroyed. All grasses should bedried in an upright position, particularly those of a droop- ing character. Oats and rye while still green, are also very pretty in large arrangements, especially ears of black oats, which ave seldom seen used, and which form a charming contrast to prasses and sedges, The great value of grasses is that in ad- dition tothe giving a light appearance to a vase,a large plume of handsome grasses and sedges enables you not only to dis- pense with many flowers but to showy tlose used, to much bet- teradvantage. ‘To some this may be no object, but to many if must be a matter for consideration. In this connection, at- tention may also be directed to the utility of the bloom of the Ribbon grass for mingling wilh flowers, This spike of bloom | has a silver-like lustre in some stages of its growth, while in others it assumes a rosy pink tint, whichis equally pretty. Tn the trumpet of a March vase, in which red and white flow- ers predominate, a few spikes of the Ribbon grass bloom will help to carry up the color with charming effect, into the green | o€ the other grasses, flowers and foliage employed in its dec- | oration. For a trumpet the graceful drooping oat grass or Bromus is best adapted. Mention need not be made now of their usefulness also for winter decoration in connection with | pressed ferns, and autumn Jeaves, as that will form the subject, of another communication, but if our lady friends will only five srasses a fair trial now in their floral arrangements, they will be delighted with thet airy, graceful effect in winter when flowers are scarce and hard to procure. 5 —During the last, week we have been favored by Mr. Peter Hanson, Brooklyn, a most enthusiastic cultivator of bulbous plants, with flowers of the following lilies, viz.: L. Coridon, Umbellatum, Hansoni, Croceum, Californicum, Humboldtii, Candidum, Longiflorim, Bulbiferum, Columbianum, Marta— gon (var. Dalmaticum), Philadelphicum (the northern vari- ety), and others. We consider L. Humboldtii and Californi- cum both California species, and L. Hansoni a Japanese vari- ely, great acquisitions to our cultivated lilies and likely to be of service in crossing with the lL, Speciosum section, a 4 Wax-Yietping Puanrs.—At a meeting of the Natural Science Society recently held in Hamburg, Mr. G. Wallis re- marked that wax was not only obtained from the berries of | Rhus succedanecua—a plant which also supplies the celebrated Japan lacquer, the preparation of which remains a secret—but that three other kinds of wax from entirely distinct trees are known to be obtained in South America. One comes from Northern Brazil, and is produced by the beautiful Alopstockta certfera—called there Carnauba--which grows between the Another kind is obtained from a myrica from Peru and New Granada, which passes there under the names of Laurel and Olive. This tree grows in a variety of situations, and even at eleya- tions of 5,000 or 6,000 feet above the sex. A third kind of wax is derived from a tree whieh, up to altitudes of 10,000 | feet, grows in the same republics—viz., the Ceroxylon or Wax Palm. The methods of obtaining the wax from these trees differ greatly, but its subsequent preparation for the In the Tn the Myrica as well as in the Jiius succedaned, it is ab- tained from the berries, and in the remaining instance it is taken from the stem, which is clothed with a thin mantle of wax, and this is scraped off with an instrument made for the purpose. Mr. Wallis stated that a manufactory exists in Brazil for working the wax into candles, of which he had ‘seen fair specimens made from the Carnauba and Laurel kinds. One great drawback is the bad color of the wax, for bleaching which no process is known. The Brazilian kind ig rreen, the others rather of blnish or lizht yellow tints. sarge premiums haye for years been offered in Brazil for the discovery of a process that will elfeetnally whiten the wax; but as yet they haye not produced the desired effect. In Japan they appear to have some process by which it is bleached, but it is doubtful whether it has not already been tried in Brazil. The Ceroxylon produces the whitest wax; but all kinds suffer more or less from a want of consisieney, which, unless they are mixed with other substances, renders them useless for the manufacture of really superior candles, —— +> — ~ Tur Srakmp Poarms.—The plains extend eastward from the Pecos River in New Mexico, and constitute a large portion of Western Texas. The Pecos seems to have cut its way through the western border of this tableland. The hills rise abruptly from the river until the surface of the plain is wained, That is the highest point, and the surface slopes gently to the east, No tributaries fow into the Pecos from the east. The water which falls on the plains flows eastward, and forms the many rivers of Texas. It is an unknown land, boundless and endless, There isa legend connected with the name, It ik said that in the early settlement oi Mexico, a party of miners discovered extensive silver mines on the castern border of the plains, and, in order to find their way back, they drove stakes at intervals along their route; hence the Llano Hstacado, or Staked Plain. But little is known of this region, although many have traversed it, particularly Mexicans, for the purpose of hunting buffalo, or trading with the Indians. The gentle depressions in the plains on the eastern border, increase into more pronounced valleys, as the traveller pursues his journey eastward, until the waters have cut their way through the Strata of rocks and flow in deep and rugged canyons, from the bottom and sides of which innumerable springs of sparkling water burst forth. These springs form the permanent head- waters of Texas. They are often strongly impregnated with salts from the rocks and sulphuric acid from the vast beds of gypsum underlying the surface. The plains break down the eastern border in perpendicular descents of from 400 to 1000 feet. he outline is most irregular. The rainfall on these plains must be great, as all the important rivers of Texas have their source there. The canyons of the rivers are generally heavy timbered, and afford shelter for the Indians and for game. The surface is covered with flourishing grasses, and lakes and streams of fresh water abound. These plains will be the great herding srounds of the future. They will exceed the pampas of Buenos Ayres m the production of cattle. There the powerful and numerous tribes of Comanche Indians dwelt, Their power is now broken. ‘They have warred with the frontiersmen of Texas until they became weal, and tlie government finally drove them to their reservation in the In- dian Territory. Nothing now disturbs the solitudes of these plains but the herds of buffalo, antelope and wild mustangs. It is a country to be occupied. +> —- Tre Lovur’s GARpEN.—There is a land, a delightful country4 which would in vain be sought for on the waves of the sea or across the lofty mountains. In that country the flowers not only exhale sweet perfumes but intoxicating thoughts of love. There every tree, every plant breathes, ina language more noble than poetry and more sweet than music, things of which no human tongue can give anidea. The sand of the road is gold and precious stones, the airis filled with songs compared to which those of the nightingale and thrushes, which I now listen to, areno betterthian the croaking of frogs in their reedy marshes, Man in that land is good, great, noble and generous. There all things are the reverse of those which we see every day; all the treasures of the earth, all dignities crowded together would be but objectsotridicule If there offered in exchange fora faded flower, oran old glove leftin a honeysucklearhor. But why do I talk about honeysuckles? Why am I forced to give the names of flowers you know to the flowers of these charming vegions? In this country no one believes in the ex- istence of perfidy, inconstancy, old age, death, or forgetful- ness, which isthe death of the heart. Man there requires neitlicr sleep nor food. An old wooden bench is there a ihou- sand times more soft than cider—-down elsewhere; slumbers are there more calm and delicions, constantly attended by blissful dreams, The sour sloe of the hedges, the insipid fruit of the bramble there acquire a flavor so delicious that it would he absurd to compare them to the pine-apple of other regions. Life there is more mildly happy than dreams can aspire to be in other countries, Go then and seek these poeticisles! Alas! in reality it was but a poor little garden, in a mean snburb, when I was cighteen, in love, and when sie would steal thither for an instant at sunset! So loved La little shut-up garden, ALPHONSE KARR. a ee ee Rosus From Currines,—I liave never failed to atvike ag many roses a8 | required by inserting the Gnttings in July or August. When the cuttings have been inserted in an open place, and a period of drought has followed, many of them failed to grow, but when planted in a north border failure bas been very rate, and cuttings of half or rather more than half- ripened shoots, six inches in length, with all the foliage removed, except the top pair of leaves, firmly planted up to these leaves, are almost certain to grow if properly attended to. The main point to aim at is to keep the foliage fresh as long as possible, and to this end a shaded place and occasional sprinklings of water should be afforded. Another point to Le borne in mind is that the cuttings cannot be too quickly made and put in, for if allowed to hecome dried or shrivelled they will not prosper. If your correspondent will only give this method a fair trial (about the beginning of August sclect firm wood, do the work quickly, alford necessary shade, snd water occasionally), notone cutting in twenty wil! fail to grow, and he will find uhis method quicker and easier than that de- scribed in your last issne, D. — ++ ____ THE ESSEX BREED OF SWINE. EHorros Forest ayp Srreaaw: Chief among what are known as the small black breeds of Swing is the Hssex, The pigs, which are entirely black, may be made, by generous feeding and skillful cure, to reach sueh weights as would entitle them tu rank amone the Jarce breeds, but the principal yalue is found in their uge as smaller pigs for the market. A rapidly growing animal that will ma- ture in one season that if may be brought tomarket asa “pig,” and not asa ‘hog,’ is a very desirable one, and it is precisely for this nse that the Wessex deservedly stands first amongst the black swine, Another valuable nse for the Wssex, atid one which they are tiade to serve very extensively, is for crossiaz : upon the coarser classes of swine; thus employed they pro- duce grades with finer form and more valuable meat, with less offal than is common in ‘‘ nitive” pigs. In this respect they are rivals of the Berkshire. As this breed is now widely dis- seminated in the United States, and there are several careful long inflammation bas been allowed to progress bloodletting, which under other circumstances might have heen iighly beneficial, would most probably prove in the hirhest ey degree prejudicial, It this be true in mdividuals, no less so is it in epidemics. Tt is worthy of remark that in the principal epidemics which have prevailed ot’ Inte years among our fonr- footed friends a remedy which is highly beneficial at one period appears to possess no efficacy at another, Fron the and successful breeders, cach of whom is equally ¢ntitled to | history of the epidemics it appears evident that those animals well merited consideration from the public, and Jest invidious | who are attacked by the disease when it is beginning to de- eomparisons might be made against the interests of any one of ; cline, recover more rapidly and in greater proportion than these breeders we refrain from viving: the owner's name, It Will be sufficient to say that there are severul prize-winners at the yarious fairs, who possess animals quite equal in merit in all respects to those of the Berkshire breed. ‘Lhe old Mnelish Hssex jig was originally a coarse, parti-colored animal; black, with white legs, nose and shoulders, Upon this stoek the Weapolitan boar, from Italy, was crossed, with the effect of producing a black animal, of rather slender form, of very tine bone, but of a weak constilution, the last being the result of too close inter-breeding, Nevertheless the improved breed became yery popular, and by further efforts in which the strengthening of the constitu- tion by the infusion of new blood, was made a special point, the improvement was rendered more valuable and satisfactory. This was done so far by Lord Western. Then Mr. Fisher Holibs, a tenant of Lord Western, undertook 4 course of im- provement with these Hssex Neapolitan pigs. Ife soon pro- duced a breed which he called the “Improved Hssex,’’ and which, in figure and points of value, were very near like those of the present day. ‘These had all the symmetry of the Nea- politan pig, with its full bone, small head and jowl, and be- sides fhe full shoulder, large ham, deep sides, and light offal, which still distinguishit. his brings the history of the Essex, as we know it, up to the year 1860. Importations of the stock of Mr. Fisher Hobbs were made by Samuel Thorne, disq., of tue State of New York, and in afew years the stock hecame well distributed inthis country. Whereverthey have been introduced, they have ati once become a tavorite breed, and hive been exceedingly hardy, especially in the Southern Mtates, where they relish thé summer heat as well as they do hie Northern winter's cold, They probably exceed the Berkshires as feeders, although this will scarcely be admittud by the frieudsof that breed; if, however, there Is any advantage in this respect it musk zo to tlie credit of the Essex. They keep easily in excellent con- dition—the larrest weight of the Essex which has come to our knowledge, namely, over 600 pounds, with a loss in dressing of less thun 8 per cent. The Hssex is an excellent family pig, and a half-bred animal would doubtless be found one of the mist econonucal tor this purpose that could be procured, It may be well to repeat the caution against using half-breeds for stock purposes. As feeders they may not be surpassed, but if fed for breeding the advantage is lost, and deterioriation Willintallably follow. A thoroughbred boar, selected with care, or procured from a trastworthy breeder, should inyari- ably be used for breeding. It is one of the unavoidable con- sequences of the improyements of a breed by crossing or care- ful sélection, that care in this respect Cannot be relaxed wath- out mischief; itis therefore a necessary division of labor in this business, that a few men should devote themselves to breeding pure stock for the use vf the public, who will find Wiat they cannot profitably compete in this respect with those who live made a study and profession of it. ‘The mention of a black breed of pigs is quite sure to call out numerous in- (uiries if the color is not objectionable in the pork, and we inlicipate these in this case by stating that these and other bluek pigs have their ‘* beauty’? less than ‘shin deep,” and that. when they are dressed their skin is as white and hand- some as any others. Sun Hypuncisco, June 10, 1877. Che Zennel, CANINE PATHOLOGY AND THERA- PEUTICS,—No. 3. OsOAR SPIvzER. BY ARCHER, HE dose of any given medicine, particularly of narcotics and purgatives, should be regulated rather in accord- ance with the effect it produces in cach individual case than from published or written directions on the subject; not that these are to be disresarded, lint they should be looked upon Yather as guides tio tle dose generally required than as applica- ble 1o every instance. It is impossible in many instances to lay down positive roles as to the quantity of a certain medicine fo beexhibited. The tolerance of mercury, forinstance, varies much in different animals without any peculiar idiosyneracy existing with respect to it; anda dose which will act beneficially in one ease will be productive of great gastric irritation, etc., in another, and perhaps salivation. Another circumstance, by no means an uncommon cne, with seyeral medicines, which requires our notice, isthe regu- Jation of the dose. A dog comes under treatment, medicine is administered, and for a time the suffererimproves rapidly; the appetite increases, and the constitution gains tone and vigor, Suddenly, howeyer, from no apparent cause, the reparative prodess cvases, and the animal, perhaps, retrogrades. Such is a frequent experience when using preparations containing jodine, mercury and arsenic. Under such circumstances the flose requires (0 be greatly decreased, or, what is still better, the remedy should be discontinued for a few days, when it may be resummed with the original benefit. Phe character, period and form of disease influence the operation of medicines to a yery great derree, and the person wio treats a disease according to itsnamie, without considering the individual crrcumstunces of each case which comes up for treatment, will find his measures prejudicially violent or per- fectly inoperative. We know that blood letting, as a general rule, is a vemedy for inflammation; but the man who, on the strenmth of the fact that he hasan inflammation to treat, in- discriminately employs this evacnant without taking into ac- count all the concomitant cirtumstances, is, to express it in the Mildest manner, puiliy of great indiscretion. Take for instance distemper, whieh is essentialy an irritation of the brain and spinal marrow, and is often fatal from the super- yention of inflammation of the lungs, If for several days the | those who were attacked when the disease first made its ap- pearance or while it was most prevalent. It almost appears that the yiolence of the disease exhausts itself bythe virulence of its action; however this may be, it seems certain that many remedies will prove successful at the wane of an epidemic which have proved utterly incapable of controlling the disease at its outset or itsacme, If this be so—and the history of epidemics appears to warrant the correctness of the statement— it is evident that the period of an epidemic exercises a power- ful influence on the action of medicines, the point which it is my object here to illustrate, In individual diseases this in- fluence is often very marked; numerous examples are fre- quently met with: blisters, for example, are most beneficial in the acute inflammation of distemper after the violence of the symptoms has been subdued by other remedial means. Opium, in the same disease, is especially useful, generally atter depletion. Another remark before passing {o the con- sideration of other points may not be amiss: Do not accept unconditionally the advice of men *‘ acrsssthe water” regard ing your dogs; and to these gentlemen I would suggest the same regarding American authority; for the treatment ad- mitted to be beneficial in Europe does not apply, even to the same animal when imported, Many canine diseases in which bloodlettingis the sheet anchor, producing the happiest results when the animal is in England, admit of no such treatment when transfered tothe New World, resulting disastrously ; and vice versa ; and the same may be said of the different sections of this continent. Certain morbid conditions of the body, or the intensity of the disease, must of necessity greatly modify the actions of the remedy. Illustrations of this are constantly met with, It is well-known, for instance, that in severe spasmodic affec- tions, large and repeated doses of opium are borne without a single ill consequence; doses which, if administered wnder ordinary Circumstances, or in milder cases, would almost prove fatal. A deranged condition of any of the principal functions of the body modifies and interferes with the operation of medi- cines, This is peculiarly observable in the digestive organs ; when these are the seat of functional derangement or organic lesion, medicines whose operations on the canine economy is is mild and beneficial otherwise may be rendered either pre- judicially irritant or perfectly inert. Under these circum- stances digitalis and nitre may cease fo act as diuretics, and tonics, instead of imparting tone and vigor, are converted into distressing irritants, The influence of diet on theactienof medicines 1s very con- siderable, and he who contents himself with merely ordering certain medicines, and who does not at the same time regu- late the animal's diet, neglects to avail himself of a valuable iuxiliary, and may be allowing the presence of an antagonist, which in all probability will counteract all the benefit that might otherwise be reasonably expected to result from his prescriptions. How, for instance, can we reasonably expect benefit from anti-phlogistic* medicines, so lone as a full ani- mal diet is simultaneously pursued? and can we be surprised at the failure of a course of tonies, if only weak slops and an anti-phlogistic diet be followed? A stimulant diet notoriously interferes with the action of mercurials, while in many cases the iodides are rendered almost inert by being conjoined with a, diet of which amylaceous (starchy) substances form a large part. The diet should in every case be regulated so ag to promote, as far as possible, the operation of the medicines which are being employed at the time, and tt must he seen, that this mile ts carried out. Light, air and exercise influence the action of medicines more than is generally allowed. They very sensibly promote the action of tonics and alteratives, particularly iron and iodine ; indeed, taken alone, they tend in no inconsiderable degree to invigorate the constitution, to give tone to the digestive organs and energy to the neryous system. Tor this reason see that your dogs are placed in clean, light and airy situations. Confinement in close, dark, ill ventilated apart- ments effectually counteracts any beneficis! influence which might otherwise be derived from tonics. Morcover, remem- ber that *‘cleanliness is next fo godliness,” as applied to animals as well as man, and contributes more than is supposed to the comfort and health of the canine, he form in which medicine is administered influences, in mauy instances, its operation. When it is desired to produce aspecdy effect, the liquid form is generally preferable, be- sides being the most easily administered ; thus the action of quinine is rendered not only more speedy, but more effectual, if administered in solutionthan if given in substance, The sume remark applies to morphia, and to most of thealkaloids. ‘Tannin, when intended to mfinence the stomach or bowels, is suitably exhibited in the form of a pill ; but if it be designed to enter the circulation, or to act quickly at # distance from the stomach on some internal part, the form of a solution should be employed. Digitalis, when given in the form of a tincture, acts as a direct stdative on the heart and circulatory system; if given in infusion it acts asa diuretic. Decoction iginadmissible asa form for exhibiting ipecacuanhs, senna, and some other medicines, their active properties being dis- sippated by boiling. There are, however, several medicines, which, from their insolubility, cannot be given in the liquid form—calomel and Queveen’s iron for example—these are necessarily given either in the form of a pill or powder. In using the pillular, we may, in the majority of cases, advan- tageously add castile soap to the mass, as it tends materially to hasten its solution in the intestines, and thereby to quicken its operation. Tt also renders the action of purgatiyes milder and less irritating. Powders are best given in a thin mucilage, or placed dry upon the tongue. When they are of an insoluble character, as Some preparations of iron, the peroxide for in- stance, aud are continued daily for any length of time, an aperient should occasionally be given to obviate their accomu- lation in the intestines. The dog is endowed with such a fine sense of taste and smell that he does not willingly take medicinal substances, though many may be made agreeable and administered with meat or sugar. Pills may be fastened at the top of a round piece of wood, ora quill, and thos inserted deeply into the pice Rate Gal Rai i 9 aN EO BS We SS ES * Anti-phiogistic, a term applied to those means which tend lo redice- inflammation. Bleeding, purging, refrigerants anilow diet form qu n= portant part in anti-phlogigtic hreatment, | south, i ‘the teeth, Liquids are poured into the opea m more easily given by raising the nose of the anit hold of one of the cornersot the month, and draw sidewise, 80 that a kin liquid, which will thas may prove not only unavaili ailministering remedies, remember that more can be accom- with carefal avoidance of pain. ' D Administration, a few pats and a kind word will be sufficient, and if care is used the animal will soon look upon his physic as 2 matter of course. I have seen dogs that would take anything af command, because they knew no harm was intended, —_—_— > +8 For Forest and Stream, THE RUSSIAN SETTER. E cannot subscribe tothe remark of “ Amicus Veritatis, * in his letter published in your last issue, in reply to © Amicus Canium, ” yiz., ‘The writer, A. ©., evidently was well up in his subject, and handled it with intelligence. We assert that directly the reverse is the fact, as e@yinced in the following taken from Advertising Rates. Tnside pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents per line; ontside page, 40 cents. Special rates for three, six and twelve months, Notices in editorial columns, 60 cents per line. Re ERED should be sent in by Saturday of each week, 1f pos- sible, _ No advertisement or business notice of an immoral Character will he Teceived on any terms. ~" Any publisher inserting our prospectus as above one time, with brief editorial notice calling attention thereto, and sending marked copy to as, will receive the FOREST AND STREAM for one year. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1877. To Correspondents. 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BANKS, Business Manager, CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING WEEK, Thursday, July 6.—Trotting: Lyons, N, Y.; Sharon, Pa.; Pough- Keepsic, N. ¥.; Macomb, Ill; Detroit, Mich.; Woodbury, N. J.; West Meriden, Conn.; Albany, N.Y. Running meeting at Monmouth Park. Lovug Branch, N. d. Rod and Gun Club Shooting Tournament at Burlington, Ia. Prize Bench Show of Dogs and exhibition of birds at Toronto, Cankda, Shooting at Blooming Grove Park, Pa, Base ball: Indianapolis vs Techumsceh, at Indianapolis; Keystone ys Delaware, at Port Jervia, N. ¥.; Erie vs Philadelphia, at Buffalo; Anburn ve India- napolis, at Auburn, N. Y.; Mutual of Janesville vs Milwaukee, at Mil- waukee; Olympicys Rutan, at Paterson, N.J.; Enterprise vs Volun- teer, at Poughkeepsie; Rochester vs Star of Syracuse, at Rochester; Athletic vs Ring, at Cohoes, N. Y. Friday, July 6.—Trotting: West Meriden, Conn,; Albany, N. Y. Running meeting as aboye. Dog showas above, Shooting matches as above. Meeting of the Athletic Assoviation of American Colleges at Mott Haven. Base ball: Indianapolis ys Hartford, at Indianapolis Buckeye ve Forest City, at Colambus, 0,.; Clippervs Sunnyside, at Sing Sing; Athletic vs Pittsfield, at Pittsfield, Mass.; Enterprise vs Dela- ware, at Port Jervis; Keystone vs Honesdale, at Honesdale, Pa. Saturday, July 7.—Trotting at West Meriden, Conn. Running meet- tig at Monmouth Park, Long Branch, N.J, Base ball: Enterprise vs Delaware, at Port Jervis; Keystone vs Honesdale, at Honesdale, Pa; Arlington vs Crystal, at Brooklyn; Buckeye vs Techumsen, at Colum- bus; Clipper vs Active, at Wappinger Falls; Athletic vs Adams, at Adams, Masa. Monday, July 9.—Running meeting at Monmouth Park, Long Branch, NJ. Baseball: Indianapolis ys Boston, at Indianapolis; Keystone ys Wilkesbarre, at Wilkesbarre. Tuesday, July 10 —Trotting : Canandaigua, N. Y,; Sodus, N. Y.; Bay City, Mich.; Springfield, Mass.; Columbus, O. Ronning meeting at Monmouth Park, Long Branch, N. J. Wednesaay, July 11.—Trotting as above. Running meeting as above, Thursday, July 12—Trotting as above and at Monmouth, Ill, Run- ming meeting as above. Regattaof the Arlington Boat Club, at Bay- side, L. I. —Sunday Night Line to Boston. The splendid Steamers of the Fall River Line are now making Sunday trips leaving New York at the same hour (5. Pp. M.) as on week days. +9 -—A new route to Oak Blnfis, Martha's Vineyard, and Nan- - tuelet by the Fall River Line has been opened for the season, ‘Passengers can leave this city daily, Sundays included, at 5p, m., on fhe steamers Bristol or Providence, and ufterspend- ing a yliole day at. Martha’s Vineyard may return to New York the following day at 6:30 A. ™, here required? D6 we advocate the establishment of rural nur- series at State expense? Nothing of the kind. Tet the city keep its own young if itmust, and teach them its own lessons. There are here exhibitions, artistic, scientific and mechanical, work- shops and factories, parks and collections of all kinds of treas- ures, every one of which can be turned to advantage as a school. We have all heard of bright and intelligent children in London who had never seen the country, and knew nothing of it be- yond hearing of its trees, hedgerows and green fields. Tt may also be known that in the same vast wilderness of houses the chances of health and longevity are greater than in atty of the large cities of America, small though the latter are in compari- son, Tt may be deduced from these facts that city life is not inconsistent with physical development, and has advantages of its own in the other branches of education. We merely give the country the preference, and would not recall too vividly scenes which would crowd out argument, else we might revert to its freedom, joyousness in mere existence, healthy activity, the courage it infused, the hopes it fostered, and if any of its lessons failed to teach us then, they are bearing fruit in the memories it has left behind. Here is a picture which suits our purpose perfectly : ‘‘ My home,” says Hallock’s Fishing Tour- ist, ‘“ was a tree-embowered shanty apart from the farm-honse, and crowning a knoll, around whose base rolled and tumbled a most delectable trout brook. In time I came to know every woodchuck hole in the township, and almost eyery red squirrel and chipmunk by sight ; every log where an old cock-partridge drummed; every crow’s nest, and every hollow tree where a coon hid away. I heard Bob White whistle to his mate in June, and knew where to find his family when the young brood hatched out. [had pets of all kinds—tame squirrels and crows, hawks, owls and coons. All the live stock on the farm were my friends. I rode the cows from pasture, drove a cosset four- in-hand, jumped the donkey olf the bridge, to the detriment of both our necks, and even trained a heifer so that I could fire my shot-gin at rest between her budding horns. I learned where to gather all the berries, roots, barks and ‘yarbs’ that grew inthe woods; and so, unconsciously, became a naturalist and an earnest student of botany.” The last is the great point —studying natural history and botany in Nature's own col- lege. So far, we haye fouched upon moral education only in an indirect way. One of the chief advantages of a child’s exemp- tion from attendance at school during the first decade or more of its life, is that a ground may be prepared for a healthy, sound and abiding moral education. As in the other case we took exception to abstractions, so in this, example is more powerful than principles. Precepts may burden the memory, example touches both the intelligence and the heart. Schools have rashly been condemned as hot-beds of vice, and denounced as Institutions for the dissemination of immorality rather than of knowledge. There is generally a little reason in the most extreme view, and we finda good dealin this particular in- stance. Example, we repeat, is more powerful than principle, whether for goad or ill, In every school are boys who exer- cise, in spite of the utmost vigilance, a most pernicious influ- ence oyer their fellows. Bad examples soon multiply ; and a child sent to school at too tender an age, before it has formed any opinions of right and wrong, or before it. has absorbed into itself the more wholesome lessons of home. is exposed toa most serious danger, without any weapon of defense. The consequence has been that many a child, from its mere youth- fulness and impressibility, has received a taint from which it was never in after life wholly freed, It may be observed here that moral education is a double process, including both the application of safeguards against, the bad, and the infusion of the good; and, further, that besides many positive virtues, there is a negative condition in the freedom from vices which has no place in the nomenclature of the former. School edu- cation takes but little of this within the range of its operation, and pupils are, as a rule, freely exposed to the risks of associa- tion. Let us take, for example’s sake, one branch of moral education to illustrate the defects of the usual system, Leay- ing aside the vices which are the opposites of the so-called Christian virtue, let us turn to such qualifications as persever- ance, energy and industry. These virtues are either inculcated merely as bearing upon intellectual progress, or ignored alto- gether in the explanation of results. Hence it must frequently follow that the youth of greatest mental calibre will rest under the idea that he is the intellectual inferior of many of his mates, through his ignorance of his own capabilities, and his never having been referred to his moral failings to find a cause for his mediocrity. .A defect thus exists for which no remedy is sup- plied, while the exercise of all such virtues should be regularly impressed upon him as a part of a grand total of moral duty. In perfectly logical sequence comes the result, that in sending a child to school at a very early age, the years are not only wasted toa great, extent, so far as moral edueation is con- cerned, bnt it is unnecessarily exposed to trials, the danger of which would be materially lessened were a more rational sys_ tem in force, As the child’s parents are its first guardians and directors, so they should continue its moral guides until their ‘teachings haye not only taken root, but are bearing fruit, This’ ‘s the general rule, te which there must necessarily he ex great battlefield of life. trials and temptations of youth, and so issue, in the plenitude of the glorious strength of early man and womanhood, into Whe With bodies strong enough to resist the inroads of studious application upon the physique, and a moral sense sufficiently developed fo withstand the attacks of teiptation, the brain will be fonnd to possess, in yigor and freshness, qualities which move than compensate for the train- ing possessed by the victim of the early-forcing process. Cul- ture is the object of all education, and as # concise and com- prehensive definition of that much-abused word, we know none better than that by Mr. J. H. Long, B: A., of Canada: ‘“ The cultivation of all the endowments of man—the mental facul- ties, the moral attributes, the physical powers, the finer tastes and feelings.” SS EXHIBITION OF SHIP, YACHT AND BOAT MODELS. VERY one who visited the Government Building at the ate Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, will recall the very interesting and complete display of models ofall kinds of sailing craft, not only of America, butof other countries. It comprised ancient models as well as the newest, of men-of- war, merchant ships, steamers, hospital ships, yachts, fishing smacks, fishing boats, boats used by sportsmen, canoes and all manner of craft in use by civilized man and savage, from Greenland to Puget’s Sound and the North Pacific Ocean, and included not only those in long use, but untried novelties of unique pattern. Without donbt it was the most creditable and comprehensive exhibition of the kind that has ever been shown. Its capacity for instruction by comparison of models wasgreat, and the rate of progress and improvement in ma- rine architecture could be readily studied and comprehended by those familiar with nantical matters. This. exhibition remains in its entirety at Washington, if we are nol mistaken, where it will be permanently available to the inquirer, navigator, yachts man and student, Its utility as a school of instruction is ob- vious. ‘ Tnasmuch, however, as new improvements and inyentions are constantly coming to light, and especially since the campe- tition among yachtsmen is constantly stimulating the contri- vance and construction of racing vessels of superior qualities of stiffness and speed, it would be well to encourage periodica exhibitions of models of this class of vesselsin order that build- ers may profit by the knowledge thereby imparted. And not only models of yachts of every class and rig, but also of fishing smacks, bay boats, gunning skiffs, portable canoes and the ap- pliances and apparatus pertaming to each. Already this has been done in England this summer (whether prompied by the Government Exhibition at Philadelphia, or by their own mo- tion we cannot say), anda very creditable showing has just been concluded at the Fishmonger’s Hallin London. The Lord Mayor opened the exhibition on the 28th of May with much ceramony and aluncheon. On that and each subsequent day the hall was so well attended that it is evident great interest obtained, Liberal prizes were offered and the entries were numerous. One model was that of the steamship Britannic, 5,008 gross tonnage. Many ship building companies were rep- resented, both by sailing ships and steamers. There were twenty exhibits of schooner yachts, from 350 tons down. ‘In the cut- ter class there were eleyen exhibits. The fishing smacks are mentioned as resembling yachts more than anything else. There were several tugs and barges. The apparatus com- prised boat-lowering gear, life-saving appliances, anchors, dress for sailors, etc. In every respect the show was a success, and many of the models have been sent to the Royal Aquarium to remain as permanent fixtures. We repeat that if is important to cultivate such exhibitions jn the United States for reasons obyious and supposable, and we shall hope to see suck initiated next year. Formsr anp Stream has always been foremost in suggesting means for pro- moting legitimate sports in this country, and we shall cheer- fully Jend our aid in thisasin other enterprises when it may be needed. Besides sailing models we would urge the contribu- tion of models for boats and canoes of which there are in use already full thirty different kinds. If some one more compe- tent does not: initiate this movement in due time we shall un- dertake it ourselves. es GP Sp —Dr. Helmbold’s opening of the ‘t Parlor Pharmacy,” cor. 17th street and Browdway, which took place on Saturday evening last (June 30), was an enjoyable affair. As a caterer to the appetites of those in health, the Doctor surpasses even his well known skill in prescribing for the afflicted. +o Swiss VAuriy.—The Swiss Valley Pleasure Grounds, at Pelhamville, where a party of ladies and gentlemen were re- cently so pleasantly entertained hy the proprietor, Mr. James Meyer, Jr., are now open to subscription. The membership is limited for the present to 100. ‘The subscription fee giving admission to the grounds, for the year 1878, is $15 for the first fifty subseribers, $25 for those succeeding. The project embraces a great varity of out-of-door sports, and will doubt- Jess meet with a deserved support from that class to whose tastes itcaters. ‘Those interested should send for erent ie James Meyer, Jx., 85 Broad street, P, 0. \ Boe v8 # ———————————— GAME PROTECTION. Under our customary head of ‘Game Protection,” we pre- sent this week some yery much asked for and important infor- - - nuition, which allveaders will do well fo hang np for reference Massacnusnrrs.— Abstract of Game Loins of 1877.—Wood- cock and partridge (rufted grouse) may be killed between September 1 and January 1 following. Qnuil may be killed herween November 1 and January 1 fol- lowing. upping and snaring came birds prohibited entirely. Tipland ployer nay be killed between July 16 and January 7 following: Wood-duck, biack-duck, sd teal may be killed Vetween September 1 and April 16 following. A Sonalty for eval killing of woodcock, partridge, quail, Up- land plover, wood-duck, Wack-docls anc teal, twenty-five dol- lars (825) for each bird. ‘ Penaliy for killing any wndomesticated hird not hefore men- tioned (except birds of prey, crows, crow-blackbirds, herons, bittern, qild piveons, jays, rail, Wilson's snipe, wild geese, ployer, sandpiper and any of the so-called marsh, heagh or shove birds), ten dollars ($10). Penalty for destroying or disturbing (he tests or egzs of any vndomesticuted bird (except birds of prey ur crows), ten dol- Jars ($10). ; ; Hares, tabbits and eray squilrels may be killed between October 1 and March 1 following. Penalty for illegal taking or killing, ten dollars C210). Wo deer to he killed or taken (except one’s own tame deer) until 1880. Penalty for legal taking or killing, one hundred dollars (#100). ' f All forfeitures 10 be paid one-half to theinformant or prose- culor, aod one-half to the city or town where the oifense is vomited, Troul and landlocked salmon may be taken by hook and jine only, belween April 1 and October 1 following. Penalty for iNegal taking, len dollars (310), , Black bass may be taken with hook and line only, between June 1 and December 1 following. Penalty for illegal taking, twenty dollars (#20). F Possession prima facia evidence to convict. Connnorienr.—Hartjord, June 20.—The Hartford Game Club held @ large and enthusiastic meeting at the office of Messrs. P. Jewell & Sons last evening. Mr. L. B. Jewell was appointed chairman, and Mr. R. B. Beecher secretary. It Was yoted that the executive committee distribute circulars of the game lmy and publish them in papers throughout the State. ‘The finances of the club being in excellent condition, it was voted fo expend the money during the coming months in (he proscention of all offenders of the game law, and a re- ward of $10 is to be offered for information Jeading to ton- yiction of violators of the same. It was generally conceded that the laws passed by the last legislature were as near per- fect as could be desired. Wo trout fishing will he permitted in this State after July 1, and the close season for alJ kinds of birds extends to October 1. which laws will he rigidly enforced. The law regulating the shooting of woodcnek until Oct. Ist was thoroughly dis- cussed, and contrary views wore taken to an item (by some pol-hunter) which appeared in the Hartford Zimes last eyen- ing, which says: ' "The law prohibiting the killing of woodcock in July, and later, is useless and improper. The woodecock is a migrating bird. They breed here and at the north of us, and pass along southerly as the young ones grow up. If not killed in Con- neecticnt, they will be in New York, New Jersey, and Penn- sylvania, and the number killed in Connecticut would neyer jnake any difference with the supply of the birds.” f The fact of it is that the woodcock is not so much of a mi- gratary bird as people suppose, and are to be found all through the months of October and Noyember. The Jaws of the States around Connecticut prohibit the shooting of woodcock until Septémber 1et, and some later, except inthe case of Long Island, which for some reason extra provision has been made. Dnur- ing the month of July woodcock are not much larger than Dine birds, and in August they are aoulting, so that their fiesh is not in good condition until Oct. Ist, which ought to be another consideration with sportsmen. Ti, was also voted to empower the executive committee tio employ fhree detectives or more, to secure convictions for vio- lation of the game Jaws. ‘The resolutions from the Conneeti- cut State Poultry society regarding the proposed dog show at the coming poultry exhibition in January at the rink, were re- ferred to the executive committee. Tt was the general sense of the mecting that the club should hold meetings monthly. Dr. G. CG. Jarvis, 8: J. Bestor and H. T. Sperry were ap- pointed a comntitiice to report on the advisability of a city or- dinance requiring the police registration of dogs, something like the New Haven system, In an informal talk about hy- drophohbia the opinion was expressed that thorouglibred ani- mals rarvly have the disease. It is mostly confined to misera- ble, mangy curs of low degree which are not cared for by any- ‘body. The owner of a-yaluahle dog will take good care of him. The street enrs ought to be exterminated. - After the adjournment of the meeting a friendly discussion was had regarding the merits and demerits of the Former ann Srream & Rop anv Guy, and if was the unanimous opinion ‘that the elevation of field sports and the profection of fish and game could not he in better hands, EB ee Coxweoriour.—The officers of the recently organized Mid- , ‘diesex County Game and Fish Protective Association are as follows: President, Dr, Joseph W. Alsop; Vice-Presidents, 0, V. @offin, Middletown; Isaac Arnold, Haddam; W. G. Buell, Hast Hampton; Joseph Hall, Portland ; Secretary, Major J. O. Broatch; Treasnrer, Captain Charles W. Harris; Execu- five Committec, the president and vice-president, ea officzo, ‘and Samuel Bussell and Augustus Putnam ; Counsel, 8. H. Rolinson. —The Hartford game club have caused notices to be post- ed conspicuously in the region ronnd abont, offering a re- ward of 10 for evidence which will lead to the conviction of yiolators of the game and trout laws. The hunting of wood- cock, quail and parlvidge is prohibited except in October, Noy- ember and December ; and the taking of trout is confined to the “time between April 15thand July ist. OGAwapA.—Some three years ago some prominent public officials violated the game law of Kansas and were arrested refor. We Have not learned whether they were puuished nok, but We do know, from the Toronto (Canada) Globe, Lord Dunraven, who violated the game laws when in evans ene, as Fempitted FAO) to-pay the dine dmponsi “8 PREA ° Bugiilo in the British Northiest Territories. —\ yery im- | portant ordinance passed is that for the protection of the buffalo, the main purpose Of which is, without depriving the Tudians of their food supply of the market of robes, to stamp out the yicious practice of wantonly destroying the fast-ci— minishing herds. Jt provides that no calf of either sex under two years old may be killed by any one. No cows may be lwunted oy destroyed between the 15th of November in any year and the 15th of August following, except by the Indians, who are permitted to kill them for three months longer than other persons, that is to say up to the 15th of February. VireryrA.—The law provides: 1. That it shall not be lawful for any person to kill or cap- ture, or offer for sale or buy, any partridge or qnnil between the first day of February and the first day of Octobor of each year, within this State; nor shall it be lawful to capture partridges at any time hy means of nets or traps of any kind. 7. Any person offending against the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in any court or before a justice of the peace, shal) be fined tiventy dollars for cach offense, und shall be imprisoned till ~~ 367 injenf, or have the same in possession at. any lime during the year, any song bird, especially the mocking bird, except do- mnesticated birds, except the birds he entrapped or uctied for fhe purpose of domestication, under a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than #25 for each offense, excepl when the sanie shall prove destructive to the fruit or grain crops. That the possession of any animals or birds intended to be protected by this act, within the periods for which their kill- ing or pursuit is prohibited, except such as are domesticuted, shall be prime just, evidence that the said animal or bird was feel caught ov killed and the possession thereof un- AWTLUL, That any person exposing for sale any of the animals or birds intended to he protected by this act within tie period for which the taking and killing is hereby prohibited, shall for each animal or bird so exposed for sale, except such as are domesticated, be subject to the same penalty as provided for the unlawful killing or taking of such animal or bird, That the unlawful killing, catching or possession of each and every one of the animals or birds intended to be protected by this act shall constitute a separate and distinct offense, and eaid fine is paid, but not exceeding thirty days. The posses- sion of any bird or dver within the prohibited period men- tioned in this act shall be held conclusive evidence of ils yio- lation, and subject the person in possession to its penalties. Mrssocrr.—The game law of Missouri prohibits killing or capturing or injuring game as follows + Deer between Jamiary 15 und September, Wild turkey between Mureh 1 and September 19. Prairie chicken belween February 1 and August 16, or pheasant or quail from Febru- ary 1 to October 15. Woodcock between January 10 and July 1. Turtle doves, meadow lark, or ployer between Feb- yuary 1 and August 1. The above aré {he kinds of gamé which it is unlawful to kill between the days given—and it i8 unlawful to kill any sone bird or insect-eating bird at any time. Their kill- ing is positively prolibited—except that the owner of prem- ises nay Kill them in the act of destroying fruits, grapes or honey bees. Ji is also unlawful to trap or net, or by pens or pits, to cap— jure quail or prairie chickens, or fo destroy, rob or injure their nests, or the nests of any wild bird whatever. Such are the general provisions of the law, and apply to all hunters of all kinds and descriptions. Then come the exceptions to these general provisions, which are as follows: A person may take the game birds when it is lawful to kill them—on his own premises for his own or the family use, and may net quail or prairie chicken or may trap them for that purpose, but only then and only on his own premises, The law does not apply to destroying the nest of hawk. owl, eagle or other bird of prey, nor to the person who kills a bird for the purpose of haying its skin stuffed, or for the scientific pur- pose of studying its habits and history. It shall he unlawful for any person to purchase or sell, or have in his possession any aninial or bird forbidden, or any fresh pieces or parts of them, within the prohibited period. And if in the season allowed for killing, any person offers to Sellorhas in possession any quail or prairie chicken that bas not gunshot marks on it it will betaken as prima facie evidence that it has been unlawfully killed—or in other words netted or trapped. Tt is also unlawful for any railroad, steamboat, express com- pany, or any corporation or individual to have game out of season in (heir possession or to transport if. The penalty for violation is a fine not exceeding $20 for killing, robbing nests, having In possession—or any violation of the law, whatever. And prosecutions may be had before justices of the peace, police justice, recorder, or any oflicer, or court haying jurisdiction in misdemeanors, One-half the fine goes to the school fund, and one-half to the in- former. It is made the duty of all constables, marshals, market-masters and police officers to arrest all persons found yiolating the act and take them before an officer authorized fo try them, Tt is further unlawful for any person nof a resident of Mis- souri to take or kill any deer, wild turkey, prairie chicken, pheasant, quail, woodcock, goose, brant, duck or snipe in any county of the State for marketing or removing from the State —under a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $50, And finally no person shall enter upon the inclosure of an- other person to catch or kiJl game of any kind without the owner's consent, under a penalty not to exceed $10. Tutors Game Law.—Below is a.synopsis of the new game law, which took effect July 1: Prairie chickens and wood- cocks are protected between the 15th of January and the first day of September. Deer, turkeys and pheasants are protect- éd between the 1st day of February and the ist of October. Quail between the Ist day of February and the 1st day of No- vember. Jt is made unlawful to net quail at any time. Wild geese, ducks, snipe, brant, or other water fowl are protected between the ist day of May and the 15th day of August. It is made unlawful for a non-resident of the State to kill or trap in any manner any of the above named birds or animalsin any county of this State, at any time, for the purpose of selling or marketing or removing the same outside the State. ALABAMA.—Alabama has a game law prohibiting the killing of any kind of game between April Ist and Octuber 1sb. Wisconsmx.—A yery wise act, preventing the destruction of birds, was passed last winter by the legislature. Any one kill- ing a bluebird, robin, swallow, meadow lark, oy any insvet deyouring bird, can be fined one dollar for the first offense and fiye dollars for the second. Tax Louisiana Game Law.—The game Jaw of Louisiana, which was approved April 18th provides as follows: That it shall be unlawful in that State to catch, kill or pur sue with such intent any wild buck, doe or fawn, or to have the same in possession affer it has been caught or killed, be- faveen the first day of February and the first day of August of each year, under a penalty of 825 for each offense; any wild turkey, between the first day of April and the first day of September in each year, under a penalty of not less than R5 nor more than $25 for cach offense; any quail, partridre or pheasant, between the first day of April and the fifteenth day of September in each year, under a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $25 foreach offense: any whippoorwill, sparrow, finch, oriole, bluebird, swallow, nighthawk or blackbird, ex- cept when the same shall be destructive to the fruit or grain crop, undera penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $25 for each offense. That no person shall rob or destroy the nests or eggs of any wild bird whatsover, save only those of a predatory nature or | destynetive of zame or insectivorons hirds, under a penalty of not less than 5 nor more than $25 for ench offense, That no person shall entrap; net, ill or purse with such shall be punishable accordingly ; and two or more offenses may be jomed it the same warrant or indictment therefor, and the person go offending if convicted shall be fined for each offense. That no person shall at any time during the period forbid- den by this act, kill or take any of the animals or birds intended to he protected Wy this act by means of uny trap, snares or other like deyice, under a penalty of not less than $5 ner more Vian $25 for cach animal ov bird so trapped, snared or taken; provided, nothing contained in this act shall apply to migra- tory birds or fowls, That all transportation companies, steam)oats, railvoads or other public carriers, of whatsoever character, are hereby pro- hibited from transporting any game bird or animal mentioned in this act during the period provided for the protection of such game bird or animal, under a penalty of not less than 45 nor more than $25 for each offense. That any person conyicted of violation of the provisions of this act failing to pay whe penalty or penalties prescribed Were- in, shall be imprisoned in the parish jail for a period of not less than fen nor more than thirty days. That all acts and violations of this law denominated as offenses in the foregoing sections, shall be and are hereby de- clared to be crimes against the State of Louisiana, and it shall be the duty of all district-attorneys and district-attorneys pro tempore of the State to prosecute before any court of competent jurisdiction all offenders and persons committing misdemeanors under the provisions of this act. This act took effect the first day of June, 1877. Tne New Game Law ror Froriwsa.—The following law was passed Nebruary 27, 1877, and first published on May 4; Section 1, That mo person shall, at any time between the first day of April and the first day of September, hunt, kill, or capture any deer, buck, doe, or fawn, wild turkey, quail, or partridge, or mocking-bird, nor destroy the nests, eggs, or parttidge, or mocking-bird; and any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon con— viction, shall be fined not exceeding $20 for each offense, and in default of payment of said fine shall be contined in the county jail not exceeding ten days; provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be so constructed as to deprive any person of the right to bunt on his or her own lands, er to protect. their crops from depredations made by said deer, buck, doe or fawn, or wild turkey; and it is further pro- vided, that this law shall not take effect in any county in this State until the County Commissioners shall have published the same in such county where the law is to take effect. Carmornia._-The San Francisco Pacific Life gives the latest revision of the game law in California, as follows; ‘The close season for salmon commenced August 1 and ex- tends to Noyember1, Under the law passed at the last session of the Legislature it is made a misdeameanor to catch, - transport or have in possession fresh salmon during this period, The penalty for a violation of the law is from $50 to $200, and thisis divided between the informer, the prosecuting atlorney and the school fund of the county. Every person who, between the 1st day of January and the Ist day of September of each year, takes, kills of destroys any elk, deer, mountain sheep or antelope, is guilty of a mis— demeanor; aud every person who shall tuke, kill or destroy any of the animals herein mentioned, at sny time, unless the careass of such animal is used or preserved by the persons slaying it, or is sold for food, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person catching or haying in his possession, or offering forsale, shad, at any time prior to the first Monday of Dec., A, p. 1877, is guilty of a misdemeanor, ‘Uhe following counties are excepted from the proyisions of this section : Del Norte, Humboldt, Shasta and Mendocino. Section 626 of tue Penal Code was amended last winter to tead as follow : Every person who, in the counties of San Bernardino or Los Angeles, between the first day of April of any year and the first day of August of the same year, or who in any other of the counties of this State, excepting the counties of Lassen, Plumas and Sierra, between the fifteenth day of March and the fifteenth day of September in each year, takes, kills or destroys quail, partridge, or grouse, mal- lard, wood teal, spoonbill, or any kind of broadbill ducks, is guilty of a misdemeanor, Sec, 631, Every person who, between the fifteenth day of October in each year and the first day of April in the follow- ing year, takes or catches any trout is guilty of a misde- meanor, Sec. 633, Every person who, in the counties of Santa Clara, Alpine, Santa Cruz, Lake San Mateo, Monterey, Sonoma, Tuolumne, Alameda, Marin, Placer, Nevada, Pluma, Sierra, San Luis Obispo, Solano, Mariposa, Menducino or Napa, ah any time, fakes or catches any trouf except with hook and line is guilty of a misdemeanor. Ses. 683. Livery person who takes, catehesor kills any tront by the nse of nets, weirs, baskets, or traps is guilty of a mis demeanor. ‘The penalty for the violation of the law is as follows : Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by the code, every offense declared to be | misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months or by a fine not exceeding $500, or by both. The Board of Supervisors of Santa Cruz County, at their mneeting on the first Monday in August, changed the deer law so that hunters may kill deer from the 15th of August to the Ist of January, instead of (as heretofore) from the Ist of September to the ist of Janurary. A new rule of the Sportamen’s Club prohibits ong rod in a day's fishing taking more than twenty-four trout in Lake San Andreas, and fifty in Lako Pilaratas, Tar Law iw Tesyessre.—The Nashville Rural Sun says: | ploits in taking salmon in Northern California were wonderful, Of all monstrosities and absurdities the game law of Tennes- Bee carries off the palm, In the first place it makes no provision forthe enforcement of the law. Tt says that quail shall not be taken with trap or net, and then leaves it optional with the owner of the land to prosecute or not, and without Ins consent no one else can prosecute. This, of course, renders this part of the law almost a nullity, for the farmers as a gen- ern] thing do not wish to rush into lawsuils by prosecuting parties who may violate this law. The Jaw bas been violated with impunity, for throughout the past season we could at any time buy live quail here in our city market. No at tempt was made, either, to hide the fact that they had been taken contrary to law. Even now, during the close season, we see live quail boldly offered on our strects for sale. This 18 simply an outrage, but there is no recourse under the law, unless the planter himself will do the proseeuting. Again, the close season for game birds is fixed from March 1st to Septem- ber 15th. and snipe included under this head. Ob, shades of the immortal Frank Forester, wasn’t the framer of the bill a wise man in his own conceit ? Snipe is a migratory bird, and does not arrive in our State wntil after the first, of March. Generally they are in our swamps from the 16th of March to the 14th of April. ‘To say that they must not be shot after the first of Marchis equivalent to saying they must not be shot at all. This, too for a migratory bird that docs not breed here but simply stops with us for a few weeks, in the spring, while on his march north to his breeding ground on the great lakes. We have yet to learn of but one prosecution under this law, and his was in the case of an old negro in Maury county, who shot a quail out of season. No law can be made ef- reetive unless some provision is made for its enforcement. We say to the farmers that it is now left with them to protect the game or not, just as they please, and uuless they arouse them- selves from this don't-care state, we will soon have ho game in this State. nr A VINDICATION. PHILADELPHIA, June §, IST7. Mr. Charler Hillock: THAR Stk—T have not beenin the Adirondacks for ten years, bul T Nave dorrespondeéd with au old friend there—Mitehell Sabattis—and do not like to see him accused in print of what hardly thiuk he would do, nnlvss le has changed from what he was when [last wandered in the woods will him, As to his past record I know this, that when I used to vie L bone Lake, what he told me I would have believed ; and had I thoi if (al [had seen him shoot a deer, and he denied it, I would hitve pus thal deer down as * killed by a special dispensation of Provi- dence?’ Years ago, in 5S, 59 and thereabouts, a certain Dr. Todd, of Hew England, used to go to that conmtry fo shoot, and fish and recupe- Fute health. Mitch. to'd me that the doctor used fo kill a deer or two in a night, floating. or perhaps catch in a day a large mess of trout. That then, without any regard to what would become of the meat or fish, he would propose to change cainp to Bome other spot where he thought he could most easily repeat the killing or catching, and 80 game Was wast- ed. He told me one season that—T think the year before—Dr. Todd hail employed lim, Lou Weathersby and, I believe, Caleb Chase to go with him, and that before starting, all three told him that they wonld Tol go tf he intended to Kill deer and catch trout to waste, He dis- ejaimed any stich intention, and they carried a tub and salt water to jake care of Me tront in, Whe result was not what they had expeeted froii ihe dactor’s disclaimer, and they left hiny aud declined to gnide him any more. Ih was said that the doctor had given up coming there for (atreason. No doub! the doctor would have denied this, jiist as his biographer in Harper's Magazine did; but it so happened that beiis, one August—the Inst week im the month—at Neweomb’s settlement, and haying nothing in particular to do, I proposed to my tousin, who was with me—Mr. A. A. Clay, whom you know—to walk over to the chain lakes and lie about for afew days. We took onr guns and rods and went there, a boy named [enry Parker accompanying ug, While there for a week it rained every day Wut one, and the lakes were go high that deer could not be floated. Dr. Todd and his party were camped on the lower pond, we on oue of the extreme upper ones. The firs| day there we found a splendid deer Jymg in the water, skinned, but otherwise utterly untouched, IJthad been shotand nol an ounce tuken from it. A day or two afterwards I met one of Dr, Todd’s paity on the main lake, and he complained that the water was so high that they could get no venison. I expressed my astonishment at this, a8 deer seamed to be so plenty that people could kill them and let them jie. ‘We found a very fine one, whole, in the pond aboye.” This cut short conversation, and we had no more visits from that party, bul the incident amply confirmed what Mitchell had told me, and I have never had reason to doubt his word on any point before or since, The only deer I ever knew him to kill out of season was one Killed in February, 186i. He, Bill Wood, Ransom Palmer, Henry Parker and I went after jmoose on snow shoes in the country south of Raquette Lake. The very day that we hoped, judging by the signs, that we would kill a moose, a tremendous thaw broke up the crust and compelled us to atrike out, for Raquette Lake, On our way we killed a three-year old buck, and that we were hungry enough to amply justify the killing, is, T think, testified by the fact that the flye of us, with four dogs, ate the whole deer at dinner, saving only a piece as large as one’s fist to carry home as evidence that we had—broken the law. T never thought that inuch worse than plucking the ears of grain on the Sabbath day. The panthers head that graced your Hunter’s Camp at the exhibition last year was from an animal killed by Mitchell Sabattis, and I have the hide of the same animal ina rug in my sitting room, I shall not be yeminded by it of Mitchell as anything but a spleudid hunter, a warm friend, and an honest man. T hope you will not class as controversy these reminiscences, which have only as their object to speak a word for one who might not have the chance to do so for Iimselt. Truly yours, Orci, Chay. a DUCGAIGNE READETH YE M L Rigs, ss. --. 48 W M Burrow .... 444+. eet? ML Rigys...... CH TOT... ee seseerenee tend Wan. Third Badye. None. Sherman Smit..-.......2..,)5, 47 Leon Backer... c++-.-e-eeese-. 44 MB Hogel...... Leon Backer... tresses. dt LC Bruce. wih P Fenning... wen tages U ) De SV DTUBES sot cs wap lseaeely MiB BOGE. ssecctecss tet? ecsess722F ik Dede o oon ar, compere le Tie—Bruce and Riggs.. Leon Bauker,... ML Riggs... sorerendd wees sett eeeweed wuaeeed Zurrier’s Gatrury, 207 Bowery.—The second weekly competition for the gold medal occurred on Friday, June 29, and was won by P. Fenniins, In the first competition itawas won by M. P. Lennon, This badge goes to the best score of centres (40 points); to be won three times to become his property, This match is open to all every Friday evening, Tur N. Y. Scawrzenres?.—The festival of the N. ¥. G, Horney, 67; J. Dutel, 66; FP, Landolt, 66; L. Vorel, 66; F. Crusius, 65; W. Klein, 65; John R. Grob- , i , “ j > moor and s-eye targets, out of possible 25— 0, respectively, the scores were; Creedmoor Target—P. +28; J. R. Groliman, 23; C. Mattman, 22; W. Habn, 21; M. Farron, 21; W. Hayes, 21; F. Landolt, 21, Bull's- eye Target—W. Hayes, 141; P. Klein, 180; W. Hahn, 125; W. Scholerman. 124; T. Kleisrath, 121; M. Engel, 119; F. Landolt, 115; W. Kein, 110; B. Faber, 109; J. Heintz, 106, Mr. Join R. Grohman was the lucky man to bring down double-headed Cagle, the chief prize of the tonrnament, and his coronation, in a neal speech by Miss Christine Klein, a pretty Miss of ten years, was performed with sveat ¢eliat, ‘and honored in innumerable schooners of beer. With aerand hop, the amusements terminated late on Wednesday evening. Cregpmoor, June 30.—Fair weather anda good day for Tange practice. Early in the day the contest bevan for the Parker shot gun presented by Frank B. Van Sielen. It is at 1,000 yards, 30 shots, any rifle; open to all members N. R. A. Jn May it was taken by Capt. Anderson, with a score of (122 points in the possible 150. To-day, however, it went to the ‘old boy” Rathbone, with a total of 128. While this is good, it might be bettered, and should he ere the match is finally won. ‘The full scores are given as follows: BR Rathhone, Rem Greed........123 Wallace Guan, Sharps Creed.. .107 TS Dakin, Rem Greed.......,,.124 J P Waters, Rem Creed..,.....101 Tsaac L Allen, Rem Creed......122 A Anderson, Rem Creed.......101 Homer Wisher, F sher M U.....120 GL Morse,....... Wm M Farrow. Ballard Greed..1i7 CE Blydenburgh, Rem Creed..114 J A Hatry.. Henry Williams, Fisher M L.... J Holton. YF Millen, Rem Creed......... The afternoon brought an old favorite onee more to the front in the reappearance of the Turf, Meld and Farm badge. The first ofthis series was the pioneer Creedmoor badge, and from that day to this the popularity of off-hand shoulder shooting as sustained them well. The conditions are simple, the requirements easy, and it only wants skili on the part of the marksmen. Tf the marksman is not solid on his pins his choice of rifle will avail him little. The new medal is a map- nificent piece of work, valued at $150, made by Wm. Hayes, of New York, who attained the “highest, possible” when le turned out this sample. Capt. Gruce deserves the thanks of his fellow riflemen for his enerey and Jiberalify in providing thisusefal gift. At thisopening shoot there were 45 entrants, among them a number of officers and men from Willet’s Point using the army Springfield rifle. Against them were the picked men of the National Guard, and ever so many fine bored arms in good hands too, Int Capt. Livermore, U. 8. A., owas able to lead the field with the good score of 42 in the pos- sible 50. The scores stood : Capi W R Livermore, Springtield..... vit 4 442 R Way, Rem Sport. ..........0... wh 4 4—4} A Anderson, Rem Mil......... 34 4 4—41 W M Parrow, Ballard,..... A 4 d—4} W Yous, Sutinetield,.... a 5 f—41 LO Bruce, Sharps Creed.. 5 8 4—40 It Ti Keene, Rem Sporh...,. 4 4—) GI. Morse. Rem Sport,......- 4 5 DC Pinney. Ret Mil.......... 5 L |! Greve, Rem Mil.... re EE Lewis, Rem Sport merry; 4 EW Price, Rem Mil...... .-..+ Tsaac L Allen, Sharps Sport.. Chas Renaud, Springtiell...... T W Linton, Rem Mil. .... ‘pe CE fiydenbnrzh, Rem Creed. W iH Cochrane, Jr, Ballurd.,,.... G W Wingate, Winclester. Geo Waterman, Sharps Sport... PPCM ROR AR Rope ee oe Oko Pw RRO RO Bee ee ee PROC POR Re eS Se oF RSPR RR ES ROR ROR ORR RR eo Pooh MoU PAPA PR eR RR oe HLT SS pe ae HR is RR Sr He eT eT fe CEP SRO RO ORR RR ook Jolin Cavanagh. Springfeld.... 5 3 Eui Duily, Rens Mil........... i] a Geo Mélyille, Sharpt Sport... 4 4 RA Vall, Rem Sport. ....26.6.2....0. 2.4 By 3 CTP FIGe Ment MAL cys saes ee ete 3a 40d 2 4 J 6 Irwin, sharps Crevd...... 4 ‘i 3) Lewis Cass, Rem Mil ......... 40 4 'T Lloyd, Sharps Sport.,.........35 A G Holcomb, Sharps Creed. ...40 J A Lowell, Ballard, ........,...39 SH Hersey, Rem Mil..,.. GA Reed, Sharps Sport... ...-.35 J ® Bulitman, Rem Mu... AFB Van Ieusen, Rem Mil......34 WL English. Kem Mil, T A‘ arman, Sharps Creed,.....24 IF A Dugro, Bal'ard,... ND Ward, Rem Mil .84 A 11 Charles, Rem Mi JP Burrell, Rem Mil..... #2 M Francis, Rem Mil,,_.. . CG W Minor, Sharps Sport. 2 CS Borns. Rem Mil..., 4.20... ,8% W ff Murohy, Rem Mil,.....,...31 H Fisher, Sharps Sport....,....<27 5 Sergeant, Sharps VLSI memew enesect —The Irish-American Rifie Club were out shooting for a trophy, presented by Col. Bethel Burton, at 200 and 400 yards ; 7 shots each distance, with the small-bore rifles at 600 yards. The scores stood : 200 yds, 500 yds. Total. Gen F F Millen, Rem Cread_,.........02,-- 24 29 5a Adjt W.8 Murphy, Rem Mil........... * YT 53 Major E Duffy, Rem Mil.......... bate teat 2 A Survt ND Ward, Rem Mil... ....... 19 44 J Elrwin, Sharps Creed,....5......- 17 Ad Seret J ¥ McHugh, Kem Mll..........-. 14 4) Capt J Kerr, Rem Mil........ ey V7 3h Col B Burton, Ward Burton . ....-. . 8 Bd Licut P Farrelly, Rem Mil.............. «2-118 5 18 f [The Seventh Regiment club men were out shooting for the Diamond Badge at 200 and 500 yards, seven shots at each distance, and for the shells at 500 yards, five shots. In both matches, Sergt. T. W, Linton was successful, with scores of 54. and 22 points, respectively. Yur Berpan SHARPsHoorers.—A great deal of nongense jhas been written with sensational head lines in the general press during the past week about a few ex-members of the corps organized im June, 1861, and known as the Berdan sharpsbooters. During the civil war they did good service on the Union side, and after serving four years and a half were disbanded. Bach man was. armed with a heavy French rifle, furnished with the telescope sight. During the practice for admission into the corps, Ketch, California Joe, who was killed ‘at the second battle of Bull Run, Henry Reddy and Jack Godine each made fifteen consecutive bull’s-eyes at 800 yards, This was at Fort Lee in 1861. Nothing very extraordinary jn that, considering that the same thing has been done with light-weight, heavy-pull open bead sight weapons at Creed- qoor. The sensation makers then draw upon their imagina- tion, and tell the following whopper: ‘Last season Ketch and two others went fo Creedmoor with their own guns and names, and Ketch answered, ‘Put us down strangers.’ ” ‘A telescope rifle has never yet been fired over the Creedmoor ranges, nor has any ‘Jack Keteh” been found hanging about there. ‘The terms of their contract with the Russian Govern- was made during the stay of the Grand Duke in New . Col. Berdan, who is now in the Russian service, will 2 the oe Ante ain tees : ap i dr skill to go vin the grand ‘Turkey shoot” t ube. “Among those. who" have Bs ME Faron, 34; K. Lane, 33. | ‘swept all before them. The range inspector asked for their | aside from the leader Ketch, are Henry Reddy, of New York city; William Woods, of Boston; Jack Godine, of Wisconsin; Howell Robinson, of Pittsburg; Manny Wilson, of Lowell, Mass.; J, Carter Robinson, of Montreal; Wm. Dwyer, of Boston, and the brothers John and William Taylor, of Bulfalo. Tne Nevaba BAnver.—Co. A, of the Forty-cighth Regi- ment, N.G.S. N. Y., who have twice taken the Nevada badge, have very properly sent in a formal protest, to Col. Chureh, the trastee of the budge, aguinst uny relaxation or modification of the orizinal terns. . Rossmore, §. T.—The Rossmore Rifle Association, of Staten Island, met for the third time this season at Weir range on Bennett’s farm, Hngucnot, sie 26, ab 200 yards. The scores were: SE Ellis... 444 5 5--22 H Mason, dr, »4 545 420 IR LeRoy............43 544 20 OC Hilis.............44 48 3-13 Rrove Tstanp, Providence, June 20.—The Davison cash prize was shot for on the Blackstone Range hy members of the Ik. 1. A, Rifle Club, under the following conditions: No sighting shots or previous practice on day of match, and 15 shols on each range of 800, 900 and 1,000 yards. Owing to the great aliractions in the city of the grand military display and review by the President of the United States, there were but few entries. ; JI Crowell. 500. 62 23 8 6 #5 6 56 5 5 6& &§ 5 A & 5—f9 9... 2546565 565 465 83 45 fh} 4—64 1,000... 253 3 4 8 4 4 4 6 & & & G—hS—191 G W Davison. T3010 Wetetere aoe sinseuwu nies: 6265 345 5284585 5 & 5—63 Hon. art £8 405 64 5 5 4 3 4A 4—5S T000, . 323885 44645 384 8 GF 2 455-176 W M Varrow. BO. escent O 6 £3 b 5 F FS Fo '5 fh 4—59 50, . 483645 25465 5 4 2 6 3—fl 654844553003 4 551171 F J Rabbeth. 26568 433 5 45 5 6 5 bh 4 5—f4 eee §F GH Hb FS 4 bo 6 5 6 4 5H TO0O ee 6 FB Et 4 0 Gb 6 4 4 + 4 A 4 HO—158 Mr, Crowell won first money, and Mr. Rabbeth second. The wind was very changesble from 5 o'clock to 7. Mr, Edwin A. Perry, of New York, was present during the entire match, ind was seated at the large field glass. JouNn Hon, Sec. New Havey.—On Thursday, the 28th inst., tle Creedmoor shooting gallery at Savin Rock was opened with a successful inaugural shoot. The glass ball shooting was especially in- teresting. The best scores were as follows: HARSPEG Ge: 2shss ances vest TON t adit wititd tio 01—17 (OH Bradley... sca. 0020112111111 01111111—16 HW Bernett....,.50s----e, f1li11110111-9 The following gentlemen made the subjoined good score with the rifle at the 100-foof range: Layne, 22 out of a possi- ble 25; Newton, 21 ont of a possible 25; Plauigan, 20 out of a possible 25; Brown, 46 out of a possible 50. PENNSYLVANIA, Celasaiigua, June 80.—I inclose the re- sults of a pigeon match at Bethlehem, Pa,. between Mr. A. Rauch, of Laneaster, Pa., and Mr. A. T. Hberhart, of Cata- sauqua, Pa., on Thursday, June 28, each shooting at 15 birds. ®t yards rise and $0 yards boundary, under Rhode Island rules, for a purse of $80. SoM AiGheadseetesteee eh OR lO de i at tp Rn AT Eberhart...... ppt Te Dir oh pp i sat us dee Te 2 D, A. J. Froemoor, New Orleans.—The fourth contest for places on the inter-State team, by members of the Crescent City Rifle Club, took place on the 24th, and some good scores were run up, Col. John Glynn, Jr., getting 207 with a miss, caused by a low shot during a sudden lillofthe wind. It was a bright, hot day, with occasional cloud passages, the wind blowing from 5 to 74 o’clock puffy and fluctuating. Lhe full scores stood : Colonel! John Glynn, Jr,, Rem Creed, BU es angele ofthat asl 5648355555 6465 4 5 5 5—N 90, = 45445 6 6 45 5 5 5 5—T70 U 648555453 5 5 6 0 4 566-207 b 5—65 4 4-f6 5 4 6197 5 0—ff 4 5—70 4 5 0—55—191 BOM... weed 555 5 £5 55 3 4 5 4 4 468 00... 2 eles -f 4 4045 43 5 8 5 5 0 4 3—50 TOO... cise etae 4 4 2 405 5 4 4 d 1B 6 4 ob 4—64-—182 Maj. Wm. Arms, Ballard Creedmoor. Bl0s.esee meersered 5 ¢ § BS 3 5 6 38 4 5 4 B BCD 400... + seeeeet O56 5 445 5 4 04 5 4 5 38—h7 1,000... reeceresss2? OF 24555 55 0 5 2 5 0—50—169. E‘t Manning, Rem Creed, SO0b Cade eet veeeso) Oe oie lbe geo) Bese SO ts Bo rp toed A Rt Bb 2S 24 4 P'S F 55S eager ne el 86352844445 425 5 4 559-168 A D Babbitt, Rem Creed. BONN..,.e0ccs--0ee-e £56 3 6 £43 4 8 6 5 HF 2—f2 2 BS 44 465608 5 5 5 5 5 4 -8T L000 eerste dt 3 5 038 038 6 8 438 4 4 YY 4-46-1655 B Daponte, Sharps Creed. HINO FS ser 3 43305 4 5 2h 8 & 2-50 OD. 3 a3 5 5 03 3 4 5 5 5 3—h3 1,000...... 45305 040 3 4 4 5—5l154 ifant, Rem Creed. 22232 5 5 483 3 4 3—46 48 65423 8 8 #8 3 5 5 3—53 40653 53 46 3 0 0 6—50—149 James Buckley, Rem Creed. BU0s re tessev ites ee eth ed em ek Sh ot Rens oF 6) hot 4405585 00 5 4 2 4-49 03325 4 00 8 4 5 0 0—32—145 GUESIE. Exprostyz Byrnets.—I notice in *‘ Answers to Correspond- ents” that A. P. P,, of Helena, Montana, desires to know about explosive bullets. Mr. F. J. Rabbeth, of this city, uses them on alligators in Florida, where he usually winters. Made by inserting in the front end of a .40 cal, 880 erain Martini bullet, 2.22 cal. cartridge. He said those used last winter, made by himself, all worked well, always exploding inside the “gator,” and bringing him to bag. No doubt he would slaty answer any communication by mail. Yours yery truly, Geo. W-. Daytson, with. P. T. Co. 2 _____—_. yen ac opportunity | —The $5 breech-loading rifle advertised in this issue is s remarkable 1 | bargain, well worth fourtimes the price asked. Messrs. Turner & have BONE | Roza are well Knowh atid reliable dealers—|Ses aly, eS 369. Massacutserts Rirre AssocraArion.—The firsh spring meeting of the Massachusetis Rifle Association at the Walnut Hill range took place on the 18th and 19i{h instant, and was, we are happy to say, a success. ‘Ibe weather was fair, hot and windy, bad enough to vive the unsuccessful marksmen an excuse for their il luck, but good enough 10 give the experts a chance to run up good scores. The range was in excellent trim, and with fags and streamers flying, and the wind indi- cator in the centre of (he field resembled somewhat our own Creedmoor ona big shooting day. ‘The fringing of spectators jas liberal, and it was gratifying to note that the ladies were out, and seemingly enjoyed the banging and the general powder-bursting festivities. Delezates were present from preity much all of the rifle shooting New Eneliand towns, Gen. John L. Stevenson, as executive officer, pushed matters, and kept everything going on briskly, without in any way disturbing the actual marksmen. Practice shooting cpened bright and early on the morning of the 18th, and at 10 o'clock the first match at short range was called and contested with the following resulls : Conditions.—Open to all comers; position, standing; distance, 200 yards ; prize, a Jong-range Creedmoor Sharps’ rifle, to be won three Times, valued ut $125, a gold medal, $40; 4 life thembership M. R. A. $25; a case of Falcon Powder, $20; 4 field glass, $15 ; a champion air pis- tol, $7; four prizes, vash, $12; tota’, $241; w ving of ten shots; 56 entries. possible score, 50. Rabbeth, fd. COW Ds. se e6 sneer ues Seas ee oceans 88 JwkKS00.. 3 Waven......... -. BS Rockwell Wale t i052. piss BARA; Gerrish.. SESTNEHSOIM ts Welds ceueh hacen aes 38 Souther. . Artiuld........ $38 Hrost...... Ge OTID) OSU oncson ee ee 38 Mortimer.......... Brown... 1.38 Parrow....---. Forge, . AT Winship. ......) se Stone... AT GYAys..s » BOWELS soe ieee ona ts cee ue a aT Howe.....- SETHE. etn ete iiss ee eee re 3T Mann...... Russell.. + BT THarris....- SOTA GUS chee we twanits sites pee ti § Noyes.... Pray, eke Orowell.. SEAT aes dere stele mie Hubbard,... Law . 3T ACBINB Joss eeecaseeee Poland 36 WHdeH. cee scenes ALi Porras BSE ES eee a eeeaee 36 Wosrer..... Gray, -- een | eeeneta.d0 WenyS,....5 The long-range all comers’ match followed, and by that time the atmosphere had grown a little heavy and bot, and lent the deceptive appearance of a mirage to ibings al. a dis- fanee. The wind became more variable and uneertain, and while the squads were shooting af the 1.000 yards targets the whole region grew hazy, and extremely difficult’ fo eauge cor- rectly. However, while it could not be pronounced the besh kind of weather to shoot in, there was very little complaint indulged in. ‘The members of the M. Tt. A. feel that the re- sults indicate that there is ‘stuff’ enough in the association to make it one of the first in the country, John A. Lowell was the successful long-ranger, thou oh his winding up shot at900 yards does not look well for our friend. It’s a jad place to have a miss, if one must be pit in somewhere. ‘The results of the match were: Conditions—Open to all comers; position and rifle, any within the Toles; distances, 500, 900 and 1,000 yards; rounds, seven ut 800 yards, higest at 900 yard and ten at 1,000 yards. Prizes, respectively—A mild- range, Ballard rifle, to be won (ivee times, valned ab $75 ; a telescope, $35; a life membership, M. R. A., $25: afi 38, SIS; & case of Ditt— mars powder, $10; four cash prizes sible scores, respectively, $5, 10 and 50, Thivty-eig of ( 800 5 5 4 5 Fe 5 John A Lowell,........-. 5 900 b> 5 4 4 5 5 bt oO {1,000 4656545 5 3 5 S)0 fF B85 FF 4 6b TH Gray........ Pee 900 3 6 5 4 a 5 5 1000 6 3 5b 48 380 5 5 ) 800 hb b> 35h # James Wemyss, Jr...... SIG hod: & 0h 5 ob 8 f li,no0 45 4 4 5 3 9 4 3 331104 { 800 5 5 FH 4 ¢ 5 —33 GW Davidson...........4 Ati) Hah 6 & F Bag —34 (ay000 05 5 3 4 0 4 5 5 535408 8 Fon S fl he 6 —$5 5 AH Hebbard............ j "00 5 4 3 5 5 4 0 a a ae 3 Y A i. aS + 4 & 5 4—38—102 o> 6 BD —£ 7 H Gtowell...,.....++-- ) 0 0 8445 4 65 3 =o Se ate | eae \ a F G 5 5 ae H P Biake....... westtaces $ 900 06 5 Uh 3 5 5 a {1.090 852055 48 6 bo Aas Miwa! Oe i J # Sheppard...... ela 990 Bb 5 45 3 6 8 lio 80445 4550 = Sw 45h 7 6 5 5 5 WH. Jickson..... veeoaes O“P0 45 5 5 24 5 5 Mh bho bees! 4 5 Re 55 —18 CC Hebbard............. 90 Bd45 656 5 5 ae 1,000 0 5 4 35 4 4 Diegro..- sss. ss eeeeseseeseess---93 Hazard Farrow... .-9% Gerris Angell... 92 Rabbeth,, Gray...., .$8 Lord...,. Crawford -87 Wesson.... Chadborne.. Kirkwood These two matches, both won with Peabody-Martini rifles occupied the first, day, and all laid themselves off for the sec. ond day, when the mid ranges were to be tried. It was as before, a hot day, not suclia one as a rifleman would haye made for his own use. The work opened with the Directors match, and some really fine scores were made. Mr, Lowell fo the surprise of all, and himself more than anybody, taki ne last place. He is convinced that resting on ones record is nol, asafe plan. ‘The record of this match stood us follows, the gentlemen being necessarily all directors or honorary directors of the association : Distance, 200 yards; rounds, five; prize, annually, and held by the 1 ) gold badge, to be shot for winner dating the year, UGK Welles secns seen os fesse. 22 Wemyss, Jr.. Stevenson. -21 Osborn... ‘2 Oa aie, tae 8 WAOKAON.. » ee ave pas isle vo cies -20 Hebburd . One TEllawW) sik. .alspinc eae hee 16 Lowell j ) and brought out more good top scores, the prize winners holding well up yards deserves Mid-range match—Open to all comers; mistances, 200 to 500 yards, rounds, 10 at each distance; entries, 40; rifle aud position, any within the rules; prizes, respectively, a Remington rifie, to be won three times, valued at $125} a silver cup, $50; life menibersitip, M. R. A., $25: a b Of cigars, $15; 2 keg of Hazard "6. Ge” powder, $10; four cash piiaen $123 best possible scores, 40 at each distance. ; Jewell...........44 45 89 Lowell__.....62:: 40 ANPA Sosa Fe 4G $8 Farrow..... 42 is Se Davison ,. eel] 4s 8% Wemys:, Jr, #8 aT EAT Jackson... ~40 47 sv Washburne......38 aq $5 vrowell.....,..,.36 50 S6 The iilitary matches on the programme were laid over, owing to the parade of the militia at the Bunker Hill cere- monies, and, with the Consolation Match, will be fought at a Iler day. ' a | oe —The wonderfnl increase if the sule of Walter Baker & Co.’s Break- fast Cocoa ts the fullest indorsement of ita superior excellence as the best light drink known for Feeble stomachs.—[ Adv, Machting and Boating. TOUGH WATER FOR THE WHEK. Date, Boston. New York, | Charleston. H M. Hee aft mM Jnl 6,. « 6 810 2) BT SL wiyoGa . 5.55 7 03 % QR 45 July 7 ~ 59 4 28 a Be duly § $ 6&5 5 38 5 02 July 9, 9 52 6 2h 6 04 July 10 10) 48 @ = 7 0S July 11... 1142 8 18 7 58 Distance fifteen Flying start. Jersey City Yaour Crioe.—June 26. miles to Soutlwest Spit Buoy and return, Summary : Actal Corrected Start. Tinish time. time, Regina....-...... 11 32 10 5 02 20 6 40 10 5 30 10 Pirate.........-. i 31 00 5 20 20 5 49 20 5 48 50 BIALY coe Uc haloes 11 #9 10 5 OST 50 6 15 40 6 11 30 Mignon ........-. 11 32 41) 4 Bt 00 6 21 20 5 21 20 ISIE ciets sere Pee +11 42 10 hoof ao 4 28 00 5 27 15 Koight Templar.d1 42 10 6 62 2) 6 10 10 61010 BYRGHe eye AL BT GO! ce “weentse mesened WEBSIB.. -waaere 28 11 37 30 6 05 50 G 26 20 6 15 05 Boston, June 27.—The first of a series of races between the Faulkner-Regan and Davis-Landers crews was rowed on the Charles River this afternoon, it being a single scull race be- tween Faulkner and Davis, distance three miles, for $500 a side. Twenty thousand persons saw the race. Both boats took the water well together, and had proceeded about an eighth of a mile when an excursion steamer crossed their eourse, which caused Davis to losea little. Faulkner was slightly in advance, and held his position until the mile was reached. Then Davis put on a fine spurt and went to the front. Davis turned the mile an: a half stake about two lengths abead of Faulkner, and in the next half mile the latter lessened the gap to one length ; but all his efforts to get to the front were in vain, a8 Davis gradually gained until the finish, coming in five lengths ahead. Time, 22:584; Faulkner's time, 23:14. DorcuzstEn Yacut Crus ReGarra.—The first annual regatta of this club took place off Nabant, Juue 18, over a 104-mile course. At 1, m. there was wind enough to suit the most fastidious yachtsman afloat. The first and second class cen- tre-hoards were immediately started. The Sunbeam crossed the line and had her time taken on the fiying start, closely fol- lowed by the Echo and Johnny Sands. The Johnny gave up the race, and thus only two keels were left. Ten minutes afterward the third-class centre-boards were started. Their course was round Winthrop Head buoy and remnrn, 7} miles. As there was only one boat started—the Virginia, Capt. Plimpton—be was awarded the prize for his pluck. In the first. class centre-board, the Shadow, Capt. Bryant, was the first to round the buoy, off the Graves, followed by the Violet, Com. F. BE. Peabody, Effie Mary, Capt. Hibbard, and Lillie, Gom. Babb. ‘The second class centre-boards were now muking things lively for the first class boats in the rear, and the Sunbeam, first class keels, was astonishing every one in the second class centre-boards by her remarkable sailing to windward, it being a close thing round the bell buoy between ier and the first boat in the second class centre-boards. The Rebie, Capt. Phinney, was the next boat round the buoy, fol- lowed by the Sunbeam, Capt; Nickerson, and the first class boat (centre-board) Oenone, Vice-Com. §, P. Freeman. The balloon jibs were now set, the breeze so’-cast and freshening every moment, and we were bowling along, rai! down. The Bhadow had now got rotind the buoy off Winthrop Head, and was standing in to cross the line, Her weather rigging was drawn as tight as a fiddiestring. The Violet was second. We were quietly watching the Effie Mary which seemed to von with remarkable swiftness, when all of a sudden her top-— jnast was seen to sway and fall, carrying the masthead, top- sail and balloon jib. This accident threw Capt. Hibbard out of a chance for a prize, From Winthrop buoy we gradually bauled on the Rebie, and walked out from under the Vice-Commodore’s yacht. There was hardly daylight between us and the Oenone, and we had lapped the Rebie, crossing the line. Appended is the result in corrected time = FIRST CLASS—O, B, Owner. H. M. 5. d. Bryant.......casees ss, 1 83 OF . K. Peabody) 7-0 2 35 30 ‘om. Babb... is eter: 8s: -H. Ei Hibbard ........-... 1 51 16 +ssea..Vs Com, Freeman......., 1 56 03 BECOND OLASS—C, B, ABN Gac ss. doses cast peste sed eet. Watties.:.:secesesseesesees-W-H Nicholgot 1 52 06 Nisgara..-....). cgeeee --- eA. DOAN.) soos 1 52 36 THIRD CLASS—O. B, PV ITPITN SS wu a cow an on nlolarelrle ried Plimpton....,........... 1 39 15 FIRST OLABS—KEELS, Shobeam ... W. 8. Nickerson... TEUHO- _. nes peneee cecesereenes F. W. Preston.... : The Sunbeam beat the first boat in the second-class centre- hoards 2 min. aud 3sec. corrected sailing over allowance, after starting 15 min. astern, and beat the rest of the class very badly. The ist prizes m each class was awarded to the Shadow, first-class C. B.; Sunbeam, first-class keels; Rebie, second-class C. B.; Virginia, third-class C, B. The Violet taking 2d prize in first-class C. B., the only one given out that day. The Violet is sailing remarkably well this season. Rugatra or Lyxs YAouw Crus.—Boston, June 29.—The second regatta of this club, for this season, took place yesterday, June 28, off Nahant, and was very successful. The race was open to all boats, and there was but one class. The course was from off the judge’s boat to buoy No. 5, off the Ocean House, leaving it on the port, to the buoy off Winthrop Head bar, leaving it on port, to the judge’s boat. Ab 12:40 the first gun was fired, ti veh into line. Atd py. Mw. the gun was fired to start. The sluop Magic was the first to get the advantage, und drew out from the feet; but lost it by her topsail giving out. The boats fll madeafine appearance, being in yiew duribg the whole rs | roe Apponded) 4 # SREmATY 5 Perret ry Corrected Name. Owner. sr pe time . In. HM. 8. Addie Elmer,.,..,....G, U, Babb 80 10 al os Pet -E, 0, a0 06 Not taken, 28 07 125 48 22 06 Not taken. --Otis Pecker... . 21 02 11046 +-+H, Meee? ....: 1 02 108 86 +.» +G, Taylor..... 2. 19 06 1 12 10 .W. A Estes. ..+.. . 15 00 Not taken. - G - iy 02 116 08 Neto nee ~ 19 01 { 26.82 SBideder spe ttie MOLD BL aohee esa eae. 19 0 111 st Yours, . KEpGE. Mowyrrear YAcur Crme.—A Yacht Olub has been formed at Longeuil, called the “Montreal Yacht Club.” It comprises a large fleet of both sloop and cat-rigged boats. The officers are; Commodore, Dr. Brewster, yacht Maud; vice do., A. J. McIntosh, yacht Iona; Secretary, W. Morkill: Treasurer, D. Sexton; Measurer, R. McGregor. Committee, Wm. Camer- on, A, Grassford, C. O'Connor. The long expected yacht race between the Maud and the Waterwitch, of Kingston, took place June 23, under the aus- pices of this club. The Montreal Star says : The start was a flying one, the Mand passing the line first by one minnte ; not long, however, did she keep the lead, for in the first tack the Upper Canada boat forged ahead, increas- ing the lead to over a mile, when the Maud gave up the race. The manner in which the Waterwitch was handled, drew forth expressions of surprise and delight from the large num- ber of spectators who witnessed the race. As the Maud is the champion of the Montreal Yacht Club and was considered the fastest hoat here, Mr. Cuuningham’s victory is a signal one, and reflects great credit on him, bothas a builder and a yachtsman. ViAtor. — Schoharie.—The following gentlemen are at present officers of the New York Canoe Club: Commodore, Charles E. Norton; Vice-Commodore, G. Livingston Morse ; Secretary, W. L. Alden; Treasurer. 8. Grosvenor Porter; Corresponding Secretary, Louis P. Zimmerman; Measurer, A. Cary Smith. The club is in a flourishing condition, and has quite a large fleet. —Evan Morris, who recently defeated Scharff in the match for the United States championship, has been challenged by Pat. Luther to row for $1,000 a side and the championship. —The Ross-Smith scull race on the Kennebecasis on the 24th of July is off, the Halifax men agreeing, if necessary, to puy the forfeit, Moss goes to Boston on Monday. — HARVARD vs. YALE. WARVARD WINS BY A LENGTH AND THREE-QUARTERS, After seven years of discouragement and defeat, Harvard again comes to the front. The crimson floats above the blue, and the joy of the Cambridge man knows no bounds, Har- yard’s last victory was in 69. In ’70 Yale camein ahead of her, but lost the race through a foul. Since ’69 the tide of victory has steadily set away from ‘‘ fair Harvard.” Her over- whelming defeat of last summer roused her at last, and she changed her entire boating system; she made, in fact, the same change that Cook inaugurated at Yale in '73, namely, the putting of solid men on the crew in place of the jolly good fel- lows who in former times represented their college in society matters, but decidedly misrepresented her af the oar and bat. Bancroft carefully selected such an eight and came into the field this year with as superb a crew as ever pulled oar through the water. Both crews were at their training ground at Springfield by the 22d of June. Thursday noon, the day before the race, the college men began to arrive in town. They came from all parts of the country; men direct from college, men in college, and men graduates of many years standing, They all recognized the fact that in the coming contest but two sets of interest were on stake, those of their own college and those of the only college they had ever cared to enter into a rivalry with. Yale men came to see Yale beat Harvard, Harvard men to see Harvard beat Yale. One of these two results must take place, and each set of men felt that the chances were allin favor of their own crew. For this reason, no doubt, there was collected in Springfield, by Friday noon, more collexe men, by actual count, than had ever before been in the city for any former race. ‘The halls and corridors of the hotel were thronged with the wearers of the blue and the crimson, both partics eagerly discussing the chances of their respective crews in the approaching race. Heavy betting was the order of the day. Ban- croft had sent in word that nothing but an accident could prevent his crew from winning. The Yale men were equally confident, so the students staked every thing they had with the recklessness so characteristic of colleze men. Friday afternoon at half-past four was the time fixed upon for the race. Half-pastfour came, and the grand stand at the end of the course was thronged with spectators. It is esti- thated that fully seven thousand people were assembled on the eastern bank of the river that afternoon. A large crowd was collected on the other bank opposite the finish, where by far the best view of the crews could be obtained, Carriages lined the west bank all the way down the last two miles of the course. The bridges were crowded with the poorer class of humanity, who, from their high position, had a splendid view of the crews for the first two and a quarter miles of the race. Probably twelve thousand people were collected to see the race. Butthere was more that afternoon. Tt blew a gale of wind straight up the course, and a heavy sea was the result. The south wind is the only one that can make rough water on the Springfield course, and, as luck would have it, a south wind sprang up Friday morning and blew steadily all that day and the following. The people waited long and patiently for the race 10 come off, but their patience brought them no satis- factory result, and at seven o'clock they went back to the city in disgust. That evening the Springfield club gaye a te- ception tothe students of both colleges, and a very brillant affair it was. Brown's band, ot Boston, furnished the jnstru- mental music, and a superbly organized glee club of Spring- field gentlemen (the Orphens Glee Club) sang half a dozen selections in fine style. The behavior of the studentsafter the reception was in the highest degree exemplary, and no brawls or *‘tares"’ were reported next day. Early next morning people began to start ouf for the gegneof therace. Tt was ad- vortised to come off ata quarter past ten o'clock, There was B Jarge erowil presont ta Svitnena My put by no medAs ep Lares 4 one as that of the day previous. At half-past fen o'clock the referee determined that the race had better be rowed. The sex was high and the water utterly unfit for scull racing. Making the crews go out in such water was an unjust, ‘lie advised proceeding, and was alone sufficient to testify to the utter incapacity of Mr. Agassiz to fill his position. Both crews, particularly Yale’s, had spent months of careful, con— scientious work in getuing into perfect shape. The boats they practiced in were shells, yet here they were compelled to take the water in a sea fitted only for the heaviest Whitehall boats. Beauty of stroke was at once lost to view. The con- test hecame immediately One of weight and muscle; and in this contest Haryard’s superior weight and development sent her tothe front. The result might have been a different one had the race been rowed in smooth water. Tuesday night Harvard went over the course at racing speed, and did the four milesin 22:08. Yale went over immediately after and made it in 22:01. Shortly before ten o'clock the boats were in position. The ress were on the River Belle which this time managed to keep within hailing distance of the referee's boat. At the word ‘*Go,” Yale caught the water first, and, pulling 36 strokes to the minute, took a slight lend. Harvird started off rowing 35. Ina few moments they both came down to 34 to the minute. At the old foot bridge Harvard had the lead, and this she kept to the end of the race. As soon as the old bridge was passed both crews got into the rongh water. Har- vard’s weight began to tell here at once, and she drew away till there wasa gap of a length between her and the blue caps. She was still pulling 34, while Yale was rowing 34 and 35. Yale had the outside course, and in the rough water this was 4 terrible disadvantage, as Harvard could seek the shelter of the shore, while she had to take the rough water. As the crews approached the bend at the beginning of the third mile, Yale put on a spurt and drew nearly up to Harvard; but at the bend the gap widened out again, and the two boats went down the course with a length of clear water between them. Here was encountered the worst water of the course. Tho whole river below the turn was a sheet of white caps, and Yale’s boat, through the absence of washboards, soon became full of water. Harvard, notwithstanding her washboards, also shipped water, but by no means so much as was in the Yale boat. The Harvard crew were pulling yery steadily, putting all their weight on to the stroke, and not going above 834 to the minute. The Yales were working niugnificently, but the water in their boat was troubling them, and at erery atroke it rushed back, and striking against the water-tight compartment under the coxswain’s seat, checked their head- way. At the finish, Wood called ont to ‘hit her up.’ The fellows promptly responded. ‘The stroke rose to 40, and the most beautiful spurt I ever saw was made. The gap closed till the Yale bow nearly lapped the stern of the leading boat, But Bancroft called for a spurt, and his crew answered with a tremendous burst which landed their boat across the line a winner by seven seconds, by a length and three-quarters of clear water. Fron: start to finish Harvard rowed superbly. She fairly and honestly won her yictory. The Yale men were much exhausted by their terrible efforts. The whole last mile had been a series of spurts, and they had rowed with the water splashing about their feet and aukles. Never did a crew strive more gallantly for victory. The race throughout was the finest one ever rowed in American ‘waters; but it should never have been rowed in suchaseaway. The refe- ree should haye postponed it for a week if necessary. Men do not care to undergo months and months of self-denial and hard work to be forced fo pull such a killing race. The work done by both crews the last half mile was absolutely painful. Smaller men would haye succumbed entirely, but both crews drove their boats fiercely through the surges, and fought their way in the face of wind and water to the finish line. Nothing can be said against the course. Tt. is almost always smooth, and above the bridges there are few daysin the year when shells cannot go out, The upper course, that starting at Chicopee and finishing at Springfield, should have been the one selected, The time was remark- ably good when the state of the water is taken into considera- tion. Harvard's time was 24:36; Yale’s, 24:43. After the race, both crews went down to Hartford to see the ball match. The referee was Prof. Agassiz of Harvard College; official time keeper, Geo. Sheflield, Yale *63. Judges—for Harvard, G. F. Roberts, Hary. “71, and P. Tuckerman; for Yale, Wil- bur Flags, Yale 73 and Newell Martin, Yale "76. The crews : HARVARDS. . Age, Weight. Height. 19 { 5.0 Bow, A- Crovker.....-. tease AAD sec Seay 1453 3 2, N. M. Brigham,.s......-- ca Pat 166 5.11 3, B.J. Legate.is.scseceses - 92 167 5.0945 4, W. M, Le Moyne,..;. 22 187 6.09 fh. M, R. Jacobs... al 103 6.10 6. W.H, Schwartz 2 176 5.10 7, F. W.smith..... 19 1st 5, We Stroke, W. A, Banc 32 157 lth Coxswain, F, H, Allen.. Class. Age, Weight. TMelght, 5.0, Bow, We Hatt,-sy----sstyececyeeese 185,520 | 148g 1g 2. Hi Livingstone..ssse---sssereseeees 9 AG, 20 Tlie = BATA 8. cesebunpidaeseesctPAG. 9, IBN 5.1032 2 16d 6.01 % 160 503g gt 172 Bie 1 ATT Big Stroke, F. W FiBLS.' 93° 169 10 Coxswain, — — 106 _ Sea and River Hishing. os FISH IN SEASON IN JULY. —o—_ SALT WATER. Seu Bass, Centropristris atranius, Salmon, Salmo salar. BheeysTend, Archosaryis yroltto- Salmon Trout, Salmo onyinis. _ cep halus, . Land-locked Salmon, St/mo gloveri, Striped Baas, Roceus linnentus, Ylack Bass, Mieropterus salmoitles; White Perch, Morane amertoanate M, nigricans Weakiish, Cynoscion reyatia FRESH WATER. Trout, Salmo fontinalis, mone, Lsox nobrlior. Bluefish, Pomatonius saltatria. tke or Pickerel, Faoz hucius. Spanish Mackerel, Cybiwm etcula- Yellow Perch, Perca slaveacens, tum. Deki anne he rea Kingtish, Menticirrua nebulogus, For list of Trout Flies in season for July, see issue of Sune 28. —_—n0-— Fian iy Marret.—On the 29th ult. E.G. Blackford re- ecived a salmon weighing 16 pounds, which was caught in the nets of Abram Vooreis, at Gravesend Ray. Quite a num- ’ her have been taken in this vicinity, this season; one at Port Monmouth; one off Nownky Gon, and a number ja a = << S : ‘prospect is that the salmon season will close carly in July. ic t River, weigl ide from 10 to 18 pounds. The The catch has been a good one, both as regards quantity and quality, especially in the Restigouche. ‘The Restigouche fish, first introduced in the New York market last suminer, by Blackford, have maintained their supremacy as regards deli- cacy of flavor and perfect freshness, and haye entirely sup- planted the Kennebec and Penobscot fish, so that every fish dealer announces that he has ‘* Restigonche” fish, even if he has nothing but the inferior Miramiche salmon, Fish of all kinds are now very plenty, especially bluefish and Spanish mackerel. Our quotations for the week are as follows: Striped bass, 15 to 20 cents per pound; bluefish, 7 cents; salmon, green, 20 to 25 cents; mackerel, 10 to 18 cents each; shad, Connecticut River, 50 cents; white perch, 15 cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, 15 cents; green turtle, 15 cents; terrapin, $12 per dozen; halibut, 18 eents; haddock, 6 cents; king-fish, 25 cents; codfish, 8 cents; blackfish, 10 to 15 cents; herrings, 5 cents; flounders, 7 to 10 cents; porgies, 10 cents; sea bass, 18 cents; cels, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 cents; sheepshead, 18 cents; soft clams, 30 to 60 cents per 100; pickerel, 15 cents; Long Island trout, $1; Canada do., 50 cents; hard shell crabs, $8 50 per 100; soft crabs, $2 per dozen; weakfish, 12 cents; frog legs, 40 cents per pound, —Our correspondent ‘* Piseco” has sent us anumber of frac- tured gut lengths and hooks which he recently subjected to crucial tests during a leisure hour in the Adirondacks, and as a result of is experiments le las drawn the inference that, if a length of gut leader has been once broken by a strain, it is probably worthless throughout its entire length for any subse- quent use. The strain that breaks ili in one place, injures it all throuzh; and one break in a leader condemns it for use, no matter how strong it seemed in the first place. We ap- pend a memorandum of results, as they may make our postu- late plainer. The tests are by dead weights: No.1. Forged Limerick hook, single gut, broke ats Ibs,, first pull ; second pull, $1bs,; third pull, 2 Ibs. No. 2. Forged Limerick, single gut, broke at 9 Ibs., first) pull; 4} Ibs. second pull; 3 lbs., third pull. No. 3. Kirby hook, double gut—one pnt broke at hook, and both at loop, at 16lbs, strain; the remainder of the gut broke again at 81g Ips., and at the third pull at 219 lbs, No, 4, Limerick salmon hook on gimp, 25 Ibs., no injury. No. 5. Fly hook broke at 337 1bs.; second pull, gut broke at 6 Ibs. Wo. 6. Single ent trout leader, first pull, 6 lbs.; second pull, 2 Ibs.; third pull, 1 Ibs. No. 7. Another leader same size, first pull, 81g lbs, second pull, § ‘Ibs.; third pull, Lg Ibs, No.8. Double gut leader hot twisted, affer landing a fine trout from it-—lirst length, first pull, $lbs.; second pull, 8i¢ Ibs. Second length, first pull, 71bs. ‘Third length, first pull, 11 lbs. No, 9. Double gut trout leader twisted, First length, 11 lbs,; second pull, 4 Ibs ; third pull, 2 lbs. The above tests also show that good medium sized gut, such asis sold at fhe tackle shops, will generally sustain a pull of of about eight pounds, but a test of three pounds before us- ing it will be qnite sufficient, this being all that expert anglers demand of fine salmon tackle_ —-Our friends in the northern part of New England and the State of New York, and in the eastern townships of Que- bee, can obtain from Chas. F, Orvis, Esq., of Manchester, Vermont, just as good trout flies as they can by sending to New York or Boston. We have just received a half dozen patterns from this dexterous whipper of sillk and combiner of feathers, and are delighted with his handiwork. Mr. Orvis says he has tied very many flies for the San Francisco market. —The Toronto Globe says that immense numbers of white fish, pickerel, herring and sturgeons are being taken off Tal- bot creek. Farmers come a distance of twelve or fifteen miles every day to geta supply. White fish sell at 84c. per ponnd, pickerel and herring at 75c. per bushel, and sturzeons at 25c. each, Y Caxana. — Matepectia, N, B., June 29.—Salmon rising freely ; fish very large this season. Mr. Bagster, of Montreal, was 23 hours killing a 48 pounder. Mr, Brown, of Newbure, N. Y., killed one of 36 pounds, and fish of 25 and 30 pounds are common, Mr, Robinson, the actor, killed four large fish in one afternoon, There are several New York gentlemen stopping here. J killed my first salmon, a 25 pounder, in ten minutes. H. B. H. —Mr-. Charles F, Imbrie, of the firm of Abbey & Imbrie, . leaves New York, July 7, for the Grand River, Gaspe, Canada. He will join Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, and Mr. Andrew Clark, and together with them he will cast the fiy for the lordly salmon. This is the same river he fished last season with so much success, and from all accounts he will find eyen better sport this year than last, Massacnusnrrs, Vew Bedford, June 27.—Trout fishing the present season cannot be called a success, although some fine fish have heen caught. At present our Amateurs are haying fine sea fishing of bass, bluefish, ete. A party chartered steamer Glide to No Man’s Land. Mr. Lisson has returned with three bass, largest 46 ponnds. The Pasque and Cutty- hunk Clubs are just opening their season, and will no doubt giye a good record. Numerous parties from Boston, New York, ete., are daily passing through our city for the ‘* Sea- girt’ islands fora few day’s fishing. Conona. Movements OF THE Pisntnc Frerr.—The halibut receipts small, and prices favorable. Very few mackerel received, and stock on hand closed out, The number of arrivals for the week 72, including 2 from the Banks, 60 from Georges, 9 from mackereling trips, and 1 from Newfoundland, Receipts, 60,000 Ibs. codfish, and 40,000 Ibs. halibut fot the Banks, 900,000 Ibs. Georges codfish, 50,000 Ibs. Georges halibut, 339 ‘bbls, mackerel, and 600 bbls, herring.—Cape Ann Adver- tiser, June 26, oa Ke Tne Ragverre ann Viemity—Greenwich, June 16.—I haye just returned to New York with a friend, from a two- months’ stay in the Adirondack region, and especially upon Raquette Lake, We stopped on the way, in and ont, ab Hol- land’s house at the head of Blue Mt. Lake, where we found com- fortable quarters and good fare. Mr, Merwin's ‘* Blue Mt. House” is one tnile farther on up the side of the mountain, and commands a fine view of both mountain and lake, Jonas Ord- way, of Glens Falls, has put up a large two and-a-balf-story house on the next point on the south side below Holland’s. We camped on Raquette, North Point, at the log house of Mr. James Ten Byck, of Albany, with Lysander Hall and his son, Herbert [Tall as guides. Messrs, Ten Eyck and Stickney, of Albany, hud just preceded us with the same guides, and we met them at the head of Blue Mt. Lake, bearing out among {heir trophies one lake trout weighing nearly twenty pounds. While we were on Raqnette one was taken of 18 pounds, one of 16 pounds, and we took one of 14+ pounds—all by troll- ing. On the outlet of Raquette I took one speckled trout of 24 lbs. on a white and ibis bass fly, and this gourmandizer had in his stomach a sucker seven inches in length, and sixteen minnows. Also, quite a number of 14 pound each all going for this same white and ibis bass fly. Deer had been feeding freely on the lily pads in Marion River. Mr. Alyah Dunning sent us a piece of venison from a deer that got into his otter frap and carried it off, but was cap- tured by him with the aid of his doo after a protracted pur— suit. 1 note the controversy about deer being killed by guides ‘“on snow shoes and out of season,” The men charged with ‘this are good guides, one at Jeast of whom has hunted with parties from this place to their satisfaction. Mr. Hall has been with me nearly ten years, and [have no doubt he believed this charge when he made it. But if these men should themselves deny his assertions [ should think, until further proof, Mr. all must be mistaken. It would seem as if there was no call to mix up ‘‘ Killing several deer last. autumn” with ‘* Kill- ing twelve deer in two weeks on three feet of snow.” Let us have the facts, gentlemen, stand or fall who may, If the charge be true, let it be substantiated ; and if an error, square- ly retracted, and as publicly as it was made. The guides, and everybody else in that region, should stand together in mu- tual friendship and self-interess forthe protection of same and fish from unseasonable and illegal slaughter, Division will not do it; unity of action and public sentiment can. Yours very respectfully D. W. Maypet. + THREE TROUT AT ONE CAST. " Besxnetr Burnpina, New York, June 4, 1877. Enpiron Forest AND Stream: T cannot refrain from telling a little fish story. On Tues- day last, May 29, on the lake of the Willemeroe Club, up in Sullivan County, N. Y., I hooked at a single cast three trout measuring respectively sixteen, twelve and a quarter, and ten. inches in length, and weighing certainly over two pounds and a half, and finally saved them all. This was done in the pres- ence of Garrett Roach Esq,, and George Van Wagenen, of this city. Mr, Roach says I ‘yelled like an Indian.” Probably I did. The rod with which 1 caught these fish weighs, on a postage scales, less than six ounces ; it was made to order for me last year by Mitchell, of Vandam street, N. Y.; it has a erip of a foot long, which fits the first joints of three rods, (six, seven and eight ounce rods); this grip weighs a little under one-quarter of a pound; the first joint of ash, and second joint and tip of lancewood, weight together two ounces. From the time I first threw a fly, over twenty years ago, I haye constantly had inereasing faith in lighter rods. The lighter the rod the harder it is for the fish to tear away. I do not bother with three flies at a cast, but the weather was hot, the water clear and smooth, I had on a black gnat and a cow dung and had cast a number of times without a rise at the sprine: hole at the head of the spawning race near the club house, so I thought to try a lighter fly, and put on a coach- man, too lazy to take off one of the others. At the moment I cast if suddenly clouded over a little, there came a slight rip- ple, and I saw the three fish rise simultaneously. [ don’t know hew long it took me to land them, I forgot to look at my watch. Idid not sit down and coolly light a cigar; I don’t know what became of the cigar L was smoking. The rod bent so at times as to lap the braided-sill line over my wrist, but everything held, and in my opinion, chiefly because the rod was so springy, but the leader and swells must have been good stnif too. At times the fish would run out twenty yards or so, but their fighting at cross purposes preventing their going far, The fellow at the bottom mould not get tired; sometimes I thought I had him, and then I would give him up as gone; and at every siggestive opportunity after that the eye-witnesses before cited would mock me; for instance, at breakfast next morning as plate after plate of slap-jacks (with maple syrup) was emptied, they would cry, “They're all on!” Only one left!" ‘The bottom one is off!” *‘ Now [ve got two!” Finally (not after breakfast next day, but after tiring those trout) I got the three fish in line under each other, and by a quick stroke of the landing net lifted all three into the boat. Unfortunately the fish were not weighed, but I measured them carefully. The sixteen inch trout was also very broad and thick, In all my fishing I never had three trout on so light a rod, nor on any rod, at one time, and I do not expect such good luck again. ‘Yonrs, jubilantly. Gro, W. VN Siorren, ational Pastimes. THE LONG BOW AS A SPORTING WEAPON. FERRISBURGH, Vt. EbITok FOREST AND STEAM ; Tn two of the leading magazines, Harper's and Seritmer’s for Inly, are published a paper in each, by the same anthor, in praise of the long bow as a sporting weapon, The articles are well written and quite in- teresting, but they contain heresies which ought not to pass unnoticed. The writer, confessedly « pot-hunter, who goes shooting meadow larks ** about the time the young have learned fo fly ” and ‘are tit for the table ;” who finds “no finer sport than shooting wild turkeys when ono-third or half zrown,” when “they are delicious for the table ;" who shoots young squirrels In spring because “broiled squirrels * * * * when under three months of age * * * is to the epicure what opium is to the dreamer of the Orient—something to make him forget cure and love life for the sake of eating "—this wielder of the weapon of the gods gays: The gunner is modern and realistic; we wants meat; fie thinks of is toot; he counts how much his ammunition has cost him, and glances at the newspaper market reports to see what his birds are worth }” i Thee is what you are and what you do, you sons of guns, who deem it oe at hy 371 sport to cot down the full grown ywoodcock as he goes with builet Speed amiong the sider stems, or tumble the ruffed syvouse headlong from tls Whirring fight in the gorgeous October woods—miserable pot-hunters and belly gods all, intent only on slanghter and food, no matter by what means ! And he, whose highest ides of game qnality in beast or bi rl, after its toothsomeness, 18 that it should sit still and be shot at till nit, says, “No man ought to brag of Knocking down two quail left aid right under the ordinary circumstances of feld shooting, with a double-barreled shot- gon!’ The men who can do this with any certainty, haye, in my hum ble opinion, aright to brag, but they seldom do. They surely would not boast of killing a half grown turkey by a chance shot, nor of hitfing & Squirrel on a tree at the tenth trial, THe says, furthermore, that “with 4 good shotgun, no man ought ever to miss a quail at thirty yards!” Yet better shots with the gun than he can ever hope to be with the bow, do so misS them, Were shooting with the gun the “dead sure’ thing he claims it ought to be, there wonld indéed be little sport in if —it would be sheer slaughter. But the scores of crack shots will hard- ly average more than three hits in tive shots at birds on the wing. A fairly good rifleman would knock the heads off cur bowman’s accom- modating woodpeckers and tomtits at double his distances nine times out of ten, but we should hardly call it sport. Tt is a pity he had not room to tell us why “hunting with the gun, as is the fashion now to follow it, cannot be recommended as either health- ful or pleasant.” Many deluded mortals who think it Is both ought to be af once convinced that thelr favorite pastime brings them neither yigor nor recreation, but they will not be without proof or argument, Does any one believe that any woodpecker sucks the sap of trees? 1 donot, But if any one really knows it to be a fact, I should be glad ta hear from him. AWAHSOOSH. MAHONINGTOWN, Pa., June 28, 1877. In the July number of Scribner's Monthly isto be found a paper on © Bow Shooting,” in which the author has made some assertions alto- gether at varlance with his subject, which Lam inclined to cambat, Tu ithe says, ‘ Formerly table comforts of the most necessary sort had to be procured by the skillor luck of the hontsman [Mark the word luck in connection with pursuing game asa means of livelihood], ‘and as the game grew more wary and dificult of approach [he states elsewhere that bow shooting does not disturb the game], necessity in- vented firearms—that terrible source of slaughter which has at last re- duced shooting to less than a sport,” Permit me to ask, Did the neces- sity for game bring about the inyention of firearms? And I would also inquire, Why if is that he, such a thoroughbred sportsman (N. B—He shoots “ everything from a tomtit to a hawk or an eagle,” you know.] Should still continue to shoot, when, by his own evidence, shooting has been reduced fo Jess than a sport. Quoting further, he says: “No man ought to brag of knocking down two quails, left and right, under the or~ dinary circumstances of field shooting.” Now I appeal to your com- mon sense, don’t you think ifas much and more to brag of making & right and lefter on quail thanto make a “scratch ” shot on alot of thr- keys, bunched together, giving one a margin for successful inaccuracy of about 9 square feet, with a bow and arrow? I'll warrant he can not make a “double” on quail once in three times. I have shot a good Many quail,and shot aé agreat many more, and T am sure I can- not do it myself. Further on he says, * The shot-gun will soon ex- terminate game.” Now 1 do not wish to make any rash assertions, but Lask my fellow knights of the trigger is not game plentier, or at least fully as plenty in England (where the shot gun is used the most, and the most effectually) to-day than it was when the fowling-piece was first introduced ? and, which destroys the most quail, shot guns or traps—No. 9’s or hard winters? Again he says in regard to * quail and pheasant shooting ” [mark the vulgar name for ruffed grouse]; “‘ These birds are so similar in their habits that to know one is to be pretty well acquainted withthe other.” Ruffled grouse and qual! similar in their habits! Hearhim! Let’s close the subject, further comment is un- necessary. As far as the subject matter is concerned it is well written and read- able. But when he attempts to talk about gunning, it is evident to us all that he is either blinded by prejudice or incapacitated by inexperi- ence. We gunoers, as a body politic, haye enough slurs cast upon us without permitting such a flagrantly unjust one as this to pass by un- noticed. AHRIMAN, e+ "3 “He that doth public good for multitudes Feels few are truly grateful,” says the old dramatist Marston. Notso, however, with B. T. Babbitt, the great soap man, or why do the newspapers ring with the praises of his Toilet Soap? A conundrum easily answered, for its excellences com- mand Instant conyiction.—[A dv, Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and Im porters, have always a large stock of silver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, racing and other sports, and on request they prepare special designs for similar purposes. Their Timing Watches are guaranteed for accuracy, and are now very generally used for sporting TIFFANY & CO. and scientific requirements. are also the agents in America for Messrs, Parex, Puuirpn & Co., of Geneva, of whose celebrated watches they have a full line. heir stock of Diamonds and other Precious Stones General Jewelry, Bronzes and Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, and the public are invited to visit their establishment without feel, ing the slightest obligation to purchase. Union Square, New York alew Advertisements. Publications. T having come to my notice . that parties are trying toin- fringeon my Patent Rough Glass Ball, also my Patent Trap for Throwing Glass Balls, I have authorized my agents, Messrs. Geo. E. Hart & Co,, to proceed against both manufacturers and dealers who may make or sell the same. A. H. BOGARDUS. HOLABIRD’S Hunting & Fishing Suits os Large consignment just received at reduced prices. Best discounts to the trade, HENRY C. SQUIRES, WHOLESALE AGENT, No. 1 Cortlandt 8t., N, ¥. RIFLEMEN. THE CREEDVOOR WATCH CHAIN CHARM. FO | \ The ent is the exactsize, mounted in solid 14 karat gold, on pearl and white onyx. A very handsome orna- ment for sportsmen, Price of Pearl..........$3 each. Price of White Oynx....$5 Gach, Sent on receipt of price. CWAS, A. FAAS & CO., Room 6, 194 Broadway, New York. jyb at Breech-Loaders. EDWINSON (. GREENS, Cheltenham, Eng., THE BEST AND CH HAPEST. er at the New York Gun Tria's, 1573. Made etaneay aggregate score 11 the Principal Class atthe London Field Gun rims, 1874, Send for cirenlar and descriptive price list to Russel & Haydens, SOLE AGENTS, jyhit Jacksonville, Ill, ‘Carriages AND ROAD WACONS, UNEQUALED IN QUALITY, FORM, COLOR AND FASHION. ALL PITTED WITH THE Rubber Cushioned AXLE, Whith we have applied to more than six hundred yehivles, and received the jndorsement of owr most eritieal customers, Brewster & Co., (OF BROOME STREET), BROADWAY, 47TH to 48TH STS, jeis ot / part of the yolome. READY JULY THE Sportsman's Gazetteer GENERAL GUIDE. WITH APS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, 8950 pp., Price, $3. BY CHARLES HALLOOCK, RHDITOH OF “FOREST AND STREAM ;" AUTHOR OF THE “RISHING TOURIST,” “CAMP LITE IN FLORIDA,” BIC. NEW YORK: “POREST and STREAM” PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1,000 Copies Sold in Advance of Publication. The book is a complete inannal for sportsmen : It gives every sportsmanlike metliod for Gaptur- ing every Known gaineé anitual, bird and tish in North America. It designates the proper charges for guns for each kind of game, the various kinds of decoys and blinds, and baits und tackle for the tish. It gives aver 4,000 localities where came and fish may be fonnd, specifies the game found in each lecality, the hotel aceormodation, aod ihe best route to get there. (The preparation of this Directory was in tiself a work of great magnitide ) Tt gives the sei ntific name ard specie character- ishies ofeach species if describes, with the fabitat and breeding season of exch—a most valuable con- tribution 10 science, lt describes ¥97 yarieties of edible fish alone, that may be taken with the hook; 50 varieties of dacks, 50 varieties of snipe or waders, and the diiferent meothods of shooting each. Its instructions for capturing large game are very minute, aud the ehapters on woorerall, ontitting and camping have been pronounced by * Bl Cazidor,’ of Los Angeles, California, to be simply complete. very kind of dog used for sport is designate, and bis points for bench judginents fully given, The chapters relating to selection, breeditg, rearing, breaking, Gare HOU niseuses, Comprise a seventh Tiere are 71 prescriptions and recipes given onder the reyision of the best modern canine Therapeutists. It is in itself the most concise, aecnrate, instroc- tive, sensible and comprelensive work ever written upon the dog aud lis dis@ases. Any physician can administer the prescriptions with perfect contidence in their safety anu eflicacy, Every scientitic portion of the work has passed the inspection ofan ofiGer of the Smithsonian Institu- ow Ti contains very useful recipes and remedies for wounds, bites, poisons, illness, and emergencies otf all kinds; for cleaning, repairing, and preserying every implement used for sport; for selection and tse of every kind of boat emuloyeidl by sportsmen 5 a reference list of several hnndred books in request by sportsmen, and a directory where to buy outtiting ods. ; Tt instructs in taxidermy, and tells how to preserve and mount specimens of animals, birds and fish. ENDORSEMENTS. “7 can judge fromyonr Advanced sheets that your book will bea vade mecum, lnyalnahle fo sportsmen.” —Dr. UW, C. Yarrow, U.S. A. Smithsonion Institution, *+ Your fortheoming book will indeed be a trear- ure, The labor of preparation must have been im- mense.’—S, C. Clarke, Jamaica Plains, hass. “ Having examined the proof sheets of yonr forth- coming book, [ predict au extranrdinary sale."—G, Bird thrinnell, Peaboly Museuin, Yale College. “That portion of your book relating to wooderaft, outiithtag, camping, etc.. is simply complete. Leon scarcely wid anything.’—JL, W. dittehell (“HL Caza- dor’), Los Angeles, California. ‘© Your book is much needed, and Lhave every con- fidence that you are capableo f covering: the whole ground. We nee something more recent than Fravk Morester,:-—D. CL Hates, M. D., Lake City, Minnesotrt. BINDERS. Get your fine books bound. Art Jonrnal bound aniferm to London publishers’ style. Pictnresque america, Art Treasury of Germany and England, Wotnen in Sacred History, large Family Bibles, all illustrated works, music and magazines in the hest sivles and lowest prices; done intwo or three days if required. E, WALKER!S SONS, 14 Dey atreet. The Game Laws The nndersigned has tn process of printing, and will have ready to issue on or before the tenth day of July, 1877. the GAME LAWS OF THE STATH OF NEW YORK, with all the amendments made thereto up to the close of the last session of the Legislature, in coherent 2nd exact form. The recent amendments are of great importance, and it is essential to sportsmen’s clibs, and to public officers, who ure especially charged with the enforcemeut of the law, to have it before them in proper form so that they may readl'y apprehend its provisions and be qualified to perform their duties urider it, The compilation has heen made by competent hands, and will be found to be absolutely correct. The price of the pamphlet will be twenty-five cents per copy. ‘A liveral disconnt to sportsmen’s clubs and to the book trade, A copious Index will accompany the pamphlet. Orders are solleited by SANFORD F. SHERMAN, Publisher, New Hurtford, N. Y. jyb it Eaton’s Rust Preventer YOR GUNS, CUTLERY AND SURGICAL IN- STRUMENTS, Judee Tolmes, of Bay City, Mich., says: ‘Tt is the best preparation T haye found in 45 years of autive and frequent use of guns.” T. E. Broathway, Jt., writes: ‘I keep tivo guns on board of a bout ou the salb water. IL aye never been able to keep ther free from rust nui] I used your oil, and tod it the best jnbrieator for guns and rifies I have ever used.” Sold by all principal dealers. ‘The trade sopplied by soje manufacturer, GRO. B. EATON, 570 Payonia avenue, Jersey City Heights, N. J. §, 50-100 bure; Will exchange bor muazle-loading or breech-loading shot-gang or ) reech-loading rites of like value. Muzzle-ioading piites constantly on hand at low prices. Corres- nedvuve soligitéd, Kuclose stamptoGUN WokKS, ndBoille, Vt, dys OR SALE,—A fully equipped Kob Roy canoe, 14 feet by 28inches, J, if, 135 West ‘Thintieth Street, qy5 lt OW SALE, CHEAP—A tine donble-barrelled breech-loading W. & C. Scot gon, made to order, and Warranted in every particular. Audress box 61, Cambridgeport, Mass. je2i tf LO OMING-GROVE PARK ASSOCIATION, One share in above usseciation for sule ata very low price. The best Game Preserves in Ameri ca. ‘Trout, Blavk Bass and Piekerel fishing Address SPORT, this office, fehy2if A ys EXCHANGE.—Seott double-bolt rebound - locks, compensating lamp, 1)-dal., 9 lbs., Gost $225 for same quulity 12-cal. Tlbs. R. VALENTINE, huglewoou, Ih. jeTst lative. M. C. WEDD, Mannfacturer of Decoy Ducks, Biacks and Mal- dard, 16 joches long} 50 ceuts each; nice ours. 8&7 MANHATTAN ST., Rochester, N. ¥. je23 4t COUNTRY BOARD. A gentleman and wife, or two ladies, desiring qoiet cunntry board, Tay learn of a pleasant home by addressme H, BE. W. TALLMANS, Rockland County, N, ¥. 35 4b The perfect revolving NEW TROLLING SPOON, The bestin the world, If{not to be found ab your tishing tackle Stores, these spouns will be forwarded by the manufacturer by muil, Price, $1 each. JOHN UH. MANN, syracuse, New York. je2s tf The Zonnel. marcas, «TO-HO” BLUE BLOODS. HINTS ON DOC-BREAKINC, ny W. H. HOLABIRD, a Western Amateur Sportsman. Instructions for breaking setter and pointer pupples, half grown and olu utmanageable dogs, Complete, clear and simple, Tilustrations of celebrated dogs, winners at the erent shows at New York, Chicago and Memphis. tutes for Kield Trials 2nd Bench Shows, and other valuable information for the amuteur, Pamphlet of 36 pages, price, postpaid, 26¢, Address W. H. HOLABIRD, Jysitt Valparaiso, Ind. JAS. MEYER, JR’S Girondin Disinfectant Fox BENNELS: This is the most effective an’ cheapest disinfect- ant and deodorizer for the Kennel. Is indorsed by the medicil profession, the business community, public institutions, railroad companies, car lines, hoveis, Underiakers, ete, Solid hy wll druggisis, and wlolesale by James Meyer, Jr, & Uo., 5 dnd 87 Broad street, N.Y. P. v. Box 3,275. if ENNEL FOR BREEDING, REARING, BOARD- inv’, eXercising aud trang SETTERS AND POINTERS Refer to FOREST AND STKEAM, aud others, Address, HK. 5S. WANMATKER, bapl-tut Hohokus, Bergen Co., N. J. EDINA KENNEL, JESSE SHERWOOD, PrRoprieror, Edina, Knox Connty, Mu,, breeder and importer of Sporting Doys. Poilters, setlers, spaniels, fox and heagle hounds. “Sancho,” Imp. Pointer, stud dog; fee, $35. see English K, C. 8. B., No. 1,005, He is a grandson of the celeprated “‘Hamlet,” No. s3h. This dog “Sancho” has won seven prizes—tour In England firet at Crystal Palace, 1874), tliree here, “D1O NL” Blood red, no white, Trish setter dog pup ‘‘Dion,” eight months old, ready for the breaker, sired by “Rufus 11.’ who won first in his class, aod eham-— pion cup at Philadelphia show, litter brother to “Piretiy ‘and *‘Rory O'More,” out of “Moll IL,” full pedieree, will be sald reasonable, but Dot sacriliced. hose who Wish £0 buy address for price, ctc., J. R. SCHUYLER, Bloomsburg, Pa. “SNAPSHOT.” Stud pointer (imported) lemon and white, by Whitehouse’s ‘Rap,’ out of Price's ‘dndy,” H, G. 8. B. No. 1.020. Winner of many prizes in Hogland ani champion prizes at New York and Syracuse Shows, ‘Terms, $5, Address WM. M, TILESTON, Pascack, Bergen Co., N. J., or care of this oflce, iyo jyB It Fe SALE—Setter dog Gyp, lemon and wilte, three years old, bred from Demuth’s “Kute,” by Hon. Jno. V. Lemoynes'‘* York,” broken hy W- H. Wolsey, Duncombé, Ia, Is 4 fast und stylish hunter, No handsomer dogin America. Refer to C.F, Demuth and Dr. W, L. Nicholson, Fort Dodge, Towa. For price, ete., address d, W. GIBBS, Blooms burg, Pa, — jyilt Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! STEADMAN’S FLEA POWDER for DOGS. A Bane to Fleas—A Boon to Dogs. This Powder ig guaranteed to kill fleas on dogs or any other animals, or money returned. It is put wu in patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, whit! greatly facilitates its nse, imple and efficacious, Price 50 cents by mail, Postpnid ARECA NUT FOR WORMS IN DOGS. A CERTAIN REMEDY. Put up in boxes containing a dozen powders, with foll directions for use. Price 50 cents per Box by mail, : Both the above sre recommeuded by Rop AND Guy and FOREST AND STKEAM, W. HOLBERTON. 102 NASSAU STREET. oct 12 J/Spratt’s Patent\ «4 MeatiFibrine Dog Cakes, aif, \cexDNE a gs ealet oe —— a as NONE AR J srampsp + ; From the reputation these Mest Pibrine Cakes have now gained, they require scarcely an explana- tion to recommend them to the nseof every one who keepsadog., Suffice it to say they are free from fait, and contain “dates,” the exclusive use of which, in combination with meat and meal te com- See id secured to us by Letters Patent. ‘or sale in cases of 112]bs. each, F. O. Dm LUZE, sole agent, 18 South William street, New York. Special terms to dealers, —__ = % OR SALE.—A fine jot of Seotch, Skye, Dandy, 4 Dinwont, and Black-and-tan Terriers, Sporting Dogs, Maltese Cats, Ferrets, &c. Mediciues for all diseases at L. NN. MEYER, 45 Great Jones street, Ni cee sSept2i-ly HES handsome red Irish setter pupples for sale. They are trom the best impurted stock, For particulars inquire of C,Z. MILEY, Lancister, Pa. jys tf OR YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL STOCK FROM the choicest breeds. Inquire of M. P, McKOON, dec28ty Franklin, Del. Co., N. Y. OR SALE.—Three Red Irish Gordon puppies out , of imported Rei Irish Gordon Fan, by Arnold Burges’ champion Red Irish setter Rufus. _ For price pedigree and particulars address jel4 tf GEO. KE. POYNEER, Clinton, Iowa. Siud tris Setter. The Snbecriber offers his imported red Trish setter ‘*Buck,’’ winner of prizes at the Centennial, St. Louis and Baltimore bench shows, for stud purpore. Terms, $25. For pedigree and particulars, address C. Z. MILEY, Lancaster, Pa. OR SALE—Two fine setrer pups. thirteen weeks old, by A. F Copeland's “Shot,” dam ‘‘Netlie,” by John Wi'son’s imported: English setter ‘Scottie,’ nut athe Berbe slut. Price reasonable, Adijress Hi. D. CHAPIN, box 1,612, Boston, Mass, jy5 or ile SALE—)Deerhound Pups. Pedigree includes Kieldar (figured by Tdstone), O11 Yorrunn and other noted dogs. Address J. Kh, W., Box 44, East Milton, Mass. je28 st oe SALE, when eight weeks old, six puppies ant of my bine belton setter Mell, by Bob Boy. They aré blackand white. Twoof them are black. white and tan, and are almost perftech iineges of their sire. Vor partienlars, address L. F, WHITMAN, 6 Gity Vall, Detroit, Mich. je38 iF y JELD TRIAL PUPPIES FOR SAU ’—Sired by Mr. Luther Adanis’ champion Hela frial winner * Drake,” ont of “ Diana,” she by ** Leicester,” ant of Mr. Geo, Delano’s * Doll,” whelped May 2, 1877. For price and pedigrees address FRANKLIN SUM- NER, Milton, Mase. jeel tt. JHatels and Aesarts far Sportsmen. pea your own dogs in the most artist(s man- ver, Send for circular to M. VON COLIN, Delaware City, Del, jezi am ARTIES ARRIVING RY NEW YORK CHN- TRAL, Hudson River and Gloversville Tt, R., at Northville, New York, will be carried to Lukes Pise- co, Pleasant, or other tronting loculitie¢s in the viein- ity in comfortable style and reasonable prices, hy VAN ARNAM & LAWTON, whocan be met at Northville Depot By previously communicating, Van A, & L, will have carriages to meet curs, Refers by permission to “ Piseco ” (L.A, Beardslee, * N, myli din 4 . ALSEY HOUSE, Atlanticyville, L. 1. A Sommer Resort, und for Sportsmen all the year, will open June 26th. New hotse accommodates fifty guests. Rooms of varions sizes aud Exposures. Perfectly healthy. T. J. ANDERSON, Gen’l Pass. Agent, ) Topeka, W. F. WHITH, Geol Ticket Agent, § Kansas. Old Dominion Line. The steamers of this Line reach some of the finest waterfowl! and upland shooting sections in the conn- try, Connections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb's Island, and points on the Peninsula, City Point, dames’ River, Currituck, Florida, and the mountain- ons country of Virginia, ‘Tennessee, efc. Norfolk steamers Sail Thesday, Thursday and Saturday; Delaware steamers Monday, Wednesday and Friday 5p M. Full information given at office, 197 Green- wich St,, New York, sep 28 ly Fall River Line, FOR BOSTON AND THE EAST. MAMMOTH PALACE STEAMBERS BRISTOL and PROVIDENCE. The heat and most direct route to the Fishing and Himting resoris of Cape Cud, and Rangeley, and Mooschesad Lakes, ete, Tickets for sale at all prinelpal hotels and ticket oftices, Steamers leave New York Daily at 5 p.m, (Sundays, July 1 to Sept. 2, inclusive) from 28 North River, foot of Murray street, BORDEN & LOVELL, Agents, GEO. L. CONNOR, Gen’l Pass’r Agent, J 7-31 F OR FLORIDA. JOR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, SAN- FORD, ENTSRPRISE. and intermediate landings on Sil, JOHN’S RIVER and interior points in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMMS, General Agent. Philadelphia and Southern Mail 8, 8. Co., 416 South Delaware Ayenue, Phila, Decld-ly “‘The Bermudas.” OW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHTFUL WINTER RESORY, is reached in sevetty hours from New York, sud being surronnded by the warn waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an equable temperature of about 70 deg. The elegant British Steamships ‘‘ Bermuda,” and “Oamina,” 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- ger travel, are dispatched from New York for Ber- muda fortnightly, making connection at Bermuda with steamers for St. Thomas and West Indies. For full information apply to A. E, OUTERERIDGH, Agent, 29 Broadway, N. Y. : Dec 21 ly. PPE “FISHING LINE.” Brook Trout,Grayling and Black Bass Fisheries OF NORTHERN MICHIGA Ny VGA Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. (Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Cincinnat! Short Line.) Sportsmen who have cast # Wy or trolled 4 Spoon in the waters of the Grand ‘Priverse Region will tome again withont solicitation, All other lovers of the Rod are invited to try these waters, wherein ‘Me dish named above, as also Muaxcalonge, Pike and Pickerel, abonnd. In no other streams east of the Rocky Mountains is the famous American Grayling found In such numbers. Brook Trout Season onens May ist. Gruyling Season opens June ist. The sportsman cin cedaily send trophies of his skil) to his friends or “Club” at home, as ice for packing fish can be had af many points. Take your family with you. The scenery of the North Woods and lakes is very beautiful, ‘The air is pore, dry, andl bracing, ‘The climate peentiarly beneficial to those suffering with hay fever and asthma. The Hotel Accommodations, while plain, are, O58 # rule, food, lar surpassing the average in coun- tries new enough to afford the tinest of fishing, On andafter Jone ist Round Trip Kxcursion Tickets sold to Points in Grand Traverse Region, and attractive train facilines olfered to tourists and sporismen; also, on aud after July 1st, Mackinaw and Lake Superior Excorsivn Tick- etn. Dogs, Guns, aud Fishing Tackle Carried Free at owner's risk. Camp Cars for Fishing Parties and Families nat low rates. It'is bur sim to make sportsmen feel ‘at home" on this route. or Tourists’ Gulde, containing full in- formation asto Hotels, Boats, Guides, &c.. 2nd secu. rate mape of the Wishing Gronuds, send to: Foresr AND SPREAM office, or address « d, ea G Le & eek Gane Rapids, Mieh, HOP. astern Pass gent, * z 116 Market Street, Philadelphia, THE PENNSYLVANIA R.R. CO, Respectfully fnyite attention to the superior Facilities alorded by their lines for reieling most of the TROLLING PARKS and RACH COURSES in the Middle States. ‘these lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the diff- calties and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- lent cars which ron over the smooth eteel tracks en— able STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED withoul faire or injury. The lines of Pennsylyani Railroad Company #10 reach the best lecalities for GUNNING AND FISHING im Penusylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION (ICKRETS are sold at the offices of the Company Io allihe prineiple cities to KANE, RENOVA, BD. FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQ@UA, and other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, Hunting. Also, to TUCKERTON, BYACH HAVEN CAPE MAY, SQUAN, and points on the NEW IRRSRY COAST reuowned for SALT WA'TER SPORT AFTER FIN AND FEATHER, L. P. FARMER, Gen’) Pass, Agent, FRANK THOMSON. Geu’l Manager, feblT-M and Still EW HAVEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD, LN White Mountains, Mount Manstield, Lakes Momphremagoe and Willonghby, Montreal and Quebec, Shortest, quickest and most pleasant route. Steamers C, H, NOR'THAM and CON'TINEN- (AL leave Pier 95, Mast River, daily (Stndays ex- cepted) at 3 Pp. M, 28d st., W. R., 8:15 P.M.) and 11 P, M,, connevting withtrains on wharf at New Hayen for above and intermediate places. eassengers taking 11 P. M. steamer (except Sat- rdays and Sandays) can reach White Mountain, Lakes, etc. next afternoon. Tickets sold and baggage checked at No, 944 Broadway, New York, and No, 4 Court Street, Grooklyn. Wull particulars at office on Pier, RICHARD PECK, Sup’t. EW JERSEY AND NRW YORK RATLWAY.— Leave New Ycrk via Erie Kerry, foot of Chamh- ace Street ¢ For Hackensack—7:45, 8:45 A, M., 1100, 4:15, 5:15 and 6.30 P.M. Wor Nannet—7:45, S45 A, M,, 1:09, 4:15 and 5:15 P.M. For Spring Valley—S:45 a, M., 1:00, 4:15, and 5:15 P,M. For Haverstraw and Stony Point—8:45 A. ar., 1:00 and 4:15 P, M. For New York City—TH5 Avm., 1:00, 4:15 and 5,16 P.M, Sundays—8:45 A. M, and 6:45 P,M., stopping at all Stallions. These trains leave Twenty-third street as follows = 7:45, 8:15 A. M, 12:15, 3:45, 4.45, and 6.157, Mw, Sun- days, S45 A.M ani 6:45 P.M, A Thettre Train on Saturday night only at 11:45 P.M., from Twenty-third street. and 12 Mid. from Chambers street, which goes through to Stony Point, stopping at all stations, Hxcursion Tickets can be provured at Mrie Ticket Offices, foot of Chainbers street. All trains leave the the Hrie Depo tin Jersey City, Commutation Tickets, at Jow rates, at the ofite of the Company, Pavonia Ferry, Jersey City. See Pocket Time Tables, Until farther notice, the Trains of this Road will oot wait for the Twenty-third street. boats. May 17-tf L. D. BR UYN, Supt, =! TONING'TON LINE, FOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST. REDUCED FARE: Elegant Steamers STONINGTON and NATRA- GANSETT leave Pier 33 North River, foot Jay Sh eRe NOT A TRIP MISSED IN SEVEN Tickets for sale at all principal ticket nfices. State rooms Secured at offices of Waste iit Express Com- pany, and af 363 Broadway, New York, and 333 Wash- ington St., Brooklyn. PROVIDENCE LINE. Freight only, steamers leave Pier 87, North River, foot Park Place, at 4:30 P.M. Freights via either line taken at ‘owest rates, L. W. FILKINS,G P. Agent, D.S. BABCOGK, Pres. St. Paul and St. Louis Short | Line. Burlington, C. Rapids & N’rth’rn Railway. QUICKEST, ; OHEAPEST AND BEST! TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, crossing and connecting with all East and West Lines in Towa, rnnning through some of the finest hunting grounds in the Northwest for Geese, Ducks, Pinnated and Ruifed Grouse and ee Sportsmen and their dogs taken good care ot. Reduced rates on parties of ten or more upon application to General Ticket Office, Cedar Rapids, OC. J, 1VES, BE. F, Wixstow, Gen. Passenger Agent, General Manager, >» e: CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD, THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from Chigago to St, Louis, and Chicago to Kansas City, WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. FIRST-CLASS AOCOMMODATIONS LN EVERYTHING. SPORTSMEN will tind splendid shooting on the line of this road; prairie chicken, geese, ducks, brant, uail, etc. Connects direct at Kansas City with the unsas Paeific Railroad for the great Buffalo and An- telope range of Kansas and Colorado, Liveral arrangements for transport of Dogs for Sportsmen, JAMES CHARLTON, General Passenger Agent, Jhicago, ls, - Sportsmen's Zoutes. NORTHERN RAILWAY OF CANADA AND COLLINGWOOD LINE. Only first-class route to the beautifal inland lakes of CANADA AND LAKE SUPERIOR. The Fine UPPER CABIN STEAMERS of this line leave Collingwood EVERY TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at 6 P.M, on arrival of steamboat express leaving Toronto atl P.M. The Great North Shore Lake Superior Route and ONLY LINE passing through the magnificent GREAT NORTH CHANNEL, LAKE COUCHICHING and the LAKES OF MUSKOKA Are the coolest and most delightfol summer water- ing places in Northern Canada. Tourists proceed- ing down the St, Lawrence cab make a pleasant de- tonr from Toronto to Couchiching in five hours on express train, with Drawing-1oom Coaches, thus visiting the most charming of the chain of Lakes. EXCURSION TICKETS at greatly reduced rates during months of July, August and September, may be had from cook, SON & JENKINS, 261 Broadway, New Nork; and AT CENTRAL VERMONT RAILWAY OFFICK, 822 Washington street, Boston, Barlow Cumberland, GENERAL AGENT, 25 Yonge street, Toronto, jy& 2m People’s Line Steamers BETWEEN YORK AND ALBANY. The most comfortable and cheapest route for SPORTSMEN OR PLEASURE SEEKERS Going to or returning from The Thousand Islands of the St, Lawrence, The Great Northern or Adirondack Wilderness, Lake George, Lake Champlain, The White and Franconia Monntains, Saratoga, Trenton, Niagara, Sharon and Richtield Springs, Coopers- town (on Otsego Lake), orany of the favorite summer router North or West, The commodious steamers, DREW and ST, JOHN, make close connection at Albany with express trains for all the above-named places. A {= Save one day of your yacation by taking the PEOPLE’S EVENING LINE STEAMER, from Pier 41 North River, every week day at6P.M. Mealson the European plan, beantifal music, no dust or smoke, coo] rooms, good beds, refreshing sleep, S. E. MAYO, Gen'l Passenger Agent, fishing Cachle. Conroy, Bissett & Malleson 65 Fulton Street, New York. Factory—Foot South Sth Street, Brooklyn, E. D. Six Strip Hexagonal Split BAMBOO RODS. ENAMEL ALL PRESERVED ON THE OUTSIDE. QUALITY GUARANTEED. The annexed list will show the reductions we have made. We quote : jeT Form- erly. Now, Fly Rods, 6 strips, 2 ; TIPS ssa Sock ces pee $40 $25 Fly Rods, 6 Strip, 3 lips, and duplicate TON... ecdecattee 5S 35 Black Bass Rods, 6 Strip, 2 Tips..-... 50 30 Black Bass Rods, 6 Strip, 8 Tips and Duplicate Joint... 65 40 Salmon rods, 6Strip, 80 50 } 2 MET PHi- ila Bas ate These Rods are, in all their parts, WHOLLY MADE BY HAND, Positively no machinery is used in aby art of their construction. igi t=" SEND FOR CIRCULAR. We have but one grade of these Rods—the best in the market, PHILADELPHIA Fishing Tackle House. SZ eA > nas A. B. SHIPLEY & SON, 508 COMMERCE STREET, PHILA. Manufacturers of FINE FISHING TACKLE A Specialty of the Celebrated Green Heart Wood for Amateur Rod Makers. Rod Mountings im Sets for T5c, to $6 75, f RODS, REELS, Ero., REPAIRED. Shipley’s Self-Hooking ‘Elastic Snells, “ cateh every {lsh that agers Rant ot ae Trout on gu ic, Gach, T5u, per doz, .* “For eae double gut, 12c. each, $1 per doz. Highest premium at Centennial, 1$76, and Franklin Tnstitute, 1574. McBride Flies. Medal and Diploma from International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876. decreed for exceedingly neat work with solidity of construction, A fine assortment of flies for trout, salmon and bass constantly on hand, Also casting-lines, Files carefully selected for any locality. Goods promptly made to order from any attern desired, Address SARA J. McBRIDE, umford, Monroe Co., N. Y. W, Holberton, Sole Agent for New York and yicinity, feblb-4m ishing Tackle, Safes. Of Every Description. HAVANA AND RIO JANEIRO. 48 Maiden Lane N, Y. SUCCESSORS TO ANDREW CLARK & CO. Tackle FINE GOODS FOR SPORTSMEN A SPECIALTY. NEW YORE, LONDON, REDDITCH, on : & = 3 = A 2 oc : =| alee H os “” shes — Fey = K Aa cl c=] Li on a ABBEY ZIMBRIE, H. L. LEONARD, BANGOR, MAINE, Mannfacturer of every variety of FINE RODS tor SALMON, BASS and TROUT FISHING. Split Bamboo Rods a Specialty Great reduction in prices. Trout Rods, fall mounted, $20, formerly $50; other rods In proportion, Every Rod bearing my name is six strands from butt to extreme tip, and mountem with my “ patent waterproof ferrule,” and warranted agalnst imper- fections in material and workmanship. Any style of finish, hexagonal or ronnd, as may he desired. Rods of Greeniieart, Ash, or Lance- wood. MADE TO ORDER. Iwas awarded a MEDAL and DIPLOMA at the Centennial for my Split Bamboo Rods, Also manufacturer of Patent Reels for Salmon and ‘Trout fishing. The lightest, strongest, and handsomest Reels ever made. Fnll line of FISHING TACKLE always on hand. j Send for cirenlar and price list. et SERINNER’S The best bait used for Bass and Pieckerel Fishing Bass size, 75 cents; Pickerel size, $1 each. by mail post-paid, on receipt of price. Hagle Claw, for catch- ing Fish and Game, samples by mail, 35and 75 cents. Send stamp for illustrated price list of Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods, FISH & SIMPSON, 132 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK. COMPETITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE, J.B. CROOK & CO., KISHING TACKLE» 50 FULTOY STREET, NEW YORK, Makes the Immense Reductions. Greenheart Rods for Trout and Bass Fishing, $15 to $30, Ash and Lanceweod Rods for Trout and Bass Fishing, $7 to $12. Everything else in proportion, Goods sent C, O. D to all patts of the United States and Canadas. TO AMATEUR Fishing Rod Makers, German Silver and Brass Rod Mountings reany made and to orderofmy own manufacture. Ierules, Guides, Rings, lips, Reel Bands, Screw and Solid Bottoms, Double Fittings. Also superior Ash and Lancewood Fly und Black Bass Rods, of my own manufacture, $3, $5, $6 to $25. Rods suitable for the bays around New York, $150, $2 25, $3 50, $6 to $25. Trolling Rods for Alexandria Bay and the lakes, $4, $6, $5, $10, 100 feet Superior Linen Line, by mail., --$ 2 200: “ ae 7 ec cis 50 300 iff ae ae “ “ “f 600 u Cuttie Honk, pete see el Black Bass Flies (something new) per doz -. 250 Large variety of Trout Flies for Maine and the Adirondacks; prices, $1, $1 50, $2 per doz. Brass Reels, plain, 50¢., 76c., $1 each. Brass Reels, multi- plying, $1 75, $2 25, $2 50,$8to¢éeach, Rubber Click, German Silver Click, and multiplying reels for black bass, trout, and forthe bays of New York. Complete outtits as low as consistent with good material and workmanship. Goods sent C, O, D, to all parts of the United States and Canada. J. F. MARSTERS, Manvracrurre, 125 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. Send for Catalogue of Sporting Goods. CARD. Dr. Fowler’s Celebrated Six Strip Bam- boo Fly-Rods. Improved and finished without cutting away the enamel. The strongest aud handsomest rods in the world, Private orders solicited for all kinds of fine tackle. Rods sent per express on approval, Send for circular, , “OR LAWNS anp EXCURSIONS, Tents, Camp Stools, Camp Kettles, Rubber Blankets, Mosquito Nets, Lawn Setteee, ete. Send for Ijustrated Circular, G. WEBSTER PECK, Manofacturers’ Agents, — 110 Chambersst., N. Y. Zrugs, ORIENTAL POWDER. MILLS MANUFACTURERS:OF ALL KINDS OF GUNPOWDER Office—13 BROAD STREET,> BOSTON, | BRANDS—DIAMOND GRAIN. FALCON DUCKING. WILD FOWL SHOOTING, 3 WESTERN SPORTING, (Oriental Rifle.) ” ‘The “ Oriental” powder is equal to any made; n0 expense is spared to make the beat, BRANCH OFFICES, \ | J. G, Munro, Agent, 19 Exchange St,, Buffalo, N. ¥ Cobb & Wheeler, Agents, 9 State St., Chicago, Ill, C.J.Chapin, Agent, 218 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo.* Agencies in the principal cities in the United States, Laflin & Rand Powder Co. No, 26 MURRAY ST, N. Y., Sole Proprietors and Manufactorers of Orange Lightning Powder, No. 1107, strongest and Cleanest made, in sealed 1 Jb, cani-ters. Higher numbers specially are recoum- mended for breech-loading guns. Orange Ducking Powder, For water-fowl, strong and clean, No. 1 to 5 in eke kegs, fig lbs, cach, and canisters of 1 and 5 3. each, Orange Rifle Powder. The best for rifles and all ordinary purposes. Sizes, FG, FFG and FFFG, the last being tne finest, Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25 Ibs., 1244 Ibs. and 637 Ibs,, and in canisters of 1 Ib, and 4% Ib. All of the above give high velocities and less residudm than any other brands made, and are re- commended and used by Capt. A. H. BOGARDUS, the “Champion Wing Shot of the World.” BLASTING POWDER and ELECTRICAL BLAST- ING APPARATUS. MI ITARY POWDER of all kinds on hand and made to order. Safety Fuse, Frictional and Platinum Fuses. Pamphlets, showing sizes of the grain by wood cut, sent free on application to the above address. H.1T.Helmbold’s ‘Compound Fluid Extract BUCHU. Owing to various counterfeiting of my original receipt and preparations, I hay changed my labels and wrappers, which in future will be printed in CARMINE INK. The Public are cautioned to be sure and get the genuine, prepared by the H. T. HELMBOLD Manufacturing Company, No. 30 PLATT ST., NEW YORK, GENUINE HAARLEM OIL, KNOWN AS SYLVESTER'S OVER 30 YEARS. Best remedy for bladder, kidney and gravel dis- eases. WM. WACH, 126 Canal street, N. Y. BABBITT'S Unrivalled forthe tol- TOILET SOAP. a “aiousingreadients, Ai- ter years of selontific bys experiment thie man- ufacturer of BT, Bai pitts ‘Equal. ae A Ehriste THE HAZARD POWDER CoO. MANUFACTURERS OF GUNPOWDER. Hazard’s ** Electric Powder,” Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of strength and cleanliness, Packed in square canis— ters of 1th, only. Wazard’s ‘*American Sporting.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 3 (coarse), In 1 1b, canisters and 634 lb, kegs, A fine prain, quick and clean, for upland prairie shooting. WeH adapted to shote gung, Hazard’s ** Duck Shooting.”? Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse), Ini and 5 lb. canisters and 63¢ and 123g Ib. kegs. Burns slowly und yery clean, shooting remarkably close and with great pensiration. For field, forest or water shooting, it rauks any other brand, and itis equally serviceable for muzzle orbreech-loaders, Hazard’s “* Kentucky Rifle.” FFFG, FFG, and “Sea Shooting” FG, in kegs of 25, 123g and 63f lbs, and cans of 5lbs, FEFFG is also packed in 1 una 3g Ib. canisters. Burns strong and moist. The FFFG and FFG are fayorite brands for ordinary sporting, and the “Sea shooting” FG 1a) ihe standard Rifle puwder of the country. Superior Mining and Blasting Powder,.. GOVERNMENT CANNON & MUSKET POWDER; ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES FOR #HXPORT, OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR RROOF, MANU- FACTURED TO ORDER. é The aboye con be had of dealers, or of the Com— pany’s Agents in every prominent city, or wholesale at our office, 4 83 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, English sporting Gunpow der. CURTIS & HARVEY'S DIAMOND GRAIN. Nos, 2, 5, 4, 5, 6, Tand 8, Superior Rife, Enflela Rifle, and Col. Hawker’s Ducking. W. STITT, 61 Oedar street, N.Y. Agent for the United States. FUR, FIN and FEATHER. This is a publication that should be in the hands of avery lover of shooting, ishing and trapping. It contains the GAME AND GAME FISH LAWS of every State in the Union and the Dominion Proy- inces, and also gives a description of all the best places for shooting and fishing in the Uoited States und Canada, tells how toreach them, and what kind of accommodations you will iva when you get there. Tt tells you what kind of tackle to use for the varions kinds of fish, and where the best can be procured, anatalso where you can gut the best of every de- scription of shooting apperatus. Tt contains a pom— ber of interesting sketches of hunting and fishing adventures, and & vast fnad of usefnl information on field sports and angling that renders the work indis- Welles to all who use either gunorrod, Itis, in et, a complete . eas . Hunting and Fishing Directory and no matfer how much or how little recreation you take in the woods and along the streams, you will fod Fur, Fin and Feather worth many times its price to you, It isa bi-monthly (every two months» publication of from 176 fo 208 large octave pages, 50: cents a number, or $4 8 year, CHAS. SUYDAM, Posrisxer, 149 Chambers st; New York City, Je7 1b 222 << CC LUC Ss. HAH is, Sportsman Warehouse, i777 BROADWAY, NEW FoORsS, (AGENCY OF SHARP= RIFLE COMPANY.) OFFERS Capt. Boga-dus’ Patent Glass Ball Trap........0... ceeeseeee cecececesepecsecees seveesees severe IO each. Bogardus’ Patent Rough Glass Balls .....,..,..60. cscssesee cessor seseenceeess seveessee spesve 2.50 per 100, Plain Glass Balls,....-.ccccercessee ee coeseorvecses sesesvess tegsrsnsessessere SE par 100, packed 300 in bbl. Bogardus’ Trap and 800 plain balls for....,.......cccscc00.0008 Pengea pe tttea tas WVatctey 9 -ayvetevaitire onaeay elo Marshall’s Trap and 300 plain balls for........c.cses. seceeseee geenuunee cossceseeatiten'e es eanesdestceees PLO Purdy Trap and 300 plain balls for..........00.....0.00 ' Three of either Marshall’s or Purdy’s Traps for., Orders for Bails in large quantities m Uberal discount. Also has in stock a new line of P. Webiey & Son's Celebrated Breech-Loading Guns, including those that were at the Centennial—a beattful lot of @UNS which I offer very cheap. STODDARD’S CARTRIDGE LOADING IMPLEMENT COMBINING SEVEN DIFFERENT TOOLS, x Cap Expeller, Recapper, Loader and Tube, Creaser, .Cutter? y : Crimper and Shell Extractor. Wo. 1c NOW READY. Fisic:n ‘1 ¢ all the operations possible in the manipulation of Paper or Meta elle fcr Bret ch-Loaders. P Length, 44 inches. Nickel Plated. Weight 10. ounces. All the operations are perfect, and suitable for any shell. \ AWARDED BOTH MEDAL AND DIPLOMA AT CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. PRICE, SS: Circulars sent on application. Send postal order or check to C. J. STODDARD & CO., Lock-Box 192, Washington, D. C. LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADER. W. EQUBERTON, ef New York City, has Samples. CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION MEDAL AWARDED FOR STEAM LAUNCHES. Chas. KIN E ETANITY. | ) V PrPATR | <= ae MANUFACTURER OF it \ i) FISHING TACKLE, MANCHESTER, VERMONT. Veiy strong and durable. Artificial Flies, fully equal to any ma de, for trout, $1.50 per dozen; triple hooks, $3.50 per dozen; for bass, $2.5) to$4.50 per dozen. Any variety to order per sample. ‘Refer to Dr. J. R. ROMEWYN, Keesevi'le, N. Y.; Com, L, A. BEARDSLEE, Little Falls, N.TY. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, MENTION *' FOREST AND STREAM,” FOR MEERSCHAUM AND CIGARETTES, & DOES NOT BITH THE TONGUE. sy Our Cigarettes are as fine as can be produced, Only the best lrench Cigarette paper is used, which is free from mineral and other injurious substances. L’AMARIQUE.—A delicious Cigarette of Perique and Vanity Fair. Most convenient and élegantly fotten up, Unlike all others, Samples, 15 cents. Highest Award, Vienna, 1873, and Centennial, 1876,. Our Peerless and Plain Fine Cut Chewing are unsurpassed. The only brands receiving the Vienna Award. Always Uniform and Reliable WM. 8. KIMBALL & CO., Rochaster, New York. PEERLESS TOBACCO WORKS, (6PIZER MEDALS.) Cotton Duck, eyery width & weight, cut to any length, Oiled do, manufactured by steam power. Saturated, not enameled, . Slings for disabled Horses, thoroughly harnessed, $10 each, Lock Pouches, Messenger Bags, Noe Bags at wholesale, anything and eyerything that ean be made =) SSSA of canvas, see |e === == Fated hice Palmetto Tents, represented above. 74 4“ Sportsmen's Goods. 10 feet square, $20 each. ae “cc Arrangement of Tent Catalogues. No.1. Artist's & Camping. 2, Military. 3. Lawn and Garden. 4, Camp Meeting & Chapel. . 6, Circus & Show. 6. Base Ball,Cricket,&c. oa sis Wh blac a berg sn Boyle’s U. S. Tent and Mail Bag Manufy, FULTON ST., NEW YORK, t amusements, Ete. ; N.Y. SAFETY STEAM POWER CO ' 30 Corilandé Street, New York. GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTIO, TO THE BUILDING 2OF LAUNCHES AND THEIR MACHINERY, And wil furnish them complete in every particular, fitted either as Swift Racers, Fast Pleasure Boats, Party Boats, Fishing Boats, Ship’s Tenders, or ferry Boats. Or will supply the MACHINERY, complete. ANDSCANOES," ~~ ‘the LIGHTEST sporting boat in the world, Weight, 25 poundsand upward. The smallest size will carry two persons, Cedar siding, oak keel, otc., i not fold up). CANOHS, open or decked, weight 35 pounds to 60 lbs, Send stamp for new Illustrated Circular, J. H, RUSHTON, Manufac- ec, U4 nton, St. Lawrence County, N. Y. 4Shells will be made at extra cost. stor No. 12; $1.30 for No, 10, Factory and office, No, 2,230 De Kalb street, St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis Conical Base Paper Shell.” Having made {mportant improvements in our Shell, we can safely recommend them as equal, if not superior, in analte y to any Paper Shell manufactured in this country or = in Europe. Among the advantages claimed for these Shelis,are: A saving of 25 por cent. inthe use of powder; also the great decrease in recoil. The sizes made are No. 10—237, 272, and 3 inches; No, 12—25;, 23, and 27¢ inches. Longer They srenotmailable- Sample, 100, sent by express on receipt of €1.15 St. Louis Patent Shell Manufacturing Company. Capt. Bogardus’ Patent Ciass Ball Trap These Traps and Balls patented by Bogardus and used by him many thousand times, proves them to be just what is wanted by all THE PATENT ROUGH BALL—The only Ball that will break sure When April 10, 1877; Traps, March 13, 1877. Geo. E. Hart & Co., T and Rough Balls. o——_———- SPORTSMEN’S CLUBS AND AMATEURS. hit. by shot. Use none but the best. Every ball marked. Patented Sia “s oo NEWARK, N. J. So pgp RADE SUPPLIED. THE UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, Used. LOWELL, MASS. Manufacturers of the CENTRAL FIRE, SOLID HEAD, BRASS SHELL, RE-LOADING CARTRIDGE, he Army and Nayy of the United States and several Foreign Goyeynments. fie: inne All nde of RIM FIRE AMMUNITION. Special attention paid to orders for TARGET PRACTICE: CARTRIDGES, Send for Tlustrated Catalogue. ' WALLACE & SONS, Agents, N. Y Gity. ray. i lo, and they cannot berseplacedst$20,00aplece. | Sportsman’s Depot. - (ESTABLISHED 1836.) First pretium at World’s Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition, eI . IDER,. N. E. Cor. Second and Walnut Sts., Phila: GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks Flies, Leaders, Suoods, Artificial Bait, "Fly Books, Ete., Ete, t2~ Salmon, Bass and ‘Trout Flies Made to Order. J ALSO “Krider's” Celebrated Center Enamel Split and ‘ Glued Bamboo Rods. Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in Great Varieties— Taxidermy in all its branches. Spratt’s Patent Dog Biscuits Repairing of all kinds, mart-ly SPORTSMEN Will find a select assortment of Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, Ammunition, And all goods appertaining thereto, Special Attention is Invited to Our New SMITH’S PATENT REVOLVERS, In four sizes of 22, 32, 38 and 41-100 cals, This new and elegant Arm combines simplicity durability, a perfect interchange of all its parts. The most critical inspection in process of manufac- ture, and with its patent improvements, make it the Most Desirable Revolver in the Market. A GOOMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF i MAYNARDRIFLES SHOT GUNS ETC, Send for Circular. FOWLER & FULTON, NO. 300 BROADWAY, N. Y. M. FowLer, HENRY FULTON, Deunison's Targets From 25 te 1000 Yd. Range. TARGET PASTERS Score Cards, SOLD BY x . Dealers in Sporting Goods, On receipt of TEN CENTS a 100-YARD TARGET wiilbe sent by mail, with circular and Sam pies, by DENNISUN & CO., 198 Broadway, N. Y, | Convenient and Handy for attaching to Fishiig Rods, Gun Cases, aud all sorta of Sportamen's Baggage. Buy of your nearest ed Stationer or Newstlealer, or send Pm 10 cts. tor package by mail to 198 Broadway, N.Y. Glass Ball Trap, AND Soo GLASS BALLS FOR $10. Marshall's Glass Ball Trap is acknowledged as the best now before the public. It is made of best ash, and everything first class, Throws two or more balls in different directions, and with as much force as desired, Liberal discount to dealers, Send for particulars to HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt Street, New York. jel4 tf y PURDY’S Glass Ball (Patent Applied For.) The best and cheapest trap offered, made of yellow pine, and every part warranted. Throws single or double balls in any direction. Traps, each, ; solid oak trap, $6.50; extra rubber springs, per doz., 7 er 100, $2. The Purdy Glass Bailig the best and easiest ball to break, almost presents a flat surface tothe shooter. Liberal dis- count to the trade. ' W. HOLBERTON, Sole Agent, Je21 3m 102 Nassau St., N. ¥. CONLIN’S NEW RIFLE GALLERY. 1,222 Broadway, between 31st and 32d Streets. OPEN DAY AND EVENING, ~ THE ‘76 SHOOTING COAT. (PATENTED) The largest v wiety of Shooting and Spor! og Garments, in the World, Send for Tilustrated Catalogue. GEORGE C. HENNING, Washington City. Sy eS Terms, Foros Dollars a grat Ten Jents a Copy. “iy Ss S Vy Wy SSS SPORTSMAN’S NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1877. = S BANS SS \ aS Sq 4 SWS WONG JOURNAL. Volume 8.—Na, 235. No. 111 Fulion St., N. ¥. —— Selected, MAKING THE HARBOR LIGHT. HE snow falls thick s0 you may not see he foresail gleam from the break of the poop; ‘TheSiong-boat looms like a rock on the lee, Py ee the drift lies a foot on hatch and coop. Long, glimmering lines of dark and light ingle in wavy dance up aloft, And the topmast-head goes into the night, Capped with a head-dress white and soft. Phantom-like figures grow in the tops, m And the bunts of the furled-up sails are piled Witha heavy freight that suddenly drops When the good ship bounds to a gust more wild. And the clews of the conrses, stiff as a board, Catch up the flakes into bossy heaps, Till a fap, and off whirrs the sparkling hoard, Startling the tars in their standing sleeps. Still stontly onward we hold our course, Hugging the wind with a bear-like grip, Holding each inch we gain with a force, And passing the credit to our good ship. The helmsman’s eye from under the rim Of his slouched son’wester beams aglow ; No matter how braggart the wind to him, And little matters the fallof the snow. Hand, eye and ear are serving his soul, He feels the flap of the topsail leach, And steadily over, watching the roll, Whirls the wheel to an arm-long reach. Grasping the weathermost mizzen shrouds, As grimly as if it were griptin his hands Our fifteen lives, and swathed in a cloud Of sleet-stuil and snow, the master stands. Inte the darkness and whirling flakes, Into the heart of the brooding bank, A long, dim alley his calm eye makes, And the world outside is all a blank. No voice save his on the midnight stirs, Wo sound save the flash and swish and swirl,’ AS under her bows one ceaselessly hears The slush-covered water part and curl, ‘With the quiet flakes on his stiffened feet, Searching his neck, and nipping his eyes, On the rounded coils of the spanker-sheet A youngster, halfdreaming, shapeless lies. He knows that, irueto his will, his hand Would promptly answer the master’s shout ; But his thoughts are far away on the land, Wor heeds he of any perils without. He dreams of a yalley spread broad and fair, With grand old mountains upon each side ; He dreams of a red lamp’s cheerful glare, Welcoming ships to the old wharf’sside ; Of alittle room with its walls ablaze, On happy faces, all bright with joy; And he hears the voices of olden days, Before he went as a sailor boy. Dear, kind, brown eyes, seem his to greet, “God bless and gnard her!” he prays, "tis she !* When a cry, ‘‘Ease off that spanker sheet, Hard up the helm, and keep her free!” One glare—one flare ofa flashing Jight, And the visions die withits sudden ray; The lee-braces tly with a circling bight, And the sheets spin out as she gathers way. The water seethes atthe bluff of the bow, And the helm churns it to hissing wrath ; And the strain on the ship and the master’s brow Relax to welcome the well-known path. With a surge and abound the yards swing square, And the night’s alive with our cheery cries, As before the snow-storm, free and fair, Merrily homeward our good ship ilies, [I found the above poem quoted in ‘*Sketches of Life in Newfoundland,” by Col. R. B. McCrea, British Army, Lon- don, 1869, and attributed to Rey. Walter Mitchell, author of “Tacking Ship Off-Shore,” published in the sseond yolume ‘of the Atlantic Monthly, and reprinted in your valuable journal of June 7, where it was erroneously credited to Mrs. Celia Thaxter. 8. 0. C.J For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun, Scenes at a Hrench Race Course. 66 HY do those things better in France " could yery well be said of the manner in which order and the politest decorum, combined with the fullest possible liberty, are pre- served at the leading race courses throughout France. Po- litically, the most excitable and troublesome peoplein Europe, socially, the French are excelled by none in quietude, good breeding and scrupulous attention to the comfort of strangers. In all public assemblies, except those of a political character, they carry out the mottoes of Liberte, Hgalite, Mraternite, which they are so fond of displaying on their national build- ings; and no person who has mingled much with them can say other than that they are the most orderly race in the world when they are not aroused by political or religious agitation. A dozen sergeants de ville can handle a crowd of several thousands with less trouble than a battalion of American or even English policemen can handlea mob of as many hundreds under the same circumstances. This is readily seén at a racecourse, and the impression it produces upon a foreigner is highly complimentary to a people deemed go enthusiastic. There is no crowding, fussing, or any attempt to intrude on each other's rights; allis the acme of decorum and cheerful politeness. Having had an oppor- tunity of witnessing the spring series of steeple-chases, held at Auteuil, a pretty little village just outside the northern forti- fications of Paris, | was much impressed with the suave char- acter of the people, and the efforts made by the managers of the course and the civil and military authorities to give them the fullest possible liberty for enjoying the sport, without granting any means for indulging ina license that might be opposed to the rights of even the tenderest child. The course at Auteuil is the only one near Paris where hurdle and steeple-chases are run, and for its purpose itis well situated, beingin the midst of a small, rolling plain, diversi- fied enough in character to display all styles of leaping, while the jumping to be seen there is quite good, yet it bears no comparison to the ‘*neck-breakers” to be witnessed at Punches- town, Ireland, or at the Grand National of Liverpool. There is no ‘‘in-and-out’ leaping, and the only dangerous bit of a ‘‘take” is the water jump opposite the grand stand. The uumber of horses that compete is also, as a rule, quite small in comparison to similar races in the United Kingdom, so that the contests seem quite tame to those who have enjoyed the large fields, close running and appalling bounds so character- istic of English or Irish steeple chases. The races are also rendered somewhat uninteresting by the absence of foreign horses, for the prizes given being comparatively small—aver- aving only about fifteen hundred francs—few Englishmen care to go to the expense of sending their best stock over to com- pete for such petty sums. ‘The name of a British competitor appears occasionally, but it is—or was last spring af least—a comparatively rare occurrence. Thescenes to be witnessed at the course make up, however, for the lack of excitement in the contests, and few who have any idea of the picturesque in nature, or take an interest in national peculiarities can return home without feeling that he has at least enjoyed a pleasant, though perhaps quiet, day’s amusement. The French are nothing if not artistic, hence the track at Auteuil is surrounded by luxuriant shrubbery through which, in places, peer parterres of rich flowers. The result of this care to please the eye is that the people have something to attract their attention when a race is over, and they are prevented from manifesting that irritation which is so charac- teristic of English and American audiences when the contests do not follow each other in rapid succession. The monde is also allowed to roam at free will over the lawn surrounding the track, and to place themselves in any convenient position from which the race can be seen, provided they do not ob- struct the path of the coursers. The way the people rush about would never be tolerated on American courses, for the simple reason that an American audience once under headway would be hard to control, but in France one quiet word from the police or military would check rushing multitude in a moment—I mean, of course, the hurdle-loving multitude. The management of even the course shows the paternal charac- fer of the government, and the scrupulous attention paid to the prevention of any excitement. j When I stopped at a pretty little cabaret outside the course to enjoy a glass of wine, I was rather surprised to see a body or cuirassiers of the Garde Republicaine dash up the road, wheel promptly into line, then deploy by twos, and trot off to various points along the highway. The commander of the detachment, with his bugler, mounted on a snow-white steed, galloped up to the grand stand, and a minute later he was fol- lowed by half a dozen troopers, who took positions, without any apparent instructions, in different quarters of the course. A battalion of the infantry of the line next arrived and was marched alone the track, and whenever an upright fence post was reached a soldier fell out and took up his position near it In this manner a cordon of red-legged soldiers was placed around the course, and they were as close together as if they had been deployed as a skirmish line in actual warfare. They were only dummies, however, foras soon as the people com- menced crowding in, the sergeants dé ville, or police of Paris, placed themselves beside their co-laborers of the army and directed the movements of the surging throngs who ranged themselves along the fence near the winning post. The ad- mission to the course being only one franc, the greater por- tion of the audience were content to keep to the common, so few indeed graced the stands, where an extra five or ten francs were demanded fer a seat. These seemed to be occupied principally by betting men, and a few ladies and gentlemen. The former were, as a general rule, natives of Great Britain, and they carried the stamp of their profession so indelibly im- pressed on their countenance that no one could possibly mis- take them. They had that air of shrewdness and boldness combined which specially mark the ‘‘ horsey” character; but eyen if that were not sufficient to announce their nationality, the manner in which they defied the French laws of grammar and pronounciation most readily would. They seemed to know in advance what horses would and would not run, and to perdict in what position the competitors would reach the winning post. They looked a thoroughly *‘ knowing” lot, but the French people not being addicted to the American or English systems of betting they did not find trade very brisk, As all the fun and excitement seemed to be confined to the Multitude on the lawnor common, I moved down there, and found I had improved my position most advantageously, for wit and humor were flying about among all classes, and that good-natured badinage for which the French are famous was in full play. ‘‘ You will pardon me, Monsieur levnilitaire,” a portly dame would say to a mite of a soldier, “if I ask you to stoop a little more so that I can see over your head, You are small enough already, yet not sufficiently so to enable me to see over your shako, You are no doubt a giant in battle, though small in body, and will in all probability get fo be a general; so I hope, Monsieur le General, you will grant me the small fayor I ask.” This bit of raillery elicited hearty laughter from the bystanders; but, highly sensitive as the French are to anything approaching ridicule, the soldier did not resent the familiarity, and touching his hat he moved to one side. ‘*Monsieur would oblige if he would move one side,” an ouvsrier would say to a policeman, as he was being pushed for- ward by the incoming multitude, but instead of clubbing him as a New York policeman would for his presumption in speak- ing so familiarly, the officer merely turned around and said that it would be impossible to do so without breaking the cordon, Facing the crowd he asked them if they would be kind enough to move back a little further in order to give the horses plenty of room. In all this swaying not a petulant word was uttered by any person, and when one happened by mistake to push another he immediately lifted his hat and begged pardon. None were more polite than the civil officers, and if they made a request if was always with Afessteurs et miudames sil vous plait. They manifested none of the grow-- ing, small-app!e self-importance of the so-called ‘* finest police in the world,” yet they handled thousands without the least trouble. The people were bubbling with cheerfulness and suavity, and though *t chaff” reigned supreme it was devoid of all tincture of acrimony or the remotest illmature. The venders of racing programmes were the recipients of many humorous inquiries, which they answered in the same spirit. An individual who was selling Vee-yawm twro was told he had better study English before he yelled out the name of his paper, as no Frenchman would understand it, and no English- man could. On purchasing a copy from him for, I believe, three sous, T found the badinage was somewhat appropriate, ao tine Frank could pronounce such an outlandish Bator in the vernacular, : The first bell for the races to begin soumded at last, amd qmether rush then commenced for good positions. At (he third hell four horses appeared, and they Had scarcely taken posi- tion on the track ere they dashed off ** Little fuss about races here’ thought Io as I rashed for # good place to see bow French jockeys and low French horses took on ‘?im-and-out.” As vhe sills came wroinid the turn in front of the fortifications I reached a wall, and there had « good opportunity of noticing the eqbestrianism of what L supposed to be French jockeys. The moment they took the leap, however, I saw that the ‘seal’ was a most thoroughly English one, and wondered at it, for the Gallic eaviliers 1 had seen in the Ohaumps Biysee and Bots de Boulogne differed Yadically in their horsemanship from their British kindred, As soon as the steeds disappeared amidst the shruly- bery, I turned to a good-natured seryednt de wile and asked tim if the riders were Fienchmén, *! No," saiddie; ‘we haye no Prench jockeys in steeple-chasts or hurdle-races; they are all Byglish and Irish.” ‘! How is that?” Lasked; ‘can't you train Frenchmen toride?’ ‘Oh yes,” was the answer; ‘ but you s5e6 we can secure experienced talent from England at less expense than it would take to train men here; but besides that, it might be as well to say that the French are hot by any meéansas good horsemen as the English. ‘The latter are the finest cayaliersin the world,” said he admiringly, ‘and we can never compete with them,” Commenting on the comparatively easy character of the leaps, Lasked him if they had no ‘*in- and-outers?” He did not understand me at first, as | knew of no idiom in French that would express the phrase, but by Tnaking signs with my hands, and putting them through im- aginary bounds I soon made him vomprehend my idea, ‘‘Ah/ la double banguette,” saicl he, with the air of a man who had just awoke from a dream, ‘we have none.” ‘ Why not?” said I, ‘‘they prove both the power of the horse and the cleverness of the rider.” ‘‘No doubt,” was the response, ‘'}ut they proved so dangerous here to both men und horses that they are no longer used. They are known to us as the Trish leap; butas we are not Irishmen we don’t care fo risk our necks for nothing except a display of mere reckless courage.” By the time thisconversation was ended the horses were approaching the winning post, so I hastened in that di- rection with hundreds of others, but soon found myself buried amid carriages. I could neither adyance nor retreat then without much inconvenience to myself and others. A lady seated in a carriage pointed out my dilemma to her husband, and he, as soon as he heard that I must be a foreigner, kindly invited me to a place in his Jandau in order that I might be able to witness the finish. I gladly accepted the invitation, and was fortunate enough to see 4 very pretty bit of running between three out of the four competitors. They ran neck- and-neck up the homestretch, and when the flag was dropped it was hard to tell which had won. A minute later, however, the board announced the number of the winner, and the com- ment went around ‘* C"est fe cheval Anglais.” Ii English horses won every race it would evidently be taken as a matter of course, judging by the great leaping powers accorded them by the critics. Although this race was closely run and gallantly won, the people displayed no excitement, and when if was finished they strolled over the lawn with as much indifference asif noexciting events were on the card for the day. De- scending from my perch I followed the moying multitude, and soon learned that the races had vanished from their memory asif by magic, and that they were now bent on en- joying the magnificent landscape that stretched before them as far as the hills of St. Cloud, or the loveliness of the park in which they were loitering. This power to escape readily from one scene to another seems a strong characteristic of the people, and must be a source of much pleasure to them if it is true that ‘ variety is the spice of life.” The care taken to prevent persons from enjoying the sport without paying for it was well exemplified by the vigilance of the sentinels that paced up and down the éanguettes of the fortifications, They would not permit anybody outside the walls of the course to mount the grassy slopes of the useless fortifications, for fear they might indulge in a pleasure for which they had not paid. The contrast between American and French institutions was illustrated by this incident. Just fancy 4 company of United States soldiers mounting guard on *‘free hill.” at Jerome Park tokeep the ‘‘ deadheads ” away, ora troop of cavalry posted along the course and ayenues to prevent a breach of the peace oran indulgvnee in the pleasures of political assemblies. Of the throng inside it might be well to state that though by no means belonging to the aristocratic classes, yet a better dressed, more cheerful or a politer body of people could not he found throughout the world. The number of carriages pres- ent was compuratively quite small, and among them I did hot notice oné bearing American or English oceupunts. This is dic in a great measure to the fact that the races are run on Sunday. and John and Jonathan do not care to atlend the meelings from conscientious motives. The races that followed the first were so nearly of a charac- ter that a description of one suffices for all, except perhaps that one was more hotly contested than another. There were few accidents, and none of them were serious. The only place at which the horses fell was the water jump; but in no case did the jockey receive greater injury than an abrupt roll, while his steed merely kissed the ground rather suddenly. Both horse and rider were attended to immediately after a fall by the sergeants de ville on duty near the leap, so that the former scarcely stumbled ere he was seized by the reins, while the latter waslifted promptly by others. Hyery precaution seemed io have been taken to prevent either discomfort or in- convenience to the audience, or injury to man or horse, and to persons used to the slovenly and often penurious manage- ment of some American courses, this produced a pleasant im- pression. - After the races were oyer the horsemen who were prancing about the lawn all day took a (lash over the course much té the amusement of the spectators; and as some of {hem came to wrief they produced an immense amount of laughter among the English speaking portion. The widience after leaying the track did not rush madly aboul, a8 they do in New York, in order to get a seatin the train, but quietly strolled along or enjoyed thei glass of wine outside the doors of the wine shops. Carriages with outvidersin livery, pony phaetons with postillions in blue and white, mounted on the nigh wheelers,, horsemen, cuiragsiers, dragouns, chasew's a cheval, artillerists, buxom jones, a few graadesdames, nelish sharps, jockeys and trainers, and a multitude of well-dressed people lined the road leading lo the railway station or to Paris, and made a secne diversified enoughin color and individuality to attract the dullest mind. As they moved onward without jostling, rude- ness or undue haste, I thought tat a little of their quieiude would not be amigs in other lands to whichmy mind wandered. iE See ee as the prosrame was called ‘ William’s Tut,” Wut of course Thave devoted this letter 10 the scenes and incidents of 4. French conrsé¢ rather than to the races, for while the latver ditler only in degree in the various countries, the former are entirely st’ gonemvand can be witnessud nowhere out of France. There ure to me, at least, more variety of incidents and pleasing accessories to be found at a Parisian course than wt Any ofher: for you lava about you not only that wylich at- tracts the eye, hut you are also tree from the coarseness that characterizes a similar rendezvous in some other countries. If some of the American managers of race courses would take 4 lesson fron those of France vhey would increase the com- forts of the auditors and the weight of (helt own purse. “Oo For Forest and Stream, SURVEYING THE DEADWOOD ROUTE. \N the 4th inst. His Bxcellency Goy. Pennington did me the honor to appoint me one of three commissioners to accompany Lieut, Col. Fred D, Grant, A- D. 0,, to Gen. P. H, _ Sheridan (detailed for that purpose) upon an exploring expedi- tion up the Missouri, having for ils object an examination of the river bank at Fort George, at Fort Pierre and at Chantier Creek, with the toutes from the two last named westward 10- ward the Black Hills; and, also, to penetrate the country from Fort George as far west as practicable, tliat a suitable route might be found, if possible, and permanently located as a post road across the Indian reservation from the Missouri River to the Black Hills mining districts, The party consisted of Lient. Col. Grant, Gen. W. H. ik Beadle, Hon. M. W, Sheafe and the writer, Commissioners, M, N. Hoyt, Esq., general business manager, a guide (7), sur- yeyor and teamster—eight persons in all—with a heayy wagon containing a ton or luss of supplies, tent, etc., and a light two- seal wagon for the ‘tender feet.” Wednesday morniag, June 6, found usall on board the steamer Durfee, urging our way against the strong current of the ‘Big Muddy ;” and a look at our surroundings discovered we were in the midst of a motley crowd—army officers and their families, Indian traders and agents, priests, deacons and doctors, mayors of cities, gamblers and greenhorus, and last, bnt not least, 2 Chicago speculator, who conversed about op- erations involving millions as coolly as if it were an every-day matter with him to make or lose a million or two before din- ner. The blue of the army contrasted in a striking manner with the corduroy of the Black Hiller, and rank or station had yery little to do with places atthe table. Anex-Suryeyor General had, as a room-mate, a pilot; a judge found the up— per berth of his room occupied by a faro dealer, while the worthy mayor of one of our most enterprising Western cities spread his blanket on the floor, and suceesstully wooed the drowsy goddess, in spite of the surroundings. Our destination was Fort Pierre, situated on the south or west bank of the Missouri Riyer, some 300 miles (by water) above Yankton, and the scenery, as we ascended, was full of interest. The bluffs follow the general course of the river on both sides, at s0me points rising abruptly from the edge of the water sometimes to the height of two, or even three hundred feet; their sides, bare and ragged, worn by the deluging rains of centuries into the most fantastic forms, exposing the varied colors of chalk, clay, lime, slate, oxide of iron, ete., again re- ceding from the river leaving a bottom covered with lux- uriant grass or the more thrifty willow; ravines and gulches penetrating the bluiis, lined with the cotton wood and other timber native to the region, presented to the writer an ever -yarying, changing kaleidoscopic panorama, colored with the heayen-given tints of the various grasses and flowers—the whole alternately flashing in the sun’s rays or softened by the cloudy shadows that Swept over the scene. Our interest in the peculiar geological formation of the cliffs was much heightened by the lucid explanations as fo cause, etc., by our “military friend,” ably seconded by the ** philosopher” both enthusiasts in geology and minérology. About eighteen miles aboye Yankton we pass the beautiful farm of a Russian colony, or community, known as ‘' Wut- terisuhes Gemeine,” or Hutter Brothers,o Home, or House, as yariously translated. They are communisticin their ideas and practices, and, pecuniarily at least, successful. I can sive your readers lut a faint idea of the various tribes of In- jans whose reservations border the Missouri, but must ex- press my surprise at the evidences of civilization that eyery- where exhibit themselyes—fine fields of wheat and corn, large herds of cattle, wood ¢ut and corded, and, most conclusive of all, the fact that the *tepee” is being rapidly exchanged for small but comfortable lof or board huts. It might be premature to say that the Indian policy of the government pursued for the last Jew years, has been a suc- éess; but, certain itis, that more has been accomplished to- ward pacification of the great mass, and christianization of those within reach of such influences, than during the pre- vious fifty years, Tosuch gentlemen as Bishop Hare, Maj, Gassman, Dr. Livingston and others, must be ascribed all praisé for the results everywhere apparent on the reservations visited by us. Fort Pierre we veached on the fifth day, having been de- layed by high winds and want of fuel. This place, formerly a trading post, is mow occupied by a few persons who supply the freighters and others who convey the great stores of grain, fionr and general merchandise shipped via this route to the Black Hills towns of Deadwood, Crook City, Rapid City, Sheridan, ete. The place very much resembled an army depot of supplies the wware-house, where we landed, and the adjacent lots covered with wagons, grain, agricultural implements, steam engines and boilers, furniture, ete.; tents and booths made of bushes, camp fires, wagon trains, mules and oxen, drivers with their *‘bull-dozers,” returned Black Hillers (blacker than the hills themselves); houses and stores of logs; pulaces and hotels of boards (four stories high, ad! en the grownd jluar); signs reading ‘* Meals ut all Hours,” *‘Potoes, Grain & Melo,” “Bakry,” “ Grand Central Motel," St. Hlmo,” ete, ; all and everything seemingly in inextricable confusion. At this place our ** Nimrod” joined us, bringing » heart overflowing with kindliness and a fund of wit and good humor that added yery much to the pleasure of the trip. We remained on board dur- ing the unloading of the Durfee, which then dropped down the river to the point known as Fort George, on Monday morning, where we disembarked, and, after a hasty breakfast, struck nearly due west through or over an almost tea tcog- ttt. Tn fact, the foot of white man has seldom, if ever before, trod the route over which we passed. Our route lay between Bad River, ou the north, and White Eqrth River south. The mapa show ve sreuwms Tunoing into the Bad River from the south, Wefoond not luss thinten, largeand small = Our fitst day's march was devoid of incident, except our ¢ athe ander C fol praitie, a1 with rich bufato, gummi and ofher svasses, owers of every hue, the bright snnshine and cool breeze, aa we trumpod alone. made every eye sparkle and the rich warm blood Hnele m oar veins as sve canghit sigit of Antelope Creck, which was tu be ‘our first camping place. We estimated our day's thareh ab twenty-two miles, and felt like sayme, + Por what we are about fo receive, ete,, “meke ns duly thankful,” as we drank our Not coffee 10 the seo! of the evénins, We nanied our first, camping place Camp Grant, in honorof the gallant poung off- cer, whose practical Knowledge and thorough ach liatatauce With frontier life, and (he necessities of a greab overland route through such a country, cased his selection by Gen. Shexi- dan for this responsible duty. The Colonel's 190 pounds did’ good service on more than one occasion when crossing atayine or gulch, and the safety(?) of the entire party was no doubt im the hands of himself and Nimrod the first night they did duty tozether as sentinels around camp, The country became rather more broken as we journeyed westward, and whilé we did not expeat un ittachk from the lros- tiles, yet we felt that the best way to avoid danger was to be fully prepared to meet it, and therefore each man took his regular tour of duty. IT had the pleasure, on onr third day out, of seeing for the first time the young mallard duckling. About 12 m. we camped on top of a high ridge and found spread out at our feet the bed of a lake, of seyeral acres m area, covered with ducks. We had no shot sn, but taking my rifle, thought I might get some meat (which we needed), Approaching the lake closely I found the rushes and grass filled with little ducklings swimming around and trying their wings. Some could rise from the water a short distance; others had seemingly just hatched. It was amost interesting sight, even the old ducks being yery tame. I presume they” had neyer been shot af. I do not think that region of country very good for game except it be wild fowl, although we saw quite a number of antelope and a few deer. Saw some plaine chickens, and large numbers of plover and curlew; hut the Indians haye depleted that whole region of all the larger animals. The country is yery beautiful, well watered, abounding in lusuri— ant grass, bottoms of the creeks filied with cottonwood and willow, and is splendidly adapted for stock raising and herds ing, the rolling nature of its surface affording natinal drain- age, After traveling some city miles westward from: the river, finding ourselves too near Bad River, with ils bad lands and gulches, we bore south some ten miles toward the White River, finding once more the same beautiful rolling prairie that was the distinguishing feature of the first part of our route, and on the fifth day set our faces toward the Missouri River, and Saturday night pitched our tent near Camp Grant once more, Sunday morning found us early astir, and while preparing breakfast, four ponies and a mule, with saddle and bridle on, came into camp. We caught fhe mule and one of the ponies; the others evaded our utmost efforts to make them captive. We debated long the propriety of retaining the estrays, think- ing they might belong to some hovering hand of redskins, who if they followed up the trail and found them in our possession might assume that we had stolen them, and, knowing Mr. Lo Was not susceptible to reason or argument, felt uncertain as to what was best in the premises; but finally it was concluded to retain the captured, and drive the others into Pierre. We crossed Antelope Creek, soon struck an old travies trail lead- ing over the bluffs and alkali lands, reached Bad River, which we forded, and got to Ft. Pierre early in the afternoon, thoroughly tired out with a week's steady tramp, and soon found owners for our ponies. We camped that night near the bluffs, but found sleep nearly out of the question, because of the clouds of mousquitoes that arose from the grass as the sun descended. We broke camp very tarly Monday morning, ex- changed our heavy wagon for a light one, got rid of all super- fiuous baggage, and struck out over the holtom lands of the Missouri River for Chantier Creek, which we reached after a rapid drive about noon, Some ten miles from Pierre, Nimrod sprang from the wagou and dashed like a madman after some object running in the grass, The cry was raised **A\ prairie dog.” The driver, our military friend and the writer all joimed in the chase, finully securing the frightened little fellow under a hunting cap (after much groundand lofty tumbling) wninjured. Chantier' (as we hamed her) was soon securely cooped wp in acracker-box, and, in imagination, already the pet of a listle- lady in Yankton. But, alas for human expectations! ‘iat night she cut her way out of her prison, preferriny, evidently, old associations to new. Chuntier Oreck posseseed anything but agreeable recollec- tions to our worthy Nimrod, asa few weoks previous to our visit, a gentleman in his employ, while fuardine some eooils landed from a passing! steamer, was Shot and instantly Killed. by the Indians within twenty feet of the spot where we ate our dinners, and the very rascals who did it, as We fimmly te- lieve, were camped willtin plain sight of our camp fire 4s we ate TI think we all experienced a feeling of relief wiken we once! ae stood on top of the bluffs out of reach of the murdering: evils. That night we camped on Willow Creek, om the Black Hills road, returning to Pierre next day. The ride from Ft. Pierre to Yaukton on oun return, a dis- talice of over two hundred and fifty miles, while deyoid of special incident, was one never to be forgotten, Moat of the way through Indian reservations, stopping at ranches, sonte ood, others bad, still others execrable. Noting tid marked ifference betweea the condition of the late hostiles at Yank- ton Agency and elsewhere, and those long since gathered to- gether at Hort Thompson under the cate of Dr Livingston and at Yankton, White Swan, etc., under Major Gassman; contrasting the painted, blanketed, and much decorated * big Indian" with a naked sabre in his hand, stalking around with an air of supremé contempt foy the whole white race, and the Christian Indians gathered at the chapel at Yankton Agency, clothed in garments like unto ours, we began to realize the fact that the Indian problum was being rapidly worked out, . aud the solution of the whole question in the near futare_ We arrived i) Yanktén Tuesday about nocu after o ride ‘(exclusive of that by steamer) of over five hundred mileg, aunburned tu the color of Indians, but hardy and healthy, and teady to take up agiin the everyday cares of life. Readers of the Fores: anp Srream weary of the tre round of duties and business troubles, conie out Lere ently m auijumn and T promise to shaw you 4 country, within & few hours' ride of this city, abounding In game. Vatwrehas done everything for the comfort of man. Our rivers and lakes abound in fish, The prairies teem with chickens, plover and” cuflew, and the auttimnal fiz. of wild fowl annually tille the air with the cry of the wild gooue, brant ad deb, afford ing splendid spurt to lovers of the rod vind gun, tn Yaukion, Prasataly Tr Hite * TROUT STREAMS OF THE AROO- STOOK. v Boston, July 4, 1877. Eprtor Fores? Anp STREAM: Tieft Presque Tale, Malne, May 15, by stage to Ashland, twenty-four miles, fare $1.50); hotel kept by Mrs. Smith, and the last public honse on the route north. Good table, expense #1 per day. Next jnorning by stave to Portage Lake, ten miles, fare 76 cents. This was my ob- jective point, aud a more clear and beautiful body of water never nestied in the wilderness. Thataffernoon found me on its pebbly Geach to test the langess of my Inck, but not a nibble did I get till the sun huug low in the horizon. Then, at once, the fun came fast and furious, aid nine tront, weighing thirteen pounds, were landed in afew minutes, und—must I tell it—buited with a piece of sali pork! That, Ora plecé of oliub, is the only lure till the water becomes warm > until tien the trout lie Ground the shores. Later, when they assemble at the Mouths of the cool brooks and in the thoronghfares, they take the Hy greedily, aiy and ajl colors. So little known ia this region that very Tew come here to fah; eo few, that there is no professional guide nor eyen a boat at all times, and but four families living in sight of the lake, Thomas West, lving on the west shore about a mile from the foot of the lake, a farmer und hunter, bas two grown-up sens who are familiar with the whole region, and if not pressed by farm work could he hired at a low price ; but they have no boat, except a small dng-ont, For a party of two or more, a battewu should be engaged at Ashland, where ordinary supplies cam be had at the store of J. T. Mooers, whom J would recommend to parties to correspond with. Portage Lake ls fiye milles long and connects with thoronglifares and several other lakes with St, John’s River, some 50 miles; all a wilderness, not ¢yen & single farm, but hure and there log houses used in winter by Jumbarmen, the woods full Gf caribou, moose and bears; and I can conceive of no greater en- joyment ihan to be oné of a party to leisurely make the tour after the flies are subdued, say the first or middle of Angust. My informant, who has several times been over the route, says at that season the thoroughfares are literally swarming with trout at the mouths of the brooks. He relates that a small party from an Hastern city Game slyly if there a few years since, and commenced seining them and phitmg {hem up it Cans Tora business. A few backwoodsmen made them a visit, broke up the business in its infancy and contiscated their effects, Trovt and all, Owing to illness, my tarry was brief; but the taking of fifty-nine trout, weighing néar seventy pounds—the boss scaling 4 |bs, “ o78.—was Ssomé compensation. These trout are more slen(er in form and lighter-colored externally than our mountain fish, but the meat is very sweet, rich-colored, though a little dry; and on the rod they are a8 QaAlliy as the best. 4 After reaching Ashland, which I should state is on the boantifnl Aroo- stook, my route lay inland on the old Matthwamkeag Road. At Mus- eardis, ten miles from Ashland, we again strike the Aroostook at its janction with the St, Croix, Thirty miles from here up the Aroostook ia a chain of four lakes, Called Munshungan, ull wilderness, and seldom visited except by lumbermen. Here, too, the waters are alive with trout, aid tie woods with bear, moose and caribou. This I learned from the stage driver, C. B. Canney, an old Iumberman, and familiar with the whole region between Mattawankea# and Fort Kent, 95 miles. Charles G, Quincy, landlord of hotel, would answer correspondents, and © batteau could generally be found there. To reach there, go up by stage from Mattawankeag, two days ride, 72 miles, fare $5.50. The next day I reached Patten, going through the town of Rockybeny, the road passing within two miles of the lake of that name, mentioned in my first letter. This lake is, by all odds, the place to visit if one has but little time and does not care to go very far. To reach it, leave cars at Mattawaukeag on Huropean and North American railroad, thence thirty-eight miles by dally ree es Tare $2.50. Stop at Patten Honse, hept by that capital fellow, C, L. Hackett, whose livery team will take you over the fourteen miles to lake In quick lime over a fine road, through as beautiful a country as lies onfdoors, Not many visit the Juke, and fishing is 4s good as can be fonnd farther off (vide the string of di, weighing 42 Ibs., ron by me at Hottlion on my wayup). Parties contemplatiog this trip should write in advance to Hackett; fare from Bangor to Mattawaukeag, $2.60, Corp. Lor WARFIELD, Kish Culture. ABSTRACT OF THE REPORT OF THE FISH COMMISSIONERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, JUNE SESSION, 1877. ® are indebted to Mr. Samuel Webber for a copy of this interesting report. The labors of past commis- sioners in restocking the waters of the State have been attend- ed with such success that the present board would recommend a continnanee of the work, exercising at the same time due caution that fish be not introduced into waters where they will destroy more valuable varieties. And, in order that the re- stocking may be prosecuted more intelligently. the board have prepared a list of the lakes and ponds of the State, with their characteristics, as a basis for operations, and propose, so far ag is in their power, to stock them with the most suitable va- ricties of valuable fish in due season. The shad and salmon, once abundant in all the rivers flowing from the State to the seaboard, have heen of late years debarred from returning: to these waters by the impassable dams which haye been built in Maine and Massachusetts. One very important branch of the duties of the commissioners, therefore, has been the effort to induce the Gommissioners of Massachusetts to have suitable fishways built at Lowell and Lawrence on the Merrimack, and af Holyoke and Montague on the Connecticut, by which those valuable fish might be able toveturn to their former spawn- a eatiaiesloriers of Massachusetts haye shown the ut- most Zeal in the matter, and have, during the past season, ve- }uilt the fishway at Lawrence in a manner which seemed to be satisfactory ; and, in accordance with theiv wishes, notice as been viven to the owners of mill-danis ab Nashua to con— struct suitable ways by which the salmon could return to the Washua River, 2 large portion of the head waters of which are i Ff atts, zs ete the fact that salmon and other fish will return to spawn to their Own breeding grounds, the Commissioners for Massachusetts have placed 40,000 young salmon in the jiead waters of the Nashua River, and have assisted in restock ing the Pemigewasset with eminent success, if we can judge from the letters and other accounts received of the abundance of salmon “par7” in the higher waters of the latter river. They have also hatched the last season, without charge, 100,- 600 young California salmon, which Mr, Powers, of the board, jhas placed in the Pemigewusset and Baker's rivers, One of the board met the ‘Commissioners for Massachusetts and Connecticut in Boston in January, and the Massachusetts Commissioners gaye him assurance that a proper tishway would be completed this season at Montague on the Connecti— cut; and it was decided, if the U. §. Commissioners sueceed- edi providing the commission with Qalifornia spawn this year, that 100,000 young fish would be placed in the head 4vaters of the Connecticut next winter, ; { Phere have been procured from Mr. C. G. Atkins, of Maine, through Prof. Baird, U. 5. Commissioner, five thousand eggs ‘of {lie land-locked salmon, which Mr. Brackett, of the Massa- ~ Ghusetts Commission, haa hatched at the Massachusetts hatch. a 7OREST AND STREAM. ing-house, af Winchester, and which haye been distributed in suitable waters in the counties of Cheshire, Sullivan, Grafton, ah ee and Carroll, selecting for the purpose natural trout ponds. Dr. Pletcher, of Concord, State Commissioner, introduced this: species into Newfound Lake, in Bristol, in 1866, and about the same time placed some in Sunapee Lake. Some were caught last season in Newfound Lake, according to the description given of them by the fishermen, who did not know what they were; but of the 45 put into Sunapee, 43 are said to have been speared the next autumn on their spawning beds, in one Of the brooks flowing into the lake. The introduction of black bags seems to have been a success. Sunupue, and some of the lakes on the eastern border of the State, are well stocked, and there is a fair supply in Lake Massahesic ; but the habit of the fish is essentially migratory, and their fondness for swift water has caused then to escape from Sunapee and Massabesic in great numbers, so that they are fast becoming common in the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers, It is proposed to introduce, at the proper seasons, the blue- backed trout of the Rangeley lakes, the pike,fperch, the Michi- fan grayling, the white perch of Maine and Massachusetts, and the whitefish of the Western lakes. The commission recommends a revision of the laws relating to inland fisheries, and their condensation info 9 simple and intelligible form; and with that view haye prepared an abstract of fhe laws as they now stand, as accurately as they could compile them. They also advise the passage of an act prohibiting the catching, or having in possession, young sal- mon, known as “par” or “smolts,” al any time, and also of black bass less than nie (9) inches’ in length, and of brook trout less than fiye (5) inches long. — ++ Saap Crrrura.—TZ is Season's Work on the Iudson.—Mv. Monroe A. Green with his corps of assistants has been en- gaged in shad culture since May 17th. The total number of shad hatched this year was 4,676,000, of which 3,676,000 were hatched back of Shad Island, ten miles below Albany, and 1,000,000 near Catskill. This is an increase of 8,859,000 over the hatching of last year. Of the aboye number all were turned into the Hudson with the exception of 80,000 which were deposited in Black River, a tributary to Lake Ontario, The force have had excellent success this year in obtaining nmielters, or male shad, which are often very difficult tv obtain. The fish are all taken at night between dusk and 1 o'clock in the morning, on the spawning beds ov the rocks and gravel, near the shore. A somewhat singular fact is that during ten years operations a “ripe” fish has never been taken ntter 1 o'clock, nor have buf two ever been taken during the day time. My. G. reports very heayy catches this season on the Hud- son by the fishermen, the fish also averaging larger than usual. A great many of the progeny of the cross between the female shad and the male herring have been taken, which, although not equal fo the shad, are far superior to the herring, and prove an excellenf market fish. Last year about 20,000 sal- mon {rout were put in the Hudson, of which a tew have been caught by the fishermen this year. The fishermen continue to take fish in and out of season unmolested, so that there is practically no close season, The wonder is that the force of the State Hatchery can ever gel the amount of spawners they do after their running the fisher- men’s gauntlet as they are obliged to do. The price of shad at Albany ranged this year from $8 to $10 a hundred. When Mr. Green began hatching shad the fishmongers laughed at him, and vowed to eat all the shad le could hatch. The other day, in foinge through the market, one of them called out, ‘‘Green, stop this hatching; the fish are too plenty; it don’t pay.” On being reminded of the yow thle man said the fishmen ‘gaye it up; they were beat.”— Rachester Hupress. SS —The State of Pennsylvania has purchased Seth Weeks’ fish-hatchery at Corry, with its appurtenances—dwelling- houses, hatching-house, stock of fish (280,800 salmon and trout), nine and « half acres of land, and inexhaustible springs of pure water—for $2,000, — Our BARNEGAT CORRESPONDENT writes: “J. R. Shotwell, of the New Jersey Fish Commission, accompanied by Gen. John A. Hall (Gov. Beadle’s private secretary) and three members of the New York Legislature, have been spending a few days on our waters investigating the fishing grounds, listening to those most conversant with the importance of fish protection, ete. Your correspondent meeting them at the Ash- ley House, Barnegat Inlet, found the Commissioner a very pleasant gentlemen, und one entirely devoted to his duties, His suggestions in regard to more effective lnws benefitine the fishing interest, find general favor with our inhabitants— for instance: in winter, parties living at the head of our hay,in hauling seines under the ice, leave wagon loads of unmarket- able fish—perch and bass—on the shore to perish. Commis— sioner Shotwell advises a law regulating the size of mesli in order to avoid this wholesale slaughter; also adyises legal enactments prohibiting the use of seines during the months of May and June, when large weakfish are running in the bay to spawn. Attention was called to the violation of the present Jaws, which is to be remedied af once, It now remains with our citizens to assist the Commission. Parties sent to look af- ter the fishing interest looked out more for votes than fish, We received but one benefit from the laws passed two years ago, that of stopping the use of pound nets. Now let. us pe- tition for the suggestions of the Commissioner, and go srill further, to prohibit the hauling of all seines in ow bay dur- ing the summer months, which, benefiting only some dozen people, gluts the market, destroys the laboring man’s hand fishing, and the pleasure of hundreds of visitors, whose mon- eys are annually seattered through our villages. Something must be done at once, or the far-famed fishing rounds of Bar- negat will meet with the same fate as other bays, which rank- ed equally as high years ago, at Brrr Liver ror Fish Foop.—Messrs. Fenn & Olark, Po- quonock, Conn, haye met with quite a loss in their fish works, Some tine since they ran short of beet’s liver for feeding, and the butcher who supplied them sent to Springtield to procure some. Soon after feeding fhe liyer obtained there, the fish began to die. They saved but a few thousand out of some ejgity thousand latched, and these, it seemed, had not from some cause caten much of the new food. They put all but one thousand tm the brook that supplies the trout works with Water, as an experiment, andit is thought that they are doing well, caring for themselves. They will probably save five or six thousand of them. ‘Though they are somewhat discourap- ed, they intend to try again. dlatural History. THE SPARROWS AGAIN. E are under obligations to our numerous observers for notes upon the European sparrow, which have as- sumed such proportions that we are forced to summarize the information at the risk of offending the writers. A gen- tlemen in Philadelphia writes : The disappearance of our native birds is easily accounted for, as they seek other Quarters to rear their young, because the food they have heen accustomed to gather has been con- sumed by the sparrows; dod, being migratory, formerly had a full supply during their short stay in our cities. IT know such birds are more numerous in the country adjacent to Philadelphia. The same writer corroborates others as to the improvement in the appearance of the shade trees since the advent of the little Saxon. W. Wellicott, of this city, remarks: It is not s9 many years but that I distinetly remember when the Mayor recommended the cutting down of all shade trees. the alanthus alone excepted, for the purpose of gettine: rid of the worms, At this time it seemed as if this vigorous treatment was the only means by which the ravages of the spinning caterpillar could be stopped. Farmers’ clubs and agricultural associations had given the subject their most pro- found thourht and solemn consideration. They sugsested various ‘‘cnre-alls,” but all proved impotent; but to-day the trees which shade our avenues are clothed with their full summer foliage, filing the eye with their grace and beauty. For this we are indebted to the English sparrows. Formerly, fo walk our streets waa.a perilous feat; to-day it is a ‘*joy and gladness.” That the sparrows are so belligerent as to suffer no other bird to dwell in the neighborhood is mere as- sertion. I know the contrary from actual experience, Per contra, a correspondent at Jamaica Plains, Mass., as- serts that having dissected some thirty or forty birds in all, no signs of worms or insects injurious to yegctation were found in any case; only grain and refuse, He says; There never was a more marked exhibition of their utter inability to rid us of our dreaded canker-worm than here- aboufs—elms full of bird houses and birds,. but leaves all eaten and gone. The sparrows are less musical and more quarrelsome than other birds, and we pray that they may at least be limited, Dr. Cones, in the Field and Iorest for May, remarks that: Passer domesticus, the nuisance, was introduced some years after our list appeared, and now these rowdy little gaming squeak and fight all through the city to our great disgust. The introduction of these exotics clutters up ornitholozy in a way that a student of geographical distribution may deplore, and interferes decidedly with the ‘* balance of power” among the native species. Whatever may be said to the contrary notwithstanding, these sparrows do molest, harass, drive off, and otherwise maltreat and forcibly eject and attempt to destroy various Kinds of native birds, which are thereby de- prived of certain inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness after their own fashion. We understand that in Boston, where the sparrows aré ex- tremely numerous, the butcher birds (Collurio borealis) lately appeared in foree and feasted upon the birds, until the legis- lators, or whoever had authority in the matter, ordered them to be systematically destroyed, thus thwarting, with charac- teristic human short-sightedness, the first efforts Nature made to readjust the disturbed balance of her forces, We cannot but think our corrrespondents lose sight of the main points of the case in their zeal to uphold their own side of the argument. Thercare few birds which are not more or less destructive to fruits and cereals, yet all, or nearly all, are of incalculable benefit in destroying noxious insects. We give below an extract from a letter published in the New York Times, which presents views somewhat different from those heretofore published : “Let me confess that from the first I have made the spar- rows a study, and it really reflects upon my common sense when I think how often I have glorified them in the papers, prottily described their winning ways, their little lives and loves, and in winter time haye pathetically implored the pub- lic (o remember the poor birds and seatter crumbs for them in the streets and squares. I’ve done with ‘em from this day. Now, don’t think 1am coming down on ‘em with the stale story about their driving away all the beautiful birds and all the song-birds that used to make our lawns and woods, our squares and parks, so bright and musical. That is a matter t6 be settled between the sparrows and the ‘other birds” thuti have been so summarily *‘counted out.” I’m particulanly down on the spatrows because they are infernal little frauds. The original and only reason why they were imported at all was to rid us of the terrible worm-pest that destroyed the foliage of our trees and persisted in dropping down on us, without warning, like so many country cousins. The spar- rows were to stop all this. As worm-destroyers they were asserted to be ahead of nny patent medicine that children ever cried for. But alas! Do you remember the ancient anecdote about the introduction of bees in fhe West Indies! The ees went to work and thriftily laid in their winter store of honey. Gut when they found out there was no winter to provide for, and that flowers bloomed the year round, they spent their leisure days in and about the sugar houses, and aransed them- selves by stinging ‘‘niggers.” So witli our sparrows. They yery soon discovered tht they could get their ‘crub” with- ont taking the jrouble to pick up common worms. I haye passed a'good part of the last tive fair Sundays in Oentval Park, and have noticed more particularly this year than before how very common are the caterpillars and how comparatively scarce aré the sparrows. Th the most roraland secluded spots, like the Ramble, just where you would suppose a bird ''asis. 380 - a bird” would particularly/delight to dwell, there is scarcely asparrow to be seen, In the whole Park there is not more than a regiment or two, merely detailed to drive away other more delightful and in every way more desirable birds. Those that wre there stick close tothe lunch baskets of the daily pick - nickers, hang around Stetson’s, the casino, the dairy, the childern’s play-house, and other localities where there are ehoice crumb and sugar candy pickings. Down town, in Madison and Union squares, where nurses and children most do congregate, and in up-town streets, where the tramps beg at the area doors and immediately and indignantly sling the bestowed bread and butter into the gutter—these are the chosen spots for the sparrows, and they fairly. haunt the school houses at lunch time. The lazy little louts! Catch them in the way of any work, such as worm destroying, when they can stuff themselves with cake crumbs, fragments of French rolls, and like luxuries! And then they do ‘‘increase and multiply” so preposterously beyond even the most liberal ‘construction of the Scriptural injunction, and make such a confounded twittering under the bedroom windows at early morning hours—such a noise, indeed, as almost to drown the Comanche yell of the milkman and the fierce notes of the fish, hom, Ob! it is getting to be too “‘intolerable, and not to be endured.” I don’t suggest a summary and indiscriminate sqnelching of the sparrow nuisance, buf some plan for their rapid reduction in respect of numbers would be desirable.” Mr, Brewer believes the sparrow to have been of incaleu— lable benefit to the parks and gardens of his city. He depre- cates the agitation of the starling question, begging to substi- tute that bird for the sparrow. He says: Just now in Europe, where they ought to know better, in many places the starling is an outlaw quite as much as the Sparrow. You surely have not forgotten when the latter were introduced how grateful the residents of our cities were ‘when the measuring worm disappeared as if before a magi- cian’s wand. , A few years have flown, and now all our grati- tude has flown! TForgetful that what has been once will be again withont the sparrow; that the seeds of the same nuisance lurk all around us to surely reappear if they have but a ghost of a chance to reproduce, and ungrateful for what we owe the sparrow, like my ezperiencedl townsman, Mr, Minot, they tell us these birds ‘‘are practically useless and are no longer needed.” Such will be the fate of the starling with the unthinking, the ungrateful and the short-sighted; and such is at present iis hard lot in Southern Germany, in Austria, in Italy, and even in some parts of intelligent Switz- erland, that it is hunted down as a destroyer of grain. Living as I do on the edge of Boston Cammon, with abund- ant opportunity daily to see and judge for myself, I prefer to trust my own eyes and ears than the zpse diait, the inference, deductions or opinions of any other man. So, when I am told that a sparrow has been seen to attack a blue bird, I may be pardoned for remembering that in all my experience, and in yarious instances, the blue bird has ever been the aggres- sor, There are more native birds, especially robins and blue birds, and more kinds on Boston Common this year (June, 1877), than I have ever seen before. Mr. 5. also cites several incidents, well known in Boston, of the blue birds taking forcible possession of the nests of Sparrows and ejecting the young, which are verified by the parties on whose premises the actions took place. He also calls our attention to the fact that when this subject was opened we asked for evidence; while much that has been written is but mere assertion or opinion, neither of which throw any light upon the question at issue, but rather tends to obscure and puts to one side the goal which is so desirable to reach. Mr. John Galyin, superimtendent of public parks and squares of Boston, corroborates Mr. Brewer as to both starling and sparrow. Of the latter he says that it has accomplished *all and even more than we had anyright to expect from it. ‘We are not at all sure that the new comers, the starlings, even if they succeed in maintaming a foothold in this country, which is yery doubtful, will not be put under the ban like all oi our own most useful native birds.” of THE FAUNA OF MICHIGAN. BY ARCHER. ( Continued), ORDER NATORES. PAMILY ANATIDR, . GENUS CYGNUE. Cygnus americanus. Sharp, American Swan. Cygnus buéeinater, Rich. Trumpeter Swan, Specimens are met wilh occasionally on St. Clair Flats, GENUS ANSER. Anser hyperboreus. Pall. Snow Goose. Anser gunibellt. Hart. White-fronted or Laughing Goose. (?) Anser frontalis. Bd, If this be a species, as Baird supposes, it 1s eommon, GENUS BERNICLA. Boie. Canada Goose. Bernicla juutchinsii. Bonap. Hutchins Goose, Bernicla brents. Steph, Brant. Notwithstanding all that has been waid to prove that the brant does not frequent the great lakes and tivers, I must give evidence to the contrary, Naving seen several specimens. One stot In Samia Bay, two from St, Clair Flats, two from Toreb Like, aud myself captured a wounded one near Iowa Point, Kan,, in the Missouri, April 28, 1876." y BUB-FAMILY ANATIN AS, GENUS ANAS. Anas boschas, Linn. Mallard. Anus obscura, Gm. Dusky Duck. GENDS DAPILA. Dafils acute, Jenyns., Pintail. GENUS NETTION. Nettion carolinensis. Bd. Gréeen-Winged Teal. GENUS QUERGUEDULA, Querquedula discora. Steph. Blue-Winged Teal. GENUS SPATULA, Spatula clypeata, Boie. Spoonbill; Shoyeller. QENUS CHAULELASMUS. Chaulelasmus streperus, Gray, Gray Duck; Gadwall. GENUS MARECA, Marechanericann, Steph. Baldpate; Widgeon. GENUS AIX, % # een Boke, Sumer Duck; Wood Duck, Bernicla canadensis. SUB-FAMILY FULIGULINAS GENUS FULLX, Fuliz mariia. Bd. Scanp Duck. Pulix collaris, Bd, Ring-Necked Duck, Dulix afinis, Ba, Little Blackhead; Binebill. GENUS AYTICYa, Aythya americana, Bon, Red-Head Duck. Aylhya vallisneria, Bon. Canvas-back Duck. ; : GENUS BUCEPHALA, * Bucephala zslandiea. Ba, Barrow’s Golden Hye. Common on St. Clair Plats and Sarnia Bay in winter, Bucephala albeola. Bd, Butter Ball; Dipper; Buftie Head. Bueephala americana, Bd. Golden Eye; Whistle Wing. GENUS HARBLDA. Harelda glacialis, Leach. Old Wife; Long-tailed Duck, GENUS OMDEMIA. Oidemia bimaculata, Bd. Lake Huron Scoter, GENUS CAMPTOLZMUS. ¢ Camptolemus labradorius. Bd. Labrador Duck, Probably an acci- dental visitor, as one or two specimens have been seen in Georgian Bay; hence I add it to the list. GENUS ERISMATURA, Evrismatura rubida. Bonap. Ruddy Duck, GENUS MERGUS, Mergua americanus Cass, Sheldrake, Goosander. Mergus serrator, Lint, Red-breasted Mergansu. GENUS LOPHODYTES, Lophotytes cucullatus, Reich. Hooded Mergansn. FAMILY LARID A. GENUS LARUS. Lerus glancus. Brann. Glancus Gull, Burgomaster. Lerus argentatus, Broon. Herring Gull. Larus delewarensis. Ord. Ring-billed Gull. GENUS CHROICOCEPHALUS. } Croicocephalus atricille. Linn, Langhing Gull. \ Croicocephalus franklinit, Pranklin’s Rosy Gull. Common in Northern Wisconsin and adjoining parts of Michigan at certain seasons, Seems ‘to be migratory. Croicocephatus philadelphia, Law, Bonapart’s Gull. GENUS RISSA, » Rissa tridactylus. Bonap. Kittiwake Gull. Frequent in winter on Lake Huron, common around the Straits of Mackinac. GENUS STHRNA. Sterna wilsoni, Bonap. Wilson’s Tern. Sterna frenala. Gamb, Least Tern. Sterna fossteri. Nutt, Forster’s Tern. On authority of late Dr. G. B. Wilson, F. 8. 8, Fish Duck, GENUS HYDROCHELIDON. Hydrocheliden plumbea, Law. Black or Short-tailed Tern. Very abundant in marshes around Saginaw Bay, where it breeds. FAMILY PELECANIDA, GENUS PELECANTS. Pelicanus erythrorhynchus. Genel. Rough-billed Pelican. A speci- men was killed a few years since in Sarnia Bay. The only one known. Is now /n museum of the University, I believe, FAMILY COLYMBIDA, GENUS COLYMBUS. Colynihus torquatus, Brnen. Loon, Great Northern Diver, Colymbus areticus, Lion. Black-throated Diver. Not uncommon thronghout the State. Have seen it in Eaton, Calhoun, Antrim, Sani- lac, Lapeer and St. Clair Counties. . Colymbus septentrionalis, Linn. Red-throated Diver. FAMILY PODICIPIDA. GENUS PODICEPS. Podiceps griseigena, Gray, Red-necked Grebe. Podiceps eristatus, Lath. Crested Grebe. Poiliceps cornutus. Lath. Horned Grebe. GENUS PODILYMBUS, Law. Pied-bill Grebe, (To be continued.) Pe tk eee EEL SPAWN HYBRIDS, ETC. Podilymbus podicepa. K NEw HAVEN, Conn., July 2, 1877. Eprron Forest AND STREAM: In the Natural History Department of FoREsT AND STRHAM, of June 41, “R. C, B.” and “ Jones ” each speak of having found spawn in eels. Are they certain that the spawn was not found in the stomach? T have had two sels sent to me with the spawn of other jishin their stomachs, which had been cut through while the eels were being dressed, am the fishermen, Knowing little about the anatomy of eels, had supposed this Spawn to belongs tothem. ‘‘R.C. B.” will please note that lampreys are oviparons, but that they are not eels at all, agreeing with that family in only one respect, 7. &., in haying a long body. Tf Geo, W. Chase’s cat brought forth hybrids, resulting from the union of the cat and the raccoon, it is certainly 2 most wonderful event, and the greatest pains should be taken to preserve the hybrids, dead or alive. On the whole it is highly improbable that the hybrids are from the raccoon, but they may possibly result from the union of the cat and the wild cat (Lynx rufus), It is very rarely that ever two species can pro- duce a hybrid, but if these two yamilies have given one, consider the effect upon Mr. Darwin should he hear of it, We have in the classifica- tion of animals: 1. Remote species, in which hybrids are never produced, 2. Allied. species, which produce an unfertile offspring. 3. Proximate species, which produce with each other a fertile off- spring. ‘The “wet weather” birds of R.G. Carter (IM the same number of FOREST AND STREAM) are nodoubtedly terns, but of what species it is dificult to say from his description, KR. T. M, [In rearing dogs, breeders often find that different varieties will assimilate in features and characteristics by being left or kept in close contact with each other, although having no ab- solute intercourse, and it is possible that the young of the cat referred to (which was kept in the same house with the rac- coon) acquired some of the features of their mother’s com- panion.—Ep, | > + + =. Tur Tavrue or Great TurTLE—Bad as are his habits (the pickerel), however, he is not the only nor the worst enemy of the poor, pestered trout. The great turtle, the taurup or torper of the aborigines, the snapping turtle of more refined dialects, 1s a deadlier foe, for he takes the mature fish, not the mere fingerlings, which satisfy the pickerel. The taurup is a horrible creature, one of the antediluvians, cruelty in its eye, strength in its muscle, imperviousness in its shell, and neither mercy nor gentleness in its heart or bowels. With equal independence if lives on land or in water; with equal courage it defends itself trom man or beast. One of forty, fifty or even sixty pounds, to wh ine ae gL often attain, is n0 mean antagonist ; when ca fur and’ Gray into the hosl or comer rhich | it ‘turds, and LP sip = — Loy A Sr. nif ve , msing on its black and wrinkled legs, not crawling an ordinary turfle, but with head extended, little -yel (2: glittering, and sharp beak ready for the contest, 1t advances defiant of all’ created things. Then it is no pleasant object, nor agreeable contest within the narrow limits of an ordinary boat, and the captor at such a moment wishes he had done something else, and been a good way off instead of being just in that particular spot at that moment of time. T remember one I captured, of quite sixty pounds Wweight—drageing him ashore by the tail, and then chopping his head half of with an ax—which cleared the kitchen quicker than the ‘Ole | folks, young folks,” when we undertook to put him into the ; wash-boiler of boiling water, with a view to turtle soup; and another which moved its legs twenty-four hours after it was — ; not only decapitated, but disemboweled. What an appealing spectacte for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to j Animals, and the other weak sentimentalists in general! } These fellows are dangerous to deal with, and must be sp- proached with care ; their bite is terrible, their jaws never re- laxing fill the piece seized upon comes out, and they are post sessed of a quickness of motion which no one would expec- from their heavy, awkward shape. They lay their exes in the sand during the warm days of early June, depositing about thirty or forty, and scratching out a holé about half the depth of their bodies for the purpose. The eggs are round, nearly an inch in diameter, and of a delicate orange color, the shell being exceedingly thin like transparent paper, and they are left to hatch of themselves under the heat of the summer's suu. Snapping turtles destroy and devour some of our finest trout, approaching them tor that purpose from below, Tising slowly from the bottom, and Jookmg more like some black, rough-harked log than a living creature, till they are negr enough to dart ont their Jong neck and big head. The trout sometimes escapes, but carries with him thereafter the elear imprint of the two horny jaws on either side of his i at i B. Roosevelt, in Appleton's Journal for une. aan Kars ix Possesstoy.—The county of Saline, Mo., anda part of Lafayette may almost be said to bein possession of the rats, s0 numerous and destructive haye they become. They not only eat or waste the corn by hundreds of bushels, but they also prey upon small animals, such as pigs, ducks, chick- ons, etc. Young pigs are literally gobbled up. ‘The loose, deep, calcarious soil, peculiar to the region, affords a ood harbor for them. The local-papersays: ** It looks as if all the rats of the great Mississippi Valley had congregated here, and as this is the third year of their sojonrno amony us we hezin to tear that they have brought alone their kith and kindred, and intend to stay, They are here unquestionably by the millions,” - Premisti0 BeayEers.—In Arkansas the beavers show fight when they are captured, The Butler Herald says: Mr. R. Montfort told us yesterday of a strange firht. On the 80th of April last, Mr. Jackson Kirksey, who keeps Mr, W. H. Ficklin’s mill, in this county, was standing in the door of the mill-honse when he saw a large beaver on the bank of the Patsalaga creek. He seized a pole and ran between the creek and the beaver, expecting the beaver to make for the water, To his astonishment the animal turned fiercely on him, when a regular fight for lite ensued. Mr. Kirksey broke his pole into three pieces during the fight, but finally killed the beaver, which was a very large one, weighing fifty pounds. or Tur Srycinc Sra Saeni.—When the sea shell is held up to the ear there is a peculiar vibratory noise which children assure each other is the roar of the sea, however distant they may be from it. Philosophically investigated the peculiar sound thus recognized isa phenomenon that has puzzled scho- lars for a long time. The experiment is easily made by sim— ply pressing a spiral over the cerebra of either ear. If a large shell, the sound is very much like that of a far-off cataract. Now, what causes it? Every muscle in the body is in a state of tension. Some are more on the stretch than others, and particularly those of the finger. It is conceded that the vibra- tion of the fibers of those in the fingers heing communicated to the shell, it propagates and intensifies themi as the hojlow body of a violin does the vibration of its strings, and thus the accoustic nerve receives the sonorous expressions. Muscles of the leg below the knee are said to vibrate in the same way, and if conducted to the car produce the same result,— Boston Watchman. ARRIVALS AT CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE YOR WEEK ENDING JUNE 30,1577: Two lepoards (Jelis leopardus) bred in the menagerie; two fawns (Cariaeva virginiwnvs), bred in the menagerie; two crested ground parrakeets (Calopsitta noveshollandie), presented by Mr, Elie Charlier, New York City; one mottied owl (Seops asio), presented by Mr. H. A. Wheeler, New Brighton, 8. 1; one bald eagle (Halietns cucolephalus), presented by Hon. Angust Belmont, New York City; one fox-colored sparrow (Passevella iliavn). . W, A. Coxkiry, Director. St ABRIVALS AT THE PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN FoR WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, JULY 3.—One woodchuck, Arvtomys monax, pre- sented; one raccoon, Procyon loter, presented; oue oar owl, Stra Jlammee Var. anericana, presented; three alligators, Alligator missis- sippiensis, presented ; two great-lorned owls, Hibo virginianis, preseut- ed; one red-tailed hawk, Luteo borealis, presented, Very truly, ARTHUR E. Brows, Gen. Supt. a a — NEw Youk AQvariom,—List of animals and fishes received st the Aquarium for the past week: German. ascidians, two-hornei cow, fishes from Bermuda, spotted hind, Georgia Ted snappers, 15 sharks, 12 seals, 2 sea lions, King fisher, 20 German salamanéers, balloon fishes, 40 blow fishes, 6 hell benders; and at the Seaside Aqnarinm, a large collection of tropical fishes, among which are angel, triangular, cow fishes, file fishes, and the yarious kinds natives of those wutera, together with a number of European animals and birds. EEE Aiheth Lee “Experience wounded is the school Where mati learns piercing wisdom ont of smart,” writes an old poet, Lord Brook. ‘This is truéin cases where people re- — alize the essential impurity Of Most of the scented toilet soaps. Let them buy B. T. Babbitt's Toilet Seap, and there will be no possibility of mistake, It is balm and delight alike for babes and grown people — [Adp. = —- To Disryrect Rooms.—The disinfection of a room is not they are papered, the paper must be removed beneath carefully scraped and washed. If the ed, they should be washed with caustic so should also be subj fp : Tua ty et i] hee a A Smart Harpy Fernery.—There are few country seats or small gardens, where the loyer of thegraceful and beautiful in nature cannot find anook or spare corner for making a picturesque, hardy fernery. Often, if there is no better place, “a space behind tlie bushes, and batween them and the bound- ‘ary tence will snflice, or if the location can be had, a shady dell, in 1 retired part of the grounds, will be found the most roniantic, as well as best fitted for the purpose. The main point is, that in this tiny vale, x good effect may be produced without resorting to the masses of stones and rock work gen- erally thought necessary to the cultivation of ferns. Steep banks of impossible rock are by no means necessary, on the contrary, they do not thrive so well on such structures, as im such a place as is here mentioned. They are indeed perfectly at home on lowish banks, if the soil be suitable, and there are enough rocks and stones used to keep the soil moist when needful. A more picturesque effect is secured by a few well- chosen, half-buried stones, than by the quantities of ill-chosen ox tigly ones that are sofrequently used. Indeed, if thechoice lies between the common style of rocky fernery manufactured to order, and the level ground, itis much better to choose the latter. Judicious planting will conceal many defects, and a few boulders cropping out, with here and there an old trec- root or stump will give the tasteful planter all the variety needful. Those of larger growth, as osmundas, struthiopteris and aspidiums, will form the back ground, crown the knolls, or form the prominent plants at the corners, while the more modest growers will find their proper location, here shaded by one of larger growth, or these more exposed to the light and fir, as their characteristicsrequire. In the hardy fernery it is too much the fashion to plant ferns alone, as if they only en- joyed sucha position, There are many of our lovely native plants that are wood-haunters and shade-loyers as well as ferns, and by planting these among them a much more inter- esting result and a much higher beauty are produced than if ferns alone are planted. Such noble plants as eypripedium spectabile, pubescens and trillium grandiflorum thrive better in the moist free soil and the partial shade suited for ferns than in open borders. Smilacina racemosa, Solomon’s seal, all our native violets, saxifrages, and anemones, lily of the valley, the lovely pyrolas, and partridge berry, “the bluets ” (Hous- tonia), orchis spectabile, and many others of the same family, the beautiful spring beauty (Claytonia) and in fact any of our ohaste and lovely spring flowers will associate beautifully with erns and lend a high degree of interest at all seasons to this Miniature garden. ————SS Reyxcospermes. Jasminoipes.—-The profuse flowering habit of this plant, the handsome foliage and pretty white flowers, render ili still one of the best of greenhouse climbers, though it be grown in bush form with the assistance of a few stakes or a wire frame to support it. Itisone of those plants from which quantities of flowers may be cut, and their ap- pearanee is wonderfully chaste and elegant im any arrange- ment of cut flowers, ‘They are borne in trusses, are pure white, and agreeably perfumed—something like the lilac, It is easily propagated, and when rooted grows freely, flowering immediately. If is best planted out when employed as a climber, and soon covers a large space, but being subject to thrip, the hose or syringe must never be neglected during the summer months. Peat and loam in equal proportions mixed with some well rotied manure and sand, make a good compost for if, and, whether planted out or grown in pots, it must have good drainage. +e Soor As A Manure.—To strong growing greenhouse plants, such as pelargoniums, fuchsias, roses, carnations, erysinthemums, azaleas, solanums, and many others, soot is a valuable and easily obtained stimulant. A handful of it tied ina bag and stirred in a three gallon can of water, has a marvelons effect on all the plants just named, and on many others beside. Jf induces vigorous growth, and.adds freshness and substance to both leaf and flower. Tt is better to use it in small quantities and often, rather than charge the compost with more carbon than the plants can readily assimilate. For the more robust growers, especially if grown in small pots, Tixture with fresh manure from the cow-shed is desirable, but this mixfure should be allowed to settle before using, otherwise the grassy particles will remain on the surface of the pots, and while giving them wn unsightly appearance, ex- elude that free aeration which all healthy roots require. “a= Lier oy Carrie,—How am I to rid my herd—of thirty-five cows and young cattle—of lice, the lice having been introduced ly purchasing stock a year ago this winter? The cattle that are in the best flesh seem to have few or none, but those that are thin lick or rub themselves, so that the hair comes off in patches. My father never had a lousy animal; cither raising bis own stock or purchasing where he knew them free from lice. This is a cheese factory region, and dairics are made up mostly from Western and Canada cows, and among my neigh- bor’s cattle, 1 find lice the rule rather than the exception, Would feeding oil meal! through the winter have a tendency to rid them Of lice, or is warm weather the best time to make an outward application? B. : genic water two or three times) w! estroy the parasites. A ‘thorough oiling of every animal all over, wherever the hair erows, Will also destroy the lice, Any oil will do; fish oil eer pein oe a 1a used, An animal covered with s if exposed Loco Winds. The oil kills the eggs as ‘ 7 * : — (Washing in tobacco water or ar- AND §' VALUE OF GRASS. Fern Bays, June 27, 1877. Eprror Forest anp STRRAM: Tn company the other day with a shrewd, practical farmer, a tenant here on Mr. Short’s beautiful manor of Fern Bank, the conversation turned upon the comparative profit of grow- ing grass for pasture and hay, and the cultivation of grain, corn and other crops requiring more labor in their production. Old Wyate, the farmer alluded to, mentioned that on one oc- casion he lost, by the villainous act of an incendiary, a large barn in which he had stored his winter supply of hay, and that to carry his stock through until spring he was compelled fo purchase hay at $40 perton! Such a price for hay, in the fertile and exuberant West, somewhat startled me, and on my return to the house I consulted some old files of the American Farmer and the Journal of Agriculture, and there found that good, prime timothy hay had averaged twenty dollars per ton for the last forty years! Ihave been both a cotton and a tobacco planter, and I am satisfied that, with the present scarcity or high price of labor, hay as a staple crop on land yielding two tons to the acre, is more profitable than any other cultivation. A timothy sward, properly man- aged, that is, held sacred from the hoofs of grazing animals, mowed before the formation of fhe seed, and annually top- dressed on the weaker spats, becomes almost perennial, and will Jast in full productiveness for many years; and with the aid of the mower, the tedder, the horse-rake and the hoister, the cost of hay making is reduced to a minimum. But there are other methods of using grass, which in cer- tain sections of the country, and more particularly in the South, will befound more profitable than any species of cultiva- tion, and that is for grazing or pasture. The Southern people are beginning to recognize that the revolution which has swept over them has been agricultural as well as political, and the more enlightened of them are anxious to adapt themselves to the change by selling off a portion of their lands to enable themselves to Cultivate the remainder; but for lack of pur- chasers they are compelled to bear the burden of vast estates, which, thongh unproductive to the owner, are yet under tribute to the tax gatherer. Under such circumstances, what is best to be done? Wool growing and sulphate of lime (plaster) I fancy will solve the problem, for [ have faith in the Spanish proverb that ‘‘The foot of the sheep turns the Innd to gold;” and I know that away from the influences of the sea air, plaster of Paris (gypsum) liberally applied will coyer almost any soil with yerdure, There are millions of acres in a half-exhausted condition, extending from the Potomac to Georgia, which may be reno- vated and restored to productiveness simply by grazing them with sheep, and the annual application of a bushel of gypsum to the acre. There is no known process of agriculture which will so cheaply and so thoroughly cleanse a worn-out sedzy and briary old field as the teeth of a flock of sheep, and there is no top-dressing so cheap and portable, and of such easy application as gypsum at the rate of a bushel to the acre. Sheep are browsers, and will eat the young shoots of briars and other growths inimical to pasture lands which cattle would disdain, When not feeding, sheep will lie upon the knolls and higher points of the field where the soil is thinnest, and. unlike cattle, sheep scatter their droppings evenly over the land, and finally,should a sheep die, his pelt will remuner- ate the owner for his keep. There is truth in the proverb that, ‘tA sheep never dies in debt to his owner.” It may be objected that dogs and vagrant negroes will ren- der wool growing in the Southern States an impossibility. This may be true, if sheep are turned loose to shift for them- selves, as has been the custom in those States from time im- memorial; but why should sheep not be looked after as vigilant- ly as any other stock? Mr. Bradford, of Culpepper Co., Vir- ginia, has been growing merino wool for upward of thirty years; and, what is more, by folding his sheep at night on the tields intended for wheat, he makes the best crops of that grain in his county: he never loses any of his, either by four or two legzed rogues, because, unlike old Nat Macon of North Carolina, who stated in Congress that he would go out of his way at any time to kill a sheep, Mr. Bradford holds the sheep to be one of the most valuable of our domesticated animals, and takes care of him accordingly. The multitude of curs is certainly the greatest impediment to sheep grazing in the South, The poorer aman is (certainly where I have lived on the Blue Ridge in Virginia), the greater his retinue of curs; but all these mongrels might be taxed out of existence, if we could send to the Legislature men who would care more for the commonwealth than for yotes. But while vagrant curs are de- structive, sheepdogs are also their guardians and protectors, both frgm man and beast. We have seen flocks of thousands on the Pyrenean Mountains in Spain effectually guarded from the depredations of the large gray wolves and the bears, which are quite common in that region; and eye a man who would approach one of these flocks, unaccom- panied by the shepherd would be in danger of his life, in New Mexico, abounding in coyotes, wolves and other de- structive camnivere, large flocks are thoroughly protected by the dogs, even when the shepherd is absent for several days, as he frequently is, in search of supplies. Parties proposing to rear sheep in the South should have recourse to the Mexican method; if they cannot procure the shepherd dog from that country, get a young puppy of any powertul and courageous breed, and before he is nine days old give him a ewe for a wei nurse. By confining her the pressure upon the udder will soon compel her to adopt the little stranger and the pair will soon become attached to each other. The dog should grow up with the sheep and know no other kindred or associates. Feed him well every night at the place where yon wish the sheep to be, and he will be sure to bring them there. Thistraining has made the Mexican shep- herd dog what he is, andT don’t see why it should not succeed with any other breed. F. G. 5, [We are glad that Col. Skinner has taken up this subject of wool erowing at the south. Under a well conducted combi- nation of capitalists, the mountains of the Blue Ridge might be made far more remuneratiye to the inhabitants than illicit distillation of whisky, which is almost the sole industry there.—Ep. ] Ee THE VANILLA CHOCOLATES Of Walter Baker & Co., Boston, are con- sidered “pur excellence.” Their goods have been a. century before the world, und haye won the highest position oyer wl competitors in the ex-: hibitions of Loudon, Paris, Viewna, ete. Sold by grocerseyerywhere,— Lady, K POISON IVyY. Jursey Orry Heienrs, July 5, 1877. Epiror Forrsr anp Stara: I was much pleased with the letter in your issue of the 28 I th ulf. from J. B. Ames. He gives a valuatls receipt for poison ivy; we want more of just such articles on yoodcraft from Our practical sportsmen. Now I would ask through your columns fora similar receipt for the poison of a certain al der, commonly called the Black Alder. Tbave been considerable of 4 ranger in the woods in different sections for thirty-five years, five of which as a surveyor and trapper, principally in the northern wilds of Wisconsin, and have never been affected by these villainous shrubs or vines; but I have a boy who is fast showing himself to be a chip of the old block in his Jove for nature and ‘‘nature’s wood-notes wild.” But his epi- dermis is far differently constituted from that of his sire, for he cat hardly go within smelling distance of this Black Alder without coming home with his face the color of a boiled lobster and his head Jike a locomotive reflector. It drives the poor boy well nish crazy, and his sufferings are excruciating. By the prompt and repeated application of ear- bolic acid wash the pain is alleviated after forty-eight hours— ?. é., two nights—of agony. Is there not. some antidote known among our sportsmen more potent—that will act more effectually, that is, Kill the poison sooner? If there is, in the name of humanity and the pleadings of a sportsman’s sleepless wife, let us have it, Mr. Ames says he uses the wash of ** Black Spotted Alder” as an antidote to the ivy. Is that the abominable alder I haye reference to Il wonder? and is it on the principle of the homespathic system, ‘‘Sunilia simiélihus curanter ?” Will a decoction of the aforesaid ivy prove bene- ficial to the victim of the alder? Who knows? J AGOBSTAEP, [We trust the above ay bring forth some suggestions from our readers. It is unlikely that poison ivy is an antidote to Black Alder, as the otee versa rule is seldom applicable in such cases. The great trouble is, that those who are susceptible to the ill effects of these poisons usually possess Other idiosyn- crasies which allow a remedy to act only in individnal cases, A lotion made with wine of opium and sugar of lead—one- half ounce of the former and one drachm of the latter to pint of water—often affords speedy relief. Another excellent for- mula is an ointment composed of equal parts, by weight, of camphor, gum, spermaceti, salad oil, and white wax. A thira ismade by adding fifteen grains of dry powdered white lead, ten grains of powdered willow charcoal, one scruple of mer- curial chalk, and 2 drachms of solid extract of conium to an ounce and @ half of lard, making an ointment, Again, a chlo- roform and horax lotion is effectual.—Ep. ] — + THE ExporTATION oF Brer,—Who first conceived the idea of shipping beef to Hurope ? The business is now large and profitable. A valued correspondent, Edward C. Dawson, of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, writes to us to say: ** Fourteen years ago when the cattle plague was badin & j £ ing- land, and when the Great Eastern failed in her scheme for fin Paris Exhibition, 1 wrote to her captain, now Sir James Anderson, suggesting carrying cattle from America. As she was then just going again to try to lay the telegraph cable, he wrote, “ Should she fail the directors will consider your plan." As she succeeded, my cattle scheme lay dormant twelve years, but still I claim I was the first to evér think such a pro- ject would ever be carried out. The Great Eastern i lieve, fitting out for this trade now.” oe j —9.—— Our Forrsts anp StrEAMs.—J. I. P., writing from Twin Lakes, Conn., remarks: *‘ That the streams are very low, and unless something is done to hold back the snows of winter and rains of spring, not only fish but factories will be “played out.’ Instead of draining our swamps, as we are now doing, in our greed for dry land—of which we have too much—let them he flooded as reservoirs, as in the beaver-dam days, thus drowning out acres of hardhack and swamp grass, and give us once more full streams, and fish food as in the early days Old Norfolk has begun the good work in Litchfield County by flooding Wood Creek—a swamp of hundreds of acres—and ia rewarded by unlimited pickerel along the Blackberry that grow fat in its placid waters, and along whose shores shoals of small fry find food and shelter in the rich black mud. Now let Stockbridge do the same by its great Agawan pond swamp, Which sends malarious yapors on every wind that blows, and thus secure what she so much needs, a beautiful lake, an Immense water power for all the lower Housatonie region, anda place where trout may breed, yachts sail, and old ** Monument Mountain” see himself as others see. him. in water colors as no mortal can paint him. 4 +o A Goose Figur Wire a Bonn.—A heavy-throated bull near this village, noted for his fierceness, accidentally stepped on one of a brood of goslings recently which a stately gander was holding wateh and guard over with great solicitude. Straightway the gander attacked the bull, and seizing him by the tail with his beak, his wings lashed the animal’s flanks with the greatest fury. In vam the bull wheeled abont to reach bis antagunist; the sander wheeled with him, all the while retaining his hold upon the bull's tail, and showerine blows with his powerlul wings with telling effect upon the bull's legs, until he fairly roared with pain and terror, At last the gander, apparently thinking that his adversary had sufficient punishment, Jet go his hold, and the bull took to hig heals with the liveliest speed, only stopping when he reached the farther corner of the field.—dfiddletown (N. ¥.) Argus. * ag aa, —A wood entter near Frederickton Junetion, Canada, wasrecently devoured by a bear; the only traces found of the unfortunate man were his boots with parts of the legs and & portion of hishead. +9 ~~ ——________ OAMBEIDGEPORT, Mass, July 2, 1877. Please stop my advertisement until T cau get a junk man to carry om some of the letters I haye received fn answer toit, Will have it put in #galn if 1 do not dispose of the gun to some pf them ; but most of thom want a gun fors Gent, Yours truly, Wu. 8, 4, ——— —E——— 382 FOREST AND STREAI The fennel, PROPHYLAXIS OF HYDROPHOBIA. view of the unfavorable prognosis in hydrophobia, and N I the complete inefliciency of all the therapeutic agents ‘when the disease is once established, it naturally follows that in all rational efforts to control the malady prophylactic meas- ures must always prove our chief weapons of offense. Of chief importance in this connection are the- general prophylactic measures to be enforced by the State against hy- drophobia in animals, and we will endeavor to indicate what sanitary regulations are best adapted to confine the spread of this malady within the narrowest possible limits. The first important point to be insisted uponis, the reduc— tion of the number of dogs. The comparative danger to be apprehended from bydrophobia diminishes as the total num— ber of dogs becomes reduced, and the most effective method of reducing the number of doys consists in laying the highest possible tax upon them, ‘This tax should be the same for all fogs, without regard to sex, and any remission of the same should be strictly limited to such dogs as are absolutely neces- sary for the performance of certain kind of work. The aggregate number of dogs is very large, In Central Europe there is found on the average one dog for every six- teen human beings. The total numberof dogs in all Europe amounts to about twelve millions, Delafonde estimated the number of dogs in France in 1846 at between three and four millions. In Bavaria, according to recent computations, there are 800,000 dogs to four and eight-tenths millions of human beings, ‘The disproportion between the sexes is shown by the fact that while the male constitutes 85 per cent. of the total number of dogs, there ate found on the average but 16 per cent. females. It may be stated, furthermore, in favor of the taxation of dogs, of which about 80 per cent. are kept as a matter of luxury, that these animals, from the very fact that they form the vehicles for the communication of various parasites, and also serve as a uest for the propagation of these parasites, exercise a deleterious influence upon the breed- ing of cattle. é , . The State should also provide for a gencral registration of alldugs. Every dog should be supplied with some distinguish- ing mark; the unrestrained roaming about ot dogs should be prevented. All stray dogs should be pursed by the police and destroyed (Principen einer rationellen hundeordnung). When Gases of hydrophobia occur, directions should he issued for all dogs to be muzzled for a considerable length of time; they should either be led by means of a cord, or else kept penned up. The failure to notify the authorities of the existence of a case of hydrophobia, should be made a pnnishable offense, The regulations just mentioned ought always to be made applicable to as large a district as pos- sible. ; - Rabid dogs should be destroyed, and likewise dogs that haye been bitten by them, although no human being may have been bitten. If human beinge have been bitten by rabid or suspected dogs, they should be destroyed, as soon as the ex— istence of rabies in them has been determined. : Dogs suspected of being rabid, and also the dogs bitten by them, should be carefully confined at the owner's expense, and, in consideration of the long period of incubation, they should be kept secured for at least six months, The oridnary term of confinement, from six weeks to three months, is man- ifestly too short. ’ ; ; “The obligatory muzzling of dogs at times when hydropho- bia prevails as an epizootic, has always. in al] localities, been attended by favorable results. On the other hand, it is pre— tended by some, especially those who favor the theory of the spontaneous origin of hydrophobia, that the wearing of muz— zles favors the uevelopment of the disease, an assertion which is unsupported by proof, and which is also completely re- futed by what is known respecting the mode of origin of rabies, and by various observations. In Berlin, dogs were required, for a period of nine years, to wear muzzles, during which time no instance of hydrophobia oceurred, It 1s, more- over, fallaciously urged by the opponents of the muzzle, that, in localities where dogsroam about in large numbers pertectly unrestrained and subject to no inspection, hydropbobia is an unknown evil, How unfounded this notion is may be per- ceived from the fact that in Constantinople, Keypt, Algeria, Cochin China, Greenland, etc., ete , hydrophobia does occur. Th may be mentioned, asa matter of curiosity, that the blunt- ing of the front teeth has been recommended by some as a prophylactic measure against the malady, and it has even been sugeested that small; flattened metallic caps be fastened by # screw to the corner teeth, for the purpose of rendering the bite innocuous.” ] 2. ‘ The excessive prevalence of hydrophobia in many years is mainly attributed to the absence of any sanitary organization charged with the supervision of veterinary matters; to the avant of statutory or police regulations, or to their ineflicient administration, simple points regarding which medical author- ities are of One opinion. By appropriate and energetic sani- tary measures, the hydrophobia of dogs, like the greater num- er of infectious animal diseases, may be easily confined within 4 small area, even if the malady be nol suppressed at the very outset. The hypothesis of the spontaneous development of hiydrophobia, forms a powerful obstacle to the enforcement of all sanitary measures of this sort, and furnishes here, as in other epizootics, a convenient loop-hole, which leads to end- Jess mischief. \ A ‘ , he only efficient means of eradicating the disease, in the éase of wild animals (foxes, wolves), is 10 destroy them indis- criminately in the infected localities; this step is also import- ant, for the reazon that the prevalence of the malady among these animals forms a continuous source of danger to human beings and dogs. ; ‘ ‘All attempis as yet made to subject dogs to preventive ireatment, by means of internal remedies, have proved melfec- the circulation among dog owners of popular in- concerning the nature and most apa SHAD toms of hydrophobia, as it accurs in dogs, is extremely desira- ae and a the same time an opportunity: will thus be afforded of correcting the numerous erroneous ideas which are preya- Jent with regard to this disease, a8 it exists in man fund in ani- tinal. Finally : formation * A Pirtsrores Kexnex,—On June 25, desiring a little Tent | from the cares of my profession and a sniff of the country air, | I started in company with two well-known fellow-sportsmen for a drive of about nine miles over the hills that skirt the beautiful Ohio River, to spend an hour or two looking over the kennel of setters in charwe of Mr. B. The place, hand- somely situated on a bluif overhanging the river, contains about ten acres, everything about being in good order, and scrupulously neat and clean, The kennels are neatly whitewashed, and so situated that the dogs can enjoy the cool retreat of deep shade at any time they may be so inclined. But the object of this writing is to tell of the pair of grand setters I saw there—Belton, sired by Syke's Dash, out of Daisy, and bred by Mr. Thos, Slatter, of Manchester, England, and Macdona’s Magnet, sired by Hnelish Roek, out of Lily White, who, by the way, is now an whelp to her splendid kennel mate. Believing Mr. Macdona well knows what a fine and thoroughly good dog ouglit to be, since he not only owns but ran the great dog Ranger in the late field trials in England, and knowing that one of the get of this pair is to be shipped back to himin England. (He re- matked to several gentlemen of my acquaintance that Magnet was the best bitch of her age he eyerowned), I was most anxious to see her action in the field. Bellon I know all abont, having seen his magnificent carriage, style and great speed, exhibited on the prairies in the hottest and longest, days in August, and I believe to-day he has no superior either in blood or as a stock-getter, or in the field, so far as America is concerned. With such a sire and dam, the get of this pair ought to be as good as breeding and training can make them. Of course there was nothing to hunt, but Mr. b. kindly took them to a large pasture field and cast them off. It was a splendid sight and sgeravating, too, for just as we entered the field two fine cock quails flushed within fifty yards and disappeared in a rye field, where we could not go. Still we saw style enough for one day ; heads in the air, right and left they worked to the motion of the hand. We were all de- lighted, and when we saw Magnet charge at the raising of the hand, a hundred yards or more away, I felt sure that if Mr. Macdona’s opinion of her great powers of scent and won- derful staying qualities carry out (and I believe they will, I am safe in saying that the litter now promised will make their mark whereyer they go. Itis a great pleasure to know that Western Pennsylyania sportsmen haye the enterprise and am- bition fo own as fine dogs as can be had for money; and, further, itis 4 gratification to know that these superb dogs are owned by experienced gentlemen sportsmen, who will deyelope the best field work they are capable of under their own guns, I predict for Magnet an illustrious career in America. Belton has long since established himself by his ex- cellent field qualities to the admirationof many whose privi- lege it has been to shoot over him, one of whom is your hum- ; ble servant, Sour Porn, os Drsrevetion or Doas.—On Thursday last, July 5, nearly one thousand dogs were drowned in the Hast River, at the pound, foot of Sixteenth street. Of all the number eaptured but thirty were deemed worthy of preservation, The expressions of emotion depicted upon the countenances of the numerous canines as they were thrown into the iron cage, or as that vehicle of execution rolled by the kennel, were piti- ful in the extreme, especially when accompanied by moans of distress, human-like in sound, No one who witnessed the scene would again declare that our canines are devoid of in- tellizence or reason. oi — Amputation iy Anrmats.—The Live Stock and Veterinary journals are discussing the propriety of capital operations upon animals. Wesee no reason why valuable stock who have fractured or diseased limbs, may not be preserved for breed- ing purposes by amputations. The risks to be taken are much less than in the human subject, and dogs, particularly, recover from the shock of such operations with surprising facility. z — hey, . A Piuexy Dog.—The Georgetown Comet is responsible for the statement than a bulldog fought an alligator upward of five feet in lenth, in the water of Sampit River, killing and bringing his opponent to land. et f Dogs as Proprrry,—The Vashoille Rurad Sun will devote a. column henceforth to *‘ Dog, Gun and Game.” In the issue of June 14th we find the following: Prava, Ohio, May 27, 1877. Seyeral months ago I wrote tothe Chicaga Mield a full ac- count of the trial of Eastham vs. Swinger for the malicious killing of the famous Gordon setter dog Kent. Kent is out of Dougan’s (Richmond, Ind.) Flora, by EH. F. Stodard 8 (Dayton, O.) celebrated imported dog Marr. Mr, Eastham obtained a judgment for $100 through the Common Pleas Court, Judge Meeker presiding, and it was generally under- stood at the time that the matter was finally settled, But to. the surprise of many Mr, Swinger carried the suit up to the district court, and the testimony was gone over and the argu— ment of the attorneys was patiently listened to on the 7th inst. by Judges Barlow, Eliott and Burges, and as might have heen expected, the judgment of the Lower Court was confirmed. Mr. Swinger's expense will now foot up to near 2500, and he now threatens to take it to the Supreme Court. All right; the matter might as well be definitely settled by Eastham and Swinger as by any one else. As I said in my former letter on this subject, Mr. Eastham said: ‘1 have just $1,000 laid by to prosecute this suit with, for I am anxious to know whether the sportsmen of Ohio have any right of property in dogs af ter they haye been returned to the assessor for taxation.” So far as this trial has gone we think they have. and I am in- clined to think that Mr. Swinger is of the same opinion. Tf he is not yet satisfied, another trial before the Supreme Court, another Gonfirmation of judgment, another hundred or two added to the bill, and he will be a convert to our side of the question, Mr. Swinger has wealth, and it is a good thing he hhas and can stand it, for five hundred dollar dogs are expen- sive. 4 The above, from the Chicago Wield, is a test case as to | a whether dogs are property and that the owner can be protect ay therein, or whether they are simply nothing, and to be | Killed by every fool who comes along, It is simply preposte- rous to suppose for a moment that a dog, in which may be in- vested a thousand dollars in clean cash, is not property. If they are not property. then what constitutes property? If a man 18 not to be protected by the law in this, then why pro- tect him in his race-horse, his fine sheep, or his eattle? Good dogs are worth money, and are very much thought of by their owners, who resolve to see them protected. It is to be hoped that this matter will be carried to the high- est courts, not only for the pecuniary punishment of the of- fender, but that a legal precedence may be established from which there can be no appeal. Se ee, _ THe Doe Parrnecy.—Jersey City, July 5.—You make men- tion in the last copyof your valuable paper of that doz in Wash- ington who, in his protection of a helpless man bit a policeman whom the dog thought, and perhaps with reason, was inter- fering with no good purpose. It seems the idiots shot the dog afterward for fear the ‘‘cop” might die with hydrophobia. It fairly makes my blood boil when I think of sich an outrage. To slaughter that kind, intelligent animal (11 wager he had more braing than the fools that made away with him) for fear the bite might prove serious to the officer. Pshaw ! Would the killing of the noble creature make any difference With the after effect of the dentals in the man’s system. ‘To come néarer home: On the dock here, an Irishman, last week, prowling around at an unseasonable hour, was bitten (unfortunately but slightly) by the Company's watch-dog, and now nothing will persuade the son of Mrin that he is not bookedfor convulsions and a hydrophobic taking off unless the dog is kiled—that the end of the dog by violent means will prevent any tragic result to him. Is there anything more ridiculous? .As the company are not idiots, Flora lives, and will stand guard for a while longer, and prove asource of in- convenience to the horde of night prowlers that infest our city throughout. its length and breadth. JACOBBLAEE, 2 a eee Doc Porsoyzrs.—Von G,, of West Meriden, Conn., writes The account published on page 322, of Fores’ AND STREAM, of a dog poigsoner being brought to court and fined for his crime, reminds me of an alfair which was tried at Baden, Germany, a short time since. A Scotchman living near Offenborg, and a member of the hunting club of that district, was for some reason expelled from the club, He swore he would haye revenge, which was carried ont in a most cow- ardly manner by poisoning a number of dogs belonging to the members of the club. Mis threats had previously aroused suspicion, and we- cordingly he was arrested and brought to trial, where the evyidence— though circumstantial—was so strong that he confessed having com- mitted the crime, expecting, of course, that as he was a manof meuns his punishment would be merely 4 fine. In this he was sadly mistaken, for the Judge (a very Daniel) sentenged the accused to pay the full yalue of the dogs, ranging from two to seven hundred dollars each, as indemnity to the owner, and in addition, a8 penalty for the crime com- mitted, that he be confined for one year in the penitentiary. I sin- cerely wish that the above ease might be viewed as a precedent by all judges before whom dog poisoners may be tried, and that the clogging barnacles of justice, who look upon a $10 horse as property, bot nob revognizing a $50 dog, may be brought to & realizing sense of thelr invapacity, and endeavor, in an humble manner, to follow the bright gxXamples set by the bench in the case mentloned in Forres? anp STHEAM, and also that of Baden, a re Drarn or JuLe.—Mr. Chas. A. Miles, of Grooklyn, has been unfortunate with his dogs, Josing Fred, aged 17 mos., (out of Jnle by J. K. Milner's Jack) threa weeks since, On Friday, June 28, Jule, 7 years old, died in accouchment. Of five pups by Robinson's Dake but two are living, being under the care of a foster mother. Jule’s performances in the field are too well known to need romment; she was also winner of second prize in native Irish sstter class at the N. Y. Bench Show, 1877. She was the only bitch ever raised from Rodman’s Emma, by Rodman's Dash. In three years she gave birth to forty-one puppics, all of which that are now living being noted dogs. _— ore Humittarioy.—A dog in Meriden, Conn., was so disgusted with his muzzle that he pawed it off and then buried it in the ground. SSS. ce —Boston is developing some extradrdinary examples of canine sagacity. The Vraveller tells a story which is sértotly true: A mastiffin that city, unmuzzled by his master, re- solved to comply with the Jaw on his own account. He knew that to preserve his life he must haye a muzzle, Harly one morning he stole twenty newspapers from doorsteps, stood on a corner and sold them, went with the money to a store where touzzles were sold, made «a clerk understand that he wished to buy one, and before noon went home muzzled according to law. ——-——- - = +O - Vinuatyy.—aAt the late dog convention in Syracuse it -will be remembered that Snipe, owned by R. M. Linsley, of Scran- ton, Pa., fook the first prize in pointer class. Sunday night, July I, some evil disposed person poisoned Snipe, by giving him ‘doctored meat.” Sportsmen will regret the death of this really fine animal, and it is to be hoped the miscreant will be brought to book, — —J.H, Caniif, of Windsor, Ont., has lost his Maud, Gar- lowitz whelps. ————— ee Name Cramep.—t! claim the name “Brandy” for my set- ter pup, whelped March 16, out of Selleck's Nellie If, by Dowdney’s Major- Full pedigree in Rop axp Guy of March 29, 1877- Joun 8. Kerso, Jr., Stamford, July 2. I claim the name of ‘Red Rufus” for my Red Irish Gor- don pup, whelped April 20, color, deep red; no white; ont of Geo. H. Poyneer’s red Irish Gordon Fan, by Arnold Bur- ges’ red Lrish setter Rufus. J. , Concpon, MeGregor, Tomi. 1 CLINTON, Towa, July 2, 1877. Telaim the name of Red Kit for my Irish Gordon bitch, out of Geo, E. Payneer’s red Irish Gordon setter Fan; she ont of imported black- and-tan Gordon Vie, by imported ref Trish Gordon Mar: cire, Arnold Burges’ champion red Irish setter Rufds. re Yours, étc, Gro. W, Van Yorsr, Una, duly 4, 1877. ‘Lsee by my last paper that you haye made an error inregard to my pointer dog Frank, Class 81, as Trecelved a V. H. ©., and not an H.C. white badge. AS he is for sale, by Inaking vorrection, you will oblige ‘an old subscriber, Very truly, * Cy i, WEED, “F : : _ OniGeN 08 Freuo Trrrs.—Tt is conceded by all that this | journal was the first newspaper in the United States to call the attention of the sportsmen of this country to the splendid and intelligent sport of dog field trials. The letter that will be found below, headed ‘!Tonor to whom henor is dne,” is all yery proper as farasit goes. We do not wish for a moment to take away from that clever sports- man, Capt. Lightburne, of Memphis, any of his hard-earned honors, in carrying out in @ practical manner the instructions Jaid down by this journal as regards field trials, and that we have given him repeated erediti for the same, the former issues of this paper will thoroughly testify. Pardon us, but. Capt. Lighthurne did not propose field trials in the State of Tennes- see, He carried ont the data givento him in the most exemp- lary and sportsman-lke manner, but the prepexttion came from this paper (see ‘' F. & 8.,° page 156), which is further proved by aletterin onr hands from Capt. Lightburne, asking for dctailed advice, information and papers as to how field trials were worked and organized, which numerous documents we willingly sent him. Ti is also an error to suppose that Mr. Horsfall *‘ revised and remodeled the English rules, as they were altered in this of- fice; and the State Sportsman’s Association and other private matches ran all the dogs under the ‘FP. &8." rules. Itis due to Mr. Horsfall to say that, with his kind co-operation and masterly activity, a great deal of the practical work was put to sound use in the field. It is again a mistake to state that the kennel editor of the then Chicago Wield (1874) had very much to do with field triais, as he published editorial after edi- torial in direct opposition to setters retrieving, which editorials called forth letters fron Capt. Lightburne and other gentle- nen, stating that they did not indorse the eclitor’s views. Tt was in October, 1873, that we first published an account of a dog field trial. Since that time column after cohimn of this journal has been devoted to agitating and bringing about this sport, and giving all information we possessed to our readers, so as to demonstrate, if possible, the fact which is the better, pointers or setters of a club, State or United States. At that time we did not spare labor, trouble or expense in car- Tying out this interesting sport; but, in order to familiarize the public with these novel narrations, we lithographed and photo- graphed 1,000 pairs of the champion pointer Belle—also printed the points, laws, efe.—which portraits and papers were cased and sent free to every newspaper in the United States and Canada haying a circulation of oyer 5,000 copies. For all of the aboye facts see the records in Forrsr anp Srream: Vol. 1, pages 166, 296, 812, 317, 344, 360, 377, 592, 394, 410; Vol. I, 6, 25, 41, 48, 55, 71, 184, 136, 154, 197, 214, 238. We here repeat thal it was through the influence of Capt. John M. Taylor that dog field sports were originated, first brought about, or “‘initated” in this country; therefore, we think that we were not in errorin claiming for this journal the honor of haying introduced them to the public, «HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.” DEAR ForEst—While I acknowledge, and the world accepts, your facile princes in sporting news, yel' you, like many others, sometimes petasivay. Thusly, I notice in your issue of June 21 that you have done several of our Memphis gentlemen quite an injustice, in assuming somethiie that does not rightfally belong to you, I refer to your notice of & paragraph-clip from the Rural Sun, Nasttyille, relative to Tennes- see Field Trials. In your notice you say, “ throngh the influence of Capt. duo. M. Taylor, then the Kennel Eilitor of this paper, the Ten- jiessee Pield Trials were initiated.” In this assertion you are greatly in urter, as Capt. R. W. Lightburne was the party that first proposed a bencli show and field trials, and through his indomitable will, indefati- gable energy, and the assistance of one or two friends, 'T, M, Borstal and J, W. Alley, he initiated and carried through successfully the first hench show of dogs eyer held in Tennessee, and the first field trial of dog ever held in America unter an organized body, Smhe Tennessee State Sportsman Assoviation” and even this association were framed an formed by him. He does not claim that the State Association or penel. show was original wilt him. The idea struck him of forming snoh association and having bench shows, efc., affer Illinois had so suévesstily introduced them; and fo Mr, Shinn, then editor of the Chicago Wield, he probabiy owes more to for assistance and influence {hun any other person, not excepting T. M. Horsfall, who revised and remodeled the English result so kindly sent to Mr. Lightburne by Capt. Jno. M, Taylor, Capt. Lightburne knew of Capt. Taylor having the English rules, and wrote lim asking the loan of therm f ora short while, also, at the sate time, giving Capt. Taylor full information as to what was going ob and what was to be done in this section in October, STaL. Capt. Taylor very promptly sent them, promising at fie same time, his hearty support in the matter, which promise was made good. The Rural Sun commits an error by claiming that the Tennessee field trials were introduced in this State five years ago. ‘The first trial oc- curred In October, 1874, and the prize for best setter or pointer was svion by Mr. Pritechard’s doz Knight, Your subseriber had a good ane entered, and was (lefeated, A -Vicrmt, 1874. Memphis, Tenn. Tororo Doc anv Birp Suow,—We are in possession of yery full notes of this exhibition, but the late hour of their ar- riyal precludes giving other than & mere synopsis. The open- ing on July 4th was a decided success, though. the second day was the hest. The Secretary of the Association says: “Our success has been beyond all our expectations, and I have no hesitation im saying that if was mninly due to the valuable assistance of My. Ghas. Lincoln. He has labored most assiduously from fhe day he arrived in our city, antl we are quite unable to express our sratitude to him, Our Ex- hibition building was perfect in every particular, und from what Mz. Lincoln tells us will more than favorably compare with most buildings used for the same purpose in may large rican cities, 4 - “J fear that the promoters will have to pay somewhat dearly for the imitation, but that is trifling in comparison with the great good it is sure to do. Already gentlemen are discussing the propriety of at one starting am association, and if sneeess should follow the endeavor you may look for 4 grand international show heforé Jong. As a lover of sport and sporting dogs I sincerely hope my expectations may be fratified. The results of Wednesday's judging are as follows: English Setters—ist, TT W Jackson, Chatham: 2d, J OC Lauder Yorkville ; highly commended, H Vincent Mered-th, London. Engltsh Setter Puppies—ist, @ H Gillman, Detroit. Judges—Stephen Howard, Christopher Robinson, QC; Edward OC. Jones, Clarkson Jones, Toronto; Charles Lincoln, Detroit. Trish Setters—Ist, Capt Prince, Toronto; 2d, Robert Sewell, Toronto ; highly commended, John Bowe, Jos Brent, Toronto; yery highly commended, Stephen Howard, Toronto; Bertram Spen- cer, Guelph; James Kennedy, Toronto. Trish Setter Puppies—ist. D CG Plumb, Toronto ; highly com- mended, E Langdon Wilks, Galt ; Stephen Moward, Toronto. Judges—Christopher Robinson, Q OC ; Edward C Jones, Clark- son Jones, Charles Lincoln. Gordon Setters—ist, J D Thompson, Toronto; 2d, Clarkson Jones, Toronto. Gordon Setcer Puppies—tst, Clarkson Jones, Toronto. Judges—Christopher Robinson, Q 0, Stephen Howard, Charles Lincoln. Pointers—lst, George Hare, Toronto ; 2d, James Chandler, Tnr- onto; highly commended, J McCowey, Toronto. Pointer Puppies—ist, W C Beddome, Toronto; highly com- mended, W F' Ross, Toronto. Judges—Stephen Heward, Christopher Robinson, Q GC, Edward CG Jones, Clarkson Jones, Charles Lincoln. Chesapéake Bay Dogs—Ist, H H Gillman, Detroit. Same judges. Tuesday morning the judging and awarding of prizes was completed. Water Spaniels—tist, Bridget, Big Point Kennel Club, Chatham; 24, Dash, James Underwood, Toronto; highly commended, Rowdy, D Walker, Toronto; Nell, James Kennedy, Toronto. Judges—Moersrs. Stephen Heward, E O Jones, Clarkson Jones and Charles Lincoln. Cocker Spaniela—ist, Adelina Patti, W K Gilliman, Detroit: 2d, Rose, L. H Robertson, Toronto; highly commended, Jeti, J Rich- mond, Queen's Hotel; Twopenny, W A Phipps, Toronto; Bob, A W Smith, Toronto. Mr Lattimer, of ‘Loronto, entered Hoyer, a beantiful cocker spaniel, in the wrong clase, the mistake being dis- covered too late to be rectified. Tield Spaniel—(Clumbers, Sussex, etc)—ist, Duke, R. de Manin, Weston. Judges—Same as last. Fox Hounds—ist, Jewel, A Purse, Toronto; 2d, Major, J $8 Mer- edith, Galt; highly commended—Ringwood, A Purse, Toronto. Same judges. Fox Terriers—lst, Vic, Jas M Forsyth, Kingston ; 2d, Tip, Gam- ble Geddes, Toronto: yery highly commended—Sting, Johu Hal)i- gan, Torouto; Beauty, W R Mingays, Kingston; Vic, John Mar- shall, Markham ; no name, Capt. Grant, Government Honse, Tor- onto. Same judges. Greyhounds—1st, Chimo, W B Butler, Toronto; 2d, Jeff Davis, Miss MJ McNabb, Toronto: highly commended—Little Nell, H Piper, Toronto; Phantom, EC Kerr, Hamilton, Judges same. seoteh Deerhounds—ist, Lyall, h P Palmer, Consolidated Bank, Toronto. Judges same. NON-SPORGING CLASSES. Mastiffz—ist, Lion, J Timms, Toronto. &t. Bernards—Ist, Major GH Cooper, Toronto. Newfounudland—ist, Lion, John W West, Toronto; 2d, Panny, Cool Burgess, Toronto, cf Dalmatian, or Coach Dogs—ist, Spot, J A Donaldson, Toronto ; 2d, Major W P Hubbard, Toronto; highly commended, Gipsy, W P Hubbard, % Gollie, or Shepherd Dogs—ist, Driver, © G Harston, Davisyille ; 2d, equal, Gipsy, John Millroy, Brantford; highly commended, Rose, ‘I’ McGaw, Queen’s Hotel, 'Poronto; Jel, W CO Brown, To- rrito; Lad, J McNeill, Toronto; Masco, W A Baldwin, Masquotch. Bull Doga—Ist, 10 name, W Kerr, Toronto; 2d, Bull, A Me- Lean Howard, Toronto ; highly commended, Nellie, James Beer, ‘Toronto, bull Terriers—(large size)—Ist, Jack, John Collins, Toronto; 2d, Ben, James Bromley, Toronto, Bull Terriers—(small size)—1st, Matt, J § Meredith, Galt; 2d, Billy, George Mull, Toronto; highly commended in both classes, no name, W J Lovering, Toronto; Fay, Robert Lander, Toronto; Soda, J M Mitchell, Toronto; Julia, T J Harris, Government House; Boney, W Reid, Toronto. Pugs—Ist, Pouch, Miss Macdonald, Goyernment House, To- ronto. Black and Tan Terriers—ist, no name, John Boyle, Toronto; 2d, Daisy, Vred Gaudin, Toronto; highly commended, Lady, Jolin Marshall, Markham ; Bob, James Kenedy, Toronto. ~ Skye Terriers—lst, Rowdy, Miss Cl Wilkes, Crookstone Park, Galo; 2d, Gyp, Alex Deans, Toronto ; highly comnended, Donald, Jolin Conroy, Toronto, ; Scotch 'erriers—lst, Jerry, R A Booth, Toronto ; 24, no name, W Kerr, Toronto; highly commended, Nellie, Miss Polly Newhall, Toronto ; Snap, A P Milne, BG N A, Toronto ; Tidy, J G Eveus, Toronto; Pip, J J Evans, Toronto; Jacquo, Charles Borland, Toronto. Poy Terriers—ist, Josio R A Wood, Toronto; 2d, Francis R Wilkie, Toronto, Pomeranian, or Spitz Dogs—ist, Bruno, D Hayes, Toronto; 2d, Dufferiu, H Piper, Toronto; highly commended, Flos, J Goodfellow, Torouto. Poodles—Ist, no name, John Bailey, Toronto; 2d, Byron, J Coyle, Toronto; highly commended, John Bailey, oronto, threa specimens; Topsy, Mrs R Wilson, ‘Toronto. Japanese Poodles (Special Prizes)—W H Rowland, Toronto. Italian Greyhounds—Ist, Beauty, 9 C Gibbs, Oshawa. Mexicans—tst, Jack, J D Irwin, Toronto, Cross betiveen Russian Terrier and Mastif—No name, James Spence, Toronto. Judges in above Classes—Messrs Stephen Heward, D © Plumb and Charles Lincoln (Detroit), : The Association officers were; Commiftee—Muyor Mor- rison, Alderman Bajl, Alderman Close, Alderman Dill, Alder- man Small, Alderman Piper, J. Maughan, Jr., W, CG. Ged- dome, M. A Thomas, Dr. Valentine, J. H. Marsh, J. Spooner, ¥. Eccles, W. 1. 8. Coon, D, Walker, T, McGaw; W. ©. Beddome, Secretary ; H, Piper, Treasurer; Charles Liucoln, Superintendent, a SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. To our customers and the public :—In reply to te damaging reports which have heen circulated respecting the quality of our split bamboo rods, by ‘‘ dealers* who are unable to compete with usat our reduced pmees, we have issued a circular which we shall be pleased’ to mail 10 any address, proving the falsity of their assertions, =fAm, Conroy, Bissery & Marneson, Manufacturers, 65.Fulton Street, N, ¥. i Game Bag and Gun. GAME IN SEASON FOR JULY. duly 18 # closé month for game, exceph as to woodeock, in certain Stites. In New York shooting is prohibited until August 1. Piauon SHoorine vs. Cruurry ro AnmrArns.—In the ease of Capt. Bogardus, whe a ytar since faye an exhibition of his skill in trap shooting upon the Abbey Race Track in Ohio, and for which he was arrested and prosecuted in the Gourt of Criminal Correction by R. §. McDonald, President of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and fined B50, Judge Hayden has given the following decision, sitting upon the bench of the Court of Appeals: State vs. A, H, Bogardus—The complainant in this ease charges that the defendant ‘‘did unnecessarily kill certain living creatures by shooting them with a shot-gun, for the . . + + ur pose of displaying his skill as a marksman, to wit: anaes five pigeons, contrary to the form of the statute,’ ete. The defendant was’ arrested and held to bail on the charge, tried convicted, and fined #50, and has appealed to this Court, } The question in tke case involves the construction of the act to be found in the session acts of 1874, p. 112, entitled “an act for the prevention of cruelty to animals.” If ig claimed that an offense was committed under that part of Sea- tion 1 which provides that ‘if any person shall needlessly kill any living creature, every such offender shall,” ete, The evidence tended to show that at the Abbey Race Track a man threw up pigeons two at a time, and that the defendant, in the presence of a number of persons, shot the pigeons in the air with a gun to show his skill; that the birds dropped dead when shot’; that they were furnished by the owners fo he shot; that pigeons like these are eaten as food and bought and sold for that purpose ; that these were so eaten when shot, The object of the act is to prevent unnecessary sufferine to animals, Human beings are not included under this expres- sion, but with this exception, the act, in its terms, is broad enough to cover all creatures. Itis not so material, howeyer fo inquire how low in the order of creation the subjects of this act extend, as it is to ask what is needless mutillation or killing within the meaning of the act. All needs are compuratiye The flesh of animals is not necessary for the subsistence of man, at least in this country, and by some people it is not so used. Yet it would not be denied that the killing of oxen for food is lawful, Fish are not necessary to anv one, nor are various wild animals which are killed and sold in market 5 yet their capture and killing are regulated by law. The words “needlessly” and “unnecessarily” must have a reasonable, not an absolute and literal meaning atiached to them, ‘As if would not be claimed that the angler, who catches fish for pastime, and neither sells nor eats them when caught, is with- in the prohibition of the law, so the marksman who ‘as ab ex~ ercise of skill, or as a diversion to himself or to others shoots pigeons, either from a trap or as they fly wild in the woods does not violate the essential objects of the act. When tho prevention of cruelty and suffering is concerned, there is plain- ly a difference between instantaneous and lingering death. The former is generally, if not always, painless. Yet in favor of those sports which are considered healthful recreations and exercises tending to promote strength, bodily agility and courage, the pain which comes with a lmgering death in the lower animals is often disrezarded in the customs and laws of humane and highly civilized peoples. In England an act of Parliament has been passed to restrict vivisection, a, practice which has high scientific ends. Yet fox hunting, which is a ernel pastime, would no doubt be upheld by the common law. j js certainly the policy of every government to encourage those recreations which serve as manly exercises, and yet do not necessarily or generally lead to protracted pain in the lower animals, he efficiency of the services which the citizen is called upon to render to the State in exigencies may largely depend on the qualities acquired in manly sports “ and from some of the most attractive of these a certain amount of injury to dumb animals seems inseparable. In the present case*there was no mutullation, or anything approaching to it. The birds were killed ina more humane way than by wringing their necks, which is an ordinary method of destroying life in pigeons, when they are killed merely with a view to their being eaten. Though we think that the first section of the act cannot properly regeive the eousiruction placed upon it by the appellant, by which its op- eration would be confined to beasts of burden and imimals gjusdem generis, we are of opinion that, im the present case. there was no violation of the act, and that the appellants in— struction to the effect that the evidence was insuflicient to sus- tain the charge should have been given. Accordingly, the judgment will be reversed and the complaint dismissed. AJl the Judges concur.” } The above furnishes a law precedent which ig undoubtedly satisfactory to the devotees of trap shooting, — For Forest and Stream and Rod und Gun. GUN IMPLEMENTS. Hi invention of the breech-loader was not only the intro- duction of new gun mechanism of the most heautiful and varied devices, but also of implements as various and beauti- ful. Probably no one pattern of action or grip for the gun itself would obtain general use, though demonstrably the best ofall. Men like variety; things different from their neigh— bors. No one form of action has its excellence without com pensitive loss, and men will prefer one or the otheras the peculiar excellence or the compensation weighs with them The shap-action has its qnickness and automatic qualif; : while the grip action claims more entire solidity and darabit iby. Just as one or the other of these are made the ruling quality, will be the choice of action. The entire displacement of the muzzleloader by the breech londer was shown by the English guns of all actions displayed at the Centemnial. All the exquisite finish and costly mechan- ism that has characterized their guns for a century, have been boldly transferred to the breech-loader, as if no risk were in- curred, as, indeed, there is none. Of all Centennial cages, like “* Recapper,” I was struck by none so much as the Tolley case; and, of all the muitifnrions articles of the Great EXpo- sition, T have to acmif tah what I lett behind, with most re- luctance, was a $175, 10-gauge, 33-inch Tolley. I never felt the pressure of the res anguste domi—the lack ot dimes—more than in letting that gun go back to New York or England, By the bye, friend “ Recapper,” that is not the onl thing “'Roone” pgrees with. you in-your writings, He fects morg 382 x b | see settled in many opinions of his on sunning matters because he sees them confirmed by you. The truth is, the elaborate workmanship of those English guns was enough to drive 1 poor gun man mad; and that one Tolley, 11 Jb. gun, will haunt me for years. With my Parker.8-Ib, for all common shooting, and that Tolley for geese and brant alone, the world would have nothing more for me to desire in the way of shot- uns. But I started out to write on implements. These, in pat- tern and finish, are as yarious as the actions of the guns themselves. Jf cannot be said that the mere process of load- ing with the muzzle-loader was a pleasure. With the breech- loader it is. The shells are so perfect, the implements are so happily adapted, and the cartridge, loaded and in your hand, is such a finished thing, that the whole process is an actual pleasure. Then, it can be taken up on rainy days or at idle hours ai home, and the whole outfit for a week’s shooting can be put in your satchel, and in the field you have nothing to do but insert and fire. The tools for the different points in} loading have always had & special interest for me; some for their finish, some for their ingenuity. ‘There is the wooden reversible plug for de- capping and reloading; the Parks, Optimus, Creaser, Green’s, and others for re-capping also; the Barclay for loading, the Remington for capping and de-capping, and the Hawkesley for crimping; and these arebut a few of all. If one can have an implement for each part in the process of loading, he can have a betker thing, generally, than the same in combination ; but this entails a number of tools and a larger expense. Tor these separate purposes I have found the Remington capper and de-capper, the Barclay loader, and the Hawkesley crimper simply perfect; nor do I see how they could be improved. A sreat deal of ingenuity has been shown in inventions to combine these operations even into one tool; some of them suegestive of elevators and grist-mills, and utterly unfit for the field. But Mr, Stoddard, of Washington, has hit the mark for a field tool more nearly than any inventor whose work I have seen. ‘The cut in his advertisement gives a good general idea, but the implement itself is the thing to judge by, after all, The creasing, cutting and re-capping parts of this im- plement are perfect; no single tool for each purpose could do better. The de-capperand loader are quite serviceable, and the crimper, with practice, will fully answer its end. The great, point, a tool for the field for all operations, is most hap- pily attained. Those who already have single and expensive implements for home use will probably still use them with a Stoddard for the field; those who have their implements yet to buy will findthis beautiful invention sufficient for all the operations of loading. P, §.—As an old writer, at times, for the Rop Anp Gun, let me wish the new paper all the success it wishes and deserves. We will read the new with a zest and well-wishing not at all lessened by the pleasant memories of the old. By the bye, dear Mr. Hallock, if there be no business ends subserved by your joint title, which certainly is a clumsy one, or when these business ends shall be met, why not give us of the prairie a part inyour title: ‘* Forest, Stream and Prairie?!’ From the Wabash to the Rocky Mountains lies a region con- taining more than one half of all the gamein our nation, and a large part of your readers and contributors, Why not give the prairie a place in yourtitle? That would make it distinc- tively American, Alllandshavestreamsand woods, ows, only, the prairie. Think of it, and then come out to the prairies and shoot with us. Boong. 6 —————— Fern Bank, near Cincinnati, July 6, 1877. Entrvor Forest AND STREAM: Thanks to an invitation from its President, Mr. George f. Ellard, your correspondent, was enabled tocelebrate the national holiday of the Fourth in a most enjoyable manner with the members of the Cincinnati Shooting and Fishing Club, at the Schutzen Park, near Carthage, where the club has established a capital rifle range and grounds for trap shooting. On this occasion the annual trap shoot for the handsome club badge was shot for and won for the third time by Mr. Wm. Caldwell, who thus becomes its perma— nent owner. Withont taking up your valuable space with the score in detail, suflice it to say that the average of the shooting was very gvod, and was fully up to that of similar organizations throughout the country. At two o’clock the members of the club aud invited guests sat down to an ex- cellent dinner, the chief charm of which was a native wine made of the Ives seedling grape, which, being without that foxey flavor peculiar to most native wines, will compare favorably with the ordinary run of foreign clarets. Though the supply of birds was not exhausted, I was glad to see the afternoon devoted to ball shooting from a trap new to me, which propels the balls with greater force, and gives them a more erratic flight than the Bogardus in- vention, This shooting is much more diflicult than that at birds, and is not open to the charge of cruelty attending the slaughter of the latter. I hope to see the day when ball shooting will entirely supersede that of harmless doves. For the information of your readers who do their fall shoot- ing in Ohio, I will state that though quail are now quite abundant here, the close season for this game has been ex- tended to another year, a fact not generally known even here. ‘‘Gloan,” the vigilant guardian of game in this State, is my authority for this statement. ‘As early as the fourth of the month every copy, of your Jat issue sent to Cincinnati had been sold. I visited all the newsdealers and the office of the American News Com— pany in search of a copy, but they had all sold out. The fect may be flattering to you, but it was a great disappoint- ment to your correspondent, F. G. 8, 99 Rocky Hill, N. J., June 22, 1877.—I have been interested in the articles on Small vs. Large Bore Guns. I have shot a Wo, 16 for the past seven years, and have foundit large enough for all game from quail to deer. Of course in flock shooting a howitzer would domore execution, but that has never seemed to me much of an object to the sportsman, Among my sport- ing friends my gun—that) Captain. Bill Chadwick said ‘Was a handy little thing to kill rats with ”—has an enviable reputa- tion for long shots and hard hitting. The advantages ima small bore are, less weight, less charges of ammunition,imcereased penetration with consequent increased Tange, and, best of all, they demand a true aim. In my judginent the quintessence of pot-hunting is the throwing a handful of shot froma No. 10 gm at a quail ! SMALLER Bork. Dock Snooriwwe on GALYEETON Isnanp,—Our esteemed cor- respondent, B. B. B., sends us note of a little sport enjoyed by him in company with five others on Galveston Island last March, fifteen miles from town. The shoot resulted also in a ndly trial, in which all participated, resulting in a signal defeat of the only muzzle loader in the party. Camping over night, they secured upward of three hundred mallards and gray ducks during the morning fight, along with a few willet and snipe. Of the former one hundred and fifty fell by the redoubtable aim of our correspondent. He thinks the frosts ot the Northern States and Canadas a great.draw back to duck shooting, especially as equally good bags are made in Texas, and advises every body to come to Texas for their shooting, which we can assure our friends is hard to equal. Kanuiiye Brros Wimrannny.—Psyche, of Boston, writes: ‘You say the quickest and most humane way of killing a wounded bird without disfiguring it is to bite the bird’s neck with the teeth. A better way, I think, and one taught me by that veteran sportsman, O. A. Taft, of Point Shirley, is, to take the bird (if not too large, in one hand) and make firm pressure over the heart with the thumb, thus arresting the circulation at once.” [Both methods are good, but we give preference to the former, as none but the smallest birds can be killed in this miner. Again, the biling of the neck causes instantaneous paralysis, while the pressure of the thumb gives a few seconds of torture.—Ep. | CorrarseD Suetts.—‘ On the Wing” remarks : A correspondent in your paper recently inquired, Why some of his paper shells collapsed when fired? My opinion is that the cause will be found mainly in the fact that some of the cartridges are not equal on all sides in thickness. Conse- quently the thin or softer parts are drawn in by the vacuum created by the explosion of the charge. —Our Pennsylvania correspondent says: ‘* A young man of Flint Hill, Obio, desiring to cripple, but not kill a small red bird, loaded his gun, using wet powder in the place of shot. The gun burst, mangling his head in a terrible manner, + -—<+- THE TRAVELERS’ OFFICIAL RAILWAY GiUIDE.—The best book of re- ference for travelers to obtain information ii relation fo the times of the running of trains is the “THE ‘TRAVELERS’ OrrictaL RAILWAY GuipE,” published by the National Railway Publication Co. of Phila- delphia. The information pnblished in this book is all furnished divect- ly by the varions railway companies themselves, hence its afficial title, Tt contains also much other valuable information, one special feature being a list of some twelve hundred names by which various railways of the country have been known in former years, with their present title or the name of the operating road. Price 34,00 per annum, 50 cents per copy. we THE DITTMAR POWDER. Please direct all letters for the aboye powder to Neponset, Mass Capt. Bogardus and Ira Paine, are nsing my powder, Oarn Dirruar —[Ade, on ce RECOIL. 300 BRoaDWAY, NEW YORK, July 5, 1877. EprroR FOREST AND STREAM: Please convey to ‘ Siraight-Bore”’ my thanks for the best article on the subject of “ Recoil)” which has ever, to my knowledge, appeared in print, I have, during my leisure time, for the last two years, been enraged in the preparation of a work on rifle shooting, In which T haye ad- yanced the same ideas on the subject of recoil that have been go ably set forth by “Staight-Bore.” The language in which his article was written is, however, s6 much more clear and forcible than thatin which my ideas were clothed, that I wish you would ask him to give me the privilege of reprinting his article in my book. Yours very truly, HENRY FOLTON, SHEL LOADERS ASKED For.—Is there not a great chance for im- provemenit In the making of our shell-loaders? Thus far T haye tried many, and seen a8 many more advertised for sale, yet there is not one of the lot that will loatl more than one shell at a time, and some will only work on the brassones at that. Hence, if 4 man wishes to load three or four hundred for a two or three days’ hunt, te must necessarily pre- face lis days of sport by nearly a day of hard work over the shells—nun- less he buys them ready loaded, which is not easy to doin most locali- ties. Now, if with proper appliances all this work could be done within half an hour, or an hour at the most, what a happy state of affairs it svould be! And itseems to me strange that some ingenious sportsman has not long before this Invented something thai would fill the bill ex- actly—that is to say, a machine that would charge and load half a dozen shells at a time, brass or paper, equally well. If sach a loader could be manufactured and sold at a price that would come within reach of most of the sporting men throughont the country, what a saving of Nard la- bor and yaluable time if would be, and, I should think, pay well the manufacturer. Of course I do not claim to be posted on all the loaders made, and there may be such in existence and I failed to hear of it, and would be glad to know from you the facts. Yours for improvement, ————— New Yorr—Poughkeepsie, July 9, 1877.-—Many sportsmen in this section are disappointed because they were prohibited from spending the fourth in shooting woodcock; but now that the law is enacted they intend to see it enforced. Reports from different parts of this county say that quail are quite plentiful. Quite a number were turned loose near here this spring. Sedgwicks, at their foundery and machine works, are actively engaged in manufacturing Dudley's new loading tool, for which orders are pouring in rapidly, both from local and distant sportsmen, faster than they have been ready to fill them. Parties from here who haye visited the New Hamburgh reef have made very good catches of white perch. The late New York dog show has imparted quite an interest here in sporting dogs, and several parties purchased dogs there. Good Ground, L, I., July 10.—Yesterday was the ‘ gran opening day” of the shooting season here, the snipe coming in larze flocks.. The “captain” and, three boys secured over sixty nice, large birds, and all the gunners from other houses secured good bags, Cart. —Snipe shooting has already begun in Shinnecock Bay, one jiariy killing abéut forty large snipe on the 9th inst, The shooting ‘promises tobe very good, Gentlemen with theiy families can find at the Halsey House rooms and attendance that will be satisfactory,—LA dy, New Jersey—fed Bank, July 7.—1 send you report of a few small scores of woodeock shooting for this week, com- mencing July 4: H. G. White, Taber Parker, 2 hours, July 4th, 5 birds; Taber Parker, J. R. Bergen, G. H. Wild, July 5th, 16 birds; Taber Parker, G. H. Wild, July 7th, 3 hours, 7 birds, The birds are full grown, and the finest we have had for some years. Winn. Miomeax, Deétroit.—Chas. Robbins, of Windsor, Ont. bagged twelve woodcock on the 2d of July. Albert, Holland and friend were out on the Gthand killedeighteen. Rover. LOADER. MaAssAcHusnrrs Dorthempton lass balls, three traps, {8 yards Oapt Roust......, , ae 6.—Nonotuck Club ; Jshecase Oo RCHDH Meicait,.. ee 8 Damon.... . 4} Dewey... Poster, ,. 0. ha pet riee! Pomeroy... 1 Total ster bh ek Teno, or Wola; cas sarees ese —A club is being formed at, Hasthampton, and thus far abou n dozen fine fellows and good shots have enrolled their names. Spencer—The Spencer Sportsmen’s Club held a chowder party on the shores of Whittemore Lake, July 4, The day was an enjoyable one, being enlivened ly the pres- ence of numerous lady guests. Afier the repast the pentle- nen tried their skill at trap shooting, using Bogardus’ glass balls, string of ten, 18 yards rise, with the following result : ToUM Boyden. cis cee, se. eee see eee 6 LM Pre Has HOMBOB. ss wwssiccoscs wsieee8. Webber.ititen cen tin WASP edb viclelcl idl catia 3 DC Luther... whatheg ete H Brewer... epeaj tenes 5 AW Ourtis..............- EW Pronty roa eee. 2 FF DP Prouty.:-.114..~ BO Snow... - 28 OA Onapman ree RL Newtons t200)) SN Pica ae oe 8 EM Bliss.... PAS AWELY a hoe calves ae v.08 MO TApET..-ae The ladies of the club also contested for a prize, which was wou by Mrs. L. M. French, Mrs. James Holmes second, _ Sirewstury.—The Sportsmen’s Club was out in full force July 4, and made a day of it with their friends on their grounds at the farm of Curtis Jenkins. The morning hours and a-portion of the afternoon were deyoted to rifle practice. Mr. H. L. Wesson made the best record of the day. During ote Go ree Biitee of Elise balls ie shot by mem- E, Ball and Ward Ostom Soutet 10. —A new sportsman’s club has heen formed at Fitchburg, Mass., with the following officers: “President, John (, Howard; Vice-Presidents, Charles IE. Sheldon and Elliot N. Choate; Secretary, Henry F. Piper; Treasurer, Frank T. Noble. The club held its first public shooting tournament. at the Fair Grounds on July 4, glass halls, ten Uirds, with tha following result ; eset ewe de SOW PutvaMmiwcs ese essktes stint 7 SPHSheldon... GW Oann...., rH AC Newell. f Chas FE Stsldon,..... . 5 Ds Woodworth, John GC Howard.......0...0....44 6 ET Roble..-.... There were ten other entries with stmialler scores, Bay Ringer, L. L., July 4.—A glass hall mateh was shot on July 4 at Bay Ridge, L.1., which was won by Mr. Heinigke, of the Owl's Head Rifle Club, who succeeded in breaking ten straight balls, and in taking home the prize, a set of pearl . shirt studs. ‘The following is the full score: Otto Heinigke........0...25 Chie tHts35 24 1 TT Pa BP MOUTOL cea acenech bees cet coe tna ves ll t TOrry LOU echo seca acne nome es Pett eo Geo H Hope... 5 J DOMSWOrin....ssneesedencvenmess PS Bogart, sy... = E Kont, Jr..... W EHope,.....5.+.+ Dr O Meyers... Bae Ceritees see ee Seno ae senee--3 W Townsend,,, _ Pounrain Once, July 4.—Pigeon match at Brooklyn Driy- ing Park, L, 1, for the club championship match; fourteen competitors, seven birds Gach, 21 yardsrise, 80 yards boundary. Williams... SEB gh nt neerReng fy cist H Miller... far gest SESE tet = Josephs. PCL ats Noe Steel ——f} White... oat) it ete Ce —f ODA WITL, Stes pie ses orebe andres beeen wale DBAS oT he WaT $0 —t Mic Lytle RO seen reels set nas Soon ete Bee. BU ad ut ae SE lt § et —b Burtis....... A: DF to ee UE FOGWETASS Boal ea ces tess - 1592 5 Madison oa) - July 2.—Inclosed find the re- sult of a shoot of the Forest and Stream Shooting Club, of New Jursey, Washington, Washington, N. J., Saturday, June 30, at Hornbaker’s Trotting Park, four members shooting ab twenty-five glass balls each, eighteen yards rise, to be broken in the air. Bogardus’ balls. Jno. Hornbaker 16 J. Trimmer pee Ne neh Shay rat acco) Sy BHD ot cents: 1aw, neuen s ownneaee 4 ODE Ewe oc ce sks scereee ooense oe Te WEYDETTY can pssseas teanencnyemine to Purse divided, . : Second sweep—same conditions. COME, <5. o.reh ice -eeleeeboe ah eco mM GO MPs sooh in Biel cham Balla. 2245 $i dsleesewenssen nos MAY DALY os. ro ae eth sense Third sweep—same conditions. BaHlon . 5.2.02 sche aunees SetrweN see I Bh MINOTO., «sean bo cclslberes ab4p tm ae= sae BPO OcE Sete oes niin daniaite ee eee B Mayberry. \ Si bes eetsaet acest Fourth sweep—same conditions. Porter -.t Onell Ballou 3 McKaller a) Moore.. 4 Baldwin -0 pase ‘Ties on three, won by Ballou. Fifth sweep—same conditions—81 yards rise. Ballou, sees -ses ceres Ndedatebe vee ai By OWUOTE- aes 158 ee seka sede - Sadie ee 5 POrteY, . ope predessatey eo eey BTOUdIE SW 0). peers binant) hope Ties on five divided, Sixth sweep—same conditions as last. OULEN ir ea Stes sPasectaiee awe endy & Broddle....,.....-. tases re vargeoqed: TRAOMs aden dev atsken es aseee tteeeen Rp Dyson ee eee Match at eighteen yards. C.N. W. Railway. ,.se..-.e...22.-0 Grahait......-.. eo Deterrent 0 Sweepstakes nt pigeons, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, 1+ oz. shot, $1 entrance. opiate a lee Sheth ees eee DeMAGOETKY tit. s3er not beget .2 Baltiwin..... Tete are ZORA cate ais Sa vec Gue sse1-2 ose esas Ties at 31 yards, won by Baldwin. Towa, Mason City, June 30.—If nothing happens to our birds from this on, we will have fine shooting this senson, There is a nice lot of pinnated grouse now hatched, and are doing well, Minsxgora, June 27.—In the class; shootmg of the Sports- man’s Club there were three ties on 10, yiz.: H. Poehler, G. Hart and §. Judd. The tie was won by 8. Judd by the fol- lowing score: Poeliler..s....-..1 1 0 0 1-8 Judd. ......),.551 1:9 1 14 (Marti sat kictst: 110 090-8 marie yaa a fea ra bi 12; ane tie Baldwin, e Reais | Hoy. who scored five , 26 yards rise, Baldwin, aye | and Seabury scoring four each. r ee by ; “rhe number of ties on 7 was 9, and whenshot off at 5 single tie on five between rises, 26 yards, resulted in another tie of four birds between N. G. Sisson, C. A. Russell, b. Bisson. / , 6, which also resulted in a new tie, which was won by N. G. ‘There were six ties on ©, Shepard and H. ‘Simmonds, Messrs, BR. Slater, W. Golcher, J. 4 me and J. Wilde each scoring four out of five single rises, 26 yards. ‘ This second tie was won hy Mr. W. Golclier, scoring three in tirce single rises at the same distance. : . ' The Hisvae were: First, $100; second, $50; third, $80; #20; fifth, a sole leather gun Case, presented by fourth. Kennedy Bros, Henderson, July 4.—Sweepstakes five birds each, 26 yaris rise, tame birds. TPM, PAINE... ee eee neon eens oD Henry Poehler... --...+++s rey W HiSigler. ..~-<2<-- 002s rete tt Leoi Frankenticld.......21+05-...5 Del, -,,-- o. Ties on five, Same distance, miss and ouf. 5 ese ee Upto ht” Palue....--...- ee ey me hy PAE yen ts Prankeniield .....-...-..1 11 0-3 Ties on four then shot off, same conditions, Poohler....s..---.5-e2 LL1 1s Biglets.:--isseseveveeeet L 1d O—4 Birds gave out, and a glass balls match was Arranged, 10 balls ‘eel 18 yards rise, for two purses, first and second, 10 PORDIOL.. 6s epee cere ere eeenees es 1 BEVIED, Sec. weer maser walertt reste TEL vcaaee eden eres ness cers eattte Kaysas Cery, Mo., Exposit Sohinda anaeawess aU Hermann,....-.. Painu...... ace esas ion Grounds, July 4, 1877,.— 3 . 1; 10 single rises, tame birds, use of both barrels, #100; N50 to firsh, S25 ine) second, $15 to third, 10 to fourth; 26 yards. FAB] 22 =. cee see eee eee Stake MiUGHE. sess eee eneseorecee note t TIMGer wud... ssseeesc re eceeees M MOrris..-.2--+++eseeereesenr esses 0 POWGN ese ee een cbeeee er terres f Dundo.....+- Dee Het hewee Blark...--seeeeereecter eres oa : Gaven and Underwood divided first money, Brooks won second, B t Purse No. 2; $50 to second. Sear eee qewee eerie Brooks...-- Halliiv.eses : Stark,..-+-+--- Prose See pee ri oe Bane tereee McGee and Caven divided first money, Brooks and OAVGNs..<0254 5--, MUGS! .. vere testes GA Baste. ssrsese Trooks. .. each won third, Frederick won fourth. 10 single rises, 21 yards, $10; $100 to first, Wredericks...--...--++-..-- ee ae Undtrwood Miles...... Unven.. Bast... ericks divided second, Miles and Bast divided third. A number of match. GauvornrA, Auburn, : balls were shot at this sweepstakes were shot after the regular June 18.—Three matches at place on the 16th, between a Sacramento aud a team of six at this The first was aus f six from six f EES Whe distance was 21 yards rise. te itl the following score : fifty glass balls, w Aubum Team. woes eh Brown ,-sc--esneee reese COrismad, - Vermilyea. Aukely.. Corbin... Maniden, . PDOtHIG 545 os asa sccce heen sree se 20u Ten double balls were then shot at with the following Sacramento Team. “8 TOGA nese ees tarerstte srr sate WVermily ei. ..+-+5+~ aertastessrae score : Anieny. +++ pdestne roa Gori .--- ages Maiden, -- eer JAIL. ee ce aspen ome rertttne peek sep eE Le Total. ..sreeee- ++ Auburn Team, Browt..«... Grismiai ..-.+.- Tattle. . teres et tater pall Graig. ..-++++ ws BUIWEMGR. . sie rnceeer sess sees Total: .-..-- Pose ah dady Hemp win ctl is Ten single balls were then shot at with the following score: Auburn Team. Brown .... ----++-+* Oxisman.--+ 5 Tuttle...---+ Huthinzer-«-+ Pulweiler.- - Total se. esese ees tseeeerr ests: The single see eewerne Jel, TrxAs, in season, a0 vill come on T killed thirty © “68 pall missed by Crisman was his last shot, so that be broke seyenly—iine consecutLye balls. Sacramento Team. Todd.... Pree eee eee Vermilyen.....---..--- Avlreny.....: ae Vorbin. Maulden FRU edges oi Tofal.....-++- std tee ereteee O. A. Torin. Waxahachie, June 28.-—Young prairie chickens are d fishing splendid. Tf any of the New York boys t next fall I willshow them how to kill buffalo, dd bufiala Jast winter. Auswers to Coyrespondents, No Notice Taken ef Anonymous Commnopications. c, A. BL, Sewark.— pour umn. Juzann, Baltimore oneé of the besh Tow-' i. W. M,, Allegheny Gity, he exposure in the water. drophobia. REMINGTON, Piltsburgh, Pa. yornbly withother guns; few, if any, ¥ Mahopac.—is there any I iP a aon ‘ Ans, It is forbidden, Va.— What are the conditions upon which Capt. mpion badge of the world? Ans, He holds it wild pigeons In this State? CHARGE, Richmond, Bogardus holds the ena ag his own proper’ qiniess le chooses to Cc. BR. Ss : ‘enickens, quail; wootcock, warm season? ATS. YS, question is answered elsewhere inthis col- _—Capt. dolm Simpson, 344 Routh Caroling street, is boat builders im your city. Pa—Your tronble doubtless arises from Goto a physician, You need not fear hy- —Pattern and penetration compare fa- vould accomplish more, aw prohibiting the netting of ty, having earned it. It cannot be won from him, put if wp against ait éqnivalént. Milton, Pa,—Can small game, such as ducks, prairie be carried so they will not spoil during the in the same way as other meats. N. J. Where can Lgettie rules of the National . ; — bh. Reewas shot off on ‘d—Please give treatment for mange? Ans. For s Ponovan's Solution three times.a day in water. well, Havard & Co.'s Juniper Tar Soap. 7 English mastiffs? Ans, H, D. Kingdom, Hsq., Willhayne, Colyton, Devon, England, E.—Is there any difference in shooting qualities between a ten-bore fun of 28-inch barrels und one of §0-ineh barrels? Ans, Not any neces- sarily. Barrels sre fenerally shortened fo save weight. G.H. R., Gainesyille, Texts the copying of the excelsior copy book permanent? Give methe address of the Jhis? Ans. 1. We can- not say. 2. London, Hnogland, H.W. J., Newark.—A good book on birds is Baird, Brewer and Ridge- way's “Birds of North America ;” or get Samuels’ * Birds of New Eng- fend.” Geo. J. Euutorr, Philadelphia.—Will you be kind enough to furnish me with the pedigree of the Gildersleeye hitch Judy, and oblige? Ans, We cannot. 8.2. O., New York.—Thereis no woodvouk shooting in New York duving July, except on Long Island. In New Jersey you will find good shooting at Tenafly, Tuckahoe, Red Bauk and Hanover. G.B., Ir.—1. What game will I tind in Clarion Co., Pa., on the Clarion Creek, in month of October? 2. Which bore would you reeommend for that shooting? Ans. 1. Ducks, geese, partridges and quail, with bass fishing? 2, Use a12-hore gun. J.G.S., Oswego.—Please giye a remedy for piles in dog four vears old, Ans. Give three grains powdered cubebs and two grains leptem- drin three timesa day. Ask your chemist for iodoform supposotories, anil insert one in rectum each day. ¥, H., Boston.—Can you inform meif there is any Mshing near or at Fort Edward, N. Y., and if so, what kind? hotel where I conld pass the night? Ans, Fork Edward is an important railway station from which good trout aud bass fishing can be reached very easily; good hotel. W.-H. §., Philadelphia, Pa.—My setter dog seems to be troubled with piles. What cau ldo for him? Ans. Use fnjections of black wash 6évery morning, and at night introduce an lodoform suppository, Give one grain of septandrin and two grains of powered cubebs three times a day, J. G.S., Oswego, N. Y.—For pilesin a young dog use injections of common black wash to every half pint of which one drachm of lands— num should he added. Give also, three times # day, a pill composed of septandrin, 36 grain; cubebs, 1 grain; quinine, ¢ grain; castile soap Js grain. BE, D. i. Baton, of Peotone, Ill., informs HE, P., of Philadelphia, that he } con farnish him with all necessary feathers for dressing flies, leaders find recipes for dying patterns. If he had advertised this in our paper everybody would have known it. Why don’t you do itnow? Mr. Katon is informed that the Bulletin of the Essex Institute is published monthly at Salem, Mass., price $l 50 per year, we believe. A.J. J., New York,—1. Can any person enter into the rifle matches at. Creedmoor when they are open to all comers? 2, Do they haye to be longtoaclub? 38, Can they use anyrifle they choose? Ans, 1. Yes, 9. No. 3, In aty-rifie matches, rifles not oyer10)Jbs. weight, not under 8 lbs. trigger pull and without magnifying sights may be used. W. M. F., New York.—W ould you be kind enough toinform me where Oswego bass can be caught most plentifally, and as to bait and best mode of capture? Also what good fishing can be had in the neighbor- hood of Geneya, N. Y. State? Ans. Oswego bass are abundant in Lake Ontario, ‘Trolling with spoon or minuow, casting with fly or minnow, or still-fishing with a just variety of baits. Perch and bass fishing. INQUIRER, Haverhill, Mass.—My hound, aged two and a half years has been sick a week. The iirst few days he would eat nothing and consequently lost lesh. Nosé dry but a part of the time, seems to wish to lie down most of the time, is not cross, merely weak, eyes bloodshot, skin and hair natural, no cough and is better now as appetite is return- ing. Please prescribe. Ans, Quinine and Jeptandrin two grains each three timesaday. Keep in cool, air and dry locality. J. F. Bontecon, New York.—l. Where can “Dead Shot’ powder be obtained? 2. Is there any mark on a ‘ Brazier” lock by which it can be distinguished from any other fine lock? 3. What would be the probable cost of boring a shot-gun from a No. 14 gauge to No. orig? 4. Who is the present owner of the stud dog Milo, by Knowle’s Dan ont of Ve- nus? Ang. 1, American Powder Co., Boston, 2. Not that we know of. 3, Don't know. 4, Address Mr. Raymond. F.'t. D., New York.—The best way fo shorten your gun stock is to cut off a slice from the butt as thick as will permit the stock to fit the shoul- der easily when dressed in thick winter clothing. Thirteen inches is an ayerage length, measuring straight from the trigger. Pit two hardwood pegs lirnily into the slice, bore corresponding holes in the stock into which the pegs will fit firmly. Remove the slice at will. A metal cap can be used for the shortened stock as a finish, to be removed of conrse when the slice is put on, H. 0.'T,, Springtield, Mass——Where can a party of three or four find a good camping and fishing spot on the coast of Connecticut, or Rhade Is- land? AJso please tell me the nearest good out-fitting place? Ans. Goto O. F, Hotchkiss, Branford, Ct., near New Haven. You can camp out luxuriously among the Trimble Islands, Hyery facility and plenty of sen pass, black fish and cunners. Other good places are found most anywhere on theline of the Old Colony railroad. CASE.—Will you please lei me Know if there is any law on robins in Connecticut, and if 80, what time it closes? Can you tell me what fishing can be had near old Saybrook and Clinton, Conn.? Can binetish be canght nearthere? Are weakfish biling at Princess Bay? Ans. No yobins shot between 1st February and Ist September. 2, Bluefish, weakfish and various other kinds of fish at Saybrook; also at Princess Bay. G. C., Jacksonville, Fla,—My pointer, nine months old, has sore ears which he scratches, keeping them continually raw. Can you give me aremedy? He does not eat heartily, refusing his food, frequently for two meals at a time. Ans. Giye two grains of iodide of potassinm three times a day, dissolved in a tablespoonful of water, and apply the following ointment daily: Camphor, spermaceti, white wax, olive oll, of cach equal parts by weight. Poinrer.-You write anonymously. In the ancient days of the sibyl the responses of the oracle acquired additional authority from the mysterious darkness of the cayern whence they were uttered. In these latter times you woulll reverse this plan by enveloping imquiries in the same mystery. Itis neefless {0 repeat what we have often sald: the oracle will not respond. J. A. &., Mexico, N. ¥.—Where can T get a work on sailing, and the care and construction of sail-boats, either in book or pamphlet form, at acost of not more than $1? Does the American woodcock breed in this State? Whuatis the charge of powder for a double Remington breech-loader, 8 pounds weight, 10 bore, 80-inch barrels? Is the ham— mock a(lvertised in your paper a relible one, and will it actually sus taiti 1,300 pounds, 48 claimed? Ans. No American work on yachting, You can my Vanderdecken’s Yachtsman from the importers of Bng- ish books. We think it costs fifteen shillings, The woodcock breeds in portions of New York State, Charge for the gun mentioned, 53g drs powder, 14f ozs, shot. The hammock is reliable. z will sustain apy one weighing less than 1,300 pounds. 7 ¥.8.P., Albany, N. Y.—Pleuse give mie the nanie of some breeder of Also, if there is any good ' Huster,—Will you be kind enough to say when the dog Bismark died, of what strain he wis, what lia color and where owned, and if his er have any valne? I havea white and red bitch fivo years of age sent from Philadelphia, said to be by him. Shebas every appearnice of good breeding, but is only partially broken, Conldshebeby him? Ans, You will find complete answers to your queries in the FoRESr anp STREAM, Aug, 3, 1876. §, J. Qursn, Pittsburgh.—t havea pointer bitch suffering from a akin disease ; have tried most of the mange remedies withont accom plish- inga core. As $000 a5 one part is healed the disease breaks’ ont in an- other. At present she has two sores on her lip, which first appeared as ured spot, followed by falling off of the hair, leaying a sore that looks like proud Mesh. 2. Where can T find good woodcock shooting: Within fifty miles of Plitsburgh? Ans. 1. Use prescriptions given im auswer to A, Leibring, Tobyhanna Mills, in this column. 9% Do not know; some Pittsburgh sportsman would be better informed. SUBSCRIBER, Tuskaloosa.—In your last answer to correspondents, under date of the 2ist inst., yousay: ‘The best shot we ever saqw shot from the hip,” Do you mean by this that the gun was not brought to the shoulder? Have you a personal knowledge of any respactable sportsman, or rather accurate shot, who habitually discharged his gun from the hip instead of the shoulder? We have all heard of such cases, but havenever seen them, Ans. You have the idea, exactly. We do know such persons, andin one case in particular the party is an excellent shot, though never lifting the gun to the shoulder, G.¥, Torresdale, Pa.—Will you please answer these questions: In putting the shot is the regulation weight 16 pounds? What distance are you allowed to rut before throwing, and whether it is a fair throw if the impetus of the rau should carry you beyond the line after the ball had ieft your hand? 2. What is the longest throw of # base ball? Ans. There is no regniation weight in pntting the shot. The distance you areallowed to run before throwing, or whether you. are allowed to run at all, depends upon the regulations for the special trialin which you are engaged. Witha running start itis not fair to pass the delivery line. 2 Made by John Hatfield—1s3 yards, 1 foot, 134 inches, at Brooklyn, L. T., Oct. 15, 1872, READER, Philadelphia.—l have a setter pup apparently su fering with distemper (age six montis); symptoms: no appetite, gob very poor, Stools very thin and green, occasionally mixed with blood, shakes his head, discharging thick matter from the eyes; have administered gul- phur and aloes, afterward sulphate quinine, sulphate iron and extract dandelion. Ihave prolonged life about three weeks, but no oure ef- fected. Ans, One drop of Donovan’s solution three times a day m water. Every four hours three grains of the following powder ; Rhu- barb, powd., 18 grains ; white castile soap, powd., 6 grains; leptandrin, f grams; cubebs, powd., # grains; quinine, 9 grains. Feed woe of iron and beet, or Bodault’s wine of pepsin—one-half teaspoonful doses. J. M. C,, Clyfle,—My setter bitch had pups the 14th of Febroary. Five days ago, at the Syracuse show, I first noficed that she was coming: iirheat again, and to-day a curlined her. 1 didn’t think it near time Tor her to get in heat, and not time to take a dog. Isn’t it unnsnal to come in heat so soon? Will.she have pups? IfT should line her tog, Seller on receipt of your answer would part of the pups come Setters, and would they be as good as though the cur had not lined her? Ana, 1, No. 2. Probably. 8. Some might show distinctive marks of setters, butthe animals would be valueless, as they would probably partake more or Tess of the traits and peculiarities of the cur. See Hallock’s “Gazetteer,”* now ready. J. G.8,, Osweeo.—The symptoms you give are those of chronic piles, To cure, apply an ointment prepared as follows: Camphor, 2 ars.; Strong mercurial ointment, 1 di; elder omtment, 1 dr. Smear this over the exterior of and insert np the rectum thrice daily. Timmuch stench is present, moisten fundament with a yery dilute solntion of chloride of zine, aud a small quantity may be administered as an in- jection atter the grease has been introduced. Relief will probably come third day, but treatment should be continued some days after the dog appears well. A day’s feed of liver once ortwice a week is also recom- mended. If this does not have the desired purgative effect, a little olive oil mby be given, but nothing stronger. CO, E. VAN V., Brooklyn.—I have a setter bitch four years “old, and & great pet with all the family. For the last four weeks she has spells of stomach sickness, and throws up ler food. Thaye been very careful about her food, in order to not let her get too fat, but she continues as before to be sick, Her coatlooks harsh, and sheds a great deal of hair, and has been shedding for three months, still, toall appearances, she ig as well as any dog, fullof play as a kitten, always ready to eat, and T am puzzled to know what todo for her, if anything. Please prescribe forher. Ans, Feed less. Give rhubarb, 6 grains ; leptandrin, 1 grain; powdered castile soup (white), 2 grains; powdered cubebs,1 grain, three times a day, occasionally a dose of Rochelle salts at night. A. SEBRING, Tobyhanna Mills.—I haye a fine hound about three years old. He had the distemper some eight months ago; eyer since he ap- pears to have some trouble in his head, After lying idle for & short time he will, when called out of his kennel, shake his head, at the same time sneeze and snulf, acting as though he had some disease in the head, Hehasthe mange. Will you please inform nie what I shall do for his complaint in the head, also a remedy for the mange? Ans. Hy- drargesa Bin Iod., 4 grs.; Tod. potasinm, 2 drs.; Comp. Spirits Laven- der, 234 drs.; Syrup, 10z,; walter to make 4 oz. Dose, 42 teaspoonful three times a day, taking care to giye on empty stomach. 2. Wash dog thoroughly at least once a day with tepid water and Caswell, Hazard & Co’s Juniper Tar Soap; dry thoroughly and apply the following ‘ Black Wash:” Calomel, 274drs.; powd, Gum Arabic, 10 grs.; glycerine, 2 drs.; Fluid Extract Conium (Syuibbs) 23g drs.; mix in mortar, and when thoroughly incorporated, adi slowly, still slirring, lime water, q.s. to makes oz. Shake well before using, J. HH. P., Angusta, Me.—1. Salmon are taken from the Kennebeo aé this place with nets, but some of our fly-fishermen have tried them with flies, but never gofharise. Can you explain why they will not tukea fly here as wellaselsewhere? ‘The water is quick and below a large dam, What kind of flies wonld be the most tempting in such a case ? 2, Doshad rise wellto a fly? If so, at what time best, and what wre the most killing flies for them? 3. Isthere such a thing mate asa ‘‘ harness” for holding @ live minnow? If so, by whom made? 4, Who are to publish the new guide-book and map of Moosehead Lake and region? Willit be any improyement upon the one published by Bradford & Anthony two or three years ago? 5, What is the moss tempting fly for black bass when they appear to be sluggish and sleepy in the middle of the day? 6. Is greemheartas good a wood for dura- bility as lancewood? Ans, 1. Saimon are capricious. They will probably take the fly farther up stream. 2. In June they will take flies of gray, brown and red combinations. 3, Cannot answer, 4. G, WJ, Farrar’s guide-book is for sale by Lee & Shepard, Boston. 6 Youcan only tell by experiment. 6. Yes; your questions are answered at great length in Hallock’s “‘Sportsman’s Gazetteer.” —1¢-— —Undonbtedly one of the best and cheapest stocks of Carpetingg, Nil. cloths, Mattings, etc., to be found in the United States is that of Messis, Joun H, Pray, Sons & Co., Washington street, Boston. I. W. Adama is the sportsman of the firm, and Will take spacial pains to please any of our friends calling upon him or with any orders senthim, It lea ood, reliable house.—{4 dp, A WEEKLY JOURNAL, DeyOrED 10 FiaLy and AQuaTid SPORTS, PRACTICAL NATURAT History, FISH CULTURE, THE PROTECTION OF GamMu, PRESERVATION OF ForRnStTS, AND THE INCULEATION IX MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST IN OUT-DooR RECREATION AND Srupy: PUBLISHED BY Sarest and Stream Publishing Company. —AT— Wo. 111 (old No. 103) FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, [Post Ofrrice Box 2332.) TERMS, FOUR DOLLARS A YEAR, STRICTLY TIN ADVANCE, ‘Twenty-five per cent, off for Clubs of Three or more, —>+ > Advertising Rates, Inside pages, nonpareil type, 25 cents per line; outside page, 40 cents. Special rates for three, six and twelve months. 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Secretaries of Clubs and Associations are urged to favor us with brief notes of thelr Movements and transactions, 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 dereliction of the mail service if money remilted to usis lost. No PERSON WHATEVER is authorized fo collect money for ns unléss he can show authentic credentials from one of the undersigned. Wehaveno Philadelphia agent. [" Tratle supplied by American News Company, CHARLES HALLOCK, Editor. S, H. TURRILL, Chicago, Western Manager, 1. C. BANKS, Business Manager. CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING WEEK, Friday, July 13:—Trotting: Buy City. Mich.; Springfleld, Mass.; Columbus, Mags.; Monmouth, Ill. Running meeting at Long Bratch, Base pall: Boston vs. St. Lonis, ai St, Louis; Harttord ys. Chicago, at Chicazo; Manchester ys, Allegheny, at Pittsburg, Pa.; Buckeye va, Standard at Columnbus; Chelsea ys. Rochester, al Rochester; Star of Syracuse ys. Cincinnati, at Ciiemnati. Saturday, Judy 14.—Trotting at Monmonth. Mi), Running meeting at Loug Braveh. Base ball: Boston ys, St, Louis, at St. Louis; Hartford vs, Chicago, at Ciiicago; Chelsea vs. Rochester, at Rochester; Star of Syracuse ys. Cincinnati, at Cincinnati; Orange ys. Alaska, afi Orange, W.d.; Indianapolis vs. Louisville, at Louisville; Quickstep vs. Harlem, at Melrose ; Mauchester vs, Standard, at Wheeling, W. Va. Regattas: Wahassct Club, of Cohasset, Mass.; Quiticy Club, off Mear’s Hotel, Quincy Point, Mass.; Dorchester Club, off City Point, Mass.; scull race between Courtney and Riley, at Greenwood Lake, N. d- Moniay, July 16—Running meeting at Long Branch, Base hall: Chelsea vs. Erie, at Bnifalo, N. Y.; Quickstep vs. Witoka, at Melrose; Buckeye vs. Mauchester, al Columbns > Star of Syracuse vs. Indianapo- fis, at Indianapolis; Red Caps ys, Racine, at St. Paul, Minn. Regatta of Sonth Boston Yacht Clab. Tuesday July 17.—Trotting; Newark, N.¥.; Dexter Park, Chicago; East Saginaw, Mich.; Beacon Park, Boston. Runuing meetings at Long Brauch and Pittsburg. Base ball: Boston ys. Chicago, at Chicago; Hartford vs. St. Louis, at St, Louis; Buckeye vs. Manchester, a8 aboye Star of Syracuse vs. Indianapolis, as above; Orange vs. Crystal, at Orange; Chelsea ys. Eric, at Brie, Pa; Alaska vs. Volunteer, at Pongh- keepsie. Wednesday, July 18,—Running meetings as above. Base ball: Bos- jon vs. Chicago, at Chicago; Hartford vs. St. Louis, at St, Louis; Red Caps ys. Racine, as above ; Orange vs. Crystal, at Orange; Chelsea ys. Hrile, at Brie, Pa.; Alaska vs. Volnnteer, at Ponghkeepsie, Thursday, July 19.—Runniug mecting at Pittsburg. Base pall: Indi- anapoliavs. Manchester, at Indianapolis; Champion City vs. Boston, at Springfield, 0.; Star of Syracnse vs. Chicago, at Chicago; Red Caps vs, Bvansvule, at &t. Paul. —The Principal of Leesburg Academy, Virginia, writes: “My advertisement in your paper 1s the only one eyer re- sponded to in my experience with a good many papers. I jean to insert it again before September next.” Ww. ee ee We have received a copy of the Maine Hammer, conducted by §. Lb. Boardman. It is one of the best Agricultural papers if has been our lot to peruse, anda credit to New England, = —— ~ = GAME BIRDS AND SOME OF TRITE topie, and one that has been thoroughly and ably canyassed, but which is still of absorbing interest to the naturalist and gentleman sportsman. We shall discuss the subject, only as exeniplified in the eastern bird-game, the pur- suit of the large game of the far West being governed by widely different laws. ‘There are many who assert that game is being ‘all shot off,” and that its extermination, through the agency of the sportsman, is only a question of time. That some of our finest game birds become suddenly much less abundant in localities previously well stocked, we do not pre- tend to deny; but the encroachments of civilization do far more than the shot gun to clear the coyers of their denizens. Good sportsmen are not very numerous, and banging a gun at partridges, quail or woodcock does not accomplish their destruction. He is a sportsman of no little skill who can secure one quail of every two flushed, be it in bush or open. Croakers love to talk of the haleyon days of former game- plenty, and mourn the lack of it at present; but the so- calledl paradise of game exists in the imagination only, and good bags are never made without work. Were it not so, half the pleasure of the day’s sport would betakenaway. The sections where game formerly abounded are, many of them, now populous districts, the birds have removed to places as secluded as their former haunts before these had been colo- nized by man. Thus frequently birds disappear, but are not killed. The most important agents of destruction against which our game birds have to contend are snares (most con- temptible engines of mischief), vermin and revere winters. We all know how terribly the quail (Ortyx virgintanus) suffer in hard winters. During the extremely rigorons weather which we so often experience, when the surface of the coun- try is covered with a thick mantle of snow and ice, and all but the most hardy of our birds have migrated to more con— genial climes, subsistence for the quail is with difficulty ob- tained; many perish at such times on account of the severity of the weather and lack of food. Often, too, when caught during the night under a heavy snow, they are unable to free themsé¢lves, and so perish by wholesale. The few survivors are finally foreed to resort to the friendly shelter of the farm- yard and stable, there to eke out a scanty living by picking up what kernels of grain they may find. At such times the cat forsakes its lawful and normal food, the rat, and varies its diet with the palatable quail; and the dumpy, half-frozen lit- tle creatures are carried off one by one, till at spring time the piping of little Bob White is all that is needed to make the hey-day of the year what it should be, perfection perfect. It may be mentioned in this connection that we have not for years found quail so abundant as during the past season, and, taking into consideration the mildness of the previous winter, it isa significant fact, and the inference is obvious. The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) is, of all our game birds, the most difficult to kill, least domestic in its habits and most particular as to the haunts it frequents. But the ** par- tridge” is easily taken by snares, and of this fact the ubiquitous pot-hunter takes every advantage. We may now walk for hours through the most attractive covers, where partridges or pheasants were once numerous, and see nothing, hear nothing of the noble bird—the familiar drumming, the sudden whirr and the flash of wings as he passes swiftly before us and is lost in the leafy mazes of the glade, all gone; nothing remains to tell that this splendid game was once a denizen of the for- est, save the broken brush fence with its deceptive openings. One to whom forest nature is dear cannot but be indescribably affected by such scenes. It should be made a felony to cap- ture with snares any of our birds. Grouse suffer during hard winters, but not to such an extent as the quail; for, hesides being more hardy, by reason of the places they inhabit, food is more easily obtained, and from their habits they ordinarily escape the perils from snow, to which the quail are exposed. The woodcock (Philohela minor), unlike the quail and par- tridge, is migratory, and the chief fault that we haye to find with the pursuit of this bird is that itis shot at a// seasons. To kill one bird in March or April is to lessen the number of fall birds by four or five. This should be remembered. We also sincerely deprecate the summer shooting. Birds shot in July are just from the West; they fly easily and the sport does not compare with the fall shooting. We have, in many in- stances, seen cock shot in July with the down still clinging to the few feathers they possessed, Were the summer shooting entirely abolished, more sport would be furnished in October, and that of a better quality. The case of the Wilson’s snipe (Gaillinago wilson?) is excep- tional, asthe only time at which they are with us is during their migrations northward in early spring and south in fall. This is true also of the countless myriads of ducks that 1m winter throng our bays from Cod to Hatteras. Of other of our game birds we need not speak in particular. We believe, however, that fears of the extinction of species are without foundation, though birds may become scarce or plenty in alternate years. We are an earnest advocate of most stringent game laws; they should be properly framed and sternly enforced throughout the length and breadth of the land, Game protective associations should be formed in all sections where they do not now exist, and each member should strive to do his part in checking all unseasonable and discriminate destruction of game, and all violations of the laws regarding it, THE {{AGENTS OF THEIR DESTRUCTION. —— oa _ ry 7 r : a — — Tue Guipe Question AGAmm.—This seems to be a question of personal veracity, We cannot give space to e review of this matter, to which we have made reference already. We can but think the matter is becoming too personal. Know- ing all of these men cither directly or indirectly they have all borne good reputations hitherto. ~The guide Hall—whom Plumily has acensed of ising a net upon the spawning beds of the trout—senfls a sworn affidavit, which declares that he (Plumly) ‘‘never told any person that, he saw Lysander Hall fishing with a gill net in Racquet Lake or any other lake.” "The guide Bennett says; ‘* John Plumly did not see Hall fishing with a net, but he pulled it up off the spawning bed. No other man in the town owns such, and Hall admitted it to be his, though he declared the net was set for frost fish. John says he will swear the net was ona spawning bed.” Hall, it will be remembered, charged John Plumly, the two Sabbattes, Alba Cole, Justin Lamos and others, with killing deer out of season, and running them down in the deep snows. In his letter he states that these men do not deny the fact, and moreover he cites the names of witnesses who are cognizant of the fact; and also of several residents and off- cials of the town of Long Lake who will vouch for his per- sonal veracity. He, moreover, declares that he published the names of these men in the hopes of deterring them from simi- lar acts rather than cause their arrest and its penalties, which, being poor men, they would be unable to meet. With the present condition of our came laws, and the con- stant refusal of district att-rneys to prosecute, nothing can be done. If the charges are true, it seems strange that guides should wantonly do that which will eventually take (so to speak) the bread and butter from their mouths. ‘The decrease of game only hastens the day when the North Woods will no longer be sought by those who now open their pocketbooks freely in order to enjoy a few days’ or weeks’ recreation. ‘We cannot but believe there 1s an error somewhere—a mis- understanding—which may be settled by the parties them. selves without further breeding of bad blood. This question is now assuming a personal quarrel; and, while our columns are eyer open to all that pertains to game protection, we can- not allow them to be made a medium for strife, x Cou. Skier vs. W. H. Durrox.—W. H. Dutton, of Phila., writes, July 9, 1877: ’ I have just returned from an eight weeks’ fishing trip to Big Moose Lake, Brown's Tract, and notice a Teitee in Porest AND SreeaM, of June 21, from Col. Skinner, who writes that some other persons haye requested him to call your attention to what is (to him) a shocking fact—*‘ that one W. . Dutton, in one week, slaughtered eight deer on Moose Lake during the month of May last.” I suppose I am the individual referred to, and, in reply, I have to say that I have never shot eight deer on Moose Lake or neighborhood, either in one week in the month of May or in any month, or alto- pone during the whole twenty years of all seasons in which have camped there; and that the statement is the malicious falsehood of an interested guide, as is well known in the woods, whose ill-will I have probably incurred from my suc- cessful effort to effect_a reduction of wages during this year of general economy. Doubtless Col. Skinner means well, but the story is untrue, and he and his friends haye been imposed upon. [We take pleasure in exculpating Mr. Dutton; and with this we must again call attention to the fact that these reports of violation of the game laws seem unreliable, or are being used for personal ends.—Hp. | tee Tue Spinir oF ouR Yaoursmun.—Capt. Coffin, the re- doubtable yachting editor of the World, is deploring the de- cline of yachting in editorial comment ; but we do not accept the apparent apathy of the current season as any criterion for so deciding. The season throughout has been ‘cloudy with rain areas,” as the Weather Indications have daily informed us; the wind has been capricious and fitful: some of the leading yachtsmen are abroad, some are surfeited with a long series of annual regattas or competitions, and are possibly temporarily tired of the brine and salt sea air. Let them flee like a bird to the Mountains, and air their sky serapers in the upper empyrean, and when they have enjoyed the change they will enter upon the following season with increased in- terest and multiplied gusto, We do not believe that the spirit of yachting has died out in this country any more than the “spirit of "76." It is only a lull, which presages a change of weather. i —The Willams College Scientific Hxpedition started yester- day, July 1ith, on their Rocky Mountains tour, They go to Sherman, the Laramie Plains, Lake Como, the Green River, Sali Lake, the Jordan River, the canyons and mining regions of the Wascoth range, Middle Park and Pike’s Peak, os —The Danville Advertiser tells a singular story of two horses which were struck by lighining, when one was found “ stand- ing erect with one foot lifted a little way from the earth, and the other was kneeling with his nose in the earth, and both were stone dead, and retained their erect positions until they were pushed over.” NoricE To SPORTSMEN.—Havine received so many communigations asking us for information in regard to onr six-section bamboo wont, black bass, grilse and salmon rons, we have preparad a circular on the subject, which we shall take pleasnre in forwardiug tO any address, We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from $14 to $150, We put our stamp only on the best, in order to protect our customers and our reputation, for je are unwilling to sella poor rod with a false enamel (made by burning and staining, to imitate the #enuine articte) without letting our customers know just what they are getting. ; P, 0, Box, 1,204,—[ Adv, Anpey & TMBRIE, 4S Maiden Lane, tT a St —— GAME PROTECTION. —- OnrrvAny.—We regret to hear of the sudden death of Henry Ruble, of North Me.Gremor, Towa, who was ever active in the adyancement of Fish and Game Protection. Mrssesora Srare Sporrvsmen’s Coxvention.—The first avuual meeting of this Association was held at St. Paul, on June 27th, one hundred and fifty delegates being present. The President, Mr. C. J. Butler, delivered the annual address. Speeches were madeby Dr. David Day, Judge Paige and many others, and there was avery geueral and strong expression of the opinion that the game of the State, not merely as an ob. ject of sport, but asa fuod resor:, should receive protection during the period of breeding. In the course of his remarks the President said : Dost of us can call to mind, and within but few years, when our prairiesabounded with grouse, when our ponds and sloughs were tesanted by myriads of water fowl in their season, wien our foresis were filled with deer, and our whole State was a sportsman’s paradise. How is it now? Save in the more re- note districts erouse are no longer to be found in numbers; the water fowl have been persecuted away to safer lines. of flight in their migrations in the farther West, and deer are fast following the fate of all wild creatures, no matter how useful or how beautiful, than can be made to contribute to the greed of the unscrupulous dealer who plies bis nefarious trade out of stason, assisted by his ally the destructive and insatiable pot-hunter. These are the enewies we mush meet and over- come if the game of the State is to he saved from absolute ex- lirpation. i f ’ ein The result of the effort made in securing better protection for game, during the last session of the Legislature, gave grat- ifying evidence of the influence we can exert when the mem- pers of the clubs of the State bestir themselyes to action, Insectiverous birds and the songsters of our groves merit and undoubtedly will receive their full share of our protective attention,and the wild pigeon, so usefulas a food resource and ‘otherwise so desirable to be preserved, should also receive a protection sufficient to enable it to pass through its breeding scason undisturbed, , ; ‘ Tt affords me pleasure on this public occasion to acknowl- edee the obligations which we as sporismen are under to far- mers. For myself, 1 will say that I enter no field in pursuit of game without fecling that Lam there by the courtesy of the owner, and that it is incumbent upon me to exercise the great- est care that I do noinjury, and when leave it is with asense of obligation for a favor enjoyed. : The following gentlemen are elected officers for the ensuing year: Preaek, C. J. Butler; first Vice-President, L. 5. Van Viiet; second Vice-President, }. Morse. : —Again we have fo chronicle a game protective organization which has honored us by adopting the title of Porest and Stream Association. This time it isin Wilmington, Clinton Co.,, Ohio, and has thie following oilicers :. President, Dr. L. B. Welch; Vice President. Wm. B. Tel- fair; Secretary, Melville Hayes; Treasurer, L. D. Sayers. Towa.—The Lansing Shooting Club was organized dime 28th, with H. Breisch ‘as President: ©. A, Gardener, Vice; G. Keisel, Seceretary, and B.A. Blum, Treas. J. O. Lyttle, Theo, Mahoney and B. E. Brockhausen, constitutes board of Divect- ors, A Revvuragne Gawe Cros.—We have received the follow- ine letter from Detroit, under the date of June 30, which is but one of many similar complaints regarding the clubs of that city. We sincerely hope this isan error, or if nol, that it may he corrected by the ‘strong arm of the law :* a The latest improvement on the old game of ** Presto change is successfully played since theadvent of glass-ball shooting, as follows : #, A half dozen glass balls and a miniature Bogardus trap are placed in the pocket, the gun thrown over the shoulder, the ‘blue bloods ” whistled up, and astart made fora good glass pall locality. The locality means any, for this sport 1s very peculiar, and can only be found on Gell Isle, Riyer Rouge, Pon- tiac, or Gratiot roads. When the proper groundis reached, they hide their traps, load their sins, and taking a glass ball in the hand start for a scout. When all is ready the ball is thrown in the air, fired at and broken, and the “presto change” comes in, for as it is retrieved it turns out fo be a plump woodcock. From one to twenty glass balls are broken in this manner each day. ‘The game is most successfully played by the members of the Detroit Gun Club and by some of the Solons who frame our Jaws, ‘ 1 : TE our glass-ball shooters do notlet up on this ‘little game* T shall be compelled to give their names, and likewise the num- ber of ‘* balls ” (7) broken. PREsto. Is rue USE oF SEv-Linzs ANGLING ?—'' Amateur” writes us thata couple of Trojans while fishing in the Mohawk a few weeks since demolished a set-line, and being caught in the act were threatened with prosecution. On consulting a‘ limb of the law,” the zealous protectors received little comfort, being in- formed that this fishing came under the head of angling. pec i e thus construed, we cannot but consider ee ee of the act, de facto if not de jure. The Trojans. however, should not have meddled with the line, but informed the game constable, who would, undoubtly, have de- stroyed the line and arrested the owner. —Tne new law in Florida for the protection of game, in- cludes also song birds during the breeding season. Deer, turkey and partridges are protected from the 1st of April to the Ist of September, ‘Vhe destroying of nests or young birds is made a punishable offense. This, with the law passed last season for the protection of sea birds and birds of plume, places Florida in the front rank, so far as fame protection is concern- ed, The penalty for violation of the law is $20. GC. EH. D. Jr. New Yorr, June 1877.—Is there no one in Rergen county, N. J., true sportsman enough to see that the game law is not yiolated with impuuity as it has been during the present month? Ina little swamp that had about a dozen woodcock, all that was left was one wounded bird, Henry Engle, Jr., who lives between Fairview and Bulls Ferry, boasts of having jilled them, and jrstifies himeeclf, first, that he had permission of the occupant of a iid A and, poems, He anne other ‘poachers in: johborhood are doing the same ‘ poachers ay the neighho eg =a NOTES FROM OUR SPECIAL COMMIS- SIONER. Fary Bask, Cryomyati, Ohio, June 22, 1877. Enitor Forust axp Srream: Though pust three-score, [ will confess that it was with the jocund spirit ofa school-boy going home for his vacation that Tleft your pleasant, but just now rather warm, sanctum in Ful- ton street for a ron through the West in pursuit of health for myself and subscribers for your paper. he ride over the Pennsylvania Central from New York to Cincinnati was most delightful, for the road is in such su- perb condition that the cars glide upon it with the smoothness of a boat upon the placid hosom of a quiet Jake. T left Philadelphia by the night express and daylight dawned upon us justin time to give usa view of the famous Horse- shoe Bend—that great triumph of engineering skill which affords one of the grandest and most striking views to be seen anywhere on the continent. As we vradually descended the western slope of the mountains and reached the cultivated lunds we were greeted on every side by great fields of waving grain just ripening for the harvest, The wheat crop every— where on the routeis truly magnificent; of corn there is a good stand, but continuous rains have stopped the plow and the cul- tivator, anc if is somewhat in the grass. But of all the rural sights the most grateful to the eye of so staunch a desciple of Gambrinus and John Barleycorn as inyself, was the barley fields, already reaped,covered with shocks of grain standing in thick serried ranks resembling mounds of pale gold glittering jn the sunlight. Por the time being I haye made Fern Bank, 4 most charm- ing place on the Belle River twelve miles below Cincinnati, my headquarters; going into town in the morning and return- ing in the eyening. But with my arrival the ‘* heated term” commenced and I have done little more, so far, than to secure you a dozen or so of subscribers. The fact is it is too hot to work, and for the last few days Tophet itself might be thought a cool, pleasant place compared with Fourth street in the Queen City, and IT doubt not that old Chabert, the fire king, and those incombustible youths, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed- nezo would rather throw up the sponge than canyass the town eyen for so clever a paper as yours. By the way I am congrat- wated on all sides at the fusion of the Forest anp Srrpam with the Rod and Gun. Your readers here are of the opinion that you cannot fail with such a combination to achieve an immense success and fo become ¢hesportsman’s paper of the country. Thad a most cordial reception from my friend and your cor- respondent *‘ Gloan.” He has just returned from a most suc- cessful fishing excursion to Kelley’s Island where the back bass are more numerous this season than for many years past. GAME PROSPECTS, Common report confirms my own observation that quail are more abundant in Ohio this season than for many years. At Fern Bank, where I am sojourning with my daughter,the cheery whistle of Bob White is heard from morning till night inevery direction, and the birds, as if conscious of immunity for another season, haye become so familiar as to mix with the poultry about the out-houses. The great number of quail about Fern Bank may, in a measure, be attributed to Mr. Short, the Lord of the Manor and thefounder of this charming and picturesque village, He turned down two hundred brace this spring, but I learn that quail are equally abundant throughout the whole State, and for this gratifying fact we must, in justice, give credit to the wise legislation inspired by that most efficient or- ganization of gentlemen and true sportsmen, the Cuvier Club, of which model institution I propose to give youan account in a, future letter. T have recently had a letter from my friend ‘‘ Pious Jeems.” He has a paper in the hands of Scribner on the wild turkey which, if I am not greatly mistaken, will make a sensation among both naturalists and sportsmen. He proves a fact which, strange as it may appear, has escaped the attention of such close observers as Nutall, Wilson, Audubon, andindeed of all our ornithologists ; it is that we have in this country two dis tinct varieties of the wild turkey. To sportsmen the paper will prove of the deepest interest, not only because of the emi- nence of its author as a leading sporting writer, but because it treats of turkey hunting, that most thorough of all tests of woodcraft. To stalk an antlered buck, or kill a black bear, is easy work compared with the circumyention of an old bearded: gobbler. This letter is a day late because I wished to report the dog show, but I might justas well have letit alone, for it was as complete a fiasco asl ever witnessed. It was organized and run by Bob Niles, that genial and popular empressario of the opera house and manager of theatres and hippodromes, but on this occasion Bob’s ambition led him to wade beyond his depth ; he did not know that the inopportune time for a dog show is when he dog, star reigns. No owner of valuable dogs would risk the canicular heat ; the consequence was, that there is beneath the canvas at Highland Lena House a beggarly show of empty box- es. Then again, Bob was not in luck: Jupiter Pluvius and Jupiter Tonans and Eolus and all the minor gods ruling the elements were down upon him, and yesterday his majestic tent was blown down and the whole locality was ina few minutes reduced fo a quagmire. But to day the potent hand of the ex perienced manager has reduced chaos to order, and everything as regards the locality is in the most satisfactory condition. But alas! there are no dogs on the benches; the storm created a panic and “Sawve qui peut /” was the cry among the owners of the most valuable canines, Still there were some few fine animals Which weathered the storm, The show of Newfoundlands was ee better than you hud in New York Jessie: an Irish bitch imporl- ed by Edward Greenwood, and belonging to Mr. Wm. 8. Hfud- son, 18.2 beauty, and can hold her own in any company. and so can Grouse, an orange colored pointer, belonging to Mr. Hudson and a white and liver pointer, Joe by name, exhibited hy A. I Claussen, Esq. There was but one black sand tan Gordon on the benches, and he has as perfect a head as] ever saw upon a dog. He was entered as an Srixh Gordon, bred by H. B. Nartli_ cott, Marysville, Ky, ; he would have heen hard to heal even at the Westminster show. Mr. KR, L. Carry’s fox terriers ate worthy of mention as the truest type of their breed of varmint breeds which [ haye seen out of England. Av revoir. i. G, 8: ee oe Eiasrern R. R.—Those intending to visit the White Moun- fains will find this line particularly convenient. It passes di- rectly through the ‘* Notch,” no change being made between Boston and St. Johnsbury, Vt. —Crugity vo Antrats.—Eneuanp va. AmenicA.—-Tn a late copy of a London paper ( Zlgraph, we think); a wriler who signs himself ‘‘Cornishman” inyeighs against the *! Bar- barity of American trap shooting,” and “ Cruelty inflicled upon the birds as packed and shipped by the fowler.” We find in the Sporting Gazette, of Junc 23, 1877, that a fayorile sport of the miner, is to fasten lighted crackers to the tails of his pigeons, which are then tossed in the air “whoroars with langh- ter at the agony of the birds when the crackers explode. barn- ing their feathers and scorching the flesh of the hapless | irds.? Do our transatlantic friends need a missionary? We have a few we can spare, — —Any of our subscribers having liye deer for sale might address H. Norcross, Box 773, N. Y. — os Srmmer Resorts.—The attention of our readers is ealled to the column adyertisements, where will be found nuniroussum- mer resorts, and how to reach them, ‘I'he yariety presented allows a choice forthe most fastidious of those that desire to escape the discomfort of the city during the heated term. We know how it is ourselves. —— 1+ —— Tne New Branpy.—We believe we are right in saying that the brandy of Boutilleau j/i7s is the most recent addition to the brands commanding a sale in the American market. Tt has for forty years been known to European consumers, and wus very favorably received on its introduction to this coun- try. Of fine flavor and exceptional purity, it will he found well worthy of a trial. There are, no doubt, people who be- heye that brandy of any kind is an evil, yet it finds its way into the pedestrian’s knapsack, the fisherman’s and sports- man’s outfit, the yachtsman’s locker, and even (under a nom de plume, or in a disguised form) into the medicine chest, This may be all very wrong, but it is a fact; and if we grant —which we carefully refrain from doing—that the brandy bottle is a necessary evil, then in selecting from two or three evils it is always desirable to choose the least. The Boutil- leau jils Cognac, of the vintages of 735, °53, 765 and "70, is put up in cases containing either one or two dozen pints, or four dozen half-pint flasks, suitable for hunting or excursion par- ties. Let it be understood that we would hurt no man’s preju- dices; but since there are instances when the use of brandy is beneficial, and when it alone has been and ‘will continue to be used, we discharge a duty by calling alfention to a brand which so justly deserves the high rank it has attained.—[ Ado, Sea and River Hishing. ——( FISH IN SEASON IN JULY. he FRESH WATER, SALT WATER, Trout, Salmo fontinalis. Sea Bass, Centropristris atrarivs, Salmon, Salmo salar. Bheee lea, Archosargus probato- Salmon Trout, Salmo onfinds. cephalus, Land-locked Salmon, Saimo gloveri, Striped Bass, Rocous linneatus, Slack Bass, Micropterus salmoides; White Perch, Morone americana. M, nigricans Weakfish, Cynoscion regalis Maskanonge, Hsox nobilior. Binetish, Pomatonus saltatrix. Pike or Pickerel, Msoz lucius, Spanish Mackerel, Cyiium macula- Yellow Perch, Perca jlavescens. tum. Cero, Cybium regale. Bonito, Sarda pelamys. Kingtish, Menticirrus nebulosus, Hor list of Trout Flies in season for July, see issue of Tune 28. —)}——. Piso iy Marxer.—Fish of all kinds are yery plenty this week. Our quotations for the week are as follows: Striped bass, 10 to 20 cents per pound; hluefish, 6 to 8 cents; salmon, green, 20 cents; mackerel, 12 to 25 cents each; shad, Connecticut River, 50 cents; white perch, 15 cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, 18 cents; green turtle, 15 cents; terrapin, $12 per dozen; halibut, 18 eents; haddock, 6 cents; king-fish, 25 cents; codfish, 8 cents; blackfish, 15 cents; herrings, 6 cents; flounders, 8 cents; porgies, 10 cents; sea bass, 18 cents; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 cents; sheepshead, 15 cents; soft clams, 30 to 60 cents per 100; pickerel, 15 cents; Long Island trout, #1; Canada do., 50 cents: hard shell crabs, $3 50 per 100; _ soft crabs, $1 50 to $2 50 per dozen; weakfish, 12 cents; frog legs, 35 cents per pound. Coney Istanp Orerx.—The comforts and attractions of Coney Island have been vastly increased during the past two years, and the facilities of reaching the island measurably ex- fended, All oyer the heach there is now glitter of gaslight flutter of bunting, exhilaration of music, tumble of surfand tinsel of side show sufficient to amuse the mass of the publie; but if one Wishes to withdraw from the concourse nnd confusion of crowds, and he translated in a twinkling from Babel to Area- dia, let him walk a few hundred yards back from the beach to the Oceanic Hotel or the ancient hostelry of ming host Van Sicklen, The former is a delightful summer resort—a charm- iig oasis of trees, lawn, garden shrubbery and flowers, in a desert of sand, where those who love quiet and rest can lommge the summer days through in the shade of the broad piazza. But all things here are modern, and the host changes as often as tbe guests do, The sportsman who looks only at nature from his own esthetic standpoint as a professional gun- ner or augler, will search for some wltima thule to satisfy the conditions he requires, and if he will only allow himself to wander whithersoeyer his bent inclines, or where the clumps of foliage and bending willows invite his footsteps, he will find himself following the self-same path which worthy an- glers and snipe-shooters trod full thirty years ago; and fol- lowing this path through a turnstile and orchard up to the open door of an antiquated shambling mansion, he will be weleomed hy the veteran host Van Sicklen, who years ago shook with hospitable warmth the hands of worthies now pass- etl into the shade; but not, more warmly than the remnant who still peviodically visit his place to partake of his bounty and fish in tle adjoining creek for bass. Delightfully embowered isthe old homestead, located at the verge of a hich bluff at whose base the ripples of the rising tide makemelody. Boats ary moored there ready for hire, and attendants who know the old habitues, will also econsiderately treat thenew coniers who ave to the manor born and who know the tides, the baits,and the stasOns When fhe fishes congregate and bite. Right over the water are platforms where one cau sit in the cool of the eyen- Ing over his ices or cobblers, and let the breeze fan him gently asit draws up the winding creek. And as for eating and comestibles, what one cannot find in the refectory he can find Tui the liastelry across the way.. Wan Sicklen has a set of cus- fomers that he is proud to caterfor, and he would not lose their fayor and approbation for all the patronage of the great caravansaries on the beach. He does not know how to beat a niin oulof acent, and he has hada long life-time in which to study and learn the experiment, Ask him to give you a sup- per und he will superintend its preparation himself. Leave the inatter wholly to him, and when by and by, after a suf- ficent interyal, he approaches your party and siniles benignant_ ly. you may know that the feast isready and waiting. Wan Sicklen never rubs his hands. That peculiar pantomime be- longs to landlords who inwardly congratulate their pockets, while they attempt toinfuse in their guests the substantial pleasures of anticipation that may end in disappointment. As sovn as the festive board is reached and the spread surveyed, you begin tofeel glad that you came. There are only four of your party, but there are chickens, beefsteaks, eels, bluefish, bass, soft crabs, vegetables, coffee and bread and bulter enough for ten. When you haye done all that appetite, determination and ca- pacity can do, you begin to look at the waste of viands and pity the multitude down at the beach who pay three prices for hastily prepared chops and half-eooked clams and nearly starve in the rush. We don’t know how our old friend ean afford so great bounty at such trifing charges as he makes; that may be none of our business, but we feel certain that should the erow and the buzzard eyer be seen loafing around his dining room, his full-fed friends would muster in foree torepel the iLomened invasion. They will ever pray that prosperity may attend his footsteps, and bounty crown his board, and that whenever and wherever the harvest is ripe, he may always have Von Sickle in— das ist, ” The bass are now running up the Creek—title ones in large numbers, and the fishermen are jerking them out—more shame to them. Next month they will run large, and the best advice We can give to our mumerous city friends whoask us fora diye fishing, is to take the evening cars for Van Sicklen’s ; remain oyer night ; sleep well ; spend the next day ; eata hearty dinner; and return happy. They will be surprised to dis- cover how much pleasure is to be found at Coney Island eveck. KAmweiné Our.—The Wisconsin Central R. R. is now com. pleted, cars running through to Ashland, ake Superior, from Milwaukee. As thisline passes throuch the wildest and most un- sultiec rezions of Wisconsin, crossing the headwaters of numer- ous streams a8 yet guiltless of the sportsman’s hook, and places within easy reach, the dense forestsand hunting grounds of the State, we predictit will become a favorite route for sportsmen. Bass, pie, pickerel and brook trout are abnndant; while na less than three species of grouse, as well as deer, elk and bear furnish sport for the gun, The opening of this railroad is a great event to the people of the northern section of the country. Two pages of the Ash- land Press (a fine large sheet), is occupied with details of its eonstruction and opening ceremonials. Many anglers have pen- ejrated for the first time to its virgin wilderness streams, and several columns of the Press are occupied with letters and paragraphs referring to the size and numbers of the trout taken. W. H. Lippincott, of Philadelphia, one of our frequent contributors, has just returned and reports the accounts truth- ful and the fish abundant, Besides trout, there are maskelonge in the lakes that weigh upwards of twenty pounds. Eny Fisnine ror Brack Bass iy Texas.—Thisin wn fait accompli. Geo, H. Ragsdale, Esq., of Gainesville, County Surveyor of Cooke County, is the man who hasgone and done it. Some weeks ago we sent him stveral patterns of flies, ind thisis the report he sends of his first tial with them: GATNSVILLE, Jian 1.— The first chance Lot T caught a 12-inel bass With the (us you sent, T suspect tis ia the first fish taken with @ Oy in this coutity. A Second tieigl proved a complete failure, however. We are glad (0 hear of the success of flies in southwestern waters, In Florida, where (ley were scarcely known a few years avo, they are now used with mnch snecess. Of course bass ue capricious, like other fish, and will not take the same lure at all times. For complete instructions in bass fishing with fly, spoon, minnow and other bait, see Hallock’s new * Sportsman's Gazetteer.’ Poor Fixcen.iyes.—A zentleman sends a postal card which tells of the members of trout takenin the Sinuamahonine River, Potter County, Pennsylvania, aboul the middle of last month, by the Judge of Schuylkill County, and several prominent coal operators and lawyers. They vaught ‘742 on Monday; 620 on Thesday ; 590 on Wednesday, and 480 on Thursday.” Possibly by the following Thursday, according to the forego- ing progression, they might haye emptied the stream, and then what ahalo of glory would have surrounded the achieve- ment ! To Sportsmen AND H&A urn SrEKERS.—Bayfield, Lake Su- perior, 1s one of the pleasantest health resorts in America, fur- nishing excellent boating, fishing, ete. To the sufferer from hay [ever it presents attractions tmsurpassed.—[ See adv.) OCAyapa—ft. John, NV. B,, June, 30.—Good sport is re- ported from the Matepediac and vicinity. I intend on my Wy home fo stop there and go for the sadmos. This onea | fine city now looks desolate, the business portion of it is a inere heap of rubbish. The inhabitants are however full of pluck, and are actively making preparations for rebuilding. SSB riers LF Fishing Parties conung to Canada will find in Montreal all the neces- sary tackle ah Ostell & Coa (late Henm tOstellj, 414 St. Paul St, importers of fishing tackle. Rods, reels, hooks, lines, fics of all de- scriptions always on huud, P.O. Box 74.—[Adv. Trout Fisnmye.—Iilburn Lake, near the 56 mile post, 12 miles beyond MeAdam Junction, on the Canada and New Brunswick Kh. R., furnishes supérior attractions for the trout fisherman. Connectiour—Twin Lakes, July 4.—Now that the bass season is open (closed during June) I may be permilied to whisper to the readers of the Forms Ann Sram that the catch promises to be better than ever before—the fish larger and more numerous, thanks to the law that has put a stop to the spearsmen and spawn bed fishing. Many fine bass have been inadvertently caught during the close season by fishers for cat, perch and pickerel, and put back ‘The fish were never better than just now. Mr. Harrison Hall, of Boston, is hooked for the season at ‘Brook ‘Trout Warm.” Picnic parties are quite common ou the shores, and on the Island campers-out ure haying a good time, and the owner, Mr, Edward Rogers, of Philadelphia, only asks that they do no damage by fire or ax. Trout fishing is done up in this State for the season. Sage’s Ravine, Schnopp and Barthol- omew brooks have yielded some pretty strings, and the Squable Hole, Haystack and More brooks have paid handsome tribute to the expert fly-tisher the last few weeks, Dayin O. Sauissury. STRIPED Bass Fisnina—Niantic, July 3.—Can you inform meé what is the matter with the striped bass this season? We fish carefully and pa- fienty as usual,but with no success whatever. There have been but to taken at the Bridge with rod and reel, iwo pounds and three pounds each. Wesee no signs of them, and have sorrowfully unjointed our rodsand putthem away, fondly hoping that better times may come, Inthe ponds and lakes good pickerel and perch fishing can be had, und at Konomac black bass are frequently taken. ‘he natives have not yet gotten over taking game and fish when out of season. Last month the law was on bass, but I have heard of several parties that not only canght them, bit seemed proud of the deed, speaking of their good for- tune (7?) openly. Now that ihe close season for trout has commenced I Suppose the poachers will pursue them with nets, catching them in {heir hands, ete,, in the same manner practiced last summer, Can you not try to convert these demoralized beings? Two of them read your valuable paper, jherefore a word or so therein might saye them from Turther disgrace. SCALES, [The moyements of striped bass are very capricious, and their sudden appearance or disappearance puzzles many fish- ermen, After heavy rains the bass take to deep salli water, but they return again invariably to the shoal or brackish water when settled fair and hot weather returns.—Qp. ] Movements OF tHe Iisning Firrr.—The early mackerel spurt seems to be over, and for the past fortnight but few have been taken. The vessels arriving from the Maydalensand the Nova Scotia coast report that there are no mackerel there, and the prospect for Bay tishing is no more promising than the off-shore fishery. ‘he Georges fleet continue to meet with moderate success, The prohibition of the river fishery has tended to prevent the seining of menhaden in quantities at Newburyport, and the restriction is felt by vessels seeking bait as well as by the porgie fishermen themselves. It is to be hoped that some arrangement will be made to allow the fishery to go on, as it has heretofore since the Jaw, which has been enforced this season for the first time, was enacted. he receipts of Bank codfish and halibut continue light, and good prices are realized. The Bank fishermen are troubled to pro- cure bait in refitting. From May 21 to June 15, 468 fishing schooners visited St. John’s, N, F., for supplies and bait. The number of fishing arrivals reported at this porb the past weck has been 127, via: 8 from the Banks, 41 from Georges, 77 from makereling trips, and 1 from the Magdalen Islands. The receipts for the week haye heen about 275,000 lbs. of codfish and 200,000 Ibs. of fresh and 175,000 Ibs, fletched halibut from the Banks, 700,000 Ibs. Georges codfish, 20,000 Ibs. Georges halibut, 700 bbls, mackerel, and 600 bbls. her- ring.— Cape Ann Advertiser, July 6. Avmost as Bap As Pike Co., Pewx.—Mr. William H. Bridgman rustieated this year inthe White Mountains. He is ardently devoted to fishing, and Salmo jontinalisis to him what horses, dogs and base-ball are to some people. His us- ual good luck (in point of numbers§ attended him this year, thirty-three trout baying found their way into his creel in eight hours. Their wyeight, howeyer, was not considerable, eee aa the thirty-three: tipping the beam ab three-quarters of p ppana hy F A piscatorial grand jury, who think it a shame to waste good angle worms on such fry, think of indicting Ma. Brideman for infanticide.— World, Sunday, July §. Norra Lanravor Fismma Grornps.-—Newfoundland nad a fleet of four hundred fishing crafts, from eighteen to ninety fons burthen, ‘which resorted to these rounds last year, pasa- tg north of Cape Harrison, in Jat. 5A Bt, Butthe Newfound- landers fish inshore, from small boats, with “jiggers” and Without bait, and leave nnexplored outlying Banks, off-shore, Which are the great, feeding and spawning sroutds of immense schools of codfish. The fact that successful voyages haye been made under these cireumstances, gives promise of profit- able results under better management of the business, ‘W/o in- sure success the fishermen should reach the grounds from the first to the middle of June, and the fishing may be continued until October. The fishingarea extends from Conception Bay northerly for a distance of seven hundred miles, the cod arriv- inginshore at Conception Bay about June ist, and approaching the shore one week later for every degree North. During forty days the cod-fishing goes on simultaneously during August and September, through the length of a const-line ex- tending from lat, 47 deg, to lat. 58 deg 30 min., in one con— tinuous line, or more than 700 statnte miles, and it is probable that Jater fishing could be found upon the outlying Banks. For an experimental trip the chart of Commander Maxwell, of the English Navy, published in London last year, would be a good guide as far north as the Missionary Station at Nain, lat. 56.30, which is as far North as there would be any ne- cessity, to penetrate on a fishing voyae ; and for inshore opera- tions an esquimaux pilot could be obtained at Hopedale, lat. 55.27. The experiment may be tried at once, but we expect fo live to see Labrador cod upouthe Gloucester flakes.—Cape Ann Advertiser. : MiouiGan—Detroit, July 7—E. W. Reynolds, Albert Hill and Will Christian were down the river in the yacht Sweep— stakes for a couple of days, and had fine sport, bringing home 170 pike, 1 maskelonge and 64 Wack bass. L, P. Knight and George Webb took a small boat and went. up to Belle Iste to troll, where they caught a maskelonge that weighed over twenty pounds. Goff Stenten and J. V. D. Hidridge took a (rip to St. Clair flats last week and made a string of over four hundred pounds of pickerel, One day this week they caught 7 fine pickerel that weighed from four pounds to twelve pounds exch. Rover. he & A TEXAN’S IDEA OF LONG RANGE RIFLES. GALVESTON, Texas, June, 1877. “Who makes the best long rabee All makers hava improved their rites. The best can ly be obluined by a thorough trial, both as regards mode of rifling as well as breech action, It is my Gpibion tha breach block 1s yet to be invented that holds the shell tight to its place af the moment of discharge, [tdo not recommend the muygzle-loaders, bat whoever suc ceeds in perfecting the breech so as to hold the charge withont fingh- ing, ritemen will goon find i out, and we shall soon know who mukes the best réyeated trials. England has found! our thata quick tyylat in Tiling is undoudtedly the best, and their muzzle-loaders are perfec tion; but to American riflemen, I say stand hy the breech-loader, it will gain the day. At your leisure you can prepare yourshell more perfectly, then you cau load at the range, The bolt used in our shells patched with paper might be improved on, A bolt, turner by our automatic turning lathes, would be more suitable if made ontof Tietal and lead in proper proportion In preserving its shape. Is:your rifle @ reliable plece for 1,000 yards? Tts bore is 44; if Nas to he held ata high elevation to reach 1,000 yards, Suppose if was .5U or even .60 bore, made in equal pro- portion, and heavy enough to stand the increasea charve to salt the bore, would it not hold out better with less unacconntables than. your -44? I say it would, and having a breech block working after the Berdan Pan that pushes the shell home and holds it to its place, you can then dispense with your are bolts, ahd your plece will hold out aghinst Wind, and throw its bolt, when held, eyery time 1,000 yards. B. EB. it. ——— + + = — NEPONSET, Mass, Jitly 6, 1877. i, ‘You are often asked the question, Tifle Tor target practice?” Eprror Formst anv Sreram: Dear Sir—Seelng in your lash Issue that you mention the Peghowy Martini rine as being yictorious in two matches at the spring meeting of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, Tthink it is not out of the way to in- ‘form the public that my powder also did good work too, bringing one frst, one Vhird and onetitth prize, Several prizes lave heen won on for- Mer ovcasions, and as Captain Bogardis and Iva Payne are using it in Shot-guns, and many other great sportsmen in both rifles and shotguns I think that I have sot it to some state of perfection, Belpre this I chat. lenged the black powder men to shoot against my power without Wip- ing, but now J will show the same accuracy as the best black power, even ifthis is wiped out every time, whileT will not wipe oul, io talter how large the charge of powder_ The whole secret for making my powder perform well is confinement, Tn rifles Ttige itso that it almost shakes in the shell and it does work first rate when only using about one-fhird partin weight of black pow- der. In perfect rifles—ywhere the shell does notexpani from Bhooting— and when using tight-fitting bullets, there (s no need of Ioading (kt did arently Trom black powder, only] do not ram the powner down will the bullet, as this would impulr the aocuracy. If the bullet its loose or in expunded shells J use elther the new Massey crimping tool, or a wad one-eighth of one inch thick of the material nsed by the Delaware car- tridges. The wad must it tight, but in using it absolute acouraey {8 ob- tamed. In shot-gons I use one * Fibre” wad on top of powder, followed by a pink efige Eley wad and a thin card boardlon shot. ‘This “ Fibre’ wad confines my powder well annis just the thing forit. In using it the greatest penetration and best pattern are obtuined with less powder Since first of May T haye no connection with 8. T. Sanborn & Co., for- mer agents for the powder, 175 Dash St., Boston, Mass. ‘Those of yuur readers who have writien to them without geuting an answer will tip me a #reat favor in re-writing me. CARL DITTMAH. Ontario, Canada.—The annual shooting matches of the Victoria Rifle Club were held at their rifle ranges at Hanuil- ton, Ontario, on July 8. The principal contests were for the Dominion Association medal for Snider shooting, at 200, 500 and 600 yards, and for the Ontario Rifle Association badge at the long ranges. 200 yards—f shots eoch, Snider rifle range, J, M. Gibzon, 8137. Hartly, 38; J. Adams, 29; G. Margets, 29; Bell, of ‘Toronto, 25: J. J. Mason, 27, 500—7 shots each, J. M. Gibson, $1; J. Adams, 30; Josepli Mason, 24; George Murison, 26; McGregor, 25; D, Haucock, 24. Margets, 26; A. 600 yards—Georgée Dischar, 31; Geo. Bell, 80; Geo, Paine, 25; A. Omand, 24; Hateoctks, 24. General average—J. M. Gibson, §2; Bell, Toronto, 61; J. Adams, 61 Geo. Discher, 74; Geo, Margets, 7; A. Paine, 72, . 80 yards—Small-bore. any kind of rifle, 7 shots, Geo. Discher, 24; 7. Sohware, BM George Murigon, 33; J. M. Gibson, #4; J. Mason, a1; J. Ams, 31, : 9h yards—W. WN, Cooper, 88; J, M. Gibson, 3a; J. J. Mason, J, Adania, 81; Bell. Toronr, 1 Marbeta,a0, , } *} = 1,000 yarda—J. M, Gibson, 33; J uAdetae, 83; G. Margeta, 82; G, Mort Son, 31; F. Schwarz, 5; A : : x hers Small-hore—J M. ‘Gibeou, 58; J, Adams, 95; G, Margets. . - \ 9 93; G. Murison, 92; A. Bell, 92; F, Schwarz, st. o 4 + ‘ ~~ ‘ ‘ pSsTRATTAN Rrexe News.—The following letter has been feceived af the office of the N, R. A, from the New South Wales Rifle Association. Accompanping if was a note con- yeying a yote of thanks passed hy the Sydney riflemen for courtesigs extended to their representatives during their stay in the United States. These were the riflemen, it will be re- membered, who camé overland from San Francisco. From the closing paragraph of the letter if would seem to be the inipression of the letter-writer that, the trophy is to remain indefinitely in America. On this point, we doubt not, their friends in Hugland hold other opinions. It is not unlikely. that the Australian team may have their next dig at the big prize on English soil, The letter reads : New Sourm Wates RivLE AssOcTATION,) SYDNEY, May, 24,1877. Gro. S. SCHERMERHORN, JR.: Sir—At the last ordinary monthly meeting of this Association coples Of Gorrespondenve betyeen yoursel! anu Mr, Augustus Morris, caprain ofthe Australian team in the late International match at Creedmoor, relative to the regulations under which future contests, for the Cen- tential trophy should be conducted, were read, and if was resolved that the views of the Council of the New South Wales Rifle Asseciation shonld be conveyed tp you, and J haye now the honor to submit the following suggestions sinanatmg from that body : Five, That the ranges should be 900, 1,000 and 1,100 yards, as these ranges are ® betier test of skill than those at which the late match was fired, Second, That the match should not be fired on any greund on which members of any of the competing teams huve frequent opportunities of practice, 49 1b is most desivable that all teams should meet in the match on equal terms. Third, That no member of any of the competing teams should be allowed to diré on the range On which the match is to be fired, for at least one week prior tothe maich: any infringement of this rule to debar the person offending from competing, Fourth, That the match should be shot every third year ag toaking an aniiual or biennial march of it must tend to debar distant countries takiug patf in many of the matches, For instance, there is very little probability that Australia, would beable to send a team to America Pitlier this or next year, but it could possibly be done im 1879. I have the honor to be yours, Toos. J. JAQUES, Wh. Foskery, Sec, Major Second Reg. Vol. Rifles, Chairman, Grenomvor, July 7.—The minor clubs had a day of it st Creedmoor on Saturday. There was individual practice at he long ranges, while down the field three clubs were busy at work competing for various prizes. The Stock Exchange Rifle Giubmen were holding their first regular match for the Noeris Hofler medal, presented by a gentleman of the Ex— change. The medal is a unique aifair. On either side of a target in enamel stand a buli and bear rampant. On the side toward the bull is a target with a number of very high outers, and on the bear side a target with a number of very low ditto. Abotit the whole is a scroll giving the name of ine medal, with the monogram of the club and an eagle, with the lewend, ‘‘ Excelsior.” The cost complete, with pin-bar, elc., was over $250. The conditions require ten contestants, each to fire ten shots at 200 yards, of-land, any rifle, CDs. i fee eee ceene oes es., 42 Wm Bilish..... nt lfa den dale ht at sats Bd. Bohuaneey, Apne en Sate 40 tJ Kimball.... -.... + dit SU Mea TNGAS =a) cs padeee rane: f #9 NP stanton...... --ol W G Dommick. - J M GaN 0c Wim Weeber.. KW Way...-.-- 5 CG Gregory... 4 Ete: The Irish-American Rifle Club shot a second time for the Burton trophy, but a general fit of poorness had seized the members of the club, and some very mediocre scores were run up, General Millen getting the least wretched, and agnin fuking the bauble. ‘The leading shots were: ~ 0 200 yards. 600 yards, Tl. FR Millen, Rem Creed. ...ss:ccccepews--+- 20 28 48 Ti Burns, Sharps Greed...........+-- - 26 48 B Joulky, Rett Mills... sees eee c ee ene 22 46 P Farrelly, Rem Mil......+---.008 20 AG WG Britton, Ward i 15 43 WD Ward, Rem Mil.....-.,...-. The Seventh Regiment Rifle Clu y yards for a special military rifle, presented the club, Mr, E. W. Price taking 1t with 43 im « possible 40, A Ruwxoxag May ar Crenpoor,—The running deer match died in the most natural way. It afforded very good sport to such a8 were able to fit themselves for it, but this class were a mere drop in the bucket of the number visiting Creedmoor. Now the question is how to make the running- deer apparatus of service fo the association and ifs patrons. Our suggestion would be that in addition to the deer figure now in position, a running man be placed on the track, shots ty be made with military rifles, which would be of service as soldier drill, and would be sutliciently easy to encourage the poorer average shots. Let the deer remain for use avainst hunting rifles, magazine weapons, or anything the contestants chose to use; but supplement if with the run- ming man as the proper rounding out of the course of mili- tary ball practice now carried out on the range. = Wri Baner.—General Daniel D. Wylie, ex-Com- ean of the Washington Grey Troop, and now Chief of Ordnance of the State of New York, has determined upon the presentation of a badge, the first competition to come off next month. The new trophy is to be a stand-up all round. Big scores must not be looked for, since at 300 and 500 yards, standing, it is pretty fair marksmanship to ayoid getting misses, The medal, which is to be something gorgeous, has heen accepted by the Pxecutive Committee N. Bie AL, and a yote of thanks carried to the General. ‘The conditions read : *< Gompetition monthly at Creedmoor, open to members N. R. A. and N. G 8. N. ¥.; weapon, any military rifle; 300 and 500 yards; position, standing at each distance; rounds, seven at each distance without sighting shots; cleaning of rifles allowed only between distances. Entrance fee 50e. ‘To he won three times (not necessarily consecutively) before be- coming personal property of the winner. One-foorih of the entrance money to be awarded to the competitor making the second hishest aggregate score.” WaverLey, N. ¥.— Waverley Rifle Team, July 4, shooting ‘at the 800 and 1,000 yards ranges for a rifle presented by I. it & Sons, The Hildebrand Bros., by using the anata stepped to the front. The leading scores stood at fifteen shots each distance, and two sighting shots. aon. yards. Joonyyards. — ‘T, A Hildebrand. ..:-2s-00r rr srte gp fe ae SSAA Wher rites 51 115 53 un | 49 4 pares ab 98 Sosa asareey * . tte aceon 38 94 ‘The day was beautrtul, but some changes of wind from one side of the range fo the other. After the contest Hon. J.T. Sawyer delryered an address in presenting ihe gun, and was listened to by a large gathering of ladies and gen- Wemen. MArrini-Hexry Bunnxis.—The metal, which is ¢om- posud of mixed lead and tin, alter leaving the furnace, is squirted forth im the shape of an endless rod, as thick a4 the intended bullets—these being not lobular balls, but of an elongated conical form. The rod of soft metal passes very swiftly through a machine which cuts it wp into short pieces, Compresses one entLof each piece into a cone, hollows out the otler end, and so produces the completed bullets With amazing rapidity. Rurbayp, VYt.—Mr, E. H. Sanford, of Stamford and Creedmoor, has beeu up in Vermont showing the boys there how best to do it. Ata meeting of the Rutland Rifle Club at their range at Centre Rutland, June 28, while firing at long range, before a large attendance of spectators, Mr. Soenford rolled up a score of 70 in the possible 75. His style of shooting was carefully watched, and he very generously employed his time in giving points. The scores stood : EK. H. Sanford........ tf 94455 66 45 5 6 5 5 570 Chas. Himes....,..- 565 85446565 5 6 B 5 4 5-09 Dr. A. Kilburn.,........+ 464444545 556 4 83 5 4-65 N.S. Marshall........... 565865 44 5454 5 6 4 5—69 Jas, Beattie tiseeeesd £55435 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5—BU John Hunt eaceeee-dD 56 5 4 45 FO 5 44 6 5 B 4 263 —Charms for watch chains, as advertised in another column, are yery handsome and significant emblems for riflemen. Hartrorp, Conn., July 7.—Franklin Club regular monthly shoot. To Joe K. Hawley—*‘‘Gen, Joe Hawley” sounds better and more familiar—inust be given a liberal share of praise for the brilliant record he made. ‘There were twenty- two entries, anil the shooting was the best recorded im the books of the chib since its organization in January, 1868. The regular score in competition is five shots, standing, olf- hand, tt a bull’s eye eight inchesin diameter, 500 feet distant. The distance from the centre of the bull’s-eye to the centre of the bullet hole is measured with a vernier scale. The shortest asroregate distance of five shols wins, Any rifle may be used, but no telescope sights. General J. KR. Hawley had the shortest string made since the club organized—nine and ecight- tenth inches. He also made two of the best three single shots —two-tenths of an inch and five-ienths, ‘lhe best scores pre- yiously mace since 1868 were James Latta, 12.5 inches and Ji. Hi, Williams 12.5 inches (twice) and 12.6 inches. On Satur- day, KH. H. Williams made & score of 18.6 imches, best shot 1,6; BE. P. Whitney, 21.8; John Carroll, 22.4, besb shot 0.5; QO, A. Brower, 24.8 best shot Linch. Hawley, Carroll and 1, H. Williams (six-ltenths) took the three half dollars for single shots. New Haven, July 7.— Whitney Range.—Foot Guardsmen and other shooters. A few of the leading scores stood : 200 yards. 500 yards, ™) A Allen........ Mtee ade “oe SoLpo ct panera eels toh DL 4 J Bradneck....... lt 19 36 A M Jolinson... oT 26 ba His Nicholls,..- +22 16 ot FJ Checkeni...... 16 uti) “6 FHPATICOIRUI [anbeen bees eb ere enna sn. oe aT 60 57 KM Walker... «22, ab G HPowler....... +24 vat 42 Lient-Col SJ Fox. 3 aT 45 J BG Ward,..... — Je Colonel RS si Massacnusserrs Rirue Associarion.— Walnut Hill range, near Boston. Picked teams of the Walpole Amateur Rifle Club and the Massachusetts Rifle Association return match. Ten shots each at 800 and 9U0 targets, and fifteen at the 1,000 yard target. MASEACHUSETTS RIFLE ASSOCIATION, 800 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards. ‘Tl. James Shepherd. ...-.-....-_.-_..44 45 58 17 John A Lowell... So 59 a43 W H Jackson. 46 dy 142 AP Biake.. 2 35 48 180 W Gerrish ce. cea sides stesetes do a9) 44 din PUG UtL atetaeia tessa Ses UdGe ie epee aes sp ABE stheidcrn’ sarewervens LUO) WALVOLE AMATEUR RIFLE CLUB, Nathan Washburn.....,.......+. 47 46 58 161 RRB p25 act ves dwkeg 54 EE flee 04 46 x8 60 dad J Mann iteokese 45 42 a4 abit SEPT RST NG Ae RAM SrA ru taue aoe Sn 39 at 49 197 FISEeBIWRGy cose gus saclay 65s Soon 38 32 105 SOU) os aise ajajotob orols = «a woes oe B= cada teas ce trated ne. mye KB Als|elelele bor 1653 Provipences, R. I., July 9.—Some of the members of the R. 1. A. Rifle Club celebrated the Fourth by target practice atthe Glackston range. The following scores weve made out of a possible 225 : 800 yards. 900 yards. 1000 yards. Tl. PHA CTOWON senses seems sles sn8l, 61 fi 195 G W_ Wavison...... 60 65 Iv HJ Rabbew,.-..-...... 61 52 178 At the recent meeting of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, at Providence, R. 1, Gen. MeMahon and Gol. Church stood head in a ritle match fired there, and this, too, immediately after a clam bake. PENNSYLVANIA—Llooming Grove Park, Pike Co., July 9.— The following named ladies and gentlemen, members and thei guests, were at the Club House at Blooming Grove Park on the 4th of July, viz.; T. W. B. Hughes, H. Wolfe, Louis Iken, Doctor and Mrs. Geo. H. Glenny, nurse and children; Mr. and Mrs, John Ayery, John Avery, Jr.; Commodore Van Brunt, Miss R. L. Baxter, T. C. Clarke, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bradley, M. D.; A. H. Wellington, Mr. and Mrs. John Gibb, Brooklyn; H. Elmer Gibb, Walter Gibb, T. M. Gibb, Joseph Atkinson Hawley, H. Wleinhats, Moses Westbrook and Herman Frank, of Blooming Grove; Col. Smith W. Anderson, of High Bridge. The amusements were prize shooting, black bass and trout fishing. July 4.—Off-hand, any rifle, 200 yards, five shots; prize, belt revolver, plated. REI ye aeee Pu Sie ag te lee o) Pelcsisl ae 16 AVETY. oo vee ceo te Pe eee Beaea erase Bradley. ae--- -12.-00,16 Vucassovich Actes ee, 14 Clarke... 2... deereweceerecee-es+ lf) Van Brunit.... Sa sab ioe ad sree) Wellington.,.....--...- seeeeees sl MKielmhaus ... ..sesencees eee eeee la Won by J. Avery. 200 yards, offhand; prize, Association badge. seen eecteeneeee ee & su ette we eens f Glenney..... 5c ++--le Wan Brunt..... VUOWSBOVAUD, 1... ey eee eee e yee sete nneiee LY peeko TAUQUOR Ee caldtlses ace dercncd act Tie shot off by Glenney and Vucassoyich, was won by Vucassoyich, duly 5.—Pistol match, 20 yards; prize, Magazine pistol, six shots each, Vat Brutit.....2,---20+--- TAMER. soc se oe : Clarke... eaeEeaL Glenney. See thee. 22-2215 Won by 7.0. Clarke. Rifle match, 100 yards, open sights; prize, Magazine Remington pistol. TUBBGH.. soe Setedacasc cores phe GiENDC Te teverts wettest eee CUVELV ewewe Fakir. One. Tradley. .. rye 15 Vin Brunt. . Wellinigton,.... .. 6 Aikinson.... Clarke........-... sl lig Brattle. £2 5a eee va + be Won by Glenney. Glass ball trap, ten shots each: prize, pearl-handled pistol. CHERIG Ts casas Rees peo /ca stent ens e es Dy SVE BUN cscs ss, lnocenebeke Ars 3 Clarke..... 2.0. rb Saswetls ESTHOLCM eps euy sucrose bade comes oath Won by Glenney, Rifle mateh, 400 yards, off-hand, with Sharps military rifle; prize, Assoviation bade, AVENE popaty oa = re ae, aS TWA aa ey Ohne s Ore ca ee Aan b 8 STE OLE Seb rere se eee asale nee sesell Atkinson... GATKG Pas enc setae hcas aes asavbed Vani Briint.....2.¢.% Faveesep rm Gienney 2.545.957, Meee iecnnrddae O Won by Atkinson. The largest black bass was taken by A, H. Wellington, and weighed 3 lbs. The table is constantly supplied with bass, trout and other game in season. Munyauner, July 6—The Milwaukee riflemen, at their Tegular Driday afternoon shoot on the 6th inst., put in some fair scores at the 1,000 yards range. ‘The practice was de- layed so late that the closing shots were fired mm a rapidly falling light. The scores stood ; ~~ Johnson, Rem..........-- 833846553443 3 4 8 3 he Hill, Rem....,... -b O' 6 4563. ) 434 5 5 & 4 Bosz Drake, Reio $4342 56 5 4 8 6 38 & 0 0—f0 Cet CCT ee es. ag 2fhe ib hoo Dob Go Boat Bp, 8) ee ais Meunier, Ballard. 56 55 55 453 5 6 5 4 8 bh 6=f9 Bangs, lkem...... apes 6D die ach Se esi oe bed eed aG The Hxecutive Commit fee N. R. A. have fixed the dates of the fall meeting at Creedmoor from Sept. 16 to 13 in- elusive. The match for the Centennial trophy® between the British aud Aimerican teams to occupy the 14thgand 14th September. Tn response toan invitation of the National Rifle-Associja- tion to compete tor places in the American team of "77, the Milwaukee Rifle Glub, while acknowledging the courtesy, are obliged to decline, as a majority of the members who have attained the necessary skill are American citizens by choice, and not. by birth, and are therefore debarved. ‘The others are unable toycevote the time requisite for the preliminary eon- tests, f Proemoor, Vew Orleans, July 2, 1€77.—The fifth§ com- petition for plates on the Inter-State team took place on July 1, on the grounds of the Crescent City Rifle Club. A fwelve-pound kes of Hazard powder, presented by the agent, Messrs. C, T, Birdecker & Co., was also shot for, and won by Mr. Selph. Whe following is the score, no sighting shots allowed : Capt. Dudley Selph, Rem Creed, B00... ee 2b DH Fd be GF 5 Ob Ob Be DUR eae aay h 5 65 65 6 4 4 5—69 1,000... 22... 5 5 6 4 4 589-911 3 5 6 3 3 464 4 66 5 6. H— WZ 5 53.5 5 5 5—7Tl—208 Ma). Wm. Arms, Rem Creed, 800. ceeeeeeet @ 5 5 5 5 5 5 36 5 5 & 6 FTO GHG 4+ veer )» 4444345 465 5 5 5 5 5-7 1,0U0......--eeeevet 65 3855 545 4 6 5 YD 4 F-—EH-—gR John IK Renaud, Rem Creed. S00. +45 ne St Boa Tie ai ay 4 5 6-67 QUO, 26. 6. 45656 45 4 56 5 5—Ti TWO; 2eS. ees ete.y 0) 5 Ob Si by 6 5 5 4—65—20 S00 yds, 900 yde. 1000yds, Col. Jolin Glynn, Jr., Rem Creed..._., 61 68 0" ou E. '’. Manuing, item. Creed...........,68 60 57 180 A, D, Babbitl,....., tteeveescerssans 5 5g 48 170) Jules Piffant, Rem Greed,.............49 53 82 14 pee average of the first five in the five competitions now stand : TR Ge VATON a. aistetsieisl feces 193 2-5 John Glynn.....,.... Dudley Selph.. -++-192 3-5 Jno K Renaud.... -186 1-5 Wi APMS.... eer ee eee eee OL B-5 Gussie, New Journar.—A new monthly, to be known as the ‘National Guardsman,” will soon he issued. It is to be the American prototype of the ‘Volunteer Service Gazette.” Aational glastimes. ATHLETICS. Hupson CALmponIan GAmus, Sciustzen Park, Union, Eni, N. S., Suly 4.—Summary : dehy See ae W. Peveraete 86 ft. ; second, D. C. Ross, 85 f/ Nhing the Light Slone—Pirst, W. Robertson, 44 fl. 9 in. seep 1 C._woss, tt Tin. 7 A , ’ mE Reciid Ot Standing Jump—First, E. W. Johnson, 10 f, 3 in.; sseoud W tia Bom, @ fs ih, Pp , Da5 d W. Robert: Heavy Tiimmer—D. C. Ross, 85 ff.; R. Innes, s4 ft, Light Hammer—D, C, Ross, 102 ft, 9in. R. Innes, 99 ff. 9 in, Standing Wigh Jomp—B. W. Weston, 51t.; A Tasker, 4 {0,9 mn. Tossing Caber—. W. Johnson, 36 ft; h. Innes, 32 ff, Running High Leap—a. 0, Reed, 5 ft. § ine Short Race (one lap), 125 yards—Wirst, A, ©. Reed; second, H, Ww. Johnson, y H el Jump—A. C. Reed, 20 ft.; H.W. Johnson, 19 ft. Tinrdie Race—Virst, A. C. Reed; second, #. W. dolinson, One Mile Walking tace—Wirst. J, Nenderson; second, W. Hume. Tug of War (two teams of eight men each » side, between the Cale- donian clubs of Hudson county, N.J., and New York). Won by the former. One Mile Race—First, B. Irving; second, W. Hume. Highland Fling—First, James Atchesun; second, W. Robertson, Hitch and Kick—¥irst, A.C. Reed; second, B. A. Johnson. oe with the Pole—W, Robertson, 9 tt. 6 in; Robert Innes, 8 ft, Sin. Sroadsword Dance—Firsi James Atchison; second, W. Robertson ‘three-legged Race—First. A.C. Reed and W. Robi rtson, wee Step and Jump—F. W, Johnson, 42 ft. 6 in.; W. Kiobertson, 30 tt, in. Boys’ Race—First, Alfred McAdam ; second, dames Siewart Sack Race—First, W.,Robertson; second, A. Bennett, New Yorke Aruiurio Crus, Mott Hoven, July 4.—Sumi mary : ’ Oné Hundred Yard Dash—First heat; Sam Tiers, Paterson, N. T..i- W_H Adsetts, Phiadelpiia, Pa., 2. Tlers finished two feet’ ahend of Adsetts. ‘lime, 118. Second heat—Jobn 4! Crossley, Frankfcrd, Pa, 1; James Frost, Portchester, N. Y.,2. Crossly won by a yard, ‘hime: Ls. Petpet Hearst aaron sleys 1 ae Tiers, 2; W H Adaetts, 33 Janes Fr - Won easily. ‘Lim $58, Hirst , ond, 810; third, $5, " prize, $25; Bovg . 180 1-5 Oné Mile Race—D A Woods, Galt, Ontario, 1; Edward Wilson, West Meriden Farms, Conn., 2, Time,4m 49s. ; eu yards (handicap)—John E Manning, Boston, Mass,, wou in three eats. Two Mile Walk (letter carriers only)—Jas Foster, Station F, 1; CM Hanimond, Morrisania, 2; Jas Archbold, station FP, 3. Half-mile Race—John EH Manning, Boston, 1; Fdward Wilson, West Meriden Farms, Con, 2. Won by twenty yards. Manning, 2 m. 6 8.; Wilsou, 2m. 103/ 8. Three Mile Walk—The entries were Kdward Wigzell, Albion Society, NY; Edward Mullen, N Y; Lester C Dole, New Haven, Conn; John Gouiling, NY. Of these Wigzell and Dole only came out. Both of the men were ruled off for alleged rupning. These men will come to- ether on some other occasion, Three Mile Race—EHdward Wilson, West Meriden Farms, Conn, 1; Cornelius Sullivan, NY, 2. Time, 1S m. 32% s. Scorrish American Arntarrc Cios.—This club met at Washington Park, July 4. The first event was a foot race, two hundred and twenty yards, five heats, won as follows: 1,H % Wilson, 1147 8.; 2, W H Grinin, 1) 8.5 8, MeNichol, 104; 8.; 4, R Gregg, 11 s.; 5, ! G Higgms, 1114s, The final heatwas won by Mc- Nichol; time, 103; 8, Putting the Shot—Won by H Burmeyer, 34 ft. 11 in., but one ineh Short Of the best on record. Hour Nundred and Fifty Yard Ron—Tirst heat won by C Fabregon in S042 5.; Second heat, O'Brien, 5347 8.5 third, W_# Banham, 1 m. 2134 8.; fourth, Wm Irvine, 6944s, In the tinal heat O’Brien distanced all com- petitors, winning by five yards; time, 554; s. Throwing the dammer—The greatest distance was 82 fr. 11 in., won hy G D Parmly, the heayiest throw on record; while 1 A McEwen was tha vietor ii the one mile walk, making the fastest tine on record for In amateur in this country; time, Gm, 55 s. The ronning high jump resulted as follows: H E Ticken, 5 ft. 3 in.; A H Oaks second by one inch. GM Hammond had an easy victory in the hulimile run, winning in 2m, Ss, bel G MeNichol’s pole-vaulting record lias rarely if ever been exceeded dn the United Stutes, he cleaying S ft. 9 in, The One Mile Walking, handicap, had a large field of starters, which resulted in @ yietory for W J Rowland by a lead of ten yards; time. 6 m. 2519 3. The Running Long Jump was the most interesting event of the day, which resulted in a victory for W H Livingston; distance, 18 ff. 114 im. In the One Mile Run, W J Duifyran a splendid waiting race, winning in. 4m. 584ys8. by a yard and a half. The grand finale was the five mile walk, in which McEwen led off at 4 ferrilié Speed, making his first mile in 7 mM. 858.5; second in 15 m. 8 s.; third, 28 m.3s8.; fourth, 31 m.; fifth, 88m.43}¢ s. He came in far ahead of Conner and Arnistrong, who had a severe struggle for second posi- tion, the former l«ading npto the end of the third mile when Arm— Biroug went to the front, walking right away from Connor; in the fourth mile leading by fifty or sixty yards. Connors, with a splendid rush, closed the daylight, but was unable to lead. Time, 31m. 41) s. and 49 1.45. respectively. MeEwen’s performances in both his races were Superb, and in the latter was but 314¢s. short of best record. Tatencotueciare Atraiertc Assoolation,—The second an- nual field meeting of the Athletic Association of American Colleges was held on the grounds of the New York Athletic Club, at Mott Haven, Friday afternoon, July 6th. The at- tendance, both of contestants and spectators, presented a no- ticeable contrast to the meetings of former years. Of the fif- teen colleges belonging to the association, but six were repre- sented: Columbia, Harvard, Lehigh Univ., College of the City of New York, Uniy. of Pennsylvania, and Princeton ; Amherst, Bowdoin, Brown, Cornell, Rutgers, Trinity, Wes- leyan, Williams and Yale were absent. The experience of last Friday would seem to show that these games alone cannot claim the public attention that attaches to the boat races. That they should be made a success is, however, in eyery way desiruble, Thouzh not possessing the interest of the boat races, they are yastly more beveficial to collegians, since they are participated in by greater numbers and are, therefore, of more general value. Notwithstanding the small attendance at the games last Fri- day, several of the events were of special notice as will be seen from the summary: On# Mile Walk—- Chas Hldredge, class *T9, Columbia; time, 7 m 30s. Ranning High Jump—H L Geyelin, class ’77, University of Pennsyl- vania; 4 1£11 In. Hall Mile Run—G M Hammond, class 75, Columbia; time, 2m 2014s, Pole Vaulting—James Pryor, class ‘75, Columbia; height, 7 ft 9 in Hundred Yards Dash—Horace H Lee, class *79, University of Penn- sylvania; time, 101-5 s. b Putting the Shot (16 1b,)—IF Larkin, class ’79, Princeton ; distance, 33 Tt. ‘Ruuning Broad Jump—Horace H Lee, class ‘79, University of Penn- Sylvania ; distance, 19 ft 7 im. Quarter Mile Ruu—G M Hammond, class “78, Columbia; time, 54 s. ‘wo Hundred and Twenty Yards Dash—Horace H Lee, class ‘79, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania; time, 233¢ 8. 4 Throwing the Hammer (16 1b,)—G Parmly, class 79, Princeton; dis- Vanes, 75 ft 10 in. One Mile Run— W Bearns, class ‘78, Columbia; time, 5 m #58. Hurdle Racte—H Stevenson, class ‘78, Princeton ; time, 184ss. Two Mile Walk—Charles Eldredge, class *78, Columbia; time 16 m 245. Hnndred Yards Dash (Graduates)—J F Duifield, class *76, Princeton ; time, first heat, 12s; second heat, 1027 s. One Mile Walk—H Beach, class 74, Princeton ; time, 8 m 50 8, BROOKLYN CaLEponran Crun.—The eleventh annual games were held at Schutzen Park, July 4th, with the following re- sults : Putting the Heavy Stone—First prize $5, won by James Melrose, who threw 4¢7t; second, 30 ft Sin, James Laird, $3. Standing Jump—William Laird won the silver medal, clearing 8 ft Qin, The second prize, $3, was awarded to Jas. Kennedy, 7{tSin, | Throwing Heavy (16 lbs.) Wammer—James Melrose received the sil- ver metal, throwilg 84 13 in. William Laird, second prize, $8; distance 63 ft. At Tossing the Caber, 16 feet long, prizes $5 and $3, James Melrose was lirst, 87 ff $34 in, Wm. Laird second, 36 ft 7 in. Ronnie Loug Junip—First prize $5, James Melrose, 173; ft; second, Join West, 16 ft. . fag Putting Light Stone (14 lbs.)—The first prize, $5, was taken by William Laird, distance 40 ft, and the second by A. M. Talmie ($8) 33 ft. Hite aud Kick—Prizes, silver medaland #3. The former was won by John West, kicking 9ft3in high. James Melrose second, 839 ft “Broadsword dance for silver medal and $8. ‘lhe first prize was awarded to James Kennédy and the second to William Summers. The shot race sround the ring Tor $5 and $3 was won by Andrew Rennle. Jolin West was second, and William Dunsinore, third. Time 174; see, Hor throwing light hammer (12 1bs) 5934 ft, Wm. Laird received the first prize, a silver medal, and James Kennedy the second, $3, throwing SuY i. Mr. Melrose threw 99 ft, bnt could not compete for the prize, not being a member of the club, Wor running high leap, John West received the medal, and James Melrose $3. Distance 4 1t 9, and 4 ft 7 in respectively. The mile tace, eleveh times around the ring, open to all comers on payment of eutrance Tee of $1, was won in six minutes by ‘hos. Heeny; prize $10. George Devilen received the second prize, $5, being beaten by abont thirty rods, Reel Dancing—W il; Winter silver medal; James Kennedy, $3. boys’ Race Around the Ring—Charlie Summers, silyer medal, William Foulis $2, William Summers £2. ‘ Vaujling with Pole—John West, $ ft.8 in., $5; James Melrose, 8 ft 8 in, $3. the lest of strength between ten members of the club and ten of the Young Mew's Acrobatic Association of Williamshurgh fora prize of $10, Yesulted in a victory for the former, who pulled their opponents over the linetwice. The Caledonians were the victors in a similar contest last year. Highland Filng—Prizes $5 and $8, won by Kennedy and Summers. Diree legged race, $6 and $2; first, Dunsmore and Russlend; second, Laird and Robertson, . In the race three times around the ring to be contested by ihe Young Men's Acrobatic Association of Willamsburgh, for $5 ond $3, Juvab Benner and Charles Scharff ied, Chas. Meyer being third. In running off the tie, Mr. Scharit won. { Hurdle Race Once Aroundthe Hing—John West, $5, Mr. Melrose, = ann Hop, Skip and Jump—Addison 3546 1 in, silver medal; West 36 Lt, $3. Satk race over hurdjes 18in high, Mr. Dunsmore, $5; James Kennedy, BS, * The blind wheelbarrow across the crest Was the last event onthe pro- gramine, and proyed a vely comical affair, Mr. Dinsmore wintin gaining the $5 prize, with{Mr. West second, $3. This ended the ait grimme, Dut it was supplemented by a “consolation race’ for mnsuc- Gesstul competitors, prizes, $5 and$3, which was won by Ernest Gentz, first, and Chas, Meyer second, Roger Wititam’s Park, R. 1L—July 4—The amuse- ments were most successfully carried out. The first contest Was a walking niateh of one mile, won by Brown; time, 7:55. In the sack race and hitch and kick, Nhomas Payton took first money, as did Michael Lindskey in vaulting, reaching 7 feet, 4 inches James Malony took first prize for highest running leap, reaching 4 ft. 11in. John Ryan won first money in boy's Tace—one quarter of a mile—in 28£sec. John Mosely and George Lewis won the three Jegzed race, and the Collins’ boys were first and second in the tub rac . ‘The committee added a boat race to® the programme, which No. 9 was the victor, Schotield ta king first money. — SS SravpEN Isranp,—At Staten Isiaud a very enjoyable game was had between the married and single members of the club, in which the bachelors rather got the best of the Benedicts, as the appended score shows : in MARRIED, SINGLE. Outerbridge, c. Kelly, b. Donald, 6 Donald, b. Brewster... feta: Haughton, Tun out..... teeeaveese 7 Stikeman, b. Brewster. + 2 Seaward, b. Sprugue...... +... 4 Roberts, b. Brewster... 26 Jarvis, D. Brewster.....0.....4.10 Peters, c, Poster, b. Brew-ter...14 Sprugue, c. Whittemore, b. Ste- eens SAT BS Oa BS Orr oe wd 2 Duer, b. Stevens,..........-.:...10 . 0 Shaw, c, and b. Brewster .......16 Foster, c. Sprague, b. Roberts... 3 Stevens, c. Donald, b. sprague.. 6 Brewster, b, Sprague..... + cry cde Whittemore, run out, Kvyans, b. Sprague.... Orton,b. Sprague .. Gould, not out... .......... -. 0 Kelly, c, Foster, b. Brewster,... ( Byes, 10; leg byes, 7; wides, 2..19 Hodges not out..+...--...+----.. 0 aBy.ehee lee -s “py il Ua) BR eee eee Cen geen 5T Total.... ee ee 58 Horoxen.—At Hoboken two clevens of the St. George's Club played with the following result, the game being yery enjoyable from the time “play” was called : CASHMAN’S ELEVEN, SECOND INNING, ¢ Westfeldt, b Horoblower......28 FIRST INNING. J B Cashman, b Hornblower....- 20 G Giles, Jr., ¢ Harris, b, W het- JER Goes Soisde b a53 tba Arr Dr W O McDonald, ¢ Morrel, b Wihethame ys Ph2 ls .-e- pay sas O P Westfeldt, cand Whetham.... 0 c Talbot, b G Giles, 8r........6665 1 b Whetham............ dD e Gilbert, ¢ Morrel, b Whet- WIWREMMAM ee eee -k eee apienesl ea lal. . L J Grant, DINGO ota cise a sts eamewey served J OU Smith, run out. & Talbot, b Whelham. F Smith, ¢ Morrell, b Hornblower 2 hb Giles......... 0 CD) Miler, b Whetham .. .....- 3 b Giles....... i) O Hadley, e Whethum, b Tforn- © Talbot, b Giles......2.......... U DIGWEL: ciint Sete ets awe ----13 st Hornblower, b Whetham,,. 7 G Dyer, not out. 220 DOLOuty: .e eee st welds tole vaeeres BY 6, Lp WiGhy Ooo o5 5. nade -ee t Byes, 93 Jeg bye, dy wes aiyevcos Othe care nde eW os a Bre scenes ot ese SELON eaten cas ine Poe y shia 62 WHkETHAM’s ELEVE FIRST INNING, SECOND INNING, G Giles, sr, b -Giles.............. 5 JB eetHeny ¢ Cashman, b c Giles, b McDonald......... sees dl) GIES gaceate Srey ee haied= RE A Hornblower, ¢ Weatfeldt, b b Cashmamn.........-..- Denn GUIGHY. tee re eeenen ceeds eee oh M H Tulbot, 1 b w,b Cashtman.. 7 bb Cashman........... € Morrél, b Giles. ........)....1 EM Haussling, cand bh Cashman 2 b Cashmam........-...-ccescseeee L W Harris, b) Gileg......... Cert 1 W Monroe, b Gilbert... Pr a wd ee suaeeeweeneees.. O J Fanning, b Gilbert...... 0 W Giles, D GileS.....cesssese000+) 1 Cand b Cashiiian..............., 0 G T Green; not out....... 4 BYGS.5 + Wide, I aan PAP ai vee Aneg AW Sey 2 oS 8 DGEEL ‘ys sept ea eeseynas os amend (SHUT Ute iew wns cpa beeen euty ee Be dain's OF MANHATTAN Ys, UNION, of Paterson, at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, July 5. MANHATTAN ELEVEN. SHCOND INNING, b MeDonald,.,.... Mads atee BA 2) ¢ and b Grabam.,, . toseneedd & Mellon, b MeDonald.. .......4. 1 FIRST INNING. P F Jenkins, ¢ Kusick, b Graham § 8 E Hosford, oc Savage, b Graham 5 Sif Makin, b Mcepouald.,........14 R Greig, 1b w, b Graham, 2 b Graham....5..,.. G Giles, Jr, b MeDonald.. & b Gratiam.. D McDongall, run out .....,..... & b Jennett. v i if W McKenzie, b Graham,......... Tot ont... 2. low b Graham R Tilley, ¢ vrogan, b Graham.... ae tL Tucker, b McDonald........., TRY ye 4 ret EL Evans, not ont,....., ¢ Baird, b Graham,, gens. O J smith, b McDonald... 34 b Graham.....,. lets «3 Extras—byes, 4; leg by 163 Byes, 9; lez byes, 3............. 1% WidGS, 4...0.0... Se ere eps (i POE poe basgoek totepecngtnt d3, Gite WOT. c)) ae ee nessasiee EOD UNION ELEVEN, FIRST INNING. SECOND INNING. J Kusick, b Grveig.......e. see eeee MTD GTIBE co ae i. 20nd etead FEC eo e a H Mellon, ¢ Greig, b Hosford.... 1 b Jenkins..—.. 1 J Baird, b Greig..... meteeetastee 0 Lbw_b Greig.... 212 N Graham, ) Greig.:: . . 6 & McKenzie, b Gri Le M Savage, b Greig... 5 run out......,. . 2 ¥F Laughlin, b Hosford........... 1 bdenking.,,........... vepecsaaee 0 W_ Morrison, ¢ McDongall, b GUCIE TADS weabate xt R Jennett, b Hosford. 2 b Jenkins M Grogan, 0b ont,.-.....2....1. 3 b Greig... J McDonald, b Hosford +... 0 bJenking W Guthrie, st Greig, b Hosford.. 0 not out,..... Extras—Bye, 1; ley byes, 2...... 3 Byes........... TOtal cae se eesvwetetsecusaped ‘LOUK... 25 a —OSWEGO YS. BELLEVILLE, of Canada, at Oswego, July 5. O8WEGO, First Inning. Second Taning. Kingsley b Van Patten.............+ ie b Thomas....., Scott b Mills... 0... --. 1 GSargentb Mills ........ 0 Cozzens b Peaden.......-.--+44-.5... 1 Run out ‘ a bailey run ont...... eressesesser «s+ OY UT HOMUS b Mills. 54; .0 © Peaden b Milis..... Stevenson ¢ Peaden b Van Patten.... 6 Newton stopped Clark......, seeeeee-- 4 © licaves b ‘Thomas. Mattoon run out. - 3 Lb Mills. Hubbard run out .W Notout......- Conde not out...... - 0 c Peaden b Payette b Sargent. ~-2 02 D Serpents; oe. Sy Wright b Thomas . 1 bSargent...... Bye5, 1; WIMES, 13... -eees, cnenevensee It stesetersnse U Motel ss terse dacs Hebss-s7mcsbon rata’ Pal ROCA Boose wen) < ced owes ons 22 Total both innings... .- Wea bate e-ioee eae mag Ed Re Pach ee (pee ANT NELLEVILLE, Maby not ont...-.--..-.- Van Patten b Bailey.. Sargent b Wright..-..-.. Mills « Cozzens b Wright Thomas b Puyette......-— Savage c Wright b Fayette Jenkins b Wright........ Clark b Fayette... -..... Tabor 8 ss eae ee hee Peaden ¢ Stevenson b Payette, 0.0.4... esse eee BAD LPD ID HV Gh ae eg an. 6b wt iwern, sons seeen heey ea norm it Beaver lw Payette: 2). pi cco detec e srk aed caret WIIGHS secu eeger' Sart ikr te hack beta eeh ee ween _ Belevlllg wih ia one hpings Ste peers ! | none of the frst, seogHd ot thind-class yachtegobacrosa & match was played Cricket av Derroi.—On July 4th between the Pennisulars and the St. Louis, Mo., Clubs on the ground of the former, résulting in a victory for Detroit. Detroit scored 100 in the first and 84 in the second innings. St. Louis—ist, 13; 2d. 66. Cuicker AT Honoxen.—The Pennsylyania University eleven played their first Match with the St. George's, of N.Y, resulting in yictory for the latter. The university men scored 82 and 42 in their two innings, and the St George’s 29 and 122. ‘Time, seven hours and a half. —Daniel O'Leary, starting ot 12:05 a. ox. July 2d, finished his six days’ walk Saturday, July 7, at midnight, having made 4714 miles. The proposed attempt to excel his London per- formance of 520 miles in the same time was therefore a failure, Lantes’ Games.—The ladies of Brooklyn have formed an Archery Clnb, and will play at Prospect Park. No gentleman allowed to join except with a lady. —On July 4th the Ladies’ Club of Staten Island Cricket As- sociation engaged in games, which consisted in archery, lawn tennis ind croquet, and the day was greatly enjoyed by both sexes. The ladies should be encouraged, Tne Tanry—-Ho,—Col. Kane bas changed his route, the Tally-ho leaving ~Hotel Brunswick for Yonkers, instead of New Rochelle. This departure was inaugurated Monday, July 9th, leaving Hotel B. at 4:d0p.™; and returning, the Getty House, Yonkers, at 8 a. mM. BASE BALL, Sixty-six games of base ball were played at Prospect Park, Brooklyn. on July 4th, between the hours of 4 4. Mm. and 7:30 pr. M. The ball tossers all oyer the country made ita gala day. The professional match at St. Louis on the Fourth re- sulted in a very closely contested game, in which the St. Louis nine won by one run only after an eleven innings’ game, as the score below shows: TS). 88 A nfo OR Peete ee ee Brooklyn...... roo FU 0 ) 0 Die Th ae 0 0—6 St. Douis........ 0 it) 3 tl} it} i} B) O) 0 iT) i—7 Hachting and Boating. HIGH WATER FOR THE WERK. Dite. Bosion. | New Fork. | Charleston. HH. M, i. as H. M. OMY, Lover aneoan ss wer. 0 ) 45 § 48 dulyis-. Om | ah “ay 9 $4 duly it DS fe for |e Ber Jury 15 s 4 Ii 59 | tt 06 July 16.. 8 36 ) 20 the at duly 17. 4 4B Nad OW July 18... & 38 9 OL int Rockaway Yacur Crivup.--The opening regatta of the Rockaway Yacht Club took place onthe fourth of duly, There were two classes, one for sloops and another for cat- rigged boats. There was a prize for cach class, and the boal making the fastest time, with time allowance, would win the TLumins Challenge Cup, lately surrendered by the yacht Spin- away on retiring from the club. The entries were: FIRST CLASS—JIB AND MATNSAIL, Name. Owner, pee i. Te OYMMEt -..peeeeee sees seevees LOIMNIUS BYOtiers......cccene. 24 OO Fannie D...,,.....-. secatetassO. DONNY. 22.2, 2.235 acs 2d 1S SECOND CLASS. Mignon, .. 2. c.0eejeeace-+-sese-C. GT, CHOBE... cccevee-.-. 22 O10 Lucille. -A. Alker... cose 22 GaVi0ta. ....evo +p evaeee ee =e D. Lord... eres ese reeaee 20 OO The wind was from the northwest, and blew only in puffs. The Mignon was one of the last to cross the line. She was admirably handled, and walked through the fleet. like a race- horse. The Mignon won the prize in her class, and the challenge cup. The Fannie took the prize in her class. ‘Yhe greatest event, of the day was the match race between the well known Spinaway and the Madeleine, a new yacht built by the same man Lhat built the Spinaway (Dick Wallin), The mateh was a ten-mile race, working rig sail, for a cup valued at #150. The start took place at nearly half past two, the Madeleine haying 25 seconds time allowance, The Spin- away was little slow in getting off; lutina second she was after the Madeleine, The wind was yery puffy, and on a beam, which did not suit the Spimaway at all. They kept in the same position for seven miles, neither gaining nor losing; finally the Spinaway drew up on the Madeleine, and would have heen on even terms with her had it not been for a puif that struck her and slot her a length ahead of the Spinaway, the Madeleine winning by eighteen seconds only. There is much talk of a match between the Idle Wild and the SPINAWAY. Yaourne At Osweeo, Jory 4—The following are the winners in the several classes 4 First-class yachts.—Resolute, of Belleville, $50; Mariah, of Oswego, $25; Fascinution, of Oswego, $15, ; : Second: class yachts.—Biona, of Whitby, $30; Magic, of Oswego, $20; Silver Clond, of Oswego, $10. — Sail boat race.—West Wind, of Poit Ontario, #15; Flora, of Oswego, 310. First-class row boats.—Bennie, Henley andSon, $10; Doll, Howe and Gokey, #5. ’ Second-class row boats —Doll, D. Hotrigan and Murry, #9 Alert, Poucher and Fitzgerald, $4, Kuseston, Canada, July 1.—In the yacht race at Kingston on Dominion Day, between the yachts Kathleen, of Belleyille, Zitella, of Kingston, and Katy Gray, of Belleville. The Kath- leen was first by 14 minutes, and the Zitella second. Porr Horr, Canada, July, 2.—In the yacht race to-day the Oriole won in the first-class race, and the Mocking sird in the second-class. Hauirax, June 30.—The first race of the season of the Nova Scotia yacht squadron came off in the harbor to-day. Five boats competed for the Mayor's prize, which was won hy Mr. O’Brien’s Psyche. Fourru or Jury Reearta av Bostox,—The 4ih of July Regatta turned out a perfect fizzle, will the exception of the fourth-class boats. The wind died out after the yachts starled. Many of them did not get in until the next morning. Five hours was the time allotted to sail the race in, and as it ref ; > a ' FOREST AND STREAM, 391 in that time tio prizes were awarded. The Ionia, Capt. Petten- gill, of the fourth-class, got Ist prize for centre Woards, $25, and the Helen the 2d, $15. The Syzygy gol Ish priae, $25, for keels in same class. The other races qill probably be sailed over. Kenge, THe SEAWANHAKA YAouT Croz,—The regatta of this club, which was named for July 4th at Oyster Bay, L. 1., failed for Jack of wind, and has been postponed until September, Koongstrr Yaon Cros.—The yacht Clab of Rochester, N. Y., whieh was organized less than three months ago, now has over 100 members, and is one of the stronyest clubs, numerically and financially, in the country. Its club house, recently completed at, Summeryille, on the beach of Lake On- tario, is a model of comfort and conyenience. The building is 25x88 feet, two stories high, with a flat water-proof roof, overlaid with flooring, over which a variegated colored cloth tent roof is stretched adding to the whole exterior a picturesque appearance. A veranda eight feet wide extends on three sides of the building, which in addition to the smoking and prome- nade floor under the tented roof, affords ample room for two or three‘hundred people, who may command, from almost any part of the edifice, an uninterrupted and expansive view of Jake Ontario. The style of the architecture is rustic, and, being painted inside and out with a variety of colurs, the ap- pearance of the building from the offing on the lake, is niost exquisite. It is provided with a dining hall, kitchen and lofts in the rear. with bunks for the repose of twenty or more persons. Among the yachts that comprise the feet are the Belle, owned by Everest and Clifton; the Ida, owned by Messrs, Jones and Stace; the Gem, Frank E. Woodworth; the Ripple, E. M. Moore, Jt., and 8. U. Willard; the Rambler, George N. Newell; the Dana, C. N. Allen; the Annette, Frank Dodd; the Minerva, Leafiess, Genevieve, Waterwitch and Seth Green's new yacht, the Rochester, whose name, by the way, should be changed to Alosa. The officers of the elub are W. Lincoln Sare, president; Frank J. Upton, vice prest- dent; J. C. Tone, treasurer; BE, U, Willard, secretary; E. Clifton, commodore; Frank E. Woodworth, vice-commuodore. Yacur Race.—The ainual regatta of the New Jersey Yacht Club took place at Hoboken on June 28, The course was from an imaginary line opposite Twellth street to a stake- boat anchored off the Columbian Club House foot of Fifty- eighth street, the boats to go over the course three times. The start. was A flying one on a finod tide. The following boats were first-class: Estella, Letitia, Charm, Jessie, Mand, Second class: Freddie, Arcola, Fay. The Wstella, of the first class, and the Fay, of the second class, were declared the win- ners. The prizes were a marine glass for the leading boat in each class and a set of colors. The Dolly, one of the boats presented for entry, but not admitted, while sailing round the course was run down by a schooner and nearly cut in two. Captain Borlton, the commandant of the Dolly, narrowly es- caped being drowned, and only saved himself ly clinging to the shronds of the bowsprit of the schooner. Lare Caampriary Reearra, June 380—The third annual regatta of the Lake Champlain Regatta Association came off Friday under most discouraging circumstances, during a _se- vere thunder-storm and with variable winds. Commodore Foote’s yacht Phantom, of Port Henry, took the prize in the first class, her competitor. the No Name, of Willshoro, being obliged to withdraw on aceount of losing her bowsprit shrouds if passing the second stakeboat. ‘The decision as to the séeond-class yachts is understood to be as follows: The Victor, of Whitehall, R. E. Bascom: captain, wins by about oné minute. Subjoined is the schedule of the race: Home Corrected Yachts. Start Stake. Time, time. M.S UMS M.S H. M, S. Sandy... AS (436 41998 4 i442 4 14 42 Anna. 120214 41410 4 1146 4 10 58 Hoop! 2 02 34 415 14 £ 12°82 4 (5 33 Victor 120258 415 0k 4 12:9 & OT 8 The thir yas awarded to the Sheldon, of Crown Point. About 1:18 p.m, a severe squall from the West struck the third-class yachts, capsizing the Gracie, of Pert Henry. The Lena, af Crown Point, on going to her assistance was also capsized. JasraigA Ponp Reearra, July 4.—The programme includ- ed Seven races. First Race,—Single sculls; distance, 134 miles; won by I, H, Hough- ton In 11m. 50 8. Second Race —Single scull lapstreak, three-quarters of a mile, won hy Frank Seabury, 6 m, tis. Third Race —Double sculls; the Newtons, I. H, Houghton and W. Ti. Barns, rowed over the course alone in 11:24, receiving first prize. For the pair-oared working boats only two boats started, Lincoln and Hastings winning with ease 17m. 25 s.. Distance, three-fourths of a mille, Fourth Race—Four- oared race brought into contest the Newton and Jamaica clubs, and a crew from the Uiion Club, of Boston. Afrer they fot under way the Unions were obliged to abandon the race, haying broken their rudder, ‘The Newtons proved the victors, coming in four Jengths ahead, having pulied 13g miles in 10m. 485, he best time ever made on the pond, The sport terminated with a canoe race, which was won by the Newtons, who had it ail their own way from the start, win- ning ¢asily in Sim. 18s.—%; of a mile, Onanies River Reearra, July 4i.—The races were six in number, and the total amount of prizes $1,600, as follows: First Race.—For four-oared working boats, open, and rowed on the gunwale; distance, Tonr miles (two miles and repeat). Iirst prize, $200; second prize, $100; third prize, $25. Second JItace—Vor pait-oared boats; distance, three miles, Hirst prize, $150; second prize, S50; third prize, $25, Phird Race —For Whitehall boats; distance, two miles. First prize, $50} second prize, $25. Fourth Race.— or single seull wherries; distance, two miles. First prize, $15); second prize, $50; third prize, $25, Fisth Race—For donbje scull hoats; distance, three miles. First prize, $100; second prize, $40. Sixth Rave.—for four-oared boats (lapstreaks or shells), with ontig- gers; distance, four miles (wo miles and repeat), First prize, $400; second prize, $150; third prize, $50. The number of entries was very large, Inuch larger than ab any pre- vious regatta, and Included all of the first-class oarsmen in the United States and Canada. Saugurims Reearra, July 4.—In the single seul race be- tween the Wolvenhooks, of Albany, and the Saugerties, Tomkins, of the Wolvenhooks, beat Pidgeon. ‘Time, 7m. 238s. A double seull race between the Ulysses, of Troy, and the Tn the Wolvenhooks—won by the latter. ‘Time, 6m. 27s, six-oared gig race the Mutuals, of Albany, were the entry. They rowed over the course in 6m. 228, yenhooks were the contestants. Won by the latter. 5m. 62s, Time, were as follows: Six-oared gigs—the Eurekas won in 8m, 538.; the single scull was won by Mills in 9m.; the pair-oared shell wis wou by the Nautilus in 9m. 434s.; the pair-oared ue was taken by the Mystics in $m. 41s.; the four-oared 5, was won, SAREE in 6m, 142 The fourth, a race for four-oared shells, the Saugerties, Mutuals, and Wol- Newark Reoatra, July 4.—A latge crowd attended the Newark regatta onthe Fourth, the results of the different races Tne Arcoyauta Boaw Cire ReGarra held on the Fourth al Bergen Point resulted in the following way: The singles was won by Mr. W. T. Taylor, the pair-oared shells by Mossrs. Smith and Man against W. ‘IT. Taylor and R. BE. Dun- bur. ‘Che four-onred shell race was won by Messrs. J. McNider, C, B, Greene, R. V. R. Schuyler, and G. EB. Man, Their opponents were Messrs. W. 1, Caldwell, J. M. Duane, William Gwynne, and A. Gallup. Laxpers ys. Reacan.—tIn the Charles River three mile race with aturn, on July 4, between Landers and Reazan for $2,000 a side, Landers held the lead for nearly half a tnile, but Reagan spurted and quickly went to the front, and kept there, leading by three boat lengths at a mile. He kept on increasing his lead all the way to the stake-boat, where he led by four lengths. Landers made a wretched turn, and when he got his boat straight Reagan bad fully ten lengths the best of the race, an advantage he kept to the finish, win— ning with the sreatest case by a dozen lengths. Time, 23m, 50s. AQvATIOS IN ‘tae Sours.—The great two mile race between the Tobacco City Club of Lynchburgh and the Rives Club of the University of Virginia took place on the evening of the 80th ult. ‘The course was two miles in length. The manning ot the two four-oared boats was as follows: Tobacco City Club—W. H. Gudly (bow), J. §. Marshall, W. O. Owen, J. Ki. Hill (stroke), W. C. Langhorne (cox). The Rives Club used a cedar boat forty-one feet long and thirty inches wide, and the erew were: W. W. L'Engle (bow), Charles Stecle, J. M. Macfarland, De Courcey W. Thom, Willoughby Waeke (cox). From the start (which was a very eyen one) all the way upto the turning point the race was most keenly con— tested; but in attempting to round the turning point the Rives boat had the misforuine to break a thwart, and this ex- tinguished their chances of winning, for before they got righted their rivals were well on their way home, erossing the seore in 14m.4s. Their opponents were just one minute be- hind them, Nerevs Boar Cron, Flushing, July 4£—Course one and a quarter miles across Flushing Bay. The first contest, between the Nereus and the Nassau six-oured gigs, was won easily by the former in Tm, 85s, Potomac Boar Crus, July 3.—lace at Georgetown for the Potomac championship and a liandsome prize. Course, one and a half miles and return, The crew in the shell Sara- loza was composed of Wheatley, stroke; Doyle 3, Barton 2 and Beston bow. ‘The Sue Shepherd crew was Wheeler, stroke; Schaeifer 3, Cox 2and Gibson bow. They got away well together, maintaining their respective positions until after turning the stake, when the Sue Shepherd crew passed ahead, coming in one anda half lengths ahead in 15m, 25s. ‘This time, which is the fastest on record, takes the place of that made by the famous Northwestern crew at Saratoga Lake last year. Newrort, R. L, July 4.—In the late hoat race down the harbor the Dart was the winner in the first class against three competitors; distance twenty-two miles. In the second class, distance sixteen miles, the Minnie was first, and the School- boy second, ‘Tlie Dart’s running time was 5h. 30m, 27s. Lysyx.—A rowing regatta was held at Max Pond on July 4. The first race was for four-oaved working boats, the course being three miles, and the prizes #50 and 25 respectively. In this race there were three entries, consisting entirely of crews from the Lynn Rowing (Os ssa | Teramrzp f. Sa - From the reputation these Meat Fibrine Cakes liv6 Dow gained, they require scarcely an explann- tion to recommend them to the nse of every one who keeps adog. Snifice it to say they are free from salt, and contain “dates,” the exclusive use of which, in combination with meat atid meal to com- pose 2 biscuit, is secured ta ng by Letters Patent, ‘or Aalé in cases of 1121bs, euch, I. O, De LUZE, 8016 agent, 18 South William street, New Works Speclal terms to dealers, —_—_ = ; Zotels and Besayts far Spartsmen. SAYVILLE HOUSE, SAYVILLE, L. 1. MAJ. W. EB, UNDERHILL, - - - - Proprietor. A few minntes’ wall from the depot and from the beach, Bathing, boating, fishing, yachting. Goi. munication by yacht with South Beseh and Fire sland. A beautiful drive to Lake Ronkonkoma, andi many other pleasant drives in the neighbor- hood. Cool and siry roome, and all kinds of sea and country food, Rates reasonable, jy12 5st AYFIELD—The Gyeat Health and Pleasure Re- sort of the Northwest. Beautiful Seenery, Pure Atmosphere, Delighttnl Climate, Fishing, Boating, Suiling and Shooting, ‘Che Island House-at Brytield, Wiscousin, situated on Lake Superior, surrug ded by the Apostle Islands, twenty-two in number, oifera to persons seeking healt and pleasure udyantages rarely fonnd. The climate is pnre, cool and bracing, and @ sure core for hay fever, Ihinvigorates the whole system, creates appetite and indpees sleep. The water is prononnced by scientists the purest in the world. dyig tf BAY-SNIPE SHOOTING, PICKEREL FISH- ING, SURE AND STILL BATHING. Parties can find excellent accommodations at my house at the head of Barnegat Bay. First-class enipe Shooting, hive tishiige aud piekerel fishing, Terms, $8 to £10 per week. Stools, boats, and everything ne- cessary for uccommodution of guests. Address T1OHN 1, LOVELAND, Point Pleagant, Ocean Go., WN. J.. or ‘* Willet,’ this office. jyig at ARTIES ARRIVING BY NEW YORK CEN- 'TRAL, Indson River and Gloversville KR, It, at Northville, New York, will be carried to Lakes Pise- co, Pleasant, or other trouting localities in the viem- ity In comfortable style and reasonable prices, ly VAN ARNAM & LAWTON, whocan be met af Northville Depot. By previously communicsting, Van A, & L, will have carriages bo meet cars. Refers by permission to “ Piseco (L. A. Beardalee, 0.38. wylT 40 lee HOUSE, Atlanticville, L, T, A Summer Resort, and for Sportsmen all the year, will open June 24th, New house accommodates titty guests. Rooms of Var1OUS Sizes and exposures. Perfectly healthy. A tine oak grove of two acres fatirear of louse. Nearer ta and larger than amy house bordering 6n Shinmecovk Bay. Surf and Silil Gating, Boating, Dueck, Goose, Snipe, and Quail Shooting. References from former ruests, Send for elreniar. apl 12-5 W. F. WALSEY. G EA-SHORE HOME BOARDING HOUSE, by C. ) I. HOTCHKISS, at Shorh Beach, Bramforil, Conn, Seafood, comfortable house an hesautivol view of the sea. Three stages to and from New Haven daily after June 15, Previous arranvements necessary, Tiouse strictly temperate. Addreas aa above by mail, INSEY'S ASHLEY HOUSE, Barnegat Inlet, . N, J. The only House near the culebrated Blue Fish, Sheepshead, Black Fish, and Sea Basa grounds, Address, for enguging yachts, cirenlar’s, or notiee of yelidble good tishing, KINSEY, Ashley Honse. Barnegat. Acuess—New York, via N. J. S.R, to Waretown: and from Philad elphia, Tuckerton it, R, to Barnegat. Inquire at depot tor Kimsey’s ferrymen. muy li-tf Bay Shooting of all Varieties, SHINNECOOK BAY THE BEST SHOOLING GROUND IN THE VICINITY OP NEW YORE. Win. N. Lane respectinlly informe his many friends that, having largery added to the Springville House or Sportsmen's Retreat, he is prepared to enterisig and take Oare of his gnests inample manner, Mod- erate prices and satisfactory attention guaranteed, The yoong bay birds are now coming in, and eyery~ thing bids fairforanexcellent season. Address WAT. |. Good Ground ANE Station, L. 1. Live wild | weese sivas or aprigg and ait shocking, ]y22 Sup a 4 Island House, BELLOWS FALLS, VERMONT. Broud piazzas, large airy halls, charming walka and drives, Welightial scenery, pure mieuntain air aud cuol breezes. Send for circuit, jel43m CHARLES TOWNS, PRropriutor. THE Thousand Island House, Situated on the RIVER Si. LAWRENCE, . at ALEXANDRIA BAY, JEFFERSON CO., N. ¥., and in the immediate vicinity of the far-famed Thousantl Islands, will be opened for the reception Of gnesta Jone Ist, 1877. This house was erected in 73, and voutaine all the modern improvements. Rooms single or en suite, with bath-rooms and closets attached. Travellers will tind this place as healthful as it is beautiful, with no mosqiitoes or ohills and féeyer ; cures hay feverand catarrh ; while to thé finest scenery in the world are added the pt- tractions o7 Boating, Wishing, Hinting and Bathing, as well as Billiards, Bowling Alley, Croquet Grounds, &e. Ghisiie second to none. Actoimodatons for 70 guesis. Parties taking rooms for the season will find liberal dedoctions from regular rates, Send for pamphlet, with terms, &c_ ©. G. Staples, Manager, Alexandria Bay, N. ¥. HE BARNEGAT HOUSE, on BARNEGAT BAY. one half mile trom Porker River Station, on the New Jersey Sonthern Kailroad; within easy necess of New York or Philadelphia, The only frat- class house near the cbhlebratea gonning and fishing rounds on the hay. Snperior kecommodation for amilies or transient guests, ‘Terms reasonable, Address W.S. PARKA, Proprietor, Worked River, N.d.; or, CHARLES SMITH, 44 West Browl- way, N. Y. jeei St BA CLIFF TLOUSD, SHA OLIFF,L. 1,, OPENS for the season 1877, on May 1,80 rates to anit the times. Special arrangements tor families, ToaylT-tt BE. RICKCO RDS. MOUNT KINEO HOUSE, MOOSEHEAT LAKE, ME. A deligitful resort for the sportsman, summer tourist or invalid. Trout fishing good now. For direntava, address O. A, DENDIN, Superintendent, as above, or W. L. CHENERY, 186 State street. Boston Mass. jeis 6t JORDAN ALUM SPRINGS, ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VA., Hight miles fvom Goshen Depot C, and 0. RR, JNO. W. CAMERON, Prop'r. To Old patrons it is anty necessary to say that the minagenient will be strictly first-class, with reduced turma to meet the hart tines, The hotel appointments are uneqnalled by any summer resort in Virginia, comprising all modern applianeas which characterize tirst-class city’ estab- lisiiments—hot atid cold water on each Moor, gas and electric bella, with hair mattresses in each roo. Mr. JOSHPH N. WOODWARD, so well and favorably known at both Rawiey and Orkney Springs, will bein charge as manager, where he will be happy to see his patrons. For pamphiets or particulars address JOHN W. CAMBRON, Prop'r. Jordan Alum Springs, Va, je2i im Metropolitan Hotel, WASHINGTON, D. OC: Carrollton Hotel, BALTIMORE, Mop. fh. B. Coleman & Co., proprietors of these famous hotels, are well known to the old patrons of the ASTOR HOUSE, N. Y., and ST. NICHOLAS, N. Y, THE METROPOLITAN is midway belween the Capitol and the White Honse, and the most conyenient location in the city. It hay beon re-titted and re-furnished throughout. Phe cuisine Is perfect; the service regular, ald charges moderate, R, B. COLEMAN & CO. CROSSMON HOUSE. ALEXANDRIA BAY, JEPFERSON CO,, N. Y. (, GROSSMON & SON, - Proprietors FPF\HIS HOUSE, RECENTLY REBUILT AND. elegantly farnished, is now opén for visitors, Tt is lovated In One of the moss cdelight{ol places in the Thousand Islands region, commanding am ex- tensive view of (le St. Lawrence and the Islands, “and offers every facility forthe comforh and enjoy- ment of guests. Oltiits for bouting, honting and fishing parties. Steamers for the bay connect at Clayton with the Otica and Black River Railroad, and at Cape Vincent with the Rome, Watertown and Oudensburg Railroad, ap]2-6m TROUT FISHING! The Wisconsin Central Railroad THROUGH TO LAKE SUPERIOR. EXCURSION TIGKETS from Chicago to Ashland and return tor $20 ure sold at 63 Clark street, on the C, M. and Sr. Paul, Madison Street Depot, Chicago ; also at low rales for Miljyankee. Dogs, gins and tamp equipage taken free, n The points of attraction to sportsmen on this “Worest and Stream” route are Menasila (Doty Tsland) for bass fishing; Butternot Creek and Lake for maakelonge. The many branches and lak-s of the Flambeau and Chippewa which teem with bass, pike and pickerel. never (ill this sexson fished by sportsmen. Between Silver Creek and Ashland all are trout streams, and many others can be easily reached along the shore from Ashland or Bayfield, while rock fishing aud trolling in the Bay aifords ex- cellent sporb. | The new hotel at Ashland, the “Chequamegon,” will be opened in July, Meantime there is accom- moontion af the smaller honses, Steamers from Ashland to all Lake Ports. HENRY PRATT, General ‘Noket Agent, | i S60, Wik, = a A Hotels and Besorts for Sportsmen. PHOPLE’S EVENING LIND STRAM A 41 North River, every week da Sportsmen's Routes, Sportimen’s Zantes, Central Railroad OF NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK AND ee BRANCH DIVISION. REDUCED RATES FOR THE SEASON, Express Trai Time, between Now York and Loog Branoh, 1 hour and 20 minutes. THROUGH PULLMAN PARLOR OARS, Commencing June 25, 1577, trains leave New Yorks foot of Liberty etreet, for Red Bank, Long Branch, Ovean Grove, Sen Girt, etc.. ar 5:00, 7:45, 9:00, 114 A. M,, S240 (Bxpress), 4:00, 4:45, HU) P.M, Leave Sea Girt for New York pt 6:16, 7:25, 7:40 (Bx- press), 10:30 4. M., 1:52. 425, 6:05, $:39 P.M. Mondays only, 5:85 A. M, Leave Long Branch for New York at 6:50, 8:00, 8:15 (Express), 11:05 A. M., 2:40, 4:85, 6:40, 9:10 P. Mm. Mondays only, 6:10) A. Mm. Leaye Red Bank for New York af 7:03, 8:13, 11218 A. M., 2:43, 4:49, 6:55, 9:23 FP. M. Mondays only, 6:22 A.M, Stages connect at Matawan to and from Keyport, and at Squan to and trom Peint Plensiut. Monmouth Park Races,—Special train, rmnuning direct, leaves foot Liberty street av 11:00 A, wy. ou euch day of meetings, retarning 23 s00n as races are over. Tl. P, BALDWIN, Gen. Pass. Agent. jezi 3m ONG ISLAND RAILROAD, JUNE 17, 1877. Forryboats leave James’ Slip, N. Y., thirfy min- utes, and from ‘Chirty-fourth street, HE, B., fifteen minutes preyious to departure of trains. On Sundays, from ‘Thirty-fourth etreet only. Trains leave Long Island City as follows: Por Greenport, Sag Harbor, and intermediate stations, at S44, 9:03 a. an, 3:50, 4:06 2. m. SUNDAYS at 4:40 4. m. Tor Patchogue, ete., at 9:63 A. or., 2:00, 4145, 5:23P.m. SUNDAYS, 9:15 a_ x, For Babylon, ete., at 7:30, 8:44, 9:05, 11:30 a. tr., 2:00, 4:24, 4:45, 5:28, 6:03 PF, uw, SUNDAYS, 0:15 A. M., 6.35 7. mM. For Port Jetierson, ete., at 10:00 A, a., 3:80, 5057. m. SUNDAYS, 9:30 4. or Tor Northport, ete., 10:00 a, m., 8:30, 4:24, 4:05, 642 p.m, SUNDAYS, 9:80 a. an, f:30 P, or. Vor Locust Valley, Glen Cove, ste., 8:44, 11:30 A. M., 2:00, 3:30, 4724, 5,05, 6:42 p. ar, SUNDAYS, 9:30 A. wy, 6:30 P, Br. For Merrick, ete., at 7:30, 8:44, 11:30 4. m., 2:00, 4:24, 5:23, 6:03, 7:00 P, m. SUNDAYS, 9:15 A. M., 6:35 P. M For Rockaway Beach, ete., 9:00, 10:20, 11:30 A. oe, 1:30; 4:24, 5:45 Pp. a. SUNDAYS, 9:15, 10:00, 11:00 4.01, 1:30, 6:30 P. m, For Far Rockaway, etc., 9:00, 10:20, 11:30 a. m., 1:30, 2:00, 9:00, 4:24, 5:05, 5:43, 7:00 P, or, SUN- DAYS, 9:15, 10:00, 11:00. af., 1:50, 6:30, 6:35. a1, For Hempstead, ete., 7:30, 7:40, 9:00, 9:20, 11;03 A. M., 1:38, 2:00, 8:00, 4220, 5:00, 6:03, 6:40, 7:04P. um. On Saturday nights only, 12:01 a. mu SUNDAYS, 9:15, 9:27 a, a, 4:30 ». a, For Garden City, ete., 7:40, 9:08, 9:20, 11:08 A. mG, 1:83, 3:00, 4:20, 4:45; 5:00; 5:40, 7:04 Pp. ar On Saturday nights only, 12:01 4.m™. SUNDAYS, 9:27 4. M., 4:30 P. For Great Neck Branch, etc., 6:40, 9:20 a, M., 1:33, 4:20, 5:40, 6:31 P, ot. Saturday nights only, 12:01 a. uw. SUNDAYS, 9:27 4, a1, 6:30 P. ow. For Flushing, Main street, etc., 6:40, 7:40, 9-20, 11:08 A. m., 12:32, 1:83, 8:00, 4:20, 5:00, 5:40, 6:31, 7:04 P.M. Saturday nights only, 12:(1 a, mM. SUNDAYS, 9:27; 10:80 a. a, 12:43, 2:19, 6:30 P, Mm. x For Fimshing (Bridge 8t.), Colleze Point and Whitestone, ete., 6:40, 7:50, 8:41, 9:90, 11:03 A. M,, 12:32, 1:33, 3:00, 4:00, 4:40, 5:20, 6:00, H40. 7:35, 9:15, 10335 ev. or, 12:01 A.a SUN- DAYS, 8:50, 10:12, 11:43 4. n., 1:12, 3:30, 6:12 7:43, 10:00 P. at. : For Jamaica, ete., 7:30, 8.44, 9:00, 10:00, 10:20, 11:30 a. w.. 1:30, 2:00, 3:30, 4:06, 4:94, 5:05, 5:23, 5:43, 6.03, 6:42, 7:00 P. m. On Saturday nights only, 12:01 a. mw. SUNDAYS, 4:40, 9:15, 9:30, 10:00, 11:00 A. ot, 1:30, 6:80; 6:35 Pp. ow. Ticket offices in New York at James’ Slip and 34th street ferries, at the offices of Westeott’s Long Island IMxpress Co., 7 Park Place, 785 Broadway, 942 Broadway, Grand Central Depot, 42d st.; in Brooklyn, 333 Washington st. ; in Brooklyn, E. D., 79 Fonrth street. By plirchasing tickets at any of thea above offices, baggage can be checked from residence to destination, je28 Montclair& Creenwoed Lake Railway Time Table, Depots foot of Cortlandt and Desbrosses Sts COMMENCING MAY 21, 1877. ‘Trains loave New York, 6:30 4. a. 4:80». a1, Gon- nect With boat, and arrive at Abington 11:00 A. w. 7:05 P. M., Leave Abington, 7 4. af, 4:05 Pp. mM. Arrive, New York, :40 a, o., 7 P.M. a Hi. EZ. DORWIN, Superintendent, People’s Line Steamers BETWEEN NEW YORK AND A ‘Che most & tmfortable and clita pest LBANY. SPORTSMEN OR PLEASURE SEEKERS Going to or returning from The Thousand Islands of the St. Lawre Great Novtliern or Adirondgelr Wiluernes® ae Lake George, Lake Champlain, The White ” and Fravconin Mountains, Saratora Menton, Niagara, Sharon and ’ Kichtield Springs, Coopers- town (an Otsego Late), or any of the favorite summer rontes North or West. The commodions steamers, DREW und $1. JOUN, make close connection at Albany with express traine for all the above-named places. ; 4 =~ Save one day of your vatation py taking the 2, from Pier atSPow. M the Epropean plan, beantitn! Music, no tL smoke, cop! rooms, good beds, refreahin 1 ’ : f Blaep, ia Bs D, MAYO, Gell Passenger Agent, A BUFFALO HUNT —ON THE— Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. THE NEW ROUTE FOR KANSAS & COLORADO SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SPORTSMEN. For maps, tickets, ind gen’l information, apply fo L. DW. NUPMVING, Geuw'l Hastern Agent, vs Broadway, New York. T. J. ANDERSON, Gew’l Pass. Agent, } Topeka, W. F. WHEDE, Gen’l Ticket Agent, j Kansas. Old Dominion Line. The steamers of this Line reach some of the finest Wwiterfow! and upland shooting sections in the conn- try. Connections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb's Island, and points on the Peninsula, City Point, James’ River, Currituck, Florida, and the monntain- ous country of Virginia, Tennessee, ete, Norfolk Steamers sail Tnesday, Thursday and Saturday; Delaware steamers Monday, Wednesday and Vriday iP. M. Full Information given at office, 197 Green- wich St., New York, Rep 28 Ly Fall River Line, FOR BOSTON AND THE EAST. MAMMOTH PALACE STEAMERS BRISTOL and PROVIDENCE. The best and Most direct route to the Fishing and Tiunting resoris of Cape Cod, and Ratigeley, and Moosehead Lakes, etc. Tickets tor sale at all principal hotels and tickel ofiives, Steamers leave New York Daily at 5 Pp, M. (Sundays, Jnly 1 to Sept. 2, inelusiye) from 28 North River, foot of Murray street. BORDEN & LOVELL, Agents. GEO, L, CONNOR, Gen’l Pass'r Agent. {vst FOR FLORIDA. Ro THROUGH POCKETS TO FRRNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, SAN- FORD, ENTERPRISH, and intermediate landings on Sv. JOHN'S RIVER and interior points in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence by railroud or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, General Agent. Philadelphia and Southern Mail S. 8. Co., 416 South Delaware Avenue, Phila. ““The Bermudas.” OW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHTFUL WINTER RESORT, is reached in seventy hours from New York, and being surrounded by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an equable temperature of about 70 deg. The elegant British Steamships ‘‘ Bermuda,” and “Oamina,” 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- ger travel, are dispatched from New York for Ber- muda fortnightly, making connection at Bermuda with steamers for St. Thomas and West Indies, Bor fujl information apply to A. KE, OUTHRBRIDGE, Agent, 29 Broadway, N.Y. Dec 21 ly. POE “IMSHING LINE.” Brook Trout,Grayling and Black Bass Fisheries OF NORTHERN MICHICA N, VFA Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. (Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Olneinnati Short Line.) Sportsmen who have cast a fly or trolled a spoonin the waters of the Grand Traverse Region will wome again without solicitation, Ail other jovers of the Rod are Tnyited to try these waters, wherein The fish tamed above, #8 also Munsenlonge, Pilkce and Pickerel, abound. In no other streams east of the Rocky Mountains is the famous American Grayling found in such numbers. rook Trout Senson opens Way Lar. Grayling Season opens June 1st. The sportsman Gan redaily seud trophies of his Skill to his friends or “Club” at home, us iee for packing fish can be had at many points. Take your family with you. The scenery of the North Woods and Jakes is very beautifol. The air is pure, dry, and bracing. The climate peenliarly beneticial fo those sullermg with hay fever and asthina. The Motel Accommodations, while plain, are, as a role, food, Jar surpassing the average i coun- tries new enough to aiford the finest af fishing, On andafter June 1st Round Trip kxeursion Piekers sold tO Pointe in Grand Traverse MNegion, and attractive train facilities offered to tourists and sportsmen; also, on and after July 1st, see pre and Lake Superior Excursion ‘lick- ets. Dogs, Guns, and Vishing Tackle Corvied ree it owners risk, Onmp Cars for Fishing Parties and Families nat low rates. It is our aim to make sportsmen feel ‘at home’? on thie route. For Tourists’ Guide, coutaining full in- formation as to Hotels, Boats, Guides, 4c,, and accn- Tate maps of the Fishing Grounds, send to Forest TL PAGE, GF WTA, G pei , &. PB. eT. A., Grand Rapids, Mich, A. HOPPE, Hasiern Passenger Agent bat M16 Market Street, Philadelphia, Sportsmen's Rontes. | TO SPORTSMEN: THE PENN SYLVANIA RR. CO. Respectfully Invite attention tu Whe 7) GS = Superior Facilities afforded by their lines for reaching most of the PROTLTING PARKS and RACH COURSES Ih whe Middle Stares, ‘hese lines boing CONTINUOUS VYROM ALLIMPORTANT POINTS, ayoid the din- cullies and dangersof reshipment, while tle excel- Jentears Which ron over fie smooth steel tracks en- ableSTOOK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure or injury. The ifnes of Pennsylyani Railroad Company also reneh the best lecalities for GUNNING AND FISHING in Penbsylvunia and New Jersey. EXCURSION TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Compuny in all the principle cities to KAN, RENOVA, BIth- FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known centers for Trout Fishing, Wing Shooting, Hunting, Also, to TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN CAPE MAY, SQUAN, und points on the NEW JERSEY COAsT renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN AND PRATHER. LL. P. FARMER, Gen’! Pass. Arent. FRANK THOMSON. Qen’l Manager, fell7-tt and Still EW HAVEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGIIELD, White Mountains, Mount Mansfield, Takes Memphremagoge and Willoughby, Montreal ani Quebec, Shortest, quickest and most pleasant route. Steamers GC, H, NORTHAM and CONTIN EN- PAL leave Pier 25, Hast River, daily (Sundays ex- cepted) at 3 P, M. (28d st., H. R., 3:65 p,m.) and 11 P, M., Connecting withtrains on wharf at New Haven for aboye and intermediate places. rassengers taking 11 Pr, M. steamer (except Sat- trdays and Sundays) can reach White Mountain, Lakes, ete, next afternoon, Tickets sold and baggage checked at No. 44 Broadway, New York, and No, 4 Court Strevt, Brooklyn, Full particulars at office on Pier, RICHARD PEUK, Supt, IEW JHRSEY AND NEW YORE RAILWAY.— Leave New York via Erie Ferry, foot of Chamb- bce sireet : For Hackensack—7145, S45 A. M., 1:00, 4915, 5:16 aud 6,30 P. ar For Nuwuuet—TH5, 8:45 A. M,, 1:00, 4:15 and &:1h PM, For Spring Valley—8:45 A. M,, 1:00, 4:15, and 6:16 P, Me Wor Haverstraw and Stony Point—so A. w., 1:00 aod 4:15 Pp, M. Wor New York City—TH5 Avs, 1:00, d:15 and 6.15 P.M. Sundays—845 A.M, and 645 P,M., atopping at all stations, Thése trains leave Twenty-third street as followa : U:45, S215 A. M., 12:45, 3:45, 4,45, and 6.157. M, Sun- days, 845 A,M and 6:45 er. Me A Theatre ‘Vrain on Saturday night only at 1145 p.m, from Twenty-third street. aud 12 Mid. from Chambers street, which goes through to Stony Point, stoppmg at all stations, Hxeursion Vickets can be provured at Erie Ticket Oflices, foot of Chambers street. All trains leave the the Erie Depot in Jersey City. Cominontation TMekets, at low rates, at rhe ollice of the Company, Pavonia Ferty, Jersey City, Nee Pocket Time Vables. Until further notice, the Trains of this Road will dot walt for the Dwenty-third street honta, May 17-1f L. D. BRUYN, Supt. TONINGTON LINE, L FOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS BAST, REDUCED FARK: Elegant Steamers STONINGTON and NARRA- GANSETT leaye Pler 33 North River, foon Jay St. at 6:0 PM, NOT A TRIP MISSED IN SEVEN YEARS. Tickets for sale at ail principal tickeh offices, Site rooms secured ab offices of Westeutt Nx: Ooin- pany, and at 363 Broadway, New York, uni a3 Wash- ington St., Brooklyn. PROVIDENCE LINE. Preizht only, steamers leave Pier 37, North iiver, foot Park Place, at 4:30 P.M, Freighta via dither line taken at lowest rates, L. W. FILKINS,G P. Agent, D.§. BABCOOK, Pres. St. Paul and St, Louis Short | Line. Burlington, C. Rapids & N’rth’rn Railway. QUICKEST,‘ CHEAPEST AND BEST! TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, crossing and connecting with all Hast and West Lines in Iowa, running through some of the finest hunting grounds in the Northwest for Geese, Ducks, Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Quail. Sportsmen tae apes taken good care ot, Reduced rates €n or More upon application to Generat Ticket Office, Cedar Rapids, . J. VHS, E, F. Winstow. Gen, Passenger Agent. General Manager, yen F eet CHICAGO GALTON RAILROAD, THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from Chigago to St. Louis, and Chicago to Kansas City, WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS IN EVERY THING. SPORTSMEN will find splendid shooting on the line of this road; prairie chicken, geese, ducks, brant, uail, ete, Connects direct at Kansas City with the singas Pacific Railroad for the great Buffalo and Au- telope range of Kansas and Colorado. Liberal arrangements for transport of Doys for Sportsmen. ' JAMES CHARLTON, — General Pargenger Afent F ~Chicage, Llp, ) —_ _ mmtiing Soviet 394. . Sportsmen's Rantes. FOREST) AND. STREAM. Fishing Gackle. NORTHERN RAILWAY OF CANADA AND COLLINGWOOD LINE. Only frst-cluss route to the beautiful inland lakes of CANADA AND LAKE SUPERIOR. The Fine UPPER CABIN STEAMERS of this line leave Collingwood EVERY ‘'TURSDAY and FRIDAY, at 6 P.M, on arrival of steamboat express leaving Toronto at 1 P.M, The Great North Shore Lake Superior Route and ONLY LINE passing through the magnificent. GREAT NORTH CHANNEL, LAKE COUCHICHING and the LAKES OF MUSKOKA Are the coolest and most delightful summer water- ing places In Northern Canada, Tourists proceed- ing down the St, Lawrence can make & pleasant de- tour from Toronto to Couchiching In five hours on express train, with Drawing-room Coaches, thus Visiting the most charming of the chain of Lakes, EXCURSION TICKETS at greatly reduced rates during months of July, August and September, may be had fiom COOK, SON & JENKINS, 261 Broadway, New Nork; and AT CENTRAL VERMONT RAILWAY OFFICE, 422 Washington street, Boston, Barlow CGumberland, GENERAL AGENT, jy5 32m 35 Yonge street, Toronto. Sportsman’s Route. CANADA, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, Direct Connections at Buffalo with New York Centra] and Erie Railway. At Detroit, with Michigan Central Railroad. At Toledo, with Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad, DOGS CARRIED FREE aud given special attention, THROUGH CARS—FAST TIME AIR LINE—STEEL RAILS, FRANK E. SNOW, G. P. & T. Agent. Derroit. Sishing Gackle. Conroy, Bissett & Malleson 65 Fulton Street, New York. Factory—Foot South Sth Street, Brooklyn, E, D, Six Strip Hexagonal Split BAMBOO RODS, \ ENAMEL ALL PRESERVED ON THE OUTSIDE, QUALITY GUARANTEED. The annexed list will show the reductions we have made. We quote: Form- erly. Now. Ply Rods, 6 strivs, 2 WHT Rig ponerse $40 $25 Fly Rods, 6 Strip, 3 tips, and duplicate VOM ilce sb oye se BDO 35 Black Bass Rods, 6 Strip, 2 Tips...... 50 380 Black Bass Kods, 6 Strip, 3 Tips and Duplicate Joint... 65 40 Salmon rods, 6 Strip, DPMP .eseclectseas, 80 50 These Rods are, in all thelr parts, WHOLLY MADE BY HAND. Positively no machinery is used in any art of their construction. a s@- SEND FOR CIRCULAR, We have but one grade of these Rods—the best in the market. PHILADELPHIA Fishing Tackle House. & SON, 503 COMMERCE STREF”, PHILA. Manutacturers of FINE FIFFING@ TACKLE A Specialty of he Gelebrated Green Heart Wood for Amateur Rod Makers, Rod Mountings in Sets for Tbc, to $6 75, RODS, REELS, Era, REPAIRED. Shipley’s Self-Hooking Elastic Snells, “catch every fish that bites.” Send for sample. For rout on gut, 10c. each, T6c, per doz, Vor Bass on double gut, 12c, each, $1 per doz. Highest premium at Centennial, 1876, and Franklin Institute, 1874. The perfect revolving NEW TROLJING SPOON. The bestin the world, Ifnottotr fount at your fishing tackle stores, these spoons Will ve forwarded by the manufacturer by mail, Fi ¢:,$1 @ach. JOHN H, MANN, Syracuse, New Rae je DINGEE SCRIBNER, Manufacturer of Salmon and Tront Rods, Salmon and Trout Flies, Casting Lines, Landing Nets, Gaffs, etc, Waterloo Street, St, Johus, N. B. jy12 6m + ae ° Of Every Description. NEW YORK, LONDON, REDDITCH, SUCCESSORS TO Tackle HAVANA AND RIO JANBIRO. s | 48 Maiden Lane N. Y. | ANDREW CLARK & CO. Fishing FINE GOODS FOR SPORTSMEN A SPECIALTY, ABBEY ZIMBRIE, | Send for Price List to Box 1,294, H. L. LEONARD, BANGOR, MAINE, Manufacturer of every varlety of FINE RUDs for SALMON, BASS and TROUT FISHING. Split Bamboo Rods a Specialty Great reduction in prices. Trout Rods, full mounted, $30, formerly $50; other rods in proportion. Every Rod bearing my name is six strands from butt to extreme tip, and mounted with my “ patent waterproof ferrule,"*and warranted against imper— fections in material and workmanship, Any style of finish, hexagonal or round, as may be desired, Rods of Greenheart, Ash, or Lance- wood, MADE TO ORDER. Twas awarded a MEDAL and DIPLOMA at the Centennial for my Split Bamboo Rods. Also Manufacturer of Patent Reels for Salmon and Trout fishing. The lightest, strongest, and handsomest Reels ever made. Full line of FISHING TACKLE always on hand. Send for circular and price list. jet SEINNERS . New Fluted Bait. - A ZZ The best bait used for Bass and Pickerel Fishing Bass size, 75 cents; Pickerel size, #1 each, by mail post-paid, on receipt of price. Eagle Claw, for catch- ing Fish and Game, samp)es by mail, 35 and 75cents. Send stamp foriljustrated price list of Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods, FISH & SIMPSON, 132 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK. COMPETITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE, J.B. CROOK & CO., EIUSHING TACKLE, 50 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK; Makes the Immense Reductions. Greenheart Rods for Trout and Bass Fishine, $15 to $30, Ash and Lancewood Rods fer Trout and Bas® Fishing, $7 to #12. iiverything else in proportion. Goods sent C. 0. D to all parts of the United States and Canadas, TO AMATEUR Fishing Rod Makers, German Silver and Brass Rod Mountings ready made and to orderofmy own manufacture. Ferules, Guides, Rings, Tips, Reel Bands, Screw and Solid Bottoms, Double Fittings. Also superior Ash and Lancewood Fly and Black Bass Rods, of my own manufacture, $3, $5, $6 to $25. Rods suitable for the bays around New York, $150, $2 25, $8 50, $6 to $25, Trolling Rods for Alexandria Bay and the lakes, $4, $6, $5, $10. 100 feeti Superior Linen Line, by mail.... 200: a“ re “ Te ity = $00 4é ce ae “ce ae .. Cuttie Hunk, “ ‘ Black Bass Flies (something new) per doz. Large variety of Trout Flies for Maine and the Adirondacks; prices, $1, $1 50, $2 per doz, Brass Reels, plain, 50c., 75c,, $1 each. Brass Reels, multi- plying, $1 75, $2 25, $2 60, $8 to$6 each. Rubber Click, Serman Silver Click, and multiplying reels for black bass, trout, and forthe bays of New York. Complete ontfits as low as consistent with good material and workmanship, Goods sent C, O, D. to all parts of the United States and Canada. J. F. MARSTERS, Manouractrurer, 125 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORE. Send for Catalogue of Sporting Goods. CARD. Dr. Fowler’s Celebrated Six Strip Bamn- boo Fly-Rods. Improved and finished without eutting away the enamel, The strongest and handsomest rods in the world. Private ordérs solicited for all kinds of fine tackle, Rods sent per express on approval, Send for vireular, A.H. FOWLER, Ithaca, N.Y, B. CREENWOOD, Manufacturer of Aquaria Greenhouse and Aquarium Cement, and dealer in Fish Food, Gold Fish, Water Plants, Fish Globes, and aqnaria stock of all deserip- tions. Canaries, Cages, Rustic Baskets, bird Houses, Sea Shells, etc., wholesale and retail, Nos. 114 to 18 COLLEGE PLACE, Near Murray Bt. New York, N, ¥. THE UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, LOWELL; MASS. Manufacturers of the CENTRAL FIRE, SOLID HEAD, BRASS SHELL, RE-LOADING CARTRIDGE, Used by the Army and Navy of the United States and several Foreign Governments, All kinds of RIM FIRE AMMUNITION. Bpecial attention paid to orders for TARGET PRACTICE CARTRIDGES. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. WALLACE & SONS, Agents, M. Y. City, ishing Cackle. Gunpowder, W. Holberton's Fly Rods FOR TROUT AND BLACK BASS, Brass mounted.... German silver mounted....... op German silver and capped ferrules Same as above, extra middle joint, 4tips.. . sacar cores ccrescsnadecensnsae DY UD -s. 10 00 --2 12.00 +. 1i 5) In answer to numerous inquiries as to quality and strength of rod, from those who state that they do not believe good reds can be made for the price, I im happy to say that of all the rods sold during the past year, Ihave not heard a single complaint. Mr. A, E. Hume, of Alexandria Bay, Killed, on one of the $5 rods, after a two hours’ struggle, a maskelongze Weighing 27 pounds. Every rod warrauted. W. HOLBERTON, 102 Nassau St,, N, Y. jy12 2t rugs, HH. T Helmbola’s Compound Fluid Extract BUCHU. Owing to various counterfelting of my original receipt ond preparations, T hav changed my labels and wrappers, which in future will be printed in CARMINE InkzK. The Public are contioned to be sure nad get the genuine, prépared by the H. T, HELMBOLD Manufacturing=Companvy, No. 30 PLATT ST., NEW YORK, BABBITT’S TOILET SOAP. wy Unrivalled for the tol. WI SSN) tet and the bath, No HAV SN artiticlal and decop- * tive odors to cover fd hits Best Soap haa perfected and now offers to the public The Finest Totlet Soup In the World, Oniy the purest vegetable otis used tn ita manufacture. “ For Use in the Nursery it ha» No Equal. Worth ten times tts cost to every mother and family m Christ pacar Seale box se ee 8 eee of 6 028, cach, sentiree: dress on receipt of 76 con “ wn.any Ba Address 1. 'T. Babbitt, New York City. @a-For Sale by a'] Druggists.ze ¥ ws — W. H. HOLABIRD, Manufacturer of Specialties in Clothing EFOR SPORTSMEN, Valparaiso, Ind. fs) ing Suits complete, consisting of Coat, Vest, pean Cap, 310. PO. 1 Shooting Coats, water- proof and first-class in every particular, sent by mail, post-paid, $6. : Holabird’s New Game Bag; weighs 12 onnces- The most convenient and coolest garment ever offered to Sportsmen. Can be used in place of a coat; room for 50 shells and 75 snipe or quail; by mail for $2. : nt Holabird's New Cartridge Vest, capacity for fi iy shells; simple and admirable for boat shooting; $2.50. Fine Linen, Corduroy and Fustlan sults made to order in the neatest and most desirable style. Send 25 cents for my book on Dog Breaking and eatalogue of goods. Money réfanded if not satisiled. Ww. H. HOLABIRD, Valparaiso, Tad. Ask your gun dealer for Holabind’s goods. jyi2at “ORIENTAL -POWDER MILLS MANUFACTURERS OF ALL. KINDSOF GUNPOWDER Office—_13 BROAD STREET,; BOSTON. BRANDS—DIAMOND GRAIN. FALCON DUCKING, WILD FOWL SHOOTING, 4 WESTERN SPORTING, (Oriental Rifle.) The Oriental ” powder is equal to any made; no expense is spared to make the best. BRANCH OFFICES, * J, G. Munro, Agent, 19 Bxchange Sh Buffalo, N.Y Cobb & Wheeler, Agents, 9 State St., Chicago, Ill. C.J.Chapin, Agent, 218 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo.? Agencies in the principal cities in the United States. Laflin & Rand Powder Co. No. 26 MURRAY ST, N. Y., Sole Proprietors and Manufactnrers of Orange Lightning Powder. No. | to 7, strongest and Cleanest made, in sealed lib, cani ters. Higher numbers specially are recom- tended for breech-loading guns. Orange Ducking Powder, For water-fow], strong and clean. No. 1 to 6 in metal kegs, 637 lbs. each, and canisters of land 5 lbs, each. * Orange Rifle Powder. The best for rifles and all ordinary purposes. Sizes, PG, FFG and FFIG, the last being tne tinest. Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25 Ibs., 124g Ibs. and 637 [bs., and in canisters of 1 Ib. and 44 Ib, All of whe above give high velocities and’ leas residuum than any other brands made, and are re- commended and used by Capt. A, H. BOGARDUS, the “Champion Wing Shot of fhe World.” BLASTING POWDEE and ELECTRICAL BLAST- ING APPARATUS. MI) ITARY POWDER of all kas on hand and made to order, Safety Fase, Frictional and Platinum Fuses. Pamphlets, showing sizes of the grain by wood ent, sent free on application to the above address. THE HAZARD POWDER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF GUNPOWDER. Hazards ** Electric Powder. Nos. 1 (fine) to 6 (coarse). Unsurpassed in point of strength and cleanliness, Packed in square canis— ters of 1 1b, only. Wazard’s ‘American Sporting.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 3 (coarse), In 1 1b. canisters and 63, Ib. kegs. A fine grain, quick and clean, for upland prairie shooting. Well adapted to shot~ guns. Hazards ** Duck Shooting.” Nos, 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse), Ind and 5 |b. canisters and 64 and 12% 1b, kegs. Burns slowly and very clean, shooting remarkably close and with great penetration. Hor field, forest or water shooting, it ranks any other brand, and it is equally serviceable for muzzle orbreech-loaders, Hazard’s ** Kentucky BRifie,”? FFFG, FFG, and “Sea Shooting” NG, in kegs of 25, 1216 and 6%/ lbs, and cans of 51lbs. FFFG is alzo packed ini and 3¢ Ib, canisters. Burns etrong and moist. The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands for ordinary sporting, and the “Sea Shooting” NG 1a the standard Réfle powder of the country. Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. GOVERNMENT CANNON & MUSKET POWDER; ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES FOR #XPORT, OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR BROOF, MANU- FACTURED ‘TO ORDER. The aboye can be had of dealers, or of the Com- pany’s Agents in eyery prominent city, or wholesale at onr office, 83 WALL STREET, NEW YORE, English Sporting Gunpowder. CURTIS & HARVEY'S DIAMOND GRAIN. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Superior Rifle. Enfield Rifle, and Col, Hawker's Ducking. W, STITT, 61 Cedar street, N. ¥. Agent for the United States, SAFETY REIN HOLDER, The handiest thing out. It saves time; preyenta necidents; looks well, is not in the way,; is easily mijusted, and fits Ss. HA is, Sportsman Warehouse, L77F BREGADWAY., NEW YORE, (AGENCY OF SHARPS” RIFLE COMPANY,) } ; OFFERS : Capt. Bogardus’ Patent Glass Ball Prap........c+sesecsssscaseses essareees cost aeyeaseve seaseesee RLO each, Bogardus’ Patent Rough Glass Balls ......jescyeerseeceeses esses Shiseb cov yetdsveteeensesens e000 par 100, Plain Glass Balls.........5...0+ Fig dey Sores adpy cae secrete per 100, packed 300 in bbl. Bogardus’ Trap and 300 plain balls for,.......... Kost Maxthon: 0.0.1) te: on Perr rere et Beer eee fb Marshall's Trap and 300’ plain balls fov......s.s.s00- Gee ines dep MERE cabsive ds gsv Roa greTaades VeessmlO Purdy Trap and 300 plain balls for #10 Three of either Marshall's or Purdy’s Traps for............ 812 Orders for Balls tn large quantities a liberal discount, Also has in stock a new line of P. Webley & Son’s Celebrated Breech-Loading Guns, ~ including those that were at the Centennial—a beautful lot of GUNS which I offer very cheap. STODDARD’S CARTRIDGE LOADING IMPLEMENT, COMBINING SEVEN DIFFERENT TOOLS, Cap Expeller, Recapper, Loader and Tube, Creaser, .Cutter’ Crimper and Shell Extractor. NO. 10 NOW READY, Ferfoimit p all the operations possible ic the manipulation of Paper or Meta €lig fer Breech-Loaders, Length, 43 inches. Nickel Plated. Weight 10 ounces. ¥ All the operations are perfect, and suitable for any shell. AWARDED EOTH MEDAL AND DIPLOMA AT CENTENNIAL PRICE, 3S, Circulars sent on application. Send postal order or check to C. J. STODDARD & CO., Lock-Box 192, Washington, D. C. LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE, EXHIBITION. { FINE FISHING TACKLE, MANCHESTER, VERMONT. Veiy strong and durable. Artificial Flies, fnlly equal to any ma de, for trout, $1.50 per dozen; triple: hooks, $3.50 per dozen; for bass, $2.50 to$4.50 per dozen. Any variety to order per sample. Refer to’ Dy. J. R. ROMEYN, Keesevi'le, N. Y.; SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, Com. L. A. BEARDSLEE, Little Falls, N.Y. MENTION ** FOREST AND STREAM.” Sportsmen's Goods. auiugements, Ete. THE SNEIDER GUN. The only iveposit Double-Grip Self-Closing Top Lever Action IN THE WORLD, Sizes, from 6 to 16 bore, Equal in finish, symmetry of outiines and materiale to the finest English Guns, and at more Teasonable prices. The Sueider Rebounding Lock used, the only Re- bounder with which missfires will not occur, HIGHEST CENTENNIAL MEDAL FOR “Workmanship, Rebounding Locks and Compen- sating Features of Action.” GUNS REBORED FOR CLOSE SHOOTING. STOCKS BENT TO ANY CROOK, W. HOLBERTON, of New York City, has Samples, CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION MEDAL AWARDED FOR STEAM LAUNCHES. N. Y. SAFETY STEAM POWER CO 80 Cortlandt Street, New York. GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTIOn TO THE BUILDING OF LAUNCHES AND THEIR MACHINERY, And wil furnish them complete in every pattisular, fitted either as Swift Racers, Fast Pleasure Boats, Party Boats, Fishing Boats, Ship's Tenders, or Perry Boats. Or iwill supply the MACHINERY, complete. Alsc models, drawings and moulds to parties preferring to build their own boats. SEND Fok DESCRIPTIVE CrInevULaAR. A VICTORIOUS INVENTION The Eagle Claw. Am ingenious device for the purpose of catching all kinds of Animals, Fish and Ganie, The 6asy method of setting the Hagle Claw, combined with the simplicity of removing the victim, are among its peculiar Ailvyantages. Ttis immaterial how to place it when set. It may be buried fiat in the gromnd, suspended from the limb of a tree, or, when oceasion requires, coveréu with grass, leayes or other light Materls] without imany way impairing its certain operation, Ibis adapted for bait of any description, and, when, set, no | Animal, Psi or Bird that touchés the bait can possibly escape. | Jt does Dotmanpie or injure its victims in the slighest degree, nor need they be handled to free them from the trap, u PRICE LIST: No, 1—For fishing andall Kinds of smali game and gntmalss sent by mall_.......-- puedeat eo ure BA uprieneg aot dein cents, Wo.2—For catehiig Mink; Muskrats, Raccoons, large Game, Leth § aay OAS Cee oe coy alas ales Mala phininie ents e +... 75 cents. Na, 3, or Rocky Mountain Giant, for catching Bears, Wolves, Panthers, &c. Can be easilyset by a boy, and willstand:s ; . s'rain of several hundred pounds. Weight, 10 to 15 1bs:$10, All goods sent, charges paid, to'any address on receipt of price, i. Chas. L. Coate, _-~ 880 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. ¥. P.O, Box 214. ~ AGENTS WANTED. Pin Fire Guns changed to Central Fire, Muzzle-Loading Guns Altered to Breaci-Louders, Clark & Sneider, 214 W. Pratt St., Baltimore Send for illustrated Catalogue. BOUDREN’S PATENT COMBINATION s ' Jack, Dash and Fishing LAMP, For NIGHT HUNTING Deer and other animals, SPBARING FISH. Indisptisable on any Boating, Yacktidg or Camping POD jqaol Sifected by Wind, Rain * Jjolting, Burns kerosene Safely without a chimney, Throws a powerful licht 200 feet ahead., Asa DASH LAMP for CARRIAGES it has no equal. Fits on any shaped dash or on any vehicle. PRICE, ack and Dasi....-....... $6 00 Fishing Lamp............. 8 00 C, 0. D., with privilege of examination, WHITE WEG COMPANY, dy12 tt BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Seydel & Co’s Pocket Hammock. No, 1, weight only 14g 1bs,; beays 1,300 lbs.;_ price $M. A most luxurious Couch, Seat, Swing, Etc. ry Pat, PSMA OO” Cilculars may be had by addressing McCOY & CO., 3dr and 136 Duane Street, N. ¥ HAMMOCKS WOR LAWNS anpD EXCURSIONS, ) Mn Tents, Cam Stools, Camp Kettles, Rubber Blankets, Mosquito ‘Nets, Lawn Setteee, etc. Send for Illustrated Circular, G. WEBSTER PECK, Manufacturers’ Agents, 110'Chambersst., N. Y. jys CAMP LOUNGE €O., TROY, N. ¥, Vajise Lounge, $5 to #8. Trade dis- counts. ree Circulars. Pillow inner ma au ge » und Mosquito Bar ' Canopy -with every Lounge and Cot. Wealise Cot, Price $10. Spreads 6ft. x 2ft. Jointed Tent Poles: 6 ft. poles, $3 per set; 9 ft. poles, $4 per set. Branch Oflices—1 Cortlandt St., N. ¥. City; 18 Fanieol Hall Square, Boston; 15 Calle Tejadillo, Havana; 415 Sansome St,, San Pran- cisco. Agents wanted. jy12 cow Bound Volumes Forest and Stream. SEVENTH VOLUME, NOW READY. First Four Volumes, $4 each, Others, $3.50. Acompléte setof the FOREST AND STREAM- seven yolunras, bound handsomely in cloth—a valu, able library for the sportsman—-can now be obtained ‘ton applivation to this office, ILMORE’s CONCERT GARDEN. OPEN EVERY NIGHT IN THE WEEK WITH GILMORE'S GREAT MILITARY BAND. SPECIAL PROGRAMMES SUNDAY EVENINGS. Boxes seating four, $3, 50 cents admission. Zoological Garden. FATRMCUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA, Cpen every day, A large collection of Living Wild Beasts, Birds and Reptiles. Admission 25 cents: _ children under twelve, 10 cents, jané ly~ HE GREAT NEW YORK AQUARIUM, Broad:- Way and 35th street. Open daily from 9 4. Mw. to 10P.M. Beantiful Tropical Fishes and Anemones, Wonderful Horned Cow Fishes and Ascidians, Twelve seals, sea lions, 15 sharks, 40 blow fishes, 6 hell-benders, and thousands of other curious marine creatures, Prof. Young, marvelous ventriloquist, Miss Lubin insubmarine performances, Delightful orchestral concerts. Feeding the animals and fishes and other entertaiments, j rated Island Aquarium now open for the summer, yi2 tt. Highest Honors AT THE GENTENNIAL WORLD'S AIR, 1876. SHONINGER ORGANS. ra PRONOUNCED UNANIMOUSLY AS THE Best Instruments. Their comparative excellence is recognized by the Judges in their Repert, from which the following ig an extract: “The B. SHONINGER ORGAN CO2S exhibit as the best Instruments ata price rendering them. possible to a large class of purchasers, having 2¢com bination of Reeds and Bells, producing novel sod pleasing effects, containing many desirable improve- ments, WH! stand tonger in dry or damp climate, less liable to get out of Grder,.all the boards being made three-ply, put. together se itisimpossible for them fo either slirink, swell or split,” THE ONLY ORGANS AWARDED THIS RANK. ‘This Medal and Award was granted-after the most Severe competition of the best makers, befere one of the most competent juries eyer assembled. cordance with our rule, the BEST ORGANS four the least money, We are prepared to appoint a few new Agents, Ilustrated Catalogues mailed, postpaid, upon ap- plication to B. SHONINGER ORGAN C@., 97 to 123 Chestnut Street, NEW HAVEN, CONN. THE PET CICAR. For the Camp and Field. Sent by mail anywhere on receipt of price, Pure Havana, $5.75 per hundred, or $3 for fifty in a box. Half Havana, $5.5) per hundred, B, STEIN, 102 Nassav Srrerr, Naw Your. dyd2t New styles aud prices just issued, which are imats-' z 396 W. & GC. SCOTT & SONS. First Prize Medal ond Biploma, awarded at the Centennial Exhibition, for excellence of workmauship and ma- terial In their Premier Quality and Medium grades, Their New Patent. Triplex Lever Grip Action and (om- Ppensating Lump. The attention of Sportsmen is requested to the above new action. Its superior strength and solidity impart greatly improved shooting powers, Hard hitting be- ing the desideratum required, is ob- tained by this powerful gun. Prices of the New Triplex Lever Grip, $175, $225 to #400. Marked the Triplex 10-bores extra. Our highest grade is as usual Guns, Rifles, Ete. “_) TRIPLEX, marked the PREMIER QUALITY. [Extract from Foresr AND STREAM, Now York, December 26, 1876, Contributed by one of the Judges of Awards of Guns at the Centennial :} “ This action (The Triplex Lever Grip) combines in the highest degree strength and simplicity, and must rapidly secure the fayor of all who test its merits, COMPENSATING LUMP. Strongly recommended, It is invalnable, and should be ordered on every gun. Costs about $10 extra. Choke-bores, medium or full. Our guns to be had of the principal dealers in the trade only, PREMIER GUN WORKS, Birmingham, England. mei ap, Paper and Metallic Shells THREE BARRELED Breech-Loading Guns. (TWO SHOT AND ONE RIFLE.) A new feature in the Sporting Line. Forms a light and compact gun from eight to ten pounds, giving to sportsmen the very thing so often wanted , OD Breech-Loading Shot Guns, ali kinds of shooting. | Represented by W. Holberton, 102 Nassau street, New York. ] MH Mannfactured by the SEND FOR CIRCULAR. a ‘i 1 W. H.BARER, nn UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE (00., Sept. 30:6m Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y. BRIDGEPORT, CONN, ie, THE STURTHVANT SHELLS are the easiest reloaded. . ° : Do not have to unterew the head nor use an awl to remove The Champion Air Pistol. ry the exploded caps. THE PATENT MOVABLE ANVILS, ar iit THE made of steel wire, will not bend or break. BERDAN PATENT SHELLS, new model, with 7 “ut Hobbs’ patent waterproof primers, neyer miss fire, and are highly {ene by all that have used them. APER SHELLS.—By repeated experiments and great outlay for improved materials, and machinery made ex- ressly for the purpose. we can now warrant oxr BROWN APER SHELLS equal to any imported. They are sure fire, and will not burst in the gon. | pas of any of the dealers in sporting materials for @ Shoots darts or slugs 60 to 7% feet with accuracy. Can be loaded by anybody with za safety and ease. Recommended by Gen. | qu Sherman, also by G. F. Lynch ; ‘the Australian Ride Teamo. FE oe ey . M, C. Co.’s Shells. Not sold at retaii by the manufactnrers, Blsich sah 2teod tas See Gb PRICES: ; Nickel Plated... 733 00 6 00 “ Rosewood Handle... 7 00 For sale in New York at the following stores: Peck & Snyder, J. P, Moore's Sons, Spies, Kissam & So,, Fist & Simpson, Chas. L. Ritzman, Scharlea Gros., John Dickinson. Sent by express ©, O. D., or by mail on receipt of price and 6) cents additional for postage. ‘St. Louis Conical Base Paper Shell.” Having made Important improvements in our Shell, we can safely recommend them as equal, if not superior, in quality to any Paper Shell manufactured in this country or in Eurnpe. Amung the advantages claimed for these Shells, are: A saying of 25 por cent. in the use of powder; also the great decrease in recoil. The sizes made are No, 10—25{, 27, and 3 inches; No, 12—25¢, 237, and 27% inches. Longer They are not mailable. Sample, 100, sent by expresson receipt of $1.15 ST. LOUIS OWICAL BASESHELI Shells will be made at extra cost. tor No, 12; 1,30 for No. 10, Factory and office, No. 2,239 De Kalb street, St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis Patent Shell Manufacturing Company. FAVORITE CIGARETTE ROLLER. a Compact, Simple, Practical, = and appreciated by smokers, Ko 2iuceciog..20” = $16 | Gapt, Bogardus’ Patent Ciass Ball Trap and Rough Balls. ———— These Traps and Balls patented by Bogardus and used by him many thousand times, proves them to be just what is wanted by all SPORTSMEN’S CLUBS AND AMATEURS. Sent by mail on receipt of price. POPE MANUFACTURING CO,, 47 High st., Boston, Mass. © C. 0, & B. ZETTLER, GUNSMITHS AND RIFLE GALLERY, 207 Bowery, New York. i k sure — PATENT ROUGH BALL—The only Ball that will breal wiienr ait by shot. [Use none bur the best. Eyery ball marked, Patented April 10, 1877; Traps, March 13, 1877. Geo. E. Hart & Co-, NEWARK, N. J. EK. THOMAS, JIR., QUNS, PISTOLS, SPORTING GOODS, 174 South Clark Strest, Chicago, Ill. Safes. a = ————— i NY AOI alii SSS— TRADE SUPPLIED. Cotton Duck, every width & weight, cut to any length, Oiled do. manufactured by steam power. HERR INGS SAFES ee 3 7 3” The World’s Champions. Slings for disabled Horton eben epg == = thoroughly harnessed, $10 each, _ = Di 4. Camp Meeting & Chapel. if - = Am 2 = al ll | Lock Pouches, Messenger Bags, Wp, ‘ A 6, Circus & Sliow. - Arrangement of Tent Catalogues. No.1. Artist's & Camping. 2, Military. o) a Noge Bags at wholesale, anything and everything that can bemade i: —— =F ofcanvas, === John Boyle, 199, 201, 203 Falton St. Bis 4 mili \ AN LAREA I EO il aul IAAT FIRE TRIED. ‘NTAQUd AW > = a ae . het LANA . La ts ; 4 ¥ Received, Intergational Exhibition awards: Palmetto Tents. see ESTATE, a cEG . } Mail Bag Manu fo , ‘ Loudon. .185l New York........1853 re.resented above. FULTON ST., NEW YORK, Paris .... ..1867 Philadelphia....1876 Also awards of gold and silver medals, 3 MEERSCHAUM AND CIGARETTES, _assachnssetts Charitable Mechanic Ree tOn, EZ” DOBS NOT BITE THE TONGUE. = Brad SINT mbiabiony rontlTare, é Our Cignrettes fre a5 file #8 can be produced, Only the {best French Cigarette paper is used, which ; ; is free from mineral and other Injurious substunces. New York, and mavy others, are " a icious Cigarette of Perique and Vanity Fair. Most conve ent and elegantly mola ae in eps ee a tee 15 cents. Highest Award, Vienna, 1573, and Centenniany 1876. Our Peerless aud Plain Fine Gut Chewing re unstrpassed, The only brands receiving t ienna Award, Always Uniform and Keliable WM. S. KIMBALLE& CO., Rochester, New York. (6 PRIZE MEDALS.) HERRING CO., AFH AND LOCK MANUFACTURERS, 951 ond 252 Broadwuy, N.Y. | PEERLESS TOBACCO WORKS. Gang, Rifles, Ele, Sportsman’s Depot. (ESTABLISHED 1836.) First premium st World’s Fair at New York and Centennial Exhibition. JOHN KRIDER,':! N. E, Cor. Second and Walnut Sts., Phila: GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks, Flies, Leaders, Snoods, Artiticial Bait, Fly Books, tc., Ete, S27 Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies Made to Order. ALSO “Krider’s” Celebrated Center Enamel Split and Glued Bamboo Rods, Birds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in Great Varieties— Taxidermy in all its branches. Spratt’s Patent Dog Biscuits Repairing of all kinds. marl-ly SPORTSMEN Will find a select assortment of Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, Ammunition, Aud all goods appertaining thereto. Special Attention is Invited to Our New SMITH’S PATENT REVOLVERS, In four sizes of 22, 32, 38 and 41-100 cals. This new and elegant Arm combines simplicity durability, a perfect interchange of all its parts. The most critical inspection in process of manufac- ture, and with its patent improvements, make it the Most Desirable Revolver in the Market. A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF MAYNARD RIFLES SHOT GUNS ETC, Send for Cireular, FOWLER & FULTON, NO. 300 BROADWAY, N. ¥. M, Fow er. Henry Fouron. "1 Dennison's Targets ‘ From 25 to 1000 ¥d. Range. TARGET PASTERS AND Score Cards. SOLD BY Dealers in Sporting Goods. On receipt of TEN CENTS 4 100-VARD TARGET willbe sent by mail, with cirealarand Sam ples les, by DENNISON & CO., 198 Broadway, N.Y, y Convenient and Handy for DENNISONS attaching to Fishing Rods; Gun PATENT Cares and al Mores pe pctonaiaas l arene. uy of your nea ¥ oer a $s Btationes or Newsdesler, or send 10 cts. for package by mail to DENNISON & €O., 198 Broadway, N.¥. Glass Ball Trap, AND SO0 GLASS BALLS FOR S10. Marshall's Glass Ball Trap ia acknowledged as the best now before the public. It is made of beat ash, and everything firet class. Throws two or more bails in different directions, and with as much force ag desired. Liberal discount to dealers. Send for particulars to HENRY ©. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt Street, New York. jel4 tf ; Founded July 4, 1808, Theos. W. Sparks, Shot & Bar Lead MANUFACTURER. Office 121 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. THE °76 SHOOTING COAT. (PATENTED) The largest variety of ; Shooting and Sporting Garments, inthe World. GEORGE C. HENNING, Feb 22 ty, Washington City. —— =x SPORTSMANS SS ——— Terms, Fone Ngllavs a Veins | Hea Gelits a UNps. ' Volume 8.—No, 2E. No, 111 ful.ou Sty N, ¥- Ror i opest qo Stream tial Rae cid Ga, mrfing the Bigharn. BY JOHN MURTIIER wckrrry. HE} only species of the ovides found wild in the Uniled States is the s9-cul’ed bighorn or mountain sheep (Onis montand), and that ix confined. geopraphivally to the region lyme betyyeen the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade : Range, Which runs siorth and south through the States aud territories bordering tie Pacific | Ocean, af aon averuge distance from the sea cf, perhaps, one hundred ond tiyenty niles. This vast area is traversed in every direction by mountain chains varying {rom four to ten {housand feet in altitude; anditis amid their many-shaped peaks that the American cham- ais loves to dwell, for not only is it there gom- paratively safe from all foes, except the red and | white hnuter, but it also finds there the dain- tiest of teasts in the alpine and subalpine yere- tation. Owing to the incessant warfare waxed upon itin the Rocky Mountains, it is getting Quite scarce in that: range, except in isolated lo- calities; but in the Cascades it is nearly as HUNTING TIL abunfant as ever, as its pale-faced enemies are comparatively few, and the red men ean procure food in au easter maimer than by pursuing it amid the snow-enshrouded haunts which it se- lects as a home. The amfteur hunter who iwould bag a larse number must ierefore leave the tegions in Wyoming and Colorads, ia whith it is usually sought, and #0 further West to the man-silent mountains that traverse Tdaho, Oregon and Washington Territory, and there he will find no ¢ause to complain of il- luck. Wo animal in the world is perhaps nore difficult of approach than the bighorn, as itis exceedingly keen of scent, unusnally yigilant, and so cautions that it carefully reconnoitres a, country from an elevated standpoint ere it pre- sumesto adyance toward it, The Nimrod who would therefore place the heads of many umong his trophies of the chase must be not only of a yvizorous form, to bear the climbing and rarified almosphere, but he must possess aboye all the qualities of patience, perseverance and hardi- hood. The best time for hunting if is the early morning or late in the evening, a8 itis then out browsing, but in the middle of the day it is gen. erally coneevled among the crags, or déep in au BIGHORN: 398 sunless precipices. During the feedings liours, when a flock is together, one—generally a sturdy, vigilant male —imounts fuard on an elevated knoll or rock which gives iim an extended yiew of his surroundings, and 3s soon as he detects the presence of a foe, or any unusual object, he sounds an alarm and all scamper off to the highest siiimits at their best pace. They hound from crag to crag, and vault chasms with the greatest ease, and, if pressed, do not hesitate to plunge headforemost into a gloomy precipice, deep enough, apparently, fo shatter them into fragments. As they always escape unharmed, one is apt to believe the tales of the Indians—that they can leap on a crag a hundred or two feet below, and, striking it on their horns, rebound to their feet none the worse for the concussion. Having never seen them perform this feat I am unable to youch for its accuracy ; Dut I can say that I have seen them make, some terrific plunges and escape injury. When the scamper occurs, the Jord of the flock leads it, and the young males form the rear guard. The lambkins and their dama are marshalled in the centre, During a stampede it is often quite difficult to tell the male from the female, both having horns alike, the main difference being that the appendages of a full grown ewe do not exceed in size those of a two-year-old ram. In selecting subjects for the dining table, one must. therefore, have some experience if he would not slay a tough old mother instead of asucculent young male, The young, which usually number from one to tio at a birth, are brought forth late in April or early in May among the lower foothills; but as soon as they are able to move about briskly they are led to the higher pin- nacles where the vegetation is more tender and there is less danger from hungry wolves, bears and panthers. While the dam is quite timid in the presence of man, and always flees at the detection of his presence, she will not for a moment hesitate to defend her young against wolf or fox, and in such contests she is often victorious, as her powerful horns are such effec- five battering rams that a few blows from them are frequently sirfficient to cause the most pertinacious of the canidws to re- treat with 4 seyere pain in its ribs or ventral regions. The bighorn isan almost perfect fac-simile of the Asiatic wild sheep (Caprovis argali), the difference between them being merely technical. It is almost totally-distinct from its domes- tic congener, except in the oyine appearance of the face and the taste of the flesh, It is, in the first place, much taller, longer aod more spirited in action than the farmyard yariety : the neck is thicker, and it has scarcely any tail. The heavy, recurved horns which adorn the sexes also make a marked dis- tinction between both species; and instead of soft, mowy wool it is covered with coarse tubular hair of a yellowish, brown color which changes to a dull white at the flanks and on the posterior side of the fore and hind legs. The horns are quite close together where they arise from the skull, and so lieayy as to give the head a stimted appearance by contrast with their massiyeness. The face is narrow and thoroughly ovine in form and expression; the eyes are large and full; and the legs, which are long and tapering, yet sinewy, are evi- dently intended for leaping. The body, when in good condi- tion. is sound and quite broad in the back, and this gives the animal a graceful yet vigorous outline, The height of a full grown male averages about thirty-four jncthes; length, forty-four inches; horns, a long curve, twenty- nine inches; face, from base of horns to tip of nose, ten jnchés: length of caudal vertebra, about three inches. When aram of this dimension is seén perched on a towering rock among the mountain pinnacles, vigilantly surveying the land- scape, he is a noble-looking fellow, and one which any hunter might be proud to place among his trophies of the chase. My first introduction to the bighorn was in the War Eagle Moun- tains, a rugged, snow-capped chain that bisects the territory of Idaho. Being full of small circular yalleys that teem with Zraminaceous yerdure, and watered by numerous streams, is affords an ideal residence for the lordly bighorn ; and that its advantages are appreciated is evident from the large numbert that frequent it at all seasons. The party which I accom- panied on the introductory hunt consisted of three sturdy miners, a sporting merchant and a captain in the American cavalry. The miners were experienced ‘*tramps” and vete- Tan mimrods, having often heen compelled to depend on their rifles for food while out on “‘prospecting” tours; so we left the provisioning of the detachment and the selection of the route entirely to them. Starting out from a mining hamlet early in the morning, the evycuing of the same day found us encamped at the base of the mountains; and, as we had to be astir before dawn, we retired to our hard couch on the ground quite early in the evening. Long before the sun began to appear above the eastern moun- tain peaks the next morning we were laboriously clambering up steep ascents or picking our way throngh cavernous preci— pices, whose gloomy walls recalled most forcibly the Plutonic regions, By 5 o'clock we had reached an allitude of four thousand feet, according to the aneroid; and there the princi- pal suide informed us we were to remain while he went in search of ‘‘signs.” He returned in about half an hour and stated that he bad discovered a floek of a dozen or more a fur- long above us, and that we should be compelled to make a wice detour to get to their lee, in order to approach them un- detected. Our hearts beat wildly at this piece of good news, ati least mine did; so we examined our fifles carefully, saw thaf they were perfectly clean gid properly loaded. [ was armel with a Winchester rifle, which carried fourteen bullets in the magazine, and I was resolved to shoot them all at one animal rather than permit it to escape. At the command wwe moved forward, and after an hour's severe struggling ap- proached the flock to within three hundred yards, under shel- ed. Toshont from that distance would be risking too much, yet we could set no closer withont revealing ourselves to the sentinels, which lifted their heads every few moments to sui yey the landscape. As they were feeding toward us we tharefore coneluded to wait their nearer approach; but the minutes dravved heavily, and each monvent seemed a torture. After wailing patiently for half an hour, thongh it seemed treble that time, tour sheep and three rams advaneed about a hundred yards further, and as our patience was becomine un— Dearable, the guide gave us permission to fire, This was a joyous moment, and we resolved to profit by it. Each se'ect- | ed his qnarry, and ut «signal all fred simultaneously. When the smoke cleared myay ereat was our joy to behold the males an one ewe stretched upon the ground, and two sheep leap jeg wildly about as if badly wounded. Rushing from our place of concealment we delivered several shots in rapid suc- cession al the now thoroughly alarmed Hock, which were quaking for the rocky summit uti a bréak-neck pace; but the excitement huving somewhat unstrune our nerves, the fusil- Jade brought us only one yearling, which seemed too dazed to brevk away with the others. We followed the retreating fiock up the steep mountain side, but we found in a short dime thut the old proverb of a stern chase being a long one was especially tre in this case. We relinquished it in about half an hour. Knowing that two sheep were severely wound~- ed by the mannerin which they acted, and haying failed to discover tham among those that escaped, we deployed and commenced searching in every direction for some trails of blood, It being a characteristic of this species to head for the mountains under all possible circumstanses, we moved toward the summit, but after searching for an hour we could find no trace of them. We then returned to our slain quar- ties, and cutting them open made a cache in a small fir tree and placed them upon it, to prevent their being unceremoni- ously appropriated by some prowling bear or panther. This important duty finished, we resumed our exploration for the wounded snimals, and in less tian a minute came Upon a trail that plainly indicated the severity of their injury, as the blood in some places formed a narrow lane. Following that for half a mile, we came to a deep, broad chasm, and down this we clambered, or rather stumbled, for we were sliding more fre- quently than walking. Reaching the bottom, we found one of the sheep had followed its course upward and another down, 80 4 party went in each direction. I was with the latter, and was fortunate enough to get a shot at a panther that was quietly preparing to make a meal off one of the wounded ani- mals, which it had captured and slain, I don’t know whether I hit him or not, but lL am thoroughly sure I seared him a lit— tle, from fhe way in which he dashed through the canyon. He certainly acted as if he had forgotten something lower down, and was in the greatest possible hurry fo get it. The sheep on which he was preparing to feast was little injured, he having had only time to cut its throat before he had orders to leave. Making a litter of two fallen boughs, we placed the slain animal upon it, and in this way managed to get it to the upper world. The other party were unsuccessful in their search, but as we could claim one animal for each member of the expedition we did not repine much at their ill luck. Leaying this spot, we moved obliquely to the left and upward in quest of more game, and after traveling two or three miles, came suddenly upon a flock of twenty or thirty, but before we could recover from our surprise they were dashing away. We fired at random, little expecting any result from it; but we were fortunate enongh to get a splendid male, which was hit right on the skull, and one ewe. This piece of good for— tune we attributed more to the numbers of the flock rather than to any markmanship, so we felt little pride in our achievement, for no one could tell who killed the animals, Our experience of the morning having taught us the folly of a direct pursuit, we stored the game and moyed on slong the original line of route. We bat not proceeded more tlian 4 mile before we met another flock: but as they were on the Opposite side of a precipice we could not approach them un- detected. They were at least five hundred yards away, and knowing we could have little chance of killing any at that distance, we concluded to test the range and accuracy of our rifles upon them. Selecting a huge crag for a shelter, one of the miners fired, but his bullet passed over them. Another tried it and he planted the ball directly in their midst. This seemed te arouse them, as they all jumped from the ground at the unusual apparition, then stared wildly about. Several more were then sent among them, but instead of attempting to run away they only began to stare and jump as the balls whistled over, or tore up the ground beside them, One, at length, got struck somewhere near the flank, and that caused it to think the locality disagreeable if not dangerous, so it gave a startled jump, a sharp cry, and dashed away, closely followed by the others. As they were moying off we saw a sturdy ram hastily run up the precipice and bound after them, We could not understand why the flock waited to be shot at several times, but the unexpected presence of this veteran svon gaye the proper explanation. It was his privileze, appa- rently, to lead ‘all movements, and being absentin the canyon, perhaps for the purpose of allaying his thirst, his charge did not know what to do without him; but, like all sheep, when one moved, the remainder followed without thmking of the ceremony of waiting for the commands of the chief, Tf we did not reap much profit from this bit of shooting we enjoyed a good share of quiet amusement, for it Was quite ludicrous to see the heavy-lorned creatures give a startled jump, and then faze stupidly about in search of the cause of their annoyance. Having been more suceessful than the most sanguine could have expected, we concluded to return to camp with our spoils, as the hot August sun was becoming disagrecably in- tense, and it was so late in the morning that we could scarcely hope to meet any more sheep nntil the cool breeze of the eyen- ing appeared. On reaching our caches we made a drag of the lieayiest fir and pine boughs we could break off by our united weight, and placing the game on this we hauled it down the mountain without any very laborious efforts, Arrived at camp, those unused {o the heavy climbing of the day were soon so stiff as to be scarcely able to move» but the rugged miners seemed to consider it a mere nothing, and laughed heartily at the ‘drawing-room lnunters.” The suc— cess of the expedition had been so great, however, that they eondescended to say that the ‘drawing-room hunters were excellent shots, aud they did not want any better companions for a day abiong the bighorns. T have heen out among them often since then, bul hever did T see such sooud luck attend a party the first day, That evening while discussing the meri's of wild mutton cutlets and the contents of a couple of bottles af ‘ Chateau Lafitte,” the principal guide related an adven— ture which hefel him on the first occasion that he had hunted bizhorns on the scene of onr morning’s exploits. He ania ; : | companion, who were ** chums,” in prospecting for gold, be- ter of some giguntic bowlders of basalt, without being detect— | in® out of meat concluded to kill some monntain sheep, not having any other means of procuring it, as there were no set- tlers in that section of the country at the time, except a few miners, The Indians, who had been very tronblesome in other quarters ot the verritory, had let them alone, and from this they supposed there that were none anywhere near them, In an hour after starting they came upon a flock and killed two fine ewes, and while engaged in preparing them, another flock suddenly appeared on the opposite side of a chasm near which they were standing, and were preparing to cross it when they were arrested by the foe in front. As they stood still for a few moments the hunters threw themselyes on the sround and fired; but simultaneously with the reports of their own rifles came others directly behind them, and several bullets passed over their heads. Alarmed by this unexpected fusil- lade, they jumped to (heir feet and leaped behind & crag just in time to escape a shower of arrows. Looking up. they saw a short distance uboye them a party of Indians in all the bide- ousness Of war paint preparing to fire al them a second time, Without waiting fo see any more, they discharged their rifles at the group and fled at their utmost speed down the moun- tain side, panthers and firing either a rifle or arrow whenever 2 2uod Opportunity presented itself, The fugitives rarely gave them i The Indians followed in hot pursuit, yelling like | the opportunity. howeyer, as they dodged among the cra and awed ee tL they oe shee oe past any ohare tering bushes. The chase lasted for a (distance of four miles, when they fortunately struck 1 canyon, and into this they plunged with a suddenness that nearly carried them to the bottom at one bound. Along this they ran with renewed energy, and in fifteen minutes after entering it were delighted to find that the Indians had lost their trail or had been outrun- They reached their cabin late in the evening, hut instead of resting they mounted their mustangs and went around among the miners, arousing them to the danger that threatened them. Being always prepared for warfare, those daring fellows were s00n armed end assembled at a common rendezvous under the command of ourgnide. They advanced against their foes the next morning, and meeting them at the base of the mountain dispersed them after a few volleys, which placed one-fourth of their number hors de combat, without any loss to them- selves, This summary defeat kept the treacherous red men away from that region eyer after. Thanking the vaconleur for his story, we retired to our pallet of clay, and early the next morning returned to the mining hamlet where we were received with many congratulations on our good fortune, I Have bad many a day’s sport among the bighorns since then, but none which equaled in pleasurable excitenient my first in- troduction to them. a For Forestand Stream ani Red and Gun. SUMMER WOODCOCK SHOOTING. i PITY the man who does not know Major Seolopax. I pity still more the earthly wretch in whom he produces only a gastronomic thrill. Often does memory fondly linger over thé happy hours I have enjoyed in his socitty. and gives birth to deep regret that the Pacific Slope, so rich im other game, has nothing to supply his place. ‘What is it that makes him go attractive—his fine Hayor?™ do you ask, Nota bit of it! I would not goa quarter of a mile out of my way to pick up a bunch in the street. But drop those books or that pen; shut up your desk and skip out of the broiling city for a few days with me, We will pay the Major a visit, and you will soon see why his friends are so numerous and devoted. By the time itis light enough to see well we are on the ground. Morning and evening are the best times of day tocall on him. ‘The air is cooler and more moist, and the scent is stronger and lies longer. The Keen edge of the dog’s nose will not be blinted hy his getting heated up as in the middle of the day. Moreover, the birds will still be on their feeding grounds, or yery close by them, instead of being stowed away for their daily siesta on higher or drier ground, where the number of acres to 4 bird is uncomfortably large, Onr ground is a piece of swamipy timber land, intersected with | little spring-runs, but with plenty of tolerably dry land, and some low underbrush. Wedon’t want to co where it i8 too wet, asthe Major doesn"t like ground that is too moist for worms, How delightful is the change from the dusty hubbub of the heated city! The cool, soft mornibg air is redolent with that strange perfume we often find in the woods, even when no flowers re in sight, and musical with the bum of the bees, already on the wing, the twitter of a hundred songsters, the bark, or crashing spring of the squirrel, the almost human whistle of the upland plover, the drumming of the ruffed grouse, and the rich, mellow ‘Bob White’, that .at regular intervals floats in from the neighboring meadows. What a contrast to the steaming heat of the city, the ascend- ing fragrance of the garbage cart, the tooth distracting hand- organ, and the nasal melody of the soap fat man, But, see! The dogs are already at work, each on a slow trot, slackening to a walk as they approach suspicious places. They travel at less than half the speed they do when after a bevy of quail or covey of grouse. They know their business as well as we do, they know they are after a bird, whose scent is nol. very powerful, and one that is easily Hushed. But lock at Don! THescents one already; see how warily he sneaks around that little patch of skunk calbage; how hestops, sniffs delicately the fragrance that our dull sense knows nothing of, moves cautionsly for a pace or two with the stealthy step of the midnight thiel, then suddenly stops again, How beautiful he looks; his head thrown th one side, one foot upraised as ifin act to spring; his eyes fixed ina wild stare of expectant hope upon a little clamp of skunk cabbage; he almost holds his breath; his whole body is rigid as marble, with every neryé strung to its utmost tension, while his jail, stiffened like an icicle, quivers at the tip with excitement. Ah! ye sculptors, exhausting time and brains in fettering nature's fleeting forms in marble chains, why have ye so neelected this, the fnest sizht brute nature can present? Is it hecause it is beyond the reach of your clumsy touch? See old Frank on that little rise some thirty yards away. He is pointing too, but pointing at Don, He smells nothing him- self, but he knows Don don't lie, so he points too, "Phat's what we call ** backing.” Do not be in haste, the bird will stay there, Don would not-stir a step for the world. Walk in and take first shot when the bird rises, Be coo), but also be qitelk; be rleliher- ately expeditions. Don't be thinking of whata glorious toast he will make, Bunish all snch low, sensuous thoughts. and also all anxiety to get him, because if is your first woodeoek, or because you want to kill as many birds as J do, Tur Grny Fishway.—In compliance with the requirements of the Fish Commissioners, the city of Cainbridge is preparing to erect 4 fishway at Alewive Brook in Arlington, The Lowns of Arlington, Somerville and Medford are all interested in the brook, and thé riparian owners upon tt clan that previous +o the erection of a dam upon it by the city of Cambridge in connection with the water works, dewives and other fish went up freely, The tide rises and falls about three feet below the dam, which is about seven feetiin height above low water marl, tt 48 not far from the almshouse. Mr. W. 8. Barbour, the City Engineer, has prepared a plan for the fishway. It will be of wood, 41 feet in length, 6 feet in width and 2 feet deep. The entrance to the fishway is about one foot in width, and by means of partitions plentifully provided the course of the fish will be of the most migeas character all the way up over the dam, and as the finny tribe are not so happy when there is no current to breast, one will be provided for at all stages of the tide. The fish would be sureto find the entrance if it ex- jsted, whatever the difficu:ty might be. The same dinstinet fhat brings them from the ocean to the river in which they ‘ere hatched, if they swim hundreds of miles up or down the coast to find it, eae pee (gue to pet as near the head of iver ible.— Boston Journal. the river &3 possi 3 ny . net TOIs. — pill to encourage the propagation of fish in ee ae ie failed to become a law, notwithstanding it passed both houses of the Legislature. This will be sorry ews to many of the ardent supporters of the bill. But then eee n replenish some of our lakes bordering on Michigan, sib ier peuple are enterprising enough to foster this important branch of industry. But does this speak well for our own ts R. plate ? —A gentleman rather given to conviviality, desirous that ge re ‘a slimht over indulgence should not be noticed a) Sy eee was holding his pony’s head for me aie yount, sprang so lightly into the saddle as to land on the t a on the other side, John, advancing to meet him se @ Jay, exclaimed, ‘' Beh, sir, I hope yon no hurt ? 3 0, Boda > was the reply, ‘but I never knew the beast to do that pefore 2°—London Hornet, lata rend Helix alternate. Alatural History. THE HELLBENDER AND HIS HABITS. Eprror ForRKST AND STREAM: In your last iasue (June 2ist) I noticed an article on the Allegheny Hellbender, which spoke of its amphibious habils as an pseurtuived fact, think “Oconomowoc” is wrong im his theory, as from my ex- perience in fishing on the Allegheny for many years, Lave never seen a “bender” on shore, or even on a login the river. I was surprised to. see amphibious habits attributed to it in the article also ta which yout correspondent refers by Mr. Grote, which I haye not at hand, bnt gather that he (Mr. Grote) is of the same opinion. I haye had muny opportunities for observing the hellbender, both by night in spearing fish, as well as by day in ishing; and [have seen them in numbers on the bottom of the river, but never on the bank, They prefer deep and BoxBuRG, Pa., June, 1877. ‘mud bottoms to shallow and shelying ones, which is contrary to the habits of most amphibious animals. They are certainly not amphib- ious in their habits, whatever their power of living ont of water my be, and I was told, in speaking of “‘Oconomowoe’s ” article to a lumber- Manon the river, that he had often caught them on outlines, and not liking to unhook them had tied them on shore where they would die in acouple of hours. It may be seientifically decided that they are am- phibious; but the fact remains to me, and to any lumberman, fisher- man, or boatman onthe Allegheny River that they are never seen on land. Their food, about which “Oconomowoc ” is in doubt, is probably any thing that a fish will take, asT have caught them indifferently with minnows, crawtish, worms, meat, ete. They are sluggish in their mo- tions, and although I have fished the rivera great deal with live Wait, I haye never calight any on my rod, and have only seen one 80 taken, While on an outline they will take a Minnow readily. ALLEGHENY, [We referred the question as to whether this creature is amphibious to Mr. Mather, and the following is the reply.— Ep.j: & Eprror Forrst aAnp Srruam: Thave read with interest the articles from “Oconomowoc,” “Allechany,” and also those from Prof. Grote concerning the habits of the hellbender, and wish to add my own obser- vations of this queer, and to me attractive reptile. I have known the menopoma for a number of years as most anglers know him; simply an undesirable customer to get upon your hook when you are striving ror better things, aud an ugly fellow to get off without cutting away your hook, but having had the care of several specimens in tanks for more than a year past, at Philadelphia, the New York Aquarium, and its branch the Seaside Aquarium, where I could observe them night and day, I haye found them of great interest and so insensibly have learned 10 like them. A letter trom a friend in Elk Lick, Pa., says, ‘this is a tolerably good hellbender place,” and he often catches and has studied them, and finds that ‘they do not always inhabit soft muddy bottoms; but on the contrary prefer a slaty, shelving one, and when one is under stone and sees a schoo! of fish ap- proaching he gets ready for a spring at them, and is happy. In the streams that pour down the Alleghanys’ side where there is not mud enough to plaster a robin’s nest, he is found in great numbers. He is slow ou land, but if you were trout- ing and saw one in six inches of water, I'll wager ten to one that you couldn't put your heel on him, * * * ‘Difey are now found in the Juniata and Susquehanna.” Please notice that my correspondent, who, by fhe way, isa naturalist, speaks of their speed on land, thereby implying that he has seen them there, but whetherof their own volition or not does not appear; but Ihave seen them in the aquarium lying for hours upon a large piece of corle placed on the surface of the water for their express benefit. 1 do not think that this reptile, covered as if is yath a glutinous coating, could endure the direct rays of the sun without injury, and therefore if in ifs native haunts it comes out of the water at all, it is probably at some point well covered, or at night. [ lisye fed them with beef, fish and worms, and learn from a reliable observer that one taken with a hook threw Hie a strip of pork rind half an inch wide and five inches ong. ‘The onter layer of the skin or epidermis is shed wholly or in part af intervals of two or three weeks, and is often eaten by the animal. J have never seen it entire as in snakes, but only a portion at a time, and find by micro- scopic examination that if consists of a membrane with ovoid seales, not imbricated, and although when fresh it appears of considerable thickness, it is exceedingly thin when dry. Prep. Marie. —+->— Nanruceer Isrann—Bay af Fundy, July 8.— Writin 2 from the Bay of Fundy, so often spoken of as the “for metory,” I will mention that in the last thirteen days here there las been only one half day of fog and one rainy day, the remainder be- ing yery fine and warm. With a sea breezeona fos#y day, one needs overcoat and mittens for comfort here. Professor H— has been dredging for curiosities of the deep, so varied and abundant in this hay, and several sentlemen have been collecting wonders of the air and of the land in this vicinity, My mission has been to find a breeding place of the Bonaparte gulls (Larus bonapartii of And.), and in quest of this have had opportunity to make some additions to my or- nithological notes and collection. T haye with me one of my setters that I allow to retrieve my best specimens, it being ex— ceedingly careful with a bird. Of these usually termed ‘same birds,” I have seen only a few of the waders here. I might be tempted to look for July woodcock to obtain a change of diet, but an occasional day's row of thirty miles has given me an appetite that actually craves for auks, enillemots, and lobster bait (founders). Such a repast does not tempt a native, nor would turtle soup or a bottle of champagne, [n my search for knowledge by experience, I often have a feast of fish, flesh or fowl, that is from unfounded prejudice rezard- ed as unfit for food. July 6 I saw a flock of redbreasted snipe, or “‘dowitchers." ‘hese are the male birds now return- ing south from their breeding-places in the far north, It is but six weeks since they were flying north along the coast of Maine. I also saw, on the 6th inst., a willet, two redbreasted sandpipers, and a flock of peeps. Very likely, they will be at Long Island ere this reaches you. ROAMER, ele Errsva.—n Forest Anp Stream, page 360, are two in- portant typographical errors which ynay misinform teaders, For Helic albolateris read Heli allulabris, Pov Helix ulter- | their wildness. Sometimes we could count dozens looking a a Arrow iy THE Hearr om A Drer—aA Nevada buegiae recently killed a deer, in the heari of which was found im- bedded a stone arrow-head. The muscular substance of the organ had surrounded the arrow-head, and became calloused, showing it had been carried for some time. {Several similar instances have been recorded, bullets being found thus imbedded in the hearts of animals, and in one case—that of a bear—two inches broken from the blade of a poignard was thus found.—Ip. | : a ae ete — The St. Tammany, La., Farmer, says: A curiosity im the shape of a white coon, or some sort of hybrid oscillating be- tween old Zip and a canine, was slung into our sanctum bya yeteran sentinel of the hen roost. ' —_———— 2 e——____—_ OrnirHoLocicar. Norrs.—Winthrop B. Steyens, of West Farms, N, Y., sends us the following list of the spring arrivals of our common birds during 1874, 1875, and 1876, as observeil by lim : Wood thrush, May S, 1874; May 10, 1875; May 6, 1876, Cat bird, May 9, 1874; May 6, 1875; April 30, 1876. Brown thrash, April 24, 1874; April 27, 1875; April 23, 1876. Ruby-crowned wren, April 24, 1874; April 16, 1875; April 15, 1876, liouse wren, May 4, 1874; Muay 7, 1875; April 29, 1976. Black and white creeper, April 24, 1574; May 1, 1875; April 29, 1a76. Blue yellow-backed warbler, May $, 1874; May 7, 1876; May 9, 187. Blue-winged yellow warbler, May 10, 1574; May 10, 1876; Muay 8, 1876 Nashville warbler, May 18, 1574. Tennessee warbler, May 22, 1ST5. Summer warbler, May 8, 1874; May 6, 1875; May 6, 1876. Black-throated green warbler, May 8, 1874; May 10, 1376; May 1, i8T6. Black&-throatett blue warbler, May §, 1874; May 10, 1876; May 9, 1876. Yeilow-rump warbler, May 1, 1874; May 1, 1875; April 24, 1876. Blackburnian warbler, May 19, 1874; May 13, 1815; May 10, 1876, Black-poll warbler, May 14, 1874; May 13, 1875; May 12, 1876, BGay-breasted warbler, May 22, 1874; May 22, 1875; May 15, 1876. Chestnut-sided warbler, May 18, 1874; May 10, 1875; May 8, 1876. Black and yellow warbler, May 14, 1874; May 13, 18175; May 13, 1870. Cape May warbler, May 13, 1876. Pyaitie warbler, May 9, 18%4; May 15, 1875, Yellow red-poll warbler, April 19, 1874; April 19, 1875; April 24, 1876. Golden-crovwned thrugh, May 9, 1874; May 9, 1875; May 6, 1876. Maryland yellow-throat, May 9, 1874; May i0, 18.5; May 6, 1874. Yellow-breasted chat, May 18, 1874; May 9. 1875; May 8, 1876. Hooded warbler, May 16, 1874; May 14, 1875. Green black-cap warbler, May 15, 1874; May 13, 1875; May 15, 1876. Canadian warbler, May 16, 1874; May 21,1575; May 21, 1576. Redstart, May 8, 1874; May 7, 1875; Muay 6, 1570. Scarlet tanager, May 17, 1674; May 16, 1575; May 14, 1876. Barn swallow, May 1, 1874; April 30, 1875; May 2; 17h, Bine-headed vireo, May 1, 1874; My 5, 1878; May 2, 1870, —Walter Baker & Co, received the highest ayards at Loudon, Paris, Vienna and Philadelphia for their ehocolate aud cocoas, The public indorse this verdict by a constant Wn éverrinereasing damant| for these excellent preparations,—[Ady, _ -_-— GAME IN SOUTHERN W YOMING,. TRAVELED back end forth through the wildest portions of Colorado, some years ago, in the mountains, through the parks, on the plains and along the river-valleys, and 1 did not see in three months one tithe of the variety or number of same anilals that one week’s trip in Southern Wyoming has shown me. Anil yet this is only the ‘outskirts of the pame region,” they tell me, who are supposed to know. Said one old hunter yesterday. “This is nothing. Start ab Rawlins, go through Whisky Gap tothe Sweetwater River; up the Sweetwater to the Wind River mountains’; pass alone their eastern base, between then and fhe Big Horn River up to the Big Horn Mountains. Then go up to th@qvestern side around their nérthern enil, (lown their eastern fake, and across the country back to More Laramie or Cheyenne. \ Zen you would see game.” Very good, Jam woihg part way there and shall be able to prove partially, at least, tlie truth of the assertion, But here is what [ have already seen ih, traveling across the open countiy from Rawlins, Wyoming, onthe Pacific Railroud, to Camp Stansbangh not far from South Pass, via the Seminoe Moun- tains and Whisky Gap: Buifalo, elk, Wlack-iailed deer, mountain sheep, antélope, gray wolves, coyotes, sag@e-hares, cotton-tail hares, and—skunks, but perhaps thal last one is only properly introduced because he dies game ; undof hirds, sage-fowl, sharp-tailed zronse, ducks, curlews and plovers, hesides an excellent list of songsters whose names and fames are of ornithological rather than of sporting interest. Antelopes, asl wrote before, were yery common about Raw lins, but they were wild, It wasa test of marksmanship 19 bring one down. Butlas we left: there and marched over the open uplands toward the northward, where hundreds of cattle were grazing, the prong horns became less timid, and would only moye to the brow of the next ridge as our noisy train of pack-mules moved along, standing there and looking back at usin wonder and doxious curiosity. What pretly pictures their graceful forms, arching necks and shapely heads, crowned by the lyre shaped horns and long ears, made against he tender opal of the sky! They arethe vagrants of the plaing, having no visible means of support; yet those thin legs ure capable of tremendous action, and the cantering of one always reminds me of the progress of a locomptive, the play of the slender legs resembling the swift and regular moyement of ilie connecting red. ‘Their trot, is a curious, stiff-legved affair, as though theirheads were checked up 48 high as possible, causing them to mincé their steps daintily. Moar ot the does were especially anxious not to be frightened away, for they liad spotted fawns concealed in the sage-brush, As we went on the antelopes increased in numbers, and lost m8. Frequently they would even come toward us to get a nearer view, or would Hot even, rise us we passed within fitty yards of them, but would only lift their pretty tieadas and aze wonderingly at our strange cavalcade. The bucks and does were separate, but nvither were accumulated asin the autumn. So tame were they on the great plains which stretch between the Green and Sandy Rivers on the west, and the Rattlesnake Mountains on the east, south of the Sweetwater, fihat: you really could not frighten them—they could not be driven more than afew yards, and one was actually stoned ont from among the toules. Fact! We killed only one or two. Wear the Seminoe Mountains, 20 miles north of Rawlins, among some sand-dunes which oceupy the bed of an ancient } lake, and where there are copious ponds of both sweet and bit- ter water, we saw our first ell,—a small herd, ata distance. But ‘as we approached they increased affording several long shots without success. Just when we were going to camp in a. grove of napens, with dense underbrush, a cow-elk got up and crashed fhrough the bushes. It was dusky, and we were not expecting il. 80 she got safely away. Suspecting she might have a calf there, wosearched after supper, and soon verified our suspicions, Anding' a ealf about three weeks old, which screamed so like alwwk, when it was brought to the tents and tied up, that one of those birds kept answering it from its nest on a tree not far off. ‘Lhe young ell was of the dark snuff brown color of its mother, but irre@ularly spotted, as are the young of most or all of the Qervidin, with yellowish-white. ike the ostrich in the gong, if probably thought itself safe when its head was hidden ; for as goon as unybody approached down wentits nose into the grass, while not a muscle of its ungainly body moved, Place if, in a particular position, and it would lie stock-still for a half-hour togevien, watching intently all the time out of its Taree, dark, liquid eyes. Before dark we led it bac to its lair, und the mother came and took it away during the night. Ascending the mountain next day we came upon twoor three small companies of cows und yearlings, and on our way | back surprised a herd browsing among the willows not two luundred yards from the camp fire. Weshot one and enjoyed the steaks, althongh the meat will be fatter in a month than now. Blk flesh is rather dry and inclined to be tongh. Deer is like it, and neither is as good asnice antelope stvaks, AT- fer that, for three days we were scarcely out of sight of elks, and never beyond where we were sure of getting them hy a little exertion. They congregate im the little wooded gullies at the foot of the mountains, where they can hide their col- ers, and whence they can sally out upon the plains, or retreat fo the high plateaus near the top of the range. As far west. as this, however, probably hecanse the country is less fitted for them, they sire rarer; bul we expect to find them abundant when we get up into the Wind River Mountains. All that we have seen were females and young; the bucks are ; ‘sull rubbing {he velvet from their loms in secluded defiles among, the hills. We have scen buffaloes every day—siraggling old bulls— alone or lwo together, weary and tough, hard to kill and harder qo cat. We had not time to chase them to any purpose. They were wanderers from the ‘northera herd,” which only a few years'ago thronged these Sweetwater plains to such an extent that the Ute Indians always assembled here for their annual fiuit. South Pass was another favorite summer feeding pround for them, but it israre to seea single buffalo there now. The whole country is good hunting-ground for mountain sheep, especially north of the Seminoe Mountains and the Sweetwater Mills, the plains being interspersed with small vazed hills of broken granite, where timber grows in abun- dance, and about which is splendid pasturuge. Srch places the sheep love, and there theie noble heads are sure to he found. I saw them only onee, and then ont, of range. Seven, wilh an old yam at thei head, his horns coiling on either side until (he size of his head was doubled, stood on the yery brink of » precipice five hundred feet high, and watched us curiously as we filed along below. They looked very noble —ihie noblest came T haye ever seen—and one would hesitate befove shooting one, lest ibus he should min beyond power of reparation the inapiting picture of mountain scenery of which the sheep made so important a part. Writs Inaursoli. +o AUKIVAIB AT THE PHILADERPAIA ZvoroGwaL GARDEN FoR Wunk Ey pine July 10.—One brown titrvush, Harporlynelus rufus, presented ; fyty wligators, Aliyator Mississippiensrs, presented; one wiler suuke, Trapidonutus sipedon, presented ; three brown coatis, Vasu pasted, horn itl purden; onécrow, Corvus Anericanus, presented; two bald eagles, H clinetue Widovephatus, presented, Awnitur E, Brown, Gen. Supt. Ipino, Camp Edwnards.—J. W. B. writes: “Here in the heart of the Rocky Mountains Jam regularly receiving the Pores? anp Simuaw anp Rop anp Gun, and avery welcome yisttor it is. Ithink, as a sportsman’s journal, your paper beats the world, being at the head of the sporting journals of the country.” J, B. D. ©.. writing from Corpus Christi, Texas, says: “I would not be without your pajjer for ten times its value. Liy- ing in a glorious country for game as Ido, it is of immense yulue. Lam getting up a clul) for yon.” —A Texas correspondent writes: ‘Last winter two copies of your paper were taken in Houston; Ujere are now, as I am a told. hy the newsmen, about forty, and {his number is steadily increasing. ‘Tt is Only necessary to get people to read a few copies of F, and §, to mailce thiem fall in love with St. Woodland, farm and Garden, AGAVES. F the many plants suitable for the embellishment of lange conseryatories, for the ornamentation of tights of steps, placing in vases upon terrace walls, or for the thousand and one situations which maybe found ina garden or sur- rounding a mansion, during summer, Agaves seem to be spe- cially adapted because they enjoy the full exposure, and even our hottest weather seems only to. add to their growth and in- tensify their markings. Though noi altogether hardy, they may be grown by persons who haye no glass structures what- ever, Inasmuch as they can be stowed in a cellar, or even in a stable durine winter. In such a situation, however, they must be kept quite dry, and excluded as much as possible from the light, and for this purpose dry salt hay coyered with mat- ting is admirably adapted, as on.cold nights they will keep ont the frost as well. Agayves are popularly known as Amer- ican Aloes, but they have really nothing in common with the genus Aloe. They are remarkable for their longevity, and it is a common fallacy that they bloom only once in & hundred years. With most of the species this is true in one sense, for the terminal bud, running up in the form of a flower spike, so completely exhausts the plant producing it that death is the result. he following make splendid specimens, and are worthy of more general cultivation. Agave Americana, generally called “‘‘'The Century Plant.” This may be regarded as the type of the family. It forms a handsome plant in all stages of growth, whether the leaves are one foot in length, or six or seven in length and six or eight inches in width, They are thick and massive in appearance, somewhat sparingly furnished with spines at the edges, but armed at the points with very formidable ones. A fine speci- men of this variety is now on exhibition at the aquarium in this city. It is known to be nearly sixty years old, was brought here several years azo from Georgia, and is said to be the second plant that has ever flowered in New York. The flower spike has reached the height of seventeen feet, and bears sixteen clusters of greenish-white blossoms, comprising 879 flowers, which, with their large yellow anthers, are odd rather than beautiful; but the rarity of its blossoming should make all desirous of seeing it a very fine plant in the collection of George H. Stuart, Phila., bloomed some years ago, and was exhibited for the benefit of the Young Men’s Christian Association of that city, we believe. Several varieties of this noble plant, with variegated leaves, are still more beautiful and desirable than the type, notably A. Americana variegata, A. Americana mediopiecta and A. Americana striata, The first of these is the more robust and useful varicty, the centres of the leaves being dark green while the margins are deeply banded with yellow. A. pieta might be mistaken for a yari- ety also, but it is quite distinct, The leaves are longer, nar— rower and not disposed in the compact rosulate manner of A. Americana variegatt. They measure from two to three feet long, but do not reach more than two inches in breath, the centre of the leaf is dark bright green, having a broad mar- ginal band of pure white, and the edges are furnished with small red spines. A. Mexicana is also a very desirable species, making a fine ‘stout growing plant with leaves from two to three feet in length and abouffour inches wide, very glaucous green, tlie spines being somewhat smalland distant. A plant of this apecies is now in bloom in the greenhouse of W. W. Burn- ham, Esq., 169th street and Highth avenue. A, eoccines has thick massive leaves of an intense deep ereen color, the apex being armed with a formidable red spine. A, jferow is # massive looking species, with leaves of a dark green color, and profusely armed with stoul and sharp davis reddish brown spikes. It is, in fact, a veritable WVolime tangere. A. mitriformis is another deep green and very orna- thental species with brown spines, and A, lopantha, A, potato- rum, A. salimianum and A. Iumboldtiane are all good, tolera- bly hardy, and very ornamental. There area number of varieties that are also yery orna mental, though of smaller growth, and that require a green house in winter. Fine specimens of the following can be seen in the collections of EL. Rathbun, Esq., South Amboy, N. J., Li. Menand & Son, Albany, or William Bennett, Flatbush, viz.: A. Applanata, Celsiina, Pilifera, Maculata, Versch- apeltti, Xylinacantha, Marginata, Bashyeriana and others. he Yucca (Adam’s needle) is a near relative of the Aloe, and the many beautiful plants of Yueca jilumentosa, or “ Bear's Grass,” of the Southern States, now im flower in Central and Prospect Parks, niust meet the admiration of even the mast casual observer. es Down’? Ros tan Bird's Nesr.—In the course of a recent lecture in Paris regarding the use of birds, an estimate was formed of the damage to crops by the robbery of a nest con- faining five eges. During the first month each young bird ents on an average about fifty-eight fies or other insects in a day. The aggregate, multiplied by thirty, for the month makes 7,500 insects to every nest. Eyer'y insect eats daily from blossoms and leayes anamount equaling its weight until itreaches maturity. Tt was calcylated that in thirty days each insect would damage thirty blossoms, and thereby de- gtroy thirty fruits, and that.7,500 insects would kill 225,000 fruits. It willbe well, therefore, for farmers’ sous to reflect upon the damage doue to their parents by the wanton robbery of a single nest. Oyprrus Escvnenros.—Somé members of the Central Hor- ficultural Society of France are engaged on some cultural and applicatory experiments with edible tuberous roots of this sedge. Some cakes and 2 preparation of a kind of orgeat from the tubers were declared by the society to be excellent, and further experiménts were recommended. It had been objected that the cultivation of this plant would often prove unprofitable, it being very susceptible to frosts, destroying the tubers, but by the method of cultivation found most stic- cessful this is of little consequence, as the sowing or planting is done in May, and the season for lifting and using the tubers commences in August and terminatesin Oct. The tollow- ing is the analysis of the tubers: In 100 parts there are ‘7.10 of water, 28.06 of oil, 29 of starch, 14.07 of crystallisable sugar, 0.87 of albumen, 14.01 of celluloge, and 6.89 of gum, coloring matter, salts. 5+ = — —We received, the other day, from Messrs. Beach, Son i Co., splendid blooms of Lilium auratum and L, excelsum, grown on their farm at Peekskill. They algo sent spikes, nearly two feet long, of the very singular Lidiwm candidum. vur monstrosum, covered with its curious dilated bract-like white petals; also cultivated specimens ol Litium canadense, with from 7 to 10 blooms on each gpiku, This variety, in its native habitat rarely gives more than 3 or 4 blossoms on each stall, $$$ 28+ Porson Ivy.—Our article of July 12 has called ont the fol- lowing from a correspondent in Westchester : Mx, Eprrorn: I have been poisoned frequently—mostly with ivy ; once terribly with the poison sumach (poisonous Fthus Dertington). Injall bad cases | apply a remedy handed down from our grandfather, viz.; Take the fresh bark of the witch hazel ( Virgunian humamelis), hoil and apply the liquor as hot as canbe borne, It has never failed to cure in two or three applications. I once sent it to Pittsburg, over three hundred miles, to a friend by request, as he could get no remedy in the town to stop the poison. I sent the bark by- tail, and received his thanks in a few daysas it made a speedy cure. Would it not be well fo request those who try this remedy to report through your paper. J have no fears of the result. Isaac G. DArrineron. ~_ Ge Porson Ivy.—aA correspondent in Washington says that “a decoction nade of rattlesnake weed (Hierachum venosum) applied foaftected parts will, in most instances, affordimmedi- ate relief.” a aad A Wrw Vartery or Corron.—M, Delchevalerie, the In- spector of Agriculture of Cairo, laid before the recent Cop. eress Uf Amsterdam some specimens of a new cotton plant found growing in Keypt. In a field of cotton, among which were found some Bahmiehs (/7ibisews esculentus), a, certain Oheik-el-Celed of the environs of Chibui-el-Kom, in Lower HKeypt. noticed some specimers of fastigiate cotton plants, quite different to the others, and similar in habit to the Bah- mieh or Bamia plant. The stems are about 8 to 10 feet high straight, and with relatively few branches, and those ascend ing, not spreading as in ordinary cotton plants. Hence the planters of that region did not hesitate to call them ‘ Kom- Bahmieh.” They collected the seeds carefully in order to plant them separately, The following year they obtained nearly half a feddaw (about half an acre) of them, of which the seeds were collected in the same way, and Heypt this year already possesses important plantations of this new variety of cotton. The first samples which arrived in the markét of Alexandria were distributed among several merchants, who sent (hem to Liverpool, where they were classed above es fair cotton,” aud nearly fetched the price of ‘‘good fair.” M, Delchevalerie, in a note addressed to the Congress, suggested the idea that this colton is a hybrid production between Hi biscus esoulontus and the Hgyptian cotton itself, and he pro- poses this summer fo make some experiments at Cairo, in order to ascertain if this be so. If this hibridisation has really taken place between the [ibisews (Ahelmosehus) eseulentus and the cotton, the fact will he of great importance from a scien- tifie point of view, for it may give rise to other experiments in artificial fertilization between other genera of the same family. Sirnilar facts are not unprecedented in the records of horticulture. However this may be, the new cotton plant is taller than the ordinary cotton. It is erect and scarcely branched, with the exception of two or three small branches at the base, which allow of the plants being planted closer. Tt has not the shrubby form of the ordinary cotton plant, which has mimerous branches, themselves branched and pro- ducing heré and there at the joints a capsule of cotton on a long peduncle. On the contrary, in the new cotton plant, the principal branch is straight and not branched. The capsules grow on the principal stem in elusters in the axils of the leaves, and are likewise borne on long axillary stalks. The roots are more tap-shaped than those of the ordinary cotton, whose root fibres moreover spread more horizontally. “And what is more important is, that the new variety produces much more cotton. ‘The cultivators of this new cpiion plant haye assured M. Delchevalerie that they have obtained fifteen, quintals of it for feddaw, in the rich soil of the Delta, while the ordinary cotton does not prodnve half that quantity. M Delchevalerie informs us that he has instituied a series of experiments at Cairo on the cultivation of this new cotton plant, and he has kindly promised to let us know in due sea- son the results of his researches concernine this important question.— Gardener's Chronicle, London. Se New Krxps or New ZrAtanp M'L.4x,.—Among foliage. the different varieties of New Zealand Plax deserve eeaate position. To the original type (Phorminm tenax) have been ndded six varieties, of which five are yery ornamental. P. ten variegutium is nol only remarkable for its size. but also for its beauly. Its leaves grow obliquely to a height of 10 feet, and without becoming actually pendant are curved down gracefully at the points, ‘The edges are ereen, and the centre a very beautiful yellow. The only drawback to this variet is that it too seldom produces offsets by which it may ie multiplied. P. tenaa veiteht is a magnificent and very vigor ous variety, the leaves of which are straighter than those of | the preceding kind, and are of a striated yellow. P. tenax Colonzei—The appearance of this plant is yery handsome ; the leaves are long, slightly curved, and striated yellow in color. The plant is a very vigorous one, 2. twnde pookit is a Com- pict plant, the leaves of which are comparatively short, stitt, straight, and of a varievated yellow color, This yariety, from Which numerous suckers may be obtained, has the fault of Heing meonstant; if almost always produces suckers that are completely green, and others from which the slight variega- Tion rapidly disappears. P. tenan saunders? is a dwart and Slill plint, the leaves of which are short, straight and upright. The small dimensions of this variety fit it for introduction into small beds. P. tenax atro-purpurewm is a very robust aud vigorous variety, of a fine appearance, which reminds one of its type. ts leaves are yery large, not variegated, but having a beautifal glaucons violet tint, which yaries accord— ing to the srowth of the plant, but never disappears. This is a highly ornamental and yery remarkable plant, which un- fortuuately is still uncommon, The New Zealand Plaxes re- quire a consistent and vieh soil; a mixture of friable and leat mould is adapied to strong plants; the off-seis should be planted in dry svil, coarsely broken up, thatis to say, not pul- yenzed. Waterioes, wiiich must never be neglected, should be frequent and copions when the plants are rapidly growing. The Phorniums ire propagated from offsets, which produce the strongest plants. ‘Vo hasten the growth of the parent plants a bed should, about the first fortnight in May, be made in the open air or under a drame; this is then covered with sand and peat, in which the plants are placed; the soil is cov- ered with a good mulching, and it is kept damp with frequent waterings. In the autumn the plants are litted and the off— sets detached. They are then powued and placed in a close liouse, in which there is a brisk temperature. When the ap- pounce of the parent plant is not a matter of consideration, Ol-sets may be more rapidly obtained hy piercing here aud there with the blade of a frafting knife the leaves which form the heart of the plants.—Aesue Horticole, ————— —The cork tree has been domesticated, or acclimated, or at the very least cultivated at Sonoma, California, A resident of that place las succeeded in growilg five trees which are now twenty-five tio thirty-five feet in height, and from ten to twelve inches in diameter in the trunk. One coat of cork, one and one-half inch thick, has been stripped olf, ‘he seeds were brought from Spain twenty years ago.—Ha, Sa a eee Rirzrs on toe Rewyx.—The horthem slopes of the Alps ind Lhe secondary mountains in the south of Germany abound in pines, ind the mode of conveying timber on the Rhine in #reat vaits is worth recording. A little helow Andernach the thine forms wu little bay wherethe pilots are accustomed to unite together the smull rafts of timber floated down the trib- ulary rivers jHto the Rhine, aud to constrict enormous floats, which are navigated to Dortrecht and sold. These machines haye the appearance of a floating village, composed of twelve or fifteen little huts on a large platform of oak and deal tim- her. ‘They are frequently from 800 to 900 feet long, and from sixty 10 seventy fect in breadth, ‘The rowers and ywork- Tien sometimes amount to 700 or 800, superintended by pilots aril & proprietor, whose habitation is superior in size and ele- gunce to the rest. he raft is composed of several layers of wees placed one on the other and tied together. A raft draws iol less than from six te seyen feet of water. Several smaller ones are allacbed to it, by way of protection, besides a string of buats loaded with anchors and cables, and used for the purpose of sounding the river and going on shore. ‘The do- Uicslic economy cannot be more complete; poultry, pigs and other animils are to be found on board. The dinner hour is announced by a basket stuck on a pole, at which signal the pilot gives the word of command, aud the workmen run from ull Guurters to receive their messes. These rafts are not of mouern invention, and are not eontined to Europe. THyelyn, on the authority of Le Compte, says that the timber iner— chints of China transport immense trees, or tloats, upon which they construct huts and little cottages, where they live. —Americun Builder. Che Heunel. CANINE MEDICAL AUTHORITIES. WN our issue of May 24 will be found, under the head of ‘Valuable Information,” a criticism on Mr, Hallock's new book, ** Sportsman's Gazetteer,” to which our Western contemporary took exceptions ina reply to a correspondent, which called forth the following in the Jed? of June 26: AROGHER ON MAYHEW, Editor Chicago Fied—sir—in your issue of June 9 T find under tlie lead of *t Answers to Correspondents,” the follow- ing: Inquirer, New York.—Do you agree with the eritic of Mr. Hallock’s Tow vuNok in Morcha Stream, Who says tat Mayhew’'s work is of 00 vulne, wid plist he was iforlor to Youatt and Blaine? Aus,—le- elledly we donot We live seen Mayhew’s remedies very thoroughly teatctl, und have known then to work wonderful cures. His system, Wwhellier old or new, Was baseil Upon common sense aod humanitarian piluciples, while Yooatl and Blaine direct the exhibition of dgses that euuiol fail to have ThE worst possible effects upou the general system, even i they cure the disease, Tie best authowties of Bngland recog- nive Mayliew aud regard him highly, and the stitement you refer to ts, id Or OPIWION, & preac error. T presume the above is not from the pen of ** Mohawk,” as | huve been led to believe him a physician. Tf Tam right in this conjecture, I have no doubt but that he will bear me oul in the following ‘‘eriticism of the ciitic’s critic.” Hirst—A wrong inference is drawn by the implied assertion that Mayhew is inferior to Yountt and Blaine in the treat- yen! of diseases of canines. This has no foundation on fact, ag {lie writer in the Zurest and Siren merely asserts that the lutter are superiors in pathological sciences, which is not only ire, but these authors are acknowledged to have Jaid the foundations o! canine patholozy, to which no yeterinary has since contributed one jot or tittle. . i Secont—li is assumed that Mayhew ?#s of value in the treat- ment of canine ailments, for ** We have se¢n Mayhew’s reme- dies very Wicroughly lested, and have known them to work syondertul cures.” “(Hut of thine own mouth will I judge thee!” Medicines do wt oork ewres! Were that the case, there wonld be no necussily for medical science. All medicines act either directly or indirectly. Ol the first lass, or those which act: directly, we have examples in chntharides, on ihe neck of the bladder; in bolladonaa, on the ivis; and in caustics applied to wlcera- EE ——————— FOREST *AND * STREAM, tions, ele. "The second class comprises by fay the lareer por- tion of medicinal substances; the cause of the disease being removed, the effect ceases and the result is the so-called’ enre, Medicines act.simply by assisting nature to eliminate the dis- order with which the patient is sulfering, Were they cz7es, they would be specific, and 4 specific would possess like action in wyery euse of the same nature, itrespective of temperanient person, or the idiosynerasies of clisease, The instinctive heal- ing power—the Vix Medicatrix Nature—will, undoubtedly, in the majority of cases, relieve disease without tlie assistance of medicines. The credit thus due is too often ascribed to the drug or drugs which havé: been administered at the time of, or just previons to, recovery. The aphorism that, ‘‘ What is good for everything is good for nothing,” is especially applica- ble to therapeuties; hence, the assertion that any one set of medicines are serviceable, or infallible, can haye no founda- tion. The great fault with canine therapeutics lies in such assumptions, and inthe fact that medicines are administered empuricaily in the majority of cases—prescribed ly those who have no idea of cdtuse and effect, and are consequently unable to distinguish between the workings of nature and dis- ease or of the action of medicines. If the animal recovers the credit is instantly saddled upon the medicine given, Tf it dies—well! it was the ‘‘ will of God.” It can by no means be due to the ignorant application of the remedy! The great wonder to my mind is, that so fez animals die under the dos- ings they receive at the hands of their masters, influenced hy Mayhew and ‘‘ Answers to Correspondent ” in the columns of ow papers, All are open to the same eriticism, and in an equal degree; and the more go, as it would puzzle the most rank disciple of Paracelsus to define the ailment, and the cause for the selection of the prescription given, in the ma- jority of cases. Who would think of applying to a paper—eyen one edited by a medical man—for like information rezarding men, women and children? None but the most arrant koave would dare to prescribe in the loose manner that we adf give advice for our canine friends, particularly if they are the property of our neighbors. Yet dogs are subject to diseases ol the neryous system so rare in mau, and so yagué in their symptoms as to be scarcely ever recognized. Undoubledly a large per cent, o the canines that would recover if left alone, die through the mistaken zcal of their masters, backed by the ** common sense and humanitarian principles” of Mayhew. Of the humanitarian principles of the author I will speak farther on, The amount possessed is not original with Mr, Mayhew, M. R. ©. Y.. 8. (which title by the way, the genue- man, had no right to assume), and when backed up by the profound and inexcusable ignorance evinced, can not demand that the work should be passed Ixy unnoticed. This ‘common sense” authorsays (page 240): ‘The intes- tines of the dog are peculiar. In thefirst place it has no colon - . - . . Phe cxcumis no more than a small appendage, a little sac attached to the main tube." This shows a degree of ignorance which cannol be account- ed for except that the author mistook the lunguaye of that: treatise from which he borrowed his original (2) matter, which says on page 49: ‘‘The intestines of the dog, both. large and small, approximate so closely in size, that one nuac- quainted with the anatomy of the animal would be led to be- lieve the dog dees not possess a colon.” The assertion that the dog is without thal necessary ap— pendage, a colon, is ridiculous, and sufficient of itself to con- demn the author. If he had only suspended the stomach to its collar, he would haye done the animal some service, as it could then be emptied and filled at the will of his master, and thus a world of trouble be saved; bul no! he has taken away. the colon and left the poor animal to be stuffed and stuffed with food and medicine with no way of disposing of the un- divested and useless remnants. llowever, he proves the falsehood of the assertion and exposes his ignorance when he says: * The cecum is no more than a small appendage, ete.” Almost every schoolboy knows that the caecum is the blind pouch or cul de sae at the commencement of the colon; there- fore, no colon, no cecum! Luckily for the animal he pos- sesses both, The error regarding the cseceum is not so palpable; he does not distinguish between the cacum and its vermiform appen- dix. This would not be strange in one ignorwnt of anatomy, us the appendix in the dog is so large as to almost merit the title of intestinum cect, which is olten giyen, it being to a great extent continuous with the creeum. If so grossly and unnecessarily ignorant in the groundwork of his profession, what must we expect of its superstructure? Now, let us look at his /amanitarian principles. Mayhew recommends hydrocyanie (prussic) acid in four-drop doses ; und that no mistake may be made, he adds L, P. @ ¢., London Pharmacopwa, This is an entirely different preparation from the ‘‘aeidus hydrocyantewm dilutium” of the U.S. P. Allow me to quote trom the L. P.: ‘*So powerful a poison is evi- dently unsuited for ordinary medical purposes. A single drop placed on the tongue of a dog killed it in forty-three seconds ; applied to the eye of a cat caused death in twenty seeonds. ‘he dijute acid is a powerful and direct sedative in doses of drops two to four, but the smaller dose should always he fiyen at the commencement,” 1 have known one drop of the dilute acid, of the L. P., placed on the tongue of a large healthy dog, to cause death in eighty-three seconds. Mr. Mayhew preseribes opium in doses ranging from one to six or eight vrains; lwo grains commonly. A surgeon in the U_$. army carelessly gaye two grains of opium to his setter on the strength of this Awmanitarian authority, and with difficulty saved the animal’s life. I gave three grains to a coach dog at night; in the morning the animal wus dead. If any one has exceeded this dose, or approached within one grain without endangering the life of his animal, he must thank the chemist from whom he obtained the drug, Again, Strychnia or brucia are identical in action, or at least sufliciently so for practical purposes. Mr. M. says that the former in any dose, no matter how small, is fatal to the canine; yet he recommends nux yomica, which is dependent entirely on these principles for its efficacy, in doses of two grains. As nox ¢ontuins four per cent. of strychnia, he gives a trifle oyer 1-12 of a grain of strychnia, the dose of which for man is 1-32 to 1-8. On pages 77 and 107 castor oil is condemned. He says: “Tt often does the ill which months of care are needed to efface, even if the life be not destroyed; * * * to the dog it issn active purge.” This is all very true to # certain extent, and this information is drawn from the ‘* Sportsman’s Dic- tionary,’’ as is all of yalue in the work that is not taken from Youatt and Blaine; yel in the face of this we find him 1e- commending in other places castor vil as a ‘‘ gentle lacatine. " Tight go on and inultiply evidences as to iznoringe and in- efficiency. In the whole work there is not a single hint as tw the detion of medicines, and the why and wheretore of their giving; there is not one jot of pathological information; the symptoms he gives seem to Tave a sameness thal is not inter- éstiny, and ave so * boggled” that they apply to all diseasts: pretty much alike. , With regard to te doses which haye “the most possible effect upon the system,” I can only surmise that tis has ref- crence to calomel. Mercury in any form is a dimgerons agent in the hands of the nou-protessional man; but its effects ure not more to he deplored than some others, as antimony, which Mayhew uses largely, under the name of “gry powder,’ Helectics object to calomel; indued (o all mineral drigs, yet they all use (Hem surreptitiously. One of (his class, a perso- nal friend of my own, remarked, “*T never knew one of our profession but tried to nse calomel, and alyyays obtained sali- vation asa result.’ Iodine will salivate; podophyllin produces these drngs are of the greatest value. plyalism, to which mercurial salivation is preferable, yet all : / The treatment of Blaine and Youatt I do not uphold. It was in accordance with the light of their days. Of Mayhew we may say that he advocated a mode of hygienic procedura which, thovgh not original, and extremely unpopular in that day, and moreoyer very imperfect, is nevertheless valuable. 4ls @ werk af reference his hook is valueless; ax cn epitome of treatment, useless; as a specimen of velerinury ignorance, é2- cellent. His reputation among sportsmen is entirely due to the pen ot Win, Henry Herbert, who, however much we may acinire the man, had many faults, und possessed strong prejudices, that even led him to acts of folly—as preferring that lis wile should die¢ through the ignorance of an English quack, rather than yecoyer under the care of an educated American physician, As a representative of the ** light little isle,” you will allow me to deny that Mayhew is highly reyardud, or even recog- nized, by the best authoritiesin Hugland. The utter Invom- petence of the author is well knewae and generally acknowl edged. No one with a modicum of anatomical and therapeutical knowledge could, aftur onee reading the work, form other than the most unfavorable opinion. "The sports- man who must have this work will find his library references incomplete without the sporting adventures of'* Baron Mun. chausen."* sy, _ Of the works that go fo make up the yolume as published in the United States, [have no fanlh to tind. Tutehinson’s “Dow Breaking” is too valuable to suffer greatly by the asso- ciation, though it is to be regretted. ; Tn conclusion, let me say that Lave no ‘ax to grind,” being actuated solely by the desire of doing justice, With all theiy faults, Youatt and Blaine are to-day quoted hy high medical authority in America timid Europe; Mayhew never. ‘The former have an intillectual and scientifie Wasis, which the most vivid imagination cannot accredit to the latter in the slightest degree. I tras no olfense will be taken, as none is intended, my aim }eing merely to expose a serious error. T have not seen Mr. Hallock’s bool, nor its proof sheets, tt if any new light is shed upon the diseases of canines, all shonld unite in thanking that gentleman for his efforts, , Imay say that Lam forianate enough to possess a copy of that rave work, the “Sportsman's Dictionary,” and can verify the evidence of the critic in the Forusre ANp STREAM. Trusting you will pardon my prolixity, Lim truly yours, ARCHER. ee eee Axz Doas Prorervy?—In our last issue we noticed the case Of Mastham vs. Swinger as being on trial, It will bo re- membered that this suit arose from Swinger shooting a valu- able setter belonsine to My, Bastham, at Piqua, Olio, The latter had loaned Sim to a friend, who, when returning home after a day’s sport, allowed the dog to lag behind. Swinger shot the dog on the public highway, and was sued for the yalue of the animal. Judgnienh was rendered aguinst lim, whereupon he appealed the case t6 a higher court, wien the former judgment was aflirmed. Asa last resort the case was taken to the Supreme Court which decided adversely tv the jdefendant last weelk. Mr. Swinger’s bit of malice has cost hitn just 2692.85, in- cluding the judgment of $100, that being the sum at which the do was valued and taxed, consequently his legal valne. This is gratifying to owners of valuable canines. Th consti- tutes dogs property, and gocs far to eusure (hei! protection. a Frexou Housns,—The Gascon liands are noted for their partiality for wolf lunting. Though yery strongly built, they: are not remarkably swift, but very sleady on tre scent. ‘The peculiarity of the breed is that it contaius a marked Lupine strain, the custom of crossing with wolyes being introduced early in the thirteenth century. M. Miramon de Montbrun refused 43,200 for a couple of these dogs. Re Se Towa Prop Derars,—The Iowa Field Trials will be held at Hampton, Iowa, by the State Sportsman's Assoviution, and under the auspices af the National Kennel Club, commencing Tuesday, Sept. 4. ‘Open to the world.” The following aro the stakes, all prizes being in cash; Puppy stakes for pointers ynd setfers ander 1S months, Purse $286 5 $100 to Hrs, $75 lo Second, $50 to third, $10 to fourth ; #0 entrance. Champion stakes for poulers and schters of any age. Purse $235; $100 to first, So ty second, $50 to third, $10 to Lonrih; Sl entrance, Brace stakes: $la entrance; ai) per cent, 10 trst, 86 per cent, to second, 16 per cent. to third. ‘wo doga belonging to dilferent persons ave eligible, ( Entrances for Pappy and Champion Stakes close Wednesday, Ang, — 15th, and must be mate with énlrance fee inelosed to Da, J. 1. Leas, President lows State Sporismen’s Association, 4 Tiampton, towa, Pract stakes Glose Tuesday tlent, September 8d, ut te Cyntont Touse, llampton, lows, ; Dos Will ih transported free on the Chicago & North Western, Thi- pois Central, Milwaukee & St. Paul, unc Tows Central Rallrouls, . ee eS —Mr. Wm. M. Tileston’s imported red Trish setter bitch Li TIL, (vy Shamrock out of Kathleen) whelped, on the 1th jnsi., nine puppies, five dows and four bitchus, the sire bemg DBleho. A portion ol this litter has been taken from the dam and the Tittle ones are being successftilly raised on nursing ee tles. ; r OO 7 >? AypRo OBI IN Gi ascow.—Rabies is said to have broken “olif as an epizootic in Glasgow, over whicli greut alaym is felt. A) Meteo, Prof. of Surgery in the University, deprecates the | publicity that, has been given, and conseq(ent wide-spredd ex- eitement, Iu a lecture upon the subject he very justly re- marked: ‘Tf a mad dog were to bite through the,clothes he “qould nol care, because the ant mal’s teeth would he cleaned | from poison by rubbing through the cloth, and * there would | he no fear of bad results.? If persons were bitten hy a dog it “syas foolish fo destroy the animal there and then, for more than once he knew ‘of eases where men had recovered from ~whial, was thoushl to be hydrophobia merely by being shown ‘the dos that had bitten them all sound and elothed in ite vight Thind.’ <> lows Firup Trists.—The National American Kennel Club will have a grand sories of events in September, beginning on the 4th, at Hampton, lowa. Dr. J. I. Leas, of Hampton, will furnish all information as to prizes, entrance, ete. i —Mr. §. B. Dilly, of Lake City, Minn. writes that on the “ih inst. lis pointer bitch Minnesota whelped seven puppies, two dogs and five bitches, sited by Ranger. Mr. Dilley thinks this the finest lot he has ever bred. $$ Wawe Cranmp.—s. C. McCandless, of Atlanta, Ga., ¢luims the nume of Leila for his white and black ticked Lave- rack bitch pup outoft Pairy UL, by Pride ot the Border, bought by me from ©. 8. Westcott, Esq., through IMorace Smith. oe Bie axp Lirrre,—Two dogs, belonging to aCenire Square merchant, had a lively time with s rat this morning. One dog had hold of the rat by the head and the other by the tail, he larger doe started around the Square, dragging the rat and small dow after him. he little dow, after tugging with : 3 : > : the varmint about fifteen minutes, sueeceded in faking It away from the big dog, and was happy. The scene was an amus- jing one, and we sagely reflected that the big dorg don’t always qvin any more than the big man does,—/asion Free Press, Cel. +o A Porr ano His Doc.—Jas. Hoge told an anecdote of a vollie which he sold a neighboring sheep farmer. Some little time afterward, while tending his own flocks, lie saw a dog appear oyer the brow of a neighboring hill beyond which lay the farm to which his former companion had been sent. It trotted toward him till within recognizable distance, and then sat down and steadily regarded his old muster with a reproach- ful expression. The sliepherd went toward him, but the collie immediately retreated; he stopped—the dog again sat down and gazed wistfully at him; he called and whistled—the dog did not move. He again tried to diminish the distance he- {aveen himself and bis old friend, but in vain—the dog re- treated in exact proportion to the man’s advances; and never after would he come within speaking distance of The master, whio, in his canine apprehension, had so lightly valued his faithful service as to consent 10 part with him; though ever and avon he would come and gaze from the hillside upon his former owner and his early charge. “2 New Jursey—WVewark, July 9.—My Trip to Colt’s Neck.— L was much pleased to receive a letter from my friends Mr. aud Mrs. Taylor, asking wife and self down to spend the fourth. We started on the third, and after a short bul pleasant trip, we arrived at Frechold, and there saw the smiling face of Mr. ‘I’. The time from then until we went shooting was spent around the old homestead. Old Sank was my first thought among the dogs, as I was told he was gone up, But 1 found jim as foxy as ever. Tsay foxy, and will tell you why. He will never giye you 2 shot if he can help it, and will back out aud wait until Taylor comes up before he will point after he sees you ave coming and his master is not, He is getting old, Tnut is yet too young for any doe that I have ever seen, Tay- Jor has some fine looking pups runaing around wot by old Sank, nud suid he had sold the others for ten and fifteen. I think they are very cheap. I will stop doz, and say a little on our shoot. Ithink I had as good shooting as any one could wish onahot day. We got twenty-eight birds on the fourth, and ihe fifth and sixth we killed quite & number more. I found 1 was a ood brush shot—something Ihave always undersLood— an if any one thinks I am not speaking the truth, he can see plenty of proof by going and looking at the bushy colntry we shot in, | suppose you haye heard the hunters ery “mark,” und L did it every time without the cry when a woodcock got up near me. Hope all had as good times as I Mage Yours, NIPER. —— tt 8 Taprana—/ushville—Eperos writes that good sport is ex- ected this fallin his section, provided the “domestic duties of Mr. and Mrs, Bob While are not interfered with. Very few qnall were killed in this part of the State list fall and winter, und the farmers took particular pains to feed (he little inuocents during the terlible cold weather and deep snows.” Phe same wrilat hus been enjoying fine squirrel Tinting dur. ing the spring, using a 22 calibre rifle of Morel & Wads- worth’s make, of which ho speiks in the highest terns. es es —— —How (o have n good dog—Name hin Brag. _. ++ —A friend in Maryland wishes tu exchange “A. good setter or pointer dog. any age; dow Lo he all right or no exchange,” for a 12-hore, Remington, $45 breech-louding, 2a, Deceit is oue of the grentosl uf evils, being the sublle diy rotor sovinl atid commercial life, At example of this is forumlin tie vari— ‘ons Sounted toilet soaps. EB. T. Babbitt, the sayy manifietaber, us r= ooubly prodneed soap perfectly pure and adimirably adaphed for old and young—an indispeupane Ailjinof to tollet abil hath room wien ouce known. Ll is kKhovwin us B.D. Babbilits Toilet Soap— de. —_A Paris showman, whose daurhter was recently married, presented to his son-in-law, as hey fortune, an «lephant that danced « fandango, a camel that went. (owi on itis anges with, its head (6 the east ab sunact, a dog bhai veckoned np negounls, 'twe canaries (hat 2 probaly mob on) yeord a > —Rostgin diamprat, played cards, A more singilan Aewry |, Game Bag and Gun. GAME IN SEASON FOR JULY, July is 4 close month for game, except as to woodcock, in certalo States. In New York shooting is prohibited until August 1. AvtumysL Sports iv Micniaax anp Wisconsty.—The fol lowing information will serve those who propose yisiting the new hunting and fishing grounds in Norfihern Michigan, which areaccessille by the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. By A judicious use of one’s time a six weeks’ vacation may be made yield all the varities of hunting and fishing which this State and Northern Wisconsin afford, the latter country being now easily reached by the recently completed Wisconsin Cen- tral Railroad, A trip commencing about the middle of Au- gustand ending the 1st of October will yield grayling, bags, trout and maskelonge fishing during the first three weeks, and rulfed grouse und deer shooting in perfection during the last three. ‘The editor only recommends what he preseribes for himself, and his faith is founded on abundant testimony : Burrao, N, Y., dune 29, 1Si7. EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM AND ROD AnD GUN: Noticing that you contemplate taking a trip to the northern parti of Michigan tempts me to drop you a line. I, with friends, have for the Jast four seasons taken « trip to that section of the country, which tras not only proven very delightful, but very healthful. We have always taken the lake trip, which if one has the time at his disposal is much preferable, Our objective point has been Pine River ; if one is limited us to tle then take the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad to Petosky about 12 miles from Pine River, which can be reached by steamer or syagon. Leaving here one can take a fine passenger boat which leave® each Tnesday evening during the season, stopping en route at Cleye- land, Detroit, Port Huron, Mackinaw and Pine River (on Maps and Post OMice Directory Chaifevoix), You will find there very good accommo- dations at the Fountain City Honse, kept by mine host “Dick Cooper.” The steamers haye most excellent accommodations, One is allowed suMicient time at the different stopping places to do a little sight-seeing; (he svenery on the river is varied and very beautiful. Having reached Pine River the first thing in order after getting housed is to make an arrangement with a guide, he providing & boat with a well in it to keep fish aliye, and generally blankets for camping ont, the charge being [rom $2 to $2.50 per day for guide and boat; then next to procure need- ed supplies for the camp, which you will haye no diMieulty in doing, as there are two or three yery good stores there. Having eyerything ready for a Start early in the morning, you step on board of a very nice yacht which makes daily trips up Pine Lake to the Jordan and the Boyne rivers aliernately (the Jordan being the stream). The lake is ten or twelve miles in length and very picturesque. Arriving at the dock or store at the head of the lake, which yon will do in tine to afford you some fishing that day, you transfer yourself and property to your boat, and after a pull of about tive minutes you enter the Jordan River; the water of which you will find to be extremely clear and cold. The fishing zrounds extend several miles mp. Generally parties go any- where fromthree to eight miles up the stream, and then camp either in hank shanties or in tents, which are yery desirable to take with you. A party of three, I think, inthe month of July last, in five or six days’ fish- ing, took out when they left the stream 2,500 trout and grayling, besides using 600 to 700 in camp. They used the fly almost wholly. What renders ffi pleasant is that you fish from the boat, the guide generally handling the same with good judgment and skill. The stream is quite wide. ‘To the bait fisher I would adyise his taking wornis with him using a large covered tin pail with air holes in the top filling in with plenty of earth, Keep it cold, on ice if possible, and the bait will pan out well. I adyise this as it is almost impossible to procure in that country fhe needed quantity, as the soilis very sandy. While there last August we met a party who went in and came out at the same time as ourselves, Who spent an hour or so atthe dock af the head of the lake in securing with their landing nets a supply of young frogs, which they used to ereat advantage in the deep pools and log drifts, They had the finest lot of large trout I have ever seen taken with this bait. SINBAD, ES Micniaan.—Detroit, July 14.July 9, Wm. Smith, Revere Gay and Mark Hytland were out after woodcock, aad ba gged 15. A. J. Rogers, E. W. Reynolds, 8. H. Ives, and Samuel Tichner (a happy crowd of sports) returned to the city Thurs- day night from a week’s trip in the yacht Sweepstakes. They brought home 90 black bass, 12 pike; also 15 Nag LOVER, a SHOOTING WILD TURKEYS IN THE SOUTH, ENFIELD, N. C,, July 5, 1877. EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM: The idea seems quite common among those who write about our wild imrkey that they are Killed by the sportsien of the southern States mostly during the season of incubation, by imitating {lie call of the fe- ale and thereby luring the male bird within reach of the shot in am- bush. We have neyer known thap method to be very suceessful; Ger- tainly it is not very sportsmaniike, It is undoubtedly indulged in by the neproes and a certain class of white people all over the south. The way, liowever, usnul with sportsmen ts to hunithem with a pointer or setter broken for thal purpose. It is usual to go on horseback, will one or two dogs. Sometimes a common foxhound is also trained for the prpose, and adds greatly to the value of fhe pack, as he will sloy- ly and patiently work up a Gold trallwhich might, with potters al setters, ie passed oyer enaarcly, The only objechion to the hound 1s that he is giving tongue on fhe trail, which will cause the turkeys tu fy hefore the dogs get among them, any] also catse tiem to ny all in one direction, whereas, one would like to be near to take advantage of the occasional beautifi shots to be obtained in the flush, for whlch purpose if is desirable that the dogs should be among them before the }irds are aware of it, Im order thal they may be seuttered in every direction. Whon so scattered, in the months of October aud November, we nobice jheir fivht und endeavor to locate ourselves in & position soniewlati central to their position, and iiake a blind of shorh bushes, which, ayhen stuck into tle grouni, stiould look as i they grew there, ‘Phe #@ogs are then taker in and Lhe sportsman seals himself so that he can Jlist sea above the bushes. Within fron fwwenty to sixty minntes the Dirda will begin to call, endeavoring to get together again, when we hnye only t0 atisywer und preserve an Indian stillness, Whe answers we uke should be few and short. Tt is oceasionally the case that the old Tien who raised (he brood will come early te a point RoMewhere near yon and eal] in tones of comma, whith itis well to pul an end to 1s soon a4 posse. The ehauge of alluring her within your reach 16 6x~ ceadligly sma}}, and ihis heat therefore [4 jake the fastest dog and drive har olf, Fie vol uyisngl tor O78 to kil trom two fo five at one pi Hi i GHILLED AND SOFT SHOT, JACKSON, Miss., June 14, 1877. Eprron Forkst AND STREAM: Helow I give you tha results of a trial made by Mr, John A. Galbreath, Of this place, with English chilled shot and Tatham’s shot (soft, of course). Mr. G. at the same time tried *‘Hazard’s Ducking" No, 4, and “Dead Shot? PG, to see which of the powdera gave thé best resui— the higher priced or the lower grade. Tle speaks highly of the “Dead Shot’ in regard to its cleanliness, There I differ with him. T would uot shoot itin my gun unless i could not get a cleaner powder, and liye come to that conclusion after seyeyal teats: My friend is yery painstaking and mofhodical tn everything he under= takes, He wentto every store and counted the pellets {i a measured ounce nntil he fonnd one that approached the English shot in the num— ber of pellets, His inquiry resulted in this, that in testing the shot hy count he found a great difference in size in sacks of the sane number and make, Tatham'’s No. 7 shot counted 316, S44, 352, 377 pellets to the measured ounce in four different places where if was fur sale— their standard calls for 291 pellets. ‘Lo verify liis count Tfound that Mr. G’s shot measure, made by Mr. Dougall, differed slightly from my Dixon No, 1,106. I give this as a Nint to those intending 10 make trials aa quite a factor in measuring powder and shot, and that the number marked on the bag is n0f an indication of the true size at all, differing as above stated, x The gun was fired off-hand at a thirty inch circle struck before shool- ing, disianee forty yards, perfectly calm during the series of shots fired on different days; counted those pads only that were fai rly cracked by three pellets; In two instances one pellet penetrated all thirty sheets (sed, Penetration pads were fastened together at one corner with a paper fastener, and to the tree by atack driven throngh the middle. Had the pads been fastened at all four corners the gun would have shown still better penetration. Weather extremely dry and warm Engiteh chilled slot No, Gran 292 pellets to the measured eines Tatham's No. 6 shof used ran 273 pellets to measured ounce, all actual count, He uddetl 19 pellets of Tatham’s shot to one aang 20 to 12 oz., and 23 to 14y oz. Penetration pads were made ont of lieayy clanen hardware paper, 26x36 inches open sheet, 24 of which weigh 6 tb. 30% Isend you sample of the pads used, The gunisa9 Ib. 10-bore niAde by E. C. Green, Chellienham, England. Me used an Eley "plack- edge wad nextto powder, then 4 greased, red covered wad, then another black-edge on that, three in all over powder and a black-edge on top of shot; U.M, C. Co,’s paper shells, hot crimped. The pellets of hard shot came out almost entirely round ; soft shot was smashed nearly flat by the shooting. WITH HAZARD POWDER. Right 4 dr.1 oz, chilled shot. Pattern, 233 Penetration, 25 “ aigdr. 14 02, 7 937 ae “ pf dr yon, 935 a i * 4 dri oz, soft shot. “BH is Th « 4dr Ligon Fed “ T 6 diasvom us: 10 ui a Left 4 dr.1 07. chilled shot, Me 170) te iq “ 44 ar, 137 02, " rt 17 re it «6B adr. 144 07z. H Ws 176 a ig “4 dri 0%. soft shut. i 153 af ath «43g dr, 14g 02. mt & 179 ty 4 “ 6 driigon Ww 184 “ 1 Hi AV CVAG Cris adbtwinateeec sens i a ethale 191.6 18.5 WITH DEAD SHOT rowpHk. Right 4 dr1 ov. chilled shot, Pattern, 21 ‘ 5 436 dr. Lig 0%, as yo aL & = “ 5 drdkgom « “BAT i uy “« 4 @r.1 ow, soft shot, ets & i4 “ 4¥drniyon 4 “497 4 1 8 dri oz, Wf a 182 ve th eft 4 (nd 0%, chilled shot, & 418i “ by dye dy. 124 0%, ae Af 19S = 10 Wb, areigcoze “910 “ W “4 dr,1 oz, Soft shot, “196 ret fe 446 dr. 14g o7. 4 be 184 tt 15 “ 5 aniion « “204 a 19 AVEVAR Oa deen ene cset a sass seacoast ese OR,1 18.1 Average of six shells, with chilled s i f é Average of six shells, Wien act ehotet Pia ore foie aaah ie Average Of s\x shells, witli chilled shot, left, pattern 184.1, pen'n. 1904 Average of six shells, with soft shot, left, pattern 178.2, penotra’n 15k What do we learn from this trial? 1, Hard shot makes a better pattern and has more penetration than soft shot, in figures, 207 to 181 and 20 to 16, 2. The pellets of hard shot do not lose their shape when shot geainst an oak tree, hence more penetration but less killing power, I venture to assert. The soft shot flattening paralyses the animal,when fairly hit almost instantly. ] 3. Practically there seems to be no reason for using more than one ounce of shot, the pattern averiges 200 pellets, using 147 ounce and 186 pellets with one ounce. Penetration, one sheet more in fayor of Lie ounce, driven by an additional drachm of powder. Yi 4. Inregard to the powder used yon will see that the pattern isin favor of the ‘Dead Shot,” penetration a fraction in fayor of the ‘Hazard,’ hence to people who will put np with a little extra dirt. would show largely in favor of “Dead Shot,’ if being abot hull’ the price of the other, Mr, G’s gun is 4 remarkable gun ata target, as I knew it to be in the field, withal a beantifal gun, though not “madein London,” ; Vinally, my position iemaking the repori: T took the rouble to write the above pro bono publico, Mr. G, took the troubla to tind ott what iis gun would do, Imade use of his labor. I do notown an &. O. Green gun, nor doTexpect to doso, Tf sell ‘Dead Shot" im tuy store, anc in- vend to use “Hazard's Ducking” next winter; did use “Telegrapit” last Season, I say this, ast have no ax to grind with any one whatever, and hope I have not constituted myself into a “Returning Board? ' Twould cantion any of your readers against accepting the above aga, guide for their own guns. I hive no patience with a man ownlnie sa gun, who, without trial, would accept from another party, who jl probably never éven seet the nil, as conulosiye how mult powder anil shot to use in the field. Yours respectfully, Go, 0, EY nior, et ‘“BPOOME? TRO DaG 7 My DEAR PRIEND: Tread your letter on your trip to the shore with much Inferest, Am glad the boys gol oul of school and had a good lime all h) theniselves. Nothing i Wiy bw remembrance matches my present feellnes over L toy days" tun amone tie tlelds snd birds, but ihe days when 4 haaelier wis sick, of some oiler opportune Providence fave us (i (rexpewted emancipation from school im the midst of term. Well, Mrinee Tay wits rightt Boy or man, is troe, “TE all the year were playing holidays, To play would be as tedious as to Work ¢ But, How, what seldom comes, umooked for, comes, And nothing pleaseth but rare aecidents 1 Oh, these aecidénts of he shore and the praivie: of the stteam, the wood and the fist! 1 presume thatany fortunate knowledge: of Romie at fhe parlies fo your tip gaye your aceonntof th the freaber 7e8t (i) at Tam foinglo ive you a few lhoughts suweested ly your article, 3 1. How dur chosen diversion of the gun tis i with. need of wien to all callings of life?) There ls yoursell, frend Doc, to bern with, ‘Thanwt Hol Hversy Lo handiine pills, you would agorn, 14 e ian pt the ont Ini to dispense pellets; yet, let the pellets be numbered §, 9, 10, and let the patients be bay-bitds, and the instrument of practice a Lefever, and you willdrop the pills and dose out the pellets like the most homezopath- ic man of them all, AndI don’t blame you. In just two callsT made upon you last summer, half of your time was taken up with making presctiptions. If that be the case all the time, no wonder you fling phy- sic to the dogs when chance offers, and fly from pills to pellets. Yet, even in these brief interviews, you had the craft to pump some shooting yarns out of Boone, and then sent them to the printer. Well, we both Survived it, as patients will sometimes survive pills, and bay-birds, pel- lets. Then there is Soule; his calling, and a noble one, to teach the young business idea how to shoot. And yet how glad of an opening to leave the idea to its own practice, and off 1o the shore to shoot for him- self, with elements as palpable and material as the ideas of his daily training are immaterialand spiritual, Ideas for shot; brains thrown aside for dullinertlead. Oh, friend Soule, the Scott, and the shore and the bay birds have a wondrous charm when they can bring a man to this! And then comes Prosser, out of that great establishment where gems and jewels, glistening metals and polished steel are before the eyes and under the hands all the day long. He, too, rushes to the shore, and vows that the emerald has no hue like the waving grass, and the ruby no glow like that of sunset toa manin the open air ; and the fopaz no saffron like that of the dajyn, as one pushes from the shore and the diamond no sparkle like the sunrise, from which it borrows its light; and no. sheen like that of its fellow borrower, the molten bay; and turquois and lapis-lazuli, no blue like that of the arch above one as the darkness covers the birds and dims the sight, and the gunner hies him home. And had Boone been of the party, he might find a word of fitness for himself, but he forbears. 2, The little account it is to a man, escaping from confinement to na- ture, from the town to the field or the shore, what his game is provided it 1s edible—a, bird of wing, and frequent in the locality. For instance, my game of the yearis grouse, mallard and geese; and yet my relish would have been just as keen for shooting these bay birds with my friends, as the larger and nobler forms 1 amin the habit of pursuing You have the escape, the freedom, tlie solitude of tield—of forest—or of shore; the cheerful companionship, the joint pursuit, the hourly comparisons, the joint return and the sleep of the painless. And then, for the time, the burden of care is lifted, time flies by a& on wings, and exhilaration almost gives wings to ourselves. Old Horace says: . Care scales the galley’s deck, And rides behind the horseman’s back, But here is neither galley nor horse—business nor home, and our trip is weil through before the cankering old fellow has found us out and straddled our shoulder again. Oh, if a good charge of No.10 would dis- pose of him, wouldn’t he get for pledge himself fo let honest hunters go their way of life undisturbed. 3. The kind fatuity we are all underin regardto our guns. Friend Doe, if you should hold out your Lefeyre to Soule for his Scott, or to me for my Parker, and we should say, as wecertainly should, “ No, I thank you,” what noble compassion would fill your soul! Such infatuation would be wonderful to you—passing understanding, in fact, the weak point in your otherwise esteemed friends, Just think of it, yon would say; ‘Such solidity, such workmanship, and such working; and then birds cut down at 60 yards, before their very eyes! Then see the ac- tion—see the grip, and to think of them putting the Scott top-action ife-pushing, or the Parker button by the side of this. It calls up the Scripture: “Verily, every man, at his best estate, is altogether van- ity!” Just so, friend Doc, you are now just where Soule and Boone were with their guns three years ago. Months of use of our arms, where Yours has had days, wonderful shots a hundred to your one, as yet; and hen, not a pin, not a catch, not one single element of our guns derang- ed all this time. One of Cuvier’s students came to him with great enthusiasm, showing abone, palpably part of an unknown mammal. “* Study that bone two years, my young friend, and then give me your opimion.” Shoot your Lefeyre three years, dear Doc, and then compare notes with us again, Worthy friends, Doc, Soule aud Prosser, there were two elements of imperfections, in your trip to the’shore: ist, Boone was not there; 2d, You parted without adjourning fo meet Boone on the prairie for grouse the 16th of August. So mended, your trip would have been perfect Make if perfect another time. Good-bye. boone, ———— ie PIGEON MATCHES. Long Isnanp Gun Crus, Derter Park, L. f., July 13.— Classified sweepstakes, $2 each; three birds each, 25 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, hand traps; $12 to first and $8 to second. ‘Che club rules to govern, ‘Thishad ten contestants. On ties miss and go out. *Kdwards ........-.- eseesel 11-3 TMiller....... 5 sanuersleve .. 111-3 +Volkman,.. + Webster. -.111—8 Leancake... ~Williams.. -< .111—8 Murphy. }Henderson,.......-- G1 1—8 Harris... es * Divided first money. + Divided second money. f Fell dead out of bounds. Same Day.—Classified sweepstakes; $2 each; 26 yards rise, 80 yards boundary; $8 to first, $5 to second and $3 to third; on ties, miss and go out, which had eight entries. Edwards......J11 —3 Williams...... Oto 10 14 0-4 Miller.........1 10 —2 Valkman., 10 1610 —3 Hands.........011 —? Webster...... 0 =; Gildersleeve...01 106 110—4 Henderson,...000 =i Several other sweepstakes also took place. Suerpsnzap BAy.—The amateurs held a trap shoot, July 4; Bogardus’ balls and traps, with the following result : Ten balls each—20 yarde rise. ac MCKAUNG.......+2se-008 »..-10 A Huisman,...,.. re BT es 8 Wa Hustrich...-..-.-+ eened ce ptee ON HINER CiCOLNGL Sees selme paca ces ‘5 Ten balls gene Bibs rise. i ‘I McKane....20..0--..45 Scape clasts aisman. 10 ea a Pi Pic) 5. J C Corbet........ i) i P Ten balls each—30 yaad rise. ) T McKane.....22-2--5 Se cnc vee ot on AERTS Cy oe eat Pe en 1 ad F John Comwell....i..¢2scseees- es 8 JC Corbet......... tress Seereif Three balls cae yards rise. i 4 ANE ----.¢s-* -1 1 1—3 A Hnisman. i SE anticline ass 0 0—1 JC Corbet,.............. 11 1-8 [These are very good scores.—En. | New York, Bvjfio.—The reeular shoot of the Buffalo Gun Glub, held on the club grounds, July 4, 1877, in a match for the President’s Badge. ‘he following score was made at 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary. We che oh eee! Perea ea) Det ae ein rie heed BE het (ih Sie Seay iy Sly ra Richard Hdge.....s..«.:,- Seer mie a Oe a et te © G Pickering......-..- Re scree TT Ue ae pia en ok dG Gibbous... sot Wet Warren. oo. es e.neeranue ela 7] H Clough... : a J. G. G. =Hast Syracuse, N.Y., July 11. —Sweepstales and prize shoots. Summary : FIRST SWEEP. Leeson eee pee eu. CF CRI SNEIE Ghat pecseainant shri twaeteas Ol Sheridui, ie Mare ee. MOMs pee Rai ae ese a on thea Followay - whose reves) BROIL... eee Lie Seana BOALG.cessccececeisseprorveseeyl0 Miner. sis ue. Sr. Loms, June 19, 1877, Eniror Forrsr anp STREAM: / 1, ae Noticing in Forrsy ayo Streama desire expressed by some of our sportsmen to learn more about the conical base shell manufactured by the St. Louis Company, I inclose the result of the firstof a series of trials instifuted by Col. ©. L. Hunt, fo determine the merits of the same. I-would advise ftom my observation at the trial that different Aine Shem hore, should be targeted, from the minimam to the maximum of the charges of powder given in the tables inclosed, and the charge between these two means giving the best pattern and penetration should be the proper charge for the @un: ; THIRTY-INCH CIRCLE. PADS OF ST, LOGIS SHELL PAPER, HARD AND THICK. THREE SHEETS TO KE BROKEN, Sr. ELEY’s \U. MYGO. No GUN 3 aoe ‘ i CHARGE, DISTANCE.; SHELL, SHELL. SBETI. AVERAGE, 4s = | Pat. \Pen| Pat, |Pen' Pat. | Pen) i\Greener choke... .j2 drs., 147 oz. N. ¥. 8, 2 pink wads....| 40° y el coowertr tal) ance mea : 2 do oF 2 do do 2 :" DES as ia : ie Lie ‘5 oe | means ‘e Mia : do do ae ae do 166 | 5] .. Ao ee hs 4 do do do 2 do 55 Tee) eee | ellcts 2175 1 5 do do do 2 do + | epee PSB ay 7 do ao do 2 do ano | BT, ae | (te, ao 6 do do do 2 do mip: || 6 A CO hee | eee ie x & do do do 2 do eeu eee le ‘g 9 do do do 3 tio ak Richey) 259 | 4 ae Ww do do do 2 ‘lo BO NB | oe deb, Be 1 4 do do do 2 tla Ht PAP ap ser eee i Be 19 do do do do i eel en oe siete | ap 3 do do do 1 do 200 5 an i | i 5 14 do do do i Ro Re (P22 uroe | WaT tee ea He 15 dla ao 410 1 do fs oe A | 233 ‘5 . 18 do do de 4 do tee UW See|| WN I Qo) no 1% do do ao 1 do aOR eat NP immed ot be Ke rs do ‘lo lo 1 do J swe oe ets fniet ag 1 do do (lo 1 do 62 8 : aa 30 do do do 1 Gowen: A do i et Ge) 13 oY 22 & By Nichols & Lefever, ae do z i ry wht | od ap eebbe || ea his a 92 4 & L ( 0 ink wads, ,.. 23 db 25 do do noe cE agate a3 alt: Se eas? Bi alain mies ae 26 do do do 2 do. wide (RCS Pehle Sk GEA do 2 do do do 2 do. do on ne . y 170 “4 lo 25 to open, ... |47¢ do tlo 4 do, do 105 f . fit “4 do choke..,./442 do do 2 do. do at i6 ¥ 10 Bib do open,...|5 dio do 2 do. do me a ; a0 a1 do choke....|5 do do® (OF gdok., S8 || mab ae as 1. | 6) | 8 tg 5 do do 1black wad...) do 6 | 3 elf tio .|24 drs., 14¢ 02%. 6 Enelish chilled, do rE ANE sa || bes |) pean to .|2 do do do a lo +4 * 1 162 5 (lo do do do flo 193 | 9 oon St do do «lo do lo tm th =A : 205 " ilo do do do ilo SEES Peel ie [welt ea ss do (lo lo da do a 24 ss 118 6 do do do do (lo 110 7 Ae Ae dau do do do do 1 oe tb 99 i da do do (lo do 45 5 47 Sal do do do do do Ne Ap 61 3 do do do do do 98 3 ‘ 4 Mie do uu do do «lo = a 181 3 co do do do do 29 2 oe 5 co do do do ao is BM as 25 3 do ua a _ do do 150 5 a os do f d NN. ¥ 8, do AG a 298 49) do KAA? 1 A eRe is) {do do dove, eek; ape ao 835 2 es : a 7 Grae choke. teecteraigeedl eg do AE atte chilled... do of AD ve ins =A i io (lo tee + 4u do do riko) epee Hay ao 156 q 4 ve q Sr. Lovrs, Mo., May 25, 1877. ‘= : nf Tae Ww aifeune . + - — -} Tie on seven won by Smith, apart, so that the shooters could not tell from which trap the SECOND SWEEP. ball would he sprung. The prizes were $9, #6, 34, $3. The Board. _ 9 Nichols. + er ...... § | Jollowing is the score in full: Sherida .% Fryling. aes Sh aaal + 9) RS tort EP RER ED Ceo aa B Hullowajsccscccccsoccoctsccoee laa ( BP BOMEMG eset sc eocnssennateordl SARK se settee sects Ties of nine won by Board, with five straight birds, Nichols | J Ferguson.............. tees G@ GL Strung. 8 Aaa MEO) Sr wee ea Be eeesgeeell EH POSt.... « C Fs pial Wilson ....... Pesseprt¢rsessenuse O MTU ee ARAB ee Vt) THIRD SWEEP. GATES a Fee tee ee ask babs ere etee eae ; BiG ego tiadoad Bove ceinae OPI Us aeoed esas sy Se pohae AA ictal = Cl rT my y tity. PEE a Paige Ete The Jersoy City Heights Gun Club, Jersey City, NuT.. was Sherine Dn ad ganar Burs niirn rice eae tOn pes organized on F riday evening under very favorable auspices. EL OG WAAYet aaan awe etielseta aus cook 9 The club comprises some of the best citizens of the Heights, Ties of nine, five birds at 26 yards, Smith out, Holloway won at third, 31 yards, with four birds. PRIZE GONTEST. J NICHOIS 2. <465-----+ d2roesesiew 9) MSIL. Fi pcccemenae sienna ore iee Wry pews. ty vee Ponereces 6 “GoParkerst 25 sy Barone as tt) CR Jackson. ene . 8 J Holloway... aeesee LU H Gale...., peadesdtiiesss § A H Sheridan. seeeee 8 KH Plank. ssesee 8 EH Crouch... . aaa eens T B Board.... EO eae ene ents af) MV OE POLE Oss ate er ene ap ty TMT) (a erin a ee «4 Mr. James Holloway took first prize, an elegant silyer cup, donated by the clubs, value $40, and $60 cash—total #100, Tn ties of nine, Gale took second prize, value #75; ties of eight, four trials, Jackson won third prize, silver cup, valued at $20 and $25 cash; ties of seven, Board fourth; Fryling and Prettie divided the fifth prize. POURTH SWEEP. BORTE ae wdad ashe Be ee a ery I eh eh Tere pire Gil Mae pire =T) GSR TM sh itn e aiy GD aye eer Th ih a Gy ak plz GEES isi lL se ie eS Ae Eh TRE SE oh Silvie ese ey, Connors...... UHR SE Sl al ipl Theat, Smith... ..... ee Ae lee tortie ae aS i LOND SVAN eM oee ual Parents pxedde sted Deel acts ret eters leniency Ties on ten, Smith; ties on nine, Board; Gale and Hudson divided third money, DOUBLE BIRD SWEEP. --10 10 10—3 Nichols...... Sepa Seine ah ess SEGOND DOUBLE BIRD SWEEPSTAKES Gale Hudson..-.. Holloway ..--..-..-.. +0 01 J1—¢ Board,............,., 10 dt 11-5 Nichols... sse.ll 10 10—4 Grale......0..,...5<...10 11 10-4 Smith.,..-.--.2.cc.2.11 10 00—3 Ties on four, Holloway. SHootmne Contest.—The Narragansett Gun Club, of New- port, R. 1, have received a challenge from the Philadelphia Gun Club to shoot a match for $1,000 a side, Aug. 18, the match to take place in Newport. As yet no action has been taken in the matter by the Narragansetts. ConnecriouT,— Manchester Gun Club, Saturday, June 80; single balls, 18 yards rise, 12 balls each. GT AVIOP eeces, sabes v ete csce wales FB Lewis,,.... Woodbridge. .. Kohn,. Loomis ;:,. 4 skinner.... . d. Double Balls. ; C8 sIGNMROM Acs pttee we ges oe tale ELS ele'aa 6h 4 EH Lewig,,....4.. -5 Hudson..-..... Woonbridge ..... Ape nee wn annee as pemees Cc Waylor....... Skinner first, Hudson second, Taylor third. Two sweepstakes were also shot, which were won by Hud- , second, $8; third, $5.50. son and Woodbridge by scores of 4 and 6. Meriden.—. glass ball shooting match took place-on July 4, which was participated m by the crack shots of Meriden vvierensataprssanaena 2) ONC Wallingztord. Three taps were used, placed ten yards ae Pee | the members are chucktull of enthusiasm, ‘Traps, balls, and other paraphernalia have been purchased, with groands leased, and they propose to take no second place in the ranks with their brothers of thetrigger, The following is @ list of the officers for the ensuing year: Dr. John B. Burdett, President: Dr. John Q, Bird, Vice-President: Aubrey N. Staples, Seore- tary; Dr. P, W. Levering, Vreasurer; Frank M. Thomson Herbert Stout and Geo. B. Eaton, Directors. The seconél Wednesday of cach month is their meeting day, with ever Thursday as a day for practice. JACOBSTAERT. yg Onto, Alance.—The Columbiana County Sportsman’s Club held a glass ball tournament, July 4 and 5, i877, ander the management of §. J. McCartney, of Salem, Ohio, First match, 5 balls each, 18 yards, entrance $1.25. SJ McCarthey.... seceseeee 3 UB ATKWYIGNE.. cc. sete ce seen D A Starpnack. --.4 J M Hilbert... COBH Oey oe (tees SY UE Oord, See pee tte aerate L. B. Arkwright, of Youngstown, Ohio, first money. Ties on four for second money, 21 yards rise, won by Wm. tec enepe rd Bloor. Second match same as above. ATKWIIght.... cseceeeeceescveneeeed MOCATINEY 26... 0... eccseee, eB Sharphack.... 2... .... 0.2. sc eee BiOOr, 2,20... cee $2 ~~] HOPG ie a ee a tpeeeneal WG Merpilltii cavecee we wad Ties for firsi money, 21 yards rise, 3 balis, won by | McCartney ; W. G. Merrill, Akron, O., second money. Same day, same as before. Arkwright first money, Bloor second. Match at 10 balls, entrance $0; first money, $17.25; sec- ond, $12.25 ; third, $9.25 ; fourth, $6.25. Arkwright..... TERT 2s entern cee Mervili. MeCart: teen e age gers tere ewes Arkwright first money, Merrill second, Wheale third, Bloor fourth. Match, 5 balls, entrance $3. Y¥Perste, ode 5 dees tecswenencset MASH ot ces cessee recs nns esd Arkwright......... ba Cease ede kOe eEi EA islee atten era Witeale, 0.2.66 ine elnje mene -5 MoUarimey., seneres Merrill... Seinen ease POWs seen. Dpeeashe Pattison. Segoe openers veesece SHeNeibUrE we ose se WOOUUUE. 2... ieee steeeseeee ected BIGOT... eccsees opener ewteteceneee eff Arkwright, first money, $14; Pattison, second, $11 ; McCartney and Bloor divided third, $8. Thursday, July 5; 10 balls, 18 yards, entrance $5; first money, 12.15 ; second, $10.10 ; third, $7; fourth, $4. ATEWTIgDt...s5 - 9 MeCartney....- Wheale.....-.. 10° Raff Merrill. .......... -- 9 Snellenburgh... cd gute pes see ald Gyger.. Ses oped. SEUUIOM 2s fap erate lester eee Enes C. FP. Wheale, Cleveland, first money; Snellenburgh see- ond, Pattison third, McCartney fourth. Hichteen yards, 5 balls, entrance $3 ; first money, $13.50; op ba boeag obs ds padre cnet geeaeed saeeee Laeeesetreee GyZer spent eva, <+-+>--.5 Marshall. vox, eee 4 PUUUBODGs.0c0 esto. sseceddede end Woodruifi !) sissiacsderestccctocee SRA os sh acrteeee ae im one ae hah ae TEWEIE DG soo. cs ea api meee n nn oey SLOG, -s + seesee ate. ’ WDEAIGs ss easeseremeaannnnepe rye ed! tak Freee = ae sete aey at a —— = - Stone first money, Wheale second, Arkwright third. Ten ball match, entrance $5. RUN =OM. gna. eee ene se eel) MPCartney:, spo30sarce2.. 224-148 28 WESC. seceg cass et eeecwerseestt: S ALKWriglt.....-..-.. STUMCOOOTEN.. cece eee etre eeee B Woodrnil. —--...-ereee es Pattison first money, Wheale second, Arkwright third. Match, 10 balls, entrance $a; first money, $9; second, $4; third, $5; fourth, $4. Woodrutl, Patiison....... ATK WSizhts.. os ecg bet saipacwee ce Be BOOM: gt rmns ee dees Pattison first money, Wheale second, Woodruff third ; 5. J. McCartney, of Salem, Ohio, fourth money. Side matel: for balls, 5 shots. Frank Brattley..-......----....-- 4 Jas Will'ams,...... Sdenct Asda ADE 1 Walter MGichetesss seit see. oss DWT OVER i... newer ees esaginns ose U7 Match, 10 balls, 26 yards, freeze ont. McCartey....ccccecesscseeesseee10 Williams... ...22)252-------- 0. ay Pletcher... .-.. MEERA 5 A Ra WW) AVET. 2. eras Pek, bashes as too ee Bradley +. 12+ 22.205 ---seeaens -W Miontean, Corunna.—The following score was made hy three members of the Gorutina Gun Club, on July 4, at glass halls; 15 balls each, 18 yards rise, Tnd Peachck...e.e-d 1 1111721011212121~ 114 Préd Bette. .sice---- cpp yese ser eee 10 Geo Tuttle......... fi Another match took place on Saturday the 14th inst. Hurlingham Park, Detrait, July 9.—Medal shoot ; 11 birds, 26 yards rise, 80 yards boundary; English rules. Parldge....s.easeue.-- 8 Oi Sténtons ci..30.0 cats ew Pate ate eae De ddneellddes 10 M K Gristy.....,..... “t EI Gulman....,.---+ se ccsereeell GOOTEG AVETY. eens rete rere een ee Ww Gillman won in shooting off ties. {n a sweepstake shoot, seven entries, four birds each, Gill- man won with all birds. Second sweepstakes, seven entries, seven birds, Gillman and Rummy took all and diyided money. Third sweepstakes, seven birds, seven entries, Christy and Long divided on seven birds. weslevetesrecne a ‘Laxeastrr, Pa.—On July 12 Alderman Spurrier and J. GC. Anderson, bagged sixteen woodcock near Kinzer’s. New Gon Civs.—A new gun club was organized at the Hoag House, Seneca Falls, N. Y., July 7, with the following officers: President, Horace Silsby; Wiee-President, Jas. F. Lawrence; Secretary, J. T. Miller, Jr.; Treasurer, Milton Hoag. Tuursois, Deter Park, Chicago, July 13.—Shooting for diamond badge by the Audubon Club, at twelve tame pigeons fo each man, sprung fromfive ground traps, distance 30 yards, use of both barrels allowed; Audubon Club rules to govern. The badge, of fine dasign and quite valuable, was won and held at the Jast match by Thos. Stage, W. T. Johnson carried it off at tais match by superior shooting, though hard pressed hy E. Price. The second prize wasa twenty-five pound keg of powder, won by F. J. Abbey. GUNES PIG. 6-2. 442Ftear ees ootee sl AST 2 Ties 0 0 1th 1*—"9 Tirrill...... niin ete ae sha , D2 0 os Price, A..- Oo tf 1*1*1 1 1*—-10 Abhbey...-. 12101 1*1 0—10 HineGaie...- Pi sitapeble apap ple ete Te Oe Us MP OL LF ge 10 Morris. .- Lpercaiecsctoil ols Cmte at eI tet 50 1 Cook. ..+ eee Meet Ie Tt tea 9, Johoson .. Pay ot CF | — tt Wilamn.. i10wWw — 5 Felton. 1i10 *—9 ‘Taylir... 10o01%3i1—49 Pricé, E. 1 0 pa “hacia Vlas to Wed a dato ta ita Meurs... Deseecenl* 221 Ue 1 0 0 et dt—r0 Tics on elaven—tye birds—3s0 yards, W T dohngon,..-..17 | 1* 171-5 EA Priea,..........1° 1 1* 1 0-1 Ties on ten, five birds, 40 yards, rise, wou by Abbey with five straight h pda, Peoria, Tt.—Bogardus broke 400 glass balls in thirty-five minutes on July 18,1877. When he had broken the last ball, vs gun was leyied on by an officer to satisfy an old execution. Garursvinre, Il.—We haye good prospect in this part of the moral vineyard for an abundance of game; chicken and quail haye hatched well. The farmers rejoice in an abundant crop of wheat. Ministers of the gospel are quiet, and, take it all im all, we are content. C. A. W. Santa Fs, New Mexico.—The Fourth of July was ob- served by trotting, base-hall matches, picnics, etc. In the afternoon there was a large gathering at the Driving Park to witness a pigeon shooting match fora +50 silver goblet. There were ten entries, viz.: Taylor, Wheelock and Mezick, who withdrew at the eighth shot, having each killed but five birds; Andrews killed four birds, and withdrew at the seventh shot; Hill killed six birds, and withdrew after the ninth shot; Willson and Whitehead withdrew on seven, having killed three each. Captain Chambers McKibben won the prize, haying killed ten straight birds. Massacansrrrs, Windsor.—The Beaver Riyer Club have decided to have, instead of their annual reunion and supper in December, a two weeks’ encampment af lanesboro Pond, five miles from Pittsfield, Sept. 6. [We lave received an invitation to be present, and are tempted with the promise of good black bass and trout fishing, besides woodeock, ruffed grouse and snipe shooting. In this locality one gun bagged 150 snipe between 11 a. m. and 4 Pe M,—Ep. | Salem, July 12.—Bird calls from scattering shore birds were heard from four grass birds and one summer bird in Lynn marshes, the 9th; from one winter in Mill Pond, Salem, the 8th; from four summers flying over our harbor the 9th; from a small bunch of summers im the Ipswich Hundreds last week, and from some ring-necks on outside of Plum Island. Some birds have been pussing over nights lately. They may have heen robin snipes—it is time for them. The various grounds in this vicinity are in good order, and prospects seem fair for the season soon, to begin. Glass ball shooting at the Grant Club House every pleasant Monday evening, at 5 eS AT, The undersigned will be at Messrs. Fowler & Fulton’s, 300 Broadway, for the next few days, for the purpose of taking orders for the Wox Parent BREECH LOADING SHOT GuN (side action), Samples of the various grades on exhibition. W. H. Crocker, Manager for the American Arms Co,, of Boston. —With regard to Spontaneous Generation, Prof. Tyndall says: ‘‘ When in our day I seek for experimental evidence of the transformation of the non-living, lam led inexorably to e ; 4 “ e conclusion that no such evidence exists, and that in the nweat, as in the highest of organized creatures, the method of ature ia that life shall ho the issue of antecedent life,” aAuswers to Coprespondents. No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communications. F_G.0., Oleyelund, Ohio.—Consult a physican. R, G,C., Cherry Mill, Neb.—Both equally goud. Louis K., Albany, N. ¥.—Nothing; he is best let alone. W_ A. W.—We do not answer anonymous communications. Poster, —Thanks, We have mislaid your first; write again, M. 1. R., Brockville, Ont.—Tywenty rods from shore seaward is the Mtaning of (hestatute, W.H. D., Nort) Cambridge.—Do you know anything of R, Jones, Liverpool, us 4 @tnmaker? Ans. We do not. G. N. B., Latrobe—tf you will describe symptoms we will prescribe, hut knew uoething of the article you mention, H. A. Lovensay, Alleghany, Pa.—Do wie shots shut both eyes when shooting? Ans. Never, unless when shooling from @ blind. Ha! haw! CONSTANT READER, Rouae’s Point,—Where can T finda trainer for couker spanlels—a goodone? Ans. See our advertising columns, W, E. D., La Porte.—Please give a remedy for hair growing on the inside of eyehd of a pup? Ans. Must be removed with tweezers, F, W,G,, Erie, Pa.—Con you inform me al what date the trout Season closes on Canada shore, Lake Superior? Ans. Sept. 15th. Tip. H., Bloomington, TL—l. Write to Knapp & Van Nostrand, 289 Washington Market. 2, Address D, Wodgman & Go., 27 Maiden Lane, olty. Bd. R.. Allentown.—Where can I get the old Allen self-cocking powder and ball revolvers? Ans, Morehund & Wadsworth, Worcester, Muss, a. W... Opelousas, La.— Are what we eall trout in the Sonth black Hass? Please answer in next number. Ans. Your trout is the black bass (Grystes salmozies). A.H.S., Meshoppen.—What is proper charge for muzzle-lo ading shot wun, 11 gauge, weight S$ pounds, No, @ shot? Ans, 3) druchms powder, Ly oz, shot. A. B. M., Philadelphia.—Will you inform me of the best work on the raising and training of dogs? Ans, Hallock’s ‘Sportsman’s Guzet- teer,” now ready. J.A.D,, Boston.—I have a Newfoundland dog. old. Should you expect him to watch at that age? willsoon learn, however. He is ten months Ans. Hardly; he PEANKERS, Hudson, N. Y¥.—Can you give me a receipt for driving rats out of a dwelling house? Ans. “Phosphorons paste.’ Chemists usually have it. TwsSECT PEsTs.—Glycerine and sweet oil, each 247 ounces ; oil of am- ber, 6 drachms ; oll of pennyroyal, 2 drachms; tincture of iodine and carbolic acid crystals, each 14¢ drachms. Kir, Brooklyn.—Your first and third questions we cannot answer, as we know nothing of the parties. “ Fur, Fin and Feather” will give the (iesired information regarding Virginia. W. HH. C,, City.—Black bass fishing can be lad at Greenwood Lake. Snipe shooting al either Wm. Lane*s, Good Ground, L. 1., or Kinsey’s Ashiey House, Barnegat, SUBSCRIBER, New Orleans.—I have a very intelligent young cocker sSpantel that I desire to haye frained. Will you give me the address of # good trainer? Ans. See our advertising columns, W. H.M., Sterling Run, Pa.—You had better buy either of the hooks entitled Shooting on the Wing, 75 cents, 176 Broadway, Industrial Pub, Co. We cannot deyote space to the information required. Evué,—What is considered the best colors for tront leaders? J want to get some dyed. Ans, The colors obtained by soaking the leaders in indigo water, cofree and green tea. A. 8., Brooklyn.—tIs there good shooting at bay birds this sea- gon near Saville, N. J.?2 Does Capt. Bill Sutton keep a, hotel there? Ans, We gan give yon no further information than the article to which your letter refers contains. H, G, K., Fishkill.—The game constable in ourtown has a copy of the game laws dated January, IST7,in whichitis stated that the close feason for woordcock does not expire until September 1. Is this cor- reel? Ans. August 1, M. B.S., Tomah, Wis.—Weare shooting af single birds, and one of ourmen had both barrels loaded. The first was a snap shoot, and he shoh the second barre] and missed the bird, and then claimed another bird. Was he entitled fo another bird? Ans. Wo, he accepted the bird by firing his second barrel, U. &., New York.—What time do snipe usually begin to fly about the eastern end of Long Island, on South Bay? How willd find the snipe shooting there about the last of duly? Is there good ground about Speonk? Ans. Birds now coming in. Good bags being made at 'Good Ground. Wm. H, M., Sterling Run, Pa,—Do you know how Capt, J, E. Stetson, of New Haven, shoots at the running deer spoken of on page 347, June Sth? Does he hold ahead of the deer and shoot when it comes into the sight, or followitup? Ans. Follows it up. Rort. B, P., Goochland C. H., Va.—Please send me a paperin re- gard tothe training of adog? Ans. We cannot, as the information runs through so many numbers. You want Hallock’s “ Gazetteer,” which contains full Information; price $3, We can furnish ite J.B. D. C., Corpus Christi, Texas._Please inform me of the origin of the Gildersleeve strain—the dliiference in character between them and the Irish, Layerack and Gordon setters, if any; also their relative worth, generally speaking? Ans, Address L. If. 8mith, National Ken- nel Club, Chairman of Publishing Committee, Strathroy, Ontario, CHINGACHGOOK, North Manchester.—I have a pointer seven months old that has a large number of warts on his lips and tongue. Can you suggest acure? Have you learned anything more in regard to the Massey crimper? Ans. Apply glacial acetic acid, taking care not to touch the surrounding parts; but if you should, neutralize at once with sweet oil. 2. Notin market, Inquirer, Portland, Conn,—1. Would not a $60 or $15 Parker gun be as g00d AS a More expensive English gun for one who shoots only a dozen days through the year? 2 What weight, bore and length of barrel would you recommendfor general shooting, choke or plain bore? 8, How many shells would it be advisable for me to purchase? Ans. 1. Yes. 2, T34 or8 pounds, 12 gauge, 81-inch barrels, plain. 8. If paper, buy by the hundred, You ave the best judge; —— — | 405 R. T, Lakin, Station K.—Are the guns that fire the cartridge by a pint striking 4 cup in the centre of fhe sheli needle guns? Ans. No, they are fot. Needle guns derive thet name from the fact that a hollow needle is driven into the centre of the cartridge through which the powder is explofed. Thé Springticld musket of 1869 was a modifieation of tha nheedie gun, Mrs. B.A. B., Rockyille.—Will you he kind enough to mail ine » Mange remedy for cats? We have a pel ¢éat that has beén tronbled With this disease for nearly a year, at times badly off, and then again nearly well of if. Ans, Give one or two drops of Donovan's solution in milk thrice each day. Wash thovonghly with Caswell, Hazard & Co.’s juniper tar soap. Continue the solution for two weeks after ani- imal appears to be well. E, M., New Haven.—Where would you advise a party of gents ta go this or next month where good trout fishing can be had, distance notte exceed tweuly-four hours’ ride from New York? Western Virginia and Pennsylvania haye been mentioneto us, but would like to hear frenr you? Ans. We should be tempted to try the streams of the Aroostook, mentioned in our correspondent’s letter last week. Magog, at the head of Lake Memphremagog, is 9 good centre; algo the town of Munson, im, Maine, POINTER begs that you will convey his apologies to the oracle of that iiysterious cavern of the F, and S. and R. and G. for haying uninten- tionally trespassed on his sacred domain and promises todo so no more Please answer my inquiries in yournext issue, and oblige. Ans, This time the questionis Dot repeated, We cannoftundertake to remember queries, subjects, names of persons, localities, distances, dates, etc. If it were mentally possible, we wonld make an engarement with Barnurm, fhe showman. What was your question? D. M. K., Pittsburgi.—Where can I purchase a piece of lancewood suitable for making a tip for abass rod? Do you not thinka 1344-foot: rod of these materials, and weighing 13g to 12¢ pounds, would have sufficient strength and elasticity for the bass in this neighborhood, or would you recommend a longer rod, say 16 feet in four joints, weight 2 to 249 pounds, as best adapted for hoth bass and larger fish? Ang, Arather heavy rod, and perhaps too long, but will answer yery well forfyand minnow. [fis heayy enough forany bass. Scop, New Brunswick.—1. What is the difference between a gig, a shell, and a working boat? 2. Is Belmontyle oil or Raton’s rat prevyen- tative the best preventative for rust onthe sea shore? Ans, 1. a gigig an open boat, carrying four six, eight or more oars. Gettysburg, Pa. Mystic Pak, Boston ; eveland, @; Sycamore, I, Runting meeting al Sarat. Base hail: Bosion ys. Louisville, ut Louisville; Hartford vs. Oineionali, at Oincifuati. Cricket: as above; Ottawa ys. Quebec, al Montreal, Wednesday, July 25.—Drotting as above. Running meeting ut Sara- toga. Base ball: Boston vs. Louisville, at Louisvile; Warlord vs. Oineinnati, at Cincinnati Cricket: Ottawa vs. St. George's, ah Montreal, Thursday, July 26.—Trottng as above, Running mectine at Sara- toga. Base ball: Boston vs. St. Lonis, at St. Louis; Martford vs. Chicago, at Chicaga. Cricket: Hamilton ys. Ottawa, at Montreal. A New Arove Hxpencrioy.—The Swedes are preparing tu send out an Arctié expedition under the direction of Professor Nordenskjold. Tt startsin June, 1878, going from Gothenburgh, Sweden, to the North Cape, thence east, through the Polar Sea, through Behring’s Straits, along the castern and southern cousts of Asia, throuch the Red Sea, Suez Canal and the Mediter- vanean, to the Atlantic and home again in the autumm of 1379. te - —The Hditor of the Pee Dee Herald, Lilesville, N.C., writes: “Your paper veachesme regularly and ismuchenjoyed, /¢ ia the Test of ite Kind.” =— ‘ise changes and réproductions of old styles which are found in the fashions of costume are equally prevalent, in the designing room of the carriage builder. For many years the American carriage—a, word in which is here included every kind of yehicle—was distinctive and peculiar, Innovation was resented by a public which had become wedded to certain styles. The object of the builder was, as a rule, the produe- tion of carriages which should represent the minimum of weight ancl in proportion to his success in that direction was the favor of the buyer. When, therefore, eight or ten years ago Brews- ster, of Broome street, built a carriage upon the model of the English family coach, suspended it by straps from heayy springsandinvested it with all the massiyeness of its prototype, his work wasreceiyed with indifference, and the carriage still remains an ornament fo his show room. It represented a change too radical and thorough to beaccepted as an improye- ment. ‘Time has shown, however, that Brewster merely an- ticipated the veyolution which took place a few years later. The heavier styles followed by British builders have several decided merits. Besides having a pronounced opinion in the matter of strength the Briton was found to possess certainideas about comfort and how it could be reached which were worth investigating. The resultis that many improvements have been introduced from England into America, and that styles which, a few years ago, would have been regarded with cold- hess, are rapidly winning their way to popularity. §o com- plete is the revolution in certain quarters that the fashion there prevails of importing carriages from England. ‘This is more particularly the case with vehicles of distinctively Eng- lish types. Of these the four-in-hand is (fasile princeps. It is thought that because the model is English, im Mnvland alone can the carriage be built, This is erroneous, both in logic and in fact, America possesses advantages which England never enjoyed, and never can enjoy. Piano making and coach building are parallel cases. Apart altogether from the mechanism, there is something about the American piano which the European maker cannot imitate. One important point is the seasoning of the wood used in making the instru- ment, an operation which is never so thoroughly and per- fectly done in Europe as in this country. The fact gives the American coach builder a similar advantage, and partially explains how he has heen able to combine, to such a wonderful degree, strength with lightness. As to workman- ship, there is literally nothing done elsewhere which cannot be done here. To import carriages from England is, in short, to be guilty of an act that offers no benefit of any kind asa compensation for its folly. They cannot stand the climate of America, by reason of the insuflicient seasoning of the wood, and have no superiority of style or mechanism to counterbal- ance that grave defect. Asa proof of this it may here be noted thatan Hnglish brougham exhibited at Philadelphia, and bought by an American, is now undergoing repairs. ‘Nhe entire panelling warped and gave way, and is being replaced With the bone-dry wood of American seasoning. The pre- judice against native manufacturers will, in this case, as in many others, probably linger for a time, but must ultimately break down before the overwhelming evidence of plain facts experience. A prominent member 6f the Coaching Club re- cently informed Mr. Brewster that, although he could turn ont an excellent carriage he could not build a four-in-hand, and ordered one for himself from England, The imported **trap” has already several times undergone repairs, and Mr. Brewster is building two. four-in-hands to order. These are simple facts of which the moral is for all to read. Tt is curious to notice that, asin fashions, a fancied originality occasionally proves to be nothing more than a revival. About ten years azo a Pavisian invented, or thought he inyented, a peculiar butfon for the lower end of the jointed bracket used in opening and closing a Jaudan, A peculiar kind of docr handle appeared at the same time. These were copied by American builders in the belief that they were French inyen- tions. A short time ago Mr. Brewster came into the posses- sion of a carriage built by Leslie, of London, in 1801. It was imported on the occasion of a union by marriage between the families of Van Rensselaer and Vischer, and has the arms’ of both families on the panel. Itis decorated in the sorgeous style of that day, painted yellow, lined with green, stands high off the ground, has a lofty seat for the driver, and board and straps behind for two footmen. It is just the slyle of carriage one associates with the early burghers of Manhattan, and which one would like to see rambling down Broadway behind a pair of high-stepping grays, slow and pompous, and bearing the proper servants in livery. On this carriage appear the identical handle and button supposed to he modern products of the inventive genius of France. While speaking of the older styles we may mention a car- riage of the same character as the above, mace by the first Brewster for General Jackson, It is travel-worn and ahout fifty years old, but is by no means the least interesting: ohject to be seen in the mammoth esfablishment of the successors of the maker. The old idea of hanging the body of the ve- hicle from the springs was suifed to days when roads were less smooth than they might have been, and the sword case behind—an inyariable adjunet of the early carriage, and still attached occasionally as an ornament—suggests a lime when travel was more liable to interruption from the Knights Of the Road than af present. Ammons the new styles adopted by Americans and rapidly coming into favor is the “‘whiterhapel,” ap adaptation of the : | CARRIAGES AND CARRIAGE BUILDING | traditional butcher's cart, A design more at -varianne wi accepted American ideas i} would be hard to coneciye. In the first place it has only two wheels. ‘Mie objection that the weight is thus thrown pon the horse’s back is of no monet whatever, as a sliding frame enables the body to be balanced upon the axle with jhe utmost nicely. The hich wheels are heavily made, and the body has an appearauce of solidity very far removed from the comparatively frail construction of the averaze buggy. The arrangement of the Springs is exceedingly simple. ‘The machine is built to carry four per— sons, and the weight, while itadds little to the horse's work, increases the comfort and easiness of driving, ‘There is rown for the display of a sreat deal of taste in the painting, fittings and trimmings of the whitechapel, A. very ** nobby ” turnout. consists of a bay horse with silveranounted harness and an oak-colored whitechapel lined with drab. An equally banod- some and less showy trap 1s painted chocloate, with rm thin red line running round the panels. modified style of Tea-cart, of a Tisht Wnild, also con- mands a certain popularity, Broushames, landaus and lan- daulets scarcely require special mention, except for one fra- ture, to which allusion has already been made, that they are now built muel heavier than formerly. A great iniprove- ment has also taken place in the matter of painting and dee- orating. The glaring colors and blazing escutchcons affected by past generations: and by more modern parcenius, Wave al- most entirely disappeared, and in place of the former, quiet colors are seen, and combinations of harmonious sharles, There is possibly no more beautiful and tasteful carvince for general or professional use than #. dark-colored brougham With semi-circular glass front. Tn track sulkics America stands alone. They ave made as low as 43 pounds in weieht, und to carry 140 “pounds. The Earl of Rosebury recently took one home with him to Wing. Jand which weighed 51 pounds, and several others of about the same weight and carrying capacity have been bought by visiting gentlemen from Great Britain, It is probable that there will soon he a more equal interchange of other styles with England. he impetus ljately given to driving as a fashionable amusement has had a wholesome effect und the builders who are on the outlook for eyery newidea. The American was using a British fabric—lineoleum—in place of the older matting for the feet, in open machines, before his British competitor had thought of it in connection with such a, purpose. The tires are heated by means of a series of gas jets arranged in a circle, by which absolute mniformity of ‘jemper is Secured, There are other improvements effected within the past. few years that point to an ultimate superiority of the American built carriage, in regard to both mechanicism and style. In view of all this progress, however, the conserva- live may console himself with the fact that Brewster stilt continues to turn out the buggy, associated in the minds of numberless Americans with many a long and pleasant drive at the rate of about three per day. oe GAME PROTECTION. Tun Fisrery Comisstoy.—The Halifax Her, i the advantages for which the United States Anat to. ae f round compensation as follows: 1. The privilege of fishing and of landing to dry nets and cure fish on the coasts of the Dominion. 2. The liberty of Janding on the Magdalen Islands, where formerly only entitled to fish without landing. 3. The liberty of purchasing bait, setting supplics engawing fishermen, transhipping cargoes and outtitting vessels in British American ports, 4. ‘Vhe free access to all parts of the Labrador coast for drying nets, catching bait, etc. 5, The ee euioeat of fishing stations along 3,500 to 4,000 miles of coast. i This looks like a weighty claim, but a careful investigation of the facts of the case show that the only concession for which compensation can be claimed, is the right to cateh fish within three miles of the Dominion coast line. We see no reason for American fishermen Janding (0 cure fish or dry nets. Certainly, the right to land at the Magdalen Islands is of no disadvantage to Canada, and the liberty of seeking foreign ports for the necéssaries of life constitutes no claim such being the usage the world over; and who profits mast by this—provincial shop-keepers, residents of Canada, or the United States Government? The United States have stim far only filfed Out two small vessele for Labrador, and it i4 doubl- ful if they desire to land for the purpose of dryit@ nels; and as for the establishment of fishing stations, we do nob se the necessily. Amucricuu people prefer to Juild ip their own ports. With regard to the in-shore mackerel fishing, we have to say that Canada tixed 4 value for this when Tieensed fees wore establishod—before the treaty was made—at 50 cents per toa. Have not our Canadian friends suddenly acquired a little cheek to make a Claim of $1,233,383 annnully, after the free udmission of all sorts of fish into tlie market as a set-vlt Lo this very in-shore fishing? And that, too, for tights they would have wladly yielded, without whe freedom ef our mur- Kets, for $10,000 a year! We understand the Commission have adjourned to meet in the fall, when these questions will receive final ailjudieation. Law Breavers i Hian Peaces.—* Under Grip” writes from Boston, July 9: “I inclose you the monn of a choice but simple breakfast siven to ‘President Inyes. on his recent visit. As possession of thes: same in= fortune birds (woodcock) would be by Lhe Law petma gueie evidence of guilt, it sirikes us that Messrs, Ha]! ha Wants Mir merit, of intrenidity, uh may wh least claim ae — = = ‘ = eed . SS Se ol AMAIA Puarse, Mass.—At Q the banquet piven by the: Wily of Boston to President Hayes, Jiine 27, roasted yuails eon the wena. This, in violation of the statute, whieh forbids the killing of any game between January 1 and Noy- ember 1, and afixing a penalty of $25 for every such bird Vought, soli of hac in possession. Ilow can minor offenders agaist the law with any consistency be punished when it is “Violiled with impunity in the presence of the highest function- ary of the land ? 8. GC. ¢: [Our yeacers will remember we called attention to the ate President's feasting on woodeock during the close scuson. Whiy do not those gentlemen proseente ? Certainly a convie- {lon under such circumstances would Nave a moral weight almost incalculable, | ¥ Game Prororios ix New Mexico,—We have received a copy Of the following order, which sufficiently explains itself; HEADQUARTERS Four SELDEN, N. M., June 20, 1877, Ofreulur 1.—With @ view to preserve, protect and increase the game Of this section, the months of March, April, May, June, July and August are hereby declared close months for game of all kinds upon tis reservation. During the six months speciiied aboye of euch year ‘the killing and capturing by any means of all Kinds of gameis pro- “Hibited, Wishing with genie or net will bot be alowed. Fishing with hook and line, or trot line, or in any manner excepting by seine or net Tihy be practiced. A strich ubseryance of the foregoing Js enjoined upon all persons uport this reservation. Wa. 0. Cory, First Lisot. Fifteenth Infantry Com, Post. -~ We are pleased to learn that the Philadelphia Sportsmen's Clb will hereafter take an interest in (he preservation of tish inthe Delawure und assist the West-Jersey Game Protective Society in evforcing the law. The club employs detectives in {he winter to ferret out dealers who violate the game lays. —The citizens of Mohawk Valley, Oreron, have, us a meas- ure for the much needed protection for deer, published a ecard prohibiting all deer hounding on theiv premises, and denonne- ing it in the vicinity. —RK. Y. Pierce, Esq. , President of the New York State Sports- men's Association, has issued a warning to sportsmen and deal- ers in game throughout the State to observe the game Jaw as it now stands amended, which prohibits the shooting of wood- eock (except on Long Island), until Auenst ist. —The Seneca Gun Club hus been organized at Seneca Falls, With the following well-known gentilenien as officers: President, Horace Silshy; Vice-President, James FT. Law- rence; Secretary, J.T. Miller, Jr.; Treasimer, Milton Hong, Executiye Committee, John G. Hoster, Romeyn P. Lathrop and Millard. Ten Eyck. —The Hiidson River Association for the Protection of Game and Fish, of which Mr, Jolin R. Wiltsie, of Newburgh, is President, have issued a placard, giving in conyenient form a digest of the New York game laays, seasons, etc. A copy will be sent on application tothe President. Inclose postage stamp. —A meeting of tlie South Brooklyn Sportsmen’s Club was held on the 29th of June, and the following gentleman were elected as officers of the club: Geo, HE. Lloyd, Pres.; John Bowie, Jr., Vice-Pres.; Paul A. Bassinger, Sec,; Aaron Wittman, Treas.; Jacob Walters, Sergeant at Arms. Also a yote of thanks was given the late President, Mr. Gus Boysen, for his great interest and untiring efforts for the success of the club, Virewia.—Vorfolk, July 9.—In your issue of 5th inst., you entirely misquote the game law of Virginia, as passed at the last session of the legislatnre. As your error may lead some of your readers into trouble, I hand you herewith a cor- rect copy of our laws pertaining to game and fish, as issued by onr State association for the protection of fish and game, Very truly yours, 5. R, Wurre, Pres't. Norfolk Game Protective Ass'n. (Then why in thunder don’t your local papers print the law vight? We copied it from one of them, | —(Ossining writ¢s from Sing Sing: ‘‘ Your correspondent, ‘Ni,’ says, in youtissue of Jime 14: ‘I fervently trust the worthy sportsmen of Michigan and other places where wild pigeons are so ruthlessly desiroyed in nesting time, willbe emi- nently successful in putting a stop to the barbarous practice.’ _Techo that sentiment cordially, as 1 would any other that tends to prevent the destruction of game wantonly or out of season; buf Lam afraid that success in that direction will be impossible so long asintinential sportsmen and ‘game pro- teclors’ favor the jractice—nay more, send agents wo the nest- ing grounds with instructions to procure birds at any cost aud in any quantity, because the great society of sportsmen and ‘wame protectors * of New York want an almost unlimited naniber to kill ag the Sportsmen’s Associutions when {hey meet for the purpose of haying a vrand good time, aid devising jnethods for tlie more efficient protection of game! “These same most enthusiastic protectors are doubtless highly delighted when they read in their Journal ‘devoted to protection of game and the inculcation of a healthy mterest in outdeor vecreution’ such welcome intelligence as this: ‘The associa - tion have quite 1 number of parties out (after pigeons) who are using die diligence, and encouraging news was received from Wisconsin that they (the pigeons) had nested, but took to flight aviin and must settle soon, as they were dropping their eggs.’ When they du settle, for the purpose of Jaying their eggs and Tiising their brood of young, how these ' parties” will scoop them ii, and what glorious fun those refined and intelligent * protectors ' will haye ih shooting them! What nice medals some of thera will win and wilh what ‘honor’ some of them will be covered! Fuuny, isn’tit, that the masses don’t take amore active interest in the work of protecting game when such educators ave before them ? “TJ don't think much of pot-hunters, as a rule, but there are people who are more blamable than they—gentlemen sports- men who have time and means (0 visiti the most game abound- ing regions with all the modern appliances of sport, and de- siroy merely because they eame for that purpose and the game is al hand, more than they have any use for; they do 4)l the damage that the-pot-hnnter does without any of the a —— — tel” 7 ‘ \ ST 4 aA M Ay extenuating circumstances whiely excuse the latter. A pot-— hunter is a poor man who makes use of all he kills, perchance in feeding, clothing and educating a family, and what would those gentlpmen do who have those nice game dinners which we now and then vead of in your columns, unless there were some pot-hunters? Eyen though he does not live up to the spirit, of the law, or ‘hasn’t a soul large enough to ratile in the hull of a mustard seed,’ he isn’t a willfl waster. This is hot a defense of pot-hunting, but to show thatSsometimes the yery ones who are loudest in denouncing this evil commit a freater one themselves. ‘Tomy mind, much more deserving the censure of true sportsmen are they who shoot hlrds upon their nests, who go to Raogeley Lele and kill hundreds of trout more than they can possibly use and throw them away; who shoot deer because hhey are so abundant, and leave their carcasses to pollute the air of asportsman’s paradise ; who lle in a blind, still as death, refusing all chances for wing shots at single birds, till the brant are huddled by the acre within causy reach of the armory with which they are provided, and then blaze away, makipe ® score which heats the recollection of the oldest pot-lnunter, and then sigh that they did not provide themselves with a few more guns. * A true sportsman, we believe, is one who, while he en- joys to the utmost the pleasures of rod and gun, would do nothing to make him a despoiler; one who feels no pleasure in waging a war of exfermination—in short, a man who be- lieves that all God’s creatures were intended for man’s use and leveit, aud who uses them as a being endowed with intelii- gence and reason should,” GAmE Laws,—Alfred Perry, a wealthy resident of Redfield, Oswezo county, N. ¥., has been in the habit of inyiting friends fo visit his place on Salmon River to fish for trout, claiming that the State law prohibiting the capture of trout in Oswero county for ree years is invalid and cannot be en- foreed. The Salmon River Club, of Pulaski, determined to bring the gentleman to hook, Wave entered suit agains! him. It is understood that, whatever the result, the case is to be carried to the Supreme Court for final adjudication. 2 Dis ee IN OK) West Hopronen, N. J. Justus” writes: July Fourth in- hugurates our shooting season—the opening of the wootlcock slaughter! When shail this be remedied? ‘This is a question which poor Frank Forrester has already asked, and is yet un- answered. New York has tried to better it, but as the law now stands it is almost. worse than before. On the 1st of Angust, when the lawful time to shoot these birds opens, the woodcoek are just beginning to moult, and therefore fully as weak if not weaker than early in July, aud so it isall the same whether they are slaughtered on the 4th of July or onthe Ist of Aucust, for slauhter it is, as il is no feat to be proud of to Kall the entire breods in an isolated swamp or woou. This year nature more than law has protected the woodcock. Although the birds were plenty and well grown, and np to the last week in June on their usual feeding grounds, yet they aré not there now on account of the heavy showers, The frounds are rather wet, and so the woodeock are scattered all over the country, as they find feeding grounds—higlroads, cornfields and hundreds of otler odd places now. I have yet to hear of a heayy bag in either Long Island or Now Jersey. The Hoboken sportsmen are going to prepare a petition to be handed to the next Iegislature, which will have the signature of a great many influential citizens. Clubs throughout New Jersey should do the same and haye the close season extended to the ist of October. I here like to mention the idea of one of our leading sportsmen, that it would be the best law to have the closé season of all game, as quail, ruffed grouse, wood- cock and rabbits from Dec. 15 to Oct. 15. The latter date is late enough for the first brood of quail and grouse, and ib is nO use whatever to legislate for the second or a late brood of quail, as you will often find birds on the 15th of November not bigger than sparrows. Now is the timeé to act. United we might accomplish much before another slaughtering period begins with the next 4th of July. JUSTUS. Tpxas.— Corpus Ohrist?, June 29.—Deer skins are coming in now by the hundred, the carcasses being left on the prairie as food for the vultures. Men are shooting young turkeys and half grown quail every day; brut there is no way of stop- ping if without alaw. We have plenty of game now, and we ought to haye plenty always, and now is the time to com- Mence to protect them. 1 believe the Forrst anp Srream AND Rop anp Gun will do more toedueate the lovers of the gum and rod up to a noble, generous and manly practice of the same than any other agent. Then we can get a game law through the Legislature ; now the people laurh af it. ‘The idea,” they say, ‘of a Jaw that shall provide when a man shall go shooting !” = +5+—- NOTES OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—No. 1. AWLINS is a little station on the Union Pacific Railway, two hundred miles west of Cheyenne, deriving its chief importance from the fact that the railway has a round—house and some shops here, and that it is the supplying point forthe Snake Riyer mines in northern Colorado and the shipping sta- tion of the ranchmen whose cattle range through the valleys of Snake, White, Green and minor rivers in northwestern Colo- radoundthsacdjacent parts of Utah and Wyoming. Seventy-five or a Lhundréd thousand head will probably be shipped this suin- mer eastward from this point, for which three or four cents a pound will be received, cash down. The ‘‘round-up,” as the collection of cach man’s cattle out of the wide-spread, miscel- laneons herd is called, is now taking plaice. Some of these White River cattle will no donbt be found to have strayed half way across the plains, three or four hundyed miles from home. This pointis of the very dividing ridge between the drain- age of the Ailantic and Pacific, albeitin a yalley, and the alti- tude of the town isahout eight thousand feet. But one would not at once, know himself to beso hich, and least of all imagine that le was in the yery heart of the Rocky Mountains, seging about him only drab stretches of rolling sage-brush plains, un- til standing on some higher point he could sce beyond, where ‘The stow mountains litt their amethysp And sipphire crowns of splendor, far and cigh, dito the air around him,” This growth of sage-brush and sresse-wood clothes the hills ina sett Divish dvoss, warmiand misty im the sunlicht, and puor- ple in the shade. The bare spots on the hillsides, hetween the aage-Drnsh, alow reddish) tinge under the un, ad beyond ler =. ee i . the solid blue of the far mountains, crested with a silver snow line. Some of the lithographic illustrations in the Pacifie Ruail- roud Reports, yolume xii., I think, sive an excellent, ides, of whiat Tsee from my tent door, A closer view of the sage-brosh discloses a scene Altogether milovely. The bushes are burkless and tagged, the stems split all into shreds as though dead for ten years, and if is a wonder that any sap ean find its way through 10 nourish the dense growth of dusty gray foliage and scruggy twigs which surmotits the rough stems. The grease- wood is even worse to handle than this shag hark stuff, for its twigs are thickly covered with thorns and prickles. Frequently one has nothing else to burn for days tozether, and bleeding hands bear witness to (he pain with which it is gathered ; but it burns well, the woud having an oily quality which makes a Not, bright blaze. If you can stand the pungent, medicinal odor of sage, there isno mora enjoyable fire out of the pine woods, These piants cover the dry aud desolate regions, their tap roots sometimes penetrating thirty feet, to find moisture, and between them the white alkali dust is poorly concealed under Iniffalo- irnas, lhistles and cacti; but many flowers of delicate pattern and brilliant lues are to be found everywhere. ‘The orders Comfrosite and Lequminose ave most numerously represented. Along the banks of the few creeks there is even some sort of turf, green asemerald after a shower, but soon becoming sere under the blazing sun which shines unclonded during most, of the short summer, This season, however, lias been unusual y late, the climate resembling that very graphic description of Bakers Park given by a San Juan miner whio said that {here fhey had a *‘nioe month's winter, and three months dammed. latein the fall!” But the sun shines now, and we are happy. During a ten-day’s stay here T have thus had au opportinity to see something of the animal life of the sage-brash, although not to study it in the least. "Phe antelopes are now moving about rather than seeking tlic pastures. The does are seeking retired spots in which to bring forth theirlitfle ones,or, with young fawns, are slowly proceed- ing to their summer haunts, while the bucks are going about pretty much by themselves. We see their prett y heads and while rumps above the sage-hbrush, and usually it is not diffi cult to get a. shot at them. We have had prong-horn steaks every day. They are mostly fat and tender at this season, but the hair is just being shed and their hides are of no use. They are comparatively worthless at all times, being worth less than forty cents in Cheyenne. Black-tailed dzer and their fayyns ave also about, and our Inter, the famous “Mountain Harry’ Yount, has kept our table supplied with this also. Over on Separation Mountain, yesterday, I saw hundreds of fresh tracks of deer and also of ells, which are still plentiful a!l throueh here. Both animals keep in the little gnleches reaching up and down thesides of the mountains, where the pretty quaking aspen foreyer trembles its green and silvery leaves, andl a rank vegetation of rose bushes, alders and service berries, with flowers between, are kept bright by the rillsfrom the snow banks which lie all sum- mer under the brow of the mountain. Afterward when we had proved the elk-tracks to lead out of the place on a gallop, as though he had been’ frightened, looking down into the val— ley from the top we saw three men acting strangely, and up- on looking closer, with our field glasses, saw that they were stagsering off under as much as each could carry of elk flesh. They were at least six miles from any where, so that by the time they got to the settlement they must have thought their game dearly earned. T hear that several bands of elk were seen from the railroad train early yesterday morning just below here, and along the open country north of here they are said to be abun- dant. Besides the antelope and sage-hares tlie only same which can properly be said to be common hereabouts is the sage-cock (Gen- trocerus wrophastanus), of which one may kick up a hundred in two hours. The sage-fowl are our American representatives of (he Old World pheasants, and the only bird in this country properly entitled to the name of ‘* pheasant,” notwithstanding that the grouse get it so widely. You find them everywhere on the sage uplands, and their nests are easily discovered, particilarly when the mother-birdis sitting, for then she will not rise from her eggs, which are laidin arnde nest on the ground, until you havewell nigh stepped upon her. Thaye seen one sitas quietly as astone, while [ rode by within twenty feet, trusting that: her eray-and-black dun-colored plumage would congeal her by blending with fhe ground and the bluish stems of the bushes, wl her black eye was flashing, und slie was ready lo spring every instant and try to lead me from her treasures by tricks and manuvres. The ergs areas large as a domestic hen’s, and are marked very much like those of the turkey, ‘There are from twelve to twenty in the nest, and hunters here are of the opinion that twohens, at least, often lay inthe samenest, The young are drab, spotted with brown, and have a peep like a barnyard chick. As soon as they are born they know how to behave and inderstand the mothers languace, sunning and hiding in perfect stillness until they ave assured of safety by the parent's voice, At such times, it you are quick enough to to catch siglit of one of the little ones, you may go and pick it up without its trying to escape, ov stligeliog in your hind. The young are hatched durning (he first half of June. Af this season it is usual to see many sage-fowls together, and thesmall flocks willusually consist of those of asingle sex. Sometimes, though, forty ov fifty will be Ausher at onee, but in thie fall they congregate inte Jarge flocks, Tf has been said that this bird rises trom lhe ground with, Cifleyliy, Tenanotagres to this, They gee to take wine With ai 2L08 the speed ang grace of a grouse, and the loud whirr of their wings strikes a chord in the nerves which makes them tingle and (hrillin unison with it, Their flight'is switt and atrowy, but Hol long continued, and they drop suddenly. From the noise of their wings in Hight I can understand that their drum- ming in the spring, when they are strutting about their lady- loves, must be, as it ia deseribed, niuch londer and more whack- ine than that of the grouse. However, | have never had an opnertunity of heariag it, The sage-fowls live altogether on the buds and leaves of tho Aptentsia and some other berbs, and their digestive organs are specially modified to suit this soft diet, soft—that is for a gal- linaceous bird. Their flesh is not good eating. It is tough and tainted with the medicinal flavor of the saze. When in Cheyenne, the other day, I called upon Mr. Frank Taylor, a readerof Torusr anb Srrwam, who has. the finest mounted specimens of a pair of these birds that I have lately seen. He is inaking a special collection of all the birds related fo this—the grouse, ete—and his easesare a delight to a sports- man’s eve, Mr. Taylor is an enthusiastic sportsman and nat— uralist. His room abounds in the implements of yenery and angling, and the trophies of the chase, from which, with his intelligent uid, one can get a fair idea of the birds and animals of all this region, Noone with an atom of interest in hunting cao resist the charm sugyested by his stories. or refuse 1o promise fo accept his hearty invitation to ullow him to act as your wzuide at the first opportunity. ; pAlsut this scribbling can't last forever, much as there is to be said ahout such a suintner trip through the game-abounding mountains of Wyominy, a3 Lam about undertakme. More anon. Hgnest INGERSOLL. TRuinting Wyoming, June 12, 1877. $+ —TYhe average mean daily temperature, at New Smyrna: Flu., for the month of June, was 81 deg. 45m. The highest temperature was 96 deg., at 2 o'clock p. s.; the lowest, 72, at ee Nori ro Ssvorrsaen.—Haying received 80 many communications tisking us for information inregard to our six-section bamboo trout, lack buss, erilse and salmon rods, we huye prepared a circular on the subject, Which we shall take Pleasure in forwarding to any address, We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from $15 to $140, We pul our stamp only on the hest, in order to protect our customers yud our reputation, for we are unwilling to sell a poor rod with a false wyamel (made by burning and staining, to imitate the genuine article) without jetting our customers know just what they are gettiog. P. U. Gox, 1,294,—[Adp, Angnny & Imprie, 18 Maiden Lane, Che Rifle. AN ENGLISH VIEW OF THE INTER- NATIONAL MATCH. The Volunteer Service Gazette, the organ of the rifle shoot- ing interest in Great Britain, has a very fair editorial on the coming international match in its issue of June 9, and puts several important questions in a very sensible way. From the full text. we quote as follows: It is satisfactory to know that the Council of the National Rifle Association has this year determined to organize a team representing the United Kinzdom to go to Creedmoor in September, and there to contend for the International Chal- lenze trophy. It appears to us quite unguestionable that our rifle ought to be represented at. Creedmoor by the best possi- ble teum which we can draw from the little group of islands we call the United Kingdom. To others it seems thut the United ought to be disunited pro tempore, and that three tenms of Englishmen, Irishmen and Scotchmen, respectively, should uphold our marksmauship in the United States, However, Sit Henry Halford, than whom a more competent captain could not be found, is this year about to get up the Dest team he can from England, Treland and Seotland com— bined, and if all the leading small-bore riflemen work loyally towether there can be no doubt that he may get together a (eam which will be found hard to beat even by the brilliant American marksmen, We hear nothing this year of any re- strictions, We believe that the Irish accept the leadership of Sir Henry Halford, and we have no reason to doubt that the Sentech will follow their example. It would certainly be most inconvenient if one of our sub-nationalties (if we may so term them without offense) was to jusist upon sending a represent ative texm to contend against, inter ailios, its own countrymen, But even if one of these kingdoms should be so ill-advised as to send a separate team, if appears to us that the National Ritle Association and Sir Henry Halford will now be wise in pursuing their own course, and going to America witli the United ‘feam. We adhere to the view we expressed. last year, that they were then justified in refusmg to organize a TUnied Team when Scotland insisted on her right to send a representative team of her own. But the United Kingdom cannot always stand aloof because one of its component parts insists on taking separate action; and this year Sir Henry Halford must take lis team to Creedmoor and do his best to win the International Prize, whether he has or has not to fight against a Scotch team. But we have Jittle fear that the schism of last year, which was to a great extent to he excused by the somewhat careless action of the organizers of the match in the United States, will nol survive in 1877, and that the team which wall 5O, to Creedmoor will be *‘ united” in 2 of the word. vai Tgaty Halford has an arduous task before him in selecting the men for his team. ‘There have been Jong and freyuent controversies as to the best mode of sélection in such Generally speaking we are disposed to think that the e8. F faatont of the captain onght to be the best guide. But competitive tials relieve that officer, no doubt, from a greit i is responsibility ; and if he retains the nomination Ce es fu the sat will probably work better than any other. In the present case the selection involves special dif- ficulties, and we doubt whether if Sir Henry Halford were to take upon himself to select the members of a mixed team of Envelish, Irish and Scotch, he would give satisfaction, though his judgment and experience are such that he would probably ehoose really the best men. It is likely, however, that some form of competition will be adopted for the selection, and we may express a hope that if this is the case the competition will be as wide as possible. It may or may not be advisable to reserve one or two places in the team for the captain's nominees, but with such a possible exception the best scorers FOREST AND STREA at the competitive trials ought to hu the men to so to Creed- moor, We are aware that some people hold that provision oucht fo be made for what is called a fair Tepresen tation of Treland and Scotland. We cannot agree with this view. We want to choose the best nen, and it is, or ought to be, a mat- ter of perfect indifference whether those best men turn wut to be Englishmen, Irishmen or Seotehmen. Norule should be Jaid down as to any particular number of men of each na- tishality being admntted into the team. A place in the team should be open to any rifleman of the United Kingdom who shows that he can shoot, better than his fellows. We are glad to sce that these visits to and from the rifle- men of the United States bid fair to become an annual jnsti- tution. Tt is, we believe, understood that the United States riflemen ‘will not be represented in England this year, but, we hope that in 1878 they will return the visit which Sir Henry Walford and his men are preparing to pay them. Tt ought not to be dificult to arrange a match ab Wimbledon which should ue worthy of the skill of the famous American small-bore shots, a > eg Crrep moor, July 14.—Saturday last was a day of moment at Creedmoor, and the riflemen out had quite an exciting topic of talk in the protest in the Spirit af the Times mateh, Tuesday’s work opened with the fifth competition for Sharp's prize of $250. The wind was from the 11 o'clock quarter, but so puffy and unsteady that first-class scores were quite out of the question, and the shooters were compelled to be eon- tent with the fellowing record. There were 19 entries, Open to all comers; any rifle; distances, 800, 900 ond 1,000 yards; 15 shots at each distance; no sighting shots or pre- vious practice on the day of the match; One-quarter of the entrance money to be awarded to (he competitor making the highest score, the winner of the prize to lead the scores ab each distance: 800 yds, 900 yds, 1,000 yds. Total, Maj 1S Jewell, Rem Creed.... 69 if) 53 191 W M Marrow, Bullard Creéd__. 659 6b 61 186 LO Bruce, Rem Creed... ... 5 wu 50 183 L Weber, Sharps Creed...... ; bs DY s2 AY Oiantield, Rem Creed... 61 55 153 L Geiger, Rem Créed....-........-..04 5G St 171 Lient-Col 4 i Sanford, Rem Cread.. to. 4s ag 169 WN Washburn, Kem Creed..... 255 Shee 65 AL ay} 161 GL Morse, Sharps Creed. ........., 65 AY 42 156 Wallace Gonu, Sharps Oreed 56 51 da Ibi EH kaymond, Keni Ureed,,....... 45 46 149 Gen F F Millen, Kem Creed...,...... 4T Ab 4) 184 Betore the long-range match had concluded, the time for the Spirit of the Times match had arrived, and Col. Wingate, the Vice-President of the association, informed the long-range men that such as chose might enter then for the 300-yards shooting, and come down to male their score upon the com- pletion of their long-range work. ‘The rule of the association is that in matches of this character all the members of a firing squad shall shoot alternately until their scores are completed. The match opened at 3 o'clock, and the shooting of those then and there present was over betore four o'clock, At 4:30 P. um, the long-range men came down, but were met by a protest, signed by three of the contestants, denying the right of Col. Wingate to abrogate the rule or setit aside. The shooting went on, and the protests were entertained by Major Fulten, the executive oflicer of the match, a counter protest being also placed in his hands by Col, Sanford, who, on his leading score and the assurance of Col. Wingate that the infraction of the rnle world be allowed, claimed the batige. The matter will be refered to the Executive Committee, who, no doubt, will sustain the protest, the case being almost similar to the EB HA Sanford, Rem Sport.. 38 DO Pinney, Rem Mul....... PAR ee) NM Farrow, Ballard....- S Dr A Stubs, Suarps Sport,,......29 RH Keene, Sharps Sport. 6 M Mrancis, Rem Mil............-28 300 HW Gonrley, Rem sport...... 27 $6 1 N Binvn, Rem Sport.....,....27 GW Minot, Sharps Sport... JH Irwin, Shitrps Creod,..,....27 @ Rover (?) Sharps Sport,---.-- Ba J A Goe, Rem Mil......--..-.... J 1, Price, sharps Mil....- s-eee tl MM Maliby, Sharps Sport. i i W Price, Kem Mil....)-.......30 ND Ward, Saarps Sport... W H Murpuy, Rem Mi)... ... PH Holtun, Rem Sport.. J McGlensey, Ballard i Fisher, Shurps Sport - A Anderson, Rem Mil... W C Reddy, Her Mil.w....... The third competition for the lrish-American trophy took place at 200 and 500 yards distance, Bergt, N. D. Ward, of Company A, Ninth Regiment, was the winner, upon the score of 57 out of a possible 70 points. G L Morse, Sharps Sport.. TP A Dugro, Sharps Sport, True BAunarp Ririey Maren.—Tbe mid-week matches are proving great favorites at Creedmoor, and the Ballard mite match on Wednesday, the 11th, was a successful one in at- tendance and the quality of the scores made. It was the sec- ond competition, open to all comers: 200 yards standing, any rifle; 15 shots without cleaning. ‘The scores stood : JW Rathyen, Ballard.....- 5445454555554 5 5-70 J TB Cuillins, Kem Sport, 4454454450545 4-66 W Slayes, Ballard... -- Bip teen 4444£54445544 4-63 SS Leach, Springtield......- 444444454 4 544 4638 G A Reed, Sharps Sport......+.-- Badad44545 44 4 4-113 W M Farrow, Bullard........ ree 544544444444 4 4-65 W Young, Sprivgtiela.....-..- 444454554454 3 563 W & Livermore, Springiield. . do444444384445 4-61 TL Alien, Ballurd........----5 484444544546 4 5-61 J M Cran, Sharps Sport 344444544544 4 5-61 F Sehilling, Sharps Sport. 454445444444 3 460 W H Cochrun, Jr. Ballard... ,. 445454384444 4 4-60 JR Groliman Kem Sport.......- 4543354434444 5—60 T Rogers, Maynard 3345445444443 5 4-69 fE Lewls, muzszle-loader.. .59 P MeMorrow, Ballard,, BA W 5 Uogswell, Sharps spo 9 HA Dogro, Rem Sport, 53 RH Keene, Rem Sport... Jd L Price, Rem Mil,. DB M M Maltby, Sharps Sport.. J A Gee, Rem Mil..... ace) # A Rhaymond, Rem Greed, L Cass, Remy Mil, ....----,+2+-++- OL A Andereon, Kem Mil.... E DGreve: Remini iw. neee W G Morse; Sharps Sport.. 58 CG W Minor, Sharps xport.... A B Vai Heusen, Rem Mil,..... 58 JK B Bayley, Rem Sport,... W W Dodge, Rem Mil..,.... ...87 M #rancis _......... tests AM Miller, Springtield. EK Haynes, Jr. Ballard. a eos soit ord nar “ J Ross, Rem Mil... -- Paulding, Winchester.......2 Ty ¥ wntiman, Rem Mil, 3 E Demuiler, Rem Mil,...sce+00038 WD Ward, Rem Mu.,...-.... +.-00 Roonester ys. Newarx, N. Y.--The Rochester men have been meeting their friends and neighbors from "Newark, WN. Y., at a return match shot at the latter place, July 11, with 15 shots, 200 yds., off-hand, any rifle. Rochesters used muzale— loaders; Newark men breech-loaders. At the previous match the Rochesters beat by 19 points, GL Morse, Rem Sport.. .-.- G Rover (?), Sharps Sport B Willard (?), Rem Mil ..-. —— “AF Mitehell.... are well matched, standing : ROCHESTER TEAM J A Brown ceeees res G3 GT StisOns.<.---- 5445 => -=+---BE CE Rider, EP MEL SHA EtS on mer pee 0 SA Servis.... 7 Total... We sevartts Leen SestGL SREACOMILE ea eee enieos fee Perey titer Oo recersrye eee ier tye Peery | mee) NEWARK TEAM sabes BOVERI. ar amass 1a8e nape SOL Wilda ee cne eee a eee LE GANOCK ...0...atsieees, seed: ...63 Nicholoy. oS Hilivtt.iaa ee)... ft G1 “Wat DUB eii- . 5 eases en epe a Oe Total-.-....... eat eee ey Ti ee eis Pe pec cee Zuriiee’s Rirnk Ganuery.—The fourth competition for 4 fine gold medal, open to all comers, took place Mriday even— ing, July 13th; this medal to be won hy the best seore of centres (40 poinis), Creedmoor rules, ten shots each entree, to be won three times. It has heen won once by M. Lennon, once by P. Penning, once by Wn. Brown and, last compeli- tion, by J. Murch, antl will be shot for every Friday evening until tinally won, Zerrvier's Rirte Cron held their weekly shoot July 10, at 207 Bowery, 100 feet, off hand, at Creedmoor target reduced, for a bull's-eye hadge. presented by Mr. B, Zettler, shooting master of the club, Most bull’s-eyes during July take the medal. Bis-cyes. Pts Bis-eyes. Ps Wim Kilein....... os 20) Ae JS BEN Wit Se een etaseent 45 L Bir DY 48 M Dorler........5 ~f 45 3 BE JEN ZeMiGn wa. ere. oF at 3 7 47 W Wabarius, tre 2) at D Miller. .... 7 47 TA Beales, 5 44 C@ Judson,... 28 7? DiBeck... 4 43 P Fenning... 6 46 G A Schurman, 3 #1 MOB, Biigtin so 0086 46 EA Moore,........... 4 40 Wesr Srpr Guy Cocs.—A first-class cli of amateur shoot- ingmen has been organized on the upper part. of the city. The list of members is a strong one, including many profes- sional men, who wish to enjoy the sport, but do not eare to court the publicity of Creedmoor. _Lfeadquarters are at Blm Park, Ninety-second street and Ninth avenue. ‘The officers are E. Schweyer, President; D. Perber, Treasurer; H. J- Lippe, Secretary, Bereex, N_ J. va. JAmarea, L. I.—The crack shoot- rangemen ot the Bergen Point Rifle Association and the Jamaica Rod and Rifle Association met for the return match at Bergen Point July 10, und resulted in a New Jersey victory. BERGEN TEAM. JAMATOA TEAM, F Rathyen....iestesesed, o20.. Mb DOW OFant,.....reeseceneenveerdfl A Duane...., vindesstnenssss4h UM ROROLS. poe ll gccces «chu dese, sunthll HJ Stilson,... ---44 J Pleming.:..1-...ceeegisee. Ld JT B Collims........ -.. 48 GA Reed H Meigs......... W S Cogswell... reryee JLBeach,...-.. wtee? HL G-Creed.... ccc ee Pee A Vredenburgt........:.,..:44:-41 GDamon...... Taupe: 86 PA Scbiiling, ...s.:3..........--33 WS Elmendorf.,..... BE OUAT pan seals secre eo nein a pete ODD cease heer! Urtea, July 14.—Utien has at last. organized a rifle associa- tion, The first meeting, held on the 11th inst., was very en- couraging, the list of members footing up 216. The ¢rounds have been selected, and it is hoped everything will be in work- ing order. he following are the officers: President, Edward A. Tallman; Vice-Presidents, L. 1. Hepburn, of Ilion, James C. P. Kineard, Utica; See’y, Major Matt Murray; Treas., Hsbert Bagg, Jr, ; Directors, John §, Hill, Jolin D. Flower, Col, J. Stuart Lowery, T. Jay Griffith, Lieut. W. D, Stuart, Edward Roche, J. J. Flanagan, H. Prentiss Bailey, Col, Geo. Young, E. Z. Wright, Lieut, Gol. P, F. Bulger, R. Winegar, Gen. Jas. MeQuade, Col. T. M, Davies, Jas. 11. Brand, Gen. 8. Deving, Col. W. Winzate, Licut. Gol, Jas. Manning, Major Matt Murray. SanAvocA, —On the afternoon of the Fourth the Saratoga riflemen were out for a couple of matches, both at 200 yards, ten shots each, off-hand, any rifle. For the J. H. Farrington prize the scores were: - WF HOWard 44000, 5-0 cers ee cee eRe vee W H Benson.... bin aeeepees 2.3R Wm Leggett... veseeesecedS A! Mitchell. Dishes iu poate Cou" Rzta Davis.. seeeees---.3¢ JOHN Webb..... g Foes aes He 4i) H W Lays... settee weeeee 32 HY TD Wheeler, Jr,...... ~58 toel Hays,. erick Bere} NER ABER ANS Bont Pons ty eriiby al PETS NU Us Sie ou Riatewh ere ets are te te shu ad : For the Clib’s badge of honor the seore stood + WH Henson..,..--...-..-..-.,..41 F D Wheeler, dr... ,2.--.....-2.40 D Eildy...... sthevse--etl Irvin Daya... AD W F Howard. seeee- 1 WT Legget Bo Ti W Hays....-.-. RAS Welleryes isi .scnckuss 58 oul Huys.... 2.5.) wiemtsnee welt 41 OT Wing,.. 1 Bara Davis. J H Moony,....... ten CU Cy we kas Aad SE Ped tty rps Anornrr Arrracrion AT Sanapocs.—Jerome Pitney, Esq., wishes us tostate that there is now a rifle range of 800, 900 and 1,000 yards at Saratoga; also an off-hand ra nge, which strangers will be welcome to use free of charge. It-is only one mile from the hotels. The targets are canvas, and show up beautifully against a side bill. By calling at Brown's rifle gallery, No. 6 Grand Hotel block, they will always find some of the Saratog. Rifle Club, who will be pleased to visit the range with them. OswEeo.—Col. G. V. Houghton, of the 48th Regt., N. G.s. N. ¥., hvs offered two gold medals under the following con— ditions : Open for competition to all commissioned, hon-vomuilssioned oMcers, Tousicians and prlyates of the 48th Regiment, N- G.8.N.Y. Dis. fance, 200and 500 yards; position, standing at 200 yards, iy at soo yards; weapon, Remington rifle, State model; ronnds five, with two sighting shots ; the opening competition to be on Saturday, July 14, 1817, at S o'clock A, M., on the Kifle Range of the 48th Regiment, All dates for further competition tobe announced. The badges to become the property of the members winning them four times, not necessarily consecutive. No member can become owner of but one badge, To the members making the highest aggregate score a 11k. gold badge yalued at $35.00, To the member making the second highest score a 14 k, gold badge valued at $15.00, At the first contest the seores stood : 200 Sti Tl, 2n0 EB Purple........<18 Vi 34 PO Wright 1h ee cae Watson....,-..18 15 a8 A Snell...,.... 20 12 32 HC Thompson, .22 7 29 Wm Sheldon. __.18 w 1s John McCann... ..17 nh 93 P Conors......_.45 1B 238 Hall ,____- a 5 21 DD Marshall,.....15 1g BB Geo White,... 20 40 A Harness. 1 W 32, T Donivan, Ist...15 11 26 7 C Slight_,,..-.18 da 95 LL Barnes ......20 15 85 A Cavalier :.... 21 dg do J 8 Barton. ..-..,21 23 44 Wm dobnson.....1s a ww CA Barfon,.....19 Pai) 39 Geo Hugunin._..15 a is Fe Caee 205.5 5452221 8 29 C V Houghton... 21 15 20 GA Clemings....22 16. 33 EA Swongham..20 * : JL Woods... ...17 20 87 ’ wet i tal, , : : —Hifty-six Californian riflemen haye alread quali first stage to shoot for places on the inté tate t The results came wonderfully close, and show that the men ee _ : Ff a Les Woovenver TArcer.—The Osiego Times, of the Sth inst., vets off thefollowing dig at the recent 'filed-sight ” order ° Ool. Hogunin has caplored and sent to the Porty-eighth Regiment Tile team ~ woodchuck, which they will keep as & pef and feed on élover atid green peus according bo the Colonels orders. Tt will he token to Creedmoor next fail and exbibited us the coat of arms of the Oswego “ woodehnek sho ters.” If would be well perliaps to secure aorher wooudetuck und send it te the Seyeuth Regiment to be xed as atarger. Under Col. Wingate’s latest order, wowing sights to be filed, periaps the sharpshooters of the Seventh could hit a woudchuck at ehori-range. Give them a chanee to try it anyway, Massaouvserrs, Lavorénce.—The Lawrence Rifle Club par- ticipated in a practice shoot at Merrimac Range, July 7; dis- tance, 500 yards, ‘The shooting was all good. The following are the favo best scores made without sighting shots. KR YP Saryent, Maynard Creed. RUD iy eatere- sats sucanep0o) Go 5. BE 6, 6) 6 25 OL Austin, Sharps Creed. BO. ee cesiypereseeereeeeei 6 5 6 5 8 GH 4 6 & 6 BG Hh 4—52 Mus. Jiwnt’s Scorz Beavex.—Mr. L. L. Hepburn, of the American Team, 1874, made the following score at Ilion, July 6, 1877, out of a possible 225, without sighting shots or pre- yious practice : 6 & 6 H—st BW werececiseeed 6 5 56 5 6 5 GF & 6 8 fF 5H Mp ezare ay ya 555 £45 5 5 6 4 5 4 4 5-70 TTT Sate see So 5bbSb 54554 5 £5 BF FUT On Monday, July 9, the same gentleman made 213 over thé same Tanges, with a light. chopping wind from the direction known as 11 o’élock. Mr. Hepburn has invented a new bullet, which promises to outdo anything yet produced, These are the only two trials made with it thus far. Jas, L. Burns, Scorer, Watsur Hrot Rane, Boston, Judy 12.—Massachusetts Rifle Association ; long-range match for a Ballard rifle, which has been won once before by Mr. Lowell, and seems destined, when another shoot for it has been held, to become his per- sonal possession. Conditions--Second competition for the Ballurd mid-range rifle, presented by Schoyerling & Daly, New York. Distances, 800, 900 and 1,000 yards; rounds, 7 at 800, 8 at 900, 10 at 1,000 yards; rifle and position, any within the rules; possible scores, 35, 40 and 50; entres 1s. The best scores stood as follows: 800 yds, ond yds, 1,000 yds, Total. dohu A Lowell....-.....-.....-.81 aT oa 112 James Wylnar, Jee.i.:. a) 3h 58 108 Witham Gerrish...,. oye 32 43 Wi BE Ohatlbome 7 33 4s 18 0 © Hebhiard_. By 34 12 '’ H Gray..-.. 0 Be 45 102 F J Rabbeth........ = BT. $2 100 ATIGHTKS. acs “ ry aS 99 W #A Jackson... v4 3 97 TOASTER Wad) 027, '..).5). 2-5 oe 80 30 95 Short range match: Condilions—Second competition for the Sharp’s long-range rifle, presented by the Sharp's Rifle Company, Distance, 200 yards, rounds, 10; rifle, any within the rules, Possible score, 50; entries 16. John A Lowell scece¢cc..-ee.-- 4k Wi IL TACKSON.. wae ieee e eee e eee 49 Pd Rabbeth.....-..- veseees4d RS Gray.. Ti Rockwell... sic... 42 ‘T lil Gray. WW Arnold, vee. 2 8 Wilder... L W Farren... etieee 42 GL Winship....... J TW Qsbord,...6 vice. vee 2 WL Genrier.. DMIGirkwdod. ts eteclaice ts peed Pe oe tee en Be , Mr. Rabbeth was the last winner of the prize. —The Wimbledon meeting thus far is reported as being very successful and the sliooting in the first stage for the Queen's prize exceptionably good. —A. Y. Canfield, Jr., and Dr. 5. J. Scott haye entered for the Centennial team competitons 4s the representatives of the Maryland Hifle Club. Ganapa vs, New Yorx,—The rifle team of the Forty- nibth Hastings have challenged the borty-eighth, of Oswego, to an international rifle contest, the first match to be shot al Belleville, Canada West, on August the 9th, and the return in Oswegu onthe 11th. Conxnecricut—Bridgeport, July 12.—Inyitation shoot, with dlam-buke attachments. Short-range matefi, 200 yards: prize, Lie winning rifie. © A Hoduman,...-+.- 92 WIT Murphy........... taielet HE Woodwiuril....-..,- ..22 J Williams... BH Sintora.. i HS Jewell. RE Keene... HS anuderso J Bodie. .. Hd Sthraeder W Hayes: .-- HH Raymoud....,,---.-...... N Wasnboin.. 5 w2U) He B Wardle. ss. saeeee BA Dusenberry.... 630 Ty Barrett, .eceaet ses a EG Perry....-s.-.cnen 20 O Minor.--,..0es44) ey ssee HE Glark..-245--225+54 O20) SEB Isher. shee recei- =<. US Dakin G W Yale. ..+--. Tf Fulton....+ J BE Stetson. D Smyph_.-.- W G Morse... Maltby .-...... --19 H Cutlis....--.- Tieation. ..19 JH Grohrman.. 19 WB Coughtry.... M Morrow... 19 A Walker........... JT B Goll GT Morse, pentane DA GRO eee epee easel awh : Ca range match, 1,000 yards; prize, the winter’s rifle. ER he aaa weieii1088 HH Raymond,....... Be. tbat 18 ‘EH Sanford,.....++ 93 Fi Millen.....- ae AT Jd E Stetson....- ~oo2 8 Mister 2. oss... 17 G W Yale... Shao) Vipin ieee ae 16 D Smyth y2U TR Mdeene.. naey sts salty L Weber — c ..2L WN Washburn ....-.... eT TS JUWellicis cceeseeerecctre+ 20 oJ Bodine.... .2.- 10% -1b TH DARIN, .-..cacesneseecseeeeee20 SG Perry..-..24.,-, ald OA Hodgman... isis ee eee eee 20 TS OlaTK. se eee eee Perera Froemoor, Veo Orleans, July 11.1 send you below the champion score of the world, made by an individual and a team of six. Ata meeting of the Governing Committee of Grescent City Rifle Club, July 6, it was resolved to select Tae of six o shoot for the bronze medal of the N. R. A., the highest score to win ; also that the same six shoot against the highest score on record of six men, which is that of the Irish and Scotch on the first day of the last international match. The day appointed was July 10, 8:30 p. a * ‘The day opened buantifally for the match, and hac we commenced at two o'clock, or if Mr. Byrich had made his usual average, the total would have been increased about 20 points; but his first shot at 1,000 yards, being shown up in ths bottom corner of the target, almost upset hint in finishing his score. _ The shoot- ing throughout was magnificent, Arms and Byrich opening with fourteen bull’s-eyes at 800 yards, Mr, Selph making four- teen consecutuve at 900 yards, and making a run of twenty- one consecutive bull’s-eyes, and a total score of 219, the team making 1,214, winning the team match by twelve points. At the 900-yards range the wind was troublesome, but was more fayorable, at 1,000. from 12 40 6 on the dial, During the shooting the wind varied The following are the scores; Dudley Selph. SO ae. oe B45 5 Ff 6 6 5 4 HH G AKT Wier Het 2 0 5 5 5 Db oO wh fH b Bh 14 TO, ve eee FF 6 Hh dd OG 6 GB F219 Y Ma} Wm Arms. ==} Bey ear ay bictieer 5B Hh Sh 6 FF GF FF 5 4-4 GUN cievereeee OO F 5 fF FF bh bd bd FG 43 US UU0 cepts ois wordt BO 66Gb 6 4 6 6 HF 5 GF F—TE—210 John K Renaud, 4h 385545 5 4 5 5 fh B&B 56H Sa o5 65 b 45 5 6 f & 5—AD a5 4 4 6 6 4 6 5 56 4 5 3 4—6I—20E Col Jolin G Glynn, dr, #55 645 95-6 4 § 3 5 5-69 544456 445 5 4 6 5 5—H9 5b Gb 43528 5 Fd 4 4 4 465-203 oT Mannie, S00, -< 265 fi bh 444 5 6 5 4 4 H—O2 900. BR 5 f 8h 5 fF 4 FB B 5 6-67 1,U00, 368455444 8 6 5 4 5 22-191 RG Hyrich. B00... .eerececeeeeD 6 FF SH 6 05 5 56 5 Bh 5—TO Su. os wie? 5D 4 4 5 6 GF 5 5 4 4 4 BF BHF 1,000),. cyecereree OU 41 2S 4 5 6 4 8 5 YB B 450-187 The team and reserve, who will shoot in the inter-State match, will comprise the aboye eentlemen, with Mr. James Buckley as captain, the latter gentleman acting in that capacity in the aboye match, adding a great many points to the scores by his careful watching and good judgment of wind. They will leave here about the middle of August for Creedmoor. Why don’t the managers settle the date defi- nitely when the inter~State match is to take place? [Date fixed between Sept. 10 and 13.—Hp.] The following are the scores made on the 8th. Col John Glynn, Jr. 3553554558 5 5 Bi $4555 6 5 & 6 5 43365 45 5 4 Maj Wm Arms, 65 6 6455 455 § 5 5B BSB Sh D4 445 5 5 5-70 Su 4465 55 4 8 5 8 4 58201 Capt Dudley Selph. 4—i() 5—(2 4—(j5—208 oren oY coo PS 46 Fb bd 5 5 5 & KH A dT he6 4648355 45 4 5 54S 534454835 5 5 5 5 5 0-0-1958 KG Byrich. 6338 6445 5 4 3 45 5—66 DS DY 5. 5) 3) 5) oS he ob — 7) £45 05 4 5 5 8 6 5 0—57—193 OUD OR UCR on 24 rede syitaart oc bas dec aha habe afelettaee td sw PY . 800 COMPETITION FOR LAST RESERYVR, iT Manning. 53 5 bb 455 5 5 5 4 5 4-70 i 93 8 434544 5 56 2 4 460 TOU Suess pes Wechenen 055 5656 445 2°5 3 5 5 3 4-58—I58 A D Babbitt, 355 554465 5 5 4 5 569 & bo Bo 8 Bos) & Set 1S S55 264423 34 5 4 5 5 4 3-57-1929 Mrs. Wm, Pierce, the wife of a member of the club, made the following score at 500 yards rest, Remington Creedmoor rile: 6655555555455 54—73. She Bas an eye like an eagle, and her nerve is as steady as that of any marks- man that I have ever seen. Gussik. Tab British RL PeaM.—London, July 10.—The Times prints the following ; The Council of the National Rite Association, having no funds ap- plicable for the expenses of a Centennial team to America, appeal to all interested in rifle shooting to aid in raising the requisite sum of $7,500, Sit Henry Walford, Captain of the United Kingdom Rifle Team, writes fo the London Agent of the New York Associated Press in regard to the approaching match at Creedmoor as follows: * We bavedecided to sail for New York by the steamer City of Richmond on the 16th of August, S0 as fo have time to got settled before the match. I hear something has been said about our having only two days for practice oyer the range at Creedmoor, Two days will be quite inadequate, I shall want at least six days, if possible,” —BSecond match between the Rahway and Hackensack rifle clubs took place on the :ange of the latter club, July 16, with the following result : HACKENSACK, “A DrIDRULELS oa saae vt nes en tee PAccocudtte ney 043444444 334 W Clark.... $8443 445 4 448 Vite We C Ties a culeelealvete ba erclonys 54434 4/4 48 435 Van Strachwitz.. 354844544 4-4) Holberton, «22.6, sede ces reer ceeeeeene 2420384445 8-82 Erma COOLED 8 of bie ain sep Vola aval dald erty A344435 44 2 35-917 RAHWAY, EE ABIL ou om qe a terion ten G Soucur tears! 439544444499 E Squier... sce : 444545444 643 G Melville... A456 464444 4 3-47 B Squire .., $4548 433 4 4-76 Bred Alder... Adhd a sas 4 4 26 FL Sheldon... 544583544 9 3—4)—955 Vermont, Rutland, July 16.—Rutland Rifle Club were out, on Saturday, the 14th, practicing over their 500-yards range, The scores were very fair, considering the last flve shols were fired in almost darkness. 5554455566445 5-11 H5455 455454555 470 6545565544455 432 9-65 : Tos: 4245255454555 6 464 AGITBHE EWI svat acviedAl a emer ee 4565555554444 5 3-43 Exonanciye Guys.—lf you want a heavier or lighter or a finer qualtity gun than you have al present, itcan be exchanged to good advantage at Charles L, Ritzmann’s, 948 Broadway, above Twenty-second street. — ee —The Central Vermont Railroad publishes an illustrated list of summer excursions which may be made via that road. Three hundred trips are designated, including the principal Summer resorts from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to St. Paul and Denyer. The guide is to be had at 417 Broadway, N. Y., or any other of their offices, —— eee eet —Horses are now heing shipped to England from St. Louis, Several hundred haye already heen sent. It is said that ng- land is preparing for war emergencies. Too +e __——_—- —An excursion train is to be put on the Long Island Rail- road to run three times a week from Flatbush avenue, Brook- lyn, to Greenport, starting at 8 4. m.; returning the same day, reaching Brooklyn at 9P.m. A steamer from Greenport to Shelter Island will alow passengers six hours for fishing, - 409 Sea and River Hishing. at es FISH IN SEASON IN JULY. i te FRESH WATER, Trout, Salvo fontinaljs, SALT WATER. Sea Bass, Controprtatyis atriny Salton, Salino salar Sheapshead, al Pah SCAN lp Salmon Trout, Saline onjinis. cap hintus, : ia Landlocked Salmon, Salo glover). Striped Biss Roveus in Slack Bass, Microplerus satiioites; W hit ¢ Perch, Mores ape, A. nigricans Weaklish, Cynbscion regolis Maskanonge, sox nabitier. Blietinh, Powctonues scltarpixe Pike or Pickerel, Mson foedws, Sypnish Mackerel] Cybium, mid t Yellow Perch, Perea jlavescens, tit. Se Tee eet Cero, Cybium. Feqale. Bonito, Saveda pelanys, Kingtsh, Meutivi rus nebulosus, Por list of Trout Mies in season for July, sce tgsue of June 28. + Oe ——of all branches of natural knowledge. Bo the time passes until 2 o'clock, and now commences the real tesh between fly and worm. The afternoon generally brings a slight breeze, without which the fly-fisher could do nothing, for the bulk of the fish have left the streams, and are swimn- ming in shoals about the shallow pools, lazily enjoying the sunshine. Six o'clock finds the fly—lisher with half a dozen move emall fish; possible, if lucky, he may have one or two of good size. Now mark the procedure of the worm-fisher, equipped as TLhave deseribed him. 11e Joolks out for along stretch of shat- low water still lo the eye, but redly laying a entle curreat flowing through it. Here he places his lick closely amongst the bushes, which frequently line the bank, so as lo throw his person into shade. Next he casts a line of from twenty to twenly-fonr feet straight up the river, then straight tp the conlye of the river in the current, and, lastly, far over to thie other side of the river. Jones, ‘Von Hargiteaves rum out... Brewster ¢ and b Kearney. Caludwelll runmonf ....... sartori G at slip l Kearne, ; SY. GEORGE. Giles b Brewster ..19 Mueran ¢ leg b Brewster . 2 Jones © point b Brewste Wels ¢ at pom b Kearn » 1 Moyston b Brewster 0 Sims b Soutter.....-.- sescgeees. 3 Sl@leh, run out........ 3a Murnan, not ont......... *% Gracie, Nof Out. ......... 4 BYES ig UOy 25 WNC, ele cuds necks iW” Byes, 151 b, 3; wide, 1. ..4...45.5 5 Total....es+- soviet beats RA ew 299 Germantown... at GL 10¢ 116 124 485 186 143 150—150 St George....... ae ‘4 10 39 460) 662) 80) 80) 9 99 Srarey Isnawp vs. Mansarean—Brooklyn, Tuly 12.— Staten Island, 134; Manhattan, 183. MANHATTAN, Pirst Inning. Hosford b Brewster, ..-..-....-.. Ui) Jenkins ¢ Jarvis b Sprague Makin b) Brewster.........-es Greig, nob Out ..... Second Inuing. D Haryey.... b Brewster 0 T st Whetham b Brewst 6 DO BreWStely cas ccc este nue es 5 ¢ Outerbridge b Maryey.. 4. DUBYe WSteLs neers oats c¢ Whetham b Harvey © Whetham b Harve: Scot. G Spragtie b Donaid........ 2 Jones ¢ Sprague b Donald.....,. 0 b Harvey seeseeed | Mackenzie lb wh Donald........ 0 b Brewste aes TiNGY, HDSCNL....eceeeeeneewsenes Op Tot DU Se 2 eee aa) Byes, 2; leg-byes, 25 wide, 1.... 5 Leg-byes, 2; WIGCB ops bees tee 5 Wotale aye nM eeeee shel pene Tibet eres 50 : EN ISLAND, First Inning. Y Second Inning, Harvey ¢ Makin b Greig....2.... 7 c Tilley b Hosford,..... s1ssd sear Moore b Gosford... .. $20 Un Out ee. 14 Whetham b Hostord.........-.-. 1 run our..... 20 Donald b Greig... oo. 2 cases. 1 b Hostord, a) Brewster, vot.ont..........00, --10 b Greig... Decal Peters b Greig -. . ...4.c...-2.. 0 Tun out, Be Plt Phipps ¢ and b Wosford....,..... 2 b wb Giles Jr,, uted Jarvis b Hosford....... OP TG GUA hee eee ees von £ Onterbridge ¢ sub b EH c 0) ¢ Jenkins b Hosford... cab hyve ¢ Jenkins b Mogford.....,.. 1 not OU teen wvgacwnte se ce tes cvs ere’) Sprazue, NOt out.. yes, 3; Lb, 2. ow, Byes, 2; wides, 6...... dananoveess G OWA Sey. sees st deena pesca sa OO Total 2.0... .:. Po1o.—The game of polo seems to he increasing in popu- larity. A game was played at Newport, 8. I, July 13, on the grounds of the Westchester Club. On the 12th ’a game was pliyed at the Driving Park at Buifalo, N. Y., by the Polo Club of that city. We understand that clubs are forming in Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnati, and other Western cities. —Professor Cavill, the English swinmier, proposes to swim across the channel, a feat which he has already attempted, As a preliminary trial he swam in the Thames, July 27, from London Bridge to Ballast Wharf, Greenlithe, a distance of over 20; miles, in five hours and four minutes, Canipa.—Oittawm, July 2.—Two mile foot race for a gold medal or $20 to first, and silver medal or $10 to second, Kuiries—John Albertie, John Raine and the Indian Daillebout, Raine won by twenty yards in 10:23. One mile race for gold madal to first and silver medal to second. Entries —Parring- ton, Daillebout, White Fazle, Raine, irvine, Paul Laramie, ‘Thos. Ross, Albertie, E. O’Brien and Jolin French. O'Brien wou by only a few inches in 4:30; White Eagle second, Won by the | flew Alublications. Une Pocke Gronogtst anv Boor o MINERALS. H. Smith. Baltimore: RKstablishment, This small paniphlet containa in a convenient form an outline of ali the essenUnls of geology, and will be found of yalue to the stndent or professional. The text is written in a clear, condensed style, com- pressing 2 great amount of yaluable matter into the smallest possible compass, and fhereby meeting the demand for a pocket manual, whieh Shall be complete in scope, while handy in size and form, By Fred. Sun Gook and Job Printing “My Home iv Frorma” is the title of a little pamphlet: written by Rev. C.G, Selleck, of New Smyrna, and gives the experience of the author in seeking and finding a home amoung the orange froyes. The quiet picture of Florida life as here portrayed is certainly pleasant to contemplate, and the evident sincerity and common sense of the writer inspire belief in his statements. There are many msefnl hints and much valuable information, whieh will be of benefit to intending Plorida immigrants, The book is published by the Florida Star Go, New Sinyrna, Mla, Price 35 cents, Trim PRocrepines or tim PRroyrner or Quiero Ririe Asso- CIATION FOR 1576 Makes a neat little pamphiet, and the report shows that ‘*the work ot the aseociation has been carried on eliciently and Successfully, and that the interest in our prize meetings is on the in- crease’ The full scores for the eighth annual prize meeting held at the Point St. Charles ranges in August last are given. The Qoebec men stand willing to co-operate with the Dominion Rifle Association in sending a team to Creedmoor next fall, but whether any step haye been taken we have not yet heard. In Zéppincott’s Lady Blanche Murphy continues her pleasant description of a tour “Down the Rhine,” This ang “Edinburgh Jot. tings,” by A. S. Gibbs, are the illustrated articles of ihe namber. Rebecca Harding Davis begins a new atory entitled “A Law Unto Her- self,” and there are seyeral other stories atid sketches of interest. The Monthly Gossip has a sketch descriptive of the modes of disposing of the Paris dead, which, notwithstanding its somewhat unattractive title, is treated in a decidedly readable way, The current number of Hur, Min wad Feather is fully wp to the usual standard of excellence attained by that useful publication, The latest corrections and alterations in the game laws are given witit the usual compendium of entertaining matter on a variety of subjects. The Popular Science Monthly opens with the second and lust paper of the series, by Spenser, “On the Evolution of the Wamily,’” The “Tides” ave discussed by Prof. Schneider, and there is an important paper on “Ground-Air in its Hygienic Relations.” “ The Discovery of the Circulation of the blood” is reviewed by Dr. G. J. Fisher, Di, Pant Gert talks on “Atmospheric Pressure and Life,” and there are papers on the “Material Resources of Life,” “The Zodiacal Light,” and other sub- jects. The department devoted to Correspondence, and that of Pop- ular Miscellany are occupied by w variety of important topics and yal- uable discussions, St. Nicholas is eminently a Fourth of July number, “Gun- powder” is treated of by an ex-oiliver of the U, 8. Army; Mrs. Lucretia P. Hale has one of her lively “Peterkin” papers, telling us how ‘Phe Peterkins” Celebrated the Wourth,” and “A Boy’s Life ona Man-of~< war” is described hy a navaloficer, Noal Brooks has an entertaining sketeh of George the Third, and Susan Archer Weiss contributes the leading paper on ‘* Nelliein the Lighthouse,” which will be of interest: to oll as well as young, Ernest Ingersoll concludes his interesting ar ticles on “Wild Mice and their Ways.” Sandford B, Hunt writes a sea- sonable article on swimming, and under the title of ** Gog a-Gypsy- ing,” John H. Pugirs gives directions on camping out. There are any other excellent contributions in prose and verse,making this an admir- able number of a magazine which has no rival in the worid. The Pennsylvania Railroad has published an elaborately prepared pamphlet, descriptive of ifs numerous and famous summer excursion routes, ‘This road is noted not less for the perfection of its equipments than for the romantic natural scenery which everywhere freets the tourist. Those who are debating where to spend a short ya- cation in the summer, should avail themselves of the full information liere giyen, and then if amid the numberless attractive Gxeursions enumerated, they are still in perplexity we shall not wonder, ‘’he eir~ cwar may be obtained at any of the company’s offices. Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and Im porters, haye always a large stock of silver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, racing and other sports, and on request they prepare special designs for similar purposes. Their Timing Watches are guaranteed for accuracy, and are now very generally used for sporting and scientific requirements. TIFFANY & CO, are also the agents im America for Messrs, Parex, Pomrrn & Co, of Geneva, of whose celebrated watches they have a full line. ‘heir stock of Diamonds and other Precious Stones General Jewelry, Bronzes and Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, and the public are invited to visit their establish:ent without fee? ing the slightest obligation to purchase. Union Square, New York, —— — ’ 412 ee FOREST: AND - STREAM. Seriimer’s opens with an illustrated article on “ Bow Shooting,” by Manrice Thompson. Wiis in- teresting subject 15 treated not is we might expect from an antiquarian, but fram a practical standpoint, embodying tie writer s own experiences in the shoot- ing disticts of Florida and other sountry, A large sjace is dev Russian life, ‘the Nobleman of the Steppe,” by Tourguénei, “The Last Indian Council of the Genesee" js well described by Duyid Gray. “Rich— mond Since the War” is treated of hy R, W. Wright, and the “Battle of Bunkerloo,’ Tot generally given in the hisfories, is craphically déseribed by W. H. Bishop. “The Mormon Theocracy” is described by J. 1, Beadle,’ and “The Nether Side of Life Insnr- ance’ by Julius Wilcox. There are in addition to these a Score of other tapies, whieh combine to fur- nish mosh excellent readiog for this summer season, parts of the er fo & Story of It gives every sportaminlike method for cuptur- ing every known game animal, bird and fish in North America. It desiguates the proper charges for guns for each kind of game, the various kinds of decoys and blinds, and baits and tackle for the fist. Tt gives over 4,000 localities where came and fish may be found, specifles the game found in each locality, the hotel accommodation, und the best route to vet there. (The preparation of this Directory was in itself a work of great magnitude ) If gives the sci-ulific name and specilic character- istics of each species it describes, with the hubitad and breeding season of each—a most valuable con- tribution to science, If describes 297 yarieties of edible fish alone, that may be taken with the hook; 50 varieties of ducks , 50 varieties of suipe or waders, and the different methods of shooting each. Its instructions tor capturing large game are very minute, and the ¢hapters on wwbodcrait, onttitting and camping have been pronounced by “El Cazador,” of Ios Angeles, California, to be simply complete, Every kind of dog used for sport is designated, and his points for bench judements folly civen. The chapters relating to selection, breeding, rearing, breaking, Gare and diseases, comprise a seventh part ofthe volume. There are 71 preseriptions and recipes given under the reyision of the best modern vanine therapeutists. It is in itself the most concise, accurate, Instruc- live, sensible and comprehensive work ever written upon the dog and his diseases. Any physician can administer the prescriptions with perfect confidence in their safety and eMcacy, very seientitic portion of the work has passed the inspection of an officer of the Smithsonian Institu- fion. Ii contains yery useful recipes and remedies for wounds, bites, poisons, illness, and emergencies ol All kinds; for cleaning, repairing, and preserving every implement used for sport; for selection and use of every kind of boat employed by sportsmen } a refe ence list of several hundred books in request by Se Tr and a directory where to buy outfitung vons. : Tt instructs in taxidermy, and tells how to preserve and Monnot specimens of animals, birds and fish, ENDORSEMENTS. “T can judge from your advanced sheets that your book will bea vade meewm, inva'tinble Lo sportsiien,”’ O BXCHUANGE—Donble-barrel muzzle-loading duck gun, gb inch, .Scal., 1244 Ibs,, for Ballard, Pavitic or hew Winchester. Address DOC, 701 M sitet, N. W., Washinglon, D.C. jy1g ANTED—A second-hand breech-loader, 12 gaure, in good order, English built; also Bh hunting dog thet will retrieve; verms moderkte. Ad- dress W. G. G,, 52 Prospect Place, Brooklyn. jy192t for Sale. OR SALE,—For cash, cheap, or will trade for a t 4 good gin or bamboo fy rod, oue of Fenner's ortable bouts, new wnd in woud Order, a8 The owner geno use for itihis season, Addresad. A. B., this Dr. H. 0, Yarrow, U, S.A. Smtithsonion Institution. “ Your fortheonilng book will indeed be a trens- tire, The labor of preparation must have been im- mense, ’—A, C. Clarke, Jamaica Plains, asa, “Waving examined tie proof sheets of your forth- coming book, [ predict an extraordinary sale,"—G. Bird Crinnell, Peabody Museum, Yale College. “That port'on of your book relating to woodcraft, outfitting, camping, etc., is simply complete, 1 ¢an scarecly add anything.’—H. WM. Mitchell (“RL Caza- dor’), Los Angeles, California. * Your book is much needed, and [have every con- (idence that you are capable of coveriny Whe whole ground, We need something more recent man frank Forester,’--D. C, Estes, Af D., Lake City, Minnesota. i he 3é ennel. willce. jyi9 2t q OR SALE—Volley, 12-in, bbl., 9 1b,, top snap, donble boll, patent forend, pistol grip pattern, With 1, Oz. No. 7, 180, 10 peers In 3) {uch circle, “40 yards, and she is a mtignty Kier in the fleid, with lealiier case, and complete, all in paragon order. Slo). P.S.—Tiis gon hes ‘not used 100 shells. H #. FROST, 47 Centre street, N. Y. jy19 7D LOOMING-GROVE PARK ASSOCIATION. Oue sllare in above association for sale ata low price, “The best Game Preserves in Trout, Black Bass and Pickere) fishing feb22.tf very Ameri ca. T j (Address SPORT, this office. Ok SALE—The steam yacht Ariel, 45 feet long, ® 9 feet beum, canins and pllor honse * Ree HONG is a yery fast, handsome and Ganilortable boat, ane in nenfest order. Prite $2,200. 8. B. GREACKN, re Newark, N. J. iy 12 at Plablications. New Game Laws Of the State of New York. Just published im meat pamphlet form, the Game Laws of the Btule of New York, as amended by the Jast session of the Legislature, Price, single copies, 15 cents; four copies, 30 cents, Sent postage paid on receipt of pride, by CHAS. SUYDAM, Puprisnur, q49 CHAMBERS ST., New York City, or tus office, "BINDERS. | your fine books bouud. Art Journal hound Pith fo London publishers’ style. Pichoresque America, Art Treasory of Germany and Bnglend: Women in Sacred History, large Mamily Bibles, al dimstrated works, music and ma) azinea in the best auyles and lowesh prices; done intwe or three days Mrequired, | WALKWR’S SONS, 14 Dey etreet. Stud Irish Setter. The Subscriber offers his imported red ty ah eether “Buek,’ wiuner of prizes at the Centennial, St. Louis aud Bullimore bench shows, for stud purpose. ‘Terma, $25. Wor pedigree and particniars, address ©. Z. MILEY, Lancaster, Pa. AREE handsome ved Trish setter purples for sule, hey are trom he best imparted stack, For particulars inquire of C.Z, MIT.&Y, Lancaster, Va. jyoit Wy Aniten, SETYVEKS.—A single dov, wr two dogs) aime regalar brace work, ty ob jeerlon to spryed bilehes; hor ngily iramer, free workers, aud must ba good retrievers. Audress, with tid particalars, ‘T, G. 'I'., care hex 469, New Orleans, La. Jyi9 th Oh SALHE—T wo fine setrer pups, thirteen weeks 4 old, by A. Copeland's ‘Shot, duin “Nellie,” by John Wilson's Wported Bnglish setfer “Seotrie, onto! the Beeba slit. Price reasonable, Adlitress B, D. CHAPLIN, box 1,612, Boston, Mass. jyl9 it 4 OR SALE, CIEAP—Seven pupsof nidombled pedizrae, ont of my Thoroughbred pointer biteh “Well,” by Sirong’s ‘Pete? four dogs and three hitches: six black and one liver colored. Address J.L, WOODBKIDGE, box 8, North Mitochesrer, Coun, jyly 2b “SNAPSHOT.” Stud poioter (imported), lemon and white, iy Whitebouse's Kap, ont of Prive’s Judy. H. C.5. B. No.1.080. Winner of many prizes in Englaud anid champion prizes at New York ani Syracase Shows, Terms, $25. Address WM. M.'PILESTON, Pascack, Berzen Co., N. J., or care of this atice, jyi 1f YOR SALE.—A tine lot of Scoteh, Skye, Dandy, Dinmont, and Blark-avd-tan Terriets, Sporting Dogs, Multese Cath, Ferrets, cc. Medicines for all diseases at L, N, MEYER, 45 Great Jones street, sepial-ly OR YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL STOCK FROM ihe choitost breeds. nquire of M. P. McKOON, Franklin, Del, Go,, N, ¥. ' deo2s-1y a a Mnquire gt depot for Kinsey's ferrymeu, “TOO”? BLUE BLOODS. HINTS CN DOC-BREAKING, BY W. 4H. MOLABIRD, a Western Amateur Sportsman. breaking setfer and pointer puppies, half grown and old unmanageable dogs. Tnstriictions for Complete, clear and simple. Iilustrations of celebrated dogs, winners at the preot shows at New York, Chitazoand Memphis, Ktnles for Pield Trials and Bench Shows, and other Pamphlet of valuable Information for the amateur. 36 pages, price, postpaid, 25c. Address W. fH. HOLABIRD, jyo 5t Valparaiso, Ind. JAS. MEYER, JR.’S Girondin Disinfectant FoR EFKENNELS: This is the most effective and cheapest disinfect- ant und dleodorizer for the kennel, Is indorsed by jhe medical profession, the bneiness community, Moblic Institutions, railroad companies, car lines, otels, undertakers, etc, Sold by all druggists, and wholesale by James Meyer, Jr., & Co,, 85 and 87 Broad street, N Y, P.O, Box 3,275, } ENNEL FOR BREEDING, RUARING, BOARD- ing, exercising auct trailing: — 30 AAI Ty jose SETTERS AND POINTERS Refer to FOREST AND S!REAM, and others, Pure-bred Pointers 4nd Setters now taken to yard lreak, DER DET ALOLG to Held training on Game in the South next winter, Address, E. 8. WANMARER, Sapl-ti Hohokus, Bergen Co,, N. J. EDINA HEWNWNETZR, JESSE SHERWOOD, PRorpkteron, Edina, Knox Connty, Mo., breeder and importer of Sporting Dogs, Pointers, setters, spaniels, fox and beagle hounds, “Sancho,” Imp. Pointer, stud dow; Tee, $85. See Rnglish K, O.S, B., No. 1,005, Fle is a grandson of the celeprated ** Hamlet,” No, 836, This dog “Sancho” has won seven prizes—fonr in England first at Crystal Palace, 1874), fliree here. He SALE, when eight weeks old, six puppies ont of my blue belton eetter Mell. by Bob Boy. They are black and white, ‘lwo of them are black. white anid tan, aud ave almost perfect images of their sire, Tor particulars, address L. FP. WHITMAN, 5 City Hall, Detroit, Mich, je2s tr bi pass your owo dogs in the most artistic man- ner. Send for cireniar to M. VON CULIN, Delawure City, Del_ jea) fu i 4 OR SALE—Two thoroughbred, perfectly broke young senhe Willing te show then on weod- cock; $50 each. Also lwo duchshond pops, $10 each, is ae VON LENGERER, tox 1,096, N.Y. yi 2 OR SALE—Two litters of beagle honnd pnpe, | pure in blood, and frommmy beat hunting stock, Also iny Gildersiveye Setter Royer, orauge and white, well broken on all kinda of game, and a first rate retriever On all kinds of game. For ducks he has no superior. Address GEO. POUNALL, Chris- tiana, Lancaster County, Peun. Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! STRADMAN’S FLEA. POWDER for DOGS. A Bane to Fleas—A Boon to Dogs. This Powder is guaranteed fo kill feas on dogs or uny Other animals, Or money returned. Lf is put up iv patent Soxes with sliding pepper box Tap, whith greatly facilitates its use, Simple and eflcactous, Price 50 cents by mnil, Postpaid ARECA NUT FOR WORMS IN DOGS. A CERTAIN REMEDY. Put wp in boxes containing a dozen powders, wilh fnll directions for use. Price 50 cents per Tox by mail. Both the above are recommended hy KopAND Gun and Forest AND STREAM, W. HOLBERTON. och 12 12 NASSAU STREET, __/Spratt’s Patent \ Meat)Fibrine Dog Oakes, cw GENUINE eee nd = ' OS FSRIND ee 7gramprp W From the reputation these Meat Fibrine Cakes haye now gained, they require scarcely an explany- tion to recommend them to the use of every one who keepsadog. Suffice it to say they are free from Ball, and contain “dates,” the exclusive use of which, in combination wijh Meat and meal to com- pond a biscuit, issecured to us by Letters Patient. ‘or sale in cases of 1igibs, each. F. 0. De LUZE, Role Bgent, 16 South William street, New York. Special terms to dealers, - 2 Es] otels and Hesarts for Sportsmen. INSEY’S ASHLEY HOUSE, Barnegat Thiet, N. J. The only House near the celebrated Blue Fish, Sheepshead, Black Wish, and Sea Bass grounds, Address, for engaging yachts, circulars, Or notice of redfnble good fishing, KINSHY, Ashley House, Samegat, 7.7 Acvess—New York, via N. J. SR. to Waretown = and trom Philadelphia, Tuckerton R, R, to Barn ete may 17 Hotels and Resorts for Sportsmen, <= SAYVILLE HOUSE, SAYVILLE, L. I. MAJ. W. EB, CNDERHILL, - Proprietor, , A few minutes’ walk from the depot and from the beach. Bathing, bouting, ishing, yachting, Com- munication by yacht with South Beach and ire Island, A beantiful drive to Lake Roukoukoma, aul many other pleasant drives in the neighbor- hoo. Cool and airy rooms, and all kinds of sea and country food. Rates reasonable. Jy12 5t >) = Fe AYFIELD—The Great Health and Pleasure Re- sort of the Northwest, Beautiful Scenery, Pure Atmosphere, Delighttul Climate, Mshing, Boutin, Sailing and Shooting, ‘The Island House at Byfield, Wisconsin, situated on Lake Superior, surrousded hy the Apostle Islands, twenty-two in nomber, offers fo persons seeking health and pleasure advantages rarely found, The climate is pure, cooland bracing, and @ fure cure for hay fever, It invigorates 1he whole syskem, creates appetite and indnoces sleep. The water is pronounced by scientists the purest 1 fhe world, Jyl2 ft BAY-SNIPE SHOOTING, PICKEREL FISH- ING, SURF AND STULL BATHING, Parties can find excellent accommodations al my house »t the head of Barnegat Bay. First-class snipe shootin, bine fishing and pickerel tishing., Terma, $3 to $10 per week. Stools, boats, and everyting ne- cessary for accommodation of guests. Andress JOHN Wi. LOVELAND, Point Pleasant, Ocean Co., N. J,, or “ Willet,”’ this office. jyi2 4t ALSBY HOUSE, Atlanticville, L. T. A Suinmer Resort, and for Sportsmen all the year, will open June 26th, Now licuse accommodates fifty guests, Rooms of yarlous sizes and exposures, Perfectly healthy. A fine oak grove of two acres atrear of house, Nearer to amd larger than any house bordering on Shinnecoek Bay, Surf and still Bathing, Boating, Duck, Goose, Snipe, and Qnail Shooting. References from former guests, Send for cirentar. myli-sin W. F. HALSEY. EA-SHORE TOME BOARDING HOUSE, hy GC. F. HOTCHKISS, at Short Beach, Bramord Conn, Sea food, comfortable house and bean view of the sea. 'Vhree sta@is to and from New Haven daily after Jane15. Previous arranvements necessary. House strictly temperate. Address aa ahoye hy mail. Bay ‘hooting of all Varieties, SHINN ECOCK BAY THE BEST SHOOTING GROUND IN THE VICINI'TY OF NEW YORE, Wm, N, Lane respectfolly informa his many fricids that, biving largeiy added to the Springville House or Sportsinen's Retreat, he is prepared to entertala und take care of his guests in ample manner. Moad- erate prices and satisfactory attention poaranteed, The young bay birds are now coming in, and oyery- \hing bids fair foranexcellent season, Address WM. N, LANE, Good Ground Station, L. 1. Dive wild meee stools for spring and fall shooting. jyl2 au Curlew Bay Club House Ig opel to the public ag aSporisituan'’s Tome, wiere tan be found plenty of shooting dud fishing. PMyclil- ties for conning for bay-birds cunnot be excelled an the coust of New Jersey. ‘Vernis, $1.50 per day, or $10 per week, Quides aod boats, and decoy can be hai for $2 per diy, House situated on Ludlmy’s Bay, four miles trom Seavilla Station, W. J. RR. Stage meee all iris. ‘Tuble will be sapped With the beat lhe murket niferd 4, T, KH, SCHUTE, Proprietor. jy Mim island House, BELLOWS FPALLS, VERMONT. Hiroad piazzas, pekiks airy halls, charming walka und drives, elightful scenery, purée mountain air and enol breezes. Send for circular. jel43m CHARLES TOWNS, Proprietor. THE Thousand Island House, Situated on the RIVER ST. LAWRENCE, aT ALEXANDRIA BAY, JEFFERSON CO., N. ¥., and in the immediate vicinity of the Tarfamed Thonsand Islands, will be opened for the reception of guests June laf, 1877. This house was erected tn ‘78, wid contains all the miolern improvements. Rooms single or en stile, with hath-rooms and closets attached, Travellers will tind this place as healthfol as if is beautifal, with oo mosquitoes or @ltills andl fever; enres hay feverand catarrh ; while ho Whe finest scenery in the world are added the At trachions of Bowting, Fishing, Hunting and Gatling, as well as Billiards, Bowling Alley, Croquer Grounds, &o. Cuisiie second fo nene. Atconioadtions for 700 puesis, Parties taking rooms for the seasod will find liberal dedactions from regular rates. Send for pamphlet, with Lerms, e- 0. G. Staples, Manayeor, Alexontirla Bay, N. Y. T HE BGARNAGAT HOUSH, on BARNEGAT BAY, one half mile from Forked River Stanion, on te New Jersey Southern Railroad; within euxy access uf New Yorkor Philadelpma, The only tipsi- Class Louse near the celebrated gunning and ishing frounds on the buy. Superior accommodation for families or trausient guests, Terms ressouable, Address W, & PARKER, ATO BT LRN Forked River, N,d,; or, CHARLES SMITH, 44 West, Browd- way, N. Y, jesl fit EFA CLIFF HOUSEH, SEA CLIPV, L. 1, GPENS a fry the season 1S17, on May 1,af rates to sult the times. Special arrangenicnts for families, migyl7-tt B, RICKCO RDS. MOUNT KINEO HOUSE, MOOSEHEAD LAKE, ME. A delightful resort for the sportsman, sommer tourist or invalid. Trout fang ood now. Fort cirenlars, address O, A, DEND superintenden fia above, or W. L. CHENERY, 196 State atree Boston Maas, Je1a Gjotels and Resorts for Sportsmen. JORDAN ALUM SPRINCS, ROGKBRIDGE COUNTY, VA.,_ _ Eight miles from Goshen Depot. and O. RR. JNO. W. CAMERON, Prop'r. To old patrons if is only necessary to say that the - Management will be strictly tirst-class, with reduced Lerms to wieeh the hard tines. The hotel appointments are pwnequalled by any summer resortin Virginia, comprising all modern appliances which characterize first-class city estab- Tishments—hot and cold water on each floor, gas and electric bells, with hair mattresses in each room, Mr. JOSEPH N. WOODWARD, so well and fayorably known at hoth Rawley and Orkney Springs, will bein charge a8 manager, where he will he happy to see his patrons. Bor pamphlets or particulars addresa JOHN W. CAMERON, Prop'r. Jordan Alam Springs, Va. je2i im Metropolitan Hotel, WASHINGTON, D, C:; Carrollton Hotel, BALTIMORE, Mp. R. B. Coleman & Co., proprietors of these famous hotels, are well known to the old patrons of the ASTOR HOUSE, N. Y., and ST. NICHOLAS, N. Y. THE METROPOLITAN : ig midway between the Capitol and the White House, and the most convenient location in the city, It hag beon re-itted and re-furnished thronghout, The cwisine is perfect; the service regular, aud ebhuryes moderate. R. B. COLEMAN & CO. CROSSMON HOUSE. ALHXANDRIA BAY, JERPERSON CO., N. ¥. 0. CROSSMON & SON, - Proprietors HIS HOUSK, RECENTLY REBUILT AND elegantly furnished, is now open for vistors. If is locatea in one of the most delightful places in the Thousand Islands yvegion, communding an ex- tensive view of the St. Lawrence and the Islands, and offers every facility torthe comfort and enjoy- Ment of guests. Outilts for boating, hunting and fishing parties. Steamers for the bay connect at Clayton with the Oticaand Black River Railroa‘. and at Cape Vincent with the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Rajlroad. apl2-6m Spartsmey’s Routes, NGRTHERN RAILWAY OF CANADA AND COLLINGWOOD LINE. Only first-iaes ronte to the beautifal inland lakes of CANADA AND LAKE SUPERIOR. The Fine UPPER CABIN STHAMERS of this ling jeave Collingwood EVERY TUESDAY and TRIDAY, atGP.M, ob arrival of steamboat express leaving Toronto at] &. M, The Great North Shore Lake Superior Route and ONLY LINE passing through the magnificent GREAT NORTH CHANNEL, LAKE COUCHICHING and the Y LAKES OF MUSKOKA Are the coolest and most delight) summer water- ing places in Worthern Canada. onrists proceed- iby down the St. Lawrence can make a pleasant de- tour from Toronto to Couchiching in five hours on express train, with Drawing-room Coaches, thus Visiting the most charmimeg of Lhe chain of Lakes, EXCURSION TICKETS at preatly reduced rates during months of July, Angist and September, may he had from COOK, SON & JENKINS, 261 Broadway, New Nork; and AT CENTRAL VERMONT RAILWAY OFFICE, #22 Washington street, Boaton, Barlow Cumberland, QENHRAL AGENT, 35 Yonge street, Toronto. jy 2m Sportsman’s Route. CANADA, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, Direct Connections at Buffalo with New York Central and Hrie Railway. At Detroit, with Micthngan Central Railroad. At Toledo, with Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroud. DOGS CARRIED FREE and given special attention, THROUGH CARS—FAST TIME AIR LINE—STEEL RAILS, FRANK E. SNOW, &. Pr. & T. Agent, Derroit. TROUT FISHING! The Wisconsin Central Railroad THROUGH TO LAKE SUPERIOR, EXCURSION TICKETS from Chicago to Ashland aiid retmen jor $20 are soli at 68 Clark street, or the «. M, dod St. Paul, Madison Street Depot, Chicago : also ut low rates from Milwaukee. Dogs, guns ani camp equipage taken free, : The poiuss Gf Attraction to sportsmen on this “Foresb aud Stream” ronte are Menasha (Doty Island) for bass fishiog; Butternut Creek aud Lake for muszealongze; the idany branches and lakes of the Flambeau xnd Chippewa which teem with bass, pike and) pickerel. never Lill this season fished by sportsmen. Between Silver Creekand Ashland ail are trout streams, and many onhers can be easily reached along the shore fromm Ashland or Bayfienl, whilé rock dishing and trolling in the Bay affords ex- cellent sport. The new hotel at Ashland, the “Chequameron,” will be opened in July, Meantime there is aecom- mmougiion at phe smaller houses. ‘Steamers from Ashland to all Lake Ports. HENRY PRATT, General Ticket Agent, i Milwatkee, Wis. jy5am | Smoke, cool rooms, jer EST AND STREAM. 3 0C*«~* Sportimen’s Zloutes. Sportsmen's Routes. Sportsmen's Zioutes. Central Railroad OF NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK AND LONG BRANCH DIVISION. REDUCED RATES FOR THE SEASON, Express Train Time, between New York and Long Brauch, 1 hear nnd 20 minutes. THROUGH PULLMAN PARLOR CARS, Commencing June 25, 1577, trains leave New York, foot of Liberty street, for Red bank, Lous Branch, Ocein Grove, Sea Girt, ete.. at 5:00, 7:45, 9:00, 145 A. M., 3: 0 (xpress), 4:00, 4:45, 6:00 P. ar, Leave Sea Girt for New York at 6215, 7:26, 7:40 (Ex- Press), MSO A. M., T7he. 4:58, 6:05, 8:35 P.M, Mondays only, 85 A, M, Leave Lony Branch for New York at 6:10, 8:00, 8:15 (Express), 11:05 A, Mi, 2:30, 4:35, G:45, 9:10 BP. ™. Monditiys only, 6:10 a.m, Leave Red Bank for New York at 72:04, 8:18, 11:18 A. M., 2:43, 4:49, 6:58, 9:28 P. M. Mundiys only, 6:22 A, M. Stages connect at Matawan to and from Keyport, and af Squan to and from Point Pleasnnt. Monmouth Park Ruces.—Special train, running direct, leaves foot Liberty street ac 11:00 A, of, on euch day of meetings, returning 7s soon as races are over. H. P, BALDWIN, Gen. Pass. Agent. jez 3m ONG ISLAND RAILROAD, JUNE 17, 1877. Ferryboats leaye James’ Shp, N. Y., thirty min- nites, and from Thirty-fourth street, Bi & , fifteen minutes preyious fo departure of irains, On Sundays, trom Thiity-fourth street only, Trains leave Loug Island City as follows: For Greenport, Sug Harbor, and intermediate stations, af 8:44, 9:08 a. w., 3:30, 4:06 Pm. SUNDAYS at 4:40 4. a1. For Patchogue, ete., af 9:05 a, m., 2:00, 4:45, 6:23 p.m. SUNDAYS, 9:15 A, at. Hor Babylon, ete,, at 7:30, 8:44, 9:03, 11:30 a. M.. 2:00; 4:24, 4:45, 5:23, 6:03 Pp. uw. SUNDAYS, 9:15 A, M., 6:35 P. ML. For Port Jeifereon, etc., af 10:00 a, m,, 3:30, h0br. Mm, SUNDAYS, 9:30 A. mm. For Northport, ete., 10:00 a, a,, 3:30, 4:24, 5:05, 6:42 p,m. BUNDAYS, 9:80 4, or, 6:30 2. ao, For Locust Valley, Glen Cove, ete., 8:44, 11:30 A. of., 2:00, 8:30, 4:24, 5,05, 6:42 P. or, SUNDAYS, 9:30 A. M., 6:30 P. or. For Merrick, ete., at 7:30, S:d4, 11:30 a, m., 2:00, 4:24, 5:23, 6:08, 7:00 pw. SUNDAYS, 9:15 A. M., 6:35 Pp. M, Vor Rockaway Beach, ete., 9:00, 10:20, 11:30 A.M, 1:30, 4:24, 5:43 Pp. or, SUNDAYS, 9:15, 10:00, 11-00 A.ar., 1:30, 6:80 P. ar. For Mar Rockaway, sta., 9:00, 10:20, 11:30 a. m,, 1:30, 2:0, 8:00, 4:24, 5:05, 5:43, 7:00 p. or, SUN- DAYS, 9:16, 10:00; 11:00 a. o., 1:80, 6:30, 6:35 Pp. or Yor Hempstead, ete., 7:30, 7:40, 9:00, 9:20, 11:03 A, mt, 1:33, 2:00, 3:00, 4:20, 5:00, 6:03, 6:40, 7:04 P. ot. On Saturday nights only, 12:01 a, 1, SUNDAYS, 9:15, 9:27 A, w., 4:30 Pp. o, For Garden City, ete., 7:40, 9:03, 9:20, 11:08 A. M., 1:88, 3:00, 4:20, 4:45, 5:00, 5:40, 7:04. ar, On Saturday nights only, 12:01 a. 1. BUNDAYS, 9:27 a. m., 4:50 P.M. Tor Great Neck Branch, efe., 6:40, 9:20 4. 1, 1:33, 4:20, 5:40, 6:51 P. wr. Saturday nights only, 12:1 a. w. BUNDAYS, 9:27 .\. a0, 6:30 b. or Tor Flushing, Main street, ote, 6:40, 7:40, 9-20, 11:03 A. m., 12:32, 1:38, 8100, 4:30, 5.00, 5:40, 6:31, 704 & MM. Saturday nights only, 12:01 a, wm. SUNDAYS, 9:27, 10:30 a, me, 12:43, 2:12, 6:30 P.M, Vor Flushing (Bridge St), College Point and Whitestone, ete., 6:40, 7:50. $341, 9:90, 11:08 A. M., 12:52, 1:33, 3:00, 4500, 4:40, 5:20 6:00 6:40, 7:85, 9:15, 10:35 p,m, 12:01 a.m 'SUN2 DAYS, 8:50, 10:12, 11743 a. ar, 1:12, 3:30, 6:12, 7:43, 10:00 p. a1. ; For Jamuica, ete., 7:20, 8.44, 9:00, 10:00, 10:20 11:30 A. at, 1:80, 200, 3:30, 4:06, 4:94. 5.05, 6:28, 5:43, 6:03. 6:42, 7:00 P. a. On Saturday mehts only, 12:01 a. m SUNDAYS, 4:40, 9:15 9:30, 10:00, 11:00 A. wt, 1:30, 6:30, 85.9. ‘Ticket offices in New York at James’ Slip and S4th street ferries, at the offices of Weetcott’s Long Island Wxpress Co., 7 Park Place, 786 Broadway, 942 Broadway, Grand Central Depot, 42d st.; in Grooldlyn, 335 Washington st. ; in Brooklyn, E. D., 79 Fourth street, , By purchasing tickets at any of the above offices, baggage can be checked from residence tiv. destination, je28 WMiontclair & Greenwood Lake Railway Time Table, Depois foot of Cortlandt and Deshrosses Sis. COMMENCING MAY 21, 1S77. Trams leave New York, 8:30 a. M.. 4:30 p Bf nect with boat, and arrive at Abingtet 11-00 fe ie 7205, Mt. Leave Ablugion, 7 4. M., 4:05 p. ae Arrive, New York, 940 A0.0,7Poan 7 tM Tf, £. DORWIN; Superintendent, People’s Line Steamers BETWEEN NEW YORK A ‘Tie most comloriable fi, ALBANY. SPORTSMEN OR PLEASURE SEEK NURS Going to or recnruing from The Thousand Islands of the St. Dawre Grout Northern or Adirondack Wilderncae ane Lake George, Lake Champlain, The W hile ” and Brancouis. Mountains, Saratora, Trenton, Niagara, Stvron and ’ Richteld Springs, Coopers- town (on Otsego Like), orany of the favorite Summer rontes North or West, ke TTR Sieamers, DREW and sit JOUN: make close connection at Albany wi res pe for ll the above-named places.” With express tralng Save one (lay of your yacati PEOPLES EVENING LINE STBAMIBE, #1 North River, every week day at 6 P.M. the EKuropean plan, beautiful MUSIC, To taking the from Pier Meals on Zood beds, refreshing per 3 8. E, MAYO, Gen’) Passenger Agent, A BUFFALO HUND Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. THE NEW ROUTE FOR KANSAS & COLORADO SPECIAL ATPENTION TO SPORTSMEN. For maps, tiekets, aud jen’) information, apply fo L. H, NUPVING, Gen Eastern Agent, 234 Broadway, New York. T. J, ANDERSON, Gen’l Pass. Agent, ) Topeka, W. FL WHITE, Geol Tickel Ayernt, ( Kansas. Old Dominion Line. The steamers of this Line reach sore of the finest waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the Goun- try. Connections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb’s Tsland, and points on the Peninsula. City Point, dames’ Kiver, Currituck, Florida, and the monnutuin- Hus country of Virginia, ‘ennessee, ete. Norfolk Steamers Sail Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; Delaware steamers Monday, Wednesday and Friday 3 e. M. Full Joformation given at office, 197 Green- wich St., New York. Sep 28 ly Fall River Line, FOR BOSTON AND THE EAST. MAMMOTH PALACE STHAMERS BRISTOL and PROVIDENCE. The best and most direct route to the Fishing and Hinting resorts of Cape Cod, and Rangeley, and Moosehead Lakes, ete. Tickets for sale at all principal hotels and ticket ofices, Steamers leave New York Daily at 5 p. wv. (Sundays, Jaly 110 Sept. 2, inclusive) from 285 North Kiver, fool, of Murray street, ROKDEN & LOVELY, Agents. GEO. L. CONNOR, Gon" Pagss’r Agent. j7-at. FOR FLORIDA FOR VUROUGH TICKLYS TO KRRNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, $8T, AUGUSTINE, SANT FORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate jandings on ST, JOHN’S RIVER and interior points in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAII, and thence by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, General Avent, Philadelphia wd Southern Mail 8, 8. Co, 416 South Delaware Avenue, Phila, Deel4-ly ““The Bermudas.” OW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHTFUL WINTER RESORT, is reached in seyenty hours from New York, und being surrounded by the warn waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an equable temperature af ahout (0 deg. The elegant British Steamships ‘‘ Bermuda,” and “Camina,” 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- fer travel, are dispatched from New York for Ber- muda fortnightly, making connection at Bermuda With steamers for 8t. Thomas and West Indies. For full information apply to A. By OUTERBRIDGH, Agent, 29 Brondway, N. Y. ne Dec 21 ly. pea “EISHING LINE,” Brook Trout,Grayling and Black Bass Fisheries == = OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN, Via . 5 . Grand Rapids and Indiana Railrgad, (Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Cincinnati Short Line.) Sportsmen who have cast a fly or trolled a spoon in the waters of the Grand Traverse Region will come a2ain withont solicitation. Ail other (overs of the Rud are invited to iry these waters, wherein The fish named above, as also Muscalonge, Pike anid Pickerel, abound. dn no other siieaius east of the Rocky Mountains is (Ne famons American Grmyling found in such numbers, Brook Trout Senson opens Way Lst. torayling Sensou opens June isi, The sportsman Gan redaily send trophies of his Skul! to his friends or “Club” at home, as ice fox packing fish con be had at manv points, Yuake your family with you. ‘he seanery of the North Woods sud lakes is very beantiful. Tie alris pure, dry, and bracing, The climate puculiarly beneficial 10 those sulfering with hay feyer and asthma. The Motel Accommodations, while plain, are, AS a Tule, good, lar sirpassing the average in coun- tries new enough to alford the iinest of tighing, On undalter dune Ist Rowad Trip kxcnrsion Tiekets sold 10 Points in Grand Triverse Region, and attractive train facilities offered to tourists and sportsmen; #130, on aid after Inly isn, Muckinnaw and Lake Superior Excursion 'Tick- ets. Dogs, Guns, and Fishing Tackle Carried Pree at owner's risk, Camp Cars for fishing Parties and Faiilies at low rates. lt is our dim to make sportsmen feel fat home” on this route. For Tourists’ Guide, containing full in- formation as to Hotels, Boats, Guides, c.. and acen- Tate maps of the Hishing Grounds, send to Foresr AND STREAM Office, or address : J. H, PAGE, G. P. & T. A., Grand Rapids, Mich, A. HOPPH, Hastern Passenger Agent, 116 Market Street, Philadelphia, TO SPORTSMEN: THE PENNSYLVANIA B.R. CO. Respectially invite utlentiou t) the euperior Facilities afforded hy their lines tor reaching mosh vf vie TRODTING PARKS and RACE COURSRHS ii the Middle States. ‘hese lines being CONTINUOUS FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the itt- Guities and dangers of reshipment, while the escel- lent cars whieh ron over the smooth steel tracks en- thle STOCK 'TO BA TRANSPOKTED without failare or injury. The lines of Penusylvani Railroad Company ds reach the best lecatities fur GUNNING AND FISHING nm Pennrylvanin and New Jezsey. HXCURSION MICK ATs are sold ah ihe offices of the Comipaty m1 Wl the principle cities fo KANE, RENOVA, BED- FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQUA, and other well-known cenrers for Tront Wishing, Wing Shooting, Tiunting. Alisa, to TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN CAPE MAY, SQUAN, and points on the NU@W JERSEY COAST renowned for SALT WATER SPOR APTER FIN AND FEATHER. L. P. FARMAER, Geu'l Pass. Arent, FRANK THOMSON. Gén’l Manger, lobt7-n£ and Still EW HAVEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGEIMLD, 1b White Mountains, Mount Mansiiell, Lakes Memphremagog and Willoughby, Montreal and Quebec, Shortest, quickest and , most pleasant route, Stearmera C. 1. NORTHAM and CON1INICN- fAL leave Pier 25, Rast iver, daily (Sundays ex- cepted) at 3 P.M, (28d st., B. B., 3; 5 PL ar.) aiid 11 P.M, connecting withtrains on wharf at New Huyen for above tnd intermediate places. cassengers taking 11 Pp. M, steamer (except Suat- und Sundays) can reach White Moutlitain, Lakes, etc. next afternoon. Tiekets sold and baggage checked at No. 4b Broadway, New York, aid No. 4 Court Street, Brooklyn, Full particulars at office on Pier, RICHARD PI K, Supt. EW JERSHY AND NEW YORK RATLWAY,— Leave New ¥crk via Erie Ferry, foot of Chumb- GE street ; For Hackensack—7:45, S:45 A. M., 1:00, 4:15, 5:15 and 6,30 7, M. For Napwet—T:45, 845 aA. M,, 1:00, 4:15 P.M. For Spring Villey—8:45 4, M., 1:00, 4:14, and Sis ?. Me Bor Hayerstraw and Stony Point—s:46 a, w.. 1:00 ind 4:15 P, M. For New York City—7H5 A, st., 1200, 4:15 and 4.15 P.M, Sundays—$35 A.M. and 645 p.w., stopping at ull Stations. These trains jeave Twenty-third street aa follows < 7245, 8:16 A. M., 12:45, 345, 445, and 6.15 Pp, a. Sun- (lave, SMB A.M and 6:45 P.M, A Thestre Train on Saturday night only at 11:46 P.M., from Twenty-third street. aud 12 Mid. from ‘hambers street, which goes through to Stony Point, iLopping at all stations. : Hacursion Tickets can be provured at Erie Vickut Ottices, foot of Chambers street, All trains leave the the Erie Depot m Jersey City. Vommutation Tickets, an low rates, at the ajfice yf the Company. Payonia Merry, Jersey City. Ste Pocket Time Tables. Until fhrther notice, the ‘Trains of this Road will bot waitfor the Twenty-third sireet boats, May 11-tf L. D. BRUYN, Snpt. aod 5:15 J TONINGTON LINE, FOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS BAS‘). REDUCED PARE: Elegant Steamers STONINGTON and NARA- GANSHT leave Pier 38 North River, fool Jay St, at 6:10 PM, NOT A ‘RIP MISSED IN SUVEN YEARS. . Tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices. State rooms secured at offers of Westcurt Express o- pany, and ah 368 Broadway, New York, anu 333 Wasli- ington St., Brooklyn. PROVIDENCE LINE. Freight only, steamers leave Pier 37, North River, foot Park Place, at 4:3) P, M, Freiphts via cither line taken at lowest rates. L. W. BILKINS, G. P, Agent, D.8. BABCOCK, Pres. St. Paul and St. Louis Short | Line. Burlington, C. Rapids & N’rth*rn Railway. QUICKEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST! TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, crossing and connecting with all East and West. Lines in Iowa, running through some of the fines, hunting grounds in the Northwest for Geese, Ducks, Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Quail. Sporismen and their dogs taken good care of. Reduced rates on parties of ten or more upon application to General Ticket Office, Cedar Rapids, &. J. IVES, E. #, Winstow, Gen. Passenger Agent. General Manager. ~~ “| ai CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD, THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from Chigago to St. Louis, and Chicago to Kansas City, WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS, FIRST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS EN HVHRYTHING, SPORTSMEN will tind splendid shooting on the line of this road; prairie chicken, geese, ducks, brant, qual ete. Connects direct at Kansas City with the ansag Pacific Railroad for the great Buffalo and An- telope range of Kansas and Colorado, Liberal arrangements for transport of Dogs for Sportsmen, JAMES CHARLTON, General Passenrer Arent, - Chicago, Uls. 414 FOREST): AND. STREAM. ishing Caghkle. Conroy, Bissett & Malleson 65 Fulton Street, New York. Factory—loot South sth Street, Brooklyn, EH, D, Six Strip Hexagonal Split BAMBOO RODS, \\ ENAMEL ALL PRESERVED ON \ THE OUTSIDE. QUALITY GUARANTEED. The annexed list will show the reductions we lave made. We quote : Form- arly. Now. Fly Rods, 6 strips, 2 ELVIS lols, aelelafolelere erie $40 $25 Fly Rods, 6 Strip, 8 tips, und duplicate DOILtias-s00 sence s + 5D 30 Black Bass Rods, 6 Strip, 2 Tips...... 60 80 Black Bass ods, 6 Strip, 8 Tips and Duplicate Joint... 65 40 Salmon rods, 6Strip, TS A Sa 50 These Rads are, in all their parts, WHOLLY MADE BY HAND. Positively no machinery is used in any part of their construction, t” SEND FOR CIRCULAR. We have but one grade of these Rods—the best in the market. PHILADELPHIA Fishing Tackle House. AY ea, & T) p ‘9 A. B. SHIPLEY & SON, 503 COMMFRCE STREET, PHILA. Manufacturers of FINE FISHING TACKLE A Specialty of the Celebrated Green Heart Wood for Amateur Rod Makers, Rod Mountings in Sets for icc, to $675, RODS, REELS, Erc., REPAIRED. Snells, “catch Shipley’s Self-Hooking Hlastic every tish that bites,” Send for sample. For Vrout on gut, 10¢, each, 75c. per doz. For Bass on donble gat, 1¥c, each, $1 per doz. Highest premium at Centennial, 1876, and Frankhn Tnstitute, 1sT4, The perfect revolving NEW TROLLING SPOON. ‘Uhe bestin the world, Ifnot to be tound atyour fishing tackje stores, these spoons wil. be forwarded by the manufacturer by mail, Price, $1 each. JUHN H, MANN, Syracuse, New tose je DINCEE SCRIBNER, Manufacturer of Salmon and Trout Rods, Salmon and Trout Flies, Casting Lines, Landing Nets, Gattis, etc. Waterloo Street, St. Jobuns, N, B. jy12 6m CARD. Dr. Fowlers Celebrated Six Strip Bam- boo Fly-Rods. Tmproved and finished without cutting away the enamel. The strongest and handsomest rods in the, world, Private orders solicited for all kinds of fine tackle. Rods sent per express on approval, Send for circular. A. H. FOWLER, Ithaca, N.Y. THE M. W. Robinson, Agent, No. 79 Chambers street, New York. Gackle. ishing | x a ‘ SUCCESSORS TO Of Every Description. HAVANA AND RIO JANEIRO. 48 Maiden Lane N. Y, ANDREW CLARK & CO, Fishing Tackle FINE GOODS FOR SPORTSMEN A SPECTALTY. end for Price List te ABBEY &£IMBRIE, ‘NEW YORK, LONDON, REDDITCH, | Boa 1,794, W. Holberton’s Fly Rods FOR TROUT AND BLACK BASS. Brass mounted...... see deacestensecen $5 00 German silver mounted..,.......--.++- 10 00 German silver and capped ferrules....... ..-. 12 00 Same as above, extra middle joint, 4 tipa.. .... 17 50 To answer to numerons inquiries as to quality aud strength of rod, from those who state that.they do hot Uelieve good rods can be made for the price, I am happy to say that of all the rods sold durmg the past year. I havenot heard a single complaint. Mr. A, E. Hume, of Alexandria Bay, killed, on one of the $8 rods, after a two honrs’ struggle, a maskelonge weighing 27 pounds. Every rod warranted. W. HOLBERTON, 102 Nassau St., N.Y. jy12 2f SHINNERS The best bait used for Bass and Pickerel Wishing Bass size, 75 cents; Pickerel size, $1 each. by mail post-paid, on receipt of price. Nagle Claw, for catch- ing Fish and Game, samples by mail, 35 and 75 cents. Send stamp for illustrated price list of Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods, HISH & SIMPSON, 132 NASSAU s/l., NEW YORK, B. CREENWOOD, Manulact 1 er of Aquaria Greenhouse and Aquarium Ccment, und uealer in Piri Food, Gold Fish, Water Plants, Fish Globes, and aquarix stock of all descrip- tions, Canaries, Cages, Rustic Baskets, Bird Houses, Sea Shells, etc., wholesale and retail. Nos. 114 to 18 COLLEGH PLACE, Near Murray st. New York, N. Y. COMPETITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE, J. B. CROOK & CO., FISHING TACKLE, 60 FEEATO! SPREET, NEW YuRK Makes the Immense Reductions. Greenheart Rods for Trout and Bass Fishing, $15 10 $30. Ash and Lancewood Rods for Trout aud Bass Fishing, $7 to $12. Kyerything elee in psoMOnon: Goods sent C. 0. D toallpaits of the United States and Canadas, H. L. LEONARD, BANGOR, MAINE, Manufacturer of every variety of FINE RODs ior SALMON, Bass and TROUT TISHING, Split Bamboo Rods a Specialty Great reduction in prices, Trout Rods, full mounted, $30, formerly $50; other rods in proportion, Every Rod bearing my name is Six strands from butt to extreme tip, and mounted with my * patent waterproof ferrule,” and warrauted against imper- fections in material and workmanship. Any style of tinish, hexagonal or round, as may be desired. Rods of Greenheart, Ash, or Lance- wood. MADE TO ORDER. Iwas awarded a MEDAL and DIPLOMA at the Centennial for my Split Bamboo Rods. Also manufacturer of Patent Reels for Salmon and Trout fishing, The lightest, strongest, and aandsomest Reels ever made. Full ine of FISHING TACKLE always on hand, ‘Send for circ yar and price list, L 48% NMicBride Flies. MEDAL AND DIPLOMA FROM INTER- NATIONAL EXHIBITION, PA., 1876, DECREED FOR “ EXCEFDINGLY NEAT WORK WITH SOLIDITY OF CONSTRUCTION.” A fine assortment of FLIES tor Tront, Salmon and Bass constantly on hand. Also Casting Lines. Flies earetully selected for the different seasons and waters, Goods promptly made to order from any pattern desired, Address : Miss Sara J. McBride, Mumford, Monroe County, N. Y. W. HOLBERTON, Sole Agent for New York City. jy19 BABBITT’S TOILET SOAP. q Unrivalled for ee tol- is ti HK, T. Babbitt, New York City. Wd Drugrists.ae © For Bale by al D: Bound Volumes Forest and Stream. SEVENTH VOLUME, NOW READY. First Four Volumes, $4 each, Others, $3.50, Acomplete set of the FOREST AND STREAM. seven volumes, bond handsomely in cloth—a valo, able library for the sportsman—can Dow be obtained on application to this office, F..Wesson’s| Long & Mid-range Rifles, Breech-Loading. THE ,WORLD. BEST, IN, 3 a ‘tact boy oy’, : THE NATURAL FOOD for BLACK BASS, Ihave, after careful study, at last found a bait that excels all olhers tor taking black bass, Sample by mail, 75c. The anove cut represents the bate, TO AMATEUR Fishing Rod Makers, German Silver and Brass Rod Mountings ready made and to order of my own manufacture. Ferules, Guides, Rings, Tips, Reel Bands, Screw and Solid Bottoms, Double Fittings. Also superior Ash and Lancewood Fly and Black Bass Rods, of my own manufacture, $3, $5, $6 to $25. Rods suitable for the bays around New York, $1 50, $2 25, $3 50, $6 fo $25, Trolling Rods for Alexandria Bay and the lakes, $4, $6, $8, $10, 100 feet Superior Linen Line, by miail..,...... $ 25 900: ity “e v7 “ aa Pp 50 800 “ “ its “ its a Tb 600 Cuttie unk, “ .. 8 Op Black Bass Flies (something new) per (loz...... 2 Large variety of Trout Flies for Maine and the Adirondacks; prices, $1, $1 50, $2 per doz. Brass Reels, plain, 50c., 15c., $1 each. Brass Reels, multi- plying, $175, $2 25, $2.50, $3to$6each, Rubber Click, German Silver Click, and multiplying reels for black bass, trout, and for the bays of New York. Complete outfits as low as consistent with good material and workmanship. Goods sent CG, O, D. to all parts of the United States and Canada. J. F. MARSTERS, MAnNurAcTURER, 125 NASSAT STREET, NEW YORK. Send for Catalogue of Sporting Goods. jy19 tf ariugs. H.T.Helmbold’s Compound Fluid Extract BUCHU. Owing to various counterfeiting or my original receipt and preparations, I hay changed my lnbels and wrappers, which in future will be printed in CARMINE INE. The Public are cautioned to be sure and H. T. HELMBOLD ManufacturingS Companys, Broadway & {7th St., NEW YORK. Gunpowder. New York, July 10, 1877. EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM AND ROD AND GUN: Please say, for the information of some of my friends who may be misled by current statements, that lam stillon the same powder for all out-door shooting, which I have used for several years past, never having risked the use of the nitrated powders except when shooting in a confined Space in-doors, wien the smoke from any regular powder would produce a smell rather offensive to some people, and cause Somewhat greater obstruction to vision. Carr. A. H, BOGARDUs, Champion Ving Shot of the World, Received Medal and Diploma at Centen For full Particulars, Price List, ete.. KF. WESSON, WORCESTEHR, MASS: al Wxoabinlon, Piiuder ptt. Gunpowder, ORIENTAL ‘POWDER MANUFACTURERS; 0 CUNPOWDER Ofice—13 BROAD Srneen.s Mapa BRANDS—DIAMOND GRAIN. BPALCON DUCKING. WILD FOWL SHOOTING, & WESTERN SPORTING, (Oriental Rite.) - The “ Oriental ” powder is equal to any mades no expense is Spared to make the best, / BRANCH OFFICES, * F J. G. Munro, Agent, 19 Exchange St,, Buitalo, N. ¥ { Cobb & Wheeler, Agents, 9State St., Chicago, Til. C.J. Chapin, Agent, 218 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo. * Agencies in the principal cities in the United States, Laflin & Rand Powder Co. Na. 26 MURRAY ST,, N. YW. Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of Orange Lightning Powder. No, 1to0 7, strongest and Cleanest made, in sealed Lib. cani-ters, Higher numbers specially are recom- mended for breech-loading guns, Orange Ducking Powder, For water-fowl, strong and clean, No, 1 to Sin metal kegs, 64f lbs. each, and canisters of 1 and 5 lbs, each, ? Orange Rifle Powder. The best for rifles and all ordinary purposes, Sizes, FG, FFG and FFG, the last being tne finest, Packed in wood and metal Kegs of 25 Ibs,, 1243 Ths, and 63¢ 1bs,, and in canisters of 1 Ib. and 44 Ib. All of the above give high velocities and less resiatium than any other brands made, and are re- commended and used_by Capt, A, H. BOGARDUS, the “Champion Wing Shot of the World,” BLASTING POWDER and ELECTRICAL BLAST} ING APPARATUS. MI) ITARY POWDER of ali kinds on hand and made to order, Safety Fuse, Frictional and Platinum Fuses. Pamphlets, showing sizes of the grain by wood cut, sent free on application to the above address. THE HAZARD POWDER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF GUNPOWDER. Hazard’as ** Electric Powder. Nos. 1 (fine) te 6 {coaree). Unsurpassed in point of strength and cleanliness. Packed in square canis— ters of 1 Ib, only. Hayzard's **American Sporting.” Nos. 1 (fine) to 3 (coarse). In 1 Ib, canisters and 64 Tb. kegs. A fine grain, auick and clean, for upland prairie shooting, Wel adapted to shot- guns, Hazard’s “* Duck Shooting.” Nog. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse), In1 and 5 lb. canisters and 6 and 1234¢ lb. kegs. Burns slowly and very clean, shooting remarkably close and with great penetration. Bor field, forest. or water shooting, it tanks any other brand, and itis equally serviceable for muzzle orbreech-loaders, Hazard's ** Kentucky Rifle.’ FFFG, FFG, and “Sea Shooting” PG, in kegs of 25, 12% and 6% tbs, and cans of 51bs, PFE is also packed in 1 ana 4 Jb. canisters. Burus strong and moist, The FFFG and FFG are favorite brands for ordinary sporting, and the “Sea Shooting’ FG 18 the standard Rife powder of the country, Superior Wining and Blasting Powder. GOVERNMENT GANNON & MUSKET POWDER; ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES FOR HXPORT, OF ANY REQUIRED GRAIN OR PROOF, MANU- FACTURED TO ORDER. The above can be bad of dealers, or of the Com- pany’s Agents in every prominent city, or wholesule at our office, & —7 ,, 68 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. Warren Powder Mills, MANUFACTURERS OF BLASTING AND MINING, SIPPING AND SPORTING GUNPOWDER. SPORTING BRANDS—Eareka, Continental, « Border Rifle.” Snan-Shot, and Warren Sporting Cannon und Musket, U. 8. Standard. ‘The wbove can he had of the dealers, or ah wuolesule at the office, 27 Doane street, Boston, Miss,, andof the agente, JOHN P. LOVELL & SONS. comer of Wash- oe Cornhill and Biattle street, Boston, Muss. yi9 ———<— FOREST AND STREAM. 415 eB. Ss. HAREIS,, ll UNIVE) STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, Sportsman Warehouse, li77 BROADWAY, NEW YOGQRE, (AGENCY OF SHARPS* RIFLE COMPANT,) OFFERS Bogardus’ Patent Rough Glass Balls .........ss05 sescsssss perce veceareseees ereveseceeveeepe-O0 per 100. Plain Glass: Ballstcs:sesehetivsonda ola eye ssvereeee ..$2 per 100, packed 300 in bbl. Bogardus’ Trap and 300 plain balls for......... Bek cieake tadep siege MugactadaueeenetFestsvsene orev Ueaseant 10 Marshall's Trap and 300 plain balls for......ccscssee ssssssese cceseseas eeeees Caeevdtvansechetple Purdy Trap and 300 plain balls for.......ccc...0..0000. Meera sictetee ras venetneetetietsre scrervster rari hud Three of either Marshall’s or Purdy’s Traps for......... whee eneuneena cosensemsdnersteseerbnieansee Orders for Balls in large quantitizs a liberal discount. Also has in stock a new Jine of P. Webley & Son’s Celebrated Breech- Loading Guns, including those that were at the Centennial—a beautful lot of GUNS which I offer very cheap. STODDARD’S CARTRIDGE LOADING IMPLEMENT, COMBINING SEVEN DIFFERENT TOOLS, , Cap Expeller, Recapper, Loader and Tube, Creaser, .Cutter. Crimper and Shell Extractor. NO. 10 NOW READY. Tirie'mrs all the operations possible is the manipulation of Paper or Meta tis 1¢7 Bret ch-Loaders, Leugth, 44 inches. Nickel Plated. Weight 10 ounces. ‘All the operations are perfect, and suitable for any shell. AWARDED BOTH MEDAL AND DIPLOMA AT CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. PRICE, BG. Circulars sent on application. Send postal order or check to C. J, STODDARD & CO., Lock-Box 192, Washington, D. C. LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE, CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION MEDAL AWAKDED FOR STEAM LAUNCHES. ‘i TI i N. Y. SAFETY STEAM POWER C0 30 Cortlandt Street, New York. GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE BUILDING 70F LAUNCHES AND THEIR MACHINERY, snd will furnish them complete in every particular, fitted either as Swift Racers, Fast Pleasure Boats, Party Boats, Fishing Boats, Ship’s Tenders, or ferry Boats. Or will supply the MACHINERY, complete, Alsc Models, drawings and moulds to parties preferring to build their own boats, SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR: A VICTORIOUS INVENTION The Eagle Claw. An ingenious device for he purpose of catching all kinds of Animals, Fish and Ganie. ; : The €asy method of setting the Hagle Claw, combined with the simplicity of remoying the victim, are among its peculiar advantages, , Tt is inimaterial how to place it when set. If may be buried flat in the ground, suspended from the limb of a tree, or, when occaslon requires, covered with grass, leaves or other light Material Without inany way impairing 1s certain operation, This adapted for bait of any SES CADMAS and, when, set, 10 Animal, Fish or Bird that touches the | palt can possibly escape. Th does ot manele or injure its victims in the slighest degree, nor need they be handled to free them from the trap. PRICE LIST: Bent by miail.......... JpeA bad ort ocr porte 35 cents, No.2—For catehiig Mink, Muskrats, Raccoons, large Game, SEIS NAG. lalate’ Poetrtie sine teas pews ope fates 75 cents. Chas. L. Coate, 880 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. P. 0. Box 214, ~ AGENTS WANTED. LOWELL, MASS, Manufacturers of the CENTRAL FIRE, SOLID HEAD, BRASS SHELL, RE-LOADING CARTRIDGE, Used by the Army and Navy of the United States and several Foreign Governments, ? sf All nds of RIM FIRE AMMUNITION. Capt. Bogardus’ Patent Glass Ball TYAP.,..0:0ccesesnversacenseeees conse covessreseseeveneseeeseae 10 each. | Special attention paid to orders for TARGET PRACTICH CARTRIDGES. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. WALLACE & SONS, Agents, NW. Y. City. Sportsmen's Goods. sumugements, Ete. THE SNEIDER GUN. The only iveposit Double-Grip Self-Closing Top Lever Action IN THE WORLD, Sizes, from 6 to 16 bore, Equal in finish, symmetry of outiines and materials to the finest Englieh Guns, and at more reasonable prices. The Sneider Rebounding Lock used, the only Re- bounder with which missfires will not occur, HIGHEST CENTENNIAL MEDAL FOR “Workmanship, Rebounding Locks and Compen- gating Features of Action.” GUNS REBORED FOR CLOSE SHOOTING, STOCKS BENT TO ANY CROOK. Pin Fire Guns changed to Central Fire, Muzzle-Loading Guns Altered to Breack-Loaders, Clark & Sneider, 214 W. Pratt St., Baltimore Send forillustrated Catalogue. BOUDREN'’S PATENT COMBINATI IN Jack, Dash and Fishing LAMP, For NIGHT HUNTING Deer and other animals, SPEARING FISH, Indispensable on any Boating, Yachting or Camping Trip. Not affected by Wind, Rain or Jolting. Burns kerosene. safely without a chimney, Throws a powerful light 200 feet ahead. Asa DASH LAMP for CARRIAGES it has no egnal. Fits on any shaped dash or on any yehicle, PRICE. ack and Dash,...... ae. -86 00 ishing Lamp..........006 8 00 C. 0. D., with privilege of examination. ILMORE’s CONCERT GARDEN. OPEN EVERY NIGHT IN THE WEEK WITH GILMORE’S GREAT MILITARY BAND. SPECIAL PROGRAMMES SUNDAY EVENINGS. 50 cents admiseion. Boxes seating four, $3, Zoological Garden. PAIRMCUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA, Gren everyday, A large collection of Living Wild Beasts, Birds and Reptiles. Admission 25 cents; children under twelve, 10 cents, jans ly FPYHE GREAT NEW YORK AQUARIUM, Broad- way and 365th street. Open daily from 9 A, M. to 10P.M. Beautiful Tropical Fishes and Anemones. Wonderful Horned Cow Fishes and Ascidiane, Twelve seals, sea lions, 15 sharks, 40 blow fishes, t hell-benders, and thousands of other curious marine creatures, Prof. Young, marvelous ventriloquist. Miss Lubin in submarine performances. Delightfal orchestral concerts, Feeding the animals and fishes and other entertaiments, Coney Island Aquarium now open for the summer. jyi2 tf. Highest Honors AT THE CENTENNIAL WORLD’S AIR, 1876. SHONINGER ORGANS. WHITE PV E°G COMPANY, jy12 tt BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Seydel & Co’s Poeket Hammock. No. 1, weight only 13¢ 1bs.; bear's 1,300 Ibs.;_ price #4. A most luxurious Couch, Seat, Swing, Ete. Cilculars may be had by addressing McCOY & CO., 34r and 136 Duane Street, N, Y HAMMOCKS h “OR LAWNS anp EXCURSIONS, / Tents, Camp Stools, Camp Kettles, Rubber Blankets, Mosquito Nats, Lawn Settees, etc. Send for Iiustrated Circular, G, WEBSTER PECK, Manufacturers’ Agents, 110 Chambersst., N. Y. PURDY'S Glass Ball Trap. (Patent Applied For.) The best and cheapest trap offered, made of yellow pie, and eyery part warranied, Throws single or double balls in any direction. Traps, each, $5; Solid oak trap, $6.50; extra rubber springs, per doz., 76c.; Purdy #lass balls, per 100, $2, he Purdy Glass Ballis the best and easiest ball to break, almost presents a flat surface to the, shooter. Liberal dis- count to the trade, ‘ W. HOLEERTEON, Sole Agent, je21 3m 102 Nassau St., N. ¥; THE PET CICAR. For the Camp and Field, Sent by mail anywhere on receipt of price, moe Havana, $5.75 per hundred, or $3 for fifty in & box, Half Havana, $3.5) per hundred, B. STEIN, 102 Nassau Srrezr, New Yorr. jyl2 t£ PRONOUNCED UNANIMOUSLY AS THE Best Instruments. Their comparative excellence is recognized by the Judges in their Report, from which the following ig an extract: 4 “The B. SHONINGER ORGAN COS exhibit as the best Instruments ata price rendering them possible to a large class of purchasers, haying acom bination of Reeds and Bells, producing novel and pleasiug effects, Ccoutaining many desirable im prove- ments, will staid longer in dry or damp climatie, less liable to get out of order, all the boards being made three-ply, put together so it is impossible for them fo ¢ither shrink, swell or eplit.’ THE ONLY ORGANS AWARDED THIS RANK. This Meda! and Award was granted after the most Severe competition of the best makers, before one of the most competent juries ever assembled. New etyles and prices just issued, which are in ne cordunce with our rule, the BEST ORGANS for the least money. We are prepared to appoint a few new Agente. Tiiustrated Catalogues mailed, postpaid, upon ap- plication to B. SHONINGER ORGAN CO., 97 to 123 Chestnut Street, NEW HAVEN, CONN, W. H. HOLABIRD, Manifactnrer of Specialties in Clothing ——_ EFGR SPORTSMEN, Vatparaiso, Ind. Shooting Suits complete, consisting of Coat, Vest, Pants and Cap, $10. No. 1 Shooting Coats, water- proof and first-class in every particular, sent by mall, post-paid, 86, | Holabird’s New Game Bag; weighs 12 ounces. The most convenient and coolest garment eyer offered to Sportsmen: Can be used in place of a coat; room for 5U shells and %5 snipe or quail; by mail for $2, Holabirs New Cartridge Vest, capacity for fifty shells; simple und admirable for boat shooting: $2.5), Fine Linen, Corduroy and Fustian suita made to oriler in the neatest and most destrable style, Send 25 cents for mv buok on Doy Breaking and capalggzue of goods. Money refinded if not satisfied. W. H. HOLABIRD, Valparaiso, Ind, Ask your gun d¢taler for Holabird’s goods, Jy1z tf x 416 FOREST AND STREAM, . Gans, Bijtes. Gie. W. & C. SCOTT & SONS. | / Guns; Rifles, te. lt ahs sens age be Lala Ci é awarded at the Centennial Exhibition t D for gua a ST Srey anil mut Spor sman i} epot. terial in their Premier Quality and medium grades, Their New Patent- 1 (aSTAQLISHED eo) Triplex Lever Grip Action and Ciom- | First premium st World’s Fair at New York and pensating Lump. ‘The attention of Cententiial Exiibition, Sportsmen is requested to the above new action, Its superior strength and solidity impart greatly improved shooting powers. Hard hitting be- ing the desideratum required, is ob- : oak y Si 4 Va tained by this powerful gun, Prices of tS — i { _the New Triplex Lever Grip, $174, $225 to $00. Marked the Triplex 10-bores epee, eas Sook extra, Our lghest grade is as usual | @] Hi Ni K R ] D E R 3 if [Extract from FOREST AND STREAM, Now York, December 26, 1876, Contributed by one of the Judges of | Ne EB. Cor. Second and Walnut Sts., Phila, Anvards of Guns at the Centenmal:] 7 ee Pt ; GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS This action (The Triplex Lever Grip} combines in the highest degree strength and simplicity, and mv ‘tes % age y rapidly secure the favor of all who test its merits, ee X y it Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks, Pies, Leaders, Snoods, Artificial Bait, Fly Books, COMPENSATING LUMP, Strongly recommenned, Tt is invaluahle, and should be ordered on = | ules Fete ‘ every gun, Costs about $10 extra, Choke-bores, medium or full, Our guns to be had of the principal | ** Salmon, Bass and Trout Plies Made to Order. : _- dealers in the trade only. 2 rae es eR SO ; , THREE BARRELED PREMIER GUN WORKS, Birmingham, England, “ Krider's * poset Ah eat et Split and ; = 7 x - Birds’ Eggs and Birds' Skins in Great Varietles— Breech Loadin Guns. ‘ taxidermy @n all its branches, s = Paper and MW etallic Shells X _, Sprati’s Patent Dog Biscuits (P\WO SHOT AND ONE RIFLE) Repairing of all kinds, marLiy FOR _# new feature in the Sporting Line. Forms a Weht and compact gun from eipht to ten pounds, Siving to sportsmen the very thing so often wanted tn all kinds of shooting. Represented by W. Holberton, 102 Nassati street, Wew York, SEND FOR CIRCULAR. SPORTSMEN Will ind 4 select assoriment of Breech-Loading Shot Guns, Mannfactured by the UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE (0., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Guns, : Rifles, Revolvers, Ammunition, Ani all goods appertaining thereto. W. H. BAKER, Sept. 36m Lisle, Broome Co., N, Y, THE STURTEVANT SHELLS are the easiest reloaded. Do not have to unscrew the head nor nse an awl to remove the exploded caps. THH PATENT MOVABLE ANYILS, made of steel wire, will not bend or break. THE BERDAN PATENT SHELLS, new model, with Hobbs’ patent waterproof primers, never miss fire, and are highly prized by all that have nsed them. PAPER SHELLS.—By repeated experiments and great outlay for improved materials, and machinery made ex- Pea for the purpose. we can now warrant onr BROWN APER SHELLS equal to any imported. They are sure fire, and will not burst in the gun, ce of any of the dealers in sporting materials for the U, M. C. Co.'s Shells, Not sold at retail by the manufacturers. Special Attention is Invited to Our New SMITHS PATENT REVOLVERS, Im fonr sizes of 22, 32, 388 and 41-100 cals, This new and elegant Arm combines simplicity durability, 2 perfect, interchange of all its parts. The most critical inspection in process of mannfac- ture, and with its patent improvements, make It the Most Desirable Revolver in the Market, A OOMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF MAYNARD RIFLES SHOT GUNS ETC, Send for Circular, ct. cC, & B. ZETTLER, GUNSMITHS AND RIFLE GaLuErRyY, 207 Bowery, New York, E. THOMAS, JR., GUNS, PISTOLS, SPORTING GOODS, FOWLER & FULTON, Safes. aif NO. 300 BROADWAY, N.Y. ; ““ St. Louis Conical Base Paper Shell.”” M, Fowuee. Hekey Foutox. HERRINGS SAFES] po : Having made important improvements in our Shell, we : 1 can safely recommend them as equal, if not superior, in : Dennison’s Targets aa ELEY to any Paper Shell manufactured in this country or ST. LO in Europe. From, 25 to 1000: as s er] CONICAL BASESH Ameng the advantages claimed for these Shells, are: A 7 ; The World’s Champions. ale saving of 25 por cent. in the use of powder; also the great ¥d. Range. 4 SS SS decrease in recoil. The sizes made are No, 10—234, 27, t TARGET PASTERS and 3 inches; No. 122%, 23{, and 27¢ inches. Longer Shells wili he made ap extra cost. ‘They arenot mailable- Sample, 100, sent by expresson receipt of $1.15 Ss ec d Tt . 125 €1,30 . 10, OOO aieaha inten. No. 2,239 De Kalb street, St. Lonis, Mo, Oe ay Ss, te eet St. Louis Patent Shell Manufacturing Company. Dealers in Sporting Goods, = TARGET in ania My at elie ereaion rath SET wi @ sent by mail, circular an ic } sam ples, by ~| Capt. Bogardus’ Patent Ciass Ball Trap seyicgy « co., 195 proadway, N.Y. kd and Rough Balls. ee S PATENT... [aoa Eh een 2 i F . Buy of your nesrest Is patented by Bogardus and used by him many TOU RISTS Baggage Ree = es Re | thousand. times, proves tem to be Just what is wanted by all ‘S TAGS. . Wawona tits . 7 j NN. Py 9; i . SPORTSMEN'S CLUBS AND AMATEURS. DENNISON & CO., 198 Broadway, N.Y. Tl Glass Ball Trap, Y k sure A E PATENT ROUGH BALL—The only Ball that will brea , Soo GLASS BALLS When hit by shot. Use none but the best. Every ball marked. Patented RecelyedjInternalional Exhibition awards: April 10, 1877; Traps, March 13, 1877. : pido: Se FOR S10. Loendou,.......-.--1851 New Vork.......- Tepe CG = —s ‘ PE feet Cog stint th i ee Lr a Geo, E. Hart & 0-5 Fj Marshall’s Glass Ball Trap is ackuowledged as the best now before the public. Tt is made of bert ash, and everything first cluss. Throws two or wore balls in different directions, and with a5 much force as desired. Liberal discount to dealers, Send for particulars to HENRY C. SQUIRES, 1 Cortlandt Street, New York, jel4 tt 4 Also awards of gold and silyer medals. ee Se IM LA NEWARK, N. J. mesachussetts Charitable Mechanic As=ociation, Boston, 1874; Franklin Institute, Phila- delphia, 1874; American Institute, TRADE SUPPLIED. New York, and many others, == Cotton Duck, every width & weight, ont to any length, Arrangement of Tent Catalogues. Founded July 4, 1808. HERRING CO., Oiled do, mannfactured by steam power. i * Wo, i. Artist's & Camping. a o) aN Saturated, not enameled, A 2. Military. Slings for disabled Horses, 3. Lawn and Garden, 261 and 252 Broadway, N. Y. fhoroughly harnessed, $10 each. 4, Camp Meeting & Chapel. Lock Pouches, Messenger Bags, , _ 6. Circus & Show. oop ys A Nore Bags at wholesale, = 6. Base Ball,Cricket,&c. Carriages, anything and \ 7. Sundries. ATE AND LOCK MANUFACTURERS, everything that = can be made dipreen sg Carriages | See ee N.Y. AND ROAD WACONS, A DOL UNEQUALED IN 2 oe F : isto dons Bol Sie eet ng ape (er t $20 : h zal. U.S cere Thos. W. Sparks, square, $20 each. U.S. - a) Caer Palmetto Tents, 7 “ 7 « } Mail Bag Mannf’y, R u b ber C ush ion ed re_resented above. A FULTON 87., NEW YORK. S h ot & Ba r Lead Kar” DOBS NOT BITE THE TONGUE. jy Our Cigarettes are a5 fine as can be produced. Only the jbest French Cigarette paper is used, which is free from mineral and other injurious substances. Po C THE ware EY] AMERIQ UE oes FOR Brewster & Co.,, SUMMER SMOKING. AXLE, nyaneey, lug MEFRSCHAUM AND CIGARETTES, once 181 Walnnt sire, Pitti Which we haye applied to more than six hundred vehicles, and received the indorsement of our Most eritical customera, THE '76 SHOOTING COAT. (PATENTED) The largest variety of Shooting and Sporting Garments, § in the World. 7 . r Send for Tiluatrated Catalepue, (OF BROOME STRERT), Mixture of Perique and Vanity Fair, Best French Cigarette Paper only used. Sample GEORGE C. HENNING, BROADWAY, 47TH to 48TH STS. by mail, Fifteen cents. Ask your dealer for them. Jel 401 WM. §. KIMBALL & ©0., Rochester, New York. Feb 22 ty. Wnmunienipicrs “AMERICAN S PORTSMAN’S \ \ x \ Com. L, A, BEARDSLEE, Litile Falls, N. ¥. MENTION * FOREST AND STREAM’ STODDARD’S CARTRIDGE LOADING IMPLEMENT, COMBINING SEVEN DIFFERENT TOOLS, Cap Expeller, Recapper, Loader and Tube, Creaser, Cutter. ‘ Crimper and Shell Extractor. wa. 10 WoW READY. Fufeim'rp eli the operations possible in the manipulation of Paper or Mets elle fo) Bre¢ch-Loaders, Length, 44 inches. Nickel Plated. Weight 10 ounces. i ‘All the operations are perfect, and suitable for any shell. AWARDED BOTH MEDS PRT ELoMA. AT CENTENNIAL | gpectal attention paid to orders for TARGET PRICE, 3S: Cireulara gent on application. Send postal order or check to ©, J. STODDARD & CO., THE UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, LOWELL, Manufacturers of the CENTRAL FIRE, SOLID HEAD, BRASS SHELL, RE-LOADING CARTRIDGE, jaed by the Army and Navy of the United States and several Foreign Goveraments, mae > All kinds of RIM FIRE AMMUNITION. MASS. PRACTICE CARTRIDGES. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. WALLACE & SONS, Agents, §. Y. City. Lock-Box 192, Washington, D, C. LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE, drugs. cimusements, Ge. CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION MEDAL H.T.Helmbold’s AWARDED FOR STEAM LAUNCHES. Compound Fluid Extract BUCHU. Owing to varlons counterfelting of my original receipt and preparntions, I hav changed my labels and wrappers, which in future will be printed in CARMINE Ink. The Public are cautioned to be sure and get the genuine, prepared by the few York. GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE BUILDING "OF LAUNCHES AND THEIR MACHINERY, Ad will furnish them complete in every particular, fitted either as Swift Racers, Fast Pleasure Boats, Party Boats, Fishing Boats, Ship’s Tenders, or ferry Boats. Or will supply the MACHINERY, complete. Alsc models, drawings and moulds to parties preferring to build their own boats. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR. 30 Cortlandt Sirect, Manufacturing Company, Broadway & | 7th St., NEW YORK, (GuLMorEs CONCERT GARDEN. OPEN EVERY NIGHT IN THE WEEE WITH GILMORE’S GREAT MILITARY BAND. SPECIAL PROGRAMMES SUNDAY EVENINGS. 450 cents admission. Boxes seating four, $3. Zoological Garden. FAIRMGUNT PARK, PHILADELPHIA, Gren every day. A large collection of Living Wild Beasts, Birds and Reptiles. Admission 25 cents; children nnder twelve, 10 cents, jané ly HE GREAT NEW YORK AQUARIUM, Broad. way and 35th street. Open daily from 94, M. to 10r. mM. Beautiful Tropical Fishes and Anemones, Wonderful Horned Cow Fishes and Ascidians. Twelve seals, sea lions, 15 sharks, 40 blow fishes, hell-benders, and thousands of other curious marine creatures. Prof. Young, marvelous yeurriloqnist. Miss Lubin in submarine performances, DJightfal orchestral concerts. Feeding the animals and fishes and other entertaiments, Coney Island Aquarium now open for the summer, Highest Honors CENTENNIAL WORLD’S_ AIR, 1876. INGER ORGANS. BABBITT’§ TOILET SOAP, ; ae] ; Unrivalled for ue tol- ee fen = A VICTORIOUS INVENTION The Eagle Claw. |} An ingenious deyice for the purpose of catching all kinds of Animals, Pieh and Game. ? The easy method of setting the Eagle Claw, combined with the simplicity of removing the yictini, are among its peculiar advantages. . It is immaterial how to place it when set. Jt may be buried flat in the gronnd, suspended from the limb of a tree, or, when occasion requires, covered with grass, leaves or other light Material without inany way impairing 1ts certam operation. Itis adapted for bait of any description, and, when, set, no Animal, Fish or Bird that touches the bait can possibly escape. | Itd6es not mangle or injure its victims in the slighest degree, nor need they be handled to free them from the trap, ; TRICE LIST: * ‘No, 1—For fishing and all kinds of small game | ——$—— BS A = offers to the public The Finest Tollet Soup in the W Only the purest vegetable otlaused in its manifacture. Ber Use in the Nursery it has No Equal. Worth ten times its cost to eyery mother end famt}y in Christ. prdont, Sample box containing 3 cakes of 6 ozs, each, sent frea ny address on receipt of 75 cents. =», Address 12. 'T. Babbitt, New Work Cb ste ea-For Sale by all Drogkists..ea + x H, WALDSTEIN | fie OPTICIAN, 549 Broadway, New York, Has received the highest award at the Centennial Exposition for his fine Glasses, especially Opera mao Field Glasses. His display at 645 Broadway of TELESCOPES; FIELD, MARINE and OPERA r and animals, Bent by Mas... 1c... cece eee creeetner ees csese ee BU CONES, ; No.2—For catching Mink, Muskrats, Raccoons, large Game, { SIRT iC ets gt palplen nto os Sah See PL eee Res Ean One ,.--75 cents, No. 8, or Rocky Mountain Giant, for catching Bears, Wolves, Panthers, &c, Can be easily set by a boy, and willstand a strain of several hundred pounds. Weight, 10 to 15 lbs,$10. All goods sent, charges paid, to any address on receipt of price, PRONOUNCED UNANIMOUSLY AS THH Best Instruments. — Their comparative excellence is recopnized hy Judges in their Report. from which the follow! is an extract + "> ‘The B. SHONINGER ORGAN COUS éxnlbb 8 the best Instruments at a price rendering them pussible to a large class of purcitasers, having acom bination of Reeds and Belis, producing novel afi pleasing effects, containing many desirable improve ments, Wil! stand longer in.dry or damp Climate, lege liable to get ont of order, all the boards being sind three-ply, put together so it is impossible for them to either shrink, swell or split.” THE ONE ORGANS AWARDED THIS RANK. 2 This Meda! and Award was granted after the m: severe competition of the best makers, béforé one the most competent juries ever assembled. New styles and prices juat issued, which are it cordance with our rule, the BEST ORGANS GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, SPECTA- CLES and EYE GLASSES, ARTI- FICIAL HUMAN EYES, Etc., = Te really wonderful. Illustrated catalogue mailed on | “Address Chas. L. Coate, _-% 880 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. P.O. Box 214. ~ AGENTS WANTED, Teceipt of postage of four cents, ESTABLIS?””” ~ 40, the least money. We are prepared to appoint a few new Agente, Tilustrated Catalogges muiled, postpaid, u lication to oF 2 Oe . SHONINGER ORGAN CO., $7 to 123 Chestnut Street, NEW HAVEN, CONN, a Guns, Zifles. Ete. THREE BARRELED Breech-Loading Guns. (TWO SHOT AND ONE RIFLE.) A new feature in the Sporting Line. Forms # light and compact gun from eight to ten pounds, Eiving to sportsmen the very thing so often wanted in all kinds of shooting, Represented by W. Holberton, 102 Nassau street, New York. BEND FOR CIRCULAR. W. H. BAKER, Pept. 30:0m Lisle, Broome Co., N.Y. STEVENS’ PATENT BREECH-LOADING Shooting Rifles, Donble and Single Barre! Shot-Guna, Pocket Rifles, Pocket Pistols, anh the noted Hunter's Pet Rites, Send for catalogue, J. STEVENS & CO., Chicopee Falls, Masa, C. C, & B. ZEYTLER, GUNSMITHS ANDIRIFLE GALLERY, 207 Bowery, New York, E. THOMAS, JR., GUNS, PISTOLS, SPORTING GOODs, 174 South Clark Street, Chicago, Il. W. H. HOLABIRD, Manufacturer of Specialtiestin Clothing FOR SPORTSMEN, Valparaiso, Ind, Shooting Suits complete, consisting of Coat, Vest, Pants and Cap, $10. No. 1 Shooting Coats, water- Proof and first-class in every particular, sent:by mail, post-paid, $6. J Holabird's New Game Bag; weighs 12 ounces. The most sonvenient amd coelest garment ever offered to Sportsmen. Oan be used in place of a coat; room for 50 shells and 75 snipe or quail: by mail for $2. Holabird’s New Cartridge Vest, capacity for fifty shells; simple and admirable for boat shooting; $2.50. Fine cine, Corduroy and Fustian suits made to order in the neatest and most dasirable style, Send 25 centa for my book on Dog Breaking and | April 10,1877; Traps, March 13, 1877. catalogue of goods. Money refunded if not satistied. W. H. HOLABIRD, Valparaiso, Ind. Aak your:gun dealer for Holabird’s goods. Safes. HERRINGS SAFES “The World’s Champions.” jyi2 tt FIRE TRIED. ReceivedjInternational Hxbibition awards: Veveweasee--S85L Now York.....:.. 1853 ) Paris......6.5-.---- 1867 Philadelphia.... 1876 Alsolawards ofgold!and silver medals, < asaachuasetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Boston, 1874; Franklin Institute, Phila- deiphia, 1874; American Institute, New York, and many others. HERRING CO., AFEZAND LOCK MANUFACTURERS, 251 and 252 Broadway, N. Y, W. & C. SCOTT & SONS. . First Prize Medal and Diploma, awarded at the Centennial Bxhibition, for excellence of workmanship and ma- terial in their Premier Quality and meédinm Prades. Their New Patent. Triplex Lever Grip Action and Com- Pensatiung Lump, ‘The attention of Sportsmen’ is réqnested to the shove new action. Its snperor strength and solidity impart greatly improved shooting powers. Hard “hitting be- ine the desideratum requlred, is ob- tained by this powerfal gan. Prices of the New Triplex Lever Grip, $175. £395 to $100. Marked the Triplex 10-porea extra. Our highest grade is as usual Guns, Bifles, Ete. ———S Sportsman's Depot, (ESTABLISHED 1536.) Firat premium at Wotld’s Fair at New York and : Centennia] Exhibition. SS oie 7" JOHN KRIDER, N. FE. Vor. Second and Walnut Sts.» Philms GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, | Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Honks, Flies, Leaders, Snoods, Artificial Bait, Py Books, + ee esr marked the PREMIER QUALITY, (Extract from FoREsr AND STREAM, Now York, December 49s, 1876, Contributed by one of the Judges of Awards of Guna at the Centennial 2] ‘ “This action (The Triplex Lever Grip) combines in the highest de tren implici rapidly secure the favor of all-who test Its merits, 3 TS eth and simplicity, and must COMPENSATING LUMP. Strongly recommended. It ia invalnable, and shoul tbc. te. every gun, Costs abont $10 extra. Choke-bores, medium or full. Our Paati to be iad of the princlpar Er Salmon, Bass and ‘Trout Flies Made to Order. “rider's” Celebrated Center Enamel Split and dealers in the trade only. PREMIER GUN WORKS, Birminzhan, England. Glued Bamboo Rods. “ Tirds’ Eggs and Birds’ Skins in Great Varieties— 7 Taxidermy in all its branches, Paper and Metallic Shells : FOE Breech-Loading Shot Guns, Mannfactured by the UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE (0., BRIDGEPORT, CONN, Spratt’s Patent Dog Biscuits Repairing of ail kinds. mard-ly SPORTSMEN Will tind a select assortment of Guns, Rifles, Revolvers, Ammunition, And all goods appertaining thereto. THE STURTEVANT SHELLS are the easiest reloaded, Do not have to ungerew the head nor use an awl to remove the exploded caps. THE PATENT MOVABLE ANYILS, made of steel wire, will not bend or break. THE BERDAN PATENT SHELLS, new model, with Hobbs’ patent waterproof primers, never miss fire, and are hi nts by all that have used them, APHR SHELLS.—By repeated experiments and great outlay for improved materials, and machinery made ex- ressly for the Lar aap we can now warrant our BROWN APER SHELLS equal to any imported. They are sure sad and wa not Seas in ae gun, nquire of any of the dealers in sporting materiala for the U M. C. Co.'s Shells, ois Not sold at retail by the manufacturers. Louis Conical Base Paper Shell.” Special Attention is Invited to Our New SMITH’S PATENT REVOLVERS, In four sizes of 22, 32, #8 and 41-100 cats, This new and elegant Arm combines strmeplicity durability, a perfect interchange of all ita parte. The most critical Inspection in process of manofac- ture, and with its pafent improvements, makeit the Most Desirable Revoiver in the Market, A OOMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF * MAYNARDRIFLES SHOT GUNS ETC. Send for Circular. FOWLER & FULTON, NO. 300 BROADWAY, N. Y. M. FownEr, HeNEY Fouuren, Deunison’s Targets From 25 to 1000 ¥d. Range. TARGET PASTERS AND Score Cards. SOLD BY Dealers in Sporting Goods On receipt of TEN CENTS a 100°VYARD TARGET will be gent by mail, with circular and fam plea, ,b DENNISUN & CO., 198 Broadway, N. Y, Having made important improvements in onr Shell, we can safely recommend them as équal, if not Superior, in query to any Paper Shell manufactured in this country or in Europe, Among the advantages claimed for these Shells, are: A Saving of 25 por cent. in the use of powder; also the great decrease in recoil. The sizes made are No. 10—25, 2%, and 3 inches; No. 12—25;, 237, and 27 inches, Longer They are not mailable. Sample, 100, sent by expresson receipt of $1.15 pels will a. made a eee cost, Tor No. 12; $1.30 fer No, 10. Factory and vffice, No. 2,289 De Kalb street, St. Louis, Mo, St. Louis Patent Shell Manufacturing Company. Capt. Bogardus’ Patent Ciass Ball Trap and Rough Balls. Convenient and Handy for attaching to Pishing Rods, Gun Cases, and all arta of Sportamen'e Baggage. Buy of your nearant Statiouer or Newadeslor, or sand 10 eta. for packspe by mail to: DENNISON'S PATENT TOURISTS: TAGS. him Many These Traps and Balls patented by Bogardus and used by thousand times, proves them to be just what is wanted by all © SPORTSMEN’S CLUBS AND AMATEURS. DENNISON & CO,, 198 Broadway, N.Y. Founded July 4, 1808, THE PATENT ROUGH BALL—The only Ball that will break eure M * when hit by shot. Use none but the best. Myery ball marked, Pate ns Geo. E. Hart & Co., NEWARK, N. J. = —i = = == x LAM TT TRADE SUPPLIED. Cotton Duck, every width & weight, cnt to any length, Oiled do, manufactured by steam power. Saturated, not enameled, Slings for disabled Horass, thoronghly harnessed, $10 each, Lock Pouches, Messenger Bags, Noge Bags at wholesale, anytBing and everything that can bé made of calIVAS. ., Arrangement of Tent Catalogues. +3 No.1. Artist's & Camping. a 2, Military. * 3. Lawn and Garden, = 4. Camp Meeting & Chapel, 5. Circus & Show. 6, Base Ball,Cricket,&c. 7. Sundries. SS Thos. W. Sparks, Shot & Bar Lead MANUFACTURER. Office 121 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, THE SNEIDER GUN. The only iveposit Double-Grip Self-Closing Top Lever Action IN THE WORLD, Sizes, from 6 to 16 bore, Equal in finish, symmetry of outiines and materiala to the finest Moglish Guns, andat more Teasonable prices. The Sneider Rebounding Lock used, the only Re- bonnder with which missfires will not occur, HIGHEST CENTENNIAL MEDAL FOR “Workmanship, Rebounding Locks and Compen- i sating Features of Action.” GUNS REBORED FOR CLOSE SHOOTING, STOCKS BENT TO ANY GROOK. Pin Fire Guns changed to Central Fire. Duzele-Loading Guna Altered to Breach-Loaders, Clark & Sneider, 199, 201, 303 ., Fulton St. Boyle’s U, S. Tent and Mail Bag Manuf’y, © FULTON 8T., NEW YORK, Palmetto Tents, MEERSCHAUM AND CIGARETTES, NES FOR &= DOES NOT BITE THE TONGUE. _sy Our Cigarettes are as fine as can be produced, Only the (best French Cigarette paper is used, which is free from mineral and other injurious substances. TRY LAMERIQUE, THE BEST CIGAREETYTES, AND JUST THE THING FOR SUMMER SMOKINC. Mixture of Perique and Vanily Fair. Best French Cigarette Paper only used. Sample ” 10 feet square, $20 each. 73 a “a vf 4a ail, Fifteen cents, Ask your dealer for them. 214 W. Pratt St., Baltimore by mail, Fifte WM. S. KIMBALL & CO., Rochester, New York. Send for ilinstrated Catalogue. = —_ a ir Pas fi TEC (cee nh OTIC A 3 9088 01197 9390