ee a eel ee hae eT Pa fend =r3 4 asl iin al ter = een TPN het OP r= Sy ee Pied a’ aa ene teeth Seas aston aE ee aH ae . Ti ete ae hee ry = = ¥ S cpap tee adh AOR te kes ‘i . ee ge Ph ie pat a Veekly Journal of the Rod and. Gun, ANGLING, SHOOTING, THE KENNEL, JLTURE, PROTECTION OF GAME, _ oe ee RECREATION AND STUDY. OR ee oS jus mt , 1885—January, (886. BLISHED BY THE i S 4, set 4 ma a — = A r : ei, FOREST AND INDEX---VOLUME XXV. STREAM. EDITORIAL. ADIRONDACK DEER: VRCKBlti ANG BlUStEr. 6 sas soey geese we ocd The President and Hounding............ > Panthersiand Deer. 2 c.c.acies see acumen 121, 241 Pot-Hunters in the Woods _ ........... 2 eee eee BViarkine of the Dawe f= 22.8005. eels tee fe wcee MLop Market MUNN. oct ieee fee ens cert eens : The Movement to Repeal the Law......:.... 4 501 ‘Adirondack INOVERLIY its Pentre tm tess Whats pe ous American Kennel Club..............0 26.0000 IATTOM eT ACHE CHANCES. 2. oo. sor cite cs scea paca 5 Bears, Black and Grizzly Bears, The FoREST AND STREAM’S..............-.+ SES TIT GENES ERIE ACER PME ato ig gag ah 'a os eo e IB ISOM MINER IS RIC Ss ye. a edie a nen sow» Ste MESEAEE FO TERED. 3 Pepe noo s Sg Fos bosses woe abn § TES CICP GO Berl Tee 5 ee ee eee B2, Canoe Association.........- A a 21, 41, 61, 301 Canoe International Cup..........- A sapeoee apse of Canoeists and their Critics..............2).2.20664 2 NPAT OD AKCOIS. Semi Ie. tp 32 eieieim tangle arctan 5 s/n seins MPA TIO BCLS UC TINE SARUM ss ere Wiss siisiels pete © cherplelbitooe ths RS STAVES: PITT MONROE eed een tay cies te Stoel mie aoe Uinta sk yeharie Catfish in England.........- Bh $8 oe Sy unig City and Country Sportsmen... ..........- ...ee Clean and Unclean Journalism................-... Cleveland in the Adirondacks.................- RIGO ONNIEGs ss. 2 ls eh Ele Osh Wola sche beige eB OL Connecticut Grouse Snarers... ....--..-. tree eee Exportation of Game, ......- 2-25 445.2 séti ete , Famine Winter (Correspondence),.............-.. p TORT) HOUT Foy 0 ge ans beeen eae een Fish Commission .........- soithe Saceate ini was Sy gece gee MIRHEMIUTC, ELIVALC ss. oe Ei ece bene ge tee Be bikes 24 TN OTIA AAA Cres ees hs wkeet, Wg ose srlgaigle Papi «oe detels sa Florida Land Swindles..........2.......05 seeeeees Forestry Commission Report.......-........ See MOTEL. CODPTCNS: «22st. cada si sbicee sa ccee Some 81 Game Club Land Leases..........-.....0.2-+--2 00 Game Tniportation..6 2.0.2... .. 0s ween B Games iaiw ETIBCIDIGS 2. Helene eons cee eee eee LEVI ORSORS poets 2h yr ley acc eae hha fe Granary of the World (Correspondence).......... a ME INGUNG ES eS esa 2 tee US se Eee Ny = Hydrophobia ...... « .....---+5. 381, 401, 421, 481, 502 Illinois Game Wardens............+++ AE SES Mees yi ‘ Importation of Exotic Game... ....,....... 361, Dar eATRIO MN Olee Sele. owe ty nse eels aide see ae Indian Education. ......-..... -. tee 221, 2 Pra TESEIOM, 55 hes sce paisley eke seas pees Indians and War Department .............--...6.. 2 Indians at Work (Correspondence)..........-.-..-. ANGIATISMMANOS eerste en eet ab pia eae ers se461 rH AMR UALYAbO Ms oo. ca Sete Ob eqs se acisl= eis cles Jacking and Hounding Deer..... RR n Gubstiyno hen a4 “Kingfishers” are not ‘‘Jailbirds”................. Hhousasland "Deen a escssn see cet aie os 81, 181, 241, 281 Long Island Deer Stocking.......... ......... E WAIHI AI COMLOCHUSN Ss ccc re fete en wrest lh bia cehee ae Massachusetts Association .......-..... ap els Menhaden Question,........ “ees thecal Pian MulatarvmAriacee tel o,.4o% icles ee tMotpes a us ee see na 2 Minnesota Fish and Game. ..............--.s.5000 National Park Syndicate ......- 2. .6s.5..0.0-see ence é National Park, Trophy from... 2-22-26. -.- Il.—‘‘Inside Big Waters”..,..... ... Bs Shoo 402 WALL=D-IN LAKES: Iti,—On a Mountain Side IV.- Last Days YV.—Hunting with the Kootenays Vi.—Strong Power, Sun VIL.—The Sign of the: @ross....,....2..0.0200e008 502 ee aera i eas Se ee ee a ee ed Western Game and Hunting (Correspondence).. .3: Yachting Season of 1885 Yacht, International Race Yacht Racing Time Limit YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: A Territorial Dogberry Superintendent’s Report Special Agent’s Report Game in the Park wh geet mew ee awee ober ses cores sc tee eseatuses® eee eee kee i ar) SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Atlantis, New Auld Lang Syne Bleating for Deer British Columbia Bucktail in Florida i i i i ec ie ce i ar Bull Fight (Poetry) Camp FLorsam: XVI.—The Anabasis of 1885 ..........02.:.-.--. 424 XVII.—Under Two Flags XVIII.—In the Wake of the Netter KIX.—The Pizen Ann.............2..+ bre neereile XX,—'*Whose Waterloo?”’.:...... a. Pad be teas 5 CNiet NOUMUAIIS = verses oy oy eG area ees Re ae Bk i) t Climate of the West Coral Reefs, Among the 441 Danish Shooting Deer Hunt in Texas ee ee ey Durango, the Water fowl of En Klapjagt over Danske Fjelde. Episode, a Recent Florida Camp Grounds Florida Camping... ......--....+-+- Beet Si tt See ORE Florida Gulf Coast Florida Routes Grizzlies, Nights with the Gulf, a Week Along the See ee ee ee a Stabe iw iatsiv ster a tle 2 2 Wie S48 we Sie lune dm oi ptecolb ste, ee ee ee ee rar rs ee ee em ae tee werent ee sober raseeeee sereresere. © Himalayas, Hunting in......-..... +. 122, 182, 2038, 224 Iceland, a Week in Kudgee-Me-Kndgee.... 0. isis 6 tte ne eteee cess ceee 24 Lamington River Lonesome Canyon Marooned on Roncador McLellan, Isaac... Mexico (from Toluca South) Michigan Outing.... Mississippi Quail Hunt Morning (Poetry).....-2.0+tecee scene seer ese scenes R0R New Brunswick Forests ee oe ee ee ee Se ee er en set a i a Bee ee weet eee nee eee eee ee er re re ee oe Orange County Notes mirepandaay te Sarena Ss dep d cee eye 283 Photography, Amateur Pictures in the Fire...... sepa FARR NEA 428 Plaint (Poetry) Pode LONdse as yet tics vee a eesti BSS heer 402 ath twee rant riaacces ee ee a a er i a er ieee Cay Reflections (Poetry) Sea Islands, Among the SHIPGISSSSS Ties oe oes ovis ewer e ea ln ns nonin ee e Shriek from the Branches Sierra Madre Country ““Sneak,’’ a Day Aboard the Sierras, Sport im the Sterling, Dr. E.... Uncle Kellup Upper Chateaugay Lake Pe ee rere ee ee ee eT ac] ee ee ee a) sia we ewes ener ete e sere eens cee re eee ee NATURAL HISTORY. Albino Antelope.. ..-...-- Pt at recto bt Hn yeti 305 Albino Grouse Albino Squirrels.......:.. Saas? OSes Serena 466 American Ornithologists’ Union American Ornithologists’ Union Check List Anser Hutchinsi newb bene e eee eee ee ec wees bes asec ass ene dew =e res @ie Page ATCO Owl in MiGhIZ asa. os anel ety pen ede 405 AFCtoniys” Monax artes batelicS «ton shee aes 405 ATIZONE QUAI Satan aadstat er: Paste pakect 445, 484 Bailey ‘Collection of Eggs............... IS 8s 446 Bird Migration Notes..... ee ee oe rt thea aoe 284 Bird Protection by the A.O.U ...."..... _.. -429,-505 Birdsiand! Bonnets. = seek ae acene 384, 465, 505 Bisons Range. usc... tee de eb Je na ale as eer ER 63, 83 Blacksnake Notes..... PR SO wry Ue 204, 312 Caribou, Horns: of Pentale 2. e.2- se. eerste ese 446 Cats as Bird Destroyers... .....+.2.+20000 cece esse 506 Central Park Atm ells ote oe easel eos eee 122 Cotton Rats Puznacityes nomen ws oes ecient a 83 OraysiSh Eabits, 22 so. eater .. 244, 284, 305, 326 Crow as Game Destroyer...........0..eeeeees cee: 204 Deer, Savage..... 6.2. cece een se ncwce nse O54, 428, 445 Deer Weight... 09... Sot beeen es Se basque 405 DVT EW ISIS (8 ree 2 oe eteretett eter yet 384, 425, 429, 465, 505 Dog Skeletons... ..22...2...4..- Se poss at2 5c 284 Doss, Origin OLJAMOrICANs 5 ayy tien eee elon stele 103 Dog= Wolf Hy Stidstr oy. voc sete pea cone ee 245 Hider Duckins Maechigan: oy yeoc setae eae 384 Electric Light and Birds..,,................25.0.. 305 HishemandvHaresn:. ce 2o se esse ona state eee 445, 484 RU OTIC EVE UES CLINI 5 3) = phat 9 lars AE eng Po ann eI CT eee 484 Florida Pines and Hamaks. .......-........-....- 224 Gila-MOnSiGre. x: foe lines on cheeee en oetie a eee ne 325 Grass Plover and Decoys.........- Seirerqatceie ayia Sa 84 Grizzly Bear Range................++ Soy HOUSE OPE EE 263 Gtomnmd vO mie. TORR bese SA ne ele Shee ie 405 Grousesnds snake... oe. epee sete biteaee: deere eels 305 Grouse; PaleiPlamaged — o.oo as oge tw esses eee 366 Grouse’s Drumming ........... pees son ee 205 Grouse’s-Dreaminiime SLO gs so soa, aes pee cles raees 429 Grouse; Sitting. oo iscime piety: ash eves se Deo aS HAVES TOLAOUCALLOS 2, aloe «icles ts) oloiel-\tce Ghent aera ae 466 Hares on Fisher’s Island................02.s++-0-- 429 AawkeMicrahioity.scu.h.4, 62ers. «seems pertinence 225 Heloderma Suspectum............. a BOP: 325 Hydrophobia, Pasteur on..... .. 2.22... seeseesee 342 King bird’s Crown... vc cency spec rece 144, 164, 184, 204 Life as a Protector to the Harth..................- 304 TOOUIAINESTIN OR cog oe ritosa ttre Oe lih eas plies 225 Manatee, Finding Food for.......-..0-.0+. ene eee 505 Manatee.in New York... .-45.2.si0045 laswaseseeecss 264 Michigan Birds, Warblers......--........ 4, 304, 365 Midnight Botanical Expedition.................... 505 Male Killers. 2 Sots usages teat Kalb dea A 164, 184 IN@SiS, DEO w Many 2h An cscs ou tle Met lnenea a 163, 184 New Mears: Day Tramps... 60 wees ete eee alee eedeiels 485 Nighthawk,........... Maui le Parc sew, 4, 204, 245 Nova Scotia Water Birds........... .... +++ 43, 83, 123 Pasteur’s Experiments......... BASED Aue ee ie 342 EP ITNO MMV PLLC tet ee oe cree elete, = aly! Se) ok che wie STSON ance SPSS 143 Praipie Dors-and Water. cap scies cee ce rdetastecs sews 25 Jedmo soot bhots sp keys Seog ode dhl Io aaniaaenbsnr rare 63 Purple Grackle Near Philadelphia................. 205 Quail in Confinement.... ........--.+++++. «25, 123, 484 Scorpion’s Sting Antidote.....:-...--+.s.sceee ee eee 1B Sea Devil Captute ae cit eae srr ee 384, 425, 465, 505 Seashore Morms Of Wifey. 6.4 veewe ge pects seen: 62 Snake, Conical WiOrat.. 1. lessees ep emllstaiete ate erin =o 244 Sparrow, English, Report of A. O. U.............. 24 Sparrow Hawk and English Sparrow.............. 103 Spiders, Flying ............. eee Ota sae eat 225 SPOMLOS hy te setae series Ewe Unters tae be ee ey 263 Squirrels and Chipmunks.........-...... Sr et ae au Swaliow Hibernation........ eee alt eset en te siatite, OD Swan in Massachusetts.............-+. Tein ABA 466 Swan with Copper Arrow....:.52-+--5.-......2..- 384 Tarantula Hawks and Tarantula.................. 102 Vampire of the Ocean.... .-. .......---. 384, 425, 465 Velvet Scoter in Michigan........-.. Eth eee ee Vis Medicatrix Naturs...................:- oma! 304 Whip Scorpion...... SAAD AHO a RASPES RR Pag), “164, 184 White Goat’s Range........ reese 44, 82, 144, 225, 325 Whittier and the Birds.............--. 0 ....6. re oo Pal! Wild Duck, Homesick ............... PAM As 40 225 Wildfowl Domestication.......... .-. .25, 183, 305, 485 Wolvesin New Jersey. .....60 co ec eee ee ieee dete 164 Woodchuck’s Habits........ ate Pip Horg sip A405 Woodpecker, Pileated............. steers ere eeees 44 GAME BAG AND GUN. Adirondack Deer...6, 66, 86, 104, 126, 146, 217, 226, 247, 826, 367, 385, 405, 449, 468, 506 Antelope. Hunting. ...s 0 +. --- ee ee oe een 8409, 508 Antelope in Kansas De AWS... fey fobsuce tr a aitetw ems 305 Arkansas Deer ...: .2gsvees-e-u0s>o-4=. Se: Peale Boake 508 Barnegat, Forty Years at......-. csessevseeeee 21328 Bear Dogs.......-. nce a pat eae ne ete san ls 26, 287 Page. GATS ELA DIGS. sake. Aces tee acetate Somteesktso 389 Bear Hunting als Sei veestckes see cede PLN ye ey cor 247 Bear Hunt in Massachusetts............. Pa + 188- Bear Hunt in North Carolina.................-.- ~. 208 Bear ii WeLtery 2 ey cee siecle on eeeacb alle? oan l6T Bears S ition oe SS wees pete Uae yet crane amen 27 Bob White (See Quail). Boston Game Market...2..2.2.2522-: 00.0 eer aewwee 285 Bow Valley Game,................ ean AoSeset gin Buffalo Destruction. 7 ia cisco eesteeiosh desde pee ae 128 Bulletis = IG Gs ee et ee setae aie Sean ee 509 Business and Pleasure............-2.eeee+ cecnees 126 Buzzard’ ssBay oat24 eaed3 Lae 246 Cache River Bottoms.................... ait. eet OOF CAhOOtS se tere at ee SRE GM br dy .. 7, 28, 188, 248 Oalifionniak® 27 .(h 52... 5. lel easte ee nee eer 5, 208, 306 Camp Ben for Cold Weather.................... oa D0T Camps in the Wilderness.... -....-...-...----+- » 226 Ganned Goods. nA ae rem cn ohehinaneians hea 66 Cape Cod. Bay Birdaa25 v2.51 ft -n naar ebnete --- 66 Carelessnesst We Aes snes palo tue oe ..-- 166 Chambers, Interchangeable....... a rhb oe B +» 846 @Whilled@iBBotre) seit: 22 beaters hes ak Oe ee 28 Gity Wellows CuHOSs 2 y/to penn ee eee eee 468 Colorddo“Gamest 55 Pss.5 tek dnl bs ae ena 228 Concentrating Device............. ab ip aie\) Svinte, heat 389 Connecticut Smares......... ....-.. A pe St, | 266 COOnTER UNE a aos co POE oe ee or eee 248 Ooo! Ahoeters ,. aa Seer neeemel ase I ii Cruise tor Game nar Sree 9 ay Gubas Shoting oe Ne ere Em «2 eZ Curries Wil fowl... Se Rakes ve lt Dakota Bat Laas tS .nlw be 8 iene ats Dako.» 5 = US SES 147 Dakote Game an’ Shooting ; ae Dakota Large Game. .)asernys-= ben ants ponui eis ne Deacon’s Sunday Shot....,....... ser rerbe. 2 >. eee Se Dead Game, Preserving ......--..-.--+seceeeees 87,145 Deer and lOpaps-.. . i. cla keene eee ete ee 127 : Deer and Panther... :.......2e2--+06 Ata: 286, 306, 343 Deer Hounding (See Adirondack Deer). Deer in Vermont.............. pete Proto! ..206 Weer, WAALS Gra metas sith aha pele giars FS Pps acaies 28, 2 Deer Near Lake George...... siete cena ne see tees ~- 867 Deer, Ridge Hunting,........-... Ap ae Seo Bhelisns std 208 Deer’s Escapade in Baltimore..............------. 368 Deer, Who Takes the.,..............- 228, 306, 327, 368 Diana on the Prairies...........00. --seeee0ee- 165 | Dick’s Last Woodcock,......-. See eee ister ons 104 Doe’s Strategy.......-...--- signe cneisiete’s fT POT asa Lis: . DOC A VAG: wees eae ® iain wale eens B85 Dove Shooting .....--. 1... s2- seer erect eee cesses vee 26 . Dug-way, Two Nights on.........-... LW ataeod ees 6 Fnglish lakers suas. pune Sebise pines as oo2e 207, 409 Fasbion vs. Sportsmen ...,......--++-- yan eect 508 Ferris, Geo. Meese. .c6. 5 cece ee tet eres ese eens 409, 431 ) Flint-lock Tried and prune a0 0 Steer eesetee eee eaes A487 Florida, Western........-.: eoantivs sl veg? ae ee Forestry Commission....... etre ta eee 148 1Mor:co VSR EN yosn ne Goes dain se abe aed ss sons A se 229 FRIST REGS. vate a ae wulvan suet ate pee 188, 228, 245, 288, 307° : POSS WW TOB bored ce nok etata notes fe le pele ree eee one O26 Game Protectors’ Reports.......... pny te Stee se 486 Game Seasons.. .........++-+ AR ee ce ee 67 di Georgia Laws ..o. 4.22 ccececessee Sscmeee Am seaaee - 168 4 Grizzly Bears, FoREST AND STREAM’ Oe eee 485 - Grizzly, Still-hunting.... .-.----..-...-.-.---.-4-- a Grouse Eggs, Hating..........-.65sseeeeeeeeeeeee ee Pe Grouse in New Hngland......-..---..25.-..+22054.104 ‘ Grouse in New Hampshire vege tees esses sees «107 Grouse, Odd Experience with..............-. once. tao 3 Grouse’s Vagaries......- i eae Hoemagl 2s sro ogy eee 448 Grouse, To Make Lie.......-...-+-..+5- yeFdnouct ec daae Guiding yersus Hunting............... WEN Al a. . 446 : Gun, Old. 2. so. s cee ieee ee eee teens ey nee ete 127 Guns, Choice of ..65, 86, 106, 124, 146, 185, 186, 205, 287 ; Gun Sling for Saddle............-. SUN ADRs Be i 284 Hammerless GUIS +++. .5-- sees e sees ete eees eee eee 148 Harvey Gedars. ....-.¢.01---.. ve Bde oersy tess 87 Holly Beach Wild Cattle. pee AR lad get ee ya bbe Geen Hunters and Settlers................. REY ee fess hee 346 Hunting for Meat,..... tree ee selieegee Ree a ae 264 PTI Ss GAT Goole stele ys = 2 se ees BR Sra Pee Dilinois Game Wardens........ --+.---++++++-+-- Importation of Foreign Game........,---- Towa Prairie Chickens........----++++-- S3aco Sse Kansas, Southwestern.... .....--.,-++:. Lassoing a Bear......-.-..- -++ seer reer ereeeee Long Island Protection......... eee tae ys . Loading for Game...-...-----+-++ steerer trees TOON! SCOLEs 2 smeae apieeiaeleins = eases eee sheen eerners Lorillard’s Game raranetye, sans aes 7 Lost in Maine 7 cov bs eee! as, i“ - ‘ ee ~ Ls ~ "neal Sail) ane er. Page. j Page. Page Ly WAN Sihite. stare e eects ses sie zac 40 Ade enue Virginia Turkey Hunting........80+ -....+5+- +.» -468 | Maskinonje.......-.--. 0220s eee e eee cree rer eecen ens 470 zine Rifle Accident....... -......-- ep B26, BAS VialPIGldG: ose... ed wmcwnse ns sseeeeearscyics sens! ..148 | Mastigouche Lakes. ...........0c0c0cseeseeeeee eres 69 ARCH iG Re A lane, ee _.«..245, 806 | Washington Game Notes.....+........--++-+++- Rene dbU) PME eRe, men MeL we ny EZ Jit: se ar ee Ca ott 248 husetts.......... RFF oof tte fos ee ft noctte 466 | Weaponsin Game........ pulemyeniemwe ered dar ets ee ... 84 | Menhaden Question..... melee tay Here RI nee 69, 107, 129 PTE DAR eles Nest GSES. 6:5) are» alann'e Cae Eee chit OR. 508 | West Jersey Society....-.......+ rie the,s craaeted 167 | Minnesota Lake Park Region..... .. .. ---..+-+++ 8 sont 4 SSO ER EME teed. saseeees sees 885 | Whispers from the West, ......... 02. scceee ete e 229 MUTHOROTALIGAR EN - burtaess che mpecesi asl oe yale Os, eee Hee Gi ia’ ha de eeePotn lalate 246, 408 | White Goat. .....:..cec00+ ceeeeee ses. +e-45, 264, 888 | Mortality Among Fishes..............0+-0000++ 8 8 ichigan, Two Weeksin...........+.-- rae foot be . 104 | Wildfowl, Days With............ ... ea erat Hah le NGUee VV TMG yi Fame Cee ely ee, Soke oe uleas «oe ae 290 Minnesota Game Notes...... est kes Osea octn BGS! | “WildfOw! NObGB i... eet cease cece es stmee ene rope been 284 | Murder Most Poul.............-...eescae ence ee ests 107 “Minnesota Prairie Shooting........... ...e sees veLe6)| Wild"Goose CHASE: .<.20..-. 0+. ce eck areas teeaes FP ESARGS | VIMEO UIGOESMR CEOUt nc. G.tsreyaaccrceslseleetnd « 38 Moose in Muskoka....... Bee hveys Ree A tI. wn Comte 207 | Wild Pigeon Extermination............ .-+..+: ...346 | Nanequahunkepoppequashanticut..............-- 130 ‘Moose in New Brunswick.........-. AN Dost nee Opi rl LAMAR IRS UEP IEE Sate ae FAG Sb OS SMOG gE aera (2087) NG WAMBXICOTVOUGI soe ceed ce ghee Panes os ues 249 Moose, Savage ...... ....... AAS eee beck 327 | Winter Camp, Notes from............-.+.+- Fiat 506 | Newport Association........-. Da DSS besdSotens al 431 Mountain Lion, Night With..... esata er R NYY 2f, 46!) Wire Oartrid es... oc cc. wee res ee Monee ene .205, 265, 889 | New Year Fishing Trip....,.-.....-.-..+-- -- 451, 470 National Sportsmen’s Convention,.....27, 46, 145, 205 | Wisconsin Deer......... AEE Pee ten Mo ssate &: weet: 889 | New York Commission...........--.-- «s..0+ 410, 451 Nebraska Game........ -.5.0s0202 caper eee tees Pye 1Sa|| WARCOMRII: LV cvnaedy nc) opue wale Sy aeelOMUp er otel 185 | Odd Experiences..........0-..6+++ yee eel at 307 ‘Nebraska Lawlessness....... Supt ot ceo boom 46 | Woodchuck in New Hampshire..............-....- Tags | Oe Dommel WTA rnin) aces oes avira mcat shea dais ele +, 30 New Brunswick Game... ..... 0 -----.ssees eee eee 208 | Woodchuck Swimming......-. 0.2.22 cece eeee eens 499) | OKOBOTPUAKSs ss oma seicin ces ot eae ene eel thie lenin rs 48 “New England Game............ wahoo pe Calor 125, 508 | Woodcock in Snow...........+.... ottner ut doves SES r| OMLOUEL OM: bok ahead mathe es bweds aaa Ae incs CAshanule 68 -Wew Hampshire Forests....... 0 ....22s.-e02005 .. «2? | Woodcock Playing Leap Frog........ .--...2.+.5- 285 | Opties and Angling..............-01e220+-2 +e 108 ‘New Hampshire Game Laws...,...........5-+ Fe Pek AAG EMTS awe Cay ay Se hte Ty oy whet ds Ne 85, 127 | Oswego Fishing. ............6c:eccccceseeceeeteeens 50 ew. UEPSOY SOCIOL cnc fe. csv cece ine easier er aeee 168 | Yellowstone National Park.................... 407, 446 | Oyster Beds of New York............+---+5-+- .50, 70 Newspaper and Shot...,........6 ...-eeeees Reais 127 Oyster Ciliureranje.seaeesccee waeetecaesteeMbrcrins 190 ‘New Work, Centralass..-.tters-s as 2 Bel ae 507 = Oyster Culture in England..............-...+-+2+ 308 New York City, Game Near......:..... 306, 326, 343 Oyster Problem Solved.............- cseee seer eres 249 New SYST AVES BEATIN, sisi tt cteeiy fietdia 8 sien ptsigid © a*dlee lat 126 ANGLING AND FISHCULTURE. Oysters in Connecticut. ......0...2.. 0. ces ewe sent 410 Bala PNET 6 59s 345 hai tds ke Soh sttite wit eels te Sud bunett 64 * ! EP ISe ISD 5 eas hs i Beloaeas tape mele wniek e+. 49 Besictal Siatieiters... ceccsscelsssseceevenvee s+ 46g | Adirondack Fishes..........+....2+-++++---.+++--+ 480 | peroh Ply-Fishing.........+ A rach ct Ne 169 Ohio Dairy Farm, Onan. ............00 see eee ggg | Adirondack Hatchery................ ..- 348, 369, 431 | philadelphia Notes. ..........0-0.0.0ceeeee eer eres 8 MaeMirepartiye tee. or. ot. ae abs g4 | Asassiz and Angling... .....s6.-+...0ee sees cesenes BUA aares Wathily saves eese Pe. ll- alas. 2s oes 168 MIPS Tei oo) ek re tas Ss sheen ad Soe ere Coa Sr tee DOEIEOY vir see T Ags Et Eom ++ 211 | Pike-Perch Fly-Fishing. ...........0+--001esses00 29 Panther and Deer........... eyeeca of Baga mOps en | en oso enn Ny Suerte rer Ahrens ohare: ---209 | Dine Tree Creek.....c..sceeesccece veeveceveeseees 210 ' Partridge (See Quail). Anglers, Olagsificatioptsss -..-- cee. +-2-seeneeenerees © | Eossession in Close Season..........-. sserereee+- 48 Philadelphia Notes.......... 207, 228, 248, 266, 481, 468 | Aneler to his Rod (Poetry)..........-1..+sesseeeese 248 | Potomac Angling, ........02 ss.sesee esse eee ae etin pce eae Ce Oe eo 198 | Awning for Fishing Boat ....... 1... sss ere eoeeee SOU EMINBO WEL sry sew rece a+ otces doe ries maar 70 ‘Pike County Game....... ... Adar etnatitisdad sr:dhoux gg5 | Barnegat Autumn Fishing.............-++...+++, 267 | Rainbow Trout in Adirondacks........ ..- ae ee 169 BEPHEMPOUP Lt neces ec ences sas Slohate et ane fis | BAXCEOOR ABBA: vances ad ereet ma tees nee esee tree sein 68 | Rainbow Trout in Market... .............0s0-0 004 452 Platte. On the.....ecs ss... MAY, cen 144, 165 | Bass, Black in Germany.....-..-.-. sss. sess seers Btu) emi eley” Lith Ge hehe yon ieee wile dank ow one 128, 209 DePlatte River Geeses... pecs cecc cyte eee eee ew neneees a67 | Bass, Hel Bait for... ..-...,.+.seerseeees secre e+e e+209 | Razor-Back of Gogebic.............-20 sees eee ee es 67 Beretterrsrmchs Horse. 0.) Sacre caraaplent tee 29 . EES IE TEN TH ACE oie OW «Sa Wein ATT a whens PE oc See erwist BUG) CHP MPIC et toe sth gee ma Re ee te oats SA cee (Fig ] AM UY Zoy tren o.<4 Bee chs Eh aan, See ne Be Sean ge ee 8 : Breland SQ: \avern a ses te Met nee dan whee Sot by eed aes 344 | Eastern New York Association SOG AIT OF Bate wae ~ ..390 | Trout Suicide.... ........... nbs titih BSS e the 4 410, 431 Oli Suis WM n\\ Sei bie’ oom earings sates ot pomnnces) SIDS ES wpa he Wd ai OA EO A AE a) A - ley teh PIR SoTnL DU ee Aaah oe Sa sed See pe eng aE oe 2307 f PVE TAT Ese nace.) J Paget. eee pet rhe atS ..--429 | Eggs, Protective Contrivances.................-++- 89 | Wa Wa-Yanda Club.... ........... Hg AN a a 211 | Marlin .38.-+.....-.....sss.. NirAiGoee eo teeeees se ieOr Mastlee Deke: UM Le al ladles. ... .......... Peewee ee nae goo + 407 | Wish Tale (Poetry),..........0.00-i ete tpecssaneess ..288 | Windham Trout Streams.... ..,...... ..2sseees ..249 Muzzleloaders .42,..,..-sseesseee see eee 387, 388, 407 | Florida Summer Fishing....... ..............0000- 28 | Wisconsin Commission ........... .....--s200 . 510 _—- Remington .B2 2... sess ee teeters 420 | Fly-Casting Tournament. . .129, 189, 190, 209, 229, 248, | Yanking Them Out........ Beans Cie te AAT ce hah 149 — —- Remington (Mil) 50.. 0... 0. eevee e creer 3457 267, 288, 307 | Youghiogheny .............2.s+2+. eS ae oe 29 ___Remington-Hepburn .32...5........2.0. +00 -».,.430 | Wiy-Casting Tournament, English................. 129 - _ Remington-Hepburn 33... .-.+-.1.0..-- see eee 420 | Bly Fisher's CHI: .o.. <2. poe ones ste ee eee ee gee eeiees 451 e Remmngton-Hepburn AD... Soec tease ees ACO OUP BOYS OM A HYOlIG: (2.552. cope. ce eictjacssdea vice 48 _ Sharps .45...... PME SRA. a AY fy 2, Fels EBIHe: || cea T SL) ANS Sole ee nan ty neat cane heehee 32 Saree eh ete eee ae - 88 | Count, 6.00.6... Orystal Palace ShHOW......-1..065 ccsreere ere eee] Danbury ShHOW.......-0.-12 ene eeee Srortinags AS Foe oe eee 25% Dandie Dinmonts..........:..ss24+025° a iboe dunn oats 392 Dayton ShHow........---+esee eens eeen ene reee ee 171, 212 Distemper and Shows.........:sseeeeee eee 91, 110, 183 Doctor Duer’s Death..........-.cacene rene ene seen 19% Dog Dicker,. 2.2 pes tee k cease ee espe mrote ree 291 OP SbOriGG ek ou. Peetu seeetha ee eee bee oe fe Dorsey the Mail Dog. ..:......000--+ +e eee sere tenet 27k Eastern Field Trials. .32, 233, 291, 309, 829, 348, 369, 411 English Kennel Notes ... ......----+-¢s0+52s 05+ 71, 131 Wixpressage on Dogs......ss.esersees sees reser ees ..O1F FANCIERS’ FALLACIES: TEA aT eet tetas sateen owieatie peteint eee tein steed 174 BOO ee eae cnt beta c couse ed Rete el eae Oe eete ait Faney’s! Pedigree... .- 6... .-.tsestecee 150, 192, 270, 414 Field and Field Trial Dogs. .........-.+.-.++.++ ++> 19% BieldTrial Omen . oe esse ciccs ee sn yeene rence (ses 4it Bield Tris Grounds)... .cscs ccs sees ene okt rege s 39% field Trial Handlers’ Association .............--.- 493, Hisker’stislatid: Trials. oi ces cc ee gee ye ete wt some 330 Vie Bere sae - A aR oa one cate wore eh te CLE 310) Foxhounds’ Early Development.,............-.-+. 472 Box Pertier GlUDice cs seperti sce labs cee ere cistw ene 471 Goodsell Kennels: 05.1.2 .c ess ese neces ss es bites en tan Graphic,......... 50, 132, 833, 372, 392, 433, 453, 472, 492 GUNSHYNESS. 0... e eee eee cece ee er erences cece seeenes 212 Hartford Club and ShHOW........---eeeeeeseeee 413, 493 “Tdstone’s”’ Death........ ee Sel. Abe otas 23% Indianapolis Show...... Bee as asa datery Sat rk ie Pare 511 Trish Setter Cla. cas she ete fate mew ne vig ticl ote eke vicene 251 Irish Setter Field Trials, .......-..2.2022220- cores 232 Trish Setter Special,.............2....s200e 392, 473, 493. Trish Wolfhound....-....s.0.+s2+-55 11, 50, 90, 182, 212 PESSICR WV TCL D Sine cls ...-. oe ee abs Pacifle Coast Trials. Ne. ene a nts cides oases 45K Petrel’s Death............-. feng sky tte 254 Philadelphia Field Trials............. 291, 310, 328, 348 Philadelphia Show...51, 71, 132, 150, 170, 212, 231, 283, 251, 269, 271, 291, 352, 372, 892 Pittsburgh Show..........-.-- Saas meyacche 132, 192, 270 SEHUTISUPE DOPE UEPISS soyeleavemeie rts state) 22 coe arena oie) teem ne tae a 828. POMURODCS. 2 eK 1 le nace ules Ben tales he eo eb 71, 18% PE OGLE ey cnet, sek me Deel rs aenbenl ata tins, metas ane 4i1, 492 Prince Charles Spaniel... .2)....ses00.ec5+> 21 27E Raby Cy ramtess Dea tie 2). sag ores siciins ovo vie i 511 RAN COCAS KeHNGISas = oe ni agian he Seale Coe meee 111, 493 RODS SISTINE UEEAS ceed gah tes ons eee een 270, a0e Roderick’s Death......... Frege fone o 24 e_8 It tte 233. TRAE S ee ae ae ae th a iat Oe Sept ere 3 Ll oy eee 172 Russian Greytiound.. ese Nee eee, Se ag 391 Sans Souci Kennels Fraud.........-.........0. 251, 26% SS COTTE ante US bee ass Sacec usmle peek Aes, Sota pee ane ees Ta Sheepdors: Bopiass .52).hlssb «tee hance Ne eee 15 Shows GUCUiii ye; codebase teat eee eee dee ae ven Show Prospects in FPuture.............. Sie ee are 270 Show Reports by Judges,.......... ..2..eee005 wee 392 ST t in iele)-] 917 ge GEO AL Hr a8 arto se 271, 291, 353 SAT PNISGASES TA. CR eng t 237 | Racers and Cruisers.................. 256, 278, 206, 886 Wirabledon Pistol Match..c..0c ont Pi / CNG. 0.0. ee see cece eee teens cee eee 477 | MinnetonsaY. ©................ pee eas EL 75 | Racing, Seneca on................... Phares este on ns 256 es be ste 5 Painful Situation,......... Rit race sbed tye dre Serer staae atk Bee ODI hs | NEW CUD Voy Cee TRIOS (ral ey tig, CEM ee bo RUE alias LOGE Carpet Coes 11 AS” tiie ane ale : Rye telat sete ated ase dia ea ee ERE tte ee nee 36, ze il pede | wi is SA it $5, 4 cic th PER ae Ie 86, 15, 287 | Small Cruisers.......... 137, 154, 176, 194, 216, 221, 234, CTICNONE 2. eee e tee ee eee sated eee sees eee CW ROGET ORY CABAL Vet, eh tae een oe mn ee 76 273, 274, 386, 356, 455 S TTP ESTES 01 by oe Ee ae ERA we Oe Le «....17, 455, 476, 495, 514 | New York Be CHEMIE city kisi neha Bitar 35, 54, 75, 275 | Sneakbox..... ....... 22, 316, 336, 397, 474, 496, 498, 513 YACHTING. POCRHONDASK 2 not TMA A aster, Ge AC Aanee ny Bi.or5t | NaceyRep acta s;. net te cc aats ohare eee ine ene 416 | Stures............. Peete: Re Rem” ah ol 3o7 pe Polynterivas’. elas. cute Neha Bi 200, OP OMG rage y shenanigans yotseeBBT:| Manmboys | Mk. Mews a ee ae a fOUSlOOp WuWery yok nelle eee ok i ae Beate 1Dbig c)kols| a) < teh Nee RE eye eae = : .. 5B a eee a a afte artis rates op it-« ose SSA, ee aT "6 | Wide or Narrow Gunbess .857, 396, 416, 437, 455, 498, 513 fed) iE ca dt et ieee ee a py IR tems a eee 396 Scie ©. sees. eee ae eee , 81, 214 EQ) TLEREG EE OY eM ck tee aon alas oe a Pee gat aN reg oes 375 PRUASSRORONS PT wat? exec. ees Well ycok Vales o37 | Puritan. ..15, 74, 116, 185, 155, 161, 175, 196, 214, 875, 457 | Oshkosh Y.O........cccccsee sees ecseeseee 135, 175, 196 | atalantis chad 112 PARRATICA siesta Meh. (2 MOS! eee see ee lelacdncn ab dopa | ROAUYL=Y sO EY SSE a RA re Fo eel ete one ae AIG TOBE NO Sweo OL veri@ sas sare eeal hee et eee carne coer BBY, 48%, 40g as ouel ol eee ck Po Pee ae ate 397 PEUUGIOMB IEA! Pa bars Me de ie Mca td ca dp wreak ho dl seh 116 | Records over New York Course.................... TED) || Oy SteiiB Oats save pgs. (ey aeons eet 36, 96 i eee SS eT Hy aS ae Pe eee ; ‘ vad Bo, EDEN BucktailnsEOrid an vs, see ete ete tees athse sto toy te » 2 ba on eh Wicd keen hse ag cok tO Rly BOD RAO 4s! PNCOMNE SIDS ET EER. TNs 1 x5 SN Ala eet eee 2 28S EE ONLGLIOSUCLL Re 4 50" er HL Satna Ne eL Meee Orne Blorida 375, 307 SAM EOE DEL OY sal eae nar heUd oA ere tee ek 375 | Repairs and Alterations. ~..................-...00 2B5 | Quebec Y.C.... ws eee eee vee ee renee vos sees ce 456.| Canoe Yawl......., an Eh. the 335 ~ AN EETLS Ra ec ng A 36, 195, 296, 434 | Review of the Season...............5. ..0..5 0 +282 | QUINCY. sees eee cree teeters cee ete eee ee ee ene PBT: lt came eatiGewtl de mks alee Peg ie barn siasslordis PiCHINGSs. 2 sh hace essa uk aioe. 197, 356 | Rigs for Small Yachts.... ............... 175, 196, 296 | Royal Canadian Y.C........ .......... .. ....... sisal are ee Mg hind eet as nee ee ae = Bent Timb ‘ 5 } CASS cora. Ais azeferees ak, DO ee See ss a anes Oe ELD EPS eee, Recast che aie nae Le 1G) OAR LAN CISCO’ a eee. nent est ee BLK EE ong lad het gst Coe OR OMe Rane hott natives Inet h Benne forte Raye! 13} : Bonita. Set eg ; Delaware River..... Petia waved actos Ae acd See oe 113, 255 (EOE RS er SR one Shea eatree L 295, 318 | Shoal Schooner................sc0cseeeesee seen es 96 | Seawanhaka C. ¥.C............. B58, 875, 485, 496, 517 Humboldt Ba 274 MSTIVISIY PACOLSN: ee cos tReet ce etn, Nee eens 353 | Sir Richard Sutton .......-.6....... 1.0... so 197 | South Boston ¥. C........ 0.6... ss sas. 56, 116; 175, 196 | Juanita MRM Miniids 06s, o: ‘B74 BENGE te Pees Meco doe! ca eee! bt, 296, 457 | Sloop and Cutter. .....116, 174, 196, 214, 253, 275, 276, | Toledo Y.C......0. .ececeeeeeteeeeeee sees 36, 196 | Long Island Sound........sseseeessesseveesss eee. 184 NEUES LEE eh Cae iauat dex cs elas ames 56, 237, 255, 457 ; 296, 337 ( Toronto Skiff Sailers’ Club......... Soppeer ee 237, 855 | Mogalloway River ........ ac ae eae 76 EES 2 Pca Mie hae a aah, OR ae 275, B04 | Small Vachta. 2. .f00.et..e teceee cee ens 214, 275 | Toronto Y. C......--...0.. 76, 116; 185, 175, 196, 287, 517 ytutturtie........c0-sc1cs-svcecs0.s:sscceaeceeven “234 Challenge of the Arrow..........0.0..4.-, 821, 826, 494 | Song of the America...........6., cesceceueeee sees Wiest leayeth, a0 SURE Sen pecs dial SAD per sce, Pee LT: ce renet anaantane pedis : 20a he We pc eae RD BR cae TRS eee aise ena Rete as eA Fp DOA epi Thats gn DRT OF OL New Jersey....- Chr aie e-e Tiara dheta'ese. fe saree Ue naa 76 AGHA T US a ot cect hi tanle es stots , ees 45Gs | SPCLATIZA cnc ee cs whe +e Rent otra nie meer ears mene NV. OOUSB HELO IN. tects tet ieee mena keer es te 121 -Oa hu 1413 Cae Uses esse foetetreereress PG Tet ce Seay Tr na s,) Was ee cs ee 895 | Steam Launches... io.545 occ. eee eoee aes te MOnIKCrS RYO Br ce -ikoierys Ase Atc sree eiectada 116, 496 | Outing, Cruise of the..........-.ceeecsecseseees os 154 RS UAC RIG AN Ga a omens So ao ine guts S57) | sueam MAChINELy......44ctad. euysemeleian cee ees CRUISES Petrel 307 Clara ie : a... eee St 3. esas wer ge ee on ee nl > Miccehes Rees Ceres in eam Yacht Laws... .........0-sseeceese cence ees Athantie SAGlt. tn A Oe On ree 55 | Potomac River...-....-.....-. HOTS agit as Must Feng at Dou 7 eo ge SR ss eee se LD | UBRUU cae eee wenn eee cet erect een sees cone Bonitan!. Sia hee 5, OA ye ae 295, 313, 477, 496 maritan Cana 24.5 oe aed ge ee ee seas Hs CoO BIONS Sr. or os. os oo eae BAIS SEV T | TROM ES cg 0 oem i acrtucieal plies hts asaee = Sette a ene cunt Soe He PS Aad ON aN ae aR ati Mae Boulogne to Dover 0. .....s. bees eccteceaes Weg she 5B | SMCAKDOX 00-6 sess ee settee es eee ee ee renee st eee 22 BIE agave st nin: w cccimlnMain a) siehate oogmeate d atee eat clot eases DhGheeee " Ua oa Nye beep ema a! US aos anon hahasy.; Coot........365, 375, 881, 394, 414%, 434. 456. 476. 494. 515 Str TER WEENCBY oer. sii falde eed afk cae Ld ee ae eee WeastiOl Yachts 2 Baek acs sateen Time Limit in Races.......... ... aw ar Mehr cre came he a re ; Le es tee eT oe LUAETGMILIM RACES: Seven! Seca eens aac one Hastorncys. Comes ak a een a ont a 76, 116, 135 Suwanee River...-.ceeeece ssc seeece Ce Poe ac Bt (43) Bieber phat Stet te: Cok a Sere Dalit Fe oon erg Chie % et ane att a BOrid ayo 11 aenaeey te Seo ic a ..887, 477, 496 | Sweden ...,....... sete eee eens She ees teens oe . 835 eee fee EN oe at 294, 337, an AWGN Pye LOR TER, pean Geel ae eter ers as Bue et a ee «MEO Senn age) ts EOD) AREER eeyaves 0s ca ee alee: Saat eee 15 soa Saree apsOT hOB UU RCS 0 Me Siem em Je 3 ee ae UPCSOVC eee cee eee cee tee ce eee tee eee ee eee Sa EO HETIS par) RE, NN pe eae Nitee eet ae 56 | Yellowstone River............-s0e+eeerewe+sees113, 455 Kani pues} G,oie nine! kre) tetayaen mia tadetepitteon> 2G lank net eeer ee i pth aid) erase B kip ible eid e16)p fae e alene 6 soc lc lure We leny aie slain eiete = y Dore... ..32., Tae Nas Mine a busine ATE, OF) AMM. eee eee eee eee teeter tiee ae nih Siebel tack ekg isis eae Cee ae Ena? ee ee ee WUE. neck ey RITE A td Be Stn 17, 455, 476, 496, 514 | A. ¢. Aa: TAM MGUESRICDT Poet ett can. PTS vin, aA eo AOE n i ear FD, ODD ae tac Ah on elena gn elateo alent at tebe heetttss err ae B56 Raa | Mg ein? AR Sei ieee 337 | Whose Waterloo?............. -+« 235, 253, 274, 814, 336 LDL) (eee ie Maver cin ee pera ernest: oh Gato Stee . 6 Spell Mtndlans Me, heels Executive Committee.............-2... 176, 296, 315 gery ata Wo RNigm rg agen pe see Se are Ses Re ETS Nae ae ie er aay CANOEING. MIGGDE AM S.A, Sooners 34, 41, 53, 54, 61, 76, 94, 301 Soe oe aoe se non ae teres ; ea eae oe mae cela Ak ae tah ig os hc Rae Pr eeranine. 22 eam fog twiicedbincs ose tap ee a ape MGI SRACIIO: Stet. e Smet, Sas conn oe eee, ae ; SEiajejelatele ste OPN os acht Racing , AS CUA. SPaDGr. i. 7 saat ate Seats Srey h eMC. SOTA lls UEC COL Cs karcisty ie tscaeciae, SM Melia laser racsst een ae aa ptt peter e cece teen eee terereees 5 EMC ANS Te aged 9p EE Steet Aleta We lr ern. phar tee, ae, bt ||) Regatta Commiittee. +... --=) anise sare eee ps 55, 235. 237, 294, 376, 435 t i ieee ; RS «Sem ig re CLUBS AND RACES. Pour clei sepa ata age ae ae ea a See ee ie es Oe ae 261, 274, oe Seat Oper hate 276, 876 | America CUP: Barnegat Cruiser..g......... «+5. 297, 316, 397, 496, 498] Ballast Island.... .....-..-+,.++-. ero meh) tees « 14 es * 287, 255, 275, 296, 836, 896 | Cup Races..... 95, 114, 115, 135, 155, 161, 196, 236, 296 | Birch Canoes. ......05.. 2.00 cececee ce envececeenvees 356 | Bayonne’ Ci. C204 a. ecene rane Feecedd coins 112, 154, 513 GIO aa ee eae tee eee 517 | ‘The Issues in the Races............-......2-+-5-. 114 | British Canoeing...... ....... Rah eae ieee ton 416 | Brockville C. C..... Nolet Cece aay 136, 174, 217 ‘Great Hash. 2 bette seeet attics Soi Ud AGORY ee cWiiot Uk uc. fe clcencnl > 4 Camp Grindstone...... on Bees SRE eA Lae 54, 301 Brooklyn (OM OME Bes, ae ene erate sacs 136, 417, 512 SEEPONWANG Peete || eth hae He Lc SUD PAIMerICHMeY «(Cr mk brie. asc eee 255, 276, 296, 314 | Canoe and Camp Cookery.............+.s0...+.: 54,76) Buffalo ©. C.....00.. 2.26 Latent weatecirs Meeps 93, 186 Herald Shep HY Aenea to ees es Ok eae So! ATISOUIATA 2 toes ook, cee pie hk eR gaeeen emlee eh ade ‘4 | Canoe Complications...............¢...4-: 316, 356, 897 | Chicago C. C........... sR rinatei Hate siete ye ae, eee 4, 113 i 2En RES A 4 ON MR Re 2 OY ee OTAl) SA ani bicy Yao «suas = ied tenses eee noe 80,174, 485, 617. |, 1Oe Handling:.v0.8 ¢ usec. assesses ee ceec se eek B86) | Cini Ait Phase cele stre-stewtdrs ow ote, nesses Ate mae Serene Ie ep ene Hipldegarde. oh... eke Bees hoeyretaes bee eae ee Doty, bar Harbor, Cy oir eotpe ns ee een, Rak ee WA TOC YAWAN Ped ect tiers: Lens eain. een ae 335, 856 | Esséx C. and B. C..........-.-» aa av tiers aes evan Ue@OpMapehtas. sie es ee Ss Saas 434,495 } Bay of Quitite ys... 3509. .2..c ee lesage teehee. CHSSY i) Atty eee eae ie retry LEE me eres na ers 835 | Guenn—Sharpie..........s.cce eevee ee cere nore 255 > MORNINGS ie elec si Pmicie aia sive’s ate ne} DE owt As Merah aa 116 | Bennett_-Douglass Cups................2..-.-.2..5, 174 | Qlassification...° icc. .s-00-+s sh Base, Ss ree, ee 396, 441 | Guenn—Tramp.......... AP roe nte sagen «Bde OBee MATE, BEATE TE ai, 35 sa. Miinidie Gelgataw Cele ceo MBO@VER Yi eb: von ae wis. Mc. aah 16, 35, 75, 114, 175, 197, 485 | Consolation Prize.........cceseccecusce ceeteoes. 54, 76 | Hartford C. C......... FAS SAC eter! on 176, 195, 285, 255 rig Motes oa tadys Sores iG es Al th FAERIE timed Lie | 96 Brenton’s Reef Cup ts 0 Oo. fh cee ele 74, 175, 195 | Customs Regulations................; liceas vous +816 || Harvard... Laie Sia On ewe aie alalaaaha optele elect male eerie es ae Ec es Ae te poergre a eee AS He eat yt iisessie| Bunker Hall Y oC eet 63 a pods eens ae eeeg ton eae ee ve. 2..187, 154, 176, 217; 221, 234, 275, 336, 455) Jantbe C.s... ... Fe sotenen conse tress 15, 98 MEIC RAGE chee eis nme aap eet A epee oie pbs | ue aO.N, Cl. 2 Se eae st ea itt ae age eee POSS OCIDAtS.. kel oe I a eee Ey Cae ney peel $15, 836 ! Jersey Ci)’ 2.0 ..-00- +: eb Ayal Lif re ee eS Ladoga... Srntesseranee 4 renee cieteee een news tes FUL Ge | REN ERO TSU sre, core ojo lal tteniet nie See wre ree iaes karen ek or 56, 76 | * Forest and. Stream” Cruiser ............ ......-- 513 | Kingston... es Abe eeh Tee ee he oer he el ys DOARMICE SE, Uo ets eu pte rn bat care h eh co naeall 230 | Gape May Ops va.) ns ot coh ates cteaee Rae enn 74,195 | Gutta Percha Canoe.... ..........ccecee cee »»-.-.455 | Knickerbco scr... - en ad hd SLT OT et Me Diapwing ~- sass cemewsee 1 a aE Nannie ee 237°| Carolina Y. C..... 106... eee Bhs BO RR IIe Need 96 | Imperial Canoeist............- BaP mrapeg Wages aif | ake 6 Louise Oo eee cneee Jit A Petey yea esha hl Clos kane eRe RS era ren na Aba | OLOVEUATICON:. Ayer Aon. cate ty ease ol wnt Ree fyees bak LON Tre asS Qual: <258,s Pomhon det vse ih cree Soir belie. Dota MAT Ome » sin sbid's Suis pasate Ni Se lgbe-tres minh aeoer Laws Relating to Steam Yachts.........1.... 435, 416 | Corinthian Y.C. 2... coe pe codes 560755, 9%, 106; 175M) EmlandsV.oyar@ a: ls.ss.hitsccape. na eetee os .2013)) Mohican) C: G.o5 as, s+ bs Fese sy DiS AF ET, OO TAR LOD Se SIOOP 21% aye sc ado 22 ae oho elartcels Peele ain gat | CELISeIE Pebicnholes 7. ar hes) ee ML ge, dele 36 | International Cup Fale tie 5 gts oe Mechta, ee Coke 856,455 | Newark, N.J.......2...0%ee. beleeesuapeas ,= ee ‘Lead Keels..... OTS pe et ee 294, 337, 356, 416 | Delaware River........... + Roan et seein 135; :89be) Keely. . cvateen.. Pelt cbse CrOt Pca wwii s Beers aie = 5 201 Newburgh C. and B. A..........25 Parakeet Ub, ane REREITOMEL. co Misch i Re oe Se SA 5. mates bent 285,7ec0 | Dorchester Y.. Conc. . ee peed ee Bt she, SERS 214 | Large Canoes ...... 137, 154, 176, 194, 216, 234, 273, 274, | New York CiGsa- fs beara 1154, 176, 3875, 397, 416, “ABB eeera tad SEitpOl gtk: OS ant ats MOSS a atieak Sone ee 435.|\Mastiérn YC... psc ccecks owls ee ee. 76, 116, 185 356, 455 | Oshkosh C. C........ Mpats 2 erent et Ls 14 Horilard’s New Wachit.. 0... 2 Mines ceca Mb els 296) Glenada Y, Oo. 5.08)... 2. seo a < Beane Gh PRAe CAN OC Sieeetie ls stacteet. cats lena te Reite «nas saree te + BCE | Ottawa CaCiew neon sys ccee Bla-sectats wager LOD 2d, 41h “<'Mi.’s’’ Letter to the London Field....... ... 14, 387 i Greenwieh Y.-C. oi cae nue agen. boa eee 17, 56, 76, 115 | Liverpool Hxhibition.........0... 0. cecceecse see ee 4t7 | Passaic. Riverine: see oss a4, eee aia oe ite as a SEL ~ SNig tons aan CLASS 2s scl .ad siege ciePriveareayee es cane SUES Lg ks) oF RYE OA ee Eb is tS Br Biches, he. eet aE 837 | Long Lake Boat...-...........5 Seu Pat daseen este, Coe 816 | Philadelphiay..- .....e2 es ede eee eae eee ent 513 AUP DSS) Ss See Sov acter ape Mpe roa eee ahoe Oe AISA) EEITAS ODI Y Coe.) acataly acre nepen Og tae Yio. ae wee DG.) Mexsurement ..........22.6..% BRO nat eee See TW STE ss LASS sb eEel Oh (CGR Rae a Be os ates ope soreice 93 «ASTRON is cs scoecte veg ofS. %nih uo ste grze.cin.o Sahtiaten settee 126" | Ekudson Rayer Yaue’ Ate shed us ael skis oem 56, 457 usquito Fleet... 2.5 ....05..... Sea: . 5 sete nov sRoehester Om@me. 22 sacar. le Wire. Poe pAb Oatats te 455. SWISTIC LOD 2 OES cae ge teste de ids ease aeum. 36. || Emule YC... 7s... cae eee __ WEA 55, 56, 75, 114, 19 GEIISS Oo5 essa te aa tetie tes tes hua ce Wipe le nctsrey cass) Coal So neh EL Oe Orde: sis cece iat Get odinemsneg oe Geshu oni mou 437 SWRZZeNIS TAY SAIL sos a wnrere Une ieee iis, 276"|-dersey: City VHC ie. 2050. are: Ry eee gone oa 9B, 116 INGSAPLU Me eisicie te foe e ners enn Atel: Ue ee O° B74ul “Shaecttem ewww osc Acne i ceaiten 217, 285, 255 “Mohican pi dite Sh Sain vee Ss leks glided che ae 175.|-Knickerbocker Y. C.............. 116, 235, 276, 314, 496 | N ovices ag Racers .. Dist aay Sab oe tee PEs dias stan aie Cee 416 | Sherbrooke B. and C. Club....................5. 15, 34 AN CP TICS I OU YG as ae of aioli pin nie(es i's cep Oe > cit eames Gg ake. Erie tin 5 ope oe aM age ane sb alle wen 16 | N. Y. C. G& @hallenge Cup....: a. 120, 20 Mn8e0, 4963) Sprine eld scm, seme cose 2p circle m tree. 235, 274 SPER Va TI ee Poe osu. 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CONTENTS. FISHCULTURE. A Glance at Billingsgate, THE KENNEL, Is the A. K. C, to Live? Crystal Palace Dog Show. The Irish Wolfhound. Kennel Management, Kennel Notes. | RiruE anp TRAP SHOOTING. Tnter-Peam Contests. EDITORIAL, The Illinois Game Wardens. The Missouri Convention, THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Sport in the Sierras.—u. The Bucktail in Florida,—ynr. From Toluca South. NATURAL HISTORY. Night Hawks Nesting. Sitting Grouse. The Birds of Michigan. Range and Gallery. Gamez Bac ann Gun, The Trap. A Hunt Around the Vineyards, The N. GA. Two Nights on their ay: CANOEING... _ -A Cruise on the Taunton River. Lake Brie Canoe Meet, July 18-25 iroigae seas Deer. Bear Dog's. Illinois Game Warden Law. Tie A. C. A. Meet, CAMP-BIRE F'LICKERINGS. _| NACHTING. , Sea AND River Hr ' Puritan, ~ _ The Minnesota Park fae Y. C., dulye25. Region. Yacht Races on Lake Erie. Large-Month and Small Mouth. _ Philadelphia Notes Bent Timbers aiid> Yacht Con- Bass aac DATLOD, alee struction. Laké Ontario and Bay of Quinte Greenwich Y.&., July 27. Haw to “Distinguish the Sex- of ANavinas ‘tO GORRBSPONDENTS, zar De PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. “Twill not change the terms of the surrender, General Lee, but I will instruct my officers who receive the paroles to ailow the men to retain their horses and take them home to work their little farms,”—GRANT TO Lun, 1865, “T have witnessed since my sickness just what T have wished to see ever since the war—harmony and good feeling between the sections. Ihave always contended that if there had been nobody left but the soldiers, we should have had peacein a year. —— and —— are the only two that I know of who do not seem satisfied on the Southern side. We have some on ours who failed to accomplish as much as they wished, or who did not get warmed up to the fight until it was all over, who have not had quite full satisfaction. The great majority, too, of' those who did not go into the war have long since grown tired of the long controversy. We may now well look forward to a perpetual peace at home and a national strength that will sercen us against any foreign complication, I believe myself that the war was worth all it cost us, fearful as that was. Since it was over I have visited every State in Europe and a number in the Hast. T know as 1 did not before the value of our institutions.”—GRANT TO GENERAL BUCKNER, 1885, BENEATH the mounds at Arlington and on the sunny slopes of Southern hillsides sleep the hosts who fell-while the din of battle was yet raging and the issue hung undecided. The transcendent pathos of Lincoln’s death was heightened by the untimeliness of the fate which struck him down ere yet his great heart could be gladdened by the coming of good will after the strife of North and South. For the great commander of the Union armies it was reserved to witness the healing of sectional wounds and the final recon- ciliation of sister States. Not less notable and worthy of remembrance than that grim determination of Grant in The pencennesess “T propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer,” and the concession of Grant at Appomattox, “T will instruct my officers . . . to allow the men to retain their horses and take them ane to work their little farms,” are the words of Grant at Mount McGregor, ‘I. have wit- nessed since my sickness just what 1 have wished to ‘see ever since the war—harmony and good feeling between the sections,” . THE ILLINOIS GAME WARDENS. Ole. system of game wardenship by officers appointed, supported and controlled by the State is making steady advance. First tested in New Hngland, it was afterward adopted by New York, and last winter the Legislatures of a number of States had the subject brought before them. The Lilinois Legislature al its last session passed a bill providing for the appointment of three wardens for that State. This system has been tested far enough to demonstrate its efficiency, provided only that proper persons are given the wardenship. In this State there have been some capable game protectors, and others ‘“‘not worth their salt.” And where protection has failed to accomplish desired ends it has been almost always the fault of the individual, and not of the system. It is very gratifying that Illinois has taken such a decided by advanced position, The Chicago market will afford abund_ ant scope for the very best efforts of the game protector charged with watching the dealers there. The unequally yoked sportsman and game dealer assogiation organized a few years ago never accomplished anything in the way of stopping the illegal sale of game; such an organized body of men never could do anything effective against the dealers in unlawful commodities. The new State officers, if upright and plucky; will make a change there. THE MISSOURI CONVENTION. T is highly desirable that the game laws of contiguous States should be, so far as practicable, uniform. In no other way can the many perplexing problems of the sale and exportation of unlawfully captured game be solved. In sev- eral instances efforts, have been made to secure such uni: formity. The subject received attention from the National Sportsmen's Association ten years ago, but nothing came of it, because the association paid more attention to trap-shoot- ing than to anything else, and was too unwieldy to work harmoniously and effectively. An atlempt tomake the Maine and Massachusetts laws support one another failed at Boston last year, because the market interest there was strong enough to defeat the movement. Some correspondence once passed be- tween the Michigan Sportsmen’s Association and the sports- men of Minnesota and Wisconsin, but this also was without any substantial effect. Another effort in the same direction has been inaugurated by the Missouri State Sportsmen's As- sociation, which, at its annual meeting at St. Louis, June 2 passed a resolution that ‘‘for the purpose of organizing a permanent sportsmen’s convention for the object of devising means by which we can have uniform game and fish laws in all the States tributary to our State, the Missouri State Sportsmen’s Association call a convention of all the organ- ized clubs in the States of Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Mississippi, Alabama, Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico, Tennessee, Georgia and Louisiana, to be held in St. Louis, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1885, each club to have two dele- gates,” As the St. Louis game market is one of the largest in the world, and draws its supplies from all the surrounding States, it is very appropriate that the proposal to secure uniform laws and their enforcement should have come from St. Louis sportsmen; and it is reasonable to conclude that the citizeus of all the States concerned will send their repre- sentatives to the convention in September 29, to confer for the common benefit. If properly managed this movement should prove success- ful where others failed; and the gentlemen who have charge of the arrangements may profitably acquaint themselves with the experience of those who inaugurated the National Sportsmen’s Association. If results are to follow the St, Louis convention, two principles must be observed; tirst to confine the field attempted within such limits that the efforts of the members may be directed to the accomplishment of a well determined definite object, and second, to depend more upon the quiet,.ecarnest work of even afew men who are interested in game and its preservation, than upon the gathering of a large number of delegates more interested in trap-shooling than anything else. Present effort should be confined to securing uniformity of laws in a few contiguous States. ‘lhe tendency of many societies in this country is at once to become ‘‘national.” The only successful way to make such an association ag this national in influence as well as in name, is to begin with a scope adapted to its present power, and then, as its strength increases, to enlarge its sphere until in time it may include all the States. The committee intrusted with the arrangements of the meeting have issued circulars to gun clubs in all of the States named, and anticipate a very large attendance at the meeting of Sept. 29. Among other attractions offered will be a trap tournament of three or four days duration, and the St. Louis exposition will then be in progress. These entertainments for the attending sportsmen are well enough in their way, but not likely to attract the men whose influence and perti- nacity must carry through the movement if it is to succeed, As the representatives from the several;States are to come from sportsmen’s clubs, the members of these organizations should see to it that the delegates selected are such as have shown themselves interested in the work of game protection, even though they may not be brilliant shots at the trap. The progress of the St, Louisanovement will be watched with deep interest, and the wise establishment of a perman- ent organization for the purposes named, will be hailed with satisfaction, i The chairman of the committee is H, C. West, St. Louis, Mo. Tun Amertcan Kennet Civus,—That there is pressing need for an association to guide and control kennel matters in this country, no one at all conversant with the subject will for a moment deny. Our correspondent, Mr. Wade, whose communication appears in. another portion of this issue, seems to have some doubts that the American Kennel Club will accomplish such a mission. It is to be hoped that these doubts are not well founded, and that the association has before it a long career of usefulness, and that the members of the club will prove equal lo the occasion and at their next meeting so perfect their organization and the rules that the most captious critic will be silenced. This is a very easy matter to accomplish, All that is required to place the association upon a firm footing and te make it a - power in the land, is a straightforwark course of action that shall commend itself to every one as being above all things fair and just to all. There is much of promise for the future of the club in its action in the past in correcting mistakes that have been made. The greatest drawback to its useful: ness has been the lack of deliberation that has characterized its actions, notably in the hasty adoption of its first set of rules,and in the hap-hazard manner in which the com- mitzees on standards were appointed. In the future all matters coming within the province of the club should be carefully considered ‘so that they may be wisely decided; and the. interests of nd. individual or clique should be suffered to override the rights-ot others. Then we may look to see the American Kennel Club what it ought to be, second to no association of its kind in the warld. Way Wii Tuey Be Smiv?—Why is if that canoes of newspapers cannot find matter enough to fill their collinins without repeating from one to another silly stories of toads that have lived thousands of years, sheep that kill snakes by breathing upon them, snakes that sing like mocking-birds, and all the other unnatural features of animal life born of the weak-brained scribblers? The singing snake story started with the New York Herald, and is going the rounds of our exchanges. -.When there are so many facts and principies of animal life that might be published for the instruction and profit of the public, it is a great pity that these lies should have such currency. THe InpiAN TROUBLES.—It was said in these columns the other day that the cause of the threatened Indian out- break would probably be found in the aggressions of the cattle men, Such has proved to be the facts. There is mani- fest at Washington an intention to see justice done in the case, and after the long record of the Government’s shilly- shallying policy with boomer invaders of Indian reservations, a different policy will be welcome. Tue Bauuast Isuanp Canon Maer gave most gratifying evidence of the growth of the canoeing interest in the West, The formation of a Western association-was: accomplished, and this will doubtless prove a useftl ang influential body. If the Western and the American associations unite in some way, as we hope they will, the combined organization will be quite unparalleled in size and strength by any amateur sport association in the country. Kitt Your Fisa Wen Cavucur.—It is humane. The fish are better eating. If the fish are not big enough to kill then throw them back into the water and give them a chance to grow. Remember that all fishing is not to cease when you yourself get through. IypEx TO VotuME XXIV.—With this number is pub: lished the index to Volume XXTY. a? 2 ttsman Ganrist. ¢ re: to the Forest und Stream Publish- mae ORT IN THE SIERRAS—II. v JST now introduce the inmates of this mountain re- treat to your readers. First comes Mrs, W., the pleas- ant and accommodating proprietress, her son Will and daughter O., to whose bow and spear the ‘‘Terror” falls a quick and easy prey. There is also a deft-handed kitchen maid, and last, but not least, Old Henry, the hostler and man-of-all-work. The latter is a relic of the golden days of ‘49, who has heen left stranded away up here in these moun- tains, and who lives here, solitary and alone, to take care of the premises during the long and dreary winter. When I tell my readers that this lasts for six months, and that the snow often falls to a depth of from fifteen to twenty feet in this valley, they can estimate the dreariness of such a life. Henry isa character in his way, and if he takes a liking to one, will undergo any amount of trouble to please them, but if he takes an aversion, and he is prone to do so, he can beas sour as a green crab apple, The next inquiry is about the fishing, and the answer is that the trout have only just begun to take the bait fairly well and will not rise to a fly at all, Now, although I pre- fer the clean and tasty fly, and will use nothing else when it is available, still Iam like ‘‘Nessmuk,” and ‘‘when a trout Tefuses to eat a tinseled, feathered fraud, Il am not the man to refuse him something more edible,” Consequently I ap- peal to Henry to supply me with some cleanly white borers cut out of a decaying cedar, and start out to catch my sup- per. This bait, which is much. used in these mountains, is the lary of coleopterous insects, genus Cerambyz, and is pleasant to handle, being dry, and haying an aromatic smell derived from the wood which they inhabit. They can be found in all coniferous woods, but those taken from fir and cedar are generally better for angling for small trout, being about the size and color of gentles. The variety inhabiting the tamarack attains the greatest bulk, as they are found as large as a man’s thumb in those trees. These are good for lake fishing, That evening I caught thirteen trout in about an hour and a half, and then, becoming tired, returned. The water is too high for successful fishing, and is as cold as melting snow can make it, My illness renders it imprudent to enter the chilly stream, even with wading pants on, and as the banks are very brushy, it is hard work to make a de- cent cast, Will and I agree to go after deer on the morrow and give the waters time to subside, Shortly after sunrise we start, taking for our hunting ground a side cafion leading off from the main one, and down which brawls a respectable trout stream. Will takes one side andI1 the other, with his old deerhound Turk ranging the hills abreast. Shortly after separating to pursue our respective beats, I almost tread upon a grouse having with her a family of ten half-grown young, They take wing with a great flutter and settle in the neigh- boring trees, where I leave them to grow older and Jarger. Going on for a while I startle a bevy of cock quail that have gathered into a flock for companionship. In this I have found the mountain quail to differ from his brother of the valley—the latter never deserts his mate or his family, but the former always does according to my observation, as soon as the female commences sitling. J have never seen the male of the larger species hovering around the nest as those of the smaller do, the latter even going so far as to aid his mate inher labor of love. Thus, with mind not alto- gether occupied with deer, I wander on, interested in all living things around me. The forenoon wears apace, and while standing, trying to catch the hound’s yoice, which fancy had brought to my ear, 1 hear a familiar humming sound above my head. Looking uw5ward, I discern the entrance to a wild bees’ nest about sixty feet from the ground. Ican see the steady stream of workers pouring in and out Hirose a knothole in a massive pine, Adjusting my field glass L stand absgrbed in watching them come Jaden home, panting upder their sweet burdens. See that over-ambitious one, iat, lke the ‘‘trout hog,” has got more than he dan Ciivy. He comes lumbering along on weary wing, and can- mot rise to the level of the entrance, and has to alight about ten feet below it, with a force that ought to knock his scanty brains out. ‘There he clings, with his abdomen heaving as though hard put to it for breath, until rested enough to essay another trial. But, hark! while dreaming here Will has got in the lead, and there is old Turk’s hoarse bay far up the cafion, With a rush I hurry forward to gain a point from which I can get a fair view, but the crack of Will’s rifle tells me that | am too late. My Jabored breathing also tells me that I must take my timein this rarified atmosphere, to which I have not yet become accustomed, By and by I come up to where Will has a fine young buck with its throat cut and entrails out, Bending down a sapling, we hang the carcass up to be packed out that afternoon on 4 horse, and return tothe house. I secure no game that day in my own name, but am just as well content. It is not allof hunting for me to gét game, nor all of fishing to get a creel fuli, On the morrow J try the fishing on the stream up which we hunted the previous day, but with small success, the melting snows spoiling this as well as the main river. The trout will not pay the least attention to my feathered charms, ‘charm they never so sweetly,” and with bait only thirty-five small ones were secured. But | have a royal good time nevertheless, for I find some very fine specimens of the scar- Jet snow-plant, and discover some wild strawberries in bloom, the first I have ever seen in the State. Ounce, when tired forcing a path through the refractory willows on the bank, I seated myself upon a rock overlook- ing a tumbling stretch of water, where the damp sweet spray encompassed me, when a pert-looking water ousel alighted on a boulder within arm’s length. He dropped two or three of his graceful courtesies, and then opened his throat in a melodious song. When through, he made another courtesy, ran into the white, tumbling water and disappeared. After what seemed a long interval, he emerged upon the wing some distance up stream and returned to his former position. This time he noticed me, and cocking his head first on one side and! then upon the other, as if to reassure the first eye with the evidence of the second, he made a series of dips and flew to the other side of the stream. He then began to scold in a noisy chattering voice, and in an instant his mate flew out from under some old roots near by, and they both fell to abusing me iv the hearliest way. Their actions showed that their nest was close at hand, but after a close search I could not find it. Presently I became ashamed of the vile epithets the pair were applying to me in their bird language, FOREST AND STREAM. and left them masters of the situation. Lovely little fellows, it is to be hoped their parental care was amply rewarded by a nest full of sons and daughters, To me this has always been a most interesting bird. Found only in the higher mountains, it haunts the streams in their maddest stretches, and where the roar of the waterfall is loudest and its tumbling foam the thickest, there the little ousel will lift its voice in happiest strains. It lives upon the ova and larvee of water insects, in the pursuit of which it will enter and dash through the white rushing water in spots where it would seem impossible for so small a creature to live for an instant. Ihave often been fishing some pool at the foot of a fall or fierce rapid, when one of these birds would come flying up the stream and plunge into the water at its whitest point. After a short time it would reappear and again take wing, or alighting upon a boulder, after one or two grotesque bows, would burst forth in a perfect storm of melody, Another trick of his isto apparently commit suicide by deliberately walking into the rushing stream and disappearing beneath its waters. This it docs not do by diving, as nearly as I can observe, but by clinging to the bottom with its feet. ‘The ousel’s song is sustained and me- lodious, and would be powerful could it be heard dissociated from the roar of the waters, but 1 have never heard it sing elsewhere than in spots where the voice of the stream would drown its tones at the distance of afew yards. It is not a shy bird at all; and when fishing one will often see it perch upon a boulder near by, and after a pert glance and a seem- ing bow of recognition, pour out its very heart in song. The ousels nest and raise their young close to the waters of the stream, where the air is ever sweet with spray, and the first sound that greets the fledgling’s ear is the glorious voice of the dashing water. No wonder that the whole bird’s life seems like a living poem. Iam told that the ousel lives all through the winter in the same localities, and that in the midst of the howling winds, and roar of the storm beaten pines, his sweet notes can be heard poured forth as joyously to the wintry ice and snow, as if basking in the morning sun of a midsummer’s day. The next day was given to the deer by Will, the Terror aud myself, but without result. The dog started one, but ran it away from us, and that was the only one we found, Bear’s tracks were numerous, and deer sign very plentiful, but somehow we were not lucky in starting either, and we had to return without game, For the next two or three days there was but little done by any one to pass away thetime, shooting ground squirrels being the ‘'best holt,” Sunday also intervened, and altogether it was atime of waiting. The waters were subsiding fast, as the snow was pretty much gone except in patches on the higher peaks, and we knew that in a short time the trout would be rising freely, and then for sport, AREFAR. CALIFORNIA. THE BUCKTAIL IN FLORIDA. vit, HE three long hot months that I passed in camp at the Oak and Pine, ostensibly outing for health, form an episode in the later lite of one old outer “hat will not be soon forgotten. It was not hunting, Gshing, nor canoeing, though a good deal mixed with the latter. It was outing past a doubt. Also loafing, even as the moneyed mak lonts from regort'ta resort, spending a few weeks er mngths at each, striving constantly for something entertaining or amus- ing, but being envied oftener than amused. I had the ad- vantage of having always something to do, cooking, fishing for a camp supply, fixing up the camp and writing; the last under difficulties. For it is not contucive of literary effort (o write with one hand, while the other is busily engaged mopping the face or dispersing greedy insects. But J never suffered from ennut, Even in the hottest nights, when the sun had been blazing on the roof of the shanty until’ it was like an oven until long past midnight, 1 did not find the time hang heavy on my hands, nor was I troubled with loneliness for a single hour. The shanty sel- dom got cool enough to sleep in before 1 o’clock in the morn- ing, and I amused myself, on moonlit nights especially, stroll- ing about the open woods and listening to the many voices of the night. On dark nights I kept up a bright, light-wood camp-tire, and ‘‘Tarpon” (Capt. Kendall), who lived Jess than a quarter of a mile distant, usually came over in the evening to occupy one end of the smoking log and spin yarns, and truth to say, he spun them well. For the man who has been down to the sea in more than forty ships, and has seen the wonders of the deep in Arctic and South Sea whalers, on slavers and men-o’-war, in coasters and clippers, not to mention canoes, such a man is an epitome of romantic reality, so he can but talk, which few men can. ‘‘Tarpon” talks well when once started, wherefore I Jet him do most of the talking; and he tells me on one evening of his thirty- seven weary months on the old Vigilant, 4-boat, Pacific whaler, from New Bedford; and again of six months on an Arctic whaler, where, though the weather was sometimes fearfully cold, he had a right pleasant yoyage. Then he has a fund of interesting reminiscences connected with his residence in Payti, Peru, where for over four years he filled the role of a leading ‘‘beach comber.” When Dr. Neidé’s book, the ‘Cruise of the Aurora” came out, he was greatly interested, as he well might be, for he was a partner of the Doctor’s in that cruise, the ““Barnacle of the book, which he read and re-read, then loaned it to me. I found it so interesting that I read it through at one sitting, for ‘‘Barnacle” had told me all about that cruise months before around the camp-fire, and 1 was curious to see how two veteran canoeists would regard and speak of inci- dents familiar to both. On the whole they saw things in about the same light. The Doctor logs the voyage as he made it, and perhaps it was not necessary to mention the fact that Mrs. Kendall cruised in the Comfort from Olean to Cincinnati, taking her share of the haps and mishaps of camping and cruising; nor that ‘Barnacle’ had already cruised over 500 miles when joined by the Doctor at Lake George; nor that, after the Doctor hauled off at Pensacola, “Barnacle” continued the cruise 860 miles further down the coast, stopping at Tarpon Springs some time in March, f Chatting by the camp-fire one evening, “Barnacle” re- curred to the cruise about as follows: *‘‘When we started from Lake George our cruise was mapped out to include the Allegheny, the Ohio and Mississippi, the Gulf coast to the Florida capes, around the capes into the Atlantic, up the Atlantic coast to New York, up the Hudson, and so home to the starting point on Lake George. This would make by far the longest canoe voyage on record; and J cannot pay even at this day, why it was not carried out to a finish, The Doctor hauled off at Pensacola—I never asked him why— and I contmued the cruise to Tarpon Springs, where I made [Sony 30, 1885. a halt that was not intended to be anything permanent, how- — ever. Opposite Crooked Island, some 200 miles below Pen- sacola, I was struck by an off-shore gale which blew me out into the Gulf, and I was eight hours out of sight of lund under paddle, It was a weary day for me, But the Com- fort proved herself an able sea boat, and I got back to land just at night, going ashore in St. Joseph’s Bay, 160 miles above Tarpon Springs. Why I have stopped here for two years is more than I can tell. But the rest of the cruise is only postponed, not abandoned. You have seen the model of the new canoe Iam building? She will be an abler boat than the Comfort. And she is meant to cruise from this point to Lake George via the Florida capes, the Atlantic coast and the Hudson. I note that a very pleasant writer in the Oanoetst speaks of the Aurora’s cruise as the. longest made by any canoe. Perhaps he does not count the Com- -fort as a canoe; but she made the entire cruise with the eae with 500 miles to add at the start and 360 at the nish,” It was on the third of July that we started down the Anclote on the ebb tide, bound for Duneden and the regatta that: was to come off on the Fourth. The sharpie had been a long time getting ready. She was launched last New Years day, and was not really fit fora cruise yet. Her cabin leaked, her sails did not set well, and in putting in her lime- stone ballast we had managed to give her a list to port. Also, her flooring and lining was loose and dirty, and she had no fittings nor furniture, saye candle boxes, cracker boxes, etc. But we decided that her sailing gear would do, and it was no hardship for two old cruisers to sit on cracker boxes or sleep on the after-house with the standing lug bent over the main boom for a shelter from sun and rain. So she went, — Down the turfuous channel of the Anclote, the wind blowing us up, the tide dragging us down, and getting aground oftener than was pleasant. But she was light, carries a long setting-pole, and Capt. Tarpon has good muscle, so we soon got off, and at 9 o’clock of a dark evening tied to the little wharf at Anclote village. The afterguard (Tarpon) went ashore to pass the night with friends, while the cook and for’ard hands (that’s me), made up a bunk and slept on board. At early dawn the captain came down to the wharf and hailed, whereupon the cook promptly turned out, started a fire of barrel staves in a shallow box of sand for galley, and in a few minutes had a pot of strong, clear coffee. Thenwe cast off, and with fair wind and tide soon rounded the pier- head out into the Gulf, Just then two lively sloops from the Springs hove in sight as they rounded a bend in the river a mile astern, and stood forus, One was the cutter Vanessa, built in New York; the other the Tantalus, a coaster of shal- low draft and much centerboard. The latter was white, vibrating gently up and down, while two lusty lads were floundering in the water. It was fun to see a confident acrobat start out from the barge for the ham. So long as the trunk was firm and level he could manage to keep his footing, but, as he got where the peeled tree began to bend there was a gentle sliding motion, the legs began to spread as of their own accord, arms were thrown aloft for ballast, the glide increased to a glissade, and over he went with a heavy splash. When the sport began to grow tame the boys were allowed to sand their feet, and the ham was soon captured, Then there was a well contested sack race, In which the con- testants made excellent time. And a pig was greased and turned loose for the boys to catch and hold. I did not think any ordinary crowd could catch a Florida pig, and would have taken a small wager that he got away. But circum- stances were against him. He had too many kinks in his tail, and the sand was too dry and deep. At first he looked a winner all over, but much dodging got his grease mixed up with sand, and then the cute lads threw sand at his counter, until a cracker lad fouled him by one of his kinks and brought him to anchor, fighting and squealing like a fiend, oe What pleased me most was the hearty interest and love ot innocent sport shown by judges, assistants and all who had a hand in directing the proceedings of the day, and the good nature and sobriety of the entire gathering. I did not hear an illnatured word nor sce an intoxicated man during the day. The main event, the regatta, came off in a light breeze, but was sailed fairly and without any unpleasant feature, our white friend, the Tantalus, winning in the first class and the yawl Nellie in the second, the latter leading everything over the course. I had supposed that the sharpie was to enter for the race, and was rather disappointed when the captain declined to enter her or let the for’ard hands do so. So I got into the Rushton and raced the racers, as they stood past the barge in a light wind. I held way with them, too, until the wind freshened, when they soon left as h t here the light oes without saying, that in a country where the light- bes Alesis boats te made to weigh from 150 to 200 pounds, a canoe of ten pounds weight is almost marvelous. Tar- pon,” while standing on the wharf, heard a cracker explain the matter to a knot of listeners something like this: ‘You see,” he said, ‘‘’taint no great trick to handle that little boat, once you know how. Hvery time one end of his oar goes up t’other comes down—to balance. Now if he should stop his paddlin’ a single clip, he'd upset.” Just then a lady spectator ona beamy schooner offered mea fine slice of ~ melon, and I laid in the paddle, let the canoe drift, and _en- joyed the gentle motion of the swell while eating it. The _— —— gusting. Can Jony 80, 1885,] cracker was utterly nonplussed, and walked off muttering, “Dog on it; but that is a neat: little trick.” I think the baby canoe, As “Tarpon” calls it, attracted as much notice as all the other craft im the harbor. At night there was an old-fashioned southern country dance, and I ought to have been there. But 1 had been on my feet or in the canoe’ frum early dawn until sundown, and was so tired that even the attractive strains of “Money Musk and Fisher's hornpipe could not induce me to paddle ashore again, And ‘‘Tarpon,” who rather wanted to take in the dance, finally ugreed that the more sensible | course was to get a powerful cup of tea, turn in for un all-night watch be- low, and be on hand for an early start to Big Pass in the morning, where we are to anchor or moor near the clean beach for a day or two, gather shells on the outer beach, and shoot snipe, ployer and sickle-billed curlew to our hearts’ content, with a possible chance at roseate spoonbills, And so with the distant fiddles squeaking faintly on our ears, we take tither side of the after house and sink to sleep under the shadow of the standing lug, to dream of Big Pass, Little Pass, the Fishery and other spots we propose to visit on this, the trial cruise of the Nessmuk, For that is the name that fioats from her truck in bright scarlet letters. A compliment for which 1 am indebted to Mrs, 8, D, Kendall, who worked the same with her own deft hands before she had ever seen me. May she live to paddle her sixteen-pound canoe long after 1am gathered in. NrssMUK. FROM TOLUCA SOUTH. HFORE beginning to tell the details of a perhaps un- eventful mountain ride, if is but just to give one or two friendly warnings. First, this recital bids fair to be very instructive, a thing repellant to minds of an independent turn. Then, probably, others who have been before me have given all possible in- formation of this country and this people. Humboldt, in particular, whose genius for detail is so great that if he had facilities for publishing we should now doubtless be well ac. quainted with all the peculiar features of the next world— Humboldt, { repeat, has passed this way, I console my- self by thinking that others like myself know of the great man by repute, but have never read his works. Then, again, as I go along I shall often be forced to use many names that convey little or no meaning to the foreign ear. The Mexican idiom has left, eyen in dying, deep marks on the language of fhe country, Names of familiar and domestic objects are often derived from Indian words, and names of places almost always have this origin. Some of these words, such as Almoioya, are soft and liquid, while’ other towns, such as ‘Tesealteclan and Ixtlahuaca, tangle the unpracticed tongue. “Their uneouth names of prehistoric mould, Clinking like hammers in an age of stone.” One thing more and I begin. You must expect no exact measurements. Those who try to give just measure are liable to be corrected, This unpleasant thing happens to scientific men of the first rank every day. but one can’t be critical about a humble guess. The most captious person would waste his pains at this as muchas if he were trying to spoil a defective egg. At Toluca, the capital of the State of Mexico, not remark- able for anything except its beautiful market, | found my- self in June, 1785—perhaps it was 1885. A century more or less does not-make much difference in Toluca. The market is along paved building, with four rows of short stout pillars running lengthwise. The roof in the cen- ter is paneled in brick red. On each side of this paneling, between the two middle lines of pillars and the two side lines, there are glass skylights, and then solid roof again from the flanking pillars io the outer walls. The whole is painted in simple striking designs, and is not only good in itself, but all the more welcome for being unexpected. | . Tf you haye to buy a hatin Mexico you will find that a head that at home is small will yet surpass the size of the native head, To compensate for the small hat band there is a wide brim and a lofty crown. In the evening, on entering a cheap café to hear some very fine music played on instruments of the nature of the guitar, it was explained to me that there are three grades of harsh alcoholic drinks distilled from cane juice. The best is ‘‘cata- lan.” Itis said that if you hold a glass of cataian to your ear you can hear the contents hum. It is possible one might hear the glass hum after emptying it of liquor; but the other statement is exaggerated. Next in grade comes ‘‘resacado,” while at the bottom of the series stands a still coarser drink whose name I forget. After thus sounding the resources of the town, I set to work to buy three horses; one for myself, one for my effects and one for the mozo who was to take care of them. It needed both patience and decision to select, among the ani- mals offered, those least bad. I bought a little, skinny roan, with eyes like a rabbit’s bulging far out, and seeing more than he eyer spoke about, for a pack horse, Trescued a gray mare from sacrifice in the bull ring for iny man to mount, and for myself got a black, large and sleek with a good character and an easy jog. I will vot tell the price of the stud for fear you should think the animals contemptible. Some such suspicion lurked in my mind at first. Still, to give you a rough notion, you may know that, after subtracting the cost of my cavalcade, saddles and all, from a hundred dollars, there was a pleasing remainder, In one point only was I deceived. My own charger, whose pace was as swift and pleasant as a mule’s, proved to be foundered. His legs were limber and his gait graceful, and he did not show his disease until he got to climbing moun- tains, when his respiration rose to near two hundred and fifty pants a minute, and his progress srew slow in inverse proportion. _ My mozo, Gumecindo, was not a packer by profession. Indeed, he turned out to know nothing of that delicate art. He began his service with the seeming intention of being 2 patronizing if incompetent adviser. His manners were very grand and his tone a condescending chant. It needed, how- ever, only a blunder or two with the ropes and a little neg- lect of the horses to alter our relations seriously, His aris- focratic bearing would fade, and only freshen again when healing time allowed him to forget the past. -Yet the poor fellow made me half ashamed of myself on one occasion. For the purpose of a flying trip to Tasco I took another boy for guide, and left Gumecindo behind for a day because his horse’s back was sore. Just before we started out Gume- cindo came to me and asked that, in view of the disability of his horse, he might be allowed to accompany us on foot that he might continue to watch over my welfare. Fifty miles on foot over such a. trail! Loading upon the roan a bag of bread and two boxes of ; FOREST AND STREAM. claret, which ought to haye been cheap, but was not, we set out across the valley. After a time we began skirting the yolcano and soon rose among the pines. The voleano, called, according to a geography I carried, Xinantecatl or “the naked man” by the ancients, is somewhere about 14,000 feet high. On one side of its ridgy crest snow is always to be seen. Its fires have long been dead and in their place two sheets of clear water fill the old craters and send down their overflow to freshen the lands on every side, ‘Toward Toluca comes a small stream, Two considerable rivers unite at Temascaltepec, and further south, at Tenancingo, the cool waters still come fromthe same source. I was told that the first discoverers of these lakes found there the shat- tered pieces of an old boat with its iron fastenings lying around. Like many other things supposed by the people to be relics of the ancient races, the remains spoken of in this story must really have been of Spanish origin, for iron was unknown before their coming. ' Up in the forest woodchoppers were at work cutting and fashioning lumber. The axe is a queer instrument not more than three inches broad at the blade and nearly a foot long; but, clumsy as itis, it is well handled, and excellent results are got. Trains of Indians passed laden with burdens, Most of the loads were put in a device called a ‘‘huacal.”’ This-is an osier cage some three feet high and two feet wide and deep. Usually the ‘thuacal’ is divided into two or three stories. The lower floor is perhaps crowded with live hens, then there will be a compartment full of ecos, with an assortment of fresh vegetables, or new crockery on top. The carriers get their stock together and set out on a long tramp, so timing their start as to get to some town on the day of the week consecrated to the ‘‘plaza” or public market, Then they sell their cargo and walk back, Tt was rainy and cold when we got to a straggling settle- ment called Meson Viejo. The roofs looked leaky, but we could get no further that night, so we took our chances and were happily dry. There are four principal kinds of roof in this part of the country. First there are the red tiles, half cylindrical in form. These are laid overlapping, first in rows with the concave side up, and then, over the edges of these, in rows with the conyex side up. The effect is both good for shelter and attractive to look at; loved equally by the artist and the practical man. At the other end of the series is the thatch roof of grass or palm leaves, set with a steep slant, dirty, in- effective and used only in the poorest houses, Between these extremes are the roofs made of ‘‘tejamaniles,” These are long shingles, perhaps six inches wide by three feet in length. I think what we call shakes are about the same thing, ‘Te- jamaniles” are fastened either by boring holes and driving in lonvg wooden pins which are left uncut (so that your roof looks like a great harrow slightly tilted), or by the simpler method of weighting the roof with stones. The roofs at Meson Viejo were loaded with stones. It looked as if anew Deucalion had been scattering the seed, and the classic par- allel was made more striking by the great number of infant Indians that seemed to haye sprouted under the thick strewn rocks, The next day, after going over some hilly etenee we got to Temascaltepec, in the edge of the mineral belt, for here little ore is found either on the Tolucan peak or its higher spurs. On the lower ranges that lie between here and the coast are the principal mines of this and the adjoining dis- tricts. Tt would, of course, be indelicate and perhaps uninterest- ing ina mining expert to tell “‘the secrets of the prison house” and other professional matters. In these I keep dis- creet silence, but the town has other features which repay attention, We have got low enough now for the tropic sum to show its influence. Up the steep sides of the barranca, just below where the two rivers flow together, wide banana groves wave their great leaves. Coffee trees are planted among the bananas, giving fine fruit and yielding good re- turns. Corn here as elsewhere, is the main stay of the people, and it is striking to see what ungrateful soils are tilled. As little manure is used, the fields have to rest long in fallow, but, with this exception, the cultivation is close, Side hills a man can hardly climb, and which only the ox reared in the mountains can plow, are green with corn. I have seen, in limestone regions, fields so full of boulders you could scarce see the soil, and yet between the rocks stood the withered cornstalks of last year’s harvest. Nor is there any lack of necessary attention to growing crops. There is care- ful system on the contrary. While the stalks are short enough for the ox yoke to pass over, there is frequent ploughing, and after that the ground is hoed, The wooden pioughs of the country are effective in light soils. They do not turn the furrow over as a mold board does but they stir deeply. Even the antique style of threshing by driving cattle and horses over the grain does not turn out so badly as one would think. Another sign of the careful use of the Jand is the extent of the “‘rozas,” the burned over clearings on the mountains, where only a crop or two can be raised, after which the land lies idle till another growth of brush is ready for another burning. You will often see a distant range checkered over clear to the summit with the bare Squares of former “‘rozas.” Among the fruits that are unusual with us comes first the “zapote.” The tree is larger than any walnut I ever saw, open and airy, and the fruit is about the size of a large pear, Inside are two or three pits that together take up as much room as a turkey’s egg, The meat of a ripe zapote is soft and sweetish; neither dry nor juicy, but of that consistency ee fibrous custard which is met with in so many tropic ruits. : Then you have the ‘‘aguacate.’” On a tree not unlike a small chestnut grow dark green spheroids about the dimen- sions of an ayerage potato. Aguacates, too, have large stones, and besides have a tough rind, Between the two lies an oily pulp which goes far to replace butter. It is just the thing for salads, Further south is the land of the “mamey.” ‘These have the shape of a small cocoanut, four to stx inches long, a rough, brown skin, and the usual enormous seeds. The flesh is hke a pumpkin pie. Good mameys remind you of good pies and bad mameys of poor pies, but the comparison is quite exact throughout. An intelligent friend told me that it took four years for the mamey to develop from the flower to the ripe fruit. This may be so in unfavorable places, but in hot land a few months only are needed. There are two kinds of wild cherries here, highly prized. “Capulin,” a red berry growing on a large tree, and ‘‘nan- anche,” a yellow berry, on a much smaller tree. Both have the astringent taste of our choke cherries, and have hardly more juice. A day’s ride from Temascaltepec led us over a high divide and down into the plain where Almoloya stands. On the 3 mountain here, as in many other places where the rock ig soft, the trail was so deeply worn in spots that a horseman could not see over the sides of the banks, Near the towns, too, the roads were often paved for along way. Of course I do not mean that a wagon could be driven on such pave- ments, So steep and rough were they sometimes that one could only ride down with great. danger to his horse’s legs; still if shows that great labor has been spent, where necess- sary, in preserving the scanty lines of travel the country owns. On the roads called by courtesy ‘‘caminos reales,” royal or main roads, you meet many solid masonry bridges connecting paths little better than cattle trails. Probably much of this work was done by forced Indian labor, The odious methods of the present government in that regard show too clearly what the past musf have been. When the roads now need repair, the local magnate sends to the lead- ing men of some Indian village, bidding them do the job or go to jail. Not only are the poor creatures paid nothing, but they are not even supplied with tools. They are forced to cut stakes, and, hardening the pointed ends by charring them in the fire, get on as best they can with these miserable makeshifts, As you ride through the level land toward Almoloya, you find, for a wonder, that the villages and churches stand a little way off the main road. All the fertile bottom seems to be utilized; grain and corn growing right up to the walls of the houses. Almoloya. was full of festal visitors when we rode in. There was no room either for man or beast, and we went on to a little store at the hacienda of Los Arcos. Here we had various fortune. We were treated first to “té limon,” a drink made out of a kind of grass. There are three principal kinds of herb teas here in use. 'Té limon is cultivated in gardens and dried. When steeped it has a flavor that reminds one of lemon verbena. Then you have “té yerba buena,” made by steeping while green a plant that resembles mint, The infusion, however, has hardly any taste at all; ‘‘té del monte,” made from the dried leaves of a wild bush, is better than either of these, and the three varieties, called from the colors of their flowers red, purple and white, are prized in the order named. Sometimes a tea is made from green orange leaves. To my palate hot water is more agreeable. To compensate for the pleasures of ‘‘té limon,” we were at Los Arcos infested with pigs. Of all God’s creatures, I most loathe a pig. Dead pigs, like dead Indians, may have their good points, but for the living my sentiments are little better than those of a Jew. Their snuffling, grunting, and the slobbering smack of their filthy chops arouse in me a feeling of dislike. Most of the pigs at Los Arcos, though living in the parlor during the day, retired to a separate room to sleep. Two or three favored ones, however, kept going the rounds for hours after the others had gone torest, Asa measure of protection I gathered a pile of firewood, laid it near my hand and discharged this artillery at every grunt I heard in the darkness. At last we had peace. My kindly host, though perhaps pained at the ill-treatment of their pets, wished me all sorts of good fortune the next morning, and I, far from complaining, pocketed my pig grievance and answered with Castilian punctilio to their graceful compli- ments. One thing I forgot to say about Temascaltepec, viz., that the withers of the hoarses were there badly bitten by bats, We vuarded carefully against this misfortune for the future, and it did not occlir again, And now one day more Of Mountain travel and we reach the town of Zacualpan. On the road I saw the only wild animal, with the exception of one small deer, that I met dur- ing the trip. He was the size and shape of a fox, both as regards the head, the tail and the body, but his color, instead of bemg rufous, was of a steely gray. The natives cal] the animal a “‘cacomistli.” The town of Zacualpan cannot be hid. Itis set on the very summit of alofty hill. It makes one tired merely to see the steepness of the streets, and a Mexican there on a visit told me he got quite foundered in going to his sleeping place. He was lucky, however, to find any place to stay. Though the town is large, so few people come there that ouly the casual kindness of heart of some benevolent citizen Tescues a stranger from the street. It was not till we en- joyed the hospitality of the hacienda in the ravine below that we were in any position to judge of the advantages of the country. The mountains around are bored and burrowed into on every side. Immense amounts of labor have heen done, and you hear tales of several old-time miners who fook many millions in silver from the ground only to end in aged help- less poverty. Now we draw near the State of Guerrero. The road to Tasco is one of the most beautiful paths a man need wish to see. Almost all the way you ride through the shade of oak forests, More than thirty kinds of oak are said to grow here, but they do not have the rugged look of their English cousins. Crowded close together, they shoot up tall and nearly as straight as pines. Orchids and trailing mosses drape and swathe the trunks and branches, and ever and again you catch glimpses of the red boles of writhing mad- roiios hung with tattered bark. From the lofty ridge of the Mount of Temptation, at a place called the Devil’s Balcony, whence you can see, if not all the kingdoms of the earth, at all events a great expanse of republican land, the traveler looking east is faced by the tall crest of the Tolucan voleano. The twins of Puebla, the White Woman and the Smoking Mountain, rise above the line of the range further to the right, and on clear mornings, before the heated air begins to shimmer, you can see the faint-drawn, sharp point of Orizaba piercing the southern sky and ending the line of sleeping fire. As the ride draws to a close you pitch down a long de- scent. At first a few churches to the right catch your atten- tion, and you think half an hour will bring you to the town, Then you see a settlement nestled on the slope far across the valley and your hopes of a speedy arrival are chilled. Ona sudden you turn a point of rocks and the red towers of the tall, narrow-chested facade of the cathedral rise before you with such a determined front that you stop half startled, This is Tasco beyond a doubt. The town now lives mainly on memories of the past. In the cathedral hangs a portrait, beneath contempt in execu- tion, with a writing below that tells the reader that Don José Borda built the church out of gratitude for divine fayors shown him in the getting of wealth, The outside of the building is not all in good taste, but was clearly costly. The fine red stone was brought from far, and is elaborately carved to the top of the bell towers. Statues jn the same stone are clustered around, giying an almost confusing effect of detail. The nave is high and narrow. The belfries much higher and, instead of tapering, swell slightly as they go up, _ tory work. ~ fleas.” As you look down from the trail, the dominating mass of the structure seems to be crushing the back of the crouching town. Inside all is tawdry; rude wooden angels with puffy cheeks painted and gilded as if bound to a ball. On each side of the door hang’ numbers of offerings to various local divinities. I say ‘‘local” because, although all bear the names of ‘‘Nuestra Sefiora,” or ‘Nuestro Senor,” those titles are qualified and limited often to some small village, so strong is the survival of pagan thought. . The offerings consist mainly in small oil paintings of “moving accidents by flood and field,” of scenes of illness deemed mortal, in most cases with a cross ora Virgin ap- pearing 1n one corner framed in a glowing cloud. Absurd daubs nearly always, with legends below telling, with ill- spelled simplicity, some story of rewarded faith. In a church in Tenancingo, which had, by the way, the best pictures I have seen in the country, hung, among other little squares of canvas, one picturing two riders and a pack mule a good deal embarrassed by high water. It was a sample taken at random, and I give the legend as it stood for the instruetion of those who care to decipher the faulty Spanish: En 6 de Otubre de 1805 allandose en peligro dela bida Dan José juaquira destrado y su moso pedre franco en las orillas de Samoro 4 dias por agua y in bocando a Na Se del Calvario ia) tenancingo y al St de Chalma saliron libres a quienes dedica este. “On the 6th of October, 1805, Don José Juaquira Destrado and his servant Pedro Franco, finding themselves in danger of their lives for four days, by reason of floods, on the bor- der,of Samoro, and invoking ihe aid of our Lady of Calvary of Tenancingo and our Lord of Chalma, escaped unhurt. To them he dedicates this.” [ haye spoken of the picture of Borda. Let me say a few words about his life, more wonderful than romance. J. oseph Laborde was a poor Frenchman, who many years ago came hither. He began mining; worked in many different States and on many different veins. The records are said to show that, as a consequence either of luck, skill or instinet, he took from the ground over two hundred millions of dollars of bullion. In Tlalpujahua alone the ‘‘Borda” mine (for the Spaniards had altered the original name to suit their tongue) gave over thirty millions, Tasco shows as large an output, and Zacatecas and other States must make up the remainder. Laborde fancied that he had a mission from God to put these hidden treasures into the hands of men. It was also a part of his mission to further the cause of the church. Of the many temples he built to God, the cathedrals Tlalpujahua and Tasco are the most considerable. But he did not confine himself to building, He founded colleges, he edu- cated armies of priests, he provided rich vestments and sacred vessels. On one occasion when Laborde was ruined by the long barrenness of his mines (for he was not without reverses), the Archbishop.of Mexico gave back to him a ‘‘cus- todia” or box for holding the consecrated host, which Laborde had had made at the cost of a hundred thousand doliars. Selling this he got money to keep on.and at last found again his lost bonanzas. At the endths died poor, having devoted so much wealth to pious uses that his family were left in need. ; Tasco, though shorn of its fommer glory, still has claims to respect. Water is brought,ffom the Righer mountains in an acqueduct built by Laborde, aad throuzh its masonry pipe goes growling and rumbling down the steep incline. One conduit leads to aloug stome tank where the women ratherto wash clothes, auother to a public horse bath, also of stone, and slalj other strexms flow to the fountains and basing im the square. The pavements are Jaid in patterns, hard black pebbles being used to make the design or a name ov date as it happens. Food, if you get it, is cheap. My meals, which were the most luxurious the place afforded, cost me fifteen cents apiece. The boy who served as guide dined with me, and it was curious to watch him at table. For a moment he eyed the unusual apparatus of knife and fork with distrust. His mind was soon made up. Bravely and without embarrassment he knocked a hole in his eggs and sucked them. Then he carved his fried potatoes and chicken and what not with his fingers, and did very satisfac- My sleep was bad owing to foreign invasion. In the morning | reproached the landlady with the plentitude of bedbues; but she soon conyinced me that I was mistaken, “For,” she said, ‘‘the room next fo yours, which is locked, is the one that is full of bedbugs. Here there can be only H. G. Duxoe. [TO BE CONCLUDED. | alatuyal History. Address all comnvunications to the Forest and Stream Publish- ing Co, NIGHT HAWKS NESTING. HE night hawk (Caprimulgus virginianus Kirtland) has within a few years made a new departure here in locat- ingits nest. I cannot say nest building, as I have never met with its eggs protected by stick, straw, or material of any kind whatever. Six years ago I found a pair nesting on the tin roof of a public building in the heart of the city. The eggs, two in number, were laid by the upper side of a chimney; a fortunate choice of place, as the rain would quickly drain off, and the eggs, if undisturbed, were safe from a roll into the gutter. Three pairs of these birds now nesting on a slate roof of a prominent building thirty rods from where I am writing have given me, during the season, a fine opportunity of watching their maneuvers. They arrived the 30th of April, and for several days made merry over the place as if uncer- tain about choosing the location. By the 6th of May and afier this date they might be seen about 5 P, M., rising from the roof together as it were at the word go! and cutting an- tics and gyrations that would do credit to any bird on the wing; in fact, I know of no other bird that can excel him in flight, the albatross or frigate bird even, I doubt, can more than equal him on or with the wind in rapidity of flight or aerial maneuvers. Until long after dark these flights are maintained seemingly for amusement, perhaps for the enter- tainment of the partners that are caring for the eggs below. When the moon is full, the wellknown speck, speek, can be heard at all hours of the night and often after the sun is well up in the east. The number of nocturnal insects destroyed by these birds must be enormous, judging from the appear- ance of the young. Ihave met with many of them and al- ar FOREST AND STREAM. arrival noted is April 25, and my latest May 12. The birds ways found them featherless and fatter than any other callow bird it has been my fortune to observe. Their rapid and irregular flight makes them a difficult mark for the young sportsman to practice on, as he never fails to make a target of them when the opportunity offers. Ican now under- stand the object for which this bird was created. Last summer, while walking through the grounds of the Lake View Cemetery, I found a nest of this bird on a barren knoll not fifty feet from the main drive and foot, way. Step- ping to the spot the bird only left after receiving a careful push of my foot, she mounted quickly high into the air in a manner that spoke of no immediate return. While examin- ing the two eggs as they lay on the bare sand, the bird sud- denly made her appearance, flying close to my head as though to attack, then tumbled to the ground to roll and perform all the antics common to the ground-nesting species. We left the bird covering her nest and learned subsequently from the guardian of the grounds that she raised her young un- disturbed, for the reason, as he remarked, ‘no one else ever discovered the nest, or the eggs would soon haye been gathered up and blowed for some naturalist’s cabinet.” The question is what induced this bird to nest in such an exposed position, the knoll was as clear of grass or other obstruction as a new laid sea beach, and close by hundreds of foot and carriage passengers went daily, It is not uncommon for ruffed grouse, quail and other ground-nesting birds to nest in close proximity to well beaten paths, but in all these cases we find the bird and eggs well concealed by surrounding grass or bushes. Dr. E. STERLING. CLEVELAND, O., July 23. THE BIRDS OF MICHIGAN. BY DR. MORRIS GIBBS. (Continued.) 46. Dendreea corulen (Wils.) Baird.—Cezrulean warbler; blue warbler, A. locally distributed bird. Perhaps common in certain sections, but certainly not abundant throughout the State, Many observers have never taken it, and it is first reported as a bird of Michigan in 1878 by Covert, who later, 1881, in his ‘‘Birds of Washtenaw County,” says of it: ‘‘A very com- mon summer resident; breeds, nesting in the tops of tall trees.” Embraced by but four lists, and only given as a summer sojourner in two catalogues. Dr. Atkins, of Locke, ingham county, is the most northern observer, about 48° north latitude, and he only mentions the finding of three specimens in his twenty-nine years of observations, Mr. Jer- ome Trombley, of Petersburgh, Monroe county, in the ex- treme southeastern portion of the State, gives a very valu- able description of this species in his notes of the warblers of the county, sent. to me, 1881. He says: ‘‘Thisis one of the most abundant of the warblers in this section of Michi- gan. ‘There is near here a piece of heavily timbered land of about ten or twelve acres extent, where I will venture to say there are each year not less than twenty pairs of these birds that. breed. They abound more or less in all of the woodlands of Monroe, Wayne, Washtenaw and Lenawee counties, They appear from the south from the first to the sixth of May. It may be truly said to be a wood-inhabiting species, as I have never, in all my observations, seen more than a dozen speci- mens outside ot the woods. During the time they remain here they haunt the tops of the tallest trees, and while feed- ing seldom descend nearer than twenty or thirty feet of the ground, While nesting, they necessarily come to the ground after building materials, and this is the best time to secure specimens, They are very shy and suspicious at all times, ‘and difficult of approach, a habit which, as is well known, is contrary to the nature of the greater portion of the true wood warblers. They usually begin nesting soon after their arrival here, of about the 15th to the 20th of May. The situation of the nest is different from all the authentic accounts which have ever come to my knowledge. Audubon describes it as being placed in alow tree or bush and partly pensile. In Vol. IV., No. 1, Nutt. Orni. Bull., is an article on the ‘‘Nest and Eggs of Cerulean Warbler,” by J. A. Allen, in which is given the record of three nests. One nest situated sixty feet from the ground more nearly accords with all those I have seen in thissection. All of my nests were not less than forty feet up, and from that to seventy-five feet from the ground, and invariably placed on the upper side of a branch, generally a fork formed by smaller limbs shooting up from the main branch. ‘The first nest 1 discovered was forty-five feet from the ground, in a basswood, and contained eggs just ready to hatch; the next was built in a maple, all of fifty feet up, on a branch, and contained four fresh eggs. Another nest was quite seventy-five feet from the ground, in an ash, and placed at the extremity of a small limb. All the nests agree in size and construction with those described in the Bulletin. The outside is composed of fine dry grass, strings from plants, caterpillars’ silks, spiders’ web, and an oceasional shred of moss and bits of inner bark. The lining is composed wholly of fine strips of the reddish outer down of fern stalks. One of the nests is covered on the outside with afew grayish lichens. The nests are about of a size, measuring 2% inches outside, by 2 inches inside diameter, and 12 inches in height externally by 14 inches inside. The eggs are dull white with a faint yellowish tinge. The mark- ings are small spots, specks and blotches of a reddish brown, the bulk being disposed about the greater end. The meas- urements are, averaged, .60x.48 of an inch. The cerulean warbler remains until about the 25th of September, and by Oct. 1 they have all disappeared.”// My experience with this species is extremely limited, having only met with it on one occasion. On May 11, 1884, I shot a fine male which was singing ina small tree near the banks of the river in a low woods. The song was tree-iree-tree-tree-lree-r'ce-2weecee, and. quite agreeable. The bird was active in its motions and ap- peared a typical warbler. 47. Denaro —pennsylnnien (Linn.) Baird.—Chestnut- sided warbler. In the early days of ornithology in America, this bird was considered scarce by some of our best writers, and though since then it has become abundant, it is frequently, at least in sections of Michigan, so irregular in its movements and choice of summer haunts, that during some seasons it Is quite a rarity, lt is a peculiar species in its choice of a summer residence, and from its decidedly irregular migra- tions, we may expect it to become rare or abundant without apparent reason each summer. i r My first acquaintance with it was in 1878, when it ap- peared May 9. The following season it appeared on the same date. These dates of arrival are a little later than the average, as sihey are-usually here by May 5. My earliest ; a [Tony 80, 1885 sing on their appearance or soon after, and continue the re- frain until July 15, after which a sound rarely escupes them for some weeks, excepting the call notes, but again in late August I have frequently heard the simple song. The com- mon song is: Che che che che che wee wee weo wee, sometimes choo a choo a che che 6 wee 0 wee wee, rapidly uttered. Another song, not so often heard, is difficult to express in syllables, It goes something like this: sis tsis tsis tsis chee ah. The first part of the song ‘s/s is sometimes only repeated twice or thrice, again fiye or six times, the notes being nearly of one key, while the last part of the song is varied, the first sylla- ble being higher than the end note. It is essentially a bush warbler, confining itself to low trees and bushes, being seldom seen in the tops of trees, Speci- mens are taken from the tops of the tallest trees, but as a rule only during migration, as they usually remain in thick- ets and bramble patches. While nesting it is more com- monly found among thick clumps of bushes, often near the edges of streams, but occasionally on high Jand, preferring the outskirts of the forest for its haunts, Most nests have come to my notice in low land among elm and ash woods in half cleared sections, where the raspberry and blackberry bushes have formed thick bramble patches. In favorable seasons a good many nests can be taken in an acre of briers, and I recall two years, when at least thirty nests were dis- covered. But the birds are quite scarce now, and few eggs have been taken since 1878 in parts of Michigan that I have visited. This season I have not seen a half dozen birds, but next year they may appear as abundant as formerly, The nests are usually placed from three to four feet from the ground, sometimes a nest is taken all of six feet up, and many nests have come to my notice from a foot to two feet above the ground. These low nests were generally built on top of a recumbent raspberry bush, A common place for the nest is in a small-forked ash or elder. A few dates may give a fair idea of the time for nesting: 1874—June 1, two nests, four fresh eggs each; 1877—May 27, incubation began; June 8, young two days old; 1878—May 25, three eggs nearly hatched. . The nests are quite durable in their make-up, and though one is occasionally taken which is rather loose in con- struction, most of them are quite firm in build. The body of the nest is composed quite often of coarse grass and small dead stalks, and is lined with finer qualities of the same. This description accords with Nuttall’s, but more nests are - composed of fine bark strippings and grasses, and are lined with hair—often horse hair, he eggs are three or four in number, more often three, but five eggs have been found ina nest. Roughly described, the eggs are small, white, and speckled with red and brown. ‘ The chestnut-sided is acommon species generally and well known. It was known to Sager in 1839, and is reported from all parts of the State, even to our most northern points. The birds depart for the south in numbers by September 15, and are all gone by the 25th of the month. 48. Dendreca castanea (Wils,) Baird. — Bay-breasted Warbler. A rather irregular migrant. Often observed in abundance both in spring and autumn, and again scarcely observed or not seen again during a season, ‘The earliest arrival 1 have noted is May 10, while some seasons no specimens are ob- served until the 20th of the month or even later. It does not remain with us more than a very few days in spring, and is frequently observed only during an afternoon’s walk, The nesting season undoubtedly finds the birds in the extreme northern part of the State. No record of summer captures has appeared, and thus far it is not reported from the Upper Peninsula. Sager, 1839, embraces it, and most of the lists of Michigan birds mention it as a migrant and tran- sient. During the autumnal migrations the birds seem to be as a rule much more common than in spring, appearing in late August and remaining in favorable seasons until September 30. Af this season they are silent but active. I have met with few if any of our warblers which are more active and pleasing in their manners than the baybreast. It is an active insect hunter, and in its movement often appears like a chickadee, rolling around the twigs and flitting about in a restless manner quite amusing. Jt has a most delightful song in the spring, which I have heard but a few times and unfortunately cannot describe. It is vivacious and pleasing, and quite different from the notes of the other warblers. Few notes escape the birds in the fall, and only subdued twitterings are heard. 49, Dendreca_striata (Forst.) Baird.—Blackpoll warbler. Strangely enough this species has never come under my observation, although many rarer members of the family are well represented in my cabinet. However, it cannot be called a common bird in sections in which I have collected. It 1s one of the Jast migrants to arrive and is frequently not seen till after May 20. It is pronounced a transient in the various lists of birds of the lower peninsula, but is recorded by Cabot, 1850, and Kneeland, 1856, of the upper peninsula, but is not given as a summer resident of them. Sager, 1839, does not embrace it. In its movements it is described as being similar to the baybreast, and like that species is irreg- ular in its appearance and distribution during migrations. It is observed in the southern part of our State during late ugust and September. a Daan blackburnie (Gm.) Baird.—Blackburnian warbler. ‘ ; An abundant migrant and known to all collectors in the lower peninsula, recorded by Cabot, 1850, in the northern peninsula. In the past month of June, during a trip among the islands and in various parts of the northern portion of our State, I looked in vain for the orange-throated warbler, although many species usually found in company with it during summer were abundant. This is one of those birds which has a reputation of going to the north to breed, but which I believe breeds abundantly in all suitable localities north of 48°, and frequently as far south as 42°. It is quite abundant in Southern Michigan during some springs, and again is really scarce, a peculiarity shared to a greater or less extent by many members of the family, and perhaps to be accounted for on the principle of a change in the migrating routes. I have yet to see a list, with the exception of Covert's, which embraces it as a summer resident, but the fact never- theless exists that it is in many quarters really common dur- ing June and July, and the discovery of two nests is fair evidence of its nesting south of 43°. ; The blackburnian warbler reaches us occasionally by April 24, being one of our earliest arrivals in this family, In late seasons it oceasionally does not make its appearance until the 10th of May; but such late arrivals are unusual, The birds are generally common by May 5, and are observed flashing their brilliant throats among the budding trees from the early hours of morning to dusk. Tamaracks are favorite v _ trees of this bird, and they may be found with almost abeo- lute certainty in the swamps during the first three weeks of f May. Timbered lands are also favorea locations, while _ shade trees in cities and the various fruit trees in orchard and garden are often chosen. The blackburnian is a lively _ bird, almost constantly on the moye, and he must indeed hea poor collector who fails to secure one of these bright-colored birds in a day’s tramp in spring, In 1878 I became satisfied _ that the birds nested in Kent and Ottawa counties, but sought. in vain for the eggs. While noting the songs of our warblers in the spring of 1880 I became familiar with the pleasing song of this species, and was surprised at the number of birds I heard in the thick-foliaged trees in Montcalm county. A little later in the season, a number of females were observed carrying materials for nests, but none of these were found, owing to the density of the foliage. In 1881, Benjamin F, Syke secured a nest in a tall and slender tamarack tree in a small swamp in Kalamazoo county. It was about forty feet from the ground, situated on a slender upward angling limb four feet from the trunk, and contained four eggs and an egg of the cowbird. Incu- bation had advanced to about the third day. The nest was quite dense in structure, composed externally of small tam- arack twigs held firmly in form by milk weed (Aselepias) bark. Internally the principal material is horse hair, also finé roots and woody fibers in its lining, and it very much re- sembles inside, in form and appearance, the chipping spar- row’s nest, but is somewhat deeper. Externally, however, if does not resemble any nest that [have met with. The following season in early June, the same collector secured a second nest in woods of the same nature, the structure being placed in a tamarack about thirty-five feet from the ground on asmall crotching limb next the body of the tree. In make-up the nest was like the first, with the exception that it contained more roots in the base, and hardly any horse- hair lining, It contained three fresh eggs. : Tn addifion to the several sylvicoline chirps and minor notes, this species has a song of-considerable vivacity which is quite characteristic. The song may be described by the syllables Chewh-cheah, deedle-deedle-deedle, uttered in an ener- getic manner,and is very agreeable. Thesinger is often located with difficulty. [ have never heard the song earlier than May 22 and do not think the birds are tuneful on their ar- Tival, but only after the females arrive, which occurs some days after the appearance of the more gaudy males, and the mating is taking place. I have never heard the song in autumn and judge that, like most of the birds of the family, they are silent, with exception of the callnotes. In Southern Michigan the blackburnian again becomes abun- dant in September, although a few appear Jate in August. ‘They do not all leave us for the south until late September. 51. Dendreca dominica albilora Baird. — ite-br yellow-throated warbler, | Never common in localities in which I have collected, and if is not reported as abundant by any authority, Mr. Jerome B, Trombley, of Monroe county, in the extreme southeastern part of the State, writes me that the birds, although rare summer résidents there, are still seen in such numbers that the habits may be observed. In his quarter it is one of the earliest arrivals of the warblers, occasionally appearing by April 20. Its favorite haunts are in the wooded bottom lands along the Raisin River, where they confine themselves to the tops of the huge sycamores which skirt the banks. The song is quite loud and spirited, and can be heard ata distance of three or four hundred yards. Some anthors state ‘that it resembles that of the indigo bird, and others that it may be likened to the black and white creepers. According to my experience the song is a very characteristic one, and bears no resemblance to anything I have ever heard. It may be expressed by the syllables tee-o tlee-e tee-o tow-tee, accented on the syllable tee, and with a rising inflection on the final syllable te. "This song is repeated at intervals of ten or fifteen seconds, and kept up for an hour or more. For several years in succession I searched long and dili- gently for a nest, scanning the tall treetops in vain, Finally I observed a bird alight on the trunk of a tree with building material in its mouth. In a few moments it flew toa partially formed nest near the extremity of a small horizontal limb in a tall sycamore not less than sixty feet from the ground, and at least twenty feet from the trunk, This discovery was made May 15,1880. By the use of a field glass I watched the female at work on the nest which she completed and oc- cupied. The birds depart for the south in late September, and hy Oct. 10 all have disappeared. I can add nothing to Mr. Trombley’s remarks except to verify his description of the location of the nest. One nest came under my notice in late May which was built in a tail sycamore, which grew on the bank of the river, and it was situated on a small limb at some distance from the trunk. The inaccessible nest which I found was in 42° 20’ north and is the northernmost record in our State. My first specimen was shot May 10, 1877, and one was taken as late as Sept. 2(, 1878. The whitebrow is not recorded by any of the older lists, and was first brought forward in a list, in my catalogue of 1879. It is fair to judge that its northern range is limited, and we may consider 43° or 44° as its boundary with us, Mr. W. H, Collins has taken it twice, spring and autumn, near Detroit. Contrary to its habit of keeping in the tops of tall trees and far from the habitation of man, a.speci- men was once brought me which was found fluttering about in a grocery store in the evening in September. It was a mature specimen. &2, Dendreca virens (Gmel.) Baird.—Black-throated green warbler, A well-known, cheerful, abundant species. A transient in the extreme southern part of the Lower Peninsula, but a summer resident north of 42°, and abundant as we go further north. It is occasionally irreguiar in its appearance. In 1884 I did not see a specimen until after May 11, although one day, in what should have been the height of their migra- tion, we walked ten miles in sections usually chosen by them. Itis generally well distributed, however, and quite regular in movements. The earliest arrival noted by me in Southern Michigan is April 23, but one season they did not appear until May 4, The ayerage arrival may be placed at April 29 or 30. Thesubject of this sketch has a preference for the tops of the trees while with us, and I think it is oftener shot by mistake by collectors mistaking it for some rarer species than any other member of the genus. It is small and on its appearance silent, and frequently excites the ornithologist’s attention by its active movements in the treetops when it is shotin haste. It is rarely heard to sing before May 15, and usually at not so early a date, unless the season is an ad- vanced one and the birds in their nesting haunts. It is not often musical during migrations, and only the late stragelers are heard in the fully-foliaged trees. It may prove that it remains during summer in the extreme southern part of our — much as an ordinary ‘‘setting” hen. FOREST AND STREAM, State, but such a record has not reached me, and as yet I haye not observed it south of 48° during June or July. In Kent and Ottawa counties the birds often build, while in more uorthern parts it appears as a very common summer resident. On Mackinaw Island and in the northern penin- sula I observed it as very abundant. This species is omitted by only two of the State or sec- tional lists now before me, and is evidently one of our widely distributed warblers. The song is very pleasing, and though short and inclined to become monotonous in deep pineries or cedar swamps, when a great many birds are constantly heard, it is nevertheless agreeable in its intonation, and al- ways listened to with feelings of pleasure. The notes may be described by the syllables zoot-zoot, toodle-dee, perhaps the syllable zwee would describe the first part of the song better, but as one accustoms his ear to certain sounds, the changes which he makes from time to time ag he studies the notes become fewer, until finally the song is so firmly im- pressed on his memory that no other series of notes will ap- pear as natural to him excepting those which he has formu- lated in his mind, and which appear as plainly before him on paper as if expressed by tongue. : But to return to the song of tie black-throatod green, it starts in slowly, the first two syllables*being of even key, then drops on the too, higher on dle, and running up to quite a high key on the Jast syllable. The song is oft repeated, and may be heard all day in the thick foliage of the forest without a bird being seen. On its return journey its appearance is first noted during the last of August or early September, while the last birds to depart remain as late as October 5, in pleasant seasons. I have never heard them sing during the fall migrations, and only the peeping call notes are heard in the small flocks in the tops of the trees as they gaily sport among the partially bare limbs. 538. Dendreea kirtlandi Baird—Kirtland’s warbler. A rare irregular straggler in our southern counties. Out of the dozen specimens taken in America our State has rep- resented herself by three birds taken during the last ten years, The only lists recording this bird are Covert’s lists of the birds of the Lower Peninsula. 1878, and birds of Washtenaw county, 1881, my list of 1870, in which his ob- servations were copied, and Stockweil’s list, published in the FOREST AND STREAM several yearsago, Mr, Covert secured two specimens in the town of Scio, one on May 15, 1875, and one May 16, 1879. These captures were duly recorded in the Nutall Ornithological Bulletin. In the Auk of October, 1884, there is also a record of cap- ture in Battle Creek, May 11, 1883 by N. Y. Green, Esa. This bird was incorrectly labeled D. pinus and sent East to a naturalist. There is reason to hope that this species will become commoner within the next few year's as in the case of the Connecticut warbler and others with us. SITTING GROUSE. Editor Forest and Stream: “Special,” in his note to Formst AnD SrRmAM (issue of July 16) goes too hastily to a conclusion. I am _ alto- gether of the opinion of the editor—that the bird which *‘Special” thought the cock bird was in reality the hen which he had first seen. She had tried one means of diverting him from the spot where the chicks were concealed, and that failing, she tried another. Having found that tufts of grass were of no avail, she resorted to stones, It was my fortune this spring to disturb a ruffed grouse hen on her nest at the time when the young were just beginning to hatch, She did not attempt any ‘“‘possum” tricks or pretend to have been in- jured. On the contrary, she spread her wings, raised her ruff, and attacked the stick which I had extended toward the nest with manifestations of the greatest rage, in the mean- time emitting a hoarse, hissing sound, very much like the hiss of the domestic goose. There could be no possible ques- tion as to the sex of the bird, Last summer a hen quail (Ortyx virginianus) was sitting in one of my coops on a nest of eggs of her own laying. This bird, taken wild when full grown, was not especially tame; but if I placed my hand be- side her while sitting she would pick and strike at it very If I pushed her from the nest, she would ruffle her feathers, lower her wings and come toward me, making preparations intimating that she was about to devour me on the spot. Allow me one or two suggestions, which, while they pre- tend to advance nothing new, seem to be pertinent to this matter, At the close of the laying period the female bird (and particularly the females of the wild game birds whose nests are made on the ground, gradually passes into a pecu- liar condition which is indicated, as we say of common poul- try, by a desire to ‘‘set.” The incubating fever which de- velops within a day or two of the incubation is a manifesta- tion of this condition, but it is not all there is of the condi- tion itself. The fever is an effect, not a cause. But it indi- cates a temporary change in the mental actions of the bird which bears about the same relation to its normal status, as does the condition of a man who is fighting drunk with the same man in his usual condition of sobriety. Perhaps the illustration isa little extreme. But as already intimated, this condition seems especially marked in our game birds, and accounts fora great many manifestations which appear to be-and really are at utter variance with the habits and char- acter of the same bird at other times. The game birds are all faithful and persistent sitters and careful and devoted mothers, but their courage or tameness while incubating or with yery young chicks, are transient, not permanent. Thus when even so good an authority as ‘Mignon’ some months ago told us in Forrsy AND STREAM about a hen grouse that was so unusually tame, he also explained the seemiug phe- nomenon by saying that the bird was sitting, although ap- parently he did not take that fact into account at all. It would seem to be a natural supposition that this condi- tion indicated by the incubating fever reaches its culmina- tion shortly after the chicks are hatched, and I venture the opinion that “‘Special,” at the time of which he speaks, dis- turbed the mother of a very young family. JAY BEBE. ToLeno, O,, July 22, 1885. GRAY SQUIRRELS AND CHTPMUNKS.—About three years ago I put a few gray squirrels into a. small grove of oak and pig nut trees, At that time there were a large number of ground squirrels or chipmunks. The gray squirrels have inereased, and often come up to the house for nuts, but the ground squirrels gradually decreased and haye now entirely disappeared. Have the gray driven out the ground squir- tels, or have they deprived them of food and > :sed them 0 emigrate?—Lonea IsLanp, ; Game Bs / he all communications to the Forest dnd Stream Publish- iny Co, 2 A HUNT AROUND THE VINEYARDS. HE deer of Southern California becomes in the autumn, when the leaves and twigs of the chapparal become too old and dry to suit its taste, a great marauder, ravaging far- dens and orchards, and especially vineyards in a manner that is often quite serions. It is especially fond of the white muscat grapes of which the best raisins are made, and some of the most easy and pleasanl hunting now to be had in America is sometimes found in the low hills surrounding a California. vineyard. Where deer are but little disturbed with hunting they go but a little way back from the vineyard- to spend the day, often lying down under some shady brush or rock within plain sight of it. Being well fed during the night, they have little feeding to do during the day, and con- sequently little roaming. Hence their movements are much more regular than when feeding at large in the hills upon the native vegetation; and when the hills are not too rough or brushy, the labor required to find a deer is often reduced to the lowest point possible in deer hunting, while the cer- tainty of a shot rises to the highest point possible in that un- certain amusement. No boy ever knows better when he is doing mischief than this deer does. Hence it visits the vineyard only at night, entering after dark and leaving with the first gray of dawn. Sometimes deer may be shot in the vineyard at night; but they are then so extremely watchful that they can hardly ever be approached unless with fire, as in regular fire-bunting, while lying in wait involves an amount of silence and fre- quent disappointments, that is far more annoying than a vain search in the hills by day. A more certain and pleasant plan for a good hunter is to take in the morning fresh tracks of their departure from the vineyard, and follow them back into the hills where they have gone to spend the day. This generally requires tracking upon bare ground, a thing difficult enough, but on the whole vastly more easy than it is repre- sented by some writers, who would have us believe that the Indian alone can do if, But the strong probability of finding fresh tracks at once and overtaking the deer that made them if you can only follow them more than compensates for all difficulties. One of the most pleasant hunts of this kind that I ever had was at the vineyard of Mr. Maxey, near Bear Valley, in the county of San Diego, California, It covers some twenty acres of bottom land ina little valley surrounded by low hills, forming a perfect amphitheater, of which nearly all parts are visible from the ranch house, a large adobe house of the olden-time standing on the rising ground by a spring upon one side.of the valley, and well filled with comfort, hospitality and good.cheer. On a bright November morning my friend 8. and I left the house after breakfast and went to the vineyard to begin our hunt. Eyerywhere upon the soft ground were abundant tracks of deer;.iratKs of. every night for the past week mingled with many scarcely five howrs eld. Here a deer had sauntered down between two rows of vines without stop- ping, and there one had stopped and eaten halt dozen bunches of grapes before passing on. In the orchard heloy the vineyard havoc was visible upon all sides. Here, still hanging on the trees, were large, luscious Japanese persim- mons from which a whole side had been taken at a single bite, and others lay scattered upon the ground in a still greater state of ruin. Oranges and lemons had been passed, ap- parently in disdain, but the late peaches, pears and apples had suffered, and the twigs of plums, apricots, and other deciduous trees had been freely nipped. Along the edge of both orchard and vineyard were hundreds of fresh footprints where the deer had come in and gone out, some having” jumped the fence of barbed wire, others having crawled under if. One would suppose that at least fifty deer had been in during the night; but we had had enough experience before to cause us to reduce the calculation to a dozen at the most. Some had gone out, played around the adjacent slopes and returned again, and some had passed in and out seyeral times, and all had made many more tracks than were at all necessary. : Starting at the western end of the orchard we made & cir- cuit on the outside of that and the vineyard, so as to find the tracks that it should be most advisable to follow. Three deer, including a large buck, had gone out on the west, but they had gone into a cafion that was quite brushy. As the wind was from the east our chances of a near approach were so slender that we left that trail until afternoon, by which time the wind might have changed. On the south two had gone out. After following these a few hundred yards we found that they too had gone westward, and as ii was quite certain some had gone out at the eastern end of the vineyard we left this trail also on account of the wind. At the eastern end we found that five had gone out—a doe, two large fawns, and two other deer having foot prints a trifle larger than those of the doe. These tracks were well mixed with those of each night for the past week; the ground was well covered with grass about an inch high that the first rains had started, The deer had played about here and there, making all manner of twists and turns, Altogether it was no easy matter to unravel the tangle of trails. We finally followed the trail into the main valley that led from the hills apon that side to the vineyard. At the first branch of this valley the deer had a grand play spell. The fawns especially had jumped and pranced around in all direc- tions, running up the slopes and coming down again with long jumps that tore up the soft ground in long furrows. Then the party had divided, the old doe going up the branch while the fawns went with the other two deer up the main valley. Some two hundred yards beyond this another branch turned southward, Into this the tracks went; and so to onr surprise did the wind. Coming a little from the north of east this wind would be quite sure to follow this branch of the valley, so we had to retreat as hastily as possible in order to make a circuit and get out of the breeze, which would be sure to bear our scent to the deer and alarm them. Retreating down the valley some two hundred yards we ascended the hill on the west side of the little valley into which the decr had gone, so as to be on the leeward side and also be where we could see into the valley. But before we had gone a quarter of a mile the brush became so high, dense and stiff that it was impossible to see anything over it, or get through it without making a noise that would alarm the deer before we could get near enough to them for anything like certainty in shooting, Nothing remained but to back out and go around to the head of the little valley and come 6 FOREST AND STREAM. [Jony 30, 1885, down it, and thus have the wind in our faces, Nearly half a mile away we could see where it ended by branching into several little ravines, with flat-topped ridges between clad with brush, the whole forming alittle brushy basin just below where the rugged hills broke suddenly away into a smooth, grassy table-land beyond. A detour of nearly a mile then brought us to a high rock on the edge of this tableland and there we sat down to take alook, Below us lay the basin well filled with dark green brush over waist high, among which was scattered a goodly assortment of boulders of gray granite. Carefully we scanned every bush and the shade of every rock, and turned a strong opera glass upon every little spot of gray, brown, black or white. Plenty of such spots there were; but one by one they changed under the glass into bits of shade, glimpses of granite through brush, or the skull of some long dead ox looking dimly gray through the fine bright leaves of the lilac or manzanita. The warm wind swept up out of the canon into our faces, bearing with it the voices of the men gathering grapes far away below; but there was no sound of bounding hoofs upon the hard dry ground, nocrack or crash of brush such as are often heard when the deer takes the alarm and starts from his shady bed. Far below, but searcely three-quarters of a mile away, shone the white walls of the ranch house, with the broad vineyard lying in a dense mass of green before it, and beside it the ripening oranges were gleaming through the dark green foliage of the trees. Miles away and thousands of feet below us gleamed a broad silver band beneath the western blue, where the mighty ocean lay sleeping its long summer sleep of peace, while between lay a wild array of tumbling hills, rolling tablelands and valleys, dark with depth. On our right, on our left and behind us lofty mountains loomed through an- tumn’s golden haze, some dark and soft with pine forests, others gray and rugged, being mere piles of boulders be- tween which ragged chapparal and scrubby oaks struggled for existence. And all between, still bright with golden stubbles, Jay broad, sweeping plains and tablelands, rolling skyward in long waves of rich soil covered with yellow grass or scattered live oaks. On any of this our prospects seemed about as good as in the hills before us that Jay around the vineyard. Yet it was certain that the deer had entered this little valley whose branching head lay just before and below us. It was cer- tain that they had not passed out on the side on which we had made our detour or we should have seen their tracks. Nor was it probable that they crossed over into the head of the next valley beyond, for had they intended to go into that one they would have been more apt to enter it by its mouth. That we had neither heard nor seen anything of the game proved nothiog, for deer that live much in brush havea habit of hiding or skulking in it and may lie still or even stand still within fifty yards of a person or sneak quietly off without one’s suspicion of their presence. Jt was quite robable that they were not two hundred yards from us, pane down on the shady side of some little ravine or under some large bush. About one hundred yards below us lay a noble boulder of granite with a smaller one beside it by which we could climb upon it. its top-was bread and fia’ and formed a most templitg place to aud enjoy the view and the breeze if nothing else. i was hardly necessary for me to suggest that ye should transfer ourselves to that boulder, for my Trichu Gad already chosen it as his next resting place. “Now,” said I, as we stretched out upon it, ‘‘let’s make quite a stay here. A deereven when hiding from you often vets uneasy after a while and cannot resist the temptation to have a good look at you. If you sit long enough within view of one, you may finally hear the brush crack, or may see the tips of a pair of ears arise cut of the brush some- where, or a pair of horns perhaps come surging” “That isn’t a pair of horns over there, is it?” he inter- rupted, pointing away on the left. About one hundred and thirty yards upon the left two points some three inches long and twelve inches apart were just yisible above the chapparal, To an untrained eye they might have passed for the ends of dead sticks often seen in such brush, whose weather-beaten ends often look gray and shiny. But there was a peculiar hue and glitter about these points that made them like the face of an old friend dimly caught amid a crowd, while their distance apart and direc- tion left no room for doubt. My rifle was sighted for that very distance, and was a very accurate one, whereas I knew that 8. had not tried his for a long time, and did not know exactly for what point the sights were set. I handed him mine and told him to fire about a foot below the center between the lower ends of the two points. “No,” said he, ‘‘you try them.” There was no time for parley or further interchange of courtesies. At any second the points might disappear, to be seen no more that day. Moreover, it was a difficult shot in- volving too much guess work as to the precise point to strike, and a bead being too small a mark for that distance even if distinctly seen. But firing by guess at the supposed body would have been still worse, as it was impossible to say which way if was standing. Drawing a fine sight a foot or so below the center between the points I fired. What a whirl of gray and white above that distant brush followed the report of the rifle, .as the deer sprang upward and turned around with almost a single motion. Up he came again in a shining curve of gray, his whole outline forming the top of an arch over the brush. Bang went my companion’s rifle and bang went mine, aimed about where 1 thought the glossy hair would descend into the brush, The smoke for a moment rolled across our line of view, then in an instant was swept aside by the breeze, and there just about the place where our deer had disap- peared stood a statue of beamy gray. Now we could see it plainly, for it.stood upon a knoll, perfect in outline with head proudly erect, long, tapering nose and great flaring ears pointed directly at us The bright morning sun shone from its dark iron gray back and glittered on three or four points upon cach horn, a perfect picture of a three-year-old buck, Both rifles rang out almost together, through the smoke we dimly saw another whirl of -white and gray; but before either of us could fire again it was gone, glimmering through the dream of things that ought to be. But in a second more there rose from the brush in a little ravine beyond just such another pair of horns with just such another curve of beamy gray behind them. Again our repeaters poured dire inten- tions upon the scene, but in a moment the gray was once more gone, fading over a ridge amid a maze of brush. But there was no time to think or indulge in speculations or regrets. For scarcely had the brush closed over the slip- pery beauty before a crash of brush about a hundred yards ahead of us made us turn about with something akin to haste. There, surging through the chapparral upon a slope across a deep ravine, were the two fawns, They looked nearly as large as the bucks, as with the gay bound of the mule deer they rose high above the brush from the im- pulse of their springy legs, striking ground with all four feet at once, and bouncing from earth again as though it was an India rubber cushion, Now witha Jon jump to one side, then with a short jump to the other side, rising ever high in air with all four feet grouped beneath them ready to beat the ground simultaneously with a heavy thump as they descended, the fawns sped swiftly away. Ball after ball tore up the dirt around, above and below, and hissed and sang through the air beyond, until they suddenly wheeled and plunged into a little ravine filled with brush. Just ahead of them a big wildcat was running, evidently under the impression that he had fallen on dangerous times. As he reached the top of the slope he yielded to the tempta- tion to stop and sce what was the cause of the uproar, evidently having been started by the noise only, He sat upon his haunches with brindle back turned toward us and turned his gray face backward over his shoulder. Ina second more the cat_and the dry dirt beneath it flew about two feet in air as a heavy ball from my friend’s rifle struck the ground by the root of its stubbed tail. It went over the gee in asommersault of brindle hair and we were again alone. Plenty of noise and smoke we had made, In fact, few rocks have ever seen such a cannonade in such a short space of time. Yet nothing had fallen and there was a painful dearth of evidence that anything had been hit. Taking first the track of the fawns we found them leading away in long jumps, tearing up the ground with every Tee intact. it seemed almost useless to go to look for the others. But we went more from sound principle than from hope. Within ten yards of where we had fired at the first deer lay a three- year-old buck dead, shot through the shoulder. And now the question arose, had we been shooting at only one during the first part of the programme or had there been two deer? A little circling around revealed a track leading away in full run, and following it about a hundred yards we found another three-year-old dead with two bulletsin him. The second had evidently risen almost into the place first vacated by the first one, and the first was the last one we found. T. S. Van Dyxn. TWO NIGHTS ON THE DUG-WAY. Ne the point where the waters of Grand Lake de- bouche into the Biver St. John, the latter describes a reversed curve, something the shape of the letter 8. This is called ‘‘No man’s friend,” because vessels have to beat at some point in it no matter which way they are going or in what direction the wind. At the lower part of the curve, just where it reverses, a narrow intervale bank separates the river from Foshay’s Lake, a lagoon, joined to the river by a barrow mouth about three miles further down. Here, when the water rises about four feet, the river makes a ‘‘cut off” at a low place in the bank, part of its waters rushing into the lake with great velocity. This passuge is known as the Dug-way. Between this and the mouth of Foshay’s Lake, forming a sort of island when the water is up, are hundreds of acres of bottom lands comprising nearly every- thing from the broad, level meadow, cutting three tons of hay to the acre, to the apparently bottomless slough and im- penetrable thicket, Only two families live on this tract of land, and during the freshet season they are, to quote the words of a local Solon Briggs, ‘‘like John the Baptist on the island Juan Fernandez.” A large part of this tract belongs to the Scovil estate, and a ‘‘muchly wanted” man who made a big figure on Wall street for a time and whose name isstill green in the memory of New Yorkers, was one of the heirs. The grass on this was formerly rented to neighboring farmers, and my father, who lives eight miles away, once leased the Dug-way block for four years. Here is where I got my first taste of camp life. Never will I forget the little lean-to ‘‘wick-y-up” in the big grove of elm, willow and maple, the bracing effect of the cool September air, the delicious taste of the meals we ate there, and most of all, the shooting in the early evening, as ducks flew back and forth from the lake, for as a ‘‘fly-way”’ the Dug-way was then, as now, unequaled by any place I know of in this province. And we do not have to look far for a reason. On the opposite side of the river, here about half a mile wide, is another tract of land similar to that just described; and this low open pass is a natural highway from the one to the other. In the early spring hundreds of geese harbor here for nearly a month, and during a heavy south wind the bank of the Dug-way is a sure place for a shot sometime between 4 and 11 P. M.; yet the small number of casualties in the great goose army is truly surprising. It was for the purpose of increasing the mortuary list, in some of their brigades or platoons, that Sam and I were ensconced in a blind, behind a huge drift log, on the evening of April 20. (Now, don’t, I beg of you, brother sportsmen, come down on us like a ton of brick for spring shooting, we don’t kill many, and the geese don’t visit us in the fall) To the south of us was the lake, and out in the middle were a few geese. A crescent of trees, concave side toward us, started at the river bank, nearly a half mile below, and terminated in Long Point in the middle of the lake, On either side of a break in this line, about eighty yards wide, was a blind. On the lake shore, less than 200 yards away, was a clump of red willows, on the top of which a wisp of hay appeared to have accidentally caught; but beneath, the sharp eye could detect a boy, small in size, but prodigious in the amount of mischief he was capable of doing if geese came In range. By the stone abutments of a fence out on the marsh two more blinds were built, while near the lake but far from any cover was another man concealed in a small hay-blind. ‘The air was perfectly calm. The sun was close to the horizon when the first flock came in sight a mile away, now coming directly toward us, now swerving as if they would pass far out of gunshot. They came provokingly near, and then passed right over that litile wisp of hay on the willows. Davie's first barrel missed fire, which so disconcerted him that they were out of range before he got in hissecond. All quiet for half an hour. Suddenly the few on the ice rose, swinging round, passed close to the eastern side of the break or ‘‘lead” before mentioned, on Long Point. ‘There were two diminutive puffs of smoke, like a double whiff from a ten cent cigar, and two of the flock were placed to the credit of Pilkington’s 16-bore, Lamont’s 12 .on the opposite side failing to call any down. ‘To some this would be conyinc- ing proof of the superiority of a 16 over a 12 for goose shoot- ing, but it only proves that a 16 when geese are in range 18 more deadly thanai12 when they are not, Another fact g | their way west to join Riel; but it that many seem to forget is that a ball from a .22 pistol when it hits, is more effective than one from a mountain howilzer when it misses. A hum of voices caused us to look eastward, and the pro- cession that was making its way down the intervale, would have justified us in the assumption that the Mahdi had in- vaded our little province, or that reinforcements were on was only the army of shooters for the evening flight. They were armed with every conceivable pattern of lead projector, or to quote one of our rural poets, who described the weapons at a local shooting match, there were: “The Remington so neat and trim, The needle gun, so long and slim, Aud the musket that killed with a poisoned dart, The golden eagle of Bonaparte.” All these, or their prototypes, were there; the counterpart of the last-named being in custody of a youth whom we will call Johnny, who was out on his first hunt. The weapon is well worthy of a description. An old converted musket of the pattern that assisted the great Marlborough to win Blen- heim; the barrel large enough to admit a ‘‘poisoued dart,” if the shaft were any smaller than a pitchfork handle; the comb of the butt rasped away to make a rest for the cheek in aim- ing, and a ramrod too light for a crowbar, but too heavy for the purpose for which it was used, Yet the pride and hap- piness depicted on the boy’s countenance might justly be the envy of the middle-aged sportsman armed with the best pro- duction of London or Birmingham art. In a few minutes the throng had disappeared behind log, stump, coulee, brush, or any convenient cover, and the country changed its aspect almost as suddenly as did the hillside at the wave of Roderick Dhu’s haud. And now we espied a single figure making the best possible time down the ridge, and we observed that it carried no gun and bore a strong resemblance to the “Commodore,” a brother of Johnny. When we heard him hail Dayie to learn his brother’s whereabouts, we knew that Nemesis was on the poor boy’s track. Shortly afterward we heard the following colloquy: ‘John! bring here that gun.” “I won't.” ‘Bring it here, I tell you, or I'll come over there and give you a good kicking.” The domestic cowhide argument was too much for the boy, and he approached his tyrannical elder. Slowly and sadly, as he would lower a coffin into a grave, he sur- rendered the ‘canned earthquake, likewise the bottle of powder and hanilful of loose buckshot, that he had slipped into his pocket, also the box of “‘beaver-hat” caps, As the newly-armed cruiser turned away, he said: ‘‘After this you leave the gun alone.” This was too much, ‘‘Tll let you know: I’m going to gun a little as well as the rest of you,” wasthe reply. Iwas truly sorry for the boy, and felt like anything but joiningin the derisive ‘‘whoo h-o-o” with which some of the shooters greeted the last remark, though had he left off the little blank blank with which he emphasized it, he would have borne away a larger share ot our sympathy. One compassionate boy called him over to his stand and told him that ‘the should have a whang at ’em, if they came.” That boy will make a sportsman, if he live, but “the good die young.” ; ae. Night closed around us, the moon being half down in the west, and of the shape, the representation of which the in- fidel Saracen chooses to adorn his banner. The stillness was only broken by.the almost constant whistle of black ducks’ wings, 2m an hour three flashes at the “‘lead,” showing against the dull sky as if some one had made three ineffect- ual attempts to strike a match against it, three dul) reports soon after told us that something was on the wing. A double flash from the hay blind showed that it was coming on. Then there was a series of flashes from eyery abutment of the stone fence, followed by a sheet of fire from stump, bush, tree and log onthe outside ridge, and winding up with a grand eruption from the Commodore’s volcano. Looking westward, high up in the ‘‘daylight streak,” we saw two geese, which had run the gauntlet of that fire without the loss of a feather. We were soon certain that there would be no regular evening flight, so we lay back against thelog and ‘took it casy.” By and by I became sensible of a labored wick! wick! mingling with the sharper whistle of ducks’ wings, and looking up we saw eight. geese that had flown directly over our blind fading away in the darkness. ‘*We've let the shot of the evening slip through our fingers,” said Sam, “‘let’s go home.” : A few nights after this, Sam and I again embarked for the Dug-way. Sam/’l rather likes to hunt with me, for I usually give him bis own way, and I haye a good canoe. We would be an able team on the single blades, too, but he will only paddle with his left hand next the blade, whereas in this one respect I am ambidextrous. As we had to go dead in the teeth of a heavy south wind and I was “bow paddle,” I had no easy task to keep our craft in hand. Our paddle ended, we found the geese sitting in great rafis close to their feeding grounds, which meant that we were late. Sam said they must be driven out. Accordingly I took the rifle and a package of cartridges, he accompanying me with a shotgun, and we gained a point on the shore about 300 yards from the nearest flock. os The person who never tried may consider it no feat at all to kill two or three of those geese with a rifle; but when he sees how near it is possible to come to a goose and not hit; how faint a hairbreadth’s difference in the elevation will cause him to shoot over or short of it; what a forest ot necks a bullet can pass through without touching one, and what a tough thing a goose is anyway, he will wonder that one is ever bagged in that way at all, j IT have made a care ful calculation, and I find that killing shots, with me, average about one in fifty (I am not joking), and bits about one in fifteen; yet I can ona still day, at 150 yards, send ball after ball into a tree six inches in diameter. On this occasion the first bullet, dead against the wind, dropped short, the second splashed up the waterright among them, the third raised such a commotion on the edge ot the ice that they did not consider themselves safe until they had put a mile between themselves and us. Hach time I fired the flock would rise and drop a little further away. Sam _ selected a site for a blind, and we were on our way back to the canoe, he being about 100 yards ahead, when we espied the geese coming, laboring heavily against the wind. He took a willow tree, I lay on my back, but as they put a hay barn in their line of flight, he ran about eighty yards and gained the barn easily. As they came over him he doubled up the rearmost, but catching his wings he sailed out over the Jake, the other two crooking their necks and settling, as he settled, till he went down, when they alighted by his side. I tried one of them with the rifle and knocked out a few feathers, but he never winced. We shouldered the 7 il ] J \ Tuny 80, 1885, ] FOREST AND STREAM. 7 canoe and carried it the hundred yards that separated the river from the lake. I could write quite a chapter on the cussedness of wounded wildfowl (or perhaps I should say “the instinct of self-preservation”), but for diving, staying under, skulking, and all the tricks practiced by them, I would unhesitatingly award the goose the palm. We got between this fellow and the ice and Jet him worry for a while. He would sometimes stay under two minutes, but at Jast he appeared within sixty feet of the boat. A charge of SSSG from me and a dose of BB from Sam brought him to bag, but he lived fifteen minutes after that, and then only succumbed to treatment that the strongest constitu- tioned goose would fail to withstand. When I fired, the recoil unlocked the breech of the gun, and the brass shell slid out and dropped in the canoe; no harm done, but not “anco pleasant.” Greener’s patent ejector will please take a back seat. This incident had its effect on the shooting later in the evening, though I “‘turned off” the ejector by wedaing a piece of wood between the locking trigger and its guard. On a little tongue of Jand at the mouth of the Dug-way, we turned over our boat and built a blind on the lee side after covering it with hay. The wind was still blowing a gale, but the night was beautifully clear. The moon was in that phase which the schoolmaster taught us to name ‘‘gibbons,” though I must admit I have never seen the word in print since; and gladly seize on my first opportunity to “get it off.” We sat in the blind up to 11 P. M., and did not see a goose. But the hours were not dull or monotonous. Black ducks whizzed through the air incessantly, and we saw one wovodcock and quite a number of snipe. Just dark, two wood ducks (so Sam said) went skimming around, like mag- nified bats, close to our blind. They kept up their little game of pitch, dash, dive and dart, for about half an hour. A pair of field mice got into the hay of our blind and shared our vigil, The wind manufactured a sort of Molian harp out of the ends of bank grass that hung down between the stem and stern of the canoe and the ground, for the bilge was all the part that touched, add to this the musical coo- hank-honk of from 600 to 800 geese about a mile away, and any sportsman will readily see that we were not lonesome, Sam was smoking, I was dreamily contemplating the lights of Gagetown which some facetious American said was ‘‘the _ only finished city he ever saw,” when a single sharp, clear honk sounded about 200 yards to windward, and we were on our knees in a trice. Already I could see the dark line of the oncoming flock, about twenty in number. Sam made frantic efforts to get the cover off the locks of his 14-bore muzzleloader, but they were on us before he wasready. I caught the leader, followed his flight for a second, and gave it to him, but though we heard the shot ‘‘spat’’ on his feathers he did not even change his course, They passed over 4 blind occupied by the only shooters except us that were on the Dug-way that night, and got a salute from an 8-hore and a 14, but none fell. The boys went home. For two hours the air was full of geese, the number in the flocks ranging from three to a dozen, Sam took the leader of the second bunch and I the rearmost. Mine pitched into the lake, his went down the Dug-way, but we got neither. In less than a minute three came down the wind like an ex- press train, and having a shell in, [ Govered the foremost and be dropped like a stone. To shorten the story, out of six geese downed from that blind, we took home one. We stayed till morning, hoping to recover some of the wounded, but were not successful. After the moon went down the air grew more chilly, and to add to our discomfort the water was rising rapidly and threatened to soak through the hay in the bottom of the blind. A lunch of goose breast sandwich helped to make the position more tolerable. Sam hoped that, if we kept still the geese would settle near enough to give us a shot at daylight. I could not move without being saluted with “Keep still, can’t you? Don’t you know they can see the least motion 100 yards off, no matter how dark it is?” [f didn’t know anything of the kind, and have uot learned it yet. About every ten minutes he would draw out a match and lightbis pipe, making a series of flash lights that could be seen half a mile off, but a goose couldn’t see that, oh no. The rear of the blind was so open that our heads were above it all the time, yet dawn revealed a flock on that side within eighty yards of us. They came closer at first, but as they commenced to feed away again, my companion grew uneasy, ‘‘They are out of shotgun range, give ’em a careful shot from the rifie and you'll get ope,” ‘‘How can I deliver a careful shot when I’m shivering so that the hobnails are dropping out of my boot soles?’ ‘O! well,then, we'll give ’em a salute with the shotguns.” We fired the salute, and every goose acknowl- edged it by many graceful waves of its wings. Thus ended a hunt that I enjoyed thoroughly, though the pleasure was somewhat marred by the number of cripples we made, for like to kill cleanly or notat all. I never got hold of a gun that had too much “shake.” J want the shot and “‘plenty of them” at that, to go where I am, and if the aim is incorrect, I am ready to abide by the consequence. Idon’t want a ‘‘comprehensive’ weapon. Therefore, for geese, large shot, such as I used the evening in question, in a medium-bore gun, is a delusion, The occasional kills made at long range will not make up for the vexatious misses at short. BB is about the right thing, then, if you wound mortally, pellets enough will strike the game to bring it - touch any vital part. down at once, while with buckshot and kindred sizes you can only hope for two or three to strike, and they may not L. I. Fuowmr. ADIRONDACK DEER. Editor Forest and Stream: ; Ihave spent some time during the past thirty days in Potter and McKean counties, Pa., and have talked with hunters, hotel men, and land surveyors about the increase of deer in those counties since hounding has been prohibited by law. All agree that it has proved a wise and humane act and that the deer have increased rapidly. One gentleman, a land agent for the Keating lands, who has been through the wild lands camping and surveying weeks at a time each summer and fall, the past twenty-two years, told me tbat the deer were as abundant in some places now as they were twenty years ago, and much more so than they were eight years ago, This gentleman speaks of what he has seen and from an unbiased standpoint, as he neither uses rod nor gun. Some persons will keep flinging out wrong ideas about the iounding act passed at Albany last winter, but I am fully satisfied its benefits will be admitted by nearly all who have a chance to know inside five years. Still-hunting will be savagely attacked by those who wish to run deer with hounds and kill them in the water, It holds true that not near as ~ many will be killed by the former as used to be by the latter method, If a guide loses a few days’ work which he formerly had in hounding he can more than make it up in November, if he is a good still-hunter, as four or five deer will make up for the time formerly used in killing many more than that number. Why? One reason as follows: The larger portion of driven deer are unfit for market, especially if September and October are warm, while still-hunted vent- son, if killed in November, is good and brings the best price. For sportsmen who wish a deer or two for their own use there is only one way, and that is still-hunting, WELLSVILLE, N.Y. BEAR DOGS. Fiditor Forest and Stream: ” The article on bear dogs tempts me to say something on the subject, When I was a lad not yet in my teens I was sent to live with my grandparents in a far-back settlement in Vermont, where bears were very plenty. Grandfather was a “mighty hunter” and had several sons, chips of the old block, They owned a small black cur, of less than twenty pounds’ weight, that took to hunting bears of its own accord, and treed several before he was a year old. Cutting logs for the sawmill that grandfaither owned kept the boys most of the time in the woods, where the dog always fol- lowed. On getting scent of a bear Hero would follow it up noiselessly till within biting distance; then came a torrent of sound more like screeching than barking, a sound he gave forth only when near a bear, at the same time getting in his work nipping the bear’s heels as often as possible and jump- ing one side to avoid the bear’s paw. The bear thus wor- ried would soon tree, and the dog’s tune would change. All this was well understood by the boys, and as soon as Hero’s bark was heard they started with the old flint-lock Kentucky rifle, and bruin soon came tumbling down. As soon as large enough to hold a gun I was allowed to take a turn shooting, and many a bear I ‘‘potted.” The dog never got a scratch, and died of old age with forty-two bears to his credit, This was the only good bear dog I ever saw, and, like Topsy, he ‘growed so.” Such a dog to-day would be worth the price of a small farm, and I would be willing to pay it for one. BRANDON. Hditor Forest and Stream; I remember once, with a little enthusiasm, of saying in a private letter, which you clipped, something like this, that “T never Knew an ardent sportsman that was not brave in war and a gentle, kind man in peace and at home,” Let a man love the creatures below us, and he finds a never- failing source of happiness and much more to live for. “Pious Jeems” could come among the old ‘‘bar hunters” of cour mountains, whose professions are now gone, and with his good-natured eloquence make tears to be shed equal to a camp-meeting. I have been told that some of our latest bear hunters here used with success cross on the shepherd and foxhound. I can remember the savage dogs of old huniers, perhaps cross on the bull and hound. The dogs that answered to Pious’s terriers were cross on the courage- ous little fice and cur. Dogs are like men, little and big; some will fight and some won’t; and I have always heard it related that the beardog came from no particular race or stock. GRAEME. SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. ILLINOIS GAME WARDEN LAW. pono WENG is the text of the law enacted by the Legis- lature of Illinois providing game wardens: Section 1, Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois represented in the General Assembly, That the Gov- ernor of the State shall appoint three game wardens, one from each of the three largest cities in the State, whose term of office shall be for two years from the time of taking efiect of this act or until their successor or successors are appointed ; said game wardens shall receive no salary from the State for their services, but shall receive a portion of the fines and proceeds of sale as hereinafter provided. Sree, 2, It shall be the duty of such game wardens to prosecute persons and corporations having in their possession game, deer, wildfowl and birds contrary to law, as herein- ace provided, and also to enforce the game laws of this tate. Sec. 3. If said game wardens or either of them has reason to believe or does believe, that any person or corporation has in his or their possession, contrary to law, any game, deer, wildfowl], or bird, it shall be the duty of such game wardens to go before any justice of the peace in the county and make affidayit of that fact; said justice shall thereupon issue a search warrant against the person or corporation so com- plained of, directed to any constable of the county, com- manding him to proceed at once and search for said game, deer, wildfowl or bird, and upon finding the same, to seize and take possession of the same and keep it until further ordered by the justice; said constable shall also read said warrant to the owner or person in whose possession said game, deer, wildfow] or bird is found, Said warrant shail be substantially as follows; STATE oF ILLrots, ! i County, ae To any Constable of said county: You are hereby com- manded to search (here describe place), and seize and take possession of, and hold, any game, deer, wildfow! or bird found there; and you (here name owner, or person, or cor- poration in whose possession game is found), are hereby notified to appear before me, at my office, in (here locate office), on (here state time of trial), and show cause why the game, deer, wildfowls or birds should not be sold, and the proceeds thereof distributed as required by law. (Date of warrant). (Signature of Justice), | Justice of the Peace. Which said warrant should be returned within not less than twelve, nor more than twenty-four hours from the date thereof. Suc. 4. At the time mentioned in said warrant, said justice shall proceed to hear and determine whether said game, deer, wildfowl, or bird, was in the possession of the person or corperation, contrary to law, and if said justice finds that said game, deer, wildfowl, or bird was in the possession of the defendant contrary to law, then said justice shall enter judgment against the defendant, and order a sale of the game, deer, wildfowl or bird seized; but if said justice shall find that the possession of said deer, wildfowl or bird, was not contrary to law, then the judgment of the court shall be that the same be returned to the person or corporation {rom whom the same was taken. Sec. 5. In case of a judgment and order of sale as speci- fied in section four; then said constable shall at once post see ee tee two notices, one at the justice’s office and one at the place of sale, specifying in each notice the time and place of sale, not less than five hours from the date of judgment, also a description of the game, deer, or wildfowl to be sold; said place of sale shall be upon the principal produce street or market of the city; said constable shall at the time and place mentioned in said notices sell said game, deer, wildfowl, or bird at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, and at once pay the proceeds of such sale iato the justice’s court; said constable shall give to the purchaser a certificate of purchase, in which shall be a particular description of the game sold, together with date of sale, Sec 6. Said justice shall, as soonas the proceeds of sale are paid into his court, deduct the amount of his costs, to- gether with the constable’s costs, and distribute the balance as follows: One-half shall be paid to the game warden, which shall be kept by him for his services, and one-half paid into the county treasury for the benefit of the school fund. Src, 6, Said game wardens shall each make an annual report to the Governor, showing the number and kind of game, deer, wildfowl and birds seized and what disposition te made of them, and the amount of the proceeds of the sales, Src. 8. Game wardens shall not be liable for any damage or costs sustained by any person or corporation by reason of the wrongful seizure of game, deer, wildfowl or birds under this act: Provided, however, that the enforcement of this act shall in no wise prevent prosecutions of persons or corporations for violations of the game laws of this State. “STAUNCH ON Porn.” — Augusta, Ga.—Now for an oddity. I was talking to my friend Dr. H., of this place, a few days ago, about the queer positions dogs take in point- ing, and he said last fall his pointer was running very fast down wind, when he ran square into a covey of birds, flush- ing four of them before he got the scent at all. The whir of their wings attracted his attention at once, and he stopped so suddenly as to fall down. In this position, with his feet up in the air, lying on his back with his head turned to one side and fearing to change his position, he actually re- mained for five minutes, pointing the birds until the Doctor flushed and shot at them. As the Doctor is a strictly truth- ful man, and besides had no reason to ‘‘tell a bigger yarn” than I could, I believed him, but have you ever heard of such a thing being done before?—OxLp H, Movements oF Bay Brrps.—Philadelphia.—The first coming bay birds are just beginning to show themselves on the New Jersey coast. The flights are not large; only strag- glers have appeared. Look out for big flights after the next change in the weather; astorm will bring them. Some grass ployers are this week passing over Philadelphia at night. It is a little early for them, but by the Ist of August we shall hear many more.—Homo. “In Canoor’—An expressive slang phrase in use by all classes here as an opprobrious epithet; meaning a concerted partnership or conspiraey to ds come illegal act, or, at least, one that is not open or fair. “Worcester puts if too marron and a little too strong (for us) when he says, “Particularly a party of men engaged in a predatory excursion.” “‘Ca- hoots” not used.—GRAEME (Southwest Virginia). JAMES Cummines Drownev,—Utica, July 26.—James Cummings, age sixty, a well-known Adirondack guide, was drowned in Jack’s Lake Saturday evening while swimming after a drifting boat. New Jersey Woovcock.—Brick Church, N. J., July 27. —Woodcock have been very scarce here this season, the greatest number bagged by one man being five.—G. D. L. Campy Sire Hlickerings. — “That reminds me,"' 157. pee miles east of Connecticut Lake, Magalloways Mountain rises above its waters 1,000 feet. A few years ago, on its slope roamed one of the largest specimens of the moose family. The old fellow had escaped from the crust hunters for many years, and the Deacon and friends resolved to try him once, Old Bose, an experienced moose dog, the Deacon’s property, must go, no yelping curs would be equal to the task, when once the bull was out of his yard, en route for some more sec:uded resort. Many weary miles of lake and forest before the first floats were found. I need not describe the exciting chase. Bose did his work in a style approved by those who are fond of dog-chewed venison, and the bull was compelled to halt and prepare a ‘‘bed” to drive away his tormentor. Bose sat down to wait for the Deacon, as usual. But his blood was up. He had tasted blood, and_ hardly restrained his anxiety for the coming hunters. The bull was now prepared to meet him, and the tempting nose was not long to be resisted. Bose, just to show off, did take hold. ‘Land sakes,” said the Deacon, ‘you'd orter see him fly.” The nose passed him to the fore, and that to the hind foot, and with ribs crushed and nearly lifeless Bose lay on the crust fifteen feet away. There was no delay on the Deacon’s part to avenge the death of him who had shared his dinners and blanket in many a moose hunt, After the hide was removed from the moose and supper, eaten from the sirloin, the boys were “hugging the muskeeter smudge” as the Deacon remarked, for the night was bitter cold. The Deacon prepared for bed and first en- cased himself in blanket, then rolled the moose hide atound him, several feet away from the others. Daylight and break- fast came, but all was quiet in the moose hide, save for an occasional grunt. A call did not arouse the object under the fir tree, and a vigorous tug at the unwieldly mass awakened the boys to the fact that the “‘muskeeter smudge” must aid them if they wished to see the Deacon. The object was drawn up to the fire and the Deacon was slowly thawed out to take another look at the remains of Old Bose. -_ NED Norron. 158. Reading the experiences in the columns of your valuable paper lately on battery and sinkbox shooting reminds me of what my friend, a thorough sportsman, told me happened fo him a few yearsago. On a certain Friday early in the 8 FOREST AND STREAM. af ' i. fo ee (Juny 30, 1886. spting, in company with two others, he started for a famous marsh in Northern Illinois for a few days’ sport, As is usu- ally the case, the spring rains had filled it full and much of the cover used in the fall was under water, Not being able to find boats for all, my friend accepted the use of a large barrel which a gentleman had sunk the fall before for his stand, My friend was filled with joy as he thought of the advantage be would have over his chums for ene day at least, and before going to bed Saturday night had counted his bag for the next day. arly in the morning he started for the barrel, being rowed out to it by a friend, who then left, saying he would stop for him in the evening. He had scarcely begun his slaughter of the unsuspecting ducks. be- fore the wind, blowing from the south, freshened into a gale, and he found the water was backing up. Soon the waves rose high enough to wash in the barrel, and instead of knock- ing down the ducks he must bail out the water. The more he bailed the higher rose the waves. Finally he was com- pelled to roost on top of the barrel, It was at this time his melodious yoice might have been heard over the roar of the waves, but all in vain, the friend ‘‘had left for pastures new.” After deliberating a while, he concluded that dis- cretion was the better part of valor. Removing his cart- ridge belt and holding it and his gun high in the air, he took *‘a header” and slid off his roost into the marsh, bound for the shanty a mile away. As he arose, blowing the water out of his mouth, he vowed never to shoot from a barrel again. NIMROD. Sea and River ishing. Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- ing Co. LARGE-MOUTH AND SMALL-MOUTH, Editor Forest and Strean: It was with great pleasure that 1 read a defense of the large-mouth black bass by the ‘‘philosopher of the Bigosh,” in a recent number of the Forest AND STREAM, in which the palm is awarded to the large-mouth, on account of its rising so much more freely to the fly than the small-mouth. This is exactly my experience, and the mere fact of one fish taking the fly better than another settles at once, without an instant’s doubt, which is the best fish in the mind of a fly- fisherman. For many years it has been the fashion among many anglers to deery and run down the large-mouth and extol the small- mouth. Ihave noticed that many of these writers fish in New York and Ohio, in Lakes Champlain and Erie, The cat is let out of the bag when one comes to examine their way of angling. They either troll or stillish or perhaps cast the minnow, and more often than not they fish from a boat. Now if there is one axiom in angling it is the superi- ority of fly-fishing (casting the fly, not trolling with flies) over any kind of bait-fishing. Brothers of the bait and trolling-reds, there iy bo use Of your provesting, any one who is unprejudiced and can une -the fly-rod never will take up bait-fishing or trolliog wifh the spoon when he can avoid it; There is no comparison between the two kinds of fish- ing. Again, any way of fishing that requires the help of a man (be he boatman, guide or any one else) besides the ansler himself is not such high sport as where‘the angler has to depend on himself alone, on his own skill, and on his knowledge of the game he is after. Therefore trolling out of a boat with a man to row, as is practiced on Lake Hrie and other places for small-mouth black bass, is inferior to casting the fly froni the bank for large-mouths, Often you will read attacks on fly-fishermen, hints that so and so will make a great pretense of fly-fishing, but when out of sight will use the fin of a trout or a worm on his fiy- hook. Any man who will condescend to such practices should be drummed out of the ranks of fly-fishermen, I have been an angler for many years, and I can truthfully say that I have never stooped so low as to. use anything but the fly, pure and simple, when fly-fishing. I would consider it dishonorable and a disgrace to my rod to puta worm on when trout fishing. I heard a good sportsman say the other day that the difference between fly-fishing and bait-fishing was the same as shooting a partridge flying and potting a covey on the ground. This may be far-fetched, but there is a good deal of truth init. But enough of this long digres- sion. My experience has been the same as the author of the Bigosh papers with the small-mouth and large-mouth, I have caught the large-mouth black bass from the southern part of Louisiana, through most of the Gulf States, and northward, and J have always found that they not only rise splendidly to the fly, but that I have caught as big ones as by bait-fishing. On the other hand, the small-mouth does not take the fly freely (remember I am speaking of legitimate fly-fishing, not trolling with flies), and it is but the small ones that take it at all, asarule. The big-sized small-mouthsare seldom caught that way. Four years ago I saw a number of complaints about the black bass not being a reliable fish for the fly, etc., but nearly all these articles were from Pennsyl- yania, New York and Ohio, and referred to the small-mouth, Tf the writers had tried the large-mouth they would prob- ‘ably have changed their opinions. I have caught the large- mouth black bass in running waters, in ponds and in lakes, Swift running water is the best for fly-fishing. The state- ment that they invariably like mud and weeds, and go no- where else, is simply not true. _ Ae I have caught the large-mouth in the Amite, in East Baton Rouge Parish, La., as clear and pure ariver as any trout stream I ever saw in New England or Canada, and J have fished when a boy in many of the waters of that. section. The upper Ouachita; in Arkansas, is another clear stream and is full of them, as are all the clear rivers and creeks through the piny woods in Alabama and Mississippi. I was glad to seea defense of the large-mouth by ‘‘Salmon Roe,” of Newport, Ark., a short time since in the Forresr AND SrREaM. I have fished in many of the streams of ‘‘Old Rackensack,” and agree with all of ‘Salmon Roe’s” state- ments as to the merits of the large-mouth. The large-mouth is just as gamy when hooked (if not more so) than the small- mouth. In saying this 1am backed by the authority on the black bass, Dr. Henshall, who in his ‘‘Book of the Black Bass,” writes: “There is a widespread and prevalent notion that the small-mouthed bass is the ‘game’ pur excellence, but I doubt if this distinction is well founded. In common with most anglers I at one time shared this belief, but from a long series of observations I am now of the opinion that the large- mouthed bass, all things being equal, displays as much pluck and exhibits as untiring fighting qualities as its small- mouthed congener.” Whenever the merits of two game. fish come up. for dis- cussion there is one simple question that will decide at once their respective merits; and that is—which takes the artificial fly the best? CyRTONYX, Fora Stanron, New Mexico. THE MINNESOTA LAKE PARK REGION. [ any of your readers wish to borrow ‘“sucease of trouble,” let them gather together their fishing kit and spend a week or two at some of the numerous lakes around Detroit City, Minnesota. ‘‘Wawayanda” has sung the praises of Loughborough, and ‘‘Kingfisher” is now chanting a pean anent Carp Lake, but some day, when the diyine afflatus seizes me in its irresistible grip, I shall blow a Pyrrhic blast about the Lake Park Region of Minnesota, that will make them pale their ineffectual fires, I could tell of one modest angler who took sixty-two bass—smallest 24, largest 44 pounds—in three half-day fishings, besides pick- erel, pike-perch galore, and who, had he been a ‘“‘tish hog,” could have doubled, yea, trebled the slaughter. Come try the hospitality of Colburn, of the Hotel Minnesota, or of the St. Louis Club House, three miles down the lake, or, if ye be true anglers, leaye the town behind, take a boat down Pelican River, through Lakes Saliie and Melissa, into Lake Pelican, and if black bass and wild raspberries don’t surfeit your soul, drop me a line and I'll come down, swear you to secrecy, blindfold your eyes, and take you “‘over hili, over dale, through bush, through brier,” to Witch Lake, original and unknown, save to Fidus Achates and myself. There be Micropterus salmoides and M. dolomiew lurking in wait for the wriggling shiner or the speckled frog; there the great lake pickerel, savagely impatient for the glittering spoon, and apt to smash the treble hook with the first clutch of his iron jaw; there the croppie, alias the Campbellite, alias the newlight, alias the bream, alias the roach, alias the ‘‘pot- kiver,”’ who, if he be of the regulation weight of a pound or a pound and a half, will give your six-ounce rod all it wants to do to turn him, and who, if you give him the chance, will take a coachman, a professor or a red ibis with all the fierce dash and vigor of Salmo salvelinus himself, I went down to Detroit chiefly to try a new rod which T had just finished—handle 18 inches of red cedar, two joints of bethabara, total length 8} feet, weight 64 ounces. The first three fish I struck were, respectively, a four-pound bass, an eight-pound pickerel, and a six-pound pike-perch. To test_the rod I gave the pickerel the butt with full vigor; result, | am aching now for a fish large enough to break that rod. Split bamboo is good, lancewood is better, but, as my boatman yelled in ecstasy, **Hain’t that bath-berry a daisy.” For years have I been seeking’ the ne plus ultra, the seek-no- further, the Ultima Thule, as it were, of arod, and now I cry “‘Eureka!” Henceforward and forever I am the cham- pion of bethabara. At Detroit some of us tested the betha- bara, the split bamboo, lancewood and greenheart. The four rods were ‘“‘pretty much of a muchness” in weight and length. Hach one was clamped at the butt, so that seven feet were clear. A four-ounce weight was then attached to each tip, and the deflection from the horizontal measured. Result—split bamboo 7} inches, lancewood 5 inches, betha- bara 44, greenheart 4. The weights were allowed to remain on eight hours, then removed, and the permanent deflection measured. Split bamboo 3 inches, lancewood 24, greenheart 1}, bethabara }inch, Stiffness and elasticity combined, you see, ahead of all the others, It has one drawback; it’s the meanest wood to work that, ever taxed the patience of a saint —ora fisherman. Nothing but patience and a wood rasp is of any avail. To try to reduce it by a plane, drawing knife or spoke shave, is but vanity and vexation of spirit. While staying atthe St, Louis club house, a German ac- quaintance from St. Louis was fisbiug a few yards from shore, using live-minnows. Time after time his line would steal slowly out, but when he struck he failed to hook his fish. Disgusted at last, he spit upon his hands, took a firm grip of his pole, and the next time struck savagely and hooked something. Those who were watching from the shore were sure, from the resistance shown, that he must have hooked a muskallonge, but soon yielding to the steady pull, there appeared above water, first a long bill, then a snaky neck, and then the water was lashed to a foam by what appeared to be waving wings and splashing feet. The astonished fisherman, with a gasp of, ‘‘Mein Gott! it ish de devil!” dropped his line and retreated to the other end of the boat, while the uncanny thing at the other end of the line gave a great flop. There was a momentary turmoil, and away, with a diabolie ‘Ha! ha!” saileda loon, with twenty feet of good fish line streaming from his bill. Not having seen the occurrence myself, I can’t, of course, swear to the truth, but those who know A. B, Bowman, of St. Louis; Samuel Spalding, of Chicago; Van Tyle, of Cleve- land, or Filley, of St. Louis, know their word is as good as any man’s, and they are my authority. H. P. Urrorp. PHILADELPHIA NOTES. & HEEPSHEAD are biting well at Great Ege Harbor Bay h this week. Boats from Somers Point are bringing in many. They are taken at the old wreck near the inlet. The ice of last winter it is said carried out the bass in the Brandywine, and the fishing there this season is poor. Steps have been taken by ex-Sheriff Thomas Henderson, of Union Furnace, Huntington county, Pa,, toward indicting the pro- prietors of the Tyrone paper mills, for polluting the Juniata River with poisonous chemicals from their works. Thousands of bass have been killed and the mortality of the cattle watered in the stream has been so great that the farmers have had to keep their flocks from going near it. A meeting of the State Fishery Commission was held at Harrisburg on July 22, to arrange for the distribution of the $25,000 appropriation lately made by the Pennsylvania State Legislature. It was apportioned as follows: For a whitefish hatchery at Erie, $5,000; for the improvement of the western hatchery at Corry, $1,000; for the erection of a fishway at Columbia Dam, $9,000, and for current expenses for 1885 and 1886, $10,000. Messrs. Gay, Duncan and Porter were appointed to arrange for the Erie hatchery and improvements at Corry, and Messrs. Spangler, Derr, Mc- Ginnis and Gay to procure plans, etc., for the fishway at Columbia. - The corresponding secretary was ordered to communicate with the sheriffs and commissioners of the counties border- ing on the Delaware, Susquehanna and Schuylkill rivers, with a view of having existing fish laws more strictly carried out, and to consult with the Attorney General in regard to the legality of the claim of the Reading Railroad for repairs to the fishway now at Columbia Dam, Important arrangements for the employment of fish war- dens on the Susquehanna, Delaware and Juniata were made, The move made by ex-Sheriff Henderson against the Tyrone paper mills grew out of the late activity of our State Com- missioners, and an opportunity will be given the aper manufacturers to abate the nuisance. If this is not Acne actiou will be at once taken. No bluefish appeared at Bar- negat this week, Homo. BASS HIBERNATION. Editor Forest and Stream: The cause of the hibernation of black bass seems to be attracting the attention of many of the readers of Forest AND STREAM. With us this fish is considered extremely sensitive to cold, ceasing to bite immediately on the appear- ance of cold winds, both in the spring and fall. One illus- tration: The 20th of October bass had been biting freely off the east end of Middle Island, Lake Erie. The morning of the 21st was ushered in by a cold wave from the north. Not a bass bit that day nor the two days following, On the 24th the wind changed to the south, with arise in the thermom- eter of 20°, Immediately the bass gave abundant signs of life and sport; schools of a hundred or-more at a time could: be seen breaking water around the boat, so voracious as to often seize the bare hook or lead sinker. During the period of absence of this fish the pike-perch and herring (C. clupet- formis) were caught daily in great numbers, the fall in tem- perature seeming to have no effect upon them, Tt does not seem possible that a lack of food has any con- nection with the hibernation of this fish; ninety per cent. of its food here, and especially around the islands at the head of the lake, is made up of tne lake shiner (Alburuus vulgaris). It is rare you find any other food in their stomachs, and it is the principal bait used to lure them. To be sure, they will take crawfish, silver spoons, artificial flies of the red ibis and black ephemeral stripe, frogs and helgramites, One of the best baits 1 ever tried is a bit of pork rind, cut out minnow-shape and fastened on the hook with a bit of copper wire. It has the advantage of lasting two or three days, certainly a great comfort to the unscientilic angler, when this individual counts up the largest score af night. The general conclusion is that black bass are not as particular about food as reported, but for steady diet the bass prefers the shiner. It is silvery, toothsome and easily digested; is found in schools of countless millions every day in the year, and furnishes the bait for pike-perch and other winter fishes, but no bass are taken at such times in these places, though abundant in the right season, As soon as the late fall storms from the north chill the waters down to 45° Fahr., the black bass hibernate in great numbers among the rocks and places sheltered from thie action of the waves in rivers and estuaries, where the water weed (Hlodea canadensis) abounds he, in company with the large-mouthed, straw bass and sunfish (Pomotis) are — found in great masses taking their winter's sleep. This water weed grows on and near the surface in great sub- merged masses, so dense as to arrest the passage of a skiff or hunting boat through it. With the first heavy frosts it sinks to the bottom and forms a perfect bed for all the hibernating fishes. Here they pack insuch numbers that twenty to thirty barrels of fish have been taken at a single haul of the seine through the ice. On one occasion, as 1 am credibly in- formed, seventy-five barrels were taken from one of these beds in two days’ fishing within an area of three acres, coy- ered with this sunken weed. AJl had to be brought to the surface of the ice with the imbedded fish, None of the non- hibernating fishes, such as pike, perch, pickerel, musca- longe and shiners, are ever taken in these hauls, We have heard of the black bass. being speared through the ice, also the gar pike (Lepidosteus), the most sensitive to cold of all out fishes, unless it be the cat (Pimelodus), and even one of these was taken through the ice last winter at Dover Bay by one Mr. Moore. He was fishing through the ice with shiners for bait, taking pike and herring as fast as his cold fingers could handle them, when to his surprise a ten-pound catfish was hauled out in the usual way. As he remarked to me, *‘T was as much surprised when I saw that cat as though a humming bird had lit on my finger.” One swallow does not make a summer, neither does the appearance of these hiber- nating fishes out of season make them the less so. We will call it a freak of nature by way of easy explanation. Dr. EB, STERLING, CLEVELAND, O. Tue Srx-Inch Trour Law.—A correspondent sends us the following notes from the Watertown, N. Y., Times of recent dates: ‘‘Dr. Boyd, of Pulaski, during a week's fish- ing at Redfield, captured 760 trout. Last week a party left Pulaski for two days’ fishing at Redfield Square, eighteen miles distant. During the two days they caught sixty-two pounds of dressed brook trout, besides what they required for eating, While Baldwin was hauling in a three-quarter pounder he had the misfortune to fall over backward into the water. He struck on his back and went under. Sutton said to him, ‘Save it, George,’ and as he came to the surface with the water streaming from his mouth and eyes, he an- swered, ‘You bet I will. There are more down here.” Our correspondént adds: ‘The trout in Redfield and other streams of this locvlity have become small. I find six or eight below six inches to one above and believe it must be so with others. Large catches are freely mentioned. It is too bad, but the six-inch law seems to allbut a few to be a dead letter.” Morrariry AmMone FisHEes.—A report has been made by Prof. §, A. Forbes, of the Illinois State College, on the mor- tality among the perch of Lake Mendota. The Professor believes that death was due to aspherical germ which is about 1-25,000 of an inch in diameter and is found ia the liver and kidneys, sometimes forming abscesses and destroy- ing the cells of those organs. This germ resembles in a gen- eral way those which produce certain diseases among men and animals, such as small-pox, chicken and hog cholera. These diseases often break out among fishes in waters where a certain species increases until it seems to need thinning. CLASSIFICATION oF ANGLERS.—The London Mshing Gazette playfully classes anglers after the mode of ornithologists, thus; “* * Be they Grallatores (waders seeking their scaly prey in shallow waters), or Watatores (paddlers breast- ing the current in skiff, punt, canoe or coracle) i be they Insessores (perchers on the slippery beam of a weir ‘on perch intent’), or be they simply of the vast longshore family of banksters,”’ etc, — ——— oP 7 Tony 30, 1885. Tre CHANNEL Catrism (Icialurus punctatus, Rafinesque). —The channel cat reaches a length of 2 to 3 feet anda weieht of 15 to 20 pounds or more, As usually seen in the markets it ranges from 1 to 5 pounds tn weight, and those exceeding 5 pounds are notcommon, Ii is handsomer, more aceful, and more active than any other of our cattishes, This light olivaccous and silyery in color, covered with small brown spots when young, The skin is thin and translucent, much less thick and leathery than in our common catfishes (Amiurus). The head is small, the mouth small, and the body slender. There is much less waste in the body of the channel cat than in other fishes, as the latter Jose more than half their weight by the removal of the head, the entrails and the skin. The flesh of the channel cat, when fresh, is very superior; it is white, crisp and juicy, of excellent flayor and not tough. lt is much more delicate both in fibre and in flavor than that of our other catfishes. When well cooked, I consider it superior to that of the black bass, the wall eye, the yellow perch, or any other of our percoid fishes. Among our fresh-water fishes, it is inferior only to the whitefish, the trout, and other Salmonid@. The channel cat abounds in all flowing streams from Western New York westward to Mon- | tana and southward toe Florida and Texas. It is, perhaps, most common in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri. It seems to prefer running waters, and both young and old are most abundant in gravelly shoals and ripples. The other catfishes prefer rather sluggish waters and mud bottoms. I have occasionally taken channel cats in ponds and bayous, but such localities are apparently not their preference. They rarely enter small brooks unless these are clear and gravelly. Whether they will thrive in artificial ponds we can only know from experiment. The channel cat is much less tenacious of life than the ‘‘bull-head” (Améurus nebulosus) and other Améurt, It is a carnivorous fish, although less greedy thant its larger-mouthed relatives. It feeds on insects, erawiishes, worms and small fishes, and readily takes the hook. It spawns in spring, but its breeding habits have not been studied. Asa food fish, the channel cat is certainly better worthy of attention than any other American catfish. lf once introduced, it ought to thrive in the rivers of the Middle States, of Southern New England, and of California. Ttis also to be commended to the attention of Buropean fish- culturists. In the streams of Western Europe, which are not cold enough nor clear enough for the trout, the channel eat ought to thrive, and there is no fish native to those waters which is as valuable for food.— David 8. Jordan in Bulletin of the U, &, Fish Commission. Bass Fisaiye.—Putnam, Conn , July 17.—Fishing in this part of the country has been good this spring, and now the fraternity are after black bass, and are bringing in good strings. Speaking of bass tempts me to give FormsT AND STREAM readers my first and only day’s bass fishing as yet this season. A friend of mine who never saw a bass caught wanted to go with me, We went to Webster Pond one day this week. After taking some fifleen or twenty bass of small and medium size, the larger ones began to fool around, and at this stage of the proceedings I thought I would try the old 9-ounce fly-rod, just to show my friend how the thing was done, See instructions at head of this column. Swatara, Paxtang, Codorus. Katalist and FKutdlity. By F, W. Seiler, Harrisburg, Pa., for English setters, a black, white aud tan poe oe ae aay Joe aOR, ea ane Spee white dogs, and a ack, white and tan bitch, whelped Ma 1885, by Count i of his Fate Gladstone (Giadstone—Ssue). oe Hig ohinant Pet. By W. . Deane, Somerset, Mass., for black, white and tan beagle bitch, whelped May 29, 1883, by Racer (Rally—Lill) out of Vie (Darwin—Lady). Courtney, Bryn Mawr, Dunbar, Opera Bouffe, Wissahickon, My ueen, Miss Longley, Rosemouth, Delbeck and Lady T. By J. H. Winslow, Philadelphia, Pa_, for liver and white pointers, five dogs and five bitches, whelped June 20, 1885, by G. fF, Jordan's imported ake a aR os Luke—Duke of Portland’s Juno) out of his Viola (A. K.R. s Lady F. By Dr. W. F. Footaine, Woreester, Mass,, for liver and white pointer bitch, whelped June 10, 1882, by King (Lee—Loo) out of S“Sikrmer IL, Lightfoot, Fleet, stormer IT,, Lightfoot, Fleetfoot, Spinaway and Dallianve IE B Halft-Way Brook Kennels, Gleus Falls, N. Y,, for black, white and fay foxhounds, four dogs and one bitch, whelped July 7, 1885, by im- ported Stormer (A.K.R. 2402) out of imported Dalliance (A.K.R. Brunswick, Cardinal. Marlborough, Berneta, Bernuline and Her- mita, By Essex Kennels, Andover, Mass.. for mastiffs, three dogs and three bitches, whelped July 20, 1885, by champion Hermit (A.K,R. 23) out of Daphne I. (A.K-.R, 489). Leda. By Victor M. Haldeman, General Wayne, Pa., for liver and. white pointer bitch, whelped Jan, 31, 1885, by Jimmie (A.K.R. 1589) out of Temptation (A.K.R. 1590). Glendale Ohief and Glendale Beauty. By Half-Way Brook Ken- nels, Glens Falls, N. ¥..for blue, tan and white foxhounds, dog and bitch, whelped July 7, 1885, by imported Stormer (A.K.R. 2402) out of imported Dalliance (A. K.R. 2400). Bob A, and Caw Caw, Tay Dr. Robert I. Hampton, Athens, Ga., for black and white ee setter dog and blue belton and tan bitch, wheat March 31, 1885, by Count Noble out of Belle Boyd (A.K.R, 1277). Chestnut Rock Kennels. By Chas. 8. Fitch, Fort Washington, New York eity, for his kennels of Gordon and black and tan setters. NAMES CHANGED, tS See instructions at head of this column. Nashie to Constance. Beagle bitch, whelped May 28, 1882 (Ring- wood—Norah), owned by Half-Way Brook Kenaels, Glens Falls, N.Y. BRED. I25— See instructions at head of this colunm. Lady Bess—Chief. J. A, Catheart’s (Atlantic City, N. J.) red Trish pee nice Lady Bess (A.K,R. 2178) to Max Wenzel's Chief (A.K.R, 231), July 14. Domio—Gus Bondhu. Sagadaboce Kennels’ (Bath, Me.) English set- ter bitch Domio (Royal Blue—Dryad) to A. M. Tucker’s Gus Bondhu (Dashing Bondhu—Novel), Jime 13. Una—Bannerman. Dr. B. B. Weston’s (Highland Park, Ill.) beagle aoe ate (A. K.R, 1824) to A, C. Krueger's Bannerman (A KR, 1709), une 8, Toodles—Tuck. George W. Dixon’s (Worcester, Mass.) pug bitch Toodles (A.K.R. 2147) to G. H. Amsden’s Tuck (champion Comedy— Lady), July &. Lizzie Grace—Duke Royul iran pA WATER ee en ly bh abel Sadee obi Wd 64 &§ 911 912 9— 96 LH Mayott.--.... Ses onch eae et Www 811 5 9 710 9— 98 a) Adlerty ges eee ey be bt Pore Oa ee SOS a1 § 9 -o: 10—.- Sp SK Hindley. ete. 612 9 911 911 £11 7H 90 ELS Bield, .-..... 00. Se SLE 8910 793 Bit 4 9 Y— 7 IC Douglass.......... Frome ate iG exeels he Gta tae Se Ge Gr The prizes for the aboye were given by merchants of the city. A-continuous rest mateh was shot. The prizes being taken by A. Lamont 114, Z. ©. Talbot 112, 8. K, Hindley 108. T. B. Wilson hotds the first class badge for the month with the score of 105, T.'T. Cart- wrizht the second class, score 39.—APERATURE, WIMBLEDON, July 22.—The shooting at Wimbledon in the contest for the Kolapore Oup has been finished. The Dnglish team won with a score of 650. The next best scores were; Guernsey tean 639, Jersey team 612, and Canadian team 597, A very troublesome mirage seriously crippled the Uanadians, whe were not accustomed to such atmospheric phenomena, The prize list has andergone several and The Queéen’s Prizeman will, as heretofore, Beyond this alteration the othei* great prizes remain almost substaniially the same as heretofore, {hough im several cases the number and yaltie of the awards have been increased. _ For the Kola- pore Clip the home team h&ye’an exti'a incentive of #24, if they are succeset . and, on the other hand, both Guernsey and Jersey rave been allowed to efter teatis as Volohies. Several prizes of minor im- ortanece disippear alibgether from the ep aeo ee and others take heir Glace, Of thése the most hovel is the “Haake Prize,” presented by Mr, lis Parr, This will be fired for at 200;ds, at a target, colored statlet, representing the head aiid body of a mati, on which an inyisi- ble bullseye and Genter will bé drawn, The marksmen will be allowed Sevén shots, the fignt'e appearing and disappearitig alternately for five sevbnds. Othe contests unde ndvel conditions include the revyolvet priges, fot which an elaborately screened range has been Srepared: Most of the geriés of privfies, especially for aggregates, fave be@n increased, while thete are several néw contests thrown Gpen to all tomets, In the Ashbiirton Challenge Shield and kindred contesis the expfession of opinion that the use of carbine atnmunition should not be anforewd has been recognised, and the contestants are to be allowed to use either that or the full regulation cartridge, The pull of t¥igget for the '‘M,B.L,” has been lowered, from six to five pounds, while at the same tine that that for “any rifles” has been raised from three to five. For the first time in the annals of Wimble- don the winnet' of the “grand agtrezate'’ will be feeogui#zed by the adtlition of “G, ©,” to his name, while the next man to him will have the addéndum of “S$, C,” BOSTON; July 25:—Vacation and warm weather male the attends ance limited at Walnut Hill to-day. The weather was good withthe exception df the beat, Some practice was Had at 500yds., but no scot'es were finishéd at that distatice. On Saturday, the 18th, a tele- eraph iiatech was shot with the Rmpire Rifle Club of Thomaston, Conn,; § men, 14 rotinds, résulting In a victory for the M. BR. A, team of 26 points oyer the Empire Chib Team. The detalléd scores are give below together with the best scores of to-day, M. R, A: Team Scores. OMJewell........ 10 ) 8 9 6 567 7 % B 8B @ 8114 d Wraucis.........6 4 8 6 & 810 9 6 9 8 8 O 6 8-112 OBBerry.... ....; BoP a 7 7st Shoe 6 OF Te id R Hest cesres ack Doe lb. YR be > % -8 Ss P—109 dN Frye..-..... .10 59) 56 69 6 7 6 4 710 5 O--108 W Oharles......., if 6% 46710 7 9 & 9 9 710 5—105 HA Cushing........8 $10 8 9 8 6 9 9 6 5 4 & & 6—106 FW Perkins...... 7% 6 9 8 6 8 6 4 6 6 8 Y 7 6 10—100—896 Hmpire Rifie Club Team Scores, Thonas.....- >. 5 5 B88 6 6 7 7.8 6°99 IO S—I108 Dunbat.........581010 589 56 4 7 9 5 7 6 6 B G—104 Gilbert “....,....10 610 9 444 8 &8 7 8 7 G6 8 4-108 Lenimen,......-.. 10-9 26 10 G7 “Sh 4 23-8. 9 9—108 Oanfield........... 104 410 346 5 9 & 8 9 9 7 bG—100 INOBUHES ab yao en 8 86 91010 7 7 4 5 46 7 4 95 Verllignis eh toc 5 945 644 5 6 6 8 51010 7— 94 Alans ene Leh S fd 8347 6 6 6 4 710 510 8— 94—800 Practice Mateh, © B Bdwards,..,... 53454445418 H Neweome.,.......444444d454—41 W Henry (mil)...... 5484085454. 42 A B Archer......... 4443454454—4] H A Newman... ....4454444444—41 Decimal Mateh. ben ellowsy ees 142 bes. ceenegene 9 7 81010 9 7 8 10 10—88 R Reed, C....00... BT eee) ceed teed -8 8 6 9 410 8 8 8 8&"7 WeELen ny (HT) BAR Ly stsacwee ret to .he ls 110 9 8 5 5 ¥ 6 38 9-638 , Rest Match. | OPMLIREV.GIs Leen Re tlne,eier rere a ten ,,10 9 9 1010 10 10 10 10 10—f8 TAGAWarreiin rete eet weet vas .-2- 10 1010 10 8101010 9 10—97 SPEAR CIS. fe ete tyes Wot eee ee ..1010 9 T1010 10 10 10 10—95 PEBAPCMOWS coher lee eels 1010 910 910 9 9 9 9-92 The Associatioh is making Some neéded impfoyements on their range in way of new flagstaifs at 500 and 1,000-yc. ranges, and new dials and targets at 200yds. PORTLAND, Ore., July 6—The military target contest for Ihe ncize of $150 offered by the Fourih of July Celebration, Committee tU5# place at City View Park this afternoon, Company E, Veteran Guards; won the prige with 372 cone D. G. Sotithworth, of Compaty FH, made the highest individual score, 43 out of a possible 50. Battery A. UeMSSCEAL GO, -. From the above it will be seen that H. Venker took first money and W. J. Goleher second, The third prize was divided between Lyon, Peteison and Parks, who each broke 11 discs out of their possible 15. MALDEN GUN CLUB.—The regular weekly shoot, under the aus- pices of the Malden Gun Club, was held at Wellington July 25, when the following sweepstakes were shot: 1, Fiveclay-pigeons—Shumway and Lander divided first. 2, Five clay—pigeons—Shumway and Lander divided first. 3, Five blackbirds—Adams, Loring and Lander divided first. 4, Five clay-pigeons—Stanton first. 5. Five blackbirds—Loring and Souther divided first. 6. Ten clay-pizeons—Stanton and Pond divided first, 7. Five blackbirds—Stanton first. 8. Five blackbirds —Loring first. 9. Five clay pigeons—Schafier first. 10. Five clay- pigeons—Adams first. In the medal match Stanton was first with 9, Snow second with 6, and Shumway third with 7. BOSTON GUN CLUB.—There was a large attendance of shotgun shooters at the range of the Boston Gun Club, ab Wellington, on the 20th, to compete in the champion match. A strong wind prevailed, which sent the left quartering birds &5yds, from the trap, making the shooting very difficult. Following are the results of the separate events: 1. Seven singles, 1 trap, 18yds.—D, Mitchell and D. A. Ward divided first. 2. Seven birds—B. A. Ward first. 3. Seven singles— Spencer first. 4, Seven birds—Cutting and Ward divided first, 5. Seven birds—Snow first. 6, Seven birds—Cutting, Ward and Snow divided first. 7. Same conditions as aboye—Ward first. 8, Saven singles—Snow and Smith divided first. 9. Straightaway—Warren first, The winners in the champion gun match were; First, B. A. Ward, second, G. F. Cutting and T. S. Snow; third, Dr. Kirlewoud. L, Adams stands first for the visitors’ prize. SAN FRANCISCO, July i12.—There was buta slim attendance at San Bruno to-day, owing to the tournament at Colma. The fourth medal shoot of the California Wing Club was held, howeyer, and considering that the wind—as usual—was unfavorable, some very good scores were made, The match was at 12sinele birds, 18yds, rise, and 80yds. boundary. Robinson faced the traps first and easily madea clean score, but seldom using the second barrel. Fay fol— lowed and also made 12 straight kills. He made several very difficult shots, and the spectators were considerably surprised at the amount of skill he displayed aud the rapidity with which he used his second barrel. Walsh and Kerrigan each scored 11 out of a possible 12, Pearson came next and made arecord of 10 kills, The score made was as follows: Robinson,.....-. 5 LI111111101—12 Kerrigan .,......-. 411111110101—11 13747 owed 14114 1711—42' Brant......-..2-... 101101110011— 7 WAZ) ESSE ee epee ae 111111191011—11 Slade.-............ 101111011101— 9 B Goleber......... 11010111110i— 9 Pearson....... ... 111111130011—10 The tie between Robinson and Fay was shot off at 12 birds. Robin- son’s sixth bird was a tough oneand managed to get outside of the boundary although it had fwo luads of shot init. This reduced his record to 11. Fay was more fortunate and made 24 straight kills. The choice of medals, therefore, came Way first, Robinson second, and Walsh, by permission of Kerrigan, third. ALLENTOWN, N. Y., July 25.—The Hast Hill Gun Club had a pleasant and well attended shoot at their grounds this afternoon, at 30 clay-pigeons, 20 singles and 5 pairs doubles, N,G.A. rules. The score was as follows: DEB. Slate as Brce cleaies aah 11110101011311111000 = =©10 11 00 11 01—20 ANEW OT CTE VA tae, Se Ee a! 00000010101011000101 00 0010 00 d0— 7 SDASUPA YOM: oes len sso see. cs 10000111001000101111 11 00 11 00 11-17 HR Curpine 2 ese: 01710011011000101010 10 10 10 10 10—15 a GATYETY IS ote ieee ot leery ate nays 10101111411110011011 01 00 11 10 01—20 URW ERGwWaleneete ee eae 00000111011110111100 10 10 10 11 1i—18 id SING 0) Cee a eee Ag er 10011010010101000011 00 01 10 10 10—13 DEMNERT DS 9 oipeenner asset 01010011010001010111 11 €0 10 00 11—15 Thebs WiCStOMi aed arch eee ete 01101010000110000110 10 10 10 10 11—744 Fay won shoot off,—§s. BROOKFIELD Vs. WATERVILLH,—Mateh at glass balls, Card rotary trap: i Wateryille Gun Glub. SP OUMIES COLD resp. paises ania itll he etek 441199911199111111101101 128 WOME na ee cee ape + - .0111111111911101111011111—22 F H Coggeshall.,......:-- ~» 0491917117111110110111111—22 Ba WaGooclwillis sc ondacbe se eras see 0111101301110011001110011—16 HN Onndee . cy en SA OOTP ree AS 1010171111111111111111101—22 (Hig SUN RTA eae oaue bat 1101401101111010111111011—19 POG e) OWES 0) ja warat eel eee ares Caen eee 1949411941911911011110110—22 Ae bes i a, nD Fe ee ee 1191111011111111111111 101 24170 Brookfield Gun Club. AD Gates: =o 2 ds pie yt le 4111101191141 1011111111 —22 A DE eh ens call a Ces 1111111119111110011101111—32 Si vGpe eee awed heen oso »-1111101111111111141111144—24 EB) De SOMeL | oe ecg cae se et 011111100011101711111010i—18 W Hames alee ope he Alias ocbes 1710000 01411101111111101—17 DSTORE Cat yet scr ee cae 41441144119111111111111111—25 SPCUS ENT ae i A Ae ad _.-109711171110111.1110111970—20 H Bryant...... 1 abe ieeinns Senet 3588 + 1111103191101101110111011—20—168 ‘ 14 FOREST AND STREAM. — — - [Juny 80, 18865. MERIDEN, Conn., July 22.—The second of a series of six individual State shoots, open to members of any organized gun club. for prizes consisting of guns, rifles and ammunition offered by manufacturers and dealers,for best average of 4 scores, at 25 elay birds or other targets, 18yds. rise. was held fo:day, on the grounds of the Parker Gun Club Eleven clubs were represented, Birdseye, Langden and Minor shot. at 2lyds, ; TIVASEIOASEy cnc ARs Apu.) yeep e ed cc 0100000000010000110101101— 8 MP ERISOI sci d ORE ees TR a 0111010111011101011101101—17 Bo oth) EDEN Sh OT iets EE ete 1110011010001110110101011—15 ¥ Stevenson....-,,...5 ce Fee: 0171011100011111101101110—17 AOR TG ey ee Sees oe i ra 1000001110010111100000001—10 Bs OPH OR | Pyotr ewer aes cee een oo rk 1101010011111000001110111—15 ogra UT ca) pore ey oe A ie een mS 1111011111110100010111101—18 AH Merriman...... .. 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Reems oop tide ht ag haat das 41101110101111111111111111—22 Rav Rithmonds 2. oe oon Sees COL , 1011110000011100000111001—12 OC Sterry....... ert chee e sels aT ey 0011101001101100001010001—10 Uy AO MS 1s ee a eas ae ie aquecvte 1000011011100101011101111—15 MNPERGT SOA SoceteLcdae ets a ese ee els 1110110010111111111001101—18 IPA ley toasts yp ebpseayny (O83) Sees 0101001000000011600111100— 9 LORY het Wee: prtete Ci NM Dei ld a deal per og Pe a 1101010001.010001001111100—12 HW Whitlooek... 0.22206 ee 110101101110101 1011111010 —17 SSPCHGIS. wel Ree SE CEL ere eee 0000101001110110110111000—13 CHRUBYistOl) 12 t,o as ‘Sateecee CoE ee eT 091001 1000000101111101101—12 DAA ROG VOATO Lue preci skeet tte ee 10100011110001011¢ 1010011—13 WN D Polsom,....,.. f . 0011110011001010111000011—14 FC Bertram.....- - -- .0011101111100101111010011—16 : - . 0101117100110001111010110—15 Be PEAR es sce d seen ts vad, abe 1000000101001110921010110—11 “2 0110101101101111110101111—18 W Smith_.__.. oe - + -1111001001110110110111113 —18 AA REMMI ETS eee lted Ry Ce ny 6 cal kratsly LO000L101011000010 191079... 1909110011111 48 JAMESTOWN, N. Y., July 23.—Seore of Jamestown Shooting Club in match with Winchenden, Mass., made the 21st, telegraph match, q men on a side, 20 clay-birds to each man, 18yds,, fourth notch, 3 directions of flight; ' WO ee CoN eR. Poa es ala aaoe 11111114110111111111—19 POA IES oo stg g pe mee we sacenncs ad ad ote SbF rcs .01110414011111101113—16 Pennock, F...., +» 11111011911111101111—18 @arnahan,....... dex ~, »-01101111101011111011—15 Likely) gee e on See - .. 11111101101611101111—16 Ef (cred fel Dae | eee .---01011111111011111111—17 SRVIVES ge coe fer =< cee St RAs ye eel eee 11117191111121111111— 20121 MOUNT KISCO,N, Y., July 24.—Mount Kiseo Gun Club at clay- birds, 16yds rise: s H Bailey ._001011000001000100011—7_ Barnard. ..000000000110011000010—5 Carpeater.000000011000000000001—3 Hart...... 010000100001000000110—5 B Bailey -.001110000000000000U00—3 Pelton..... 000100110001100100110—8 Farer..... 011010001110001000011—9 Reed...... 111000100000010000600—5 Searles ..111100 00001100010010—8 § Sarles .., 11010001010001—6 GIRARD MANOR, Pa,, July 25,—Weekly shoot for the gold medal atid ciay-pigeons, revolying screened trap, 18yds. rise, use of one barrel: MacMillan............ 1111101111—9 J orah,............. 0011110100—5 Wi Oy Oe ea 1111100110—7 GLorab...,.......,,. 0010111101—6 Sharer sees oe 1111010100-6 A Lorah ..,.......,.. 0000000100—1 This being the third time the medal was won successively by Mac- Millan, it becomes his individual property. He immediately presented it to the club, and next shoot will take place for same Saturday. SEnd ten cents for handbook of The National Guo Association to #. C. Bishop, Secretary, Box 1292, Cincinnati, Ohio. TESTIMONIALS: “The very best and most complete rules,” April 3, 1885. __ (Signed) — GANCHO, “Very satisfactory comments from different parties * April 18, 1885. (Signed) _GLOAN. “We want a national lay and national officers to enforce it.” April 27, 1885. (Signed) ALMO. ‘Wairly started and its future euccess depends entirely upon the manner in which the sportsmen throughout the country respond.” April 18, 1885, [4dv.] (Signed) C.M, Stark. Canoeing. Address all commanications to the Forest and Stream Publish ing Co. FIXTURES. July 24to Aug, 8—A, C. A. Meet, Grindstone Island, AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. AECRHETARY—C. A, Neidé. Schuylerville, N, Y, Candidates for mem bership must forward their names, with $2 for initiation fee and first. year’s dues, to the secretary, who will present the names to the executive committes., Money sheuld be sent by registered letter or money order. OSHKOSH, Wis., July 24—The annual race for the championship of the Oshkosh C. C. ee called at 2:20 P. M. yesterday, with bub six entries, who finished as follows: Bon Ami, R. P, Sinney, Sim. 20s.; Genevieve, F. H. Gary, 5im. 453.; Rene, W. A. Session, 64m. Bis. ; Meta, G. Simm, 61m. 00s.; Alice, ©, Schloerb, and Sis, A. M. v. Kaas, nottaken. Course trianglar, 5 miles, wind west, strong.—OsBross. THE A. C. A. MEET. ANY canoeists are now in camp ab Grindstone, and others are arriying every day, Dr. Neidé is hard at work, and all is ready for the races next Monday. The prospects are that the meet will be avery large one, and while many older members will be missed, there will be a numberof new men present. The séttlement at Squaw pa will be larger than in '84, The programme of the races is as ollows: FIRST DAY, AUG, 3. No. 1. 9:30 A, M.—Paddling Class JII., 1 mile, No. 2. 9:45 A, M.—Paddling Class IL., 1 mile, No, 3. 11:30 A. M.—Sailing Novices’ Classes A and B, no limits to rig or ballast, open only to members who never sailed a canoe before 1885, 144 miles. No. 4. 11:30 A, M'—Paddling Class IV,, 1 mile. No. 5. 11:45 A M.—Paddling ClassI. (This race exempt from ‘‘I man 1 canoe’ rule) 1 mile. - No, 6. 1:45 P, M.—Sailing Class B, no limits ballast or rig, 3 miles. No. 7, 2 P. M.—Sailing Class A, no limits ballast or rig, 3 miles, No. 8. 3 P, M,—Paddling and Sailing combined, Classes A and B (paddle 44 mile, sail nile, paddle 4 mile, sail 14 mile, paddle 4 tnile, sail +4 mile, on triangular course af 14-mile sides), 3 miles. No. 9. 4:00 P. M.—Paddling tandem, Classes IIT, and TV,, decked (canoes for this race must be decked on half their length), 1 mile. No, 10. 4:15 P. M,—Paddling tandem, Classes IIT. an TV., open (only for paddlers who do not race in No. 9), 1 mile. No, 11. 4;30 P, M.—Upset race, any Class II. or larger canoe (no special appliances allowed unless usually carried in cruising, at signal every canoe must be turned completely over), 200£t. SECOND DAY, No. 12. 9:30 A. M_—Paddling Class IY,, ernising trim (canoe and load any material, to weigh 200 pounds or more), 1 mile, No. 14, 10:30 A. M.—Sailing Class B, no ballast, 3 miles. - No. 15. 10:40 A. M,—Sailing Olass A, no ballast, 3 miles. No, 16, 11;40 A, M.— Paddling Class II., cruising trim (canoe and load to weizh 120 pounds or more), 1 mile. No. 17. 2:00 P. M.—Sailing Class B, cruising rig (sail limited to 75ft., any ballast), 114 miles. No. 18. 2:10 P. M.—Sailing Class A, cruising rig (sail limited to 50ft., any ballast), xis miles. No, 19. 3:00 P. M.—Paddling ClassIIZ , cruising trim (eanoe and load to weigh 160 pounds or more), 1 mile. No, 20. 3:15 P, M.—Sailing unclassified canoes, no limits ballast or rig, 144 miles. . No. 21, 4:15 P. M.—Hurry scurry, with swim, 100yds. run, canoes moored 50ft. from shore, paddie 200yds. No, 22. 4:30 P. M.—Gymnastics. Second day of this programme will be Tuesday, Aug. 4, unless weather prevents or some of Monday's races are postnoned, in which case Monday’s programme will be finished if possible and the remainder v—£ the day be devoted to special rases or sports, and the second day will be Wednesday, Aug. 56. In absence of wind the sailing races will be called at their appointed time, Punctuality will be insisted on, no race will wait for any members. Any event delayed by lack of wind or by reason of the preceding one rot having finished will be postponed to the same hour next day, and the next event started at its appointed time. All A. C. A. rules will be enforced, : ‘All-round record” with five prizes will be based upon all events in this programme except Nos, 3, 5, 9, 10, 20, 21, 22, that is upon 7 paddling, 6 sailing and one combined, every classified canoe (except Class I.) being eligible alike for 3 paddling races, 3 sailing and 1 com- bined, for No. 5 members may bring and use another canoe besides the one allowed under Rule II. for other events, First and second prizes in all events except 22, LAKE ERIE CANOE MEET, JULY 18-25. Camp GARDNER, BALLAsT IstAND, ] ‘ Pur-tIn-Bay, Lake Erie, July 21, 1885. { SINCE the formation of the American Canoe Association in 1880 there have always been a number of Western canoeists connected with it,some of whom haye been present each year at the meets; but the great distance has prevented a general attendance, and many earnest canoeists, long members of the A, C. A,, have never attended an Associatiou camp. Canoeing is growing rapidly throughout the West and there are many flourishing clubs, but, chiefly on account of the distance, their members do not, as a rule, belong to the Associ- ation. Some members of the Cleveland OC. ©. who are in the habit of spending a part of each summer at the Erie Islands, opposite San- dusky, suggested last winter'the idea of holding a canoe meet at the islands te which all Western canoeists should be invited; and the idea was promptly acted upon. ‘As the scheme progressed under the leadership of Commodore Gardner, of the Cleveland ©. C., and also commodere of the Cleveland Yachting Association, ib was expanded into a general meet of canoeists, yachtsmen and boating men, all of whom were invited to be present, with the assurance of races of ail kinds for them, Committees and officers were appointed by the Cleveland clubs, all arrangements for the meet—race courses, prizes, camp grounds, etc.—were made by them, and invitations were sent to all cangeists, yachtsmen and boating men in the West to attend the meet. It was decided not to hold the meet under the auspices of the American Canoe Association, bub to invite all to attend, and during the meet to take steps toward some form of permanent organization both for yachtsmen and canoeists, the details of which should be determined by those present. Ballast Island, the site selected for the camp. is one of a group of half a dozen islands, in size varying from twenty to 2,000 acres and known as Lake Erie Islands, being situated off Sandusky, Ohio, in Lake Erie. The largest of the group, Put-in-Bay Island, is celebrated as the spot where Perry repaired to refit his ficet after his famous victory, taking refuge in the beautiful little harbor now known as Put-in-Bay. Two miles N. H. lies a little rocky inlet of about ten acres in extent, where the same tradition says that Com. Perry stopped to take in ballast before his battle, whence the name which it still bears. A foundation for the story is evident on the 8. W. shore, where the sloping beach is covered thick with round white stones as large as one’s fist, and where if he did not get ballast. he could have found itif he wished, which, after seventy years, answers the same purpose. On one-half of the island, facing about N. E., the shore is steep and rocky, and on the other it is quite low with stone beaches. The island is now the property of five gentlemen who use it for a summer resort for their families, as well as a fishing camp in season, the waters of the entire region being noted for their fish. There are on the island thirteen cottages, the handsomest being a log house cosily furnished, belonging to Commodore Gardner. It is situ- ated in a fine grove of trees by the water’s edge, A dining hall is situated on the N. W, side, where the cottagers take their meals. The island is covered with gardens and orchards and the groves afford good camp sites, while a little dock with deep water allows large lake steamers to call. - ‘ A mile to the west is Middle Bass Island, with headquarters of the Toledo Club. Steamers from various lake ports call at several of the islands every day. The distance to Cleveland is 65 miles, Toledo 40 miles, Sandusky 16 miles and Canada 30 miles. Near by are Green Tsland, Rattlesnake Island, Middle, Gull, Sugar, North Bass, Kelley’s and Point Pelee islands, all beautifully wooded and several of them boasting large vineyards famous for their wines. No finer location could be selected for a meet, both for yachts and canoes. Open courses on the deep, dark green waters, the,beautifnl harbor of Put- in-Bay, with its fire anchorage, and the excellent camp sites offer every advantage for water sports of every kind, . The committees in charge arranged an extended programme, begin- ning with the open regatta of the Cleveland Yachting Association on July 16, a cruise to the islands on the following day, making camp on Saturday and following programme of races and meetings: Monday, July 20, business meeting to arrange for a plan of organ- ization. : Tuesday, yacht regatta and race of pound boats, with a hall at Webrle’s on Middle Bass Island. : ; Wednesday, canoe races, 9:30 A. M., Class I, paddling, 1 mile; 10 A. M., Class III., paddling, 1 mile; 11 A. M., Class I., paddling, 44 mile; 1:30 P, M., Class B, sailing, 3 miles, no limit to ballast or rig; 6 P. M., Class A, 3 miles, sailing, no limit of ballast or rig; 4:30 P. M., upset Trace. 5 Thursday, 9:30 A. M., Class CO, 3 miles, sailing; 11 A. ML, all classes, 3 miles, sail 1 mile, lower sails and paddle 1 mile, sail 1 mile; 2 P. M., Olass V., paddling, 1 mile; 2:30 P. M., Class 1V., paddling, 1 mile; 3 P. M., all canoes, sailing, for men who have never sailed a canoe be- fore 1885, 2 miles; 4 P, M., hurry scurry race, run id0yds., swim to canoe and paddle 200yds. Inthe evening a supper to canoeists and yachtsmen at the Beebe House. ; Friday, 10 A. M., sailing, open canoes only not over 18ff., 8 miles; 11:30 A, M., novices paddling, 1% mile, for those who have never pad- dled a canoe up to 10 days before the race; 2 P. M., any canoes, sail- ing, 3 miles, open only to winners of previous races; 6230 P, M., any canoes, paddling, 1 mile, for winners of previous races; 4 P.M, up- set race; 8 P. M., meeting for presentation of prizes and for business. A classification as follows was devised by the Regatta Commuttee, Messrs. Fred Keith, H.-S. Wright and O. 5. Root: Paddling—Class I., length not over 16ft.. beam 26\to 30in, Class I, length not over 18ft,, beam not under 30in; Class HI.. not over 18ft., beam not under 24 and not over 28in.; Class [V., open canoes, single or double blades; Class V., tandem canoes. Sailing—Class A, length not over 16ft., beam not over 28in.; Class B, length not over 18ft., with a limit of 28)4in. beam for that length. The beam may be increased a4in, for each full 6m of length decreased, Class G, length not over {8tt,. any beam, with allowance of 6 seconds per foot per mile, open or decked canoes. The rules of the American Canoe Association were adopted, The prizes were handsome flags, of which a number were made by lady friends of the canoeists After the races at Cleveland, an account of which is given in another column, the tieet sailed for Put-in-Bay, arriving ou Saturday, and several canoeists also cruised up from Cieveland, while others arrived from various points by steamer, By Saturday night a num- ber of tenls were pitched on the northeast shore ina fine grove of trees, and a fleet of canoes were on the beach, while a number of yachts were anchored in Put-in-Bay. On Sunday service was held outside of Com, Garduer’s cottage, Rev. G. T. Dowling of the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church of Cleyeland, officiating. On Monday more ca- noeists arrived, among*them Dr, (. A. Neidé, Secretary A. GC. A., until Cleveland, Toledo, C icago, Cincinnati were represented. In the evening a meeting was held in camp, at which the question of organ- ization was discussed, and a committee consisting of H, D. Crane, Cinemnati; O. H. Root and ©, F, Pennewell, Cleveland; J. O. Hep- burn. Toledo, and W.P, Stephens, New York, were appointed to present a piss of organization, Another committee—Messrs. G. Henry Gardner and F. W. Keith, Gleyeland, and W. J. Brown, Uin- cinnati—were appointed to fix a place for tae next meeting. To-day has been devoted exclusively to the yachts, as given inour yachting columns, the sports ending with a ball at Wehrle’s on Middle Bass, at which yachtsmen and canoeists were present. To- morrow the first canoe races begin. Only two Bistern eanoeists, Dr. Neidé and Mr. Stephens of the New York C. ©., are present. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22. The first day of the canoe races opened clearand hright, with a good breeze and smooth water. At 9:30 A, M. the judges, Messrs. Short, Axworthy and Jones, calied race No. 1 for Class I., paddling, 1 mile. The course for paddling was from the wharf to Black Buoy No. 7, distance about % mile, but not measured. The sailing course was triangular toa markboat off Middle Bass Island, thence toa markboat off Put-in-Bay Island and home, about 284 miles, but in- tended for a 3-mile course. As none of the courses were accurately known, the times cannot be used for comparison with records over other courses, The starters were: Psyche, F. W. Keith; Cleveland Greys, G. H. Gardner; Little Fraud, C.F, Pennewell; Mary Bradv, Q. H. Root; all of the Cleveland C.0. The start was made at 9:32 A. M., Psyche aud Cleveland Greys keeping well together, but the former finally took the lead and won in 11.13. The times were: Eeyore 11.18, Cleveland Greys 11.1934, Mary Brady 11.30, Little Fraud The second race, Class III., paddling, same course, brought oul, Fannie L,, FP. W. Keith; Cleveland Grays, R. W. Yorke; Mary Brady, O. H. Root; all of the Cleveland ©. G. Start, 10:10:01 A. M. Fannie L. won in 12.87, Cleveland Greys second, 13.02, Mary Brady third, 12 15, The entries for the third race, half mile paddling, Class II., were: Laura, W. W. Hite, Cincinnati C. C.; Gipsy, J. W, Hepburn, Toledo OG. C.; Nick L. and George El, G. i. ardner, Cleveland ©. ©; City of Cleveland, C. F Pennewell, Cleveland G. ©, Tne start was made at 10:48 A.M. The Nick L. and George El, Com. Gardner's new Sunbeam, named after two well known Cincinnati canoeists, aud paddled by Com. Gardner's son, wou easily in 5.52, Gipsy 6.28. City of Cleveland 6.29, Laura 6.35, 1 After dinner No. 4, three miles, Class L.. sailing, no limits of rig or ballast, was called, the starters being: Gip, H. D. Crane, Cincinnati C. €.; Fifine, W. I. Brown, Cincinnati C. C.; Gipsy, J. W. Hepburn, Toledo ©, C. Several others were entered but did not start on acconnt of the weather. The two Cincinnati canoes had i-on dagger boards and the single lateens used by the C. CO. C., while Gipsy carried a Mohican rig. Starting together at 3:47 in a high wind and rough water, Fifine, well handled, led over the course, winning in 49,53, with Gip in 50.40. At 4:05 the Class A race, under the same conditions, was started with the following entries: Laura, W. W. Hite, Cincinnati @. C.; Guyahoga, C, F, Pennewell, Cleveland C. C.; Mary Brady, 0. H. Root, Cleveland C. C.; Cleveland Greys, G. H. Gardner, Cleveland C, C,; Fannie L., F. W. Keith, Oleyeland C.C. The wind was still heavy and water rough, capsizing Fannie L. at the first mark. ‘The Cleve- land Greys won in 46.30. To-day’s sports finished with an upseb race. the starters being Messrs. G. H. Gardner, F. W. Keith, O. H. Root, and R H. Yorke. Mr. Gardner was quickly in his canoe and won easily. Many visitors were here to witness the races, and a number of sailing and steam yachts were over the course and anchored near the wharf, In the evening all visited Put-in-Bay to be present at the awarding of the yacht prizes. THURSDAY, JULY 23 Like the preceding days, the weather here is perfect for camping out, hot at midday, but with pleasant breezes at all times. The races began with No. 7, Class C sailmg, 8 miles. The allowance proposed was found to be unfair to the longer but smaller boats, so another was substituted, the smaller boats receiving 3niin. each from the larger ones. Nine canoes were started at 11:07, as follows: 30in. beam and over (allows 3min.)—Fifine, W. I, Brown, Cincinnati C. C.; Gip, H. D. Crane, Cincinnati C. C.; Gipsy, J. W. Hepburn, Toledo C. C.; Viola, Geo. Miller, Toledo C. C.; Cricket, J. O. Shiras, Vincin- nati, O. Under 30in, heam—Cleveland Greys, G. H. Gardner, Cleye- land C. C.; Mary Brady, O. H. Root, Cleveland C. C.; Fanny L., ¥, W. Keith, Cleveland C. C.; Laura, W. W. Hite, Cincinnati 6. C. One minute was allowed between einai at the start, the time beme taken from the second whistle. went off very well together, Fifine first, Gip, Cleveland Greys and Cricket, the wind being light from §.H,, with smooth water. Wifine led in the reach to first mark, turning at 11:15;45; Gip, 11:16:26; Cleveland Greys, 11:17.35; Nannie L,, 14:17:40; Viola, 11:42:00; Laura, 11:18:13; Cricket, 11:19:00. All stood on port tack for second mark, Fifine ahead, then Fanny L. and Gip. At second mark the times were: Fannie L., 11:41:15; Vifine, 11:41:35; Gip. The wind became lighter and held so to the finish. Gip missed the second mark and gave up, having steered for the wrong buat. Fanny L. came in at 11:56:20; Fifine, 11:57:08; Gipsy, 12:01:30; Cleveland Greys, 12:01:48. Fanny L, wins by 48sec. in addition to an allowance of 3min, from Fifine. After dinner the first race was No. 8, all classes, sail 1 mile, paddle 1 mile, and sail again 1 mile to finish. Four canoes started: Laura, W. W. Hite, Cincinnati C.C.; Fannie L., F, W. Keith, Cleveland ©. C.; Cleyeland Greys, C. F. Pennewell, Cleveland C. C.; Gipsy, J. W. Hep- burn, Toledo C.C. At ¥2%:42;10 all went off free for first mark with booms to port, jibing at the mark at 2:53;20, and lowering sail. The stretch under paddle was finished by Fannie L, at 3:2:30, when she set sailagain, making long and short legs to finish and crossing at $:29:52, her time being 47.42, Laura was second in 47.55, the others being well astern. Asno open nor tandem canoes were present, races 9 and 10 were omitted, and No. 11 was called ati 4:4:45, a novice’s race for all canoes, with 8 starters: Fannie L., C. C. Clark: Cleyeland Greys, J. O, Gard- ner; Gip, W. W. Hite; Cricket, J.O. Shiras; Laura, C. H. Walker; Mary Brady, R. H. Yorke; Cleyeland Greys, C. F. Pennewell; Fifine, W.D. Breed. The wind was strong for novices. The coursé was 2 miles only, out and back. Starting at 4:14:45, Mr. Walker, never in a canoe before, soou took the Laura ahead, turning neatly at the mark, while all the others ran up, head to wind and hung there help- lessly. Coming home Laura had a long lead, but Jost it by neglecting to trim the mizzen on the wind. Gipand Vifine finally turned and came in chase, both being better handled, and within two lengths of the line Gip passed Laura, whose crew seized half a paddle and put his boat across first, thus losing second prize, which went to Fifine. The times were: Gip 27.10, Fifine 28.25. t A novice's paddling race was added next, the starters being: Mar Brady, W. B. Goodwin; Little Fraud, R. H. Yorke; Cuyahoga, C. F. Pennewell; City of Cleveland, J. O. Gardner, Distance 34 mile. Starting at 6:14:45, Cuyahoga Jed all the way with Little Frand sec- ond, the times being 1imin. and 11,35. During therace a heavy squall came up, and it was finished in a heavy rain, which caused the post- ponement of the hurry scurry race. After supper all was clear again and the canoéists went over to the supper at the Beebe House, at which nearly a hundred were present, a!l returning to camp late at night. The races of the day were managed by Messrs. J. Geo, Downie and W.P.zStephens. During the day a “pound” boat race was sailed around the islands. WRIDAY, JULY 24. To-day has been like the previous ones, clear and beautiful, with lenty of wind forthe sailors, and none of the calms which are so Bad at Lake George and Grindstone. A steady breeze seems to be al- ways blowing over the course, changing little in direction during a race. Both im this respect and in beauty of location, Ballast Island is ahead of the other camps, 4 Race No. 18 was changed, no open canoes entering, and was made open to all with the same allowance asin race No.7: Class C (80in. and over).—Gip, H, D. Grane, Cincinnati C. C.; Fifine, W. 1 Brown, Cincinnati ©. C.; Gipsy, J. W. Hepburn, Toledo C. C.; Fawn, E. Holmes, Toledo G. ©0.; Cricket, J, O, Shiras, Cinciunati. Under 30ins._Cleveland Greys, G. H. Gardner, Cleveland C. 0.; Fannie L., F, W. Keith, Cleveland C. 0.; City of Cleveland, J. O. Vardner, Cleve- land ©. ©.; Mary Brady, W. D. Breed, Cincinnati; Laura, Was Vie Hite, Cincinnati ©. C. The wind was quite streng trom 8. W. when all went over at 10:51 A. M., Gip and Fifine both making good starts. On the reach across Fannie kept the weather place with Vifine near her. Fifine turned first, then Fannie and Gip. All the fleet fetched to leeward of second mark after working across, Fannie leading, then Fifine, Gip and Laura, the others strung out. All broke tacks below . & Suny 30, 1885.) FOREST AND STREAM. 15 the mark to beat up. Fifine did by far the best work to windward, and took 4 good lead. All came home free. booms to starboard. The ; ee rere Fifine 86.38, Gip 39.38, Fannie 40.08, Gipsy 471.21, Laura The next race was No, 15 sailing, tor winners of previous races only: The starters were: Gip, H. D. Crane, Cincinnati ©, C.; Laura, W. W. Hite, Cincinnati C. C.; Fifine, W. 1. Brown, Cincinnati C. C.; Fannie, F. W. Keith, Cleveland ©. 0. The Cleveland Greys entered, but broke her tiller on the line and withdrew. The wind still blew quite strongly, but the water was smooth. All went off af 11:55 A.M., Gip and Fifine making good starts, with Laura across third, The race was quickly sailed, Fifine leafing allthe way. The times were: Fifine, 433,05, ip 36,00, Fannie L, 39.00 and Laura 40.15, , Following this came a mile paddle for winners, Race No. 16. with three starters: Psyche, F, W. Keith, Cleveland G. C,; Cleveland Greys, C. F. Pennewell, Cleveland C. C.; Cnyahoga, O, H. Root, Oleveland C. @. The race was started at 12:45:00, Psyche leading and winning easily in 10.04, with Cuyaboga in 10,49. ’ Tmmedistely after dinner today a meeting was called in camp, Com, Gardner presiding, The Committea on Organization reported, recommending the formation of a Western Association of Canoeists, and that measures should he taken to consult with the American (Manoe Association ag to some plan for a united association. The re- port was accepted and the election of officers followed. Mr, Crane noinmated Gom. Gardner, who was unanimously elected Commodore, and Mr, Brown nominated Geo. B. Kilard, of Cincinnati, for Vice- Commodore, who was also elected. Mr, W. H. Eckman, of Cleveland, was elected Secretary. The Committee on Location reported in fayor ofa meet at the present camp i 1886, which was adopted and a motion to that effect passed. Com, Gardner appomted as an Hxeeu- tive Committee, Messrs. W. I. Brown, of Cincinnati; J. W. Hepburn, of Toledo, and Woodruif, of Chicago. The following resolution was adopted: : Whereas, The Western A. C. A. has been duly organized on the 24th day of July, 1885, at Ballast Island, Lake Erie; an ; ‘ Whereas, The said association is desirous of encouraging canoeing in phis country, and organizing roles, regulat‘ons. ete , that govern the cancers throughout North America; therefore be it . Resolved, That a representative be elected from this Association, with instructions to present the action taken at this meeting to the A, @, A, at its méeting at Grindstone Island, and that the said repre- sentative express to the said A.C, A. our willingness to reorganize the said W, 0. A, ov & basis which will place this Association on an equal footing with such an organization as may be formed by Eastern and Canadian canoers. In pursuance of this resolution Mr. W. P. Stephens was elected a representative tc the A. C. A. meet at Grindstone Island, after which the meeting adjourned. A photographer was present in the after- noon and secured views of the camp and boats. Another squall with rain and high wind put a stop to further races, but cleared by sunset with a beautiful double rainbow, In the evening the water was coy- ered with boating parties in canoes and sailboats, the nearly (ull moon making the night very beautiful, 4n Hxecutive Committe meeting was held at headquarters, at which the A. ©, A. Constitution, By-laws and Sailing Rules were read and adopted with the amendment of several minor points to adapt them to ube uses of the Western A.C, A, To-morrow, besides the ostponed races, others will be held at the Toledo club house on Middle Bass Island. SATURDAY, JULY 25- f The first race this morning, No. 14, was a half mile paddle for novices who had never paddled up to ten days prior to tace, ‘The entries were: Psyche, Geo, Chandler, Laura, W. W. Hite; Cuyahoga, . #. Root; Fannie L., R. Yorke; Nick L, and George El, George Ford; Littie Fraud, W. Breed, The race was started at buoy 7, and was won by Quyahoga, in 8.03.30, with Nick L, second. The next race was a special one fur a handsome flag presented by Mr, Brady. of Cleveland, 1 mile, canoes of 30in. and aver. Only two entered; (ity of Cleveland, ¥. W. Keith, Cleveland C, C,: Nick L, and George Hl, W. P. Stephens, New York ©, C. Starting at 10:18:10 the Nick L. took the lead and at the quarter led by nearly a length, in- ereasing to one and a half lengths at the buoy. Here the other boat gained in the turn, coming up to a length astern. The race home was very exciting, as the City of Cleveland gradually overhauled the leader. but could not pass, the Nick L. winning by & length in 9:50. The twelith race, postponed from Thursday, was very amusing to (he spectators. The boats were set adrift 50yds. from the wharf, the contestants running 100yds, on the wharf and diving off, then enter- ing the boats. alter a swim and paddling 100yds. with half a paddle. Mr. Woodruff, of the Chicago C.C., was first in the run, with Mr, Backus, of Cleyeland, beside him, with four others near, backus reached the water first with a long dive, Woodruff close to him, and the former was first in his boat, but was slow in getting under way and fouled Mr, Keith, Woodrutt swung his single blade well and took first, with Keith second. _ An upset race followed with four entries, won by Geo.-Ford, with Keith second. After this was a trial of skill in walking around the foremast of a canoe, wou by W. Breed, with Mr. Keith again second. The prizes were distributed at noon in front of the cottage, the flags being very handsome. Camp GARDNER, BALLAST ISLAND, JuLY 26.—After conclusion of the races at camp yesterday the canoeists crossed with their boats to the Toledo club house on Middle Bass Island, a large summer hotel sur- rounded by handsome grounds and a number of small cottages, all owned by a club of Toledo gentlemen, whose families occupy the hotel and cottages in summer. Prizes had been offered by the Puests for canoe races, the first of which was a paddling race 34 of a Mile with handicap, won by F. W. Keith in the Psyche. Following this was an upset race with 5 entries, 200yds with two upsets, won b G@, H, Gardner. A hurry skurry race, 4 entries, 200yds run, 100yd. swim and a paddle home, was alsowon by Mr. Gardner A sailing race over a 2 mile course brought out 4 entries and was won by G, H, Gardner in the Gip, with W. I. Brown second in the Fifine, times: 42.30 and 47, In the evening all attended the hop at the Toledo Ulub, and on Monday the camp will be comparatively deserted. A CRUISE ON THE TAUNTON RIVER. URING the winter and early spring of *84, | had a serious attack d of the “‘canoe craze,” which resulted in my becoming the rather dissatisfied possessor of a 104426 decked canoe, splendidly built, and fitted with mast, sail and jointed double paddle. I was di-satisfied because I wanted all this ata weight of under thirty pounds, and though 7 neyer weighed them I found they varied from sixty to two Thousand pounds, according to the distance I had to move them oyer- land. TIused this canoe one or two afternoons, and in August, being reduced to 110 pounds by a combination of fever and book keeping, determined to make a short voyage for rest. Looking over the map of Massachusetts, I found thal the Taunton River ran in about the direction I wanted to go, and judging (from the same authority) that it must be about the rightsize forastart at Brockton, T expressed the canoe there, : Taking train next morning at Boston with a basket of blankets, food, cte,, lreached Brockton at9 A.M. Here I hired a team, loaded the canoe on it and started for the Taunton River, which is about two miles (by map) east of Brockton. My good friend, Mr. Nye, who owned and drove the team, didnt remember any river crossing the road, only 4 5mall brook; but having great faith in the map, and no other running water being near, [decided thatthe brook was my riyerand would scon grow. So launching the canoe on a stream Sft. wide and two deep, I bade farewell to my friend, who looked as if he bade good-bye to all hope of ever seeing me alive, and was very par- ticular that Ishould promise to write to him if I ever got any where. i have ue doubt he expected meto give it up or get lost inside the rst mile. ra Soon after starting I found the brook (Taunton River) badly choked with bushes, and in some places with old fence rails, needing all the little strength and large amount of patience 1 started with to scra By Slide, crawl or ficat under, over or through the obstructions, the “brook” was nafrow, the bushes and bugs thick, the day hot, and diiring the first two miles I took in an assorted cargo of leaves, twigs, Spiders, bugs and beetles large enough ro last a whole season, After four or fiye miles of this style of locomotion the stream gradually broadened into a long mili pond, with swampy land covered with bushes on both sides. The bottom of the pond contained a thick de- osit of sawdnst, easily stirred up by the paddle, while its surface or nearly a mile was almost covered by lilies; in some reaches were countless numbers of the small ones hardly an inch in diameter, but very perfect and fragrant. At the lower end of the pond the water was very deep, ending at a dam which was also a road to_an old de- serted mill standing just below the dam. After a rest and lunch in the shadé T walked down through the woods and brush, which was very thick, to see how I was to get along further, The stream run- nine from the dam was shallow, but over asteep, rocky bed and ex- tended a quarter of a mile, where it would have been almost impos- sible to get the canoe yan ie Going back to the dam I dragged the canoe across ib and the old road and through a rough opening to The old mill race, where it was stoned up on both sides some eight or nine feet, and atthe bottom of which a little water was ranning. After cacefully lowering canoe (endwise) and baggage down the per- pendicular wall of the race, I waded, floated and dragged along about a quarter of a mile fo where the race joined the stream, where it had a& smooth, pleasant current, banks about fifteen feet apart: then little whirls past or between small rocks, and once a broad gravel bank with ees water to float in, and just below this a dash under 4 little dan: bridge where you could notséethrongh until fairly under it, and, as the current slowed up, a little bridge of stringers and boards just hich enough to squeeze under, then out into a pond with a narrow channel among lilies to a gate, Just here was a very peculiar formation, partly natural and partly artificial. A ridge ran along about three or four huudred feet, form- ing part of one side of the pond, and had been strengthemed into a dam, with a narrow but deep gate in it, tle Jand on the other side of the ridge appearing to be twenty or thivty feet lower than the pond, and sloping away to meadows still lower, Leaking through the gate was enough water to make a small, rocky brook, and further along, at the end of the dam, an almost straight brook or river (probably artificial), about twelve feet wide, leading along about a third of a mule to a round pond that ended at another ridge or a bend of same one, and looking ont over the low meadows beyond, A wooden planing mill and an icehouse stood along the sandy edge of the pond, and below on the slope one or two dwellings. My ‘river’ appeared in the shape of a small brook, winding along in the meadow about four or flye hundred feet distant No one here could or would tell me the name of the settlement, perhaps it hadn’t any, and after a rest I started to drag the canoe overland to the river. During the course of that drag I took a lesson in ‘‘weights and measures”’ not laid down in any arithmetic. The sun was broiling hot, the road I crossed sandy, and several men who didn’t offer me ra help stopped work- ing long enough to wonder and even askif I ‘‘wasn’t a fool to be playing with a little boat like that.” .One even walked down behind me to see that I found the brook, perhaps to be ready to help if I ave out. - # Since then it has sometimes oecurred tome that perhaps i was a fool to have been there, instead of in the doctor's hands, but doctors can’t cure the “canoe craze,” I was trying to cure it, and plodded along dragging a Canoe tha’, all loaded, weighed about sixty pounds when it left the pond, bul rapidly rose to one hundred, two hundred, up, up, up, till gross ton, twenty-two hundred and forty pounds. I had been a book- keeper for years and had seen most all kinds of accounts. Yea, verily, I onee lived in the family of a professor of mathematics, but how a Sixty-pound canoe could inerease to twenty-two hundred and forty pounds in five hundred feet travel was a problem I never “worked out'’ till that day. Why she didn’t sink at once on touching the water is a conundrum, but no, I slid aboard and floated along as calmly as the stream went, no breath wasted, I hadn’t any, eyen to call good-bye to the good-natured six-footer who sat on the shore wondering over the fool question, if he’d been aboard the same little boat ten miles further down stream he’d have seen sights that can never be Seen except from a floating vehicle yery near the surface of the water, The brook running near the foot of the ridge soon grew deeper and broadér, a bonny brouk, bearing me gently down to the strongly land-locked mill pond at Hast Bridgewater, After a rest here and 4 visit to a house for a drink of well water I paddled down to the road which runs below, and is really part of the dam, Belcw this was'a carry or drag of an eighth of a mile before good water could be reached owing to rocks and other obstructions. Four or five boys who were swimming above the dam quickly dressed at the word pay, and with the help of about six on the painter I crossed the road and started down the other side and through the grass on a run, which soon became a walk and then a drag, finally reaching water at a very slow pace. Here thé boys stood gnietly around wait- ing to see the canoe float away; perhaps they were wondering how they should invest their wealth: but it seemed more than likely they were studying out the problem of increased weight, which had so nearly overcome me at my last carry. And just here, from an eighth to a quarter of a mile below the dam at East Bridgewater, is where I should haye started instead of at Brockton, and any one who lives in Eastern Massachusetts and can float from Hast. Bridgewater to the next village below (Elmwood) and don't do ib, will miss something worth going miles to see. The river at first is about fifty feet wide, and soon runs between rather high wooded banks, and is very beauti- ful; the last half is alittle more narrow with banks from three to eight feet high. The trees along the banks and in the fields have been allowed to grow, and in August, when the grass had started up onthe sloping banks after the first mowing, it was like drifting through @ beautiful park, new views at every wind and turn, mak- ing pictures that were constantly changing. beautiful and unex- pected. From the shore you may see part of the water and the oppo- site bank, from the canoes you see both banks, every ripple, shadow, low-growing flower or wild plant, and many of the strange double pictures caused by reflections in the water. On reaching Hlmyood, a small but very prety village, I landed above the small dam, walked across it and back of the old wooden mill to the main street, stopping at the store and post office to get supplies. I found milk and ripe peaches, and posted a short letter for home, though it never reached there; then back to the canoe (left in charge of a boy), and making a very short carry, pushed off below the dam and floated down under a small. but handsome granite bridge, built with one (half oval) arch, but very strong, A man on this bridge asked where I was from and where bound, and when I replied, “From Brockton to saltwater,” he said I’d never reach salt water in that egg shell, In one sense he was a true prophet, for1 did not reach salt water by way of the Taunton River, owing, however, to my branching off lower down; but that egg shell was in salt water in Buzzard’s Bay the same week and behaved as she did everywhere else (except at carries), as wellas any boat of her size could. Below Elmwood for several miles the river, about seyenty or eizhty feet wide, was a fair average stream, with a clear, comfortable current, but no such “par ‘as above the village. There may be many just such “parks,” and [hope to find them, butTI don’t yet know where to look. That one was unexpected, and it seems to me thatin all outing the unexpected is the most interesting, About 6 P. M. I reacbed a place where a bridge had been com- menced, The sidé abutments were partly up, and had reduced the width of the river about one-half, and from one to the other a bed of rocks and stones had been dumped in unevenly making a drop or fall of about a foot where the water ran over them. Not wanting to Make a carry, and being anxious to try the canoe and a rapid, even if a tame one, I steered for the apex or VY of the rush. All went well and rapidly till I reached the point of the apex, when I ran high up on a hidden rock and stopped, with the water going by and around me rapidly. and the canoe just balancing and trembling on the small keel, Reaching the paddle carefully down a slight push against the rock lifted all clear, and the current then took charge again, and staid by till nearly 9 o’clock, when, as it began to grow dark, it lost itself in arambling pond with low, wooded, swampy shores and many inlets and coves. The current had got lost; even the pond-lily stems bent in different directions. There was no bank in sight high enough to land on, and night was settling down thick, I was sure I was lost, and I wasn’t sure how near [ might be toa fall or dam. Just as I had determined to tie up to a bush for the night, I heard the sound of people coming my way in a boat, and from them learned the way down stream. Paddling carefully along in the dark, Iran close to a ten-foot bank, on the top of which grew a large oak, which was dimly outlined against the dark sky, Camp No. 1 was at the top of that bank under the oak, and a very tired crew had a hearty sup- ae and rolled into blankets beside the canoe and among mullen stalks. ; For several hours it thundered and lightened in the distance, and about midnight the lightning got so familiar with the oak tree that the chance of a soaking seemed preferable to a dose of electricity roughly administered, so the camp (canoe and all) got up and ad- jourhed to the open field; the crew got between decks, covered the cockpit with the rubber blanket and mosquito netting, and slept. This place must have been very remote from any dwelling, for though awake for hours no sound of cattle, dogs or fowls was heard at midnight or in the early morning, About 4 A. M. the cushion bed grew hard, so the crew turned out fora bath and breakfast, After this Jaunch and paddle of a mile in the dusk of the morning to a long (paper mill) dam, landing on the right bank (the mill was at the left), Avery comfortable down-grade carry of some 300 feet ended at an eddy that joined the river some distance below the dam, which latter must have been 400 feet long, and for about 150 feet the water poured oyer it down eighteen or twenty feet on to rocks, which churned it into hard, lasting foam that floated down the riyer, which for several miles was about 100 feet wide, with a steady current running between high, heavily-wwooded banks. The foamin bunches, many of them as large as a man’s hat, floating down stream as far as one could see in the early morning light, gave the impression that the boat was just at the head of asharp decline, and would the next moment plunge forward into a grand whirl or rapid ahead, much as one with a good sled starts away trom the top of a steep coast on a moonlight night. Hyen in looking back it seemed like looking up bill. Floating along in clear air, first the birds got up, one or two ata time, then the sun, and as the river grew wider and the banks lower, the wind fot up and blew the surface of the water clear of foam, and started little dancing ripples in its place. Tn passing down among the form, where the current was steady, much such 4 stop occurred as atthe small rapid the night before, only this time it was a strong stake that caused if, the canoe stopped, the river didn't, Directly under the cushion was one end of a strong stake or’ branch, the other end solid in the river bed. The balance was s0 exact thatan inch out of perpendicular meant a probable capsize, and ib was several minutes before the end of the paddle found just the right place against the side of the slippery stake, and the voyage was resumed, About? A. M., soon after passing under the Old Colony Railroad bridge, [reached the mouth of the Natmasket River, which here emp- ties into the Taunton. Itis avery rapid stream, about forty feet wide, winding up about siz miles to the card mill on the east edge of Middleboro, Along the banks of both rivers, but principally on the finally slid it into the brook, actual weight just one. Taunton, where the banks were Jow and marshy, were large quanti- ties of wild hollyhocks prowing directly in the waiter, as secd had floated there and rooted, The plants were not.over four feet high, but the blossoms, seldom more Hee {wo on &@ stem, were monstrous, fully twice as large as the largest 1 ever saw in a garden, while the cardinal flowers. far surpaaaed anything I eyer'‘saw in the meadows, spikes eight to teu inches long, of solid perfect blossoms, every petal brilliant and full, almost dazzling in the sunlightand water reflection. Up the Namasket River, which was a hard paddle except in reaches where the wind was going my way, so that I could sail against the current, Phad but one carry to make, and as there were a number of men and boys working and fishing there, all willing and anxious te see and handle the ‘‘beautiful canoe,” my task was easy and pleasant, Here they knew what a canoe wag, though none had ever seen one so complete and handsome. Arriving at the card mill and being tired I hired a team and took the canoe to the express office, and an hour afterward was aboard & train speeding toward the bay, where the canoe joined me at bight, after the most pleasant and beneficial water trip Lever made. The time actually used on the water was from 10:10 A, M, at Broekton, Wednesday, vill 10:50 A.M. at Middleboro, Thursday, and the same amount of hitne used in starting from Hast Bridgewater, and follow- ing the Taunton, would have been much more easy and restful, and is a plan that has haunted me all the wintry days, while snow, ice and slush have made it seem as if Summer would never come, | hope to make that trip some time, but if I can’t go I ean heartily recommend it to others who can, DAb. TANTHHE GC. C.—Newark, N, J,, July 24.—Haditor Forest and Stream; he first annnal regatta of the Ianthe C, C, will be beld on Saturday, Aug, 22, on the Passaic River, commencing at 2 P, M., open to all canoeists., Rules of N. ¥Y.C. ©. to govern. Course from Point House *% mile to and around buoy and return, or 1 mile. Kace No. i, paddling, for single canoes 24in. beam and under; entrance fee 50 cents. Race No. 2, paddling,for single canoes 24 to 2hin, beam inclusive; entrance fee 50 cents. Race No 3, paddling. for single canoes 28in, bear and over; entrance fee 50 cents. Race No, 4, tandem paddling, open to ajl canoes irrespective of size or beam; entrance fee 50 cents. Race No. 5, sailing, open to all single canoes irrespective of size, class or rig; entrance fee $1, Race No, 6, obstacle, open to all single canoes, the occupant to tumble out of his canoe into the water up to his chin at the discharge of the starting gun, which will occur twice, The prizes will be announced later, All entries must be sent to the Com- modore on or before Aug. 6, or they will not be accepted. The boat house is situated on the Passaic River, foot of Grafton avenue, and to reach it take the N. Y, Ll. HE. & W. BR. R. to Woodside or any of the railroads to Newark, and take the cars running north to Gratton hi gare A. PHawps, Jz,, Commodore, 140 Lincoln avenue, Newark, N, J, SHERBROOKE, Quebec, July 25.—The Sherbrooke Boating and Canoeing Club was organized this spring and starts with a 30x60fr, house, twenty rowing and sailing skiffs, five canoes (including she that was the Allerro), and a sneakbox, the whole the property of fitty odd members, While there has always been more or less inter- est in canoeing here, we have only just begun to appreciate the bene- fits of organization, and if there are any other canovists scattered in twos and threes throughou t the country who think they can do nothing, tell them about our club, and add that the subject was first agitated by two a year ago. We had the pleasure of entertaining four members of the Harvard Olub last month, and will always be glad to see canodeists and those interested in Forms? AND STREAM ab all times, —Jos. G. WaLTon. Pachting. Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- ing Oo. FIXTURES. July 30—L. ¥. RK. A., Cruise to Niagara. July 31—Quincy Y, C., Second Club Race, Aug. 1—Hnill ¥. C., Club Race. Aug. 1—South Boston Y. C., Regatta. Aug, t—Lynn Y. C., Annual Repatta. Aug. 2—Quaker City Y. G,, Riveranud Harbor Cruise Aug. 8—South Boston ¥_ 0., Kegattn, Aug. 3—Newark Y. C., Open Regatta. Aug, 4—L, Y,R. A,, Cruise to Oswego, Aug. 5—Pentucket Y. C., Championship Race. Aug. 7—L. Y. KR. A., Cruise to Kingston, Aug. §&8—Beverly Y.0., Marblehead, Open Regatta, Aug. 8—New Haven Y. C., Annual Cruise, Aug. 12—L, ¥, R. A., Cruise to Belleville. Aug. 12—Bay of Quinte Y, C., Regatta. Aug. i4—Quincy Y. C., Second Championship Race, Aug. 15-30—Quaker City Y.C,, Annual Cruise, Delaware and Ohes apeake Bays. Aug. 15—Hull Y. C., Open Race Aug. 20—Toledo Y. C., Third Club Regatta. Aug. 24 and 25—Michigan Y. C., Regatra at Lake st. Clair. Aug. 25—Michigan Y. C., Open Inter-Lake Regatta. Aug. 25—Pentucket Y. C.. Club Race, Aug. 27—Greenwich Y. 0., Annual Regrita Aug. 29—Quiney Y. C., Third Club Race. Aug. 29—Beverly Y, C., Swampscott. Third Championship Regatta Sept. 5—Hull Y. C,, Champion Race. Sept. 5—Larckmont Y. C., Fall Pennant Regatta, Sept. 9—Beverly Y. C,, Nahanc, Fall Regatta. Sept. 12—Quincy Y, C., Third Championship Race. Sept. 12—Boston Y. C,, Fourth Club Race. Sept. 19—Beverly Y. C., Nahant. Sept. 19—Hull Y. €., Champion Race. Sept. 19—Pentucket Y¥. C,, Union Regatta. 28—Pentucket ¥. C., Championship Regatta. PURITAN. be any evidence were needed of the general interest felt by the American people in the defense of the Cup, sufficient would he aiforded by the models, designs and suggestions that have poured in from all quarters since the first news of the proposed races, Not only about New York, where yachtsmen naturally feel a strong local interest, but from the lakes and even the interior far from 5achting waters have come plans, suggestions and inquiries that bear evidence of a widespread interest in the proper defense of the Cup. Models of all sorts, many of them requiring the expenditure of much time and trouble, have been freely given, and various offers of assistance have been made, which in one notable case have taken a practical and substantial form. The New York Y. C., as direct custodians of the Cup, were in duty bound to provide a suitableopponent for the challenging cutters; and their fleet affording no boats of sufficient size, the club at once took measures to build a larze sloop. While every possible care was taken tosecure success, there is always more or less uncertainty about a new boat, especially in this case, where the yacht was to be much larger than any sloop built in many years; and it was felt by many that our chances of successfully meeiing Genesta would be much greater if there were sevéral yachts to select from in case of the failure of the New York yacht to meet the ex- pectations of her builders, or in the event of apy mishap to her; and this feeling, with a desire to do a share of what they looked at as a national rather than local matter, led some of the leading’ members cf the Eastern Y. C., of Boston, to umdertake the task of building a second yacht to take part in the trial races, and to be ready if re- quired to meet Genesta or Galatea. The only party on whom the duty of providing a yacht rested was the New York Y, C., but looking at the matter in its national aspect, and having in view the prestise of American yachting, threatened this year as never before, the Hastern yachtsmen volunteered to pro- vide a second boat for the contests. With the leaders in the enter- prisé, Messrs. J. Maleolm Vorbes and Chas. J. Paine, were associated a dozen other members of the H, Y, C., each contributing an equal share of the expense, the management of the new boat bemp left largely in the hands of the gentlemen named, two of the most expert yachtsmen in the Hast. In putting their plan into é¢xecution they called to their aid Mr. Kdward Burgess, known not only as a thorough yachtsman and skillful sailor, but as the designer of a number of the smaller class yachts so numerous about Boston, in which work he has shown special skill, both in the modeling of the hull and in the economical and tasteful arrangement of the interiors. The problem before these gentlemen was no easy one; piven Genesta with her known dimensions and record, to find a yacht of a totally different type and of a size with which American yachtmen are not familiar, which should heat her undera length and sail area rule. Two im- perative conditions were imposed by the circumstances of the case, the yacht must be a sloop to the extent of comparatively wide beam and moderate depth, and she must have a centerboard and nota keel only. In other details the designer was untrammeled, and that he has boldly aud judiciously exercised the liberty allowed him in the eae of details is shown by the suecess already attamed by the Distegarding the traditions of the old sloop builders and unimpeded by the worship of ideas long since exploded, Mr, Burgess has squgbt 16 -— to incorporate in the new sloop the best points of existing yachts, re- gardliess of their origin. The new boat is not a “representative” sloop ib’the meaning so Jong attached to the term; the big jib is conspicuous only by its absence: details of rig are all those of the thorough cutter except the fixed bowsprit and laced mainsail; under- heath is a heavy lead keel, the phimb stem shows up clean and sharp compared with the Jong snout covered with gilding. onee a prominent feature in American sloops, while worst of all, the stern, instead of being sawed off to a length consistent with ancient traditions and prejudices, flaunts a long jaunty counter, symmetrical. graceful and —"English you know,”’ In the old narrow sense she is far different from the “representative’’ sloop, butim a broader sense she is thor- oughly representative, a representative of American enterprise, prog- ress and ingenuity, both in conception, design and construction, No American yachtsman can object on the grounds that she is not a fitting champion in every way, or that she is unworthy of the task before accomplished by America, Columbia, Magic and Mischief. Puritan, as the new boat has been named, is a centerboard sloop ft. on waterline, 23ft. beam, 8ft. 2in. draft, with a lead keel of 25 long tons, inside ballast’ of lead cast to fit, 20 tons, and a displace- ment of 105long tons, Her frame and planking are of white oak, and her oak keel is a stick 2ft. square, under which is the lead keel, secured with Muntz metal bolts, She was built by Lawley & Son, of South Boston, builders of Adrienne, Rondina, Edna, Fad, Melusina, Medusa, Harbinger, and many other successful yachts, and she is constructed in a thorough manner, She is fitted with a mainmast of Oregon pine, 77ft. heel to head and 18in. diameter, and a standing bowsprit 38ft. outboard and i6in. diameter, Her boom is 7éft. long and 14in. diameter, also of Oregon pine, and her gail is 47[t. longand 10in. diameter, Her sails were made by MeManus & Son, of Boston, the canvas being specially woven for her. The mainsail is of No. 1, idin. wide, and the foresail of No. 2, and jib of No.3, the area of lower sails beinz about 5,000ft, The jib sets fying with an outhaul and traveler, the forestay leads to the stemhead, and the mainsail, though laced, is also fitted with outhaul and traveler. Inside the yacht is neatly and plainly fitted, convenience in working and handling sails. and the comfort of her crew being the main considerations. The deck, of course, is flush from stem to stern, with low hatehes and skylights. Outside the Puritan is painted white, the only white sloop or cutter of any size; but eyen without this help there would be no trouble in picking out her shapely hull and stylish rig anywhere among American yachts. Tn one feature more than any other isshe a marked departure from American practice, the low position of her ballast for a boat of her beam, and in this feature we believe there lies a strong chance that her performance in a sea will not be satisfactory. Thus far she has been a success in smooth water, a surprise to all; but all experience with smaller yachts tends to show that in boats of less than four beams, with little depth of body, low weights attained by outside keels are detrimental to speed in aseaway. Thus far Puritan bas hardly been tested in this respect, and, while we hope otherwise, we do not expect that when outin really rough water she will attain a speed proportionate to that she has shown thus far. Her record down to date has already appeared in the Formst anv STREAM; her first performance under sail, her first race of June 30, when she appeared in the Hastern Y, C, regatta, outsailing the fleet, and again in the schooner race, when she sailed in company, beating the others badly to windward. In her own class she has as yet been untried, but wherever she may be placed after trial, there can be no doubt, from her performances thus far, but that she is a very fast boat im any ordinary conditions of wind and water. Ina few weeks we shall be able to form a more correct estimate of her merits in her class, and perhaps before the season is over we may see her meas- ured by another standard, that of Genesta. Whatever theresult may be, there is no doubt, from what she has already done, but that she will prove a credit to the spirit and enterprise of the gentlemen who built her, as well as to the skill of her designer. BENT TIMBERS AND YACHT CONSTRUCTION. Editor Forest and Strean: T noticed in a recent number of the Forrst AND StREAM a commu- nication from a contributor (Mr. Shephard) on the subject of steamed and bent forms in yacht building, I indorse most emphatically all Mr. Shephard says in fayor of their merits. In the course of an ex- perience extending over a period of twenty years,I have tested thorovehly the great advantages of bent oak frames over any other kind, for lightness and strength as well as holding fastening, Tn San Francisco, where I have had byiltnet less than a dozen yachts, large and small, steam ami Sailing, by William I Stevie, a most skillful mechanic, the frarnes were in every instatice of bent oak, By using oak frames weight can be reduced a6 least one-half and strength Troportionally increased. Th other words much greater strength can be parained from tinfbers 2x8 of oxk than 4x6 of sawed material or — en thnbets. Et is @commeon error to suppose that heavy timbers and thick plauking are essential to strength, and that there is preat merit in a heayily built hull, My own experience is quife the con- trary. it has been urged that great weight in a hull acts as ballast, a great mistake. A heavily timbered boat is always loggy, dull and seldom a fast sailer, whereas a lightly timbered and planked boat is lively, rides at anchor easily, handles easily, and is buoyant in a sea way. She moves easily, feels the lightest breeze, steers easily if properly sparred, in short, gives perfect satisfaction, ‘ As to enduring qualities, I can give the following as_one instance of many that have come under my observation. In 1867, Stone built for me a centerboard schooner, 55ft. over all, 544ft. deep, 17ft. beam. Her timbers were of white oak 23, set 12in. from centers, planking 114 scant before planing, which reduced the thickness to about 144, as she was planed two or three times; fastening. galvanized iron, Byeryene acquainted with the Bay of San Francisco can testify to the heaviness and strength of the winds and rough water encountered in yachting. Itis, in fact, a rough school fer the yachtsman, and a severe test of the staunchness and strength of boats, I used the yacht constantly for five years, during which time she pounded on sand bars frequently, and was often left high and dry for a tide on uneyen bottom; in short she had rough lssge, during all of which time she never leaked a bucketful; the pump was a useless piece of furniture, After using her as a sailing craft for that length of time, Teoncluded to lengthen her and conyert her intoasteam yacht, and did &0, and used ber thatseason understeam. Became disgusied with steam and the annoyances consequent in the way of inspectors and the absurd requirements under the law, which should except Steam yachts from its ridiculous provisious. I had lengthened the yacht 33ft. forward, but had not increased the size of the frames of the added section, and when I restored her to a sailing yacht, which I did the following spring, she was 88ft. long. The addition of the 23ft, rendered the quantity of sail formerly carried seemingly inade quate and ridiculously out of proportion, but Thad a theory that dispensing with ballast would give greater buoyancy and conse- uently greater sperd, so I put back the same spars and sails ormerly on her. By lengthening, the stability was of course greatly increased, aud I dispensed with one-half the ballast, leaving only about two tons. The result was asfonishing: she fairly fiew. Ima regatta, the very day shewas launched from the ways, after the restoration, she took part and ran away from the fleet easily. She started a half hour after the other yachts had gotoif, oyertoak, passed them, and had anchored, furled sails and the boys had had time to get quite jolly over a big bowl of punch before the foremost of the fleet arrived. It was really a wonderful exhibit of speed, which character she maintained, Soon after I sold her, to go to the South Sea Islands. The old salts shook their heads and said she would never get there, and that she was unsafe to cross the bar; nevertheless she sailed on her voyage. Her first port was Honolulu, A erack pilet-boat, the Fanny, was bound tothe same port, anda little side bet of $500 was offered that she would beat the yacht down. Tb was accepted. The yacht encountered rough weather, the pilot- boat’s best play, but nevertheless she beat the pilob-boab 48 hours, making the run of 2,100 milesinside of 9 days, calm and trade winds inclusive. From Honolulnu she sailed for the Navigators, and made the roost remarkable sea time of 9 miles per hour average from the day she left San Francisco until the voyage. terminated, over 5,000 miles, She was afterward used in voyages among the islands. beat- ing upin a rough sea against strong trade winds, carrying all sail when other vessels had indouble reefs,and until the day she was lost ona reef, nearl) two years later, she never leaked a barrel of water, I would mention also that during this whole period of service she liad a deep, open cockpit and neyer shipped a sea. So much for the theory that it is unsafe to venture outside with a low cockpit; but in this case L attribute the immunily from “‘combers” and oceasional ‘tapplers’’ to her buoyaney, for she was like a cork on the water. While at Upolo. Navigators Islands, an Hnuglish yacht of much heavier tonnage came over from the Fijis and challenged the Peerless for arace twenty miles to windward, The English craft was 2 deep, sharp keel, drawing nearly 10 feet of water. The Peer- less drew 4 feet and sailed under jib and mainsail only, and before ihey had gone ten miles the Peerless had sailed around her twice. The English yacht gave it up and paid the money, : I take no credit to myself for the speed_this yessel developed; she was an accident; bub if goesto show and prove the principle that light construction, good material, good woik, thorough fastening, light spars, moderate sail and absence of heavy ballast give buoyancy, and buoyancy great speed. It may be asked how will it work im heavy weather? The question is easily answered; Reduce sail cor- respundingly. The one great error in yacht sparring is over-spar- ring, requiring heavy ballast to make them stand up. The idea geems to be the more sail you pile on. the greater speed. The craft is over-pressed and buries, whereas by re-lncing sail greater speed - as, can generally be obtained; more sail requires more ballast; more ballast more sail, and so it Hoes on until the boat is overloaded and over-taxed with both, In light winds she is lazy and heavy. and in heavy winds she is wet, bard to manage and requires a double crew, Our experience in California is that the lighter the spars.the better, and let the rigging do the work,” The leverage aloft of a heavy pitch pine mastis very great. Hyvery pound you can lighten up in mast and upper spars leaves your sail-carrying capacity so much greater, _ Another very great advantage to be gained in boat and yacht build- ing is deriyed from thoroughly painting eyery timber in the frame when set up. and also the planking ceiling on both sides, and the more coats the better, as it keeps the wood from water-soaking, keeps your boat light and buoyant and preserves itfrom deeay. 1 know boats that have been in use for twenty years, in which when over- hauled and lengthened, the wood was as sound as when putin, Build your boat of dry material. paint well and there will be no rot. Tt is not necessary to use even dry oak for frames, if you are going to steam and bend, as the steam drives out the sap, and timbers or small size will season in afew days if exposed to the air and wind. If you want a good boat and adurable one build her of light bent white oak frames, plank lichtty, fastan thoroughly, have your spars as light as possible, of spruce if vou can obtain it, paint every piece and timber as you build. Heavy plankingisa mistake. If you strike aro'tk you are bound to knock a hole in your craft, whether your planking is two inches or one, sharp pointed rocks are not particular, they will do your business in either case effectually. In the next chapter I will talk to you a little about the yawl rig, PoDGERS, YACHT RACES ON LAKE ERIE. CLEVELAND ¥. A. REGATTA, JULY 16, — This season the proposed meet at Put-in-Bay has stirred up lake yachtsmen, and efforts have heen made to mate the regattas more than usualiy attractive. The chief workers in the matter of the mect, the Cleveland Yachting Association, invited all lake yachts to their regatta at Cleveland, on July 16, offering handsome prizes, and also made arrangements for a sail to the rendezvous at Putin-Bay, The yachts were to sail over a course of 2) miles for first and second and 15 mules for third; the first course starting from the pier off Cleveland, thence N. E. 5 miles, W.5 miles, 8. W. 5 miles and E.5 miles, The shorter course returned direct from the second mark, The classés were; First, yachts 35ft. and over on waterline; prizes, Gardner Chaljenge Cup and first prize, $75, second prize $50; entrance $10. Second class, yachts of 25fp. and under 85ft.; first prize, the Associa- tion Challenge Cup held by the Fanchon of Put-in-Bay, and $0, second prize $40, third prize $20, fourth prize $10; entrance $5. Third class, yachts under 25ft., first prize $25, second prize $10; entrance $3. Hntries were open to all yachts on the lakes, under the C. Y, A. rules, The timelimit was six hours. No shifting nor start- ing of ballast allowed. Twelve yachts started on Wednesday morn- ingin a verseuatt wind which continued all day, making almost a drift. The full times of the race were: FIRST CLASS, Length Start. Finish. Actual, Corrected. CAGH AS et eee peee. en aol 103500 40100 52600 505 06 SHGOND GLASS, Fanchon, Put-in-Bay .33.02 16 30 00 3 27 45 4 58 45 4 09 23 Kate Graham, Toledo.31.08 10 82 45 351 45 5 19 00 42718 Seud, Toledo ......., 35.01 10 32 15 3 64 45 5-22 30 4 35 54 Osprey, Toledo.....,.33.10 10 35 00 4 09 30 5 35 30 4 46 48 Daisy, Cleveland......26.09 10 35 00 4 31 00 5 56 00 4 55 30 Com, Gardner, Clev’d.23.05 10 35 00 4 45 6 10 00 5 02 14 Lulu, Cleveland....., 30 09 10 32 15 4 36 15 6 08 45 5 10 53 Oberon, Toledo....... 34,08 10 43 00 4 36 00 6 03 00 5 15 50 Ida, Cleyeland,....... 26. 06 10 35 00 Distanced, C_J.Minnzett, S'nd’sky.34.08 10 35 00 Distaneed. Rover. Cleveland..... 25.08 103500 Carried away masthead. After the race the squadron sailed for Put-in-Bay, where nearly 50 yachts anchored over Sunday, coming from the various lake ports. On one side of this beautiful little harbor is an island, Gibraltar, on which is the handsomestone residence of Mr. Jay Cooke, Thisisland partly shuts in the harbor and makes an excellent anchorage, The classes were the same as in the Cleveland race, with the Herreshoff table of allowance, one-fifth overhang only being measured, The first class prizes were a silk fiag presented by the citizens of Put-in-Bay, and another by the ©. Y. A., also ¥% of all entrance money; second prize, 34 of entrance money; entrance $10. Class II., silk fiag by ©. Y. A. and solid silver cup, presented by citizens of Put- in-Bay, with 14 of entrance money; second prize, four-nivths of .en- trance money; third prize, two-ninths of entrance money; entrance, $3. Class IIL, silk flag presented by C. Y. A. and half of entrance; second prize, four-ninths of entrance; third prize, two-ninths of en- trance; entrance, $38. The courses were for first and second elasses, from astakeboat off Rattlesnake Island, N. W. W.7 miles to stake- boat, thence $. W. 465. 7 miles to stakeboat, thence H. 34 S. to finish, 21 miles, Third class yachts only round the first boat and return, 14 miles., All marks were to be left to port, 10 minutes were allowed to start in, times being taken as the yachts erossed. The Regatta Com- mittee were Messrs, H. D, Coffinberry, W. Scott Robinson, R. E, Mix, Frank Brewster, H, G. Phelps : ; Taesday morning was clear and calm, there being very little wind. Twenty-five yachts started when the signal was given at 11;11 A. M, Scud leading over the line, followed by Fanchon, Wanderer, No Name, Gora, Mischief, Vixen, Alert, Maud 8,, Ripple, Oberon, Kate Graham, W. J. Partridge, Osprey, Cora V., Jennie J,, Crescent, Tidal Wave, Petrel, Lulu, S. H. ives, schooner; Louise, schooner; Stella, Madeline and Mazeppo, to latter two being handicapped. To first mark was a broad reach with » very light wind. most of the yachts carrying bal- loon jibtopsails, while Cora, Fanchon, Stella, Ripple, Lulu and Cora VY. all tried spinnakers to port, set well forward. The Cora, Kate Graham and Alert all carried wa'er sails hung from their booins, When a mile had passed the wind came fresher, while a squall showed up in the West, a signal at which kites came in and some topsails were doused, Over the rest of the first lez the squall came down at times wilh great force until some were glad to lower everything in a hurry, while others turned in one or two reefs. Cora lowered her mainsail and set it again, then burned in tworeefsa few minutes later, Fanchon’s crew did excellent work in reefing, and in fact showed the value of thorough drill in the way they handled their boatall day. Within a quarter of an hour after the worst part of the squall all reefs were oub again, and from that time out there was little wind, and the race wasa driftin, Cora-winning easily im 2.33:35 corrected time. The full times were: , FIRST CLASS. Length. Start. Finish. Actual. Corrected. Cora, Cleveland....51 04 111600 21912 3 04 02 2 33 35 W.J.Partridge, Det.35,11 11 17 36 3 24 55 4 07 20 319 32 S. H. Ives, Detroit. ..55,00 11 19. 16 3 at 52 4 02 37 3 35 06 Louise, Detroit..... 56.06 111925 withdrew. SECOND CLASS. Fanchon, P Put-in-Bay.. ...33,.02 111406 28522 22222 2 3032 Seud, Toledo....... 85.01 11 13 00 2 55 50 3 42 50 2 53 54 Oberon, Toledo..... 24.08 111705 81015 8531) £3.08 89 Osprey. Toledo,.....3310 111740 31258 3455 18 3 04 31 Alert, Sandusky....2908 111540 32259 40719 3 09 32 Cora V.. Put in-Bay.31.04 111805 82247 40442 38 09 d1 Stella, Toledo....... 31.02 11 19 40 8 27 25 4 OF 45 3 12 38 Orescent, Toledo. ..27.09 Wi 1818 3 48 58 4 16 45 8 15 17 Jennie J., Detroit. ..30.04 41 18 13 3 34 10 .415 57 3 19 21 Petrel, Detroit...... 33.02 111855 Not timed. Lulu, Cleveland .,.,30.09 111910 ‘Withdrew. Kate Graham, Tol..31.08 1117710 Nottimed. THIRD CLASS. ‘ é. Madeline, Detroit,..21.02 112200 12432 202382 1110 ave, Kelle eee he Nig Becky Sr: 111813 11902 21049 11150 Mand S., Kell 7d,18,00 111645 127380 21045 1 12 32 Vixen, Sandusiy...19.02 111530 12811 21241 11709 hipplé, Put-in-Bay 19.02 111655 13704 2? 2009 1 24 37 anderer, Middle ' eee Island ---. .- 46.07 111500 14180 22630 1 24 46 NoName,Putin Bayi9:00 111608 14010 22502 1 29 08 Mischief,Put-in-Bayl8 00 11 15 11 Withdrew. Put- io - ‘ VY pe ssese 2---oe2d204 11-22-00 Capsized. vaue th Besides the racing yachts the steam yacht 'wilight, a little side wheel boat of steel, ‘Lillie, of Toledo; and Cyclone and Winnitred, of Cleveland, were present, Inthe evening the yachtsmen were all at the ball at Wehrle’s. ; : he oA On Wednesday some sailed for home, while quite a number laid in the harbor or at Ballast Island, where they could view the cance races, On Wednesday: evening, the crews of all the yachts met at the Beebe House, at Put-in Bay, and prizes were presented. Vice- Com. Rhodes, C. ¥. A., presided, with Mr. Williams as secretary of the meeting, In Class 1. Cora took two very handsome sill flags and $10: second prize, W. J. Partridge, $27. In Olass IL, Fanchon took first, a silk flag-asilyer cup and $20; Scud took second, $27, and Oberon third, $13. In Class 1I1., Madeline took first, a silk flag and $20; Tidal Wave second, $1¥, and Maud 8. third. $6, Com. Hart, of the Michigan Y. ©., addressed the meeting, urging the importance of forming an association of lake yachtsmen, and on his motion, a com- niittee of 7 was appointed to consider and present to a subsequent meeting a plan of organization. This committee inclided Messrs, Williams and Downie, of Cleveland; ex-Com, Baker and Mr. McLoud, Mazeppa, B ' of Detroit; Hepburn and Ketcham, of Toledo, and Gast, of Put-in- ee a a es ee - = - 7 Bay. After their appointment the meeting adjourned, the committee to meet on the fagship Louise on Th iter ; : The main event on Thursd Hscnen, Gas d boats, th vi Oo ursday was 4 race between poun ous, the local fishing eraft of the lakes, a so Ms i ) i a sort of primitive second cousin to a sharpie. These boats are flat-bottomed, straight-sided, with high freeboard and light draft, with centerhoard and balance rudder. The rig is very peculiar, two masts stepped as in a sharpie, the sail laced fo the boom, and at the height of the gaff in an ordinary sail a batten is placed. fitted with jaws as a gaff. Above this batten the sail extends in a triangular shape like a topsail, the sail being in fact a mainsail and topsailin one. No peak or throat halliards are used, simply a ‘“‘topsail’’ halliard rove through the masthead and fast to the upper cringle. By this the sail is hoisted, and when it is cast off it comes down at once, It sits flat and is very simple and easily handled, aud the fishermen sail them very skillfully, The course for these boats was from Put-in-Bay around Green, South Bass and Bal- last Islands, finishing at start, 16 miles. The prizes were $20, ‘$15, $10 and a keg of heer. The four boats starting were owned by Johnson, Sikes, Miller and Parker, a fifth boat that was entered withdrawing, The start was Made at 10:35 A.M. One boat carried a borrowed bal- loon jibtopsail belonging to a yacht, and one improvised a maintop- mast staysail out of an old blanket. The wind was light but steady, u aS boat finished in 5.43, Sikes 5.48, Parker 6.18.55, Miller At? P, M. the committee met in the cabin of the Louise, Mr. C. H. Walker taking the place of Mr. McLeod in the latter’s absence. Mr. J. 5. Williams presided, with Mr, G. H. Ketchum as secretary. The outlines of the constitution of the Interlake Yacht Association, for the encouragement and advancement of yachting on the norih- western Jakes, were prepared to be submitted to the various clubs in- terested tor their approval and suggestions on measurement and sitnilar points. The Association will be open to any yacht club on lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and connecting rivers, having on its register three or more yachts of 18ft. or more measurement and a roll of ten members in guod standing, on a unanimous vote of the clubs in the Association, the entrance fee being $10. Commodore Gardner was chosen as Commodore of the new association, with Com- modore Hart, Michigan Y.C., as Vicee-Commodore. and Commiodore A.W, Mochen, Toledo Y. ©, as Rear-Commodore. M1. J. 8. Williams was chosen Secretary and Treasurer. After the meeting a display of fireworks from the yachts followed, with a supper for the yachtsmen and canceists at the Beebe House later on, On Friday most of the yachts left for home. 4 The association is now well on the way to a permanent establish ment, with the hearty support of the yachfsmen of Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo and Put-in-Bay. Next year a cruise and regatta will be held at Put-in-Bay, and there is no doubt but what the other sail- ors of Lake Erie will come in shortly. With Commodore Gardner at Cleveland, and Commodore Hart at Detroit, both active and enthusi- as‘ic yachtsmen, the interest in the matter will not be allowed to flag, but the association is sure of a steady Sheen On Tuesday next the Toledo Y, C. will sail their third annual regatta, a mumber of very handsome prizes being offered, BEVERLY Y. Ci, JULY 25. FRESH §.W. wind was blowing on the morning of the race, but toward noon the wind lightened and heavy rain clonds appeared in the west, Precisely at noon the preparatory gun was fired from the Hagship Foam and five minutes later the first class was sent off. Gem crossed the line almost at the flash, closely followed by Atalanta and Bugenia, while Countess and Expert were caught some distance up the harbor and lost some three minutes, Their course lay out to Hali-Way Rock with the wind well aft on starboard quarter. Gem and Expert set balloon jibtopsails, while Atalanta, Eugenia and Countess Sent out spinnakers, Hugenia crawled on Gem and estab- lished an overlap, and in rounding the harbor buoy Gem refused to give way and a collision occurred; cross profests were filed and de- cided in favor of Hugenia. After rounding the rock they ran to. Southeast Breakers, then jibed and had a beam wind to Gale’s Ledge, a closehaul to Bow- ditch's Ledge and a beat home across the harbor. The breeze was quite fresh over the whole course, and the 16144 miles were made in ood time. i In the second class Peri, Spider and Witch went over promptly; Fad was close to line, but on wrong tack and lost time in jibing, while Caprice was late. A In third class Mr, Charles J. Paine's new keel catboat put in an ap- pearance for her maiden race. She has not yet been named, but around theclub house she is commonly dubbed the Little Puritan from some fancied resemblance to the large boat of that name, She was modeled by Mr. Hdward Burgess and built by Lawley, the builder’s measurements beiug 18ft. waterline, 7.6 beam, 4 draft, with a lot of lead on ber keel, being in fact a cat-rigged cutter. She led off in this class, being closely followed by Bluebell, Psyche some way astern, As the boats ran in toward the Beverly shore ronnd buoys 8, 5 and 7, Peri and Spider led close together, then Witch, Puritan some way astern, with Bluebell a couple of hundred feet astern, then Fad and Psyche, with Caprice bringing up the rear. As the Curtis Point stakeboat was neared. the leaders ran into a calm and all bunched together, finally rounding stakeboat in an eastern puff close together as follows: Peri, Spider, Witch, Bluebell, Puritan, Psyche, Fad and Caprice, All tacked in under the shore, then off intoa calm spot, After a while Peri and Spider worked through into an 8. W. breeze on star- board tack. Witch got out ou port tack, took 8. W-. breezeand tacked for Bowditch’s Ledge Beacon. After some minutes Bluebell and Psyche got the breeze and went off scupper down, Bluebell }g of a mile ahead, leaving the others in a stark calm. Caprice got it after a while, but Puritan and Fad were more than a mile behind Psyche when it struck them. Spider reached the beacon first, then Peri and Witch, the latter putting her bowsprit through Peri’s sail, tearing it to pieces, forcing both boats to lower away and finally sending Peri back to Beyerly a wreck, Witch protests Peri and Peri Witch, which cannot be decided ferafew days. By this time Atalanta, closely pressed by Countess, had rounded the beacon, then came Gem, and immediately after Bluebell rounded one way as expert went round the other, ft Here the former got into trouble through 4 misunderstanding of orders; the crew started to trim down sheets for the starboard tack as the skipper put down helm to go about on port tack. The result was that she went in irons close to the beacon, and had to be forced back on starboard tack to ayoid touching it. This took much time, and Esyche slipped by during the Operation, while Puritan, goin very fast, was getting dangerously close. In the meantime Wite had got off again ahead of Psyche. On the beat up Puritan showed great speed, Outpointing and outsailing Psyche and passmg Bluebell easily. Wad also did well, gaining some six minutes in the beat, FIRST CLASS. Bone 2isus “wong Atalanta, sloop, I. R, Thomas........-. 29 07 215 4 2 07 3 Countess, slGoet Geo. B. Chase. ......,31.06 2 25 25 2 ig 19 Gem, sloop, H. W. Savage..........-. 26.09 2 30 46 220 11 Expert, sloop, L. Whitecomb..-... ...- 24 09 2 81 26 2 18 38 Eugenia, cat, I. 8. Palmer,......-..-.. 28 03 2 82 17 2 24 13 SECOND CLASS—CENTERBOARDS, Spider, cat, Walter Abbott,..,......- 2 -00 2 30 08 216 92 Peri, cat, Henry Parkmay........ -...20 0% Disabled. Growninshicld...22.08 23020 21972 Witch, cutter, B. B. Crowninshield.. .22. P Fad, yawl, Geo. A. Goddard... .-....22,00 2 39 12 2 27 35 Caprice, sloop, John B. Rhodes ... .19.11 2 45 28 231 41 S. Sears... 19-14 2 25 50 211 28 Psyche, cat, H. M. & P,S. Sears...... a 2 2 Roe aA RG” cat, ©. J. Paine... ...,. 19:06 2 28 16 2 14 00 Bluebell, cat, W. Lloyd Jeffries........18.07 2 33 45 2 18 25 TE protest is decided in fayor of Witeh, prizes go as follows: Ata- lanta, Spider, Witch and Psyche first prizes; Expert, Fad and Mr. Paine’s boat second prizes. Atalanta takes pennant, hemg Hxpert; Spider and Psyche take and hold pennants. If Witch is ruled out, ad and Caprice take prizesin thatclass. Judges =I ohn Dane, Geo. L. Peabody and Arthur W. Wheelwright. Judges’ yacht, Foam, B. ¥. €. LAKE ONTARIO AND BAY OF QUINTE. aditor Forest and Stream: ; art yachtsmen of Ontario and the Bay of Quinte are, af the time of writing, busily preparing tor the series of matches which are to be held by four out of the five clubs comprising ube Lake Yacht Racing Association, the first of which, nainely. that of the Royal Canadian Y. C., will be held at Toronto, on the 30th inst. The B. Q. Y. ©, will be represented by the big Atalanta in the first class and Tolanthein the second class, Both craft are now on their way and ought to win in their respective classes. Our fleet would be more largely represented at Toronto, but for thelength of t : Fifteen miles west of here is a narrow neck of land which the Bay of Quinte from Lake Ontario. This necessital about 50 mies easbward to the lake, thence south 15 1 northwest a long distance around the peninsula of Prin the coast of which is dangerous even for small craft, th havbors and the wind geuerally blowing on it fron As, however, a canal is now being dug through the isthm will prabably be finished next year, the trip ta To oun come quite easy of accomplishinent. , nS As Oswego, on August 4, the bay feet will | tw second class representatives in the Gracie (Comm : ae ag: — = a 1885] - , port, and the Surprise, of Trenton. At Kingston, on the 7th, ex-Com- _modore R. J. Bell’s well known sloop Norah will be added to the racers in the tirst class, and here on the 12th the cutter Sylvia will make another addition to the second class. The circuit will wind up here, let us hope, in a blaze of glory. Tie j ‘The only race of the season so far was a little affair over a 3-mile course here on the 22d inst. The wind was very light. There were three starters, namely, [olanthe, Gracie and Surprise, of Trenton, The race was sailed without time allowance, and the Iolanthe won by 2min. 39sec., while the Gracie beat Surprise by i6sec. Neither of the cutter craft was in racing trim. The Gracie, which was rebuilt and remodeled last year, appears to have been considerably improved. The cutter Sylvia, which has also been rebuilt, promises to be more speedy than heretofore. Her meet- ing with the other craft, and especially with Commodore Mott's a cee Y. GC.) cutter Gricket, will be looked forward to with inter- ést. Meantime all the lake yachtsmen are deeply interested in the cutter Genesta, and look to your columns for full Information as to her doings. Port TACK. BELLEVILLE, July 27. PILGRIM.—Hditor Forest and Stream; The little sloop for Dr. Winslow will be ealied Pilgrim, and will fiy the South Boston Y. C. flag. She is calked and received first coat of paint Saturday. Cock- it floor high, 6in. below deck, giving lots of room below deck, ransoms run aft underneath floor, dead lights in deck aft, water tank under cockpit floor. She looks very fair and gives promise of ‘speed, although only a cruiser. Mast 28ft. neel to truck, 6in, diameter, aft 13.6, boom 2ift., bowsprit 11£t. outboard, hoist mainsail 15£t., patent blocks, folding boat, grating between transoms for cushion, 3,810 outside.—H. L. W. FOREST AND STREAM, GREENWICH Y. C,, JULY 27. Editor Forest and Stream: The following-named yachts started in the Greenwich Y. C, re- fatta on the 25th inst., at 11:30 A. M.: Class 11., sloops Nympb, Adel- ina and Eleanor. The last-named being of the Oyster Bay Corimthian Club, present by invitation. Class Il., catboats 17ft. long and over, Brahmin, Zelda, Wanda, Telephone. Class IIT., catboats under 17ft., Jennie, Flirt, Louie Belle. The course sailed was for Class I. and IT., from Greenwich Harbor to Matinicock Point and return. For Class IlL., starting from the same place to make the circuit of the Captain’s Islands twice. The start was fine, and very pretty work was shown for about an hour, when a squall struck the fleet with great violence. Nymph’s topmast was carried away and throat halliards parted. Adelina tried to carry sail too long and finally had to cut halliards to lower sail quick enough when the wind struck her. Telephone parted peak haHiards, Zelda took in all sail and came to anchor. Jennie had already run to shelter. Flirt anchored in lee of Captain’s Island. Brahmin kept on her course under shortened sail, and Wanda never flinching carried all her canvas right through the blow. Zelda soon followed Brahmin, having reefed down closely, and as the squall cleared away they found themselves in the wake of Eleanor, all run- ning down to Matinicock buoy right in the teeth of a roaring south- west gale, such as craft of their kind do not often venture to face. Wanda bad been blown two miles off her course. Adelina, on the approach of a second squall, hove to, so there were but three left in the race. The running of Brahmin and Zelda was, however, of so exciting a nature as to atone for the absence of the rest. Commo- dore Rendle shook the reefs out of Brahtain’s sail right in the face of the squall and rushed down toward the buoy like an express train, Le while Capt. Asten did the same for the Zelda, and gradually gained not only on Brahmin but on Eleanor. Those who witnessed the race were much surprised at the plucky sailing of the two catboats. The finish was as follows: Elapsed. Corrected. ETORIIOTS Coeerd scab sob cec TON eked nek b nieye tery olen ee 4 44 29 4 43 37 Zelda..... i 4 46 13 Brahmin 4 47 38 the only one to finish in her class. Thus ended the regatta of the youngest yacht club on the Sound. The judges were Messrs. J. W. Miley and John M, Tracy, LANDSMAN. COLORS AT HALF MAST.—Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C, Gen- eral Orders No. 2, Flagship Bedouin, New York Harbor, July 23, 1885: Out of respect for the death of General Grant, yachts will half-mast colors while at anchor for 30 days from this date. By order of the commodore,—C, C, Drmine, Fleet Captain 8. C. Y. C. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. G, D. L , New Jersey.—Use kerosene and a wire scratch brush; then use gun-oide. W, E. J., Massachusetts.—You cannot surely tell 2 dog’s age by his body and condition of teeth. J. J. C., New Haven.—Rub on every day or two some of the grease that exudes from wagon axle. Rub it in well with the fingers. M, H, G., Rockville, Conn,—Is the helgramite, or dobson, poisonous to handle? lhave used them with bare hands, but have been tcld that they were poisonous if they bite. Ans. They can pinch hard, but are not poisonous. We have often been bitten by them. PHREYS’ a {Manual of all Diseases, By F. IJUUMPHREYS, M. D. RICHLY BOUND IN 7 CLOTH and GOLD Mailed Free. HUM re » ‘LIST OF PRINCIPAL NOS, ‘CURES. PRICE. Fevers, Congestion, Inflammations... » Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic.... Crying Colic, or Teething of Infants. Diarrhea of Children or Adults....... Dysentery, Griping, Bilious Colic... « Cholera Morhus, Vomiting ..-.. Coughs, Cold, Bronchitis....... uo Nenralgia, Toothache, Faceache,.... Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo.. OMEOPATHI Dyspepsia, Bilious Stomach..-..,s.0« a pressed or Painful Periods..... 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First Quality Goods at Lower Prices than any other House in America, Black Bass Flies, $1.00 per doz. OPEN EVENINGS. To Anglers! Send for Illustrated Price List of my Patent Landing Minnow Net-Frames and Nets. The best in use, Expanded and Collapsed as quickly as an umbrella with the nets on the frames. Carried in au ordinary trunk. J. N. DODGE, 276 & 278 Division street, Detroit, Mich. THE price. Bradford Shooting Club, Of Bradford, McKeon Co., Pa., Will give a SHOOTING TOURNAMENT on Tues- day, Wednesday and Thursday. August 18, 19 and 20, 1885. Purses, $1,060. All purses guaranteed; no pro rata, no favorites and nobody barred. 7 Address, FRANK DRAKH#, Treasurer. Hunting Boots or Shoes, Wholesale : or Retail, JOHN D. BETHEL, Man’f'r of Sportsmen’s Goods, 124 Chambers st., N.Y. Send for Prices. No Postal Cards. FAFN ESS its CAUSES aud CURE, by one who was deaf twenty eight years. Treated by most of the noted specialists of the day with no benefit. 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Pages 168; uniform with “‘Canoe Building.” Price, postpaid, $1.00, NEW YORE; LONDON: | OS -FoREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING Co., 39 Park Row. Davies & Co., 1 Finch Lane, Cornhill. Norrie & Witson, 156 Minories, E. C. price, $1,50. Supplies to lying Reels with Balance Handles. first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 120ft , $1.25; 180fs., $1.50: 240ft., $1.75; 3°0f6., $2.00: 450ft., $2.25; } of the above Reels with Drags, 25 cts. extra; nickel plated. 50 cts. extra. Brass Click Reels, 2 nickel plated, 50 cts. extra. Marster’s Celebrated Hooks Snelled on Gut, Limerick, Kirby Limerick, Sproat, Carlisle, Chestertown, O’Shaughnessy, Kinsey, Single gut, 12 cts. per doz.; double, 20 cts. per doz.; treble, 30 cts. per doz- ds., 50 cts.; 80yds., 75 ets.: 60yds., $1.00: Put up one-half dozen in a package. Double Twisted Leaders, 3 length, 5 cts.; treble twisted,3 length, 10c. Trout 0 ; l Trout and Black Bass Bait Rods, 9ft. long, $1.25 to $5 $1.50 to $10.00. Aiso forty-eizht different styles of rods for all kinds of fishing. money or stamp. SEND STAMP FOR CATALOGUE. THE MANUFACT Established 20 Years, -00. Trout and Black Bass Fly Rods, 10ft, long, Samples of hooks, leaders, etc., sent by mail on receipt of price io URE OF SNELLED HOOKS AND LEADERS A SPECIALTY. J. EF. MARSTERS, 55 Co rt Street, Brooklyn. THOS. H. CHUBB’S ’ New Style 80-Yard Nickel Plated Click Reel. Better Style, better Werk, better Fivish than ever before. Raised Disc, covered by Letters Patent No. 13,921, granted May 22, 1888, which makes a stronger reel and allows room for a better click than the old style. not only as good, BUT FAR SUPERIOR to any reel in the market at the same Warranted to give satisfaction or money refunded. Sent by mail on receipt: of OUR HEXAGONAL SPLIT BAMBOO “Standard Henshall” Black Bass Rod Which has the endorsement of Dr. Henshall, and from the large number of orders received: this season, proves it to be the black bass anglers’ favorite. Send for Price List of Trout and Bass Fly Rods, also Rod Trimmings and Anglers’ This Reel has We warrant this to be Length 8ft. 3 3-10in.; weight 8oz. T. H. CHUBB, Post Mills Village, Orange Co., Vt. h Double Blade | Hunters’ Hatch- eta. Best material and workmanship; polished. Price, $1.50. Send stamp for photographs to the manufacturer, E P. LORD, 10 Dexter Place, Cleveland, O. turers for a sample, Unclose Three Red Stampa. FUOMEOLLE NE: (Trade Mark Registered.) A lotion for the prevention and cure of Insect Bites, Sun- burn, Chapped Hands and Face. An efficacious remedy (when used as a Liniment) for Burns, Cuts, Sprains, Rheumatism and Neuralgia. It is beneficial to the skin, is colorless and cleanly, and washes off on application of soap and. water. PRICE, 50 CENTS PER BOTTLE. THOS. JENNESS & SON, Proprietors, 12 WEST MARKET SQUARE, BANGOR, ME. Sold by Druggists and Dealers in Sporting Goods. JOHN P. LOVELL’S SONS, 76 Washington st., Boston. Agents: 39s C. GRUBB & CO., 712 Market st., Philadelphia. " ( HIBBARD, SPENCER, BARTLET? & CO., Lake st. & Wabash ave,, Chicago. PREJUDICE IS A THIEF, And will rob you of many good things. Our cigarettes are as fine as can be dry. Will always smoke free and moist, Will not crumble in the pocket nor catch you in the throat.’* If you are not opposed to a change produced. They have lately been improved, are not hard nor and cannot obtain them of your dealer, send to the manufac- WM. S. KIMBALL & CO., Rochester, N.Y, 18 “FOREST AND STREAM SERIES.” FOREST AND STREAM. [Tony 30, 1885. DEER HUNTING. | DOG TRAINING. | ANGLING TALKS. BY JUDGE JOHN DEAN CATON, Y and by it will be time to hunt antelope and deer. It is always time to read about them, Judge Caton’s book on the antelope, elk, deer, moose and caribou of America discusses in a readable way the life history of these animals and the methods of their capture. It is the work of an enthusiastic sportsman who has had a wide experience and has devoted the leisure of years to studying these interesting game animals. The volume is very fully illustrated, and is a perfect storehouse of information and entertainment. The first edition was sold by the Boston publishers at $4, Price $2.50, WOODCRAFT. BY “NESSMUK.” COMPACT pocket handbook of condensed, boiled-down, concise, clear, comprehensive, sensible, practical camp pumption. ‘‘Nessmuk” has been ‘‘in the woods” in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and South America, and this is a book for outers, wherever they kindle their camp-fire. The author believes in “‘smoothing it.” He has learned how; now he tells others. It is much easier to learn from ‘‘Nessmuk” BY 8. T. HAMMOND, E E was a promising puppy, and when you turned him oyer to the breaker to be educated, you thought he was bound to make “‘the best dog in the world.” And you'll hot soon forget how disappointed and disgusted you were when the dog, the breaker and the big bill—all three turned up together, and you saw thatthe animal’s spirit was broken and it would take a steam calliope to make him mind, Now, this could not have happened if you had been wise enough to buy a copy of Hammond’s book, and in your odd leisure moments train the dog yourself instead of having him broken by some one else. We are selling edition after edition of this book, and it is revolutionizing the system of preparing dogs for work in the field. Price $1.00. SHORE BIRDS. PAMPHLET for those who ‘‘gun” along the shore. Tells of; I. Haunts and Habits—Where the bay birds live and what they do eat home. II. Range and Migration—Where they go to breed and where to spend the winter. IIL. A Morning Without the Birds—An episode of shore shooting. BY GHORGE DAWSON, A® a political writer of conceded power, Mr. Dawsou wielded a trenchant pen; when he terned from the conflict of parties to the praise of the favorite pastime of “simple wise men,” his essays, limpid as the crystal streams, are aglow with the soft summer sunlight and melodious with the songs of birds. When angling was the themé, he wrote from a full heart and in closest sympathy with the scenes and pursuits described. These ‘‘Talks” are brimful of manly, wholesome sentiment; thereisin them all not a particle of cant. Their sincerity and overflowing spirit at once win the reader, and he perforce shares the author’s enthusiasm. The effect is magical, like that of the mimic players in Xenophon’s Memorabilia: he who reads, if he be an angler, must go a-fishing; and if he be not, straightway then must he become one.—Heatract from Publishers’ Preface. Cloth, price 50 cents. CANOE “AURORA.” BY DR. C. A. NEIDE. A CHARMINGLY written and always entertaining account of a canoe cruise from Lake George, New York, down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico, by the than from Dame Experience. We should not be surprised if ‘Wooderaft” completely revolutionized the methods of camp- ing out, If you ate going to the woods, read “Woodcraft” before you go. It may add to your trip a hundred fold. Price $1.00, IV, Nomenclature—A list of our American species of Limicole, with a description of each specie:, WV. Localities—Where to goto shoot them. VI. Blinds and Decoys—How to shoot them after you have reached the grounds. 45 pp., paper. Price 15 cents. 216 pp., cloth, Secretary of the American Canoe Association, cruise of the ‘‘Aurora” is the next best thing to haying made it; and the reading is decidedly more pleasant. than would have been participation in some of the misadventures related. To read the Price $1,00, Any of the above books can be obtained in London of Davies & Co., 1 Finch Lane, Cornhill. “TI WEORW EZEE-zE.” rhe This gun has met with an unprecedented success since its introduction, far exceeding all expectations. For several months the manufacturers could not supply one-quarter the demand It meets the call for a target rifle, made with the same care as the finest finish, at amedium price, and has demonstrated that a .32-caliber with proper proportions of powder and lead, is sufficient for 200 or 300-yard work. Two-thirds of ali target ,ifles in use in this country are Ballards, showing that they are recognized as the leader. - No, 8,—Half Octagon Barrel, Pistol Grip Stock, Cheek Piece, Nickeled, Off-Hand Butt Plate, Double Set Triggers, Graduated Peep and Prices t Globe Sights, 914lbs., 28 and 30 inches. ............-.e.ee0+ eee Pe Fee eS. He aR he Le Fe eee ar ae $37 50 + (No. 9.—Same, but with Single Trigger... 2... 0.0. ce scenes cee cece veer etseseees hes apne Latty tc en See oe Re es ee Re ero aaa v2... 33 00 Can be furnished with Vernier’s Mid-Range and Wind Gauge Front Sights for $6.50 extra, EVER! ASTING SHELLS, 38-55, Ycts. Each. Grooved Bullets, .32-caliber, 165 grains ........---....: “per 1000, $7.25 Grooved Bullets, .38-caliber, 255 grains............. 2. /....... per 1000, $9.50 “ Ms 165 0CO«SS 7 7.75 i “ zs 11 Tesla aed 1 itp ebb A ve A. ERR Gi 11.00 - t vr ey i.) ee . ae 4 ve i SD ai emiindaeh, Gai Seta, ep: ean et Te) RUIN OR ores alch cone aber Cartridges loaded with 165 grain grooved bullets, .32-cal ...... per 1000, $27.00 Cartridges loaded with 255 grain grooved bullets, ,88-cal,...,..per 1000, $33.00 Reloading Tools, $5.00 per set. The New Marlin Rifles, .32 and .38-calibers, are meeting with great f-vor. Twice the range of any other Magazine Rifles of same calibers. n> ‘ eo . 10812 oe :#: |Hornbeam Rods Single Ca fae A SPECIALTY. at Ee W. HUNTINGTON, 2 c WILTON, CONN,, & Makes a specialty of the manufacture of FINE HAND-MADE RODS of Hornbeam for fly fishing. Every fly-fisher should have one of these rods, for whatever preference he may have these are the only thoroughly reliable rods, secure against break- age and capable of real hard usage. With one of these rods a sportsman may venture into the woods for a season and take no other rod, and be faiily sure of returning with it in a serviceable condition, As made from wood of my own cutting and season- ing, they are powerful, easy in action and full of endurance. For circular send to WALLACE HUNTINGTON as above. PRODUCTIONS fend stamp for Catalogue, AMERICAN ARMS CO., 103 Milk Street, - - ROSTON, MASS. Our ©“SEMI-HAMMERLESS” single gun now has a national repu- tation, and is acknowledged the best single gun in every particular. The New Double-Action Extracting Kevolver is equal to anything in {lhe market. Both are to be obtained of all the best dealers in the country. I have a few double barrel Fox guns left which T will sell DIRECT TO CONSUMERS at one-half the original prices. Wonderful Bargains * F. H. RAYMOND, Treasurer. OF THE = 3-Piece Fiy Rod, Brass Click Reel, 100ft. Linen Trout Line. 6 Flies, 6 Hooks to gu and Leader, complete, by express, $4.50; by mat postpaid, $500. 8 Sample Flies, by mail, 25 cts Fine Plated Mountings for Bait and Fly Rods, com plete, $1.50. 3piece Perch Rod, Brass Reel, 50ft. Linen Line, 6 Hooks to gut,1 Sinker and Float, complete, $2.00; by mail, postpaid, $2.25. To be posted in new goods, prices, efc., send fo- our 1885 catalogue, 292 large pages, 4,000 illustra tions, sent by mail for 25 cts. " PECK & SNYDER, 126-130 Nassau St., N. Y. Caiman Fishing in Canada ti We have now received our entire stock of Forrest = Le & Son’s Salmon Flies, Rods, Reels, Casiing — | ALI. = : ; : me i te. We have everything required A. ALLEW’ SPECI ALTIES. Lines, ete., ete. We have everything req F for the successful capture of salmon and trout in ® Canadian waters. American anglers can obtain their complete outfit trom us far below New York : —Improved; Nickel Plated; the most natural-toned. easiest-blowing, | P&ES*: : a? Pais sia Metal Dusk Gall ver iveuted and the only one that perfectly imitates the wild duck, Illustrated catalogue sent on receipt of posta Sent by mail on receipt o. : : ; 3 ALLENS. BOW-FACING O&A RS—Can be attached to any boat in five minutes, shipped ° T. W. BOYD & SON, instantly in the roughest water; work much easier than the commonoar. In duck shooting they are] i¢4; NoTRE DAME STREET, MONTREAL. P. Q. invaluable; you see the bird the instant it leaves the water. Sent by express on receipt of $8. _ ALLEN’S SHELL SWAGE — Wil! reduce brass shells to their original size in one-half minute, making them as smooth and solid as when new. On ordering mention gauge wanted. Sent by express ON LLEN'S DECOY DUCK FRAME —Isa simple device for holding the dead duck in a Ss —Is a simp: Peerieriata i the water. Price $4 per doz. SEND FUR OATALOGUE FREE. t i Naas, By pers OF MUSKOKA FOR HEALTH AND recreation. Quict private board on the lake shore at low rates. Write for terms to T. M. ROBIN SON, Box 186, Gravenhurst, Ontario Can, rsa llarad. TROUT AND BLACK BASS Fishing Tackle OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AT APPLETON & LITCHFIELD'S, 304 Washington Street, BOSTON, MASS. Harrison's Celebrated Fish Hooks, AND FOR WHICH WE USE THE FOLLOWING: Registered AR. SPRING StseL— Treble Hooks, brazed Spring StreL— Dublin Timerick. Forged do. and tapered or eyad. Needle Hyed do. Double Dublin Fly Knobbed_ do. Hooks. Peculiar Byed do. Hollow Point, Limerick O’Shaughnessy do. of all styles, Carlisle Kirby or Round Cork Shape do, American Trout. Kinsey do. Chestertown. Sproat do, Roach Hooks. Aberdeen. Kendal Sneck Hook, New York Bass Hooks. round or Kirby bend. Virginia. Black Fish Hooks. ive Bait Hooks. Kirby and Shepherd’s Crook Hel Hooks. Kirby and Round Bent Sea Hooks, tinned or blued, ete., ete. Manufacturers also of Gut Leaders, Hooks to Gut. All kinds of Artificial Flies and Baits. Brass and Steel Swivels and Fishing Tackle of every descrip- tion for home and export. Importers of Sik Worm Gut. Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers, R. HARRISON, BARTLEET & CO,, Metropolitan Works, Redditch, England. Wholesale Only. Established 1803, ee TROUT FLIES, 40c. Per Dozen. H. H. KIFFE, 318 FULTON STRERT, BROOKLYN, N. ¥. Send for Fishing Tackle Catalogue. Decoy Ducks. The Best, $5,00 Per Doz. MANUFACTURED BY M. C. WEDD, 104 Manhattan Street, Rochester, N, Y- PERFECT FLIGHTS: TARGET. The Globe Flight consists of a pasteboard disk, 5} inches in diameter, the center cut out to admit a rubber balloon 24 inches in diameter, when inflated, Good until hit with shot. One pellet shot hitting the balloon, Dead Bird! No rubbish, no disputes. Preferable at all tournaments and matches, Full count. Handsome target, hard to hit unless you point your gun straight. Same surface always presented. Satisfactory shooting, fair and good practice. Case contains 500, weighs 50 Ibs. ; cheap to transport. $20 per 1,000; $2.50 per 1,000 back for pasteboards in good condition at either factory. Hand iuflators, 50 cents each, Can be sent by mail, Send four cents to pay postage on sample flight, GLOBE SHOT CO., Philadelphia & St, Louis, Cc. A. BRAGG, Manager. TEIEs LTTE ACA GuRn?: BEST ENGLISH DAMASCUS STEEL BARRELS, TWIST BARRELS : $35. ih anal ine i BALE E’s Latest and Best Invention. Strongest, simplest and best balanced gun made. 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Tt is not only the s most compact, but ! the handsomest in lesign and finish, adapted for the use i4 of ‘cyclists, and in- // 4 ‘tantaneous work. The 5x8 measures, when folded, 914x S i 6146x414 inches. The purchaser of a ‘atte oe is entitled to a Camera wit all latest adjustments— Tripod, Plate Holder and Lens fitted with instantaneous Shutter, with full and complete inennnction for use, all warranted Al. WitH Bioycim ATTACHMENTS: Sizes Nos, 1 & 2, $27; No. 3, for 5x8 pictures, $29. ANIA ee oo _AGENCIES AND WAREROOMS: 318 Proadway, New York. 148 W. Fourth St., Cincinnati, O. 529 Commercial St., San Francisco, Cal. "The Bat? "The Bat? THROWN FROM A CLAY-PIGEON TRAP, Has the adyantage of a ball with the flight of a saucer, PRICH, SAMPLE THOUSAND, #19.00, TARGET BALLS AT REDUCED PRICES. <. We still manufacture our renowned target ball and the *“ACME”’ eget eS best San ae eee = epee 'RICHS;—Traps, $5.00; Balls, $6. er thousand. Trapand \ 00. =. 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BB fs DoNdsd geet ee 50 Angling Talks, Dawson.....---... eneaet 50 Angling. a Book on, Francis....... Lstbeth acd SOU Angling Literature in England.........-+++.+- 1 25 Be OAS Ee Henshall..........--s0.:+. 3 00 British Angling FliesS............sseseeeeeseess 2 00 Carp Cultire, 22. s 2 ee eee er etc ae eset mere tee 1 00 Domesticated Trout......-...-2.-05 ee ee ee 2 00 Fish Hatching and Fish Catching.........--.. 1 50 Fish and Wishing, Manly ,......-.ssesenneerrees 5 25 Fishing, Bottom or Float.,.........0+.-ssse1=> 50 Fishing in American Waters, Scott......-..+-- 3 50 Fishing Tourist, Hallock,...-.....-. Speer recone 2 00 Fishing with the Fly, Orvis ..... 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Tana, fac simile of first edition....,. 375 BIRDS. American Bird Fancier.......... Ap “ co wo SSSeSsesnssses Baird’s Birds of North America....... Bechstein’s Chamber and Cage Birds.. Bird Notes Se Birds Nesting........-.....+-- fetaneres 1 Birds of Hastern North America...... 18 Birds of Bastern Pennsylvania........ 4 Birds of the Northwest. ....-.......+. : Birds and Their Haunts Cage and Singing Birds, Adams........ Qoues’ Check List, paper........+e+eseee € Coues’ Field Ornithology. .--...-- Senecerseepeies 2 Coues’ Key to North American Birds...... ... 15 Game Water Birds of the Atlantic Coast, FROOSO VEL ts done Veco es ce cuba Give Csr aeees re 2 00 Holden’s Book of Birds, pa..........scee-seeee : 25 Minot’s Land and Game Birds. .........+++.+:: 3 00 Native Song Birds.......---..-- Pir ESD Sete Lg wa vis) Naturalists’ Guide, Maynard..........-+.+-++++ 2 00 Natural History of Birds......-.....+seee+ee+- 3 00 Notes on Cage Birds, Green... .....seeeeeeeaees 1 60 Samuel's Birds of New Hngiand.,...,-.-. «s.- 4 00 Shore Birds..........-. ala eh ehim cane ewihfattecte ore 15 Water Birds of N. 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Adventures in the Wilderness..............255 L235 Amateur Trapper—paper, ; bds.....:. dials 75 Three in Norway, or Rifle, Rod and Gun in WORWAY= pes sent eee soca es Pea pets inelalsis 175 Camps in the Rockies, Grohman.............. 1% Camp. Life in the Wilderness..........-.5s..05 30 Camping and Cruising in Florida, Henshall. 1 50 Complete American Trapper, Gibson......... 1 00 Hints on Camping... ..... 2... cece epee ees eee ees 125 How to Camp Out, Gould — .......... ce renee (5 How to Hunt and Trap, Batty’s.......... syser. 1 50 Hunter and Trapper, Thrasher,...,..-.-...... 95 Rustlings in the Rockies........... rtmticts vere 100 HORSE. American Roadsters and Trotting Horses..... 5 00 Boucher’s Method of Horsemanship.......... 1 00 Bruce’s Stud Book, 2 vols..............-- Bits 30 00 Dadd’s American Reformed Horse Book, 8yo. 2 50 Dadd’s Modern Horse Doctor, 12mo......... ete Dwyer’s Horse Book. ......50.-0.00ee eres fete 1 2 Horseback Riding, Durant......... 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Sketches, paper 75 How J Became a Crack Shot, Parrow......... 1 00 How I Became a Sportsman............ ...0.- 2 40 Hunting, Shooting and Fishing...,. ..-..--... 2 50 Hunting and Hunters of all Nations, Frost... 1 50 Hurlingham Gun Club Rules,.......00.....2008 L 25 Instructions in Rifle Firing .............-:-- _., #00 Rifie Practice, Wingate............1see--senees 1 50 Rod and Gun in California..........-su..s.+0e fy esd BROCE ee ete reaped alee inn GO @ wees aia 50 Shooting; Dquigallee lcci cesmeclenieaee lade dares 3.00 Shooting on the Wing.........-..-.--...---- 75 Sport, Fox Hunting, Salmon Fishing, etc., W. B. 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Se Ce re i sary 2 00 RQ oO RSSSSSS wit ag Dae ete staseesaes -e a er a eri as 25 eeeeecsccres — Pe ee ee ee ees aere ceee Ro oo OF Ott seen eesccon seen RO pe ee canes COR Wp pee pet SHSSSSSSESS SSSSSSHSRSA SBSSS Nay yanreena [oonsS ese ooo oS The Taxidermists’ Manual, Brown........ Wild Flowers of Switzerland.... Wild Woods Life, Farrar... ....ccesesessyoe0s Woodcraft, “‘Nessmuk”,......0.s0s0-ss-ss0se85 Woods and Lakes of Maine.........-1..0s00002 Youatt on Sheep... ....4-2+ nseeecere.s “teees BEShS Ko CANOE HE Forest anp STREAM began a year ago the publication of a Series of papers on canoe con- struction, by Mr. W. P. Stephens, of the New York LORE Om Widely known as an expert on canoe design and building. These papers, having appeared through the year in our columms, have since been rewritten, and with numerous additions are now published in a handsome yolume under the title of “Canoe and Boat Building for Amateurs,’’ Mr. Stephens is peculiarly fitted for the preparation of such a work, beginning as an amateur, and having after 4 long experience of the difficulties attending a learner, taken a prominent place among canoe builders, due both to the model and workmanship of his canoes. Realizing fully the difficulty of ex- aining to anoevice an art in itself far from easy, AND and with which he is entirely unfamiliar, the book begins with a description of the yarious classes of canoes in general use, with their main features and dimensions, and definitions of the terms used in con- nection with them. Numerous examples of canoes are given, and in connection with them, such plain instructions in designing as will enable the beginner to select intelligently the proper craft for his pur- BOAT pose, and to plan her dimensions, details and fit- tings. To this end designs of all classes of canoes are given, with full dimensions and details. The object has been not merely to enable the tyro to build one boat as described, but to teach him the principies of designing and building in such a way that he may construct such a craft as he desires. rollowing the chapters on designing, the construc- tion of a canoe is taken up in detail, the tools and appliances being first clearly described, as well as the various materials, after which follows the actual work of building. Every operation is taken up in order, from the selection of the keel to the varnish- ing of the finished boat, and illustrated with numer- ous diagrams. A chapter on sails describes all the varieties in use by canoeists, down to the new Mohican settee, with directions for making, rigging and measuring them, while the method of proportioning the sails to the boat is clearly explained, all the calculations BUILDING being worked out in detail, The many minor points of a canoe, paddles, steering gears, rudders, aprons, and camp eutfit are also described at length, while a chapter is devoted to canvas canoes. The subject of boat building is fully treated, a rowboat of the usual constructson being taken as an example, and described in allits parts in sucha Imanner as to. make clear the principles involved, and their application to any form of boat, either lapstreak or carvel build. Wach of the numerous technical terms belonging to the subject is defined clearly when it first oceurs, and as the index is full and complete, the book is in itself a glossary. In addition to the numerous diagrams in the body of the work, twenty-four large plates are printed on bond paper, containing the working drawings of canoes for paddling, sailing, cruising FOR and racing, with their sail plans, rowing sailing boats, large canoe yawls, and yarious boats for special purposes, such as gunning boats, yacht boats, and the widely known sneakbox, The canoe yawl, a boat between a canoe and a yacht, is wWlustrated by examples of varicus craft trom 17 to 20ft. long, and suitable for a crew of two or three on a cruise. This class of boat, while little known among us as yet, is admirably fitted for eruismg, and will meet the wants of many who object to a canoe as being too small, and yet desire a beat with the same excellent qualities. The boats and canoes illustrated are in all cases among the best of their class, the list of canoes including Eng- lish, Scotch and American craft, and are all drawn AMATEURS. to scale, so as t0 be available as working drawings. The plates, for convenience in using, are placed loose in a tough manilla envelope and accompany the book. . 2 Pp. 168, with 24 plates of working drawings. Price $1.50, Address, Forest and stream Publishing Co., New Yore N, Y, j§ Days & Co., 1 Finch Lane, Cornhill. | Norrie & Wainson, 156 Minories, I. C. FARRAR’S MOOSTHEAD LAE AND THE NORTH MAINE WILDERNESS ILLUSTRATED. A thorough and exhaustive guide to the Sporting Resorts of Northern Maine. The Dead River Region, and the country around Monson, Green- yille, Moose River, Moosehead and Sebee Lakes, Katahdin Iron Works, the towns of the Kennebec, Penobscot aud St, John Rivers, ascent of Mount Katahdin, etc., are plainly treated. Contains the Game and Fish Laws of Maine, cost of Excursions and Tours, also alarge amount of other valuable information for the camper and tourist, and a large map of the Wilderness Region of Maine. 956 pages, 36 illustrations. Price, paper cover, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00, Mailed on receipt of price by JAMAICA PUBLISHING CO, JAMAICA PLAIN, MASS Chubb’s Game Pieces, The finest ornament for a Sportsaman’s Dining Room ever made. Natural “Dead Game”’ under glass, and no more bulky than an ordinary picture. __ Will send per express C. O. D. subject to approval, on receipt of 6xpress charges. Send for photograph and prices. H, E. CHUBB, Taxidermist, 285 VIADUCT, CLEVELAND, O, LONDON: — ———_ ' FOREST AND STREAM. GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. EPPS's COCOA. BREAKFAST. “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws ; which govern the operations of digestion and nutri- tion, and by a careful application of the fine prop- erties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors’ bills. Itis by the judicious use ot such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keep- ing ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame,”—Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk, ‘old only in half-pound tins by Grocers, labelled thus: , JAMES EPPS & ©O., Homcmopathic Chem- ists, London, England. LS LISTS aS ETT I TE, The English © Fishing Gazette,” Devoted to angling, river, lake and sea fishing, anc fishculture, Every Friday, 16 pages, folio, price 2d. Volume VI. commenced with the number for ‘ January 7, 1882, Putas Rapin ens B. MARSTON ‘ree by post for one year for 12s. 6d. (sa; 20) te any address in the United Siac ee) Sent direct from the oftice for any portion of a ear at the above rate. U.S. Postage Stamps can e remitted, or ey order payable to Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., the proprietors. Contains special articles on all fresh and sali water fish and fishing; reports of the state of the riyers; repoits from angling clubs; fisheulture and natural history; where to fish; angling notes and ueries; angling exchange columin; notices of hing tackle, books, &c., and other features, Acopy of the current number can be had (post free by sending six cents in stamps to R. B. Mars ton, the FISHING GAZETTE office, 12 and 13, Fetter-lane, London. The FISHING GAZETTE circulates extensively among auglers and country gentlemen in all parte of the Empire, “There is a large public interestin fishing. . , An excellent class organ,’’— World, “tOne of the best authorities on these and kindred subjects,’’—Truth. “A brighter and gayer little paper is not pub= lished, Batt ay The FISHING GAZETTE is quoted by the Times and all the best papers. One of the best mediums for ADVERTISEMENTS of fishing tackle makers, fishculturists, hotels ana fishing quarters, whisky, waterproof fishing goods, cigars and tobacco, books of angling, and all other requirements of anglers; also for all general adver tisements addressed to a well-fo-do class in all parts of the eountry and abroad. Office—i2 and 13, Fe‘ter-lane London HINDS’ BLACK- PLY CREAM, For Repelling Flies, Mosquitoes, Midges and other Insects, and protecting the Skin from Sunburn, Irritation and Infection. No Tar. No Stain. Guens Fatus, N. Y., June 15, 1884, Mr. A. 8. Hinds, Portland, Me.- Dar Str—I have not sooner acknowledged the receipt of box of “Black-Fly Cream,” as I desired to first test it; this I have now done on two fishing trips where I found the Mosquitoes, Black Flies, Punkies and Moose or Deer Flies in great abundance. Although all these pests swarmed about me, found the Cream a perfect preventive against their bites when if was applied to face, hands, ears and neck. For many years [have sought after the msect re- pellent, and have tried all manner of compounds, ut yours is the most thorough, at the same time cleanly and not disagreeable. Yours truly, A. NELSON CHENEY. Price, 25 Cents, Postpaid. SOLD BY DEALERS IN SPORTING GOODS. “Freepelicne.,’’ An infallible preventive of the attacks of Mosqui- toes, Black Flies, Gnats aud all other insects. Neat, clean and easily applied. Contains No TaR, will not stain nor injure the skin, easily washed off, may be earried without danger of leaking or spilling, Price 25 cents per box. Agents—T. J. Conroy, 65 Fulton st., N.Y. Abbey & Imbrie, 18 Vesey st., N. Y. NEW. A Splendid Doo Whistle, Water-Tight Match Box, —AND— Reliable Compass OOMBINED. Nickel-plated metal, Sold by dealers in Sports- men’s goods, or sent by mail on receipt of price $i. WILBUR & ©O., Box 2,832, N. Y. P. O. BILLIARD AND {0-PIN BALLS. CLOTH, CHECKS, Cues, Cue Chessmen, Tips, | J Dico, Keno, CHALE, Etc., ==esan —= DOMINOES, PLAYING CARDS, Ete. irine done, Ten-Pin Alleys built and estimates | Hepaiing furnished. F,GROTE & CO., 114 E. 14th st, N.Y, THE RIFLE. An illustrated journal for riflemen. $1 per year. A. C, GOULD, Publisher, 4 Exchange Place, Boston, Mass, Wanted, WILD ANIMALS WANTED. FE desire to purchase the following wild animals, provided they are young ones: One grizzly bear, two black bears, one male American lion or puma, six to ten wolves and coyntes, six foxes, two buffa- loes, twoelk. D. A. TALBOT, Sioux City, Io, jei8,2mo SS OPTHS WANTED.—JAN. 4, FEB, 1, MAROH 8, ; 1883; March 6, 1884. We are short of thase issues, and would be obliged if any of our readers having one or all of these numbers that they do not, want will send to Forest aud Stream Pub. Co., 39 Park Row, New York City. mar26,tf We MAYNARD TARGET RIFLE, .82-cal, preferred. Address MAYNARD, Box 751, Yonkers, N. Y. jy30,1t for Sule. Chester White, Berkshire and Poland China Pigs, Fine Setter Dogs, Scotch Collies, Foxhounds and Beagles, \ = Sheep and Poultry, bred and eae for sale by W, GrsBons& Co,, West Chester, Chester Co,, Pa. fend stamp for Cireular and Price List. An Adirondack Park For Sale. Three thousand acres of heayily timbered prim- eval forest, embracing Lake Massawiepie (450 acres) and seven tributary ponds, the headwaters of the famous trout stream, Grasse River. Located near Raquette River, below Tupper’s Lake, in the center of the best sport and the finest scenery in Northern New York, it affords every requisite for a large game park or for summer hotels. For information apply to ADDISON CHILD, Childwold, N. Y., or HENRY G. DORR, 48 Lincoln st., Boston, tae jy 16,36 FOR SALE. One of the finest sites for a club of fentlemen who want to be on the water and near New York to be found on the south side of Long Island. 0. B. ACKERLY, 71 Broadway, N, Y. jy 9,46 OR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR GUN, NEW gill net, hundred feet. R. R, WILKINS, Albion, , jy23,2t Hu the Stud. ENGLISH CHAMPION BULLDOG GLADSTGNEKOFF, BRINDLE BULLDOG. Winner of eight silver cups, five champion medal aud number of first prizes at first-class shows in England. Considered by bulldog authorities best dog ever coming to America, Bee $50 for Service. Address J. P. BARNARD, JK, 23 Myrtle street, Boston. Valleyview Kennels, Amsterdam, N. ¥. Box 143. IMPORTED SABLE COLLIE IN THE STUD. Su CCESs (E-K.C.5S. B. 16,021). Date of birth June 9, 1884. Sire, champion Eclipse (12,949); dam, champion Flurry (10,736). Success is winner of ist and ¢pecial prize for rough and smooth-coated dog puppies at Westminster Collie Club show, Royal Aquarium, June 2, 1885, Also winner of 2d, puppy, and 2d, open classes, Dublin, 188, Fee for service, #40. 3 Puppies for sale out of imported bitches. from $50 to $200. IN THE STUD. Gk AE Ei c. (K.C.S8,B. 13,366). CHampion Pointer of England. Whelped April 15, 1881. Imported May *, 1885. Services limited to two, approved bitches per month till Oct. 1. Wee, including best care at ken- nels and express charges, $100. Address GRAPHIC KENNELS, Lynch's Station, Campbell Co., Va. jy2,8mo0s PURE LAVERACK SETTER 4% INT "EI" XG IN THE STUD. Thoroughly broken and a fine field animal. Also setter pups ot fist rlass breeding for sale. For terms, etc., a (0) , its A S. HOFFMAN, Estleyille, Atlantic county, N. J. BRADFORD RUBY. (Champion Loyat—Champion Jenny.) Champion pug dog, winner of 41 prizes, cups and medals in England, including championship Crystal Palace, January, 1885; Ist, Cincinnati; ist and spe- cial, Toronto; Ist, Philadelphia. Fee $25, ‘NAPOLEON (A.K.R. 2037) (Sambo—Luca)— The sire of many good ones, including first and sec- ond prize wifiners, New Haven, 1885. Fee $15. Puppies for sale. CITY VIEW KENNELS, Box 629, New Haven, Conn. “Champion lrish Setter Gleecho. Stud fee, $25. Sire of more prize winners than any Irish setter (at same age) living, and a grand field dog, Send stamp for pedigree, list of winnings of himself and progeny, ete. Hlegant life-like photos of Glencho’s head, 50 cents. Glencho pup- pies for sale, W. H. PIERCE, Peekskill, N. Y. Prices - Blue belton (A.K.R. 599) Druid—Gessie. G ty Dash II. ag Modjeska. Modjeska, by Leicester ex Peeress. jy2,imo _ [JuLy 30, 1885. She Kennel. BULL-TERRIERS. Pups by Hink’s Dutch (H.K.0.8.B. 13.813) out of White Rose (Victor Chiat Bese) These eee are the best ever offered for sale in this country; 3 mos, old, perfect health; dogs $45, bitehes $25. Also Little Nellie, 2d. Danbury show, 1884, and one dog pup, by champion President; $35 for the two, or.$20 atin aa RC aaa correspondence, dont write unless you intend to purchase. Address PRANK F. DOLE, Royal Bull-Terrier Kennels. New Haven, Conn. Ay 28;2¢ K 9 Breaking Kennels. Pointers and setters thoroughly broken for field trials or private use. Reference given. W. G. SMITH, Field Trial Trainer, Templeville. Md. Mt. Pleasant Kennels. For Sale—Two thoroughbred Gordon setter dos ups, 3 mos, old; price $15 each; out of my Beaulah, y Toney. Also first-class English pug puppies, $15 each, ©.T. BROWNELL, Box 335, New Bedford, Mass. iv16,3m FOR SALE. Thoroughbred Newfoundland pups, from prize stock. Also-one of the finest black cocker bitches in the country. Address ACADIA KPNNEL, P. 0. Box 2,574, Boston, ; jy 9.56 Rory O’More Kennels. _ Por Sale—Thoroughbred red Irish setter stock, full pedigreed Address with stamp, W. WN. CALLENDER, Albany, N. Y. OINTHERS AND SETTERS FOR SALH,—A litter of orange and white setter pups, a litter of lemon and white pointers, a litter of liver and white pointer pups at 8 wks old, $10; field qualities quaranteed. Address ELM GROVE KENNELS, P. O. Box 258, South Norwalk, Conn. jy16,4t OR SALE,—HAVING RECENTLY ADDED several fine brood bitches to the Landseer Kennels of Scotch deerhounds and greyhounds re- duced the price of puppies. Some choice grey- hounds now ready to ship. DR. VAN HUMMELL, Denver, Col. apll6,tt DOGS DO YOU WANT TO BUY A FINE J» bred dog of any kind? If so write and name the kind you want. EDMUND MAURER, 464 North Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa, YOUR DOG’S PICTURE. Life size crayons of dog heads or full figure accurately and artistically made from photograph by anexperienced crayon artist. Pricesreasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. M. LEWIS, care Forest and Stream. HEAP.—BEAUTIFUL BLACK, WHITH AND tan setter pups, 4mos. old, from exceptional field stock; $15. HE. F. THOMAS, sc aratractia ape - Jy23, ANTED.—ONHE OF THE VERY BEST OF dogs for treeing partridge, and no other ac- cepted after trial, Cash ready and highest refer- enee furnished. Address A. L. Z., Box 41, Cum- mington, Mass. Je23,26 oo PUPPIES FOR SALE, BRED FROM imported spe anos stock. Address Box 178, Montelair, N. J. Jy23,30 OR SALE.—FOUR POINTER PUPS, 14 WKS. old, good blooded stock, color liver. Price $16 each. Apply to J. J. TLLSLEY, SPORE HOVER J¥SU,Ao NE LIVER AND WHITE LLEWELLIN SET- O ter dog pup, 12 mos. old, for $10; straight and allright. For pedigree apply to A. KE. SHERMAN, Sandy Creek, N. ¥. jy30,16 IRST-CLASS RED IRISH SETTER PUPS AT A low price. A. W. PEARSALL, Hunene ten; Jye. F R SALE OR EXCHANGEH.—AN EXTRA FINE litter of pointer pups (Casprinia—Brock). Would exchange for gun or pug biteh. Address W, FE. JOHNSON, Melrose, Mass jva0t OR SALE —AN ELEGANT ENGLISH SETTER dog, 18 mos., well trained and not gunshy. Price $20. Address E. GAY, 73 Spruce st., Hart- ford, Conn. Jy 30,16 OR SALE.—THE THOROUGHBRED IRISH setter bitch Jessica, and two pups, 4 mos. old, For-price, etc., address THOS. MONTAGU, Ham— mondville, N. Y-. jy30,2t ULL-TERRIER BITCH NELLIE (A4.K.R. 2194), B 3 yrs. old, pure white, full pedigree; bred by Hinks, of Birmingham, England. Has won ist, St. John, 1884 and 1885, vhc, New Haven. 1885, and 2d, Boston. A splendid brood bitch; will be im season soon. Price $50 cash. Address HE. 8. PORTER, Kennel Club, New Haven, Conn. 9y30,2t OR SALE—THE MASTIFF DOG DE BUCH (A.K_R. 1502), 3 yrs, 4 mos. old, ist, New York, 1883, of immense bone and substance, powertul, symmetrical and compact, of excellent temper. A valuable sire to mate with weedy bitches, always transmitting his great bone and substance. W WaADB, Hulton, Pa. ; 4y30,5t OR SALE.—PURE LAVERACK PUPPIES, combining the blood of Pontiac ex Fairy II. Carlowitz ex Princess Netlie, Thunder ex Peeress, éte, HENRY STURTEVANT, Medina, N. aes a ; : ayeu, — INE YOUNG SETTER BITCH, ONLY $25, IN- FH cluding service of famous Llewellyn dog. Box 925, Newburyport, Mass. jy30,it ASTIFFS —FOR SALE— HANDSOME MAS- tiff puppies, champion Nevison—Brenda. Full pedigree. Address by mail, J, A. S. GREGG, 3 Bond street, New York. jy30,1t OR SALE.—MASTIFFS, POINTER PUPPIES, Prince Charles and Blenheim spaniels. C. H. MASON, 255 West Twenty-second st., New York. | _ jys0,tf OR SALE,_HANDSOME BRACE OF POINT- ers, liver and white, age 6 mos. For price and pedigree address WM, TA ON, 318 Hudson st,, N ay30,1h -_ = FOREST AND STREA A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. Tarus, $44 Yrar, 10 Crs. a Copy. t Six Monts, $2. NEW YORK, AUGUST 6, 1885. S VOL. XXV.—No, 2. | Nos, 89 & 40 Park Row, New Yorr. CORRESPONDENCE. THe ForEST AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain” ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen. Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are-devoted are respectfully invited, Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. 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Newsdealers in the United Kingdom may order through Davies & Co., No. 1 Finch Lane, Cornhill, Lon- don, General subscription agents for Great Britain, Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston, Searles and Rivington, 188 Fleet street, Loudon, Eng, Address all communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Oo. Nos. 39 anp 40 PARE Row. Nuw YorE Orry, CONTENTS. SEA AND RiIvER FISHING. A. Summer [dyl. Southern California Sea Fishing The Big Trout Secret. EDrrortaL. Salmon and Salmon Nets. A Trajectory Test. Weak Knees. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. BISHCULTURE. From Tolnea South. Mosquitoes Kill Trout. A Day Aboard the Sneak,” TH KENNEL, Sport in the Sierras.—1u1; ““Wildfowler’s’? Thievery. Stud Fees. The New Setter Standard. Poiladelphia Fall Dog Show. The English Cellie Club, Kennel Notes. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING, Range and Gallery. Western Rifle Association. udjee-Me-Kudjee. - Natura History. The English Sparrow. Grouse and Young Again. Quail in Confinement. CaMp-FIRE FLICKERINGS, Game BAG AND Gon, Bear Dogs. Tennessee Dove Shooting. The Trap. Over-Seusitive Primers. Red Wing, Minn, A Bear Suit. CANOEING. ~ The St. Louis Convention. The Association Meet. Quail in the Hay Field. YACHTING, SEA AND River FISHING. The “Herald’* Steam Yachts. Florida Summer Fishing. Toronto. Bow River Trout. Beverly Y, C. Atlantic Y. C. Cruise. Toledo Y C,, July 28. New York Y. C. Cruise. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, An Awning for Fishing Boats. The Youghiogheny, Fly Fishing for Pike Perch. Mm Knoxville Woods. A TRAJECTORY TEST. S| Bes demand is general among riflemen for something definite on the question of trajectories, especially with reference to the rifles of to-day. There has been no end of speculation and wild empyrical writing on this matter, and the pages of every paper devoted to matters of ficld sport are overladen with letters and communications upon this topic. That it is an important one is evidenced b y the de- sire shown by every rifle buyer and rifle owner to get exact data of the particular arm which he may possess and of other arms in comparison with it. Many experiments have been made from time to time by various marksmen, and the details of these tests given in the back volumes of ForEst AND STREAM; they have been very valuable contributions as far as they went; but they were not complete, especially in the matter of comparative results, and so the whole question is still an open one, ready for the careful and satisfactory answer which can only come from a thorough and well-con- ducted series of tests under well-defined conditions, and managed by experts about whose ability to make an exact report there can be no question. Such a series of tests the Forest AND STREAM proposes to make, Those who have studied the problem most care- fully are the most thoroughly convinced that the time has come for such an effort. The rifle manufacturers make all manner of claims for their respective Out-puts, and some of them are so strong that one is tempted to believe that the law of the attraction of gravitation is suspended, while this or that particular rifle is sending out its charges. - Itis with particular reference to hunting rifles that our tests will be undertaken. In military arms the reports of the various examining boards have given a mass of statistics which fully inform us how imperfect those weapons are in the matter of flat trajectory. In hunting arms, however, where more than ever a flat line of fire is most essential in getting killing hits at the varying distances fired over, there is no such collection of figures, and it is this want our trial of arms is intended to supply. The matter has been under consideration for some time past, and many of the arrangements have been completed, The trial will be in charge of a gentleman connected with the U, 8, Proving Ground at Sandy Hook, where the various tests are so carefully made on large ordnance by the U. §, out as a desirable place, and except for its present inaccessi- bility no better place could be chosen. The tests will be made over 200 yards, and eyery precaution will be taken to have every possible element of error carefully eliminated or accurately noted. The present idea is to use the more popular weapons of the various makes and thoroughly test each, using the service aminunition, or rather such as is sold for general use in the various rifles. It is not to be a test of what results may be secured by special rifle, loaded with special cartridges and fired under improbable conditions, as compared with the ordinary surroundings of a man in the field after game at catch-shot distances. We hope that our results when tabulated will make a report which will be of value to every rifle owner in the world, It is intended to have the tests follow on after the annual fall meeting at Creedmoor. In this way all interference with the preliminary practice of teams preparing for the matches of the fall meeting will be avoided, and ample time will be given for complete discussion of the tests and the offering of hints and suggestions from those having them to make. Such suggestions we cordially invite, and we will open our rifle columns for all who may have them to offer. Before the date fixed for the trial we will give full details of the manner of making the tests, the conditions under which they will be conducted and the particular arms to be tested. All who wish may come and witness the trials. The expense connected with them will be borne entirely by the ForEST AND STREAM, and our effort will be that when made they will be under such skillful management as to compel the data reached to be accepted as standard in this department of the art of rifle shooting. WHAK KNEES. ie is never difficult to find persons pertectly willing to tell in a vague, general way of game and fish law violations, but when it comes to actually giving the proper official defi- nite information for his guidance, that is found to be quite another thing. Most men who pay any attention to game and game seasons, and who see the birds killed out of season, are quite content to write a complaint. about it to a local or distant paper, to set up a wail over the evils of the times, and to suggest that ‘‘something ought to be done about it.” But these same men will not themselves do the first thing to help the game warden detect and punish the offenders. There is an unaccountable hesitation to assume any personal responsibility in the matter. The men who often talk the loudest about the wisdom of game laws and the enormity of the poacher’s offense are the very last to give active assist- ance to the execution of the law. All game officials can testify to the truth of this, We are in receipt of constant complaints made by wardens and constables that they are left in the lurch by weak kneed informers, who back out before anything can be accomplished. Every man—no matter whether he be a sportsman or not— owes it to the community of which he is a member to give prompt information of game law violations and to render the officials such aid as may be within his power. By and by this simple principle will be understood better than it is now; and then the game and fish destroyers will not have things all their own way. SALMON AND SALMON NETS. ee Canadian salmon season has been a very successful one for the anglers on most of the rivers. Many Americans have visited the streams this year, and the reports of their catches are in most cases favorable. The fish have been found in goodly numbers, and for the most of the time the rivers have been in fair condition, The numbers of salmon returning to the mouths of these streams are amply sufficient to afford constant sport to the rods, if only their passage were not barred by the obstruct- ing nets, So persistently are the streams netted that the supply of salmon in the upper parts of the stream where they are angled for is constantly diminished. The law re- quires the netters to raise their nets from Saturday night to Monday morning, but this provision is constantly evaded, and the result is that of the salmon caught in the upper waters of some of the streams four out of every five show the marks of the net through which they have forced their way. Ona recent expedition of the officials to the netting grounds, early one Sunday morning, the nets were found in the stream contrary to law, and worst of all the Government net was there too. The destruction of.these nets was fol- lowed by a marked improvement in the fly-fishing; and a similar sudden increase in the supply followed the destruc: War Department, The range at Creedmoor has been pointed | tion of the nets by the breaking away of a boom of logs, : The time now prescribed for the raising of the nets is too short, Another night, say Wednesday night, should be added. It is very poor economy to give so much of the salmon crop to the net fishermen, The Canadians who derive a reyenue from the annual visit of the fly-fishermen, should have more consideration shown them. If the fishing is such as will at. tract an increased number of anglers, these people share in the proportionate gain, and the salmon revenue, though taken from the netters, is by no means lost, but is more widely distributed among the people. It is urged by those who are conversant with the condition of affairs that the Dominion Government make such changes in the present law as shall secure a more suitable division of this revenue. FISHING ON SUNDAY. N the occasion of his recent visit to the Woodmont Rod and Gun Olub’s lodge on the Potomac River, it was reported in some of the newspapers that the President had gone fishing on the Sabbath; and straightway a great pother was made over it, which was not allayed until it was dis- covered that the alleged Sunday fishing had not been in- dulged in. The objection of those who criticised the sup- posed sport would have been, however, quite well taken. Whatever a private individual may determine to be proper for himself with respect to Sunday fishing, there is no ques- tion that participation in such an amusement would be improper in a high public official like the President of the United States, who is required to have a due regard for the feelings of the Sabbath-respecting portion of the public he represents. What is true of the President is true of those in other of ficial positions and places of influence. Even in such a matter as angling in the backwoods, a man is bound by his position and by the effect of his action, if made known, on others. If there be a law on the statute books forbidding Sunday fishing, that law should be strictly observed by such men, in no half-hearted manner, but cheerfully and to the letter, that by such respect to its provisions the claims of the statute on others may be enforced. From Canada ‘comes a story of a Sunday fishing law violation by men in high posi- tions, who were detected. One of them, Sir Roderick Cam- eron, of New York, was fined, while the other, a Supreme Court judge, escaped through a technicality. When -a Supreme Court judge, because he happens to be in the ‘woods, is willing to violate the statutes, what, pray, is he to expect of humbler folks who have no ermine to keep clean? THe Usiguirous SPARROw.—A colony of English spar- rows have their abode in the music stand at Manhattan Beach, Coney Island, where their discordant clatter jars on the nerves of Gilmore’s audience at the afternoon concerts. In the midst of the gloom of the New York City Hall, with its funeral draping for the Grant funeral, last Mon- day a nestful of young sparrows in the plaster ornament about the central chandelier in the vestibule were chirping loudly for food. The parent birds apparently feared to enter the place, though a space in the drapings had been left for them. Elsewhere we publish the English sparrow report of the American Ornithological Union. The commit- tee’s verdict is against the bird, and it is advised that meas- ures be taken for ridding the land of the pest. From THE RICHELIEU To THE TrseR.—Mr. W. L. Alden, the newly appointed Consul General to Rome, will sail from this city in the Servia next Saturday. Mr, Alden’s appoint- ment, besides giving general satisfaction, is of special in- terest to canoeists, who have reason to feel grateful to that gentleman for his part in introducing and making popular the sport of canoeing in this country. Mr. Alden is the originator of a practical device for long distance cruisers, and the author of several books on canoeing. His canoe has long carried the colors of sunny Italy, and now that his paddle will be dipped into the tawny flood of Father Tiber, the good wishes of canoeists will go with him. An Aprronpack Hote Keeper is reported to haye said that he could with $40 buy off the game protector of his district, so that his guests could club hounded deer. This is a pretty cheap price for a game protector, and the land- lord may possibly have a larger contract than he anticipated. But it shows what a law-abiding landlord he is. Ton Prins of AnerLinc.—New angling perils are con- stantly developing. A Buffalo bank book-keeper was recently reported to be a fugitive defaulter, who had fled to Canada, when the fact was that he wasup in Canada fishing, and as the fish were biting well had ventured to overstay his time, 29 FOREST AND STREAM, [Ave. 6, 1885. Che Sportsman Courist. : aeress all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- ing Co. FROM TOLUCA SOUTH. (Coneluded.) A? last I parted sadly from my gentle friends of the Cal- vario hacienda. My way lay through the barranca of of Malianaltenango. The gulch is about five hundred feet deep and shows for that distance a fine geologic section. The pame, which means “‘surrounded by water,” is applied to a yillage on a point of land which juts out from the east bank, and round which flows the Salado, The great cut gouges through the plain far to the south, opening at times to show the houses and fields hidden away in the flat below, and again Closing to a width of perhaps not more than three or four hundred yards on top. ; Tonatico, where we stopped at night, offered nothing re- markable except a church font made out of the carved sac- rificial stone of the early Indians. This was locked up and I will not answer for it. I was told that former races lived in an old town in ruins near by, but that, disgusted by the Spanish conquest, they had buried themselves alive. Asa proof of this, skeletons and coarse dishes are said to have been dug up by plough- men. The proof may not seem cogent and the alleged antiquity of the ruins was a bubble | could prick myself, for I rode over eager to see some strange thing. Certain laborers were at work near by, and, like most of us moderns, search- ing always for jewels of silver and jewels of gold in these remnants of the past, they asked me with greatinterest, when they saw me looking over the ruins, whether I had not some skill in the discovery of treasure, I fear I dealt a cruel blow in telling them that the old walls had not been built by early natives of fabled wealth, but were of Spanish times. Very beautiful was the dismanidled church and the two or three towered and buttressed fragments of masonry near by. “Amata” trees had grown over the tottering walls, spreading wide their clinging trunks like molten metal ‘‘stiffened in eoils and runnels” as it flowed, but the treasure house of the races before the conquest is not here. Further down, as we journeyed along the next day, we passed the old trenches raised by Alvarez, one of the family of hereditary governors of Guerrero (of which at least three generations have held power), when he drove back Santa Ana, The Alvarez with their ‘‘pinto” troops, have indeed, until very lately, held themselves to be independent sove- reigns and permitted no meddling. Before the revolution of Mexico the State of Guerrero formed the southern part of the State of Mexico, and, after the division was made, the men of Guerrero for long kept the name of the “‘pintos del sur.” Every one here knows what ‘‘pintos” are, either by sight or repute, but definitions are conflicting. Some hold that certain Indian tribes are parti-colored by nature, but educated opinion inclines to the belief that ‘‘pinta” is a skin disease. Pintes, though found in other places, live mostly on the west coast, from Sinaloa to Oajaca, They are thickest in Guerrero, where the majority of the people, from the gover- nor down, are spotted. The discolorations appear fist on the ankles, then the waist, the wrists and afterward on the face. The blotches of varying size are sometimes violet, yellow- ish, or of a dark blue like a powder burn. The borders are indistinct, and though the flesh swells slightly, there are no pustules or eruption. The skin scales off after a time, in some cases to such a degree as to be a plague in itself. The disease is inherited and somewhat contagious, and de- velops, at times, comparatively late. It is supposed to be caused by drinking bad water. In Huitzuco, in Guerrero, where the scanty water is quite brackish, ‘‘pinta” is virulent. Mosquito bites are said some- times to carry the contagion, and any bite that shows poison- ous swelling should be burned with carbolie acid. Pinta has no effect on the general health except to make the patient more susceptible to cold. it is curable at first. If left it runs a certain course, The whole body gets spotted. Then the spots turn rosy. In both these conditions the dis- ease ig communicable. After this the spots become of a milky color and so stay. The borders of these white blotches are distinct. This stage has no remedy. Few of the cases that I saw were striking. Many seemed to be only disagree- ably sunburned or to be dirty. Here either the trouble was but beginning or the phase of the moon, which, curiously enough, is said to influence the malady, was not favorable, The well marked instances seemed, as the name implies, really ‘ainted.” Passing the trenches of Alvarez, 1 saw on an isolated hill a brown pyramidal mound which my guide told me was but natural stone. My suspicions of the guide’s ignorance were confirmed on riding nearer and asking an intelligent native about the matter. Here at last was genuine antiquity. This mound, which was called Cuautlambiejo was a ‘‘momostli” or sacred struc- ture of the Indians. It was,.as nearly asl could guess, some forty feet high and about one hundred and twenty feet across at the base. Near the top a hole made recently in search of treasure could be seen. Nothing was found except rough, solid masonry, Around were old stone foundations, buried skeletons, the coarse dishes called ‘‘apastli,” the usual com- panions of these remains. ; My informant tola me that his father once in a similar mound discovered two vases full of a certain powder. Sup- posing the powder to be a poison or an evil charm he scat- tered it, but a Spaniard afterward told him it was gold dust, that it was the custom of the ancients to preserve their treas- ures thus, and that the finder, ‘‘like the base Indian, threw a pearl away richer than all his tribe.” Nothing else interrupted this day’s travel except a moment's stoppage to look at one of the ‘‘coal” mines of ob- sidian that are not uncommon in ill-explored — districts. Before noon we had passed an extensive limestone ‘‘pedre- gal” or stone heap, and were bearing down to the little vil- lage of Cacahuamilpa. ' Near here is the great cave. As we approached I noticed on the hillside opposite and southwest of the town two large sinks, marking spots where the surface had fallen into the hollow mountain. A great limestone ridge here bars the egress of two rivers that flow from the north, and have bur- rowed tunnels through the opposing mass. Probably the eave is the ancient bed of one or both of these streams which have now cut for themselves different channels. On the east of the ravine you go down to get to the cave, strata of schist alternate with the lime, but the pitch of these bodies shows that they have been worn away from the hill where the cave is, The rayine is cumbered with masses of dirt and trunks of dead trees swept down five years ago by a stream of water which burst out from a land-slide and then subsided. At the same time a flood near Tenango, coming after a similar land-slide, and stopping as suddenly, cost many. liyes. The scar of still another exfensive slide, occurring at the same moment, is seen opposite Mogote, and shows that the earth action was widespread. ; Getting at last tothe bottom you find yourself in the gorge of a brawling river. ‘‘Zopates,” a kind of rattan, grow thickly. Mingled with the limestone lie afew porphyritic boulders, whose source I could not see, and at the right, not two hundred yards away, rises a sheer wall from the caverns at whose foot dash the rivers of Cuautepec Harinas and Ten- ancingo. These streams enter the otker side of the mountain by dif- ferent mouths quite distant ‘from each other. They come out not more than fifty yards apart, but that they have never mingled is shown by the fact that the Tenancingo keeps its distinguishing reddish color at the mouth as well as at the entrance of its tunnel. The cliff toward the west is some seventy feet high, rising to twice that height as it bends to the north. The top of the arched mouth of the Cuautepec is thirty-five feet or so from the water, while the arch of the Tenancingo is still higher. It is extremely impressive to stand, with the roar of the water in your ears, looking down these great caverns, partly coated with seeping lime and rough stylactites. The jutting rocks grow dimmer in the gathering shadows of the moun- tain’s heart, and out of the blackness, foaming among the fallen boulders, rush the headlong streams. It is a long climb to get back from the river to the mouth of the present cave, which, by the way, has no water in it at all except one dripping pool, called ‘‘agua bendita.” Out- side, on the high places, are more Indian ‘‘momostlis.” Within, on going down the great heap of débris time has piled at the entrance, skeletons were found, and with them the usual coarse dishes which perhaps had once held the food prepared for the journey to another land. ; The Empress Carlota visited this cave in her short reign. Later President Lerdo, in order that republican simplicity might not be outdone by the decaying royalty of an effete world, gathered together all that was distinguished among his adherents in civil and military life, summoned several regiments of soldiers and a number of bands of music wholly disproportionate to the force, and camped in the yery entrance to the cavern. ; The soldiers were perhaps necessary, for the pronuncia- dos were still rife aud, if they could but have caught the entire government at once inthe mountain, they needed only to get the range of the opening and bag them all; but the bands of music I fear must be admitted to have swelled the national debt for the mere purpose of personal delight. _ Lerdo is also guilty, among the other yulgar, of writing his name on a conspicuous ornament, the only palliating feature being that he wrote it smalJl, Poor Carlota is almost blameless in this matter, as her name was set down by another hand. I have never been to the mammoth caye of Kentucky, but from the accounts I have read of it, it is clear that Cacahua- milpa is far inferior in size. Still the latter is extensive. We went in about half past five o’clock and walked slowly but steadily for nearly three hours, Probably we penetrated the mountain about two miles,and there was said to be a good distance more (perhaps a mile) that could be visited with little profit before the ground became impracticable. The roof is lofty throughout, say twenty or thirty feet, and in one place the small rockets we carried were unable to reach the top. From the time they took in their ascent, 1 fancy the roof there must be seventy feet or more high. The guide divided the cave into ten “‘salones,” for each of which he had a name. We visited eight. The stalactite formations were not very numerous, but some were beauti- ful. One I remember looked like a jelly fish floating in the water with all his tentacles hanging tangled down. One was a white curtain rippling and waving like an aurora borealis, and one, called the Panteon (a name corrupted to mean cemetery and then as here sepulchre) was like a great shattered column. Near Cacahuamilpa is a village called San Gaspar. It holds about two hundred men besides women and children. Ii is noticeable for the fact that here the people speak the native language entirely, and hardly, if at all, understand Spanish. Nor has the ancient blood lost its old hardihood. The many crosses that testify to murderous robbery along the road, have, in great part, been raised to the memory of victims of this determined band. Last month even there was a dispute about the ownership of some land near by. So hot the matter grew that two prefects, one from Tasco and one from Tenancingo, came to interpose their authority, The bold San Gasparenians were not to be bluffed by empty titles. They held their ground until finally the difference was healed by profitable compromise. Surely we have here high qualities, both warlike and diplomatic. Signs of no mean augury for the survival of the conquered race. Our next stop was at Ixtapan. Ixtatl, in Mexican (@, ¢. in Indian) means salt, From this comes the modern name Ixt4pan dela sal, There are several towns thus called. In my Ixtapan there are many acresof salt works. ‘Three prin- cipal springs have from 96° (86° centigrade) down to about 70° of heat. , At all these springs tanks of masonty have been built, and the water boiling up from the bottom piles itself over the surface in bubbling mounds. The working is primitive. First the water which besides 14 per cent, of salt contains iron, magnesium, lime, soda, etc., is run Over the ground at io- terals for seven or eight days. Then the salty dirt is shoy- eled into cylinders of masonry with a little well below an water is soaked through the mass. From this strong brine a coarse salt is got by evaporating over the fire or in the sun, and brings an average price of $6 per carga (about $40 a ton). : ahs salt, works are of great age. The little canals for flooding have been raised by constant deposits from the flow- ing water much above the surrounding level. Here Aztecs worked and perhaps bathed. Here their descendants follow their consecrated methods, talk the monotonous falsetto of the native tongue, and also at times bathe, undisturbed by variety of sex and unshamed by the common lack of fig leaves. ; d On the way to Tenancingo it began to rain, This gaye me a chance to see a classic garment in use, You remember seeing pictures of Indian warriors clad in mantles of split palm leaves that look like a shredded mat? Well, these cloaks, though no longer used for continuous wear, are put on to shed the rain, I saw a good many of them, and was told that the present, at all events the local, name for them is “pachones.”* Beyond here you again begin to find many magueys. ‘There are three principal kinds: the ‘‘mano larga’ (long hand), the ceniza (‘‘ash,” probably meaning ash colored) and the “Hac. amelo.” The first two have bluish leayes, and are used for making the inferior Kind of pulque called ‘‘tlachique,” The “‘tlacamelo” produces, either alone or mixed with the sap of the others, the ‘‘pulque fino” of Mexico. Three broken down horses and two men sufficiently disor- ganized to command respect at ast reached Tenancingo. Gumecindo soon came to me with the news that two rob- bers, who had attacked a pack train on the road immediately after we had passed in the morning, had just been brought in by the “turales” (the federal volunteer cavalry), Either “a martial and a swashing outside” or the evident leariness of our treasure chest had guarded us from assault, Justice here, when it is anything but the shadow of a name, takes the form of government lynch law, The people have not the energy to right themselves. The courts are so much of a farce that, on the occasion of a recent ignoble murder, the friends of the victim were compelled to get letters from influential men to the judge in order that the assassin should be tried at all. But when crime is so common as to need strong repression, the government strikes with a heavy hand. There are three ways of going to work. Hither a colonel is sent dowo with a detachment of soldiers, or men called “agentes de seguridad” (a committee of safety) are intrusted with power, or a single man worthy of confidence receives a more permanent appointment under the name of a ‘‘comision- ado.” In the hands of these officers is placed complete con- trol, The misdoer is condemned beforehand, caught and shot and sometimes hung afterward as a terror to his fellows. Here my trip ends. My stud is sold. We have taken places in the coach and roll bravely over the sunlit plain, while on the horizon gather rain clouds, and behind darkly looms the great volcano wrapped in his robe of storm, My tattered but still magnificent servant leaves me, seem- ingly not ill-content to be rid of the imperious rule of the restless Saxon. I part with him without regret. Others I grieve to lose. Ah! Don Ramon! Don Oypriano! Men moulded of earth’s choicest clay and tempered by heayen’s directest fire, if you ever wander may you meet your likes. I can wish you no better fortune. Everywhere | found friends. Everywhere I left friends. No one except the traycler seemed to weary of his company, and if he, as the tombstone says of the drunkard, was his own worst enemy, the kindly souls who cheered his journey and lightened his rest are not the cause of that. God bless their hospitable hearts. H. G. Dutnoa. A DAY ABOARD THE “SNEAK.” ge were three of us, Seven-up, Sneak and the Skip- per. Seven-up was a dog, alleged a setter, but cer- tainly a dog; Sneak was a 14x4 sneakbox provided with a Jug sail, a dagger board and oars; the Skipper—as Joe Em- met says—'‘dot vos me.” The skipper had gambled for the dog and won him at a game of seven-up, hence his name. The Sneak had been cruised in, fished from and hunted out of, knocked about in lumber wagons and bumped about in freight cars for four seasons. The skipper owned his first canoe in "72, had owned half 2 dozen others since, and had just made the important discovery that there were better craft than canoes for single-hand cruising in open waters. We hadn’t intended that Seven-up should be a passenger, and the skipper had driven him home from the boat-house and reasoned with him about the matter with a trunk strap, but the Sneak hadn’t gone a mile on her course along shore before the dog was seen loping: across the fields to head off the boat at the point, Arriving there first he jumped into the water and swam for the Sneak. Such heroism and fidelity could not go unrewarded, and the skipper slipped the boat-hook in his collar, used an oar for a skid, and yanked Seven-up in out of the wet. The breeze was light and a catboat containing a party of happy girls and boys walked past us easily, The merry crowd laughed derisively at the clumsy, plodding boat as they swept by, and as a little Skye terrier on board sent back a shrill yelp of triumph, Seven-up arose in all his majesty and hurled forth from his dripping form such a hoarse roar | that the Skye sank back in affright and the skipper was forced to subdue the irate setter’s wrath with the bight of the sheet. As we reached the lighthouse and rounded what a certain lady cruiser calls ‘‘the corner of the land,” the breeze sensibly increased, and we made good time for ten miles, when the sun’s height and the skipper’s stomach both declared that dinner-time had arrived. Now all well-regulated sneakboxes have a large-sized cud- dy in the stern for carrying half a hundred decoy ducks. When you are cruising instead of ducking, that is just the place to have your alcohol or kerosene galley stove, with all cooking appurtenances, and this is the very spot where the Sneak’s galley outfit was; but the skipper prefers to cook ashore when he isn’t in a hurry—and he can’t recollect that he has ever been ina hurry yet on a cruise—so the tiller was shifted just a half inch, the sheet was paid out, and we squared away for a shelving beach. Now the tide was strong ebb, half out. The Sneak is a heavy boat and the skipper a light man, who bas had one foot in the grave for nearly thirty years (and only kept the rest of his body out by poking around in a boat at every available chance), there- fore it is certain that if the receding tide leaves the Sneak high and dry while dinner is receiving attention, she will stay high and dry till the returning tide floats her off again. The skipper has been caught in this trap once, and while he was sitting on the sand fer half the night among the doodlebugs and mosquitoes, waiting for high water, he invented a shore- anchoring device that has accompanied him on every tide water cruise since, As the Sneak approaches shore he pre- pares this device for use. The sail comes down first and then the anchor is hove from the stern in a fathom or more of water, The anchor rope runs through a galyanized block attached to the anchor and has one end permanently fastened tu the stern, As the anchor falls the skipper pays out the slack rapidly, the boat has way enough to draw the line through the block till her nose is ashore, the skipper lands, passes the slack of the rope around a rock and ties the end to the boat’s bow. As soon as dinner outfit is ashore the Sneak is pushed off and the skipper on_ shore hauls her out to her moorings, stern foremost, by pulling the rope through the anchor block, and there she rides in water enough Lo float her at the lowest tide, while the skipper makes fast the double line ashore. A. pull on the portion of the line attached to the bow will bring the Sneak ushore, and a pull on the portion rove through the anchor block and attached to the stern will send her back againtoher moorings, = =| Driftwood makes a poor cooking fire, as it burne quickly - |) al ’ j - Ave. 6, 1885.] FOREST AND STREAM. 23 to ashes instead of coals; but there is no better wood handy, so while Seven-up displays his defective early education by chasing tip ups along the shore, the skipper rolls a dampish log close to a big stone, builds a driftwood fire between “them, sets the coffee-pot over where the blaze has subsided, fries some bacon, and in the boiling fat that is left crisps some slices of raw potato, ent thin as wafers. here is nothing very appetizing about this dinner, but the coffee is good, and hunger makes the diner wish he’d cut up one more potato and fried one more slice of bacon, *“Seven-up, you low-bred rascal, for decency's sake don’t count every mouthful that T eat and watch my every sip of coffee as if | were some wonderful nuuiomatic sunsage- machine, It’s embarrassing, hangitall, to keep your eyes on # fellow when he’s dining. Oh, yes, I dare say you're hunery, but if Pd owned you a week you wouldn't be sitting there staring and licking your chops, Here, there’s a slice of bacon that I want myself, and there’s some good brown bred cut wp with it, What! won’t eatit? Well perhaps I can cure you of ovyer-daintiness by the time the cruise is over. At any rate we'll put away that bread and bacon for a future trial. You shall have some fresh water when we're aboard again.” While the skipper washed up the dishes the sun was ob- secured by a dark cloud, and stray puffs of wind scattered the ashes and sand in every direction, Eyidently a storm was brewing, so the Sneak was hauled ashore, the traps were got aboard, we pushed off and hauled out to our moorings, After swinging the boat's bow into the wind, the center- board was lowered, the sail hoisted, the anchor raised and the Sneak crawled away from shore on the starboard tack. When a sufficient offing was secured, we bore away with the wind on the quarter and flew up the Sound against the tide. The blow was kicking up quite a swell by this time, so the apron was set up on its stick on the forward deck, ind the cockpit apron was unfolded in anticipation of a rain storm, The sky was black above, fhe water beneath looked like ink; eyen the dead-grass color of the Sneak seemed of a darker tint than usual, and only the white sail relieved the gloomy aspect, But still the rain didn’t come. Past the fort we shot, then across the bay, and by the little shipyard where they make oyster sloops, faster than the brave little “box” had ever traveled before, Then a good-sized village was sighted, overtaken and passed, and asthe course was laid across. bay wider and deeper than usual, where the wind got a broader sweep, the Snéak seemed almost lifted out of the water, Ina canoe of her length in such,a blow, even double-reefed, it would have required all the physical and mental effort of the skipper to keep her from capsizing, and the happy sailor could not help contrasting his easy pos- ture and Knowledge of perfect safety aboard his present craft with the gymnastics he had performed in a canoe under similar circumstances, when compelled to make hasty leaps to windward to keep his double-ender right side up, and dodging back and forth between deck and cockpit in re- sponse to sudden gusts and unexpected lulls. Just here something happened, Seven up had been uneasy for some time. He had evinced an obstinate disposition to stand up and the skipper had re- peatedly ordered him to ‘‘charge,” but after a moment in the reclining position he would be up on his feet again, leering at the skipper with the dull, vacant look in his grizzled eyes peculiar to the last stages of inebriation. Deeming this act on the dog’s part an evidence of mutiny aboard ship, the skipper determined to make an example of him, and was reaching for a convenient rope’s end when the animal gsud- denly assumed an extraordinary, weitd and uncanine attitude. His nose was pressed to the floor boards, his tail was caressed between his legs, and his body arched up like an enraged cat’s. As the skipper gazed in mute surprise, the center of the arch seemed to rise higher and higher, the nose and tail gradually came nearer together, and just as the skipper had made up his mind that the brute was going to stand on his head or execute some other gymnastic feat, there came a surgle, a cough, a gasp—a noise as though his whole interior had broken asunder—and Seven-up was seasick! ~The skip- pers first thought was to hurl the invalid-overboard, his second was to let him alone in his misery; and the second thought prevailed, Big drops of rain were by this time fall- ing, so the skipper drew the apron over the cockpit and a veil over the indisposed dog at the same time, donned his rubber coat and lit his pipe, and proceeded to make the best of a bad job as philosophically as possible. The Sheak had overhauled a craft of nearly twice its size at this juncture, and the latter was made out to be the cat boat containing the merry young folks who had laughed so derisively at the plodding Barnegat ducking boat in the morning. But they were vot so merry now. With two reefs tied in her sail their open boat was heeled nearly on her beam, and the boys and girls, with white faces, were cling- ing to the windward rail with the rain beating mercilessly down upon them. It was a puerile but perhaps a natural satisfaction to the skipper that he could glide close up and allow them to see how comfortably his derided little ship could weather the storm both of wind and rain; and when, as the Sneak left the fair weather boat behind, and the drenched Skye terrier uttered a plaintive whine, the con- valescing Seven-up thrust his nose from beneath the apron and opened his huge jaws in what seemed a sarcastic grin of mammoth proportions, the revenge for the morning’s insult was complete. Some time after the little eraft had passed a famous summer resort on the lee shore, the skipper saw thecatboat's passengers and crew land atits pier and drag their soaked coverings up to the big hotel on the bluff, All the rest of the afternoon it rained, and it blew, and Seyen-up whined, but the skipper cared not. The rubber coat felt cold on his shoulders, as though the persistent drub- bing of the drops had beaten through, and the oiled-muslin apron conveyed a somewhat similar sensation to his knees, But the tobacco kept dry and the old pipe burned bravely, The skipper knew that he could trust to his fittings to keep the rain and sea out of his cockpit, but the mischief done to the interior by the seasick dog could as yet only be surmised. However, there was no use worrying about it now, for it was done, 80 the skipper turned his attention to picking: out a suitable anchorage for the night, He wished to halt early, as there was much to do before bedtime,-but no haven ap- peared that met all the requirements until nearly sundown, when the Sneak was run into a nook cut off from the storm by a high point, where the beach was fine gravel and sand instead of mud, where it was wild and lonely enough to guarantee a freedom from inquisitive visitors, and where there was a large cornfield close to. the shore. After anchor- ing out the boat’s tent was fished ont of the locker, and much care Was spent in the endeavor to get it up without giving the rain a chance to penetrate the interior, an endeavor which was only partially successful, however, Then the few remaining minutes of daylight were expended in “‘reno- yating”’ the scene of Seven-up’s indisposition, and when all was clean and ship-shape again, the boat was pushed ashore and we clinibed in fhe darkness and the rain up to the corn- field. It proved to be field corn but still green, and the skip- per gathered a few tender ears for the evening meal, after which the shore line was secured, the Sneak pushed back to her moorings, the galley (three flamme forcé alcohol stoves) was produced, and ihe water put over to boil, It here oc- curred to the skipper that Seven-up, from the late thorough eyacuation of his stomach, might be in a fit condition to re- ceive nourishment, so the tin basin containing the bacon and brown bread before-mentioned was hauled out of the locker and offered. The dog gave one sniff at the dish and seemed to be taken with asudden convulsive spasm, The back again arched up, the head and tail were again lowered; but as the first warning gurgle was heard, the skipper gaye vent to a wild and startling yell that would have done credit to a Comanche, The gurgle never reached the gasping point, and Seven-up, frightened out of his threatened relapse, sank on the floor in a heap, panting. The meal the skipper prepared would have sufticed for four men of his kind in the city, but the solitary voyager found it none too much to satisfy his cruising appetite, though he marvyelled much that his hunger should be so in- tense the firsf day afloat. There was Julienne soup (canned, of course), green corn, boiled potatoes, brown bread, ginger snaps and hot coffee. Poor Seven-up manifested not the least interest in the dispatch of this meal, but hanging his chin (or at least what answers for a chin among dogs) on the bow deck, he sat with his head out of the tent-flap in silent meditation. When the dishes were washed up and put away it was bedtime aboard the Sneak, but for an hour the skipper and the dog sat by the tent opening and listened to the rain and watched the lights on the vessels that occasionally passed out on the open water. As he rubbed on his hands and face a plentiful allowance of ‘‘mosquito dope,” the skipper, con- sidering the events of the day, acknowledged that it might have been a pleasanter one if the seasick dog and the continuous rain could have been eliminated; but even allowing that the scrubbing on account of the former had dampened the cabin floor pretty thoroughly, and that the latter kept the crew confined to quarters, there were redeeming circumstances in plenty, A dry rubber blanket could be spread over the floor as a foundation for the bed, and dry mattress and blankets over this; the quart- ers to which the crew was confined were not cramped as in a canoe, but gave room enough to move about, sit or lounge in any position; there was a sense of victory over the ele- ments that was hugely satisfactory in this, that, let it blow as it would or rain as it may, the staunch little sneakbox with her appurtenances would be as dry and comfortable as an ocean steamer; and above and greater than all was the joy of an open-air existence, the feeling of liberty and free- dom, the happy-go-lucky power to go when and where he listed and do as he pleased, that made the skipper hug him- self with delight, and feel glad that he was there. And this gladness and enjoyment were present throughout the re- mainder of that fortnight’s cruise, notwithstanding the fact that nearly every one of the following days was almost a counterpart of the one here described, that it rained almost constantly, and that fogs, mosquitoes and contrary winds did the very worst tricks they were capable of. It may be added, in justice to Seven-up, that bis seasickness did not return, that he enjoyed his cruise, and learned many valuable points of canine good breeding that he has never forgotten. SENECA. SPORT IN THE SIERRAS—III. Q)* the following Monday afternoon the water had sub- sided to a proper fishing stage, and was quite warm, so that reasonable hopes of a great catch were entertained by all hands. I chose to go up stream about two miles and fish down. Not daring to wade the river, from reasons before stated, fishing was hard work, as the banks were very brusliy, excepting in a few spots. The trout rose freely, and an en- joyable afternoon and acreel full of fish rewarded my labors. Hvyening arrived before I was half way toward home, and reeling up my line [ left the stream and struck across coun- try to the road. At that place the road formed the arc of a circle, the circumference of which was the river, and in consequence I had quite a distance to travel, The chappa- ral soon became terribly entangling to work through, and at length almost impassable. In the angle between the river and the road rose a steep and bare granite dome, about 500 feet in height, down which bad slipped many aslice of rock, loosened by the agency of frosts and storms. This loose and broken material had formed a wide talus at the base of the dome, around which | was trying to work my way. Rocks, soil, caves and pitfalls were all covered from view by the dense coat of chapparal, which was nowhere more than four feet high. If the reader has ever attempted to force his way up a mountain side through a similar growth, he will realize whata very large-sized contract I had on hand. The brush all pointed down hill, owing to winter snows weigh- ing it down and sliding over it, and to force one’s way up- ward is like pushing against a chevduz-de-frise, Darkness was setting in and [ struggled on, knowing that it could be but a few hundred yards to the road. The rough and sharp-edged rocks gave an uncertain foothold at the best, and weighed down with the creel full of trout, and handicapped with the rod, which had to be saved from in- jury at all hazards, I received a number of very severe falls by being tripped in springing from rock torock. Not being very strong yet, | was fast getting wearied out when, to make matters more interesting, just as I had taken another tumble and lay staring rather dazedly at the darkening sky, skir-7-r-r-r! went a rattlesnake at my very elbow. To my frightened ear the rattle rose to a perfect whirlwind of sound. which was under, over and all around me. I lay without motion, as though already paralyzed with the poisonous fangs, and the infernal din gradually ceased. A branch set- tled and cracked under my weight, and the noise again aroused his ire. By this time I could no more have remained quiet than if a red hot poker had been applied to my spinal column, and making a desperate effort, fairly rolled and tumbled away from the danger, After gaining asafe dis- tance I could still hear him singing away, but as I had never lost a rattlesnake in all my life Thad no desire to find any, and left him to sing himself to sleep if hego desired. Ighall never know why he did not strike me, because I am certain that he was lying directly beneath me. I have always thought that the mat of bushes upon which I fell prevented him from striking, and thus saved me from a dangerously painful, if not fatal experience. Hither the chapparal was not so thick after that, or there was more mettle in my heels, for I was not long in gaining the road and the house! On the ensuing morning, Will, the Terror, and myself planned a visit to the little lake forming a source of the river, and distant about nine miles. So Will harnessed his horses to the buckboard and we started. We had to ascend nearly 3,000 feet, the heaviest grade lying in the first five miles. When nearly at the summit, and within a mile of the lake, we left the road and drove over fallen timber, through underbrush, Jarge trees and deep mud holes, down into a beautiful litlle meadow, at the head of which we stopped. The horses were unharnessed and one was turned loose to graze, while the other was tied to a tree in the shade, ihe supposition being that the free one would not leave his com- panion. How this resulted the sequel will show, A tramp ot another half mile brought us to the lake, a small body of water—nothing more than a respectably sized pond, in fact —surrounded by a fringe of timber, backed by the eternal peaks, We found the only boat in possession of a profes- sional fisherman, who made his home on a larger lake, some three or four miles distant, and who had come here a few days previously for the purpose of skinning this one. He proved a good fellow in his way, however, and readily came ashore when hailed, and gave the Terror and myself seats in the boat. Will skirmished around and found an old raft on which he trusted himself on the ‘wild rolling tide.”’ The professional, whose name was L., would not fish anywhere only in the deepest water, and with an anchored boat, Of course, under those circumstances, my flies were of no use, and I sat and bobbed with bait in some fifteen feet of water, a very disgusted individual. However, after 3 o’clock P. M., we did better, as L. left to carry his trout, over to meet tlie stage in order to forward them to market, After getting control of the boat we took Will in and had some excellent sport, getting sixteen trout that averaged almost a pound each. At 5 P. M. it was time to Jeaye, so packing up our rods, etc., we started. A few moments’ walk brought us to the place where our horses had been, See instructions at head of this column. Gyp to Trailer, Black, white and tan beagle dog, whelped Tne: 1853 (Racket—Fly), owned by Herman F, Schellhass, Brooklyn, N. Y. BRED. EE See instructions at head of this column. Trouble—The Harl. George Jordan’s (Montreal, Can.) bull-terrier bitch Trouble to Royal Bull-Terrier Kennnels' The Rar) (Marquis— Lady), June 9. Blackie II1.—Obto I. J. P. Willey’s (Salmon Falls, N. H.) cocker cine Blackie 111, (A.K,.R, 428) to his champion Obo II. (A.K.R, 432). Ju Shina—Young Obo, J. P. Willey's (Salmon Falls, N, H,) cocker eae ee biteh Shina (A.K, R. 1481) to his Young Obo (A.K.R. 861), July 10, Blue Gown-—Dashing Lion. G, W. Ballantine's (Washingtonyille, QO.) English setter bitch Blue Gown (Blue Dan—Flake) to his Dashing Lion (Dash 11.—Leda), July 20, Daisy—Dashing Lion. G. W. Ballantine’s (Washingtonville, 0.) English setter bitch Daisy (Pembroke—Gift) to his Dashing Lion (Dash II,—Leda), July 26. Fly—The Earl. M, Dorsey’s (Hartford, Conn.) brindle bull-terrier bitch, Fly to Royal Bull-Terrier Kennels’ The Earl (Marquis—Lady), lay 5. Yoube—Chief. Max Wenzel’s (Hoboken, N. J. fer pas setter bitch Yoube (Elecho—Rose) to his Ohief (A.K.R. 281), July 18 Doe—Chief. Max Wenzel’s (Hoboken, N. J.) red Irish setter biteh Doe (Buck—Floss) to his Chief (A.K,R. 231), July 27. Frank—Dashing Lion, .G. W. Ballantine’s (Washingtonville, 0.) Bvglish setter biteh Frank (Fred—Alena) to his Dashing Lion (Dash Ii.—Leda), July 12. Victoria—Grand Duke. T. R. Varick’s (Manchester, N. H.) bull- terrier bitch Victoria (A.K.R. 1893) to champion Grand Duke (A.K.R. 524), July 24. Noreen TL.—Chief. John ¥, Dwight’s (Boston, Mass,) red Irish set- ter bier Noreen Ii. (A.K.R, 1196) to Max Wenzel’s Chief (A.K.R. 231), July pe Bess—Chief. J. A. Catheart’s (Atlantic City, N. J.) red Irish setter bitch Lady Bess (A. K.R. 2178) to Max Wenzel’s Chief (A.K.R. 231). July 14, Heasie Fy vitz. W.W,Hurd’s (Hartford, Conn.) pointer bitch Bessie (Duke—Rose) to A. C. Collins’s Fritz (A. KR. 1249), July 28, Daisy Queen—Druid, Jr. Howard Hartley's (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Eng- lish setter bitch Daisy Queen (A, K.R. 2266) to his Uruid, Jr. (Druid. Swaze). Lady May—Emperor Fred. Dr, 5. Fleet Speir’s (Brooklyn, N. ¥.) English setter bitch Lady May (St. Elmo IV.—Ladie Fayre) to his Hmperor Fred (A,K.R. 33), July 28. Chas. Willard’s (Westerly, R. 1.) beagle bitch Gyp-ie Queen (Briar—Bush) to A. H. Wakefield & Co,’s Little Duke (A.K.R. 1994), June 22. Flora—Leader. J. A. Smiths (Mapleville, R. I.) beagle bitch Flora to A. H. Wakefield & Co.’s Leader (A.K.R. 31 19). Oxey—Obo, Jr. D. Durward’s (Simcoe, Ont,) black cocker spaniel bitch Oxey (Lippo—Beauty) to Andrew Laidlaw’s Obo, Jr. (A.K.R. 1481), May 29. Black Meg—Obo, Jr. R. McKin’s (Simcoe, Ont.) black cocker spaniel bitch Black Meg (Kbeau—Black Bess) to Andrew Laidlaw’s Obo, Jr. (A.K R 1481). Topsy—Obo, Jr. J, G. Lapp’s (Suspension Bridge, N. Y.) cocker spaniel! bitch Topsy to Andrew paige Obdo, Jr. (A.K. R. 1481), Woodstick Klirt—Obo, Jr. F. Curtis’s (Simcoe, Ont.) cocker spaniel bitch Woodstock Wlirt (A. K. R. 661) to Andrew Laidlaw’s Obo, Jr. (A.K.R. 1481), June 138. Juno W.—Obo. Jr. Andrew Laidlaw’ s (Woodstock, Ont.) black eocker spaniel bitch Juno W. (A,K,R. 2190) to his Obo, Jr. (A.K.R. 1481), July 23. Lied WHELBPS. (=" See instructions at head of this column. Lilly Queen. Thos. M, Steele’s (Dover, N. H.) wa eles setter bitch ar BESS July 14, four (one JOB). by his Donzel (A.C. R, 816). Cad A. R. Place’s (Doyer, HL.) English setter bitch Cad L. (ALK. ie 1455), J uly 25, nine (four jew by Thos. M. Steele’s Donzel A. E.R, 816). : Moaad S. E. 8. be cer at (Cincinnati, O.) Gordon setter bitch Maud $. (King—Rose), July 4, seven (three dogs), by C. R. Taylor’s Gem See instructions at head of this column. Gun (A.K.R. 1538)—Pearl Blue (A.K.R. 1542) whelp. Black, white and tan English setter dog, whelped July 19, 1884, by Charles York, Bangor, Me., to D. KR. Williams, Seymour, Conn. Obo, Jr. —Darkie IL. whelp. Black cocker spaniel dog, whelped to D, H, Moore, Jet—Rita whelps. Black cocker spaniels, peneined May 20, 1885, by Ideal Kennels, ew Haven, Conn., a dog to A. V Sedgwick, Stock- bridge, Mass., avd a bitch to 8. G. Moses, Hartford, Conn, Brahma, Black cocker spaniel dog, whelped March 19, 1885 (Brah- min—Woodland Queen), by Andrew Laidlaw, Woodstock, Ont.) to J. H. Perry, Scuthport, Conn. WNegress Til. lack spaniel bitch, whel ed Nov, 1, 1884 (Lad o’ Deon: by Andrew Laidlaw, Woodstock, Ont.. to Ek. W. Dur- kee, New York oodstock Flirt. Black spaniel bitch (A.K.R.661), by Andrew Laid- 4, Curtis, Simcoe, Ont, May 7, 1885, by Ideal Kennels, New Hayen, Conn., Athens, 0. law, Woodstock, Ont., to F, 2 -| ers, Whelped March 31, 1885 a Wer re rity 6, 1885. Toronto Jet, Black cocker spaniel bitch (A.K.R, 860), by Andrey Laidlaw, Woodstock, Ont., to J. P. Willey, Salmon falls No 4 Sport, Black and white cocker Spaniel dog, 2 KS old (Jet— Daisy), by Andrew Laidlaw, Woodstock, Ont., to . McBurney, Aes a a ¥ rahmin—Woodland Queen whelps. Cocker spaniels. whel ed March 19, 1885, by Andrew Laidlaw. Woodstock, Ont, a black dog. to W. H, Gale, New Haven, Conn,, and 4 liver dog to. H. nak 0 a. Vail, Cincin- Glenmark—Zanetta (.4.K.R. 1261) whelps. Lemon and white oint- by W, F. Todd, Portland, Mer a dog to G. H, McKenny and F. W. Thompson, and 2 bitch to L. M . Saw: ae same place; a bitch to H. C. Burkman, Rockland. Me., and a bite W. Ss. Jones, Attleboro, Mass, Chase, Beagle bitch, color and age not given (Ringwood—Winnie), by ae Elmore, Granby, Conn., to A. H, Wakefield & Co., Providence, Bit. White, ee and tan beagle bitch, whelped May 29, 1888 (Racer—Vic), by J, F, Gorham, Leominster, "Mass. ., to W, B E. Deane, Somerset, Mass, Nell If, Clumber spaniel bitch, whelped Jully, 1884 (Smash 11.— pame IL), by Geo, Piers, Halifax, N.S., to F. H. F, Mercer, Ottawa, Anthony. White bull-terrier dog, whelped April 28, 1885 (Hinks’s Dutch—White Rose), by Frank F, Dole, ney Hayen, Conn.., to Chas, ers Een, N. J. oe—Judy whelps. Pug dogs, whelped May 14, 1885, by G, T. Brownell, New Bedford, Mass., two to Miss. H whitney, Laveanier: Mass. ; > one to H. B, Norton, Ironton, O.; one to J. F. McChesney, Little Falls, N. Y., and one to J. B. Hurlbutt, ‘Norwalk, Conn. Gyp. Black, white and tan beagle dog, whelped June, 1883 (Racket —Fly), by _N. Elmore, Granby, Conn., 10 Herman F, Schellhass, ~ Brooklyn, N. Y. PRESENTATIONS. [es— See instructions at head of this colimmn. Glenmark—Zanetta(A.K.R. 1261) whelp. Lemon and white ee bitch, whelped March 81, 1885, by W. F. Todd, Portland, Me., to W.G, Smith, Templeville, Md, IMPORTATIONS, Re” See instructions at head of this column, Patti. Brindle bull biteh, 19mos. old, by Toreador (Monarch—Bel- lissima) out of Betsy (champion Gamester—Tortoise), by Thomas W. Mills, Montreal, Can., from London, Eng, Tux IL Dachshund dog, age not given, sired by Prince Albert Solms’s Lex, by Wm, Loeffler, Preston, Minn., from raunfels, Ger- Iaany. DEATHS, Ee See instructions at head of this column. : Doe White and black English setter dog (A.K.R. 818), owned by Thos, M. Steele, Dover, N. H., July 23; accidentally poisoned. Mack, Liver and ariite pointer dog, whelped June 10, 1874 (Don— Cute), owned by Dr. L. Corcoran, Springfield, Mass., Aug. 2. Countess Fritz, Lemon and white pointer bitch (A.K.R, 2470), owned by Josiah Bardwell, Chicago, [ll., from pneumonia. Prince Cliff. Lemon and white pointer dog (A,K.R, 2478), owned by Josiah Bardwell, Chicago, Ml., from ee Bismark. Pointer dog, whelped April 4, 1885 (Fritz—Virginia), owned by J. B, Wickery, Chicago, Hl., from pneumonia, Count Fritz, Pointer dog, eae, "April 4, 1885 (Writz—Virginia), owned by J. B. Wickery, Chicago, Ill., from peritonitis. Rifle and Crap Shooting. Adaircas all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- ing RANGE AND GALLERY. WESTERN RIFLE ASSOCIATION. HE fifth annual tournament of the Western Rifle Association will be held at the Western Union Junction, Racine county, Wis.. opening Aug, 24 and running four days, The N.R A. rules govern and the programme provides matches as follows, with a liberal prize list promised: Monday, Aug. 24.—Match No. 1. Individual segs Range—Fifteen shots each at 200yds., military rifles allowed 3 points. Match No, 2 Individual Mid Range—Ten shots each at 500yds,, military rifles allowed 2 points. Match No, 3. Individual Mid and Long Range—Fiye shots each at 500, 600, 800, 900 and 1,000yds., 2 righting shots at 500yds, only, military rifle sights allowed 1 point at each distance, first prize one of D. 8. Cole's long range rifles, valued at $125, donated by the cifizens of Columbus Junction, lowa. Match No, 4. Individual Revolyer—Ten shots each at 30yds,, Mass- achusetts target for 4-inch barrels and under. Tuesday, Aug. 25.—Match No. 5. Short Range Teams. —Teams of 6 men each, 10 shots each at 200yds., first prize Western Rifle Associa- tion short range champion gold badge, onated by the Minneapolis Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn. Match No. 6. Individual Long range.—10 shots each at 800, 900 and 1,000yds., two sighting shots at 800yds, only, military rifles allowed one point at each distance. Match No. ?. Individual Match at 1,000yds.—30 shots each, first prize Western Rifle AeSUvIBUEN champion marksman gold badge. Wednesday, Aug. 26.—Match No. 8. Long Range Team Match.— Teams of 6 men, 800, 800 and 1,000yds., 16 shots each, 2 sighting shots at 800yds., first prize the Amercian field long range gold badge, valued at $150, to be won 4 times to become the personal property of the team. Match No. 9, Bullseye Match —200yds., 10 shots each, no cleaning, no sighting shots, 8-inches bullseye, bullsey es only to count on score " Match No. 10. Individual Reyolver—i5 shots each, at 100yds. on» Mass. target for 8 inch barrels and under, Thursday, Aug. 27.—Match No. 11. Military Teams—Teams of 6 men each, seven shots each at 200, 500 and 600yds,, 2 sighting shots 200yds. only; ; first prize, Western Rifle Association champion military badge. donated by the Pioneer Press of St. Louis, Minn- Match No. 12. Individual Military—7 shots each at 200 and 500yds., open to all military rifles. Match No. 18. Commissioned Officers’ Match—200yds., 10 shots, open to any commissioned officer of any State or regular army, MANCHESTER, N. H.—linclose scores of the Manchester Rifle Club in a match on Creedmoor target which ended Aug. 1. We haye two matches started to keep the ball rolling, which run for about tbree months each, thus keeping up the interest among the members. The scores have beenrunning since April last. There were 11 win- ners, and out of a possiople 1650 these riflemen made 1504, which is considered as very fine work. The summary follows: Creedmoor Target— Prize Match. Three cards of 10 shots each, possible 150, entries unlimited: A B Dodge..... |... 545555555949 5455555555—49 555455555549 —147 CD Palmer...... + .4555050555—49 4464555555—47 4508455555—47}—143. John Lawrence ..... 4545455545—46 545545534547 §454455954—45—149 CW Lyman...... ...4445455555—46 445555555447 555455445445 —139 Pe Rah oe nit oh ow 545454554546 444545545545 6455545544—46—137 JB Anthony......... 454545455445 4445545455—45 5555544445—46—136 W Graham.... ..... 555445444545 545445445545 4454554455—45—135 Thomas Pinch,...... 455544544444 445544555445 545455444545—184 G A Leighton...,.... 4445554854—43 4455454545—45 5454455454 45—133 FJ Drake,. ...5d54444345—43 454544445544 4554445544—4d4 131 J Hodge...... “455545344543 545154455444 4444545444 ~ 43130 El Partridge........ 4445445645—44 454d4d44544—49 444544544449 428 Moses Wadleigh. ....4444344454—40 45d44d44444—41 5454444555—45—126 W H Thomas........ 434445444541 3544344453—389—124 OI Holdvidge.,..... 4444444444 40) 545844445442 344444454440 122 WALNUT HILL RANGE, Aug. 1.—To-day’s shoot was not well at- tended. Many of the shooters are away on their vacations. The weather conditions were fairly good, except a heavy shuwer at 5 o'clock, which stopped the shooting for the remainder of the day. Following are the scores; Bepiiial Sieh A. OC White, C...... 8 §10 8 9 9 7 9 9 10—87 W A Oler, C....... 8 78 79 940 910 7-84 R Dadman, CG... 10879 5 8 9 610 9—8L ORE OVS sm pests sleeve 4 510 8 6 5 8 8 8 9-74 AP Aas 2s ey ooals oie Surtitel Nawebeamt ee 964 49 510 5 6—70 Practice Match, ; : FW Perkins. M 4 445 44 4 4—43 CW Hodgdon. 44444486 456 65 4-41 State Militia Match. Privates Grant, —. foc. jdese ee ae beeen es omgderaawenn nized: Les ee ae sake 101010101010 8 9 10—97 J Francis 4 Ott 5 Wilder... ..10 1010 81010 910 9 10—96 JW Frye 9101010 8 91010 9 10— BG Warren. .-10 1010101010 9 8 8 8—¥2% J Bellows,,. ..1010 710 9 Bae 10 9 9-92 Halen se nerl. § 8 610 9 8 7 6-79 F Henry...... 16.47, 34 3 ae 7 7 9-64 ~ Ava. 6, 1886.1 eeeeeeeeeeOoso—§—— THE HLOHO fe Shield, bit e; the wind extra tricky: See vonuen July 28,—Bngland again takes with a close rub all around. The weather was extra he fesult h akes England twelve times # winner. Ireland seven timés and Scotland fivé és, Sir Henty Wilmot Was the Bneglish Captain; and was heattily cheer a at the fifiish, Sir_Heniy Ha oF responding, Col. Wilson fof the Scots atid r Adjutant Doyle of the Irish Wig! pele spoké. The scores stood! ANG; . x he a4 ENeas. dO0yds. i000yds: ‘Total WPUETED) «d.-s3-ovedt+--b agen ened “1 i 2 WDGELGV seen hit slob is cemeceeaaee 08 67 ts} 20 (of hoi of er ss ea ee i] 68 65 208 TARE Lig SAR ome Sate lal geht 0) 71 58 199 PAV ITMECDOCAG, pete craetricess nies val 65 58 194 Preemanvle, 2). 2s. s sway ene oO 69 65 192 Arrrowsmith,......... fp eee . 64 65 61 190 Clete es send eesee oe eres toe wa. 68 59 62 184 p 24 508 1574 Sone a Bh " Le Gibson,.....---++- wher amen eeeee q 3 Caldwell... ..s+-» ones Meee gas val 69 62 202. BOUL sere date ys bob ee sce <= 70 69 62 901 Oil e a Cra sts cnadan ieee 67 69 200 WieeVatitett ws ssh pees ee Pty eit) 64 64 197 Mcienrelly pbb se scnuee pore cscs (Oo 63 G7 195 RAR ET a tinc deta hope oromse la act Oo 56 64 189 SOUS aera y uke bea as ae 66 59 Bd 179 0 516 512 1568 eR 70 80 204 WU Tila Au eee, SeeretT ee E Murphy mee eceae ph eet io ace venue 63 68 208 oper. o...-.. a FTE ep , 70 G2 68 200 Eiarhlivrattergiw: ene. canteate: ee 6564-15) Startle oe ee ns 3 46 00 SOLUQDIAN Soe eee ey 8°54 20 Daisy wl ayia ses 4508 56 30 Germaine? 2) . i ee seen. 83 55 40 The leaders jibed neatly. but Startle nearly upset. Over the first leg again the order was nearly the same, but Sea Bee passed Ger- maine, taking fourth place. On the wind again Sea Bee stood off on starboard tack as before, Sofronia following, the others keeping to the east, the better course, as ili proyed. then Thetis, Sea Bee, Sofronia and Germaine. Katrina quickly ran down the last leg winning easily. As the Sofronia was closé to the buoy the steamer Deseronto ran through the fleet, so close to her as to nearly upset her and cutting her off from the buoy. Before she Katrina was around first, recovered both Germaine and Startle had overtaken ber, The times were: Finish. Elapsed. Finish. Hlapsed. Katrina, .,-.,-4 19 00 4900 Sea Bee..,....4 20 60 50 50 HES. ste. 4 20 00 5000 Germaine .. .4 24 50 54 50 Sofronia, Startle and others not timed. This is the tirst race over the new course, which is laid furthsr out than last year, and the first race in which most of the sails were numbered. Captain Gibson has brought with him a set of large stencils, and men are busy all the time numbering their sails. Last evening the steam yacht Marquis of Lorne brought up re amil- from Kingston, this morning the yawl Molly. T. P. Mallock, of ton, was anchored off the camp, to-day the Lucile, Mr. Chas. Kellogg, and the Calomet, of New York, called here, and the Idle Hour, steam yacht, is afrequent visitor. Just now, 4 P. M.. seven yachts of the Gananoque Y. C. have just ecomé in. ( for several hours, cooling the air, but at 10 A, M, all was clear again, To-night all the camp goes to a hop at Thousand Island Park, Karly this morning rain fell Monbay, Aug, 3, On Saturday eyening many of the canoeists attended the hep at The ladies from Sunday was clear and bright, but a strong N. H. wind sprang up during the night, sending in suite a sea on the beach, with wiitecaps all over the river. Only ha four of them to try a sail together over the course, Ati1 A, M., all were summoned to the slope of Capitol Hil), where the secretary's rustic desk had been placed under a tree and draped with an Ameri- can flag. Rev. Dr. Lasom, of the Berkeley C. 0, ; atic gathered on the hillside and joined in the services, which included a dozen ventured out in the morning, Here the service of the Hpiscopal Church was read by the A large congregation were the prayers for the Queen and royal family. as well as for the Presi- dent of the United States. The afternoon and eyeniag passed very quietly, a couple of hours being spent around a camp-fire in quiet » conversation and all turning in early. This morning was cloudy with a high wind, but the first race was called accordme to programme, being Class 111, paddling, 1 mile: 1ERICOWSS Fein a eee a Hdwin Gould ........... Knickerbocker C. C. Invincible: 22.25 la. 4. M. F, Johnson....... ... Toronto G. C. Beatrice..... ...-. ....-Theo, Dunham...........Harvard GC, C. There was a strong wind across the course and some sea, The first two canoes were open Canadian, while Mr. Dunham hada heayy- decked Racine, Mr. Gould took the lead but upset almost at the start. Mr. Johnson led over the course, winning easily. The starb was made at 9:87, finishing at 9152330, or 15m. 303. time. As the race was started rain began to fall and continued steadily, so the other races were postponed. The meeting will be held this evening. — MOHICAN C. C:—The lohg distance race of fhe Mohicans, four milesto windward and return, for the prize presented by Captain Thatcher, was sailed July 21. The prize was a yery handsome Bohe- mian-glass beer set, consisting of six goblets and a pitcher, hand- painted, and all standing on a brass Ns appropriately inscribed. There were three eniries, Thetis, P. M. Wackerhagen; Snake, R. W. Gibson; Annie O., H. L. Thomas. The race was sailed in a light breeze, and all the boats kept within hailing distance, taking much the same course, After the turn the Thetis drew ahead and came home the winnerin 2h. 20m., with the Snake 7m. later, The Annie O. was caught on a sandbar and filled by the swells from the day boat just coming into Albany and her time not taken. The prize is the most yaluable in the gift of the club, and once won is held by the winner. PROFESSIONAL CANOE PADDLING.—Owahgena Reading Room, Cazenovia, July 25.—Hditor Morest and Stream: It is many a year since L haye written to or for Forms anp STREAM, & journal that now graces this boat house reading room; but I must send my warm approval of the tone of ‘Professional Canoe Paddling.” All the wanly sports are being degraded to money making and gambling with no end of doubtful method, and ouv young men must suffer in tone and idea. Iam glad to see your purpose so high.—L, W. LL. SHERBROOKE B. AND ©. O.—The officers are: President, Col. Gustayus Lucke; First and Second Vice-Presidents, F. P, Buck and L, B, Pauncton; Commodore, Jas. #. Morkill; Seeretary, Jonn H. Walsh; Treasurer, W. J). Fraser. Committee of Mauagement: Jos. G. Walton, Chairman; H. W. Mulvena, H. R. Fraser, Alex. T. Winter, Jno. Ready, H, Haine, Chas.-H. Foss. HSSHX C. and B. C.—The following officers have been elected; Commodore, Geo. O, Totten; Vice-Commodore, Geo, Cox, Secretary, W. Scott; Purser, W. H, Hillier. The signalof the club is a double ponies burgee, b}ue ground with red border and the name Essex in white, . ana all cammunications to the Forest and Stream Publish- ng Co, FIXTURES, Ang. %—L, Y.R. A,, Cruise to Kingston, Aug. 8—Beverly ¥.C,, Marblehead, Open Regatta, Aug. 8—New Haven ¥ O., Annual Cruise. Aug, 12—1,, ¥, RB, A., Cruise to Belleville. Aug, 12—Bay of Quinte Y, C., Regatta, Aug. 14—Quincy ¥. C,, Second Championship Race. Aue, 15-30—Quaiker City Y, C., Annual Cruise, Delaware and Ches apeake Bays. Aug, 15—Hull ¥.C., Open Race Ang, 2(—Toledo ¥, C., Third Club Regatta. Aug, 24 ahd 25—Michigan Y.C., Regatca at Lake St. Clair, Aug. 25—Michigah Y¥, G., Open [oter-Lake Regatta, Aug, 25—Pentucket ¥. C., Club Race. Aur. 87—Greénwich Y. C,, Annual Regrita Aug. 29—Qniney Y. G., Third Club Race. Ang, 29—Beverly Y. C., Swampscott, Third Championship Regatta Sept. 5—Hull Y.0,, Champion Race. Sept. S—Larckmont Y. C., Wall Pennant Regatta. Sept. 9—Beverly Y. C., Nahant, Fall Regatta. Sept. 12—Quincy Y. C., Third Championship Race. . 12—BKoston Y. C., Fourth Club Race. 19—Beverly Y. C., Nahant. 19—Hull Y. C,, Champion Race, 19—Pentucket ¥. 0., Union Regatta. 2§—Pentucket ¥. C., Championship Regatta, THE “HERALD” STEAM YACHTS, NE of the two yachts. which were commenced over a year since, by Lawley & Son, of South Boston, isnow entirely completed, and on the ways ready for use as soon as launched. These two yachts, built under the supervision of Mr. Edward Burgess, from desiens by Mr. Beavor Webb, differ greatly from the boats of their size built here, and will attract no little attention when they come to New York. They are intended for use about New York Bay in all weathers, collecting shipping news, consequently they are in model yery staunch and able boats. The dimensions of each are: Length over all, 67ft,; waterline, 50ft.; beam, 9.2ft.: moulded depth, 7.3ft.; draft, 4ft. Gin. Both of the boats have plumb stems, high freeboard with a rather straight but handsome sheer, a very long counter, run- ning out to a fine edge at the taffrail, and a full midsbip section, in contrast to the low-sided, high-stern boats commonly called steam yachts here. Below there is a cabin 10ft. long in the bow, very neatly fitted with cherry. At its forward end is a w.ec., and there are lockers on the sifles and closets, A ladder aft gives access by a small square companion to the deck, or rather to a deep cockpit, 4ft. square, just abafc the cabin, A length of 17fb. just ait of this is devoted to engines and boilers, aft of which again is a second cabin, Vit. long, plainly but neathy finished, while still further aft is another deep cockpit. Over the engine space and after-cabin is a t'unk about 10in. bigh with circular deadlights in the sides, Over both cabins are skylights, and between the boiler and engines isa hatch and ladder to the fireroom, Jn construction the yachts are far ahead of the usual American practice, as will be seen from the following specifications: The stem, sternpost and deadwoods are of oak, sided 4in,, the stem moulded 12in, and the sternpost 17in,, all being fastened with 3gin. yellow metal bolts. The keel and keelson are of Canada rock elm, (he former sided din. and moulded 6in., the latter moulded 9in. The frames are of steamed elm, sided 3in., moulded 134in,, spaced 15in, centers, The clamps are 6x1in., of elm, and the shelves are 4X38 red pine, with stringers 8x3 under the floor beams. The floor knees are of angle steel, U4xi4xlgin. The inside bilge strakes ave 7X1in., well riveted tothe trames, The planking is of Hotiduras mahogany, in. thick and about Gin. wide, in two thicknesses. The inner skin is laid diag- onally and fastened to the frames, then it is coated with marine glue, over which canvas is laid and ironed down smooth, embedding it firmly in the glue. After another coat of glue on the canvas the outer skin is laid on, running fore and aft. Both skins are riveted to the frames with 44in. rivets. and also riveted together between the frames, The deck beams are of oak. 314in. sided and 3in, moulded at centers, tapering at theends, The planksheer is of teak, 7<14in.,. with yellow metal fastenings to Clamps and deck beams. The deck is white pine, 284x114in., the seams payed with marine glue. All the skylights, coamin,s, house and hatches are of teak, making a very handsome finish, being all varnished. The engine is one of Willan’s compound, three low pressure cylin- ders ranged fore and aft below, with three high pressure above them. Tyo leyers are provided, one for starting, siopping and reversing, and one above for running ahead compound, astern compound, or as a Simple engine only. To pcrt alongside the engine is the condenser, a brass cylinder 4ft. long and about 20in. diameter. lying in the bilge, The governor and blower are both run from the main engine by steel belts, about 1-16m. thick and 14gin, wide. The boiler is a horizontal tubular, builbin this country. The screw is of gun metal, double- bladed. The rudder stock is of oak, head 48gin. diameter, with back- ing of yellow pine. The shoe is of gun metal. The second yacht Telegram is also finished except her engines and boilers. TORONTO. OR water sports of all kinds, from yacht sailing down to shell rowing, thereis probably no place along the Atlantie coast or the lakes that offers such excellent facilities as Toronto. Situated directly on Lake Ontario, with deep water all around, the island op- posite the city incloses a small portion of the lake, making a harbor for small eraft of all kinds. Along the water front are long rows of boat houses two stories high, each divided up into a number of smail rooms which are let by the vearto private parties. Hach room is about 20ft. long and 12ft. wide, with racks for one or two boats, oars and sails. Upstairs is a similar room, used for dressing and in some eases fitted up for living in during the summer. The lower rooms all open on a platform about 15ft. wide and running the entire length of the building, sloping to the water’s edge. On the platform the boats are rigged up before launching. A part of one of these houses is occu, ied by the new Toronto Skiff Sailing Club. The space over the boat rooms makes a large meeting room with balconies around, and a flat platform in the roof, from which a fine yiew of the lake can be had. The club was only formed this spring. but has already a mem- bership of nearly 100. They hold races on the bay nearly every Sat- urday, Theskilfs are mostly double-ended boats of 16. to 18ft. length, fitted for rowing and sailing, many of them handsomely carpeted an | cushioned. On holidaysand of evenings the bay is covered with them, Besides fhe skiffs there area number of shell hoatsin the Arzonauts and the Toronto Rowing Club, and in the home of Hanlan shell rowing is probably more popular to-day than anywhere else in America, The Toronto C. C. has been known for some years as the leading Canadian club using decked canoes, They now have a comfortalle club-louse near the shop of Mr. Glendenning, who built most of their boats. The club use mostly canoesof the Pearl type, with heavy céenterboards, their sailing being done on the Bay in all weathers. ’ Several of the latter boats, such asthe Sapphire and Eyora, depart somewhat from the Pear! model, in haying finer limes and les: beam, and are generally lighter in build, while retaining the heayy boards. The sails carried aré mainly balance lugs. : On the city frontis also the house of the Toronto Y. C,, built this year, a large two-story building with meeting rooms, dressing and path rooms upstairs, and a baat room below for members’ boats. The club worked hard this year to secure suitable quarters, in which they have been very successful, and now that they are well housed, with good facilities both for yachting and boating, they expect an in- creased membership, They also own a site on the Island where a house may uitimately be built. Near the house-part of the fleet is anchored, amone them the old cutter Rivet, an iron boat built twenty- five years sings in Scotland, and still in good condition. ‘ Toronto Bay is a sheet of walter about 2 miles long by 114 wide, of oval shape, separated from Lake Ontario by a low tongue of land and sweeping from below the city on the east across to the west, where there is & narrow opening into the lake. On the eastern side is also an opening with about oft. of water, through which, with an east wind, a sea rolls in from across the lake, making rough sailing on the bay, bitin ordinary weather theisland is sufficient protection and the water inside is smooth, while the wind has a full sweep, making 00d sailing, On the west end of the island is Hanlan’s Point, named after the famous oursman, whee his brother has a hotel. and boat house. Near by are booths and tents with shows of all kinds, Be- yond there is a long streteh of prass and sand on which a number of ents are pibched in which people fron the city live during the sum- mer, Sonie of the teuts are fitted up quite elaborately, being divided into several rooms with board floors and well furnished. In a large tent of this kind is camped a member of the Toronto C. ©, with his family, while his canoe is moored at the rear door of the tent, This part of the island makes & very fine camp ground, as there is little FOREST AND STREAM. water inside and Lake Ontario just outside, while the city is easily reached for supplies. Further on to the eastis the headquarters and club house of the Royal Canadian ¥. C., the house, alarge and handsome, structure, being surrounded by neatly laid out grounds diked in, while near by isthe anchorage. While the depth in places about Toronto is lim- ited for large boats, Lake Ontario offers a large cruising eround for eutters, and promises Some day to have a fine fleet. In addition to Verve and Aileen, a new 40 by Watson is now spoken of as among the probabilities. The numerous ports along the lake offer harbors for yachts of all kinds with fine water for cruising. In Toronto, os in other places on the lake, the efforts of the Lake ¥.R, A. have already wrourht good results to yachting, and its in- fluence is inecreasmg each year, Canoeists are no less favored than yachtsmen, as they haye not only a fine place for sailing and racing, but the adjacent shores of the lake afford them good camping grounds at convenient intervals, while 2 short ride by rail takes their boats ta some of the chains of beautiful lakes so common in Canada, With tideless waters, lear and deep, good breezes, and through the season a mild elimate, Toronto should take a leading place in all Water sports, BEVERLY Y. C, | Reese morning of the 100th regatta, Monument Beach, July 22° opened calm, the only air stirring coming from N.E , and rend ering it impossible for the Myth to reach the line at the advertised time. However, the others waited for her, and just as She reached the judges’ yacht the wind came out light 8.W,, gradually increasing during the race, Im the sloop class no starters appeared, in second Glass Mattie made a good fight for pennant, losing it by three seconds only. while Lestris had an ¢a-y time in third class. The race among the little fellows was exciting; Fannie, who used to sweep Boston Harbor a few years ago, had been brought round the cape to beat Dolly if possible, and Petrel, just built by Hanley, with the same ob- ject in view, made her trial trip. Petrel was not intrimand did not come upto the expectations formed about her, bus fannie won easily. SECOND CLASS. Length Actual, Corrected, Surprise, cat, J. M. Codman ,...,... 27,03 218 56 2 08 28 Mattie, eat, Vice-Com. Stockton...-28.10 213 59 2 05 00 Myth, cat, Thos. Parsons,........... 27.04 2 19 03 2 08 30 THIRD CLASS. Lestris, cat, J. Crameé............-- 24,0145 2 28) 05 2 14 03 Flirt, eat, G. H. Lyman,............. 25.02 2338 85 2 20 47 FOURTH OLASS. Fannie, cat, I", W. Sargent..-.....)- 23.09% 1 46 34 1 86.35 Dolly, cat, A. S. Hardy..........2.-- 20 06% 1 50 15 1 39 22 Petrel. cat, G H Richards. ...........22.08% 1 55 38 1 42 30 Courses, the usual triangular ones, eleven and seven and one-half miles. Judges, Richard Codman, W. W. Appleton, A, H. Hardy, Judges’ yacht, Violet, B, Y, C. ATLANTIC Y. C. CRUISE. FTDR a Sunday at anchor at Norwalk Islands, the fleet was under way early on Monday morning in a light 8. E, wind, bound for ‘Thimble Islands, Little Aria started at 9:45 with a lead of 10 minutes over the larger boats. who passed Bell Island Pointin the following omler; Fanita, 10:05:30; Athlon, 10:05:35; Daphne, 10:05:38; Rover, 10:07:01; Thistle, 10;07:04; Roamer, 10:07:06; Wivern, 10:07:32; Agnes, 19:04:40; Decoy, 10:08:56; Santapogue 10:08:57; Leona, 10:09:58; Haze, 10;09;59; Con- eord. 10:11:88. Stella joined the fleet beyond the harbor, and a little later, at 10:30, the order was Wanita, Roamnr, Stelia, Athlon, Daphue, Thistle, Agnes, Kover. Decoy, Aria, Wivern, Santapogue, Haze, Leona, Concord. Part of the Heet tacked on and off under the Connecticut shore, but Agnes, Athlon, Leona and Santapogue held on until 11:30, by which time they were close to Long Island, when all went on starboard tack. At1P. M. Daphne left the fleet for New York, For a time a light breeze favored them, but at length it fell, and left them to drift for a long time in the hot sun with a foul tide. When the breeze did come again it was from N. E., leaving the four to leeward, but later in the afternoon it shifted (oS, E. again, favoring them and putting Agnes and Athlon ahead. So much time had been lost, that at 6 P.M, it was decided to put into Morris Cove, and the signal was given accord- ingly, Agnes and Athlon made a close race of it for first place, but the others nearer to Connecticut were too far ahead, The times of arrival were: Fanita, 7:02;05; Roamer, 7:10:15; Thistle, 7:37:20; Haze, 7:42:27; Rover, 7:44:30; Viola, 7:48:00; Stella, 7:53:30) Athlon, §:20-005 Agnes, $:10:00, The SyiIph came in during the evening and anchored with the fleet. Tuesday opened with a dense fog, but the sun and a fresh south wind drove itaway. Fanita and Sylph left the harbor at 9 A. M., the former going to the westward. Aria started first again at 9:17. with the main division at 9:27, passing New London Light as follows; Aria 9:42:31, Agnes 9:43:38, Decoy 9:44:50, Viola 9:45:08, Wivern 9:46:02. Hoamer 9:47;03, Athlon 9:48:20, Thistle 9:49:03, Atalanta 9:50, Haze 9:50:10, Rover 9:50:08, Stella 9:50:09, Leona 9:51:16. At 10:30 Bradford Light was passed, and at 11 A. M the Thimble Islands were abeam, Roamer leading the fleet, then Agnes, Thistle, Athlon, Decoy, Haze. Viola, Royer, Wivern and Aria. The wind was very light about noon, the fleet in two divisions drifting on past Faulkner’s Tsland at 11:30, and Cornfield Lightship an hour later. Agnes was ahead here with Thistle, Roamer, Haze and Athlon near her, the others far astern, At 3:30 the flagship was abreast of New London Light, and a little later she was anchored inside, The times were; Agnes 3:44:50, Haze 3:54:15, Thistle 4:10:51, Roamer 4:13:58, Athlon 4:17:09, Steila 4:18:02, Viola 4:18:29, Decoy 4:36:10, Leona 4:40:30, Wivern and Aria 6:30, Rover came in later, not haying left with the others. The Sylph arrived twenty minutes after Agnes. A heavy thunder squall came up in the evening, but what damage it did was entirely on shore, Athlon went on the railway for a cleaning, com- ing off early next morning, Quiet prevailed throughout the fleet in the evening, and all turned in early. On Wednesday morning the signals from the flagship ordered a sail to Shelter Island by way of Plum Gut, and at 9:10 when the gun fired, the first boat under way was the Crocodile, which had joined the fleet in the evening. The final gun sounded at 9:18 and all started with a N.B. wind, which soon shifted to the south, Within an hour Crocodile was first boat, The breeze was very tight inthe Sound and it was 11 when Crocodile passed Bartlett’s Reef Lightship, with Roamer, Viola, This le, Athlon, Daisy, Agnes, m order astern, Before Plum Island was reached a change had been made in the order, Roamer, in a fresher breeze, passing Crocodile and leading the fleet. The leaders, Roamer, Crocodile, Thisile, Athlon and Viola, had a little ebb to aid them, but the others met the young flood, which held them back in the light breeze. The times of arrival were: Roamer 2:25:05, Athlon 2:32:35, Thistle 2:32:50, Crocodile 2:35:50, Viola, 2:87:20, Agnes 2:89:05, Stella 3:03:45, Leona 3:20:10, Concord 3:21:33, Haze 3:21:58, Wivern 3:33:25, Decoy, Aria. In the evening most of the members visited the Prospect House. Thursday morning saw the fleetat anchorin Deerings Bay with flags half mast on account of the death of General Grant. At a meeting on the flagship the yachtsmen decided on sailing for Ston- ington through Plum Gut, and at 12:45 all were off with a fayurable tide and a light south wind, shifting tc east and west by times. The Aria and Orocodilé as usual had 10min, start. The fleet was increased by the Bertie. which joined in the gail. For some time the wind came strong sending the ficet flying along, but when off Race Rocks it lessened and the tide also hinderedthe yachts. The order at Race Rock Light was Crocodile, Roamer, Bertie, Agnes, Athlon, Haze, Thistle, Rover, Viola, Stella. Slowly the fleet made its way into Stonington, the times being; Crocodile 5:07:20, Roamer 5:10:15, Bertie 5:15:58, Thistle 5:16:02, Agnes 5:21:35, Rover 5:29;32, Viola 65:31 ;40, Haze 5:36:33, Stella 5:38:12, Concord 5:55:10, Leona 6:82:20, Wivern 6:32:44, Decoy 6:35:20, Aria, 6:38:34, A fog hung over Stonington mthe early morning, but dispersed when the sun was well up, Crocodile left the fleet, going up the Sound. Aria went away at 9:03, with the others after her at 9:12. The order at Watch Hill was Roamer, Athlon, Thistle, Bertie, Viola, Rover, Haze, Stella, Aria, Wivern, Concord, Agnes, Leona, Decoy. Agnes soon started to work up, and passed in succession Concord, Wivern, Aria, Stella, Haze and Rover, until at noon, when near Point Judith, the order was Roamer, Agnes, Athlon, Thistle, Bertie, Haze, Rover, Viola. Bertie had no spinnaker, while the rest had set theirs, and she dropped astern in consequence, At1 P, M., Athlon took sec- ond place and then first, leaving Roamer second. The finish was exciting and the best part of the race. The times were: Athlon, 2:14:50; Roamer, 2:15:03; Thistle, 2:18:48; Agnes, 2:20:50; Haze, 2:28:80; Viola, 2:42:00; Rover, 2:33:40; Stella, 2:46:42; Bertie, 2:50:40; Leona, 3:09:28; Coneord, 3:17:50; Wivern, 3:32:46; Aria, 4:00:00; Decoy, 4:08:00. Next morning the fleet disbanded and the cruise terminated. In every way it was a succéss, the turn out of yachts being good, and the serub races each day being very interesting. The weather, too, was very pleasant, though more wind would have been better for the racers, The little Aria in the small class did excellently, keeping up with the fleet each day. Roamer, in new hands, is startling in tomake a record and promises to add another to the smart boats of the club of 30 to S0ft., for which it is best known, while Bertie also is showing up well on her first trialm company. The success of the cruise re- flects great credit on Com, Hogins and the gentlemen associated with him in its management. NEW YORK Y. C. CRUISE. pas year’s cruise of the New York YC, promises to surpass any similar event that has occurred for many years, owing to the presence with the fleet of the naw sloops Puritan and Priscilla with the English cutter Genesta, and the probable trials of speed between them and the older boats. For weeks preparations have been made on all hands, and of late all the feet haye been docked and cieaned, the conditions of the Goelet Cups excluding any yacht thal has been docked since the beginning of the cruise. By evening of July 29 the greater part of the fleet was at anchorin Glen Coye, anda meeting of awners was held in the cabin of the Polynia. the following yachts being represented: Steamers: Polynia, Vice-Commodore Douglas; Stranger, H, J. Jaf frey; Electra, BE, T. Gerry- Schooners: Dauntless, U. H, Colt; Varuna, G. H, B. Hill; Nirvana, E. M. Brown: Southern Cross, George Duryea; Montauk, John B. Brouds; Estelle, 1. D. Smith; Atalanta, ©, H. Townsend; Clytie, A, P. Stodes; Grayling, L, A. Fish; Norna, A, J. Leith: Speranza, H. W. Collender; Water Witch, C. H, Mallory; Ruth, Henry Marquand. Sloops: Gracie, Jos. P. Harle; Daphne, J. R. Maxwell; Domino, G. lL. Haizht; Mischief, J, R. Busk; Priscilla, Bennett & Douglas; Bed- ouin, Archibald Rogers; Regina, R, N. Ellis; Isis, A, Canfield; Deen, A. Padelford; Vixen, Rear-Com, Lawrence, Tt was decided that the fleet should sailat4 A. M. for New London. At5S A. M. a gim from Polynia gaye the signal to prepare, and half an hour later the fleet started, the wind being light from northeast. The first away was Vixen, followed by Priscilla, the lat_er soon tak ing a lead and keeping itallday. Gracie soon had second place with Bedouin third and Grayling fourth. The wind continued being light and elub topsails were sent up. Madeline fell into place off Green- wich and at once had a bout with the Grayling, in which the sloop, was soon victorious. The order off Eaton's Neck was Priscilla, Gracie, Bedouin, Grayling, Madeline, Arrow, Atalanta, Daphne, Montauk, Ruth, OClytie, fleen, Mstelle and Norna, the others bemg far astern.. The breeze was still lighter as the day adyanced, and by noun there: was very little. The leaders held their places until after 2 P. M.,whem Grayling passed Bedouin and took third place, A couple of hours; later the cutter passed her again Jeading. her for atime, Bedouin’s best work, however, was about 6 P. M., when she walked away from both Gracie and Grayling, taking second place in the fleet. As the leader entered New London she struck on 4 roel, bub was hauled off by a steamer with but slight damage. After her came Grayling and Bedouin, Gracie being fourth. Therest of the fleet were cut in the tide with no wind and a fog, so they did not get in until miorping. Clio also ran aground on Bartlett's Reef, but came off easily, ‘The times were: Left Glen Arrived off Hlapsed Cove, Pequot House. Time, 4 dU TS UE PS SS Seen aoa e eee 5 3) 00 8 00 05 14 30 05 Grayling. .-..... A ere carer © 50 00 8 20 10 1¢4 50 10 BAMOWINE oor tee een es ‘se, 8 30 00 § 40 10 15 10 15 EPS EREC IS Pc Wee ee ee lanjce 8 5 30 00 8 45 46 15 15 46 GIR Atel! Pane ne lee a a 5 30 00 8 5 17 92.25 16 MLO BETA a hp een ew er y.» 6 380 00 3 58 12 22. 28 12 Ileen a0 00 4 04 1) 22 34 11 Ruth . 30 00 4 04 11 22 34 11 Atalanta 5 30 00 410 16 22 40 16 Dauntless....... 30 0 1-40 O00 23 10 00 Varuna......-5 5 30 00 5 42°25 24 11 85 Hstelies. 2)... 30 U0 5 42 30 24 12 30 Marion Wentworth 5 380 00 5 58 30 24 28 26 Dee ee ces Pee eS tir ie 5 80 00 6 01 28 24 31 28 Vixen 5 30 00 7 OS 02 25 38 02 Nirvana 30 00 7 11 Ov 25 41 06 Speranza. 5 30 00 §% 3u 00 27 00 00 Norna 5 30 00 9 01 20 27 31 26 The fleet lay at anchor all friday, a meeting being held at which it was decided to sailat9 A, M. on Saturday for Newport. At anchor in New London were the Purican and Stranger, the former haying left Boston at 7;30 P, M., onJuly 28 and reaching Newport just twenty- four hours later, Stranger left Boston one hour earlier and arrived in Newport an hour earlier also, making the same time, On Wriday afternoon races were rowed for the Gamecock and Owl prizes by the boats of the fleet. A course of about one mile was marked off, start- ing abreast of the Polyina and around a stakeboat off the Pequot House. Six crews competed in the first racé for four-oared gigs, Dauntless, Polynia, Norna, Grayling, Bedouin and Fortuna. Dauntless won by three lengths, witb Poiynia second. The Clio, Varuna, Mis- chief, Isis and Grayling sent entries for the pair-oared race, Mischief winning the ‘Owl’ prize. Inthe dingey race were Priscilla, Regina and Fortuna, Regina winning, Saturday broke with.a dense fog over New London, which did not lift until late in the morning, At 11:45 the first gun was fired, and at noon the fleet went off before a brisk southwest breeze, which carried them into Newport, only dropping once or twice to a calm. The times of all the yachts were taken very carefully, as the conditions were food for a test, and this was the first meeting of Puritan and Priscilla, The start covered nearly an hour, but the new boats got. away pretty well together. For a time Grayling led, with Wave Crest, Gracie, Rambler, Puritan and Priscilla in order. Shortly after the order was changed by Puritan going through Qracie’s weather to. second place. Priscilla had set a balloon jubtopsail, but on taking it in again her speed was improved, and she in turn took second place: about 2 P.M. Off Watch Hill the wind came fresher, and at Point, Judith it was far enough aft to allow spinnakers to draw. Tae fleet. passed Point Judith as follows: Grayling 3:16, Priscilla 3:18, Puritan 3:26:30, Montauk 3:30:45. On the run in Priscilla headed Grayling: and was the first to anchor, with Puritan third. The times of the run. were: Start. Arrival. Elapsed 12) 00 55 4 25 32 4 24 aT 11 58 50 4 26 05 4 27 15 12 05 18 4 29 21 4 24 08 12 04 00 4 35 02 4 31 02 Gracie,,..... 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Price $1.00, BY 8S. T. HAMMOND. | | E was a promising puppy, and when you turned him over to the breaker to be educated, you thought he was bound to make “‘the best dog in the world.” And you'll not soon forget how disappointed and disgusted you were when the dog, the breaker and the big bilil—all three turned up together, and you saw thatthe animal’s spirit was broken and it would take a steam calliope to make him mind. Now, this could not have happened if you had been wise enough to buy a copy of Hammond’s book, and in your odd leisure moments train the dog yourself instead of having him broken by some one else. We are selling edition after edition of this book, and it is revolutionizing the system of preparing dogs for work in the field. Price $1.00, SHORE. BIRDS. PAMPHLET for those who ‘‘gun” along the shore. Tells of; I. Haunts and Habits—Where the bay birds live and what they do at home. II. Range and Migration—W here they go to breed and where to spend the winter. III. A Morning Without the Birds—An episode of shore shooting. IV. Nomenclature—A list of our American species of Limicole, with a description of each species. V. Localities—Where to goto shoot them. VI. Blinds and Decoys—How to shoot them after you have reached the grounds. 45 pp., paper. Price 15 cents. BY GEORGE DAWSON: A a political writer of conceded power, Mr. Dawson wielded a trenchant pen; when he terned from the conflict of parties to the praise of the favorite pastime of “simple wise men,” his essays, limpid as the crystal streams, are aglow with the soft summer sunlight and melodious with the songs of birds. When angling was the theme, he wrote from a full heart and in closest sympathy with the scenes and pursuits described. These “Talks” are brimful of manly, wholesome sentiment; there is in them all not a particle of cant. Their sincerity and overflowing spirit at once win the reader, and he perforce shares the author’s enthusiasm. The effect is magical, like that of the mimic players in Xenophon’s Memorabilia; he who reads, if he be an angler, must go a-fishing; and if he be not, straightway then must he become one.—Extract from Publishers’ Preface. Cloth, price 50 cents. CANOE “AURORA.” BY DR. C. A. NEIDE. A CHARMINGLY written and always entertaining account of a canoe cruise from Lake George, New York, down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico, by the Secretary of the American Canoe Association. To read the cruise of the ‘‘Aurora” is the next best thing to having made it; and the reading is decidedly more pleasant than would have been participation in some of the misadventures related. 216 pp., cloth. Price $1.00. ; Any of the above books can be obtained in London of Davies & Co., 1 Finch Lane, Cornhill. Trae DIAMonD BADGE: Of the Illinois State Sportsman’s Association was won in 1884 and 1885 BY A DALY GUN. Charles Daly Hammerless, - - = 4 Diamond Hammerless, = “ Hammer Gun, - - = a Diamond Hammer Gun, - . P. TAYLOR, For Sale by say $125.00 | 7O Madison Street, Chicago, W. R. SCHAEFER & SON, 6! Elm Street, Boston, 200.00) ham) of twice the cost. And all the leading Gan Dealers in the U. 8. DALY GUNS do the best work of any guns in the WORLD. 225.00 . After years of severe use they are as sound and tight as when first - $80 to 125.00|shot. They.are equal to so-called London guns (made in Birming- Sole Agents, SCHOVERLING, DALY & GALES, 84 and 86 Chambers Street, New York, ALSO HHADQUARTERS FOR The Celebrated PIEPER Guns. HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON Hammerless Guns. The AMERICAN Single Breech-Loader. MARLIN & BALLARD Rifles—Don’t forget the new Marlin combined tool four reloading magazine rifle cartridges. STANDARD REVOLVERS. Harrington & Richardson New Extracting Revolvers. AMERICAN ARMS CO. Extracting Revolvers. L. M. C. Breech-Loading Implements. 6 The “UNION HILL” Ballard. TROUT AND This gun has met with an unprecedented success since its introduction. far exceeding For several months the manufacturers could not supply one-quarter the demand It meets the call for a target rifle, made with the same care as the finest finish, at a medium price, and has demonstrated that a .32-caliber with proper proportions of Two-thirds of all terget yifles im use in this country are Ballards, showing that they are all expectations. powder and lead, is sufficient for 200 or 300-yard work, recognized as the leader. Prices =) EVERLASTING SHELLS, 32-40, 6cts. Each. Grooyed Bullets, .82-caliber, rt grains +t a . Patched * a Bee ewes eee rete tee ee US 2) RAR ee ees SES * Cartridges loaded with 165 grain grooved bullets, .32-cal....... per 1000, $27.00 § No. 8.—Half Octagon Barrel, Pistol Grip Stock, Cheek Piece . Pees sho sbeo hy ees Haase per 1000, $7.25 $ yeas) 9.75 Fh~ oF se Patched ‘+ « O55 Reloading Tools, $5.00 per set. The New Marlin Rifies, .32 and .38-calibers, are meeting with great favor. Twice the range of any other Magazine Rifles of same calibers. Cc ew Haven, water. JSUMEBOCLENE (Trade Mark Registered.) A lotion for the prevention aud cure of Insect Bites, Sun- burn, Chapped Hands and Face. An efficacious remedy (when used as a Liniment) for Burns, Cuts, Sprains, Rheumatism and Neuralgia. It is beneficial to the skin, is colorless and cleanly, and washe: off on application of soap and PRICE, 50 CENTS PER BOTTLE. THOS. JENNESS & SON, Proprietors, 12 WEST MARKET SQUARE, Sold by Druggists and Dealers in Sporting Goods. JOHN P. LOVELL’S SONS, 76 Wasbington st., Boston. A ents: JOS, C. GRUBB & CO.. 712 Market st., Philadelphia. Z 5 « | HIBBARD, SPENCER, BARTLETT: & CO., an Lake st. & Wabash ave., Chicago. MARLIN FIRE ARMS O.,) IN THE 20, 1885. Purses, $1,060 pro rata, ne favorites and no Address, BANGOR, ME, ferrule, but never ter, N. H, , Nickeled, Off-Hand Butt Plate, Double Set Triggers, Graduated Peep and Giche! Sichts: Oisibes 2s and 3) Inches hy e.5 ees ts seen te ae? Oijadln tees MOL, ene ena Mme ck Sr Wei imens pee orgies a Pee Riba ees . ( NWor0:—Same, birtiwaith Sinele Toi seew ee lence ae tare ooo es mt eiefe os cident inie Bir cieintere ia nical kg a aia Mpectalncpeetgin slate elie ieln mesmo nie a ole errr eae eines rien ientes Can be furnished with Vernier’s Mid-Range and Wind Gauge Front Sights for $6.50 extra. eee ee er 830 50 Cartridges loaded with 255-grain grooved bullets, .38-cal....... per 1000, $33.00 Bradford Shooting Club, Of Bradford, McKeon Co., Pa., Will give a SHOOTING TOURNAMENT on Tues- day, Wednesday and Thursday, August 18. 19 and . All purses guaranteed ; no body. barred, | FRANK DRAKH, Treasurer. Anglers Going to the Woods Should take a box of my ferrule cement, only 25cts., and may save a broken rod, which would spoil your trip. Takes but a moment to put-on or take off a slips. A.B. DODGE, Manches- BLACK BASS Fishing Tackle OF EVERY DESCRIPTION APPLETON & LITCHETELD'S, 304. Washington Street, BOSTON, MASS. Genel Conn. Le (LO amg : 3-Piece Fly Rod, Brass Click Reel, 100ft. Linen Trout Line, 6 Plies, 6 Hooks to gus and Leader, complete, by express, $4.50; by mail, postpaid, $500. 3 Sample Flies, by mail, 25 cts. Fine Plated Mountings for Bait and Fly Rods, com- plete, $1.50. 8 piece Perch Rud, Brass Reel, 50ft. Linen Line, 6 Hooks to gut, 1 Sinker and Float, complete, $2.00; by mail, postpaid, $2.25. ; To be posted in new goods, prices, ete., send for — our 1885 catalogue, 298 large pages, 4,000 illustra- tions. sent by mailfor 25 cts. _ , PECK & SNYDER, 126-130 Nassau St., N. ¥. v FOREST AND STREAM. PERFECT Aue. 6, 1885.]: ‘GLOBE ~ FLIGHTS® The Globe Flight consists of a pasteboard disk, 5$ inches in diameter, the center cut out to admit a rubber balioon 24 inches in diameter, when inflated. Good until hit with shot. One pellet shot hitting the balloon, Dead Bird! No rubbish, no disputes. Preferable at all tournaments and matches. Full count. Handsome target, hard to hit unless you point your gun straight. Same surface always presented, Satisfactory shooting, fair and good practice. Case contains 500, weighs 50 lbs.; cheap to transport. $20 per 1,000; $2.50 per 1,000 back for pasteboards in good condition at either factory. Hand iuflators, 50 cents each. Can be sent by mail. Send four cents to pay postage on sample flight. GLOBE SHOT CO., Philadelphia & St. Louis, C. A. BRAGG, Manager. TELE: ITHACA GURBT ? Pe een eam DAMASCUS STEEL BARRELS, $35. GLOBE sHoT SONPAyy Puy {ADELPHIA ANGLING. American Angier’s Book, Norris,. Angler’s Note Book Angling, Angling Talks, Dawson Angling, a Book on, Francis Angling Literature in Hngland.. Black Bass Fishing, Henshall. British Angling Flies Carp Culture Domesticated Trout Fish Hatching and Fish Catching..... 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THROWN FROM A CLAY-PIGEON TRAP, Dadd’s American Reformed Horse Book, 8yo. 2 50 Maynard's Manual oF ee nee a. oe FLIGHT, BREAKING QUALITIES, SCIENTIFIC FORM and CosT (/ ac da Aco SETTER REAL ip Ee Hee eee Darineonay Ny stnout a Teacher. 2.2: 50 not equalled in any other target. t ae soe ae ee nas 3 ae ie pl So History uae ones Fo dastiae eerie vi PRICE, PER THOUSAND, $10.00. How to Ride and Bohool a Horsé, Se RAS 00 Oi SEMA etnies ee OFHCS ANG HOUNS. - 0 nears snncweew nee sige Packard’s Half-H With 1 ae ae ele Soe P TARGET BALLS AT REDUCED PRICES. rate Rese a acoee cee a PR euueeeeed a Eistak Pecos ca oc essen bap z 3D ere otegra or Amateurs...) (9 Sa \ Z Horses. 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'; 53 Milk Street, Boston, ae Soe Horses: of America,..... 50 Woods and Lakes of BIBINO! i eben doet ctu ees 8 00 Youatt and on the OFBO scrveepsecs Feeseeee 24 Youatt on Sheep,, Che ceeoe wet rses sess “sasne 1 00 Bend for fist with iaseniionec Fish and Game Laws. —_— 40 CANOE ae FOREST AND STREAM began a year ago the publication of a series of papers on canoe con- struction, by Mr. W. P. Stephens, of the New York 0, C., widely known as an expert on canoe design and building, These papers, having appeared through the year in our columns, have since been rewritten, and with numerous additions are now published in a handsome yolume under the title of “Canoe and Boat Building for Amateurs,”” Mr. Stephens is peculiarly fitted for the preparation of such a work, beginning as an amateur, and having aftera Jong experience of the difficulties attending a learner, taken a prominent place among canoe builders, due both to the oduL and workmanship of his canoes, Realizing fully the difficulty of ex- ailing to a novice an art initself far from easy, AND and with which he is entirely unfamiliar, the hook begins with a description of the various classes of canoes in general use, with their main features and dimensions, and definitions of the terms used in con- nection with them. Numerous. examples of canoes are given, and in connection with them, such plain instructionsin designing as will enable the beginner to select intelligently the proper craft for his pur- BOAT pose, aad to plan her dimensions, details and fit- tings. To this end designs of all classes of canoes are given, with full dimensions and details. The object has been not merely to enable the tyro to build one boat as described, but to teach him the principles of designing and building in such a way that he may construct such a craft as he desires. rollowing the chapters on designing, the construc- tion of a canoe is taken up in detail, the tools and appliances being first clearly described, as well as the various materials, after which follows the actual work of building. Every operation is taken up in order, from the selection of the keel to the varnish- ing of the finished boat, and illustrated with numer- ous diagrams. A chapter on sails describes all the varieties in use by canoeists, down to the new Mohican settee, with directions for making, rigging and measuring them, while the method of proportioning the sails to the boat is clearly explained, all the calculations BUILDING being worked out in detail. The many minor points of a canoe, paddles, steering gears, rudders. aprons, and eamp outfit are also described at length, while a chapter is devoted to canvas canoes. The subject of boat building is fully treated, a rowboat of the usual construction being taken as an example, and described in all its parts In sucha manner astu make clear the principles involved, and their application to any form of boat, either lapstreak or caryel build, Each of the numerous technical terms belonging to. the subject is defined clearly when it first occurs, and as the index is full and complete, the book is in itself a glossary, In addition to the numerous diagrams in the body of the work, twenty-four large plates are printed on bond paper, containing the working drawings of canoes for paddling, sailing, cruising FOR and racing, with their sail plans, rowing sailing beats, large canoe yawls, and various boats for special purposes, such as gunning boats, yacht boats, and the widely known sneakbox. The canoe yawl, a buat between a canoe and a yacht, is iMustrated by examples of various craft trom 17 to 20ft. long, and suitable tor a crew of two or three on acruise. 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Standard Bred Cockers. Ihave now ready for shipment twenty cocker spaniel puppies, out of well-known prize winning + cocker bitches, by the following eueureten sires! Champion Obo II., champion Silk, Obo. Jr, Black Graf, Raven, champion Sport. They are as fine a lot of cocke*s as any in America, Prices from $40 to $20; none less. Orders filled as received. Imported Obo, Jr, (champion Obo, B, 10,452— Farrow’s Nellie, 2, 12,736) in the stud. Fee $20, Address ANDREW LAIDLAW, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, aug6,2t FOR SALE. A few choice, highly-bred English beagle puppies, handsomely marked, from extra hunting stock; sire, Imported Blue Boy. W. H. ASHBURNER, No. 2% North Thirty-eighth st., Philadelphia, Pa. tt Ty.O0 EXCHANGE,—A WELL BROKEN IRISH setter for B. L, gun, 12-bore, or will sell cheap. FREESTONE KENNEL, Lock Box 831, Middletown, Conn. aug6,16 OR SALE.—ORANGE AND WHITE SETTER dog Tom, well broken on woodcock, quail, partridge and snipe. Any person wanting such a dog can buy him cheap by applying to GEO. GRIER, Goshen, N. Y¥,. aug6,2t OR SALE.—RED IRISH SETTER PUPS, 3 MOB. old, out of Vesta (Scout—Janie) by Don (Saudy —Cherry). Dogs, $20; bitches $15, with pedigree; younger pups $10. J.C, CUSSONS, Chatfield hae : aug6,1t OR SALE AT A BARGAIN.—IRISH SETTER puppies out of Mona (A.K.R. 1967), by Page, combining the blood of Rufus, Centennial, Cham- pion, ete. Mustsellat once. F. PRENDERGAST, 65 Sudbury st., Boston, Mass, aug6,1b NOR SALE.—A FEW CHOICE SABLE COLLIE pups, whelped June 3, 1885, by Bounce (A.K.R. 2320) out of Fairy (A.K.R. 1222). For particulars apply to JAMBS SCULLION, Wallack’s, Broadway and Thirtieth street, New York. aug6 Jt Ro SALE.—HANDSOME BLACK, BLUE AND white ticked English setter, year old; natural retriever, excellent nose. Price $15. Money re- funded if not satisfactory. Lock Box F., Chester Depot, Vt. , aug6,1t OR SALE.—MASTIFFS, POINTER PUPPIES, Prince Charles and Blenheim spaniels. C. H. MASON, 255 West Twenty-second st., New sores : \ J¥eu, Hor Sule. Chester White, Berkshire and Poland China Pigs, Fine OR SALE.— ONE PAIR BLK, ONE PAIR antelope and one deer, all in splendid condi- tion and yery tame. $300 takes the lot. JOHN D. HOWH, Cheyenne, Wyoming Ter, aug6,1t O EXCHANGH. FOR OTHER SPORTING goods of equal value, an elegant Ballard mid- range rifle, .40 65, with everything complete, or will sell for one-half value. W. W. McCAIN, Spring- ville, Pa. aug6,2t Bu the Stud. ENGLISH CHAMPION BULLDOG GLADSTONEKOFF, BRINDLE BULLDOG. Winner of eight silver cups, five champion medal and number of first prizes at first-class shows in England. Considered by bulldog authorities best dog ever coming to America. Fee 850 for Service, Address J. P. BARNARD, JR., 23 Myrtle street, Boston, Valleyview Kennels. Amsterdam, N.Y. Box 143. IMPORTED SABLE COLLIE IN THE STUD. (E.K.C.8.B. 18,021). Date of birth June 9, 1884, Sire, champion Eclipse (12,949); dam, champion Flurry (10,736). Suecess is winner of ist and special prize for rough and smooth-coated dog puppies at Collie Club show, Royal Aquarium, Westminster, June 2, 1885. Also winner of 2d, puppy, and 2d, open classes, Dublin, 1885. Fee for service, $40. ; ‘ Puppies for sale out of imported bitches, Prices from $50 to $200. PURE LAVERACK SETTER AN Tic IN THE STUD. Thoroughly broken and a fine field animal. Aliso setter pups of first-class breeding for sale. For terms, etc., apply to 2 NC» SPO 8. HOFFMAN, Hstleville, Atlantic county, N. J. BRADFORD RUBY. (Champion Loyat—Champion Jenny,) Champion pug dog, winner of 41 prizes, cups and medals in England, including championship rystal Palace, January, 1885; 1st, Cincinnati; 1st and spe- cial, Toronto; ist, Philadelphia. Fee $25, NAPOLEON (A.K.R. 2037) (Samoo—Luca)— The sire of many good ones, including first and sec- nae il a went N Or ea vIEW KEN Rs es for sale, % f 49 Box 629, New Haven, Conn, 4 [Aue 6, 1885. The Reunel, For Sale Cheap. Thoroughbred Llewellyn setter bitch Nellie B., whelped May, 1883, by B. B, Adams's Drake ex Countess May, she by Dash III, ex Countess II.), She is evenly marked, black head and blue ticked body, is house and yard broken, staunch on point, has good disposition, Also three - of her pups, evenly marked heads with ticked body, by A. M, Tucker’s Count Bondhu (Gus Bondhu ex Countess Mollie, she by Count Noble ex Spark. warrant any of the above to suit the purchaser, orI will refund the money. For prices and extended pedigree address D. A. GOODWIN, JR, Newbury- port, Mass. aug6,26 Lal Mt. Pleasant Kennels. — puppies, $15 each. C,T, BROWNELL, Box 335, ew Bedford, Mass. jy16,3mo Beaufort Pups For Sale. Six dogs and one bitch, all lemon and white, fine and healthy,. by Beaufort ex Lady Maud, Lady Mand’s sire by Sefton, dam by Flake. Lady Maud is @ good show bitch and a first-class field worker. Pups should be of extra quality. Price $35 each: $60 brace. SURREY KENNELS, Ellicott penis Md. aug6,it Winlawn Kenuel. Several fine mastiff puppies from prize dogs for sale, Address W. P,STEVENSON, 17 Broad st., NY. OR SALE.—ITALIAN GREYHOUND PUPS from imported steck. HENRY C. BURDICK, 150 Bridge st., Springfield, Mass. marl9,tf M. GRAHAM, NEWTOWNBREDA, BELFAST, Treland, is prepared to purchase and ship dogs for importers. Dogs purchased from him had the following prizes awarded to them; At New York and Chicago, 1883, sixteen firsts, nine special, three second and one third. At New York, 1884, seyen firsts, six specials and one third, CHAMPION BRED ST. BERNARDS, CHAMPION BRED ENGLISH PUGS, Enclose stamp. CHEQUASSET KENNELS, Lancaster, Mass. OR SALE, A NUMBER OF WELL BRED AND well broken pointers and setters, also do; boarded and broken, satisfaction anteed. Ad- dress H. B. RICHMOND, Lakeville, Mass. Sept22,tt Prize and Pedigree English Mastiffs, American gentlemen desirous of purchasing these noble dogs should communicate with JAMES HUTCHINGS, 25 Gandy street, Exeter, England, who has the largest kennel of mastiffs in the world. K 9 Breaking Kennels. Pointers and setters thoroughly broken for field trials or private use. Reference piven. W. @ SMITH, Field Trial Trainer, Templeville. Md. OOK YOUR DOGS FOR THIS SEASON’S training on woodcock, partridge and quail, commencing Aug. 1. Fifty dollars tor the season. . F, WILBUR, Myricks, Mass. jy 9, tt FOR SALE. Thoroughbred Newfoundland pups, from prize stock. Also one of the finest black cocker bitches in the country. Address ACADIA KHNNEL, P. 0, Box 2,574, Boston. jy9.5t Rory O’More Kennels. | For Sale—Thoroughbred red Irish setter stock, full pedigreed. Address with stamp, W.N. CALLENDER, Albany, N. ¥- a OINTERS AND SETTERS FOR SALE,—A litter of orange and white setter pups, a litter of lemon and white pcoiuters, a litter of liver and white pomter pups at § wks old, $10; field qualities quaranteed. Address ELM GROVE KENNELS, FP. O. Box 258, South Norwalk, Conn. jy16,4t OR SALE,—HAVING RECENTLY ADDED several fine brood bitches to the Landseer Kennels of Scotch deerhounds and greyhounds re- duced the price of puppies. Some choice grey- hounds now ready to ship. DR. VAN HUMMELL, Denver, Col. apli6,tf DOGS DO YOU WANT TO BUY A FINE e bred dog of any kind? If so write and name thekind you want. EDMUND MAURER, 464 North Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa. YOUR DOG’S PICTURE. Liife size crayons of dog heads or full figure accurately and artistically made from photograph by anexperienced crayon artist. Pricesreasouable; satisfaction guaranteed. M. LEWIS, care Forest and Stream. HEAP.—BEAUTIFUL BLACK, WHITE AND tan setter pups, 4 mos. old, from exceptional field stock; $15. H. F. THOMas, saan ae nes Jy%s, OXHOUND PUPPIES FOR SALE, BRED FROM imported prize-winning stock. Address Box 178, Montclair, N. J. 1y23,3b OR SALE.—FOUR POINTER PUPS, 14 WKS. old, good blooded stock, colorliver. Price $10 each, Apply to J. J. ILLSLEY, Grorgctonn Mass. J¥ev, R SALE,THE THOROUGHBRED IRISH setter bitch Jessicu, and two pups, 4 mos, old. For price, etc., address THOS. MONYAGUE, Ham- mondyille, N. Y- ‘ jy20, 26 Ce A ee ee | Agee Sears BITCH NELLIE (A.K.R. 2194), 3 yrs. old, pure white, full pedigree; bred by Hinks, of Birmingham, England. Has won 1st, St. John, 1884 and 1885, vhe, New Haven. 1885, and 2d, Boston. A splendid brood bitch; will be im season soon. Price $50 cash. Address H. §. PORTER, Kennel Club, New Hayen, Conn. jy30,2t ee TT OR SALE —THE MASTIFF DOG DE BUCH (A.K.R. 1502), 8 yrs, 4 mos. old, ist, New York, 1888, of immense bone and substance, powerful, symmetrical and compact, of excellent temper. yaluable sire to mate with weedy bitches, always transmitting his great bone and substance, W WaAD#, Hulton, Pa. E — jy80,5t z Ko} oo Ss b> EL OR SALE.—PURE LAVERACK PUPPIES, combining the Bod erate ex Haley. TI, arlowitz ex Princess Nellie, Thunder ex Peeress ‘i 't, Medina, N, es * ete, HENRY STURTEVAN t be YREST AND STREA . A WEEKLY JoURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. Terms, $44 Ynar. 10 Crs. a Copy. \ Six Monrss, $2. NEW YORK, AUGUST 13, 1885. $ VOL. XXV,—No. 3. { Nos, 39 & 40 Park Row, New York. CORRESPONDENCE. Tuk ForREST AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen, Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are respectfully invited. 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Newsdealers in the United Kingdom may order through Davies & Co., No. 1 Finch Lane, Cornhill, Lon- don. General subscription agents for Great Britain, Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston, Searles and Rivington, 188 Fleet street, London, Eng. Address all communications. Forest snd Stream Publishing Co, Nos. 39 anp 40 ParE Row. New YorE CIty. CONTENTS. | FISHCULTURE, - The Oyster Beds of New York. Tur KENNEL. Do We Want a New Standard? The Laverack Monument, The Irish Wolfhound. Kennel Management. Kennel Notes. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. The ‘Forest and Stream”’ Rifle EDITORIAL. The Trajectory Test. The St. Louis Convention, The Canoe Association. Possession in Close Season. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Sport in the Sierras,—try. _ NatTuRAL History. Water Birds of Nova Scotia. Male and Female Grouse. The Pileated Woodpecker, Trial. Gam Bac AND GUN. Range and Gallery. Days With the Quail. The Trap. Hunting the Mountain Goat. How to Award the Prizes, Some Remarkable Shots. CANOEING. Still-Hunting the Grizzly. A Night with a Mountain Lion. | eek, The St. Louis Convention, | Canoe and Camp Cookery.” Se4 AND RIVER FISHING. | YACHTING. Possession in Close Season. A Premature Explosion. Okoboji Lake, | The Lake Y. kK. A. Round, Doweled versus Simple Ferrules Hull Y.c. Regatta. Four ‘“‘Boys” on a Frolic. Galatea. FISHCULTURE, New York Y. C. Cruise. The Shad. | ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS, The Association Meet—Regatta THE ST. LOUIS CONVENTION. HE original call for the St. Louis convention, to be held Sept. 29, has been so modified as to include the sportsmen of the entire country, with all fish commissioners and the game dealers of the large cities. The promoters of the meeting express their anticipation of a very large gather- ing and of important results to follow. The invitation is a very broad one. Some may consider it to be entirely too broad. The tendency of movements of this sort, when once they have set out to become ‘‘national,”’ | is to become at the same time unwieldy. Because of their size and the conflicting interests represented, such a meeting is very apt to result in nothing more than talk and resolu- tions. This is all the more possible on such an occasion as | that of the St. Louis convention, because there the interests which will be given a hearing are in decided opposition. The members of the game protective clubs in our large cities | who have for years noted the attitude of the game | dealers toward the game laws will be apt to view with extreme suspicion the presence and participation of these dealers in a convention called for the purpose of modifying the laws regulating the sale of game. ‘Lhe sportsmen who have seen their covers depleted by the pot-hunters to supply the markets will naturally question whether any real advance in our protective system is likely to follow the St. Louis convention if the dealers are to have a handinit. It is announced that New York game dealers and other Hastern | dealers wiil be present. The sportsmen of the West ought | to know that if these men are represented there they will be | on hand for only one thing, which will be the moditication | of existing laws in such a way that more game may be ! shipped to the East. There is no conceivable reason why ! they should attend for any other purpose. They are sharp, | shrewd business men, and if they go to St. Louis they will go there for business. - _ Some years ago, when the attempt was made to blind the sportsmen of New York State by a coalition of sportsmen and dealers, and under cover of a pretended sportsmen’s association to foist on the people of this country the notorious refrigerator amendment, it was stated to the writer by one of the most active promotors of that scheme, that he was pro. posing, at the suggestion of certain St. Louis dealers, to form are now going to the St. Louis convention as a step toward securing next winter what they lost when the refrigerator amendment was killed, they will bear very close watching. THH CANOH ASSOCTATION. ‘WHE meet of 1885 did not differ greatly from that of last year on the same ground, the number present being rather smaller, while the race programme was the best yet ofiered. It has been claimed that the smaller attendance was partly due to the camp being in the same place as last year; but there are other causes that have had much more influence on the attendance, ‘There are many who cannot afford time or money to visit camp every year, and who last season made a special effort to visit the Thousand Islands and the Canoe Meet at one time. In at least two cases clubs which were well represented last year, have this season been under extra expenses for houses at home, and have been poorly represented, and the general condition of business has had an unfavorable effect on summer travel of all kinds in the St. Lawrence region. To make up for the smaller number there were many new faces, representatives of new clubs and localities, who go back resolved to extend the Association at home. This meet will be remembered by the fact that for the first time measures have been taken to divide, to a certain extent- the Association and to provide other meets in distant locali- ties, This scheme has been talked of for some time and now has been put into practice. The question of the place for meeting next year will soon have to be decided, and is per- haps the most important one before the Association. Many wish to return to Grindstone for arother year, while others desire a new place. There is yet time before the Executive Committee meet for a full discussion of the question and for the suggestion of other sites, and as it isa matter that con- | cerns all canoeists, we hope to hear from them on both sides of the question, as a thorough discussion of the question in the columns of, ForEsr AND SrreAM will bring forth the views of all more effectually than any other method. THE TRAJECTORY TASTS. 4 (ite hearty responses of approval, which have come in since our announcement of last week that a careful test of hunting rifles would be made by us, show that there is a general demand for just such a trial. The suggestions which comein are many, and from time to time we shall print such as may be offered by others. The idea is simply to make a series of tests over a carefully surveyed range, with every item as to the weapon and the conditions under which it is shot most carefully noted. We do this to furnish data from which any and all riflemen may draw their own conclusions. The details of much of the work to be done have not as yet been formulated into any set cf rules. The programme will, however, be made as broad and liberal as possible, and every point in connection with the tests will be open to the fullest investigation and scrutiny. Rifles of to-day, those which are in the market, in the hands of hunters and most likely to be there, are the arms which we more particularly wish to test. We know of no such set of trajectory trials made in recent years which is of any but the most remote interest at this day. When we mentioned 200 yards as the distance over which | the tests would be made, it was with the idea that this was to be the maximum range; but the surveys and measure- ments of the range will be such as to make the tests at the lower ranges a matter of the greatest ease. Canapa SunpDAay Fisurne.—Sir Roderick Cameron and his friend Judge Henry, who have been in trouble for Sun- day salmon angling, plead that the statute forbidding fishing on that day relates only to netting. It is a pretty poor plea. What is good law for the netter is good law for the angler; and because the netter looks upon the law as enacted largely for the angler’s benefit alone, the angler should show himself hearty in observing it to the letter. If the fly-fisherman cannot forego his sport for one day in the week, how can he reasonably expect the man whose livelihood depends on netting, to take up his nets for Sunday? More than this, the streams ought to have one day of absolute rest from both anglers and netters. Tur OLD Way.—The other day we came across a little manual for travelers, giving with careful detail all the routes of travel by “‘stage lines, canals and packets” between the a national association of sportsmen and dealers for securing | prominent American towns. It was notso very old, bearing better game legislation, The refrigerator amendment was a! sample of the kind of legislation they wanted. If the dealers adate in the present century, but it had the flavor of a thousand years of antiquity, . POSSESSION IN CLOSH SHASON. N our angling columns will be found an opinion reeently rendered by Judge Turner, of Washington Territory, in a case where a dealer had been arrested for having in his possession in the close season some trout which were alleged to have been brought into the Territory from Idaho, This decision invites careful consideration for several rea- sons. It is mavifestly that of a judge in sympathy with, and desirous of giving full effect to, legislation designed to protect fish avd game, It is a thoughtful determination of the issues presented, and, whether right or wrong, is arrived at after contemplation of high authorities bearing upon the questions raised, 4 A clearer understanding of its import can be had on read- ing the following portions of the statute which it construes: § 7. Every person who shall, within the Territory of Washington, during the months of November, December, January, February and March of any year, catch, kill or have in possession, sell or offer for sale, any mountain or brook trout, ete,, shall be guilty of a mis- demeanor, § 10. Every person who shall, within the Territory of Washington, have any male deer, * * * brook trout, etc., af any time when it is unlawful to take or kill the same, as provided in this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and proof of possession of any of the aforesaid animals, fowls, birds or fish, at a time when it is unlawful to take or kill the same in the county where the same is found, shall be prima facie evidence in any prosecution for a violation of any provision of this act that the person or persons in whose possession the same is found, took, killed or destroyed the same in the county wherein the same is found during the period when it was unlawful to take, kill or destroy the same. The penalty prescribed fora violation of this act (§ 13) is ‘‘a fine of not less than $10 and not more than $300, or imprison- ment in the county jail of the county wherein the offense was committed for not less than five days nor more than three menths, or both such imprisonment and fine.” Judge Turner decides, first, that this act does not forbid the possession, within the State during the close season, of game lawfully taken in another State; and, second, he states that if the statute did forbid such possession it would be in violation of the Federal Constitution, which provides that Congress shall have power to regulate commerce among the several States. The latter point, although a mere dictwm, is the more important for the double reason that the decision suggests very. strongly that, had the judge not concluded that a statute, which made the possession within the State of game lawfully taken without the State an offense, would be unconstitutional, he would have construed the statute differently ; and that this interpretation of the United. States Constitution by a Federal judge is likely to have a large influence upon the courts of other States in passing upon -similar statutes. In determining upon the weight to be given to this obiter decision of a single judge in disposing ofa habeas corpus pro- ceeding, it is well to bear in mind that the New York Court of Appeals, an appellate court consisting of seven judges, and second to none in this country except the United States Supreme Court, has given a contrary decision in a case which fairly raised the same questions, under a statute quite simi- lar to that of Washington Territory. The language of the late Chief-Justice Church, who wrote the opinion, is: “‘It is unnecessary to consider how far the exercise of the power of Congress under this provision would interfere with the authority of the States to pass game laws, and regulate and prohibit the sale and possession of game either as a sanitary measure or for its protection as an article of food. It will suflice for this case that the statute does not conflict with any law which Congress has passed on the subject. States can- not pass laws in respect to subjects expressly prohibited by the Constitution, nor when the power is conferred upon Con- gress and its exercise by the States conflicts with the policy ot functions of the Government; but there are many powers conferred upon Congress which, until exercised by it, are re- garded as dormant and may be exercised by the States within their limits, among which is the power to regulate commerce. * * * It.is quite evident, within these prin- ciples, which have been repeatedly reiterated by the Supreme Court of the United States, that the act in question does not violate the Constitution of the United States nor any law of Congress.” Phelps v. Racey, 60 N. Y. 10. The same question came before the Supreme Court of Illi- nois, and in an unanimous decision indorsing and following that of the New York Court of Appeals, it was held that such prohibition of the possession and sale of game was not a restriction of inter-State commerce; but that the law re- lated only to internal commerce of the State in the article of game, that it acted altogether upon the retail or domestic traflic within the State, and that the State was not bound to 4,2 - : FOREST AND STREAM. a [Aue, 13, 1885. furnish a market for game, nor furnish game for a market. The People v. Magner. The Missouri Court of Appeals has expressed itself with equal clearness and emphasis: ‘It is urged by defendant that inas- much as it appears that these prairie chickens were imported from Kansas, there can be no conviction. But the act in ques- tion makes it a penal offense to have prairie chickens in one’s possession from February first to August fifteenth in Mis- gouri, 10 matter where the birds were caught. It is insisted that if this be the meaning of the act, it is in violation of the Constitution of the United States, Congress alone having power to regulate commerce among the several States. We see nothing unconstitutional in the act. The game law would be nugatory if, during the prohibited season, game could be imported from the neighboring States. It would be impossible to show in most instances where the game was caught. The State of Missouri has. as much right to pre- serve its game as it has to preserve the health of its citizens, and may prohibit the exhibition for sale, within the State, of provisions out of season, without any violation of the Con- stitution of the United States. So far as we know, this right has never been disputed, and its exercise by the abso- lute prohibition of the having in possession, or sale, of game within the State limits, during certain periods of the year, is no more an illegal attempt to regulate commerce between the States than would be a city ordinance against selling oysters in July.” The State v. Randolph, 1 Mo. App. 15. To sustain his position antagonistic to the foregoing eminent authorities, Judge Turner has sought to gain sup- port from an opinion of the United States Supreme Court. But has he succeeded in doing so? Does the case of the Railroad Company ». Husen, in any way apply to the question before him? The Missouri statute before the United States Supreme Court was very different from that considered by Judge Turner. It was aimed directly at and was clearly a regulation of inter-State commerce. As the court expressed it: *“The Missouri statute is a plain intrusion upon the exclusive domain of Congress. It says to all natural persons, and to all transportation companies, ‘You shall not bring into the State any Texas cattle, or any Mexican cattle, or Indian cattle between March first and December first, inany year * * * and, if you do bring them in, even for the purpose of carrying them through the State without unloading them, you shall be subject to extra- ordinary liabilities.’ ” The object and effect of this statute were held to be to obstruct inter-State commerce, and to discriminate between the property of citizens of one State and that of citizens of other States. But in reaching this conclusion the court made admissions quite broad enough to include a statute differing so much rrom the one before it as does the statute of Washington Territory, which does not directly touch upon the subject of transportation, or com- merce, alid makes no discrimination between the property of citizens of different States. Their words are: ‘“‘We admit that the deposit in Congress of the power to regulate foreign commerce and commerce among the States was not a sur- render of that which-may properly be denominated police power. What that power is it is difficult to define with sharp precision, * * * Tt extends to the protection of the lives, limbs, health, comfort, and quiet of all persons, and the protection of all property within the State. * * * Many acts of a State may indeed affect commerce without amounting to a regulation of it in the constitutional sense of the term. And it is sometimes difficult to define the distinction between that which merely affects or influences and that which regulates a rule for conduct.” Was Judge Turner right when te said of the statute of Washington Territory: ‘This is aregulation of commerce be- tween the States within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States,” or is it. rather a legislative act as to a matter not strictly national, but local in its character, con- cerning which Congress has made no legislation, and affect- ing rather than regulating inter-State commerce—in other words, a proper exercise of the police power of a State or Territory? Is it not more nearly allied to those State enact- ments which authorize the bridging of navigable streams, or prohibit the sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquor, both of which haye been repeatedly sustained by the United States Supreme Court? Chief Justice Taney said in decid_ ing a case which involved the right of a State to require a license for the sale of a package of gin imported from another State: ‘‘As Congress has made no regulation on the subject, the traffic in the article may be lawfully regulated by the State as soon as it is landed in its territory, and a tax im- posed upon it, or a license required, or the sale altogether prohibited, according to the policy which the State may sup- pose to be its interest or duty to pursue.” ¢ The highest courts of three States, New York, Illinois and Missouri, are opposed to the conclusion reached by Judge Turner; and in harmony with their ruling is the lan- guage of the United States Supreme Court in decisions ren- dered the present year: ‘The States have the power, inabsence of Congressional legislation, to regulate matters of local inter- est which affect inter-State commerce only incidentally.” Brown v. Houston, 114 U. §., 622. Gloucester Ferry Oo. 2. Pennsylwoania, Id, 196. j And where the question was the constitutionality of cer- tain provisions of the constitution of the State of Illinois as to the regulation of warehouses, the Court said: ‘‘Inecident- ally they [the warehouses] may become connected with in- ter-State commerce, but not necessarily, Their regulation is a thing of domestic concern, and certainly until Congress acts in reference to their inter-State relations, the State may exercise all the powers of government over them, even though in so doing it may indirectly operate upon commerce outside. * % * * Tt ig not everything that affects commerce thal amounts to a regulation of it, within this meaning of the Constitution,” Munn v. Illinois, 94 U. 8. 113. The interpretation by Judge Turner of the statute, to the effect that it does not probibit the possession within the State of game lawfully taken without the State, is met by a similar array of authorities The New York court, in Phelps ». Racey, had under consideration a similar statite, and held that the language of the statute was ‘plain and unambiguous, ‘Hence there is no room for construction. Jt is a familiar Tule that when the language is clear courts have no disere- tion but to adopt the «meaning which it imports. The man- date is that any person having in his or her possession be. tween certain dates, certain specified game killed; shall be liable to a penalty. The time when or the place where the game was killed, or when brought within the State, or where from, is not made material by the statute, and we have no power to make it so.” And similar to this was the construc” tion given to the Illinois statute, in the People v. Magner, where the court said: ‘‘But, it is argued, this cannot be the correct construction, because such a prohibition does not ;end to protect the game of this State. To this there seem +o be two answers: First, the language is clear and free of ambiguity, and in such case there is no room for construc- tion. The language must be held to mean what it says. Second, it cannot be said to be within judicial cognizance that such a prohibition does not tend to protect game of this State. It being conceded, as it tacitly is, by the argument, that preventing the entrapping, netting, ensnaring, etc., of wildfowls, birds, ete., during certain seasons of the year, tends to the protection of wildfowls, birds, etc., we think it obvious that the prohibition of all possession and sales of such wildfowls or birds during the prohibited seasons, would tend to their protection in excluding the opportunity for the evasion of such law, by clandestinely taking them beyond the State and afterward bringing them into the State for sale, or by other subterfuges and evasions.” Judge Turner cites a Massachusetts decision in favor of his construction. But the statute of Massachusetts was not like that of Washington Territory. It failed to expressly exclude or include, within the provision prohibiting the possession of game within the State, such game as was taken without the State, and when followed by a provision that possession should be prima facie evidence ‘‘to convict under the act,” and the only penalty was a fine of $20, it could not, under the ordinary rules of construction of penal statutes, be construed in the broader sense of forbidding the possession of game taken out of the State. So far from differing trom the New York decision, it cited it, and approved of the construction there given to the New York statute, which so closely re- sembles the statute of Washington. Territory. When Judge Turner admits, as he was bound to do, that the possession of game, though lawfully taken without the State, is an offense within the letter of the act, and then admits that the statutes and decisions of other States show that it has there been con- sidered an aid to the policy of protecting game and fish, to absolutely prohibit the haying the same in possession at cer- tain periods of the year, regardless of where the same was killed or taken, he goes far toward admitting that it is also an offense within the spirit and intention of the act. The more so, because this construction would not render the provision as to posssession being prima facie evi- dence, ete., superfluous and inconsistent with other por- tions of the statute. In Massachusetts the penalty was a fine of $20, no discretion being left in the judge as to the severity of punishment, and the possession was prima facie evidence “to convict under the act.” But in Washington Territory the punishment might be a fine of from $10 to $300, ‘‘or imprisonment in the county jail where the offense was committed” for from five days to three months, or both, and possession of game is ‘‘prima facie evidence in any prose- cution for a violation of any provision of this act that the person in whose possession the same is found, took, killed or destroyed the same in the county wherein the same is found, durirg the period when it was unlawful to take, kill or destroy the same.” When severe penalties of this kind are prescribed, it is important that the prisoner should be allowed to prove the extent of the offense committed. It might well be that a person found with game, which he could prove was lawfully taken without the State, or taken by another in the State before the prohibited season, should receiye a punishment proportionate to his offense, and as crimes are punishable in the county where they are com- mitted, this provision is of great utility in rendering it easy for the State to punish the person found with game in his possession, not only for having the game, but also for kill- ing it, the possession being prima facie evidence that that person killed it in the county where it was found; and a person guilty of both these offenses, brought to trial with this burden of proof against him, could only escape through the dangerous expediency of perjury, while every person arraigned is free 10 prove the extent of his offense, Section ten is therefore not only a most useful and im- portant addition to other provisions of the statute, but is in this way capable of a construction consistent with an in- terpretation of the statute which shall make the possession of game an offense regardless of where taken. In this connection, the construction given to an English statute in the case of Whitehead vy, Smithers, 21 Moak, 458, is interesting. In that case dead plovers were shown to have been received from Holland by a poulterer, and it was held that their sale was prohibited by the general language of the | act, Lord Coleridge saying, ‘I am of opinion that that argu- ment is not well founded. It is said it would be a wrong thing for the legislature of the United Kingdom to interfere with the rights of foreigners to kill birds. But it may well be that the true and only mode of protecting British wildfowl from indiscriminate slaughter, as well as of pro- tecting other British interests, is by interfering indirectly with the proceedings of foreign persons. The object is to prevent British wildfowl from being improperly killed or sold under pretense of their being imported from abroad.” Che Sportsman Couvist. J iene all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- ing Co, SPORT -IN THE SIERRAS—IV. apes day following our successful hunt was spent by all our anglers upon a small stream lying some nine miles — away ina westerly direction. The trout were plentiful and voracious, but small, and every one caught a surfeitof them in a short time. They would rise greedily at any kind of dark fly, and the sport soon became monotonous, as the fish were not large enough to give uny play. They would aver- age about seven inches in length, and were not very fat. The stream was fed from banks of saow, upon the highest moun- tain in that part of the chain, and the water was very. cold. The valley it flowed through had an elevation of 7,000 feet, and fish food seemed to be scarce in comparison with the numbers of trout. The neighborhood was the home of an immense colony of marmots, dozens of which could be seen at any time sitting upright, like prairie dogs at the mouths of their burrows, watching our motions. W. and H. leave the next morning, much to the regret of those remaining. B. and myself pack our rodsand lunch ~ pail into the buggy, and start for the lake where L. the fish- erman dwells, being assured that we can there capture some large trout. L., having been notified of our intention, mects us with his boats and takes us to the fishing grounds. Tle assures us that no trout can be caught only by trolling, or with bait in deep water. As he has spent several years at this spot we think he ought to know, and follow his counsel. After fishing about two hours without a bite, and exhaust- ing my patience, I make him land me upon a long low reef of rocks which show above the water. The reef is distant about sixty feet from an island, both on the east and south, and if there are fish to be caught in the lake, ought to yield some. A tolerably stiff westerly breeze is blowing, and at- taching a stiff leader and two large Jake flies to my line I commence casting, A few casts and I hayea rise, and no minnow either, as my bending rod and singing reel will tes- tify. He isa fighter from the word go, and affords me some moments of thrilling excitement. At last he yields to the strain, comes gasping to the net, and is safely landed. Upon this reef I capture five trout in an hour’s fishing, and | am not without one on the hook for an interval of two minutes during that time, so large and vigorous are they and such splendid fighters. B., seeing my success, gets L. to row him into shallow water, and it is not long until he has his hands full. When we cease fishing at 4 P. M. we have seventeen beautiful trout, the smallest of which isa pound in weight, and the largest not quite two and three-quarters, We make arrangements to return next week and take a reluctant leave, as we lose the best hours of fishing by being obliged to return so early. The next two days are passed quietly, and on Tuesday the “‘Terror” drives B. and myself to the lake and leaves us, promising to return on the follow- ing evening to take us and our catch home. L, is true to his appointment, and is on hand with his boat, and we are soon at his cabin, situated on a smallisland. The cabin is built of logs, and is low with an almost flat roof, in order that the winds shall get as little surface hold as possible, as they rage here with fearful violence during winter. The eleva- tion is 800 feet, and only the high peaks surmount the spot. The trees, mostly tamarack, are gnarled and distorted with their continuous battling with the elements, and have a white and ghostly look, from the bleaching effects of the storms and scanty foliage. The outer and colored portion of the bark is all worn off by the constant cutting of the frozen particles of snow, upon the west side of the trees; that being the point of the compass whence comes the winter storms. ‘To-day there is a strong east wind blowing, and sport is poor. ow and then we geta rise, but so seldom that it is quite an event, and no large fish are hooked at all. We had fished over all the likeliest places until tired, and B. had ceased casting, and sat poking fun at me for pro- longing a hopeless effort. ; - l was becoming discouraged and rather inattentive, and was casting negligently with my left hand, when, just as I started to recover the flies for another cast, a huge pair of jaws came up, and closed determinedly on my stretcher. ‘Through inattention I had carried the tip of the rod too far backward before starting to recover, and was consequently taken at a serious disadvantage. Knowing this, I struck with all my might, expecting the rod to shatter in my hands, It proved to be of staunch material and stood the shock well. The reel slips out for a moment, then stops, and the line comes back idly swaying in the wind, with leader and flies all intact; there is nothing broken only the hold of the hook— and my heart, I have been wielding a rod for five-and- thirty years, and during that time have taken many a noble trout, and can judge pretty accurately as to the weight of one when fairly seen on the rise, and if that fish weighed an ounce less than six pounds I will eat. a mate to him raw and without salt, And to think that I should have one of the fairest offers of all my life just at that unhappy moment when unprepared! Brother angler, I ask yours mpathy ; my stock of philosophy (I never had enough to load a freight train) gave out completely under the strain. The loss of that trout is a sore spot in my memory yet, and to touch upon it makes me winee, and will to my dying day. f That was the last bite we got during the day, as the wind strengthened and blew- away on into the night. A sweet sleep on fresh fir boughs tends to restore serenity of mind, and B. and I rise for an early cast. Thesun is not yet up, Ave. 18; 1885.) — - ._ 32 ** 43 put is gilding the peaks surrounding us, and the blue waters ‘are without a ripple, The sky is “deeply, darkly, beauti- fully blue,” and not a speck of cloud is visible. The circling mountains, with every crag, tree, snowbank and outline, are reflected back to the eye from the lake’s calm bosom with the utmost fidelity. Not a sound was to be heard; nof even that of a trickling rill, It was the loveliest and most im- pressive sight my eyes ever gazed upon, and the solemn silence helped sear it in upon the tablets of memory, never to be effaced while reason holds her throne, All the adjuncts gave asilent majesty and lonely grandeur to a scene such as is given to mortal eye but once in a lifetime to see. We both gazed in enraptured silence, forgetiu) of time, until the sun climbed above the eastern peaks, and with his golden fingers smeared the lovely canvas. When the last touches had disappeared we both drew long breaths, and turning to each other asked the simultaneous question, “‘Did you ever seé anything so grand and beautiful?” To which the answer of each was, ‘‘No.” So impressed were we that we involuntarily spoke for ‘some moments with hushed yoices, as if there were spirits abroad in air, and in the great silence even our whispers carae back from the echoing cliffs in mournful murmurs, But business is business, and must be attended to in busi- ness hours—likewise fishing—so we take boat and start, The morning breeze soon ruffles the water and the sport begins, ‘and when Z.’s voice hails us te breakfast, it is tardily and reluctlantly obeyed. After breakfast we have about an shour’s good sport, and then the execrated east wind com- mences to blow again, worse even than “yesterday, and we have to desist. When the time arrives for our departure ithe wind is so strong that we have great difficulty in rowing down the Jake, but finally make it, and bid Z. good-bye for at least another year. We find the ‘‘Terror” true to his ap- jpointment, so stowing ourselves and some thirty pounds of ‘trout in the carriage, we return, well pleased on the whole with our trip. The following day is the one I have set on which to start ‘on my return from the outing, but B, hangs on so hard fora postponement, ind just one more day’s fishing, that I yield consent, and we go to the little lake at the headwaters of our wiver. Since I have been here last the waters have fallen considerably and are much warmer. The lily pads have covered all the margins, and a large patch in the middle is “occupied by rushes which haye grown up through some fif- iteen feet of water. The wind is fitful and uncertain, blow- ‘ing from all quarters, but from nowhere long. We row to ithe paar’ of the lake and then allow the boat to float where it will, A few casts and I have a strike, a half-pound trout, a few ‘more, and I ecatch a tartar. He is no mullet-head, but a ‘true-born California trout; and a nobler fish never swam the water. He took the fly in about seven feet of water, and on feeling the hook bored straight down for the bottom. Then ithe made his first frantic rush into deep water. He was get- iting too near the rushes, and I had to check him with a dan- “erous strain upon the line, to the punishment of which he ifinally yields. Following this comes three desperate leaps ‘out of water, each time shaking his head vigorously to free ihimself from the cruel barb, but all to no purpose, and then the seeks the bottom and sulks. A telegraphic message, sent ihim by a few taps on the rod with my pocket scale, rouses ihim again, and away he goes for the lily pads. This time I think that something surely must give way under the fearful (strain it takes to turn him, but at last he gives up and comes ito the surface flopping, afters few more shortrushes. Aha, imy fine fellow, I have you now; and soon the net encom- ‘passes his beautiful form, and he is quietly lifted into the iboat. He is only a two-pounder, but what a fighter! B. ‘is soon busy also, and for three hours the fun is fast and “furious. The trout mostly lay under the shadow of the lilies, and ‘rose to the fly in the clear water just inside them, and when ‘strack must be got away from the dangerous neighborhood vat all hazards, as it would never do to let the fish go monkey- ‘ing around among the entangling stems and leaves of the ililies. This caused the loss of several fine fish, and a few flies ae leaders that could otherwise haye been easily iSavea. One trout, which I struck in open water, made a tremend- rous leap the instant the hook entered his jaw, and between ‘the impetus of his own effort and the pull of the line, flew ‘fully ten feet before he struck the water. All the time he _\was in the air he was shaking his head like a bulldog, and this whole body was quivering so that he resembled a winged rereature more than a fish; when he struck the water he was ‘free, having succeeded in shaking the hook from his mouth vwhile in the air. I could not regret him, as he showed such ‘originality, courage and boldness in defense of his life, We ‘soon got all we wanted, and I put my trusty rod carefully ‘and regretfully in its case, to take it out no more for another ‘year excepting for needed attention. I have at least the sweet memory of a successful last day’s fishing to dwell upon during the long and weary year. And so my pleasant and health-restoring outing came toan end, and the next day saw me saying good-by to these pleas- ant scenes and returning to the toils of everyday life—and the torchlights of a Presidential campaign. The trip is marked in the pathway of life with a great white stone, on which is cliiselled in golden letters ‘‘Sacred to the memory of a good time.” AREFAR. QALIFORNIA. Preservine Drap GAmE.—Vicksburg, Miss., Aug. 2.— Editor Forest and Stream: The thought has often occurred to me that your correspondents might be able to give valuable information concerning the best way of preserving game while on acamp hunt. Here in this southern latitude, even during winter, it is a matter that concerns us to a consider- able extent. Some time ago, one correspondent writing for _ your paper, recommended the use of paper bags closely tied to exclude the passage of air, What effect would there be _to submerge game in cold water? Often the water here igs “nearly icy cold while the atmosphere may be at a temperature of 50° or 60° above zero. - Especially is this the case with the - Mississippi River, while our lakes have buta small fluctu- sation in temperature comparatively speaking. If there is sany way that is simple, cheap and convenient for preserving -game for only a few days during warm weather I would like ito know what it is. ill some one or more of the great ~number of your readers inform me on this topic?—W. i. d Fs || Why does not ‘“W. L, P.” try the water experiment and re- wort. Coffee is sometimes used. Put in bottom of box a ‘ayer one-quarter of an inch deep of ground coffee, then a layer of the birds (drawn and stuffed with grass), then another layer of coffee, etc. Any cheap coffee will do, or seven the erounds that haye been used and dried again. | Aatuyal History. Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- ing Co, WATER BIRDS OF NOVA SCOTIA. BY J. MATTHEW JONES, wee. province of Nova Scotia, being situate so far out in the Atlantic and almost entirely surrounded by water, appears to bé an especially suitable locality for noticing the habits and migrations of the waders; and there is little doubt that if observing stations were established at different points of our coast, under proper superintendence, additional species micht be added to the present incomplete list, : Our coast is well adapted to the requirements of sea birds, presenting as it does in its rugged outline 1 constant series of harbors and inlets throughout its whole extent. Jagged and riven by the frosts of many winters, the rocks which line the shores present an appearance in eyery way chaotic, each fissure forming a base from whence the bladder-wrack (Fucus) springs, while down in the depths below, anchored by its tough, tenacious roots, the tree-like stem of the oar- weed (Laminaria) supports its ribbon-like fronds, which wave from side to side with the motion of the surging waters, presenting at the ebb a mass of marine vegetation so dense in places that the fisherman’s boat is impeded on its course, The fronds and stems of this huge seaweed form a perfect preserve for certain species of mollusks, while at its base the mussel moors itself by silken byssus so fast that when these giant weeds of the deep give way to the fury of the tempest, animal and vegetable perish together; the former when cast upon the strand opening to the heat of the noontide sun and affording a luscious morsel for the voracious appetite of the wandering crow. In these snug and sheltered coves certain species of ducks love to congregate, fishing and diving as weather permits; while outside, and even far away on the ledges, where the foaming breakers seethe and roar, divers and sea coots ply their daily task, or rest, head under wing, sleeping their watchful sleep as they dip and rise on the roll- ing billows. Further out flocks of cormorants cross the bays from point to point, while the different species of gulls and terns wheel around in midair, ever and anon making a dash downward to pick up some dainty morsel which tloats be- neath. Companies of ring plover and sandpipers of several species congregate on the spits and beaches at ebbing tide, joined very commonly by a few stray gulls, loath to allow their diminutive fellows to enjoy by themselves the ‘‘harvest of the sea.” Thus it is in spring or autumn, but how different in severe winters, when for weeks the mercury has stood little above zero, and at times 10 to 15° below. Piled on each stretch of sand beach, from high-water mark down, are masses of ice cakes, pitched hither and thither in confused heaps, as if the ocean, glad to get rid of its icy burden, had shot its thousands of car loads of brine crust on nature’s rubbish heap; while out to sea the rolling waves come continuously on, heaying and swelling with their covering of broken ice floes, on some of which may be seen the herring gulls standing as steady as sailors on a spar deck, apparently enjoying their solitary ride on the frozen deep, Perhaps it would be al- most impossible to picture a more dreary and desolate scene than the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia presents during the depths of a severe winter, and no one assuredly can appreci- ate it saye the sportsman naturalist, who beholds it as he lies secreted among the ice floes ashore, waiting for the flocks of ducks as they wing their flight from channel to channel, or slowly worming his way through ice cracks to gain a shot at some rara avis to carry home to his sanctum and rejoice over as no one but a naturalist can. The commencement of our spring migratory season in Nova Scotia, is rendered either early or late according to the breaking up and disappearance—especially in the Gulf of St. Lawrence—of the vast mass of ice which has accumulated from the shores of Labrador south to the northern portions of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia during the preceding winter. If the winter should have proyed an exceptionally severe and protracted one, then the greater part of that large aqueous area will have been frozen, in some localities to a considerable depth, and the sun’s rays, however powerful they may be during the months of April and May, will fail to have much effect on the mass. When, in this case, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, over which on their journey to the far north many of our waders have to proceed, is not clear of ice until the beginning of June, many tlocks of geese delay their departure from our shores until instinct teaches them the “appointed time.” Those migrant forms, therefore, which have been enticed to push their journey north as far as Nova Scotia by an unusually warm temperature in early March, extending its effects to the latitude of Massachusetts, and giving them every indication that their progress would not be impeded, submit to a forced detention in this province exemplified in the case of the hapless wild geese mentioned hereafter. Of the vast number of waders which pass over the lower latitudes of the Canadian Dominion east of the Rocky Moun- tains each spring, on their way to the northern breeding grounds, some few thousands at least which visit our prov- ince on the Atlantic shore would seem to have left the main track and sought out a tedious by-way to their destination: but while the main body make the shores of Hudson’s Bay and the Arctic Ocean their destination, those which pass over Nova Scotia find congenial resting placesin Labrador or the interior of Newfoundland. Before commencing the following list of the water birds of this province we must apologize to the readers of Forustr AND StTREAM for the delay in its appearance. It was in- tended to follow immediately the ‘Land Birds,” published in February, March, April and May, 1879, but owing to a desire to gain additional information, we have delayed pre- paring it from year to year, but now beg to offer it as com- plete as possible to the present date, 1885. The nomencla- ture employed is that of the old Smithsonian list, We must not omit to mention our obligations to Mr. Andrew Downs, the veteran Nova Scotian ornithologist, us also to Mr, Thos. J, Egan, taxidermist, of Halifax, for infor- mation regarding several rare species which have come under their observation. GRALLATORES. Ram. CHARADRIIDA. Gen. Squatarola, Cur, 1, Black-bellied Plover (8. helvetica),—Not common; arrives with other migrants from the north about the end of August and beginning of September, and goes north in October. Gen. vharadrvius, Linn. 1. Golden Plover (C, fulous).—Arrives in flocks from the north about the middle of August and departs about the first week in September. ‘This is apparently the only migrant that takes a direct. course over the ocean to the West Indies and northern portions of the South American continent. We find it passing over the Bermudas generally from the 10th to the 17th of September, and they duly appear a few days later on the several islands of the Windward group, On its ocean passage it sometimes takes an extreme eastern longitude, having been observed at a distance of five hundred miles to the eastward of the Bermudas, and that in such numbers that flock after flock continued passing in 4 southerly direction over a vessel for several hours in succes- sion. ‘This bird does not visit our province in anything like the numbers it did some twenty years ago, At that time it was no whusual occurrence for Halifax Common to be the scene of much slaughter, when flocks of plover would for several days remain to be chased and fired at by every man and boy who could muster a weapon of any description, Often on a foggy day, which was especially favorable to the amateur gunners to creep upon their game, have we while driving across the open plain been unceremoniously saluted by a battery situated far too close to the road to he pleasant, and always congratulated ourselves upon escaping the hiddew dangers of the course. As the weapons of these reckless pot- hunters were of the most primitive and unsafe kind, so also was the mode of carrying the ammunition, for few, if any, possessed either powder or shot flask, and contented them. selyes by carrying if in their trowsers pockets. As to the amount of the charge, that was immaterial; they guessed at it, and oftentimes, as 4 natural result, the gunner suffered more damage than the birds. How far north this bird goes to breed we know not, but they are stated to be abundant at Fort Churchill, Hudson’s Bay, in July and August, Gen. Mgialitis, Bote, 1, Kildeer (#7. voctferus),—Very rare. Mr. W. Vinton observed one at Thromb-cap, Halifax Harbor, on a New Year’s Day several years ago all alone by itself, and suc- ceeded in shooting it. It is the only specimen known to have been taken. This bird appears to be observed gener- ally in mid-winter, and eyen in the Bermudas we have also found it to be the case; the months of December, January and February being those when it usually appears, Once only we found it there as early as Nov. 15, On Dec. 5, 1876, we shot one from a flock of ten which frequented a brackish pond of water on the south shore of the main land, 2, Ring Plover (4. semipadmatus)—Common on the shores, Arrives about the first week in May in small flocks, and frequents the sandy beaches at cbb of tide in search of the smaller crustaceans. They are to be seen about the be- ginning of August in much larger flocks preparatory to their move northward ‘about the last ef September. This spe- cies has been observed as far north as York Factory, Hud- son’s Bay. 3. Piping Plover (47, melodus).—Not uncommon on sandy beaches during the summer months with its young. Ihave observed them as early as April 29 on their northern migra- tion, and they depart for the south about the last of Sep- tember. Fam. Hatmatoropip™®, Gen. Strepstlas, Linn. 1. Turnstone (5. ¢nierpres).—Very rare and only observed in winter. FAM. PHALAROPODID2. Gen. Lobipes, Cur. -1. Northern Pnalarope (4. hyperboreus).—Not uncommon, Once when looking for snipe in Lawrencetown Marsh we came upon a pair of these birds at a little pool busily engaged eatching small flies which hovered over the stagnant water, now swimming, then running along the muddy sides, snap- ping with the thin little beaks at their tiny prey. .They were so tame that they allowed us to come and stand at the edge of the pool, nota yard from them at any time; and once or twice they actually came up to our feet, and on one moving only turned their heads up to look at us; the very tamest wild birds we ever saw in our life, Surely their home must be in the far, far north, away from all evil, for they have not the sense of it. Gen. Phaluropus. 1. Red Phalarope (7. fulicarius)—Common. We have observed what we considered 1 family party of these birds, old and young, about July, while boating near the ‘‘Red Buoy,” Halifax Harbor, They were very tame and allowed the boat to come close to them. They, like the preceding species, were catching flies on the water, PAM. SCOLOPACTID, Gen. Philohela, Gray. 1, American Woodcock (P. minor).—Very common during some seasons. Arrives about the end of March, and may be flushed at times in the spruce woods when deep snow lies upon the ground. In certain parts of the province it occurs during September and October in abundance preparatory to its migration south, and a bag of six to ten couple may be made by a fair shot in a few hours. It is stated by some of our old sportsmen that fifty or sixty years ago this bird was comparatively rare, and that it is only since the country be- came more settled and cultivated that it has imereased in numbers, We have never yet found the nest of this bird, but as we always flush the young brood in rough thickets, we have reason to believe it is in such places they breed. They are rarely found in their usuai localities after the mid- dle of November, and only one instance is on record of the bird having been seen in mid-winter, viz , at aspring of water in the woods bordering on the Margaret Bay road, a few miles from Halifax, on New Year’s Day, 1881. Gen. Gallinago, Leach. 1. American Snipe (4. wilsonti).—Common. Although fairly abundant previous to their departure south, in some favorable localities, yet the bird is nothing like so numerous as it was twenty years ago. It generally leaves the marshy tracts about the first week in October, but a few stragglers may be flushed as late as the last week of that. month, It is somewhat strange, yet nevertheless a fact, that the snipe — must on its migration north from its winter haunts in the south, pass over a wide expanse of ocean, for every spring visits the Bermudas in greater or less numbers. In the month of April, 1860, we well recollect a day’s snipe shoot- ing we had with two friends in Pembroke Marsh, when the birds were so thick that half a dozen would rise at every step, and on the guns going off, up would get wisp after Wisp in all directions, until the air was positively filled with them. We blazed away to our heart’s content as fast as we could load and fire, sent a messenger for more ammunition, and after that was exhausted, had to give in, not from want of birds assuredly, but from want of desire to become whole- sale slaughterers, Gen. Macrorhamphus, Leach. 1, Red-breasted Snipe (HM. griseus)—Common from the middle to the end of September, about muddy flats of the shore marshes, sometimes occurring in great abundance. Gen, Hreunetes, Til. 1, Semipalmated Sandpiper (Z. pusilius).—Abundant. Gen. Tringa, Linn. 1. Least Sandpiper (7. minwtitla).—Very common. Fre- quents the mud flats of the shore marshes, in company with pectoral sandpipers and others, from middle of September to beginning of October, when nearly all depart, but a few stragglers remain as late as Nov. 1, if the weather be mild, 2. Pectoral Sandpiper (Z. maculata).— Very common. associating with the preceding species, 3. White-rumped Sandpiper (7. benaparlet).—Common. 4, Purple Sandpiper (7. maritéma).—Common. Arrives and departs with the other beach birds, 9. American Dunlin (7. alpina).—Abundant on sandy beaches and mudflats in August and September. We have observed them on the beach at Lawrencetown, Halifax county, as late as the middle of November, and specimens shot were exceedingly fat and were in partial winter plum- age. 6. Curlew Sandpiper (7. subarquata).—Very rare, -One specimen only has occurred, which was procured in Hali- fax market by Mr. Downs in the fall of 1883. Gen. Calidris, Cur. 1. Sanderling (C. arenaria).—Common. Gen, Limora, Briss. 1, Hudsonian Godwit (LZ. hudsonica).—Very rare. Gen. Totanus, Bechst. _ 1. Willet (7. semipalmata).—Very rare. One was shot at Eastern Passage, Halifax Harbor, in May, 1876. Mr. Downs has « specimen in his collection, 2. Greater Yellow-shanks (7. melanolewcus),—Abundant. Generally appears in spring on our shores about the last week of April, and arrives on its migration south about the middle of September, keeping in large flocks about the mud- flats and marshes. 8, Lesser Yellow-shanks (7. flavipes). Abundant. Appears on the northern and southern migrations about the same time as the preceding species and frequents the sume situa- tions. It has been observed as far north as Fort Churchill, Hudson's Bay. 4. Solitary Tattler (7. solitarius).—Not common. Gen. Tringoides, Bonap. 1. Spotted Sandpiper (7. macularius).—Very common, Nests about the grassy slopes on the shores of inlets, lakes and rivers, Gen. Numenius, Linn. 1. Long-billed Curlew (WV. longtrostris),—This species, which formerly was quite common, has now become exceedingly rare. % Hudsonian Curlew (WV. hudsonicus).—Not uncommon during August and September, 8. Esquimaux Curlew (J. borealis).—Rare, Fam. ARDEID, Gen, Ardea, Linn. 1. Great Blue Heron (A. herodias).—Common. Generally appears about the Jast week of April, frequenting the lakes and rivers in all parts of the province. Breeds. 2. Great White Egret (A. egretta)—Very rare. A fine specimen was shot at Tult’s Cove, Halifax Harbor, about. twelve years ago in the mouth of September, about the time of the equinoctial sales. 3. Little White Egret (A. candidinima).—Very rare, occur- ring at intervals of afew years in different paris of the province, generally after severe southerly gales. 4. Little Blue Heron (A, e@rulea).—Very rare.—A. speci- men of the young in the white plumage was shot at Cole Harbor, Halifax county, lately, and preserved by Mr. Egan. 5, Green Heron (A. virescens)—Very rare. A specimen was shot at Sambo Island, at the entrance to Halifax Harbor, in the spring of 1883. Gen. Nyctiurdea, Sirvains. 1. Night Heron (WV. grisea).—Rare: Formerly it was ob- served occasionally, but of late it appears to have nearly de- serted the province. Gen. Botawrus, Steph. 1. Bittern (B. minor).—Very common. In spring it gen- erally appears in the marshes and other wet localities about the Jast week of April, and continues to frequent the same places until the middle of October, when it goes south. Breeds. MALE AND FEMALE GROUSE. Hditor Forest and Stream: “Special’s” reply to my note (in the issue of Aug. 7) has more than repaid me for writing it. Now I am not an “expert as ‘Special’ is” (Shakespeare), but I should like to tell a yery short story. This spring, early, 1 had on hand two very fine adult specimens of the ruffed grouse, and hoped and_ believed they were of opposite sex. Not being at all sure, however, Linyited two of our leading sportsmen to inspect them. After a careful look at both birds, the gentlemen ‘‘unani- mously” agreed that one of the birds was a male and the other a female. Both were old hunters and had been familiar with the ruffed grouse from boyhood, and the mat- ter seemed conclusively settled. But subsequently it was established beyond any possibility of dispute that both these birds were hens. Qe No insinuations, Mr. Editor, and no depreciating “‘Spe- cial’s” ability to discriminate between. the sexes in grouse— merely that it is very difficult to determine ‘‘which is which.” JAY BEBE. ToLtxpo, O., Aug. 8. Hditor Forest and Stream: , That the cock grouse sits and upon occasion takes charge of the brood, there is little room to doubt. I have never observed these birds, but I have often observed the quail (Bob White),-and I know that the cock often takes the place of the hen bird, and I know of no reason why the cock grouse should not do the same thing. Every sportsman who FOREST AND STREAM. has had oceasion to carefully notice the habits of the quail will concur with me. It is by no means a new thing. The cock will sit upon the eggs and take care of the young. This is particularly the case if the hen bird happens to be killed or caught by ahawk. Hence the special reason why the cock should never be killed out of season. If the hen is destroyed, the cock will invariably take charge of and bring up the brood. I have often seen the young birds in charge of the cock only. On one oecasion eer the cock on the nest, It was last summer. I had some puppies following me and in the weeds they pointed. On going to the point, a hen bird flushed and flew off some fifty or seventy-five yards. The puppies immediately pointed within three feet of the place from where the hen flushed, On opening the grass I saw the cock sitting on the nest. I flushed him, and found a nest containing twelve or fourteen eggs. This was by no means a singular occurrence. I mentioned it to Mr, H. H. Matlock, of Riceville, Tenn. (a very well-informed sportsman), and he said he had several times found the cock on the nest, with the hen near by, showing that these birds “spell” each other in the maternal duties. An-Pr, MADISONYILLE, Tenr,, Aug. 7. THE PILEATED WOODPECKER. Editor Forest and Stream: This bird, as. a rule, is solitary in its habits, and frequents the depths of our forests, breeding generally on or near their borders in the body of some old tree or stub, well removed from the habitation of man. However, there are digressions from this habit. I once saw the hole of one in the body of a large oak within fifteen rods of the cabin of a hunter, who had cleared and cultivated a small patch of land on the | banks of the Cass River, Tuscola county, Mich. I was in- {formed by the proprietor that a pair of “‘woodcock” had | nested here for three seasons, and after the brood was out, the female left with the young, and was not seen again un- til the following spring; but during this interval the male bird remained in the yicinity,and could be heard or seen almost daily. Hardly a cold winter evening but his cry was beard from the forest as he approached the tree containing his nest in which he passed the night. While stopping with the hunter in his cabin during Novy- ember and part of December, of 1865, I had an opportunity of noticing the ways of this singular bird, Almost every evening as the sun was setting, I could hear his distant call, and placing myself within good range, I could see his ap- proach as he made for the hole of the nest, which he would enter without seeming to touch the tree. Then he would turn, poke out his head in a scrutinizing way, take in the surroundings for a moment, and retire for the night. No amount of pounding on the trunk of the tree or striking the entrance to his nest with a rifle ball coald make him leave, and it was but seldom he would favor us even with another sight of his head. At the lower end of this clearing stood a large white oak stub five feet in diameter and some forty feet in high, killed by the girdling axe. From within five feet of its base to the very top the trunk was scored and dug out by this pair of birds for the grubs it contained. Around it was a pile of chips, sufficient to make two good cart loads, the result of their labor. I gathered some on the surface of the pile that measured from one to two and a half inches -in length, by one-half inch in thickness; each of these chips showed from two to four marks of the stout bill that chipped them off, The proprietor informed me that this tree was the daily resort of these birds during the breeding season, and that one or both could be seen making their trips back and forth from it to their nest, carrying the food they had hammered out for their young. On digging into the chip pile I found the lower portion much decayed, resembling rotten saw-dust, good evidence the birds had been to work on the tree some years as I had been informed, I once had an opportunity of observing a small pileated woodpecker searching for food in a hard maple tree killed by fire. The ‘excavation made by him commenced within three feet of the ground, was six inches wide by eight inches in depth, and extended up the tree spirally eighteen feet. Hach blow of the bird’s bill was as deliberate and slow as the ticking of old Grandfather’s clock. About every fourth or fifth blow and out would come a chip, and if by chance it missed the side of the excavation it would fly quite a distance from the tree. When you consider the hardness of this wood when dry, it seems almost incredible that so small a bird with so little effort could deal such tremendous blows. A section of this tree with specimen chips is now in the museum of the Kirtland Society. In the Ohio State Zoological report a pileated woodpecker is mentioned as visiting the roof of a church in the early days of the city of Columbus, and was shot while hammer- ing on the roof of that sacred edifice. if they had only known the bird was making melody for his lady love and meant no desecration, probably they would have spared his life, but there were more of them, for the account goes on to state, ‘‘Old citizens smile as they tell of the fun they had, trying to kill with a stick these birds, which frequented the trees on the grounds of the first school house.” ‘ Three years ago this spring a pair of strange birds fre- quented the orchard of a friend who lives in the rather thickly settled portion of the eastern part of the city. From the vague description given of these wonderful birds I was induced to make a visit of exploration to the neighborhood. To my surprise I found a pair of pileated woodpeckers had favored my friend with their company. On further investi- gation we discovered in an immense old locust tree, not twenty rods from the house, a nest hole well under way, which, as I learned afterward, was finished by them and in which they raised their young. Before leaving my friend I had the pleasure of seeing the cock bird fly toa flagstaff on the gable of his house and drum out a merry racket on the stick. My friend rather complained of this as a nuisance, as he remarked, ‘‘Every morning before we are up, and many times during the day he keeps up this infernal noise.” But when I informed him *twas the love call of the bird with which he chose to charm his mate, my friend laughing, and doubting, I suppose, agreed lo submit and not shoot his strange visitor. Iam informed by Capt. B. A. Stanard, of this city, that a pair of pileated woodpeckers wintered about Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Lake Superior, in the winter of 1844. How much further north is this bird found at this season? Dr. E, STERLING. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 11. Editor Forest and Stream: , , , An item relative to this species appeared in the issue of July 28, 1885, but had direct reference to the Hylotomus pile- atus or black woodpecker, log cock or pileated woodpecker, and not tothe Campephilus principalis, which ‘‘Keouk,” how- ever, claims is found in Pennsylvania in many counties, A series of items have of late also appeared, in which it is claimed that the bird is found in Iowa and other northern sections. The inistake has been universally made in these instances, the common black or northern pileated wood- pecker being mistaken for the ivory-billed species,-which is an exclusively southern species, which rarely, if ever, strag- gles as far north as 40° north latitude. It is thought proper - ‘to rectify this error, as very many readers of your paper are misinformed on the point. One writer states that the ivory- billed woodpecker is common in Vermont. Of course, he has reference to the northern black woodpecker which is found almost throughout the United States, though much more abundant in the North. ScoLoPax, RANGE OF THE Mountain Goat.—Hditor Forest and Stream: Some months ago I noticed in Forest anp STREAM a note by Mr. 8. Garman stating that he had seen a white goat which was killed in the Freeze Out Mountains, near the Shirly Basin. There appears to have been an error of identification in regard to this specimen. TI saw it, or rather its head, in Mr. Garman’s camp, and may say that it was a female mountain sheep, Ovis montana, and not Aplocerus columbanus. Ihave lived in the region spoken of by Mr. Garman for some years, and have hunted through all the neighboring mountains, but I have never seen a white goat there, nor has diligent inquiry among hunters been able to elicit any information in regard to this species. It is possible that it may occasionally occur as a strageler, but even this is to be proved. It may be suggested that in winter and spring the mountain sheep is very nearly white and it is possible that the color of his specimen may have misled Mr. Gar- man.—W. H. Reep (Shirley Basin, Carbon county, July 31). [See some notes on this subject in a paper in our shooting columns, | ; THOREAU AS A Narurauist.—Hditor Forest and Stream: Your correspondent ‘‘V.” need not hoid up Thoreau, the so- called poet-naturalist, as an example, We all admire Tho- reau’s writings for their simplicity and pleasing descriptions, but in no way does he compare to the enthusiasm of others who make birds their life study, and whose untiring work has advanced our knowledge to a degree which would never have been attained by a hermit who did not collect speci- mens, but rather wrote of birds with asentimental taste, and not with strictly scientific insight.—Scotopax. { \\ {\\.\o% \ RECENT ARRIVALS AT THE PHILADELPHIA ZooLoGiIcAL GARDEN.— Two indigo birds (Cyanospiza cyanea), one opossum (Didelphys vir- giniana), two golden-winged woodpeckers (Colaptes auratus), one screech owl (Scops asio), oue orange-winged amazon (Chrysotis ami - zonica), one blue heron (Ardz2a herodias), one peacock (Pavo cris- tata), six mallard ducks (Anas boschas), three alligators (Alligator mississippiensis), one hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platyrhines), one coon snake (Coluber guttatus), one fallow deer (Cervus dama), Game Bag ayd Gun. , AO Hess all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- ing Co. DAYS WITH THE QUAIL, A STORY OF MID-WINTER SPORT FOR MID SUMMER READING. AY Y friend and sporting companion, Brother Duffrey, who is a Clergyman and ‘‘sliding elder,” is so occu- pied with his ministerial duties that he cannot always find time to indulge his fondness for the healthful sports of the field. When he does amuse himself in that way it is during the intervals of his somewhat arduous labors. He is a native of one of the central counties of this State, and many of his near relations still reside within its borders. Much of the cultivated land being devoted to grain, and the climate being favorable, there are usually quite a large number of birds to be found in the fields; and when Bro. D. visits his kins- people he makes it convenient to take along his 14-bore and his setter dog Bob, with the view not only to relax his mental strain by outdoor sports, but to provide his friends with an acceptable addition to their stock of provisions. But as stated he cannot go on these jaunts except when his official duties will permit, and hence must set his time according to the superior demands of his calling. When the day comes he goes then or not at all. He must run all hazards of un- toward weather, and if unfortunately that is not propitious, he must do ‘‘the best his circumstance allows.” During our last visit to Chatham county it so happened that Brother D. could not make it convenient to go to the home of his brother Joe, who lives on Hickory Mountain, ten miles west of Pittsboro. Accordingly he determined to make arrangements so that he could pay the desired visil. He gave Teceel, Mud and myself due notice of the day which he had set for the proposed journey, and invited us to join him, Mud, as usual, was undecided. He was promptly told that he must ‘‘now say it, or forever hereafter hold his peace.” He higgled still, and was then informed that another party was ready, and the quartet was completed without him. Poor fellow! He was sadly chagrined, but he got ex- actly what he deserved. ButI have consoled him somewhat by telling him that if he would say yes without hesitation, he might go with me on my next hunt, provided he would take with him for training and practice my young setter Eck Galloway. He saidit. ‘'There is life in the old land yet.” Monday night, the 9th of February, was selected as the time of our departure, and at “the hour 0” night 8 black arch the keystone” Teceel, Brother Duffrey, Crickett of Saint’s Rest, and I, were at the railway station, duly “armed and equipped, as the law directs.” Teceel had his 16-bore and his dog Joe, Dufftrey his 14-bore and his dog Bob, Crickett his 12-bore and his dog Jack, and I my 14-bore (Lucy Green by name) and my pointer Argo. He 1s exceedingly dimuni. tive in size, with an undue abbreviation of tail, The weather was rather warm for the season, but soon after our arrival at Sandford, early the following morning, the wind changed its course to the northwest, and the thermometer dropped below the freezing point. By a previous arrangement our old friend, Mark Bynum, who lives about five miles north of Deep River, in Chatham, and fourteen miles from Sandford, had a covered wagon sent for a part of the sportsmen, and the vehicle was ready for us soon after breakfast. Crickett and I got in and bade our genial and generous host, Page, and Teceel and Brother D, farewell. These two were to wait until the afternoon. Whataride wehad! ‘The wind blew as twad blown ils last,” but the canvas cover on the road wagon sheltered us to a great extent, still, it was un- we CU ea pleasant. After a jolting trip of several hours we were - cheered by the appearance of the hospitable house of our old friend, and his smiling face as he bade us welcome to all the comforts it would afford, He was heartily joined in his kind reception by the other members of his family, and_after en- joying the delights of a blazing fire of oak and hickory wood we were invited to the dining room, where the madam had spread, for our especial gratification, an abundant and well prepared dinner, to which my rattling friend Crickett and ] paid our most devoted respects. It was understood, before we left Sandford, that Brother D. and ‘f. would join us at Mr. B.'s on Thursday or Friday and help us range the fields in that locality. 4 ~~ Notwithstanding the cutting wind still blew its icy blasts, Crickett and Il concluded that we could brave it all and try to get a few birds forthe family’s morning meal. Our dogs were keen enough for the sport, and doubtless enjoyed it far more than we did. It was too cold for us, and the sharp wind kept my eyes suffused with tears. We found very few birds, and when ‘‘the evening shades prevailed,” and we en- tered the dwelling, our bags showed only sixteen birds as the reward of -all our labor and exposure. We stood exactly even in the number of our trophies. Being tired and hungry, we welcomed the blazing fire and the opportune announce- ment that supper was ready. -Our hostess was not offended at the way we complimented her victuals, After we had tried the coffee, the sausages, the butter, and the excellent milk, we went back to the parlor, where ‘‘Uncle Mark” and Crickett smoked ‘‘the pipe of peace,” while the latter enter- tained the household with his side-splitting recitals and laughable oddities. We did not sit up late. "That is, at least, not my habit. About 9 o’clock we were shown to our room, and wrapping the blankets closely around us, we were both soon asleep and snoring, At all events, I heard Crickett in some of his choicest serenades, and did not deny that I had afforded him an equal degree of a similar entertainment. Next morning, by sun-up, we were out of our warm beds and sitting before a comfortable fire. The thermometer was 12° aboye zero. We sometimes have it colder than this, but it has not been so during the present winter, The change, too, was quite sudden, and, therefore, we felt it the more ‘sensibly. Butas we had come to hunt, we resolved to try it, notwithstanding the difficulties to which we knew we would be subjected, Soon after we had partaken of a most substantial breakfast, Crickett and I, with Tommy, our host’s youngest son, Jeft the house for a trial of the fields on the upper waters of Cedar Creek. 'Tommy had his 12-bore and his old setter Vance. This dog was named after ‘‘Our Zeb,” who is a Senator in Congress. Birds were not abun- dant, and at 1 o’clock, when we stopped on the sunny side of a hill for lunch, Crickett had twelve birds, Tommy eleyen and I only six. After resting a while we resumed our walk, and when we got to the intersection of Munn’s Branch with the creek Crickett had thirteen, Tommy thir- teen, and I had seven, Tommy had gotten over the creek. After I had vainly hunted a piece of ground where I thought I would find birds and bad started up the branch on my way back home, [ heard the euphonious voice of Crickett calling to me and telling me that Vance had founda covey. I de- cline to walk back with the prospect of getting not more than one shot, and suggested that he join me. This invita- tion he declined, no doubt thinking that Tommy, who knew the HUEY could take him to better sporting ground than I could. Leaving them to enjoyall they could get, I whistled up Argo and was “alone in my glory.” I had not gone more than three hundred yards before my little dog was at a point. Going up I flushed the birds, and got one with my first bar- rel. The second one was unsuccessful. I followed the coyey into the woods and wasted’ two shells at them. Going on for some distance another was found, and out of this I got two birds and missed three. I ought to have killed four. Waiting a while for my late companions to come up, and seeing nothing of them, I went forward, After traveling about a quarter of a mile I reached a sedge field of about ten acres, and my active little dog quartered it most elegantly on the leeward side. Not far from lhe northestern corner he came to a stand, and I got one bird with each barrel. Fol- lowing up the coyey, 1 bagged two more and then left the pursuit, About one hundred yards from where my dog found these birds he struck scent again, and after some nice working he located them. With my first barrel 1 dropped two birds and badly wounded another, which fell, but I did not find it, The second barrel ‘‘made the feathers fly,” but that was all, Going to where they settled, I killed.one and missed one. Then I bagged another and gaye up the pur- sult, Crossing the highway near the old Dowdy Spring, I entered a stubble field bordered with sedge, and.as I was walking up a drain, I saw a covey flying which my dog had evidently flushed. Where they alighted I could not tell, but when [ got on the crest of the ridge my dog met me, and immediately went in the direction the birds had flown. Ina short while he was still. I went up and killed with the first and missed with the second barrel. J ranged through the sedge and bagged four more birds. As it was getting about sundown, it was quite cold, and the house was more than a mile off. I gave up the hunt for the day, and slowly plodded my weary way, to find comfort within its inviting walls. Weallreached the piazza about the same time, and on emptying our pockets, Crickett and Tommy had thirty-one birds and were even, while [ pulled out twenty-three. I have no recollection of having ever in my life a larger bag. Now let no one laugh at the score which I made, and especially such as give ‘‘rose- ate hues” to their own performances. I, at the very least, _ was pretty well satisfied with the result, and this satisfaction was partly owing to the fact that I was ahead of Crickett, who is no mean handler of agun, Tommy, too, can make many a braggart cower when he gets him into the field. The following day was still unpleasant, and unfortunately we selected unfayorable grounds for our tramp. The walk- ing was extremely tiresome, and the birds could not be found, At night Crickett had eleyen, and Tommy and I seven each. Soon after geting home and enjoying our sup- per, we all repaired to the family sitting-room and indulged in conversation, each one doing his best to add to the pleas- ures of the others. Orickett enlivened the assemblage with ' his ‘‘queerest stories” and laughable mimicry, in both of > which he is primus inter pares in our section of the country, while 1 endeavored to please them by reading a copy of the Forrsr anp STRHAM, which contained the incidents of a _ holiday’s hunt, in which C., Mud and Brother D. were promi- nent characters, ; ‘The next morning the ground was white with snow, and all the shrubbery and forest, trees were clad in the feathery _ habiliments. My hopes for field sports vanished, and T devoted the day to reading Dr. Edward’s ‘“‘The Old Log ~~. = ie FOREST AND STREAM. Meeting House,” but Crickett and Tommy concluded to try the field. Tommy, being out of shells, took Lucy Green with thirty Ioads, Doubtless they had some fun, but whether it compensated for the labor given I am unable to say. They brought back a few partridges and doves and several rabbits. Tommy reported that Lucy was an elegant little companion which he would be willing to call his own for several years to come, Late in the afternoon a covered wagon drawn by two mules came to the gate, and out got Brother Duffrey and Teceel. The ‘‘Old Log Meeting House” was laid aside, half read, and I listened for their report. Alas! with all our toil, they took the badge. Orickett was sadly hurt, but I am accustomed to it. We sat up later than usual, and when we got into our downy couches we slept well until the morning, — . After breakfast it began to sleet; but we were obliged to go, An open wagon was the only chance, and in this we got, wrapping ourselves as well as we could. Just before we reached Egypt, on the south bank of Deep River, the snow fell rapidly. We were cold enough when we placed our lugvage in the railway station, and a sparkling fire in Mrs, Robinson’s store near by was quite acceptable to us, A half hour afterward the whistle of the locomotive was heard, the train drew up, Conductor Campbell’s pleasant face was seen, the baggage was stowed away, the dogs placed in comfortable quarters, and we left for Sandford, Our good friend Col. Page greeted us with a cordial welcome, and yery soon we were sifting at his round table, turning the wheel on which the dishes were placed, and helping ourselves to one of those substantial meals for which his wayside inn is noted. We took the ‘‘way freight” at 2 o’clock. When we called for our bills our host informed us that they had been paid, and always would be when we were on a hunting expedition. All we could do was to request him to thank our generous friend and give him a dozen fat birds as a partial payment for his kindness, At 7:20 we were at Hamlet, the junction of the Raleigh & Augusta and the C. C. Railways, and soon thereafter in our own vehicle on our way to our homes. These met us by appointment, inasmuch as we did not wish to remain at the station until 2 o’clock the following morn- ing. At 10 o’clock we were all in bed and enjoying that sweet repose which always follows a day of hardship. Notwithstanding the unpleasantness of the weather and the scarcity of birds, we killed about one hundred and eighty, all but two dozen of which we left with the people on whose lands we hunted. WELLS. RockInGuam, N, C, HUNTING THE MOUNTAIN GOAT. ELL, here Lam again! I wonder what brings me up to this one particular peak each season, It is not that the trip is an easy one, nor that game is more plentiful than on other mountains nearer home, This time [ started out with no particular objective point, but as we rounded the end of the island and [ caught sight of the summit of Yo,* memories of pleasant camp-fires up there, of former hunting scenes and old companions, came trooping up from the past, and I inyoluniarily stopped paddling, laid my paddle across my canoe and Jooked long and wistfully up the rugged side of the mountain. Whether I made any sign to the silent savage, who sat in the stern and guided our course, I do not know, but my reveries were suddenly broken by the sound of our little dugout grating on the rocky beach at the mouth of the mountain torrent up whose side we were soon toiling. | It has always been a mystery to me, and many a time while exploring the depths of these northwestern forests, I have sat down to study out the problem, why it is that animal life is not more abundant in this, its apparently natural home? I speak now more of birds. Do birds follow civilization? And has not man in more ways than one much to do with their distribution? Why is it that at this par- ticular season human surroundings are jubilant with the warble and chatter of countless migrants, while these -vast forests are as silent as the grave? Even the few representa- tives of the bird world which are met with here are as weird and mute as their surroundings. A varied thrush darts from a pile of rotten rubbish just ahead of us, alights for a moment, looks back with a wild startled glance and then disappears in the gloom. And as we stop to cook our mid- day meal, silently, without soff~d of voice or wing, a Canada jay comes drifting out from the spectral trunks of giant firs, like a shadow from another world. The day was fearfully hot, and although I had taken the precaution not to hamper the IsAiian with a heavy pack, night was nearly on us when we reached the summit of the lower peak. Yo is & mountain with two peaks, which stand north and south from each other, separated by a distance of about seven hundred yards; and on the southern peak, which is the higher by about three hundred feet, snow re- mains the year around. The ridge connecting the peaks, which is nowhere more than fifty yards wide, is made up of a series of benches, which drop gently down from the lower peak, then ascend rather sharply till the summit of the higher one is reached. The western side of the mountain is quite rugged and bare of timber for a long way down, and on this side the whole length of the ridge breaks off abruptly, leaving a sheer descent of nearly a thousand feet, when other benches and ridges are met, which lead up to other peaks or slope away to the valley of Seamour Creek. On the eastern side the mountain is timbered to within a few hundred feet of the summit; the slope is gradual and the ascent not at all dangerous, but much of the way it lies through an infernal network of bushes, which tells sorely on the muscles of the legs before the journey is ended. When I reached the summit a disappointment awaited me. I expected at this season (May 19) to find considerable snow on the peaks, but I confidently hoped that the lower ridges and benches be at least partially covered with their usual carpet of grass and heather. Alas! over peak and ridge and bench as far as the eye could reach, was one white glisten- ing mantle of snow. I saw at a vlance that I would not be able to reach my old hunting ground over the higher peak, as no one could tell when a snow slide might occur. I moved across the summit, which is only about a hundred yards in extent, and looked down to the first bench. Two goats stood near the foot of the slope about fifty yards away. Their heads were toward me and there was nothing between me and them to break their view, but they did not show by their actions that they had discovered me. *T trust your correspondent '*Yo” will pardon the liberty I have taken in giving his nom de plume to one of our mountainpeaks. But ashe has been in British Columbia, and while here, written some charming letters descriptive of our mountain scenery, and also has. in company with myself, partaken of a hunter’s meal beneath the Shadow of this very mountain, the liberty is somewhat justifiable and the honor not altogether an empty one. AS There appears to be as much stoical indifference in the composition of this animal as is usually found in that of the average red man of the forest, and I never knew but one to show any weakness in this respect. This was one f owned myself. I got him when very young from an Indian and kept him for about three months, when he died. He became very tame and would follow me in all my collecting rambles through the woods, and the report of my gun would haye no more effect on him than would the falling of a rock in his own native wilds. He could not bear the sight of a dog, and no member of the canine family could remain around the place if the goat could by any possible means drive it away. One day a gentleman came into my shop accom- panied by a setter, when the goat, who had seen the pair enter, immediately followed and assumed a belligerent atti- tude, stepping around the room stiff-leeged, his little hoofs coming down with a loud thump at every step. Finally he halted at a respectful distance from the dog, bracing him- self for a last effort, the hairs on his back standing straight on end, and, with his head lowered, lie seemed to say, ‘You just stand there two seconds longer and Ill go through you like a shot from a Krupp gun.” The dog surveyed the ungainly looking specimen for a moment, then, probably considering it scarcely worth his while to notice it, lay down on the floor and went to sleep. This was a line of defense the goat was not prepared for. This dog acted differently from any he had yet encountered. It was probably a new species and worth studying. As the dog remained motion- less the goat relaxed his rigid position and moved cautiously nearer until, by stretching his neck, he brought his nose within an inch of that of the dog. Just then a fly disturbed the dog’s slumber, and in bringing up his paw to brush away the insect he hit the goat a sharp tap on the nose, Quick as a flash, and apparently without bending a joint, the goat sprang into the air fully two feet, and in coming down and trying to alight as far away from the dog as pos- sible, he got tangled up in thelegs of a chair, which in his hurry to get out ot the foom he packed with him, When he shook himself clear and looked around and found that the house had not fallen and that the deg was perfectly quiet, he put on a look of utter disgust and skulked off into a corner of the yard, where he lay down in a clump of weeds and remained out of sight until the dog was clear of the prem- ises But to return to the two goats. I raised my rifle and fired, killing one of them, the other disappearing over the steep side of the bench, and when J reached the spot he was still within range picking his way carefully down over the snow- covered rocks. He did not appear to be in any hurry, and I might have shot him, but calculating the difficulty of get- ting him up even if he stopped where he fell; I let him go. Leaving the Indian contemplating the amount of muck-a- muck contained within the skin of the dead soat, I walked along over the snow to the end of the bench looking around for a bare place to camp, Onthe next bench below me and about one hundred yards away were four goats and two deer, standing pretty close together, the trim-limbed representa- tives of the lower altitudes appearing quite at home in the company of their shaggy-coated cousins of the mountain peaks. Dropping on one knee and resting my elbow on the other, I sighted for the largest goat and fired, killing it on the spot. This brought every head in the little band to an upright position, with eyery eye fixed on the smoking muz- zle of my rifle and the strange-looking object on the snow above them. Again | fired, and another of the goats fell. crimsoning the white snow with its life blood. This broke up the party, the deer springing down the timbered side of the bench, the two goats goimg over the steep side opposite. On examining the goats | had killed, I found they had he- gun to’'shed their coat, which was another disappointment, as I wished to procure two good skins for mounting. for a gentleman in the East who had written forthem; so the hunt, so far as goats were concerned, was at an end. I remained the next day in hope of securing some ptarmi- gan in the change of plumage, but as the approaches to the higher peak were dangerous, and I had to confine myself to the narrow strip between the peaks, I got nothing, and the following day we slid down off our snowy perch, and in the midst of a drenching rain made our way to the sali water, The following are the measurements of the largest of the three goats, an adult male; Girth, 4ft,; length to root of tail, 3ft. 6in.; length of horn, 1lin,; circumference of horn at base, 54in.; circumference of fore hoof at bottom, 9tin. In comparing this with measurements of those of other goats I have killed I find it to be the largest. While on this subject I reply to a question which has more than once been asked me respecting a larger species of goat than the above, that I do not know of such in these mountains, cither from personal knowledge or Indian report, nor do I believe that the average weight of a mountain goat to be much over 125 pounds. My experience in this matter is in accord with the views some time ago expressed in ForEsT AND STREAM by Mr. J. C. Hughes, of this Province, and Capt. Charles Ben- dire, of Fort Custer, Montana, The mountain goat is, how- ever, 4 very conspicuous object when seen on theside of a cliff, even at a great distance, and if he gets away from your elutches, the imaginaton is apt to picture him a veritable monster. But ‘‘science is measurement,” and asmall pocket tapeline is a very useful thing for one to pack on a hunting trip. Me a number of gentlemen in the Hast have expressed their intention of visiting this Province soon, and have asked for information respecting the opportunities for hunting the mountain goat in this neighborhood, I will, with your per- mission, offer the following hints for their benefit. In the first place, do not come here limited for time. You cannot here, as in the East, step out of your hotel into a steamboat or rail car and be whirled 10 any point of the compass you choose. You cannot even go hunting mountain goats on the hurricane deck of a mule. For the greater part of this work you must depend on your own muscle. And then, British Columbia is a difficult country to travel through; in fact that portion of it lying near the coast is simply an infernal jungle, to penetrate which will try the patience of the most experienced hunter; and much of this kind of country must be gone through before the home of the mountain goai is reached. -Again, notwithstanding the fact that the climate of British Columbia is lauded to the skies, an experience of twenty-three years here has not raised my confidence in it to the betting point, and just at the time of your arrival it may be wet, cloudy weather, which will cause more or less delay, as you must have clear weather to hunt in. Indians may also be difficult to get, but this would be the result of accident, for they are generally available. One Indian for each white man, or even two Indians for three white men, is sufficient. An Indian’s pack should not exceed thirty pounds, your rifle, of course, being carried by 46 FOREST AND STREAM. [Aue. 13, 1885. yourself, Leave all superfluous clothing, such as hunting coat or jacket, at the foot of the mountain, and make the _ ascent in pantaloons and shirt, leaving yourself free at every point. I have never felt an inconvenience from cold on the summit, and have always slept comfortable, using the same amount of covering I generally use in my own house. See instructions at head of this column. Diamond i. Bay State Kennels’ (Worcester, Mass.) pue bitch Dia- mond LL., July 28, eight (four dogs), by their imported Duke IT. Flirt, Bay State Kemmels’ (Worcester, Mass.) imported pug bitch Flirt, Aug. 2. nine (eight dogs), by their imported Duke TI. Chubby. Bay State Kennels’ (Worcester, Mass.) pug bitch Chubby —Ruby), Aug. 5, eight (five dogs), by their imported Duke IT. Ruby. Bay State Kennels’ (Worcester, Mass.) imported pug bitch Ruby, April 7, eight (six dogs), by their imported Hico, Dashing Jessie. 1H, W. Jester's (St. George’s, Del.) English setter bitch Dashing Jessie (A.K.R. 815), Aig. 1, three (one dog), by his Glen Rock (A.K.R, 1616), ; , Queen Alice. Howard Hartley’s (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Euglish setter bitch Queen Alive (A.K.R. 2296), Aug. 3, six (four dogs), by Count Noble. Spot. (Hector—Shoo Ply), June 2t, (Racket—Fly". j j Lillie Langtry. Thos. W, Mills’s (Montreal, Can,) bull bitch Lillie Langtry (A.KR. 2453), Aug. 1, eight (seven dogs), by his Guillermo (A. KR. 671); white and white with brindié head. Princess Ida. Thos. W. Mills’s (Montreal, Can.) bull bitch Princess fda (A.K.R, 2454), Aug. 2, five (one dog), by his Guillermo (A.K.R, 671) = white and brindle and white. Ruth. J, A. MeDonongh’s (St. Louis, Mo,) English setter bitch Ruth (A. K.R. 82%), July 24. eleven (six dogs), by his Count Glickstone (Royal Blue -—Modjeska). Diamond, Bay State Kennels’ (Worcester, Mass.) imported pug bitch Diamond, April 14. six bitches, by their imported Hlco. Ruby Hi. Bay State Kennels’ (Worcester, Mass.) pug bitch Ruby TI, ¢ —Ruby), July 22, five (two dogs), by their imported Duke IE. Dr, M. F. Young’s (Littleton, N. H,) beagle bitch Spot three (one dog), by N, Elmore’s Gyp Dot. Bay State Kennels’ (Worcester, Mass.) black and tan terrier bitch Dot ( —Midget), June 19, three (one dog), by Wood’s Dot. Gip. Bay State Kennels’ (Worcester, Mass.) imported black and oan seorae bitch Gip, June 30, four (two dogs), by their importcd andy. Mistletoe. J. H. Houston’s (Stuart, Neb.) pointer bitch Mistletoe (A.K.R. 1254), Aug. 2, nine (ope dog), by Bruce II. (A. E.R. 695); liver and white; four bitches and dog since dead, Lady Clare. I. Hl. Roberts’s (Moorestown, N. J.) red Irish setter bitch Lady Clare (Elcho—Rose), July 19, ten (seven dogs), by Blarney (Bruce—Luray). Coomassie. Rancocas Kennels’ (Jabstown, N. J ) English setter bitch Coomassie (A.K.R 949), Aug, 2, two (one dog), by thew Dashing Monarch (A,K.R, 2818); black and white dog, black, white ard tan bitch. SALES. GE" See instructions at head of this column. Donald. 1—Lady Bang (A.K.R. 698) whelps. liver and white pointer dogs. whelped June 28, 1885, by Clitton Kennels, Jersey City, N. ate G. W, Latsue, New York, and one to Mortimer Mills, Jersey City, N. J. Fanny C. Black and tan beagle bitch, agenot given (Lead—Fanny), by E, W. Jester, St. George’s, Del,, to J, C. Vail, Warwick, N. Y. Dora Thorn. Black, white and tan English setter bitch, whelped July 22, 1884 (Nixey—Princess Louise), by Detroit Kennel Club, Detroit, Mich., to Jerry Coekrell, Memphis, Tenn. Doncaster—Princess Louise (A.K.R. 117) whelp, Lemon belton English setter biteh, whelped March 6, 1885, by Detroit Kennel Club, Detroit, Mich., to R. Cogar. Mt. Sneffels, Col. Lexington— Kelp (A.K.B, 110) whelps. English setters.whelped May 15. 1885, by Detroit Kennel Club, Detroit, Mich., a liver and white dog to Wm. Jarvis, same place; a black and white dog and a liver and white bitch to Wm. Borilen, Chicago, Ill. Gyp—Spot whelp, Black, white and tan beagle dog, whelped June ah 1885, by Dr. M. F. Young, Littleton, N. H.,to F, H. Twitchell, same place. Storm. Blaek, white and tan Mnglish setter dog, whelped Septem- ber, 1883 (Carl—Countess Vesta), by E. H, Lathrop, Springfield, Mass., to Ll, H. Mayott, same place. PRESENTATIONS. [=> See instructions at head of this column. Flossie Belle. Red Irish setter bitch (A.K.R. 2433), by J, Middleton, Washington, D. C., to Thos, Taylor, Four Mile Run, Va. Lady Bub. Black spaniel bitch (A.K.R. 998), by H, F. Schellhass, Brooklyn, N. Y., to D. C. Frank, Tremont, N. Y. ' DEATHS, E> See instructions at head of this column. Miss Romp. White and black imported pointer bitch, dyrs. old (Mike—Romp), owned by Field Trial Kennels, Charlottesyille, Va., Aug. 1, accidental hanging. Gladstonekoff. Brindle bulldog, 5iéyrs. old (Gamester—Miss Nip- per), owned by J. P. Barnard, Jr., Boston, Mass. KENNEL MANAGEMENT. ts—- No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, B., Brewer, Me.—t have a fine dog that I think agreat deal of, but he has one trouble; that is, he sheds his hair the yearround. He is a young dog, short hair, thin coat. Will some of the many readers of your valuable paper give a remedy through its columns that isnot in- jurious? Ans, Wash your dog every other day with Genn’s sulphur soap and warm water and dry thoroughly afier washing. J.N., Pittsford, Vt.—A setter dog six years old has wintered here in Vermont, and has developed an enormous coat of hair, Itisfrom four to five inches long all over his body, and he shows no disposition to shed it, His nose is very seldom cool and his eyes are bloodshot, very much so after running. Ans. Keep his bowels regular with spirits of buckthorn. Give him one pill of aloes and iron each even- ing and do not feed too highly. Give plenty of exercise and groom the dog regularly. FE. H. F. M., Ottawa, Ont.—1. One of my Clumbers, a bitch, swells in 2 most extraordinary way when in the water. She is a very good water dog and swims a great deal, and after being in for a couple of minutes her stomach swells double its natural sizé, with what seems to be wind, and forces her hindlegs out of the water and her head down, so that she cannot swim. When she comes out of the water she, in a wonderfully short time. assumes her natural proportions. She is generally very fiatulent, Could you tell me the cause of this, and if there is any remedy for it? 2. Another. Clumber licks his fore- legs a great deal, keeping them very thin, which of course looks very bad ina Clumber. Can I doanything? Ans. 1. Flatulency is com- mon in bitches. Give three drops of turpentine on small lump of sugar twice daily. 2. You might cure your dog of the habit by put- ting some mixture on his forelegs distasteful to him. This is better than the muzzle. A L.R., Allentown, Pa.—Will you please let me know what caused a mastiff dog to foam at the mouth and discharge a slimy substance, and what remedy, if any, I shall use? Is there any way of removing a hard crust, something like a corn, that has started to grow on the elbow joint of a mastiff dog owned by me? Ans. Your dog had a convulsion or fit. It may be due to a dozen causes, over-eating, over- heating, worms, and other digestive troubles. Satisly yourself of the absence of these causes, and if your dog has any more attacks report tous. You may burn off the wart with nitric acid; butif itis on a Peet that is constantly irritated in lying down or seratching, you will ave to be careful during treatment that the part is protected and that in future the dog does not irritate it, otberwise it willreturn. The acid should be applied on a match stick with a little ball of cotton at its ut Shaye off all you can first with a sharp knife. Apply once daily. L. F. H,, Oswego.—My Newfoundland puppy, three months old, has broken out with small sores from the pit of his stomach to the base of tail, and on the inner side of his hindlegs, He digs and bites con- stanly. 1 examined him and found his belly covered with fleas, which Trid him of by using insect powder; I have washed the sores with castile soap and they appear to be better, but spread. He is insplen- did spirits and his general healthis good. He goes isto the water very often, fiveor six timesa week. The sores scab over and heal up; they are the size of a large pin head, and are filled with yellow matter. The hair falls off where they appear. Ans, Your puppy suffers from a pustular eczema, which is oneform of mange, Sponge his belly carefully with warm water and carbolic or castile soap, then after drying dust on a powder made of equal parts of zine oxide and white precipitate (ammoniated mercury). You may prick any pus- tules which form with a needle, You may give Fowler's solution of arsenic in the food twice daily in three-drop doses for three weeks, S52 FOREST AND STREAM a ee all [Aue, 13, 1885. SS SS SSS SSS eee Bile and Crap Shooting. { adress ail communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- mg Ca. THE “FOREST AND STREAM” RIFLE TRIAL. Editor Forest and Stream? : I beg to tender you my most hearty thanks and approval of your settled purpose to have a trial this coming fall of the different hunt ing rifles now in general use, for height of trajectory, and, of course, target. As you say both a fat curve and a good target must combine to constitute a good hunting rifle, I have often repeated this fact in your columns and given the reasons for it, so I pass on, In making this trial you touch upon the very keynote of rifle shoot- ing. Thousands of hunters all over this continent will rejoice at your libera] and unselfish proposition, and await with great anxiety and much patience your most valuable report. Sich a trial has been greatly wanted by hunters and others for many years, and the public, with a few exceptions, will now greatly rejoice thatit is to be forth- coming. Your most able and very reliant correspondent, ‘P.,"’ has already sent to your columns a most valuable series of experiments which he made near three years ago in Montana, and he there recom- mended just such a trial as you now propose to make and I strongly apptoved of it. In arecent published letter he renews the same, and says that all makers of rifles should first carefully and truly test them, and then warrant them to perform according to the test and “tag affixed to each. I most heartily concur in this and so will all rifle shooters in America. J am free to say that a rifle which cannot be accurately tested and then sold under a warrant of the test is not the kind of rife I would buy or have in possession. But I wish particularly to say, that I think the trial range should not be over 150yds. at most, and that 100yds. would suit my views better, still 150yds. is very well, but 200yds. is too great for ordinary hunting rifles, This, you say, is to be a general test for hunting rifles as used in this country. Now all old hunters will agree that to shoot at any kind of game over about 100yds., as a rule is very unwise and a losing business. Also that they shoot at game, large and small, nine times in ten within 100yds., and this because they do not wish to run the chances of losing the game by shooting atit up to 100yds. Indeed, when we come dawn to the practical facts, more deer are shot within Yayds, than over it, aud thus for all larger game as arule. As to small game, squirrels, crows, hawks and the like, they are generally shot within 26 to 60yds., and always remember that small animals are hunted ninety-nine times to one of larfeanimals. Thus it is evident that hunting rifies should be confined to short ranges, and it is right here we shoul’ certainly know how they shoot, Atange longer than 150yds., and even of 150yds., will serve to exclude trom the trial many small bores which make the very best (and are the most sought after) hunting rifles for small game up to 75 or 100yds. The small bores are the most popular and sought after, because the game is generally smail and the ammunition cheap. Try to not excludethe most popu- lar hunting rifles of all—I mean close-shooting rifles for short dis- tances, These are what the majority of shooters prefer, hence a trial for 200¥ds. is altogether too great. One other point. Tassume that you intend to report the target, of course. And this, because if the rifle does not shoot steady, then a flat curve is useless, The essentials of a good rifle are: 1, Steadiness in shooting. 2. A flat curve, soas not to shoot over and under. 3. Sufficient power to kill the game you wish to hunt. 4 As jittle recoil as possible. Mark well that steadiness and a fat curve must unite in the same rifie, in order not to render it next to worthless in hunting, especially for all small game. As to the target, I will say thus: The English in a like trial for a hunting trajectory and target, made near London in the fall of 1883, arrived at the target in this way. They used forthe measurement of fhe cluster square inches. After the shooting was made, they drew four straight lines at right angles to each other in such a way as to include the outer centers of the trial bullet holes. This gave them the-height and breadth of the target, and when these were multiplied together, it gave the result in square inches and decimals of inches, the size of the target was only the cluster of shots, in fact. I think they reported the string of the cluster also. A cluster, of course, shows the same steadiness of the shooting, whether it be outside of or around the center of a target. In a trial for trajectory the cluster method is best, I think, for the bullseye is not seen when screens are used; and as the trial is to be one of machine (constant) rest, with no change of elevation or aim, of course each bullet shoula follow the other into the same cluster, if not bullet hole. The English selected 150yds. as the limit of range, and if you select the same it will bring the English experiments into your own table, and thus they become useful as conrparisons. Six English manu facturers entered their rifles for competition at this trial, which was gotten up and supervised by the editor of the London Field, who re- ported on the same very fully in his columns. The names of those who entered are Tho, Bland & Sons, Messrs. Holland, Adams, Tran- ter, Jeffries and Watson. The invitation was made general, but as ib was not availed of by all English manufacturers it looks as if some f them, dared not to test their rifles. Nearly eighteen months ago, in writing about this trial, which was | published throughout this country, I said: * * * ‘I desire to thauk you * * for bringing before the public the valuable re- sults of the recent rifleexptriments which have been made at Putney and Nunhead, England, * * and for the purpose of testing the | qualities of different hunting rifles and placing the results and their trajectories fairly and squarely on record, so that the public may clearly understand them. Such experiments carefully made form the very essence of all rifle shooting, and without such the shooter of the rifle may grope in darkness all his life. “= * * Most heartily dol commend this course of trials to all American manufacturers of the hunting rifle. Each and all of these seem to claim his own to be the best, and therefore they should not be afraid to enter them in a general contest. “Tam glad that afew Hnglish makers have been consistent enough to come thus squarely to the front to test the shooting qualities of their rifles, and we truly hope to see our American manufacturers not less consistent and brave thanthe English * * * Will they not then follow where the Hnglish have led, and so demonstrate 1o the world what their hunting rifles can actually do? This exact knowl- edgeis jush what the public wants, and 1 unhesitatingly say that eyery American hunter will gladly clap his hands with joy to learn who makes the best general hunting rifies, that is, for both large and small game * * * Now the best hunting rifle for general purposes is that which makes the flattest carve and shcots the steadiest within ordinary hunting ranges * # * Qun trials, as you see, lie right at the foundation of all rifle shooting, and I hope to see others coming forward to indorse them, But all rifle trials should, and must be made with much care, and disinterestedly, to be of value.’’ Thust wrote then and not one even has responded to the good cause. It now remains for you, Mr, Editor, to do up this most praise- worthy work, and sincerely I hope you will do it (as I have no doubt ou will) most thoroughly and righton the square. I give you my heart and hand in this matter and may you push ey forward to the end. Mas. H. W. Mureiny. P. §8,—After more mature consideration I come to the conclusion that the rifles should be tested at 200yds., this is the distance that *p.,” and Mr. Rabbeth and others have used, and many wish to know this trajectory. Hence I recommend for each rifle 15 shots as fol- lows: Five at 200yds., 3screens, at 50, 100, 150 to target. Vive ab 150yds,, 8 screens, at 3714, 75, 3744 to target. Five at 100yds.. 3 sereers, ab 25, 50, 100 to target. , . This will meet all cases from the light to the heavier hunting bul- lets. Hach distance is aboutequally important, though practically 100yds, is the most important, because, say 19-20 of the game killed is shot within this distance. Such a trial will be very valuable, as it will settle the matter of any rifie definitely. H. W. M. Editor Horest and Stream: ‘ Tam glad to note that you are about to make a practical test of the trajectories of our sporting rifies. Your editorial of Aug. 6is sound from begivning to end, and your plans as faras mapped out are beyond criticism, As you invite suggestions, I will offer afew. 1. The rifles should conform to the rules of the National Rifle Associa- tion of America as regards weight, trigger pull and sights. 2. No aper-patched bullets should be allowed, nor any style of cartridge n which the bullet is not seated in the shella sufficient distance to make the ammunition portable and trustwo nthe under any ordinary conditions, such as are met with in hunting, uzzleloaders should be allowed a cloth patch such as is generally used in this class of weapons. 3, Breechloaders should use a cartridge suchas is recom- mended by the manufacturers of the rifle, providing it comes within the conditions as above stated. Jf no such ammunition is furnished, the rifle should be excluded from the test. Muzzleloaders should not be overcharged with ponder A normal charge, such ag is used in shooting game, should be selected, and a charge which would pro- duce excessive recoil in a ten-pound rifle, endanger the bursting of the barrel, or cause wild shooting, should nop be allowed. 4. ‘The distance should be 200yds. 5, Twenty shots should be fired without wiping out the rifle, and the time consumed in firing the twenty shots should not exceed thirty minutes. Th should not be conmamiaae upon the shooter to load the rifle: an assistant May be appointed to do this part of the work. 6. A record of the accuracy of each rifie should be kept, so that it may be known whether the comparative flatness of trajectory has been obtained at the expense of accuracy J invite criticism of these suggestions, and hope this subject or not. may be fully discussed. Ki. A. Leoronp. Norristown, Pa., Aug, 10. RANGE AND GALLERY. JAMESTOWN, N. ¥., Aug 8.—Score of Jamestown Rifle Chib in mateh with Wallham, Mass. Greedmoor target, 200yds,, off-hand. Telegraph match shot July 31; ToM ARE eee Rae TENN. Peper sete ns 544345445 5—48 SONU AYRES eee. an Me payee cs aati roe 455444544 5-44 1G Dah key ese ee a Te: 44444545 42-40 PLAS UUELISS oe Corsa en A me 444333542 4—35 PAL ADISHTODINS. 7.5 eae a eee 454444465 4-42 RSE NIGOTG LNG. los fs sao eR eee Ome 4445444 4 4 4-45 EE BUPGSSS one es eee ee eet 44454545 4 5—d44—990 R. A. Borns. NATIONAL RIFLE CLUB.—The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the club will be held at Vernon, Vt., Sept.1 and 2, A general invita- tion is extended to all interested in rifle shooting. Any one can become a member and entitled to all the privileges of the club by paying $5 entrance fee to the match for prizes and elub medal. The standard weight of rifle barrels being fifteen pounds, all over must give the following odds: From 15 to 20 pounds, 14 inch to the ponnd for every 10 shots; from 20 to 30 pounds, 3-416 inch; from 30 to 40 pounds, 1-16 inch. Ten per cent. odds will be allowed to parties shooting from the shoulder, Wirst string will be shot Tuesday afternoon, second and third strings on Wednesday. Distance 40 rods; time rules.—N. 8. Brockway, Secretary, Bellows Falls, Vt. HAVERHILL, Aug. 8.—Today’s shoot was well atlended, and the weather conditions were very good. Scores: J Bushfield.,........ 445555544546 ED Bray..... ....,. ,4455444444—49 W Worther,.-... 554554455446 EF Merrell,...........4444445444-41 J ¥ Brown.......... 444444555443 W Bushfield........ 3435354445 —40 O Brown... ., 444554445443. JM P Green........ 4443453344—38 HOBrown ew esa $345454454—43 The Merrimack Rifle Club visited the range Aug, pleasant shoot was held. home team got left. September. BOSTON, Aug. 6.—There was a small attendance of riflemen at Walout Hill to-day, Inthe militia match, Private L. Grant, Com- pany D, ist Cadets, made 22, completing four scores of 21 or better, thus winning the silyer badge. Wor lon -range shooting the condi- tions were unfavorable, a changeable light and wind bothering the riflemen considerably. The seores: i Rest Match ‘.” 1, and a yery A team match of 10 men was shot and the The visit will be returned about the first of COR BGLEY. Sis aacee aoe Etre ee 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10—97 W Missam.....-.. ott see 91010 810101010 9 8—94 CFB “dviards i: Obl, see setea eee 10 91010101010 8 8 9—94 Time Match “B.” py BP LANGIS ee.) USS Oy eet LN. 10. ch ay a SS oe 108 G79 Re Datebasy ee fee sen dy ee yy te ol 198 710 6 6 510 7—UD De -bolder..ones OF 44 AGERE Rta SES 3 Ch Vie tie Ee Tech eetiT MW MVanthrap (mils) oie. ace 4 oe sk 5 47 246 8 8 B 3-44 R Dadman (mil.)....,_.. ASS) Se 3 6 7 3 43 3 2 6—87- Wit Ole aetna, aeeeeen meee 28 44208 6 8 5—36 : Long Range Match—1,000yds. Bummer: .2 Aloo. ae 524555454455 445445554555545455555945555545455 207 Washburn...,,....... 4444445442534554 44455453558809000454225445343 —183 W Charles (mil.)...... 423343434354353433434330554855055443253445545 168 PJ Forest (mil.)...... 43133352035425443313 1533353544533530355023503—15 | Aug. 8.—The weekly competition at Walnut Hill resulted to-day in some good scores. The day was a perfect one, and though the at- tendance was not large, a very pleasant meeting was held. Practice was had at 500yds., and some fair shooting was done. 500yds, Match, C W Hodgdon,...... 5455555555—49 T Stewart........... 554485454443 RED MIU beet owe oe 5555550558—48 W Kirkwood........ 4444545444 49 DL Ohase........... 4554545545 —46 Decimal Match. FOPROEC GAS dinsiireiehnewtnds waar eer tt 58 7 9 910 9 9 6 Y—9 ETON SO ea etree Meret cs ne 510 910.6 8 9 410 6—77 RPiarmarn gO Oe ess eavadeane Wee Gk, of US este) eo bl BG Warren, C.-. ... ., Aa a cetenrgese bs {0 ek!) ear Gots belgie ate yc 9) AY BeAvetier Ales. tal. cee boee ance va 5 9 8 6 4 8 T 7—t6 Rest Match. J Francis, F..-..... 03010101010 9—99 DMN CRE VG) SUV unis) ay-derdtdy See nile eine 9 10 01010 9 10 10 10—98 Db pCNASO Wi. cers ey eicice 010101010 9 9—498 Sowalderi de8 isu te ae 010 9 10 10 10 10—97 BG Watren, F.. 0 910 910 8 10—95 ELale eA hk See ae eT) So 910 89 8 6 7 9 7 8-81 Practice Match. RiRecds psec soes §459554554—47 A HW Wright (mil,)...5435434345—40 OW Hodgdon....... 4455554445—45 M G Witham (mil.), 233234344534 A B Archer.......... 4455454544 44 THE COMING GUNPOWDER.—The gunpowder question is stili exercising the minds of the authorities, says the London World, and afew years will no doubt see a. great change in the nature of the ex- plosive. The new brown cocoa compressed powder will soon be universally in use with our newest breechloading guns; and experi- ments have been tried lately at Rottwiel, where this powder originally appeared, with a compressed powder of fine grain, which is reported to ea giyen most wonderful results when fired in a rifle, Another inventor has patented a powder which is to be manufactured and stored in.a liquid ivurm. to be evaporated when required for use, the great advantage claimed for this being that the danger in manufacture is greatly lessened. MINNESOTA,—The fifth annual meeting of the selected riflemen of the department of Dakota opened on the 6th at Fort Snelling under the direction of Lieut. L. R. Hare, the department inspector of rifle practice. The men, to the number of 200, are all on the ground, having come in during the past week singly and in detach- ments trom the several posts in the department. Of the number mentioned there are 120 riflemen, the remainder comprising the range officers, scorers, markers, cooks and orderlies. The first three days will be devoted to preliminary practice. The morning firing will begin at 8:45 and the afternoon shooting at 1:30. The prize for the highest aggregate score made during the three days’ practice is an elegant gold badge offered by Victor Robertson of Fort Snelling. It is valued at $75, and is one of the handsomest badges ever offered in a department contest. WATER GUN.—A Grand Rapids, Mich., paper of a recent date gives an account of the trial of a water gun. J. L. Shaw, the inventor, conducted the exhibition. The patentee claims to be able to break in a window protected by slats, or throw a life line over any house in the city. The instrument is practically on the same principle as a rifle, water, however, being the motive force. The bullet was thrown about 140ft. and the life line about 40ft.in height. The pressure of the water was not sufficient to fairly test the aparatus, As far as it went the water gun was a success, CLUB SCORES.—Correspondents who favor us with scores are requested to send them im _as soon as possible after the matches described, We go to press Wednesdays; and at the latest. VARIOUS MILITARY ARMS.—As I understand the rule, any mili- tary gun may be shot in matches between militia companies if de- sired. The members of any team may use several different makes of military rifies, if covered by N. R. A. rules. For instance, the Amer- ican team shooting the Hnglish used several makers,—X, (Tacoma, it is necessary that matter for publication should be in hand by Monday, ov Tuesday THE TRAP, Correspondenis who Favor us with club scores are particularly re- quested to write on one side of the paper only. HOW TO AWARD THE PRIZES. Editor Forest and Stream: The Glass-Ball Club held a shooting match July 4, the prizes to be awarded according to sweepstake rules. The following is the score, 7 singles and 4 pair doubles: James Gregory. .....--0-...--..0-005 1000110 0 00 10 10— 5 Cal Wanslow oo... ee ae ers SOLS hae oT 00 10 10 12— 8 AREA Conn ooh iee nae lL O11711 11 10 10 10—17 SAS LE Cu eh teen 6 Sk RL ee ge nD Pe Noes Fab eo Ws Lae di 01 00 11—12 ER Op Vai grey ens Badd OE Padi dieairdy 0100100 10 10 11 01— 7 LOR) Fdatoll teen ay peo Dea a ae eusd eyt s 0011011 di 11 11 10—11 PPeaIceRODES Lash een Oe ne 1010711 10 10 10 00— 8 TAL ASAT OV hiatal eee ae Ge ahha al 11 10 10 11-12 DG CTEAE i cca. Sap re eee LAAN 1100011 di 11 10 44—11 PCOS EEL ITETi ee oe eee ean ee ,L010000 10 00-00 e0— 8 George Murray. ....26...22..2-. bos sce, 0010011 10 10 00 10— 6 URE ETAMATIGOHIN Oey oe eck Sen 1101010 10 10 11 O1— 9 FW Kitteedge.,.... 0.0.22, AS fate 0001001 withdrew. Qiaiy er Ween, cal ee ee -O100001 10 01 01 00O— 5 DL CATIOUDS ie cet eee meen 1000000 00 00 10 10— 3 There are four prizes to be awarded to the four best scores. We are not familiar with sweepstake rules, and will hold the prizes till the scores are published in your valuable paper and youinform us Vinat Haven, Me., Aug..3, 1885, [In the score there are two ties of 12 and three of 11, two ties of 8. The prize winners may be determined in two ways: 1, Ties of 12 shoot off at a certain number of balls, say three each, ~ and the one who makes the best score takes first prize and the other second, ‘hen those who tied on 11 shoot off, and _the one making best score takes third and the next one*fourth, 2. In class-sheoting, the usual style, the ties of 12 shoot off, the one making best score taking first prize and the other man getting nothing. Ties of 11 shoot off, best man taking second; third goes to the score of 9, and ties of 8 shoot off for fourth.] . . a single 9, and NEW HAMBURG, Canada, Aug. 7 —The members of the Hamburg Gun Club met on Thursday to shoot a walking match, 15 clay-pizeons, Ligowsky screened trap, first nofch, 25yds. to i2yds. This first at- tempt caused a great deal of fun. Score: T Puddicombe,,011011101110110—10 ¥ Bourne,.-.. 000171101111010— 9 AF Spring_.... 010111011001110— 9 IClauey ...... 010101100110101— 8 SG Holley...., 101111011011101—11 CLUB SCORES.—Oorrespondents who favir us with scores ure requested to send then in _as soon as possible after the matches described. We go to press Wednesdays; and it is necessary that eee a PULL should be in hand by Monday, or Tuesday a e lates MOBILE SUN CLUB.—Montbly handicap shoot for club meda; Stewart at 2lyds., rest at 24yds.; 15 balls, 3 traps! anche eee 111111111111111—15 Boltz........... 111110111101011—12 Stewart. — ... 1111111117111110—14 Sartore.........0101011111 MeDonnell,.... 101011111011111—12 Drey......._... 111110010 Pees shoot, 15 leather-wing bats, 7 singles at 2lyds.,4 doubles at ~ yds.; Team No. 1, G. Boltz, Capt. Team No. 2, J. F. McDonnell, Capt. Boltz...... 0141111 11 11 11 10—18 MeDonnell.i011001 01 00 11 11— 9 Drey .....1100101 11 101000—8 Ousta...... 1001100 11 11 OL 11—10 Sartore C..1010141 11 11 10 00—10 Wagner....1010111 10 10 14 1114 Sartore J..1111100 Antone,...1110010 01 01 01 11—10 11 01 01 10— 9 Dumont.,. .1111601 Stewart....1111111 11 10 11 1J—12 10 11 10 11—13 - Bureh...,- 0011001 10 11 10 10— 8 Wineh.___.1001111 11 11 11 11—78 Vass ....., 1011111 11 01 10 01-11 Paterson..0101000 11 01 01 10— 7 69 75 PERU, Ind., Aug. 3.—The following is our score for to-day, which is poorest we have made so far; 18yds. rise, behind sereen: Hiner ...,. 11110010100110000101—10 Huff, ... .. ..01001100010010000000—5 Loughran.10010110110001001100— 9 Alford ..... 11100000111011.000000—8 Hendricks.01111010100001101000— 9 Sterne...... 01001000111011010001—6 CLUB SCORES.—Correspondents who favor us with scores are requested to send them in as soon as possible after the matches described. We go to press Wednesdays; und it is necessary that er ie gu ITI should be in hand by Monday, or Tuesduy at the latest. NEW ENGLAND TRAP-SHOOTERS’ ASSOCIATION.The third grand tournament will be held at Hxeter, N. H,, Aug. 27 and 28. The individual match will oceur on Thursday, at 2 P. M., and the team match on Friday, at the same hour. Entrance free, sweepstakes op- tional, The Exeter Sportsman’s Club will donate special prizes for these matches. Five clay-pigeon traps will be devoted to sweep- stakes, entrance $1.50 to $5. Also traps for fancy targets for ean stakes, entrance 50 cents. From 9 A. M. tu 7 P. M,, each day.—C. H. BICKFORD, Sec’y, Exeter, N. H, NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 1.—A challenge match was shot to-day be- tween the Crescent and Southern Gun Clubs, of New Orleans, at the Ciwy Park. The match was to be decided by eighty single clay-pigeons and forty double bats. The Southern Gun Club came out vietorious by a majority of five on clay-pigeons and seven on bats. After the challenge match there was a pool shot for duck decoys. These were won by Mr. F. Cardona, of the Southern Gun Club, The Southern Gun Club desires to hear from any club whose members are under the age of twenty three. Address all challenges to F. Cardona, care of 8. Hernsheim & Bros., corner Julia and Magazine streets. NaTionaL Gun AsSsocIATiIon TouRNAMEN'TS.—Special Notice —Mem- bers desirous of organizing tournaments in their vicinity, under the auspices of the Association, are requested to notify the undersigned, All the expenses of the same will be paid by us. Make your arrange - ments for 1886. We propose to establish a circuit of tournaments annually, Claim your dates now.—F, C, BisHor, Secretary, Box 1292, Cincinnati, O. Send 10 cents for hand book containing rules, constitu - tion, etc. ‘Fairly started and its future depends entirely upon the manner in which the sportsmen throughout the country respond,”’— C. M_Srare, April 18, 1885.—Adv, Canoeing. Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publis h ing Co. CANOEISTS are invited to send us notes and full reports of cruises club meets, information about caneeable waters, and other commu nications of interest. ; Secretaries of canoe clubsare requested to send to Forms anp Srream their addresses, with name, membership, signals, ete , of their clubs, and also notices in adyance of meetings and races, and ceports of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to forward to Formst AnD STREAM their addresses, with logs of eruises, riaps, and information concerning their local waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the sport. : W.T.). [Unless the rules require the use of the arm formally issued to the company represented by the team, there is no objection to the use of a variety of military rifles in the same team.] RIFLE NOTE.—The annual matches of the Ontario Ritle Associ- ation open on the Garrison Common Ranges, Toronto, Aug. 24. A long series of competitions has been arranged, and the prospects are for a very successful meet, DRESDEN TURN FEST.—Of the 37 prizes given at the Dresden turn fest, four fell to America, and three of the four were won by Wewarkers. W. Grant won the twenty-eighth prize with a score of 509g points. Gustave Ahl won the thirty-fifth by 491g points. Henry Freeman won the thirty-sixth by 49 points. The fourth winner was Charles Hartman, of San Francisco, who took the lowest prize by a score of 49 points. The highest prize was won by a score of 6134 points by a Berlin turner. FIXTURES. Sept. 19—N, Y. C. G. Regatta, off New Brighton. AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. QECRETARY—C. A. Neidé, Schuylerville, N.Y. Candidatesformem ~ bership must forward their names, with $2 for initiation fee and first year’s dues, to the secretary, who will present the names to the the Knoxville bird is much longer, and they are less liable to break | executive committec, Money should be sent by registered letter or when thrown from a trap.— Worcester (Mass.) Spy, July 30, 1885.—Adv | money order, ; - : —— THE Knoxville Blackbird has been adopted by the South End Gun Club. At the recent tournament a thorough trial was given then and they were found far superior to the Peoria bird. The flight of og Ava, 13, 1885.] FOREST AND STREAM. 53 ‘THE ASSOCIATION MEET—REGATTA WEEK, CAnor Cam, t = : Grinbsroni Isnawd, Ang. 7. { Ix years bf study and experiment by some of the leading Ameri* \ can canoeists have brought canbe rating aid the managehient of regattas to a high degree of perfection, and this, year there is, ittle talise to find fault with either the programme ot the mannet in which it was carried out, the only disturbance being that océasioned by the weather, which was very unfavorable. The changes made ih the rules last season have all worked well. and we have heard of no sug- gestions of further amendment or alteration this year. The entries have been sinaller than was anticipated, in consequence of the fewer members present, a tach that is due mainly, if not entirely, to the condition of business. While the entries in some races were few, all ‘were well contested and an improvement in the average sailing and paddling, as the men were afloat, together with a closer attention to the rules than ever before, was yery noticeable, The sailing races found all canoes with large numbers in their maingails, and in pad- dling eolored flags were carried. The courses were similar to those of last year, but further oub and in better water, the sailing course being 114 miles triangular, and the paddling 44 mile down the shore. The new average record was an fee feature of this year's rac- ing, and the programme was specially arranged with reference to it. PROGRAMMB, FIRST DAY, MONDAY, AUG. 3. Wo. 1. 9:30 A. M.—Paddling Ulass I11., 1 mile. Wo. 2. 9145 A. M.—Paddling Class 11., 1 mile, No. 8, 10:30 A. M.—Sailing Novices Classes A and B, no limits to rig or ballast; open only to members who never sailed a canoe before 1885, 14 miles. ; a No, 4, 11180 A, M.=Paddling Class IV., 1 mile, NG. 5. 1145 4, M.—Paddling Glass I, (This race exempt from ‘1 Wian 1 Ganioe” rule) 1 mile. ] Wo. 6, 1:45 P, M.—Sailing Class B, no limits ballast or rig, § miles, No. 7, 2 P. M.—Sailing Class A, po limits ballast or rig; Smiles. No. 8: 3 P. M.—Paddling and sailing combined, Glasses A and B (paddle 44 mile, saills mile, paddle 46 mile, sail mile, paddle 19 mile, sail 44 mile, on triangular course of 14 mile sides), 3 miles, Na. 0;4 P; M—Paddling tandem, Classes IIT. and IV., decked (cahoes for this face must be decked on half their length), 1 mile. o; 10: 4416 P-. er ye tahG@em,, Classes TIT. and IV,, open fonly fot paddlets who to not tace in No 9), 1 mile. No: 11. 4:80 P. M.—epset Race; atiy Class I.-or later &anoe (iid 5 in appliances allowed unless usually Gatried ih €ruisingj at signal every caroe niust be tirned Completely over), 200ft. i a . __,SmtonD DAY: a No, 12: 9:30 A. W.—Paddling Class IV., eruising put (cance and load avy material, to weigh 200 pounds or more}; 1, tile. No. 14, 10:30 A. M.—Sailing Class B, no ballast, 3 miles: No. 15, 10:40 A. M.—Sailing Class A, no ballast, 3 miles, No. 16, 11:40 A. M.—Paddling Olass IL, cruising trim (canoe and load to weigh 120 pounds or more), mile. No. 17, 2 P. M,—Sailing Class B, cruismg rig (sail limited to 75ft., any ballast), 144 miles. __ ; i aT o. 18. 2:10 P. M.—Sailing Class A, cruising rig (sail limited to 50ft., any ballast), 144 miles. & No, 19. 3 P. M.—Paddling Class IT., cruising trim (canoe and load to weigh 160 pounds or more), 1 mile. No. 20, 3:15 P. M.—Sailing unclassified canoes, no limits ballast or rig, 144 miles. No. 21, 4:15 P.M.—Hurry seurry, with swim, 100yds, run, canoes moored 50h. from shore, paddle 200yds. No, 22, 4:40 P. M.— Gymnastics. Second day of this programme will be Tuesday, Aug. 4, unless Weather preverts or some of Monday’s races are postponed, in which tase Monday's pfogramme will be finished, if possible, and the fethaitider of the day be devoted to Spee races or sports, and the Becond diy will be Wednesday, Aug.b, In the absence of wind the addling will be called at their appointed tities. Punctuality will be insisted On; no tacé will wait for any members. Any event delayed by ore of wind or by reason of the preceding one hot having finished will be mostnoned to the same hotir next day; and the next event startet dt its appommted time. All A, 0. A. fules will be ehforéed. «“l-reund record” with five prizes will be based upon all €vents in this programnie except Nos, 3, 5, 9, 10, 20; 21, 22, that is iipon 7 pad- dlihg, 5 salling; and 1 combined. Hyery ciassified, cance (extept Class [,) beg eligible alike for 3 paddling races, 3 sailing and 1 com- bined. For No.5 members may bring and use another éanoe besides the one allowed under Rule I, for other events. First and second prizes in all eyents except No. 22. : The foregoing programme proyides for races of all kinds, for those who bave never sailed or paddled.a: canoe, for those who have ex- treme racing outfits, and for those who have only a cruising boat and tig, but their tendency is sirongly in the direction of encouraging the all round paddling and sailing canoe, and specially to encourage pad- dling which is apt sometimes to be sacrifieed to sailing powers. The first race on the programme was called promptly on time, but a little delay was caused by a steamer coming to the dock. The water was lumpy and a strong wind was blowing across the course. Paddling Class I1,, 1 mile. Invincible........ M. &, Johnson... ...... Toronto ©, C....... .---15 30 Beatrice.......... Theo Dunham........ mearvard COS. 910) ...19 00 Hiltcrest......-.... EKdawin Gould........... Knickerbocker C. C.. viel ., Daydream... Trene No others cared to start in stich weather. epee Novices, 14% miles, Only three started at 10:37. two capsizing. Ava tet, milly Sea Bee_._......C. B, Vaiix.....--- sn le HV GW OEE Of Ce oo. aoe 50 30 Snake .......... Ri We Gibsons i. pret ebs DVGHICaT i. Wh esp Ce een omen 52 00 SUP AP Bee ielda . His; Rathbun,:........ DESETONLG rt eeeel heen as bb 00 Tsabel ...,...... Robert Tyson..-.....,.Toronto........... pete tes Pe GEsheeey lee . He pW. .btehards sx. DROCkvIlG DMI yccwos ep uess oe BCVA nasccecse CO, EF, Holdship.....:...Pittsburgh,.........2.... ie 4 Daisy. .352 wile. G, O, Totten, Jr....... DISSE Hy ch ce apler oe asker eel Verena.......,.H. B, Hdwards..,...... Peterboro........ 4: spa me Germaine,.....A, G. Webster. .......,Harvard......--.....42. nag. BBoate Katrina ........8; W. Bailey... .:::-.. Pithsbunehe <2 0.405 ayn os Guenn......... (OnVecks Schuyler... .Brooklyn;,/-.142---..20, 2) Beatrice....... -Theo. Dunham.,....... SELEY AUDOLE 3 een ee Oe ee Bertha......... J. WH. Mellen........... PROChEeSsper . . 12. a can bee PATIPOU Eo gs Ae NCIC ree sii eens WWOMICAM. 0. oye taeaey > Phone Sofronia,.. ...-. F, Andrews......... TRGGHESTER 2 uiacth cic eons Thetis....,...,..P. M. Wackerhagen..,Mohiean.....-............ rot Inertia ...,......—. W. Brown.....--... Knickerbocker) ii... eae na ee Sea Bee carried her racing mizzen forward and storm mizzen aft, winning easily under this rig. The next race, No, 7, was for Class A, with the same conditions, starting at 2;16;30: ; Nirvana... . ....... A, K. Nimick......., Pittsburgh. -........ 0 55 30 Day Dream......... G, E Kdgar, Jr..-...,. Newburg............ 1 03 30 (sal apne AS eee . W. Baldwin, ........Ottawa.......- ,--.Capsized €X ..........,.--.Hord Jones._.....,,... Brockville ...... Capsized Though starting 10m. 30s. later, the little Nirvana, 1428in., came Bp aives freee nos R. W: Gibson.....-.....Mohican .,.......... 0 50 20 Day Dream......,.-.G. H. Hdgar, Jr....... NWewburg........:... 1 00 00 Aurora....... ...0. A, NeidG..-.. eaViohicares. Ue ey Immediately after thisrace started, No, 9, Paddling Tandem, Classes IIL. and TV,, decked, was started at 4:21, over a mile course: ye Nellie. ......, Jackson and lane .++St, Lawrence... . 18 00 Gertie......... Robertson and Schuyler.....,.....-22.2..- 2224 ,----.18 05 Jessie, erect t Davis and Smith. ,.. ide tani sols Lawrence. eens his eon Race No, 10, for Paddling Tandem, open catioes, had also three en- tries, starting at 4:40; Tnyincible....,... Johnson and Wilkinson..................- .... 18 00 Daisie...:.......,Shaw and Pitt ......,,....Peterboto.....,.... 14.00 Ballyback. ....... Higeing ahd Martin. iu. to. ea ees ek. rah Johnson and Wilkinson won easily. Tuesday 6vening passed quietly in camp, with nothing to note, and Garly Wednesday morning the races were resumed, the first race being No, 13; for Class ., in eruising trim, a minimum limit for care and load being fixed at 200 pounds; distance, 1 mile; start, Nellie ie. 3.0208, Kipp. cence. St. Lawrenee.............. 11 30 Snakel,........ RK. W. Gibson. .,,....;7Mbhicah....-... 2-2. ese » 12 85 LEpeMUb done chee, Te DU Ari en ee A enna Suoeart 13 45 Germaine ...... Boia GOST pt jas LUAT WAT: fs lucy ie tee eks id DNGLING seta ae P. M. Wackerhagen...Mohican........ --.....--. 51 40 Sofronia ....... BH. W, Andrews.... ,.--ROCHeSster. .,....-.1¢i0--.s 56 40 Sea, Bee...,....G. By Vaur.. .tesces NG VeMeODI r,s ctigst prc clash 68 55 Grebe,.......... 5B. W. Richards......, BVOCE VIG: paisa eee cated cove 2d Verena verve, B, Edwards......., Feterbotos.:.t ssa cel dis. e. 5 Snake .... ..... RoW. Gibson ........, WiGhicnneyss Aree mine jeu et Marion B....... R. §. Oliver..... .. . Mohican, .., re TAR oot Fe ee a ea EEN DELEON perp cee oe NWESETONCOm piety ews) 8 ECs te et Katrina). ra Ry Wa Bail6yn cic as ACAUVELSLENS) Npteaegy eh ee A WYEVaa es settee C. T. Holdship..--..+- Pibbetueh owirniesapees ven: Lees. Bertha Vented i Welleniics 2a. ehOGhester saute. ol) Isabell. vs. +. -Robert Tyson,........ SREILOT DO Meet Giclee erie dtee eG ATLORANd et aint QEATINGIME:, Che tars ee N@HICHaL S25 seers x Beet. Soe ee Tn this race no ballast was allowed and canoes were limited to 15lbs, for weight of board and fittings. The next race, No. 15, was for Class A under similar conditions, Starting at 10:58:45: Nitvans...,....A. IK. Nimiek.........- Trex..,,..-.....Wotd dones,.......421 JF Day Dieam.....6. fi, Hdgar, Jv Newburgh Nereid.......... H. W. Schater,.. ....Hssex..,..... ee ieee we: od eet Trené.,..,,....-..R. W. Baldwin.,,.,,., Obi; wee else i sdeeh Ealke Netlie...,. Poste W. L. Green, .........Knicketbocker........., A oyye ys Lady Jane......B, GC, Bakéwell,..,.... Pittsbueeh ) yee 2 fess MAES. ... woe » £4eEy WW. GIbSOM. 62S. so PGHICAN f steae nul cee 20 25 Ratrina ...... .oR. W, Batley ...... ...Pittsburgh,..., ee a 26 10 Thetis.:....,.:..2. M, Wackerhagen,..Mohican 26 15 FEDS... . 1B, W: Richards,......,Brockviile ? lea BES. .......2.C, B, Vaue,.....-..... New York... @rena.....-..;.., B, Wawards........ Peterbordes.) abe : Soffohia...,..... F. Wf, Atidrews........ Rochester_.............. ’ Glen 0. V. R. Sehuylet...,Brcoklyn......-........ Maridn B........R: 8, Oliver,.......:..Mohican....,......,.... Lorelei....,...;;.4. C. Gtiffiin,......., Kknicketbocker......... : dsabel Yere2ite Robert Tyson.,-,.... ibe, MENA Moe en aliens sa Alita. Phas .....Henry Stanton .....: Knitkerbocker,...... = obey Hreyja,.....-..- ©. F, Holdship........! Pittsburvei.....2...-..0. fen Aurora .........0, A. Neidé........ © MWoOnicani pero ey yi bee Inertia wo cep MM eR Orbe is hie. see Knickerbocker....,... Hee ih e. Daisy,...+ 20 Lop FOOL OUL ON, Sate sent SSOxe, ley te, Se ee Yl cs pets Gertic.s. 22s 2, eC MEV GHUS OT mats tite sear eee ya cle oral ee bg Te Wenonah....... da: Rogers. 220. 28.225: Peter baron)... 0.22 . After eight minutes the Class A boats were started in a similar race, the Nirvana again winning and making better time than any boat in the larger class: INTEVAN®,...5 252 5 o 00s A ICE WIGAN pytan ae Pittsburgh,...........24 10 ITENGA :i+2 22). ae R, W.. Baldwin ,..--.... Ottawa. ...... 2... , 80 80. | Lady Jane.........B. 0, Bakewell......... Pittsburgh.............. 4. In Race No. 19, Paddlimg Glass IIL, cruising trim, not less then 160 ounds for canoe and load, two canoes started at 3:01: nvincible.....--.., M.F, Johnson . ....... (OTaRtOS Ao peeee eras 11 25 Hillerest ........... Edwin Gould W. F, Kipp.....,,-,.....8t-; Lawrence....,.... 18 00 L.Jdacksonl,......... »Brockvilley............. 13 30 VE oben UP iss at Jt. POLONGO Sissies Peete age 12.22 The next race was No, 16, Paddling Class 17., in cruising trim, 120 pounds minimum limit, called at 10:14 A. M.- Ami OL yeep os atsin s Ward, “heysy 05.5, a SROEGUDO Greville: «kee Trene...,.:......R, W. Baldwin........ ara N EWIDUDEUT oes tad et ots ieee. At 10:56:40 an extra race, 1 mile tandem, for any canoe; prize, a DUK ed (2) nh OA RY yy Johnson and Leys.... “nan 9 50 Bioite. : eos ee pees iy Se ipp and Jackson ....,.......-...s0s 11 20 VIVE ete an Geen eee Pitt and Shaw ....... Bee Ld) SUGET OME ie « perph teh rss PY. BF, Andrews,...-..0....... Rochester, Sep BES erik pearheee osel. GS BAVaAUs. thcors TRA thee New York, he ener. ol tae G, B, Wilkinson ...-Brockyille. Juvincible,.......... Knickerbocker. eb itl Sore ey Mohican. Verena... Peterboro, Vr UOREG) TESTI wes Lees SB aia, wm Knickerbocker. All upset quickly at the signal, but Andrews was first in and away, winning first place with Vaux second. Sofronia, Snake and Sea Bee being decked were easy to upset and right, but the others, all open canoes, had to be emptied first. ‘ After dinner on Thursday the review of the fleet followed. Seventy canoes passed the dock, all under paddle, some of them ‘“-manned” by ladies. Paddling over to the east the sailing canoes set their can- vas and returned, passing the flagship again, While such a display lacks the grandeur which a fleet of yachts under sail derives from mere size, it has a beauty of its own that is no less charming. Halfa hundred little craft with bright hulls and glistening sails when viewed from the hill is as pretty a sight as is often seen on the water. Thursday evening was set apart for the water parade and illumina- tion, and in the afternoon lanterns were prepared and fiags displayed. The Kingston tents were coyered with flags and lanterns beside the letters RK. M.C., formed of colored lamps, The Brockville ©, GU. de- vised # similar plan. Some tall stakes were driven into the ground and saplings were twisted about them forming the letters B. C. (oF On the frame work small colored lamps were hung, the effectat night against the white tents being very pretty. The view at night from the water was very fine, strmgs of many colored lamps along the entine length of the camp, but it could not compare with that from the hilltop: The fleet formed on the north side beyond the trees, coming out from their shadow one by 9ne, at the point near the dock, Hach of the fifty canoes had a string of lanterns from stem to main- mast head. then to mizzenmast and down to stern, and as the heights of the masts yaried, and some lines were taut and straight and others slack and curved, there were no two boats in the fleet precisely alike. As the dock was passed the leader curved to port, then to starboard, the others following at regular distances until the long line seemed a fiery snake against a sea of black, some such monstér as only Doré could picture or Coleridge describe. In and out it wound its convolu- tions until at last it disintegrated into many small parts, each of which contained half a dozen or more globes of light whieh one by one died ont and left the camp in darkness. On Friday morning signs of breaking camp were plentiful on all sides, Some had already left and piles of baggage and packed canoes on the deck were awaiting transport to Clayton. A number of special prizes remained to be raced for, and the first évent, a consolation race for those who had never won an A. ©. A. race, was called at 10;08 A, M. The prizes were of the value of $15 and ‘hb, to be selected by the winners, and were presented by Mr. J, H. Hull, president of the Brooklyn C0, U, The course was 114 miles, and the wind was very light, Five eanoes entered, but three soon dropped back, the leaders being B. W. Richards in the Grebe and C, ¥.R Schuyler in the Guenn, The former held a good lead on the windward work, but was passed by Guenn on the last leg with sheets off, Guenn winning by 15ft, Times—Guenn, 45m, 20s, ; Grebe, 45m. 30s. Thetis....... -.- P, M. Wackerbagen,..,.-.. Mohican,...,..... 0 58 30 CGN Dey ee (2. LOO eS Chinvler. |. svuven. Brooklyn 1 04 20 GREDEL Lor. og REY Vee LMICLIFLRCUES sc,neteiel.dral et Brookville Mar PAIS sos oste lt Gr O7 Toten sts these Essex tei Nereid.....):3.2.. Henry Shafer. ....--2:.22.. Essex The wind was light at 4:35 when the race started, and continued so pee afternoon, Thetis easily left Guenn and Grebe, beating them badly. At 4:25, a sailing race for opsn canoes, 14 miles, for a decorated rudder, given by Mr, Tra Davis, and a paddle, given by Mr, Rushton, was sailed. WOrena.c)......... WW. B. Edwards, -............ Peterboro......... 40 a0 Hillerest,..,...... Hdwin Gould,,..:.- Woe Knickerboeker,... 5 30 Wenonah......... Gok Totteny dr. jae... ISSGx eee Te ead ay 4 45 Vara Dy Psy ats RoW. Bald with)... 000. 007 Ottawa@....-....04. ae Far Niente...-.....Chas, A. Neid@............. Mohicam...., ...- Dotakecare. Ss p-C. TATOO Ty. euscew nase Berkeley........ GEDA. ons esse! H-BaWdwards..w., Tay. Peterboro........ The Executive Committee consider that fhe interests of the Western members of the Association, as well as of Western canoeists gener- ally, demand some provision whereby an annual meet may be held m the West as well as one in the Hast, so that all may be accommodated, In pursuance of this object the committee presented the draft of a new constitution and by-lasys providing that at any time when the Western members make application, the Executive Committee may organize the Association in the form of an Eastern and a Western branch, both on an equal footing, the two to elect a Commodore and Secretary and Treasurer, each branch to have its own officers and annual meet. The letter from the Western A. C, A, that appeared in the Forust AND STREAM last week was read and discussed, the sense of the meet- ing being that as Jess than fifteen per cent. of the Western members of the Association were present at Ballast Island it would not be fair to the majority to accept these few at once as representing them- The constitution was adopted, to take effect when the Wxecutive Com- mittee consider it advisable. The Western members and all Western canoeists will be asked to decide for themselyes whether they will accept the Western Association organized at Ballast Island, as their representative, or whether they preter to organize in some other way, and when their decision is made the committee will at once be ready to arrange with them the details of the change. The constitu- tion as adopted is similar to the one proposed in the ForEsT AND STREAM some time since. We will publish it in full shortly, Secretary Neidé reporced that the expenses of the Association, es— pecially the meets, had so increased, that it would be necessary to raise the dues to $2 per year. Mr. Wilkin moved that the dues be raised, which motion was carried. Votes of thanks were passed to Albert Dennis Post, G. A. R., for the loan of their cannon; to Mr. Delaney, for the use of the camp ground; to Mr. Gibson and his as- sistants, and to the donors of the prizes. The following letter from Mr. W. Baden-Powell to Com. Oliver, was read by the Secretary; 3 PApaR Bui.DINGs, Tempua, H. C., } Lonpon, JuLy 2%, 1885, § The Commodore American, Canoe Association: My Drak Sir—Allow me to offer cordial greeting tothe officers and members of the American Canoe Association, Thanks to your excellent publications, the Canoeist and Forusr AND STREAM, We in England are kept well informed of all thatis going on in American canoeing; and were it not for the difficulty that your meet is three weeks too early for us to join, our almost universal English holiday commencing Aug. 10, [ should at this moment be in contact with you not by ‘‘mail,”’ but hand in hand. : None the less I wish the A. €, A. all success at this meet, and shall hope to hear all about itin ForEST AND STREAM, and perhaps see bhe “cracks” by photograph, Lhave watehed with great pleasure the growth of sailing canoes in America, both as to number, size and sail area, and it bears out com- pletely what I ventured to predict here ten years ago, and in Bren- tano*s Monthly in 1880: That when oneé a canoeist becomes an ex- pert sailor and has obtained an efficient sailmg canoe, he has tasted a “loving cup” of nautical bréw of the finest brand, and he will not easily be drawn off that cup. Butif there is the slightest touch of “lubber” in his constitution, his canoe will find it out, and you will not often see him ‘under sail,” except, perhaps, when he is under water at the same time. Will the A, C. A., however, permit me to suggest that to keep this “cun’’ within popular taste, it is necessary to define the proportions of allits ingredients. Size, weight and sail area are the three goy- erning qualities; the two former are limited, but if sail area is longer left unlimited, it will, in particular cases, increase to abnor- mal proportions and the pastime will yenerally suffer. Provided the limit be such as will give a full size suit, according to preseit notions and as existing canoes go, 10 hardship will be done to existing craft, and the future would be guarded against an abnormal growth of sails, spas and ballast. With a limit of sails, weight and size of hull and fittings will naturally be kept to moderate proportions, Having carefully considered the question from all sides, I meline strongly to the followmg scheme as a simple, effective, racing limi- tation, and it will be proposed for adoption at the Royal. C. antumn meéetine, viz; : (a) Number of sails allowed to be set at a tinte, not more than two. (b) Area of sails limited to: First class—Mainsail, 100 sq. ft.; mizzen, or jib, 25 sq. £t.; spin- naker, 50 sq. ft. Second class—Mainsail, 60) sq. ft.; mizzen, or jib, 15 sq. ft.; spin- naker, 30 sq. ft. This sail limit can then be applied to either class (B or A), as suits circumstances, Thus for a “‘eruiser’’ race, the conditions would be “B class canoes, second class sails.” » A first class limit at 80ft. main, 20ft. mizzen and 40ft. spinnaker would be better; but so many existing craft exceed this limit. The photograph herewith shows Nautilus, of 1881, racing with a mainsail of 130f, Such a sail with 14ft. boom and yard, is over the line of reasonable limit fora Ganoe, The new Nautilus of thisseason, winner of the R.C. ©, challenge cup, has two sizes of rig: No. 1— Main 100ft,, mizzen, 15ft.; and No. 2, main 80ft.. mizzen 10ft. She sails far best with No, 2and moderate ballast; but there being no limit at present, she is bound to carry No, 1 suit in racing lest the wind fall off, when larger areas would have the advantage without doubt. Were sail area limited, racing success would depend upon model handling and “set” of sails, rather than on size, weight and area 54 Tntellect would be put into fair competition with brute force, and the purent form of amateur seamanship,"canoe sailing, would be en- eouraged, Wishing all success to the A. Ct. A., sincerely yours, Wartneton BApEN-Powenn, Nautilus, R. C. C. . The Secretary was instructed to answer Mr. Baden-Powell, thank- ing him for his recommendations and also to invite him and other English canoeists to visit the meet next year: while the Executive Committee were requested to consider the question of limiting sail area, and also the selection. if possible, of such a date as would allow the Hnglish canoeists to be present, On motion of Mr. Rushton, it was resolved to make both the Forrstr AND STREAM and the Canoeist official organs of the Association, The repurt of the Regatta Committee was next received and the flags were presented to the winners. Many of the flags were of very elaborate workmanship, embroidered and hand-painted, and did much credit to the artistic taste of the donors. After the presenta- tion, Rey. Dr. Geo. L, Neidé made a short speech, and an informal discussion of the place of next year’s meet followed, after which the meeting adjourned, many leaving camp at noon. No more dismal contrast can be imagined than that presented by a large camp just before and just after breaking up. In the morning 4 row of white and parti-colored tents, each with flags fiying, reached from the hill down jhe shore, while the beach was bright with canoes. At noon a tent or two was still standing at intervals. a few canoes parily packed lay on the beach, anda huge pile of baggage and boats was on the wharf. At sunset the last tent had disappeared, and where the turtle of the Mohicans and the twin cherubs of Spring field had gamboled together but a few hours before, the lazy sheep found Sweet nourishment on old hats and newspapers, and the patient kine placidly chewed the chromos from beef and tomato cans; while above on the crown of the hill. among the ashes of the camp-fire, a black silhouette against the western sin. stood ‘Uncle Mike,’’ watching the last retreating paddle and wondering whether the eanoeists would come back next year to Grindstone, “CANOE AND CAMP COOKERY.*” teas practical camp cook book prepared by ‘Seneca” has just been published by the Forest and Stream Publishing Co. “Its chief mevits—distinguishing 1t from some other so-called camp cook books —are in its explicit directions, and the practicability of following them by campers whose experience may have beet meagre and whose resources are necessarily limited, ‘The majority of books on out-door life."’ says ‘Seneca,’ ‘do not instruct in those rudimentary principles of cooking so important to the outer who has eaten all his life no food except that furnished him ready for instant despatch; and they commend to the camper dishes that require materials and utensils for their preparation which are seldom at hand in the fiefd and forest. The object of this little yolume is to give to the Corinthian cruiser and the camper some practical recipes for simple but sub- stantial dishes, in such a manner that the veriest novice in the art of the kitchen may prepare palatable food with no more materials and paraphernalia than are consistent with light cruising and comfortable caniping, The first part, ‘Canoe Cookery,” instructs in such dishes as the limited outfit of the canoeist or camper who “packs” his dun- nage afoot will admit of, while the second part, ‘Camp Cookery,” deals with the more elaborate menu that can be prepared when ease of transportation will allow the carriage of a more extensive supply. Few of the recipes given are original with the com piler. Some have been obtained from trappers and hunters, others from army and navy cooks, and a few from conk books; but all have been practically tested in camp or ona cruise by the writer, whose pleasure in out- door cooking is only equalled by his delight in out-door life.” _*CANOE AND Camp Cookery: oe ear oe 10 51 52 2 27 3s 3 35 46 Gavyiota 2 30 10 337 05 PA GR OT 0 y one eke ite ogee ce te eee ae 10 53 12 2 29 08 3 36 56 Whileaway Did not finish. Gracie 1 58 27 2 08 00 Christine Did not finish Stranger ® 14 22 817 05 Regina 2 35 35 4 37 438 The last race of the week was on Friday, from Vineyard Hayen’to Newport. Puritain again winning a decisive victory in light weather, leading all the way. 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These papers, having appeared through the year in our columns, have since been rewritten, and with numerous additions are now published in a handsome volume under the litle of “Canoe and Boat Building for Amateurs.’ Mr. Stephens is peculiarly fitted for the preparation of such a work, beginning aS an amateur, and having after a long experience of the difficulties attending a learner, taken a prominent place among canoe builders, due both to the model and workmanship of his canoes. Realizing fully the difficulty of ex- aining to a novice an art initself far from easy, AND and with which he is entirely unfamiliar, the book begins witb a description of the various classes of canoes in general use, with their main features and dimensions, and definitions of the terms used in con- nection with them. Nimerous examples of canoes are gtyen, and in connection with them, such plain instructions in designing as will enable the beginner to select intelligently the proper craft for his pur- BOAT pose, and to plan her dimensions, details and fit- tings. To this end designs of all classes of canoes are given, with full dimensions and details. The object has been not merely to enable the tyro to build one boat as described, but to teach him the principles of designing and building m such a way that he may construct snch a eraft as he desires. rollowing the chapters on designmg, the construc- tion of a canoe is taken up in detail, the tools and appliances beisg first clearly described, as well as the various materials, after which fellows the actual work of building. Every operation 13s taken up in order, from the selection of the keel to the varnish- ing of the finished boat, and illustrated with numer- ous diagrams, A chapter on sails describes all the varieties in use by car oeists, down to the new Mohican settee, with directions for making, rigging and measuring them, while the methoo of proportioning the sails to the boat is clearly explained, all the caleulations | BUILDING being worked out in detail. The many minor points of a canoe, paddles, steering gears, rudders, aprons, and camp eutfit are also described at length, while a chapter is devoted to canvas canoes, The subject of boat building is fully treated, a rowboat of the usual construction being taken as an example, and described in all its parts in sucha manner as tu. make clear the principles involved, and their application to any form of boat. either lapstreak or carvel build. Each of the numerous technical terms belonging to the subject is defined clearly when it first occurs, and as the index is full and complete, the book is in itself a glossary. In addition to the numerous diagrams in the body of the work, twenty-four large plates are printed on bond paper, containing the working drawings of canoes for paddling, sailing, cruising FOR and racing, with their sail plans, rowing sailing boats, large canoe yawls, and various boats for special purposes, such as gunning boats, yacht boats, and the widely known sneakbox, The canoe yawl, a buat between a canoe and a yacht, is illustrated by examples of various craft from 17 to 20ft. long, and suitable tor a crew of two or three on a cruise. This class of boat, while little known among us as yet, is admirably fitted for cruising, and will meet the wants of many who object to a canoe as being too small, and yet desire a beat with the same excellent qualities. The boats and canoes illustrated are in all cases among the best of their class, the list of canoes including Eng- lish, Scotch and American craft, and are all drawn AMATEURS. to scale, so as to be available as working drawings. The plates, for convenience in using, are placed loose ina tough manilla envelope and accompany the book. Pp. 168, with 24 plates of working drawings. Price $1.50. Addrss, Forest and stream Publishing Co., New Yore N. Y. § Davies & Co.,1 Finch Lane, Cornhill, ) Norrie & Witson, 156 Minories, E. C. EASTWARD HO! Adventures at haiweley Lakes Capt, CHAS. A. J. FARRAR, —— Seconda Hdition. LONDON: A spicy and fascinating story of sportsman’s life in the wilds of Maine. In this book a great deal of valuable information is imparted in a pleasing and Handsomely indorsed by the Beautifully illustrated with full-page engravings. Nicely bound in cloth, 372 pages, Price $1.25. 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Braintree, Mass. augis,it OPIES WANTED.—JAN. 4, FEB.1, MARCH 8, ’ 18&3; March 6, 1884. We are short of these issues, and would be obliged if any of our readers having one or all of these numbers that they do not want will send to Forest aud Stream Pub. Co., 39 Park Row, New York City. mar26,tf ny Sule. Chester White, Berkshire and Poland China Pigs, Fine Setter Dogs, Scotch Collies, Foxhounds and _ Beagles, = Sbeep and Poultry, bred and for sale by W. Grspons & Co., West Chester, Chester Co., Pa. fend stamp tor Circular and Price List. Pet Cub Bears For Sale. WISH. MILLER, P. 0. Box 305, Uniontown, Fay- ette, Coungy, Pa. augl3,2t 10 EXCHANGE FOR OTHER SPORTING goods of equal yalue, an elegant Ballard mid- range rifle, .40 65, with everything complete, or will sell for one-half value. ‘\W. W. McCAIN, Spring- ville, Pa. aug6,2t ou the Sind. IN THE STUD. Dashing Monarch (E.K.C.5.B. 10,137). Fee %75.00, Dashing Mouarch is the sire of Foreman, cham- ion in the field. Dashing Monarch is the sire of lantagenet, gpeuipicn on the bench. PERCY C. OHL, Manager Rancocas Kennel, Jobstown, N. J. 8ug13,3L Valleyview Kennels. Amsterdam, N.Y. Box 143. IMPORTED SABLE COLLIE IN THE STUD. SvCcEss (E.K.C.5, B. 18,021). Date of birth June 9, 1884. Sire, champion Eclipse (12,949); dam, champion Flurry (10,736). Success is winner of ist and special prize for rough and smooth-coated dog puppies at Collie Club show, Royal Aquarium, Westminster, June 2, 1885. Also winner of 2d, puppy, and 2d, open classes, Dublin, 1885. Fee for service, #40, : Puppies for sale out of imported bitches. Prices from $50 to $200. ‘ PURE LAVERACK SETTER AW Pic IN THE STUD. Thoroughly broken and a-fine field animal, Also setter pups of first-class breeding for sale. For terms, etc., apply to A, §. HOFFMAN, Estleville, Atlantic county, N. J. , BRADFORD RUBY. (Champion Lovat—Champion Jenny.) Champion pug dog, winner of 41 prizes, cups and medals in England, including championship Crystal Palace, January, 1885; 1st, Cincinnati; 1st and spe- cial, Toronto; ist, Philadelphia. Fee $25. NAPOLEON (A.H.R. 2037) (Sambo—Luca)— The sire of many good ones, including first and sec- ond prize winners, New Haven, 1885. Fee $15. Puppies for sale. CITY VIEW KENNELS, Box 629, New Haven, Conn. | sTUD. TURPIN, six-pound champion white English terrier, Fee $15. Bitch FLASH, eightpounds, milk white. They are both fast, dead game and will kill. The handsomest and only pair ever imported. Will sell both. F, SWALES, 222 West dist st., N.Y. 16 The Hewnel, Standard Bred Cockers. Ihave now ready for shipment twenty cocker spaniel puppies, out of well-known prize winning cocker bitches, by the following celebrated sires: ion Obo Il., champion Silk, ven, champion Sport. They are as finea Canada, aug6,2t Foxhourd Puppies For Sale Half Byron, half native; blood guaranteed first class. H.C. NEWELL, Ashburnham, Mass. it eal OR SALE._ORANGE AND WHITE SETTER dog 2om, well broken oa wpodeoths pia artridge and snipe. ny person wanting suc Se vam buy him cheap by applying to GEO. GRIER, Goshen, N. Y. aug6,2t a OR SALE.—MASTIFFS, POINTER PUPPIES, Prince Charles and Blenheim spaniels. C. H MASON, 255 West Twenty-second st., New Bn : a a Ee {[Aue. 18, 1885. She Rennel. For Sale Cheap. ex Countess II.). She is evenly marked, black head and blue ticked body, is house and yard broken. staunch on point, has good disposition. Also three of her pups, evenly marked heads with ticked body, by A. M. Tucker’s Count Bondhu (Gus Bondhu ex Countess Mollie, she by Count Noble ex Spark. I my Beaulah, by Toney, Also first-class English pug puppies, $15 each. C.T. BROWNELL, Box 335, New Bedford, Mass, jy16,3mo Winlawn Kennel. Several fine mastiff puppies from prize dogs for sale. Address W. P,STEVENSON, 17 Broad st., N.Y. OR. SALE—ITALIAN GREYHOUND PUPS from imported stock. HENRY C. BURDICK, 150 Bridge st., Springfield, Mass. . marl9,tf CHAMPION BRED ST. BERNARDS, CHAMPION BRED ENGLISH PUGS, Enclose stamp. CHEQUASSET KENNELS, Laneaster, Mass. jie SALE, A NUMBER OF WELL BRED AND well broken pointers and setters, also dogs boarded and broken, satisfaction guaranteed. Ad- dress H, B, RICHMOND, Lakeville, Mass. Sepiz2,tf HUTCHINGS, 25 Gandy street, Exeter, England, who has the largest kennel of mastiffs in the world. K 9 Breaking Kennels. training on woodcock, partridge and quail, commencing Aug, 1. Fifty dollars for the season. D, F. WILBUR, Myricks, Mass. jy9,t£ Rory O’More Kennels. For Sale—Thoroughbred red Irish setter stock, full pedigreed. Address with stamp, W. N. CALLENDER, Albany, N. Y. OR SALE,W—HAVING RECENTLY ADDED several fine brood bitches to the Landseer Kennels of Scotch deerhounds and greyhounds re- duced the price of puppies. Some choice grey- hounds now ready to ship. DR. VAN HUMMELL, Denver, Col. apli6,tf DOG DO YOU WANT TO BUY A FINE e bred dog of any kind? If so write and name the kind you want. EDMUND MAURER, 464 North Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa. YOUR DOG’S PICTURE. Life size crayons of dog heads or full figure accurately and artistically made from photogra by anexperienced crayon artist. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. M. LEWIS, care Forest and Stream. o OR SALE.—THE MASTIFF DOG DE BUCH (A.K.R. 1502), 3 yrs. 4 mos. old, Ist, New York, 1833, of immense bone and substance, powerful, symmetrical and compact, of excellent temper. valuable sire to mate with weedy bitches, always transmitting his great bone and substance. W WADE, Hulton, Pa, jy30,5t > OR SALE.—PURE LAVERACK PUPPIES, combining the blood of. Pontiac ex Fairy II. Carlowitz ex Princess Neilie, Thunder ex Peeress, ete. HENRY STURTEVANT, Medina, N. Y. ae dye, ANTED.—A RED IRISH SETTER DOG OR A black pointer; must-be thoroughly trained and staunch, and not over yrs. old. Address RED OR BLAOK, care of Forest and stream office. it Bull-Terrier For Sale. Albion (A.K.R. 2448), sire, Dutch, Jr., 1st, New York, Philadelphio, Toronto, ete.; dam, Nellie, 1st, St, Jobn; 2d, Boston, Pure white, whelped May 16. The pick of the litter and very promising, Address T. R. VARICK, Manchester, N. H. * augls,1t OR SALE.—ONE POINTER DOG PUPPY, 10 wks. old, is by Young Sleaford ex Daisy B., combining blood of Bow, Sleaford, Croxteth, Mason’s Pride, Queen and Lass; color, liver and white. Both sire and dam are fine field performers. For price, etc., address OCTO, Box 1001, Johnstown, Pa. augi3,1t OR SALE.—ST. BERNARD DOG KARO, 31 IN. high; Irish terrier dog King (dead game) and the King of Ratters. Also Guinea Pigs, Ferrets and Rabbits. 8. C. GRAFF, Box 290, Pittsburgh, Pa. i augi3,1t LLINOIS KENNELS OFFER FOR SALE NINE Irish water spaniel pups, by Jerry O’Conner— Queenstown. Jerry O’Conner, by Dan O’Conner— Mollie McGuire. Queenstown, by champion Barney —Irish Nell). Price $15 to $2U. 64 Pacific avenue, Chicago, Il. : augi3,it ANTED AT REASONABLE PRICE, A WELL- trained setter dog, capable of showing satis- faction in the field. Pedigree of little consequence, ae J. G. Q., P. O. Box 266, Goshen, Orange Co., aug13,it tan, fine punbes Price oe ney Sane eer A os., $10 each, Full pe ee. y to A. paxt at., Philadelphia, 1t - OREST AND STREAM. A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF THE ROD AND GUN. _ Terms, $44 Year. 10 Crs. a Copy. \ Srx Mon tas, NEW YORK, AUGUST 20, 1885. VOL, XXV.—No. 4. | Nos. 39 & 40 Park Row, New Yore. CORRESPONDENCE. Tar Forrest AND STREAM is the recognized medium of entertain- ment, instruction and information between American sportsmen, Communications upon the subjects to which its pages are devoted are respectfully invited. Anonymous communications will not be re- garded. No name will be published except with writer’s consent. The Editors are not responsible for the views of correspondents, ADVERTISHMENTS. 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Sampson Low, Marston, Searles and Rivington, 188 Fleet street, Loudon, Eng, Address ail communications, Forest and Stream Publishing Oo. New York CIty. Nos. 39 anp 40 Park Row. CONTENTS. THE KENNEL. A Dog Show Circuit. The Pittsburgh Dog Show. Philadelphia Fall Dog Show. Another Odd Point. The New Setter Standard. The English Spaniel Club. English Kennel Notes.—xxxu. Curr ent Dog Stories, Kennel Management. Kennel Notes. RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. The ae and Stream” Rifle EDITORI. Jack Blatt and Bluster. The Choice of a Champion. The Trajectory Test. After the Meet. THE SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Sport in the Sierras.—y. \ NATURAL HISTORY. Life on the Seashore. The Ptomaines. Cate Inquiries. Game BAG anp GUN Shooting About Vieksbur z. The Far North. | Tri One Day Out. / Banos and Gallery. The Choice of Guus.—t1. The Trap. Premature Explosions. CANCEING. Annual Dues of the A. GC. A, Record of the A. ©. A. Meet, Notes About the Meet. The Consolation Prize. Canned Goods, The Adirondack Deer. Sea AND RIVER FISHING. The ‘‘Razor-Back”’ of Gogebic. ~The Barefoot Again. Pacific Coast Mosquito Fleet, Rod and Reel Association, YACHTING. Gogebic, Ontonagon and Hagle. The Trial Races, The Trout Streams of Klamath. Priscilla, The Menhaden Question. New York Y,. C. Cups, Heterodox Suggestions. Puritan. The Mastigouche Lakes. Annisquam Regatta, Aug. 14. Night Fishing for Bass. Quincy Y. C., Aug. 14, FISHCULTURE. | Races of the N, ¥, Y. C. Cruise. New York Oyster Commission, hae Hull Y, 0, Open Regatta. THE KENNEL. Bay of Quinte Y. C. a5 Regatta, The American Kennel Club. | ANSWERS 10 CORRESFONDENTS, With its compact type and in its permanently enlarged form of twenty-eight pages this journal furnishes each week a iarger amount of first-class matter relating to angling, shooting, the kennel, yachting, canoeing, and kindred subjects, than is con- tained in all other American publications put together. THH TRAJECTORY TEST. HE increasing interesi manifested in the proposed tra- jectory test shows that it will, in the language of the budding journal, ‘‘filla long felt want.” Some of the sug- gestions which have come in indicate that there is in some Measure a misapprehension of just what we shall endeavor to get in the line of shooting statistics. It will not be a test, of initial velocities nor of the accuracy of shooting by the several rifles tested so far as the bunching of shots is con- cerned; but with a carefully determined base line to start from, we shall fire a sufficient number of shots from each rifle to determine just what it is capable of doing in the direction of meeting that great desideratum of a hunting weapon—a flat trajectory. To this end we have chosen several days in September, from the 23d onward, when in all likelihood the weather will be settled and quiet. A surveyor will first of all make a careful plot of the range, fixing the distance with the utmost accuracy and, determining a base line from which all the vertical measurements will be taken. A series of stakes will be firmly planted along the line of fire, and each one marked for distance and height. At 200 yards a strong platform of plank will be built, and on this will be placed the iron gun rest from which all the weapons will be fired. At 150 yards, at 100 yards, and at 50 yards screens will be placed and five shots fired from each weapon in succession” as quickly as convenient.- Each shot will be noted on the screen and on the paper ring-target to be employed. These paper documents will then form permanent exhibits, and their exact measurement will be a question for the expert to determine. All the data as to each rifie and the ammunition employed will be carefully noted, and instruments for fixing the shooting conditions, such as the force and direction of the wind, the barometric and thermometric records, will be; provided. i a A similar platform may be built at 100 yards for the smaller caliber of rifles now becoming so popular, and a sliding screen along the zone of maximum trajectory may also be put up. These, however, are matters not essential to the practical test, which, briefly stated, is to take from the ordinary gunsmith’s stock the popular makes of hunting weapons, load them with factory ammunition, and see by the indisputable record of the sereens just what they are capable of doing. To accomplish this requires just such careful surveying and subsequent manipulation as we have pointed out, and this we propose to have, Already several of the manufacturers have sent us sam- ple farms for the trial. What we wish and what we shall invite from the makers is a weapon of .40 to .45-caliber, of the arm they are pushing as their most reliable all-round hunter’s model. It is to be taken from the stock, not a weapon fixed up for the test. We wish no special ammu_ nition, though while the tests are in progress it would be a capital opportunity to try any cartridge loaded with particu- lar reference to high velocity and consequent low trajectory. If there are muzzleloader advocates who desire to pit their arms against the breechloader, they are at liberty to use the firing rest and the other facilities, and in this connec tion we would especially desire the entry of an English ex- press rifle from some well-known maker, and fired under the best conditions as to load, etc. Everything done will be open and above board, and all who wish may come and witness the experiments. Full and exact particulars will be given in our columns prior to the time of test, in addition to the general features out_ lined above. THE CHOICH OF A CHAMPION. O-DAY begius the real test of the work that has engrossed the attention of American yachtsmen since the first of the year, and has tried to the utmost the ability of the de- signers and the skill of the builders. The races heretofore sailed have not been conclusive, buf only a part of the pre- paratory steps, and only with the start to-day begins a trial which will presumably be thorough and conclusive, and one on which a fair selection will be made. The number of races which will be sailed is not yet determined, but the com- mittee have announced their intention to make a thorough test of the new boats. Should one or two races show a marked superiority in any yacht, no more will be sailed, but if such is not the case, the races will be continued until some | definite result is reached. While the two new sloops will not be the only entries, no one supposes for a moment that any other than one of them will be chosen, as their size alone better fits them to match with Genesta, and being of more modern build and rig, they are in all probability faster than the older boats. How much faster they are in propor- tion to their size is what most yachtsmen want to know, and it can only be decided by the aid of the owners of the older yachts who will enter their boats in the races, An open invitation has been extended to all sloops and cutters of 60 feet waterline to enter these races, but it is very doubtful whether more than four or five will enter against Puritan or Priscilla, A great deal of talk has been indulged in during the winter and spring about the speed of some “‘flyer’”’ or the “‘lines fine as silk” of another, or a third ‘sin full racing fettle” and only too anxious to annihilate the presumptuous Britisher; and now that the time for talking has passed, we hope these vaunted ‘‘fighting sloops” will make good the boasts of their friends and owners, if not, let us hear no more of their pretensions to a first place in the racing fleet. The races are emphatically in “our weather” and home waters, no undue restrictions are placed on any boat, and, though no prizes of money are offered, there is sufficient at stake to make the honor well worth contending for; no excuse is left for those who stay out. It is to be regretted that the gentlemen with whom the se- lection of the American champion rests have been promi- nently identified with one of the competing yachts, virtually built and sailed by them, and in whose defeat or suceess they have such a deep personal interest; and this circumstance has given rise to various rumors that they will select their own boat at all hazards. We believe that such a suspicion is entirely unfounded, and that the committee fully appre- ciate the responsibility of the trust confided to them, and realize by this time that it is not a mere club regatta nor a match between private yachts that they are concerned with, but that it is a matter of national importance, and that they represent, not the New York Yacht Club, but American yachting. Justly or unjustly, a certain amount of blame will attach to them in the event of defeat, asin buildin one boat they have necessarily neglected the claims of all other and incurred some enmity in consequence. This, however, was inevitable in any case and is a matter of small import- ance. The main question is whether they have properly ful- filled their trust, and this will be decided by the popular verdict after the selection of a yacht has been announced. JACK BLUFF AND BLUSTER. ghee method of hunting deer with jacks has been prac- ticed in the Adirondacks for many years, with the approval and co-operation of hotel keepers and guides. The hotel men have defended the practice because it brought guests to their hotels; the guides have upheld it because it gave them employment. Not content with jacking in sea- son, some of them have violated the law by June floating- and the hotel tables have been openly supplied with unlaw- ful venison. When criticisms have been made upon the practice, these hotel men and guides have been its staunch defenders. Within the last few months a great change has come over these same jack-hunters—so far as their talk is concerned. When the deer-hounding law was proposed they lifted up their voices in a prolonged howl about the barbarity and exterminating effects of jack-hunting; and from that day to this the denunciation of floating has been persisted in so loudly that were noise any evidence of sincerity no one could question their motives. But just how much honesty is there in the talk about float- ing? Why did we hear nothing about it before the hound- ing law was enacted? Do the men who have so much to say about it really feel what they say? Have the landlords and guides who have so long encouraged and practiced hounding suddenly awakened to see the enormity of the practice? Are they sincere? Or, on the contrary, is their indignation at jack- hunting only assumed and put on for effect? Is it anything else than bluff and bluster to divert attention from the brutality of hounding, and intended to make hounding appear legitimate in comparison with jack-hunting? Just how hypocritical is a large proportion of this anti- jacking talk on the part of the advocate of hounding can very easily be demonstrated. If the FormstT AND STREAM should next week institute a campaign against deer floating in the Adirondacks, these very men, who have been most forward in their pretended opposition to the method, would | | halt, turn short about, and go off on some new tangent. The minute they suspected that steps might be taken to abol- ish floating, they would begin to declaim on the enormities of still-hunting, or whatever other theme they might think would divert attention from floating; and they would oppose a law against jack-shooting with all their might and main. They may have occasion next winter to give proof of their true position on this question of Adirondack jack-hunting deer. AFTER THE MEET. HE main value of the annual canoe meet next to its im- portance as a social factor in promoting acquaintances and friendly feeling among canoeists, is the opportunity it presents for the exchange of ideas, and the stimulus it gives to the improvement of canoes and the extension of canoe- ing. Several of the principal novelties of this season are directly traceable to last year’s meet, and already the races of this year have started several on a search for something better that will show good results at the next meet. A marked improvement in canoes, sails and camp outfit, was visible this year, the boats being mostly of better model and with improvements in the details of build, while the sails and rigging were more neatly made as well as of better pro- portions. ‘The best of this year were probably better than last, but the improvement was in the rank and file, and there was a larger proportion of very good boats, A visit to a meet by each individual is sure to have an influence on canoeing, starting an interest in it where not already established and waking up clubs and members to the improvement of their boats and their knowledge of sail- ing, and rousing a spirit of emulation with other clubs that is highly beneficial. Many have gone home from Grind- stone with ideas and suggestions both for the improvement of canoes, the advancement of club interests and the exten- sion of the Association; and now while the matter is fresh in mind is the time to put these ideas into practicable shape. Before they are forgotten or before some one else brings out ahead of you your pet idea or invention, register it as your discovery and let all fellow canoeists enjoy it with you through the columns of the Forrest AND STREAM, 62 Gams Prosprors —The prospects for a good supply of ruffed grouse, quail and woodcock the coming Season appear to be very flattering. We have received within the past few days intelligence froma large and varied section of country giving very hopeful accounts of the abundance of these birds. Ruifed grouse well grown and in full broods are reported more plenty than has been known for years, Quail are also said to be doing well and their cheery: call is heard from almost every field. Woodeock were found plenty in June and the early part of July, but the wet weather has scattered them, and the shooters report that the large bags anticipated have not in many cases been realized, although the shooting has been fairly good, Octo- ber will undoubtedly bring us some good sport, SHAD IN THE Hupson.—According to statistics gathered é by Fish Commissioner E, G. Blackford the catch of shad in the Hudson River this year amounted to the sum of $176,- #25. The supply keeps up well in spite of the great drain upon it, and this is to be credited to the efforts of the Fish Commissioners of the State and of the United States, in keeping the river well stocked. No doubt more fish were taken and consumed along the river than are included in the returns made to Mr. Blackford. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND having gone to the Adirondacks, the concocters of newspaper ielegrams are devising a series of fishing yarns that shall not fall short of the lies told about Mr. Chester A, Arthur’s recent salmon angling. Mr, Arthur’s score for one week was stated to be ninety salmon; and the scribe who started the record probably imagined that salmon fishing is something like sorting over salt codfish in a commission house, Trout As VerMin.—An enthusiastic salmon angler, after a week’s experience, will be quite ready to aver that trout in a salmon stream are vermin. Che Sportsman Canrist, ; Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- ng Co. SPORT IN THE SIERRAS. ROME ADDITIONAL INCIDENTS. f PS days had been spent in a desultory manner by us all Reading, writing letters, playing piquet and bean poker, a liltle mild fishing and hunting, served to pass the pleasant hours. During this time the ‘‘Terror” comes to the front on one occasion, and earus the name by which he is known in this veracious history—said name being conferred upon him by Miss O. in commemoration of his exploits. He and Will were out hunting sma]l game, when the ‘‘Terror’’ spied a ground squirrel] sitting upon a rock, swaying from side to side and acting in a strange manner, Creeping up close he shot it, and it rolled over into the chapparal growing pround the rock, and dropped out of sight. Forcing his way to the spot, the ‘‘Terror” stepped upon the rock which his game had just occupied, and stooped down to part the bushes im order to look for if, when a ratilesnake gave his angry warning, It was the ‘“Terror’s” first- experience with the crotalus, and he nearly droppod with fright, not being able to locale the sound—as few people are until accustomed to it—but knowing full well whatit-was, It would seem that his snakeship was out hunting that afternoon himself, and had his eye fixed upon the squirrel when the latter was shot, and when the body fell took possession of it. And so the “Terror” stood there, quaking in every limb, not daring to jump, as he could not tell in what direction safety lay. At last he saw the snake lying coiled beside the dead squirrel under the bushes, and drawing up he shot it through the folds with a charge of No, 6 shot, and bore it home in triumph. He still carries its rattles in memory of his first interview wilh a living rattier. It proved to be the largest succlmen ever seen by any of the party. It measured four feet three inches in length, and ten inches around in the middle. The **Terror’ also encountered and killed a second but smaller one the same day while out fishing in company with the ladies, and was then and there dubbed a “‘terror to snakes,’ a name of which a part still clings to him, and prob- ably always will. Henry killed one near the house on the morning of the same day, and that evening Will and I found a ground or worm snake in the rvad, and it wasn’t much of a day for snakes either. This was the first living specimen of the worm snake I had ever sven, and was a great curiosity. It was about fourteen inches long and very glossy. Its tail was blunt, but had no shield such as is seen m the Uropeltis, The body was cylin- drical; color light olive, fading into greenish yellow on the belly; eyes very small. lt was semi-torpid, but after being moved about for inspection, began to burrow slowly into the sand, and with a scarcely perceptible movement gradually disappesred. When the tail had entered the sand I uncov- ered it and tried to pull the reptile backward, but found it could not be done without pulling it in two pieces, so firm a hold had it secured in the light sand, After examining it sufficiently we removed if toa place of greater safety, and set it free. That evening two more anglers, H. and W., arrived, and we had a merry crowd around the stove, when _ the chill night air drove us into the house and near the fire, as it does the year round at this altitude. The ensuing day B. and myself went down the river after trout, and had a day’s satisfactory fishing. We drove down about four miles, tied our horse among the trees, and fished a portion of the river I had never been on before. We both got full creels in about four hours’ fishing in the middle of the day, the very worst time for trout to rise, At one time, while standing on a boulder fishing a large pool, something in motion on the side of the mountain, on the opposite bunk of the river, attracted my eye, and an attentive look revealed a large buck bounding down toward the stream. I turned to call to B., but he was just disap- pearing round the angle of the bank, and my shout was drowned by the roar of the rapids. It had been thundering FOREST AND STREAM, heavily a few moments previously, and the reverberationshad no doubt stirred the buck into action, as thunder generally has that effect. He came down and entered the water about forty yards above. I had been carrying a large revolver on all my trips up and down the river until this very day, when, having found it inconvenient, I had left it at home, of course, Let those Jaugh who have never been caught out in a similar manner. I felt asif I had both hands occupied and a fly on my nose. [had been hunting these mountains for days without success, and here a buck almost walks into my distended jaws and Iam helpless. It was too ‘‘cussed mean!” There I stood, spellbound and motionless, watching with bated breath every motion of the noble game. He plunged into the water where the current was deep and swift, and heading up stream, suffered himself to be floated, a few feet at a time, down into the pool to a point opposite me. He was now so close that I could have cast the flies, which now hung idly dangling from my rod, upon his back. He was a four-spiked buck, in splendid condition, the fat actually shaking upon his quarters. He stooped his head and took a long draught of water, and on raising it again noticed me. At first he evidently did not fear me, but stood watchful, with eyes dilated and nostrils spread to catch the scent. Finally, throwing out his head horizontally to the full ex- tent of his neck, with the tips of bis antlers resting on his shoulders, he took one comprehensive sniff, and turning like a flash disappeared from sight up the bank, Theair around that spot became very hot and sulphurous about that time, probably caused by the thunderstorm before mentioned, although it may be that leaving my revolver at home had something to do with it, For me the balance of the day was without light or warmth, This adventure gave me the buck fever very badly, and the next morning Will and I took H.’s buckboard and horses and drove up a horrible road for six miles to get Will’s horses, which he had turned out to graze, and to have a bunt. We started early and traveled up a cafion with a dangerously steep grade, until reaching the summit of the mountain, where we found a piece of fine grazing country, While going up the mountain, Will pointed out where his dog treed a bear the previous summer, and as there was con- siderable ingenuity displayed in the bear’s capture, I will relate it in Will’s own words; said he, ‘‘I was going up after my horses to the same place we're going to-day, I hadabig shepherd dog with me, and he came across the bear in that big clump of willows over there, and ran him right up that tree, where he sat chompin’ his teeth and growlin’ and foam- in’ at the mouth. I hadn’t my rifle with me, and I knew that if I went back after it the dog would leave the tree, and how to get him I couldn’t think. At last I thought out a plan, and startin’ in, I gathered all the brush and logs I could carry or roll, and bnilt a big circle around the tree and set fire to it. After it got to burnin’ good, sez I, by geewhilli- kens! if he tries to come down now he’ll get well singed anyhow, and off I started for my rifle. Just as I expected, the dog soon left ard followed me; but the fire was a better stayer, and when | got back the bear was mighty uneasy but was still there, and I brought him down with a shot in the stickin’ place.” If the reader will remember Captain Cut- tle’s advice and ‘‘makea note on't,” this incident might come handy at some future time. We reached our destination at an early hour, and securely tying our horses started out after a buck, Our course at first lay along the crest of the mountain ridge on which we were, and which separated the stream we had left in the valley, from a large branch which lay to the south. The view from this point was worth ten times the journey to see. At one spot a pebble flung into air would have dropped nearly 3,000 feet into the bed of the stream below. A sea of mountains rolled away, waye upon wave, to the south, until their snowy peaks melted into the blue of the sky, Upon the opposite side of the cafion the streams from the melting snows could be traced in lines of glistening light as they glided over the bare slopes of granite to the river, brawl- ing so far beneath us that its voice could not be heard. But why dwell upon it when all these Sierra views are so grand? Come and see for yourself what nature can do in this glorious western land! Afler a time we turned back across the crest, and followed down a flat ravine for a couple of miles with- out seeing any game, only a couple of fawns. They were both well grown, but neither of us would shoot them, nor would we allow the dog to chase them. We now struck upon ground which had been pastured by sheep, and_the soil was as bare of herbage as if fire had run over it, We were get- ting a little discouraged as we had traversed some splendid hunting ground without effect, so we left the ravine down which we had come and struck over into another running in the same direction, with the intention of hunting back. Here old Turk soon gave tongue, but the deer ran out ahead of us and the dog’s voice was soon lost to hearing over the ridge. We toiled on, up opposite sides of the ravine, about 150 yards apart, until tired, when I suggested that we sit down and wait for the dog, as we might be leaving game behind in the willows which lined the bottom of the hollow between us. We both chose a soft rock to sit down upon and rest, and talked across to each other some ten minutes, when crr-rash went some heavy body inthe bushes directly below and between us, and out jumped a buck upon Will’s side. He had been lying there all the time waiting for us to pass by, but our lingering in his neighborhood had rendered him suspicious, and he made a dash for safer quarters. This was the most foolish move he ever made, for had he lain still we would soon have passed him by. Jinstantly ‘‘turned loose” upon him as soon as he broke cover, and wounded him severely, the bullet entering just beside the root of the tail. He turned down the ravine, and I fired again, the second bullet enter- ing within an inch anda half of the first, This brought him down, and Will ran up and finished him with a ball through the neck and then cut his throat. At last I have got my buck, a fine three-spiked one, and I am satisfied. I remain in charge of the venison, and Will goes back for a horse to pack it out. He returns in about two hours, and I set my rifle against a tree in--order to assist in putting the carcass upon the horse’s back, Just as we are raising it to the saddle we notice the horse looking intently down the ravine, Will turns his head to see what it is, and there stands another buck watching us at a distance of sixty yards. Will dropped his end, too quick, and sprang for my rifle, having left his own at the wagon. Not understanding the mechanism, he cannot use it, and by the time he has tried it twice without result, and then handed it to’ me, the deer has disappeared among the timber. We console ourselves by saying that we already have venison enough, and get back to the wagon as soon as possible. search Will secures the horses he came after, and we return homeward. AREFAR. After an hour’s. * [Aue. 20, 1885. 37a ee atuyal History. Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Pubdlish- LIFE ON THE SEASHORE. ing Co. A GOOD deal of pleasure, to say nothing of instruction, is to be got from keeping one’s eyes open to what is curious and wonderful in the works of nature. People who take their summering at the seaside miss a great deal if they fail to acquaint themselves with the appearance and habits of some of the common animals that abound everywhere on the shore. By taking a walk along the beach at low tide, or better still by going out in a boat and searching the shallow water in the neighborhood of rocks, many interesting forms of life may readily be found, In taking a walk along one of the Cape Ann beaches the other day I saw at least half a dozen of those exceedingly curious creatures which go under the common name of jelly fishes. Ihave heard that Agassiz once showed a friend one of these animals in an aquarium and asked him what he thought it looked like. His friend replied that he thought it resembled animated water. Any one who has seen some of the smaller species of these animals will recognize a good deal of appropriateness in this definition. One has to look sharply to see them at all, so delicate and so perfectly transparent are they. They may be found most abundantly ona quiet even- ing gaily swimming about on the surface of the water by alternately opening and shutting their umbrella-shaped bodies. Probably not one person in a hundred who has seen these curious beings knows anything about their wonderful life history. “The transformations which they undergo in their development are among the most remarkable exhibited by living things. Jelly fishes are, in fact, nothing less than the offspring of those delicate plant-like organisms which grow on all shores attached to common seaweed, rocks, etc., and which are known by the common names of sea mosses and sea firs. These names, of course, give an erroncous notion as to their nature, for notwithstanding their decidedly plant-like appearance they are true animals. It is not fo be wondered at, however, that the mistake of regard- ing them as plants is so common, for the naturalists them- selves were for a long time puzzled to know to which king: dom of living things they belonged. The old observers, thinking they saw in them the character of both, ingeniously called them zoophytes, a word which means animal plants. The name now applied to them is hydroid zoopbytes, or simply hydroid. If one of these organisms be carefully ex- amined in the summer, little bud-like swellings may be seen attached to its stem, These little buds after a while detach themselves and, strange to say, develop into the compara- tively gigantic jelly fishes. It seems scarcely credible that such a transformation can occur, but no tact of science is better established, The special function of the jelly fish stage of the hydroid is the production of the elements re- quired for the reproduction of the species, When this has been accomplished the jelly fish dies, the embryo to which it gave rise are at first free-swimming, but after a while they attach themselves to some rock or weed and deyelop not into jelly fishes like those from which they sprung, but into the © plant-like hydroids. ‘These changes furnish an example of what the scientists call ‘‘alternation of generations.” I haye seen more of those exceedingly graceful animals, that go under the rather homely name of squid, the present summer than for several years previous. In some places the beach is strewn with them, they having been cast up by the tide. I doubt if there is any animal in the sea prettier than this when seen in his native element. The delicate, ever- varying flushes of color that constantly chase one another over his back and sides are not to be compared with any- thing [ know of, and for quickness, variety and graceful- ness of movement he is not to be outdone. It is interesting, too, to watch him thrust his ten long sucker-tipped arms to and fro in the water in his search for food. And then he has a curious way, not possessed by any other animal so far as I know, of suddenly darting straight backward, He ac- complishes this feat by meens of a peculiar internal organ by which he is able to throw out from his body at will jets of water, the reaction of which gives him his backward movement, If you disturb a squid while in the water he suddenly envelops himself in an inky cloud. This is for the sake of protection, and is accomplished by a special organ one the ink bag, from which the animal discharges a black fiuid, Though the squid is such a handsome fellow, he has some near relatives of a decidedly unattractive sort. Those wierd creatures, the octopi, described by Hugo in one of his novels, though not quite correctly, it is said, belong to the same order, It is by means of cup-shaped suckers just like those of the squid, except that they are very much larger, that the octopi hold their deadly grip on their victims, while with their long arms they squeeze them to death. It is said to be quite a common thing in some of the islands of the Pacific for the natives to be altacked by these creatures. I have read that they always take an axe with them in their boats with which to cut off the arms of the octopus in ease of attack. It is only in this way that they can free themselves, for when the creature has once fixed his suckers no strength a man could exert would be sufficient to pull them loose. One of the most common animals of the seashore is the little crustacean which goes under the common name of the hermit crab, the animal being so called from the fact that it is always found inhabiting the shell of some dead mollusk, as the common snail. The little creature presents a curious and interesting sight as he sits in his stolen house with his strong nipping-claws, watchful looking stalked-eyes, and long feelers projecting out from the open door, Though ap- parently so vigilant and well armed he does not always show hostility at the approach of his foes. On the contrary he more often takes the rather cowardly course of withdrawing himself completely into his shell and there remaining until his enemy has gone by, when he again cautiously ventures forth. f his two nipping-claws one is always larger than the other, and when he has thus withdrawn himself into his shell he always uses the larger one as a kind of plug to close the entrance. ; lt is interesting to notice the reason why the hermit crab thus appropriates the shell of another animal. It is because the hinder part of its body, or abdomen, unlike that of other animals of the same group to which it belongs, is not pro- tected by a hard crust, but is quite soft. In the common shore crab and in the lobster, for examples, this part of the body is covered with a hard calcareous crust which acts as a shield against the attacks of their enemies; the hermit crab, not being provided with this natural means of defense, is ——— Ps a FOREST AND STREAM. 63 obliged io resort to an artificial one. The animal is provided with special appendages by means of which he keeps a firm hold upon his borrowed dwelling, and it is a very difficult matter to get him loose from if. Ihave known a crab to suffer himself to be pulled to pieces before he would give up his shell, When a crab has grown too large for the shell he is occupying he leaves it and seeks another. It is said ‘that if they are not able to find another emply shell they attack other crabs, and if they succeed in overcoming them, take possession of their shells. They seem to be rather quar- relsome fellows, at all events, for 1 have seen two of them fighting over a piece of mussel, while if they had eaten it quietly there would have been plenty for both. ' _ Any one who has hud the opportunity and has failed to look for sea-anemones attached to the sides of rocks just below low tide mark has thrown away the privileve of seeing one of the most beautiful of all forms of life in its natural habitat. With their delicately tinted cylindrical bodies sur- mouuted by a crown of soft feathery tentacles gently expand- ing and contracting in the water, they show themselves ‘worthy of the name of sea-flowers, by which they are com- monly known. I could readily mention many other forms of life, some of which are quite as interesting as those already named, Such are star-fishes with their five radiating arms and curious sucker-tipped tube-fect; sea urchins looking so secure in their bristling coat of spines; ophiuroideans with their long snake-like arms; and lobsters, of several of which I have caught glimpses lately, and which looked quite as handsome in their native domain, clad in their prilliant- colored coat of mail, as they taste delicious when converted into a salad. Those whose summer rambles take them to the sea-shore will find a pleasant way of spending odd hours in €xamining these forms of life for themselves. 8. AnNisouam, Mass., Aug, 6, THE PTOMAINES. ia have lafely occurred two or three cases of death through blood poisoning from bites that must present features of peculiar interest to those scientists who are prose- cuting experiments wilh human saliva, which is now known to possess more or less of toxie qualities, In one case a little girl of four yenrs and a half was bitten on the arm by another little girl of five years of age. The wound was very slight—a mere graze—of which the mother at first took uo particular notice; but next morning the arm being much swollen and inflamed, she took the child to the nearest hospital, The house surgeon there.attributed the inflamma- tion to the state of the stomach, and merely ordered a simple poullice and some cooling medicine, not suspecting any danger, Probably the ptomaines and poisonous saliva had mot formed a part of that doctor’s curriculam. The child grew rapidly worse anJ1 died the third day after the bite. .A post mortem examination showed that death had resulted from acute blood poisoning, caused, as was then perceived, iby this by no means deep bite. This remarkable case at once recalled one or two similar occurrences rélated to me only a short time previously by my friends, Dr. Yarrow, U, 8. A., and Dr. R. W. Shufeldt, of the Army Medical Museum, Washington, D. C., in con- versations on the subject of human bites, It besides bears a certain analogy to snake bite, and suggests a few words in reply to an olt-repeated inquiry—How is it that while one may die from a very slight snake bite, another person may wecover from an apparently serious one? The amount of wenom injected, the condition of the victim, as also that of the serpent supply the reason. ‘While a feeble or an un- healthy person might succumb to the merely superficial bite of a smal] rattlesnake, a stout and vigorous man may pos- sibly overcome the virus of a full-sized one. Itis merely a question of whether the bitten person’s vitality is strong enough to conquer the poison. The little child’s blood was in an unhealthy condition, probably also the saliva of the biter was contaminated by unsound gums (she had lost some of her teeth), or by remains of food in her mouth, or noxious “sweet stuff.” Of these details we cannot be sure, while we are very sure that an extremely minute quantity of saliva in contact with the blood was fatal to this little girl, while many children are bitten by their playmates and far more severely, without any serious consequences. Dr. Shufeldt informed me that he had seen some very serious symptoms follow fromthe bite of an angry man, Many other cases could be cited in which death has ensued from the bite of persons and animals in whom no sign of rabies existed. It was not a mere figure of speech which the Psalmist uttered when he said “the poison of asps is under their lips,’”’ though we may doubt whether David intended to convey a scientific fact in that statement. Unfortunately, good as well as evil persons catry venom under their tongue; nevertheless, scripture when thus borne out by modern discoveries be- comes invesied with new force and interest. These poisonous properties, both in saliva and in some other fiuids of the human body are known as “‘ptomaines,” a word introduced into the language some twelve years ago, and therefore found, if at all, only in our most recent dictionaries. It is derived from 7rm@/ia@, a carcass, being the product of diseased or putrified animal substances. Prosecuting scien- tific experiments, Dr. Selmi, of Bologna, discovered in a corpse certain alkaloids singularly resembling such vegetable poisons as morphine, aconitine and others. It was subse- quently discovered that these cadaveric alkaloids or pto- maines, as he named them, exist in living bodies as well as dead ones, in healthy as well as unhealthy human fluids, though predominating in diseased subjects. Simultaneously while Selmi was carrying on his researches ai Bologna, Dr, Armand Gautier, of Paris, also discovered that these ‘‘alka- loids” are developed in putrefied blood, and in human saliva, which, under certain conditions, he found to bear a strong analogy with snake venom. Gautier obtained from healthy human saliva sufficient ptomaine to destroy birds when inoc- ulated with it; and this saliva had not been contaminated by impurities in the mouth, but was procured direct from the duct of a salivary gland. Dr. Yarrow informed me of a similar circumstance that had come under his observation, viz., the saliva of a healthy man whom he knew, causing the death of a rabbit inoculated with it. Iam indebted to Dr. Yarrow fora copy of an extremely interesting paper on “Some Recent Experiments on Serpent Venom,” by Dr. Robert Fietcher, M.R.0.8.B., which was read before the Philosophical Society of Washington, May 19, 1883; and in this paper Dr. Fletcher shows the relationship between tlie new alkaloids and snake poison, which Jatter appears to dif- ferfrom human saliya only in the intensity of its action. “Both serpent yenom and ptomaines respond alike to chem- ical tests, and have the same reducing power,” says Dr. Biletcher. “They are not ferments, heat, long applied, leaves hem bothas deadly as before, The toxic effect upon animals —_— * is the same in both,” Worthy of consideration is the curious fact that while snake yenom is found to possess strong pep- tic qualities, so that it is introduced into the pharmacopaiia as a valuable medicine, human saliva is found to possess toxic properties, and each so important as a digestive agent in the stomach, should beso fatal in the blood of another individual. The second case which has occurred within a year was the death of a gentleman from the bife of a pet monkey, The animal was not habitually vicious, but on the occasion which terminated so fatally, displayed a restiveness which induced its master to take it by the shoulders—one hand on each shoulder—and shake it, ‘The monkey immediately turned and bit first one hand and then the other between the thumb and forefinger, causing the blood to flow. The wound on the right hand soon became a serious affair. Jt was canter- ized, but in a week or two became gangrenous and was at- tended with faintness and exhaustion. The patient was already much out of health, which accelerated the danger, and in spite of skillful medical aid he died within three weeks, At the coroner’s inquest it was stated that the bite of a monkey would not necessarily produce rabies, but that the deceased’s constitution was in such 4 state that ‘‘anything,” probably meaning any other bite, might produce the same effect. Similarly an unhealthy person has been known to die from the bite of a harmless—%. e,, a non-venomous—snake, Dr. Shufeldt told me he had once been compelled to carry his hand in a sling for many weeks from a wound caused by the bite of a common cat that had been suddenly disturbed, Instances might be multiplied in evidence of the toxic effect of saliva apart from hydrophobia, and which, prior to the discovery of the ptomaines, have excited the wonder of the ignorant, giving rise to superstitious beliefs, It is in this way that myths have prevailed which in due time science clears away. One more point of interest in connection with the pto- maines is that, though a comparatively recent discovery or rather a lately recognized agent of mischief, the actually poisonous character which some human secretions assume under certain conditions has long been known. Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.R.S8., F.L.8., etc., of London, in more than one of his works has pointed out this, and also the fatal effects of the maternal nutrimenton infants when the mother has yielded to violent anger or has been suffering under great mental excitement. ‘‘An absolutely poisonous char- acter is almost instantaneously communicated to the milk, which has occasioned the death of the offspring.” Anger or undue excitement acts on other animal secretions, as, for instance, the saliva, as we have seen. Though to moralize dees not belong to the present subject, we cannot fail to see the lesson of caution conveyed in the various incidents related; more especially as regards the importance of main- taining sound health to enable us to combat danger. HKyen more to the point than Dr. Carpenter’s clucidations was a remarkable prediction of Dr. Weir Mitchell when deseribiig his experiments with snake venom in 1868. Though not absolutely giving the name of ptomaines he yet anticipated both Selmi and Gautier in comparing the cada- vers with serpent venom, In his published account (1868) he said: “‘The one form of poison which most resembles venom is that of putrefactive substances, and I am inclined to think that from putrefying material may yet be separated a substance which, concentrated, will prove active toxically and will perhaps enable the observer to repeat the facts I have witnessed here.” The substance has since been “separated,” and experiments have been “repeated,” and by scientists in other countries in the pursuit of their own indi- vidual rescarches, irrespective, at first, of serpent venom, though this afterward shared their attention, and who were probably quite unaware of Dr. Mitchell’s conclusions. Dr. Fletcher speaks of these various discoveries as of “enormous importance in their relation to medical juris- prudence.” That they may lead to the discovery of a thoroughly satisfactory cure—that is an antidote in the true sense of the word, to snake venom, and a cure for hydro- phobia, two evils that have as yet baffled all skill, is now almost confidently anticipated, At the moment of conclud- ing this paper, in which I have so loosely and lamely en- deavored to simplify an abstruse subject, I read that M. Pasteur, of Paris, after five years’ undivided attention and practical experiments, feels confident that he can provide an effectual prophylactic against hydrophobia. A prophylactic against snake bite may come next, CATHERINE OC, Hopiry. Lonpon, England. ORNITHOLOGICAL INQUIRIES. Te inquiries instituted by the new Department of Econ- omic Ornithology at Washington are set forth in the following circular, copies of which may be obtained of Dr, Merriam: The fact that birds are instrumental factors in checking the increase of insects injurious to vegetation has long been recognized, but the extert of the services thus rendered has never been positively ascertained. Moreover, great differ- ence of opinion exists, particularly among farmers, as to whether certain well-known species are-on the whole bene- ficial or injurious; and many kinds which are really of great paactical value are killed whenever opportunity offers. For example, hawks and owls collectively are almost univer- sally regarded as detrimental, while as a matter of fact sev- eral of them never touch poultry but feed almost exclusively on mice and grasshoppers. The wholesale slaughter of small birds has been known to be followed by serious increase of noxious insects. On the other hand, invasions of insects which threatened to deyas- tate large tracts of country have been cut nearly short by the timely services of our native birds. : In yiew of the above facts, and many others which might be cited, it is clear that a comprehensive systematic investi- gation of the inter-relation of birds and agriculture will prove of enormous value tofarmers and horticulturists. Such an inyestigation has been undertaken by the newly-established branch of Hconomic¢ Ornithology under the Division of Ento- mology of the Department of Agriculture, and the assistance and co-operation of persons interested are earnestly solicited. The food of all birds consists either of animal matter or vegetable matter or both, and its consumption must be ser- viceable or prejudicial to the interests of mankind. There- fore, according to the food they eat, all birds may be classed under one of two headings—beneficial or injurious. Many species are both beneficial or injurious, and it is impossible to assign them to either category until the precentages of their food elements have been positively determined and the |.d sum of the good balanced against the sum of the evil. In a very large proportion of our small birds the food varies considerably with the season, sometime changing from vegetable to animal, or from injurious to beneficial. Fur- thermore, many birds feed their young upon substances which the adults rarely or never eat; and the young on leaving the nest sometimes greedily deyour things which are discarded as they grow older. Hence, il becomes necessary to ascertain the food of each species ut different times of the year and at different ages, Information is desired on all questions relating 10 this inquiry, and special attention is invited to the following: a, Has the common crow been observed to catch young chickens or to steal eggs? b. Has it been observed to eat corn or other cereals in the field? If so, how long after planting, and how extensive was the injury done? Has the crow been observed to feed upon injurions insects? If so, what kinds of insects were thus destroyed, and to what extent? ce. Has the crow blackbird or grackle been observed to carry off the young cf the robin or of other small birds, or to destroy their eggs? When breeding near the house, has it been observed to drive off small birds (such ag robing, blue- birds, etc.) which had previously made their abode on the premises? Has it been observed to eat corn or other cereals in the ficld? If so, how long after planting, and how exten- sive was the injury done? Has the crow blackbird been ob- served to feed upon injurious insects? If so, what kinds of insects were thus destroyed, and to what extent? d, Has the naturalized exotic, the so-called ‘English sparrow.” been observed to drive off any of our ative birds? If go, what species were so expelled from their former haunts? Has this sparrow been observed to feed upon cereals or other farm crop? If so, what kinds were injured and to what ex- tent? e¢. Has the ‘‘Hoslish sparrow” been observed to feed upon or wantonly injure grapes or other fruits? If so, to what extent? What measures, if any, have been adopted to remedy the evil? jf. Have the robin, cat bird, brown thrasher, Baltimore oriole, or other birds been observed to feed extensively upon fruit? Ifso, what kind or kinds of fruit has been most injured by each species, and how exten- sive have been the depredations committed? g. What birds haye been observed to feed upon or otherwise injure buds or foliage, and what plants or trees have been so injured? h, What birds, if any, have been observed to feed upon the canker worm, army worm, tent caterpillar, cut-worm, cot- ton worm,-cabbage worm, currant worn, Rocky Mountain locust or other grasshoppers, periodical locust (Civada), Colo- rado potato beetle, chinch bug, Hessian fly, or obber nox- ious insects? ¢ The bobolink (ricebird of the Southern States) and red-shouldered blackbird congregate in vast flocks during their migrations and commit extensive depre- dations in certain parts of the South. The Division will be glad to receive detailed accounts of these depredations from persons living in the affected districts, j. What birds are considered to be injurious to crops and small fruits, and what kinds are regarded as beneficial? On what facts are these opinions based? #&. Has any kind of bird been ob- served to feed upon the honey bee? If so, what species, and how extensive has been the injury done? In the investigation of economic ornithology many im- portant secondary questions present themselves. Among them, the following may be mentioned as bearing directly upon the subject of injury: 1, At what season and for how long a period is the bird present? 2. If a summer resident, how many broods does it rear each season, and how many young constitute an average brood? 38. Does it take up its abode near the habitations of man, or does it inhabit dis- tricts remote from civilization? 4. Does it inhabit marshes, uplands, cultivated fields, or forests? 5. Where does it make its nest? 6. What places does it frequent in search of food? %. Is it solitary or gregarious? 8. What effect does the settlement of a region have upon its bird life? 9, What birds, if left to themselves, are likely to become most abund- ant asthe country grows older? 10. Has any imerease or decrease been observed from year to year in the numbers of any kind of bird in the same locality? If so, can such change be attributed to altered conditions, in the bird’s breed- ing grounds? If not, can any cause be assigned? 11, Has any increase or decrease of one species been observed to affect the numbers of another species? If so, can the fact be explained? 12, Has any species disappeared altogether? If so, can a cause for this disappearance be assigned? Persons willing to aid in the collection of birds’ stomachs will, on application, be furnished with the necessary blanks and instructions. Until Oct, 1 all communications should be addressed to Sing Sing, N. Y,; after Oct. 1 to the De- partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Dr. O. Hart Merriam, Ornithological Agent, RANGE OF THE AMERICAN Brson.—Late issues of the St, Paul Pioneer Press report: ‘Reliable cowboys just arrived in Miles City, Mont., report that at the Lower Musselshell round-up they saw afresh trail of about 100 buffalo on the head of the Big Porcupine las! week, and had seen twelve head a few days before. They killed one out of the twelve, The number of wild animals on the North Yellowstone ranges have proved not only a source of annoyance to herd owners, but also of great damage to these newly stocked ranges. Round-up parties, in scouring those districts this spring, complain of the great number of calves killed and crippled by wolves and other wild animals. On Guster Creek calyes were found that suffered from torn and bitten backs, which the boys attributed-to the attacks of wildcats, Tad the calves been hamstrung the work would have been charged to wolves instead of wildcats. The loss from the above source is probably greater than most people would imagine.” ‘The Maginnis boys met on their last trip probably the last reranant of the mighty herds of bison that once roamed over these plains. About 200 wanderers were encountered in Flatwillow Creek bottoms, and for a time the round-up lived on succulent, juicy buffalo humps instead of choice Montana beef.” ANTIDOTE TO Scorrron’s Strve.—Already an antidote has been discovered to the sting of scorpions, which although rarely fatal, are extremely painful, aud the poison is closely _ allied to that of the venomous snakes, Mr. A. M, Markham, of the Indian Civil Service, has written to one of the Indian papers calling attention to the fact that the root of Achyran- thes aspera, known popularly as chirchérra, affords almost instantaneous relief from the pain caused by the sting of a scorpion. The plant is very common everywhere in India, and is one of those whose clinging burrs are such a nuisance on one’s legs when out shooting. The root, macerated in water, is applied to the part stung, and a small quantity is runk in water. If this be done quickly, there is absolutely no pain half an hour or so after the sting, instead of the twelve to twenty-four hours of intense suffermg which fol- low an untreated sting,— London Standurd, 64 FOREST AND STREAM. ; [Ave 20, 1885 Game Bag and Gun. : pred all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- ng Co. SHOOTING ABOUT VICKSBURG. ROBABLY there are not a great number of places in the United States more favorably situated for the sportsman than Vicksburg. J read with considerable inter: est and curiosity of men of means throughout the country, mainly in the East, forming clubs and spending thousands of dollars for shooting and fishing grounds, erecting expen- sive buildings, and employing men to look after their prop- erty. The grounds are often at long distances from the homes of the owners, involving expense and time in reaching them. Even then frequently the sport is not first-class. Such a course is to be approved, for it gives relaxation to the owners and protects in a needful way our game and fish from the ravages of the pot-hunter and law-breaker. But here at Vicksburg—and there are other places in the South probably as fayorably located—within a radius of fifty miles the finest sport can be had, either in fishing or hunting, with no ex- pense except for transportation, ammunition and camp. Quail are abundant everywhere, both in the sedge grass in the hills and in corn and cotton fields of the bottom lands. Doves are also plentiful in certain localities where peas have been sown. North of here within fifteen miles black bears, wild turkey and deer (the last not so numerous since the de- structive overflows of 1882 and 1883-4) can be found, Fur- ther on in the swamps of Yazoo, Big and [Little Sunflower rivers, Steel’s Bayou and Deer Creek they become more numerous, and the two former quite plentiful, while the deer are increasing. It is no difficnlt task to get a bear, hunted y 4 man who understands them, either with dogs or by still-hunting. There are planters who complain of the dep- redations of this animal, for he is fond of a fat pig and gour- mandizes on the succulent corn when in roasting ear. Iam not a turkey hunter but can call them yery well in gobbling time. I have on different occasions had three gobblers answering my call at the same time, and have had two noble fellows within thirty yards, side by side, making the deep woods resound to their music as they searched and peered for what they took to be their lady love. From our camp during a ten days’ hunt we never failed to get an answer in early morning to our first or second call. I will never tell how many fair shots I had at turkeys that trip, and how many were killed. I was shooting them in the body then with BB’s, whereas the proper thing to do, as I after- ward learned, was to shoot at the head and neck—vital parts —with 4s, 5s or 6s. As to squirrels, they abound in the woods everywhere; in the hills the fox and gray, and in the swamps mainly the black. Mallard, pintail, butter ball, baldpate, green-winged teal and a number of other ducks, this is their winter home. They begin to arrive here in Ociober before frost and remain until in April when the wil- lows are green with leaves. The wood duck, as noble a bird as any of them, both in flavor of meat and beauty of plum- age, breeds here, and can be seen skimming over the lakes and rivers the year round, though they are not shot except in winter. The green-winged teal feeds almost exclusively upon grass seeds and swarm upon the river bars where grass grows luxuriantly at low stage of water in latter part of summer and fall. The larger ducks feed upon acorns of which the woods are full, and also upon grass seed, The mallard is the most secluded and mainly haunts the dense swamp, finding abundance of food and water there. They are often, however, killed in great numbers by persons who search out their feeding grounds and lie in wait for them. Some marvelous tales ‘are told of the number killed at one discharge of both barrels of the gun, which I would not like to repeat. If some of these could appear in your column of ““Remarkable Shots” some of the grand liars who write therein would be completely overshadowed. The man who froze his bullet in mid air after having fired it, thawed it out next spring, killing sundry things, would be set at rest as a weakling forever. Lake Oentennial, in front of Vicksburg, formed in 1876 by a cut-off of the Mississippi River, has a great extent of willow bars which formed and grew up after the cut-off, and here is a great resort for the green-winged teal and other species. During the winter thousands and thousands of them can be seen from the city, and many a one has fallen within sight and sound of the town. When not at the business our- selves, it has been a favorite diversion of my brother (your “B. H. P.”)and myself to go upon the gallery at sundown, and from our elevated position on the hill, some 250 feet above the water level, watch and listen as dusk gets in for the firing of the numerous guns as the local sportsmen dealt out death to the gamy teal as they came in to roost. Then, and at early dawn the shooting is best, though it is often excel- lent throughout the day, particularly in stormy weather. The best shooting is to be had over decoys, though the large majority of sportsmen take their chances without this aid, making often creditable bags. As an instance of what can be done, I will give you tbe record of the shooting by ““B. H. P.,” and another, generally myself, in December and January of 1883-4, as I copy it from the record which we keep of all our shooting; Dec. 6, 20 ducks; Dec. 7, 18; Dec. 8, 21; Dee. 11, 14; Dec. 17, 58; Dec. 18, 84; Dec. 22, mon- keyed around northeast shore and got 5; Dec. 25, evening shoot, 40; Dec. 26, morning shoot, 75; Dec. 27, 65; Dec. 31, 18; Jan. 1, 50; same day in the afternoon, 39; Jan. 8, retrieved 64, got frozen in the ice, abandoned 8 or 10, and had great difficulty getting out of the ice into open water, not reaching home until 10:30 P. M., where we found Mrs. P, a shade nervous; Jan. 24, 5, This shooting was done over decoys by killing single birds. Nearly all were the green-winged teal, as sweet and juicy a duck as ever fell to crack of gun. Last winter shooting on this lake was not nearly so good, the bars having been covered with water too tate In the season for maturing grass seeds. We got some fine shooting though by going a little distance away, though at some ill-convenience for transportation. We found that if we could go just at the right time, when ihe weather was stormy or cold, or, what is better, both the stage of the river being right—for giving access to certain grassy localities where the birds delight to splash and feed—we could gener- ally get what we wanted, and have excellent sport. Now I will tell you something. A party of about four of us haye made an arrangement by which we expect to be able to get there justin the nick of time. It may be at Kent's Island four miles below, Delta Bar two miles below, Block Island eighteen helow, Pawpaw twenty aboye, the ‘“‘towhead” in Old River, or Steel’s Bayou nineteen miles away, or some places further we know of; we expect to this same old river higher up at the ‘‘tow head.” was busily watching a white crane which one of the party aboard was going to shoot when in proper range. sure of splendid sport. [ : o t] end of Great Deer Lake, or Lac Caribou, as it is called, where the caribou pass in immense numbers just at the travel on the same schedule time with the ducks. Powell & Douglas, of Waukegan, Ill., are going to build usa launch with capacity for four or more and outiit, and speed suffi- cient to stem these currents ata lively gait. When the ducks get too frisky—saucy with their extra fat and juicy meat—we propose to steam away in the forenoon, examine their maneuvers and locate and build a ‘‘daisy” blind just in the edge of the willows, open at the shoulders for wing shooting, put out a snug fleet of decoys twenty or thirty yards away among the floating grass seed, take them as they come in from sundown till dark, slowly at first, lively at the close; then take up decoys anda snug bag, and push for home, enjoying the whole trip, and undergoing no particu- Jar hardship. A tent and cooking vessels will be a part of our paraphernalia, but not so frequently used. Thus with- out large outlay for the purchase of grounds or the employ- ment of game keepers, or the fatigue of a 50 or a 100-mile journey on the cars or steamboat, or by vehicle, we expect to find sport such as can be obtained by but few. We have launched it a little heretofore, and have an ink- ling of what is in store in the way of enjoyment, And then we will lave evenis, trip when our tub refused to draw, and we had to tie to a We have not quite forgotten a certain “sinker” in the middle of Old River to rest the concern while afew more pounds of steam were raised, and finally had to move nearer shore, cast anchor, put out the fire, and with a limb clean out the flues before we could budge, fail- ing by a few hours of reaching ‘‘McKee’s Pocket”—where ducks were in great numbers—in time for the evening shoot, the soot blacking us to such a degree that it required no little explanation to account for our condition athome. Of course, P. & D. will give us a boat that won’t use us in that way; but how are they to make one that will not wedge into a mud bar or climb on ‘‘Davy Cake,” a buckshot bar in center of Old River, An old pilot told us how to run the river at the “Cake.” “Keep the west bank until a certain pair of trees near the edge of the water were reached, then cross.” Jn daylight going up we dodged this thing, but one night, coming down under a full head of steam with the flues cleaned out, which meant considerable with that boat, we rapidly slid upon that soapy bar and with rather severe sud- denness came toa full stop, drawing about twelve inches less water than a moment before. With a long line next day to put us in shape again, It took a powerful tug Not so much power, however, was taken another day in The pilot In the mean time the boat coneluded she wanted a rest and steered slightly to starboard for a soft mud bar, into which she snugly wedged herself. Our general remedy for an ordinary “aground” was to syphon out, the leaky old hull generally having a large quantity of water in her. Syphoning failed us this time, as it had on Davy Cake; backing failed, so did rocking and backing. Next the plunder and a quantity of coal were emptied, with considerable labor, into‘a skiff and dugout which were in tow. Still no relief, the mud clung to the sides with vexatious tenacity. After having backed the engine, combined with rocking and pushing with the skiff oars without avail, but one remedy for our immediate relief remained. It was « cold day and the water was colder, icy cold in fact, but three gentlemen in no little dis- comfort had to dismantle, dismount, and by lifting on hull and backing the engine, dislodge the vesse], which was finally accomplished with much chattering of teeth. The white crane was forgotten temporarily, but he comes back to memory occasionally with a grim humor. More has hap- pened, Some things we never tell. But we will do better with this new boat, avoiding, it is to be hoped, Davy Cake, white cranes, and all such, Fish are as plentiful here as game. I could give truthful accounts of catches that would not be believed by the aver- age Northern reader. Many of the lakes are inexhaustible, being annually overflowed and restocked by the Mississippi River. At this time white perch, black bass (trout here) and striped bass are biting freely in Lake Centennial. Four miles away in the swamp, three-quarters of an hour’s drive, surrounded by tall timber, nestles Long Lake, Near by is Alligator; further away—seven miles—Thompson’s; still further is Bricount’s, and so on, all famous lakes to Vicks- burgers. My string is made of lace leather, and is seventy- three inches long. Generally its whole length is not required, not even half its length; but on more than one occasion two of us have been able to completely fill it with white perch, the sweetest of our fable fishes. I can take shrimp for bait and fill it most anyday with bank perch of good size, and 1 am not considered a first-class fisherman either. So far I have only spoken in general of this locality as a sportsman’s paradise, Some of our trips would make each a letter of interesting incidents. Before the following game season closes we hope to find something of interest ta detail to FoREST aND STREAM, giving something in repay for the many enjoyable things we have read in its columns. But please deliver us from the remarkable shot column. It would be a wonderful genius who could cpEae oe bo the lies and truth in that. VicKsBuRG, Miss. THE FAR NORTH. Liditor Forest and Stream: It may interest your many readers to hear a word from the far North, I lately received a letter from my brother who was then at. Fort Rae, Great Slave Lake. He is with an English gentleman who went there chiefly to hunt musk oxen, and as March is the best time of year for this, they had to winter. His letter was dated November 24, and it took some three months to reach me, coming out by the Hudson’s Bay Company's winter packet. After their musk oxen hunt in spring they will descend the Mackenzie and Pells rivers, cross to the Youcan, descending it to the sea, thus making the northwest passage by land. Great Slaye Lake was frozen over as early as October 5, and many of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s boats were caught in the ice at different points owing to the very early seuson. Deer (caribou) are very numerous there, and form, with the excellent fish with which the lake abounds, the sole subsistence of the Indians and the Hudson’s Bay employees, the only inhabitants of this far-off region. _ ' , It has often struck me during my long residence in this country, chiefly in the Hudson’s Bay service, and conse- quently seeing many out-of-the-way places, that so few gentlemen visited it with a view to hunting. Of course there would be unavoidable hardship, but they would be One spot [remember on the north time when the lake is setting fast. One year the fall was late and a herd of over seventy attempted to cross a large bay near the Hudson’s Bay post on the thin ice; this gave way with them and consequently they all drowned and froze there, the train dogs living royally on them for the most of the winter, So plentiful were they that fall, Mr. D., the resident clerk, shot them passing his door, his wife look- ing over his shoulders, Leaving Deer Lake and crossing a portage to Lake Woll- aston, the tracks of large game are something to be remem- bered, Again on the Great Peace River, which now is beginning to attract some attention from its fertile prairies, you will hardly in the proper season passa bend of the stream without secing bears of all shades of color, grizzly, cinnamon and black, Ihave it from the highest authority that forty were counted in an hour by a boat descending the river. This stream is, alas, the last great stronghold of the beaver, who eventually, and I say if with sorrow, will be completely killed out of the country, ‘Trappers, for the sake of his hide, and Indians both for pelt and flesh, give poor Castor no rest. A last word about musk oxen, They are now a rare animal, and only to be found in far northern regions. They goin bands, Their robe is most beautiful, the hair being so long that it sweeps the snow. On being attacked by wolves or hunters they form themselves into a circle, placing the young ones in the center, where they are completely hid by the shaggy hides of the old ones. Their skins make beauti- ful robes, a warm wool under long, glossy hair. They are difficult to obtain now, however. Reg. ONE DAY OUT. Editor Forest and Stream: Your kind wish that I ‘“‘may find time for the birds” makes me imagine that you would be glad to know that I had, and although it was but one day, its story may not be without interest. July in New Jersey was hot, and it was on one of the hottest days that I landed at—well, never mind the location—my favorite summer resort near the coast. Sup- per came first, and then I was ready for business. FOREST AND STREAM. that we have ever seen, of American or continental make, have the barrels been straight either inside or out, The dif ferentia of machine-made machine-finished guns are: Rounded and countersunk screw and pinheads, ‘gummy’ stocks, weight of sun not well between the hands, and a generaluncouth military musket appearance. * * * * * Machine-made guns must be considered a production of me- chanical engineering, not of gun-making, and from that standpoint may give that satisfaction which from any other point of view would not be forthcoming.” The above is pretty broad language, and thus unceremoni- ously dismisses from consideration as unworthy further notice the most popular makes of guns in the United States, But if the author is correct and his statements true, we should submit to this wholesale denunciation of our favorites. If the statements are untrue, Mr. Greener and his book de- serve severe condemnation for their insincerity. ; While ‘‘comparisons are odious’ and seldom establish a fact, I have this to say, and my experience is not single: I have seen a Greener gun costing more than $100 ($150 grade) that was inferior in fitting and material to any $80 Colt, Parker, Smith, Baker or Fox gun I ever saw. My ob- servation is that American machine-made guns, so far from being as Mr. Greener describes them, are remarkable for the soundness of their material, their superior fitting, and the excellence of their workmanship; and that no foreign gun, either hand or machine-made, costing less than $75 or $100, ean be found that will begin to equal American machine- made guns of the same or even a lower price in these par- ticulars. Mr. Greener says he has never seen a machine-made gun with straight barrels. This statement puts him in an awk- ward dilemma. The guns he has seen have been the work vf the lower class Birmingham or German makers, or he wilfully misstates the fact. If he has not seen the better class of American machine-made guns he ought to have said so, or abstained from including American guns in his sweep- ing denunciation, If he has seen them he speaks what he must know to be untrue when he makes the broad assertion above referred to. The meanest guns on the face of the earth, barring possibly one other class, are made in Birmingham—where Mr. Green- er’s works are located; but it would be absurd and unjust to condemn every Birmingham gun because the great bulk of the product is worthless. It is equally unjust to condemn every gun made by machinery because some English or Con- tinental makers turn out bad ones. But the American manufacturers produce the best ma- chine-made guns in the world, and Mr. Greener is inexcus- able in his error. He did not have the poor excuse of having been misled by seeing American machine-made guns of the character he describes. The idea of saying that such guns as Smith, Harrington & Richardson, Parker Bros., the Colt Firearms Co., and others make and sell at $50 net and up- ward are not gunsat all, but are the vile combinations of wood and iron that Mr. Greener describes them to be, is most unjust; and when the statement comes from one so well informed as Mr. Greener, it is absolutely contemptible. No people but the Americans could have such statements as Greener makes palmed off on them for the truth, Take, for instance, what he says when he undertakes to mention the Spenser repeating shotgun and compare it with what he says about machine-made guns in general, as a test of his sincerity. We find on page 309 this statement: “The mayazine shotgun which is shortly to be placed on the market in various calibers by the Sharps Company will have an action and magazine mechanisms similar to Fig. 142, will be a well-finished and perfectly fitted arm, but from the fact that the balance will be altered at every shot, it will not be likely to succeed well for wing-shooting.” The learned author does not know what he is talking about. The ‘‘Sharps Company” were not about to make a magaziue shotgun that anybody ever heard of. The Spenser Arms Co, have made a gun of this sort, andit isa success of its kind. But this is not the point lam driving at, The gun, Mr. Greener says, ‘‘is a well-finished and per- fectly-fitted arm.” But how is this? It is a machine-made gun. Are not the barrels crooked, the stocks ‘“‘gummy,” the fittings bad, and its appearance that of a military musket? Our author is inconsistent. If he tells the truth about the Spenser, how can his diagnosis of machine-made guns in general be correct? And if the Spenser is the perfect gun Mr. Greener says it is, how about the Colt, and the Parker, and the Smith, and the Harrington & Richardson, not to mention other more expensive guns made in part at least by machinery? Is the Spenser to be regarded as an exception to Mr. Greener’s differentiation? I take it the Spenser Arms Co. will hardly claim that their gun is superior in material and workmanship to all the other American machine-made uns. Does the solution of the mystery occur to the unsuspecting reader? Does the reader happen to remember that Mr. Greener is advertising his gun (I told you to bear this in mind), and that he dves not make a repeating shotgun? Is it not possible that praise of the Spenser would not seriously affect the sale of Greener’s double-barrels, while praise of other machine-made guns might? And do you notice how ‘carefully our author has hedged off competition by the Spenser, and thus rendered his praise of that gun harmless to his own by saying the Spenser will likely prove a failure for wing-shooting—the purpose of all others for which Greener makes guns? For ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar} Now let us briefly see what our author has to say about American hammerless guns. On page 3883 he gives what he calls a cut of an American hammerless gun, and says it ig made by D. M, Lefever of Syracuse, N. Y. Itis to be observed, however, that he selects for this cut not the Le- feyer as it had existed for half a dozen years before this edi- tion of his book was printed, but a model that Lefever had Jong abandoned; and yet Mr. Greener says his book is brought down to date! The doll’s-head extension of the top-rib and the bottom lug fastening described by Mr. Greener had long been abandoned by Lefever, and if Mr. Greener did not know of this he should have kept his pen from paper. Greener’s treatment is unfair, and not only in wretched taste, but m bad faith. There ought to be something like honesty and candor even between rival gunmakers. That Greener, a gtimmaker and an author and presumably , at least, areader of such papers as the Forest anp STREAM, was ignorant of the improyements which Lefever had made in his gun, and had used for several years and fully described in his catalogues, it is hardly fair to suppose. That he knew nothing of the compensating features of this gun no admirer 65 of our author can fairly allege; that he failed to mention matters of so much importance is attributable to but one motive, Lefever’s first guns were made with a doll’s head extension of the top rib, and with bolts locking into the bottom lugs; but his square-shouldered top-fastener had superseded these arrangements long before Mr. Greener’s second edition came out. Theindicating pins of Lefever’s gun have been for years, at least (and so far as I know, always), placed on the lock plates; but Greener’s cut represents them as being on top of the gun, where they certainly were not at the time he pre- tends to describe the gun. The cut Mr. Greener uses shows that the forward lug has an opening to receive the check- hook, and yet neither here nor elsewhere in the book does he mention that such a thing as a hinge-check exists or is known to gunmakers. Now, Ido not think it possible for a perfect gun to exist without a device for protecting the hinge-joist from the strain of opening and closing the gun. This little hinge-check is one of the most important of recent improvements. Why does not Mr. Greener mention it? He says his book notices “every invention pertaining to guns.” If Lam not mistaken if had been in use ten years when his second edition was published. But it is an American inven- tion, and it is not on Greener’s gun. If he had mentioned it, the inventive ingenuity of the Greeners (father and son) would have suffered detriment; and if he had given it the meritorious place to which it is entitled, he would have ex- perienced some difficulty in satisfactorily accounting for its absence from his gun. The distance from the standing face of the breech to the hinge-joint is very short in the Greener gun, shorter than in any other hammerless gun I know of; that distance in the Lefever is longer than in any other hammerldss with which Tam acquainted. This distance isso much leverage impart- ing strength, Why did not our impartial author say some- thing on this subject? The ball and socket hinge-joint is peculiar to the Lefever; it is one of the strongest of mechanical devices. Why did not Greever mention it? Lefever’s lock had been improved so as to make the strikers and firing pins separate, but Greener did not say so. Lefever’s outside cocking lever was very objectionable, and it was very well for Greener to condemn it; but he ought to have mentioned the many and great merits of the gun, The Lefever is the only American hammerless gun Greener pretends to describe, and this he apparently mentions only to get an opportunity to ridicule it. He conceals its merits, but is careful to hold up its objectionable cocking lever to public gaze, and takes occasion at another place torefer to it as an “antiquated specimen,”” Yes, the specimen Mr. Greener fraudulently exhibits as the gun Lefever made when he wrote, is ‘‘antiquated” indeed, and had gone out of use when he wrote. ‘To have been consistent and treated his own gun as he did Lefever’s, Mr. Greener would have repre- sented if with underguard lever, and without the extension rib fastening, which is the chief merit of his gun. That Greener knew of the existence of other American hammerless guns is evident, for on page 385, in describing a thing which he calls the “Field gun,” he says that ‘‘the locks are raised to full cock by the act of opening the gun for loading, and in a similar manner to that employed by C. E. Sneider, of Baltimore, U. 8. A., in 1865. Sneider cocked his gun by a sliding rod moving diagonally in the break-off, one end pressing against an eccentric from the breech action joint pin, the other against the nose of the hammer.” This incidental mention of an ‘‘antiquated specimen” of the Sneider gun is all that he has to say about this most ex- cellent arm, and the Harrington & Richardson, the Haskell and other American hammerless guns, are not mentioned at all, but page after page is deyoted to extolling the Greener hammerless. . I do not tind fault with a dealer for advertising his wares, and he may eyen sell his advertisements if he can fairly do so, just as many dealers do sell their large catalogues. But when a man steps out of his shop and poses as an author, he ought to try to treat the work of others fairly when he comes to describe if. He has no right to sell asan impartial! treatise on firearms a book written and printed for the pur- pose of advertising a particular weapon; and still less has he the right to pretend to preseut a full and candid exposition of his subject so as to enable others to arrive at accurate conclusions, when he has never heard of, or does not men- tion, many of the most important of modern inventions. How shall his readers know which of all the guns is the best when the very existence of many is studiously con- cealed, When he treats of American rifles, Mr, Greener is no more accurate than when dealing with our shotguns. Take, as a sample, his remarks about the Winchester—one of the best- known American repeating rifles. If all we knew about this arm was what we find in Mr. Greener’s book, very few Win- chester rifles could be sold. Indeed, it would be hard to get aman to take one asa gift; yet itis probable that more game is killed with the Winchester than with any other rifle, for the reason that its use is more general, Mr. Greener says that ‘‘several models of the Winchester repeating rifle have now been manufactured,” and he pro- ceeds to enumerate as follows: Model 1873, 440 bore, 40 gr. powder, 200 gr. lead. Model 1876, 450 bore, 75 gr. powder, 360 gr. lead. “A new express of 600 bore,” and ‘‘their latest model, 32-cal.”’ Now, the fact is, that the Winchester is made in only three models, viz., 1866, 1873 and 1876; and the express is a modification of the 1876 model, but it is made in various calibers, so that. instead of only four, as Mr. Greener has if, there are nine distinct guns, as follows: Model 1866, .44-cal., 28 gr, powder, 200 gr. lead. Model 1878, .44-cal., 40 gr, powder, 200 gr. lead. Model 1878, .38-cal,, 40 er. powder, 180 er, lead. Model 1878, .32-ceal., 20 gr. powder, 115 gr, lead. Model 1873, .22-cal., long and short cartridges. Model 1876, .45-75, 75 gr. powder, 350 gr. lead, Model 1876, .45-60, 60 gr. powder, 300 gr. Model 1876, ,40-60, 62 gr. powder, 210 er, Model 1876, .50-95, 95 gr. powder, 800 er. lead. Mr. Greener’s book is equally behind the times and equally unfair on the subject of revolvers. On page 420 he gives a cut of the old Smith & Wesson rim fire, single action, non- ejecting pistol—another weapon that has not been made or used for years—and says: ‘*The size is .820, and the shape will convey a relative idea of the size and appearance of the American ‘six-shooter,’ of which it is a fair type. The revolvers usually sold in England are .450-bore,” ete. And then our author proceeds to illustrate and describe English pistols of the latest models. 66 When he speaks of sclf-extracting revolvers he shows his ill-liberality and prejudice still more clearly, and shows, too, that his mistakes do not spring from ignorance, He says on page 423 that ‘‘this principle of ejecting the cases originated, we believe, with Messrs. Smith & Wesson, of the United States, but it has been improved upon considerably both in England and Belgium. We illustrate oné of the improved revolvers in Fig, 259.” Turning to the illustration on page 424, we find a pistolin which the ejecting principle is identical with that of Smith & Wesson’s revolvers, except that the method of fastening the barrel and chambers to the frame (a point of superiority especially claimed by Mr. Greener) and the manner of man- ipulating the extracting device, are far inferior to those of the Smith & Wesson. And so far from being a ‘‘consider- able improvement” on Smith & Wesson’s pistol, the weapon illustrated is an inferior imitation of it. He says, ‘“‘American shot is not so regular either in shape or size as the English, and frequently there is a discrepancy between the printed list of the manufacturers and the sizes given in some Jeading sporting works. Tatham’s list gives his size as No, 6, 218; No. 7, 291 per ounce. Thus the Am- ericen No. 7 is more equal in size to our No. 6, while their No. 6 is about equal to our No. 5.” Page 491. Now the objection that ‘‘there is a discrepancy between the printed lists of the manufacturers and the sizes given in some leading sporting works,” isa sensible one indeed. Are the shot makers to blame for this? It would strike the aver- age individual that the probable reason for this ‘‘discrep- ancy” was the inaccuracy of the lists given im the “leading sporting works.” The fact that the same number by different makers do not correspond in size, does not affect the quality of the shot. This difference between shot of different makers exists in England just as it does in America. Nor does the fact that American shot are larger than the English shot of corres- ponding number affect the quality of our shot. The Eng- lish makers are at perfect liberty to change the numbers of their shot {o correspond with ours if the confusion bothers them. The statement that American shot are not equal to the English has often been repeated by those who swallow every thing Greener says, and they have repeated it without taking the trouble to investigate and without knowing whether the statement was true or false, when the slightest comparison would have shown them that the statement was untrue. The shot made by Tatham; Baily, Farrell & Co., and some other American makers are ‘‘as regular in size and shape as the English,” and equal to the English in every respect. Now let us turu to his chapter on gunpowder. On page 496 we find what Mr. Greener has to say about American powder in these words: ‘In the United States a large variety of powders are at the option of the sportsman. They do not, however, appear to be so clean as the English. American sportsmen may choose a grain resembling as near as possible the No. 4 Alliance for general purposes. The Orange Lightning and Laflin & Rand's (see Fig. 300) we believe to be as good as any of American make,” Now this laminous paragraph is all Mr. Greener has to say or professes to know about our black powders. It shows dense ignoranee and shows clearly that he was writing at second hand without even a superficial knowledge of his subject. He speaks of the Orange powder and the Laflin & Rand powder as distinct brands, not knowing that Laflin & Kand are the makers of the Orange powder. That Laflin & Rand make good powder is not denied, but it will not be in- sisted that this brand is superior (grade for grade) to Dupont’s, Hiazard’s, and several other brands, He instructs us—he permits us—to select a powder ‘‘resembling as near as pos- sible” a certain English powder. Thanks, Mr, Greener, for your magnanimity. The only English powder which can claim superiority to the best grades of American powder is that of Curtis & Har- vey. and possibly that of Pigou, Wilks & Lanrence; but. these are very expensive powders—too costly for ordinary use—and I deny that they are in any wise superior to the best grades made by the Hazard and Dupont companies. Price considered, there is no powder to be had that can be compared to the American powders. The figure 300 to which Mr. Greener refers is composed of three cuts showing different sized grains of powder, on page 405, The finest grain is marked “French,” the next finest ‘‘American,” and the coarsest “‘German.” This illustration means, if if means anything, that by giving the size of the grain, an aceurate idea may be had of all American powders; in other words, that we only make powder of the particular- sized grain that Mr, Greener has illustrated and labeled “American.” He does notso illustrate English powder. Oh, no! his illustrations and descriptions of English powder show all the various-sized grains, Tis picture of ‘‘American pow- der” shows us the fine-grained powder once in general use, but now a thing of the past (another ‘‘antiquated speci- men”). Did Greener know the Americans made powder of different-sized grains? He is like the traveler who, dining at the hotel table, saw opposite a one-eyed, red-headed Frenchman—the first and only Frenchman he had ever seen —and straightway wrote in his notebook: ‘““Mem, The French are a most peculiar race of people; they are all one- eyed and red-headed.” But enough has been said to show how utterly unfair and inaccurate this book is on the points of most vital interest to American sportsmen, and how unsafe a guide it is to the proper selection of arms and ammunitiou. It does American gunmakers the grossest injustice. If it can be fairly shown that the American firearms are inferior, let it be done; but, in the name of common honesty and common decency, I protest against the fact being proved in the slipshod and dis- ingenuous method of Mr. Greener. I protest against the suppression of truth and the suggestion of falsehood to attain a selfish end, and against comparing obsolete American models with the latest Huglish models. Too many American sportsmen take things for granted, and on reading such stuff as Mr. Greener has perpetrated, immediately begin to decry everything American and to extol everything Ene- lish as ‘*‘works of art’ and the like, Let the American sportsman judiciously investigate for himself and he wiil find that L do no injustice when I say that much which has been written on the subject by English gunmakers is mere puffing of their own wares, and that much that has been said. by American writers is mere repetition. without investiga- tion or cousideration, of the remarks of these interested Eng- lish authorities. The subject of the choice of guns has been much written upon, and in these series of articles I shall not endeavor to advance original ideas, but shall endeavor impartially to survey the field in the light of what has been written by FOREST AND STREAM. others and in view of the present state of the art of gun- making. I shall discuss the subject in hand as fully as prac- licable and as fairly as possible, so that all may clearly understand me. Much will, of necessity, be said that has been written before and that the sportsman of experience already knows; but in articles of this class the statement of truisms and of elementary principles is to a certain extent necessary and unavoidable. AH-Pr, PREMATURE EXPLOSIONS. Editor Forest and Stream: I notice in your last issue a communication from OC. H. Gerrish regarding the firing of the second cartridge when only one hammer fell, In the first place, there is little doubt but what the shell had a very sensitive primer, that is some- thing we are liable to tind most any day. 1 have fired sey- eral primers when seating them on the shell, but regarding the immediate cause of the explosion, I believe it to be the rebound of the firing pin caused by the jar of the first explo- sion, there being nothing to hold it still, and the heavier the strikers or firing pins the greater the blow from this cause. As an illustration I will cite a case often seen in any machine shop. When in cutting a bar of steel with cold chisel, if the chisel is not held firmly when struck with the hammer it will rebound, and striking in another place at each blow of the hammer, will cut quite deep scars on the surface of the steel, the chisel each time being struck when placed at the original mark, I do not believe any gun safe which has loose strikers, any more than I believe that hammerless guns are safe, when they have no mechanism fo hold the scars in their notches, instead of simply a stop, preventing the trig- gers being pulled. I offer an experiment: Fire a heavy charge from one barrel while a primed shell is in the other, and see if the striker does not mark it, probably not every time alike, but leave its mark nevertheless. A. B, Donan. MAncHEsSTHR, N. H. THE ADIRONDACK DEER. Editor Forest and Stream: I have wanted considerably all summer long to have a growl at you about your deer-hounding bill, and think I should feel better if I get it off my mind now. I always thought the Forest AnD Stream stood up for that which is just and right, or nothing. Not but what you were right in that bill, as far as it went, but there is just where the rub comes in. You did not go far enough. Why did you not include jack hunting? You could make up for the lost time by giving us fifteen more days in November for still-hunting, and I think no fair-minded man would have found any fault. But from my conversations with men around here and further in the woods, the general feeling seems to be that the bill was passed for the benefit of city sportsmen alone; and, as one man expressed it the other day, ‘‘Yes, it’s all easy enough to talk about wanting to increase the number of deer and the cruelty of hounding, and all that; there may be some truth in wanting to increase the number, but they only want them for the city people to kill, and it isn’t feir that the bill should be passed for city chaps alone, Why didn’t they stop jacking? As for cruelty, more deer crawl away from the water to die a lingering death, perhaps only a few feet from the water’s edge, while the guide and his sportsman, one from laziness the other from ignorance, rarely think of looking to see whether he was missed, or be dying or dead, perhaps only a short distance in, unless they see him drop they are apt to say, ‘Guess I missed him; let’s go on; we may get another further down.’ Even if they do fo back after marking the spot, inthe morning, and find it dead, the venison ten to one is bloated and spoiled, for any who have hunted know that venison, with the entrails in, will keep but a short time even as late as October. If the law was passed for increasing the numbers or cruelty, or what not, jacking ought to have been tacked on toit, Let them still-hunt if they wish, for I don’t suppose one man in a hundred can touch a deer and kill him unless there be a light snow on the ground, and let them still-hunt until say the 1st of December, then it would have been all right, Some of the city chaps might say they couldn’t be here in the fall and so wouldn’t have any fun, How would they like it in the quail and prairie chicken countries if we mountain people went there to spend our summers and killed the birds, male, female and young, just because we were not going to be there in the fall? If aman is keen for sportand the sport of stalking, he will come here in the season of the year when sport can be had at its best, and at the season of the year when the oxygen in the air makes one’s blood tin- gle and leap through one’s veins so that be is thankful for the mere pleasure of living. Then let a jack-hunter, be he never so weak when he comes, get into the woods and track a deer, let him match his cunning against theirs, and if he succeeds in only catching a glimpse, or better still, let him bring it down, and ask himthen about jacking. As for snow, it is surely deep before the first of December, and there is surely a crust. The law is passed, however, and must be obeyed, and all we can do is to hope for the rest. of the bill to be passed next winter.” lthink he came near the truth, and for the future my beagles must be content to turn their attention to foxes and hares alone. Iam selfishly sorry the bill passed, for I love the tingle and excitement of hearing a hound run deer, and after no other game is it quite the same feeling. But if we can’t have the best, we will have to be consent with what is next best, a pack of beagles running a fox, and a deerhound in lead on a runway ready to be slipped at sight. I have had my grow] and feel better. W. C. W. Editor Forest and Stream: ; A certain hotel keeper from this section of the Adirondacks stated, a few days ago, in your paper that all the men in Franklin county were mad because of the non hounding law, Now I want to contradict that statement, for [ know many guides in this county who say the law is good and intend to enforce it. There are three hotels here and two of them favor the law, The other hotel keeper says he will dog deer, but he will find it wp hill work. I think we have a game protector who can’t be bought for fifty dollars and we will help him. I have lots of deer within a mile of my hotel, and whosoever puts a dog after them will have their dogs shot and themselves prosecuted to the extent of the law. R. M. 8Hourrs. InprAn Pont, Chateaugay Lake, N. Y. Hiitor Forest and Stream: : . I have just returned from deer lands. 1 find by talking with hunters that they do not intend to run deer ‘with dogs nor allow them to run, One man offered me two deer dogs [Ave. 20, 1885. ———LLE—— SSeS SSS SS SS ee eee if I would take them away; others want to get rid of them, I think some of them will let them go loose in order to ret rid of them. Prorecror, District No. 10. Remsen, N, ¥., Aug. 9. A St. Regis Lake correspondent of the Troy Budget writes from the Prospect House: ‘‘At breakfast you can have brook trout. also venison, but at this season of the year they call it Adirondack steak or mountain goat. Much has been said pro and con in regard to the deer hunting law. I find it yery well respected by the guides and hotel keepers: but | it would be very easy to evade the law, as there are but six special game protectors for a dozen large and sparsely settled counties, although some of the hotel keepers wink at the Jaw, and you can get venison at some of the hotels under the before-mentioned names, j CANNED GOODS. Editor Forest and Stream: One sometimes sees a sign ‘Beware of the Dog” stuck up to warn off trespassers, The warning serves its purpose. But really there may be no dog there at all. A false cry has recently been raised by parties who seem to have a purpose to serve regarding the liability of poison incurred by those partaking of canned good, Knowing that sportsmen in particular have occasion to use this class of goods probably to a greater extent than the rest of the com- munity at large, we have carefully noted the various articles pro and con on this subject which have lately appeared in the press of this city and Brooklyn, and in our judgment the facts, as presented, fail to show any true cause for alarm. hen we consider the millions of cans of the various: articles of food that-are annually consumed, and also bear in mind the fact that the report even of a supposed case of poisoning from their use is a rare thing, we are forced to con- clude that the danger which it has been claimed exists, owing to the preparation used in soldering of the cans, has: its foundation only in the minds of some whose wish, under certain circumstances, hecomes ‘‘father to the thought,” We note that it is claimed that upon the occasion of a visit: of a party of gentleman to a large and well-known canning establishment in this city, a workman who had just shown: the process of sealing the cans was requested to open one and’ taste of ‘‘one of the drops inside of the can,” The report. goes on to say that upon doing so ‘‘his face became like a boiled lobster in color, and he was finally compelled to eject: the liquid from his mouth.” Now, if ‘fa drop” of the liquid! is so distasteful that one cannot retain it in the mouth, how can a person partake of a sufficient quantity of this liquid. contained in a can of vegetables as lo suffer poisoning? Again, we notice it is claimed that chloride of zinc, am extreme diluted solution of which is used in the operation of. sealing the cans, produces, when taken into the system,. Bright’s disease, and the wonderful announcement is made: that this offers the solution of the question (7. ¢., the cause: of that disease) which the ablest minds in the profession, both: here and abroad, have bee1 unable to determine after many, year's of study and research. But opposed to this is the fact that the symptoms said to be produced from this cause are: by no means conclusive evidence of the existence of the dis-- ease in question; hence, the physician who so loudly declares. that canned goods in general contain chloride of zine in: poisoning amounts, although admitting the point that the- amount is so small that the case becomes one of ‘‘eumulative: poisoning” and thus arrives at the conclusion that he has: herein discovered the cause of this disease, is, in our judg-- ment, imposing too much upon the credulity of the general’ public; and we are apt to regard all such statements in the: same light as we do the notice ‘‘Beware of the Dog,” when: there is no dog in the yard. WENDELL. Bay Brrp Smoorine on Cape Cop.—Of late years bay birds have been very scarce along our coasts and marshes.. Where have the birds gone? I can remember when a bag’ of fifty or sixty in one day was not considered a big thing. I have heard of one gunner using a bag of shot in one day.. Now if one shoots ten or a dozen yellowlegs it is considered. good. Well do I remember my first attempt at bay bird! shooting. I arrived at the Cape at noon. 1 could hardly: wait to swallow my dinner, I was so impatient to try my luck with the birds, I shouldered my gun and decoys and! started for the marsh, a mile distant. On my arrival I set, out my decoys, took my place behind a tuft of high grass and waited, The first thing in the shape of game was a large flock of peeps and ringnecks, but I thought myself too. much of a sportsman to fire at such small game, as | hadi read somewhere it was not the proper thing todo, Two hours passed and still I had seen nothing but peeps. My patience was nearly gone, and sportsmanlike or not, I deter- mined to open on the peeps, So I emptied on them, when suddenly there dropped, as if from the clouds, five of the: largest yellowlegs it had ever been my good fortune to see. My gun was empty, I was excited, 1 began to load, the birds: lit. I poured two charges of powder into one barrel, and two of shot into the other. I rammed these down. I saw my mistake, The birds saw theirs and flew. I whistled them back and drew my charges. At last the gun was loaded all but capping. As I took the caps from my pocket the birds flew never to return, although I whistled myself hoarse hoping they might retarn,. 1 waited after this about an hour, and seeing nothing more I pulled up stakes and stlartetl for home, somewhat less confident of my abilities than before [ started, Thus ended my first gunning experience. I have been a good many times since then, and on some occasions have had very good success. — YELLOWLEG. Tur Scent or Nesting Birps.—New Westminsier, British Columbia.—Hditor Forest and Stream: I would like to know what sort of dogs Mr, R. B. Roosevelt refers to (in his article on ‘‘The Mower and the Quail” in a late issue of For»st AND STREAM) as used for locating the nests of quail before putting the mowers into the field. 1 have been using dogs for a matter of over thirty years, and J have never yet had one that could nose a sitting quail or grouse, and per- haps my experience has been confined to certain classes of dogs, which, in the matter of scent, have been inferior, but I am inclined to think otherwise, However, if there is a new class of dog which possesses such wonderful powers of scent over that of the best bred pointers and setters, 1 would be glad to know it.—J. C. HucHes. [We have repeatedly seen dogs point nesting grouse and quail. On certain occasions, too, we have seen the same dogs, when brought within five feet of sitting birds, pay no attention to them. It may be that in such cases when the bird is sitting very close and still on the nest, under certain weather conditions it gives out no scent. ] Ave, 20, 1885.] FOREST AND STREAM. 67 - 7 Pxivapenrnta Norrs,—Aug. 15,—Grass plover shooting is now very good in the interior of the State and the birds that come to our market are in splendid condition. Bay birds have been plentiful all the week on the New Jersey shores and good bags were made. The reeds on our Tivers will ripen very early this season, and a big crop will offer attractions for both reed birds and rail. Many of the meadows on the Delaware and Schuylkill still remain overflowed, and numerous flocks of tell-tales are enticed thereby from the bay feeding grounds and good shooting can be had at any one of these inundated places in the early morning. As proof that a few rail birds still breed on the New Jersey creek marshes, the day after the tornado and subsequent freshet that passed over this sectiona week since, a nest of this bird filled with eggs was found floating in some trash in Mantna Creek, N. J.—Homo. Bos Wuire on Quaw?—Hditor Forest and Strewn: “Wells” protests against the name quail. If it is a question of resemblance [ would ask if the bird does not more resemble a quail than it does Bob White. Please air my little griev- ance too. I wish that some of your readers would tell why it is that most Southern people persist in calling the black bass a trout, He does noi resemble the trout in fins, tail, or head, and in color I am sure is dissimilar. Who ever heard of a trout having scales like a bass, or a bass with spots like a rout? A reform is necessary down South.—S. _ ScotnaNnp.—London, Aug. 12.—To-day is the famous 12th of August, the opening of the grouse shooting season. Prob- ably two-thirds of the members of Parliament are in Scot- land. Many left for the north last night. It is hardly respectable for any one of social eminence to be seen in London now, The prospects of sport are said to be unusu- ally good; but it is certain that people grow more inquisitive each year about the 7,000,000 acres in Scotland_alone which are devoted to the “sport of kings,” Companton WANTED.—Haditor Forest and Stream: I am going to Minnesota in November duck and goose shooting, and would like to have along as companion a good rough and ready fellow, one not afraid of a wetting or a little hard- ‘ship, and I promise him a surfeit of the best shooting on this continent.—CHas., M. GRAINGER (128 Prince street, New York city). BisMARK, Dakota.—We are to have a tournament for October, to which marksmen from every State in the Union will be invited. Game is so plentiful here that in a ride of one hour from the city last fall I saw thirteen deer and thousands of geese and ducks.—W. Urnanp PLover are plenty in New England this year, We hear of a number of good days’ shooting in Massachusetts and Connecticut..-Who has had any experience with up- land plover decoys? Fort Custer, Mont., Aug. 4—I have not been out yet to see how the crop of youug sharptails is coming on, but I have been told that the birds are plenty.—B. “SHORE Brrps.”—A 15-cent pamphlet descriptive of habits, haunts and methods of capture. Instructive, enter- taining and timely. Sent from this office. ORLANDO, Florida, Aug. 12.—Game prospects are good for next fall. Many quail have been hatched.—F, C. H, OPEN GAME SEASONS. Arkansas, Deer, Sept. 1-Feb. 1. Wildturkey, Sept.1-May1. Pinnated grouse (prairie chicken), Sept. 1-Feb.1. Quail (Virginia part- ridge), Oct. 1-March 1. British Columbia. Deer, elk, reindeer, caribou, hare, Sept. 1-Jan. 10. Grouse, [ panemde prairie fowl, quail, snipe, robin, meadow lark, ept. 1-Feb, 1. Wild duck, Sept. 1-March 1. Pheasant pro- tected to Sept. 1, 1886. ; Colorado. Elk, deer, buffalo or bison, Oct. 15-Jan. 1. Mountain sheep protected to 1895. Partridge, pheasant, prairie hen, prairie chicken and grouse, Oct. 1-Noy. 15. : Connecticut. Ruffed grouse, quail and woodcock, Oct. 1-Jan. 1, Wild- fowl, Sept, 1-May 1. Rail, Sept. 12-Jan 1 (in New Haven, Fairiield and Litchfield counties, Aug. 20-Jan. 1). Game ex- portation forbidden, Delaware. Partridge, quail, pheasant, ruffed grouse, woodcock, hare, rabbit, in Kent and Sussex counties, Noy. 15-Jan. 15;in New Castle county, Noy. 15-Jan.1. Ortolan, reedbird, rail, Sept. i-Jan.1. Pinnated grouse (prairie chicken) protected to 1886. Birds and rabbits may be killed by any person on his own land at any time. Non-residents must become members of the Delaware Game Protective Association, fee, $5 first year, $2 per year thereafter, Secretary, George Churchman, Wilming- ton, Del. License (fee $50) required to export game for mar- ket. License (fee $25) required for buymg game to sell again. _ Florida. This State has no game law. Indiana. Ruffed grouse and quail, Oct. 15-Dec. 20. Woodcock, July 1Jan. 1, Wildfowl, Sept. 1-April 15, Pinnated grouse, Sept. 1-Feb. 1. Wild turkey, Nov. 1-Feb. 1. Deer, Oct. 1-Jan. 1. Exportation of deer, quail, pheasant, wild duck, grouse, prairie chicken, woodcock, forbidden. ' Maine. Moose, deer and caribou, Oct. 1-Jan. 1 (forbidden to hunt with dogs), unlawful for one person to take more than one moose, two caribou or three deer in oneseason. Mink, beaver, sable, otter, fisher, muskrat, Oct. 15-—May 1. Wood-duck, dusky, black or other sea duck, Sept. 1-May 1. Wildfowl law does not apply to seacoast. Ruffed grouse (partridge), wood- cock, Sept. 1-Dec. 1. Pinnated grouse, Sept. 1-Jan. 1. Plover, Aug. 1-May 1. Woodcock and ruffed grouse may be killed only for consamption within the State. Sunday shooting for- bidden. ‘The Commissioners of Fisheries and Game are E. M. Stilwell, Bangor; H. O. Stanley, Dixfield. A digest of the laws may be had on application to them. Manitoba. Deer, cabri, or antelope, elk or wapiti, moose, reindeer or caribou, Oct. i-Jan. i, Ruffed grouse, pheasants, partridges, prairie chickens, Sept, 1-Jan. 1. Woodcock, ployer, snipe, and sandpiper, Aug, I-Jan, 1, All kinds of wild duck, sea duck, pigeon, teal, wild swan, or wild goose, except the variety of of wild goose commonly known as the snow goose or the ’ wavy, Aug. 15-May1, Otter, fisher or pekan, beaver, musk- ae —_ | ou rat and sable, Oct. 1-May 15. Mink and marten, Noy. 1-April 15. Exportation of game forbidden. Massachusetts. Ruffed grouse, Sept. 1-Jan.1, Quail, Oct. 15-Jan. 1. Wood- cock, Aug. !-Jan. 1. Wildfowl, Sept. l-April 1. Deer, pro- tected at all times. Squirrel, rabbit (hare), Sept. 1-March 1, Plover, snipe, sandpiper, rail, and any of the so-called marsh, beach or shore birds (except black-breasted ployer, red- breasted sandpipers, chicken plover, winter yellow-legs, and Wilson’s snipe), July 15-Aprili. Herring gull, tern, sea swal- low, mackerel gull, Aug. 1-May 1. Quail and prairie chicken may be had in possession (if lawfully killed) Jan. 1-May 1. Wildfowl] specified are wood (summer) duck, black duck, teal. Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, Boston. Michigan. Deer in Lower Peninsula, Oct. 1-Dec. 1; Upper Peninsula, Aug, 15-Nov. 15. Hl protected to 1889. Rufted grouse, Sept. 1.-Jan. 1. Quail, Nov. 1-Jan, 1. Woodcock, Aug. 1-Jan. 1. Pinnated grouse, Sept. 4-Nov. 1. Wild turkey, Oct, 1-Jan, 1. Wildfowl, Sept. 1-May1. (Wood, mallard, jteal and gray ducks, Sept. I-Jan. 1.) Snipe, Sept. 1-May1. Exportation of deer, ruffed grouse, quail, prairie chicken, wild turkey, for- bidden. ; New Brunswick. Moose, caribou, deer, Aug. 1-Jan, 1. Mink, otter, fisher, sable, beaver, Sept. 1-May 1. Partridge, snipe, woodcock, Sept, 1-March 1. ; : New Hampshire. Plover, yellow-legs, sandpipers, woodcock, ducks and rail, Aug. 1-Feb. 1. Rutied grouse, partridge, quail, Sept. 1-Feb, 1, Deer, moose and caribou, Sept. 1-Dec. 1. Mink, beaver, sable, otter, fisher, Oct. 15-April1. Raccoon (coon), gray squirrel, Sept. 1-Jan. 1. Hare, rabbit, muskrat, Sept. 1-Aprill. Fish and Game Commissioners: George W. Riddle, Manchester; Elliot B. Hodge, Plymouth; Luther Hayes, South Milton, New Jersey. Riuffed grouse and quail, Nov. J-Jan.1. Woodcock, July 1- Aug, 1, and Oct. 1-Dec. 16, Pinnated grouse, Oct. 15-Dec. 1. Deer, Oct, 15-Dec., 1, Rail, Sept. 1-Dee. 1. Reedbird, marsh hen, Aug. 25-Dec. 1. Upland piover, Aug, 1-Jan. 1. Summer ducks, Sept. 1-Jan. 1, Squirrels, Sept. 1-Jan. 1, Rabbit, Noy. 1-Jan. 1. Non-residents must become members of a game protective society of the State to shoot or fish within its borders. New Jersey Game and Fish Protective Society has jurisdiction over entire State. Fee, $2 annually. Secretary, Wm. L. Force, Plainfield, N, J. Or, non-residents to shoot or fish in Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic, Salem, Cumberland and Cape May counties, may obtain membership certificate of West Jersey Game Protective Society. Fee, $5 first year, $2 annually DEE Ler Secretary, Wm. T. Miller, 106 Market street, Camden, N New York. Rutted grouse, Sept. 1-Jan. 1 (Queens and Suffolk counties, Noy, 1-Jan, 1); Columbia county, Sept. 1-Dec. 1). Quail, Nov. 1-Jan. 1 (Columbia county, Noy. l-Dec. 1). Woodcock, Aug, 1-Jan. 1 (Oneida, Niagara, Delaware and Dutchess counties, Sept. 1-Jan, 1;Columbia county, Sept, 1-Dee. 1), Rail, meadow hen, Sept. 1-Jan. 1 (Columbia county, Sept. 1-Dec. 1). Wild- fowl, Sept. 1-May 1 (Long Island waters, Oct. 1-May 1). Robin, meadow lark, starling, Oct, i-Jan. 1). Bay snipe, sandpiper, shore bird, plover, July 10-Jan.1. Rabbit, hare, Nov. 1-leb. 1. Squirrel, Aug. 1-Feb. 1 (Dutchess county, Sept. 1-Feb. 1). Deer, Aug. 1-Dec. 1; hounding forbidden at all times (except in Suffolk county, Oct. 110). Marketing game forbidden, Dutchess, Rockland, Columbia, Niagara counties. Non-resi- dent license fee ($10) in Richmond county (Staten Island). Pennsylvania. Ruffed and pinnated grouse, Oct. 1-Jan. 1. Quail, Oct, 15- Jan. 1. Woodcock, July 4Jan.1. Wildfowl, Sept. 1-Jan. 1; on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of each week only. Wild turkey, Oct. 15-Jan. 1. Deer and elk, Oct._1-Dec. 15; transportation allowed only Oct. 1-Nov. 30; forbidden to Idll fawn in spotted coat, or to pursue or kill elk or deer in the water, or to chase them with dogs. Plover, July 15-Jan 1. Rabbit (hare) Noy. 1-Jan. 1. Squirrels, Sept. 1-Jan.1. Rail and reedbird, Sept. 1-Dec. 1. Pike County: Deer, Oct. 1-Dec. 1; cannot be killed in the water. Squirrel, Sept. 1-Dec. 15, Rabbit, Oct. 15-Dee. 15. Wood or summer duck, Oet. 1-Jan. 1, Woodeoek, July 4-Dec. 15. Quail, Oct. 15-Dec. 1. Rufied grouse, Sept. 15-Dee. 15, Quebec. Moose and deer, Sept. 1-Feb. 1. (female moose may not be killed before Oct. 15, 1888). Caribou, Sept. 1-March1. Non- residents (except with permit) forbidden to take in one season more than 2 moose, 5 deer, or 2 caribou. Beaver, mink, otter, marten or pekan, Noy. 1-Aprill. Hare, Sept. 1-March 1. Musk- rat (in Maskinonge, Yamaska, Richelieu and Berthier counties), April 1-May 1. Woodcock, partridge and snipe, Sept. 1-Feb. 1: Black duck, teal and wild duck of any kind, Sept. 1-May 1. Migratory quail protected to Dec. 51, 1886. Non-residents.— “No person who is not domiciled in the province of Quebec nor in that of Untario, can at any time huntinthisprovince.. . without being authcrized thereto by license to that effect. Such permit may, on payment of a fee of twenty dollars, be granted by the Commissioner of Crown Lands to any person nom and is valid for a whole shooting season.” Pertnits may also be granted to non-residents to take specimens for scientific purposes, Texas. Deer, June 1-Dec. 1. Wild turkey, Sept, 15-May 15. Ruffed grouse, July 31-March1. Quail, Sept. 1-March 1. Vermont. Deer protected to 1890. Quail, ruffed grouse; Sept. 1-Feb. 1. Woodcock, Ang. 15-Feb. 1. Wild geese and ducks, Sept. 1- May 1. Exportation forbidden. Washington Territory. Deer, elk, moose, mountain sheep, Aug. 15-Jan. 1. Wild- fowl, Aug. 15-Aprill. Prairie chicken, sage hen, Aug. 15-Jan, 1. Grouse, pheasant, quail or partridge, Aug. 1-Jan. 1, [TO BE CONTINUED. ] Camp Sire Hlickerings. —— “That reminds me.'’ 161. N Y father had just returned from trout fishing, and around the crown of his hat was wound his leader, allowing the three flies to hang loose. As he entered the house he laid his hat upon the table. Presently my aunt entered the room and espied a peculiar fiy upon the hat. She approached her game cautiously, drew back her hand, and made a tremendous swoop upon her prey. She had well calculated the distance, but instead of catching the fly the hook entered her little finger, and a small surgical operation had to be performed before the yellow professor could be W. released. 162. Naushon Island is owned by a wealthy gentleman from Boston, who keeps it well stocked with deer and iaises many sheep, The island being large, itis hard to watch, and considerable injury is done by summer fishermen, who land and help themselves. It has always beon the desire of the old gentleman to detect and punish one of the offenders as an example to the others; but he has never been successful, though how near he came to it may be seen from the following: This gentleman has a son who is fond of yachting, and at one time being in a gmall harbor where several fishermen were anchored, he proceeded in a boat with several friends to a fishing vessel to try and obtain some fish. While there, having plenty of time to spare, they started a series of stories, each person telling one. At last, each having told his story with the exception of one, this per- son, who did not recognize his guest, began in rather a con- fused way. ‘Wal, talk about yer hard times, I calkerlate we had the derndest time down thar to Tarpaulin Cove that Lever saw. We got blowed in thar in a nor’easter and our food give out. Wal, we got kinder hungry, an’ so I sez, sez I, ‘They keeps a lot er sheep up yonder, let’s go up an’ catch one.’ ‘All right,’ sez Bill. An’ we went up thar an’ jest whooped round them pastures arter them sheep. Wal, at last I got a fat little one cornered, an’ I jest grabbed him by the throat an’ hauled out my knife an‘—’ Just then one of the other fishermen, probably Bill, who seemed to know the owner of the yacht and understood his intentions—for there he sat all alert, expecting that the man would convict himself—gave the narrator an expressive look which was immediately understood, for the man continued, ‘‘an’—an’— I was jest going to strike, when dertied if that sheep didn’t give me such a piteous look that I couldn’t strike, but jest let him go.” The laugh that went up proved plainly that the true state of things was understood al! round, and it was seen that Mr, i, was again outwitted, 163. Here is a flickering for you. Two Chenango county sportsmen were out after foxes. They had shot one and heard the hounds coming their way with another. They laid their fox down, but the hounds did not bring the other near enough for a shot, and imagine their feelings when they turned to pick up their supposed dead fox to see him running about forty rods from them, Coventry, N. Y. 164, Barnard Stough (commonly called Barney by his neigh- bors) of Cumberland county, Pa., owned a farm along the Yellow Breeches Creek, He had a trout pond on his farm well stocked with trout, and when he wanted a mess could catch them at any time. Barney was the leading member of a sect called the River Brethren, an offshoot of the Dunkards, and he wore a large, full beard, and preached for the econ- gregation in that section. One Sunday after preaching (the services were held in the barn), he thought a mess of trout would taste good for supper. So digging some worms and taking his rod he went to the pond and caught a nuutber, took them home and ate them for supper. Some of his con- gregation or brethren saw him fishing on Sunday, and re- ported him to the church committee. He was made to appear before them. All the brethern spoke Pennsylvania Dutch, and the examination was in that language. The question was put to Barney, ‘‘Did you fish on Sunday?” “Ja, ich hab g’fischt, und sie hen gut g’bisse; sie hen au gut gesse, und wan sell eich net suit, dann hau ihr an anere prediger griege, ich predig anyhow for nix,” meaning, “Yes, I did fish and they bit good, and they ate good, and when you don’t like it then you better get another preacher. I preach for nothing, anyhow.” The case was dismissed, defendant discharged; and Barney still conducted the exer- cises until he died a few years ago. A. Sea and River ishing, Address all communications to the Forest und Stream Publish- ing Co. THE “RAZOR-BACK” OF GOGEBIC. [ HAVE recently returned from a visit to Gogebic Lake and the Kagle Waters of the Upper Peninsula of Michi- gan. The black bass fishing of Gogebic, the trout fishing of Watersmeet, and the muscalonge and pike fishing of Eagle Waters have not been overdrawn in the seemingly extrava- gant statements that have, for the past two years, excited the astonishment and aroused the disgust of all genuine anglers, for while the greedy bait or spoon fisher can fairly revel in piscine slaughter, if so disposed, the honest fly-fisher is as- sured of excellent sport. The morning after my arrival I saw two large piles of biack bass burnt at the edge of the lake, but a littie quiet and judicious missionary work, by precept and example, on the part of Mr. Dawson, of Cincinnati; Drs. Ferber and Trow- bridge, of New York; Mr. B, B. Allen, of Nashville; and niyself seemed to convince the erring brothers of the angle that it was more in accordance with the esprit de corps of the guide to return to their native element, unharmed, all lightly- hooked fish, than to bring them in by the boat load to gratify a morbid sense of approbation or a foolish love of display, and Iam happy to say that the offense was not repeated during my stay, The object of my visit was not so much to fish as to deter- mine the identity of the so-called ‘‘razor-back” of Gogebic and the muscalonge of Eagle Waters. I found the razor- back to be merely the small-mouthed black bass in a very emaciated condition, and, as a result, with the dorsal outline very thin or sharp. They were of all sizes, from a half to three pounds in weight. They were not very numerous, but enough were taken to excite remark, and to favor the opinion that they were an undescribed species of black bass, espe- cially as they exhibited all the gameness of their plumper congeners. I found the cause of the emaciation to be tape- worm (Zwnia). Every razor-back dissected was inhabited by one or more tape-worms, not always confined to the in- testinal tract, but often roaming about at their own sweet will in the abdominal cavity. (in order that an unwarranted prejudice may not be aroused against the black bass on this account, I might remark, em passant, that every species of fish is subject to tape-worms and other vermicular parasites, and many food fishes to a greater extent than the black bass). As before remarked, the razor-back was exceptional among the small-mouthed bass, as most of this species were in good or ordinary condition, while the large-mouthed bass were all very plump and fat, no ‘‘razor-back” appearing among them. They were, moreover, equal to the small-mouthed bass in gameness, and as arule broke water oftener, and by some 68 were thought to be the gamest species, but I could perceive no difference in this respect. It has been asserted by some and denied by others that the muscalonge inhabits the Eagle Waters, as the numerous lakes and “thoroughfares” at the head of Kagle and Wiscon- sin rivers are called. It has been stated that the fish so-called was but an overgrown pike or pickerel (Hsox luctus), but the true muscalonge (Hsox nobilior) has a local habitation if not a name in these waters. Ihave a specimen of six pounds, and the head of one that weighed thirty-eight pounds. They are muscalonge without the shadow of a doubt. Both of my specimens show eighteen branchiostegal rays, have the lower half of both cheeks and gill covers naked, or bare of scales, and have 150 scales along the lateral line. They differ from the muscalonge of the St. Lawrence only in coloration, not being black-spotted like the latter, but of & uniform grayish coloration, darker along the back and whitish on the belly. It is, in my opinion, the same fish that inhabits the Upper Mississippi, and a few rivers of eastern Kentucky emptying into the Ohio above Mayville, and I am very desirous to see specimens from these localities, The pike or great Northern pickerel (H. lueius) and the pike-perch (8. vitrewm) also exist abundantly in Eagle Waters, and do not differ from those of other waters except in being a little duskier in color, owing to the darker water, The black bass of Gogebic are also very dusky from the same cause. Neither the pike nor the pike-perch are found in Gogebic, but the streams emptying into the lake are fairly stocked with brook trout. The month of September is about the best in the year for muscalonge fishing in Eagle Waters, or for fly-fishing for black bass in Gogebic Lake, I can recommend both locali- ties to the notice of anglers. The season for deer is also open at that time at Gogebic (but not for Wisconsin), and they are quite plentiful. Ruffed grouse are abundant about the lake, and’also a few spruce partridges. Messrs. Arnold & Tarbell, proprietors of the hotel at Gogebic, Mich,, and Mr, A, A. Denton, of the Denton House, Hagle River, Wis., will cheerfully reply to all inquirers. Mr. Fred French, of the latter place, is an excellent guide and perfectly reliable. JAmms A. HENSHALL, CynrHiana, Ky., August, 1885. ROD AND REEL ASSOCIATION. MEETING of the Association was held in Mr. Black- ford’s laboratory, Fulton Market, Aug. 11, at 3 P. M., President Endicott in the chair. It was decided to hold the next tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 13 and 14, and that all prizes must be delivered to Mr. E. G. Black- ford on or before Oct. 1, in order that the prize list may be mailed to members in time. A committee of arrangements consisting of twenty-six members, of which Hon. Henry P. McGown is chairman, was,appointed. This committee then Went into session and the following sub-committees were appointed: On grounds, Martin B. Brown, Francis Endi- a cott and H. P. McGown; on rules, Francis Endicott, Samuel M. Blatchford and Fred Mather; on prizes, E. G, Blackford, Henry P. Wells and C. Van Brunt, It was recommended that any member who may have suggestions to make regarding the rules, to make them in writing to the chairman of the committee on rules. The following is the committee of arrangements: Hon. Henry P, McGown, chairman; James Benkard, E, G. Black- ford, 8. M. Blatchford, Dr. E. Bradley, Martin B. Brown, Henry F. Crosby, DW. Cross, Francis Endicott (President, ex officio), Chas. B. Evarts, James Geddes, W. C. Harris, Dr. J. A. Henshall, Thatcher Magoun, Chas. H. Mallory, J. C. McAndrew, Hon. Robert B, Roosevelt, Isaac Townsend, James L, Vallotton, J. 8. Van Cleef, C. Van Brunt, Henry P. Wells, Edward Weston, Col. Locke W. Winchester, Louis B. Wright and Rev. Henry L. Ziegenfuss. cations may be addressed to the Secretary, Mr, Fred Mather, Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. THE BAREFOOT AGAIN. Hditer Forest and Stream: Under the head “‘The Most Killing Fly,” I have seen many articles lately in Forrest AND STREAM, and read with pleasure “‘Sport’s” opinions in the issue of June 4. To me, a young beginner coached by an old trout fisherman, it does appear strange to hear so much talk of flies, and see my old friend always taking a quantity of trout with nothing but the common worm, Further than this, I often see lengthy and pithy articles on this royal sport. wherein it appears that only about a dozen, often less, completes the day’s catch, and our city sportsman, with his expensive rod, reel, lines and leaders, does not take nearly so many trout as my old friend Adon with his home-made tackle. Furthermore, our city sportsman will go many many miles to catch what few he gets, when here right close to Philadelphia, there are three streams that I_ know of, well stocked with trout, and probably will be until the railroad runs a little closer than it now does to them, Only yesterday Adon and I took a grist to the mill to be ground, and while they were grinding it we tied our hooks to a three-foot line without leaders or even catgut, and cut- ting sticks about four feet in length, dawdled down to the stream and commenced, baiting with ordinary worms, On the very first cast I hooked a fine trout, and by the time the miller shouted that the grist was done we had caught ex- actly a dozen, and had I been as expert as my friend, would have had two dozen, but I am young at it yet and only took four out of about twenty rises. On my return to Philadel- phia this morning I took them into John Wirth’s gun store and found that the dozen weighed exactly three pounds and three ounces. Now, taking all things into consideration, viz., catfish hooks, no leaders or guts, no fancy rods, worm bait, and only a couple of hours’ time spent at the stream, and at the outside only a half mile of the stream traversed, it does ap- pear to me that if one of our literary sports could fish there one day with good tackle, he ought to have enough sport to write an article three columns long, Outside of the sport in seeing the trout take the fly, I thoroughly enjoyed the time spent on the banks of the stream, whose waters, so cool and refreshing, run so swiltly, and to a lover of nature make such sweet music rushing over the pebbly bottom. There- fore I say, let our city cousins look around nearer home, There is trouting to be had, and good at that, without going so far to so little purpose; and also let them examine for themselves whether the country sport. with home-made tackle does not take more fish than themselves, who are so good in theory but poor in practice, It is the same in shooting. The city sport has his D. B. hammerless gun and finely bred setters with records as long as your arm, gets little game, but invariably the countryman, Communi- FOREST AND STREAM. with his old single muzzleloader and what they would call cur dog, gets all the game it is comfortable to tote around, B. Our correspondent is sadly in need of a missionary to teach him that the mere killing of fish is not the end of ang- ling. If he had used a seine he might have increased his catch and saved time. [f he will cut loose from his tutor and learn to take a trout with a fly he will learn what trout were made for. As he has some of the elements of a sports- man in him there is hope of his emerging from his benighted pot-fishing state under proper instruction. | GOGEBIC, ONTONAGON AND EAGLE, | | Rlghnsttsee CALI for three weeks during the pleasatit month of September, 1884, the writer struggled heroic- ally in vain efforts to call from their damp depths a few, only a few, of the trout of the Rangeley Lakes, A hundred flies in succession dangled from the filmy leader and went dancing merrily over the foamy waters below the Middle and Upper Dams, At -sunrise, sunset, and even at high noon the good work went on incessantly and vigorously, but all to very little purpose. During the entire three weeks scarcely a dozen fish came to hook, of which two were re- minders of the good old days of yore—bvig, brave and brawny fighters—of the good old days when every hour at the glorious pool below the Upper Dam the angler was sure of a five-pounder, Alas, those good old days have gone and the big trout of those peerless waters are fast disappearing. It is useless to conjecture, the facts are manifest, and the tourists and anglers who continually send glowing accounts and big records anent these waters to the press are simply spectacular raconteurs or mayhap have met with accidental luck. When a man ‘‘chucks bugs” constantly and resolutely for three weeks, exhausts an extensive fly-book, wears out his leaders, tires his arm, and gets but a dozen infantile rises he sort of hankers after inclement language and naturally turns Many a time and oft during years gone by the writer has safely passed through innumerable heroic struggles with the tinted mon- archs of these beautiful waters, and it grieves him to part with his favorite fishing ground, but in the face of previous iltuck he gave them another trial this spring with the same result—exceedingly poor fishing all round. But ‘‘sufticient for the day” is all a man wants, and so, early in July, the scribe packed up his duds and hied him hence into thenorth- west to drop alure on the waters near the father of fresh- his thoughts to fresh fields and new waters. water Jakes—Superior. Lake Gogebic lies in Ontonagon county, in the peninsula of Michigan, three hundred miles north of Milwaukee and It is surrounded by a vast pine wilderness, is eighteen miles long by an average width of two miles, has a mean depth of about fifteen fect of clear, bluish water, and unquestionably affords the best black Last summer these waters were invaded by the angler for the first time, and the lake was some fifteen miles from Lake Superior. bass fishing: in America. found overstocked with fish that were chronically hungry. Since then tons of bass have been gathered in, or rather gathered out, yet they seem as numerous as ever—‘‘thick as On July 19 the scribe took 165 small-mouth bass, returning thirty-five to the water as being under weight—a pound and a half being the limit— while the balance were brought to the hotel to be cooked and Of these, thirty-five weighed over three pounds each, The lures for these fish were minnows, worms and pieces of white flesh cut from the They were all taken without moving 100 yards Another day’s labor brought 125 fish, and an hour’s fly-casting at evening resulted in seven fine bass, one weighing nearly five pounds, and a, brook trout of half a pound, a few of these inhabiting the lake, Fishing in Gogebic will be good for years to come, and the location will be popular because it is easy of access, has excellent hotel accommodations at moderate prices, plenty of good boats and boatmen, and the fish are voracious and pretty leaves in Valambrosa,” as it were. devoured by some sixty angling guests. fish, from our first anchorage, much always on the bite. The hotel and its six adjoining cottages stand in the only clearing on the lake and are the only buildings within miles. Small and large-mouth bass inhabit these waters, the former predominating as about ten to one, while an occa- sional specimen of an exceedingly thin species of the small- I took one of these with the anatomy of a three-pound fish that weighed but little more than a pound, and who fought like mouth is taken, locally known as the ‘‘razor-back,” a tiger, This fish was submitted to my friend Dr, Henshall, who was on the ground just pulverizing the Micropterus, and on dissection its extraordinary condition was found to be due to a well-developed tape-worm. So the secret of the “razor-back” is a secret no longer, There are several fine brooks emptying into Lake Gogebic, where lovers of trout fishing can gratify their desires to their hearts’ content, One evening a gentlemen from Nashville, Mr. Ben B. Allen, brought in a splendid creel of trout weighing up to two pounds each, all taken with diminutive flies in a brook buta short distance from the hotel. My. Allen, en passant, is a most enthusiastic and successful angler, and the writer hopes to meet him again where the festive mosquito meandereth. The atmosphere at Gogebic is deliciously cool, and during July when the city thermometer dallied about ninety, we at Gogebic were sleeping deliciously under a pair of woolen blankets, and to enhance our comfort not a mosquito nor fly was seen. Ten days were delightfully fished away here, when the Ontonagon River, some twenty miles distant, and one of the grandest trout streams in the country, became our vantage ground. Three days were spent on this lovely stream, while one day’s work resulted in 226 trout weighing 84 pounds, the largest reaching two pounds, and all taken with hackles, gnats and coachmen. Watersmeet is the railway station from which the Ontonagon is scarcely half a mile distant, and a good supply of mosquito food is requisite in fishing this stream. The gunner will, in the season, find this a grand country for deer, as in one day no less than nine came in view. Less than two hours’ journey in the cars, during which the tourist passes through a wilderness of lakes and streams teeming with game fish, brings us to Eagle River, the center of the chain of thirty lakes known as Hagle Waters, and which, for good fishing, cannot be surpassed on the continent. ; Y Black bass, pikeand pickerel abound in great plenty, while the noble muskallonge is found in every lake in the chain. The writer has taken the lusty trout in many waters of Europe and America, and has landed big fish and little of every species, but never until the month of July just passed has he fondled the festive muskallonge; and he is now quite ready to confess that half his life has been wasted. Old Hisox nobilior isa *‘war horse from way back, a yard wide [Aue. 20, 1886. and all wool,” as the “thoroughbreds” of Texas are denoted, I had a 12-ounce split-bamboo rod, 75 yards E size oiled silk line, No. 4 Frankfort reel and No. 8 Skinner spoon, and on this light tackle struck a 86-pounder. Wobdiiior went into the air like a shot, and just filled the sky plumb full of fish; then dropping into the water he made it boil like a geyser, He pulled like a yoke of oxen, and it required all my strength to hold up my end. After an hour’s hard work, the boat continually moving, he came to gaff, the gamest, grandest fish that ever fell to my rod, and the monument he deserves should haye inscribed upon it— “The noblest Roman of them all,"! We labored in nine Jakes of the Hagle Chain, taking many fish, among them seven muskallonge averaging twelve pounds in weight, and each made a tremendous struggle for liberty. On a lovely point in Long Lake, a log camp has been built by a hunter named Blodgett, where accommoda- tions can be had, and Fred French and Horace Foster, who live at Eagle River, Wis., will afford good satisfaction as guides, The fishing grounds named herein are all on the Ime of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railway. Leaving Milwaukee at midnight, Eagle River is reached about noon, and Lake Gogebic about 4 P. M. of the day fol lowing. Kir CLargkn, Puantine GRounp LAKE, Wis., July 30, 1885. THE TROUT STREAMS OF KLAMATH, We are on Klamath Indian Agency, Oregon, nestled at the foot of the Cascade range of mountains, and stir- rounded by some of the finest rivers, lakes and mountain streams to be found anywhere. Dense forests of pine, fir and hemlock cover the mountain sides and fringe the banks of the streams, which come rushing down from their lofty home, through deep, dark cafions, to wind their way over a broad, marshy tract to their resting place in the placid waters of Klamath Lake. This whole region is full of beautiful springs, which suddetily burst from some rocky ledge or mountain crest and hasten to join their many companions winding all through the woodland. Williamson River, rising in Klamath Marsh and flowing south and west through deep gorges, forming cascades and falls of rare beauty, along with its many tributaries, is the — home of various kinds of trout. Spring Creek, one of these tributaries, rising from a number of springs at the foot of a lofty ridge, and rushing and foaming over its rocky bed, its banks fringed with willows and aspen, is the fisherman’s paradise, It broods the finest and gamicst variety of speckled. trout, and many a time have its fair banks been pressed by the foot of the wary angler, In its romantic for- est home it lies like a ‘thing of beauty and a joy forever” to him who, laying aside for a time the cares and responsibili- ties of a busy world, betakes himself to its inviting scenes to revel in a feast of nature’s wildest beauty and art’s rarest sport. Pt was the eyening of a pleasant day of the early summer that in company with our friend and fellow-fisherman, Will N., we took an excursion to these fruitful fields. After the labors of the day, as the sun was going down behind the purple mountains into its bed of scarlet and critason and gold, mounted on our fleet Indian ponies we started for an evening’s and morning’s fish to the riffles of Williamson River. Our way leads over a trail a distance of six miles, among the dark pines and through underbrush of wild plum and cherry. We soon reach our destination. The evening is calm, the waters clear and cool; the trout are feéding. Our fishing tackle, an eight-ounce lancewood rod with simple click reel and medium-sized enameled silk line, is soon put together. The query comes, what fly will they take? From some knowledge of their preferences we pick out a turkey wing, and fastening to a six-foot gut leader, throw it out about forty feet into the stream. What! so soon, the first cast, and the waters break around the skimming fly. Zipp, splash, whovup, and the line glides along our fingers and sends the reel spinning. No stopordragfor us, Let the fingers of the same hand which grasps the pole be the sure index to measure the amount of tension that is needed, Now, the first sudden surprise ended, our helpless yictim becomes a passive subject, and we slowly entice him to the shore. But no; stop, he thinks, as he sees himself drawn to a certain death, Whoop! and bis pink and speckled sides gleam in the sunlight, and a rainbow follows his airy track, He whirls into his watery home, only again to be ruthlessly guided to an inevitable death. Such gamy qualities, such heroic struggles, such fruitless efforts. Soon the mossy banks are his winding sheet, and in the quiet evening air his life goes ont, One being rejoicing over the death of an inferior. Happy man, poor fish, But no sermonizing here; we are fishing. , The same fly again drops on the water and glides to the shore. Nosign. The third time it skims the eddying stream. Whoop! and eight pounds of dashing beauty grasps and carries off the tempting fly. The waters boil and rave, the rod trembles, the liné is drawn to its utmost tension, the ree] plays a hasty retreat. Allis excitement and expectancy, The skill of the angler is taxed to successfully manage and land such a trophy. It requires coolness, patience, tact and judgment, But having met the same foe before, it is simply a question of time when he lies powerless at our feet, Thus all through the evening the same exciting sport con- tinues. Only as the shades gather the turkey wing is replaced by the wood duck or brown hackle with yellow body. How pleasant (he scenes, The sun has gone down behind the low dis- tant range beyond the snowy peak of Mt. Pitt. Only the lofty peaks gleam coldly in his last rays. All life is hushing into the quiet repose of dreamland. Oh, such a picture! What thoughts crowd upon us. The arching sky above, the gloom- ing mountains beyond, the primeval woodland all about, the peaceful rest and silent reign of all nature, The spirit is awed with the terrible stillness, the awful grandeur and the enchanting view. The blinking stars call us to repose. Where shall we rest? No friendly habitation is near, The cold, pitiless sky must be our only covering. One lone blanket serves aS a bed; darkness is upon us, and-in the frosty air our couch is made, Slumber is disturbed by dreams of breaking waters, skimming fly and exciting chase. As the first faint streak of morning dawn flushes the eastern sky, the M. D. thinks of the sport of the previous evening, and can rest no longer, but starts for che water's edge. Will, not content with the night’s rest, hopes to still obtain _ agood nap. But soon the loud familar whoop of mingled joy and victory breaks upon his ears. He cannot stand this. He knows there is fun on hand, and hurriedly with toilet only half made, comes rushing to the river bank. =, The air is frosty and ice forms on line and pole, fingers are numbed and throbbing with pain, but there is no time to. i | ~~ -_ = | an Aue. 20, 1885, FOREST AND STREAM, 69 stop. the same continued round of success follows, until the sunlight streams oyer the mountain tops and throws its daa zling glare upon the waters. The fish retire to their secluded nooks and we prepare for our journey home. Our score was ninety of the finest trout, azeregating 178 pounds. We had fished by actual measurement of the time three hours and forty-five minutes, We had not come prepared for such a load, and how were we to get them home? Our ponies had got away during the night and we were alone in the wilderness. By good luck we fell upon a dilapidated old cart which Will declared had been left out of the Ark and drifted to these shores, and as the waters subsided had stranded here on the mountains, With a pair of Indian ponies not much larger than jack rabbits, and so poor that their tibs showed so plainly that they looked as if they had swallowed a pair of hoopskirts, and a pair of harness borrowed of a noble red man of the forest, we managed to rig up an outfit which carried us safely home. After dividing with all our friends there was 4 wheelbarrowful still left, which was donated to the Indian. boarding school, gladdening the hearts of the fair Indian lads and lasses, We would not have any of your readers take us for ‘‘irout fiends,” for we ouly catch in such quanti- ties as can be put to a legitimate use. Should any of the readers of the Formst AND STREAM visit this coast and find time to take a trip to Klamath Ageney, your correspondent will be pleased to lead them to trout waters where they can have all the fishing they wish. Our mountains and forests are plentifully supplied with deer and other wild game, and there is no lack of sport in the hunting line. Fuy Hoox Bin, Knamara AGancy. Oregon, THE MENHADEN QUESTION. Editor Forest and Stream: Tt is claimed that all food fish are as plentiful now as they were before trap and purse seining were known. None but interested parties would thiuk of making such a statement, certainly no hook fisherman would do s0; for example, I will take the question of striped bass and give my experience of the past fifty years, confining myself as before, to the familiar ground of Westport Harbor and vicinity, which in- cludes five or six miles of coast east and west of the Harbor, of the very best bass ground to be found. Fifty years ago bass were as plenty and as common as other food fish, and no more sought after. They could be scen all along the channel of the river and along the ocean beach by hundreds. it was common for one man to catch more bass in a day than have been caught at the Harbor in the last two years, Then we could get menhaden by sailing a nile or two, and to get menhaden bait assured us.all the bass we wanted; now it is almost impossible to get the bait, and when we do, we find there are not any fish. In 1883 I fished away four and one- half pounds of menhaden, fishing the most of July and August, and did not catch a bass. Mr, Church says the home of the bass is between Brenton’s Reef and Seaconnet Point, and that he has yet to learn that _ bass leave the coast to go up the river. He could easily learn if he chose, that bass are caught above the city of Taunton, in the very river he referred to, thirty miles or more from their home. §o0 far from bass being confined to the coast, there are not any large fish that explore every river, inlet and creek as bass do, The first place they were caught in the spring at Westport was near the head of the river, where the channel was thirty feet wide and the water eight feet deep, I have often caught twenty or thirty in an hour or two trolling an eel. They made their appearance early in April and remained until the middle of November; there were but few Gays when none could be caught; large bass could often be seen on the flat ground, where there was scarcely water to cover them, fol- lowing their food. Two miles west of the Harbor there is a large pond of fresh water drained by a creek, occasionally opened to the ocean, through which the bass enter the pond, fn winter they have been taken from under the ice, frozen, in large numbers. Bass are very timid; at the least alarm they are off like a dart. If on the seining ground when work comimenced they would immediately leave. I think it would bea difficult matter to inclose one in a purse seine; | have never known of one being taken in this way, although they haye been plentiful at the time of seining. I have known the fishing at the Harbor to be suddenly broken up for several days at a time by setting a shore seine around them just once, those not caught were frightened away. Formerly seines were set only along a clear beach and hauled to the shore, now a seine made of small linen twine is set anywhere among the rocks, so that both arms rest on the shore, then by throwing a few stones wilhin the seine, every fish is frightened off shore, strikes the net, becomes entangled, and is caught without gilling. That bass do not, or that they caunot, feed on menhaden, because they have notany teeth to masticate their food, is simply nonsense. I think but few fish (except bottom fish that feed on mussels) masticate their food whether they have teeth or not, Any one who has had his finger in the mouth of a bluefish will never doubt their being well supplied with teeth, and they do not masticate their food, for they are always filled with whole fish of whatever kind they are feeding when caught, whether large or small, Codfish will take most anything in motion, without much regard to its size, and they have not any teeth. I have known of three coots being taken from the stomach of a codfish; two coots are often found in one fish; the ducks feed on mussels at. the bottom, and when diving are easily caught by the fish, All fish appear to digest their food rapidly. Last fall we took from a bass a tautog weighing two pounds, from another a head of a tautog as large as a man’s fist, besides several large crabs; the latter bass weighed but sixteen pounds, not a large fish. There was a bass caught with a pitch fork up the river, with a large menhaden wedged in its gills, and it Was supposed that the bass attempted to swallow the inen- hhaden, not the menhaden the bass, A bass that will weigh three pounds will take a mullet eight Inches long as readily as a larger bass. Iam glad to agree with your correspondent in one thing, that bass do not depend on menhaden for food or man on bass; if they did both would soon starve. In Mr. Black- ford’s office can be seen an iron bolt two inches long and one- quarter of an inch thick, with the nut on it, that was taken from a bass. I think a fish that would raid a hardware store for food could get away with a menhaden. The largest haul of bass taken in a seine in the last twenty years was made by first throwing several barrels of men- haden along the surf, and in afew hours setting the seine around them, The first man | ever saw fish with a rod and Ee reel at Westport, Harbor was a Mr, Lutze, from New York, not unknown to the fishermen of that day. He had the place all to himself for several years, and kept it very private, and he pronounced it the best fishing he had found, One fall after Mr, Lutze had returned to the city, a man that he had employed informed ex-Mayor Gunther of the place, He with some friends came to the Harbor, found good fishing, told others, and every season since there haye been more or less gentlemen from New York at the Harbor, and all agree that fewer fish were caught last season than ever before. I talked with gentlemen from No Man’s Land, Pasque, Cuttyhunk, West Island, Narragansett Pier and Block Island, and every one came to the same conclusion, that it was the poorest bass season ever known, The decline has been steady and gradual from year to year. I do not think that purse seining has been the sole cause of destroying the fishing. Iam confident it has contributed largely to it by driving off the bait. The best fishing in the fall was when the young menhaden came down the river to go out to sea, which they did every fall in great quantities, as long as any large ones were suffered to reach the river in spring. Traps are set all along the coast and in the inland waters, and seining in all rivers where bass go to spawn, until they are nearly driven from the coast. It isa wonder that there are any at all, and unless there is some protection provided for food fish, hook-fishing will certainly be destroyed in a very few years. A. 5. Brooktyn, N. ¥. THE MASTIGOUCHE LAKES. BEDIENT to the welcome cry of the brakeman, ‘‘Ber- thier Junction! All out for Berthier Junction!” we stepped out on to the platform of the depot in this Canadian village, the end of our railroad ride toward the Mastigouche lakes, The evening before we had started from New York in 4 Montreal sleeper. As the night drew down its curtains and shut off the view of the Highlands and the quiet, placid waters of the Hudson, we turned into our berths and slept soundly until we heard the call, ‘Mister, the sun is coming.” Through those restful hours we had been carried many miles, and as we looked out of the car window off in the east loomed up against the brightening sky Mount Mansfield, the highest peak of the Green Mountains, while to the west the blue sky, catching the ruddy reflection of the sun not yet tisen, threw around the tall peaks of the Adirondacks a royal robe of purple, whose folds were only gathered up as they reached down to the waters of the lake, Soon after we were whirling through the Victoria Bridge. After breakfast at the palatial Windsor Hotel, we left Montreal by the North Shore road and a ride of fifty-six miles brought us to Ber- thier, where we found buckboards waiting to take us into the woods. Ten miles to the little hamlet of St. Norbert, with its beautiful church; then over the foothills another ten miles to St. Gabriel de Brandon, reached just as the darkness was settling down. Here our good host, Belmire, took us in, The next morning we made an early start for the club houseat Lake Seymour. Skirting the southern shore of Lake Maskinonge we soon crossed its outlet, a deep and rapid stream hurrying down to the St. Lawrence, Turning north we soon strike the Mastigouche and follow upits course, crossing high and steep sandhills which seem quite out of place standing so close beside the gray bald cliffs that jut out from the higher hills that shut im the valley. Seven miles brings us to the right branch of the river; here we leave the last clearing and start into the unbroken forest. The road had been opened only this season, and we found it macada- mized with the huge boulders that severely tried even the bueckboard springs. Three miles and we cross the river— rushing and foaming over its rocky bed—on a very pretty bridge built by Mr. Copeland. Crossing we began an ascent of some 1,800 feet and reached the summit in about three miles. Eyen from this high point we can see nothing of the valley that lies below us, so thick and high are the spruce and birches that shut usin. As we stop to rest, far off comes the sound of the river as it rushes down through rapids aud over falls that carry its foaming waters down 1,500 feet in jess than five miles. We now start on the other slope and soon catch glimpses through the trees of the sparkling waters of Lake Seymour, afew minutes more and we are greeted by our friend Copeland, to whom we are to find ourselves under great obligations for his repeated kindness tous. We were surprised to find so good quarters far out here in the woods, and to see all that had been done in the few months since Mr. C. had broken ground. In the morning’ we started out for our first fishing. The steady six days’ rain had raised the waters of the lakes, so that we found it greatly interfered with our success allthe time we were there. The lake Of the Agent was where we first cast our lines. We took twenty-four beauti- ful trout, many of them weighing a pound each. The fol- lowing day in Lac au Cap, thirty-six came to ourcreel, aver- aging about the same as the day before. The next day, tak- ing our boat over a mile portage, we paddled out on the beautiful Lac la Clere. This day brought us the most sport of any during our outing; seventy fine trout, forty-five with a fly in less than two hours; merry was the click of our reels as some of these gamy fellows bent our five-ounce rods nearly double. Sunday comes, a day that should be one of rest even to fishermen. In the silence of those grand woods came to me the words of Paul as he stood on Mars Hill and looked down on the beautiful temples of Athens: ‘‘God that made the world and all things therein seeing he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;”-so here under the arches of the great trees that no hand had formed, beside the walls of towering rocks that no hand had erected, wé felt to thank the great Giver for the blue sky, the pure air, the bright clear waters, the restfulness of this beautiful place. Toward evening we made a short portage to Lac au Croix, another to Lac au Roche, then to Lake Monroe, where we were to fish on Monday, our last day in the woods. After a good rest on our beds of balsam boughs we were early in our cedar canoes. We had great expectations of fine sport, as very large trout are taken in this lake, which is reserved for the exclusive fishing of the Mastigouche club. This, next to Lake Seymour, is the largest of the score of lakes in this immediate vicinity, and we found the water much higher than in the smaller ones in which we had been fish- ing. Only twenty-seven were taken, but their average weight was greater than any of our former catches. After a short troll in the morning we unjointed our rods and prepared to return to home and work with the feeling that the remembrance of these pleasant hours would be a pleasure tous. In these four days we had taken 157 fish, all of them the red speckled trout, many of them weighing over a pound each, Returning to the club house our carter soon arrived, and at 3 o’clock we started in a pouring rain for St. Gabriel, During the night it cleared up and our ride to Berthier was full of enjoyment, On the divide we looked north; not far from the shore of the beautiful Lake Maske- nonge we could see the spire of the church at St. Gabriel, to the west the hamlet of St. Felix, while before us in the near distance the pretty villaze of St. Nobert, while far away across the plain that lay at our feet and beyond the St. Lawrence rose the Beloiel Mountain. An hour’s ride brought us within sight of the telegraph poles and as we heard the whistle of the locomotive we realized that we were out of the woods, Behind us lay the great wilderness that runs far up to the frozen North without a single break, while be- fore us were the busy homes of men, We looked that way with pleasure, too, as we expected soon to reach our homes and greet those who were waiting to welcome us back. Now a short deseription of this place, which may interest your readers and I trust induce some of my brother sports- men fo visit it. Mr. Copeland has leased a large tract of crown Jands; within its limits are a Jarge number of lakes, every one of them plentifully stocked with trout, no other fish as Iam aware being found in them except the food fish of the trout, This season a number have been taken weighing three pounds, and our guide took one a few seasons age that weighed five. To make this an attractive resort Mr. C. has erected a comfortable house, furnished it well and taken great pains to make it homelike. A. ice house filled with ice is on the premises; on the shore a number of cedar and birch bark canoes are waiting, and trusty guides are always ready to pilot you wherever you may wish to go. On nearly all the lakes have been placed excellent boats. We were very fortunate in securing euides, and glidly recommend Captain Heinault and his brother Baptiste, old hunters and trappers. To the sportsman there are other attractions than the excel- lent fishing, Bear and caribou are plenty. On several of our portages we suw signs of them both. Only a few days before our visit a caribou swam the lake within rifle shot of the house. A. short distance from our camp at Lake Monroe is a beaver dam that has been built within a few years, and we gatliered chips that they had cut this season. A large golden cagle looked down on us from his perch on the side of the mountain, while the loons laughed as some of the big trout broke from our flies. Go to the Mastigouche lakes. SPICHWOOD, OENTRALIA, Pa. HETERODOX SUGGESTIONS. HE readers of Formsr AND STREAM do not need to be told of the sparkling rivulets of Berkshire caseading downward over the limestone beds, and of tbe myriads of trout that inhabit them, The trout themselves are one of the traditional and historical facts of a much-glorified past, as well as one of the live and interesting facts of the imme- diate present, the only drawback 10 them, as trout being that they are so much sought after, that few of them attain any- thing beyond what may be called the juvenile proportions of that delicious fish; but they fry “crisp” all the easier for their smallness, and after all, what is it that the sportsman seeks? Certainly not pounds ayoirdupois, in that case he had best go whaling, but he does seek, especially the city man on his summer’s outing, rest, recreation, anu the excitement of the sport. Asa trout has all the wit he ever attains to when he is no bigger than your finger, it takes just as much cautious scheming in the wary approach, and just as much patient waiting before you can fool him into believing your fly real, and just as much skill and knack to safely land him, as if he weighed as much as the sea serpent, while meantime you are drinking in the fresh air, the health that comes from the sunlight, and experiencing the calm, but rapturous joy that beautiful scenery can awaken in the soul; and at every step you are growing stronger, as did Antzcus, each time his foot touched the earth. To enjoy all this requires no costly outfit, and no long and weary journey to far-off regions, as recreation if cannot be surpassed. The streams may be reached from Pittsfield, One advantage of Berkshire, and especially Pittsfield, for men who need rest, but whose business requires watching, is the ease with which they can reach New York or Boston, as there are as many as eight different opportunities of reaching New York and five daily of reaching Boston. X. Y. Z. NIGHT FISHING FOR BASS. Editor Forest and Stream; Sandworms are the best bait for striped bass for night fishing. That is according to my experience. 1 fished for about eight years exclusively at nights for big striped bass at Robbin’s Reef, and used in experimenting all sorts of baits, including mackerel bellies and live squids. The latter are a very good bait, but as hard to get as the little speurings, which are also very taking, I hear, however, that squid are now kept for sale in Washington Market, Finally I returned to sandworms, four to‘five for a bait (bass like a big bunch), and I think it is the best all-around bait for night fishing. Clams and menhaden would give no satisfaction at all on that particular ground. [have made some yery heavy catches at that place, some- times more than two of us could carry or even lift, and of course as often sailed home with but a few fish. But only two or three times did I leave without having either bass or weakfish to show, although I did not pretend to fish for the latter, But the new comer may anchor there day for day and have no success atall, in fact, may think that the fish gaye the lighthouse a wide berth. To be successful on that place one has to study the actions of the tides very carefully and shift his place accordingly, Big bass begin to run there from April 15 to May 20, and Oct. 15 to Dec. 10, and seem to bite only at night. 1 heard only of two authenticated in- stances during my time when striped bass over fifteen pounds were caught in the daytime over that reef, The.best sport I usually had during very dark, still nights, on second flood, high water, second ebb, and during the first half hour of young flood. Six hundred feet of best Outty- hunk line, large sptoat hook on double gut, multiplying reel of trustworthy make, and stifiish 12-foot rod are a necessity, as at any time a bass from twenty to sixty pounds may strike. The fisherman who goes there to stay over night must understand rowing and sailing thoroughly, and have a good seaboat under him, not an easily-swamped skiff or cranky narrow-waisted rowboat. It is a ticklish place to be at the seasons [ have mentioned. Being foolhardy enough to hold on as long as the sea allowed, I have had some very narrow escapes crossing over to Gowanus, and the short, choppy sea which is kicked up at short notice in the bay would sometimes be almost too much for my 16foot open boat. But then she was an exceedingly easy rider, and sailed well under trying circumstances. Tt is now four years since I made my last cast on that 7O | FOREST AND STREAM. [Ave. 20, 1885. i SS eee —_ 2 : . : = : ground, but I shall ever remember the fine sport it gave me} Rarnpow TRoutT.—Philadelphia, Aug. 18. —There is con- Sfi ] ishenlture, and my chum, and the many incidents, laughable and other- | siderable agitation in regard to the matter of stocking the wise, which happened to us in our vigils. By the way, it is} Wissahickon Creek, which runs through a portion of Fair- , iad all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- ung Co, strange that there ave so very few contributions to the fishing | mount Park, with California trout, Mr, William M. Runkel lore from our salt-water fishermen. With them, too, it is} of this city whom, it appears, is especially interested in this not all of fishing to fish. Lam really afraid that the wrapt | project, has made application for a supply of these fish and contemplation of the stationary float, or the dreamy expec-| has a reply from Prof. Baird to the effect that if application tation of a bite on the handline, brings them too near to] is made through some member of the Senate or House by Nirvana. PISCATOR. the Park Commission, it will receive prompt attention. P While the Wissahickon Creek, from its mouth to Indian Rock, is made up of spring water and could be well pro- tected by the park guard until the fish propagated, unless every mill on the course of the stream be compelled to cease emptying their refuse dye stuff into the creek and the dams ou its course be demolished, we doubt if it would be worth while stocking it, It is stated, however, that all these man- ufactories have been forced to stop and the most prominent dams taken down. If such is the fact we say go ahead, the experiment is worth trying. Would not the rock bass be a better fish, and would they not furnish fully as much sport to the class of anglers that would seek such waters?—Homo. THE NEW YORK OYSTER COMMISSION.—Fish Com- missioner E, G. Blackford, in charge of the oyster investiga- tion of the State of New York, and his assistant, Prof. H. J. Rice, have been at Peconic Bay, east end of Long Island, part of this week in the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Lookout, The Lookout has been placed temporarily at their disposal for the purpose of examining the planted and natural oyster beds in the waters of the State. They will make a number of short trips to those in the kills near Staten Island and to the natural bed in the Hudson between Yonkers and Haverstraw. A special inquiry will be made to determine whether the beds in the Kills are being injured by the refuse from the oil works which there abound. Two weeks or more will be occupied in these researches. Dredgings will be made and records kept of the general condition of the bottom. Specimens of the oysters taken at each haul will be preserved. The kinds of enemies of the oysters will also be noted, as well as their number, and all soundings made will be recorded, THe Deyr Frsu.—Galveston, Aug, 1,—Hditer Forest and Stream: In last week’s issue of your valuable paper there appeared an article relating to the monster devil fish seen off the beach here; allow me to add that one of them has been captured and is now on exhibition at the Beach Hotel Muse- um. Below I write a description of the fish as taken from areliable paper of this place: ‘The fish is unquestionably what is technically known as the Cephaloptera vampyrus, or devil fish, a cartilaginous fish of the ray family, This is borne out by a careful and critical examination made and a careful comparison with the best authority. Many are so thoroughly imbued with the idea of the Octopus us described by Victor Hugo in his ‘Toilers of the Deep,’ as being a spe- cies of the so-called devil fish, that they cannot, in their] Ty your Forust AnD StREAM of July 23 Mr. G. H, Morean minds, disconnect anyihing called a devil fish from the hide- gives ‘‘W. L. A.” the correct method of catching sates ik G ous arms or tentacles that the Octopus, coumonly called the} On the Fourth of July, with four raises of my minnow net, cuttle fish, is Known to possess, and which Victor Hugo so| T had at least two hundred; but as every one does not have graphically describes as the horrible appendages of the devil | one of our old-fashioned square minnow nets, I will give fish, Victor Hugo’s fish isa fictitious monster, the descrip-| another very simple aud effective way. Take a slight stick tion of which applies to no species of the devil fish, but most | about three feet long; attach to one end a string two feet resembles the Octopus or cuttlefish, The fish now in captiy-| jong: tie to end of stting a piece of liver or meat about the ity fits exactly the description given the Cephaloptera vam-| size of a man’s fist. Throw this in the water, raise gently pyrus, or devil fish, by the best authoritiesin natural history, | holding a landing net underneath, and you will have the {ts head is truncated in front, and provided on each side} Jiyer or meat covered with the crawfish, which upon finding with a pointed wing-like process, separate from the pectoral themselves out of water fall into the net, I also give my fins, and seemingly capable of independent motion. These| method of cooking them. Into a pot of boiling water put a wings or horns provided on either side of the head are two quart of coase salt, stir well, then put in a bucketful of the feet two Inches in length. | The pectorals or fin-like appen-| crawfish and let them cook ten minutes: take out, remove dages on either side of the fish are of great breadth, triangu | the shell from tho tail, and you have a morsel equal to lob- lar in shape, resembling wings, making the transverse| ster or shrimp. Does not Dickens tell us in “David Copper- diameter of the fish greater than the longitudinal, with tail] fjeld” that Dame Pegyotty was a dealer in ‘lobsters, crabs included. These pectorals from tip to tip measure sixteen | and crawfish” ?—JAY. , : feet four inches, while the body proper is only eight feet in Jength, and the tail about three and a half or four feet. The jaws are at the end of head, the lower the more advanced, and the transverse diameter of the mouth measures two fect ten inches. The eyes are small and lateral, resembling the eyes of an elephant, and are located on either outer sides of the protudal wings or frontal horns, and are consequently about three feet apart. The tail is elongated like a whip Jash, armed near the root with a prominently serrated spinal protuberance. The teeth are small, numerous, flat and arranged in many rows. The mouth when opened could easily accommodate a flour barrel, The nostrils are small and are located near the angles of the mouth.”—REDBREAS?. How vo Carce CrawrFisu.—St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 8.— Ghe Zennel, ; oe all communications to the Forest and Stream Publishi- ing Co. FIXTURES. BENCH SHOWS. Sept. 22, 23, 24 and 25.—Dog Show of the Milwaukee Exposition As- sociation, John D. Olcott, Superintendent, Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 29, 30 and Oct, 1, 2.—Third Annual Doz Show of the Southern Ohio Fair Association. H. Anderson, Secretary, Dayton, O. Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1.—Twelfth Dog Show of the Western Penn-—- sylvania Poultry Society, Pittsburgh, Pa. C. B, Elben, Secretary. Oct. 6,7, 8 and 9.—Seecond Annual Dog Show of the Philadelphia Kennel Club, m conjunction with the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society. E. Comfort, Secretary, Philadelphia, Pa. Oef. 6, 7, 8 and ¥.—_fourth Annual Dog Show of the Danbury Agri- eullural Society. S. H, Hawley, Secretary, Danbury, Gonn. Oct. 7, 8and 9.—Dog Show of the York County Agricultural Soci- ety. Entries vlose Sept. 28. A.C, Krueger, Superintendent, Wrichts- ville, Pa, WELD TRIALS, Nov 9.—Second Aunual Wield Trials of the Fisher's Island Club, for members only. Max Wenzel, Secretary, Hoboken, N. J. Nov. 9.—First Annual Trials of the Western Wield Trials Associa- tion, at Abilene, Kan. Wntries close Oct. 15. A.A. Whipple, Secre- tary, Kansas City, Mo. - Nov. 16, 1885,—Seyenth Annual Field Trials of the Wastern Field Trials Club, High Point, N.C. Entries for Derby close May 1. W. A. Coster, Secretary, Flatbush, L. I. Dec, ?.—Seventh Annual Field Trials of the National Field Trials Club, Grand Junction, Tenn. Entries for Derby close Aprili. B, M. Stephenson, La Grange, Tenn., Secretary. THE Bre Ranaetey Trovur.—Mr. Geo. Shepard Page recently sent his ten-pound Rangeley trout to a Washington taxidermist for repairs, and the taxidermist, Mr. F. 8. Web- ster, explains how he has restored it: ‘‘When this trout was caught the art of taxidermy was called stuffing. This sub- ject had been stuffed quite as well as was the rule in those days, no doubt; but still it was stuffed, not mounted. It came down to mein a very dilapidated condition. It had lost the under jaw, its tail and most of its fins, and a good deal of the skin on the under portion of the body had been torn. You see here I have put on that jaw with the tongue and eyes, and I might say the entire head. The tailis mine, and the fins are mine, and I think you will admit they are just as good and natural as ever the fish’s own were. ‘Shen, you see, I have patched up the belly and painted it all over, and would you know now that ever a piece of the skin had been broken?” A. K. R.—SPECIAL NOTICE. ol Rese AMERICAN KENNEL REGISTER, for the registration of pedigrees, ete, (with prize lists of all shows and trials), is pub- lished every month. Entries close on the ist. Should be in early, Entry blanks sent on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope. Registration fee (50 cents) must accompany each entry. No entries inserted unless paid inadvance. Yearly subscription $1.50. Address ‘American Kennel Register,” P. G, Box 2882, New York. Number of entries already printed 2588. THar Fisming Prosuem.—Zditor Worest and Stream: Concerning Mr. Ira Wood’s answer to the ‘fishing problem,” Tam thankful for his communication, but it is the very thing which we tried. The logs went into the mud, and J, stepping on them, followed suit up to my hips, and was glad to get hold of my companion’s outstretched axe, on the other end of which he performed a Herculean tug of war to get me on terra firma. It isnot honest, consistent mud, but a sort of soft ooze. My object in the question was to find out if there is a serviceable, light, portable raft (in the shape of some material to be inflated) in the market, or the best way to construct one. 1 should think it would find a good sale, hecause there sré a great many lakes in the North Woods and other resorts where it is impossible to bring a boat in, and the rafts made on the spot are at the best but unwieldy, cumbersome makeshifts, which in moving around scare all well-educated trout tothe furthest corners, My idea of a proper portable raft is to have about three inflatable bags of thin rubber, which ought not to weigh over fifteen pounds, and having enough buoyancy to carry one man, The sides and ends to be provided with stout lacings to fasten their poles to, which will be covered with a layer of cork, making a light, safe, and easily transported contrivance to conquer all sorts of still waters, and will even slide on top of the treacherous ooze, How handy would such a raft be to out- ers, who thus can travel from one lake to the other in quest of fish without lugging a boat along.—PiscaTor. THE DELAWARE Bay TrRovusiEs.— Attorney General Stockton announces that the difficulties relating to the fishing grounds in the Delaware Bay have been adjusted, and that hereafter New Jersey fishermen will not be molested by the authorities of the State of Delaware.if they do not trespass beyond the boundary line. The fishery war between the States has been on the carpet for more than twenty years simply because no one knew where the line dividing Dela- ware and New Jersey was. The Attorney Generals of both States have agreed upon its establishment from the mouth of the Cohansey Creek due west to Bombay Hook, eleven miles helow New Castle. THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. Editor Forest and Stream; A great deal has been said im regard to the standard com- mittees appointed at the last meeting of the A. K. C., and it seems to me that there is a general mistinderstanding by the public as to the duties of these committees, although I can find no difference of opinion among the Executive Committee that were present at Philadelphia, they agreeing with me perfectly. The vote as passed is recorded as follows: ‘ Voted, That a committee of three be appointed on each breed of dogs to report a standard for judging the same at a meeting of the Executive Committee to be held in October. Upon the motion being made, Mr. Wade immediately asked the president whether these committees were to form a stand- ard from their own ideas or were to inform themselves as to the opinions of the prominent breeders and exhibitors, and his answer was, ‘That that was just what we wanted, the opin- ions of the different breeders,” ete. The intentions of those of the Executive Committee who expressed any views on the sub- ject were, that these committees were to formulate a standard from the ideas of the breeders, etc., and report to the Execu- tiye Committee. The standards, as reported, could be adopted or not-at the discretion of the Executive Committee. A, for one, would most certainly object strongly to the adoption of any standard that did nov conform to the ideas of a majority of breeders and exhibitors. And, by the way, would it not be a good idea to stop all this noise and fuss until it is seen what standards are reported and what the A. K, C. does with them? I think it is safe to say that nothing will be Gone to harm the interests of those interested. , I cannot see why the committees, as appointed, are not com- petent to do the duties assigned them as long as they follow their instructions. Individual attacks have been madetosuch an extent that a large number have refused to act; and so, many of the committees are “‘bob-tailed.” : I have received several letters from members of committees, asking if they might report Stonchenge’s standard instead of making up anew one. At therisk of being classed as a “‘con- structor” [replied that if upon investigation they found that the breeders, etc., wanted Stonehenge {should most certainly report it, and I cam see no reason why they are not at liberty to do so in any case if they choose. Vhey were instructed to report a standard, not necessarily anew one, I “kick” as an exhibitor to changing the setter standard from Stonehenge, but I do want judges to have a standard that they must adhere to and not a different standard for each judge as the awards in the past have proved to be the case. 1 believe that the A. K. C. should adopt standards and have dogs judged by them. The question has been asked, Is the A. K. C. to live or die? I think my friend Wade asked the question, but 1 know he did not mean it, as that would show, or, at least, indicate that he believed his fellow workers in the good cause were getting tired, and he is too good a fighter to leave the field until right comes to the front. The talk of drawing out of the A.K. C. is all wrong, as the A, K. C. is needed, and the only way to make a success of it is to pull together and fight for the right. Wristalces have been made, and I have yet to see a new asso- ciation of any kind that is perfect; but we must stay and try and win the confidence and respect of the public, and when that is done we will be amply repaid for the worry and trouble we are now going through. We certainly gain noth- ing by staying away from the meetings. The trouble has been heretofore that but few of the working clubs have been represented at the most important meetings, and “King Proxy” has had full sway. And whose fault was that? Blame those who stayed. at home; and they are the ones that talk of withdrawing. But the day of the proxy has passed. Under the present rules only one proxy is allowed to any one member of the executive committee, ‘here are those who are doing their utmost to ruin the A, K, C. upon purely personal grounds Fort Custer, Montana, Aug. 4.—Some nice trout (Salmo purpuratus) are brought in occasionally from the Big Horn Mountains, some of them weighing as much as three pounds. Of course, after having been at Klamath, Oregon, such fish look small, but for this country they are of pretty good size. They are much lighter colored and a handsomer-looking fish than the Western specimens of the same species. We have had our share of the hot weather also, mercury climb- ing about 100° in the shade several days in succession. —B. Pracock Hart —In our answers to correspondents will be found a reference to this word which has somehow been twisted into ‘‘herl,” both in this country and in England. Harl is defined by Webster to be a filamentous substance especially of flax or hemp, while ‘‘herl” does not appear at all. Here lies a chance for research into the authorities, which will no doubt bring conflicting opinions, and will also serve a good purpose in stimulating anglers to brush the dust off volumes which have not been opened in years. Wuere Hayp THE WEAKFISH GOoNE?—New York, Aug, 17. —Hditor Forest and Stream: Since the weakfish seem to have given us the go-by this season, I, one of the many who have sought for them in vain, am only left the consolation of theorizing why it isso. But first, is it so? I have met several parties by whom I have been told that the fish were there, but would not take any bait. This I doubt, for if there the netters would haul them in, and the market price, twelye cents a pound against six cents in 84, shows that they are not there. Weall know that weakfish visit our j 3 _ shores to spawn and that all fish require waters of certain | Aug. 12,—A fine specimen of the tarpon, Megalops thrissot- temperature for this function. Rockaway, Long Branch, | des, was taken ina bluefish seine by fishermen near here yes- etc,, report the surf this year unusually warm, and as the| terday. The fish measured five feet nine inches and weighed prevailing winds so far this season haye been brisk from the | 120 pounds. It is very rarely that one is caught on this 8. E., it is clear that the surface and warm waters of the] coast, but.several have been taken within the past ten years Gulf Siream haye been driven inshore, and thisis what keeps | between Cape May and Fire Island. The tarpon always the fish away. Accepting this conclusion, Where have they | creates a sensation when captured in our northern waters, cone? Let us have reports from our more northern coasts, | for few of our fishermen have ever seen one.—J, B. At present Jamaica Bay seems full of sand porgies, and large ae ET or iG ae slrings were taken yesterday around the “Pot.” Even the sea bass seem io haye abandoned the poor knights of the angle. —BROOKLYNITE. TaRrPon In New JERSEY WATERS.—Seabright, N. J, Sraten Isuanp.—Many hundred anglers go down to Staten Island every Sunday to seek the haunts of the weak- fish, sheepshead, sea bass and bluefish. The Staten Island Railway recently put on a special train to carry fishermen down the shore. The result is that every Saturday night a REAM an inguiry about dobsons I send you my manner | heavy train of from six to ten coaches, all crowded, leaves aE catching ri Deehine them. I first rane he a frame | the boat landing at Stapleton, This eeu has per a re- about two feet square and covered it with wire cloth, and| markably poor one for fishing. Generally weakfish are stretch this across the current, With a hoe I wade into the| plentiful from July 1 until September 15. viffs cn our river, when the stones are raked over, the dob- =