• ^ f Forest and Stream. A Weekly Journal of the Rod and Gun, ANGLING. SHOOTING. THE KENNEL, PRACTICAL NATURAL HISTORY, FISHCULTURE, PROTECTION OF GAME, -AND THE- INCULCATION IN MEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST -IN- OUT^DOOR RECREATION AND STUDY, VOLUME XXVI. 1886— July, 1886. PUBLISHED BY THE FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY. ' NEW YORK. FOREST AND STREAM. INDEX— VOLUME XXVI. EDITORIAL. Page. Adirondack Deer Honndiug.. ..1, 21, 41, 81, 101, 121, 141, 161, 181, 201, 221, 325, 606 Andubon Society. 41, 61, 121, 141, 161, 182, 201, 321, 465. Bluefifi]-. Scarcity . 505 Boston Dumping Ground . 406 Canadian Salmon Rivers . 201 Century of Extermination . . ^ . . .282 Chester, H. C., . 505 Common Sense Game Clubs . 365 Creedmoor Prize List . 425 Curse of Politics . 345 Darling’s Fur Dodge . 605 Devil Fish . 1 Dogs, New Use for . 365 Dog Show Judges . 1 Dog Standards, . 61 Dog, Stewed . 485 Dynamite Fishing . 345, 445 Florida Foolishness . 406 Forest Protection . 261 Fourth of July . 465 Fox Hunting in New England . 41 Game Protection and Profit . 465 Game Protector Superintendent. ... ..41, 62, 141, 302 Guides . 101 Hopatcong Pollution . 141 Indian Appropriation . 61 Indians— a Nation’s Honor . ^ . 241 Indian Reserve, Crow . . 405, 425, 445 .July Shooting . 485 June Deer Floating . 465 Kansas Game Needs . 21 Lake George Islands . 445 Lobsters in Massachusetts . . 101 Long Island Streams . 281 Maine House Burners . 21, 121, 406 Massachusetts Association . 121 Massachusetts Ruffed Grouse — ... . 445 Michigan Game Warden . 1, ^ Newark Mad Dog Scare . 101 New York Harbor Pollution . 365, 445, 487 Ohio Pish Commission . . ......446 Ontario Game Law . . — 221 Paul Sees a Great Light . . 365 Pennsylvania Fish W ardena . 1 Pigeon Shooting Outrage . 141 Plea for the Unprotected . 301 Poor Men’s Riches . 261 Porous Plasters . . . ....405 Railroads and Game . 81 Rifie and Trap Shooting . 281 Rifle, International Match . 241 Rifle, International Review. . 505 Righteous Judgment . 485 Salmon in the Hudson . 385 Shy Senator . 326 Six-inch Trout Law . 425 Songs or Feathers. . . . . — 121 Spring Shooting . 181, 201, 221, 241, 261, 365, 445 Steam Yachts . 485 Sunday Shooting . 21 Superstitions . 345 Trespass . 81 Trout Laws of New York . 101 Wax-lhd-In Lakes: \HII.— Big Fish on Little Rod . 2 IX,— Night in the Lodge . 22 X.— UpS^vlft Current . 42 XI.— A Portent of E^^l . 62 XII.— Goat Hunting and Grumbling . 82 XIIL— Plenty Horses Stolen . 102 XIV.— A Bear Pipe Dance . 122 ! ; XV.— A Christening . 142 Page. Wild Pigeons . 301 Woodcock Case . . 505 Woodcock in Spring . 241 W oodcock Season . . . 445 Yacht, International Race . 365 Yacht Racing Classification . 465 Yellowstone National Park: Game in the Park . 62 No Railroad in the Park . . . 62 Needs of the Park . 81 A Railroad to Cooke City . 121 Is There an African in the Woodpile? . 161 Railroads in the Park . 181 Railroad Routes to Cooke . 202 Boom for Cooke City . 242 Railroad Route Map . 242 Senate Park Bill . 281 Railroads and the Park . 301 Senate Report . 302 How the Case Stands . 325 Cooke and the Clarke’s Fork Mines . . . .328 Vest Park Bill . 846 Waking Up at Last . 365 Spring in the Park . 406 Park Railroad Job. . . . . . 425, 445 Hotel Companies . 487 Fires in the Park . .506 SPORTSMAN TOURIST. Alligators, Days Among . 262 At Seventy-one (poetry) . 3 Barmecide Club.237, 846, 368, 386, 406, 426, 446, 468, 486 Boh White . 64 Bxmtline, Ned . 606 Camp Flotsam: XXI. — Crow Lake . 4 XXH.-A Big Talk Day . 23 XXIIL— Auro Sacro Fames . 42 XXIV.— The Return of the Prodigal . 63 XXV.— The Aftermath . 33 Camp Hunt in Missouri . 62 Carberry Deer Hunt . j . 366 Coon’s Haunted Homes . 64 Crees, Two Months Among . . . 486, 608 Devilfish, Day With . 3 Dry Hunt . 1^ Hunterberg Castle . 466 Hunter’s Vow (poetry) . 143 Indian School . 407 Key West Notes . 302 Magalloway of To-day . 466 Michigan Lakes . . 303 Muskoka Country . 346,606 Night Among the Keys . 382 Polk, Burr . 28, 346 Quaint Quarry . 486 Rocky Mountain Resorts . . . 866 Rocky Mountain Sheep Hunt . 143 Salmon Pishing in Sweden— II . 182 Signs of Spring (poetry) . 202 Silver Fields . 103 Slice of Luck . 243 Tobique Lake . 162 Trout Stream that Nobody Knows (poetry) . 386 Tuscany Quail Shooting. . . . . 406 Woodcraft, Points in . ^ NATURAL HISTORY. Albinos . . . 5, 124, 304 American Association . 487 A. O. U. Bird Bill . 84 A. O. U, Check List . 223 Audubon, Anecdote of . -369 Page. Audubon Society.. . .83, 103, 124, 144, 162, 182, 203, 222, 243, 244, 363, 283, 306, 327, 347, 387, 446, 467, 487 Bear Measurements . 427 Birds and Bonnets . 84 Birds and Maiden (iwetry) . 283 Bird Range Increasing . 407 Bird Houses . 223 Black Snake’s Voracity . 306, 407 Bluejay’s Habits . 243 Bobolink’s Disappearance . 507 Bombi . 427, 447 Boys and Birds . . 407 Brant Breeding . 204 Brookville Society. . 508 Buffalo Domestication . 467 California Avifauna Additions . 426 Cardinal Bird in New York in Winter . 24 Caribou . 162 Central Park Bird List . 386, 487 Central Park Menagerie . 369 Crawfish . . . 204, 327 Crow Catching Minnows . 387, 427 Crow Habits . 508 Distribution of Species . 304 Eagle Breeding in Captivity . 327, 369, 387, 427 Earthworms . 347 Eels in Water Pipes . 284 Elk Antlers . 487 Elk in Adlrondacka . 24 European Goldfinch in New York . 487 Evening Harmonies.... . . 24 Feather Industry . 162 Fisher . 427 Pish, Poisonous . 407 Fish Shower . 487 Forestry Commission . 24 Fox in Florida . 407 Fox, Notes on . 507 Grouse in Snow. . . 183 Grouse’s Hiss . 447 Grouse, Tame . . . 223, 284, 348 Hair Seal in Hudson . 182 Hawks and Game Birds . 204, 243 Hawks and Owls. . . . . 163, 204 Hawk Trap . 204 Herbert’s Game Law . 66 Hoop Snake . 386 Ivory-biUed Woodpecker . 163 Ivory Gull in Nova Scotia . 487 Kansas Bird List . 508 Klngsnake and Adder . 469 Least Bittern’s Nest in Tree . 223 Lobsters, Large . 608 Michigan Birds . .305 Mocking Birds in Florida . 309 Monterey Associations . . . 508 Moose Measurements . 427,468 Mountain Sheep Habits . 468 National Museum Handbook . 24 New York Song Bird Law . 428 Otter . 24 Prairie Dog, Black . 487 Prairie Dog’s Habits . 244 Quail in Confinement . 387 Quail Notes . 144 Scent, Birds Withholding . 263 Skates and Their Eggs . . 65 Skunk as Pet . 145 Snake Bite Remedies . 426 Snipe in Colorado in Winter . 5 Sparrow, English . 6, 183, 224 Sparrow Hawk’s Habits. .... 162, 183, m, 244, 263, 304 Spring Bird Notes . 182 Squirrel, Pet . 84,284 Page. “Standard Natural History” . 24 Swifts, Classification of . 44i7 Taxidermy Hints . . . 467 “Two Years in the Jungle” . 24 Washington Doings . 143 White Egret at Washington . 608- Wild Animals in Confinement . 43 Wild Cat in Ulster County . 60 Wild Celery . 203 GAME BAG AND GUN, Adirondack Deer . 6, 26, 48, 49, 69, 87, 106, 127, 147, 165, 183, 205, 244 Adirondack Deer Hunt . 28 Adirondack N otes . 388 Almost a Miss . 246 Antelope Hunting in Dakota . 124 Antrim County Society . 207 Arkansas Wilds . 284 Army Posts, Hunting at. . .44, 68, 85, 105, 145, 167, 225 Backwoods, In the Old . 427 Bear Circus . 509 Blue Grouse . 370, 388 Boomerang . / — . 429 Buffalo Hunting . .\/.. . 46 Bullet Erratic Flights . 27, 87, 184, 266 Bullets, Study of . 204 Burnt Lands Adventure . 410 Burton’s Woods . 104 California Game . 265 California Outing . t . 429 Camping Methods . 307, 329 Caspar Mountains . 207 Club Rules . 128, 167, 206, 371 Colorado Game . 410 Conkling’s Burned . 207 Cordelia Club . 146 Crystal Lake (la.) Club . 147 Cuba, Shooting in . . . . .7, 86 Currituck Canvasback Shooting . 66 Currituck Ducking Score . 29 Dakota Game . 27, 410 Dakota Game Resorts . 469 Dead Diamond County . 25 Dove Shooting in Georgia . . . 207 Ducks of the Pacific . 8 First Experience..... . 47 Florida Game . 27 “Forest and Stream” Grizzlies . 25 Poxes and Foxhounds . 389, 410, 449, 470, 488, 509 Game, Keeping in Hot Weather . . . 370 Game Seasons. . . . 468 Georgia Field Notes . 285 Golden-eye Shooting . 48 Goose Shooting Match . 225 Grizzly Claw . 389 Grizzly Hints from Shasta . 106 Grouse Habits . . . . — 167 Grouse in the Snow . 145,245 Gun Accidents. . — 509 Gun Sling for Saddle. . . . 146, 409 Home-made Breechloader . 428 Hunters’ Paradise . .125 Hunting Rifles . . . 89 Initiation . 8 Inveigling a Gobbler . 348 January Reflections . 26 Jekyl Island Club . 185, 245 Jumping Deer . 429 June Deer Floating . 469 Kansas Game Birds . . . 37 Kentucky Game Notes . . 6, 45 Kent County Club . . ■ • • • 96 3 Page. Long Island Preserve . 47 Maine Deer Law . 86 Maine Game . 43 Maine Grouse . . . 104 Maine House Burnera : . 400 Maine Lumbermen and Guides . 147 Maine Woods Trip . ! . 307 Massachusetts Association . 5, 128 Massachusetts Game Law . 411 Massachusetts Poaching . 266 Michigan Association . 85 Michigan Deer . 8, .‘29, 49 Michigan Wilds . 86 Midwinter Pe^tils . .27,67 Minnesota Gt vie Notes . 429 Missouri Camp Hunt . 25, 44, 62 Montana Wolves and Panthers . ,508 Mosquitot-Proof Net . 328, 349 Muzzle vs. Breech . 206, 449, 470, 489, 510 Mysterious Disappearance . 487 National Sportsmen’s Association . 410 Newark and Boston Club . 329 New Hampshire . 107 New Hampshire Deer . 147 New Jersey Non-Resident Law . 107 New Jersey Quail . 71 New York Game Protectors _ 47, 126, 146, 225, 263 North Carolina Doings . 307 Norwich Club . ..286 Official Slaughter . 71 Olden Times.. . 307 On a Runway . 469 Onondaga Club . 226 Ontario Game Seasons . 185, 225 ■ Outing, A First . 285 Passaic County Association . 8 Point of Beach . 28 Prairie Chickens. . . 6, 470, 487 Pringle Snipe Score . 488 Quail in City’s Street (poetry) . 244 Quail Shooting Notes . 328 Quail Transplanting . 469 Quail, White . 167 Quebec Club . 388 Recollections of a Sportsman . 183, 225, 329 Rhode Island Law . 329 Rifle Sights . 470 Rosy Game Report . . 106 Ruffed Grouse Habits . 328 Rumsen Neck Game Association . 71 Sagadahoc Association . 29 Sam Lovel’s Rhymes. . . ; . 45 Shacker Band . 408 Shinneeock Bay . 265 Shore Birds . 509 Shot, Spitting on . 266 Society Hill . 409 Southern Hunting Methods . 488 Southern Quail Grounds . 469 Southern Shooting Preserves . . . 71 Spring Shooting . .265 Spring Snipe Shooting . 488 Spring Wildfowl . 206 Swan Capture . 329 Swans in Florida . 147 Standard Club . 389 Targets vs. Game . 349 'I "'omessee, Along the . 286 ssee V alley Hunt . 307 Bangers . 328 as Resorts . 488 1 jectory Test . 26, 67, 106, 128, 145, 184, 204 key and Chicken Shoot . 204, 246, 266 ■key Shooting for a Hat . 387 acle Fordy” . 107 ca Association . . . 86, 245 ! nnin Poisoning . . . 60 ginia Coast Grounds . 266 ginia Game Score . 126 ■ginia Quail Shooting . 85 Medicatrix Naturse . 329 .a Los Gachupinos! . 145 ;ather and Birds . 45 !St Virginia Step Ahead . . 104 Idfowl of the West . 348. 376 uterHunt . 389 )odcock . 487 >odcock. Summer Shooting. . . 509 dowstone Park BiU. . . 349 llowstone Park Railroad Debate . 447 angling and fishculture. irondack Pishes . 129 irondack Hatchery . 31, 51, 77, 209 irondack Prsse'rve Association . 352 '.ska Trout Angling . 470 ^erican Fisheries Society . 249, 451, 472,513 long the Alders . 430 igler, Guide and Trout . 168 MngGush . 226 INDEX. Page. Antrim County Association . . . . . . 392 [ Baird Gold Medal . 413 ' Bass Angling . 108 Bass Angling Hints. . . 207 Bass, Breeding of Black; . 91 Bass Fishing Reminiscence . 91 Bass Flies . 10, 31, 185, 248, 249, 267 Bass in Florida . . . 90 Bass in Lake Erie . 91 Bass, Large Striped . 30 Bass, My First . . . 91 Bass, Our Big . . . . 187 Bass Protect Their Nest . . — 351 Bass Law, Striped . 10, 29, 50 Bass vs. Pickerel . 130, 188, 268 BisbyClub . 51 Blooming Grove Park . . . 130, 163, 392 Boat, That Old . 379 Boston Trout Display . 185 Brandy Point . 351 Brandy Point Trout. ... . 248 Buei, J. T . 372 Camp Medicine Chest . 472 Camp of the Big Six . . . .472 Canadian Lakes Trip . 108 Canadian Trout Waters . 148 Carp, Aged . 108 Carp Cultural Association . 310 Catfish as Sport and Food . 72, 169 Cedar Stream . 71 Cedar River Trout Fishing . 390 Channel Cat . . . . 268 Cha'teaugay Lake . .373 Cleveland as an Angler . 411 Close Count . 188 Codflshing in the Flood . . . 108 Coil Lead or Shot . 288 Cold Spring Harbor . 352 Colorado Commission . 108 Cooking a Trout in Camp . 30 Craw'fish . 248 Dead Sure Thing . 1-50 Deep Sea Dredging . 268 Droppers, Attaching . 227, 373 Eagles Nest Notes . 310 Eggs for Shipment . . . 269 English Fly-Casting Tournament . 432 Brie Bass Grounds . 331, 373 Fishculture a Practical Art . 332 Fly-Casting . 207, S08 Ply, Fluttering . . 393, 451, 471 Florida Fish Killed by Cold . 51 Florida Fishing . 267, 288 Forest Preserve of New York . 433 Grayling in Montana. . . . 249 Hampton Ponds . , . 150 Harpoon for Big Pish . 30 Hedge Hog Pond . .513 Hooks, Eyed . 330, 392 Hopatcong Lake . 130, 188 Iceflsh of Lake Champlain . 168 Icy Bath . 148 Intermediate Lakes . 186, 248 Japanese Tackle . 150 Jew'ell, Len . 11 Key West Pishing . 10 Kingfishers’ Camps . 227, 246, 266, 286, 308, a30, 850 371, 411, 431, 450, 471, 511 Kingfishers Lost . 350 Kingfish, Towing for . .530 Lake Drummond . 373 Lake Erie Fish Destruction . 30 Lake Melissa . 450 Lake St. Joseph . 373 Landing Net Carrier . 30, 51 Landlocked Salmon . 288, 431 Landlocked Salmon in New York . 130 Lobsters, Short . 130, 169, 209, 228 Maine Angling . 433 Maine Angling Season . 269, 288 Maine Angling Tour. . 489 Maine, Early River Obstructions . 107 Maine Salmon . 288 Mackerel Protection . 352 Mackerel Season . 473 Maskinonje . 149 Massachusetts Association . 4.51 Massachusetts Commission . 11 Michigan Commission . . .189 Minnesota Trout S treams . 431 Monterey Trout . 511 Montreal Fly . 331 Muski’at as Game Fish . . . 91, 130 New England Angling . .168 New England Trout Strea,nis . 248, 330 Newfound Lake . 433 New York Conunission . 288, 310 New York Pish Laws . 91, 350, 392 Nickatous Outing . 449 Nipis.«ing Pishing . 287 Page. Oyster Culture . . . 491 Oyster Protection . . . 373 Pickerel Tip-Up . 11, 30, 107, 188, 209 Pike-Perch, Large. . 73 Potomac Angling.. . 288, 471 Preserving Fresh Pish . 491 Prospect Lake . . . . 433 Quebec Laws . 430 Rangeley Big Trout . 150, 169, 185, 209 Read in a Fly-Book . 108 Recoi’d of a Line . 150 Rocky Mountain Trout Streams.. . 309 St. Lawrence River Work . 9 Salmon Capture, Curious . 30 Salmon Fishing . . . . .431 Salmon in Hudson . . 810, 302, 434, 473 Salmon Restocking . 209 Saratoga Poaching . 310 Sea Fishing . 491, 501, 513 Sebago Lake . 330 Shad Fly-Fishing . 329, 352, 37.3, 433 Shad in the Ohio . 412 Silkworm Gut . .' . . • . .360 Smelt Hatching . 413 Smelts in Massachusetts . 188 Southern Tier Anglers . 372 Spey and Switch Casts . ; . 612 Suckers, Fly-Fishing for . 29 Sunfish . 491 Sunapee Lake Trout. . . ..51, 129, 149, 169, 185, 208, 226, 246, 287 Sussex Anglers . . . ! . 130 Tarpon with Rod and Reel . 287, 288 Tim and Seven Ponds . 310 Trout and Bears . 471 Trout Angler’s First Salmon . . . 208 Trout, Brown . 10, 209 Trout (American) in England . . . .351 Trout, Color in Salt Water . ..150 Trouting . 185 Trouting in the Northwest . 433 Trout in North Carolina . 479 Trout in the Milk Can . 351 Trout, Large . . . . 168. 248, 393, 472 Trout Season Opening . 287 Trout Variation . 248 Two Weeks With a Fly-rod . 10 Vermont Fish Slaughter . 288 Water Cooling . .• . 310 Whitefishin Montana . ,, . 249 Wind . 9Q[ Winter Chat . 351 Wood, Ira . . . 208 Worcester Fish Day . 351 Wyoming Commission . ....491 THE KENNEL. Aldridge Sales . 492 Alexandria Trials . 92, 109 American Kennel Club. . .U, 13, 192, 313, 373, 393, 413 American Kennel Register Statistics . 515 Beagle Club . 74 Beagles at Pittsburgh . 211, 230 Bellissima . 436 Benedict’s Death . 291 Ben Nevis Services . 131 Boss . 453 Boston Show . 228 Breeders’ Association . 152 Buffalo Show . 281 California Dogs . . . .311, 393, 493 Canine Lore . 169 Carlo . 492 Champion Rule . 393 Chicago Unpaid Special . 92, 151, 169 Chorea . Ill Cleveland Show . . 269, 289, 334 Coon Hunting . 492 Crystal Palace Show . 131 Eastern Field Trials Club . 12, .51, 73, 229 Eastern Field Trials Dei'by, 1886 . 333 English Kennel Notes . 12, 31, 249 English Setter Standard . 22 English Trials . 335, 515 Fanciers’ Show . . 52 Four-Footed Account of it . 92 Fox-Terrier Arms . 251 Goodsell Kennel Sale . 132 Hartford Show . 229, 2.50, 269 Hydrophobia . 32 Ii-ish Setter Club . .192 Irish Setters at High Point . 32 Jersey City Dog Cruelty . 394 Judges as Competitors . 152 Kennel Record Book. . Ill Litters, Large . 13 Manitoba Field Trials Club . 291 Mange (Jure . 354 Mastiffs at New York . a53, 394, 435, 452 Page. Mastiff, Wynn’s Histo. . 453 Members’ Stakes . 73 National Field Trials Derby, 1886 . 333 Newark Show . . . • .171 New Haven Show . 192, 209 New Jersey Kennel Club... . New York Show . 291, 311, 334, 353, 354, 374, 394 Parasitic Diseases . 434, 452, 473, 514 Pittsburgh Show . 151, 170 Pittsburgh Show Medal Frauds . . 474 Raft of Dogs . 455 Rush’s Death . 515 St. Louis Dog Show . 353, 493 Setters, American . 415 Setters, Ancient and Modern . 12 Show Benching Irregularities . 398 Shows of Three Days . 291 Show Seci-etaries and Specials . 249, 269, 378 Spaniels . 12, 111 Spratts Patent . . 230, 269, 311 Standard Committee Reports . 73 'Trinket . 354,393 Turk’s Death . 172 War Dogs . 93 Worms in Puppies . .172, 189 Warwick Show . 456 Wilkesbarre Show . 373 RIFLE AND TRAP SHOOTING. Buffalo Tournament . 366 Canada Clay-Pigeon Championship . 13 Chamberlin Company Contest . 112 Clay-Pigeon Championship . 94 Conlin’s Gallery . 33 Flying Targets, How to Hold on . 395 Halford, Sir Henry . 213 Illinois Tournament . 415 International Rifle Match . 153, 314 International Rifle Matches, Review . 516 Laidley, Colonel . 213 Leavenworth Tournament . 436 Militia Marksmen . 212 Minneapolis Tournament . 396 Minnesota Tournament . 314 National Gun Association . 75, 436 National Rifle Club . .292, 376 Newark Tournament . 416 New York Association . 455 New York Militia Practice . 112, 292 Raub Magazine Trap . 214 Remington Failure . 271 Rest Shooting . 172 St. Hubert Gun Club . 4^ Savannah Tournament . . . 355 Springfield Tournament . 493 Target, BuUseye . 230 Target, Eames . 213 Target, Ready Measurement . 33 Telescopic Sights . 494 Trajectoiy, High . 515 Trajectory Test . 192 Traps, Three or Five . 272 United States Champion Club . 474 YACHTING. Adelaide . Adele . Aggie . Alva . Ambassadress . America . America’s Cup Races, . 17 . 266 . 359 ,57, 95, 116, 194, 256 . 57, 235 . 399, 620 ...173,275,366,397 Atlantic . .17, 34, 56, 114, 134, 215, 264, 275, 293, 338, 379, 397, 458, 479, 496, 518 Avelon . . Bayadere . Berthon Boats . . . Boat Sailor’s Manual Bobstays . Boilers . Bonita, Cruise of . Boston, Building in. . Brenton’s Reef Cup. . Brunhilde . Buckets . . . Buckeyes . Building . Burgess’s Catboats. . . Cape May Pilotage. . . Cape May Cup ........ Carlotta . Carmen . Catamarans . ■Chain Cables . Chesapeake Boats. . . . Chesapeake Canoe. . . . Cinderella . Classification . . 339 .........235 . 458 . 528 . 497 . 194 . 36,233 . 316, 836 . 398 . 233 . 195 . 67,317 . 116, 316 . . 256 . 76 . 398 .116, 338, 359 . 76, 95 . 276 . 317 . 317 .96, 194, 318 ....214,466 4 INDEX, Page. Club Scandals . . . . . . _ . 34 Comparison of Types . I54 Coot» Gcuise of. .16, 36, 56, 76, 95, 135, 153, 174, 195,234, 2.54, 294, 316, 337, 439, 519 Coronet. . . 359,480 Clrxilser . . Cruises.' Bonita . . . 36,233 BiamMIde . . 233 Coot . 16, 36, 66, 76, 95, 1.35, 153, 174, 195, 234, 254, 294, 316, 337, 439, 519 Pilgi-im . . 16, 36, 56, 76 Zimmerman . . : . 36 Gutters . 216 Cutter Men in the Clubs . 235 Gytbera . .117, 173, 276, 379, 439 Dagmar . 95 I>elaware River . 355, 359 Delvin . 37, .379, 439 Dories.... . 17 Drowning . 357 Dove . ,.2.56 ERord . 520 Fedalma . ..17, 95, 338 Fisliing Fleet . 117, 256, 293 Flattie . .317 Dalatea . 34, 114, 233, 839, 379, 397, 439, 480 Cenesta . 620 ..196 QoeletCups . 276 €ri-acie . . 194, 359 Halcyon . . . 879 Hamilton, Ont . 214 Henrietta . . 518 Herald . 480 Mldegarde . 480 Homily on Bigness . 67 Hope Leslie . 379 loe Yachts . 36, 37, 57, 116, 195 Inanda . 339 International Racing . 838 Irex . . 397, 477, 519 Keel Boats . 480 Lake Ontario . 214, 338 Lanterns . 17 Lateen Rig . . . 34, 36 Launches. . ..17, 136, 173, 174, 214, 235, 350, 379, 458, 498 Launch, Kane’s Motor . . . . . .17, 173, 379, 498 Length and Beam . 254 Licenses . ; . 174, 359 Lloyd’s Register . 4,58 Loando . 480 Lorillard, Geo . 57 ■^Loyalty” . 479 Lurline . 369 Marine Glue . 136 Marjorie, Cat . 399 Mary.. .214 Mayflower. . . .17, 34, 57, 116, 194, 256, 294, 316, 338, 379, 497, 518 Medusa . 520 Melusina . 34 Mermaid . 115, 135, 165 Meteor . 480 Miranda, Schooner . 497 Miranda, Steamer . 256 Modem Cruiser . 214, 256 Mumm, John . 276, 338 Musquito Fleet . 215, 233, 276 Nanita . 275 national Association . 233, 275 New Yachts . 17 Nice Regatta — i . 275 Nirvana . . 7 . . . . . . 116 North Carolina . . . 235 Oneida . 339 Obna . 359, 378 Oriole, Schooner . 17 Our Boys— Review . 57 Peerless (“246”) . 276 Piepgrass . 498 Pilgrim . 186, 457 Page. Pilgrim, Cruise of . 16, 36, 56, 76 Powers of Vessels Compared . 16, 154 Priscilla . 117, 214, 256, 378, 397, 618 Pump and Windlass . 96 Pungy . 317 Puritan . .233, 338, 418 Puzzle . 17, 95, 275, 488 Quadruple Expansion . 233 Queen Mab . 497 Rena . .498 Repairing . 96 Keva . . . 95, 116, 359 Riding Chock . 136 Rival . 339 Sachem . 134, 379, 419 San Francisco . 235,359 School of Designing . 17,116,234 Seabird . 399 Seawanhaka Cup . 359, 438 Sharpies . 17, 134, 136 Shona,. . 276, 386 Simpson & Dennison. . 136 Skirts, A Captain in . 480 Sloop . 156, 479 Sneakboxes . .57 Song of the Sea. . . 479 “Sounders” . 519 Starbuck, W. H . 399 Steering Gear. Ice Yachts . 87 Stoves . 17, 1.34, 173, 214 Swift, Mabel F . 37, 116, 318, 336 Thetis . 398 Towing a Yacht . 76 Triple Expansion . . 154 Tuck Up . 57, 117, 134 Ulidia . 174, 379 Una . ..419 Union of Clubs . 275 Vandal . 184 Vest Pocket Navigator . 17 Vidette . 134 Vision . 214 Whim . 116 Windlass . 96 Xarifa . 419, 439, 620 Yacht and Boat Sailing . 497 Yachtman’s Guide . 95 Yosemite . 430 Zimmerman Cruise . 36 CLUBS AND RACES. American . 17, 194, 233, 294, 419, 439, 486, 497, 518 America’s Cup . 173, 275, 366, 397 Annisquam . 518 Atlantic . 136, 379, 398, 418, 497, 518 Beverly . . 439, 476, 618 Boston . 37, 256 Boston City Regatta . 478 Brooklyn . 214,379, 418 Buffalo . 15, 156, 318, 439 Bunker Hill . 37 Carolina . 173, 317, 520 Chesapeake Bay . 419 Cleveland . 235 Columbia . 235, 439, 457 Cooper’s Point . 419, 458, 497 Corinthian . 2.56, 457, 497, 498 Dorchester . . . ^5, 379, 439 East River . 15, 439, 457 Eastern . 76, 457, 458, 477, 497, 498 Eclipse . 399 Edgewater . 497 Empire . 214 FaU River . 497 Great Head . 359, 379, 398, 419, 489, 497 Greenwich . 399, 457 Harlem . 496 Haverhill . - — . . 156 Hudson River . 398 Hull . 15„ 235, 433, 458, 479, 619 Interlake . 136, 156, 173, 439 Jamaica Bay . 520 Jeffries . 379 Page. Jersey City . 136, 318, 520 June Regattas . 437 Knickerbocker . 276, 318, 379, 398, 479 Larchmont . . . 77, 318, a59, 397, 479, 497 L. Y. R. A . . . 338 Lynn . . . 1.5, 479 Miramiohi . .276, 379, 419 Mobile . 419 Mosquito Fleet . 276 Newark . 136, 276, 338, 379 New Bedford . 117, 497 New Haven . 173, 4-58 New Jersey . 195, 359, 379, 397, 418, 476 New Rochelle . . . 156, 496 New York . 57, 195, 233, 359, 399, 437, 458, .520 North End . 276, 438 Onondaga . 214, 397 Oshkosh . 458 Oswego . 136 Pacific . 338 Pelham . 2.56 Pentucket . 173 Phoenix . 518 Plymouth . 479 Portland . 173 Poughkeepsie . 15 Quaker City . 96, 114, 818, 419 Quebec . 173 Quincy . 2.35, 256, a59, 457, 497 Quinte, Bay of . 317 Riverside . 276, 318 Rockland . 17 Royal Canadian . . . 457 Royal Nova Scotia . 498 Salem Ba7f . 173 Sandy Bay . 116, 379, 418, 439, 480, 497 Savannah . 194 Seawanhaka. . .116, 194, 235, 338, 357, 379, 398, 419, 438, 439, 458 Sewaren . 497 Sheepshead Bay . 497 Shrewsbury . -519 South Boston . 17, 235, 379, 480 Southern . 214, 480 Toledo . 359 Toronto . 439, 480 Toronto Skiff Club . 196, 235, 2.56, 379 West Lynn . 439 Williamsburgh . 398 Yonkers . 478 Yorkville . 3.59 CANOEING. American Canoe Association: Book . 315 Cup . 96, 113, 134, 156, 194, 232, 274, 295 Cruising Record . 176 Dues . 134 Meet . 273, 476 Members and Matters . 216 Accidents . 295 American Cruising Canoe . 263 Arkansas Waters . 216 Bemis— Beats . 417 British Canoeing . 274, 339, 377, 476 Calla Shasta Meet . 417 Canada . 295 Canoe and Camp Cookery . 378 Canoe and Sailing Boats . 377 Canvas . 56 Classification . 14 Cruisers . 14, 37, 56, 77, 133, 458 Cruises: Black Creek . 498 California Waters . 232, 253, 315, 339, 459 Long Island Sound . 113 Oswego River . .517 Severn . 156 Unknown Lake . . 193 Cruising Stores . 14 Dead River . 254 Page, Double Boards . 97, 134 Eastern Branch . 417 Exposition . 77, 11.3, 176, 232, 2.54, 274, 475 Flatboat Cruise . 295 Florida . 113, 193, 194 Forest and Stream Cruiser Sail . 4.58 Fox River . 254, 274 Heavy Canoes . 176 Insurance . 55 Kennebec River . 2.54 Large Canoes . 14 Lassie . 14, 55 Lowell . 417 Lynn . 360 Mona . % . .56, 194 Musquito Net . ...417 Nautilus . ; . 377, 440 New Canoes . 37, 54, 97 N. Y. C. C. Cup . 134, 176, 460, 476, 499 Ontario . . . 77, 232 Ontario Meet . 399 Pearl . 440 Prize Flags . 97, 340, 417 Racing Rules . 97 Radix Board . 194 Regatta Committee Expenses . 296 . Regatta Programme . . . 273, 460 Rushton . 77 Single Blade . 14 Smooth Skin . . . 134 Sneakboxes . 14, 87, .56, 77, 133, 458 Spring Meets . 232, 295, 316, .399, 417, 440 Steam Canoe . 14 Summer Sail (poetry) . 440 S usquehanna . . . . 400 Swindlers . 417 Time Allowance . 13 Tred wen’s Tables . 13 Trial Races . . 460, 476 Two in a Tub . 77 Vesper . 175, 194, 339 Western Meet . 295 Wide vs. Narrow . 14, 16, 37, 64 Winter Reverie . ,54, 77 Wolf River.,.. . 274 CLUBS AND RACES. Bayonne . 459 Boston . 296 Brockville . 315 Brooklyn . . . 134, 340, 400, 417, 4G0 Buffalo . 77 Cambridge . . 134 Connecticut River Meet . 114, 2.54, 315 Essex . 378, 440, 459 Florida . 14 Hamilton . 194 Harrisburg . 114, 176 Hartford . 15, 194, 300 Hudson River Meet . 114, 440 Knickerbocker . 31.5,360 Lake St. Louis . 378, 400, 417 Mohawk . 37 Mohican . 232, 339, 860, 400, 417, 460, 476, 517 Musketa . 499 Newburg . 166, 440, 459 New York . . .359, 400, 417, 460, 476 Oakland . 14, 55, 114, 134, 232, 360, 400, 499 Ottawa . 400 Paterson . 215 Pittsburgh . 232, 377 Quaker City . 37 Rondout . ... 77 Royal . 37, 134, 274, 337, 377, 476, 499 Sandusky . 156 Shattemuc . 232 Sherbrooke . 400 South Boston . 97 Springfield . . . H Toronto . 114, 193, 400, 440, 460 Vesper . 417 W. A. C. A . 114, 134, 295 Yonkers . 156, 339, 499 Forest and Stream A Veekly Journal of the Rod and Gun. Terms, $4 a Year. 10 Cts. a Copy. I Six Months, $2. j NEW YORK, JANUARY 28, 1886. j VOL. XXVI.— No. 1. 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Game Bag and Gun. The Massachusetts Dinner. Shots Among Prairie Chickens. Kentucky Game Notes. The Adirondack Deer. Shooting in Cuba. Passaic County Association. Initiation. The Ducks of the Pacific. Sea AND River Fishing. St. Lawrence River Work. Fishing at Key West Brown Trout. Two Hooks for Bass. The Striped Bass Law. Two Weeks with a Fly-Rod. Fishoulture. The Massachusetts Commission. The Kennel. The A. K. 0. Cip.mpion Rule. Is the A. K. O. t) Live? The Newark D(r Show, The Ancient anl Modern Setter. English Kenne Notes;— xxxiv. Eastern Fieldirials Club. Kennel Managjment. Kennel Notes. Rifle and TRAtSHooriNQ. Range and GiUery. The Trap. , Canoeing. A Cni a^g^a'nd Racing Canoe.| | Canoi , assification, LighjSa,^(jgj| Ratut-Q.'anoes for Time Allow- anc Snea pr(Y«s and Cruisers. Yacht' , Crui /f^lf the Coot — x. Thejiidcise of the Pilgrim.— i Elet* i of Officers. Conyfcative Power of Large id mail Vessels. NeW *- ichts. Shaiorf jS and Dories. Yaci'h ig Notes. Answi^iLto Correspondents. in America is not so large that help is required to pick out the best ones. The motives of the Hartford K. C. are of the best, we are sure, but we can see that if they carry out their plan as they have begun, they will meet a stoi'm of insinuations of wrong doing, which will certainly he very unpleasant. After the show it will he easy for those who are dissatisfied to say that the votes were manipulated in favor of this or that judge, that pressure was brought to bear on weak-kneed ex¬ hibitors to make them change their votes, that the Hartford K. C. bad not the knowledge or the independence to select and appoint good judges, and that therefore they called for votes; thus, while as a matter of fact they appointed whom they chose, yet they put the responsibility for the choice of men apparently on the exhibitors. These and such things as these are sure to he said, and though none of them be true, will not make it any pleasanter for the Hartford K. C. when they are said. In all matters connected with dog shows, the interests of exhibitors are of the first importance. On the exhibitor the success of shows and so the improvement in form of our dogs depends. If they are not satisfied, if the judges are not men on whom they can depend, if they lose confidence in the management, they will not exhibit. It is eminently proper that they, or some of them, should be consulted on the appointment of the judges. There is a great difference, however, between consulting prominent and intelligent breeders and opening a poll at which the unintelligent public can vote. The Hartford plan ought to be abandoned. =fri- The Susquehanna Dodge. — The Pennsylvania fish wardens, who were appointed to enforce the laws relating fishing with nets in the Juniata and Susquehanna rivers, have faithfully performed their duties— to their own pockets. Their method of letting the fish go to the pot so long as money went into their own pockets was exposed in a Hew Bloomfield criminal court the other day. In the course of the trial of a man who was accused of unlawful fishing, the charge being brought by Pish Warden Josiah R. Dunbar, the Court was amazed at the production of several receipts for $5 each, bearing the signature of the fish warden, which gave the holders the privilege . of constructing fish baskets, etc., in the streams in question. It is alleged that similar receipts to the amount of hundreds of dollars are held by fishermen, and that the law is violated daily during the fishing season. During the last session of the Legislature Representative Sponsler, of Perry, boldly asserted that oifleers having in charge the enforcement oT the fish laws were using their power, not for the protection of the fish in the streams, but for blackmailing purposes. THE HABTFOBD '^t\LAN. A NOVEL method of selecting ludges for its coming show has been adopted by theijartford Kennel Club. The bench show committee have w^tten to probable exhibi tors, asking them to indicate their ^ferences for judges in the different classes, and stating thii the judge receiving the greatest number of votes will be ap'ointed. This plan is entirely new, and Ifc is wholly bad. It is wrong in principle. It is unjust to "fshihitors, to judges, and to the Hartford Kennel Club. Th ,;re is nothing to recom mend it. | The wrong to the exhibitors in the fact that it gives each one an equal voice in the t^oice of the judge. That this should be a wrong may aLtfirst seem paradoxical, but that it is so will readily appear, nfhe vote of a young fellow who owns his first dog, and v^ho is receiving primary in¬ struction in canine matters, shoUid not count for as much as that of an experienced breeder, -vliio owns a large kennel of the finest and best dogs. And yet the number of these old breeders is so small that their selection, which is reascoahly certain to be intelligent, may be -outweighed by the vc ices of a number of unintelligent, hq^ever well-meaning, voters. Thus unfit judges may he selected, whose decisions will work great harm. The wrong to the judges is serious. ' It makeJ the position one for which votes are- to be qoMght, and there are, no doubt, some people so anxious for the suppositious glory of this position that they will forget ,their dignity and canvas for votes among their friends. / Moreover, every inexperi¬ enced exhibitor who has votqfi for the judge selected, will feel a sort of proprietory interest in him, and unless he re¬ ceives what he imagines to his just dues will forever after be very bitter against him^y But it is the Hartford Kennel Club which must suffer most severely. The attem'pt to please everybody will result, as such attempts always do., in pleasing no one. They will receive the hearty curses of nil the disappointed exhibitors. A bench show committee sh/ould know enough, about dogs and dog matters to to make tkeir selection of judges without the aid of ^'xhibitgre. The Ru®her of good judges THE ADIRONDACK DEER. ''PWO game law hills were introduced at Albany last Tuesday ; one in the Senate by Mr. Parker, and the other in the Assembly by Mr, Barnes. Mr. Parker’s bill prohibits jack-hunting deer; whether it allows hounding or not we have not been informed. Mr. Barnes’s hill allows hounding deer and provides a penalty of $100 for jack¬ hunting them. The proposal to .forbid the jacking of deer is in itself most excellent. Jacking is an abominable practice. It ought to be abolished in toto. All right-minded sportsmen would rejoice to see a law to that effect. But while we have the fullest and heartiest sympathy with the proposal to forbid the jacking of deer in the Adirondacks, we understand perfectly the real motive of Mr. Barnes in introducing his bill. It is simply to restore hounding to its old place. It is the final step in the well-planned scheme of the Adirondack water butchers to harp on the evils of jack¬ ing, to concentrate public attention on that one practice, and to so magnify it that the other and actually greater evil of hounding may be lost sight of. So long as the Adirondack guides and soiF,isant sportsmeo were permitted lawfully to slaughter deer by the hound and by the jack, no voice was raised against jacking. But just as soon as their favorite cruel and destructive method of hounding was put an end to, they raised a great cry in chcrus about the atrociousness of jack-shooting. The present agitation against night-hunt¬ ing is not undertaken for the purpose of protecting the deer, the aim is to put the hound hack. Every resident of New Yo:ck who is interested in the right preservation of the game of the North Woods, should under stand the true meaning of this Assembly bill, and each one should use such infinenue as he can bring to bear on the representative. K his district at Albany to thwart the scheme of the bounders. Let jacking be forbidden ; by all means abolish it if pos sible— hut not at the expense of the present just and sensible law against the use of dogs. Days with the Devil Fish. — The interesting accounts of recent adventures with the devil fish, published in our columns, are supplemented in the present issue by a charm¬ ing reminiscence of a day’s sport long ago. The devilfish is by no means extinct, hut the pursuit of it for pleasure may he classed among the amusements of the past. In the palmy days “before the war,” when the famous Sea Islands were the resort of a summer population intent o* pleasure, the vampire of the ocean was recognized as a legitimate object of pursuit, and many were the exciting adventures of those who engaged in the exhilarating pastime of harpoon¬ ing the monster. How the sport has been perforce abandoned because of the disappearance of the prey, has already been told. The devil fish is no longer to be found in its old Atlantic coast haunts; but it appears to be fairly abundant in the Gulf of Mexico ; and as the Gulf coast of Florida in the winter time attracts sportsmen, as did the Sea Islands in old limes, it is possible that the sport of devil fishing may be revived. _ _ _ Jacking and Hounding. — Which of the two is the more- destructive of Adirondack deer? Here is one consideration which is a sufficient answer to that question. The men who are crying out for permission to hound deer are one class of city sportsmen and one class of Adirondack guides. Each of these classes are greedy and improvident; that is to say, they want all the deer they can possibly kill and kill now. They are, therefore, in favor of whatever method will bring, them the greatest immediate booty. If jacking would do this, they would cry out for permission to jack. If Round¬ ing would do it, they would cry out for permission to hound. As a matter of fact, tffijy do ask for hounding. A DEER LAW PETITION. ON another page will he found a form of petition to the New York Legislature. It is a request to let a good law remain intact. The petition concerns not only sports¬ men, but all residents of the State. The interests of the in¬ dividual deer hunter are merged in the broader interests of the community. The two are identical. For them both the deer of the Adirondacks should be given reasonable pro¬ tection. This means that the hounds must not he put on their trail to drive them into the water to be butchered. The form of petition may he cut out and pasted on a blank for signatures. It should th.en he sent to Albany. What is done at once is done with double the effect of tardy action. Prompt attention must be given to this mat¬ ter, The deer hounding politicians are pledging members to vote on their side. The Legislature should be advised at O0ce ot tlie true feeliijg of the public oa the subject, The Michigan Sportsmen’s Association will meet at Kalamazoo February 9. The Secretary is Mr. Mark Norris, Grand Rapids. Michigan needs a game warden system. The Legislature of that State is short-sighted in its treatment of the game interests. Petty parsimony is sacrificing the deer to the hide and venison dealers. The Association has tried repeatedly to secure an appropriation to pay for the services of a competent warden, but in every endeavor it has been blocked by the stupidity and penny-wise foolish¬ ness of the Legislature. Florida Lands.— We have received several letters from Florida correspondents in response to our recent remarks on the sand swindles of that State, the writers urging that no wholesale denunciation of Florida should he made. We know that, Florida has tens of thousands of fruitful acres. But that is no special reason why the paper town lot swindlers should rob the gullible portion of the public. Good land will always find a ready market. Florida cannot he injured by an exposure of the robbers who deal in worth¬ less sand. _ _ _ The Weather and the Birds.— Additional reports from the South and West show that a very large number of birds perished in the late cold weather. A correspondent writing from Jewell county, Kan., relates that the market- hunters had a bonanza when the cold wave came and killed the birds ; one man went out in the morning and soon returned having two corn sacks filled with the frozen game. A press dispatch from Staunton, Va., reports that thousands of birds were frozen in that vicinity. Jeckyl Island, Georgia, is to be converted ipto ^ winter resort for sportsmen, 2 [Jait. 38. 1886. TO THE WALLED-m LAKES. ^ni. — BIG FISH ON T.TTTT.F KOD. /i LL that night a fierce southerly gale shook the lodge, and in the morning it still blew hard. The waters of the lake were white with foam, and over them the skies hung dark and threatening. An Indian pack-saddle had been borrowed the night before from Back-in-Sight, and having put our blankets and the wagon sheet in a little pack on a spare horse, we set out soon after simrise for the upper lake. We took a sack of bread and a little salt, and I told Yellowfish to tie a quarter of meat on the pack. We were going to a point where, according to my authorities, sheep were very plenty, hut it has been my fortune more than once to travel for a day or two through a country where game was ex¬ tremely abundant, and yet have no fresh meat to eat, so I thought it well to take some provision of this kind with us. We crossed the river and turned up the lake, and before we passed the old camp I noticed that there was no meat on the pack, and on inquiry found that the Indian had forgot¬ ten to follow my directions about taking it. We had left a few drying fish on a scaffold near our former camp, and two or three of these we took with us. Before we reached the Inlet it had begun to rain furiously, and all the rest of the day this continued. Our progress up the lake on the west side was rapid, for the trail was in many places so good that we could gallop our horses. Now and then, however, we came to streams which spread out in marshy valleys of con¬ siderable width, over which grew a thick tangle of tough alders, and through these it was difficult work to force a passage. The pack occasionally gave us trouble. The cinch which held the saddle in place was merely a strip of raw¬ hide a couple of inches wide, tied up by a stout leathern string, and with this primitive contrivance it was impossible to put the saddle on so that it would stay. Moreover the lash rope had no cinch to it at all, and we could not draw it tight without galling the horse’s belly. The packing was left to Yellowfish, who tied up the bundle Indian fashion, swung it over the saddle, and then drew the ropes as tight as was possible. We were continually stopping to tighten them, hut, as it happened, the only time that the pack fell off was when we were crossing one of those wide marshy valleys among the dense alders. I was riding behind, but could not get to the pack horse in time to keep the load from falling into the water, and so our blankets got wet. The ridge which runs down from the mountain to the lake was reached not long after noon. Here it was necessary to camp, for there is no grass for the horses for several miles beyond, and indeed it is doubtful if horses can be taken much further up the lake along the side of the precipitous Goat Mountain, which stands next south of Singleshot. We had nothing to eat except our half dried fish and some damp bread, and so as soon as the horses had been turned out, a fire started, and a shelter built to keep the driving rain from our bedding, we started out to hunt. Yellowfish took the south end of Singleshot Mountain and Appekuuny and I the north end of the Goat Mountain. The rain poured down with great violence as we started out to climb the mountains. Not very far from the lake’s edge we waded the swollen stream, which pours down through the canon between the two mountains, and there striking a deeply- worn trail, fol¬ lowed it up the ridge and on to the bench. It is steep, rocky and narrow, practicable for horses, hut one would rather do it on foot and lead his animal than ride it. Having reached the top of the bench, we worked our way carefully along over the ledges, which were piled one on top of another until we had gained the forest above. We saw nothing, however, to indicate the recent presence of any game. There were no fresh tracks, and all the sign was that of last winter. Stm higher we climbed up on to the mountain, skirting the deep hut narrow canon whose vertical walls dropped off sheer for nearly 1,000 feet, but work as carefully as we might, we saw no game nor any signs of game. At one point where we emerged from the timber, we could look across on to Singleshot, and there a moving object caught our eyes. It was a long way off and at first one of us took it for a sheep, but a short inspection showed that it was our companion moving along up near the reefs in his quest for game. Three or four hours of this extremely moist and unsuc¬ cessful hunting convinced us that, here at least, it was useless to hope to get our supper, and we turned back toward camp. Down on the first bench above the lake we paused for a while to look about us. Toward the foot of the lake was a veil of driving rain which hid all beyond, but where we were, for a moment the rain had ceased to fall. We could look across the lake and see the sombre gray wall that rose far above us and ended in a snow wreath, and could discern at its foot a curious level platform of rock, partly covered vith pines and partly under water, about which there seemed to run a wall of rock separating it from waters of the lake yrhich appeared to flow in and out through a narrow chan- pel close to the shore on its southern side. Up the lake the dtm shadows of half a dozen stupendous mountains could lie felt rather than seen, and here and there above the water rose little islets, some of them hearing a few trees. Still fur- jiher up the valley, as the mist for a moment cleared away, we could see that the lake again narrowed, and two slender tongues of land ran out, one from either side, and overlap¬ ping, seemed to end this lake, cutting it off from another beyond. This appearance has given rise to the statement, jinf ounded, that there are three St, Mail’s Lakes, Cm the FOREST AND STREAM. west side of the lake, the Goat Mountain, so called because there are goats on its western slope, rises like a wall, and toward its southern end carries a great mass of bluish white which looks like a tremendous glacier. We had gazed but a little while when the rain clouds again lowered and shut out all the view, and we hastened toward camp. Arrived there, we found Yellowfish steaming before the great fire, but no red quarters of sheep hung from the trees. He had been no more successful than ourselves. He had seen noth¬ ing, not even a fresh, track, and told us what we already knew pretty well, that there was no game in the neighbor¬ hood, We all agreed that as yet it must he back in the hills. We were all uncomfortable enough as we stood about the fire with our damp clothing clinging to us, and gnawed at our unsatisfactory meal of scorched fish and soggy bread, and wkile we were eating, Yellowfish, after a prefatory speech in which he invoked bitter curses on all our heads for starting out so poorly provided, proposed to return at once and spend the night at the Kootenay camp, which, we had been told, was to be moved up that day to the Inlet flat. I was about to veto the proposition at once, when Appekunny spoke up and supported it. There is nothing that I dislike more than giving up anything which I have attempted to perform, but after thinking the matter over, it seemed to me rather selfish to keep the men out here in this wretchedly un¬ comfortable situation simply on my account. So, after a little thought, I said “Go,” and we started. We rode rapidly, but did not find the Kootenay camp, and reached our own about 9 o’clock at night, cold, wet and hungry, having prob¬ ably ridden forty miles and walked nearly ten since wc started. The next day was fair, though very windy, and Appe¬ kunny, Yellowfish and King went to the head of the lower lake, the two white men to bring down the boat and the half- breeds to lead back the horses. I remained in camp. About 4 o’clock I heard shouts, and walking down to the lake shore, saw the boat coming down before the wind at a great pace. In the bow stood Appekunny holding his out¬ spread coat, while King steered in the stern. When they reached the shore they handed out three fine lake trout, one of which weighed niue pounds. They had trolled most of the way coming down, and had had a number of strikes, but in most cases the fish had been lost. One or two very large ones, which they had brought almost up to the boat, had snapped the stout hooks off short. While dinner was being cooked the wind went down, and an hour before sunset we went out again on to the water, I took my trout rod, and as we rowed slowly up the lake in fifteen or twenty feet of water, trailed a piece of the white belly of a lake trout behind the boat. The bait was large, and the hook very small, and when I had my first bite I struck too quickly and lost the bait. The next time I let the fish have it for a few seconds and then struck hard, and a moment later trembled for my tackle. The fish made a wild rush which caused the reel to fairly shriek, and I expected to have the line break, but he stopped before it was all off the spool, and going to the bottom sulked for a while. This gave us an opportunity to bring the boat nearly over him and enabled me to recover my line. Then a few pulls and twitches started him off again, and for a few moments he made lively work for us. Two or three times he headed straight for the boat, but on each occasion Appekunny, who was at the oars, managed to get out of his way so that he was led around the stern. At length the fish began to grow tired and to yield to the constant strain of the rod, and finally he was brought nearly to the surface of the water. But the end was not yet, and frightened at the boat he made other vigorous rushes which again obliged me to give him plenty of line. Finally, quite tired out, he was brought to the sur¬ face, the gaff was put into him, and I had the satisfaction of handling the largest fish that I had ever taken on this little rod. His weight was five and a half pounds. In an hour’s fishing I caught two more which weighed four and five pounds, and lost anotlier which from the strength he displayed I imagined must be much larger than any we had seen. This fish after a few furious rushes sulked on the bottom, from which I could not su.rt him, and devoted all his energies to sawing on the line, which he utiafly succeeded in cutting. These lake trout are thought to be the same as the lake trout of the Adirondacks and the great lakee — Sahao namay. cuslt. I have never seen this species in the East, but Appe¬ kunny, who is familiar with them in the Adirondacks, assures me that they are identical. The following morning was again pleasant, though at times the wind blew down the lake with great violence, but the sport of the night before had somewhat whetted my ardor, and we were disposed to have a day with the lakers. About 10 o’clock, when the wind went down, we started out. Our camp was on the river, about two hundred yards below the lake, and in the face of wind and current it seemed easier to cordelle than to row the boat up the lake. So Appekunny got into the craft to keep her off the shore, and King and I took the long line over our shoulders and pulled on it stoutly, and in a short time we had rounded the point. Then all got aboard, and we pulled slowly up the west shore of the lake. The lake trout lie in deep water, and it is said that the best way to fish for them is by means of a troll with a half- pounfj sinker attached, §o that the bait will bc.ffoni six to ten fo- beluw the surface as the boat moves along. We found, however, that on a bright day like this the fish reacBlyiame to the surface for the bait, which being three or fouTQcbes long and perfectly white, was easily visible in this )lear water. I fished with my rod, but had taken the premtion to remove my trout line from the reel, and had repiced it by a somewhat heavier cotton line, for in trying t3 trout line the night before, after coming in from the fishing, I had discovered that it was somewhat rotten and wea, and I feared to trust it with these monsters of the deep, br, though we had as yet seen no very large ones, yet theylo grow to a great size. The previous autumn Appekuriy had caught one in a whitefish net, which weighed oirty-five pounds, and there is a tradition of one caught y he would be falling into a pleasant reverie the crest i “wtn vc would strike the boat, and its cold spray, dashing iu a fai ce, would at once bring him back to the present. , We had 'jwei ] perhaps a mile when King, who was in the stern oi be boat, gave a wild wave of the arm which held his trrAnfi' line. It tightened for a moment, and a heavy swif oeared in'the water fifty feet in our wake, and then tP suddenly yielded, and came in without resistance, seconds later my rod bent, and I struck the fish so hud that Appekunny gave a cry of caution: “Look out, 0 you’ll smash your rod.” But I had un- limited confidnee. horn of past experience, in the tough bamboo, and! wanted to set the hook fast. I did so. The fish did not u first make off as they usually do, but re¬ mained for a ftw seconds nearly in the same place, while he shook himseifio furiously that I feared he would throw the steel out of bisiaws. Then he made one or two short, fierce rushes, [and oice broke water, but after that seemed to give up the fight. S' owly I brought him to the surface at the boat’s stern, aud jtist'f the gaff was put into him, we could see why he had yieldi^ so easily. In his shaking, when first .struck, he had vl 'ind the line several times about his head, and his gills fast bound down, .so that it was impossible for him V^Veathe. He was a small fish, only weighing four hut from his stomach we took a couple of young w^lp|^fi^^h five or six inches long, with which we replaiiei pvj,u' baits of fish belly. And always after that we lookfins ,w these fry in the lake trout that we caught, and invariaty t^bund one or more. They are the most taking bait fo. bese fish that we discovered. The number of these wiq:e|h b destroyed must be something al¬ most incredible. Thb lbkc trout are extremely abundant and voracious, and in tVIb.y each one must capture at least three or four young wl^ii-ehsh. What the total destruction is it would be impossiM jjo compute. We had gone but a ILil fnrther.when Dick King struck a good fish and hauled in band over hand, in true blue- fisherman style, until bi! swung him into the boat and slapped him down on %eloor. Then he took another in the same way, and then I bw « strike, which gave me twenty- two minutes of very ex ? ‘Wg sport, which my companions enjoyed as much m I’, the excited way in which they talked and danced about 'i-« any indication of their feelings. Four times the splendid li.a darted off for the middle of the lake with an energy that vras truly alarming, and four times, by giving him the hutr the line was so nearly gone that I coul5 see the spool ^’irough the strands, I checked him and very gradually hrougb'- bim back; a fifth time 1 tried to do this, but he would atop, and when tip and butt Lad almust met, and I felt that a pound more would break ‘i... rod, .[ sullenly lowered the tip, deciding that it was better to let hhn carry away the line than to break the only rod I had. As I did so I found that he bad stopped, himself exhausted by the struggle. The tigb* long and bitter one. Often I would ge-. him -wkliin of the boat, but it was very difficult to bring him within reach. When nearly tired out he would sulk oc .the bottom, and nothing that I could do would start him to moving again. After a while the strong tension of the bending rod. would slowly raise him from his secure depths, but when J trifid to bring him to gaff, his rest would enable him to start* pff with renewed energy. At length, however, he came to tll.e surface of the water, though still hack up, and with his 8uJk*i, vicious eye glaring fero¬ ciously, as if he meditat€!d£resB stratagems; but before he could put them in practice, King bad the gaff in him and he was triumphantly lifted over side. He weighed just a trifle under seven pounds, All the morning we fished wit’ii vary i ng fortunes. The trout seemed to favor particular localities, wc would row over Que of tliese, poting ttq p^ed the points on tjie Jab. 2S. 1880,] FOREST AND STREAM. CAPTURE OF THE DEVIL FISH. - From the lllmtrated London Newo, 18bS. shore, opposite wMcli ive caught our fish, and, when ten or fifteen rainules had elapsed without a strike, we would turn and row back, often getting as many fish during our second passage as we had the first. 8o the day passed until the afternoon was well advanced, when the rising wind drove us to the shore and into camp. A feature of this day was the appearance on the lake of a great number of terns, apparently Sterna hinindo. They were seen busily fishing during the morning and evening, and hovered above the stern of our boat, evidently half inclined to make a plunge at the baits trailing in the water behind. Then toward midday they betook themselves to the gravelly points and bars which made out from the shores and sat there on the beach, plump, comfortable looking, and altogether enviable. These hrisk graceful sea swallows and the slow-winged gulls seemed to get along very pleasantly together, and fished and rested in company. Sometimes at night we would row along the shore, and it gave one an eerie, half-uncomfortable feeling to watch these white ghostly, indistinct forms as they seemed to rise out of the water, and then as we approached to see the spirits lightly take wing and for a moment flit about with faint, queru¬ lous murmurs, and then vanish away into the darkness. To. Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish¬ ing Co, _ AT SEVENTY-ONE. BY JEROME BURNETT. The testimony of a genial angler of three score and ten, out in his boat with rod and lice, busy with the bass, and now and then telling of his years from ten lo seventy-one. A CHECKERED life has been my share, jiyg jja,u good times as well as care, While honors, too, I’ve come to wear, And proud with what I’d won; But memory ever brings to view, Whene’er I look my long life through, The years I’ve Ashed, as now I do, From ten to seventy-one. The same gl^ impulse still I know To go aAeld, to Ash, and row, As wlien, some sixty years ago, The songs of youthi sung; For though ray life may go amiss, And stale become what once was bliss, ’Tis true as truth, in joys like this, My heart is always young. The shade and sheen of wood and lake, The tangled trail of fen and brake. With liazards and the tests that make The self-reliant man ; The out door world of mountain gleams, Of ocean shores and whispering streams, Embellish still my waking dreams AS when my life began. Ab, tell it as you may, my friend, Most earthly i tys untimely end, Whatever fate may deign to send Ere Time with you is done; ■W’hichever way you hold your dish, Whatever you may will or wish, The happiest days are those you Ash, Tilt you are seventy- one. And so I say as now I view The vista of my long life through, In light and shadow, false and true, Since I was young and bold. Howe’er my lines have gone amiss. Or faitn has failed in hope of bliss, The while 1 live in joy.s like this My heart can ne’er grow old. A DAY WITH THE DEVIL FISH. Editor Forest and Stream: 1 have just read my sou’s sketch, published recently in your spirited paper, and it recalled to my mind some of the pleasantest and most exciting recollections of ante-bellum sports. Let me add an account of a day’s sport devil fish¬ ing, every word of which is strictly true. In the latter part of June or first of July of that year I visited Bay Point, having obtained a few days’ recreation from my studies in Charleston. It was the season for devil fishing, and my brother-in-law. Stephen Elliott (afterward General Elliott of Sumter fame), was in the midst of it. He Avas acknowledged to be the best fisherman and boatman among good fishermen and boatmen, as all the Beaufort youug men were. He had been at the fish several times, and had even struck one, but as yet “had no luck.” My vacation was so short that I did not intend to fish ; the sun and salt water have a most unpleasant effect on a sensitive skin, and to present myself before my class with my face cracked and burnt was what I did not relish, so I was trying to make myself agreeable to the young ladies of the party on shore, and enjoying the delightful sea breezes in the lazy manner which any oue who has marooned on the seashore knows all about. In comes General Elliott, arrayed in fish¬ ing attire— blue flannel shirt tucked in duck trousers, and a felt hat that Eobinson Crusoe would have discarded, so many were the holes in it; but Elliott thought it the * ‘luck¬ iest hat” he ever wore, besides the holes kept his head and brains cool, a requisite in this kind of fishing. Said he, “Well, Hal, you must go fishing with me to-day. I appeal to you ladies to second my motion. 1 have been promising you a sight of a devil fish and have failed lo kill one by myself. When we go together our luck has never yet failed us, and once we took t w o in one day. ” This appeal, strongly seconded by the ladies, 'was a little too much for a young man to stand ; so rather reluctantly I slipped into my tent, changed ray clothes, and met Elliott at the boat on the beach, a few hundred yards from our tents. Ik was a “shad boat,” as they were called, 18x6^ feet, with sprit mainsail and jib; mast easily unshipped and laid along the thwarts; rowed by two hands when necessary; centerboard, and with a good broad platform at bow to stand on. The crew con¬ sisted of General Elliott, myself, and two bauds, Bob and .lack. I bad quite an affection for Bob, for he had once, at the risk of his own life, saved mine, when a coil of rope accidentally got around my ankle, but fortunately after the fish had almost made his run, and was exhausted. These two negroes enjoyed the sport as much as we did, and were perfectly familiar with every phase of it. We jumped aboard, spritted out the sail, hauled up the jib and leisurely sailed for the Hilton Head shore. On the way across, about three miles, we busied ourselves preparing harpoon and lances. We always made it a rule to have a large supply of these ready. Our habit in striking was one to stand at the head, the other at the stern, both armed with harpoons; the one at the stern steering with his foot, but ready in case of an emergency to strike also. Reaching the mouth of Skull Creek, which bounds Hilton Head on the west, and empties into Broad Elver, we anchored near the shore, stowed useless things away, and arranged our weapons to hand, then “layoff” to watch for the fish, which gener¬ ally showed themselves on the early ebb tide just at the mouth of Skull Creek. Can one fond of the water imagine anything to surpass this? The gentle roll of the boat, the constant dipping of the gulls, the wind blowing fresh and crisp, by this time having increased sufficiently to cap the waves in mid river beautifully, the landscape around pre¬ senting that peculiar smoky, quiet appearance so cha^’ming on a June day. Such a situation and sun would, under ordinary circumstances, induce sleep, hut our eyes were strained for the first sight of the fish; and our inexhaustible supply of reminiscences of former days’ sport — so pleasant to recall when another day is to be added to the long list — kepi us on the qui vive. Besides Bob and Jack knew there was a drink for the one who first saw the fish ; they would have it anyhow, but it seemed to taste better if they could say they won it. Suddenly Elliott points to the starboard how. “There is one, I think.” “Ho boss,” says Bob, “da porpoise.” When the fish first shows the point of its wing it resembles the fin of a porpoise very much. Before Bob’s words were well out of his mouth, the monster suddenly leaped entirely out of the water, coming down with a slap and splash that sent the foam in every direction; and as quick as thought another and another fish show themselves until the number reaches eight or ten. Elliott is on his feet “Haul in the anchor, Bob; lay out the oars, Jack; and now, Hal, you strike.” In a moment I am at the head of the boat, the harpoon with a staff six or eight feet long poised evenly in my right hand, a coil of rope m my left, in order to give plenty of line when the harpoon is cast. The main coil is in the bottom of the boat, the end fast to something substantial, so if all the rope is paid out with the dash of the fish we will not lose both rope and harpoon, I am read}', and the hands are quietly pulling toward the spot where the tremendous boil indicates the monster’s disappearance. Here he is to the left, abo’ut twenty yards off, cutting around in a circle, the point of both wings showing. “Easy, boys, easy, and stand ready to help me, Bob, when I strike; leave Jack to look after the oars. Steady. Back water.” The fish has just turned his gigantic body over, about ten feet from me, the harpoon is raised and driven with all my strength into the center of his white stomach, which is just on the level with the surface. “Good shot!” says Elliott. Before the fish realizes the situation the head of the boat touches him, I reach out, catch the butt of the harpoon staff and force it entirely through the body, and jump out of the way of the rope which now begins to spin out with a fearful velocity. “Mind your hands, Boh,” for we are now catching at the rope and bending it over the how whenever the chance offers, thus turning the head in the direction of the fish, assisted by Elliott at the helm. “Come and help us, Jack, for if the rope gets on the broadside we will capsize, certainly.” “No danger,” says Jack, who immediately adds his bony hands to the work, an