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Sea oe” geons, To Rid of Lice....... poo Guns, .ecesses Pace. quatic Wood W. pete e rr asees Do DIE eieniaie = PIGEON WotGscuis se ane eet Arrows ... BOWES. yaks 9806 89 g for Arizona......... Beards: Gass Batu Mat Boone BOGE eo coset Og cas Autumn Leaves eenenee engl an a : 1 Food Florida..... Daciki us Rules........ CHES: Scored, Highest.......00...sesse4e.- Pores 461 Balsa... SAVER. se eevseesseees tees hems ie ee Herta is occ aa renee: Decisions... ..00iictiiten WERE Boel 435 Pee Tas Lett ods ee, eee 417 eoshoor en fai, ad a's Oise oie fk) Gord er Dog Breakin R situa ite ecnletehep et kisiebe « 493 Law A pine (5e, SP lS 149, 493 Heap auergerie eee id tees os 493 Bass 0D snes eseeeee neatitetesesricitiseeees roe pea s Color..... BER UGS Hoyas 11-5 Seis 461 | Pi eeonistat: Biducie atone rae tha 493 DEBpOr aap oso seceseerceseey ees 381 adicand a Pee ety SOO 9 AR AANA deol dip 17 Int SF Ne ta Da oe oh ae 385, 461 Pont Siero REAL Wee co AL ace 129 aper PToadets ss eck. Deis cit , fheits. Ursa Ft RES an 401 Thi er-Breeding Rage av atat ciara = ition of Trap....sssss0eec eee pines . PAPO oe nace anatase oka eObe soneee breais ! Oe re ule fovotnineectt Rul Saree he we Bers) traight AIMS GS Pee oY eetiieu 09 | fis Setters, Cost........ Bey on. TA CE EA te eet ed ae ga 89 Straight and Bottle-Necked......385,, oe Be i ee abe he ennel ant a1 oting B +33 129, : N.Y ...88D, Bi Ce es odes ema oan at 89 Tn, ‘ones. pesaie s/AJa‘m ilosefain, aduiel «is /aletane 869 Ties g Barrels Se ees eit de EE Shooting Deer with groee Wit "45 irds, Boo tea ne Tk gee: ie Fe ae on. bree edi gip wile eke 6 o64n 9-00 c pple ere vese seer ccreneseesecnasse BTS, 109 re) to} fies Aero p of oe Sit Ane, Canale aaeyarncle on Ee a Dee et ete ete een eens as Pind Pickerel and Muscalor Bes Rice irks 475, 493 Shot ayaa a Water fe PE Sine oe Bird Skins ae America. . me Powder. terest gec. es 9, te Booker ia sant re ra aac io9 | Sight Ca cyt Combineds.ii22.5 Ris ; aR, mp on Point Re TE ATS ' Aes va aceessecsvecseenenuestucrceees SHE Pe ORetaace ae maiaeePe etic, os Mouthi er’s Leg. Tota) rairie Chick aime ela folae eo eibie sere 9 at Creedmo Blackbird Nee Sitka RGU ROME bu « Lan ene canes uthing Birds.................., Pr MAT MLL TAGE Ln en 43 Target OF. sere Isa ne enables. Nat. CTS SO Uta eer j49 | Prang, Hac Walia dae, ane we 5 s and Target Pubes de et ceaes sb er Uaenpiied gg” Corset et Nat, Am. Ken. Clb Rules... -.c.c..... a) SO Uo Ree ae 493 | polley's Se Unite rar ieee Booth end Bevel ganda ROR 4 lie Nice Collar... — Hydrophobia,........ 3 Can.,'69; Mich., 401 ; N. H y fait by eee al elas Pike B31, 369, 493 Baokekin LES CANT Og 9 Aaa ane One Year Not ‘too Sid igang ree ng Sear 885, 475, 493; fe ie ae Wea ee! itreeeeeteereees pages £14 Hts OSIM oon cence sees ceetecceits os he at ore rey tee : Hah, a15, alas base 10, kit a? |W by Amoscan thier gts aot ng Buln adi igi 777 M6) Ponsa tisk Tc it | aol vitaage adh: | icity asciaa fate Gany OG ewe a eee steels d er, Prico........ Aig ala TREO. eee Pe Moss n ne ebley’s G n Team....... pb npae ! Ganvas Back and Red Heads... 0.040.-40.++- Poloter, Price. o ose gsoseveees eens sees ay ‘Trapping and Preserving... 369, 417, 09 | Sebley’s GUM. veers saeserecereteeeeeits 385 h, Large 5 i Braenabsthvaews cube allL ds 461 | Qu ping and Prese , 417, 435 nge Pe = Getamaran. Gin, cinlbeininin oe pielawivialt! x . “Bal eran a BEGEE sa evokes alec «291 Baptite, ade ner EVID GE. «2 es os 417, 475 | Braech- dader: muptinvgg 8 ut ne BRD orto: enh g forjce ng BOs, nate o they Breech-Loader........4..sese+ 0 pace s-‘ Antelope and D ict eese teens ae HOn eR oe oe, Rail and Tob on Saonhse vce eM toric arabe 271 ee Sais Tpit ssp eB Bronchitis... see creer. aii | Ready Rat Beli eon SHEN Pn oie eee iad Pade Vind) Sere. ie 189 PIR oh Paotens Eh oe oo as Wood ying RCSA Saat Siphae 93 GEN se ee Sayre tin th 4 seem ra Gun for Due teeceeeess Woodruff Expediti Sht.......-.. F GOD Fishy saeeneeeeeeeesereestceseesy 851 Lov VU AAR See Ce en ie) teed 331 r Ducking.. Yacht Club 8 itiotitds 00 OR no adaes Ogee 29 Goose Mdontified. oo sone sccieereraess 169 me aultaliorniae t, Rinpinescminisre ciitstiasie site rebeieans 2 ET ERG OMe 2s ee 5 Y TP Se elon 478 Cave! and Rashipa's Bowls. 200.0000. a te ate. a tanker nc teisypuneenace SO re eet a8 Heese eee Manumals in Bormuada,- ..0...cessssessssess an Wisoonsias.< 1001S 2a | Yelow Carans. eters nenapgeaeeedapi, Bt 3 teeter e renee ae Medrsch ore th Tt en ella } Gun Mak nis for US@,......cvcceeez et Sr er ee i Seteraiite ee Lge Bers segnmas ss IT! 99 Mi weotimntnt, To: ColOte.c.sccssarcceescids. 351 Kav G Supe 5 Se eh inieaee Tip go) 109 ae ait. . eANPAMAS: casks 9 ink, | Fae ae samme ae = BY TEC eh aoe eee ee 260 : Horse Bete. pues gine ies ot ree eae besseeneeeenesie ses ereee: ao | Lines of Fire Interseck, 10000000 sao etetaebin clo ee udson’s Bay Pe ee. AEE | ake Map.....ss.+ss000 DeCOn 475 | 0 SOU ae atie a eed dae att Ame » OUP. ve eeee ee eee Tndelible Hey O62 eos ceceeeterietcael | Se See SEE SEA eae si, thi In| Amerie Arms in the Baa 000000. a2 nsect- Powder....... - Mosquito Pr PMR ent Wh ke iia 49 Maynard Bille s...012s.ececcscsse EN ee waje)d *. a aie b oroveis dacamenrmesl = Pe RM SES Ait Cb CaS? 8 taliitieenih ob Natneal ERBeonen, aiok : eee pee bike, ite at of Ohio River crete ress se on | at eee Sa ee epee t Team Te Rasvereeg te Beh “403 Tok: Ty ASagaatessseentioes .¥. §. Sports. Ass. Sec..... PONT, w 5 nabbed Palls.ctoreceiwdlas. ology to a True Poet. Bi onieshey tees 9 ETE is et reat age ies erst for dina elie eee ag3 eo ie Aduarium The Mi page terest ore Beets Ae reba Po See RET e : FARTS. hey 1a ale vee : HOME de eee, lees 49: 1092 B69; 18 PEN Paiieaitisee ye Ae es ae Bexnet — rane 271 Ore Hn MAB sc cossre es ntsc eS Se cea ee ten Bape fen 49; 409,300,417 Bear With fe Mens The . Sm Pa Barkin tase tte * nln mold pie Oenit WERK: hse ss aan a asmec 438 Pa ‘lank. Bae Reet Semen: 991 | Bit of a Bl Baz mene 0 ee Me, aga, Black aa se ogre ee ig “189 0 niitioloetal 3 enka cae abies anleceecnacacies eo ae eee aus: ny, LA Heats 243 aa Blooming Cane Peel Reneoa ee i pea vol huis tora... ee cree Orvig Rods... 0. -coc-vcecasets eee Steen R damit ete 8 Dade eception.. ...352, 386, Books SuSE uy en bs ; Al? Pack AY ashington Correspondent......... 271 He besine Ue Er LEM reek ocean 417, 435 | Bob Whit haa iD Raintes Steel... ec. i a “hier. 169 | p ific Hotel.. Sree es 189 Tae Peat! Sis crates Bae a 433 | Cards of Re ies REC ie, ee! ae 29 oe a ae ie ec a : ool ae aaseneeeeceneenseantinnns asd ane fad Saas ages oS See as ; cane Sc sian Eile ggse i) Carbine: sph Sebiseaningn cn ae ic Soap. bueha fevuce FS teh aper Boats. occ eeeececeeeen ee citereess Repeating Rifl posenauctee i parted ) Contributors. 6....2+eeoesee seen: . Champion Do; oder bw sere «+385 | Para, P TEL Le RR he. en EN 369 hifl @ Rifles....... Sean 417 | Cincinnat VOpiy ee ae 436 Pega RaNs Bie, 2); = 88 Songkeisbotarces ifle Club R wectreeeees ati Angler eer eee eo Chesapeake Bay soneay 7 Cae ae SRE oe aa a dei, eas hie 2 ie Qifle for Bence? ce eeee eee i pagan ‘ a dese Rie at Club~.+--. ++ « b arth ay aS tenes Lee EG: TSI Sala a a ER comet ADD Doth. seseresssseecnss se 1.9 | Columbia's Cre rae eae Waa, ere tieaen USET, *4 a ards u Ko w to G Ls , 436 Patente Secured, ..... Aa Mth ectioaate. aoe 9} Rim Fi quirrels...._-. ...---475 | Death of R o Go Abroad ---190 mte Sscured........ seaniaae Baer “369 Rust ite and Patched Balls:,........ rnc ae Disagroeable Restricti eis Tapes se Pere 4O emote Cag ste iee 46 ee at ta elie’ apeh kc e= eit Andesite (POSS oe F GhioTia RE ROREEE PN , 461! Scattering Shot.......... ah 288, ssi, an, “485 | Dog a Mis optvesniy tees ne acs vee: Ge Show Philadelpliaessecerrs te tuioeas ee ter hoy halal bead gate 512 Golcher, William, Halter PEO a seltseere ta boy chase ur 226 Decoying Wuckssjse.cepes case yea sek tee OOO New York. .114, 128, 76, 217, 356, 369, 417, 474 Paar. QUO Res as Ube es « -.14, 74, 148, 445, 475. Pennsylvania. . 14, "35, “94, 126, 217, 401) 492 Rhode Island.......... rege 85; od, 74, 1l4 Tennesse 'ournament,.__... is 251, 311 Texas. sve 94, 114, 148, 193, “215, 417, 455. Pee ee GAME PROTECTION. Arithmetic for Game Clubs.................. 151 Avclimatization Society,,..............4...-. 458 G. P. American Trespaseing in Canada....... 852. BUGAUHES ST. ba va atil> aaa ee ae , A479 REL OTDIA y.60-,/onaG bilo orate eee. ote een 190" Fish Question sag 0 tabdee ei animes 419 Quailin Iinois.,,.., bate tit feb x 214 OW Pyndas oy oo isos Veer ante an eee tet eee , 495: Connecticut......... 150, 170, 190, 254, ia’ a England, Shipment of Game to........ 00... Florida Illinois Asia tae ve i), \torac Cup hee a ae 3 G. P. Infringement, of the Laws Bast and WES ary Fiat aetiore. Ey pt} 5" , -296 Killing Deer for Their Bbind, vn eee 458 In Unsportsmanlike Manver. ....296 Magsachusetts......10, 51, 71, 111, 254, 814, $54 Michiana le er rhc: eae ee 31, 934) 478. Nat. Sport. Association.,...... ere qerr eee 458 National Acclimatization.......... eee ea 1 A02 Nebraska. Meuse: title feral 91, 495 Ney Ham pebikeecs. wy yeas ofan .213 New Jergey........ 71, 91, 151, 171, 313, 314, "934, 439, 478 New York,...... 150, 171, 233, 274, 296, 314, "361, "419, ‘419 North Carolina............ Wa | Be efi eee Novar Scotia: t:i021 25. Joe sees orl 11, eis OMG Fae a baie + acer icld teen oa. Sheu eee yee Pennsylyania.......... 383, 1, ‘273, bie py 495: , Qua’l Preservation......,, Teel: eaeay ot Bee ah Supervisors’ Authority............2.0+sees0e BOX AUG Grete s eiyaneee Net Save S cyat, Sea ‘10, 213, re imely+Hintee.5 ss. a4 eeenyee nee tiene $3.6 opt pias TEXOSPASSNOLIGEs iy stent ysis nae eee rae nee ae irginia........ 111, 151, 190, 264, 296, 314, aes When are Quail Properly i in Soason. med qain igeaed Who Killed the Bird?..... riers a\ste |. eh se A Fa 10 . KENNEL. NG A eens aie e tents so EL Alexandra Bench Show.. Algerian Greyhounds Anatomy of Dog...........-. wie anes ven ui Apparent Want of Nose,........... erthe earn 168 Ashcroft Kennel Club......... PS Dd ie 432 Baltimore Dog Show........ Sebi Aah 399 Bench Show Classification................... 329 Birmingham Dog Show.........)...ecee0eee, 421 Book-for Bread erasen tart. Sate cial eae nee 188 Boston Dog Bhow..................- 88, 108, 433 Blrectiing ht. Ae. so eee oie ee 147 Bratonsbiguidsiee. pled to: Teen ne 46 Briet Kennel Notes. ...8, 26, 47, 89, 127, 148, 168, 188, 209, 929, 268, 297, 309, 351, 368, 382, 399, ‘421, 482, "453, 472, "491 Canine mpanityo ses ese arenes wee ves 47. MCE ay dane s jenn eA SUD a bOOh AT Eve) Canines Meek im Spirit,..............-.000-- Canine Therapenutics................ 46, 107, 260 Qare of Dogs: ........... AB PBs see A454 127 Caring for a Good Dog........... Pert aih 368 Cat BNO er nee eee hens tc sha: oa. OL Oat Show at Philadelphia........ srsipinkt fits prego Charleston Bench Show............ rete Apeh 882 Claiming of Namen sis reeled se tbbn salsa 146 Classification of Bench Shows................ agg Cocker Spaniele ss... sie y.0 ces aee ee rasce 46 Colors of Setters and Pomters............... 490 Columbus Kennel Club Pointer............ - 66 Cost of Raising and Breaking Dogs.......... 350 Cost of Transporting Dogs............... +. OBL Crooked hepety ten ress Cadre yee 168 PandioMmmMontse, a. essen ete +e 082 Dachehunde, not Dachshunds................ 491 Detroit Bench Show..........00-s0000-- 399, 421 Distemper Curaqsnsarrrceue loco Seen) Dog and Fox Orogs................, ep tseaete 382 Dog Catcher Comes to Grief..:.. Tredsceeeeat 8 Dog Drowning a Cat.......0.,0..-c.e100008 229 Dagighteta nly ee oes sux wee eer eet ee +..209 Dow Rowonipes ts avy ae Le ee eee 297 DosPonrtraites cess ving Stalertves soa one dee 209 Dog Tax of Parig............... Pattee ae ,-188 Dog ys. Porcupine......... wy deaee eats tier obs 297 Tearing Olothes.:...,5).2sece- ees eeee - 432 Dog ie AITGatioTins J delete. yusieseat: ore ety vecese 47 Considerate Ropnrde. werrnielslearecmaeee tls 850 Reasoning Facultier................... 350 Strategem..............- Path xh ae dcr 107 Dogs as Draft Power............ Soslenteaant seth ab Briend@.......2¢+0+- be Bose T ali ae 187 Hating Hggs......, sfiaeseedbe eee LO, 189 fox Clon6 Covert. ave cstieesceeavee ess 26 ice eae Grouse and Squirrel Shoot. that Eat Fish ced Boe 0 Fac at a5 Ee . 3850 to Point Deer.. ah a dorespeh bom; 1472 Dinkelas Pedisxvoes Cisie sissies aod ae 368 Hee Suckers... ba eecs = cid ees hae ules 2 eee + «229 Hecho at Philadelphia Bench Show BARR 8 Scns 367 Wight Hundred Quail..................... +1899 English Hunting inline: %4..,. See Bornean ctl! Fatal Enthusiasm,,...-., Pele do eset p etait bia 188 Feeding Puppies......... Apes SHH sew, vee 146° Wield. Treimingen eee eects sae veg ss 2am Finishing School for Dogs Rox A Plucky. ob nite feces nia Fox’ Bite, Death from..,.... Tax Hounds noc 98 Sarees c p MUS RAMEE spats crate sp latens-c 2 « ctrseeninae ete cory en Regle......... sae sat tant et 453 GEMEPATAS eee soc nin a toed eae REN 431 SL Nine ites ty). 03. . Ov eee ate ps Derriereees Go case ics eH. cee eblees Good for Evil... .. a rpg cts Gun. Shy tees pale ~w4asbeeee eee pe ae Half Mourn fig tiv eme annie ee ew oaries we ioc toe Hartford Dog, SHOW s scasssenemosvercors era tislet Hints on Dog Breaking?s,,...-.,.., 328 Hort eet eect ii INDEX. "s/t. iL a St P:cE, PAGE. PAGE. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE : Geen, Seth, Letter from......-....- 2000+ «104 De ate Ena aes ean ay Phi sister tte (:) (See See SOc? etre asc, ++ 2+0+-247 | Dougall Breech-Loader..........2....0s.00-6 CN Lanieeee bate Pee is -aueal Tousen. vs eee RM cng’ 226, 361 | Ducking on St. Clair Flats... 198) 148, 350, 856 Sporting Olubs and Sportsmen of Russia. ..439 Towa Fish MBE Ci Sot atee Sietheccd asta d wastes tee fll 5.429 Eclipse Loader,.........05 Dae Sie hot =o Sake Virginia Vigilantes......006..ccceecess eee 190 | Kentucky. Drein ig fete SauraTeraed Sierese OTE meal hile Elk on the Rampage........ A ar te pees Fen 216 Editor's Retavin.. 3. ee eee x c Melieod! River Trout... 0... i. et asiese nee. aH Guity: to RECAP POM ny cciaes seh. ok soe eee as. SUE English Sportsmen in America McLeod River Hatcheries Experiments with Shot-Guns....... ee 2.0 416 English Tribute to American Science....... .888 | Maine, Report for 1877................e000:s Memtebiipe Oliubsi tics retuah vec cs cies ctmencaml 454 Ernest Morris............. ats eee F Bs 190, 272, Maasachu-etts. . Ry ers sti ose: Lure MU ye canoe See alain Re ne 455 Mains inne st eee PEL wey, 150 | Mather, Fred, in England. ducal tat as Wiasltle ee cree Fire Hunting Deer in Fla,.............1.-44.. 239 4¢Hauna Borepliarieeeewe ee cel. oo .170 at the Centennial Brest QuaitinwWage.! 7): eae eo 210 Hiclispaktal aia. meee stent. fe « «wats Piper eee, er ee: «5 a iTS GS Oiler, cat ta ies ce legate et een 94 Fighting with Oogniac..... ..........e-eeees 974 | Michigan Fish Commissioner on his Trayels,. 43 | Fond of the Woods NPAT A: aes ghee. Weg. Be 454 Finland Post and Station Syatem............ 370 | Mink Infesting Trout Ponds....,............ 429 | From McKenzie River....,............- es Rirat/So0w +. teeee sens ee eae «+. ss.+-436 | Minnesota...... Sane sunene) bee eee eres 143, 880) From Sitting Bull's Stamping Ground....... -250 Fishery Question............ SPAR

«a nrettesia a dajce diet olen oreo 418 Kentucky...-... ‘34, 73, 114, 175, 195, 216, Shooting from the Hip........... teeteeeee es MEG ESOL Ree reas asuscpase comes eLehd dine pe aioe 852, 371 230, 250, 491 Shooting Suite........ cece e sees eee eeenee ees Registration Book for Sportsmen ug Wiaisd’s Same 293 TSG IRISTEND a nate scoied- fap vce 148, 176, 216, 287, 400 | Shot Display..... i gphiey fea Poste oT NY Restigouche Salmon......-.-.--+e.sepees esse Maing hc Ft Ute eh eee ee ee 950 | Shots at Running aoe Le bee simak ree MifloDepartinent, .. ws saves eens sero uee Sor: MManyplarid oes ey ar 73, 195, 250, 310, 454 | Small Bore vs. Lar eee a Se sadand sofseeelg BSG VEAL CH © 5 55 cet arherecatein) o.oo Massachusetts.....84, 54, 73, 93, 127, 176, Soft and Chilled Shot Tria: Salmon Fisheries of California 195, 215, 230, 250, 270, 287, 310, 330, M4 South Brooklyn oa pe actors: Bhall the Centennial Rifle Match be Abol- - 855, B68, 414, 454, "478 Sport in Clinton Oo., Pa,,......... - MENTO so toncic wie ie sense nf ee leiclele ake-ait less Maes “aks Michigan..... 14, 5 TA, 176, 2 05, 216, 28b, tow elect fone ebeec tara steatetey PRUE tate R. A. Abdicate ?..... afer sai Acc + BOD, , 454, 473, 491} Mexico.............. Sitting Roll SARA ET On eee sac noe ea 4 110 Minnesota.... ..... sre fee ea oh 8 287 BE Te ane Sie wep tatote yo ip telah» (lap eeeped a in Texas........ ele a2e gs a mT 436 Mississippi........- 4 t range ACCIGENE......--essenerreeeeeterenes oar ceutical he GAA eA ote Se 386 ae 383, 400, 414, 473 ie pe Chek, Boring. meaty tee. aA 54, oe f ina Oranges.........e0cesce seuss 402 Missouri........ BF te 34, O4, 454 | Table of Charges Confirmed.....,+.0.+-..055 : poten Ruan watt sand wa bi? Bette hs 110 WMeinitariarnee. oo) Mo A ue aaa ot tee att prise Bee Crows Out-General the BREBORN F Clubs in Russia. .........-....5.-.. 436 Nebraska). sits stand nese eneepr arn oe it eee 27 (Nes |: Oe oS AR oh poo So at aera? Saas Porttatta: a20 3423.26 eerie eee iat were 436 WERE Wee Saad nmssercsete , .-14, 54, 127 | Tight Shell IGEN ® 2356 ccs cole veel Poa Stealing an Elepbant............----+2--se08 272 New Brunswick. 17 13, 915, 315, 454 | Tit for Tat.-..... aaa ere ceo Stray Notes from the Hditor.......... 51, 70, 130 New Jersey...... 84, 98, 148, 175, 280, 950, To Keep Game in ait Fat aa AN SSO LET RI BLEO AAU Ps: cote cvees sis yells lalegtis a « 50 387, 310, 331, "855, "368, 491 | To Take Lead pen a Gun Sustain Established Rporting Papers........- 352 | New York,...34, 54, 73, 127, 148, 175, 216, Trouble for Ep pach hare (hg ee eS TPDSIIKR picks lddas as mice 2 $3 6 bibopesnPetest ai alan ise» ae 939, 250, 270, 287, 310, '368, '383, 434, "47a | Vancouver’s Island......02...2.+eceeeeee ees ie STARS PSY IOS eile cist 410) teal tele eee mea 332 North Garolina......-......- 195, 216, 250, 310 | Wad Board. .....+--sseer sees este ees octets ay = Waters Gra reed Dh pe ey a OA ieee, a 30 Obi 8, ea 54, 127, 195, 230, 250, 270, TVG SEGI NAST LPETATE oa oavoreetecalavare > setelsie|aie.a-4-4 soak tr To German iD CINOS fr Weeraaibiele sts Gas aly 370 330, 414, 2 a lee areata Sa gteee eb re etsy aS HASLER IRAGLRLON + > ssrane, vrs yletsoals mad b/elbletpin'e tai) 832 Oregon.......-. Soules at icelare eee Onis) He Wakeheladh, 0... cleewtess sees ine ; meoatle at Aquarium AD sigste © oh drole as Hae tee Pye: Penneylyania. pbc 34, 54, 73, 938, 127, 148, Wild Goose oe E 4 njatalgre Gomiata wah turd tet eeeees 7 Wacation Rambles in Michigan, Wisconsin and 175, 195, 216, 930, 950, 270. 287, 310, Wild Pigeon's Roost. .....++:ee+e see neeeess He Minnesota, ,.212, 234, 253, 272, 293, 312, 330, "B55, "368, "988, 409, 414, “454, 491 | Wild Rice,,........-. saat achat tect "333, 870, 356, 419, "437, 478 Rhode Island... ... 270, 287, 810, 355, 283, 491 M eet ; Wanity Wadts iver er ceaces siebeeeneanes cee 418 South Caroling...... 148, 355, 868, 383, 414, Prcron MATCHES : a Watterson, Henry. .s...0.650.-eeeees errs tee 332 "434 "454, 473 (Cuma dann 44-2 lee those ee ee tear a Wert, W: G., Death concele 5 dlelays o> “i i ov ma ee rit How Ladies Should Drees in the Field... ..472 pan. Oya inate for Fish Ponds. 546, 3h fe aT She i St eager Os Soe 118 | ee and id, SETH 114, 470, 217, 951, | Hydrophobia.........c.e47, 828, 300, 471, 490 Aquatic Plants for Fish Ponds...... 246, 254, Carver's Challenge... . 02.1.5. 6c essere nseee 415 | Long island. .14, Prk 416, 494,455, ’474,492 | Hypochondriac Canine ral aan Say 1 305, 324, 412 | Challenge Extraordinary............-.... oe 485 271, 289, 856, 884, 401, 14, 176, 356 | Iatelligent Dog. . WET ty Bass, Rapid Growth of...,..-.0...-,-. BAR o 286 | Charges for Gun8..........5+ee pence teceees 416 | Maino........ ens sd aE dh Ne Kennel Regintenie i, ele ot Peale fete nuieag rakcc hace 6 104, 286.| Chilled Shot..........0se.2+ deecaveeesoocens Maryland. ...+-2seeserers aetna re meee eal Covndon,, Ont feaee Shaw, soda eee) Collecting Spawn in Great Lakes,..,,.....,-. 305 | Choke-Bore, The First Massachusetts.....++..-- ate aan 417, 474. | Lump on Si Lae cs oe tacks Dog Paes ae Corregoni.....- +10. .<08 Usa iaasbers Ms Christmas Turkeys..... Michigan...... in Glad Gat Prin aed) 35 | Lurcher, The........++-- tals dt eal nee Hish in the Chemung........+.+++...+.- Conical Ohambers.... 0.0.2... sees e renee eee Narrangansett Gun Club Cup... +. rs-s++--- 14 | Lynchburg Dog Rhos ne Sy cecal . at nner EC ine Cee Ee ere A 17S, 230 | Nebraska... 33+ +2/ "Ge "114, 198 176, 217, _ | Maine Dog Law............ i aie d Politics Cuvier Club........... doth SeCAEe AS) 414, 454] New Jersey..54, 74, Management of Dogs. 2 Pe, shan’ ert aN ee Fish Laws an : 5 280. B56. "401, S74, "499 par iet Fishway Construction...............- Czar's Bear Preserves, ........-....225 6-224 17 Mass, Kennel Olub.. ng ae cee PaGE. Matters Abroad.....-...... fecees ey 66 Meadville Dog Show.....-..--..seee0:--20+--42L Mouthing Birds....--....--.---..........,..829 BUEN p eee shad taecior emt celiac race vee 146 Aistes Conan | SAR ELO ited t wih. ktetee etree ds dpe bite doce FT Biemarck......0..0000eee us ee er 491 PSE aCe aig eats eats = p pile hieccieth ales yeast 26 Blinese-sak dues ewerkeppeeseentweer cnn ey 208 SANGO Wy geet nyre pent arianae coho de r4-4-ons vba 147 BrucG.en se. act ih tence Fy Ree ry oh MORONS Seka as ine: - Sis apie wenn 2 «099 DUE Whe us styl oviaraces bcm Feige ER a A) 05 147 EE GhOtey Oboes cicrcrece Unies REPS aed fos o'.5¥ 6 «= 451 Guy er ot ee Ey ater aysebp ewe saad ATODREY fein ne feet oss bleh S tw aatecr epi a +107 Fame..... Pen p34 RPE NPAd Ss beet eer eta mee 309 PGND LS! eae ces ale sles ....89, 147 Island RNA MN 1 ctieed eer a a Lady Sensation... 2... 2... ..s se sese eee cee ¢ 47 Lancaster-Bello.......-2.. 062. ence rene y= S61, NT AL anc atria mae cteelece oe ae hewitt tie tel a 309 Margqnis of Wibchester. ) 451 Horned Doe Antelopes....... Fone oy eae 881 Hours When Birds Hise........ shit aceite veee LOS IEFON ABIES H lynn seielterestss +e leicisiattty-ieigieredeesl= 186 Howgate Expedition. 2. ....5..ssceesasctees 413 Toh P AG SO pate Aan Serna are nee 23, 86, 326 Ichthyological Extracts. From Naturalists’ Note Book... ..s00-:e0scceeseees Senne oee 2 Ichthyology, Questions eh rn damiceray’ 38) Indian Burial Customs.........++5 eee ora 86 Insects, Plans to Bamish..........--..2e.e0s lo6 Something About.......-.+++-+ Peete 13) Ingect Wings.:.....----. te sete Ane 184 Instinct vs. Reason...,...+..+-.s. bene fs 86 Jacksnipe in Colorado......--++.++0.-: Peete ctr Japanese in the San AOE Br erddncadbenone 15 King Bird and Bees............ na Pawtericsnt tet 186 JEN SS fo) Moret Peet at ne aes 5 King Partridges..... i Se esanbtere ++, 401, 489 TUaTANE Vn ahve pele Jere eisaee tare anne eee wewetne 413 Laplanders i SOME T PLATES leas © alviete hp bbe ooh alzl= 366 Lion Trainers........... BA) ebaicsts cee bal 9 5 Marine Carniyora..........+++ Lab eoeedens = TtOe Melanosis..... Off ocaticn Pore ae tadeie tele ste Ctelet 86 Michigan, Fauna............. nest Hane dosncd bp » 6 Mousquito, Jergey........000e eee ee es ete 125 Migratory Quail........ nos 345, 366, 380, 397 Mocking Bird’s Song....-..... oy, creel retars new Monkey, New.....seeessereee roa tid ootts ele B07 Moose for Paris Tixposition Se OA auere ATW. VEE eee itpe ecm ote ee eter olga kilets ain r's atece sate 124 Pacu Now Fish..............- 1: ¥itda Vie weannks .. 881 New Vertebrate Fossils....-. Re reel a apd, 2 moe aoe 226 INGHUS Free. cess Ave rcgvesesttmen hon t ees eect ttay Ober, List of Birds Collected DY rcetes todas 345 Octopus, Woman Drowned by............... 16 OP THLGLAT Bale, bje-t-aetert ireve-« eiefe) cP bese wale ela eles mie etd Oysters rinvekhipent, J soes, ess o Pures Pasi be dite 86 QUEER Sy cea nn eased ine see aie glare siiaie 897 Parasites in Neck of Hares....,...-......... 207 Partridges Withholding Scent................ Boe Pearls Breeding..............- fae «185 Penguins at St. Panl’s Island......,,., segwee OF at Tristan D’Acuhna...., Wet e ah P fap 3 Philadelphia Zoological Gardens Arrivals... .5, 24, 65, 105, 145, 166, 186, 247, 285, 307, 867, 897, 489 Philosophical Society of Washington, ,......,451 Pigeon’s Race With a Locomotive,.....-.... 6 ef at PO eee Oe Ci soo goeet bh Aqsee die 64 Pongo’s Death, ,,......2 ++ :eeerss rer ees wereld Prairie Chickens Going to California. Bee gen pEUOT WOLD Bolero neh iste soduarv ob as BUT Preservation of Fish Specimens.............. 4 Quail at Sea e.. c ee cece es ce ee ey »---027, 306 UnVDEXARy aes et aioe te PULSE Le as 8 489 Peouliar Plumage OL Mahe feats z 396, 413 Withholding Seent, Curious Incident. 166, “451 Random Notes From Vermont Wea SINGSC as dee ckaeetsaseeed ohabes ct ke he Remarkable Combination........ aah amet. Te ‘ Ribbon PIS: stevie cle smane tee ehtee bees. ode 64 Robin Nesting on the Ground,..,........... 489 Rodents, Growth of Teeth..... Thee fede has 55 Ruited Grouse Carrying their Young.. oooh 5 Drumming.,....380, 3Y7, 430, 450 Habits 28 sat 143, 346, 450, 469 Pheasant and Paxtdey aS +, PR 285 Salmon laGkc, mre sma iteeeilen toe te skins vi. 64 Scarlet Flamingo, Capture of. Sea Flower, Murderous..,. ,... Sea Gulls, Strange Collection Sea Lion, Sick........ Weptaleice meine celssinecsiee t Realg.... si... nes Pe OaAL Sl desis staat feewin tice Bed SeLpentercseean ce ysis s wuads ifStmem bane se Sewellel, The.........6. 005. Mae ahd aera eas Gare gae 44 Sharks....-..-s.cener Poder! bois pA eeie 23, 166 More About,........... Sreuip' stalfag bis ester 85 RiP grties) thre ces ero ee inn aes PPO ore BoA 64 Shawtl...1.:-.2.5. WES, wis aft seo wasaere eens BLT 44 Bhelle, Reversed... nese eens ces eects aces 4 In Duck’s Oraw..,.....0-.-022ee 286, 380 Siberian Natural History........0.5+-s0+-c08 186 Singing Mice.............reeeees Ac saorakione 307 Skunk, Bite, .....4...4 apeebtacote Seats nested Alabete s,usrets 397 BLA O SS LOliy aeeters pains bles CRMC thea nasties, was 451 Snipe Neating....-..-... Seis aietatats SAAB SR 397 Southern Mammals............scececeeeseees 4 Sparrow, Cute-.,....... AR ole Rae yee 385 SGU MAT LOS doe tele tetetelaia se ts vey cong claps an ta 144 Squirrels, Us They Are Heirto...,..-.,.-.-. 397 and Emasculation...... .......+-+ 470 Hibernate While Bresgites aresoo 45 of Memphis... .......-1s0206 ove 1 20 Swallows Flocking..-............csseeeresas 105 Swedish Arctic Pxpedition..,........- ASEAN 471 Telegraph Wires Kall Birds............---.4. 24 Texas, Nat. Hist. of S. W...,...--..-0.2.-.- 63 Toad SHOWGESs. «selene ees sleaneu Restjuee sendsier 166 Tortoises as Weather Indi¢ators............- 105 Trout, Growth OF. ..1...8sceensees sseeee ens 325 Venus’ Slippers... .. ccc teers eect eect e eens 23 WVATLAGS TOMO fe eo nlelcfe aeieey beat sen 3.2 viery ,-G3, 144, 186 Wapiti Antler... /.....2....202.++ ue e227 White Buck of Cape Cod............--- ebb 380 Whitefish, Habits........ (apart teen ot 267, 397 Sex OLventsstasyee seca Cerpent .». 430 White Whale for Hurope.........sssessenee 86 Wal Gamelan icc cee es facies cusses eaten ey 247 Waldo gy cesin aves eens TARA Sean Bat bert excep 452 WilRigsOm. , ATES Remington Rifle........,.+. hes, baat, atte 194| New Jersey...... 8, 27, 55, 68, 106, 126, 146, 167 | Fall Flowering Herbaceous Plants........... "909| Dauntless and Wanderer............... .. B56 Rifle Balls and Grayitation........ mig ofictinec 274| Now York........ 8, 27, 55, 68, 88, 167, 373, 481 | Farm, Picture of............... Ae. tere ee jy) Dorchester iG.) itive en wae: oe 94, 168, 210 Rifle Gallery in a Church.......... a ae 275| Qhiv....... aE, ey F 126, 167, 49 | Fashion in Gardening........6esseeeeeeeaees 95| Fair Hayen Regatta.............. 94 Rifle on Running Game.. POM Tee ee G86; 5165| MLOroparsh. cae cae SEL ee eee 8g | Fern Catalogue............ NH ENR PES |) lh uta Rl Mel oir ig aa 5d REN eee can Rifle Twist..........sse.ee00: Boe es ...275| Pennsylyania....... 8, 27, 55, 68, 87, 88,106 | Field Poisons...) 05 .s.e.eicsenvesedensees 45| Flushing Regatta oe Rigby vs. Sharps Rifle Match......... ON eA 430 146, 167, 183 | Flax Cultivation in the West. . Halifax Harbor Ohampionship-,....... 98 Schoverling & Daly Gold Badge...........+.- 465 | Rhode Island.........0...c.0sceceveue ...8, 63 | Florida Colonization...... eats aH che, ED Hudson River ¥ C BN By Scotland, Letter from..... Cee ttcdateaies Pie ceewad|) SVEIGTOn ts. n ces re a eraioe bores ite tan Set 8, 107 Floriculture as a Science.................0s 307| Indian River..,... whe Scotch Protest......+-- Peel eat AGG) Vineitid Sint te, eel ee ere 68, 167 | Forest in Central America...... potest cee .. 65| Dong Branch. ......5 0... de eee eee eee HO Og -3 oggeneepaG cube sider ce Mig WV ABCOUBEN chines ae ca mantras gee 8, 27, 55, 68, 6g | Forest Preservation. ...../...00.s0eseee scene 347| Maine Regatta. . tetereeceee presse tesa ee vee TD Wranele.......-2-s 50-6 Peer as aa 92, | Clergymen's Fish Stories.. ,.......... ss:-s ¢g | Fruit, Hating...... ete hea ts ee Te Cee s7| ManhattanYC....... Cee ae ret ea 109 Scotsmen, A Reply tothos nn Py ces eet es 115 | Codfishing Near New York..............0... $99 | Bungus, A Huge... si... essa ees paonene 203| Martha’s Vineyard....... Pt se io 4 ven 94 Belph Declines, ........seeeceeeeeeee toners 33 | Connecticut, Sport in Hastern...... pret, 67 | Germinative Fores of Seed,...... ee ees 125| Nahasset ¥ C...........:..... >a Bb or Soc 28 Shall We Have More Rifle Ranges........... 954 | Coral Fishing..,........ ED arin “189 | Great Lakes, Origin of..........0...e000-0ee ST | | ING WAnKEBAy heise aev tne wetumrewss .75, 154 Sharps Hammorless Riflo...........0+2ee2s0- B88 | DIpsey ounce ces aaalicy eels Meahied, “Ny cert g | Grindelia Robusta for Ivy. Poison........05., £2 Nowburg Bay Regatta. ..ccccssssee. sees. 15 Sharpshooters’ Union...... 872 | Wels in Mill Wheelg......,...c... ........, 19g | Hardness of Woods.,..-......0...02+..0 00s NOWDOLE RIOD Taylan vere 15, 28, 48, 75, ae Tall Shooting. ......se.++0+0- Fish in Market and the Fishite Fleet. ..8, 26, House Dinnta, fess since ss ental New Mochelle INS ices rec ose the sth Binds Team Pictures........+.- APE ee Pe 55, 64, 87, 106, 126, 155, 167, 188, 228, Hyacinths, Hints on........,..-. ING Wo VOTKERVS Uist Nile snianed ous ceailee tare 15, 38 Two Identical Scores........seeeeseeeeeceres 249,268, 289, 308, 831, 356, 373, 392, | Hyacinths in Mississippi Pavovia Y ©... os... sees ee eee es wehaedst anak ; Upset of Bullots........-0e2eeeseeeeeees a 399, 414, 434, '453, 481, 491 Selection................ Py Rs 207 | Port Haron ¥ ©........s..00s aS Tf Where We Differ from Col. Peel. secevseesee.873| Fishing Extraordinary........,.. Bw tbat 97 |Ice Machine...... SSAA EY te ges At i on 95 | Portland, Me., oe oa Wimbledon Team of 1878......1 .s..eeseeees 158 Teale Tora: «5 oes ete Pee 55 | Immortelles.... 0... ..0. sce resets sees ee esas Gb QkineyY 05, Meena ttn annem » 48, 210 Winchester Repeating Rifle Trial. ..... 2 955 | Fish Hooks, Manufacture of..... ras ae 373 | Improvement of Land by Sheep Culture.....227) thyme for Yachtemen.....esessses0. Sgoune Winchester Rifle, Model of 1876............. 975 | Fresh Water Codlings..... ......cseecesces 435 | India Rubber Producing Plants.............. 208| Rochester Y C...........2...22005, restos "15 Worse than Moribund on Rifle Matters....... Sob (Game sMshin ts ces cascode cecemenne wert 14g | Ivy from Stratford..... see eect eect e seer eeey 106 | Sail for Cat Boit.s step p Otani 357 Watching Bullets...,.....-esseeeeeeeees 158, 194 |"Gloucester Fishing Ploet ................... 414 | Lvy Poison,........... Saati aret ats Gut st, AUSTISHITE IY Ol. a aaaueeneerra gn arene 317 MatcHes : " Grayling Fishing in the Sauble............... 88 Jerusalem Artichoke............. Spateeritiens ote 45 Shrewsbury Y C...... ........ Anewslepeance 154 American-Canadian.......cccereeeeeees 93, 113 | Great Western Piscatorial Club.............. 481 | Land of Wonders.........22c eee eseeences ens 45 | Sophia Emma vs. Coquette...,......,.... 129 Baltimore.........--e200+ Normer st 33, 72, 92 | Halibut, A. Monster......... Oe ws hy. 145)) PayettingsShrabss 2. ea wet aneiaens « Titusville, Fla., Regatta...... nelewniates . 154 v8, Washington. ...-s.eseeeeee eee 936 | Herring Fishery.................0..0.00.., 399 | Leaf of Life.......... sen aun tee WNGHtGNE Cnt fettis, fees soe a 169 isto st skh ce saute teh gece baeseh team nes 441 How An Old * Salar’? Got Salted. 00002200. 491 | Life Plant....... . Yachting in Blue Waters........... < steens 376 Marksemen’s Badge.......6..+seseee scenes How the Cossacke Catch Sturgeon........,.. 399 | Luting for Trees....-....., Whitestone, L. L, Regattta............. +. 48 California... .... wea cbBe 335, 441, 459, 479, 197 Ice Fishing, Gurley Lake............... or: 45 | Meat, ‘To Keep Fresh....., PRE RH: ABA EPS es 7| Boarixe: Ee eeele ies sear iA aE ay .195 | Jordan, Fishing in the...................005- 55 Mexican Useful Plants..........-.002scs0. 65| Amateur Oarsmen Regatta...,,.... +. 210, 238 Victory..... art eee be 153 | Labrador Fisheries.........---.........00.. 106 | Mushrooms................ 247, 267, 285, 348, 367 | Analoston Boat Club..............- ieaseee 210 ve. Mass......--. .- (ones a see § 5a) MGHROU TIGER SRE Leh ccali/s ses atelettn ede patente 67 | National Trotting Association................ 367; Atgonauta vs. Neptune.......-.....++. +++ 168 THARICATON,, oar eiean Sobral wsctaaeltcnse 858 | McBride’s Flies.........0..2 sceeease .......399 | New York Horticultural Society..... 165, 348, 367| Canoe Notes. .......sseeeeesseeeerenceenes 109 Chicago Mid-Range Match. ..1......+00-+.. 227 | Mackerel Fishery.......... SARA bce ee e859) | ODUM Tae eta ene nc esterele singer aieeeloi g5| Columbia in Hogland..........ssssss.sss0s #21 GUMOTATALL yi cnet eee ee de) ECU ee "286, 490 | Monster Turtle............ eet bord. 55, 106 | Orchids as Florist’s Riu work cheek OLN are 967| Cornell's Regatta...................22200. 210 Conlin’s.., 237, 274, 286, $15, 385, 868, 872, 888 | Parmachene Lake.........., mee are. 55 | Ornamental Trees....,..... ge oot ele daze g 145 | Courtney Challenges America......+....-. 422 Connecticut. ..52, 90, 113, 153, 172, 173, 194, Suit Nota eee 0 Lone Ore Ale eee 373 | Pigeon Show at Aquarium.............. 431, 499| Davis vs. Ton Eyke..-......60:seeeereae 210 214, 315, 354, 388, 441, 459 | Proaching and Its Effects...........- 4.0.00 97 | Pines, Germination of...... PR res: ways 99g | Detroit Regatta. .... 1... 0+ .-sseeeeeee eens 48 Creedmoor.....42, 52, 72, 91, 112, 191, 152, Queer Capture of Pike....,, Hess ae Biase 55 | Plant Manure...........essesees sorsivels Bis 4h 471| Drawback to a Portable Canoe............. 169 172, 214, 237, 274, 296, 315, 834, 853, Rats, Fishing for....... .........0 BA 7 10¢ | Plants in Sleeping Rooms................-.. 393| Hlizabethport Regatta......--.s..6. sees 169 _ » . 872,496 | Red Fish of Idaho.......-....sscescteeecees 4g] | Poison Ivy Cure..........-s epee eeee reece ees 45| Empire Navy... 2-20. + ssssee ese ee need ee ee 129 Dearborn Meeting.........- foe ene 153, 193 | Relics of Ancient Sport............ceeceeeeus 389 | Poison Sumachs.......... ule bsieiele RAL ores 908 | Bureka BO. .........seceee cep seceeeecees 169 TDR eAhy tie cence eanige sehr tated elds:| Rio Grande Urontis esl) Gases sce aes 67 | Prairies Treoless....- sess eeseessessseeeee 145| Fast Time Through a Plume............... 2 Elcho Shield Match...........05- Cehar owe 2 Siimon Canhingert Leeda ces eee nee 9g | Pressed Leaves for Winter....... whites sy nie 7| Plushing Rogatta............ stesseees 163, 169 tries Vertue wepereseaielies sate cy seeteae + Salmon Fishing on the Rhine................ 167 | Queens Co. Pair..........25..2............. 1g6| Gramercy BC... 1.2... cc ee erect ee eee 129 Glen Drake........se.eeeses. 194, 255, 287, re Seal Catch for 1877 Rain rea. ea... a. Meena rer assy eecl hee 7| Gramercy ys. Friendly..................... 168 Helvetia vs, Zettler......... 194, 255 | Seal Fishing...................... Roman Hyacinth............ tant ees erecuee 347 | Hosmer vs, Driscoll..,.......+......+++ 2+ +128 ACA RaT Hi = elton higeia. c+ te nena sarod ae 3|Shad Fishing........ .... g| Boom, To Coola............. Sddhi cans reeeio 45| Hanlon ys.Ross..... fr tar esses ete nee ees 210 Trish-American and Greenwich Club Match. Sliadiin thie Prdson....... ccs, sds pinnes cen 399 | Roots, Keeping... ....+....seecec eset ner eens 995| Harvard and Yale.................e00 9s -. 357 52, 93 | Shad Question..........0.0. scssleeeseees ROSS ATROIO MISE Ns Fie oP yen ee One 95| Harvard Regattay.......... 2.e.tsse. wee 357 Maral aa hee cadd-c ive noes Sek eee snes 62| Shark, Hanl.......... eee: ean aes. 88 | Bose Slips........ sss. ve se seca eee eeeeterene 6| Hartford R C..........-.. bee stern eee eee 168 Massachusetts....38, 52, 12,92; 98, 118,195, | Shark'a Liver... ....-....-+2ssceeeecse eee ees 106 | Rough Notes from the Northeast............ 6| Lakeman BO... sess esse sees essen es 158, 154, 194, 214, 284, 236, 254,295, 884, _| Sheepshead Fishing....... (rte ria Saal ac oe 27 | Sheep Oulture..........0seee seers eee 208, 347| Long Branch Rowing Assoc '315, 353, 388, 372, 419, "459, 479 | Siberian Tish.......2...-cescccsseseceuceues 453 | Sheep Raising in New Mexico................ 433| Louisiana Am IRA ........04--..5 «ss Wational Rifle Club........+.leecceesecuees Gress) CUTE W OTEUeG Ub ares eee ee 434 | Simple Ornament. ......-..s..5..+222+45-- 453| Lowell.....,....- eee New Jersey.....83, 52, 72, 98, 178, 955, 388, | Split’Bamboo Rods for Eugland............. 491 | Skeleton Leaves... .......20...+.4 i as SACO ig¢| Lmnther vs. Morris..:... : "419, 459, 479, 496 | That Shark’s Oil.........2.0ecsseecereeseeee 14g | Soot as a Fertilizer.......-.0..-4..00, CIES G) Metropolitan A. BoA. cee, 28, 48, 94 Hew Orleans....255, 274, 286, 388, 819, 479, 496 | Thames Anglers, Trouble Among............ 9g | South Carolina Cucumbers........0...s. 004. 327| Mississippi Valley Oarsmeon,............... 238 New York....92, 93, 113, 173, 194, 214, 936, Trout Fishing at Tim Pond, Me............- 435 | Squirrels as Gardeners.............+-2.+.00. 195| Motto fora Birch Canoe.........6-..ereres 28 255, 986, 315, es 353, 388, 405, 446, "496 Trouting Among the New Hampshire Hills. ..19¢ | Sting Remedics..., 00.20.0000 sees epee ee 95,125| Nassau Boat Ghibc send au slacks be Stefiege, pee 189 Oswego-Bolloville......22+eceeecbeouseees 32 | Worms for Bait..............-. Soest nuloaas hae ‘BiB Strawberries, Origin of the Various Classes. . Nereid Boat Club, 2... .2s.vesesses. vee e A8D South cae Paani ee re Be oe come u ——_—_e—____ es ee Rete a : 413, 430 a ee a SM Abhay NAH, te ae Vir inia. Cee a AAL Symphitum cinale Varieratum........... 909 New HOW ASSOCIELON. cece cee eee eevee Lae Mt an ee ee Se re WOO D LAND, FARM AND Tea Leaves for Cleaning Heke oP aki OIA 125 Nonpareil Regatta a ee i oe.) wie 4S Zottler’s. 30, 73, 237, 255, 815, 316, 34, 388, 419 GARDEN. Topaced in dndia 00 001,313 4. Sree eaeaeee 65| Oneida Boat Club............+. teseeees + 238 2 eet - mapas eae Sie ed Sauls Soh MAR On en 398 eee R os se saeedeeenees heey ctevseueee aes i t seeancseesaces tnrentnere esses o+-.- 40 | Trambplanting....,,...0.2+.eseeseenseeeeeee 227 SWOZO LUACG. ss. sen eseres - SEA AND RIVER FISHING. | amorican Pomological Society.............0. Gel spraryelavtane oyesEutaenat eae eae 95 | Owaseo Lake Regatta...... Adventure With a Salmon..... ish Fehosetanie .. 414) Aquarium Coment.........205 see eeeeeeee G2 'Trees,-A rook esis Hamtiinme us ls.tcnee jG) Palisade BoG wie. pce eee eect iae oe Ailanthus Worms for Gut Lengths eG better sferes 48] | Arctic Woodlands.............. es atalsfotd te since Be RE TE Sb bd Coat eee aT 45 Princeton Regatta, oe tear io Ly pelcley Alligator in Detroit River.....-csssesesereces 88 | Artillery Plant for Windows....... Broad » 45 | Wax Flowers. +c... scs2 0s seerss ees pire digecd 307| Resolute BO... cece esse eens , Angler's Gatechism......+..+ Seated ....146 | Asparagus in Old Times..... Se ie Nome 25 | Weather Signs.......ss:sssesccseeecee.s...-285| Riverside RO,...s2.-.... ee Aes ee 129 Baits for Bass..... Sameeee ate x vshavs g soabateya we chore volt 491 | Autumn Grocuses and Colchiums.,.......... 923 | Weather Wisdom.............-. ee eed: 186| Saratoga Single Sculls. ........s..ssseesees 75 Bass Fishing.......ceeerses Pc tes|s 6 atletnye RAST ASD) CATATON SUIGUR LAOS 5 J alanc dn ssl neincr ee eles cite + aol el VGEUR MINE ew ufetas cscnree cE beret sei ieee 125| Season of 1878 Be ee, Re Jee was 422 Gonditions for.......+.+..: 373, 485 | Autumn Leaves and Ferng............... Fo ba 5) MAAS )o) ord SVT CD) 2 ee, Te ee 5 Sebago Lake Regatta..... 2.9. veeeeeyeues 48 In Lake Brid.....-s-.sese eens 67 | Barometer Rises, Why?......... a seatbe statai ale 5 | Hauer ta hinted ct ctsrs cea ence Im ettose sakes ioeetiee so acces Seven Hundred Miles ina Wherry......... 154 Black Bass Fishing in Jan......,.+..-+ erase 453 | Begonia Weltoniemsis.......-+.-+.2 seer sens 45 | White Ash of New England.,... d Shawmut Rowing Club,........ b nehe ed « +210 Brier NOTES: Brungvigia. .-.s.ssyeseecseeves ritlecatat es . 847 | Wild Rice and Celery..... i ota ees pene Six Hundred Miles in a Canoe....,...+.... 307 California.......- eS pr eer 97,106 | Budding Fruit Trees.... .....+secsee---- ss «« 25:| Wildwood Poisons s........¢lseceecsscs see Thames, Eng., Champion.,....... dial oi a 15 (CHEETA dame yore tts, ak ee raged oR Pe eee ots, ele ath thir oniptaar 45 post nian toe oe pees Pets i 129 Connecticut........--- 8, iD, 68, 4 alamagrostis Arenarea........c.scecereeoe> 267 : OLE MOS tis aang eer adie tak celaripeieate ata Delaware....... OP AE eared) eres ID 106 | Charms of Natural Scenery..........4+.2+005 ¢| YACHTING AND BOATING. Upper Hudson River Association.. Plorida. 2.2.1 ..+%+ bacaentean 68, 4i4, 434, 481 | Chickens, Food for........-. teed ernst +... 186 | YACHTING : Vespers. Sebel! on teta mks a sigr meer ates ; 167 | China Asters,......-...sesesceesenees Ses tect 86] Alert Y Ad gs Ns staat rut pedi ttey scHbeinbtd 15a ov iking Boat Club.. ea eS sie aT esis nete tates nreeave B07 Colorado Beetle in Kurope........-...++04-5- 186} Americus Regatta Sa a at Fie yates Gift) Wancinian ost. foc neeeede as selene Rrrriry , 210 Corn Protected from Rats.,.. ......... en 471) Atlantic Y C....... use kts Pete alee 168, 169 Voyage of the Paper Cano6........1.....5- 74 Crassula Coccinea..... Sy ee orp ete are Zo SBOE ys ve Ges oy oe oen nt taney sis eeleare ciara 28. 48, 75| Wesleyan Regatta.........¢ceeeeer eee eeees 210 seageey ---.-106, 167, i91 | Gneumbers i in Russia......csssceseeceeseeee 251 Boat for Florida........ ..,-+0see0+4+304, 4921 Vale College Regatta... .....sseee veeeeere2dO What This Index Represents. we +S. 3 ——_ —-——_—_ Attention is called to the foregoing Index, which affords , perhaps, the best possible eswm:? of the field covered, by the Forest aNp Srzgam anpD Rop AND Gon. The most cursory ion of the topics discussed in the several departments will show the aim and scope of the Journal. Under the first division—Answers to Correspondents—for instance, there are of which more than one hundred relate to the Kennel, nearly one hundred and fifty to the Gun or Rifie, and the remaining three hundred to Fishing, Each of the divisions of the examinati jndexed five hundred and sixty replies, Fish Culture, Game Protection, Natural History, Recipes and the wide range of subjects, concerning which our readers are constantly seeking information. Index represents an equal range and variety of readable and invaluable matter falling within that department. The total number of such indexed subjects approaches three thousand. This represents the work of the paper for six months, or a total of nearly six thousand for each year. The Forust AND SrrzamM AND Rop aNnD Gun is a twenty-four page weekly Journal, published by the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 111 Fulton st., New York. Terms, $4 per year, Send for a sample copy. E Ter wme,Four Dollars n ‘purnil Ten Cents a Copy. AMERI — — OR SS SP CAN NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1877. | oem nadie ee Volume 9.—Noa, 1. No, 111 Fulton St., N. W. (Translated from the Portuguese for Forest and Stream.) THE GRY OF A LOST SOUL.* WN that black forest, where, when day is done, With a serpent’s stillness glides the Amazon, Darkly from sunset to te rising sun, A cry, as of the pained heart of the wood, T he long, despairing moan of solitude ; And darkness and the absence of all good Startles the traveler with a sound so drear, So full of hopeless agony and fear His heart stands still and listens, with his ear, The guide, as if he heard a dead-bell toll, Starts, drops his oar against the gunwale’s thole, Crosses himself, and whispers ‘‘ A lost soul !— “No, Senor, not a bird. Iknow it well— It is the pained son] of some infidel, ‘Or cursed heretic that cries from hell. Poor fool! with hope still mocking his despair, He wanders shrieking on the midnight air, For human pity and for Christian prayer. “Saints strike him dumb! Our Holy Mother hath No prayer for him who, sinning unto death, Burns always in the furnace of God’s wrath * Thus to the baptized Pagan’s cruel lie, Lending new horror to that mournful ery, The voyager listens, making no reply. Dim burns the boat lamp, shadows deeper round From giant trees with snake-like creepers wound, And the black water glides without a sound, But in the trayeler’s heart a secret sense Of nature, plastic to benign intents, And an eternal good in Providence, Lifts to the starry calm of heayen his eyes, And lo ! rebuking all earth’s om’nous cries, The Cross of pardon lignts the tropic skies! : * Father of all,” he urges his strong plea, “Thou lovest all; thy erring child may be Lost to himself, but never lost to Thee! “‘Allsouls are Thine; the wings of the morning bear None from that Presence, which is eyerywhere ; Nor hell itself can hide, for Thou art there; Through sins of sense, perversities of will, Through doubt and pain, through guilt and shame and ill, Thy pitying eye is on Thy creature still. Wilt Thou not make, Eternal Source and Goal! In Thy long years, life’s broken circle whole, And change to praise the cry of a lost soul?” +o For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun, A Grouse Hunt in Sweden, tersund, the capital of the Province of Nordland, in the iterior of the north of Sweden. The little place is most beau- ‘tifully situated on the shore of *‘Storsjon” (Grand Lake), one of the larger inland lakes of the country. Dotted all over with Pirch-covered islets, it is surrounded on three sides by high hountains; to the north the ‘‘ Offerdals,” to the south the *“Orviks,” while to the west the ‘‘ Areskutan’”’ raises its snow-clad head some 8,000 feet above tidewater. Expecting some good shooting during the week or more we were obliged to stay in the place (for it was in the latter part of August), we had brought with us our John Manton and our Russian setter, Finn, ‘‘a tried friend on many a bloody ficld.” And just here let us say a few words 7 memoriam of the best dog it ever was our good fortune to possess. When yet a pup he was presented to.us by a friend in Finland ; hence his name. As full gro as of medium size, Strongly built, broad chest, rather long body, and short legs; head large, ears thin, but not very long; eyes large, full of in- itelligence ; color white, with large spots of light brown ; hair Jong and coarse, even on the head, and somewhat inclined to ®urling. On the whole a very homely beast. He was ex- tremely intelligent, and easily trained; faithful and good- Batured, The first day we took him out in the field he be- [* This poem was written by His Imperial Majesty Dom Pedro IL., Bm- peror of Brazil. The cry of the Campanero, a Brazilian bell-bird, re- ‘Sembles the slow tolling of a church bell, You hear his toll, and then 4 pause for a minute, then another toll, and then a pause again, and then atoll, and again a pause. Then he is silent for six or eight min- ‘ites, and then another toll, and so on, Actaeon would stop in mid- chase, Maria would defer her eyening song, and Orpheus himself Would drop his lute to listen to him, so Sweet, 80 Novel and romantic is BY! € toll of the pretty snow-white Campanero. To the Buperstitious Half—breed the note is one of horror, for he believes it to be the cry of ‘Soul condemned to the torments that the Chureh prescribes for the datined,—EHp,] ‘ ANY years ago we had occasion to visit the town of Os-’ haved like an old dog. I think I can safely say he never in- tentionally flushed a bird unless ordered to do so. He was a first-class retriever on land or in water; never much ofa ranger. The greatest ranger in the world could not beat him to find game. His power of scent was marvelous and his en- durance incredible. Finally, he was a first-class ‘‘reporter;” which term, as applied to a dog, may not be understood in this country, but is not unusual in Sweden, where a great deal of woodcock, black game and partridge shooting is done in very close covert. The term signifies that the dog, having found the game, but not seeing his master, barks out from the point, hunts up his master, ‘‘reports” by wagging his tail or some other doggish expression, and leads him directly back to the game. After we had hunted Finn for a season, we taught him this simply by hiding ourselves when he came on a point, and let him stand. Probably he remained on the point for an hour or more, and then he got tired of it, and as it was not in him to fiush the bird, he retreated quietly and found us. We led him then at once to the game and shot it. Repeating this a few times he took it as a matter of course, and would after- ward never remain for five minutes on the stand unless he saw us in the neighborhood. We hunted with this most excel- lent animal for ten seasons. After this digression we will con- tinue our narrative. At the hotel where we were staying, arrived the same day from Norway a young English baronet, whom we will call Sir Francis S., on his way to Stockholm. We had met Sir Francis before—as true a gentleman and as accomplished a sportsman as you would wish to meet. Seeing us provided with dog and gun, and himself also having a fowling-piece with him, Sir Francis proposed to join us the following day ina tramp in the mountains. Agreed. Our landlord fur- nished us with a sailboat and guide, and we set out next morning ; but as hardly a breath of air ruffled the placid waters, we did not reach our objective point at the foot of the mountains until evening, very tired indeed from constant pull- ing nearly the whole time. At a small farm-house, near the lake shore, we spent the night, and here we hired another man and a pony to carry our provisions, blankets, etc., and also our expected large bag of grouse. At 4 o'clock the next morning it was broad daylight, and we started. Following a cattle path through a dense forest of spruce and pine, on a rather steep ascent, we proceeded for five or six miles and emerged on an upland moor, where our guide, himself a hunter, told us we would find orr-fogel (black- game), And so we did; for within a quarter of an hour Finn came to a stand. Up went a dozen or more nearly full grown birds, and down went four of their number. We followed the direction the birds had taken, found them again somewhat scattered, picked up one after another, found two or three old cock-birds, and in about two hours had bagged nine brace. We were now on the bank of a beautiful little mountain lake, where we sat down to rest, refreshing ourselves with some ex- cellent ‘‘Otard” Sir Francis brought with him all the way from London, took a smoke, and then resumed our upward tramp through another belt of timber, stunted and gnarled, the path more rocky and steep at every step. Finally, after along and tedious march, we came out on an open, gently sloping terrace or table land. Naked granite ledges predomi- nated, but in the declivities where soil had gathered was fine grass land, interspersed with patches of heather, dwarf birch (Betula nana), and several varieties of wild berry shrubbery. To the east and west this plateau extended for several miles, but to the north, within a distance of a mile, the very tops of the Offerdals mountains rose in precipitous cliffs to the height of more than 1,000 feet. Pasturing on the grass-land were quite a number of cattle, mostly milch cows, for this was the satra (summer pasture) of our landlord of the previous night, whose son Eric was our man with the pony, In a sheltered nook on the bank of a little mountain stream stood a comfort- able loghouse, with stables and a cattle pen. Summer pas- tures of this kind, often miles away from the homestead, be- long to nearly every farm in Northern Scandinavia, where the cattle are sentearly in spring and kept all through the summer and fall, invariably guarded by women, the farmers’ daughters or hired girls, who milk the cows and make butter and cheese. The satra now before us was presided over by Hric’s two sisters, a couple of handsome girls, with clean cut features, fine figures, rosy cheeks, dark blue eyes, and a ‘‘ profusion of golden curls.” Haying heard nothing from home for some time, they were yery glad to s2e their brother, and our whole party shared in the welcome. Tired and hungry, haying had nothing to eat and very little rest since early in the morning, we lost no time to spread our stores, to which our amiable en- | tertainers added the freshest of butter, the sweetest of milk and the richest of cream fo our coffee, with bread of oatmeal, very brittle and thin as paper. After a most hearty meal we lit our pipes, and lying down to rest outside the house, were s00n wrapped in the arms of Morpheus. We were the first to wake up, rather late in the afternoon, and missing our dog, we rose to our feet and looked around. Some 200 yards or more off we observed Master Finn, head erect and tall extend- ed, marching ahead as gravely and slowly as an alderman ina Fourth of July procession. Apparently he was on some trail, and we let him have his own way, expecting every moment to see him come toa point. But no! On he went until he was nearly out of sound of my whistle, when 1 called him back. Rousing the whole party, we took our guns and ammunition and started for the place. The dog soon resumed the trail, following it quite a distance without any result. If was plain that the birds were running, and probably ptarmigans, for the girls had told us they had seen plenty of them every day. We were just deliberating what fo do when Eric pointed to naked ledge some hundred yards ahead, where a whole covey of birds were standing in full view. A moment later they took flight and sailed away a short distance, lighting ina thicket of dwarf birch. Neither of us had seen fhese birds before in their native wilds, and we were very anxious to have a shot at them—in fact that was our principal object in climb- ing that rough mountain side up tothe satra. We sent our friend on a circuitous route to the other side of the copse and then went for them ourselyes with the dog, leaving the guides behind, and taking care to make as little noise as possible. We succeeded in reaching the edge of the thicket without dis- turbing the birds. Here Finn came to a dead point, and with our gun ready for action, we entered the coppice with rapid Strides. Apparently we took them unawares, for up they went helter-skelter, on all sides around us, scattering in every direction. ‘Three or four flew directly over the head of my companion, and he made a fine double shot. We also brought down the same number, and as they had lighted all around us, within 200 yards, we lost no time to follow themup. At first they lay pretty well, and we got two more brace within the next half hour; but after that they commenced again running and we heard their whistling on all sides. The dog would take the trail, but could not get up to the bird, who was run- ning ahead faster than Finn, always 100 yards orJmore ahead. At last we got tired of this; it was rather late, and we started for the house and our supper. On the way,back, in a deep ravine, we Came unexpectedly on another covey of ptarmigans, of which on the first rise webrought down three, and that was the last we got of them, for they sailed far away out of sight. In the meantime our kind hostesses had not been idle, and we found spread on the table a meal that might even tempt an epicure. ‘There was a large dish of the “speckled beauties,” as the piscatorial correspondents of Formst {ann Srream like to call them, for the brook was just full of them, and the girls knew how to catch “‘ oring,” as is the name in that part of the world; then some of the black game we had killed in the morning, baked with salt pork, offered a‘imost tempting dish; then fresh butter, milk, bread and coffee. This was all, as far as we remember, and we did ample justice to the repast. Again we stretched ourselves down on the ground for a quiet smoke and to enjoy the view, which}was magnificent. To the east a large part of the Pruvince of Nordland wag spread out, a beautiful panorama of woodland/and water, in- terspersed with cultivated fields. To thejsouth—it‘seemed at our feet—expanded the glorious Grand Lake, a mirror in a framework of rugged mountains, and far away to the west Aviskutan raised its snowy head in solemn grandeur, It was now bed time—past 10 o’clock.:.gThej sun had just set, but its parting rays spread yet a flood of light on the sum- mits of the western mountains. “he hall was cleared—the stranger’s bed Was there of mountain heather spread.” And on such a bed we slept very comfortably*indeed through the short summer night. Rested and greatly refreshed by a good ablution in the cool water of the brook, and afler an ample breakfast, we prepared to leave early/next morning. And herecomes in the least bit of romance, 4 We were much pleased with the eritertainment, and felt yery grateful to the ! time when, im one excursion, L girls, who had had a great deal of trouble for our sake. My friend spoke about pay, but I explained to him that an offer of that kind would never do. apparently they considered us as guests. We had come there with their brother, and it was plain that the old folks at home had given insftuctions to treat us hospitably at the setra, They were people in good cir- cumstances. But our English friend, with plenty of guineas in his pocket and elsewhere, on saying good-bye, pressed in the band of each girl a gold coin with the image of “ Her Most Gracious Majesty,” which we explained (our friend not being versed in the Norse tongue) that they (the girls) must hold as keepsakes in remembrance of our visit. Bloshing and courtesying, they grasped the hatids of the dwnor for kissing —a mark of respect among the peasantry of that country to men of great estate, But my friend would not.understund it in that way. He was equal to the emergency, and with be- Ppaeee decorum imprinted a kiss on each pair of those rosy ips. . © Honi soit qui mal y pense.” Our return was taken by a much longer but Jess precipitous route, the same path in fact by which the cattle make their yearly journeys to and from the satr@ For seyeral hours nothing of interest occurred. We hurried on, wishing to reach Grand Lake and return to Ostersund as quickly as pos- sible. Finn was at my heels most of the time. But toward noon, in a thicket of young pines close to the path, he suddenly came toa point, Of course we were ready, and out of the thicket darted half a dozen or more small birds, not much larger than pigeons, We got one each. This was a covey of Hijerpar (Vetr. bonase), the small woodgrouse, ‘I'hey settled ina cluster of large spruce trees, not far away, Reloading, we went there without delay. We had seen plainly where they lighted, but look as we may we could nov discover them among the thick branches. At last Eric got his eyes on one and tried to point him outtous. But no; we could not see him, and we gaye our gun to the young man, telling him to shoot the bird, which he did. We then, with our friend, lay down to rest. Welet Eric keep our piece, with permission to shoot any birds he could discover in those big spruces, And, right enough, he soon shot two more. We moved now only a short distance to a fine spring, the location of which was well known to our guides, and here we spread our luncheon, refreshing and resting ourselves for a coliple of ours, Then on again toward Grand Lake, which Was yet some ten miles away. After proceeding some dis- tance our path Jed us along the shore of a long but narrow lake, Our guides had before this told us that in this vicinity, if anywhere, we might find the “ cock of the woods, the great Capereailzie,” (Letrao urogalius), whose acquaintance Sir Francis was yery anxious to make, this being, in fact, the principal object for his joining us om this excursion, In an- ticipation of such an eyent we had loaded our pieces with much coarser shot and heavier charges of powder. We had passed for the lash hour or more through an open pine forest of heavy timber, with a low wdergrowth of heather, upland eranberry and blueberry vines; but although Finn had been industriously at work he had not found anything. We came now fo an opening in the forest, a kind of low meadow or Marsh, running up from the lake some distance into the tim- ber. In this opening were scattered here and there small blueberry patches, the shrubbery two or three feet high. At one of these patches, on the very bank of the lake, our dog made same; advanced, creeping a few steps, and then threw himself flat down, as was his habits when under the influence of a strong scent. We did not doubt for a moment, nor did our men, that here we had found what we were in search of. On our suggestion we intended to advance from the lake side into the copse, in order to drive the birds toward the timber; but before this manceuver could be executed, up rose, all of a sudden and with a tremendous noise, some eight or ten birds, within twenty feet from where we stood. ‘truth com- pels us to say that at this, the best opportunity we had during the whole trip, we got only two birds. They got up before we were quite ready for them, and Eric with his pony and the other nan were between us and the game when rising Goth of us missed with the first barrel, but, withthe second we cut down a bird cach, some thirty yards off, both falling in the lake, which all the remainder crossed, and were thus lost to us, for there was no boat, and it would take several hours to get around the water, which our time did not allow. Those ‘we got were young, three-fourths grown birds, weighing prob- ably eight to ten pounds each. Our enthusiasm was sreatly softened down by the certainty that all the balance of this magnificent family had escaped us; but hoping to find some more of their relatives in the vicinity, we made Finn for more than an hour carefully examine every one of those blueberry patches. But nothing was found until we came to a small stream, which, on the other side, separated the meadow from the timber. Here Finn again, in his usual style, commenced marching up the left bank of the water course, toward a thicket of some kind of shrubbery. It was plain he was mak- ing game, and we followed close on his heels. We had not to walt lony, for before the dog came to a stand, up rose a bid as large as a turkey-gobbler, which Sir Francis brought down handsomely at a distance of some forty yards. It was an old * coelk of the woods” in full plumage, his green neck shining with a beautiful lustre. As we afterwards ascer- tained, he weighed fully fifteen pounds. Under ordinary cir- cumstances my friend was by no means an enthusiastic or de- monstrative man; his motto seemed rather to be, Wil admi— wari! But to say that he was delighted would only feebly express his feelings on this occasion. He did not exactly “Jump out of his boots,” but Ins countenance was illumined with exceeding joy as he took hold of his big bird and ex- claimed: * Hints coronat opus,” and added, ‘‘1 would giye a ten-pound note to have that bird stuffed.” This was our last shot. Without further interruption we arrived at the darm-house in the evening, got some'supper, thanked and said farewell! to the old people, puid Eric liberally for himself and pony, sent our ‘best love” to the girls, and with a favorable wind set sail for Ostersund, where we arrived in the ‘wee small hours’ of the morning, very much pleased with our excursion, Our game bag contained three’ capercailzies, eighteen black game, eleven ptarmigans, five woodgrouse. Latex in the day—being in those times quite a taxidermist— we skinned the great bird, got the apothecary to make us an ointment with pulverized arsenic, with which we rubbed the inside of tlie skin, made a temporary body. and neck of cotton, ut it all in a strong wooden box, and delivered it toour Eng- sh friend with our compliments. In Stockholm, where Sir Francis arrived some days later, the bird was put in the hands of a skillful professional bird stuffer, who finished it in fine style, and that bird now adorns the library in my friend’s an- eesira noall in old England. This excursion is fresh in my memory for three reasons: dat, [tis the only time I ever shot ptarmigans; 2d, The only 4 =] Pa" ied all four y Swedish grouse; and last, but not least, on account English friend and his big caperenilaie, For Horest and Stream and Rod and Grn, TO NATCHEZ BY, RAIL AND RIVER. * The heads of many people were bobbing as in sleep, And many babies lifted their yoices up to weep.” —Song of the Rail. Ch newly risen sun was shining brightly on a loyely May morning, as I stepped aboard a train on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. The train was westward bound, and, a8 I took my seat, the man wilh a silyer dog collar on his hat “yanked” the bell-rope, the whistle sounded, and the iron horse, breathing steam and coal smoke from his fiery *‘in'ards,” moved slowly out, dragging his rambling load be- hind him oyer the trestle, ont past Fort Robinett, where the gallant Gol. Rodgers lies buried just where he fell—‘‘in the imminent (leadly breach”—storming the enemy’s works. Then, as our Pegasus warms up to lis work, on past the lake where we have our winter duck shooting, past Big Hill, whrre we so to hunt the bearded sobblers, and after two hours’ steady running he pulls up hot and panting at Grand Junction. Here we change cars for Jackson, Miss., taking the Mississippi Central Railroad. In good cars, and on a smooth track, we bowl along at a pretty fair lick past Michigan City, on past Holly Springs, a pretty and thriving town; both places the scenes of cayalry fights during the late unpleasant- Tess. At two o'clock we reach Oxford, a handsome place, although you do not get a view of it from the train, The State University is located here, and within its halls some of our most distinguished southerners. haye been educated. Leaying Oxford we rush on by several minor places; go right through Water Valley, quite a busy place and appropri- ately named; pass Duck Hill, which is in a valley and not a duck in sight, and on to Grenada, where the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad comesin. As the shades of evening come down we arrive at Durant, where, haying washed the dust of trayel from our countenances, we worry down a most fear- fully execrable glass of beer, and after it, as some amends, a splendid, old-fashioned, ante—bellum, country hotel dinner. At ten o'clock we arrive at Jackson, and after haying vainly spread our limbs and couched our heads, after the style of Lord Marmion, we are knocked up by boots, with the cry, “Train for Vicksburg.” Boarding this we are rushed into the “ City of Hills” as the sun rises. Here we are assailed by a swarm of savage, bloodthirsty, impecunious hackmen, porters, hotel bummers, gamins, news- boys and small niggers. They were absolutely frantic to get at us, and we only escaped being dismembered and carried off piece-meal through the interyention of a policeman, who came gallantly to our reacue, and, with his club, beat back the horde of howling savages. After haying at the hetel partaken of an exceedingly durable besfsteak, a remarkably tenacious biscuit and a cup of tepid fluid, yclept coffee, we sallied forth to see some friends. These we did not find, but we did make the acquaintance of one of the cleverest gentleman in the State, who put us under obligations we fear we may never be able to repay, by taking us to yisit all points of interest in and around the town, be- bind as fine a stepper as I have seen in manyaday, Vicks- bure is built on the tertiary hills where they strike the river. These hills are here upheaved in a most remarkable way, and the soil is filled with minute fossils and concretions of car- bonate of lime. The bluffs cave but little, and in them are still to be seen the bomb-proofs and holes in which the citi- zens sheltered themselves from the hissing shot and bursting shells during one of the most desperate and prolonged sieges and defenses of modern times.* ; Driving through the streets we saw many handsome resi- dences, well-buiit churches, and a fine court house located on the summit of a series of terraces. The streets have been graded at a considtrable outlay of money, time and labor. Northeast of the town are the remains of an old Spabish fort, crowning a high bluff, that commands a splendid view of the river and adjacent country, From its grassy ramparts we can overlook the Federal Cemetery— the bivouac of the dead "— where lie, until the last reyeille, the ashes of 16,000 soldiers, the rows upon rows of headstones gleaming white in the morning sunlight. In front of us rolls the broad river, and through the trees we can catch glimpses of the fair country beyond and the villages of Delta and De Soto. Away olf lo the right is the mouth of the Yazoo River; to the left the little city lies bathed in hazy smoke, as peacefully as if it were neyer stormed at with shot and shell. Driving back we saw the ‘‘«amblers’ graves.” They were buried on the side of a steep hill, through which a street is now being graded, the excavations bringing to view the crumb- ling bones of those desperadoes who years ago defied the law, and, when finally taken, afler a desperate resistance, were lynched and buried here. South of these graves, on a high bluff that overlooks the town, is the site of another fort built by the Confederates. Here a huge gun, lying balf buried in the sod, recalled a picture I once saw or read about entitled ‘‘Peace"—an old redoubt, o’ergrown with grass and wild flowers, from which protruded a cannon; in the muzzle birds had built a nest, and were feeding their fledglings. Here children had built their doll-houses—-'‘e’en in the cannon’s mouth “—and romped and gamboled within the grassy ram- parts— “ Made rankly fertile with the blood of men ”— where erst had stood the grim artilleryman hurling the shriek- ing messengers of death from his smoking gun. Upon this bill a wealthy Englishman built a house alter the style of a feudal castle; but it has long since been razed, and not a yes- tige of 1f remains. ; . As we were coing to another point of interest we were met by the hotel porter, who informed us, “Dat de boat done been at de landing hour an a haf ; gwine to leave stret off.” Down the bill we drove, and reached the wharf just as the grimy deck hands were about to finish unloading a coal barge, Black and ragged, and streaming with perspiration, they sang merrily at their work, inspired, perhaps, by the near prospect of a rest. As we were watching them a little tug came along- side to take away the barge. A large steamboat lay just below us, With stern up stream, from the force of a counter current, right in the way of the barge, I looked on with some curiosity * [saw it stated in a Vicksburg paper that three hundred tony of lead, mostly bullets, had been collected in and aronuud the town since the close of the war. This lead would make nine million siz hundred thou- sand ownce balls, God knows how many more are buried in the earth and lost in the river, Theeh ae were hoisted, like ponder— down here. Still the farmers are working away in the hope of a ‘‘fall” as serenely as if they were a thousand miles inland, The Mississippi River is, after all, as our Yankee brethren would say, ‘* a pretty considerable crick :” thirty-two hun- dred miles long, in round numbers; navigable twenty-four hundred miles, below and above the falls of St. Anthony,, forming part of the boundaries of ten States, draining with its confluents an area of a million and a half square miles,—a sort of continental aorta, haying for its tributaries fifteen hun— dred navigable branches. The yast alluvial plain thiough which it flows has an area of over thirty-two thousand square miles. In some places, almost illimitable forests stretch away on either shore, filled with many kinds of game, and the lakes: and lagoons in these forests ure stocked with fish, and teem with wild fowl. Its vast littoral plantations produce in rich abundance cotton, corn and cane, and all the fruits of a emi-tropical clime. Fair cities adorn its banks, and crafts of innumerable kinds are upburne upon its broad bosom. Plowing ahead, we pass dingy steamers having in tow great fleets of coal barges, sometimes running close by them, again leaving them far away on the other side. Pass slowly floating flatboats, whose crews are always cocked and primed to fire a broadside of Billingseate at you on the least provoca- tion. Pass immense ‘‘:awyers,” lifting themselves from the seething waters like gigantic saurians, wet aud slistening, then plunging out of sight again. We sec im some places the tawny waters stirred by some trysterious force below, boiling like huge caldrons, and occasionally breaking in a lon» wave from the steamer’s prow, but there isno sound with it. The mighty river is mysterious and silent, telling no secrets, striy- ing always, in spite of Captain Eads, to keep its mouth shut, Again we pass long reaches of desolation, ‘The giant gums hung thickly with a funereal drapery of waving moss. Not asound. Not a sign of animal life, save now and then an egret, with plumage white as the wing of an angel, solitary and alone, flies slowly ahead of the gliding steamer; aud once we saw two bald eagles winging their way above the wooded wilderness. Thus steaming on (hrough the golden hours of the glorious afternoon, we pass, at sunset, Rodney, with its glittering spires, set like a gemin the green hiilside, But we leave it tar away to the lett, along bar in front shutting it off from the river. As darkness comes down over the waste of woods and waters we descend into the luxuriantly furnished cabin that stretches back like a gilded tunnel from forecastle to stern, bright with the lights from branching chandeliers. But steamboat travelis not what it was in the qnte-bellum days, Then those chandeliers flashed down on crowds of **fair women and brave men'"—brave at the bar and valiant at the board—on a regiment of white jacketed mulattoes, who came and went noiselessly, bearing sumptuous visnds and sparkling wines, and wailing on the well-filled tables. After the tables were cleared the merry dancers tripped the light fantastic toe to the sound of the ‘‘violin, finte and bassoon.” Forward, the planter with plethoric pocketbook indulged in a * liftle game of ‘“ draw,” and there the gay gambolier disported him- self, and sported with ye sucker. But ‘''Troy and the glory of ihe Trojans is no more.” ‘The crowd is reduced to a score and a half, and the * little” game of draw toone of ‘*fiye-cent ante,” and he of the silver box and the four aces must seek other fields and pastures green. Tis true the volored band came out as of yore, and dis- coursed some sweet music; but there were not enough ladies in the cabin to form a quadrille, aud ‘the elephant had tramped on every pocket book” aboard, Sothey could not eyen gel up a game to keep up appearances. As the evening wore On we approached Natchez, and at ten o'clock a lone row of lights, rising one above another from the river to the summit, of the hill, showed us that we were in sight of the town, and had almost reached our destination. A little further on our steamer sent forth a most diabolical and unearthly yellfrom its three-barreled whistle, then the little bells tinkled again. The engines stop, and we moye slowly up.to the wharf. The gang-planks are Jowered, and going ashore we run the gauntlet of howling hackmen—dive head foremost into a carriage and we are driven away ta the ‘Marsh House” on the hill. Natchez, Jike Rodney and Vicksburg, is built on a bluff, at one of the five points where the tertiary hills extend to the river. It was settled by the French under D'Iberville about (he beginning of the last century, and takes its hamefiou a HO\wd uribe or Indians who then dwelt here, Thirty years after the town was settled it was totally destroyed by the Indians, who were ultimately defeated and banished. After haying passed into the posses- sion of the Spanish it finally became an incorporated city under the United States about the beginning of the present e ih o part of French Louisiana. The right to the Mississippi Ter- ritory was disputed between the French and Spanish, and afterward between the French and English. Tt was ceded to Great Britain in 1768, and in 1783 fell to Spain as part of Florida. _ In. 1798 Spain relinquished it to the United States, ; Many interesting traditions connected with its early history are told, and the site of Fort Rosalie is still pointed out to the stranger. Natchez is one of the loveliest places in the South ; but lacks that stir and bustlt characteristic of a railroad town. Tt has only one railroad, thatrans somewhere inland—or is to run somewhere—built like the present style of ladies’ dresses, narrow gauge. It has no manufactories; bub nowhere in the’ South will you find more evidences of wealth and refinement, as shown by the elegance and taste displayed in the private residences and grounds. Nowhere will you find better kept streets, better or more imposing public buildings, more handsome and stylish ladies, and last, though not least, nowhere will you find more well-bred sporting dogs. Somebody says: ‘Show me a man’s friend and I will tell you what manner of a man he is.” Show me the dogs ina town and [ will tell you what manner of people inhabit it, When you see ali the dogs in a place mongrels you may be sure there is a very large element of owr in the population. ' ‘ Natchez has the handsomest Masonic Temple in the State, a fine Court House, a magnificent cathedral, and an admirably conducted Orphan Asylum. Some pretty churches and many traly elegant private residences, notably the Shields Place, and the Stanton Place, the latter one of the finest residences in the South. Broad streets intersect each other at right angles, shaded by beautiful trees. Hyerywhere in the suburbs you see yards and gardens gorge- ous with flowers and foilage, and redolent of perfume. Hle- gant stores and tasty shops, filled with costly merchandize, give to the business portion of the town a city-like air, A Deautiful little park, shaded by masses of foilage and richly carpeted with grass, lies in front of the town on the bluff over- Jooking the river. ; , From this charming spot you can see the river stretching away on either hand, can look down the chimneys of the houses in Natchez-under-the-Hill. Can see lake Concordia beyond the river, and the rich plantations in redeemed Louisi- ana far away to the southwest. It is a magnificent view; river and lake, cultivated lands and boundless forests—far as the eye ean reach+-spread like a gorgeous panorama betore tu. "rom this bluff perchance the redskinned fire-worshiper marked the coming of the pale faces’ boats upon the river. What a charming spot for the Natchez youth lo woo the gen- tle maiden. If she would not let the word be “ yes,” then he could jump off himself, or better, perhaps, push her off. North of the town stands a dilapidated U, 8. Marine hospital, that is now being repaired snd renovated by some religious denomination North with a yiew of making it a Normal School for the education of young colored men for the minis- try. Beyond the hospital is the Federal cemetery, beautiful ly situated and tastefully laid out. The surface of the country is broken hereabouts with deep depressions, called the ‘‘Devil’s punch bowls.” Some of them are one hundred feet deep, and as many yards in diameter. Imbedded in the sloping sides are found the bones of the mastodon. ; To an eminent physician, long a resident of Natchez, to whom 1 here gladly record my obligations, tam indebted for much valuable information relating to this interesting town. On a high bluff that commands u fine view of the river and surroundings is the site of the Suzelte mansion, destroyed during the war, and under the hill not faraway 1s ‘ Brown's Garden,” enchanting in its rich profusion of trees and shrub- ery and flowers. “There the young flourets with sweet perfume blow ; There feathery palms their pendent clusters hold, Like foxe’s brushes, moying to and fro; There every evening comes the after glow, Tipplog the leaflets with its liquid gold,” South of town near the river is a rectangular wall of brick inclosing a small space of ground, over which, from the swaying branches, long tresses of moss hang solemnly, and the very trées seem bending down in sadness. Within this inclosure, on a plain granite headstone, is the following in- scription : SARGEANT $8. PRENTISS, Born ati Portland, Maine, Sept. 30th, 1803. Diéd at Natchez July 1st, 1850, Do not think mea Vandal or a relic hunter when I tell you that from a caryed buck’s head in my little parlor droops a long festoon of gray moss thai once waved in sadness above the grave of him who, living, held all hearts entranced by: the power of his eloquence and, dead, leaves the charm of his name an everlasting heritage to the song and daughters of his adopted state. Guyon. June 10, 1877. 2s For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun. LUNGE FISHING AT LAKE MEGANTIC. N the S0th of May last Lleft Sherbrooke by the 4 P. at. International Railway train, reaching Bury, thirty miles distant, about 6, and Lingwick, twelve miles further by stage, at 8 o’clock. My companion was Captain Thomas, of Mel- bourne, P. Q,, one of the Canadian Wimbledon rifle team for 1873 or 4, one of the elect for the present year, and one of the hest and coolest amateurs’ with rifle, shot-gun, billiard bail and fish spear I ever met. The fish-spearing was in our juvenile days, some twenty-five years since, when large catches were the criterion of a good fisherman, and fishery laws in embryo. Next morning, leaving Lingwick, we reached Winslow, fifteen miles, for breakfast, and havmeg en- aged a fresh team, after fifteen miles more of the worst road feet droye over, reached Megantic Lake about 1 ».m™. Our old guide, Audrew Jackson Foster, had engaged to meet us, but as he wasn’t on hand we prepared to make ourselves com- fortable over a pannikin of fea, some hard-tack and sardines ; but before the tea was ready Andrew Jackson rounded the Major’s point, three miles distant, and was soon helping us to dispose of our luncheon. rough water in Victoria Bay had caused him to make a slight detour—no, he didn't say detour’, but that’s what he meant. After a little delay in packing ourselves and traps all in one poat (the Captain’s legs are long and he had to knot them), , He brought us some nice lunge,” caught in trolling through the lake, and explained that the ST AND STREAM. we made our offing, steering directly for Major McMinn’s summer box, where we unfortunately found the Major, who accepted our invitation to camp with us that nicht at Rocky Point, four miles further on, so that by dividing crew and | cargo we got along nicely, reaching camp quite early. The Major held « position in Edinburgh similar to that of our barrister or solicitor; is a well-educated, well-read, genial companion, served in the Confederate army, but like the im- mortal Weller, having decided ‘to retire from life and take a pike,” picked up:the wrecle of his substance, wended his way to Megantic Lake (mow his summer retreat), where, by read- ing and taking an occasional lunge instead of a pike, and in taking which he has a very taking way, he leads a, sort of modern recluse life, happy, however, to see his-friends when they call, and happier still to oblige a friend when in his power. I shall not forget the kindness with which (last Sep- tember) he placed his little shanty (Sunnyside) -at' the disposal of myself, wife and family, and where we made our head- quarters for nearly 4 month, Sunnyside is the most beauti - fully situated of any spot’ on the lake shore, fronting on a lovely beach of water-worn quartz and colored gravel. ‘This gravel has been carted to Winslow, twenty miles, to be used for roofing purposes, although lakes and rivers bordered with pravel abound within a quarter of the distance. The Major has displayed great taste in arranging gravel walks through the small patch of cleared ground surrounding his domicile, and the stumps are carefully concealed by bark-boxes of na- tive and other vines and flowers. ‘Rows of the wild red-cherry tree fringe the principal walks, and if you want to see an il- lustration of the wildnerness being’ ‘made to blossom as thé rose,” visit Sunnyside in autumn. The view southerly of the lake, and the continuation of the Green Mountain range in the background, spotted with shadows of passing clouds and the lovely tints of am autumnal foliage, is magnificent, and oné in which the lover of nature will constantly see new benuties. I have seen it on many occasions at different sea- sons, and only to admire it more and more. JMwis revenons a nos moutons, or, rather, 208 poissons, We have reached our camp, and— “ Of hemlock boughs haye made our couch, A bed for coughs and colds consoling ; Lhave some biscuitin my pouch, A salmon trout lve caught in trolling” (or rather old Foster las), with a frying pan full of which, and a kettle of stewed, minced collops, with the usual aecompani- ments, we gladly satisfy the cravings of the inner man. It1s the first meeting of Foster and the Captain since Foster pro- posed to play ‘‘just eleven games of euchre” at our trout pond camp several years since, and a good many old stories have to be revamped and new ones introduced. Andrew Jackson's stories are abundant, good, and generally original ; probably because he has lots of time to think them over, authough he says he ‘‘ can’t rikellect and tell.a story as he used to could.” Jt was late when we spread our blankets, and just before T winked for the last time’ I heard Foster telling of some place in Vermont where they cut no hay, raised lots of cattle, and manufactured nothing but shingles, He said they put green gogeles on the cattle and fed them on the shingle shavings. Next morning the Major left us after catch- ing five or six fine lunge. A Mr. Howard, an Isle of Man clergymat’s son, who camped with us the previous night kindly helped us with our traps through the lake and up the Spider and Arnold rivers to our next camp at the outlet of Rush lake, In passing through Moose Bay opposite the resi- dence of Henry Ryan, Esq., we struck a school of trout dis- porting themselves on the surface, and out of which the Capt. took half a dozen, running one to two pounds each, by throwing and drawing in tlie spoon (one of Skinner’s fluted bait, advertised in FormstT Anp Stream), Inishmen are proyerbial for hospitality, and we ean youch that Mr, Ryan is no exception to the rule, as the occasional supplies of millc and butter of which we were the recipients will hear substantial evidence. We campedat Rush lake until the dth June, during which time we fished the Arnold and Spider rivers and Spider lake, not catching any more bass and few more trout than we required for camp use. The time, and then only, when a bass is delicious as a pan fish is imme- diately after he is caught. Haying satisfied ourselves that Megantic Jake was our ‘‘strongest hold” at this early season, we struck camp and pitched our tent near Rocky point; and here I will give you the result of our last three days’ fishing, trolling alone: Our catcli on the 5th was 20 lunge, 90 pounds ; § trout, 5; pounds: total, 935 pounds. On the 6th, 21 lunge, 1035 pounds; 4 trout, 44 pounds; total, 108 pounds, and on the 7th, 7 lunge, 25 pounds; 1 trout, 1 pound; total, 26 pounds. The lake being very rough last day we could only troll for a short time in the mornings Next day we started home with a flour barrel full (about 300 pounds) lunge and trout. We caught several in‘geing down the Jake, Thespoons used were principally the fluted spoons above referred to, and a rounded oblong spoon, haying a bronze scaled convex side with bright brown projecting eye at end and red concave side. I do not know the maker's name. The latter is the best troller for lunge, the fluted next. Mann’s Syracuse double spoon, small or medium size, I have found best for trout and the larger size for bass. I like the action of the two hook(Mann’s) troller best, as'I have generally found the fish more securely hooked. Ido not think T ever lost a bass with one unless from broken tackle, and I have caught hundreds in Spider lake in August. and September. The largest of our lunge weighed 13 pounds, and the average weight was 44 pounds. We shall probably visit Megantic and Spider lakes the latter part of Sept., principally for moose hunting, when we hope to be accompanied by our old reliable guide, Andrew Jacksen Foster. Since the above trip I have been at St. Leon Springs, north of the St. Lawrence, within 20 miles of which there 1s capital trout fishing, and of which I hope to furnish Fornst AND STREAM an account at some future day. Sherbroohe, P. Q., July 20, 1877. D. THOMAS, es ae; ie Siap JAOKS FoR Camprrs.—‘‘* Quill Driver” sends from Milford, Mass., the following receipt : Flour, one small coffee-cupful; Indian meal, 3 small coffee- cupfuls; sugar, 1 tablespoonful; salt, 1 teaspoonful; Hors- ford’s yeast, one measure each acid and soda; the measure comes with the yeast, which is a dry powder. Por con- venience of transportation, the ingredients may bezmixed dry in the above proportions, moistening with water or milk the amount desired*for use at any time until the covsistency of thin dough is attained, Cook with a well-greased griddle or frying pan, . _—_—__—+ + —_——— —Five elephants, belonging to the London show, broke the Sabbath by going in swimming in the Hudson at Poughkeep- sie the other day, Hish Culinee. THE CORREGONI. Thom Native Hisrory, Navive Waters, Hconomro Vante, AND IMenEMEN’s CoNNECTED WITH THEIR PRopuorION, Vs No. 24—Parr II. LL of those Northern States, bordering on the great lakes, have jointly engaged in stocking the lakes with whitetish by means of artificial culture. Michigan is planting annually millions of fry, while Minnesota and Wisconsin are also engaged in augmenting their whitefisberies by artificial means. Ohio has erected a vast hatchery, which is almost ex- clusively devoted to the hatching of whitefish for stocking Lake Erie. The Empire State is also supplementing the natural process hy stocking Lake Ontario largely with white- fish, under the direction of Superintendent Green of the W- Y, Commission. The very atmosphere of thut great State is fishy from the energetic labors of an enlightened commission. New York has a large number of interior lakes which are being planted with whitefish, which are found to be entirely at, home, : Towa, too, is coming to the very fore-front of fish culture, and her Legislature, like that of Michigan, appreciates the value of the art, and responds to the calls of her industrioug commission with princely appropriations year after year, Her fish officials, supplemented by the labors of the Hon. B. F, Shaed, Superintendent of the State Fisheries, are dealing with the problem of artificial culture with wonderful success. The lakes of the State are being planted with whitefish, where they take kindly to their new homes, Well may the Iowans feel proud of their State. Tt is truly a “land of the beauti- ful,” a cognomen bestowed by the red man, who must have understood the full import of the name he employed to describe a land of crystal lakes and beautiful prairies, lying in pristine loveliness between the two broad rivers in the love- liest of valleys. The Iowa commissioners are not only plant— ing their streams with brook trout, but salmon trout—the Salmo quinat and S. salar of the Atlantic coast—and shad which they expect to migrate to the Gulf of Mexico and. re- turn to those places in the rivers wherein they were cast in their fryhood. The whitefish féver has also reached Cali- fornia, where are many clear Jakes well adapted to the pro- duction of this fish: gold-renowned and mirrored with sparkling lakes and rivers, whose shingly bottoms scintillate with shining ore, present magnificent natural facilities for fish culture. Attempts to merease the fruitfulness of these inland waters and sea-fisheries have been crowned with success. We would not individualize the efforts of the older States to the ex- clusion of the youngest born into the fish-cultural guild. Vir- ginia, Kentucky and, Georgia, and even Little Nevada, are wheeling into line and addressing themselves to the work of replanting their exhausted and impoverished fisheries. And while we are gratified in recounting the efforts of our people in solving the problem of cheapened food, we hope ere long that the whole sisterhood of States will engage in the practice of this great industry, second only in value in the production of food to agriculture itself. It is proper at this stage to in- troduce some of the prominent apparatus now in use in fish culture. The ‘‘ Clark Apparatus,” in which trays are used with screens of wire in boxes, has already been described in a chapter in connection with the Coste and other trays, to which the reader is referred. It is alike adapted to the hatching of salmon, brook trout and whitefish eggs. One of the inven- tions much in use is the ‘‘ Holton Tray Hatching Apparatns,’’ developed by Marcellus G. Holton, of Rochester, N. Y. (now deceased), assignor of one-half his right to Seth Green of same — eity. The utility of the Holton trays consists mainly in em- ploying an upward flow of water through layers of spawn upon a series of trays, entering the bottom of the box and emerging from the upper end, thus passing through this series of trays. The bottom of the box holding this series of trays, is like a mill-hopper, giving a space where sediment may setile without detriment to the spawn. The apparatus may be seen, as illustrated, in the Patent Office Report of 1874, covered by letters patent No. 186,884. The invention consists of a wooden box or case made square, and provided with a de- pression at the bottom for sediment, which may be removed at any time by a discharge pipe. There isa channel formed entirely around the case near the top. “The outer walls of the channel are slightly eleyated above the upper edge of the case proper, This arrangement permits a gentle overflow from all sides of the tray-chamber, near the bottom of which is ar- ranged a ledge upon which the trays rest. These latter consist of shallow rectangular frames, each of which is provided with a fine wire gauze bottom, upon which the spawn is spread and held during the hatching. There isa suitable metallic or leather strap attached to two opposite sides of the bottom tray, Im each case of trays, whereby the whole set may be raised or lowered when it becomes necessary to remove them from the ease. Hach side of the case has a vertical recess cut toreceive these straps. The latter are perforated to corres- pond to the depth of each tray, and the straps, if made of metal, may be provided with a pin; but if leather straps are used, they may be hookedupon a fixed pin at the upper edge eof tie case, A pipe conducts the water from the fountain or spring into the bottom of the case, or a water-chamber may be formed entirely across the side of the case, and also across the bottom. The latter construction is rather preferable for ~ all except the first case in each tier, and in fact would not be objectionable for that. ‘To insure a complete distribution of the upward flowing current of water through all parts of the trays, a deflector is provided, which may be spherical, flat, or of any other shape. The deflector is supported by standards over the jet, which breaks the current and distributes the water more evenly over the trays within the case. The dis- charge, or trough, conveys the overflow to the descending water channel attached to the next succeeding case. The case can be made of any desired size, but the inventor preferred them eighteen inches or two feet square, and from two to four or more feet in height, according to the amount of fall afforded by the fountain or spring. ‘The cases containing the tvays may be arranged in tiers the entire length of the floor of the hatching-house, and the water overflowing from one made to pass into and through the next succeeding one to any desired extent as regards numbers. The method of spreading the spawn is most convenient. The lower tray is suspended, ‘when it is to be filled, in the position occupied by the upper tray. When the case is full the spawn is spread upon it evenly over the surface of the wire gauze in a suitable quantity. The tray is lowered sufficiently, by the straps, to permit the insertion of another tray, which is treated in like manner, and so on until the case is filled. In reversing the process by raising the strap the span of one tray ata time, the young fish can be removed, and the water allowed to flow in, spreading the spawn or removing the fish, without detri- ment to either spawn or young fish, This plan is intended more especially tor winter hatching, in hatching trout or salmon, or for hatching whitefish, or any kind capable of artificial culture. For plates, and a more extended descrip- tion, readersare referred to the United States Commissioners’ Report for 1872 and ’78, page 580, ef seg. To those persons engaged in fish culture ona large scale, the apparatus in- vented by Mx. John Williamson, Secretary of the California Acclimatizing Society, will be found to ke one of the most useful hatchers invented by the Piscicultural Guild, It is denominated the ‘‘Double Rifle Hatching Box.” The inyen- tion consists of a long trough, six or eight inches deep, and eighteen inches wide inside. This is divided into compart- ments twenty inches long in the clear. Into each a box hold- ing five trays are placed nineteen and a half inches long, and eighteen inches wide, with a frame three-fourths of an inch thick and one inch wide, with a wire bottom, having eight meshes to the inch, or a greater number of meshes tothe inch, if smaller eggs are tobe hatched. Hach box of five trays will hold 20,000 eggs, and six continuous boxes will hold 120,000 eggs, or twenty-five boxes will hold a half million of eggs. Whiereroom is of importance, this box is, certainly very de- sirable. The compartments holding the trays are of half inch ends and one inch bottoms. The ends are fiye inches high. The water is made to flow in under the upper end, and out over the lower end. By this means all the eggs are thoroughly covered by constantly wrated water, and less sediment is deposited on the egos, The end of each box at the upper end of the trough is made higher than the lower end, to cause the water to flow in at the bottom of each box and out of the top. Of course, persons desiring these patented boxes, or other apparatus, must purchase or otherwise honorably obtain the right to con- struct andusethem. The “Ferguson Jars,” invented by the energetic Fish Commissioner of Maryland, are a valuable ac- quisition to the piscicultural apparatus used for hatching. These jars are made of glass, and are capable of holding two thousand eggs each. ‘The eggs are placed upon. circular screens made of fine wire, and the jars are made to contain nine each, Bach screen is supported by the handle of the lower screen, and each jar is provided with a tin cover, a larger cylinder than the jar, which excludes the light. ‘lhe water is introduced at the bottom of each jar by a rubber tube connected with three-eighths inch spickets, over which the tubes are slipped for mtroducing the water into the jars. The water after coursing upward among the screens passes from the upper edge of the jar through a like glass nipple into a tube, passing downward to tne bottom of the next jar, and so on through the whole series. It would seem that this jar from its compactness, and from being transparent, so as to enable the manipulator to watch the progress of hatching and the detection of unimpregnated eggs, commends itself to the entire guild of fish culturists. The hatchings drop through to the bottom of the jar; from thence they can be easily re- moved to the nursery trough, and emptied without the possi- bility ofinjury. ‘‘'‘Dhe Druid Hill Hatching House,” of Bal- timore, the property of the State, withits magnificent appoint- ments, consisting of the most approved apparatus in use, their switt steamer for ready conveyance, and an unfailing sup- ply of water fairly represent the progress of fish culture in Maryland. With her enlightened and energetic commission, and grand natural possibilities, she must soon become pre-enu- nent in the practice of fish culture. Besides the introduction of the Salmo guinat of the Pacitic coast, and the Salmo salar of the rivers and coast of Maine into her inland waters, European carp are now being multiplied for planting in the warmer and sluggish streams of the State. The only report made by the Fish Commissioners since the establishment of the Commis- sion was made during the Centennial year, and it is the most valuable of any yet submitted by States engaged in fish-cul- ture. Combined with the report is a list of marine and fresh waiter fishes of the State, of great importance to those who are engaged inthe study of ichthyology. Messrs, Uhler & Lug- ger, naturalists, have prepared a descriptive catalogue, so valuable in point of accuracy, that if each State Commission would add like descriptive lists to their reports much desirable information would soon be collested regarding the Ichthye Fauna of the United States. Probably no invention since the introduction ef fish-culture into our country equals that of Mr, Samuel Wilmot, of New- eastle, Canada, as a white fish hatching apparatus. The can, or hatching box, is eleven inches in diameter and six inches deep. Into this are placed 100,000 white fish ova, as soon as taken from the fish and vivified. Itis then put into operation by turning a small fancet, which lets in one-fourth of an inch stream of water. All unvivified or diseased eggs are carried away, and the sound ones, without spot or blemish, are left as FOREST AND § “perfect as when taken from the fish, aside from the change . produced by the process of hatching. Hand-picking is there- fore almost entirely done away with, Mr. Wilmot says: ‘«Phese self-pickers and cleaners, enough of them to hatch five or six millions of whitefish eggs, will save the labor of tour or five men daily, and keep them cleaner than it is possi- ble to do with any amount of hand-washing. The practical working of them is all that could be needed.” Its use can be secured undoubtedly by buying the apparatus or by the pur— chase of the right fo manufacture and to use. This apparatus is only adapted to the hatching of white-fish. Messrs. Mather and Bell have inyented another hatching apparatus inthe form of an inverted cone, containing screens which can be suspended or hung in the hatching house by a bracket, the can being supplied with water at the bottom by means of tubber tubing connected with the tank or fountain, and then passing from the top through a like rubber connection, enters the bottom of another and soon through the whole series, more orless. Inventive genius seems to be running in the direction of developing apparatus, such as we have described, and also in the direction of inverted cones like the Bell and Mather ap- paratus, for the reason that these cases may he so located in the hatchery as to economize space. Mr. Owen Chase and Monroe Green haye also invented similar hatching cases, which work on the same principle as those already described. It is quite apparent that inventive fenius is destined to achieye as much in the production of labor-saving implements, as in other and older industrial fields. The art as practiced to-day is young. Whenit shall have become a giant among the great productive industries of our country, its historic pages will be emblazoned with as many achievements in the field of in- vention as in any of the older circles of human labor. We may look for a wider application of the art of fish culture in the near future, for it is destined to supplement nature in the artificial production of a larger number of species of both marine and fresh-water food-ishes. ‘The present accessories for vivi- fying ova and hatching will no doubt be supplanted in the near future by other and superior agents. The original plow of agriculture was an uncouth implement, viewed fiom the standpoint of to-day, and was a representative instrument of field culture when the art was young. So it will be in the coming years of fish culture; the first agents used were hastily improvised and will serve their day, and must be set down as rude instruments, employed fvhen the art was unde- veloped. Progress in any art will never stand still. Busy brains and busy hands are ever acting in the direction of abridgment of toil. Weare justly proud of the advancement of pisciculture in its first decade of years on this continent. It has achieved a noble success, all Lonor to those men who first labored for the introduction of one of God's greatest blessings, and bestowed it upon the American people. The first impulse given to the art does not abate ‘‘one jot or tittle,” but is pursued with constantly augmenting and imcreasing fervor. To-day the operations of the United States Fish Commission embrace not only a larger field of operations, but commissions in two-thirds of the States are bending all their energies to fertilize every inland stream. Sandwich, il. Nanum E, Batzov, M. D, — ot To Prusrrve Fish Sprom=ns.—To preserve fish and simi- lar natural history specimens, hermetically seal them in ves- sels containing a preparation consisting of one-third alcohol, one-third glycerine and one-third water. ‘To prevent injury from chafing wrap the specimens in thin muslin or other ma- terial, or pack with tow. ‘This method was discovered and employed by Mr. J. G. Swan, of Port Townsend, Washington Territory, while acting as Centennial Commissioner, and has received the indorsement of Prof. Baird, who recommends also the addition of a little borax, which brings out the strength of weak spirits. Specimens prepared in this way and sent from Port Townsend, when received in Washington preserved their color and the lustre of the eyes as bright as when taken. ———_—_o7o—-—____——_- —Three hundred thousand young shad have been placed in the Passaic River below the Dundee dam. They areexpected to be fit for catching in about two years. =—+ G+ — —Thirty-two States and six Territories have been directly benefited by the introduction of fish into their waters. ———— +» —A spoonful of vinegar should always be put into water in which fish are boiled. glatural History. - ©“ BOWER BIRD” GUINEA. THE OF NEW HE various habits practiced by birds in their daily life, and their often peculiar economy, render our feathered friends, to the observant naturalist, the most interesting of beings. Each family has its own customs; often a genus is known by some especial habit, and not infrequently a species ean be recognized by some curious manner if may have of carrying itself among its fellows, or a particular finish it may give to its nest. As I have noticed that among your contribu- tors there are many keen observers of bird life, it has occurred to me that perhaps it may not prove uninteresting if 1 give an account that has but lately reached Hurope of the strange habits of a certain bird in New Guinea, which will read per- haps more like fiction than sober truth, but of its perfect ac- curacy, there is no reason whatever to harbor a doubt. It has been for a long time known to ornithologists that a certain genus of birds (chlamyodira) existed in Australia which were accustomed to erect structures in the shape of tunnels. ‘These were built of reeds and twigs, and were sometimes a couple of feet, perhaps more, in length, That these could not answer in any way for incubation was evident at awlance, and it was a puzzle fora long time what use they could be put to by a bird. The ground in front of the so-called ** bowers” was usually covered with shells of different kinds, bones, and fre- quently feathers of yarious colors, geuerally very bright ones. Alter patient watching, it was ascertained that the only rea- ‘*bowers” was to use them «as play-houses, and the little creatures were seen amusing them- selyes by chasing each other in and through them ina sort of feathered game of ‘‘ tag,” and the shells and feathers were only so much ornamentation to their play-crounds. Thatthey were not nests, was sufficiently proved by finding a proper structure with the requisite eggs, placed by the birds im a tree. Some three years ago, when engaged upon my work on the Birds of Paradise (to which family these ‘‘ bower-builders” belong), I received from the Director of the Royal Museum in Leyden, Holland, a dull-colored curious-looking bird, which had lately been obtained in New Guinea, and which I at once saw belonged to a genus hitherto unknown. It was evidently a relative of the * bower bird,” differing essentially, however, by characteristics not necessary to describe here, and I made upmy mind it would also build a ‘* bower,” though of course what kind of a structure it might be I could not even conjec- ture, and besides mentioning my belief I was obliged to pnb- lish my book without further details. Within the past three years, however, some very adventurous Italian explorers have been investigating New Guinea, mainly in search of natural history specimens,and one of them,Signor Beccari,fonnd this little brown bird, which had called Amblyorius inornata, and also discovered its ‘‘ bower.’ ‘Tlisis 4 most extraordinary affair, and consists of a perfectly circular cabin, built princi- pally of the dry twigs of an epiphtons orchid (Dendrobium), measuring a little over three feet in diameter, and supported by a single central pillar. Before the entrance is a beautiful gar den, of rather larger dimensions than the cabin, made of the greenest moss, and ornamented from time fo time with pbril- liantly colored flowers and fruits, such as flowers of a lovely species of Vaceiniwm. This wonderful habit of the the bird is so well known to the Malay hunters that it is called Taken- kabou or Gardener by them. No more interesting fact has been learned in field ornithology for many years, and if is wonderful to know that a bird, for its own amusement, has the instinct and ability to build a house witha central support for the roof, and thenthe taste to beautify its surroundings with gaily colored flowers. In respect to this particular species it. proves two things, that skill is independent of strength, and that one need not be handsome to appreciate beauty, for the bird does not possess a single gay-colored feather in its body. D, G, Brutor. Paris, France. ~—+o+— SouTHERN MamMats AGars.—Letiters have already ap- peared in our columns from writers who took exception to Dr. Rawlins Young’s ‘‘Notes on Southern Mammals.” The New Orleans Times criticizes severely, disputing the notes regard- ing deer and bear in toto, which called forth the following response from the doctor, which sufficiently explains itself : Corwin, Miss., July 12, 1877. To the Editor of ithe Times: Srr--In your issue of the 9th inst. you take me to task for some alleged inaccuracies in my notes on Southern Mammals, pub- lished in Foss? AND STRHAM AND Rop anp Gow of a recent date. These notes were gotton up with reference to mammals found in the following named counties in each of the desig- nated States : Lawrence, Franklin and Cobb, in Alabamba ; Shelby and the counties east, to the Tennessee River, in 'Pen- negsee; De Soto and the counties east, to the Alabama line, in Mississippi; Crittenden and counties lying west of it, to White River, in Arkansas. There are a few deer in the coun- ties named in Alabama. They are certainly '‘very rare’ in the designated portion of ‘Tennessee. ‘There are a few in Hardin and McNairy, and they are occasionally found in Har- deman, on Potter's Creek and Muddy, but there is, perhaps, not a deer, ‘native and to the manor born,” in either Selby or Fayette. There are deer in De Soto, and a few in Tippah and old Tishomingo, Ten years ago they were numerous in this county, but they haye been hunted in season and out of season by every lazy darkey and scalawag who could get a $8 shot-2un or musket, until they are well nigh exterminated. “ Black bear rare in Mississippi.”” One was killed fitteen mi et from this placein the year 1890, and a stray one was seen near here last summer. ‘‘Rare in Mississippi.” Iam aware thas deer, and bear too, are exceedingly numerous in the greut Mississippi-Yazoo delta, albeit I have not seen any of tle Ursus Richardsoniti, that ave accommodating enough to “stay in the fields till a small boy can run and inform the manager and let him come down and kill the animal.” The stimp- tailed plantigrades that I have tackled set more store on their lives than do those that dwell in ‘‘Sweet Ooahoma by lhe riverside,” and always fought long and valiantly belore yield- ing their souls. Even if bear were plenty here, I do not be- lieve that the Circum Corinthian small boy could be induced to stay in the fields and watch for them. The small boy up. here is ‘‘powerful” 'fraid of bears. In making up these *‘notes” I haye confined myself to those counties with which 1 was most familiar, and [ believe that on the whole they are correct, If not, send up a ‘‘special commission ” and we will submit lo an investigation. Rawiiys Youna. [These notes were prepared for the new work of Dr. Cones, who kindly allowed Forgsr AND Srr¥AM to publish them in ad- yance, and doubtless had forgotten that they applied only to certain districts of Alabama and Mississippi. We are ull liable to errros.—Ep.] 6 Reversep Sueres Acars.—Our correspondent, Mr, James Lewis, writing from Mohawk, N- Y., says: ‘T have seen the shells which induced your cottespondent, T. W., of Leesburg, Va., to inquire about “reversed shellg.” The specimens sent by him are, as” conjectured by Mr. Gray and myself, a species of Physa, probable P. aurea, Lea, suibjoin this information thinking it may be some gratification to many Of your readers to know just what all this matter really micans.” [Mr. Lewis has our thanks for this information which ad- rnirably supplements that which he has previously furnished. —Ep. | A mal hee Wana Bing —Many persens believe that | agai ee perenihy, Cue rartlatin fe) egg as te their gate an THE FAUNA OF MICHIGAN, Se. ee te : ; ins, and then they seramble in a body oyer the stony beach— the king bird is a destroyer of the honey bee, and se ies falling and piuning themselves up again with the help BY ARCHER, fore exterminate them whenever seen near the hives. If, | of their flappers on the way—and make straight for one partic- CChrenniaa ular gangway into the scrubs, along which they they waddle in regular orderup to the rookery. In the meantime a party of about equal number appear from the rookery at the end of another of the paths. When they get out of the grass on to the beach, they all stop and talk and look about them, some. times for three or four minutes. They then with one conseni, scuttle down over the stones into the water, and long lines of ripple vadiating from their place of departure are the only indications that the birds are speeding out to sea, The tussock-brake, which in Inaccessible Island is perhaps four or five acres in extent, was alive with penguins breeding. The nests are built of the stem and leaves of the P/alaris, in the spaces betweeu the tussocks. They are two or three inches high, with a slizit depression for the eggs, and about a foot in diameter. The gangways between the tussocks, and which penguins are constantly passing, are wet and slushy, and the tangled grass, the strong amimoniacal smell, and the deafening noise continually penetrated by loud separate sounds which have a startling resemblance to the human voice, made a wall through the rookery neither casy nor pleasant. + — A Dasrarpiy Ourracu.—Friday evening we enjoyed a visit to the New York Aquarium, at which time a few of the in- habitants of the salt water tanks were in 4 torpid condition, refusing food, etc.; on the following days, Saturday and Sun- | after they haye slain one of these sprightly, pretty birds, the will examine the craw, they will find nothing in it in the shape of bees ; but they will find the insectivorous pests of the bee-hive—worms and bugs only. Mxperienta docet, Two of these birds nested closeto “Kagle’s Nest” this year, and I-haye closely watched them and their habits. As a guardian to the poultry yard, the king bird has no eqnal. I raise a great many chickens, turkeys and ducks—geese 1 abominate in the tame state. And hitherto the chicken hawks have nearly decimated my stocks, and I have had to keep both shot-um and rifle loaded all the time to be ready to repel intruders or avenge the loss of my favorites. But this year my king birds haye done the work for me. No sooner does a hawk appear in the vicinity than the male king bird, with a shrill cry, starts for him, He soon reaches the hawk’'s vicinity, and the latter, which cannot avoid its. fierce peckings, is only too glad to get away into the thickest of the forest without a chicken dinner. Lhaye seen this done nof less than forty or fifty times within six or seven weeks. The little hero follows the hawk until there is no danger of his re- turn, and then comes back to have a glorification with his mate on the apple tree near my cottage. Never again will I pull trigeer on the gamelittle king bird. He is a hero among CLASS REPTILIA, (Adopted from Prof. Miles’ report as State Zoologist.) ORDER TESTUDINATA, FAMILY TRIONYOHID Az, Amyda mutica, Fitz. Confined to northern part of State, Aspidonectes spinifer. Ag. Sott-shelled Turtle. “Confined to southern half of Lower Peninsula.”— Miles. FAMILY CHELYDROID&. Chetydra serpentinis Sehw. Snapping Turtle, FAMILY CUINOSTHRNOIDZ, Ozotheedt odorata. Ag. Questionable. Thyrosiernum Pennsylvanicum, Ag, Musk Turtle, FAMILY EMYDOID&. Graptemys geographica, Ag, Gratemys le sureurti. Ag. Chrysemys margiata, Ag. “The most abundant species in the State,’ —Miles,. Emmys meleagris, Ag. Nanemys guitata. Ag, “Severalspecimens haye been found whic agree perfectly with those trom Massachusetts, the only difference noticed being the darker color of the plastron m the in the Michiga specimens.”—WMiles, ORDER OPHIDIA, PAMILY GROPALID A, Crotaphalorus iergeminws. Tolb. Massasaugua, heroes, and I honor his pluck. EK. Z. 0. Jupson, a h eratanvaltd pine pelcbh out oy he PAMInY: COUT BRRTD ae . Hagles Nest, July 5, 1877. ay, the number o Invallds among the Hany Wibes merease’, | Ententa saurite. B.andG. Striped Snake. Rare, — aS g.. until on Monday morning the watchman in charge reported | s#ptenia sirtatis, B,andG. Garter Snake, Nerodia sipedon. Band G. Water Snake. Neradia agassizti. B, and G, Regina leberis, B.and G. Striped Water Snake. Heterovon platyrhinas. Laity, Blowing Viper. Scotophis vulpinus. B. and G. “This species is abundant in the Saginaays,” according to Professor Miles, avd though perfectly harm- less, is Much dreaded oy the inhabitants, who believe otherwise, Prof, Miles also says the Blowing Viper is extremely rare, so far he knows and gives it in his list on the authority of Prof. Sager. When Td attended schoolin Plint, Gemessee County, Mich,, in 1860, they were not uncommon in that neighborhood, ay plenty of my school-mates who used to go ont “snaking” with me cam testify. At one time three were obtained in # single afternoon near the asyluim.—, Ophibolus eximius. B.and G. MUk Snake. Baseanion constrictor. B. and @, Black Snake, Bascanion foxtt, B. and G. Diadophis punctatus. B.and@, Ring-necked Snake, Chlorosoma vernalis. B.and @. Green snake. Sloreria De Kayi, B. and G. Storeria Occipito-Maculata. FB, and G. CLASS BATRACHTA. ORDER AMNA, FAMILY BUFONID A, Bufo americanus, Le Conte. FAMILY HYLADA, that hundreds of fish were floating on the surface dead, the tanks being almost completely depopulated. During the warm weather the windows on the side of the building toward Thirty-fifth street have been kept open to admit a free circula- tion of air, and itis conjectured that poison was thrown through these open windows. The work was evidently performed by one familar with the Aquarium, and the system of circulation and supply of salt water. In addition to the loss of a large amount of money entailed by this wholesale poisoning, it is feared that if will be almost impossible to replace some of the rare species; Among the dead are fifteen valuable sharks, herring and sturgeon. Some time ago two fine and rare sea otters, that had been procured at great expense, died in the Aquarium; having been poisoned by some one unknown. The carcasses were dissected by Dr, Weisse, of 'I'wentiy-second street, who found the poison,§which proved to haye heen, then as now, carbonate of lead. nh aon A Mourprrous Ska Frowrr.—One of the exquisite wonders ofthe sea is called the opelet, and is about as large as the Ger- man aster, looking indeed very much like one. Imagine a very large double aster, with numerous long petals of a light green, glossy as satin, each tipped with rose color. These jiovely petals do not lie quietly in their places like those of the aster in our gardens, bul, wave about in the water, while the opelet clings fo a rock, How innocent and lovely on a rocky ed, Who would snspect it could eat anything grosser than dew or sunlight? But those beautiful waving arms, as you call them, have another use besides looking pretty. They have to provide food for a large open mouth which is hidden deep down among them, so well hidden that one could scarce- ly find it. Well do they perform their duty, for the instant a foolish little fish touches one of the rosy tips he is struck with poison as fatal fo hin a torpedo blast. He immediately becomes numb, and in amoment stops struggling, when those beautiful arms wrap themselves around him and he is drawn inte the huge greedy mouth and is seen no more. Then the lovely arms unclose and wave again in the water, looking as innocent and harmless as though they had neyer touched a fish. Oscar SpPrrzEr. we —A correspondent of the Nashville Rural Sun describes a woodchuck recently captured near Pinewood, Tenn. “ The wo lower front teeth are two inches long, and protruded out- side, and pressed against the nose when the mouth was closed. One of the upper ones had curved inward and formed an al- most perfect ring, the point entering the roof of the mouth and piercing the skull just back of the root of the tooth, whiere it lapped it, completing the circle, which is one and a quarter inches in diameter. The upper tooth had a similar curve, but came in contact with one of the lower ones, by which it was ground off one inch from the base. The animal was much emaciated, having sustained itself under difficul ties.” é Instances of this nature are not infrequent. The teeth of all rodents have a constant lateral growth, requiring constant grinding to keep them of the proper length, When, by mal- formation or accident, the teeth are so misplaced that they cannot be ground down, they grow to great length, protrude from the mouth, andassume many curious shapes. Often, asin the case here described, they ultimately cause starvation, and gain for the victim a happy reward of dusty immortality upon the shelves of natural history museums. p+ Rack BrerwkEn A Pigeon AND A LocomorrvE.—The French police the other day wished to forward as quickly as possible an imporlant document from Dover to London, a distance of seventy-six and one-half miles. by the railroad, and seventy miles as the crow flies. It was determined to make a trial of speed between a carrier pigeon and the ‘Continental Mail dixpress.” The police secured a “ Belgian voyageur ” and the railroad company selected their fastesteugine. The pigeon and the train were started at the same moment. The bird immedi_ ately roses to a great altitude, for a minute or two circled about, and then took a straight course for London. By this time the train was at full speed, going at the rate of sixty miles per hour—a mile for every minute. The delay of the bird had given the train officials confidence in their own suc- cess. But high above them, swept on by the west wind, and guided by its wonderful instinet, the little messenger kept its course, and when the train reached Cannon street, London, the pigeon had been there twenty minutes—a time allowance of eighteen miles. ea. Lion Traingers.—Van Amburgh was one of the most re- markable of lion kings, Perfectly fearless, he was constantly jn danger; yet notwithstanding the fact that the newspapers reported him killed over and over again, he died quietly in his bed at last. During his career, menagerie keepers and circus proprietors sought about for lion kings wherever they could find them; and as a demand usually creates a supply, so was it in this instance. Heroes sprang up in various obscure corners, each tempted by the high salary offered. A solutium of ten or fifteen pounds a week is no trifle to a man in a hum- ble station. Crockett, who attaimed considerable celebrity in this branch of business, won fame not only by his perform- ance before the public, but by an exercise of great courage at a perilous moment, One night the lions got loose, Crockett, fo whose lodgings a messenger was quickly dispatched, came and hastened into the arena. The lions were roaming about the auditorium, and had just killed one of the grooms. Crockett went among them, and with only a switch in his hand drove or enticed them into their cage without receiving ascratech. The rumor of this bold and successful achieve- ment brought him offers of an augmentation of salary. A negro sailor, who called himself Macomo, the Africa lion king, also gained a reputation for bravery. He appears to have been a daring fellow, well adapted for, the work he undertook, On one occasion an unusually savage tiger, newly purchased, was put into a cage already tenanted by another tiger. ‘Nhe animals began to fight furiously. Macomo, armed only with a small riding whip, entered the cage; both tigers turned fiercely upon him and lacerated him severely; but, covered with blood as he was, he continued to whip them into submis- sion. Not for one instant did he keep his eyes off of them, and they knew it. Macomo had other narrow escapes, but like most of lion kings he died quietly in his bed at last.--- Hz. EE ——y Curious Antrurs, Tiffin, O., July 8, 187'7.—“Buck-Shot” says: | have in my possession a buck horn that is quite different from any I ever saw: instead of a single spike coming ont of the antler next. to the head there are two distinct spikes or prongs. Instead of five prongs, it has six, Father killed the deer about torty years ago. He says the deer was shortlegged, thick bodied, and weighed about two hundred pounds. li any of the old hunters have ever killed any like it, {should like tu hear from them. (Deer horns vary almost, indefinitely in form and. number of prongs. We have seen horns of the mule deer (@. macrotis) which might have been taken for those of the red deer (C. virginianus), although ordinarily the shape of the horns in the two species is very distinct, Specific distinctions based on the horns alone are in the deer apt to be of doubtful value. —Ep. | Acris erepitans, Bad, Hyla versicolur. Le Conte, Ayla pickeringit. Hall, Helocetes triseriatus. Bd, Authority of Prof. Baird. FAMILY RANIDA, Rana catesbianw. Shaw. Bull Frog. Runa Fontinalis, Le Conte. Spring Frog. Rana pipiens. Gmel, Shad Prog. Rana palustris. Le Conte. Pickerel Frog. Rana sylviatica, Wood Frog. ORDER URODELA, ATRETODERA. FAMILY AMBYSTOMIDA, Ambystoma pinetdtum, Bd. Anibystoma luridum. Bd. Ambystoma laterale, Hall, An immature spécimen from Saginaw Bay is referred to this species by Miles. Diemyctylus miniatus. Rab, Diemyctylus vindescens. Rab. FAMILY PLETHODONTID A: Plethodon erythronota, Bd. Common as far north as Lake Superior, Plethodon einerius, TREMADOTERA, Necturus laterales, Ba, Necturus maculatus, Bd, + , ARRIVALS AT PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGIOAL GARDEN DURING WEEK END- ING Tuespay, July 21,—One woodchuck, Aretomys monax, presented 5 one Virginia deer, Cervus virginianus ; one white ibis, Tbis alba,, pur- chased; three striped lizards 0. sex lwnatus, presented; one brown lizard, H. fasciatus, presented; threé chameleons, A, principalis, pre- sented; thirteen gray lizards, 8. wnduldtus, presented; one pig-tail Macaque monkey I. ministrinus, born in garden; one green heron, Ardea curiscens, presented; one moccasin, A. pesceveris, purchased, ARTHUR E. BROWN, Gen’l Supt, ++ — ANIMALS RECEIVED AT CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE FOR WEEK ENDING Ava 4.—One squirrel, Scturius carolinensis, presented by Mr. D. Scott, N. ¥. City. Oneving dove, Turtur risorius, presented by Miss. Lam- bert, N. Y. City. One gannet, Lula Vasaena, presented by Rey. J. How- ard Hand, Southampton, L,I. One robin, Turdus migvatorius, present- ed by Mrs. Makin, N.Y. City. Two armadilloes, Dasypus Sexcincius, One Zebra, Los indicus, bred in the Menagerie. W. A. Conklin, Directoy, —— Stray ArBarross.—‘Our Harry,” of Kingston, N. Y, writes that an albatross, or great pull, as it issometimes called, Was caught on Saugerties Flats, July 18. It proved to be young bird, weighing six pounds four ounces, It is seldom that these birds are found so far from the sea, w+ @> + Penguins at Tristan D'Aounsa.—An observant writer who has devoted a good deal of attention to that most peculiar specimen of the natatores, the penguin, thus describes the un- gainly movements of a flock after reaching the shore from a dip in the heaving billows: The moving water approaches the shore in a wedge shape, and with great rapidity, a band of perhaps from three to four hundred penguins scramble out upon the stones, at once exchanging the vigorous and grace- ful movements and attitudes for which they are so remark— able while in the water for helpless and ungainly ones tombling over the stones, and apparently, with difficulty assur ing their normal position upright on their feet, which are set far back, and with their fin-like wings hanging in a useless _ Kind of way at their sides. When they have Sot fairly out of water, beyond the reach of the surf, they stand together few tes drying and dressing themselves and talking aa ‘ whe *—-The Social Science Association holds its annual meeting this year af Saratoga. The opening’ session is appointed fo; September 4, +e ‘Tue Cuckoo.—Here is the Danish reason why the cuckoo builds no nest of herown. When in the early spring time the yoice of the cuckoo is first heard in the woods, every village girl kisses her hand and asks the question, ‘*Cuckoo, cuckoo, when shall I be married?” And the old folks, borne down with age and rheumatism, inquire, ‘‘ When shall I be released from this world’s cares?” The bird, in answer, Continued singing ““Cuckoo!” as muny times as years will elapse before the ob- ject of their desires will come to pass. But as some people live to an advanced age, and many girls die old maids, the poor bird has so much to do in auswering the questious put to her, that the building season goes by; she has no time to mike her nest, but lays her eggs in that of the hedge-sparrow, —LHz, : SPLIT BAMBOO RODS, To Our Customers and the Public: In reply to the damaging reports which have been circulated respecting the quality of our split bamboo rods, by ‘‘ dealers” who are unable to compete with us at. our reduced prices, we haye issued a circular whieh we shall be pleased to mail to any address, proving the falsity of their assertions. Conroy, Bisserr & Martinson, —[Ado. Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y, Woodland, Harm and Garden, THE CHARMS OF NATURAL SCENERY. N a shady glen or ravine, inviting asit does quiet contem- plation, we are often enabled to discern minor objects of beauty, which, under ordinary circumstances, would be pass- ed by unheeded. Herea charming tuft of moss, covered with hundreds of its classical urn-shaped capsules, supported on shining foot stalks; there a tiny bit of wall+ue, mountain Spleen-wort or walking fern, spring from the seams of rock, or grow embedded between the lichen-covered stones, all hap- py and at home. Rarely indeed hasa closerinspection failed to reyeal something unexpected—some little treasure that might be taken home asa special souvenir. The impressive grandeur of the rocks—piled in irregular jutting masses—liere ‘all but overarching the narrow stream, there‘anon expanding outiward into a sort of graduated series of irregular and abrupt terraces; associated and contrasted with the finely developed fronds of the ferns, could not fail to enchant all lovers of the romantic. Under the subdued light—moistened by the trickling drops that filter through the rocky crevices, and shel- tered from the drying winds—many of our most charming plants find a fitting and congenial home, in which they fre- quently enjoy a magnitude of development that almost leads one to question their specific identity. What lovely masses of moss festoon the face of the jutting rocks!—and deep be- neath, in the dark corners grow the marchantia and other lichens, stealthily but surely performing their own infinitesi- mal part in the gigantic work of disintegration that is contin- uously in progress. Then, again, what an additional interest do the tortuous roots give rise to, as they twist and twine in search of their scanty food, inserting themselves into every crack and crevice, and gradually growing in thickness, till they become gnarled with age, and in their growth assert the vital power of organic over unorganic nature, by displac- ing, at times, large fragments of rock into the stream below. Seeing then that these ravines have an especial beauty and constitute a marked characteristic in our natural scenery, the question suggests itself, or ought to sugeest itself, to every possessor of a country home, is there any wild corner that could by a little skillful manipulation be metamorphosed into a ravine? Any attempt to imitate nature on a large scale must necessarily be attended with considerable expense in the mat- ter of labor alone, independently of the cost of massive blocks of rock, old roots, etc.; but there are gardens in which nature has provided the necessary elements toform the ground work, and it may not be out of place here to give a few hints by which the amateur may be assistedin fhe selection of such plants as are best adapted for beautifying the ground work al- ready formed to his hand. Where such a ravine is traversed by a stream and overshadowed by trees, few plants are more at home than the great majority of our hardy ferns, Chief among them the various flowering varieties, Osmunda, cinna- moma, spectabilis and interrupta, with the ostrich plumed Struthropteris, Pennsylvanica and Germanica claim the prom- inent places, closely followed by broad and massive groups of Onoclea sensibilis. The various Phegopteris with their delicate fronds should have a shady nook; Polypodium vulgare may cover a partially shaded rock; the curious and interesting walk- ing fern (Camptosorus) will be at home in a damp and mossy Jieation; the Climbing fern (Lygodiwm) will grow and flourish ina moist, grassy, shady spot; while the various Aspleniums, Aspidinms, Woodsias, the exceedingly graceful and sweet- tented Dicksonia, and even the Lycopodiums (Club-mosses) 31d Selaginellas will peep from many a nook, and give added i terest to every step. But in addition to these fairy bowers -o* ferns, there are many of our native flowering plants as well as of the cultivated herbaceous varieties that will add greatly to the beauty of such an arrangement. For creeping plants to cover damp soil and form natural «lraperies none are better suited than the common Moneywort ( Lysimachia nummularia), and its golden-leaved variety, the ® bthorpia Europea, and the golden Chrysosplenium also dearly love a damp locality. The twin-flowered Linnea Bo- zalis, the early Hepaticas, Thalictrum, Decentras, Wood Anemones and violets; the rosy Oxalis, all the Trillinms and Epimediums, Dodecatheon, Trientalis, Hypoxis or Stargrass, Aldenlandia (27uets), Aquilegias, not neglectine the new golden A, Chrysantha, and hundreds of others, will naturally find a proper situation, while over them will wave the lovely Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum), the Baneberry (Actea spicata), with its cherry red or white berries, the Bug-bane (Cimiei- juga), the feathery plumes of the Smilacina racemosa, the va- rious Lilies, Cypripedium, Habenarias, Uyularias, Irises, and many taller growing plants, which, if given plenty of rich soil, will grow and flower with a vigor almost surprising, High among the rocks, and in the more exposed situations, can be planted the graceful Adlumia cirrhosa, with its clusters of fringe-like flowers, the lovely Clematis Virginica, or its sweet-scentéd congener, OC. Flammula, the violet-scented * Apios tuberosa, the golden-ieaved Honeysuckle, for the con- trast of its foliage, or the golden-berried Celastrus, or Bitter Sweet, so ornamental in the fall; even the American Ivy (Ampelopsis) and kindred vines in graceful festoons can all be brought, with the wild elegance of their growth, to lend an additional charm to the scene. o— Tae New Yore Horticunrorar Socrery.—We have much pleasure in mentioning that we have received the corrected schedule of premiums offered by this enterprising society for their fall exhibition, to be held at Gilmore's Garden Sept, 26 to Sept, 28 inclusive. Tn this, probably the finest hall in the country for such an exhibition, and as the premiums offered are very liberal, we feel assured that the exhibition will sur- pass even that of last season, and would advise all interested in horticultural pursuits to be sure to attend it. Any one wishing a copy of this schedule, or of the constitution and by- Jawa of the society can have it by return mail by addressing t_- recording secretary, W. J, Davidson, 258 Fulton street, Biooklyn, FOREST “AND STREAM. — ROUGH NOTES FROM THE NORTH- EAST. HALIMax, N. 8,, duly 22, 1877. EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM! Cool and bracing, even in summer, is the breeze that blows fresh from the broad Atlantic upon the bold Acadian shore. That Arctic current which pours down its icy waters through Davie’ Straits upon the northern coast of Newfoundland, bearing upon ‘ts bosom the dreaded bergs which float onward to the westérn confine of the noted Gulf Stream, sends one of its errant outlets southward to wash our granitic shore; and it is to this cool current that we owe our charming Summers, the like of which no other land ¢an boast of the wide world | over. When you, Mr, Editor, and other worthy cllizens of the western world’s metropolis are sweltering under the influence of a temperature which overheats the system and exhausts the frame for weeks—may we not say months ?—the inhabitants of this fayored land can enjoy the luxury of a& daily walk through an atmosphere reduced to within a few degrees of temperate by the vast refrigerator we have alluded | to. "Tis true, we capnot boast much of our dpring; the months of April and May are generally ‘* broken,” as it is termed—one day may be calm, clear and warm, while the next may be boisterous, gloomy and cold. At that season, also, we are liable to dense fogs—at least that portion of our province which liés along the Atlantic shore—and these fogs are the result of the contact of the cold northern current with that of the Gulf Stream. Our summer, therefore, cannot be said to commence before the middle of June, although some charming weather does occur even in May, ou the last day of which month, some six years ago, I well récollect the extremely high temperature of 919 in the shade being recorded. The city of Halifax.with which locality and its fauna I am more ac- quainted than with other parts of the province, is situated upon a peninsnla ronoing nearly north and south, bounded on its eastern side by the waters of perhaps the finest harbor North America can boast of, while on the west it is laved by those of the*placid lake-like inlet known as ‘' The Northwest Arm.” The highest portion of the penin- sula is Citadel Hill, on which Fort George is built,and from which a splendid view of the entrance to the harbor and surrounding country may be obtained. It may possibly réach the height of 200 feet above the sea level, but. I should think hardly more. In every part of the peninsula the soil is much the same—poor and shallow in its natural State, and resting on a sub-soil of hard-pan clay, mingled with the rounded masses, large and small, of granite and slate stone, so charac- teristic of the well-known * boulder drift,”” As may be expected, the land on the peninsula, poor and hungry as it is, is found to be profita- ble under cultivation so near to a large town, and theréforé but a small portion remains in its original wild state. At its sonthern ex- tremity lies a tract of this wild land, about 800 or 400 acres in extent, known as Point Pleasant, a charming distriet, now lald out with walks and driyes for tlie citizens to take their pleasure in. The spot is truly wild in every respéct; a mass of rock, more or less chaotic, every where clothed with a dense growth of dwarf spruce (Abies nigra, Poir.) in its three yarieties of black, red and white, interspersed with degenerate, though picturesque, examples of the white or Weymouth pine (Pinus strobus, L.), Diving into the recesses of this wilderness; the botanist will light upon many a shrab and plant wherewith to adorn his herba- rium, Beneath the sombre shade of those gnarled and knotted pines, in spring time blooms the May-flower (Zpiyea repens, ..), and in early summer in profusion grows the little twin flower (Linnea borealis, Gron.), whose lovely, pensile blossoms never fail to attract the atten- tion of the most incurious eye, while humberless shrubs, including the crimson lambkile (Kalnia angustifolia, L.), the purple rhodara (A. cana- densis, L.) and Labrador tea (Sedum latifolium, Ait), help to fill up every vacant Space, save where an Open grassy spot occurs like an oasis in this desert of conifers, marged around by the dwarf,yet dense follage of the humble blueberiy (Vaccinium penneylvaniewm, Lam.). It is not only in summer that this locality is pleasing to the lover of nature, for even in the depths of our long and severe winters when the snow storm isragingin all its fury and the trees are bending to the passing gale, it is pleasant to roam through these solitudes and listen to the faint note of the black-capped titmouse and Hudsonian chicadee, which appear to heed not the piercing northern blast, but pass onward from tree to tree, busily searching each mioss-grown branch for the it- sect food which hibernates within. Such briefly is Halifax and its immiediate surroundings ; other spots there ate, ‘tis true, well worth describing, but as the readers of Forusr AND STREAM Inay weary of my account, I shall refrain for the present, at least, and pass on to cull a few items from my note-book, Portuguese Man-of-War (Physulia)—Among the Southérn forms brought to our coast by the Guif Stream is the Portuguese man of war, and its occurrence generally takes place during the month of August or beginning of September; sometimes'a littie earlier, as in July, 1860, when a specimen was taken in our harbor on the sandy shores of Sable Island, which liés some eighty miles off shore and much nearer the Western edge of the Gulf Stream; it is not uncommon at that season of the year, Earthworm (Lwmbricus).—l observe sometimes when walking along onr streets during the early summér months after a heavy rainfall an mnusual number of earthworms lying dead above ground. What can have been the cause of so much wholesale destruction ? [The earthworms come up from the dry ground beneath to get the moisiure, and obtaining too much water, are drowned. An earthworm will drown in a bucket of water in half an hour or less. —Ep. | Wild Strawberry (dragaria virginiana, Ehr.)—In ordinary seasons this plant, whichis very abundant in most parts of the country, ex- pands its leaves about the last week of April, and I have observed it in bloom as early as May 12. The fruit ripens about the middle of June, although some may be picked a few days earlier. From the end of June tothe middle of July the market is plentifully supplied. The usual mode of exhibiting the fruit for sale is in little trays made of the bark of the paper birch (Betula Papyracea, Ait.), holding usually about a pint of berries, and these “‘barks,” as they are called, sell when the fruit is abundant at abont seyen or eight cents each. Heayy rains have a bad effect upon our wild strawberry supply, asitis a fruit which soon de- cays under moisture when fully Tipe, . Whiteweed (Leucanthemum vulgare, Lam.).—One of the most common weeds to be seen in our cultivated fields, espevially meadows, is the white weed, or ox-eyeddaisy. The hay crop in some places about Hal- ifax is more than half composed of this plant, yet farmei's declare they have Do objections toit, as the cows are yery fond of it, and being bit- ter in taste it probably acts as a tonic, Mid Mac. _—$$$<$<— + —___ —Sir Richard Wallace, an English country gentleman, ha, planted so many rhododendrons on his estate in Suffoll this season that they may almost be reckoned by the mile. They are expected to afford a beautiful sight next spring, i ~The roof of the Palmer House, Chicago, has heen con- verted into a magnificent conservatory. . —_———————— WILDWOOD POISONS. Torr Duncan, Texas, diily 28, 1877. EDITOR FoREsST AND STREAM: . A communication, signed “ Jacobstaff,” in your issue of July 12, and your editorial remarks thereon, lave excited my interest and attention. Huving been many times the victim of wildwood poisonous vines and shrubs, aud haying learned from Tndians and Mexicans certain reme- dies used by them for the poigon of the ivy and poison oak, SO commoly throughout our entire Western domain, I venture to offer a suggestion or two as to remedies, and hope your correspondent, a8, wellas some of his readers, will try one of them for the poison of the black alder as well as of the ivy. The two remedies I shall mention are not of thosé before Stated, as in use by Indians and Mexicans, bnt are the result of a study by sev- eral army Surgeons of the effect of these Indian and Mexican reme- dies, and substituting therefor certain chemicals of similar charauter. The first isa strong solution of nitrate of potash applied frequently to the parts affected. The best way to apply is to keep bandages of Iinen saturated with the solution, on the parts. When this ¢annot be had, use gunpowder made into a thin paste with milk or water, The other is @ solution composed of zine oxide, two drs; acid tannic, thirty grains; cosmoline, plain, two drachms. Apply same as other solution. Both are sertamly excellent antidotes for (le poison of iyy and the poison oak, and may be equally so for the black alder. : WES?TaRN SPORTSMAN, _— ‘Wooprann Porsons.—Another correspondent sends an ail- ditional remedy, as follows : As there has been a great deal said lately in Forrsr anp SrREAM AND Rop aNpD Gun about poison ivy, or, as we call it, poison oak, I send you a sure remedy for it; The yolk of one egs boiled hard, made into a paste or ointment, with a tablespoonful of good fresh butter (not salted); apply to the parts affected. -The aboye is not impaired by age, or becoming rancid, but is rather improved. J can testify to the good results from use of the above remedy, for I have never known it to fail, ; Se _—The dried plants reecivyed last weel were all correctly named, with the exception of the Matricaria, which we think is Maruta cotula. The unnamed species is undoubtedly Troximon cuspidatuna, Pursh., a native of our Western prai- ries, Would our correspondent be kind enough to give Joca- tion and date of collecting in future if practicable 2—En. + —The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals offers a prize of $500, to be awarded Aug. 1, 1998, to the person or persons who shall have done the most to lessen the sufferings of animals in transportation by rail during the year which will end July 1, 1878. es ee Soot as A FWervirizer.—To strong growing greenhouse plants, such as pelargoniums, fuchsias, roses, carnations, chrysanthemums, azaleas, solanums,-and many others, soot is a valuable and, easily obtaincd stimulant. A handful of it tied ina bag and stirred in a three-callon can of water, has a maryelous effect on all the plants just named, and on many others besides, It induces vigorous growth, and adds fresh- ness and substance to both leaf and flower. ‘tis better to use ifin small quantities and often, rather than charge the compost with more carbon than the plants can readily assim- ilate. For the more robust growers, especially if grown in small pots, mixture with fresh manure from tlie cow sled is desirable, but this mixture should be allowed to settle before using, otherwise the grassy particles will remain on the sur- face of the pots, and while giving them an unsightly appear- ance, exclude that free acration which all healthy roots re- quire, — ++ Derstrovine Prawn Inseors.—At this season of the year aphis and thrips are apt to be very troublesome, and, from the fact that many green-houses attached to yilla residences are badly constructed, an effectual fumigation by means of to- bacco smoke in the ordinary way becomes somewhat difficult. My own house is a case in point. The roof is so loosely con- structed that the smoke passes away through the openings before the insect pests are destroyed. I am therefore led to adopt a plan of my own. Once a week I put sonie soft soap and flowers of sulphur into four gallons of soap-suds, mixiny all well together. ‘The next process is 10 turn the plants heels upward and immerse their heads in the soapy solution ; but. hetore doing this, I prepare a circular piece of sliff card with a hole half an inch in diameter, and a slit reaching from the central opening to the circumference of the card. This is then stretched so as to allow the stem of the plant to be sur- rounded, and by pressing the fingers of the left hand firmly against it and to the rim of the pot when the plant is turned upside down, no soil can fall into the mixture. By gently moving the head of the plant backward and forwafd in the solution, the leaves become cleansed of insects, and as a kind of soapy gloss clings to the leaves after they are dry, insects do not quickly intest them again —Te Gurden. Aquarium Cremmnr.—Mix together litharge and glycerine to the consistency of thick cream or fresh putty. This cement is useful for mending stone jars or any coarse earthenware, stopping leaks in seams of tin panos or Wwash-hoilers, cracks and holes in iron kettles, ete. Ihave filled holes an inch in diameter in kettles, and used the same for years for boiling water and feed, It may also be used to fasten on Jamp-tops, to tighten loose nuts, to secure loose bolts whose nuts are lost, to tighten loose joints of wood or iron, loose boxes in wagon hubs, and ina great many other ways. In all cases the arti- cle mended showld not be sed until the cement has hardened, which will require from one day to a week, according to the quantity used. This cement will resist the action of hot or cold water, acids and heats.—, ¥. Dribune. S—— or Rosz Srips.—Never ‘cut a lateral shoot froma rose bush, if you wish to propagate it, but break it off quickly with a downward motion. It will then retain a minute portion of the older branch; the fracture will be rough and send out rootlets morereadily. Make your soil very wet, like thick mud, and keep it so. Your rose slips pea this way should root in three weeks.—-Rural New Yorker, , REST’ AND STREAM. Tre AmuRtdAN PomoLocreat, Soomry holds its meeting this season at Baltimore, commencing Wednesday, Sept. 12th, at 10 a. a, and continuing three days. All Pomological, Horticultural, Aevicultural and kindred societies in the United States and British Provinces are invited to send as large dele- gations as they may decm expedient, and ull persons inter- ested in the cultivation of fruits are invited to be present and take seats in the convention. , This coming session isexpected to be unusually interesting from its locition inthe great fruit growing region of the At- lantic coast, and from the varied, experience embodied in the reports of the State and local horticultural societies to be pre- sented. The Maryland Iorticultural Society will, at the same time, hold a grand exhibition of fruits, plants, flowers and vegetables, which will give increased interest to the occasion, Packages of fruit, with the names of contributors, may be addressed to the American Pomological Society, care of W. B. Sands, Baltimore, Md. te a To Krer Mrar Presu.—aAs soon as the animal heat is out of the meat slice it up ready for cooking, Prepare a large | jar by sealdine well with hot water and salt. Mix salt and pulverized saltpetre in the proportion of one tablespoonful of saltpetre to one teacupful of salt. Cover the bottom of the jar with a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Put down a Jayer of meat, sprinkle with salt. and pepper the same as if just going to the table, and continue in this manner till the jar is full. Fold « cloth or towel and wet it in strong salt and water in which a little of the saltpetre is dissolved. Press the cloth closely over the meat and set in a cool place. Be sure and press the cloth on tightly as each layer is removed, and your meat will keep for months. It is a good plan to let the meat he over night after it is sliced before packing, Then drain off all the blood that oozes from it. It will be necessary to change the cloth occasionally, and take if off and wash it—first in cold water, then seald in salt and water as at first.— Za. — Prussep Leaves AND FrLowrrs ror Winrrr.—Jack-in— the-Pulpit, in the August ‘‘St. Nicholas,” gives some hints for preparing leaves and flowers for home decoration. By the exercise of yery little labor, and without any expense rooms may be thus rendered wonderfully cheerful for the long winter months : The Little Schoolma’am's.plan is lotake a sheet of thin cotton-batting, and lay the flowers carefully on it, covering them with another sheet, and then putting the whole under slight pressure. Sonietimes, when the flowers are thiuk, und contain a goud deal of moisture, she puts {hem in fresh cotton the next day, and after that does not disturb them. Butin pressing nearly all the small fiowers, the coiton need not be changed at all, and 1ot even opened until the lowers are preserved. TI noticed that the Little Schoolma’am’s pressed Mowers hala soft, bright look. She groups the long-stemmed ones prettily in vases, or Jays them bet een sheets of thin glass, and hangs them in her windows in the winter, she says. They haven’t af all the poor, pinched, faded, flattened look of flowers prepared in other ways. The Little School- ma’anl presses green leayes and ribbon-grass in the same way, keeping their color perfectly; aud she told the children that when they wanted to pilea number of these double cotton layers together, it was better 10 lay asheet of blotting paper i between the sets. Sometimes she Jays tissue paper between the flowers and the cotton; but it is of the thinnest kind. ee —House plants ought to be stimulated gently once or twice a week, Rain water, so refreshing to summer flowers, always contains ammonia, which also abounds in all liquid manures. If you take an ounce of pulverized carbonate of ammonia, dis- solved m_one gallon of water, it will make spring water even more stimulating to your plants than rain water. If you water your plants once in two weeks with guano water (one tablespoonful to a pail of water), they will grow more thrifty. Obicken manure dissolved in water is excellent. Always keep the soil in your flower jots loose, A common hairpin used daily will stir the earth suffitiently.—Povston Journal of Chem- asbry. Tan Rarw TrREE.—In the woods adjacent to the city of Moyobaniba, Peru, exists a tree- called by the natives Tamai- caspi (rain tree) which possesses some remarkable qualities, lt is atree of about fifty feet hich when at maturity, and of about three feet in diameter at fhe base, and has the property of absorbing an immense quantity of humidity from the atmosphere, which it concentrates and subsequently pours | forth from its leaves and branches in a shower, and in such abundance that in many cases the ground in its neighborhond is converted into a perfect bog. It possesses this curious property in its greatest degree in the summer, precisely when the rivers are at their lowest, and water most scarce ; and the writer proposes that if should be planted in the more arid yesions of Peru for the benefit of agriculturists.—Panama Stor and Herald. ts —Senator Dorsey is taming buffaloes on his new Mexica ranch. Awrters, Ero.—Collectors may obtain the following superb specimens at a fair price, by addressing this office. One pair moose antlers, 16 prongs, mounted; one large pair yak horns, joined af base; one pair Texas horns; one bare head of mule deer, with antlers, ten prongs, mounted; one pair antlers and head of red deer, mounted ; one upper shell of sea tortoise, large; one do., land tortoise; one ailiga- tor’s head, mounted, fine white teeth; one large clear and white shark's jaw ; one walrus snout, mounted; one large sawfish snout; four large sword fish do.; one pair buffalo horns, highly polished and joined; one pair caribou antlers (female) even, fair sized and unmounted ; two pair red deer antlers, mounted, The above are fine specimens, which will be presented to Cambridge Museum if not quickly disposed of. ——— See Sarery Remy Horppr—The neatest thing that has come to our notice is the Satety Rein Holder. It can be attacbed toany carriage, clasps the reins Without fuss or trouble, and holds them securely. To physicians we especially reommend if, We know how it is ourselves, and would not be without one _ for three or four times its cost, It is neat, easily adjusted, saves time, and prevents accidents,— See Adv. = —Mere glitter and lip seryice decejye for a while, putin the long rin failin thelr infinence. People learn to see heneath the seeming. But &.T. Babbit's Toilet Soap is precisely whatit claims to be, the purest and sweetest oftoilet soaps, nyaluable in the nursery, and consequent- iy the best aytiole foy “ahildren of a. larger growth.”—[4 dy, Che Senne. TO CORRESPONDENTS.—LThose desiring us to prescribe for their dogs will please take note of and describe the following points in each ani- nfal: 1 Age, 2 Food and medicine given. 3, Appearance of the eye; of the coat; of the tongue and lips, 4. Any changes in the appearance of the body, as bloating, drawing in of the flanks, etc, 65, Breathing, the number of respirations per minute, and whether labored or not, 6, Condition of the bowels and secretions of the kidneys, color, eto. 7, Appetite; regular, variable, etc. 8, Temperature of the body as Indi- cated by the bulb of the thermometer when placed between the body and {he foreleg. 9. Give position of kenne] and surroundings, outlook, contiguity to other buildings, and the uses of ihe latter. Also give any peculiarities of temperament, movements, ete., that may be notived ; signs of suffering, etu, CANINE THERAPEUTICS AND PA- THOLOGY—Fifth Paper. ANATOMY OF THE DOG COMPARED WITH MAN, Hi come next to those organs that serve to secrete and excrete urine, and are likewise essential to the repro- duction of the species. The kidneys are situated much in the same way asin man, but are of more globular form, and un- provided with fat on their anterior surface. This difference is easily accounted for when we compare the situation and posture of the two. Inthe dog they are placed in the infe- rior part of the body, so as not to be subject to the pressure of the vicera, which seems to be the cause of the deposit of pinguedo in the biped ; hence there is no need of any cellular substance to ward off pressure. The superior portions of the canine kidneys are, however, well supplied with adipose tis- sue, lest they should suffer any compression from the action of the ribs and spine. | In the internal structure of these organs there is considera- ble difference. The papili# do not here send out single the Several tubul’ usinifert ; but being all united, they hang down in the form of a loose pendulous flap in the middle of the pel- vis, and form a kind of septum medium, go that a dog has a pelvis formed within the substance of the kidney. The only thing that is properly analogous to this in man, is that sac or dilation of the ureters formed at the union of the ductus wrint- ert. ‘The external part of the canine kidney closely resem- bles one of the lobes of that of the human footus. But in the human adult, from the continual pressure of the surrounding viscera, the lobes—vwhich, in the foetus, are quite distinct and separated—coalesce, though the original cortical substance is still preserved m the interior. The reason of these peculiari- ties in the dog are probably that the fluids of the animal—as of all the carnivora—being much more acrid than those that live on vegetable food, its urine must incline to alkalescency, as indeed is proven by test and smell of that secretion in cats, leopards, dogs, etc., being fetid and pungent, and therefore not proper to be long retained in the body. For this end it is proper the secerning organs should have as little impediment as possible by pressure, etc., in the performance of their func- tions; and for that design the mechanism of the canine kid- ney seems to be elegantly adapted. The glandule or capsule atrabilarie are thicker and rounder for the same reason as the kidneys. The ureters then, are more muscular because of the. unfavorable passage the urine has through them, they entering the bladder at the fundus. The bladder is much the same shape in all quadrupeds, be- ing pyramidal or pyriform. Its difference in shape from man arises from the fact that the neck, from which the ureth- ra is continued, is higher than the fundus; the urine, there- fore, must distend and dilate the most depending part by its weight. It is fastened to the abdominal walls by an exten- sion or process of the peritonium, which membrane is extend- ed quite over it. Asa rule, carniyora have the bladder more muscular, considerably stronger, and less capacious than the herbivora—such as horses"and cattle, whose viscus is perfectly membranous, and very large. This is wisely adapted to the nature of their food, for with the former the secretion is is so acrid, that we may naturally believe that its remora might be attended with ill consequences,and hence demands to be quickly expelled. This is chiefly effected by its stimulat- ing ils receptacle to contraction, and consequent discharge of contents, though the irritation does not depend upon the stretching, so much as the peculiar qualities deyeloped by the secretion itself. That stimulus is one of the principal causes of the excretion of urine is evident when we remember that saline diuretics are dissolved into the semen of the blood, and carried down by the kidneys to the bladder. The same ap- pears likewise from the application of cantharides, or even without medicines, where the parts are sensitive, as from ex- coriation. Accordingly we find that canines micturate much more frequently than man and other animals with whom yeg- etable food constitutes the greater portion of their dict. From the acridity of the secretions of the carnivora, particularly the dog, the old writers attempted to account for rabies. The argument was this; that if these animals whose secretions have atendency to acridity or putrefaction are exposed to heat or hunger, the small portions that would not be excreted—it being claimed that unless new supplies were furnished that all excretory matter would not be yoided—would be absorbed into the circulation, poisoning the blood and—to quote an old writ- er—‘‘the fluids become more and more acrid, by which the creature falls into feyerish and putrid diseases; and, in fact, we find that fatal and melancholy distempers, as 7@dtes canina and vulpine frequent these animals, whereas those that feed | on vegetable food eldom or never contract those diseases hut aio SE eee by infection,” At about the time these ideas of rabies were being sown broadcast, one Dr. Heysham took iip eudgels in opposition to this theory, and wrote a pamphlet in the defense of one, equally as ridiculous to our modern eyes, entitled, “The Cause of Rabies nof Putrescency, but. Acidity of the Fluids,” The spermatic vessels are within and covered hy the peri- foneum, from, which a menibrane analagous to the mesentery hangs loose and pendulous in the abdomen,unlike man, where they are contained in the cellular structure of the peritoneum, which is versely stretched over them. At this passage out of the lower abdomen there appears 2 simple perforation or Ting, precisely like that of the human foetus. This opening leaning down to the testicles, which is of no disadvantage to the quad- rupeds would have been of great inconvenience to the erect biped, as, from the weight of his viscera, continually gravital- ing opon these openings, would put. him in perpetual danger of enteroceles, and man is subject enotigh to hernia ag it is, This, dogs are no way in danger from, since in their horizon. tal position, this passage is in the highest part of their abdo- men, and the viscera can nob press upon. the apertures ; and even to prevent the slightest hazard, each is classed by 2 loose semilunar flap of fat, which not only prevents the intestines from engaging in the passage, but does not allow the vessel themselves to be constricted. Even in the most emaciated . animals this remains intact. Again, with a similar condition of affairs in man, the constant dripping down of the secretions of the omentum would have caused man to suffer with a per- petual hydroceles ; but the posture of this animal secures him from anything of the kind, though very fat lap dogs, who consequently have an overgrown omentum, are sometimes troubled with an epiplocele or hernia, The scrotum is not pendulous as with man, that the secre. tion at each copulation may the sooner be brought, from the testes, thusin some measure supplying the place of the ve- siewle seminales, which are wanting in all canines; the course of the semen through the vasa deferentia is thus shortened by placing the secerning vessels nearer the excretory organs, Perhaps its passage is likewise quickened by the muscular power of the vasa deferentia, which is much stronger than in the human. This want of vesteuia seminales also exp the sexual act is so tedious with the dog; but wh absent in this animal more than in others is which we are unable to explain. The structure of the testicles is the same as min, as are like- wise the corpus pyrimidale variosum, or painpiniforme, and the epididymis or excretory vessel of the testicle, The DASE deferentia enters the abdomen where the blocd vessels come out, and, passing along the upper part of the bladder, are in- serted a little below the bulbous part of the urethra. The preputimn is provided with two muscles ; one arising from the sphincter ani is inserted all along the penis, and is known as the retractor preputi, which sufficient] y explains its office; the other takes its origin from the muscles of the abdo- men, or rather appears to be a product of the tunica carhosa, and is cutaneous; its use is the opposite of that of the retractor. The corpus cavernosa rise much the same as in the human, but soon terminate, the rest being supplied by a triangular bone, There are upon the penis two protuberant, bulbous, fleshy substances, resembling the glans penis in man, at the back of which are two veins; are compressed by the erectores penis and other parts during coition, and the circulation stopped the blood distending these bodies. After the male otean ns thus swollen, the vagina of the female, by its contraction and swelling of its corpus cavernosum, which is considerably greater than in other animals, gripes it closely, so that the male is kept in action for some time whether he will or not till time be given for bringinge the semen necessary for the im- pregnation of the bitch; and thus, by that orgasmus veneris of the female organs, the want of vesicular seminales is supplied But as i ‘would be a yery lmeasy posture for the dor to support himself solely upon his hinderfeet, and forthe bitch to support the weight of the dog for so long a time, therefore as soon as the bulbous bodies are sufticiently filled, he gets off and turns averse to her. Had, then, this penis been pliable as in other animals, the urethra must of necessity have been com- pressed by twisting, and consequently the course of the semen interrupted; but this is wisely provided against by the canal being placed in a groove excavated in the inferior surface of bone. After the emission the parts become flaccid, and the circulation is restored, when they are easily extracted, The prostata 1s proportionately lareer than in the human, and divided into two, and secrete a greater amount of fluid The uterus of multiparous animals is little else than a con- tinuation of the vagina, only separated from it by a small rine or value. It bifurcates, forming twolone canals. whic ; upon the loins, in which the offspring are iodeoh hee aie divided into different sacs, which are strongly constricted he- tween each foatus, though these coarctions sive Way when Seg is completed and birth begins. i ve next examine the thorax and its contents. i not be amiss to remark of the diaphragm in its mee ea tion, that it is in general more loose and free than with us, its connections being altogether different. The human diaphragm is attached to the pericardium, which a ain, b intery. tion of the mediastimum, is tied to ‘ney pi See sn : F F L sternum, spi f but in this animal there is some little s BDU» Ot i c pace between the dia- phragm and pericardium. We observe further that its airs part is much more moveable, and the tendin i " not so large, and it is necessary that the Rican eRe be somewhat loose, the dog making greater use of it in respira. tionthan man, This we may observe by the strong heavin of the flanks after violent exercise, S The disposition and situation of the manmeae beat one or more young. Uniparous animals placed between the posterior extremeties, which in them is the highest part of their bodies, whereby the young obtain nourish- ment without the inconvenience of kneelin hen such animals are of ho & eat S1Ze and the mammae large, p, the young are obliged to assume this position Multipara ave supplied with a number of teats, that thelr shes * lains why y they are a circumstance vary as they have therm _ FOREST ‘AND STREAM. _ 7 teed a = eral young yay have room al the same time, hence they are disposed oyer both thorax and abdomen ; such generally lie down when supplying their offspring with milk, in order to afford them tbe most favorable situation. From tliis it does not seem to be from any particular fitness of the parts that the breasts are placed as we find them in the hyman race, but rather from that of the situation bemg the most convenient both for mother and infant. The sternum is very narrow, and consists of a great num- ber of small bones, moveable every way, as 1s always the case with animals that have great mobility of the spine. The ribs Andrew Fuller. The same large, heavy, menacing, combative, sombre, honest countenance, the same deep, inevitable eye, the same look—as of thunder asleep, but ready—neither a dog or aman to be trified with. a : A Doe Carcemr Comms to Grirr.—Martin Geiszler, of One hundred and fifty-eighth street, was awakened at an early hour by the howling of his Newfoundland dog in the back yard. Throwing open the window a curious scene met are straighter and by no means so convex as in man, whereby | his gaze. On top of the fence sat James Fay, assistant dog- in respiration the motion forward but very slightly enlarges | catcher for the Twenty-third Ward, vainly endeavoring to the thorax, which is compensated by the greater mobility of the diaphragm. The want of clavicles and the consequent falling in of the anterior extremeties upon the chest, probably contributes somewhat to the straightness of the ribs. * hoist the dog by means of a rope and noose, which had been slipped around the animals hind legs. Mr. Geiszler aimed a revolver at Fay and bade him depart, which he endeavored to The mediastinum is pretty broad. The pericardium is not | do, but fell into the arms of a policeman, and was taken before here contiguous to ithe diaphragm, but there is an inch of space between them, in which the small lobe of the lung lodges; by this arrangement the liver, though perpetually pressing upou the diaphragm, cannot interfere with the motion of the heart. The heartis situated with its point almost directly down- ward, according to the posture of the animal, and is but very little inclined to the left side. Its point is much sharper, and its shape more conoidal than with man; and the names of the right and lefé ventricles are proper enough, though not so with us, when they would with greater propriety be called anterior and posterior or superior and inferior. The vena caya is of eonsiderable length inside of the thorax, haying to pass nearly the whole leneth of the heart ere it reaches the si7us Lovwert- anus dexter. In man, 80 soon as it pierces the diaphragm, it enters the pericardium, which is firmly attached to it, conse- quently immediately enters the sinus, which, by the oblique direction of the heart is almost contiguous to the diaphragm. This situation of the canine heart evidently best agrees with the shape and position of the thorax, it being lower than the abdomen. = - The egress of the blood vessels are also somewhat different, as the right subclavian of the dog is given off first; and asa large trunk is continued some way upward before the left carotid is formed, and divides into the carotid and subclavian of the right side, then the left subclavian is sent off[—hence, properly speaking, there is no aorta ascendeus any more than in man. From this special distribution of the vessels of the right side, which happens though in not so great a degree in man, we may perhaps account in some measure for the greater strength, readiness, or facility of motion generally observable in the limbs of that side. Upon measuring the sides of the vessels, the surface of the united trunk of the right subclavian and carotid is less than that of the corresponding arterivs of the left side, as they are separated ; hence the resistance to the blood must be less in that common trunk than in the left sub- clavian and carotid. But if the resistance be smaller, the absolute force with which the blood is sent from the heart being equal, there must of necessity be a greater quantity of blood sent through them in a given time; and as the strength of the muscles is, cacteris puribus, as the quantity of blood sent into them during a given time, those of the right side will be stronger than the left. Now, children early become conscious of this superior strength, and use the right arm on all occasions; thus from use comes the great difference which is so observable. That this is a sufficient cause seems evident from fact, for what a difference there is between the right and left arm of that modern Vulcan, the blacksmith? An examination will con- vince the most skeptical that the difference must arise from use. Butif by any accident the right limb is kept from ac- tion for any time, the other, from being used, stimulates a greater flow of blood, and soon develops and gels to be the better. Itis not to be imagined that the small difference in the original formation of the vessels should be sufficient to.re- sist the effect of use and habit; instances to the contrary occur every day. [t is enough for our argument that where no means are used to oppose it, the odds are sufficient to de- termine the choice in fayor of the right. Observe a dog ata trat how he bears forward with his right side; or look at him when scraping a hole in which to deposit the bone he carries— you will perceive that he uses his right foot much more fre- quently than the left. Something analogous to this may he observed in the pawing of the horse. It was formerly the opinion of anatomists that left-handed people, as well as those distinguished by the name of ambidexter (who use both hands alike), have th2 two carotid and entclayian arteries coming off in four distinet trunks from the arch of the aorta; but exami- nations made for the purpose of determining this—though, in- deed, but few—failed to confirm the hypothesis. oo as Raz.—Did you ever read Dr. John Brown's ‘Rab and His Friends?” If not, do so at once. It is published in handsome and convenient form by the Osgoods (price 50 cents), and also forms one of the lakeside Library num- bers (price 10 cents). It is one of the most ex- quisite sketches ever wrilten, an admirable piece of artistic swork, and as a portraiture of a noble dog simply unsurpassed. Here is the description of Rab, the hero: Twish you could have seen him. There are no such dogs now, He belonged toa lost tribe. As I haye said, he was brindled and gray, like Rubislaw granite; his hair short, hard and close, like alion’s; his body thick-set, like a bull—a sort of compressed Hercules of a dog. He must bave been ninety pounds’ weight, at least; he had a large blunt head; his muzzle black as night, his mouth blacker than any night, a tooth or two—being all he had—gleaming out of his jaws of darkness. His head was scairéd with the records of old wounds, a sort of series of fields of battle all over it; one eye out; one ear cropped as close a8 was Archbishop Leighton’s father's ; the remaining eye had the power of two; and above it, and in constant communication with it, was a tattered raz: of an ear, which was forever unfurling itself, like an old flag; and then that bud of a tail, about one inch long, if it could in any sense be said to be long, being as broad as long—the mo- bility, the instantaneousness of that bud were very funny and surprising, and its expressive twinklings and winkings, the intercommunications between the eye the ear and it were of the oddest and swiftest. eats A ; Rab had the dignity and simplicity of great size; and hav- ing fought his way along the road to absolute supremacy, he was as mighty in his own line as Julius Omsar of the Duke of Wellington, and had the gravity of all great fighters. Vou must have often observed the likeness of certain men to certain animals, and of certain dogs to men. Now I never fooked at Rab without thinking of the great Baptist prealer, i es Justice Wheeler and held to answer at the Special Sessions. Fay argued that he was discharging his duty. It is to be hoped an example will be made of this scoundrel. 5 Destruction of SHEP By Does.—Nearly three million of sheep were destroyed by disease or the depredations of dogs and wolves during the-last year, representing a money value of nearly $8,000,000. The Joss is greatest proportion- ately in North Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, and ranges from seventeen per cent. in the former State to three and seyen-tenths in Nebraska, the ayerage being about eight, The lowest rate is in the States having dog lais, and the high- est is confined to the South, where almost eyery negro is the owner of one or more curs. eye + —This is atrue story, for the Pittsburg Gazette says it is: At Hawkins Station, Pa., a day or two ago, a dog attempt- ed to pass under a train, bnt was not quick enough, and the tip end of his tail was caught and cut off. He whirled around to see what was the matter with that extremity, and almost instantly his head was cut off. «8+ — = —E,. F. Mercellott’s orange and white bitches, Pet and Grace, have tecently whelped—Pet nine, five bitches and four dogs; Grace, eight, five dogs and three bitches ; the for- mer by Theo Mortord’s dog, Don, the latter by Morris’s Pete. All orange and white with black points. ee Name Ciamerp,—I hereby acknowledge the receipt of a Moll Il and Rufus IJ, pup from Mr. Von Culin, of Delaware City, Del., for which [ claim the name of Bruce. He is en- tirely red, with not one white hair on him, and black nose and lips. Guo. N. Bepwirn. —————_- >.‘ = The New York Kennel Club have three puppies for sale, two by ‘“ Take ’’ (half Laverack), ont of ‘*Flirt’ (Irish)! Information may be had from Dr, Strachan, 51 Hast Twenty-third street, N,Y—[4Adp, Sea and River Hishing. —o FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. a FRESH WATER. Trout, Salmo fontinalia, SALT WATER. Sea Bass, Scicenops ocellatus. Salmon, Salmo salar. Sheepshead, Archosargus probato- Salmon Trout, Salmo confinis. cephalus, (iand-locked Salmon, Salmo glover?. Striped Bass, Roccus linneatus, Grayling, Uhymallus tricolor. White Perch, Morone americana, Slack Bass, Micropleryus salmoides; Weaktish, Cynoscion regalis M, nigricans, Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatriz, Mascalonge, Lsox nobilior. Spanish Mackerel, Cybitwm macuta- Pike or Pickerel, Bsox luctus, tum. Yellow Perch, Perea jflavescens, Cero, Cybium regale. Bonito, Sarda pelamya. Kingfish, Menticirrus nebulosus, Fisa 1x Marxer.—Our quotations for the week are as fol- lows: Striped bass, 18 to 25 cents per pound ; bluefish, 10 cents; salmon, green, 40 cents; frozen do, 30 cents; mack- erel, 25 cents; weakfish, 12 cents; white perch,15 cents; Spanish mackerel, 60 cents ; greén turtle, 12 cents ; halibut, 18 cents; haddock, 8 cents; Ising-fish, 25 cents; codfish, 8 cents; blacktish, 15 cents; herrings, 6 cents; flounders, 8 cents; porgies, 10 cents; sea bass, 18 cents ; eels, 18 cents; lobsters, 10 cents; soft clams, 30 to 60 cents per 100; Long Island trout, $1; Canada do., 50 cents; hard shell crahs, $4 per 100: soft crabs, $1 50 per dozen ; frog legs, 35 cents per pound, Vermont,—Lake Champlain is now resorted to by black bass fishermen, who report excellent catches. Rxopr Isxuanp.——Perry Ralph caught seven hundredweight of bluefish near Point Judith, July 25, and six hundredweight July 26. Conxgotioun.—South Vernon.—Black bass fishing in the Connecticut now affords excellent sport. Sunsbury.—There was killed, recently, a night her- on, eighteen inches high, with neat glossy plumage, and hay- ing three white cylindrical feathers, six inches long extending back from its head. : i, Mystic Island.-—On the 4th ultimo friend Herbert and your humble servant packed traps for a few days sport, and took seats in the New Haven and Shore cars for Noank, Conn. 33 per tattccovrpseaursusetreunsen 0 bigehennrces venecetecnsee re ee ee ee Reilly be Payee * Stroud, ¢ Giles, rae We J Ashbridge, mot out.-..,-. “ Bye, 1; leg pye, 1; wides, 6. ......-- Murron vs. Sraten Ispanp.—Slaten sland, Aug 4.—The score was as follows: He A} --+ 5—60 MERION. First Tuning. 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Ans, Wecannot, 8. W.d, North La Crosse, Wis.—Is there anything IT can put on my tent to make it fireproof? Ans. Yes, but if will cost as much asto buy a tent already filrepyoof and will be likely to spoil the tent you have. Best buy a new tent, H. G. G., New York.—Will you please be so kind as to inform me where, inthis city, can obtain a pair of cotton stockings suitable to wear with knee-breeches for shooting purposes? Ans. Thomson & Son, 301 Broadway. 7 T, W. E., Houghton, Mich.—Please inform me in regard to the target on the front page of your paper? Ans, The target is placed there as an ornament to hide a hole atits back. Itis notto shoot at, Hi, M., Frankford Arsenal.—Please give me a good recipe for the wicked fiea? My family of pups is pestered thereby. Ans, Persian insect powder is said to be good. Powdered leayes of the flowering pyrethrum (Pyrethrum rosum). Oresson, New York.—WIll you inform me whether I will find any shooting at Cresson Springs, Pa.? Is that a good locality for squir- rel shooting? Ans, We are so informed, but squirrels are some- what migratory in their habits, and cannot be depended upon to inhablt any one place for two years consecutively. LAcHtNE, Montreal.—Under the rules of first-class American or British rowing clubs are pin oars (that is, oars with a hole through them working on a pininthe gunwale of the boat) allowed to be used at their regattas or not? Ans. We believe not. H. §., Boston.—Can yougive me the name of a book giving names and description of the different insects? Ans, ‘“Our Common In- sects,” by A. 8, Packard, Jr., published by Estes & Lauriat, Washing- ton street, Boston, Mass., will give you all desired information, B.L. C., Central City, Ilowa.—I wish to obtain the rules for goyern- igrifie clubs, if such rales are printed. Where can they be obtained? Ans. Remington’s catalogue has them, or you will find them in the “Forest and Stream) Hand-Book for Riflemen.’? Published by J. B. Ford & Co. ’ J, H. B., Cincinnati, Ohio.—Where can I find good fly trout fishing in West Virginia? Ans, The Blackwater region of West Virginia: reached via wagon road, twenty-eight miles from Oakland, Md,, on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, affords excellent tronting in September, Write to Wm, Kitzmiller, Oakland, Md., or Thomas Basley, of the same place. W.N., Gorham, N. H.—I have three young wild black duck about one-half grown, which I wish to raise for decoys. What is good feed for them, and what kind of shelter is best for them through our winter months? Ans, House and feed them sameas tame ducks, giving a Jithle raw hashed meat occasionally. Send to Wm. Lyman for his cat- alogue of rowing gear. Onto, Cincinnati.—Is there such a thing as shooting deer with a shot gun? Please tell me the bore, length, etc., that would be best adapted for miscellaneous shooting ? Ans, Yes, itis very common}; many prefer the shot gun to the rifle for this purpose. For general shooting we prefer a 12-gauge, 8-lb. gun, with 30 or 32-inch barrels, C.E., New York.—Isthere a good pocket guide to Nova Scotia pub- lished? Also, will there be any good hunting on the north coast or in the Bay of Funday thismonth? Ans. Map at A, W. Makinlay’s, Hali- fax, N. 8. Moose hunting is permitted Sept, 30, but a license of $20 is first demanded. SUBSCRIBER, Brooklyn.—I have @ small terrier dog, and in cutting his ears part of the lobe of one ear was cut, and it has never healed. Can you inform me of any preparation which will healit? Ans, Wash wound clean with castile soap and tepid water. Then bring the edges together, and cover them on both sides witha strip of cloth on which Simple cerate has been spread, then fasten them down with collodion and leave until well. M. R. H., Shelbina, Mo.—l. Would you advise me to buy a breech- loader with a pistol stock or not, and what is its advantage? 2. Do you think that English chilled shot will give better results on quail and grouse than soft shot? Ans. Yes, itis much easier to manipulate. 2, There 1s a diversity of opinion regarding chilled shot. Our best shots say that it is superior to soft shof only when shooting from the trap with a gun that is heavily choked. The trap you speak of is not in the market. The Bogardus trap is best known; price $6. W. iH. 'T., Kendallville, Ina,—Can you inform me of the nature of the small grub found in black bass? I examined one to-day and it was almost identical with our common bloodsucker, except in size and color. Are bass fit for food when these grubs are to be found in them? Ans. Almost every fish has its own peculiar parasite. As to being jit for food, it is a matter of opinion; they are eaten at such times by some, and so are the inhabitants of the capillary substance which adorns the occipito frontalis of the Diggers by the proprietors of these pastures. F, W. B., New York.—How can I cure fish so that they will keep until winter? Ans. Take your fish and split it open; wipe it clean, but don’t wash it; layin a keg, skin down; sprinkle on each layer of fish a mixture composed of one-half salt and one-half Muscovado sugar, putting on about one-half the quantity usnally used in salting fish. On atrival home, re-pack, usitg a very small quantity of the same mixture. Gazetteer, page 5ST. FRANK HaSkKsLL, Saccarappa, Me.—I notice that in two instances in your Answers to Borrespondents, you have informed the Inquirers that they could shoot woodcock in certain places in this State during the months of July and August. I would suggest that it would be well to inform such inquirers that there is a game law in this State, and that there are also sportsmen here who will enforce it, You have pub- lished an abstract of the game law of Maine in FoREST AND STREAM and its provisions should be made known to the inquirers mentioned above. Ans, Wedonot discover the instances to which you refer, but we do find in our lastissue the information given to a correspond- ent that woodcock cannot be shot in Maine before Sept. 1, accord- ing tolaw. Wehaye astanding lirt of game in season at the head of our Game Bag and Gun column, which our readers seem to wholly ignore. : ©. R,, Passaic, N. J.—What shallI do toeffect a cure of the eyes of iny setter puppy? Inthe inner corner of each eye isalump of hard, fleshy matter, protruding about one-quarter of an inch, and about the size of the end of a man’s little finger. It is now only about half the size of what itwas ab first. Ans. The lujups can be removed by the use of glacial acetic, or by chromic acids, but they demand great care Rinse in fresh water before cooking,—Hallock’s Sportsmuan’s | inusing, The former is preferable, and the contiguous parts must be first touched with sweet oil. Better yét, consult a surgeon, and let him remove with scissors. CHAMBERLAIN,New York.—Will you please inform me what the reen- lation length of the 10-pounid hammer handle is? and also please give the three best throws of the 12-pound hammer? Ans. We are unable to give the regulation length of hammer; we believe this is usually decided by each association for ifself, The best throws of the 12-pound hammer are not on record, That of 16 pounds was 122 feet & inches, by H. 8. Brown, Aprils, 1873, at London, England. BAok-sction, Noroton, Ct,—Yow say in your Answers fo Correspond- ents fo use a8 much powder in ashotgunas the shoulder will bear. [ sé 4 drachms of Lightning powder in a Remington i2-bore, 81g-lb, breech-loader, but could bear a drachm or so more, if I could get it in my she ls, [use one ounce of shot and two wads oyer the powder. Could T use 434 drachms or 434 dvachims powder and 44 ounce shot with good effect? Ans, Hardly; youhadbest be satisfied with the charges you are using. ‘ Sugscrimer, Duxbury.—Will you kindly inform me what you con- sider the best food, also of vegetables, for setters in warm weather, andhow to prepure the same? Ans, Spratt’s biscuits are excellent, Barley and oatmeal, the dross of wheat four, or any mixture of these same with broth or skimmed milk, is yery proper food, varying it twice or thrice a week with greayves from which the tallow has been, pressed, mixed with four; or sheep’s feet and heads, well baked or boiled, forms a good diet—Hadloch's Sportsman's Gazetteer, G. H.R., Gainesville, Texas.—I saw a hawk to-day the size of B. lin eatus, and somewhat the shape, sailing overhead (and it poised for some seconds within gunshot), which was pure white underneath, ex- cepting a dark prouwn pectoral crescent and the tips of primaries aud secondaries, which were black. As well as I could see, the upper parts were brownish or bluish, I have seen perhaps a dozen of those birds this season, butnever so closely before. Canyon tell what itis? TF have never seen Hlarivs leicurus here, and thought of it, but the tail was not white above, and I thought iitoo heavy fora kite. Ans, We should not dare to conjecture what it may have been, The deseription is too meagre. INQUIRER, Dorchester, N. Y.—1, Do you consider the seven-shot re- volver, advertised by Western Gun Works for $3, a good, safe and rell- able weapon? 2, Which of the following three guns would you prefer fer general use, everything considered? (1) a $45 Remington, (2) a $50 Parker, (3) 2 $50 Fox? You may designate above by numbers if you prefer, so as not to discriminate between manufacturers openly, 8. Do you consider the rifle advertised by Turner & Ross, in your issue of July 5, equal to a $20 rifle? Ans, 1. Probably as good as any for the money, but we don’t want any. 2. We do not discriminate be- tween manufacturers; all have their respective merits. 3. We know nothing of it. R., Goshen, N. ¥.—Can you tell me what to give my black and tan dog to enable him to retain his food? He eats heartily, but for oyer two months has thrown up everything he takes into his stomach. Is Seven years old, seems bright and lively, but has been deyoured by fleas; have tried curbolic soap without much success, I have used sul- phur in the water given him to drink, as has been suggested, but noth- ing seems to help him, and as heisa great pet we are anxious to re- lieve him, Ans. Give him 5 grains of the following powder three times a day: Powdered rhubarb, 6 drs.; powdered white castile soup, 2drs.; powd. cubebs and septandrin, of each 1dr. Mix inmortar, and pass through a fine seive. Torid him of fleas, use a powder of pyre- thrumrosum (flowering pyrethrum). R. R. D., Rochester, N. Y.—Gan you inform me where, either in Can- - ada or Northern Michigan, Tecan find good shooting and fishing inthe month of October, also routes of reaching same? Ans. Go to the Sr. Clair Fats. Take railroad to Buffalo, then Grand Trunk Railroad to Port Huron, Mich.; thence by Starline of steamers to the Star Island House at the Flats. Good fishing for bass, pickerel (wall-eyed pike), ete. Plenty of wildfowl. If deer shooting is desired, write to Robert Graham, Peck Post Office, Sanilac County, Mich., and inquire for terms, etc., which, if satisfactory, you can arrange to have him meet you at Lexington. Lexington may be reached from Port Huron by Star line of boats, being but 25 miles away, Graham knows every inch of the peninsula between Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay, and is every way reliable. : - I. J. L., Williams’ Ranche, Texas.—I determined last fall to go into the sheep business, and had some Leicesters and Scotch blackface sheep sent over from England. The sheep have all done well except that they haye had what we call “Snufiles” (I don’t know what you callit here), It isa severe running at the nose. I have tried pine tar on their noses, and given them wood ashes in the salt, but neither has had any beneficial effect, Although tnis is foreign to sporting, could you please tell me of anything to cure them of their ailment? Ans. No remedy has been found that is considered at all reliable, The inhalation of the vapor of turpentine often proves beneficial, or asa- foetida dissolvedin milk may relievé, Itis said, also, that a Second at tack is inevitably fatal, W. A. C., Andover.—I have a large English pointer dog two years old, One of my kind neighbors had the cruelty tolodge a bullet from a large navy revolverin him just back of his armpit, on the left side. That was three months ago, since which time he is apparently all well; but as soon asi work him, andhe gets alittle excited, he will tumble over, acting perfectly blind, will run into trees head first, and finally end in falling down in a spasm, frothing copiously at the month. When he'recovers he will stand off and bark at me, but still née will obey my. commands. If water is near he will plunge into it, but it leaves him very weak, Is there any cure, or shall I kill one of the best trained of dogs? Ans. No, weshould not kill him, but trust time and nature to repair the injury done to his neryous system, J. T, B,, Stamford, Ky.—I was out salmon and bass fishing in sirange Waters tome last week, and had fly fishing suggested by the prompt- ness with which a large fly was gobbled every time I saw one fall upon the water and vainly struggle to rise. It is superfluous to tell you £ know nothing of entomology, as my description will proclaim. A large, lead-colored fiy, similar to dragon; long, slender hody, large wings, (Ithought two pairs to eachinsect), Natives couldn’t tell me a name. Thad neverhbetfore seen one. They say the fly has ** pinchers” at head and rather long “feelers.” It is evidently a very killing ty, and if you cal conjecture whatit is, please adyise me what ty to call for, I pro- pose returning to the Clear or Middle Fork of Rock Castle this fall, and intend to try fly-fishing. Hayen’t beenable to procure the “ Gazut- teer” through our book dealers yet. Feel assured] shall find desired information init. Ans. The fly was no doubt one of the Libaliwlice:, but of what species, or even genera, it is impossible to say, ———— LY —Undoubtedly one of the best and cheapest stocks of Carpetings, Oil- cloths, Mattings, etc., to be found in the United States is that of Messrs, Joun H, Pray, Sons & Co., Washington street, Boston, IT. 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Base ball: Hartford ys Boston, at Boston; Louisville ys Milwaukee, as above; Rochester vs Wilkesbarre, as above; Resolute ys Waterbury, at Water- bury, Conn.; Monticello vs Osceola, at Jersey City ; Enterprise va Vol- unteer, at Poughkeepsie. Creedmoor; Infantry, 11th Brig., 2d Div, Saturday, Aug 11.—Running meeting; at Saratoga. Base ball: Hart- ford vs, Boston, at Boston; Cincinnati vs St. Louis, at St. Louis; Louis- ville ys Chicago, at Chicago; Resolute vs Innependent, at Norwalk, Conn.; Star ys Quickstep, at Greenville; Magnolia vs Continental, at Prospect Park; Arlington ys Alaska, af West Brighton; Enterprise ys Active, ati Wappinger’s Falls. Creedmoor: Practice. Scottish-Ameri- can Athletic Club games, Virginia City Caledonian Club games, Glass ball shoot at New York. Monday, Aug. 13—Running meeting, as above. - Base ball: Cincinnati ys St. Louls, at St. Lonis; Louisville vs Chicago, at Chicago. Creed- moor = Cavalry, 1st Biv. 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The object: of this paper has ever been to promote a heathful interest in outdoor recreation, and cultivate a refined taste for natural objects. At no time has the paper been so strong as at present. In its enlarged form, and with the careful attention paid to subjects which come with- in its scope, it is emphatically the journal of the American Sportsman and naturalist. SS +# 9 e —__—_—_—_ _ Arorio ExpLoration,—Capt. Howgate’s Arctic expedition left New London Aug. 4th for the*Polar seas, GAME PROTECTION. | ‘ Toe Massacnusetts Game Law.—In our issue of July 26 we published a letter from Mr. John P. Ordway, respecting the defects of the law as it now stands, and the response from Mr. W. Minot, Jr., as appeared inthe Boston@lobe. Dr. Ord- way replies as follows : To the Heitor of Phe Globe : Sir—My attention has just beefi called to a letter from Wm. Minot, Esq,, published in your paper of the 28d inst., assum ing that the present, game law is, although very defeetive- sufficient to convict, from the fact that the birds being in pos- session out, of season is prima facie evidence, and throws ihe whole }urden of proof on the offender, “But does Mr. M. assume that prima facie evidence is positive evidence ? and does he not know that in almost every case of possession the birds have been expressed from one place to another, so that the buyer is warranted in saying they came from Rhode Island, or Connecticut, or some other place, and could not swear they were killed in Massachusetts? There are so many ways of evading the law in its present shape, that, as I stated in my former letter, it is, in my opinion, virtually good for nothing. ‘The eighth section of the game laws undoubtedly gives power to obtain a warrant from any judge by the com- plaint stating that persons have woodcock or quail in posses- sion, but the misfortune is that the first section states where the birds must have been killed in order to convict. I consider Mr. Minot an excellent lawyer, and should be pleased to have him try a few cases, bul am afraid he would spend his time and talents in trying to convict without avail. He can prob- ably find the birds on sale in almost any proyision store where game is kept, and if he thinks the eighth section a saving clause, I trust he will put the matter to a test. Charles Hal- lock, Esq., editor of the Forrsr anp Srream, in bis latest j issue, says: ‘‘The Massachusetts law is certainly defective, and should be altered, if intended at all to accomplish its pur- pose.”’ As one of the executive oflicers of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association, acting upon the opinion of several legal friends, I should not personally feel willing to risk the reputation of our society by obtaining wars rants under the present law. JOHN P. Orpway, Pres. M. FP. and G. P, Association. [Mr. Ordway is undoubtedly right in this matter, and as be- fore intimated, we consider it a disgrace that the Oommon- wealth of Massachusetts passes a law that allows her residents: to cross her borders and violate the enactments of other States with impunity. He who crosses the line into contiguous States and kills woodcock out of season is safe when he returns, to Massachusetts, by simply proving that the game was not killed within her boundaries, consequently the law as it now stands encourages crime.—Ep. | —An epidemic of some kind is prevalent among thedeer on South Mountain, Pa. Several have been found dead and others found with bodies drawn up, cramped and almost bent double. : Wuo Kitnep tan Birp.--The following solution is offered for this too often difficult problem : Request the disputants to assume, as near as possible, the positions they held while firing, and then place the bird with wings extended at about the distance it was from them when flushed. This forms a triangle, and by examining the bird examine the point where the shot entered, and the bird be- longs to the man on the side of the bird where the shot enter- ed. ‘This method is very simple, and by its use I have many times performed the ‘role’ of peacemaker. Wine Sxot. San Diego, Cal. Kitiive Birps our oF Season.—Under this caption the Marshall (Tex.) Tri-Weekly Herald of July 26 publishes the following: Waxahachie, Texas, June 28.—Young prairie chickens are in season, and fishing splendid. If any of the New York boys will come out next fall T will show them how to kill buffalo.—ForkEst anp STREAM. We are at a loss to understand how a paper professing to be a sportsman’s journal can be induced to publish such a con- tribution as the above. ‘The Forest and Stream may possibly fall into the hands of some would-be sportsman who, as likely as not, would take for Gospel what the Waxahachie pot-hunter (endorsed by one of the leading sportsman’s journal of the country) says, and the death of a few half-fledzed grouse would probably be the result. We unfortunately have no game Jaw in Texas, or our Waxahachie friend would in all probability be languishing in the calaboose—but it is, we think, hardly necessary to assure sportsmen of any section of ihe country that chickens (grouse) are not In season in Jime in Texas (or any other State), and even if they were, that the heat on the prairies is so intense, and water so scarce, that it is almost impossible to’ get any shooting worthy of the name before September at the very earliest. Such paragraphs as the above are, unfortunately, far too common in our sporting papers; and if, instead of gratifying the ambition of this class of contributors by allowing them to see their trashy effusions in print, the editors of these papers would give them the snub- bing they so richly deserve, they would receive the thanks of sportsmen generally, and, toa certain extent, be doing their duty. . [We take great pleasure in promulgating the Herwid’s ideas, and since our Texas friends feel worried over their shortcom- ings and our own, we trust that they will take measures that | will induce the Legislature of the Lone Star State to enact suitable laws towards the protection of game. We necessarily print many items that we do not indorse, and we supposed that the readers of the Forrest AND Stream had by this time obtained a pretty fair sample of our opinions regarding the protection of game, If we stopped to score all the notes like the one quoted by the Herald it would keep us pretty busy, for although we do not publish a tri-weekly paper we find the week sufficiently short for our purpose.—Ed, ] Noya Soorr, Hoalifax.—After September 1st 1877, the game Jaws as applied to Moose and caribou are as follows: 1, After this Act shall come into operation, no person shull kill, or pursue with intent to kil, any moose or caribou, save only during the months of October, November, December aud January, IN any year, or shallexpose for sale, or haye in his possession, any green moose or caribou skin, or fresh moose or caribuo Ineat, or any part of the carcass “aforesaid and the first five days of Pebrnary in anaemia weried.. ua We ttt ane WE pe em~epperlan ee, - of §, Moose or caribon, killed-in this Province, except in. the montha | A 4 any year. The posses- sion of aly greéu moose or carthou skin, or meat, or any part of the carcase of 8 moose or caribon, during” the close season shall be pre- puta evidence of snch moose or caribou haying been illegally killed n. 2, No one person, or number of persons forming a hunting party, shail, during avy one year or season, kill or take more than three moose and five caribou. q rl +. Any person or party.of huntsmen who may Kill a moose or cari- bon shall carry the tesh thereof out of the woods within ten days after killing the animal, except as regards moose or caribou killed in the lat- ter part of- January, which must be carried out within the first Nve days of Febrnary. 8. No person shall sef any snare or trap or pits, for the destruction of moose or caribou, under a penalty of one handred dollars for each offense ; aid any person finding such snare or trap may destroy the same, The possession of any such snare or trap shal] be presumptive evidence of the intention of the person In whose possession it 1s found, {0 Sch the suare for the destruction of moose or caribou. Section 27 will be of particular interest to the citizens of the United States who are wont to hunt in this province. It reads as follows: No person not having his domicile in the Province of Nova Scotia shall be entitled to the privileges granted by the game laws in force in such Province for the time being, without haying first obtained & license from the eflice of the Provincial Secretary. Every snch license shall be signed by the Chief Game Commissioner and countersigned by the Provincial Secretary or tis Deputy, and shail be in force for one year from the first day of September in each year, and shallbe subject to the enactments of the game laws in force in the Province at the time said license is granted. The fee to be paid therefor into the Provincial Secretary’s office shall be twenty dollars, and the fund derived from this source shall be applied toward the expenses incurred in earring out the provisions of the game laws. Any person violating this section shall be Jiable to a penalty of not less than twenty dollars or more than fifty dollars for each offense, in addition to the license fee, ana costs of prosecution to be recovered in the manner prescribed by section eleyen, and, when recovered, to be paid one-half to the prosecutor and the other half into the Provincial Secretary’s office, to be applied as herembefore provided. Officers in Her Majesty’s service, officers of the Army and Navy on service in this garrison, shall be entitled to the privileges of the gamé laws of the Pro- yince ou the payment of an annua! fee of fiye dollars into the Provincial Secretary’s office, for which they shall obtain « livense for the period specified. Holders of licenses granted under the provisions of this Act must produce the same when réquired so fo do hy any Justice of the Peace, Game Commissioner or Warden, or officer of the Gameand In- land Fishery Protection Society. - —Of two poachers recently discovered on the game pre- serves Of Baron’ Rothschild, at Orsy, France, one was im- mediately shot dead by a keeper, and the other, haying slightly wounded one of his captors, was sentenced to twenty years in the galleys. And all for a hare! Dears or Roxat.—We regret to announce the death of Captain James Esdaile, of Montreal, at the early age of thirty- two years and six months. Mr. Hsdaile was a thorough sportsman, in the true acceptance of the term, having an ex- cellent knowledge of the habits of wild animals, birds and fish, as well as the mode of capturing them. He was a valued contributor of this journal, and ever foremost in the rank of game protection. A ‘warm friend and genial com- panion, his death causes a void that cannot again be filled. Se RYE ae A aes = GAME BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. EUROPEAN QUATL. OR several years gentlemen in this vicinity, who are in- terested in the preservation and propagation of game, have been discussing the practicability of introducing some new species of game birds into New England. When we.con- sider how few we have of really game birds—birds that will lie to and are hunted with dogs—and these few growing fewer and fewer every year, the reason for this solicitude will be obvious. If we name partridges (Bonasa wmbellus), quail (Ortya virgintanus), woodcock (Philohela minor) Wilson snipe (Gullinago wilsont), we haye enumerated about all that are worthy the attention or consideration of sportsmen. There are a few other species, some of which will lic to a dog, that are occasionally admitted to bag; but to a true sports- man, who enjoys the manly and invigerating exercise of the field, they offer very little satisfaction. Among the indiffer- ent birds, the spruce partridge (Canuce canadensis) which in- habits the northern part of New England, is of good size, and will sometimes lic to a dog, but are not numerous. Their home is a great way off from sporting centres, in a region where there are very few other.game birds; are difficult to shoot, shying about in dense spruce or hemlock forests, and, gastronomically, are of no account, nor are they offen on sale in our markets. ' We have at times several species of the rail family, but they arrive late and depart early, are here during the hottest weather, are found only in reedy bogs or filthy sloughs where no sportsman likes to go; and slthough most game dogs will point them, they have no dignity of character-and while the dog honestly thinks he has game, the little Ratlus is running, swimming, diving, flying—anything to sneak away and puz- zle his pursuers until he is far over the bog or thick reeds, beyond reach, or, if reached, is a poor reward to dog and man, and in this latitude is almost never hunted ‘* per se.” Further south they are more abundant, and one may fill a bag or boat as he pleases. Along some of the hill-tops or valleys of New England one occasionally meets with a very delicious bird, the upland plover (Actiturus bartramuts), but they will not lie to a dog or anything else, are very wary, will respond to. no call note or decoy, and are hardly to be considered game birds in the sense we haye indicated. There are a few other birds that are sometimes shot, among them the meadow lark (Sturnella magna), which most any bird dog will point ; but the bird will lie as well to a man or cow as to a canine; nor are they regarded as very gamy. Snipe shooting is, we believe, everywhere regarded: as very fine sport, than which, in some sections of the United States, none is better, In New England—more particularly in the northern and eastern parts—none is, however, more uncertain never staying long ina place, and séme seasons scarcely mak- ing an appearance at all, though, when found, lie tolerably well to a dog, and are a nice, palatable bird. We have been unable jo suggest any of the Svolopacide as a substitute or auxiliary. ‘Phere are many species of the snipe in the world, but their habits are so nomadic as to render hopeless the task of localization or breeding, The woodcock is, to our mind, the crown jewel, the very ne plus ultra of all sport, To aman who loves a well-bred, well-trained dog, and also loyes shooting in cover with—as ‘dear old Isaak Wallon used to say—‘‘a companion that is cheerful and free from swearing,” no bird gives so much pleasure, so much real joy and satisfaction as this noble bird —the woodeock, They arrive in March, breed early, stay with us tili November, and would probably be quite plenty if we could enforce a law making all the year, except Septem- ber, October and November, a close season. But these birds are mercilessly pursued by old and young, in season and out of season, with all sorts and conditions of arms and animals, until it is almost impossible to make a respectable bag. It is believed that some of our finest woodcock sections have been ruined by the birds being killed m June on their breed- ing grounds, and none are left the following spring, as they are wont, to return to the place of their nativity to reproduce their young. Stringent laws have been granted by the Legislature, but there secms to be no disposition on the part of the gunners to observe, or the authorities to enforce these laws. Game laws are looked upon by most people as an infringement of their natural and inherent rights, tobe spurned and trampled upon whenever and wherever encountered. The earlier settlers of New England had to contend with the savagesand savage beasts for the soil they occupied, and only by the skillful use of the gun were they frequently saved from destruction. When starvation stood upon the threshold of the little hut, the gun brought the wished-for meat, and all were happy again. Hunt- ing was a necessity, and what at first was a pinching necessity afterward became a pleasant pastime. As game prew scarce, the aid of the Legislature was invoked for itS preservation, but many shortsighted persons declared that gunning and fish- ing had in this country ever been free, and so they must for- ever remain. And thisis the spirit by which the friends of the protective system are met. ‘Time, observation, statistics, our sporting literature and intelligent sportsmen are doing much to obliterate these prejudices, and yet he who under- jakes to correct or reform the habits or morals of a people, has before him no light task. But the question before us now is, can we introduce any new species of waders that will take the place of or aid in preserying onr woodcock? Would the European woodeock (Scolopaw rusticola) if once planted here, be successful in its results? It is a splendid bird, larger than its congener this side the ocean, and if colonized would prob- ably thrive well. It is, however, no easy matter to capture them in such numbers as would be required to stock a conti- nent. It would be a grand enterprise, and we hope some magnanimous individual or rich club will do itself the honor of the experiment. The partridge is the largest of our game birds, and is eager- ly sought, both for table and field, They are hardy, capable of enduring the severest weather, feeding in winter mostly on buds and roosting upon trees, or plunging into soft snow to escape the cold and other enemies. If while thus encased in flaky folds, a light rain should fall and then suddenly freeze 80 as to form a crust, they would he unable to extricate them- selves, and quite likely in this way many would perish. But the most destructive enemy of the partridge is the snare or trap, An'expert with these wicked and nefarious contrivances can, in a short time, ‘‘clean out” all the partridges within his reach. No species of bird can, we presume, be exterminated by the gun, while several may be with snares. Then we have the sharp-tailed grouse (Pediectes phastanel- ixs) of the Rocky Mountains, which would ‘undoubtedly thrive well in the mountain regions of New England. They survive the winters there, why not here? We know that cli- tnate, soil and food have much to do with the successful planting and propagating new species of plants cr animals. Many years ago some benevolent gentlemen undertook to col- onize the pinnated grouse, or heath hens (Cuspidonia ewpido), on Cape Cod. Ample legal protection was thrown around them by the Legislature, andit was believed they would in time spread and populate the whole commonwealth. But in place of doing this, they gradually dwindle away, most likely from want of food in that barren region, till none are left, save possibly a few on the island of Naushon. This may be qnother evidence in favor of Darwin’s theory of the ‘Survival of the Fittest.” Phassianelius may be one of these, while Cupido evidently is not. We hope, before another spring, some liberal minded individual will not only stock the Green Mountain range with these noble birds, but also the heaths of Cape Cod, In Europe, there are several of the partridge family that would undoubtedly thrive well in this country, among them the English partridge (Perdix. cinerea) is very prolific, feed- ing in corn «nd turnip fields, where they persist in staying, and if driven from one part, they immediately rally in an- other; but as they roost upon the ground huddled together,and are not migratory, it is somewhat problematical whether they would go through our hard winters. The latitude of Virginia would suit them splendidly, and would, we think, if once in- troduced, make a fine addition to their present stock of game hirds, ; : The red-legged partridge (Perdin rubra) of France, was, about eighty years ago, introduced into England by the Mar— quis of Hertford and others, and has, in some counties, be- come very abundant. Its flesh is regarded inferior to Cinerea, but still is a great favorite with most sportsmen. We do not forget, however, that the winters in Old England are much milder than in New England. The boon we devoutly desire is a migratory bird. Our na- tive quail isa toothsome, prolific, cunning, gamy little fellow, feeding chiefly on seeds and grains in winter, most of which are within a foot of the ground, all of which are at any time placed beyond his reach by a fall of two feet of snow. Nor 18 he a good traveler upon light snow. But it so happens that every few years a deep, damp snow falls in the niglit-time | upon the birds as they ave huddled together in a little circle, heads out, and if at such time a sudden change in the weather takes place, so as to freeze the surface, they can never eseape, The bones of whole bevies have frequently been found as the snow melts away in the following spring, Nay, more; whole sections of country haye in this way been depopulated, and then the anxious sportsman must wait long years till the few that escape in some remote corner have time to propagate and spread over"the land so as to make good shooting again. The consunier fares better, as he can get a supply from the South or West. These considerations have led to the inquiry as to whether there is not some of the quail family better adapted to our inhospitable climate. California quail (Laphortyu californica) are 2 very numerous bird along the Pacifie Slopes of the mountains, as well as the plains, and at no dis'ant day will, we trust, be transplanted on the Atlantic shores, where it is destined to become one of our most popular and interesting game birds. We understand they are partially migratory, 2. ¢., they travel from the moun- tain regions to the plains below, or to the seaboard, where there is yery little snow, and return again in spring. They lay a great many eggs; in some instances as many as twenty- four, and, to coyer them, both parents incubate at the same time. Their food is quite similar to that of our quail, but they are more gregarious, often assembling in flocks of seyeral hundred each. Another feature in their habits, and the one most fayorable to their propagation here, is that, at the ap- proach of evening, they run from the open fields to the thick oak forest trees, upon which they roost at night. If the habit of roosting on trees is universal, they would escape death by deep snows, and would certainly be a success here if they could be supplied with food. By introducing three or four new species of game birds, we should attract a portion of tht gunners from their old haunts, and thereby make better shooting for those who remain; and, further, we shall have added something to our food supply, which is a subject worthy the attention of our wisest legislators. Of all the game birds that have come to our notice, the one that has most good qualities and best adapted to sueceed and prosper in this country, is the common migratory quail of Europe (Coturnix communis), or, as Mr. Baird prefers, Cotur- nix dactylisonans. They are about two-thirds the size of Oriya virgindanus, generally lighter color or rufous brown, suffused with fulvous; bill slim, long and less arched; legs slender and nearly flesh color; wings larger in proportion than. our quail, and the whole make-up more delicate. Their food is largely insectivorous, as their bills indicate. They lie well to a dog, and often do not all spring at once, buf get up one or two at a time, and then give the gun an exceilent op- portunity to do its work. 'The bird'is very common all over Europe, Asia and parts of Africa, going as far north as Scan- dinavia in summer to breed, but almost upon the first chill blast of autumn the warning note is given, and the little bevy is summoned to depart from the breeding ground to the more genial climate of the South. In September and October vast numbers of them are seen along the northern shores of the Mediterranean preparing for the long flight across the sea to North Africa, where they pass the winter, and, it is said, bring out another brood of young. The nearest point at which they would he likely to cross must be about 100 miles, which is a long flight for a bird with so large a body and so small a wing. Whether the two continents were originally more nearly united than at present, as is assumed by some of our savants, and the birds by the constant widening of the channel have been gradually educated to these long flights, isnot asubject for discussion here. Certain it is that many on their passage are met by storms or adverse winds and perish in the sea. In April.and May they return again in serried columns. On this continent we have very little conception of the vast numbers, the multitudinous millions of these birds. They haye been the marvel of all generations from _ pre-historic periods to the present day. The language of the Pentateuch, the Psalms and of the writers of ancient and modern times would seem to warraut any extravagant expression we might use. ‘And it came to pass that éven the quails came up and covered the camp.’’—Hxodus, xyi., 18. ‘‘And there went forth a wind from the Lord and brought quails from the sea and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as'it were two eubits high upon the face of the earth.”—Numbers, xi., 81. ‘The people asked, and he brought quails and satisfied them.”—Psalm, cy., 40. Bellonius says: ‘‘ When we sailed from Rhodes to Alex- andria, about autumn, many quails flying from the north to the south Were taken in our ship; and sailing at spring time the contrary way, from the south to the north, I observed them on thejy return where many of them were taken in the | ceived, same manner.” Bumatead in his very useful book for young sportsmen, entitled “‘On the Wing,” uses the following lan. guage: ‘It is recorded that on one oceasion such a quantity of them appeared on the west const of the kingdom of Naples that one hundred thousand were taken in a single day, and all within the space of six miles; and on the island of Capri, not far from the city of Naples, so many were annually cap- tured that they formed the principal source of the revenue of the bishop of that diocese, who, in consequence, rejoices in the title of the ‘Bishop of Quails’” Quail fight- ing was one of the amusements of the Athenians, and in Italy and China at the present time large sums of money are staked upon the issue of a single combat, te same as with us upon the success of our game- cocks. They are sold in Naples and other markets for one or two cents a piece, and thir return each season is hailed with joy by the peasants, as aiding to patch out their slender reve- nues, We must say, in yiew of all this, that we have not been without our fears, lest, if they were introduced into this country, they would in time become so numerous as to ‘waste and havoc” onr grain fields, The world is said to he goy- erned by equivalents, and it is possible that, in the wisdom of Divine Providence, the Fox gun was invented about the same time that the project of importing these birds was conceived, by the use of which, and other improved breech-loaders, our agricultural interests may be protected from these devouring hordes. So thoroughly impressed were we in favor of this prolific little foreigner that he would fill a gap and furnish food for millions of onr people, we set about finding some one who had been in Sicily or Southern Italy that could give us some positive and re jable information about them. For this purpose we visited seyeral ship masters then in port, but none of them had taken the slightest interest in the matter, nor did they evidently care to. We came pretty thoroughly to under- stand that sailing a ship and shooting quail were quite differ- ent Occupations and often developed dissimilar characteristics. We were about discouraged. At last we were put upen the track of Capt, P. M. Beal, of the bark Neptune, who had just arrived from Messina with a cargo of fruit and sulphur. The captain not being on board at the time of our call, we waiked up and down the wharf, and as we #azed upon the tons of one part of the cargo, we were forcibly reminded of the lessons about the ‘‘bottomless pit we received in early youth from our pious mother, and started for State street. A note soon brought us in contact with the captain, which amply rewarded us for all our trouble. He is a genial, intelligent, communi- cative gentleman, and withal an enthusiastic sportsman, gene- rally taking on board a fine dog, with which, while in a for. ciga port discharging and taking in cargo, he manages to get, a few days’ shooting. Heat once entered heartily inte the spirit of our plan; had often shot the quail, knew their habits, avd would aid us in every way possible. He gave the name of his friend and brother sportsman in Messina, Dominick Fisher, who would be likely to take an interest in purchasing and forwarding the birds tous. The next voyage of Captain B. was to the West Indies, and should we fail in getting the quail that spring, it was understood he would bring out two or three hundred on his next yoyage to Messina the following winter. At once we addressed a note to Mr, F., from which we make the following extract : Boston, March, 27, 1875. Dominick Fisher, Esq., Messina: Dear Sir—Several sportsmen in this vicinity wish to try the experiment of introducing European quail (Coturnia com— munis) into this country. But ‘how are we to get them here?” ‘This is the question that gives us most trouble * * We would like to ask if, in your opinion, the birds can be ob- tained in numbers, say two or three hundred, and, if 80, al what price? At what season of the year can it be done? Very truly yours, W. Haraoop. We presume the letter miscarried, as no answer was re— We must now wait till Capt. B. makes his autumn trip, hoping he may get out before the birds migrate for Africa. He did not, however, arrive till near December, when no birds were to be found, and he returnea in the spring of 1876 to relate his trials and receive our condolence. What then was to be done? We had worried through a whole year, and were no nearer the goal of our ambition than when we started. Shall we abandon the scheme altogether ? No; we will ‘‘dwell in our necessity” till another fall, hoping our captain will get an early voyage *‘ up the Straits,” and our-heart’s desire realized. Not so; the gales that ush- ered in the autumn also wafted the “ Neptune,” with our co- adjutor on board, to the ports of Beyroot and Alexandria. We might send an order ta Messina, but our success hitherto in that direction had not inspired us with much confidence: and, besides, these birds require a reat deal of attention. They must be fed and watered regularly, thei cages must. be kept clean, and they must be free from’ a liability to be wet - with salt water. We might for a consideration secure the services of a steward to perform this duty, but if the birds were shipped via London or Liverpool, would that service be transferred with them to the ship for Boston or New York? Neglect, mismanagement, a few days’ delay might disrupt our whole scheme. Rather than run this risk we preferred to take our chance of getting them at B. or A., as Captain B. had orders before he sailed to bripg with him as many as he could, knowing as we did that they would receive the very best of cara. He came very near securing 150 at Alexandria, but just as the prize was about to be elutched it slipped, and he came home in early spring empty-handed. Now comes another voyage to the West Indies, but previous to his sailine we instructed him to write to his friend Fisher to ship two or three hundred of the quail, dividing the lot, if he thought best, sending one moiety to New York and the other to Boston, or the whole to either place. They were to be con- sioned, care of Adams & Co's Express, to John H. Whitcomb, of Ayer Junction, Mass., who had from the very first been one-of the warmest friends of the enterprise, for distribution, Late'in’ May we had the satisfaction-of receiving a letter fray 12 en our correspondent, so positive and hearty that we make the following extracts, which will suiliciently explain itself : Massa, May 5, 1877, Warren HAarcoop, Esq., Boston, Mass. : Dear Sir—iIn pursuance of a letter received from Capt. Beal, [hereby beg leave to Inform you that I have to-day shipped by the Rng. 6 8. J. B. Walker, bound to New York, fw cages containing 250 quails, addressed to John H, Whit- comb, Esq , Ayer Junction, Mass., care Adams’ Express Co. * * * opine they will reach New York in good condi- tion, [remin, dear sir, respectfully yours, : : Dominick Frsurn, The J. B. Waller arrived in New York on June 5, but owing fo some misunderstanding of A. & Oo’s Express, the birds were not delivered to Mr. Whitcomb until a week later, Mr. Fisher took particular pains lo have a couple of nice cases made for the comfort and safety of our litue pets, laid in a large stock of hempseed for food, and for personal atten- tion oh the yoyage gave the steward two pounds sterling, and otherwise took every precaution that friendship or interest could dictate. Whatever may happel to the birds, we shall ever feel grateful to him forhis kindness, From some cause or other, 61 were lost on the passage, leaving us but 189 for distribution. By the best observers of the habits of quail, it is understood there is a law regulating their breeding. ror instance: A-section of country or even part of a township that is overstocked, ¢.¢,, when there are already too many for the supply of food in that section, they will not pair or breed the following season, bul will remain in flocks or bevies. That fuod supply has great, influence on the reproductiveness of both animals and man is a well established fact. 1, was there- fore decided not to liberate all the birdsin one place. ‘They might find plenty of food to their liking in one town but fail to do so in another. Foxes or other enemies might destroy them in one place ut not in another, and for the greater se- curity. the more certain perpetuity of our little colony, they were scattered in several of the counties inthe eastern part of the State. ‘The most serious objection to the division was that the plumage of the sexes is so nearly alike it was found very dif- fieu)t to select them in pairs. And here let us pause for a word in explanation. It might be inferred from the fore- going that we claim to have originated and consummated the only plan for stoeking this country with European quail. We wish if understood distinctly that we put forth no such claim. We have simply narrated our own griefs and joys—our own failures and final trramphs, not wishing in the slightest de- sree 1o detract from others, nor would it become us to attempt fo porlray the trials and annoyances of others who are much better alle to do it for themselves, and yet we would venture u few words in this direction. The Hon. Martin G. Everts, of iu‘land, Vt., we understand, had conceived the idea of imporling these birds, and had actually moved in the matter as early, or even Carlier, than the period at which parties here had begun to agitate or discuss the subject. His letters large- ly antedate ours, and although at first eachacted independent- ly and without the knowledge of the other, later it was known to each that the other was struggling to get the birds out for the purpose of colonizing, and each would cheerfully, if he could, aid the other. It was a most, singular circum- stance that after years of delay and disappointment, each operating through different agents—he through Consul Owens and we through Mr. Fisher, without any concert of action whatever—at last our birds should happen to be shipped on hoard the same vessel and arrive af the same time. And yet such is the fact. O£ the two hundred birds invoiced to him only three were lost. By skillful management of trans- portation his birds were delivered to him and liberated a few days before ours were, and if any one is entitled to the credit of first planting in this country the migratory quail of Hurope that man is the Hon. Martin G. Everts, of Rutland, Vt. And now the birds are here what will they do? They have fre- quently been seen since they were liberated, and it is thought they haye mated or paired, which looks well for their future faniily relations, though we are not certain that any nests or eges have been discovered. If they breed, will they in this new and strange land, as the winter draws near, with their little families, migrate? If they migrate, will they strike poldly out to sea, thinking they are to cross the Mediterranean and thus perish, or will they follow the coast lie ora more inland route to Florida? Will they pass the winter there or cross over to Guba and there intermarry with their non-migra- tory cousins (Ortya cabanensis) and so mix themselves up with their mean relations as to lose their identity and forget toreturn? Or, again, will they nobly fulfill theirmission and sustain the confidence we reposed in them when we brought them out of the Jand of Egypt? Or, still again, will they for- sake their migratory habits and stupidly squat down here in the yery jaws of relentless winter, where certain death awaits them? If they once go South to pass the winter and return the folfowing spring our triamph is complete. But will they do this? ‘Vous verrons.” W. Hapaoon. Boston, July 28, 1877. P, §.—Since writing the above a note from Mr. Everts in- forms us that the birds in his neighborhood have brought out several large broods, and he is quite sanguine of success. W. H. [The above has particular interest in connection with the ariicle on Migratory Quail which appeared in our editorial columms last week. Advices from Rutland seem to indicate that the successful acclimatization of the European quail is assured. We hope that success will crown all efforts in this direction ; and also that more of our public spirited sportsmen will enzaye in this enterprise ——Eb. } LE ee ee __ Resticoucnz Sarmon.—We are indebted to our friend H. LL. Leonard, of Bangor, Me., for two fine salmon caught by him in the Restigouche, They were preseryed at J. Porter & Co.’s freezing establisiment, at Comphelltown, Nova Scotia, and reached usas fresh as the day they were taken from the river, They were quite three feet in length, and the two weighed nearly seventy-five pounds. Jt must not be supposed that our gastronomic abilities were sufficient to utilize all of Mr. Leonard’s magnificent present. The associate editor has not b.enable to draw a long breath since, and the staff, gen- erally, are rapidly assuming Lambertine proportions, ee —On the island of ,Orkney lately, the leader of a flock of ahee » took refuge during a storm upon a ledge overhanging the sea.The rest of the flock, twenty in number, thinking thei-;leader had jumped into the sea, leaped over and were dro yned. § STRAY NOTES FROM THE EDITOR. Pirtssune, Aug 4, 1877. What a romantic and charming locality Pittsburg must have been before the purily of its atmosphere was tainted by the smoke of the thousand fires kindled among its hills and ridges, and the face of its natural beauty was smouched with lamp-black and soot! When the old Monongaliela flowed in the full and unrestrained volume of its excellence, and was not hooped into hogsheads to be busted open by unconscion- able rioters and incendiaries! Alas! what a desolation these irrepressibles have created. The traveler who comes from the Hast has to elbow his tiresome way through éhree miles of total destruction and heaps of rubbish still smoking and smouldering. I haye neyer before seen such concentrated loss, and I have gazed upon the ruins of many conflagrations. A. thousand Jaborers are now engaged in preparations to re- suscitate ; and a thousand yolunteers and regulars are here tio protect them, quartered in the court house and barracks, and thrown out to the right and left as pickets and patrols in the old-fashioned way, so familiar to all who participated in the great struggle a dozen years ago. One learns to love the soldiers when he needs their protection (‘‘I loye the military”). Last night I attended the monthly meeting of the Sports-. man’s Association, at their spacious headquarters here, and learned with satisfaction that its members have stepped to the front in almost solid phalanx, and enrolled themselves as a military company, 107 strong, under the title of the ‘* Sports- man’s Guard,” and under the command of Maj. Gen, J. B. Sweitzer, with several veterans of the regular army as officers. They will be armed with shot-guns loaded with buck-shot, and I'll guarantee will be able to disperse a mob with these weapons quicker than with bayonet and rifle. The Fornmsr AND SrReEAM once suggested the manufacture of a big-cylin- dered, burglar-repellant pistol that would throw shot. For mobs and shooting in the dark, scatter-guns will beat rifles in and out. The Sportsman’s Association here was organized 1874, and now has about 200 members. It is a body of earnest game protectors, and so great sticklers are they for law and equity that they. are discussing the expediency of expelling, for shooting birds ont of season, one of its own members, who happens to be a Chief Justice, which is going behind the bench with a vengeance. The club has one of the finest natural his- tory collections in the conatry. Its officers are Robert Dal- zell, President; D. C. Phillips, Vice-President; John A. Harper, Treasurer; O. I*. Wharton, Secretary. It has also an attorney and a naturalist, which all clubs ought to have. In coming on from New York yesterday I fell in with ex- Goy. William Pitt Kelloge, of*Louisiana; and as I found him attentively studying a copy of ‘‘Hallock’s Sportsman’s Gazet- teer,” I inferentially concluded that he was not so bad a devil as politicians had painted him. He informed me that he was posting himself on angling gear, and intended to give politics a long rest and engage in bass fishing in Minnesota lakes. We hope his Jines may fall in pleasanter places than of yore. , I don’t hear of any great amount of game along the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad between this place and New York. However, they do say certain game was plenty about here a fortnight ago, when the citizens made the rioters quail, Rail shooting also good—along the track—though altogether out of season. The club proposes to give especial protection to rails hereafter. T start for Grand Rapids this afternoon. ed HALnoocr. Tar GAZETTEER.—The Srorrsmen’s GAZETTEER was duly received, and myself and many of our best judges in sporting literature have critically examined the book, and all unite in pronouncing it the most valuable work ever issued from the press on kindred subjects. It is a wonder to all how so much valuable information could be so intelligently crowded into a book: of its size. ‘Che task must have been very great, but bas been accomplished in a remarkably concise, intelligent and pleasing manner. Eyery page demonstrates the fact that the author was compent master of hissubject. No sportsman or tourist can afford to be without the book, and 1b ought to be, and no doubt will be, read generally by the masses, and cer- tainly by all interested in the study of natural history, Lake City, Minn., Aug, 1, 1877. Dr. D. ©. EsvEs, Se Novick TO SPORTSMEN.—Haying reccived so many communications asking us for information in regard to our six-section bamboo trout, black bass, grilse and salmon rods, we have prepared a circular on the pubject, which we shall take pleasure in forwarding to any address, We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from $15 to $150. We put our stamp only on the best, in order to protect our customers and our reputation, for we are unwilling to sella poor rod with a false enamel (made by burning and staining, fo imitate the genuine article) without letting our customers know just what they are getting. P, O. Box, 1,294.—[ Ado. Anpry & IMBRIE, 48 Maiden Lane, The Bie. —o —— QuEBuc Rirte Association.-—The programme of the Ninth Annual Prize Meeting of the Provinte of Quebec Hifle Asso- ciation will open at the Point St. Charles ranges, Montreal, on the 21st inst., and will continue seyeral days. Ileven competitors are on the list, all the prizes being in cash, The first seven matches are for Snider rifle shooting; competition VIII. for the Strangers’ Stakes is open to Sniders at 500 and small bores at 800 yards. In the Ladies’ Stakes the small bores fall back to 900 yds. The third match, open to any rifle, is for the small-bore championship, 15 shots at 1,000 yds. Were it not for the work of preparing to meet our English friends, several of our Creedmoor shooters would doubtless pay a visit to Point St, Charles and try their hand in the all- comers shoots, Coynecriour, Willow Brook,—At the shooting on Saturday, the 28th ult., a new member, Mr. VW. H. Binns, of Hartford, took the champion long-range badge for 1877. At 800 yards he made 44, at 900 yards 42, and at 1,000 yards 39, total 125 in a possible 150. C. O. Case, of New Britain, scored 121; William Parker, New Britain, 120; W. H. Dayne, New Haven, 117. At the 500-yard range, H. P. King, of New Brilain, won the mid-range champion badge on a perfect score of 60—ten straight bulls eyes. Mr. King is the winner of the badge for the second time. Massacttuserts—Filohburg, Aug 4.—At the rifle shoot held by the Sportsman’s Club of this city, Mr. W. B. Haskell made 43 out of a possible 50; Mr, A, E. Robbins, of Gardener, 42, and W, W. South and 8, N. Choat of Fitchburg, 40 and 39 respectively. Distance 200 yards. Dur Preyscnuts. —19+— THE ELCGHO SHIELD MATCH 1877, OMEHOW or other our London exchanges find yery little space to give the details of the shooting for the El cho Shield on the 19th ult. 1{ could not surely have been that the details were rejected because of the poor shooting shown, for better scoring has never been done in the Blcho Shicld matches; and we will not be so rash as to assert that the fact of an Irish victory in any way influenced the London editorial mind to boil the event down to a mere paragraphic notice. The Daily News, however, looked upon the event as news and treated it accordingly, giving the usual full scores, The day was a good one for rifle shooting, There was a shower ortwo. Rain and sun alternated in what we should consider a confusing manner, but the Britishers were at home, and did hot care for such trifles. In the early hours the alimospheric conditions were wholly favorable for spectators to wilnesy the stages of the Eicho Shield. Around this the interest of all marksmen centred, and rarely have they had an opportunity of witnessing grander shooting than that of the lish eight. This team led at 800 yards by 13 points aboye the Scottish, and 30 above lhe Eng- lish, ‘They increased the lead at 900 yards, where their total was 60 points higher than the Scottish, while Hugland had pulled up four points, and stood with 991 against the 1,000 scored by the Northerners. But it was at the long range that, the great superiority of the Irish teatn was manifested. Shot by shot they crept away from their opponents. Shot after shot the white dise hung in the centre of the target, and bull's- eyes seemed to fall for them as thick asleayes in Vallambrosa. — The unerring accuracy of every man’s aim was perfectly won- derful, and the people pressed close around to see the man whose limbs seemed to possess the rigidity of iron, and whose nerves were susceptible to no external influence. Ai 800 yards one of the best marksmen had a miss recorded against him, but this, the only one in all their560 shots, and therefore every man of the team seemed to he endowed with the steadi- ness of a machine. Changes of light and fickleness of wind influenced them scarcely a whit, and, judging by results, not a rifle could have quivered a hair’s-breadth, or the shots could not have clustered so thickly round the central blacls, Mr, Banks and Major Young each scored 66 at this range, the former putting on eight bull’s-cyes, five inners, and two mag- pies, and the latter nine bull’s-eyes, four inners, one magpie, and anouter. These were the highest scores of the Irish team at 1,000 yards, but in the aggregate at these ranges Mr. Wil- son took the lead with a score that has never been surpassed, he haying made 202 out of a possible 225. Next to him was that prince of small-bore marksmen, Lieut. Fenton of the 77th Regiment, with 201. Mr. Banks scored 200 altogether, and ~ Major Young 199. While the Irish were surely and steadily creeping away from the other teams the Mnglish were gradu- ally becoming the lead of Scotland. There had been nine points difference at the previous range, this was decreased a point or two in the firstround at 1,000 yards, but increased to 12 by asad falling off in the English shooting in the next round, Then, however, Scotland began to lose ground again, while the English pluckily struggled to court the load from them, though there was hardly a hope then of setting up with the Trish. At the seventh round there wus a murmur of applause from the Saxons gathered behind their countrymen, when the numbers went up, and England was found to have headed Scotland by two points. THencse- forth this lead was increased at almost every round until Scotland was twenty-five behind Hneland. The totals made at this range were: Ireland, 510; England, 473; Scotland, 439, Though the aggregate of two or three Irish marksmen were the lighest by several points for all the ranges, the best scores at 1,000 yards was the 69 made by Licut.-Col. Fenton, of the English team, whose fifteen shots at that distance were placed within a circle of about four feet diameter. He made nine bull’s eyes.and six inners. When the last shot had been fired, and the throng of spectators saw recorded fer Ireland the highest total ever made for the Elcho Shield, a wild cheer burst from the Celtic throats, and Englishmen joined quite as heartily, 1{,not so demonstratively, in acknowledging the grand shooting by which the Irish teamhad placed ithemselyes more than one hundred points ahead. After a brief delay Lieutenant Menzies, speaking on behalf of the. Scotch team, in the absence of Mr. Malcolm, congratulated the Irish nn their brilliant success, and expressed a hope that before long every prize at Wimbledon, including the Queen’s, would he open to our gallant brothers from the Emerald Isle. The Duke of Abercorn responded, and repeated the opinion he expressed last year, that the Elcho Shield would be noue the worse for a wip across the Irish Channel, at all events they would keep it among them as an honored guest as long as they possibly could. He asked Irishmen and Scotchmen to unite in three hearty cheers for the English eight and their captain, Mr, Wells, whose absence all regretted. Mr, Parsons, the adju- tant of the English team, replied, and proposed’three cheers for the Scottish team. He hoped that, those who had shot go splendidly that day would represent Ireland ia America this year, and wrest from the enemies fle laurels they so hardly won at Creedmoor last autumn, IRELAND. J K Milner. 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Dist. eee T1115 Stevens. ,.,.00-peeeeeed 000 1-2 Hopes. ..+..2.5. ance 0 1 dt 14 Ottman wins first, Bos Wire. —James Shaw, of Manchester, England, has issued a chal- lenge to shoot at fifty pigeons against any man in the world, for £500'a side. , Dachting and Boating. HIGH WATER YOR THE WEEK. Date. Boston, New York. |\Chartest #. Pehl pi ates H. M Aug. 10,. sok Mid. 9 00 8 29 Aug: 11.338 Son sa ode esti tes 0 sl 9 Ba 9 «09 PATENT es GAPite, adres vere seas Im 387 10 44 9 63 Ang. 13. = 2 val 1 33 10) «(837 Aa Sl Bers eect ok Py gh es ee, on ee Mid, Ti 85 PTL, LD gegin a ae wen ss pape peae wines welee ~ 4 10 0 46 . Mid. ATE G Files ink Apis a ae + cresens led 5 07 1 37 0 46 BOATS AND BOAT-BUILDING—sd Paper. A SGOW OR SEIFF—SAILING YACHT. ROCURE two boards for the sides, of sufficient length to make the boat eighteen feet long over all when finished; they to be one or one and three-fourths inches thick, and eighteen or twenty inches wide. If boards cannot be procured of the right width, two may be used to form each side by joining the gdges and fastening the one to the other, by cleats of oak an inch and a half square, which must run across the full width of both hoards; and be firmly united to them, these cleats to be placed fifteen inches apart. If the sides are made of two boards wilh cleats, one inch will be sufficient thickness. to the curve of a radius of about eight feet, leaving the extreme ends of. -side boards’ four inches wide from curve to top edge, or gunmwale. Set the side boards up in the same manner as directed for small scow, and draw the ends together until of a Width to suit the fancy of the constructor. For myself, I would prefer to leave them fiye feet wide at stern, and four and a half at the bow. Stay lath and square up the boat, and reduce the convexity of the bottom from one curve tothe other, leav- ing the middle of the boat’s length nearly straight. Bevel down side boardsand nail on the bottom, which should be composed of one-inch boards ; finish bottom to ends as heretofore directed. Now cut out two pairs of natural “knees” one inch and a half thick, and of suflicient, width to retain full strength in the angle of the knee, Fit them to sides and bottom at the points where the end curves join the straight line of bottom of boat, this will be found to be about four anda half feet from the ends, Rivet and nail securely in place. Wor the “ centre-board,” procure two boards equal in width to the depth of middle of boat, and five fect in length and one and a. quarter inches thick; to one edge of each nail or rivet a piece of oak two by three inches, and of the same length as boards. Now set the two boards alongside one another, the sides on which the oak strips are fastened being turned to the outside ; between the ends of boards at each end of trunic place a piece of oak or yellow pine oneand a fourth inches square, and see that strips of cotton cloth, smeared on both sides with thick white lead, are placed between these strips and the sides of trunk; rivet the ends securely together through the end peices and trim projecting ends 8moothly; and if not al- ready so, make the bottom of trunk square and straight from one end: to the other. Remove the ‘‘ nould hoard,” and draw a line on the inside of bottom exactly in the middle of the boat. Set the trunk on this line so that one-half its thicknessis on each side, placing so thatit will measure six feet seven and a half inches from the front end of trunk to the bow; mark with a pencil the outline of trunk on the bottem, when remove the trunk from boat. Inside the lines marked around trunk on bottom of boat, lay out lines to correspond to the opening in trunk; these lines have to be sawed through tlie bottom to allow the centre-board to pass through. Leaving this for the present, take two boards eight inches wide and one - inch thick, and place one on each side of the markings of outside of trunk, and nail with clinch nails; these boards ex- tend lengthwise the boat from one pair of knees to the other, and the trunk fits snugly between them, when the opening for centre-board may be sawn out. Before fastening the trunk in place, it is best tomake and fit the centre-board; for this, use three-quarter inch pine stuff, or oak or cedar will do. Make the forward end of centre-board an inch wider than the depth of trunk, and the back end a foot wider than front; the boards forming the centre-board should be ‘‘doweled” together —that is, holes are bored in the edges of the boards, and wooden ‘| pins driven in so that the boards cannot warp or spring from one another. Three inches from bottom edge of centre-hoard at the front end, and the same distance from the end itself, mark a point or centre, from which strike the curve of a three-inch ridius from bottom to the end, and cut the corner off to the line described, using the same pointas a centre. Now strike a similar curve from the lower back corner of cenfre- board, all the way across the-wide end to the top edge of board, and cut the end to the line marked; then. through the centre itself bore= five-eighth or three-fourth inch hole. Have two strap-irons made—one for cach end of centre-board—long enough to extend around the ends and lap at least six inches on the top and bottom of board ; make-the strips of iron three- fourths by three-sixteenths of an inch, and have holes drilled and counter-sunk every three inches, so that they may be fast- ened on the board with screws; where the strap laps over on the top, at back end of board, have an ‘‘ eye” riveted on, through which a rope may be fas‘ened to raise and lower the centre- board. On each side of the bolt-hole fasten iron plates with holes corresponding to hole through the board. When con « pleted, this centre-board should }e an inch shorter than {] 6 opening through the trunk in which it is to work, as this will allow a half-inch play at eitherend. To find the place for bolt-hole through the trunk, mark two inches back from its lower edge, and back from the inner side of end piece three and a half inches. Now bore the hole of the same size as that through centre-board: it is hetter to mark and bore from both sides of the trunk, as by that means you will be more likely to have the hole true, Proeuring a bolt of proper size and length, provided with a good iron washer for each end, and also two washers of rubber, you place the rubber washers between the sides of trunk and the iron washers, so that the bolt, when putin place, will not allow any water to pass. After everything is fitted so that the board works easily, with- out binding anywhere, the centre-board is removed from the trunk, and the trunk fitted in its place on the bottom of boatjas before directed; place between its bottom and the hottom of boat strips of coarse cotton cloth smeared on both sides with thick white lead, and nail through the bottom of boat: also place four serew-boltsthrough bottom and side pieces on trunk in each side, and secure by washers and nuts, The trunk is now farther secured and may be stiffened by placing thwarts or cross-seats ateach end of it. “‘ Notch” in a couple of inches, so thaf the trunk will fit in the notches. Secure them strongly in place. Xt each end of boat is to be fitted the ‘t deadwood,” marked (a a) in diagram; its purposeis to steady theboat, to give more immersed section, and also to stiffen and to provide a place to hang the rudder to ; make these of one and one-half inch stuff, which must be cut to fit the curves of boat, and nail firmly in place through the bottom boards. The piece at stern is deeper than the bottom of boat, for the purpose of immersing the rudder more deeply, thus to give a better hold” on the water. Make the stern-piece four inches deeper than the straight line of the bottom of the boat, narrowing if down until it ends just back of the rudder ; then hayestrap-irons made one-quarter inch thick and of the proper width, with the ends of the straps in the form ofa I. Now fasten the strapsaround the deadwood with screws, and four inches above the bottom at stern have ahalf-inch hole drilled through the strap, and three or four inches into the deadwood, into which screw an iren with an eye formed on the end. The hole through this eye must be a half-inch diameter, this iron screwed in until the eye is one and a fourth inches from the strap, measuring to the centre of eye; on this the rudder hangs. The rudder may now ha Gut a piece of board for temporary, middle, or “mould board,’ | made and fitted, and for this purpose we take one and a half = og i he af bs a inch oak, except for the rudder post. ‘The piece for rudder ‘post should be six inches wide, two and a half inches thick, and of sufficient length to allow for the mortise for filler ‘above deck. Shape as shown in diagram. Tho top part of rudder post, as far as it passes through the stern of )boat, should-be made 1 ; fio and a half inches in diameter ; below this it is flattened down until it conforms to the rest of the rudder. The rudder should be two fect in length, and fastened together by half-inch iron rods running through the edges of the boards, as shown by the dotted lines tn the dia- m. The holes forthe rods must necessarily be true, and it is best to mark the boards from each edge, and one-half way through from each side ; by this means the holes will meet one another squarely. .At the proper place on rudder post we now eut out anoteh, and fit on an iron with a half inch pintle, to fit eye on stern deadwood. The rudder-head requires two iron bands, one aboye and one below the mortice in which the tiller is placed, or a band can be placed atound the whole rudder- head long enough to include the mortise, which is cut through it; this last being the best. Cuta hole through the bottom boards at stern; large enough to allow the rudder-head to pass easily to place, and around the rudder post whereit passes through the boat, fit a wooden box to the bottom, making the box large enough so that the rudder can be taken out easily; nail the box securely to the bottom and make water-tight. When fitting on the deck cut the board in front of rudder- head so that the rudder will incline enough to be easily re- moved, and finish by having an.iron or brass plate on the deck with a hole cut through of size just sufficient to allow the-rud- der head to fit nicely; fasten plate to deck with screws. Lay the deck with narrow boards two inches in width and three- quarters thick; the deck can be arranged to the builder's fancy, but on the sides should be at least a foot wide and at the bow must extend back far enough to include the step for mast, The deck beams may be made of inch boards three inches wide; make the ‘rise’ of deck froma half to three fourths of an inch per foo; of width, placing the beams one foot apart, those at. the mast to be double strength and braced with ‘knees’ at each end. Putin a wide deck plank of oak for the mast to pass through, using inch or inch and a quarter stu/f with its edges beveled down to correspond in thickness to the other deck planks ; fasten it firmly its whole length, and-to the two heavy deck beams bolt it with screw-bolts; the deck boards are put on lengthwise the boat; around the sides of ‘‘ cockpit.” Nail an inch board, allowing it to extend downward as far as the bottom of deck beams, and rise above four or five inches. At each end of cockpit nail similar! boards crosswise the boat, fitting the ends neatly to the side pieces, when the *‘ combing” is completed. A floor may now be fitted in the boat, or nob, as is desired. Arrange seats as wanted. | Cut the hole for the mast in the centre of the boat's width, three and three-fourths feet from the bow of boat. Make a“ step” for bottom of mast of two inch plank, which must be fastened very firmly on the bottom of the boat, directly beneath the hole in deek. At the stern, back of rudder-head shonld be fastened, crosswise the boat, an iron rod with its ends bent down about three inches, and so formed that it can be firmly fastened to the deck; this is called the ‘*travel.” A pair of rowlocks may now be in- serted in blocks fastened outside the ‘‘ combing ’——oars nine or ten feet long should be used. _ Fasten a ring to bow of boat for painter. A small rope should be fastened to fhe eye on top of céntre-hoard, of a len¢th sufficient to allow the top of centre- hoard to descend to the bottom of trunk, ora little lower ; on the end of therope is placed a wooden button or ball, large enough to prevent it passing through the opening or ‘‘ well” in trunk. When the centre-board is raised, it is kept up by passing an iron pin througha hole in back end of centre board, the ends of the pin resting on top of the trunk. ‘This pin has an eye at one end in which a snapll chain or card is fastened, the other end being attached to the side of trunk to prevent the loss of pin when not in use. ~ — Lilt binchesiiom deck: to top obmist— ed ELT foal an hoor, aid gale Tanna so 53 Manner of Lo re . one © f r,t Bt ial UE cp me The diagram shows shape and dimensioas for a suitable sail, which shouldbe made of heavy drilling or light duck, the seams being formed by lapping the edges of the breadths one on the other an inch, sewing both edges in that position, The stitch used is similar to that which ladies call a ‘‘ hem,” only coarser stitches, one-quarter of an inch apart ormore The different ‘‘ breadths” are also to be “‘ bighted” or seamed once through their middle lengthwise, forming the seam in the same manner as at fhe edges, that is, doubling it over on itself an inch. For’ sewing use sail twine, though good hard laid wrapping twine will answer as well. The scams should run parellel with the, ‘‘leach,” or outside edge of sail. Lay the cloth on a floor and shape carefully as shown on diagram, turning a hem all around the edges two or three inches wide. At each corner sew on an extra thickness of cloth, extending across the corners six or eight inches, and also sew on an extra thickness atthe points where the reef-string will come on “leach” and) mast. In the corners of the sail place large brass grommets or ‘‘ eyelets,” and also in the places where the extra thickness of cloth was sewed on. On the edges which lie along the boom and gaff place stiall brass gromméts one foot apart; along the mast edge of sail they may be fifteen inches apart. | Sew on the edges‘of sail a half inch hemp rope, which should be-drawn around over the ground for _ some distance before using, in order to take out the extra fwist; when the rope is perfectly dry, fasten the edge ¥ -| bilities are that you will upset. of the sail to the rope without. stretching the sail any, at distances of a yardorso apart; this will serve as a guide when sewing and prevent ‘drawing in” the sail. On the “leach,” 3. ¢,, the edge running fromthe boom to point of gaff, it is best to take out a little more twist from the rope by Untwisting it slightly. Some prefer to sew onthe rope down a foot.or so from the gaff, and then pass it through an eyélet hole to the inside of Hem and run it down to point of boom; thence pass it through large grommet, and finally bring the end along the boom inward, far enough to reach handily, at which place it is fastened to a “ cleat” on side of boom. By this method, if the ‘‘ leach” of sail.at any time is too long or too short, it canbe remedied by altering the length of rope. The mast and booms are best made of spruce, though pine will answer well. The boomis three and a fourth inches diameter in its middle, and tapers to about two inches or so at the ends. The gafi-boom must be two and a fourth inches at middle, tapering to one and ahalf and one and three- fourths at the ends. The ‘throat’? or end of boom at mast is shaped as shown io diagram. The gaff is shaped in the same manner, On the upper side of boom, and on the under side of gaff, nail on edge strips of wood three-fourths by three cighths inches extendime from one end to the other, through which holes are bored and cords run, and through tne grom— met of sail to fasten it to the booms. he corners of sail are more securely fastened to booms by passing a stout cord around boom at outside end, and nailing a small block back of cord to prevent its slipping. The corner at throat is fastened by boring a hole down through the end of the boom and fastening the cord through it. Wooden or iron rings are used on mast, but wooden ones are preferable, and they must be large enough to run freely. Blocks are fastened on mast and booms as shown in diagram, the npper block being a double one, while the rest are single. ‘The blocks on mast may be fastened to ‘‘eyes” in iron rings around mast at the places shown. The blocks may be either of wood or metal andcf a size to take a half- inch rope—the block on the boom a single one, and that on the travel double. The ‘‘traveller block” is fastened toa loose ring on the “travel.” Mast four and a half inches diameter at deck, one and three-fourths at the top, andof the length shown on diagram. The ropes for hoisting sail are passed through blocks or eyes screwed in deck, one on each side of the mast, and then carried to the cockpit, where the ends are fastened. to *‘ cleats.” _Make-two rows of eyelet holes in sail parallel with boom, and about three feet fromit and from one another, in which fasten reef-strings, so that ene-half the length of string is on each side of the sail. Make the tiller of tough oak, or it may be made of iron. This boat will require an anchor of twenty-five pounds. The ** centre of effort” of thesail, and the “centre of longi- tudinal section” (terms which will be explained in a future article) lie nearly in the same vertical plane wher the centre- board is up, and but one person in the boat. When the cen- tre-board is down, the boat will have considerable weather helm, This isthe only safe and agreeable way of adjusting the sails to any boat. Use 250 or 300 pounds of ballast. For small boats the best WDallast is clean gravel, placed in strong canyas bags, six or seven inches in diameter, and about fif— teen inches long. Distribute the ballast, whethér passengers or gravel bags, in such a manner that when ‘ beating” to windward, it will require the tiller to be held over to the “windward” side (or side tured toward the wind), at a small angle with the vessel’s ‘‘ course.” When trimmed right, the vessel will head up in the wind when the hand is removed from the tiller, Above all things, if you value your safety, never sail any boat that has a ‘lee helm,” that is, one in which the bow of the boat will swing around with the wind when therudder is left to its own guidance. With such a boat there will be considerable difficulty in going about, or chang- ing to another course, and if caught in a squall, the proba: If the boat has a lee helm, shift ballast forward until there is a change to ‘* weather helo.” If there is too much weather helm, shift the ballast toward the stern of boat until the tiler will be required to be put over to windward, only a small amount to keep the boat on her course. The directions given for a scow will also answer fora sailing skiff, the only difference being the bow. Directions already given fer rowing skiff will sufii- ciently explain this point, otherwise proceed as directed for scow. On the diagram of sail a rope is represented running from point of boom to top of mast; this is called the ‘topping lift,” and its purpose isto help support the boom; it ean be omitted, but is of considerable convenience, and we would recommend ifsuse. Fither a sailing scow or skiff will make a very good boat on inland waters where there are no large waves, but in sailing on rough waters or ocean billows they are dangerous, and we would adyise na one to use them in such places. Navricus. + New Yorr Yacuv Crus.—The annual cruise of this club was begun yesterday. The programme contemplates a run from Glen Cove to New London, thence to Greenport, New Bedford, Oak Bluffs and thence to Newport for the club re- gatta. Notable features of the cruisethis year are the presence of the steam yachts, a series of handicap races from port to port, and the presentation, to take place at Shelter Island or Newport, of an elegant silver punch bowl to Mr. J. R. Dick— erson, of the schooner yacht Madeleine. This is to be a testi- monial of regard from the club members to Mr. Dickerson for the service rendered last year when the Madeleine contended as champion schooner of the club against theschooner Countess of Dufferin, of the Royal Canadian Yacht Olub, for the pos- session of the American cup. _ Newsurcs Bay Yacut Ciur Reearra—Weoddurg, Aug. 1.—The fourth annual regatta of this club was sailed Wed- nesday afternoon, Aug. ist. The weather was most propitious; the breeze was a stiff northeaster; the docks, river banks and excursion steamers were crowded with throngs of many thousands of spectators; the arrangements for a successful re- gatta were most admirable, and admirably carried out, and the regatta a success. The prizes were; For first-class, $75 first, a marine glass second ; for second-class, $50 first, a bar- ometer second ; for third-class, $50 first, set of colors second : for fourth-class, a silver plate; for catamarans, a pennant : and a special prize of $150 for the boat making the best cor- rected time. The course was from an imaginary line drawn from the judges’ boat, off the long dock at Newburg, crossing it from the north ; thence to and around mark boat No. 1, off the long dock at Fishkill; thence to and around mark boat No. 2, two and one.half miles south, turning from east to west; thence to and around stakeboat No. 3, two and one-half miles north of starting point, turning from west to east ; thence to and around stakeboat No. 4, anchored opposite the foundry at Fishkill, turning trom east to west; thence to and around stakeboat at the starting point, turning from north to south ; going over the course twice. The result was as follows; FIRST CLASS. Name. Hlapsed time. Corrected time. ’ H. M, &. He M. &. Dare DOV. -isis.shertesacin 6S) OF 10 B O08 45 Wa BrOWiIs ics cite sehaeere 2a BS oles 2 66 45 Journeyman...... Quivers et 21 82 8 9h 32 SECOND. CLASs, Bering tscerescreygeeeseceseee Disabled. Het MeN RE, v2 seca oa ~«; & 19 50 8 19 95 Pluck and Luck,....... 3 06 11 3 05 3834 GIBTHE. COC. oy -Scaseeneiecee fe o0e BF 3 YS 48 MOVER URL antaaee wears Obwne is, 3 5S 20 & 48 00 HDs pHs LUO IEH vas sires» Fes twiee 3 65 30 8 50 00 FOURTH CLASS, ULV RUWHY aie ¢ baty canis chars porate 3°17 «(2 x 17 2T QOTMIE. 2 ue. 5 a5 ---» 3 30 20 8 380 80 Wideets.so..2 Ae el eDle (SG 5 18 47 PATI seem Saat 8 39 45 8 80 15 Thomas Paine. a 27 68 8B “35 Victoria....... 2 Kgs SLT, 0 3 06 46 CaITIB.Lllc Uist. ciuseveese oss Not timed CATAMARANS. + PALTATLGIIAT anu, .sncawelbveceah 2 29 00 2 29 OO Amaryilisy..5.2.. 0. SEP it ate) 2 55 20 THIRD CLASS. Addie Taylor, .cs..csessieee es & 47 12 8 47 12 Sophia Emma............0e0. 8 42°12 ° $ 42 08 CAG, FUE hatte vutete pace de ast ss 4 03 1 65 32 Ste: Kisses eh nakaee wea aeee Not timed. PEtOrOBTiGn sesh ts atte osrecses 67 15 3 «bs 7 Restless....... Not timed. Hmily..... Not tamed, Lawrence. Not timed. Cora D.... . Not timed. Sylvia... Not timed. . Faith, ...00+- Cease ites. Oo eB! B 62 26 GLC cone seem pss ot Not timed. The special prize was won by the Victoria as follows: Yacht, Elapsed time. Corrected time. + DSi a = H. M. 8. 3 1T OL eal Hit 2 58 15 2 S38 00 8 06 11 3 00 491 3 42 12 BBO OY RocarstEr Yaour Crvr.—Charlotte, N. Y., Aug. 1.—The second trial of yachts took place, as above, under circum~ stances in happy contrast -with those which made a forme trial comparatively unsuccessful.. The following is the list o! entries, with the result : Name, Owner. Time. : Hous 9) POUOs Soi F SY. Oo cic anak Ciifton 1 62 33 Seth Green........... Pat) ee 1 69 al SWE GWEPS co. 08. Nolan 28 st Ure EE od ag ee Jones 2) 8 Bt Ripple............5.2.. Willard 2 15 30 WeWPOrt.......ee0s0c:. Walzer 2 15 4T Anmneltte,...............Dodd 2 19 41 LOLS ay ee or ret so eae DV OOM OTR. os so. ate else Not timed, Storm,.-.......-/...-.. "an Voorhis,.,... . Drawn. THOChesters.). ee oe GLeEH:, . ese soe eee ee Drawn, Newrorr Yacur Cius,—WVewport, R. I,, Aug. 1.—Handi- cap race of sloop yachts for prize presented by Com. Loril- lard : Boat. Start. Retura, Ai ess Hg Meat Schemer,.... as ale oDendG 3 35 O08 Undine... 11 15 00 3 46 00 BS VOLVO to, uy ee pass 11 17 Ov % 56 00 CATAMARANS ON THE Lake.—Hartman Talbot, of the Port Huron Commercial, is ** doing” the Great Lakes with a cata- maran, cruising leisurely along the coast from Port Huron or Chicago. —Wallace Ross, who recently defeated Pluisted, of New York, and Smith, of Halifax, has challenged Morris, of Pitts burg, Courtney, of Union Springs, N. Y., and Hanlon, ot Toronto, to a race of three, four or five miles, $500 or $9,000 a side. In case either of the challenged par- ties refuse to accept, the challenge is open to any Ameérican. —The amateur sculling championship of the Thames hag again beeu carried off by T. C. Kdwards, Mass. The distance Was three miles, and the time 24m. 43s. —The Long Branch Rowing Association regatta comes off at Pleasure Bay on or about Aug. 15th, eee Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and Im porters, haye always a large stock of silyer articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, racing and other sports, and on request they prepare special designs for similar purposes. Their Timing Watches are gnaranteed for accuracy, and are now yery generally used for sporting and scientific requirements. TIFFANY & CO. are also the agents in America for Messrs. Parex, Pamirrn & Co., of Geneva, of whose celebrated watches they have a full line. heir stock of Diamonds and other Precious Stones General Jewelry, Bronzes and Artistie Pottery is the largest in the world, and the public are invited to visit their establishment without fee! ing the slightest obligation to purchase. Union Square, New York HUBER & MERWIN’S CHAMPION BALL TRAP. We call the attention of the fraternity to the ubove trap, claiming to be the ne plus ultra. Tt combines compactness with dntsbility, and is arranged, by a Awivel on the bed-plate, to throw a ball in any direction or at any elevation un- l I i nin | Wane HAL Ha ' a a es Known to the shooter, a screen préyent- | ing his Seeing the direction in which the LW s-« ‘Phe spring, as the cut will show, is \ mide of a steel rod or wire, bent spirally \/ the concussion its entire length, and pre- Mi _ venting breakage, (3 | trap is feb. | at the point of attachment, thus receiving TOR SALI BY BARTON & CO., Sole Agents, 037 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, This certifies that td have used every trap in market, and find the CHAMPION GLASS BALL TRAP: for dnopability and perfection of its operation, superior to therm all, and take pleasure in recommending the *! Champion” to sporting clubs and my friends. (Signed) TRA A, PAINE. Age? ly slew Advertisements, J. F, MARSTERS, A Partner Wanted in Florida. Manufacturer of Superior : A situation as fall pariuer in an establishment of Mii 4 forwarding Flearida oranges, Market all secured: \ i the only work is Receiving, Cuuuliug, Boxing and Shipping. The business pays from 100 to 200per cent. profit. The party must not expech to hunt or fish but a smatl part of the time, althongn fish and game are abundant. To a person slightly ailing the position would be very desirable, as {he work is light. The location is on the gulf coast, just below Cedur Keys, Tne business would pay for two others, a8 We have to hire two or three (as lash year); but each must have at least $1.00) cash in hand to take with us immediately on notice of shipments, Sight dratts will be honored in Boston, Hyerything responsible and of the highest order, and connected With au old established House in Boston controlling the best of the trade. Address, immediately, P.O, Box 450, Putnam, ona. Wanted, ARCHERY. "AUSRHIAY “ANTED.—A 16-foot six strip bamboo rod. for Sale—A _ 10-gange, 30-inch double barrel breech-loading Wellington gun, with all the fixinys. Address PRANKLIN, at this oflice. Ag2 2t “i ; Sor Sule. New Steam Yacht. For River or Lake use. Highteen feet long, 4 ft. 3 inch beam. Speed, eight miles an hour. Price $355, het cash. Address GEO, F, SHEDD, mannufac- turer of small engines, Waltham, Mass, _ Augs 2t Ladies! dle, Muwood sows, beautifully finishea, plush-han rno-tipped. dark color; 4-foot, $2.50; 414-foot, 53.00; 5-foot, $4.50. Gent’s, same as above, 5-foot, 28-50; 5'4-foot, $4.00; 6-foot, $4560. Ladies’ Arcows, plain wond, three feathers; 24-inch, $1.50 per doz.5 45-inch, $1.75 per doz. Gent's arrows, plain wood, three feathers, 25-inch, $1.76; 28-inch, $2 per doz. Superior polishel and painted, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6 per(loz, Ladies’ gloves with round tips, $1.25; gents, $1.50 each; Laiies’ arm-yuards, with elastie, $1.25; gens, $1.5) each. Quivers for hold- ing arrows, with belf, $2 each. Straw targets, hand- semely painted, see above cut, 18-inch, $2; 21-inch, $2.50; 24-inch, $2.75; 30-Inch, 4.50; 26-inch, $5. bony and rosewood box with quivers, 25c. 50c. The each. Tassels, 50c. and 75¢. each; vow strings each, Fy dics best, 50c. Tron target stands, $4 each . Archery Book of Rules by mail, 25e, Also on hand and for sale ail the necessary woods aud trimmings for amutenrs to make thelr own bows, All the above voods are manufactired by me and are war- OR SALE—One long-range Peabody-Martini, new, cult. and warranted; ove mid-range Peabody-Martini, new, cvompt. and warranted; one long-range Whitney, comp. with tools, ete,, warranted; one muzzle-loading Swiss farget rifle, warranted; one Kemington off-hand, 40-70, wind- ranted, Goods sen. C. O. D. to all parts of the | gaugesights, etc; one Baker muzzZle-loader, a beauty; conntry. ioe Manton & Son muzzle-loader in case, warranted Al; two Hackett breech-loaders, Al shooters, 10- vore, 8 Ibs, and 934 lbs. weight. Several cheap double muzzle-loaders, all warranted, aud for sale away below cost. Send stamp for replies to queries, étc., D. W. MADISON, 564 Fulton street, Brooklyn, J. MARSTERS, 125 Nassau St., New York, and 55 Court 8t,, Brooklyn. = CARETY REL ROLDER, ‘Siemees _ The handiest thing out. - It saves time; prevents accidents; looks well; is not in the way,; is easily adjusted, and fits any dasher. Sent, post-paid on receipt of one dollar. Bs ee Sarery Rein HOLDER i RIGHARDSO Go., Portland, Maine. . ‘ Folding Pocket Mosquito Bar. BEA most ingenious fevice for campers, tourists and Travelers. Can be used at home or abroad, and will Jast a lifetime. It weighs less than a pound, and no trouble to carry. Cao be put up or taken down in halta minute. No camplog ontfit complete without it. Eyery one warranted. All conipleve, with net, i Audress Oue share in above associafion for sale ata low price. The best Game Preserves in Trout, Biack Bass and Pickerel fishing feb22.tf very Ameri ¢a. Address SPORT, this ofice. OR SALE—A Remington mid-range rifle, pistol grip, Veinier and wind-gauge sights; nearly new. Price $50, with reloading tovls and 100 shells, Ad- dress GEO. A. GRALEY, Mauling, N. Y, Augy 2b Live NWioose For Sale. Four live moose, Address Proprietors of Forrsr AND SirkBAM, this ofiiae, A VERY DESIRABLE ESTATE, either for market gardenitg or yeneral sporting purposes, §1.50. Sent on receipt of price. clr at the South, will be leased to responsible parties for 4 A. A. COWING, a long or short term of years. — ’ Ag? 3m Watkins, N.Y. Persons intending to locate in Florida will do well fo investigate. FE Stregthens, enlarges ald) 49231 Address “SPORTSMAN,” this office. PERFEAICONE develops any part of the ad ? poly, $1; Neryous Debility Pills, $1; Loyigorating ijl, $1; all postpaid. i. aaratcki DR. VAN HOLM, 161 Court st., Boston. The fenitel, Mass. Augs | - cz = = - = Bond's Improved Section Boat, oo Oo G 6 DOCTOR TWENRY GARDNER, No. 146 West Thirtieth street, New York City. Dogs treated and purchased on commission. ‘Thirty-one years ex- perience in canine diseases, Ag? tf OR SALE.—My Itish Gordon dog shor,” by *Plonket,” ont of * Nell;” color, all red; two years old; well yard broken, but has never been shiot over very much. Price, $50, or will exchauge for a Bteady, Well broken pointer, four or five years old, thal can show a good character, Address K., lock box No. 565 Rutland, Vt. Angd 3f Tots “Mh = All There can be no grealer poriabiliby without serious defects. Sporisuien will find these boats Supericr to all Others. For winter Sport in the South they will be found especially useful. LEESBURC ACADEWIY. An Minglish classical and mathematical school for ‘boys, Leesburg, Lonsoun Go,, Va. Principal, Thos. Williamson (Univ. Vu.); Asst., Thos, 8. Purdie, B. L. (Wash, and Lee. Univ.) Leesburg-s within 36 miles of Alexandria and Washington, on Washington and Ohio Kaijroad, in the Piedmont region of Virginia, proveroially healthy. Pupils prepared for the uni- Vursitiuws, uy sinidard college, or for business. Bourd, with tuition in Latin, Greek, mathematics, etc,, fen months, $210. Day scholars, $40, $50 and $i0. Rererences—Faculty of University of Virginia, Faculty of Washington and Lee Univ., Faculty of Dniversity of South, Faculty of Randolph Macon College; 6. L. Gildersleeve, Ph. D. John Hopkins University; Hon. J. Rand Tucker, Hon, Eppa Hun- fou, etc. For farther information apply to ‘THOS. WILLIAMSON, Principal Leesburg Academy, Lees- purg, Virgins jyi2 2m OR SALYW—A well bred pointer pup, six Months old, and a Gordon selter biteh, one year old, broken to retrieve, Charge, elc., $15 each. JAS, ROY, Sharou, Pa. Apo 1t OR SALE—Six setter whelps out of my bitch Jesse, by Lakimws Ned, price $15. For particu- jars address, P. DUNHAM, Leeds, Mass. Ag? 3b OR SALE—Two cluniber spaniel whelps, Jemon and white, nicely marked; three months old. Bred from pure imported stock, Address 76 Gold street, New York. Atig® 2t OR SALE—Fox hounds, No. 1 stock; very fast and strong-scenfed ; some one year old and some pops. L, M, WOODEN, Rochester, N, Y. Aug tt - ' Ohe Hennel. SPRATT’S PATENT LONDON MEAT FIBRINE DOC CAKES. Twenty-one Gol, Silver and Bronze Medals awarded, including Medalof Enelish Kennel Cinb, and of Westminster Kennel Club, New York, GENUING stats NY STG 4 YORE NONE ARE STAMPEO KF. 0, de LUZE, 18 Sonth Will am Street, N. Y., Sole Agent. _ For sale in cases of 112 Ibs, dealers. Special terms to JAS. MEYER, JRV’S Girondin Disinfectant FoR HENNELS;: This is the most effective and cheapest disinfect- ant and deodorizer for the kennel, (he imedical profession, the business community, public institutions, railroad companies, car lines, hotels, wndertakers, etc. Sold by all druggists, and Wholesale by James Meyer, Jr., & Co., 85 aud 87 Broad street, N.Y. P. O. Box 3,275. } ENNEL FOR BREEDING, REARING, BOARD- ing, eXercizing and training SETTERS AND POINTERS Refer to FOREST AND STREAM, and others. Pure-bred Pointers and Seitéis now taken to yard break, preparatory to field training on Game in the South neat winter, Adress, Sanlte E. 8. WANMAKER, Hohokus, Bergen Co,, N. J. Fleas! Fleas! Worms! Worms! STEADMAN’S FLEA POWDER for DOGS. A Bane to Fleas—A Boon to Dogs. - This Powder is guaranteed to kill fleas on doga or It is putup in patent boxes with sliding pepper box top, which any other animals, or money returned. greatly facitilates its ise. Simple and efficacious. Price 50 cents by mail, Postpnid ARECA NUT FOR WORMS IN DOGS. A CERTAIN REMEDY, Put up in boxes containing a dozen powders, with full direetions for use. . Price 30 cents per Box by mail. Both the above are recommended by RoD anp Gun and FOREST AND STREAM. W. HOLBERTON, oct 12 102 NASSAU STREET. Champion ELCHO—Imported. BORN MAY 1, 1874. Celebrated for perfection of head, color and coat, and winner Of more prizes, and sire af more winners than any Irish dog of his age in American. He hag won six prizes, and beaten every Irish dog shown against him in this country; is sire of Milner’s Aileen, winner at Cork, and B. and S champion prize, Centennial, Also ot Norah, Rerkeley and Eicho IL, all winners, Tn rhe stud at $25, Address Lock Box 54 Claremont, N. H. Aug9 4t EDINA HENWEL, JESSH SHERWOOD, Proprietor, Edina, Knox Connty, Mo., breeder and iniporter of Sporting Dogs. Pointers, setters, spaniels, fox und beagle hounds. ‘«Sancho,” Imp. Poititer, stud dog; fee, $35. See English K. C. 5. B., No. 1,005, Heis a grandson of the celebrated ‘*Hamlef,” No, 6836. This dog “Sancho” has won seven prizes—four in England first at Crystal Palace, 1874), three here, eas your own dogs in the most artistic man- ner. Send for circular to M. VON CULIN, Delaware City, Del. je2l gin ee SALE—Kennel of Imported and Native Red Trish Setters.—Imported red Irish setler stud dog York by ‘Thique, out of Flora, winer of prizes at shows in Ireland, and In this country at the Centen- nial, St. Louis, Baltimore. and New York shows; price $200. Imported red Irish sefter bitch Fioss by Thique, out of Flora, full sister to York; also winner of prizes ai shows at Ireland and io thus country ; will soon be in heat; price $150. Native red Irieh setter bitch Maud, three years old, by Pilot, out of Gypsy ; a crack field worker; price $1U0. One brace of pure red Irish setters, puppies, ten weeks old; price for the brace, $40. or single, $25. All the above ure in good health and good condition, For full par- ticnlars, inquire of C, Z. MILEY, Lancaster, Pa. Aug? 3t EF SALH,—A fine lot of Scotch, Skye, Dandy, Dininout, and Black-and-tan Terriers, Sporting Dogs, Maltese Cats, Ferrets, &c. Medicines for all diseases at L, N. MEYER, 45 Great Jones street, Nye Sept2l-ly ee SALE, when eight weeks old, six puppies out of my blue belton setter Mell, by Bob Boy. ‘They are black and white. Two of them are black. white and tan, and are almost perfect images of thelir sire, For particulars, address L. F. WHITMAN, 5 City Hall, Detroit, Mich, je2s tf OR YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL STOCK FROM the choitest breeds. uquire of M. P, MCKOON, dec2s-ly Franklin, Del. Co., N.Y. Ro SALE—Red Trish setter pups, No. 1 stock ; sired by Khan, he by Pluuket, ete, For particu- Jars and prices, address VICTOR KING, Lima, Allen Co. Ohin. jy26 3t JOR SALH.—Red Irish pups, four months old, irom imported prize stock; also Several other native sétters, perfectly broken. Apply to py box 158 Scranton, Pa. Ag22 OR SALE—One pair red anc White setter pups, eight weeks old (three-quarters Irish) with pedi- frees for nearly fifty years. Price $15 each, Ad- dress E. J, ROBBINS, Wethersfield, tonn, Aug@ it Is indorsed by The Benn BALLARD’S FLEA KILLER! FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF FLEAS On Dogs and Other Animals, An Absolute and Perfect xterminator of the pest,. May be used With entire safety. Contents of # package sufficient to md half a. dozen large doga uf the vermin. NO PERSON OWNING DOGS SHOULD BE WITH~ OUT THE FLEA KILLER. Price 60 Cents per Package. Will be sent postage paid on receipt of price. Proprietors, LAZELL, MARSH & GARDINER, jy1s tf 10 GOLD STREET, NEW YORE. Hotels and Resorts for Sportsmen. SAYVILLE HOUSE, SAYVILLE, L. I. MAJ. W. KE, UNDERHILL, - - - - Proprietor. A few ininutes’ walls from the depot and from the beach, Bathing, boating, fishing, yachting. Com- munication by yacht with South Beach and Fire island. A heantiful drive to Lake Ronkonkom and many other pleasant drives in the neighbor- hood. Coo) atid sry rooms, and all kinds of sea and country food, Rutes reasonable. Jy12 5¢ AYPIELD—The Great Health and Pleasure Re- AY sort of the Northwest, Beautiful Scenery, Pure Atmosphere, Delightful Climate, Fishing, Boating, Sailing and Shooting. ‘The Island House at Bayfield, Wisconsin, situmied on Lake Superior, surronided by the Apostle Islands, twenty-two in number, offers to persons seeking health and pleasure advantages rarely 1ound, ‘fhe climate is pure, cool and bracing, and a gute cure for hay fever. It invigorates ihe whole system, creates appetite and itduces aleep, The water is pronounced by scientists the purest ih the world, jJy12 H ALSEY POUSE, Atianticville, L. I. A Summer Resort, and for Sportsmen all the year, will open June 25th, New house accommodates fifty guests. Rooms of various sizes and exposures, Perfectly healthy. A tine oak grove of two acres. at rear of house. Neater to and larger than any house bordering on Shinnecock Bay. Surf and Still Bathing, Boating, Duck, Goose, Snipe, aud Quail Shooting. References from former guests. Send for circular, mylT-3m W. F. IWALSEY, OR SALE OR TO LET, Swiss Valley Pleasure Grounds, with trout pond for Piscicultnre, gur- dening and outdvor sport, at Pelhamyvilie, Westches- ter Co,; 33 minutes from Grand Central Depot. Calk on ar aia MEYER, JR., #5 Broad street, N. ¥. ug Coa BUARD and sporting; govd roums, shady pimeé woods, mountain gir, lake fishing, trout in streams, deer, partridge, and other shouting’ Sept. 1, Address BRADLEY, bidred, Snilivan Co., New York, Aus dt =—ss* ~ EA-SHORE HOME BOARDING ROUSE, by G.. EF. HOTCHKISS, at Short Beach, Bramtora, Conn, Sea food, comfortable house aud beautifnl view of the sea.” Three Blazes to and from New Haven daily after Junei5. Previons arrangements necessary. House strictly temperate. Address as above by mall, Bay Shooting of all Varieties. SHINNECOCK BAY TAE BEST SHOOTING GROUND IN TUE VICINITY OF NEW YORK. Wn. N. ane respectfully informe his many friends that, haying largely added ty \he Springville House or Sportsmen's Retreat, he is prepared to entertain and take care of his gutsis in ample manner, Mud- erate prices and satisfactory attention guaranteed, the young bay birds mre now coming in, and every- tihig bs fr foran exceilent season, Address WM. N, LANE, Good Ground Station, L. I, Live wild geese studls for spring and fall shooting. jy12 3m Island House, BELLOWS FALLS, VERMONT. Broad plazzas, large airy halle, charming walks and drives, delightful &Beelery, purée mountain air and cool breezes. Send for circular. . jel43m CHARLES TOWNS, Proprtetor. Thousand Island House, Sitaated on the RIVER ST, LAWRENCE, A T ALEXANDRIA BAY, JENFERSON CO., N. Y., and in the immediate yicinity of the far-famed Thonsand Islands, will be opened for the reception of guesta June 1st, 1877. This house was erected in ‘73, 2nd coutains all the modern improvements. Rooms single or en suite, with bath-rooms and closets attached. Traveliers will find this place as healthful as i is beautiful, with no mosquitoes or chills and fever; cures hay feverand catarrh: while to the Hnest scenery in the world are added the at- tractions of Boating, Fishing, Hunting and Bathing, as well a8 Billiards, Bowling Alley, Croquet Grounds, | &c. Cnisiue second to none. Accomodations for 700 guests, Purties taking rooms for rhe season will find liberal deductions from regular rates, Send for pamphlet, with terms, £o. } ¥ O. G. Staples, M Alexandria Bay, N.Y. I INSEY’S ASHLEY HOUSE, Barnegat Thiet N. J. The only House near the Celebrate Blue Fish, Sheepshead, Black Fish, and Sea Bass grounds, Address, for engaging yachts, circulars, or notice of reliable good fishing, KINSEY, Ashley House, Sarnegat., _ ; : Access—New York, via N. J.'S, R, to Waretown: and from Philadelphia, Tuckerton R, R. to Barn Inquire at depot for ey’aferrymen, masyli-tf psorts, ion Sportsmen, Metropolitan Hotel, WASHINGTON, D. C: Carrollton Hotel, = BALTIMORE, Mb. R. B. Coleman & Co., proprietors of these famous hotels, sre well known to the old patrons of the ASTOR HOUSE, N. Y.; and ST. NICHOLAS, N.Y. THE METROPOLITAN is midway between the Capitol end the White Honse, and the most convenient location in the city, It, as heon re-fitted and re-furnished throughout. The cuisine is perfect; the service regular, aud charges moderate, R. B. COLEMAN & CO. CROSSMON HOUSE. ALEXANDRIA BAY, JEFFERSON CO., N. ¥. C, CROSSMON & SON, - Proprietors FFXHIS HOUSE, RECENTLY REBUILT AND elegantly furnished, is now open for yisitors.: It is lovated in one of the most delightful places in the Thousand Isiands region, commanding an ex- tensive view of the St. Lawrence and the Islands, and offers every facility for the comfort and enjoy- ment of guests, Ontlls for boatine, hunting and fishing parties, Steamers for the bay connect at Clayton with the Utica and Black River Railroad and at Cape Vincent with the Rome, Watertown an Ogdensburg Railroad. apl2-6m Curlew Bay Club House is Open to the poblic as a Sportsman’s Home, where can be found plenty of shooting and fishing. Facili- ties for gunning for hay-birds cannot be excelled on the coust of New Jersey. Terms, $1.50 per day, or $10 per week. Guides and boats, aod decoy can he had fur $2 per day, House situated on Ludlow’s Bay, four miles from Senville Station, W.d. RR. stage meets all trains. Table will be supplied with the best the market affords, jyi9im T. KF. SCHUTE, Proprietor. GA CLIFF HOUSE, SEA CLIFF, L. 1, OPENS for the Season 1877, im May 1, at rates to suit the times. Special arrangements for families. may17-tf Rh. RICKCORDS. Sportsmen's Zlautes. NORTHERN RAILWAY OF CANADA AND GOLLINGWOO LINE. Only first-class route to the beautifnl intand lakes of CANADA AND LAKE SUPBRiOR. The Fine UPPER CABIN STEAMERS of this line leave Collingwood EVERY TUESDAY and PRIDAY, at 6 P.M, 00 arrival of Steamboat express leaving Toronto abl P. M. The Great North Shore Lake Superior Route and ONLY LINE passing through the magnilicent GREAT NORTH CHANNEL, Lake Couchiching, and the Lakes of Muskoka, Are the coolest and most detichtfal summer water- ing places In Northern Canada. Tourists proceed- ing down the Sh. Lawrence can make a pleasant de- tour from Toronto to Couchiching in fiye hours on express train, with Drawing-room Coaches, thus Viriting the most charming of the chain of Lakes. EXCURSION TICKETS at greatly reduced rates during months of July, Angust and Seplember, may be had from , QOOK, SON & JENELNS, 261 Broadway, New Nork; and AT CENTRAL VERMONT RAILWAY OFFICE, ‘ 822 Washington street, Boston. BARLOW CUMBERLAND, GENERAL AGENT, jy5 2m 35 Yonge street, Toronto. Sportsman’s Route. CANADA, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, -Tirect Connections at Buffalo with New York Cettral and Erie Railway. At Detroit, with Michigan Central Railroad. At Toledo, with Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad. DOGS CARRIED FREE aad given special attention. _—" th ' Sportsmen's Routes. Central Railroad OF NEW JERSEY. NEW YORK AND LONG BRANCH DIVISION. REDUCED RATES FOR THE SEASON. Express Train Time, between New York and Long Branch, 1 hour and 20 minutes. THROUGH PULLMAN PARLOR CARS. Commencing June 25, 1877, trains leave New York, Toot of Liberty street, Tor Red Bank, Long Branch, Ocean Grove, Sea Girt, etc., at 5:00, 7:45, 9:00, 11d A.M,, 317°0( xpress), 4:00, 4:45, G:00 P.M, . Leave Sea Girt for New York ab 6r15, 7:25, 7:40 (Wx- press), 1:30 A. M., 1:52, 3:58, 6205, 8:35PM. Mondays only, 6:35 A. M, Leave Long Branch for New York at 6:50, 8:00, 8:15 (xpress), 11:05 A, M., 2:30, 4:35, 6:45. 9:10 P.M. Mondays only, 6:10 A. M. Leave Red Bank for New York at 7:03, 8:18, 11:18 A, M,, 2:43, 4:49, 6:58, 9:23 P. M. Mondays only, 6:22 A. M. Stages connect at Matawan fo and from Keyport, and at Squan to and trom Point Pleasant. HH. P, BALDWIN, Gen. Pass. Agent, je21 3m ONG ISLAND RATLROAD. JUNE 11, 1877. Ferryboats leave Jumes’ Slip, N. Y., thirty min- utes, and from 'Thirty-fourth street, E. R., fifteen minutes previous to departure of trains. On Sundays, from Thirty-fourth street only. Trains leave Long Island Sily as follows : Tor Greenport, Sag Harbor, and intermediate stations, at 8:44, 9:03 a, m,, 3:30, 4:00 pm. SUNDAYS at 4:40 4. m, For Patchogue, etc., at 9:08 A. m., 2:00, 4:45, 5:23 p.m. SUNDAYS, 9:15 4. ow. For Babylon, etc., at 7:30, 5:44, 9:08, 11:30 a. w, 2:00, 4:24, 4:45, 5:23, 6:03 Pp. Mm’ SUNDAYS, 9:15 A, M., 6:35 Pp. M. For Port Jetferson, ete., at 10:00 a. a, 3:30, 5:05. mM. SUNDAYS, 0:30 A. a. Vor Northport, ete., 10:00 a. M., 3:30, 4:24, 5:05, 6:42 p.m. SUNDAYS, 9:30 a. m., 6:30 P, For Locust Valley, Glen Cove, éie,, 8:44, 11:30 A. M., 2:00, 3:30, 4:24, 5,05, 6:42 P. wt. SUNDAYS, 9:30 A, m., 6:30 P. My For Merrick, eic., at 7:30, 8:44, 11:30 A. o., 2:00, 4:24, 5:28, 6:03, 7:00 Pp. mu. SUNDAYS, 9:15 A. M., 6:35 P. M, For Rockaway Beach, ete., 9:00, 10:20, 11:30 A. ML, 1:30, 4:24, 5:43 Pp. m. SUNDAYS, 9:15, 10:00, 11:00 A.at., 1:30, 6:30 P. a, For Far Rockaway, etc., 9:00, 10:20, 11:30 a. w., 1:30, 2:00, 3:00, 4:24, 6:05, 5:43, 7:00 p.m. SUN- DAYS, 9:15, 10:00, 11:00 a. o., 1:30, 6:30, 6:35 P. ot. For Hempstead, ete., 7:30, 7:40, 9:00, 9:20, 11:03 A. M., 1:33, 2:00, 3:00, 4:20, 5:00, 6:03, 6:40, 7:04P, mM, On Saturday nights only, 12:01 a. um. SUNDAYS, 9:15, 9:27 a. m., 4:30 P. om. For Garden City, ete., 7:40, 9:03, 9:20, 11:03 A. M., 1:83, 3:00, 4:20, 4:45, 5:00, 5:40, 7:04 Pp. m. On Saturday nights only, 12:01 4. mw. SUNDAYs, 9:27 A. M., 4:30 P, mM. For Great Neck Branch, ete., 6:40, 9:20 a. M., 1:35, 4:20, 5:40, 6:31 P. mM. Saturday nights only, 12;01 a. Mm. “SUNDAYS, 9:27. m., 6:30 P. a1. For Flushing, Main street, ete. 6:40, 7:40, 9-20, 11:03 a, m., 12:32, 1:33, 3:00, 4;20, 5:00, 5:40, 6:31, 7:04 P. mu, Saturday nights only, 12:01 a, m. SUNDAYS, 9:27, 10:30 a. m., 12:43, 2:19, 6:30 P.M.” > J ' For Flushing (Bridge 8t.), College Point and Whitestone, ete., 6:40), 7:50, $:41, 9:20, 11:03 A. M., 12:32, 1:33, 3:00, 4:00, 4:40, 5:20, 6:00, 6°40, 7:35, 9:15, 10:35 Pp. o., 12:01 A. ~SUN— DAYS, 8:50, 10:12, 11:43 a. a, 1:12, 3:30, 6:12, 7:43, 10:00 Pp. mM. For Jamaica, ete , 7:30, 8.44, 9:00, 10:00, 10:20, 11:30 A. m., 1:30, 2:00, 3:30, 4:06, 4:24, 5.05, 5:23, 5:43, 6:03, 6:42, 7:00 Pp. Mm. On Saturday nights only, 12:01 a. m. SUNDAYS, 4:40, 9:15, 9:30, 10:00, 11:00 a. m., 1:80, 6:30, 6:35 P. or, Ticket offices in New York at James’ Slip and S4th street ferries, at the effices of. Wextcott’s Long Island Express Co., 7 Park Placa, 785 Broadway, 942 Broadway, Grand Ventral Depot, 42d st.; in Brooklyn, 333 Washington at. ; in Brooklyn, W.D., 79 Fourth street. By purchasing tickets at any of the above offices, baggage can be checked from residence tu destination. je28 Montclair & Creenwood Lake Sportsmen 4 ‘Routes. ; THE PENNSYLVANIA RR. CO. Respectinily invite attention to the superior Facilities afforded hy their lifes for reaching most of the TROTTING PARKS and RACE COURSES in the Middle States, These lines being CONTINUOUS PROM ALLIMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the dimi- cullies and dangers of reshipmeént, while ihe excel- lent cars Which run over the. smooth steel tracks en— able STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without faijure or injury, | The lines of Pennsylvani Railroad Company also reach the best lecatities for GUNNING AND FISHING i Pennsylvinia and New Jersey. BXOCURSTON TICKETS are sold at the offices of the GColpany 1H all the principle etties to KARE, RENOVA, Bib. —ON THE— Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. THE NEW ROUTE FOR KANSAS & COLORADO SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SPORTSMEN. Tor maps, tickets, and gen’l information, apply to L. H, NUTIING, Gen'l Eastern Agent, 34 Broadway, New York. T. J. ANDERSGN, Gen’! Pass. Agent, W. FL WHITH, Gew) Ticket Avent, Old Dominion Line. The steamers of this Line reach some of the finest Topeka, Kansas. waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the conu- | FORD, CRESSON, RALSVON, MiINNEQUA, and try. Connections direct for Chincoteague, Cobb’s | other well-known ceuters for Island, and pomts on the Peninsula. City Point, | gront Wishing, Wing Shooting, and Still Janes’ River, Currituck, Florida, and the mountain- Hunting. ous country of Virginia, ‘Tennessee, ete. Norfolk Rineeta steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; Bes Z i Delaware steamers, daily, except Saturdays, at | TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN CAPH MAY SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST! renowned for SALT WATER SPORT ARTER PY AND PRATHER. L. P. FARMER, Gen’l Pass. Avent, PRANK Tomson, Geu’l Manuger. feblT-tt EW HAVEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD, White Monntains, Mount Mamsfield. Lakes Memphremagog and Willoughby, Montreal and Quebec. Shortest, quickest and most pleasant ronte. Steamers C. H. NOKTHAM and CONTINEN- VAL leave Pier 25, Hast River, daily (Sundays ex- cepted) at 3 P. M. (23d st., W. h., 8:6 P.M.) and 11 P, M., connecting williitains on wharf al New Haven for above and intermediate places, Hissengers faking 11 P, M, steamer (except Sal- lidays and Sundays) can reach White Mountaim, Lakes, etc. next afternoon, , Tickets sold and baggage checked at No, 944 Broadway, New York, and No: 4 Court Street, Brooklyn. Full particulars at alice au Pier. RICHARD PH) K, Supt. 3 P. M. Full information given at office, 197 Green- wich St., New York, sep 25 ly Fall River Li ne, BOSTON AND THE EAST. MAMMOTH PALACKH S'TEAMERS BRISTOL and PROVIDENCE. The best and most direct route to the Wishing and Honting resoris of Cape Cod, oud Reaugeley, anu Moosehead Lakes, ete, Tickets forsale at all principal hotels and ticket ofmces. Steamers leave New York Daily at 6 p.m. (Sundays, Jaly 1 to Sept. 2, inclusive) from 28 Norch River, Loot of Murray street. BORDEN & LOVELL, Agents. GEO, L. CONNOR, Gen't Pass’r Awent. EW JERSEY AND NEW YORK RATLWAY.— Leave New Ycrk via Erie Werry, Jout of Chamb- erp StTeen > For Hackensack—?:45, 8:46 A. M., 1:00, 4:15, 5:15 antl 6.30 P.M. For Nanuet—7:45, 8:45 A. M,, 1:00, 4:15 and 6:15 ji-31 r Spring Valley—8:45 A. M., 1:10, 4:15, and 6:15 FOR FLORIDA OR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST, AUGUSTINE, SAN- FORD, ENTERPRISE. and intermediate landings on ST. JOHN’S RIVER and interior points in FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L, JAMES, General Agent. Philadelphia and Southern Mail S. 8. Co., 416 South Delaware Avenne, Phils, or Haverstraw and Stony Point—s:45 a, m., 1:00 and 4:15 P, M, For New York City—7H5 4, xu, 1:00, 4:15 dnd 6.16 Pp. M. Sundays—845 a. M. and 6:45 P.M,, stopping at all Stations, These trains leave Twenty-third street as follows 1:45, S315 A, M , 12:45; 8:45, 4,45, and 6.15 P.M. Sun- Jaya, 8:45 A, M and 645 Pp, Mw. A Thextve Train on Saturday night only at 11-6 P.M., from Twenty-third street. and 12 Mid. from Chambers street, which goes through to Stony Point, stopping at all stations. : Kxeursion Tickets can be provenred at Evie Ticket Ofices, foot of Chambers street. All trains leave the the Erie Depot in Jersey City. Commutation Tickets, at low rates, at the eflice f the Company. Pavonia Ferry, Jersey City. Sea Pocket Time Tables, Until further notyce, the Trains of this Read will oot walt for the Twenty-third street beats, May 17-tf L. D. BRUYN, Supt. Detid-ly tate Lea SE LINE, WO FOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST. REDUCED FARE: Elegant Steamers STONINGTON and NARRA- GANSETT leave Pier 33 North River, foot Jay Sn ab 5/0 PM. NOT A TRIP MISSED IN SEVEN YEARS. Tickets for sale at all principal ticket: fees. Slate tooms secured at offices of Wetoott Iixpress Con pany, and at 363 Broudway, New York, aud 323 Wash- ington St., Brooklyn. PROVIDENCE LIND. Freight only, steamers leave Pier 97, foot Park Piace, at 4:30 P. M. ‘me taken af lowest rates. L, W. FILICINS, G. P.Agent, D.&. BABCOOK, Pres. St. Paul and St. Louis Short | Line. Burlington, C. Rapids & N’rth’rn Railway. *“The Bermudas.” Nes A FAVORITE AND DELIGHTFUL WINTER RESORT, is reached in seventy hours from New York, and being surrounded by the warm waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an equable temperature of ahour(0 deg. The elegaat British Steamships “ Bermnda,” and “Camina,” 1,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- ger travel, are dispatched from New York for Ber- muda fortnightly, making connection at Bermuda With steamers for St. Thomas and West Indies. For full information apply to A. EB. OUTERBRIDGE, Agent, 29 Broadway, N. Y. bi Dec 21 1y. Noh iver, Freights via cither 4 Wee “FISHING LINE.” Brook Trout,Grayling and Black Bass Fisheries OF NORTHERN MICHIGA N, VA THROUGH CARS—FAST TIME AIR LINE—STEEL RAILS, FRANK E. SNOW, eG. P. & T. Agent, Detroit. Railway Time Table, Depots foot of Cortlandt and Desbrosses Sts. COMMENCING MAY 21, 1877. Trains leave New York, 8:30 A. M., 4:30 P. a. Con- nect with boat, and arrive ab Abington 11:00 a, M., TROUT FISHING! Atelyey NOW XOck GaN hoe pe ae eae Ee, ° is « H. E. DO / 5 i The Wisconsin Central Bailroad RWIN, Superintendent, THROUGH TO People’s Line Steamers BETWEEN NEW YORK AND ALBANY. ihe most comfortable aud cheapest rouwe for SPORTSMEN OR PLEASURE SHEKERS Going to or Yeturuing from The Thousand Islands of the Sst. Lawrence, Great Northern or Adirondack Wilderness. o° Lake George, Lake Champlain, The White ” and Hrauconia Mountains, Saratoga, Trenton, Niagara, Sharon and ” - _ Richtield Springs, Coopers- 3 town (on Otsego Laie), orany of the favorite summer routes North or West. ‘4 he Gommodions steamers, DREW and Sil. JOHN, ji connection at Albany wi ins see rae ey epained nlapese Pag ERO osaieina ; ave one day of your vacation by takin PROPLE’S BVENING LINE STEAMER, fromiabinn LAKE SUPERIOR. EXOURSION TICKETS from Chicago tu Ashland and return for $20 are sold at 62 Clark street, or the C. M, and St, Paul, Madison Street Depot, Chicago ; also at low rates from Milwaukee. Dogs, guns and camp equipage taken free, 4 Tie points of attraction to sportsmen on this ‘Forest aud Stream” ronte are Menasha (Doty Island) for bass Hshing; Butternut Creek and Lake for muscalonge; the many branches and lak.s of the Plambean and Chippewa which teem with bass, pike and pickerel, never fill this season fished by sportsmen, Between Silver Creek and Ashland ail are tront streams, aud many others can be easily reached along the shore from Ashland or Bayfield, while rock fishing anu trolling im the Bay affords ex- cellent sport. ; The new hotel at Ashland, the ‘“‘Chequamegon,” will be opened in July. Meantime there ig accom- Monation at the smaller houses, Steamers trom Ashland tuail Lake Porta. ist “ 41 North River every week day at 6 P. Mw 1 HENRY PRATT, the European’ plan, heautifal music, no nee a General Ticket Agent, smoke, cool rooms, good beds, refreshing sleep, Milwankee, Wie, 8. E, MAYO, Gen] Passenger Agent, jy53m ‘“Tiekets sold to Points in Grand Traverse . : . Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, (Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Cineiunati short Line.) Sportsmen who have cast a fy or trolled w spoon in the waters of the t ur Bau Dollars a Heart C eats a Copy, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1877. { Volume 9.—No. 2. No. 111 Fulten St., N. ¥. Selected. A TROUTING REMINISCENCE, hy yeu right ; Pl go find it at once; Tt needs more repairs, I'll be bound, For Jack, the old good-hearted dunce, Left hardly a part of it sound. Besides, it’s the time of the year When tackle should all be brought out, For April will shortly be here, And then for the woods and the trout, This rod is the one Jack abused, And this is the basket and line; I wish I had flatly refused To lend him 4 fishhook of mine! * A nice-looking rig,’ do you say 7 Ithink so myself; that split pole Cost fifty-five dollars last May— Who now would.give ten for the whole ? He'd fished some at Long Bridge for smelt, Had been to a clam-bake or so, Aid with such experience felt He knew all a fisher should know. _ Please hand me that fly-book. Yes, Jack Had plenty of pluck from the start ; And yet, when the party turned back, He hadn’t commenced in the art. You ought to have seen his first trout— Scarce three inches long, so they said— Which taxed all his strength to pullout And hang up, tight over his head, Some twenty feet skyward; the tree Avenging his wanton attack By keeping, assafeas could be, This first trouting trophy for Jack ! Please aidme amoment. A splice Ts not justthe thing in a tip; But one can’t afford to be nice While there’s such a scarceness of scrip, Turn easy at first, till the thread Has strengthened the fracture 4 bit; That's splendid—now wind right ahead Until we have covered the split. I think that will do. Jack allowed The feat he accomplished was fine, And stumped every man in the crowd To do such a trick with a jine; But Do one was anxious to try. My choice taper line by the feat Was rained forever, well nigh. Why, really, this looks rather neat, LT told him such snatching at trout Would never do, if he should hook A big one—and there is no doubt They grew pretty large in this brook, But he must be patient, and drown His fish ere he brought him to land. He said that he *‘sayvied " —the clown— And looked yery knowing and bland. {found him soon aiter, down stream, Astride of a log, with his eyes On something of in’trest supreme, As though they were bent on a prize. He said he was ‘drowning a whale, Which ought to be dead as can be— He hasn’t the game of a suail— TI think I will hoist him and see.” He “hoisted,” and found that his hook Was caught in some water-logged chunks Of wood, and the fellow’s blank look Had no more of mirth than a monk’s}! He rallied, however, quite gay, Declaring it only one joke ‘Of many he’d played methat day, Andjlanghed till I thought he would choke, His Inck being “ wretched with bait,” And thinking to ‘‘throw them a fly,” He*cudgeled his ponderous pate , Tostrike a position whereby A cast could be made in 4 pool Which-looked yery trouty and nice, And; chose for the yenture—the fool— A bowlder as smooth as new ice, He threw, and the bowlder threw Jack Right head-over-heels in the hole; And 0, what an ominous erack | Came forth from my elegant pole! As mad as I was I contrived To ask him as soon as he rose, Tfreally he meant, when he dived, Another smart ‘‘ joke ” tozexpose This joint js the one Jack supplied In place of the splintered-up length ; And though without doubt he has tried, It lacks both in lightness and strength, But naught he could do would make good The loss which my temper sustained That day; but to be understood That part must be further explained: He stuck to the fish-rod throughout, And when he emerged with a flop, Great Izaak! a three-pounder trout Was spinning his reel like atop! Of course, after feol’s luck like that He landed the whopper all right, Nor eared for the loss of his hat, Which floated away out of sight. And then he just let himself out, And bragged to his heart’s full content Of how he had caught the big trout By science! What need of comment ? * * * * * One thing has been fixed in my mind, When [ go a-fishing for trout, Green fishermen all s:ay behind, Or travel a different 10ute! « M, A. KINGSFORD. For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun, Sporting Ineidents in Conne= mara. \ OODCOCK occasionally lie very close; I don’t think, however, the following instance of obstinate refusal on the part of a long-bill to fly out and get peppered can easily be matched. Woodcock shooting in close cover is, I think, the cream of shot-gun sportins, requiring the acme of readiness and accuracy on the part of the sportsman, and af- fording the quarry the utmost possible allowance of law. Very different ig the case, however, when the woodcock is started from low brushwood, and obliged to seek refuge by flying off in the open. Like an owl in the daylight, he hardly seems to know where he is going, and falls the easiest of pos- sible victims even to the least practiced cunner. I was quartered once in the wilds of Connemara during the winter season. Salmon fishing, the king of western sports, did not commence until the spring, and grouse and partridge shooting were over. There was little to be done but to pot snipe among the bogs, and I generally spent an hour or two at that amusement every day. JI did not care about having my dogs come to the con- clusion that a jack snipe was of more importance than a pack of grouse or a covey of partridges, and for that reason used generally to leave them at home. Sometimes I took a ‘‘gossoon” with me to carry the birds— oftener being, at that time, of a musing and solitude-loving temperament, I used to go entirely unattended. On one of these occasions, after slaughtering as many snipe as I chose to carry in my bag, I remembered that | bad heard Tim Lyden —my head boatman and sporting factotum in chief—assert that morning that, while out the night before trapping badgers, he had seen the woodcock landing from the sea on the side of Carrowbeg Hill. I was, of course, aware that the woodcock did thus land in the night-time on the hillside, and afterward scatter them- selves through the more thickly wooded inland country, but I did not think that, even on a moonlight night, the sharpest watcher would be likely to see them in the act. Partly to test the truth of Lyden’s story, partly because I had nothing better to do, I climbed up the sides of Carrowbeg and began beating the low and widely separated bushes which flecked the hillside about the place where the cock were said to have alighted. Sure enough, from the very first I kicked, out flew a woodeock. Hetook me by surprise, and had | sailed down the hillside, out of reach of the light shot I had in my gun, before I could draw a bead on him. I distinctly saw him, however, alight in a small isolated bit of bush, and I de- termined to go and tumble him over, chiefly to see what con- dition he was in after his flight from the Norway coast. Down I went, keeping my eye on the bit of bush, and soon got close up to it. I gave asharp “hist” to start the bird, fol- lowed by a “‘hi! cock! cock!” and other ejaculationsintended to have a startling effect. Allin vain. At last I went right up to the bush, and began kicking at it and walking around it. Tt was little more than eight or nine feet across in any direc- tion, and did not rise anywhere to a height of four feet. All the noise I could make with my voice, seconded by the crash ing of heavy shooting boots against the lower branches, failed to have any effect, and, after trying to peer into the dark re cesses of the brush-wood, [ came to the conclusion that, in spite of the evidence of my eyesight, Mr. Woodcock must have flown away and taken refuge elsewhere. I threw my- self down to rest after my climb and to munch some devilled biscuits I had with me. Having washed said biscuits down with a mouthful of sherry from a pocket flask, I was about to enjoy what they callin the West ‘‘a shaugh of the pipe,” when—the instant I struck the Yesuyian—out bounced my friend, the woodcock, almost from under my nose, taking care this time to fly to a safe distance before he again secreted himself. Whether it was that the explesion of the match was too much for his nerves, or that; he had observed that, with commendable caution, I had removed the cartridges from my gun before laying it down, I cannot say; at all events, h ‘‘went” quite easily, after haying, a few minutes before, re- sisted every effort I could think of fo make him start. Wha his feelings were while I was dancing like a red Indian around his hiding place on one foof and kicking at him with the other, remains locked in his own bosom; I only know that a more obstinate refusal ‘‘to get up and git” I never encoun tered. Tim Lyden, whose name I have already mentioned, was one of the most useful retainers that a sporting man could possibly wish for. He knew almost everything connected with the habits of the various descriptions of game, and of vermin, too, with which ‘‘the houseless wilds of Connemara’? abounded, He also had much deep lore and practical skill in the “‘gentle art,” and was as untiring and faithful as a dos, He was always ready on emergencies, and had various little useful accomplishments, which were always coming in oppor tunely. For instance, when I wished to start in my canoe— a somewhat rickety conveyance, without a keel, made of tarred canvas stretched over a light wooden framework in the regular Arran Island fashion—I would take off my watch and leave it behind, as I had nothing to do but start Tim with the correct hour, after which he could carry in his head thé lapse of time, and tell me at any moment during the day what the time was with unfailing accuracy, Once he and I started alone with a small canoe to investi- gate a part of the coast which even Tim himself had never visited. We had had the canoe transported about forty miles overland on a country cart, and were entering on a region where even the scattered huts of the hardy fishermen or kelp burners were not to be seen. The wild and desolate beauty of these bays will forever haunt me. Whether dancing in — glittermg wavelets under a bright morning sun, or glowing in sheeny silver on a calm afternoon; or, better still, while weird and shadow-flecked beneath a stormy moon——they were always loyely, always new. On the occasion I speak of, we had towed to the head of a small inlet, and taking the light canoe on our shoulders, had made a portage of a few yards over a narrow neck of land into another sheet of water beyond. No sooner had we got ready to start rowing afresh than Tim— whose powers of vision were absolutely marvelous—caught sight of a seal sunning himself on a distant rock. A council of war to decide on the best plan of approach wag instantly held, and we determined to paddle the canoe cautious- ly round the bay, which was apparently entirely landlocked, keeping as close under the lee of the shore as possible. We knew, of course, that there must be an opening somewhere among the rocks into the open sea beyond, though, as is oftem the case, we could see no sign of one from the position we were in, We were destined to know more about that point, however, ere long, On we went, and after pulling slowly and cautiously for some time, we observed that the tide, which was falling, ran quite stronsly enough to take us in the direction we wanted to go wilhout help from the oars. Presently I myself began to imagine I could distinguish something like the shape of an animal on the rock where Tim, who could see it quite plainly, had pointed out the seul. Soon, after the creature moved its head slowly from side to side, and I began to make out its contour distinctly, and keeping my eye steadily fixed on him, got my riflein readiness. At the rate we were going, a very few minutes more would bring us within range, * — _— __I had determined to tisk a Jong shot, for the seal is a ve shy and wary beasi when out of the water. In the water he is comparatively tame; I have known them rise quite close to a boat and follow it for miles. In deep water, however, it is useless barbarity to shoot at them, for you never can recover the carcass, unless, indeed, you chance to hear of its heing washed ashore days afterward. If you can kill him dead, how- eyer, when he is well up on a rock, of course you get him; but you must not leave a kick in him, or he'll use it to slide down into his favorite element. All was breathless attention, If Tim had been dead he could not have made less noise, and I could hear my heart beating against the side of the boat as I layin the bow. I had made up my mind to fire as soon as ‘we reached a certain point, and the critical moment was fast approaching, when Tim suddenly broke the silence with a loud cry, * Oh be Crypes ” (his fayorite oath), ‘‘ look out, Captain!” Down lunged the seal into the water, and IT turned on Tim with a ook of speechless indignation. In answer to my look, Tim ejaculated, ‘‘Och, damn the seal; get out the other paddles for the love o’ God!” I turned round, and to my amazement, saw that the only outletto the bay consisted of a passage about seven feet wide. The tide outside, which had been falling for some hours, was already fully four feet lower than the water in the bay we were in, and the latter was pouring out through the orifice in a gentle but powerful cascade. We sprang to the paddles, and commenced pulling our leyel best, but all in vain, we had approached too near the hidden opening, and in another mo- ment we took the neatest possible somersault over the falls. The boat shot down stern furemost and turned clean over into the water beyond. Fortunately we could both swim like fish- es, and rising at once to the surface we collared the boat and Zot it upon the rocks. We managed also to capture the floating paddles, but an excellent rifle, anda favorite breech-loader that fitted me like A glove, remain—I suppose to this day—at the bottom of that confcunded little miniature cataract. Slowly and sadly we paddled back to the small shanty where we were to encamp for the night, and it took seyeral horns of the pure ‘‘dew of the mountain” to enable me to think with any sort of equa- nimity over my first attempt at seal shooting in See —— oe For Forest and Siraam and Rod and Gun. A W1LD GOOSE CHASE AND A PRAIRIE FIRE. Y venerable friend, Mr. ‘‘C.,” a veritable Nimrod from the city of , in N. H., who has been sojourning among us since last fall—good-natured, kind and persevering-— has but one fault, to wit : he believes and maintains that he is the fortunate possessor of the best breech-loading shot-gun that was ever made. It isa Olabrough Bros. No. 10, and if it wasn’t a ‘‘leettle” too heavy forhim, he wouldn't part with it this side of the happy hunting grounds. With regard to the wild goose chase 1 am to speak of, we—my friend of the “Claybrough,” myself and son—started at 3 a.m. by the watch, and very soon were safely aboard of our trim little boat on the bosom oi the gentle Minnesota. It was an April morning. Although early in the season for this northern country, the weather was delightful, with a starlit sky over- lead and abracing morning air all around us. We soon passed the ferry, the Indian camps, snugly situated on both sides of the river (these Indians are old residenters among us and haye never faken up arms against their pale-faced brethren), and ronnded the big bend near Major Murphy’s, going at the rate of eight or ten knots an hour, with a strong current and the aid of a good pair of oars, old Mr. C. occupying the stern. In due time we safely moored our craft on the left bank of the stream, and cautiously crept up the bank and began to recon— noitre inthe gray light of the early morn, Mr. C., who was the generalissimo of this campaign, had the plan all Jaid out, where each of us were to be posted along the banks of a long Jake, the nightly resort of the Anser canadensis—our game. He knew frcm previous experience where the geese were sure to fly out a little before sunrise—they always flew out this way— and in whispering accents we two received our general in- structions, and silently proceeded to take up the positions assigned us, well covered with reeds and bushes. Success was sire, as, unlike ‘‘C. C.’s” bear story in your paper. the seese were there, and we couldn’t have missed them. Occa- sionally a flock of mallards or woodducks would come skim- ming in from the uplands, offering yery good shots, but we were after geese, and did not want to speak to them just now. Presently the geese on the lake began to get up a lively dis- cussion as the first red streak was tinging the eastern horizon, heralding the coming of “Old Sol” in all his majesty and pomp; and hark! up they go, about fifty of them! Closely we hucwed the ground, but to our great surprise they must have been mistaken in their bearings, or else a sly old gander that we had heard discoursing out on the lake had received a friendly warning from some of the ducks flying into the lake close over us. Ducks, like women, can’t Keep a secret any- how. ‘Tlic gecse hugged the lake close, and finally crossed over to their feeding grounds, where they were well out of our reach. Not a word was said, not a whisper was heard; there were more geese in the lake talking rapidly and loud, some of them surely must come our way ; they always flew that way. Hark! up goes another flock, quite as large as the first, and they are nearing, but—vell, I didn’t swear—l never swear—but confound that tell-tale drake that betrayed us; they flew in the same track that the first flock did. That decided me. A heavy fog had risen, and under its cover I hastened to the place where I had seen the two first flocks cross the river. Come on, now, I've got ye at last. Pst! up goes a tremendous big flock, seemingly the remainder ofthe army. Having sent their skirmishers ahead they will surely follow in the same track, for as yet not a gun had been discharged. With bated breath I watched them rise over the low fog bank; higher and higher they ruse io their spiral fight, and when they were about as high as the surrounding hills they sped up the lake and crossed over at the Murphy place & full mile above where we were sure they always flew ! Well, when the geese were gone we three met. Says ourcom- mander, ‘** Never mind, we'll get those geese yet when they come in again at about $:30 A. w.! They always come in on the same track that they fly out:? That was cheering news; so we made a fire, warmed our coffee and partook of breakfast. After breakfast we liguted our pipe and contentedly listened to ihe ‘*}ulldvo-o0” 6f the innumerable prairie roosters and hens, and the drumming of the pheasants close by. One of the Jatter in particular seemed to be yery close to us, and we could alniost feel distinctly every rap he gave that old log with his outstretched wings. Poor fellow, it proved to be his last en— i = Soa s =the er eras LL - ‘ ewe Ts = a. ar nv Oe Wald) us. Bes ee Sn alice —) oe joyment. After an hour or go Mr. “G.” remarked that we. through tii ‘bresh an over rongh ledges ov rocks, an Lfelt had better take ip our position, as the geese wouldsqon come | mitey bad thinkin how the poor feller must a suffered in tray-' in again. ‘Ihe early morning train came thundering up the valley within a quarter of a mile of us, and for the time being all creation seemed hushed in silence witnessing with awe the performance of that monster of human ingenuity—the iron horse! Leisurely we proceeded to the places assigned us by our commander-in chief, in the tull consciousness that now webad them, Having waited probably thirty minutes, our expectant ears were greeted with that familiar sound proceed- ing from the game we were then lying in wait for. Nearer and nearer came thatsound. Keep wellcovered. Butlo! what's the use to describe our feelings when we looked from behind our blinds. The geese were already over the lake spreading their wings preparatory for a downward flight. ‘‘They did come in by the same road they flew ont,” but not exactly where we Knew they always would come in! Well, we didn’t want any geese very badly anyhow—it was Friday too—and so we gave it up. After a while my son began to strike out forhimself in the hope of talking a word or two with some ducks, Accidentally passing by the log where our pheasant had been drumming lustily only an hour ago, when up springs a large hawk, holding securely in his talons the ill-fated pheasant. The boy wasn’t slow in raising his old No. 10, and in an in- stant down came hawk and pheasant. On an examination, howeyer, he found that the robber had already killed his quary and had been tearing into the nice plump breast of our little friend. The poacher, for such he was according to the laws of our State which forbids the taking, etc., of any quail, pheasant, etc., in this and some other months, was not much hurt, so we secured him in spite of his very loud protestations, and tied him toa sappling till our return home, in order to elin. At the foot ov the slope Was @ Harrer canyon and sma 0 stream ov water; here I seed whar he drank, ledyin the print) oy one han an one knee in the edze 6vadam made by the fall- en down trunk oy a alder, and kep on down fhe canyon whar: the travelin got smoothur. Hog an bar tracks wus thick in the canyon, an it made me feel Kinder quarmish to think how quick hogs would cata dead body. Night come on pritty black, but Iknoed thet noways he couldn't fit outer the canyon, | an kep on, hollerin quite frequent for fear I mite pass him an! him alive yit. Mebbeamile, to me it seemed longer, from / whar I first come into it, the canyon turned short to theeast an. | widened. Under a oak near the water wus a cabin. it wus 50 still an black lookin it made me thiuk oy a coffin, [ hollered, to which no one giv anser. Twur most infernul quiet, I’ creeped in at, the door-pluce an listened, but didn’t hear nuthin — cept my own hart beatins. Three matches hroke short off — before I cud git one lited. Then, ole Boze, you crawled | whining out oy a corner, and, lookin, I seed that the cabin wur in fact a coffin. : Poor young feller! I donno e3 I kud a helped him even ef I hed bin a heap sooner, Thet nite I camped out in the open air an kep up a goed fire. Tho you wus only a puppy an hungry, ole Boze. you stuck clost. to what hed bin your master, spite ov all my enticin; an we both know the reason why ne hogs hadn't got into the shanty, When the sun clumb over the mountain I went into the cabin a minit, He'd had a fire, a coffee pot wuz upsot on the ashes, an half melted. Thar want no wooden thing left in the cabin he cud git at, Ona rafter wur a poke holdin snm biled shote an corn bread: neither nv you cud reach it. He had evident tried to wrap some rags roun his hurt shoulder; but, good Lord! how cud he do it? The right arm and shoulder wur chawed into pieces—bone mixed in with flesh every whichaways—an the right leg bit most off nigh the hip jint; the face wasn’t hurted. When the bar grabbed him I spose that he throwed up his arm to pertectit. Skeercely more nora boy, poor fel- low! He must a bin handsome; his long, yeller har wur soft like a baby’s, an his han no bigger nor a woman’s. Thar wur marks in the dirt on the floor that wur some kind ov writin, but nobody cud read it for dog tracks, Thar wur marks, tho, Tcud read most too easy—whar he'd dragged hisself to the fire, an under the rafter whar the food Wur, an once whar he’d bin to the water. Soon after—leavin the puppy, which hed got tolerabil friendly, all the grub cept a little pinole—1 struck out for Bill Foster's on the river. Bill sed as how the young feller wura stranger he’d hired bout three weeks before to look arter hogs in that canyon, which wur troubled with eriz- zlies ; thet he’d guy him a nifle an the best dog he had to help him; that he’d came thar afoot from the Hinbarcadero, whar he'd tun away from a schooner; that he war so young an white handed that he kinder mistrusted to hire him, but the ole woman, who wur mighty soft hearted, sed he'd starve sure if they didn’t; that his name was Charley, and once sence he'd bin herdin he cum over to ax fer some writin tools and paper cynich they hedn’t) to write to his mother; that he seemed edful disapinted an down-hearted, an Miss Foster giv him the pup I'd seen to kinder console him, The nex day me an Bill went up thar an berried him, wrapped roun in a par ov Bill’s blankets an a white sheet Miss Foster sent byus. Idon't know much about prayin, but, when all was finished we tuk off our hats and Bill sed, ‘' The young feller wur chock full ov good grit an of luy for his mother.” Bn Gazapor. ————+ + Wip Turxeys.—In the expressive language of the Indigens the month of September is known as the moon of turkeys, Early in September the males collect together by themselves, and the hensand young ones in another flock, and continue so for some time; all the while, however, moving about in search of food. In their travels they often reach the hanks of considerable rivers, where they all join in company. Crossing a river is tothem an undertaking of serious magnitude. They tirst betake themselves to the nearest eminence, and there often remaina whole day, or sumetimes two, as if for consultation. During this time the males are heard ‘*gobbling,” calling, and making much ado, and are scen strutting about as if to raise their courage to apitch befitting the emerzency—a line of con- duct imitated by the females and young. At length, when the weather appears to be settled, and all around is quiet, the whole party mounts to the tops of the highest trees, whence, at a signal, consisting of a single cluck, stven by a leader, the fiock takes flight for the opposite shore. The old and fat birds easily get over, even should the river be a milg in breadth ; but the younger and less robust frequently fall into the water— not to be drowned, however, as might be imagined. The ; deliver him up to the proper authorities. After a while we tried to get at the geese by strategy, but they seemed to see through all our manceuyres, and finally we resolyed that we should not be bothered with them any more. But hark! what makes that fearful sound in the distance like an approaching thunderstorm! It must be the express train due in Shakopee at 9:30. No, that had passed! See the fearful clouds of smoke rising up before us witha dreadful crackling noise. It is a fire in the big rushes on the low prairie extending on both banks of the river and the adjacent lakes, ‘‘ Are we in danger?” asked Mr. ‘*C,” ‘+ Guess not; it seems to beacross the river.” Louder and nearer comes the sound; blacker and blacker rolls the smoke; the wind too increases, large cinders are falling thick around us. ‘‘ Why, look! itis on this side of the river already !” exclaimed Mr, ‘*C.,” and off he puts for the boat. ‘‘Where is my boy, he has the key to the boat in his pocket?” Why not set fire to the rank grass and weeds where we are? We dare not, for it would be between us and the boy! Call him in! We shouted and whistled. Noanswer, Again we uttered a prolonged whistle. At last we see him coming toward us. No timeto lose, the smoke becomes stifling. Away we hastened to the boat in the nick of time, and by strong rowing against the heavy current we succeeded in escaping, and landed at a safe distance, where we rested for a good long while, and finally put out for home, tired, hungry and disgusted at the idea that any one person could tell with any degree of certainty any- thing about. the flight of those geese! Mr. ‘*C. G.,’’ of Rock Camp fame, had at least a deer or two to console him, but we didn’t get a feather. In my next I will give you a description of our famous duck passes. Ducksarehere in preat numbers. Shakopes, Minn., April 18, 1877. Rosticts. Oo THE OLD HUNTER’S STORY. NLY a kick frum a broncho hoss, and a man with a ugly leg, but it seems mitey strange to me to be lyin still on my blankets with the brite sun shining down on the pines an laffin to see the old hunter abed in the warm lite oy day. Yhe rocks roll on the mountain whar the deer an bighorn walk free in thur trails; quail an gray squirrell ur callin an chat- terin roun the spring, not quarrelin nur scoldin, but almost, like tulkin for pure pleasure ov free air an good water. Wild pigeon lite thick in the dead pine at the foot ov the cienega, but they fear the black eagle perched on a pint in the cliff crost the Canyon more than eny rifle. Three days will seem longer than usual now that your gone to the towns fur flouer and fixins, but I'd orter be patient, yes an happy, fer things mite he wurse mitey easy. I’ve plenty to eat an good weather, an Tom piled me wood enough handy to last fur a week if need be. A hurt heals quick fur a man thats healthy, Why, the thing mite hey happened in sum durn city stead ov in the free mountains. Lord! how pleasant theday is. Come closter, Boze, ole dog, I want to pat you. I guess Ill take my stub oy lead pensil an tell my fur off friends in a city some- thins bout these mountains. ‘Talkin ur a heap easier nor writin, but thars no one to talk to cept Boze, an he’s sleepy. I hope you'll xcuse this kind oy paper, we use it mostly fur CLgarrilos. Near to sundown one day I was crossin the Santa Rosa mountain, an whar the trail turns down toward the river, in a thick patch oy manzanita, which wood ar sum harder nor iron, I foun thar hed bin queer doin’s; brush broken an trampled, that two bulls fiten kud hardly hey managed; I war lite loded, had little but my rifle an blankets. Arter examina- shun I see that bar don it, an biz ones. Pokin roun I kum to a break in the bresh leading down to a canyon; thar wur cold blood on the rocks an haron the broke ends ov the breshes. Lookin off down the hill somethin bleedin hed bin drug, makin a plain trail, which I follered, findin, well-coyered with dead bresh an pieces oy rat's nest, a middlin-sized cub, partly eaten. I knoed a lion hid it; but Lord! who ever heered ov a lion killin even a cub grizzly, sides. whar wur the she one bout that time ; goin back I foun whar the lion cum into the broke place, his tracks was on top ov the tore up sround and led to the spot whar I seed frum the sign the cub hed fur sume time bin lyin; ov course whar he drug off the body it wiped out his tracks, being sorter behind him. I continued the sarch; my hart jumpt plum to my mouth ez I picked up a man’s hat, an see hangin to the bush the hat lay under most all ov a coat- sleeve, an along in the broke place leadin down toward the canyou nigh every.bush hed arag on it. At the end of this break, bresh was broke in every direckshun, and fresh dried blood was quite plentiful: I foun two places whar thar hed bin pools like, an fer the first time I noticed dog ez well us bar tracks. In one ber trail I foun only three foot tracks an considerable part dried blood and pauneb stuff, which showed mie one of them ar bars wusbad hurted. Just then I noticed a slight trail leadin off down the hillside kinder sideways, an with little look, cum to the conclusion that aman badly hurt by bars, but not follered, hed crawled off thataw ays. Hurry- in back up the hill fer my blaukets 1 foun a rifle lyin bout ten feet from the tracks, not loxded, an with the hanimer broke off. Leavin it thar I tuck the trail an fullercd as fast ez I could bring their wings close to their body, spread out their tail asa support, stretch forward their neck, and, striking out their legs With great vigor, proceed rapidly toward the shore; on ap— proaching which, should they find it too steep for landing, they cease their exertions fora few moments, float down the stream until they come to an accessible part, and ly a violent effort generally extricate themselves from the water. The tame turkey is a direct descendant from the wild, and there is little difference in the quality of the flesh— Montreal Star. o_o Tue Prace Were tree Sux Jroups a DAyY.—Chatham Tsland, lying off the coast of New Zealand, in the South Pa- cific Ocean, is peculiarly situated, as it is one of the few in- habitable points of the globe where the day of thé week changes. It is just on the line of demarkation between dates. There high twelve on Sunday, or Suuday noon, ceases, and in- stantly Monday meridiauhegins. Sunday comes into a man's honse on the east side, and becomes Mond»y by the time it passes out of the western door. A mansitsdown to his noon- day dinner on Sunday and it is Monday noon before he finishes it. There Saturday is Sunday and Sunday is Monday, and Monday becomes suddenly transferred into Tuesday, i 2+ Krtiep py A Panruer.—Wednesday, Aug. 1, a young lady, aged about sixteen, daughter of Mr, Luee, who lives about nine miles west of Paris, Michigan, was one of a’ party out picking whortleberries on the plains in the township of Barton, During the day she became separated from the rest of the party, and was supposed by her associates to haye gone home, but on going to the house later in the day they learned that she was still absent.: Returning to the point where she was last seen, strict search was commenced, which wes soon rewarded by the diseovery of her remains, about forty rods distant. Her body was about half devoured, which is sup- posed from the trucks in the neighborhood to haye been the work of a panther. i — ar fish Culture. FISH IN THE CHEMUNG. Seth Green, Hyg. : Drak Siz—l know you will be kind enough to give us your opinion as to the next best stock to transfer to our streani—that is, the Chemung River. About five years ago this stream was stocked with black bass, and the fishing is simply immense. In a space of twelve miles on the Chemung the fishermen catch With hook and line not less than three hundred bass daily which average 28 many pounds in weight. ‘They run trom a half pound to two and a half pounds, ‘They are fished for with dobsons and ¢rabs, and no other fish in the stream scems to be caught. Jf we could stock the stream with some other good fish, thereby compelling the fishermen to change their bait, we might be suceeessful in protecting the bass. Our stream is alive wilh those fish, and there is nothing else fished for. ‘Po describe that stream, you may judge for yourself what is best to transfer. Jt is rocky gravel bottom, with numerous rapids, and in all quite a rapid stream, with very few dams, | which are aiways accessible in high water. Is there any _ Species of salmon that would do well? Several gentlemen who take great interest in the protection of those fish wished me to write you and get your advice. Hoping you will be kind enough to return answer soon, that wemay decide what to do, We remain respectfully yours, _ Max Haight, Henry Jones, Oscar Bendy, James Sergford, Jerome §. Hill, and many others. Lilmira, N. ¥., July 17, 1877. THK REPLY, G@NTLEMEN—There is no other kind of fish that would be Suitable for your river; any other kinds would do more hurt than good, for they would eat ihe young bass. ‘The bass do not need any other protection, except to not take them or allow them to be taken in any other manner than with rod and line, and not take them during spawning season. ‘They spawn in this part of the State between June 1oth and July 15th. Protect them during the above time and you will have plenty of bass as long as you proceed in this Way. , if yon allow eel weirs and nets to be used you will not have any ass; and if any parties use eel weirs or nets stop them hefore they take all the bass—in other words, ‘lock your stable door before the horse is stolen.” I am very much pleased to hear of the great success in stocking your river. You are one of the many that I get favorable reports from. Yours, : BEPH GREEN. Kachester, July 31, 1877. +o K Pisa i PemwiaAmM Broox,—In June, 1873, I placed a few hundred young salmon in the Bronx River, below White Pluins, and as inany more in Hutchinson’s, or Pelham Brook, which flows into Lony Island Sound ap Pelham Bridge, West- chester County. 1 deposited the little fellows, in each case, in litt @ shatlow spring runiets, whence in 1874, with hoolk and line, 1 took several, averaging the length of your hand. In 1879, and since, 1 could imd none, hence I conclude that they all went to sea in the tall of 1874 and spring of 1875. Will you kindly request any of your readers wno may liye near velham Brook or West farms estuaries to communicate to you any news of the return of these Salmo salarin the shape of eriise ? ‘They snouid be heard trom soon. MANHATTAN, New York, Aug. 7. Hr K Fism Conrurn ix Virerra.—A. correspondent in Rock- bridge County, Virginia, writes: “Phe good results of the worl: of State Fish Commissions are now eng shown. Large numbers of bass are now being taken in the Upper James andin the Jackson River, in the the yicinity of Ulifton Forge, Va. ‘The Board of Supervisors of our county haye taken steps to carry the law ino effect in revard to ube placing of fish ladders on all tish streams in the country. Bes et: ete Neen ee TRANSPORTING Fry.—As there is a vast difference of opinion in regard to the capacity necessary for the transporta- tion of one million young whitelish, I having had the experi- ence during the past season of transporting to three different localities the number above mentioned, and that by steamboat on Take Michigan, which afforded the most favorable circumstances, I found it necessary to use fifteen fifty-quart cang and nine barrels, to enable us to transport them, with the Jake water at our command, and that it would require at least one-third more room to carry the same amount any great dis- tance by rail. H. W. WEBSTER, _ bar Sup’t Wis. Fishery Commission. Rochester, VN. ¥., July 31. ee ae New Hamesurme.—100,000 shad have been placed in the Merrimack River, where the Contoocooxville River unites with it. ‘This is the second hundred thousand this season. i —The shipment of whitefish and trout eggs, elk, deer, grouse, etc., irom the United States to New Zealand is one of the interesting phases of the acclimatizing work as now ‘carried on between different countries. OO —One liundred thousand shad from ihe South Hadley Falls, ‘the Mississippi River at St. Paul. et with 100,000, young white shad. mic has b at Silyer Lake, N, Y., e Mass., hatching establishment, have recently been placed in —The Green River, at Mumfordville, Ky., has been stocked Coney FOREST .AND STREAM. dlatural History. HYBRIDS. We take pleasure in printing the following discussion of the “hybrids,” recently referred to in this journal. Prof. Gill is certainly qualified to speak with authority in this matter, and we presume that his dictum will be accepted as final. Such a hybrid as claimed would be a physiological impossibility : SMITHSONIAN [ystiruTE, ) Wasuineron, July 14, 1877.5 Eniror Forrest anp STREAM : Apropos of the allezed hybrid between a cat and a raceoon noticed in your issues of June 21 and July 12, I would inform you that a similar “‘production” was heralded in ‘* The Ameri- can Naturalist ” for October, 1871, by no less a man than Col. TW. Higginson. As paragraphs respecting wonderful hybrids had heen going the rounds of the papers at that period for some time, I considered it a kind of duty to enter a protest against belief in such monstrosities, and took the occasion of the publication by such a responsible man in a periodical of such established scientific nature as the *‘Naturalist” to dogo, Asa like reason now exists, I send herewith the article there published, which equally applies to the case in question, which you are at liberty to republish if you think proper. It need only be premised that the animal examined by Col. Higginson was seen at Taunton, Mass., and was said to have been born in China, Maine : iditors of the Naturalist.—l find in the number of the ‘‘Natu- ralist” for (Oct. 1871, vol. 6, p. 660) which has just come to hand a notice by Col. Higginson, endorsed by Prof. Jenks, of an alleged hybrid between # raccoon and cat, which is extremely tantalizing. No information as to the structural characteris- tics of the animal is given, and scarcely any as to other points, and yet it is not too much to say that the authentication of such hybridity would revolutionize physiology, for certainly nothing like it has hitherto been made known. Remarkable as was the alleged hybridity between the ram and doe roe- buck (Capreolus europeus) recorded by Hellenius, it pales into insignificance when compared with hybridity between the cat and raccoon. We have, in the last mentioned animals, not only representatives of distinct genera and families, but of primary groups (Su- pertamilies) of the fissipede carnivores, Characterized by differences of as great, morphological value, as, for example, those befween the horse and rhinoceros: those differences, in the animals in question, are exhibited especially in the osseous, digestive, and generative systems, and it is therefore desirable fo know in what manner these systems are modified in the supposed hybrid; the living animal could readily be examined as to its dentition (the number of the molar teeth and their characteristics), the feet (vhether digitigrade or plantigrade and whether tetradactyle or pentadactyle), the head (whether abbreviated and cat-lize, reflecting the diminished number of teeth, or whether prolonged into an attenuated muzzle), and especially the character of the snout, whiskers, the claws, the tail and the pelage. The very vague information that has been furnished respecting the form, walk, tail and pelage is very insufficient, and conveys no clear idea as to the animal’s pecaliarities. No clear idea, either, is obtained by the mere reader from the statement that ‘the animal when taken up by the tail, turned upon the aggressor with a fury farbeyond thas of a common cat.” Although my experience with cats under such conditions has been limited, I cannot conceive how more fury can be manifested than I have seen exhibited by one cat when subjected to such an interesting experiment. A clue is indeed furnished by the opening paragraph of Col. Higgin- son’s remarks, namely, that the animal ‘struck [him] at first as being the handsomest caé [he] had ever beheld,” and after this significant admission, it is more than probable that its characters would only require to be contrasted with those of an ordinary cat. It may be added that the wild cat (Lyna rufus) bas **pointed and tufted ears” (which the raccoon has not) and hybridity between a domestic cat and lynx would not be improbable.* My acquaintance with you, Messrs. Edi- tors, assures me that you must have entertained considerable doubt respecting the reliability of such an account, although you have made no comments, and you would confer a boon on science if you would procure a pihotegraph—not a draw- ing which might reflect, unintentionally, the imagination of the artist—of the animal in question. Until better evidence than has yet been brought forward is of- fered, naturalists will not only be excused for doubting any such hybridity, but would be inexcusable for no¢ doubting it, and you, gentlemen, will, I doubt not, concur in this senti- ment. 1 scarcely need remind you of the physical difficulty a male raccoon and a female cat would encounter in the prose- cution of their amours, and-that therefore if such a monstrous union were possible, the marriage must be between a cat and female raccoon. But until most cogent evidence is adduced, I must remain sceptical as to the possibility of any fruitful union whatever. Of course, no reflection is cast upon the eminent gentlemen who published the account of the remarkable animal, and who have only repeated what they heard; they, probably not being very familiar with the order of mammals in question, naturally believed in and reflected the opinions of others. My only object in this communication is to elicit more evi- dence while it may readily be obtained, and I may be allowed to express the hope that when the animal—happily for the in- terest of science !—dies, if may be reserved for a more worthy fate than to leave its skin stuffed for a museum: it should, of course, be submitted to the examination of a critical anato- mist. In conclusion, 2 few words respecting the nature of the evidence required in alleged cases of hybridity may be serviceable. In view of the constant statements respecting hybrids circulated in yarious publications, aflirmations and beliefs are not sufficient. Hybrids partake of characters peculiar to each parent, but modified by the sex of each parent. ‘Therefore all the men of China might swear they saw a cat and raccoon 77 coiju (and in view of the strength of the sexual Instinct, the allegation might not be wholly incredible), and all the men of Taunton might swear that they believed that the offspring of one of the animals was the result of such amours (and in view of the credulity of man ~ Ibis, of course, not suggested that the animal in question 7a neces- sarily a hybrid at all, much Jess between the cat and lynx; the charac- ter of the tail alone rendering such ovigin highly improbable; it is ely intended to indic bth al limits hybridi light be avoiy Di ded. Waters st in what 1 ybridity mig’ | 23 ST a i ET A TN and the general ignorance respecting nature, the reality of such delvef would be quite credible!) but all such affirmations and belieis would not meet the requisites of the case, wiles the offspring shared characteristics of each parent, and even if it were further sworn that the female had been precluded from intercourse with another animal, if would be no further evidence, for unless the allegation should be confirmed by the characteristics of the animal, we would still have truthful and infallible nature against af least fallible man.—THnopors GILL. The editor of the Naturalist prefaced this communication with the following remarks : ** Hyprips.—Simply remarking that we strongly suspected that the supposed hybrid between the cat and raceoon was nothing more than a Cross hetween an Angola and a common gray cat, a variety that is well known in this vicinity (Salem, Mass.), and in every way corresponding to the description given, and we thought it best to let the communication printed in the October number call forth comments on this oft recnr- ring question of hybrids ; we accordingly give the following careful summary of the subject with thanks to Dr. Gill for treating it in so concise a manner, -—Hps.” On subsequent inquiry I ascertained, as I had suspected, that the animal was nothing but a fine Angola, eat, and it was said the offspring of an individual brought from “Africa” by the captain of a trading vessel. Of course I cannot admit the possibility of the animal alluded to by G. C. 8. being a hybrid, or having any inter- mediate characters between the cat and raccoon. ‘Tmo. Git. e+ —- Venus’ Sturrrers.—Mr, F. Buckland, in Land and Water, says; “These slippers are far more beautiful than anything ever yet turned out in the workshop of a London or Parisian ladies’ hootmaker. They are found floating far out at sea in the Mediterranean, on the French coast. Each slipper is about an inch and a half in length, and half an inch in the widest part. They are of a lovely glass-like consistence, and in certain light resplendent like jelly fish. They are the shape of a handsome shoe; the edge of the shoe projects in a yery ornamental dentated margin, and the toe part is highly ornamental, as 1f with embroidery insertion. Mr. M. Latham says: ‘It is a kind of jelly fish; I have had considerable dit- ficulty in finding out its real nature. At last I ascertained that it is one of the pteropoda, or wing-footed molluscs.’ The Rey. J. Wood writes: ‘‘These are so called from the fin-like lobes that project from the sides, and are evidently analogous to the similar organs in some of the sea snails. These appen- dages are used almost like wings, the creature flapping its way vigorously through the water, just as a butterfly urges its devious course through the air. ‘They are found in the hotter seas, swimming boldly in vast multitudes amid the wide waters, and one species has long been celebrated as fur- nishing the huge Greenland whale with the greater part of its subsistence, ‘Ihe scientific name of it is cymbulia, so called on account of its being so like a boat.’ ““These slippers of the Marine Venus are so beautiful in form and structure that I propose, if possible, to have a model of them cut in crystal, In the form of ear rings they would make yery pretty ornaments, as showing the chaussuye of Cin- derella of the Ocean.” —$- > SHARKS. Tn the absence of any work treating on Squaleda, or sharks, to instruct me, what 1 have to say in relation to these sea monsters must be mainly based upon personal experience and observation. The principal varieties met with on our coasts are the blue, mackerel, switch-tail, shovel-nose, hammer-head sharks, the little dog fish or dog shark, and occasionally—no mean member of the family—the white shark. 'Dhese dis- tinguishing names are mostly derived from some peculiarity of form or color of the fish. All the species have a rough skin resembling sand paper to the touch, and the top fluke of the tail is longer than the under, which, feature is so wonder- fully marked in the switch-tail that this organ 1s often ag long as the remainder of the fish, and at once stamps him among his species. ‘Their mouths, circular or convex in form, open so far under and behind the end of the nose, that they cannot seize things above them without turning upon their back; and their jaws are armed with numerous rows of sharp lanceolate teeth, except in the cases of the mackerel and dog sharks. The mackerel shark has round teeth, notwithstanding they often attain to large size, and the mouth of the little dow shark is encircled by a corrugated bony rim which serves them as teeth, and which enables them to prey upon moluscs, which the sharp tooth fellows cannot do. The largest shark I ever knew taken was of the blue variety, and was caught by a Mr James Northrup. This fish was entangled in a gill net set off the beach for bass, Some time during the night the sharl had struck the net, completely wound himself up ‘in it, and came on shore, notwithstanding the two hundred pounds of stone to which the net was anchored, and was found by the owner of the net the next morning. This fish would weigh. about one ton and was nineteen feet ten inches in length. The ovum of the shark is white, about the size of a walnut, and perfectly round. In the absence of positive knowledge, I should say sharks are viviparous, since I haye removed ego8 from these fish which contained perfect living fry that could swimaway, It is possible, howeyer, that they mInay hatch soon after remoyal from the parent fish. I do not remember ever counting the ova of a single shark, but should say the number would range from sixteen to two hundred, the num— ber being dependent upon the size of the fish. Sharks swim- ming at the surface of the water are distinguished from other large fish by exhibiting the dorsal fin, and the top fluke of the tail; while others rarely show other than the fin. All the shark family are migratory, and leave our coast during winter—the switch tail delays his stay longest in the fall, and the dogfish appears earliest in spring. These fish have a reputation for eating people, which I am persuaded they do not deserve, If they were the one-hundredth part as voracious for human flesh ag one would be led to suppose é TR Jab 24 from reading of them, one thousand people would lose their lives at onr watering places along our coast each Season, since our shores swarm with these monsters every summer; and if one of them attempted to catch a man in the water and he were a hundred feet from him, the man could not tum around before the shark would devour him, for when fully under way for an object, a shark excels in speed, He catches the dolphin in a fair race, moves around a ship under full sail as though she was motionless, and he can glide past a boat within a rod, when the water is clear, with that rapidity that the eye cannot trace him; a man would stand a small chance if a shark went for him. I have been in the water among shatks where half a dozen large ones could see me at one time, and never especially regarded myself in danger from them, from simply swimming around where they were; but in a few nstances when fishing for them and other fish, I have been a ittle alarmed. On one occasion I mounted the bow of the hoat to strike a large blue shark with a small harpoon, and on planting the iron in the fish I lost my balance and fell over- board, and in striking out to swim caught a turn of the line around my ancle, and I reckon if the iron had not torn loose, I should have gone to ‘‘Davy Jones’ locker’—as it was, I got pretty well choked with salt-water, On another occasion, , while fishing for cod, I picked up a bunker, mashed it with my beel, and commenced to wash it overboard to bait the fish I was seeking. All at once the water began to boil under my hands, and what should I behold but no less than five large sWitch-tails, and one of them, as large around as a barrel, made a grab at the bunker in my hands, and they had the water boil- ing like a caldron for the space of two rods around, You can imagine J was not long in taking my hands from the water. ‘Ihe stories told about sharks eating people have been mainly circulated by officers of vessels. An old pet shark is a Godsend toa ship in port to prevent sailors swimming on shore for rum and other purposes. Currency has been given to the fierceness of these fish, until the danger has been so wonderfully magnified that even those who circulated the stories have frightened themselves. I cannot believe a shark ever bit a man while in the water, knowing it wasa man, but from mistaken identity there may have been a very few cases of un- doubted reality. Sharks are accustomed to follow vessels and attach themselves to them for what they can pick up to eat, and always when the cook empties the refuse of the galley, nnd as it splashes in the water, the old sentinel is on hand for his share. SrraigaT Born. 4 Sone or THE Mocking Birpv.—Last night, at 11 o’clock, a mocking bird commenced his song from the top of a tree that overshadows my house. At first I was inclined to believe that there was some fixed order or stated repetition in his mimicry of the songs of other birds, and to find out if there was [ jotted down with a pencil his notes as repeated. After a prelude he dashed off into the songs and notes of other birds, repeating them over, from four to six times, with a distinct- ness and deliberation seldom heard. , Whippoorwill, house-wren, sparrow-hawk, house—wren, tufted titmouse (‘* keep it”), summer red bird, brown thrush, house-wren, blue bird, king: bird, blue bird, blacksmith’s ham- mer, or anvil, young mocking bird, Guinea-fowl (‘‘po- track”), house-wren, ‘‘keep it,” blue bird, king bird, mar- tin, house-wren, cat bird, young chicken, sapsucker, young mocking bird, fly catcher, house-wren, golden- wing woodpecker, Baltimore oriole, pewee, young mocking hird, ‘‘Poll’s a. good weaver Dick,” jay, ‘‘ keep it,” house- wren, song thrush, killdeer, young mocking bird, king bird, note of alarm of brown thrush, cardinal grosbeak, sparrow- hawk, house-wren, young rooster, tufted titmouse, whippoor- will. After getting back to the whippoorwill he did not go through in the same order as before, but varied his repetitions of the song of the wren with the notes of the sparrow-hawk. The next time the notes of the bluejay seemed to strike his fancy, and the sharp ‘‘ jay, jay, jay,” and the softer ** kalip, kalip, kalip,” were repeated over and over again. Lhe sone was interspersed with trills and catches and notes of his own. The family duties of Mrs. Polly Glottus being over for the year, and food being abundant, her better halt has nothing to do but serenade her, which he. does with a vim, singingy—as ‘“darkey Dixon” played the: fiddle—* pretty much all the time,”’ Gowon. Corinth, Miss,,“June 18, 1877. ++ =< ——___——_. Fresh Waren Fisu In Saur Warur.—In Formst anp Srrpam of May 17, we mientioned fifteen different varieties of fishes, included in nine different families, that live equally well in fresh and salt water, as they were debarred from either. ‘The followmg from the Scientific American virtually Sustains our position, though the writer starts with the con- trary assumption : Tt is well known that fresh water fish cannot live in salt water and vice versa, and it has been supposed that the reason existed in pome poisonous effect which the inappropriate water exerted. M. Paul Bert has recently been inyestigat- ing this subject, and his conclusion is that the death of the creature is not due to any toxic action, but is simply a phe- nomenon of osmosis or transmission of fluids through the membranes, In order to prove this itis only necessary to weigh the animal before and after the experiment. A trog, for example, plunged in sea-water loses one-third its weight. {ff only the foot of the frog be introduced the blood globules can be seen to leave the vessels and distribute themselves un- der the skin, If an animal be taken, the skin of which is not entirely osmotic, the same phenomena occur in the bronchial syatem. ; + a There are certain fish, however, which exist sometimes in galt sometimes in fresh water, changing their habitat in differ- ent periods of life or of the year. It, therefore, in view of tue above, becomes interesting to see how M. Bert appiies his discovery to such apparent exceptions to the general rule. A fresh water salmon, for instance, plunged abruptly in sea- water resists the effects longer than any other fresh water fishes; but he dies within five or six hours. his shows, ac- cording to M. Bert, that the fish never proceed suddenly from fresh to salt water, but enter brackish water where the tide ebbs and flows, and live there a sufficient time to habituate themselves to the change. This acconnts for the frequent discovery of large numbers of such migratory fish in the vi- cinity of the mouths of the rivers which they ascend. The converse experiment of inserting sea fish in fresh water produced analagous results. The gills were the seat of alter- ations, the same as those noted in fresh water fish placed in salt water. M. Bert also observed that the life of the sea fish could be prolonged by adding salt to the fresh water, thus adding further confirmation to his theory. ey Tame Fisu,-—Pliney Jewell has a great deal of satisfaction every evening in feeding the crowd of gold-fish which swarm in the lake on his premises. ‘The fish have learned to look for his daily visits. He first places a quantity of crackers in the water near the edge of the lake. The fish will not touch these, ag they are forthe birds who come flying downjn flocks to get their evening meal. Then Mr. Jewell goes to the other side of the lake, and ringing a small bell, the water is seen to bubble and boil with the fishes which come hastily to the edge and grab at the bits of erackerand bread thrown into the water for them, Hven the frogs and turtles come up for their share, and so tame haye some of the frogs become that they will come out of the water and hop to Mr. Jéwell’s feet to pick up the crumbs that are dropped. The turtles eat rayenously and do not show the slightest sign of fear. One and all, birds, frogs, fish and turtles, seem to heartily enjoy their even- ing meal.—Hariford Times. \ THz Rippon Fisn.—In a letter to Land and Water, Frank Buckland gives this description of this singular fish : I have received, through the kindness of a correspondent at Nice, a yery interesting and remarkable specimen of a ribbon fish. I make him out to be a vegaldcus. [ have never before seen one of these most curious fish in the flesh. It measures five feet, is about a quarter of an inch thick, and is of a silvery hue, not unlike the color of the silver-hair tail. Upon the.top of the head there are filaments, which, when stretched totheir full, are about eight inches long. The head is very remarka- ble; altogether it is not unlike the shortened head of a horse. The mouth is prehensile, and so peculiarly formed that it is quite worthy of a figure; the eyes are very large and circular ; the iris of a lustrous silver color. Behind the head the body is two inches and a half deep, in the middle two inches, at the tail a quarter of aninch. When held up to the light itis al most transparent; the vertebree can with difficulty be seen, but with the movement of the fingers each yertebrie will give a slight crack at the junction with its neighbor. The verte- bre are longest and thickest toward the tail end, at which there are sharp spines. It is covered everywhere with a fine silvery powder, which readily comes off inthe hand. Tt*hasa crest of about an inch in height, which rans down the whole of the back, ‘The rays forming the crest are united to double pillars of very slender bone. In substance it is very delicate, and begins to dry and harden almost immediately on exposure to the air, 1 cannot find much about this fish in any of my books. This family of ribbon-shape form consists of seven genera and twenty-six species, Mr. Swainson remarks of it as fol- lows: “It contains the most singular and extraordinary fishes in creation. ‘The form of the body, when compared to fishes better known, is much like that of an eel, the leagth of the body being in the same proportion to the breadth; but then it is generally so much compressed that these creatures have acquired the popular name of ribbon fish, lath, or deal fish, The body, indeed, is often not thicker, except in the middle, than is a sword, and being covered with the richest silver, and of great length, the undulating motions of these fishes in the sea must be resplendent and beautiful beyond measure. But the wonders of the mighty deep are almost hidden from the eye of man. These meteoric, silver-coated fishes appear to live in the greatest depths, and it is only at long intervals, and after a succession of tempests, that a solitary individual is cast upon the shore with its delicate body torn and mutilat- ed by the elements on the rocks, so that with few exceptions they are scarcely to be rezarded as edible fish.” According to this authority, the Mediterranean has hitherto produced the largest proportion of the family, but it is dis- tributed from the arctie regions to the sunny shores of India, so that probably a tithe have not yet been discovered. > ———_____- Hanirs or Ants.—Last week as I was coming in the gate my attention was attracted by seeing a stream of ants moving across the walk, going in different directions. They were traveling in a belt about four inches wide, and moving very rapidly. Of those going in one direction each had a large ant ege inits mouth. I followed theempty ‘‘mouthed” ones, and found they were robbing a nest of red ants. The nest was about one foot across, and was covered with red and black ants engaged in a most desperate battle, the reds trying to de— fend their home from their thievish enemies. At times the ants would form in little balls sliding and rolling over the ground. I observed that the black ants that were engaged in stealing took no part inthe fight; but would seize the eggs and make for their own hill, leaving the fighting to be done by the rest of the band. The black ants, in making these depredations had to cross one carriage drive, two plank walks, and climb up a terrace two feet in height, the distance between the two hills being one hundred and fifty-two feet through the grass of an ordinary lawn. Out of curiosity I killed one of the black ants and took it to a jeweler and had it put in the balance with the ege it was carrying, when the egg was the heaviest, which shows the remarkable strength and endurance of these interesting insects. J once noticed a small red ant trying to carry a worm several times as heavy as itselfupa small mound, on the top of which was its nest. After trying several time without success, it ran up the hill and disappeared in its hole, and presently returned with quite a number of companions, who easily carried their captive into the nest in spite of his struggles. J.5. 5. OOS Wry Hyrs Sainz in tem DArk.—It is often asked why the eyes of many animals exhibit a peculiar brilliancy which is remarkable in the dark. When darkness is absolute, no light is emitted, a fact which has been established by careful experiment; but a very small amount of light is suflicient to cause the luminous appearance of the optics. This brillianey is due to a carpet of glittering fibres, known as the tapetum, which is but a carpet of glitte’"» fibres found in the retina of certain animals. » ab so CAPTURE OF BUTEO HARLANI (AUD,) IN TEXAS. GAINESVILLE, Texas, March 18, 1877. EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM: As [have never seen any record of the capture of Buteo harlané in Texas, I submit the following description of one I shot on November 16, 1876: Size—Lenpth, 2114; extent, 49; wing, 16; teil, 10; tarsus, 34; green- igh yellow, Jt .75 1tel 1.85 (chord of CL.) 3c] 254 ; bill, bine af base, 14, The “lobing * of the upper mandible approaelies nearer to « tooth than in any of the Butsones I have examined, infact grading close up to soma of the accipeters, in this respect. ‘he cereis greenish yellow, 4th quil longest but decidedly **sinuate tapering,” first three quills emurginate> first quill is equal to the 8th inlength, The black bars on the fail are definite, and ron in waves, or rather form arrow heads on each feather With the point toward the base of the quill; tibial feathers long, eyes yellowish ash, The plumage is in general blackish with a decided purple lustre, and much white spotting on many of the feathers, Throat white, with tme black pencilings. The “marbling” of the tall is not so definite as I expected to find it, and upon this character Mr. Ridgway places con- siderable emphasia. Ifind those birds much more wary than any of the Buteones that winter here, and in fact it was rather an accidental capture of this one. I was standing on the bank of a. creek in an open fleld with a few bushes surrounding me, when I observed this bird coming down the creek to- wardme, Screened by the bushes, I awaited his arrlyal, then rose up and fired, My gun bemg charged with small shot, I did not bring him down, but could see that; ny shot had taken effect, At the report of my gun he dropped a quail, which, upon examination, appeared to have been killed some time, as the mnscles were relaxed, aud the feathers damp from the dew of the morning. I examined it for shot holes thinking it must haye been crippled, but could find none. Four hours after the first shot I shot the same hawk from its perch, and identified ; it by the dried blood upon the feet and feathers. I would like to know if the “‘lohing” of the upper Mandible and the color of the eyes has been noted by other observers? From some cause I failed to note the sex of this bird, which [regret very much. It is uow in the possession of Mr. R. M. W. Gibbs, Kala- mazoo, Mich. G. H. RAGspaLE. [The specimen above described has been sent to the Smith- sonian Institution, and is pronounced by Mr. R. Ridgway a true Luteo harlant.—Ep. | —_>+e BIRDS KILLED BY TELEGRAPH WIRES. POTTSVILLE, Pa., July 80, 1877. EDITOR FoREST AND STREAM: A sinall party of us left town last week on a fishing excursion, which was limited to Schuylkill county waters only, After spending three days in very successful angling, we returned home feeling much better and wiser. During our rambling we noticed that game of every kind is very abundant, and, if not motested, the field and forest in this section proniises unusual charms for our sportsmen during the coming fall and winter season, Notwithstanding the frequent charges hurled at the illegitimate ac- tion of the destroyer of game birds by meaus of trapping, snaring, etc., and those disregarding the season for propagation, yet we feel there is pardon for him when we seriously contemplate the many hun- dred thousand birds Killed annually by flying against the telecraph wires, which form a murderous network over the greater part of the country. Insupport of this assertion it is only necessary to give some facts observed during the few days of our rusticating, the most uote- worthy of which was the finding of nearly one hundred dead birds in close proximity to the telegraph wire in a distance of four miles. Several of the birds we saw strike the wire and fall, and the appear ance of those found dead was, in all respects, similar to that of those seen to strike and fall. Among them were a few young quails, flickers and robing; but the majority of the birds were larks, whose flight 1s singularly wayward and inipulsive, which may account in a measure for their inability to clear the wire. Have any of your numerous intelligent contributers made similar observations ? Dow PEDRO, [Dr. Coues, in a recent number of the American Naturalist, has discussed this matter at considérable length, and we re- commend his article to our readers’ notice.—Ep.] SS ANIMALS RECEIVED aT CENTRAL PARK MENAGERIE FOR WERK ENDING AUG, 11, 1877.—One least bittern (Ardetta exilis); three golden-nuped amazous (Chrysotis wuripalliata) ; one gray parrot (Psitlacus erithacua), presented by Dr. J. W. Clowes, N. Y. City. The gray parrot or iaco is a native of West Africa; has # plomage of an elegant ash-gray color, which is beantifully set off by a tall of the brightest crimson, Itisremarkable for its tenacious memory, being able to repeat whole sentences with facility, and is very easily tuught The interesting and amusing anecdotes we read of the parrots relate for the most part to this spécies. It is extremely long lived, several well authenticated stances being recorded of its having attaimed the age of 60 or 70 years. In the wild state it builds its nests In the hollow trees, and Buiton mentions a certain pair that bred and hatched in captivity a brood for five or six consecutive years. It was among the earliest species imported from Africa, and nearly every yessel now that leaves the west coast brings a number of these birds, which are the property of the sailors, W. A. Conky, Director. =. ARRIVALS AT PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN DURING WEEK END- ING TUESDAY, Aug. 7,1877.—One great horned owl (Bubo virginianys), presented ; one alligator (4. mississippiensis), presented; one suowy ow! (Nietea nived), presented; two pigeon hawks (Accipetur fuseus), purchased. ARTHUR EH. Brown, Gen’l. Supt. ——-.§ ———» +--+ = —English scientific circles are just now enjoying the rare treat of interviewing a real live young gorilla, which is the first one ever successfully brought into Europe. Frank Buck- land in a letter to Land and Water says the young stranger may prove an unwelcome witness against the Darwinian theory. 7 —A Mr. Tominette, of Hamburg, Germany, has invented a method of preserving natural history specimens, by means of an injected gas, which absorbs the moisture of the tissues, and drives it ont through the pores. Prepared thus, specimens preserve perfectly their form and color: —The peculiarity of the fly is that he always returns to the same spot; but it is the characteristic of the mosquito that he always returns to another spot. Thus he differs from the leopard, which does not change his spots, his is an impor. tant fact in nafural history, ll — FASHION IN GARDENING. “i HE higher the point of civilization at which a conatry 1 arrives, the more its inhabitants become the votaries of ashion, and that we in this country enjoy no immunity from fhe infliction is everywhere evident. If this did not extend Heyond an indulgence in the luxuries of everyday life it would be of legs consequence, but when the infliction spreads fo matters of such importance as horticulture and arboricul- ture it behooves those who take an interest in these pursuits to look the matter fully in the face. It may be said that gar- dening, as it exists at the present day, isa luxury, and that, Consequently, it must be governed by such fanciful laws as rule matters of a kindred character. This, it must be admit— ted, is correct so far as it relates to the purely decorative ele- Ment, but here if does not stop. The introduction of a new menus of plants, or the resuscitation of an old and in many cases an undegervedly neglected one, appears to be the signal for a universal mania in favor of the favorite of the hour, to the comparative neslect of other things. When a useful flower- ae or bedding plant, such as a Gladiolus or Coleus, makes its Appearance, why should we for years run after varieties of them by the hundred, that have barely an infinitesimal dilfer- ence from each other? In the case of new roses there might he some excuse, for any improvement relating to the Queen “of Flowers is sure to be hailed with delight. Give us the true cose frasrance in a climbing rose, or bright color, combined with good habit and free flowering in a tree rose, and we would all rejoice; lmt how often are our expectations realized am proportion to the disappointments we experience? At present Lilies seem to share the general favor with the Rose and Gladiolus, and this may be looked upon as simply the wmende honorable for the neslect into which this flower has been allowed to fall. In flowering plants, Verbenas have had their day. Zonal Pelargoniums now take the lead, but for the flower garden or parterre, far ahead of them eome the ‘‘foliaged plants,” the Colcus and Alternanthera, the Centaurea and Lineraria, the white edged and bronze ayed Zoual, and other plants of a like character. In mat- ters connected with the more essential and indispensable branch of gardening, let us notice the rage for new va- Titties of Potatoes, Tomatoes and Corn, nine-tenths of which are deficient in general properties conipared with others they re intended to supplant. In fruits itis even worse. Tlow much disappointment has been experienced by those who lave ‘supplanted old and well tried varieties of Grapes, Peaches or Strawberries with newer varieties, which, after a trial, have in many instances been either rooted out altogether or, headed over, made to do duty as stocks? These are a few of the posi- tive inflictions which fashion imposes on us in matters horti- ltural. Those of a negative character are equally baneful. Vhat have we to compensate us for the neglect into which numbers of old and tried friends among herbaceous plants have heen allowed fo fall? Nothing except blazing stripes and cir- éles of red, white and yellow, the glare of which is, fortu- nately, short-lived, for their repetition becomes a positive in- fliction on the eye. Let it not be understood that we would discountenance healthy progress in any thing appertaining to horticulture, for in if, as in other matters, it is human to re- quire novelty and change. But the evil is that whatever be- ‘comes fashionable, either in any particular family of plants or n the manner in which we employ them, we for a time lose Aight of others of far greater importance. Again, if we look to arboriculture we find that fashion has inflicted something more serious than a passing disappointment. Both in the vi- cinity of the villa and in that of the more extensive country scat it is desirable to get as much variety as possible; this no “one will attempt to deny; but haye our planting operations heen judicious? Haye they not been governed to too great an extent by a rage for novelties in the shape of Coniferons plants, numbers of which ave unsuited to the situations in which tliey have been planted and are incapable of withstand- ‘ing our severe winters, leaving blanks that take years to fill up. Think of the numbers of grand deciduous trees and flow- ering shrubs that, comparatively, have been cast unto the shade by these new-comers. Let us then encourage planting he more serviceable oak, ash, or hickory in our parks and hedge-rows, trees that are ever increasing in value; above all, let us not be carried away by the fashion of the hour for one or another particular kind of plant or flower, but remembering the more useful and tried friends that are always beautiful, thorouzhly test the newcomers before we give them a prom- inent place in our gardens or pleasure grounds. . ++ —. Remepy ror Srruvas.—Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher says that wet tobacco is # certain remedy for the stings of bees, wasps, hornets, ete. The application of moistened tobacco should be immediate, and the resnlting relief is sure and speedy. + 8+ =< —fnelish butchers haye invented a method of butchering animals by the explosion of a small primer of dynamite, which is attached to the forehead of the animal to be slangh- tered, and ig exploded hy means of an electric fuse, i emean mid-day temperature at New Smyrna, Florida, @ month of July was 87 deg.23m. Maximum, 96 dee, ; =Th s “Orassuna Cocomms.—This is an old greenhouse favorite, much thought of im former days, when gardeners used to grow specimens of it several feet through, each shoot being furnished at its summit with a broad truss of waxy-scarlet flowers, showy and sweet-scented. ‘The plant also grows out of doors freely in summer, and whea in flower makes one of the most brilliant and effective of beds. This plant is known nowadays as Kalosanthes. ‘To flower it well it requires to be grown in hot, dry quarters. Cuttings, which strike very easily, should be made from the young shoots which have not flowered in Augast or early in September. Make the cuttings about three inches long; donot stop them, but divest them of a few of their bottom leaves, and pot each singly and firmly in a three-inch pot, using a light compost of sand, leaf mould, loam, and pounded bricks or crocks. They will soon root if placed near the glass ina warm pit, or an intermediate house shelf, if they are not damped too much at top or bottom. When rooted remove them to a cool dry greenhouse for the winter, and give scarcely any water till spring; the object at this fime is simply to keep them at rest. About the begin- ning of March the plants may be potted in. 8-inch or 9-inch pots, which is a suitable size for plants intended to have six or seven shoots. A little heavier compost should be used for this, the final potting, and with it plenty of broken crocks or bricks, taking care also to drain the pots thoroughly. After potting, the plants should have a growing temperature near the light. A warm greenhouse or pit will do, but do not give tao much water af any time. At this stage some of the plants will break up into a num- ber of shoots at the top, and the others will keep to a single shoot only. ‘Che former should be thinned out to six or eight shoots, aud the latter pinched at the top to make them break ; also the young shoots secured in this way will bear the flow- ers. By May the plants will be growing fast, and at this time they may, in warm localities, be plunged out of doors ina warm corner. In front of a hothouse is a good place for them, and it is a common practice to plunge them in sand, which gets hot with the sun; otherwise they need not he plunged at all, but simply set on a hard surface, In cold lo- calities it is better to grow the plants under glass all summer, with plenty of airand sun. Whichever plan is adopted, let the plants from this time grow uninterruptedly, and before cold weather sets in take them into any house where the tem- perature is genial and dry. Here they will show flower, if the trusses are not already in an advanced state, and the season of flowering may be prolonged by keeping the plants in cool houses. Jf the plants are intended for planting out, they must simply be wintered in a cool house, and not permitted to flower, and planted out the following season, where they will be certain to flower and make a bright display.—J,, im the “* Garden,” London. — +> — Cucumprrs oy RusstA.—On my way home from the fair of Nijni-Novgorod, says a correspondent of the Daily WNWews, I was again struck with what I often remarked before, viz., the profusion of water melons and cucumbers, which were being everywhere offered for sale. Pyramids of melons and water- melons, like cannon halls in an arsenal, were heaped up in every direction, and as for cucumbers, you couldn’t help fancying that a plague of cucumbers, like locusts, had descended upon the earth. Allalong the Volga, from Astrak- han to Nijni, the whole population seemed engaged in eating water melons. ‘Their price being three sopeks, equivalent to one penny, put them within the reach of even the moderately wealthy. At every wood station that we stopped at, the water mélon and its rival, the sunflower, were the subject of a lively traffic. Saratoy seemed to be the headquarters of this latter fruit, but we had outposts all along the line. But if the water melon and the sunflower are luxuries and pastimes, the cueum- ber is a Jaw and a necessity. You never see a Russian peasant at dinner but you see the lump of black bread and the cucum- ber. A moujick’s dinner may be said to consist of # plus cu- cumber, The @ will consist of his favorite cabbage soup (schtchi), with or without meat in it, and sometimes in addi- tion to it the equally famous grit porridge (kascha). Some- times the kascha is without schtchi, and sometimes the schtchi is without the kascha, but whether in separation or combina- fion, the cucumber, at least, is always there; and shouid « equal zero, as I am afraid it sometimes does, then the ever- faithtul cneumber does duty for all the rest. Cucumber seems certainly a smeular dish to be so national in a country with a climate like Lussia’s. It isthe last that one would select a priori tor the post; but this is only one of a great many singu- larities one meets with. The cucumber costs the thirtieth part of a penny about the Volga ; perhaps this fact will ex- plain the anomaly. OY Buppine Frum Trmms.—P. T. Quinn, in the mid-summer Seribner’s, zives these directions for budding orchard tree : The proper time for budding extends from the middle of July until the firs) of september. Whevever the bark separates easily from the wood, the buds ay be set, with fair chances of success. Whe outtit for budding consists of some narrow strips ef bass matting, such as comes on fie inside of coffee-bags, aud a pockef-knife with a single blade, with a small piece of ivory fastened in the end of the handle, When tie incision 1s nade the ivory is used fo raise the bark up on el her side, so that the bud may be pressed into place. The buds to be inserted should be cut from youug, healthy trees, and always of the present year’s growth, those that are must matured being selected. ‘Phe leaves may then be clipped off the branch of buds; leaving say half an inch of the leaf stalk athached to the bud. Then with a keen-edged knife cut off each bud separately iron a lialf to three-quarters of an inch in.leagth, leaving a thin slice of wood back of the eye or bud. hese should be kept moist and protected from the sun or air until set; exposure even for a short time may prove fatal. When the whole top or any part of it is to be budded over, select the Spot Tor each bud in a siovta partol the branch, not too large, say from one to two inches in diameter, On this part make an incision through fhe bark in toe form of the capital letter 'T, aud raisé or separate ine bark from the wood with the ivery on the handle of the knife. ‘he bud Inay then be pressed into place, cutting off square the portion that goes above the cross incision. Then witha strip of the bass matting wrap firmly around the branch above and betow the eye, fastening te end of the strip by a slip-knot, — +o i TRANSPLANTING Forrest Trevs.—Pioncer, in the Prairie Farmer, says, invegard to transplanting forest trees : Before taxing np a tree, mark ib in some manner so you will know which is the north side, so 48 tobe able 10 reset it in exactly the pogi- tion it grewin the woods. ‘This may seem to many of no importance, but to those who know that there ia in the bark wud wood of all trees a radical difference between the norjh and south sides, the north side being close grained and tough, while the south side is invariably more oven grained und brash, or Soft, the importance will he seen. Jf this done, your tree does not have to widergo a complete change in all the parts, and is ready to start off aud grow at a proper time as readily as though it had notbeen moyed, 95 Asraraaus ty Orn Timns.—At Ravenna the Romans cul- tivated asparagus With most extraordinary results, the stems weighing three pounds each. The same as to-day, they allowed it to boil but a short time, as if was a favorite expression with Augustus, when he wished a thing accomplished quickly, “Let that be done quicker than you would cook asparagus.” The Roman cooks chose the finest heads of asparagus and dried them, When wanted for the table, they put them in hot water and boiled them a fewminutes, a plan good enough to be followed at the present day. B. <= ee Aw Orp Rosu.—Never give up a decaying rose bush till you have tried watering it two or three times a week with a soo tea. Make the tea with boiling water, from soot taken from the chimney or stove in which wood is burned. When cold, water the bush with it. When it is used up, pour boiling hot water on the soot asecond time. Rose bushes treated in this way will often quickly send out thrifty shoots, the leaves will become large and thick, and blossoms will greatly iniprove in sizé and be more richly tinted than. before.—Hweter News Let- ter. ee oo ——An ice machine in Dallas, ‘'exas, just finished, produces ice cakes thirty feet long and six feet wide, weighing from 10,000 to 12,000 pounds each, They are formed by freezing fine rain or spray. When the freezing is done the bottom and sides of the cake are thawed loose from the inclined plane, and the cake slides out upon a platform, where it is eut into pieces six feet square. Four cakes a day are frozen. The works cost $30,000. a —Eagle Island, near Newburyport, Mass., has a coffee tree raised fromseed smuggled during the time of the embargo. The tree bears, but the berries do not ripen, and haye very little of the coffee taste, ——~$-= >— —In the Luxembourg Gardens of*Paris are eighty lilac trees in full bloom, which weré planted by Marie de Medicis two hundred and fifty years azo, + +—«. —An eagle shot in Wisconsin the other day was found to have twelve bullets in him. It must have been a balled eagle —He. . LS Gaue’s Parrnt Ten'rs.—Rev. F'. Savage, of Albany, wide- ly known asa camper-out in Florida and the Adirondacks, writes as follows: July 31, 1STT. Gale &: Co,, Boston: Strs— I have just returned from a three week’s camping expedition in the Adirondacks, and have had the three (8) tents bought from you put fo the severest tests of exposure, both as to wind and storm, and do most unhesitatingly say they are the most complete thing of the kind f ever used. 1. They are easily put up and taken down. 2. They are perfectly waterproof, %. They are a good height and all the room is available. Our party asked for no better, They were admired by all who saw them, and one party insisted on buying one of onrs that was to spare. Key. Dr. Duryea, of Brooklyn; aud Rey. Dr. Irwin, of Troy, both of whom used your tents, endorse all I say about them. With kind re. gurds. Yours truly, BP. B. SAVAGE, —[Aiiv. ——______.§>-e-<¢ A New MINERAL WaATER.—Mineral water ts firmly established as an indispensable summer drink. ‘The average man, who formerly tried in vain to quench his thirst with soda-water, or some one of the many dia bolical compounds labeled ‘*smail-beer,” and had a headache and an uneasy stomach afterward, now calls for some kind of mineral water to stop his thirst and aid his digestion, But even in mineral waters there is a preference tobehad. I1fnone of them ure absolutely injurious some of them are vastly more beneficial than the others, 6S PATIPANO:, 1. rol setts pple ciety Bo ee 238 8 42 PUT Lees sinversisetastseneenans| oO oe 5 139 5 00 UM laters iteadsasibeperssortnenl) i 19 6 5 50 ANB. 22 oo. eee weetee DRESS gee) 10) “bB T 6 3b piace Wares coma a2g padres hueest ceegee st 11 81 7 7 08 Boat anp Yaour Burwpinc—/77ata.—First paper, first column, 24th line, for ‘‘leyel,” read ‘‘bevel;” 26th line, read ‘‘Wext saw the side-boards to the length determined on for boat.” 62d line, for “sawbenders,” ‘*sawbenches.” Com- mencing at the middle of the 16th line from the bottom, read, ‘Cut a strip one inch deep, and sufficiently long to allow for the width of platform out of the top edge of side- boards of boat.” Second paper, frst column, 18th line, for “level” read ‘hevel.” Place a period after the word bevel, and read : “At the bow, the sideboards can be sawed to the same bevel, or, the stem can be left straight.” On lines 28, $2, 53, 30, 36, 45, 48, 51, 55, and 61, for ‘‘stern,” read ‘‘stem.” 61st line, for ‘in,’ read *‘on.” On the 5th line from bottom, after the word ‘‘desired,” read, ‘“‘At whatever width you want it, fit a board crosswise the boat, 4 or 5 inches below the gunwale.” On the 9th line from top of second column, for ‘‘stern,” read “‘stem.” This last error is the funniest imaginable ; a ‘double sterned” boat being the ‘‘sternest’’ joke of the season. Indeed, the whole of the second paper abounds in ‘ stern- ness,” and I hasten to correct, for fear it may give some one the brain fever in trying to comprehend it. Naurticus. New Rowe Assocration.—The election of Detroit as the point for hoiding the National Rowing Association Regatta, this year, has determined the withdrawal from that Associa- tion of a large number of Eastern clubs. It is proposed to or- ganize a new association comprising nof less than fifty well- known clubs, among which are those of the Hudson, Harlem, Kills, Passaic and other streams, and probably the Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia. A meeting of representatives from the different aquatic associations is to be held this evening at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, for organization. It is proposed to hold an annual regatta on the waters in the vicinity of New York. Such a project'is eminently worthy of support, und will doubt- less meet with very general satisfaction. We bespeak for the new association all success. Fast Time Turouen «a Ftume.—aA correspondent of the Philadelphia Herald sends an account of the 1perilous jour- ney down the mountains of two Nevada miners, who made the trip ina mining-flume. The flume is owned by Messrs, Mackey & Fair, and is located in the mountains, near Carson Qity. It is about fifteen miles in length, leading from a lofty elevation down to the plain, and crossing in its course deep ravines, skirting terrible precipices and chasms, and presenting many sharp curves. It is fed with water from Lade Tahoe, and empties into a creek near Carson City. This flume, said to be the longest in the world, is used to carry down timber which is cut on the mountains, here are several places in its course where the incline is slicht, and visitors are occasionally treated to a short trip over these inclines in a boat constructed for that purpose. ‘The two men who took the trip were workmen, who some months ago conceived the notion of shooting down the entire length of the flume. To carry oui this foolhardy adventure, they construct- ed a strong boat, sharp at the bow and square at the stern, and fitting the flume closely enough to keep it steady. ‘he men describe the trip as something terrific. The heavy boat got a fearful headway, and the men had no means of stopping it. Tn shooting round the curves they thought it would jump the flume and precipitate them into the chasm that yawned be neath, Down the steeper inclines the boat sped with more than express-train velocity. The fifteen miles were passed in jess than eleven minutes! From the foot of the mountain to where the flame empties the incline is gentle, and here the boat gradually lost its terrific headway, and at length slided smoothly into the creek. Unharmed, but scared almost out of their senses, the men stepped ashore, and one of them was heard to remark that he would not make that trip again for all the silver and gold in Nevada. New Yorr Yaour Cros.—The following boats of this club started on the annual cruise last Thursday: Schooners Rest- less, Wanderer, Dreadnaught, Columbia, Rambler, Estelle, Tidal Wave, Madeleie, Nettie, Idler, Clio, Tempest ana Nereid, Vesta and Clytie; and the sloops Vision, Vixen, Windward, Volante and Active. Massacnusrrrsa—Swampscott, Aug. 11.—The Union Re- patta under the auspices of the Beverley Yacht Club, which had been long postponed, was sailed under most favorable cir- cumstances, as above, at noon. The race was open to all yachts under forty feet; the competing boats being, divided as follows: The first-class included those yachts measuring 2%) feet water line and over; those measuring over 21 feet and under 29 formed the second-class; those measuring over 17 feet and not over 21 formed the third-class, and those not measuring over 17 feet formed the fourth-class. The course for Nos. 1 and 2 was 14 miles; for Nos. 3 and 4 about 7 miles, The first prizes were: First-class, bronze clock; second-class, silver cake dish; third-class, silver goblet; fourth-class silver flask. The second prize in first-class was a silver vase; in second-class, pair of napkin rings; third-class, silver pepper box; fourth-class, silver bell. ‘The prizes for the special class have not yet been selected, but will consist of solid silver. The following is a summary: WKST CLASS. Wane. Acinal Cor, Name. Actual Cor. tume. time. Line. Tune. FH. M.S. H. M. 8. aS. Ho MB. Magic.......0-,-.. 236438 215410 Ataine........, . Not taken. Lillie.s..e00ceece. 2 OU 0S 157-51 E. Al West.|,..302 88 2 39 96 SCHOONERS—SPECIAL CLASS. Hormer..is....-.. 826 46 268 34 Bessie.......,., 851 9 8 09 42 CANVIC2wentesrvass NOL taken, LOWY. .is.2, BAO 2 B U2 OT SECOND CLASS—SLOOPS. BENG. teiststeewe S08 10, QB Yd MOlYsysaisst.es Boy) ead a Nattie we only 09. 2-28 78" Hagentis.s...s Not taken, Georgictta...- .3 9381 2 89 28 CAT BIG. Secret.....--.eeeee Not taken. Hugenia....... - Not faken. THLRD GLASS—SLOOPS. : SATE Sraih ea ha. beatepare 1 06 49 57 5f Susie........0.. 1 06 29 59 00 Hulet..ssece- e+e. 1 04 BH 56 04 Nymph........ . CAT Ric. . Not taken. LISTS ous Peo Alp ths ba 49 TOUT. wees bebe 1 OT 91 59 62. Mystery.. een dt 02 dS 6519 Mona... 1 07 46 5) bY (polos ae ar ey ee iste} 48 35 ‘Thetis.,.. a J tas 1 Vin AA ae eles bT 38 Kuluida........ 113 40 1 86 aT Lt ae tee 109 28 (0101 Psyche......2.. 11725 1.08 02 Nellie M......-... Not taken. HOGHer aw erael lest Tb ae Maud,............. Not taken, Dash... . .=es+-. NOb taken. Lizzie ~ 10218 55 22 Adele..... foo We LAG 55. 06 Mazeppa.......... 11415 10605 fHsmeralda...... 1 03 53 55 46 FOURTH CLASS—CAY RIG. Red Lion......... -11224 4101 64 Virginia........ 1 05 34 65 03 Bessie..... SR ADA Not taken Midget......... 11739 1 04 29 Bretida.....5:....2.1 2415 11402 IA eh ae © Whetham, b Aa J B Castiman, b Harvey......... eben cee en a A Marsh, Hot OUb.....-....+....,24 ¢ Hersler, b Byre..... At KF Pranklin, rumout,.....:.-..... Zeb Harve. ae, A EH Moeran, b Harvey.......... 0 ¢ Wetham, b Brewster, WO McDonald, b Hatvey....... Gein -ontee ete ae Ne 1 J P Conover, b Brewster... - 2 e Jarvis, b Brewster......00) | A Rendell, b Harvey... ELS IG O TI eae eae Seine PM. Westfeldt, b Harvey “2 (oni Brewatenecd ee sy eee ie GR Hitchcock, absent.....,..., 0 G Whetham, b Brewster._ Leg-byes, 1; wines, 2).........-.- 3 Byes, 2; leg-byes,1..... TROL ei ise omabete cra Sete aty hme bree EOL Force SE " STATEN ISLAND. Pirst Dening, JR Moore, b:CashmMatliic....- eee. sues wees p (tH Moore, ¢ Hostford, b Cashman............... A TWarvey, c Franklin, b Moeran...,......- JB Whetham, } Marsh............ P W Kessler, b Moeran... W M Donald, b Marsh... W Brewster, b Marsh,....-...,.. CT DARvas TOW Obey. cueds ee a oe EAN LCs MUU OU es ee siatele jek M C Byre, b Moeran.......- J Sprague, not out....-...... Belew bees etn yeee Ce Gaur vs. Havsvitin AnD Bertmy— Galt, Canada, Aug. 3. Won by Galt, by 1 inning and 22 runs. Paris vs. Beaver—WNorwich, Ont,, Aug. 6.—The game re. sulted in a tie. i Scormsy-AmMERoAN Atanniic Srparrs—Vew York, Aug 11.—The second series of handicap games, held grounds, Prizes, silver medals. Summary: | Four-hundred-and-forty-yards mn in heats—First, he, 7 by E. C. Smith in 58s., with 50 yds. handicap ; ec hoa won by T. H. Smith in 61s., wath 30 yds. handicap: third} heat won by H. B. Wilson in 58s. with 35 yds. handicaps final heat won by Smith—won in 59s. —- Vaulting with pole—J. B. Hanna won on 7 ft. 10 in., with! handicap of 18 in. 2 Three-milk walk——Seven entries; won by J. V. Woolcott i } at clui b 26m. 11s., with 40s. handicap, Bosron, Aug. 7.—A foot race of 150 ya Ae ) Dwyer, of Boston, and Chavies Drape of Norther resulted in a victory for Dwyer, who won by about three teats Time, 155s. ] A Lirrte Grro's Bia Swrm.—Libbie Grant, a little gir) eight years old, swam, on Aug. 2, from Ward’s Island docli across the Harlem Kiver to the hath house at the foot of 114th street, N. Y. City., a distance, making allowance for the cor taken, of about three-quarters of a mile. ‘The first was ag complished in just fifteen minutes, and Libbie clambered ia into the boat house amid the plaudits of several hundred wonien and children. _-_ men, Gusss BALL TRAPS.—In your lust issue 7 notice several reporis o glass ball shoots throughout the conntry, and am pleased to see that the Republic and Attie Clubs, at Attica, O., made good scores shoo Troin my traps and rules, breaking 75 per cent, of the balls sliot at. Icousider No. 1 sttooting, Also a match at Fitchburg, Mass,; one n broke Len balls straight at thirty yards, It conld not have been fron niy traps aud with my rules. I (and I thu the rest of your reanere woull like when a match is shot to know what traps were used and ac cording to what rules, then the sporting fratermity conld better jud rf how goad shots they were, I attended a match at New Haven, Coun, on the Yith tmst., and quite a number of local shots participated, + large majority of whom had been practicing from Marshall’s & Purd trups, breaking 45 to 48 ont of 50. In the first Sweep, vine entries, fiys balls each, irom three traps, aucording to role, fifteen balls were bro : outol 45,0ne fun who had practiced fram my trapsbreaking 5 straig i Second sweep, ten entries, five balls each, oe trap, one-half broken All parties were satisfitd they were getting good practice, and bh AY shooting, and purchased a set of traps, BOGARDUS. N. B.—Ne York, Ang, 18, 1-70 Manayers of Shooting Clubs an Stute aid County Fair Associations = am prepared to Make eupave) break 3uu glass balls in thirty consecutive mivotes, or 5C0 in Afb: minutes, ball to be sprang frommy pat. glass ball ap in any exhibi 0 Inaicl, T will bet £200 to $100, or $1,000 fo $500 that no may 10 the wo cat lo What can, Terms $50 to $100, according ta distance to trav fa addressed to Hikhart, Jil, will be forwarded, if not; rit i. = = y - + . a . . answers ta (orrespondents, No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communiontions, | DAuraty, Dauphin Go., Pa,—A typographical error, E, W, &., Cleveland, Ohio.—Will a .32 cal. long cartridge, explosive billet, Killa ’gator? Ans, es, if aimed properly. Jonn, Hornellsville.—There have been several rose-tinted grosheaks shot here lately. Aré they nota rare bird in this vicinity? Ans, Yes, Ovn Harry, Kingston.—Send us your name and address, if you de- sire us to publish your items. We do not accept abonymous communi- cutions. E, J, R., Wethersfield.—Ans. You should know that it would be high- ly improper for ns to make a distinction of any one’s. wares, unless they were absolutely valueless. J.M.D,, Irwin Station, Pats the Pigeon Starter or Mechanical Cat a good article for what itis recommended? Ans. Il is said to an— Bwer an excellent purpose. 0. T, 'T., Millbrook, N. ¥.—Please notice the qnestions at the head of the Kennel column, and govern yourself accordingly, Your deserip- tion is too meagre to judge from. Marks, Waukeegan, Ill.—Ans, We answered the question correctly. We care not wilat Chicago may do; right is right, Class shooting 1s ohe thine and shooting uother. See answer to D. m this column. J. BisHor, Petrolia, Pa.—Please inform me where I can procure “'Thowuburn on Mushrooms,” referred to in your paper of recent date. T have tried to fet it and aye failed. Ans, Dhrough Kstes & Lauriat, oO: Boston. J. H. O,, Columbia, 8. 0.—Pliease inform me as to the length of the spikes in Von Oulin's colar? Want to try it on @ young pointer; also, if said spikes are yery sharp? Ans. You can live a collar made with any length of spike, and as Sharp as you choose. J. A. B.—We haye nothing to do with the pedigree list, and shall not probably publish another. We have repeatedly stuted in these col- unims that the iiatter of registration is uow in the hands of L. bh. Smith, Strathroy, Ontario, Guo, A. B., North Brooktield, Mass,—Do you think that & glass-ball trap could be made to feed itself, and be reset ab the puiler’s stand? Aus. Wehaye no doubt but that Yankee ingenuity wall fill the bill, 7. ¢., if there proves to be suiticient money in it. M., New Haven.—Do yourecommend the artificial bloomer, Dobson, alligutor, scorpion crab, hooker, hellyramuite, crawler, or whateyor you wall it, fur black pass balt? 1t will be received gratefully by iish- einen, if it will doas well as the Daturalone, Aus, ‘he proof of the pudding is inthe eating. Ty it. W. P., Madison, N. J.—Can you inform me of some small place in Maryland on the Bay where good quail-shoutmg can be had, aod also ducks, and the name of a residentto whom could write. Ans. Go to §. Suiions, Perrymansyille, Magnolia Co, Whe “ Sportman’s Gazetteer” would give you all this information. For good quail-shooting go te Pred- erick, ANTLER, South Bend, Ark.—Which of the following named rifles would be preferable for hunting, Winchester repeatmg, or Sharps sporting tifle? Ans. We have repeatedly stated through these columns tlt We calilot discriminate between mauufactures, We cannot give tlie address you desire. R.'T. C. §., Cardville, Pan—Where can I find good bear and deer hunting the nearest point from Pittsburgh, and the best time to gu? Aus, October is 4 good tme to go, and the Hey Wilderness and the Blackwaterregion, in West Virginia, 1s a@ good objective point. see Hallock’s ‘‘sportsiman’s Gazetteer.” D. W., Portland, Me.—Will you please inform me what “Stuarts tackle’ is? 1s ibbetter for bait fisting for trout ina single hook? Of What sizé hooks isthe tackle made? Ans. We do not know the arm ticle, Phe oiestdeaier in the city never heard of it. Have you not made a mistake? C. Jonby, Phita.—i.’ Please inform me what kind of fishing 1s to had at Butbertou? 2%. Also what a boat to accommodate two would cost fora couple of days? 3, And will Bay bird shootimg be good there the latter end of this month? Ans. 1. Betterton is a great place for deep sea pereh fisling. Dipseys are used. 2. Man and buat will cost about $5 per day. 8. Probably 1n that peighborhood, D. M., Si. Dennis P. O., Ma.—t, Please inform me if I am too late to obtain ove of those $5 rifles advertised i your July dthnumber, 2. Are they lolerably accurate? 3. Ls there no danger of their bursting? 4. lf T¢annot oblain one of them, where can] obtain a good, cheap, iinzzle-luading ville, aud for what? Aus. We do nol recommend the go rile, 2. Iiis the old Star carbine. 3. Take your chasces. 4, Al any reliable gun store. 5.8. 8., Goshen_In asweepstake shoot A shools 10 balls, B 9, Gc 9, aud DS. “hey don’t sieot oll, but divide the money—thwee prizes. Low is the money divided? Aus, A takes first mouey, B and c take Secoud and third. Except in lass shooting the lighest scores win; in the latter case D would take turd inoney, aud B and © divide second, \ G, 0. A., Woonsocket Ri, I.—I have a Better dog one year old, He has den sick with the distemper; has got about over 1b; looks and eats well, bot ta hardly walk, Can you tell me what to do'for him, or shail Jhuyeto kul him? Ans. Give %{ teaspuontul doses of Caswell, Hazard & Ou.’s euixir uf calasaya, von atid strycimine every four hots and feed well. E. B. B., Hudson, Ohio.—Will you please give me the amount of areca nut for a puppy seven weeks old? [have the powders, but am afraid to give them, Ans. Ii would be highly improper to use it at all, least of all with young puppies, a8 it acts by creaung & Violent Infant Mabon of the bowels; moreover, there is little likelihood that animais of that age need anything of the kind. READER, Auburn, N. ¥.—Will you please inform the sporting toe of {lis vicinity whether a woodeock cau be scared to death or nol? he other day while oot shooting with a friend who put ap & cock and fired abit aud the bird fell dead. Upon 4 careful cxatiimation we could not dind g@ mark on it although we plucked every feather from ite The bird, Was it good condition and an old oe, Aus. The bird was Killed by the « wind? of the shot probably. AbrRonDacKs, U.S. Treasury, New York.—i, Is the trout fishing in jheAdironducks Lakes good at present time? 2, What lakes: would you recommend as the best water for the above lishing? 3. Which is the best way of getting there? 4, Wat is the charge per day for }oard, and how much for guide? 5. Whatis the expense of getting tured 6. Dv the trout take the fly at present? Ans. 1. Ves, 2. Dhere “ue plenty of good lakes; we have not space to daseribe the different points or modes of getting there, 4, 'Phe average per day 18 $2 for boar” and #3 for guides. 5. The expense varies with the region you Pi ’ rewoenien 6, Yes Matuning that has a great many black bass. In a dog ? months, Ans, The word mange covers ‘a multitude of sins,” being applicd indiscriminately to some forty or fifty diseases of the skin to which dogs are liable. in the note at the head of the Kennel column, and we will prescribe. shoot close at say 40 yards, FOREST ‘AN yet D.\STREAM. 0. H. M., Greenpoint, N. ¥.—The information you desite recarding dogs willbe tound in Hallock’s “Sportsman's Gazetteers’ Price $3, for sale at this office, 2. Oh, ask the young lady for her company by ull means, and cut the other fellow oul, if you are able. A.M. C,, Detroit, Mich.—The new dog-tax lay of Michigan provides fora tax Of $1 on cach male dog oyer six months old, and $3 on each fermale dog, No action under tie law can be taken this year, however, as it has no force until the Yist of Angust, and as it requires the asses- Sors of every township to make out a list of dogs for taxation on or he- fore May 15 of each year, GEo. McO., New York.—A panty of four gentlemen desire to go up in Pike County, Pa., in September, to camp out; would like to locate near some luke, where we can have hunting and fishing, Can you ad- vise us where (0 0? Ans. Write to d. A. Williamson, Lackawaxen, Pike County, Pa., and he will pick out a camping ground for you. ‘The “Sportsman's Gazetteer” will give you all other information, SCALES, Niantic, Conn.—Can you inform me if a law has been passed in this State, prohibiting the catching of trout for ihe next three years? Thaye been informed that such is the case. Is there any law regula- ting the setting of nets along the harbors? If not, there certainly ought to be, for the fishing is almost spoiled by them, Ans, The law you mention refers to ‘salmon or grilse, or fry thereof.” Brook trout muy be taken from the 165th of April to the Ist of July only. 2, We regret to say there is not, A. W. 'T., Orangeville, Ohio.—We have a small stream here called Py- Can seé bushels of them wien the water is low. Huve tried ever since the first of July to take some of them with minnows, artificial nies, soft shell crabs, also with red flannel affer night, but in vain. atuedi¢ine for them you will convey 4 great favor upon your humble servant. They al fail, If you can preseribe Ans. Try the Dobson balt. D. &. C,, North Bast, Pa,—What is your opifiion as to the profitable- ness of herding in Western Texas with » moderate capital of say $9,000 to $10,000, a8 compared with the same amount of capital invested in say ordinary farming in Tilinois or Kansas? Ans. The money prop- erly invested in cattle should return a good dividend, asit should also invested in a good farm in Kansas, “ barvin’” the grasshoppers. Many in both Texas and Kansas herd cattle, as well as carry on farming. Rex, Washinglon, D. C.—Will you please give me a receipt for mange Lhayea very fine pointer that has had it for about seven Describe symptoms, appearances, etc., as given i. P, E., Cincinnati.—I have a pointer dog which T keep in the city; he necessarily becomes yery dirty from the soot which collects on him desire to ask youifit would do him any harm to haye him washed once or twice a week ? what kind of soap would you recommend, also warm or cold water? Ans. Tf you think it would not do him any damage Wash him by all means; if every day all the better, using tepid water and Castile soap. Give him a race after drying him well with a cloth, SHELDRAKE, Lynn.—l. Can a muzzle-loading gun be bored so as to 2, Jf bored willit not wanta larger wad than before? 3. Wouldit reduce the strength of the barrels? 4. Where isa good place in Boston to have it done, and what would you estimate the cost? Ans, 1. Yes, 2. Yes, slightly. 3. Necessarily it would some- What. 4. Wim. RK. Schaelfer, 61 Elin St., or Win. Read & Sons, 13 Fan- ueil Hall Square. D., Bullalo, WN, Y.—A, B, Cand D get up a shoot at birds each, class shooting ; $1 entrance; five per cent. to first, thirty per cent. to second, twenty per cent. to third, A, Band C each kill four; D kills one. A, B and shoot off at three cach; A and Bkill three; C killstwo. Aand B shoot off again, WESTERN SPORTING, (Oriental Rifle.) ~ The “ Oriental” powder is equal to any made: no 6xpense is spared to make the best, y. : - BRANCH OFFICES, J. G. Munro, Agent, 19 Exchange St., Buffalo, N. ¥ Cobb & Wheeler, Agents, 9 State St, Chicago, Til. C. J. Chapin, Agent, 218 Locust St., St. Louis, Mo. * Agencies in the principal cities in the United States, Laflin & Rand Powder€o. Ne. 26 MURRAY ST,, N. Y.,; Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of Orange Lightning Powder. No, 1107, strongest and Cleanest made, in sealed 1 lb. cani-ters. Higher numbers specially are recom- mended for breech-loading guns. Orange Bucking Powder, For water-fowl, §streng and clean. No. 1 to 5 in metal kegs, 64% lbs, cach, and canisters of 1 and 5 lbs, each, 4 Orange Rifle Powder. ‘he best for rifles and all ordinary purposes. sizes, FG, FFG and /PFG, thelast being the finest, Packed in wood and metal kegs of 25 1bs., 124¢ Ibs. and 64¢ Ibs., and in canisiers of 1 Jt. and 1% Ib. All of the wbave give high velucities and less resicvuum 1hai any other brands made, and-are re- commended and used by Capt. A, H. BOGARDUS, the “Champion Wing Shot of the World.” BLASTING POWDER and ELECTRICAL BLAST- ING APPARATUS. MI ITARY POWDER of a]] kinds ou hand and mide to order. Safety Fuse, Frictional and Platinum S'ises, Pamphlets, showing sizes of the grain by wood ent, sent free on application tio the ubove address. THE HAZARD POWDER CoO. MANUFACTURERS OF GUNPOWDER. Hazard’s ** Hiectric Powder.” Nos, 1 (fine) to 6 (coaree). Unsurpassed in point of sirength and cleanliness. Packed in square canis- ters of 1 1b. only. Mazgardis “American Sporting. Nos. i (fine) to 3 (coarse). In 1 1b. canisters and 634 lb. kegs. A fine grain, gnick and clean, for upland prairie shooting. Well adapted to shote guns. Wazard’s “Duck Shooting,” Nos. 1 (fine) to 5 (coarse), Ini and 5 lb. canisters and 634 and 123g Ib. kegs. Burus slowly and very clein, shooting remarkably close and with great penetration, Yor field, forest or water ehooting, it ranks any other brand, and it is cqually serviceable for muzzle orbreech-loaders. — Hazards **ientucky Rifle.” FPFFG, FFG, and “Sea Shooting”? PG, in kegs of 25, 1236 and 634 lbs, and cans of 5lbs.. FFFG is also packed in iand 3¢ 1b, canisters. Burns strong and nwoist. The FFFG and FFG are fayorite brands for ordinary sporting, and the ‘Sea Shooting” F@ is the standard Rife powder of the country. Superior Mining and Blasting Powder. GOVERNMENT CANNON & MUSKET POWDER; ALSO, SPECIAL GRADES FOR HXPORT, OF ANY REQUIREP GRAIN OR RROOF, MANU- FACTURED TO ORDER, The aboye can be had of dealers, or of the Com- pany’s Agents in every prominent city, or wholesale at our office, % : t 88 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. p> SWsisy New Dittmar Powder, THE CHAMPION POWDER OF ‘TITEK WORLD faFor all olf-hand shooting at short and long ranges, Unsurpassed for Cleanliness. Pleasant to shoot on “wecouut of little recoil aud report. Desirable for hunting on account of little or no smoke. Un- equalled for rapid firing, as it does not foul and heat up the barrel as black powder. Great accuracy, penetration and good pattern. Safer than black powder. Address CARL DITTMAR, Nzeponsrr, Mass. NEw Yor«K, July 10, 1877, HpITOR FOREST AND STREAM AND ROD AND GUN: Please say, for the information of some of my friends who may be misled by current statements, that lam still on the same powder for all out-door shooting, which I haye used for several years past, never having rislced the use of the nitrated powders except when shooting in a confined space in-doors, when the smoke from any regular powder would producé a smell rather offensive to some people, and cause somewhat greater obstruction to vision, Carr, A. H, BoGARDTS, | Champion Wing Shot of tie World, glublications, Warren Powder Mills, MANUFACTURERS OF BLASTING AND MENING, SHIPPING AND SPORTING GUNPOWDBR, SPORTING RRANDS—BHureka, Continental, ** Border Iifle,” Snap-Shot, and Warren Sporting Cannon and Musket, 0.8. Standard. The above can be had of the dealers, or at wholesale at the oflice, 27 Doane street, Boston, Mass., and of the agents, JOHN P. LOVELL & SONS, corner of Wash- ington, Cornhill and Prattle street, Boston, Mass- dylf Hishing Gaghtle, Conroy, Bissett & Malleson 65 Fulton Street, New York, Factory—l'oot South sth Street, Brooklyn, E. D, Six Strip Hexagonal Split BAMBOO RODS. ENAMEL ALL PRESERVED ON \ THE OUTSIDE. QUALITY GUARANTEED. The annexed list will show the reductions we lave made. We quote = Of Every Description. HAVANA AND RIO JANEIRO. 48 Iifiaiden Lane N., Y. || SUCCESSORS TO ANDREW CLARK & CO, Tackle FINE GOCDS FOR SPORTSMEN A SPECIALTY. 7 a g Fishing NEW YORK, LONDON, REDDITCH, Send for Price List to Boa 1,294, SEiLNNERSS ew Fluted Bait. ~- |ABBEY 2IMBRIE,| Form- erly. Now. Fly Rods, 6 strips, 2 OOS oe re tact $40 $26 Fly Rods, 6 Strip, 8 | el ONO ig Bs 95. ., The best bait.used for Bass and Pickerel Fishing Black Bass Rods. 6 Bass size, 75 cents; Pickerel size, $1 each. by mail Strip. 2 Pips ‘ 50 30 post-paid, on receipt of price. Hagle Claw, for catch- Binok Bass Rods, 6 ing Fish and Game, samples by mail, $5 and 75 cents. Strip, 2 Tips and Send stamp for illustrated price list of Fishing Tackle Duplicate Joint... 65 4o | 84d Sporting Goods, almon rods, 6 Strip, >) (patie teaketeaten a FSO 50 FISH & SIMPSON, © 4 a 7 4 These Rods are, in ali their parts, WHOLLY MADE LSS Seay eS BY HAND. Positively no machinery is used in any part of their construction, f=" SEND FOR CIRCULAR, We have but one grade of these Kods—the best in the market. McBride Flies. MEDAL AND DIPLOMA FROM INTER- NATIONAL EXHIBITION, PA., 1876, DECREED FOR ** EXCEEDINGLY NEAT WORK WITH PHILADELPHIA © o Fishing Tackle House, SRE Ran Sea ear OOP A fine assortment of FLIES tor Trout, Salmon and Pep Bass constantly on hand. Also Casting Lines. Flies tia MZ S carefully selected for the different seasons and = waters. Ce ee Goods promptly made to order frem any pattern = desired. Address La Miss Sara J. McBride, Mumford, Monroe County, N. Y. W. HOLBERTON, Sole Ageut for New York City. 503 COMMERCE STREET, PHILA. Manufacturers of FINE FISHING TACKLE A Specialty of the Celebrated Green Heart Wood for Ainateur Rod Makers, Rod Mountings in Sets for T5¢. fo $6 75. RODS, REELS, Ero, REPAIRED. Shipley’s Self-lMooking Elastic Smells, ‘catch every fish that bites.” Send for sample. 2 SUE MEET Nee ta = For Trout on gut, 10c, each, 75, per Be, $1 ‘ ( Ll @ t 4 yf For Bass on double gut, 12¢. each, $1 per doz. x fe ot J bs - Highest premium at Centennial, 1876,and Franklin | TOE NATURAL FOOD tor BLACK BASS. Institute, 1874, T have, after careful study, at last found a. bait that excels all others tortaking black bass. Sample by Tuail, 7c. The aoove Cut represeiits the bait J. F. Marsters, Manufacturer, 125 Nassau Street, New York, Send for Catalogue of Sporting Goods, Jy The perfect revolving NEW TROLLING SPOON. The bestin the world. Ifnot to be tound at your fishing tackle stores, these spoons wili he forwarded by the manufacturer by mail. Price, $1 each. JUHN H. MANN, Syracuse, New York. je28 tf tt — B. CREENWOOD, Manufacturer of Aquaria Greenhouse and Aquarium Cement, and dealer in Fish Food, Gold Wish, Water Plauts, Wish Globes, and aquaria stock of all deserip- tious. Canaries, Cages, Rustic Baskets, Bird Ilouses, Sea Shells, etc., wholesale and retail. Nos. 113 to 18 COLLEGH PLACE, Near Murray st. New York, N. Y. DINCEE, SCRIBNER, Manufactitrer of Salmon and Tront Rods, Salmon and Trout Flies Casting Lines, Landing Nets, Gafis, ete. Best Greenheart Rods at $9, #11 and $13 each. Waterloo Street, St. Jolins, N. i. COMPETITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE, | 17126m J, B. CROOK & CO., HISHING DLACKLE» 50 FULTON STREET, NEW YORK Makes the Immense Reductions. Greenheart Rods for Trout and Bass Vishing, $15 to $30, Ash and Lancewood Rods for Trout and Bass Fishing, $7 to $12. Everything else in proportion, Goods sent C. O. D to all parts of the United States and Canadas. H. L. LEONARD, BANGOR, MAINE, Manufacturer of every variety of FINE RODS for SALMON, BASS and TROUT FISHING. Split Bamboo Rods a Specialty Great reduction in prices. Trout Rods, full mounted, $20, formerly $50; other rods in proportion. Every Rod bearing my name is six strands from butt to extreme tip, and mounted with my * patent waterproof ferrule,” and warranted against imper- fections in material and workmanship. Any style of finish, hexagonal or round, asmay be desired, Rods of Greenheart, Ash, or Lance- wood. MADE TO ORDER. Lwas awarded a MEDAL and DIPLOMA at the Centennial for my Split Bamboo Rods. CARD. Dr. Fowler's Celebrated Six Strip Bam- hoo Fly-Rods. Improved and finished without cutting away the enamel, The strongest and handsomest rods In the world, Private orders solicited for all kinds of fine tackle. Rods sent per express on approval. Send for circular, A, H, FOWLER, Ithaca, N.Y. Publications. BINDERS. Get your fine books bound. Art Journal bound uniform te London publishers’ style. Pictaresque America, Att Treasury of Germany and England Women in Sacred History, large Family Bibles, all illustrated works, music and magazines in the best styles und lowest prices ; done intwo or three days if required, EH. WALKER’S SONS, 14 Dey street. New Game Laws Of the State of New York. dust published in neat pamphlet form, the Game Laws of the State of New York, a8 amended by the last session of the Legislature. Price, single four copies, 50 cents. 15 cents; EDITOR OF “FOREST AND STREAM 3" AUTHOR OF THE NOW READY, THE Sportsman’s Gazetteer AND GENERAL GUIDE. WITH WAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, 9300 pp., Price, $3. BY CHARLES HALLOCK, “FISHING TOURIST,” “CAMP LIFE IN PLOKIDA,” ETC, NEW YORK; “FOREST and STREAM” PUBLISHING COMPANY,, The book is 2 complete manual for sportsmen : _ it gives every sportsmanlike method for Gaptur= ing every known game animal, bird and tish in North America. It designates the proper charges for guns for ench . Kind of game, the various kinds of decoys and blinds, and baits and tackle for the fish, It gives over 4,000 localities where rame and fish may be found, specifies the game found in each lecality, the hotel avcommodation, and the best route to get there. (The preparation of this Directory Was in itself & work of great magnitude ) _ it gives the sci-ntific name and specitic tharacter- istics of each species it describes, with the habitat and breeding Season of eaeh—a most valuable con- tribution to science, Tt describes 297 varieties of edible fish alone, that tay be taken with the hook; 80 varieties of ducks, 50 varieties of snipe or waders, aud the difereup methods of shooting each. Its instructions for capturing large game are very mioute, and the chapters on woodcralt, outtinting: aud camping have been pronounced by ‘Hl Cazador,” of Los Angeles, California, to be simply complete. Every kind of dog used for sport is designated, and his points for bench judgments fully given, The chapters relating to selection, breeding, rearing, breaking, care and diseases, Comprise a seventh part ofthe volume, There are 71 prescriptions and recipes given under the revision of the best modern canine therapentists. It isin itself the most concise, accurate, instruc five, Sensible and comprehensive work ever written) upon the dog and his diseases. Any physician cat administer the prescriptions with perfect confidence: in their safety and efficacy, “ It contains very nseful recipes and remedies for wonnds, biles, poisons, illness, and emergencies of all kinds ; for cleaning, repaiting, and preserving, every implement used for sport; for selection and use of every kind of boat emjloyed by sportainen in a reference list of several hundred books im request: by SEGHAINCL: and a directory where to buy outfitting, goods, It instructs in taxidermy, and tells how to preserve: and mount specimens of animals, birds and fish. Sportsyen’s Goads, BOUDREN'S PATENT COMBINATION Jack, Dash and Fishing LAMP, Yor NIGHT HUNTING Deer and other animals, SPRARING FISH. Indispensable un any Boating, Yachting or Camping Trip. Not affected by Wind, Ratn or Jolting. ‘Burns kerosene- safely without nn chimney. Throws & powerful lieht 200 feet ahead. Asa DASH LAMP* for CARRIAGES it has no: equal, Fits on any shaped dash or on any vehicle, PRICE, C. 0. D., with privilege of examination. WHITE WP COMPANY, BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Gale's Patent Tents, Adapted to all purposes where Lawn, Beac Hunters’ and Camp Tenta are used; are eight feet high, seven feet square at bottom, will lodge four persons; can be set up or taken flown and packed in five minutes, Thaking bundle four feet long, f twenty-five pounds : weight. ‘The pole in two parts, issjoined together by & brass tnbe, They are wonderfully light, and yet very strong, and are the handiest and cheapest tents extant, Samples of rouds and pe list sent free, ahd the tent sent oe receipt; of price,jor C. 0. D. Prices from $16 to GALE & CO., Boston, Mass. jyl2 tt Ag? tt Also manufacturer of Patent Reels for Salmon and Trout fishing, The lightest, strongest, and jandsomest Reels ever made. Full line of FISHING TACKLE always on hand, jor Send for circular and price list, C) 7 : copies, Sent postage paid on receipt of price, by CHAS. SUYDAM, Pourtisnmr, 149 CHAMBERS S@., New York City, or this office, dyle at PLO. bOX Ihe, | augigat el HENRY C. SQUIRES, No. 1 CORTLANDT STREET, THIRD DOOR FROM BROADWAY, AGENT FOR THE Celebrated Prize Guns W. W. CREENER. There guns have been winners in eyery trial during the last three SEAR, competing with all she first- class makers in England, The ahcoting of every gun is guaranteed, and prices as low as consistent with good work. Gunes built to exact order of sportsmen, 1 keep the best selected stock of guna by all the other makers to be found in this city, inetndieis Scott, Webley, Remington, Parker and Fox, arshall’s new Glass Ball Trap, $5; three traps, $12. English chilled shot, all sizes and in any qnantities, ent for Dittmar powder. Complete outfits for hunting and camping. Best Breech-Loader ever offered in the United States for $35; Wholesale Agent for Holabird’s Shooting Suits, and Camp Lounge Company. STODDARD’S CARTRIDGE LOADING IMPLEME COMBINING SEVEN DIFFERENT TOOLS, Cap Expeller, Recapper, Loader and Tube, Creaser, Cutter Crimper and Shell Extractor. NwWo. 189 NOW READY. Perfo n ‘rf all the operations possible in the manipulation of Paper or Meta €lis ici Pree ch-Loaders, Length, 44 inches. Nickel Plated. Weight 10 onnees, All the operations are perfeet, and suitable for any shell. ||AWARDED BOTH MEDAL AND DIPLOMA AT CENT EXHIBIFION FPRICE, BS, Circulars sent on application. Send postal order or check to C. J, STODDARD & CO., Lock-Box 192, Washington, D. C. LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE, 1876, presented by Mr. Purdy, beating oj) best Loadon mukere- "sInZ 200 Wnijyvaq ‘ELST SIU14y, uns) mOpuoTy so zanna, Winner of the Musuive Silver Cup in plus ultra, It combines compactness With durability, and is arranged, by a Swivel on the bed-plate, to throw a ball in any direction or at any elevation un- known to the shooter, & screen prevent- ing his seeing the direction in which the trap is eet. ‘The spring, as the cut will show, is made of a steel rod or wire, bent spirally at the point of attachment, thus receiving the concussion its entire length, and pre- D> . yenting breakage. ; | HUBER & MERWIN’S CHAMPION BALL TRAP. i We call the attention of the fraternity to the above trap, claiming to be the ne Mi I | i WA o i il ( FOR SALE BY BARTON & CO., Sole Agents, = == SS ses A 331 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. i used every trap in market, and fin] the CHAMPION GLASS BALL TRAP, for Repanilies an Ee ea te Beeman superior to them all, and take pleasure in recommending the ‘Champion’ to sporting clubs and my friends, (Signed) IRA A. PAINE, Aug) ly CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION MEDAL AWARDED FOR STEAM = = =— = ——————— SSS FETY STEAM POWER 00 GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE BUILDING OF LAUNCHES AND THEIR MACHINERY, i wil furnish them complete in eyery eeuaula, fitted either as Swift Racers, Fast Pleasure Boats, Party 8, Fishing Boats, Ship’s Tenders, or ferry Boats, Or will supply the MACHINERY, complete, Also 0 dels, drawings and moulds to parties preferring to build their own boats, SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR. . z v. Y.SA 1 | ding Pocket Mosquito Bar, Ost in, Yachting Suits enious device for campers, tourisis and . CAN be used af home or abroad, and will lifetime. It wéighs less ‘than a pound, and no ble to carry. Cun be put up or taken down in &tMinute, No camping outtit complete without Very one warranted. All complete, with net, Sent on receipt of price. Address AAS COWING, Watkins, N.Y, U. 8. NAVY STANDARD BLUE ' PLANNEL. 4 Shirts, $3.50; Pants ¢ 2.50; Ca iS Write for descript! ae ve catalogue. GEO, C. HENNING, Washinston City, REO” Une an Aiavryh 4 ns EST AND STREAM. yr,| THE UNITE 7 MANUFACTURER OF FINE FISHING TACKLE, MANCHESTER, VERMONT. VERY STRONC AND DURABLE ARTIFICIAL FLIES. Fully Equal to any Made. For Trout, $1.50 per dozen, Triple Heok Flies, $3.50 per dozen, For Basa, $2.50 to $4.50 per dozen. Any variety to order pe~ sample, Hater to Dr. J. R. ROMEY®, Keeseville, N. ¥,; Com, L. #,Beardsler, Little Falls, N. ¥. SEND FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, MENTION “ FOREST AND STREAM." D STATES CARTRIDGE COMPANY, LOWELL, MASS. Manufacturers of the CENTRAL FIRE, SOLID HEAD, BRASS SHELL, RE-LOADING CARTRIDGE, by the Army and Navy of the United States and several Foreign Governments: bie a : All ind of RIM FIRE AMMUNITION, BNNIAL ; Special aitention paid to orders for TARGET PRACTICE CARTRIDGES. Send for Lllustrated Catalogue. WALLACE & SONS, Agente, N. Y. City. —_ WALLACE & SONS, Agents, N.Y. City. ___ Spevtimen’s Goods | Zmnzements, he. ILMOGRE’S CUNCERT GARDEN, = THE » Florence Oil Stove, Made of Galveuized Cast Iron, Will Last a Life Time, Especially for Sportsmen and Picnic ) ria * . FOREST AND STREAM, W. & C. SCOTT & SONS. . First Prize Medal and Diploma, awarded at the Centetinial Exhibition, for excellence of workmanship and ina- terial in their Promier Quality and Taedinm oa. Their New Patent. Triplex Lover Grip Action and Com- Pensating Lump. The afserntion of Sporsinen is requested to the above hew action. 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Ostweigh what man at most hath guessed. __ While heeding his own heart alone. And midway betwixt heaven and us Stands Nature, in her fadeless grace, Still pointing to our Father’s house, His glory on her mystic face +e Pau H. HAYNE. | nm 2 A Moose Fmt in Canada. VERTAKEN by the snowstorm, Nimrod and I were O tramping our weary way homeward. We had spent he whole of the day wandering over the hills in search 5f deer sign, but had not struck the trail of any animal arger than a fox, and at Jast had given up hunting, the very dogs partaking 0 close to heel as to tread upon our snowshoes and add to our discomfort by giving us an occasional header in a snow-driit. G@ladiy we welcomed the shelter of Nimrod’s house, and re- 4ired to his ‘‘ den,” where, under a cloud of smoke of our own aising, We Sat before a roaring fire lamenting our ill success. Tn its way, Nimrod’s den was well worthy the attention of "an antiquary. Almost every quarter of the globe had con- | tributed to its adornment. Heads and antlers of the hart- | eest, wild beast, springbok, blesbok, id genus omne, as- | sagais, shields, boomerangs, etc., presented by a sporting | friend in South Africa, formed one of the principal attractions. Phese were ably supported by antlers of the moose, caribou | and deer, the product of his own prowess. Conspicuously | over the fire-place a huge moose with antediluvian horns, | pushed his head through the walland surveyed the inmates of the room with sinister eye, So perfectly had the taxidermist performed his work. But the gem of the room was undoubt- edly a pait of caribou antlers, placed immediately over the door, perfect in form and measuring nearly, if not quite, six feet from tip to tip. ' Festooned upon the walls, and yariously distributed about ‘the room were fowling-pieces, rifles, pistols, swords and weapons of the chase innumerable. Of pistols alone there | were eleven different kinds, ranging from the old blunderbuss ‘gnd saw-handle down to the modern seven-shooter ‘Tio com- | plete the picture, and make one feel perfectly at ease, there stood im one corner of the room a keg of C. & P., partly used and entirely unprotected from a spark from pipes or fire! Under the effects of the soothing pipe anda moderate guan- dum of the genial mountain dew, we were gradually thawing out and getting over our disappointment, whenjwe saw the tall form of our Indian friend Sebatis stalking across the floor. For an instant he surveyed us and our surroundings with a comprehensive glance that seemed to comprehend the situa- | tion, then appropriating a comfortable seat at the? fireside, coolly pulled out his tobacco pouch, and began to fill his pipe, and then to light it and smoke in the most provoking manner, as if he had been spending a social evening with us, and every | topic of conversation had been exhausted. As the readers of Forrest AND SrrEAm have already made the acquaintance of Sebatis (Vol. 7, p. 84) no further introduction ff necessary, ut while he is enjoying his pipe I shall avail myself of the opportunity to relate one or two anecdotes concerning him, which eyen he, with all his Indian stoicism, would jenjoy as yell asany one. Like all of his tribe he has a way of putting cart before’the horse, which renders some of his sayings bal 1 a, re ICDWw AMERICAN f our disgust, and keeping so unpleasantly . SS a SPORTSMAN’S NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1877. irresistibly comical. For instance: once when he and his father were out late ons fall, trapping sable mink, shooting musquash (muskrats), ete., he happened upon a river driver's camp, where after he was made welcome one of the party sail “Well, Sebatis my boy, what’s the news? ” { **Pwenty-four musquash kill’m my father last night,” re- plied the imperturbable Sebatis. During my long acquaintance with him I can on'y recall one occasion upon which he at once and completely lost his stoical self-possession; but I must add that he would have been more than mortal had he retained it under the trying circumstances in which h: was placed. It happened thus: B—, an English friend of mine, took a great fancy to Sebatis and wished to give him some token thereof at parting. Of the manifold possessions of H—, two articles were especially coveted by Sebatis. One wasacommon red clay Virginia pipe with reed stem, worth altogether about ten cents; the other, an Huglish-made pea-jacket of very stout serviceable cloth, very little the worse for wear, and worth some twenty dollars. Although I have said that each of these articles was coveted by Sebatis, it must be understood at the same time, that had he been called upon to make a choice, he would have selected the pea-jacket without a moment’s hesi- tation, and it was the bare possibility of being presented with the pipe instead of the coat, which caused him in'the most shameful manner to lose his habitual presence of mind. E— being about to return to England, Sebatis called one day to say good-bye to him. As we entered the room where Sebatis sat waiting forus, H— said ; “Oh, about giving Sebatis somethings, which do you think T had better give him, that pipe or the pea-jacket, you know he admired both of them immensely?” ‘Perhaps it would be as well to leave the choice to him,” I answered. _ “ How excessively stupid of me, of course it would. I say, Sebatis,” he exclaimed, “which would you rather have as a present, that pipe or the pea-jacket? You know you thought both of them awful jolly.” The expression which passed over Sebatis’ face was ludi- crous beyond description ; the idea that any one in their senses could for a moment hesitate as to which he would rather have, the coat or the pipe, was utterly incomprehensible to him, and in his struggle to gain‘utterancethe incoherently muttered in reply. ‘Pipe, coat, pipe!” «Qh, so you would rather have the pipe would you?” said E—. ‘Well, it’s a very jolly pipe, Sebatis; [ll go and get it for you.” Fora moment poor Sebatis seemed paralyzed with horror and disappointment. Then with a powerful effort, mastering his emotion sufficiently to regain the power of speech, he frantically gesticulated toward the doorway through which E— had just made his exit, and cried to me in the most be- secching manner : “TelPim coat, tell’im coat, quick!” T ‘told him coat,” much to the amusement of E—, and Sebatis departed the happy possessor of both pipe and coat. To resume: Fortunately for our patience, even the taci- turnity of an Indian has its limits, and just as we were on the borders of despair, the oracle spoke. «T come all way Big Lake to-day myself, everywhere find- ’em plenty sign moose ; one yard, three moose; then litile ways find’em sign old bull moose. S'pose we go hunt’em to-mor- row, I come daylight.”” At the conclusion of the sentence he took his departure without more ado. Evidently he did not seem to haye any doubts about our eagerness for the fray, as he did not wait for any reply; and a sly twinkle in his eyeas hedeparted con- vinced us that he was not unacquainted with our bad luck in deer hunting. An Indian’s power of gaining information without asking questions is truly marvelous. A couple of rifles standing in a corner of the room, and our snow-shoes bearing the traces of recent use, furnished evidence of our having been out; and the snow-white coats of the hounds without any blood stains would indicate that we had not been successful, In afew moments we were completely roused from our lethargy, cleaning rifles, drying moccasins and attending to various matters im- portant for the comfort of a well appointed hunt. Hleven TOK JOURNAL. * { Volume 9.—No. 3. No. 111 Fuilion St., N. WY. o' lock found everything packed and strapped in readiness for an early start. Nimrod was esrly astir, and roused meat day- light. At breakfast we were honored with the company of Sebatis, who made his appearance accoutred for the hunt. He was accompanied by his brother Swarsin and his nephew little Joe, a noble looking Indian of gigantic stature. Breakfast over, we found the pony atthe door, stowed with our packs and commissariat, and surrounded by the usual crowd of admirers. The hounds, our old frien“s ‘‘ Mitchiess,” ‘‘ Matagins,’” ““Meyahlip” and ‘‘ Obleekmo,” with the addition of ‘* Vic,” a recent purchase of Nimrod’s, were in high spirits. They had kept up an incessant baying since daylizht, and instinct- ively seemed to ** scent the battle from afar,” At Murdoch's camp, near McDougal Lake, we were delayed for several hours by the temporary loss of two hounds, they having strayed off into the woods. Little Joe set off in pur- suit, but did not sueceed in recovering the truants until mid- day; when, all being in order again, we strapped on our snow- shoes, and after a five-mile tramp reached our hunting-crounds, As the day was on the wane, Sebatis advised the postpone- ment of any search for the moose until the next morning, His opinion being law in cases of this kind, we devoted the after- noon to building a camp and cutting firewood. Among our provisions was a quantity of sausages, and upon their being produced in order to haye some cooked for din- ner they were the source of much amusement, The In- dians had never seen anything of the kind, and surveyed them with curious glances, then surrounded the pile and began quite an animated discussion as to what they were, fish, flesh or fowl. “What you call’em?” said Sebatis, taking hold of some links, and gradually raising them from the pile until he had a string a couple of feet long pendant from his hand; ‘‘litile Toe he say g——s, Injuns he don’t eat’em.” Tt required some address to disabuse little Joe of his idea. We desired Sebatis to cook some of them, and asthe savory odor saluted their olfactories they began to change their opinion and, after tasting them, were enthusiastic in their praise, and ever after as long as a sausage remained in the locker, Sebatis acting as cook, inquired: “Well, what cook now, s’pose sausages ?” At day break we were off in gay spirits to beat up the quar ters of the moose. The snow-shoeing was as bad as {could be—a light fall of snow ona very slippery crust, in most places sirongs enough to bear one’s weight. It would not have been easy to decide which was the most difficult, going up hill or com’ng down; but the latter, I think, was entitled to the palm. ; We were standing upon the crest of a high hill, andit was necessary that we should descend to the valley with little noise, or without any if possible, as wejfeared to alarm the moose before we were ready for them. The approved plan for going down hill upon an icy crust is to squat down upon one’s snow-shoes, place the rifle (butt end foremost) under the leftarm, leaving, the right free to fend off— and away you go. If there were nol obstacle the way, it would be comparatively easy; but to steer. past tree trunks and other minor objects at the rate of ten miles an hour, without knocking one’s brains out, isa feat, ‘equiring muc skill. Nimrod led the way gallantly- followed, and by some means passed him. All went merrily until “half way down, I collided with a tree and fell over backward. Nimrod ran into me, pitched over on his face, and rose,iwith the blood streaming from his nose. A noise like distant thunder an- nounced the approach of little Joe. In yain we shook our fists at him—to stop was impossible; so we, made frantic ef- forts and scrambled out of his way, and he passed like an ava- lanche. Nimrod and I tried it again, and arrived at the foot of the hill without any further mishap. “{Sebatis had got down quietly, and was justly indignant at our want of skill, ‘You mak’em too much noise!” hesaid'severely. ‘‘Scar’em moose; no use try hunt’em now.” We managed to pacify him, promised better fashions and resumed our march. Just.as we were beginning the ascent of another hill aircls the at ee trail of some large animal. a *¢ Moose he mak’em,” whispered Sebatis; ‘‘ by’em- find’em yard.” 5 Pee Presently the trail was joined by another, and a litile fur- ther on it bore the appearance of a well+rodden path, branch- ing off in all directions and leading one to suppose that he had suddenly come upon a cattle yard im the depths of the forest. * Moose yard now,” said Sebatis ina low tone. ‘‘I tak’em hhoun’s, go ahead; you fix’em rifle, everything, by’em-by morse come,” “Don't you think we had better separate?” said Nimrod. *«Sebatis, post the others in good places, then you go around to the other end of the yard. IT1l take the hounds in on this trail.” “Very well,” replied Sehatis ina tone of quict sarcasm. **T sit on log; you tak’em houn’s, make plenty noise, slide down hill snow-shoes, scar’eni moose pretty bad, then we all go camp get supper.” , Although Sebatis and Nimrod were excellent friends, they occasionally had these little differences, owing to Nimrod’s de- sire to assume a prominent place in the hunt. On this occa- sion | sided with Sebatis, got him im good humor, and he started off with fhe hounds as he first proposed. We then took our position on the outskirts of the moose yard. Presently the baying of the hounds, desultory at first but soon gaining volume, assured us that the moose had started. With nerves at their utmost tensien, we stood in momentary expectation of seeirg a moose break cover. But soon, the cry of the hounds growing fainter, we learned that the quarry had taken some other direction. : “Moose gone right cross country!” exclaimed Sebatis as he came up on therun. ‘Only chance now, cut’em off.” ‘* Swarsin, you and little Doc watch'em yard ; may be two, three moose there,” he continued. ‘‘ Me, other two men go big lake.” And off started Sebatis, Nimrod and I, and a right jolly time we had of it; now toiling up a steep ascent, assisting ourselyes as best we could by twig or branch, sometimes miss- ing our hold and siiding half way down the hill and, by way of variety, getting a fall on the hard crust. Encouraged by the baying of the hounds, on we hurried, charging windfalls which, on other occasions, would haye appeared insurmount- able to snow-shoes. ‘Big lake, now,” remarked Sebatis. ‘' Moose he don’t lik’em ice—slip, slip all time. S/pose he go on lake, sartin houn’s ketch’em,” We could now hear the hounds barking furiously, and we judged that they had the moose at bay, which proved to be the fact. About half way across the lake a large cow moose stood at bay, surrounded by the hounds, not one of which had the pluck to go inin the face of the determined front she pre- sented to all assailants, Matters had evidently reached a dead lock when we'appeared upon the scene of action. The mo- ment the moose attempted to move on the hounds closed in and, attacking her savagely, she was compelled to turn and show front, which on the slippery ice was no easy matter, and she was well aware ot the fact that if she went down it was all over with her. **T go help’em houn’s,” said Sebatis, slipping quickly out of his snow-shoes. He was off like an arrow, and before Nimrod and I could get out of our snow-shoes he had covered half the distance be- (ween ourselyes and where the scrimmage was going on be- tween the hounds and moose. As soon as the moose caught sight of him she broke away fromthe hounds, and dashed forward to meet the new and more dangerous foe. Tt was a moment of peril to Sebatis, as neither Nimrod nor I could aid him, the direction taken by the moose keeping the former in range and preventing our firings. Sebatis was an old hand at the business, and took the mat- ter coolly; dropping on one knee, he brought up his tifle, waited until the moose was within twenty yards of him, then fired. Foran instant the moose faltered and toftered as if she would go down, then, gathering streneth, made a desper- ate charge. It was her last effort, for on reaching Sebatis, her ability to injure him was gone; she, however, managed to carry him down with her as she fell. The dogs now rushed in, and over they rolled, slipped, slid and strugeled on the ice—Indian, dogs and moose all mixed up tozether. Sebatis tried his best to beat off the hounds, who, determined not to be driyen olf, were tearing away at the dying moose. Nimrod and I now joined in the fray, and drove off the hounds, much to the relief of Sebatis. ‘The latter presented a most deplorable appearance, his face and hands smeared with blood, and his clothing hanging in shreds. Loud were his de- nunciations of the hounds. ‘‘ Me no lik’em houn’s,” he said in a tone of disgust, *thoun’'s great fool, he bit’em moose, bit’em Injun all same.” He then skinned and quartered the moose, and with our as- sistance dragged the meat to the shore, where we hurned it irto ‘he scow. It was now about 3 Pp. a., and our camp being some two hours distant, we decided to return to it, and defer starting the bull moose until the next day. On our way back we paes- ed the moose yard, but did not see anything of Swarsin and Tittle Joe. ; a “Two Injun tracks go that way,” said Sebatis, pointing foward a ravine, Atwer studying the country for afew moments, he continued: ‘© Sartin one moose go that way, Injuns he chase ‘em that one.” ‘Where do you suppose the bull moose is,” said Nimrod, ‘you know he started out of the yard with the others ?” **7 guess he smok’em pipe somewheres,” replied Sebatis, ironically. ‘‘ Bull moose like’m pipe pretty well.” Dreading a resumption of hostilities between these two in- veterate sharpshooters, I hurried them off on the return march to the camp. As we tramped along, an old cock grouse fluttered up out of the snow and alighted on a tree nearby. Sebatis blazed away at him, but to his intense chagrin, made a clean miss. «Your gun is crooked,” observed Nimrod, as he knocked the grouse over. : ‘“Yes, L know,” assented Sebatis, I have’m made crooked, purpose shoot’em moose round tree; very good gun shoot’em moose, very bad gun shoot’em partridge,” Then raising his head and listening attentively, he said; ‘¢ Pwo Injuns come,” Presently we heard the sound of approaching snow-shoes, and were joined by Swarsin and the redoubtable little Joe. They were carrying the quarters of a small-sized moose, “Aha, boys,” exclaimed Nimrod, ‘so you’ye killed a moose.” c “' Wo,” replied Swarsin, ‘* whiteman kill'em.” t‘ How was that?” pursued Nimrod. “We wiit’em long time moose yard by’em’by tired, then we go hunt’em somewhere, find’em trail young moose, hunt’em long ways. By’em’by come on lake see’em white man stand big hole on brook-—-moose dead * We tell’em Injun chas'em—Injun’s moose, “He say, whiteman kill’em—while man’s moose. *“Wetellem, White man half, Injun half. ‘He sav, all rizht, you take’m half.” | ** How,” continued Nimrod, ‘‘did the white man happen to kill the moose ?”” : Always ice on brook, not strong. Moose he break in brook, lumberman camp handy, he come, knock’em moose on head, axe.” We were now within two miles of camp, where we arrived just about dark, all in good spirits with the result of our day’s hunt, We had a right royal dinner of moose steak, broiled grouse, and to which we brought the hunter's relish, an excellent ap- petite, and did ample justice thereto, and then pipes and cof- fee were the order of the day. Later we brewed a bowl of the ‘harley bree,” which served as a nightcap, then rolled our- selves in our blankets and turned in. The next morning we were all afoot bright and early. The prospects for another successful day were good; the snow- shoeing improved, and the hounds were in excellent spirits, As we expect:d to find the bull moose plucky and any amount of run in him, we prepared ourselves accordingly. Sebatis led the way toward the ground where he had marked the sign, and to our intense delight we soon found unmistak- able evidence of the moose being in our immediate vicinity. On the southern hillside, a short distance from the yard, we found trees bent over and stripped of the bark, broken bouglis, and presently, best sign of all, a fresh trail on the new fallen snow. The hounds, full of |.fe, scented the trail, threw up their heads and made the old woods echo again with their eager baying. To restrain them was impossible, so Scbatis slipped them and away they went at a gallop on the fresh scent. For an instant, fearmg a check, we listened with bated breath to their deep mouthed bayings, but still on they went louder and more furious. ‘Their eagerness seemed in- fectious, for, without any previous consultation, white men and Indians set off in a mad burst at a break-neck pace on the trail. One moment jostling each other and tumbling in the snow, then up and off again in the most reckless manner, our only care being to keep our rifles dry, Presently we were brought to astandstill by a total cess.tion of the baying of the hounds. For a moment they were at fault, but we knew that the trail was too fresh to be lost for any length of time, and that the hounds had probably strayed off on an old trail, which ccnjecture was verified in a few moments by their again giving tongue more furiously than ‘ever, Having learned that ‘‘the more haste the less speed” was especially applicable to snow-shoeing, we followed at 2 more leisurely pace, which would, however, avail us more in the Jong chase which we had in prospect, In offset to the latter, we had the assurance that the hard crust would teil more or less on the speed of the moose, as he would be badly cut thereby, and would more than likely turn at bay. “Old bull moose he run jus’ like devil,”’ said Sebatis. “Spose we don’t cut him off he go all way St. Johns River.” Not relishing the prospect of a fifty or sixty-mile run, we desired Sebatis to use all the means possible to cut him off. The latter then availing himself of his thorough knowledge of the country and the habits of the moose, led us by a short cut to the banks of the river, where, not sorry for the chance of revaining our wind, we awaited the result of Sebatis’ tactics. As more than twenty minutes had elapsed since we ccased to hear the hounds, we began to have serious misgivings as to whether we should hear them again that day. We did not give expression to our doubts for fear of offending Se batis, and it was well we did not, for presently that worthy stariled us by exclaiming : “Hark! houn’s come!” Fora moment we thought he was mistaken ; then faintly the music of their cry saluted our ears from far away over the hills. Gradually and steadily approaching the river, on they come. louder and deeper, nearer and nearer, until the whole pack, close at hand, with eager bayings cheered us on 10 action. Off we dashed at a run, along the dangerous icy mazes of the river, and suddenly came in sight of the hounds at fault. The moose had crossed the river, Cowed by the angry stream, dashing along in fretful haste through its ice-bound channels, now breaking into frozen spray over some hidden ledge of rock, then following on a black, silent stream, befween walls of shelving ice, the hounds stood ‘shivering on the brink.” As always, our brave Sebatis was equal to the occasion. Without a moment's delay, the strong and well directed blows of his ever ready axe were laid at the root of a tall fir tree, which reared its towering head close by the bank, and in al- most as little time as the telling of it takes the river was bridged and hunters and hounds safely landed on the opposite bank. The hounds picked up the trail again, and, refreshed by the temporary check, started off at a pace which promised, ere long, to overhaul the moose. Sebatis and Nimrod followed the hounds, leaving Swarsin, little Joe and I to guard the river, as there was every proba- bility of the moose returning to the water again. Fora weary hour we paced up and down the bank. of the river, amusing ourselves as best we could. Our patience being well nigh exhausted, we had quite made up our minds that Nimrod and Sehatis would have all the glory of killice the moose, and had just pulled out our pipes to have a smoke, when—joyful sound!—we heard the hounds. To pocket our pipes, slip into our snow-shoes, and prepare for action was but the work of a moment, and, quick as we were, we were not one minute too soon. Swarsin and Tran down to a bend in the river where the water was not so deep. We had not time to select a position before little Joe cried to us: ‘* Look out! moose come!” Turning round, we saw the huge animal trotting along to- ward the river, with the foam dropping from his mouth, his legs badly cut by the crust, and showing signs of being pretty badly used up. Just as he got opposite me I fired at his shoulder—evidently a hit—but he did not slacken his pacé or take any more notice of it than if he had been struck with a snowball. Swarsin headed him off, and haying a splendid chance for a shot, raised his rifle and fired. He made an excellent shot—with the “butt” of his gun, for. simultaneously with the terrific explosion, he fell oyer backward. He believed in putting in plenty of powder, and was literally ‘“‘hoist with his own petard.” Little Joe ran up at the double quick, and fired, too far back, The ball went through the moose’s neck. On dashed the moose, and I feared we might lose him, when up came the gallant hounds to the rescue. Just in time. The moose was in the river, when the hounds running at him, he turned at bay. At best the moose has not much to boast of in the way of personal beauty. In the present instance, tired out and infu- riated by his wounds, he looked a fiend incarnate, and one look at his savage, bloodshot eyes warned us that we had des- | perate work on hand for both hunters and a —— — ee — t F hounds. latter were gradually closing around the moose, but he had chosen an admirable position for defense—his rear pre ‘tected by the river, and his front very dangerous ground to Mmanceuvre on, being a mass of treacherous shell ice throuphy which the hounds were constantly breaking. I was in the act of loading, when a warning cry came from Swarsin: *‘ Look out, moose goin’ fight savage.” Sauvage indeed was his charge, scattering the hounds righ and left. With one tremendous kick poor ‘Oblecknio” Ww: knocked into a mangled mass. Another kick and Mitche hobbled past. with a broken Jeg. The rest of the hounds gave ground right and left, and on came the infuriated animal. Swarsin skillfully dodged him, little Joe sprang up a tree snow-shoes and all. I tried my best to get out of his way, but in an instant I found myself on my back in the snow with a bruised shoulder, and the moose was just turning to wreak his vengeance on mé, when, fortunately, Nimrod and Sebatis entered an appearance. Nimrod let him have it full in the chest. Sebatis blazed away at his broadside, the three remaining hounds joined in, and the moose retreated in good order to his former position, blood streaming from his mouth and nose, but apparently with any amount of fight left in im, Nimrod and Sebatis now had it.all to themselves, The tumble in the snow had rendered my rifle useless. Swarsi in bis famous first shot, had smashed his rifle, and litile Joe, having descended from the tree, was wandering about, appar- ently laboring under a temporiry aberration of mind. Nimrod, having reloaded, walked up to within fifteen yards of the moose, and was just in the act of firing, when he slipped 0x\ the treacherous shell ice and the hall passed harmlessly over the moose. It had the effect, however, of rousing his fury again, and he made a desperate charge. Poor Matagius caught it this tims, and came whimpering to me with a broken rib, I had no time to comfort him, for the moose was in the midst. of us, scattering us right and left. Sebatis coolly stood his ground, and, when the moose was a few yards distant, sent a ball crashing through his head, and down went the huge animal, much to tie relief of all parties interested, **More’n twenty yezrs,” said Sebatis, “I hunt’em moose, but I never se’em one fight so sayage. Sartin [ ’fraid he kill somebody.” The following day was devoted to getting the venison to | camp, and early next morning we started homeward, dragging our spoils behind us. PassaMaQuoppy, > HABITS OF DEER. SOME SUGGESTIONS TO HUNTERS, Now, my brave yi.uths, Strip’d for tue chase, give all your souis to joy! | Flee time to time I have noticed in your welcome sheet | accounts of deer hunting in various parts of the country, | I think I am not mistaken when T s\y that you have many readers who are unacquainted with the habits of the deer, and 4 ; 3 Perhaps 4 a few facts upon this subject may be of some interist. It has | more especially his habits as known to the hunter. been my good fortune to spend considerable time in hunting deer (Cervus virginianus), generally with hounds, but alse still-hunting, and watching the licks occasionally. Our deer ° rarely weigh over two hundred pounds; generally not oyer ° one hundred and fifty. The horns of the buck are thought by many to be a sure indication of his age, ¢. ¢., his life num bers as many years as he has pointe upon them, Extensive - observation and inquiry have led me 10 believe this an uncer- | certain sign. His first year, the buck has two small, sharp points. Heis now termed a ‘spike’ buck, In his second year the horns fork, having two points to each beam, and hence he is called a ‘‘forked-horn” buck. After the second year the horns seem to fail as an age indicator. In his third year he may have three prongs, but quite often has four or five, and after this it is impossible to be sure of the age of an un- tamed deer. Certain it is that the size of the buck does not in— crease in proportion with the size of the horns. I saw a buck with twelve points (an unusual number) and he was hardly as large as the average fomr-prong. The largest deer I ever saw had but six points. Itis known to few people that the bucks shed their horns every year, about the first week in January. It seems strange that the horns are rarely ever found in the woods, even where the deer are very abundant, Perliaps they seek some secret spot in which to deposit the horns. Im the spring the horns grow out in a soft state, and are covered over with a hairy-like skin, which is called “velvet.” The horns are very handsome when in this state, and may be preserved, when not too soft, by soaking them in lye. After the horns haye obtained their full growth, and before that time, the bucks seek the highest points they can find in their range. Here they lie about in the sun, the hot rays of which harden the horns. As their horns harden the deer rubs them continually against the trees te get the velvet ‘off. An old buck presents a queer appearance with strips of “velvet ” waving around his hed as he dashes along before the hounds. The horns are quite hard by October. Deer are most abundant, wherever food is plentiful; like the wild turkey, they follow the mast. When acorns are plenti ful the deer live on them most of the winter. Musses, roots, leaves and berries form a good part of their food. In the suinmer they feed mostly on grass whenever they can find + srazing ground. When there comesa desp snow in winter, covering almost everything which might serye for food, the deer feed upon laurel leaves, about the only thing green above ground. They are thought to be the ouly animal to which laurel is not poison. Hunters attribute this to the fact that deer have no gall. The meet of a deer which has lived upon laurel for any length of time ispoisonous to man and dog; though I have never known it to be fatal in its effects. During the rutting season the bucks get very bold, and their fierce contests for- supremacy often terminate in death. The skeletons of two deer, the horns being interlocked, are not infrequently found by hunters, while the sppearance of the battle ground bears testimony of a savage struggle. Af this season the neck of the buck is swollen to a thickness out of all proportion. Strange as it may seem, the spike buck is invariably the victor in his contests with old deer; his sharp, straight horns being much more effective than the large, branching horns of an old buck. When the moon becomes full in No- vember, say old hunters, the rutting season is at its height, and the does are being chased mercil:ssly through the range by their ungallant pursuers. ‘The still-hanter takes adyant of this strange piece of nature by watching the crossings. age The deer have their regitlar crossings when chasing each — other just the same as when they are being chased by hounds, The still-hunter takes his station at some crossing which is . y he choose to Jot the doo rim by 1 phot. I can see but Method of deer hunting, I wish him joy of it. little sport In tramping through the mountains, over sticks and stones, from morning until night, And yet a man who understands still-hunting will killa great many deer during the Winter. When there is snow on the ground is the best time to still-huont. ‘The deer are not so-apt to travel far, and can be easily tracked, Lick-watching is the least exciting of all the ways in which the deer is hunted. Dry licks (where the deer go to lick the ground Tor salt) are of two kinds--natural and artificial. ‘he former is some piece of ground where the deer have pawed down to a clay surface. The latter is made by digging a hole in the ground about a foot in depth, and then filling it with alternate layers of dirt and salt, packed in tight. The deer soon finds the piace, and will use it. The fact is, a deer will use any place where there is salt, us cattle lots, etc. T went one day with a gentleman to salt some cattle he had on a mountain farm. He told me that the deer which ranged in the woods adjacent knew as well when he called his cattle for salt as the cattle themselves did. ‘The cattle were called, and we went on to the next field. Returning in a short while, L saw an old doe quietly licking the salt in among’ the cattle. Dry licks are used most at night, a short time after dark. The usual drinking-places of deer are not properly licks, but we haye water licks. Wherever deer can find sulphur water they use it in preference to any other. All the most fanious licks I have ever known or heard of belonged to this elass. The deer not only drink the water, but will stand for a long time with their mouths thrust into it, sucking it up and ihen letting it run outagain. The watcher must bave a blind. Its distance from the lick depends on circumstances, though it should always be close to the lick if it is to be watched after dark. The best time to watch a water lick is a few hours before sundown during the hot days of July and August. Just aftera shower of rain is a good time for either a wel or dry lick. Deer are extremely cautious about coming into a lick. They generally circle around, winding for danger. ft yemember an old buck which circled around a lick I was | watching for several hours. JI could hear a stick crack now and then, but couldn’t make ont tha game. At last an old negro guide, who was in the blind with me, exclaimed in an undertone, ‘‘Good God! yonder’s an old buck big as a mule.” Upon looking up I saw a sleek old buck standing high up on au adjacent ridse, He was tossing his kead up and down, suufiing the air, I knew he had scented us, and in an instant he was off, leaving us nothing but the recollection of ‘his shrill snort. When alarmed the deer snorts in a peculiar way, making a noise similar to that made by little boys placing their hands together and whistling through their thumbs. Deer quit using licks upon very little cause, as if a limb of some tree close by be bent down or broken, or a few grains of powder be scattered close by. Once spoiled, itis a long time before a lick will be used again. For genuine sport, hunting deer with hounds is the best way of all. By October the weather is cool enough for the hounds and hunter alike, but the season may begin earlier. The ‘Starter should be on the hunting ground at an early hour, especially in dry weather; if the dogs are let go at daylight so much the better. Once in the proper place he lets go his dogs. They know well what they are to do, and are soon circling for a trail. “Tf some staunch hound, with his authentic voice, Ayow the recent trail, the jostling tribe Attend his call, then with one mutual cry The welcome news confirm, and echoing hills Repeat the pleasing tale.” Some hounds can wind the game, while others stick to the ivack, bet in running and trailing the best dog to start deer that | have ever seen was a bol)-tailed terrier. He seamed to wind them farther off than a hound could. Young dogs in- variably depend on the old ones in an emergency, Indeed I haye seen a whole pack stand around watching an old deer dog, and waiting for him to ery off. - An old déer hound rarely takes the back track. It surely is not altozether instinct, for only old dogs can be depended upon to take the right end of a cold track, and the more they have hunted the better they seem to know. A good hound can run a very old trail, I have seen a trail at least a day old carried along ata pretty good pace. The starter, if he be _experi- enced, can generally tell what kind of a deerisup. Ifit bea gmall deer, or & doe and fawn, the running will be done in cir- cles for some time. If a large or fat deer, the course will be straight for water; especially if it be some distance from the starting ground. A large deer seldom does any up-hill run- ning, and if he be pursued closely he is sure to stick to down grades, Of awet day deer will keep inthe woods a long time, for the water from the brush keeps them cool. The stand in the woods is generally situated upon some leading ridge, for deer always follow the ridges, seldom running across them. A good shot gun (and it is arare one that will shoot buckshot well) is the best weapon for a stand in the brush, The watcher needs only tostand pertectly still ; no matterif the deer does see him, it will not change its course unless it is very close to him. If the dogs are not very close if is an easy mat- ter to stop the deer by a bleat, or any word spoken quickly, but the shot must follow the bleat, for the deer will not tarry Jong. Unless shot ina vital spot a deer will travel a long ways with a bullet or load of buckshot in him. I have seen them shot through and through the body with a whole load of buckshot. bleeding at every step, and yet they would trayel for miles. If shot in the body it must be close behind the shoulder to be fatal. If the unter sees the deer slap his tail ‘‘hard down” and run with redoubled speed, he may besure he has struck it somewhere. If it leave the ridge and make for a hollow it must be badly wounded. The river and lake afford ‘ ‘the best places for watching. r ss _ Justas deer have certain ground they run over when chased, ‘ have they certain points uh which they take to water. Upon — ———— —————— reaching water the deer wades in Slory, stops ta drink a ‘| course this isnot the case when the dogs are close behind. The beautiful bright eye of this animal does not seem to be of mnuch service in detecting enemies, at least its enemies among mankind, If the watcher be perfectly motionless he will not Let him but move I have known of deer jumping almost over watchers without seeming to be Twas onee watching, with several looks around for the most inviting chance of escape. bé discovered by the fleeing game. though—almost a wink will betray him. aware of their presence. others, ah thé edge of a river, We were all seated on one log, | with nothing between us and the river except a fire, which | watchers may always be allowed in winter. seated very long before we heard the hounds coming over the mountain, and presently an old doe jumped into the water op- posite us. Tsupposed she would detect us at once,for there was nothing: whatever to prevent her—nothing between us but the water. “She never turned an inch from her course, but came directly toward us as though she intended walking over fire and all. When she had come to within a few steps of us T involuntarily let my hand fall to its place on the gun. barrel, and that instant she was off like a flash; not fast enough, however, for the bullet. Deer frequently seek safety by swimming down stream for along distance. They will often sink themselves along the bank, where there is overhanging brush, with nothing: but the nose above water. Such tactics put the hounds to as strong test. Some hounds seem to follow the water trail with as much ease asthey would a land trail. Jremember one in par- ticular, said to have followed a deer in this manner for a mile! swimming over the same course the deer had gone an hour be- fore. A strange-phenomenon is this: A deer when killed in winter will float like a cork, whereas in summer if would sink. Old hunters maintain that the deer, in choosing his course of flight, will bear up stream in summer, down stream in winter. My observation has led me to believe this to be 2 mistake. Who would seck real sport must follow the hounds and hear SYCAMORE. ++ — Hor Forest and Stream, and Rod and Gun, WAS IT A WATERSPOUT? W°* were sinking a shaft on the Old Guard lode, Tom and I, The claim lay on the south slope of Silver Slope. Our windlass was set just at the head of Belmont canyon, and about one hundred feet above the level of its highest wash. ‘The view from the mouth of our shaft em- braced the Belmont Mountain on the west and southwest, the canyon due south, and to the cast and south an almost end- less vista of short canyons, broken peaks and rocky hills, stretching out past Coso toward the Panamint Mountains. About three miles from its head, in the Flat, the canyon forked, one prong going almost due west, the other obliquing southeast. ‘The fork was caused by a range of red hills run- ning nearly due north and south, and headed by a rugged peal abutting on the canyon, forcing its division into the forks before mentioned, and opposing an impassable barrier to its direct progress. Im fact, any one could see at a glance that that hill was bhiffing the canyon. One hof summer af- ternoon I was lazily gadding out rock at the bottom of the hole, then about seventeen feet deep. A rope hung down the shaft with a hitch on the windlass, so a fellow could shin up in case of Indians making it too hot for the windlass man to haul him out of the hole. I heard a curious muttering, muf- fied, rumbling sound, and Tom, poking his head around the windlass, yelled, ‘“* Harthquake!” and [ just. boomed up that rope like a lizard climbing a hot rock. 1 remember thinking that the walls of the shatt might come together and kinder bury a feller, if I didn’t hurry. But it wasn’t an earthquake. Where we were standing, and in every direction but south, the sun was shining brightly, the air clesr, and the sky free from clouds. ‘To the southward, on a prolongation of the line of the canyon, and apparently ten or fifteen miles distant, was a dense bank of cloud reaching from the hills to heayens, and seemingly a mile in width. Outof this cloud came the noises I heard—noises as of mountains falling. The centre of the cloud was black as night, the outer edges like showers of rain in veils of mist. The cloud was in rapid motion toward us, and we heard with increasing distinctness the roaring of the wind which drove it. Where we were there was’a strange and unquiet sense of stillness, a deadness, so to speak, in the air; the horrible noises of the cloud and wind seemed stranve- ly out of place as they hurried to us through the intervening strata of dead air. We were afraid, and wanted to run, but where? The cloud was moving with such speed that there was no time for flight. Hardly a minute had elapsed since I left the shaft, and the cloud, then so distant, swept up and enveloped the red hill in the forks of the canyon. There were no longer noises in waves; we stood walied in by sound —sound had seized on space, was shutting out air, and palmg the sunlight. We were helpless, too neryeless even to think, except in a dazed, confused way ; we were under an influence before which our strength was as nothing—in the shadow of a death for which not eyen preparation was possible. Men can prepare for death in many jority and brace themselyes to meet it without visible shrinking ; but what will, can, meet the first shock of earthquake without feeling the presence of om- nipotent power, and quailing witha sense of mortal weakness ? With us the often-felt fear of the earthquake came back a thousand times intensified: Fortunately our suspense would, in any event, be of brief duration, On the red hill the cloud halted for a moment, then swept into the west fork of the canyon, and following its course, disappeared around the Bel- mont mountain. The feeling of relief when we saw it go was intense, and we felt not a bit ashamed of our fear when we looked again atthe red hill. Although yery steep on all sides, and an almost perpendicular wall on its canyon front (before the coming of the storm cloud its top was comparatively smooth and afforded sufficient soil for the support of several goodly tamarack and quite a grove of pinyon pine), after the ‘passage of the cloud, not a tree was left on the hill, two or three were lying and hanging, stripped of limbs and foliage, half way down the rocky eastern slope—Tom said, as he turned our field glass to take in.the top of the hill, ‘like the bodies of drowned men left stranded by a tide.” Poor hill! It was washed, gullied, swept, gashed, and torn, its once hold front so changed and sorry looking that not even its oldest friend would have recognized the mountain owning the coun- try, tree-crested, and looking down on the canyon of the morning. Et Cazapor. sO —WNearly all the taxes in Adair County, Kentucky, were this year paid in scalps of foxes, the State allowing a ,bounty of one dollar per scalp, We had not been Kish Culture. A MICHIGAN FISH COMMISSIONER ON ON HIS TRAVELS. yee Michigan Fish Commission—whose humble servant I chance to be—very kindly granted me 2 few days vaca- tion. I have just spent them in satisfying what has long been a deferred wish and hope, to-wit: a visit to my scaly brethren to the west of me, in their own “ castles’ and amid the implements and surroundings of their fish industrial labors. The choice I made and the manner of my yacation has left not a solitary: regret. I account it my yacation of vacations, to be remembered and cherished so long as kindly courtesy and true frendship are the‘symbols, aye the essence, of man- hood and nobility. Do you think your readers (some of them very likely of the fastidious sect) would relish a “free and easy” discourse concerning some of the fishermen I impressed infomy yaeation, with now and then a passing allusion to some of the noteworthy objects interviewed during my jour- ney? Well, July 12th, with the odious carpet-bag in hand, I put out. Dr. W. A, Pratt, Commissioner of Illinois, being my nearest of-fish-ial fish neighbor, J made straight for him. I found him some two miles from Elgin, ona, large and bean- titul farm, with improvements of the most approved patent, testifying the thrifty and progressive farmer. His elegant home, embowered with fruit tree, and shrub and plant and flower, receives additional embellishment by alarge Trout Park, across the road from his house, in which not only sport the world-famed Salmo fontinalis, but also many other gaily tinted and graceful denizens of the brook and the pond. In the inclosure graze deer and elk. Rabbit and other game, Here nature, 1 saw bounding over heath and brake and up the craggy slopes, while springs, with full head, push forth, war- _ bling a delicious music from the several ravines. The highest knoll is marked by an observatory, from the summit of which a dull vision even cannot fail to take ina landscape of rarest outline and beauty. At your feet is the busy and beautiful city of Elgin, while far away stretch the fertile acres of the valley of the Fox. But, in the midst of all this luxuriousness of hearth and home and deft surroundings, I detected one great need. Now, if you are a Yankee, you can guess it. All I saw seemed to say, ‘‘too good, too much forone. It should be, and I dreamed in my friend’s chamber that night that erst while it would be shared and enjoyed by two, Fair Home, of— * Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one,” From Elgin the doctor became my compagnon de voyage. After a. delightful cup of coffee, we checked for Madison, Wis., the home of Mr. Welch, President of the Fish Commis- sion. Arriving at Madison, we found our friend, Mr, Welch, busily engaged in the trial of an important suit before the Supreme Court, and from ‘the ease with which he: chopperl logic, slung evidence, and cited authority to Bench and Bar in the advocacy of his case, we felt compelled to esteem him no less an athlete in the arena of legal Titans than he is a con- fessed expert in the arts and love of pisciculture. Too en- gaged in his suit to be of us, he ordered his carriage to the Park Hotel for our use. Kind soul! Who but a grand fisher- man, in the hurly-burly of a lawsuit, would have thought of that! The carriage did a splendid business that morning, Its occupants visited every main avenue, cross street, and al- most every cranny of the capital of the Badgers, enjoying the whole immensely, Madison, girt by Lakes Mendota and Monona, with Waubesa, Kegonksa and Wingra as bright con_ necting links, can boast a plat on which to found a city, in con_ trast with which no town or city the country over can justly claim a site superior, It is more than beautiful. With the beautiful it unites the picturesque and the grand. Mr. W., being relieved from court, now joined us, and ordering a spick and span establishment from the livery, he straightened the ribbons for the State Hatchery, some four miles away. Wis- consin’s Commissioner ca7 drive too ! Wisconsin has achieved an excellent start in her fish works, She already has two large and well appointed hatcheries, a commodious and handsomely constructed superintendent's house, with barn and outhouses, several Jaree ponds and fish preserves, and others still in process of erection. In one thing particularly is she ahead of nearly all the fish States. She is wise and rich enough to hold the fee simple of the land upon Which the springs are situated and the improvements made. She has forty acres, all fenced, all being improved, and all paid for. No burly landlord comes to her Commission with itching palm for tithe or rent, Her State Fishery is on as independ— ent a basis as are her other State institutions. That we en- joyed our acquaintance with Mr. Welch does not half express it, The following is our unanimous verdict: A gentleman of the most approved brand. A live fish man—intelligent, outspoken, with ‘nary’ a concealment where duty and con- Viction are the spurs to action; as ‘sassy’ to his foes as he is genial and affable to his friends,” From Madison we ticketed for St. Paul, where reside two of Minnesota’s Fish Commissioners, Hn route, about one hour's ride from Madison, our train, seemingly awakening all the echoes of Pluto’s realm, came thundering down upon. Devil’s Lake. Why in the world it should go by the name of Devil's Lake I can’t understand, There is nothing I could discern in the slightest degree Satanic about it. On the con- trary, it is, grand and sublime almost beyond conception. Devil's Lake, indeed! Better named Olympus. Jupiter 44 might thunder from its lofty beach summits and its rock-cleft ridges, inspiring all the lesser deities to a superadded awe. The placid little lake, shimmering at your feet, of all the ob- jects within the visual range, is the only one that awakes a feeling of security and repose, The over-arching, rock-crested hills, beneath which this exquisitely beautiful sheet of water is so nearly engulfed, appear as if they might, upon the slight- est provocation, rain down upon you a most relentless shower of stones. Since seeing Devil’s Lake I confess to 4 clearer conception of the poet’s vivid verse— Alps on Alps—crags on crags— Where leaps the live thunder,” etc.; for it seemed to me, anywhere about Deyil’s Lake, thunder would have a spring-board to start from, and hence a most excellent chance to do some very superior leaping! Saturday morning found us in St. Panl, enjoying the acquaintance of RK. O. Sweeny and William Golcher, Min- nesota’s most intelligent and wide-awake Fish Commissioners. Fish Minnesota is yet young in deeds, but strong in faith; her fish farm, in extent and in value, is hardly excelled by any State of the Union. ‘To our newly found friends we are indebted for the most enjoyable of all our well enjoyed days. Upon their inyitation, and seated by their side in‘an easy ba- rouche, with just ‘‘room for four and no more,” we made the trip from St, Paul to Minneapolis, and a jolly trip, too, it ‘was. ‘The ride takes in a very beautiful view of the Missis- sippi River and Valley, the State University and grounds, and the mineral springs and caves of suburban Minneapolis. In full view from almost any point of the city, can be seen the mill and factory-belabored Falls of St. Anthony, grand and beautiful still, though industrial art and trade have done their level best to contract the tide and lessen the roar of the wa- ters. Returning by another route, you take in the Falls of Minnehaha—falls which, once seen, will not quickly fade from the memory. Further along on the road you come upon old Fort Snelling, one of the boldest and most unique sites in all Jonathan’s dominions. Indeed, I know of no drive of equal extent (only twenty-four miles out and back) where are seen s0 many objects of natural and historical interest, The Falls of St. Anthony, or the Falls of Minnehaha, or old Fort Snelling, any one of them is richly worth a special visit. Now, having gained the northern arc of our ‘‘swing around the circle,” we fell back in good order by Mississippi packet line steamer to Winona, thence by rail to Chicago. ‘There, reluctantly shaking the Doctor good-bye, I was compelled to do the rest of my vacation alone. From Chicago I ticketed via Clinton to Anamosa,Iowa, to re- deem my long and often made promise with Mr. F. B. Shaw, Commissioner and Superintendent of the lowa fiisheries. It was eyer so good a thing to be beneath his hospitable roof, a welcome yecipient of the rare bounty and tender kindness and thought- fulness of his excellent lady and two daughters. Iowa yanks among the foremost of the fish States, and for this prouf rank she is indebted almost exclusively to the arduous and perse- vering efforts of ‘her Commissioner and Superintendent. This Tknow, for I have watched the inception and the growth of her artificial fisheries with almost a filial interest, having. been for many years a resident of the State. The Superintendent’s neyer-say-die kind of pluck—his great resources in contriv- ance of ways and means, as well as eflicicncy of execution— his rare tact and judgment in rallying to his use those peculiar aids and influences s0 essential to give State fish culture a good send off, all were needed to achieve the grand results that moust be credited to the Hawkeye State. I yisited with Mr. Shaw the State Hatchery, located some three or four miles from Anamosa, and was surprised to find so large a hatchery and one so complete in all its appointments andapparatus. All the space is utilized, and the water, although not a very large supply, yet, under his arrangement of troughs, boxes and sereens, seems ample for the attainment of all the results sought. I very much question if any State can show as fine samples of lake trout, salmon and other varieties as can the State of lowa. ‘The whole upper story of the fishery is occn- pied by Mr. G. F. Slocum and lady, the overseers of the fish- ery, aud on the occasion of our visit, all the rooms evinced the order, the neatness and the varied accomplishments of the gude wite and perfect housekeeper. From Anamosa, I drifted to Council Bluffs, and Omaha—thence to Lineoln, gathering up as I journeyed what I could of Nebraska and her water re- sources. An effort was made last winter to induce the Legis- Jature to make an appropriation and to establish a fish com- mission. But I was told by parties zealous in the fish enter- prise that the effort came too late. They say another year you may score Nebraska with the fish States—so mote it be. From Lincoln I passed through Kansas, thence to Kansas City, Mo, Kansas enlisted with thé fish States last winter, and has an energetic working commission. Missouri last winter passed an act creating a State Fish Commission, butthe Goy- ernor has not yet publicly announced the members who are to constitute the Board. And now, right here, comes in the comico-serioxo part, of my vacation, While the guest of my brother, Wm. W. J erome, of Kansas City, I, with other transients, became mol-bound, Having a ticket that read plainly enough St. Louis & Chicago, yet for three days I was the prisoner of as scurvy and con- temptible a bailiii—a boy mob—as ever held a person in du- rance vile. Despairing of reaching home via St, Louis, I turned to a northern outlet via Omaha, Council Bluffs, Cedar Rapids and Clinton, the longest way being for the nonce the safest if not the shortest! I was an eye-witness of ‘the strike,” sit was called, in Kansas City, anda more ridicu. as with a rod ofiron. Bravado and cheek stopped the trains, closed elevators and packing houses, turned back stre€t-cars, shut up brick-yards, drove off men pounding stone for the re- pair of streets, and put its begrimed fingers on all the pulses of industry, of trade and of commerce; and, when the au. thorities dared to peep from their holes, so frightened were they, they seemed to have pulled the holes in after them. They saw all this was the work of a lot of rag-and-tag boys, swaggering about with laths and cornstalks—boys, too, none too large nor none too good for the across-the-knee sort of treatment by another class of strikers, their mothers. But the farce, like every yelping and whining canine, had its day, and the citizens awoke to wonder and disgust that they, for a sin- gle hour even, had tolerated so high-hended and so disgusting afarce. Thus began and so ended the ‘big strike,” which I saw, and fo part of which I wasa victim. For courtesies ex- tended to myself andto Dr. Pratt allow me to express my thanks to the Great Northwestern Railroad. I declare it to be, from personal knowledge, both a gamy and a game road, ramifying all the country north and west of Chicago, haying a road bed of over 2,000 miles, On it are coaches of the latest and easiest pattern, tastefully furnished—with a time-table you can ‘‘lie to”’—and equipped with officers and employees genial, courteous and attentive to every want and comfort. “Long may she wave,” with tlie happy experience of none other than ‘‘ ten strikes.” Gxo. H, Jrnomn. fe — New Hamesnine.—The State hatching house is to be built at Livermore Falls. Itis to be a plain wooden structure, one story high, 40x20, and the site is near a trout pond, which is fed by living springs. —\————~ ++ Nashua, WN. I7., Aug. 25.—Our Fish and Game Club is flourishing, It numbers fifty wide-awake sportsmen, to which number if is limited. We have placed five thousand salmon fry Cand locked) in ponds in this vicinity this season, and are daily expecting a lot of black bass from the State Commis- sioners to stock others with. ‘The Commissioners of Massa- chusetts having stocked the head waters of the Nashua River (which flows through this place, and where it also empties into the Merrimac) with salmon shad and black bass, the dam across the river at this place is to be reconstructed with a fishway attached. In another spring or so we hope to see salmon and shad, as of yore, swimming past our very doors. Thirty years ago shad were plenty with us, and salmon were frequently taken; our river seemed to be one of their favorite haunts. A. W. G, alatural History. THE GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER. Myarchus crinitus—CaLamis, Hpiror Forest ANDSTREAM: TAKE this opportunity of writing concerning so rare and little known a bird—that is, to us in the New England States. In Mr. Samuel's work entitled, “‘ Birds of New Eng- land,” I find a very short account of this species of flycatcher, merely the description of the bird, its nest and egos, Wilson speaks of it as only a bird of Pennsylvania and the Southern States. Having had a very good chance of obserying the hab- its of this bird pretty closely fora month or so, I should like to make them known to the readers of the Forrest anv Srream interested in natural history. The first knowledge I had that these birds were in the vicin. ity was theirloud screaming, which was kept up mostly in the morning. Inthe afternoon it was not so frequent. Going out one day, I observed them flying from tree to tree near the house, and seemingly very restless. ‘There were three of them, probably two males and a female. After they had mat- ed, I did not hear them so much, and supposed they had left for some other place. Soon, however, Ifound I was mistak- en, for one day, walking through the orchard, IT saw them flying about a tree with a hollow limb. T think they must have been looking for some suitable place while I missed them. The hole they had selected was about fifteen feet from the ground, and about a foot and a half deep. The nest, uow in my possession, is large and rather loosely put together, composed of dry grass and large feathers, and lined with frag- ments of wasps’ nests and cows’ hair. I obtained with the nest two eggs. While the nesi was being built, the birds were very quiet, and once when I started the female from it, she flew silently to the woods without utteringa cry. When the eggs were laid, they manifested much alarm, alighting on the tree and screaming loudly. I took this nest and eggs, suppos- ing, of course, the birds would leave the place altogether. The next morning, however, I heard them sereaming far back in the woods, but did not trouble them. A week or so after I happened to be walking along the road, and saw one of these birds under a pine tree, picking up the pine needles. I watch- ed her, and soon she flew over into an old orchard and lit, just above a hole ina tree. I waited until she had gone into her nest and left her mouthful. Qn climbling up and looking into the hole, I saw the foundation of a nest con- structed from straw and needles of the pine. Two days after- ward I again returned, and found the nest more completed with the former materials; a bunch of cow’s hair and a large piece of wasp’s nest lying in the middle. T am inclined to think that their object is to get together a sufficient quantity of materials to raise their nest from the dampness of decayed wood, always composing the bottom of a natural hollow. I did not go to this nest for a week, fearing that the birds might desert. When I looked in again, I found the nest completely finished, the lining consisting of a large anda small snake skin, which completely hid everything else. Iam unable to account for this in any other way (for it is a marked peculiar- ity) except by thinking that it is either because the bird pre- fers the glossy smoothness for her eggs and young, or that it may serve as a guardian while she is absent to friehten away marauders. The next time I visited the nest it contained two eges, of a dull cream color, thickly scratched with purple lines of various tints, a8 if done with apon. LI tried the experi- ment of leaving pieces Of wasp's nest around on the tree, thinking that she might take them; but they were always un- touched. Hyidently they thought their own materials the safest and best. Wilson remarks that this bird is little known on account of its solitary habits. But the birds I had watched and noticed lived yery near the houses, and were not at all hy, There is one fact that T will close with, namely, the posi- ruled the beautiful city of fair women and reputed braye men” stand so securely as it did. I hope this will enefit to your readers desirous to ascertain cerning this bird, I will close, G. G. IL, JR [We are glad to receive the above, and thank our yout iif contributor, The great crested fly-catcher Myarchus orinlt was once considered rare, but is now a common species dunt spring and summer in the Eastern States.—Ep. ] nods tb Wee THE SEWHRLLEL OR SHOWTL. HIS strange little creature, which is known to the scié lific world as the Aplodontia leporina, is one of ihe mag curious specimens of the rodent family. Its position in Natur History is not yet defined as distinctly as one would wis Owing to its isolation and the fact that it seems to he a co necting link between the beavers and the spermophiles ground squirrels. Its scientific name is derived from api simple, and odens a tooth, owing to its haying rootless molar Sir John Richardson has proved it to he anew genus of ff sub-family Castorine, though it is strongly allied with i squirrel family in many of its habits. Being the only memb of its genus and species yet discovered, it possesses some 7 terest for naturalists, as it is with, I believe, one exceptiai the only example of this paucity of variety in the animal king dom. Its range is very limited, being found only in that gion of Northwestern America lying between the Blue Mou tains in Washington Territory and the Pacific Ocean, wit its southern wandering is checked by the northern boundurig) of California. Even in that comparatively small area it ocd pies only isolatéd spots, generally on some sandy prairity] where roots are plentiful and water is convenient, Being @k inveterate miner, it is constantly engaged in digging itself new home, felling young trees, or rooting up edible shrubee The country around a showtl village is generally one mass dead vegetation, for the residents will leave nothing preeih standing if it is of any use to them, or furnishes exercise # their clavicles. This little animal, when full grown, averagt about fourteen inches in length and six in height, and he sexes look exactly alike, except that the female is a little t smaller. It has scarcely any tail, the cauda being less thm an inch in length. The muzzle is large and round; the heath full; the ears are short, quite round, and not unlike those @ the genus homo, and are covered on both sides with fine soi) hair, The eyes, which are very small and of a dark brow color, are situated midway between the nose and ears. ‘PY incisor teeth, like those of all rodents, are exceedingly shary the legs are short and stout; the feet broad and strong; and the nails, which are long, curved and thick, are powerful ming ing implements. The flesh is quite savory, and is highly GB teemed by both Indians and the pugnacious badgers. The latte areits greatest foes, and two of them will destroy a colony Gf) showtl in about as short a time as a couple of terriers would ® nest of rats. The fur, which is thick and tolerably fine, is 6 a reddish brown hue outside, but the inner approaches a, biwes ish gray at the base. It was formerly used for the manufaey ture of clothing by the Indians, but since the introduetion { cotton goods among them it has been rejected. The vad men have a tradition that it was the first animal endowell) with life, and the source whence sprung their race, and a this account they pretend to entertain respect for it, but tha never exceeds mere expediency. As an anomaly in nature history the animal is attractive, but its utility in nature is % subject for conjecture. J. M. Murpny, + American Grouse.—In the August number of Serine Monthly there occurs an article by Mr. Charles H. Whitehen on the Grouse of America. He makes a variety of assertion which manifest a profound ignorance of the nature and habit of the birds he deseribes, J shall only, however, notice whal he says of ruffed grouse. ‘Tn the breeding season the cocks select some hollow tre and, strutting up and down, Jeat it with their wings. It bird sueceeds in finding a log perfectly hollow and wel placed, his tattoo of welcome can be heard a mile. Tf has th same accelerated pace, and is about the same duration as tht call of the raccoon, and is heard only in the day, as the rae coon is only heard at night.” Now, passing over the fact that Mr. Whitehead eyi. dently neyer heard the sharp, wild ery of the rae coon, his assertions concerning the habits of the rive srouse are most extraordinary, He must surcly haye of tained his ideas from some rustic youth who, no donbt, alge directed Mr. W. to look for woodcock on the dead trees of the neighboring forest. The drumming of the ruffed grouse Is zoé confined to the breeding season, as Mr. W. would lead us to suppose. In deed, every sportsman knows that from September on thro ah the golden autumnal days, the woods are often alive with drummers, and not until the cold and storms of winter ap proach do they desist from their favorite pastime. That it f a ‘love call” is all moonshiné. ee a The statement of Gur author as to the hollow log ia too eee fously, on the dare side ef a knoll. f The bird does not strike the log with his wings. erect, ming sound. T have heard 4 srouse drum in the night, to wit.: . one night in September. A. Murpocg, Ohio. ' Mr. Murdock is correct in the main in his criticism, { and function, a fin the act of drumming.—Eop, | RH wESTIONS.—Does the female squirrel ever leave the ch she wishes to bring forth her young after she spregnant? In such case how does the old lady get iking water, or does she go without? 1 have seen accounts Of asingular bird which had been found in { places, and propose to giye you a short account of jicked up by a negro upon my place last fallin the hog Which were thick. It seemed to be in perfect health, hey was overcome by heat, and came down into the m which it could not well fly out of. Brazos River in Texas seen young swan which al- lly grown were so overcome by fat and heat as to ast; numbers in the cotton, unable until after a rest to ' They then, until J saw fit to step the havoc, were by the negros with sticks, and you may believeme when we had fine eating. Pardon me, let me return to my ize, about that of the crow; color, that which is com- own as ‘‘ashes of roses;’’ eyes, red, like those of the n; bill like that of a young squab (nearly grown) ; very short; legs, dark green and six inches long, y; teet with four toes, upon each side of the toes at T call rufiies. It was across bird and fought say— Tplaced in the box where I kept it a day or two a allow salad bowl of water, and at night he sought the bowl fand roosted init. Now tellme what it was. Birp Snot. irels produce their young in the spring, and the female | preenancy is hibernating. Your. bird was a coot, _americand), a well-known bird belonging to the family lidee.—Ep. | + PF, T. Barnum recently published a card in a St. nal offering $10,060 for a baby, or a full grown, orn in America. He claims that elephants do not le in captivity, and that all announcements regard- niile American elephants result from a vivid disposi- Mislead the public. godland, Harm and Garden, Bous PLAnts.—We have again been favored by Mr. P. 1, of South Brooklyn, one of our most enthusiastic 8, with flowers of the following bulbous plants: Glad?- siz, a& very rare species, The flowers are bright = marked and spotted with white. This singular rs its flowers on one side of the stem only, and a valuable sort to hybridize with. Gladiolus pur- watus, % very curious species, with yellow flowers ith purple; more of 2 botanical species, however. wiosum (Syn. lancifelium), rubrum, rosewm, puncta- Ibum, with a number of seedlings from them, ‘him, the fruit of many years careful hybridization, them much larger in the flower, broader in.the petals mehter in color than the types. We understand Mr. f intends to classify these and lay them before the tural Society next season. He also sent flowers tchleint, a beautiful lemon colored variety, and wiczit Orange scarlet with black spots; the curious mlifornica, an Trislooking plant, and a splendid spike is radiata, a perfectly hardy sort from Japan with olored flowers, tipped with purple. This variety is lore singular, as its lower petals spread, allowing the and pistils to come between them as in A. formossis- Mr. Hanson has had this plant in his possession ten nd it has flowered now for the first time. —_——_—_—_>++9 W Conprrron or THM VinrGar Prant.—At a meet- he Scientific Committee of the Royal Horticultural London, Mr. Worthington J. Smith, the eminent eOpist, stated that in some recent experiments on the cht he had occasion to prepare the following mix- raining agent (in place of pure acetic acid) for lopment of negatives: Sulphuric acid, 3 oz.; granu- .; gelatine, 24 0z.; and distilled water, 36 oz., ving boiled in a closed vessel for three and a half the purpose of the experiments seventy-five times ‘distilled water had to be added at the time of use, ated that the original mixture permanently re- sparency, but on the additional amount of dis- = added, the invariable reguli was that the ‘Tmagine & grouse examining with each log in his accustomed haunts, until he finds perfectly hollow,” which he may beat with his | 1 i The fact is, a grouse will drum wherever he tobe. Ihave repeatedly crawled within ten yards as they were drumming. I have found them on or stump, or poles not more than six inches in di- As to how the pe- rs is made, the exact method was described some since in the Rop anp Guy, by a writer whose aoe I @ as all good grouse should, and, drawing back his s out, beats the ait, at first slowly, but rapidly ng the blows until the eye cannot follow the swift Every time a grouse takes wing he makes a sim- Our author also asserts that the grouse during the day. He (Mr. W.) evidently keeps j0t indorse the statement that the drumming of the grouse is not a love call; for if not wholly so, it cer- sin part, being intimately connected with the sexual The drumming heard late in the sea- ilmost if not always produced by a ‘*bachelor bird”— iO has not paired during the season; or it may be that former is a young bird. We once killed a female I have often * FOREST“AND* STREAM. minute feathery bodies, lution. which was the true Vinegar Plant. Chronicle, London, +o . Amanruus—( 7. B. Legare, Camden, S, C.),—The smell of the staminate variety of the Ailanthus when in flower, is most sickening, especially on a moist, close evening, and may poi-— son some peculiarly constituted persons, just as the exhala- tions from the Poison Ivy (hus toxico dendron) will poison some persons, while others can handle if with impunity. Per- sonally we have never known of any instance of Ailanthus poisoning, but asthe tree looks better when headed in, we would adyise doing so every two or three years to keep the The pistillate variety is We would be glad to.hear of any well authenticated instance of staminate variety from flowering. most beautiful during summer and fall when in fruit. Ailanthus poisoning.—Ep, A question as to the native country of the Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) has lately arisen, the accuracy of its preyious reference to Brazil and Peru by authors haying been doubted by Professor Gray. The subject was referred by him of Hartford, who brought to bear his well-known philological and historical knowledge in the solution of the inquiry. The resuit has been an identification with the /7. doronicoides of the Missis- sippi Valley, and the conclusion that the H. tuberosus is sim- ply one of the varieties of form which the other wild species to Professor J. Hammond Trumbull, frequently assume. Professor Gray is also inclined to think that the common sun- flower (HZ. annuus) is a derivative by cultivation from the J7. lentieularis of Douglas, itself only a larger form of the HZ. pe- tiolaris of Nuttall. a native of the Western plains, to and be- yond the Rocky Mountains. a + es Tor Ware Ass in New Exeranp.—In a note to the Mas. sachusetts ‘* Ploughman,” Prof. Sargent says, ‘‘ Anintelligent correspondent, much interested in the subject of tree planting, writes us from the central portion of the State as follows: “I am fully convinced that those who plant and care for the ash I am informed by experts that the ash is more in demand and commands a higher price than any other wood that is indigenous; that the fibre of the ash grown in the New England States is tougher and has more substance than ash grown elsewhere, and that the demand is constantly During the Centennial Exhibition, our woods were closely examined by foreigners, and now foreign orders are rapidly coming in, and every vessel leaving Boston for a foreign port is taking out large quantities of ash and walnut.” The attention of New England land owners should certainly be directed to the profits which the careful and general culti- vation of this tree will give, and to the fact that at no distant day the money value of white ash will be greatly enhanced,. the ever increasing demand for it having already rendered. this’ are sure of their reward. increasing! tree comparatively rare in the Eastern States.” ———————— 1 Tor Arritery PLANT FoR Winpow GarpreNns.—A lady friend of onrs has a large specimen of this curious plant, which she has grown since last fall in her kitchen window, and it has given her more satisfaction than all her other window in- mates. It keeps constantly green and growing, and as sun- light increases, its mantle of miniature muskets thickened, till now if represents a model umbrageous' tree, with boughs so succulent and heavy that a rough shake or breath would seem Associated with Oxalises, Mahernias, Petu- to shatter them. nias, Neirembergias and others, it made January look like May. A great addition to this window in midwinter was the fes- tooned drapery of the Madeira vine.—T7v.0s, Mehan in Garden- ers Monthly, Phila. ee a Frerp Porsons.—I have read with pleasure the different rem- edies for “ivy poisoning” my article of June 28 in yo ur paper has brought out. I have tried most of them, such as sugar of lead, sweet oil, copperas, butter, milk and cream tartar, Pond’s extract, strong salt and water, and I don’t know how many other different things, but I must sey I never had any- Some six years I went to a butcher and had a bottle filled with it and took it home—that is to say, to the I went inthe bar-room, had a good stiff nightcap of cider brandy (good, you bet—I am a thing act as the “black spotted alder wash.” ago I was told to try salt brine. place where I was stopping. judge of the article), lit a Reina, and went up-stairs fo bed, undressed and applied the brine. If some one had set fire to me,I could not have felt. worse. JI never suf- fered so much in my life; my dear man,it wasfearful. [had the whole house up-stairs and half the village come down to the ho- telto see what was up. Ineverhad such a toast in my life, and never want another like it. Jf I could have found the man that toid me to use it, 1 would have filled him full 6f bird shot, mustard seed, at that. After reading ‘‘Jacobstafi’s” article, I am convinced his son Was poisoned by sumach, or worse than sumiach, wild parsnip. I have seen cases of parsnip poisoning just like his son’s case. Some people cannot walk through a field where they are burning sumach without the smoke blinding them. Thin-skinned people always suffer the | most from these field poisons, and I think light complexions or blondes are more liable to it than dark ones I see that Fred Graham has tried my remedy and found it a great relief, and doubtless before the summer is over you will hear of oth- | erg who will find it charmins, J, G, A, mixture quickly became turbid, and more or less filled with These feathery bodies appeared within twenty-four hours and grew rapidly, at length tavers- ing, by long and extremely fine threads, every part of the so- The fungus bore no sort of fruit while in the dilute mixture, but on being transferred to syrup it floated on the top of the sugary solution and immediately formed a film, On the film being re. moved from the syrup and allowed to dry, it tormed Penzeil- lium crustuceim, Mr, Smith exhibited the plants in question in the solutions, showing the different growth.—Gurdeners 45 —Allow me to call your attention to one more of the good things for yegetable poisons: Tincture of lobelia, one ounce, and fluid extract of helladonna, two ounces: mix and apply to parts affected. IJ have seen it used very many times, and-often with good results, C. A. Waterbury, Cont. oe A Gaur Pim.—The preatest pie on record was made at Lowther Castle, Westmoreland, in 1762, as a present to Kine George, and weighed three hundred and eighty pounds. 1: contained two turkeys, four wild fowl, two geese, four ducks, one wild goose, six wild ducks, three teal, two starlings, twelve partridges, fifteen woodcock, two guinea fowls, three Snipe, sixteen plover, three water hens, six widgeon, one cur- lew, forty-six yellow-hammers, fifteen sparrows, two chaf- finches, two larks, three thrughes, one fieldfare, six pigeons, four blackbirds, twenty robins, one leg of veal, half a ham,, three bushels of flour, and thirty-six pounds of butter. His- tory does not say whether or nof this pie was contemporane- ous with the one made famous in Madam Anser’s work : “When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing,” ete, 2 A Lanp or Wonprrs.—Roraima is a great table mountain. on the borders of British Guiana, whose steep and inaccessi- ble sides rise from the height of 5,000 feet above ti level of the sea 20,000 feet sh-er into the sapphire tropica sky. ‘This wonderful place is, in other respects, a marvel of the world. The highest waterfall known tumbles from its summit at one leap of 2,000 feet, and then rushes impetu- ously 3,000 feet more on a slope of forty-five’degrees down to the bottom of the valley, broad enough to be seen thirty miles. away. Only two explorers have yet even reached the base of ae table, which, it is estimated, is from eight to twelve miles ong. = — 1+ — A Vanvanrm Hint.—We read in a scientific journal: ‘There is a method which I have adopted in my own house to cool the temperature of any room during hot weather, and that is to hang a sheet or blanket down outside windows upon which the sun may be shining, ‘This sheet is wet, and the evaporation of the water produces a deliciously cool apart- ment. The sheet iskept damp by haying a vessel filled with water above the top of it outside, and apiece of flannel ar- ranged to form a siphon, and touching several portions of the sheet. The water gradually empties out of the vessel, and may be replenished if necessary. The window is, of course, open.” ' , It is strange that so simple and inexpensive a method has not found favor here, more especially in sick rooms ; a cylindrical-shaped tin vessel, with very fine holes, fixed over the window, would easily supply the water. = 4 Breonra Wetronrmnsis.—l wish to add my evidence to yours as to the beauty and usefulness of Begonia Wel- tomensis for planting out in summer. I first saw it so treated some years ago in the ‘* Bennett,” plot in Greenwood and have used it very freely since. If the soil is made tolerably rich with plenty of leaf mould or well decayed and sweetened muck, it will grow and bloom magnificently until frost. The contrast between the soft pink flowers and elegant light green foliage is most pleasing, and the more exposed it is the brighter the colors become. I consider it a most useful addition to our summer bedding plants. P} +o —Indian famines are usually in consequence of a failure of the water supply. Artificial irrigation was in former times extensively used under the native princes, but most of the old reservoirs and cavals are now in ruins—a fatal neglect which sooner or later must be repaired, ——__—___\— +6, —There is on free exhibition at the store of Peter Hender— son & Co., No. 35 Cortlandt street, this city, a collection of gladioli, consisting of 1,500 specimens and embracing at least 500 varieties. Sh oe! —Col. King’s wheat crop af Lyndale, Minn., has been threshed and givesa yield of thirty-three and a third bushels, per acre of plump No, 1 wheat. a. —W. P.—Yes. Now is a good time to plant strawberries, though you must not expect much of a crop nextseason. Had you layered them im pots, as described by Peter Henderson in *‘ Gardening for Pleasure” the young runners would now have been fit to transplant without receiving the slightest check, would have made good crowns this fali and given a full crop next season. About two feet between the rows and eighteen inches between the plants isabout a proper distancé apart, as if your ground is well manured and thoroughly py! pared to a depth of at least nine inches, you have a much bel. ter chance of having fine fruit than if planted closer. Do nv? neglect to cover your beds with a coating of from two to threc inches of straw or leaves on the approach of severe weather, drawing it back from off the crowns as the growth starts in the spring. It keeps the roots warm, the fruit clean, prevents the growth of weeds, and acts as a mulch in dry weather. Sorts vary much in different soils, but you will find Z'riomphe de gand, Charles Downing, Seth Boyden, Champion and Wil- son all good hearers and varieties that will do well in almost, any location. ‘The new variety, President Lincoln, you speak of, was shown in magnificent order at the June meeting of the Horticultural Society. It is very large, of good flavorand bids fairto take a high place among the many varieties nu ¥ grown.—Hp, P. J.—Exochorda grandiflora next week. > SrnwArv’s TackiE.—This is a device little known, Man. of the oldest dealers in angling supplies have no knowledge of it. It consists simply of three or four hooks arranged on ? Single snell, one above the other, on alternate sides; and so far as we can judge, is an excellent device for “threading ” a worm. Cholmondeley Pennell’s devicé is a modificatior, consisting of but two hooks, Thedescription of the first is found in “ Francis Francis’ Wishynge,” and the latter in Pen- nell’s ‘* Worm Fishing for Salmon, Trout and Grayling.” Many are misled, as we were by the spelling of the name as Stuart, when it should be Stewart. Ghe Fennel. ‘LO CoRRESPONDENTS.—Those desiring us to prescribe for their dogs Will please take note of and describe the following points in each ani- Mal: 1. Age. 2. Food and medicine given. 3. Appearance of the eye; of the coat; of the tongue and lips. 4, Any changes in the appearance of the body, ss bloating, drawing in of the flanks, etc, 5. Breathing, the number of respirations per minute, and whether labored or not. 6. Condition of the bowels and secretions of the kidneys, color, etc. 1. Appetite; regular, variable, etc. 8. Temperature of the body as indi- cated by the bulb of the thermometer when placed between the body and the foreleg. 9, Give position of kennel and surroundings, outlook, contiguity to other buildings, and thé uses of the latter. Also give any peculiarities of temperament, movements, etc., that may be noticed ; signs of suffering, etc. CANINE THERAPEUTICS AND ‘PA- THOLOGY—Sixth Paper. ANATOMY OF THE DOG COMPARED WITH MAN—THIRD SECTION. The Thymus of the dog is, proportionately, much larger than in man, whereas the glandizle thyroidea is much less, and is divided into two distinct parts, orthere are two separate glangs. The reason of this difference is unknown, as is likewise the use of the gland. It is generally noticed that these two glands do thus always supply the place of the other; that 1s, in such animals as have a large thymus, the glandula thyroidea is smaller, and vice versa; hence we are naturally led to ascribe the same use to both, viz. : The sepa- ration of thin lymph for diluting the chyle in the thoracic duct before it is poured into the blood. Then, if we consider | the difference of formation of the thorax in both dog and man, we easily account for the variety in bulk of these two glands. Respiration in the latter being chiefly performed by the widening of the chest, the lungs at eyery inspiration must press upon the thymus, and consequently diminish it; but the diaphragm yielding more to the dog’s inspiration, this gland is not 80 much compressed, and hence will be larger, and con- sequently the thyroidea will be proportionately less. Again, from the posture of the animal, we see that it is much more convenient to have most of the lymph supplied by the thymus, since the neck being frequently in a descending posture, the secretion of the thyroid gland would have a very disadvan- tageous course to reach the thoracic duct; whereas in man the thymus is really below the lacteal canal when it makes its curvature before opening into the sub-claviam ; consequently it is necessary that the larger share of the diluting fluid be furnished by the thyroid, which is situated much higher, so that the lymph has the advantage of a perpendicular descent. ‘The thoracic duet of the dog has no curvature before entering the sub-clavian vein, the horizontal position of the animal al- lowing a sufficiently fayorable course to the chyle, so as not to demand that turn to force its passage into the blood. It may likewise be observed, that such animals as walk hori- izontally have the valves of this duet fewer in number than others. The horse has but a single pair, while, on the con- trary, the simiae resemble the genus Home in haying several. Thus the lymph is not only forwarded in its passage, but the weight of the column is diminished. The lungs are divided into more Jobes, and deeper, for the same reason as the liver. The left side of the thorax bears a greater proportion to the right than in man, the one being nearly as three to two, and the other as four to three. In quadrupeds as well as in é¢-mana, the lungs are closely ap- plied to the containing parts, although this has been denied by some. ' It is a general rule that all quadrupeds which gather their food from the ground are provided with longer necks than man; but as a long neck not only gives the advantage of too long a lever to the weight of the head, but also, when the an- imal is gathering his food, places the brain in danger of op- pression from the too free determination of blood, which in its return through the veins, has the disadvantage of remount- ing contrary to its own gravity, it was therefore necessary that a part of the length of the neck should be supplied by an increase in length of jaws. Thus we see horses and cattle, though having no occasion to open their mouths very wide, are yet provided with very long jaws. Bull-dogs, in- deed, and such animals as have occasion for very strong jaws, must of necessity have them short; for the longer they are, the greater the resistance to be overcome. Another exception to the general rule is such animals as are furnished with paws or hands to carry the food to the mouth, as cats, monkeys, ete. The teeth show the dog to be of the carnivora, as none are adapted to the grinding of food, but only for tearing and di- viding it. He has six remarkably sharp incisors, and two long caniness posterior, all of which ruminating animals want, These are evidently calculated for laying very firm hold of. substances for the purpose of rending them, and the vast strength of the muscles inserted into the lower jaw assists materially in this action, while the pre-molars haye sharp edges, calculated for cutting flesh and reducing the hardest bones. Eyen the molars are not formed with rough, broad ‘surfaces as in man, but are considerably sharper, and press over one another when the mouth is closed, that they may take the firmer hold of what comes between them. The tongue, in consequence of the length of the jaws, is elongate; and as feeding is accomplished with the head in a depending posture, the bolus would always be in danger of falling from the mouth were it not for several prominences or papilla: with which the organ is studded, most numerous at ait ~ ae its base. These are curved backward in such a manner as to allow anything to pass easily down to the jaws, but prevent. its return. By these papille, also, the surface of the tongue is increased, and a stronger impression made on the sensation of taste. In some animals, who feed on living forms, these *«tenter-hooks” are still more conspicuous, a8 in several large fishes, where they are almost as large as the teeth in the fore-part of the mouth, and nearly as firm and strong. When we open the mouth we see the amygdals very prom- inent in the posterior part of it, so that it would appear at first view that they were inconveniently placed; as being con- tinually exposed to injuries from the hard substances the ani- mal continually swallows. But upon closer scrutiny we find this provided for by two membranous capsules, into which the amygdalx, when pressed, can escape, removing them- selves from such injuries, The velum pendulum a siderably longer than in man, to prevént the food passing into the nose, which would happen most frequently in the dog be- cause of its situation while feeding. There is no wowla, but the epiglotiis, when pressed down, entirely coyers the whole rima, and naturally continues so. ‘There is, therefore, a liga- ment, or rather muscle, given off from os-/yoides the and root of the tongue, that is inserted into that part of the epi- glottis where it is articulated with the cricoid cartilage, which serves to raise it from the rima, though not so strongly but that it may with slight force be again replaced. It may be asked, Why is the uvula wanting here andnotinman? It seems that quadrupeds who swallow their food in a horizontal position haye no occasion for such, though essential to man in his erect posture. In the upper part of the pharynx, behind the cricoid carti- lage, a gland of considerable size is found, which serves not only for the separation of a mucous fluid to lubricate the bolus as it passes this way, but also supplies the place of a valye, preventing the food regurgitating into the mouth, which it would be apt to do by reason of the depending situa- tion of the head. The msophagus is pretty much the same in both dog and man. It is alleged by some that the gullet of a quadruped is composed of a double row of circular fibres de- cussating one another. This is, howeyer, pecular to rumi- nants alone, who have need of such formation. The action of these may be easily observed in a cow chewing her cud. The nose is longer, and its external passage much narrower than in the biped, and the internal structure is much better adapted for an acute sense of smell, haying a larger con- vulated surface on which the membrana scheideriana is spread; this is observed in most quadrupeds who have the ossa spongiosa large and divided into a great number of thin lamellz. The sensibility seems to be increased in proportion to the surtace. The elephant, which has a head large in proportion to the body, has the greatest part of it taken up by the cavity of the nose and frontal sinuses, the lat- ter of which extend over the whole head, leaving but a small cavity for the brain. A very fine sense of smell is not so ab- solutely necessary for man, who has judgment and experience to direct him in the choice of his food, whereas the other ani- mals, who have only their senses, must of necessity have them acute, some having one in greater’ perfection than others, ac- cording to their different way of life. We not only conclude a priori from the large expanded membrana, scheiderina, that their sense of smell is very acute, but we believe that horses and cattle principally distinguish between noxious and whole- some herbs through it. The external ear in each genera of quadrupeds is differently formed, but always calculated to meet the wants of the ani- mal as demanded by its manner of life. In shape it usually resembles the oblique section of a cone, from near the apex to the base. Hares and such other animals as are daily exposed to danger from beasts of prey, have large ears directed hack- ward; rapacious animals, on the other hand, have these or- gans placed directly forward, as in the lion, cat, etc. The sleuth-hound and other animals that are designed to hear most distinctly the sounds coming from below, have these appen- dages hanging downward, or their ears are flexible, for the reason the head is less flexible than in man, and is not readily moved so as to catch the wave sounds. Man, again, who must equally hear sounds coming from all quarters, especially such as are sent from about his own height, has hig external ear placed vertically, though slightly turned forward, In short, wherever we see any peculiarity in this organ that has not avisen as deformity, we shall, with very little reflection, discover this form to be better adapted to the animal than any other, The dog also has the power of directing the cone of the ear to the sonorous body without moving the head. There are some differences to be observed in the structure of the in- ternal ear; but there is so little known of the use of the par- ticular parts in the human subject, that it is hardly possible to assign cogent reasons for variations in other beings. All quadrupeds have at the internal canthus of the eye a strong | firm membrane with a cartilaginous edge, which may be made to cover some parts of theireye. This is greater or less in different species, as their eyes are more or less exposed to dangers in searching after food. This membrana nictans, as it is called, is not very large in the dom; cows and horses have itso large as fo cover one-half of the eye like a curtain, at the same time so transparent as to allow the rays of light to pass through in abundance. Fishes have a cuticle always over their eyes, as they are ever in danger in the ‘‘inconstant element.”** ee Ths nictating membrane, or third eyelid, with its accessory muscles and other structures, is especially well developed in birds, and is of é —— _— es pe a All quadrupeds have a seventh m known as the suapensiorius, It sti optic nerve, and is fixed in the sclerotic are. Its use is to sustain the weight of th and prevent the optic nerye from being fc without compelling the four straight musel ual contraction; at the same time this must assist any of the other four, by causing one of it to act at a time. The pupil also, which varies with differen actly accommodated to the habits of its own different species of objects that are yiewed. lar, for reasons obyious: An ox has it oval diameter transversely that he may take a large food; cats, again, have theirs likewise oval. | diameter is perpendicular, that they may bright light altogether, or admit only so The width of the pupil also varies in different ing as the internal organs of vision are more thus cats and owls, who seek their prey in the n places—and consequently must have their ¢ that a few rays of light may make a lively im retina-—haye their pupils in the day-time contr narrow space, asa great number of rays wot nice organs; while in the night, or when the iris is enlarged and the rays fully admitted. when the retina is inflamed, numerous rays of casion painful sensations; therefore the pupil is On the contrary, with the dying or the heginnimg it is generally dilated, as the eyes become j posterior of the choroid coat known as the é ferent hues in different species. Cattle fee grass have this membrane of a green color, that it upon the retina all the rays of hght which come fr of that color while other rays are absorbed ; thug sees its food better than it does other objects. have their tapetum of a whitish color, and for t have the iris very dilatable and their organs o} and we find that all animals see more or less d dark, according as this membrane approaches neare or white color. Dogs who have it of a grayish eo gnish objects better in the night than man, whose a darlx brown; and who, it is believed, sees wors of any being, as designed to rest from all Jabor in The difference then of the color of the tapetum, fabric of any other in different animals, always de} some particular advantage accruing to its peoulia life from this singularity. Asin man, the brain is divided into cerebrum al Jum, and these two parts bear nearly the same pr one another. It.is proportionately smaller, whic necessary, asa bulky brain would be incony considerably to the weight of the head, which, lever to act with, would require a much greater force to support it than is now the case; for the hi greatest part of quadrupeds are not near so heavy pear to the eye, from the sinus frontales being pro considerable distance to enlarge the olfactory org The pits in the anterior part of skull are mu spicuous than in the human, which may he oe depending posture of the head while feeding, th the brain, through gravitation, pressing upon the they are yet soft, The jade cerebriis not nearly quadrupeds as in man, as they have little oecasic either side, and the two hemispheres of the b great measure hindered from jostling one anoth motions, by the brain insinuating itself into- thi tioned pits. The second process of the dzra mater, or tem bello super-expansum, is considerably thicker an quadrupeds, especially in such as are very swift Of foo as hares and rabbits, and that most when they are dl membrane is generally ossified, or we find its place & by bone, that 1t may the more effecinally keep off ¢ incumbent brain from the cerebellum in their rapid The olfactory nerves are large, justly deserving the tion of processus mamillares. They are hollow, ani a medullary and cineritious substance, and at firs pear to be the anterior ventricles of the brain pro man they are small and without any discernible reason Of this is evident, if we consider the posit 1. = siven off, and are sent directly through the og eth the nose. From this the ancients, to whom th of practical anatomy, studied from the human desecration, and whose observations on animals w but very superficially conducted, thinking these m hollow to the nose, believed them to be the the brain, through which, also, the mind asleep, to revel in the scenes of other Jands. The tubercula quadrigemint are larger than | they are of different colors, the upper pair, or the color of the cortical, and the lower, or te dullary substance of the brain. The reason of i] and other ofsthe like nature to be met with in coo dog and man, we shall not attempt to determine. nology a science we might look to it for an expl unfortunately its principles and deductions are! vagaries of the diseased organ which it prete Oe oo Breron Hounps.—The Brittany hound, lik is a big, bold, broken-haired animal, with a blood. The dog and wolf, being congeners, by gether, and the law affecting mules does not app brid race, as the offspring of the first cross re ters with the same facility. A dog-yoltf is usual by hand, and he, suckled in infancy by a hound perfect concord with any hounds that may be ine! kennel, while a day or two conciliates a stran company, The first cross is usually far from running mute, or all but mute, and so self-w and fierce in the kennel that they are seldo kept to breed from alone. ‘The second cross grand offspring of the wolf, become rare wo fierce, fine-nosed, desperate in the chase longest day. 7 much factional importance to them, ag it can he 1 the whole eyeball. Ifis found in some reptiles and i some fishes, and in sharks. It is fairly well develope divisions of the mammalian series, viz., in the M supial, and in some few of the higher mammals, in man, the quadrumina, and most other snam mitted by anatomists, as x mere rodiment J i nnd r A 7” = Ar Th ALIN Peer Te ee a hificent liyer-and-white cockers at Doreghan Manor, the pres- ent residence of the Governor of Maryland, I should like to know if that strain of cockers has been preserved —the last of the breed which T have seen was the pet of my grand. mother, Mrs, Chancellor Bland, his name was Guess? and he was death on cats. } - a ‘[rRow on serordn CorrEsronpENT). “st AND STREAM: etter to the Chicago Held, ‘* Pious Jeems” pours jals of his wrath upon “Hawkeye” for shooting a nounces, with eloquent indignation, all who com- leath of foxes by any other means than by fair hunt- nin® with hounds. Bred and reared hike the Laird r in the south, where the venatic instincts of our sestry ure still alive, and where to shoot 4 fox is: ie more ungentlemanty and little less criminal than to 10, | was inclined to add my individual Amen! to § Vigorous anathemas; but, fempora mutantur, now, soinewhat to my own surprise, I find myself not only m under certain circumstances, fo condone vulpicide, but to advocate the slaying of foxes as I would that of ar vermin destructive of feathered game. vil war put a stop to fox hunting in the South, and as course foxes increased in numbers and feathered ished in quantity. ‘Three years since, when field tthe Tun, Meld and Farm received a letter from my farrison, of Brandon—than whom there is not a better ore observant sportsman anywhere—deploring the bE pariridges (quail), once so abundant on the broad ile low grounds of the James and all the Southern and attributing it to the increase of foxes consequent 8 Suppression of the numerous packs of hounds which gnte-bellum days were to be found in almost every of the dear Old Dominion, untries save England and our Southern States Rey- to be the chief of sinners, and is remorselessly er and wheneyer the opportunity offers, and for f, reason that being the most sagacious he is also si destructive of all-the predatory vermin. In Great hunting is more than a national sport—it is a na- m; and, asa consequence, England can boast of ‘horses and horsemen in the civilized world. In Eng- e landed proprietor, be he prince or peasant, who would fox would be denounced and execrated by name in the prints, while he who protects the foxes is reverenced as e benefactor. On the continent of Europe fox hunting, ticed in England, is almost unknown, and the favorite q destroying Reynard is with a shot gun, as he plays bles before a pack of slow but persistent bassets or mds, The late war proved that there is no accomplish- a which our young men north of Mason and Dixon's fe. so deficient as in horsemanship, and as the best school ich io acquire the accomplishment is the hunting field, y to be desired that subscription packs for hunting tox should be established in every state in which the cli- nd other conditions may permit. ittempt is now being made in New York by Mr. Bel- dy and other young men of true grit, to get up a jong Island, and there is no teason why it should not for before and after the Revolution a subscription ie records of which are still extant (in the New Historical Society, I believe), afforded great sport. m packs of hounds have been maintained at Mon- oronto, in Canada, for several years. There can, @ no chmatic reasons urged against their establigh- n every State in the Union. If Messrs. Bennett and and other players at Polo would divert their sub- from that dangerous game to the maintenance of a fox-hunting establishment, the rising generation be as ridiculous as is the present in the eyes of is for their utter ignorance of the equestrian art, and, England, horsemanship will become an indispensable F. G. 8. —_———_-»> +9+~_—_ Russran Srrrers.—I have read with much interest the article by ‘J. $.,” “ A Grouse Hunt in Sweden,” in your is- sue of 7th inst., and would congratulate you upon the aequi- A aes iru may be influenced to extend a repetition of his sporting ex- periences in your behalf, and to the gratification of your numerous readers, of whom J am one. His testimony in favor of the Russian setter is timely, the subject having been lately introduced in your paper; and being new to our sport- ing community, of marked interest. It seems to me the qualities of this dog render him well adapted for our use in the New Hngland States as best suited to our shooting, fol- lowed as it chiefly is in woods and swamps. Our game birds affect these retreats, which are thick with brush and brier, and difficult to penetrate by man.or beast. How many a bird lies under the brush perdu and secure from the search of the high-ranging dog, who, though typifying the poetry of grace and motion while hunting in the open (v/— delicet On the Western prairies), is not equal to the cunning of the oft-hunted December quail so secreted. I hope J. 8.’s readable paper and strong testimony to the good qualities of the Russian setter may be the means of directing the attention of our enterprising sportsmen to their introduction here, and importation of the pure breed from wherever it is to be found. SENEX, an ? LO 2 rs -- Does As Draucur Powser.—One of the most noticeable features of the capital of the German Hmpire is the use of dogs in aiding local traffic. Bakers’ and grocers’ wagons, milk carts, fruit and mineral water stalls, furniture cars, and the lighter vehicles of all descriptions may be seen drawn by teams of dogs harnessed like horses, often three abreast. Or, again, the motive power may consist of a dog and woman, or dog and boy, harnessed side by side. Among the licensed conveyances of this imperial city, 2,186 dog carts are regis- tered, and the loads to which these animals are frequently sub- jected, would cause Mr. Bergh and other humanitarians to dance with rage. Dogs are emphatically draught animals in Holiand, but they are cared for, well-fed and groomed, and seldom if ever taxed beyond their strength; but in Berlin the animal is almost always a filthy, sore-eyed, maimed, mangy animal, an exact quadrupedal prototype of his master or mis- tress, without even the affection of the animalof the cat’s-meat man, who did ‘Timothy, Old Mixon so beautifully. Had Tim invested in a Berlin dog he would not have been forced to suspend business for lack of effects. 4 Dog Law.—The following is a digest of the laws passed by the Legislature of Maine last winter relative.to canines. ‘«Hvery owner or keeper of a dog shall annually cause it to be registered, described, and licensed for one year, in the office of the city or town clerk wherein he resides, by paying therefor, to said clerk, the sum of twenty cents; and shall cause it to wear around its neck a collar distinctly marked with the owner’s name andjregistered number, and shall pay into the treasury of the city or town for such license one dol- lar for a male and two dollars for a female dog. *« Whoever keeps a dog contrary to the provisions of this act shall forfeit ten dollars, to be recovered on complaint, to the use of the city or town wherein the dog is kept, and any person may, and every police officer and constable shall, kill or cause to be destroyed, all dogs going at large, and not licensed and collared according to the provisions of this act; and such officers, when not otherwise paid for their ser- vices, shall receive from the city or town treasury fifty cents for each dog so destroyed. “‘ Whoever wrongfully removes the collar from, or steals a dog licensed andcollared as aforesaid, shall be pun- ished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars; and whoever wrongfully kills, maims, entices, or carries away such a dog, shall be liable to the owner for its value.” iy notwithstanding—there are cases in which a shoot a fox without being put to death without elersy, as he undoubtedly should be if the murder is Lin a hunting country. . tified to read in your issne of the 26th of July a Mr. F. H. Hoe’s cocker spaniels, a breed of dogs at no distant day ta become more highly appreciated in England, their native country. I haye for years | both speech and pen an earnest advocate of the cock- beauty and companionable qualities no one will it L know jrom experience in the field that for general many parts of the country, and those too most in game, the springer or cocker is the most valu-. dogs, the pointer and setter not excepted. I re- { was many years ago—shooting in the glades of not far from Oakland, over a team of six or seven elonging to Mr. Cunningham, a Scotch gentleman. we killed a deer, two turkeys, three woodcock, and tuffed grouse over these dogs, which while under ontrol were the most lively hunters I ever saw; they ged more than thirty yards in advance of the game. as you know, several varieties of the cocker in d, but, unfortunately, all of them very rare in this y, and’ I would not know where to find them without Canine Insantry.—Louisville, Kentucky, had a Newfound. land who was supposed to be insane through griefi—a fact not at all improbable, Mr. Clare Boustead, the owner of the animal, moved to Philadelphia, leaving the poor dog behind, homeless and friendless. As soon as the animal realized his situation, he began the most piteous lamentations, and would lie for hours at. the door of the deserted house, crying and groaning with genuine grief. Sometimes he would paw and bark at the door, and then rush frantically around the house. After the first week of his abandonment,he became very stupid, and would lie about wherever he could find a place of rest, apparently unconscious, meantime refusing the kind words and food which he was offered by the neighbors, or ac- cepting of the latter but sufficient to prolong life. All this time he showed no ill-nature, but seemed so totally overcome with grief as to be insensible to either kindness or cruelty. Finally it was believed by all that saw him that he had be- come insane, and a policeman was persuaded to remove and kill him. a A Boy’s Lerrer.—The following characteristic letter will perhaps recall to more than one of our readers those summer days long ago when they romped and frolicked with their first dog friend. It is only necessary to explain that the “he” is a noble Newfoundland, who occupies a very large place im ithe heart of the writer: Drar Para: It is Wednesday, and he is so affectionate, 1 throw sticks into the brook and he brings them. I didn’t mean to make that blot, Your little boy, ALLE. Belmont, Purdy and Hoe, of New York. as a hoy—1 need not state low many years ago— eTavish, British Consul, had a kennel of mag | | | Disrmmprr.—Ahout ten year ago Thad asetter puppy about, eight mouths old, which I sent into the country to a breaker, This man was the village blacksmith, a practiced farrier, and. I supposed he had some knowledge of canine pathology in an old-fashioned way. Jmmediately on his receiving the puppy, he extracted two teeth, remarking as he did so, ‘SI just got him in time ; if I hadn't pulled them out, he’d have got the distemper.” | ’ The puppy remained in his possession for about six months thereafter, when he was stolen. Whether he ever got the dis- ease of course I have no means of knowing. I thought no more of the above until J chanced to read the following remarks of Mayhew: ‘ During the latter period of sition of so. graphic and edifying a contributor. I hope he ; qentition—that is, when the second set of incisors.are well up, and the permament tusks are about half grown, the temporary ones being still retained—is the time when pups are most dis- posed to display this disorder. 1 cannot state the precise age, because mouths are not regular in their appearances, even as to mouths, but. the aspect of the teeth will sufficrehtly mark the period when an individual may be expected to be attack- ed.” Perhaps the above may throw some light as to the cause of the disease, viz.; the teeth. EH. L. Such an idea is perfectly nonsensical, and is as sensible as the theory that throwing a knotted string over one’s left shoul. der will remove warts, or cutting one’s toe-nails with a file will prevent measles. The statement in Mayhew is about as neat right in this as in most of his statements; his work be- ing an unreliable one in every particular.—Ep., ~ 4 — Fors Puvpms.—aA rare opportunity is now offered those of our readers who desire to purchase finely bred dogs. In an- other column will be found anadvertisement of pointer puppies for sale, sired by the celebrated Snapshot ; and setters by the great red Irish dogs, Jarvis, Elcho and Mr. Macdona’s Royer. The breeder of these dogs is Mr. Wm. M. Tileston. ++ —- “Duce or ORANGE.”—We are called upon to chronicle the death on Aug. 3 of this magnificent setter, owned by T. A. Fowler, of Orange, N. J. If there is a “‘heaven for good dogs,” Duke will have a seat, with none above him. — oe Dog Days.—This is what the weather is doing for the editors : Dogs must have been valuable property in the days of the «Golden Fleas.”—Rockland Courier. Myen the dogs com- plain of the hard times. 1 is the tin panic that affects them. —Turner's Falis Reporter. Highly intellectual dog: Type- setter.— Ha. 1+ —Mr. Von Culin, of Delaware City, Del., publishes a neat little manual of instructions for breaking dogs, with the mode of using the force collar. Price 25 cents. May be had of the author. +a —The Municipal authorities of New York City have re- ceived for dog licenses $25,558. 1 —Fisher and Bickerton inform us that their red Ivish setter Belle has eleven blood red puppies, not a white hair on them, —The first International Bench Show will be held at Lon- don, Ont., Sept. 26, 27, and 28. Entries to close Sept. 10. —— 6+ —__——_— Name Crammep,—I claim the name of Lady Sensation for my pointer whelp out of Lady Francis, by Sensation., West Troy, N. ¥., Aug. 17. Joun H, Pircuer. —-I claim the name of Bessie for my liver-and-white ticked pointer bitch, out of Dilly’s Queen by Dilly’s Cham- pion Ranger. T. C, Banks. Azour BoRAX.—Borax was known to the ancients, but its chemical discovery was first ascertained by Geoffrey in 1732. Since then if has gradually increased in usé and importance as a remedial agent, and for various other purposes, until it has come to be reckoned an indispensa- ble article in hygienic and domestic economy. Of Jate years it is in- creasingly used for toilet purposes, andin the laundry and household —so generally, indeed, that every well regulated family regards borax a8 one of the necessities. The article has been greatly cheapened, and its preparation perfected, by the discovery of Messrs. Smith Brothers, of Nevada and New York, of an inexhaustible bed of crude borax, and their improved process of manufacturing and refining it for use in the purest state. This superior article 1s furnished ata low figure by gro- Gers and druggists throughout the country. A most useful and con- venient article is thus placed within the reach and means of the whole people, a8 it can be readily obtained without bemg subjected, as here- tofore, to paying the price of a luxury therefor—[See Adv. SS ee SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. To Our Customers and the Public: In reply tothe damaging reports which have been circulated respecting the quality of our split bamboo rods, by ‘‘ dealers” who are unable to compete with us at our reduced prices, we have issued a circular which we shall be pleased to mail to any address, proving the falsity of their assertions. Conroy, Bisserr & MaLiEson, Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y. “i. —[Adv. A PouGHKEEPsiZ Roosrer..—An unfortunate game cock, by a sad and unforeseen accident, lost his left leg. His owner, a boy of inventive genius and surgical talent, whittled’out a wooden leg and attached it to the amputated member; yet the ignorant bird spent the balance of the day and part: of the night in attempting to rid himself of the improve ment. At last overcome by fatigue, he placed his hea under his wing and retired to rest; but im the morning he had forgotten all his troubles, and trotted off with the unbounded reatest ease, much to his own satisfaction and the delight-of the small boy, y Machting and Boating, HIGH WATER FOR THE WEEK. Date, Boxtom. | New York. | Charleston. 2 NSA H. MM. | #” at SAN ADA VERE RS aes peat ee had lan ini 8 39 T 46 EAST O ROO Ca cist Pelisas Aoxbctive Gece yo 0 648 9 18 | 8 of EATS UeU a icles ales ete Ble fae aie ae 2 0 Sl ail & Si ROP NTN ans eis UF katie 1 uw Ww 29 9 93 Ag. 28.24 1 5 10, BO 10 «OL Aug. 29, 2 84 11 8t 1, 41 Aug. 30.. B 44 min ii 23 THE DETROIT REGATTA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. | i Derror, Mich., Aug. 17, 1877. Epitor oF Fornst AND Stream: The series of regattas which commenced in this city on Tuesday, was inaugurated by the races under the auspices of ihe Detroit River Nayy, which was the opening of what proved to be the most brilliant aquatic event that has ever ‘vanspired in America. ‘The preliminary arrangements for the regattas, the preparations for the entertainment of the partici- nants and the enormous crowd of spectators which flocked to ‘itness the sport were admirable, and reflected the highest credit upon all the hospitable gentlemen connected with the committees. The weather however behaved badly, and caused inany a pang of disappointment to hundreds of eager expect- uns. To sit for an hour or two on the soft side of a plank in suspense during incomprehensible delays—trying to ‘+ possess your soul in patience’—is fully bad enough; © But when the day his rainy mantle keeps, And wraps about him till with eve he sleeps,” it is simply horrible. The grand stand, which had been erected to accommodate about 4,000 people, was constructed for fair weather, not such a deluge as that which poured down tpon the devoted heads of the occupants on Tuesday and \Vednesday. However, they were conrageous enough to brave he elements throughout, and were well repaid. Che races for the first day were announced as follows: Swimming match, 200 yards down stream, This was won by F. W. Campbell in 2:17. This was followed by a tub race of the usual amusing na- ture; won by Campbell. At five o’clock the junior double-scull race, one mile up stream and return, was called. There were four entries, Gog- uacs, of Battle Creek ; Sho-wae-cae-mettes, of Monroe; Wol- venhooks, of Greenbush, N. Y.; Floral Citys, of Monroe, hay- ing positions in the order named. he Floral Citys withdrew, leaving the first three to contest the race. The Sho-wae-cae- mettes led the first quarter, pulling a stroke of thirty-eight to the minute, with the Wolvenhooks second and the Goguacs third. At the half mile the Wolvenhooks took the lead and kept it the remainder of the way home, pulling an easy stroke of thirty-two to the minute; Sho-wae-cae-mettes second and Goguacs a long distance in the rear. The turn was made in eight minutes and forty seconds by the Wolvenhooks; Sho- wae-cae-mettes in nine minutes. ‘Timeof race: Wolvenhooks, 15:44 ; Sho-wae-cae-mettes, 16:15. The following are the crews: Wolvenhooks—stroke, F. W. Tompkins; bow, W. 'T. Miles. Sho-wae-cae-mettes—stroke, Joseph Nadeau; bow, Moses Nadeau. ; : Goguacs—stroke, P. W. Brown; bow, Hillis Smith. ; The next race called was for junior pair-oared, one mile up stream and return, which was won by the Detroit scullers in 14:55; Emeralds, of Saginaw, second in 15:12. The follow- ing are the crews: Detroit Scullers—stroke, J. H. Clegg; bow, W. C. J. Cam- cau. Emeralds—stroke, P. McElgunn, bow, P. J. Manning, By far the prettiest race of the day was the ten-oared barge race, which closed the day’s sport. Jn this race there were eight entries, the Wah-wah-tab-sees, of Ecorse; Chattanoogas, of Detroit;; Grand Rivers, of Lansing; Teutonias, of Detroit; Detroits, of Detroit ; Centennials, of Detroit; Wyandottes, of Wyandotte, and Restless, of Detroit, all of which rowed over the course. The start was a grand spectacle, and cheer after heer rent the air as the eight barges passed the grand stand side by side, and continued nearly so for almost a quarter of 4 mile. This race was three-fourths mile up stream and return, and was won by the Wyandoites in 8:56, with Chattanoogas second in 9:05 and Centennials third in 9.12. On account of the lateness of the hour the junior single was tponed until the next day. Pethe regatta proper Ree Senet on Wednesday with the four-oared shell race, mile and a half. ‘ First Heat—Entries—Detroit Club, Detroit; Eureka Club, Newark; Emerald Club, Saginaw Bay; Sho-wae-cae-mette Club, Monroe; Hxcelsior Club, Detroit. The struggle between the Emeralds and Burekas was close, the former winning in 7m. 98s., eighteen seconds faster than was ever before made in the association. The Eureka fol- ed in ‘7m, 58%s. i aa ote, Heat——Entries—Unpion Spring Club, New York; Zephyr Club, Detroit; Watkins Club, Watkins Glen; Wolyen- hooks Club, Greenbush, N. Y- : The Umon Springs stopped rowing at the half mile and claimed a foul, which was not allowed, against the Zephyr. Won by the Watkins in 7m. 463s.; Zephyr second in 7m. 1 , ae next race was a mile and a half, for double sculls. Hntries—Quaker City, Philadelphia; Mutual, Albany; Ulys- ses, Troy, N, Y.; Pilot, Grand Haven. From the start the race was virtually between the Quaker City and Mutual crews, Won by the former in the splendid fime of 8m. 18s. Following came the last race of the day, the final heat for four oafs. ‘This, after a close contest, resulted in a victory ‘or the Emeralds in 7m. 50s.; Eurekas, 7m. 568. ; Zephyrs, tm. 564g.; Watkins and Union Springs not timed, — The first event on Thursday was the junior single scull vace of one miléand turn. Won by Sandway, of the River- side, Rochester, N. Y., in 15m. 47s, The second race for pair-oared shells, one mile and a half straightaway, was won by the Emeralds, of Saginaw, in 9m. The Detroit scullers second in9m, 73s, The third race was for single sculls, one mile and a, half straightway. The Yales and Vespers, of Yonkers, having withdrawn, there were only four entries: Lee, of the 'Tritons ; Yates, Grand Haven; Tompkins, Wolvenhook; O'Donnell, New Orleans; Yales withdrew soon after start. The re- sult wasa victory for Lee in 9m. 1is.; O'Donnell, 9m. 14s. ; Tompkins, 9m. 20s. In the four-oared race, three miles with turn, theré were seven entries. The Zephyrs broke an oar and retired. The Iurekas, who were leading by three lengths, found that their turning buoy had been removed, rowed a distance to the next buoy, and so fell behind ten lengths, which gap before ithe finish was reduced to one length. The finish was: Sho-wae- cae-mettes, of Monroe, 18m. 50s.: Emeralds, of Saginaw, 18m. 548.; Wolvenhooks, 18m. 57s. ; Hurekas, of Newark, 19m. $s. The junior six-oared race between the Excelsiorg and Zephyrs, of Detroit, and the Undines, of Toledo, was won by the Zephyrs in 18m. 34s.; Undines, 18m. 404s. At a meeting of the National Association, held at the De- troit Boat Club house in the evening, the following gentlemen were elected members of the Executive Committee: George W. Parker, Quaker City Boat Club, Philadelphia; T. W. Kennedy, Passaic Boat Club, Newark; H. W. Garfield, Mu- tual Club, Albany. The regatta of the Northwestern Association was opened on Friday with the junior double sculls. This was won by the Floral City crew, of Monroe, Mich., in 16m. 31s. ; their com- petitors, the Sho-wae-cae-mettes, of the same city, following in 16m. 32s. The senior single scull race was thrown open to all, and the following were the entries: F. EH, Yates, Grand Haven; W. F. Sandway, Rochester; James O'Donnell, New Orleans. Yates won in 14m. 37s., followed by Sandway in 15m. 10s. O'Donnell came in a length ahead of the latter, but, haying turned his stake from starboard to port, lost the award, The race for senior tour-oared shells, three miles with a turn, was rowed by the Hmeralds, and the Sho-wae-cae- mettes. Won by the latter by three open Jengths in 18m. 3738., or 858. better than their time of Thursday. ‘The Emeralds crossed the line in 18m. 47s. The junior six-oared sheli race was won by the old cham- pions, the Zephyrs, in 18m. 34s.; the Undines following in 18m. 4038., and the Hxcelsiors in 19m. 6s. This was the concluding event of the day. The first. event of the closmg day was a swimming match between W. I’. Sandway, of Rochester, N. Y., and H. New- berry, which was won by Sandway by 10 feet. The junior single scull race, one mile and return, was won by M. Nadeau, of Monroe, in 17m. 58s,; his two opponents meeting with. mishaps. The double scull race, open to all, same distance, was en- tered by W. 8. Mosely and ©. Piepenbrink, of the Albany Mutuals, and Miles and Craig, of the Wolvenhooks. Won by the Jatter in 14m. 23s. The six-oared race, for the Northwestern amateur cham- pionship, was the event of the day. ‘The entries were: Ex- celsiors and Zephyrs, of Detroit. Won by Excelsiors; time not announced. The closing event was the junior foar-oared race, same dis- tance. Hntries—The Amateurs and Floral Citys, of Monroe ; Zephyrs and Exceelsiors, of Detroit, and Undines, of Toledo. The Floral City won in 19m. 48s.; Zephyrs second; Un- dines third, and Amateurs fourth. The Hxcelsiors broke down their boat, and were towed in. —_—__>_.9+—___.__ Matne-—Portland, Aug. 17.—Race for second class yachts ; challenge cup; distance 18 miles. Won by the Georgie in 2h, 5im, 26s. sailing time, and 2h. 7m. 7s. standard time. RuopEe Istanp—Newport, Aug. 15.--Six yatchts of the Newport Yacht Club entered for the Lorillard prize. Won by the Victoria, owned by J. R. Roosevelt, of New York. Newport, R. I,., Aug. 18. —'The yacht race of 16 miles was won by the Fidget in 2h. 81m; Victoria second in 2h, 3lm. 40s.; Annie M. third in 2h, 382m. 20s. Massacuuserts—Beverly Yacht Club.—The second regatta this season took place off Nahant.. The course was from Na- hant Point, leaving Red Buoy No. 2, off Winthrop Head on port hand, to the judges’ yacht, a distance of seven miles. The first prizes and the champion pennant were taken by the Water Lily and the Virginia, and the second prizes by the Ida and Frolic. Summary: : SECOND CLASS, F Length. Cor. Time. Boats, Owners. Ft. In, HM S Water Lily............ TCG ATT aan spatter ans 19 0 132 3 1h ten eg pee CTY oe oe terala ctee tale tee a 18 2 1 41 31 Mystery... James Farker, dr......419 1 1 41 48 BELEN, sia- SGROTRFETLEG, = (rinse cae 1s 6 1 43 14 Avis... ...I*, Cupningham,........ 19 3 not taken, THIRD OLASS. 4. 145 11 3 5 Lb) 5 9 150 5 5 4 1 51 42 5 not taken. > 7 2 8 34 6 not taken. Qumoy Yacur Crus—Quincy Point, Aug. 15.—Second re- gatta for the championship ; course for first two classes, seven miles; for third class, six miles. The Folly won, for the second time, in first class, and is consequently entitled to the first prize. Another regatta is necessary to settle the cham- pionship for the other classes. Summary: FIRST OLASS, Actnal Cor. Actual Cor, Boat, Time Time. ‘Boat. Time, Time, Secret. ..i....... 22220 157 20 Allaire...,...... 230 20 2 09 34 Moilvies sestee es 21850 1 56 54 SECOND CLASS. 15242 Nattie..:........ 2 06 20 1 49 39 : oud 156 26 Psyche.......... 2 29 50 1 59 39 Water Lilly..... Not ian THIRD OLASS TID vss ere reays 2 36 20 21009 Anmie....... sees 2 265 0 200 25 kKed Lion.. 21858 Blmer,..,...-... 2 YT 35 Zul 13 Dandelion . 297 Katee... 2d 20h0 116 16 Rocket..... 15446 Undine,......... Not taken New Yorr—WNew Rochelle, Aug. 18.—The fourth annual regatta of the New Rochelle Yacht Club was an event of much ‘interest in aquatic cireies. The course was from a stakebout anchored off David’s Island to and around a buoy anchored off Throgg’s Neck, five miles from the starting point, thence fo and around stakeboat ancl ing point. The first, second, third, and were required to go over this course twice; the. once. Following is a summary : First Class—Entries—W. F. Davids, Greenpoint, Susie §. The Susie 8. won in 5h. 13m, 18s Dare Devil coming in second; time, 5h. 20m, 49s, Second Class —Entries—C. F. Ammon, Coquette, ¥ Thistle, Pluck and Luck. The Pluck and Luck won. 28m. 238. Third Class--Entries—Frou Fron, ders, Willis, Emma, Ripple, Inspector, Josie, Annie, §i Truant, Margotta, Joke. Won by the Frou Frou. Fourth Class—Entries—Ella, ‘Anita, M. BE. Bake Louisa, Anna, Gracie, Gertrude, High-pi, Jessie, Jerals Mary Anne, Fidget, Cora D., Fanny M. Fifth Class—Entries—Bed Bue, Little Pluck, Mar Lulu, Susie, Centennial, Flora. Won by the Mary B. Whitestone, Long Island, N, ¥., Aug. 16—§ stakes tace ; cat-rigged boats; distance, about 20 miles, 7 by the Hllie notime allowance, Summary : Start. Polly, Dat G. Kapp, George § Boat, Owner. i. M. Barthenig........... Mr. Charles Hyatt........... 10 46 SGRBIOw ou oiyy mame a alViCes Tae Dan re van ie if) 4it Maria Louisa,....... Captain Sands.........0.....10 45 fmozene........... Mr, A. Sands........22.......10 44 UTES voles le letel Rete Mr. Geo W. Newhold........ 1) 44 AVS pea wee case eseins Mr. George Homam......,...10 45 ot ti —An unpaid for yacht is now politely termed a ff debt. ‘ i Marne—Sebago Lake, Avg. 15.—The professional § seull race, short three miies, was won by Frenchy Joh (colored), of Boston, who tuck first prize, $125; time, 258. The other competitors \,, re Driscoll, of Lowell, g¢ prize, in 19m. 13s.; Lynch, ot Salem, third prize, in 15s.; Ross, of St. John; Sauncers, of Salem; and OF nell, of Portland. Johnson and Aliearn forfeited double § Trace, Connuoriour—Hartford, Aug. 17-—Double scull tae miles with a turn—Lneille, A. G. Tracy and 1°. Reig Hie, F. Hyde and T. Heild- Won by the Lottie in 8. 4 Massacuuserrs— Boston, Aug: 18.—In the Lakemar Club regatta the race was won by the Jane, J. H. Heiny Mulhearn, A. F. Warner, W. Hennesy, The W. MM, mnan second ; the Rice third; Susan fourth. New Yorr—Polisade Boat Club, Y onkers, Aug. Ve nual regatta: prizes gold and silver medals. Summary} Donble Scull working boats; open to residents of Yonkers not ff bers of the club; distance two miles; three entries. Won by D oF (ey ae in 13m. 508. a ne-Mile Race; eight-oared barges, Resolute and Pa Res Won by Minep lengths im 5m, 9158. a aie ne-mile hace for pair-oared gigs; won by crew composad ofa ne C. ie and i. pogen, aye time 6m. 16s, a wo-mile ace, four-cared shells, M. i, Rowe, Uncle Born | H. I. Keyser. The M. ¥. Rowe won by three teet in Lin. 85 Tue New Rowixe Assocration.—The meeting of 7 sentatives of the local rowing clubs at the Fifth Ayeuue] last Thursday evening, resulted in the organization @ ‘Metropolitan Rowing Association of Amateur Oarsm There were present delegates from nearly every club it York and vicinity; the Mystic, N ereid, Triton, Dau Argonauta, Nassau, Hesper, Bayonne, Vesper, Ney Columbia College, Knickerbocker, Athletic, Viking of Ney Nautilus, and Viking of Elizabeth, being represented iy or more members each. The constitution. of the N, Ad was taken as the basis of the regulation of the new } The association proposes to hold an annual regatta i vicinity of this city. This movement, as we stated last week, is the resn general disaffection among the principal clubs about York at the selection of a point so far West as Detroit fi regatta of the National Rowing Association, and the conget absence of any great acquatic event on Eastern waters dissatisfaction Owes its impulse we presume to those cong ations of time, distance and expense inseperable from meeting of any so-called national body. The same inf were at work here that not long since caused the disru the Collegiate Rowing Association, The fact is no a tion of the community is yet prepared—and we dou ever will be—to go long distances to participate in ory such events. America is still in her busy money-gethim and any sport involving a general outlay of time and my has much to contend against. And again, it is one thig 4 community to send its representatives to a distant compe and quite a different thing to witness that competition if The different sections of our country with its breadth of tory will never be satisfied with reading telegraphie di of such a contest. They must be present and witnes selves. It is in deference to this feeling that, while ing any spirit of sectionalism, and regretting any ten the free competition of the oarsmen of the whole countt heartily endorse the organization of the newly-formed! and anticipate for it a most happy success. Nonparnin Recarra.—The annual regatta of the Nonf (Priuter’s) Rowing Club took place ARES 20th on ia rr py ets ‘he event passed off pleasantly despite several aps. “a Yonkers.—The Vespers have reorganized as a Rowing Yachting Association, with Wm. S$. Carr, President; W Copeutt, Vice President; W. 8. Ballou, Secretary; Jae Howland, Treasurer, , Boat Racine av Centra Parx.—Miniature vachlin becoming a feature of the Saturday's sport for the young at Central Park. The youthful yachtsmen manifest ful much enthusiasm over their mimic contests as do their brothers of the guild. The regatta on the lake next Sal promises to be an unusually fine one, New dersey—Long Branch, Aug. 15.~-Third annual ta of the Long Branch Rowinr Association - ¥: Sahaaed 2 ing tion ; open toa Double scull race; short mile: prize, set of col } tries: Mann and Smith of the Argonautas an jetient ee he) by the atey in oan 40s, hoe wise a _ ingle sculls; same distance—Entries: 3, Mills Athl T. Taylor, of the Argonautas patsy ERs, of the Saeed ant tent and D. W. Uoughtery, of the Long Branch Ass. Mi lengths in 5m. 28s. ‘Content, second 3 Taylor, third ; Doug! Prize, agolden medal. Four-oared race,—Kntries: Argonantas, Athletics, ‘Won by the for exch tian, + in bm, 85. Prige, set pf colors and meda, " 4 ’ A ee lS, ‘itional Zlastimes. CRICKET. makers. . Club book, “% Pe seesak-rsduidnagteasshs rh samee 20 ere) Bnet pee aey: ote ey sh DUNE Tee ne Bei a bye D, P.S., Glen’s Malls, N. ¥.—Your description of your dog's ailment shyt MR Par FS CHICIRIST: tore tes ail cacaeke 7) iS altozether too meagre to judge from, Please observe tlie note at the AA sere ae head of our Kennel column, and govern yourself accordingly. ae , at SSID, did NOt play---+.ecececavs ares a 7 Rio eitou: idl NOt PLAY... 2... ses ee eee eee teen ree Fo, 1B tos ee a 18; log-byes, 10; wides, 15.0... eres. eee ees ga RPS peteO or Ly ME AE oo arse fen eos ketenes «a seeelss Cheasatenseeeess 840 j Huns Scored at the Fali of Hach Wicket. and the Pacific Railroad Survey are most complete, CG, M. P., Mechanic's Falls,—I have a setter pup six months old that iit qst. Yd, 3. 4th. Sth, 6th, Th. sth. goth. Oth. has got. vrooked front legs. Please answer through your paper what to fe veeess 22 28 65 188 177 222 309 -—- -— -— 340} qofor nim and what-was the cause of crooked legs? Ans. You can do BELMONT, nothing, There are several causes for such deformities too numerous First Inning. to mention. WeRONAIASON, TUM ONE... ee seeeeeeseenens ne P Giluurist, c Hosford, b Marsh.......... + 4 arpall, @ Wetham, D MOGTAN......ccceene eee vce s cess tree e tere ‘oolinan, b Moeran... f we f Co ane oe Dea aetee FORT a SEM rea 4 the article, consider it very good for that purpose, and think tt is worth Beir, Sacer Seats 1) tne aoe (6) ; ‘aeel eimiea, beMatehe se em ee h| d. W. S., Sunbury, Pa.How can small game be put up in sealed Morzan, ENCARTA REC ae 7 Gaus So that it will Hof spoil during warm weather? 2 Can blackbirds lle, TOL OWE. « seer sarentweccesassiavessesseaetcrsresseseecssocss "| he vanghtin doet, and how? ATs. Yes, in the same manner as other Soe pee Se sksOce pea eet e at esa St He 27 | meats. 2. Yes, with the usual clap nets. ved at the Pall of Hach Wicket. ‘ Ist. ia 3a hh fib, Gth, Tih. Sth. Oth, Oth. d, J. 8., Philadelphia.—Would you please give me a remery for get- 6 7 WW 1 18 @ 2 8 22 2i—-20 | ting rid of tieas and lice on dogs? Ans, Use Caswell, Hazard & Co's ApA—Stayner, Oné., Aug. 14.—Colligwood vs. Stay- draw game. Hingston, Aug. 15.—Montreal vs. Kingston; won by latter by one inning and 11 runs. Nuw Tersex—Long Branch.—A three-zmile swimming race fees place to-day between James Cunningham and J. H. e, who recently defeated Coyle. EDONIANS.—At the mééting of the North American Pnited Caledonian Association, held at Albany, Aug. 16, srsey City was selected as the place for the next annual ting. ‘The officers for the ensuing year are: Pres., J. B. yre, St. Catharines, Ont.; First Vice-Pres., Alexander mpbell, Jersey City, N. J.; Second Vice-Pres., Chief Fain, milton, Ont.; Sec. George Bertram, Philadelphia, aves stant Sec., Robert Hendric, Albany, N. Y.; Treas., mas Waddell, Pittson, Pa. Harte Arurerid Crus.—The entries for the games fo be Sept. 1 closé on the 26th inst., instead of on the 18th, as previously announced. Gold Street, this city. agunmaker? With hobs? Ans. 1. Don’t know him. 2, Frank Thomson, of 301 B’way, N. Y. Gan supply you, sion after the same has been killed, any black bass, Oswego bass or mas- kelonge between the 1st of January and 20th of May.” | L. D, 8., Germantown,’ Pa.—We do not know the gun referred to, Write to the parties. The route to Moosehead Lake is via Hastern R. R. from Boston, to Dexter or Guilford, thence stage. Fare for round trip, $15. Or, you may go via steamer from Boston to Portland. You will find trout fishing,and in the neighborhood, deer, bears, ducks, grouse,etc, WILD PIGHoN, City.—Can youinform me the best time for shooting wild pigeons, aud where they can be found in greatest quantity within 60 miles of New York City? Ans. Wild pigeons are very uncertain in heirmovements, and may be found here to-day and there to-morrow. Fall shooting of pigeons is best in September and October; Weknow ‘of no place within the distance named that is notoriously abundant as regards this game, Amarnor AgntEtics—Ravenswood, D. I, Aug. 20.— fandicap games; open to all amateurs; for prizes of gold edals. Summary ; ’ Throwing the Hainer GD Parmly, Princeton College, 79ft 1lin; ore, 6sft53yin; C W Horton, Harlem Athletic Ciub, 51ft Tin, ot Race, 440 yards—Entries—J Killeen, seratch ; HW Casper, 25 yards : iy nite; hands F Birch, 30 yards; W Fron, 30 yards. Won by jue Hundred Yards Dash—First heat won by J A Henry in 11 sec- 5: H Steinert, second. Second Heat—Dead heat between H B Wil- al Henshaw. i , enie Walk, open only to subscribers to the grounds—Entries—W mes, scratch; W Wright and M H Birch, 1 minute; J Vanderhoff, sonds start. Wonby Barnes in 17m 10s; second, Vanderhoff, in ared Yards, final heat—H B Wilson, first; H G Steinert, second. J,§., Pittsburgh, Pa.l. Where can I obtain a copy of the * Pocket; Geologist and Book of Minerals.” 2, Does the ‘* Sportsman’s Gazetteer” tell the localities where fur-béearing animals are found, etc. Ans. 1. From F. H. Smith, 64 Lexington street, Baltimore, Md. 2, Yes, price $3.00 for sale at this office, 1. What willit cost to have the first eight yolumes of Forest AnD STREAM bound? 2. Tintend to visit Canada next month; will I have to pay duty on my shot-gun? 8. What fish hatcheries can I visit on my At Bie tine Shot—C D Parmiy, sift 0in; HB Wilson, 30ft sin; C W | way to Kingston? Ans. 1. $1.50 per volume. 2. No, not by obtaining a n, sift Tin. certificate from the U. 8, Customs where you cross to the effect that you i <—Hntries—H Armstrong, of the H A € at scratch; W piper. Ot ee York, R H Pelton, of Greenpoint, and John Smith, ihe Seawanaka Boat Club, all of whom received 337 minutes start of mxttong. Van Riper won the match in 46m 3s. intend to return it to the States within a reasonable time. Kagon, or Detroit, Michigan. 3. At Po- W. H, D., Lower Brule Agency, Dakota.—My pointer bitch was lined by agreyhound, The litter of course will be deplorable mongrels. If she is subsequently lined by a pointer will the first or present lining have any effect upon future progeny? By some it is maintained that it will, by others that it will not; which? Ans. If this is the first time she has been lined all her future progeny are likely to be marked, If not the chances are lessened. Mexican Anvupern.—They do these things better in xico, according to a veracious New Orleans paper = mz Mexican picked up eighteen eggs by holding ike en Va aiae his cheeks and his nose, and ted them in his ear without using his hands; then broke ‘oges between his knees and beat them into a foam with a re licld between his toes; then peeled ten lemons with his ih while standing on his head, and ran @ quarter of a mile s head, while he mixed the eggs and lemons in u large h-bowl; then, without taking off his coat, he caught up “the southern-bound fast train, ran with it two mules, which he uncorked a bottle of whiskey, mixed it in he other ingredients and gave several of the passengers < through the windows, and then hopped back to the ing-point, holding the empty punch-bow! extended on the r leg, accomplishing the entire series of feats inten min- sand 2 half. hen iq Cc. C. €., Connersville, Ind.—f haye an English gun stamped “Prin Gock, Paris and London.” Is the firm one of note? Can you recom- mend theirmake? Is Nichols & Lefever guns American or London make? Can you recommend their make? Do you prefer a pointer or setterfor quail? Ans. Weknownothing of any such firm. Ameri- can, See advertising columns for best makers ; either is good, MICHIGAN, N. ¥.-Where can I obtain good sportin northern and west- ern Mich,? Ans, Take Grand Rapids and Indiana R. R. at Wort, Wayne Indiana, Kalamazoo, or Grand Rapids, Mich. All along the route good shooting and fishing may be found. In the Manistee are grayling, at Petoskey, the present terminus of the road, good trolling for Mackinaw trontmay be had, and af Kalkaska good trout fishing is found. Ruffed grouse are abundant throughout the forest, and also spruce partridge, hares, and now and then sharp-tailed grouse. Myriads of wild fowl are found later in the season on the inland lakes. Answers ta Wogrespondents, No Notice Taken of Anonymous Communications. G.G. W., Brookville, Ks.—In your paper of July 26, you say to pre j vent a bitch coming in heat give five grains powdered excissicated alum in water night and morning. Will you please tell me in your next how many doses to give—whether five grains a day or twice a day, and_ if it is to be given atcommencement of the bitch coming in heat, or when the proper time isto give it? Ans, Give five grains at each dose, dissolyed in water. Give at first indication of the cestrum and continue three days. Jfit does not answer by that time, there isno use of con- jnuing it. It is avery unverta in remedy at best. 7. W. G., Milton, Pa.—See answer to J. W.S., in this column. SACHUSEITS, Worcester.—Deer may be killed in Mass. from Oct. ec. 1 after 1830, yy, Pa.—l would like to know the size of a 500 yard Creedmoor Ans, 6x6 feet. ' criner, City.—The book you' mean is Hallock’s “Sportsman’s eer. Tt-fills the billexactly. Price $3.00. Tor sale at. this office H.,, Urbana, 0.—What will remove rust or tatnish from the in- gun barrels? Ans. Kerosene, New York.—1. Please tell me what is the price of a Remington acer ine. 2. Which country first used sliding seats in 1, $16, 2. United States. H- of be H.H. 8., Tampa., Pla.—l have a Parker gun nine and a half pounds‘ thirty-two inch barrels, twelve bore at the muzzle, but larger eyery-, where else—that is, it widens from the muzzle toward the breech. Now) buck shot that chambers in the muzzle lies so loose'y in the shell (brass~ that 1 am compelled to put a wad between each layer of shot and there fore can’t use fhe quantity 1 would wish, and the shooting is anything but good and the shot wedge in the shellif put in loosely. The gun shoots all kinds of stmali shot to perfection, Will you kindly enlighten the only proper way. If you cannot get in shot enough get longer shells. y charge powder, No.6 | Currituck Sound, N- C., andinform me of the name of some responsible hicknesses, each tacked In each | hotel keeper and guide to whom I can refer to; also, whether I can ob- ne * aT | ay ahowt | _ a] _ —" J. H.N., Bridgeport, Ct.—The pedigrée business is in the hands of 1. : First Innings. SruARn’s TACKLE—We have ab last found out about Stuart’s tackle. ford, G Notth, b Gilchrist....--...0++..+<-ssserensesessecosse 8 | Tt consists of three hooks, one above the other, on single snell. For T OWS. ese pene ss SuckleWutpas caste cisdoees on ont ar verse cere e ree OB sake : hethaniy © Ronaldson, b QUGDTISh...,....--.-ssevesecee.. 6 | SAO by Bradford & Anthony, of Boston. D. 4., Bath, N. ¥.—Is there any work that gives a description of the flora of Texas? Ans. The Mexican Boundary Commission Report, N. H.8,, Natchifoches, La.—In the Forust anp SvREAM of July 26? appears an advertisement Of Camp’s Automatic Cartridge Loader. Is if what itis claimed fo heand worth tle price? Ans, We have seen Juniper Tar Soap to wash with, and apply powdered leaves of the py- rethrum rosum, Which may be had of Lazell, Marsh & Gardner, No. 10 Leaver, Baltimore.—1. What reputation has Beckwith, of London, as 2, Whiere can I procure the best style of wading shoes K. E, R., Ferrisburgh, Vt.—Please give the close time for black bass in the State of New York, especially as regards Lake Champlain? Ans. Sev. 22 reads, “* No person shall killor expose for sale, or have in posses- meas to how I shallload? Aus. Load just as you have been doing; it is’ 49 a eet - = — ee eeeseeseenneseseees} Ww. HH. T., Syracuse.—Which do you consider the best $50 breach- loading shot guninuse? Ans, We do not make distinctions between | club house of the Currituck Shooting and Fishing Club, where good Duck shooting is good inseason. Hyerything needed can be found at the board may be obtained, ete. Hallock’s “Sportsmens Gazetteer” gives Tullinformation, Price $s, Yor sale at this office, E. A. 8., Philadelphia,—t haye a Skye terrier puppy thirfeen weeks old which is ina very dangerous condition. He is yery small, weighs but thirteen owuces and has got the distemper very bad, What can Ido forhim, He walks with great difficulty and his breathing is labored. Ans. A rational treatment of so-called distemper cannot be given in these columns as it would occupy too much space. You may give, how- ever, 4 grain of muriate of ammonia and +7 grain of leptandrin eyery two hours, using small doses of quinine when pulseis high. The hook you want is Hallock’s “ Sporisman’s Gazetteer,” which will teach you how to treat the dog and give all other information you desire regard- ing breeds, ete. 8. D.H., Allentown, Pa.—t haye a setter bitch two and a half years old with canker ; shakes her head considerably ; have bathed it with Solution of sulphate of copper. Ttrelieyes her for the time; cannot £ cure her permanently? If so, how? Ans. ‘he sulphate of copper treatment is useless. Give the dog 6 drops of Donovan’s Solution in water three times a day, taking care nof to give on an empty stomach. As you do not say whether the canker is external or internal, we can- not prescribe further. If you will follow the directions tobe found in, Hallock’s Gazetteer you can cure your dog permanently. Wash your dog with juniper tar soap (Caswell’s), and wash the ear with castile soap and tepid water, bymeans of a P. P. syringe. F. G. $.—Can any of the men of science contributing to your valuable paper give me any information in regard to the mussels of the Ohio River and its tributaries? How many varieties are there and are they all edible, and if 8o ab what season of the year? Ans. We presume that: the bivalves referred to belong to the genus Unio of which very many Species haye been described; a majority of them are probably merely varieties. Jor information concerning the genus consult Binney’s “Fresh Water Mollusks,” the publications of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and of the American Philosophical Society in which Dr. Isaac Lea has described many species. See also Gould's Invertebrates of Mass. The Naturalist’s Agency, Salem, Mass, fan supply the above works. CONSTANT READER, Rouse’s Point.—Pl ease inform me as to the bird T have killed, ete. 2. Also let me know what will make my dog eat? He has no appetite. He is quite thin, and his coat looks'bad. 3. Let me know also where I can procure game laws of this State and what they cost. 4. Please let me know what to do for my dog. He got bit on the lip and I letit go too long till now it is 2 running sore and it begins to Swell. What will make a dog fine in his coat? Ans. 1. Your descrip- tion is entirely too meagre to decide from. ‘The description as given applies to nearly all the waders at some stage of their existence. De- scribe bill and feet and all the markings. 2. Cannot tell what is the matter with your dog from your description. You can get a copy of the game laws at this office; price fifteen cents. 8. Touch it lightly with lunar caustic, then apply the following: Mercurial chalk, ten graing: powdered sub. carbonate of lead, three grains; powdered willow char- coal, five grains; simple cerate one half ounce, made into an ointment, 4, Khubarb, six drachms; powdered white Castile Soap, two drachms; Septandrin and powdered cubebs, each one drachm, Mix. Dose, 4 grains three times a day. You ought to have Hallock’s “Gazetteer.” If would answer all the questions. Price $3.00; for sale at this office, —_— Ot Os —Undoubfedly one of the best and cheapest stocks of Carpetings, Oil- cloths, Mattings, etc., to be found in the United States is that of Messrs, JOHN H. PRAY, Sons & Co., Washington street, Boston. I. W. Adama is the sportsman of the firm, and will take special pains to please any of ouririends calling upon him or with any orders sent him, fis a good, reliable house,—[Ad», CanwapA.—There is a most interesting widow in that ap- propriately-named town, Hazardville, Conn. This lady has lost five husbands by powder-mill explosions. Is she alarmed? Is she discouraged ? Not at all. She is about to be joined to the sixth, and he is a powder-miller also. i CaArrirr Picgzon Conrests.—Pigeon matches are coming into vogue in this State. The sport is said to possess all the requisites of an exciting pastime, and promises to become popular. We fear, however, that its interest depends too ex. clusively wpon the race course system of betting. Blase fre. quenters of the turf may now yary the routine of puttin their change upon the gray horse by betting on the red. checker cock or the blue-checker hen. ’ =5 Ney Mar or Naw Yorr.—Messrs, D, A. Edatall & Co., of No. 14 Broadway, have just issued an elegant little ‘* Citi- zens’ and Travelers’ Guide Map In, ‘fo and From the City of New York and Adjacent Places.” It is printed upon bank | note paper, is handy for the pocket, and enables the traveler to dispense with a hack or hunting a directory in order to find his way about the city. A glance shows the names and locations of the prominent, churches, hotels, places of amusement, and public buildings, also the location of the piers of all ferries, foreign, coastwise, river and sound steamers, The elevated and street railways are so clearly indicated by the lines, arrows and signs referring to the directory of the tamé, that fraveling in or out of the city is made easy even to those unaccustomed to city travel. Price 25 cents, GAME PROTECTION. PENNSYLYVANTIA.—At alate mecting of the North Philadelphia, Game Protective Association the annual election for officers was held with the following result : President, Henry R, Allen; Vice-President, John Clapp; Treasurer, 0. 1. Webster ; Secretary, J. BE. Byram, Micuiaan.—The following amendment to the game law was made at the last session of the Legislature ; Src. 1. That no person or persons shall pursue or hunt or Kill any wild elk, wild buck, doe, or fawn, save only in the Upper Penitisula, from the Ist day of Atigust to the 15th of November, and in the Lower Peninsula from the 15th of Sep- tember to the 15th of December in each year, or kill or de- stroy by any means whatever, or attempt to take or destroy any wild turkey, at any time during the year except in the months of October, Noyember aud December of cach year, or kill or destroy by any means whatever any woodcock between the 5th of July and the 1st of January, or an y prairie chicken or pinnated grouse, commonly called partridge or pheasant, or any wood duck, teal duck, mallard duck, or gray duck, save only from the first of September in each year to the 1st of January next following. : —John Foutch, the great coon-killer of Madison County Tenn., now in his sixty-ninth year, says that ‘‘ from roastin. 2 cartime to roasting-ear time,” he has killed, with the sid of two dogs, 269 coons. His neighbors pay the tax on his dogs. SPRINGFIELD, Aug. 11, 1877, Epiror Forest ann Srrmam: I have read Dr, John P. Ordway’s two letters concerning the Mass. game law, together with Mr. Minot’s timely sugges- tions. I am aware that the law is not perfect, but it is far from being as imperfect as Dr. Ordway claims. I am not one who believes that even with the aid of the Mags. Anglers Association a better law could have been passed last winter. ‘The sports- men of Massachusetts have to meet the entire hotel and saloon interest of Boston whenever an efticientlaw is asked for to pro- ect game, and this interest is backed by their money. We were beaten by them in 1876, and were obliged to concede to them the objectionable clause in the bill of this year, or be beaten again; and it was not because we lacked the large advice and accu- mulated wisdom of the ‘‘ Angler’s Association.” The sports- men knew what we wanted; wetook the best we could get and bide our time. The law makes possession prima facie evidence to convict. Dr. Ordway very kindly makes proclamation to pot-hunters and poachers that this means nothing—in substance, that an eyasion and a lie will pass muster in a Massachusetts court if stuck tolong enough. This won’t do. A cannot buy woodcock of B, and then when he is prosecuted say that B told him they were killed in town; but the game being found on his possession the statute, as it now is calls upon him (A) to control and over- turn the presumption of guilt put upon him by the illegal possession, and unless he can do so I believe the Courts would conyict, as they ought. It is a notorious fact that the game law is, and always has been, violated iz Boston with impunity, and simply because sportsmen in that city dono try to suppress the violation. lam aware that this is a strong statement, but the sportsmen there will concede it. Because it is the ‘*Brunswick” or the Parker 4 or *Young’s” who violate thus the law, most sportsmen, lay finger upon lip and ery ‘* hush.” Living as I do, one hundred miles from the ‘Shub,” I am importuned weekly by letters from sportsmen in and about Boston hailing me with the old Macedonian cry, “Come over and help us.” In reply I say, ‘‘ Help yourselves.” ; We keep this end of the State right, and I will give Dr, Ordway twenty-five dollars apiece for all the woodcock he can find in this county dead out of season. How much better it would be for Dr, Ordway to test the law by an experimental prosecution, energetically pushed by good counsel, than to sit on his seat and confess judgment without trial, t because I (he) should not personally feel will. ing to risk the reputation of our society by obtaining warrants under the present law.” If his Society exists solely to preserve its reputation, let us know it. The people and the legislature when it granted the charter of said society supposedits purpose was a different one, andif it was not, why then, dear Dr., in good faith have its title changed again. } Mr. Hallock’s comments on the law, and your editorial ones in the last issue are easy writing, but just tell Hallock it +is easier to write a book” than to engineer a perfect came law through a legislature. E. H, Lararor. —_—_—_— SUNBURY, Pa, EDITOR FOREST AND STREAM = ji fea ght “Verde Monte’s ” article on “‘ Migratory Quail,” in your last number (Aug. 2), should attract the attention of eyery club and every sporte- man in our northern latitudes, I intend to introduce it to the notice of our association at our very next meeting, and shall wateh ment of this experiment with the greatest interest, The value of acquiring a new variety fo our list of the ortyx family‘ which is capable of protecting itself from almost annihilation by the seyerity of our northern winters, is almost beyond computation While the cost is 4 mere bagatelle. Tothe sportsman who essays oper. field shooting as more pleasurable than the more arduous close cover any accession of new varieties and numbers will be hailed with delight and the ‘* Rutland Fur Co..” if its imtroduction proves the Success iti promises, will have conferred a blessing which should Make its ‘memory ever green.” A, F, Onarre, the deyelop- 9 —George Gillespie of Wayne County, Pa. in th : by, Pa. @ wood that town, recently had a severe encounter with a Be A The brate weighed sixty pounds jand® red, for ites in aoe fy pounds and; measured, forty-one rT OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Woopeock Saootminc—Coremura Long-Range Ririe Crur —Bass Fisnivd—Snuoorine ann Fisuing At tun Vir- GINIA Springs, Ere. [FROM OTR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT | Wassineton, D. C., Aug. 18, 1877. Tih era woodeock (Philotela minor), the most deli- cious of allgame birds, is now quiteabundant in this vi- cinity, and many haye been killed within the past two or three weeks, It must be remembered, however, that woodcock shoot- ing though a beautifulis, at times, a very laborious sport,and the excessively hot weather has prevented many of our sportsmen from its enjoyment. Just now when the weather is close and sultry, the birds are found in the covered swamp, there being many such places within an hour’s drive of Washington afford- ing them excellent shelter. I have known of a few instances where six or eight have been killed in an afternoon, butithey are not so plentifulas they were in the days of Audubon, when he wrote of the woodeock as follows: “Tt is, however, killed in almost incredible numbers from the beginning of July until Jatein the winter, in different parts of the Union, and our markets are amply supplied with it dur- ing itsseason. You may at times see gunners returning from their sports with a load of woodcocks, composed of several dozens; nay, adept in the sport have been known to kill up- ward of a hundred in the course of a day, being assisted by relays of dogs, and perhaps a change of guns.” No doubt:they were very plentifulin some sections of the country at the time when he wrote, but the gameness of the bird, and ifs standing as a delicious morsel only served to make the persecutions against it the more perseveriug. The result is that they are rapidly decreasing in numbers. Wood. cock, if must be remembered, raise but one brood of young annually, and rarely more than fourin abrood. I have heard of nests being found with five eggs therein, but this. is not a frequent occurrence. The young birds begin to look out for themselves within a few hours after their appearance in the world, though they are not able to fly to any extent before three or four weeks. When about six weeks of age, however, although not fully fledged, they can fly with great rapidity, and it requires as much dexterity to kill them then as it does to dropan old bird. There has been a disagreement among ornithologists, I believe, as to the technical name for this bird, some Classing it as scolopaw, and others as Philohela minor, but the dissension is not limited to these learned gentlemen. A short time ago a gentleman from this city while on a visit in one of the neighboring counties of Virginia, went ont one afternoon for woodcock, having noticed many places where they might befound. Upon inquiry of his farmer friend he was told the birds were plentiful, and a piece of woods was pointed out which it was said they frequented. Further in- quiry developed the fact that his granger friend called our common woodpecker ‘‘ woodcock.” Soon, however, our city sportsman found the genuine bird, and bagged several before sundown. Uponhis return he displayed the birds with the remark ‘‘ Here is a true woodcock,” but his country friend, with a look of scorn, denied it, declarimg ‘that bird is a seven whistler, and it is no use to call it anything else.” Woodcock, like the snipe, see best at night, but I believe the former are more noctural in their habits. They feed principally at night, andare a more gentle bird than the snipe; besides snipe often take long and elevated flights during the day, while woodcock never fly, except at night, unless forced to do so to elude their enemies, and even then fly but a short distance. As before stated, they are found at this season in closely cover- ed swamps, buit in this locality it does not inhabit such places exclusively. At some seasons it is no uncommon occurence to find the bird in corn fields and other cultivated tracts in the Vicinity of swampy ground, and it often betakes itself to the woods torustle among the dry leayes and feed upon the insects and worins found under them. A few remain here during the winter unless the season is unusally severe. Most of them, how- eyer, are Off forthe South as soon as the ground begins to freeze, but return in early spring to breed. Their nest is care- fully concealed ina secluded place in low, thick,swampy woods or brakes, on the ground at the foot of a bush or sometimeson a. fallen log or decayed stump. It is formed of a few dry leaves or a little grass, just enough to keep the eges from the cold or moist ground, and in this latitude the eggs generally are laidin March. he female bird is consjderably larger than the male, but they fly with such rapidity that it requires great dexterity to kill them, tis well known that they feed principally on earth worms and insects; and it is said that a single bird will swallow more in the course of a night than will equal its own weight, its digestive powers, however, are great accordingly. Mer. Charles H. Laird is the fortunate winner of the Burnside badge presented to the Columbia Long-Range Rifle Club by Gol. J. O. P. Burnside, the President of the Organi- zation. There were four contests for the prize, participated in by Messrs Chas. H. Laird, James E. Bell, P. J. Lauritzen, Prof. Wm. Harkness and Col. Burnside. The badge is a beautiful piece of workmanship and attracts much attention, Tt is of gold, with enamelled face representing the target, On the reverse is the inscription “1877 Bourssiwe BADGE won by CHartes H. Larrp. Score, 180 177 184—d41. ° Distance, 1050 yards.” , The length of the badge is 13 inches and width } of an inch. It is surmounted by the monogram of the Club, ©, L. R. 0., in} a, - FOREST. Al ‘D gold tastefully interwoven, to which letters the pin is attached. Col. Burnside, the President of the Glub, takes a lively interest in the welfare thereof, and the badge was gotten up by him to be contested for, the terms being that one of the contestants must win it three times before it became his personal property. Each contestant had two sighting and forty-five scoring shots over the extraordinary distance of 1,050 yards, and at fhe first contest Mr, Laird was the winner ; at the second Mr. Lauritzen was successful ; at the third Mr. Laird again won, and at the fourth he took the prize. The Club meeis for practice at the range near Benning’s Station on the Baltimore and Potomac R. R.every Friday afternoon, and there are frequently many in- terested spectators. The organization is now affiliated with the National Rifie Association, having recently received the aftilia- tion papers, and it is in a very floutishing condition. There js a peculiarity about the black bass fishing in the Potomac near Washington noticed by many intelligent anglers during the past few years, and that is, that but few large fish are taken from the waters near the city. Three or four years ago it wasa common thing to catch bass above and in the neighborhood of the Little Falls weighing from two to three pounds, Now small ones are frequently taken, but it is not often that a fish weighing over a pound and a half is caught. Many who have noticed this express the opinion that the large fish ascend the stream to spawn and there remain, as fine ones are frequently taken in the headwaters of the Potomac, Shen- andoah and branches of those rivers. Letters from the Virginia Springs show that but few people are at those popular watering-places this season, but the vis- itors to the Springs inthe neighborhood of the Shenandoah River and its branches are enjoying excellent bass fishing, while at other places the trout streams in the mountains afford rare sport. There isno lack of variety as far as fishing is con- cerned ; all can take a hand, from the small boy of the hotel who successfully dangles the lively worm in a neighboring brook to the experienced angler who casts his fly for trout, or tempts the bass witha fat minnow. The mountains are full of wild turkeys and deer, and an occasional bear is met with. The young turkeys now are in good order and often afford good sport. ———§|_|_§| 2 Norice To SPORTSMEN,—Having received so many communications asking us for information in regard to our six-section bamboo trout, black bass, grilse and salmon rods, we have prepared a circular on the subject, which we shall fake pleasure in forwarding to any address, We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from $15 to $150, We put our stamp only on the best, in order to protect our customers and our reputation, for we are unwilling fo sell a poor rod with a false enamel (made by burning and staining, to imifate the genuine article) without letting our customers know just what they are getting. P, O. Box, 1,294.—[ A dp. ABBEY & IMBRIE, 48 Maiden Lane, Che Rifle. —— Crrepmoor, Aug. 18.—The Parker stn match at Creed- moor on Saturday last, gave the long-range men an opportu- nity for 1,000 yds. praetice, the conditions requiring 30 shots at 1,000 yds. Out of a possible 150 the scores ran: C# Blydenburgnh............... ABS) CMIBNOry. 7 Sa dew canara =e F Hyde....... ener te Sia Nees 132 FF. F. Millen... T Lamb, Jr....._ a Aor xr va 12% KR Rathbone... ms AL ALENS eigee pees ce hee oer P26 SCs MECISgia sss seccke hee vaulted W_GUBI yy sadeleeenstee = tr erard 123. TWO HM arrOtih OF ste aces so - 107 OL eVWiHREIS sa cusms suse esis yet 123) RH Keene. tit. ieee 102 TS Dakin..-.....<.0. sable ab stelle LAA TI CA PEL OUDY eae poeta oe ee aonte O4 HACD ORV On eee ctw ae ses eee yous 120 Tuesday, Aug. 21.—The first regular practice of the Ameri- can team and reserve at Creedmoor, on Saturday last, was certainly encouraging, despite an accident to Gen. Dakin’s piece, which prevented him from taking his usual high place, The scores stood : 800 yds. 900 yds. 1,000 yds. ‘Total, ETO We wan eng Rienmenieleasersrey salt sees j4 val 69 QI4 SAAC OMAN Oni. cee oes bak wine 68 3 68 209 CE Blydenburgh. oa iesDe 42 vel 206 AY 8 VBP aerate sat aniek Be ometalvad acopey FE Waa 14: 70 62 206 WVLELGACKSUTUEE es a etae ie tench eel irs 12 65 66 208 Pela He DONT cmipcietes Cane rine nee netee 72 69 61 202 PPC oBrucese ances oe ey par Se 69 66 65 200 INS CWE lles 120 S58 SORES ean se 73 64 62 199 SERIAL peg actewiniere wea seat a diaserees ce Seok 10 65 58 193 The Crescent City Rifle Club team from New Orleans were also down, and for the first time fired over the Creedmoor ranges. These scores are certainly very fair, and fairer than all is Selph’s 75 at 800 yards; ™ very good initial effort indeed. ‘The scores stood : 800 yds. 900 yds, 1,000 yds. ‘Total. Dudley Selph. orld 61 65 201 Wim Arms.... : 198 RG Byrich... 185 John M Renau 183 ET Manning... 178 Jobin Glyun, Jr 171 Tue Irish AMERIGAN Rie meet the Greenwich, Conn., Irish American Rifle Club in answer to the challenge published in our columns, and on Saturday last the following team was chosen: J. 1. C, Clark, J. i. Irwin, N. D, Ward, Corporal Cavanagh, H. L. Hoyer, Ed. Duffy, P. Farrelly, M. M. Maltby. Reserves—W. H. Mur- phy, J. F. McHugh, Sergeant Burns, - The visit to the Connecticut Inishmen will take place Wed- nesday, Aug. 29—the shooting to be at 200 yds. only. —For trains to Creedmoor Kifle Range, see time-table in advertising columns. We trust this will answer the numer- ous inquiries as to how to get to Creedmoor. Tue CRAck Crry SHors.—It is a curious fact, observes the Graphic, that the crack shots chosen to make up the Ameri- canrifleteam are natives of our larger cities. The Leather- stockings and Deer-slayers of the forest, of marvelous skill in drawing a bead, have disappeared. They are eclipsed by the man of the town, who doubles himself upon the ground like a patient suddenly stiffened in the writhings of cholera, and makes a central shot at 1,000 yards, Butthe mn le i a = == ; = man of the town has the most practice. He is stimulated — hy the prospect of a world-wide fame and high stakes. He — has a greater variety of targets and practice. There are targets and practices at’ the butts on the plain, and occa— sionally, in troubled times, tarzets and practice on rioters in the metropolitan streets. For the country marksman the wild turkey, deer and bear have nearly disappeared. Nor do rioters fill their places. An oceasional tramp, it is true, invites a shot, but does not come often enough to make the practice regular. For such reasons does the country marks- inan lag behind his compeer of the town. Tue New Hayen Raner.—Several informal meetings on the question of a reorganization for rifle shooting effort in New Haven have been held. On the evening of the 14th a final meeting was held at the office of Col. Smith, and a full organization effected. The name of the association was finally fixed upon as the ‘‘New Haven Rifle Association,” Its objects are to provide and maintain a suitable range for military and long-ranye target practice, and to encourage and promote the interests of this art. The annual fee was fixed at $3, to be payable in advance, The fee for life mem- bership was fixed at $10. The regular monthly mineetings of the Board of Directors on the first Friday evening of each month. No liquors or intoxicating drinks can be sold or offered as prizes on the grounds at any shoot of the associa, tion, The association starts off with some sixty members- having absorbed all the rifle associations in the city. The property of the old New Haven Rifle Association will soon be made ever to it formally. The price has already been agreed upon, and new ranges have been constructed in ad- vance. The grounds are cast of the Hartford railroad track in the rear of the Schutzen Park. Ranges from 200 yards up to 1,000 yards have been provided, but not furnished yet. j They will be furnished with targets and other appurtenances at once, and will have three 200-yards, three 500-yarda, one 800, one 900, and one 1,000-yards target. Officers were chosen as follows: President, Col. §. R. Smith ; Vice-Presi- dent, Capt. Frank Tiesing ; Recording Secretary, Col. §. J. Fox; Treasurer, Lieutenant Andrew Allen ; Directors, Capt. Doerschuck, Captain J. E. Stetson, J. M. Marlin and Major W. H, Layne, Jr. O. M. Winchester, James M. Mar- lin, E. M. Reed and Eli Whitney were chosen honorary members, The range will be formaily opened next week, New Haven.—On. August 8 a match with military rifles was fought on the New Haven range between teams of the Government Foot-Guards and the New Haven Light-Guards, resulting in a victory for the latter, the scores standing : New Haven Light-Guards, 200 yards. 500 yards. Tl LJ Kennedy, Captain of team...... 833445-19 O448 7-11 30 Private) MICrOy oss ees sees bsecdetd Boh 9 5-16 26 5 6 4—2f 47 Gorp RM Walker,............2.% Ad444-00 3444419 39 Private B ¥ Lewis............,......8 44 5 4—18 30827—8 25 Private H POIKOM, .....s0ss+-teeee DH 4438-19 TT8e4—8 27 Private; G INIGHOIS.2 8 a. Je oe eee cleeae 55444-9092 454 4 4—¥1 43 Priyate I’ O Bronson..,.2,.+.00-.-.3 443 4-18 035 4 294 BY POLAL IS. ewetne el upugh tase 23 her eck te See ED 102 «954 Goyernment Foot-Guards, 200 yards, 500 yards. 7] A Allen, Captain of feam,.,.........829334-15 4045518 35 Corp A JONDSON ....-. 2.6. eens c cease 303 3 3-12 48 08 4—18 25 Private J Bradnock,...<....,+ecse0ss 4053 5-17 337 4—10 QT Sergt Demming,........ "Swab eaey wate 2444 4-15 423 02-11 29 Private Andrewe...........+-. sesbce 4544 4-21 52002— 7% 28, Private Shepard............-..55 eet 442-16 843 4%5-15 31 Beret HMOVse a vecn avec cat eons 42343—-16 357 5 316 8u MORALS os ancem ans hits seein oie Sy eeesentlo 90 35 Willowbrook Lange, Conn,—The regular semi-monthly shoot of the Connecticut Rifle Association, at Willowbrook Range, Berlin, on Saturday, the 11 inst., was a very pleasant and satisfactory one. The long-range champion badge (ten shots each at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards) was won by George T. Judd, of Middletown, this being the second full score ut 800, 900 and 1,000 yards he has ever shot. The following were the leading scores in the long-range match : 800 yds. 900 yds, 1,000 yds. Total, 46 8 ist GT Judd, Middletown................ 47 3 B® Wessel, New B'n. ....s.00 csesen-+-044 46 a8 1/8 Orange Judd, Middletown............38 45 43 126 W Parker, New B'n...... s..0....-.-.43 38 42 135 WioHeBinnd pits sso eeeek see eh denen et 40 4 al 122 The mid-range champion badge was won by F. T. Stud- ley of Hartford on a perfect score of ten straight bull's-eyes, The All-Comers trophy, open to any rifle of .40 cal. oy under, and any trigger pull, was won by J. L. Woodbridge of Manchester. All the badges must be won three times to become the property of the winner. ‘he mid-range cham. pion badge has been wou twice by H. P. King of New Britain. It is proposed to arrange wu “‘ ladies’ day” on the range. Massacuuserts— Walnut Till.—At the third match for the Sharps’ mid-range rifle on the 14th inst., but few com-— petitors appeared. The distances were 200, 800 and 500 yards ; position standing at each distance; fiye rounds Mr. N. W. Arnold had Jed in the contest on a previous day, and Mr. J. B. Osborn also led in @ previous competition. Mr. L. W. Farrar led on this occasion, making 60 out of a possible 75. The following were the leading scores : 200 yards. 30 yards. 500 yards, ™ LW Parrarsseues 4 465-22 B3445—-19 24544 49 G9 S EURigg. coc eee ceee 444449) 4449418 449549 57 JH Osborn.......«: 3584-19 44454-2 42395 16 56 Maryvanp—Baluimore.—The first prize shooting for a Whitney 45-calibre rifle took place at the Patapsco Rifle Range, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Baltimore, on Sat., the 13th. The conditions were seven shots each man, 200 yards, open to all comers, any rifle, Creedmoor, rules, the member haying the highest score in the aggregate of three trials to become the winner. The scores were as follows: SE SOK: ab gaveN siete ra ssdasneb ware deen t na -5 3 44 38 4 599 TS BODISGE oy nae See vadenaececscl bivcn te eee ei aed 8 3 4 3-93 dB Armstrong......----.--. Ss onda oe suscsemessecee dod d 2 B dogs W oF Dayids0D. 0... eeese dente eseesessseeescneoeed BOD d 5 2 349 Hwd Melenior...... 1.0. ..ssseee Feet mA 444 4 3 495 GUL SMIth. yi esaeceesatedee pas 23 3 3 4 3-99 JJ Turner, Jr.....-- Hee 23 8 2 2 3-22 TAMVSUBVINEORS wawsncassseeculoee be 43 5 3 4 j-19 AV Canfield, Jr.... 340 4 3 )—17 W R Cunningham 23 2 2 $ 319 FF Vickers. 3 0 8B 8 3) 2-14 G A Kernan 33800 8 2418 L Detrish.... | 03803 4 0-13 Froamoor, WVew Orleans.—The last day’s shooting of {the New Orleans experts of the Crescent Cityul was ~done_in Tea! . f r y ~ = 4+. a - ND STREAM, the fourth competition for the Lilienthal Cup on the 12th | Prizes—ist, Grand Medal of the N. B. A, in gold, value #100 ; inst,, and as usual top scores were shown as follows : 4 80-5 8445656585555 511) TRG BYyrichiiveceessteens-.4 900-5 5558354565545 5 5—71'-208 1,005 63052645355 46 6-61 S08 45545555555 5b 472) Capt Dudley Selph........ 900-5 5446505465 556 567.195 1000045654445 3384344 456) J $05 4456440543655 5—0s Col John Glynn, Ir.-....4 9035534655403 445 4 565 199 Uino0-8 635445443543 5 4-09 SN—15 55555550654 5 5-63) ET Manning....., veesver> H—46.58443445555 4 4—64L198 1,004 3565355344500 5—56) 80-9 53555064453 5 5 b—64) Major Wm Arms,-... veers 900-3 BHXBR348565H55655-10-187 1,000-3 538554455346 4 p—o2 ( S000 344455590546 4 5-61) Jolin K Renand.....,.,...- 90-4255565% 55565 4 3674185 (ww0—4.4 355444352434 867 Light changing wind, shifting from 8 to 3 o’clock, and very troublesome, After the long-range competition, the following scores were made for the clubs; diamond mid-‘ange badge, 15 shots at 500 yards ; carton target ; possible score, 90 points; no sighting shots. RG Byrich:......-. ---.-5 465 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 & 6 6—S4 Jas Buckley 6 0446643444 4 4 4 4-6) Wi Arms... 66464455 65 4 6 5w —t4 Gussin. The erack shots of the Crescent City Rifle Club, of New Orleans, who haye been chosen as the team to represent the club and the State in the coming inter-State long-range match at Creedmoor, arrived im this city via the Pennsylvania Nail- road at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Dudley Selph, John K. Renaud, R. H. Hyrich, E, T. Manning, Wm. Armes, John Glynn, Jr., and Jas. Buckley. The last-named gentleman will act as captain of the team, Manning and Renaud forming the reserve. Upon the Frogmoor range, near New Orleans, these gentlemen haye made scores which leave the Creedmoor showings, excellent though they be, far behind, as a reference to our files will show. Col. Glynn is President of the Department of Public Works of New Orleans; Mr. Arms is a builder, Mr. Buckley is in the book trade, while Mr. Hyrich is a wholesale stationer; Mr. Selph is leading book-keeper and cashier of one of the largest drug houses in the city. The team have taken quarters at Hemp- stead, near the range, and will devote themselves to such drill and practice as will make a victory in the inter-State long-range match a sure thing for them—at least this is their intention, @atmorntA Rive Tram.—The sixteen members of the California team for Creedmoor met at San Bruno on the 12th inst. for the regular weekly practice, and succeeded in getting in yery good scores, though the day was unfavora— ble for good shooting. The members of the team are all ready and anxious to engage in the contest, though several of them will haye to sacrifice their little income during the time of absence, besides bearing the expense of ammunition for the long contests necessary to select the team and keep them in practice after selection. The time for departure had been fixed for the 22d, but it is now evident that an ex— tension vill the 29th will be necessary. This will give ample time for practice at Creedmoor, and the very hot weather of August will be avoided. The svores stood as follows, 10 Shots each distance < 200 yas, 500yds, Tl 200 yds. 500 yds, TE Carson...... 42 44 86 Capt Brockhoil, .39 4i) 79 Geo H strong....40 44 84 L Burrere,.....,.38 BY VW Olarles Nash....43 4) 88 JP Warren..-...41 36 qi Lieut Kobertson.4u 34 §2 Capt H J Burns. .44 33 Ti EP Oger. ..se0.--.40 41 8:1 Geu MeComb....47 BY 76 CP LeBreiun....41 Ly) BL Wim Wriplit..... aT 39 7 Jos W Maher... .43 43 $1 Hurry Hook.....36 39 45 EH Ladd... ....838 41 79 EN Shook, Jr. 5s 37 (5) American Arms For Turkmy,—Dhe Bridgeport (Conn. ) Metallic Cartridge Works haye lately shipped for the Turk- ish Goyernment thirty-two car-loads of cartridges. The balance of the cargo of the steamer carrying them was fur- nished by the Whitney Arms Company of New Haven. —The Rahway Rifle Club offer a badge to be shot for on their range at Rahway, N. J. Conditions: Distance 200 yards, position off-hand; rifle any within the rules. En- ‘trance fee, 50 cents, open to residents ot New Jersey ; two sighting and two scoring shots; must be won three times (aot necessarily consecutively) before becoming the prop- erty of the winner. The badye is on exhibition at the store ef Hi. 8, Harris, 177 Broadway. The first match will take place Aug. 30. —The Mohawk Valley Rifle Association of Utica has been picking its flints, and is taking on new life. A range on the Mohawk Flats, of over 1,000 yards, has been selected, which Mr, Hepburn pronounced one of the finest ranges in the coun- try. The association is becoming active, and is determined to make a record. Tur OrEEDMOoR FALL Menrina,—The following is the programme of matches for Fifth Annual Fall Prize Meeting National Rifle Association, Monday, September 10, 1877, and the following days, at 9 A, M., each day: Competition I— Judd " Match.—Offered annually, under reso- lution of Board of Directors, N. R. A., to commemorate the ser Yices rendered by Hon. David W, Judd in securing the passage of the Jaw by which the Association was enabled to secures its rauge. Conditions.—Weapon, auy military rifle. Distance, 200 yards. Position, standing, Hounds, seven. Entrance fee, $1. Open to all comers. Prizes.—1st, a trophy, yalue $50; 2d, a trophy, value $30; 3d, lite membership N, kK. A., transferable under the rules of the N. hi. A., value #25; 4th, cash #15; 5th, cash $10; 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th prizes each, cash $5; 10th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 14th, 18th, 19th and 20th prizes each, cash #3. Competitzon 1.—** Short Range” Match. Conditions—Open to all comers. Weapun, any rifle. Distance. 200 yards. Seven rounds. Position, atanding. Hutrance fee, $1, _ Prives—tst, a prize, valus $100; 2d, a prize, value $50; 3d, a lifé membership N. R. A., transferable under the rules of the N. R. A,, value $25; 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th prizes each, cash B10, #40; Sth, Yth, 10th and 11th prizes each, cash #5; 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th prizes each, cash pa. Competition ILt.—The **Champion’s*? Match. | f ‘Conditions—Open to all comers. Weapon, any rifle or rifles. Distances, 200, 600 and 1,000 yards. Rounds, ten at each distance, Position, standing at 200 yards, any at 600 and 1,C00 yeards. Hn- trance feo, #2, irae hy i shee ; Pale 9d, Grand Medal of the N. R. A. in silver, value #50; 8d, Grand Medal N. BR. A. in bronze, yaltie $25; 4th, cash $25; 5th, cash #20; Gth, cash $155 7th, cash S10; Sth, cash $5; Yth, cash +5; 10vhb, cuBh iS, Competition TV.—* Cavalry " Match. Conditions--Open to teams of seyeu from any troop or other or- ganization armed with carbines, of the National Guard 8. N. Y., vach being certified by their commander to be a regular mamber in good stunding of the troop ho represents, and to have been such on Jone Ist, 1877. They shall appear in the uniform of their corps (full dress or fatigne). Distances, 200 yards. Position, standing. Rounds, seven. Weapon, Remington breech-loading carbine, State model, with either oarbine or infantry ammunition. Trigger pull not less than sixponnds. Hntrance fee, $1 cach man. Prizes—iat, to the troop whose team makes the highest azrre- fate score, a water cooler, yalue $100; Yd, to the troop whose team makes the second highest ageregate score, 2, tent, presented by J. P. McHugh, 1,286 Broadway, New York, value ‘$45; 3d, to the troop whose team makes the third highest aggregate score, a trophy, valine #25, Competition V.— Gatling ” Match. Condaitions—Open to tems of twelve men from any regiment, or Battalion of the National Guard, State of New York, All competi- lors must be regularly enlisted members, in good standing, of the regiment or battalion which they represent, and must be certitied to have been such on June ist, 1877. They shall appear in the uniform of their corps (full dress or fatigues). Weapon, Reming— ton Btute Military Rifle. Distance, 500 yards. Rounds, seven. Position, any. Tintrance fee, $1 each competitor. Prizes—ist, to the regiment whose team makes the highest avore, a Gatling gnu, presented by the Gatling Gun Company, valued at $2,000, to be wou twice (not necessarily consecutive) be- fore becoming the winner’s property, the gun to be held fox the year by the winning corps. Wonin 1$75 by 79th Regt. team ; in 1874 by 12th Regt, team; in 1875 by 22d Regt, team; in 187b by 23d Regt, team. 2d, to the regiment whoss team makes the second highest aggregate score, a trophy, value 100; 3d, to the regiment whoxe team makes the third highest aggregate score, trophy, value 350. Conipetition VI.—* New York State National Guard ” Match. Condijicns—Open to teams of twelve from each regiment ux bat- talion of infantry of the National Guard of the State of New York, each man ‘being certified by bis regimental commander to be a regularly enlisted member in good standing of the regiment or bat— talion he represents, and to have been kuch on June Ist, 1577. All competitors must appear in the uniform of their corps (full dress or fatigue). Distanees, 200 and 500 yards. Position, stwnd- ing af 200, any at 500. Weapon, Remington rifle, State model. Rounds, five. Hutrance fee, Sl each mau. Where two or more teams from any of the Divisions of the National Guard (exelnding the Mivst and Second Divisions) shall participate in the above match, the one of such teums making the high¢sat score shall be presented with the prize offered by the State to such division Raden $100), nuless a separate competition shall have been provided for by the Inspector of Kifle Practice of such division. T’izes—ist, to the regiment or battalion whose team makes the highest aggregate score, the N. Y. State prize, a trophy, presented by the Commander-in-Chief, on behalf of the State of New York, yalnue $500; 2d, tothe regiment or battalion whose team makes thesecond highest aggregate score, a trophy, value $110; 3d, to the regiment or battalion whose team makes the third highest ag— gregate score, a trophy, yalue $75; 4th, to the regiment or bat- taliun whose team makes the fourth highest aggregate score, a prize, value gol. ; Competition VIL.—" Army and Navy Journal” Match. Conaitious—Open to teams of twelve from all regularly organ- ized military organizations in the United States, ineluding the Regulay Army, Navy and Marine Corps. All competitors to be regularly enlisted members, in good standing ot the Regiment. Battalion, Corps, or ‘’rvop they represent, and to haye been such on June Ist, 1877, and to appear in the uniform (full dress or fatigue) of the organization which they represent. Weapon, such militury rifle as has been issued at the public expeuse to the or- ganization which the team represents. Distance, 500 yards. Rounds, seven. Position, any within the rules. Hntrance fee, $1 each competitor. Prizes—ist, To the organization whose team makes the highest aggregate score, a Silver Trophy, manufactured by the Gorham Company, and presented by Col, William O. Church, on behalf of of the Army and Navy Journal, valued at $750, This prize is to be won three times before becoming the property of the winner. Tt will be held for a year by the officer commanding the winning corps. Won in 1873 by 24d Regiment, N. G.8. N. Y.; 1874, by 7th Regiment, N. G@. 8. N. ¥.; 1876, by 2d Regiment, N. G. 8, Uonn.; 1876, by 7th Regiment, N. G. 8. N. Y. 2d—A ‘Trophy ; value, $100, 3d—A Trophy; value, $50. Competition VIIL—* First Division National Guard’? Match. Conuitions—Open to teams of twelve from euch Kegiment or Battalion of Infantry in the First Division of the National Guard, 8. N, ¥. All competitors to appear in the uniform of their corps (full dress or fatigue), and to be certified by their Regimental Commander to be regularly enlisted members, in good standing, of the Regiment and Batialion they represent, and to have been such on June ist, 1877. Weapon, Remington Rifle, State model. Dis- tances, 2U0 and 500 yards, Jive shots at each distance. Position, standing at 200 yards; any position at 500 yards. Wntrance fee, $1 each man. Prizes—ist. To the Regiment or Battalion whose team makes the highest aggregate score, the N. Y. State Division Prize; value, $100. 2d. To the Regiment or Battalion whose team makes the second highest aggrepate score, a Trophy; value, ®75. 3d. Tothe Regiment or Battalion whose team makes the third highest agzre- gate score, a Trophy; yalue, $50. Competition (X.—" Second Division National Guard” Match, Conditions—Open to teams of twelve trom each NRegiment or Battalion of Infantry in the Second Division of the Nationa) Guard, 8. N.Y. All competitors to appear in the uniform of their coxps (full dress or fatigue), and to be certified by their Regimental Commander to be regularly enlisted members, in good standing, of the Regiment or Battalion they represent, and to haye been such on June Ist, 1877. Weapon, Remington Rifle, State model. Dis- tances, 200 and 500 yards; five shots at each distance. Position, staiding at 200; any af 500 yards. Wutrance fee, $1 each man. Prizes—‘l'o the Regiment or Battalion whose team makes the highest aggreyate scoie, the N.Y. State Division Prize; value, #100. 2d. Yo the Regiment or Battalion whose team makes the second highest aggregate score, a Trophy; value, $50. 3d. To the Kegiment or Battalion whose team makes the third highest ag- gregate score, a ‘Trophy; value, #25. Compelition X—" Short Range Team” Mateh. Conditious—Open to teams of five trom any reghlarly organized Rifle Club or Association, or Military Organization (1ruop, Bat- tery, or Company) in the United States. Distanees, 200 and 300 yards ; rouuds, seyen, and two sighting shots at each distance. Weapon, any Rifle or Carbine within the rules. Position, stand- ing. Hutrance fea, #1 each man. More than one team may be entered from the same organization, but same individual will not be allowed to appear in two teams. Prizes—To the team muking the highest aggregate score, a Tro- phy ; value, $50, 2d. To the team making the second highest ag pregate scove, a Trophy ; value, $25. 3d. To the team making the third highest aggregate score, a Trophy; value, $15. Competition XI.— Inter-State Military’? Match, Conditious—Open to one team trom each State and Territory in the United States, consisting of twelve men, chosen in such a manner as shall be prescribed by the Mulitary Authovities of such State or Territory, from any one or more of the regularly organ- ized Regiments, Battalions, or Companies of uniformed Militia, Hach team must be proyided with a certificate from the Adjutant- General of the State they represent, certifying that each of their number is a regularly enlisted member of their uniformed Militia, in good standing, and was such on the Ist day of June, 1877. | They shall appear in the uniform of their corps. Distances, 200 58 and 500 yarda. Position, at 200 yards, standing; aud st 500 yards’ any. Weapon, the anthorized Military Rifle in use by the National Guard of the State or Territory which the team represents. In cases where the State has adopted no particular model (which must be certified to by the Adjutant-Ganeral), the team will be al Jowed to use the riflein use by the Regular Army of the United States, or by the noiformed Militia of any other State. Ronnds, ten at each distance. Wntranece fee, $2 each man. Prize—A large bronzed '* Soldier of Marathon.” prasanted by tha Commander-in- Chief, on behalf of the State of New York, fo he shot for annually at Creedmoor, and to be held during the year by aa eae a eae) of the State whose ‘leam may win it ; value, ‘poo. Competition XII. Inter-State Long Range” Match. Jonditions—Open fo teams of fonr, from all Rifle Associations or Clubs in any State or Territory in the United States that may haye affiliated with the National Rifle Association previous to the match. Distances, 800, 900 and 1 00) yards ; 15 ahots al each dia— ftanee, without sighting shots. Weapon, any Stille within the Rules. Wntrance fee, $4 each team, ht Prize—A trophy to be held for the year by the suecesafty! team, which shall be deposited in some central place in tle State whose feam may winit. Hach member of the winning team to receive a. gold badge, presented by the N. R. A. Competition XTIL.—The “ Wimbledon Cup. Value, #500, Presented by the National Rifle Association of Great Britain to the N. BR, A. of America, fo b@ competed for on conditions to be decided upon by the National Association of America. Open to all citizens and residents of the United States, Distanaa, 1,000 yards. Thirty shots: no sighting shots. Weapon, any Rifle ee Rules. Position, any without artificial rest. Wnutranes @R, opi, To be held by the winner till the next Fall Meeting of the N. R. A,, when it will be shot for on the same conditions. Won in 1875 by Ifenry Fulton; in 1876 by Isaac lL, Allen, Competition XTY.—Long Range Match. ~ Conditions—Open to all comers. Distanees, 900, 1,000, 1,100 and 1,200 yards, Position, any. Ronnda, ten } with two sighting shots at each distance. Weapon, any Rifle. Wntrance fee, #— Prizes to be fixed. Steward’s Acgregate Prizes.—Tho following prizes, offered an nually by Va. J. H. Steward, of No. 406 Strand, W. C., London Bngland, the appointed optician to this aasociation and to the Na- tional Rifla Association and National Artillery Association of Great Britain, will be awarded as follows : F To the marksman making the highest agererate score in Com- petions V., VI. and VIIL. or V., VI. and IX., a Steward's New Camp Tkinocular Field Glass, as used officially at Wimbledon, value, $45. To the markeman meking the highest aperegate score in Competitions II., IIT, and X1Y., a Lord Bury Telescope value, $40. ; The following match hag been adopted hy the National Rifle Ag- sociation, aud will ba shot abot Ist of Octoher, 1877: exact date to be announced on Bulletin board during this fall meeting: “Military Championship Match, of the United States of Amer- ica.” (established 1877), divided into two stages. Gonditions—Tirst Stage.—Open to all members of tha army, navy or Marine Corps of the United States, or of the National Gmard of any State. Hach competitor to appear in the nniform (full dress or fatigue) worn by the organization of which he is gp member. Distance, 200, 500, and G00 yards. Rounds seven at each distance, and two vighting shots. Weapon, the authorized muilitary arm of the organization to which the competitor belongs, Positions, at 200 yards, standing ; at 500 and 600 yards, any with head toward the target, Entranc fees, 2, Prizes—tist prize. cash, $50. 59 prizes. each cash #5, $295, Conditions—Second Stage.—Open to the highest sixtyin the first stage. The winner of the first prize in this stage is entitled to the ‘Championship of tha United Stites of América” for one year. Distances, 800, 900 and 1,000 yards. Rounds, seyen at each distance, and two sighting shots. Weapon. special Military rifles, which will be issued on the range to each of the sixty com— petitors, the winner of the first prize in the fir-t stage to have first choice ofthe rifles; the winner of the second prize, the second choice, and se on. Two days will be allowed for competitors to practice. The rifles will be receipted for when issued, and nimst be returned to the Superintendent of the Range at the conelusion of each day’s practice, Position. any. Hntrance fee, #1. Prizges—ist. prize.—The “United States Military Champion- ship Grand Gold Medal,” presented by the National Rifle Assovia— tion, value $160, and cash #100—total, 2200; 2d prize, cash S40: 3d prize, cash, $25. Three prizes, total, $275. : “Tnternational Long Range” Match for the championship of the World—onen to riflemen of all countries. Thursday, Sept. 18th, 1877, Grst day: Friday, Sept. 14th, 1877 second day. Commencing each day at 1] A. a. r Conditions—Teams.—#Hach team shall consist of eight men- Members of the yarious teams participating must be native-born citizens and residents of the various countries they rerpectively represent, exceptin the case of teams representing a provincial territory of a government, in which case a residencein the pro- vince will be sufficient, provided tha member is a native-born gub- ject of the parent country, Rifles:—Any, not exceeding ten pounds weight. Minimum pull of trigger, 3 ponnds. Distances .--800, 900 end 1,000 yards. Nnmber of Shots.—Thirty at each range, by each competitor. No sighting shots. Match to last two days, Competitors to fire Bigee shots at each distance upon each day, commencing at 800 yards. Position.—Any, without artificial rest. Entrance Hee.—None. Preyions Practice.—Competing teams shall be allowed the use of the range for one week previous ti the match, but on the days of this match no person will be allowed to shoot on the range at any of the distances prescribed herein, except ak a competitor, Captains of the competing teams shall elect two referees, and the referees so chosen shall appoint an wmpire, whose decision in all gases, shall be final. J Prize.—An American Centennial Trophy. Such trophy to. ba shot torin sach subsequent year, upon the same terms, in the country of the team holding it, at such time and place aga said feam, or 4 majority thereof, shall prescribe. Hach member of tha winning team to receive a medal representing the trophy. Sights, targets, marking and scoring in the foregoing match to be according to the printed regulations of the National Rifle Auso- ciation of America. —According (o Voltaire, perfection is attained by slow degrees; she requires the hand of time. This is peculiarly the case in inventions and discoverles, For justance, B. ,T. Babbitt has been forty years im applying and perfecting his chemical science. Vherefore we have his new Toilet Soap, an article for the toilet and bath room that cannot be overpraised, for it unites every excellence. As atest, if 1s fonnd jo be fhe most admirable thing in the world for the délicate skin ol babies. — ddv. if eo —The national pastime of Russia is hunting wolves, a species extremely fierce and rapacious in their nature. It is said that since the serfs have been emancipated they are uuwilling to act as drivers in wolf hunts on account of the dangers at- tending the sport. Statistics show that in 1875, 161 persons were killed in that country by wolves, aud the loss in domestic animals from the same source ig estimated at $12,- 500,000 per annum.— Zz. —A red fox has been turned loose on Oak Island, and New Yori Sportsmen propose to haye a fox hunt there in the fall. ——— Game Bay anid Gui. GAME IN SEASON FOR AUGUST. Woodcock, Philohela miner. Black-bellied plover, ox-eye, Siyua- tarola helvetiva. Ring ployer, Xgialitis semipal- meta. Blilt, or long-shanks, HAimantoyws _ wigricollis “Ked-hreasted snipe or dowitcher, Macrovhamphus griseus, Red-hacked sandpiper,or ox-bird Tringa americana Gréat marbled godwit, or marlin, DLimosa fedou. Willet, Totanus semipalmatus, Tattler, Totanws melanoleucus. Yellow-shanks, Votanus slavipes. _ “Bay birds” generally, including various species of ployer, sand- miver, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surf birds, phalaropes, ayocete, etG., Coming under the eroup Limacole or Shore Birds. Many States Permit pramie fowl (pinnated grouse) shooting after August 16th, "The frequent alteration of game laws makes such con- fusion that sportsmen are kept quite in the dark as to when ‘shooting on various kinds of game is permitted. We there- fore append the following table for reference : Pinnated — Grouse. ‘States | pRutted Grous® Quail. Woodcock. Sep 1 to Jan 15| Oct 1 fo Feb1/Ocil to Web 1 Oct 1 to Feb 1)Novi to dan 1)Nov 1 to Janj .jAugis to Dea'/Sep 12to Decis)\Oct 1 to Jani -|Augi4 to Oenl|Sep1 to Dec l)sep1 to Dee 1 -|Augz 15 toNovis |Sep 15 to Jan 1)Sep 15 to Jan 1 .{No Shooting | No Shooting. ‘No Shooting ».-/Aug 1 t+ Fehd Bx _ A law was passed in Nebraska last February, prohibiting the shooting of any kinds of wild bird except waterfowl, “snipe, waders and woodcock. No close season is specified for woodeock. Sept 1 to Jan 15 dJulylto Jani July lto Jan i July 8 to Noy 1 July 4 fo Nov 15 No fResitric- Octi to Jani tions. _ Smartt Bors ys. Lance Borz Guns.—As this subject is one of material interest to your readers, I may be pardoned if i lay before American gentlemen the experience of an English sportsman who has paid—con amore—a great deal of attention during a sporting experience of twenty-five years to this and Kindred gunnery matters. __ I may premise that the practical superiority in the field of the small over the large bores has loog been an axiom with “me. Years ago [ advocated their use in the columns of tlie 'Bnglish Feld, and not without some satisfaction have I of tate noticed that their use has hecome far more general in England than formerly. Shortly after my arrival in America, I became a subscriber to Forest Aanp Stream, and was imume- diately struck with wonder at the weights of the guns inci- dentally mentioned in your columns; 8 lb., 9 1b., and even 931b. 12 (1) gauge guns were alluded to, and as sporting Weapons of these weights are very rarely used by English “Sportsmen in any part of the world, I naturally concluded that American 12-gauge guns were generally made with long chambers and used with heavy charges, and were required to killat very long ranges. A subsequent examination, and a ‘more familiar acquaintance with field sports in America have shown me that this is not the case as a rule, and I have, there- fore, been somewhat inclined to believe that in very many in- Stances American sportsmen carry a good deal more metal ‘than is at all necessary to attain the range they require. It Seems to me that they use larger gauges and more weight to og gauge than need be employed. If an English gunmaker of repute were to tell one that he was unable to manufacture a 7 lb: 12-gauge gun which, with 34 drachms and 12 oz. of No. 5, should give a regular power of killing a partridge at 69 yards, I should set him down as either lazy or unskillful. Wow, very few shots at ordinary game are taken beyond 65 yards, and it is therefore clearly unnecessary to have a 12- gauge heavier than 77 to 74 lbs. Jf arange of over 70 yards ‘is habitually required, use a 10-gauge by all means, but even this gauge need not be heavier than 94 Ibs. for 5 drachms. I ami speaking of good guns, for cheap, inferior guns cannot be made both light and safe. The gunmaker who can give you & weapon, which though light, handy, and small in gauge is yet a powerful tool, is a thorough master of his difficult art. ‘Gunmakers do not willingly incur the extra trouble of mak— ‘ing these light, hard-hitting guns unless specially ordered, and they naturally expect a good price, for to make this kind of Weapon involves both cost and eare. _ ‘The first gun I ever used was a 16-bore, made by D. Egg, who was a noted maker in his day. It was light, but shot well ;*and many a long shot have I made at. widgeon and cur- lew, both birds wary and difficult of approach. Some years after I shot for four consecutive seasons with two brothers, who habitually used 18-bore MU’s, and better shooting or more frequent killing at long ranges, I have seldom seen. One of these, weighing about 61 lbs., was made by Tatham, of London, and the other, weighing about 6; Ibs., {by J, D. Dougall. In subsequent seasons I used a 14- gauge by Edwards, a 14 by W. Greener (W. W. G’s father), a 16 by Brazier of Wolverhamton, a 14 by Nock, a 19 by Dougall, and have shot in company with gentiemen who used Reais by W. Richard, Blanch, C. Lancaster, Lang, Moore and Grey, Purdy, ete, of 14, 16, and even 20 bore. Nearly all these suns were of the best quality, and I do not remember a ‘single complaint of want of range in these light, small-bored funs. An 18-gauge Dougall was the best small-bore I ever used with one notable exception, a 16-gauge Tolley ‘t Para- fon.” Before leaving Hneland in 1874, I determined to in- vest in a new gun, and, at the recommendation of a very ex- ‘perienced sportsman, intrusted my particulars to Messrs. Tolley. The result was that I received from them the gem the queen—of all the small bores, not only that I ever handled, but that Lever saw. It was a double grip, 16-gauge, fiud weighed just 6 lbs. 5 ozs. The barrels were of the very finest “‘tine Damascus,” the threads of the twist almost as fine as silk, and the tubes so elastic and thin that in drawing the cleaning rod sharply through them you could feel them ex- -pand under the closed hand, The pattern and penetra- tration were excellent, the symmetry and finish superb; not sone bit of space on lock-plates, lump, bammers, trigger- guard, strap tio stock, or heel-plate was left untouched by the ‘grayer’s tool,and the design, upon a ‘‘ Renaissance” model, was most beautifully worked out. Within a fortnight of my “having received it J attended a shooting party which had been brought together for the purpose of thinning the rabbits on the estate. We had to shoot from the seashore up the clifis, as the rabbits weve driven from their burrows by ferrets ; and as nearly all the burrows were over fifty yards from the ose the power of my gun was heavily taxed, yet I made excellent work with it that day. On subsequent occasions | that season 1 killed partridges, pheasants, hares, ete., quite dead up to sixty yards. Now, as such guns as this can he made, why should we sportsmen voluntarily undergo penal servitude, with hard labor, in cattying about, Wnder a boiling “Beptember sin, a 9 or 10-1b, gun? _ Very truly yours, Poruse Aisi, FOREST Since writing the above I have received the Wield of July 14 and 21, from which it would appear that in the fortnight’s shooting at the Gun Club and Hurlingham, London, Eng., Mr. J. 3. Dawall killed, with a 16-gaugeé, 5. Grant, 40 out. of 49 birds, and Lord Westbury killed, with a 20-gauge, Reilly, 60 out of 81 birds. The corresponding scores for the two under-mentioned gentlemen, who; from the distances men- tioned, appear to have used 12-gauges, and wlio are two of the finest of livine shots, are: Capt. Aubrey Patton, 50 out of 62; Capt. Forester Leighton, 64 out of 85. F. A. A Scurstirure ror Croke Borinc—AHnjield, N. C., July 20.—i notice in Forasr AND SrrrEAM AND Kop anv Gun that ““N.” wants experiments with harder shot, under the correct impression that many pellets are rendered useless by friction in passing through the bore, his experiments showing the shot cut nearly half away. The resistance offered by the shot which are against the sides of the bore must be reflected on the pellets in the centre of the charge, and all are more or less disturbed or broken in their original form. ‘There can be no doubt that chilled shot will make a better pattern, especial- ly in choke-bored guns, but as the fun I use is a cylinder (12 gauge), and always using soft shot, | have had to increase my pattern by other means, which is herewith given to your read- ers, who can accept it for what it is worth. It may be new to some of them at least. As well as [remember the idea was obtained from ‘ Hints to Sportsmen,” by Dr. EB. J. Lewis, of Philadelphia, years azo, when a Westly Richards fourteen-gauge muzzle-loader was considered the best and handsomest gun in the world. The paper shot cartridge was then used as 4 mere matter of con- venience in loading, but in later years | have used them from breech-loaders for fhe purpose of making better pattern and increasing penetration as well as to preserve a con)paratively clean gun throughout an entire day’s shooting. What we want is merely something which will move smoothly through the bore and protect the shot from friction, so as to preserve them as spheres. It is not desirable that the paper should hold together longer than it is in the gun, as it would then have the fault cf other concentrating cartridges (Hley’s wire), viz.: Of misplacing tle pattern—the fault of all smooth-hbore projectiles. lt is easy to make a few thousands of these during the dull times of the summer months. To make them for # twelve- bore, take a loading-stick which just enters a thirteen—bore, get No. 13 thin card-board wads and a few quires of ordi- nary cap paper, and eut the paper into strips 14x 44 inches. Now roll the paper (with the edge protruding + inch or more) around the end of the stick, paste down the edge, place a wad in on the end of the stick and fold the paper nicely over the wad and then hit it a smart rap on the table to crease the folds, withdraw the'stick and you haye it ready for loading. After making as many as you want fill with 1 ounce of shot, place on a thin wad and fold down as before. The design i cutting these strips of paper should be to have them of such lenuth as will lack 4 inch of passing twice around the roller, as the certain breaking of the cartridge depends upon this thin place in the cartridge—t