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Ger. — "Yes, I finds him, a lot of 

 fiints down here. " 



Agri. — "Well did you ever notice 

 anything else besides the arrow-heads? 

 Did you ever find; or do you know of 

 anyone who has any stone pipes or 

 axes?" 



Ger.- — "Pat Rooney up here, he 

 finds a knife; it was a beauty; he vas 

 so long." Measuring on his arm. 

 "But he was rusty all over, zo he puts 

 him over night in to shwill-barrel, and 

 in te morning he takes him out and 

 goes at him mit emery-stones und ker- 

 osene-oil and makes him shine yust 

 like zilber so bright. Und now he 

 vouldent take anytings for him." 



Glenville, N. Y., May i, 1896. 



DON'T. 



Notes taken from Bulletin No. 6 

 of the Department of Agri- 

 culture of Pennsylvania. 



When you go into the country on a 

 collecting trip, hunt for specimens but 

 don't hunt for trouble, which you can 

 easily avoid by the exercise of a little 

 common sense and gentlemanly be- 

 havior. 



Remember that the holding of a 

 Prothonotary's certificate gives you no 

 right to trespass on the premises of 

 any land owner or tenant. It is, per- 

 haps, true that the majority of farmers 

 and other land holders are decidedly 

 opposed to hunters running over their 

 premises, and yet the presence of a 

 "trespass notice" on an estate should 

 not be taken as conclusive proof that 

 the owner or occupant of the property 

 is "mean." 



According to my observations, the 

 majority of farmers and other people 

 who forbid trespassing, are forced to 

 take the position they do, because of 



annoyances and injuries sustained from 

 visits of thoughtless, reckless, uncivil 

 and unscrupulous hunters and fisher- 

 men, who, in some instances, have 

 shot or otherwise injured cattle, des- 

 troyed poultry, broken fences, or torn 

 down stone walls, and even, at times, 

 mutilated small out-buildings, when in 

 pursuit of rabbits or other game. The 

 writer has often wondered, in view of 

 the mischief done by tresspassers in 

 some parts of the state, that farmers, 

 and other residents of the rural dis- 

 tricts are as liberal as they are in the 

 way of allowing hunters, gunners and 

 fishermen the freedom of their grounds. 

 As a rule the men and boys who des- 

 troy property and misbehave in other 

 ways, when on hunting, fishing or 

 other trips in the country, should be 

 vigorously prosecuted and speedily 

 punished for their misdeeds. They 

 not only greviously annoy, and some- 

 times occasion considerable money loss 

 to farmers and others, but their con- 

 duct also tends to reflect on every true 

 sportsman, fisherman, or naturalist 

 who is seen in the agricultural districts 

 with a gun, fishing-rod, botanical box 

 or other collecting outfit in his posses- 

 sion. 



Every naturalist, every manly and 

 true lover of field sports should use his 

 best efforts to aid in arresting and con- 

 victing these evil doers. I never knew 

 a true naturalist to wilfully do any 

 damage when engaged in field work, 

 and no genuine sportsman, would, for 

 moment, think of committing depred- 

 ations in the lines thus indicated. 

 Don't go upon any man's premises to 

 hunt or fish without first getting his 

 permission. This can generally be 

 obtained if you approach the owner in 

 a gentlemanly manner and make 



