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FOREST AND STREAM. 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL, 



Dbvotbd to Field and Aquatic Stouts, Pbactioai, Natukai. Historv, 



FishCoi.tdbb, the Protection of Gasik, Preservation 01 i i 



Andtrs Inculcation in Men and Women of a Healthy Interest 



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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING 

 WEEK. 



Friday, Aug. 9.— Trotting at Rochester, N. Y.; Propheratown, 111.; 

 Fiqua, (J ; Mansfield, O.; Charlotte, Mich. Base Ball: Indianapolis vs 

 New Bedford, at New Bedford ; Buffalo vs. Utica, at Buffalo. 



Saturday, Aug. 10.— Scottish-American Athletic Club Games. Base 

 Ball: IntlianapollB vs. Providence, at Providence; Milwaukee vs. Cin- 

 cinnati, at Milwaukeo ; Buffalo vs. Utica, at Buffalo. 



Mmday, Aug. 12.— Professional sculling at Barrier, Ont. Trotting: 

 Mendota, 111.: Utica, N. Y.; Cleneseo, 111. 



Tuesday Aug. 13.-Sculling as above. Welsgerber-Kelslnger sculling 

 match at Wheeling, W. Va. 



Thursday, Aug. 15.— Eastern Rowing Association Open Regatta at 

 Silver Lake. 



ANOTHER MILE-STONE. 



To-day our readers receive Volume Eleven, Number Od.3. 

 This reminds us that, with the rolling years, thp days of our 

 youth are passing and we are growing old. But while as- 

 suming with becoming grace the quiet dignity and the increased 

 -wisdom which are popularly ascribed to age, we mean never 

 to lose the freshness and buoyancy of the youthful spirit. 

 With ten bound volumes behind us, a subscription list larger 

 than ever before, a steadily increasing demand upon our ad- 

 vertising space, and the most flattering prospects for the fu- 

 ture, we might crave the reader's indulgence if we gave way 

 to a little self-laudation. But the many friends whose names 

 have been on our subscription list from the first few weeks, 

 will not expect any such exhibition of this latent talent, and 

 those who know us less intimately might misunderstand our 

 lapse from accustomed modesty. With an expression of 

 hearty good will to all, then, we go on our way, trusting that 

 in ihe future, as in the past, the Forest and Stkeam and 

 Eod and Gun may pursue its onward course among an ever- 

 increasing number of congenial and warm-hearted friends. 



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A CRITIC CRITICISED. 



TN the August number of the Atlantic Monthly appears a 

 ■*• critical nolo which should not be left unanswered. 

 A correspondent, in the "Contributors' Club," takes excep- 

 tion to Judge Caton's statement that the Black-tail Deer is 

 confined to the western slope of our continent, and asserts 

 that, having hunted in most of the States and Territories 

 between the Rocky Mountains and the Missouri River, he has 

 found the Black-tail in a!l of them, and ho is informed that it 

 occurs in Idaho and Washington ■ He also states that the 

 question as to whether the antelope shed their horns is still a 

 disputed one, and winds up his note with a statement attrib- 

 uted to Jim Bridger, and which is worthy of the old man. 



The note to which we refer is an unfortunate one, for it is 

 calculated to convey entirely erroneous impressions to all 

 readers of the Atlantic who are not up in scientific nomencla- 

 ture. The case in hand is only auother instance of the 

 lamentable looseness with which common names arc applied 

 to animals of all kinds. The Black-tail blunder appears es- 

 pecially hard to kill. We have corrected it many times, but 

 it still comes up— smiling, if we may use the term. 



The fact is that there are two entirely distinct species of 

 deer inhabiting our western country, both of which are called, 

 ia their respective sections, Black-tail. The one to which the 

 contributing critic refers is the (Jariamu macrotis of natural- 

 ists, called, from the great length of its ears, Mule Deer, but 

 Known throughout its range as the Black-tail. It inhabits 

 the Missouri River country, and the Hoeky Mountains as far 

 as the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevadas. A variety of 

 this species is found, too, in Arizona and Southern California, 

 where it is called by the Mexicans the Burro Deer — a name 

 synonomous with its proper English appellation, for burro is 

 Spanish for jackass. 



Curiacw columbianus is the other, and the true, Black-tail. 

 It is most abundant on the Pacific Coast, but its range proba- 

 bly extends eastward beyond the Sierras, so that it no doubt 

 somewhat overlaps that of the Mule Deer. The two species 

 are so different in appearance that one need not be a naturalist 

 to distinguish one from the other— an inspection of the tail 

 will decide the matter at once. That of the Mule Deer (ft 

 viacrotk) is naked below, covered with short, white hairs 

 above, and terminates in a heavy brush, or pencil, of black 

 hairs. It is as different as can be in appearance from the tail 

 of the Virginia Deer. The tail of the Black-tail, on the other 

 hand, is broad, and, except in its color, resembles the tail of 

 the Bed Deer (C. ■oirgmianvs), but it is black above and white 

 below. Besides these characteristics are many others which 

 would render the confusion of the two species well nigh im- 

 possible even to the most casual observer. It is the name 

 that has done the mischief, and nine men out of ten, no mat- 

 ter where they have hunted, when they hear of the Black-tail 

 imagine that it must be the deer which they know by that 

 name. 



This confusion of names is very common, and a few exam- 

 ples will serve to call attention to its unfortunate consequences. 

 All of our readers know that the partridge of the South is the 

 quail of the North and West, while the partridge of the Mid- 

 dle and New England States is the pheasant of the South and 

 West, and is, after all, neither a pheasant nor a partridge, but 

 a grouse. The gopher of Georgia and Florida is a land tor- 

 toise (Xerobates carolinensis. — Ag), that of the plain3 is a 

 little ground squirrel (Spermvphilus), while the gopher of Cal- 

 ifornia is another and very different rodent, the pouched rat 

 ( Tlwmornys and Oromys). Dozens of analogous cases might 

 be cited. 



In nine years of campaigning on the plairis, iu the Rocky 

 Mountains, and on the Pacific Coast, we have never met a re- 

 liable hunter who did not believe and strenuously affirm that 

 antelope shed their horns, and the fact has been known to 

 naturalists for about ten years. We must not be understood 

 as maintaining that the whole horn is shed, as is the case with 

 the deer. It is only the sheath that drops off, leaving the 

 core of the horn clothed with a soft, hairy skin which grows 

 hard in a short time, and within a month or two attains its 

 full length. This shedding takes place in late November or 

 December, some little time after the rutting season is over. 

 An interesting account of the process of shedding will be 

 found in Gray's " Catalogue of the Ungulata in the British 

 Museum" (London, 1872). 



We may mention in this connection that we have on hand 

 two very interesting articles, one on the " Black-tail of the 

 Pacific Coast,'" and the other on " Antelope Shedding Their 

 Horns," which will appear as soon as we can find space for 



them. 



THE FLOWER MISSION. 



THE conception of the Flower Mission was eminently 

 feminine. Like many another charitable project sprung 

 from the impulse of woman's good soul, it was not at once 

 recognized by the prosaic. We are not surprised that when 

 the New York mission was started some nine years ago, there 

 should have been well-meaning advisers to urge the substitu- 

 tion of the utilitarian for the aesthetics — bread and butter for 

 violets and lilies. How the wisdom of the ladies has been 

 shown by the sequel, and how the flowers have proved them- 

 selves to famished souls more than meat and raiment to the 

 body, is eloquently told in the simple recital of facts which 

 we publish in our Woodland columns. These records are a 

 contribution to floral literature. In all the prose and poetty 

 of flowers we recall nothing more beautiful or touching than 

 some of the incidents here recounted. 



The first Flower Mission originated.in Boston; there are now 

 similar missions in Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, 

 and possibly elsewhere. There should be one in every city 

 iu the land. The New York society was formed in the spring 

 of 1869, and has since carried on its modest work of love 

 wifb most surprising and gratifying results. The work and 

 its object have only to be known to be warmly seconded by 

 generous contributions of (lowers and fruits from woodland, 

 garden and conservatory. During the summer of 1877 con- 

 tributions from seventy-eight different towns amounted to 

 78,828 bouquets, which were distributed among Hospitals, 

 Homes, Asylums, Prisons, etc. Eleven thousand distribu- 

 tions of fruit and flowers were made to the sick in tenement 

 houses. The actual expenses of carrying on the Mission for 

 the past eight years have only been a little over one hundred 

 and twenty-five dollars. Anj r donations of money, which are 

 always thankfully received, are spent in the purchase of fruit 

 for special cases of severe illness in tenement houses. 



But with the increasing facilities and larger means have 

 also come new avenues of labor. As the work is better known 

 new demands come pouring in, the field constantly enlarges, 

 the demand is ever greater than the supply, and the complaint 

 of the ladies is that with -all their careful management they 

 cannot split a rose. 



The simple story of their work, as told by the ladies who 

 are engaged in this ministry of the flowers, is a much better 

 plea than aDy comments we ourselves could make upon it. 

 Our purpose in devoting space to it is a very practical one: 

 Let the men and women and children who read this journal 

 contribute their quota to the good work ■ and if modesty 

 stands in the way, let the fruits and flowers be sent to the 

 Mission as coming from the readers of the Forest and 

 Stream. 



THE DORY "NAUTILUS." 



OUR London advices of the 2d inst. announce the safe 

 arrival at Mount's Bay, Aug. 1, of the dory Nautilus, 

 from Beverly, Mass. Though we find little to commend in 

 any such foolhardy undertakings as that of the brothers An- 

 drews, who formed the volunteer crew of this little boat, and 

 believe such trips as they undertook to be fraught with 

 dangers altogether out of proportion to the benefits to be ob- 

 tained from the rash undertakings, the arrival of the Nautilus 

 carries with it a little lesson probably never thought of by 

 those who, without any apparent object or aim, set their lives 

 needlessly at peril. The public at large is imbued with a fal- 

 lacy which the venture of the Nautilus will do much to dis- 

 prove. It seems to be generally the impression that size is 

 one of the chief elements of safety in ships and 3 r achts, and 

 that the smaller the boat the greater the risk of fatal issue at 

 sea. This, however, is not the case. On the contrary, the 

 very reverse is true. The smaller the yacht the safer she 

 becomes. Model, and not size, is the main element of safety. 

 The dory had a better chance of safely crossing the ocean 

 than the big Mohawk, and many another craft of her kind. 

 The latter are built on wrong principles for sea going vessels. 

 Their curves of stability indicate clearly the great danger 

 such craft are in of capsizing at sea. But a boat of only 20ft. 

 in length can be so modeled as to be absolutely uucapsizable, 

 and therefore perfectly sate in any kind of weather. She- 

 may be less comfortable than her larger sister, it is true, 

 but for all that her small tonnage has nothing to do concern- 

 ing her safety. It is model and not size, then, that should 

 be considered either in designing a vessel for sea, or for investi- 

 gating her chances in heavy weather. The smaller the boat 

 the stronger will she be in proportion to the strains brought 

 upon her. Cork up a bottle,- put some weight on the bottom, 

 and no gale can destroy it at sea— the neck will float above 

 water dry and snug. Build a yacht on similar principles — 

 ballast low down, easy form, handy rig, and you can brave 

 the storm that would make matchwood or a scrap heap of the 

 biggest vessel afloat. 



ANew Happy Hunting Ghound for Englishmen.— No 

 sooner has the European imbroglio been cleared, and that good 

 lady, Victoria, been made Queen of Cypress, thau English- 

 men are casting longing eyes on the game to be found in and 

 near their newly acquired possessions. Perhaps to many 

 English gentlemen, when the news reached them that Cypress 

 was theirs, this idea was paramount, "What a jolly good 

 time we arc going to have with the game in Cypress ! Earl 

 Beaconsfield is a thoughtful fellow after all." As a centre 

 from whence hunting expeditions can be made, Cypress must 

 present great advantages. The Fkld tells us that on the 

 mainland of Asia Minor, extending from Adalia to Marash, 

 on the Taurus Mountains, there are red deer, fallow deer, 

 roe deer, ibex, chamois, bears, and any quantity of wild boars, 

 besides francolin, while on the plains, between the mountains 

 and the sea, there are partridges, woodcock, snipe and large 

 quantities of wild fowl. With the wonderful facilities Eng- 

 land possesses for travel, in four days the sportsman might 

 leave England, bo in Cypress, and in a day more find himself 

 amid the lofty ranges of the Taurus. When England exhausts 

 one hunting ground, she casts her eyes about for another. The 

 gobbling up of Cypress, and the facilities it will give in Asia 

 Minor for hunting, will make the present diplomacy of the 

 greatest man in Europe most popular. The first wild boar 

 shot ought to be sent to "Dizzy." He would not be prevented 

 by religious scruples from eating it. 



Mark Bali.— Scores of our readers will learn with sadness 

 of the recent death of Mr. Mark Ball, who was so well and 



