FOREST AND STREAM. 



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or publishers of magazines or newspapers do not take steps to 

 have a thorough exploration made of the canals and mounds 

 of the South Coast." 



While adm ittlug the propriety of the worthy doctor's appeal, 

 ■we beg to submit that he seems to have forgotten, or at least 

 he has made no reference to the fact, that Forest asd Stream 

 published, Dec. 30, 1875, a very lengthy article, giving maps 

 and diagrams of mounds and canals throughout a large por- 

 tion of the interior of Florida, though not strictly of the 

 " South Coast," and supplemented the same this year, June 

 28lh, by a record of other discoveries in the same locality of 

 considerable geographical and historical value. 



How Old Slugs was Fired Out.— Old Slugs was not 

 so young nor quite so active as he used to be. It was 

 hard to acknowledge it, but young he no longer was. 

 With advancing age his form grew stouter and his joints 

 stiffen To sit cramped in a boat waiting for the ducks once 

 was fun ; then it became weariness, and now positive agony. 

 Besides, after all the painful crouching he never could rise 

 quickly enough to get a shot. By the time he was in position 

 the ducks wore naif a mile off quacking with fiendish glee at 

 the clumsy old fool there in the boat. So Slugs set to work 

 to supplement nature by art ; to devise something which 

 should supply the place of ruBty old knee pans. Long 

 weeks of study finally evolved the Compound, side-lever, 

 self-acting, vertical-impelling, self-adjusting, anti-rheumatic 

 duck-seat, with automatic button attachment. The principle 

 was that of the glaes-ball trap which served as a boat real 

 upon which the hunter could sit while awaiting the ducks, 

 and the theoretical working was this: When the hunter 

 wished to stand up he touched a button ; the spring was re- 

 leased, the seat suddenly roBe, and the man was shot up, the 

 sliot off, and the birds shot down. 



Behold, then, the happy Slugs ! His boat anchored and de- 

 coys out, his patent in his pocket, loaded shells in his gun, 

 fire in his eye, and an anticipatory savor of roast duck tickling 

 his nostrils, seated upon his automatic duck-seat, "calm, 

 silent, imperturbable," waiting for ducks. There they aTe! 

 The welcome quack strikea upon his car, and, all unconscious 

 of their fate, they come whirring down among the stupid de- 

 coys. Slugs bri tigs his gun to the shoulder, fixes his eye upon 

 the sights, puts his finger on the trigger, touches the button, 



and . The rest must be gathered from the deposition of 



the small boy at the inquest. This boy had played hookey that 

 day, and happened to be robbing a bird's nest in a tree on the 

 shore just as our duck hunter touched his button. From his 

 excited testimony it appears that Slugs, clutching hi3 gun, 

 was seen to shoot violently upward some thirty feet into the 

 air, describing a parabolic curve, turning in mid-air with all 

 the grace of a sky-rocket, and plunging with a dull chudd 

 into the water. The time which elapsed between the catas- 

 trophe and the arrival of a boat bringing men must have been, 

 owing to the dazed condition of the lad, about five hours. 

 There, among the lily pads and decoys, they found Slugs 

 sticking straight up, with his head in the mud and his feet in 

 the air. lie was in firm, and it took a derrick to hoist hirn 

 out. Some distance off was found the sunken boat with its 

 bottom torn out, and the vertical-impelling duck-seat miss- 

 ing. The jury decided that it must have gone up ; no man 

 ever saw it come down. 



The small boy returned to school next day. In considera- 

 tion of his exploit he escaped a trouncing, and for a whole 

 week was the lion of the school. As he passed through the 

 streets people would say : " There goes the boy who saw Old 

 Slugs go up." 



Note.— The patent was found in the pocket ; Slugs's widow 

 is destitute. If any sportsmen would like to help a deserving 

 woman let him purchase the right of the duck-seat, which is 

 warranted to be rapid in action, effective in space, and in all 

 other respects guaranteed as represented. Address "Slugs's 

 Widow," Ihis office. 



GAME PROTECTION 



Tkapping Rotted Grouse in New Haiii'shiee.— Editor 

 Forext and Stream : The law with regard to snaring grouse is 

 of no practical benefit, as for every bird shot ten are snared. 

 The substance of the Jaw is as follows : No person shall at 

 any season trap or snare any ruffed grouse or partridge under 

 a penalty of ten dollars for each bird so taken, unless it be 

 upon his own land. The last clause upsets all that goes he- 

 fore, as many men making a business of snaring birds can 

 have lor a nominal consideration the privilege of setting snares 

 on the land owned by their neighbors. It is reported that 

 there are hundreds of birds trapped every week in the towns 

 of Gilmanton, Pittsfield and Bow. While in Boston recently 

 I was surprised to learn from a game dealer in Fanuiel Hall 

 Market that he received over a hundred birds daily from New 

 Hampshire. I had the curiosity to examine fifty-eight birds 

 which came in while I was in the market from Exeter, N. H. 

 and of the whole number bulled to find one which had been 

 shot, if the dealers could be fined for having trapped birds 

 in their possession it would greatly help the cause. As it is 

 they say that trapped birds command a higher price'than those 

 which are shot. This, of course, encourages the trappers. 

 Should the trapping continue (as it certainly will under the 

 present law) ruffed grouse will be as rare in most paits of 

 New Hampshire as they are at present in the immediate 

 vicinity of Boston. 0. M. S. 



North Dunbarton, iV. H,, Oct. 30. 



There should be no difficulty here in putting a stop to this 

 trapping. A man has no right whatever to sell the privilege 

 of trapping upon his lands. It cannot be sold. The men who 

 set snares on the lands of other men are liable to arrest and 

 conviction; the payment of a sum for the privilege does not 

 make them the less violators of the statute. A clause making j 



the possession of trapped birds a punishable offence would 

 prove an excellent addition to the present law. 



Wild Rwb and Wateb Lilies.— A Massachusetts cor- 

 respondent writes us that, through the courtesy of the presi- 

 dent and another member of the Vinons Point Shooting Club 

 (Ohio) he has been enabled thi3 season to scatter broadcast 

 through his section of country In the Old Bay State the seeds 

 of the JYelumbium luteum, or giant North American water 

 lily, and in getting some wild rice in splendid order, both of 

 which it i3 expected will show good results next year. 



What It Costs.— To shoot quail, as we recently showed, 

 costs something when we reckon simply the cash expended 

 for powder and shot, ruined pants, etc. But when a man, in 

 addition to all other, drains on his purse, is obliged to pay a 

 good round sum into the public treasury, his quail shooting 

 expenses and the game bagged begin to assume strangely ill- 

 proportioned relations. A prominent Philadelphia merchant 

 paid out $47 50 as a fine for shooting three quail in New 

 Jersey out of season. This is more than they cost in market. 



THE DISCRIMINATING GAME LAWS 

 OF CANADA. 



The subject which is again revived in the following letter 

 is one which has been repeatedly ventilated and explained 

 through our columns. The remedy for the evil will bo found 

 after self-protection cease3 to be necessary. For special ref- 

 erence to Canadian discriminating laws see files of Fokest 

 and Stream for 1877 : 



PORTLAND, Me., Nov. 11, 1S7S. 

 Jlnrroit Forest and streak : 



Would It not be well to call attention, through the columns of your 

 paper, to the attitude of the New Brunswick people In attempting to 

 exclude American sportsmen from shooting In that province. It has 

 been my good fortune for a number of years lo enjoy, In company of 

 friends (both Americans and Provincials), the varied sport, both over 

 dogs and deooya, which New Brunswick affords ; but on my arrival in 

 St, John tliis October, I learned, much lo my regret (and I am happy to 

 say to the regret also of my shooting companions there), that various 

 people of InQuence had succeeded in passing laws Imposing an annual 

 tax of $20, to be paid by all Amerioans shooting there. And worse 

 than lhat. that these measures had been taken for the " purpose of ex- 

 cluding American sportsmen" from participating in the sports of the 

 Province. It is also announced that 250 game wardens are to be I mm p. 

 diately appointed, and the law rigorously enforced. Twenty dollars is, 

 of course a mere bagatelle ; but in view of the immense amount of 

 game kdled annually by Her Majesty's subjects throughout our West- 

 ern StateB and Florida, and the not very generous discrimination 

 already made againstour people in the matter of leasing salmon rivers 

 would it not be well for onr State clubs to consider the question of 

 returning the compliment by imposing a similar tax on all British 

 subjects? I know my friends in this State wlU not be alow to 

 join me in taking the initiative here, and showing to the people 

 of New BrunBwlos that we set as much store by our Held sports as 

 they. And furthermore, Mr. Editor, if we are to be taxed $20 for 

 shooting, may we not next expect a tax of $100 on every American 

 salmon fishing there? 



Yours truly, Samuel Hanson. 



Remarks.— We trust that the United States will emulate 

 their neighbor in appointing proper paid guardians to enforce 

 the game laws over our own territory, and to drive out Cana- 

 dian poachers and violators thereof by fine or severer meas- 

 ures, if need use. We do not think the discrimination on the 

 part of New Brunswick as against Americans as unjust (if it 

 be unwise) as similar discriminations between some of our 

 own States against each other. We do not take the part of 

 Canada, further than to allow that she has the riglit to make 

 what laws she pleases, and to enforce them ; and to encourage 

 her in making such laws efficient as are in regard to common 

 sense and common amenities between men and men. 



§1je giilB. 



Massachusetts— Med ford, Jfov. 7.— The third and decisive 

 contest between the teams of six from the Medford Amateur 

 Riile Association and Harvard University took place to-day 

 on Bellevue Range. With cool, pleasant weather there were 

 a good many spectators present, and good work was done by 

 the several competitors in the match, the Medfords winning 

 the third by four points. The first match was won by the 

 Harvards on a tie, the Medfords having an "outer" in their 

 score, and the second contest was won by the Medfords, 251 

 to 227. Following is the result; distance 200 yards : 

 Medford Rifle Association. 



HHDCushtng 5 44544644 4-43 



JBOsborn 5 34445544 b—4i 



H K Klcliardson ,, 4 54345444 4 48 



JWVmlng 4 44444444 4—10 



JH Kames 4 34B45 2 44 4—39 



John Grady 4 44344413 4—38—244 



Harvards. 



HWPowell 4 35446644 6-43 



TKnssell 4 45444444 .1—41 



ABDenney 4 34S444 4 6 4—41 



FE Simpson 4 3S454441 4—3') 



TLee 344344345 4—38 



CAParker 4 43434543 4— ss— 210 



To-morrow a team from the Massachusetts Rifle Associa- 

 tion will visit Walpole, where they will shoot a friendly match 

 at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards. 



Bellevue Range, Medfobd.— During November Ihe Med- 

 ford Amateur Rifle Association will hold contests each Wed- 

 nesday. Match No. 1 was at 200 yards, seven rounds, any 

 rifle and postion within the rules, all comers, re-entries, 70 per 

 cent, of total entrance to go to best five at close of month : 



Match No. 2 is at 500 yards, seven rounds, any rifle and 

 position, open to members only, re-entries, cartons used, 65 

 per cent, of entrance money to go to four highest shores on 

 the 6th inBtant. The scores stood : 



FlV8 Hundred Yards— K W Law, .18; H S Harris, 3T; H H D Cushing, 

 85; H K hlcbardsou, ai; J Grady, 28. 



A special match is announced for Thanksgiving Day, Dis- 

 tance 200 yards; rounds, ten; open to members of M. A. B. A. 



only. Shooting to commence promptly at 9 a. m. Sides to 

 he chosen from members present by Messrs. Richardson and 



Attleboho vs. Walpole.— The return match between the 

 vvalpolo Amateur Rifle Association and the Atileboro Rifle 

 Association was shot at Walpole on the 9th inst., with the 

 following result ; distances. 800, 900 and 1,000 yard's • 

 oMriwI^fe^iol^^^' «><>!* SOWvWi T H 



bJKSS; it ^S 1S6i B * CrttW W' 



After the con test was over, the members of both associations 

 repaired. to the residence of William H. Pray, where a boun- 

 tiful collation was served and a general good time enjoyed. 

 n T op 5' mat0h Was shot at the T >' lCT Mountain range on 

 Oct 28, the scores standing : 921 for Attlehoro and 872 for 

 Walpole. 



The Walnut Hill marksmen aro anxious to have a shooting 

 shed for use during the winter, and have instituted a match 

 to secure the money for its purchase. The contest was at 200 

 yards, and the first shoot took place on Saturday last, with 

 scores as follows : 



TSIas,. 4 4 5 4 5-22 JNichoIa 3 5 5 4 3-20 



" her 445 5 4-2J s Miles...! ... 4 4 4 44— 19 



JH Williams 4 4 5 5 4-23 W Bennett.... ... ....4 4 4 4 3-19 



£ ^"nett, «« 5 1-22 H Tyler 3 4 4 4 3-18 



' l 4 T )nl ''' 4 5 4 4 4-21 O Burges 2 4 44 3-1T 



? NFrye 4 44 4 C-M E KoBitorta .4 4 4 4 0-16 



U Jones 3 4 44 4—20 



The shed that is to be erected is to be sixty feet long, with 

 openings on the side toward the targets, for "the shooters, and 

 will be furnished with a stove and other conveniences for 

 winter practice. 



The twelfth competition in the long-range classified match 

 at Walnut Hill took place on the 6th inst. The wind was 

 reasonably steady during the shooting, ranging from a "9 to 10 

 o clock" easterly breeze, not so strong as to materially inter- 

 fere with the work of the marksmen, who made excellent 

 scores, with a remarkably high average, considering the un- 

 certain light that prevailed. The bcorca stood : 

 W H Jackson. 



f" * 3 a 55556 5 55555 5-TO 



9WJ 5 43565 5 5456565 5—71 



1><™ 4 6555454555555 6— 72— 21S 



J S Sumner. 



B00 5 5556565585545 5—74 



OO" 5 5456555565556 5—74 



1.000 8 5655554445444 3—65—218 



W QerriBh, 



800, 4 5555565654565 5—73 



900 4 5455455553635 5— 68 



1,000 5 4553 5 4556 i 5S5 6— TO— 211 



L Saunders. 



800 3 445 5565555665 6—71 



900 6 555655554 4 458 5—70 



1,000 4 6555656545550 0-63—204 



W M Ward. 



800 5 5655565555456 5—74 



900 4 5354 4 64543563 5-64 



1,000 ...5 53455444 5 354 3 4-63—201 



TSlas. 



800 3 5454355555565 5-69 



900 4 6545635648555 4—67 



.1,000 8 5546664346450 5-62—108 



Rino Tajig-et Bhootdjo.— The ring target match which 

 opened on the Bellevue Range, Oct. 21, closed on the 6th ; 

 175 entries and re-entries had been recorded, and from first to 

 last the strongest interest was felt in the match. The condi- 

 tions of the match were as follows : 200 yards ; rifle and po- 

 sition, any within the rules ; rounds, five ; targets, 24 inches 

 in diameter, divided into inch rings, and counting from 12 

 (centre) to one on the extreme circumference ; shots not to be 

 spotted, but each target to be removed when finished. The 

 leading scores were as follows, odd -numbered men winning 

 the prizes offered : 



1 JBOsborn 46 43 94 llJRTule 38 29 67 



2WHJackson 45 43 ss MDWAUen 33 23 66 



SJALowell 45 41 86 lSEBSonther 31 32 66 



4 LL Hubbard 41 43 84 ]4JHEames 31 31 62 



5 II K Richardson.. 37 46 82 16 R Howard 29 24 53 



6SCNoyeS. 39 39 78 16 \V E Guerrier 28 23 61 



7 UH D Uushlng. ..33 39 77 17 John Hrsdv 23 26 49 



SDKuknood 3S 86 74 18 U S Harris 23 25 43 



9LWFarrar 35 37 72 19 S E King 21 22 43 



lONWArnold 36 32 68 



Gardner. — A team of four from the Massachusetts Rifle 

 Association went down from Boston to Gardner on the 31st 

 ult., to show the provincials how to do it, and managed to 

 come out victors of the slosest sort of a rub. After a fifty 

 mile railroad ride, the Walnut Hill marksmen took a drive of 

 a mile over to the Gardner range, where a hospitable com- 

 pany and a warm shooting have made them full welcome. 

 The range covered was 200 yards, thirty shots per man, the 

 scores counted on the paper targets after each ten rounds. The 

 scores stood : 



Bo ston Team. 



Hubbard 43 46 45 134 LoweU 43 42 42 127 



Osborn 46 42 45 131 Jackson 42 42 41 126 



Total sir 



Gardner Team. 



Pratt 42 43 46 181 Bent 43 40 12 125 



Enowlton 42 42 42 126 Bobbins 43 42 42 1S6 



Total „.oos 



Brockton— The Brockton Rifle Association members fired at 

 800 and 1,000 yards on the 31st ult ; teu rounds per dis- 

 tances, the scores standing : 



800 1,000 T'l r """' 800 1,000 Tl 



Fales 42 86 71 Borden ss 12 50 



Packard 38 21 57 Holnmn 29 18 47 



Cleveland 37 19 56 Snow 15 10 25 



Worcester.— On the 6th inst. the seventh contest for the F. 

 Wesson prize was shot at Pine Grove Range. The following 

 scores were made at 500 yards, out of a possible 150 : A. L. 

 Rice, 131 ; Stedman dark, 126; Prank Wesson, 129; Na- 

 than Washburn, 135; C. B. Hoiden, 120; Curtis Jenkins, 

 113 ; E. A. Bartlett, 133 j A. P. Plimpton, 105 ; H, L. Wes- 

 son, 112 ; H, 8. Ball, 131. 



Connecticut— A r ao London.— A. match between teams 

 from Company M, 1st Artillery, U. S. A., under command 

 of Col. Langdon, and Company D, 3d Reg. O. N. G., Lieut. 

 St. Clair, took place on the Government range, Port Trum- 

 bull, on the afternoon of the 8th. The range is located in a 

 meadow to the left of the track of the Shore Line R. R., a 

 short distance from the city, and, is inferior in location and 

 facilities for scoring to that of Company D, 3d Reg. C. N. 

 G., at Groton. Ten rounds per man was fired off-hand at 

 200 yards, the regulars using the Springfield new model, cal. 

 .45, the militiamen the old model Springfield, cal. .50. The 



