FOREST AND STREAM. 



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lated, double-visored, lead-colored felt hat, complete your 

 costume. A three-piece rod from 10 to 10 j feet long, of split 

 bamboo or ash and lance-wood, with 40 or 50 yards of line, 

 either all oiled silk or the last 20 yards of that material ; a 

 leader of silk-worm gut sis or seven feet long, wpIi loops for 

 drop-flies and a book of flies tied by yourself or by some pro- 

 fessional who has ashed himself and doesn't merely profess, 

 make you now ready for the fray ; with snack in your breast- 

 pocket, a heavy leather striug for your fish, and landing net at 

 your back between your shoulders, with a handle short while 

 unused, but capable of lengthening -when ready to be used. 

 You must fish near natural or artificial obstructions in the. 

 streams where pools are formed, such as naturally cause the 

 fish to rest and collect in considerable numbers. Oast as a 

 rule in any way except directly up stream, as then your line 

 tends to drift back against your legs. Casts made obliquely 

 up or down stream can be managed so as to let the current 

 tighten your line before recovery for another cast. With 

 these modifications your general progress may bo either up or 

 down stream. Keep out of sight and fish the space between 

 yourself and the best ideal spot you have noted mentally, so 

 as not to scare or pass over fish in unexpected localities. 

 When wading you need not cast usually farther than 10 or 19 

 yards, though in open pool3 the longer the cast, provided al- 

 ways it be neatly made, the more apt you are to hang a fish. 

 When a fish rises a slight but deliberate movement of the wrist 

 away from the fish fastens the hook in the outer jaw, and then 

 you must keep your line taut and give and take line accord- 

 ing to his violence, until he is exhausted enough to be drawn 

 over your lauding net (fastened at your back with a loop knot 

 in front, to be loosened as soon as your fish is thoroughly 

 tired). Then you may, if not in a flurry, lift him in out o' 

 the wet. The gut of your leador ought to be single salmon 

 gut, and your flies tied on single salmon gut upon hooks a 

 trifle larger than trout fly hooks and of the same materials, 

 only your bass flies may be a little more gaudy and showy. 

 The bass will take all the trout flies, and some that the trout 

 won't take. They must be tied on stronger gut and slightly 

 larger and stronger hooks. Even ordinary trout flies, if tied 

 on selected gut, will take bass of two or three pounds, and 

 flve-pounderB are rarely taken with the fly in these parts. If 

 you fish from a boat you can cast near and toward the shore 

 on larger- streams than are conveniently fished by wad- 

 ing in" the morning or evening, when you find them 

 feeding along the margin of portions of the stream, 

 hardly to be called pools. The composition for your 

 shoes is made of tallow, wax, oil and India-rubber. 

 Tou may remember the ingredients by the phrase *'T. W. 

 O.India Rubbers" — equal to the initials of tallow, wax, oil 

 and India lubbers. A ten or ten and a half foot rod was 

 chosen, because with such you can ca3t far enough, and on 

 account of its shortness you can carry it in thick woods and 

 fish pools with branches overhead, which you could not do with 

 a long rod. The leather string can be used in mid-stream, and 

 should be tied when fish are on it to a leathern belt at your 

 waist. The Ferguson fly, the Montreal, and some tied after 

 specimens sent by the writer to Orvis, of Manchester, Ver- 

 mont, are successful here on the Potomac and Goose Creek. 

 Any reel that does not overrun in casting will da I use a 

 Conroy multiplier with the balance handle destroyed — that is, 

 I broke off the handle, and after filing the little brass ball op- 

 posite the handle flat, put on a handle which turns easily and 

 well but. does not overrun. A Milam Kentucky Keel would, 

 no doubt, do as well. If some ingenious mechanic would in- 

 vent a multiplier, whose handle did not project beyond the 

 circumference of the side-plates, he would confer a favor on 

 the angling fraternity. The exact time that the black bass 

 spa'vn is not known, but is supposed to be from 15th of May 

 to 15th of June, or perhaps to 1st of July. In October 

 and November tho bass are in deep water, and can rarely be 

 taken then with the fly, except from a boat, by casting not 

 far from shore and approaching the fish from the centre of 

 the stream. T, W. 



Leesburg, Va., Sept. 10, 1878. 



§he §mm of §lms. 



Notiob.— Chess exchanges, communications and solutions should be 

 addressed " Chess Editor Forest and Stream, P. O. box 54, Woloott- 



vllle, Conn." 



Problem No. 38. 

 Motto : Forgive and Forbear. 



wnlte. 

 -Unknown. 



i-p-q* 



2-F-Q4 

 a-Kt Q B8 

 4— B-KKtO 

 6— B tksKt 

 «— £t tea P 

 1—0- K.S (b) 



Watte to play and give mate In three moves, 



SOLUTIONS I 



1— R-K 

 s— Mates 



Uanie No. 83 .— IRREGULAR OPENING 



1-P-K B4 



•i—P tl£8 1" 



a— Kt-K m 

 4— P-Q B3 

 6— K PtksB 

 6— Q-Q Kt,3 (J) 



n-H-Q 



13 -O Iks R 

 13— t) tks & P 

 14-K-KS 

 15— E-B3 

 16-K Kl3 

 17-P-K F+ 

 18— K-K B2 



Black. 

 Dr. J.W.Gibson, 



IX— *-< '.R|(,l) 

 12- K-B» 

 IS— m . BUS ofi 

 11— Q tks Pub 

 16— O^K B-i oh (e) 

 10-B Q:l ch 

 17— B its P oh 

 18— R-K 



19— B-Q3 (g) and una in two moves 



1-3 tKS Kt P 



8-K-Q 

 9— K-B2 

 9-Q ika B ch 10— K tks Kt 



NOTES. 



(a) Much better than P-Q4, which was formerly played here. 



(t) By no neons advisable, tor Buvjk could at any rata reply with K 



Bt;, but It Is hairi to And any good move for White at this point. It he 

 plays P-Q K13, Black answers with F-Qi, and B-KU ; and If R-Kt, the 

 Black Q, cau check at. IU. 



(c) White no doubt thought to mase it tint fur Ms subtle opponent by 

 this move, but Black, aa they say on 'Change, had already discounted 

 all that, 



(rt) A clever sacrifice, which, In connection with the next move, shut- 

 ting out the White Q from the game, well deserved to win. 



{t) Leading to a forced mate, and of course far preferable to taking 

 theR. 



(/) Be might also have played— 



17— Q, ikaPch | 20— P-BLtSl 20— R-Ku 



IS— K-T(3 18-Q-RBcU 21 — B Q.3 21— P-K KtS 



ID— K-KIl 10— it-K White cannot save male. 



(;/) If lu-Kt-B3, 19— B-K8 ch, and either wiua the Q, or matea In 

 a few moves.— Chess Players' Chronicle. 



CCKSORV ,'OTTtNGS. 



—la last week's ImpresBlon we Inadvertently stated that only one 

 problem conld be entered in the Glasgow Herald Problem Tourney, 

 whereas, the programme published by the llerahi restricts a competitor 

 to not more than two three-move problems. 



—The problem department of the Chess Players' Chronicle is now, 

 owing to the resignation of its former experienced, careful and able 

 editor, Mr. J. Cram, in the hands of an equally experienced problemist, 

 Mr. W, T. Pierce. Mr. Pierce inaugurates his editorship by a problem 

 tourney, wherein three most magnificent prizes are offered. We 

 unhesitatingly recommend this sterling publication to such of our read- 

 ers who have not been ao fortunate aa to enjoy Itj teeming pages. 

 Address W. W. Morgan, 87 Barbican, E. C, London, Eng.; annual sub- 

 scription only 6s. The Chronicle Tonrnoy is a three-move single prob- 

 lem tourney open to the world ; entries to which for the United States 

 closes Feb, t, 1S79. Each competitor to contribute one original three- 

 move problem only. Problems should be sent to J. Crum, Eaq., No. 16 

 Bothwell at , G las gow, Scotland, accompanied by a full solution and the 

 author's uatue In a sealed envelope. The Rev. C. E. Ranken and Mr. 

 w*. T. Pierce will act as judges. Each problem must be marked with 

 a motto or device, and not with the author's name. 



—The Westminster Papers still continues the publication of the Low- 

 enthal Problem Tourney, and is still ab'y edited. Its allusion to the 

 asserted, and aa yet not disproved, irregularities In the management 

 of tho first grand toorney of the American Chess and Problem Associa- 

 tion surprises us not a little. We are seldom inclined to differ with its 

 editor, and only do so now in order to quote this ingeniously worded 

 and pacific prolusion: ''Most of our American exchanges of the past 

 month are filled with discussions of the management of the lute prob- 

 lem tourney in connection with the American Chess Association. It is 

 not for us to pronounce for or against the necessity for such a contro- 

 versy, and knowing something of American chess players, we have full 

 confidence in their willingness and ability to maintain their own honor 

 without Interference from any quarter. Nevertheless, we oaunot help 

 regretting the consequences ; for instead of the bright and genial chess 

 gossip to which our American contemporaries have accustomed us, we 

 have a succession of painful charges and recriminations, of which 

 can say nothing more than that we should willingly let them die." Such 

 a course cliques, rings and the perpetrators of irregularities could, n 

 approve of, and in order to entomb the discussion willingly "shake, 

 and even throw in a "bloody chasm" as a sort of inducement, and then 

 start the ohariot wheels over a new smooth road for another load of 

 " vindication." Although the discussion Is now well advanced, perhaps 

 the fact-citing accusers will heed oar contemporary's suggestion, and 

 thus interest and amuse the chess public as no llre-eatlng and sword- 

 swa'lowing conjurer ever has an audience in the performance of his 

 programme announced unparalleled feats. For our part we should like 

 it. It will Insure another grand tourney, the invention of »tnt another 

 programme, and a management that would early secure the services ol 

 a brass band, as well as a flaming poster artist I 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



S. 8., Jr., New York. -Solvers' Tourney commenced with Problem 

 No. 1, and will continue until the publication of all tourney problems. 

 We advise that you solve all tourney problems that appear until the 

 publication of our Solvers' Table. A word to the wise, etc. 



NnovA Eivista seou gACCHt, Italy.— We failed to recolve the Oct 

 and Nov., 1S73, numbers of your excellent magazine. The Russian 

 Chess Monthly, St. Petersburg, the problem department of whloh Inter- 

 ests us greatly, for Oct. and Nov., 1S78, are also mis3ing. 



B., New York; N., Philadelphia; V., New Orleans, and severa 

 others.— We review only such books, etc., as are sent us for that pur- 

 pose, which, in the future as in the past, we trust will *e few. Our 

 private purchases of chess works are usually "dipped int3" here and 

 there and now and then, and are seldom so critically and carefully ex- 

 amined as to warrant an editorial expression ot our opinion. We can- 

 not, therefore, at present at leant, acceed to your requesis that 

 "express our critical and unbiased" opinion on aides' " Chess Gei 

 Kohtz & Eockelkorn's " Collection of Problems" and Valle's " Book of 

 Problems," the latter of which we are not r.waro has ever been 

 published. 



J^nswets to §jj\rts$0ndtnts. 



No Notice Taken ol Auonymoiu Communloatloat, 



WiiEiiB to ao poe Game.— Correspondents who send us 

 specific questions as to where to find best localities for game 

 and fish are referred to our game columos. All the news that 

 comes to us is there given. By keeping themselves informed 

 from this source our friends will save themselves and us 

 much trouble. Read the paper. 



!?W. D. O.j Phlla.— We cannot prescribe for your dog wHhoutjfurther 

 description of the symptoms. 



U. a. B. New York— Can I hire a dog fir one day In N. J. t I want 

 a Bclier. Ana. We know of no place where dogs can be hired by the 

 day. 



C. H. D., Matawan, N. J.— We cannot express a decided opinion re 

 garding the article ,\ ou mention until we have further personal experi- 

 ence. 



Clvtk, Providence.— Will you please glVJ me the address of the 

 present first officer of the New York. Yacht Club ? An?. S. N Icholson 

 Eane, Com. 



Gams Dealer.— Several correspondents who ask f*r name of New 

 York game dealers may find what they want by consulting our adver- 

 tising columns. 



H. deL., Versailles, Mo.— Lake Pontoharlraln Is a favorite ducking 

 resort tor New Orleans sportsmen. There are many lakes easily ac- 

 cessible from the Mississippi. 



J. K., Philadelphia.— Unless your gun battels have plenty of metal at 

 the muzzle we would not advise having them choked, or* even reborea 

 if they ore very much oust-eatan, 



Mohawk, Monroe, Mich.— For Bond's Iron Bectional boats write to 

 llolbeitou & Co., 117 Futon street, N.Y. 



Rifle, Richmond, Va —Are there any obj actions to the uae of Dltt- 

 mar powder for rifle shooting t if so what ars they? Ana. L3tters 

 regarding this qneoilon In another column. 



H, C. M., Jefferson City, Mo.— Your dog wbb poisoned with strych- 

 nine. We would wggasi a with each day two table- 

 spoonfuls of Wyrth's preparation of wine, Iron, and quinine, to which 

 add >,$ grain of nux vomica. 



A. R. 8., Washington.— A and B shoot a match at double birds, B. 

 Shoots at his first and as he shoots both birds we In range and ha kills 

 both with the flr9t barrel. Do they count, or will B get another pair ? 

 Ans. Both birds count for B. 



RANDOi.rn, Macon, Va.— 1. Is the gnn called tho Bonchlll gun re- 

 liable? 2. Where is it made ? 3. Is it choke-bored ? 4. When does 

 the dog show In Pittsburgh come off ? Ana, 1. Yes. si. London. 3. I 

 is and it Is not, as wanted. 4. We have not been advertised. 



F. A. S., Macon, Mo.— 1. How can I take small dents out of a walnut 

 gun stock? a. Where can I get a Scott gun choke-bored to 3hoot eg 

 well as if It had been bored at the factory ? Ana. 1. They can be sand- 

 papered out. 2. Thomas, of Chicago, could probably do It for yon. 



.T, T., Mamprel, Ohio.— 1. Do you consider the Webley a good reliable 

 gun? 2. Is Webley'8 method of boring as good for close shooSng as a 

 choke, or medium choke? Ans, 1. Yes. 3. We have never shot one 

 of the guns, but they have an excellent reputation for good shooting. 



A Nov.— Are there sturgeon caught in the Hudson River between 

 Fort Hamilton and Fort Leo ? Ans, There are sturgeon in the lower 

 part ot the river as a matter of course, bnt the fishermen do not attempt 

 to catch them there because they can be taken so. much easier In the 

 upper river. 



Scholar Reader, Matteawan.— The density of water Increases 

 with the depth. A screw will therefore have less "slip" the deeper 

 It is immersed ; that is, the screw will move ahead in a given number 

 of revolutions a greater distance than if working nearer the surface 

 in a more yielding medium. 



E. R. T., New York.— What Is the best authority on the breaking and 

 treatment of hunting dogs ? Also how old a pnppy should be when lo 

 commence house breaking ? Ans. You will find instructions for breaV- 

 icg dogs in the " Sportsman's Gazotteer." Usually puppies arc ready 

 to house break when six months old. 



E. v. L., Fulton.— E. Waters & Son, of Troy, N. Y., manufactures 

 paper shells of all kinds, c. B. Elliott, Quay & Franklin sts., Green- 

 point, L. I. ; E. K. Byron, foot of 110th St., Harlem, N. Y. ; Thos. Fearon , 

 of Yonkers, N. Y.; Wm, Blalkie, Cambridge, Mass. and T.Desmond, 

 Peck Slip, N. Y,, all hnild excellent cedar shells. 



S. H., Ridley Park.— Yenr pnppy has mange. Use the following mix- 

 ture once or twice, washing off after it has been on twenty-four hours ! 

 Sulphur, 8 ozs. ; whale oil, 8 ozs. ; oil of tar, % oz.; Ung. Hydrarg, % 

 oz. Give the puppy pleniy of boiled rice and milk to eat, and two drops 

 of Fowler's solution of arsenic every day would help it. 



H., Boston.— Please give me the correct pronunciation ot "carton" 

 used to designate tix points on the Becond class target; also, Its defini- 

 tion and origin ? Ans. A carton Is a pasteboard placed over the central 

 portion of the bull's eye. It is a French word meaning card, and Is pro- 

 nounced "kar-tong," with the accent on the first syllable. 



E. C, York, Pa.— I have an 8 gauge 14 pound gun. The shells sent 

 with the sun are 3 Inch 8 A brass shells. A few days since I ordered 

 some E ley's 8 green paper shells which I find are 3# inches in length. 

 la u «afe to use the latter in the gnn, or should they be cut off ? Ans. 

 The shells should be out off to s inches, as that is nrobably the length 

 of the chamber of the gun. 



F- E. G., Falrbury, Ills.— t. Would stuffed duck skins make good de- 

 coys? 2. Would a refleoted light on water at night " attract ducks 

 passing over" so that they would light In the water? An3. l. The 

 greatest objection lo them would be their lightness. If they could be 

 made aa heavy as the natural bird they would answer, but probably for 

 one season only. 2. We doubt If it would. It is a glare, or dazssie Which 

 attracts birds flying at night. 



3. 11. M., East Saginaw. Mich.— My dog has internal oankerof the 

 ear. What shall 1 do for him ? Ana. After washing the ear thorough 

 ly with Castile soap and warm water, and drying, apply a little of the 

 following; lotion morning and evening, holding the dog's head down 

 and the flap over the ear for a few moments until it has had time lo 

 saturate: Goulard's Extract and wine of opium, of each a oz.; sul- 

 phate of zinc, y t drachm ; water, 8 oz.— mix. 



J. W. S., Providence, R. I.— The charge for youo gnn is 3|£ drs. pow- 

 der, l.v oz. shot, Tho marks on the barrels are proof-marks, and give 

 ao indications as tovame. A cylinder-bored gnn is without any con- 

 traction, or "choking " at any part of the barrels. A gun scatters 

 because it is intended to do so. If the shat went like a solid ball yen 

 yould probably not kill many birds. Messrs. Greener, Dougall,"Gloan'4 

 and others have written books about the boring of shot-guns. 



J. T. C, Munoy, Pa.— 1. Could I get a pair of barrels put on my gun 

 that will weigh 7J4 pounds, 10 gauge 23 inch barrels, and would it be 

 suitable for grouse, quail and woodcock shooting? 2. Does Carver use 

 a gnu of this description ? 3. How can I stop a young dog from chew- 

 ing birds In retrieving ? 4. Wliere does the next National Sportsman's 

 Convention meet and when? AnB. 1. Write to the makers. The gun 

 would answer very well for auoh shooting. 2. We do not know. 3. 

 Run short kniulng needles through a stuffed er dead bird so tbat the 

 points will prick him when he attempts to chOiv It. 4. Write to B. P 

 Dorrance, Wllkesbarre, Penn. 



J. L. 3., New Y'ork.— An ice-boat can sail faster than the wind when 

 th'e latter Is forward of the beam: because the Impulses of the wlcd 

 aolaccumulatlvely, the momentum of the boat preserving the speed 

 already Imparted, and each successive impulse of the wind adding 

 thereto, until the Bpeed of the boat brings the wind so far ahead the t 

 Its effect diminishes and becomes only great enough to sustain the 

 speed already attained. This determines the limit of speed under the 

 circumstances. When the wind Is abaft tho beam the speed of the 

 boat cannot exceed that of the wind, as the latter is following, and 

 greater speed on the part of the boat would cause a diminution in the 

 force of the wind ; tho boat would therefore alow down again. 



Questioner, Hanover, Maine.— 1. Are Ihe lower priced guns of — — 

 durable and reliable in every way 1 2. Is I here any gnnmaker In Eng- 

 land now by the name of Moore, and if so how are his guns marked In 

 full? 3. Will the auxiliary rlflereadlly enter a shot-gun if tholatterls 

 foul from firing ? 4. Could not a proper ExprcBs rifle barrel be Used In 

 a Bhot-gun, and would so inches be long enough to develop ihe best 

 shooting from It? 6. Saw a muzzle-loader lately marked on rib 



William Greener" and on locks " W. Greener." Did not Beem to be 

 an old gnu. Do you think It could have been a genuine W, Greener sr 

 Ans. l.We believe them to bo so, for the price. 2, None now living. 3. 

 Yes. 4. The heavy charge required for the Express rlflo might be 

 against It ; the length would not be sufficient. 6. it may have been a, 

 gun made by tho father of the present W. W. Greener, 



