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ferno " may give some idea of misery, but Dante evidently 

 had never known Lake Worth musquitoes. 



From the Hfuilover westward as far as Lake Okeechobee, 

 and south to the Indian hunting -grounds, a wild waste of 

 water and weeds, varied here and there by a dismal swamp 

 of cypress and live oak, traversed by few save wandering In- 

 dians, inhabited only by wild animals and reptiles, extend the 

 Everglades of Florida. Like the vast prairies of Illinois, 

 stretching as far as the eye can reach, nothing but waving 

 grass can be seen, or in the dark fastnesses of cypress swamps, 

 shrouded in gloom and funereally draped with the gray weep- 

 ing moss of the Bouth hanging in solemn festoons from every 

 bough, while below the deep, dark waters reflect back each 

 motion, and cause the multitude of cypress knees to seem 

 like serried ranks of bristling bayonets ; while the gloom is 

 heightened by the melancholy hoot Of the owl, and the sullen 

 plunge of the alligator alone disturbs the death-like stillness 

 of the scene. In these are recognized some of the peculiar 

 features of the Everglades. 



In a season of flood miles and miles of this region are sub- 

 merged, and what at other times is a wilderness of grassy 

 desert, then becomes a sea of water, and one may journey 

 from the St. Lucie River to Lake Okeechobee and to the Big 

 Cypress, and thence to Biscayne Bay and back to the St. 

 Lucie in a sail-boat. Through all this vast region flowers 

 bloom as bright and gay as in the conservatory ; birds sing as 

 sweetly as when hung in gilded cages ; the deer and the pan- 

 ther wander at will ; the rattlesnake and moccaBin here abound 

 undisturbed by civilized man ; the crocodile of the Iudus and 

 Nile dwells unmolested ; and the laws of God are as fixed 

 and immutable in the tracldess desert of the Everglades of 

 Florida as in my part of the civilized world.— Florida Agri- 

 cultural. 



climate being produced by deforestation and replanting. We 

 refer to that stretch of miles of country over which the rail- 

 road passes, near Trieste, as you . ia to Italy, 

 bleak, barren, stony, with hardly earth sufficient for a weed 

 to take root in, a stretch of barrenness on which some dread 

 anathema seems to rest. It is a curse that rest!) on it, called 

 down from Heaven by man. Five hundred years 

 an immense forest stood on the ground where now is nothing 

 but a sea of stone. Venetians came and hewed down the 

 forest in order to procure wood for piles and mercantile pur 

 sopes. 



NASHVILLE POULTRY SHOW. 



Nashvillb, Dec. 17, 1876. 

 Editor Foebst akd Stream -. 



The second annual show of the Tennessee Poultry Breeders 

 Association opened yesterday with a very much finer collec- 

 tion of birds than last year. Almost every variety, with 

 some magnificent specimens of each, are on exhibition. Mr. 

 S. G. Woods alone exhibits gray dorkins, brown Leghorns, 

 "white Leghorns.light brahmas.buff CochiDS, partridge Cochins, 

 black unci white Cochins, silver and golden Polish, black 

 Spanish, Plym iuth Rocks, and black-breasted game. Besides 

 these the same breeder exhibits white Pepin ducks. Rowen 

 Aylesbury and black Cayuga ducks, white and brown China 

 geese, and several beautiful varieties of pigeons Bitch as car- 

 riers, pouters, barbs, owls and fan tails. Most of the above 

 are very fine, but Mr. Coleman has some magnificent speci- 

 mens of partridge and buff Cochins that will be hard to beat, 

 the cock and hen from which bis buff Cochins were bred 

 scored last year in Buffalo at a show 99 points out of a possi- 

 ble 100 Mr. W. T. John's exhibit of Bantams is very fine, 

 B. B. R., silver seabrights and golden seabrights, all game. 

 are beautiful. A coop of brown China geese, owned by a 

 Mr. Williams, was particularly noticeable. The males were 

 thoroughbreds, the females only half bred, but the males 

 were splendid as to size and color. The white China geese of 

 Mr. Woods are also fine birds. Among the pigeons two pairs 

 of carriers, one white and the other black, were very hand- 

 some, the owl is also a beautiful breed. In one coop I noticed 

 an exceedingly large black Cochin. In all there are about 

 exhibitors who deserve great credit for the care they have 

 bestowed on so commendable an enterprise as the improve- 

 ment of poultry. I came very near forgetting to men tion the 

 turkeys which were in the show. There are but five coops, 

 but one contains a bronze gobbler of enormous size, he turns 

 the scale at 42 pounds, in addition to which he is most symmet- 

 rically formed, and his plumage is as bright aud brilliant as 

 the wild turkey. There is but one hybrid shown this year, a 

 cross between the Guinea fowl and the Cochin China. Guinea 

 pigs and rabbits form part of the collection, but among them 

 there is nothing worth special notice. A live ground hog 

 draws a number of curious persons around him. 



In the award of prizes Mr. S. G. Wood secured 1st prizes 

 for light brahmas, red Spanish chicks, golden Polands, buff 

 and white Cochins. MR Goldman 1st for Plymouth Rock 

 chicks ; Mr. W. T. Johns took several 1st and 2d prizes with 

 his bantam game and duckering games; other prizes were 

 awarded to Messrs. Watson, Scraggs, Talley, Newman, Harris 

 and Dandridge. The only lady competitor was Miss El)a 

 ICirkmau, she took a 2d prize" for gray dorkins. The first 

 two days the attendance was quite small, but yesterday being 

 a beautiful bright day, quite a number of admirers of fine 

 poultry wero present. J. D. H. 



♦♦♦ 



liTFi/DENOE op Forests on Climate. — Many rivers have 

 totally disappeared, or have been reduced to mere streams by 

 an irrational and henious felling of the forests. In the north- 

 east of Germany, the Ts&vp and Gold rivers exist only in 

 name. The classic lands of antiquity are rich in sad lessons 

 of deforestation. The springs and brooks of Palestine are 

 dry, and the fruitfulness of the land has disappeared. The 

 Jordan is four feet lower than it was in the New Testament 

 days. Greece and Spain suffer severely to this day from the 

 effects of destroying their forests. Many parts of the King- 

 dom of Wurtemburg have been rendered almost barren by 

 the felling of the trees. In Hungary the periodically return- 

 ing drought is universally attributed to the extermination of 

 the forest. We attribute the present unfruitfulness of Asia 

 Minor and Greece to the destruction of the woods; steppes, 

 ruins and tombs have taken the place of what was the high- 

 est culture. Sardiua and Sicily were once the grains 

 Italy, but have long since last the fruitfulness "sung of the 

 ancient poets. On the other hand, man can improve the 

 condition of the land in which he bves, more slowly indeed, 

 but as certainly, by cultivating and preserving the forests. 

 In earlier years reliable authorities have told us that in the 

 Delta of Upper Egypt, there were only five or six days of 

 rain in the year, but that, since the time when Mehemet Al. 

 caused some 20,000,000 trees to be planted, the number of 

 days of rain in the year has increased to forty -five or forty- 

 six;. The Suez Canal has produced remarkable results. 

 Ismaila is built on what was a sandy desert, but since the 

 ground has become saturated with canal ;water, trees, bushes, 

 and other plants have sprung up as if by magic, and, with 

 the reappearance of the vegetation, the climate has changed. 

 Four or live years ago ram was unknown in those regions, 

 while from May, 18G6, to May, 1869, fourteen days were re- 

 corded, and once such a rain storm that the natives looked 

 upon it as a supernatural event. (Facts recorded in the 

 Vienna JTeue Ereie Presse, May 10, 1869, and in the English 

 journals.) 

 Austria herself has a very striking instance of a change of 



BIRMINGHAM DOG SHOW. 



THE nineteenth annual Birmingham Dog Show took place 

 during the first week in December. Although the Bir- 

 mingham show does not equal in importance, as far as the 

 number of entries is concerned, the shows held by the Kennel 

 Club in and near London, yet, owing to its having been the 

 first established in the kingdom, it is looked forward to with 

 even greater interest, and its awards arc held in higher 

 esteem than those of the younger show. ADd as far as entries 

 are concerned, were there a place of suitable size, it is proba- 

 ble that in this respect also it would be ahead of the London 

 shows. The entries have in former years been limited to 

 1,000, but this year were further curtailed to 970. The judg- 

 ing was done the day previous to the public opening of the 

 show, and the only persons allowed to be present besides the 

 judges were the reporters and officials. The entrance feo 

 was seven shillings and six pence sterling for each dog, which 

 is about equal to our entrance fees, but we believe that each 

 exhibitor was also compelled to purchase a membership in the 

 association. 



The judges were : For pointers, Viscount Combermere and 

 Mr. Tom LI- Brewer ; for deerhounds and greyhounds, Lord 

 St. Leonards and Mr. Samuel Mallaby ; for bloodhounds, 

 otter hounds, harriers, beagles, dachshunde, St. Bernards, 

 Dalmatians, and foreign non-sporting dogs, the Rev. Gren- 

 villeF. Hodson; for fox terriers, the Hon. W. Fitzwilliam 

 and the Rev. Cecil Legard ; for setters, retrievers, and foreign 

 sporting dogs, Lord St. Leonards and Mr. William Lort ; for 

 spaniels, Mr. Charles B. Hodgson, Major H. W. Willett and ' 

 the Rev. A. L. Willett; for mastiffs, Newfoundlands and 

 sheepdogs, Mr. Edgar Hanlmry ; for bulldogs and bull terriers, 

 Mr. John Percival and Mr. James Taylor ; for smooth-haired, 

 black and tan, and Yorkshire terriers, Pomeranians, pugs, 

 Maltese, Italian greyhounds, Blenheim and King Charles 

 spaniels and toy terriers, Mr. Matthew Hedley and Mr. John 

 Percival] : for Skyo terriers, Dandies, Bedltngton, Irish, wire 

 haired and broken-haired terriers, Mr. John Nisbet. 



Passing over sundry of the non-sporting classes, in which 

 our readers can scarcely bo interested, we condense from our 

 contemporary, the London Field, its account of. some of the 

 sporting classes : 



In Champion Fox Terrier dogs Bullet won. We did not 

 see Rattler or Pepper, thCugh they were both entered. Trim- 

 mer was very highly commended, though whatever commend- 

 ing a champion may mean we are at a loss to explaiu. In 

 bitches Bell was awarded the prize— rightly so, we think. In 

 the open large-sized dog class we were sorry to see Gaffer 

 only very highly commended; he is a very neat terrier. 

 Ranger is too broad-skulled ; Jacko we did not think much 

 of, but Sexton is not a bad one. Nimrod showed wonder- 

 fully well, and, we think, should have been first. His kennel 

 companion, Buff, however, took that place, Bitters making 

 room for the youngsters. In large bitches V-n,, 

 easily. Jess making her a very good second. The >i 

 ing 181b. dog class had a tremendous lot of rubbish enlisted 

 in its ranks, aud the wheal was easily separated from the 

 chaff. Spratt is coarse- beaded, however, but he 

 highly commended notwithstanding. Dorcas, in bitches, was 

 followed by Daisy and Nectar as named, and we indorse that 

 classification; but Juliet, who took a very highly 

 ed, we object to, and consider the award groundless ; she has 

 not a fox terrier's head, her eyes are indifferent, aud she wauls 

 bone sadly. Nell, also a previous winner, is too broad- 

 skulled, and was properly enough unnoticed. 



In Large-sized Champion Pointers 'dogs), Waggonce more 

 wagged himself into the judge's favor; Burr wauls a rib, 

 Trent was not in good show form. In large bitches Stella 

 won fairly. The open large dog class was large, but not par- 

 fieularly good: Faust, as good-looking as he leg 

 field, took first, most deservedly; Drake II ide, but has 



a poor head ; Jiang II. had the onh awarded, 



though why we are at a loss to explain, and we could name 

 Joker, Eos, and one or two more who should have been no- 

 tieerl. In the large bitches, Mr. Geo, Moore's Maggie and 

 Moss— the latter a trifle light-boned — were placed as "named : 

 Blair is square-shouldered, Nell has a lair head. The small 

 pointer champion class fdogsj laid u and Ce- 



dric; the latter scored, notwithstanding that one of his eyes 

 is gone. In bitches, Lady Pearl was alone, and, of course, 

 took the prize. In small dogs (open clues) Mr. Fletcher's 

 Joss took first, but we really see nothing wonderful in him ; 

 he is finely bred, but is snipy, poor bodied, and is lacking 

 depth. Byron, who took second, is neat, but somewhat bitch- 

 headed ; Duke, unnoticed, is not a bud puppy for his age, 

 only 9 months; Nero, also unnoticed, is good-bodied, but 

 plain-headed. The bitches were a numerous assortment of 

 indifferent quality ; Juno is poorly topped and sterner!, and 

 Sappho, belonging to the same owner, is worse. .James 

 Bishop's Broom, who took second, Js a very pretty bitch, 

 likely to sweep the board s ... .. , aid" danger- 



ous rivals to pretty Bee. I SB USUal too* first. 



The Champion class for Engli-:! had Rock 



aud RemuS entered, Rock to ik the cup, but there, we are- 

 sorry to say, we do not agree : Rock is shoi t- 

 spanielly behind, whereas Remus (who was in grand leather 

 and condition, by the way) has all the graud characteristic of 

 a most highly-bred setter. In bitches," Phantom scored over 

 her two kennel Companions— Puzzle and Princess— a grand 

 trio, truly. The open dog class was a good, really good class. 



is a superb young seti 

 deserved better, heis a nicely bred 'un, Buxton showsqualily 

 Oearc Ffiog is a go and one or the most lively 



customers we know of | Ranger 111. looked well ; Prince 

 Royal we thought as good as Rocket, Who is a fairish dog. 

 The Prince, however, was only very highly Commended. The 

 hitches were a charming lot. Counties Bear did not show 

 herself in her usual form, but Baffle and Novel v 

 there." Minch, highly commended, we did not admire ; she 

 is too spaniel-headed- Mr. Abbott's Maud should have been 

 and Nellie is a fine little bitch. 



The Champion black-aud-tandog class had two competitors, 

 Lang and Duke. Duke won. In tan and in coa 

 superior to Lang. The champion bitch class had three entries, 

 the best of which was not for competition, unfortunately ; so- 

 Floss won. Nell was catalogued at ten guineas— cheap this four 

 a champion 1 The open dog class might have been better, 

 Blossom won, and Mr. Parson's Bob was placed next, Alarquit 

 taking but a commendation. The bitches formed a poi 

 Royal is very ragged, aud Rose was poor in feather. Duobess 

 (passed over) has a good tan and a good coat, but Daphne was 

 out of form altogether. In Irish champions, Palmerston in 

 his best war paint, won again. Deis just fit to look at— out lie 

 is a good one for that. In the open dog class one of his sons, 

 Count, won, and St. Patrick was placed next. Shot was only 

 commended, aud Dick looked very old. Mr. Abbott's Phmkett 

 II. should have been in the list. The bitches were not pro 

 eminently graud. Kitty, however, is a good one ; but Belle is 

 too wedgy. Parnella has a good frame, but shows too much 

 white about her— a blaze, a frill and dabbed toes arc really too 

 much of a good thing in the wrong places. Snipe is hut a 

 wiry weed. 



The following is a complete list of the winners in the above 

 classes -. 



Fox Terriers— Champion Class— Dogs— 1st, w J Hvde, Buffet 

 Very high com, W A Watson. Trimmer. Bitches— fs't, J Terry, 

 Bell. Open Claes, exceeding 181 ba— Dogs— 1st aud 2d, F Dnrbidge, 

 Buff and Nimrod. Verv high com, A A Fasten, Gaffer ; TV Potts 

 ItanE-er, and F Bnrbidge, Bitters. High com, G H Salisbury! 

 Jack", late Trap, and B \V Smith, Soxon. Com, W Hnl 

 II. and F Sato, Roger. Exceeding lGlbs- Bitohea— lat F Bnrbidge 

 Nettle ; 2d, W Goath, Jess. Very high com, T Rirhy. Lilt. Big]] 

 com, H Bright, Young Grace, and H Champion, Satire 

 II Fulls, Prima Donna, and F J Astburv, Meg. Not Exceeding 

 lSlba— Dogs— lBt, A Ford, Biilv ; 2d. F Bnrbidge, Eojal ; 3d A B 

 Clarke, Tip. Very high com. 8 W Smith, Spratt. Hi 

 Hulae, Bittle .lohn. Com, F J Asttrary, Cob ; A H Clai 

 Twig ; S W Smith, Squire ; and ,1 Terry, Bitters. No I 

 tOlbs— Bitches— 1st, P Borbidge, Dorcaa ; 2d, J? Redmond, Duiav ' 

 3d, TWnnllon, Nectar. Very high com, W HuIbo, Juliet. High 

 com, A H Fasten, Bracelet ; SV Hodgson, Fly; F Redmond, Dea- 

 con Nettle. Com, W A Watson, Vanity, and It W Walpole, Buby. 



Pointers, large— Champion Class— Dogs— 1st, B J L Price", 

 Wftgg. Very high com, T Sturgeon, Burr, Bitches— 1st, G T Bar- 

 tram, Stella. Open Class— Dogs— lat, G Pilkicgton, Faust ; 33. 3 

 Sharps. Drake, High com, A Warden, Prince. Com, R P Beach, 

 Bang II. Bitches, 1st and 2d, G Mooro, Maggie and Moaa. High 

 00m, .1 X Clarke, Blair. Com, F N Bangham, NeU. Small, Cham- 

 pion Claea — Doks— 1st, J H WhitehoUBe, Oadrio, Bitches -1st, J 

 H Wtutehouao, Hadv Pearl. Open Claaa— Doga -1st. J Fletcher, 

 Joas ; 2d, G Booth, Byron, High com, J H Whitehouae. Sir Mike. 

 Com. J Hoggins, Sancho. Bitches. 1st, B J B Price, Bow Bella; 

 2d; J Bishop, Broom. High com, P Davis, Bady, and B P Beach, 

 Alma, Com, R J B Price (2), Hebe and Juno. 



Settora, English, except Black and Tan— champion Class— Doga 

 — Cup. J Fletcher. Bock. Bitches— Cup, B Bl Purcell-Blowellin, 

 Phantom, Open Claaa— Doga— lat. W D Duncan, Royal IV ; 2d, T 

 Pilkiugton, Rocket. Yery high com, B LI Faroe 11-Blewelhn, Piince 

 Royal. High com. G D L Maedona, Bangor HI, and B Bl Puroelt- 

 Blewellin, Count Wind'em. Com, J Biahop, Buxton, and F .Tonee 

 Roll It. Bitches— let and 2d, R Rl Piircell-Lk-.velli 

 Novo Very high com, J F Plait, Daphne. High com, J A Flair 

 Miuce, ami W Van Wart, Nellie. Com, G da I, Mlodona, 

 Black and Tan, Champion Class— Doga -1st, J THielmrdaon, Doki i 

 Bitchea— 1st. B B Faraone, Flosa. Open Claea-Dogs— 1«| , II 

 Mapplebocis, Blossom ; 2d, E B Parsons, Boh. High 

 Herdman, Rajah. Com, I A Negus, Chang, and H Mapploheck, 

 Marquis. Bitchea— 1st, U Mapplebeok, Mona : 2d, E h Parsons, 

 Jesse. Irish— Champion Claaa— 1st, T M Hiuiard, Falmeralon. 

 Open Class— Dogs— 1st, T M Billiard, Count ; 2d, C T Abbott, St 



Patrick, Very high com. . I li |uy, Diol Com, J Wucldington 



Shoot. Bitchea-lat, ,T H O'Brien, Kitty ; 2d, F A. Bird, Boue! 

 Very high com, J E Johnson, Flirt. High com, G da B Macdoira 

 Pain ell a. 



Fvr Forest and Stream and Med and linn. 

 BREAKING DOGS ON RUFFED GROUSE 



THE remarks published in Forest and Strkaai of No, IJ) 

 under the above caption were intended to apply to 

 young dogs, and were made upon the assumption thai, those 

 dogs which had experienced work upon game, even if but 

 for one season, were already broken. Therefore the criticism 

 of your correspondent "Ruffed Grouse " is not to the poiut. 

 when he refers to the deigs that have been worked on ihe 

 prairie. 



First impressions are very likely to be lasting ones ; there- 

 fore should special attention be given to a young dog's first 

 lessons upon game. Por this purpose do not select a covert 

 for locality, nor birds that are habitual runners as the initio^ 

 torv game, but select an open field where game can bo readily 

 found and where the dog will be constantly under the eye 

 and control of its master, if oue cannot make a selection of 

 locality Or game, then grvfc the dog the best possible break- 

 ins: upon such as may be obtainable'; but in any and every 

 case the dog should hrst, be thoroughly yard-broken. Too 

 great attention cannot be given to this, and the lamentable 

 laek of it has often induced the writer to enjoin it 

 sportsmen whod.-siretbat their dogs shall evet' be well broken. 

 Many spoil "Leu or badly broken dogs 



from year to year, dogs of hue natural abilities, perhaps, yet 

 never obtain abetter dog simply because of neglect, iu the 

 primary lessons. 



I have met sportsmen who were quite contented if the dogs 

 found the game, pointed it staunchly, and never mouthed "it 

 after it. was killed. My own dogs wilt do all this without 

 any breaking whatever. No teaching whatever is needed lor 

 them in pointing and backing, aud no caution requil 

 gitrds mouthing dead birds. Vet I derive so mil 

 pleasure from shooting over thoroughly broken dogs, that I 

 am willing to devote the necessary time and patience to leach- 

 ing the accomplishments which are such desirable accessories 

 to their superior natural qtialil ies. There are Sportsman who, 

 from Impatience, or because owning but one dog, i 

 pup of six or eight months into tin, li. -Id for work, which too 

 often results in mental aud physical detriment to the dog. 



'iiuvincedam 1 of the great advantage- 

 rived from having a dog thoroughly yard-broken ere taken 

 into the field for work, that I allowed the autumn of last year 

 to pass by without once taking into the field a brace of young 

 dogs that were eight months old. Yet 1 spent thfl 

 of that year iu shooting over 'logs. 



