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FOREST AND STREAM. 



legs, in her mouth. These she handed to the little girl 

 on tfhe rock near me and then climbed out and stood erect, 

 with heaving bosom and parted lips, and nonchalantly 

 gathered up her skirls and wrung from them the dripping water. 

 Outlined against that wonderful background of tropical 

 leaves, with its depths of shade and gleams of light, with the 

 water dashing against the rock upon which she stood and 

 parting in sheets of foam, what a charming Naiad 

 peared 1 Naiad she may have been, but she could hardly 

 have been called a Dry— ad, as the water had caused her 

 garment to cling closely to her shapely figure, and was pour- 

 ing from it. 



This was repeated, until the basket carried by the little one 

 was half full. Once she came up breathless and excited and 

 came to me with an ugly water scorpion between her fingers, 

 one of which was red and swollen, where the venomous thing 

 had bitten it. Thus we went on up the stream until near the 

 mountain lake, when our way was stopped by a jam of broken 

 limbs. Then we turned down again until halted by a series 

 of wells, worn from the rock by the action of the water, 

 twenty feet deep, into which the flood plunged wildly, ever de- 

 scending, on its way to the grand leap of two hundred feet 

 into the valley below. While my companions searched a side 

 stream I remained on the banks by the trail. Daylight waned 

 and they came not ; the gathering gloom urged me to be up 

 and on my way home ; but the trail was obscured and I was 

 not sure of reaching my hut in the dark without a guide. So 

 I waited, perforce. Everything living seemed to have left 

 the river's banks, and the only companion to my solitude was 

 a gayly-colored lizard, which lay upon a branch and watched 

 me. In the interest of science— but against my belter feel- 

 ings — I held a bottle before his nose, and he walked into it. 

 Then I put in the cork, and later he was having his fill of 

 i'um ; not the first victim of the bottle— and of science. 



Their voices reached me not long after, and none too soon, for 

 ■we had hardly light enough to reach the main path. Late as 

 it was, however, Marie prepared some of the fish when she 

 reached her mother's house, and sent them to me with some 

 fragrant limes and a spicy pepper. The delicate flesh as far 

 .surpasses that of the coarse garbage-feeding lobster in flavor 

 as a "saddle-rock" does a coon oyster. With a dripping of 

 lime juice and a dash of West India pepper, some Peak& 

 Freans' biscuit and a bottle of Tennant's pale ale, I supped 

 so delightfully lhat all my mishaps were forgotten. I even 

 queried whether crayfish hunting, with a pretty, brown- 

 skinned maid of sixteen, who waded bare-legged in open- 

 bosomed dress, extended a helping hand when you slipped, 

 laughed merrily when you fell, talked musical patois as she 

 pattered along, — I queried if it were not better than hunting 

 through musty brooks. 



WHAT IS THOUGHT OF US. 



Washington, B. C, Dec. 25, 187S. 

 Editor Forest and stbbam : 



I am so much Interested in the sports derived from forest and 

 stream, that being now unable to participate in tuem, heeause of 

 duties to perform, I gain all the pleasure 1 can in reading the many 

 accounts so entertaining pabiished in jour paper of hunting and Ash- 

 ing adventures ; and as I read I am reminded of the many pleasant 

 times I have enjoyed in the wilderness, and hope that I may again tra- 

 verse the forests, gun in hand, for I am still young. 



As I have just been reading the last number, I felt Impelled to write 

 to you, and thank you for the interest and pleasure you afford me 

 through your columns, and for the manner in which you are conducting 

 the greatest sporting medium in our country. Well do I remJ 

 when the f orest and Stream first made its appearance, and with 

 what delight I hailed it as being something much needed among sports- 

 man. I believed it could not fail to prosper. But its success has been 

 rsr. in excess of my expectations, and Its influence is almost unbounded, 

 ■ i lie right direction. What efforts have been made ot late years 

 in nearly every State in the country to preserve trie game and flan of 

 rests and rivers, and to restock rivers depopulated of fish. Bow 

 raooh interest is taken in rifle matolies and shooting contests of every 

 rae people are awakening to the great importance of lield 

 as a healthy and innoceut amusement, and therefore to the great 

 Importance of preserving oar game. But the Forest and Stream is 

 the trumpet whicli has beeu sounding in the ears of the public for the 



is or seven years, and has caused this awakening; and 

 spoken none too loudly or emphatically iu behalf of our sporting inter- 

 ests. It is surprising how much Influence it exerts directly and indi- 

 v.-Hy. its power is felt In every community where there are tme- 

 leartedsportsxen. I have seen a copy handled ami read witb interest 

 in the logging and hunting camps of Alalue and Nova Scotia, as well as 

 in tlie richly iurnished rooms of city habitations. Tuanking you In be- 

 half of my sporting friends here and myself for the Inter;.. 

 paper affords us, lor your willingness and attention In answering our 

 Inquiries, and for the honest and impartial manner in whicli the F. & 

 a. is conducted, I remain, O. W. B. 



Indianapolis, Jan. 21, 1870. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



luynur leader of the last number you ask if you have accomplished 

 what, you set out to do. Yea, you have done it most successfully. I 

 to-iK the ;Va«ura(i'*e for a number of years, bu t found that my business 

 1 1 could not devote the time to those purely scientific Bnbjacta. 

 In your journal I hud practical common sense ; every -day matters pre- 

 sented iu such a way that " he that runneth may read." 

 iv.ii White ami John Cotton tail have suffered for the past live weeks, 

 i ig from figures given me byBnddft Co., snippers of game and 

 f, folly lBDjOQO quails, and the same nnmoer of rabbits, Have 

 been received and shipped from thia point from December 1 . One 

 man, twelve miles west of here, caught over 1,200 nm: 

 a month. We tear that the greater portion of our quails are frozeu to 

 loath. Even rabbits have beenfouud dead when tuey were o 

 ng the elder bushes. Suppose you suggest, In your pleasant way, 

 hat the guis as wed as the boys be taught u r to Igun at.v 



i : an excellent shot, and 1 have greatly erjjoj i inj a 



Bride, la November I thought that I would give an 

 uot quite eleven years of age, a few lessons with my No. 12 Dougab, 



i. The third shot at a tamo turkey brought it down. On 

 glvlnit Bay we went out tu the country by invitation to dine. My 

 nole asked me to "bring along my shot-gun and kill the pigeons'' 



been so iusi 



s-lf. and go With im 

 mention this fa< 



nuisance iu hia barns and granaries, 

 o and a half drachm, and one ounce 



•"'.v 



only possible, hut a girl will 

 can go with her lather to 



(how that It Is not 

 grow up to leve nature all the more if she 

 the fields and woods. 



My health is better than for lirtecn years, and I attribute It all, with 

 Ijod's blessing, to my sweating ami wading and roughing iu the piney 

 woods and everglades of Florida. J. F. 



Chicago, 111., Jan. 15, 1879. 

 Editor Forest akd Stream : 



It is seldom now I put pen to paper, only when I think I ought to do 

 so in the public Interests, It is nearly forty years since 1 used to nil, 

 page at a lime, the old Spirit, when Porter and Kichards were iu the 

 land of the living, and Qerbei fci 1 • my correspondents. 



But though sixty-live and rheumatic, I keep alive my interest in fluid 

 sports, and must thank you for the pleasure your paper gives mo. 



T. B. L. 



rirrsBUKo, Pa., Jan. it, ists). 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



Iu your issue which reached ua yesterday, you a9fc: " Have we ful- 

 filled onr mission?" We answer, You have instructed, interested and 

 elevated the sportsmen of our country; yon have created a lovo for 

 outdoor sports ; you have shown that it Is wise to make laws to protect 

 fish and game, and you have educated your readers to respect those 

 laws and to force others to do the same; you are fast teaching the 

 farmerB that there is no conflict between them and the real sportsmen 

 of the count,., stnen are their friends iu place of their 



enemies. J. s. U. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



TnE Adirondack Deer SLABon-fEn — While it. is our de- 

 sire to give nil parties in a controversy equal privileges of 

 presenting their views, we must decline to make our columns 

 a medium for personal recrimination. We are in receipt of 

 further correspondence regarding the slaughter of deer in the 

 North Woods, tho publication of which we do not consider 

 conducive to the correction of the abuse. That there has been 

 unlawful aud culpable destruction of game iu the Adirondacks, 

 there is no good reason to doubt. There are officers and so- 

 cieties whose duty it, is to rectify the evil. The question is : 

 Will they do their duty ? Newspaper talk cannot fill tho place, 

 of derelict officials. 



The Maine Trout Lav/.— Borne of the Maine descend- 

 ants of the original penny-wise pound-foolish fellow are think- 

 ing to put money iu their purse by extending the open 9eaaon 

 for trout from Sept. 21 to the middle of October. This, they 

 reason, will lure late fishing tourists to the easy capture of the 

 gravid October fish, while their shekels meanwhile enrich the 

 coffers of the inhabitants of the land. This is a genuine case 

 of killing the trout that lays the golden eggs. The belated 

 tourist would undoubtedly linger for a season or two and 

 thereby materially enhance the pecuniary interests of his 

 host, but we can hardly conceive how that host could expect 

 (his blissful condition of affairs to last very long. Every one 

 who has ever fished iu Maine knows that the trout are spawn- 

 ing iu September and October, aud that they are not fit to be 

 taken in the spawning period, and that even if they were, it is 

 agaiust all reason and common sense to capture them then. 

 If the Maine Legislature alter the present law at all they 

 might with great advantage set the beginning of the close 

 season twenty days earlier than it is at present. We trust 

 that the intelligent anglers and fish culturists of the State will 

 exert their influence against the proposed change. 



Blooming Gbovb Park Association. — A meeting of Direc- 

 tors of I his Association was held at the Hoffman House on 

 Friday, January 34, to fill the vacancies occurring by the re- 

 of Dudley Field, Col. Banders D. Bruce, A. II. 

 EC. Glenney. The following gen- 

 tlemen were elected in their stead, viz.: Count E. R. MouziUy, 

 M. B. Brown, Dr. C. Alfred Grimes, and C. P. Fearing. An 

 adjourned meeting of directors was subsequently held at No. 

 30 Broad street on Tuesday afternoon, 28th, to elect a Presi- 

 dent in lieu of Dudley Field, resigned. John McGinnis, Jr., of 

 the banking house of Dean, McGinnis & Co., was so elected. 

 John Avery was re-elected Vice-President. The following is 

 the full board of officers of the Association as recently recon- 

 structed : 



President, John ileUlnnis, Jr. ; Vice-President, John Avery ; 

 I.Reed. 



Executive Committee : 



i l.u Me . o., M. B. Brown, K. Bradley, M. B. 



Directors i 



Dr. B. Bradley, Charles Uallock, John Avery, John McGinnis, 

 ■l Grimes. M, B.; C. F. Fearing, Count E. B. Mouzilly, 

 i. Reed, K. B. Brown, Goo. A. Greeue, Jr, 



After the election the following gentlemen were duly 

 elected members ■ 



Messrs. O. K. VanflerbUt, C. Fellows, H.J. Nicholuy, W.T. Whar- 

 ton, Jas, M. Dunbar, aud Alurliu Vau Bureu, all o( the Union Club; 

 W It. Pendle on, Beverly Robinson, aud K. Ci. Field, of the New 



low numbers 142 live members, and stands 

 financially as strong as any ia the country. It has a large 



l he treasury, and its assured receipts from annual 

 dues alone ate amply sufficient for all current aud contingent 

 expenses. For the fiscal year beginning April f, 1870, the 

 annual dues have been fixed at $35. The South Side Club, a 

 large number of whose members are also members of the 



I trove Park Association, have offered a donation of 

 trout from its own preserves to stock the streams at the park, 

 while Director M. B. Brown has purchased $100 worth of 

 black bass spawners and made a gift of them to the associa- 



tion ; these will be turned into the lakes in the spring. The 



;i his pre- 

 serves in Tennessee, and a large lot of rutted grouse will bIso 

 be put into the premises after the snow leave?. Under the 

 new management, it is confidently believed that all the plans 

 of the original projectors will be fully carried out. The chili 

 house is fully appointed, aud is one of the most commodious 

 and comfortable in the country. It is now iu charge of 

 Major John Stellenweef, late of the Lake House at Islip, 

 Long Island. 



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New Tore Association for the Protection of Game.— 

 The annual meeting of this association was held at Martinelli's 

 on Monday evening, Hon. Kohl. B. Roosevelt, the President, 

 in the chair. Among other business under discussion was the 

 action of supervisors in tinkering with the game laws, which 

 was strongly condemned. The counsel of the association re- 

 minded tho members that the amendment of 1876 gives them 

 authority only over such birds aud animals as are not men- 

 tioned in the law itself. This, he said, did not appear to be gen- 

 ;i. and had been universally disregarded. The con- 

 sequence was that every county had practically a different law. 

 Even Gov. Kobinyon. in speaking of the mailer in his annual 

 message, seemed to lie under the impression that Supervisors 

 had a right to do as they pleased. The speaker was perfectly 

 satisfied with the law as it stands, and disapproved of any at- 

 tempts to tinker it on account of the difficulty the society" had 

 heretofore experienced in getting the Legislature to act sensi- 

 bly in the matter. He suggested that the society should pre- 

 pare a condensed edition of the present law, leaving 

 clauses giving authority to Supervisors, and adding others 

 making the open season for all garj end on the 



same date, and the time for having i o end sim- 



ultaneously, instead of having dill ei r different 



..■■ones, as now. He thought this would simplify 

 matters so that everybody could readily understand the law. 

 Another wise amendment would be one prohibiting 

 pound nets in any waters of the State of New York. On mo- 

 tion of Dr. Green, President Roosevelt, Counsellor Whitehead 

 and Senator Wagstaff were appointed a committee to take 

 charge of the subject, and on motion of Mr. Meyer the com- 

 iustructed to give particular attention to the evil 

 of trapping, which still prevails to a destructive extent. The 

 Treasurer reported receipts during the year of $6,247.65, and 

 a balance on hand of $804.92, beside inently in- 



vested in G id "" following officers were 



elected for the ensuing year : President, Robert B. I 

 Vice-President, Clinton Gilbert; Secretary and Treasurer, 

 Thomas N. Cuthheri ; Counsel, CharleS E. Whitehead; 

 Executive Committee— H. T. Carey, William M. Fleiss and 

 Wisner H. Townsend. The meeting then adjourned down- 

 stairs, where a luxurious sn njoyed, After the 

 coffee, in the course of the speeches, Mr. Fleiss stated that the 

 South Side Club have succeeded in raising trout in one year 

 of a weight of eight ounces, and they have trout two years 



old that weigh nearly a pound. Tl never been 



made public before. Mr. Roach told of trout wliich lie had 

 seeu in Maine weighing three pounds, and which, he had 

 been assured by a reliable man, were only one year old. His 

 informant ascribed their rapid growth to their extraordinary 

 voraciousness. Other trout of the same age in the same pond 

 were mere fingerlings. 

 V — 



Toe Vermont State ^Association" — Ferrisburg, Jan, 7. — 

 I wish you could have been a little more pointed in your hit 

 at our dinner-eating State. Association ; not thai [have any 

 personal spite against it or any of its members, hut that it 

 might be shamed from its inaction, which is disheartening to 

 all who really desire the protection of our sadly persecuted 

 fish and game, and who hoped for good work from this orga- 

 nization. To what extent this hope has been realized you 

 can judge when I tell you that the fish laws have been openly 

 violated ever since their passage, from one end to the other of 

 Vermont, and part of Lake C'iiamplain (except in this town- 

 ship, where our little club has done its work faithfully), with- 

 out an effort toward their B 



tion. The same is true of the trout lakes and ponds of the 

 northeastern portion of the State, and the illegal killing of 

 deer in the northern counties. In one instance, as Secretary 

 of our club, I notified the State Association of the illegal sale 

 ni in! perch in Burlington. 1 know that my complaint was 



:> of the assoe'e 

 where the offence was committed, but no notice was taken of 

 it, and the illegal sale of the fish went on as before. All 

 praise is due to members of the association for their effort to 

 introduce migratory quail and for turning out sundry head of 

 deer in the centre of the State, but as a body I believe the 

 association has done nothing that was expected of it. I 

 firmly believe that our little uential man 



among its few members, has done more for fish and game 

 protection than the State Association, with its jud 

 great men and great dinners. And 1 also believe, with my 

 present fight, that' the hope of game protection lies not iu such 

 bodies, but in the earnest work of local organizations of towns 

 and counties. R. E. Kukinson. 



BlDDKFOBD AND SaoO GAME AND FiSH SOCIETY. — This 



society was formally organized at Biddeford, Ale., Jan. 23, 

 with a membership of nearly fifty and the following officers: 

 Pres., Ceo. F. Calef, Esq.; Vice-Pres., Ferguson Haines, 

 Esq.; Sec, Dr. Thomas Haley ; Treas., C. T. 8. Blal 

 Executive Committee, Dr. H. E. Hill, Wm. B. Bnruham, 

 John P. Andrews, Abijah Tarbox, who were un 

 elected. The new association have abundant work before 

 them. Tin- I led with salmon ; it can be made a 



good fishing ground once more. 



Massachusetts — Boston, Jan. 25.— Editor Vorett and 

 notice iu your last issue you call upon Massa- 

 chusetts gume people to look out for their game protection, 

 etc. I would say that a com 



and Game A ' oi which I am chairman, has this 



matter of game protection in hand, and that we are preparing 

 a bill to present to the Legislature, now in session, which we 

 trust will be satistuctory to all parties concerned, an 

 us ample protect inn. The intere lealera and 



sportsmen shoulti be identical. i W Adams. 



Nettiko Ducks at Shikssooqk— fitUtor Fffrestand Stream: 

 Is there no course to lie taken by sportsmen to pu 

 to the netting of ducks in Shihnecock Bay f 

 stand that large numbers are being thus caught in the openings 



