FOREST AND STREAM. 



393 



W£j Hate another mountain of 5,000 feci, altitude. It may 

 uot bo Uninteresting, also, 1o remark that, t lie difference be- 

 tween the altitudes of Mt, Marey, ami Ml. Washington, of 

 the While Mountains of New Hampshire, is found to be 

 quite 800 feet. Mt, Mwcy, Mi. Maelntyic and Ml. Ifnj- 

 stiick, are to be remembered as Ibe three royal summits of 

 tlu- St.-ne. Mi. Skylight,, lliougu lying upon Die very limit 

 of 5 000 rial 1 have found lo he (went v-tivc feel lower than 

 Ml. Haystack; vi'l it sliOUld be mentioned 'hat a computa- 

 tion based upon a single verfusal angle, from .Mi. Marcj 

 Would diow HkyTiglit to lie but 9 15J00 feet below the 

 limit in' 5.QO0 feet, This will he finally settled by recipro- 

 cal vertical angles to be hereafter measured." 



"The new -pusses and routes for trails across (he moun- 

 tains which we have explored will be found logically facil- 

 itate travel, especially Hie route by I. alio Tear, 'the tumntt- 



Water, al tie: south of .Ml. Marey,' which renders tie- climb- 

 jng o£ the [H.ak unnecessary to those merely desirous ol 

 crossing the range; while upon the shore of the lakelet 

 spring, ii hm i:oi be eorraipueteil lor the shelter of parlies, 

 till clouds clearing away from the summit of Marey an- 

 nounce a favorable day for Ibe ascent. The trail by the 

 new Oaraboo pass by which the water of Avalanche Lake 

 may b<- .-ivoiihd. will lie found of equal value, while- Ibe 

 new mule which 1 have di-aovi-i ed lo Ibe suinmil. of Mi. 

 Seward, from the north by Ampersand Pond, make- that. 

 grand peak easily accessible, without the labor of climb- 

 ing ov.ci all the minor summits at the south. Our trail 

 fioiu l'.aiileii mountain 10 the summil of Mi. Haystack will 

 lie found useful to those desirous of visiting that remark- 

 able summit." 



"The hydraulic power of the region, practically its most 

 important Topographical feature, has been studied with the 

 results heretofore detailed, The absolute necessity of the 

 reservation of tlie.se water- for the Champlain shit) canal 

 has, I trust, been made apparent ; it was first brought he- 

 fore the public in my previous reports. The statistics of 

 areas of watersheds'; of (low per minute in cubic feet of 

 these streams of the wilderness are the first ever made, and 

 are recommended lo legislative consideration. It is jusi to 

 remark that Hie practicability of connecting the head 

 waters of the Hudson and St. Lawrence was tirst suggested 

 by Prof K. Emmons, but only for the purpose of obtain- 

 ing better canoe or baileau navigation through the wilder- 

 ness." 



Of the Zoology of the region he says: — 



"As a matter of zoological and general interest, I may 

 mention that in a few of the most remote portions of the 

 •wilderness We have met with indications of the moose, 

 which, to some of the guides, seemed unmistakable. This 

 gigantic deer is, however, almost extinct in the Adiron- 

 dack*., and I would BUggCSt thai il be made, in future, un- 

 lawful to kill or destroy the animal at any season. Heaver, 

 also, are still to be found in one or two localities, and 

 should be similarly protected by law. The bear, panther 

 and wolf, elc, are still Sufficiently abundant, and afford 

 support to some, trappers, who make them almost their sole 

 object and means of livelihood. The common deer are 

 extremely plentiful in some sections, and almost wanting 

 p. others— their absence in localities being attributable to 

 tin; practice of constant driving or hounding, which soon 

 sends those (which are not driven to water and killed) to 

 less disturbed feeding grounds." 



"Almost allot t lie new lakes mapped, abound in im- 

 mense speckled or brook trout— some of them of -wonder- 

 ful size and weight, reaching three and four pounds — true 

 salmi) fiwtiniiilix' As a matter of special interest, I may 

 mention our discovery of Huge Iioui in one of the brook 

 inlets id Lake (.'olden, near Ml. Marey, and in the lake it- 

 Self. This is probably Ibe highest point at which trout are 

 found within the State, Lake Golden being over 2,700 feet 

 above the sea. 



In reference to tbe Adirondack Park he says: — 



"In regard specifically to the proposed park or Slate for- 

 est reserve and the area or portion advisable to be taken for 

 that purpose, a brief statement will be sufficient. I would 

 recommend thai, at present ouly the high mountain region 

 — the heart of the Adirondack*— be taken. This section in- 

 cludes Mt. Marey and all the great parks of 4,000 and o,000 

 feet altitude, anil is indisputably valueless for agriculture. 

 The region which I thus suggest as the nucleus of the park 

 is bounded on the east by the Schroon Valley and Pass, from 

 Boot's lo Elizubelhlown ; on the north by the settlements 

 of Keene or tbe Keene and North ElbaKoad; on the north- 

 west hy the Saranac Lakes; on the west by the Raquette 

 River and Long Lake; and on the south by what, is known 

 as the Carthage Road, extending from Long Lake to Root's. 

 The area thus separated would afford the State the control 

 of the (Jalliu Chain and outlet of Long Lake— the key to 

 the, western waters which I have so often recommended for 

 feeders of the Champlain Canal. 



The area of the section thus recommended is not far 

 from (100 square miles or 384,000 acres, and with but trifling 

 exceptions consists of abandoned lands, unremunerative 

 and almost valueless — the only lumbering or timber cut- 

 ting being along a few of the low-land or lake valleys. 



It forms but a small portion of this northern forest re- 

 gion; is acknowledged to he cold, sterile and useless for 

 farming; it embraces the sources of the Hudson River and 

 hikes already used as reservoirs by lumbermen; and besides 

 conlaius the highest mountains of New York — a region of 

 wonderful beauty and pieturesqucness w Inch, under con- 

 trol as a park, and preserved from ruthless desolation by 

 fire, can be made as profitable to this State by travel and 

 traffic as Mt, Washington and the White Mountains are to 

 New Hampshire." 



Severe Weather in England. — A letter from Jack- 

 son Gillbanks, Esq., Whitefield, Eng., says;— 



"\V r e have not had such storms in England i. e. Great 

 Britain, for forty or fifty years. The frost" and snow are 

 terrible. A great want of cattle food — such as maize, Can- 

 adian peas, &c, (as our hay and corn crop was only about 

 one quarter of average) and yet the arrivals from America 

 of such stuff are very scarce. Your American farmers 

 might have made a fortune out of us, if they had sent plenty 

 over, hut I suspect your shipping is not flourishing, and 

 your governors Content with living from baud to mouth." 



— In Kansas the coal deposits are found near tbe surface. 

 When the owner of a deposit wishes to open a coal yard, 

 he slicks up a sign near the spot, "Coal for Sale," and the 

 purchaser digs for himself and carts away what ho wants, 



THE "BIG HUNT." 



Letters of protest and approval still continue to come, in 

 respecting ihe criming "Big Hunt," as it is called. We 

 prim some "specimen bricks" to-day. Several correspon- 

 dents will pardon us for not printing their communications, 

 because they raise no new poluts not already covered hy 

 previous letters:-- 



K11IT..K I'n»K*T and stream:— 



I wish in call tint Ulteation of BportSMcn to several point* hi (he hater 

 <it Coli McL'urty, which appeared iii your issue of Junuurj mil, «nd pass 

 ii tew friendly strictures upon your introductory reniurks. 



Yum must Intend I" BUtfrjjM ilu- cxpnlitiun tt'Hen ymi «iy "we shall ba 



Bpocieu of i!oi-:Mind fauna, hut. possibly iu:w nice? of men. unit ruins of 

 lUTClent villages and cities." Mink Twniu tieviW wrote nnythins more 

 liiiinoroiis. Nothing is more absurd than to call thia bunting raid ol the 

 Colonel iiml liis party, scientific, 1 cannot bcliuvo time you wrote the 

 pliragmpli in sober earnest. 



Doc* the Colonel moan to pu| Aiii.th-h on n level with Africa ami In- 

 dia- lloiuiniioxpoilltions have left England for tliose savage countries, 

 mat why -.tumid not one come, to America, is Ilia inevitable lucic. lie, in 

 iiomiiion wnh other Englishmen, no ilonlil thinks that we hivu no sci- 

 ence, no civilization, ami no lights. Ami "e inie." say you, "there are 

 new races of men lo be fltsCOVcred, new ftpeolts of birds aim animals.-' 

 This is rich. 11 fealty makes one langtt. We have no natural. Bts, no 

 sportsmen. True, oor trovorumoot low -cut out exploring expeditions, 

 headed l»> scion. itlc men, known and respeeied tin: world over, hut what 

 of these, When compared with an Knglisli btnttlrer and scientific expedi- 

 tion, hooded tiy one McCarty. 



Come, slay our luMHi: leave not one alive; "ilieyare a nUiB&Oce," for 

 Ilic Oolouc-l say.- so, and ho ought to know, for is ho not an Knglshinnn? 

 ami what is there that an Kn-li.-liman does not know:- Hear his phi- 

 lo-opli.v:--Kxtennintitc (he bison, and tin Indian will pease ht« work of 

 rapine and murder, and the Government will save millions of dollars 

 and ilie |in c.ious lives of many of ils best citizens." I'rodigiousl If 

 this man's impertinence dues mil need cheeking, then I am at fault in 

 writing this letter. 



Mr. McL'urty, the spoilsmen of America will be glad to welcome you 

 to their '-preserve-," if you prove to be a gentleman and a sportsman, 

 hut will not if yon come at the head of an organized banditti to slaugh- 

 ter our came. We einphaiically protest against you and your parly com- 

 ing to our game regions witlioul ever saying "by your leave." for one 

 I am uot willing to give up our game to foreign intruders. Your propo- 

 sition is the meal dishonorable imaginable. Were you to come with half 

 a dozen good Yellows we wdntd not complain; hut when you propose to 

 lit out a hunting rteet and sail into our port, landing and scattering your 

 ihree hundred in our forests and upon our streams, killing our game 

 A ithout regard to use or value, we will not say welcome. We are demo- 

 cratic, but not enough to' "permit any nation to come in armies, burn our 

 forests, lake out annuals, Bshtw, and birds captive. Reflect that it is avr 

 game which j on pn,po.-e to kill, aud it is for our interest to protect the 

 objects of llie chase. Von and your parly, In your living trip through 



the game. nun. if so disposed, wantonly destroy it. Should you persist. 

 ■ progranibie, as published, we, the sportsmen of 

 smble and denounce your proposed in- 

 id destruction of our property, Tbe 

 •d from such depredations by law, and 



GAME IN SEASON FOR JANUARY. 



Hares, brown and gray . Wild duck, geese, brant, &c. 



.pelled to 

 vasion of our hunting -round: 

 sportsmen of England are prol 

 most strictly do they enforce t' 

 dy la view of your barefaced propos: 

 protect us in our rights. The gamo 

 and belongs to her people, while the 

 aristocracy of that country. AmerU- 

 should they attempt such a raid in yo 



ml that it 



e but o 

 ask Co 



rests to 



leiic.-i is a part of her wealth,' 

 s or England belongs to the 

 onld be arrested for stealing 



o carry 



the United States. >Sir, as 1 am writing a plain letter, you 

 liberately organizing a thieving party. Should you corneas you propose, 

 you will not lie recognized by American sportsmen. 1 have consulted 

 several of our sportsmen, and ibcy all denounce in bitter terms your 

 project. It is to be hoped that you may have sufficient good sense to sec 

 the matter in its proper light; but should you determine to put your 

 theory li-io practice, then there will be resolutions of censuro and con- 

 demnation at every State meeting, and at our National Sportsmen's Con- 

 vention, to be. held at Cleveland, Ohio, in June next. Wcare in earnest. 



This is written with no ill will to you, or the men of leisure and wealtli 

 who compose your party, hut in self-defence of our sportsmen and game, 

 and in the Interest of humanity. A, B. LAjmiairaoir. 



Mr. Lamberton argues from false premises in tbe suppo- 

 sition that Col. McCarty is an Englishman, be being native 

 and to the manner born, and his ancestors for five genera- 

 tions before him. We don't see how an act of Congress can 

 be made to prohibit foreigners from hunting on or passing 

 through our territory unless it subverts the first principles 

 of tho Republic. 



f, H. T., January 21, 1875. 



71 Broa 



;bt and Stream:— 

 i- valuable paper that Col. McCarthy has answered a num- 

 onespondenis very fully. 1 think Mr. Mead and others 

 •y silly strain. They had belter devote their time to put- 

 '.o daily poaching going on under our noses. I am in the 

 tig the woods every Summer, and 1 have never yet. seen the 

 oaehing was not a daily practice of the countrymen, or 

 sitors. There is plenty of room for their services nearer 

 t going into things they do not understand . 

 ours truly, Wakeman Holbeuton. 

 *.•* 



Revolutionary.— The citizens of Lexington, Massachu- 

 setts, have resolved to eelebrate.the Hundredth Anniversary 

 of the "Battle of Lexington" on the 19th of April next. 

 No locality can be more appropriate for commemorating 

 the opening scenes of the Revolution, than the very spot 

 where the first blood was shed. It is proposed to arrange 

 for the celebration of the day regardful of the broad his- 

 toric interest which pertains to the event. The citizens of 

 the country generally are invited to join in the observances. 

 The prominent features of the day will consist of an ora- 

 tion, the unveiling of the statues of John Hancock and 

 Samuel Adams, who'had sought refuge from British pro- 

 scription in Lexington, and were under its protection on 

 that day— antl a public dinner. It is expected that the oc- 

 casion will be honored by the presence of the Executive of 

 the United States, Ihe State of Massachusetts, representa- 

 tives of the different departments of the National and State 

 governments, literary, and other organizations, and dis- 

 tinguished individuals of the Republic, whose words of 

 eloquence and wisdom will add interest to the occasion. 



— A series of international pigeon matches are to come 

 off at Monaco, Italy, this week. Messrs. James Gordon 

 Bennett, Q. Lorillard aud C, Livingstone are on the Com- 

 mittee of Arrangements. 



our atlunnls u> dftint. them will only create ivitf'won.] 



GAME ft MwthKT. -Venison sella from 18 to 20 Gent 

 per pound; ni (fed grouse, *l per brace; prairie ehickcnB ?."i 

 cents; quia], $3 to $3,60 per doaen; canvas imt-ks, S3 to 

 $3.50 per brace,; red heads, sl.ou. to $-1.76; mallards, $•! 80; 

 black ducks, $1.36; widgeons, •$!; hares, 75 cents; rabbits, 

 same price; wild turkey, 30 cents per pound; and wild 

 geese, M per brace. 



—We repeat the following notice for tbe information 

 and guidance of inarketmeu ami others: 



lhal.il 



January 18, 1875. 



The sale of trout is not permilled until March loth. Tho 

 sale of grouse, quail, &c, is forbidden after March 1st. 



—The snow in the Adirondack woods is two feet deep, 

 and the ice on ihe lakes a foot and a half thick. 



— Tlie lumber for the new hotel al Cedar Keys, Florida, 

 has been ordered, and the building will be pushed forward 

 at once. 



—The Kent County Sportsmnns Club has just been or- 

 ganized in Mieiiigan with twenty-four members and Ihe 

 following officers:— 



President, B. S. Holmes; Vice President, .Martin lhu-- 

 ham; Secretary, A. J. Holt; Treasurer, A. ('. IJiuton; 

 Board of Directors, L, II. Hascall, George fcS. Baars, A. B. 

 Turner, J. S. Slewart, Henry Widdicorab. Its lieadtjuar- 

 tresare at Grand Rapids/, Preservation of game and fish 

 will receive its special attention. 



— The sportsmen of York, Ph., last week oiga'tizi-tl a 

 club for the protection of game, with ihe following Officers 

 for the year 1875;— President, II. L. Fisher, Esq.; Vice 

 Presidents, A. 11. Nes, Geo. Karg, A. II. GHatz, P. L. 

 Wickes, Esq., John L Blackford, Esq. ; Secretary, Ed- 

 Ward Stuck; Cor, Scc'y. Geo. A. Beckett; Treasurer, Al- 

 fred Garlman. Adjourned to meet at the call of the 

 President. 



— The sportsmen of Grand Rapids, Mieiiigan, have or- 

 ganized a club called the Kent County Sportsmen's Club, 

 and have announced their readiness lo second a call limi; 

 other clubs, to start a Slate Sportsmen's Association, lo 

 fully represent ibe interest of .Michigan in die session of 

 the National Sportsmen's Association at (Jlevelaud in June 

 next. Keep the ball in motion. The work goes bravely 

 on. "Tours, B. 



— The Hannibal, Mo., Shooting Club has elected the 

 following officers for the coming year:— P. A. 1 -lickmnn, 

 President; G. W. Hewitt, Vice President; \V. S. Hulki-I;, 

 Corresponding and Recording Seere.larv, .1. K ll.-iyunnl, 

 Treasurer; IS. Buchanan, W K. Kelley, .1. Van Brown, 

 Executive Committee. 



The Isteunationai, Rifle Match. — A meeting of the 

 National Rifle Association and the Amateur Bide Club was 

 held at No. 194 Broadway, on Saturday afternoon to make 

 the requisite preparations for the forthcoming international 

 rifle match, which is to take place at Dublin in .June next. 

 Colonel Wiugate was male Chairman and Mr. Bruce .Sec- 

 retary. After stating the objects of the meeting ihe Chair- 

 man 'read a letter from Major Leech, of the Irish team, 

 asking that the American team be his personal guests dur- 

 ing tlie match. This it was resolved lo decline,' with suita- 

 ble expressions, as imposing too heavy a burden on the 

 Major. A committee on Finance was appointed consisting 

 of General Woodward, Colonel Gilder-sleeve, Mr. Judd and 

 Mr. Alvord, to report a plan for raising Ibe iieeessaiy 

 tunds lo pay the expenses of tho team. The Chairman', 

 General McMahon, Captain Fnllon and Air. Collins 

 were appointed a committee lo devise tbe. selection of a 

 team, and tbe joint committee adjourned to meet next 

 Saturday afternoon at tbe same place. 



RiFi.it Range in Masraciiubrtts. — Adjutant General 

 Cunningham in his annual report to ihe Legislature rec- 

 commends the building of a rifle range al, the Slate Camp 

 Ground at Framingham, Mass. He says: — 



"The subject of a rifle range, for the militia is receiving 

 considerable attention throughout Ihe Slate. It is found, 

 upon examination, that the Slate Camp Grounds afford 

 tbe opportunity of procuring thereon a rifle range 1,000 

 yards long, and it could be made undoubtedly "the best 

 range in the country. 



—Lieut. Mncnachtan, of Cobourg has received the gold 

 medal awarded by His Excellency Lord Dufferin to tlie 

 Canadian marksman making the^ highest score at vY'imltiii- 

 don last Summer. Tlie medal is very handsome, on one 

 side of which is, near the outer edge, in letters. "The 

 Dufferin Medal, 1874," and in ihe centre a beautiful exe- 

 cuted figure of a rifleman, in officer's tunic, kneeling in the 

 act of shooting. On the obverse is a finely executed lain. 1 

 wreath enclosing Ihe following-.— "For the highest score 

 made at Wimbledon." Lieut. Macnachlini was lucky 

 enough to win no less than four prizes, which be brought 

 homp with him from Wimbledon, and Ibis is the lift:; 

 socurcd by him from the Wimbledon match of 1874. 



