FOREST AND STREAM. 



395 



much like to hear this question discussed, bur 1 am in favor of a general 

 law on game birds and make ttji close time for New England from Janu- 

 ary to October. What do you aay? Sankz. 



PROTECTING RABBITS. 



Stated i?i.am> Shooting AwicuTtrw, I 



1'ort Richmond, January 'JO, 1875. ( 

 EiHTori Fobest and Stiieam:— 



I send you one or our potters, Wbloh WB have Just bud printed, and 

 which speaks for itself. JTofl will see that rahbtts srementiontd, This 

 is a county law which we. liadpasBcd in 1:73, «nd several put ties have 

 open brought up and fined for violating it. The flue Is a heavy one. and 

 we shall demand the whole amount in all cases, «$ we intend stopping 

 the dustruerion of these liille BnimMB, that, tow been praoticfid In former 

 years in our county. If any TWretfnlnW any doulit ahout our enforcing 

 "this law. they can let it be brought to our notice, and ve will show them 

 how eatJKMt we are in the matter. We only arts to have them protected 

 during the close season, after which time we nre happy to have anyone 

 join us in the sport. Let other clubs do likewise. Beapeuirnlly Yours, 



MollTUIEIi. 



BEEF, MUTTO N, COOT S AND COONS. 



BROMFtELn House, Boston. January 9. 1871.. 



ElllTOH KOF.EST AND STUFtAM: — 



The following very interesting specimens were lately shipped by G. P. 

 Frnnklsud, Toronto, Canada, to L. Belknap & Co.. BohIou, where their 

 rtttbarkablo qualities attracted much alteuiion: Six muttons, ilve quar- 

 ters beef, one veal, one goat, four conns and one bear. The two heav- 

 iest quarters beef weighed respectively 43-i 11)8. and ilfii lbs., and by our 

 larket men .-.re said to be as fat. aud handsome as ever geaced I be books 



iiver #«//%• 



FISH IN SEASON IN JANUARY. 



M** mul 



SOUTHERN W 



Trout (black. 1)0 

 Drum (two spet 



Kingllsh. 



Striped Bass. 



Sheenshead. 

 Tnilortish. 

 Sea Bass. 



&THE 



MASKINONGE OF MUSKOKA. 

 it, January 14, 1876. 



in the Forest ami Stive A 

 that there are any maskli 

 Ue is mistaken, for there 



branch of the Musquosh tii 



of Fanneil Hall Market. The b 



lbs 



The ( 



of I he 



ist mutton turned the scales al -31 U 

 i and bear save evidence, of good living 

 ieh they came. Tile entire lot were skill- 

 lit, on the ability and enterprise of our 



n the Muskoka region, to 

 fully dressed, and retlectt 

 provincial neighbors; 



By the way. dear Forest Asa Stream, I TjShnnH like to say to "R. I. 

 N."Bnd'-.s'k.,Jr.'-nnd others, I have been mucb interest,.! in their 

 discussion on coot shooting; in fact the discussion is more interesting 

 to me than the real sport (?) T am an old coot shooter. 1 might say a 

 retired cool sbeoter-1 always retire when the 1*611 i« rough. They both 

 are practically correct, as far as tlicy have carried their stutemt nrs, hut 

 they don't tell it all. The hoys here want me to write and tell howl do 

 it. They say 1 got sea sick and gave a man two dollars to row me 

 ashore. There must be some mistake about that: but. if anybody wishes 

 my opinion of coot shooting, .they must address me confidentially mid 

 euclose stamp. Yours, &c, "'• 



-»•*- 



Petbiiborocoii, January 21, 187S. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



We are ahout forming a sporting and game protective club in this town. 

 Ourinugural meeting takes place on Wednesday evening next, (37th! a 

 report of which t will give you for public-it ion in Forest an» Stream. 

 Tour excellent paper is working an inestimable amount of good not 

 only in the United States, hut in Canada, wherever it is read. I think 

 we shall be able to say that we owe the existence of our club to FMnMfe 

 and Stream, and I hive no doubt many other sporting duos can trace 

 the origin of their existence to the same source. Claiming your indul- 

 gence in trespassing on your lime, f am, very respectfully, ^ ^ 



•♦♦■ 



CHARGES F OR SH OT GUNS. 



Montreal, Jannany SO, 1S75. 

 EniTOR Forest and Stream:— 



I am often amused at parties asking yon the best charges for their 

 guns, and rarely, if ever, staling the weight of their pieces. I will give 

 you a simple rule which is ttn 

 I think has not yet been in 

 exceeding No. 10 bore, to he one ounce. If no: over No. 5. one ounce an 

 a quarter if under that number. The number of pellets in an ounce i 

 ehot decrease so rapidly from No 5 upwards, that the extra quarter 

 necessary to muke a small pattern. Charge of powder to behalf 

 drachm for every pound weight of gun, which wouldgivc atdrat 

 a six and a half pound gnn, aud 5 drachms for a ten ponndi 

 charge I have used for years is four drachms Curtis & Harvey's No. 6 

 diamond grain andU ounce of shot. My favorite gun is 10 bore, weigh- 

 in" eight pounds, and oue of the best guns that could be made to order 

 toBngland, I had it made by George Gibbs, of S9 Can street. Bnsiol, 

 and though it has had five seasons' of hard shooting lias not a spot of rust 

 inside it, Gf course the browning lias long since left the outside of the 

 barrels With 4 drachms powder aud 11- oz. of No. 8 shot, a duck or a 

 goose has a poor chance at seventy -tive yards, when held straight. The 

 length of barrel does not seem of much consequence, as there is no per- 

 ceptible difference between my 30 inchfinn and my 26 inch, both by same 

 milker, same gauge, and each exactly eight pounds weight. It is a mis- 

 take to overload a gun, as. so soon as a gnu begins to recoil unpleasantly. 

 r-ood bye to steady shooting. I am a tolerably strong man. mul for ma ny 

 years accustomed to match shooting at long distances With the Metford 

 rifle, and thoroughly accustomed to heavy recoils but never could stand 

 more than one-half a drachm to the pound weight of the gun. If the 

 above scale of charges will be tried by some of your read, 

 autee that thov will dud them extremely effective. I am, 



e that 



The 



■iily. 



BOYAI 



CONICAL BASE SHELLS. 



Boston, January 19, 1670. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



It has just occurred to me, in connection with your notice of the new 

 conical base shell, that a long time ago-several years, I think, ibe sub- 

 ject being at that time the topic of conversation amongst several sports- 

 men-it was stated by one of them, that a shell of this description had 

 been made and tried with a measureable degree of^ success by that we 

 known aud skillful mechanic, Mr. P. Mulhn, of N 

 was stated that Mr. Mullin fqnnd a large '-- 

 often queried why the shell has nev- 

 Mr. Mullin can be induced to espial 

 still works aud prospers iu your city 



vYOrk. I think it 

 e in penetration. 1 have 

 : been brought out, but possibly 

 n that for himself, as 1 bulieve he 

 , as he well desei 



Unij 



S Gr.ir 



Two Flattering Testimonials.— We take the liberty 

 of publishing the following extracts from business letters 



sent to this office : — 



Wuitnewille Armory, Whitneyvilie, Ct, 1 

 Jaunary 23d, 1875. | 



Editor Forest and Stream:— _ 



We have subscribed to and read with great interest your paper during 

 the past year, and expect to derive from Its further perusal a great deal 

 of useful information which will enable us to make still further improve- 

 ments in our sporting rifles. 



The Whitney Arms Company not, only use the very best 

 materials in their manufacture, but take great pains that no 

 trans shall leave the Armory thai arc not perfect . 

 h 59 St. James Street. London. S W I 



December aflth, 1874. j 

 Editor Forest and Stihum:— 



We should like to have au advertisement run for another year. 1 am 

 dad- to learn, from the many inquiries that I receive, that, the paper has 

 «nph a widespread circulation. J. D. Dor/a am., 



Zt^erby Special Warrant* to Mr R. H. H. the Pritmof Watm mui 

 Qui* of Edinburgh. 



" Frsn rs Ma.[!KET.— Fish in general is ritlher scarce owing 

 to the blocking of lUe rivers ami harbors with ice. Smelts 

 are coming in from Maine and Nova Scotia. Striped bins, 

 caught through flie trie and weighing aooul Fifteen pounds, 

 sell readily at twenty-five rents per pound; halibut is very 

 nire and not much required, us it brings thirty cents per 

 |h.uthI ; i_'.„| brings ten cents per pound; fresh mackerel 

 twenty cents; Spanish mackerel forly cents; salmon 

 I rout, twenty-five cents: bluefish liflcen cents; salmon forty- 

 five rents; iobslcrs twelve cents; whitefish twenty cents; 

 scollops $2 per gallon. 



—Considerable sporl is now obtained in Eastern Massa- 

 chusetts tishing for smcUs through the ice with book and 

 line. At Milton, Weymouth, Ispwich, Newburyport, and 

 other places large numbers are caught, and of good size, 

 bukare full of spawn. A lot recently caught at Milton 

 weighed two pounds to the dozen. Some have been shown 

 in Boston thai weighed ulialf pouud each, a' size that shows 

 lite beneficence of the new law. These fish will bile as 

 fast as Ibe line can be lowered. The close season begins 

 March 15th. 



— A party' of gentlemen spent a couple days, week before 

 last at the Senter House, Centre Harbor, N. H„ llshing for 

 pickerel through lire ice in that part of Lake Winnepissiogee 

 eulled i lie Basin. They captured two hundred aud twenly- 

 1ive pickerel, none very large, their weight varying from 

 one to two and three iiuarler pounds. The sport was heigh- 

 tened by the offer of a silver medal for the largest fish, 

 which was captured by Mr. Shapleigh of Boslon, and 

 leather medal for the smallest, taken by Dr. Yonng of 

 Dover, Ni 11 



—The preparation of fish for market has attracted much 

 attention of lute from dealers in the piscatorial pabulum, 

 and they have made so many improvements in its preserva- 

 tion that all Ihe old modes have been relinquished,, We 

 sec no longer the masses of oily codfish suspended from the 

 smoke house in process of curing, as that is now deemed a 

 piece of unnecessary labor and a means of preservation apt 

 to injure the flavor of the finny tribes. In Gloucester, 

 Massachusetts, according to the Advertiser, dealers now 

 strip Ibe best species of codfish of the skin and bones and 

 then pack it iu boxes. This leaves the clear article all 

 ready for cooking, Without a particle of waste. The ex- 

 periment has proved very successful, and the demand for 

 this prepared codfish, as it is called, is increasing each 

 month. A dealer says that it is his opinion that in a few 

 years this will constitute the principle form in which dried 

 fish will be sold. The saving of freight, and the labor of 

 trucking and handling the refuse matter, would form a 

 large item in the course of a year. Beside this, the uniform 

 quality of the fish put up in this manner commends itself 

 at once, both to the purchaser and consumer, and are 

 weighty arguments in its favor. The fish thus prepared 

 looks very nice and inviting, as a visit to any of the estab- 

 lishments will at once prove convincing. Then, again, the 

 labor which the preparing and boxing furnishes our people, 

 is one worthy of consideration, and bids fair of greatly in- 

 creasing in the years to come. As an illustration of the 

 demand for prepared codfish, it may be stated that one 

 firm, in a single month, put up aud sold eleven hundred 

 quintals, amounting when ready for market to ninety-four 

 lliou-sund pounds. The amount paid out for the labor of 

 preparing it was $470, an item which would have been lost, 

 to Gloucester if the fish had been sold according lo the old 

 method. 



—The following is the text of an act which is now being 

 passsed through the Legislature of this State. It is of the 

 utmost importance, and we trust will meet with no opposi- 

 tion, but pass through smoothly and become a law:— 



The people of the State of New York, represented In 

 Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:— 



Section. 1.— No person shall seta pound net, or arrange 

 a ground fixture for catching fish in any part of the Great 

 South Bay, or its tributaries or bays, bayous, or waters 

 connected therewith, nor in any of the estuaries or rivers 

 and kills emptying into the Upper or Lower Buy of New 

 York, or in anv of the bays and rivers connected with Long 

 Island Sound, nor take any fish by any such device. 



Any person offending agafnst Ihe provisions of this sec- 

 tion shall be liable to a penalty of $3B lo $500 for each of- 

 fence ami imprisonment of from one to thirty days, aud 

 the net so used shall be adjudged to be destroyed. 



•Vny person shall be authorized to remove and destroy 

 anv such nets or fixtures connected therewith, and shall 

 not be liable in any action or proceeding for so doing. 



All monies paid as Hues under this section shall be 

 divided, the one. half to the informer, and the oilier half 

 to Hie school fund of the town where the offence was com- 

 mitted. 



—The Fishermen's Co-operative Association of the east 

 end of Long Island at their annual meeting, held last week 

 at East Marion, elected the following named officers for the 

 current, year:- President, W. II. Tuthill; Vice Presidents, 

 George M. Vail, Charles II. Brown and J. A Clark, Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer, Daniel C. Brown; Collector, II. II. 

 C TUlhill: Executive Committee, D. G. Vail, George E. 

 Vdell and Benjamin L. Potter. It was resolved that the 

 funds of the. association should be deposited in the Southold 

 Saviivs Lank, in readim-.s for the defence of members in 

 the exercise of their rights of fishery in the waters of the 

 State of New York. 

 — Clam diggers at Ipswich, Mass., earn $4 per day, 



GllAVENHURI 



Stream:— 



.-oiiimnnictithm on the Mn stolen Reman, trotiliafwd 



n the 31st till., says that he does not believe 

 :e In Muskoku, except in the Severn Ttivr. 

 plenty of them in Moon Kivur, which is a 

 br The Musquosh is fee outlet of Muskoka 

 ..._ and empties in to the Georgian Bay, vyiiere the Moon Kiver also 

 empties, AoamKolpli and a putty of live or six ijenileinen from To- 

 ronto succeeded m killing seventeen maskinonpo iu about, tlnee hours 

 hist. Fall, in Moou itivcr. about live miles below Bala. They averaged 

 twenty pounds, each. They caught them with the. tniwl spoon bait. 



We'bnve now about three feet of snow, which ft Wither Unusual for 

 this time oCyoar: The ice on the lakes is not very safe yet, ou account, 

 of there being no snow on it ; therefore nil tishingdone yet 



Yours truly, •' Scott. 



This paper bus repeatedly mentioned the maskinongc of 

 Moon Biver.— El). 



NEP1GON 



TROUT. 



.sti.e, Ontario, January It, I87S. 



tl( itliWL. 



Editor Forest and Stream:-- 



The communication intbe. last number of Forest aud Stream, from 

 your clerical correspondent, in re 

 Lake Superior, reminds me of 

 when on a llshing tour to the N« 

 dertook to lisb the east side of til 

 Alexander, and when about half 



to his trip t 



n North Shore of 





occurred to m 





i ■...: to Camp 





r place, and wttd- 



inked; a- 1 tb- 



ught, a very large 





le of a very switt 



he current, a 



id before 1 could 



forty yat&i 



>f line. This was 



.1 geth siei 



t, and 1 began to 



s piKo which 



are found below 



succeeded i 



l bringing to view 



1 them, in con 



eqnei.ee of brush. 



nattily within Imil, tocome to niv ussistan 



;e, Ue in. 



tted t 



le lower one 



whilst 1 seized fhe other around the gills, 



and bvtb. 



t, men 



-is we secured 



them both. They were exactly the same 



length— tw 



enty-o 



ne anil three- 



quarter inches.— oue weighing four pound 



a twelve oi 



uces, 



he other font 



pounds four ounces. I was at the time us 



mg two gi 



udj s. 



Imou Hies ou 



a casting lino of double gut, a sixteen 



'eetrod, h 



ir and 



silk mixture 



line, sixty yards long, ami multiplying re 



.1. Had ] 



been 



using oue of 



your twelve ounce rods, I tun quite sati 



slicd. alt he 



ti ah a 



11 v lisht-rof 



thirty years' experience, 1 cotikl not have ' 



uided i be- 





My heaviest 



trout during the trip of ten days, was five 







cea, and (tin- 



1 found t' 



fly> 



well, 



/cry caprioio 

 -cedily. The 



take grasshoppen 

 the bait they never refused was r. 

 to procure. A few small tlsh alio 

 caught with the landing net near 

 Superior 1 intend to take pri 



very difficult 

 ccaeionally lie 

 :l. trip to Luke 



Som 



io, but it 



-ntlen 



my 



"Why 



eot the large . - 

 re of the stream, I found tl 

 ,s utterly destroyed, and n: 

 titui-ul baits are preferable 



OrENiNO of tiie Salmon SEASON at Iuicland. — Net fish- 

 ing opened on the Slitro River on the 1st of January. On 

 the first, ami succeeding days several fine fish were taken. 

 The first arrival of Irish salmon for the season In London 

 was on the 5th January, when the market price was ;i.< 

 high as 10s. per pound. Since then the price had fallen 

 fja, per pound. 



Rational ga$time8. 



—The Paterson and Jersey City Curling Clubs had a con- 

 test last Tuesday, which resulted in favor of the latter. 



— Curling is the trreat pastime now in vogue in Canada, 

 and is enjoyed alike by all classes. 



—Companies E and A, of the 79th Regt., played a curling 

 match at the Central Park last week. The former were 

 victors by a score of oi to 25. Several impromptu games 

 were also played by the citizens. 



Skat hie was excellent ou Saturday last at all the re- 

 sorts in New York and Brooklyn, the ladies flocking in 

 great numbers to the CtipilolineLake. The storm of Sun- 

 day stopped sport for a day, but on Tuesday I he ball was 

 up again at the Capitoline and Prospect Park hikes, at, the 

 former of which the Sunday School of the Tabernacle 

 church congregated in full force. 



—On Saturday, January SSd, another ball match was 

 played ou the ice at Prospect Park, the score being as fol- 

 lows: — 



H»n,f«'aSld6 3 2 R J 3 1 )0 1 0-Sfi 



k -K aSlde ..112130 4 3 3-18 



.'i t b'-'ise "iiv'errors - narnie's siiK IS; liiodock's Side, 11. Enns 

 earned— Barnie'V Side. I; Burdock's Side, 2. Umpire, Mr. Cbadwick. 

 Time of game-1 h. 40m. 



T ne Victoria Skating Club, of Montreal, intend having 



their Grand Annual Tournament at the end of next month. 

 Medals are given by the Governor General to the best lady 



and gent 

 have hoe 

 their ink 

 bition of fancy 

 America, B> 

 several ot 

 2,600 

 are 



fearers in the Dominion, and as all the clubs 

 steil io send competitors and have. signified 

 if doing so, we may expect the finest exhi- 

 skating that has ever taken place in 

 kle their champion prizes the directors give 

 members of the club, which now numbers 

 bscribers. The following distinguished persons 

 the honorary members:— The Rt. Hon, Lord 

 Monek" Geti Sir VV. P.'Willmms, Bt,, K. C. B; H. R. H. 

 Prince Arthur; H. I. H. The Grand Duke Alexis ot Russia; 

 His Excellency the Earl of Dufferin; the Right Honorable 

 the Countess of Dulierin. We acknowledge the courtesy 

 of a kind invitation to be present at the Touriiamcrt. as the 

 guest of the Club. 



—The coasting track on Boston Common is worn a 

 smooth as "lass, and a sled that was timed showed a speed 

 of one mile in 58 seconds! Bridges are erected over the 

 course to enable pedestrians to cross in safety, aud groat 

 warning bells are rung when the sleds are coming. The 

 policemen water the track every morning so as to get a 

 fresh glare of ice. Why can't wc have coasting in Central 

 and Prospect Parks, where the danger is not half so great? 



