June 9, 1881.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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never have malignant fevers, endemieai or cpidcujic, M lie 

 game in this seel ion consist of fleer, Coxes; coons, opossum*, 

 etc., of Ihefur class, and turkeys, Ijeftae, docks, partridges, 

 etc., of the feathered. While they arc not over- abundant, as 

 in 60IUC of the northwestern States, they arc sufficiently SO 

 to make the sport interesting. 



The location is specially'convenicnt. Richmond, Peters- 

 burg, Norfolk and Baltimore are in easy reach, and their re- 

 spective markets .can be used daily. 1 ought not to omit 

 Wilmington and Charleston. They arc quite in reach, aud 

 fresh tropical fruits are always obtainable. But this is 

 not a matter of much importance to the sportsman and 

 huntsman, privations aud the uncertainly of suceess arid 

 /.est to the sport, and are of high importance in keeping it 

 alive. 



Apart from all this, the location is specially adapted to 

 residents of a rigorous northern climate. The hotel is so 

 conveniently arranged as to admit of each member of the 

 club bringing his family and enjoying as much privacy as at 

 home. The family of every member will he regarded as 

 honorary guests and be entitled to the special consideration 

 aud attention of every member. 



It will be proper, in view of present indications, to enlarge 

 the number of members. Forty would be just two to each 

 room, while iitty would only comfortably fill them. The 

 sectional number of members, I think, need not be insisted 

 upon. Northern gentlemen will be most benefited, and as 

 such. I think it just to give them preponderance in dill) or- 

 ganizations. The Fokkst ami Stukam of April 28 gives 

 a pretty correct idea of the club's design. On that point no 

 additional explanation is necessary. It may not lie amiss to 

 add, the club property will not exceed that attached to the 

 Gaston Hotel without the special authority of the club here- 

 after in council determined. It is not proposed by mc to pur- 

 chase 10,000 or 10,000 acres of valuable land as a game pre- 

 serve, more especially when the club will have that privilege 

 over a vaster extent of country by courtesy. 



TltOS. GOODK TtJC'ICBE. 



A DUCK SHOOT ON THE WABASH. 



IF memory leads nic not astray, it was in the early April 

 of '78 that a jovial companion and friend, Sam. 1C, and 

 myself found ourselves comfortably domiciled in neighboring 

 farm houses located one-half mile apart, and distant some 

 sixteen miles north of the thriving little city of Terve Haute, 

 Indiana. The attraction which had caused us to leave home 

 and to ride forty miles over the worst and muddiest of roads 

 was the reply about the ducks, "Come on, there we millions 

 of them.'' What sportsman ever undertook a trip of like 

 character that did not load himself down with superfluous 

 ammunition and stores? True, it is well to he fully supplied, 

 but imagination is a monster, and article after article must be 

 added to satisfy his cravings. Let me suggest that to take the 

 fewest things one can possibly get along with is undoubtedly 

 thebest plan. We were told that we could notgoamiss, as the 

 river had lately overflowed the low bottom lands and had 

 tilled the many bayous, the canal and the old river bed with 

 water, all of which swarmed with ducks and a goodly num- 

 ber of geese drawn there by the excellent feeding ground 

 formed by the overflow. 



The next morning, after a hasty breakfast, we made an 

 early meet at the place agreed upon. A short w Ik of per- 

 haps half an hour and wc were luariug a slough or pond, ll 



edge 

 dead Stalks of < 

 lead when upr< 

 ull-un. ously wi 

 gauge, which < 

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 directum. He 



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 instructed, the 



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■grown with weeds, the 

 iew. Sam was in the 

 several duckg, and siin- 

 ific roar of his ten- 



hoed and re-echoed in the still morning i,ir, 

 full of myriads of ducks flying in every 

 we agreed upon a system ot operations 

 ..hiehwasss tollows: One wis to station himself under 

 cover of a blind at this place, while the other was to Visit all 

 the ponds within reach, get ail the shots he could, and drive 

 the ducks as best he could toward the blind. Hardly had 

 our plan been put iulo operation before the shooting became 

 interesting. They came in pairs, by the dozen and by hun- 

 dreds, notwithstanding the numerous misses, and the pierc- 

 ing nor'wester, accompanied occasionally by a shower Of 

 hdavV meteors, our bag was not light, sn the day advanced 

 aud the ducks censed to fly. About noon we visited a wet 

 nra'ric or piece of swamp laud where we found the snipe were 

 even more plentiful thau the ducks. "While walking through 

 the wet prairie tin re would rue, from right under our feet 

 perhaps, a solitary snipe, and immediately another and 

 another, until from above in every direction came the plain- 

 tive ciy of the scared birds. 



As the shades of evening closed ai ound us we were making 

 our way across neighboring wheat fields toward our respective 

 stopping places. BittP, who was slightly in advance and 

 ever on the lookout for anything in the shape of game, came 

 suddenly to a stop and asked if I did not hear si turkey gob 

 ble up in the woods among the brake, distant about half a 

 mile. Being answered in the negative, he said that he was 

 certain that he was not mistaken, and that he wan gong to 

 visit the place from which the sound proceeded, and im- 

 mediately started, leaving me to wend my way homeward. 

 I bad hardly reached the place at which I was slopping when 

 I was saluted by the report of his Ull-tale. ten-gauge. He 

 had reached the hills, and procuring the leaf of a plant locally 

 known as " lamb's tongue," he made a call or two, and was 

 answered by a turkey which soon made h : s appearance, at 

 about seventy-live yards, and fell a victim to man's devices- 

 Cbmrdale, J /id,, L\ Belle. 



I 



THE INFAMY OF THE CAT LAID BARE. 



SUSPECT the erroneous statements in regard to Mr. 



Wellington's cat have nut the whole civilized world 

 limal. That 

 fine people's 



nightly i 



fortunate position as regards th 

 minder is actually permitted to livi 

 houses and practice he; destructive instincts 

 little 'feathered warblers which seek to malo 

 delightful with their presence. The cruel 

 and * mourning among the innocents follows 

 number of bright, beautiful birds one barba 

 in a single season is something awful to conk 



the 



.mini 



horn 



is vigilant,, 

 trail." The 

 Cat destroys 

 3m plate. He 

 ceases not his destructive vocation night nor day, but 

 is ever alert, haunting and wa'ehing the unsuspecting 

 mother bird, ruthlessly tearing her from the little family, 

 and devouring her, while they are left to perish. £o the 

 sbady, verdant lawn is deprived of its brightest aud most 

 pleasing ornaments. , . 



If every good farmer's wife only knew how often the wicked 

 cat is to blame for what the hawk is charged with— the mys- 



terious disappearance of so many of her little pet chickens - 

 I doubt not but this prolific race would meet a well-merited 

 check, if not a total extinction. How many poor invalids 

 with sensitive nerves have had the sleep they so much 

 needed tortured from them by the nocturnal contentions of 

 these wandering spirits, whoso midnight wrtinglings arc fit 

 for diabolic emblems, and produce thoughts no] easily com 

 posed even In the minds of the most phicid and heal Ihful brains. 

 Worse than all, whole broods of beautiful (jiiail are destroyed 

 by the cut during his lengthened perambulationa linlf- 

 sfarved bevies, which seek the friendly precincts of the farm- 

 house for protection and foeal during the merciless son-ms 

 anil colds of>iiilcr, are annihilated by the treacherous brute. 



So, too, with the more gentle Mine mottSter. which has 

 really been domesticated, sleeps on mats or on soft cushioned 

 ChairS, his light floating hair! wafted by every pa-sing draft 

 into the cooking viands, rendering most disgusting the best 

 efforts of the innocent cook. 



In fact, the civilized world would be rid of many grievous 

 annoyances to which it. now submits if the whole feline race 

 were'a thing of the pasl; a Tew mouse traps Would do vastly 

 more good thau all the cats in Christendom. The barbaric 

 age has passed, and let Ihc calsgo with it. 



I would advise all philanthropists and well-wishers of our 

 race, whenever it is possible, always to buy cats, and while 

 removing them to some belter place, as you approach a rock, 

 seize the animal firmly by the hind-legs, and with a iMiick, 

 violent motion describe a circle, with the head of the cat 

 ou the outer line. Idling the rock hold a point in the circle. 

 To make the operation a complete success repeat the process 

 three or four times during the minute. 



When Ihc mellow autumn tempts you, and with dog aud 

 aflcr gun you visit the friendly well to rest and cool yourself 

 Ihc heated tramp, see if there are any cats in range; it* so, 

 kindly inquire if your neighbor would like the nuisance 

 abated. If he assents, change your shell for one of the 

 extras usually carried for hawks. Hold point-blank and at 

 short range, "for the tenacity of a cat's life is only equaled by 

 its meanness and uselessncss. B. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



THE English foxhounds, nineteen in number, that lately 

 arrived in our city, were imported by Mr. Ed. Wain, 

 Jr., of Chestnut Mill, a great lover of thoroughbred horses 

 and a member of the Hare and Hound Club, of Germantowu. 

 Ten couple ot these finely bred hounds were purchased by 

 Mr. Wain, but ho was unfortunate in losing one on the pas- 

 sago over. Bcsidesthis pack, in the neighborhood of Philadel- 

 phia we have that of the Pose Tree Hunt, whose dogs have won 

 many prizes at bench shows; the Schaffcr pack at West 

 Chester, and one at Paoli. A taste for the exhilarating sport 

 of fox hunting is rapidly increasing in Philadelphia and neigh- 

 boring couuties, and during the coming autumn many meets 

 will be held. Beynard is by no means scarce in Delaware, 

 Chester nud Montgomery counties ; but the trouble has al- 

 ways been thai, the rocky nature ot the country offers too 

 many hiding places, which his foxship at once occupies and 

 from which he cannot be dislodged. This and the great 

 amount of woodland render it advisable to use hounds of 

 good voice, for it is seldom that the dogs lire seen in our hunts. 

 These English dogs used to much open country will be puz- 

 zled, be assured; and we doubt not at first our Yankee 

 hounds will discount them. 



The writer learns that bass fishing began in earnest at Co- 

 lumbia, Pa., many fish being taken; few, however, were large. 



Our sportsmen' of Philadelphia do not seem to have taken 

 advantage of the unusual flights of shore birds that have made 

 their appearaucc all along the "New Jersey coast near ourcity. 

 I'.rowubaeks, robin breast and bullhead plover arc vcrypleniy 

 and seem lo have come all at once. This argues that they will 

 likewise leave in a body. 



Messrs. Schncber & Sons, animal photographers, have 

 started for Baltimore to take the group of Perebcron stalti ms 

 and mares lately imported by Mr. W. T. Walters, of that 

 city. This gentleman has just brought over seven stallions 

 and thirteen mares of this grand breed of horses. Among 

 the lot is one perfectly black -a great, rarity. The French 

 Government is endeavoring to breed them black for its cav- 

 alry and artillery services; the present colors, while and light 

 grey, being too conspicuous. Messrs. Schrieher it Sms say 

 they will make a grand picture. 



The kennel of these latter-named gentlemen should be vis- 

 ilcd by all sportsmen who wish reliable field dogs. Their 

 animals aie yearly worked on game, and the kennel situated 

 right on our snipe ground is within five minutes' run of the 

 meadows.— Hoxio. 



TEE NEW YORK GAME LAW. 



The Pcnpje-Of Lite Slate Of New Tor/,:, represented in Srn-ite 

 and AyviiilJt/, do enact asfoUomi : 



Section 1 . Section one of chapter 531 of the laws of 1870, 

 entitled, "An act for the preservation of moose, wild deer, 

 birds, (i.-li a id olh:r aauie," is hereby amende 1 so as torend as 

 follows : 



Sec. 1. No person shall kill or chase any wild deer in any 

 part of the Slate, save only during the months of August, 

 September, October and November in any year. Nor shall 

 any person during the night time have in possession upon 

 any of Ihc witters of this State, except during said mouths, 

 any jack or other device used in floatiug. No person, cor- 

 poration, association or company shall sell, expose for sale, 

 transport or have in [bis or her*] possession in this Stale, 

 alter the same has been killed, any wild deer or fresh veni- 

 son, save only during the months of August, September, Oc- 

 tober and November. No person shall, at any time in this 

 State, kill any fawn during the time when it is in its spotted 

 coat, or have in [his or her] possession the carcass or s.kin of 

 any such fawn after the same shall have been killed. No 

 person shall, in any part of this State, set any trap, spring-gun 

 or other device at any artificial salt-lick or other place for the 

 purpose of trapping or [and] killing wild deer. It shall not 

 be lawful to pursue deer with dogs in any county of this 

 State, except from the fifteenth day of August lo the first day 

 of November. It shall not be lawful to pursue deer with 

 dogs in the county of St. Lawrence or Warren at any time. 

 It shall be lawful for any pereon to shoot or kill any dog- 

 while iu actual pursuit of any deer in violation of the rjrovi- 

 sions of this act. It shall not be lawful for any person to 

 kill, or cause to be killed, any wild deer ili the counties of 

 Warren, Suffolk and Queens al any lime within five years 

 from the passage of this act. Any person offending against 

 any of Ike preceding provisions of thisseetion shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and iu addition thereto 6hall be 



- phrases in brackets denote the former reading. 



It :'ile In n penalty of fifty dollars for each wild deer or fawn 



killed or pursued or trapped, and for every spring. gun so 



, or wild deer or fawn skin or fresh venison, or jack or 

 other device used in floating, had in [his or her] possession, 

 and may he proceeded against therefor iu any County of tho 

 State in which the offence was committed, or in which tho 

 offender or prosecutor may reside, or iu any adjoining 

 county. 



See. 2, Section four or said act is hereby amended so as 

 to read as follows : -1. No person shall kill, or expose for sale, 

 or have in [his or her] possession aflcr the same has been 

 killed, any wild duck, goose [or| brant, cool, rail, snipe, 

 plover, or gallinulc commonly called water-chicken j in any 

 of the waters <d this State] between the first day Ol May and 

 the first day Of September, exooptiu the waters of hong Island, 

 iu which waters, none of said birds shall be killed between 

 the first day of May and the first day of October, except mil, 

 snipe, plover and gallinulc commonly called water-chicken. 

 Any person violating the provisions of Ibis section shall bo 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, aud iu addition thereto 

 shall bo. liable to a penally of twenty-five dollars for 

 each and every [wild duck, goose or brant] such bird killed 

 or had in [bis| possession. And any person who shall at any 

 lime kill any of said birds between sunset aud daylight. 

 Or pursue or lire at. any of said birds with the aid of any 

 light or lantern, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of fifty 

 dollars for each offense against this provision. And any per- 

 son found between sunset and sunrise on the water with a 

 gun and lantern in the act of attempting to pursue, lire at or 

 kill any such birds, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of 

 this section. 



Sec. 3. Section six of said act is hereby amended so as lo 

 read as follows: 8. No person shall use any 11 Dating battery, 

 machine Or other device, whereby the gunner is concealed, 

 for the purpose of killing any wild fowl, or shoot oul of any 

 Such floating battery, machine or device, at any wild goose, 

 brant or duck, in any of the waters of this slate, or use any 

 decoy or construct any bough-house at a greater distance 

 than twenty rods from the shore, for the purpose of shooting 

 at or killing any such birds. Any person violating auy of 

 the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 

 demeanor, and in addition thereto shall be liable lo a penally 

 of fifty dollars for each offense. But nothing in this section 

 shall apply 10 the waters of the Great South bay west, of 

 Smith's point, or to the waters of Pcconic bay, or Shinne- 

 eoek bay, or Lake Ontario, or the river St. Lawrence, or the 

 Hudson river below Albany, or to Long Island sound and the 

 bays adjacent thereto west of Crane Neck. 



Sec. i. Section seven of said act is hereby amended so as 

 lo read as follows: 7. No person shall sail for any wild 

 fowl, or shoot at any wild goose, braid, or duck from any ves- 

 sel propelled by si cam or sails, or from any [Other] structure 

 attacked to the same, iu any of the waters of this Stale except 

 Long Island sound, outside of ihc headlands of the several 

 bays thereof, Lake Ontario aud the Hudson river below 

 Nyack. Any person violating any of the provisions of this 

 section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and in ad- 

 dition shall bo liable to a penalty of fifty dollars. But 

 nothing in this section shall be construed to permit snDi itlnj 

 at wild fowl from anv vessel propelled by steam in the waters 

 or bays of Long Island sound. 



See. 5. Section nine of said act is hereby amended so as to 

 read as follows: 9 No pi rson shall kill, or expose for sale, or 

 have in [his or her] possesion, after Ihc same has heeu killed, 

 any woodcock between the first day of January and the first 

 day of July, in the counties of Queens and Suffolk, and 

 between the first day of January and the first day of Sep- 

 tember in the couuties of Oneida, Fulton, Hamilton, Ulster, 

 Orange and Sullivan [and Herkimer], and in other parts of 

 (he State between the first day of January and the first day of 

 August in each year, except as hereinafter provided. It 

 shall not be lawful for any person lo kill, or expose for sale, 

 or have in [his or her] possession, after tho same has been 

 killed, any black or gray squirrel, between Ihe first day of 

 February and the first day of August in each year. Any per- 

 son violating any of Ihe provisions of this section shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition thereto shall 

 be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each bird or 

 animal so killed or had iu possession; 



Sec. G. Section ten of the said act is hereby amended to 

 read as follows; 10. No person shall kill, or expose tor sale, 

 or have in | his or her] possession after the same lias been 

 killed, any ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, or pin- 

 nated grouse, commonly culled prairie chicken, between Ihc 

 first day of December [January] and the first day of Sep- 

 tember, except as hereinafter provided. Any person violat- 

 ing any of the provisions of thisseetion shall lie deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and iu addition thereto shall be lia- 

 ble to a penally of twenty-live dollars lor each bird so killed 

 or had in possession. 



See. ',. tjuetion eleven of said act is hereby amended so as 

 to read as follows : Sec, 11. No person shall, at any time or 

 place within this Si ale, lake or kill any ruffed grouse, com, 

 monly called partridge, or any pinnated grouse, cotninfitily 

 called prairie chicken, or any spruce grouse, commonly 

 called Canada partridge, or any quail, with any not trap Of 

 snare, or set any such net, trap or snare tor the purpose ol 

 taking or killing any id' such birds; nor shall any person 

 wilfully | sell or expose for sale, or haye in [his or her] pos- 

 session any of the said birds after Ihe same shall have been 

 so taken or killed. Any person violating auy of the provis- 

 hs:.-: ..■ ■!• ■■ seeiion slutll be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of ten 

 dollars I t each bird so taken or [and | killed or had in |his] 

 possession. And it shall be lawful for any person to take or 

 destroy auy such nets, traps or snares, whenever found set. 



Sec. 8. Section eighteen of said act is hereby amended so 

 as to read as follows: See. 18. No person shall al, auy 

 time catch any speckled trout with any device be C tlia! 

 of angling, with hook and line held in Ihe hands, or 

 attached to a rod held in the hands, except iu waters 

 which are Wholly private, and only then by permission 

 of the owner thereof; nor shall any person set 01 draw 

 any net, or seine of any description, or use any sot-lino 

 in any lake, pond or stream inhabited by brook troul, or 

 have on the shores | thereon] thereof any net, seine, sel-huc 

 or other unlawful device for the taking of iish. except as 

 above provided. [And no person shall at any lime, or iu 

 anyway, catch anv speckled trout or salmon trout threngh 

 the ice. J Aud no person shall at any time or in auy manner 

 Caleb, or attempt to catch through I he ice, any fish in any 

 waters inhabited by speckled or salmon troul, excep in waters 

 wholtv private, and except in Otsego Lake during Ihc months 

 ot February aud March [prior to the first day of ApnlJ 

 Any person who shall offend against any of the provisions ol 

 this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and in 



