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FOREST AND STREAM 
A. WEEKLY JOURNAL, 
** T0 PlELD AN £ Aquatic Sports, Pf.aotic.al Natural History, 
^ TT - T r DR E > tub Protection of Gaue,Preservation of Forebtb, 
J^D THE INOUXOATION INAlEN AND WOMEN OF A HEALTHY INTEREST 
B3 OUT-DOOR RECREATION AND STUDY : 
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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1870. 
To Correspondents. 
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patronage and countenance of that portion of the commnhity whose re¬ 
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the legitimate sports of land and water to those base ubbs which always 
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VOLUME VI. 
W ITH this issue we commence a new volume, and. our 
leaders will find, accompanying, the Index of Ihe 
volume just closed. We ask no better witness as to the 
range and result of our labors than this index. It covers a 
wider field than has ever before been traversed by any 
publication of a similar nature in thia'country, and we 
take tills opportunity of thanking the many kind friends 
and contributors to whom we are hugely indebted for this 
valuable collation of topics coming 1 within the scope of 
our paper. 
Mr. Bishop's Last Voyage. —We liavo received, just as 
we go to press, and too late for the present issue, a very 
interesting letter from Mr. N-II. Bishop, dated at Biloxi, 
on the Gull' of Mexico, which point he had reached after 
paddling 2,155 miles in a Barnegat duck-boat. Here he 
was taking his first rest since launching liis little 
twelve-foot boat on the Ohio, on which stream he floated 
for fourteen days without seeing the sun, and during which 
time lie cooked or ate warm food hut three times. How 
Mr. Bishop is thawing himself out in the warm air of the 
Gulf, preparatory to continuing his voyage toward Pensa¬ 
cola, Apalachicola, St. Marks, and Cedar Keys, at which 
point he will have completed the line of the great irregular 
circle made by his last year’s trip in a paper canoe. We 
shall publish the log of his trip next week. 
European Compliment to the Hayden Survey. —In 
the January number of the Quarterly Journal of Science , 
published in London and edited by Prof. William Cookes, 
F. R. 8., the editor, after noticing the list of publications 
of the United Stales Geological Survey, Under the direc¬ 
tion of Prof. Hayden, testifies in a very flattering manner 
to the value of the work: “We feel it our duty to call at¬ 
tention to the truly magnificent character of the survey 
now being executed on behalf of the Government of the 
United States. Not merely the geology, but the mineral¬ 
ogy, botany. Zoology, meteorology, ethology’, and antiq¬ 
uities of the whole Union are being carefully explored. 
Will the day never come when a similai survey will he 
made of the still wider and more varied region included 
within the British Empire? It would be a glorious contri¬ 
bution to science, and a worthy bequest to posterity.” 
—It is reported that New York parties are trying to ne¬ 
gotiate for the purchase of Robbin's Island, Pecouic Bay, 
for the purpose of breeding hares thereon. 
THE HEALTH LIFT. 
"T7 VERYBODY who has attended athletic performances 
-L-< must have been very frequently struck with the great 
disparity between the developmen t of the muscles of the 
arms and shoulders and those of the legs of the perform¬ 
ers. Even those gladiators who have so recently been ex¬ 
hibiting their prowess in the so-called Greco-Roman wrest¬ 
ling lackod that perfect development or expansion of the 
lower muscles which was necessary to perfect their 
physical excellence. The free use of dumb-bells is proba¬ 
bly accountable for this difference, and if half that is 
claimed for it is true, the Health Lift is the medium 
through which this disparity could be equalized. For gen¬ 
eral training purposes it appears to be admirably suited, 
the exercise being cumulative and at all times adapted to 
the strength of the persomusing it. For oarsmen it must 
be well suited, particularly since sliding seats have come 
into vogue, and more of the work is done with the legs than 
in former days. In the commencement of training, if what 
is claimed for it is true, it would he of particular benefit, 
as acting upon the weaker parts and developing them into 
harmony with the whole system, and then carrying the pa¬ 
tient on to the point at which he aims. With only ten min¬ 
utes’ exercise each day it is astonishing what progress is 
made. The average man will, on his first effort, lift about 
three hundred pounds; in three months, with only ten min¬ 
utes’ practice per day.be will lift double that, weight. Wheth¬ 
er it will cure all the diseases to which flesh is heir, is prob¬ 
lematical; that its frequent use will prevent dyspepsia and 
those diseases arising from sedentary habits, we have no 
doubt. It is an admirable aid to .circulation, as every one 
who has used it will admit, and we quite agree with Dr. 
Ware, of Boston, that the introduction of the Health Lift 
into banks and insurance offices, where large numbers of 
young men are employed, would have the effect of restor¬ 
ing many physical organizations now going to decay, and 
lessening the number of our hollow-chested', half-developed 
youths. 
GAME PROTECTION. 
Game Laws of New York. —The following Committee 
on Game Laws was announced in the Assembly on. the 3d 
inst.: Messrs Sherman of Oneida, Shannon of Cattarau¬ 
gus, Webb of Dutchess, Bowen of Clinton, J. S. Brown 
ot Cayuga, N. II. Green of Genesse, Tabor of Erie, Lyon 
of Kings, and Hallidny of Tompkins. It is fortunate that 
Mr. Richard N. Sherman, the chairman of the committee, 
is not only a sportsman, hut a man of wonderfully clear 
head and reliable judgment. The much needed amend¬ 
ments to our game laws will now undoubtedly be passed. 
We should like to suggest, however, that in place of the 
amendment as proposed in the law as published by us last 
week, that the Spring snipe shooting he loft, and that Sum¬ 
mer woodcock shooting be abolished. 
Batavia, N. S., February 3d, 1870. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Shall the time soon come when there will be a law passed prohibiting 
the sale of brook front in saloons and hotels? Only last week one 
hundred and eight brook trout were sent by express to Batavia from 
Avon Hotel to be sold in a meat market here. The person who sent 
them claimed there was ooe hundred pounds Bent to him from Canada. 
Our District Attorney counted them here. Is he bound to prosecute? 
Sportsman. 
Certainly it is his duty to do so on proper informalion 
being laid before him. Even if the trout did come from 
Canada, it makes no difference; the law on the subject is 
very explicit. It says: “No person shall kill, or expose 
for sale, or have in liis or her possession after the same-lias 
been killed, any speckled trout, save only from the 15th 
day of March to tho 15th.day of September, under a pen¬ 
ally of twenty-five dollars for each fish." Weshail be 
glad to hear that this flagrant case of violation of the law 
is p roper ly punished. 
Newburyfort, February 4th, 1S7B. 
Editor Forest and Stream :— 
As you said In your lost paper, Massachusetts laws are strangely de¬ 
fective. For instsnee, Jack snipe are not protected at all. Tb yare 
classed with binls of prey, and lawful game at all seasons. Woodcock 
are only protected until Jnlv 4th, consequently, these prime game birds 
are fast diminishing.. A few years and "the places that know tnem will 
know them no more.” Older sportsmen than myself con remember, 
and not so very long ago, either, when onr covers swarmed with wood¬ 
cock, and anipe were plentiful enough. Within a circle of twenty miles 
around onr city woodcock covers could be found equaling, if not sur¬ 
passing, the famous woodlande of "Forester's” days. Inside of a year 
I was over a piece of ground where, fifteen years ago, two of my ac¬ 
quaintances shot twenty-five woodcock in a single day. 1 tramped it 
thoroughly, and my nag was one solitary woodcock, and I saw no more. 
Why is this? The covets, are just as good as of old. With poor 
“Forester" I agree, summer shooting is the cause. Ten yeara Bence, 
woodcock, I take it, will be as scarce around here as quail now are, and 
goodness knows that they are scarce enough. The same rule applies to 
snipe. The sportsman's bag is small now who gnns for snipe, but a few 
years later I think in will be far smaller if some different arrangement 
Is not made. I am bnt a yonng man, but I will go In bcart, and hand, 
and pocketbook as deep as I can to remedy the evils. Fred. H. B- 
The question of Summer woodcock sheotiug has been 
argued pro and cor in our columns almost since the estab¬ 
lishment of the paper. We are strongly in favor of its 
abolishment. Snipe have fared no belter in tljis State than 
in Massachusetts; hub a law is now before the Legislature 
for their protection, making the 1st of July tile end of the 
close season. It might have been the 1st of September 
just as well, as the snipe do not return from tlieir breeding 
places until the cold weather seta in. We cannot express 
ourselves regarding Spring snipe shooting, as being opposed 
to it as unqualifiedly ns we are to Summer woodcock shoot¬ 
ing. Woodcock breed on the spot, and in their pursuit 
during the Summer months there is frequently but little 
distinction made between them and quail or young ruffed 
grouse. Spring snipe are most useful aids in the breaking 
of young dogs; invaluable they would be if more plenti¬ 
ful, and they are so peculiar, as well as migratory in their 
habits, that there is little chance of their extermination. 
It is undoubtedly the case, however, that snipe are taking 
a more westerly course in making their flights, abounding 
in some of the Western States. This question is well wor¬ 
thy of a careful investigation. 
Apropos of Summer shooting comes the following letter 
from a prominent sportsman: — 
_ New York, February 4lli, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream;— 
Referring to I he article in the last issue of your paper, entitled Amend¬ 
ments to Game Laws, I find no mention of any amendment to Ihe net 
relating to Woodcock shooting during the months of July and August. 
There seems to be no reason for the great d'minnltion in the numbers of 
these birds except that they arc killed during these months, ir this is 
not the true reason,! should like to know why wo have each year less of 
this sport. Is there any way by which we con nt the same time protect 
these birds, and sliil havo two or three months of good shooting each 
year? If this is not at,ended to, and an effort made for their protection, 
woodcock shooting will, like onr quail shooting, be a thing of the past. 
Mark, 
—The Virginia Association for the Protection of Fish 
and Game have adopted a constitution and elected the fol¬ 
lowing officers for the ensuing year: President, Alexander 
Moseley; Vice President, Dr. O. A. Crenshaw; Secretary 
and Treasurer, Peyton Johnston; Corresponding Secretary, 
John Graeme; Committee, W. Russell Robinson, Judge W. 
I. Clopton, Shelton (J. Davis, Justice Joseph J. While, 
Judge W. W. Crump, Warner Lewis, of Brunswick; R, 
B. Kenuon, of Powhattan; R. T. W. Duke, of Albemarle; 
Marshall Parks, of Norfolk; and Dr. Isaac White, of Mont¬ 
gomery. At their meeting last week a hill for the protec¬ 
tion of fish in the waters of the Commonwealth was lead 
by sections, amended, and adopted ; and the Executive 
Committee was requested to submit the bill, and another 
of a similar character for the protection of game, to the 
General Assembly at an early day. 
The Buffaloes. — Congress has at last taken action 
with regard to preventing the utter extermination of our 
host and biggest game. We learn from Washington that 
a bill has been introduced in the House to prevent the use¬ 
less slaughter of buffaloes within the Territories of the 
United States. It is made unlawful for any person, not an 
Indian, to kill, wound, or in any manner destroy any fe¬ 
male buffalo of any age found at large within the Territo¬ 
ries. It is also made unlawful for any person to kill or 
wound a greater number-of male buffaloes than needed 
for food by the hunter, or than can be used, cured, or pre¬ 
served for the food of others or for the market. One hun¬ 
dred dollars for each buffalo is the penalty prescribed. Of 
course, to a certain extent, the law would be a dead letter, 
but its usefulness could be largely assisted if the officers of 
the various frontier posts were charged with its enforce¬ 
ment. An individual who expected to make a fortune 
by turning informer would require to have his hair screwed 
on tightly . 
— A petition is now before the Dominion Legislature 
praying that the close season for snipe be changed fr.om 
the 1st of September to the 15th of August. A correspond¬ 
ent of the Montreal Star writes: — 
“There arc many sportsmen, if there is to be a change, 
who would wish the period for killing this old favorite" to 
be the 20th of September. It is a well ascertained fact 
that in August the bird, though it does arrive here, is 
merely half-grown—so lean that, as an article of food, it 
is scarcely eatable. Though the snipe does not breed in 
Canada as abundantly as the woodcock, still its nest is 
found round Quebec in the Bijou Marsh and elsewhere. 
The young tire found on the feeding grounds at the end of 
August. It is shot during September, October, some even 
iaNovember, so that sportsmen have at least two months 
and a half to shoot. Unless a total extermination is sought 
for,.this ought to he ample, without slaughtering the half- 
grown birds in August.” 
Gloucester at the Centennial" — T he fish and fishing 
interests of the United Stales promise to be well cared for 
next Summer at Philadelphia. In addition to the displays 
under the direction and management of the Smithsonian 
Institution and Mr. Blackford of Fulton Market, the peo¬ 
ple of Gloucester, the. home of onr sea fishing, arc prepar¬ 
ing an unique collection of models of fishing smat.ks. 
These will comprise, says the Cape Ann Adi'ertieer, one 
pink stern model standing room boat, 12 tons, style of 
1800; squarestern do. 18 tons, 1820; pink stern with cuddy 
forward, 40 tons, 1830; square stern sells. GO tons, 1840; 
same slyle and size, a little sharper, 1850; Georgesman, 100 
tons, 1875; mackerel catcher, do.; seiner, do.; Banker, 150 
toDS, 1875; high quarter deck Banker, 75 tons, 1800; mar¬ 
ket boat, 80 tons, under full sail, style of 1875; models of 
vessels on blocks and railways, models of boats and dories. 
These models are lo be placed in a tank for exhibition, witll 
other appurtenances of the business. 
The display of live fish will be under the direction and 
management of Mr. Fred Muther, the well-known pisci¬ 
culturist, a sufficient guarantee that this department will 
be most thoroughly conducted. 
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Removal. — O ur excellent agricultural contemporary, the 
Scientific Farmer , formerly of Springfield add Amherst, 
has been removed to Boston. The change, which is the 
result of the growth of the paper, will be accompanied by 
greater facilities and abundant capital. The Scientific 
Farmer is largely instrumental in promoting progressive 
agriculture, and this enlargement of its sphere of usefulness 
will be hailed with pleasure by its many friends. 
—The Harvard Freshmen have declined Yale’s Fresh* 
mens’ challenge for a six-oared race, 
