FOREST AND STREAM. 71 
The English University Race.— Tbe Pall MaU Gazette 
says-. T)ic four requisites for excellence in a university 
tsftjiit on the day of tho boat race are, strength, style, con¬ 
dition, and uniformity. As to tbe composition of the two 
crews: Oxford have six of their old oars in tbe boat. All 
of these have naturally thickened and filled out a little 
since last season, and may be expected to average a few 
pounds heavier per man than they did last Easter. Cam¬ 
bridge, on the Other hand, have only one old oar rowing, 
namely, W- Close. This in itself need not be a bad sign. 
When Oxford won last year they had only two obi oafs, 
and in IS til they had only one veteran. The crews as at 
present arranged stand as follows;— 
OXFORD. I CAM mu no K. 
No. Name. Pounds. No. Name. l J oU)l(l&. 
It SV. li- Burne, lveble.154 m. P. W. Braucker t Jesus..101 
2. l'\ K. fiercer,Corpus Christie.l6J|2. A. C. Dicker, Ltidy Margaret . 170 
H. JL Marriott, Brasenose—171,3, T. W. Lewis, Caine.Iflfi 
l d.M. Boimteud, University. .178 4. T. E. Ilockin, Jesus-.171 
3. A. M. MichifiOti, Pembroke. J8ft 5. L. G. Pike, Cains...173 
•). li. J. SLayiicr, iat. John’s.175 «. C\ Gordon. Jesus.171 
r. J. E. Baukes, University. 166,7. W. 13. Close,First Trinity. ... itttf 
3. P. Efl\vurdc*-Moss,Bra6enoac.;l7t> S. C. D. Bhafto, Jesus...107 
Craven, Worcester, coxswain. 1041 C. L. Davis, Clare, coxswain.. 90 
A .Mouei. Adirondack Boat. —There Is on exhibition 
it the store of Messrs. Bradford & Aulliony, 374 Wash¬ 
ington street, Boston, a model boat for use of sportsmen 
sn iulaud waters, which, for lightness and durabiliiy, 
ippears unequalled. It is 15 feet long, 3 feet 6 inches 
wide, and weighs not over 80 pounds, its extreme liglit- 
tess enabling a person to carry it by means of a yoke with 
Vliich it is fitted, long distances, without fatigue. The 
judder, Mr. Frederick D. Graves, of Boston, has also pro¬ 
dded it with his improved noiseless rowlock, which 
nsures the proper inclination of the blade of the our, and 
ireveuls the liability of its catching tbe water when 
ealhering in recovering, as well as to insure the proper 
josition of tbe blade of the oar when making a stroke, and 
o enable the outer end of the oar to be raised when it is 
icing feathered, in order lo prevent its contact with the 
vater in rough weather, and the rowers “ catching a crab.” 
[’he boat is well adapted for fowling purposes, the patent 
owlock enabling the most inexperienced rower of either 
ix to propel the boat with ease and safety, without any 
mssible chance of losing the ours, It is destined far the 
Jenlenuial exhibition, 
—Mr. Colvin's portable canvass boat is uow being manu- 
aclured by Mr. W. A. Scott, of Albany. The merit of 
his boat consists in the ease with which it is transported, 
•nd the fact that the only frame it requires can tie cut in 
lie woods at a moments notice. A hue description has 
Ready appeared in our columns. 
<J lew publications. 
lngola and the River Conoo. By J. J, Mouieiro; Mac¬ 
millan & Co., N. Y. 
While the travels of Bartoo, Baker, Speke, aud Grant and others arc 
faking us as familiar with the interior of Equatorial Africa, its tribes, 
until!s, and tributaries as we are with our own continent, and more mo 
tan wc are with Aria, Mr. Mouteirohas given ns a graceful volume* 
OBcriptlveof that portion of tho coast -line of the African continent 
■hichis embraced within tUc sixth and sixteenth degrees of south lati- 
ide, To ua Americana in particular this portion of Africa should pos- 
jss unusual lniereBt. It was from here that the negroes were enslaved 
id shipped, who were subsequently to be the innocent cause of our 
vilwur. And we should imagine, from the description of Mr. Mon- 
iiro, that slavery on the coast was by no means the horiiblo thing it is 
tinted. The “middle passage,” to be sure, made a diifcrer.ee. Angola 
as first settled by the Portuguese in 1560, eighty four years after Bar 
demo Diaz had discovered the greater part of the west coast and the 
ape of Good Hope, From this time down almost to the present day 
m history of their occupation in a most romantic one; a series of petty 
ara with the natives, -varied with an occasional one with the Dutch and 
nglich, or among themselves. The book before us not only contains an 
bstract of thceo earlier eventB, but a most minute description of the 
arious tribes of natives, their curious customs, costumes, and imple¬ 
ments, domestic and warlike; aud also of the flora and fauna of this 
out luteresting region. To those who delight in intelligent works of 
aval, Mr. Mouteiro’s book will prove amine of pleasure and informa- 
jsbbabka —Its advantages. By Edwin A. Gurley, Special 
Commissioner from tho London Field to the immigrant ileitis of North 
America. Fur sale by Llie American Hews Company, and tue Orange 
Judd Companyx Price, $4. 
For a long time the American publiehcra of this important work wore 
mble to supply the active demand, but we understand that several now 
Ls have been received from England, aucl arrangements made by the 
oiericau News Company, and Orunge Judd Company to satisfy the 
intfl of the trade, and all comers. Our favorable opinion of this book 
, of course, well known from the reviews we have given it, and we 
list that many thousands wilh friends or interests in tbe West, or pro- 
islng to Mettle there, will be benelittcd by IB-instructive pages, ltia 
openly illustrated wi.b engraving* and illuminated seetioual maps,aud 
every way a moat useful book for emigrants and intending settlers. 
We have received llie * 4 Laws of Trap SliooLiug,” by Bar- 
5 Blot, revised edition, for which contains the National Buies for 
mrmutienta and Experts, as adopted by all the principal Southern and 
uthwestern Sportsmen’s Clubs. Published by James Buckley, New 
leans. 
The New York Herald Almanac is not only a calendar, 
i t a complete Financial, Commercial, and Political Register. Itprob- 
. ly contains more varied information between two covers than can 
bought iu any other form for twentydive cents. Among the mass 
: find a yachtsman’s manual, with a list of yacht clubs and the private 
*nals of the vessels of the N. Y. Y. C.: also an acoonnt of and dia- 
nms showiug the targets made at Doilymount during the recent Inter* 
. Lional match. 
The American Naturalist for March, is a capital number, 
opens with an account af the butterflies of lit. Washington, whicn are 
otic species that were driven down by the ice-sheet of the glacial pe- 
iU, and became colonized upon the top of the mountain after the 
jlting of the glacier. Dr. Wm. Wood contributes another one to his 
-ietj on the game falcons of New England, the Goshawk being the sub* 
:t of this essay. Dr. Hagen’s exceedingly interesting and valuable 
•tory of the growth of museums—begun last mouth—is concluded. It 
j rinds in incidents of the great men of science, and their labratories. 
bback’s observations on bees and ants (second series), published at 
tgthin the transactions of the Limean Society, is condensed into 13 
*eB. Very curious facts Of the degree of intelligence possessed by 
;se insects are brought out. A sketch of Dr. Hayden’s Explorations 
Colorado in 1875 finishes ihe contributed articles. A long illustrated 
lice U given of Prof. Wyman’s “Fresh. Water Shell-Mounds of the 
. John’s Riyer. Florida,” wlr'ch is primed us a memoir of the Peabody j 
ademy at Salem, Muss., aud all of tbe dexmrlmeuts are as full and eu- 
tRu lug as usual, _ 
—Bull play will begin at Progpect Park oil Msuch lilli, 
wliiel). time Hie Hold will be la condilioo. 
Jfnswetis jg a $orr^sgondent$. 
No Notice ToltCtt of Anonymous Communication", 
G. W. M., Cleveland.—Please inrorra me which is and whore I can get 
llie most reliable map of Florida, and oblige? Alls. Drews; tu be hud 
of G. Drew. Jacksonville, Fla. 
E. G.T., Pctrolia, Pa.—Please give me tbe name of some one of whom 
I can parchase a pair of ferrets? Ans. Wm. Barnes, No. 9 and II Hes¬ 
ter street, this oily, hns ferrets for sale. 
SutiSCJiuiiiR, f hiladelphia.—Will you please let me know in what vol¬ 
ume and number tho pedigree of the Giklcrrieeve setters is in, lam 
looking up that strain. Ans. On page 325, vol iil. 
Pawn, Now York.—Will yon pleasu inform me where the rooms of 
the Down Town Chess Clnli arc? What are the terms of membership? 
Aus. Care Cosmopolitan, No. H Second avenue. 2, We do not know* 
Teal, Salem.—Do you know of any work giving instrnr.rion in gym¬ 
nastic, calisthenics, or such exercises. Ans. D. Van Nostrand, No. 23 
Murray street, has several works on these subjects; address .him fur 
titles. 
£. t\, Yorkvlllo, S, C.—Can yon inform me what will remove the 
stains of rust from tho inside of a grin barrel? Ana. Kerosene oil will 
remove rust stains, but if the rust'hus any dcplh, thegnn should be rc- 
bored. 
F. L., San Antonia.--Wo are about to start a shooting club in this 
city., and you would very much obligo mo by sending by return mail a 
copy of the rnles aud regulations of tho New York Shooting Club. Ana, 
Have sent such hooka as you want. 
H. h , N. S.— Since replying to yonr query wc Hud that the Bohn edi¬ 
tion of the translation of Pliny's works can be had from Messrs.. Scrib¬ 
ner, Armstrong A Go., No. 713 Broadway. R comprises only the nat¬ 
ural history, however, is In 6 volumes, 12mo, and costs §2 per volume. 
C., Brooklyn.- Is South Oyster Bay a good place to go for a day's trout 
Ashling and conld wc go and return in the sume day? How far would we 
have to go from the station before we could fish? Ans. Yes; but you 
would have to obtain permission, as the waters are alL private and pre¬ 
served. 
Q.i Sing Sing, N. Y.—What work on tile dog would you advise me to 
get, having especial reference to the raising and breaking of setters and 
pointers? Ans. “Dinks, Hutchinson *fc Maybew;” price, S3; or “Amcr- 
ion a Kennel and Sporting Field,” by Arnold Barges; price, 8-1. Can 
send you either. 
L. H., Philadelphia.—Can any of you inform me if (folding's (English) 
waterproof goods arc for sale in New York, and IF so, who has them? 1 
wish to get a pair of wading trowsern for snipe shooting this spring? 
Ans. As far as we can ascertain, Golding's goods cannot be purchased 
in this city, but wading wowsers can. 
G. W. B., North Elba.—Will yon inrorm me as to the color of the 
salmon trout, and how they differ from the common brook trout of Lhc 
Adirondack*'? An*. The salmon trout aud lake trout are identical, and 
differ in every respect from the brook trout, haring no spots, grayish 
back, changing to silver on Lite Sides and belly. 
11. I’. P., Claremont, Ml tin .—What Is the southern limit of edible 
oysters (not cove oysters; on the west coast of Florida? Ails. Thu oys¬ 
ters all along the wc.si const of Florida are celebrated for their quality. 
At Cedar Keys they are so abundant that it is proposed to put up cunning 
factories. Key West might bo named as the southern limit.. 
SURsCKlftiHi, York, Pa.—Between the years 1865 and 1870 was there a 
boarding-house or hotel on Conrtlandt street, In New York City, called 
• FrenctLe?” it is agreed to leave the matter to yon. Gait you answer 
it? Ans. There was Mich a hotel opened in Conrtlandt street, but it 
was subsequent to 1870. Wc tliiuk the house was opened tu 1872. 
Biuert Bark, Buffalo, N. Y, —The coloring on one of my fly-rods will 
not. slick. Have had it dressed over three or Tour times, but after use it 
all peels off. Pleuee tell me what to uae and how to apply it; color, dark 
reddish-brown. What varnish ia best? Ans, If you varnish your rod 
with a varnish made by dissolving shellac iu alcohol, the color will stick. 
Patterson, New York.—I heard that shad were cuught in Lbc Con¬ 
necticut River last season Will you please Inform me if that is true, 
and if so, wlmt kind of a fly was used, and wlmt color? Ans. Hliad are 
caught in the rapids of the Connecticut River, especially at the Holyoke 
Dam. Colors for flies are usually combinations of white, brown, dun, 
and black, with sometimes red or green for the bodies. 
W. B. F., Rochester, N. Y.—1. Where shall I send to get a larpo map 
of the Ottawa River, or Canaday 2. In a canoe voyage to the head wa¬ 
ters of the Ottawa wlmt large game would 1 be likely to meet? 3. What 
kind of a hound would bn the best to take ou such a voyage? Aus. 
Bairs &> Co., corner Fulton aud New Church, streets, this city. 2. All 
large game, such as moose, caribou, deer, and bear. 3. deerhound. 
A. Y. G , Pittsburgh, Pa.—!. Can you give me any information as to 
the cost, weight, etc., of the “health lift,” or send mo the address or lhc 
parties who sell them? 2, Would it be practicable to have a small com¬ 
pass set in the stock of a gun? Wonld the Iron trimmings affect it any? 
Ans. 1. By addressing the Health Lift Co., No. 16 East Fourteenth 
street, this city. 2. We doubt if a compass so arranged could be re¬ 
lied upon. 
M. M. J,, Valley. —T see a notice in your book entitled “Camp Life in 
Florida,” of a “Pocket Guide to Florida” callud Whitney’s “Pathfliidur. ” 
How can 1 get it, anil at what coat, as the notice does not state? Would 
like to get a good, authentic, laLe map of Florida. Can you tell me whore 
it can be procured? Aus. The “Pathfinder” is distributed gratuitously 
from the “Pa lb And or” office, No. 66 John street, this city. The best 
map or Florida is Drews’; to be had of C. Drew, Jacksonville, Fla. 
fir A. H., New York.—What part of Canada or Michigan wonld yon re¬ 
commend for good black bass fishing in summer, and good fall shooting 
of all kinds, viz: deer, docks, parLridgc; prefer mounlainous country, and 
a place where I could take my wife? Ans. Make headquarters at Pc- 
terboto, Ontario, or if you wish to bo in the woods, go to Burleigh, which 
is in the centre of a lake aud bill epuntry, giving excellent sport. There 
is a comfortaole and very neat tavern at Burleigh Falls. For address of 
proprietor, write to Hon. John Bertam, Peterboro. 
F. B. G., Montreal.—I am negotiating for the possession of a red Irish 
setter pup, and am only deterred from completing said negotiation be¬ 
cause the pup hns a white streak down his face. Do you consider such 
a mark a blemish? 2. In your issue of January 20th you have a por¬ 
trait of a red Irish setter—Dick. 1 notice he is feathered Lo the heels, 
both fore and art. Ib it not unusual to find feathering on the hind legs 
carried below the hock? Ans. 1. No; we prefer it. 2. There are 
very few dogs so heavily feathered as Mr. Jarvis’ Dick. 
Colcegian, Orange, N. J.—Fuder the new regulation respecting am¬ 
ateurs in rowing, adopted by tho N. R. A,, suppose A, an amateur be¬ 
longing to no club, challenges B, another amateur, also belonging to no 
club, to row a race for a budge, would that come under the head or a 
“stake,” and if the men row together for tho badge would they after¬ 
ward be debarred from computing in amateur races? Ans. We should 
say that if the race was simply for a badge, and no stake was up, that 
neither oarsman would forfeit his claim to be termed an amateur. 
R. E. S., Newark.—I have a setter dog one year old; was troubled 
with the distemper last summer, and has not entirely recovered. He has 
a clear, slimy saliva running from his mouth; has not enough strength 
to carry his tail outskaight; back Is also weak. Can anything bo done 
for him, or will he always be weak? 2. Do you consider 235 No. 7, JO 
yards, 80 Inch dlumcter, a good torcet? 3 Du yon know anything about 
Cogwe!l A Harrison, of London, as guiiuialt-ji's? 'Aus. 1. Time and 
good care may bring him around all HgUL. 2. Yes, 3 They tU'O go nil 
reliable gumnakers, 
A. G, P. A., New Haven1 will thanK you very much for nusweru lo 
the following questions in your paper; 1. Where cau I go for a two 
weeks* excursion from the let of April, to get some good duck shooting? 
To whom to write in regard to arrangements?2. Could I get, instead, snipe 
shooting at that eoason; when? 3. Is there any use for a bird dog in the 
Adirondack lake region in theearly part of June? Ans. J. Good Ground, 
L. 1. Write to Wm. Lane, at that place. 2. Snipe shooting is so un¬ 
certain and fitful that we conld not recommend you lo a place in this vi¬ 
cinity, where you wonld be sure of finding it. 3. No. 
F. N. B., Newton Centre, Mass.—Wingate, in his Manual of Rifle 
Practice, speaks of a sub calibre rifle, to be inserted In a barrel of a lar¬ 
ger calibre, so that the vnn can be used in an armory. Now, I want to 
find out who makes them and what they cost. The rifle I want them for 
is a Peabody military, cal. 433, I think the sub-calibre rifle could be 
made to insert in the muzzle, then pushed down the barrel to where it 
belongs, aud a flange screwed on at. tho breech. Wingate speaks of its 
being adapted to any rifle that permits its entry from the breech; in the 
Peabody you can't do it. Ans. Sec answer to E. W. S. 
II. W. S., New York.—1. I waut to go for two or three week's hunt, 
but 1 don’t want to go over one bnndred miles from New r York. Is there 
anyplace along tho Erie Railway where I could go; for qn ail or snipe 
grounds only? 2. Whero can 1 buy some areca nut? I waut about a 
pound to send to California. 3. 1 have a pup dog out of Hamilton 
Thompson’s dog, Duke, an imported black and tan named Bess, which 
weighed 34 pounds when three months old, and now, at nine months old, 
weighs 78 pounds. How is that for a young dog? Ans. 1 . You may 
find snipe near Englewood aud Tcnafly, N, J.; out of season for quail, 
2, At this oiflee. 3. Entirely too ranch dog. 
T. E. M,, Hamden.—A friend and myself were hnnting woodcock in 
the latter pari of August in the year 1870. We hud found no biros in 
the coverts, but the ground was lull of holes where they had drilled. 
We left the covert and started through a piece of corn, and one of the 
dogs came to a point, and eight woodcock flushed at once; farther on, we 
started one more bird. We shot eight out of the nine. Now, I would 
like to know whether they were preparing to migrate, or had concealed 
themselves in the cornfield to moult? AnB. The birds bad gone there 
to moult and shunld not have been killed. After woodcock have com¬ 
menced moulting they should not be shot until they entirely recover 
their plumage. 
E. W.S:,Albany,—Don't youklnd o' stretch it on the distance my riilo 
would shoot accnratoly? Messrs. Remington do not make the .22sub-cal 
rifle. A letter from their factory a month ago says so. I believe they 
are made in New York by two parties, but don’t know name or address. 
Can you give both and the coat as well? Also name and address of the 
manufacturer of the new self-registering target, as well us price. Ans. 
It was a misprint. Yon can gel. a sub-calibre rifle by addressing Lieut.- 
Col. B. E. Valentine, Brooklyn, N. Y. We do not know the cost. Tbe 
self-registering target is the Invention of a German, whose name we 
have not got. AD. Homer Fisher has one for sale for the original 
price being $125. 
Hoi.lv'-wood.—T wo prizes, $50 and $20 are offered in a pigeon match; 
eight Bhootera; Long Island rules. Three men make a clean score and 
shoot off the tie, one man is beaten, the other two agree to divide first 
and aecoudmoney. The referee disputed aa to their right,and makes them 
shoot Off again for first money only. He then allows three other 
shooters who have each lost a bird to shoot for second money. Is he 
light? Ans. The three shooters killing all their birds should be award¬ 
ed the prizes, and they can shoot, off or divide. Any rule to allow a 
shooter who was beaten to take a prize is absurd. Yet sometimes such 
rules arc made, and a man who has killed perhaps but one bird may be 
placed as a belter shot than be who has killed a dozen. 
O. F. J., St. Joseph, Mo.—1. Recently, in a match for the champion 
badge, the following question arose; The shooter went to the trap, 
called the signal for pullrag, and on the rise or the bird found his gun 
was not cocked. The bird being a young one, flew a short distance, and 
alighted on the ground. After a little delay he shot it with flm barrel. 
Tho referee decided it a lost bird. Was he right according to our rules, 
which we inclose to you? 2* Can the match be declared off because the 
challenging party did not furnish sufficient birds to shoot off the tie on 
rhat day? Aob. 1. According to your rules, a bird shot on the ground 
by the first barrel is “no bird.” 2. Tbe match should not have been 
declared off, but another time fixed for shoaling off the tin. 
J. H, D., New York.—1. I possess a black, white and tan Gordon 
setter dog about eight years old; also a red Irish setter bitch one year 
and two months old. Considering the difference in age and color, would 
a cross between them be judicious? Both are from excellent stock, the 
d"g well broken, and remarkably handsome. 2. At what age is a dog 
considered too old for stock purposes? 3. Are thB first pups as good aa 
those of subsequent litters? Ans. 1. Such a cross would be judiciona, 
2. Some dogs are seviceable until they are twelve years of age; some 
become superanuaied at nine or ten years of ago, and should not be 
used Tor stock purposes. 3 If t he bitch is Tull sized, and well developed, 
the first pups may be good, but wc do not recommend breeding to ono 
quite so young aa yours. 
M. J. K., Franklin, Wis.— 1. I see the Kay shot concentrating car¬ 
tridge advertised in your columns. What are its merits, and is it ex¬ 
pensive? 2. Ie the Dittmar powder in any wise Buperior to any other 
good ariicle Of the old kinds? Is it equally safe, aud what is its cost? 
3, What would be the duty ou a first clasy gun ordered in England and 
imported here, ani would the package containing It be opened by the 
Customs authorities on its arrival in New York? 4. Which do you ap¬ 
prove for general use -paper or metallic shells? Ans. 1. $3.50 per 100. 
Those who have used them speak highly of them. 2. The Dittmar 
powder we do not regard sujje.rior to the black; we believe It to be as 
safe, if properly bandied; price $1 per canister. 3. 35 per cent, on 
the cost; the package would be Opened. 4. Paper. 
A. H,, Washington, D, C,—A friend of mine at Jackson, Mias., has 
a fish pond 2JOxlOO feet, supplied by springs, and a small brooklet, clear 
water, it ia from three to four feet deep, sandy bottom, inclining to mud, 
the soil having a clay ingredient; he wishes to Btock it with fish. What 
kind would you advise, aud where ia the nea-ost place he can procure 
them? By giving the above information yon would greaLly oblige. Ane. 
Jackson, Miss., is rather far South for trout or grayling; if you want a 
fish for sport or table, try the one that is improperly called “front” in 
the Southern States, and “Southern chub” in Virginia. This is the 
“Oswego bass” of the North, and lives on muddy bottoms, and spawns 
among weeds. They may be found in many of your ponds aud streams, 
perhaps in Pearl River. Or you might stock with some of the perch, 
fonnd there. Should you try the first named fish, put in also some of 
the little soft finned minnows for them to feed on. 
W. R., New York.—Iu your Issue of February 24th, under the col¬ 
umn or Answers to Correspondents, I saw that some person who signs 
himself “Subscriber,” Eaathamp'on, wished to know where and at 
what price quail conld be bought in New York. 1 have just received six 
dozen quail from J. R. Hughes, Greensboro, N. C., in very good condi¬ 
tion, the price w«« $2 75 per dozen, which I think very moderate. The 
freight charge was $2. Hughes ships quail until the 1st of April, at 
which timo the law of North Carolina prohibits the shooting or trapping 
of quail. 1 am sure that any one purchasing quail frotnHnghes will be 
well satisfied with them. Will you please say at what time quail im¬ 
ported from North Carolina would be likely to breed in New York, and 
whether the middle of March Is too soon to put them out in the fields? 
Ans. With snch a season as the present Ihe middle of March would not 
he too soon to turn them out, but all depends upon tUe weather. We 
should rlBk it. They ought to mate and breed in May or June, 
- ■ ■ — 
Thompson & Bon, 338 Broadway, use no sugar of lead in waterproof¬ 
ing tbeir BUita. SugRr of lead wifi not stand washing, and amongst old 
sportsmen ig considered detrimental to health, making them liable lo 
fhcltffifltlc attacks. Thompson’s suits ure guaranteed to be thoroughly 
Waterproof, even after being washed, find are as gqc*(j fllljl OffClipCf Ll'ii^ 
auy other fiuiw iff thp 
