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FOREST AND STREAM 
Devoted to FraLD and Aquatic Sports, Ppa-cticalNatukal History, 
Culture, the Protection oy Game,Preservation or Forests, 
and the Inculcation in Men and Wombk or a healthy interest 
ih Out-door Recreation and Study : 
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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1876. 
To Correspondents. 
All communications whatever, whether relating to business or literary 
Correspondence, must be addressed to Tub Forest and Stream Pub¬ 
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All communications intended for publication mnst be accompanied with 
real name, as a guaranty of good faith. Names will not be published if 
objection be made. No anonymous contributions will be regarded. 
Articles relating to any topic within the scope of this paper are solicited. 
We cannot promise to return rejected manuscripts. 
Secretaries of Clubs and Associations are urged to favor ns with brief 
notes of their movements and transactions, as it is the aim of this paper 
to become a medio m of useful and reliable information between gentle¬ 
men sportsmen from one end of the country to the other; and they will 
find our columns a desirable medium for advertising announcements. 
The Publishers of- Forest and Stream aim to merit and secure the 
patronage and countenance of that portion of the community whose re¬ 
fined intelligence enables them to properly appreciate and enjoy all that 
s beautiful in Nature. It will pander to no depraved tastes, nor pervert 
the legitimate sports of land and water to those base uses which always 
tend to make them unpopular with the virtuous and good. No advertise¬ 
ment or business notice of an immoral character will be received on any 
erms; and nothing will be admitted to any department of the paper that 
may not be read with propriety in the home circle. 
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CHARLES HALLOCK, Editor. 
WILLIAM C. HARRIS, Business Manager. 
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COM¬ 
ING WEEK. • 
Thursday. April 20th.—Rifle; annual meeting of the Aiken Schutss- 
engesellschaft, at Charleston, S. C. Base ball; Boston vs. Lowell, at 
Lowell; Cambell vs. Kleintz, Philadelphia. Racing; New Orleans. 
Friday, April 21st.— Base bail; Centennial vs. Athletic, Philadel¬ 
phia; Philadelphia vs. Quickstep, Wilmington, Del. Racing; New Or¬ 
leans. 
Saturdat, April 3-d.—Rifle; Geiger bull’s-eye trophy match, Creed- 
moor. Base bal); Boston vs. Athletic, at Philadelphia. Racing; New 
Orleans. 
Monday, April 24t.h.—Base ball; Boston vs. Hartford, at Hartford. 
Tuesday, April 25th.—National Field Trials at Shrewsbury, England. 
Base ball; Louisville vs. Chicago, at Louisville, Ky. 
Wednesday, April 26th.—Rod and Gun Club Bench Show of doga at 
Springfield, Mass. Massachusetts State Sportsmen's Association, 
Springfield; National Field Trials. Shrewsbury, England. 
Turf, Field, and Farm Racing Record.— Our con¬ 
temporary announces that its “Racing Record for 1876” is 
now ready for distribution. This is a handy book of re¬ 
ference for turfmen and others. It contains summaries of 
aU the racing of 1875, and the nominations in all the 
stakes to be run this year at Jerome Park, Long Branch, 
Saratoga, Baltimore. New Orleans, Nashville, Lexington, 
Louisville, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia. The indices to 
past racing and stakes to be run are full and complete, 
having been arranged with great care by a competent gen¬ 
tleman. The price of the volume is $1.00. Every turf¬ 
man should have it. Address the Turf, Field, and Farm, 
37 P ark Row, New York. 
Buffalo Poultry Snow.—Our BufEalo corre spondent 
writes us that a poul try show larger than any ever before 
held in that city will probably be held next fall. The 
Forrester Club propose holding a Bench Show of dogs at 
the same time and also a large exhibition of game birds. 
Our correspondent says; "I nave no doubt the Forrester's 
will do their best to make the show as much of a success 
as the poultry shows heretofore have been. 1 am assured 
by Hank Curtiss, of Black Rock, that he will be on hand 
with as full a collection of our local fishes as it will be 
possible to get together. When “flank” sets out to do a 
thing of that kind lie succeeds. Fred Mather knows 
that,” 
LONGEVITY IN MAN, AS PROVEN BY 
PHYSICAL INDICATIONS. 
T HE problem by which the span of human life is esti¬ 
mated is one of much importance. It is known 
that every living thing, either vegetable or animal, has its 
lifetime, which is governed by the fixed law of inheritance. 
It may be illustrated by taking seeds of different kinds so 
closely resembling each other as not to be easily distin¬ 
guished . When planted and germinated, some will live for 
centuries as species of the oak, while others spring up, 
bloom and perish in a few hours, months, or years. In car¬ 
rying this theory to the animal kingdom, we find the same 
theory exemplified; some of them live for a century or 
more, while others perish in comparatively a short period. 
The laws which regulate life are beyond mathematical 
calculations, and the subtle force of existence is beyond 
the determination and reasoning of science. 
The life germ of some animals cannot be designated mi¬ 
croscopically, yet one inherits longevity and the other 
does not. The foal of the horse and ass, when crossed to¬ 
gether, is a mule, which retains the vital force of the 
stronger parent, and when the existence of the weaker 
parent is spent, the diseases incident to this parent arc 
passed, and the offspring lives a new life, and not subject 
to diseases of the horse kind, and so far as longevity is 
concerned, is in reality an ass, although in size it partakes 
of the horse. Although anomalies are produced some¬ 
times, life must be transmitted by its own kind. 
Race has considerable to do with longevity. We know 
that the Esquimaux and Laplanders arc a short-lived people, 
while Iudians, Italians, and the Welsh are known to have 
inherited longevity. Persons may die young who have de¬ 
scended from long-lived ancestry, though we seldom see 
offspring live but a few years longer than the parents 
from which they sprung. This idea was advanced by Dr. 
Lambert in a lecture on longevity, and it is a point well 
worth considering. When longevity is inherited from one 
side of the parents and the reverse is Ihc case from the 
other, some of the children are apt to droop at the time of 
the demise of the parent whom they are most alike; but 
should the offspring live beyond this time, the health im¬ 
proves, and the prospect for longevity is greatly enhanced, 
and may be prolonged to the age of the most robust pa¬ 
rent. It is a favorable indication for the offspring to re¬ 
semble the longer lived parent; when this is the case the 
stamina of constitution is also apt to be inherited. Indi¬ 
viduals with particularly long bodies, when otherwise well 
developed, have physical signs of longlife. If they are 
comfortably situated and free from anxiety, all things be¬ 
ing equal, they physically have better promise of long life 
than those situated otherwise. Married persons, if hap¬ 
pily connected, have abetter prospect for long life than the 
unmarried; regular habits in either sex favor longevity; 
excesses and vices and violations of physiological laws 
tend to shorten life. 
Persons inheriting longevity with correct habits, exempt¬ 
ed from the cares and anxieties of life, rarely succumb to 
epidemic influences. This is noticeable in epidemics of 
cholera and yellow fever, and should they become pros¬ 
trated from either sickness their chances for recovery are 
better than others. Sickness pervades both classes, though 
those who have inherited this principle of sustaining life 
to an advanced period are more capable of resisting dis¬ 
ease and of living on than those who are not possessed of 
such vitality. It is asserted that three-fifths of the fami¬ 
lies in every community pay the burden of doctors’ bills; 
this accords with the writer’s experience. Those possess¬ 
ing constitutions capable of resisting disease seldom need 
the services of a physician. As a rule, diseases peculiar 
to a family pass from generation to generation. The in¬ 
dications by which long life may he inferred are many— 
figure, proportion, weight, height, complexion, features, 
color of the hair, eyes, teeth, and skin, texture of hones, 
muscles, etc.,—all have a special bearing on the length of 
time an individual may live. 
It is affirmed that it cost no more to raise a person who 
is capable of living for a century than one who does not 
live more than half the period; but the profits to the na¬ 
tion accrue after the half century has passed—that is, the 
first half of life is consumed in paying the expenses of 
rearing, and the latter half of life develop the accumula¬ 
ted profits. Longevity has a direct influence on the pros¬ 
perity of every race of people; of this class the Jews af¬ 
ford a striking example. The heavy work of life is usu¬ 
ally selected by those who require long life for its accom¬ 
plishment, 6uch as statesmen, historians, etc. The names 
of Humboldt, Newton, Webster, Franklin, and Shakes¬ 
peare afford examples. It would not be correct to say 
that genius could not he developed in short-lived persons, 
for the sparkling poetry of Byron, and the effusions of 
Poe and Pollock show to the contrary. Judges of live 
stock can tell at a glance the capacity of a cow for giving 
milk, and whether it will be of superior oi inferior quality. 
The jockey, by inspection, can correctly determine the en¬ 
durance and speed of ahorse, and so can the probable lon¬ 
gevity of the human species he determined by definite 
characteristics. They are as plainly visible to the prac¬ 
ticed eye in the human as in the brute creation. Buffon 
was of the opinion that persons who arrive at full growth 
slowly live to a great age. Longevity in man is necessa¬ 
rily dependent upon sound lungs, with large capacity for 
respiration. Men of intelligence wlio study carefully na¬ 
ture's laws are enabled, by close observations, aud by com¬ 
paring the lives of individuals within the circle of their 
acquaintance, to judge of the prospects of longevity of 
their friends very nearly. 
The indications of longevity are manifested by a strong" 
voice, good appetite and digestion, excretions free and reg¬ 
ular, hair rather approaching fair than black, beard shad¬ 
ing lighter down the face, skin smooth and clear, feet 
broiul and thick, not long and slim, hands large with fin-" 
gers not too long, neck medium in length, head medium 
sized, sound teeth of a yellow cast, pulse strong and reg¬ 
ular, chest deep and capacious, shoulders rather inclined 
forward, but not fiat, thickly set but medium-sized stature, 
with strong bones and muscles. 
In reference to the relative longevity of the sexes, ac¬ 
cording to tables prepared in Holland, and extending over 
a period of 125 years, females live three or four years 
longer than males. The mother usually transmits her con¬ 
stitution to the offspring, rather than that of the father. 
It must be admitted from established facts that long life is 
an actual inheritance, yet harmony is established by the 
laws of longevity, and each race or individual fulfills its 
destiny, and theo gives way to he replaced by another. If 
this was not the case the earth would become unduly 
peopled. 
v Recollections of old Sportsmen.— It is well to turn 
back betimes to the record of the past, that we may bet¬ 
ter estimate the things of the present. Sucli reminiscen¬ 
ces as these that follow, and such as are occasionally con¬ 
tributed to us by contemporaries of this writer, will be 
read with more than passing interest-, not only by the new 
generation, but by the survivors of the old. No doubt 
this gossip of a veteran, but by no means a retired sports¬ 
man, will arouse many recollections that will chime in 
sympathy therewith like the bells of a moss grown tower, 
aud perhaps awaken responses from the ancient hills that 
our readers will be glad to hear. By such jottings as these 
we are not only enabled to compare the wonderful pro¬ 
gress of onr country within a brief period, but to recall 
and note the improvements that have taken place in all the 
arts, sciences, and arms. Foreigners can no longer throw’ 
into our teeth the charge that we are very new, that we 
have no past—no storied ruins that, crumbling at the touch, i 
tell even in their decay of days and deeds so far gone by, 
that the very distance invests them with a mist and halo of' 
romauee. They cannot twit us with having no traditions*; 
to keep alive the flame 6f glory, and the fame 
of statesmen and jurists of renown. They can no 
longer sniff their noses at our primitive houses and the 1 
smell of undried paint. Not only do the reminisces 
ces wo print herewith gainsay it, but the report of a hun¬ 
dred years affirms itself in its completed and majestic cycle,! 
exhibiting a century of such cheequered life, strange ex-; 
periences, startling changes, and wonderful progress, and 
crowded with so much to engage the time of the future 
historian, that the mere retrospect alone seems likely' 
to disturb the aecummulated dust. Our correspondent 
says:— 
“Fifty years ago, say about 1836, or before the buildingi 
of the Milldam Road, now called the Western Avenue to 
Boston, the tide ebbed and flowed over what is now the> 
Public Garden, Arlington, and Berkley streets; as Mr. 
Emerson said in his Centennial poem, 
“Twice each day the flowing iea 
Took Boston in its arms." 
There, where Washington bestrides his stone charger, I 
have shot ducks, and I well remember on a November day, 
being out on that wild and desolate marsh, in a gunning float 
in pursuit of water-fowl, I was overtaken by a snow storm, 
and with my companion had hard work to save ourselves 
from perishing in wbat is now the most valuable part of 
the city, and covered with the homes of millionaires. 
Fresh Pond, in Cambridge, was at that period a noted 
resort of wild-fowl, and 1 have more than once seen the 
day break while lying in the marshes at the outlet, in a 
boat with that staunch sportsman Nat. Wyeth, waiting for 
flocks of teal. The woods of Newton, Watertown, and 
Cambridge, contained at that time many partridges and 
woodcock, aud every farm had a covey or two of quails. 
Can you realize the fact, Mr. Editor, that your corres¬ 
pondent lived before the introduction of the percussion 
cap, and that his first fowling piece was exploded by flint 
and steel. In these days where tho muzzle loader is al¬ 
most obsolete, it may be interesting to know, that the dis¬ 
pute between the advocates of the new methods, the detona¬ 
tor or percussion principle, and those of the old and well 
tried flint lock, was as long and earnest as now between 
the friends of the muzzle aud the breech-loader. It was 
acknowledged that, the percussion system was quicker, but 
the old fogies declared that the flint lock throw the shot 
stronger. I, being at that time young and progressive, 
had my gun altered from a flint lock to a detonator, or as 
the gun smith persisted in saying, “he percushed it.” This 
iu spite of the disapproval of my elder sporting friends, 
particularly an uncle who gave me my first lesson in shoot. 
iDg on the wing, aud who being a good shot with the old 
weapon, disbelieved in the new. 
At that period, all the clear brooks about the vicinity ol 
Boston contained trout, and mauy a good basket have 1 
made in Smelt Brook, in Newton. The last brace I killed 
there weighed two pounds—this was about 1828—and was 
done with bait, these streams not being suited to fly fisk 
ing, even if we had known flow, which few did at that 
lime. There might have been half a dozen fly fishermen 
among the 40,000 inhabitants of Boston, and strange to say 
two or three of those were in the habit of going to Scot 
land for their sport, believing that the Balmon of Canadian 
waters would not take a fly. We have had similar storief 
in these times concerning those of California." 
—Trapping in the Ottawa district of Canada has not beei 
successful the past Beason, and it is evident that fur-bear 
ing animals are becoming scarce. 
TnrroBTANT.—Clare should be taken in haying Fishing or Hunting Suit 
to get a genuine Holaiiiril Soil nod not ooe of the worthless imitaiioA 
which are being jrat on the market. The boat is the cheapest.— Adv. I 
