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French poodle fashion. He has a heavy coal of tawny 
orange hair darkening on muzzle and limbs; his head is as 
full of majesty and intelligence as that of any St. Bernard 
I ever saw; he is large-framed, lull, and powerful, and 
his whole aspect is full of dignity and sagacity. One of 
the cages on the Raleigh is occupied by a Himalayan hotiza , 
or wild dog, an animal strongly resembling an Bngliah fox, 
hut larger and heavier. The wild dogs of the Himalayas 
hunt iu packs; they are Very ferocious, and are regarded as 
untamable, but the mood of the animal on the Raleigh has 
so far softened that he licks the hand of the man who 
attends to him.” It is added that Mr. Drew has brought 
home with iu the Serapis some black partridges, the accli¬ 
matization of which in Norfolk the Prince is anxious 
Io attempt. If the attempt is successful a new sensation 
will be introduced into partridge shooting, for when hushed 
they rise rocketing exactly like pheasauts. 
Dm vino a Sturgeon .—The period of mythology when 
they used to drive dolphin teams harnessed to barges, was 
not more strange than the present, and feats which seemed 
improbable to us at school days, arc reproduced in these 
days with the faithfulness of fact. We find the statement,, 
in a country paper that Mr. Robert L. Pell, residing near 
West Park, on the Hudson River, having caught a stur¬ 
geon nine feet long, conceived the idea of harnessing it to 
a boat after the fashion of the Tritons. Accordingly a 
tackling of leather and rope was attached to its body in 
a way which prevented its slipping behind the fins, and 
the fish having been placed in an artificial lake a quarter of 
a mile long, on the grounds of Mr. Pell, the experiment 
began. “In order to obtain the services of the sturgeon 
when needed, a pair of rope reins, eighteen feet long, were 
attached to the harness, and these were fasleued to a large 
cork float, which swam upon the water. A boat five and 
a half feet long and two and a half wide was then con¬ 
structed. It could coutain but one man, and in that Mr, 
Pell Look his seat, and attached the chain at the bow to the 
floating cork. The sturgeon soon began to move, and the 
moment he realized that a further impediment existed to 
his movements, he shot frantically ahead. The boat sway¬ 
ed to and fro, and the spray, dashing furiously from the 
prow, flew in every direction. Frequently the gunwliale 
wa3 an inch or two below the water’s edge, hut such was 
the rapidity of motion. that the water had not time to over¬ 
flow it. Tlui lake being but seventeen feel deep, aud the 
reins eighteen feet long, there was no possibility of being 
pulled under the water by the diving of the fish, and the 
career of the boat was uninterrupted. The sturgeon kept 
near the sides of the lake, aud swam four limes around 
without slacking his pace. He then rose to the surface, 
rolled on iris buck, and exposed his white stomach to the 
sunshine, ns if to say, ‘I have swum long enough, aud am 
not going any fori her.' Mr. Pell, satisfied wiLh liis exper¬ 
ience, then dulatchcd the boat from the float, aud landed. 
The fish soon again disappeared. At each subsequent sail, 
either by Mr. Pell, or any one else, the fish would rush re¬ 
gularly lour times around the lake, and no more. lie would 
then, as at first, regularly roil over on his back and rest. A 
neighbor of Mi. Pell caught a largo sturgeon, and intimat¬ 
ed bis experiment in the river. Matters worked well for a 
few moments, but it suddenly occurred to the Bturgeon to 
dive. This, Hie river being deep, he could easily do. To 
the dismay of his owner, under went the cork float, and a 
violent jerk at the prow of the boat was a warning to jump 
into the stream. The boat went down, and was lost to 
sight for several minutes. That was the beginning aud 
end of harnessing sturgeon as a river pastime, 
f Cutting up Beal Fat. —A Harbor Grace, Newfound¬ 
land, correspondent sends the following notes of seal fish- 
ing;- 
“II would, I think, puzzle some of your ablest physicians 
to say how one hundred and seventy to two hundred men, 
more or less, can find comfortable and sanitary accommo¬ 
dation iu our scaling steamers. It is the mercy of God 
that we have not to mourn over prevalent disease and 
death, is seal fat a disinfectant? 1 consider that agentle- 
mall's flog has far belter limes of it than our poor fellows. 
The only difference is that dogs have no hereafter—men, 
women, and children, have. 
“They don't do things here below by oil vats now; no, 
they do things by steam. That is, they must have steam¬ 
ers to go hunting the seal, and they have steam machinery 
to cut up aud render the fat. Messrs, John Muim, &Co., 
on whom this whole place is depending, have an immense 
number of stores, wharves, &c. Their steamer, the Van¬ 
guard, arrived from the seal hunting on 14tq April with 
13,500 seals, or rather seal pelts, that is the sljin aud fat of 
every individual seal, the carcase of which bBomcs a por¬ 
tion for the foxes or the polar beare, or the ^Bord fish at 
the ice, by a Species of lawful administratioWjud colligen¬ 
dum, bona, whereby poor animals are fed. Well, such seal 
pelts are landed and hoisted up to the skinning loft where 
they are laid upon the table, and the skin is separated or 
cut oil from the fat by adroit men who are used to the 
business. Then the fat is cut up into junks which are 
thrown into the “mill” with large revolving knives, 
Quickly it is cut up much smaller, aud is caused to pass 
to the cutlers or smaller revolving knives. This machine 
is called the “sausage grinder,” a very expressive name 
Our Bcolish friends have a favorite dish called minced 
“collops, which I have not lasted for more than half a cen¬ 
tury. Well, the fat as cut up by the sausage grinder, and 
ias flowing oat, is as finely cut as minced coliops. It passes 
into the pans and is rendered by steam at a temperature of 
160°, thence it passes into the bleaching pans and then into 
the casks. 0.” 
—Wire gauze as a substitute for glass is fast gaining 
the attention of persons engaged in constructive works. It 
is much employed in the Regent’s Park carriage works for 
the lifting door-screens of carriages, for which hitherto 
glass has been exclusively used. It is admirably suited in 
summer for this purpose, as it subdues the glare of light, 
moderates the heal, and admits but little dust, while it in¬ 
sures perfect venUiutiou. The occupants of a carriage 
provided With these gauze wiudows see plainly enough 
through them, and have all the advantage;, without the 
flisadvantages Of glass, 
Jtnmet[8 %o $ori[C8yondent$, 
No Notice Taken of Anonymous GtmiinmllcnUone. 
It. E. It,, ForrlHbnrg, VL—Tho Bnmll bird you describe!*probably 
the rettslari (SfltijilMu/il tntiailla). 
Unjibu Two Flags, Wilmington, Del.— 1 Thanks for the Information 
relating to sketch of Steeple Chose. 
It. 8., Springfield. —Will you be kind enough to inform me of the 
price of the Dittluar ride powder? Ans. $1 per con. 
CoMjrHiivA. —II. Greenwood, 13 College Place, this city, to the only 
person wo can learn of who deals in fresh aud salt water plants for 
atpiurla. 
W. H., New York.—Can yon Inform me where Blenheim spaniels enn 
be putchased? Ans. We cannot, but perhaps sonic of onr readers will 
inform as. 
O. F., Ancram.N. Y\—Will you please Inform me the best lime and 
bait to use to fish for salmon trout? Ana. Now is the time, with “gang" 
or trolling spoon. 
O. F. W., Pittsburgh.—Can yon sond me a form for score book Tor 
pigeon shooting matches? Are hooks to bit obtained ready hound? Ans. 
liavo sent score cards for pattern. 
T. A. S-, At aeon, Mo.—Please inform me If I can flmlacnpyof 
“Chattuck's History of Concord, Mass. ?” Ans. Cannot hear of any; 
perhaps some of our correspondents.can supply it. • 
T. W., 81 ark Plains, Pa.—Do goldfish shod their scales, and when? 
Ans. Only when they are Injured, so far as we know, and then death 
generally results from fungus forming upon the abraded part. 
St;r,-r.r,iB»ii, Boston .—I intend buying a Wesson sporting rifle wbleb 
I should nee principally for off-hand target practice. What length of 
barrel and calibre would you consider the best? Ana. 30-inch barrel 
aud 14 calibre. 
.1. C„ Ashtabula Ohio.—Will you please Inform me if the law in 
Michigan has been altered or changed for )8?i! ill regard to woodcock 
shooting? AnB. We have no advices of any change. W'ulcli our paper 
closely until July 5th, when the law expires. 
P. G. Milbnrn, N. J.—\ "ill you kindly decide the following question? 
Pn Bbooting in a match with revolvers, at short dfslances, Is It allowable 
to use both hands lo hold the weapon? Would It be allowed at Conlln’s 
or any other first class range? Ans. No; bat ouc hand is allowed. 
J. J. W-, Jersey CUy.—Will you please inform me through your 
paper where in Now Jeracy, within ouc hundred miles of New York 
City, I can find good quail shooting next .fall, and some woodcock 
shooting; and if you know of any farmer iu said locality? Ans. Ad¬ 
dress A. J. Unylor, Tonally, N, J. 
L, P., Washington, D. C.— Can you tell me if it is possible to gel. arti- 
ilcinl rubber frogs In New York? 1 think thu bass In the Potomac hero 
would take it. us they secin fond of the natural critter? Aus. They 
are kept by most of the dealers in fishing tackle who advertise in oar 
paper. Write to any of them. 
J. G. A., New York.—Please inform me whether the game laws of 
Connecticut allow woodcock eliooting in that State iu July this year? I 
run told by several sportsmen that a law recently passed prohibits shoot¬ 
ing until Lhc fall. Is this the case? Ans. The dose boosou for woodcock 
does not expire in Connecticut until October 1st. 
Patron. Washington, 1). C.—Would you bo so kind hb to Inform of a 
good work on “Gold Fish Culture," or any information pertaining to, 
and where likely to procure same? Ana. No book that we know of, but 
previous numbers of FomtsT and Stukam, will give you some informa¬ 
tion. See May S8th, 1874, and November 12th and 18th 1875. 
SCUI-IN, Plillu.—You usk in the last, rsane that correspondents sign 
their names aud not pseudonyms. If yon would rather have my name 
at the foot of what 1 send, instead of “Sculls,” I have no objections. 
Ana. Thu rerpiesL applied only to the Department of Natural History in 
onr paper. We do not desire lire names of correspondents, except for 
cur private use, 
D. H. E.. Fcotone, ]U.—Is Euiley's "One-Own Birds of the United 
States” good for determining the names of birds and eggs? What is 
Audubon's “Synopsis?" Ans. 1. No. Better consult our article {May 
1st, on “A Library of Natural History.” 3. It is u terse account of the 
classification used by him, with more or less of the technical characters 
of the groups given; a book of reference. 
Mikstrel, Jersey City.—As yonare supposed to know everything, can 
you iuform me when Dan Bryant last appeared in public, aud where? 
Ane. This is a little ont of our line; we believo, however, that he made 
his last appearance on April 5th, 1375. at the Twenty-third Street 
Playhouse in the musical burlesque "Les Brigands Noir,” tailing the 
role of Mile. A-X-Mee, Queen of the Brigands. 
C, L. Chester, Vt.—Will you please explain what is meant by "best 
aud best” bouts? also "working boats?" I sec these terras used In ac- 
coentsof boat faces, aud wish to know what style of boats are used? 
Aus. The first is a term used iu England to indicate that each contest¬ 
ant may choose Mb own boat, of any size, weight, or construction. The 
second refers to watermen’s working boats, such, for instance, us our 
Whitehall boats. 
G. D. F., Poughkeepsie.—Seeing that you answer your correspon¬ 
dents'questions very satisfactorily, I take the liberty of writing you. 
X have a chance to bey a Sharp's carbine (new model) which 1 like very 
much. I want to kuow if it would hurt it very much to shoot shot in 
it? You see, if it would shoot shot and ball both, 1 could have some 
fun shooting at a target, and also lake it ont for a hunt. Ans. It will 
not injure the rifle in the least lo shoot shot ont of it. 
W. A. W., Providence, It. I.—1. llow long ought, a canvas boat to 
last with.fair usage, anu be tight and in good order? 3. Xs tho canvas 
water proofed by the Tappuu process as good as any for Lhat purpose? 
IT not who makes better? 3. What Is the usual weight and thickness of 
canvas employed for that purpose? Ans. t . For years; we have kuown 
one to last for years aud is still good. 2. Mr. Tappan claims that there 
la no other durable for any length of time. 8. 11 oz. duck is the best 
weight to use. 
P. C. P., Berkeley Springs.—Xu your Issue of June 1st I see the ad¬ 
vertisement of W. H. Baker’s three-barreled brooch-loading gun, Lisle, 
Broome Connty, N, J.; can you give mo any information iu regard to its 
shooting qualities. It seems to me that it is the gun we want more in 
this country as we are liable to meet with deer, bear, or smaller game at 
any moment? Aim. As to the shooting qualities of the gnn we have no 
knowledge, but It struck us, when we examined it, as being the most 
feasible of any combination gun we have ever met With. 
Two SnommEN.—Do fish hear? Aus. This question has been much 
discussed and tested by experiments. The conclusion is that they do 
not. They are, however, extremely sensitive to a jar, and any loud 
sounds uttered on or near the water, or sudden Bliocks occasioned by 
the dropping of an oar, or the like, wonld communicate a vibrution 
through the water to the fish, and startle him. A deaf mnto can be 
made to hear the sound of apiairo or harp by rostlng one end of a stick 
of ebony or other hard wood ugaiust the instrument, and the other 
against the teeth. 
Inquibbr, Indianapolis.—1. now can I havo my dogs entered in the 
American Kennel and Sporting Field, if possible to have them entered 
stall? 2. I have two valuable sc tiers (dog and bitch) who are troubled 
With a lameness iu the right log. It does not seem to lie iu the foot as I 
have examined lhat and can find nothing wrong in either dog. Ans. 1. 
By writing to Mr. Arnold Burges, Hillsdale, Michigan, you cun ascertain 
whether a second edition of his book will be published, a. Your dogs 
may have wrenched themselves I u play. Urnilu coal oil is an excellent 
remedy for eprtmiri. 
i A Sfbxoui jif.it, Cleveland. - W i> answer questions respecting goldlisU 
culture very frequently. By searching our flics you can get much Infor¬ 
mation. We can select for you the copies of nur-papor containing ror- 
ereuccs to the subject, if you desire. A fish pond in your locality would 
pay. The fish are easily raised. Let Lhq water got warm. A few udiill.a^ 
placed in a mudholo In spring will produce thousands of young In Jane, 
lint are liable to he oaten by lhc larva; of the dragon fly. which like aueli 
places for their deposits of eggs. There should be a Tatr admixture 01 
Band with the mud uf the pond. 
T. R., Now York.—Next rail X Intend spending aconple of weeks in 
the Adirondack's, and being told that rulibits ure very plentiful there, I 
request your advice as to the best means of hunting or trapplug them 
X am going into tho thickest part of tho woods, where aoap-skootiog is 
next to Impossible; also w hat is tbu best guii, English or American, that 
I can get for $1(10? Ans. q’alce with you u good bBUgj* hound broken 
to run rabbits, and yon Will he able to shoot enough to make good sport. 
For $100 you can purchase an excellent gnu of cither Amoricuh or tur- 
cign make. See our advertising columns. 
P. S. D., Baltimore.—In readingyour valuable paper I notice you re¬ 
fer to a breed of dogs called "soouers." I have one of them (rather my 
sporting friends havo concluded upon bis being or that breed), but .Ida 
actions in tho field are very unsatisfactory. Probably his training (I 
trained him) has been Imperfect. Please tell me the nature and qualities 
of one of that breed, aud Is tbere any way by which 1 can rectify Ids 
faults? Ans. The training of your dog has been neglected, else he. 
would havo been broken of his "sooner” habit; and tho sooner you ap¬ 
ply a few vigorons cuts with a threu foot rawhide, at tho nick of time, 
the sooner he will give it up. 
Geo. U., Grautvillo Mass.—1. Will you 1m kind enough to inform mo 
in yonr next issue what you Consider tho easiest aud surest remedy for 
killing fleas on a dog (setter); also, if anything, whut you would use to 
prevent their coming? 2, Is thore no preparation for keeping flies, ale. 
off your face, and whoso preparation is most reliable? Ans. 3. By 
washing your settpr with a strong lather of common soft or hard brown 
soap; it Will kill every flea it comes in contact witn, and tho kennel or 
place where he is kept must be kept clear of fleas by fumigation with 
sulphur, Or by washing with strong soap suds. 3. Hsu sweet oil, With a 
little tar added tbereLo. 
Bass.—I n one of yonr answers to a correspondent who was going lo 
Perry Springs you advised him to lake fishing tackle for black boss in 
Eiinois River. Arc yon certain that there are black bass there; the fish 
wagons tell me they don't know of any? What is tho tho best part of the 
river to catch them in—bars or deep water, bunks or middle of stream, 
or month of creek? The best bait and length of line, aud size of hook 
lo fish with? Ans. Bass are caught iu varions parts of the Illinois 
River, near the sand-bars, with trolling tackle, a rod, red, 2p0 feel of 
Hue, and a spoon. Lincoln, feu miles north of Elkhart, is a good point 
for black buss, spotted buss, wall-eyed pike (called salmon thore). aud 
pike. 
G.T. K., Milton, Muss.—Please give me tome information so that I 
can distinguish a young shad from a herring. We hatched ont here iu the 
river three years ago two hundred and fifty thonsaud shad spawn, ami 
some fish have buen taken here that are about, the size of herring and 
some say that they are young shad. Aus. It is difficult for any one 
not accustomed to handling young shad and herring to Lett them apart. 
Seth Green says: “There is a difference in the mouth. The shad Is the 
largest, and the under jaw the longest. The teeth on enmb on the io- 
ner gill in the mouth are much longer than a herring’s, and they have 
black spots about the size of the end of the little finger on each side of 
the back." 
D. A, H., Ashbyaburg, Ky.—1. Do you send the bound volumes of 
Foucbtano Stukam by mail, post-paid, for $4? *3. lsl.heregot.dluiol.- 
ing and trappiug in the southeast, part of Missouri and the northeast 
part of Arkansas? 3. Where can I get a map of that country? i. Can 
a nervous person, by aheap of practice, become a good shot with ariilev 
By judging my writing do yon Ibiuk I am too nervous lo make auy 
kind of a rifle shot? Wllat Is good fur the nerves? 5. How flu they . 
timute the trigger pull of rifles? Ans. 1, No, they cannot be sent by 
mail. 3. Yes. 3. Write to J.D. Brown, Sudulia, Mo., for map of 
Kansas, Missouri and Texas It. It 1 Yes; give up lea, enflee und 
tobacco, 5. By tbu weight on the trigger accessary to pull It anti, . 
plode the guu. 
K. M B., New York.—Cun you tell me of a place not more than 71 
miles from Philadelphia Where I can find good trout fishing. I do nut 
cure about camping out, and 1 do not waut to pay high hoard■ Ans. Me 
hoopany trout stream, Sullivan county, is witnlu a day's ride of Now 
Yorker Philadelphia, reached via Delaware & Lackawanna Railroad to 
Mahoonuny Depot. Hotel at the Forks; also T. M. ltobluson can ac* 
cuuimouato Tour huurders, and wuuld probably suit yon as to price. 
Bwartwood wilt meet yon at the depot. The hoadwaters of tho south 
branch of tho MahoopuDyand other streams that take their source in 
Long Pond, abound in medium-sized trout. Col. Pickett has aline 
house at Long Pond, where he ontortuius many city boarders. Hetiehad 
by wagon from Dusbane, on the Bulllvun & Erie ltaitread, to Berwick, 
on the Busquohanmi Itlvur. LaporL and Tliorudalc are the only large 
towns in this section. 
C. If. V. D., Brooklyn.—1 sue by your paper or the 1st ins!, that 
'‘striped, floss have bt on caught from, the bouf-houau floats outheijarhuu 
River, in the- Lit I !e llafe, and from root of l20r.li street, N, H.,"aml iu 
connection with that same, will you lio so good u» t" answer the follow¬ 
ing questions, 1st: la it likely a fair quantity cun betaken in either of t.lm 
above named places during thelast week in this month? 3d. What tide 
is best to fish on? 3d. What bait w^pld yon advise, crab, sin-hop; or 
clams? Ans. The buss, particularly in Hummer, is a capricious fl.-di. 
and there is tio certainty of catching him to-morrow whore you find him 
yesterday, W o do not think thu fishing will be really good now until 
fall, when bass will run np.lhe little bays and.creeks which indent. Inc 
Westchester shores of Long Island Sound. Wefiavcgenorillly fdiiml 
I hem lo bite best on thelast of the flood tide uuddliring high water, und 
for bait use shudder crabs and shrimps. 
A. U. T,—Are there many ducks at Schroon Lake? Ans. Ai (Ida 
season only a few summer ducks. 2. Dow is the flaking? Ans,. Good; 
trout, lake trout, or pickorot in the lake aud neighboring sinuous. 3. 
Which is the best hotel and the best way of getting there? Ans. TUis 
sort of question is asked eontinnaliy by our correspondents, whom wo 
are moBt anxious to oblige; but to do so wo are compelled to do a vast 
amount of gratuitous advertising. We have sent circulars to tha pro¬ 
prietors of the Schroon Lake hotels, and several hundred olbets, solicit¬ 
ing their cards at less than half rales; the result is nil, as shown in oar 
advertising columns. However, not to put too fine a point npon it, there 
are three lintels at Schroon Lake, any oneof which Is good, and the lo¬ 
cality is reached by stage from Riverside on Adirondack Railroad I o Pol - 
terville (tl miles, or by railroad from Grown Point on Lake Champlain to 
Hammond's Fnruace, and thence by coach 14 miles). 8oe Wallacifa 
Adirondack Goide, published and for sale at this OlBao; price $2, with 
splendid map. ___________ 
Geological Survey of Texas. — Thera has boon inici 
upon onr table tha Second Annual Report of the Geological and AgrK-.t: I- 
al Survey of Texas by S. B. Buckley. Stato Geologist. The report con¬ 
tains what Mr. Buckley considers the most useful tilings pertaining to 
the agricultural and mineral resources of the Stale, leaving scientific mat¬ 
ters for his final report. The snrvey was continued. The reports of 
tho silver indications in Presidio and El Paso counties are very encourag¬ 
ing, and popper, coal, aud other •Valuable minerals are found abundantly 
in certain parts. On page thirty la some interesting arcbtwhmical 
matter. The latter half of the report is devoted to a discussion of tho 
soil, crops aud forests of the Slate, aud the host mauuor of cultivation in 
that latitude, . 
iMPOii'i'AnT.—Ciire should lln taken, in buying Fislliilgor itunMIlg hail '. 
to goi; a genuine Itolabiril Suit, anil not ODAOf file worthies:' • i 
which we being nut on the itihriwi, '!>" im -i h the choapi 
