FOREST AND STREAM. 



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'■•ring ; the ducks hack to their old haunts on ttie 

 Connecticut liver by the plantins of wild rice. 



G. W 0. 

 —The Masaachuaetta Anglers' Association of Boston has 

 called a meeting to consider the expediency of consolidat- 

 ing the various game associations of the Slate. 



A Voice from Cape Cod. — A correspondent writing 

 from Sandwich, Mass., relative to Die inefficient game laws 

 of that Slate says:— "1 remember well the lime I could 

 take my old single gun, and ou my father's farm in an hour, 

 jus! nil purl ridges enougli to make a dinner 



for the family. Quail were also plenty in every grain 

 field. A dog trained for birds was not to bo found. Foxes 

 were limned and destroyed in every possible way but as 

 soon as a game law was passed hunlers were as plenty 

 as biids, and although the shooting is quite good 

 there now, it is almost an impossibility for any one with- 



i ;i dog to gel. any birds. 1 think the game law is a good 

 advertisement for the Cape, at least, for who not acquaint- 

 ed there "would thiht of finding anything worth shooting 

 on I hat sand bank, for there are plenty of people who 

 think it nothing but sand, well we do have game there 

 and noble game too. No less tbao 300 deer have been shot 

 in ibe last i wo seasons (our time is from the 1st of October 

 until the 1st of December) some of them weighing 200 

 pounds, and most all found within a radius of twelve 

 miles. Think of that, you sportsmen, who go 1,000 miles 

 to find deerl 1 would like to know how it is that dealers 

 can have game of all kinds for sale when the law does not 

 permit a person to have in possession. Yesterday I passed 

 through Boston market and saw deer, quail, partridges, 

 prairie, chickens and others Uinds of game that I supposed 

 were out of season, exposed for sale. Also in the streets 

 ileal the market. They say it comes from the West, but I 

 don't see as that helps the matter any. 1 think for one, 

 lhat public opinion would do more to protect our game 

 Uia.li ,-d] lie- laws we have or seem to have. 6. N. VV. 



If we trusted to public opinion only there would soon 

 be but lew birds. We must have laws, but the secret lies 

 in having ibem judiciously worded.at first and most rigidly 

 enforced afterwards. — Ed]. 



' i( Connecticut— February 10//c — A most important bill is 

 now before I he Legislature of this State, which reads as fol- 

 lows: "That no person shall Bsh or buutexcept on his own 

 properly, unless he pays the sum of $ 10 into the town treasury 

 eeeives ffom lite Town Clerk a license which shall be 

 g iod for one year." There is considerable opposition to 

 i lis measure from a class of people who think it arbitrary 

 and despotic, ami Ihere are some who say it is "u rich 

 man's law to deprive the poor man of his sport." "Just 

 as they do in lire, despotic countries of Europe," says an- 

 other, etc., &c Unthinking people they are who will 

 grumble at and find fault with any law which protects 

 ;: aine and makes it more plentiful, and consequently 

 cheaper. The opposiliou above noticed docs not come 

 from spot tsmon, for there are many poor, but true sports- 

 men, who would hail the passage of the bill with delight, 

 and gladly pay for a license, and I believe that the man 

 who is too poor to pay $10 a year for the right to shoot and 

 fish, had better leave it alone. He is in my judgment 

 too poor to lose a day's lime from his work. 1 am a poor 

 man, so 1 know how it is myself. 



Under our present law it is almost impossible to prevent 

 the killing ot game, for the reason that our constables do 

 not bother themselves about it, but if the proposed license 

 bill be passed and become a law, we may depend on the 

 activity ot our officials; tuey will surely look out for their 

 lees. 



it will meet with favor from the [farmers, as tbe license 

 monies will go directly iuto the town treasuiy, thereby re- 

 ducing rates of taxation. It will also put a decided stop to 

 i bond boys and idle men who maybe found at all 

 seasons prowling about with guns and fishing implements, 

 and worse than all, the "sucker spear." In the early part 

 of. spring when the sucker ascends the streams, he finds 

 tbe banks already lined with pot fishermen who armed 

 with spear and lunteru are ready for the tray. This busi- 

 ness is carried on at night, and as the "sucker spearer" 

 strikes at every fish witnin range of his spear, itis not an 

 uncommon thing for him to spear two or three line trout 

 in a single evening, besides many which are injured but 

 escape. 



J\ow in a State where this business is so extensively car- 

 ried on as here, one can well imagine how many trout are 

 taken ill this way every spring. 1 have seen trout 

 weighing over a pound taken, as it was proved, in this 

 villiuuous manner. 1 hope the present Legislature will 

 pass the bill, and also empower every landowner to de- 

 mand of persons hunting or fishing on his laud to show a 

 license. Then will be the time for sportsmen's clubs to 

 organize and stock our field and streams with birds and 

 fish. Yos G. 



Ohio- The Cuvier Club of Cincinnati are determined 

 to break up the unsuccessful sale of the quail markets of 

 that city. To this effeet the following resolutions were 

 adopted at their last meeting: — 



Wfarects, It is now die close season for quail in Ohio sud the contig- 

 uous amies, and the preenmpjion is strong that the possession of tho e e 

 birds now is unlawful; therefore be it 



fciteti/, Thai $5D0, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay 

 rewards, be appropriated to secure the conviction of any person or per- 

 sons wlio uiav have in possession, or sell, or offer to sell, quail after the 

 B.n Oirj ul f'eb., 1NT7, and until tire 15th day of Oct., 1877. 



And yet in this Stale, where the law expires Jan. 1st, 

 market dealers are allowed to sell quail until March 1st. 



Pennsylvania. — Tho Sportsmen's Association of Western 

 Pennsylvania, whese headquarters are at Pittsburgh, have 

 some six hundred quails ready for putting out in lhat vi- 

 cinity. A correspondent writes us regarding them as fol- 

 lows:— 



"We were not quite as successful in keeping our birds 

 alive after they had been taken as we should have desired; 

 but a very large proportion were saved and placed in the 

 countiy as noted. As yet we have not been able to sur- 

 mise why a number of our quail perished. We had them 

 in large and long fiat, cages; plenty to eat and drink, and 

 altogether supposed they were about as well cared lor in 

 every way as it. was possible for us to arrange, but in sev- 

 eral of the cages large numbers of them died oil , 



The bill presented to the Legislature of the State rela- 

 tive to the prohibiting of hunting or fishing within the 

 I i the Commonwealth for tenysars, has no prospec 



whatever of passing. An earnest protest was sent from 

 this Association, and I think has had a telling effeet. 



J. D. L. 

 At the instance of the Fotirst and Stream Club of 

 Scranton, Pa., a hunter, named Clarence Delrick, wa8 

 arrested the other day for killing a deer at Pleasant Valley 

 out of season. Mr. Dctrick's venison cost him $33 50. 



THE CASTELLAN I COLLECTION. 



ANTIQUE ORNAJfENTS, HEMS, STATUAHV AND l'OTTEUV. 



WHATEVER benefit the United States may hereafter 

 reap from the Centennial Exhibition, one direct 

 and very valuable result lias already been reached in the 

 quickened and intelligent interest in art which is every- 

 where making itself apparent. To gratify the rising taste 

 and guide it. to excellence, many artistic treasures have 

 been added to the collections of our museums and insti- 

 tutions. Among these we shall be glad hereafter to number 

 the Castellani collection of antiquities, and with that object 

 in view would offer our testimony to its exceptional inter- 

 est and great historical value. 



The different groups of which it is composed, marbles, 

 bronzes, terra-cottas, personal ornaments, engraved gems 

 and majolica, have been arranged, and are now on exhibi- 

 tion in the picture gallery of the New York Metropolitan 

 Museum. Signor Castellani has given the Iruslees the 

 right of exhibition, with a privilege of ultimate purchase, 

 and in order to attain the latter object an extra ad- 

 mission fee of twenty-five cents is charged. The sum thus 

 accumulated will be paid into the purchase fund, should the 

 trustees find means of obtaining the balance of the required 

 amount— said to be $200,000. 



The beginnings of such a collection are always of interest, 

 and Signed' Castellani thus describes the foundation of that 

 which bears his name: "My father and I being jew'elleTS 

 in Koine, were greatly pleased with the designs of certain 

 objects discovered in Etruria and Magna Grrccia. We de- 

 teruiined to reproduce those designs in modem workman- 

 ship, and for this purpose tried to get hold of some curiosi- 

 ties that suited us. This was the beginning of my collca 

 tion of antiquities. I found it necessary not only to 

 possess these curiosities, but to study them, because 1 was 

 anxious not to mix up the Roman, the Etruscan and tbe 

 Greek decorations, but to preserve the distinctive char 

 acteristics of each period." It was natural that, in view 

 of the success attending his first efforts, the collector's aim 

 should become broader, and that from gratifying the taste 

 of the professional jeweller the collection should become 

 the pride of the arclneologisl and connoisseur in ceramics. 

 Years were spent in bringing together the several objects 

 which make it one of the finest and most complete colltC' 

 tions in existence. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, 

 that it should have been highly appreciated in Europe. An 

 QJ tempt was made, but, fortunately for America, without 

 success, to secure it for the British Museum. Mr. Charles 

 Newton, of the Department of Antiquities in that institu- 

 tion, induced Siguor Castellani to transport his treasures to 

 England and exhibit them in the Museum. While there 

 the greatest influence was brought to bear upon the Gov. 

 eminent to advance the purchase money — £10,000. The 

 leading connoisseurs and journals were unanimous as to 

 the importance of making so valuable an addition to the 

 national collection, but the Government would not move, 

 and the announcement lhat Signor Castellani was to visit 

 Philadelphia was hailed by the British press with many 

 hearty, but not the less amusing, regrets. After passing 

 safely through such a danger, and escaping the omnivor- 

 ous and wealthy collectors of England, it would be nothing 

 short ot a lasting reproach to the American public, if the 

 Castellani colkctiou should be allowed to return to Europe. 

 Its purchase concerns the entire country ralher than a 

 particular city. The forms of beauty contained in it will 

 leach our people to appreciate the beautiful, and foster a 

 desire to be sunounded by objects reflective of refined 

 taste. In thus singling out. the i ducational advantages of 

 such a possession, we leave ils historical value to be esti- 

 mated trom what follows: 



The marbles, of which there are twenty-three, are chiefly 

 from Rome and Naples, and supply us with some magnifi- 

 cent illustrations ot the perfection of Greek art. Very re- 

 markable, alike by its size and excellence, is the colossal 

 statue of Bacchus. The figure is that of a man, full 

 bearded, and dressed in long and gracefully flowing robes, 

 commanding in appearance, and singularly gentle in aspect. 

 There is nothing suggestive of the '"jolly" goa," the effemi- 

 nate son of Jupiter and Sernele, and to appreciate the 

 sculptor's ideal, it is necessary to bear in minu that in the 

 quaint and flowery confusion of Greek mythology the gods 

 were occasionally duplicated, or rather, the same name 

 was applied to several gods of essentially different char- 

 acters. Cicero tells of five named Bacchus, and Diodorus 

 of three, the first of whom, the Indian or "Bearded" 

 Bacchus, is the subject of the statue. The story tan that 

 accompanied by Pan, Sileuus, the Satyrs and a frenzied 

 army of men and women, he marched east and conquered 

 India without bloodshed or battle, spreading the arts of 

 peace and the science of husbandry as he passed. lie was 

 deified for his beneficence. Such is the being whom the 

 unknown artist has tried to represent, and the success of 

 his effort is commensurate with the elevation of his ideal, 

 A head of the "Young Dionysus" represents the Bacchus 

 whose worship was more general in ancient limes, and, 

 we may add, has been continued to the present day. The 

 life-size figure of the Spinario would adorn any collection. 

 It represents a boy trying to extract a thorn from his foot, 

 and in the attiluue and truth to details is the perfection of 

 the realistic. Some of the heads are in an excelleut state 

 of preservation, and those historically connected with the 

 laiordays of the Roman Empire will be viewed with deep 

 interest. Among them are a head ot Augustus, one of 

 Tiberius, and one of Trajan, a limited gallery showing the 

 best and the worst wearers of the Imperial purple. Be- 



sides these there are busts of the Emnress Manlia Scantilla, 

 and of the Empress Julia Paola. The latter was the Wife 

 of Elagabalus or Heliogbalus, and thus recalls one of the 

 most repulsive and eccentric occupants of t lie throne. 

 Taking his surname from the deity in whoso service he had 

 been in Phoenicia, the youthful emperor soon proclaimed 

 himself an advocate ef the "rights of woman." To testify 

 his sincerity he associated his" mother and grandmother 

 with him on the throne, and shortly afterwards married 

 four wives, of whom Julia Paola was one. We look with 

 more than curiosity upon the bust of a woman, whose 

 husband, in addition to the above eccentricities, made his 

 horse consul. 



Among the bronzes the Pnenesline cis'tc or caskets are 

 the first to attract attention, The use Of these caskets was 

 for along lime a matter Of doubt, audio noue is more 

 credit due than to Signor Castellani lor solving I he mystery 1 , 

 They were atone time thought to pertain Id the secret 

 rites of the Eleusinia, held in honor of Ceres and Proser- 

 pine. Later discoveries, and chiefly those at IV 

 Palestrina, proved that the cisia; were not dedicated to any- 

 such lofty purpose, but were used by llie ladies of Elruria 

 and Latiuni to hold the various articles necessary for the 

 bath. Some have been found containing sponges, combs, 

 hairpins, mirrors, strigils, and similar articles. Tiny were, 

 in lact, diessing cases, and were occasionally tamed into 

 that most miscellaneous of all receptacles, a lady's "work 

 basket." In shape the cisia; are generally cylindrical and 

 very seldom oval. Their age is about two thousand years. 

 The handles are unique, consisting of small figures placed 

 in the center of the cover. In one we find a female acrobat, 

 in others two figures wrestling or leaning against each 

 other, and ou some three figures are com blued, two stand- 

 ing upright and supporting the third between them. On 

 lhe bronze plating round tile .cist a; arc delicate anil beauti- 

 fully executed engravings of subjects enlicr historical or 

 mythological. Number one of the catalogue is a deserving 

 ot special notice. It is oval in shape, and is engravi d v, itli 

 a scene interpreted to be that where Eneas, having 

 killed Turnus, king of the Rutuli, eluims from Latiuus the 

 hand of his daughter Laviuia. Tbe subject is familiar to 

 readers ol Virgil, hut as this cist re belongs to the thin! 

 century before Uhrist, and Viigil was not born umil about 

 70 B. O, it becomes evident mat the poet drew upon lhe 

 popular legend for materials for his great epic Upon 

 two of the cisia; Atalunta is represented, in one case, pie- 

 paring for the race, iu lhe other at lull speed ami Id 



distance her competitor and suitor. Many of the articles 

 found in the cis.ee are also engraved, and show a great 

 variety of theme and treatment. We. can only call Special 

 attention to a bronze mirror ease, in which Jupiter in file 

 form of an eagle is leprcseuted cariying away Ganymeile, 

 the future cup beaierot the gods. Thecase k a spleudlU 

 specimen of ancient lepounte work. 



The carved amteugiaved ivory and bonecompri 

 eight pieces from Greece, Rome and Etruria, arid among 

 them are many very fine examples of an ari-w oik wbieii 

 the ancients carried to great peifeetiou. 'I he personal 

 ornaments illustrate the lise and tall ot the art of working 

 in gold, from the earliest period down to the thirteenth 

 century. To refer to them in detail would, theielore, lai 

 exceed our present limits. Their bearing upon history 

 woultl alone require extended ireain.eui Those from 

 Euuria are chiefly valuable as showing beyond all question 

 the eastern origin of the Etruscans. Their work and that 

 of the Greeks show a knowledge or mechanical appli- 

 ances to which modem artists are strangers, in design 

 also they are singularly graceful, and assist in impressing 

 us with the truth, that "the primitive ideaol beauty \S gener- 

 ally the highest. The ornaments in lhe Castellani collec- 

 tion are from Etruria, Phoenicia, Lucama (showing the 

 ilalo-Greek style), Syria, Rome and Lgypt, and luniisfi us 

 with examples ol Byzantine and early christian art, from 

 which we are brought down to that of lhe filteeuih and 

 sixteenth centuries. An examination of the cameos and 

 intaglios alone would be an education to an engraver of 

 gems. One of the trays Contains the toilet cn-e ul an an- 

 cient Roman lady. Iu those days it Was called mundwmu- 

 hebris, from a supposition that a woman's world was held in 

 her dressing case. Among the articles are l he lady's house- 

 hold gods, and mingling with these we find a silver gilt 

 mask of Bacchus, The remaining articles are combs, 

 dice, a ptiiut box, hairpins, spoons, etc. 



To tbe admiiers of ceramic an the majolica and porce- 

 lain of the collection supply subjects lor careful study. 

 The word majolica or maioiiea, as now frequently used, 

 is synonymous with faience lor the designation ol glazed 

 earthenware. Originally the word was only applied to the 

 lustred wares resembling those imported inio Italy from 

 the island of Majorca, from which the name is derived. 

 According to a later usage all Italian glazed earthenware 

 was called majolica, and still more lately it was used to 

 designate the wares made after the old Italian slyles. 

 Siguor Castellani employs it in its medium sense to sig- 

 nily all glazed pottery of Italian oiigin, whether lustred 

 or otherwise; The ceramic art of ilaly is, to the student, 

 exceptionally attractive. Through Italy the methods and 

 ornamentations of the Orient became known to Europe. 

 Although the Arabs settled iu Spain iu the eighth century, 

 We have no relics of their pottery, in the thirteenth 

 century the Moors drove out the Atabs, and l< 

 monuments of their skill as the Hispano-Moresque wares 

 in the Castellani collection. It is woitby of note, bow- 

 ever, lhat very tew pieces of this ware have been found 

 in Spain. Nearly all the specimens now iu museums, and 

 private collections have been touud iu Italy, and the fact; 

 snows how highly the Italians valued the Hiapano-Mo- 

 resque pottery, and how close was the intercourse between 

 the two countries, Instruction also reached Italy through lhe 

 Saracens, who settled in Sicily in the niulh century, and 

 their works, called siculo-Moresque, are also represented 

 iu the Castellani collection. However far the Italians may 

 have advanced independently of the influx ot ideas ihrougn 

 these two routes, the renaissance of Italian ceramic art is 

 no doubt due to their influence. To Luca Delia Robbia 

 has been attributed the invention of tin enamel, a while 

 opaque enamel which he applied very successfully to 

 basso-rilievos. It, is much mm e likely 'thai he borrowed 

 his knowledge of the process from lhe Saracens, who were 

 undoubtedly in possession of it. Of that artist's wi 

 there are three in the Castellani collection, a baptismal 

 font, a bas-relief of the Virgin and Infant Saviour, and a 

 bust of a veiled saint. Of these the second is the most 



racteristlc. The figures are white— showing the tin 

 enamel above mentioned — the sky blue and the grass green, 

 lhe three colors to which Luca chiefly restricted himself, 

 The other famous wares represented are those ofGttj 



