INDEX—VOLUME 8. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPON- 

 DENTS. 



Page. 



A Good Drawing Book 35 



Alligator Hides— Their Value 345 



A Pleasant Pedestrian Tour 2GS 



Army Pattern Brogans— Where tn Get 67 



Artificial Eyes of Birds, Etc.— Where to Get. .179 



August Shooting— Where to Go For 147 



Best HunMng and Fishing Port in Maine 35 



Best Light for Floating for Deer 67 



Bird Skins and Eggs 6S 



Beach Shooting 285 



Best Catfish Bait 115 



Beat Jumping on Becord 99 



Black Bass I -ants 83 



Bogardus Glass Balls— Coat, Etc. . . .147, 163, 265 



Hilda Eggs and Sains— Where to Buy 83 



Bleaching Sponges 445 



Blooming Grove Park as a Summer Resort. . .245 



Brant and Goose Shooting I ID 



BOATS AND BOATING: 



Adirondack Boats— Where to Get 163, 211 



Best Model for a Boat 67 



Birch Bark Canoes— Where to Get 147 



Boat Builders 147, 385 



Boats and Canoes 325 



Boating Resorts 147 



Canvas Canoes 5 



Cat vs. Sloop-Bigged Boats 35 



Duty on a Boat from Canada 67 



Gigs, Shells and Open Boats— Difference. . .405 



Most Suitable Cloth for Cat-sail 99 



Bowing for Money Bars from Amateur 



Bowing ". 131 



Tarnish for Paper Boats 51 



California Salmon Fry— Where to Get 245 



Camping Tents -Where to Get 67 



Cane Growing in Florida 5 



Can Steam be Seen ? 147 



Capt. Borgardua and the Champion Badge 385 



Care of Pets-Works on 445 



Catfish— Different Varieties 325 



Catskills for Camping 13 



Cause of Fish Dving in Ponds 147 



Caviare— How Prepared 179 



Cisco 179 



Colorado for Farming, Trapping and Hunt- 

 ing 5, 195 



Conditions of Salmon and Shad Rising to a 



Fly 385 



Creedmoor Bules, Targets, &c— Where to 



Get 345, 385 



"Dead Shot" Powder— Where to Get 386 



Duck Shooting Besorts.. .5, 19, 35, 51, 67, 99, 163 



Do Frogs Eat Trout Spawn ? 365 



Do Perch Riae to the Fly ? 163 



Eels — Propagation of : .'51 



Elk— Easternmost Kange of 35 



English Shot— Where to Get 345 



English Snipe on Delaware Marshes 115 



English Sparrows— W r here to Get 285 



English Sparrowa— Do they Migrate ? 115 



FaBtest Running Time 325 



Fish Culture— Best Woik on 131 



Fish of the Hudson River 195 



FISHING RESORTS S. 67, 99, 131, 147, 



211, 265, 285, 345, 3S5, 426, 446 



BaBB and Weak Fishing 163, 179 



Black Bass Fishing Resorts... .83. 131. 179, 



277, 325. 425 



Pike Fishing 131 



Striped Bass Fishing 211, 285, 445 



Trout Fishing Besorts 149. 179, 211, 



227, 245. 285. 325. 345 3115. 885. 40S, 425 



Fishing "Up Stream" and "Down" 227 



Files and Flv-Tving— Fly Fishing 5, 19, 



83, 131, 179, 195, 325 



Florida— Climate, Map of, etc 51, 131 



Food for Orioles 345 



Food for lied Cross- Bills 147 



Food for Young Mocking Birds 425 



Foreign Sporting Papers 285 



Game in Florida 425 



Game Laws and Close Seasons (See also Game 



Protection). . . .265. 285, 315, 365, 425, 445 



Game Shipment to Europe 179 



Gold Fish Breeding 131 



Golden Pheasants— Cost of 19 



Grackle— Different Species 35 



Hazard's Ducking and Electric Powder 35 



Herbert's Notes . 115, 195 



GUNS— As to Loading, Ammunition, etc... 5, 

 30 51,67, 83,115,130, 163, 179,211, 



265, 345, RCS, 386. 405, 425. 445 

 Altering Guns. . . .5, 19, 35, 83, 99, 147, 163, 



179, 205, 211. 245, 345 

 Best Length and Weight of Guns for Off- 



- 245, 145 



Best Shied Gun for General Shooting 3C5 



Choke Boring Guns 5, 19, 35 



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 Damascus Double Barrels— Whore to Get. . 83 



Guu Used bv Bogardus 425 



Guns With Two Seta of Barrels 195 



Lubricant for Shells 163 



Magazine Rifles 445 



Size of Snot for Pigeon Matches 51 



Various Guns 5, 19. 35, «7, 83, 115, 131, 



163. 179. '245, 205. 285, 305,325 345, 445 

 What Became of the Centennial Exhibits. . . 5 

 KENNEL : 



Are Dogs Property? 19 



Beagles— Where to Get 265 



Best Book on Dogs 115 



Best Dog for Florida Hunting 445 



Best Dog for Hares and Foxes 99 



Best Duck Dog 265 



Best Food for Pupa 245 



Best Imported Setters— Where to Get. .67, 345 



Cheapest and Best Dog Food 83 



Clumber Spaniels— Where to Get 325 



Color and Marking in Dogs 5 



Cost of a Setter Pup of Good Pedigree 99 



Do Dogs of Difleient Species Hunt Well 



Together ? 19 



Do Female Doga Have Hvdrophobia. ..315, 425 



Dog Breaking 5, 83, 115, 163, 365 



Gildersleeves and Gordons— Difference 67 



Gildersleeve's Tip 67 



"Gyp" as a Designation for Female Dogs. .2S5 



Improper Crosses 211, 215 



Is a Dog, Born Soon After its Mother's Ar- 

 rival, Classed as Imported ? 6 



Origin of Various Strains of Dogs 67 , 72 



Pedigrees 5, 67, 72. 115 



Points of a Good Pointer 345 



Pride of the Border and Fairy— Owner of.. . 67 



Begimen for Puppies 131 



Setters Be-t fur Florida Sport 325 



Slow vs. Fast Dogs for Foxes 131 



Spaying 19, 35, 211, 246. 325 



Spratfs BUenit— Cost 67 



Steele's Fiske 83 



The Feather a.- a Mark ..f Blood 35 



The Pointers Teal andTi 5 



Water Spaniels-Where to Get 163 



When Dogs Run Mad 305 



Webster's Rake and Rachel 131 



Kinney Bro.'s Cigarettes 99 



Law as to Partition Fences 265 



Law as to Pish >aya in New York 131 



LongeBtBase Ball Thro 385,426 



Map of Maryland— Where to Get 67 



Marine Glue— Where to Get 265 



Market for Brook Trout 131 



Mavne Reid and the Conestogas 285 



Metal Decoys— Where to Get 285 



Minnows for Bait 131 



Montana for Hunting and Trapping — Coat of 



Trip 5 



Moosehead Lake— Where to Get Map of 163 



Mooted Points Settled. . . .35, 51, 181, 179, 265, 



405, 425, 445 



Nassau-Fare to 51 



National Amateur Oarsmen— Rules, etc 227 



" Naturalists' Library"— Where to Get 35 



Obstructing Streams for Trout Ponds 131 



Origin of the Wnrd "Esquimaux" 35 



Ornithology— Works on. . . .19, 83, 99, 131, 147. 



179,227, 265,385 



Oswego Base Fishing 385 



Overland to California— Cost, etc 285 



Oysters— Gulf and Chesapeake Compared 35 



Parlor Skating 179 



Penalty for Slaughtering Deer in New York. . . 6 



Pike Co. (Pa.) for Large Game 35 



Places Exempt from Hav Fever 285 



Powder, Best, etc 115, 285 



Putting the Shot— Rules for 385 



Quails Cannot be Shot out of Season for Stuf- 

 fing , 35 



Quail Raising 19, 131 



Quail Shooting 265 



Rangeley Lakes — Route to ; Game, etc 345 



Regulations for Selling Game out of the State 



Where Shot 445 



Reel for Trout Fishing 28i 



Eifleand Shot Gun Shooting 179 



Rifles for Short Range Galleries 285 



Eoutes to Black Hdls 99 



Route to Brazil 99 



Ruffed Grouse for Breeding 131 



Salr'o.Fontinalin in Sail Water 163 



i. rout Fishing 211,365 



Shad Roe for Bass Bait 195 



Shooting Allowed for Scientifie Purposes 227 



Shooting Besotts 5, 19, 35, 51. 07. 99, 131, 



168, 227, 245, 205, 285, 345, 3C5, 385 



Shortening Gnu Stock 385 



Silk Worms- Where to Get 415 



Snakes— Do They go Over Suow 195 



Snipe Shooting Resorts 5, 67, 99, 131, 205, 



345. 405 



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Snipe— Best Size Shot for 19 



Soft Shell Crabs 163 



Sportsman's Kit ; Price, etc 285 



Spor. ing Books ; Price, etc 131, 305 



Spring Shooting Around Calais, Me 168 



Stocking Ponds 99 



Summer Boute to Indian River 67 



Summer Duck Eggs— Where to Get 35 



Targets 19, 51. 57, 131 



Taxideimists and Works on Taxidermy 99, 



131, 211, 285 



Telescopes for Rifles— Makers of 35 



Trapping in Missiseippi 5 



Tents- Where to Get 227 



The Lawyer Fish— Amia calva 245 



The Sage Han 211 



Three-Pound Pull for Off-Hand Shooting 115 



Trapping Regions 67, 245 



Trout, m Market 131, 365 



Trout Leaders— Best Colors for 405 



Unsual Gait of the Deer'. 51 



Value of Live Caribou 5 



Various .22 Calibre Rifles 35 



Value of Land in Tennessee 179 



Wading Boots 179 



"Warwick Woodlands''— Where to Get 83 



Was it a Marten? 115 



Water-proofing Fish Lines 67 



Weight of Ball in Springfield Rifle, etc 3>5 



Weight of the "Drachm" or " Gram" Powder 



Measure 83 



What is a Needle Gun ? 405 



When Perch Take the Minnow in Tennessee. . 19 



When Squirrels Breed 131 



Where to Get Skina Dressed 67 



Where to Sell Rare Birds 5 



Where Grizzlies are Most Plenty 425 



Whitefieh of the St. Lawrence 83 



Who is Stonehenge ? 245 



Who waa " Nesmuc ?" 67 



Why No. 10 Gauge is Best for Duck Shooting. 405 

 Wild Rice— Culture of, etc. . . .67, 83, 147, 227, 365 



Winnipissiogee Trout — How to Take 285 



Woodcock Shooting 365 



When Woodcock Depart S45 



Woodpeckers — Do They Destroy Birds' 



Nests? 195 



Works on Doga 265 



Imported Dogs 445 



Works on Yachting 385 



EDITORIAL. 



A Chinese Reminiscence 116 



Acknowledgments 147 



A Contemptible Action 267 



A Gigantic Star Fish 165 



A Glance at the Insects 1«4 



Angling Waters of Norway 247 



Animal Life in the Isthmus of Darien 69 



A New Belt 426 



Blooming Grove Park 36 



Breeding Habits of Game 36 



Burial Place of Neolithic Age 36 



Capturing Moths by Sugaring 85 



Chess ... 426, 446 



Carriages and Carriage Building 406 



" Comanche George" 52 



Deer of California 180 



Delta Kappa Epeilon Aasociation 20 



Discoveries Respecting Eela 267 



Dr. Helmbold and his New Store 428 



Editor Afloat 448 



Education 21, 32, 116, 148, 212,366 



Fate of the Buffalo 84 



Fete Champetre at Swiss Vallev 212 



Fishing Right on Non-Tidal Eivers 148 



Fokest and SxEEAit Advertiser's Compli- 

 ments 117, 287, 881, 380 



New Dress 11C 



Union of Fobest and Stbeam and Rod and 



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Notes of the U. S. Geological Suryev 407 



Notes from P. G. S '. 384, 387 



Obituary Notes. , . . 52, 117, 165, 182, 184, 267, 287 



On the War Path 212 



OtBBgO anil Oswego Bass 228 



Origin of the Percheron Horae 20 



Our Kennel Department 448 



OUR WASHINGTON LETTERS: 



Ends of the District of Columbia 133, 267 



Commercial Fisheries of the Potomac .101 



Dr. Couea' Le )ture 32" 



Eeis as Destrovera of Gold Fish 22 



Mt. Vernon Ducking Club 2t 



Poisoned by Eating Partridges 21 



Potomac Perch Fishing mi 



The Groat Falls Fishing Club 868 



The Inter- Oceanic Ship Canal 09 



Wild Ducks on t he Potomac 101 



Pern n i itl I a u< i 246 



Portable Shool ing Boxes im 



Prof. Gonea' Work on Mammals 148 



Protection of Small Birds m Europe 68 



Quack Booundreliam 247 



Raquotte for Ladies 6 



Recent Discoveries in Paleontology 306 



Kockaway Bsaoh 127 



Boiler Skating in Europe 84 



Ship, Yacht and Boat Models— Exhibitions of .366 



Slaves in Florida 68 



SPORTING NOTES FROM ABROAD: 



Alexandra Palace and Park 8 



American Beef 54 



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What is Thought of 164 



Forest Fires in Florida 116 



Going to California 448 



Game Birds and Their Destruction SB6 



Horses Standing Ereot After Killed by Light- 

 ning 3S6 



Hunter's Camp ISO 



Ice Navigation 52 



Imported Birds for our Woods and Parks 1C6 



International Bifle Team Selection 286 



" Jamrach" 20 



Ladies' Out-Door Costumes 326 



Lanruan's Home 181 



Legitimate Sporting Literature 100 



Letter from Dublin 323 



Meerschaum and Amber 427 



National and Stato Association for Protection 



of Game 266 



National Sportsmen's Convention 306 



New York Bench Show 



Coursing Events 117 



Damage to Farmers from Coursing 118 



First American Salmon ever in England. . . .150 



FoxHuuiing 7 



Fox Terrier Show 118 



Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 156 



Pigeon Shooting 55, 150 



Pedestriauieni 7. 113 



Railway Accidents , 7 



Stonehenge on the Dog 150 



The Lai gtuun ffutel 118 



State i ;hl in Oyster ;eds 212 



State Sportsman's Convention 327, 346 



68 



3w m orteol Long Island 006 



The Aq,o.arlam (See Fish Culture) c 



The J Hue Glass Excitement 52 



The Castellani Collection 37 



The Guide Controversy 38 



The Starlings in CentralPark and Elsewhere. 306 



The Tournament, Revived ,55 



The Yah? Eight 2-85 



Tropical Wanderings of Fred. Beverly 



"54. 



Virginia as a Sporting Ground 



Voices of the Woods and Fields— Jam : 



War on the Grasshopper 116 



Weather Fifty Years Ago lit; 



Wild Bice— Where to Get .117 



FISH CULTURE. 



About Aquaria 8, 32, 128, 144, 175 



New York Aquarium Notes 32, i i 



242, 350 



American Fish Culturiats' Asso 31 



A New Foe For Shad "223 



Assault on Fish Commissioners 405 



Black Bass— Propagation of 83, 240, 260,' 359 



Baas in the Susquehanna 240 



Beef Liver For Fish Food 37a 



Breeding Gold Fish 134 



California Salmon in the James 400 



California Salmon in Lake Ontario 



California Salmon Spawn For Shipment 191 



Canned Salmon :£> 



Care of Young Trout in the Hatching House 



16, 48, 191 



Carp in ■x.moriea 64, 359 



Carp For Fountains 67 



Cattish iuhI Spawn iiy 



Confidences of Brook Trout 207 



Destruction of Fish bv Polluted Water 210 



Directions For Stocking Funds 99 



D ' Frogs Eal I ish 8 ,awn 365 



FISil CO] TORE in California .... 16, 81,207,224 



Fish Culture in Canada 17S, 299, 419 



Fish Culture in Connecticut 64, 207 



FishCnhn. 1 irgit 



'iaij now 251 



1 ial tretn Kentucky 210 



299 



rylanij 359 



rein Michigan 31, 95, 128, 



260, 279 



Fish Culture, in Minnesota 48 



FiBh Cnlture at M oraemere 32 



Fish Culture in Nebraska 840 



Fish Culture in Nevada 112 



