FOREST AND STREAM. 



287 



lus llinn this cannot lie imagined. The coach is UOSpariDg of 

 his criticisms, and, as at tins lulo period most of the faults 

 are apt to be those of carelessness, men arc less liable to tic 

 guilty of them when I hey ore rebuked before strangers. This 

 is wliy il is so desirable that the college men should frequent 

 the boat house in greater numbers in (he al'lei noon, that their 

 presence may encourage the toilers of the sea, and in a meas- 

 ure lighten their labors by tin- feeling that their best efforts 

 are seen and appreciated. NoV that the paper shell has 

 come it is kept at the boat house, where it is daily used by 

 the crew in the shelter of the inner harbor. When too rough 

 to row tin re ihe men go to Lska Whitney and use the other 

 one. The lungraws liftVO not yet begun, lot Ihe reason that 

 high winds have been Ihe rule so universally this month Unit 

 not one day has gone by when a row to tin; lighthouse and 

 back woulil have been a possible, much less a safe, achieve- 

 ment. Mr. Cook, of last year's clew, is studying law in 

 town. lie is coaching the crew, and is doing it very 

 thoroughly. I read in Monday's IhrtiUl the very vernacular 

 sintemaut (hat his position is '• a tremendous grind.'' So it 

 is. Lot him wdio doubts it pass a half hour by his side, as it 

 has been ray fortune to do, and listen to his patient iteration 

 and reiteration of the same directions and corrections, dozens 

 of limes over, till the outside listener even becomes weary 

 of hearing him, and marvels at the patriotism and esprit de 

 corps which can sacrifice so much time and care to such a 

 thankless position. The course of the- race will be the old 

 one at Springfield. It is Yale's choice, Harvard having' made 

 a decided stand in favor of New London. This latter place 

 Ofil hunly has one great advantage in its accessibility from 

 New York by boat. If the race were rowed there hundreds 

 of men, who otherwise could not afford it, would witness the 

 race. The affair would become more national in its character 

 thau it has ever bceu or ever will lie when pulled inland. 

 Still, the constant rough water on the Thames is an objection 

 in the eyes of Yale men, which no amount of argument can do 

 iiwuy with. It must be owned, however, that the broad, 

 deep river Stretching miles inland without a bend, affording 

 such a splendid opportunity for steamers to follow the race 

 front Start to finish, is a great .temptation to one disposed to 

 look only at the surface of things, without weighing the pos- 

 sible contingencies of interrupted practice, owing to rough 

 water or ;f crowded course. 1 think the Yale boys have 

 chosen wisely in pitching upon New London. One thing is 

 certain, however, if the.C'rinisou should once more come to 

 the front this summer, Harvard will go to New London next 

 year. She being the victor will be the challenged party, and 

 will thus have the right to name the course. Of Yule's 

 chances in the coming contest I shall say nothing ; tin's I 

 leave till my next letter. I will give the crew as they sit in 

 tin 1 boat, with their weights anil ages. The weights are 

 rather stale, being the ones which were tak.en four weeks 

 back. I will give them again in my next, when I will give 

 also an extended criticism of the men: 



e and Position. Age. Weight. 



Bow— CJ. W Hart, •;•». s.s SO 130 



No.S— H. Uvlugstou, '19, A.C 'Jo tto'i 



NO, 8— F. K. Ih.l. . 79, 4,0 Ill 1(12 



Nc-,4— W.K.J&MC8, 'TS.A.O 2-1 I >"'-' 



>"o. ."— E C. Cooke, •;:. ,\.e ffi 171 



N,,. i;_ i i. n. "I ii.m, .-,,11. ■:;>. \.' ' ill ■ 



No. r— N. W. Collin, ' i, \.< . (captain) - - ■ 



Average 



I'. !•'. .Milri.'ll, cox, -7H. A.C ' 



Sun., ClarX, 'TS.A.C.*- 



... 



tus 



Fletcher Harper— Pfivmcd.— In lamenting in common 

 •with the brotherhood of publishers the death of one so prominent 

 and so long known among them as Fletcher Harper, Esq.,* the 

 sole survivor of the noble four whose house has long been known 

 the world over, we must not fail to recognize the prominent 

 part he has taken through his publications in disseminating 

 a taste for travel and out-of-door recreation, and in giving 

 vigor and manhood to our people. It was at his suggestion 

 in 1851, that Harpers Magasme was started. At first, a ven- 

 ture, the new periodical was issued only after long hesitation 

 on the part of the elder members of the tirui. But the Month- 

 ly speedily became an assured success, and has maintained 

 its position as the most widely read and best known of all 

 our magazines. Making for itself a field by gathering spicy 

 narratives of travel and adventure, Harper's soon became the 

 recognized medium for the writings of intelligent travelers 

 and tourists, and by its illustrated sketches it has done more 

 than any otherpublieatioii to illustrate the physical scenery and 

 resources of our own and other lands, and to inspire and nur- 

 ture a taste lor healthful out-of-dour recreations. It now 

 has a circulation of 140,000. 



It was at the urging of Fletcher, also, that, the Jlamr and 

 Weekly were started. The income from the three is now 

 about $400,000 annually, while the. house has a capital of 

 $2,500,000. The finnstill bears the name of Harper Brothers, 

 being composed of the sonsof the Original members. 



—The earthquake in South America on the 10th of May, 

 which destroyed the towns of Ig.uia.ue, Arica, Tambo de 

 Moro, Antsfagasta, Ho and Pabelion dc Pica, was accompanied 

 by a tidal wave which, among other freaks, took the wreck of 

 the United States steamer Watered, which was carried inland 

 a couple of miles by the tidal wave of 1808, and floated it a 

 mile or two further up the coast. The sea in some places is. 

 said to have risen over sixty feet, 



_^»»— 



—Florida water has always been a desirable toilet article, 

 and at no time in more request thau during the hot. weather. 

 Escalantes' Florida Water, advertised in our columns (Ids week, 

 has been a standard preparation for a number of years, and 

 can be found at all respectable druggists. 



—The shortest, quickest and most pleasant route to the 

 White Moimtains, Newport. Vermont, etc., is via New Haven 

 steamers. These elegantly equipped steamers, for the conven- 

 ience of travelers living in the upper part of the city, com- 

 mence landing next Monday at Twenty-third street, E. H. 

 Passengers taking the It e. M. boat from Peek Blip can reach 

 any point in Vermont or New Hampshire early next evening, 

 thus avoiding any tqppln; .'iruey. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



BUTCHERING DEER IN THE ADIRON- 

 DACK REGION. 



In February we published the following note, which has 

 just called out an answer : 



An Albany correspondent sends us the following letter 

 IH on ;i well-known Norihwoods guide, for wdmse veracity he 

 vouches.. It is lime that vigorous measures were taken to 

 slop the wholesale slaughtering of deer out ol season. In ibis 

 instance there could have been no difficulty -whatever iu ob- 

 hiiiioig evidence, and the matter should be brought to the 

 notice of Ihe Legislature: 



t.nsii i.akk. Februarys, H77. 



'tin- snow is very aeep in tItcAiriroiutaetts.anci thinking that perhaps 

 von wn uii i be glad to beat how we are. getting along, thought! wonid 

 drop you a line and ,.i you know. There is nothing ; i do 

 notice of those that claim.' to buguhtBS. Some of the first 

 ate navtaga very nice-time Killing deer on unci feel ol snow, among 

 whom are Mitchell Saubatles, Charles Saubaties, J. D. Plumly, Alba 

 Cote, Justin Carres and several others. Now, If yon sportsmen wish to 

 have the deer ai! killed oil mi snow shoeB and oul Of season, I have 

 nothing to gay-. If not, please publish them in the sporting papers. I 

 is my Toques] that you Should do so. The Saboaties and J. D. riumry 

 kilted twelve in two weeks, and tor proof please address L. Hall, Long 

 Lake, Hamilton, Virginia. 1.. M. II. 



The communications which follow raise an interesting ques- 

 tion of veracity between our correspondents, and while we do 

 not pi oposc to allow any controversy to be carried on in our 

 columns, we should be glad to know who is to be believed. 



K.u.i, i:s Nbst, New York, May 16, l-^TT. 

 Kditoi: Fohkst and Sl'RBAaf ano Rod and (It .\ : 



As a subscriber and frequent contributor to the llov and 

 Qtns, 1 respect fully ask a place in your paper for the enclosed 

 communication from Charles 11. Bennett, one of the trustiest 

 guides in the Adirondack region. 1'know all the men of 

 whom he speaks. Personally and especially well do I know 

 Bennett, Plumly and the Sabbaties family, aad I vouch for 

 the truth and honor of those I have named. 



Yours faithfully, E. Z. C. Jddsok. 



Blue Mountain I.akk. May ;.. 1^77. 

 M> Ron AMI (lis : 



ni.ir.v issue- of your paper 



i' still i-i 



V 



Klllllli: i'ollt-ST AND STBE. 



I have hOtfued an article in one ol i 

 bearing the signature of one L. flail, < 



ItttiOH <•! IlicCaluc Law bj killing ill 

 •• snow i-misi " io various well-Known 

 like in make a few statements and i 



nl Milohell Nibbalies an I .1. |l. I'lon 



ihe charge-vf killing any deer since n 



bj law tor Hie kiiinii: nl deer, an.i 



linn us a wilful ana malicious slander, or his own invention. They an- 

 inn of ha\ big been interested in the killing of several Jeer for the mar- 

 ket last iiuimmi, bill have receipts In BhOW dial the* were killeil and 

 disposed oi within the limits ol the season provided •>! law fortho sill- 

 ing ..t deer, and they also assert thai II »n* not for the preservation 

 nl game i bat Mr. Halt made the statements, but ii was through sottish 

 motives. 



Tlnrie is a suit of rivalry among guides, as in all other vocations, but 

 the statements so largely circulated about the wholesale butchery of 



deer during the months pi January, February i March have been 



greatly exaggerated, although there arc some who arc unable to kill 



s i.luu 



rende: 



class ol ruthless i 



flowed with n.iiiii 



Which they derive a livoll I, 



lias so basely misrepresented i 

 other well-known guides, alio 

 was lumsell who stocked the v 

 years since, and by so doing <i< 

 lake, bat in Hi- i m. re ttacquei 

 poudsaad BigTallpei Lake, ft 

 grounds in the Adirondack!! 



ve whei 

 helpless 



Ml I 





e-li.v 



i fully 



ago than last fatl; i her.- Hue. if it is tusobjeei to preserve game, why 

 docs he violate the game law? Verily, Judas betrayed bis Master lor 

 paltry gain, and the same motive induces Mr. IIu.ll in circulate un- 

 founded rumors detrimental to Ids fellow guides. 



rj .mi proof Is required as to'tlio above, refer to either Mitchell Sab- 

 baties, Charles sabbaties, .1. l>. I'lmniy, Alba cole or Justin I.amas, 

 or allot ilicni. Yours respectfully, CI. II. Iiksnktt. 



indent iu San Diego Co., Cat., 

 ; but the theme of his letter 

 subject which cannot be too 



Hahtfori), Conn., May 39; LSJT. 

 Messrs. Editohs ; 



1 heartil.v olasp hands wit ti yow 

 althougn a stranger and many mi 

 in your issue of a fortnight ago, t 

 often alluded to in your valuable paper. While in the Rangeley Lake 

 regions caiiiiiiug, in IS7-I, 1 wiluesseU the useless destruction of three 

 hundred and tlfty brook trout, weighing from -, t" 1 '., lbs. i-aeli, although 

 thsparly was cognizant Of a superfluity of Coodln camp at Uietime, 

 and i have known ol like occurrences Iu other lisliiug regions iu the 



[I rtrtt og eonlvast to this was the action of a party I met in the Adi- 

 rondack.-! last year, who repeatedly put aside their rods ouch day when 

 there was a snfnciencj of fish caught for the nc.vi day's consumption, 

 although the trout were breaking the surface of the pond in all direc- 

 tions. 



Came, and birds of bright plumage also fare in like manner, iin.l vls- 

 .. •• Florida are often pained io see the wanton destruction made 

 along I lie banks of the beautiful Ocklawakii and St. John's rivers. 

 With the incoming of a taste in this country for lib- in the woods, 

 cither iueiilcut.ed by a love of nature oi .- k- nv 1" •:■:• " at ton, let us 

 one and alt, as we tramp forth through the fori Bis of I lie Aflirondacfcs 

 or Maine, see rliat not a ash or bird is captured but lieu, is put to good 

 use. Cod's creatures were made for us to enjoy, not to abuse ; uml let 

 ii be our sole desire, as lOversol the gnu and rod, to elevate these sports 

 ana further tfie Interest ol I he papers whose oiuy.-t is i He preservation of 

 onr game ana. fish. Another thonghfi i Isnoi n« pure, exhilarating 

 effect of no- nunospUere, tai lovejy cascades, the gorges, and other 

 btaut.iiui btts ei scenery Whtoh we sportsmen alone witness in our 

 meanderiagB through the streams ami forests sufllcient nHm-iUant to our 

 bodies wiiiioinauv other nililitiou to our Camp etmipageU We thins 



lt . | 3 T. MiUiiVVICK STEELE. 



DEER SHOOTING OUT OF SEASON. 



8*M FiiANCiscn, Cal., May 0, 1S7T. 

 Mn. Editor: 



lii your i^sue of March 29 is a communication dated North MUtortf, 

 Nov.ail, which has exCtted in my breosl the liveliest feelings of alarin 

 " the besi pun of a halt century in the State 

 he most expert limner w., ul. t as soon think 



Bl B in July as November), and, as the 



Id, not only caught a huge bur* In the lal 

 i -i ioouiii on snow shoes, urn also had ample time previously to perfect 



Himself in ihe use or them, it is evidrul that a fearful change has i 



over the climate Of that state; and, unless means are at once lukcn Io 

 rescue Its unfortunate inhabitants, they must all ultimately perish. As 

 it is well known that all the commercial enterprise, erudition and wealth 

 of New Knglau.l culminates In Boston, I would suggest that an expedi- 

 tion, provided with all the modern appliances for supporting life in the 

 Arctic regions, be litted out immediately io proceed to that desolate 

 stale, ami remove liie few inhabitants who rue fooling around there 

 among me loebergs ; and the writer alluded to above should he chosen 

 as its leader— the courage, fortitnde, and endurance displayed in his 

 wonderful deer hunt folly qualifying him for thai position. 

 The great Agassiz visited thai region a few yoars before his death, 

 greatly interested in a remarkable moraine (culled by down- 

 Ich extends for miles In that vicinity, and 

 ongest evidences he had ever seen of a for- 

 i en that eminent scientist hud predicted that 

 n to that frigid uondltioo from which ages 

 nid have been scouted. It is Idle to speculate 



and concern, Eta 



of Maine (during which 

 of catching a deer on 

 Writorof theariieie m , 



reach the north pole 



ick") wt 



>f theati 

 mcr glacial period ; but if c 

 the State was soon to retur 

 ago it emerged, the idea wo 

 on i lie possible causes which have produce! 

 tremendous efforts of the llriiish cxpedtt 

 loosened a glacier which has descended upon the haplOE 

 may be that they found the north pole, and, actuated by malice eugen- 

 ibi-ci tjy tb e battle of Bpuker Mill, brought II down ami stuck- it up in 

 the Vicinity Of .Mllfor.|-ln Argyle. just across the river, probably, as the 

 ofiness of the soil there renders it well adapted to receive it. 



In reading lie- article, 1 was particularly fi 

 nnniinity in refraining from squirting a cba 



ce." Noble youth I Where but in the mode] 



.\Ile-l 



Tin- Spartan 1. 



y can hereafte 



of the climate 



that he will nc 



but let him no 



despair. Coin 



mon, the pride of t he liostonta 



New England, 



are six or seve 



and trusty sno 



w shoes, 1 ai 



vender of all the rest of 

 1th his faithful shot gun 

 lem some bright iiiorn- 

 i greater than they were 

 his 9port is interrupted, 

 time In jail, Mil he will 



does for ti 

 lock-up, v 



d be favorable for the Writing of " My Second Deer." And.' 



;>:••■ de-regard of i mie and pla.-e. he can .late nfr.uii the 



hat as I write, a teller is lying before me written by an inli. 

 In that vicinity, which states thai the Hist part of last winter 



the 



Thai ataoiu 



n thegro 



Id I 



.Idle of January. 

 three fe.i ,,f -now in two sioiius, with only one day 

 named perfe.-tb light, increasing iu depth by other 

 fcs, during which time -a deer could go further in 

 •st hunter in the Slate could get on snow shoes In an 

 Here then came a rain storm creating a tremendous 

 deer were helpless ; and that the deer spoken of 

 t time— that is, after February 15. But the severe 

 :d region has evidently turned (he writer's brain. 

 ng young hunter has transferred ids operations to 

 )f Painineilumcook bake, on thewesi branch, and 

 nquiry, wonderful in one so young. As there isn't 

 le bat knows that a mink ean ctinib a tree with as 

 ml as his companion was probably the distinguished 

 Ivertlses in his first article, it is strange hedid-not . 



- Wli II: 



mainiug deer in Main. 

 for this young man a B 



nformation from 



iyOung,"and, iu Ihe interest of Ihe few re- 

 i to be hoped that "Jove & Co." entertain 

 i affection. Penobscot. 



Tknnf.sskk Game Law. — A correspondent says: "My 

 lonniiuuicalion on the subject of our game law, published in 

 your paper a week ago, turns oul Io be a little precipitate. It 

 was based upon information received front our representative • 

 but since the acts of the Legislature have come out it seems 

 thai the bill did not pass the Senate, through some mistake. 

 The law as to taking fish was correct Iv reported, but the close 

 season [organic birds extends from February 1 to September 1 

 We shall niake another effort at the next session to have the 

 matter arranged." 



Peiwosvi. It is with great regrel that we announce that, 

 owingtoa necessity for rest and recuperation, we lose for a 

 time the services of our Associate Editor, Mr. Wm. M. Tiles- 

 ton, who will take a vacation of a month or two during the 

 hot weather. Mr. Tilcston's address will still be at this 

 oflice. 



Obliged to Stop Advertising. —Mr. D. Louis Bodge, of 

 Bald Mountain, N. Y-, writes as follows: 



Balu Mountain, N. Y., May S3, 1877. 

 Yokrst and Stkbam Pub. Co. : 



Please discontinue my "ad." My troub'le is the letters of inquiry! 

 They arc pouring in from all quarters, and I could sell a score of guns 

 if 1 hud them. I never knew before what muHltiidcs there are In want 

 of a Title, or the excellence of your columns as an advertising medium. 

 Km I Have been convinced now. Enough ! i'lease stop it ere my ream 

 of "commercial note "gives out replying to applications, and 'accept 

 the thanks of D . Louts BoncE 



• H»— « 



TnE Forbst ami Stukam and Rod and Gun, which is a 

 sportsman's journal of a high character, appears this week in 

 an enlarged and very attractive fovnu—JESoening Post, May 34. 



any communications 

 eetion bamboo trout, 



Notice to Spobtsmen.— Having reeeh 

 asking us for information in regard to ( 

 Mao* bass, grilse and salmon rods, we ha 



subject, which we shall take pleasure m forwarding to an; 



We keep on hand all grades, the prices of which range from jto t, 

 We put our stamp only on the best, In order to protect our oaeti 



and our reputation, for we are unwilling to sell a [. ■ rod with a 



enamel (made by burning and staining, to imitate the genuine ai 

 Without letting onr customers Ijnow just, what thro are gelling. 



I'. 0, Box, i,«M.— .trtii, Abbhv & fsiuRiK, da Maiden I.a 



