FOREST AND STREAM? 



m 



it was capable i the ■ Erie numb ■ 



ssM.de Kempelen or 



his substitute wns neat a I [fa mo' & Smalf square 



uring the gc a ivs i Fxeipie itl; i in lulteti >> theex- 

 bibitor, md herein consisted the Becret, which, lie 

 he could in a moment communicate, fie who could 



vanquish m do Kempelen was of course capable of i |uei 



ing the. !i,iit ' ib 



1 : i made its appearance a few years later, 



and conipaered the best players Of "Europe. But while at 



Imperial Count, the peculiar game of 



identical with that of a dwarf 

 1 i of til court, and ci lebrated for his 

 skill at the gatue. This dwarf was concealed in thebodj 

 1 : i lirei ted the movements of the arm of the 



■ in i ' ial offei i I lii o c u ■ idment. 



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GAME PROTECTION. 



-.—The Ondawn Fish and Game Club, 



'flctory Point, Vermont, placed a number of wild deer 



he mountain May 10. Other clubs in different pans 



- i State real i moving in the mailer of restocking- the 



tin : ids of Vermont with deer. The law in regan to 



their protection is iron ■ i ent, and as the clubs are al eon- 



siderablc expense in the matter, it is sate to say that thev will 



he greatest vigor. If the 



Slate can only have her mountain land's again stocked with 



beautiful deer, and the streams filled with speckled trout, 



Vermont will indeed Lie a paradise. It. can be done with 



proper i. forbearance' on the part of the peo] 



Cfam I 33.— T. B. writes that no fish can be 



found near Grenadier Island i cept '!!'.'. perch, and that 



the trouble i: I □ n .;■ due to the free use of nets in the con- 



u waters " From the nets around Fox Island (cloet o 



Grenadier Island, and very much smaller than the latter] 



taken and sent to Cape Vlncenl in all last week, fifty-six 



hundred pounds ! And this in June! Now, 



ill : bt done to stop this short of public indignation? 



The people of Ibis village are now troubled about 'it. The 



fanners see. that it will hurt the value of their properly, and 



yet all are doubtful whether they would be justified by the 



law in removing the nets if the fishermen, alter warning, re- 



to take thern up. Would not the Jefferson Co. itpei 

 visors have the power to interfere on petition of the people J 

 [We see no reason Why the county authorities should not 

 ' ion in this matter, for other counties have put an end 



to netting that was depopulating their waters. We I 



see, however, why Qrenader Island should not furnish plenty 

 of black bass, particularly as Clayton— a better point fo tet. 

 ting th« i fl ft I th ourists with sport. 



We fear our correspondent bad an unlucky day. Perhaps a 



second trial of their fl . ■ ■■ [rj IE ■:,eon,ie. of better 



results.] 



— Sandford F. Sherman, of New Hartford, N. T., has pub- 

 lished the game laws Of the State, in convenient form, with 

 les which adds much to the facility of consulta- 

 tion. 



—Our correspondent below makes a very natural and just 

 complaint, but we are sorry to say that there appears to be 

 . to prevent seining in the salt waters of New Jersey: 

 Seaville, N. J„ July 23, ISTT, 

 Em cob l'oiiEsr and Stream : 



v*I would like to askwual ttiel ; we sH i iM take to prohibit the naulr 



ing of large seines for salt water flsu m Mien- spawning season. For 

 six weeks past there has been elg r nine large setaiBS, catching 

 large amounts of fish, one net (posi vcffto <■ •• kaojyleflge) catching 

 i '. t .iieepsheartat one haul, met for several days after 69, down to 35 

 per day, which frightened the balance So thej witl not take i lie hook. 



No uucommon thing forone man to take with I k twelve w fifteen 



pot 'I i ' ■ . - the grounds. Carson Inlet has been 

 noted for vi-tic. : :is I n i : i ". r. . ' is ar saeepstieatl, Small ttnh, such 



ol it, weakilsh, fcingflsh, Uounders, elc.,are caught bytons every 

 jiay la seines, and ft gi i irarabe sm put into a compost. 



CURLEW. 



* Fknnsycvama, Meadvilh, Jum 21.— Cannot the State 

 pportsmau's Association put a stop to the night spearing on 

 CliataniptH Lake ; < hie evening last week I stood on the dock 

 at Lake Mew and counted forty " jacks" out, and each boat 

 averaged fifty pounds of fish. Beth Green stocked the lake 

 with salmon trout, I believe, and he certainly should take 

 some actim in the matter as it is being rapidly depleted of fish 

 by this wholesale slaughter. W. G. L. 



—Warrants have been issued in Blair County, Pa., against 

 eighteen individuals who are accused of seining in the Holi- 

 day sburgh reservoir. 



Fond du Lao Game On it, WisoosSin. — At a meeting held 

 July 18th the club decided to employ a game-keeper at two 

 dollars per day, also to offer a reward of ten dollars for infor- 

 mal inn lending If) the arrest and conviction of any person 

 ime law. This reward is 

 offered in addition to the penalty of ten dollars prescribed by 

 atute for each bird killed oui of season. 



S. M. Hyatt, Sec. 



Iriisois— Chicago, July is). —One of the best laws enacted 



by tin • ■ 



quiring the Governor to appoint two officers— one for the 

 Union stock yards of Chicago, and one to be stationed at the 

 Stock yards of East St. Louis at a salary of §1,200 a year — 

 whose duty it is to enforce the laws of the State for prosecu- 

 tion of cases of cruelty to animals. Illinois, we believe, is the 

 lii-a Stale which has appointed special officers and provided 

 for the payment of their services. Reports from various sec- 

 tions of Ibis State are highly flattering as regards the prairie 

 chicken and quail. They are doing fine, and an abundance of 

 sport is expected. EOTRR. 



Oak Park.- Tom Tracy writes that the new game laws of 

 Illinois, concerning the shipping Of game, reads: •'That it 

 shall be unlawful at any tirxu or persons, who 

 is or are non-residents of the State, to kill, trap, etc., in any 

 county in the Slate, any prairie chicken, quail, grouse, etc., 

 for the purpose of shipping, marketing or removing the same 

 This is, I understand, to apply only to 



■ lerd - « in ehj 3 the same privileges 



titiou was. I think, to prohibit all shipping 

 lit 'aw will certainly allow residents of the Stale 



to ship, and from the looseness of the provision is very liable to 

 be twisted about to suit the convenience of non-residents. All 

 parlies contemplating trips to Illinois should bear in mind that 

 the opening on prairie chickens is changed by the new law 

 from "Aug. 15 to Sept. 1. The law was approved May 14, 

 1877, and is in force July 1. 1877. 1 think there will be a 

 good;supply of prairie chickens this year from all information 

 1 am able to get. The other changes in the law were pub- 

 lished last month. 



FLORIDA GAME LAW, ETC. 



1 j 1 ■ [1 1. ■ c' ,i p,' ! i 



Four REED, Fla., duly !), 1S7T. >" 

 Editoh Fokrst ant.i S'ici'.am i 



11 won't resent this familiarity on the part of one 



you have never seen, but realty- like lite old lady— " 1 do 



set a Sight Of store by you" ana your FoRBsT USD Stiieam : 



our representative pays its regular weekly visits I 



feci as though I was sitting down to enjoy a pleasant chat 



pith :m old acquai 

 The gamelawis 



which U ail; ' 

 fanners complain I 

 their potatoes and 



be invited out with 



however, seems to be to give the game 



desire good sport this winter shooting 



some of the young birds are si 1 idj tl 

 and turkey lire numerous, and plume 

 frogs abundant. Of the latter, you ca 

 from a fellow or Falsi uliian proportions 

 than a good-sized beau. The mocking t 



nd is doing wonders for the game. 



more and more, plentiful. Many 



the dei r, for their destruction of 



it when they are too bad 1 hey can 



Deer 

 s and 

 •sired, 



•eforth, 



three mquiaitive youngsters can and dt 



till ibe i i 1 1 : ■ 1 ease do the b 



disturbed by the constant pre 



By the way, speaking of tli „ 

 Maj. Alden just took all the merit (vide Fi 

 May 31, 1877,) and walked off with it, nevi 

 fellow a morsel of credit for the work he h 

 the past three years : and hard work it w 

 timent among the natives favorable to 



ly did my part that way in Orangi 

 little influence I had with our seuati 

 lo secure its enactment. And then 

 worthy gentlemen appropriate all 

 have iiut one objection to the law ; i 

 or rather does not throw its protect! 

 oient number of our little feathered 



lu your comment on the law you i 

 law; 'it permits the winter visitor 

 True ; and just here is a defect that 

 ability to see a remedy outsidi I 



his credit lie it said, this kind 1 

 for the love of killing, bul there arc 

 us who kill and kill, making use of 1 

 and science can bring to bear to run 

 exaggerate wife 

 birds tbr< 



irds seem to tl 



la i know 



is on the edge of the 



everj hoar of the day 



ung grove, where my 

 visit it at all limes of 

 •ds seem in the least 

 imanity. 

 law, Dr. Kenworthy and 

 it And Stream. 

 leaving a poor 

 been doing f ot- 

 to create a sen- 

 law. I certain- 



county, and used all the 

 t is too bad. I 



t go far enough, 

 around a suifi- 



I,i 3 1 have seen a two- 

 :;. after they had been 1 



by the — shall I call them sportsmen ? 



good game 

 Icasnre, etc." 



ill never kill 



CO that skill 

 B. I do not 

 asket of fine 

 and booked 



Fbed L, Robertson. 



po 



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litj 



all 



keen 





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ku 



gfost 



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MIGRATORY QUAIL. 



TWENTY-FIVE years ago Sam Patch's barber's shop in 

 Rutland, Vt., was the favorite Tesort of a band of choice 

 spirits, who afterward became somewhat celebrated in a cor- 

 a,sthe ',' Rutland Fur Company,"— good fellows 

 rdent sportsmen, but Sam himself was the 

 n all. There, night after night, would they 

 congregate to talk over the last, fox-hunt, shooting or Ashing 

 excursion, and to form plans for future sport. In time it 

 came to pass that the frequenters of the place found it more 

 convenient to leave guns, fishing tackle and the like there than 

 to carry them home ; the dog's, too, following their masters, 

 became domiciled there, and the whole establishment looked 

 more like the gamekeeper's cottage than like an orderly, well- 

 conducted barber's shop ; and in truth little cared Sam who 

 was shorn or who unshorn if there, was sport to be had or to 

 be talked of. Some person, noticing this nightly gathering 

 of sportsmen, in a spirit of jest christened them the "Rut- 

 land Fur Co." The name was gracefully accepted, and 

 stuck, and to this day all Rutland sportsmen are classed 

 and considered as belonging to the "Rutland Fur Co." Of 

 the original members but few, alas! live to remember and 

 laugh over the jolly larks of that olden time. Many of those 

 yet living have gone to other fields. Sam himself is, 1 be- 

 lieve, following his profession somewhere in the ytate of 

 New York, and report says of him that he is as fond of dog 

 and gun as ever ; but he must be too old to follow the 

 the days of which. I write. The 

 laid, stuck, and the " Fur Co." is 

 1 as any of our banks. The old 



hounds, as was his wont i 

 name, however; as I have 

 now as fixed an institute 

 headquarters have long since been abandoned for new, where 

 nightly, as of yore, you may find oui keehesl n I best sports- 

 men assembled. Some three or four years ago the ousl ore 

 obtained of bringing to headquarters the skins of such for 

 bearing animals as might have been captured by any member 

 of the club, and here they were left, stretched and dressed to 

 look their biggest and prettiest ; and as spring approached and 

 the season drew near its close the room Was completely hung 

 with the skins of foxes, raccoons, and the like. Then arose 



the question what should be doue with them. Ni 



to carry away his contribution, and the senior member was, 

 therefore, directed to dispose, of them by sale, and to deposit 

 the proceeds in the savings bank to the era I i 



Then it came about that we had, not only a local habitataliou 

 and a name, but we had a bank account as well ; we could pay 

 dividends j things were looking up witl* us. At about this 

 lime Dr. Middletou Goldsmith of this plBc 1 Europe 



for the purpose of studying the game laws aud ilia ' beir 

 effects. Many of your readers will remembei 

 ing letters on that subject published in the Tl . 

 in the spring and summer of 187C. 



One of the letters contained some allusion to the Migr 1 

 Qunil. which at once attracted the attention of lion. Martin 

 G. Everts, also of this town, who had for some time been study- 

 ing the question of how to introduce them into this country. 

 He once addressed an open letter to Dr. Goldsmith, which was 

 published in the Eon amb Giw. To this letter the Dr. replied 

 through the same columns, and Mr. Everts at once opened 

 Correspondence with lion. Geo. II. Owen, then as now, Unit- 

 ed States Consul at Messina, in the Island of Sicily. Arrane-e- 

 ments weremade for the shipment of one hundred pairs of the 

 birds to the spring of 1S7H, bul a violent storm drove I he birds 

 out of the course of their usual migrations northward, and they 

 could not be procured in that locality, and the attempt wag, 

 for the time, abandoned. Early in the spring of 1877, however, 

 he again opened correspondence with Mr. Owen, and was bo 

 fortunate as to receive on the 8th of June, one hundred and 

 ninety-seven strong healthy birds, out of two hundred shipped, 

 only three having died or lieeu lost on their long journey Of 

 four thousand miles. The birds were turned dowu in a quiet, 

 retired place, near Rutland, on the llth of June. It seemed 

 that they immediately scattered and paired, for we beard of 

 litem within a week, miles away and always in pairs. The 

 farmers took great interest in the matter fas most of them do 

 in matters pertaining to the propagation and preservation of 

 fish and game), audkeptus fully posted as to their observations. 

 On the 7th of July, we were cheered by Ihe report of the dis- 

 covery of the first nest, and straightway his Honor, Judge 

 Everts, leaving bench, bar and jury to their own devices, hied 

 himself away to become satisfied that the good news was true j 

 and it was true. There, in the midst of bushes, pi iced about 

 it by the merciful farmer, after having unwittingly almost de 

 Stroyed it, was the nest aad tb.3 mother bird, sitting on thir- 

 teen eggs. The experiment then, is so far a success; I his much 

 is proved. The birds can be had, they bear confinement and 

 transportation wonderfully well, and they are breeding here. 

 It yet remains tosee whether, like the salmon, they willreturu 

 to the place where | bey were bred. In appearance these birds 

 resemble our owuquail to a striking extent; they are not, bow- 

 ever.as large, allboughat the time wehad the best Opportunity 

 to observe them. While they were in the cages they did not of 

 course show at their best, worn as they were by long confine- 

 ment. Neither are they, as I judge, as strong on the wing, 

 although it will require a keen eye and ready finger to bring 

 them down. They have not the pleasant, cheery call of our 

 own "Bob White," their note more nearly resembling the 

 '•phweet " of the young of the ruffed grouse. In the matter 

 of food they seem to be omnivorous, eating with equal relish 

 small grain, berries or insects. In plumage, color, etc., thev 

 so nearly resemble our native quail, that ourfear is that sports- 

 men in the Southern States may, without soon enough not icing 

 the difference, kill some, of them during the winter. Will you 

 not, Mr. Editor, caution Southern sportsmen on this point. It 

 would be a great pity if any of these birds should come to grief 

 by such a mistake. Now for the cost of all this, for we hope 

 that others will wish to try this for themselves. As soon as it 

 became known that Judge Everts had determined to make this 

 venture alone (he would say "play it alone"— such is the 

 force of habit), a meeting of the club was cal'etl, and it was 

 solemnly decided to devote the entire capital of the Fur Co. to 

 this most worthy object j and if that should be found insufficient 

 as we supposed it would be, that the members should be as-. 

 sessedfor at least a portion of the additional sum required; 

 but behold, when the bill came, it ammounted to the sum of 

 ninety-one and one-half livre, which being interpreted means 

 sixteen dollars and eighty-six cents, to which add for trans- 

 portation, steward's fee for care on shipboard, food, etc. 

 eighteen dollars and fourty- four cents, and you have thirty- 

 five dollars and thirty cents, or about eighteen cents per head • 

 actually less than we can get the dead Birds for from Chicago' 

 and the Fur Company still have money iu the treasury. 



Now, if any persons or clubs desire to embaTk in a like 

 enterprise— and I hope many will— I should advise them to 

 negotiate with Mr. 1). Bonauno, of Messina, Sicily. Anami- 

 ments for shipments to the Northern States should be iitkIc as 

 early as January 1st, in order to make sure of Ihe birds before 

 they have passed to the northward On their migrations. If 

 the birds are to be introduced into the Southern Slate.-, h 

 would probably be best to procure them in the autumn that 

 the.ymay winter in the South, and be rfiadyfor the northward 

 movement to their breeding grounds hi the early sprint In 

 ■us ease pioii.ehly i.Iie '■- ,' i, ; ,„ ,„-,,:., ,..„ e ,,. . ,. ; Yra'„ean 

 would lie the best place to procure them from. 



Vkrde MonIB; 



P. S.-Sincc theabove was written, we are advised that rnanv 

 other nests have been Discovered, and many broods halched oui 

 two neslshavebcen accidentally destroyed. "The little beggars 

 persisl in nesting 111 the meadows instead of the pastures Mini 

 as they sit very closely the mowing machine makes sad havoc 

 with them. We hope, Iivwever. r! ; ,-„ next vear they wilfnest 

 ea.liei andbeOUtof the wav he.'iir ,'„■ e.e-e- ■,',-.„ ■■, , 

 mences. They appear to have a quavcrbi"-' yen riluouil note 



so that it is impossible to locate iheii whereabouts by ihe call 

 they give; neither can you tell whether thev are fifty feet 'or 

 fifty yards away. Two or three persons listening lo the note 

 of a bird, will locate him iu opposite directions, and each be 

 willing to bet that he is right, while the fourth man may safely 

 bet thai they are all wrong." a} sa,c V 



