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degrees below the truth. Perhaps by the time that ho is old 

 enough to come out of the ranks of "younger riflemen," 

 he will have Learned that no experienced still-hunter uses 

 gloves, but heavy yn.n mittens, knit so large that they can 

 be removed instantly, 



"0. II. 1." slates that I have only used the "US 

 tnotlel Winchester, and the Marliu. 40 cal. Where does he 

 get his authority for this statement '! If from me, then 1 

 have been guilty of a gross falsehood, for I have used the 

 Spencer, Sharps, Evans. Wesson and Ballard, and in giving 

 preference to the Marliu for forest shooting, I did not lake 

 single breech-loaders into account, as the rapidity with which 

 the repeaters can be discharged, overshadows the greater 

 force of the best single shot rifle; but on the plains it is a 

 Strong point in their favor. In his statement that no hunter 

 of solid experience would take either a Marlin or "Winchester 

 fleer hunting, it he could get any other, he condemns "at 

 one fell swoop" the thousands of hunters with these arms 

 in their bauds, from Maine to California, mnuy of whom 

 have passed the must of their lives in the pursuit of large 

 gone. Either his experience has been much greater than 

 he claims, or he has forgotten the caution in criticism which 

 he recommends to me. 



Next he says that there are rifles which will bring a deer 

 down, no matter where you hit him, and in the next breath 

 declares that be has seen deer literally shot lo pieces which 

 afterwards had to fie run down. What must be the condition 

 of those which are brought down instantly ? This state- 

 ment that single loaders never shoot except from the muzzle, 

 may do for those who have never seen them hurst at the 

 breech ; bni not for me. His reasons for the high trajectory 

 of the Winchester, after loftily setting aside my statement, 

 are decidedly rich ! Two of Ihem are its light bullet and 

 luge caliber. If he will kindly explain how he. gets the 

 formsr to lit the latter without haviug it "short in propor- 

 tion to its diameter," which is exactly my statement, lie will 

 solve a profound conundrum. The shorter barrel and 

 lighter powder charge do not exist in the 60 gr. Winchester 

 which has also a high trajectory. His reasons for the 

 superiority of the Marlin are,' to all intents, the same as the 

 points alluded to in my letter to the W. B. A. Co. His ad- 

 vice for me to read Mr. Van Dyke's still-hunts, in order to 

 learn the effects of rifle bullets on deer, is good. I expect 

 that some one will next recommend me to read Mr. Steele's 

 "Paddle and Portage" for information in regard to the game 

 resorts of Northern Maine, Penobscot. 



JOTTINGS FROM JERSEY. 



1IIA V.E a good excuse for my long silence. I might, of 

 course, plead the close season and no same news, but as 

 Essex county is in this State, and there they kill woodcock 

 on the nest in April, that would not do. To tell the truth 

 about it, I have had the "heart taken out of me." This 

 winter my friend McConnell, of Sea Girt, was riding in 

 a Pullman car, in Florida, and it is a bit of his experience, 

 as narrated by him, that litis given me l he set-back. In the 

 ear were two "gents" with a seat full of sporting tackle. On 

 arrival at a station where there was a news stand, one of 

 them went out and returned with a fresh FonEST and 

 Stream, which he immediately began to devour, The 

 table of contents was first glanced at and read aloud. 



"Jottings from Jersey" he roared. "Well, if here isn't 

 another letter from that liar. You remember the one he 

 told about two pike on one book? Well, he is almost always 

 spinning just such incredible yams. Nowhere is a lot of 

 stuff about sparrow pie and I don't suppose there is a word 

 of truth in it." This is a very mild version of the tirade as 

 McConnell repeats it, but you have no doubt heard enough 

 to sympathize with my determination never to write another 

 line of natural history for publication. To this resolve 1 

 should have been faithful, at least until the incident was 

 forgotten, if youT issue of May 10 had uot changed my mind. 

 When 1 picked it up and read about seven squirrels Inside a 

 blacksiiake, a muskrat in a hawk's throat and a chicken in 

 jl heron's neck, I felt I was safe. Reading on, I came to the 

 "Partridge Mystery," and assurance became doubly sure. 

 My mind is easy. "Write what fact I may I shall never be 

 even remembered as among the dealers in the incredible, 

 while he of Springfield wields his facile pen. Thanks, 

 Horsford, for your timely rescue. 



The New Jersey Legislature did but little to show its 

 ignorance of the game question, and nothing of real benefit. 

 It repealed the act of 18il, which protected" deer for three 

 years, and it is now lawful to kill deer between Oct. lo and 

 Dec. 1. The nearest approximation to game, protection is 

 in the supplement to the cruelty to animals act. Section 24 

 of the original law excepted from its humane provisions 

 pigeons shot from a trap. This section was amended Ibis 

 year by striking out the words "shooting pigeons from a 

 trap." and hereafter that cruel sport must stand on its own 

 merits before the suits of the Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals. If we hear of somebody being sent to 

 prison for this business we shall he more proud than ever 

 (if Jersey justice. 



And that reminds me of the English sparrow. I notice 

 that the Westchester society have ascertained that the little 

 foreigner is a fraud as to his inseetivorousness and a tfiief 

 of buds and grain. We are also making "post mortem dis- 

 sections" of him in this State, and we find him to be a 

 burglar and a murderer. A day or two since a neighbor 

 took down his martin box and found that, the sparrows had 

 killed the young martins, driven off the old ones and taken 

 possession of the whole house. 



English snipe tried to be abundant, but it was hard for 

 them to get in a fair flight by dodging between snow squalls. 

 1 found some near Monmou'h Junction on May 4, and they 

 are probably there yet. 



It is the general "opinion in Monmouth county that large 

 numbers of quail wintered over, and that they have done 

 well. Rabbits are also reported abundant, and half -grown 

 ones have been seen. A. 



A Fox in a Tree. -Rock Ledge, Fla., May 6.— While in 

 the pine woods west of Indian River, our dog began bark- 

 ing, and we found that he had an animal up a- tree. At first 

 we thought it was an opossum, but upon closer examination 

 toiindittq be a fox. He was about thirty feet up a pine 

 tree; the tree was straight, with no limbs until verv near 

 the top. 1 shot him through the ear and agaiu in the shoul- 

 der, and still he clung to the tree. The third shot Liought 

 i 'm down. The fox was red. standing about two feet, the 

 sic. of the red fox or the North. That the tox ran up the 

 tree we think an unusial thing. Is it common foi a tox lo 

 take a tree for piotectionV— W. U. R. [It is not commou 

 for foxes to take to trees, but we have occasionally known 

 them to do so. 1 



Sedalia Gun Club.— Sedalia, Mo., May 8.— The Sedalia 

 Gun and Shooting Club met at the Park Hotel May 7. The 

 following officers of the club were chosen by acclamation: 

 Dr. John W. Trader, President; Dr. E. C. Evans. Vice- 

 President, J. 0. Parmerlee, Secretary; John Montgomery, 

 Treasurer: Frank Houston, Attorney. An executive com- 

 mittee of three, D. K. Smith. John Montgomery and. .1 , 0. 

 Parmerlee, were appointed, and instructed to secure grounds, 

 balls, clays and traps, and have thorn ready by Saturday, 

 May 12, for the inauguration of the season. After the busi- 

 ness of the evening was disposed of. President Trader in- 

 vited the club into the dining-room of the Park Hotel, where 

 an elegant banquet was served, after which the members ol 

 the Sedalia Gun and Shooting Club departed for their re- 

 spective homes, with happy anticipations of "an early oppor- 

 tunity of trying various fine breech-loaders on the subtle and 

 ilbitiug balls and clays. The following are the enrolled 

 members for 1883: 8. O. Gold, .J. W. Trader, E. C. Evans, 

 J. 0, Parmerlee. John Montgomery, D. H. Smith, J. Pil- 

 kiugfou, A. P. Money, J. D. Crawford, J. C. Barber, A. W. 

 Eaton, E. W. Siucla'ir. 0. H. Williams. A. W. Nesbitt. 



Rosendale Gcn Club.— Roseudale, Wis., May 7.— At 

 the annual meeting of the Roseudale, Wis.. Gun Club, on 

 Saturday, May 5, the following officers were elected for the 

 ensuing' year: Mr. S. B. Dilcv, President; Mr. T, K 

 Gillette. 'Vice-President; Mr. E." C. Shcrwin. Treasurer; 

 Mr. Frank P.owc. Secretary. Executive Committee— Mr. 

 H. C, Graffam, Mr. S. B. Dillev and Mr. T. K. Gillette. — S, 

 B. D. 



Wells Beach.— Dover, N. H., May 10. — I have just re- 

 turned from a I hree weeks' visit to Wells Beach, Me., and 

 found all kinds of sea birds very plenty, and but few gun- 

 ners there. Jusl before going lo the beach, a friend of mine 

 seal me a bottle of oil for my guns, which 1 found to be lite 

 best, thing of the kind I ever used on them. It can be bought 

 of J. P. Lowell & Sous, Boston.— G. A. W. 



Kynooh Shells. — Editor Forest and Mraei/i: 1 was sur- 

 prised at "F. W. B.'s" remarks regarding the Kynoek shells: 

 I think his gun must be at fault, or there is a great difference 

 in the shells. I have tried one hundred of them, and have 

 reloaded some of them several times, and have not had a 

 missfire or auv trouble getting them into the mm. — P: 

 (Osborne Hollow, N. V.). 



$*mp S ir 1 StirtwiuW* 



"That reminds me." 



DR. A. and the writer were returning home after a weary 

 row up a very muddy creek after ducks. Dr. A. 

 espies a heron sitting on a dead tree about twelve rods off, 

 and lays a wager that he can bring him down. Slipping a 

 heavily loaded shell into his gun. he stands up, so as to get 

 a better sight over the tall reeds, and fires. Result: the 

 heron "wends his weary way," wdiile your humble servant is 

 left to extricate the Doctor from the multitudinous mud, 

 with the use of an oar as a lever. Heron. 



Something has just reminded me of this anecdote of that 

 good old angler, Dr. Bethune. Among your readers there 

 must be some who remember him. 



TheRev Dr. Bethune. of the Dutch Reformed Church, 

 as hoi very clerical looking, even in the pulpit, bul in bis 

 fores! and stream toggery he was something wonderful, 

 even tor the woods. A worthy woman, who had entertained 

 him, heard that lie was a fifty preacher. She could not 

 make it out, he was so unliiie a preacher in dress and 

 add'ess. However, she knew he would tell her the truth, so 

 one day she asked him if he was really a preacher. 



"Madam," replied the Doctor, •'Iain jserbi domint minis- 

 ter." Thai was not. English, nor was it Pennsylvania 

 Dutch, but there was a "minister" in it, and something that 

 sounded very like "dominie." So in default of sufficient 

 information on that score, she said, "Well, where do you 

 live anyhow?" 



"Do"you know where Manayunk is?" said the Doctor. 



"Xo.'l don't." 



"Well, anyhow, I live about five miles from Manayunk," 

 was the reply. Dr. Bethune lived and ministered in Phila- 

 delphia, and' Manayunk, about live miles distant, was not 

 then in its corporate limits. Geo. L. Neide. 



SCHCYLERVILLE, N Y. 



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A. W. B -Use nothing but soap. 



"Small. "—Please send address to this ofliee. 



W. S. H., Camden, N. J.- -Wo have not the address you ask for. 



W. A. P., Can-oil, Iowa.-Is the teal a duck? Ans. Dndoublelly. 



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J. P.. San Kraneiscu. We have na kni 

 you will repeal it. we will gVe it Immediate 



E. C V. W.-Copol varnish No. 3 is beat for spars, 

 usually scrubbed when I he vaelit is in commissi.,,,, inn,,., 

 are he'-t coated with conun.m bright varnish, lie rareful 

 any oil, or what is known as pine varnish. 



Tie. New York.— The autobiography of Davy Crockett 

 nallv published (with execrable illaslrations) l>v Porter 

 Philadelphia. U has been brought out in Me Se.isi le Lib 



Sid cent--,. Hold A" -Mead. .New York, pllhlis I ;i life of l)a\ id Crock- 



ett, by John S. C. Abbott, which is the "Autobiography " "hopped up 

 and patohed together again. 



HoiiKiwv. .New lis! is promised shortly. Il will <r .-I s.'.vi. !<••■■! 

 of boats should last more than s.-wn v.-ars if kepi thoroughly dr 

 during Ihe winter months. If the keel and bottom ol a boat i< ket 

 on Ihe earth, especially when; j_'ra-s grov- s. in one or i . 

 will be found to be rotten. A vaehi (18M open boat) built lo lb 

 ordinary manner, and one thai carries no deail weight, will lloat le 



biul in these parts'/ 



lesei up. Hegoi it from 

 sat the back ol ihe town 

 6 a rare bird, 



§tn mid §iver <gishinn. 



'I'n insure prompt attention, eomoiiiirienlions should lie art - 



ressod to the Forest and Stream Publishing' Oo., and not t<> 

 Idividuais, in whose absence from the office matters of tin- 

 irto nci ore liable lo delay. 



A.XaU.XG REPORTS. — We shall be qlad to hare for publi- 

 xtion notes of good fishing hen/Hies. Will not loir oorre- 



pondentsjavor its ivith notes of 'desirable points for amgUrig 



GEORGIA FISHING. 



GATHERING tackle, rods, and bait, last week, dipt. 

 Ed. Peabody, as genial aad ardent a fisherman as 

 ever wet hook in habbling brook, placid lake, or rushing 

 river, aud ourself. tOok buggy, and sped away to "Douglass" 

 Lake, embowered in greenwood shade, two miles east of 

 Bainhridge. Two hours of soft melting April sunshine had 

 sweetly smiled upon old Dame Nature's face, ere we drew 

 rein at our destination, 



Unloaded, transferred our fishing gear to Ihe boat, which 

 was lo bear not "Ctesar and his fortunes," but us. and our 

 luck, over Ihe broad bosom of the lake that tranquilly lay 

 before us, "a thing of heaiity," reflecting from its mirrored 

 depths the fiesh green leaves of the long branched oaks, 

 densely limbed aud leaved. May-havv trees, literally 

 packed wilh fruit, rising from its depths, cast without 

 interruption a dense shade over its face from one CDd to the 

 other. We uulock our craft, seize the paddle, and with 

 quiet strokes send her noiselessly over the surface. Peabody, 

 on the alert for a good place, sings out: "Gurley, there's the 

 place." pointing to where those large oaks tower straight- 

 bodied, high above the water's surface, and with interlacing 

 boughs overhead, Form a complete canopy ol shade, having 

 a clear space of water, whose oval shape is foinged with 

 lovely May-haw trees, whose ripe fruit kisses thequiel waters. 

 Quietly 1 'lay the boat alongside an oltl log on the margin of 

 the tempting spot. 



Hooks are baited and cast in for finny prey. Ed. gets a 

 bite, a very sly one. thai gets away so cautiously that the 

 movement of the float is almost imperceptible, lie strikes, 

 and such a strike'. Had he hung the fish, the little fellow 

 Would have lauded about the North Pole! But. the cute 

 biter did riot "catch on " to anything but worms, and saved 

 himself from utter ruiu. Getting the first bite made our 

 friend awful high-minded, and instead of casting into the 

 water, he sent his hook flying into a free top. There it stuck, 

 aud we had fo move up the boat to get it. This done, we 

 try again, but get no bites. 



Again we east off, and. creep front spot to spot, until we 

 find a hungry crowd of willing, fierce biters, housekeeping 

 finders dense Shade of oaks, whose branches hang so low- 

 that we find it almost impossible to use our rods. Reader, 

 don't you wish you had been with us, just at this time! I 

 know you do. As fast as one hook v> enl down in the depths, 

 away went, a gallant, plucky lighter with bait and hook. A 

 geutle pull, the steel fastens into his greedy jaws, and away 

 be flies, making the line sing through the clear water. A 

 long pull and a strong pull brings him to the boat, and the 

 pretty prize is ours. For oue whole hour, wilh unabated 

 zeal, 'we ply rod and steel, and take in the lively beauties, 

 at the end of which fifty noble specimen of the perch tribe 

 reward our efforts. Proud of our success, and somewhat 

 hungry, we draw in our lines and turn our boat toward 

 shore, where friends await to cook ant! eat our catch. 

 Turned over lo the cooks, they are quickly prepared, and 

 then followed a [east the Gods might envy." 9. G. G. 



TROUT1NG IN THE MUSKOKA DISTRICT. 



OUVTLKSS many renders of the PortKSX and Siiikam 



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nave fished for the speckled beauties in Ihe dark and 

 turbulent waters of MuBkOko and Parry Sound districts, 

 wdiile many mere have contemplated a trip to Hie wild 

 woods ami foaming livers of .Northern Ontario. For Ihe in- 

 formation of those who intend to come and have never 

 made the trip, the best, cheapest and quickest route to reach 

 theMuskoka waters is from Toronto, via Northern Railway, 

 to (fraveiihurst, then by team a distance ol twenty-four 

 miles to Oaklev, on the south branch Muskoka, where (here 

 is good trout fishing ou the river and its mnnv tributaries. 

 Or, go on from Graveohurst by steamer to'Bracepridgg, 

 then bv stage to Trading Lake, then on by steamer to 

 "Cedar" Narrows, where Trout and mosquitoes will make it 

 entertaining for the sportsman. Another route from Hrace- 

 bridgeis by stage to Port Sydney, a distance of iif teen miles, 

 ihen by steamer to HuntsvWe, then by Btage fo Emsdale, a 



distance of sixteen miles. Here is where Hie angler will 

 strike waters of the Maganetawan River al Ragged Creek, 

 where there is good trout fishing, and further on east about 

 seven miles by singe the Maganetawan Fiver al Kearney is 

 navigable for skiffs and canoes without portage to Dig Sand 

 Lake, where there is good fishing. Another route is from 

 Gravenhurst bv steamer to ihe head of Lake Rosseau, where 

 "Peculiar Pratt" keeps tavern. Who is he that has not 

 heard of W. II. Pratt! If there are any lovers of the lod 

 imd gun that ever visited the wilds of M'uskoka. and never 

 heard 01 saw mine hosl of the Rossei u House. Iheysaw but 

 very little of the country. From Rosseau bv stage 10 Mag- 

 aneiawan village, a distance of Ihirtv-seveh miles; from 

 Magauelawaii village by steamer lo Bulks Kails, a disianee 

 of twenty tnur miles up ihe .Maganetawan Fiver. 



Or another route from Maganetawan village, is bv Stage fo 



Lake Nipissing, distance of liifrty-sevea miles, and when 

 the . portsman reaches Nipissing he can choose his route and 

 waters for his sport. Bv coming down tbe French River to 

 the Georgian Buy, ami taMng a Bteamel from ihe mouth of 

 French River to • OoHingwond, or Midland, or portaging 

 accoi-s in Lakes Talon and Trout, and then into tbe Matta- 

 wan waters, ihen down ihe Ottawa, or hoarding the 0. P. 

 Kailwaval .North Hay or Sturgeon Falls, and railing through 

 to Brockville or Montreal, The steamer Inter ocean makes 

 daily trips across Lake Nipissing. 



And another route is from LakeRosseau by stage to Farry 

 Sound, a distance of twenty-four miles, where bass and 

 masealonge fishing cannot bo excelled. From Parry Sound 

 lo McKellar, by stage, a disianee of fifteen miles. Or, by 

 stage to Gleniln, a disianee of twenty-four miles. Or, on 

 through to ( '01:1111011(111 and hake Nipissing, Or. from Furry 

 Sound to Collingwood, PenetanguUihcne, or Midland, by 

 steamer. If any sport man fails lo ei, joy himself over any 

 Of tile routes mentioned, I cannot lell him whereto goto 



find fish and sport. Mac 



1'a.kkv SOUSD. Out., Slay, isea. 



