Ma? 31, 1883.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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visit at a later 

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g short portages. 



of the la 



it h Uii 



June the ffiee arc very trDUBlesonM 

 season is more advisable for iho.se 

 been after sport, for miles and n 



his ennneinan paddles lake tiller lak 



whioti in no case are laborious, hot 



notons of an all-day paddle. Man; 



lovely inlets and bays will require a lew days i.o visit every 



portion The high cliffis with their towering pines ami 



spruce crowning the summit, musically scraghiig in the 



breeze, reilccl their shadows across tin- waters of tin* lake as 



polished .as a Japanese mirror: tin* mountain whistler un- 

 !■ warbles its silver notes, the rush of the -woodduek 

 Hsli cleaves the water in hall atVrighteil curiosity, the tap- 

 ping of the woodpeckers, the drumming of the ruffed grous-, 

 all combine to please the eye and ear. To those who are 

 found of nature and sport, and none but "nature's noble- 

 men" are. these grounds cau not be excelled. 



into many of the lakes fall rivulets and large streams, 

 coursing over huge boulders and jagged rocks, whose inky 

 blackness is In ought into Irish relief by the silver spray of 

 the -'angry waters." Cataracts and falls varying in height 

 from one hundred to three hundred feel break into view at, 

 many points; indeed, it is a. panorama of natural beauty and 

 grandeur, ever changing in form and character. I might 

 write lute upon line anfl fail to do justice to the Almighty's 

 handiwork. It far excels the Adirondacks in beauty and in 

 game. 



The game consists of ruffed grouse or "partridge," duck 

 ill many varieties, beaver, bear, caribou, and trout, both 

 brook and lake, bass, pike, pickerel, masealongi , etc 

 Season after season could be passed and no diminution in 

 the amount of sport he fouud. Caribou weighing six hun- 

 dred pounds have been shot, the head of one of this weight 

 havitur been presented to the fish and game club of Montreal 

 lo, Mr. W- II. Parker, of SI. Elie, to "whose unerring rifle 

 the animal fell. A word to epicures— ihe meat of the caribou 

 far excels that of the red deer, heiug more juicy and fairly 

 melting in the mouth, so tender is it. The trout are unsur- 

 passed "in their game and table qualities, the water of the 

 hikes heiug of an exceeding purity and coldness. The month 

 of June is the grand lime for catching them, but as the flies 

 are somewhat troublesome and the sport is good all the sea- 

 sou, if is better to delay a little. Of course it is necessary In 

 liriug camping materials, and a delighl ful time may be spent, 

 and g.une, according to the season of the year, he procured 

 in exceedingly satisfactory quantities. The district abounds 

 in mineral springs, and those at St. Leon, near Louisviile, 

 are justly celebrated. A few days may lie profitably spent 

 there anil iirrauaomoiits perfected for the hunting or Ashing 

 trip. Any information desired, if Stamps arc inclosed, can 

 be furnished by the write! 1 ; who has recently returned from 

 a sojourn in these "happy hunting grounds* 



H. B. Stephens. 



YamAchiuuk, Province of Quebec, May 32. 



NEBRASKA NOTES. 



THE ducks are loitering hereabouts much later this spring 

 than usual. Whether this is on account of the con- 

 tinued cool weather is not known. The varieties are mainly 

 blue-Wing teal, widgeon, shovelers and gray ducks, with an 

 occasional mallard and greenwiug. But male shovelers 

 seem to predominate, As thoy go mostly in pairs, especi- 

 ally the bluewings, the general conjecture is that they are 

 here for the purpose of nesting. An unfortunate feature of 

 Ihe subject is that thev are daily banged away at by local 

 hunters,' and as thev are comparatively tame, fall an c 

 prey to the gun. But thev are barely lit for the table, hi 

 very strong' and "fishy," and they are full of lice. 



Nearly a mouth ago my brother wrote me from Vieksburg 

 that several broods of half or two-thirds grown blue-wing 

 teal had been seen there this spring. During all the winter 

 there was uot a single one of these ducks seen in that neigh- 

 borhood, and the supposition is that they Bred i'urthe 

 south and were working llieir way north with their young 

 ones. I have not heard that this thing has occurred 

 former years. This togetherwith the fact of the large num- 

 bers si o'pping in this latitude, would lead one 'to think flu 

 ducks did uot intend to go as far north this summer to bleed 

 Burnt H. Polk. 

 Lincoln, Nebraska, May 21. 



No CnrMPiNo.— Attention has been recently called to Iwo 

 d. vices for doing away with the necessity for erimphuror 

 creasing paper shells. ' One of these is I he '"Star wad," man- 

 ufactured by the U. M. Cartridge Co., of Bridgeport, and 

 the other, which acts on the same principle, is the invention 

 of a St. Louis sportsman. The former is a concave star of 

 soft brass, which is inserted above the shot wad. When 

 pressed out flat with the end of a loading slick the blunt 

 points catch in the inner surface of Ihe shell and retain the 

 cardboard wad in its place. The brass lieintr soft and easilv 

 bent, is said not to injure the barrel or tear the shell. The 

 St. Louis invention consists of tin ordinary wad made con- 

 cave and hiving running through it from side toside a curved 

 bar of soft zinc. The wad is put down on the shot and ils 

 extremities lit into a, slot in each side of the loader. WJten 

 the wad is in position a half turn is given the loading stick 

 and the downward pressure straightens the liar of zinc si 

 that it catches on the shell. It is of course difficult to sai 

 whether these devices will give satisfactory results, and t-bi" 

 question can lie determined only by a series of experiments. 

 At the first blush it would seeiuthal they are just what is 

 needed, and if they will perform what is claimed for them 

 they will certainly be a great convenience and save a vast 

 deal of time and trouble. 



A MtssOfEi Game Country.— Shelby, Linn C only. Mr.., 

 May 14.— Knifed grouse are my favorite game. We have 

 them here very plenty. I have killed and bagged thirty-two 

 in one dav. The highest number without nussiugashot was 

 nineteen birds, and I have often killed fourteen ami sixteen 

 consecutively, and this iu the pin oak brush with a thirty- 

 five dollar breech-loader, I do not belong to any club, but I 

 never shoot a bird silting; if I cannot get my bird on the 

 wing it may go. behave a few pot-shooters' here, but we 

 have shamed them so much that it is almo Bl stopped. We 

 have fine quail shooting. Thev are quite plenty, and we 

 ofteu bag fifty to eighty a day with a live dollar dog and a 

 muzzle loader. We do not have any fine dogsnorflne guns, 

 but we have the game. From September SO to December 20 

 we have sport with clucks and geese. Then a man can keep 

 his gnu as hot as he wants to handle it , I have been from 

 Minnesota to Florida, but this is the best place I have yet 

 found for ducks, geese, quail and ruffed grouse in their sea- 

 son. If any of the leaders of Forest and Stream should 

 want information in regard to garni in this country I will 

 answerall questions to the best of my ability. — S. L, Wilson. 



Sprino Shooting-. — We ate glad tosee that the evil results 

 of spring wildfowl shooting tire beginning to be recognized 

 ■■. il.. i urlsmen of the Mississippi Valley. Tin: following, 

 from a "lay" journal, gives a hini Of ho w Ihe tide is turning. 

 The St Louis Glob&Demwirai say--; "The vir-inity is now 

 pretty Well char of ducks, a matter for which thoughtful 

 sportsmen • hould be grateful. It is impossible to restrain 

 bUOtei'S, either amateur or professional, from slaughtering 

 IS flights; and yet spring duck shooting in this kili- 

 iuilc i>. if not a crime, a least a rude ignoring of nature's 

 laws. This year, for instance. tllC lone dr.au Q out winter 

 kepi the well 'feet in Texas rind other Southern parts till the 

 great majority had paired, after which they should be left 

 in peace The argument that if ducks (lying northward to 

 breed were protected iu Missouri by law it would be to fall 

 victims to Iowa. Illinois, Wisconsin or Minnesota shootereis 

 the only one that can be advanced in favor of the non-passage 

 of SUCh legislation; yet even that savors of selfishness", and it. 

 is nearly certain that if spring duck shoot inir were - i ppedfoj 

 Missouri the other States named would probahlj soon pass 

 similar enactments. Evcngoodspoi-tsmencouatetiancospriog 

 duck shooting, ou the plea that, the supply of ducks is prae- 

 ticallyinexhnuslible; yet that such is not the case can readily 

 be seen from. I he lesson of the last Uelve mouths. A year 

 ago an enormous influx of ducks reached this neighborhood 

 and were detained here by a cold snap north jus! al the time 

 that high water in the liniher lands of the river bottom intro- 

 duced the birds to an unexpected plentiluile of must and 

 n-ns, and. in consequence, the (lights remained here long 

 nigh to allow the slaughter of targe numbers. The result 

 been readily seen in the diminished numbers of this sea- 

 , in which, it being a late one, a large proportion of the 

 visiting females wen/carrying eggs. The same principle also 

 applies to the spring snipe shooting, especially when the wisps 

 come north so late as they have done this year. Most of the 

 female snipe recently shot in this locality were ready for 

 nesting, and snipe, like ducks, have certainly been apprecia- 

 bly thinned by the large bass of 1882, It would lie very easy 

 to restrict the time of open season for all these water birds 

 as closely as is the case with grouse, quail or woodcock; and 

 even that not half sufficiently appreciated bird, the rail, 

 might be cared for at the same time. One of the usual mys- 

 terious northward passages of these birds has just taken 

 place. There are few more difficult problems for the natural 

 history -loving sportsman to set himself than thai involved in 

 the consideration of how (his weak, slow-Hying and scarcely 

 ever seen bird perforins its long migration'.-. Western rail's 

 are scareelv thought worth shoot ing by most hunters, vet 

 they are dainty morsels for the table, and a (hick flight 

 affords at least good practice This year rather more than 

 usual of ihe Virginia rail have passed north up tbo Missis- 

 sippi Valley." 



Pinnated Grouse tn ENGLAND,— Mr. Frank Slurges, of 

 Chicago, some time since sent a number of live pinnated 

 grouse to a friend in England. The recipient writes as 

 follows; Neath. March 22, 1883 — JilVWlA purges, &/.. 

 Olvkugo —My Dear Sir: I have unfortunately I 



'Olid list at Un- 

 written at once to aoknuu le i V 

 3d inst., and to thank you most hea 

 for your princely present of prairie . 

 I am quite, right" in statins' you bavc 

 previous attempts iu this direction. 

 come of the shipment reflects the gn 

 excellent arrangements. The birds 

 quantity so far in excess of any pi 



aid have 



aim's Unlet of the 

 Id most sincerclv 

 . 1 am sure that 

 ether excelled all 

 c successful out- 

 credit upon your 

 J so rare, anil the 

 equircmeuts. I bop: 



you will be pleased rather than offended at the distribution 

 which has been arranged. Acting in concert with Mr, 

 Henry Nash, who communicated with Mr. Lowell, we have 

 presented twenty to her Majesty the Queen for Balmoral. 

 and the Prince of Wales has 'been graciously pleased to 

 accept twentv for Sandringbam. W r e have sent ten to the 

 Zoological Gardens iu Regent's Park, where thoy are very 

 much prized and valued, and we have turned out sixteen to 

 take their chances upon our Welsh hills— jointly upon Lord 

 Jersey's property and upon shooting land which is leased by 

 the writer. Such of these last birds as have since been seen 

 were all doing well, and I have a report to-day that those 

 which were sent to the Zoological Gardens are also well and 

 gelling less shy than when first turned out. The birds 

 which were sent to the Zoological Gardens are the only ones 

 now in confinement, and it is understood that the society 

 will reserve half of any young birds which may result in 

 ease those which are turned out should not increase their 

 numbers. 1 shall hope to report further satisfactory pro 

 givss very shortly, and I will now conclude by again assur- 

 ing you how sincerely I appreciate the kind feelings which 

 influenced you to send forward such a magnificent consign- 

 ment, and f remain, my dear sir, etc., Philip W. Flow be 



Cte-UtYS. Sportsman. — In his younger days Alexander 

 III,, who crowned himself al Moscow last 'Sunday, dis- 

 dained the glamm of courts and found his chief pleasure in 

 hunting. "He was, " says the IF, mhi, "a tine sportsman."' 

 The new sovereign lias our sympathy. W'ehhed down by 

 the iniu crown ami trembling amid the machinations of the 

 Nihilists, Alexander, son of Alexander, crowned by the 

 er.ieouf God F.uiperor and Autocrat ot Ml the Uussias, of 

 Moscow, or Kieff. of Vladimir, of Novgorod; < 7-ar of 

 Kazan, of Astrakhan, of Poland, of Siberia, of Kb or ■. 

 Taurida ami of Crousi; CrOS0U<hr rjl gskoffj Grand Duke of 

 Smolensk, of Lithuania, of Volhignia. of Podolia and of 

 Finland; Prince of E-t honia, .if Mvonia, of Coiiriand, of 

 Semignlia. of the Samoycdes. of Hielnstnk, of Corelia, of 

 Fver, of Ingor, of Perm, of Viaika, of Bulgaria and ol other 

 countries; waster and Grand Duke of the lower countries 

 in Novgorod, Of Tchernigolf", of Kiarain, of Polotsk, of 

 liostoftVof Jaroslaff, of Bicloscrsk, of Oudork. of Obdnrsk, 

 of Koudisk, of Vilel.isk, of Mstilaff, and of all Ihe countries 

 of the north: Master Absolute of fvcrsk, of Kastaluisk, of 

 halbardinsk, and of the territory of Armenia ; Sovereign of 

 mountain princes of Tcherka.sk; Master of Turkestan: Heir 

 Presumptive of Norway, and Duke of Schleswig-IIolstein, 

 of Slorinai'iie, of Dilhm'a-rseand of Oldenburg — cau never go 



t with the light heart of Alexander Alexandrovitch of 



old. Henceforth if he follows field sports it cau only be 

 after the manner of Emporor William, of Germany, who, 

 guarded oil either side by an arruy, slaughters wild boars 

 driven into the nets for him by the beaters." And (he pity of 

 il is thai in his vast empire, extending from the Baltic to 

 the Pacific, the Ozar is autocrat of a variety and abundance 

 of game altogether worthy the pursuit of sp royal a "true 

 sportsman." Away dowu'in the bottom of his heart to-day 

 Alexander III. "would ralher" go shooting, 



Pennsylvania and New Jersey.— Philadelphia. May 25. 

 —The king era 1 , has appeared at Cape May and some shore 

 birds have come. Some of our sportsmen have gone ill 

 anticipation of good sport, but it is doublful if file birds 



will stop long ci gh to afford much shooting. 1 hav 



learned from some of the farmers of Gloucester and Salem 

 counties, N, L, that the quail have wintered well and that 

 there is a prospect of a ffOOd supply of birds next fall. 

 Above the briiLe which " crosses the Raccoon Creek at 

 Sued.sboro, N. J., there is a large extent of marsh land, 

 winch ol late years has not been iianked in. This has be- 

 come quite a resort for ducks, and last season many teal fed 

 there without being disturbed by the spoilsmen of Swedes- 

 boro, whom it appears did nol know of Ihe presence of Ihe 

 ducks unlil late iu the autumn. It is a new thing for ducks 

 to show themselves so ucar to the town, but the excellent 

 feeding ground has evidently drawn them. For summer 

 Shore-shooting, when no o'.her sport with the gUO can be 

 had, I have Lieen told thai ( Venn fit v, on the Smnepuxent 

 Beach, after the 1st ot August, is a capital place. All the 



varieties that pass down our New Jersey coast during July 

 and August, and do nol stop nowadays, make a halt at ihe 

 section I mention, and shooting over 'stools for curlew ami 

 willet is good all through the mouth of Angus!. The fish- 

 ing there, however, is poor; indeed, there is none at all. so 

 those who wish to combine shooting and angling had better 

 seek other grounds. .Many Irout fishermen of Philadelphia 

 who yearly make a Bpring-trip to our Pennsylvania streams 

 have this year remained at home. Two leading and enthu- 

 siastic ones I in r at Krider's yesterday, tell me it is- not 

 worth while to -o,— Homo. 



fjEFT-HANUKii SnooTixo Again. — Permit me to ask your 

 assistance lo account frr a stale of things which puzzles 

 me and for which I am unable to assign satisfactory scien- 

 tific reasons. Being in the habit of shooting without closing 

 one eye. why is it that 1 am unable lo do'so Jcft-hauded as 

 well as from the right shoulder? When 1 bring my gun to 

 my right shoulder and lav my cheek to the slock, having 

 both eves open, 1 see two ('pairs of) barrels, the one directly 

 in line with mv light eve appearing so much the more dis- 

 tinct that, for all purposes required, 1 seem toscitonlv; 

 whereas, when 1 bring my gnu to the left shoulder, the gun- 

 barrel directly in line with" nry left eye appears so much 

 more indistinct than its double, which appears to my right 

 eye at au angle, that I cannot shoot quickly; the more dis- 

 tinct outline of the barrel which my right eye sees at an 

 angle disconcerting me. I am quite sure'thal. both eyes are 

 equally good sighted, and cannot explain to my,-; If why the 

 gun-barrel, which appears to my left eye as in line with il 

 when bringing my gun to my left shoulder, should not ap- 

 pear as distinct as to my right eye from the right shoulder — 

 Sisai-' Shot (Piladclphi'a). 



Montgomery Shooting Club, — Montgomery, Ala.. May 

 18.— At the annual meeting of this club the following u Ulcers 

 were elected for the ensiiim; year: W. S. Reese, President- 

 H. B. Mel calf, Vice-president; II. C. Davidson, Scerclan 

 and Treasurer; W. K. Jones, ('. E. Walliu and W. L. 

 Hutchins, Directors. The club is iu a flourishing condition, 

 and has exerted a wholesome influence in preventing the 

 wholesale destruction of game in this aud other portions of 

 the State. 



Death of W. C. Odell.— We regret lo learn of the deaih 

 of Mr. W. 0. Odell, at his house in Thomaston, Conn., May 

 22. Mr. Udell's death resulted from a pistol wound acci- 

 dentally inflicted upon himself. 



Santa BARBARA.. Cak. May.— At St. Diego the hay 

 seems fairly alive with wildfowl. Great numbers are shot 

 here every season by resident sportsmen. The small creeks 

 near the ocean abound in ducks. They do not appear to 

 be tit all alarmed, but will allow a person to approach easily 

 within gunshot, I have repeatedly fired several shots tit 

 them with a revolver before (hoy would lake flight. Quail 

 are very abundant. Here, in Santa Barbara, I bey are also 

 very numerous. Now and then 1 have seen them iu the 

 public streets of (hi; city,— F. L. 



GniacEsToif, in., .May '2-t.— The sportsmen in this locality 

 have been making fair bags of squirrels in the last two weeks 



lis follows; On the lath inst. Thomas Kcikk bagged seven- 

 teen squirrels iu the evening, and he :.I ,,. hueg. .1 fourteen 

 squirrels in die morning of the 16th inst., eight miles nortli- 

 DBSl of here in the Winkle black bottoms. (In the 20th inst. 



Walter Calhoun ami lion Kelly bagged eleven sipi'rr -Is, il 



was il enM. windy day. On the 23d inst. William Jeffries 



and Frank Parker bagged eighteen squirrels. The spoils- 

 men report squirrels tolerable pknly.— Fox Siiiikkki,. 



iNELtr.ASK.v. — Falls Cily. — We have good snipe and duck 

 Shooting hen- iii ihe spring. The Nehama River, half a mile 

 from town, affords bass and catfish fishing. The bottom 

 lauds between the town and the river are favorite shoobng 

 grounds for duck and snipe. — D. M. B, 



A HUNTING RIFLE MATCH. 



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