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FOREST AND STREAM. 



393 



creased by means of propagation that the fishermen com- 

 plain no longer of the paucity of fish, but that the market 

 is overstocked with shad, our commissioners have set to 

 work with a will to give the State all the advantages of the 

 most improved methods of pisciculture. Mr. Setli- Green's 

 admirable process, and the peculiar mode of hatching 

 boxes, have again been found the most economical and suc- 

 cessful, and though last season the first attempts, owing to 

 some capricious influences of temperature, did not render 

 the hatching oat of the fish as plentiful as to yield as might 

 have been hoped for, a goodly number of young shad have 

 been introduced into the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers. 

 Of course the results of these operations will not be appa- 

 rent for some time to come, but of their ultimate success 

 no one can doubt. 



A most interesting portion of the report is that devoted 

 to tish ways. The action of the commissioners in respect 

 to this important point seems to us to have been quite judi- 

 cious. Ins. cad of. going to work in an indiscriminate way, 

 it, was determined to construct a fish way at the expense of 

 the State, which, after having been subjected to a thorough 

 test, if it proved satisfactory, would be the model to adopt. 

 Such a one was constructed at Columbia, and was com- 

 pleted in December last at a cost of $11,503, which has 

 some novel features. Of course it is too early to determine 

 whether the plan adopted by the commissioners is a good 

 one. The commissioners speak with pride of the State 

 hatching house at Marietta, Lancaster county, which they 

 think is the largest and best constructed tish hatching house 

 in the country. 



Black bass of the north {Gryates lugrica/tti), and the bass 

 of the south (G mlu widen) have also occupied the attention 

 of the commissioners. The former is a most prolific fish, 

 is easily raised, and is one of the few iish that cares for its 

 young, guarding the beds where their spawn is placed, and 

 driving away predatory tish. Sixteen years ago some few 

 of these fish were carried in the roughes^ way in the tank 

 of a locomotive from Pennsylvania and dropped into the 

 Potomac near Harper's Ferry, and have become wonder- 

 fully abundant. This tish requires, fortunately, but little 

 care from the commissioners, but the G. nab no idea, which 

 they think would be useful on smaller lakes, they have at 

 tempted to introduce. Some of these fish were placed in 

 Pennsylvania waters by private gentlemen, and the fish 

 having been taken from the Potomac, have done remark- 

 ably well. Of salmon, the commissioners hope to introduce 

 Lhe Saliiio salar and 8. quinnat, the former from Nova Sco- 

 tia, the latter from our Pacific slopes, into the Delaware 

 and Susquehanna. 



As to tire allusion made in the report to "the great stores 

 of salmon" seen by Heudriek Hudson in our great river, 

 we must respectfully differ from the commissioners believ- 

 ing that Hudson was a better navigator than ichthyologist, 

 and that the same vagueness in regard to salmon in the 

 Delaware is applicable to the noble fish in our own Hud 

 son. But the proof of Lhe pudding is in the eating of it, 

 and as in 1871 some gentlemen of Hasten and Philadelphia 

 brought from Canada 10,000 salmon eggs, and some 2,500 

 were put hi the Delaware, and as in 1872 Mr. Thaddeus 

 IS orris placed more young salmon in the river, and in all, 

 from various contributions, some 58,500 specimens of the 

 8. salar have been put in the Delaware, and as l 'parr" in 

 several instances have been caught, we may trust yet to see 

 the salmon caught in Pennsylvania rivers. 



Of pike perch (Luciuperca Americana), a fish once famous 

 in the Susquehanna and Juniata, and only found there, 

 the commissioners notice that owing to the reckless and 

 indiscriminate slaugnter of these fish they have aimost dis- 

 appeared. The commissioners intend to make attempts 

 . tor their artiiiciai propagation, and so to restock the waters. 

 The Commissioners of Fisheries of the good btate of Penn- 

 sylvania have a right to iooK with pride on their exertions, 

 and can safely state that in during eight months they have 

 made considerable progress m tiie work of restoring the 

 fisheries, it remains with the Legislature to place at their 

 command the material aid necessary for the accomplish- 

 ment of their important work. 



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—An Exhibition of a remarkably interesting character has 

 been resolved upon by Her Majesty's Commissioners, which 

 is to be arranged in the galleries of the Royal Albert Hall. 

 This collection is to embrace life size figures of the aborigi- 

 nal inhabitants found in the British dominions, models of 

 their dwellings, samples of their utensils, weapons of 

 war, boats and canoes, agricultural, musical and manufac- 

 turing instruments and implements — all objects tending to 

 explain their ethnological position and condition of civili- 

 zation. The civil, military and naval officers of the British 

 service throughout the (Queen's dominions will assist in 

 forming this wonderful collection. Offers of gifts and 

 loans are requested. It is indeed a grand conception, and 



will be unique of its kind. 



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Indian Relics.— A large skeleton, evidently that of an 

 Indian, was recently exhumed upon the estate of Mr. 

 Young, at Bath, L. 1. The jaw bones are very prominent, 

 the forehead low, and retreating. The arm bones are 

 small in proportion, and the leg bones are unusually large. 

 The incisors are worn down to half their natural length, 

 but still in a good state of preservation. The skeleton is 

 lying on its right side, with its legs drawn up closely to the 

 body, and the face is turned toward the east. It is prob- 

 ably the relic of a middle aged warrior. Other older re- 

 mans have been found, which are scarcely distinguishable as 

 skele.ons. Old metal buttons, spear heads, gun flints, &c, 

 have been dug up near the skeletons. The place where 

 they vere found is on the top of a knoll in an open field; 



CREEDMOOR. 



MATCH OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION 

 —OCTOBER, 1873. 



( Continued from No. 23 of January 15th. ) 

 COMPETITION V. 



ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL MATCH. 



Open to teams of twelve from all regularly organized military organi- 

 zations in the United States, including the Regular Army, Navy and Ma- 

 rine Corps. All competitors to be regularly enlisted members in good 

 standing of the regiment they represent, and to have been such on Au- 

 gust 1. 1873, and to appear in uniform (full dress or fatigue). 



Weapon, any military rifle. Distance, 500 yards. Bounds, seven. Po- 

 sition, any. Entrance fee, $1 each competitor. 



1st Prize — To the regiment whose team makes the highest score, a Sil- 

 ver Trophy, manufactured by the Gorham Manufacturing Company, and 

 presented by Col. Wm. C. Church on behalf of the Army and Navy 

 Journal. This prize is to be won three times before becoming the prop- 

 erty of the winner. It will be held for a year by the officer commanding 

 the winning corps, and a large photograph of it preseutedto each mem- 

 ber of the winning team. 



2d Prize — To the regiment whose team makes the second best score, a 

 Silver Cup. 



3d Prize— To the regiment whose team makes the third best score, a 

 Silver Cup. 



4th Prize— To the best individual score, a Silver Medal. 



5th Prize To the second best indmdual score, a Life Membership in 

 N.R. A. 



6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Prizes— To the five next best individual 

 scores, Bronze Medals. 



Na?ne. 



Tieqt. 



Pvt. Carmichael 



Drum-Major Strube 



Pvt. Cocks 



Pvt. Lockwood 



Pvt. Backer 



Sergt. Wagner 



Sergt. Major Rouse 



Sergt. Freeman 



Lieutenant Dunning 



Lieutenant Horsfall 



Serst. Murphy 



Pvt Barry 



22d Regt. 



Private Stevenson .' I 79th Regt 



Private Edington " 



Private Moore ! " 



Private D. Cameron | 



Captain Clark 



Private Duke 



Private W. Robertson 



Private Mallory 



Private Keeler 



Private A. Fyle 



Private Rolsta 



Captain Ross 



Adjutant Murphy. 



Lieut. Colonel Cildersleeve 



Sergt, Reddy 



Private Bateman * 



Private W. S. Smith 



Sergt. W ood 



Private Beattie 



Sergt . Ha.rte 



Private Cudlipp 



Private Doerle 



Private Waterbury 



Serat. Brown 



12th N Y. 



Lieut. Colonel Hitchcock. . 



Corporal Engle 



Sergt. McAvey 



Corporal Hiller 



Sergt. Vail 



Captain Mansen 



Sergt. Jefl'ery 



Sergt. Pihet 



Sergt. Henderson 



Sergt. Phelan 



Sergt. Walking 



Sergt. Belsen 



Private Strope 



Private Hickman 



Sergt. Smith 



Sergt. Collins 



Private Klein 



Sergt. Warren 



Private Edeline 



Private Tracey 



Sergt. Turner 



Sergt. Wynne 



Private Eraser 



Private Storer 



9th Regt. 



M. S. E. 



S. I. Kellogg, J r 



E.B. Ecker 



Sergt. Pro; hingham 



Joseph T. Hull 



Private Allen 



Sergt. Bunce 



R. B. Malloy 



Captain Sands 



Private Sterns 



G. H. Lenhardt 



D.N. Carrington 



23d Regt. 



Private Denslo w 



Sergt. Kellner 



Private Hoi ton 



Private Dean 



Private McNevin 



J. D. Cavanagn 



Private Dawson 



Private Wallace 



Lieutenant Scryneses 



Sergt. Kissam 



Sergt. Wilson 



Captain F. Rose 



Sergt. Culien 



Sergt. McLain 



Captain Chase 



Sergt Wood 



Adjutant Joshie 



Sergt. O'Brien 



Private Chrystie 



Lieutenant Brown 



Private Fryburg 



J. Kennedey 



Private Corrie 



J. H. Speers 



Sergt. Sheehy 



Capt. Samuels 



A. Bliset 



Private Keogh 



T. Cooper , 



O Schurig 



H. Nutt 



2 4 4 4 

 4 4 4 



3 3 3 2 

 3 4 3 2 

 3 4 3 3 

 3 4 4 

 3 2 4 3 

 2 2 3 

 2 4 

 2 2 

 4 2 

 3 



19th Regt 



14tbNY. 



4 3 3 



3 4 4 



4 3 3 

 3 2 4 

 3 4 2 

 3 4 3 

 3 3 



3 4 3 



4 3 4 

 2 3.2 



2 3 



3 



2 3 3 4 



3 3 4 2 

 2 2 3 



4 3 2 

 3 2 2 2 



2 4 2 



3 3 



3 8 3 

 4 



4 

 3 

 



2 3 2 



3 3 



3 3 4 



4 2 2 



2 3 2 



3 2 3 



4 3 3 

 

 2 3 

 2 2 

 2 2 

 



2 4 4 4 2 2 3 



2 3 3 2 3 3 3 



2 2 2 4 4 3 



2 3 4 2 2 3 



2 4 4 2 3 



3 2 2 2 4 

 2 2 3 3 2 

 2 2 2 2 2 



2 3 2 3 



3 2 3 2 

 8 2 

 3 G 



8 3 



2 3 



3 2 

 2 2 



2 8 







2 







4 2 

 

 

 (I 



4 3 3 



2 4 2 



3 4 



4 2 



2 4 

 2^3 



3 



4 4 

 3 

 3 2 

 2 

 



2 8 

 4 3 



3 



3 2 

 3 

 2 3 



4 2 

 2 

 

 2 2 

 2 

 



4 3 4 2 2 

 2 3 2 8 8 



3 4 2 2 2 

 2 2 2 2 3 



3 2 2 3 0' 

 2 4 2 3 



4 2 3 

 2 2 3 

 4 3 

 2 3 

 j? 2 

 01) 2 



4 4 4 4 2 



4 2 2 2 3 



3 2 3 3 2 



2 2 3 4 



3 3 2 2 



2 3 2 3 



2 2 3 



2 3 



3 2 

 2 3 

 2 2 



13th Regt, I 







2 



2 











2 







2 



2 











T 



211 



19 



18 



17 



17 



16 



16 



16 



9 



9 



8 



8 







4 3 3 2 4 



2 3 3 4 



4 3 3 



4 2 2 



3 



2 











0000 



21 



20 



15 



15 



U 



12 



11 



10 



9 



9 



4 







140 



15 

 18 

 13 



10 



11 



9 



5 

 4 



2 



106 



18 

 13 

 13 

 11 

 10 

 10 



I 7 



I ! 



i 5 



1 4 



101 



16 

 12 

 10 



8 

 3 



r 

 

 







3 3 3 



2 2 



2 2 



u 3 



3 



3 



3 



2 



2 











2 3 2 



2 2 



2 



3 



3 







2 



00 















±*nze. 

 Silver Trophy.... 



Silver Cup 



Silver Cup 



Silver Medal 



Life Mem. N. R. A 

 Bronze Medal . 

 Bronze Medal. 

 Bronze Medal 



WINNERS. 



Winner. , 



22dRegt. N. G. S.N. Y 



79th Reet. N. Y 



12th Regt. N. Y 



Private Carmichael, 22 Regt. . . — 



Drum Major Strube. 22d Regt 



Pvt. Cocks, 22d N. Y 



Lt. Col. Hitckcock, 9th Regt 



Private Lockwood, 22d Regt 



Total. 



9 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 

 



33 



6 



4 

 3 

 8 

 2 

 2 

 o 



2 





 



32 



Bronze Medal Private Backer, 22d Regt.. 



Bronze Medal ... . | Adj utant Murphy, 12th Regt. 



2 4 4 4 4 3 3- 

 4 4 4 3 4 4 



3 3 8 2 4 3 3 

 3 3 4 3 3 23 

 3 4 3 2 3 2 4 

 3 4 3 2 3 4 2 

 2 4 4 4 2 2 3 



-211 

 -152 

 -15 i 



- 24 



- 28 



- 2L 



- 21 



- 21 



- 21 



- 21 



^parting ^fcws from 



DISCUSSIONS for and against battues, still agitate our 

 English friends. In our own country, though 

 slaughters of truly wild animals and birds, such as range 

 free in their native condition, are not unfrequ3nt, we can- 

 not say that we accord to such "killings" our approval. 

 Two parties set out, shoot indiscriminately every living 

 creatr.re which passes before them, and then count the 

 number of heads of birds or beasts thus destroyed. Very 

 often in the category are found animals not game, and 

 which, when killed, are useless as food. Nothing comes 

 amiss from a deer to a chip-munk, and all are exterminat- 

 ed in order to swell up the total bag. We assert that such 

 wholesale killing tends to brutalize sport, and hardens 

 human sensibilities. If it is held that with us in the United 

 States, such battues are no kid glove affai.s, but require a 

 great deal of the country to be worked over, and the devel- 

 opment of sportsmanslike qualities, they are nevertheless 

 cruel, and animal life is uselessly wasted. We therefore, 

 of the Forest and Stkeam, whose duty it is to lead public 

 opinion in regard to such matters, are most certainly in- 

 clined on the side of humanity, and decry such proceed- 

 ings. Mr. Morris, who wields, we think, a pretty good 

 cudgel, belabors most soundly in the columns of the Field 

 the advocates of the battue. This gentleman cites an in- 

 stance of the unsportsmanlike character of such amuse- 

 ments, when on the occasion of a recent pheasant battue, 

 the good old foster-mother, under whose -downy breast the 

 young pheasant chicks had been warmed into life, came 

 near becoming a victim. "The poor old bird, 1 ' says Mr. 

 Morris, "was about to share the dismal and untimely fate 

 of her foster brood, these noble shooters firing pretty much 

 at random in the middle of the flock, when fortunately for 

 her, shouted out gude wife, under whose care the brood 

 (of pheasants) had been reared, 'O, don't shoot my old 

 hen." Punch, the just censor of English morals, was the 

 first to direct attention towards these matters, and his cari- 

 cature of gentlemen behind hedges seated in arm chairs, 

 letting fly at partridges, in partridge driving, has not been 

 without effect. The defence of those indulging in this 

 sport has already been mentioned by us ; now it seems 

 that those who shoot at partridge drives do not use ami' 

 chairs, but camp stools. 



— Sometime ago we published an account of the enor- 

 mous quantity of hares and rabbits produced in the United 

 Kingdom, but it seems that in Ireland the hare is lessening 

 in number ; and coursing is now at fault. We should think 

 that poaching in Ireland would be especially difficult to 

 overcome. There is an inherent love of sport in all classes 

 of the Irish, which leads them to the hunting of all animals 

 from pure love of the thing. Poaching is reported to be 

 prevalent all over the "ouldsod," and that respectable 

 people, "who ought to know better, but don't," take up a 

 hare with a hound whenever there is a chance. When 

 reading Mr Froude, and his general strictures on the Irish 

 people, perhaps the most amusing chapters were those 

 where he details the irrepressible trait the Hibernians 

 possessed a century or so ago of smuggling famous wines, 

 all bright and glowing with the warmth of sunny France, 

 into the country. Perhaps some future historian will bring 

 poaching up as another sin against the Irish. A recom- 

 mendation is thrown out that the constabulatory should 

 haul over the coals any unqualified person keeping a grey- 

 hound. This sounds very much like an echo from the feudal 

 times. To poach is bad, but to prevent a man keeping auy 

 kind of animal he pleases, (save a tiger or a lion loose) seems 

 to us to be preposterous, even when the idea is advanced in 

 the mildest way. 



— Ideas in regard to swimming, with the cold wave just 

 onus, in the Northern States, rather puts one's teeth on edge. 

 Some weeks ago, the demise of Brock, a fisherman, who 

 died in the most natural maimer, was recorded. This man 

 had saved himself from death some thirty years before by 

 swimming, after having been in the water some seven and 

 a-half hours. About two years ago, J. B. Johnson attempt- 

 ed to cross the English channel, and wa^ taken out of the 

 w T ater, after an hour, almost exhausted. It seems pretty 

 certain, that expertness in swimming is not always com- 

 bined with the power of lasting in the water, which latter 

 point is entirely not one of strength or endurance, but of a 

 peculiar physical condition. Your thin-spare man may make 

 the most elegant movements in the water, and make the 

 best time, but it is, as all our readers know, the fat obese 

 oily-looking man, who has the staying power. Muscles 

 and thews, greyhound like in a man, are good for the top of 

 the earth, to keep skimming away for hours 'on the race- 

 track, but something in the semblance of a seal, in human 

 shape, we should fancy would be the better for those who 

 want to stay at sea. It is the cold water, the temperature, 

 which has much to do with the staying power of swim- 

 ming. We often read romantic stories of the Typee order, 

 where fair dusky maidens, who dwell where the palm trees 

 shade their islands, plunge boldly out into the seas, and 

 like mermaids assume an amphibious character, swim* 

 ming on forever. Just take one of these fail' nymphs and 



