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FOREST AND STREAM. 



rineyard, which 



idon 

 etedi 



iur having 

 rithsuch a 

 somewhal 

 ge in thai 



mall 



regret, yel 

 degree for 



buta "compagnie," or covy.of partridges, and being rather 



numerous they gave U9 sport for half an hour, at the end 



of which time they betook themselves n 



had not yet been stripped of its grapes 



the audacity to follow them, we were; 



choice selection of Preach oaths as] 



ashamed of the paucity of the Englis 



respect. Nevertheless, we had alrea 



number, and although deleft them w 



what we had of them made up in som 



what we left. 



Imagine a bird about the Bize of our rufl'ed grouse, and 

 closely allied to that noble bird in appearance, with habits 

 like a quail and found like the latter in the stubble, and 

 you will have some idea of the pleasure of hunting this 

 bird. There is no bird to my knowledge, and my experi- 

 ence lias not been very limited, more worthy of being pre- 



serveS. I bavr often wondered why ii hasnol □ im 



ported into the United States. Everyday sees more and 

 more of those beastly little Messina quail brought over 

 to ruin our dogs, and yet here is a bird lying well to a dog, 

 which will breed wherever placed, and withal hardy and 

 capable of enduring a winter which would kill off our own 

 quail by -the thousand, neglected or overlooked entirely 

 by those who wish to breed new species of game birds in 

 this couutry. They offer all the advantages ol the quail, 

 togethei with the size of a grouse, and when let loose in 

 good ground with plenty of cover, will besiire tostay, and 

 if allowed, breed in the same place year after year. But 

 1 have wandered off from my subject, and it is like wan- 



dering off from the 

 peculiarity aboul the g 

 they cannot be shot di 

 the early morning, am 

 ing, they are found in 

 i onstant fusilade, but, 

 ihe\ disappear and no o 

 They are not in the vim 

 are as completely lost fci 

 in the earth. Durin-' tl 

 we did not pretend to si 

 resting ourselves after 

 our luncheon, wasl 



1— hard to get back again. One 

 i\ \ e worthy of mention, is that 

 ring the rniddleof the day. In 

 I from 3 until dark in the even- 

 quantities undiminished by the 

 from 11 umil 8 in the afternoon, 

 ne seeinsto know where they go. 

 woods, and thev 

 if swallowed up 

 i ihat we made 



bove hours, but 



tramp we took 



it "vin ordinair" 



it is a custom 



i th. 



, nor vet i 

 mortal vis 

 i little exp 

 >0t du 



long morning' 

 i with a bottle 



;th. 



obtained at a farmhouse nearby. 1 k 

 among some Sportsmen to lake out hunting with them 

 what their fond wives (supposing them married)are deceiv- 

 ed into imagining to be pocket -pistols, but aFrenchmao 

 does-nothing of the sort . He knows be can obtain abottle 

 of wine at any farm-house for a more song, and would look 

 with horror upon anyone who indvtlgefl in ■ caude vie." 

 when on a shooting expedition; 



This greve shooting lasts from two to three weeks, and 

 one would think that the number of hunters with 

 or without their ju-rmis ilr etlOSSe, (for it costs somewhat 

 Over$5toown a gun in Frajnce, and many own them, 

 yes, and use them without paying the. government a sou.) 

 would soon exterminate, but you have only to try shoot- 

 ing them, or perhaps I should say at them, to determine 

 at once the cause of the continuation of the breed. My 

 experience was that one bird out of four was good shoot- 

 ing, and I am not ashamed to confess thai niv first at- 

 tempt was not crowned with anything like Such a result, 

 In fact, the first bird 1 sau was Bush* d, and bad got safely 

 out of reach before I had my gun to my shoulder, and the 

 grand total for three guns in one days' shooting was only 

 nineteen birds. I didn"t dare to count my empty cartridges. 

 Such is the grove, a bird than which Hope flies swifter:, 

 none is harder to bring to bag. and none gives more satis- 

 faction to a sportsman who shoots for the love of shooting, 

 and delights more in one bird killed which required 

 and skill to bag. than in forty which demanded 

 oiluur further than being able to lift a gun to one's 



shoulder. 

 New York. June r-2- 



W. D. 



Editor hoi 

 Mv lettei 

 of May 

 lettei 

 allow 



POEEST 



lanche 



the No 



a I kn< 

 Sour Lake 



w. and 

 s about 

 It is 

 ed be: 



LETTER FROM TEXAS. 



•est and Stream i — 



• from Sour Lake, in Forest and Stream 

 a. has caused me to receive numerous let- 

 ■eking more light on that place, I hope you "ill 

 B to reply to them all in a lump, since it is to 

 \ntj Stream that I am indebted for this ava- 

 nquiring friends. Thev come mostly from 

 ,rth. and invariably ask if it would be safe for 

 people from higher latitudes to visit thai place in summer. 

 Now I am no doctor, and am somewhat p. 

 that question. I can only state such fact 

 your readers can judge for themselves. 

 thirty-five miles inland from the Gulf 

 separated from the gulf by a great prs 

 and there by narrow lines of forest, During spring and 

 summer, in fact duringpretty much the entire year, there 

 is a robust, glorious breeze from the gull swee 

 this prairie and hitting Sour Lake, and its divisions square 

 in the face. This breeze is of as pure air as moves any- 

 where over God's globe, if not a little purer. Tl 

 malaria on this great prairie to -contaminate 

 myriads of prairie flowers infect it with 

 which onlv make it the more delightful, 

 breoze tempers the heats, so that usually 

 io hot in summer in this regional! it is in t 

 some of you Northern folks will not belie 

 mv lienor, itisso. Ltried fheNorthon th 

 the summer of '70 and I found it the h..ti 

 ever I invaded. It was too much to) o 

 blood, and I concluded thai Lfa man wan! 



resort he must go South. Then th< 



country are simply grand. I lmagini 

 ,f Heaven. One can sleep hk 

 morning he will find itconrfortabietocreep 

 heavy quilt. Such is my experience nearly t 

 summer. Now these are facts, and why si 

 Northern mall to Come here in summer wl 

 better condition than he is accustomed to 

 lieve it will do it, but be must be bis Ow 

 matter. Ifirstcame to Texas in April. !r 

 heath in North Carolina. The p: 

 issed in New York city, with n 

 ir'-easters. Thecoumry seemsto n 

 and to enjoy it fully I bought a 1: 

 the State for months, taking all so 

 not hurt me at all. but made me mi 

 My first spell of sicki 

 Pi 



heen in love at the time, tthenlived in thei mtains 



Of West Texas and my lady-love lived in Houston. While 

 Yellow Jack was raging in the last named place, I grew 

 suspicious that some fellow might steal a march on me 

 during my absence, and i hastened into the 

 about ten days (hereafter Yellow Jack had me good 

 fashioned, but in the meant im.- 1 had wonmy lady. You 

 see '-none but the brave deserve the fair.'" Now how 

 mah\ fellows will y.ni find who would ha\e done that 

 same for bis sweetheart! 'lis my nature. When I go 

 into love I go in all over; when 1 go into anything 1 go in 

 all over. I do detest a half-way man. 



But to be candid. I flunk people from l ho North would 

 enjoy themselves better at Sour Lake infaU and winter, 

 because the country then offers such grand resour 



Tl 



, kind that i 

 r it would b 

 would do it. 



re the blood to 

 ea.-th to Bhoot 



ley of the New Y 

 stale .,nd has writ* 

 We are grateful to 

 means a flatterer, 

 where he criticised 

 he nuke.- a bad bin 



vVestTexas. Hea 



ke toll 



rk Tiibmn, w 

 I a good dealab 

 im for hi- lette 

 lb- seemed to 

 is 1 think the ei- 

 der in what he 



i ■ mi-. !'.. V. Smal- 

 lately visited our 



t us in the Tribune. 

 though he is by no 



ek the truth, 'and 



■ism well put. Hut 

 ' the wheal 



lie 



Iti 



■ theV 



■ a top 



will, rye tl 

 Now Braunfels. 



darkish Hour is as lie 



- moresothaaanj I 



If Mr. Smallev ha. 

 known that South. -n 

 wheat, and also CO 

 wheat in the United 



Texas, where the el 



So in Europe the wh 

 British [slesandGei 

 wheal affords the a 



grown by i be ' fern 

 rule. It is tl 

 lieve, to nob 

 Mr, Smallev 



them at Nov 



th 



il is a poor, dark stuff, and that 



•able bread of it the Germans mix it 

 mi, tins from the German town of 

 i terrific blunder. That same rather 

 and nutritious as any in the world 

 aadefrom Northern flour. 

 studied the matter he would havi 

 u boat i- always richer than Northern 



mauds a higher figure. The best 

 fates is that grown in California and 



■atic conditions are aboul the same. 

 ,l of Spain is better than that of the 

 ianv. All the world over, southern 

 st nutrition, bulk to hulk, and that 

 ns of Comal is no exception to the 

 i of the Germans everywhere. I be- 



4\n\[ Hjiliun. 



CULTURE OF L ANDLO CKED SALMON. 



Editor /'ores/ ,„,./ Stream:^- 

 1 observe s • of our papers attribute the want of 



success with tl"' landlocked salmon in some of our 

 States to the "absence of I he l,|in-bae): trout, upon which 

 the landlocked salmon feds in the lake- ..I Maine, etc., 

 el,-." I do not know of a blue-back trout existing in any 

 of the waters of Maine to which the landlocked salmon is 

 indigenous. Intoallthe natural haunts of the landlocked 

 salmonin our State the pickerel has found its way. but 

 without detriment to the former, as there is no bait Lo 

 which they will rise SO freely as to a young pickerel. In- 

 deed. 1 am informed by male, clOSC obseTVei'S, thai the 

 pickerel in Hiatal. Si -bee. and' SoLngo Late, ale dimin- 

 ishing in numbers from year to yeaj H failures have 



•ed in attempts i 

 able fish, it has been t 

 In our report i 

 men that this is not a i 

 for breeding, as well at 

 but above all. an abun 

 blue-back trout, th 

 fin. etc. Fine l,lo, 



purchasing the ani 



There must be pli a 



The introduction 



waters lias proved . 



itaroi 



.od. 



as 



t flo 



lea our Irish 

 trnfels w n 



Q thai part 



owing prob 



the -oil j l„ 



. i 1 1 . 



i lb 



Agai 

 ig he foui 



until foe; 



he potato 



-real aim 



Die North i 

 people buv and eat tl 

 thev would not do BC 

 potatoes is that they \ 

 mors ; but to compensate 



I he fall as well as spring, ! 



But now please allow m, 

 know them as well as any 

 of them, and have been" f 

 this rose and smolled all it 

 Belvea o.be controlled 

 politicians who are n, 

 offers the grandesl Qeli 

 the American continei 

 pire in itself, and this 



we want forests plantei 

 and irrigation, and we 

 surveys and axplorati< 

 as they ought to be 

 worthy of statesma 

 would in a few yeai 

 monwealth on the 

 its 



anvwhere. We slop a great 

 April and May, and the Northern 

 in eagerly. If thej were not good 



The only trouble with our lrisl 



11 not keep well through our sum- 



"or this, wr can grow a crop in 



id many of ua do 



to abuse i he Texan- some. 1 

 tan in the world, for 1 am one 

 ,i 21 years, I have -.at under 

 fragrance. Thev allow them- 

 1 led bv the nose by a class of 

 ■ii leadership. Our State 



e want ecological and n 

 ions. These'th. 



Lone, by the state. Th 

 ihip, ai'idtheaccouiplisl 

 make Texas the most p 

 But 1 1 



nlybedo 



am 



objects 



.f th 



erfnl com- 

 bo control 



i thoughts 

 •h thingB to them 

 thev openly make 

 gnorance; if bhey 



take .-I 



our Slate and its legislatures nc 



into their poor craniunis. Suggest si 



and thev cannot comprehend them, m 



sport of them. This is all owing to 



had been educated better tbc\ would have more 5 



1 have almost despaired of Texas ever doing any 



worthy of her during my time, on account of. the 



mous prevalence of these ignoramuses in public place 



then- influenoe over the people. We have statesmen 



men of large comprehension and equal to ihe OCCS 



but thev are overshadowed by these Ignoramuses an 

 in retirement. It is the fault of the people ihat it 

 They ought to read more and think more, anil the; 



past 



The 



t perfumes 

 s perpetual 



001 nearly 

 nth. Now 

 s. but upon 

 *hly dming 



.untrythal 



a this Gulf 



u-e like the 



n'der a good 

 a-v nighi in 

 lid it hurt a 

 •e he finds a 

 I don't be- 

 judge in the 



; winter 1 had 

 .-. and slush and 

 adise of beautv, 

 nd rode all Over 



will throw OS thei 



and bring forward I 

 blossom like agrea.1 

 scientists and Eisto 

 repressed, as thev n 



wholesome inlluen 

 We ought to have a 



a no Stream in the I 



happier standard. : 



think, no equal, 

 falling in love will 

 dame will elevate ft 

 selves. And where 

 than in Texas, wh. 

 varied forms? 



, undoubtedly 



Hon. The 

 the ehai 



Stale 



■d fho 



Houston. June Slli, lST'J, 



Poets, 



1 oi being 



blirough the un- 



ance and deinagogi.lcry. 

 usand reader? of FOEBST 

 educator to a higher and 

 a civiUser and lie.aulilier, it has. i 

 we si ud v Nature we cannot help 

 Iter; and being ui love with such a 

 I make men of us iii spite of OUr- 

 nav one low Nature more ardently 

 she has put on her mo-t lovely and 

 Jf. A. T. 



King William ah a Si-ohtsmax.— King William III., 

 of Germany, has been a mighty Nimrod in his day. The 

 Sohiessliste of his exploits sin< e 1819 chronicles the death 

 of more than seven thousand, lead of gam,-, including a 

 fierce aurochs, bears, wolves, boars, deer. hare-, phea- 

 sants and partridges, The Emperor also bears an un- 

 pleasant evidence of his devotion to sport . 1 1 ■ - 

 i ting, his companion's arm discharged its contents 



Into the l rune- right hand, of which the fore-finger had 



putated. Guns play the same pranks in the 

 hands of careless royalty as with other people. 



Tor Tr-.ivers Hammock, combined with the Folding 

 tperior Spring Bed; a common strap passed 

 UgS is alt that is necessary. The cheapest 



ing the live fi 

 for the Conrm 

 Mr. Stanley n 

 ported to Kit 

 sand voting t 

 scarcely more 

 welf-kriown li 



tthis valu- 



■:i of locality. 



re took occasion "to warn gentfe- 



I I'e pole! Bfib. \- ,. 



health, in broken, running water. 



ant supply Of feed, such as smelts. 



whole tribe of < yprinidsej < hub. red 



led stock cannoi he bred by simply 

 animals and turning them into pi 

 ■ lc lit y offeed to |irodilce tine Si 



ion of the landlocked salmon into Rangely 

 . and it now begins to afford 

 it m are taken on 

 1 1 a-.- tin. t invariably turned 



Ihe water. Mr, .Vikins planl -d thi liist 



Rangeley wafer- Borne i welve \ ears since. 

 :es in the stale where we have introduced 



received good accounts. Our usual cus- 

 :Jie pond we -elect for stocking 



the \ ia lish lor three • i 



being governed by facuity of 

 ■ of tb. pondl d. We 



eleywatei : ousaud 



If of our entire stock. V\ T e have 

 and e'.ghty-foiir thoii- 

 ,iuou a :- . v having 



pro\ ided by the < t^uossoc ( 'lub. 

 ■ . a- transport- 

 ances is a most wearisome duty 

 id an espensiveone to tl 



■ trans- 



. Moosdiead Lake, twenty th,,u- 



.. irt, v ith the loss of 



/// lish. Mr. Dennen, with his 



s made lull arrangements for n 



the taking of trout 



up] 



will b, 



whitiiei the - can be se 



transportation. .,- I 



\\'e owe a debt of gratitude to ib 

 Rangeley, and to Mr. Dennen. of Kjueo, for I he 

 force their intelligent aid has afforded us. 



E. M. Stilwell. 



tupply it in the 

 if the ■-■ 

 he fall stock- 

 sesto fuinisb 

 f trout eggs, 

 f fish yearly 

 e of summer 

 a- state have 

 if re-stocking 

 theii iourcea, 

 n packed for 

 or preserves. 

 IS80C ( 'III!,, of 



itial 



0( Mam.iii,stl;u. N, II.. July Hi. 



Editoi Forest and Stream ':— 



We have completed the distribution of land-locked 



salmon ' 



as folio-* 



i the waters of New Hampshire for this season 



a 



. 8,000 



\. ■!■■,. a. II 



, , I I ' wiad.l ttot J»v« had" that speU had 1 not | and neatest thing for Hotels, Boarding Houses, &c. 



esic i.aue. Manohcstcr, 



;•.];•■.' Plan. 



ii Ponds, I'iei an. nt, 

 hund Cake, Uristol 



IB '• Isillel.l . 



n. t, spnnnllel.l 



- [folUe 



lira. It. ail Point 



Sandwich Points.. 



( !,.-'■;• Cell. I. No.-ll!liel,i . 



10,000 



.-,.o«l 



..... 



■ 



. ].6MI 

 2,000 

 6,(100 



■■■ ■ 

 ■ 



DOtaL 



Or as nearly that as possible, being the net pro 



ir- 000 eggs received from C. G. A I kins. Assistant United 



States Fish C dssioner, from Grand Lake Stream in 



Maine last spring. Of these the first lol sent of 50,000 



hatched with very -mall loss. The second lOl of 68,( 



did not come OUt quite as well, -omc o! them d\ ing will, 

 "dropsy" as I opened : ■ 



1 notice that you have seen my upon of the tap to 

 Connecticut Lake with-the • thelaai week 



in June, and will add to that, the announceraenl that. 1 

 saw your occasional correspondent, Edward Norton, who 



was 'wailing at ColebrOOk for a parly from Nev. . 

 New Haven, whom he wasgoing to lake m the wood Lei 

 me also repeat the high commendations of Mr. Chester's 

 clean and comfortable camp, and hi- skill LB cookery, to 

 say nothing of the cold spring? which -i.tipiv his cabin 

 with the purest water, and which are ot themselves a 

 luxury to those who prefer this article 

 in the woods, among whom count the writer, who has 

 1,-arnt by long experience that all stimulants 

 than useless, while undergoing fatiguing ever, 

 We had as 1 here -,,:d in the Wlrror, but half a day to 



spend in fishing. selves, but other parties there brought 



in a numberof the lake troul or •lunge 



call them and which 1 can leov io. mi iy as bemg neither 



more nor less than the Balmo of I . ■ -"'ceo. by 



whatever name he be called, whether Symmetrica, Cm 



fkniis or NamayeU&h. 



' With regard to our experience iii New Hampshire wifh 



laud-locked salmon, 1 can saj but little, for waul ol 



longer experience, Put what we know may be summed 



