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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[August 23, 1888. 



TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AS ALLIES. 

 rpHE laws of most of the States provide that it shall he 

 J- unlawful for railroads, express companies, and other 

 com mou carriers to transport, or receive for transportation 

 fiimic killed out of season. In sumo States the same, pro- 

 vision is made respecting exportation at all times. Some 

 of the companies pay attention to such laws, others give 

 them no heed. The Long Island Railroad for a long time 

 permitted Us baggage-masters and brakemen to peddle snared 

 birds in open defiance of the law ; whether the same thing is 

 going on now we do not know; we recommend it as a fruit- 

 ful subject of investigation to the State game piptectors. 



Where a railroad or express company becomes a receiver 

 of game illegally killed, it holds out a powerful incentive to 

 the market-hunters, snarers, et al. On the other hand, the 

 companies whicb have conscience or common sense enough 

 to comply with this very wise law, are most efficient allies of 

 the societies which make the enforcement of the game laws 

 their object. 



A Wisconsin correspondent, noting the non-export venison 

 law of that State, tells us that Superintendent Dntton, of 

 the Wisconsin & Michigan Railway, and Superintendent 

 Laing, of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, state that 

 no shipments of the forbidden merchandise will he accepted 

 for shipment over then' roads in the close season, nor at any 

 time for carrying out of the State. We trust that their 

 example may he followed by all the other railroads Con- 

 cerned. The secretary of the California State Sportsmen's 

 Association gives a gratifying report of the attitude of the 

 express companies in that State. We quote: 



"The Board of Directors desire to return thanks to the various 

 railroad corporations and steamboat companies for their unvarying 

 kindness and readiness at all times to assist the association in can-T- 

 ing out the requirements of tlie game laws. Posting our printed lists 

 on cars and steamers, and refusing to carry game out of season, and 

 especially for the vigorous measures adopted hy the courteous 

 Superintendent of Wells, Fargo & Company's Express, John J. 

 Valentine, Esq., to nrhom the Association Is greatly indebted for 

 augbt. of good it lias been enabled to accomplish. The express 

 offices reaching far beyond the railroad and steamer lines, and 

 game being sent almost entirely by express, the assistance rendered 

 our Association by reason of the express company refusing Lo carry 

 game, is not easily estimated , and besides posting copies of our game 

 laws in every office. Superintendent Valentine, by circular admon- 

 ishes his agents to 'carry no game out of season, under penalty of 

 displeasure of head office.' This, of course, denies the market 

 hunter his promised returns, and having no access to market, he 

 must seek other means of livelihood, and our game and fish live and 

 increase as intended liy the lams of nature." 



AN ADVERTISING DODGE. 

 T%7"HEN the proper season comes around, the city restaur- 



' » ant keepers make a tempting display of fat. hogs in 

 their show windows, that the eye of the passer-by may ho 

 attracted, his palate tempted, and his silver duly deposited 

 in the restaurant till. In like manner it has come to he quite 

 the fashion, among a certain class of summer hotel keepers, 

 to exhibit their trout-swine, as lures for anglers. 



Among the landlords of the Adirondack houses there is a 

 great rivulry to keep ahead in the reputation of each locality 

 as a fishing resort. This reputation is presumed to depend 

 upon the number offish caught by the hoarders; no account 

 is made of size. The direct result of this competition is that 

 guests and "'guides," so called, are encouraged to catch all 

 they can, and to keep all they catch. A fingerling counts one; 

 a two -pounder could do no more. The guests are often 

 foolish enough to yield to the false flattery of the landlord 

 and "guide," and urged on by them make bigger hogs of 

 themselves than they would if let alone. The "guides" in 

 turn arc so solicitous to please their masters that they 

 eagerly help yank in the tiny fish. A gentleman of our ac- 

 quaintance, who was at an Adirondack hotel the other day 

 —being an expert angler, who has some regard for the pro- 

 prieties of the art— found the greatest difficulty in compel- 

 ling his "guide" to throw ack the small fish into the lake; 

 the fellow wauled to s\, ell the count, and so keep ahead of 

 the other hotels. When the landlords, like Circe of old, 

 have transformed human beings into swine, straightway 

 rush into the local newspaper office to herald the exploits of 

 their dupes, and secure a free puff for their houses. 



This is not a new trick; it has been played time and again. 

 We noted a case last week. At Upper Chateaugay Lake, in 

 the Adirondacks, two guests at Ralph's fell victims to the 

 designing craft of the hotel manager. They caught in one 

 day one hundred and eighty trout, the average weight of 

 which was less than one ounce. Then the enterprising 

 manager posted off a notice of "the largest catch of the 

 week," which in due time appeared in the Plattsburg Trie- 

 gram. 



The printed reports of such catches simply disgust decent 

 anglere. We always feel a touch of pity for the dupes 

 whose dishonor has been wrought by a greedy landlord, and 

 by him exhibited to the public gaze. 



The idiotic course of the hotel managers will bring its 

 own sure punishment in a depletion of the fish supply 



All Sorts of Prizes have figured in the list of trap- 

 shooting tournaments, from a diamond badge to a pound of 

 lard. The Lacon, HI., sportsmen are ahead this year. At a 

 shooting match there, advertised for yesterday, one prize was 

 a one dollar "shaving ticket, donated by Noel and Ilannum, 

 city barbers." The man who bears away such a prize must 

 be dubbed a hero, indeed; if not because of prowess at the 

 trap, then for fortitude iu the chair. 



A "Fox-Hunting" Mischance.— At the close of an "ex- 

 citing iun"at Newport last Monday the ladies and gentle- 

 men and huntsmen and horses and hounds and anise-seed 

 bag and the attendant with the fox in his arms had 

 gathered in the appointed spot for the. closing act , and the 

 fox was thrown down into the midst of them. Reynard no 

 sooner touched the ground than he was off "like a streak," 

 and disappeared into a swamp before the ladies and gentle- 

 men and huntsmen and horses and hounds and anise-seed 

 bag and the attendant recovered from their amazement and 

 terror at the novel sight of an unhobbled live fox. The 

 stupid attendant had forgotten to tie the animal's hind legs 

 together. 



Clay Pigeon Tournament. — As maybe learned from 

 our advertising columns, the Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Com- 

 pany proposes to conduct a great shooting tournament at 

 Chicago next spring. The prizes are to he liberal, and with 

 the steadily growing interest in clay-pigeon shooting there 

 is every promise that, the several matches will be well con- 

 tested. We notice that the tournament is to be of an inter- 

 national character. It is well known that the clay pigeon 

 has had a most favorable reception in England, and if rep- 

 resentatives of English trap-shooting skill put in an appear- 

 ance at Chicago, the rivalry between the foreign and home 

 teams ought to stimulate the interest. 



Worms.— Among the ninety odd camp meetings, religious 

 and irreligious, now in progress, there is one of the Spiritu- 

 alists at Orion Lake, Michigan. One of the speakers last 

 week deposed that he had attended a seance of the Boston 

 "Flower Medium," and when the lights were turned on "the 

 tables were covered with flowers with the earth still clinging 

 to their roots; yes, brethren and sisters, and the worms in 

 the earth." Is ow if he had only taken these worms and 

 gone trout fishing, the fresh air would have driveu the cob- 

 webs from his brain, and a fall into the trout brook would 

 have made a new man of him. 



Tijie to Stop. — The notoriety hunters and lunatics who 

 talk about going through the Whirlpool Rapids at Niagara 

 usually muster up courage enough to throw a helpless caniue 

 into the water, upon whose sufferings they may obtain 

 notoriety. Is it not about time to stop this business? We 

 respectfully suggest to the authorities a consideration of 

 this. If the lunatics must drown themselves, let them drown, 

 but spare the dogs. 



Trap Shooting in England.— The bill to prohibit the 

 trap-shooting of pigeons, which was passed by the English 

 House of Commons, has been defeated in the House of Lords; 

 Those alarmed individuals who saw iu the passage of the 

 measure the downfall of the American Republic, may now 

 possess themselves in peace, and sleep quietly at night — if 

 the mercury be not too high. 



An Angling Trip is now regarded as quite the correct 

 thing for public men; and we are daily informed iu the 

 papers of the departure of some of these personages for the 

 woods. In their tiresome details of President Arthur's ex- 

 pedition the dailies have quite outdone the English jour- 

 nals, which chronicle the outgoings and incomings of the 

 royal family. 



Fashion Note.— Rabbits' paws as hat trimmings are the 

 preseut rage in Paris. Tens of thousands of rabbits .ire re- 

 quired to supply the demand. When the fashion reaches 

 this country there will be as much call for hares as there is 

 now for wild pigeons for State game protective association 

 trap-shoots. t 



A Grouse Prediction, — From personal observation and 

 the reports which have come to us, we predict that the 

 ruffed grouse season of 1883 will be an unusual one. The 

 birds are more abundant this year than they have been 

 since 1878. 



The SummerHotel on the seacoast is a fortress of fashion ; 

 and wherever it is erected the gunner may at once give over 

 his quest for game. Our correspondent, "Homo," sends us 

 some suggestive notes on this point, which we print else- 

 where. 



Bench Shows are increasing at a rate beyond all anticipa- 

 tion; in our kennel columns this week three new ones are 

 noted. Before many years have passed, the dog show will 

 be as much of a couuty institution as is the cattle show, 



Do not ne&lect to look carefully through the adver- 

 tising pages of this journal. They are a complete directory 

 to the sportsmen's outfit trade. 



Correspondents are urged to give their address in full, 

 town, State, and if in a city, street aud number. 



Never go into the woods on a shooting or fishing trip 

 with a man who is engaged to be married. 



Back Numbers. —In ordering back copies always specify 

 the one desired by date or number. 



\ht Sportsntm S£onri$t. 



SCHOOD1C LAKES TO CAPE BRETON. 



IN TWO PARTS- PART II. 



IF the reader will consult a map he will observe that I he 

 island of Cape Breton is one of the extreme eastern points 

 of North America. Although belonging to Nova Scotia, it 

 is separated from the latter by the Gut of Canso, which 

 varies from one to one aud one-half miles in width. Cape 

 Breton has a length of about 100 miles, with a breadth of 

 some eighty-five miles, and an area of 8,120 square miles; in 

 1871 its population was 75,183. Its climate in summer is 

 genial and salubiious; in the winter, rugged and oftentimes 

 quite cold. The thermometer in summer has a mean tem- 

 perature of 89 ; , while in winter it often descends to 20° be- 

 low zero. 



While from the temperature of its climate Cape Breton is 

 not specially adapted to agricultural pursuits, yet iu certain 

 parts it can boast fertile lands and profitable crops. The 

 face of the island in parts is flat and covered with dense 

 forests of pine, spruce, etc., and anything but inciting to 

 look upon, while in other parts its scenery approaches a 

 grandeur hardly surpassed in New England. Especially is 

 this so from Murgarse Forks to Bactdeck. and along'the 

 shores of Bras d'Or Lake. Bras d'Or i Arm of Gold) Lake is 

 an inland sea, and a glorious, beautiful sheet of water it is, 

 too. It penetrates the island from the east coast and ex- 

 tends nearly to its western border: is about 55 miles in length, 

 with an average width of 20 miles, and 70 to 300 feet deep. 



Nature extended its southern arm to within half a mile of 

 St. Peter's Bay on the south const and where left it. About 

 1873 man took up the work where Nature left off, and cut a 

 channel through to the sea again. The work was fiuished 

 some three or four years ago. Through this canal the 

 steamer finds its way "by means of a lock on its journey to 



id fro between Sydney and Mulgravc Wharf. 



Cape Breton is settled principally by Scots from the nigh- 

 lands (most of whom speak Gaelic as well as English), Aca- 

 dians, French and Irish, who, as a rule, are steady, honest, 

 God-fearing people, aud although they are lacking somewhat 

 iu force and enterprise, still on the whole they are iu a man- 

 ner thrifty. They are devoted mostly to agriculture and 

 fishing. 



Sydney is the largest place and principal harbor. It lies 

 ou the eastern coast, and is seven miles from the sea. Its 

 population is about 3,000. Port Hood, population 800, isthe 

 chief harbor on the western coast. Baddeck with a popu- 

 lation of about 1,800. Mahou with 800, Whycocomau wilh 

 400, Port Hankesbury with 700, Port Hastings 400, Ariehat 

 with 1,000 population are the principal places remaining. 



In 1856 this island was connected by telegraph with Nova 

 Scotia proper on the west, and Newfoundland on the east. 



Since the landing of the first American cable, iu 1800, the 

 line across Cape Bretton has formed part of the interconti- 

 nental system. Port Hastings derives its chief interest as 

 being tlie point where the Atlantic Cable Company transfers 

 its European messages. 



When your foot presses the soil of this pleasant island, 

 with its bracing air and fragrant odors of pine and hemlock, 

 you scarce realize you are within live hours' »ail Of New- 

 foundlanct, yet such is the fact; for the distance from Cape 

 North, Cape Breton, to Cape Ray, Newfoundland, is only 

 sixty-live miles. 



Now to this laud— not flowing with milk and honey 

 —but tli is land of promise flourishing with pura aqnw, 

 where the black tlj pursucth not, and the frisky, pesky, 

 mosquito goeth not about noonday and midnight for tiie 

 poor angler, where the industrious and pestiferous midge is 

 kuown only to tradition, to this land — I repeat. O, ye anglers, 

 we planned our journey. This was our objective point, and 

 all points between and lying collaterally along way were on 

 our itinerary. 



Our party consisted of A, Chamberlain, president of the 

 Home Bank, George R. Curtis, treasurer of the Pennsylvania 

 Company, William R. Maekay, superintendent of the 

 Meriden Silver Plate Company, and the writer. 1 was the 

 only one who had no handle to my name. By the way, I 

 should mention Mr. Moneybags, who also accompanied us, 

 and acted as our first lieutenant, or as he was styled. Presi- 

 dent Leflenant, which was finally diminished lo Prex, for 

 short. Like Rip Van W'iukle's 'dog in the play, he was a 

 mythical body, ever present yet mm r in be seen, 



'Was anything lost, Moneybags lost it. Whose watch 

 missed us the train? Prex's. Who missed the train? Prex. 

 When the bell rings look out for Prex. 



We look tickets for Boston. Every well regulated sports- 

 man starts from Boston— or New York (it just occurs I am 

 writing for a New York paper). 



Having determined to visit the famous Grand Schoodic 

 Lakes of Maiue, W« purchased tickets via the Eastern R. R. 

 for St, Stephen, N. B., which lies on the eastern shore of the 

 St. Croix. Calais. Mr., lies on the opposite bank. A bridge 

 connects tlie two towns and the two countries. There are 

 four or five practicable ways of reaching the Grand Lakes. 

 viz. : Leave the cars (Maine Central R. R.) at Lincoln, 47 

 miles from Bangor, and drive from there by' private team to 

 Springfield, 35 miles, where you can launch your canoe 

 upon Duck Lake, one of this great chain of lakes. Prom 

 Duck Lake- lo Grand Lake Stieam, is aboul 40 i, iles. This 

 trip from Duck Lake to Grand is easily accomplished in two 

 davs bv canoes (to be had through Mr. Siockbridge or 

 Goweb); there is lit tie or no rough water, and no difficulties 

 ,.■: rout,. At Lincoln, Me., Mr. D. Siockbridge, of the 

 Lincoln House, will afford you information and assistance if 

 desired. At Springfield, "Me., Mr. Gowell will do the 

 same. 



A second way is to leave the railroad at Winn, 11 miles 

 further on (08 irom Bangor), and drive to Princeton, about 

 43 miles. 



A third way is to leave the railroad at Forest, forty-two 

 miles further 6n (one hundred miles from Bangor), where a 

 "daily stage" iuns to Princeton, some twenty-six miles. 

 It should be noted, however, that this stage is no "stage" at 

 all, but a mere mail waeon; if there arc more than two in 

 the party, or it there be much luggage, special arrangements 

 should be made in advance; if, however, you can manage to 

 cling to the "stage" till you reach Jackson Brook, some 

 three ana one-half miles, you can then get a team to carry a 

 party comfortably. What is better, however, is to write in 

 advance to the Forest stage driver at Jackson Brook. Me, 



A fourth and very pleasant -way lor those who are fond of 

 sea travel is via International fine of steamers from Boston 

 every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 8:30 A. M. 

 (Portland 6 P. M,, same days), after May 14, for Eastport, 



