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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 6, 1868. 



new Kynochs, three shots from each, against three TJ. M. 

 (.'. shells, same number of shots from each. 1 used a card 

 wad for the shot war], my selection being bawd on tin- result 

 of four shots, using a 10-gange, pink-edge wad. The charge 

 was y; .lis. Orange ducking powder No. 3, IJoz, Tatham 

 standard chilled shot No. 8.' The results were as follows, 

 .shells crimped: two 10-gauge U. M. 0. pink on powder, one 

 10-gauge pinion shot— 274.' 244, 287,300; average 276. 



I then lired (our shuts with the card wad as a 'shot wad, 

 obtaining, on the four, an average of 287 — as given below — 

 and continued the trial on this basis. 



ACTUAL TBIAI, OF KYNOCH VS. U. M. C. 



Twelve-gauge, ruu, tOvds , 80-in. circle. Charge. 3^drs. Orange 

 No. 3 powder. J's.. z . ralaam No. s eliilled stmt: two 10-gauge piuk- 

 edgc « ads on powder, one 10-gauge card wad on shot; fihells crimped. 



Pattern. Force. Pattern. Force. 



S9R* 



Average »<3 18 31S sn 



L'.urst at third fire. 



In testing for penetration 1 used twenty-four sheets of 

 straw board with intervals of one-half inch between each 

 sheet. I died also a few shots each from a Greener and a 

 Bonehill without marked different results, yet guns of some 

 other makt s might give higher averages and more uniform 

 patterns with the Kynoch; the averages are good in both 

 cases, and while the Kynoch shows some large individual 

 patterns, the standard exhibits remarkable regularity all 

 through. One ounce chilled shot, American standard, No. 8, 

 giye 109 pellets, so that a charge of 1-Jr ounces counts out 4fi0 

 pellets, which gives about 65 per cent, for Kynoch and 69 

 per cent, for standard, I consider 50 per cent a good average, 

 i have seen it stated that the Kynoch shoots better being 

 crimped, but in my opinion it must affect the penetration, 

 while the increased shoulder presented by having so thin a 

 metal would. I think, affect the regularity of the shooting. 



I believe the Kynoch to be a good shell" with guns adapted 

 to it, and in wbieii the tiring pin is not too long and the main- 

 spring too stiff, and that in a measure it fills a void between 

 the paper case and the regulation brass shell; but that it will 

 ever supersede the latter, or either of them the pajxri- shell. 

 1 do not believe. Though 1 am fully aware of the superior 

 ity as a general thing of the standard brass shell as to shoot- 

 ing qualities, and were my life the stake would use them in 

 ]'i ' iii ■ to any other, yet the paper shell has a deep hold 

 iu the hearts of the great majority of sportsmen everywhere, 

 and one not easily erased even with all its faults. 



A reloaded paper shell will not hold up to its work ; every 

 seam and fiber has been sprung, and each seam is a loophole 

 for escaping gas; but a new, clean paper shell is a joy to the 

 heart oi a sportsman, and when its work is done and with a 

 careless ding it falls behind one. it matters not if its resting 

 place be sedge or briar, rock or pool, so long as it encumbers 

 not the pockets. Falcon - 



White Mitts, Pa., Sept. l. 



In-the-Store Style— Detroit, Sept. 2, 1883.— The ball 

 ! i promptly yesterday, and the ducks now know the 



sound of a gun. In fact, in some localities that sound was 

 heard in the marshes twenty-four hours too soon, and if all 

 works well, at least one offender will have to pay for his 

 selfish lawlessness. On the whole, however, our shooters 

 li;.\. Dbseived the laws, and Ihe salutary influence of the 

 Michigan Slate Sportsmen's Association* is becoming more 

 : i f 1 1 : : 1 1 ■. al each year. Still there is as much hypocrisy among 

 i In- (■!• .-s called sportsmen, asthere is in other classes of men. 

 How well the writer remembers his first experience of it in 

 the shooting line. He was fifteen years old and crazy ou 

 the subject of hunting. Spending a few weeks in a country 

 town, he had after some delicate and anxious attacks been 

 invited by the crack shot of the village to go out with him 

 for a day. On the evening previous to date fixed, quite a 

 number of shols were assembled, country fashion, in "the 

 Store," and the conversation fell upon wing-shooting, and 

 loud was the talk, especially by my proposed companion for 

 the morrow, against any one mean or small enough to shoot, 

 a quail on the ground. " The writer, with open ears, drank 

 it ail in with awe and respect, and many noble resolves did 

 be form. But what a fall was Ihcie my countrymen, for 

 during our shoot the very next morning T came upon a large 

 bevy of quail not twenty yards away, bunched in a space 

 that, could have beet) coveted with a bushel measure. Re- 

 membering ilmt my awe-inspiring professor of wing-shoot- 

 ing was iu plain view and with his eyes upon me, I flushed 

 the birds and killed but. one. The "professor" was wild, 

 cursed me righl and left, and wanted to know if 1 did not 

 see the quail on the ground? "Why of course, but all you 

 fellows said lasi night that it was mean and unsportsmanlike 

 to shi ■ tin '>n there, '" and the reply was in deepest disgust. 

 "You dod blasted little fool, this all on the wing bus) in ss is 

 the way we shoot nights in the store." Trap-shooting has 

 been utterly neglected in Detroit for a long time. There is, 

 however, a little cloud in the horizon, and soon we shall 

 hear the rumble of the guns again. — Delta. 



The Belgian Crown Prince Rudoi.t-it has a good time 

 oT it. He is fond of shooting and finds plenty of game. 

 Some idea of his achievements may be gathered from the 

 following rctui n of the quantity of game that fell to his gun 

 in The season of Iss-JlHSo. He killed 89 stags, 50 bucks, 



5 does, 78 hares, 407 labbits, 444 pheasants, 373 partridges, 



6 snipe, I Wild duck, 1 fox, and 1 otter. Laxenberg and its 

 vicinity, especially its extended and well-covered woods, and 

 the far cxleiiding'waters, afford excellent opportunities for 

 Sport, bm the Crown Prince even i.ow cannot content him- 

 self with wdiat he finds on his own grounds, and occasion- 

 ally accepts some nobleman's invitation to Bohemia or Lower 

 Ausi i la or i be Styriau Alps, where he is known as one of the 

 best chamois hunters. The Crown Prince gives, besides, 

 much oi his time to earnest studies, never neglecting what 

 may be called his specialty, the study of ornithology, his 

 knowledge of which has called forth the praise of Professor 

 Brehm. Who wouldn't be a crown prince? 



Wilucats are said by the farmers to be so numerous in 

 the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts as to render 

 the keeping of sheep impossible. Why do not the hold 

 hunters of Western Massachusetts rise to the occasion, and 

 make war on the savage sheep destroyers? 



C'oNNECTtcxT.— Torrington, Aug. 28.— Editor Forest and 

 Si,;.,,,,.- If there is a game protector in this State there is 

 work for him here. Misnamed sportsmen are out with dog 

 and gun, and nothing escapes them except full-grown birds, 

 and bags of quail, grouse and woodcock have already been 

 brought in. If you will publish the address of the protector 

 in vour next issue, you will confer a favor upon the law- 

 abiding portion at' the fraternity.— Exeoesis. |The law in 

 t onneetieul on this point (approved Mav 3. 1883) provides as 

 follows: "Section 1. The selectmen oi every town shall ap- 

 poinl I wo or more persons to lie game wardens, who shall 

 assisl iu detecting and prosecuting offenses against the game 

 laws, and shall be paid the same fees allowed to grand 

 jurors iu criminal eases. Section 2. Game wardens shall 

 hold their offices for the term of two years from date of their 

 appointment, and shall have the same powers as other offi- 

 cers to arrest for the violation of any law relating to game." 

 Your selectmen may perhaps not have appointed the war- 

 dens, in which case you should see that they fill the vacancy 

 at ouce. Then give whatever information you may have to 

 the wardens and push them on to a discharge of their duty.] 



Charleston. III., Aug. 31.— Walter 0. Kennedy and 

 Charles W. Bishop were out for a day's shootiug on Parker 

 Prairie, twelve miles southeast uf here, ou the 3lst inst. 

 They bagged twenty-four pinnated grouse, and reported 

 game in fair numbers, but weather too dry and hot for men 

 and dogs to hunt. F. M. Parker and his brother George 

 were out hunting prairie chickens on the 24th inst.. near 

 Oakland, and flushed a quail that was sitting on about 

 twenty eggs Is not this very late for quail to be sitting? — 

 Fox Squirrel. [Probably it was a seeond brood, and not 

 unusually late.] 



Maine. — Fish and Game Commissioner Stillwell recently 

 sent Detective Wormwell into Moosehead District for the 

 purpose of raiding some of the poachers in that section, and 

 that officer with his customary shrewdness succeeded in 

 getting eight moose and three caribou skins, as well as some 

 evidence in important moose cases. Successful work of this 

 kind has also been done iu the vicinity of Parmachene and 

 Rangelcy lakes. The commissioners are doing the State in- 

 estimable service in bringing these poachers to justice. 



Onio Qttatl Shootinu.— Cincinnati, Aug. 27.— For the 

 further benefit of non-resident sportsmen who expect to shoot 

 quail with us in this State iu November, will say if any so 

 desire, it. would afford me pleasure in directing them to g.tod 

 shooting grounds in Ohio, and also in Kentucky, if tiny de- 

 sire to shoot earlier or later than November. 1 know by sad 

 experience what it is to visit strange localities and waste a 

 day in searching for birds. — John 'A. Pens. 



Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 30.— From good and reliable 

 sources I learn that in this portiou of the country the sea- 

 son will be a good one for partridges and pheasants, mauy 

 young coveys having been sceu. Gray squirrels compara 

 tively scarce. Rabbits "thick as hops." Ducks will be very 

 plentiful this fall judging from the present indications. 

 Weather here is cold and raw and the sky cloud v. making 

 one long for the field.— C. A. R. 



New York.— Lockwood, Tioga County.— The ruffed 

 grouse are more plenty in this vicinity than in several years 

 before, and 1 do not doubt that in a few years they will be 

 nearly as abundant, as ever. — ,1. H. O. 



Michigan.— Bellevue, Aug. 23.— No prospect for any 

 shooting near here. Cold rains and very high water de- 

 stroyed all show for duck, partridge, etc. Have a few 

 quail.— O. It. 



Jersey Snipe.— Hoboken, N. J.. Sept, 4.— My master 

 killed the fiist English snipe I saw this season this morning. 

 I am going to look out for them right along.— Chief. 



A Pet Quail.— Mr. Harry M Her, of Brooklyn, secretary 

 of the Fountain Gun Club, has a Ume quail of which It- 

 makes much. 



Dekr on Long Island are protected to 1884. 



^nuwer§ to j^arrespondmig, 



t3&~ No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondent*. 



ft. F. ft.. Portland, Me.— For waterproofing canvas, see our last 

 issue, page 97. 



S. V. B., Clinton, Mass.— Pontiff 

 pion Rajah (2.333) and out of Prim 



N. (1 T.. Chnla Depot, Va.-O 

 Rollo and on of Bevaus Belle i 

 send you pedigree of Sensation. 



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Price $3. We 



;s, ami 1 was hilornied that the iish- 

 S'ou'. what puzzles me fci, what Has 

 t. probably v. en- in riiat s ream this 

 iu sawmills injurious to the fish that 

 C hook and -ize do you thiuk hest 

 brook Iron ti 4. Is there a book oub- 

 ihabltinfj fresh-water sli earns of .Sew 

 1 Ans. 1. AVe eaunot say : perhaps 

 aLers. i. Y'-s, a. A Sproai No. 'J or 

 ' -J. Hftlloek's '-Sportsman's fiazet- 

 ■n written of New Jersey ioeali 



Steamers from Alexandria and Messina have carried to the 

 port of Marseilles from twenty thousand to thirty thousand 

 quails each. Quails abound in vast numbers in the neighbr— 

 hood of the iii st two poi ts. They are caught in nets, convey „ 

 in shallow, well-ventilated boxes, supplied with plenty of 

 food on the voyage, and thus reach their destination in good 

 condition. These importations begin before or at least early 

 in February, and continue into May, if not longer. During 

 this time hundreds of thousands are brought, over from Egypt 

 and Sicily, After Apt it, their consumption is forbidden in 

 France, and the. quails are then sent mo.it. y from Marseilles to 

 England. There is no necessity, then, of sportsmen there to 

 supply the markets, even if the shooting season were not 

 already long since over. 



|*3 mid jjfuw fishing. 



ANGLING RESORTS.— We shall be glad to hare far publi- 

 alion notes of good fishing Idealities. Will, not our eorre- 

 pondente/OlMr vs irith notes of desirable points foe angling 



To insure prompt attentio; 

 dressed to the Forest and Sir 

 ineliriduals. in whose absenc 

 portance are liable to delay. 



. com munieot ions should be ad- 

 am Publishing Oo . and ;,„i to 

 fro.n the Office mailers of im- 



OPEN SEASONS. 



The digest of open seasons, printed iu our issue, of Aug. 16, has 

 ueeD published in convenient pamphlet form, and will be ready for 

 delivery next Saturday. Sent to any address, postpaid, on reeeipt of 

 10 cents. 



LARGE AND SMALL-MOUTH BLACK BASS 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The comparative merits of these two fishes as fighters 

 when hooked is a question Which I have been glad 'to see 

 raised in your columns. For the past twenty years I have 

 taken these fishes in the Mississippi River with rod anr: reel, 

 and while 1 have olten found individuals of both species 

 which were lacking iu game qualities. 1 have also found those 

 which excelled iu them. I have taken the big-mouth when 

 1 thought its gameness could not be excelled, and again when 

 It came in like a stick. The same can be said of the small- 

 mouth. As a rule. 1 think that y our opinion that these fishes 

 do not fight, in proportion to their weight when they are 

 above two pounds in weijrhl, is correct, but there are individ- 

 ual exceptions even to this. 



Last we. k I took several of each species, and before bring- 

 ing t.iem to n -t took note of their gameness in adva.ice of 

 knowing the species, and in my opinion it is impossible for 

 one to determine with any degree of accuracy which fish 

 has been hooked by its fighting qualities, when fishing in the 

 Mississippi River. I fully agree with you and Dr. Heusball 

 that the big-mouth has been underrated as a game fash, and 

 incline to think that if our anglers did not know that there 

 were two species, as they did not ten years ago, they would 

 uever suspect it from nurely taking' tin m. The fact that 

 thev know [hat there is a difference in structure I incline to 



think leads them to imagine thai ilu re ii I be a difference 



in game qualities. Those imaginative anglers, who are 

 always certain that they can name Ihe fish that is on the end 

 of their iine by its actions and its gameness, are often mis- 

 taken. 1 have fished beside them, and have noted their ver- 

 dicts and found that they are not infallible. 



1 recently took a two-pound big-mouth bass, which gave 

 me as hard a fight ou an eight-ounce rod as any lish o. Us 

 weight which 1 ever took. The water was .shallow, and it 

 leaped clear of the water nearly a dozen times before it was 

 landed. Dubuque. 



DcnrocE, Iowa, Aug. 30. 



Editor Forest mo! Stl 



Since reiding your editorial article on the game qualities 

 of the two black basses, some weeks ago, 1 have beeu taking 

 notice of the way iu which they fought. Previous to this 

 I accepted the common notion that the small-mouth was the 

 best fighter, but after careful observation 1 must admit that 

 1 am in doubt about it. Within the past three weeks I have 

 taken about one hundred fish of both kinds, but am not 

 fully prepared to admit that the big-mouth is the equal of 

 his hi other, yet I will say that he is a better fighter than I 

 had given him credit for. This is one effect of popular 

 prejudice. I had never before heard it questioned that the 

 common opinion regarding the superiority of the -mnll 

 mouth might be exaggerated. Let us judge of this without 

 prejud.ee or without allowing preconceived notions to in. 

 tiucnee us. Lambert. 



Ekie, Pa. 



I have read all that has appeared on the subject of the 

 comparative gameness of the two black basses. In my 

 opinion there is none where I fish in Tennessee. For my 

 part 1 would as soon take one as the other, and I fully agree 

 with "S. O. C," in your last issue on ihis subject. K. K. 



RtcmriELD SnarNGs, N. Y. 



If your correspondents who think that the big-mouth is as 

 gamy as the small-mouth will come up here 1 could show 

 them their error very soon. Small-Motttu. 



Ai.EXAJ.nBiA Bay, N'. Y. 



TAKING THE TARPUM. 



Editor Forest and Slnam: 



An article ori tarpum fishing by "Al Fresco," in your issue 

 of ihe 30th nit., calls lor some remarks in explanation of a 

 former reference to this fish by me. for fear that someone 

 else may put the same construction to my "words that he did. 

 Any suggestion to use a salmon rod fi r the capture of Ihis 

 fish was very far fiom my intention. What 1 really wrote 

 was, "And 'its value as a food fish 1 have urged as a reason 

 for experiments tending toward its capture with similar 

 tackle to thai used for large striped Lass, with !rom 600 to 

 80U feet of line, and casting fioin a boat. 1 believe their 

 capture would be little more u.ffieult than that of a large 

 salmon with fly-rod from shore." Although the types 

 altered the punctuation, still there is no suggestion to use 

 the salmon rod to capture the tarpum with, but only a com- 

 parison of time and skill necessity in each ease. 



In a previous issue of vour paper. "Al Fresco" says, iu 

 speakimrol capturing a tarpum of 130 pounds, "To con- 

 vince you that it was worth calling a lish. and worthy of a 

 tussle,' 1 inclose two of the scales,," indicating tha he thinks 

 it worth making an effort to capture them. 



I am not entirely ignorant of the "acrobatic perform- 

 ances" and "greased lightning" proclivities of the tarpum, 

 for I have seen hundreds of them, and have "beeu fast" to 

 them several times, but always with an ordinary -sized hand- 

 line, which I found very difficult to payout fast enough and 

 still keen hold of. Still, I do not consider that all of my 

 Temarks regarding this fish should be taken or considered as 

 "wise remarks," as the Doctor calls them; usually, it is by 

 interchanee of ideas that some of us become successful. 

 Tie ie was B time when the capture of striped ba-s ( arge 

 ones) with rod and reel was little thought of; now, it is the 

 usual form. 



I have never suggested the use of anything more delicate 

 in the way of tackle for these fish than a short, stout cane 

 rod with reel, to hold 600 to 800 feet of twenty-one thread 



