Dec. 20, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



418 



lifter doing a slight daumge." (I <iuotu from memory, not having 

 readily Umber of years.) As the writer of litis was 



an eye-wiiti..ss. and «s one of voui correspondents \i ns n prominent 

 tutor tn the Incident above quoted, 1 hereby give you an account as 



wit, 



, -Ml- 



|i "lytic off Port Sumter.iuat Inside the bar. hal.-h. -s nil 

 fastened down and the sea washing clear over the dees fore and aft, 

 only one small baton open to get np tbrongb the tur:- 



one aftera 1 heard the or; m is ou tiro"' 



Ton foot friiiii i he woman's, room wns the magazine, rixbr the berth 



deck were small inckers filled with eleven and tiftorn iuoh shells, 

 and when I got on my t— t there was a sheet of flame pouring out of 

 this istore room, and uol homo m-m t«o fort separating 

 the shells. The L row was mostlymnde npot "raw roCruitB,' and 

 every sinner of them saw und knew ih ... and then was 



a rush For the small ladder loading t,.. them: ret. I sinned with tie- 

 rest, but toon perceived thci there was no chance tor mewhefe 

 seventy or eighty men were straggling to got through a -null hole 

 two by four feel. Turning back to the (if i saw two or three old 



meal oneo. Perhaps : 'i4 \C,"\ . ldid not realize the full extent or tin- 

 danger. The first thing that drew mv attention was a dark torm 

 dancing up and down In the midst of the' ilnuie trying to stamp it out, 

 and thoughts of a salamander and of (bo •'Hebrew children" Unshed 

 through my mind. 



In a few miuui.-. tie- h..-.e was connected, and a large Stream of 

 ivnt-r soon extinguished the lire. when there .-merged from the smoke 

 the most tori. .in looking in-nt. nact it has ever boon n- lot to behold. 



ole-j 



Idepartodi 



pl-tely 



to min-i the pioturc here presented. 



CtTELBBA, Mass. 



1 11 



in the cabin, the very Hon, Mc. Austin T., and Mr 



deep in the mysteries of Pedro. Ten minutes lat 

 his comrade eoruc on deck to 'stretch their 1 

 specimen of the cauvas-bnok mallard Is set B, i-o. 

 mcuritv. a few furlongs ,.|T. The lion. Austin: • 

 .!,i. '.. ■•" l-'.liiah iliv.-s below, brings up his gun am 

 Bv-nn.l-bv. the fog and smolc- llniutr. the bird is > 

 scions security, or oho be has smelt powder 

 "give itto him again 'Llialt, he didn't hear yoi 

 '■give itto liim again." but goes below to take up t 

 « nere he dropped it. 

 San Fsakcisco, California. 



41. 



"One ol the -io.it. -t -tones 1 ever heard 



won (silking with D lav, An old man ».i 



eraclt Shot, and got a title for him. But tl 

 ii, so the old man got him tumir rifle ton 

 The boy practiced on shooling ii.if.-s but t 

 ilnv b» -»« an old frog silling on a lou-. and 



Th'efloosl,Li,..ly hll-ied his he .d. bill 11 



( 'Lrjah doosn'i 

 \V. A. 





he frog With red llan- 

 d htm, Coiuo 10 find 

 wore Hies, and -iiial- 

 Osiono. 



lowed them all." 



43. 



Wo liH.lr.il a:...in.l tie- tiro tor s.,.:ie linie and the. bovs w.-re speak- 

 ingofllsh oiv.ro largo lish — when (h-orgo linnll.v -aid: "Well now. 

 boys, 1 don't w-iiiii eon t.iihiul. I'm Ivi.ig, and 1 never did believe in 

 tolling big varus, lint your speaking of the big pike reminds me of a 

 ;-,i li-h Ihev caught up near Pes Moines hi-t \e.u-, Vou -e ■ the river 

 ha-l got very low and this big v ellow-lnoid climbed out at i: 1 



baok an i was charing a tjro-yestrold around tin- ii.1.1 when 

 thev-.iwliim. andas the fa. iie-is were afraid..!' losing their stock 

 then ol.ibbed together and killed him." Alter an awe sir... . 



Nol a Wot I p in to ill his hat and in silence left the 



r, iie. When -,.-- roturnod BamwaS sitting in the same position 



Imly smoking away K. Houoh. 



43. 



w o M.r.- fitting around the camp-fire in the wilds of Arizona. One 

 ill another ho I contributed a song or story save Jerry the guide, 



ho hud sal in silence the entire time. "Oh: come, .lorry," said 



a pack of wolves us 

 run, vou'll bet. bo 

 :r had taught me, . 

 among oth.-r- 1 r-i 

 tl ever get into :i 

 „- si song, and all w 



the end of 

 third, th.-v 

 while at tl 

 tslill side si: 

 me lor shit 

 gun, "not I 



■ I. Hie. 



ml lik 



61 Ih. 



e end of the ... 

 il did Mel; was after them. And now, hoys, if you waul 

 the word," "Kol much," said John, selling his 

 bia evening." Paddle. 



44. 

 b8. was out hunting one day be saw a (look of ducks 



ds. "1 CI within easy rs.ngc und gave 



1 killed flio. Till- d..u- r. Uleveil Mil-Ill all 



. . ich Hew away. When 1 got homo and ;..!d 

 it a nice shot I had. and how many r killed. ;l|| 



il- in I tin, i.le I- ilt.lt'l rn.i trio,, tl,..,,, tl,., nfha. 



Here is a little ruel for tbu camp-fire. Jack is a good sort of a fel- 

 low, but is "given" to telling lish ami sua!;;- stories sometimes. We 



were ('own atSnijf.h'p si .. ee I tag iround on tbe 



barrels and boxes. The wiud was blowing and the snow drifting out- 

 side at « fearful rate, and J ick was drawing on his imagination and 

 telling us aboui how M.ai.v charges of sled in- used in trying m kill u 

 cat. when Bill V . .- ■:. and mini i\ exit iciiic.1 him- 



self from the cracker barrel. sliced on ;< pi. v of cheese and ex- 



•Talk about tenacity of life and hard critters to kill, you ..tighter 

 seen someslioe.tin thai 1 did once" 



Jack opened his eves sir.. I invited Kill lo gi. ahead and eive as the 

 beueflt of his experience. Expecting a 3tory about agriz/.iy or some 

 other "varmint ' we hitched around and were all sitt- 



"Well." said Kill. "It w...- „ut in the Black Hills. I had been down 



-ll-callhn- bullets in 



Uili had lust time toilet outside the door when a starch box crashed 

 against il and Hew into kindling wood, lint Jack called him hack 

 again, and in a few minutes die store was blue with the smoke of 

 Smith's best liavauas. Inox U .ivm>i>. 



46. 



Apropos of Nevadu, i cuntiot permit this opportunity to escape to 

 exposo the diabolical proclivities of one of vour correspondents, who 

 had evidently got himself Into a scrape and wished to drag hi as 

 mnnv of your readers as possible Whs u I was residing in shut Sfntc. 



qualities 



mns from 

 . bnf. bad 

 a-lln-had 



again have an opportunity of experii ...... 



rward. to mv great dciigbt. I succeeded in kill- 

 be only one 1 had seen since shooling the (list, 

 as Delmonico himself could not duplicate. 1 

 lr.-s.se, I ii os i-etoliv.nn.l turned it over to my 

 i to serve it up in her best stylo, finishing off my 

 7 careless off-hand remarks concerning its great 



All of thetn were on hand punctually at the 



iv niuuthfuls for each one, 1 had been 

 111. to add a couple of spring chickens. 

 oil its portion of the rare bird, and each 

 ••I a pieoe to his moiilb— and that was 

 ost of them. Oueor two. with exquisite 

 surreptitiously sooreio it m sh.-u ve.-t 

 ire may have kept it down long enough 



•ow, lint.' for all that, I prefer crow, and 



tiele oii^the 'glossy Ibis 'for the jToUKST 



x 1'ka.-:cisco, Cftl. 



James .C .age 



manufacturer c.t in 

 a st- ay elaborately 

 decorated with ini) 

 that wniij.l cause a ' 



s fond of shooting, and the besi 



rnswercl iho junior .Initios. 



it's tew that's no good. Ye can't toll me 

 in. Sure. I've known her sine..- she was a 



48. 

 We were sitting around a roaring lire in the "Dsvwn of Dav"oabini 

 We were the day shifts on Iho "Orphan (iirl" and Iho -Magci.-." The 

 storm was roaring outside, bul hm-l as it howl, d its noise was 

 drowned by oar peals of laughter, for (here in the centvi-of (hccircle, 

 seated on an inverted cracker box. was "Yank." boss liar of the 

 Hock v Mountains. For two tin rial hours tin- tears had bet nstreom- 



•-W..1. n..w just listen to me boys ami if any of yer call discount a 

 strange coincidence thai happened to mc in that, ihar same ssio.i Loi- 

 V alley I'll Ihcow nj, my hands and take water. Yer see we bad been 

 oul oi" moat lor ..v.'-r .t iv.-ek. having eaten the lost of a dead mule 

 we found tb.-tt was so tough the coyotes coaldu't touch him. and we 

 wusgettiu' kind o' peckish, when oue evening-, just as we wnsmukin' 

 camp, tviml should I see bin a iioo antelope. Down 1 drops and, 

 ln.ys. 1 tell yer I did some tall slalkin' right lliar that would have 

 turned a 'Pacbe vallvr with envy, but just us 1 got within shootin 



.he dead 



: I i 



B went, on 1 be dead jump, 

 •is drive, hut. what witli 

 , . Instead of bittUV bci 

 ithe belly, when, as I'm 

 e she |USt dropped twe 

 ill three disappeared lo- 

 A. B. B. 



It fall np near iialta Bond 

 re. 1 think, und I believe I 



e flying thick and rapidly 



r f!i'il-"to' bring ducks and ; 

 here V had l'..e 



e I I 



the gnu the neart tu 

 out than 1 could th- 

 ou mv head; and t 



when' I v., mid fail l 

 comical (o describe. 

 v<»ur article could - 



pin out 



••.illilrv 



r traps 



tld fall 

 start e.l 

 efore 1 

 am..- to 



limber; 



it, I suppose for home; and I si ruck out 



lathing in bunting without a gun, but it 



. psuu, on. i 

 J. 6. A. 



50. 



count Of tha bird, Which 1 obtained from Audubon and other nfltuva- 

 sent -.ilin >he leit'er conminii'nr'lbe descri'pi'ou T..eiilov.. would not 



me word 



-•ii Valley. How 

 arsl Onlv think 



"Forked l'< 



■ ■ :i ;n 



the 



g on the grebe, 1 have BSUl 

 him an explnnanon of how I cook-d them. Grebe Is godd; but it 

 makea-n great difference bow you cooictliem. Someday l may oil 



vou bow ] did Ii. Samuel F. Uexter. 



' P.IWT.-OKI.T. H. I. 



51. 



Last fall a geuileman lion. Anbmn. ST. Y.. was visiting u brother 

 nere. They went out for a night bunt. Eyes wore seen. One. 

 of the shooters "let go" at (hem. Then there, was a good deal of 

 raekel in the brush. Veiit.iriiiL- up a little nearer, they saw a large 

 bk!"k object, which suggesieii l.e.ir. Bui whoever saw'a bear have, 

 horns? The farmer has an odd ox now. and fortv dollars for the 



Other one. 



One more A young Nimrod wen! ..boot three miles along the rail- 

 road track, when he - ;« or. eye. at which he mad- a m, -double shot. 

 hut failed 1 I dim it in the least. It proved to he a headlight od an 

 engine- some five miles away. Blank. 



Kscanad.i, .Mich. 



i hsive read wilii great. It 



terest vour rei 



ent urtirles about bunting 



without a gun. 







The incident I inn about t 





eel to on old ouclo of miii, 



living inn small village ..f 





lie was si peevish kind of 



it f.dlow but good-hearted a 





lenl a sportsman as ever 



pulled the trigger, and a sp 







One Suiulav afternoon he 





hid to fake a walk through 



his hunting ground, being . 





w minutes walk from his 



house. Ttie weather being 





gin he had bet.eri.ilse his 



umbrella along— it ii-;-,! in- 





that bis faithful dog Hee> 



•lit !' 



side. 



A few hundred psie 

 along the stubble-field where a good mi 

 could he found. Passing ibrougb a small 

 . am- to s. si sir point, and out rushed n bar 

 size. In his zeal, my uncle raised ih- itmbi 

 cretl the game, and banged away— ill his 

 stopped short and sounded tbo plaintive en 

 litters; si moment later Hector had him. 



bote he. shot that nig'bare with that uuibrc 

 that it is si true story, ord to convince vout 

 me add that the hare had been wounded by 

 ing without .1 dog. which shows that hunt 

 far preferable to bunting without a dog. 



John H.. as is apt. to be the ease with whole-souled sportsmen, is ti 



i borough bro. I joker, and leis no oppot Innity go by when he can raise 

 the laugh in :l quiet way against am of tie In. vs. Silling In ,-t hotel 

 the other day conversing with :■ Irieud nhon't si re,-.,,d ti ip (., San- 



enipi.ed in and i..n.-e -iial-Iv mnuopolizcd 



':' zUim balls sfroighl was a bagatelle 4 ' lo 



i's at grouse in the worst ol cover, vou 

 ■;.'•■ for y. ,::s; and the immbe'r of 

 ...-. \ ,-toi i-ais was ..implvcnuiilli -s .lolill 

 rtei-the his; lie.-.ruvo-./.ed bis man; and 

 tor breath, asked m an innoi-eitt voice. 

 ! iii thai las. match With Bogardus when 



••Weil, but I 



know. " 

 "O, just (he 

 "Well, what 

 "O.soinetin 



thinking to set 



"Well." i.-p 



; as it happens." Then, 

 continued, 'lion much 



bow .-.ivv his way 

 ■ii shool -i auavit c 

 ' load. Now f only 



dn 



of 



bree .and a half drams of shot, and I tell vou even then 



iv sore shoulder after an all day's sh 



ad i-v ;hi- lime gathered ai-oon-l. and all saw the point 



, who. shouldering his gripsack, moved compl,u-i-.illv 



: her. -. i\ at the roan ne crowd, as inn ' ■ 



•e you laughing at?" 



. Y. 



s loss.y. "Wha'r 

 li. W. D. L. 



54. 



It was in September. The owl- had hided some of our most valu- 

 able fowls. Ouo night I was aroused by loud squalling and cackling 

 among some fowK that roosted in some cedar trees that stood almost 



ran out. I could bear the owl us 

 ail to strike il. bm I could not see 

 v gun mid touch both lriggers-a 

 ns: strike Mie gr.mnd. Walking 



1 lumped up, sei 



In- .Lin. \i at (lis ii. 



the diii-knci.. 

 spit-inn i snapshot— I hear son.. 

 up lo the tree, there lies a turk.o 

 Port KoYAI/, Tenn. 



I like yoi 



of dogs on 

 better. An 

 of the Roc 



HOCUESTKlt. X V. 



md further on a chicken. 



Ilusiiniions; the sketches 



■lee,, ill his Prof is Still 



irrod lat-.t fall to mi attache 



ait him in a blind 

 . Alter 

 man in the boat 

 Mrsr. 



best deer 

 i i deer, 

 aided the 



iced and harness the horses. I 

 arii ■_'. When 1 get back we will 

 I, und in about un hour Waters 



-I shot i. or. .vci -in. a point near where! hi 

 by the way, thei p -. uiusiane. 



(lown tbo canyon I saw ibis big doe ■ 

 point. One of the yearlings saw me and said. ' 

 man ' You need n..t he s.traid of him.' r. sp. 

 Dick, and In- cannot bit the side of a barn. '] 



book, -I think il is s cone el.-..-.' The old 



sbi-ir-l.-ed wnhe .;,- ... .,,1,1,,! wi Ii I. sir. -Hun. 



to biui. but be relished 

 so much that he lolu ka 



1 1 h.- fools .il -.v.tvs laughed, 

 w .!.» 



