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panles export annually no less than 50,000,000 cartridges. 

 J^ow, taking 600,000 arms to be about the yearly exporta- 

 tion, and setting them down at the exceedingly low figure 

 of $15, we have the large amount of $9,000,000 paid to us 

 for the arms alone. In ammunition, taking the 50,000,000 

 rounds at even three cents each, which is fully within the 

 limit, we have the amazing sum of $1,500,000 to be spent 

 in powder, ball, primer, and metallic case. We may then 

 be prepared to state, within bounds, that the military arms 

 and ammunition business is worth to the United States fully 

 $10,000,000 per annum, and that this demand is more likely 

 to be increased than diminished. 



The following are the principal manufacturers in this 

 country: The Remingtons, at Ilion; the Winchester com- 

 pany, of New Haven, the Sharps, at Philadelphia and 

 Hartford; the Colt company, at Hartford; the Providence 

 Tool company, the Brown Manufacturing company, at New- 

 buryport; the Smith & Wesson, at Springfield, various 

 companies at Chicopee, and, in addition, special manufac- 

 turers, such as the Ward-Burton, Ohoate, Evans, and many 

 others too numerous to mention. 



In this necessarily brief article we have endeavored to 

 give some slight insight into the magnitude and importance 

 of the arms and ammunition business of the country, for 

 we certainly are the largest private producers of perfected 

 weapons in the world. It is impossible not to draw a man- 

 ifest corollary from this most indisputable assertion of ours. 

 It stands to reason, then, that since we can make and sell 

 military arms of the best patterns to the world* the time 

 will not be far distant when our sporting guns will be as 

 freely in use in other countries as are our warlike weapons. 

 All it requires is the same attention and the same inventive 

 facility. The tools we have already at hand. 

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Gunning Accidents.— Mr. James Ritz Burns, of Lewis- 

 town, Pa., while last week in company with Mr. J. P. 

 Bteiner of Phillipsburg, Rev. Wilson, Rev. Gearhart, and 

 one or two other gentlemen, in the mountains about twelve 

 miles from Phillipsburg, was fatally shot in the head by an 

 accidental discharge of his gun. He was standing on a 

 runway at the time. Mr. Burns was a highly respected 

 member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his fu- 

 neral was attended by a large number of friends. 



Our occasional corresponden, Emlen Cresson, Esq., of 

 Philadelphia, while duck shooting last Thursday on Bush 

 River, about twenty -five miles from Baltimoie, was acci- 

 dentally shot in the head, but it is believed the wound is 

 not fatal. He was unable to be brought home. He has 

 our hearty sympathy and earnest desire for his speedy re- 

 covery. 



Elijahs. Cassell, of Pleasantville, N. Y., ruptured his 

 main artery while out hunting on the 13th inst. in company 

 with Wm. Light, and died in a short time. Mr. Ward B. 

 Cassell says. ' k He was well known as a dog breaker and 

 breeder of setters, and was a warm friend of Forest and 

 Stream. He was Game Constable of the town of Mount 

 Pleasant, and, prior to his election, there could be heard 

 more guns on a Sunday in the woods and swamps than on 

 week days. But now it is a rarity to hear the report of a 

 gun on the Sabbath in that vicinity." He was regarded as 

 authority on all matters by his brother sportsmen, by 

 whom he was much esteemed. His dog had to be dragged 

 away from the friend's house where he died, and has no- 

 ticed no person since. 



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—The Surveyor General of Washington Territory, who 

 sends a club of five subscribers, writes, saying: "I con- 

 sider that your journal has done more to properly educate 

 the sportsmen of this country than all the other publica- 

 tions put together. I shall induce every true sportsman to 

 become a subscriber that I can," 



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—Our old friend Justus Roe, late of Roe's Hotel, Long 

 Island, with whom we have had many pleasant fishing ex 

 cursions, is about to publish a hotel guide for the benefit 

 of both hotel keepers and travelers, that seems not only 

 quite novel in itself, but must be of service to all con- 

 cerned. We regard Mr. Roe as entitled to the confidence 

 of all landlords and hotel keepers with whom he may cor- 

 respond, and trust that he may be successful in his peculiar 



undertaking. 



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— Holabird's Hunting Suits are essentially waterproof. 

 One old sportsman does not carry a canteen any more; he 

 merely dipa a couple of quarts of water into the pockets 

 ana then pushes into the bush. When he is thirsty he 

 makes for the nearest spring or branch and takes a long 

 drink of cool pure water. 



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—The steamer Hampton, of the Old Dominion Steam- 

 ship line, has been placed on the St. Johns River, Florida, 

 for the coming season . She is an elegant day passenger 

 boat, with plenty of cabin room, is swift, and is in charge 

 of Capt. Starke, a good sailor, a thorough student, 

 and a gentleman. He is a man of universal talent, and 

 "will be appreciated by genteel sportsmen and tourists. 

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The New Paper Stem Pipe. — This is a pipe designed 

 to do away with the unpleasant accumulation of nicotine 

 ia the bowl. The stems, which fit outside of the projection 

 on the bowl, are made of paper, and absorb all saliva and 

 nicotine. "Being changed as often as desired, a fresh, agree- 

 able smoke is always obtainable without the necessity of 

 cleansing. See the advertiser, en • . 



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Thanksgiving Means Satiety — Onco ea^i ye >r every 

 resident of New Englan I is supposed t 1 -' bp kapsj on a \ 

 plethora of good victuals, l - 



THE FOX HUNT. 



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"Bright chanticleer proclaims the morn, 

 And smiling breaks the dawn ; 



The lowing herds now leave the vale- 

 Hark! the huntsman's horn." 

 THIS is as near as we can remember the opening of the 

 famous old hunting song, and Mr. Joe Donahue and 

 his friends must have heartily echoed the chorus, when, on 

 Monday morning last, they stepped into the crisp morning 

 air and felt the frosty breeze blowing from the Hackensack 

 hills. But the frost looked as though hunting would be 

 doubtful, unless a warm sun should thaw the ground into 

 condition for holding scent. Notwithstanding, the hounds 

 were put into Tom Robinson's big rockaway and the 

 "Master" followed by his clienteUe, who had passed the 

 night at the Mansion House, started for the Half-way 

 House, between Paterson and Hackensack, where it was 

 proposed to put the hounds into cover. Donahue and the 

 veteran fox hunter, Col. Skinner, were comfortably settled 

 in the former's buggy, their hunters being ridden to the 

 meet by light-weight grooms to save them for the severe 

 work ahead. Besides these, the party comprised **Young 

 Joe," a chip of the old block, who acted as huntsman, first 

 whip, and whipper-in; Capt. James McCullough, well 

 known with all fast things in the "Midland," mounted on 

 his war-worn gray; Mr. A. W. Clason, on the celebrated 

 steeple chaser, Modoc, anxious for scalps; Mr. Belmont 

 Purdy, on a good-looking nag; Mr. Harry Blasson, on Jack 

 Horner, an old time winner on the flat; C. Levy, on Re- 

 morse; Mr. J. R. Carpenter of the American Jockey Club, 

 on a brother to the celebrated Monarchist, and many oth- 

 ers. After leaving the town the party was reinforced by 

 several gentlemen from Englewood, all well mounted. 



Reaching the trysting place, Old Joe took charge of the 

 hounds, and crossing a couple of fields, cast them in a 

 swamp that was thought to harbor a fox. There were 

 seven couple of hounds in all, tbe bluest and best blood to 

 be found on this side of the Atlantic. Round the swarnps 

 and in and out worked the hounds, encouraged by Young 

 Joe; but all to no purpose. The swamp was blank, and a 

 move was made for Garrison's wood, where the impatient 

 fox hunters were not kept long in suspense; for soon the 

 familiar notes of old Leander's bass were heard, and the 

 music was taken up by hound after hound, until "the 

 woods were full of it." The fox headed towards the road 

 with the hounds close after him, and he would have made 

 a straight break away over a good line of country, but the 

 excited horsemen headed him— nay, surrounded him, until 

 there were men to the right of him, men to the left of him, 

 and he doubled back to the wood. Presently, however, he 

 faced the open fields to the north, and after running a mile 

 doubled back to the wood again. From here they soon 

 routed him, and going away again the old fox headed for 

 Saddle River, with only half the pack after him . Follow- 

 ing the hounds closely were "Young Joe" and Mr. Bias- 

 son, the latter riding "like a bird," and soon the whole, 

 field were in close pursuit. The fences were stiff and not 

 easily negotiated; five bars morticed into heavy posts do 

 not afford the most attractive prospect, and in spite of 

 ■'jumping powder," many declined; and where they did 

 not the horses did, and frequently horses and riders occu- 

 pied different fields. But on they went, a chosen few keep- 

 ing fairly up until four hard miles had been covered and 

 the hounds had disappeared over the hill. Arrived on its 

 summit, the horsemen strained their eyes in vain for either 

 hounds or. fox — both had disappeared in the dark brakes 

 below. Presently the hounds appeared one by one— all 

 but Greeley, and where, oh! where, was he? Mr. Donahue- 

 looked for him until further search was useless, and the 

 entire party, hungry and tired, returned to Hackensack. 

 And now to sum up: That fox hunting is practicable in 

 this country is beyond a peradventure; horses and men to 

 ride them will be found, and also hounds to hunt with. 

 In the present instance the error was made of having one 

 hound much faster than the others; so much so that he 

 kept ahead of the pack and finally, having the fox all to 

 himself, discouraged the others. A slow pack would be 

 better to begin with. Both horses and men are also new to 

 the country. We do not despair of seeing before many 

 months a "run" that would do no discredit to an older and 

 more practiced hunt. Our picture which we present to our 

 readers on the first page of to-day's issue, will convey some 



idea of a meet. 



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AMERICAN AMMUNITION. 



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This subject will be thoroughly ventilated next week, 

 and we regret that want of space prevents us from now 

 publishing some letters from Mr. Hobbs of the U. M. C. 

 Co. A Boston correspondent writes: — 



Brojefield House, Boston, November 12th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



It is not. the first time I have been surprised at hearing American am- 

 munition berated, and now the ball is in motion I would like -to give my 

 experience. I have used various kinds of powder, both of English and 

 American, and the difference is too fine a point for me to detect in ordi- 

 nary shooting. I find the difference, if any, between some fancy grades 

 and tbe Oriental at twenty-five cents per pound, and only be discov- 

 ered with a series of careful experiments. I have used about three thou- 

 sand paper shells of Bridgeport manufacture, and have yet to see the 

 first miss fire. For guns, I use one of W. & O. Scott & Sons and one 

 of C. H. Pemberton, London, neither of them fancy, but well made 

 guns, and without hesitation I think miss fires are generally the result of 

 some irregularity or misfit in the mechanism of the locks or firing pins, 

 and it is not unusual to find inequality in the chambering of guns, so 

 that the metallic shells used in one will not fit another of the same bore. 

 These faults sometimes occur in fine English guns, but are perhaps most 

 common in those gotten, up by Americans to meet the demand for a 

 cheap breech loader. One weakness in Yankee ingenuity is to Invent 

 something cheaper than his neighbor regardless of durability. I am an 

 dvocate of the rule that the best is the cheapest, but the simple fact 

 that m auttele J* a> fereig<r )m m weight in, my 4©eiaioB f J£, 



GAME PROTECTION. 



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International Association for Protecting Game and 

 Fish.— A meeting of the Executive Committee of the In- 

 ternational Association for the Protection of Game and 

 Pish was held in Philadelphia on Friday at the hall of the* 

 College of Physicians. Dr. J. La Conte presided. Mr. 

 Charles Hallock, the Secretary, read a report giving the; 

 origin, objects, and progress of the Association, which was. 

 ordered to be printed in pamphlet form for distrihution< 

 among the members. Letters from President Robert B. 

 Roosevelt and other members in Canada and the United 

 States, regretting their inability to attend, were read. The 

 following communication was read from W. F. Wkiicher,, 

 Esq., the Dominion Fish Commissioner, illustrating the 

 necessity of co-operate or uniform laws:— 



Ottawa, October, 1875. 

 r on. R. B. Roosevelt, M. C, No. 17 Chatham street, New York: 

 My Dear Sir: Much as I would like to be present at the meeting of 

 the Executive Committee of the International Association for Protect- 

 ing Game and Fish, notified by your circular of 22d inst, it is impossi- 

 ble for me to visit Philadelphia, as the approaching Mixed Commission at 

 Halifax, under the Washington Treaty, will engage my personal atten- 

 tion. There is, however, a subject of common interest to us which de- 

 serves active co-operation, and it seems to me as if the present associa- 

 tion might quite properly, if not indeed very profitably, deal with it, I 

 refer to the enforcement of some reasonable system of protection for 

 spawning and youne: fish in our border lakes and their river links. Of 

 course you are aware that in Canada these fisheries are worked .under 

 pretty severe restrictions. In both the Spring and Autumn fishings, and 

 as affects the summer fry, our laws aim at securing four leading de- 

 siderata:— 



1. That fish should be unmolested during periods of reproduction. 



2. That they shall be afforded free access to breeding and feeding 

 places. 



3. That the young fish when not sufficiently grown to be a fair market- 

 able commodity shall not be destroyed. 



4. That the meshes of nets and the situation of them shall be such as 

 to admit of the escape of immature fishes, and amount in practice to a 

 reasonable and economic fishing. 



Other minor prohibitions hinge on these main provisions of our fishery 

 laws. They are enforced by a staff of fishery officers, exercising respec- 

 tively magisterial functions and detective capacity. 



The restrictions to methods and periods ©f fishing thus imposed on 

 Canadian fishermen necessarily very much curtail their operations, ro 

 strict their trade, and reduce their profits. Such deprivations would, 

 however, in the usual course and under ordinary conditions, be fully 

 compensated by an increased supply and improved quality of fish, giving 

 also assurance of permanence to their industry and investments. But 

 in the case of those waters through which runs an imaginary boundary 

 between the United States and Canada, across which the schools of fish 

 pass to and fro at all seasons, the case becomes in many important re- 

 spects quite exceptional. The fish which are bred and fed in our waters 

 are captured in yours without any regard to their condition or growth. 

 Thus, while Canadians are prohibited from catching spawning fish or in- 

 juring the fry of valuable commercial kinds, United Slates citizens are 

 actually and continuously engaged in the immediate vicinity in catching 

 tbe gravid fish and destroying the young of each previous hatching. 

 They thus command their own market with fresh fish that pass and re- 

 pass daily or nightly between us. This state of things you will readily 

 perceive creates the strongest possible dissatisfaction among our own 

 fishermen and other riparian inhabitants. In fact, we find ourselves at 

 present obliged, as it were, in deference to the anomalous position in 

 which these people have been so long placed, to relax the stringency of 

 our system. Meanwhile, it is proposed to communicate with the Fed- 

 eral and State authorities to ascertain if any uniformity of conditions 

 can be brought about by legislation or by assimilating and enforcing 

 such laws as may already exist. 



I inclose for your information a copy of the fishery regulations adopted 

 iast Spring, and of the modified'regulations by which it has been found 

 necessary to relax our otherwise stringent system. These alterations, 

 to you who know how necessary and beneficial is every protection that 

 can be afforded to breeding fish, will no doubt appear (as they also do to 

 myself) cause of sincere regret. 



I am, my dear Sir, yours very sincerely, 



W. F. Whitchbr, Commissioner of Fisheries. 



Standing committees of the Association were appointed 

 as follows: — 



On Nomenclature and Geographical Distribution of 

 species— Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., Chairman; A. Agas- 

 siz, Cambridge, Mass.; Dr. J. L. Le Conte, Philadelphia; 

 Prof. Theodore Gill, Washington, D. C ; Prof. E. D. Cope, 

 Philadelphia; Rev. A. B. Lamberton, Rochester; Prof. 

 G. B. Goode, Middletown, Conn. 



On Habits of Species— M. G. Ellzey, Blacksburg, Va , 

 Chairman; George A Boardman, Calais, Me.; Fred. Mather, 

 Honeoye Falls, N. Y. ; Bernard A. Hoopes, Philadelphia; 

 Nahum E. Ballou, Sandwich, 111. ; T- B. Ferguson, Bal- 

 timore; W. A. Newell, San Francisco, Cal. ; 8. A. 

 Wilmot, Newcastle, Ontario, and Fitz. Cochran, Halifax, 

 Nova Scotia. 



On Law— Robert B. Roosevelt, New York city, Chair- 

 man; Manasseh Smith, Portland, Me. ; J. P. Ordway, Bos- 

 ton, Mass.; Major T. W. Walker, Vineland, N. «T. ; Wright 

 Rives, Washington, D. C. ; Alex. Mosely, Richmond, Va, ; 

 I. E. West, Newbern, N. C. ; Thomas A. Logan, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio; J. F. Crosby, Houston, Texas; R. L. Ogden, 

 San Francisco, Cal., and John Bertram, Peterboro, 

 Canada. 



It devolves upon these gentlemen to correspond with the 

 persons named in the Auxilliary Committees hereinafter 

 designated, and with such others as they may consider 

 proper, with a view to gather and digest all the informa- 

 tion that can be obtained upon the matters that come with- 

 in their respective spheres of duty. The Law Committee 

 will draft its plan for protective game and fish laws upon 

 the information obtained respecting the habits of the crea- 

 tures they aim to protect. 



Auxilliary Committees. — Fish.— Salmoides.— W. F. 

 Whitcher, Ottawa, Canada; Dr. R. A. Alloway, Montreal; 

 Col. C.R. McMurdo, Westfield, Kings Co., New Bruns- 

 wick; Everitt Smith, Portland, Me.; Walter M. Brackett, 

 Boston, Mass.; Seth Green. Rochester, N. Y. ; Charles 

 Hallock, New York city, Thos. Williamson, Leesburg, 

 Va. ; George Clark, Ecorse, Michigan; A. Palmer, Bosco- 

 bel, Wisconsin; Dr. D. C. Estes, Lake City, Minnesota; E. 

 J. Hooper, San Francisco. 



Percoids and other Northern Fish.— Robert E. Strickland, 

 PeterbOro, Canada; N. H. Parker, Nashua, New Hamp- 

 shire; F. W. Messenger, Boston, Mass. ; Albert A. Mowry, 

 Putnam, Conn.; W- W. Hill, Albany, N. Y. ; Charles W. 

 Torrey, Yonkers, N. Y.; Milton P. Peirce, Wenonah, 

 $J. J,j B, W. JiiQh.ards, Philadelphia; Asa Wall, Winches, 



