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The 1st of October, being the opening of the sporting 

 season, my uncle, who owned a small manor, always in- 

 vited a large party to take the field, and I remember that 

 on one occasion a Spanish gentleman joined us, in silk 

 liose and dancing pumps; in short, in full ball costume, 

 to the no small amusement of our jolly crew. The 

 Don accompanied the sportsmen until his pumps gave out, 

 when one of the servants had to pilot him back to the 



house. " . ■ • , , 



Another sagacious ship s dog. I was intimately ac- 

 quainted with a Jersey captain, named De Caen, who 

 owned a large French poodle, whose name I forget, which 

 always accompanied him ou his voyages. He was an excel- 

 lent watch dog, and when the captain was on shore, and the 

 vessel within hail, the crew retired to rest, depending on 

 the dog to wake them when his master hailed. On several 

 occasions he has given notice of the approach of vessels in 

 thick weather and dark nights, thus preventing serious, 

 perhaps fatal accidents. He was very lond of the water, 

 and during calm or light winds at sea he would get on the 

 taffrail and ascertain the speed of the vessel. Once satis- 

 fied that her speed through the water was not greater than 

 his swimming power he would skip round either captain 

 or mate, and give them no peace until a piece of wood was 

 thrown overboard for him to fetch. Having swam about 

 to his heart's content, he would come alongside, and the 

 bight of a rope being dropped, he would place himself in 

 it to be hauled up. His master had also taught him a 

 great number of amusing tricks, which made him a gen- 

 eral favorite on board. 



Captain De Caen, having contracted with a ship-builder 

 to build him a new vessel, he remained on shore to super- 

 intend the work, and, meeting an old schoolmate, Capt. 

 Mauger, of the brigantine "Centurion," he persuaded him 

 to lend him the dog to amuse him during a voyage be was^ 

 about to make to Valparaiso. De Caen was very loath to 

 part with his poodle, but finally consented, having Mauger's 

 faithful pledge to take special care of and restore him. safe 

 to his master on his return. 



Valparaiso is the principal sea port of Chili, without, 

 at that period, mole, wharf or jetty o+' any kind — a safe 

 but exposed anchorage in northerly gales— to which the 

 "Centurion" went to load copper ore. The vessel being 

 loaded, the captain proceeded to the shore, in tbe jolly 

 boat, to clear at the Customs, the dog accompanying him. 

 In those high latitudes, in calm weather, immense waves, 

 which the sailors call, rollers, will sometimes come from 

 seaward and rush to the beach like a tidal wave. Such a 

 phenomena unfortunately occurred as the "Centurion's" 

 boatneared the landing, and upset her. The four men 

 who manned her met a watery grave. But Mauger was 

 saved by the poodle. The "Lemurion" reached England 

 without further mishap, and the captain on his return to 

 Jersey restored the dog to his master according to promise. 



The due and faithful delivery of the oog, in good order 

 and well-conditioned, being admitted by his lawtul master, 

 Mauger, stated to his friend that he had become so attached 

 to him, since he saved his life, that he could not bear the 

 idea of parting with him, and would cheerfully give one 

 hundred pounds, or even more, if he were allowed to re- 

 tain him. De Caen hesitated a moment, then taking the 

 poodle by the collar he transferred him to Mauger, saying: 

 "I will do to you as I should wish to be done by"! That 

 golden rule, which if more generally and strictly observed, 

 would be the means of sparing many a pang, and much 

 bitter animosity. 



Were I so tall as to reach the pole, 



Or grasp the ocean with my span, 

 I must be measured by my sout— 



The mind's the standard of the man. * 



— Watts. 



Strange to say, that Capt. De Caen met with a watery 

 grave, some three or four years a&o, by the upsetting of a 

 small yacht of his own, in St. Aubin's bay, Jersey. Had 

 he had another faithful poodle his life might have been 

 mercifully spared. 



In concluding this remarkable narrative, I would fain 

 call the reader's attention to what has always appeared to me 

 to have been the mysterious dealings of an all-wise Provi- 

 dence, both in the case of the French poodle and the 

 Newfoundland dog Prince, whose name figures in my first 

 article on dogs. But for the transfer of Prince to the Brig 

 u Suwarrow," the writer would not be here to tell the tale, 

 after a lapse of nearly half a century, and fourteen human 

 beings must have perished without any record of their fate. 

 The dog lent Mauger likewise saved his life. It was a 

 singular request, on his part, to ask for the loan of the 

 dog, knowing, as he did, his friend's great partiality for the 

 animal; and it is equally remarkable that De Caen would 

 consent to part with his constant and faithful companion, 

 in playing with which he had whiled away many a lonely 

 hour at sea. 



The last time I saw the poodle was in 1845, the year I 

 came out to Canada. The "Centurion" lay in the London 

 docks, and I went on board, though Captain Mauger was 

 on shore, to take a last shake of the paw from a noble 

 animal. 



Oh! that man would therefore praise the Lord for His 

 goodness, and declare the wonders that He doeth for the 

 children of men !— 107 Psalm. Philip V*bekt. 



Perce, November 18th, 187G. 



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—As William Loveland, of Aldenville, Pa., was driving 

 a cow one night last week through a dark and lonely piece 

 of woods twelve miles from Honesdale, Wayne county, 

 known as White's Hollow, a panther jumped on the ani- 

 mal's back, and left cruel marks, but was frightened off by 



an approaching wagon. 



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—A movement is on foot in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to es- 

 tablish a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 

 which is much needed there. The Halifax Reporter says 

 that within the past few days shameful cases of cruelty 



have been reported in that city. 



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—Messrs. E. & H. T. Anthony, 951 Broadway, have a 

 most attractive line of goods suitable for Holiday Presents, 

 in the shape of Chromos, Albums, Magic Lanterns, and 



Views of all kinds. 



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—A group of Rogers' celebrated Statuary, or a set of 

 Goody ear's Pocket Gymnasium apparatus will make a 

 most acceptable Christmas Present lor old or young. 



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1 —According to the London Warden, the Newtown pip- 

 pins from the United States are now selling in Govent daf* 

 && inmrkst at $X 50 to |S psr dtQSeau 



$Mm\n $$a <&or\t8pon£$nt$* 



Wo Notice Taken of Anonymous Communication*. 



C. V. B. s Poughkeepesie.— Have replied to your inquiry about trap* 

 ping, by mail. 



J. S. J., Wrightsville, Pa. --What would it coat to take a dog to Ore- 

 gon? Ans. Twenty-five dollars will be about the cost of taking a dog 

 out. 



Gbouse. Dnxbury, Mass.— Please give me a receipt for worms in 

 dogs. Ans. Areca nut, 60 grains in three doses two hours apart, fol- 

 lowed in four hours by one ounce of castor oil. 



F. W. F.. West Point.— Where can I obtain specimen copies of Land 

 and Water and London Field, as there is no newsdealer here? Ans. At 

 Brentano's, 33 Union Square, this city. They will cost you about 75 

 cents for the two. 



W. K. C, Brattleboro, Vt.— Have you any directions for use of ver- 

 nier rifle sight; if so, please mail same to me. Ans. On page 34 of the 

 pamphlet we have mailed to you, you will find tables for the use of the 

 vernier scale. 



Ignoro, Peeksktll.— 1. What was the fastest time made by Flora 

 Temple, and when and where did she make it? 2. Is she still living, 

 and if so how old is she? Ans. 1. 2:19}-, made at Kalamazoo, Mich., 

 October 15th, 1859. 2. She was foaled in 1845, and is still living. 



S. and H., Charlestown, N. H.— Will yon be kind enough to let us 

 know who the parties are having the "Holton" Hatching apparatus for 

 sale, if you can conveniently get the information? Ans. Seth Green 

 has them. Holton was his nephew. 



Dog. , Baltimore, Md.— Where can I purchase the English Fanciers 

 Gazette, giving description and points of dogs used by judges in bench 

 shows, and at what price? Ans. if on will have to write to the publish- 

 ers, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, London, E. C, England. 



Citins, Newmarket.— As I purpose going to Florida, please inform me 

 which is the best general map of the State, and where can I get one? 

 Aus. Drew's map and Apthorp's map are both good. The last is the 

 latest issued. Address Columbus Drew, stationer, Jacksonville, Fla. 



Mark, Vergennes, Vt.— Will you please inform me where, live quail, 

 can be bought in New York and at what price? Have written Whitley 

 & Morris, Washington Market, but received no answer. Ans. See ad- 

 vertisement standing in our paper the past two weeks. 



W. V., Poughkeepsie.— Could you inform me where I could get a 

 map of the lakes in Canada west of Quebec, and whether there is good 

 hunting and trapping? Ana. At the house of James Campbell & Son, 

 26 Front street, West Toronto, Canada. The trapping and hunting is 

 very good, but the locality is hard to reach. 



F. F. B., Battle Creek, Mich.— Do you think I would get good pups 

 by crossing a Gordon with a Laveraek setter? or would you advise me 

 to keep the blood pure? Ans. You would be likely to get as good pups 

 breeding from pure Gordon and Laveraek as in any other way; yet as a 

 general thing it is better to keep the strains distinct. 



Dix, Ypsilanti, Mich.— Can you inform me where I can purchase the 

 new model Springfield breech-loading rifle, 45 calibre, known as the offi- 

 cers' rifle, said to be finer finished and sighted than the soldiers' rifie of 

 the same pattern? How much will it cost, and can I buy the common 

 rifle of that pattern, and for how much? Ans. Yon cannot buy either. 



It. A. R , Hartford.— I have a setter dog that shakes his head all ihe 

 time, and his ear seems very tender, but I can see nothing in it. What 

 can I give him that will help him? Ans. Make a solution of sulphate 

 of copper, ei^ht grains to one ounce of water. After washing out the 

 ears with Castile soap and warm water, pour into them some of the 

 liquid twice a day for two or three days. Feed the dog no meat, and 

 give him exercise. 



Remington, Pittsburgh.— I have a Remington breech-loading rifle, 

 .38 cal., 30-inch barrel, weight Sb pounds. Could I make a good long- 

 range gun out of it, by re-boring say to .40 cal.— barrel is one inch thick 

 octagon— and adding vernier orthoptic sights? Ans. We doubt if you 

 could. It would have to be sent to the factory to be properly done, and 

 the expense would be almost equal to that of a new gun. 



Kit, New York. —What can I do for my dog? He keeps up an almost 

 incessant scratching; no sores to speak of. I have given arsenic and 

 rubbed with ointment as you recommended to one of your correspond- 

 ents some weeks ago. He seems In perfect health in all other respects. 

 Ans. Be8idss the remedy you are using give him a small dose of com- 

 pound cathartic pills, once a week for two or three weeks. 



Texas, Beaver, Pa.— Please inform a constant reader of your valuable 

 paper what it would cost to go from Pittsburgh to Denison, Texas; also 

 the route, and whether winter or snmmer clothes. Ans. Take Chicago 

 and Great Western and Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroads. Fare to 

 Denison about $42. Take both thick and thin clothing, as the tempera- 

 ture varies. Overcoats are often necessary, and ice often forms an inch 

 thick in the northern part of the State. 



Cvgnus, Ithaca, N. Y.— Where can I spend a week or two not farther 

 south than Virginia, where I might get a shot at a deer or bear, and a 

 wild swan or so, all in the same vicinity— some placs too small to con- 

 tain a hotel? Ans. The Dismal Swamp, Virginia, is the only place we 

 know of that fills all the conditions you name, unless we except the 

 Central Park Zoological Garden. Get guides and other outfit at Suffolk, 

 Va., and go to Lake Drummond, where you will make jour headquar- 

 ters. 



W. C., Nyack.N. Y.— Will you be kind enough to inform me: 1. 

 Where there is good squirrel shooting within fifty miles of New York 

 city? 2. What will it cost to change a single barrel muzzle-loading 

 shot gun to a breech-loader? Ans. 1. It is too late in the season for 

 squirrel hunting. In many parts of Central New Jersey squirrels may 

 be found to make fair sport in season. 2. Address II . C. Squires, No. 

 1 Ccurtlandt street, this city, or Clark & Sneider, 214 West Pratt street, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



R A.P., New Haven, Ct.— Will you please inform me the best way to 

 get to Cunituck, N. 0., the best place to stay when [ get there, and 

 what kind of shooting will there be there the last of December? Ans. 

 Take Old Dominion steamers to Norfolk, Va., and steamer thence to 

 Knot'B Island, which is three nules from the main shooting grounds. 

 Time from New York, 30 hours; fire $24 for the round trip. You can 

 stop at Van Slaick's boarding-house or Lindsay's. The cost is $5 per 

 day for man, decoys, skiffs and marshes. Season lasts till Feb. 15th. 

 Besides ducks and geese, English snipe and coons abound. 



Carteret Club, Elizabeth.— In your issue of Nov. 30th, in answer to 

 "Crusoe," you state that paper shells turned over are as effective in 

 close shooting as these left full length of chamber, and fastened by 

 crimpino- or gluing, providing they are not cut, etc. Do you mean to 

 convey that if the shell is cut so that it does not entirely fill the cham- 

 ber the range and penetration of the charge is lessened? Ans. Yes; we 

 consider that the shooting qualities of the gun are impaired, and that 

 greater recoil is the result of a space being left between the end of the 

 shell and shoulder of the chamber. 



L G New York.— 1. What do you consider to be the best kind of 

 do<*"f»r use in hunting rabbits? 2. Is it desirable to hunt for rabbits 

 with more than one dog at a time? 3. Can you refer me to any person 

 who has pure bred beagle hounds for sale? I assume that what dog fan- 

 ciers call dachshunds are in reality beagle hounds. 4. Are all beagle 

 hounds first rate rabbit dogs in case they are pure bred ? Ans. 1 . None 

 better than good well trained beagle hounds. 2. Yes; we have had 

 great sport hunting wish a small pack of well trained beagles. 3. Ad- 

 dress J. H. Bergen, Road Hall, Middlesex county, New Jersey. The 

 dachshund h a' dfstrnCt breed, smaller than a tgjggta'i I, Y§s s when 



C T. H., Milwaukee.— 1." In answer to "Crusoe," you speak of fill 

 ing paper shells with wads till only enough paper is left to turn. How 

 would you load a rifle shell of a capacity of 100 (or more) grains so as to 

 use 50, 60, or 70 grains? I have been using a cork to fill the space, but 

 am not at all certain but the ball should rest directly upon the powder 

 to insure accuracy. I can get along with Dittmar Powder, but the black 

 bothers me. Can you suggest any other way or give me any informa- 

 tion? 2. How can I obtain acopvof the gamelawsof your State. Ans. 



1. It is not necessary that the ball should rest directly on the powder to 

 insure accuracy; fill the space with sawdust or bonedust. 2. By send- 

 ing us 50 cents, for which we will send yon "Fur Fin and Feather," con- 

 taining the game laws of all the States. 



Amateur, Philadelphia.— Will you please inform me how to feed a 

 two-year old setter, who wiil not be wotked till next summer? What is 

 the proper diet when being worked? How is Indian meal prepared, and. 

 is it not as good as anything to keep him in good working order? My 

 dog is a large, strong fellow, and will insist on working too far away in 

 thickets, so it is almost impossible to keep track of him. Can you sug- 

 gest any way to learn him to keep close? Will breaking a dog on partridge 

 make him more cautious than to break him on quail? Ans. 1. There 

 is no better food for a dog than the refuse of the table, scraps of meat 

 bread, vegetables, gravy, etc., and when a dog is working he should be 

 fed considerable meat. Well boiled mush of cornmeal with scraps of 

 meat is excellent food. 2. The best way to break a dog of the fault of 

 hunting too wide is to work him in a dense cover, and keep turning 

 from him so that he will become lost and have some difficulty in finding 

 you a few times. No dog likes to be lost from his master, and he will 

 soon learn to keep within proper distance for fear of getting lost. 3. 

 Yes. 



Kalman, Kewatin, Canada.— 1. What is tbe weight of the. largest 

 speckled trout known to have been caught in the Nepigon rive? 2. What 

 was the biggest catch made by one rod in a single day? 3. Do salmon 

 trout ever rise to the fly, as I can only kill them with a spoon? Ans. 

 We have no means of answering the two first questions of oar corres- 

 pondent. He will probably remember the Irishman who used to fieh for the 

 ataches of the Canadian Pacific Railway Survey, with which we are 

 aware that he is connected. This Irishman fed 100 or so men with the 

 proceeds of his rod, and we have seen him lift out an 8-pound trout by 

 main strength with his ponderous tackle. We have no record of any 

 larger trout beino; taken in the Nepigon river proper, but we have the 

 affidavit of Mr. Henri Le Ronde, factor of the H. B. Company's trading 

 post on Nepigon lake, attesting to a trout that weighed 17 pounds, taken 

 at the mouth of a river emptyiny into the lake. 2. We have repeatedly 

 taken the lake trout with the same fly which we used for speckled trout, 

 especially at Island Portage. 



M., Indianapolis.— 1. Can yon give any adviee whereby the kink can fce 

 removed from a new sea grass line? 2. Is a cylinder- bored gun one that 

 is just enough larger than correct gauge for reception of shell? 3. Are 

 Kay's concentiatora simply a paper shell— a shell only purchased loaded— 

 or a device for loading any shell? and what price per hundred? 4. The 

 recoil of my gnn, ta 7| pounds F. P. Clabrough) with more than 3 

 drs. of powder, is bo severe as to be unpleasant. Having tried different 

 kinds of powder, shells and loading, is not the above all it will burn to 

 advantage? 5. In twelve targets (30 inc) 40 yards; gun 30-in, 12-gauge, 

 1 oz. 6 shot, average was 90, viz. 4 shots with 2$, dr. powder, average 

 94; 4 shots with 3 drs powder, average 86; 4 shots with 31 drs. powder, 

 89. Are the shooting qualities|of the gun good, bad, or moderate? Ans. 1. 

 By trolling the line after you in a boat. 2. Yon are confounding cylin 

 der and chamber; the former is a term used for barrels bored parallel 

 and without contraction in any part. 3. 1'hey are a cloth cartridge 

 containing shot only; price $3 50 per 100. 4. Possibly you use too much 

 shot, or your shells do not Jill the full length of the chamber. 5. Con- 

 sidering the one onnce of fchot the pattern is very fair. 



E. J. R., Wetherstield, Conn.— 1. Every dog but one in my kennel is! 

 sick with the distemper, and I know of several other persons whose dogs 

 are sick and dying with the same disease. The more I read the dog 

 books the less I know about doctoring them. I will be greatly obliged 

 to you if you will state in your next issue what medicines you consider 

 best, and what treatment, food, etc., you would advise for the distem- 

 per. 2. Two of my dogs have had worms, and I have tried areca nut 

 without any effect, but since they have had the distemper the worma 

 come away from them by the pint. Can you give the reason? Ans. 1. 

 It is a difficult matter to prescribe the best remedy for distemper with- 

 out seeing the dog. We have cured many cases of distemper by giving 

 common table salt, a full ounce for a dose. It acts as an emetic and 

 purgative, and is generally very efficacious. But unless dogs with this 

 disease are kept comfortably warm they canuot be cured . See our issue 

 of March 16th for Dr. Webb's course of treatment, which we recom- 

 mend. 2. We cannot account for the worms being discharged, unless 

 it was caused by some medicine given for the distemper. The areca nut 

 rarely fails to rid a dog of worms when properly given. 



D. R. C, Northeast, Pennsylvania.— 1 . Can buckshot be used in a 

 choke-bored gun, and if so, should they chamber closely in the muzzle? 

 2. I notice you advocate cylinder-bored guns. How many pellets— av- 

 erage— should a good modern cylinder-bored gun, 10 gauge, put in a 30 

 inch circle, 40 yards, says 4 drachms Orange Lightning, li oz. No. 7Le 

 roy shot, and how would the penetration compare with a similar gun 

 choke-bored? 3. Would i. choke- Oored gun giving an average pattern 

 of 150 on the above conditions be considered modified or full choke- 

 bored? 4. Will it injure a gun to use metal shells i or J inch shorter 

 than the chamber in ttie gun? 5. I recently purchased a fine English 

 gun. After using it a little I discovered in one of the bairels about eight 

 inches from the breech, what appears to be a slight indentation similar 

 to what might be made with the ball of the little finger, if placed on the 

 barrel when heavily oiled aud slightly moved. Can you suggest what 

 probably caused it, and what I can do to remove it? 6. Are guns with 

 very wide breeches preferable to those of more moderate width? 7. Do 

 the leading English gun manufacturers all choke their guns on the same 

 principle? Ans. 1. Yes, providing they chamber in the muzzle. 2 

 125 pellets; it is claimed that the penetration is better in choke-bored 

 guns. 3. Modified. 4. No; but the results would not be so good. 

 5. It is probably rust; take your gun to a gunsmith. 6. They are gen- 

 erally heavier, and capable of bearing larger charges. 7. No. 



LtNEnonA, Boston.— 1. What is the fare from Pensacola to Sarasota? 



2. Is any pine land near the southwest coast available for the settler at 

 present? 3. Is the fever and ague contracted more readily on the sea- 

 coast of southern Florida than back in the country? 4. Could a healthy 

 and strong constituted young man of about twenty-one strike in ou 

 some of the pine ridges or barrens of southwest Florida with shot gun, 

 axe, a few provisions, but little money, a strong arm and a determina- 

 tion to cultivate the land he settled on, be able to wm his way, and what 

 would be the obstacles in his pathway? 5. Would a hundred dollars in 

 cash be enough to start from Boston? Please answer these questions, 

 as being a working man with but small capital, in an overcrowded 

 city, with constant labor impossible, I would better myself by emigra- 

 tion if the futQie gave promise of anything better. Ans. 1. Capt. A.E.. 

 Willard runs an excursion steamer from Cedar Keys to Sarasota, and we 

 understand that another beat is on the line for this winter. 

 There is no steamer from Pensacola to Cedar Keys, unless 

 the New Orleans and Key West steamer touches there, which we 

 doubt. The fare would be at least $10 between the two points. 2. Yes; 

 a great deal of pine land. 3. No; only danger is near swamps, slug- 

 gish rivers, and low lands in the interior. 4. For a man to sueceed in 

 Florida, as elsewhere, time, patience and perseverance are necessary. It 

 is possible and probable that the tiresome, dreary waiting for for- 

 tune to smile would prove too much for a young man fresh from the city*. 

 He could probably get a living easily, but not much else for several 

 years. 5. Should think $100 not sufficient. It would not nxuch .mo-h 

 than carry yon there and buy a iaonjh's provisions. Work can }■- 



