AuansT 13, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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over the top of a can, does not change the character of 

 the compound, and, I believe, ro one has asserted that 

 the Ingredients used, or the process of manufacture, are 

 any different now than one year ago. When it is ex- 

 plained why it is that, from the sjame can which shows 

 by pressure" gauge below the strenp^h which is safe with 

 black powder for all ordinary guns, one cartridge will 

 explode with a force so terrific as to tear to pieces the 

 very best gun, and the next cartridge, and perhaps all 

 the others, loaded from that can, give satisfactory results : 

 and not until this is explained, will those who regard 

 life and limb worth anything, experiment with this com- 

 pound. After much consideration and some experiment, 

 I have arrived at my theoiy as to the cause of such re- 

 sults : and I believe no pressure gauge, or strip of paper 

 pasted on the top of the can, will prove effective against 

 results in the future similar to those so often recorded in 

 the columnB of your paper in the past. 



Henrt C. Squires. 



Cobb's Island Tc'RicES.—Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Aug. 'ith. 

 — Editor Forest and Stream .• — In your la«t issue, a cor- 

 respondeut who signs himself "Chasseur," writes in glow- 

 ing terms of the splendid shooting to be had at CobB's 

 Island, Va., both now and during the late fall and winter 

 montlis. He refers, also, to the kind-hea*ed Cobbs and 

 Spades, as being thoroughly honest, ajid who wiU never 

 seek to overcharge their patrons to the amount of a sin- 

 gle cent. Will "ilr. Chasseur" please inform your read- 

 ers how long it is since the kind-hearted Cobbs and Spades 

 oease'd to charge during the ducking and goose shooting 

 season, the modest little sum of §5 per day each for tlieir 

 services, and $3 per day for very ordinary board, besides 

 half the geese and duck you may kill. 



The writer has done considerable shooting on the coast, 

 from New England toCunitn-'r ml of all the expensive 

 places for accommodation ' '''s Island, with 



the kind-hearted Cobbs si uuicles. take the 



front. One Wit,: [-],■:. Been There. 



If this is the true state of afiairs at Cobb's Island, there 

 is reason to believe that the birds will fly in pesice there. 

 We hope "Chasseur" will inform us on this point, for 

 the Forest asd Stream does not wish to act as a wreck- 

 ers' luring light. 



♦ 



Iowa Gajie Prospects.— D?<6!(g!(e, Aug. W/i.— Con- 

 trary to all expectation, our woodcock shooting has been 

 very poor. It lo<;)ked veiy favorable this spring and the 

 birds got through nesting safply, but the extreme high 

 watfr I'thc highest ever known] came along just at the 

 time wJien they go on the islands and into the bottoms, 

 and, of course, drove theni .ni ■ I' iliiii :-.ii,.l haunts, 

 besides de.stroying aU vpgei i; , 3 around 



the woods and on the steeii ' u [possible 



to make a good bag. One ci: our :l..::..l-l l/imters was 

 out for three days and got forty-eight birdb, but most of 

 the boys come back enipt}^ handed. We will have more 

 quail this year thaii tor many seasons, as the uetters and 

 pot huntere liave not been able to jti : i i; ;,i. ^nll they .are 

 far from plenty, and a dozen is a :i .. liHielifty 



would be a common occurrence si I , ^.Ve have 



very few pinnated grouse, but the luiieJ arc (jUiLe plenty 

 iu localities. We look for good duck shootnig this fall 

 on the river and woodduck are very jilenty now. and 

 although the youug ones are hai-cUy able to lly, the pot- 

 hunters are after them, heedless of the fact that the law 

 protects them until Aug. 15th. Jui-IEN. 



Connecticut WvOo^-jCK. — Windsnr Larks. Hartford 

 County, C'0»«.— Then has Ijeen a great deal said through 

 sporting journals about the shooting of game unlawfully 

 Ln this section. We have been to considerable pains to 

 learn the exact truth of the several reports, and find that 

 not a great deal is carried on. The towns of Windsor 

 Locks, Windsor, Bast Windsor, Suffield, Enlield, Granbv, 

 East Granby,..Sunsbury and South Wind-.,; lepiesenta 

 large number of genuine sportsmen, wliose aiui it is to 

 protect the game until it can be killed lawfull) . All 

 agree in saying that the last open whiter lias saved a 

 larger number of birds than has been seen here in a num- 

 ber of years. Your correspondent was out a few days 

 recently (without a gun), and in passing tlu-ough five 

 Bwamps roused thirty-three woodcock. We also came 

 across over twenty-five gray squirrels, but did not see one 

 partridge, Quail are plentiful, and vatVier <^anie. We 

 cannot account for the absence nl' ; ; ' M i;.-jh that 



we did not go to the proper 2,r n I m. The 



towns.named aforesaid comprise n,.-^r'', Hi' 'vliole of the 

 northem portion of Hartford County. (f. P. Co. 



Tennessee Dove SHooTmo — Nashville, Aiig. eth.—0\ir 

 sportsmen are now enjoying the " dove season." With 

 the ripening of the millet and com these birds come by 

 the thousand, and as there is no prejudice in this coun- 

 try agauist shooting them, large bags are daily made. H, C. 

 Pritchett, one of our crack shots, bagged twenty-three one 

 •afternoon, and Messrs. Burgholz, Mitchell and two others 

 brought home as their reward IS.'J. The young doves, 

 when, as now, in good condition, make a most del- 

 icate morsel, preferred by many even to the quail. A 

 few days ago I was in the country, and noticed witli 

 pleasure the fine prospects for fall shooting. Quad are 

 exceedingly abundant, while squirrels and rabbits were 

 never more numerous. J. D. H. 



Snipe Shooting at Good Ground.— Crood Ground, 

 Shinnecock Bay, L. L, Aug. 2(i.— Snipe shooting is im- 

 proving as the season advances, and the young birds 

 begin to fly. We have be?n getting good bags right 

 along for the past week, and the birds have com- 

 menced in earnest. Now, yesterday, Aug. 2d, we had 

 a very good flight. Mr. A.'Hass, New York City, killed 

 107 large snipe, and, while I write, I hear guns contin- 

 ually. I anticipate a big bag again to-day. The young 

 birds are coming on now, and T look for a good season 

 during August and September. William N. Lane. 



Iowa Chicken Shooting— Cres<oii, Iowa, July dOth.— 

 There are more young prairie chickens this season than 

 usual. Come out and help me hunt them. There will be 

 fine shooting here in August — plenty of open prairie and 

 room for aU ; no "beware of the dogs " and no " trespass 

 on these premises " staring one in the face — aU is open 

 . and free. Come and enjoy the great blessings of nature 

 as spread out by the hand of God. N. D. M. 



ilASSACSCSESTS—SpringfieM, Aug. .'j</i.— Quail seem 

 to be very plenty this season , and we hope to have some 

 good shooting this fall. ^ Balsam. 



Minnesota.— Mr. Charles Hallock writes from Hallock, 

 Kittson County. Minn., that the prospects for grouse and 

 mallard shooting there are very good. 



—The Canton Rod and Gmi Club, CoUinsville, Ct., have 

 enlisted the aid of their local paper, the Farmington 

 Valley Sentinel, to make public the game law, and to 

 urge true sportsmanship. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



Capital Citv (ir.- 

 regular Saturday ina 

 iMonday) aftenioon, 

 terminus of the Colu 

 stotiiifiitnre. Tlie 



and tlie elulj cona ratiilates itself o,i tlie eli 

 was completeij ^^^ Mills sUot Iweut.v extr 

 all, raflUing bis Ecor'- forty, straight, witlu 

 also shot twent,\ balls tnr pracnr-,-, lireakit 



A-B.-W.ixhiiigUin, D. C, AU{i. 3d.-The 

 of tliis cUit) ivas deferred UQtll yesterday 

 rii tlie tiiemhers met n,t Eagle Parle at the 

 la Tramway, where the matclies -will tie 

 uruls are perfectly suiiable for shooti 



BO tell 



balls, breakini: them 



lit a iMlss. Mr. MeLeod 



a them all, but as he 



hadshotthe minimuiii luimhei in the matches an.1 was leading. 

 he declined to shoot tor record until his lead is overcome. The 

 series for the two gold medals is nearly closed, with three mem- 

 bers,, Jlossrs. .McLeod, Woodbury aud Mills, so close that either 

 may win, all the other members bein^ out of the race. Mr. 

 McLeod'a average before yesterday's shoot was M" per cent-, 

 with the other two within one-half of one per cent, of him. He 

 has shot at 2fi0 balls, breaking iVi. Mr, Mills, 38U, breaking 343. 

 We consider that g-ood shooting for amateurs. Mr. Milks' shoutiDg 

 yesterday will place him one-teuth of one per cent, in the lead, 

 which .Mr. MeLeod and Mr. \\'oodbury will no doubt try to oyer- 

 fiome. The shooHuK yesterday resulted as follows— Card rot.ary 

 trap, screened ; smolie target balls : hundieau rise :— 

 Yards. 



E.L.Mills a^... 1 llllllllllllllllll 1-^ 



W. W. Bldiidge 20. ...0 llIlllIllllllOIlIl 1—U 



C, J.Stoddard 22.. .1 1 1 1 lOOlllIlIlIll 1-18 



J, R. Morebaua 20... ,110 1 OlllIlIllOOllO 1-U 



E. L. Mills (re-entryl,20, ,.,1111111111111111111 1-20 



W, W. E. 

 HARHiSBirBG,Pa,,au(;.7t;i.— Match between the Social Gun Club, 

 of Harrlsburg, and the West Fairview Club, 15 balls each, 21 yards 

 rise. F, P. Haehulen, of Harrisburg, and Mr. While, of Fairview, 

 judges, and Mr. .T. Bolton, of Hummelstown, referee. The Fair- 

 view club have still another shoot on hand with a team from 

 Harrisburg under ilr, .lames McKee :— 



HAKRlSBtJBG. 



S. Pease OOlUimiOUOl— 11 1 Wm, Wade, . . ,100100010111111— 9 



,1, May 110001111011111—11 — 



J. Koons OlOllllOOlUllO-10 I Total « 



WEST FAXRVIEW. 



Wm. Allen... 101111110101111— 12 I J. A. Oyster.. 1000101000101000- 5 



H. Dunbar 110110111111011—12 



Hippensteel.. IIIIOIOOIIOOOIO— 6 



Total 



DAtTPBIN. 

 ■volving trap ; 30 yards, 



TiTtrs\ii.LE, Pa., Aug. 6f7i.— Card's 

 smoke balls :— 



F. Hotter S I J. Theobold 9 



W. D.Hvidson 9 J, Crosiey 9 



J.CPhillips 8|J. Hoeing 9 



G. V. Boughton 9 1 F, Reide 9 



0, Hardenberg 8 | 



Second Match :— 



HolTer 9 | Theobold 8 



Davidson , 7 I Crosiey 9 



Phillips lOlHoeing 7 



Houghton ., 10 Relde IM 



Hardenberg 10 I 



Third match :- 

 Capt, Houghton . 10 I tap». Heidr lu 



Proslev ID Hdr.-lenli..-rt' 9 



Phillipa fl! T:i.-nl,.,],l 9 



Heffer ' ..— ,-.- 



Mo: 



ritt.. 



Phillip;;., 



Hotter 



Moiun... 



Shai 



I Tiieobolil. , 



I ilavideOU 



ISbftttuck..,. 



10 



Total. -. «| Total 46 



FotiNTAiNGuNCi.BB,— The regular monthly .sho.it ol the Fouii- 

 taia Gun Club, Aug, +ih, 7 liirds each, U ground traps, handicap- 

 ped rise, 80 yards boundary, use of both barrels, resulted iu the 

 following score : (i. Joppert, K3 yard.s, kilh^d U straight; R. Van 

 Stnteo. 22, 13 straight: Dr. B. Talbot, :«M1 ; L, H. Smith, 30. 6; W. 

 .Martin, 25, fi ; J. Fisher, 21, li ; W. H. Hunter. :lt, .-); J, White, 2-5, 5 ; 

 H.Hass,2f;, fi; .1. Kennedy, 21, .i ; W.Cherry, '2.5,1; E, Benson, 21, 

 4 : C. Lemken, 23, 4 ; Captain Whitman, 21, 4 ; E, H . Madison, ,50, 

 :i;B. Cross, 21,3. 



Habrisbcro, Pa., Arm. ith.— A well organized and genteelly 

 conducted gun club is a good institution, even In this age. The 

 busy earea of a business life must, now and then, be laid aside 

 for awhile for the indulgence of those pleasures which raalte our 

 lives happy. 



To manipulate a gun or ritie skillfully and aecuiatel,v— to be "a 

 good shot," as the phrase is~is indeed an aeconiplishment, and I 

 know of no means so well adapted to elevate the standard of ac- 

 curacy in shooting as the friendly ri\ airy that obtains in a gun 

 club where all the members want to become good shot.S- 



We have such an institution in Harrisburg, which is yet in Its 

 inlaney, but which, .iudging froru the keen interest its members 

 appear to feel iu us future, promises to be a success. 



Its membership numbers about thirty now, and out of these 

 thirty a \ ery clever shooting team can readily be selected, 



A real live pigeon shooting match, where all is good feeling and 

 earnestness is, of all field sports, the most exciting and pleasant. 

 It is areal champagney. A challenge came from the West Fair- 

 view team and was accepted, and the match was sihot at the Har- 

 risburg Driving Park, last Saturday, the 31st ult., witnessed by, 

 probably, 2o0 spectators. Shoot at 1.5 birds apiece from a ground 

 trap, 21 yards rise, SO yards boundary :— 



HABBISBUKC. WEST lAlHVIEW. 



Peace 001111im»IH 1— II I AUen lOlUHlOlOUll— 12 



May llOOOlIlIlUm— 12 Dunbar 110110111111011—13 



Total 42 I Total 37 



+ Challenged for shot mark and ruled ou4. 



While it is manifest that th? score is not fli-st rate, about 40 per 

 cent, of our birds having gone away or fell at the hands of soout- 

 ers, it must be bom in mind that it Ik our ttrst match and our 

 teams on both sides are comparatively inexperienced. Yet the 

 missing of birds on both sides was unaccountably frequent, for it 

 was done by good markaraen. Anon. 



|7f^ ^entul 



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OF ENGLISH DOGGES* 



The firft Section of this 



difcourff. 



•^ The Preamble or entraunce, into 



this treatise. 



I Wrote fintoyou (irellbeloned friend Gesner) not many 

 yeares past, a nianyfolde historie, contayniug the di- 

 ners formes and figures of Beastes. Byrdes, and Fyshes. 

 the suudrv' shapes of plantes, and the fashions of 

 Hearbcs, &c, 



I wrote nioreouer, vnto you seueraUy, a certaine 

 abridgement of Dogges, which in your discourse vpon 

 the foiirmes of Beastes in the seconde order of mylde and 

 tameable Beastes, where you make mencion of Scot- 

 tishe Dogges, and in the \vyndin.a: vp of your Letter writ- 

 ten and directed to Doctour Tunif-r. comprehending a 

 Catalogue or rehersaU of your b(ioke,s not yet extant, you 

 promised to set forth in print, and openly to vmblishe in 

 the face of the worlde among such your vvorkes as are not 

 yet coiae abroade to ly.ght .and sight. But, because cer- 

 taine eifcumstaunces were wanting in my breuary of 

 Englishe Dogges (as .seemed vnto mee), I stayed the pub- 

 lication of the same, making promise to send another 

 abroade. which myght be commytted to the handes, the 

 eyes the eares, the niindes, and the iudgementa of the 

 Readers. Wherefore that I myght perfourme that pre- 

 ciselye which I promised solempnly. accompUshe my de- 

 termination, and satisfy your expectacion : which art a 

 man desirous and capeable of all kii?de of knowledge, 

 and very earnest to be acquainted with all experimentes ; 

 I wyU expresse aud declare in due order, the grand and 

 generall kinde of English Dogges. the dirference of them, 

 the vse, the propertyes, and the diuerse natures of the 

 same, making a tripartite diuision in this sort and maner. 

 f A gentle kinde, seraing the 1 

 { game. I 



All English Dogges J A horaelvkind, apt forsun- i 

 be eyther of, I dry nei-essai-v vses, | 



I Acurrjshe Idnde, meetefor I 

 I. many toyes. J 



0£ these three sortes or kindes so meane I to entreate, 

 that the first in the first place, the last in the last roome, 

 and the myddle sort in the middle seate be handled. 1 

 cal the vniuersally all by the name of Englishe dogges, 

 as well because England only, as it hath in it English 

 dogs, so it is not without Scottishe, as also for that 

 wee are more inclined and delighted with the noble game 

 of hunting, for we Englishmen are adicted and giuen to 

 that exercise, and painefull pastime of ple.asure. as well 

 for the plenty of fleshe which our Parkes and Forests doe 

 foster, as also for the opertunitie and coniienient leisure 

 which wee obtaine, both which, the Scottes want. 

 Wherefore seeing that the whole estate of kindly hunt- 

 iBg consisteth principally. 



In these two \ In chasing the bea«t » that 1 hunting i 



pointes, * In taking the byrde i" is in \ fowleing \ 



It is necessary and requisite to vnderstand, that there 



are two sorte.s of Dogges by whose meanes, the feates 



within speoifyed are wrought, and these practyces of ac- 



ciuetie cunningly and curiously compassed. 



I One which vouseth the beast and conU- 1 

 Two kindes I nueth the chase. I 



of Dogges I Another which spryngeth the byrde f 

 1. and bewrayeth flight by pursuite, _l 



Buth which kyndes are tearmed of the Latines by one 

 common name that is, C'a(ie.« Venatici, hunting dogges. 

 But because we Englishe men make a difference betweene 

 hunting and fowleing, for that thev are called by these 

 seurall wordes, Veuatio A- Aia-iiplmn. so they 'tearme 

 the Dogges whom they vse in these sunrhy ganies l.iy di- 

 uers names, as those which serue for the beast, are called 

 Venatici, the other' which are vsed for the fowle are 

 called Aiicupatorij. 



I The first in perfect sitelling 

 The second In quioke spying- 

 The thirde "m swlftnesse 

 and quicknesse 



The first kind 

 called Venatici 

 I dluide into 

 Hue sorts. 



The 



I The lifte in subtilUe t 

 I fulnesae, ,J 



Of the Dogge called a Harrier, in 

 Latin Lenerarius. 



THat kinde of dogge whom nature hath indued with 

 the vertue of smelling, whose property it is to vse a 

 lustines, a readines, and a courageousnes in hunting, and 

 draweth into his nostrells the ayre or sent of the beast 

 pursued and followed, we call by this word Sagax, the 

 Grecians bj^ithv s word ichveutin of trticing or chasing by y 

 foote, or siiiulatin of the nostrells. which be the instru- 

 ments of smelling. Wee may kuowe these kinde of Do,g.i;es 

 by their long, large, and bagging lipjies, by their hanging 

 eares, reachyng dowue Ijoth sydes ol their chappes, and 

 by the iuditferent and measiirable prciportioii of their 

 making. This sort of Dogges we call Leiiararios Hariers, 

 that I may comprise tlie whole nuber of them in certaine 

 specialties, and apply to them their proper an<i peculier 

 names, for so much as they cannot all be reduced and 

 brought vnder one sorte, considering both the sundrye 

 uses of them, and the difference of their seruice whereto 

 they be appointed. 



1 The Haie 



j TheFoxe 



I The Wolfe 

 The Harte 



I TheBucke 

 Some for ^ The Badger 



I The Otter 



j ThePolcat 



I The Lobster 



I The'Weasell 



I The Conny, &c. 

 As tor the Conny, whom we haue lastly set downe, wee 

 use not to hunt, but rather to take it, somlime with the 

 n ette sometime with the ferret, and thus euery seuerall 



