November 4, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Dr Mii<:lh 



■ ,lar Kfvs to lljr \V;nissa River and St. Miirk's. 

 lJMS^:i;:i' (jii UiL ^lijamtTS isryaaonable, and the 

 , urlui!; Iiouts I'rniii Vi^diir Keys to Pliuta Klissa or 

 ■uM (ic Iroiu FIX to uvolve dollars, according to 

 l;1ii. M:\ya- (;::il|.iicii, tliu agrnt of the Steamship 

 II Kr}.s, is an ardeiil sportsman, and I will guar- 

 wili c.xttiKi tlie hand of fellowship to disciples of 

 nil, and aid tliem in eveiy way possible. 

 uiiui i.s coniplftins a large hotel at Cedar Keys, 

 lie finislifcd aliuiit Dec. 1. The Doctor informed 

 J that it would be supplied wilh new bedding and fiu-ni- 

 rc, and managed by a Northern man wlio knows how to 

 iMii a hotel." Comfortable hotel accommodations have 

 ,-s iM-eii needed at the Keys, and wc feel assured that "The 

 '.v:iuiier; " will merit and receive a full shari- uf ])atninage. 

 -l.opK of from four to six lou.9, capable of aui-nniinculatiug 

 I'oisons, with captain, can lie cljartcred fur about -If 100 

 iHiiuli, Thi' cliarlrr ijarty would liavc- to supply neccs- 

 A [y.iviy of sav two could enjoy a pleasant 

 of from sixlet-n to twenty feet 

 T'cdar K^ys lo Puiita Kuka or 

 upplv of proviaiLiiiH oouM Ijc flored at Puuta 

 ■ ' ■ rru Punta P.a.MSa ami Cape Sable 

 ting, tishinc,r and sliootins; to llieir 

 last trip I tninspor(.ed a, lioat from 

 id from the latter cily worked 



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 L' liuuiii, i)laced stove and 

 il'ortable sleeping accom- 

 tlie southwest coast is 



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every few mUes. Unices if 



water is as calm as a mill jit 



the northwest to nortlie^ist diiri 



water is seldom seen 



TJierc are but two points along the coast where it is neces- 

 sary to ruu outside — from Girdens Pass to Estu-o Inlet, a dis- 

 tance of elinen miles : and from Kettle Harbor to Caseys 

 Pass, a ib.staiiee of fourteen miles. In my last trip, in a six- 

 I made most of the run outside. As I have 

 iriy pleasant hours on the Southwest coast I 

 follow in my tracts. Pei-.sons can ship boats 

 k by schooner to Jacksonville for a trifle : and 

 I Peter Jones he will take eliarge of them until 

 (1 his tbartres will be moderaie. Partirs can 

 this city on favorable tenns. The freigh 



ICeil fool lioat. 

 enjoyed so in 

 wish others to 

 from New \o 

 if consigned P 

 called for, au 

 purch; 



1 thi 



•ily to Cedar K( 



$\ per huniked 



on bouts froi 

 weight. 



Col. Allen has placed a steamer ou the Kissimniee Ti 

 and will make semi-monthly trips from Lake Tohopekalejra 

 to the lower end of Lake Okeechobee. Ho has bad suitable 



boats 



Istopoga CiL-ek, 

 ascending the f( 

 rcacli au almost i 

 Okeechobee— a i 

 since the last Ind: 

 (lucks exist in 

 The fishing is 

 I can place <lei. 



statements the ntighliorli' 

 man's iiaradisc. To ri'ai 

 lake steamer from Jafkst 

 Snndtonl to Orlando, from 

 Lake Toll, .pekalega. Th. 



il for ,s)vjrlsni.ai. By leaving the steamer at 



whore il eiio-rs Kissiinmi-o Puv.a-, and by 



njrr sucain lo Lake Istopoga, sportsmen can 



imkuowii and unsettled region north of Lake 



ion whore game has not been distiu-bed 



war Deer, bears, panthers, turkeys and 



iimty, and have not been disturbed, 



J to be superb, A friend in whom 



idence visiled Isiopoga, and from his 



)0d of this lake 



ist I if 



I sports- 

 aii imtst 

 ad from 

 miles to 



Orlando a hack liiii- 

 .' stearuer leaves the ( (k- 

 the 1st Mud'l.'ith of each month. \Y. H. Bbss, 31 East Bay 

 street, JarksonviUe, is the agent of the boal, from whom 

 information can be obtained. Advputurous spoilsmen can 

 Iriinsport a boat fnan Faudbji-'l lo 'I'.jl.epek.aleira, di.srmd the 

 Kissimmeo River l<> Lake (Jkeerhobrr, ,-nw,s the lake and 

 K,seend Fish Eating Creek to New Fort Centre. One of the 

 party could follow tho old Military road to (Jarlestou's, dis- 

 tant" 10 miles, and at that point secure a iHdIock team and 

 wagon to transjiort a boat to Fort Thompson, dislimt twelve 

 m iie^ fn an lo .rt Centre. The Calloosahatchic cjm be dcsceud- 

 ,,l u, Fort Jlyers, where a snpiilv of iirovLsions could be 

 >,!,taiiuHl, and from that p.anl llie .soulliwest coa,st could lie 

 worked to Cedar Keys .a- boat ami unKil .sold, and steamer 

 taken at Pur.ta Passa for the rrtiirn tri|i. Fr..m L.iko Toho- 

 pckalega the entire route Pi Foil Myers i; I lironi;!! ;m almost 

 unsettled coimtry sloeke.l with game of all kinds. 



Another pleasant boat trip is up the St John's to Sidt 

 Lalie. Railroad lo Titusville, and boat to Lower Indian 

 River and Lake Worth. At the knver end of I. R. and the 

 inlet of the lake most e.veellent fishing can be seemed. If lli 



len.lr,! tri|i Ihey 

 mil a wesleiiy or 

 ind and a smooth 

 nv, a distaiiee of 

 liiidsmakiuin un- 

 iiriijg the winter 

 r 1 orlhwestwiiids 

 like Uialr.tforrcd 

 From Piscavue 

 r eiicounurod in 

 I or Cedar Key.s. 

 bal flillioult 



t )iirists arc advL-uturuus and de- 

 could amuse themselves at Lake Worth u 

 northwesterly wind set in, and with a I'airw 

 sea they could make tho lun lo Bay Eist-ay 

 about 70 miles. JJaslerly or noi tboasterly \ 

 pleasant sea on the Atltmlie eoasi. Put d 

 months cold snaps are aecompaijiedliywtsio 

 which blow for two or three days, and a run 

 to can be successfully and ploa.-^anlh made. 

 Bay iro dillieulty from rough water wmilil h 

 making a irip lo Kov West. Punta Pass; 

 The navigation among tho K,-ys is s.miow 

 consequence of shoal water, and partits altempling it should 

 secure the services of a pilot or purcbas!- in the XoriU a sorius 

 of il re charts of the Florida Reefs publisb. .1 by the i;oi\oni- 

 meut— co.St of tho scries $7. There is a ebannVl inside I ho 

 reef, and to the east of the reef and channels between tho 

 keys, but without a pilot or charts the sportsman would dis- 

 cover that mud flats and sand banks render the navigation 

 somewhat ditHcult. In conclusion I will reniai'k Ihat if any 

 of your subscribers will visit me and present a notfl frtmi 

 you 1 will render them any needed assistance, or furnish 

 them with any iid'ormaliou in my pos-scssion, 

 .r„,'k.s<mWll,', <M. 1880. 



—Most of the game served on a Paris table (lomes from 

 llbroad. Thus, England and Bohemia sentl the pheasant; 

 Scotland, Spain and Algeria, th'' r 'd or Guernsey partridge; 

 Egypt, and especially Italy, he quail ; Russia sends the 

 heiithcock, the hazel 'hen, 'the la 'opede, and the bustard, a 

 rare bird in tlic French captal ; Corsica, the edible ousel, and 

 Itaiv, the titlark and the while tiul. Snipe, water-rail, teal, 

 wlici duck, and wild swan come from Holkmd and Italy. 

 Four or live bears are on an average st'iil iqi in Paris every 

 year from the Pyrenrees or the Bemese .VI ps. Doer iLsually 

 come from England and Germany. Hures of a superior qtuil- 

 ity are furnished by Austria, while Swedai tuid Russia send 

 white hares and even reindeer. 



Inittml §i^iorQ. 



Rait. InlaSd.— A correspondent writes us from Coatos^ 

 ville, Pa., saying that lie killed a sora rail there on Saturday, 

 October 33, and asking if il is not a stranger so far inland. 

 These birds are by no means uncormnou in the Chester Val- 

 ley, and we have killed them there. It is a mistake to im- 

 agine I hat they are only found on the ,sea-board. They are 

 very abundant almost everywhere if there is good ground 

 for them. In Illinois, Jlichigan and Wisconsin they aro 

 killed in great mimbera, and we have found them in the reeds 

 about alkaline lakes in the very heart of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains. 



. — .», — . 



THE B'LIGHT OF BIRDS. 



"TJIEW problems have caused more Ihonghl to zoologists 

 -L than that -n'hich concerns the migration of birds. The 

 many observations that have been made by ornithologists in 

 many comitries, thougli they have .served to throw some light 

 on the subject leave il still obseiue, though we may hope that 

 the day isnot distant when we shall luiow more about these 

 matters. The Londtm Slamlirnl recently printed some in- 

 teresting facts with regard to the flight of birds, wluch we 

 give below. It .says : 



We Ivnow that most migrants fly after sundown, though 

 many of tbotm si-Iect a moonlight night to cross the Mediter- 

 ranean. P,ut that their meterulogical instinct is not mierrbig 

 is proved by the fact that thousands are every year drowTied 

 in their flights over the Atlantic and otlier oceans. Northern 

 ^Africa and Western .V,sia are selectod as winlor opiarlors liy 

 most of Ihi-m. .and they may bo .ifton not iced on thoir way 

 thither to bang over towns at night, puz/:led, in spite of thoir 

 experience, by the shifting lights of the stroots and houses. 

 Tlie swallow or the nightingale may sometimes be delayed by 

 unexpected circumstances. Vol it is rarely that Ihey arrive 

 or depart many da^'S sooner or lalor, one year with another. 



Prof. Kewton consirierod that wore soa-fowl satellites ro- 

 volvuig round 1 he earth thoir arrival could liardly be more 

 surely calculated Ity an astronomer. Foul w(;alber or fair, 

 heat or cold, the pullins repair to some of their slalions 

 pimctually on a given day, as if their movements were regu- 

 lated by clockwork. The swiftness of flight wliich chaiacter- 

 izea most birds enables tbcni to cover a vast space in a brief 

 time. The common black swift can fly 'JTG miles an hour, a 

 speed which, if il could be maintained for loss than half a day, 

 would carry the bird from its wiutor to its summer quarters. 

 The large purple swift of America is ctipable of even greater 

 feats on the wing. The chimney-swallow is slon er — 90 miles 

 per hour being about the limits of its powers : fiut the pas- 

 se mror-pigeon"of the L'nitcd Stales can accomplisli a journe\' 

 of I'OOO miles between sunrise and suusl'I, 



It is also true, as the ingenious ilorr Pahueii has attempted 

 to show, that migrants during their long tligbts may be di- 

 rected by an tx|X'rioiiee partly inhorio-d and partly acquired 

 by the individual bird. Tbcy often follow iho coast lines of 

 continents, anti invai'iahly take, on their passage over tho 

 Jlediierranoan, one of tluoe routes. But this theory will not 

 explain luiw thoy ]iilot tbemsolycs across broad oceans, and 

 is invalidated liy the fact, familiiu' to every ornitliologist, 

 that the old and young birds do not journey in comiiany. 

 Invariably the young broods travel togetlier; then come, 

 after an interval," the parents; and, finally, tho rear is luoiigbt 

 up liy the w-eakly, infirm, molting and broken-winged. This 

 is the rule in au'lumn. The return jounier is aocomplished 

 ill tho rovorse order. The distanct- liavelod, seems, more- 

 over, lo luive no rolation to tlie size of tho traveler. 



Tiie Swedish bluc-tluoat lu-rforms its maternal functions 

 among the Laps, and enjoys its winter holiday among tho iie- 

 groe8\if the Soudan, wlufe the liny ruby-ihruatod bumming 

 bird proceeds aniiualy from Alexico to JS'ew Fomulland anil 

 back again, tlK.iugh one would imagine that so dolicaic a 

 little fairy would be more at home among the caoli anil leaves 

 of the T'ierra Caliente than among Ihe firs and fog.s of the 

 North. 



I Does the Pi.ving Fiaii Plv ? — This question having been 

 raised by Ihoso who do not consider that the motion made Iiy 

 the flying fisll is such its to be properly called Hying, Prof. 

 Jordan iu a recent letter lo Ibo Ainn-ii-an, A'alurallft gives 

 the following extract frmi his lioUl ii 'tos oonlaining Ins ob- 

 servations on the AVcstoni syo'cios known as E.i-oadiix aili/or- 

 niats, Cooper: 



It flies for a distance sometimes of nearly a quarter of a 

 mUo, usually not rising more than three or four feet. Its mo- 

 tions in the water are extremely rapid, and its motive power 

 is certainly the movement of it's powerful tail in the whaler. 

 On rising from the water tho movomonts of the tail ai'c con- 

 tinued for some seconds until the whole body is out of liie 

 water. While the tail is in motion the jiectorals arc in a 

 stale of very rapid vibration, and tho vcntrals are fokled. 

 When Iho action of the tail cea.scs, tho pectorals and vcntrals 

 are Sjiroad, and a.s far as we can see, held at rcsl. When the 

 tish brgiiis to fall, the tall touches the water and the motion 

 of the peel orals recommences, audit is enabled to resume its 

 flight, which it finally flnishes by falling in tho water wilh a 

 .splash. When on the winir il resemlih-s a lariro drau'^n-fly. 

 The mo.lirin is very swift; at lirsi it is in a straight line, but 

 this becomes delloetod lo a cnrvo, the poelcral on the inner 

 Bide of Iho arc beimx I.oi.l .lownward, li is able to smno ex- 

 icnl to luni its o..mse to shy oir ti-,,m a ves.sel. The motion 

 seems to have no rotoronco to the direction of tlie wind, and 

 we observed it best from the bow of a steamer ott Santa Cata- 

 lina Island, in early morning, when botli air and water were 

 free frcim motion. 



Hauits ok riiE Bkavku — y\'i'!M>i^iv, Oct. 28, — Mj^nttention 

 has jiLst Ijoeu called to all iU'ticle in FcnjEsr an'd Stkkam, 

 criticising my remarks as to the beaver being first of the 

 more importaul animals to vanish before iho while hunters 

 and trappers. If "E. B. B." will "take his eye and throw 

 it along " the route from Eastern Maine to Western Oregon, 

 and tbeu repeat from northern Minnesota to the seashore, 

 be might lake in a half a million— more or less— of so-called 

 beaver da [US. In most loculilies wlu-re these exist old peo- 

 ple may be found who at one time bunted deer, bear, wolves 

 and piiuthers. Such is the ease here in northern Pennsylvaiua 

 It is the siime in uortlieru New York. So of all, or nearly all 



the middle or western Stales. Now, how many of the oldest 

 hunters ever saw a beaveronlony in aolive operation, or evena 

 beaver in his native wilds '/ 1 confess I nevor did, and I hayo 

 hunted, fi.sliod and trapped for the last forty years and in 

 ton diiToroiit States, in all of which, save one, deer and bear 

 \soro yet extant, bnt not one tail of a beaver. I concede 

 the semi-doimesticated family of beaver m Iowa. More. If 

 "E. B. B." -n-ill go to .Jasper County, Miss., he may find 

 several beaver to-nnts in working and 'active condition. At 

 least such was the case eight" years ago. They existed 

 througb siilVerance and because no one thought of bunting 

 or trapping them. Tliov liocame a nuisance and an eyesore to 

 the planters by " ba<'kiii<i the water " whh branches, ami flow- 

 ing arable land. They wore <lrivon away by abstracting a 

 few stieks from llie upjier portions of their dams at intervals 

 of a few days. At first thoy ivould work industriously lo 

 rttplace the fost limber, but after three or four attempts to 

 keep their dams in order, finding their work in vain, the 

 entire colony would suddenly disappear to come back no 

 more. And all the same, the rule is as I have staled. The 

 exceptions are barely sufflcient to prove it. If gentlemen 

 in the Valley of the 'Mississippi wlio know of beaver towns 

 would send notes thereof to Fokest and Stheam it would 

 make interesting and instructive reading matter. 



Nessmuk. 



Ambrioan Museum of NATtiRtVL HiiiTOET.— The autmun 



reception of the ifnscum of Natural History took place ou 

 Tuesday, October lid. and was an oe(;asiou of no little 

 interest. A, large number of visitors were present, among 

 wlioni wen many of the 'frustcos of the Museum and a num- 

 I'liT of seii'iilific men from out of tovvn. Among the recent 

 addiiions to tho collooiions wore the Binnev and Bland col- 

 lection of shells, now arranged in the lower hall. This 

 collection includes the ty]jes of Ihc species descrilicd by those 

 authors in their work, and is llius of very groat value. The 

 Hkcletons of three native Aiistraliaes form interesting 

 additioai to the osteological colleciion. The Maximilian col- 

 leetion of birds have been looked over carefully, put in order 

 and mounted on new stands, and the coUeclion of North 

 American birds has been increased by the addition of sLv 

 hundred specimens. 



The Ethnological collection is now very large and contains 

 many unique speciujens. 



The gallery stairway shows a detailed ethnological map of 

 Africa,\lraw'u on a large scale by Professor Bickmore. The 

 additions lo Hie ethnological collection from the South Seas 

 consists of a V. ' . ;iiii I rase No. 1), Now /calami weapons 

 and carviuL ' ' '. and stone axes from New Guinea 



(case No, I ; . "f ornaments and carvings from 



British Coluii,:.!,,, pojsLaiod by .Mr. H. K. ]?ishop (case M), 

 proved to ho inieje'sting, as many items were included which 

 appoai'od unfamiliar to inost people prosont. The geological 

 ball received st-vou geological maps of Eastern North Amer- 

 ica, some eiicrinilesand other fi.ssilsfrom various formalion.s. 

 Cases A, B, C, 1) and E have lioon I'oarrangcd and labelled. 

 In the desk cases specimens wore placed which served to il- 

 lustrate Dana\s "^ilauual of Geology," 



Tlie collections arc in admirable order fuid are under the 

 care of careful workoM's, and tlie Museum is more attractive 

 than ever. Tlic Elcvrite.l i;:ii!i-.,:id b;is largely increased the 

 number of visitors, s ' ■ l-i.t that "its.'usefulness as a 



public instructor is "I ^,. Its value to the schools 



of otu' city can scan e i i i . . - : -. si imated. 



SuARTvS AKE VtviPAKous.— While spending the winter 

 with my family in St. Augustine, Florida, I saw a large 

 shark, aiiout eiglit feet long, caught liy some fishermen from 

 tlio dock at lh;il place. It was cut open in inv piespuce, and 

 from tlio womli ibere was taken Some five younu' ones (there 

 were Ibis number at least, but might lie more, as I took no 

 notes), just about ready to come into tho world, each having 

 im uudiilical cord. I took one of the yoimg sharks ,'xnd 

 threw it into the water, and it was olf iu a second, showing 

 that it was near it.? birth when its mother was captured. 

 The other.q were killed by the fishermen, ami were fifteen 

 inchc"? in length, F. G. 



A MoNiTBr ITsKS Tooi..s.— It has been said that man is the 

 only imim.al tliat makes use of tools, but the statement has 

 been controverlcd, observation hax'ing .show'u that others 

 animals do oce;tsionally employ Mols. 'fliis is ospocially tlie 

 case with monkeys which iu conliiiomonl have boon olwerved 

 to u.se atones to crack nut.s, and sticks or leather straps to draw 

 toward them objects which lay beyond thoir roiieb. 



An instance of .siiecial training liearing direetly on this 

 point is given in a recent Loudon paper: 



HoHinwood, near Mancliesler. was the scene of a rather 

 novel rat-killing match Uic other day, between Mr. Benson's 

 k>\ ti?rrior dog Turk, and a Mr. Lewis's monkey for HH. 

 The Conditions of the match were that each one haid to kill 

 twelve rats, and ilie one who flnisbcd them the quickest to bo 

 doclai'i-d the winner, T<hi may guess what excitement this 

 would eauso ui iho " doiggy" eir'cle. It was agreed that Turk 

 was to finish his twelve rats first, which he did, and in good 

 time, too, many bets being made on the d'yg after he* had 

 finished them. After a few mimiles had daii.sod it 

 now came the monkey's tm-ii, and a ii'mmoiiiou it 

 caused. Time being eaUcd, Iho nionkev was im- 

 mediately put to bis twelve rats, Mr. Lewis, the owmer, 

 at the, same timeputiing liis hand in his coat iiocket and 

 handing the monkey a poculiar hamnn-r. This was a 

 surprise to the onlookers; but iho' inonkoy was not long in 

 getting lo work with his hammer, aiifl, once at work, he Was 

 not long iji couqjlctmg the task set before bim. You may 

 talk about a dog being quick at rat-kUling, but he is really 

 not in it with tlie monkey and his hammer. Had the monk- 

 key been left in the ring much longer you could not have 

 told that his victims had been rats at all—he was for leaving 

 them in all shapes. Sulllcc it to .say the monkey won with 

 ea.se, having lime to spare at the linish. ^losl iiorsons pres- 

 ent (including Jlr. Benson, the owner of the dog) thought 

 the monkey woidd worry the rats in the same manner as a 

 dog oloe8;'but the contlitions said to kill, and the monkey 

 killed with a vengeance, and won the .£5, besides a lot o'f 

 bets for his o-mter. 



NoKTHERS New YojtK—Moira, Get. 24— Several bears 

 have been seen near the villajje lately. Fourteen were seen 

 last week on a farm only a mile uorlh of the village. One 

 was killed in the town north of tlus last v.-oek, jCfew days 

 ago a partridge flew into or tltfough a window here and was 

 killed by the force with which it struck the glass and was 

 found d«Wl on the floor. They are vej-y plenty in this vicm- 

 ity. A. 0. 



