330 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[NoyEMBKB 35, 1880. 



him of the old but very uxcellenh description of sea-siokuess, 

 i.e., Unit ■' durin!;- the iirsl, licmr n mun is afraid ha will die, 

 and durins Ha- a'tund bu is eriiuilly afraid be won't." How- 

 ever, by laoruinj!; wc arc id] liglit, and niiike up for lost time. 

 Sunday cvcuiiig we arrive ;ift(,'r a roug-b passage, wbieli had 

 BO otber effect on me than to develop an inordinate api)e- 

 liie; and going asliore we give tlie dog.? a good run and go to 

 bed. 



Monday morning when we awake we And it a lovely day, 

 and that we arc quietly^ sailing np the plneid, tmid-coloreti 

 James. We speiid the day .■^ittiui; in the sun, whicli feels very 

 comfortable in tlie eris]) air, readin:^-, wateliini;- the lioeks "f 

 ducks tliat tlie sleanier lluslies and seein-'lir.w near AVe 

 can come to liiltino- witli our revolvers those that lempl Piov- 

 ideJice by remauiing in the water within twenty-five or 

 thirty yards of us. The .scenery of tlie .fames is low, llni 

 and uiiliiterestiiiff for the most jMirl, but yon have this one 

 advautage not often enjoyed in otiier localities, that you aee 

 both sides of any rises llicre may be. for The river winds 

 three-ciuarters of the way round each of them. 



At City Point there is' lime to run the dotjs aLraiti, and then 

 we Hrri'.e at Kiehnioud id aliout live oV-loiic. 



TaUin- a hack we .Irive to Ibe Ri-'huiond and Danville 

 Railroad dejiot (fare >il..'itl for the partv i. and havii.Lf clieckeii 

 our truidc and left Ibe dogs in llie haggage-room, we wander 

 round tlie citv till 10 o'clock, wbci« w'e return, secure berths 

 in tl).e sleeping-car (.■jl' each i, and have time to gel comfort- 

 ilbly asleep before the train starts at lOiiid. This road has 

 adopted the V err sensible lule of having a larilT on ilogs, 

 which is fif IV cents per 100 mile.s, tlnis makiiia- the eosi ''of 

 each doic .'-■P-M from Hicbmond to Salisbury,' and the em- 

 ployees do not expect. Imt act ntillv refuse the honuH J olfer 

 them. We aie I'uused in tiuie for hi-eakfast at 7::lU at Dan- 

 vjlh); forty-live minutes lire allowed for the meal — so iLSiug 

 luilE an hour for oiuselvei-', we give the dog.s the benefit of the 

 rest. We reach Salisbin', at 11:30 .\. M., and here is the 

 point I leave heen re.irliiii;!: all this while. 



lien , Ml.. M.e.iii \ernon Hotel (terms .*3 per duyj, you 

 will li-i ' ' I ■ I , iiij excellent table, a genial, pains-takirju: 

 iandl-i', i ; by name, called '■ ]\1ac " to .save time- 



iiud ni"- . :i ii^i .1- to go shooting with jiarties who arc 

 happy to .-liiiie I heir plenty with strangers, provided they are 

 gentlemen speirtsmen. than you can accept, unless you Stay 

 all winter, i won't guanmiee longer thim that, but I mil 

 guarantee that y<ni can iind and, if yon hold straight, can kill 

 from thuly lo forly quail a day aiaf not evert yourself in the 

 least: and' if you are a. sportsman \on won't '.vish tV.r more. 



Tlie AVestcrn l{aib-oa<l of T-Tortb faroliua .starts within a 

 hundred yards of the hotel and runs two trains a day, so that 

 at any titac .you can step on the morning train and by run- 

 ning ten or fifteen miles visit " fresh lields and pastures new," 

 and at any place dud as much shooting as any one can tlesirc 

 and retiu-h lo your hotel on the evcniiVg train. 



Our objective point being Cool Spring, twenty-one miles 

 from Salisbury, we take a carriage and drive iivcr a very bad 

 road {fare .i?;i for the party), arriving about 7:30 v. m." We 

 areho-spilably received by my fiiend Ed. .and his wife ; and 

 are ushered to our room, wdiere the huge wood fire that burns 

 in the open tire-place looks vciy comfortable after our chilly 

 ride. They tell me they have had no rain since August 4, on 

 the strength of wdiicb l"guarautec them a sufficiency, for T 

 am exceetiingly lucky (?) in that respect on my shooting ex- 

 peditions. Surely enough— the next day when we awake the 

 sky looks very diibious. However, we take a brace ol fresh 

 dogs and sally fm-th, and less thiol a iinarler of :. mile from 

 the house find in the <orn slulil.le. The bevy rises: fvl d.oes 

 not shoot, so as not lo diisconeerl us in the least ; 1 miss beau- 

 tifully wi'th both barrels; but wlait is the malter wilh Fred V 

 Without raising his gim from his liip he has lit ed lioih Ijarrels 

 into space and Is lookhig round in a dazed manner. • \V hat 

 is the matter with you, Fred ?" say I. "Heavens! 1 don't 

 know," be answers : " but lie- :iii seemed lid] of tlicm, so I 

 cut loose. It did not sei-m ;is if 1 ."/fV/ luiss all." jVfler a 

 laugh at him and cousiderahl. >;li:i(t I't me, we go on to pick 

 up the .scattered birds. s\ hi. b have dropped into the bushes 

 that trinse a narrow •■ braneli," and in less than !Ui hour we 

 have twelve birds, when iboMi e..mes thi' ruin and we start 

 home, contente.i with everyl bing but the weather, and hoping 

 and pltmning fea- the morrow: but "the morrow" rains all 

 day hard and does not clear until the uiglil. 



■The next da\' we lio out, but tinii cMmparatively few birds, 

 as they have n'ot yet worked out of the heavy cover, xvhere 

 tlfey have been driven by the two days' storm. IIowe\-er. as 

 we rise over the crest, of n full I see wliat I think ar(.' crows 

 feeding on the Ojipositc liill-side, perhaps a (piarter of a mile 

 from us, and point them out to Ed. "Crows:" he says; 

 " those are wild turkeys," and as he speaks they have seen us 

 too, and we count twenty of them as they fly over the river 

 Into the heavy timber. We spend a little while trying to 

 head them oflE, but do not see thein again, and resume our 

 quail shooting. 



Lest I should he considered va'in-glorious, I will hereafter 

 not mention the number of bu'ds bagged, but wiU content 

 myself with a report of the number of shells emptied at ciuail 

 each day. To begin with this one, we find when we t&iwn 

 home that w^e hav'e fired about thirty shells apiece. 



The next day, fired by the sight of the "turks" the clay 

 before, we determine to liimt them, and after considerable 

 crawling and creeping find a flock of fourteen. We get with- 

 in 300 yai-ds of them twice, but each time they feed from us 

 and we do not get a shot, and conclude that when one's time 

 la limited he had better stick to quail. 



So followed one day after another, except that wc did not 

 again have two successive days' rain, but only had about 

 every other day, which kept the birds from running out into 

 the stubble as freely as they would ha\'e done otherwise. Still, 

 we alw-ays had a btinch of birds, rabbits, gray squirrels, etc., 

 hanging, and used regularly to eat aljout twenty each day. 

 We never aot less than thirty good shots apiece during the 

 day's shooting, from 10 till -1 o'clock, and we generally had 

 nearer fifty. ' The last d:i,y we were out we found fourteen 

 bevies, containing from fifteen to thirty iiirds each. We in- 

 variably found in the rag weed or'corn stubble, and the birds, 

 when flushed, would drop either in the "broom grass," the 

 blackberry bushes that lined the fences, or the woods, but as 

 the last are free from undergrowth, they do not bother one 

 'Ji>ich. . ,. J , u J . 



So our three weeks' vacation slipped away, and we had to 

 turn our steps reluctantly homeward. We spent some time 

 in Richmond, Norfolk. Fortress Monroe, etc., on the way up, 

 and so increased our expenses somewhat. We paid every one 

 the price asked and did not economize in any particular, and 

 yet we found on reaching home that our expenses had been 

 less than $90 each, including cost of ammunition. Alto- 

 gether I look on it as a, niost satisfactory and pleastmt trip, 

 and 1 sincerely trust that before long the same hills will again 

 re-echo the report of the trusty Scott of " • ""^ 



LONG ISLAND TRAPPED BIRDS AGAIN. 



■ r<\;' 



IMltn, 



In answer 

 ward and yr 

 ter to yon ui 

 respect to \< 

 loUowine' re 



In wrilin 

 knowle.lsoi 



Nuw ■^'oBK, November 30, 1880. 



; to 



- fo 



1 and theje are only a small 

 them. For fine shooting we 

 tion of yoimg birds in the tl. 

 the old brai ' 



JenivUatK 



-innony the contenls of my let- 



\. :..•-.. :. I "ivould say that, witli most due 



.italioji, I must and will declihe for the 



SI .y. 



11 said letter, T wr 



nprc.s.sions as n >-[.•« 



)te 



nd 



I the largest lo the »mull. 



Jiercf 

 whelfier a bird is a shol on.' or a iniiM-eii -lie, es] 

 holding it in my lumds. On ilie M,-e:e.i,,n 1 bii 

 to, and what gives more strcnglli lo my opini 

 ctmipauy witli another game shot of a good uuin 

 standing. We both examined the birds and both e 

 the sanir^ conclnsiott. JMind, we did not Imj any bi 

 d, therefore, my o|nnioii could 



!']\lVsshal 

 11, opiniuu 

 ially after 

 reference 



did we pluck ar 

 'di 



Wl: 



their head> 

 nor ten im; 

 take vears 

 Legally a i 

 in iirfringi 



f wroli- y(ju my letter I was not thlnldng about the 

 vas thinking of file future, of the birds tlmt might be 

 ud iibout what luiLtbt be and ought to be done lo save 

 I iliiie say a giaiil nniuy more men than I have put 

 ids logetiier'to solve "that problem. Not one man, 

 men, nor one hundred men can do it at once— it will 

 rs of laboi ami study J might even Siiy education. 

 a nam nu'jlit be wr.'ing, niornlly he might bejnuoccnl 

 I'l a Unv of w-hicb he does not know any- 

 lie cannot cumprehend because it has never 



ihdned to hini. l'"or I he hist ten years our game laws 

 have been so changed and amended that it is no wondei' that 

 niu- country cousins do not Uuow them, nor cure to know 

 them.' 

 What then are and ought to be the duties of our game au- 



Firsl 

 gilt U 



The 



there is more lo 

 Everybody kuo 

 know its eijiilen 

 scatter them e>vi 

 do not let I he ga 

 the community 



Novi 

 of Ih.' 

 Th^-i 



toy- II 



I fe' 



of ill-' 



SiUt. 



ed til 



part 



if I w: 



would eertainly :msy 

 answer their letter ii 

 mine. ITnlortunatel; 

 and before I w 

 minht show to 

 roils that they 

 note, they are 

 oudil 0' be, CI 

 :inv furl her rei 



:dl lo leach I be people the ganie laws, 

 e snit liro:idcast all over Ilie .■oiuitry : 

 done bv moral iiilliienee than bv cijereioii. 

 Ihatliieo-is a game law: bul bow ninny 

 ' Prinl Ihe-ame laws 1>\' the thousands, 

 he eountv\, olfer rewai'ils, but by all nieims 

 associatieaiB fall into Ihecrror of expecting 

 be their dectives and their spies. Kacli 



Is in answer to this letter, written by order 

 '.nie T,nv.- Oorimittee of the J>. I. S. A. 



M ,1 i ' ■ . :■ ;i coward, and of writing 



iviioriety than of beingof 



I play iJie 



o be one. 



feourt, T 



I wimld 



ot course thev ( 

 ■IV that these -eiil 

 r'thein in a dilTi 

 the same spirit 

 one altercation n- 

 id gel ih 



that thev 

 iizbt bring 

 lu their ov 



he public that they 

 pn,,ar to 1 " 



not quite tin: Nil 

 But, as you say in your editor! 

 ri/ai tion whicli wants to be, ai 

 il liieieforc I shall refrain fro 



;v - 'iM. |.:.i)le mi-ht be tun 11 



Unui that ot many 



, gieaier offenct' 

 ist gemlcmauly 

 sportsmen. Have you ever seen the •'(Jjllelles," iho 

 "AlkiuB,"the "Steeles," the "Butlers," the "Lees," the 

 "WiUiamu," and hosts of others. ] have not. Bul I have 

 reiid about them. .If ter nil, what is there in a name ? 



A Tbue Loybr of TtJK Short. 

 p. S.— J' send to you to-dav a, jmir of snared quail. Be so 



kind as to acknowl e, h ■ - ' i 1 1 lem . Tli ese quai I wa-re 



bought for me by a : il .-m f.ubhe markets. 



This same friend in b >■ an -ei all he wants ol 



them, at the same mar..^ i, o .......Jiy for them ;uid liy paying 



for unared birdi, one dollar per dozen extra. 



PHILADELPHIA LETTER. 



T AST week a half-grown prairie cliicken was brought lo 

 ±_J Mr. John Krider. of Philadeliihia, for mounting, the 



Ijird havimr licen sent from lower Delaware or 3Iaryland 



with 11 lot of quail to 

 rememliered that son 

 Snow Hill, Md., Ubi 

 prairiechickeu. II i 

 as broods were seen • 

 even located. The 



Sound, 

 qnh-ies 

 isfied h: 

 natives 

 of youi 

 chicki 



of the 

 ^ o[ Dr. 



•docks 



Pun 



of sti 

 Kited L-r. 



oiu' city. It will be 

 Dr. Furnell, of Berlin, or 



viir-. ..1 pinnateil CTonse or 

 andliaiched, 

 ir nests were 

 Siimepuxcnt 

 lo, maile in- 

 lent. and sal- 

 seen by the 

 :lo not those 

 tiiiii " prairie 

 of the rcsulL 

 always intei- 



, :liiil tin 



"referred 

 ex perm 

 [•birds" 

 ^\-by 

 'in plan 



he sccti 



to the succi 



self that till 



i-re verilabli 



[■eaders who were inleresif 



n the Stab.' of .New Jersey 

 of their laudable undcrtakmg? Such matter 

 esting to the true sportsnittn. 



We have learned that hawks and other like birds of prey ai'e 

 unusually plentiful this year. Taxidermists are secm-mg 

 quantities of them. This does not 

 quail, as poor Bob "White suffers mu 

 dations of the wdnged pirate than frr 

 sonched-lecsed f;ilcon is more nun 



than it has >ieeB for five years. The -- . 



damage lo the ttuail and is mainly a mouse liuniei. It is less 

 plentiful. Last week a white or snowy owl was seen m In- 

 dependence Square perched on the top of one of the lotty 

 trees. He remained quietly gazing on the scene below him 

 for ftdly two hours and then on folding his wmgs saded 

 Westward. ,, . , , ,-.t k 



We were handed a letter to read from Maine, dated Nov. 5, 

 last week. At the time of writing the correspondent stated 

 that snipe and woodcock were still in his State, and that little 

 or no frost or cold weather had been experienced. Rutted 

 grouse were very plentiful with them, bringing Iml twenty- 

 five cents per pair. , 



We wish to make mention of some remarkable ritle shoot- 

 in" done by our fellow townsman, Mr. Lancaster Thomas, a 

 short time since. Mr. Thomas, wanting a little practice, took 

 with him twentv-flve cartridges only to the Stockton range, 

 and without a sia'hting shot made twenty-five buUseyes at 

 .^00 yards, the last six shots being fired late in tie afternoon 

 quite near dusk. This certainly deserves to be recorded, and 

 we reciuest Mr, Thomas to ac«re as well tn the next tourna- 

 ment. ' , 



The Easterly storms of last week brought a (ew bi-aut to 

 the New Jersey liays. Not many have been killed however, 



irgue favor:ibly for thi 

 'h" more from the depre- 

 in the sportsman. The 

 erous wilh us this year 

 red-tail hawk does little 



'. "this 1 

 elilerlv 



rd '■ 

 id alw 



; fowl among 

 1 2ood propor- 

 ii; leh better,! 

 :.:ir honk 

 , rluil of 

 . lowJe,] 

 'ouldiek.Lc ui ju,..i_, . I, ,a._, oi. glorious 

 sport I I ' i'li ::,_- Harbor, at the Bunulies, liaal Sedge, 

 Goosi I Island, when the brant were on, and the 



wind :i :.i liii h; I suited, but will reserve the account, for a 

 future lelter. Jjct me say now, however, it is a sport that re- 

 quires a sturdy constitution, a willingness to endure hard- 

 .ship and the patience and cunning "of a cat. "The more 

 dirty the weather the better brant fly " ia an expression of 

 the liay men. 



OnrmutualfrieudDr. Twaddell, and his brother George, are 

 off at jiresenl on a sliool. George and a friend arc paying 

 ;;i. il aftenlioii to i|uail and wnodeock only, while the Doctor 

 -III'- 11 iih hiui his Mieii-y little lieagles and x\ill devote his time 

 i, liie cotton biil, :in(l I'lijov liie imisieal voices of his hovmds. 

 W'e stoiiped at the Di./cto'r's house dnriu'j.- his absence and had 

 thepleasurr. otlookliiff at Ins Daelishunds, L'liser Frit^, S,an- 

 kerlic and FraiUein a very heaulifnl l,eaa;le bitch, and a 



black-white-aiu 



btai! I't'onthern beaaie. the two latter new ad- 



ditions to his 1- 



ennels. 



Vour corresi 



indent has just received a letter from Mi-. C 



11. Whitman. < 



i heavenwortb, JCansiis. enelosinsr two bcjui- 



tiful photos ,.„ 



!' I,;i\-'.'r'iil., :--■!;.•[ 1 'i ■';;■■.-,- now 'dead. Mr. 



Whitman h:.: 



ill' 1 , , ii:inng had a flsn? 



opporlunitw "i 



1 ! i.iL , 1,..: . ,,^ ;., ol Great Britain. 



He tells me he 



Iiiis ,.. :-jii ul J'eue.:ree Uii- image of his sire 



but larger in e^ 



er\" way. 



Now that Mr 



. Whitman is with VIS we 6httli expect to liear 



an Bccuimi of i 



lis promising dog. Homo. 



Tub •»!»/!• w/w tidnks ffmt la can aff^rA to paj/ Pm farvner's 

 htty morejm' (jtuiU tlitm the h^y k paid hi/ tfie ki.ffgaffe-mMe);'« 

 U MMU^iflwiUI' M^ (uWresD to thin oXIk*. 



STRAY NOTES FROM PHILADELPHIA. 



.PninADKLimiA, Pa., Nov. 18. 



THE biting air which last night beg.^n to make our eai 

 tingle has ser\'ed to precipitate ihe movements of | 

 those letstu-ely spurtsnien who iiave for many xveeks been i 

 planning elaborate expeditions lo Pike. Wayne, Monroe and 

 other interior counties of Ibis State, and has caused a f ew ( 

 individuals of the alleged feather-bed sort lo ],o5tpone indeffl- 

 nitely expeditions, which were as yet loo einbryotic to de- 

 serve the name of "expeditions." 'V/hether or not George' 

 Kennairs "Hog Sledge .Tom'ueys in Siberia" precipitated 

 things cannot now be determined, but several acqimintancee \ 

 bo <in last evening listened to this excellent lectnrer's pof 



■al of the 



leli 



r: hardships and privations incide 



•ell nigh sunless iiart of tJie oountry of the 



'inter temperature asilOdpg.. t 



,•0 are not unusual, exhibited thi 

 nsof having the " Florida fevet 

 !• gun stores and other placf 



Tehni.k 

 f (leg.. 



:heeS. 

 ml t>8 ' 



disimtalile 



(lie diiy at ilie gun stores and other places where spur 



most ilei congregate. I have heard of more than a dozen who 



propose soon to start to that State for the winter, some of 



them persons of leisure and means. 



Cm 



!ld • 



several 

 riaon, 

 week,' 

 once ai 

 going " al 

 Ijeing ii-air 



steel imps. 



lough. Bayport. Fia., was on every tougm 

 declaring that Willis's letter telling of 'Mrs. Gtu 

 furnish good board in a game district for #i pe 

 all tbey^ wished; that they meant to atart ul 

 lead off tlie crowd." etc. Those who spoke of 

 lie '■ were not of tlie moneyed class, tVvoof tlieni 

 IS irom iiorttiern 'Micliigan, or somewhere up 

 ng to have in all I of seventy-three 



There is no di 'I the rather still 



jaissage thither, ai,, ly liigh r.iles for 



board in Florida, the e.^odu. ,;.,. ..u .North this winter 

 would prove a mosl astonishing one. As it is it will be 

 gi'eal: audit is interesting to note the almost iuslantaneous 

 effect produced by the publication in FonEsr .\>,'n S'iiieam of 

 any apparently truthful account oi 

 dise." Without a doubt Willis's 

 enough sportsmen to Bnyi>ort lot 

 garrel and corn-crib included — to overiiuwiiin : imd 



provides one orange for each guest, itossihly _ 



have to "draw" upon Dummitt's Grove, in the Indian River 

 country, for the goldeti .spheres. 



A continual joy alike to citizen and sojourner are the gun- 

 stores of our goodly city in which may riften be found squads 

 of sportsmen of veiy various degrees of knowledge jind skill, 

 eagerly andinthemosi friendly mannerdisei;, : _ " l si, « 

 wrinkle in sportsman.ship and its myrim So 



gTcatly do "the brelhicn " cnimregat'e s ;," 



Krider's that it is dlfficnll to gel many < 

 chats with Seiner, his sujierintendent— a'h'n 

 byMiis customers and fneud.s— but I hey si 

 "chats" greatly and scarcely give liim'time 

 Mr. Seiner's opinion is valued for the sinifil 

 is kno-wn to be a conscientious man. Th 

 "Uncle John" K., kiis for txventy-six years 

 urer of the Order of Mechanics. Taxid, 



I "pars 

 ' started 



f she 

 she'll 



lal 



Th 



the fii 

 .mi- 



ld all engrossing tl: 

 Co., 713 Market streei 

 land, and after a sojoi 

 notes " with the keen . 

 Cheyenne and 'Frisco, 

 spect in this estalilishment guns 

 the sun from the clieapest Belgi 

 out for princely purses only -f,y 

 Dougall and Plirdey. Weapon: 

 the " best holl " of the house, si 



Grubb IT, 

 ,f il 



•on iluit he 

 gentloraaa 

 'd as treas- 

 low his pel 

 J. C. G. & 

 gun houses of the 

 exeluuiffing "field 

 de.,^^lersotSt. Paul, 

 ;it to be able to in- 

 sl cyery sort imder 

 1. to the ■•gems" — turned 

 ncli builiJci s as Pape, Lang, 

 ,f the 'alier class seem to be 

 of Ihe aristocratic "Pur- 



West 

 il.able 

 all to: 



dey's " being .so m-tisfic that it seems almost sacrilege to soil 

 them with villainous gunpowder. The storm-tossed sports- 

 man from prairie or sieiTa in quest of gun bore coidd scarcely 

 fall into the hands of a more genial gentleman than Col. Jno. 

 McLoughlin of the above named firm. 



The wonderfully entensive estiiblishment of Tryou & Co. 

 is doing a fine busine.ss. Maj. Comstock — the genial "Harry" 

 so long" •with the Remmgtons — was in to^wn the other day. 

 He now represents L. C. Smith, the " Baker gim " man, and 

 seems resolved to go at once to Florida. 'W'ith him this is 

 the "law and the prophets:" "Buy a 'three-barrel.' Tben 

 everything — humming-bird or bison— is ' vour meat.' 



W ilcB". H. 



Iowa — Vail, Nm. 16.-- Quail have been more plcutiful 

 hereabout thie fall thiui for tuauy yours previouBlv. 



