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who had gone with mo from the United States, and lived with mo 

 Eeren years in Europe, canio tack with me ; but as I had hero no 

 ocoaslon f or a steward, he loft me and opened a public house In 

 Boston. He was for several years the keeper of Concert Hall. 



In 1303 1 was elected o member of the Senate of the United 

 States, and on that oocasion broke up my household establish- 

 ment at Boston. Blanche was then four yoars old. 1 oould not 

 conveniently take her with me to 'Washington, and gave her to 

 Whitooinb, who then kept a public house in another part of the 

 town. 



Three yoars later, in the summer of 1806, baviug occasion to pass 

 gome weeks in Boston, my wife and family being at Washington, 

 I took lodgings at Concert Hall, then kept by Whlleomb. On the 

 first day that I dined at the common table, where there were per- 

 haps thirty pei-sons, I felt while at dinuor, a dog- lying down be- 

 tween my feet, which were under the table. It was my poor 

 Blanche, whom I had not to my recollection seen for nearly three 

 years, and whom, I am almost ashamed to say, I had forgotten, 

 while she had so faithfully remembered me. On my pushing 

 back my chair she .iurnpod Into my lap with all the lively caresses 

 and marks of attachment and delight usual to her kind. She was 

 not accustomed to jump into the lap or lie down between the 

 feet of any other person but me. 



This is the circumstance which I must have mentioned to you ; 

 it was when it happened, perhaps, more particularly noticed by 

 me. because It confirmed an idea of the power of memory and 

 the force of habit in the natural history of the dog, whioh I had 

 formed in very early life, and of which 1 must also tell you the 

 story. 



In the year 1780 1 went with my father from Paris to Holland, 

 and in passing through the city of Delft visited the church con- 

 taining the magnificent monument in honor of William the First, 

 Piinceof Orange, the Washington of his age and country. He 

 fell, you know, by the hand of an assassin at Delft, and lies buried 

 under tent monument. A figure of him in bronze is exhibited 

 extended on the tablet of the monument, with that of a dog lying 

 at bis feet. The reason for which, we were told, was to perpet- 

 uate the memory of the fact that his dog actually followed him 

 to his grave, and refusing to leave it or to take any sustenance, 

 there remained and died on the spot. Whetherthis fact is strictly 

 historical or whether a little aidod with the embroidery of imag- 

 ination, I do not inquire; but the sight of the monument with 

 this explanatory comment, you may suppose, was not likely to be 

 soon forgotten by a boy of thirteen. Two or three days after this 

 incident I mot at Loyden, another city not far distant from Delft, 

 an EugUsh gentleman, a traveler, who had also visited tho monu- 

 ment of William the First, and it gave rise to a conversation in 

 which that gentleman stated that he himself had been the owner 

 of a dog to which he had been strongly attached, and which was 

 also much attached to him ; that he had given this dog to an Jnti- 

 mate friend of his departing for India ; that seveu years after he 

 weDt himself to Calcutta and there met with a. reception equally 

 cordial from his old friend and from his dog ; that the dog in- 

 stantly recognized his old master, flew to him, and for some time 

 could scarcely be separated from him, though quite happy and 

 equally attached to the master to whom be had been given. 



All these anecdotes are but evidence that the nature of the dog 

 is the same as it was in the days of Homer aud of Ulysses— in the 

 days of Argus— 



Who knew his lord : who knew aud strove to meet. 

 But strove in vain to crawl and kiss his feet ; 

 Yet (all be could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, 

 Salute his master to his soul's surprise. 

 The dog whom fate had granted to behold 

 His lord, when twenty tedious years had rolled, 

 Takes a last look, and haviug seen him, dies— 

 So clos'd forever faithful Argus' eyes. 



The second incident, to which I have now alluded, and which I 

 think I never mentioned to you before, relates to a dog of the 

 same breed as my Blanche, but of a prior generation, and which 

 belonged to Whitcomb himself. 



In the summer of 1800 1 traveled with my family from Berlin 

 by the way of Frankfort upon the Oder into Silesia, and returned 

 lit tho autumn by tho way of Dresden and Leipzig. At this latter 

 city we halted and spent there three or four weeks. Whitcomb 

 and his dog Pincher were with us through the whole tour. When 

 ive left Leipzig and returned to Berlin, Pincher was accidentally 

 lef ':■ behind, an event which was not discovered until we were 

 some miles advanced On our way, and he was given over for lost. 

 About ten days after we reached Berlin Pincher made his appear- 

 ance, as ragged and gaunt as a wolf iu January, on a land o ivered 

 with snow and with limbs stiffened so that ho could scarcely 

 move, from which, however, he soon recovered to his usual 

 strength and vivacity. 



The distance from Leipzig to Berlin was about one hundred 

 _Diles. How Pincher had found his way home we never knew. 

 The road by which we had gone from Berlin was in the opposite 

 direction, and he had never traveled the direct road from Leipzig 

 to Berlin. This occurrence, therefore, indicated a faculty in the 

 dog more comprehensive than that of memory, perhaps an ex- 

 quisiteness of scent, of which I can yet scarcely form a concep- 

 tion. 



Whether these facts will be deemed by you or by Mr. Audubon 

 of sufficient interest to be noticed in his memoir upon the in- 

 stinct and intelligence of dogs, I leave to your and his better 

 judgment. They are at his and your service. I pray you to 

 icmber me kindly to him, and also respectfully to Mrs. Park- 

 man. I hope to have the pleasure of seeing you in the course of 

 a few weeks, and in the meantime remain your ever faithful 

 friend and servant, John Quincv Adams. 



A CENTURY BENEATH THE WAVES. 



WE have recently had the pleasure of exarriining, 

 through the courtesy of Mr. Chas. Hallock, a 

 [cane and a pen-holder made from the oak of an old 

 [French frigate which was sunk off Quebec in the year 

 1 1756, and whioh was only last s umm er raised from her 

 [muddy bed and towed to shore. These articles were sent 

 Mr. Hallock by Mr. J. W. Dutton, who, as our read- 

 i may remember, was the constructing engineer of the 

 ebrated Dufferin Terrace, which clings to the heights 

 Cape Diamond at Quebec, an account of which ap- 

 Ipeared some time since in the columns of POKES'! axo 

 Stream. To the kindness of Mr. Button we owe- the fol- 

 owing interesting historical sketch of this old vef;-;el, 



"afledonthe old records of the French Govt' 



He possession of the Seminary a i Qutihea. Mr. Button 

 lays :— 

 Quebec, as you will doubtless remMnl 



from the French by the English under Wolfe on the 13th 

 of September, 1759. It was upon this clay that the deci- 

 sive hattlo was fought that terminated in the defeat of 

 the French under Montcalm, and also iu the death of 

 Wolfe ou the plains of Abraham. For two or three 

 years before tliif; time there had boon rumors of war 

 about Quebec, brought from France by the merchantmen 



Tii- oitj i and iu fact all the cour.try about — even into 

 the .States of Ohio, Michigan, New York, etc.— was under 

 the French, who had forts and outposts all over it. Of 

 the inhabitants the Marquis de Montcalm was the head, 

 or in fact the Governor. Upon the rumors of war com- 

 ing to him, all the works about Quebec were very much 

 strengthened aud in many cases doubled. New earth- 

 works were thrown up and new vessels built in the 

 Lower Town to help repel au attack ^by river. Among 

 these last there was one that was known by the name 

 L'Oviginal. She was built just below the Citadel, scarcely 

 a quarter of a mile from where Montgomery fell nine- 

 teen years Inter. For those days she was a large vessel, 

 but iti this age a. thousand-ton vessel is not much to tell 

 of. She was built of oak timber, which must have been 

 brought from France, as none of the Western oak forests 

 had then been cut into, it being impossible then to bring 

 the timber down. The vessel was built of the best timber 

 and iron, but she was fated never to do much execution 

 for her country, as shortly after being launched she was 

 sunk just opposite where she was built. 



There she lay- until last summer, when she was raised 

 and towed to shore. She sank in September, 1756, so that 

 she had lain under the waters of the St. Lawrence about 

 one hundred and twenty-three years. Iu spite of her long 

 immersion, when they first attempted to raise her, it was 

 found impossible on account of her being sunk in the 

 mud, and it was equally impossible to tear her to pieces 

 as the oak was as solid as on the day she went down. The 

 only thing that was gone was the iron, in those places 

 where it had been exposed, and this had completely 

 rusted away. After several vain attempts to stir her, a 

 diver was sent down, who fixed a heavy charge of dyna- 

 mite under her. This broke her up somewhat, but it was 

 only after many explosions and two years' hard work 

 that she wti$ finally got rid of. 



The wood was eagerly sought for, aud now it is almost 

 au impossibility to get a niece of it large enough to make 

 anything of any value. The frigate was the last relic of 

 the old French Government, having been built under the 

 superintendence of the Intendant Bigot. She lay in 

 ninety feet of water, and while she has been there, many 

 are the changes that Quebec has seen — as well in man- 

 ners and customs as in men. When she was removed 

 there were found to be over a hundred anchors of all 

 sizes and many hundred fathoms of chain entangled 

 with her. These were of course raised, and in some in- 

 stances claimed, but most of them were sold by the Gov- 

 ernment to satisfy expenses. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



BLACKBIRDS FOR CENTRAL PARK. 



Everett House, New Yobk, March 9lh. 

 Editor Forest and Stream :— 



I lncloso you fivo dolla.-a to form the nucleus of a Bum ot sixty 

 dollars required for the importation of five pairs of blackbirds, 

 to be turned loose in Central Park. 



The blackbird is hardy aud local in its habits ; it does not mi- 

 grate. I have turned It out at Quebec, where it lived till the end 

 of January, when Ihe' last of the colony was caged andsold ; this 

 bird, a male, wsis quite fat and very strong in both feather and 

 wing at that season of the year. I have noticed iu Canada the 

 blackbird sang both earlier and later than the American lobin, 

 and til tl i-.nu ''all-thc- year-round bird," and comos to f ood, it is 

 well suited for Central Park. 



Messrs. C. H. Holden, of 857 Sixth avenue, will undertake to 

 furnish alJveand in good order five pairs of blackbirds (cocks and 

 hens) for the above sum (SOO), providing they get the order im- 

 mediately. 



The best part of Central Bark to try this experiment is where 

 the peacocks and guinea fowl are fed. 



We have all our f auoles and our manias. Mine was, twenty-five 

 years ago, to kill European bisects iu America with their natural 

 enemies, European birds; consequently I imported sparrows. 

 Now I advocate that boys should bo allowod and encouraged to 

 commence their sporting oareer by puttinp salt on a sparrow's 

 tail, or cu-oum venting Mr. Sparrow by any other device, such as 

 btlek trap, horse-hair noose or dust shot. From sparrow shoot- 

 ing they will go on to blackbirds, and so on to game. 



W. Khodes, of Canada. 

 We hope that Col. Rhodes' generous offer may be met 

 with a prompt and liberal response from the citizens of 

 New York, who are to be directly benefitted by the suc- 

 cess of the undertaking proposed above. If a disinter- 

 ested stranger, coming to our city, sees the possibility of 

 adding to the value and enhancing the pleasure of our 

 beautiful Park, and is willing to put Iris hand into his 

 own pocket and so to give a substantial impetus to the 

 accomplishment of the plan, certainly we should not 

 hesitate to join heartily in the work. The blackbird is a 

 sweet singer ; his notes are heard before those of the 

 robin in the early morning, and after those of the robin 

 in the evening— the two periods of the day when a bird's 

 song is the sweetest. Col. Rhodes successfully intro- 

 duced- the blackbird upon his own grounds at Quebec, 

 and wo can conceive of no possible reason why the ex- 

 periment, if made now and here, should not be attended 

 with like success. We shall bo ready at once to receive 

 Subscriptions for this purpose, and hope next week to 

 have thfi pleasure of. giving credit in these COIumjlE for 

 the whole sum required. The spring will bo so far ad- 



of the State. Birds were shot and trapped long before 

 the season opened legally, and also after it closed NpW 

 that trout fishing is about to commence, these wretched 

 so-called sportsmen will sneak along the brooks, ashamed 

 of their actions and afraid to he seen, and go to all this 

 trouble and humiliation, Yet these men claim to be 

 gentlemen and law-abiding citizens. 1 shall keep a close 

 watch this year for these aristocratic poachers — perhaps 

 some of the New London boys will assist me. If one or 

 two can be shown up, perhaps a square fisherman can 

 have some sport. What do you think of a fellow netting 

 black bass ? I am told by responsible parties that it was 

 done Is there any cure for such doings ? Scales. 



Try publishing their names in the Forest and Stream. 



Bellefonte Sportsmkn's Association. — Bdlefonte, 

 Pa, , Ilarah Silt.— A meeting of the sportsmen of this place 

 was held Monday evening March 3th to form an associa- 

 tion for the protection and propagation of game and fish. - 

 Officers were elected as follows : President, George Val- 

 entino ; Vice-President, H. S. Hale; Treasurer, Theodore 

 Drescher ; Secretary-, J. D. Geissinger. Board of Direc- 

 tors : S. T. Shugart, Thos. Burnside, S. F. Foster, J. P. 

 Hughs, F. P. Green. 



As above stated, this club has for its object the protec- 

 tion and propagation of game and fish, and the enforce- 

 ment of the laws and ordinances against the illegal kill- 

 ing of the same, the advancement of good fellowship and 

 mutual improvement among sportsmen. This commu- 

 nity has long felt the want of an organization of this 

 kind, as our streams and woods are almost depopulated 

 of fish and game, owing to the war of extermination car- 

 ried ou by huuters and fishermen to the utter disregard 

 of all law and common sense. This association has just 

 been started, and any suggestions or anything that 'will 

 help our organization will" be thankfully received by this 

 society. J. D. Geissinger, Secretary. 



Ohio. — A bill has been introduced into the General As- 

 sembly to prohibit the catching of brook trout or salmon, 

 except by angling, making the close season from Sept. 

 30th to April 1st, and providing against trespass for the 

 purpose of fishing. 



New Mohtana Clubs. — Helena-, Mawh 124ft.— Montana 



is falling into liue. Two more voi und guu clubs duly 

 organ.zed — one in Deer Lodge County and one in Mis- 

 soula County. Protection of game is the order of the 

 day. B. F. Cope, of West Gallatin, recently shot an elk, 

 and was fined §50 and costs (about $80 in all), according 

 to Uu5 provisions of the game law. I do hope Congress 

 will pass a law to protect our buffalo and other large 

 game, now being slaughtered by wholesale. It is re- 

 ported that one man on our border killed 2,000 buffalo 

 this winter for their hides only. At that rate how long 

 can it last? Helena 



l possibly Beach Fiigiand that 



from Pol. Rhodes", and bave 

 i, leariug $00 still to he 



iiced before 



immediate aci 



We have r 

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 uted. 



VWl-vX is the Hi-jisDY 'i—Niaiiliv, Conn., Mareh 17r/i. — 

 ■ bservatfoji regarding this aeotton 



\m\e Jfa# m\d 0mf. 



GAME IN SEASON IN MARCH. 



Hares, brown and gray. Wild duok, geese, brant, eto. 



rOll FLORIDA. 



Deer.Wild Turkey, Woodcock, Quail, Snipe, Ducks, and Wild Fowl. 

 " Hay birds " generally, including various species of plover, sand 



Mr ! ;J'!P'- J , C'-'iT, ,c, siC"' <':l l.-b.-T". .1 1 J . ■ f lid J.-:, i, La 1 ;, ,- -„ .,-;;, .,,-, 



cets, etc., coming under the group XAmacola or Shore Birds. 



GAME AND FISH DIRECTORY. 



In sending reports for the Forest axd Stream Directory to 

 Game aud Fish Resorts, our correspondents are requested to give 

 the following particulars, with suoh other information as they 

 may deem of value : State, Town, County ; moans of access ; Hotel 

 and other accommodations ; Game audits Season ; Fish and Its Sea- 

 son; Boats, Guides, etc.; Name of person to address. 



COOT SHOOTING ON LONG ISLAND SOUND. 



TAKING it for granted that many of your readers 

 have never enjoyed the above sport, perhaps a, few 

 hues descriptive and to the point may not.provo uninter- 

 esting. 



Of all duck shooting, either inland or on tho seacoast, 

 coot shooting is perhaps the most difficult and hazardous. 

 In the first place one has to shoot from a boat iuvariablv, 

 although I have killed them from a blind on the South 

 Bay over decoys ; but, generally speaking, they can only 

 be killed "in the right fashion," over deep water. At 

 least fifteen men ought to constitute the party (the 

 more the merrier), and they ought to be equipped with 

 suitable duck-boats, not the huge row-boats one sees so 

 often, and enough actually to frighten the silliest coot 

 that ever flew, but good, strong, low duck-boats, decked 

 clean to the cockpit, and able to ride a heavy sea. Thus 

 provided, and with at least; 150 feet of strong light rope 

 and a neat lead weight for an anchor, the gunner need 

 never despair of not keeping his place in line. Often and 

 often have I seen a glorious day's sport utterly ruined by 

 not regarding these simple rules— a good boat and plenty 

 of anchor line. Verbum sap. 



Supposing, therefore, that our party of noble "coot- 

 iats" have reached the waters where they intend to form 

 their line, they proceed to drawlotsfor positions. Some- 

 times this is done before they leave the shore, but the 

 arrival of one or more outsiders necessitates going over the 

 lottery business again. (I would mention here that the 

 center of the line is considered the best geneially.) The 

 lino is formed off some convenient island or' point of 

 rocks, and the boats are stationed about fifty or sixty 

 yards apart ; any nearer together is positively dangerous. 

 in tact, I never hesitate to keep a good clear space of 

 water between my neighbor and myself, especially if I 

 notice that he is green at the work ; he might get excited 

 when tho birds were flying about him ; and a, charge of 

 No. 3 shot at fifty yards I do not fancy personally, do 

 yjouj 



Well, our line is at last formed. I can just make out 

 the nearest hoats in the gloom, as their occupants aro 

 busy arranging themselves comfortably before the dav 

 breaks. We ride gently on the long swells, it almost 

 puts US to sleep, the gentle, lazy motion, when : ' Boom ! 

 Boom ! "' goes a heavy gun to the southward, In an in- 

 stant every man is watching keenly for the bird?. A 



