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the consciousness that the unfortunate but respectable 
family of Hyperia, doubtless one of the links in the grand 
chain which connects the original monad with the per¬ 
fect man, are furnished with comfortable residences, 
although their houses have only an opening at one end. 
I would suggest, however, that in yonr next you should 
state distinctly in which end the opening is situated, and 
also how well olf the Hyperia are for out-buildings. 
J. Proctor Knott. 
J. Walter Fewkes, Esq,, Cambridge, Mass. 
Washington, D. C., Dec. 15,1879. 
J. Walter Fewkes, Esq., Cambridge. Mass. 
My Dear Sir .—I have read your art icle in the Kansas 
City Review of Science andlndustry for December, 1879, 
on “Hyperia in the Nectocalyx, of Abyla Pentagona," 
with fee Lings of mingled pain and pleasure. While I 
agree with you that the " Nectocalyx never reaches the 
dimensions of a large Doliolum," I would suffer myself 
to be burned at the stake before I would assent to the 
Imposition that “ the larger Nectocalyx of a Siphono- 
phore Abyla Pentagona may replace the Doliolum.” I 
stand on the Doliolum, and am utterly unwilling to see 
it replaced by a Siphonophore Abyla Pentagona. 
Now. it is quite clear to me, as it must be to every re¬ 
flecting man, that you are correct when you say that 
•• the upper and smaller Nectocalyx of the Abyla is 
always detached." Still I cannot permit myself to be¬ 
lieve that " only one end of this Abyla house of Hyperia 
has an opening.” 
Yourstatementthat “ Doliola with Crustacea within are 
often taken in pelagic fishing,” must not be permitted to 
pass unchallenged. You will pardon me for saying that 
I have always adhered to the belief that Doliola were 
cyuocephalous fasciolaria, which oommunioate a distinct 
a’nthrodinia to the epithalium of the echinoderm, and 
as a necessary consequence must be taken in archaic 
rather than pelagic fishing. 
Please furnish mo fuller information on this whole sub¬ 
ject, as I am literally consumed with anxiety. 
Yours, &c., 
- J. A. McKenzie. 
Washington D. C., Dec. 15,1879. 
Dear Sir .—Although a stranger to you, I cannot re¬ 
frain from expressing the deep interest and enthusiasm 
with which I read your article of Nov. 12. 1879, pub¬ 
lished in the December, 1879, number of the Kansas City 
Review of Science and Industry. In that article you 
say that " the larger Nectocalyx of a Siphonophore Abyla 
Pentagona may replace the Doliolum." 
I have given to this subject much study and research, 
and am inclined to doubt the conclusion to which you 
have come. If not asking too much, I will be obliged to 
vou to give at length the data on which your opinion is 
based. Very respectfully, 
John F. House. 
J, Walter Fewkes, Esq., Cambridge, Mass. 
Washington D. C., Dec. 16,1879. 
My Dear Mr. Fewkes, —Life is at best a protoplasm, 
and the plasm is as innocent as the Abylse which you 
Pave honored with your attention. When, therefore, 
you give to the life of the Hyperia, as well as its brood, 
a barrel-shaped body, I naturally insert my spigot in the 
orifice, so as to extract the vital essence of your paper in 
the Kansas City Review. 
You say that “ it is well known that this barrel-shaped 
body is not unlike a dead Doliolum." Now, sir, I have 
often fished in a pelagic way, but never had the pleasure 
of catching a dead Doliolum. I have raised a few of them 
in the. neighborhood of the flounder fishing on the banks 
of Madagascar, but they were always alive ; so that I can¬ 
not verify ?our statement that the Hyperia is like the 
dead Doliolum, In fact, I am inclined to deny that as¬ 
sertion. Once or twice I had some scores of bites of the 
lesser Nectocalyx. In fact, I brought to the surface a 
fine specimen of the Siphonophore Abyla Pentagona. But 
as I did not land it, owing to special ukase of the Queen 
ol Madagascar, I cannot, as I would wish, replace with it 
the Doliolum. 
1 thought that Abylaj were never taken with Hyperia, 
and mv impression remains that the brood was not be¬ 
tween the upper and smaller Nectocalyx. You intimate 
that, the latter is always detached from the former. Will 
vou please review your experience on this head. I have 
frequently taken the Doliolum alive, but it was firmly 
attached to the bouse of the Hyperia at an opening, but 
not the one you describe. . . , . . 
Now Mr. Fewkes, I pray you to tiy to find a natural 
entrance at both ends of the Abyla, not alone in the in¬ 
terest of science, but for the sake of quieting the tumult 
of opposition your article has raised in the minds of Hon. 
Mr Knott, of Kentucky, his colleague, Hon. Mr. Mc¬ 
Kenzie and Hon. Mr. House, of Tennessee. They assert 
fearlessly that they have frequently taken in the waters 
of the Great Gave of Kentucky the Siphonophore, but it 
had always an Abyla and a Pentagona attached, and at 
only one opening. Two openings, sir, would refute many 
of the theories of those empirics, who deny that the life 
of Hvperia and its brood can ever he found in the Crus¬ 
tacea within the pelagic waters of the Great Cave. But 
if it he found that there are two opemngs, will it not in¬ 
duce the belief,as an analogy of nature, that the Great Cave 
itself has two openings? If it be found that is more than 
one opening to the Great Gave, as well as to the Abyla 
Hvperia will it not follow that the native distillation of 
Kentucky may be encrusted by the upper aud lower 
Nectocalyx, and will tbe Doliolum then be replaced by 
the Siphonophore Pentagona? 
These questions, my dear Mr, Fewkes, are answerless, 
yet incessant. Yours, etc., g ^ ox 
Tiie Past Yachting Season. —With the fourth paper 
by “ Rouge-Croix,” which appears in this issue, is 
brought to a close a most interesting, able and valuable 
communication anent the recent racing season. The ex¬ 
periences of the writer in all matters connected with this 
sport entitle his opinions, so happily recorded, to the 
careful attention of all devoted to this fascinating and 
really scientific pastime. In the stereotyped phrase, 
“we point with pardonable pride” to the review by 
“ Rouge-Croix ” a.s another evidence of the enviable list 
of unequalled contributions to be found in our columns. 
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Glass-Ball Championship with Rifle.— The cham¬ 
pionship of America for glass-ball shooting with rifle was 
decided on Friday last at the shooting school of Captain 
Bogardus, No. 20 Eighth street, in this city. The match 
had been generally advertised, and the fact that only 
two candidates appeared showed the general appreciation 
of the difficulty of this style of marksmanship. There was 
no throwing of the balls up from an assistant trained to put 
them to a regular point in the air, as was done in the 
Carver shoot against time at Deerfoot Park. Up to this 
time glass-ball shooting with the rifle had been only a 
sort of shooting trick used in exhibitions and shows, but 
not recognized by any rules. Captain Bogardus was the 
first to fix a definite code for the guidance of all shooting 
in this style—gaining thereby a uniformity of practice, 
and making it possible to carry on matches. The present 
match was brought about by the offer of a fine gold 
badge by theWincliester Repeating Arms Co. For the first 
contest the entrance fee was fixed at $10, and Eugene Bo¬ 
gardus, the son of the champion wing-shot, with Dr. 
Bower Talbot, were the only ones to face the trap. The 
shootingwasatlOO balls each, sprung from a Bogardus 
trap, at five yards rise. 
! Young ’Gene has shown himself to be a wonderful shot, 
and with his .32-calibre Scott rifle is able to average over 
ninety in the hundred. The high sights of the repeating 
rifle used bothered him somewhat, as these were set for 
one hundred yards, and the Winchester with flat sights 
ordered by him had not yet come. The shooting editor 
of the Forest and Stream acted as referee, and the lad 
having won the toss, went to the score first, firing at 
ten balls, and then giving way to his opponent to fire at 
a. like number, and so on to the finish. The Doctor was 
entirely outshot, and seemed utterly unable to find the 
balls m the air—sometimes Bhooting over and again 
under, with bewildering irregularity. The boy hit the 
ball either rising, still or falling, as he happened to catch 
the sight, but in each case got a positive sight before he 
pulled off. The score, by tens, stood:— 
EUGENE BOOAltDCS. 
0 1110 10 10 1 
Broke. Mimed. 
111111010 1 .. 
1 1 0 1 1 ft 1111.. 
1 0 I 1 1 1 l 1 1 L. 
11110 110 0 1. 
- - - 1 1 .. 
10 0 11.. 
110 0 1.. 
10 110.. 
11110.. 
Totals.. W 
23 
nit. It. TALBOT. 
Broke. Missed. 
110100000 1. 4 « 
000000000 0 . 0 10 
0 11 1 0 0 1 0 I 0 0. 3 7 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 . 2 8 
010000000 0. 1 o 
ooioonooo o. J o 
10000 0 000 0. 1 J 
000011000 0 . 2 8 
000000000 0 . 
000000001 0. 
... 1 
Totals.. 15 85 
The winner says that ho will adliero strictly by the 
rules of the badge, and any one wishing it must put up 
$100 fee and win it. _ 
Wonderful Pistol Shooting.— Mr. Frank H. Lord has 
again porformed a feat of marksmanship worthy of 
notice. On the evening of the 18th inst. at Conlin’s shoot¬ 
ing gallery, while favoring a number of his Mends with 
an exhibition of his skill in quick shooting with pistol at 
a moving object, he hit, in twelve shots, six swinging 
three-quarter-inch bullets, at the word of command, dis¬ 
tance twelve paces. This style of shooting is a new ven¬ 
ture with him, which fact makes his brilliant score all the 
more remarkable. Unexcelled as Mr. Lord’s previous 
records in pistol shooting have been, his skill continues 
to approach nearer and nearer to absolute perfection. 
[J, S. C, 
Massachussets — Fitchburg, Dec. 24th. — A squad from 
the Washington Guards took a sleigh ride to Pound Hill 
Rifle Range this afternoon, and did some shooting, al¬ 
though none made the required score entitling them to 
be reported in the Adjutant-General’s report for 1879, 
which is 17 out of a possible 25. The distance was 200 
yards, off-liand:— 
M. Larlrin.3 2 0 0 0- 4 
i Ki-pfi* .3 3 0 0 0— 6 
j! McCarty.4 3 3 3 0-12 
E. Sweeney.5 4 4 3 0—15 
r. O’Heru.4 4 3 3 3—18 
D.Marcy. 3 
Ll- Conoannon..4 
Lt, Shea.4 
Capt.. Briae.5 
Capt. Kirby.4 
3 0—9 
3 3-15 
3 3—18 
0 0—10 
3 2—16 
Gardner, Dec. 25<7i.—'There was some good shooting at 
Hackmatack Range to-day by members of the Rifle Club, 
several prizes having been offered, tbe winners taking 
their choice according to their record. Following is the 
score:— _ 
r C, Bent . 153 I G.R. Pratt..... 177 
r * o * WmI kor - -,.148 I G - . F. Mlsworth . 
s’HlSreth . ...... .. 194 F.E. Nichols. 181 
H. C. Knowlton. 23! I Chester Hinds. 186 
The club will meet on Saturday of each week for prac¬ 
tice, when the weather is favorable. 
Washington, D. C .—Columbia Rifle Association. 
Notwithstanding the forbidding weather quite a number 
of riflemen went out to Benning’s Saturday afternoon, the 
20th inst. The first call was the long-range match, when 
p J Lauritzen, Colonel Burnside and Dr. S. I. Scott en¬ 
tered and began filing, but very soon Dr. Scott’s rifle 
“leaded” so badly it threw the bullet very wildly, giving 
him a great number of misses, and he withdrew. 
Following is the score of the other gentlemen:— 
>. J. LAUKITZEN. 
800 yards. * £ 5 
900 yards.— “ b 
1,800 yards.4 5 5 
,4 4 4 5 5 5 5 
5555555655 
6 5-71 
5 4-68 
5 5—74 
q,.'M 
ceptionally good, starting off with a “flamings” an>s — 
ishing with fourteen bull’s-eyes in succession. Soon „ 
the start at the last distance Colonel Burnside fell 
difficulty in the manipulation of his sights during 
shower that occurred then, and he did not recover fi 
it in time to round up with his usual shooting at this < 
treme distance. 
At the short-range match, which was shot at the same 
time with the long-range, the scores were as follows :— 
C. n. LAJI1D. 
200 yards. 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4—41 
300 yards. 544344554 4-43 
Total. .83 
A. A. ADEE. 
200 yards. 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4-41 
300 yards. ,344432344 3-33 
Points allowed to military riilo... 3 
Total.77 
B. JOHNSTONE. 
800 yards ... 
900 yards.... 
1,000 yards... 
Total ... 76 
pig ngd 
GAME IN SEASON FOR DECEMBER. 
Moose, Alee Americana. 
Caribou, Bnnt/ifcr caribou. 
Elk or wapiti, Cerims canadensis. 
Red or Va. deer. C. virginianus. 
Squirrels, red, black and gray. 
Hares, brown and gray. 
Wild turkay,Mcleayris adllopavo. 
Pinnated grouse or prairie 
chickens, Cwpidonia cupldo. 
’ pheasant, Bo- 
Ruffed grouse < 
na8a umbcUus. 
Quail or partridge, Ortyxvirgini- 
Woodeock, Phttoltela minor. 
Swans, Brant, Wild Bucks, Geese, <&c. 
This table does not apply to all the States. It is meant to 
represent the game which is generally In season atthis time. State 
regulations may prohibit the killing of some species of game here 
mentioned. 
Loading Choke-Bores. —In last week’s number I gave 
my method of loading choke-bores with buckshot. I 
used No. 8 buckshot, and the result was one seven-year 
and one five-year buck. The large buck was coming right 
towards me, when I fired the first barrel, at five rods. I 
put seven buckshot clean through his neck, and one or 
two struck the breast bone and flattened. This did not 
stop him the least; but, as he wont by at four rods, tbe 
other barrel killed him. The other buck was a cross-shot 
at fourteen rods. The first barrel put one buckshot in the 
ham, and one in fore-shoulder. The second barrel, at six¬ 
teen rods, put only one buckshot into him, but it went 
clean through his vitals, near the heart, and lodged in the 
skin on the other side. This is strong shooting; but this 
size buckshot is too small. They never bleed a deer out¬ 
wardly, and it is hard to track him. A rifle is the thing 
for such game; but, if you must use buckshot, I say, 
from practical experience, to use the largest of which the 
gun will easily chamber three ; twelve for a 10-bore, and 
nine for 12-bore. As an improvement in the ma nn er of 
loading stated in last number, I recommend to cut the 
paper shell, to go into tbe brass shell, long enough to 
easily chamber twelve buckshot by threes, when closed. 
This method is much the Bafest, and then the charge will 
not stick at the muzzle. I presume fine shot would shoot 
closer and deeper by my method. Understand, yon must 
not chamber your buckshot by the muzzle of the gun, 
but by the part of paper shell used to slip into the brass 
Bhell when that paper shell is closed. Be sure to cut it so 
that, when closed, it slips readily into the muzzle of the 
gun. Any one who will try this manner of shooting 
buckshot for breech-loaders, if they carefully follow di¬ 
rections here and in the last number, cannot fail to kill 
the deer at ten rods at least, if they aim true, and the gun 
is a good one. R. W. H. 
Rapid Shell Loader. —Editor Forest and Stream :— 
As any means of loading shells by a quantity at a time 
is a great improvement on the old method of one at a 
time, and hence an advantage to the sportsman, I wish 
to testify to the advantages of the Slocum Loader, one of 
which I have had during the past season. It is very 
simple, and loads the shells evenly and uniformly, and 
when fifty shells can be filled by one movement, it is 
saying enough as to saving of time. Many loading ma¬ 
chines have been brought out, but this is the best 1 have 
seen, and I can recommend it fully. William Read & 
Sons sell it. A. H. Bogardus. 
Treat’s Island Camp —Bethel, Me., Dec. VUh. — Editor 
Forest and Stream :—Reading Mr. Rollins’ very inter¬ 
esting paper on bis August trip to Pannacheno Lake and 
beyond, reminds me that my friend John S. Danforth is 
building this winter on Treat’s Island, a four story 
camp; so in future liis visitors will have elevated views 
from their sleeping rooms, of Parmacliene and all the 
surrounding country, but not a house or opening in the 
dense forest will be seen for thirty miles in any direction; 
and looking east one hundred miles to Moosehead Lake 
without a break. In summer Mr. Danforth has a regu¬ 
lar mail line once or twice a week, by the way of asso¬ 
ciated camps at Indian Rock, supported by himself. 
This fall Mr. Danforth lias killed two caribou which he 
has stuffed and fitted to his island camps for ornaments. 
Luman Sargent and Alvah Cooledge, of Upton, have 
trapped forty-six mink this fall; also two otter, and con¬ 
siderable other game about the Umbagog and Molly- 
chunkemunk Lakes. J. G. Rich, 
COLONEL BUBNSIDE. 
56455555555555 5—74 
' 5 4 5 6 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5-71 
55333445455555 4-65 
The shooting of Mr. Lauritzen at 1,000 yards was ex- 
Connecticut— New Haven Dec. 19f7i.—Coots have left 
this section of the Sound, and the old squams have not 
been so plenty for years. Of late they have been feeding 
about the cove. Gold Band. 
New York —New Hamburg, Dec. 'id .—I received an in¬ 
voice of the far-famed European carp from Blackford, 
which I will put in Wappinger’s and Fisli kill creeks for 
the benefit of the citizens of Dutchess County. Fishing 
at this point is about over for the season, except for pot- 
