August 24, 1882.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



subject. Sotire of these, at least, an observer may read and often care to interfere with) and other animals, not. perhaps; 



profit bj Take, for instance, the recognized tendency of too numerous t< ration, bul in a d'eer countiy hardly-worthy 



incidents, when r developed, in repeat themselves in | of notice. Compared with the large number of deer killed 



by parties who hum in thai region with hound-;, our kill was 



considering the nature of the country 



siill hunted— as all should be compelled 



ny deer lefl in Michigan- the miru- 



veloped, to rep 



ue in spell-:— mid what does it teacn:' 

 fftune eondeseends to smile on one. 



unity to lei her repeal ii us often as 

 : 1 in reaching the smiling 

 to be pleased with flic effect, and 

 urn again. 11 is quite possible thai 

 dndred admirer flatters her vanity by 



referring to her beauty as being, much enhanced by a smile. 



and thus, this happy condition of tilings is au. 



(puck BUi i 



Simplv thai if Dame 

 he" should lose np opp< 

 she will: for. having i 

 point, -be seems mil 



disposed to irj i ! agai 

 on such Occasions som 



to lie the cms,-. Ma. ii'ji- 

 m all unreasonable. Ilow- 

 lei noi now the moments 



ur t.ei. 



; licavili and i oniiniinush . 



course this is not positively kno 

 sidering ibe Bex, tie icti a is noi 

 ever t' is maj be, oh, Nimrodl 

 slip nor the grass gro* a t y< 



One rainy d;'.v. lie- rain fallill 



this same trio started <mi for a 1< 

 "breast hunting" tjiov soon got separated, and. to make mot- 

 or- worse, Ungle Sain and Sam both got "turned round"— in 

 short, lost Uncle Sam, so far as he -was concerned, -was 

 equal to the emergency, Bitting .down to quiet and collect 

 hisBomewnal scattered senses, and giving audible expression 

 to his disgust of the situation, he laid out the course by his 

 compass and after a tiresome, tramp through swamps and 

 fallen tunuor reached camp. .Not so, however, with Bam 



icidentaUy c 

 iviteil totas 



ediatery 



depend on 

 in m the right 

 sk oul on his 

 urn- to a. lum- 

 e dinner. As 

 c eouni.rv ami 

 income t. thej 

 on a road that 



consequently 



; were long to 



the morning, and 

 ictted I hat he bad 

 : opinion that he 



He realized ihat be was lost, and vet would 



hi.- compass; the compass did not seem to po 



direction, and \> must be wrong. So he 



own hook, and after some time 



ber camp, where he was kiudlv 



ibese lumbermen often knovs bu< 



roads, except so far as they are i 



did not direet him verv definitely, but put I 



lead miles away to .mother camp. Arrivii 



recognized it as one he had visited before. 



he knew the way from there, though the i 



the now tired walker. Arriving «l camjj 



the Opposite di reel ion to (he one taken in 



having traveled in an extended Circle, he a.- 



been around the South Pole. Bui it is lb 



dirin'l know whether it was the South Pole or Hie Ninth 



Pole. or. in fact, whether he had been around any poleal all. 



Frank, who is endowed with that happy faculty of location 



so valuable to the hunter, reached cam)) as usual without. 



difficulty. 



After two weeks we were joined by the remainder of the 

 party, Dan., George and Eh. The. addition added very 

 much to tin- animation of affairs, and everything went mer- 

 rily until one evening we were surprised by the arrival of 

 nearly thirty lumbermen, who had come to reoecupy the 

 Camp. They did not propose i,, have us leave, there was 

 room enough for us all. but the idea of cooking, eating and 

 sleeping in the midst of so many, and strangers a1 that, 

 could not be entertained. It was rather amusing to notice 

 the gloomy expression that stilled down upon Hie face of al- 

 most every hunter as he came in and learned the situation. 

 The subject was discussed among ourselves thai evening. 

 and before I urning into our hunks il was deoided to begin 

 work on a log cabin of our own next morning. We had 

 had tents, but there wassnow'On the ground, and thewcatbej 

 cold . so we decided on the. cabin. John kindly Off ergd, to 

 give us a location on his cleared ground, near a line spr 



of water, a 



od assisl 



IS ii 



the con 



struction of 





heavy 



OgS, 



sucli as a 





emplov 



ed. 



hough w 



! ha 



or "aba 



kes 



" as they 



are 



from a 



Urs 



<• pin,©, e: 



rrie 



hacks. 



am 





' ca 



chinke 



1 ih. 



spaoes h 



■I wt 



mosseit 



the 



!■:-. naming a|. 



glass, v 



vhic 



h John 1 



..pi 



woode 



1 hi 



:iges. const m 



of hemlock 



houghs 



on 



snow a 



rid : 



dd to the 



war 



irk. 



Ac 



irdiiu 



tv 



fei 



■ lit 



hi 



-inu- 



tile aid of neither. Clapboards, 



ailed in that country, were made 



nearly :. quarter of a mile ,,n ■ 



efully Constructed of them. We 

 •u the logs, daubed them with clay, 

 itures. put in a window-sash with 

 ■i.ed to haw. made a door with 

 red four bunks, piled a heavy mat 

 he roof to keep out the drifting 

 nth, and moved in within two and 

 a half days. If any one thinks lightly of the labor performed 

 in this undertaking let him reflect that the work was noi 

 only carefully done wilh a view to permanence, but that the 

 difficulties were much im refused i>.\ the want of facilities 

 usually employed. 



On the other hand, should anyone fee) disposed to be in- 

 credulous, he is informed thai every one of the party has a 

 mechanical reputation of no ordinary degree, and in almost 

 every instance merils bis reputation." while several of them 

 possess that, universal kind of genius which would enable 

 them to construct anything, from a saw-mil) to a breach 



loading gun, and make the tools to do it with, too, if neces- 

 sary. Bui these oharaelerislies are referred tu almost exclu- 

 sively lor the reason— and it is hoped the reader will so re- 

 gard it— that it seems remarkable, and therefore worthy of 

 note, that a party of seven persons, not at other times asso- 

 ciated on account of their mechanical tendencies, should 

 have been thus incidentally thrown together. That cabin, 

 around which at one time hung sixteen deer, would have 

 been an object of interest to any one who could have seen it; 

 but to thos'ewho built and occupied it. it must be an inefface- 

 able recollection. In leaving it the thought presented itself 

 whether any of ns should ever visit it again, and the silent 

 answer "Was, some may. I nit surely ii"l all. 



Another peculiarity of our party was that evorj one 

 nlayed the violin. Wc had none of our own with us, but 

 John, in a im asiire. supplied the want with one having but 

 three strings, and ii was really amusing to see the violin cir- 

 culated in regular ordei from one performer tO another. 

 Under the inspiration of the music r,:c ehtbnjs 

 reached the dancing point, when what is 

 a stag dame uinilii eii-.ue. a very appropi 

 for the huuter, is it noi'.' especially win 

 there are several antlered old fellows ban 



There were five very line heads of hn 

 trip, tWO Of wliii !i ale now in the ham 

 for mounting. One pair of these hone 

 is very large, eight-tyned. some of th 



to do, if there are to be 

 bor was fair. In truth w 

 W. had plenty of venisot 

 teen whole deer home wi 

 We were well treated i 



Mackinaw Division of th 

 Per- Marquette allowing 

 pounds of game free. V 

 from the Dayton vV .Mich 

 appointed. The man wl 

 there, voluntarily n mail 

 game-load il i lie hi 



us thai free" We accet 

 ton. the baggage master 

 reived a Icicgiam rcquiri 

 game, and charge us hag 

 of haggage usually- allow 



ol io 



at Hn 



kind < 



taxid.-i 

 red by i 

 the 



anil brought 



railroads in Michigan; the 

 higan Qeutral, and the Flint & 

 hi- baggage and two hundred 

 led i" receive the same terms 



it Toledo, hul in this were. lis- 

 mded to checking our baggage 

 at if we would handle. our own 

 • car, etc. — "they would give 

 lis, but on our arrival in Day- 

 informed us thai he had re- 

 nt;/,' r%l -seignt ovsr that 



■had to,, 



Pittsburgh, Oini 



ly roundly for oi 



innali & Si. LOi 

 igame. St'].: 



i.s Rail- 



-HKl;. 



A MORNING WITH 



THE WOODCOCK. 



myself had deoided i" take 



A 8 early as May a friend s 



i \ a d:i.\ wilh the woodcock as" soon as the law was oil', 

 which in liii- State is the first of August, for in this section 

 of the country, being so near Boston, il is the "early bird 

 that. catches the worm." and In- ha- to he pretty carlv at 

 that. The fourth ol A ugu-l arrived, and then I 'had to go 

 alone. A I -I A. M. 1 was awakened by my alarm clock, and 

 npju arising found the air clear and cool, and the eastern 

 sky faintly light with the approaching dawn 



All. 



went io th, 

 approach. : 

 nd. Takin 

 al and lie 



ids, and found the dogs 



utrh aware of the sport 



and Da-h. I 



■grounds. On 



ipeaiancc. and 



trieviru 

 dogs th 

 I movei 

 up. 1 



bird, w 



her the 



lib. 

 to get 



Sill. 



5 only Xci 



Ii a light meal ami then started fin- 

 al the stin was iusl making its 

 m bid fair for a mornine of perfect pleasure. Gn- 

 e swamp I cast off the dogs and had proceeded but a 

 tanee when Nellie stiffened on a grind point, Dash 

 gon the scene, hacking her finely. Waiting 8 n.o- 

 rteady them 1 Mushed the bird and killed, Nellie re- 

 in good form. Stopping a few moments to let the 

 roughly heal the ground in hopes of finding another, 

 on oiifv to find some of the best spots entirelj dried 

 as beginning to think that 1 had secured the only 

 en Nellie again pointed, bin before 1 could reach 

 ilrd Hushed wild, giving me a snap shol. which, as 

 good fortune as good shooting. 1 improved by 

 the bird to the ground dead. The bird retrieved, 

 .-ii':' :„at the remainder of the ground, but failed 



I was disappointed in only securing these two birds. For the 

 ml is one of He- liisi 1 ever saw. but 1 accounted for it 



liv :he e\oe,din 



;lvdi\ weather of the past sis week-. Look 





I found that 1 had consumed two. hours in 



the swamp, and 



as I had the forenoon before me. decided to 



try another plai 



3 about tWO miles furlkcr on. where earlier 



in the season 1 1 



ad started quite a number of birds, and as 



there were two 



if three springs 1 was sure of wet ground. 



Calling the (h 



gs to heel, as the sun was well up and pretty 



hot, I soon arrii 



ed. The first place, where I had stalled two a 



week before. v\ 



as drawn blank. Going toward a spring 



ibe dogs gavi 



evid.-nce of the proximitv of game and 



moved CaUtaOUS 



v along. c.uhingHic scent al about the -ame 



time, the. log -1 



gUtlv in advance. I flushed the birds and 



two splendid v 



oodciick bur-l into view, one going for an 



opening .and tin 



other rising over Hie Inc.-. I put on to the 



rising one and t 



aissed. owing probably io his being so near; 



tin- other one I 



killed. After retrieving the dead bird 1 



started in the d 



rcctiou taken by the other, and commenced 



to cautiouslv bi 



at the ground, but the dogs bad only crossed 



two or three tin 



,s when the bird flushed in an open spot 



Bj 



tcmbe 

 home, kill] 

 I have ol 

 cock fly he 

 here in Au 



observation, a 



PUT YOURSELF IN CONDITION. 



AS the shooting season is at hand when the inexorable 

 law throws off its stern mantle of justice, and, meta- 

 phorically speaking, opens wide the gales of the great pre 

 Serves to the enthusiastic devotees Of the dog and gun who 



hav 



for th 



Il v 



waiting. O, 

 ,-oodcoek and 

 aav word to 

 of beim 



ouslv 

 ild duck, it 



10 hale 



uld be'fol 



every 



• a bout \\ i'h the. 

 will, perhaps, be not 

 is, touching the im- 

 e of the. Word, ready 



to 



rlo draw ca 

 il hangs tin 



eful altenli 

 gunner's cl 

 i Ihclield. 



•rate what this journal has already 

 upon its reader-, viz. : The. 

 in ii good condition, a good dog 

 Ida good companion. All these 

 nilants of a good sportsman, and 

 ither essential wi 



. kn 



that 



. health and 

 ougli physi- 



We refer 

 ca) preparations 



A gret majority of the guild are dwellers in cities and 

 low us- -lawyers, physicians, clergymen, merchants, clerks. 

 :t hi ididi, (/""'-'. whose pursuits arc of such a nature that, 

 while He ware r„„ „,,,„n with Meld sports, their physical 

 condition is away down below their ideas. To illustrate: A 

 merchant may be in prime order for doing his regular work 

 faithfully and well, and yet let him lake a few days' outing 

 with an eight-pound gun and fifty loaded shells on his per- 

 son, he will return at nighl "used up," with a wreti bed sick 



fceii 



headaell 



lav b:fc.;. 



in the fin 

 clerk may 

 him by a I 

 SO <li (fin n 



and like as 



from hi- SCI 

 redound toll 

 those two det 



And now how ci 

 The novice musi h 

 tighter and the 1 



hi- flabby muscles 

 feet musi be tough 

 all humors, and il 

 g this about 



g that ' 



delusion 



a -pie, 



the -pint'' he so loudly praised the 

 and a snare. And all this, perhaps. 

 jid bag. Again a soft (physically) 



enjoy a day doled out grudgingly to 

 oyer. The unusual violent exercise, 

 ;v dav routine, "breaks him all up," 

 lo.-s throng ' 



lieil i 



oflel 



thai wli 



I of two 



sly docked 

 cli should 



hie 



lllil 



There is 



the 



and ha 

 is stoma 



pov 



o one.- 



closely 



of all sports 



aider 

 ed of 



nfinedthat he 



branching, and is beautifully symmetrical. N'ot many huul- 

 rts meet with such heads in a iilelime. 



Bears were not plenty and but two were killed, Uncle 

 Sam and Sam securing the honors on thai .-cor,. 



ThoPC are niaiiv beaver dams in this count rv. niosl of them 

 old and deserted.' nut some of them siill occupied by these 

 wonderful animal-. 



But it. must not be forgotten that the story which seems all 

 too short for the writer, may be all too long' for the reader; 

 therefore, with the omission of many items, this -uh.jeei 

 musi speedily brought to a close. Suffice it then to add. 

 that our party killed twenty-five deer, two bears, a numbe 



d immediatelv disappeared, notg: 

 ing me a chance t shoot. 1 concluded that it would be 

 useless to follow him because of his wildness, and also that 

 he was making in the direction of an almost impene- 

 trable swamp. Ketiirningto where the birds first started I 

 commenced again, and after fifteen minute's work the dogs 

 pointed on the" edge of an open. 1 flushed the birds, and was 

 somewhat surprised and disappointed to have three young 

 ruffed grouse take wing and disappear. Moving on a little 

 further the dogs again pointed, and again grouse were raised. 

 When I failed to shoot the second time, the dogs looked up 

 as much as to -,,v: -Have your senses left voti entirely 

 That was a bird." 



In a short time I flushed the remainder of the covey; in 

 all there were about ten. Being near the end of the swamp 

 1 decided to leave it rather than disturb them again. I had 

 almost rc-aclicd the edge when the dogs pointed, and bv their 

 manner I knew that, it was a sight point. 1 walked in but 

 was surprised to find no bird, when suddenly another covey 

 of young grouse about as large as quail made feeble attempts 

 to fly. Wilh givat difficulty I restrained the dogs ,m<] made 

 I look for grand sp,, r t there the first of Sep- 

 tus time it was near noon and I started for 

 one woodcock on a little stream on my way. 

 i Men it stated thai in July and August wood- 

 Ivand an- , asilv killed, but I would sav that 

 t they liyas well and swiftly, according to my 

 during the vear. and seem to an 

 deistan.l as well how to put on the fancy turns and twists for 

 which they are noted. Neponskt. 



1 1 via-: Pars, Mn-s., Aug. hi. 



Saudis, Miss.. Aug. II, 1MH2.— 1 had the pleasure of flush- 

 ing a line covey of ipiail while passing through a field on my 

 return from the lake, and oin-of the. gentlemen wi.o wa- with 

 me informed ine thai il was not an uncommon occurrence to 

 flush three and fuurcovies in a walk through some of the 

 Holds in that neighborhood. 1 think the abundant crop of 

 corn that i- growing in I his counly will make hunting good 

 bete i lii- fall and winter. — Davy. 



can find no tirnef or plenty of exercise between business hours, 

 but ■the rub" i- he will' not do il : he will lie snoozing in 

 bed dreaming of the many birds he will bring to bag, when 

 he might, be out in the sweet morning air stiffening his 

 sinews and laying the foundations for that which would 

 bring the dreams to a glorious reality. Active, manly exer- 

 cise is good the year around, but as man is a lazy animal 

 and will not live up to In- privileges, save, perhaps in Ibe 

 matter of field sports, we will venture on the following ad- 

 vice to sportsmen, assuring them that their enjoyment in the 

 field will be enhanced a thousand fold, and great good will 

 result to them physically and mentally. 



"When the great day is appointed— as il generally is a fort- 

 night, in advance— arise al . r i A. M. which is no chore these 

 lovely mornings, don your hunting shocsaml siillv forth with 

 a stout stick in your hand. Stretch off briskly for a live 

 mile walk, and allow no symptoms of fatigue to tempi von 

 either to cut it short or indulge in an "eye-opener," Vour 

 seven-thirty or eight o'clock breakfast will have wondrous 

 charms for you. and when you go down-town listen to no 

 iilandishmi in- of convenient "bus" or tram lines For tho 

 first two or three mornings you may he a little fired when 

 you go to work, but that will soon wear off, and wheu the 

 desired morning comes you will skip the daisies and thrash 

 through, the brush untiringly and at night be as fresh as a 

 rose, feeling that the day has been well spent 



This may seem a hard prescription to follow, but it is not. 

 and we can assure our readers it will pay to try it to its full 

 extent. Valuable lime will thus be saved, and the mission 

 for which wc leave, our business be accomplished. Tottering 

 legs, aching heads antl nervous arms can never do the execu- 

 tion on grouse or woodcock that the steady nerves of the 

 well-conditioned shooter can accomplish, fortified as he is by 

 a thorough physical training. H. W. D. L. 



Birds About PnrLADEi.PBiA.— Philadelphia. Aug 21.— 

 Quite a number of rail have bred on our marshes this spring, 

 and the young already are in good order. One flight of 

 birds has come, notwithstanding it was early for it. So we 

 expect good sport after September 1. Grass plover can be 

 found now all about Philadelphia, especially in the neigh- 

 borhood of Darby Creek. Blackbirds are beginning to flock 

 in considerable numbers on both our river shores, and the 

 adjacent cornfields are suffering. Reed birds are coming 

 every day and although the seed is not ripe they are taking 

 up their quarters among them. At present, wherever afield 

 of herd grass can be found a collection of these early coming 

 flocks may he seen, hut the. bird is yet. out. of season and it 

 should not Ije killed Shore bird shooting is quite good now, 

 south of Great Egg Harbor. Willets are more plentiful this 

 year than last, and short-billed curlew numerous, though 

 wary as the\ always ale. Two parlies leav lug Philadelphia 

 last week for shore birds were actually driven off the mead 

 own bv the mosquitoes. Plenty of birds were living, but 

 without a breath of wind to drive off ihc files, gnats and 



mosquitoes, sitting still in a blind' on a smIi marsh was un- 

 bearable. — Homo. 



pHTT.AriKi.rntA Notes.— August 16.— Grass plover arc 

 plentiful in Hie fields about Philadelphia on the river shores. 

 It is not. generally known, and but few have gone out after 

 th. -in Peed birds are beginning to come. Past year there 

 were but few. Tbisseason they will be pleuliful. There i-a 

 good crop of seed growing and just beginning to top.— I lovn .. 



Nkw I.oi imana Ga.mk Law.— The game law of Louisiana 

 was amended at the last session of Hie Legislature, the open 

 season- being a- follows-. Deer, Oct. I to March l : wild 

 turkey, 0>i. 1 to April 15; quail, partridge or pheasant. 

 Oct. I to April I. By a curious and stupid clerical blunder, 

 in transcribing the bill tin- word "duck, was substituted for 

 of raged "louse. •>.- l.i. I. were plenty, but which we did not I buck, and the bill was so framed and the law so' published. 



Massachusetts.— East. Douglas.— Game prospects are good 

 tor grouse, and squirrels are quite plenty . the woods fairly 

 swarmiug with the l-i.-t We have no market hunters in Ibis 

 section among our own sportsmen Hunting out of season is 

 done but little, and then at the. beginning of the season by 

 someone over-icniptcd— Amati.i n. 



Nkbiiask.v. Aug. Hi.— Chickens are plentiful. Lots of 

 them, though not so near as they were, last year ou account, 

 of the country settling up so rapidly. We will probably 

 have lots of ducks and geese this fall. Quails, rabbits, plo- 

 ver, ric. also are very plentiful.— D. P.. 



