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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[AtlSTJBT 11, 1881. 



slower ; but we had the birds— who cares for weather ? 

 Crossing the N. Y. C. R. R., we discovered a hunter, 

 from Syracuse, worn and weary, and with empty bag. His 

 forlorn condition aroused our sympathies, and we handed 

 him a brace to keep him from suiciding. 



This letter may be lacking in quantity of game when com- 

 pared wilh those which appear in jour' columns from week 

 to week, nevertheless f believe it excels them in truth, and 

 that is desirable. 



I believe the man who approves of August 1 as open season 

 for woodcock is just a month too late for this section of the 

 country. 



1 hear of many woodcock being shot the last week iu 

 July, and kept on ice for Monday^ the 1st of August, but 

 don't knew of an3 r . I believe the law is very generally re- 

 spected. Yours for earlier season, ' Novioe. 



WILD CELERY. 



IN the Fobest and Stream of July 7, 1881, inquiry was 

 made concerning the cultivation, sowing or transplant- 

 ing of wild celery (1 'nlimeria spiralis) in waters to serve as 

 food for wild fowl. 



Although I am not prepared now (others may be) to give 

 a'l the information solicited, yet in a cause of so much inter- 

 est to sportsmen in the food attractions of wild fowls to any 

 given locality, I should be glad to see the experiment of 

 transplanting tried and will cheerfully give all the informa- 

 tion and aid 1 can. 



It grows in enormous quantities on the grounds of the Wi- 

 nous Point Shooting Club, in Sandusky Bay, where the can- 

 vas-back, red-head, widgeon and other water fowls resort in 

 great numbers to live and fatten on its tmtrilious roots. The 

 seed blossom is produced upon a small spiral stem and floats 

 upon the surface of the water ; but I thank seeds could not 

 be gathered in condition or quantity for sowing. But as it 

 grows annually from its roots these can be gathered in any 

 quantity desired, and no doubt would readily grow and 

 spread if transplanted in suitable grounds. The water may 

 be from six inches to six feet deep over a mud deposit of at 

 least two inches deep above the clay or hard bottom where 

 the plant is made. 



I Uiink It should he planted in the fall, afler the bulbs are 

 matured and before ice is formed — somewhere between Oct. 

 15 and Nov. 15 ; and if any one desirous of trying the exper- 

 iment will address a letter on the subject before ihe 15th of 

 November I will endeavor to have the roots gathered, packed 

 in mi >ss and forwarded. There will be no expense outside 

 of boxing and transportation. D. W. CkOSS. 



488 KwUii (irc-vne, Gleeeland, 0. 



PRAIRIE CHICKEN SHOOTING. 



Anoka, Minn. , August 2. 

 tidiu>r Forest and Stream : 



I think the law prohibiting the killing of prairie chickens 

 before Sept. 1 is a good one, although many object to it. 

 Prom my observation (and I have shot in this State several 

 seasons) I have found many coveys not full grown on Sept. 

 1, especially when their nests had been destroyed by burning 

 prairies, or other causes. But in many sections of the State, 

 lam sorry to say, the law is a "dead letter," and many 

 chickens are killed in the early part of August. Indeed, some 

 have been killed in this section already. And what is one, 

 who is here seeking his health, an ardent sportsman, desirous 

 of get ling all the exercise and pure a ; r possible, to do under 

 the circumstances? Would you advise him to passively 

 abide his time till Sept. 1 and then go out to find no chick- 

 ens, or to endeavor to enforce the law and get kicked out of 

 town ? 



But enough of this. I did not expect you to answer these 

 questions, but is 1 had frequently thought over my position 

 here and what 1 should do, the same thoughts come into my 

 mind now. The prospect for chickens is good throughout 

 the State and some are two-thirds grown already. The writer 

 is from St. Louis, seeking health, and will be in the State 

 till about Nov. 1. About Sept. 1 he will probably go to 

 Kandigohi, in the county bearing that name, where there is 

 said to be an abundance of game and few hunters. In fact, 

 one can find game plentiful away from any of the larger 

 towns, Geo. G. Cole. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



THE fall season of the Gerniantown Hare and Hounds 

 Club will open in September with a drag bunt. Mr. 

 Wain's packs of imported English fox-hounds will make 

 their first American appearance on this occasion. Much is 

 expected from these dogs, a? they came from some of the 

 finest kennels abroad. A better tf st than a drag hunt would 

 be the participation of Reynard himself, but it is not always 

 a live fox can be had so near Philadelphia. 



Pbiladelphians at Atlantic City say the fishing there has 

 never been better for many years. This is the effect of the 

 prohibition by law of early seine fishing. -It is likewise felt 

 at Great and Little Egg Harbors and at Bamegat, N. J. Our 

 friend Kinzey labored arduously for the passage of this law, 

 and deserves the thanks of all lovers of " the gentle art " of 

 angling. 



The Philadelphia schooner-rigged yacht Yega is in the 

 Gulf of St. Lawrence with a parly of Philadelphiuns on 

 board. 



The extreme dry weather for twenty miles around Phila- 

 delphia during the two past weeks has driven the woodcock 

 to the river cripples and drifts, and quite a number have been 

 killed along shore by market shooters. As all the wet feed- 

 ing places inland have become parched and dry the birds 

 are obliged to seek the thickets bordering tide-water streams, 

 as the only ones remaining where food can be had. By-the- 

 bye. speaking of woodcock, we noticed in last week's Forest 

 and Stream a letter from a correspondent, in which it was 

 stated that one of these birds was seen in company with 

 some sparrows in your Reservoir Park "pecking about." 

 Can it be that a woodcock was seen pecking as sparrows do ? 

 Surely your correspondent, if he was acquainted with the 

 woodcock at all, must have known that their bill can only be 

 vised for boring, and then only in soft ground. Perhaps the 

 bird he saw was woodpecker. 



At the Zoo last week a eon of Mr. John L. Bullock, of 

 our city, while endeavoring to throw a ground nut into the 

 monkey cage, was caught by the finger by one of the mon- 

 keys and the first joint bitten entirely off. There should be 

 a close wire screen at the bottom of the cage to protect, chil- 

 dren from just such accidents as this, or the monkeys should 

 not be allowed te be fed by visitors at all, and the peanut 



venders deprived from offering their stock iu trade for sale 

 within the Zoo inclosure. A suit for damages might result 

 from jusl such accidents as this, and the management should 

 attend to the mutter. 



Last week a resident of Trout lluii, north of Williamsport, 

 Pa., while out berrying, accompanied by his dog, was at- 

 tacked by a huge hear and two cubs. With nothing but a 

 pine-knot, hastily picked up, the bear was kept off until the 

 dog in the rear, snapping at her heels, attracted her attention 

 and the frightened countryman made trucks for a tree and 

 saved himself. It litis been many years since a bear has been 

 seen so near Williamsport. 



The woodcock shooting in the neighborhood of Philadel- 

 phia has been very poor this July. Few have been shot. On 

 Tinicum Island during the first week of the month the mar- 

 ket shooters bagged a respectable number ; but since that 

 time, T learn, "it has hard ly been worthwhile to go after 

 them, besides, it is too hot." Grass plover have shown them- 

 selves over our meadows, and every night; their mellow whis- 

 tle is heard as they wing their way over the city. This is 

 early for the field plover to appear. We hardly look for him 

 before August t, and then he is not the fat, plump bird he is 

 about the last of the month. Homo. 



OSAKIS, MINN. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In answer to your inquiry as to a good point to camp, etc., 

 I would recommend Osakis, Minn. It is a town of about 

 300 inhabitants, on the St. P. M & M. R. R., 130 miles from 

 St. Paul. It, is situated on the sonth end of a lake fourteen 

 miles long, abounding in fish. On the south is a boundless 

 prairie and on the north heavy timber. The prairie furnishes 

 chicken and duck shooting and the timber deer and ruffed 

 grouse. There were 2,000 deer killed within fifteen miles of 

 this place last fall, with an occasional bear. The prospect 

 this fall is just as good. The duel; and chicken shooting 

 never looked more favorable than for this season. 



I have spent fourteen years in Minnesota in different loca- 

 tions, and, taking all things together, I like this point the 

 best. Should any of the readers of Forbbt and Stream 

 want to visit Minnesota this fall, I can recommend il for 

 good fishing, shooting and a good hotel. Any letter of in- 

 quiry directed to me will be cheerfully answered. 



S. W. Soott, Osakis, Minn. 



DUCK SHOOTING RESORTS. 



Cmr/t.uioTiJE, Peoria County, 111. 



iN your issue of July 28 is a letter from J. W. B. desiring 

 to be put in communication with some one who is a pro- 

 fessional duck shooter in the West. Should our location 

 suit him (on the Illinois River, 140 miles south of Chicago) 

 I shall be pleased to enlighten him in regard to Western 

 duck shooting. He may address Box K, Chillicothe, Peoria 

 County, 111. 



Our prospects for shooting are better than usual this sea- 

 son. The lakes arc full office and other feed for clucks 

 Prairie fowl have done well, and quail, notwithstanding the 

 last severe winter, are seemingly as numerous as ever. I 

 have hunted for the last twenty years, am well acquainted 

 with all the duck country for 400 miles below this place, 

 and think that Chillicothe is the best point for ducks I ever 

 saw. — Luoy. 



Clean Guns.— The gun cleaner devised by Dr. T. Yardley 

 Brown, of Reading, Pa., is attracting mueh attention. The 

 doctor has a large practice and confines his killing to game only, 

 •sparing his patients. He has sent out a great number of 

 the cleaners, which consist of a brush with cone and patch 

 for oiling and loosening the dirt in the barrel, and a rubber 

 cone with patch called Ihe cleaner to remove it. The cones 

 on cleaners are nicely fitted to the caliber of the gun, and are 

 readily covered with circular flannel patches, which ate re- 

 moved when dirty and clean ones substituted. The cleaner 

 is encased in a neat leather pocket-book, four and one-half 

 inches long and two and one-half inches wide, containing 

 patches and all complete. 



On Wednesday, the 3d, Dr. Brown— who has in his posses- 

 sion a large number of testimonials from such men as Gen. 

 George Crook, the Indian fighter, and poor Major Thorn- 

 burgh, who was killed several years since, and who purchased 

 fully a dozen of them for his friends — took advantage of 

 the opportunity afforded to display the merits of the ariicle 

 and went to the Pottstown encampment. He secur. d an au- 

 dience with Adjutant General Latta, Major General Hart- 

 ranft, Brigadier General Snowden, Major Ryan and quite a 

 number of other notable old soldiers and exhibited the ap- 

 pliance. The doctor shot a blank, showed the foul gun to 

 Gen. Hartranft, made two draws with his cleaner, and then 

 exhibited the inside of the rifle as bright as a dollar. When 

 the report for the day was made the gun cleaner was incor- 

 porated among Ihe recommendations, and it is likely the 

 Pennsjdvania Guard will be fitted out with them before long, 

 each man beiug supplied. At present but three companies in 

 the service are using them— the Reading, Hamburg and 

 Pottstown commands— and they would not part with them 

 on any pretense. The invention would prove invaluable in 

 keeping the State Arms in trim. 



The cleaners are made for all styles of shotgun and rifles 

 of all the various calibers. 



Eagles and Deer.— Until within a year or two I have 



tried to protect that " noble bird" from all attempts on his 

 life by my " brethring" of the gun, but I've been converted, 

 and he may number me now among his enemies. I have 

 had many talks with a Florida ship-timber man, and found 

 him thoroughly posted. He informed me that great num- 

 bers of deer were killed by wild animals and human hunt- 

 ers, but that, the destruction by man and beast comhined was 

 nothing compared to the bloody work of the eagles. He 

 says they will sit on a tree in the swamp for hours watching 

 a doe and fawn, and when they find them separated a few 

 feet swoop down on the fawn, and its fate is sealed.— Didt- 



MC8. 



Ammunition With a Reoord— Roouester, Mich., Aug. 

 ft.—EiMtor Fore&t and Stream: Inclosed please find a 

 quantity of Eley's full watei proof gun caps, the history of 

 which is this: They were bought of Win. Billinghurst, of 

 Rochester, N. Y., in the year 1856, by Dr. F. M. Wilcox, 

 and carried by him on a trip of several months into the 

 northern Canadian wilderness. By chance part of a box 

 of these caps have been retained by the Doctor until now; 

 and have been taken by him on numerous trips, so that they 



have seen more than a year of camp life altogether. In 1873 

 they were, by a railway accident, submerged In a trunk in 

 the Welland Canal, lying in the water twelve hours. They 

 were then taken on to New York Stale, and with the other 

 contents of the trunk unpacked and dried. The caps were 

 completely melted, the box not being waterproof. Now 

 please examine these caps, which have been exposed in long 

 campingout trips besides the submerging they got in the 

 canal, and are at least a quarter of a century old, and see if 

 they are good. We find here that every one goes.— G. F, 

 Wilcox. 

 We have tried the caps and find them all right. 



A Were at Goott Ground.— On Monday, August 1, I 

 started for a week's cruise after the bay birds at Shinnecork 

 Bay, Long Island. I boarded the 3:20 v. m. tram on the 

 Long Island Railroad, and, after a three hours' ride, arrived 

 at Good Ground, where I was met by Mr. Lane's son John, 

 who conveyed tnc to that haven for sportsmen, William N. 

 Lane's. Bill was as jolly as ever, and informed me that the 

 prospects for shooting were good. Although there were sev- 

 eral foggy days during the week, the average bag was about 

 twenty-five birds, and if the weather had been favorable I 

 would have done much better. I had for a guide Si Foster, 

 better known as the "Baby." He weighs about two hun- 

 dred and fifty pounds and is one of the oldest and best 

 guides on the bay. The flight of willet are expected every 

 day, and when they come you will hear of some big bags. 

 The prospect for ducks and quail were never better, and 

 good shooting may be expected Ihi s fall. Any sportsman 

 who wants good shooting within a hundred miles of New 

 York cannot do better than to go to Lane's. — That Office 

 Boy. 



Worcester Sportsmen have always had a good name, not 

 only in Massachusetts but through all New England. Just 

 now the clubs there are making themselves known in an 

 energetic manner, and we shall take great pleasure in re- 

 cording the fact whenever they run their quarry to earth. 

 The papers of Worcester contain the following advertise- 

 ment : 



ATTENTION, SPORTSMEN I 

 Information AVuiited-»$50 Kcward. 



The above reward will tie paid for Information that will lead to the 



conviction oi the party that is known to have Shot Part ride/on on 



: ,11 ■', 111 . o I ---J l.i o. VICiOO, All.: vl. 



i inc. of said pai ty was a short, thick man, drove a gray horse and 

 concord buggy. 



Also, a lib'"-: ul reward will ftp paid bv the mi c ,ii'i I I ;r informa- 

 tion which will lead to rhe conviction of any violation of the Game 

 Law of the present season. 



A. B. V. KINNEY, Frest Wor. Gun ClllD. 



B. s. KNOWLES, Brest Wor. Sportsmen's Club. 



f«* and §iver <gishing> 



FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 



FRESH WATER. 



Stizotethium americanum, S. 



jH.^Ti.m, etc. 

 Yellow I'ereh, I'erca fluviatilis. 

 striped Bass, Knccv.it limatue. 

 White BaSS, Ruccun cnrysopit. 

 Rock Bass, AmblopHteti. (TWO 



species). 



War-mouth, ChamobryttuiKjuliims. 



i C.I C|.i C I'll.,; :.,.,."; ;C,,, ';,;, ,,,;,,,,, V/ ,,;,,:. 



Bachelor, Pomoxys annularis. 



01 1 lib, Sm/.r.li i ,',-,- I-., -!,"/-« ;,'.. 

 Shad, M„.m Mjrimsiihla. 



Salmon, Salmo salar. 

 Brook Trout, Salvelinux fontinalia. 

 Rainbow Trout, Salmo iridea. 

 Dolly Varden Trout, tsalvelinus 



malma. 

 Grayling, Thymallm tricolor and 



T. montanua. 

 Black Bass, Mierapterut salmoide* 



and M. pallviun. 

 Mascalonge, Earn nabilior. 

 Pickerel, teoz reticulalus. 

 Ptke or Pickerel, Emm Iwius. 

 Pike-perch (wall-eyed pike) 



SALT water. 



Sea Bass, Cen'rnprMin atrarius. 

 Striped Baas or Rocknsh, Roccu* 



lincatun. 

 White Perch. Morom americana. 

 Blueflsh or Taylor, Pomatonws 



saltatrte 

 Scup or Porgie, SUnoUmvx argy- 



rops. 



Pollock. Potiachms carbonariux. 

 Tautog* or Blackflsli, Tautoga 



onitis. 



Spanish Mackerel, CiiMum macu- 

 latum I 



c, , n, c :i -a- - . . 1. 1 1 ■ ■ i i-iic. I";,,,., ,,.,,,/.,, ;, 



La i'aycl te or Spot, Liostomus obli- 



OhannW Ilass, spot or Kedflsh, 



Sheepish cad. ,1 relmnarmiji probato- 

 aspham. 



i,i ,is or Barb, Mentteirrus 

 ncbulosus. 



And now I leave you, with this Injunction ; and, though 1 have 

 mentioned It before, I do so ai parting that It may he the more Im- 

 pressive : 



Always kill voun fish as soon as taken from the WAina 



AND EVER BE SATISFIED WITH A MODERATE CREEL. 



By so doing J bar angling days will be happy, and your sleep nudls- 

 ttiTbed, and yon and 1, and I he flsh we may catch, cart say, win, lie 

 sweet singer ol Israel: "The hues are fallen tome in pleasant places.*' 

 Dr. 3. A. HEXSUALL, "Book of the Blade BBSS ' 



AN INTERNATIONAL FISHERY EX- 

 HIBITION. 



WE have announced that it was proposed to hold an in- 

 ternational fishery exhibition in Edinburgh in 1882. 

 Those interested in fishery matters in England are now ask- 

 ing Scotland to hold off and to unite and have a grand one 

 in Englaud the year following. It is claimed that if one is 

 held in the United Kingdom that England is the proper place 

 for it and London the proper city. 



We can say that we do not believe that the United States 

 would care to exhibit as soon as next year. Congress does 

 not meet until winter, and an appropriation could not he 

 made in time. It is doubtful if our country would care lo make 

 an exhibit at all. We know that the U. S. Fish Commission did 

 not wish to at Berlin, and that Prof. Baird never would 

 have asked for a cent for that purpose. It so happened that 

 the Berlin Exhibition was gotten up by the German Fishery 

 Association, an enthusiastic body of fishculturists, many of 

 whom are members of the German Parliament, and that our 

 Secretary of State at that time, Hon. Carl Schurz, was a Ger- 

 man. The Prime Minister of Germany daily telegraphed 

 Mr. Schurz on the subject until he got a bill before Con- 

 gress making an appropriation for the purpose. Then Pro- 

 fessor Baird was appointed Commissioner and deputized Pro- 

 fessor Goode to go and represent him. 



We know that neither of these gentlemen care to make 



