AtroirsT 18, 1881. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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ASIATIC BIRDS FOR AMERICA. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I sincerely hope Gen, Denny's proj' ct will be taken up in 

 earnest, and a large number of those i'oreigu birds imported ; 

 but I suggest that they be turned out, several p.iirs together, 

 in some dense jungle as far South as the Carolina*, where 

 they can breed unmolested by sportsmen and be sife from 

 snow furl cold. But it must be considered whether they are 

 birds 1 hat live in cultivated, grain-raisi'ug districts in their 

 native country. If they are they may not be able to find a 

 living in uncultivated wilds. 



T believe the luck of thought in that was the cause of the 

 failure to establish the grouse family on the Hempsted Plains 

 of Long Island. 1 also think a great mistake was made wheu 

 the great body of the Messina quail were turned out. In- 

 stinct leads thciii, on the approach of cold weather, to take a 

 direct line South. Now, if most of those imported were 

 turned out in the Eastern States they threw away their time 

 ami money in importing them. They should have been taken 

 to Kentucky or Tennessee; then, i f t hey choose to migrate 

 at all— which I doubt— they need not necessarily drop into 

 the sen. The mandarin duck is far more beautiful than even 

 our wood duck, but as a game bird it would be of little con- 

 sequence, as it is not heavier than a cpiail. Gov. Lyon suc- 

 ceeded in hatching some at Rossville, Staten Island, but they 

 were devoured by rats. 



As to the woodcock, it would be glorious sport to shoot 

 those princely fellows ; but, even if they could be brought 

 over, it would be utter folly to turn them out anywhere but. 

 in some such place as the Dismal Swamp, where they could 

 fably get a start in the world before being exterminated. 



And while on the subject, let me suggest that it would not, 

 be h bad idea to ship a few jack rabbits from the West and 

 let them out in some safe place. He is a noble fellow for the 

 chase, but has a bad reputation for the table, which I believe 

 to be i ntirely the fault of the villainous stuff on which he is 

 compelled to feed. 



The st>ge hen (a large and splendid grouse) has the same 

 fault, as everything must have that has nothing to live on 

 but that concentration of nastiness, the " sage brush." 



I sec no reason why thi jack, if well fed, should not be a 

 hart. DiDVMns. 



FOREST AND STREAM GAME TABLE. 



OPJES SEASONS. 



The seasons, in which It Is lawful to shoot game la the several 

 States and Territories, open as designated In the following table. 



act 20.. 



July 1.. 

 sept. 1 . 



IVlMUIl 



Del.' . 

 D.C.a 



Aug. IS.. 



u»- .. iOct. 1 ... 

 Idaho*, i Aug. 1.. 



Ill wept, ' 



Ind.. .. "' 

 lowa... 

 Kan . ., 



Ky .... sept. 1.. 



La Aug. I.. 



M6.i... Oct I- . 

 Mass. .Nov. i 

 Mlch.o. Oct. 1.. 

 Minn ..Nov. I .. 

 OCt. ] . . . 



Sept. :■'• 

 Ct 1. 



J'inn- 

 attd 



{frairie 

 Chir.k- 



ir... 



Mo. <(.. 

 Neb. .. 

 Nev..'. 

 N.llf.. 

 N.J./.. 



N. Mrs. 



N. Y. „ 

 N. 0. * . 

 O.. 



K.I... 



8, C... 

 Term.' 

 Tc;,n,.l 

 Utah 

 VL. . 



July 4.. 

 July ].. 



July JO. 



SKpt. 1 . 

 AUg. 1 . 

 Aug. 1 . 

 July 4.. 



Sept 1 . . 

 Oct, 1... 

 Aug. l.. . 

 Sept. i.. 



1991 

 sept. I.. 

 Aug. i 

 Aug. IB. 

 Oct. 15.. 



July! 

 Oct. l . 



Sept, I 

 Aug. 1... 

 Oct 1,. 



Aug'.T. 



July 4 ' 



AJlgf. 1 .. 



Sept; I. 



Aug. l . 



Aug. 1 . 



sept. 1. 



Sept 1. 

 Wash'.. Aug. I. 

 W. Va.Jju.ly 15. 

 Wis. ...Isept* 15. 

 Wyo. ..'Aug. 15 



Aug. 

 Nov. l.. 

 N.OY, I.,, 

 Oct. I .. 

 Sept.. 1 . . 

 OCt.. I... 

 Nov. 1... 



at t... 



Nov. I.. 

 Oct. '20 . 

 Mept. 15 

 iSSS 

 let. 15. 

 Nov. 1. 

 Sepi.. 1. 

 OCt 1.. 



0(!t 15.. 

 OCt. 1 



Sepi. 1.. 

 Sept. 1 . 



Nov. 1 



ept. 1 



it 1... 

 Aug. ir... 

 Nov. 1 . . 

 Aug. l... 



July 4 . 



sepi. ] 

 Sept. 1,'. 

 Sept, 15. 



Oct. I.. 



Aug.'is 

 s'ept'.'i 



Dot. 1... 



NOV. 1 .. 



Oct t... 



ict w! 



Sept. 15 

 Sept. 1. 

 Sept. 1.. 

 Sept. i . . 

 sept. J.. 



bet. is".'. 

 auit. 15.. 

 Sept. l 

 ■•-:pt. l.. 



sept. 15 .;. 



sept, i . Froh'cd 



Aug. 1.. 

 Aug. 15 

 .iept. 1 . 



Aug. 15 



sept, l . 



Bpt. 1 



(Ct 1. 



Sept 1. 



I'lOh'd. 



1S32 



Sept. 1 . 



SCpt I 

 Aug. 15 Sept. 1. 

 sept. 1 . Nov. 1 • 

 Aug, IB Oct 1.. 



Sep'tVi! 



Sepl'.'i' 



Sept. 1 . 

 ~ lUt. 



Sept.... 

 Oct 15. 

 Aug. I.i 



Jet. 1 . . . 

 Sept. 1. 

 Slept 15 

 Sept. 15 

 Sept. l . . 

 Sept. 15. 

 Sept. l . . 

 Aug. 1... 

 Aug. 1.. 

 Sept. I 

 Aug. 15.. 



Oct 15 



Sept. i. 



Nov''l' 

 July i . 

 Oet. l . . 



Sept. 1. Oct 1.. 

 sept 1 



... Oct. l.. 



...Isept. 18 



Oct. 1 . . 



Sept, l.i 



Aug. I.i 



Aug. 1 



sept, i 



Aug. 15 



Isept. 1. 



Mept. 1 



OCt 1 



Sept l. 



Aug. 1., 

 Mept. I 

 Sept 1. 



Mept. 15 

 Mept. 1 . 

 Mept. 1 . 



treatment, but an unluckily ntavy shower rain upset his 

 mental equilibrium again, lie mistook the drops for the 

 blunt arrows of his tormentors and Tan himself into a tempo- 

 rary hydrophobia. His master, of course — as is eustornaty 

 with foreigners, whether treaties be violated or dogs' tails 

 docked — demanded compensation and, failing to find a reci- 

 procity of sentiment on the Satsuma side, instituted an ac- 

 tion at law,, laying the damages at $350." 



GAME IN D UTCHE SS COUNTY. 



~VT7~K have taken occasion before this to note the busi- 

 VV n. SB-like and sensible way in which Ihe sportsmen 

 of Dutchcis county, New York, have gone about the pro- 

 tection of{.ame. As we so frequently have inquiries as to 

 how a game protective society should be organized, we give 

 herewith the form of a circular sent out by the gentlemen of 

 that county, and suggest that it may serve as a good form for 

 others to copy. Mr. P. E. Ackcrt, one of the signers of the 

 address, wutes ua that it is hoped to secure a county law pro- 

 hibiting the marketing of game, thus striking at the root of 

 one incentive to the illegal killing of the same. The follow- 

 iog address has been sent to the farmers and sportsmen. 



Mkssks; — The frequent violations of our game; laws by 

 unprincipled persons who kill and take game and fish, out of 

 seasou, make it necessary that some one should see to it that 

 the laws are enforced and those who violate them dealt with 

 ai they deserve. 



Game and fish are becoming so scarce, that in order that 

 they may not be entirely exterminated, a law shortening the 

 season in which they may be taken, and in ibis way protect 

 ing them in part, is a necessity. 



To that end laws have been passed throughout the country ; 

 yet they arc a dead letter unices enforced. 



Fair and honest men do not violate them; but there is a 

 large class who constantly do, partly through greed and partly 

 for profit, and who gain an unfair advantage over those who 

 wait until they have a legal right to hunt or fisb. 



Farmers and their sons and other persons who hunt and 

 fish occasionally for the sport and pleasure they afford, as 

 a rule, observe the laws and desire their enforcement. 



The State is annually expending money for the replenish- 

 ing of our depicted streams and lakes for a general benefit. 

 It has also been found necessary to appoint Slate officers to 

 enforce the game laws. 



Local cooperation with them is essential in order that their 

 work may be thorough. To that end nearly every county ia 

 the State has one or more associations. The county of 

 Duchess is as greatly in need of it as any. 



Trespasses are committed regardless of posted notices, 

 which are frequently torn down with iinpuuity. 



If our game laws are not enforced, it would be better if 

 they were repealed ; then all would have an equal chance at 

 killing off the little game (here is left. 



Some of the undersigned, after talking with many of our 

 best citizens and leading farmers iu different pans of the 

 county, have adopted this course to secure at an early day a 

 representation to meet at a time and place to be designated, 

 for the, purpose of perfecting such an organization and adopt- 

 ing by Jaws for its government, 



Please circulate the inclosed petition in your town, and 

 secure the names of as many men as possible upon whom wc 

 can rely, as your local club, and arrange among yourselves 

 to send two of your number to meet with us when notified, 

 to adopt a constitution and by-laws. 



The expense will be triiiiog in carrying out the purposes of 

 the scciety. To assure aud meet the expense of printing and 

 postage, the sum of one dollar is named in the petition, "to be 

 collected by you and paid in the hands of the Treasurer of 

 the County Association within ten days after the adoption of 

 the by laws and appointment of the officers of the society. 

 Phase not delay thi* matter, and return the petition with the 

 names thereto cither to P. E. Eckert, Peter B. Hayt. Guilford 

 Dudley or E. B Osborne, Poughkeepsie City, N Y,. within 

 leu days, when notice will be given of the time and place of 

 our 'irst meeting. 



Bach one signing the petition and paying one dollar shall 

 be a constituted member of the Association. Whether at 

 our annual or stated meeting every member of the Associa- 

 tion will vote or by representation, will have to be determined 

 after our organization. 



A manifest determination, hv prosecuting to the extent of 

 the law its violuiqrB, will have a salutary effect. 



This mailer has been talked of for several years, yet, noth- 

 ing has been done. Let, ua make this attempt effectual, 



The tact ihat it. is the duty of the District Attorney to 

 prosecute violations of the law and that the county gels the 

 beiii lit of the penalties collected to a large extern, 'should 

 greatly commend this purpose; 



Although the game laws arc not as all of ua would like to 

 have them, let us enforce what, we have and hope ihat 

 brough our united efforts they may be. amended in the 

 f uture more to our wishes. 



Antelope,.— Col., Sept 1 ; Idaho, Aug. 1 ; Net)., Oct. 1 ; Nev., Aug. 1 ; 

 N. Mex . Sept. 1 ; Utah, Aug. 1 ; Wyo., Aug. 15. 



Bufato.—CaXo., Sept. l : Neb., Oct. l ; N. Mex., Sept. l. 



Cariboo.— Me., Oct. 1 : N. II., sept. 1 e. 



Done*.— Ala., Aug. l ; Cat., July i ; (;a., oet. 1 ; Knu., Aug, 1 ; Miss., 

 Sept. 15 ; Mo., Aug. 1 ; N f„ Oet. l ; S. ( ., Oct. 15. 



illk.— Colo., Sept. l; Idaho, Aug 1; HI lun., Nov. 1 ; Neb., Oe.t. 1 ; 

 Nev., Aug. 1; N. Mex., Sspt 1 ; Or, July 1; Utah, Aug. 1; Wyo., 

 AUg, 15. 



lloofc— Me., Oct. l; N. II., Sept. 1 e ; Ore., July 1. 



Mountain Sheep.- Col.. Sept. 1 ; Neb , Out. 1 ; Nev., Aug. 1 ; N. Mex., 

 Sept. 1 ; Utah, Aug. 1 ; Wyo., Aug. 15. 



J'lowr.—V. C, Sept. 1 ; Me., Aug. 1 ; Mo., Aug. I ; Nev., Sept I ; N. 

 U., Aug. 1 ; Pa., July is ; R. I., Aug. f. 



Rait.— Del., Sept. 6 ; N. J., Sept. ; Pa., Sept. 1. 



IteedbirtL-Uvl,, Sepi. 5; I). C, Sept. I ; N. J., Aug. SJ5 ; Pa„ Sept. 1. 



Snipe— Dakota, Aug. 15 ; D. C, Sept. 1 j Nev., Sept. 1 ; N. C, Oct. 15. 



* In these States there are. special county laws, a The deer law ap- 

 plies to sale or possession, fc wildtowi not protected on the coast 

 c In Upper Peninsula deer season opens Aug. 15. if California quail 

 pruteeied to i>s:i. ,• in coos Coirnty deer season opens Aug. I; moose 

 and Cariboo, Sept. 1. / First open woralee, k sensm began July 1 

 will close Aug. 1. <j Quail slamilug prohibited to Nov. l. is« in coun- 

 ties of Montgomery, Schenectady. Saratoga and Albany, wildfowl 

 season In Loug Island waters opens Oct. 1. Woodcock shooting In 

 Dutchess County prohibited during August, k Deer law relates to 

 female deer only. 



THE INU-O-MONO. 



THE Emp ror and Empress of Japan have just paid a 

 a visit to Mr. Shimadzu Tadayoshi, the head of the 

 great southern clan of Salsuma, who received them with a 

 display of princely hospitality unparelleled since the Restora- 

 tion. The sum of $100,000 was set apart for the Inu-o-mono 

 and No-dances, and yet there was a balance on the wrong 

 side after all. Everything prepared for the impei ial house- 

 hold was inuocent of previous service, and so far as wns 

 possible the furniture, apparatus and accessories were all 

 new. What was old, however, was all the more valuable for 

 its 8ge. Thus the chairs for the imperial visitors were 

 covered with brocades three centuries old. 



The Inu-o-mono is "the game of shooting at dogs." All 

 the most skilful archers of Kagoshima, it is learned from the 

 Japan Weekly Mail, were summoned northward, and this 

 meant a good deal, for ihe Inu-o-mono has long been a favor- 

 ite pastime in the Island of the Nine Provinces ; nay, indeed, 

 has generally been regarded as a specialty of the Satsuma 

 men. Two hundred dogs were providt d for the performance, 

 aud from them were selected the fittest. Some thirty made 

 their appearance in the arena, " but then," says they Mail, 

 "they were dogs, not curs like those that lay down on the 

 sand and refused to bo prodded or goaded into motion at the 

 exhibition got up for General Grant's delecta'iou." The 

 Satsuma knights hunted in parties of eight. They were all 

 provided with lacquered bowa, except their chief, Shimadzu, 

 whose bow was of milk-white wood with a golden string • 

 the arrows were bluut. The horses wen: splendidly ca- 

 parisoned — embroidered saddle-cloths, inlaid stirrups, saddles 

 encrusted with gold-lacquer and headstalls decked with gay 

 tassels, while the riderswore bright silk doublets and trousers 

 of deer or tiger skin. Over the whole arena was sifted fine, 

 dark sand, that covering a small, slightly raised circular 

 space in the centre being, however, white. To this central 

 spot the dogs were led, one by one, and so soon as their 

 bondi were cut they bounded off as though they quite en- 

 joyed the sport, though they were " perpetually peppered." 

 This went on from about 7 a. m. till noon, when a tiffin on 

 the same scale as everything else was provided, and after 

 lunch there was a display of wrestling. 



Concerning this same Inu-o-mono there is a funny story 

 told. The Mail Ogives one version, as follows : "Shortly be- 

 fore the hunt ihe Secretary of the English Legation des- 

 patched a messenger from his home, in Shiba, with a letter 

 for Mr. Shimadzu Tadayoshi. The messenger was followed 

 by his mastei 's favorite dog, which he tied up outside the 

 Yashiki before seeking admittance. When he came out, a 

 few minutes afterward, the dog had disappeared aud all in- 

 quiries failed to discover his whereabouts. On the day of 

 the bunt, however, the pup again made his appearance, but 

 alas! bis tail wat gone aud all his ancient sagacity hud been 

 concentrated into the accomplishment of scudding about 

 befoW mounted archers, In fact, so thoroughly had he as- 

 similated his instructions that whenever he was not tied or 

 held he would bound frantically off and perforin a most ani- 

 mated Inu-o-mono on his own account. For a time after he- 

 ing restored to It's master he Bcetucd to recover the use oE his 

 faculties under the Influence of regular diet and aScotiou&te 



As Uni:bpal Peril of the Chase is hinted at by the Os- 

 wego 7 x imte, which tells a story of the Hon. Sidney T. 

 Ililmes, well-known to many readers of the Fobkst and 

 Stream. Our contemporary says: " The Hon. Sidney T. 

 Holmes, formerly of Madison Connty, represented this dis- 

 trict in Congress for the term including the years 1865 and 

 180(1. Judge Holmes, after the expiration of his Congres- 

 sional term, became the business partner of the Hon. Eoscoe 

 Conkling in Utica. A few years ago ho located West, though 

 in what State has escaped our recollection. Among his pe- 

 culiarities was his fondmess for hunting, and for this pur- 

 pose be kept a fine pack of hounds, which, as occasion pre- 

 sented, he followed in the chase. Some weeks since his dogs, 

 for some cause, engaged in a furious fight among hemselves. 

 The Judge, heaiing the noise, went among them to stop the 

 lighting, when they turned upon him and lacerated him so 

 terribly that it was expected he could never recover from his 

 wounds. While the brutes were tearing him with their mad 

 and apparently blind fury they seemed suddenly to discern 

 who it was they were rendirg, and they commenced to lick 

 his wounds, running around and jumping at and over him, 

 whitine piteously, and manifesting all the affection for him 

 that it was possible for dumb animals to do. The Judge, 

 after his rescue in the terrible condition iu which he was 

 left, refused to have any punishment whatever administed to 

 the dogs, maintaining that they were in no sense blamable." 



North Carolina Game— Monroe, N. C— The extremely 

 dry spell from June 1st till the present, has caused the 

 largest yield of quad ever known in this section. The fields 

 are literally alive with the young droves ; all the eggs have 

 all hatched and not one has been drowned as is usually the 

 case. The close seasou expires Oct. 1st, aud the few that 

 hunt are looking forward to a gala day on that date. In my 

 evening walks I have located fourteen young covies, most 

 of them two-thirds grown. My pointer, one and a half 

 years old, seems eager for the fray; he was bought for me 

 by Mr. John Davidson, is thoroughly broken and his equal I 

 have never seen. I shall send Forest and Stream in a few 

 weeks a larger picture, 24x30, of my two dogs on a 

 " point," as I have engaged an artist to go with me and take 

 them and the scenery naturally, as they stand with a covey 

 of quail at "bay." This will be a natural scene of owr 

 Southern quail huntmg, two pointers, one back pointing the 

 other, the quail, a few yards in the stubble, concealed by the 

 grass, and perhaps a creek with natural growth showing in 

 the distance. I have great pride set upon this picture and 

 I will send one to you. H. 8. 



Maine Sportsmen — Portland. — The Maine Sportsmen's 

 Association are to hold their third annual mcctiug and first 

 tournament early in Septeuiber. From 150 to 200 of our 

 representative sportsmen are expected to be present. Al- 

 though the programme has not yet been arranged, and public 

 notice but n cently^givcn, yet we have received donationsfrom 

 the American Arms Co., Boston, of one of their new seuii- 

 hnmmerless guns ; from the American Powder Co. , Boston, 

 one keg "Dead Shot" powder; from T. Y'ardley, Brown, 

 Heading, Pa., one-half dozen of his celebrated gun cleaners, 

 aud f rom E. W. Moore, Augusta, a life size crayon portrait 

 of the champion. — F. 



New Hampshire Woodcock— Nashua, Aug. 15.— Wood- 

 cock shooting has commenced with us and so far has fur- 

 nished sportsmen with weary days' work and short bags of 

 birds. There are more birds than last year, but they are not 

 so plenty as the signs of July led us to expect. It is the 

 opinion of a majority of old shooters that July should he the 

 open month and August and September the close months for 

 us in this latitude. They say that in July the old birds are 

 strong of wing and in good condition, while the young are 

 mature or well grown and able to lake care of themselves ; in 

 August the old birds begin to moult and leave their feeding 

 grounds for upland, and are more scattered and harder to 

 find. The oily objec.ion to July shooting applies equally 

 to August — namely, the shooting of young grouse. — Webb. 



"Forester School of Bathos."— "Nuff" writes from 

 Washington : 



"About two years ago you published a capital editorial on 

 the ' Forester School of Bathos.' You will remember it, be- 

 cause so greatly was it needed that your readers just got up 

 and 'screamed' when they read it. Most of us have been 

 postal-carded fearfully about everything, etc. Where can 

 tliis article be found ?" 



The article was published in our issue of December 13, 

 1879, and if its republication will gratify any of our readers, 

 we shall take pleasure in giving it a place. It will be printed 

 next week. 



Wild Rioe in Deep Water— Har wood, Ontario.— A gen- 

 tleman wrote a letter to your paper last* fall saying wild rice 

 would not grow iu water deeper than one or two feet. I was 

 passing through a rice bed here the other day which was 

 about two miles in length and half a mile in breadth. I 

 pulled a stalk up which I send you. I measured it, and it 

 was nine and one-half feet in length ; the water was seven 

 and one-half feet in depth. Almost the whole rice bed 

 was growing in that depth of water, and I could, I think, 

 find stalks growing in ten feet of water-— Chas. Gilchhist. 



New Jersey Shore Birds. — Curlews, willets, brown 

 backs, yellow legs and the olher varieties of shore birds are 

 making their appearance all along the Jersey coaBt, but the 

 main body of them seem to be loath 1o tarry long until they 

 pass the line of summer resorts, and the feeding grounds 

 sought by them seem to be south of Atlantic City and north 

 of Cape May, where the shores are not so much sought by 

 summer sojourners.— Homo. 



Virginia Game. — Henry Ashton, Esq., a prominent 

 sportsman from Culpepper Co., Va., is in Philadelphia this 

 Week, He sa.vs quail in his section of the country were 

 greatly reduced in numbers last winter. The season was re- 

 markable for the quantity of hawks seen, and the birdsthat 

 withstood the *now were killed by these wiuged robber*. 

 Homo. 



