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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[September 8, 1881. 



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"Left-Eyed Shooting. "--Krf/to' Forest and Btrmr/i.: 

 I am an abominably Kad shot; and have lately seen what 

 ■I peats to be a plausible explanation of my trouble. It is 

 this, that I atu "left-eyed." Forming a ring \v i • h my 

 thumb and fir.-t finder, and holding my hand a. short distance 

 before my face, 1 "focus" the* ring, so that I can see a 

 small object, such as a doorknob, through it wilh both eyes 

 open. Now, holding my hand perfectly still and Flint ling 



my left eye, I am unable to sec the object through I] 



with my right eye, but; shutting my 'right eye, lean see it 

 with my left, Hence, lata, told, I am " left-eyed," and in 

 order to shoot accurately 1 must learn to shoot from the left 

 shoulder. Do you think that this is so? And -will it pay 

 me to try to learn to shoot left-hscdeflr I should like your 

 opinion. — ISviDlfcs. 



[Our opinion is that the philosopher who has been prating 

 to. you. about left-eyedness is a fool. If you cannoi shoot 

 from your right, shoulder you certainly cannot from your left. 

 What .the experiment you mention has to do with sighting 

 along a gun barrel is more than we can understand, of you 

 either. 



Maine L\egg Game. — I have been on a jtiuntlatelyiu the 

 neighborhood of Bnngor, .Me., and met uumy tourists on their 

 way to the Range cy and Moosehead Lakes'. At Portland I 

 learned from undoubted authority that a yearling blill moose 

 had been killed this summer at either Raugeley or Moosehead, 

 1 forge' which of the .lakes. This was contrary io law, and 

 the rare animal was shot fr fm behind a jack. Mv informant 

 telk me the slayei . — a native of Portland and one that 

 should have known better. 1 could have been taken to the 

 skiu and seen it drying. What is more shameful. I heard 

 of a caribou bavin :. been shot a! Moosehead tilts summer a 

 few days, by a tourist, before ' left Bangor, Me. 1 trust 

 these lines may meet the eye of both the worth}' gentlemen 

 who participated in this rare illegal sport The names of 

 h:ith are only witliheld'on accQnaj; of the promise I made to 

 my informants. You may rely en it, is true. Moose ami 

 caribou are too rare no w-a-days in Maine to be slaughtered 

 out of season as soon as they put their noses into the State. 

 Deer are becoming very plenty in Maine, More have been 

 seen this summer than for twenty years past, notwithstand- 

 ing " tailing and jack hunting. — Homo: 



Another Ancient Firearm — Richmond, Va., Aug. 31.— 

 Editor Farc-'iL and Stream: Your correspondent's story of 

 the long gun he found in a Virginia country store reminds 

 me of a famous old ride 1 once saw up iu Highland County, 

 of this same Stale. Il is a mist ike to suppose that we can 

 shoot any better with oiir " tew- fancied " arms than our 

 fathers shot before us. The arms may be better, but we cer- 

 tainly do not use them to better purpose. The rifle to which 

 1 refer is the property of Mr. William Lockridgo, a nim well 

 advanced in life. Bis home is on the Bull Pasture 

 Kiv.r, in Highland Bounty. The rifle is a flint-lock muzzle- 

 i and must be over 100 years old. Its present owner 

 ha? had it more than fifty years. The game which he lias 

 k'dled with it, counts up J, 2110 deer, besides numbers of 

 wolves, hear.", foxes, wild cats and squirrels ad injhiit.irn. 

 The old gi ntlemau'B eye is still bright and his arm steady, — 

 An ben. ' 



SiariEFf, South Carolina, - August 24— Quails, or part- 

 ridges as they are universilly called, are quite plentiful about 

 here. 1 knew of about fifteen or twenty eovies within. two 

 or three miles of our house last season. Some of them, how- 

 ever, were " swamp birds " and would be lost after the first 

 Bash. Numbers of them are annually destroyed by the 

 darkies and poor whites with Iheir traps and pens, by one of 

 which a whole covey io sometimes taken at a time." Coons, 

 'possums, squirrels and foxes abound in the swamps and 

 woods. Wild cats are sometimes seen. Doves are very 

 plentiful. The nearest good fishing place is the Wnteree 

 swamp, about, ten miles off. This swarnp is about four or 

 five miles wide and is interspersed with bayous or lakes, as 

 they are called. The red water of these lakes abounds in fish 

 of a lighter color and better flavor than those caught in the 

 black water streams.— R. Ii. F. 



An Indiana Game Centre.— Cloverdale, Putnam Co., 

 Ind., is reached from Indianapolis, via the Vandalia Railroad, 

 to Greencastle, thence south ten miles, via the L. N. A. & 

 C. R. R., time four hours from Indianapolis. Hotel, Central 

 House, J. J. Lewis, proprietor : rates $3 50 per week, open 

 the year round. Ducks arc here in the fall and spriDg, most 

 plentiful in spring, mostly of the smalt bind", A few Eng- 

 lish snino in the spring; quail very plentiful in season from 

 Oct- 1 Jan I. Permits to shoot will have to be obtained iu 

 60me localities. Rabbits are very numerous, and are killed 

 during the whole of the winter season. Bass are plentiful 

 in Eel Rtver and Deer. Creek. Pishing with the fly is en- 

 tirely unknown. Squirrels are also plenty. In this region 

 of country modern breech-loaders are entirely unknown.— 

 J. B. B. 



Virginia Shooting Grounds.— Boston, Mass.— Editor 

 FuvtM and Stream: I have beard from various sources of 

 the good shooting to be had in Virginia and, as I shall spend 

 a week or so in that State the last of September, I would be 

 obliged if any of your correspondents or subscribers who are 

 acquainted wilh the country would give me any information 



able il. fiOWABB. 



[Our correspondent will find excellent quail shooting, we 

 presume, in the vicinity of Belief into, Nottawav county, 

 other game there being deer and turkeys. By striking out 

 from Norfolk in almost any direction good quail shooting may 

 be had. Excellent shooting is to be had along the Rappa- 

 hannock River bottoms. Warrenton Springs, Kaniuier 

 county, is recommended, as is also Littleton, iu 

 county. J 



The [);•<••>¥ Ui i .-.■ Frames, made by Mr. V. A. Allen, tit Won 

 mouth, 111., are by all odds the moal effective decoys yet 

 invented. They are ingeniously constructed to support in a 

 life-like position upon the. water the dead bird, and every 

 one knows Hint nothing looks more like a duck alive than 

 [dead The ducks themselves think so, for with Die 

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Will Thomas went grouse shooting Sept, 1, and remarks that 

 it is his first and last npp.< arenee in the wood--. Grouse sea- 

 son opened here yesterday, and the following bags were 

 made: Morse anclDwyer, three grouse ; Card and Co n, nine 

 grouse and one woodcock ; Brown, A. t well and Webber, eight 

 grouse and one woodcock; Smith and ( 'rnlteiulen, seven 

 grouse and five woodcock. Never saw it as dry as now and 

 birds are scarce. — Hammbrlbss. 



That Steam Lackoh— Yicksui-ki;, Miss.— You published 

 some time ago a story of "A Duek Hunt in a Steam 

 Launch." The launch* was put in first-rate order and we 

 made several very successful hunts in her. On one such oc- 

 casion I bagged with my own gun alone twenty-one mal- 

 lards and four geese, besides others which escaped with 

 broken wings.— One of tub Majmwners. 



Two New Hampshire Queries— Boston, Sept. 5. — Will 

 some of your New Hampshire correspondents please inform 

 inc through the columns of your excellent paper in what part 

 of New Hampshire good white rabbit shooting can be bad, 

 also if the law in that Slate in regard to sheep~eompels the 

 owner of a dog to pay damages (if the dog should kill any 

 sheep) provided that the dog is licensed '.'— H. P. U. 



Tns annual MEKTiN&of the Long TslandP'orester Club was 

 held at Brooklyn, Thursday evening, September 0. The fol- 

 lowing officers were elected: Henry Thorpe, President; 

 Chas.M. Kd wards, Vice-President; C. W. Field, Secretary, 

 and R. T. Sabm, Treasurer. Messrs. Thorpe, Field and Sa : 

 bin were appointed as a committee, to investigate the creden- 

 tials of proposed members. 



A Large AYoodcock — Georgetown, Del., Sept. 2. — On 

 Thursday morning Mr. P. B. Hillen was called into the yard 

 Of Judge Lay ton to shoot a woodcock, which was feeding 

 'here. " Mr. 'H., it is said, at first thought it was a spring 

 chicken, hut his quick eye soon detected the mistake and he 

 " pulled," bringing down the bird, which, when pi ced upon 

 the scales, was found to weigh twenty-four ounces. — M. A. 

 M. 



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ilSII l!V SEASON IN SEPTEMBER. 



"el M. fulHdus. 

 Mascttlontro, Emx nohiliti 

 Pickerel, Bum relicnhuus 

 Pike or Clckercl, Esox lu. 

 Pike-perch (wall-eyed 



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iiktlsli or Squetague, Cynoscynn 



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All flsli should be killed the moment they are taken, out ot the 



water, not only on accountol the inhumanity or allm n: ffl 



linger la an element, uncongenial to their ant are, but ,alsfl allowing 

 them lo die by slow degrees renders them less valuable, nourishing 

 and conducive to health as rood. E. Jesse, Esq , m uis work, 

 ••Anglers' Kambles," says he always has a large knife with a ham- 

 mer at the end to kill fish as 

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ANGLING IX THE BAY OF QUINTE. 



Deseroito, August 30. 



SEEING that you oftentimes reipiesl communications 

 from your readers, I write to describe Ups part of the 

 country where I have been enjoying the fresh air and 

 sport for a few days, and trust if any of your numerous 

 readers should come this way tliat they will enjoy Ihem- 

 selves as much as I have. 



This place', formerly known as Mill Point, is situated at 

 the head of the long reach ou the Bay of Qninte (an inlet of 

 Eake Ontario) mill about thirty miles from Kingston, The 

 place lias two large saw mil's, machine-shop, sash and blind 

 factory, flour-mid, ship-yard and other industries all in active 

 operation. It is easy of access as boats run from King-ton, 

 Belleville, Napaeee, etc., and in the near neighborhood are 

 Hay Bay, Carnahaus Bay and the Lake on the Mountain. 

 The two former are. well-known as good shooting and fishing 

 resot is in this season : while the latter is a natural wonder, 

 being a lake of about 200 acres in extent situated on the top 

 of a hill some 400 feet above the level of the bay, and with- 

 out anv visible inlet. From the top of the mountain hill, a 

 masnificcnl view may be had. Lake Ontario, Hay Bav, 

 Carnahaus Bay, a large portion of the Biv of Quinte, and 

 the surrounding country being at once in view. 



There arc num. rous good places for camping both up and 

 down the Bay from this place, within easy reach of which 

 may be had excellent ris'dng at this season. Black bass, 

 pickerel, muska'onge and perch are caught. Las' evening 

 your correspondent went out and had excellent sport, from 

 six till dark, catching ten (Mi weighing twenty and a half 

 pounds, the largest lour and a half pounds. "The evening 

 before two young tueti caught eighteen weighing fif'y-four 

 pouuds. Just now the fly. or trollii By or spoon, 



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'IAIcNTIEART'S LAKE, LOUISIANA. 



WOOIH.AM) PLANTATION, WE T FBI.1C1-N\ PAHUT, T,A. 



LIVING in JScjw Oiiean- as I do, I hardly realized there 

 could be within a distance Of one hundred and sisiy 

 mites a region so rolling as in this parish, keally it is 

 astonishing, the skill that is required by driver and animals 

 to en.-ineer a vehicle up and down He bills in safely. To 

 lookup, it seems impossible to make it, -at d to lo >k back 

 it sums a great achievement. The most interesting of all 

 the rides is to "The Bluff" to see the sunset. O .e rises so 

 gradually in the course of the ride that it is hard lo realize 

 the height one has attained. Suddenly you find your elf on 

 the brink of what might have been an inland sea, Hie margin 

 reaching as far as the eye can range. It is filled wilh a 

 forest ot immense cedar trees covercd'wilh moss, lu fact, it 

 is what is called, "The Cedar Forest." Below is the swamp 

 hind and famous for fishing. Imagine the sensation of over- 

 looking these immense trees and then a distance above them 

 as great as their height. The view of a sunset at this spot 

 beggars description and we could hardly realize there was 

 any aceess to the lake and forest heuea! k, 



Our host, a most sociable and thoughtful bachelor, ar- 

 ranged a fishing parly and " fish fry" for us. The morning 

 arrived, aud at the darkest hour w'c were aroused, to be in - 

 complete readiness to move by the early light. It was clear 

 and lovely, and the morning star shone* brilliantly and was a 



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stranger to most of us. Now the idei. .. 

 breakfast to be made complete by the catching 

 the fish. "The gemman of color," who effij 

 combined the art of fiddling to while away the 

 morning meal. After alighting from the i 

 scended to the lake by a winding path do i n 

 hill, and it seemed to be the very bottom of 

 could only see up through the dense foliage t< 

 us Overhung wilh trees, quiet, except "the noises ot birds 

 and insects, the morning hour before the rays of the sua 

 were perceptible, it seemed an enchanfeil spot indeed. The 

 party scattered to different points. Some went out In dug- 

 outs, others took a Stand on an old raft in the middle of the 

 lake, and in a short time the necessary number ot flah were 

 caught — trout, goggled-eyed, speckled and brim perch, cat, 

 and other varieties usual in Southern lakes. 



Having bad only black coffee sbice morning, we bad 

 caught an appetite as well. We remained a fewVairs, and 

 had a second fry and repaired up the hill to the wagon to be 

 jolted home over the hills and dales and roots of trees, aud 

 shall long remember the novelty, pleasure and benefit, of a 

 good " fish-fry" at Garnhearl's Lake. Krr,\. 



Tuknkk's Angling.— Of Turner, the painter, an Eng- 

 lish writer gives this reminiscence •. "Lord Egrernont once 

 nvited Turner to stay a week at Pel-worth and paint two 

 pictures for him of some favorite bits of scenery on the es- 

 tate. On the first morning of his visit Lord Egrernont, hbJc I 

 Turner what he should like to do. and the great painter re- 

 plied he would go fishing. The next morning at breakfast 

 Lord E. inquired again what it would please Mr. Turner to 

 to do and he replied thai,, having enjoyed himself so much 

 yesterday, he would go fishing again. On the third morning 

 Lord Egrernont thought be would wait for Turner to an- 

 nounce his own plans autl was greatly amused when he qui- 

 et ly said he was again going fishing. On the fourth morn- 

 ing Lord E., unable to conceal his anxicy, said : ' Well, Mr. 

 Turner, I am only too glad for you to enjoy yourself, hut, 

 you are talking nf going away to-morrow ami I fell: anxious 

 about the pictures.' 'Uorne upstairs to my room,' said Tur- 

 ner, 'and set your mind at rest ' Nothing could exceed the 

 surprise and delight of Lord Egrernont when Turner intro- 

 duced him to two exquisit" pictures, painted as he bad desired. 

 The great man bad risen each morning with the sun, and be- 

 fore h-enkfast had, by a good day's work, earned his pleasure 

 in fishing." 



A Few Truths.— The Sunday Call, of Newark, N. J., has 

 a fisherman upon its staff who is an observant man, aye, and 

 a philosopher. He formu'aies certain amtling lrnthswhith 

 have the merit of containing much that is beyond argument. 

 He says : "All observing anglers will admit that among the 

 ino'l prominent of the natural laws governing fishing the f 1 

 lowing are iucoritroverLihle : That thelrggesttish always bites 

 on the hook of the biggest duffer. That you have arrived just 

 when the fish have s'opped eating for the season. Thai, lliercis 

 a good place for fishing ab rut five miles further up the road. 

 That when you go there, you wull hear of a better place five 

 miles further. That you could cross the continent on just 

 such information if your money held out. That the guides 

 will convince you that you have neglected to provide appro- 

 priate tackle, and that they have got just what you need, to 

 sell at a fabulous pr.ee. That it will .ain and blow, and be loo 

 dry, and too warm, and that the water will be too high, and 

 ioo low, and too muddy, and too clear, everywhere you go. 

 That the largest fish will be the one you lose just at the top 

 of the water. The fishing ain't what it used to be. That 

 you won't go agiin. That in spite of your resolutions you 

 will be at it again within a week." 



Connuctiout Notes— Pl-inim, Aug. 27.— Fp here, in 

 Windhim county, we have our sport just now with Ihe 

 black bass, one fisherman taking 214 in three days' fishing, 

 ranging in weight from one-half to four and a half poinnls. 

 i hey were taken at Webster Pond, a few miles east of this 

 place, by Mr. Jesse Herendeen. Others have taken large 

 strings of bass recently. Messrs. Eric Johnson, Hiram 

 Fenn and John Sharp-, of this place, have just returned 

 from a month's trip to I he Raugeley Lakes. They report a 

 jolly good time, fair fishing, and a gain of about ten pounds 

 each in g iod solid flesh. A few of the old campers expect 

 to go up to the lakes the last of next month. H so, look out 

 for some of those six-pound trout, for Hie? always bring 

 some home with them, and of which Fobsbt and Stream 

 readers will know more about in due time.— E. T. W. 



FisiiwaysforNew York— Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 30. — 1 .c.ith- 

 erstockingOlub, of this city, had iheil annua meeting thfaaf- 

 ternoon topetition the Commissioners of Fisheries to makethe 

 specifications for the construed nof flshwayain the Oswego, 

 Oneida and Seneca rivers, and submit ihem to the Superin- 

 tendent of Public Works, according ( i the proi A an 

 Act pissed last winter appropriating l$fl 000 for the p 

 The following Officers were elected: Or. G. D, McMftnus, 

 President; O. L, Oslerhout, Yice-PreHidcnt ; CI. P. • 

 ■■.eeivtmwt Hon. N. W, Nutting, Treasurvr j H, t 



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