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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[OOTOBKE «, 1881. 



preparation causing all the trouble ; this at least has been my 

 experience. 1 am not troubled now. Dry the last rag by fire 

 or in the sun ; wipe the hands dry ; handle the rag little as 

 possible, and examine barrels fur a day or so afterward. 



Dice Swivsixer. 



THE BARNEGAT SNEAK BOX. 



Length, 12 feet. Width midships, 4 feet; width of stern. 

 2 feet 9 in. D* pih of stern, 7 in. Sprung timbers all of one 

 pattern, 9-1 6x13-1 C in. distance apart ; 8 in. deck timbers, 

 natural bend, 1 in. x J in. Cockpit, inside measurement, 

 length 3 feet iin ; width at bow and stem, 18i in.; mid-hips, 

 19 in. Coaming, height of inside at bow aud stern, 2 J in.; 

 midships, 2 in. ~ From bottom of coaming to top ceiling, 

 13 in. Trunk on port side, set slanting to take a 15 in. board 

 trunk placed alongside and abaft of forward corner of coam- 

 ing. Rowlocks, height 6 in. from coaming 9 in. middle of 

 to stern, 4 feet 7 in., made to fold down inboard and to fas' en 

 up with a hook. Stool rack runs from rowlocks to stem, 

 notched at ends into fastenings of rowlocks, also notched at 

 corners and hookr d together, rest against a cleat on deck out- 

 side, and are hooked to the deck inside. In a heavy sea the 

 apron is used. It is r __^_ £= r=ss L __i lo tue deck about 

 held up hy a stick L^--'^ r~^~~^--J? two * ,n ^ r ds its 

 from, peak to coam- |X.^ * ' T - [S^% length. The wings 



ing. Thus rigged ' •» — 3 are fastened to the. 



the boat has therep- top ai id bottom of 



utstionof being able RIL/H "' e ' n 1V ' " c ^ s ' 



to live as long us JUIlJ Mast hole 2| in., 



oars can be pulled. |== 2 m- lrom coam " 



The apron is tacked HI tl j, <r. D r o p o f 



sides from top of deck, 5| in., dead rise, 8 in. Over cock- 

 pit a hatch is placed. Everything connect; d with the boat 

 is placed inside, gunners oft' n leaving their guns. &c, lock- 

 ing the hatch fast. The boats sail we] I, and. covered with 

 sedge, are used to shoot Jrom. With the hatch on a person 

 can be protected from rain, and with blanket", cau be accom- 

 modated with a night's lodging. Bards for in at", while 

 cedar, £ in. thick; deck, narrow strips lougued and grooved. 



LET THE TURKEYS BE CALLED. 



Editor Forett and Stream: 



I have read wi h pleasure the letters of " C. X." and " W. 

 H. C," on the subject of turkey calls, and uow conies " C. 

 L. J.," who proinis s some insruciions on calling turkeys. 

 This is what is wanted, as well as a description of the instru- 

 ments used in making the yelps. TheFouEsTAND bTiiKAMkas 

 given its design for a callir, and " W. U. C." say* he will 

 explain how to make a caller if desired. 1 have no doubt 

 very many other of your readers would also like to have 

 information on these sublets. I am well satisfied that the 

 oh! turkey hunters could tell us all about it. " C. X." doubts 

 whether turkeys have certain methods of tailing. I cannot 

 under.-tand why they should not. What have the old turkey 

 hunters to say about this? Can it be mere curiosity in the 

 turkey to visit the spot where his imitators are yelping, to 

 find out what it means, or are the notes made so much like 

 his own that he is deceived by them ? Have not turkey s 

 regular methodical call notes and these notes known to and 

 used by turkey hunters to successfully call them ? Kkotte. 



Rati.. Scohi.s— Ridleyville, Lazaretto.— Below please find 

 a continuation of the scores for rail shooting : 



Total shot up to ami including Sept. 18, 80G. 



Tueiday, Sept. 20— Richard Wood 13, Win. Miller 0, John 

 Brown 3, A. Godson 13, Jos. Douglas 3. Geo, Morris 24, 

 Jos. Fendrv 21. Jno. Kleckner 20, Wm. Cummings 15 118. 



Widnesday, Sept. 21— B. F. Miller 20, R cb ail Wood 17, 

 Jno. Brown 12, Wm. Daiulo 30, <><o. Morris 21— J00. 



Thursday, Sept. 22— Geo. Griflia 24, Jno. F. Pole 31, 

 Jscob Alhrueer OS, Kd. McCready 30, Dr. Sinclair. 19, GtaaC 

 Haines 27, J as. Mai in 31, A. Lodge 19, Wm. Miller 13, C. K. 

 Dolby 5, Wash. James 19, Tim Redly 30, Juo. Kiecliner 10, 

 Bamf. Hart 35, Jno. C Je 47-420. . 



P'ii'j/cy, Sift. 23— W. Greenwood 24, Dr. Karsuer 35, Jos. 

 Douirlfis'lO, Chas. Haines 25, Jas. Ma in 33, Wm. Luubine 

 22, Elwood James 15, Wash. James 6, Jno. Brown 16, H. 

 Mingle 2, B. F. Miller 11. Dave Shelztine 37—243. 



Saturday, Sept. 24— Wm. Miller 12, Dr. Piffard 18 14~— 

 32; Dr. Rainier 31, Mr. Rutter 15, Wash. James 9, Jno. 

 Khckmr 18, Thou. Wsddnrgiou 5, Tim Reiliy 28, Jos. 

 Thorne 9, Cbas. Murphy 8, F. Filzmeyer 12—179. 



Total to date, 7,925.— Wm Millek. 



Thb Fibm of Knapp & Van Nostrakd are the succes- 

 sors of an old and honorable name in the poultry and game 

 business of New York city. 



Mr. Eldrklge Packer, formerly of Mystic, Conn., in 1823 

 establish- d himself in the poubry, game and egg busme-s in 

 theoldFlv Market of this city. After the great fire Mr. 

 Packer located himself in Ibe Franklin Market, then the cen- 

 tre of irade for shipping and families. 



I ! About the year 1843 Mr. Packer established a branch in 

 Washington Market, at Nos. 289 and 290, and shortly after 

 removed his whole business there. In 18-18 Air. Packer took 

 as partners his eou, Sam!. R. Packer, and his soe-in-lav. , 

 Halsey W. Knapp, tinder the firm name of Packer & Knapp. 

 In 1852 the junior partners purchased the interest of Mr. E. 

 Packer and continued under the above firm title until 1860, 

 When Mr. S. B. Packer retired from business Mr, Daniel 

 Van Nostrand succeeded Mr. Packer as a partner, under the 

 firm name H. W. Knapp & Co. 



In 1876 Mr. Danl. R. Van Nostrand purchased bis la hers 

 interest and ophtinu' d the business under the name of Knapp 

 & Van Nostrand. Mr. Knapp has been associated as partner 

 and bookkeeper for thirty-five years. 



The firm has never failed to meet its obligations promp ly 

 during any of the panics or depressions of business from the 

 days of E. Packer to the present time. The business has 

 been conducted on principles of integrity and fair dealing to 

 both buyer and seller. It lias al ways kept ud with the times, 

 aud in addition to old established place in Washington Mar- 

 ket has a lBrge wholesale department at No. 208 Washington 

 s reef. They have immense freezers there and every facility 

 for preserving poultry and game. 



Nuw YokkGame Law— Wading River, Suffolk Co., N. Y. 

 —Editor Forest and Stream:—! have followed the dog for 

 the last forty-five years, and can realize the change in the 

 number of our birds on Long Island. I do not write Ibis 

 thinking it may benefit me, whose sinds are nearly run, al- 

 though I take some pleasure at the old pastime yet. I think 

 the State should pass a general law, protecting snipe, par- 

 ticularly in the spring. Small birds the same as now. For 

 quail and partridge, season should be open from October 25, 

 to December 25. Also authorize the Supervisors of each 

 County, to pass laws adapted to the wants of their respective 

 Counties. The State or Supervisors to appoint game pi o- 

 teclOTs enough to enforce or punish violations, and to be paid 

 by the State. We can see the game on the increase, if 

 proper laws are enacted. I have come to the conclusion that 

 the "Game Clubs" can at any time have all the sport they 

 desire or deserve near the cities at cooped pigeons, etc. Why 

 don't some enterprising gun-maker get up an air gun that will 

 shoot fine shot cartridges for spurrows, etc., at short dis- 

 tances ?— C. 



Chicago Notks.— Chicago, 111., Sept. 26.— Duel; end snipe 

 shooting has been poor here lately owing to the hot weather. 

 Several good bags of duck have been made, however, on the 

 Calumet and at Lake George. Jerome Marble and party passed 

 through Chicago last week in their hunting car, bound for 

 the far West. A great many "flickers" or "yellow ham- 

 mers" fly over the city every morning and evening on their 

 way to and from their feeding grounds. They fly in large 

 flocks, sometimes as many as a hundred in a flock. I shot 

 twice into a flock yesterdav and got. nine birds. Plover are 

 scarce at present, I have been out several mornings plover 

 shooting, but have had no success. The ducks that are here 

 at present are blue wing teal, with an occasional green wing 

 or widgeon. — Tkn-Bokk. 



October 1. — The weai her here has been very hot lately, 

 making bad " duck weather." The best bag I have heard of 

 so far was made by Alex. Sample at Tolleston, Indiana. 

 Mr. Sample shot 04 "ducks Wednesday morning. Some very 

 good woodcock shooting has been had lately just south of 

 The city limits. The men of the Fire Insurance Patrol have 

 a very lively young bear for a pet. He was captured in 

 northern Wisconsin.— Ten Bork. 



Phil4deli'uia Notes — September 27. — Wehavehad a few 

 good tides in the Delaware River lately, and at some points 

 good rail shooting. Teal are appearing on the river aud S' mne 

 few mallards. I hear of mine being shot. It is most tooearly 

 in the season to stool for them in the. morning; and only those 

 that are near and those jumped before the boat while rail 

 shooting are killed, aud these chances, let me tell you, in our 

 river, are few and far between now days. There was a time 

 when it was a common occurrence to tiring in six or eight 

 teal ducks with our rail, after being in the tin's with a favorite 

 pusher; but alas! the time has passed, never, I fear, to re- 

 turn. The continued dry weather has made our meadows a 

 poor place for snipe. When it does rain the water is sucked 

 up by the parched earth, and its f all has hardly beien discern- 

 ible. — Homo. 



South Carolina Notes— Graniteville, S. C, Sept. 26.— 

 The drought has been simply awful ■ factories on this water- 

 course have been shut down from time to time for want of 

 water power. Our first rain of any account since last April 

 fell ten days ago, and now the factory folks are happy; the 

 stoppage Of 40.000 spindles is a serious matter of bread and 

 bacon to these people. I was- out last. Saturday to look after 

 the quail. Found ten large coveys of one-quarter grown 

 birds. The past summer has been superb for the birds ; Ibe 

 number is simply immense. Duck shootingon the Savannah 

 will be good; the mast and acorn crop is plentiful. 



Dick Swivellbb. 



Powow Shooting Cltib — Amesbury, Mass. — At the semi- 

 annual meeting of the Powow Shooting Club, held Wednes- 

 day evening, Sept. 28, the following officers were elected 

 A.'N. Harry, President; G. G. Osgood, Vice-President; F. 

 T. Morrill, Secretary and Treasurer. 



THE MICHIGAN GAME LAW. 



only in 1 

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Oeroher 



a, | in, i 

 lis .-pi .in 

 (trier III i 

 juiiohei 

 pit, pir-l 

 Wlialeve 



6X1 epl I 



- Michigan game law provides that 

 b, or hunt, or kill aoj Seer, save 

 t lie 16th flay of August to the 15th 



ihibtt.s the 

 illl. lliich, 

 hIbp bird, 



sale, trans- 

 n or nuali. 

 cuss of the 



■ ... ,i :■■• ■ y e,T, mm.' 



'"a e, nor irtifi turkey, or any] 



transported beyond the limits of 



miv o- u;i 1 i ■ i I -.l.iiii] 



corner Woodward and Jefferson i 



us State. The full text of the law 

 lvelope to tie Mes3rs.ailman Bros., 



jgi># and giver jgfahing. 



FISH IN SEASON IN OCTOBER. 



Black Bass, Micropte; 



and .V. palfvtus. 

 " I BBJ une, Emit niMlior. 

 I'l.ikerel, Esnx reltculatm. 

 Pike or Pickerel, mox ivcius. 

 Pike-perch (wall-eyed pike) 



Stizolethium cvmericanwn, S. 



grueum, etc. 



Yellow Perch, Perca jluviatilU. 

 Striped Baas, Roacm Uneatms. 

 White Bass, Roccvs chrympy. 

 Book Bass, Ambtoplite*. (Two 



species). 

 Wa r-moi.it ti, Chaenobi tttutji ■■ ■■■!■■ ■ 

 rrnvple, Piinox.ijK nigrmnaculai-us. 

 Bachelor, Pomozys annularis. 

 Chub, Semotilis corporalia. 



Sea Bass. Centropri-iHs atrariua. 

 strtned Bass or Kockflsh, Jtoecus 



Uncatils. 

 White Perch. Mornne americana. 

 Blueflsh or Taylor, Pnmatomwt 



mliatrix. 

 Scup or Porgle, Stmotomut aray- 



ropn. 

 rollock, Potiaehins carbonarivs. 

 Tautosr or Blackflsh, Tautoqa 



onitis. 

 Spanish Mackerel, Cyhium. macu- 



latum 



SALT WATBE. 



Weakflsh or Sqnetague, Ctynosci/on 

 regatta. 



La Payette or Spot, LimtomuaoNi- 



Channol Bass. Spot or Redfish, 



Sciotmipfs ocellatuH. 

 Sheepshead, Arckosargua probato- 



cphalns. 



i or Barb, MtnUHrrw 



nebuloms. 



I know a party who come up here every summer trom Easton and 

 bring a "situer-kratit stanner" lo pack their trout Id, and salt down 

 all they take, without eating one until ttiey get home. They catch 

 all they can and keep all they catch, great and small. Bah I a poor 

 litt'e salted tronr— It tastes more like a piece ot " yeller soap" than a 

 fish. Such fishermen are but one remove from the bark peelers I 

 found snaring and netting trout In the still water below hero, last 

 August. I can Just sec their shanty f mm here. " Instruments ot 

 cruelty are In their habitations. my soul, come not thou Into their 

 secret ; unto their assembly, mine honor, be Ihounot united !"— Thau. 



KOHEIS. 



THE MARINE CATFISH. 



SOME of the correspondents of Forest ajto Steeam have 

 been telling of the game qualities of the blue cat of 

 Western waters, and certainly that species is not to be despised 

 when found in swift streams or clear lakes. 



On the Southern BPacOasI occurs a salt-water catfish rejoic- 

 ing in the ria.ne ..■PJ'uri/'hthi/s marimis (Baird) Girard, its 

 name being comparatively longer than its owner, which sel- 

 dom weighs more than six pounds, except in the Indian 

 river of Florida, where it sometimes reaches ten. Only that 

 the head is rather large, JE. in. is a handsomely formed fisb, 

 forked tail, high dorsal, well-developed pectorals, each armed 

 with a long and sharp bone, senat-d on the edges and barbed 

 after the manner of the weapon of the sting ray, capable of 

 inflicting painful wounds. This fish has very long cirri or 

 barbs depending from the mouth. Its color is a bluish slate 

 upon the back and sides, white beneath. 



It cunes into the rivers and bays in March and April for 

 spawning purposes. The eggs are of I he Size of an ounce 

 ball, golden yellow in color, and a cluster of them exactly 

 resembles a bunch of California grapes, though the cluster of 

 eggs is only about half the size of that fruit. It is said by 

 the fishermen that the voung of this $sh are, when hatched, 

 carried about in the gills of tbe parent for some time. 



This species is a very eager biter, taking almost any bait 

 either on the bottom, in mid-water, or on the surface. It 

 will take a trolling spoon or a fly, and is a strong and per- 

 sistent fighter when hooked. It. combines ihe strong surging 

 and boring down of the sheepshead with some of the king 

 runs of the redfish or bass. When these cal fish are abun- 

 dant it is difficult Coealch anything else. The flesh is firm 

 and well flavored, and elsewhere would be prized ; but 

 i here are so many better h'sh on this coast that the forked- 

 tail cat is despised. 



Besides the dangerous spine, the fish is covered with a 

 glutinous slime, which adheres to the bauds, the line and the 

 hook very disagreeably. There is another sea cat, taken in 

 the same waters, which mueh resemble s the black catfish of 

 fresh water. This is seldom over tw ■ pounds id weight. 



S. C. C. 



REMOVAL OF WALTON'S HOUSE AND THE COCK 

 TAVERN. 



THESE two historic buddings are doomed by the pro- 

 posed widening of Fleet si reet from Chancery lane to 

 Bell yard. Many Americans, while in London, have visited 

 these historic places, which are soon to make way for the 

 march of improvement. The London Times recently said : 



" Among the buildings which have to be removed appear 

 to be the Cock tavern and 'he dwelling of Izaak Walton 

 The Cook, slnjM it was Aral established as an ale-house, can 

 r ckon an existence of two centuries and a ha If, or more. 

 Pipys ate lobsters and drank in it. It was a resort of Addi- 

 son and Johnson and Goldsmith. The Poet Laureate has sung 

 its praises and conferred on its bead waiter an immortality at 

 which tradition reports that dignilary to have taken um- 

 brage. F-'i- inniimeia'nle generations of Templars and Lin- 

 coln-inn's barnsievs if fulfilled the practical functions of a 

 club before clubs had become the common things they are. 

 lis sanded floor has been trodden by every learned lawyer of 

 Ihe reiaiisof the Stuarts and Georges and probably by as 

 many of Ihe wiis. Social fashions have changed as well as 

 literary since ils career opened. The solemn hush amid 

 which the law Students and practitioners of the present eat 

 their chops and steaks, of wideh it wants a liberal education 

 toma-ter ihe price nomenclature, would have amazed and 

 am us (1 1 he riotous revellers of the past in their convivial pews. 

 The ancient tavern survived all the vicissitudes of altered 

 habits. It k ;ps its hold on ilie custom aud affection of the 

 neighboring legal world, lo which, as much as a special de- 

 murrer or a writ of Qui Tarn, it belonged, so long as legal 

 appetites erew keen for food at 5 o'clock. When,' under 

 some mysterious influence, whether from aberra'ions in the 

 Gulf Stream or the ice fields of the North Pole, budding 

 chancellors and chief justices could no longer dine at the 

 close of their dav's work, the sand of the Cock's well-worn 

 floor was virtually run. It has lived since then with a sword 

 of Damocles suspended over its gridiron. Its emblem baa 

 long been preparing o, flute r away into tbe region of legend. 

 The end might come as opportunely now as a year or ten 

 years benee. Not ihe less, however, will its former votaries 

 and subjects cherish a feeling Of indignation that it should 

 have been dislodged from its perch to make up for space ill- 

 usurped by Guildhall art. 



"The house of the author of 'The Complete Angler ' is 

 another and more direct victim of this unfortunate monu- 



