CTOBBB 20, 1881.] 



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RUST SPOTS IN GUN BARRELS. 



Columbus, O.—Edtnr Forest and Sir am: There 

 has been of late consich-rau'e correspondence in your 

 colunn s in regard to gun ruEt measles and such. I 

 have nothing to offer by way of recommendation for 

 its extermination, as the inside of my gun barn Is is hand- 

 somely freckled. What I want to know is this : Wbalwill 

 be the effect on the inside of a pairof gun barrels if they are 

 not el aned out at all after shooting, but put away until the 

 residuum in the barrels turns to a dust or powder, as it will ; 

 then wipe out if you choose before using again? I have been 

 informed by an old Califoruian that this was the way to take 

 ca e of ihe inside of a pair of gun barrels. 1 have tried it 

 and find it an exceedingly convenient way, to say the leant, 

 and bo far am not able to discover that it has in the 

 slightest degree been the means of more elaborately frcck- 

 Kogthe in-idfe t f my shooters. I would he pleased to hear 

 from some one, if any, who has tried this plan on a new gun. 

 — Fkank N. Rkebe. 



Central Mill, Mich.— Editor Forest and Stream: 1 see 

 that some of your correspondents go to lots of trouble to 

 take care of their guns. Now I am the owner of a fine 

 breech- loader, and have never used a drop of water to clean 

 it with ye 1 , and will challenge any one to produce a cleaner 

 or brighter pair of barrels than mine ate, inside. In the first 

 place 1 always clean my gun as soon after I return fn in 

 shooting as possible, and "use a good quality of sewing 

 • machine oil to clean tin' the burned powder and any particles 

 of lead that may be in the barrels; and when they look bright. 

 I change the rags for others well saturated with blue oint- 

 ment or "auguiotnm" (almost every hunter knows what 

 that is); and push that through the barrels once or twice, 

 and then put the gun in a dry place until I want to use it 

 again. I find ii always clean, without a particle of rust or 

 dark spots on it in wiy place. Though 1 find lots of differ- 

 ence in powder, iu the amount of labor required to clean 

 out a gun. Tobauoo Rivkk. 



Quincy, Ky.— Editor Fi/rest and Stream: I always use 

 common coal oil to remove all residuum, and afterward thor- 

 ougidy polish inside of barrels with an old flannel rag, using 

 a hickory wiping stick, as I think jointed wiping sticks are 

 iniuriou°, the metal joints corning in. contact with, the deli- 

 cate Works of the breech. Water is an unmitigated 

 nuisance iu a gun barrel, as it is nearly impossible to get it 

 out again, therefore I never put it in. Coal oil is a good pre- 

 ventive of rust, and is a good article to remove any dint, 

 therefore I use it and my gun always looks like a new silver 

 dollar.—!). 



A Hasty Conclusion — Gdsey House, N. Y., Oct. 15. — 

 Editor F</nU and til ream: 1 have been fooled by noticing an 

 advertisement in your paper with regard to ducks and other 

 gane in Su livan County. I have just returned from Eldred, 

 where I spent three dysin pursuit of game, and which I did 

 not dud, for the very good icasou that there was none. All 

 I got after my time was one woodcock and a meadow lark, 

 which were all the birds I saw north losing a charge for. I 

 hid a brace of good dogs, and a good guide, who told me to 

 never again go to any place on the strength of such advertise- 

 ments. They are only catch-pennies, so 1 think I will most 

 undoubtedly ia'-;e my guide's advice. It would be well if 

 you notify your subscribers not to he fooled a9 1 was. — Sold. 



[We condole with our correspondent on the harsh fate that 

 overtook him in Sullivan County, but we beg leave to differ 

 with him mot decidedly when lie affirms that the note re- 

 ferred ti was a "catch-penny," for we. have the best of rea- 

 son for believing the author of that note perfectly sincere and 

 correct in his statement of facts. That our Gilsey House 

 friend foui (I no ducks in Sullivau County is— with all due 

 respect to himself and bis guide— no evidence that Sullivan 

 County may not, after all, be a good place to go for the birds. 

 Others have found them there, and others still will find more 

 there. Let not our friend set all men down as liars because 

 on three certain days m October, 1881, he fouud no ducks in 

 Sullivau County, .New York. ] 



Rasghmiy Nqtkb— Rflngelej, Me., Oct. 10.— The reputa- 

 tion or the Kangeley Lakes for large trout has been main- 

 tained the past sta-on. Several have been taken of six and 

 seven, and one of eight p uuds. The early fishing was all 

 that could be desired, but for some reason midsummer 

 yielded the poorest results ever known by the oldest habitues, 

 '.this refers to the big lakes. At Kmnebago and Seven Ponds 

 the rport has been all that could be desired. Several loon3 

 hive b en shot during the season, but their number is not 

 sensibly diminished. It is somewhere stated that a loon 

 consumes its weight of nsh ddly. In view of such destruc- 

 tion iu Uoul waters, would it not be desirable to offer a lib- 

 eral bounty for their bi-aks? Guides are now renovating old 

 camps and building new ones, and sacking in their supplies 

 preparatory for tne winter hunt. Sigu of deer and cariboo 

 are fairiy plenty, am) the writer has lately seen fresh tracks 

 of two moose. A yea' ling moose was shot in Little Kenne- 

 b igo last summer by a parly from Boston. That exploit, 

 and the shooting of several deer, it is alleged, is the basis of 

 a racy sketch iu the 1'billips Phonograph. The mention of 

 Phillip* reminds me to say that genial " Sam " Farmer, mine 

 host of the Borden House, is still to the fore as a favorite 

 with visiting sportsmen. — Warfikld. 



Deer SlATjOHTEJi in the Adirondacks. — A person has 

 pnly to visit i he Adiroudacks at this season of the year to be 

 convinced of the glaring defect ot the present game law for 

 the protection of deer. Hundreds, and I might truthfully 

 say, thousands ».-e being killed by driving them into the 

 water with hounds. I would not deny the sportsman who 

 visits the woods in Ociober of needed venison for the camp. 

 But deer are so easily killed in this way, that this clause in 

 the law is subject; to great abuse. Hundreds are killed and 

 waded, and also by pot-hunters who attempt to get them to 

 market, but being heal ise, it is in an unmarket- 



able condition when it aiu'-',-:, there auring warm weather. 

 If. is not uncommon for parties to kill five or six d;er a day. 

 I have known a single parly to throw away as many as twelve 

 deer. Four times as many deer are killed in this way as by 

 every other method, including crusting which is a kin to 

 killing them when ren.'f red helpless by being driven into the 

 wa'er. It is not deplorable that a law should stand upon our 

 statute books that is so rapidly despoiling the Adiroudacks 

 of its most noble game. — Mussit. 



SflrfVB Quail Wanted.— Any one having live quail for sale, 

 or in a position to secure a large lot of birds, will please 

 communicate particulars to editor of this paper. 



California.— Goleta, Santa Barbara Co., Sept, 30.— Editor 

 Forest and Stream : There was a large hatch of quatl here 

 this season, and as the law is out gunners are quite numerous 

 after the little beauties. They are the finest birds we have 

 here, and therefore they are sought after by many. We also 

 have plenty of deer, back in the mountains, where civiliza- 

 tion has not driven them away. If we get any venison we 

 have to go out camping, which is pleasant here at most limes 

 of the year. Myself and a friend took a w T eek's hunt just 

 after the deer law had expired, and succeeded in killing 

 three four- pointers and two spike bucks. We returned home 

 after having enjoyed six days of excellent sport among the 

 antelopes. — M. M. B. 



Squirrel Shooters are advised to have their grip-sacks 

 ready and to read the daily papers. About once a week ap- 

 pear items like the following: "Union City, September 

 23, 1881.— Squirrels are crossing the Mississippi River south 

 of Hickman fiftv miles, in fabulous numbers. They are 

 caught by the dozens by men in skiffs. They enter and pass 

 through corn fields, destroying as they go. They are bearing 

 up the country and hundreds are seen crossing east, over the 

 Tennessee River, below Point Mason. They are from the 

 interior of Arkansas." " A merchant of White County, 

 Ark. , says that immense numbers of squirrels are overrunning 

 the uplands of that State, and, iu the absence of corn and 

 nuts, are opening cotton bolls, eating the seed and scattering 

 the cotton on the grouud and among the trees. Great 

 quantities of cotton were being wasted in this way." 



A Moose on the Track. — An exchange says that a full 

 grown moose of immense size was stauding on the track of 

 the E. & N. A. Railway, between Forest and Eaton, Me., 

 one day last week, when a freight train came along. With 

 its great body and heavy wide-spreading antlers, the animal 

 presented an imposing sight. The engineer, carried away 

 by Ihe spirit of the chase, obeyed a sudden impulse and 

 threw the throttle of the locomotive open in an endeavor to 

 run into the huge animal. It is probably fortunate for the 

 train that he was unsuccessful. This moose is supposed to 

 be the last survivor of his race in Washington county. 



Chicago Game Notes — Chicago, Oct. 15. — Weather cold 

 here at present, thermometer 08. Mallards coming south in 

 thousands ; ditto snipe. Every one who owns a gun is out 

 on the marshes. Pigeons are plenty, 1 shot twenty-two just 

 north of the city yesterday morning before breakfast. Mr. 

 R. A. Turtle, the taxidermist, has some fine specimens of 

 game birds in his rooms, mounted aud in dead game 

 cases. Geo. Camel, Sheridan's celebrated scout, was io the 

 city last week, he predicts fine shooting in the "Far West " 

 this season. — Ten Bobe. 



Shinneoook Bay — Good Ground, L. I, — Ducks are now 

 coming into the bay by thousands ; there are already three 

 or four large bodies sitting in the bay on the feeding-grounds, 

 and more coming night and day. We expect to have the 

 law repealed which prevents our shooting but three days per 

 week on Tuesday 25th, so that we can shoot every day after 

 the 25th of October. With plenty of feed and great numbers 

 of ducks already here, we look for a good season. — William 



a. Lakb. 



Gbekoe, N. Y., Oct. 10. — This has been a grand day for 

 sport at Long Pond shooting ducks. There have been more 

 ducks killed here to-day than I ever knew so early in October. 

 Several men shot from fifteen to twenty apiece. I was there 

 myself aud had good sport. SDipe have been quite plenty. 

 A friend of mine killed ten the other day. Woodcock 

 shooting not very good yet. — A. E. R. 



A Ferret Reward.— Ten dollars reward will be paid for 

 the evidence which shall convict any person or persons, in 

 Lowell, Mass , of the use of ferrets contrary to the provis- 

 ions of law protecting wild game. Any one having such 

 evidence may communicate with City Marshal, of Lowell. 



Trapped Quail in Virginia. — Editor Forest and Stream : 

 In your issue of October IS "Frank" wants to know where 

 to come in Virginia to get quail. It is against the law to 

 trap quail in this State at any time.— W. O. W. 



Kentucky, Quincy, Oct. 16.— There is an abundance of 

 game in this locality. I flushed a flock of twenty quads 

 yesterday. Ducks are coming in. Squirrels are excessive!}' 

 plenty, and are doing considerable damage to the corn crop 

 on the hills. D. 



Vicksbijro, Miss., Oct. 12 — On last Saturday afternoon I 

 bagged eleven squirrels, after 3 o'clodk, p. m.— Maroonkk. 



New Orleans, Oct. 12.— Quail are very plentiful within 

 thirty miles of New Orleans. Teal, duck and venison in 

 market.— S. 



To our list of " Catalogues Received," issue of September 

 29, should be added that of Messrs. Jno. P. Lovell & Sous, 

 Boston, Mass. 



Deooy Swans are wanted by a correspondent. 



Warning to Correspondents — Editor Forest and Stream: 

 Please warn your correspondents that I and many others of 

 your readers always stop on an article the minute we come 

 to the words "speckled beauties." We don't want to read 

 any further.— Yours, Captain. 



Bonds Sectional Boat.— W. E. Bond, of Cleveland, 

 Ohio, has made some very acceptable improvements in his 

 boats since they were first brought out. From a common 

 flat bottom skiff with stiff sides he has developed his idea 

 into verv liandsone, well-constructed boats possessing light 

 weight, "speed, carrying capacity, beauty and durability, 

 which are certain to retain for them their deserved popu- 

 larity. The Bond boats are divided into three classes, 

 ranging from 14ft. up to 16ift. They have moderately nar- 

 row bottoms of well-seasoned, kiln-dried wood saturated 

 with an oil cement, making them impervious to rot of any 

 kind. The sides are of galvanized iron with just the right 

 amount of dead rise on the bottom, and an easy turn to the 

 bilge, in fact approximating to the usual sporting boat in 

 form without the use of many ribs. The boats are taken 

 apart amidships, where bulkheads and connections are fitted 

 for that purpose, and one end is stowed into the other for 

 transportation. They have an excellent reputation among 

 sportsmen, and are met with in all parts of the world. 



fua and §iver JfisJimg. 



FISH IW SEASON IN OCTOBEK. 



FBK8H WATER. 



Black Bass, Micropterua aal-moides 



and M. pallidua. 

 Mascalont'e, Esox nohilior. 

 Pickerel, tlnox reiiculotm. 

 Pike or Pickerel, Ssox lutiue. 

 Pike-perch (wall-eyed ptke) 



Slizulethium americawum, S. 



griaeum, etc 



Yellow Porch, perea flnviatili*. 

 Striped Buss, Rncata lineat.ua. 

 White Bass, Roccua chryaopa. 

 Rock Bass, Ambloplitea. (Two 

 species). 



V. . ' ■ ,-0 (IU. Chrs-nnhrjifniSilUintrw... 

 ' llTLpv.Se, P'iraoXjiA ntnrmaawlat.vs. 

 Baehelor, Pomoxya annu(>wU. 

 Chub, Seinotilis corporal™. 



SALT WATER. 



Sea Bass, Cmtropriatw atrariui. 

 Striped Bass or RoekOsh, Roccua 



lineatua. 

 White Perch, itorone, americana. 

 Blueflsh or Taylor, Pomatomu* 



Baltatrix. 

 Scnp or Porgie, Stenotimwi argy- 



ropa. 

 Pollock, PoIukMuh carbonari-m. 

 Tauiog or Blackflsli, Wmtoga 



onitis. 

 Spanish Mackerel, Cybiwrn. wacu- 



latum 



Weakflsh or Squer.ague, Cynmcyon 



rma.Ha 

 La Fayette or Spot, TJmtomvxoWr 



qnnos. 

 Channel Bass. Spot or Bearish, 



Sciounop* ocellatwr. 

 Sheepsliead, A rchoaargw probato- 



:.;.,',, ,,; 



1 1 ■ i mi or Barb, Mtnticimm 

 ncbulomut. 



T give up Hy-nslitng : it Is a light, volatile, dissipated pursuit. But 

 the ground-bait, with a good steady floar, that never hobs without a 

 bite, is an occupation for a Bishop, and in no ways interferes with 

 sermon-making.— Sidney Smith. 



BLUEFISHING. 



BLUEFISH1NG, by some anglers, is considered but little 

 sport ; but the opinion is generally expressed by some 

 paper sportsman, who never had the pleasure, excitement 

 and hard work of pulling in a twelve- pounder, and so con- 

 tinuing until exhaustion compels one to desist. 



There is no spot alODg the Atlantic coast that can surpass 

 the Five Fathom Banks for bluefishing. On the 10th day of 

 August, being at Cape May, and nothing on hand save the 

 sole purpose of enjoyment, and parsing along Washington 

 street, in front of alphabetical Alderman Ware's office, I 

 was accosted by Colonel James M. Scovel, an occasional con- 

 tributor to your columns, with the request that I should ac- 

 compauy another limb of the law (Counsellor Douglas by 

 name) and himself on a little fiskiuK excursion, to start that 

 evening at 9 o'clock from Denizat's Pier. I consented, and, 

 at the appointed time, was on hand with a basket of lunch, 

 claret, etc. The Colonel and "Dug" (familiarly called) 

 were provided and armed in the same manner. 



After gettiDg id a small yawl we pulled out to the little 

 sloop "Vandalia," commanded by Captain Foster, whose 

 crew, as well as their commander, sported the names of 

 "Captain," to wit: Captains Tork and Rice, to whom we 

 were introduc d when we stepped on board. 



Owing to the condition of the tide, we were informed that 

 we would be compelled to lay at anchor until 1 o'clock. 

 Upon receiving this information the Colonel turned in. 

 "Dug" and I volunteered to keep the first watch, and the 

 Captain and crew Jollowed the Colonel to the arms of Mor- 

 pheus. After being comfortably seated on a large coil of 

 rope, lawyer-like, we began swopping yarns, and telling re- 

 markable anecdotes of wonderful witnesses, and disagreeing 

 on most propositions, for the sake of argument and to while 

 awny the time, which passed pleasantly, until the Counsellor, 

 with one bound, sprang to bis feet, and shouted, "What'.s 

 that?" I listened for a moment and heard a sound, faint at 

 first and gradually growing louder, then sinking away in the 

 distance until all was quiet. "My gracious !" shouted the 

 Couns'-llor, " we must have got adrift and fl >ated clear out 

 to the Banks, because I know I heard the automatic buoy on 

 the north bank I Listen, it sounds like a mad bull rushing 

 up the road I" And without further remark he rushed with 

 a precipitation that was calculated to end in the water, if he 

 had not fortunately grasped the slide on the cotnpmion-way, 

 and then shouted, "Turn out, Cap'ain; we're adrift!" 

 The Captain, followed by the crew, hastened on deck, threw 

 his eagle eye (for he was blind in one eye) around the 

 horizon, hurst into a hearty laugh and said, "Why, you 

 fool, don't you see the lights of Cape May City on our port 

 side ?" 



Still the bellowing continued with but slight intermission, 

 and the crew began to express themselves in a superstitious 

 manner. At last Ciptain Tork went down into the cahin to 

 light his pipe. Our eara again were sat u'ed with a loud 

 "halloo." He rushed up, and said, "Why, ' Dug,' you 

 haiut got the sense you was born'd with ; it's Colonel Scovel 

 a-snorin'!" Captains Foster and Rice moved to throw 

 "Dug" overboard, but I persuaded them to let him live a 

 little while longer. I suggested to grease the Colonel's nos- 

 trils with lard, which was done effectually, and he awoke 

 with a loud snort, swearing eternal vengeance. 



About 6 a. m. we reached the Banks jiut as old Sol wa 

 peeping from under the horizon, sending heavenward a pe 

 feet halo of glory, and making innumerable reflections on 

 the bosom of the then placid Atlantic. Out with the trolling 

 lines — one on each side with cut-riggers, and ODe stern line 

 —all hands eager for the sport. "Dug" with rags tied on 

 every finger, and irrepressible Colonel with a pair of long- 

 legged stockings on his hands in order to prevent the line 

 from cutting. Your humble servant was assigned to one of 

 the out-rigged lines, and had been waiting for about, five 

 minutes lor a bite, wheu, whia I went the line, as a big fel- 

 low rose to the top and tried to swallow the squid. Now 

 commences the sport. The fish, feeling a p iwerlul strain in 

 a direction he don't hanker after, at last makes a break for 

 the boat, and then what a lively time to haul in the slack ; 

 but perseverance, muscle and perspiration were all' tie too 

 much for the voracious monster aud, with one jerk, it was 

 lauded on tbe deck. Next the Colonel drew in a larg- fel- 

 low. "Dug " soon followed another, and so od, until I quit, 

 perfectly exhausted. 



The. Colonel and "Dug" made abet as to who would make 

 the largest catch. Luck varied first on one side aud then on 

 the either, until one of the crew of the lightship was put on 

 board (an old baud at the business) in order to be taken 

 home. "Dug" immediately enlisted him in his service to 

 draw in most of the line and Would then catch hold and. land 

 the fish. The Colonel stood this for some time, as "Dug" 

 gradually made the score advance, and at last broke out 

 with. " How can you expect me to keep up with you when 

 the United States Government, bone, Binew, muscle and the 

 Treasury Department are at your back. In the whole course 

 of my experience I never knew a political party to win who 

 had such odds to contend against." "Dug" still kept on 



