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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[December 1, 1881. 



Thk Ikisii-Amkrioan Gallery Match. — The proposed 

 International gallery match which was to have taken place 

 on the 24th ult. has been indefinitely postponed, and for the 

 very novel reason that au American team cannot be gotten 

 together. The conditions called for an " off hand" match, 

 and then Mr. Rigby, on behalf of the Miniature Rifle Club of 

 Dublin, defined off-hand shooting to be that in which the 

 left arm was entirely clear of the body. The hip-rest, or the 

 bracing of the elbow of that arm against the body, was 

 not to be allowed. The New York shooters were not pre- 

 pared for this. Many do shoot in that way, but to have the 

 position enforced upon them as a condition thoy were not 

 prepared for, and to secure special attention to this style of 

 holding is the object of the call issued by Mr. Conlln. 

 There is no disposition to abandon the match. On the con- 

 trary, it is likely that it will lead to an offer from the New 

 York shooters to a general shooting trial, in which pistol 

 shooting will form an important part. The old established 

 firm of Rigby ought not to shrink from a test of these neat 

 little arms so comforting in cases of wounded honor. Con- 

 lin's gallery boasts of a fine lot of the old duelling pieces and 

 a match with this style of arm would bring up hosts of remi- 

 niscences. Meanwhile the off-hand match waits, and we 

 doubt not that before many weeks the four American gentle- 

 men who are chosen will cable " Ready" and another victory 

 will be placed to the usual credit. It is unfortunate that it 

 did not take place on the 24th as intended, for apart from 

 the fact that it was a national holiday here, it was the 18th 

 anniversary of Mr. Conlin's entry into the gallery-shooting 

 business. 



TOE LETTER OF OTTR CORRESPONDENT " JaCObStaff," to be 



found in another column, and the accounts of the good 

 fowl shooting now to be had at Currituck, suggest, a word 

 of caution to gunners bound for that point. It is said that 

 an impression has got about that the Kitty Hawk Club, hav- 

 ing so much property, Will be somewhat lax in protecting it, 

 and that gunners can hope to have shooting from points 

 belonging to this club. This impression is wholly an errone- 

 ous one, and should be corrected at once. No one should 

 be allowed to go down to Kitty Hawk fancying that the 

 same shooting is open now that they have been accustomed 

 to enj jy in years past. All the most desirable points in the 

 vicinity of Van Slyke's are now the property of the Kitty 

 Hawk Club, and all the lands of this association are posted 

 and efficiently patrolled. The club has expressed the deter- 

 mination to protect its shooting most carefully, and prompt 

 arrest, followed by rigorous prosecution, may be expected by 

 any one who ventures to trench on its privileges. 



It is scarcely to be expected that the gentlemen who have 

 spent such large sums of money to secure theso grounds 

 should now throw them open to the public, and their deter- 

 mination to preserve the shotting is in every way worthy of 

 commendation and imitation by other clubs. 



Tub Eabl of Dunbaykn in Nova Scotia.— The game in- 

 terests of the Province of Nova Scotia are in the hands of 

 the Gam* and Inland Fishery Protection Society of Nova 

 Scotia, having its headquarters at Halifax. The society is 

 composed of gentlemen who really have at heart the enforce- 

 ment of the laws. They have done good work, and sports- 

 men of the Province, as well as those who visit the country 

 from abroad, have reason to respect the society's efforts and 

 aims. We are glad to see that the law in Nova Scotia is 

 enforced without discriminations. So famous a hunter as 

 the Earl of Dunraven got into trouble there recently, because 

 he neglected to comply with the very just provision of the 

 game laws, which requires non-residents to take out a license 

 to kill game. Incorrect reports of this affair having been 

 printed, we take great pleasure in publishing to-day, from a 

 responsible source, a true statement of the case. 



The Maine Matter. — In our remarks on the Maine Game 

 Warden system, the other day, we certainly intended no re- 

 flection upon the Commissioners of Fisheries and Game of 

 that State. We believe, as we said in our issue of Oct. 13, 

 that they bave given abundant proof of their activity and de 

 termined purpose in their work, and should receive the 

 hearty support and co-operation of all true-minded sports- 

 men. We are also sure that Mr. Hubbard in his criticisms 

 of the system, intended nothing personal regarding Mr. 

 Stilwcll. We arc satisfied that Messrs. Hubbard and Stil- 

 well both desire the same thing — namely, the impartial and 

 thorough execution of the law, without respect to the 

 residence of the offending party. 



Mobs Quail fob Springfield. — The sportsmen of Spring- 

 field, Mass., encouraged by the success which attended their 

 efforts last year to restock the neighborhood with quail, are 

 about to repeat the work done a year ago. They have pur- 

 chased 000 quail, of which the first crop of 00 have already 

 reached them. The birds will be kept in confinement through 

 the winter and will be turned out in the spring. The suc- 

 cess of their experiments with the wild rice has proved so 

 great that they are now planting in the river and the ponds 

 the roots and seeds of the wild celery. 



Awoi\o the Souvenirs recovered from the ruins of the 

 Morrell storage warehouse, which was destroyed by fire in 

 this city last October, is a valuable gold medal, the inscrip- 

 tion on which shows that it was presented to Mr. George 

 W. Smiley, as a prize for the mastiff "Nell," at the San 

 Francisco Bench Show of 1878. 



THE GLAD CHRISTMAS WEEK 



Is Comtsg ; and it is time to d?cide what presents you will 

 then give to your friends. Permit the Forest and Stream 

 to suggest to its readers some of the suitable Christmas and 

 Ne w Year gifts, which mothers, daughters, wives, sisters, 

 cousins, neices and aunts may select for their sons, fathers, 

 husbands, brothers, cousins, unclea, nephews— and for "the 

 nearer one still, and a dearer one :" 

 A Handsome Shot-Gun. 



Many first-class makers— comparisons odious. 

 An Angling Rod. 



See names of makers elsewhere. \ 

 A Stabdabd Riflb. 



For game or target. 

 A Canoe. 



A double one means "you too." 

 A Shooting Suit. 



With a "housewife" for camp. 

 A Target Pistol. 



For winter evening practice. 

 A Book. 



See list of those for sale by us. 

 A Year's Subscription. 



We need not specify to what journal. There is only 



one that "fills the bill," as the bird said of the grub. 



Besides the appropriate gifts named above there are 



A. THOU8AND AND ONE THINGS 



That a sportsman.needs and will appreciate. We have 

 not space to name them here, but they are mentioned in 

 our advertising columns, and may be seen at the estab- 

 lishments of the dealers in sportsmon's goods. Go and 

 see them, and select for yourselves. 



In Another Column will be found a suggestive question 

 regarding the ethics of sportsmen. A correspondent asks i 

 " Are sportsmen, as a rule, so nicely adjusted in their moral 

 attributes, when engaged in the pursuit of bay birds, as to 

 resist the temptation to knock a black duck over, if he comes 

 within range ?" Now, without remarking that sportsmen 

 are probably as " nicely adjusted in their moral attributes 

 when engaged in the pursuit of bay birds" as they are when 

 engaged in the pursuit of birds of any other description, we 

 feel free to say that no man who looks at the question of 

 game preservation in the proper light would kill one species 

 of game in its close season while searching for another in 

 its open season. We expect this sort of thing from the so- 

 called pot huntors — that is, from men who are habitual 

 poachers, and shoot game out of season — but certainly not 

 from sportsmen of the better class. AVho that respects 

 himself would kill the half-grown ruffed grouse, while shoot- 

 ing woodcock iu those States, where summer shooting is 

 unhappily still permitted ? Who would, at the same season, 

 kill the mother quail, and leave the downy fledgelings to 

 perish ? The principle is the same in these examples as in 

 the case cited by our correspondent. We should be loth to 

 believe that there are manyot our readers whose moral 

 sense is so base as to make them approve such acts ; and we 

 conceive that thinking men, as a class, would, without excep- 

 tion, hold their hands in the face of such a temptation. 



The Story of the Wild Hog of Hampden is fast taking 

 its place among myths and legends, along with the story of 

 Apollo and the Python, St. George and the Dragon, and St. 

 Patrick and IheSnakes. It is fitting, then, that the authentic 

 history of that famous chase should be put on permanent 

 record in the files of this journal. As stated in the note ac- 

 companying the "article, the narrative is substantially true, 

 and its incidents will be recollected by many of our Massa- 

 chusetts readers. Next week we will give an account of one 

 of the famous hunts of pioneer days, the "Hinkley Hunt" 

 of 1835. 



The Eastern Field Trials meeting now being held at 

 Robbing' Island is proving a great success. As will be seen 

 from the account given in another column the attendance is 

 large, the birds plenty, and much of the work done by the 

 dogs is unusually good. The Derby was won by Mr. E. E. 

 Hardy's Pollux with Ferida second and Sensation, Jr., 

 third. It is probable that the trials will last until to-morrow, 

 aud the details of the last two days must bo looked for in our 

 issue of next week. 



The Papers on Dog Training, written by our Kennel 

 Editor, are meeting a cordial reception among dog owners 

 in every part of the country. The best test of the merits of 

 Mr. Hammond's system is a practical trial of them. Amateurs 

 who will train their own dogs by this method will find them- 

 selves amply repaid for the time and trouble expended by the 

 satisfaction and pride in the result. 



A Book About Birds. — Mr. H. B. Bailey, of this city, 

 has prepared a digest of all the ornithological matter con- 

 tained in the first twelve volumes of this journal. This will 

 shortly be printed under the title of Forest and 8tkbam 

 Bird Notss. Further notice of the. book and publication 

 will be given later. 



Stjioi.'uiiLs as Bled Destroyers.— Further notes on this 

 interesting topic are in type and will be printed next week. 



"The Cruise of the Nippeb."— In three parts. By 

 Nessmuk. Part First next week. , 



LEAVES FROM A LOG-BOOK. 



II. — THE FIRST DAY OUT. 



IT had rained every day for more than two weeks, and the 

 Gypsy's announced time of departure had been post- 

 poned day by day, and still there were no signs of fair 

 weather. Every part of the cargo had been stowed for some 

 time to take advantage of the first favorable weather, and 

 every afternoon the Captain had waded through the mud to 

 the river's bank to inspect the little craft lying in the boat 

 house, mentally anathematizing October's showers as he 

 thought of the fast flying autumn days that could be made 

 so agreeable if the clerk of the weather would only permit. 

 The Captain's impatience was shared by the crew, too, who 

 would sit on the boat house floor, looking wistfully out of 

 her brown eyes, while the water dripping off her liver-col- 

 ored coat made her look like anything but the cleanly and 

 ladylike cocker she was. "Poor Judy! Was ever any- 

 thing so abominable?" would be answered by a low whine, 

 and a slight lap of the fail on the floor, indicating sympathy 

 as plainly as if expressed in the choicest English, and far 

 more satisfactory to the Captain than the "too bads" 

 and "hard lucks" of his bipedal acquaintances. 



At last there came aa afternoon when the sun found a 

 small rent in the clouds and gave one peep through at the 

 earth below. But he must have been disappointed at the 

 dismal sight he saw, for he immediately withdrew his eyes 

 and all was as dark again as before. But that one glance, and 

 a puff of wind from the north accompanying it, made the 

 Captain's heart, leap joyously, and in a moment he and Judy 

 were speeding up street to the lodging house, where "store 

 clothes" were exchanged for blue flannels, toes back again 

 to the river where the Gypsy's maker, Mr. William Jarvis, 

 helped lower the boat imo the water. The Captain was soon 

 aboard; at the word "Come " the crew jumped lightly from 

 the dock to her accustomed place between the Captain's 

 feet, and the third cruise of the Gypsy was commenced. 



At, the first stroke of the paddle the sun thot another 

 glance through the clouds, twinkled merrily for a moment, 

 and then withdrew again. A solitary tortoise fell sidewise 

 off a log into the muddy water, and, as the Gypsy passed, 

 scrambled quickly up the other side to try to catch an- 

 other ray from the sun. But his haste was useless, for the 

 orb obstinately refused to show its face again. The high 

 water and rapid current carried the canoe on at a high rate 

 of speed, the captain's paddle being only useful to keep in 

 the middle of the stream iu rounding the curves. Past the 

 coal docks, then through acres of marsh grass burned over 

 by fire during the summer, and finally, between the break- 

 waters at the river's mouth, leaving the lighthouse to star- 

 board, the canoe shot into the waters of the beautiful Cayuga. 

 Ten miles to the north was an unobstructed view of the lake, 

 showing white caps formed by the increasing puffs of wind. 

 On the east was the club house of the Forest City Shooting 

 Club, nestled in a clump of willows, and back of that the 

 last cascade of Fall Creek, roaring and boiling with its un- 

 wonted volume of water. Prudence bade the captain hug 

 the west shore, where the abrupt cliffs broke the force of the 

 wind and rendered paddling less laborious ; but he had 

 hardly turned the canoe in that direction before "spat!" 

 came a large drop of rain on the deck. This was followed 

 by another and then another, and the Captain was compelled 

 to hastily lift the cork seat, draw from beneath it a rubber 

 coat, which he donned, and then the canoe's apron, which 

 was buttoned on the deck around the well, and tucked in 

 tightly around his body. "We won't turn back now, any- 

 how," thought the Captain, and wiih the rain dashing in 

 torrents against his face he plied the paddle vigorously, and 

 with a regular stroke, drove the canoe against the chopping 

 waves. Some fishermen, sheltered by an upturned boat 

 on the beach, laughed heartily at the solitary figure iu the 

 rain, and then invited him ashore to share thei 

 "Thanks, I am very comfortable," answered the retreating 

 voyager, leaving the honest fishermen to wonder what 

 " comfort' 1 that crazy fool could find iu breasting such a 

 storm. "Where bound ?" cried the skipper of a passing coal 

 sloop. "Canada!" shouted back the voyager. "Where'd 

 he say?" asked the skipper's wife, peering through the cabin 

 window. "He said Canady," answered her husband, sen- 

 tentiously, "but I guess he lied." 



Meanwhile the storm showed no signs of abating, and for 

 three-quarters of an hour the ruin poured down in sheets; 

 but at the end of that time there was a lull, and the Captain 

 deemed it best to seek quarters for the night. Bushy Point 

 jutted out into the lake close by, and the Captain made a 

 landing on the lee shore. The apron w T as first carefully re- 

 moved so as not to spill any water into the well, and only a 

 few drops weTe found inside; then Judy sprang joyously 

 from her pent-up quarters, and received the customary ca- 

 ress ; the Captain pulled the cauoe up higher on the gravelly 

 beach, lifted the large rubber bag of " plunder " from the 

 stern, and then began rigging the Gypsy's "house." A 

 bundle of odd-looking rods, tied together with cord, was 

 produced from alongside thewell and untied; an upright waa 

 fastened in slots made to receive it at the aftermost part of 

 thewell ; then a stout cord was run from a ring in the top of 

 this upright to a ring in the mast. Along this cord, at regu- 

 lar intervals, were tied three crescent-shaped rods, bent to- 

 ward the boat, the whole forming the frame for the tent. 

 The rubber apron was laid out on the bottom of the canoe, 

 dry side up, then the bag was opened and a summer carriage 

 lobe produced, which was laid ever the apron ; then a folded 

 woolen blanket upon that; then the tent (of drilling, water- 

 proofed by the sugar of lead and powdered alum recipe 

 found in Fobebt anu Sieeam) was hung over the frame and 

 buttoned down tight around the canoe. A coffee-pot (of 

 two-cup capacity), a quart tin pail, a tin cup, spoon, knife 

 and fork, two tin plates — one with edge3 turned up aud a 

 bail fastened on — were then taken out of the depths of the 

 bag, which was afterward closed up water-tight aud placed 

 on the deck against the inast. The pail and coffee-pot hav- 

 ing been filled with water from the lake, the cooking utensils 

 were placed inside, and the Captain followed, feet foremost. 

 Then a zinc box containing the spirit stove was taken from 

 its place through the hatchway in the forward deck, filled 

 with alcohol from a tin canteen, lighted aud placed on its" . 

 zinc receptacle. The coffee-pot, with some of Borden's ox- 

 tract of coffee mixed with the water, was soon steaming over 



