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FOKEST AND STREAM. 



River. The Louisville Gun Club will keep open house during 

 the bench show and tournament, and the hospitalities of the 

 rooms are tendered all visiting sportsmen. Jack snipe are 

 shot at the falls. 



Tennessee — Ifasitmlle, Sept. 20. — Cheering reports come 

 from Humphrey's County concerning attractions for those 

 fond of sport. Thousands of quail can be found there, and 

 the woods are literally alive with squirrels ; wild turkeys are 

 also abundant, and occasionally a deer can be found. 



The number of squirrels in Davidson County this fall is 

 much larger than for years past. Partridges can be found in 

 fair numbers, and altogether plenty of fun can be experienced 

 by the devotees of Nimrod. 



The limits of the game law expired on the loth inst., and 

 sportsmen are now busily engaged in making things uncom- 

 fortable for game of all kinds. 



Louisiana. — Teal ducks and many other kinds of game are 

 now to be shot at Miller's Bayou and Chef Menteur. 



Texas — Galveston, Sept. 24.— The coast is just alive with 

 shore birds. Teal duck in abundance. Chickens are in flue 

 condition, and afford good sport. B. R. B. 



Arkansas— South Bend, Sept. 25.— The large game, such 

 as deer^ bear, turkey, etc., are numerous here, and will give 

 sportsmen fine and exciting sport. Game birds are scarce ; ' 

 grouse were nearby exterminated by pot-hunters during the 

 •lie avy snows of last winter ; there are some quail and a few 

 waders. This would be a fine game region if we had any 

 game laws, but we have none, and the game is slaughtered in 

 and out of season. G. W. C. 



Michigan— Port Huron, Sept. 20. — Recently two men 

 captured a large white pelican at the head of Black River 

 which measured seven feet across the wings. It has a bill 

 seventeen inches long. A blue heron was shot on Stock's 

 Creek, two miles from the ciiy, which measured from the tip 

 of his bill to his toes four feet eleven and one half incises, and 

 six feet four inches from wing tip to w T ing tip. Quid. 



Ikdiana — Indianapolis, Sept, 22.- -There is too much quail 

 shooting, and somebody needs to be made an example of. 



Southern Indiana papers announce a great migration of 

 squirrels from Kentucky. They are daily seen swimming 

 the river in immense numbers, and spread northward on land- 

 ing. It does not seem that they have yet commenced depre- 

 dations upon the growing crops, but everything in the shape 

 of mast is rapidly melting away ; hickory, beech, and all 

 kinds of oak are stripped clean of their fruit. As to flesh the 

 little animals seem to be m good condition, and every old rus- 

 ty gun in the country is brought into requisition. In every 

 neighborhood the incessant bang of firearms, from early morn 

 till dusky eve, reminds one that thousands of the little crea- 

 tures are brought down every day ; and yet every day they 

 increase in numbers. Numbers of them are killed with clubs 

 and sticks at the water's edge, while attempting to land on the 

 Indiana shore. The last hegira of squirrels occurred in 1833. 

 On that occasion the city of New Albany was overrun with 

 them, and hundreds were killed in the streets. — SaUirday 

 Herald. 



Colorado — Denver. — A party consisting of Col. J. W.Hall, 

 Capt. H. H. King and Hon. C. W. Wright, have been on a 

 bear hunt in the Yarnpah River country of Roult County. 



The Czak's Beak Preserves.— A correspondent of the San 

 Francisco Chronicle writes of the Czar's game preserves at 

 Gatchina : 



We bent our steps toward the deer and elk park, which is 

 inclosed in order to keep the wolves from preying upon the 

 young. The animals here are quite tame, and evidently are 

 but seldom hunted. My guide informed me that th^ emperor 

 preferred the more exciting pursuit of bears, which are very 

 numerous in these forests, aDd must not be shot except by 

 highest permission. It was not long beforewe caught sight 

 of one of the bruin family in a little clearing, where some 

 trees had been felled and cut into firewood, a huge stack of 

 which had been selected by his bearship as a convenient spot 

 to sun himself. On our approach the animal, one of the brown, 

 curly -haired kind, sat up and sniffed the air, and then, evi- 

 dently put out at being disturbed, he growled crossly and be- 

 gan to move uneasily about, knocking the loose sticks of 

 wood to the ground right and left. I was for moving on, but 

 Fcdka, the guide, assured me there was no danger, as the 

 bears of Gatchina are abundantly fed, and have never been 

 known to attack a man unless driven to the wall. 



As we turned away to let bruin continue his siesta, Fedka 

 related to us an incident which occurred at one of the Em- 

 peror's bear hunts some years ago. The Spanish Ambassador 

 to Russia at that time was the Duke of Cssuna, a very pom- 

 pous, conceited grandee, well versed in all the rules of court 

 etiquette, but a small, weazened, dried-up man, of no physi- 

 cal courage and but an indifferent sportsman. The Emperor 

 had invited him to one of his hunts at Gatchina, an honor 

 which could not be declined, and muffled up in costly' sables 

 the Duke set out with the imperial party and was consigned 

 to a post of honor, a tree next to the one behind which the 

 Czar awaited the coming of such game as the huntsmen might 

 drive up. A huge bear made his appearance, his temper 

 somewhat riled by the unwelcome noise of dogs and horns 

 behind him, and the Emperor made a sign to the Ambassador 

 to shoot. The duke bowed deeply, and declared ,his unwil- 

 lingness to shoot before his imperial host. The Emperor 

 urged him to disregard etiquette for once, but the little 

 grandee continued his profuse protestations until the bear had 

 drawn uncomfortably close, and by his forbidding aspect 

 caused the Spaniard to shake with fear and forget his polite 

 utterings. A shot from the Emperor, who was laughing in 

 his sleeve, interrupted the animal's progress, but the victim 

 of the joke, bat lied in perspiration* Ml fainting upon the 

 snow, and had to be taken to the palace on a stretcher. 



France — Paris, SrpL 15.— The sportsmen are not very 

 eager for opening the season ; the chief game in France at: 

 present is politics, and men cannot cultivate two passions at 

 once. Generally at this period, the streets were thronged 

 with "bagmen," pulling along strapping, sporting dogs, which 

 had the air of anticipating martyrdom, and gazed wildly 

 about seemingly in search of some members of the society for 

 the protection of animals, but we have none of these spec- 

 tacles at present 



Piieservatiox of Game- Game of all-kinds, birds, rabbits, 

 or deer, can be kep! sweet a lung time by putting finely pul'- 

 verized charcoal in u ihiu muslin bag, and placing it inside 

 the game. Change the charcoal every day. It is excellent to 

 keep any meat, fish or fowl, pure and sweet. Wash clean be- 

 fore cooking. - ___. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



MAtNE.— P.orttocna, Sept. 20, 1877.— The annual shoot for 

 the Maine State Championship and Diamond Badge came 

 off on Little Cheheaque Island, Casco Bay, on Sept. 27 and 

 28. The Maine and Forest City clubs of Portland, and the 

 Androscoggin Club of Lewiston participating. Terms, 15 

 birds each, 21 yards rise, SO yards boundary. The birds 

 were mostly tame ones and strong flyers. The following is 

 the score : 



MAINE CLUB. 



goliister n jstnitn n 



Pierce 13 Lewis "10 



Williams w Bracket*. * " w 



S Smith j2 ' 



FOREST CITY CLUB, 



Davis., 10 Burtis 3 



DerinlB 11 Day " "11 



Oroeker w Morrill '.".'.'.'.".'in 



Cobb u Martin w 



Ladd 11 Barbour .". ,."ip 



ANDROSCOGGIN CLUB. 



Pomeroy ! 13 Donovan 12 



IJUttton ..12 Munsnn 19 



Wooley w CFNason ..... "in 



1 '' avitt 12 EGNason "is 



Curtis 12 



On ties of 13 Pomeroy won ; ties of 12 Munson won ; ties of 11 Dennis 

 won ; ties of 10 0. P. Nason won— Pomeroy of the Androsco^gms win- 

 ning tlie diamond badge, Mnns-on and C. P. Nason of same club second 

 and fourth prizes, and Dennis of the Forest Citys the third. Vim. 



New Jersey— Brighton Pigeon Chih, Long Branch, Sept. 

 26. — Handicap sweepstakes : fifteen birds, five traps and 100 

 yards boundary, 1\ ounces of shot ; Hurlingham rules. Wm. 

 Green, 25 yards, 13 ; Robert Hance, 25 yards, 12 ; Chas. 

 Stiker, 28 yards, 11 ; Frank Price, 21 yards, 9 ; Jas. Addison, 

 21 yards-, ; Peter Morris, 18 yards, 8. 



KentooKt— Louisville, Sept. 29.— Glass ball shoot at the 

 gun club grounds. 



KM. Tot. KM. Tot. 



J Duff S 15 SDuff IT 20 



" ■■■ • - '■' - ; ' ■)'';■ -n ... . . ]'■ 1,1 



T H Hastings 5 15 J E Green 2 10 



J M Barbour 16 20 W W Thompson 5 5 



Dr J A Bedford IB 20 EYPeak 2 3 



New Jeesey.— Glass ball shooting is fast superseding pigeon 

 shooting as an amusement among the sportsmen of Sussex and 

 Warren counties. The towns of Newton and Hackeftstown 

 have matches nearly every week, and a challenge badge has 

 been provided for the champions. 



Long Island. — Creedmoor, Sept. 25. — A match was shot 

 between W. T. Cameron and H. N. Terrett, of Woodsich, 

 and A. and B. Hauls of Winfleld ; 15 single rises; Long 

 Island rules : 



Cameron 1111000101111 0—9 



Terrett 1 1110110001100 1—9 



Allauts 1101010111110 0—9 



B HautH 1 010 110111010 1—9 



The ties were shot off Sept. 29 : 



ATTaUts ..0 1101111001010 1-9 



B Hauts 1011 111 1111 l_li 



Terrett 1 1111011000110 1—10 



Cameron 1 10 10011110011 1—10 



Ties shot off ; three single rises: 



AHauts 1—1 Terrett l l t— 3 



B Haute 1 0—1 Cameron l l 1—3 



New York.— Long Island Shooting Club, Sept. 28.— The 

 monthly contest of tht.s club was shot at Dexter Park, Sept. 

 28. The conditions were : Seven birds each, 25 yards rise, 80 

 yards boundary, \\ oz. shot, Long Island Club rules. Ties 

 shot off, three birds each. 



Henderson 1 11111 1— T Hemming 1 1111 0—5 



Brown t 1 1 1 1 1 1—7 Lamphear 1 1 1 01 1w 



Madison 1 1 1 1 1 1 — 6 Wynne.... 1 1 1 u ) ow 



Broadway 110 11 1 — 5 Robinson 1 1 1 1 0w 



Miller ..1 1111-5 Yates 1 l 



Tie on seven. 



Henderson 1 1—2 Brown 1—1 



Same Day.— Contest for gun-cleaning case presented by Mr. 

 S. Glover ; 10 birds each, 25 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, 

 24 entries. 



Thomas 



Yates 



Wynne 



Lamphear. . 



..lllllllll 1—10 



...1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 0- 9 

 .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0— 9 

 -1111111110—9 



Same Day. — Match of ten bhds each, 40 yards rise, 80 yards 

 boundary, Long Island Club rules. 



A Applegate 1 TOlOnOOO 1—1 



Atkins 1110 000 0—3 



Massachusetts — Salem, Sept. 27.— Sweepstake match, nine 

 birds each. 



W Williams 5 C C Button) e 



Jot: Lotld 3 C A Load <, 



D Waters 7 W H Randal! "3 



]lor)ic!Urilk,JS r . Y., Sept. 26. — There were three contests 

 of trap shooting to-day, in which several of our citizens par- 

 ticipated. The prizes were awarded as follows : First Con- 

 test — Jeffries first, Gardner second, Kennedy third. Second 

 Contest— Jeffiies first, Gardner second, Kennedy third. 

 Third Contest — Gar finer first, Kennedy second, Pen well 

 third- 



Notice to Sportsmen.— Having received so many communications 

 asking 11s for information in icgard to our six-smion bamboo trout. 

 black bass, grilse and salmon rods, we have prepared a circular on the 

 Subject, winch we shall lake pleasure in forwarding to any address. 

 We keep 011 hand all grades, the prices of which range from SIS toJISfl. 

 We put our stamp only on the best, in order to protect our customers 

 ;m<i our reputation, tor wo are unwilling to sell a poor rod with a false 

 enamel (made by burning and staining to imitate the genuine article) 

 without letting our customers know just what they are getting. 



P. O. Box 1,291.— [Aeto, Abbey & Lmbbik, 3S Maiden Lane. 



Poinu-Nkts in Lake Ontario. — A large company who 

 have organized themselves info a firm, are. daily netting and 

 shipping to the New York market tons of fish. They have 

 forty acres of pound-nets in the vicinity of Round Pond, and 

 a'.- rapidly extending their operations to all the hays and in- 

 lets along the lake shore. If there is no law which Can reach 

 these parties the matter should be brought before the next 

 legislature, and suitable measures enacted. 



A CANOE CRUISE IN VIRGINIA. 



Editoe Fokest and Stp.eam ■ 



We launched at Covington, on Jackson's River, 205 miles 

 west of Eichmond, near the summit of the mountains, on 

 water over 1,200 feet above, the sea. The stream is narrow 

 and swift, with dashing rapids and cascades every few hun- 

 dred yards. A good day's paddle carries the voyager to the 

 Cowpasture's mouth, whence the stream lakes the name of 

 James. The entire route is through a most attractive 1 

 The wateris full of life, with a spice of danger all the way to 

 Buchanan. From Buchanan to Lynchburg we had the canal 

 and broad, deep, beautiful pools of the James Iiiver aud Kan- 

 awha Canal, affording steady but pleasant paddliug. Prom 

 Lynchburg to Richmond the dams are very few— only five— 

 and there is plenty of rapid water, with some fails that are 

 more than lively. Balcony Palls, five miles long, where the 

 James bursts through the Blue Ridge, are enough to tax the 

 nerve and skill of the best paddler. Thornhill's Falls, twenty- 

 five miles below Lynchburgh, a short stretch of swift water, 

 terminating in a cascade of several feet, brought your corres- 

 pondent to grief against an unseen rock in the tortuous chan- 

 nel, and on the leap of the fall, where the canoe broached to, 

 broadside on, in a Hash, and filled in a twinkle in a current so 

 strong that a good half-hour's sturdy work— breast deep in the 

 water, was necessary to work her off the rock to which she 

 was pinned. The thorough wetting of canvas and baggage 

 required a day in camp drying ont. Below these falls and on 

 to Richmond is beautiful water and finely cultivated coun- 

 try. 



From Covington to Tye River is a constant stretch of in- 

 comparable mountain scenery. Clifton Forge— a grand arch 

 of stone in relief on the fnountain side, 1,000 feet high and 

 one half a mile in the chord; the Bat Hole, almost equal to the 

 Delaware Water Gap in dimensions and a deal wilder ; the 

 constant views in the Alleghanies and Blue Bidge ; the Na- 

 tural Bridge, reached on foot ia two miles from Gilmore's 

 Mills ; the Peaks of Otter, easily reached on foot or by stage 

 from Buchanan ; the magnificent pass through the Blue Ridge 

 at Balcony Falls— these make pictures scarcely to be seen in a 

 canoe cruise elsewhere in the whole country. Throughout the 

 whole cruise the voyager is sure of I he unvarying kindness 

 and genuine hospitality that .is a grand trait of all Virginians. 

 We did our own cooking, and slept in the canoes all the while, 

 but our larder was always full and money almost invariably 

 declined. 



We urge canoeists in the East to try this splendid stream. 

 Go to Covington via Chesapeake & Ohio R. R , from Rich- 

 mond. It is a road that is kindly to men. of the paddle. An 

 easy week's work will carry the traveler thence to Lynchburg, 

 whence he may return eastward hy rail direct ; four to five 

 days more will carry him to Richmond, where he may 

 again leave the water; and four days yet longer will afford a 

 superb cruise -down the lower James to Norfolk, where rail- 

 way or steamer opens a direct way to New York. The whole 

 can be done in two weeks with hard work, and three weeks 

 will give time for an easy journey, and the desirable pedes- 

 trian tours adjacent to points of interest. 



If any of our Eastern brethren of the paddle desire some- 

 thing more definite concerning our James River cruise.the in- 

 formation can be had in a series of three letters published in 

 the Louisville Commercial. • a. II. Siegfiued. 



Louisville, Ky., Sept. 20, 1877. 



—There was at Dieppe, in France, at last accounts, an old 

 three-masted vessel called the Petrus, built 300 years ago. 

 The stern is elevated, and the bows are rounder than th 

 the present day. She is staunch, and still in service. She was 

 built in Norway, and has always been employed in the Baltic 

 and North Sea trades. 



— — ^~^^^. , _ 



A Rapid Journey Rotcto the Would.— Dr. Hass, Ameri- 

 can Consul at Jerusalem, writes:— "Not couuting the time I 

 lay over at different points, as these breaks in the journey 

 could all have been avoided,! made the entire circuit of the glol ie 

 in exactly 08 days, and but for heavy weather on the Pacific 

 woul dhavc made it in 62 days. The journey from Alexan- 

 dria, Egypt, via. Brindisi and Paris to London, and thence to 

 New York and San Francisco, was accomplished in 20 days 

 ami we were just the same, number of days going from San 

 Francisco to Yokohama, Japan. Crossing over from here 'to 

 Canton, in China, took six days. A sail of ten days over the 

 China Sea aud through the Straits of Mallacca, touching at 

 several points we have not time to notice, brought us to Cev- 

 lou, of the southern coast of Hindustan, and oneof the richest 

 of the East India Islands. Thence we sailed directly to Suez 

 in Egypt, which took 13 days, and thence, in a few hours' 

 by rail, to Alexandria, our starting point, makinethe entire 

 distance of .25,000-10,000 by water and 0,000 on land— in (Is 

 days, without airy accident or detention of any kind." 



The Leaf of Life.— There's a certain curious member of 

 the plant family, very common in Jamaica, I am informed 

 called the life plant, or leaf of life, because it is almost imnos 

 sible to kill the leaves. You may cut one off. and hane it un 

 bv a thread, where anv nrdinarv lonf mnniii i. n a:—° '. 



auu «,. auuui giuning ue» leaves. JLOU may cut off half 1 

 leal and throw it into a tight box, where it can eet ne itjJJ 

 light nor moisture (necessaries of life to other plants) thp 

 spirited little leaf puis out its delicate roots all the same 

 Even pressed, and packed away in a botanist's herbarium-— 

 the very dryest. and dullest place you ever did see— it will 

 keep up its work, throw out coots and new leaves- and actual 

 ly grow out of its covers. I'm told that botanists who want 

 to dry this pertinacious vegetable are obliged to kill it with a 

 hot iron or with boiling water,— St Nicholas, Mao 



