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FOREST AND STREAM. 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL, 



Devoted to Field and Aquatic Sports, Practical Natural History, 

 Fish Culture, the Protection of Game, Preservation of Forests, 

 and the Inculcation in Men and Women of a Healthy Interest 

 in Out-Door Recreation and Study: 



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NEW YORK, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1877. 



To Correspondents. 



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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING 

 WEEK. 



Friday, Oct. 12.— Trotting : Frederick, Md. ; Leavenworth, Kan.; 

 Columbus, O. ; Beacon Park, Boston. Base Ball : Boston vs. Rochester, 

 at Rochester ; Alaska of N. Y. vs. Chelsea, at Union Ground. 



Saturday, Oct. 13.— Running meeting at Jerome Park, N. Y. Ease 

 Ball : Mouticello of Jersey City, vs. Jefferson, at Carlstjdt ; Crystal vs, 

 Alaska of Staten Island, at West Brighton; i.oweJlvs. Fall Paver, at 

 Lowell, Mass.; Athletic vs. Alert, at Philadelphia; Boston vs. Buf- 

 falo, N.Y. 



Monday, Oct. 15.— Trotting : Point Breeze Part, Philadelphia ; Albany, 

 N. Y. Running meeting at Nashville, Tejfn. Base ball: Hartford vs.Alas- 

 ka of Staten Island, at West Brighton ; Alaska of M. Y. vs. Quickstep, 

 at Centennial Grounds ; Boston vs. Chicago, at Chicago. 



Tuesday, Oct. 16.— Trotting as above . Mystic Park, Medford; Cincin- 

 nati, O. ; Massillon, O. ; Fleetwood Park, N. Y. Base ball : Boston vs. 

 Chicago, at Chicago, 111; Alaska of New York vs. Quickstep, at Cen- 

 tennial Grounds. 



Wednesday, Oct. IT.— Trotting as above ; also at Princeton, N. J. 

 Running meetings at Nashvile, Tenn. and Raleigh, N. C. Baseball: 

 Alaska of N. Y. vs. Orange, at Centennial Grounds. Regal tas : Metro- 

 politan Rowing Association, at Elm Park, Kill Von Kull ; Single sculls, 

 free to all, at Owego, N.Y. Cricket match, under auspices of St. 

 George's Cricket Club. 



Thursday, Oct. IS.— Trotting as above. Running meetings as above. 

 Base ball: Alaska of N. Y. vs Alaska of S. I., at Csnienn la] Grounds. 

 Cricket as above. 



— "We hear many complaints from subscribers, who rind 

 that post masters and their assistants remove the Forest and 

 Stream from the wrapper, and read it before delivery. Wo 

 have tbe names of several offices where this is carried on. A 

 repetition will cause a complaint to the Post Master General. 

 Post master or clerk may obtain the paper gratis by procur- 

 ing us a club of five. 



Clerical Sportsmen.— Dr. HeDry M. Field, editor of the 

 JSvangelist, has some sensible comments on ministerial hunting 

 and fishing. The annals of sporting show the names of many 

 prominent clergymen who have proved themselves no mean 

 adepts with the rod and gun, and we appeal to the parishion- 

 ers of the hundreds of pastors who have been off this sum- 

 mer to the woods and streams, if their sermons nave, not 

 gained something from their vacation Sports, 



A NOBLE AMBITION. 



I 'HERE is now in New York a young man who has lately 

 -L attained a most creditable fame as a scientific explorer, 

 and who is preparing for another departure to South America, 

 the field of his former operations. We refer to Mr. Ernest 

 Morris, who, by his zeal and intrepidity, is fast winning- the 

 admiration of the whole country. 



Ernest Morris is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana, where 

 his enthusiasm in natural history and desire to be a discoverer 

 manifested itself in earliest boyhood, and, fortunately, was 

 fortified by his parents. At seventeen, with two companions, 

 a man and a boy, Morris embarked on White River for a sum- 

 mer voyage ; but the boat soon upsetting, the interest of his 

 companions in the project was quickly lost, and they turned 

 back. Morris, however, picked up the boat, baled it out and 

 paddled down stream alone. On reaching the Ohio he 

 went down to the Mississippi, and so on to its mouth, and, 

 with only a few dollars in his pocket, made his way to Florida 

 to explore the everglades. The collection of shells and insects 

 that he brought home with him he sold for a considerable 

 sum, and devoted himself for some time thereafter to' study. 



A year or two later, however, he left his home again and 

 sailed for South America— a boy of nineteen, poorly equipped, 

 unintroduced, but filled with intense enthusiasm and made of 

 the right stuff. This expedition was, however, mainly a pre- 

 paratory experience. He traveled up and down the Amazon, 

 made valuable collections, learned to speak Portuguese and 

 Spanish fluently, became acquainted with the natives and col- 

 lected information for future use. 



Returning-to this country for a brief visit, he again departed 

 for South America, something over a year ago, landing in 

 Brazil with $15 in his pocket, and started upon an explora- 

 tion of the Tapajos, one of the larger southern tributaries of 

 the upper Amazon, traversing a region totally uninhabited ex- 

 cept by Indians, and almost entirely imknown to geographers. 

 It was a most noteworthy undertaking, and carried forward in 

 .the midst of a life of peril and romantic adventure in the most 

 creditable manner. He reached a point to which no white 

 man had ever before penetrated, and proved both hi3 skill and 

 endurance. Upon this trip also the young explorer made as 

 large records and collections as he could bring away, and 

 among other things obtained a number of heads of Indians, 

 preserved in a singularly perfect state by a process of smoking 

 known only to the tribes among which he lived. These heads 

 serve as trophies of victory, like the scalps of our Northern 

 red-skins, and have attracted much attention. He was offered 

 $150 for each one before bringing them to the United States, 

 but did not w r ish to dispose of them at that time. Now, how- 

 ever, he is anxious to sell them to some museum in this coun- 

 try. If they can be sold during the next few weeks he will be 

 able to prosecute his explorations independently; if not, he is 

 desirous of acting as collector or agent for 3ome museum or 

 society, and many such an institution will no doubt be glad to 

 avail themselves of this opportunity. 



The plan Morris intends to pursue in his proposed expedi- 

 tion, is as follows : He will sail from this city early this 

 month of October, and, having made his way up the Amazon, 

 willascend the Xingu, one of its largest tributaries, which is 

 utterly unknown beyond the rude accounts of Indians and 

 half-breed traders. Even the Jesuit missionaries, who have 

 penetrated further than any other white men, have been de- 

 terred from its ascent by the chain of turbulent »nd dangerous 

 rapids in its stream and the known ferocity of the dwellers on 

 its banks. 



Morris describes the Xingu, at its junction with the Ama- 

 zon, as "a broad black river, flowing between precipitous 

 banks, heavily wooded with tropic vegetation." He intends 

 to organize a large party of Manduruca Indians to carry Ids 

 boats past the rapids, and beat back the hostile natives if they 

 should attempt to oppose his passage. In his last expedition 

 he reached the head waters of the Tapajos, and ascended one 

 of its main tributaries, the Cururu, for some distance. The 

 natives told him that tbe Cururu was only a canal connecting 

 the Tapajos with the Xingu, and he proposes to determine 

 this point definitely. He believes, however, that the Cururu 

 does not join the two rivers, but rises only a few days' journey 

 from the Xingu, so near perhaps that the waters of the two 

 streams may mingle during a heavy flood On the banks of 

 the Cururu, his friends the Campauaries live, and he feels cer- 

 tain that they will assist him in his new undertaking. After 

 exploring the unknown region through which the upper Xingu 

 flows, he intends to go down the Cururu to the Tapajos and 

 then ascend the branch called the St. Manuel, which the na- 

 tives allege to be the continuation of the main stream. He 

 thinks, however, that the Juruenn is the largest upper tribu- 

 tary of the Tapajos, and he may decide to go up this stream 

 instead of the St. Manuel. In either event he intends to pen- 

 etrate to the great water-shed which lies between the head- 

 waters of the Tapajos, Xingu and Tocantins, and the Para- 

 guay River, the last the main stream of the Eio dc la Plata, 

 The region of this water-shed has never been explored, and if 

 Morris succeeds the results of his exploration will be of un- 

 doubted value. After having made an examination of this 

 region Morris intends descending the Paraguay and the Eio 

 de la Plata to Montevideo and then sail from that port to this 

 country, carrying with him the fruits of his expedition. He 

 is determined to start on this tour of exploration pi 

 equipped rather than not at all: and we bid him good speed. 

 It is a worthy ambition and one which ought to excite emu- 

 lation even-where. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



The Game Law in Connecticut. — Sportsmen in Connec- 

 ticut are now improving the limited time which the law allots 

 to them for shooting. There are few localities more prolific 

 of small game than certain sections of Connecticut. That 

 State is apt to be overlooked by outside, sportsmen, who gen- 

 erally travel much farther for their game and fare worse , 

 but for rabbits, ruffed grouse, snipe, ducks, and that compara- 

 tively rare bird the woodcock, we know from long experi- 

 ence that it is a locality to delight the soul of the gunner. A 

 valued correspondent sends the following timely notes and 

 comments : 



Haktfokd, Conn., Oct. 1, 1877. 



To-day the game law ia off fot this stale, and f. r tlie coming v tee 

 months the Held is open to sportsmen to enjoy their tastes to tticir 

 hearts' content. But, the few weeks of the close season wen; made 

 memorable by the exertions of the game clubs in" the State in the en- 

 forcement of the law, and a lesson Has been so thoroughly taught this 

 season that we look forward to happy results in the coming years 

 Since my last letter on this same subject, giving the results ol the 

 week ending with September 22, the good WOTS has been steadily 

 pushed. Monday, September 24, the attorney of onr game clui> and his 

 detectives left on the early train for Willimam.ic, where a carriage was 

 in waiting which took them over to Danielsonvllle, where a breaker of 

 the law was arrested, tried, convicted, and made to pay a flue of $22 

 and costs, but he afterward appealed to the Superior Court, of the 

 State. 



The towns of Brooklyn, Plainfield and Norwich were visited in their 

 order, and' the game law made a reality to the violators of it, uud not. a 

 myth as it has been in past years, As was stated in my lust letter, no 

 true, honorable sportsmen were found among those convicted, but. the 

 men were of the most lawless kind— a dread to farmers at all times 

 and seasons, and their inability to move in the malter before was tem- 

 pered by the chances of having their crops destroyed and their barnB 

 burnt. 



An underground railroad seems to have been established throughout 

 the State, and the birds were ehot out of season for gam, packed iu 

 boxes labelled " butter " or " cheese," •' keep cool," aud thence trans- 

 ported to Providence, Newp.in or New York markets, a iirin in Nor- 

 wich being the collectors of the game and most Interested parties. 

 In fact a letter in the game club's possession, in answer to a decoy 

 from one Arm in this Slate, stated in the tirst part of their note "that 

 although the game laws of Connecticut strictly prohibit the shooting of 

 woodcock, quail, partridge, etc., before October l, we will give you 

 such and such prices per dozen for the above goods,'' showing their 

 perfect acquaintance with the laws, but desire to break them never- 

 theless. Next spring we propose to handle the laws on the netting oj 

 brook trout in like manner, and woe betide Ihe unfortunate victim 

 who Is captured. The good done by our attorney an^ his detectives 

 can hardly be measured to day, bin their results will be of lusting bene- 

 fit to the State of Connecticut, t. S. 8. 



—Mr. E. C. Bradley, of Dunkirk, N. Y., informs us that 

 since the boys have sown'wild rice in the vicinity, large quan- 

 tities of rails have made their appearance over these, where 

 they have never been seen betore. Kails are found in Detroit, 

 and as far west as the rice lakes of Minnesota; but they are 

 not now considered by the gunners game enough to shoot. 

 Perhaps, one of these days, they will be as glad to make a bag 

 of these delicious buds as the Deleware pushers are. We 

 must say, however, that the rails of the West are not gener- 

 ally in good condition except when found in the rice fields. 



Viboinia— Taj^paJiCtrmock, Oct. 5.— A PJgh and Game Asso- 

 ciation has been organizi d with the plans and purposes of 

 similar clubs else wbeie. Virginia sportsmen are taking steps 

 in the right direction, end numerous sections are at last awak- 

 ing to the necessity of efficient action. 



Florida. — A new game protective club has been organized 

 at Tallahassee. The organization promises to accomplish 

 much good for .Florida, and the name of Judge Westcott, as its 

 president, is a sufficient guarantee of its success. 



California.— The attempt to introduce English pheasants 

 fromKew Zealand, which has not met with stir cess hereto- 

 fore, has again been made by some San Francisco sportsmen. 

 The new buds which arrived the other day have been placed 

 on Goat Island, where it is hoped they will thrive. 



'VIRGINIA VIGILANTES." 



[FROM OTTR SPECIAL COEBESl'ONDENT.] 



Virginia City, Montana, Sept. 10, 1877. 



IT is, I think, no injustice to most readers, though well-in- 

 formed, to asktheni to turn to a map of the Territories, attd 

 refresh their memory as to the location of this enterprising 

 little town, which a decade ago was all there was of Montana. 

 The southeastern corner of the Territory is continued into a 

 triangular portion jutting southward between Wyoming aud 

 Idaho, the Rocky Mountains forming the boundary. In the 

 centre of this corner the town is situated among the hills in 

 which the Missouri takes its rise. The little, creek at the town 

 is a tributary of the Stinking Water River which flows into 

 the Jefferson, the valley of which is not far west of the town,- 

 while a range of high bills only separates the village from the 

 Madison Valley. The Madison and Jefferson both ilow north 

 and unite about fifty miles above Virginia City, where the 

 Gallatin River comes in from sources a few miles east of the 

 Madison's. The three streams together make the Missouri, 

 and their point of confluence is known as the Three Forks of 

 that mighty stream. It is the county seat of Madison County 

 — a county four times us large as the State of Rhode Island, 

 containing 60,000 acres of improved land, 40,000 head of cattle 

 and sheep. 5,000 horses and mules, and $000,000 of other pro- 

 perty, and casting about 1,306 votes. It is the depo ol 

 supplies lor the whole county, and the entrepot for the gold 

 and silver produced in the region, nearly $500 000 worth of 

 which was shipped from here last year. As Forth town 

 if contains eight or nine hundred people, is miserably siti 

 in a narrow ravine, and has few beauties, being littles 

 than a raining camp perpetuated. Such. : 



