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FOREST ? AND STREAM. 



have been made during the fourth epoch of Greek art, which 

 extended from the death of Alexander to the conquest of 

 Greece by tbe Romans, B. C., 146. 



SALMON FISHERIES ON THE COLUMBIA EIVEB. 



The bill recently introduced in the Senate by Mr. Mitchell, 

 of Oregon, authorizing tbe Secretary of War to grant permis- 

 sion to the proprietors of salmon fisberics, now located on 

 Three Tree Point military reservation, on the Columbia 

 River, in Washington Territory, to remain in said reservation 

 until tbe same shall be required for Government purposes, is 

 to prevent the removal of two large canning establishments 

 now located on that reservation, which is not used for any 

 purpose whatever by the military authorities. The propri- 

 etors of these establishments, when they located there, did 

 not know that it was a military reservation. They purchased 

 the right to conduct salmon fisheries there from a person 

 who claimed to have pre-empted the land, and expended about 

 $40,000 in the erection of buildings and for the necessary ma- 

 chinery used in canning establishments, and then learned, for 

 the first time, that they were occupying a military reservation. 

 The matter was investigated, but the books of the Land Of- 

 fice did not show that it was such reservation. The War De- 

 partment records did, however, and the Secretary of War 

 ordered tbem to remove. Subsequently all tbe facts were 

 brought to his attention and he revoked the order, issuing, in 

 lieu thereof, one allowing the parties to remain there for one 

 year, which will not expire until after the close of the next 

 fishing season. One of the proprietors was recently before 

 the Senate Committee on Military affairs when the bill above 

 mentioned was considered by that committee, and explained 

 at length all the facts connected with their occupancy of the 

 reservation. There are about thirty salmon canning establish- 

 ments on the Columbia River, and the two at Three Trac 

 Point are among the largest, 



The markets of this city, I notice, are already quite plenti- 

 ully supplied with game, but, as the season advances and the 

 weather becomes colder, the supply will be more abundant. 

 There is an extensive business here in ducks and other aquatic 

 fowls from November to March, the Potomac, from Alexan- 

 dria to Point Lookout, a distance of a hundred miles, being a 

 favorite feeding locality for them, and thousands are killed 

 every winter for market. Mr. James H. Skidmore, probably 

 the oldest and one of the most reliable dealers in game and 

 fish, not only does a thriving business here, but ships large 

 supplies North. Upon his stand in the Centre Market a few 

 days ago, I noticed wild turkeys, shot in Virginia, which 

 were retailing at $1.50 and $2 each. Partridges, $3 per 

 dozen ; ruffed grouse, $1.25 a pair ; woodcock, 50 cents each; 

 snipe, 25 cents each: plover, 37 cents each: canvas-back 

 ducks, $2 a pair ; red heads, $1.50 ; black heads and widgeon, 

 75 cents a pair. 



Mr. Henry Herbncr has on exhibition at his restaurant on 

 King street, in Alexandria, Va., a most remarkable specimen 

 of fish. It was caught in an oyster dredge nea* Piney Point, 

 and still remains alive, eating freely of crackers and bread. 

 The fish is shaped somewhat like a turtle and has a hard shell. 

 R has eyes in the shell, and its under side is furnished with a 

 number of arms or claws, terminating like those of the ordi- 

 nary crab, while the rear portion of the stomach is covered 

 with jointed scales like the common cockroach. It has a tail 

 like a turtle's, and about a foot long. Altogether it is a very 

 singular,fish, and old fishermen say that they never saw any- 

 thing like it. R. F. B. 

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GAME PROTECTION. 



Infringements or the Game Laws West and East.— 

 In a capital article which appeared in the Chicago Field, 

 entitled "On and After," violations of the law in selling 

 game are fully discussed. ' Chicago is exactly the centre 

 which draws to itself the game of the West, while Mew York 

 is the point of general distribution. Our contemporary de- 

 serves the thanks of all sportsmen for his efforts in this lauda- 

 ble direction. With the Chicago Field at one end of the line and 

 tbe Foeest and Steeam and Rod and Gfn at the other, there 

 may be good reason to suppose that before long exposing 

 game for sale out of season, and in violation of the laws, 

 will be prevented. Let Brother Rowe stop shipments from 

 Chicago ; we will see to it that whatever escapes his vigilance 

 there will receive an attention when it reaches New York. 



The Geeenwood Lake Association.— At a meeting of the 

 Greenwood Lake Sportsmen's Club, held in this city, Nov. 

 7th, Messrs. Olcott, Cooke, Olcott, Jr., Millspaugh, Vernan 

 being present, with McDowell, chairman — it was resolved 

 that, 



The executive committee and officers of the Greenwood 

 Lake Sportsmen's Club be, and hereby are, instructed to trans- 

 fer, set over and deliver to the Greenwood Lake Association, 

 all the property and effects whatsoever of the Greenwood 

 Lake Sportsmen's Association, upon the Association agreeing 

 to recognize as their members all members of the Greenwood 

 Lake Sportsmen's Club. 



At a meeting of the newly-formed Greenwood Lake 

 Association trustees, Messrs. Olcott, Cooke, Roe and Vernan, 

 it was resolved, on motion of Mr. Cooke, that the condition of 

 the above proposition be accepted ; and it was also resolved to 

 allow the delinquent members of the former club thirty days 

 in which to pay their initiation fees and monthly dues. A 

 meeting is to be held in Brooklyn, at the residence of Dr. C. 

 Olcott, Dec. lOthj for the purpose of presenting the form of 

 carfificate of Block, mid to lake measures for the erection of a 

 dab house at the lake which will be built as soou as the snow 

 g off the ground in the spring. The officers elected were ; 



Dr. C. Olcott, Pres.; A. S. Eoj, Vice-Pres.; H. C. Cooke, 

 Treas.; Wm. O. McDowell, Sec. 



Protection in Vermont. — The Vermont Association for 

 the Preservation of Fish and Game held an interesting and 

 very successful meeting at Rutland. Nov. 6. The rolls of the 

 association show the names of more than 100 members, among 

 them such men as Chief Justice Pierpoint, Senator Edmunds, 

 Dr. Goldsmith, Gov. Stewart, Col. Cannon, Hon. Jo. D. 

 Hatch, Gen. Foster, Lieut.-Qov. Proctor, Hon. M. G. Everts, 

 Gen. W. Y. W. Ripley, Gen. E. EL Ripley, Col. Merrill, 

 Col Colburn,.Hon. Charles Barrett, S. B\ Pettengill, editor 

 of IhcHutland Herald and Globe, in which journal the society 

 has a valuably and influential auxiliary ; William Rix. Esq., 

 C. N. Davenport, Esq., Dr. Edmunds, President Buckham, 

 E. J. Phelps, Esq., Gen. Grout, Col. John W. Newton, Rev. 

 Henry Fairbanks, Hon. N. T. Sprague, Dr. Guild and others. 

 After tbe banquet (advocates of protection are always most 

 eloquent on that theme just after having been well fed on 

 roast venison, ducks, prairie chicken, partridge, etc.) reports 

 were read, which show that several rivers and ponds have 

 been stocked with black bass and other fishes, and an increase 

 of game in many parts of the State is adduced as a result of 

 tbe society's efforts. Among tbe papers read was one by 

 Judge Everts on the importation of tbe Messina quail, of 

 which importation, it will be remembered, a full account was 

 gi7en in Fohkst and Stream of Aug. 2d and 9th. The 100 

 birds having hatched their young, and having increased as it 

 is estimated by over 500, started southward Sept. 1, since 

 which time they have not been beard of south of Eagle 

 Bridge, N. Y. The birds lived principally on grasshoppers 

 and other insects. Judge Everts was directed by the bociety 

 to correspond with Senator Edmunds, relative to the importa- 

 tion on an extensive scale by the Government or the States of 

 hese insects as an autidote for the grasshopper scourge. It 

 was also voted by the society to recommend to the legislature 

 an amendment making the open season for partridge and 

 woodcock from Sept. 1 to Dec. 1. The officers elected were : 

 President, Hon. M. S. Colburn, Manchester. Vice Presidents, 

 George F. Edmunds, Burlington ; J. W. Newton, St. Albans ; 

 George F. Gale, Brattleboro ; Carrol S. Pitkin, Montpelier. 

 Secretary, S. B. Pettingill. 



The Richmond Association.— We regret that we cannot 

 chronicle an equally successful meeting of the Richmond 

 Game and Fish Pro! ective Association, which was to have 

 convened during the late State Fair. There seems to be no 

 lack of individual and local interest in protection among the 

 sportsmen of the Old Dominion, if we may judge from fre- 

 quent communication to the Richmond Whig, as well as from 

 private letters received by ourselves. Whether the failures of 

 the past cast a depression upon the late proposed meeting, or 

 whether from other causes equally potent, the convention 

 proved a failure. Among the papers which were to have been 

 read was a carefully prepare I address of Dr. Ellzey, of the 

 Agricultural College at Black.-bury, which we hope at a future 

 date to lay before our readers. 



New York — Ntagwp Falls, Nov. 10.— I wish to make 

 some corrections in my letter of Nov. 1, as some persons 

 have evidently misconstrued my meaning. What I charge, 

 or meant to charge, was that the club, J. P.'s and policemen, 

 took no measures to prevent or punish the violation of the 

 game law, and the three persons in particular (whom I believe 

 to belong to the club) in violating it by shooting quail out of 

 season. I did not claim that all of the club, J. P.'s and police, 

 etc., violated the game laws, but that they took no pains to 

 prevent it. .It has made quite a stir among' them, and I 

 have no doubt that it will do some good in the future. 



C. S. Rice. 



How Long is the Arm of the Law •— A correspondent 

 writes us of deer hounding in the northern wilds of this State. 

 We are glad to expose the names of these men and sincerely 

 trust that the law may be made to reach them : 



I was at Long Lake ana Neweomb; just came from there. 

 They tie paying no attention to the law in regard to hounding tleer. 

 You can hear them all around, ana even see the watchers on the 

 public roads, Where rnnways cross it. Not more thau one in ten do they 

 get, but a great many get their legs broken on the hedges, some be- 

 come sickly, and die after running so hard and going luto ice cold water. 

 I can give you names of some that arc hounding deer. They are Harri- 

 son Hall, V. Hall and Hank Parker, of STewcomb, N. Y. They say that 

 the law does not come back to Newcomb and Long Lake. Tuey say 

 hundreds were crust bunted lust winter and kdled. Game constables 

 are appointed through there, but are not sworn in because they nr e 

 guides and like to hunt. Yours truly, James E, Hobinson. 



Johnshorg, Nov, (Uh. 



KimjnG Deer in an Unsportsmanlike Manner in Wash- 

 ington Teiuutoky. — The following correspondence, with an 

 extract from the Port T.ownsend Argun, explains itself. 

 Deer are being ruthlessly slaughtered in and about Olympia. 

 Go ahead, gentlemen, kill every thing right and left in an un- 

 sportsmanhke way, and in time there will be no game in the 

 neighborhood ! We decry such wholesale butchery, which is 

 of the most pothunting description, 



Oj.v.ufia, \\, T., Oct. 26, 1S77. 

 Editoe Forest a>.d Stream : 



I sendyou an ext act from the Port TpwnseAd Argus, which tells Its 

 own story. The deer were killed by driving them into the water with 

 hounds, and shooting them from the shore while swimming for their 

 lives. At this rate of destruction, it is only a question of very short 

 timehowloug the deer will last In Washington Territory. On aU the 

 islands in Puget Sound deer are found In great numbers, as their nat- 

 ural enemies, the cougar and lynx are not inhabitants of these islands 

 they increase rapidly, and afford excellent snort for the still hunter. 

 V ray truly yours. ;Oetbpu». 



Mr. G. M. Haller Hrforma us that he, with .fudge Lewis and others, 

 who have been out on a hunting excursion for near iy two weeks, en- 

 joyed the trip veri uracil, although the rain for two ilays. in tnu e'anv 

 part of the tour, made it rathe; everaJ 



islands in the course of the trip, add killed in all as deer.— Argwt. 



— Elkton, Md., has a new game club, which has beer 

 formed for the purpose of prosecuting any persons found ojj 

 Elk River violating the ducking laws of the State. 



The Cayuga County Lake and Forest Association deposited 

 in Owasco Lake last spring, at an expense of over sixty dob' 

 lars, 125,000 salmon or lake trout fry. On Saturday evening 

 last, thirteen fishing boats were seen at one time out upon the 

 lake with torches and spears, killing trout upon their spawn- 

 ing beds. — Syracuse Standard, Nov. 2. 



SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 



To our customers and tbe public :— In reply to the damag- 

 ing reports which have been circulated respecting tbe quality of 

 our split bamboo rods, by "dealers " who are unable to com- 

 pete with us at our reduced prices, we have issued a circular 

 which we shall be pleased to mail to any address, proving the 

 falsity of their assertions. 



CONEOY, BlSSETT & MaLLESON, 



Manufacturers, 65 Fulton Street, N. Y. 



JPfu Hipmql. 



To Correspondents.— Those desiring us to prescribe for their dogs 

 >vj!l please tako note of and describe the following points in each ani- 

 mal: 



1. Age. 2. Pood and medicine given. S. Appearance of the eye ; 

 of the coat; of the tongue and lips. 4. Any changes in the appearanoo 

 of the body, as bloating, drawing in of the flanks, etc. 5. Breathing, 

 the number of respirations per minute, and whether labored or not. 

 6. Condition of the bowels and secretious of the kidneys, color, etc. 7. 

 Appetite; regular, variable, etc. 8. Temperature of the body as Indi- 

 cated by the bulb of the thermometer when placed between the body 

 and the foreleg. 9. Give position of kennel and surronndings, outlook, 

 contiguity to other buildings, and the uses of the latter. Also give any 

 peculiarities of temperament, movements, etc., that may be noticed ; 

 signs of suffering, etc. 



THE TENNESSEE FIELD TRIALS. 



NAsirvTLLE, Nov. 11, 1877. 



AFTER three days of gloomy, drizzling, depressing I 

 weather, with a' northeast wind which chilled the very 

 marrow in one's bones, and made us apprehensive of a failure 

 of the field trials to come off to-morrow, the clerk of the 

 weather, however, relented, and yesterday sent us a bracing, 

 spanking Tbrceze out of the north, which soon swept away the 

 lowering clouds and gave us a glorious sunset, the harbinger 

 of fine weather, for our week's sport, in which our native 

 pointers and setters are to contest with each other and settle 

 tbe question of superiority with I heir foreign canine rivals, 

 for whom their owners arrogantly claim the exclusive title to 

 "blue blood." The Maxwell, where 1 am most comfortably 

 lodged, is crowded with sportsmen from every quarter, each 

 anxious for the triumph of his own kennel or section, and the 

 excitement is already up to fever heat, more particularly on 

 the issue between what a writer and importer called the Ameri- 

 can mongrels and the foreign blue bloods. I have had a 

 most gratifying reception from Mr. Y. L. Kirkman, the Presi- 

 dent of the Tennessee State Sportsman's Association, and Mr. 

 Prechitt, the Secretary. These gentlemen will kindly afford 

 me every facility and assistance for making you what I trust 

 you will find to be a perfect report of the pending triaL 

 They have, through the courtesy of General Hardin, secured 

 several thousand acres of a magnificent country, amply stocked 

 with birds, which have been vigilantly guarded by a mounted 

 keeper in the employ of the association, and ample arrange- 

 ments have been made for the transportation to the field of 

 the sportsmen and their dogs. 



I have devoted the whole of the morning to the inspection 

 of the different kennels ; among others visited was that of Mr. 

 Gilting's, who has established himself here permanently. I 

 should not wonder if Mr. Giltings had the winning dog in 

 Mr. George Colburn's magnificent dog Sank, by Foreman 

 Taylor's famous one-eyed Sank out of Colburn's Kate, I be- 

 lieve. Young Sank is in superb condition, and will run high 

 in the betting. His breaker is regretting the absence of Col- 

 burn's old Dash, to run in the trials with young Sank ; the 

 twain would certainly make the handsomest brace in the trial, 

 and, as a brace, would be hard to beat. 



Colburn's Bob, by Colburn's Dash out of Mullen's Belle, a 

 s uperb fellow, is also here, but he unfortunately met with an 

 accident, which will prevent his running in the trials. There 

 are two other New Y'ork dogs entered by Dr. Fleet Speir, of 

 Brooklyn, black, white and tan, both very handsome, with 

 heads like Raymond's Pride of the Border. 



As you go to press on Tuesday you can only publish the 

 result of the first day, which I will send you by telegraph. I 

 send the printed li3t of entries, corrected by Mr. Pretchitt, 

 the Secretary of the Association. F. G. S. 



ENTRIEB FOR ANNUAL FlKLD TRIALS SPORTSMAN'S ASSOCIATION, 



Nashville, Tens.- The following are the entrieB for the puppy 

 stakes, nuder eighteen months : 



W. W. Tucker, of ArkanaaB, enterB Kitten and Champ j Dr. 

 Pleet Speir, of Brooklyn, St. Elmo; John Davidson of Monroe, 

 Mich., Afton; Chas. Turner, of St. Louis, Berkley and Biddy: J. 

 H. Dew, of Columbia, FIobs : P. H. Bryson, of "Memphis, Glad- 

 stone ; D. Bryson, of Memphis, King ; Geo. W. Campbell, of 

 Carter's Creek, Maury County, Tenu., Ida; J. K. Hughes, of 

 Franklin, Tenn., Skip ; Geo. W. Campbell, of Maury county. Floss. 



Entries for the Champion Stakes, for all ages, prize $500, to be 

 run Tuesday: W. A. Wheatley, of Memphis, Flirt and CounteaB; 

 Van L. Kirkman. of Nashville, Tom, Jr.: Geo. W. Campbell, ot 

 Maury County, Buck, Jr., and Jo; L. R. Morris, of Guernsey Coun- 

 ty, Ohio, Mag ; Geo. C. Oolbum, of New York, Sank ; Alfred Jen- 

 kins, of Baltimore, Hala; L. H. 8mith, of Strathroy, Canada, 

 Clip; D. C. Sanbum, of Baltimore, Mich.. Nellie, winner of the 

 Hampton. la., champion field trials ; Dr. Fleet Speir, of Brooklyu, 

 St. Elmo; Patrick Henry, of Clarksville, Pride of the South; P. 

 H. Bryeon, of Memphis, Whip and Gladstone; Dr. Fleet Speir, o£« 



