FOREST AND STREAM. 



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LONC-RANCE 



RIFLE SHOOTING. 



A Complete History of the International 

 liOng-Ranjfo Matches, | 873- 1 877— Com- 

 plete Elcho Shield Scores— Rules and 

 Regulations of the N. K. A. 

 Etc., Etc. 



FULLY ILLUSTRATED 



BY THE 



SIFLS EDITOR OF THE "FOREST AND 



STREAM AND ROD AND GUN." 



Price 35 cents. 



New Yoke. 

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1877. 



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"THE 00L0GXST/' 



A MONTHLY JOUENAL DEVOTED EXCLU- 

 SIVELY TO BIRDS AND BIRDS' EGGS. 



This magazine, the favorite of amateur ornitholo- 

 gists, is now in its third volume. It is replete with 

 all that is new or recent in Ornithology and Oology, 

 and publishes important papers on the rarer of our 

 birds and eggs. It is just the periodical for those 

 making collections of birds and eggs for scientific 

 examination, as its columns are constantly furnish- 

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Camp Life in Florida. 



By CHARLES KALLOCK, 



AUTHOR OF THE FIS J1NG |TOUi;iST. 



Poblisheil \>y Surest and Stream Puli- 

 lislilner Co-, 



NO. Ill FULTO-: STREET, NEW YORK, 



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 . N. Y. Out 35 6 



Fur, Fin & Feather 



CONTAINS THE 



SAME LAWS of aU the States and the 



Canadian Provinces and a Hist of 



Hunting aaid Fishing Grounds, 



Besides, a Vast Fund of 



VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR ALL 

 ■ WHO EITHER SHOOT OR FISH. 



It tells you everything you want to know about 

 Hunting and Pi-hinv, Where logo, How to get there, 

 What Kind of Game and Fish yon will find, What 

 Kind of Shoot m 2 and Fishing Tackle to Dee, Am- 

 munition. Bait. Ar.. and is indispensable to all who 

 use either Gun or Rod; it is in fact, a complete 



HUNTING AND FISHING DIRECTORY, 



and no matter how much or how little recreation 

 you take in the woods or along the streams, you 

 will find Fur, Fin, and Feather worth many times 

 its cost to you. 



Each number consists of 176 to 193 large octavo 

 pages, and in addition to the foregoing contains 

 numerous Interesting Sketches of Camp-Life and 

 Sporting Adventure that renders the work enter- 

 taining and instructive reading for every household. 

 Hot an objectionable word appears in its pages. 



Fun, Fur, and Fbathbb is published every two 

 months at S3 a year; single copies, 50 cents, can be 

 had of all News Agents, Gun Stores, Fishing Tackle 

 Dealers, &c, or mailed, postpaid, on receipt of price. 



Can be had at this offi-ce- 



fST" Specimen copies, containing all the Game 

 Xaws as now inforce, 85 cents, can be had only of 

 CHAS. SUYDAM, Publisher, 

 149 fM ambers Street, If. T. 



Sportsmen's §outes. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 



THE PENNSYLVANIA E.E. CO. 



Respectfully Invite attention to-the 



afforded by their lines for reaching moat of the 

 TROTTING PARKS and RACE COURSES in the 

 Middle States. 'Ihese lines being CONTINUOUS 

 FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the diffi- 

 culties and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- 

 lent cars which run over the smooth steel tracks en- 

 able STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without failure 

 or injury. 

 The lines of 



Penusylrani Railroad Company 



also reach the best localities for 



GUNNING AWD FISHING 



in Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. EXCURSION 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices oi the Company in 

 all the principle cities to KANE, RENOVA, BED- 

 FORD, ORESSON, RALSTON, MINNEQXJA, and 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Fishing Wins Shooting, and Still 

 Hunting. 

 Also, to 

 TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN CAPE MAY. 

 8QTJAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN 

 AND FEATHER. 



L. P. FARMER, Gen'l Pass. Agent 

 Fkank Thomson. Gen'l Manager. feblT-t* 



STONLNGTON LINE, 

 FOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST. 

 REDUCED FARE : 

 Elegant Steamers STONINGTON and NARRA- 

 GANSETT leave Pier 33 North River, foot Jay St 

 at 5:00 P.M. NOT A TRIP MISSED IN SEVEN 

 YEARS. 



Tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices. State 

 rooms secured at offices of Westcott Express Com- 

 pany, and at 363 Broadway, New York, and SS3 Wash- 

 ington St., Brooklyn. 



PROVIDENCE LINE. 

 Freight only, steamers leave Pier 37, North River, 

 foot Park Place, at 4:30 P. M. Freights via either 

 line taken at lowest rates. 

 L. W. FILKINS, G. P. Agent, D. S. BABCOOK, Pres. 



CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD 



THE OInTLY DIRECT RAILROAD from 

 Chigago to St. Louis, and Chicago 



to Kansas City, 

 WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS. 



FIRST- CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS IN 

 EVERYTHING. 



SPORTSMEN will find splendid shooting on the 

 line of this road; prairie chicken, geese, ducks, brant, 

 quail, etc. Connects direct at Kansas City with the 

 Kansas Pacific Railroad for the great Buffalo and An- 

 telope range of Kansas and Colorado. 



Liberal arrangements for transport of Dogs for 

 Sportsmen. 



JAMES CHARLTON, 



General Passenger Agent, 

 Chicago, II a 



TROUT FISHING! 



The "Wisconsin Central Railroad 



THROUGH TO 



LAKE SUPERIOR. 



EXCURSION TICKETS from Chicago to Ashland 

 and return for $20 are sold at 63 Clark street, or the 

 O. M. and St. Paul, Madison Street Depot, Chicago ; 

 also at low rates from Milwaukee. Dogs, guns and 

 camp equipage taken free. 



The points of attraction to sportsmen on this 

 "Forest and Stream " route are Menaaha (Doty 

 Island) for bass fishing; Butternut Creek and Lake 

 for mnscalonge; the many branches ana lak-.s of 

 the Flambeau and Chippewa which teem with bass, 

 pike and pickerel, never till this season fished by 

 sportsmen. Between Silver Creek and Ashland all 

 are trout streams, and many others can be easily 

 reached along the shore from Ashland or Bayfield, 

 while rock fishing and trolling in the Bay affords ex- 

 cellent sport. 



The new hotel at Ashland, the "Chequamegon," 

 will be opened in July. Meantime there is accom- 

 modation at the smaller houses. 



Steamers from Ashland to all Lake Porto. 



HENRY PRATT, 

 General Ticket Agent, 



Milwaukee, Wis. 



JyB8m 



CANADA, SOUTHERN RAILWAY, 



Direct Connections at Buffalo with New York 

 entraiand Erie Railway. 

 At Detroit, with Michigan Centra; Railroad. 

 At Toledo, with Toledo, Wabash and Western 

 .ialiroad. 



DOGS CARRIED FREE 

 aid given special attention. 



THROUGH CARS-FAST TIME 

 AIR LINE— STEEL RAILS. 



FRANK E. SNOW, 



«. P. «fc T. Agent, Detroit. 



HOWTOLIVg 



FLORIDA, 



HOW TO GO, COST 



OF TRIP, COST TO 

 SETTLE, what to cul- 

 tivate, how to culti- 

 vate it, etc., etc, all 

 told In each number 

 of Florida New- 

 T?ork.cr, puWisu^t 

 at 21 Park Row. New- 

 York City. ftinglo 

 copy, 10c, one year 

 Si. 4© Acres Or- 

 anae Land for $50. 

 On line of railroad, 

 ■untry healthy, 

 Bttled Ad- 

 _ e«, J.B.OLIVER, 

 Ufli'l Agent. Bos 

 &2U. New YTork 



$yort§mens §onies. 



Fall River Line 



FOR 



BOSS TOW 



AND ALL POINTS EAST, VIA NEWPORT WD 



FALL RIVER. 



THE MAMMOTH PALACE STEAMSHIPS, 



BRISTOL and PROVIDENCE 



Leave Pier No. 28, North River, foot of Murray 

 street, daily, at 4:30 r. M. (Sundays excepted). " 

 FFLLNIGUT'SREST. NO MIDNIGHT CHANGES 



Tickets for sale at principal hotels and ticket of- 

 fices, at office on pier, and on board steamers. 



BORDEN A LOVELL, Agents, 

 GEO. L. CONNOR, J, R. KENDRICK, 



Gen'l Pass. Agt. SupT. 



IjWR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDINA 

 .JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, SAN 

 FORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings 

 on ST. JOHN'S RJTJER and interior points in 

 FLORIDA , by fcteamship to SAVANNAH, and thence 

 by railroad or steamboat, apxdy to WH. L. JAMES, 

 General Agent. 



Philadeljihia and Southern Mail S. S. Co., 

 Pier 23 south Delaware Avenue, Phila. 



"The Bermudas." 



NOW A FAVORITE AND DELIGHTFUL 

 WINTER RESORT, is reached in seventy 

 hours from New York, and being surrounded by the 

 warm waters of the Gulf Stream enjoys an equable 

 temperature of about TO deg. . 



The elegant British Steamships "Bermuda," and 

 "Oamtna,'"l,000 tons, fitted expressly for the passen- 

 ger travel, are dispatched from New York for Ber- 

 muda fortnightly, making connection at Bermuda 

 with steamers for St. Thomas and West Indies. For 

 full information apply to A. B. OTJTERBRIDGE, 

 Agent, 29 Broadway, N. Y. _ Dec 21 ly. 



LONG ISLAND RAILROAD. 

 JULY 23, 1877. 



Ferryboats leave James' Slip, N. ¥., Hurt- min- 

 utes, and from Thirty-fourth street. E. R,, fifteen 

 minutes previous to departure of trains. No 

 boats from James Slip after 7 p. m. On Sundays 

 from Thirty-fourth street only. 



Trains leave Long Island City, Hunters Point, 

 as follows : 



For Greenport, Sag Harbor, Riverhead, and 

 intermediate stations, at 8:41, 9:03 a. m., 8j80 

 4:06 p. m. SUNDAYS Jrom Brooklvn at 4:30 



A." M, 



For Patehogue, etc., at 9:03 A. jr., 2:00 4-45 

 5:23,6:03 p.m. SUNDAYS, 9:15 A. m. ' 



For Babylon, etc., at 7:30,8:44, 9:03, 11:30 a. 

 M. 2:00, 4:24, 4:45, 5:23, 6:03 P. jr. SUNDAYS, 

 9:15 A. M., 6.35 p. at. 



For Port Jefferson, etc., at 10:00 a. at... 3-30 

 5:05 p.m. SUNDAYS, 9:30 a. at. 



For Northport, etc.. 10:00 A. m., 3:30,4:24 5-05 

 6:42 p. at. SUNDAYS, 9:30 A. at., 6:30 p at 



For Locust Valley, Glen Cove, etc., 8:44 11-30 

 A. it., 2:00, 3:30, 4:24, 5:05, 6:42 P. St. SUNDAYS 

 9:30 A. at., 6:30 P. at. 



For Merrick, etc., at 7:30, 8:44, 11:30 a. at., 

 2:00, 4:24, 5:23, 8:03, 7:00 P. at. SUNDAYS, 9:15 

 a. at., 6:35 p. at. 



For Rockaway Beach, etc., 9:00, 10:20 11-30 

 A. at-, 1 :30, 2:00,3:30, 4:24, 5:05, 5:43 P.at. 7-00 p'at 

 to Far Rockaway only. SUNDAYS, 9:15 10-00 

 11:00 A. at., 1:30, 3:10, 6:30 p. at. 6:35 to Far 

 Rockaway only. 



For Creedmoor, at 7:40, 9:03, 9:20, 11:03 A at 

 1:33, 3:00, 4:20, 5:00, 5:40, 7:04 P. at. On BATOR- 

 DAY nights only at 12:01 a. at. SUNDAYS at 

 9:27 A. St., 4:30 P. H. 



fjFor Flushing, College Point, Whitestone, Great 

 eck, Garden City, Hempstead and intermediate 

 stations.see small time tables and Time Cards at 

 principal hotels and under-mentioned ticket 



Ticket offices in New York at James' Slip and 

 •34th street ferries, at the offices of Westcott's 

 Long Island Express Co., 7 Park Place, 785 

 Broadway, 942 Broadway, Grand Ceutral Depot 

 43d St.; in Brooklyn, 333 Washington at.; in 

 Brooklyn, E. D.. 79 Fourth street. 



By purchasing tickets at any of the. above 

 ofhees, baggage can be checked Trom residence to 

 destination; my81 ^ 



§$ort$men's §otttes. 



HpEE '-FISHING LINE.'' 



Brook Troixt,G-raylmg and 

 Black Bass Fisheries 



OF SORTHERX MICUIOAK, VIA 



Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. 



(Mackinaw, Grand Rapids & Cincinnati Short Line ) 



Sportsmen who have cast a (Ivor trolled a spoon in 

 the waters Of the Grand Traverse Itegion will 

 come again without solicitation. All other lovers of 

 the Rod are iuvited to try these waters, wherein 



The fish named above, as also lUnscalon&e, 

 Pike and Pickerel, abound. 



In no other streams east of the Rocky Mountains 

 is the famous American Grayling found in such 

 numbers. 



Brook Trout Season opens May 1st. 



Grayling Season op»ii8 June 1st. 



The sportsman can redaily send trophies of his 

 skill to his friends or "Club' at home, as ice for 

 packing fish can be had at. many points. 



Take jour family with you. The scenery of 

 the North Woods and lakes is very beautiful. The 

 air is pure, dry, and bracing. The climate peculiarly 

 beneficial to those suffering with hay fever and 

 asthma. 



The Hotel Accommodations, while plain, are, 

 as a rule, good, far surpassing the average sn coun- 

 tries new enough to afford the finest of fishing. 



On and after June 1st Round Trip Excnrsiou 

 'Tickets sold to Points in Grand Traverse 

 Region, and attractive train facilities offered to 

 tourists and sportsmen; also, on and after July in-, 

 Mackinaw and Lake Superior Excursion Tick- 

 ets. 



Dogs, Guns, and Fishing Tackle Carrie! 

 Free at owner's risk. 



Camp Cars for Fishing Parties and Families 

 at low rates. 



It is our aim to make sportsmen feel "at home" on 

 this route. For Tourists' Guide, containing full in- 

 formation as to Hotels, Boats, Guides, &c. and accu- 

 rate maps of the Fishine Grounds, send to Forest 

 and Stream office, or address 



J. H. PAGE, G. P. & T. A., Grand RapidS.MIcu. 

 A. HOPPE, Eastern Passenger Agent, 



116 Market Street, Philadelphia. 



TV] EW YORrf AND PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE 

 Xl BOUND BROOK ROUTE, 



FOR TRENTON ANO PHILADELPHIA. 

 C M1IBNCING OCTOBER 19, 1S77. 



Leave New York for Trenton and Philadelphia at 

 3:30, P, 9:30, i: -n A . ir i w ;'::><> 5:3vi, Pip: M and 

 at 4 P. M. for Trenton. 



Leave Philadelphia from station North Pennsyl- 

 vania Railroad, Third and Berks streets, at 7:30. 

 9:30, 11:30 a. 11., 1::n, 4:15, S:30, 12 p. m. 



Leave Trenton for New Yo k at 1:20, C:35, S:05. 

 10:15 A.M., 12:15, i'MO, 4:55, 0:05 P. it. 



Pullman Drawing Ro. m Cars are attached to the 

 9:30 a. M., 1:30, 5:30 p. it. ti ains fr m New Y'ork end to 

 the 7:30, 9:30 A. >t.. 1:3:; p. M . trains from Philadelphia. 



Sunday TjtUIHS— Leave Ne v York and Phila- 

 delphia at 9:30 a. it., 5:30. 12 p. m. Leave Trenton at 

 10:-Z0 A.M., SHOP. M. 



Tickets f<?r sale at foot of Liberty street, Nos. 529 

 and 944 Broadway, at the principal hptftls, all oiliecs 

 of i he Erie Railway in N.-w York and Brooklyn and 

 at No. 4 Court stre.-t. Brooklyn. Baggags checied 

 from residence to i'e tingtiin 

 SeptlSly II. P BALDWIN. Gen Pass AgenS 



EAT SOUTHERN 



Line, 



VIA 



8. G, 



The South, and the Southwest 



AM) THE 



Wednesday and Saturday 



At 3 o'clock P. M. From Pier 

 27, N. R. 



CITY OF ATLANTA, CHA^LESTO^ 



Capt. Ingraham. 



cap:. S. Oft 



The above steamers have been iiantlsorneiv ntted 

 uj> for the convenience of passengers, and a-e un- 

 rivalled on the coast for 



Safety, Speed and Comfort. 



Close Connections at Charleston with the favorite 

 and well-kn.. -i > „ , , ,, _ ni( , < ,,, -VV 

 Vcgi' CITv r rv Cart y„ r::r iVw ? 

 DIN.S, J.V'KS, .'NVtu/R, ST. A tleiiiSTINE PA- 

 L yi'KA, ENTERPl.'I.sfi,' JIKLONYILLE and aU 

 points in Florida. 



EXCURSION TICKETS 

 tSTnsurani 



iT REDUCED RATES. 



to destination ONE-HALF OP O^E 



P HR LENT. 



Goods_forwarded T free of Commission. Passage 



" it the 



. nts, 



on the 



tickets and Bills of Lading i.ss.u-d ;V :cl -.ismed at tf 

 office of JAMES W. QULNTAKD & CO.", Agents 

 " Pl ^ r F' N - E ->f°°t Park Place. Office on tt 

 wharf. 



W. P. CLYDE & CO., No. fi Bov 

 Through Freight Tariffs, Pass: 



St. Paul "and St. Louis 

 Short Line, 



Burlington, C. Rapids & N'rth'rn 

 QUIOKllST^ CHEAPEST AND BEST1 



TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY 

 cressrng and connecting with all East and West 

 Lines in Iowa, running through some of the flnwtt 

 minting 1 grounds In the Northwest for Giase, Ducks, 

 f.'^^'f at l a Ruffsc ' Grouse and Quail. Sportsmen 

 onrJ£?,£ d ,°P taken good care of. Reduced rates 

 t,v?- r rfm 7? ? r n i ore n P° n application to General 

 V t : ^9 nl ' x > Cedar Rapids, O. J. IVES, 



JS. S . WINSLOW, 



rou'iK.s ami to all point:. ._ 

 and further iufontiatir.-n '-an lie oht: 

 Of BENTLLYD. IH-r.I.I,. 



Great Souihern Freight Line, 

 corner of i hemes street. 



ig Green. 



j Tickets by all 

 and Southwest, 

 iu:d at the office 

 Jeneral Agent, 

 317 Broadway. 

 Octll 3m 



NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD 

 AND THE NORTH. ' 



The flret-class fet:-aiu,T EL5I ctTT leaves Pier 25, 

 East River, dai y ^undavs e.veei.tert) at 3 p w Va« 

 seiBrers to .Norm and East ar, 12 p. jr. 



NIGHf LliSE— The CONTINENTAL leaves New 

 York at 11 p. n arriving in New Haven in time for 

 the early morning trains. " r 



Merchandise forwarded by daily express freight 

 train from New Haven through u, Missachu^fw 

 Vermont, Western New Hatnpsh re, Northern ^ n¥^ 

 York and Canada. Freight, received until 5 pm 

 RICHARD PECK, General Agent. 



Old Dominion Line. 



The steamers of this Line reach some of the finest 

 waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the coun- 

 try. Connections direct for Chineoteague, Cobb's 

 Island, and points on the Peninsula. City Point 

 James' River, Currituek, Florida, and the mountain- 

 ous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk 

 steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays 

 v are, MondSg a-id Frid ty w, 3 E. «. Vnll in/or* 

 Gener a r¥auager ^^ Gen -_^aenger Agent, mation given K office, m Greenwich St .,Ne'4 ^ork 



*sep2Sly 



