FOREST AND STREAM. 



I 



§uhJkuiian$. 



LONG-RANGE 



RIFLE SHOOTING. 



A Complete History of the International 



X,ong-Kango matches, | 873- I 877— Co,,,. 



plete Elciio Shield Scores— Rules and 



Regulations of she N. R. A. 



Etc., Etc, 



FULLY ILLUSTRATED 



BY THE 



WFLB EDITOR OF THE "FOREST AND 



STREAM AND ROD AND GUN." 



Price 25 cents. 



New Yokk, 

 Published by the Forest and Stream Pab. Co. 



1877. 



Bound Volumes 



OF 



Forest and Stream. 



EIGHTH VOLUME, NOW READY. 



First Four Volumes, $4 each, Others, $3.50. 



A complete set of the FOREST AND STREAM- 

 seven volumes, bound handsomely in cloth— a valu, 

 able library for the spoitaman— can now be obtained 

 on armlloation to this office. 



S$ort$mm f s §outm. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 



THE PENNSYLVANIA E.R. CO. 



Reapectfully invite attention to the 



n^^J7 tneir Iines for reaching most of the 

 Middle States. These lines being CONTINUOUS 

 FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid 1 the diffi- 

 culties and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- 

 lent oars which run over the smooth steel track* en- 

 or fnju?y: K T ° BE TR iN SPORTED wUhoutfattoe 

 The lines of 



Peunsylvani Railroad Company 



also reach the best localities for 



GUNNING- AND FISHING 



|, n T Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in 

 all the principle cities to KANE, RENOVA BED- 



^ R ?^^, R i ESSON ' RALSTON, MlNNEQUA, and 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Fishing. Wing Shooting, and Still 

 Hunting. 



Also, to 



QOT C T?f RTC !, N ' . BEA °H HAVEN CAPE MAY, 

 SOJJAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 



and w featu!r LT WATER sport afteb fin 



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



_JF raxk Th omson. Gen'l Manager. febir-tf 



§iwrt§mm^ Routes. 



*tver Line 



POK 



&OBTOS 



AND ALL POINTS EAST, VIA NEWPORT AND 

 „,„„ FALL RIV.ER* 



THE MAMMOTH PALACE STE 'MSHIPS 



BRISTOL and PROVIDENCE 



Leave Pier No 28, North River, foot of Mmrnv 

 street, daily, at 4:30 p. it. (Snndavs exceotS ? " 

 F V^\ NIGH r-S REST. NO MIDNIGHT CPMNciES 

 ,,.£, , e f ls ,f- 01 ' 8ale at P rin °ipal hotels and ticket of- 

 fices, at office on pier, andon board steamers* 



BORDEN & LOVELL, Agents, 

 GEO. L. CONNOR, J. R. KENDRICK 

 Gen'l Pass. Agt. 8ttp ' 7f > 



fgorffmcrt's §oitte$. 



BINDERS. 



Get yonr fine books bound. Art Journal bonnd 

 Uniform to London publishers' style. Picturesque 

 America, Art Treasury of Germany and England, 

 Women in Sacred History, large. Family Bibles, all 

 Illustrated works, mnsic and magazines in the best 

 styles and lowest prices ; done intwo or three days 

 if required. 



B. WALKER'S SONS, 14 Dey street. 



" THE OOLOGXST/' 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED EXCLU- 

 SIVELY TO BIRDS AND BIRDS' EGOS. 

 This magazine, the favorite of amateur ornitholo- 

 gist*, 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- 

 ing descriptions of the eggs of new and rare species. 

 I Tkbmb— Forty cents a year, In advance. Speci- 

 rjoen copies and prospectuses only on receipt of 

 Stamp, Address, 



S. L. WILLAHD & CO., 

 JW Oneida st., Uttca, N. Y. 



STONINGTON LINE" 

 FOR BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST. 

 REDUCED FARE: 

 «.?-I e IS5,i S,,eamer ^ STONINGTON and NARRA- 

 GANSETT leave Pier 33 North River, foot Jay St. 

 YEARS. TRIP MIS8E ^ IN SEVEN 



Tickets for sale at all principal ticket offices. State 

 rooms secured at offices of Western Express Com- 

 pany, and at 363 Broadway. New York, and 333 Wash- 

 ington St,, Brooklyn. 



PROVIDENCE LINE. 

 Freight only, steamers leave Pier 37, North River, 



f,n°P £*!H T' at , 4:3 ° F ' M - Prei ghts via either 



line taken at lowest rates. 



L, W. FILKINS, G, P. Agent, p. S. BABCOCK, Pres. 



FOR FLORIDA — 



TfOR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDINA 

 *- JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, SAN 

 FORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings 

 on ST. JOHN'S RITER and interior points in 

 FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence 

 by railroad or steamboat, apply to WM. L. JAMES, 

 General Agent. 



Philadelphia and Southirn Mail S. S. Co., 

 Pier 22 South Delaware Avenue, Phila. 



Decl4-lj 



Camp Life in Florida. 



By CHARLES HILLOCK, 



AUTHOR OF THE FISTING JTOURIST, 



Published by Forest and Stream Pub- 

 listing Co,, 



No. Ill FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, 



And for sa'e by all booksellers. Sen! by mai', post- 

 age prepaid, on rece pt of price ($1.50) at office ol 

 publication. 



THE ONLY DIRECT RAILROAD from 

 Chigago to St. Louis, and Chicago 



to Kansas City, 

 WITHOUT CHANGE OP CARS. 



FIBST-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS IN 

 EVERYTHING. 



\d P ^w 8ME , N win. »nd splendid shooting on the 

 tine or 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 Kansa*and Colorado. 

 Liberal arrangements for transport of Doris for 

 Sportsmen. 



JAMES CHARLTON, 



General Passenger Agent, 

 Chicago, II g 



"The Bermudas." 



N lrl. FAY0HITB AKD 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 arsout Y0 deg. . 



The elegant British Steamships "Bermuda," and 

 Camina," 1,000 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. E. OUTERBRIDGE 

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



'"TEE •'•FISHING LINE.'- 



Brook Trout,G-rayling and 

 Black Bass Fisheries 



OF XORTHERX MIOHIQAX, VIA 



Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. 



(Mackinaw, Grand Rapid; & Cincinnati Short Line 1 

 Sportsmen who have cast a fly or trolled a spoon in 

 the waters of. the Grand Traverse TU-gion w 111 

 come again without solicitation. All othe" lovers of 

 the Rodare invited to try these waters, wherein 

 PiT fle o fl , 8 ^- n , ame<:1 , tt t )() ve, as also Muscalonge, 

 Pike and Pickerel, abound. ' 



In no other streams east of the Rocky Mountains 

 13 the famous American Grayling found in such 

 numbers. 

 Brook Trout Season opens May 1st, 

 Grayhng Season op-ns June 1st. 

 ■nfi LP ortsman can redaily send trophies of his 

 skill to his i friends . r -Club' at home, as Ice for 

 pocking fish can be had at many points. 



?i7f« P P r ,V !ry 'v. ana 1,ra «'ng- The climate peculiarly 

 as^fia suffering with hay fever and 



The Hotel Accommodations, while plain, are 

 as a rule, gooJ, far surpassing the average m coun- 

 tries new enough to afford the finest of ashing 



Onandtfter June 1st Ronnd Trip 1 xenrsion 

 Tickets sold to Points in Grand Travel 

 ,™Sl°"'„ a ? d at V ac ' lv0 train facilities offered tS 

 tourists and sportsmen • also, on and after July Is 

 ts 1 "' a Lako Superior Excursion Tick- 



Dogs, Guns, and Fishing Tackle Carrln I 

 Free at owner's risk. lameJ 



aflwmt" f ° r FishIn8r Parties and Families 

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

 this route. For Tourists' Guide, containing fuJi in 

 formation as toHotels, Boats, Guides, 4c, and ace™. 

 ^ m ™ PB 0f lh i FlsWn,? Gro nnds, send to Forest 

 *w> Stream office, or address w~»i 



A. HnPP PA S G - P o * T - A - Qran<J Kapids.Mich. 

 A. HOPPE, Eastern Passenger Agent, 



IIS Market Street, Philadelphia. 



TO EW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE 

 -^ ™„ BOUND BROOK ROUTE. 



FOR TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

 T „ - T C'MMBNCINO OCTOBER 19, 1877. 



at 4p.Y. for Trenton ' ^ ^ : ' ° M ' 12 P " M "' aM 

 ^<, L ?„ av g Pin'adt-iplra from station North Penn=v! 

 vama Railroad, Th.rd anf | Berks streets, at ™il~ 



HU\TBR'.s a' d TRAPPER'S Illust ated Prac- 

 tical Guide.— Gunninz and rifle shooting; mak- 

 mg and asms? traps, snares and nets ; baits and ban- 

 tog; preserving, stretching, dr^ssimr, tanning and 

 tyeing skins and fn™ fishing, etc. With fifty en- 

 fraymgs. ->o .vuta. Tasid -nni- r.'s Manual, 50. Do>' 

 r tt i?^- 25 - 0f bookselieiE or 'ly mail. JESSF 

 dANEf & CO., 1 19 Nassau St., N. Y. Oct 2S 6 



A BUFFALO HUNT 



—OS THE— 



Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 

 Railway. 



THE NEW ROUTE FOR 



KANSAS & COLORADO 



SPECIAL ATTENTION TO 



SPORTS MEN. 



Broadway, New York. **&™"* »w 



?• J- ANDERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent, ) Toneka 

 W. F. WHITE, Gen'l Ticket Agent,'} KansiS 



Fur, Fin & Feather 



CONTAINS THM 



GAME LAWS of all tlio States ana the 



Canadian Provinces, and a List of 



Hunting and Fishing Grounds, 



Besides, a Vast Fnntl of 



VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR ALL 

 P WHO EITHER SHOOT OR FISH. 



It tells you everything yon want (o know about 

 hunting and Fishing, Where logo, How loget there, 

 ^hatKiiidofGameand Ki.-l, ],.m will ilnd, What 

 llnd of shooting and Fishing Tackle to LVe Am- 

 MWlUon, Bait, &c... and is indispeusMble to all who 

 We enher Gnu or Rod ; it is in fact, a complete 



1UNTING AND FISHING DIRECTORY, 



nd no matter how much or how little recreation 

 n^« , t^" tl; '-* W0fl «8 l,r along the streams, you 

 nu aaAFur, Fin, and Feather worth many times 

 58 cost to you. 



Each number consists of 170 to 192 large octavo 

 'gee, and in addition lo the'fore-.iin ' ^onraias 

 mnerous Interesting Sketches of Camp Life and 

 Porting Adventure that renders the work enter- 

 ilumg andinstructive readingfor every household, 

 ot an obje-ctionrdde word appears in i'ls pao-es 

 ittn, Fin, and Eeatukr is published every two 

 S nt ^ n t?3ayear; single copies, 50 cents, /an be 

 id of all News Agents, Cm Stores. Fishing Tackle 

 ^^.f"..orn,aile f !., l(l stpu, ! l on receipt^ price. 

 Can be had at this office- 



\S- Specimen copies, containing ail the Game 

 uu as now laforce, 25 cents, can be had only of 



CHAS. SUYDAM, Publisher, 

 &; 340 Chambers Street, AT. r. 



Sportsman's Route. 



:anada, southern railway, 



Direct Connections at Buffalo with New York 



entral and Erie Railway. 



At Detroit, with Michigan Central Railroad 



At Toledo, with Toledo, Wabash and Western 



DOGS CARRIED FREE 



•v-d given special attention. 



THROUGH CARS-FAST TIME 

 AIR LINE— STEEL RAILS. 



FRANK E. SNOW, 



«. P. & T. Agent, Detroit. 



HOW TO LIVE 



FLORIDA, 



HOW TO GO, C061 



OF TRIP, COST TO 



SETTLE, what local- 



tivate, ho\y to eizftj- 



vate it, etc, etc, all 



told in each nuwh.T 



of Florida Sew. 



xopker, pui'li.~hi 1 



at£l Park Row, New 



York City. Single. 



enpy, 10^., one year 



'$1. 4» Acres Or- 



|anm Land for tSO, 



I Ou line of rail road, 



country healthy, 



jtiiieklv setil.-d Ad- 



[ dress J.B.OLIVER, 



T ONCf ISLAND RAILROAD. 



*-* , JULY 23, 1871. 



Ferryboats leave James' Slip, N. Y. thirty. m in 



a 8 Mlowe ! ! aV6L ° ngl8land City ' Hunters *°™> 

 . For Greenport, Sag Harbor, Itiverhead and 



"termediate station, i at 8:44,' 9:03 Tgt&O, 

 *oe p. m. bLNDAlS from Brooklyn at 4:30 



S o P Q 0r c^o tchogue ' etc ' at 9 =03 A. jr., 2-00 4-45 



5:23, 6:03 p.m. SUNDAYS, 9:15 a. x. ' ^' 



±or Dabvlon, etc., at 7-30 fi-44 o-nq n.Qn , 



4°i s^bS&s ifc.?t 10:0 ° a - m - 3 - 30 ' 



For Locust Valley, Glen Cove etc 8-44 11 -in 

 For Merrick, etc., at 7'30 S-44 it-<m ■ ». 



!S;«i vi. G:03 ' 7:00 p - fefiSv^j 



For , E ^ kawa y Beach, etc, 9:00 10-20 11-10 

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

 EoXwayVv. 30 ' 3:1 °' 6:30 g ^^^ 



Neol°- r r^^A-? 01 '^ Point ' Wbitestone, Great 

 NecL, Garden City, Hempstead and iiitermedktc 

 stanonp see small time tables and Time Qmla £ 

 pnncipal hotels and nndei-mentioned tfclet 

 Ticket offices in New York at ,1™^' mu. ._a 

 34th street ferries, at th^ olfi es of We Ltt's 

 Long Island Expresa Co.. 7 P.rk Place W 

 Broadway 942 Broadway , Grat d Central Depot 



my31 3m 



o-ro l A I T D 1 D on a ;.lni^"; m - Car / are atfacne <l to "ie 

 ?«»0 A p ■& 3:3 °' n P - M - ^ e a T D r C ent P on ] a a t 



of i he Erie Railway in New York and Brooklyn and 

 at No. 4 Court street, Brooklyn. Baggaa che'e'^ri 

 from residence to a e tinafion ■ Dd K« a « » <-hec ie d 

 8epM8 ly H. T B A LOW IN, Gen. Fa so. Agent 



GREAT SOUTHERN 



Freigh t& Passenger Line, 

 Charleston S. C, 



The South and the Southwest 



.AND THE 



FLORSDA PORTS, 



Wednesday and Saturday 



At 3 o'clock P. M. From Pier 



Capt rngraham. 

 rivalled on the coast for p " aSen 8 c '-' ""'' are an- 



Safety, Speed and Comfort. 



Vogel; CITV POSi 'r ':, f ^I'' g^- 



DINa JACKSONVILLK 'st VRTvf AK - 

 LATKA, ENTERPrisi' MELON VI I I K %* PA T, 

 points in Florida. ^ UJ *uajE and aU 



EXCURSION TICKETS VT REDUCED RATES 

 ^Insurance to djsr lotion ONE-H.VLF OF ONE 

 ,%^ S J^fi^, l n « "tomato**. PttSaa| 



St. Paul and St. Louis 

 Short Line, 



Burlington, C. Rapids & N'rth'rn 



wharf. ' 



CRYSTAL RIVER, FLA. 



Take v-ssels from r e dar Keya that make several 

 trips Aveeky. Very fine gsme country; splendid 

 fishing. E. R, KING has accommodations for 

 sportsmen, and has dogs for hunting. Refers to , 

 A. B. Dodge, 35] Broadway, N. Y. Novl5 ' 



QUICKEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



73°- PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DALLY 

 Lineal ???. ' :ounect1 ^ *'"' «» East and West 

 hr^Hni ° W \ running through nome of the finest 

 S'^e™"^ "i the Northwest for Geese, Ducks, 

 Md rludr a ri ' 1Rn ( ff f lGr0useanfl *»"■ Sportsmen 

 on nartfei of T n ^ en m " 1 care * Reduced rates 



"SS« ^ Gen. Pa88 en g erA gf n, 



N ew w^jujg^^t^ma,^ 



seneers to North and East at \" p w PaS " 



NIGHT LINE-The CO.NTlNENTAr l«« M .w 



Merchandise foi warded by dailv exorfloo (v^t^i . 

 tram from New Haven tlirou"t, 7,Af p J e 8s , f re 1 8«t 

 Vermont j. Western New flampSh re BtaSS&^ft 

 York and Canada. Freight received ^tll iSV*^ 

 ^^RD^PBCK^ General Agent. 



Old DoniiiiiourLine^ - 



waierVo'yf Z™ n nll?? V«V e!U * some ° f "»e finest 

 ™ Claims vl^ ? 1 ^ S? otiQM in £he oon 1- 

 l"ian.i ? n ,V > ' , ' i f '"' Chlncoteagne, Cobb's 



raarion g !v ,n a office, 197 Greenwich St., Ntwro/t 

 .6ep 28 ly 



