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GEOGRAPHICAL REDISCOVERIES. 



SOME time ago when Chief-Justice Daly, President of the 

 American Geographical Society, called attention to the 

 fact thad the Lake Ukerewe (Victoria N'yanza), of Speke, and 

 (he Mwutan Nizi (Albert N'yanza), of Baker, were simply re- 

 coveries, the dictum of the accomplished American geog- 

 rapher was received with general incredulity. In a map, pub- 

 lUtie .1 in Harper's Weekly, of Nov. 17, is given an exact copy 

 of Ptolemy's Map of the World, which was first executed 

 gome seventeen hundred years ago. In this Ptolemaic map 

 beccurse of the Nile is distinctly laid down, and its source 

 and origin traced. Tha feeders of the river, due to moun- 

 tains, are clearly denned, and one is amazed at how really near 

 to the truth were the topographical delineators of those early 

 times. The two largo lakes, the grand reservoirs of the 

 rather of Rivers, are by no means out of position. Paul du 

 Chaillu, in a letter in Harper 1 * Weekly, calls attention to this 

 very interesting and truthful example of early cartography. 

 Leaving Africa aside for the moment, to return to it later, we 

 find the details of Europe are in some respects fairly accurate. 

 England, however (Albion insula), is very much too long, 

 pointing too far north, and having an arm of land reaching 

 out towards the Norwegian coast, nibernia is about three 

 times as far from England as it should be. One curious com- 

 ment in the civilization of 1.700 years ago and to-day is, that 

 while in Northern Africa innumerable geographical names 

 are given to mountains, rivers and towns, in England all is a" 

 Wank. Eastward from Arabia matters are more confused, 

 and there i3 a huge island, described as Taprobana insula, 

 •which is not readily distinguishable, though Malacca and 

 Cochin China are fairly outlined. In the Western Atlantic, the 

 Canary and other islands are indicated. Returning to Africa 

 again, and referring to a capital map printed in the 

 Uew York 'Herald of the 14th of November, where the 

 wonderful feats of Stanley are recorded, a curious opportunity 

 is afforded of comparing the Ptolemaic map and that of to- 

 day, in regard to the course of the Congo or Lulaba. In the 

 Herald map, north of the Congo, there is a river indicated, 

 but which has no name. In the old map of Ptolemy the 

 Congo is made to have various affluents. Perbapj^uture dis- 

 coveries will assimilate more to the ancient course given to 

 the Congo. The source of the Congo on Ptolemy's map 

 seems to be quite identical with that discovered by the in- 

 trepid Stanley. 



What does all this teach us ? That the learning of the 

 ancients was immense. That man's power of observation 

 was as great then as it is now, and that no end of stories, 

 which we have believed to be mythical, had a positive foun- 

 dation in truth. Every day we find that Pliny was an ac- 

 curate observer. If the lore of the ancients could have only 

 come down to us, unmuddled by the absurdities of the darker 

 ages, our clues to facts would have been much more readily 

 acquired, and the time wasted in disentangling historical and 

 geographical subjects. could have been applied to other pur- 

 poses. We honestly believe that most of all the former 

 strange impossibilities of natural history were born rather 

 from the fifth to the fifteenth century than before them. The 

 rediscovery of the courses of these great African rivers, of 

 course, in no way diminishes a tithe from the credit of mod- 

 ern explorers, of whom the greatest undoubtedly is Henry M. 



Btanley. 



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How to Clean Choked Water Pipes. — A New Use eob 

 Eels. — The following experiment is so novel and so authen- 

 tic that we wish to give it full prominence. It beat s all other 

 flat stories out and out : 



Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 21, 18TT. 

 Iditoe Forest and Stream : 



The publication of the following devico for removing obstructions 

 In water pipes may prove to be of service to some of your readers who 

 reside in the country : 



Oa one occasion, a two-inch lead pipe, about three hundred feet long, 

 that supplied water to the garden, became closed with mud. I ap&J*.ed 

 a force pump several times, which forced a passge for a unall amount 

 nf water, but as the pipe had enly a fall of v/ t feet, the water ceased to 

 flow soon after the pump was removed. I was sorely perplexed, and 

 eadeavoied to devise a plan to dislodge the mud. I thought how nice 

 ltwouU be to put through the pipe a strong cord, twice as long as the 

 pipe. I would then tie a bunch of rags to the mid <le of the cord— a 

 at flr3tj as an explorer. I would take hold of one end, and 

 at the other end. We would fen pull the bunch of rags 

 through, autl open a small passage ; then, by increasing their size, and 

 fiftillrjg them back and forth, we would thoroughly clean the pipe. I 

 the pipe thus, many times in Imagination, but the puzzle was 

 get the cord through. I Anally coucluded to try *hether an eel 

 induced to perform the operation. So I caught a small creature 

 iy persuasion, and punched a hole in his tail, through which 

 .11 linen twine, and tied fast. Without much solicitation it 

 ie pipe and proceeded on its erranl in charming style. After 

 igiti about tea feet of the string it stopped, and I then began to fea 

 Wat tt might conclude to take up Its abode xhere ; sol ]erked the string 

 i caused it to proceed. Whenever it stopped a gentle j»rk 

 •anseii it to proceed on its journey. I stationed a man at the lower end 

 j report as soon as the eel had completed its subterraque- 

 on peregi ination.. In lees than half an hour the eel made its appear- 

 rueans of the small string, a strong cord was pulled 

 the pipe was speedily and effectually cleaned. J. w. 

 et ingenious device on the part of our correspondent, 

 *e are afraid, is fraught with danger ; not so much to the eel 

 Mto himself. What will the fiend of the bath room, that de- 

 mon who gloats over freezes and thaws, commonly known as 

 tiie plumber, do now ? Certainly the man and his helper will 

 Bad their occupations gone, and, reduced to poverty, or at 

 Rp forced to gain their livelihood in a legitimate way, they 

 i our correspondent with murderous intent. Phi- 

 losophizing over the matter of clearing stoppages in water- 



pipes, by means of eels, the demand for these slippery crea- 

 tures will be 60 increased that the eel will be priceless. Here 

 is, then, the dilemma. Anyhow as an icthyological solution of 

 a mechanical problem, all of us, save the plumber, must feel 

 eternal gratitude to our clever correspondent J. W.— Ed.] 



GAME PROTECTION. 



American Trespassers in Canada. 



montbeal, nov. 17, 187t. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



You call attention iu your issue ot this week to a too rigid Interpreta- 

 tion of our Canadian laws and an apparent want of courtesy on the 

 part of our Canadian officials toward two American gentlemen shoot- 

 nig on the St. Lawrence. One of these gentlemen, Mr. Wlltsie, is, you 

 state, the President of the Hudson River Association for the Protec- 

 tion c.f Kith and Game. Now, as Secretary to a Canadian Firh ami 

 Game Protection Club, I am in a position to s-^y that we have grievan- 

 ces to complain of on Ihe part of Americans who call ihemselves 

 sportsmen, but wnorn lam certain Mr. Wiltsie from his position would 

 not acknowledge as either sportsmen or gentlemen. You, Mr. Editor, 

 have seen enough of Canada and Canadians to know that the true 

 sportsman will always meet with a warm welcome amorjg them; but 

 we too are troubled with our pot-hunters, and, I am sorry to eay, 

 that the worst specimens of tnem come from south of 45deg., and this, 

 perhaps, causes an apparent want of respect, even to a legitimate 

 sportsman. Having exhausted, or nearly so, their game at home, they 

 come to Canada and destroy ours in season and out of season, and by 

 every means, legitimate and illegitimate. Every season since I have 

 been Secretary to our club 1 have had several complaints of 

 so-caUsd American sportsmen shooting game for the market 

 out of season. To mention but one: Last year I hid information of 

 a party calling themselves American sportsmen that shot on the Otta- 

 wa, during the close season, fifty-four deer. I am happy to say these 

 gentlemen were scarcely treated in Canada as they expected, but still 

 a good deal better than they deserved, for our officials merely kept 

 their guns and game as souvenirs of their visit. It is visitors like those 

 which cause us to look with suspicion even upon gentlemen whom we 

 would otherwise be glad to welcome among us. And it is not our game 

 alone that is being destroyed in this manner. As you are aware from 

 what I have previously written to Forest and Stream, we have, a 

 short distance North of Montreal, very fine trout fishing at preseDt. A 

 few weeks ago I had authentic information sent me that during the 

 month of July l'st, and in ten days, a couple of fishermen from beyond 

 the Hues took sixteen hundredweight of speckled trout from one small 

 lake about thirty miles from Montreal, packed them in ice, and sent 

 them to the American market. It is unnecessary for me to comment 

 upon such conduct. We have, I am sorry to say, offenders enough of 

 our own against the flsli and game laws without wishing to import any. 

 In conclusion, I shall only remark that such as Mr. Wiltsie will always 

 be sure of a welcome from all true sportsmen in Canada, and he may 

 rest assured that, our legulations are not offensive but defensive. 



I am very truly yours, A. N. Shew an, Secretary. 



r fye H^ifle. 



Boston, Nov. 27, 1877.— The second of ihe new series of 

 contests was shot at Walnut Hil! yesterday by members of 

 the Massachusetts Rifle Association. The distance was 

 1,000 yards, 45 rounds, two sighting shots, and the score 

 must exceed 185 to win the prize of $25 in plate or a medal. 

 The highest possible score is 225. Captain W. H. Jackson 

 made 205 and was again the winner, and chose a medal. 

 The following was the record : 



(4565443555 6' 454 5— CSl 



WH Jackson.... ■) 55555555556544 5—71^205 



(33354464456654 5— fief 



(55455344544455 5— 6() 



AHIIebbaid J 55534345654355 3 — 6 i v 200 



(55465535550453 5— fiflj 



(2 3 535345545355 4— 61 1 



N Washburn ....-{ 455554 3 4334555 5— 65 1 189 



(4 5 4454344555 5 3 3—63 ( 



(55455450445434 5-62") 



HTyler J 45455454 5 4444 5 6-67 1 1S5 



(4 2 5544345 4 534 4—56) 



135544K245 5 3534 4— 5b) 



Salem Wilder...-^ 5-5 445553455 5 55 3— 6sJ-lS2 



William Poland.. 



43405445545550 5— 5- 1 

 28345555452542 5-59 j 



. J9i 



3545054532554 5— 58 1 179 

 8. 5530545544455 5— f>2 

 3 54468455S354 5 -601 

 823344 3 2534554 3— 55 H73 

 (.4233533564 3 455 4— 5 . j 



The shooting of Capt Jackson is wonderful for this time of 

 the year. Also A. H. Hebbard, who was not six points be- 

 hind the captain at the last match, was five at this. They 

 both use the liemingtou lifle, 2 7-10ths shell, 103 grains of 

 Hazard's FG powder, Hepburn bullet. 



Ceeedmoob, Nov. 29. — Thanksgiving Day the weather was 

 not cold or rainy enough to interfere materially with the 

 shooting, which continued throughout the day. The Irish- 

 American Btfle Club shot for the Sharps military rifle at 200 

 and 500 yards, ten shots at each range. Sergt. N. D. W r ard 

 won on a score of 74. Capt. J. Kerr, who scored 41 at 200 

 yards, dropped to 27 at 500, and came in second, with a total 

 of 68 ; Lieut, P. Farrell, 54. Corp. W. T. Merriam, of Com- 

 pany O, Twenty-third Regiment, won the Charter Medal, and 

 Private E. B. Bragg, of the same company, won the Freid 

 Medal. Company F, Twenty-second Regiment, shot the first 

 competition for a challenge cup, presented by the company 

 officers, at 200 and 500 yards, seven shots at each range. The 

 winner was Private J. Ballin, who scored 50 points, the other 

 scores bring as follows : Lieut. L. Backer, 46 ; Sergt. J. W. 

 Moore, 40; F. J. Fullgraff, 40 ; Sergt. M. E. BuiTton, 30; 

 Capt. H. Hennberger, 30; E. W. Dunton, 28. The following 

 scores were rnp.de in a match for the championship of the 

 Fifth Brigade, shot at 200 and 500 yards, possible 50 points : 



Co. A, Fourteenth. Regiment. Co. C, Thirteenth Regiment. 



Louis Smith 40 ERDsrveau 36 



Corp Corry 40 T H Glass 34 



J Moore H8 GEReed 3:1 



Corp Heuwood S4 G H frica 32 



T Ar&ell 32 W Pel era S5 



WOHobte Stf Sergt PA Miller 15 



Total 211 Total 175 



Drummer Luke Flood, of the Thirteenth, won the Briggs' 

 Medal with 36 points. The Washington Grays shot three 

 matches. The first was for four silver trophies, ranging in 

 value from $10 to §25. The second, or " champion's match," 

 was lor a $100 medal, and two silver trophies valued at $20 

 and $10, respectively. The " consolation match " was the 



last. The three prizes were won by Corp. C. Holsten, who 

 scored 25 out of 35 at 100 yards ; A. Moore, 22, und A. W. 

 Cruikshank, 19. The scores in the two first matches were as 

 follows : 



Washington Greys— Troop Match— 200 and 300 yards— Possible 70. 



Lteut AT Decker jm Corp O Moisten 37 



J Buck bee 5i A Moore u 



Quarter Mas' er Sergt Pasco 51 A W C'uikMiank .... 2» 



Sergt D Wilson 4H J J Bailey 24 



WT Miller 47 R Miickev 2 4 



Capt L T liak-v 4: WBMcNuliy u 



SergCMPRoBB .....41 Sergt J P McHugh ".'.'.. w 



Washington (Jiays— Champion Match— 100, 200 and 300 yards— Possi- 

 ble IS. 



Quarter-Sergt G TS Pasco 51 A w Cruikshank . ... 32 



Od.pt LT Baker 49 VV B MuNully .'..'3a 



HergtHPRosfi 4t R »iaek**v at 



Lieut A '1' DeeKer. 46 sergt. J F MoHua* 31 



WTMiller 39 A §i'Ore 23 



i'orp<: Holnfen 3T J .T Bailey '"20 



Sergt D Wnsoti 36 JBuckbeo '.'.u 



The Scottish-American Rifle Club had their regular Thanks- 

 giving Day matches. There were thirty prizes, consisting of 

 a .silver watch, clothing, provisions, etc. As onlv eleven men 

 competed, some will get two or more prizes. The shooting 

 was at 200 yards, twenty shots, and the scores were as follows : 



Capt W Liu d -ay 7fl Oapt.,1 Munroe «« 



W Robertson ?4 James Ko -is (,.3 



Lieut JShanti 71 t'oi .1 W M rshaU.V.V .".".". gij 



AMcInneH 69 8er«t D MeVberson. 46 



Capt VV C Claris 67 Sergt R Huuter ''44 



Lieut D E Vacnett Bt> 



W- Robertson, who has made the best aggresate shooting 

 during tiio season, received a silver watch. 



The Seventy-first Regiment shot for the first competition 

 for the gold badge presented by Major McAlpiti. The range 

 was 200 yards, seven shots. A protest was entered on account 

 of an alleged irregularity, but the scores go on record as fol- 

 lows : 



Sergt W V Eumundstone 80 E Deinmler.. <« 



A Steele 80 D PeeH 9? 



W Robertson 28 J Shancl ST 



Q Wilson is a u.nvuuv no 



W Ltnd^y US MCMuofe. 1% 



AHGerrnhly 2; M Voshurg ". ,7 



W C Clark ....27 J Boyle ft 



JM loung 26 SLee , 15 



G Williams , 26 DB Harrison '-'-'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'JO 



Conlin's Galleet.— Thanksgiving Day and evening were 

 celebrated by the first competition for ihe "Marksmens' 

 Badges," which are three in number, offered on the following 

 terms: First, badge for best score; second, for best score 

 three points; and the third, five points below the first. To 

 be won three times to become the propt-riy of the winner 

 Conditions : Shooting to be done with rifle, off hand, at o Q0 

 and 300 yds., targets reduced for the range, seven shots' at each. 

 target, Creedmoor rules to govern. Open to all comers Fol 

 lowing was the final results : 



wcrTT „. 200 yds. SOOyrJa. Tota 



PHHolton...... S3 32 „i* 



Fred Kessler 35 so «- 



MLRlggs 32 32 £? 



LVSone 29 35 ** 



NB Thurston 32 so Si 



NO'Lonnell 30 31 Sj 



Fret Alder 29 31 J.t 



SHTeackle 31 2s so 



NBLong 81 27 rq 



AJHowlett 31 25 g| 



And a large number of others. 



Conlin's Gallery. — Second competition, Dec. 8 1877 s 



200 yds. 300 vdq T"l 



A J Hewlett, winner of first badge 36 aV' A 



Wilson McDonald. 34 81 as 



Fred alder 33 82 m 



or S Dndley, winner of 2d Badge; 3 puiuts off lbt..:U si Sj 



FHHolton 31 81 m 



NB Thurston bi 80 «7 



MBEngel 88 28 «i 



TH Lord, winner of third badge; 5 points oil 1st.. Hs . 97 Si 



EMRoberts 29 3') 



NO Donneli yu ^9 



t< W Sibley 29 29 



J H Teackle, winner of 4th badge ; S points i ff lst.29 as 



C A Johr 2< a« 



P JCiillinan 73 27 



WmHDunlap > 2s 24 



The third competition will he held at this gallery on 

 Monday evening, Dec. 10. 



Yorkvilxe Rifle Club. — The following are those who 

 male an average of inners or more at AVashington Park on 

 Thanksgiving Day, at the second competition for the club 

 champion goid badge of the Ycrkville Rifle Club, Mr. J J 

 Reiliy carried it off on a record of 56, viz. : 

 J J Reiliy, Win 5 4434340535534 a—ik 



W W Dodge, 811 Sp 34 3434233 453441152 



J L Paulding Pea Mart 4 233 444 4 4 4 4 4 4 £j£ 



ASmsrt, ShSp ; 4 3 30443433343 3 4-4S 



J. L. P. 



South Carolina — Charleston, Nob. 30.— Thankso-ivino- Dav 

 was more generally observed and enjoyed here than usual 

 Almost all of the city clubs were out. at their ranges, but the 

 wind was too high for any good shooting. I inclose tl e score 

 of one of our crack artillery companies, which I think is very 

 good, considering the fact that but very few of these men had 

 ever fired a shotted gun before. The target is ten feet hiffh • 

 ten feet long; distance, 400 yards. A centre shot counted 5' 

 the inner ring 4, second ring 3, third ring 2, outer rin°- 1 

 One shot was allowed each man. There Were only five rnfssea 

 in the thirty-seven shots. The points made by Sergt. Follin's 

 detachment (Squad 1) were as follows i 



JSdings 4 Butler , 



Thorns Rif 



Muling.. 

 Foil in... 



('apt Smyth 5 Total.. 



Lindsay 



53 



3 



The points made by Sergt. Quimby's detachment (Squad 4) 



were as follows • J 



Alexander 3 Hughes ■. 



Yates 3 Tilton ',[.' i 



Houston 2 Quiuby , „ 



Waters 3 J 



L'eut Morris 1 Totn! ~ 



Eason 3 ' x 



The points made by Sergt. Chase's detachment (Squad 2) 



were as follows : J 



D - s Horsey , 



Hogties '..'.'..'" % 



Abraham? 1 sires i 



Lan Forssth.. 7 



":.■!•! I trnvlhn 9 ' * 



Tola].. 



■:: 



The points made by Sergt. De BitHBSuYe's detachment 

 (Squad 3) were as follows : 



Fetgufon 3 Baowerctft „ 



Stoatton 3 De^auasure ". f 



Means... 



Arnau 3 Total., 



Bolger ,, 5 



TbnotsV 



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