FOREST AND STREAM. 



393 



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LONG-RANGE 



RIFLE SHOOTING. 



A Complete History of EUe International 



jLongsRange Matches, | 873- I 877— Com. 



plete Elcho Shield Scores— Rules and 



Regulations of the N. R. A. 



Etc., Etc. 



FULLY ILLUSTRATED 



BY THE 

 SIFLB .EDITOR OF THE "FOREST AND 

 STREAM AND ROD AND GUN." " 

 Price 25 cents. 



New Tore. 

 Published by the Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 



1877. 



Bcmnd Volumes 



OP 



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, 

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 on anolication to this office. 



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Camp Life in Florida. 



By CHARLES HALLOCK, 



AUTHOR OF THE FISHING TOURIST. 



Published by Forest aud Stream Pub- 

 lishing Co., 



No. Ill FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, 



And for sale by all booksellers. Sent, by mail, post- 

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

 publication. 



FRANK SGMLIVS- 



AMERICAN 



)im 



Partridge & Pneasant Shooting > 



Describing the Haunta, Habits, and Methods of 

 Hunting and Shooting the American Partridge-Quai.; 

 Ruffed Grouse— Pheasants, with directions for hand- 

 ling the gun, hunting the dog, and Miooung on the 

 Wing. Price, % 1. Liberal discount to the trade. 



To be had at book stores generally.- Address, 



Frank Schley, 



Oct 11 Frederick City, Md. 



T7"vr/Y1T r A new Medical treatise, 'The 



l\ \X 1 ) W Science of Life, or Self-1'reser- 



X\.X\ \J ' i vation. a book for everybody. 



rrvTTirO Y> 1 "H Price $i, sent by mail. Fifty 



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phlet sentFKEE. Address DR. -LJ-J.jxa.aj 



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The Southern Guide. 



A finely Illustrated quarterly berJoOl ^ggHJgg 



the characteristics and resources of tie tattM 

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 Published by 

 BRAMHALL & CO., Washing^ D.^ C. 



g^SnUBSi POULTRY WOKLD, Hartford, 



SMqxfions, 



Sportsman's Gazetteer 



AND 



GENERAL GUIDE, 



By CHAttliES HilLOCK, 

 Editor " Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun." 



89 G pp., Price $3. 

 Tinted Paper, $4 ; half-bound mo., $5. 



A complete Dictionary [for Sportsmen. Every- 

 body wants it that has a dog, gun or fishing rod. 

 * A complete description of all- kinds of Game, Fish, 

 etc. Field Sports, Woodcraft, Angling, Fly Tying, 

 Dogs, Dog Breeding, Diseases and Treatment, Boat- 

 ing and Boat-building. 



Several thousand localities where game and fish 

 are to be found. 



Nothing of the kind ever berore published worth 

 ten times the price. 



PUBLISHED BY 



FOREST & STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 

 Ill Fulton street, New York. 



^gorl§mm'% Routes. 



C TONTNGTON LINE, 

 O FOR BOSTON AND a 



.._ ALL POINTS EAST. 



REDUCED FARE : 



Elegant Steamers STONINGTON and NARRA- 



GANSETT leave Pier 33 North Paver, 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 333 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. 



St. Paul and St. Louis 

 Short Line. 



Burlington, C. Rapids & N'pth'rn 



QUICKEST, "' CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY, 

 crossing and connecting with all East and West 

 Lines in Iowa, running through some of the finest 

 hunting grounds in the Northwest for Geese, Ducks, 

 Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Quail. Sportsmen 

 and their dogs taken good care or. Reduced rates 

 on parties of ten or more upon application to General 

 Ticket Office, Cedar Rapids. C. J. IVES, 

 E. F. WrNSMW, Gen. Passenger Agent, 



General Manager. — - tf 



FOR 



FOR THROUGH TICKETS TO FERNANDINA 

 JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, SAN 

 FORD, ENTERPRISE, and intermediate landings 

 on ST. JOHN'S RIVER and interior points in 

 FLORIDA, by steamship to SAVANNAH, and thence 

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

 General Agent. 



Phuaa'elphia ana Southern Mail S. S. Co., 

 Pier 22 South Delaware Avenue, Phila. 



Decl4-ly 



"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 ot about Y0 deg. 

 i The elegant British Steamships " Bermuda," and 

 "Oamina," 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. '_ Dec2Ily. 



HOW TO LIVE 



FLORIDA, 



now TO GO, COST 

 OP TRIP- COST TO 

 SETTLE, what to cul. 

 tivate, how to culti- 

 vate it, etc., etc, all 

 told In each number 

 of Florida Brew- 



York City. Single- 



e:j('5\l'lo.,onf v>:: r 

 $1 40 Acres Or- 

 aneeLand lor JiSft. 

 GnT:n,/Gtn;iIrra;l, 

 country h -^iihy, 

 thickly settled Ad- 

 flr»F>J-B. OLIVER, 

 Gen'i Agent, Bos 

 !6&W. Now XorK. 



%port$mm's Routes. 



Fall River Line 



FOR 



BQiSTOET 



AND ALL POINTS EAST, VIA NEWPORT AND 



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). 

 FULL NIGHT'S REST. NOMIDNIGHT CBMNUES. 



Tickets for sale at principal hotels and ticket of- 

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



BORDEN & LOVELL, Agents, 

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



Gen'i Pass. Agt. Sup't. 



TV EW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE 

 1> BOUND BROOK ROUTE, 



FOR TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

 COMMENCING NOVEMBER ifj, 1STT. 

 STATION IN NEW YORK-Foot of Liberty St. N.Y 



Leave New York for Trenton and Philadelphia at 

 6:30,8,9:30, 11:30 A. M., 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 12 p. 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, M., 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 13 p. M. 



Leave Trenton for New York at 1:20, 6:35,8:05, 

 10:20 a. M., 12:15, 2:15, 4:10, 6:15 P. M. 



Pullman Drawing Room Cars are attached to the 

 9:30 a. m:., 3:30, p. ,M. trains from New York and to 

 the 7:30, a. m., 1:30 p. m. trains from Philadelphia. 



Sunday Trains— Leave Ne v York and Phila- 

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

 10:20 a. m., G:10p. m. 



Tickets for sale at foot of Liberty street, Nos. 529 

 and 944 Broadway, at the principal hotels, all offices 

 of Die Erie Railway in New York and Brooklyn, and 

 at No. 4 Court street, Brooklyn. Baggag ! checked 

 from residence to destination 

 Sept,13 ly U. P. BALDWIN, Gen. Pas». AgonS 



CREAT SOUTHERN 



Freights Pass'nger Line, 



YIA 



Southwest 



The South and the 



AND THE 



Wednesday and Saturday 



At 3 o'clock P. M. From Pier 

 27, N. R. 



CITY OP ATLANTA, CHARLESTON, 



Capt. M. S. Woodhull. Capt. R. W.- Lockwood. 

 SANTIAGO DE CUBA, G. W. CLYDE, 



Capt. S. Crowell. Capt. Ingraham. 



The above steamers have been handsomely fitted 

 up for the convenience of passengers, and are un- 

 rivalled on the coast for 



Safety, Speed and Comfort. 



Close Connections at Charleston with the favorite 

 and well-known Florida packets. DICTATOR, Cant. 

 Vogel; CITY POINT, Capt. Scott, for FERNAN- 

 DINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, PA- 

 LATE A, ENTERPRISE, MELONVILLE and all 

 points in Florida. 



EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES. 

 JSf-Insurance to destination ONE-HALF OF ONE 



PER CENT. 

 Goods forwarded free of Commission. Passage 

 tickets and Bills of Lading issued and signed at the 

 office of JAMES W. QUINTARD & CO., Agents, 

 Pier 27, N. R., foot Park Place. Olllce on the 

 wharf. 

 W. P. CLYDE & CO., No. 6 Bowling Green. 

 Through Freight Tariffs. Passage Tickets by all 

 routes and to all points in the South and Southwest, 

 and further informyt Ion can be obtained at ihe office 

 of BENTLEY D. HASELL, General Agent, 



Great Southern Freight Line, 317 Broadway. 

 corner of Thomos street. Octll 3m 



TO SPORTSMEN; 



THE PENNSYLVANIA E.E. CO. 



Respectfully invite attention to the 



afforded by their lines for reaching most of the 

 TROTTING PARKS and RACE COURSES in the 

 Middle States. These 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 



Pennsylvani Railroad Company 



also reach the best localities for 



GUNNING AND FISHING 



in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in 

 all the principle eities to KANE, RENOVA, BED- 

 FORD, CRESSON, RALSTON, M1NNEQUA, and 

 other well-known centers for 



Trout Fishing. Wing Shooting, and Still 

 Hunting. 

 Also, to 

 TUCKERTON, BEACH HAVEN. CAPE MAY, 

 S QUA N, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN 

 AND FEATHER. 



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

 Frank Thomson. Gen'i Manager. fehlT-tf 



Old Dominion Line. 



The steamers of this Line reach some of the fines' 

 Waterfowl and upland shooting sections in the coun- 

 try. Connections direct for Chincoteagne, Cobb's 

 Island, and points on the Peninsula. City Point, 

 James.' River, Currituck, Florida, and the mountain- 

 ous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk 

 Bteamera sail Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; 

 Delaware, Mondag and Friday at :-; f si h'ulllnfor 

 mation given at office, 197 Greenwicu St.. Sew York 

 Eep 28 ly 



^port§mm's pontes. 



SAVANNAH, CA. f ST. AUGUS- 

 TINE, FLA., NASSAU, N. P., 

 HAVANA, CUBA. 



From Savannah, Ga., to Nassau, N. P., ar.d Ha- 

 vana, Cuba, via St. Augustine, Fla., steamship San 

 Jacinto will sail Janl, 15 and 2ft, and every alternate 

 Tuesday. Connecting steamers leave New York on 

 Dec. St9, Jan. 12 and 26. 



FOR NASSAU DIRECT, 



Steamship Carondelet, January 2 and February 2. 

 and monthly thereafter from Pier 16, East River, 

 Ne .v York. 



For all particulars, illustrated guide, &c, apply to 



MURRAY, FEKRIS & CO., 

 No. 62 South St. 



ONLY DBRECT 



FLORIDA LINE. 



For Ferunudinii, Fla., Port Royal, S. C, and 

 Brunswick, Ga. 



Sailing every FRIDAY from Pier 20, E. R., at 3 p. m. 



Close connection made with theM. and B. and B. 

 A. Railroads at Brunswick, and the P. R. R. R. at 

 Port Royal; also with the steamer Carrie, (which 

 has been refurnished), at Fernandina for Jackson- 

 ville and the St. John River. 



For through rates of freight and passage, apply to 

 G.H. MALLORY & CO., Agents, 153 Maiden Lane, 

 Nov20 im NEW YORK. 



NEW HAVEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD, 

 AND THE NORTH. 

 The first-class steamer ELM CITY leaves Pier 25, 

 East River, daily (Sundays excepted) at 3 p. at. Pas- 

 sengers to ISortn and East, at 12 p. ji. 



NIGH r LINE— The CONTINENTAL leaves New 

 York at 11 p. if., arriving in New Haven in time for 

 the early morning trains. 



Merchandise forwarded by daily express freight 

 train from New Haven through io Massachusetts, 

 Vermont, Western New Hauipsh re, Northern New 

 York and Canada. Freight received until 5 p. m. 

 RICHARD PECK, General Agent. 



FOR DEER, BEAR, PARTRIDGES, DUCKS, 

 Take the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. 



FOR DIKE, PICKEREL, BASS, Etc , 

 Follow the G. R. and I.— The "Fishing" Line 



Time, New York to Grand Rapids, 37 hours. 



EXPENSES LOW. 



Shooting season expires December 15. For infor- 

 mation as to routes, ratio and best points for the 

 various kinds of game, etc. Apply to 



A. B. LEET, Gen. Pass .Agent, 

 A. HOPPE, Grand Rapids, Mich. 



Eastern Agent, 116 Market St., Phila., Pa. 

 NOV22 tf 



^gwitettien'z §aocfa. 



JEWELERS AND SILVERSMITHS, 

 Hartford, Connecticut, 



DEALERS IN 



Diamonds, Silverware, Watches, Jewelry, etc. 



IMPORTERS OF 



Fbehch, Gssmak, aud Enolish Fanc7 Goods. 



Shoolin,?, Boiiling, Racing, and oilier Prizes. 



ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, [ 



Three Dozen Wood Cuts of the above and other article* 



In our line, and including the 



GAME LAWS OF CONNECTICUT. 



Mailed to any Address, on receipt of 60 OJ5ST8. 



THE WALKING TRICK MOUSE 



—An nmusiug, durable India Rubber Toy. 

 Get one, and have a good 

 square laugh. Samples by 

 .^^ maill5cts. Agents wanted. 

 U. H. SUVDAM. S0t Ross Street, 

 JJroolclyn, (E, jD.) Long Island, A'etp Fork. 



CITY AND COUNTRY PROPERTY bought, sold 

 and exchanged. C. S. PECK, 8 Wett Twenty- 

 fiftti street, New Yorfc Sent'2Tly 



