FOREST AND STREAM. 



445 



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LONC»RANCE 



RSFLE SHOOTING. 



A Complete History of the International 



Long-Range Matches, | 873- 1 877— Coin. 



plete Elelio Shield Scores— Rules and 



Regulations of the N, R. A. 



Btc, Etc. 



FULLY ILLUSTRATED 



BY THE 



SIFLB EDITOR OF THE "FOREST AND 

 STREAM AND ROD AND GUN." 



Price 25 cents. 



New York. 

 Published by the Forest and Stream Pab. Co. 



1877. 



Bound Volumes 



Forest and Stream. 



EIGHTH VOLUME, NOW READY. 



first Pour Volumes, $4 each, Others, $3.50. 



A complete set of the FOREST AND STREAM- 

 seven volumes, bound handsomely in cloth— a yam, 

 able library for the spot tsman— can now be obtained 

 on anDlication to this office. 



Get your fine boots bound. Art Journal bonnd 

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 Women in Sacred History, large Family Bibles, a* 

 Illustrated works, music and magazines in the best 

 styles and lowest prices ; done intwo or three days 

 if required. ^ WAL keR'S SONS, 14 Bey street. 



Camp Life in Florida. 



j CHARLES HILLOCK, 



AUTHOR OF THE FISHING TOURIST. 



Published by Forest and Stream Pub- 

 lishing Co., 



NO. Ill FULTON STREET, NEW YORK, 



And for sale by all book-sellers. Sen! by mail, post- 

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

 publication. 



FRANK SGMLIY'S 



AMEEICAN 



Partridge & Pneasant Shooting- 

 Describing the Haunts, Habits, and Methods of 

 Hunting una Shooting the Americas Partridge-Quail; 

 Ruffed Grouse— Pheasants, with directions for hand- 

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

 wing. Price, $2. Liberal discouut to the trade. 

 To be had at book stores generally. Address, 



Frank Schley, 



Oct 11 Frederick City, Md. 



77" AT A 1 A 7" A new Medical treatise, "The 

 IV \ U VV Science of Life, or Self-Preser- 

 A J -' w ' ' vatlon. a book for everybody. 

 TTTVC! pi T71 Price igl, sent by mail. Fifty 

 I L 1 Pi I ; P original prescriptions, either 

 j. jj. j. w^J^i 0De of wmcl( ig worth ten times 

 the price of the book. Gold medal awarded the author. 

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 beyond all comparison, the most extraordinary 

 work on Physiology ever pub- 1TT1 1T 

 Pshed." An Illustrated Pam- H U \ I 

 phlet sentFKEE. Address DR. -llJUixJU 

 W. H. PARKER, NO. 4 Bul-rp-rTVTO nT -^ 

 finch Street, Boston, Mass. THYSELF 



The Southern Guide. 



A finely illustrated quarterly periodical, exhibiting 

 the characteristics and resources of the Southern 

 States. One dollar p.r year ; single copies, 25 cents. 

 Published by 



BR AMH ALL & CO., Washington, D. C. 

 Decs 3m 



POTTLTRY WORLD —A splendidly illustrated 

 monthly. $1,2:-. a rear. Send lu cts for a speci- 

 men copy. Address POULTRY WOULD, Hartford, 

 Conn. DecOlvr Es 



fflnbliqittUms. 



Sportsman's Gazetteer 



AND 



GENERAL GUIDE, 



By CHARLES H A T. I. O C K. , 



Editor " Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun." 



896 pp., Price f3. 

 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 ami Treatment, Boat- 

 ing and Boat-building. 



Several thousand localities where game and fish 

 are to be found. 



Nothing of the k'nd ever before published worth 

 ten times the price. 



PUBLISHED BY 



FOREST & STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 



Ill Fulton street, New York. 



KANSAS. 



All about its Soil, Climate, Resources, Products, 

 Laws, and its People are given in the "Kansas 

 Farmer," a 10-page Weekly, in its fifteenth year. 

 Postpaid, three months, 50 cents. Address 



J. K. HUDSON, Topeka, Kansas. 



Has quicklv taken a high place among agricultural 

 journals.— A" T. Tribune. We have considered it 

 among the best of our exchanges, and a worthy rep- 

 resentative of the West— Practical Farmer, Phila- 

 delphia. Our Kansas friends should feel much 

 Dride in the high character and sterling worth of 

 their State agricultural paper.— National Live-Stock 

 Journal. We cheerfully credit it with being one of 

 the best edited of our Western agricultural ex- 

 changes.— Spirit of the Times, N. Y. ]8 4t 



Sportsmen's pontes. 



CTONLNGTON LINE, 



O 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. 

 rany, and at 303 Broadway, New York, and 383 WaslU 

 Vgton 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. BABCOCK, Pres. 



FOR FLORIDA 



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. 



Philadelphia ana Southern Mail S. S. Co., 

 Pier 22 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 70 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, 

 Agen t, 29 Broadway, N. Y. - , Deo 21 ly . 



St. Paul and St. Louis 



Line. 



Burling ton, C. Rapid.- <&N'rth'rn 



QUICKEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST! 



TWO PASSENGER TRAINS EACH WAV. DAILY, 



crossing ana connecting with all East and West 

 Lines in Lu.va. running through some ot the finest 

 Minting grounds In tne Northwest for Geese, Ducks, 

 Pinnated and Ruffed Grouse and Quail. Sportsmen 

 and their d.gs taken good can; of. Reduced rates 

 on parties of ten or more upon application to General 

 Ticket. 0:lk-e, Cedar RupidS. O. J. IVES, 

 E. F. w inslow, Gen. Passenger Agent. 



General Manager. *~— - it 



§$ort§nmis gottfes. 



REDUCTION^OF FARE. 



$3 NEW YORK TO' BOSTON 



VIA THE 



Fall River Line 



To Boston and Return, $5. 



Magnificent Steamers NEWPORT and OLD COL- 

 ONY leave New York daily (Sundays excepted) at 

 4:30 P.M. This is the only Sound Line giving pass- 

 engers a FULL NIGHT'S REST. Pa. sengers take 

 any one of the FIVE MORNING TRAINS from Fall 

 River to Boston. 



BORDEN & LOVELL, GEO. L. CONNOR, 



A gents. G eneral Pass A gent. 



■VI EW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA NEW LINE 

 1> BOUND BROOK ROUTE, 



FOR TRENTON AND PHILADELPHIA. 

 COMMENCING NOVEMBER it), 1S7T. 



STATION IN NEW YORK— Foot of Liberty St. N. R. 



Leave New York for Trenton and Philadelphia at 

 0:30, 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 12:05 

 7:30, 9:30, 11:30 A. M„ 1:30, 3:30, 5:30 P. M. 



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

 10:20 A.M., 12:15, 2:15, 4:10, 6:15P.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 Near York and Phila- 

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

 New York at 1:20, 10:20 A. M„ 6:10 p. M. 



Tickets for sale at foot of Liberty street, Nos. 629 

 and 944 Broadway, at the principal hotels, all offices 

 of the Erie Railway in New York and Brooklyn, and 

 at No. i Court street, Brooklyn. Baggag •, checked 

 from residence to destination. 

 Septl3 ly H. P. BALDWIN, Gen. Pass. Agent 



GREAT SOUTHERN 



Freight* Pass'ngerLine, 



YIA 



Charleston S. C, 



The South, and the Southwest 



AND THE 



FLORIDA PORTS, 



Wednesday and Saturday 



At 3 o'clock P. M. From Pier 

 27, N. P. 



CITY OF ATLANTA, CHARLESTON, 



Capt. M. S. W r oodhulI. Capt. R. W. Lockwood. 

 SANTIAGO DE CUBA, G. W. CLYDE, 



Capt. S. Crowell. Capt. Lngraham. 



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, Capt. 

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

 DINA, JACKSONVILLE, ST. AUGUSTINE, PA- 

 LATKA, ENTERPRISE, MELONVILLE and all 

 points in Florida. 



EXCURSION TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES. 



B^-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. QUINTAED & CO., Agents, 

 Pier 27, N. R., foot Park Place. Office 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 information can be obtained at the offica 

 Of BENTLEY D. HASELL, General AgeM, 



Great Southern Freight Line, 317 Broadway, 

 corner of Thomos street. Octll 3m 



^art$mens Routes. 



SAVANNAH, GA., ST. AUGUS- 

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

 HAVANA, CUBA. 



From Savannah, Ga., to Nassau, N. P., and Ha- 

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

 Jacinto will sail Jan 1, 15 and 29. and every alternate 

 Tuesday. Connecting steamers leave New York on 

 Dec. 29, Jan. 12 and 26. 



FOR NASSAU DIRECT, 



Steamship Carondelet, January 2 and February 2, 

 and monthly thereafter from Pier 16, East River,. 

 New York. 



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



MURRAY, FECRIS & CO., 

 No. 62 South St. 



ONLY DIRECT 



FLORIDA LIKE. 



For Fernandina, Fla., Port Royal, S. Co and 

 Brunswick, Ga. 



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



Close connection made at each port with all rail- 

 roads for the interior, and at Fernandina with the 

 steamer Carrie (which has been refurnished) for 

 Jacksonville and the St. John's River. 



For through rates of freight and passage to al 

 points in the South and Southwest, apply to 



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



Nov29 4m NEW YORK. 



N 



EW HAVEN, HARTFORD, SPRINGFIELD, 

 AND THE NORTH. 



The first-class steamer ELM CITY leaves Pier 25, 

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

 sengers to North and East at 12 p. jr. 



NIGHT LINE— The CONTINENTAL leaves New 

 [ York at 11 p. m., 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 Hampshire, Northern New 

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

 RICHARD PECK, General Agent. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 



THE PENNSYLVANIA R.R. 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 lecalitleg for 



GUNNING AND FISHING 



in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. EXCURSION 

 TICKETS are sold at the offices of the Company in 

 all the principle cities 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, 

 SQUAN, and points on the NEW JERSEY COAST 

 renowned for SALT WATER SPORT AFTER FIN 

 AND FEATHER. 



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

 Fbank Thomson, Gen'l Manager. feblT-U 



HUNTING 



FOR DEER, BEAR, PARTRIDGES, DUCES, 

 Take the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. 



FISHING 



FOR BIKE, PICKEREL, BASS, ETC , 

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



Time, New York to Grand Rapids, 37 bonis. 



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 



SHONINGER ORGANS. 



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 Chincoteague, Cobb's 

 Island, and points on the Peninsula. City Point, 

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

 ous country of Virginia, Tennessee, etc. Norfolk 

 steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday; 

 Delaware, Monuatt a^i Friday m a p. m. Fullxuior 

 mation, given at office, 197 Greenwich St., New York 

 mm sr.f,.- _.■ ■- -?■■■■■- -— ■ •-..- v sep2S 1 .y 



PRONOUNCED UNANIMOUSLY AS THE 



Best Instruments. 



Their comparative excellence ib recognized by the 

 3 udges in their Report, from which the following 

 Is an extract : 



"The II. SHONINGER ORGAN CO.'S exhibit 

 as the best Instruments at a price rendering them 

 possible to a large class of purchasers, having a com 

 binatlon of Reeds and Bells, producing novel and 

 pleasing effects, containing many desirable improve- 

 ments, will stand longer in dry or damp climate, ;ess 

 liable to get out of order, all the boards being made 

 three-ply, put together so it is impossible for them 

 to either shrink, swell or split." THE ONLY 

 ORGANS AWARDED THIS RANK. 



This Medal and Award was granted after the most 

 severe competition of the best makers, before one of 

 the most competent juries ever assembled. 



New styles and prices just Issued, which are in ac- 

 cordance with our rule, the BEST ORGANS for 

 the least money. 



We are prepared to appoint a few new Agents. 



Illustrated Catalogues mailed, postpaid, upon ap- 

 plication to 



B. SHONINGER ORGAN CO., 



07 to 123 Chestnut Street, 



NEW HAVEN, CONN 



