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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[J USE 15. iBSS. 



strap ov piece of rein weh, 2G to 30 inches long, joined at the 



ends by a hook shaped like a snaffle snap "with the steel 

 tongue taken out, and the rig is complete. The strap hangs 

 around liia neok with the hook in front, ready to be slipped 

 into the screw-eye at an instant's notice. When not hand- 

 ling a fish the hook is not used, but the moment a fish 

 -irifces he "hooks up" and his old "fin" is free to handle the 

 reel. When he strikes a fish he "rears back on him," or 

 turns sidewise, and tbe fish has always to work against the 

 spring of the rod. He holds the butt of the rod between 

 his legs to steady it. and it is for this the reel is placed so far 

 up the rod. If the reel is put on the rod squarely in line 

 with the first guide, the line will run on usually without 

 Serious bunching. 



Years ago, before he got to fishing in harness, when he 

 struck a fish he had to pass his rod to the one nearest and 

 Iwok on with his heart in his throat uut.il it broke away or 

 was landed— now, he never surrenders his rod unless the'fish 

 is the strongest and longest winded. He fishes with the reel 

 on top ol' the rod, and after over thirty years of the sport, 

 we respectfully submit that it is the only common sense way 

 of using a reel in black bass fishing; and this in the. face of 

 such excellent and respected authority as the genial author 

 of the "Book of the Black Bass." 



We pushed out, and in ten minutes were feeling our way 

 up the little river leading to Six Mile Lake, a mile and a half 

 above. For eighty rods up from the mouth long w^avhur, 

 grass trailed in the current and choked up the stream. In 

 many places we could see the bottom only through a channel 

 of a foot wide. The shores on either side for some distance 

 are swampy and lussoeky. Tall flags, nodding bulrushes, 

 long drooping grasses, and downy cat tails cover the face of 

 the swamp hack to the line of trees and bushes, and along 

 the. margin of the stream the water is carpeted in many 

 places with a rich fabric direct from Nature's loom— the 

 broad green leaf of the water lily. It is a flowered carpet, 

 too, and you may reach out from your boat and pluck from 

 its woof the sweetest and rarest of all perfumes. 



%i§ipttJ. 



PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



A T the annual meeting of the society the tenth annual re- 

 X*. port of the Board of Directors, covering the year end- 

 ing March 1, 1882, was submitted to the stockholders. Prom 

 this document a number of interesting facts are gleaned. 

 The increase in the number of visitors to the Gardens over 

 the previous year was 34,949, and the total number of tick- 

 ets received 343,427, the money receipts being $5,146.15 in 

 eXCBSE of those for 1880-81. Many improvements have been 

 made in the Garden, and new buildings erected. The finan- 

 cial condition of the Society is very satisfactory, the income 

 being largely in excess of the expenditure. 



The report of Mr. Arthur Envin Brown, the Superin- 

 tendent ot Hie Garden, is a very interesting document. The 

 menagerie contains 299 mammals, 343 birds and 37 reptiles 

 and batrachians. During the year there were received 130 

 mammals, 164 birds and 104 reptiles and batrachians. Five 

 species of mammals, twenty-six of birds and five of reptiles 

 were exhibited which had never before been included in the 

 collections.- Eleven species of mammals have bred during 

 the past year. The following is a list of the species which 

 within the past ten years have reproduced their kind in the 

 Philadelphia Gardens. It shows that Mr. Brown has studied 

 with unusual success this especially difficult subject. The 

 breeding species, with the habitat of each, are as follows: 



Macaque monkey, MacaCM eynomolgus, India; lion, Felis 

 ho, Asia and Africa; leopard. Felis teopardus, Asia and 

 Africa; prairie wolf, Canis lalram, North America; dingo, 

 <J"itis dua/a, Australia; common raccoon, Procuon, lotor, 

 North America; white-nosed coati, Nasua narica, Central 

 America; black bear, Ursus anwricanus, North America; 

 Striped gopher Sprrniophilas trideaemjiimtug, N orth Amer- 

 ica; prairie dog, Ctjaomys htdoridanas, North America; 

 woodchuok, A/vtomys w„,ui.r. North America; while -footed 

 mouse, a&spsrqmys teubopyst, North America; beaver, QiMor 

 ■jiiicr r<i,!i:i.tlr,i:<;.s, Ncjth America; Javan porcupine, Ih/strir 

 fammca, Java; common porcupine, Erethuoa dorsatus, North 

 America; Fournicr's eapromys, (Japromys pilorides, Cuba; 

 acouehy, Uasyuraria.aeouchy, West Indies; collared peccary, 

 J)fcotyle& tprquata&j Central America; llama, Lama peruana, 

 Peru; common camel, Cnnr'us droinedarius, Arabia; Bac- 

 tnan camel, Oamlus b.fdriuiins, Asia; zebu, Boa indiru*, 

 Asia and Africa; bison, Bison omerica «.«.*, North America; 

 Angora goat, Gapra hvrcm wr.j Yemen sheep, Oi:is wries 

 'cur; oryx antelope, Orye hucory.r, South Africa; wapiti 

 deer, ( i n u i adensis, North America; common deer, Uer- 

 ■i-us uryini'ittax, North America; mule deer, Cervm macrotis, 

 North America; hybrid, between C. Virginia 'nun (male) and 

 ( '. mnrndis (female); pampas deer, Cerms carnpestris, South 

 America; samlrnr (leer, Qerms arUiotdix, India; axis deer, 

 Versus axis, India; fallow deer. C< reus dama, Europe; Javan 

 chevrotain, ^ Traja/u.. javamsus, Java; common opossum. 

 Didelp/upi liryiniana, North America; red kangaroo, Mc/hmh 

 pan rufu.s, Australia; great kangaroo, Maavpas ffigaMteus, 

 .Australia; rat kangaroo, Uypsiprymnus rufesca,*, Australia: 

 crested ground parrakcet, Cahpsilta no'riP-hoUaadue, Aus- 

 tralia; golden pheasant, TA@ilmifaa pirta, Ohiu?.; common 

 peafowl, Paw cristata; ruffed grouse, Banana umbellus, 

 North America; common rattlesnake. CrotaJus horridus. 

 North America; water moccasin, Ancislrodon piseieorus, 

 North America; common water snake, Tropidoiwtus fascia- 

 tus, North America. 



The Philadelphia Society has a wide circle of friends, as 

 may be seen from the list of donations, which is a long one 

 and covers a wide extent of territory*. 



In regard to the breeding of the ruffed grouse in confine- 

 ment, alluded to in the above list, Mr. Brown writes us from 

 Philadelphia under date of June 7: 



"Lniortunatelythe biography of the ruffed grouse bred in 

 the Garden is short. Four were hatched out some years 

 ago— miserable, puny little tilings which all died within 

 twenty-four hours. The old ones did fairly well. I had six 

 of them, which were purchased in December, 1870, betrtg 

 then fully adults; the last one died in March, 1879. Before 

 and since that lot I have several times had single specimens, 

 none ot winch bave ever lived more than a few days. I 

 believe it possible to keep and breed them if time enough 

 Were given to it. That, amount of time, though, cannot 

 well be given in a large collection, and some amateur who 

 B$M give them n large run, without fear of rats, would have 

 i chance of success.— Arthur Enwrx Bkown." 



IlEMaaiKABixE Flight of Warblers.— Editor Forest mid 

 Stream ; A record may well be made of the unprece- 

 dented flight of warblers in Eastern Massachusetts on the 

 21st of May and the following days. There are, say, twenty- 

 four species that one might reasonably expect to" rind here 

 about, that date. Perhaps in the case of two species, the 

 Cape May and the mourning, " reasonably expect" is rather 

 too strong an expression, as very few of us have ever seen 

 living examples in this section," Two other species, the red 

 poll and the chat, I do not take into account, as the former 

 leaves us for I he north about May 1, and there was little or 

 no chance of finding him here at the above date, and the 

 latter is so rare and"so local in his presence that the chance 

 was practically nil On the 21st and 22d I had the pleasure 

 of the companionship of Mr. Purdie, of Newton, well known 

 among " bird men" as an experienced and accurate observer. 

 and we determined the presence of no less than twenty of 

 the twenty -four, and that in the rather limited area of obser- 

 vation of about two miles by one-fourth mile, as follows: 

 Black and white (M. varia), blue yellowback (/'. americana), 

 Nashville (11. auricapilla), Tennessee {H. peregrina) [very 

 rare], yellow (I), astiva), black-throated green (D. virens). 

 black-throated blue (1). cmruleseens), yellow rump (D. coro- 

 nata), blackburnian (D. blncJibimviae), black poll (I), striatft), 

 bay-breasted (D. eastawa) [rare], chestnut-sided (U. pennsyl- 

 cauiea), black and yellow (D. maculosa), Cape May (i>. ti- 

 grina) [very rare], golden-crown thrush (S. uurico pillas), 

 water thrush (,s r . lavvius), Maryland (S. trichas), green black- 

 cap ( If, pusilla), Canadian ( TF. canadensis), redstart (S. ruti- 

 cilla). On the 26th, Mr. Purdie writes that he heard or seen 

 in the vicinity of Boston, since leaving me, all of the four 

 species we did not find, namely: golden-winged (H. chrys- 

 opiera), prairie (J), discolor), pine-creeping (D. pinvs) and 

 mourning (G. Philadelphia) [very rare]. This makes the list 

 (as above rendered) complete, "an instance unparalleled, I 

 think, in this locality, in the short period of five days. 



May 29.— P. S.— I have delayed this for a further report. 

 A scout to-day failed to detect a single one of the non-resi- 

 dent species! The change of weather yesterday to warm 

 southerly evidently stimulated the migratory instinct and 

 caused such as were bound further north to" "move on." — 

 F. C. Browxe (Framingham. Mass., May 30). 



A Labrador Trip.— Mr. W. A. Stearns, Amherst, Mass., 

 is organizing a party to sail from Boston or Quebec to Lab- 

 rador. The vessel will start June 30, and return about Aug. 

 30. Price for round trip, $100. 



§mnp <girt <glickevpi$<i. 



'•That reminds ine." 



FOUR or five years ago a party of us were woodcock- 

 shooting, Among the number was Mack, who that day 

 shot his first bird ; he wrung the cock's neck and pocketed it. 

 A couple of hours later w T e" all stood together, when Mack 

 felt something move in his pocket. He put his hand in and 

 out again with a frightened motion, wdien the woodcock 

 popped out and sailed up over the tree tops. About the time 

 he was out of range we began to wake up, and six or eight 

 shots were fired at him, but he went on. — No Name. 



[After catching his first rainbow trout, a McCloud River, 

 Cal., correspondent, our friend, "L. W. G.," went into the 

 mountains. He tells the story thus;] 



Of course, the next step w T as to take a hunt. So the fol- 

 lowing day a friend and myself took our guns, and with an 

 old Indian for a guide and a good horse to jack our pro- 

 visions and blankets, started. The old fellow took us 

 straight up the river, over an old Indian trail about four 

 miles, and as we were not much used to the rough 

 mountain trails we were then getting rather tired. TV'e 

 slopped to rest close by a cool mountain stream. It was 

 such a delightful place", and the hour being quite late, we 

 concluded to camp for the night, purposing to rise early the 

 next morning, take our hunt, and return home the next 

 evening. It was a beautiful evening, and the old Indian 

 made us understand by signs, for we could comprehend but 

 very little that he said, that he wanted to take one of the 

 guns. So we let him have one, and he started up straight 

 for the mountains. He had not been gone more than thirt}' 

 minutes before we heard him shoot; and upon rushiug up to 

 see what he had done, we found that he had killed a fine fat 

 fawn deer, which was the first wild deer I had ever beheld. 

 He packed this to camp and hung him up; and we just made 

 a good square meal of the tender steak. 



After we had eaten our supper and piled up logs for a 

 good night's fire, we chatted for an hour or so and then 

 spread our blankets near the fire and went to bed, but not to 

 sleep, as it proved in my case. My friend, who was some- 

 what used to camp life, was asleep in a short time, but I was 

 wide awake and knew not which to be the most afraid of, 

 the bear of the forest or the Indian that lay on one side of 

 the fire upon our saddle blankets. I noticed that ho was 

 quite uneasy, but. my gun was in hand and ready for action 

 if needed — when allot' a sudden I saw him rising up very 

 cautiously and peering with his black wild eyes down the 

 trail, the way we had come; and at about the same time I 

 heard a queer sound and a loud crashing of the brush, and 

 our horse, that was picketed but a short distance away, was 

 making wild and frantic efforts to free himself. By this 

 time my hair was standing straight up on my head, and the 

 cold perspiration was in great drops upon my forehead. I 

 doubted not that our time had come, for 1 had thought of 

 nothing but the Indians. I supposed that a gang of them 

 had followed us up, and, being in with our old guide, would 

 make a short job of it, and kill us both. But I determined 

 to sell life dear; and I cocked my Winchester and sprung to 

 my feet, and my friend who was a light sleeper was on his 

 feet at about the same time; and all this time the brush was 

 cracking, and whatever it was coming nearer. The old 

 Indian was then some ten or twelve feet away; and with one 

 cat-like spring he w r as standing by our sides and pointing out 

 into the darkness. There 1 caught a glance of what looked 

 like two balls of lire, not. more than "thirty steps away. 1 

 then knew it to be animal of some kind, and my' first 

 thoughts were to climb some tree; and I turned to do so, 

 when the old Indian caught me by the arm and turning me 

 partly around motioned to fire. This seemed to give 

 me new courage, and I turned, took as good aim as I could, 

 shaking as 1 was, and fired. A little later and my friend's 

 bullet whistled in the same direction, and for a moment all 

 was still. Then came a growl that fairly shook- the verv 



ground; and of all the cracking of brash and growling that! 

 have ever heard the most terrific was done there. We knew 

 by the sound that the animal was making its way toward 

 the river. We then heard it make one splash into the water, 

 and all was quiet. The rest of the night was passed by the 

 fire, and we had no more trouble. The next morning, "upon 

 taking the track of our foe, we found it to be a very large 

 bear. Its blood was spilled quite f reel v all the way to the 

 river; and that was the last ever heard "of old bruin. I do 

 not think that he had any evil intentions toward us, but had 

 probably been attracted by the smell of the fresh venison. 

 We were done hunting for that trip and returned home earlv 

 in the forenoon, t?red and sleepy. 



But those days are past, and' I would not now turn my 

 hand over to the best hunter in California. 



CAMP-LIFE IN NORTH CAROLINA. 



(^EVERAL years ago a party, of which the writer was 

 kJ one, went out to Naked Creek, about eighteen miles 

 northeast of our county town, to try our luck on some pea- 

 field deer, which one Archy Patterson, who lives in that 

 section, assured us were plenty enough to afford most excel- 

 lent sport. He invited us to go to his house, and he would 

 not only show us all needful courtesies, hut take great 

 pleasure in going with us on our hunt and posting visas to 

 the most probable runs the deer would take. So we got our 

 tent and the usual camp supplies for four or five days' sup- 

 port, and left home after our usual breakfast time 'for the 

 scene of our operations. We reached Archy's house late in 

 the afternoon, expecting to see him receive "us with smiling 

 hospitality and invite us to all the accommodations which 

 his mansion and the curtilage afforded. But he was nowhere 

 tobe found, though we came on the day of his appointment. 

 His wife told us that he had not mentioned to her our ex- 

 pected visit, and she neglected to tender us the use of even 

 an out-housa to shelter us from the weal her in case it should 

 rain, as the appearance of the clouds indicated it would 

 probably do. Our further acquaintance with the condi- 

 tion of that household caused us to excuse the poor woman, 

 though it did not heighten our estimate of the qualities of 

 her husband. We raised our tent, disposed of our luggage, 

 took a hearty meal by the light of blazing pine knots, ex- 

 changed a yarn or two and sought to forget "the inhospitable 

 Archy in dreamless slumber. 



Before proceeding further in my narrative it may bo well 

 enough to make an observation or so upon the appearance 

 and character of our host (?) He was a descendant of one 

 of the clans who lived far back in the Highlands of Scotland, 

 and his ancestors had come to America about the year 1770, 

 and settled in the remote pine barrens of North "Carolina.' 

 He had all the industry and frugality of his race, and tin- 

 latter trait he carried to* the extremity of parsimonv. The 

 " sacra fames auri" was his ruling passion, and to "'ratify ii 

 he would almost " skin a flint."' Hospitality was"" a word 

 not recognized in his vocabulary. In personal appearance 

 he was short, compactly built, had aheavy shock of fed bee 

 and a freckled face. 



The next morning, after we had eaten our breakfast, this 

 elegant specimen of generosity came to our camp, but offered 

 no apologyfor his conduct in not seeing us earlier. He went 

 with us on the day's hunt, and at noon helped us to devour 

 our victuals with an appetite which showed that Hour bread 

 was with him a dainty to be enjoyed, whenever furnished ai 

 somebody else's expense. He not only did this, but he stuck 

 to us at supper, staid all night with us, and showed the ca 

 parity of Dugald Dalgetty at breakfast the following morn- 

 ing. He moved his quarters whenever we moved our camp. 

 and at all meals gave unmistakable evidence that be relished 

 the food which we had provided. Those delicious venison 

 steaks which our cook prepared, and the infusion of Old 

 Ooverment Java, sweetened with the choicest, gt. Croix 

 sugar, were especially agreeable to his palate. Such was 

 our companion, Archy. When the hunt ended, he carried 

 home venison enough" to last him several days, and promised 

 to get and take care of one of our dogs, which, we thought, 

 would go to our camping place at his house, inasmuch as, 

 after a chase, it had faded to return to us. The dog did so 

 return to the camping ground, and Archy got him and used 

 him. We sent specially for him, but Archy not only denied 

 that the dog was with him, but charged the messenger two 

 dollars for staying all night and supper and breakfast of rye 

 coffee, fat bacon and corn bread. About ten days thereafter 

 we sent another messenger, with instructions to get the dog 

 at all hazards, and he succeeded after giving our liberal 

 friend ten dollars for the food which he said the 90" had 

 eaten! How sweetly does the memory of Archy dwell with 

 me, when I recall his conduct! Noble Archy ! But we have 

 had our revenge. One of us, who was a sort of lawyer, 

 took great pleasure in assisting to prosecute him for a viola- 

 tion of the criminal laws of the State, and in hearing the 

 verdict of "Guilty" announced by the jury, anil a fine im- 

 posed which took 'from his pocket more than the dog money. 

 To this day he is known as Dog Archy Patterson! "The dog- 

 has my sympathy for the connection. " 



It was on this hunt that the writer had the pleasure i 

 killing the finest buck he ever had the good fortune to 

 secure. A drive had been made without .success and the 

 hunters had moved on for another. I had occupied a stand 

 on a small road. The dogs soon started a fine buck, which 

 was shot at, but not killed. It was iu the pursuit of this 

 deer that our dog was lost, having crossed the road io the 

 left of where I was placed, I went up on the top of the hill 

 to see if I could find any blood about the tracks. "Wiide 

 examining I heard a solitary dog running in the drive Which 

 we had hunted, and looking in the direction of the cry I saw 

 a buck cross a swamp and turn down it. Thinking it Would 

 pass between where 1 was and the swamp, I ran (low n the 

 little road with a view of intercepting it if I could. Watch- 

 ing him as I ran, I perceived him to slop. Knowing that he 

 would change his course when he again started, i stopped 

 and quietly squatted, keeping my eyes on his fine antlers. 

 Pretty soon "his fleet career he rook," and I was glad to see 

 that he would run within easy range. Preparing my gun 1 

 rose as he got opposite tome, at a distance of about thirty- 

 five yards, bis head just at the time hid by a large pine. 1 

 discharged the left barrel, loaded with twenty-one "No. S 

 and two and three-quarters drams of Curtis & Harvey. He 

 suddenly turned and ran directly toward me for a few yards, 

 until he saw me, and then whirling nr, right angles lie 

 plunged down a sharp hill. I shot the second Barrel, 

 charged with No. 1 shot. It was apparent that T had 



