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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 81, 1884 



j ust ask the cook ! It was a caution how the grub was stowed below. 

 Topping off with eaffe noir, flre was started on pipes and weeds, and 

 fragrant wreaths and rings gently steered their way to seek dissolu- 

 tion through the skylight overhead, as the cook cleared the wreck 

 for the evening's entertainment. 



The leaves of the swing table were cellapsed and the four passen- 

 gers coiled away in the four cosy corners of the cosy little cabin. 

 Yams then flowed upon yarns, and reminiscences took trick and 

 trick with current topics until the clock warned all hands and a gen- 

 eral move was made to berth for the night after the skipper had 

 given a practical illustration in the delicate art of concocting egg- 

 nogg. By that perverse ruling of things or some base conspiracy 

 the strongest potion of tbe aromatic composition fell to my share, 

 and for a while after stretching the length of my berth in the after 

 cabin there was a strange humming in the head, due to the eggs; 

 but it could not have been long after the light was turned down be- 

 fore I fell a willing victim to the seductions of Murphy, cradled to a 

 niellitluous lullaby played on the gamut of the deeply-tuned pro- 

 boscis of the active man of the party and the swish of the wavelets 

 close to my off ear. And now, if after this dose the gentle reader 

 fails to drop into east-iron slumber, he will not fare as well as did the 

 crew who made this dash sometime last November. C. P. K. 



KELPIE.— Mr. Winslow is having the centerboard ripped out of 

 the Kelpie, Sea wanhaka Corinthian Y. 0., and an 18in. keel substi- 

 tuted. One more, keel and one less board makes a difference of two 

 in the footing. If the work is properly done. Kelpie will be much 

 easier on her helnTand need not loose any speed. 



DAUNTLESS. —This schooner arrived at Fayal from Madeira in a 

 leaky condition on Jan. 22. There is no dock or slipwav in Faval, or 

 there was neither when we were there last, so the Dauntless will 

 have to depend upon her own means for effecting repairs. She 

 probably opened her seams in a rough sea. 



BIGGEST KEEL EVER CAST.- Fay, of Northam, is building an 

 85-ton racing cutter for Mr. Jameson, of the Samcena. She will be. 

 84ft. loadline and 15ft. beam, with 75 tons of lead in one solid chunk 

 on the keel. This has been successfully cast, and is the largest on 

 record. 



SHARPIE RUDDERS.— Mr. Clapham writes that the balanced rud- 

 der was adopted because a skag was found to make sharpies slow in 

 stays. Mr. Pike added a skag to his schooner Elbe witn beneficial 

 effect, and on the lakes a skag is universally used. 



YACHTING NEAR PARIS.— The Cercle de la Voile now has 254 

 members, with 17t> yachts, of which 32 are steamers. Total tonnage 

 8,862. Income $7,000 and expenses $5,000. Races sailed 39, for which 

 $1,750 in prizes was given. 



CUTTERS IN BOSTON.— The 28ft. cutter at Lawley's yard is 

 planked up. Another cutter for Messrs. Taylor & Smith is nearly 

 finished. The keel has been got out for Dr. Whitney's 30ft. cutter. 



SOLENT WATERS.— There are twenty different sailing organiza- 

 tions on a coast line of twenty -Ave miles devoted to the interests of 

 small yachts in/waters adjacent to the Isle of Wight, England. 



A POPULAR BOOK.— The third edition of Dixon Kemp's "Yacht 

 and Boat Sailing" has been exhausted, and the fourth is now in 

 preparation, of which further notice will appear. 



BIG FLEET— The Royal Southampton Y. C, of England, has 450 

 members, 230 yachts, footing up 19,000 tons, and $5,000 it does not 

 know what to do with. 



KNICKERBOCKER Y. C— Second lecture will take place Feb. 6, 

 corner Third avenue and 133d street, Harlem. All yachtsmen are 

 cordially invited. 



NEW YORK Y". C— Will rent the premises known as the Munici- 

 pal Building, Madison avenue, and occupy the whole house. 



TB.E FOUR-BEAM CUTTER.— The new yacht illustrated last week 

 was designed by A. Cary Smith, of this city. 



THETIS.— This is the name chosen for Mr. Henry Bryant's 70ft. 

 centerboard compromise cutter. 



limwer$ to <Hsorrezpondent$. 



{ESP" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



W. E. H., Fairview, W. Va.— Address Estes & Lauriat, Boston, 

 Mass. 



C. S. Y., Orange County, N. Y.— For fur dealers see our advertis- 

 ing columns. 



A. J. S.. Plumsteadville, Pa.— The firm is Schoverling, Daly & 

 Gales, New York City. 



R. P. A., Boston.— See Forest and Stream for Nov. 8,1888, for 

 waterproofing receipts. 



J. M. F.. Middletown.— Consult Stoddard's "Guide to the Adiron- 

 dacks. ' ' Price, 50 cents. 



C. H. S.. Dorchester, Mass.— If you want a gun for game shooting 

 do not invest in an air gun, it will not give you sufficient penetration. 

 The arm is fairly accurate at very short range, but one of the cheap 



Flobert rifles has all the good points of an air gun, and is much more 

 effective. Go into some of the Boston gun stores and examine the 

 guns for yourself. 



J. A. P., Norfolk, Va.— Do the deer of this section of the country 

 shed their horns every year, or not? Ans. They do. 



H. L. B., Valdosta, Ga.— The note by "A Veteran Killer" in regard 

 (;o an outlawed gun should be taken with 95 parts humor and 5 parts 

 "salt." 



L. K. M., Hastings, Iowa,— We have printed several communica- 

 tions from those who have used the gun named, and like it very 

 much. 



E. S. R., East Corinth, Vt.— Yoti will probably find the deired infor- 

 mation about Newfoundland in the book recentlv published by Rev. 

 M. Harvey, of St. John's. We can supply it. Price, $3. 



J. II. McE., Ohio.— We reprint for your benefit and that of several 

 other inquirers diagram of the decimal target. The diameters of the 



black rings are 3J4in., 5%in., and Sin. respectively; of the other rings 

 as noted in the diagram. The distances shot at Walnut Hill are 500, 

 800, 900 and 1,000yds. 



H. E. M., Hazelton, Iowa.— Does chokeboring a gun improve its 

 shooting of coarse shot. Ans. It improves its shooting with all sizes 

 of shot, so far as close pattern and penetration are concerned. 



S. R. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.— 1. For names of standard repeating rifles 

 see our advertising columns. 2. Train your clog by the directions re- 

 lating to retrieving in Hammond's "Training vs. Breaking," wbich we 

 can supply you. Price, $1. 



J. H. D., Poughkeepsie, N. Y.— To settle a question, please state 

 what is the color of the barred owl's eyes. A. says they are blue; 



B. says yellow, the same as the horned and most if not quite all other 

 owls. Ans. Both wrong. They are brown. 



Newsdealer. — There are a number of anti-fouling paints in the 

 market, to be had of ship chandlers in seaport or lake towns. Tarr & 

 Wonson's anti-fouling paint is much used. A composition of verdigris 

 for boats' bottoms can be had of paint dealers. 



D. C, Toronto, Canada.— A. says a dog uses his nose to find the 

 trail of a bird; he follows the trail and points on sight of bird. B. 

 claims that a dog finds and points the bird by scent; as regards his 

 pointing on sight it is quite accidental. Ans. B. is right. 



Deer's Horns. — Two or three correspondents are informed that 

 deer do shed their horns every year. This is the rule, to which there 

 may be now and then a very rare exception. See the veiy full and 

 explicit description of the growth of deer's horns, printed in our 

 issue of Oct. 35, 1883, Vol. XXI., page 245. 



Cobweb,. Boston, Mass.— What is the present status of the N. A. K. 



C. Stud Book, Vol. II.? Ans. This is an enigma that we cannot solve; 

 nor do we know whether, having passed through the vicissitudes of 

 flo»d and field, it will e>er see the light of day in time to be classed in 

 any other category than that of ancient history. 



W. K.N., Marissa, 111.— A friend says he can kill the game on his 

 own farm in or out of season, and take the case to the Supreme 

 Court and gain the trial. Is the game law constitutional? Has it 

 ever been tested? Ans. We are not aware that a case of this kind 

 has ever been carried to the Supreme Court of the United States, but 

 it has been decided by the Supreme Courts of some of the States. 

 Some game laws may contain certain provisions which are uncon- 

 stitutional; we believe the discriminations against non-residents to 



be so; but the State's authority to regulate the seasons in which 

 game may be killed is unquestioned. This is one of the police pow- 

 ers of the State, like the power to forbid the sale of "bob" veal and 

 skimmed milk. This power extends over all the wild game on private 

 properties. See our issues of Aug. 9, Aug. lfi (particularly), Aug. 30 

 and Sept. (5. 1883. where the subect is discussed at length. 



W. A. I., Liberty, Neb.— You can use buckshot in your new ham- 

 merless chokebore with perfect safety, if you will take the precau- 

 tion to chamber the buckshot according to the choke. Push a rod in 

 from the muzzle to the point of most constricted boring, put the 

 buckshot in on it, and see how many will fit sung in a layer. Then 

 when loading your shells make your layers correspond to this. 



W. H. DuB., Pennsylvania.— Works relating to large game and 

 the modes of bunting them are: Hallock's "Gazetteer" (which is per- 

 haps best adapted to your purpose), price $8; Murphy's "Sporting 

 Adventures in the Far West (unreliable and second-hand) and Van 

 Dyka's "Still-Hunter" (very good for deer), $2. Caton's "Antelope 

 and Deer of America" is the most exhaustive and reliable work on 

 that subject. 



C. P., St. Louis, Mo.— The Savannah, Florida and West-em Railway 

 (Savannah, Ga.) publish gratis a pamphlet descriptive of the parts of 

 Florida reached by their lines. D. Appleton & Co. publish a book en- 

 titled "Florida for Tourists, Invalids and Settlers," by Geo. M. Bar- 

 bour, price $1.50 or $2. C. K. Munroe (140 Nassau street, New York), 

 publishes "The Florida Annual," which will probably best answer 

 your purpose. Price 50 cents. 



Westerly, R. I.— What is the use of a click on a fishing reel? I 

 can see the advantage of a stop and drag but not a click, as I don't 

 know what it is for. Ans. A click is usually a drag or brake, made to 

 give a sound by which the angler can gauge the speed with which the 

 line runs out. Most anglers love the singing of the reel, but there are 

 those who prefer a silent drag. A click reel is too free running when 

 the click is broken, but when in order needs no other drag. 



N., Germantown.— Could you tell me of some good place to go this 

 summer for shooting, either to camp out or to board ? I would like to 

 go to some place where it is healthy (as Colorado), where there is a 

 variety of good shooting within tramping distance, as deer, ruffed or 

 pinnated grouse, quail, ducks and geese. I only have July, August 

 and September for sport, and would like to spend most of "that time 

 shooting. Ans. See article entitled "Where to Camp Next Summer." 

 page 47(5, Jan. 10. It will be difficult for you to find a place where all 

 the game named can be found within tramping distance. 



W. G. M., Brooklyn, N. Y.— What would be a good State to live in 

 for a person with weak lungs? I want to find a place where the 

 climate is not changeable, but healthy, and where there is little or no 

 cold weather. I also wish to get where there is good hunting nnd 

 fishing, if possible. How would Southern California do? Ans. We 

 advise you to consult a competent physician, or to write to some of 

 the journals that give advice of this kind: for instance, Dio Lewis's 

 Monthly, Bible House, New York. Southern California is very highly 

 recommended; but we prefer not to take the responsibility of giving 

 advice in a matter of this kind. It can be done intelligently only by 

 some one who is familiar with the person and the place. Some doc- 

 tors who cannot cure their patients send them off to a distant State 

 as the easiest way to get rid of them. 



Browning Gun Barrels. — For the benefit of half a dozen inquirers 

 we reprint the following receipt for browning gun barrels, premising 

 it with the advice that the gun be. sent to a gunsmith, who will do it 

 better than an amateur can: "Tinct. of muriat of iron, one ounce; 

 nitric ether, one ounce; sulphate of copper, four s-cruples; rain 

 water, one pint. First, securely plug up both ends of barrels, leav- 

 ing one plug in each end of sufficient length to be used as handles, 

 then thoroughly clean with soap and water, after which cover with 

 a thick coat of lime, slacked in water, and when that has become 

 dry remove it with an Iron wire scratch brush ; this is to remove all 

 dirt and grease from the barrels. Then apply a coat of the fluid 

 with a rag, and let it stand for twenty-four hours, when a slight rust 

 will have appeared; then take barrels and immerse them in a trough 

 containing boiling hot water, after which scratch them well with the 

 scratch brush. Repeat this until the color suits, which will be after 

 three or four applications. When completed let the barrels remain 

 in lime water a short time to neutralize any acid which may have 

 penetrated. Take great care not to handle the. barrels during the 

 operation, for the least particle of grease will make bad spots." 



H. G., Milwaukee.— Hallock's "Gazetteer" gives the following as 

 the method of Indian-tanning skins. The skin is stretched either on 

 the ground or on poles, and all fat or flesh removed. When well dried 

 it is washed in soap and water to cleanse the fur; the brains of any 

 animal are then taken and mashed into a paste with hot water, and : 

 this paste is thoroughly rubbed into the flesh side, and the skin hung \ 

 out to dry. When dry it is scraped, and exposed to the dew tor one 

 night, and next morning rubbed and pulled until soft. Buckskins are 

 made by rubbing off the hair with a horse-rib, while the skin is fresh, 

 or, after soaking in a weak lye; then dressing with brains, and stain- 

 ing a reddish color in a decoction of Wasatchie bark. Alum and salt i 

 are very good, but alum is rather scarce in the chapparal, as also are : 

 doors and boards. Some stretch skins on the ground. Care should . 

 be taken, by the way, not to use too much salt, as it causes tke skin 

 afterward to absorb moisture too readily. Smoking a skin is done by 

 first dressing with brains, sewing it up into a funnel-shape, and sus- 

 pending over a slow fire of buffalo chips, or dry prickly pear, built in i 

 a hole in the ground. The tips of the f unnel being pinned down close . 

 around the hole; a clear, cairn day, is selected, and the smoking re- • 

 quires about two hours. It gives a velvet-like finish, and the skin i 

 never shrinks or gets stiff from wetting, but washes like cloth. 



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Mounted in the most substantial manner on hooks particularly adapted to AMERICAN WATERS. This cut shows the esact size of 

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Brass Multiplying Reels with Balance Handles, first quality and fine finish, 75ft., $1.00; 130ft., $1.25; 

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 Twisted Leaders, 3 length, 5 cts. : treble twisted, 3 length, 10 cts. Trout Flies, 60 cts. per doz. Black Bass 

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 Fly Rods, 10ft. long, $1.60 to $10.00. Also forty-eight different styles of rods for all kinds of fishing. 

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SILK WORM GUT. 



!F\ Ij-A^T-A-JB-A-, 33 Broadway, 3NT. "ST., 



Calls the attention of the trade and dealers in fishing tackle to his extensive assortment o| 

 Valencia Silk Worm G-ut in all grades, long and extra long, and from Extra Heavy Salmon 

 Gut to Extra Fine. Sample thousand, 10 different grades, from extra heavy to tine, $5. 00. 

 For price list address 



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