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Forest and Stream FubUahlag Oo. 

 Nos. 39 AND 40 Park Bow. New York Oitv. 



coNTmm 



Bditobial. 



Pothunters in the Woods. 



Where we Stand. 



Foreign Game in Araerica- 

 Thk Sportsman Tourist. 



A Mississippi Quail Hunt. 

 Natural Historv. 



Annual Meeting of the A. O. U. 



The Virginia Blacksnake. 



M. Pasteur on Hydrophobia. 

 Qamb Bag act) Gto>. 



Game Near New York. 



My First Prairie Chicken. 



Deer and Panthers. 



The "Forest and Stream" Tra- 

 jeciory Test. 



Notes from Rochester. 



A New Gun friaciple 



Field, Wood and Shore Notes. 

 Sea and River Fishing. 



Bethabara, alias Greenheart. 



Red Drum at Anglesea. 



The Dude Goes Fishing, 



Camp-Firb Flickerings. 



FiSHOFLTURE. 



Maine Land-Locked Salmoji 



The Adirondack Hatchery 

 The Kenkbi.. 



The Philadelphia Club Trials. 



The Eastern Field Trials. 



English Bench Shows, 



Kennel Notes. 

 Rifle and Trap Shooting. 



Range and Gallery. 



The Trap. 

 Canoeing. 



International Challenge Cup 



Caijoe Complications. 

 Yachting, 



Cruise of the Oooi: —s. 



The British Racers of I68.7. 



List of Races Sailed 188.5. 



Lake Ontario. 



The Toronto Skiff Sailing Club. 

 A Rig for Small Cruisers. 

 Answers to Correspondents. 



WHERE WE STAND. 



CERTAIN comments which have recently appeared in 

 the newspapers of different sections of the country 

 relative to the course taken by Forest and Stream on the 

 Indian question, call for a word of personal explanation. 



There is so wide a divergence of opinion as to the best 

 methods to be employed in civilizing the Indians that the 

 motives which govern those who write on this subject must 

 be carefully scrutinized. Oa the one hand there are the 

 people of the East, who confessedly know nothing about the 

 Indian except what thej'^ have read. They know that he has 

 been deeply wronged, and they find in this fact a sufficient 

 excuse for almost all his misdeeds. They take a Cooperesque 

 view of the Indian, and are warmly devoted to the red man 

 of their imagination, lu strong contrast with this sentiment 

 is that held by the people of the West— those who live near 

 the scene of the Indians' depredations. They know that 

 when on the warpath the savages perpetrate atrocities too 

 frightful for description, and that even when at peace they 

 are prone to steal horses and other movable property. These 

 people live in an atmosphere of hatred of the red man. This 

 feeling is the popular one, and almost every one shares it, 

 oftentimes without the slightest reason. Besides this there 

 is everywhere in the West in the neighborhood of Indian 

 reservations, a strong desire to see these bodies of land 

 thrown open to public settlement. Such a course would not 

 only give almost every one who wished to do so a chance to 

 take up a valuable claim, but it would attract further immi- 

 gration from the East and so be a benelit to the region. 



It is quite clear that neither of these parties can take a 

 complete and unprejudiced view of this question. They are 

 looking at the shield from opposite sides. The Indian is not 

 yet a saint and a martyr, nor is he an irreclaimable devil. 

 He can be civilized if the work is wisely undertaken, and 

 under instruction becomes an intelligent man. But he must 

 be taught to think and act as the white man does. We have 

 no word of sympathy or excuse for a hostile Indian. He 

 should be killed as speedily as pos&ible if he is caught depre- 

 dating off the reservation. The swifter the punishment, and 

 the more severe, the better. The Indian understands the 

 logic of-force, and yields to it. Punish him severely and you 

 will find he has a long memory. So, too, we are ready to 

 paddle up and ride as fast and as far as ahy one will follow 



after a horse stealing party, and we are quite willing to go 

 any length to punish the marauders. Kq)t:rtu crede. 



The editorials on this subject in tlie Forest a.nd Stream 

 are written by one who professes to occupy a middle ground 

 between the sentimentalists on the one side and the Indian 

 haters on the other. He has for the past fifteen years met 

 with the Indians under a great varietjf of conditions. He 

 has lived with them for months at a time, eating of their 

 food and sleeping in their lodges; has heard their hostile 

 bullets sing, and inore than once has depended for his life 

 on his poi.y's speed and the irresolution of his pursuers. He 

 knows the Indians in their agencies, in their camps and on 

 their baitle fields, and is thoroughly familiar with their 

 modes of thought, and the views they hold with regard to 

 their own position and that of the wites. His experience 

 covers a territory extending from British Columbia on the 

 northwest to North Carolina on the southeast, and from 

 Southern California to the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. 

 He has also lived long in the Far West, and is acquainted 

 with the sentiment of that section, and with the causes 

 which make that sentiment what it is. 



Occupying this middle ground, and with this experience 

 to draw upon, we submit that our remarks on this question 

 are entitled to the careful and respectful attention of those 

 who are interested in this subject. 



A 



FOREIGN GAME IN AMERICA. 

 NEW YORK sportsman who has been spending several 

 days shooting over the mountains between Blooming- 

 dale and Newfoundland, two small villages in northern 

 New Jersey, comes back with wonderful stories of the 

 strange birds he met with and shot while on his trip. 

 Besides killing a fair bag- of ruffed grouse, some quail and 

 woodcock, he asserts — and there is no reason to doubt but 

 that he tells the truth — that he shot two birds "like quail, 

 only that they were as large as tame pigeons and had reddish 

 brown breasts." He also claims to have killed a number of 

 other strange birds, the like of which he had never seen 

 before, "that were evidently of the quail species, Ijeing of 

 the same size as Jersey quail, but having blue heads." 

 These birds, he claimed, were quite tame, and were all 

 pointed by his dogs. Further particulars concerning them 

 could not be elicited, nor was a more comprehensive descrip- 

 tion of the novelties forthcoming. Feeling somewhat 

 anxious to solve the mystery, enquiry was made of the train 

 conductors of the Midland Railroad Company, and it was 

 then learned that Mr. F. S. Kinney, of cigarette fame, had 

 recently moved into the section, and that he had attempted 

 the preserving of the birds already on his farm, and was 

 also known to have stocked his farm with foreign game 

 birds. 



Following this clew up, Messrs. Chas. Reiche & Co., iro. 

 porters of animals and birds, were then seen, and they, on 

 reference to their books, remembered furnishing Mr. Kinney 

 last year with a number of English pheasants and English 

 partridges, besides a large number of Eoglish pheasant eggs. 

 It is, therefore, to be surmised that "the birds as big as tame 

 pigeons' were fall grown English partridges, while the 

 "blue headed ones" were their young, about half grown. It 

 is sincerely to be regretted that the birds planted by Mr. 

 Kinney have not met with a better fate; especially as he is 

 known to have gone to the chief market-shooter of the dis- 

 trict and ottered to pay him $10 'a month not to shoot at the 

 English birds. This liberal offer the market shooter de- 

 clined, and it was with him the New York sportsmen went 

 shooting. 



If these birds were in reality English partridges, it is ex- 

 tremely gratifying to know that they have bred in a wild 

 state in the New Jersey mountains, and that they were able 

 to escape capture by the foxes and other ground vermin Vs'ith 

 which that section is infested. 



Already the Forest and Stream has reported Mr. Pierre 

 LorillaTd's success in naturalizing both the pheasant and the 

 partridge, and it is learned that there are a number of roam- 

 ing coveys of the last named birds scattered over the north- 

 ern part of Burlington county, N. J. Mr. Reiche, who is 

 one of the members of the Fisher's island Club, also says 

 that the partridges turned out on the island have proved 

 themselves very hardy birds, that they wintered well last 

 year and that several coveys of birds have been hatched out, 

 and are now in a healthy condition. It is therefore safe to 

 say that the English partridge at least can be successfully 

 acclimated in the vicinity of New York. It is doubtful, 

 however, if the experiment will meet with success unless 

 means are taken to protect these magnificent birds. It is no 



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these birds ( mi jui 

 to pop at wjitiiout I1 

 New Jersey shoulu < 

 foreign game, a 

 partridge in the nst 

 number ot years to com 

 not an oftxjucc i 

 the year, and tp 



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be given an (opportunity to tesi. thejr..p.fipt!j|'\ii 



This season such t upoit 01 div, H(i«<s«i\tW. V liK \\ ini,<. s 

 new varieties )1 ^anit bhos is do ibb iUoi\'^nP ^-^'^Ki^c %\'^ '^^y^ 

 the scarcity ot *iic 1 iriv( bu<is N'o'" ''^''^ j/ , 



far as our tnemory holds good, has there beeiVi^i^clj,.j^ i^as^pi,,, 

 supply of migj'atory game birds in this vicinityajsajliece BagiSjatifH 

 been this season. Barring a few scattering blip's .k'Ml^iPfeS 

 the Jersey coast above Barnegat Bay, there ^^^^^^^^Iff^ti^i^niof^ 

 English snipe this aiitumn. The meadows wei;eivjp-/g|f;i|q^j 

 condition during September and October, but-^fihe.vflii^hbHait'' 

 passed another way. Strange to say, howeve^p a''dp|j&W^"''j 

 bird.s have been killed within the last ten <^^y^J?.^''i|§^.:-js^ 

 Hackensack jMeadows. They were fat and in g9j94iJffl^ftT^t;o->d 

 The woodcock puzzle continues to become mdrsHfloamilisd ft 

 plicated than ever. The October moon, whieii^^Sleff* '^'^ 

 on the 34th, was not incidental of shooting. ^Ji^^^^^f^^ 

 both in New Jersey and in Connecticut thec^Pflttehu-ji 

 men met with but poor success, and most ofKrth&lT 

 birds killed were in the moult. At Lime Rock, '(J<^li.f!<ll"'^ 

 where birds are usually plentiful, not twenty ^^'^'^pil^llu^ 

 killed. In Sussex county, N. .1., at Sparta, Tranquiyi|^rtj 

 Vernon and Coleville, places regarded as good tindsoiuiordD 

 ordinary seasons, birds were not seen, November ' %Mf^ y^^O 

 with a series of sharp frosts. Still no birds. On t^^ftfjf,"^ 

 inst. a few birds were shot at Pleasant Valley. Thei^s^ j ta'd 

 quarter of the moon was on the l^th in.st.. nnd on thff^flfty ,??ob 

 previous, the weather Slaving become siKldemv 

 was a small flip ht ot bud'- in Co^neriji 

 county, N. Y. T'ms v| ni- iip fl 

 year. From 'ictiifJ observation 1 

 were most abuudnut iT^t ^ e I n ) i\L t 1 i 

 Even the Stat eii J-- 1 iidroi'n looicis have had hriid tunc 

 of it this fall, the birds havmg given fe,he island u wide 

 berth, 



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 iiv: ot this fj-iif 

 IP biidf n 

 ihis year. 



POT-HUNTERS IN THE WOODS. 

 '^pHEY are suffering from a plague of Pennsylvania pol 

 -*- hun+ers in Hamilton, county, this State. Two yoafE 

 vvgo the ad f Since scouts of the vagabond bri.k- " oal 

 the iarid, leju'aed ll:o hunlini;- ;.-i;U!n'iL: ^'-lai- e; 

 of yalt JiLl<s and leagued themselves witii !"-;ilo\ v/i. 

 ;!k wh' live hi the woods, and prepyied fc a sy.^ieiiisuit 

 i'H'jip;;!i_;i' There are thought to be -^d i\ '(iPse 



'iif r. 'rhey bunt in the best deer ranc - .^at 

 ,:,(: luiirket. The resident liuiuei-^.- v<'ii\u- .uns 

 as intruders and interlopers, aud mucli feeling is veporiod to 



exist against them. 

 Iltict; Obm-ver call; 



A Morehousovillc corre^rr 

 upon the sponsmeii 



^■^ the 



o inid ' he /Vdirondacks tor sporr 

 hi: ) <'-i''-uti m and punishment of f .■ 

 wher'^'"• thej can Ih :letf "*ri"'. 

 That is a capital sugc 

 v:/hy not prcsecute and pumsh ■ 

 come from Pennsylvania or live iu the vicinity. 



tomed cc 

 fvmds for 



trespas-'er 

 the "Ian :•, 



'Si-jijuis; ncjR,\OE Smith, -whose death we chronicled iasi; 

 week, will be remembered for his many kindly ways, and. 

 among them the bright '-lad cheery spirit wit.ii whicli he 

 enjoyed and iipprer-Iated the present. His was not thn dis- 

 position so comniordy exhibited, by men who have attained a 

 ripe old age, of carpLog at the existing order of .things and 

 perpetually -harping on the v astly superior -w ays 01 the good 

 old times, 'Squire Smith never obliged his friends to joic, 

 him in a doleful post-mortem over the dead joys of the past. 



iNTEUottANGBiATst.Bi GrUN Chambbks. — The patent granted 

 to Marshal Wheeler, of Washington, for a, systero 01 renew- 

 ing or changing cartridge chambei's in rifles and shotguu.s 

 is fully described liy the patentee in our pages. The en 

 deavor is an ingenious one, but it should be borne in mind 

 that in changing the charge of powder, as he intends, to 

 shift from a short to a long range practice, there should be a 

 corresponding change in the rifling if the best results arc 

 to be obtained. 



joke to pay $6 a pair (for_ this is the lowest price for which tory columns. 



M. Pasteur's Important Report of the recent test 01 

 his hydrophobia remedy wiU be found in our Natural His- 



