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elected Vice-Ooramodoro and Purser respectively of the Atlantic 

 Division. The other officers of the Atlantic Division are as an- 

 tfbtmoed in the application. 



By vote of the Executive Committee, Rear-Comuiodore Bailey, 

 Of Pittsburgh, Pa., is elected Vice-Commodore of the Central 

 Division. W. R. Huntington, of Rome. K. Y., is elected Rear- 

 Commodore of the Central Division. James K. Bakewell, of Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa., Purser, and E. L. French, of Buffalo, N. Y., remains 

 member of the Executive Committee. 



Robert w. Gibson, Commodore A. C. A. 



Albany, N. Y„ Feb. 2. 



TIPPY C. C— Editor Forest and Stream: I take pleasure in 

 announcing the continued existence of the Tippy C. C. It is not 

 only alive, but if the annual meeting of Jan. 28 is any criterion, it 

 has entered tipon its fit* tli \ oar under the most favorablo auspices. 

 Dr. C. F. Matteson had extended his hospitality to his fellow mem- 

 bers, who responded almost to a man, with a degree of enthusiasm 

 which a long period of enforced Inactivity had apparently not 

 affected. Proceeding at once to business, the club elected Messrs. 

 D. H. Crane, W. M. Dunham and J. B. Keogh as captain , mate and 

 purser, respectively. The constitution, as revised by a committee, 

 was unanimously adopted, and Messrs. A. W. Kitchin and L. J. 

 Marks were appointed to serve with Captain Crane on the newly 

 created standing regatta committee. The purser's report was 

 interesting as showing the club to be on a sound financial basis, 

 with a full quota of live active members. The questiou of the 

 coming season was discussed in some of its many phases, and as a 

 means of raising the standard of seamanship in the club, it was 

 decided to maintain a permanent regatta course opposite the club 

 house at Thirty-ninth street, and to give a series of weekly sailing 

 regattas during the summer months, keeping a record somewhat 

 similar to that of the A. C. A., and awarding prizes at the close of 

 the season to the leaders in. each class. Adjourning to the mess- 

 room, the hours sped by mid the flow of wit and spirit, and it was 

 dangerously near Sunda y morning when the last of us hoisted sail 

 and stood for our moorings. In spite of the months which must 

 elapse before the opening of navigation here, the usual course of 

 tinkering nas already been begun in some quarters, and prepara- 

 tions will soon be under way on all sides. At least two new craft 

 are looked for, those of Messrs. Wood and Lee, the latter from a 

 design by Captain Crane, and the old hoats are expected to be 

 faster than ever. In the past no one lias shown such marked 

 superiority over his mates as to discourage oven the least san- 

 guine, and with the additional stimulus alluded to, we look for- 

 ward to a season of unusual activity.— Purser (Chicago, 111.). 



CANVAS CANOES.— Lowell, Mass., Jan. 30.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: I have been watching your columns for some time in 

 hope of seeing some articles on canvas canoes, and am somewhat 

 6urprif ed to lino no mention of them. 1 am an amateur, sixteen 

 years old, but am very enthusiastic over canoes. I own a canvas 

 canoe rigged with a lateen of about 40ft. area, and I think of put- 

 ting in a dandy next spring. Can you tell me whether canvas 

 canoes are allowed to race at the A. C. A. meet or not, as I thiuk 

 of joining and would like to know. I live near the Merriuiac be- 

 tween Lawrence and Lowell, and it is a great place for canoeists 

 and all lovers of boats, as there is a stretch of nine miles of clear 

 water and lots of good camping places. I would like to communi- 

 cate with some amateur like myself, and if you will be so kind as 

 to publish this note in your canoeing columns, 1 will be greatly 

 obliged.— Canvas Canoe. [Oui correspondent will lind articles 

 on the construction and use of canvas canoes In the. Forest and 

 Stream of June 21, bept. 20, Oct. 25, 1?83; ".lav 22, June 2(5, Nov. 6, 

 1884; Jan. 15, July 9, Oct. 22, 1885: Feb. 3, Feb. 21, June 23, 188V, be- 

 sides notes in other numbers. The book "Canvas Canoes, How to 

 Build Them," published by the Forest, and Stream Publishing Co., 

 gives full instructions for building an amateur's vanoe, as does 

 also "Canoe and Boat Building." Canvas cancesare admitted on 

 a par with wooden ones by the A. C. A.l 



THE EASTERN DIVISION MEET.— .Editor Forest and Stream: 

 The location for Eastern Division meet has not been decided on 

 and I trust the Thames River and location described bv Mr. 

 Nathan A. Gibbs in last issue will meet the eye of our Eastern 

 Division members and that the subject will be fully canvassed 

 and talked over by them. In looking over this location described 

 by Mr. Gibbs I had in view not only the fine site for a camp, but 

 also the fact that many of our brelhern would cruise to the Yale 

 and Harvard boat race, and the date of our meet being fixed lor 

 July 1 they would remain for a camp and races; and also unat- 

 tached canoeists would cru'se from along Sound ports and get 

 acquainted with the division and see the good work and join our 

 ranks. It seems to me no other locatiou commands so many 

 advantages for recruiting our ranks. But let us hear trom some 

 of the old and reliable canoeists of the Eastern Division and talk 

 it over at an early date. — L, Q. Jones, V ice-Corn. Eastern Division. 

 [Montv.lle is four hours by rail from New York, not by sail, as 

 incorrectly piinted. The headquarters of the college crews are at 

 Gale's Ferry. 



ARLINGTON C. C.—Editm Forest and Stream: At the annual 

 meeting of the Arlington C. C, of Arlington, N. J., the following 

 officers were elected for the ensuing yean Irving V. Dorland, 

 Commodore; S. Rogers, Jr., Vico-CommoJore, R. E. Malloy, Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer, C. V. Schuyler and Wm. N. Geib were 

 elected members of the executive committee. Richard Molloy, 

 David H. Miller and John B. Thompson were appointed as a house 

 committee and A. C. Molloy and C. V. Schuyler were appointed 

 on the regatta committee. The building committee handed in a 

 report stating the urgent need of increasing the size of the present 

 house and submitted plans for a two story extension, and after 

 discussion the plau was adopted and the committee directed to 

 have the addition completed at an early date in the spring as pos- 

 sible. After the adjournment of the business meeting the club 

 proceeded to enjoy the first annual camp-fire, which proved to be 

 a very enjoyable affair in every respect and all preseut were 

 unanimous in the opinion that our winter camp-fires should be a 

 fixture. — Kobt. E. Molloy, Sec.-Treos. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— The following gentlemen have ap- 

 plied for membership in the Central Division: Edward T. Bird- 

 sail, New York; J. A. Gallavan, Trenton, N. J.— Edward W. 

 Brown. Purser C. D. 



"THE AUDUBON MAGAZINE." 



IN another column wiU be found an advert'sement of the first 

 volume of the Audubon Magazine, the excellent get-up of 

 which in cloth covers, suggests that as far as external appearances 

 are concerned the volume is certainly worthy of a place in any 

 library. And the contents In no way belie the promise of the 

 covers. 



It contains a complete and condensed biographical sketch of 

 John James Audubon, with an admirable portrait after a painting 

 by the naturalist's own hand, an analysis of his own and his wile's 

 characters, with striking incidents of his career and some of his 

 early ornithological sketches. Then there are good solid chapters 



of descriptive and economic ornithology, a profusion of original 

 bird stories, the records of the transactions of the Auduboii So- 

 ciety, and a series of short tales and sketches, many of which are 

 illustrated. Besides this the monthly chapter of descriptive 

 ornithology is accompanied by an illustration after Audubon of 

 the bird described. 



Considering the very small measure of attention given to 

 natural history in the ordinary public school course, and the 

 utter ignorance of this subject iu which a large proportion of 

 American youth is being brought up, it would be difficult to ascribe 

 too high an estimate of the value of the Audubon Magazine in 

 families in which there are young people. The, few illustrated 

 stories catch the eye and are found amusing and interesting, and 

 the young reader being tempted to look further finds a number 

 of bird stories which excite quite a lively interest in him and 

 prepares him, or it may be her, for a wish to know somethiug 

 more about birds. And what can be more interesting than the 

 cha>ming descriptions by Miss Florence Merriam of birds with 

 which she. is familiar sketched from the life? 



The arguments against bird slaughter are not obtruded unne- 

 cessarily, nor accorded any undue amount of space to the exclu- 

 sion of more interesting matter; but through the whole volume 

 there runs a thread of sympathy with birds, a realization of their 

 value in the general economy of nature, and their indispensable 

 importance to man, which loaves it to be assumed without argu- 

 ment, that men stand in some sort of moral relation to birds as 

 they do to each other; a moral relation based as in the other 

 case on their being mutually indispensable to each other's wel- 

 fare. 



The general quality and whole tone of the Audubon Magazine 

 is high, its matter instructive and elevating, and it would hardly 

 be possible to invest a dollar to greater advantage for the youth 

 of either sex, than in presenting them with the first volume of the 

 Audubon Magazine. 



The Sportsman's Paradise; or, The Lake Lands of Canada. Bv 

 B. H. Watson, A.M., M.D. With illustrations by Daniel C. 

 and Harry Beard. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1888. 

 Price 83.50. 



The author of this book had no need to put "M.D." after his 

 name on the title page. That he is a physician is manifest enough 

 in the text from the beginning; and it is made equally plain that 

 Dr. Watson believes in the hygienic influences of field and— sen- 

 sible physician that he is— he has faith iu their efficacy to heal, 

 in ruses wl ere physic, might better be thrown to the dogs. Dr. 

 Watson sends his patients to the woods; he goes there himself for 

 his health. These chapters are records of different trips made in 

 the last nine years to the back lake country of Canada, where 

 trout and deer and partridge are the lures to attract and detain 

 the town dwellers, and where the b'essed sunlight and ozone, the 

 healthy fatigue of the hunt, the care-free days and the sound- 

 slumbered nights, all work their beneficent healing and tissue 

 building. There is no mistaking the spirit and the reality of the 

 outings related in this book. The. life is genuine, hardy, simple 

 camp life. For your "sports," who, under the pretense of fishing, 

 go into the woods with bottles and jugs and kegs, to live like sots, 

 each day more drunk than the day before, nothing but well de- 

 served contempt is here expressed, and a fine scorn is shown for 

 the dudes who whine if they cannot be borne in parlor cars to 

 some luxurious woods hostelry, from whose verandahs they may 

 pot game or jig fish. No carpet knight nor parlor sportsman 

 could keep up with our health hunting doctor when once he starts 

 out to rough it with his guu. This honest and all-pervading zest 

 for woods life in its rugged manly aspect will win the sympathy 

 of him who reads the Sportsman's Paradise," even though, as i's 

 quite likely, he may not agree with the Doctor in all Ms dicta. 

 Toere is the question of deer hounding, for instance. Our author 

 is a staunch defender of the practice of driving deer into the 

 water, or having them driven there and forced into convenient 

 shooting distance and held there that he and his companion may 

 blaze away at. them with repeating rifles until they are butchered". 

 Much as opiuions may differ on this, and ours differ most de- 

 cidedly, we are more than ready to grant that the spirit of these 

 chapters- is a healthy one, ami the volume, taking it as a whole, is 

 a creditable addition to the literature of its class. The author is 

 garrulous to a degree; but why not? who wants his sporting 

 chronicles chopped short? There are here and there little excur- 

 sions from the straight thoroughfare— by-ways into which one is 

 quite willingly led, as when the Doctor, with professional bent, 

 dilates on the efficacy of deer hunting to decrease lectures on the 

 value of tramps for deer as a remedy for obesity, or tells a story 

 to show that quail hunting will cure insomnia, or relates with 

 minute particularisatioii the incidents of a novel Canadian wed- 

 ding. The volume is handsomely printed, the author evidently 

 gave his publishers cart-e- blanche, to make his manuscript into a 

 luxurious piece of typography. The type is large, the paper rich, 

 the illustrations good, and the binding attractive. That Dr. Wat- 

 son is a person of strong individuality is proved by the curious 

 style of italicizing passages where special claims to such emphasis 

 is beyond the comprehension of the average reader. 



Mountain Tracts and Parks in Colorado. By L. B. France 

 ("Bourgeois"). Denver, Colorado: Cnain, Hardy & Co., 1887. 

 Under the above title L. B. France ("Bourgeois") has given us a 

 series of pleasant sketches of Colorado mountains, streams, folks, 

 fishes and big-game hunting, which by way of variety he has 

 illustrated by a series of pen photographs of himself, taken in 

 the various moods, in wnich the busy citizen is apt to exhibit 

 himself wheu he tears himself from his civilized environment, 

 goes for a few weeks' outing into the wilderness, improves his 

 appetite, digestion and physique by long marches and makes the 

 successful attemps to provide his own larder with the spoils of his 

 gun and rod. 



Under these circumstances a man naturally feels good and is 

 apt to picture h mself as a splendid savage, crusted over by a few 

 conventionalities; in such a frame, too, we may expect to find his 

 inner man in harmony with the scenery around him and capable 

 of reflecting nature, animate and inanimate, in all its moods and 

 measures of intensity. 



"Bourgeois" shows this capacity, and with a readv command of 

 language, good descriptive powers, and a well-developed sense of 

 sublimity and beauty, he would achieve a very respectable posi- 

 tion simply as a descriptive writer, but if "Bougeois" has an eye 

 for the sublime of nature, he has another for the ridiculous in 

 man, and ne finds enough in the companions of his journey, and. 

 indeed iu himself, to vent his pleasant humor upon. There is no 

 incongruous effect produced by sudden transition from the sub- 

 lime to the ridiculous, the humor runs through the narative like 

 a Silver brooklet through mountain scenery, heightening the sub- 

 limity of the mountains with which it harmonizes, although in 

 such strong contrast with them. 



And so the little work is a diversified medley of description 

 of the mountain parks in which our author and his party pitched 

 their camp, of the trails that led from one to the other of them, of 

 the horses that did the packing, and of the men who went along 

 with sketches of the conduct of the horses and the character of 

 the men under changing conditions of environment, and among 

 these, sketches of streams and lakes and fishing adventures by 

 day, and of story-telling and discussion of world problems around 

 the camp fire at night, interspersed with philosophic reflections, 

 with some tall yarns, veritable products of the soil, and touched 



up with the story of an encounter with a grizzly in the author's 

 best style. The reader cannot help feeling that he would like to 

 have made one of the party, and there can be no better evidence 

 that the story of the outing is well told. 



nmers to ^arresfiondent^ 



(@^~ No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, 



S. M. S., Norwalk.— The gun has a high reputation. 



W. K., Chicago, 111.— The rifle you name has a high reputation 

 for accuracy and you will find the particular style well suited to 

 your purpose. 



J. H. C, Brooklyn, N. Y.— The puppy's tail will probably come 

 right with age. 



L. W. M.— Choose the American arm of the grade named in 

 preference to the other. 



F. P.— Mr. Mason's book on prize dogs is not yet ready; it will 

 be announced in due time. 



J. O. W.— You might dispose of your Audubon plates by adver- 

 tising them in our columns. 



Reader, Boston Highlands, Mass.— The address is J. W. New- 

 man, 6 Hamilton place, Boston, Mass. 



P. H. D., New Maysvilie, Pa.— The "Gunsmith's Manual" is the 

 best work we know of on that particular subject. 



G. R., St. John.— In a rifle chambered for long cartridges the 

 short ones cannot be used with equally good results. 



G. L. B., Jr. — Game shooting is out of season there now, except 

 for wildfowl. There is no law to forbid t rap shooting. 



W. H..S.. Newark, N. J.— You will find lines of centerboard 

 yachts in "Small Yachts," published by the Forest and Stream. 

 The Gle&m or Midge would probably answer your purpose. 



R. M. M., Philadelphia.— 1. Choose the laminated. 2. Bogardus's 

 "Field, Cover and Trap Shooting" will furnish what you wish. 



J. S., Kansas City, Mo.— It is necessary to determine a yacht's 

 waterlinc in designing. The method of calculating displacement, 

 is given in "Small Yachts," but is too lengthy to reproduce here. 



J. F. S., Salem, Mass.— Wild geese were seen passing over Essex, 

 Mass., Feb. 2, bound south. Is not this a queer freak? Ana. Geese 

 may be seen flying south in any month of the winter. They are 

 not all regular in their southward migration. 



W. H. M., Matthews C. H. Va.— 1. The mounted specimens of 

 eagles, foxes, quail, etc., have no regular market value, and it is 

 impossible to put a price on them without seeing them. 2. Beagles 

 sell for prices rangiug from S5 to upward of $100. 



J. P. P., South Boston.— The shooting will be quail and squir- 

 rels, and in past seasons we have learned that the quail shooting 

 was excellent. Deer may be had within short distance. The 

 weather will undoubtedly prove beneficial to you. 



Rifle, South Manchester, Conn.— Please inform me of some of 

 the best systems used at rifle range to give the value of each shot 

 on the standard target. Ans. Measure each shot with a tape 

 from center of bullae ye . This is the most accurate system of 

 marking. 



W.H.B., Tiffin, O— Dissolve lib. sugar of lead in Igal. water, and 

 in another vessel lib. alum in lgal. water. Soak the tent first in 

 the lead solution, and afterward, when nearly dry, in the alum 

 solution, then dry in the air. As the sugar of lead is poisonous it 

 should be used with care. 



J. B„ New York.— 1. Once a day is often enongh to feed a mature 

 dog. A puppy should be fed oftener. 2. Meat soup made into 

 mush with oatmeal is excellent. Cook plenty of vegetables with 

 the meat and give him a change occasionally. 8. The svmptoms 

 are often an indication of distemper. The person mentioned has 

 well-bred dogs. 



E. F. L.— 1. The slickers can be purchased everywhere. 2. Con- 

 sult some local hatter for the soft hat. 3. H. W. Huntington, 

 Brooklyn, N, Y., breeds greyhounds. 4. You may procure the 

 feathers from some of the tackle manufacturers. 5. Charles 

 Scribuer's Sons published the book. G. For pointers see our ad- 

 vertising columns. 7. We cannot refer you to a Western ranch 

 outfitting house. 



A. B. 0^ Peoria, 111.— 1. Which will give the greatest recoil 

 (used in B.L. shotgun) coarse or fine grain black powder? 2. 

 Which the greatest penetration? 3. Which the greatest strain on 

 the gun? 4. Is there, any advantage derived from crimping paper 

 shells except securing the charge? Ans. 1. Fiue. 2. Fine powder 

 burns more quickly, gets up a greater initial velocity and should, 

 other conditions favorable, give greater penetration. 3. Fine. 4. 

 Compressing and securing the charge. 



J. D. M.. Scranton, Pa.— At a pigeon match in this citv this 

 question was raised. The shooter was ready and said pull, the 

 trap was then sprung, the bird took wing, was shot at and misSCct. 

 The shooter claims that, just as he was about to shoot, some one 

 touched his elbow and caused him to miss. The question is, could 

 the referee after that debar the bird and give the shooter another 

 one to shoot at, or should the bird shot at be scored a miss ? Ans. 

 The referee's decision should stand, the bird being scored lost. 



W. H. L., Middletown, N, Y.— Where can I obtain Prussian carp 

 and paradise fish small enough for the homo aquaria? Mulertt, 

 of Cincinnati, and Blackford, of New York, had paradise fish, but 

 have none now. Ans. If neither of those named have paradise 

 fish we do not know where they can be had in America. Mr. 

 Blackford is the agent of the (J, S. Fish Commission in distrib- 

 uting carp in the Eastern States and may have a few small ones 

 now, although the distribution usually takes place iu October. 



H. B., Madison, Wis.— Mr. Bliss, in his "Wing and Glass-ball 

 Shooting with a Rifle," states that the long .22cal. cartridge is not 

 accurate, p Is it accurate, and if so how much furtherls it ac- 

 curate for than the .22 short? 2. About how far is the common 

 .22 short cartridge accurate, used in a 25in. Winchester rifle, 3. 

 Barring the subject of wind, for this distance, is the ,22cai. rifle as 

 accurate as one of larger calibre. Ans. 1. Yes, when made up with 

 proper bullet, and does good work at 200yds. 2. Good targets are 

 made at 200yds. 3. Yes. 



R. E. S. H., Terry viUe, Conn.— 1. Is there a close time for pick- 

 erel in this State? 2. How is a click-reel used in fly-fishing? 3. 

 What is the click for? Ans. 1. No. 2. The line is reeled off with 

 the left hand for a yard or two and the rod in lifting the line off 

 the water draws the slack through the rings. This is repeated 

 until sufficient line is out. 3. It has a two-fold use. It tells the 

 speed at which a fish is taking line from the reel, and it acts as a 

 drag to keep the reel from giving out line when casting, as well as 

 from overrunning or backlashiug. In using reels without a click 

 the overrunning is controlled by the thumb, and in this case the 

 reel must be on top of the rod. 



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