Feb. 2, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



SHUH SHUH GAH C. CL— The Mistieki C. C, of Winchester, 

 Mass., has changed its name to Shun Slmh Gall, as it was before 

 confounded with the Mystic C. C. The officers for 1888 have just 

 heen elected as follows: G. B. Riley, Captain; 0. S. Sergeant, 

 Lieutenant; F. C. Childs, Purser; F. A. Apollonio, Secretary. 

 George Harrington with the officers, ex officio, constitute tlie 

 Executive Committee. 



The Mutual Life Insurance statement in another column 

 Bhows a gratifying increase in the business of this great company 

 for the year 1SST. The company has nearly 148,000 policies and 

 annuities in force, amounting to f l:-7,^. , S,(>;«.r>l . and the total assets 

 are $118,806,851.88. Mr. Chas. H. Raymond, 143 Broadway, is the 

 New York agent of the company. 



'mtvtrs fa ^orrm^ondmt^ 



A-' K.— The Severn district is better than the other one named. 

 Some account of it was printed in our columns a few months ago. 



L., Houlton, Me.— I have a spaniel pup about 6mos. old that is 

 extremely gun shy. I do not know that he has ever been fright- 

 ened by a gun in any way. Will he be likely to outgrow it and 

 what is the bcsst way to overcome It? Ans. Read "Training vs. 

 Breaking." 



H. C. G., Bodines, Pa— Can you inform me where I can obtain 

 five wild turkeys ? Would want a gobbler and three hens, to turn 

 out in the spring and have them breed. Forty years ago they 

 were plenty here, but now we have none. Ans. They may perhaps 

 be ordered through the firm of Reiche & Bro., Park Row, New 

 York. 



Amateur, Syracuse, N. Y.— Will you be so kind as to give me 

 the dimensions of what is called a "grilse" rod of split bamboo? 

 The length, caliber of ferrules and style of finish. I cannot find 

 any description of such a rod in any catalogue. Ans. The term 

 is not used by American tackle dealers. As a grilse is usually- 

 lighter than a salmon the rod used in New England for grilse is 

 lighter. An American salmon rod of about 18ft. would be called a 

 "grilse rod" in England, where longer and heavier rods are used, 

 as a rule, than in America. In Wales a two-handed rod of 15 to 

 18ft., two-handed for trout. This rod would be called a "salmon 

 rod" in this country- If you want a rod for grilse get a two- 

 handed rod of 15ft. or use a heavy ti-out rod. 



J. W. S., Chatea,u county, Mont.— [ can secure a lake of about 

 140 acres, in which our common Rocky Mountain trout (Salmo 

 purjiuraiu?) have been plentiful, but they are scarce now, because 

 the lake has been overfished. The lake is fed by springs and has 

 a small outlet; it is very deep, but has shallow bars, some of them 

 gravelly. Cnrcijonm would thrive there, and I think of stocking it 

 with them and with brook trout. I know something of fish hatch- 

 ing, having spent a winter near a hatchery in the State of New 

 York. 1 would ask: 1. How much would the apparatus for hatch- 

 ing cost? 2. How many pounds, or tons, of fish could I take annu- 

 ally from the lake after the third season? 3. Can I procure eggs 

 of Qoregotous and trout from the East? I can get 20 cents per 

 pound for all the fish I could raise. 4. Is there any book on trout 

 culture with directions for building a hatchery? 5. What is the 

 fish we call a "bull trout"? Ans. I. Near New York citv the 

 apparatus for hatching 200,000 trout eggs would cost about $75 

 (exclusive of house). What it would cost in your country depends 

 upon the price of lumber, labor and wire cloth, after adding 

 freight, 2. Not knowing the conditioas of food, enemies, etc., we 

 cannot guess. 3. Yes; the latter can bo bought from private par- 

 ties, but the whitefisn eggs should be applied for to the U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 4. Get "Domesticated Trout," by L. Stone, or "Trout 

 Culture," by J. I). Slack; we can furnish them. 5. If the red spots 

 are large it may be the "Dolly Varden" trout (Salvelimis malma), 

 but if they are very small, the size of a pin head, the fish may be 

 | S. navesii. It is impossible to diagnose a fish from popular names. 

 | G. L. B., Jr., New York.— I would like to know if I cannot use 

 a gun or any firearm if my father gives his consent. I am sixteen 

 | years of age. The other day I went into Hartley and Graham's, 

 j Maiden Lane, to purchase a flint-lock pistol for a curiosity. The 

 : man who was waiting upon me said that he thought I couldn't get 

 ' one as I wasn't old enough. Now I have been using a gun for the 

 last two years and I never knew before that I could not. I intend 

 to use one though whenever I please, my father having given me 

 his consent for my so doing. I think it would be pretty hard for 

 me to give up the only tiling I care for in the way of pleasure. 

 Ans. Messrs. Hartley and Graham were acting within the law. A 

 city ordinance forbids the sale of firearms to persons under 

 eighteen years of age. The law is designed to stop the sale of 

 dangerous toy pistols and other arms to young folks who will do 

 mischief with them. It is a very wise law, and ought to be very 

 strictly enforced. An evening paper of Jan. n reported a case in 

 point : "Abraham Sandberg, who keeps a clothing and pawn shop 

 at No. 22 Sixth avenue, was arraigned at the Tombs court of specia 1 

 sessions this morning, charged with selling a revolver to Henry 

 Chandless, a boy thirteen years old. The Society for the Preven- 

 tion of Cruelty to Children have received a number of complaints 

 about this shop. Some time ago they sent out a circular warning 



the dealers in firearms not to sell firearms to persons less than 

 eighteen years of age. This has had little effect, and they are 

 now going to proceed against these men who violate the law in 

 this respect. The revolver sold Chandless was a dangerous 

 weapon, being a self-cocking one with a large-sized calibre. Sand- 

 berg pled guilty and was fined $50." The ordinance need work no 

 hardship to those who, like ynu, want to buy arms for legitimate 

 purposes ; you can select what you wish and then some older 

 person can buy it for you. 



E. E. N., Troy, N. Y.— The sleeping bags are very simple and 

 easily made. They are usually oval and oblong and the ordinary 

 size is six or seven feet in length by three or four wide. The bag 

 should be double, the inner one being of the skin selected, and 

 the outer of canvas, duck or drilling. The two should be sewed 

 together arouud the top and at the corners at the feet. A stout 

 string— tape or cotton cord— should run around the opening of the 

 bag so that if he desires to do so, the occupant can tie the bag 

 tight about his throat. A sleeping bag is an enormous addition to 

 one's comfort in cold weather, and the only objections we have 

 ever heard urged against them is that when the weather is not 

 very cold they are too warm for comfort. Obviously the reply to 

 this is that one need not sleep in his bag in warm weather, but can 

 spread it under him and cover himself with as few or as many 

 blankets as may suit him. The choice of a skin for the inner bag 

 may present some difficulties. Blanket is sometimes used, but it 

 is not nearly so comfortable nor so warm as fur. The skin should 

 be light and dressed very soft, and should at the same time be 

 well furred. Buffalo is to heavy, caribou skin is highly recom- 

 mended and would be admirable we imagine in very bitter weather. 

 Lynx is light and well furred. One of the best of the bags that we 

 have seen was made from a number of small skins, apparently of 

 dog. We think that woodchuck skins in good fur would make a 

 capital bag. It would be well in making a bag for use in an open 

 camp where one may have to sleep close to tlie fire, to have the 

 canvas or duck which forms the outer envelope, dressed with 

 some preparation which would make it fireproof. Most of those 

 who have camped in this way will remember how often they have 

 had their blankets burned by sparks which snap from the fire 

 during the night, and as canvas might catch from a spark and 

 smoulder a long time, the bag might easily be ruined— the outer 

 covering being burned and the skins scorched. 



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