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FORE SI AND STREAM. 



[June 6, 1889. 



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L. M. P., Mahanoy City, Pa.— The address is 280 Broadway, New 

 YorK. 



S. Y. P., Providence, R. I.— WeshouM advise a 18-bore, modified 

 choke and cylinder barrels, and as light as your build will per- 

 mit you to use with comfort. 



M. C, Middletown, Conn —Does Trumbull's new book "Names 

 and Portraits of Birds" describe all of the common species of this 

 section, or game birds only? Ans. Game birds only. 



Venator.— Can Tbe Springfield rifle be procured except for 

 army or militia use? if ao, of whom? Is it sighted for the •iOSgrs., 

 or the 500grs. bullet, or is it suited to both? Can tbe regular 

 Government ammunition be procured, and if so, by whom? Ans. 

 1. It can be had through any dealer. 2. Both, if of later model. 

 3. Of auv dealer. 



B. T., Victoria Hotel.— Please let me know through the columns 

 of your paper where I can purchase the game laws of New York 

 and New Jersey. Ans. The. New Jersey law was published in our 

 issue of May 9, which will probably answer your purpose, but a 

 full compendium of the laws revised to 1888 is for sale at this office, 

 price 25 cents; one of New York same price. 



W. C. L., Hi 'hmond, Va.— I am anxious to purchase a good gun, 

 but do not know what weight and bore would suit me best. I want 

 a gun for hunting quail. I have a very long neck and short arm 

 and weigh about 1351bs. Please advise me as to the weight, bore, 

 length and drop of stock, length of barrel. Ans. Choose a 12- 

 bore. 71b., with short stock, and much drop. To determine what 

 will best fit you go to a gunstore and experiment with different 

 arms. 



G. N. R., Montclair, N. J.— Ans. 1. There are no reports of fish- 

 ing yet, but the water is low, the season early and indications 

 are favorable. 2. The tipper Delaware offers as good black bass 

 fishing as you can find and there is no better place than Egypt 

 Mills. Pike county, Pa. Almost any point on the river, in Pike 

 and Wayne comities, will give you superb fishing, from Hancock 

 down to the lower boundary of Pike. Lake Hopatcong, N. J., is 

 noted for its black bass and pickerel. Reached by Philadelphia 

 and Beading R. R. 



Constant Reader, Allentown, Pa.— 1. Has a property holder 

 the privilege of granting certain parties tbe right of fishing a 

 stream that contains brook trout with a seine. This question re- 

 lates to persons or property holders that claim the stream whether 

 the fish are distributed by commission or not. 2. Has the prop- 

 erty owner himself the right to lish his stream which he claims 

 with a seine or seines. Ans. It is unlawful to net trout anywhere 

 save for the purpose of propagation, that is a person may only 

 catch trout with a net imwaters owned by himself to stock other 

 waters. 



J. E. S., Brooklyn.— Please inform me what kind of fishing and 

 shooting are to be had in Hancock, Delaware county, N. Y., in 

 open season? Are there any public trout streams in the immedi- 

 ate vicinity? Are there any black squirrels in the State of New 

 York? If so, where? In what month do black bass bite on bait 

 the best? Ans. 1. Black bass, brook trout, ruffed grouse, wood- 

 cock, rabbits, etc., are to be had in the region. 2. Trout streams 

 at Colchester and Lordville. Northeastern part of county is said 

 to have bears and foxes and an occasional deer. 3. There are 

 some black squirrels in Lewis county, but they are more plentiful 

 along the south shore of Lake Ontario. Lockport is a favorite 

 locality for this game. 



C. A. B., London, Ont.— Few of us have leased a trout pond, 

 about a quarter of an acre in extent. It is fairly stocked with 

 trout now. About what fry should we put in the pond each year 

 to keep it well stocked? We intend putting 5,000 in this fall that 

 were hatched in April, uext year nothing, the following year 2,000, 

 and third year 1.000. We have an eight-year lease on the pond. 

 Do you think this proportion will keep it well stocked? Ans. The 

 number ought to be sufficient if your adults do not destroy the 

 fry. The usual way in keeping ponds stocked is to b-ild a small 



hatchery conven'ently situated, and keep the fry in it until able 

 to tak»- care of themselves; 20,000 fry can he l?ert until three 

 months o*d, receiving food during the last two months, in a 

 trough 10ft. long, I8in. wide and 8in. deep. These are fed on beef 

 liver reduced t'> a fine pulp and sometimes varied with curds. If 

 you cannot build hateht-ry get fry three months old and feed them 

 morning and evening on liver. Feed adult about every other 

 dav or twice a w» ek. If your pond contains plenty of natural 

 food your trout wiil require less care. 



H. V. S., Dublin, N. H.— When shall we get a full report of your 

 shotgun test, and will it be printed in book form? I noltee an 

 article in the Supplement of April 4 in regard to Dublin pond 

 trout. The writer states that they inhabit other small lakes of 

 New Hampshire. Will he please tell us in what town and lake in 

 New Hampshire those trout can be found except Dublin? The 

 people here claim there are no fish like them in this country. 

 The pond in many wspects is different and the fish also. The 

 water of the lake is so clear that on looking down 10 or 15ft. you 

 would think it but 3 or 4ft. deep. Last May a trout was caught 

 that weighed l^lbs., and in the stomach was found a trout that 

 weighed almost, %\b. The hook was attached to the small trout 

 only. Some tine strings of trout have been taken here this spring. 

 Ans. 1. We begun the reports last week. They will be reprinted 

 in pamphlet form. 2. We have followed Prof. Garman, the de- 

 seriber of the Dublin pond trout, in stating the. distribution of the 

 species. He says "it is apparently restricted to the small lakes 

 in the neighborhood of Dublin, and names Center Pond as one of 

 the bodies of water in which it occurs (see 19th Annual Report. 

 Commission on Inland Fisheries of Massachusetts). 



AUSTRALIA. NEW ZEALAND AND NEW GUINEA.* 



H^HIS is a highly entertaining book of travels, and we regret 

 Jl that it is not more extensive; we should have been especially 

 delighted to learn more about New Guinea— a country whose 

 geography and natural history are so incompletely known. Mr. 

 Denton went, to Australia to assist his father in lecturing and in 

 makihg collections in various parts of the countries visited. Both 

 the lectures and the collecting were highly successful, but the 

 father unfortunately lost his life through his desire to study the 

 unexplored interior of New Guinea. 



The publishers have done their part to give the book a lasting 

 value, the paper and presswork being all that could be desired. 

 The illustrations are true to nature, the subjects interesting, and 

 their reproduction admirable. Many of the objects have never 

 before been represented. 



The author rapidly sketches the incidents of the overland jour- 

 ney to California, which involved an unusual share of adventure, 

 the long voyage to the antipodes broken only by a brief call at 

 Honolulu and a compulsory sojourn at Quarantine Island, near 

 New Zealand. The misery of seasickness was never more clearly 

 expressed than in the following soliloquy of one of Mr. Denton's 

 shipmates: "I can't see whatever put it into your head to go 

 away from home. You may do well enough in Honolulu, but oh! 

 you'll die before you get there. Charlie, you fool, if you ever get 

 home again you stay there." Early in the narrative the author 

 introduces descriptions of plants and animals characteristic of 

 the countries visited— a charming feature which grows in inter- 

 est as the chapters progress. At Auckland the Maoris were first 

 met, and the opportunity utilized to secure some excellent por- 

 traits. At Oamaru was found the cream-colored limestone, which 

 can be cut from the quarry with a saw and chisel, but hardens on 



incidents of a Collector's Rambles in Australia, New Zealand 

 and New Guinea, by Sherman F. Denton, Artist to the U. S. Fish 

 Commission, Washington, D, C. with illustrations bv the author. 

 Boston, 1889: Lee & Shepard. Pp. 272, pis. 15, figures in the text 40. 



exposure like the coquina of Florida, so that a building made of 

 it becomes a solid mass of stone. Birds were so numerous at 

 Motenau that vi ry little time sufficed to collect more than 

 emild be cared for. The Maori hens were su"h inveterate 

 thieves that they ran off mth the tools whenever they hnd the 

 chance. Remains of the extinct Mita were obtained, and with 

 them were parts of a gigantic eagle which must have lived at the 

 same period. Evidence was not lacking to prove that fire had 

 driven these birds to the scene of their destruction. Near Nelson 

 the notorious flesn-eating parrot was obtained— a species which, 

 by some strange freak, has abandoned its natural food of nuts 

 and fruits and now devours the flesh of living sheep. In the Col- 

 lingwood caves and at Takaka Moa bones were again discov- 

 ered, at the latter place associated with skeletons of small 

 birds and parts of a large lizard. In Australia the naturalists 

 were soon busy with the gorgeous birds and insects, the opossums, 

 pouched cats, Australian bear and the duck-billed platypus. The 

 exquisite song of the lyre bird was often heard, and the difficulties 

 of securing the songster were fulJy appreciated. The native 

 method of throwing the boomerang is graphically described. The 

 curious jumping fishes (Pmophthalrnus) were at first mistaken for 

 frogs. "They frequently leaped upon stones and even mangrove 

 roots, where they seemed to hang on by means of their pectoral 

 flus. In jumping they doubled the taU up and then suddenly 

 straightened it out. thus propelling themselves one or two feet 

 each time." Colonies of migratory crabs were seen at MacKay, 

 tens of thousands marching in compact company. 



The ravages of lhe white ant and the feeding habits of the ant 

 lion were investigated at Townsville, Australia. On Friday 

 Island we are introduced to the rich fauna of the coral reefs and 

 to the methods of diving for the, pearl oyster. It is interesting to 

 note that in a deptii of 3Uft. of very clear water Mr. Denton could 

 see. the boat like a dark shadow overhead. The appearance of the 

 New Guinea natives is briefly, but clearly set forth. Their limited 

 wardrobe, implements and ornaments are described, and, in 

 many instances, figured. The native houses, both ordinary 

 dwellings and tree houses for defensive purposes, are beautifully 

 illustrated. The Papuans of the higu tableland, occupying the 

 towns of Narinuma, Shugary and Gidiaruma. were found to be 

 very pleasant and agreeable companions, perfectly honest, upright 

 and industrious. Many interesting accounts of expeditions for 

 birds, kangaroos, wild pigs and other animals are recorded. Con- 

 versations with chiefs about foreign countries showed the wonder- 

 ful shrewdness of the Papuan leaders. Descriptions of scenery, 

 trees and their fruits, gorgeous birds of paradise and butterflies of 

 prodigious size alternate with accounts of native games, a 

 savage battle, native methods of hunting, a burial cave, tribal 

 meetings, the personal characteristics of the people, and many 

 other interesting topics. The Coyaries first ask a stranger his 

 name, next whether he is hungry. Tbey appear to have no idea 

 of a soul or a land of bliss after death, yet they are strict moral- 

 ists in the best sense of the word. New Guinea is a land of sur- 

 prises, and in no particular is this better demonstrated than with 

 regard to its fruits. "Some of them were exact representations of 

 fruits I had seen at home, and I was tempted to take the peaches, 

 oranges, apples, plums, pears, cherries, blueberries, grapes and 

 chestnuts that covered the ground in the greatest profusion. Red 

 peppers and cucumbers, too, grew on small bushes, and could 

 easily be mistaken for the genuine. But how different were the 

 insides of these fruits, both in appearance and flavor ! The cu- 

 cumber was full of little nuts; the red pepper, looking ready to 

 blister one's toDgue, w as a pleasant, juicy fruit, mild enough for a 

 baby; the chestnut was as hard as a stone; the grapes, poisonous; 

 the blueberries, sour as limes; the cherries, tough, fibrous, bitter 

 and full of small seeds; the plums were plums of some kind, I 

 think, but not very good; the apples, which closely resembled our 

 Baldwins, had a large nut for a core; the oranges had skins an 

 inch thick; and the peaches, though looking lipe and juicy, were 

 nearly as hard as billiard balls." T. H. B. 



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