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Vited to join them, which I gladly did, as they were out 

 for a trip to Munoshkong also; and it proved a most 

 agreeable meeting, for I found young Perry one of the 

 best woodsmen and agreeable companions I ever met. 

 He is a perfect genius in every sense of the word, for 

 with axe audpocketknife he can make anything a woods- 

 man needs. 



The first night in camp we were awakened by the 

 arrival of two^ canoe loads of whooping Indians, who 

 camped near us. Next morning we moved further up 

 the river into the thick timber where it was warmer, and 

 -we found better camp wood. Young P. set a gill-net 

 and caught some pickerel: and here was where my com- 

 panion showed his hand at cooking boiled fish and pota- 

 toes. Did T ever eat fish with such a relish? Our white 

 tent and soft bed of sweet green balsam boughs gave as 

 picturesqe a scene as one could wish. The third day we 

 started down the river, encountered about a mile of ice 

 and camped on an island near the. mouth of the Munosh- 

 kong, a lovely spot on high ground among the balsam, 

 birch and poplars. Here we had smoked fish, fried 

 fish and fish boiled. Young P. served up woodchuck, 

 muskrat and porcupine, all of which I tried and pro- 

 nounced excellent, except the muskrat, for which I con- 

 fess some prejudice; it may be palatable when properly 

 prepared, but I fancied I could taste in one dish of this 

 kind a little musk, which settled the thing with me. 



After a few days we went around into the bay and 

 camped in the hardwood. Up to this time we had seen 

 but few ducks, and no geese would alight, though many 

 flocks passed over every day, and cold northwest winds 

 and snow made life anything but agreeable. One night 

 P.'s dog barked at something near camp. I got up, un- 

 tied him and tried to sic him, but he would not seek; we 

 concluded it was a bear, as it walked off slowly, crack- 

 ing the brush as it went. Next day while building a 

 deadfall bear trap I had the misfortune to cut my foot 

 badly with an axe, whicli put a damper on our prospects. 

 Almost every day and night deer came close to our camp, 

 and on Sunday, April 27, an inch of snow lay on the 

 ground and deer tracks could be seen in every direction. 

 P. went out about two miles in the bay to a reef to get a 

 shot at some geese, but failed to get any : the flock could 

 not be driven away. He tried to get a shot several times 

 afterward but finally left them unmolested. 



We made our island camp a tew days later, P. carry- 

 ing me on his back through the swamp to the boat. One 

 evening while drifting about in the twiligl# I discovered 

 some animal poking along the shore among the rushes; 

 paddling close I discovered it to be a porcupine. After 

 watching his movements for some time I made a noise 

 and sudden motion, when he suddenly lowered his head 

 and started slowly for the woods, muttering and turning 

 his horrid looking white back of bristling quills toward 

 me in a defiant manner. This was more than T could 

 stand, so I gave him a charge of No, 4 shot. He at- 

 tempted to climb a log, but fell back with a stifling 

 groan. Then I was sorry I had shot the harmless 

 creature, and at this moment came the exact thoughts ex- 

 pressed by your correspondent, H. W. D. L., who asks 

 "Is there' in the ethics of the field such a thing as a 

 sportsman's change of heart," etc.? I answer, there is. It 

 is a clearer knowledge of right, justice and compassion, 

 which comes to us in our advancing years. There is "less 

 desire to kill," more of a love of the "divine revelations 

 of nature." This love of nature is so strong in me that I 

 am going back to feast on it for the whole sirmmer, 

 camping on the banks of the beautifully picturesque 

 Sault Ste. Marie, where hot nights are never known. 



Ed. H, Bowees. 



RIFLES FOR SMALL GAME. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have owned during the past ten years no less than a 

 half dozen rifles of as many different makes, but mostly 

 of ,22cal. I have at present a No. 3 F. Ballard gallery 

 rifle, which has been re-chambered to take the Win- 

 chester cartridge, containing 15 grains powder and 45 

 grains lead. Although I cannot complain of inaccuracy, 

 I find one fault which every one who uses a .22cal. rifle 

 on game seems to find, it too often causes a lingering 

 death, giving the game a chance to escape. I agree with 

 your correspondents that there should be a rifle placed 

 on the market, midway between a .32cal. and ,22cal., but 

 I do not think the ,25cal. would fill the bill, being but .03 

 of an inch larger in caliber than the ,22. I would con- 

 eider an ideal small-bore rifle a Colt repeater, ,27cal., 

 25 grains powder, 85 grains lead, 26in. barrel, 91bs. This 

 would undoubtedly do good work up to 250yds., and 

 would be in caliber about midway between the .22 and 

 .32. Greenhead. 



Nevada, la, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I would like to ask some of the writers who advocate 

 the .25cal., if that will be much improvement on the .22. 

 Would it not be better to make a rifle a little nearer half 

 way between ,22 and .32, say .27 or .28cal.? 



Has any one tried the .SOcal. in a rifle? If so will they 

 give their experience? It does not seem as though a .25- 

 cal. would have much advantage over a .22 in point of 

 ease in keeping clean. However, if any one turns out a 

 good .25ca], rifle with good ammunition to suit, I will 

 try and have one. I hope too they will make a good 

 article in rim -fire cartridges, as they are cheaper, and so 

 far as we can learn give about as good results in that size 

 shell as the center-fires. 



Cheapness in ammunition should go a great way to- 

 ward making a small rifle popular. Witness the rifles 

 using .22 short, and we predict for a .25 or .27cal. rifle 

 with rim-fire ammunition suited for it an immense sale, 



Buckeve State. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I must say that I am very glad to know through the 

 Forest and Stream that there are good men taking an 

 interest in having a ,25 rifle made. I tnink it would be 

 the gun for all-around work. I have often wished for a 

 larger bored gun than the .22, and a .32 is too dangerous 

 for yard practice. I am sure the .25 would meet the 

 demands of most sportsmen. It could be much more 

 easily kept clean, although I do not find much trouble in 

 keeping my .22 in fine condition. It would not cripple 

 so much game to go off and die, and it would do its work 

 at longer range. fc R. H. F. 



Seneca, Mo. 



NEWFOUNDLAND DEER LAW. 



HARBOUR GRACE, Newfoundland, May SO.— Editor 

 Forest and, Stream: I inclose a copy of the "Deer 

 Preservation Act," passed in the present session of the 

 Legislature. The act has not yet been officially promul- 

 gated, but I think you may rely on this copy as correct. 

 It will receive the sanction of the Governor to-morrow 

 at the close of the Legislature. This abridgment of the 

 law gives all the provisions of interest to foreign sports- 

 men: 



I. — Hereafter no person shall kill, or pursue with intept to kill, 

 any caribou, except from the 1st day of October Until the 15th day 

 of February, both inclusive, in any year, nor shall any person ex- 

 pose for sale or have in his possession any green caribou skin or 

 any part of the carcass of a caribou, except (luring the period 

 aforesaid and the first ten dayf in March in any year. 



II. — No one person shall, during any one year or season, kill or 

 take more than five stag; and three doe caribou, 



III. — No person shall kill or take caribou without, having first 

 procured therefor to himself a license, issued for the yea)' or sea- 

 son as hereinafter provided. 



IV. — Every such person not usually resident in this colony or its 

 dependencies, shall pay for such license an annual fee of $50, and 

 every person domiciled in this country shall pay a fee or $10 for 

 such license. 



V. — The license required by this act may be issued by a stipendi- 

 ary magistrate, collector or sub-collector of customs, a justice of 

 the peace and such other officers or persons as may bo empowered 

 by the Governor in council for that purpose, the person requiring 

 the licence first paying thercror a fee of SI and making oath or 

 affirmation that, he will not take or kill for the season for which 

 the license is issued in manner provided by this act a greater 

 number than five stag and three doe caribou, and that he will use 

 his best endeavors to have the carcasses or flesh of any caribou he 

 may kill, and which may not be consumed for food and which is 

 suitable for food carried out of the woods, or interior of the coun- 

 try into some town or settlement within ten days after the cari- 

 bou shall have, been killed. And that he will duly clear at the 

 Customs' House any caribou beads, antlers, skins or other parts 

 of the caribou which he may lawfully export or carry out of this 

 colony. 



VI. — Any person knowingly or wilfully making a false declara- 

 tion on oath or false affirmation under the preceding section of 

 this act shall in addition to any other penalty to which he maybe 

 subject, under I his act, be liable to be indic ted, tried, convicted 

 and punished for the crime of wilful and corrupt perjury. 



VII. — Every holder of a license granted under the provisions of 

 this act, must produce the same when required so to do, by any 

 magistrate, justice of the peace, constable, collector, or sub-col- 

 lector of custotns. 



VIII. — No person shall export or carry with him out of this 

 colony any venison, or the heads, antlers, skins or other parts of 

 caribou, without first clearing the sanie at some customs' house, 

 or with a duly authorized officer of customs or an officer em- 

 powered, for the purpose of this act, and the person so claiming 

 shall make oath or affirmation of the quantity and numbers of 

 the property aforesaid so exported or carried, and the manner in 

 which the same shall have been obtained and that the same is 

 not exported as an article of commerce, and shall also make oath 

 or affirmation of the numbers (if any) of the caribou he himself 

 or any party he shall have been with, have killed or taken in the 

 course of the then or of the immediately preceding season, and he 

 shall pay a fee to the officer of SI for each clearance. 



IX. — No person shall export in any form the flesh of caribou as 

 an article of commerce. 



X. — No person shall set or attempt to set any snare or trap or 

 pit for the destruction of caribou, under a penalty of not less 

 than $25 nor more than $50 for each offense, and any'person find- 

 ing any such snare or trap may destroy the same. The possession 

 of any such snare or trap shall be presumptive evidence of the at- 

 tempt of the person in whose possession it is found to set the same 

 for the destruction of caribou. 



XI— Any person who shall heretfter hunt or chase or kill, or 

 pursue with intent to kill, any caribou with dogs, shall be liable 

 to a fine of $25 in addition to any penalties to which he may be 

 otherwise liable nuder this act to be recovered in a summary 

 manner before a stipendiary magistrate or justice of the peace 

 by any person who shall prosecute the offender to conviction. 



There are one or two points in it which I think 

 are objectionable; for instance, I think the open season 

 should commence on Sept. 1. The horns are then hard 

 and the venison is fat and in prime condition until the 

 20th or 25th of the month. During the rutting season 

 and until the end of October the stag meat is not good 

 food. Therefore I think they have unwisely prohibited 

 killing in September. Besides, if September were an 

 open month sportsmen could supply their camps with 

 good stag meat, and there would be no necessity for kill- 

 ing does. 



The section prohibiting hunting with dogs is an absurd- 

 ity. That would apply to moose and your Virginia deer, 

 small-hoofed animals easily brought down in deep snow, 

 but the caribou is broad-hoofed, and in deep snow lays his 

 hindlegs almost like a hare going over the snow, and 

 easily distancing any dog that ever ran. However, the 

 section is harmless, and no person is likely to violate it. 



On the whole, I think the act is sufficiently liberal. 

 Eight caribou ought to satisfy any reasonable sportsman. 

 The license fee is not heavy, and the other requirements 

 are necessary if it is not to" remain a dead letter. 



Hitherto we have always welcomed sportsmen from 

 abroad, and had they confined themselves to reasonable 

 limits no restriction would have been made, except those 

 in the law I sent you. Last season some of them were 

 ruthless in their slaughter. Of course the accounts were 

 exaggerated in the papers, but the bare truth was had 

 enough. I took the trouble to investigate and found one 

 man carried away 28 heads, another 37 heads, another 22 , 

 heads. 



Am off to-morrow for a couple of days' good trout- 

 ing. The spring is here, the delicate-footed May, with 

 her fingers full of leaves and flowers, and with it com.es 

 the thirst to be away, wasting in wood paths the volup- 

 tuous hours. B. 



Stamford Rod and Gun Club.— Stamford, Conn,, 

 June 15. — The Stamford Rod and Gun Club is the title of 

 a new organization formed quite recently, chiefly by New 

 York gentlemen having summer residences in Stamford 

 and Noroton. The headquarters of the club is at Stevens 

 Point. The club will devote itself to the promotion of 

 the sports of shooting and fishing, and to this end will 

 exei't all its influence for the enforcement of all laws re- 

 lating to game and fish. The club consists of the follow- 

 ing named gentlemen: W. J. Parks, President; George 

 Geis, Secretary; William Eekhert. Steward; George 

 Costigan , Jacob Senjer, S. A. Wolf, H. C. Mount, Henry 

 Kleisch, E. Hodgeman, William A. Ross, R. Vander 

 Henden, Joseph Jordan, James W Campbell, A. J. Pix- 

 ley, Thomas J. Murray, J. G, Hitter wieh, George A. 

 Peters, George Rebsamen, Samuel Howard, Alfred Hop- 

 croft, W. G. Williams, D. Budd Scofield. 



Chicago, 111., June 10.— Mr. J. E, Miller has resigned 

 charge of the gun department-of the Western Arms and 

 Cartridge Co., and on July 1 will open at Cincinnati, O., 

 his old home, a general agency office of the Oriental 

 Powder Mills, of Boston. Mr. Miller's friends here regret 

 that he must leave Chicago, but wish him all the luck in 

 the world.— E. HOUGH. 



The Woodcock Season in New Jersey embraces the 

 month of July and then the months of October, November 

 and the first fifteen days of December. 



FISHING NEAR NEW YORK. 



viii. — south shore of lono island — Concluded. 



C1ANARS1E BAY has been the most popular fishing 

 ) resort near New York for years. In fact, it is al- 

 most too popular, for, although the majority of fishermen 

 who go there are gentlemen and behave themselves as 

 gentlemen, there are unfortunately many anglers met 

 there who carry more liquid bait than any other kind, 

 and who conduct themselves like loafers. If you are a 

 respectable, law-abiding and peace-loving fisherman — as 

 of course you are — go to Canarsie on any day but a 

 Sunday or a holiday, and you can have a good quiet 

 day's fishing. 



CANARSIE SHORE. 



Canarsie station, on the bay shore, is the objective point 

 for the fishing on the north shore of Canarsie Bay. Take 

 the Rockaway Beach and Canarsie R. R. from the 

 Howard House, East New York, from which point the 

 round trip fare to Canarsie is 20 cents. To reach East 

 New York take any of the Brooklyn ferries and connec- 

 tion can be made on the other side for East New York by 

 horse cars. The quickest route of all is via Brooklyn 

 Bridge and Kings County Elevated R. R. Trains to 

 Canarsie run from a half hour to an hour apart. 



The fish now being caught within reasonable distance 

 of Canarsie station are flukes, blackfish, sea bass, bluefish 

 and weakfish. Some of the favorite spots for dropping a 

 line are Barren Island, quite a long sail from Canarsie, 

 Ruffle Bar, Pumpkin Patch and Fishkill. Weakfish will 

 be very plenty after this week. There is a line of 

 steamers (fare 10 cents) that makes connection with all 

 trains at Canarsie for Seaside station, Rockaway Beach, 

 the southern boundary of the bay. 



On the left side of the station as you alight from the 

 cars are the following resorts: 



D. B. Morrell has twelve rowboats for hire at 50 cents a 

 day, except on Sundays and holidays, when the price is 

 $1. He keeps bait of all kinds constantly on hand, and 

 can provide tackle if desired. One of Morrell 's patrons, 

 Charles Freeman, of Canarsie, caught one 51b, and one 

 41b. blackfish three Sundays ago. 



John O'Brien has fifteen round-bottom and twenty flat- 

 bottom boats, for which he charges 50 cents a day week 

 days and $1 Sundays and holidays; boatman $2 a day 

 extra. O'Brien keeps always supplied with bait and 

 tackle. 



Eden & Madson have six round-bottom boats, for 

 which they charge the same rates as the others. They 

 also have a 32ft. centerboard cabin sloop for hire at $8 

 week days and $10 Sundays and holidays. The sloop 

 takes fishermen to Fire Island, Sandy Hook, the Banks, 

 or anywhere her skipper thinks is a likely spot for haul- 

 ing in big fish. Eden & Madson keep bait and tackle 

 always on hand. 



The resorts mentioned below are all on the right side 

 of the station (south side): 



James Sellers has twenty-nine rowboats which he rents 

 at the prevailing rate. He also has three 18ft. catboats, 

 which he rents at $2 week days, $3 Sundays and holi- 

 days; boatman $2 a day extra. Bait and tackle are always 

 supplied if desired. Sellers says that shrimp are the best 

 bait just now, and that fluke are the most plentiful fish 

 at this season. Weakfish are probably biting well by 

 this time. 



William H. Lisk has thirty-one rowboats for hire at 

 the prevailing rate. He also has five catboats from 17 to 

 20ft. long for hire at $3 week days, $4 Sundays and holi- 

 days; sailing master $2 extra. Lisk reports that plenty 

 of bluefish and flukes are being caught, the last of the 

 ebb and first of the flood tide being the best time for fish- 

 ing. Eels are as plenty hereabouts now as flies in a 

 country barroom in August. The prospects for crabbing 

 this season Lisk declares to be great. 



Garrett S. Braisted has twelve round-bottom row T boats 

 at the prevailing rate. He also has five catboats to hire 

 at $2 week days and $3 Sundays and holidays: sailing 

 master, $2.50 a day extra. Braisted reports good catches 

 of blackfish, flounders, fluke and weakfish by his patrons. 

 He always keeps bait and tackle on hand. The celebrated 

 catboat Ours, champion cat of Canarsie Bay, is owned by 

 Braisted. 



John Kavanagh has sixty rowboats for hire at the pre- 

 vailing rates. He also has one 20ft. catboat, five 16ft. 

 cats and two of 13ft. length, for which he charges from 

 $1 to $4 week days, with an advance of half a dollar on 

 holidays and Sundays. Beside these he has two sprit- 

 sail round-bottomed boats at $1 a day week days. Kav- 

 anagh is the owner of the 40ft. centerboard cabin sloop 

 the Katie Kavanagh, and the 35ft. centerboard cabin 

 sloop the Fleetwood, for which he charges $8 a day 

 week days and $10 Sundays, which prices include a sail- 

 ing master. Kavanagh has bait and tackle always on 

 hand, and can lodge fishermen at 50 cents a night. 

 Kavanagh reports a big haul of sea bass and fluke in the 

 bay at Fishkill recently by John Reither, of Brooklyn. 



ROCKAWAY BEACH SHORE. 



The south shore of Canarsie Bay is formed by the spit 

 of sand well known as Rockaway Beach. The best fish- 

 ing grounds in Canarsie Bay are reached from the stations 

 on the New York & Rockaway Beach Railroad, which 

 crosses Canarsie Bay on a long trestle, and runs along 

 the beach to its western end. Trains may be taken from 

 Long Island City, from Bush wick avenue (round trip 50 

 cents), or from Bedford and Flatbush avenues (round trip 

 45 cents). The summer time table will be in effect soon, 

 but at present trains leave Long Island City at 5, 6:35, 

 9:10. 11:10 A.M., 1:30, 3, 5, 6:45 P.M.; Sundays, 7:10, 9:10, 

 10:30, 11:50 A.M.; 1:15, 2:15, 3:20, 4:30, 5:45, 7 and 8:10 P.M. 

 From Bushwick avenue trains leave at the same time as 

 from Long Island City, except that in some instances 

 they are five minutes earlier, and the last train at night 

 is at 6:30 instead of 6:45. On Sundays the time tables are 

 identical. From Flatbush avenue trains leave at 6:15, 

 9:20, 10:57,11:40 A.M., 1, 1:40, 2:40, 3:50, 4:40 and 6:20 P.M. 

 Sundays at 7, 9:20, 10:15, 11:40 A.M., 1, 1:50, 2, 3, 3:50, 

 4:27, 5:50 and 8:10 P.M. All these, trains stop at the fish- 

 ing stations, which are, in the order reached by rail, the 

 Aqueduct, Goose Creek, The Raunt, Broad Channel, 

 Beachanel, Hammel's, Holland's and Seaside. When 

 the angler arrives at his destination, he should make in- 

 quiry at once as to time for taking his return train. The 



