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the powder and a cardboard on the shot, the latter to 

 vary according to the special game looked for, hut well 

 averaged generally by No 6 or No. 8, I should feel well 

 equipped for any ordinary upland shooting east of the 

 MiBM>sippi. 



Ruffed grouse are reported plenty: have not been out 

 myself, but a friend shot three last Tuesday and four on 

 Thursday, without a dog. Von W. 



CHICAGO AND THE WEST. 



pHICAGO, 111.. Sept. 27.— Mr. John H. Taylor, of the 

 \J big Suegs Bros.' ranch in the Kiowa and Comanche 

 country, I. T.~ is in this city on a visit. He reports game 

 below Fort Sill in good numbers. The boys on the ranch 

 have killed twelve wildcats and a number of coons with 

 their greyhounds this fall. Cattle are doing well on this 

 big ranch, which is fifty by twenty miles in extent, and 

 a game preserve of itself. The cattlemen do not favor 

 hunting parties. 



There will be good deer shooting this fall, it is thought, 

 near Crivitz, Wis., abouc twelve miles above Jim Plush's 

 house on Thunder L ike. Numbers of deer have been 

 seen in that vicinity by late fishing parties, and the 

 loc ility is a favorite one yearly with some parties from 

 this point. 



Mr, Boll Organ, president of the Maksawba Club, is at 

 this writing absent at the grounds on the Kankakee. 

 Conflicting reports come up that the marshes are very low 

 and dry tins fall. 



Mr. William Mussy, of the Maksawbas, bagged thirty 

 jacds snipe and six ducks last Friday on the Kankakee. 

 The ducks are not in yet. 



Sometime in the first of November a party will leave 

 this city for a grand hunt in the Indian Territory. The 

 party will be in "charge of Mr. F. P. Taylor, so long known 

 in Chicago sportsman circles, and the membership will 

 consist of Mr. Taylor, Messrs. John and William Haskell, 

 R. Clark and Henry Sloan. Mr. Taylor makes this trip 

 every fall, visiting his cattle interests in the Kiowa 

 Comanche country, where also his son is located. The 

 party will hunt on the North and South Canadian and on 

 the Wachita. thence to Fort Sill. They will be in over 

 two months, and cannot fail of success, as they will be 

 thoroughly posted as to the habits and range of the local 

 game. Tbey will be able to kill all the deer and turkeys 

 they want, and ducks and geese, quail and other small 

 game are very plentiful also. Turkeys are often killed in 

 that country by moonlight shooting from the roost, the 

 dense cover of the black-jacks making it almost impossi- 

 ble to come up with them otherwise. The party will 

 have good ranch greyhounds at their disposal if they wish 

 to try coursing, and m short will be able to follow almost 

 every line of sport one could wish. For pleasant and easy 

 surroundings, and for practical result, the Indian Nations 

 are to-day the best hunting grounds left in the oountry. 

 The necessarily limited number of this party shuts out 

 many envious sportsmen who would like to go along. 



It is not generally known that the genuine Egyptian 

 lotus is found in America. Such, however, is the case. 

 Only two localities are known to furnish it, and both of 

 those are near Chicago. Grass Lake, of the Fox Lake 

 district, has a body of nearly two hundred acres of this 

 singular and beautiful plant; and there is another 

 locality in the Tolieston marsh, in Indiana, wh ch is cov- 

 ered with it. The leaf is perfectly round, and is sup- 

 ported at some distance above the water on a long round 

 stem. The leaf is as large around as one's hat, and 

 when water is poured upon it it resembles liquid quick- 

 silver. Tne large flower is bright yellow in color, not 

 unlike the yellow water lily, and is a beautiful sight when 

 thus seen massed in large banks. Only a few sportsmen 

 here know this land of the lotus, and "that it should be 

 located near this decidely un-lotus eating community, 

 seems one of nature's attempts to keep up the average. 



Sept. 29.— Reports to me from Kansas say the advance 

 guard of the fall flight of geese (Hutchins and snowy) 

 is making its appearance along the Arkansas. The boys 

 are getting reauy. 



Several members of the Kankakee Cattle Company— 

 which is only a duck shooting club of large and wealthy 

 membership— leave to-day for the club house and will try 

 for the ducks, which, it is hoped, the late raw weather will 

 have started down. 



Retired mark' t-shooters blush with envy of Lord Wal- 

 singham, of England, who on Aug. 20 killed 1,C58 grouse 

 on his own moor in thirteen hours' shooting, assisted by 

 foity drivers to round up the birds for him. He could 

 get long backers here for a rapidity extermination match 

 or for a persistent butchery medal. He can shoot pretty 

 well. He doesn't get tired of shooting. He is a great 

 man. 



A telegram received to-day (Sept. 29) from English 

 Lake, Indiana, says that the ducas are flying well. Num- 

 bers of jacksnipe are in the market, mostly from Indi- 

 ana. A tine bunch of woodcock displayed by a game 

 dealer were said to have come from Indiana. Game 

 dealers deny that any regular flight is coming down as 

 yet. They hay the ducks are much scattered. E. H. 



Connecticut Farmers and Sportsmen.— Westchester, 

 Conn., Sept. 28.— Editor Forest and Stream: I would like 

 to inform Mr. A. C. Collins that Mr. F, L, Carrier, who 

 sent out the card asking farmers to enforce the trespass 

 law, is not the Westchester station agent, but is one of 

 our oldest residents and largest land owners. The farms 

 in this vicinity are all posted, and the trespass law will 

 be enforced. The Westchester game will be protected. — 



WES'lCHt£STER FARMER. 



Cadiz, O , Sept. 2L — Quail and rabbits are very plenti- 

 ful here this fall, and the birds are well grown and 

 strong, the coveys being large. Have had several fine 

 runs alter the cotton tails, getting the dogs in good 

 shape for the open season. My beagles never did better, 

 and can make "Mollie" go to earth in short order.— 

 S. C G. 



The Megantic Club.— Messrs. Geo. McAleer and W. 

 R. Albertson, the Worcester members of the Megantic 

 Fish and Game Club, have returned. They were present 

 and took part in the dedication of the club house at Spi- 

 der Lake. The club house, which has just been erected, 

 is a commodious structure, three stories high, capable of 

 accommodating seventy-five or more guests at one time. 

 It is in charge of a steward and stewardess, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Howe, from Boston, who cater very acceptably to the 

 wants of the members of the club. This club as owner 

 and lessee, controls nearly 80,000 acres of territory in the 

 province of Quebec and State of Maine, which constitutes 

 without doubt the best territory for a fish and game pre- 

 serve in the eastern country, including the famous Spider 

 River, Arnold Pond, Massachusetts Bog, Crosby Pond and 

 Hathan Bog. It holds a charter from the Dominion gov- 

 ernment, and is organized under the laws of Maine, with 

 a capitalized stock of $25,000 and a membership limited 

 to 500, which is rapidly filling up. The territory of the 

 club is patrolled by game waidens. who are not slow in 

 bringing transgressors to justice. Messrs. McAleer and 

 Albertson report trout, deer and moose in abundance, 

 with better prospects in the future. A party, consisting 

 of Messrs. Brown, Hale and Barry of Boston, and Mc- 

 Aleer of this city, in charge of two guides, proceeded up 

 the Spicier River in two canoes abreast, Tuesday evening, 

 and when not more than two miles from the club house 

 came upon two deer feeding on the lily pads. Under the 

 skillful management of the guides, with the aid of a jack 

 in the bow of each canoe, they were enabled to enjoy the 

 beautiful sight for some time, when the deer took to 

 their heels and disappeared in the dense thicket. The 

 party were within five rods of them, but ic being close 

 season until Oct. 1, they did not carry arms, although at 

 a later date the "Worcester members are determined to 

 get a shot. 



A Shocking: Fatality.— Burlington, Vt., Sept. 24.— 

 On Tuesday, 18th inst., Mr. John Van Sicklen, of this 

 city, accompanied by Mr. A. L. Wright, a commercial 

 man of the firm of Wright & Sawyer, of Boston, left 

 here in a 12ft. canoe for a few dayb' duck shooting at one 

 of the gun club's stands on certain leased lands north of 

 this city. With a good stiff south wind they proceeded 

 contrary to the premonitions of Wright, and when out 

 about five miles or near the mouth of the Winooski or 

 Onion River, the well known shooting ground, it is con- 

 jectured that one of them shot at a passing fl <ck of ducks, 

 the recoil of the gun of course overturning the cranky, 

 overladen canoe, putting both men in the water. Wright's 

 body was found Wednesday night ab~>ut one mile north, 

 whither it had drifted, being entangled with fish lines 

 attached to the boat, which was but a few feet away. 

 The body of Van Sicklen was found by two Frenchmen 

 who live on Colchester Point this afternoon. There were 

 no rubber boots on the body, and it is leported he had a 

 piece of rope on one foot, indicating that he had tried to 

 drag the boat ashore, as he was a powerful fellow with 

 the grit of a bulldog. He undoubtedly exhausted himself 

 in getting off his heavy boots in the water. Mr. Van 

 Sicklen was of the firm of Van Sicklen & Spaulding , the 

 largest wholesale house in groceries and provisions m the 

 north; he was a young man of sterling qualities and the 

 most enterprising business man of the city, and his loss 

 is deeply mourned by all.— S. 



Those Tompkins County Woodcock.— Editor Forest 

 and Stream: "A slanderer" is not an extremely pleasant 

 term to have clinging to one's person these amber 

 autumn days, yet Dr. Morris came pretty near to hurling 

 that epithet at me through the columns of Forest and 

 Stream last week. I have not, as the Doctor intimates, 

 a personal acquaintance with Dr. K. or himself. At the 

 same time, I should consider myself an altogether scur- 

 rilous sort of an individual to fling an untruth more wil- 

 lingly into the face of a stranger than across the path of 

 a steadfast companion. I have heard too many clever 

 words spoken in behalf of Morris, Kirkendall and the 

 other good fellows who pass their leisure hours on the 

 wooded slopes of this favored hill country, to attempt, if 

 I were so inclined, to put them in a false position before 

 the public. My infoimation of Sept. 20 concerning the 

 woodcock incident of Aug. 1, came to me from a farmer 

 through the medium of an intimate friend. If the state- 

 ment was fiction instead of facts, as it now appears, the 

 communicative countryman has simply practiced an im- 

 position that has reduced me, after ever so many years 

 of contact with ozone and exercise, to the deucedly un- 

 comfortable position of having to submit to a doctor's 

 treatment.— M. C. H. (Tompkins county, N. Y.). 



Connecticut Law Enforcement.— Hartford, Conn., 

 Sept. 29.— If "Game Warden," of Thomaston, Conn., will 

 inform our association, over his own name, and furnish 

 the name of the party who shoots out of season at Meri- 

 den, we will find out what foundation there is to the 

 charge named in the Forest and Stream of the 27th 

 inst. We have three more violators of our game laws in 

 trouble, two parties in Ashford and one in Eastford, 

 Conn. They will have their trials early next week. One 

 of the parties is a dog trainer named A. S. Weeks, of 

 Ashford, Conn. Any one having any evidence of any 

 violation of our game laws should send it here. We have 

 organized to enforce the laws and for no other purpose. 

 Sportsmen and farmers ought to aid us. — A. C. Collins 

 (Pres. Connecticut Association of Farmers and Sports- 

 men for the Protection of Game and Fish). 



Bozeman, Mont., Sept. 21.— Maj. H. A. Pease started 

 from this place on the evening ot the 19th inst. in pur- 

 suit of large game, under the able guidance of Ira Dodge, 

 and returned the following evening, having killed a fine 

 six-point elk and several grouse. Bear and mule deer 

 signs were quite plentiful, but as the major had to return 

 in order to save the meat, all other game was allowed to 

 roam at will. In justice to the friends of small-bored 

 rifles I will say that the above elk was killed with a 

 .32 40 Ballard, and the little 185gr. bullet proved to be 

 quite effective.— Bear Hunter. 



The Fisher's Island Sportsmen's Club has been incor- 

 porated. It proposes to secure the exclusive right to 

 shoot and fish at the island and to stock it with game. 

 The trustees are Edwin N. Holbrook, William H. Schief- 

 felin, Philips Phoenix, James H. Dunham and William 

 J. Ketcham. 



ONTARIO GAME LAW. 



THE latest amendments to the Ontario law respecting large 

 game are as follows: 51 Victoria. Ghap. 36. Province of Ou- 

 tario. An Act to amend the Act for the protection of game and 

 fur bearing animals. (Extract). 1. Section 1 of the Act for the 

 protection of game and fur-boaring animals is hereby amended 

 by omitting therefrom the word "deer, elk, moose, reindeer or 

 etirihou between the 15th day of December and the loth day of 

 October," and inserting instead thereof the words following: 

 "Deer, elk, moos ', reindeer or caribou between the 20th clay of 

 November and the IStli day of October; but the period hereinbe- 

 fore limited shall not, as to moose, elk, reindeer and caribou, apply 

 before or until the loth day of October, 1895, and no moose, elk, 

 reindeer or oaribou shall be hunted, takm or killed between the 

 1st day of April, 1838, and the 15th day of October, 1895. 



ft, The said Act is hereby amended by adding after the word 

 "act," where it lastly occurs in said Sectiou, the words "and 

 where no other penalty therefore is by this Act provided." 



3. The said Act is hereby further amended by adding thereto 

 the following as sections 1(1, 17, 18, 19, 30 and 21 of the said Act: 



16. No person shall prior to the year 1895 hunt, take or kill any 

 deer, unless such person has been actually resident and domi- 

 ciled within the Province of Onta io or within the Province of 

 Quebec for a period of at least three months next h.sfore the said 

 lime, aud any *j-MSon offendirtg against this section shall be liable 

 to a tine not exceeding $20, nor less than $10, with costs of the 

 pros cutio i, for e icii amm-il so hunted, taken or killed, and in 

 defnuitof immediate payment of said line aud costs shall be 

 Ha ale to be imprison 1 in the common goal of the county or dis- 

 trict w'urdi t'H nl-rna »t:h committed, for a poriol not ex- 

 ceeding three months; Provided always that tni3 section shall not 

 apply to any person * ho, boia:^ a shareholder of or in anmcoi- 

 poratod company, hunts, kills or takes on the land of such com- 

 pany, any of the animals mention id in this section; Provided, 

 moreover, that this section shall not apply to any person in any 

 year for which he has obtained from the Commissioner of Crown 

 Lands a permit to hunt, kill or fake any of the animals in this 

 section mentioned, aud the Commissioner of Crown Lands is 

 hereby authorized to grant and issue such a permit upon pay- 

 ment therefor of a fee of $10 for each year during- whieb the same, 

 is to be m force, and upon being satisfied that the person apply- 

 ing for the permit may be relied upon to observe and comply 

 with the other provisions of this Act. 



17. No one person snail, during any one year prior to the year 

 1895, kill or take alive more than five deer; aud no two persons 

 hunting together or from one camp or place of rendezvous, or 

 forming or being what is commonly known as a hunting prly 

 snail, in anyone year prior to the year 1895, kill or take alive more 

 than eight deer; and no three or more persons hunting to^ei her 

 or from one camp or place of rendezvous, or formi >g ax being 

 what is commonly known as a huutmg party shall, in anyone 

 year prior to tue year 1895. kill or take alive more than twelve 

 deer, and any person offending against this section shall be l'able 

 to a fine not exceeding $20 nor less than 85, with costs of the 

 prosecution, for each deer beyoud or exceeding the number so 

 permitted to be killed or taken as aforesaid, and in default of im- 

 mediate payment of such fine and costs shall be liable to be im- 

 prisoned in the common jail of the county or district within 

 which the offense was committed for a period not exceeding 

 three months. 



"WILD FOWL SHOOTING." 



A NEW book on wildfowl has just como from the press. It is 

 written r>y Mi-. W. B, Lefflngwell, who has contributed many 

 acceptable papers to sportsmen's journals on his favorite theme. 



The present volume is a substantial book of 373 pages, ha d- 

 somely bound and with fourteen illustrations. The chapters 

 treat of the several varieties of wildfowl, their resorts, habits, 

 nights, and the successful methods of their pursuit; the selection 

 of guns loading, decoys, blinds, boats, retrievers, and all the allied 

 branches, appurtenances and "fine points" of the pursuit. We 

 reserve for another time a. fuller and more adequate notice of the 

 work. (For sale by tbe Forest and Stream Pub. Co. Price, bound 

 in half-morocco, $3.50). 



"That reminds me." 

 241. 



THAVE jusf recalled a good story told by one of the 

 guides who used to accompany Prof. Agassi z when 

 he and his party visited then: hunting lodge at Ampersan 

 Pond, in the North Woods. One of the gentlemen, on 

 the way over that wild carry, fell and seriously injured 

 his knee, and it was found necessary to improvise a pair 

 of crutches that he could be able to get abput at all. His 

 mishap made him quite nervous and restless, for fear 

 that he might not be able to get back over the mountain; 

 and this being his first experience in the woods, all sorts 

 of imaginary things came into his head. He walked out 

 one evening a short distance to enjoy the beautiful moon- 

 light, while the rest of the party were engaged at a game 

 of cards. All of a sudden a push aud a bang came against 

 the door, as of some one in mortal ha3te, when the door 

 flew open and a pair of crutches came half across the 

 room, followed by the crippled huntsman, who shouted 

 at the top of his voice, "Panther!" Every gun was in 

 requisition in a moment, and I believe our hunter was 

 sorely in need of a little brandy and water, as the party 

 sallied out to perform deeds of courage and daring. A 

 very careful search was made in the direction pointed 

 out by our nervous friend, who followed very cautiously 

 in the rear, when an linear hly cry rang out into the 

 stilly night. "There he is right overhead,"' he exclaimed, 

 when one of the guides shouted out, "Why, it's nothing 

 but an old hoot owl." Our friend did not hear the last of 

 the panther for some time. C. H. 



tu mi Oth er ^faking. 



LARGE MASK1NONGE IN CANADA. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Under the above heading you have copied from one of 

 our local journals some notes of the great catches of mas- 

 kinonge which have been made within the past five 

 weeks at Mosquito Bay, near this city. Necessarily, how- 

 ever, but a small modicum of the facts in relation to this 

 lately discovered paradise was given in your columns. 

 Permit me, then, for the benefit of the lovers of the 

 "gentle art,'' to give a few details as briefly as may be. 

 Mosquito Bay is situated three miles east of Belleville, 

 and is an offshoot of Big Bay, which is a portion of the 

 Bay of Quinte. It extends in a direction a little to the 

 westward of south for about four miles, and terminates 

 in a marsh which is several miles in length. Its great- 

 est width is about three miles, and it extends to perhaps 

 half a mile less near its head. The maskinonge are found 

 principally t-ome two miles or thereabouts down the bay, 

 the depth of water in which varies from 30ft. to 8ft. It 

 is, it will be seen, a large sheet of water, and is open to 

 winds from all directions, but east and northeast winds 

 are feit to the greatest extent. At Massassaga Point, 

 less than a mile from the mouth of the bay, is a summer 

 hotel , and on Biyr Island are farmhouses where visitors 

 can b. 1 accommodated. 



Tne number of uia-kinonge taken in this bay since its 

 discovery as then- habitat, some five weeks ago, is up- 

 I ward of one hundred. Deducting Sundays and days 



