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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 39, 1888. 



Answers to §otm^ondmt^ 



l£p""No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



F. L. K— See answer to Shells in this number. 



If C. R. A., of Lafayette, N. J., will send us his name we will 



P C? iLH^New Haven.- Go to Durham's Creek, North Carolina, 

 reached by Old Dominion Line of steamers from Norfolk, Va. 



Shells— To clean your brass shells immerse them in vinegar 

 or a weak solution of oxalic acid. Or use mixture of two parts 

 sulphuric acid, two parts water, one part pulverized biochrom ate 

 potash, then clean with hot water. It is better to clean only the 

 outside of the shells; the wads will be held more firmly if the 

 inside be not polished. 



H. R. W.— According to the law as amended by Chap. 641, 1887 

 robins may he shot on Long Island and Staten Island from Nov. 1 

 to Jan. 1. 



J E. A.— For ruffed grouse you may choose pointer or setter 

 after vour own predilection. There are strenuous partisans who 

 uphold each breed against the other as the better. 



W. A. McQ., Glasgow, Kentucky.— Where can I purchase pic- 

 tures suitable for anglers' club room? Want something at mod- 

 erate cost. Give address of dealer in deer antlers, etc. Ans. 1. 

 Currier & Ives, Nassau street, New York. 2. John Wallace, lb 

 North William street, New York. 



Waterloo. — A friend of mine owns the dog and I the hitch; 

 there are in litter eight pups. No arrangement having been made 

 previous to the birth of pups, to how many pups is the owner or 

 the dog entitled? Ans. The customary arrangement is that the 

 owner of the sire shall have the first choice of the pups. 



C. B., Cceur d'Alene, Idaho.— I send you by to-day's mail the 

 skin off the head of some animal killed by an Indian near here. 

 Please let me know the local and scientific name of animal through 

 the columns of your valuable paper. There is no one here that 

 knows what it is. Ans. The skin is that of a young female 

 woodland caribou. . ^ 



P. S. G., Forest Lake, Minn.— Bum, English setter (E. K. C. S. B. , 

 1555), is by Laverack's Dash out of Laverack's Moll III., she by 

 Fred I. out of Belle II. Fred by Rock I. out of Moll II. Belle II. 

 by Kock II. out of Blair's Cora. Dash was got by Ponto out of 

 Old Moll. Rock is by Laverack's Dash out of Pilkington's Lill, 

 she by Laverack's Rock out of Belle, she by old Rock out of Cora. 

 Laverack's Rock is by Fred I. out of Cora. Laverack's Dash by 

 Ponto out of old Moll. Countess is by Laverack's Dash II. out of 

 his Moll III., she by Fred I. out of Belle II., she by Rock II. out of 

 Blair's Cora. Fred I. bv Rock I. out of Moll II. Laverack's Dash 

 II. is by his Sting out of Cora II., he by Rock out of Blair's Cora, 

 she by Fred I. out of Cora I. Other pedigrees not traceable. 



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