FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. it, 1889. 



HUNTER'S 



Safe and Rapid Loader. 



The Loader is made of the best mate- 

 rial and workmanship, combining in One 

 Machine every requirement for the loading 

 and reloading of shot gun shells. 



Has no Superior in Safety, Rapidity, 

 Durability and Lightness. It Crimps, 

 Stamps number of shot. Clips shells any 

 length, also caps and decaps. Can be 

 packed in a small valise. 



The Crimper is also sold separate. 

 Will crimp at least three shells to any 

 other crimping one. Also clip-, shells 

 any length — caps and decaps. 



For prices and full description, 

 address, 



GEO. D. HUNTER, 



78 EXCHANGE BUILDING, 



Chicago, III. 



Insurance Company of New York. 



OfQoe, 119 Broadway. 



SEVE STY-FIRST SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT, 

 JANUARY, 1889. 



SUMMARY OF ASSETS : 



Casli in Banks and Trust Companies, . . . , $ 359,838 26 



Bonds and Mortgages, being first lien on Real Estate, . . . 701,300 00 



United States Stocks (market value), ..... 3,818,850 00 



Bank and Railroad Stocks and Bonds (market value), ... 2 379.130 00 



State and City Bonds (market value), ..... 411,869 89 



Loans on Stocks, payable on demand, ..... 239,400 00 



Interest due and accrued on 1st January, 1889, .... 79,098 83 



Premiums uncollected and in hands of Agents, .... 626,500 15 



Real Estate, ... .... 1,345,675 14 



LIABILITIES: 



CASH CAPITAL, 



Reserve Premium Fund, .... 

 Reserve for Unpaid Losses, Claims and Taxes, 

 Reserve for Sinking Fund, .... 

 Net Surplus, ..... 



88,961,657 37 



$3,000,000 00 

 3,767,507 00 

 669,483 88 

 22,203 78 

 1,502.462 61 



CASH ASSETS, 88,961,657 37 



DIRECTORS : 



Isaac H. Frothingbam, William H. Townsend, Cornelius N. Bliss, 



Oliver S. Carter, 

 Henry M Taber, 

 Daniel A. Heald, 

 David H. McAlpin, 

 Andrew C. Armstrong, 



Elbridge G. Snow, Jr. 

 DANIEL A. HEALD, President, 

 WILLIAM L. BIGELOW, { a^d^l** JOHN H. WASHBURN, 



Levi P. Morton, 

 Henry A. Hurlbut, 

 William Stnrgis, 

 J .hn R. Ford, 

 William R. Fosdick, 



Edmund F. Hoi brook, 

 John H. Washburn, 

 John H. Inman, 

 Walter H. Lewis, 

 Francis H. Leggett, 



Benjamin Perkins, 

 Henry E. Beguelin, 

 George W. Smitb, 

 Frederick P. Olcott, 

 J. Harsen Rhoades. 

 George C. Wbite, Jr. 



THOMAS B. GREENE, f iseureiar.ea, ELBRIDGlfl G. SNOW, JR., f Vice-Presidents, 



HENRY J. FERRIS, 

 ARETTNAH M. JBURTIS, 



New Ym% January 8, 1889. 



>Ass't Secretaries. 



SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO CLUBS. 



Blue Rock Traps and Targets. Complete Club Outfits. 

 Trap IF» Tills for 3 or Trcipjs. 



TRAP PULLING INDICATORS, with combinations for 3 or 5 traps. An absolute safeguard 

 against collusion between tbe sbooter and trapper, or in any way manipulating pulling of traps. 



CHAMBERLIN CARTRIDGES. 



The Best 



AND 



Cheapest 



FOR 



BreecUoaJii 

 Shotguns. 



THE ATLANTIC AMMUNITION CO., Limited, 



291 Broadway, 3XTe>-\*r Yorls.. 



J. Stevens Arms and Tool Co. 



P. O. Box 4100, Chicopee Falls, Mass. 



Send for our large 52-page Illustrated Catalogue. 



STEVENS PATENT 



Breeel-Loaflii, Sprtim anlHiler's Pet Bite, 

 Single ail Pontile Slot Gun s, Pocket Riles. 



The Best Scores on Record in America, from 10 to 50 yards, have been 

 made -with the Stevens Pistol. 



STEVENS TARGET PISTOL. 



f™,?o£T fi^ r . 011 ^ out l ¥ w ! orld , a . s Possessing unsurpassed accuracy, perfect of 

 tn^SwS™ rt?« h ™ Tl i? e S5 l ? n ^ sh ? ts a ¥ unhesitatingly select tbe Stevens Pistols 

 to perform tbe most difficult feats of marksmanship. 



Wild Fowl Shooting. 



By W. B. LEFFINGWELL. 



Containing Scientific and Practical Descriptions of Wild Fowl, their Resorts, Habits, Flights, 

 and the most successful methods of hunting them. 



Chapter I. 

 II. 

 HI. 

 IV. 



V. 



VI. 

 VII. 



VIII. 

 IX. 

 X. 

 XI. 



XII. 

 XIII. 

 XIV. 

 XV. 

 XVI. 

 XVII. 

 XVIII. 



CONTENTS. 



Reveries. XIX. 



Mallard Ducks. XX. 



Wood Duck— Summer Duck. XXI. 



Blue-Winged Teal. XXII. 



Shooting Mallards from a Scull XXIII. 



Boat on the Mississippi. XXIV. 



Cornfield Mallard Shooting. XXV. 



Shooting Mallards in a Snow XXVI. 



Storm. 



Wilson Snipe— Jack Snipe. XXVII. 



Mallard Timber Shooting. XXVIII. 



Mallard Shooting at Ice Holes. XXIX. 



In the Marsh— Morning, Mid-day XXX. 



and Evening Duck Shooting. XXXI. 



Shoveler— Spoonbill. XXXII. 



Blue Bill— Scaup Duck. XXXIII. 

 Canvasback Duck. 



Green- Winged Teal. XXXIV. 



American Widgeon— Bald Pate. XXXV. 

 G-adwall Duck— Gray Duck. 



Quail Shooting. XXXVI. 



Dusky, or Black Duck. 

 American Coot— Mud Hen. 

 Buffle-Headed Duck— Butter Ball. 

 Redhead Duck. 



Science of Sculling Wild Fowl. 

 Pin Tail— Sprig Tail. 

 Two Sports; or Out for a Lark. 

 A Morning with Nature and an 



Afternoon with Ducks. 

 White-Fronted Goose. 

 The Snow Goose. 

 Brant, or Brant Goose. 

 Trumpeter Swan. 

 Canada Goose Shooting. 

 Boats. 



Outfits— Blinds— Decoys— Duck 

 Calls. 



The Shotgun and How to Use It. 

 Shot, Powder, Shells, Wads and 



Loading. 

 Dogs and their Characteristics. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Portrait of Author. Canvasback Duck. 



Mallard Duck. Quail. 



Retriever Bringing Mallard (in Marsh). Redhead Duck. 



Blue- Winged Teal. Shooting Redheads Over Decoys (in Marsh). 



Sculling Mallards on Mississippi. Pin Tail Duck. 



Wilson Snipe. Canada Goose. 



Snipe Shooting Over Dog. Shooting Geese Over Decoys (in Stubble.) 



Elegantly bound in cloth, also in half morocco. Size of book, 8vo., 400 pages. Price $2.50 

 in cloth, and $8.50 in half morocco. Sent postpaid by 



FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY, 

 318 Broadway, Hew York. 



YACHTS, BOATS 



AND 



CANOES, 



WITH 



SPECIAL CHAPTERS ON MODEL YACHTS 

 AND SINGLEHANDED SAILING. 



C. STANSFELD-HICKS. 



Author of "Oub Boys, and What to Do With Thbm. 



NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS 



WORKING DRAWINGS OF MODEL YACHTS AND VARIOUS SMALL CRAFT 

 SUITABLE FOR AMATEURS. 



DESIQ-NS : 



Model Yachts.— Defiance, Isolde, Bonny Jean, and 10-tonner with sail plan. 

 Canoes.— Birch, Mersey Paddling Canoe, L'Hirondelle, Sailing Canoe. 

 Sailing Boats and Yachts. — Dabchick, Wideawake, Myosotis, Una, Singlehander by C. P 

 Jlayton, Puffin, 3-ton Racer, 3-ton Cruiser, 24ft. Auxiliary tsteam and sail) fishing boat. 



This volume contains much that is valuable and interesting to American yachtsmen and 

 canoeists. The design, construction and use of small craft of all kinds is treated of in a simple 

 and entertaining style, and the instructions are clear and easily understood. 



Large crown 8vo., 380 pages and 16 large folding plates. 



Price, Postpaid, $3.50. 



FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 



SI 8 Broadway. New York. 



UNCLE LISHA^S SHOP. 



Life in a Corner of Yankeeland. 



By ROWLAND" B. ROBINSON. 



A book that appeals to all who know anything of the old-fashioned New England life. 

 These are some of the chapters: 



The School Meeting in District 13. Uncle Lisha's Spring Gun. In Uncle Lisha's Shop. Con- 

 cerning Owls. Uncle Lisha's Courting. How Zene Burnham Come It on His Father. 

 A Rainy Day in the Shop. The Turkey Shoot at Hamner's. Sam Lovel's Thanksgiving. 

 Little Sis. Sam Lovel's Bee-Hunting. In the Shop Again. The Fox Hunt. Noah Chase's 

 Deer-Hunting. The Hard Experience of Mr. Abijan Jarvis. The Coon Hunt. In the 

 Sugar Camp. Indians in Danvis. The Boy Out West. Breairiug Up. The Departure. 

 The Wild Bees' Swarm. 



They make a handsomely printed volume of 187 pages, bound in cloth. Sent, postpaid, on 

 receipt of price, $1.00. 



FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., 318 Bkoadway New York. 

 DAVIES & CO., London, England. 



N ESS M UK'S POEMS. 



FOREST RUNES. By Geo. W. Sears, INessmuk[. 



Large octavo, 208 pages, printed on heavy paper, bound in cloth, gold lettering, with 

 a portrait of the author. Price, $1.50. 



FOB SALE BY ALL BOOK DEALERS 



KIMBALL'S 



STRAIGHT CUT CIGARETTES, 



Unsurpassed in quality. Used by people of refined taste. 

 HIGHEST AWARD AT BRUSSELS, 1888. 



The finest Smoking Mixtures WM P V , UDIM nn 

 are of our Manufacture. Wlfl. S. KIMBALL & CO., 



Fifteen First Prize Medals. Rochester, IS, Y v 



