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I !C. S., Toronto.- Six and one-half inches will be large enough 

 tor the mast. 



A. E. E., Lodi, O— 1. For squirrels, rabbits and birds, what bore 

 would you have m right and left barrels of 12-gauge double-bar- 



reled gun? 2. What is best dog for rabbits and squirrels? Ans. 

 1. Right, cylinder; left, modified choke. 3. The beagle. 

 H. C, Boston.— Kindly inform H. C, of Boston, that I can give 



„. uuowju. — rnumv iinui Lu n. u., oi Boston, mat. i can give 

 him a copy of the report of U. S. Fish Commission of 1879, contain- 

 some good information regarding the eel question.— H. E. B. 



ingsome„_. 



M. H. G., Canton, Ohio.— Will you kindly tell me if rabbits are 

 classed as game in England, and if there is any law protecting 

 them there? Ans. Both hare (Lepus timiclm) and rabbit (L. cuni 



cuius), are both considered fair game for the gun in Great Britain: 

 and there are laws protecting them. 



Southern Cat/ifornia. Yachts are caulked with "caulking 

 cotton;" raw cotton specially spun for the purpose in heavy 

 strands. Oakum is not suitable. Paint the seams, using a nar- 

 row brush, as soon as the caulking is completed, then stop with 

 putty. Marine glue is the best for deck seams. 



B. W. G., Shenandoah, Pa.— 1. Are the produce of a red Irish 

 setter dog and cocker spaniel bitch good bird dogs? 2 Would 

 you recommend the cross? 3. Give me best food to feed dog before 

 huutmg to produce best scenting power? Ans. 1. Not so good as 

 the pure bred animal. See recent notes on cross-breds. 3 Feed 

 him sparingly on his accustomed food. 



W, -W-£" Whitman, Mass.— If a bevy of quail are not broken 

 up will they breed as well and as fast in the following season? 

 Ans. It is generally believed that there is a tendency on the part 

 of quail that pass the winter undisturbed to remain in a park 

 during the summer, but we fancy that this rarely occurs. The 

 reproductive instinct comes with the spring and leads the birds to 

 pair and separate. 



F. W. U., Pittsburgh, N. Y.-To whom will I write to obtain 

 ™^ f -V£ • stock a brook with, and what will be the expense? 

 JVii a d r \ ce F? w a . nd d0 as weU if S0Vfn in the spring as in the 

 \xPl L J A 1 AnnlI1 < J*., Caledonia, Livingston Co., New York: 



W. L. Gilbert, Plymouth, Mass., and Troutmere, Osceola Mills, 

 Wis., have trout eggs and fry for sale, and will send you price 

 lists on application. 2. Yes, if sown early enough. 



Angler, Philadelphia.— Please tell me why this citv stopped 

 fishing m the Wissahickon Creek, a tributary of the Schuykill 

 River, how long it, has been this way, and when we will be allowed 

 to cast our bait again. Ans. A member of the Pennsylvania Fish 

 Commission informs us that he thinks Wissahickon Creek was 

 stocked with black bass by M. Russell Thayer, of the Pairmount 

 Park Commission, in the fall of 1887, and was protected for three 

 I e . ar8 i iL that De tne case it be allowable to fish there in the 

 fall of 1890. 



J. E. W., Asbury Park, N. J.— 1. In what month do bass deposit 

 their eggs m New Jersey waters? 2. Do they protect the spawn 

 alter it is deposited or do they destroy it when there is ample 

 other food? 3. Under favorable circumstances, what weight bass 

 can be obtained in twelve mouths from the time they are hatched? 

 i. Should a hatching box be placed in still or running water? 5. 

 Would you advise hatching or using the fish to populate a pond? 

 Ans. 1. May, June and July are the spawning months of black 

 bass m New Jersey. The female yields from 5,000 to 20,000 eggs, 

 which are adhesive and stick to stones and twigs on the bottom. 

 Sometimes nests, instead of being prepared on the bottom, are 

 tormed of vegetable matter deposited on the top of brush heaps, 

 which extend almost to the surface of the water. Nests three or 

 four feet in diameter are recorded by "Homo" in Forest and 

 Stream. 2. The parents protect the nests most vigorously and 

 successfully against all intruders, and take the best possible care 

 ot their young. The average period of incubation is from eight 

 to ten days. Small bass are said to prey upon one another for the 

 first two or three weeks of their lives, but not afterward. When 

 natural food is plentiful the probability is that they will not de- 

 velop cannibalistic tendencies. 3. No less than im. 4. Black bass 

 have not been hatched artificially so far as we know. 5. We 

 would introduce the fish. Wonderful and almost universal suc- 

 cess has followed the transplanting of bass. The fish thrive in 

 ponds, when properly and sufficiently fed, as well as in ©pen 

 waters. 



Names and Portraits or Birds, by Gurdon Trumbim. jl 

 book particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they can 

 identify without question all the American game birds which 

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