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true that the leader leads. Instead of being a leader he is a driver, 

 and in the rutung season always brings up the rear of tbe bunch, 

 prodding the laggine cows or calves with his sharp horns and 

 driving them before him as a cowboy drives a bunch of cattle. 

 At other seasons of the year the bulls are the first to run away, 

 but in the rufine season they are the last, always going about to 

 gather up all the bunch before they start to run. On page 50 it is 

 stated that the elk do not often feed at night but are stirring at 

 the earliest dawn. Tnis is not the case "in most parts of the 

 country. Elk are usually most active during the night, and 

 especially in the rutting seasou may be heard, especially on moon- 

 light nights, from shortly after dark until dawn, fighting, playing 

 in the water and feeding. 



To these remarks it may be objected that the habits of a species 

 of wide range may diff er in different parts of the country. 1 his is 

 true within certain limits. Habits affected by climate, such as 

 the times of rut and of birth of young, or habits of migration and 

 even hours of feeding, might vary according to the adventitious 

 conditions of the animal's life, but thes» conditions would not in- 

 fluence such a matter as the growth and shedding of the horns. 



Exception may also be taken to Mr. Perry's apparent blood 

 thirstiness. In the accounts which he gives of bunting, he sneaks 

 as if it were a common thing for him to kill three pr four elk out 

 of a bunch, and again on page 67, he tells where he killed seven or 

 eight at one time. Such slaughter as this makes us think of the 

 turning loose among a band of elk of young city sportsmen who 

 had never before seen big game. It is certainly inexcusable in an 

 old hunter. The tendency to kill is naturally stroug euough in 

 every civilized heart, and the efforts of those who write as teach- 

 ers— for the instruction of those who have had less experience 

 than themselves— should be devoted to checking rather than to 

 encouraging this tendency. All of us who are sportsmen profess 

 to desire to preserv game rather than to slaughter it, and it is 

 unfortunate that this lessou has so far been forgotten in this 

 present work. As already implipd, similar comment might be 

 made on a number of other chapters in this book. 



As might be expect ed in a volume of this kind, the articles are 

 of widely var.ving merit. Some of them appear to have been 

 originally written for this volume: others have at various times 

 in the past appeared in substantially the same form m snorting 

 papers. Such an article is that capital account of the buffalo, 

 written by Orin Belknap, and a most excellent story of mountain 

 goat hunting, by our friend- John Fannin, both of which have ap- 

 peared in FOBEST AND STREAM. 



The illustrations which adorn the volume also vary widely in 

 merit. Some of them are extremely coarse and to our mind quite 

 unworthy of the work; others while not especially praiseworthy 

 from a standpoint of execution, are really very vivid and lifelike. 

 We may call especial attention to the picture in the article on the 

 mountain sheep, page 366, entitled "Mother and Son." It is in 

 many respects most excellent. So, the head of the musk ox is 

 capital. The figure of the mule deer on pae-e 156, entitled "Rest- 

 ing," is excellent, but what place has a picture of a Virginia deer's 

 head, entitled "The Portrait," page 152, in an article on the mule 

 deer. This cut seems to have been misplaced. 



We have written at length of this book because it is in many 

 ways an important one, treating of a subject which has a very 

 great interest for a large class of readers. A work of this kind 

 made up on this plan can hardly fail to contain errors, yet on the 

 whole the "Big Game of North America" deserves great praise. 



So far it stands by itself, without a rival, and we believe that it 

 will be extensively read not only in America, but in England as 

 well. 



A STORY OF THE SEA.* 



O KETCHES of sea life are to most readers interesting, partly 

 O because they treat of a phase of existence of which most 

 people know nothing by actual experience. Perhaps no one has 

 done so much to render this form of literature popular as Mr. W. 

 Clark Russell, whose stories easily stand in the front rank. 



Mr. Patterson's "Captain of the Rajah" is a short story, but it 

 is well told in a simple yet vivid style, which reminds one some- 

 what of Mr. Russell. It turns on the adventures of the crew of a 

 schooner commanded by a captain who is drunken and brutal, 

 and the voyage terminates in the wreck of the vessel and the 

 death of all except the narrator of the tale. 



The book contains about 130 cuts, ranging in size from full-page 

 illustrations to chapter initials and tail pieces. These sketches by 

 Mr. Sheppard are vigorous and lifelike, and add to the interest of 

 Hie volume. 



*Ihe Ciptain of the Rajah, a Story of the Sea, by Howard 

 Patterson. Illustrated by Warren Sheppard. New York: Union 

 Square Publishing Company, 30 Union Square. 



COLORADO SKETCHES.* 



MR. FRANCE needs no introduction to readers of Forest and 

 Stream. Either by his own name or by his pseudonym, 

 '•Bourgeois," he has long been known as one of our most able and 

 entertaining contributors, and has given pleasure to thousands of 

 readers by his charming sketches of life in Colorado. 



Mr. France is an old timer in Colorado and is thoroughly f am ilia r 

 with the scenes of which he writes. Besides this, which is much, 

 he has further the gift of a keen poetic sense and the rare ability 

 to express in charming and feeling language not only what he 

 sees and what he does, but also the reflection to which such sights 

 and actions give rise. Given such an unusual combination as this, 

 it is hardly necessary to say that the writings of its possessor will 

 be eagerly read. 



The story of Mr. Dide treats of the adventures of a young tour- 

 ist in Colorado, whose attire, manners and language justify us in 

 calling him a "dude." There is a thread of story and a suggestion 

 o f love in the sketch; but its main incidents deal with what Mr. 

 Dide does while in camp with two old timers, who have gone off 

 for a month in the mountains. One of these is the author, and 

 the other may be conjectured to be another well known contribu- 

 tor to Forest and Stream, who was long editor of one of the 

 most important newspapers in Denver. Mr. Dide, notwithstand- 

 ing the prejudice that his appearance at first inspires, proves 

 himself a gentleman, and under the tuition of the author takes a 

 number of lessons in the art of angling. There is plenty of fishing 

 and a little shooting in the sketch, and a good deal of unobtrusive 

 instruction in the decencies of sport. There are plenty of men 

 who can write well enough of the "ethics of sport," but, we fear, 



* Mr. Dide: His Vacation in Colorado, and Other Sketches. By 

 L. B. France, author of "Rod and Line," etc., etc. New York: 

 Bromfield & Company, 1890. 



too few who put in practice what they preach as do the two prin- 

 cipal character of the book. 



The adventures of Mr. Dide are told in 137 pages of the 259 which 

 make up this book. The remainiug sketches are "The Rivals of 

 Basset Bar," "The Owners of the Jack Pot Lode," and "Called." 

 In each of these the scene is laid in a mining camp, and the stories 

 deal with early mining days and show an accurate knowledge of 

 the occurrences of that period. Like "Mr. Dide," they are told 

 with rare felicity and show great feeling. 



The charm which pervades Mr. F> ances' writings will be felt by 

 every oae who reads them, and this latest volume is recommended 

 as a thoroughly wholesome and altogether delightful book on out- 

 door life. It is illustrated by a number of plates of characteristic 

 western scenery. 



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F. L. T.j Washington D. C— Please inform me by your paper 

 who is the best live pigeon shot and who the best clav pigeon shot, 

 that is according to record. Ans. It is not known who are the 

 best shots. 



E. T. M., East Boston.— I have just run across a French book 

 printed in 1830, entitled " Pecheur Francais." It tells all about 

 hatching trout. How long is it since we commenced in New York 

 to hatch fish? Ans. The first experiments in the artificial breed- 

 ing of fish in this country were made by Dr. Theodatus Garlick 

 and Prof. H. A. Ackley. in 1853. near Cleveland, O. It was not 

 until years later that the work was taken up systematically. The 

 Erench preceded other nations in this line of enterprise. 



Salmo, Patersoa, N. J.— Please inform me if the introduction of 

 English brown trout and Loch Leven trout has proved a success in 

 this country. Ans. Yes, thes* trout have been distributed widely 

 over a large portion of our Eastern States and in some of the West- 

 ern ones, and have bred freely. They reach a large size and 

 possess all the good qualities of superior game fisb. We have no 

 native species of blactt spotted trout east of the Rocky Mountain 

 region, and these introduced species area great addition to our 

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H. A. L., Ogdensburg.— Having purchased an island in the St. 

 Lawrence river, we find at its head a large bed of rushes, growing 

 in from 3 to 8ft. of water. Any dead fish or other refuse matter 

 coming down the river is sure to lodge amid the rushes and if 

 there is any possible way, we propose to set them out. Ans. 

 We cannot suggest a plan for the extermination of rushes, except 

 to cut them off as near the roots as possible. The roots are so 

 deeply and firmly fixed that the difficulty of eradicating the plant 

 must be very great. 



A. A., St. Louis.— Will you please answer the following question: 

 Which is the fastest flyer, green-winged teal duck or a canvas- 

 back duck, and what is the speed of each ? Ans. It is believed 

 that the canvasback is the faster flyer, but the speed of neither 

 bird has ever been measured with any approach to accuracy. A 

 number of guesses have been made, but little definite is known. 

 Cross, in his "Fifty Years with Rod and Gun," estimates the 

 speed of the greenwing at from 80 to 100 miles per hour, and that 

 of the canvasback at from 80 to 120 miles per hour. 



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