Nov. 10, 1898.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Kenuedy, who attended to evprvthing as representative of the Royal 

 Yecht Squadron, and sent me home after tbe formalities had been 

 completed at the British Consulate at Marseilles, I shall never foreet; 

 They could not have been Icinder to their own sons. Ttje vessel hUed 

 so quicklv after turniug on her side that there was no time to get the 

 life-belts' from below, and I did not see any one use the hfe-buoys on 

 deck. 



Detroit Y. C. 



DETROIT, MIOH.— IxARB ST. CLAIR. 



The Detroit Y. C. closed its season on Oct. 21, by a fall regatta, 

 .sailed in a moderate and variable breeze, the course being from the 

 anchorage off the Park House, around Grosse Pointe lightship, the 

 "double cat" class rounding ihe "Dummy Light." 



The times were: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Princess 1 53 13 4 44 57 2 5144 



Crufader: 153 20 5.30 05 3 37 45 



Cora 1 50 32 5 50 43 4 00 10 



SECOND OLA.SS. 



Josephine 1 52 48 4 40 05 2 47 17 



Alice EDTiglit 1 47 08 4 36 20 2 49 18 



LuluB 1 52 18 4 59 12 3 OH 54 



GenrudeV.'.'.'.'.V.'. 1 55 .. 5 09 28 3 14 .88 



THIRD CLASS, 



Shamrock 1 48 27 4 51 44 3 03 17 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Madaline ....1 4e 30 5 OS 49 8 IG 19 



Ugo ■ ..1 54 25 5 17 26 3 33 .. 



Madke 1 46 49 



FIFTH CLASS. 



Eureka 1 63 20 5 34 20 3 41 . . 



Let Her Oo ..148.24 



DOUBLE CATS. 



Piu'ltan 1 .50 52 4 34 50 3 4-3 .58 



Nettie N 1 46 20 4 37 50 2 51 30 



Lois . . 1 49 40 4 45 13 3 55 33 



Augustas 1 53 55 4 .50 66 2 57 01 



Gladys 1 54 39 4 58 15 3 03.36 



Josephine 1 49 07 4 54 42 3 05 .35 



Enright wins bolh the Hanley watch and the Mabley trophy. 

 Campau cup has been won by Princess twice and Crusader twice, and 

 they will sail oiS. The Kramer trophy lies between Augusta S. and 

 Purl ran. j'>Ietiie N. was disqualilied. 



.\fier the race the Josephine was sold by her owners to a new syn- 

 dicate. The various challenges and counter challenges arising from 

 the late sweepstakes have as yet resulted in nothing but talk. 



liord Dunraven's Challenge. 



A SPECIAL meeting of the committee was called on Nov. 4, Gen. 

 Pame comrag on from Boston to attend. All were present except Mr. 

 Rogers. Mr. H. Maitland Kersey, Lord Dunraven's representative, 

 was present hy invitation of the committee. After discussion a mes- 

 sage 10 Lord Dunraven was framed and sent by cable, the contents 

 not being m.-ide public. After the meeting Gen. Paine, Mr. Smith and 

 Mr. Kersey dined together at Delraonico's. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



Brunhilde, schooner, recently purchased from J. J. Phelps by D. H. 

 King of New York, is now at Poillon's; where she has been oom- 

 pletely overhauled under the direciiou of Captain Howard Patterson. 

 She has been altered at bow and stern, greatly improving the ends 

 and increasing the deck room, the new ends being planned by Captain 

 Patterson. JVlr. DriscoU, Poillon's foreman, did an excellent job with 

 the stern, all the new^ work being got out and laid on deck before the 

 yacht was docked; the old stei-n being then cut off and the new one 

 erected. The cabins have been remodeled, the sheer has been 

 changed and improved, and changes have been made in the rig, so 

 that the yacht will come out greatly improved in appearence. 



The new Maxwell schooner will be builo by a comparatively new 

 firm, S. L. Moore & Sou, of Elizabethport, N. J, The firm has car- 

 ried on a large foundry and machine shop for many years, but it is 

 only about three years since it put in a complete steel building plant 

 on the shores of Arthur's KuU, or Staten Island Sound. It has already 

 built the steel ferryboat Cincinnati and the practice cnaiser Bancroft. 

 The new schooner will be 110ft. on deck, 82ft. l.w.I., 22ft. 9in. beam, 

 10ft. draft. 3ft. 9in. freeboard, and will carry about 55 cons of lead. 

 Her forward overhang will be lift., and after 17ft;. The keel is 

 straight for the greater part of its length, running up in a straight 

 line, but at quite an angle from the end of the straight part to the 

 forefoot. 



The keel of the new Carroll yacht is nearly ready for the blocks at 

 Bristol, while the steel frames are bent and drilled and the stern and 

 sternpost are nearly ready. As the steel plate is on hand, the work 

 of lunlding will progress rapidly after the keel is laid. The 24ft. boat 

 is partly decked, as is the .30ft., while the oak frames of the 90ft. 

 steamer are bent. 



Messrs. Stewart & Binney have made a design for a Canadian 

 gentleman of a .36ft. cruising yawl. She will be 50ft. over all, lift, 

 beam, and Rft. draft. They have also in hand a design for center- 

 board cabin catboat 24X11 ft. and a IBft. boat for a lake in New 

 Hampshne, 



Avenel, steam yacht, in very bad shape after her late collision off 

 Execulioii. is out at Poillon's for general overhaul and rebuilding. 



Wadena, steam yacht, Mr. J. H. Wade, Jr., was at Halifax on Oct. 

 28, boLinil from New York for Cleveland, O. 



Eclipse sip . is out at Sondheim & Abrams, T wenty-elxth street, for 

 a new and longer stern. 



The notice of the annual meeting of the A. C. A. executive com- 

 mittee is unusually brief this year, as the meeting will be held on 

 Thursday next. Several notices of amendments have been published 

 this fall, but as the report of the regatta, committee has not been 

 published, it will not be possible to make any amendments to the 

 racing rules at the meeting. The distance from New Y^ork, Albany 

 and Bo.stou is likely to operate to prevent a general attendance on 

 the part of members of the committee, but it is desirable that as 

 many as possible should be present or at least I'epresented by proxy. 

 The principal business of the meeting will be the selection of a sit,e 

 for the next meet. 



In a Rowings Boat. 



1. 



Whilw this cruise and its narration were as yet things of the 

 future, I had fancied borrowing a title and calUng it the "The Story 

 of the Rear Column." for it had been planned that the Vim, .the 

 Cruiser, the Sneak and the Bessie, with their respective crews were 

 to precede the Dorothy, lea\'ing Saturday afternoon and reachuag the 

 camping ground the same night. The latter was to follow on Sunday 

 morning. From one cause or another, nowever, the Dorothy 

 being the only one to start, the writer was forced to forego the satis- 

 faction of seeing the above heading gracing this screed. A less start- 

 ling one had to be chosen, for if the use of these military terms is 

 allowable, we were advance, main and rear columns all in one. 



We are firm believers with Nessmuk in "smoothing it." and in ac- 

 cordance with this belief all that could be done te make otu* short 

 cruise pleasant was attended to beforehand; room engaged for our 

 stay over night, lists made out of the different portions of our outfit, 

 bills of fare for the four meals gotten up, and we lay the success of 

 the trip at the door, so to speak, of this forethought. 



Most of us will confess to a feeUng of anxiety when it comes our 

 tiu-n to be cook, this planning of satisfactory meals— meals which 

 will be not only of a suitable quality but also furm'sh a pleasing va- 

 riety. We can look back to cruises in the days of our apprentice- 

 ship when we lived, like "Seneca's" friend, on "condensed milk and 

 crackers." We do better now ; in fact, not long ago, while one of 

 the present crew was a guest at a camp supper, Mrs. "Bessie" re- 

 quested Mr. -Dorothy" to make the tea; "he makes such good tea," 

 sue remarked sweetly— but that is another story. The point I wish 

 to impress on the mind of the beginner is this: That if he will spend 

 a few spare hours in working at his outfit,— and who can imagine a 

 more delightful occupation— making a list of the surviving -'fittest" 

 for future reference, he will tind cruising a much more enjoyable 

 way of spending a vacation than many of the published reports of 

 oniises would give him reason to believe. This is not cruising, how- 

 ever, so, as I have a tale to unfold, let me begin. 



I went down late Saturday night laden with the usrual asBprtmeiit 



of bags and bundles. It was a beautiful night, but quite cold; cold 

 enough for a top coat, cola enough to make one think of open flres, 

 ulsters and the T)rice of coal. Ttio moon h>\A gone into the silver- 

 plating business for the time being, and was very bupy putting a coat 

 on tlie earth. As it was nearly twelve u'clock when I rerdched the 

 the boat-house, 1 was much more concf^rned over getting to sleep 

 than in the view out of doors, and within a very few minutes from 

 thetimeof my arrival the bundles had been dropped on the table 

 and I was in my little bed— said bed consisting of four boat cushions 

 laid on top of the lockers— fast asleep. ^ , , 



LikeSancho Pauza I have a talent for sleeping. The day's duties, 

 hmvever. must have weighed heavily on my senses, for I awoke at 

 six o'clock Sunday morning, an hour before my usual time, without 

 the least desire to" roll over for another nap. I turned out to hud the 

 day clear and cool, with a light south-east wind blovvmg, which 

 lasted with varying degrees of force until night fall. 



After a hasty breakfast I worked for two mortal hours at cleaning 

 the boat and stowing our outfit, finishing just in time to change mto 

 decent boating clothes and to welcome my sister who arrived on the 

 nine o'clock train, and who must figure hereafter in these lines as the 

 coxswain. J. came down half an hour later shifting his clothes so 

 quickly that we obeyed the coxswain's order to "Give way 1" for the 

 first strode of our long pull at ten o'clock. 



Our craft is sevt^nteen feet long and closely resembles the well- 

 known Whitehall boat both as to model and intenor arrangements. 

 She is very, very tar from being an ideal cruiser, having been 

 built to serve as a means of communication between the Lauding and 

 a certain little red house beloved of the crew and their friends; but 

 as she carried us safely to our journey's end and back again, far be 

 it from me to abuse her. Our outfit is stowed thus, commencing at 

 the stern: rolled up siingly behind the backboard is the coxswain's 

 oilskin cloak and ulster and our two coats; on the two stern sheets 

 on each side rest the two band bags containing necessaries for the 

 toilet; the awnmg being rolled up and buttoned to the under side of 

 one of these seats. The mess chest fits under the first thwart, with 

 the water pail, which has a tight-flcting cover, resting agauist it; 

 under J. 's seat is stowed the camp kit in its box; beneath mine lies 

 the anchor and cable with a slight lashing around them; and on the 

 bow seat the painter is flemished down, the boat sponge being under- 

 neath. While rowing, the small sprit sail— we only use it for running 

 before the wind— lies on the thwarts to starboard, with the boat- 

 hook to port. When under sail, the oars occupy the same positions. 



Dear, dear, how we improve 1 1 notice in a recent article descriptive 

 of a canoe trip, the simple camp kit and mess-chest of yore, now 

 figure as a "camping kitchen" and "steward's pantry" forsooth ! The 

 two wooden boxes which I have mentioned by their simple names are 

 representative of what other and more experienced cruisers consider 

 best, each in its way. The mess-chest is 13xl8x8in. with a cover 

 fliticgover and outside of it, said cover forming a very good tray, 

 bread-board, etc. It is hardly proper to call either of these by a 

 specified name as they are invariably used m conjunction with each 

 other, being packed as best suit the exigencies of the situation. 



On this cruise the one I call the mess-chest contained four china 

 plates, three cups and saucers, the dish towels, some sweet crackers, 

 a loaf of cake, a few boiled potatoes— for frying— and some cold 

 roast lamb we had brought from home. The camp-kit box, 18x8X9in., 

 held the tin pail, nested inside of which were the Jlumme force stove, 

 the pepppr and salt shakers, two glass butter jars with screw tops 

 and a piece of saltwater soap; the frying pan, knives, forks and 

 spoons, can-opener, cork-screw, phers (for lifting hot dishes), the 

 strainer, bottle of alcohol and the waterproof box for matches. The 

 sugar, coffee and tea were in square tin boxes with screw-tops, and 

 the rest of the stores consisted of a bottle of strawberry-jam and one 

 can each of com, hma beans, tomato soup and duck pat6 and six 

 eggs nested in the frying pan. These boxes are both suflficiently 

 waterproof to resist a rainstorm. We do not calculate on upsets, the 

 Dorothy not being that kind of a boat. 



The only pi-ovision we made a.gainst the rain was to .see that the 

 coxswain's oilskin cloaks and the oilskin bag were on board. This 

 bag is waterproofed with the recipe given in "Canoe and Camp 

 Cookery." It is large enough to hold the four boat cushions, the 

 hand-bags and all our coats; yet when not in use, folds up into a 

 very small bundle. J. and I w^eighed the bother of taking each a 

 suit of "oilers" against the ehances of getting wet and risked the 

 latter alternative. , „ 



The wind was ahead and tide against us as we left the float, the 

 weather being simply perfect. We dug away, passing the break- 

 wafer, with its motley throng of boats and fishermen ; up channel for 

 a short distance against the strong ebb tide; a turn; a few hundred 

 yards more pulling, and then the tide is with us. The wind is, too, so 

 in come the oars and up goes the sail, I shipping the sprit while J. 

 overhauls the sheet, passing it att to the coxswain, who trims it and 

 catches a turn around the cleat. 



Now we take thinss easy for a spell, our course giving a free wind 

 for about a mile. The turns and channels, however, are no respecters 

 of persons, this particular one's direction soon being dead to wind- 

 ward, the sail comes down and oars are shipped again. 



No act nor scene of the cruise has left so strong an impression on 

 the panorama memory has preserved for me as this of setting or 

 stowing the sail. Even now fancy recalls for me the sensation of 

 trying to stand erect forward and furl the sail neatly while J. is 

 lunging around aft for his oars, without the least regard for the diffi- 

 culties of my situation. Again 1 am standkig up, my toes curling 

 downward as if to help me to hold on, sheet passed between my teeth 

 to keep it out of the flapping folds of the .sail and away from the 

 tossing boom— the boat meanwhile pitching viflainously in the short 

 chop sea. I presume this was one of the faults of our outfit, and 

 the advocate of some other rig who, perchance, reads ihis, will settle 

 down deeper into his seat and mentally exclaim that we should have 

 had his rig. 



And now, as if to solace us for having brought the oars, down 

 drops the wind. Down drops the perspiration, too, as we go on our 

 way, by a low-lying island famed for years for the fish dinners served 

 at its single hotel: by the dock, to be stared at by any quantity of 

 fishermen who are bent on filling their basJiets with the little snap- 

 pers that are "jumping'' all around us, and so on down to the main 

 channel, which we reach just as a big excursion boat sweeps by, all 

 three decks black with people, most of whom consider it nece.ssary 

 to wave a salute of handkerchiefs at every passing boat. No doubt 

 it would have been more good-natured on our part to have responded 

 to the one we received, but J. and I had both hands full making up 

 against the last of the ebb tide, while the Coxswain was trying to de- 

 cide what two catboats and a naphtha launch were going to do, 

 therefore no heed was paid to the strips of linen Buttering at us. 



It being now high noon, we anchored on the north side of the chan- 

 nel opposite the site of an abortive attempt at a "villa settlement." 

 As soon as the anchor gripped in the sandy bottom the mast was 

 stepped, the awning unrolled and spread over the boat from the mast 

 to a short staff stepped in a brass tube screwed to the transom. The 

 shade was very grateful. I recall reading in a friend's log-book an 

 opinion of awnings on boats, and as he is an old boating man, 1 

 think it well worth quoting. 



"Of all cruising apphances," he writes, "there is nothing so con- 

 ducive to comfort and a sense of privacy as an awning for one's boat;" 

 therefore, he who reads and is awningless should run and get one 

 immediately. 



When 1 planned at home that for this meal we were to have cold 

 meat, fried potatoes, stewed corn, bread and butter, sweet crackers 

 and coffee. 1 own it was with many misgivings as to whether all this 

 could be done, and the various articles kept warm on a single alco- 

 hol stove. We managed very well, however, and this is how it was 

 managed: The kit box has a 'lid on lop which folds back, while the 

 front one opens downward. This lid after the stove is lighted is 

 closed up again, thus confining the heat in a small space. 



While I opened and emptied a can of corn into the tin ijail, adding 

 a little water and a piece of butter. J. was peeling and slicing the 

 potatoes; then aU the tableware, condiments, etc., were unpacked 

 and disposed of to the best advantage. The corn, now being piping 

 ho-., was set on one side, and the potatoes slipped into the frying pan. 

 While these were sizzlmg in the hot butter, the meat was sliced and 

 the first course was ready. 



J. served the corn, the pail was given a hasty wash over the side, 

 filled with fresh water for cofCee and put on to boil, being quite 

 ready by the time the meat and vegetables had vanished. 



We were very busy for the next half hour, the only sounds the 

 wind heai-d as it came blowing gently in under the awning were the 

 clicking of knives and forks, and the rattle of cup against saucer, 

 diversified by an occasional growl of disgust from J. and I and a 

 milder exclamation from the coxswain, as a steamer passed by, 

 throwing up waves which tossed the boat about, and made us all 

 reach for our ooflfee cups to prevent their contents landing in the 

 wrong place. Finally, as the last morsel disappeared, one said "Ah!" 

 and another said "Ah!" and although I was a poor third. I said 

 "Ah!" too. Then, as was befitting after our arduous labars, we 

 rested. 



Presently J. remarked this would never do. We agreed with him 

 and wanted to know what he was going to do about it. He suggested 

 that we should set to work, clean up and "get a move on." J. is 

 given to using slang. For the sake of a quiet life we put up our book 

 andSunday paper, with it's "complete novel given away to every 

 reader," washed and packed up the dishes and .stores, stowed the 

 awning and saU, and getting the anchor aboard took to the oars 

 again. 



This channel reaches along behind a great summer resort. Piers 

 project along the sandy shore at frequent iatervals, each one orna 

 mented with a row of "fishermen, who never seem to catch anything. 

 Two of these piers serve as landing places for as many lines of ex- 



cursion steamers, and as at nearly every one of them boat hveriea 

 are established and, in the summer time, well patronized, the scene 

 is always full of life and motion. It isnot an uncommon thing to see 

 one or more fiue yachts anchored here; indfed, as we looked astern, 

 we could see. beating up the channel, the sails of a schooner yacht;, 

 whi.'h was discovered at anchor the next day on our return, and 

 proved to be the Fenella, N. Y. V. C. 



It was not long after we left our mid-day anchorage before we 

 passed under the railroad bridge, which about divides our bay m 

 half. Here we change ofl' for an hour, .L going aft, the Coxswain 

 taking his place at the oars. And now the wind picks up enough to 

 make rowing against it hard work. The weather, which I have said 

 was perfect, begins to look decidedly stormy. A bend lu the 

 channel enables tis to lay a course; again we cease rowing and make 



The sky is overcast with great masses of smoke-colored clouds, 

 and the wind coming in off the sea blows damp and chill. Phew! 

 how the gusts come, striking the small sail, pressing the Dorothy 

 down and down. The coxswain, who is sailing the boat, hangs on 

 to the lee tiller rope in obedience to our command, but looks relieved 

 when the puffs lighten up and the boat regains its equihbrmm. As 

 we drive along we pass a man in a shefi who looks strangely out of 

 place, so wintry is the wind and so summery is his costume. 



This state of thmgs.contmues for about two hours, untfi we have 

 sailed up into a little cove, to visit which had been one of the objects 

 of this expedition; but the light of other days is not shining on it 

 now and the place looks deserted and gloomy. The only evidence of 

 summer life in s-ight are a small skiff with a ragged sail, in which two 

 youths vainly endeavor to overtake us as we go out of the cove, and 

 a white rowboat, in which a young man was giving two elaborately 

 dressed girls an afternoon's row. So dark and cool had it grown 

 this group in the summer finery looked as much out of place as the 

 single occupant of the shell had done. W . B. MoCormick. 



[CONCLUDED NEXT WKEK.] 



Algonquin C. C. 



The new club house of the Algonquin 0. C, which has been in the 

 course of erection for the past two month.'*, has just been com- 

 pleted. It is one of the finest in the State, and standmg on an emi- 

 nence nearly opposite the old Cadwalader mansion, commands an 

 excellent view of the picturesque Delaware for more than two miles 

 in either direction. 



It is a two story frame building about 40ft. square, but the tower 

 walls are built of heavy stone and are well fitted to withstand action 

 of the winter torrents. Adjoining the stone wall on the upper side is 

 a breaKwater, constructed at the expense of Mr. Edmund C. Hill, in 

 order to render the little castle more secure. 



The lower story of the building has 28 cribs where the canoes are 

 kept. Upstairs is the toilet room, where each member of the club 

 has a private locker and a club room about 20ft. square, w ith a large 

 bay window looking toward the river. 



The interior of the club house is of light wood finished in oil, and 

 the club room has a large open fireplace which bids fair to make it 

 both warm and cheerful even in tue most inclement weather. It 

 will be lighted by gas, and the fixtures to support the globes and 

 chandeliers are to tie of black enameled iron. 



The furniture is to be upholstered in leather, and in about two 

 weeks when all is in readiness the new club house will be opened 

 with a grand reception. It will be used mainly for a club room until 

 spring when the canoeing season opens. 



The distance from the new club house to the island is but little over 

 a mile, and by taking a street car as far as Cadwalader Place the 

 members of the club can reach their summer camping ground more 

 easily and quickly than they could when Ihey were compelled to 

 padd'le all the way from the bridge. 



Fronting toward the river is a portico and an open veranda, upon 

 which one may sit and view the summer sunsets or enjoy the even- 

 ing breezes. On the southwest corner is a tower, which, when lighted 

 up, will be a sort of miniature lighthouse, throwing its rays far acros 

 the water. The building complete will cost about S3,000. 



The Algonquin C. C. is composed of the old Park Island Canoe As- 

 sociation and some of the residents of Cadwalader place. It has 

 twenty-four members and the shares are all taken. Mr. Edmund C. 

 Hill is the Commodore; Mr. E. D. Anderson, Vice-Commodore, and 

 Mr, E. E. Booze, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Trustees 

 consists of the above officers along with Messrs. W. C. Lawrence 

 Fred Donnelly and Harry Allen.— Treiitoji (N. J.) Times. 



The Executive Committee Meeting. 



The following notice of the date and place of the annual meeting 

 of the executive committee of the A. C. A. was received after we had 

 gone to xjress last week: 



The annual executive meeting of the American Canoe Association 

 will be held at the British-American Hotel, Kingston, Ontario, on 

 Thursday, Nov. 17, 1892, at 11 o'clock A. M. 



W. H. Cotton, Commodore, A. C, A. 



KiNftSTON, Nov. 1. 



Vesper B. C. 



The Vesper B. C. inaugurated a new form of winter amusement on 

 Oct. 26 in its first phonographic camp-fire. Beside a number of 

 musical selections, the evening entertainment included phonographic 

 songs and recitations by a number of well-known canoeists who 

 were, of course, not present in person. Among these were Messrs. 

 J W. Cartwright, C, B. Vaux. O. B. Ashenden, Com. Winne. G. L. 

 Metze, Dr. P R. Rix and Thomas Nelson Page. The entertainment 

 was unusually interesting. 



GIVE CALIFORNIA A CHANCE. 



San Francisco, Oct. 5— Editor Forest and Stream: While the 

 fishei men, the bear men and the snakemen havrt been getting in 

 their work , and having it all their own way, I have kept quiet and 

 bided my time, but that came at last, and I enter the list with a 

 consciousness of a fair show to a place in the front rank. Here is 

 the story to make all previous candidates quail and hide their 

 diminished heads. Print it; give California a chance. It is a 

 quail stori : 



A few days ago James R. Holt, the big member of the Holt & 

 Gregg corporation, left the big brickyard near Anderson for a 

 quail hunt along the banks of the Sacramento River. Under a 

 cover of brush he discovered a uiee flock of the birds, but hen 

 he raised his gun to have a snot they disappeared. He felt satis- 

 fied that there were quite a number under a particular brush and 

 he blazed away. Tue noisy fluttering which followed told him 

 the result, and he ran for his prize, and just as he was reaching 

 out his hand to ea.tch a wounded quail, he was shocked to di.scover 

 an enormous rattlesnake in the line of the bird. Jim, although 

 weighing nearly SOOlbs., jumped backwards 6ft. from the brush, 

 and then gained his breath. He approached the birds again, 

 with his gun cocked and ready for a sudden shot, and learned 

 that the snake was dead. When he fl.red at the birds he killed 

 the snake and six quail, although none of the birds or the sei-pent 

 were In view. The snake had eight rattles and a button, and was 

 3i^ft. in length. 

 And here is another one from the Spokane Morning Revieiv: 

 No two better and more congenial prospectors and miners i ban 

 Paul Becker and Swansou ever lived, and like all true men of the 

 mountains, are full of expedients If any emergency arises. A 

 short time since they started up the mountain to work on a pros- 

 pect, and when about a mile from camp unexpectedly raised a 

 flock of grouse that lit in neighboring trees. Here was a dilemma, 

 no dog, no gun, without them no chicken dinner to relieve the 

 monotony of "dry salt." A bright idea seized Paul. Said he. 

 "Swansy, run back to camp and get the gun while I hold them 

 here by playing dog by barking at them." Back Sw.ansy went, 

 while Paul used his vocal powers to tbeir fullest extent In imita- 

 tion of the canine bark. The ruse was successful; the birds sat 

 still, no doubt thinking a genuine hunter of the most approved 

 breed had treed them. Swansy returned on the double quick, 

 and while he brought down bird after bird Paul kept up the bark, 

 saying afterward "he almost split his throat, but the scheme suc- 

 ceeded, as fried bird and savory potpie later on attested. This 

 plan of securing birds is now made public as no patent can be ob- 

 tained. 



Game Heads and Antlers. 



Messes. W. W. Hart & Co., of II and 13 Jacob street, will 

 shortly issue a handsomely lllustrateil catalogue of game heads 

 and antlers. lu addition to the half-tone cuts, it will contain a 

 full list of prices for mounted moose, elk, caribou and deer heads, 

 as well as heads and whole specimens ready for mounting, antlers 

 and the smaller animals, birds and fish. It will also contain a list 

 of rugs, with or without mounted heads, including lion, tiger, 

 polar, black, brown and grizzly bear, leopard, tiger cat, wolf, 

 tox, etc. This catalogue will be sent free to any reader of Forest 

 AND SXBEAM.— JldV. 



