Jan. 12, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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have given Mr. Willard a letter to the famous market- 

 shooter Billy G-rigg-s, noAv shooting ean^-as on Corijus 

 C'hristi Bay, \\^ith the careful instructions to tlie latter to 

 .see that Mr. Willard gets npset in the Gulf of Mexico 

 where the wading is poor. I hope they will have a good 

 time. 



Messrs. C. W. Lee and J. Herbert Ware, of this city, 

 start next week for Lake Worth, Fla., for a stay of tvvo 

 nv three weeks. They go mtli the lirru detcrnunatioo to 

 catch and cat more fish than anybody else ever did. and 

 are buying ontlits for Ijodily snatching anything but an 

 overgrown tarpon square out of the briny Vlee|>." '"Tliere 

 will be no foolishness about this," says Mi'. Ware. "We 

 need fish to eat and got to have em.' We can't wait to 

 play the fish, not hungry as we are." Mr. Lee and Mr. 

 A¥are are both in a bad way. hartl work having pulled 

 them down. They go together and travel in close com- 

 pany, so that they can tell what time it is in the woods. 

 It takes them both to cast a shadow, and tiiey have to 

 luuicli up pretty close to do it then. I trust these two 

 emaciated young men will be able to get all the fisli tliey 

 Avant to eat in Florida. I do not need to add that a 

 principal part of each outfit is a canoe about as long as a 

 minute and lieaAw as a hat box. If they slam fi.sh around 

 tlie way it is dreaded, they will ruin their canoes. They 

 ought to be more careful, and probably will be when the 

 keen edge of their appetite is partially dulled. 



E. Hough. 



Via Monroe Street, Chicago. 



MR. BROWN'S DEER. 



Gkand View, Tenn.. January, 1898.— It was majiy years 

 ago that Hosea. Brown \jved on the outskirts of a tract of 

 woodland, which covered about two miles square, in -west- 

 ern Ne%A' York. Thickets of rmderbrush had grown up 

 among the heavy timber, -which sheltered a few deer 

 tliat occasionaU}' c-ame in there from a much lai'ger tract 

 of forest land. Now. Mr. Brown had never hunted deer 

 very much, but he v\'as an inveterate; trout fisher and bee 

 lumter. He kei^t a shotgun, with which he hunted 

 Ijigeons, also chiijuuinks axomid the cornfield. 



It Avas early in Octobo]-, when a. damp snow had fallen 

 dming the night, that one morning Brown amaounced to 

 the family that he A^ as goiug out for deer. So he loaded 

 his gun wntli some bucksJiot arid started for tlie Avoods. 

 Others, he said, had killed deer there; and his chance was 

 as good as tlieirs. ..4fter traveling a, roundabcjut com-se 

 through a labyjintli of brush and snow for hours, he came 

 suddenly on to a doe and two fawns, wliich jumped out 

 of their lieds from almost under his feet; and at the first 

 or second liound one of the fawns ran against a tree with 

 such force that it fell witli a )>roken neck. 



Ha,A'e auA' ol' the Forest and STREA:tf readers CA-er 

 known or heard of a similar occurrence: BroAvn Avas 

 A'ery much surprised, as he said, not because he had 

 nearly walkeit o\'er tliree deer, but liecause he had killed 

 one deei', or ratlier it had killed itself, f)efore ht-had taken 

 the gun from his slioulder- Taking the entrails out and 

 rmming a wnthe through the jaw Avas the work of a f oav 

 nunutes, when he was ready to haul the deer out of the 

 woods. 



The ground was t'lleralih' le\-el. ljut it was a, dark day 

 and the trees and brush A\'ere loaded doA\ n with snow, so 

 that he could hardly see more than four rods ahead; but 

 he rather thought that he could strike a pretty straight 

 coui-se for home. Aft;er haulirig the deei' quite a long dis- 

 tance, hti' struck a trail where another deei- had "ijeen 

 dragged along. He was sonieA^-ljat surprised at tliis; he 

 had heard no report af a gun: and he wondered liow far 

 that deer had been hauled. As the trail led oft' about his 

 course, he determined to hmry up and perhaps overtake 

 tlxe hmiter. So he puUed on until he thought he had 

 traveled far enough to bring him out, Avhen he dicoAi-ered 

 the plain trail Avliere still another deer had been dragged 

 in on the old trail. 



This was more than he could stand. As he himself 

 stated it, he was -'knocked all into a heap." The old man 

 had always rather prided himself on his correct judgment 

 on cour-ses and distances, but his judgment Avas at faxilt 

 iiow^, and Ins heretofore keen perceptive faculties Avere 

 sadly muddled. The disagreeable fact began to dawn on 

 liis mrnd that he had been dragging that deer around on 

 •A circle for several hoiu's. But ijerseverance Avas a promi- 

 nent feature in BroAvn's character, so he made a break at 

 a right angle from his present course, determined, as he 

 said, to haul that deercmtof tlieAvoods, straight or crooked. 

 At last he did come out. but at some distance from home 

 and at a rather late hom. 



The old man was quite l•eser^'ed at first about mention- 

 ing tlie ]3articulars of that hunt, but he finally came out 

 Avith the Avljole story as aljoA^e related. 



Mr, BroA\ai nioA'cd from western New York to the State 

 of Missouri some ts\'enty years ago. I hear from liim 

 t-X'casionally, the last tiuie" m October of '92. He had 

 1 massed hla one hmidredth birthday aboxit the middle of last 

 August. " Antler. 



How Is This? 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



From the recent communications in your shooting col- 

 ;imns from your Canadian corre.spondent I infer that the 

 ethics of shooting grouse from trees are determined by con- 

 ditions of latitude. The practice appears to be looked 

 u]-)on as (tuite correct if ycni go far enough north. 



Now", I would like to know about shooting ducks on the 

 water. I am neAv at duck shootmg; but my notion has 

 always been that it Avas considered misportsmanhke to pot 

 your fowl resting on the surface. I see, however, that 

 many of your contributoi s ajjj iear to shoot into a bunch of 

 wildfoA\d A\-]ieu they are not on the wing. I beUeve that 

 CA'en Jlr. Wilmot ToNvnsend, whose pencil has given us 

 tliose charming wdldfowl draA\ iugs.'has onre or t^vice 

 i)ien_tir.ned a good shot on SAvinnnnig fowl. Hqav is this? 



BeCtINNER. 



Iowa Notes, 



Matlock, la., Jan. 6.— Game in this part has been fairly 

 plentiful the past year. Ducks were very scarce. Chickens 

 Avere scarce early in. the season but Avere plentv later on, 

 in October and NoA emlier. Quail Avere fairly plentA^ but 

 no large bags Avere made. Rabbits (jacks') are on the in- 

 crease OA'^ery year. The game laws are only fau-ly en- 

 rorcpd; bi.it eijrh yetv]- thej-e js a littU- ijnp oA^ement. 



TJ-MON MAOiilNI'), 



A SUGGESTED "TRUE TEST." 



Traverse City. Mich, Dec. 28.— Editor Forest tvnd 

 Stream: I notice in your issue of Dec. 22 what "A Na- 

 tive" has to say al)ouf: nuirket-luuiters and gaaue club 

 shooters. I do not think (bat as a rule you \y'A\ lind the 

 Avealthy shooter considered the only "true s])ortsmah." 

 Mr. •■.A, Native'' wants to know wliat others think of his 

 |.)lan of selling .game to e(.*ver the px|jenses of a. A acation. 

 If I <'ould not alford. a A acation without defraying my t^x- 

 l)enses by selling tin- game ca|)tured. when ,y,anie is getting 

 so scarce. I Avould stay at liome unless my iieaith de- 

 manded an outing. 



If I had spent a lot of money buying a preserve and 

 keei)ing it up, and for all the accoutrements thereunto 

 appertaining, I should consider that I had a perfect right 

 to kill all I could kill.inAvhat to a man so situated would 

 be a sportsmanlike manner. But from my present stand- 

 point I .should hardly feel right oa ei a l>a.g of 7.5 or more 

 ducks in a single day. unless I lurd only one day in the 

 season to hunt, A inan should be looked on as no less of 

 a, sportsjuan because he can only afford a ."IS nmzzle- 

 loader. and crawds on his stomach tlu-ough reeds and 

 mud, ami shoots his duck before it has a chance to rise. 

 The exhilaration is probably as keen in one case as in the 

 other. 



An intimate friend of .mine Avho is wealthy, and than 

 whom I never had a better comi)anion on a cruise, did not 

 catch many trout because theyAvould not take his fiies, 

 but he did not object to my putting on a plebeian hackle, 

 and he ate his share of the fi.sh. 



If Mr. ''Native" had the money and the preserve and 

 the chance. Avould he stop before dark or until his shells 

 had given out? Come, now, get right doAvn and be lionest. 

 That's the test, "Would I do likeAvise if I Avere in his 

 place';'" 



I only Avent trout fishing part of three half days the |)ast 

 season, and the pesky things would not look" at any fly 

 that I had to oft'er. so ratliej- than go lion)c boA\'ed down 

 Avith disappointment and to disappomt the little ones at 

 home, Avho dearly Icwe a crisp beauty that "papa caught,'" 

 I used OA^eiy plebian lure that I could secure, and didn't 

 feel hurt when, after supper, I picked up my Forest and 

 Stream and read of some man declaring that no true 

 sportsman Avoidd use anything but a fly. I pitied him 

 instead. 



The last time I Avent after partridges Avas more than a 

 year ago. I could not afiVjrd the time this year. I had no 

 dog, so tramped through miles of sAvamp and finally droA'e 

 one out and mto the more open Avoods, Avhere I located 

 him on the limb of a tree. I committed murder right 

 tliere. and in great haste, too. for I Avas afraid ho might 

 fly and I would miss him. How the wee ones at In^me did 

 .squeal Avith delight. They had his tail for a fan. his wings 

 and other feathers for then hats, and oh. how .good lie di<J 

 taste, AAdiat there was of him among so )aany. and bow I 

 wished I could only have got just one luore so as to be 

 able to take a little bigger mouthful. 



Brother meinbei s of the .greatfaniily of lovers of FOREST 

 AND Stream, ha\ e patience A\'ith our failing-s, if they seem 

 to A'ou sucli, but let us not sell our game. Tliere is not 

 enough left to go aromid as it is. V. E. Montague. 



ttter 



The Msli Lwws of the United §t&,tes (m&/ Ga/rmda, in tlve 

 ' Oatm La/im in Brief,'' 35 ccnU. . In tMe ^'Book of the 

 ' Gains Laim" (.f»iH te^it), so. eenls. 



ON 



"We Never Heard of this Superstition. 



The Bangor (.Me.) Coiniiiercial tells this in illustration 

 of A\'hat it says is a p0};»ula.r su])erstition. The speaker is an 

 Augusta man, and he is talking about partridges: '-One 

 fle\^- on our premises ami Avas cai^tured. Then came up 

 the (piesti-jn whether Ave sliould kill the bird or alloAv it to 

 live. At that time there was a general superstition that 

 if a partridge came to a house Avliere a sick person lav and 

 the bird Avas killed and the sick person ate the broth, it 

 AA^ould effect a cure. There was a girl sick at our house 

 and the doctors had given up her case as hopeless. Some 

 of the famfly said kill the partridge and give the sick girl 

 the broth. But the sick gM and others Avere for permit- 

 ting the partridge to live. We Avere ecjually divided and 

 agreed to let one of the neighbors whom we saw coming 

 to the house decide Avhether the partridge should be killed 

 or not. He said kill it, and Ave did, and the sick girl ate 

 the broth and got Avell." 



And here is another bit of superstition, noted by Pi'of. 

 M. J. Elrod. in the Bloomington Eye: "Clavigero'. in his 

 ■'History of Lower California.' relates that the lir.st mis- 

 sionaries there found the peninsula overrun Ijy tliein, the 

 Indians having such a super,stitious regard for them that 

 not only Avere none killed, but they Avere not even dis- 

 turbed. The Indians believed death Avould at ojice oA'er- 

 take the slayer of a puma. This superstitious reA'erence 

 for the j)unui probably groAA^ out of the knoA\dedge early 

 man had of the puma's friendliness for him." 



Antelope Wreck an Engine. 



Spokake. Wash., Dec. 80.— The Great Northern passen- 

 ger train Avhich arrived from the East yesterday ran into 

 a large herd of antelope near Black Foot. Jlont. The herd 

 numbered more than 1(30, of Avhich seA en A\'ere killed. 

 The engine Avas disabled by the collision and another 

 engine had to be obtaiaed before the train could proceed. 



W. 



Ducks at 'Virginia Beach. 



Virginia Beach, Jan. 5.— There are great numbers of 

 ducks and geese coming iu here every day. Many sports- 

 men going down every day or two to the ducking grounds. 

 A gentleman told me yesterday on his return that one 

 would think all the ducks and geese ia the United States 

 were there. S. E. Crittenden. 



Florida Quail Shooting. 



Clermont, Lake Co., Fla., Jan. 4.— Dec. 36 Ed. J. LaAves 

 and myself shot 63 quail. If any one wants good quail 

 shooting refer him to Clermont: two good shots with good 

 dogs can easily kill 100 in a day. On the 26th it rained 

 from 9 A. M. till dark. Duck and tm-key scarce. 



Walter F. Micele. 



Florida. 



The Brock House, ivhose card will be found in our hotel column is 

 delightfully situated on an enlargement of the St. John's River known 

 as Lake Monroe, which affords magnificent v'iew.s over a water stretch 

 fifteen miles long and five in breadth, bounded b.y shores clothed with 

 tropical vegetation. This is an especially desirable stopping point for 

 , sportsmen. The fishing is excellent, while quail, suipe.'deer, and tur- 

 - ke.y8 abound. The appointinenrs of this hotel nre fli'st class in pvery 



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THE NORTH SHORE.-I. 



The .Trip tjp. 

 "fciome sing of the bass wiDi the .yli,sietiin,£;- inai!. 

 Or the giant tarpf.ni with silver Kcale; 

 But the angler's joy and tlie artist's divam 

 Is the siriotted trout of the mountain stream. ' 



After having made two suocessiA^e trips to the North 

 Shore I again, when the sidtry days of summer came, 

 longed for the stormy lake, wdiere the winds howl and 

 the speckled beauty reigns monarch in his aqueous 

 I'ealm. The tempestuous trip Ned and I made the pre- 

 Adous season had no terrore for us, so on the 4th day of 

 July we again left the ''Soo" in a Mackinac w-ell pro- 

 visioned and Avith tAvo half-breeds, Avhom Ave Avere taking 

 for the first time, haAmig discarded orrr old boatman of 

 tlie former trip. 



It Avas near meridian Avhen we left the mouth of' the 

 "Soo"' canal, it being almcst an impossibility to get an 

 earher start, OAving to the multitudinous delays the 

 tawny-hued boatmen create for you. They are the em- 

 bodunent of procrastination, and if you are not of a .gentle 

 and patient nature you will soon fret yourself into a case 

 of aggravating feA^er and inci|)ient grip. Ned swore 

 roundly at the delay, while I stood c^ncouragingly by. 

 This exhibition of sturdy Saxon was not a comparison to 

 A^dlat foUoAved Avhen the ajiolog}- of a sail deA'eloped, as it 

 was drawn in position, sncli a" miserable piece of dirty 

 patch-Avork, Then it Avas that Ned discounted a Billings- 

 .gate fisli-Avoman in the use of objectiouEible adjectives. 

 They came rolling from his tongue both fast and furious 

 and Avitbout any regard AvhatcA-er for proper classifica- 

 tion. The sail — heaA'^en saA^e the mark I — was not only 

 ragged, but really rotten, and had as many Aveather- 

 stained colors as it had "imtclies. A s a design foi: a crazy 

 quilt it was an eminent success assuredly, deserving a 

 premium, but as a sail, Ned forshadowed it Avould send us 

 all to "Davy Jones's locker. 



The half-lireeds, dui'ing Ned"s indignant recital of polite 

 literature, became as meek as kindergarten children, and 

 by Avay of a truce promised to strengthen and reneAv the 

 sail at the first c-amp. It Avas either abandon the ta'ip for 

 a day or t\A-o or onward to the "home of the trout."' As 

 I was eager to cast my tnaiden fly of the season I insisted 

 on an advance. Ned. after solemn deliberation, finally 

 A\ eakened and gaA^e his consent, and then the tattered old 

 rag Avas throwir to the breeze, and away aa-c went o'er a 

 riA-er of sparkling silver that murmured from cliff to crag 

 a refrain of tinkbng music. 



Tlie weather was sufficiently fine to have rejoiced the 

 heart of a lotus eater, there l)ein,g a, bright. Avarm, su.n, a 

 sky with a delicate inbn-iaeer.A^ of cloud which liad settled 

 in tlie east, and a breeze soft and cai'essing. just enough to 

 throw little rolls of foam from the shapely how. We had 

 expected to take a tow with some passing steamer, but 

 none showin.g u|). we someAvhat dreamilj- and lazily sat in 

 the shade of tliat tattered and torn canvas and AA^atched 

 the Avhite guUs as they sailed along the serrated shore, the 

 deep recesses of the Avooded land, the sunhght as it 

 sparkled on the emerald green, and the small boats Avith 

 the gleam of theh white sails giving life and A'ariety to 

 the picture Avhich Avas in calm and liquid beauty. 

 '•Crystal water.s. ^vho can paint thee. 



With tliy scenery wild and grand'? 

 It would take a magic pencil 

 Guided by a master hand," 



Our destination for the day was Gros Cap, but at the 

 speed we Avere then going we Avould hardly have made it, 

 as the sun came down Avith such a tropic warmth as to 

 almost allay the breeze. A suggestion Avas finally made 

 to use the oars as an auxiliary, and this A\-as promptly 

 acted upon and our speed thereby dottbled. The steady 

 stroke of the oar, which fell with clock-like regularity, 

 liegan to tefi upon the sAvarthj^ boatmen; but to their 

 credit be it said, they iieA er Avhimpered nor faltered, but 

 stuck to tlie arduous Avork like galley slaA^es. Notwdth- 

 standing the unfortunate incident of the unsuitable sail. 

 I began to think, after all, that we had drawn in our 

 selection a prize of considerable value. The tAvain were 

 uncle and nephew-, the uncle rejoicing in the euphonious 

 name of Emeiy Bussmean and the nephew that of Peter 

 Bussinean. Peter was the leading and younger man, and 

 though of rather slender frame, Avas strong as an athlete 

 and active as a cat. He had a A-ery prcposessing face 

 and was as jnild-niannered a hah-breed as I OA-er met. 

 Not an ugly Ave>rd or a scoavI OA^er came from hhn and he 

 Avas as obedient as a subaltern. He knew his place and 

 kept it. Emery, the imcle, Avas Aveli up m years, say 55, 

 much heavier in frame, less active and inclined to be 

 quite sloAv in execution of an order. Like Peter, he was 

 pleasant and courteous, but liredisjoosed to boss it over his 

 nepheAv. He Avas, however, veiy timid on the water, 

 standing much m dread of threatening weather and 

 alAvays inclined to close companionship with a harbor. To 

 sum up, they Avere both good, and safe boatmen, and if I 

 am ever fortunate enough to make another trip to the 

 North Shore Avould be pleased to have them Avith me. 



The intense heat finally gave evidence, by sombrous 

 clouds gathermg in the Avest, of a change in the weather, 

 and soon there Avas a A'isible increase in the Avind, and 

 then a few Avliite caps began to shake their snowy plumes 

 and a mass of creaming sea toppled over from the boAv, 

 much to the deUght of our boatmen, avIio were well worn 

 Avith the toil at the oars. 



Point aux Pines Avas soon reached, then the lighthouse 

 came out in bold relief, and w-hen we had reached it the 

 Avind had shifted and bade fair, on turning the point, to 

 be dead ahead. We hoAvever continued our course until 

 Ave had the breeze ia our teeth, and then being satisfied 

 that Gros Cap could only be reached on a tacking course, 

 retreated and ran into a beautiful little bav radiant m 

 ci-imson glow and smooth as quicksilver. Here we dis- 

 embarked, and pitched our tents amid some wild grasses 

 that were bending to the breeze, which SAvept OA-er the 

 stretch of land in om- immediate front. 



As we had not partaken of food since early breakfast 



tiw hoys pwjuiitjy ]x^m to fi%m^ ft, vneu^ fojr m, tJmg ' 



