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"In the Heart of the Tiger Fields of Korea, Marcli 14, 
1898. — This is a great place for tigers, not little ones, but 
great big boys, the size of a cow. Since the camp (min- 
ing) opened, two men have been killed by them near 
our camp, and on one of the mountains near, they say, 
you can find them whenever you are looking for trouble. 
I have been interrupted by the servants asking me to 
shoot some big white birds, the like of which I have 
nearer seen. They have an enormous curved bill like a 
curlew, funny red markings on the head, and are pink 
and white on the body, with long legs to complete the 
picture. There were two of them, and my first shot with 
No. 2 and BBs at 75yds. only took out a few feathers. 
Then I went after them with my shotgun and rifle (.44) 
besides. I finally found one in a tree, which I could not 
get up to under cover, and so with a crowd of Koreans 
looking on, I took my first shot with a I'ifle at looyds. 
By some terrible fluke, I hit the bird the first shot, so 
ray reputation among the natives is made here, but it 
gave me the fever, and I intend to go out to-night at 
6 o'clock on a hill near camp, to see if I can get a whirl 
at a deer." _ R. M. P. 
[We imagine from the description that these birds 
were ibises, perhaps Pseudo tantalus rhodinopterus, a form 
allied to our wood ibis (Tantalus loculator), of the South. 
The first named species is well known, having been long- 
regarded as a sacred bird of the ancient Egyptians, though 
now the naked-headed Ibis religiosa is identified as that 
bird.] 
New Jersey Rabbits. 
At the last session of the Legislature a few farmers 
•went to Trenton and asked for the passage of a law by 
which they would be permitted to trap rabbits at all times 
of the' year. It is true that the vast majority of farmers 
objected to any such provision; among those who pro- 
tested were the farmers of Bergen county, ninety-five per 
cent, of whom signed a remonstrance, but their voices 
were not listened to. The Legislature decided that rab- 
bits were a nuisance and that oncman who objected to 
them or who wanted to make money by taking them in 
traps should have the right to trap all the rabbits in his 
neighborhood no matter what might be the wishes of his 
neighbors. The Legislature embodied a clause permit- 
ting the trapping of rabbits in the general game bill 
and this bill was passed. Now the farmers who want 
the right to trap trabbits are demanding of Governor 
Voorhees that he sign the bill. So far Mr. Voorhees has 
declined to do anything of the kind, and the only reason 
so far given is that he does not propose to take away 
from the persons who bou.ght ring-necked pheasants the 
right to kill these birds. The State Board purchased a 
large number of these birds both last year and this year, 
and it was with a view to permitting them to propagate 
that the Legislature enacted a law prohibiting their kill- 
ing for two years. A few wealthy residents of New 
York who occasionall}'' come to New Jersey to sleep 
have purchased ring-necked pheasants, and Mr. Voorhees 
thinks these men should have the right to kill 
these birds whenever they feel so inclined, no mat- 
ter what policy might be indicated by the desires of 
the hundreds of people who own ring-necked pheasants. 
Consequently the Governor has apparently determined 
not to sign the general game act. In arriving at this 
conclusion he ran up against the few farmers wlio wanted 
to trap rabbits at all times. The Populist Senator from 
Hunterdon county strongly urged the Governor to sign 
the measure and to him the Governor has made the fol- 
lowing reply: 
"T know that the popular feeling among the farmers is 
very strongly in favor of that portion which permits the 
killing of rabbits when found damaging their fruit trees, 
but in order that they may have that right there seems 
to me to be no necessity for the enactment of a new law. 
All they need to have is the assurance from me that 
if_ any of the game wardens attempt to impose fines for 
violation of the game laws in this respect, in such in- 
stances, I, exercising my authority, would at once remit 
any fines so imposed. I believe if this were generally 
known the farmers would remain content with the law as 
it is." 
This is going several jumps further than -anv Governor 
has ever indtilged in for the purpose of arrogating power 
to himself. "Exercising my authority" has reference to 
the constitution, which gives the Governor the right to 
suspend the collection of fines and forfeitures. But the 
constitution does not give the Governor the rip-nt to re- 
mit any fines, that power being plainly vested in the 
Court of Pardons. The sop thrown to the farmers is 
ridiculous. The game laws provide imprisonment when 
the fines are not paid, and all the suspensions for the re- 
mission of fines would amount to nothing against a sen- 
tence of imprisonment. The Governor might, of course, 
bring the matter before the Court of Pardons, which 
meets three times a year, but before that could be done 
It IS likely that the defendant would have paid the penalty 
of the Pater son {N. J.) Chronicle. 
Massachusetts Game Notes. 
Danvers, Mass., June 4. — We have had almost an in- 
cessant rain for the last month, and I am afraid it will 
kill off the young game birds. Last year we had the 
same rainy season, and partridges were very scarce. 
I have heard of one good brood, and young woodcock 
having been seen half grown. 
I have heard of but a very small number of quail 
whistling, and 1 think the winter killed off many. Saw 
a fiock of beach birds a few days ago. Snipe were scarce 
with us this spring. J. VV. Babbitt. 
Not Discouraged. 
A DUFFER of a Sportsman went otit partridge shooting, 
accompanied by an Irish keeper, who was good-natured 
enough to make all kinds of excuses for his patron's bad 
shots. At last the shooter, made reckless by ill success, 
perceived a covey of birds quietly feeding on the other 
side of a hedge, and resolved to have a slap at them on 
the ground. He fired, but to his mortification they all 
flew away untouched. "Oh, faith," cried Pat, joyfully, 
"Begorra, sor, you made them lave that, anyway." — 
Household Words. 
Where D«cfcs Breed. 
The delta of the. Yukon is one of the three duck-breed- 
irig grounds oi the North yVmerican Continent. Mil- 
lions of ducks find their way here, and hatch out their 
young free from molestation. For scores of miles the 
tundra is covered with duck eggs, and in the fall the 
ducks migrate to the south by millions. — Alaska Miner. 
Running Down a Bass. 
The largest bass that the writer ever caught from 
fresh water weighed 5lbs. and iioz. The circumstances 
attending its capture were imdoubtedly novel. It was 
caught in the Tennessee River in the spring of '95. 
A party of four of us were spending the day fishing 
below one of the dams built out and extending nearly 
across the river, for the purpose of throwing the water 
to one side, making a boat channel over the shoals. We 
had but indiflferent success, and only continued fishing 
for the reason that we desired to put in a full day of 
recreation. In tlte afternoon I had the boatman row 
me to a small island, or "towhead" as they are locally 
called, and let him return with the boat for the use of my 
companions. 
We were using minnow bait, and I had so little ex- 
pectation of success that I carried only the bait on my 
hook. 
I cast down cturent from the lower point of the island, 
intending to set the drag: on my reel and leave it to do 
my fishing, while I lay in the shade enjoying my pipe 
and the scenery. In attempting to reel off some slack 
I fouled the line in some way, and giving it an impatient 
jerk succeeded in setting the reel hard and fast in an 
ugly snarl. 
Chiding myself in the mild language used by all 
anglers, I was about to begin to unravel the tangle, when 
by a sudden stiffening of my rod I was made aware of 
the fact that I was fast to something game and heavy. 
The strike had not attracted my attention, so unexpected 
was it, and so engaged had I been with the tangle. 
Knowing that my reel was "out of commission" I tried 
a strong pull in hopes of landing my fish, but saw at once 
that such tactics would not do. 
_ What I was fast to was a heavy, hard fighting fish. His 
first rush would have cai-ried away my tackle had I not 
eased the strain by wading out in the water on the shal- 
low point ankle deep, giving him all the spring of my 
rod I dared. He ended the rush with a spring in the 
air fully 3ft. high, giving me a good view of his magni- 
ficent proportions, and the opportunity to know that I 
was fast to one of the finest bass it had ever been my 
good fortune to see, with apparently no possible chance 
of landing him. 
I might have known unsatisfied longine-s before, but 
a clear reel and free line seemed the only things desired 
now to complete my earthly happiness. When the bass 
struck the water he started a rush up stream almost 
parallel with the right hand bank of the island. Desiring 
to enjoy his company as long as possible and unable to 
give him line, I started on a run up the bank in pursuit. 
He drew strongly away from the bank as he ran, but giv- 
ing him the entire weight of my rod he held his coui'se. 
There was only about 60ft. of clear bank on this side 
of the island, and we made the run quickly. 
Reaching the end of this clear beach I came to a point 
where the bank was steep and thick bushes grew to the 
water's edge. 
As I checked up the line tightened, and the bass broke 
water again. ^ The taut line and a lucky pull turned him 
over, and with a rush he started back down the course 
we had run over on our trip up. Determined to stay 
with him as long as possible, I drew him hard to- 
ward the shore and raced him for the point. 
I won by a fin, and running out on the point began a 
fight to turn him round the point and take him up the 
other side. It was a hard fight, and I expected everj^^ mo- 
ment that tackle would part or rod break, but all held 
and at last I turned him, and up the other bank of the 
island we went with a 2olb. strain on my rod arm, caused 
by the current against his side as he ran quartering, 
added to his own fighting weight. The course was long- 
er on this side — fully looft. — but we covered it apparent- 
ly as quickly as we had the shorter one on the other 
side. 
I had no idea of ever being the happj^ possessor of the 
glorious fish I was fast to, feeling sure that my tackle 
could not long stand the strain of the "right about 
faces," or the pull around the point. 
Then, did everything hold until the run was well out 
of the fish, the fight was not over, for I had no gaff or 
landing net. With feet braced and my rod tip striking 
the water, we fought out the turn at the end of this run 
