Jui-y 1, 1900] 
FOREST AND STRJEAM. 
chich cannot be described, and among them is the song 
{ the wooed thrush. 
Suddenly the song ceases and we start as if from a 
pell, and move on through the glen, which now is plunged 
H somber silence — but no, for an ocacasionai sad little 
ote:, uttered away up among the tree tops and with a 
rolonged cadence, falls upon the ear : "Phosbe!" It fills 
be place with a sense of loneliness and brooding sor- 
ow, as it were, so we hasten on through the gathering 
loom and are glad when we stand in the open meadow^ 
y the lake. 
Here a flock of sheep with their lambs are browsing, 
lark! Was that a shepherd tuning his pipe? "Tyrolee!" 
protest it sounded not unlike it, as I have often fancied 
, at least, when reading of the good old days when 
omance was interwoven with the pastoral life. We 
stcn again and recognize the cry of the red- winged 
lackbird. "Tyrolee!" It comes from an island in the 
ike where he builds his nest year after year. Casting 
ur eyes about, we see the shepherd, not tuning his pipe, 
ut drowsing in the shade after the manner of these de- 
enerate days. Anon he starts i:p, and evidently deem- 
ig it time to fold his charges, he sends his dogs about, 
oon the sheep are gathered and we watch them being 
riven slowly over the hill, the while the air is filled with 
leir bleating, ' mingled with the barking of the honest 
lilies. 
Resuming our walk, we reach the fir-covered ridge to 
le west of the flower garden. What strange notes are 
iiese that fall upon the ear like the creaking of rusty 
n ores ? They are the music (?) of one of the genus 
ida, commonly called the crow blackbird. But despite 
grating quality of this bird's voice, he is welcome to 
K woodlands, for he is among the first of the har- 
ers of spring, and has a graceful bearing and a most 
tiful shining coat of purplish black, 
the garden the bees are droning softly among the 
> :rs, but every now and then we cease to hear them 
r the shrill piping of Kana ocellata, which comes from 
- reedy margins of the lake. Is it because of its 
irninance that we associate this note with the spring- 
above all others? It were pleasant to linger here, in 
: delicious atmosphere, but we must hurry on, for night 
ivers nigh and our richest experience is yet to be 
aped. 
Making a detour through mysterious woods, whose 
lendor of form is suggestive of a primeval forest, we 
tIt the famous Vale of Cashmere. Memories of "Lalla 
jokh," how they crowd upon us ! Can some Persian 
nie have visited this spot and made it what it 
Go where we will, we will find nothing more 
qui site, nothing more pervading in its charm, 
the realm of nature, especially now, when 
een leaves and blossoms revel all around. The birds 
em to know this, for here they congregate more thickly 
an elsewhere. The air is rich with the melodies of 
3pd thrush, bluebird, oriole, robin, yellow warbler, song 
arrow, et id genus amne. We sit down to gaze and to 
ten and realize the wisdom of that old poet who advised 
I mankind, soured and racked with sordid cares, to go 
, nature! While light lasts the feathered choristers 
ntinue to sing, and even after it is night and they no 
nger can be seen. But at length they cease and a pro- 
und quiet falls upon the scene.- A cricket begins its 
ilaby and nature sinks to repose. 
Frank Moonan. 
That Famous Foundling. 
Famous because it has twice occupied a place in 
OREST AND STREAM, filling nearly a page altogether. 
Jlay g, 1896, Jan. 22, 1898.) 
And now we have to announce that the Foundling is 
widower. This may sound funny, but in reality is ver>' 
ithetic. His Loulou, who has also appeared in these 
iges, was an exceptionally lovable sparrow, and an un- 
•ually clever one, too. She proved to be a better singer 
an Dick himself, and would sing when requested — if in 
le right mood. Unlike some exasperating grandchil- 
en of special abilities, the Loulou was particularly 
eased to show off before company, and astonished many 
visitor with her self-possessed ways and dulcet notes, 
his. lamented friend was the embodiment of gayety and 
^ntentment, a living example that made one realize how 
ise it is to insist upon appearing and if possible being 
ippy, this condition being very contagious, and often 
'coming a reality through being simulated. 
Our feathered friends decided upon bringing up a 
mily, and with this end in view, for four consecutive 
asons industriously prepared appropriate quarters, but 
ihappily all the intended chicks were shell-less. No, 
t very first set — they always came in threes, one each 
ly^-came in good shape, but Dick, apparently moved 
.' jealousy, destroyed that batch of eggs; and the r;-st 
ere all incomplete. 
This year the usual failure was observed, and some 
'lamitous result took place within the patient, for she 
ased to eat and drin^c, and in two or three days died 
I her sleep. 
It must be confessed that we had learned to love this 
qulou exceedingly, for her many little graces, her sweet 
nee and her intelligent response to every attention paid 
tr; all visitors declared her to be a very uncommon 
arrow. Therefore when she was dead there was gen- 
al lamentation. 
Dick, the Foundling, manifested such poignant grief 
'"•1 we could not stand it; so we removed him from the 
g cage wherein the pair had kept house, and again 
aced him in a smaller one he had occupied while a 
mng bachelor. This was all very well, it changed the 
irrent of the widower's thoughts for a while, but every 
nv and then he remembered, and started once more on 
S grieving note, which is something quite distinct from 
I the rest of his vocabulary. We offered what con- 
)Iation our voices could convey to his mind, but then 
■ pleaded with us, singing his sweetest notes, evidently 
ider the impression that as we had always given him all 
lat he desired, we could also restore to him his mate, 
he pain of his bereavement returns to him afresh with 
icn morning's light, and we hasten to place his cage 
> a window, where other sparrows come to keep him. 
>mpany; but in spite of all this he returns to his lament 
om time to time. We discover little difference between 
•arrows and human beings. 
We have frequently had occasion to note that sparrows 
and other birds have good memories. More than once 
Dick's memory has proved itself good for a whole year. 
But now we are doing our best to make him forget 
Forget 1 Forget! So brief thy day- 
Fill not the hour with plaintive woe; 
Thy mate was just a singing ray 
Of God's own light— 'tis all we know. 
Dear little friend of somber wing. 
The unshed tears are in thine eyes; 
No more for thee will Loulou sing 
Beneath these azure summer skies. 
Thy wings appeal with tremulous grief; 1 
Thy pleading cry by us is heard; 
Would that we might bring sweet relief! 
With thee we mourn our J..oulou bird. 
Alice D. Le Plongeojs!. 
Bringing Up Hummingbirds on the Bottle. 
St. Augustine, Fla., June 22. — This is the first summei 
in fifteen years that scarcely a hummmgbird has been 
seen about our place, and wnethey they have been nearly 
extermmated to gratify female vanity, or what it means, I 
do not know. An old bird has been seen three or four 
times this summer, and about the middle of June two 
young birds appeared together, and in one day I had them 
both feeding irom my hand. The old verse has it, "Birds 
in their little nests agree," but when those little chaps get 
out of the nest they do fighting enough to make up tor 
lost time. 
In this case, when one would be feeding at the bottle 
the other w^as always near 'at iiand to fight him off; but at 
last, as is always the case, one was compelled to yield, 
and now the other, believing in the democratic doctrine 
that "to the victors belong the spoils," has the field en- 
tirely to himself. I carry a very small bottle in my 
pocket, and whenever he sees me outside the door I'm 
compelled to uncork the bottle and treat. 
About the middle of June the young birds leave the 
nest in this latitude, and I have no doubt that both 
these are from the same nest. They seemed to have no 
feeling of timidity, and I regret that I could not have 
kept them both, as it would have been much more in- 
teresting. DiDYMUS. 
^ Woods Folk in 1 own. 
Toms River, N. J., June 24.— There are two properties 
in the heart of this village with a probable area of three 
acres — closely cropped lawns and not much shrubbery— 
which include among their attractions to a lover of nature 
one woodcock, three gray squirrels and a bee tree. The 
woodcock and one squirrel summered here last year ; the 
bird is very tame. Two grays have accompanied the one 
to its former home, but that "solitary bird" returned alone. 
H. C. M. 
Down in Maine. 
After much thought and planning and changing of 
dates my friend P. S. and myself finally left Boston on the 
night train early last October bound for a canoeing, tent- 
ing and hunting trip in Maine. This was his first trip 
of the kind, but I had been every year on a similar one 
lasting fiom three to five weeks for a number of years. 
In due time next morning we left the train, got break- 
fast at the hotel, and after a drive of about twenty-five 
miles were landed, with all our provisions, cooking uten- 
sils, tent, sleeping bags, etc., on the shore of the lake, 
where I had arranged to meet our guide. He, however, 
was not in evidence. We dismissed our team, and after 
waiting some time in hopes the guide would appear, con- 
cluded to go after my canoe, which I had left the year 
before in charge of a camp which was located about two 
miles away on another lake and across a three-quarter 
mile carrj'. We Were just launching my canoe, when the 
guide showed up in his canoe, he having been delayed 
by a strong head wind. By the time we had got back 
to the duffle across the carry with the two canoes we de- 
"dOWN m MAINE.'' 
Photo by T. C. Phelps. 
cided, as it was then late in the afternoon, to camp for the 
night on the opposite shore of that lake. After locating 
a camp site, it was but the work of a short time to cut 
the poles for the tent and sleeping bags to support the 
latter from the ground, giving the effect of a cot bed, to 
erect the tent, adjust the sleeping bags and get a fire 
started. 
By dark our supper was ready, and although we did full 
justice to it we remarked that a heart and live of 
venison of most any description, would not come amiss, 
and speculated upon who would be the fortunate one to 
draw first blood and supply the larder, and when. 
After a night of comfort and sleep, with no knowledge 
of the stumps that ordwiarily insist upon becoming 
familiar with one's anatomy when passing the night in a 
tent, we arose a little after daylight and got breakfast. 
As big game was no novelty to me, it was decided that 
P. S. and the guide should take a canoe, go to the outlet 
of the lake and bring back the deer that we were looking 
for, although not lost by us. As one deer would' supply 
us with more meat than we could use before it spoiled, I 
was not anxious to hunt, knowing that if they had luck 
they would bring back what they were in search of. 
Some time after they had started I took "Old Re- 
liable" under my arm and started for a little exploring 
trip on the ridge back of the tent. 1 was in no hhurry (it 
is bad to be in a hurry when still-hunting), and moved 
along very slowly and as noiselessly as possible. I had 
been away from the tent perhaps half an hour, covering 
a distance of not half a mile, when I distinctly heard at 
some distance away an animal running in the leaves. I 
stood perfectly still and listened, and concluded that the 
sound was coming in my direction. It came closer and 
closer, but as there were a number of small spruce bushes 
ali around me the sound passed without niy seeing its 
cause. 
Disgusted with my luck, I was about to at^^^roach and 
look lor tracks, when 1 became conscious of the fact that 
there was some living thing behind a certain spruce 
^jush, although I had neither seen nor heard nothing there. 
Ihinkmg it might be a hunter following the tracK ot the 
animal just passed, I was undecided what to do, fearing 
that if 1 moved 1 might get shot if it were a hunter, and 
that I would startle the aeer if it were a deer. At last I 
decided to whistle, believing it to be a safe proceeding in 
either case. After two or three shrill blasts a pair of 
antlers moved from behind that bush to behind another, 
there being less than a toot of clear space between. As 
soon as I saw these, up went "Old Reliable," and when 
enough fur had as near as 1 could judge passed by the 
opening to bring his shoulder in line with the sights I 
fired. This buck proved to be the largest, with one ex- 
ception, that I ever saw in or our of Maine, and must 
have weighed considerably over 250 pounds. The ex- 
ception was one shot in the same region last year, which 
by actual weight weighed 280 pounds after the removal 
of his intestines. 
P. S. and the guide duly returned to camp, and were 
highly delighted with my luck. They had seen nothing 
but tracks. 
Less than half the saddle of this buck lasted us for ten 
days' camp eating, the last of it spoiling on our hands. 
The remainder ol the buck we gave away soon after it 
was shot. The antlers now adorn my wall, accompanying 
another large head obtained in the same region two years 
previously. 
This region (Washington county) seems to run to size 
and not to quantity of deer. In fact, usually a hunter 
well earns all the deer he gets there. 
The accompanying photograph shows our camp after 
being out about ten days. The leg of venison hanging 
to the left was from the big buck, 
P. S. left for home after a two weeks' trip, but I re- 
mained two weeks longer with the guide. Toward the 
last of my stay I did my best to get a deer to bring home, 
but was unsuccessful, they seemingly being very scarce. 
To C Phei-ps. • 
llBosTON, Mass, 
The Pennsylvania Commission. 
Hakrisburg, Pa., June 26.~Editor Forest and Stream: 
In your issue ot the 23d inst. I noticed an article entitled 
ueer Hounds m Pennsylvania." The scene of this par- 
ticular outrage is laid near Philipsburg, in Centre county, 
and the wTiter E. H. K., says this is but one of the many 
wrongs ot a like nature happening in that neighborhood, 
tie tuther states that "the sportsmen here are thoroughly 
aroused and will trom^ now on make it very hot tor any 
hounds found m the mountains." This latter statement 
is music to the ears of the Game Commission; and we 
would suggest that two-legged violators be looked after 
as well as those with four legs. 
For an example of what can be done in the line of game 
protection I would refer the gentleman to the noble work 
hJ^^^t? r fe^ adjomiiig county of Clearfield by the 
non Mank Cr. Harris and his associates in that neighbor- 
hood. These gentlemen have prosecuted more than a 
dozen violators of the game law during the past year 
and have secured convictions in every case prosecuted. 
< Hains, havmg been a mem„ber of the last Legisla- 
v^Vhn, understands that the Game Commission is 
without funds whereby they could prosecute. He knows 
that whatever expense they incur must be paid out of their 
own pockets; that when the president of the Commis- 
bion Mr. Kennedy, comes from his home in Pittsburg 
/ meeting of the Commission he pays in cold 
cash, as does every other member of the board the nec- 
bef of r ^^^^ every mem- 
ber oi the Game Commission is doing all in his power tQ 
protect the game of our State; that they are gi°/ng of 
their time and their money, as very few in the Stat" a?e 
.giving; and he is willing to do what he can for the gooS 
Sn nf sportsmen of the State come to^ the 
hmild Hn P:°^^^t°rs °f the State, as they can and 
shoiild do, when the farmers realize that the game laws 
as they now stand m Pennsylvania mean more good To 
hem than to any other class of people in th? Statf whS 
"e^;it";fYr^ '^^'""H,°^i^^^''^'^^ ^'-3^ are ffe'edTrom 
me raids of irresponsible hunters ■ (who destrov their 
crops, lear down their fences, shoot their stock and 
pou try. and commit other depVedations) for the ent re 
year excepting sixty days; when they realize that h^ 
he keeping of these people out of thf fields and woods 
or this time, thousands and tens of thousands of ihei? 
best fnends m the shape of song and inSctivSous birds 
are preserved to them, and are willing to help the Game 
Comtnission as they can and should^ do, th?n will tT^I 
time of peace and rest be come to the birds and thJ 
farmers' crops be correspondingly increased. ' 
1 he Oame Commission of Pennsvlvania iq trvmo- "t^ 
make as good brick without straw'' as t possTble^ and 
we ask the help and support of all classes who are i'n?er 
ested m the preservation of our game, our song- and our 
insectivorous, birds. For the present, while f he Game 
Commission ,s hampered as it is, let every ind vfduai do 
his duty, and the cause is bound to prosper '""''^''^"^^ ^° 
Joseph Kaibfus, Sec'y Game Commissica. 
